White to play and checkmate in three moves
61
(Georg Albert Becker - Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 1954)
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1.Bc6! ~ 2.Kc8 ~
3.Bxb7#
3.Nc7#
2...bxc6 3.Nc7#
Date added: 1/2/2021
62
(Walter Freiherr von Holzhausen - Akademisches Monatsheft für Schach, Aug 1903)
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1.Be3!
1...Bf2 (Bd2) 2.g4+ Kh4 3.Bxf2#
1...Bxg3 2.Bg5! Bf2 (-any) 3.g4#
1...Ba5 (-any)
2.Bg5 ~ 3.g4#
2.g4+
Date added: 1/2/2021
63
(Josef Cumpe - Časopis českých šachistů 5th Prize, Apr 1916)
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1.Rh1!
1...Kf6 2.Qh8+
2...Kf7 3.Rh7#
2...Ke7 3.Rh7#
2...Kg5 3.Qh4#
1...Ke4 2.Qg3 ~ 3.Rh4#
1...Kf4 2.Kd5 ~ 3.Ne6#
2...Kg5 3.Qh4#
1...Kxd4 2.Re1 Kc4 3.Re4#
Date added: 1/2/2021
64
(Otto B. Wurzburg - Pittsburgh Post, 1922)
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1.Qf7!
1...Kc5 2.d6+
2...Kxc6 3.Qc7#
2...Kb6 3.Qb7#
2...Kxd6 3.Qd7#
2...Kd4 3.Qf4#
2...Kb4 3.Qb3#
1...Ke4 2.Kc3 Ke3 3.Re5#
1...Kc4 2.d6+
2...Kd4 3.Qf4#
2...Kb4 3.Qb3#
1...Ke3 2.Rh4 Ke2 3.Re4#
Date added: 1/2/2021
65
(Erich Ernest Zepler - Hamburgischer Correspondent, 1923)
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1.Rc7! ~ 2.Nc8 ~ 3.Ne7#
2...Re4 3.fxe4#
1...Rxh1
2.Ne4 ~ 3.Nxf6#
2.Ne8 ~ 3.Nxf6#
1...Rh2
2.Ne4 ~ 3.Nxf6#
2.Ne8 ~ 3.Nxf6#
1...Rh5 2.Ne8 ~ 3.Nxf6#
2...Rf5 3.f4#
1...b5 2.Ne4 ~
3.Rc5#
3.Nxf6#
2...Rxe4 3.fxe4#
2...Rf4 3.Rc5#
2...bxc4 3.Rc5#
2...d6 3.Nxf6#
1...f5 2.Ne8 ~ 3.Nf6#
Date added: 1/2/2021
66
(Andre Cheron - Journal de Geneve, 21 Apr 1934)
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1.Rc4!
1...Ka6 2.Rb4 Kxa5 3.Rb6#
1...a6 2.Rc3 Kxa5 3.Rb3#
Date added: 1/2/2021
67
(Jorgen Thorvald Moller - Skakbladet, 1911)
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1.Qh1! ~ 2.Qh8#
1...Bxg5 2.Qh8+ Bd8 3.Qxd8#
1...Ba3 2.Qh8+ Bf8 3.Qxf8#
1...Bb2 2.Qd5 ~ 3.Qd8#
2...Bf6 3.Sxc7#
2...Rd2 3.Qxc6#
1...Rh2 2.Qxc6#
1...Rf2 2.Qxc6#
1...Rd2 2.Qxc6#
Date added: 1/2/2021
68
(William Zeckendorf - Lasker's Chess Magazine, 1904)
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1.Bb3! ~ 2.Qxd3 ~
3.Qxf5#
3.Qe3#
2...cxd3
3.Ne2#
3.Nc6#
2...Ke5
3.Ne2#
3.Qxf5#
2...Rc5 3.Qe3#
2...dxe6
3.Nxe6#
3.Qe3#
Date added: 3/2/2021
69
(Samuel Loyd - Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 24 Nov 1859)
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1.Qf2! ~ 2.Qxf4#
1...Rxf2 2.Na3 ~ 3.Nb5#
2...Be2 3.Nc2#
1...Nf3
2.Na3 ~ 3.Nb5#
2.Ne7 ~ 3.Nc6#
2...Ne5 3.Qxf4#
1...Rxf2 2.Se7 ~ 3.Nc6#
2...Bf3 3.Nf5#
1...Rf3
2.Ne7 ~ 3.Nc6#
2...Rxe3 3.Qxe3#
2.Na3 ~ 3.Nb5#
2...Rxe3 3.Qxe3#
1...Re4 2.Qxf6+ Re5 3.Qxe5#
1...Rf5 2.Qxf5 ~
3.Qe4#
3.Qf4#
3.Qxf6#
2...Rf2
3.Qd3#
3.Qe4#
3.Rd3#
2...Ng4
3.Qe4#
3.Qf4#
2...Nf3
3.Qe4#
3.Qf4#
2...Bf3 3.Qxf6#
2...Bg6 3.Qxf6#
1...Rh4 2.Qxf6#
1...Rg4 2.Qxf6#
1...Bf3 2.Na3 ~ 3.Nb5#
2...Be2 3.Qxf4#
1...Bg6 2.Qxf4+ Be4
3.Qxe4#
3.Qxf6#
Date added: 3/2/2021
70
(Antonio Fernandez Arguelles Ferrer - Hamburgischer Correspondent, 6 Mar 1932)
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1.Qa1! ~ 2.Qg7#
1...Qc3 2.Qxc3 ~ 3.Qg7#
1...Qh8 2.Bg6+ Kg8 3.Qa8#
1...Qg8 2.Bxg8+ Kxg8 3.Qg7#
1...Qf8 2.Bg6+ Kg8 3.h7#
Date added: 3/2/2021
71
(Nils Adrian Bakke - Postjakk 2nd HM, 1969)
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1.Rc1! ~ 2.Rc2 ~ 3.Rd1#
2...e2 3.Rd2#
Date added: 3/2/2021
72
(Gunther Berg - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Aug 1928)
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1.Qg3! ~ 2.Qxa3#
1...b1=N 2.Qxc7! ~ 3.Qb6#
1...Bb4 2.Qxc7! ~ 3.Qb6#
2...Ba5 3.Qb7#
1...Ka7 2.Qxc7+
2...Ka6 3.Qb6#
2...Ka8 3.Qb7#
Date added: 10/1/2021