Thursday, December 29, 2011

The twelve puzzles of Xmas



Shinkman, 1905

White to play and mate in three

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've seen this one before, so won't claim credit for giving the solution, which runs ... [cue someone else]

BTW this is your third TTPOX (I think) so should it be titled TTPOX III?

ejh said...

Or III/05 or something. But sometimes simplicity is a virtue.

John Cox said...

I'm on fire; I believe I've managed this one as well, which is most unusual - the last Q&B -v- K mate in three I saw I failed utterly on (and no it wasn't this one - the famous one by, er, is it Sam Loyd?).

Nice how the White king is on just the right square to protect d5 and still keep the vital long diagonal open.

ejh said...

Would you care to do the necessary?

John Cox said...

1 Qb2 Kd7 2 Qe5 Kc6 3 Qd5 mate?

ejh said...

Quite so. From Offizers - Schachzeitung, 1905.

I found it in Nunn, Solving In Style, Gambit, 2002, p.57.

John Cox said...

You'd think SchachZeitung might have resigned a bit earlier, wouldn't you?!