White to play and checkmate in three moves
73
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - 75 Chess Problems, 1883)
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1.Rb1! ~ 2.Rb3#
1...Nb2 2.Qxb2#
1...Ra5 2.Rxb4
2...Nf2 3.Qb2#
2...Ne3 3.Qb2#
2...Nxc3 3.Qb2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
2...Ra4 3.Rb3#
Date added: 10/1/2021
74
(Herman Leonard Jonsson - Yenowine's News (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Special Prize, 1888) ****
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1.Bxg5!
1...Bd4 2.Qd5+ exd5 3.Re7#
1...Bc3 2.Bd2 ~
3.Ng4#
3.Bxc3#
2...Nf3 3.Ng4#
2...Nc2 3.Ng4#
2...Nf4 3.Bxc3#
2...Ne3 3.Bxc3#
2...Ba1 3.Ng4#
2...Bb2 3.Ng4#
2...Bxd2 3.Ng4#
2...Bd4 3.Ng4#
2...Ba5 3.Ng4#
2...Bb4 3.Ng4#
2...Kf6 3.Bxc3#
2...g5 3.Bxc3#
1...Bb2 2.Bc1 ~
3.Ng4#
3.Bxb2#
2...Nf3 3.Ng4#
2...Nd3 3.Ng4#
2...Nc2 3.Ng4#
2...Ba1 3.Ng4#
2...Bxc1 3.Ng4#
2...Bd4 3.Ng4#
2...Bc3 3.Ng4#
2...Ba3 3.Ng4#
2...Nf4 3.Bxb2#
2...Ne3 3.Bxb2#
2...Kf6 3.Bxb2#
2...g5 3.Bxb2#
1...Nf3 2.Nxf3#
1...Nd3 2.Nf3#
1...Nc2 2.Nf3#
1...Rf1
2.Kxg7 ~ 3.Bf6#
2.Bh6 ~
3.Bxg7#
3.Ng4#
2...Rf4 3.Bxg7#
2...Ne3 3.Bxg7#
2...Kf6 3.Bxg7#
2...g5 3.Bg7#
2...gxh6 3.Ng4#
1...Rxh1
2.Bh6 ~
3.Bxg7#
3.Ng4#
2...Rxh2 3.Bxg7#
2...Ne3 3.Bxg7#
2...Kf6 3.Bxg7#
2...g5 3.Bg7#
2...gxh6 3.Ng4#
2.Kxg7 ~ 3.Bf6#
1...Nf4 2.Qxe6+
2...Nxe6 3.Rd5#
2...Kxe6 3.Re7#
1...Ne3 2.Qxe6+ Kxe6 3.Re7#
1...f4
2.Kxg7 ~
3.Bxf4#
3.Bxh4#
3.Bh6#
3.Bd8#
3.Be7#
3.Bf6#
2...Nf3
3.Bxf4#
3.Bf6#
2...Ne3 3.Qe4#
2...Kf5+ 3.Bf6#
2.Kg6 ~
3.Bxf4#
3.Bxh4#
3.Bh6#
3.Bd8#
3.Be7#
3.Bf6#
3.Ng4#
2...Nf3
3.Bxf4#
3.Bf6#
3.Ng4#
3.Nxf3#
2...Ne3 3.Qe4#
2.Bxf4+ Kf6 3.Ng4#
2.Bd8+ g5 3.Rxg5#
2.Be7+ g5 3.Rxg5#
2.Bf6+ Kxf6 3.Ng4#
2.Nf2 ~ 3.Qe4#
2.Nxf4 ~ 3.Qxe6#
2...Nxf4 3.Qe4#
1...bxc5 2.Qxc5+ Ke4
3.Qe3#
3.Nf2#
1...Rb8 2.Qxc7+ Ke4
3.Qf4#
3.Nf2#
1...g6
2.Kg7 ~ 3.Bf6#
2.Bh6 ~
3.Bg7#
3.Ng4#
2...Nf4 3.Bg7#
2...Ne3 3.Bg7#
2...Kf6 3.Bg7#
2...g5 3.Bg7#
2...gxh5 3.Bg7#
Date added: 4/2/2021
75
(Joseph William Abbott - 121 Chess Problems, 1887)
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1.Qg7!
