Checkmate 10-24-2001

Bruno's Chess Problem: 10/24/2001

R.C.O.Matthews, British Chess Magazine, 1957

Mate in 3(***)
chess problem diagram

White to play

Tip:

With a register account, you could move pieces and mark mates as started or solved.

1. b4! ... 2. Bxb1 ... 3. Ra3#
  1... Bb7 2. Rc5 ... 3. Bxd4#
     2... Bxc5 (or Nf2) 3. Nb5#
  1... Bd5 2. Rbb6 ... 3. Bxd4#
     2... Bxb6 (or Nf2) 3. Nb5#
  1... Rbxb5 2. Qd5 ... 3. Ne4#
     2... Bxd5 (or Re5, Nd2, Nf2) 3. Nxb5#
  1... Bb6 2. Rd5 ... 3. Ne4#
     2... Bxd5 (or Re8, Re5, Nd2, Nf2) 3. Nb5#
  1... Bc5 2. Rb7 ... 3. Ne4#
     2... Bxb7 (or Re8, Re5, Nd2, Nf2) 3. Nb5#
     2... Bxd6 3. Bxd4#
  1... Rhxb5 2. Rab6 ... 3. Bxd4#
     2... Bxb6, Nf2 3. Nxb5#
     2... Rd5 3. Ne4#
  1... Nd2 2. Ra3+ Nb3+ 3. Rxb3#