White to play and checkmate in three moves
85
(Voldemars Kukainis - Stāsti un Romāni 2nd Prize, 13 Aug 1938)
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1.Ng5!
1...Be2 2.Nxd3+ Bxd3 3.Nxf3#
1...Ba4 2.Nxf3#
1...Bb3 2.Nxf3#
1...Bc2 2.Nxf3#
1...Qh3 2.Nxd3#
1...Qg2 2.Nxd3#
1...Qe2 2.Nxf3+ Qxf3 3.Nxd3#
1...Qh1 2.Nxd3#
1...Qg1 2.Nxd3#
1...Rh1 2.Nf7#
1...Rh2 2.Nf7#
1...Rh3 2.Nf7#
1...Rh4 2.Nf7#
1...Rh5 2.Nf7#
1...Rh6 2.Nf7#
1...Rf7 2.Nxf7#
1...Rg7 2.Nxg6+ Rxg6 3.Nf7#
1...Rxh8 2.Nf7#
1...Rg7 2.Nf7+ Rxf7 3.Nxg6#
1...Ra8 2.Nxg6#
1...Rb8 2.Nxg6#
1...Rc8 2.Nxg6#
1...Rd8 2.Nxg6#
1...Re8 2.Nxg6#
1...Rf8 2.Nxg6#
1...Rxh8 2.Nxg6#
Date added: 8/2/2021
86
(Leon Korski)
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1. Ng5! waiting
1. ... Kxg5 2. Qf5+
2. ... Kh4 3. Ng6#
2. ... Kh6 3. Qg6#
1. ... Kxe7 2. Qe6+
2. ... Kd8 3. Nf7#
2. ... Kf8 3. Qf7#
1. ... Kg7 2. Qh8+
2. ... Kxh8 3. Be5#
1. ... Kg7 2. Qe6 waiting
2. ... Kf8 3. Qf7#
2. ... Kh8 3. Qf6/h6/e5/g8, Be5#
1. ... Kg7 2. Qf5 waiting
2. ... Kh6 3. Qg6#
2. ... Kh8 3. Qe5/f6/f8/h7, Be5#
1. ... Kg7 2. Bf4 waiting
2. ... Kh6 3. Qh8#
2. ... Kf6 3. Qf8#
1. Bd6! waiting
1. ... Kf7 2. Qg8+
2. ... Kf6 3. Qg6#
1. ... Kg7 2. Qg8+
2. ... Kh6 3. Qh8/g6#
2. ... Kf6 3. Qg6#
1. ... Kg7 2. Qf5 waiting
2. ... Kh6 3. Qg6#
2. ... Kh8 3. Be5#
Date added: 8/2/2021
87
(K. J. Goodare)
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1. Qxd8+!
1. ... Rxd8 2. gxf7+
2. ... Ke7 3. Bc5#
Date added: 8/2/2021
88
(Samuel Loyd - Checkmate (Canadian), Novelty Tourney 1st Prize, Aug 1903)
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1.Ke2!
1...f1=Q+ 2.Ke3!
1...f1=N+ 2.Rf2+ Kxe4
3.d3#
3.Bd3#
1...Rd8 2.Ke3
1...Nxb4 2.Bd3+ Kd4 3.dxc3#
1...Nc1+ 2.Ke3
Date added: 12/1/2021
89
(Pierre Biscay - Vu, 1935)
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1.Rc8! ~ 2.Rd4#
1...Re4 2.Rd8 ~ 3.Rc1#
2...Rd4 3.Nxe3#
1...Rd5 2.Bxe6 ~
3.Bxd5#
3.Nxe3#
3.Rd4#
2...Bxg2 3.Rd4#
2...Bxe6 3.Nxe3#
Date added: 12/1/2021
90
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - American Chess Bulletin, May 1938)
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1.d4! ~ 2.d5+ cxd5 3.Bxd5#
1...cxd4 ep.
2.Bxc6 ~ 3.Bd5#
2...dxc6 3.Qa2#
2.Qa2+ d5 3.cxd5 ep.#
1...exd4 ep. 2.f4 ~ 3.f5#
2...f5 3.exf5 ep.#
1...d5
2.Bxc6 ~ 3.Bxd5#
2.Qa4 ~ 3.Qxc6#
Date added: 12/1/2021
91
(Andre Cheron - Le Temps, 20 Aug 1933)
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1. Bh3 - Kc5
2. Qg4 - Kc6
3. Qc8#
Date added: 12/1/2021
92
(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Norddeutsche Rundschau, 23 Jan 1938)
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1.Bb6! ~ 2.Qg2+
2...Kd3 3.Qc2#
2...Ke1
3.Ba5#
3.Qf2#
1...Ke1 2.Qh1+ Ke2 3.Qd1#
1...Kd3 2.Qd5+
2...Kc3 3.Ba5#
2...Ke2 3.Qd1#
1...Kf1
2.Qh1+ Ke2 3.Qd1#
2.Qf3+ Ke1
3.Ba5#
3.Qd1#
3.Qf2#
2.Qd5
2...Ke1 3.Qd1#
2...Ke2 3.Qd1#
Date added: 12/1/2021
93
(Josef Pospisil - Zlatá Praha, 1885)
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1.Qd1! ~ 2.Qf3+ Kd4 3.Qxd3#
1...Bxg2 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.Nb4# (Model mate)
1...Bf5 or Kd4 2.Qa4+ Kd5 3.Nxc7# (Model mate)
1...Kd5 2.Qb3+
2...Ke4 3.Qxd3#
2...Kc6 3.Nb8# (Model mate)
2...Kd4 3.Qxd3#
1...Kf5 2.Qf3+
2...Ke6 3.Nc5# (Model mate)
2...Kg5 3.Be7#
Date added: 12/1/2021
94
(Adolf Norlin - Münchner Neueste Nachrichten 1st Prize, 1889)
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1.Rb7!
1...Rd1 2.Qxf3
2...Rxc1 3.Nf1#
2...Rd3 3.Nd5#
1...Rd2 2.Qxf3 Rd3 3.Nd5#
1...Rd4 2.Qxf3 Rd3 3.Nd5#
1...Rxe3 2.Qxd6
2...Bxb7 3.Qxa3#
2...Bd5 3.Qxa3#
1...Bxb7 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Nd5#
1...Nf6 2.Qxf6+ Rd4 3.Qxd4#
Date added: 12/1/2021
95
(Henry Wald Bettmann & Edgar Bettmann - St. John Globe 4th Prize, e.a., 1890)
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1.Qa7! ~ 2.Qg1 ~ 3.Qg5#
1...Ne5 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.Qg5#
1...Nf4 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.Qg5#
1...Nh4 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.Qg5#
1...Nh8 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.Qg5#
1...Nf8 2.Qg7+ Kh5 3.Qg5#
Date added: 12/1/2021
96
(Bjarne Blikeng - Dagbladet, 1968)
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1.Kf7!
1...h3 2.g4+
2...Kh6 3.Bg7#
2...Kh4 3.Be1#
1...g4 2.Bg6+
2...Kh6 3.Bd2#
2...Kg5 3.Bd2#
1...Kh6 2.Bg6 ~ 3.Bg7#
2...g4 3.Bd2#
Date added: 12/1/2021