Problem 31601

 

Blake, Percy Francis

Hackney Mercury, 1894
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Solution: 1...Be5/Ne5 2.Rg3# 1...Bd3+ 2.Re2# 1...Bxe6 2.Nxe6# 1...c5 2.Nb5# 3 tries skipped
1.Nb5+?? 1...Kc5 2.Re5# but 1...cxb5! 1.Qg3?? (2.Qd6#/Re2#/Re1#/Re4#/Re5#/Rd3#/Rxc3#) 1...Kc5 2.Rxc3# 1...Be4 2.Re2#/Re1#/Rxe4#/Rd3#/Rxc3#/Rf3# 1...Bd3+ 2.Re2#/Rxd3# 1...Bxe6 2.Re2#/Re1#/Re4#/Re5#/Rxe6#/Rd3#/Rxc3#/Nxe6# 1...Rxc7 2.Qd6#/Re2#/Re1#/Re5#/Rd3#/Rxc3# 1...c5 2.Nb5#/Re2#/Re1#/Re4#/Re5#/Rd3#/Rxc3# 1...Ne5/Be5 2.Re2#/Re1#/Re4#/Rxe5#/Rd3#/Rxc3# 1...Nf6 2.Qe5#/Re2#/Re1#/Re4#/Re5#/Rd3#/Rxc3# 1...Nxh3 2.Qd6#/Re4#/Rd3# 1...Nf3 2.Qd6# 1...Ne2 2.Qd6#/Rxe2#/Re4#/Re5#/Rd3#/Rxc3# but 1...Bxh3+! 1.Qe4+?? 1...Kc5 2.Qb4# but 1...Bxe4!
1.Qh2! (2.Qd6#) 1...Kc5 2.Rxc3# 1...Bxh3+ 2.Rxh3# 1...Be4 2.Rf3# 1...Bd3+ 2.Re2# 1...Bxe6 2.Nxe6# 1...c5 2.Nb5# 1...Ne5/Be5 2.Rg3# 1...Nf6 2.Qe5#

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