MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 78443 (5k2/8/8/8/8/8/1QKB4/8 w - - 0 1)

Herlin, Theodore Adrien Louis

La Palamede, 1845

5k2/8/8/8/8/8/1QKB4/8

#3

3 + 1

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qb7?
      • 1...Kg8
        • 2.Bh6
          • 2...Kh8
            • 3.Qg7#
      • 1...Ke8!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qf6+!
      • 1...Ke8
        • 2.Qe6+
          • 2...Kd8
            • 3.Ba5#
          • 2...Kf8
            • 3.Bh6#
      • 1...Kg8
        • 2.Bc3
          • 2...Kh7
            • 3.Qg7#
        • 2.Bh6
          • 2...Kh7
            • 3.Qg7#
        • 2.Qg6+
          • 2...Kf8
            • 3.Bb4#
          • 2...Kh8
            • 3.Bc3#

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