1...f3 2.Qa7 ~ 3.Qd4#
1...Kc5 2.Qa7+
2...Kd5 3.Qd4#
2...Kxb5 3.Nd4#
1...Ke4 2.Qg1
2...Kf3 3.Ng5#
2...Kd5 3.Qd4#
2...f3 3.Qd4#
2...d5 3.Ng5#
Date added: 4/2//2021
76
(Samuel Loyd - Detroit Free Press, Jan 1880)
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1.Ng4! ~
2.Nxg3 ~ 3.Qh2#
2.Qxg3 ~ 3.Qe1#
2...Kh1 3.Qh2#
1...Kf1 2.Nxg3+ Kg1 3.Qh2#
1...g5 2.Qxg3 ~ 3.Qe1#
2...Kh1 3.Qh2#
1...gxh5 2.Nh2
2...Kf2 3.Qd4#
2...Kh1 3.Nf3#
2...gxh2 3.Qe1#
Date added: 5/2/2021
77
(Darso James Densmore - The Problem, 19 Sep 1914)
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1.Re2! ~ 2.Qxh7+ Kxh7 3.Rh2#
1...Qg2 2.Ne5 ~
3.Ng6#
3.Nf7#
1...Qe4 2.Rxe4 g6 3.Qb2#
1...Qa2 2.Rxa2 g6 3.Qb2#
1...Qxe8+ 2.Rxe8 ~
3.Kf7#
3.Ke7#
1...Qh1
2.Ne5
2...Qb7 3.Ng6#
2...Qd5 3.Ng6#
2...Qe4 3.Nf7#
2...Qb1 3.Nf7#
2...Qxh2 3.Nf7#
2.Qxh1 g6 3.Qa1#
Date added: 5/2/2021
78
(Wolfgang Pauly - Running the Gauntlet, 1911)
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1.f3! ~
2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
2.Bxc4 ~
3.Kb4#
3.d4#
2...Nxe3 3.Kb4#
2...Bxe3+ 3.Kb4#
2...Nf4 3.d4#
1...Nf2
2.Ng4+ Kxf5
3.Kb4#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
3.Qe5#
2.Nxc4+ Kxf5
3.Qe5#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
3.Kb4#
2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+
3.Kb4#
3.Bxc3#
3.Qxc3#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
2.Bxc3+ Ke6
3.Ng7#
3.Bxc4#
1...Nxe3 2.Ng7 ~ 3.Bxc3#
1...Nxb2 2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Qxc3#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Bh2
2.Nxd1+ Kxf5
3.Kb4#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
2.Ng4+ Kxf5
3.Kd4#
3.Kd6#
3.Kb4#
3.Qe5#
2.Nxc4+ Kxf5
3.Qe5#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
3.Kb4#
2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4# 2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Bxe3+ 2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4#
2...Kxf5 3.Kd6#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Bf2 2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Nf2
2.Ng4+ Kxf5
3.Kb4#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
3.Qe5#
2.Nxc4+ Kxf5
3.Qe5#
3.Kd6#
3.Kd4#
3.Kb4#
2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Ng5 2.d4+
2...cxd4 ep.+ 3.Kb4#
2...Ke6 3.Ng7#
1...Nf4 2.gxf4+
2...Ke6
3.Nd4#
3.Ng7#
2...Kxf4 3.Qg3#
1...Ke6
2.Nd4+ Ke5
3.Ng4#
3.Nxc4#
2.d4 ~ 3.Ng7#
Date added: 5/2/2021
79
(Henry Augustus Loveday - The Chess Player's Chronicle (v), 1845)
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1. Bc1 - e6
2. Rd2 - Kf4
3. Rd4#
Date added: 5/2/2021
80
(Josef Hane - Deutsches Wochenschach, 31 Aug 1893)
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1.Rd1!
1...Kc7 2.Ka6 Kc6 3.Rc8#
1...Kxa8 2.Kb6 ~ 3.Rd8#
1...Kc6 2.Ra7 Kc5 3.Rc7#
Date added: 7/2/2021
81
(Werner Speckmann - U.S. Problem Bulletin, 1965)
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1.Rg2! ~ 2.Rcd2 ~ 3.Rge2#
1...Kd1 2.Kf1 ~ 3.Rgd2#
Date added: 7/2/2021
82
(Friedrich Bethge - Schach-Echo, 20 Dec 1955)
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1.Nf5!
1...Bh6 2.Nxh6 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Ka1 2.Rc1#
1...Bxa3 2.Kxa3 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Bb4 2.axb4 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Bc5 2.Rxc5 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Bd6 2.Nxd6 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Be7 2.Nxe7 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Bg7 2.Nxg7 Ka1 3.Rc1#
Date added: 7/2/2021
83
(Johan Axel Akerblom - Eskilstuna-Kuriren 3rd Prize, 13 Apr 1929)
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1.Rg4! ~ 2.Rg8+ Bc8 3.Rxc8#
1...Bxc4 2.Rxc4 ~ 3.Rc8#
1...Bb7 2.Nc6
2...Ba6 3.Ra7#
2...Bxc6 3.Rg8#
2...Bc8 3.Ra7#
Date added: 8/2/2021
84
(Walter Henneberger - Basler Zeitung und Handelsblatt, 13 Feb 1905)
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1.h4! ~ 2.Bxf4+
2...Kxf4 3.Nd3#
2...Kf6 3.Nd5#
1...gxh4 ep. 2.g4 ~ 3.Nf7#
2...fxg4 ep. 3.f4#
Date added: 8/2/2021