Checkmate 09-03-2005

Bruno's Chess Problem: 09/03/2005

W.J.Mrs.Baird, British Chess Magazine, 1902

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. Qa2!
  1... c3 2. Re1+
     2... Kf2 3. Nd3#
     2... Kd2 3. Nf3#
     2... Kxd4 3. Ne6#
  1... Ke2, Kf2,Kd2 2. Qxb2+ Ke3 3. Re1#
  1... Na4, Nd3, Nd1 2. Nf5+ Kf3 3. Qxg2#
  1... Kxd4 2. Nf5+ ... 3. Qa5#
     2... Ke5 3. Re1#
  1... f3 2. Nf5+ ... 3.Qxb2#
     2... Kf4 3. Ne6#