White to play and checkmate in three moves
145
(Ralph Herbert Bridgewater - Chess Problems Made Easy, 1924)
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1.Bb8! ~ 2.Qd6+
2...Ke4 3.Qd3#
2...Kc4 3.Qc5#
1...Bc4 2.Qf3+
2...Kd4 3.c3#
2...Ke6 3.Qf7#
1...Kc4 2.Qd3+ Kxb4 3.Bd6#
Date added: 17/2/2021
146
(Otto Newmann - Chess Problems Made Easy, 1924)
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1.f3!
1...c5 2.f5+ Kd5 3.Be4#
1...d5 2.Bf5+
2...Kd6 3.Qf8#
2...Kxf5 3.Qf7#
1...Kd5 2.Bc4+ Kc5 3.Qg1#
Date added: 17/2/2021
147
(Samuel Loyd - Detroit Free Press, Centennial Tourney, 28 Jan 1877)
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1.Qg3! ~ 2.Qg8 ~ 3.Qa8#
2...Be2 3.Qa2#
2...Ka4 3.Qa2#
1...Ba4 2.Qxc7+ Ka6 3.Qb6#
1...Bb3 2.Qxc7+
2...Ka6 3.Qb6#
2...Ka4 3.Qa7#
1...Ka6 2.Qxc7 ~ 3.Qb6#
1...Ka4 2.Qc3 ~ 3.Qb4#
Date added: 21/1/2021
148
(Ernst Bostrom - Svenska Dagbladet, 1929)
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1.Qh8! ~ 2.Rh2+ (2Rb2...g2+) Kb1 3.Qb2#
1...Rxa7 2.Rg2+!
2...Rg7 3.Qh1#
2...Kb1
3.Qh1#
3.Qb2#
1...Ra6 2.Rf2+!
2...Rf6 3.Qh1#
2...Kb1
3.Qh1#
3.Qb2#
1...Ra5 2.Re2+!
2...Re5 3.Qh1#
2...Kb1
3.Qh1#
3.Qb2#
1...Ra4 2.Rd2+!
2...Rd4 3.Qh1#
2...Kb1
3.Qh1#
3.Qb2#
1...Rxb3+ 2.Rxb3+ Ka2 3.Qb2#
Date added: 5/3/2021
149
(Gerard Johan Bouma - Die Schwalbe 5th Comm., Dec 1966)
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1.Rb4!
1...Be3 2.Rxe3 ~ 3.Ra3#
1...Bb2 2.Rxb2 ~ 3.Ra3#
1...Ka7 2.Rb3 ~ 3.Ra4#
2...Bd2 3.Ra3#
Date added: 5/3/2021
150
(Kenneth Holmes Braithwaite - Bulletin de la LEO, 1980)
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1.Qa3! ~
2.Rc1+
2...bxc1=Q+ 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=S 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=R+ 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=B 3.Qxc1#
2.Ra8 ~ 3.Qxa2#
2...a1=Q 3.Qd3#
2...a1=R 3.Qd3#
1...Ka1 2.Rc1+
2...b1=Q 3.Qc3#
2...b1=S 3.Qc3#
2...b1=R 3.Qc3#
2...b1=B 3.Qc3#
2...bxc1=Q+ 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=S 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=R+ 3.Qxc1#
2...bxc1=B 3.Qxc1#
1...a1=Q 2.Qb3 ~ 3.Rc1#
1...a1=S 2.Ra8 ~ 3.Qa2#
1...a1=R 2.Qb3 ~ 3.Rc1#
1...a1=B 2.Qd3+ Ka2 3.Ra8#
Date added: 5/3/2021
151
(George Hume - Nationaltidende 1st Prize, 1885)
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1.Rb8! - zugzwang
1...Rd5 2.Rd3 ~ 3.b4#
2...bxc4 (b4) 3.Rxd5#
1...Re5 2.Re3 ~ 3.b4#
2...bxc4 (b4) 3.Rxe5#
1...Rf5 2.Rf3 ~ 3.b4#
2...bxc4 (b4) 3.Rxf5#
1...g3 2.Rxg3 ~ 3.b4#
2...bxc4 (b4) 3.Rxg5#
1...Rh5 2.Rh3 ~ 3.b4#
2...bxc4 (b4) 3.Rxh5#
1...Rc5 2.Ra8 ~ 3.Rxa6#
2...Rxc8 3.Rxb5#
1...Rg7 2.Rxb5+ axb5 3.b4#
1...bxc4 2.Nxc4+ Ka4 3.R8b4# (R3b4#)
Date added: 6/3/2021
152
(Ernests Gize - Arbejder-Skak, 1958)
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1.Bf5! ~ 2.Bd3#
1...a1=N+ 2.Ka4 ~
3.Bd3#
3.Bc8#
1...c1=N+ 2.Kc4 ~ 3.Bc8#
1...c1=Q /=R 2.Bd3+ Qc4+ 3.Bxc4#
1...e1=N 2.Kb4 ~ 3.Bc8#
2...Nd3+ 3.Bxd3#
Date added: 6/3//2021
153
(Niels Hoeg - Roskilde Tidende, 18 Feb 1911)
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1.Qa4! ~
2.Qd1#
2.Qe4#
1...Bc3 2.Qe4#
1...Bd4+ 2.Kf1 Be3 (B~) 3.Qe4#
Date added: 6/3/2021
154
(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Neue Leipziger Zeitung 2nd Prize, Quartalsturnier, 15 Sep 1935)
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1.Rg2! ~ 2.Ng6+
2...Kh5
3.Ndf4#
3.Nf6#
2...Kh3 3.Ndf4#
1...Bc2 2.Ne3 ~ 3.Rg4#
2...Bd1 3.Nf5#
2...Bf5 3.Nxf5#
1...Be8 2.Ne7 ~ 3.Nf5#
2...Bd7 3.Neg6#
2...Bg6 3.Nexg6#
Date added: 7/3/2021
155
(Otto B. Wurzburg - La Presse, 1905)
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1.Qg7! Ke2 2.Qd4
2...Kf1 3.Qf2#
2...Kf3 3.Qe4#
Date added: 7/3/2021
156
(S. Lolicato)
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1. Bb5! [2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#]
1. ... Ng6 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... f6 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... f5 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... axb5 2. Qa1 [3. Nb6, Qxh8#]
2. ... Ng6, f6, Rxh7, Rb2/xg5 3. Nb6#
2. ... a6 3. Qxa6#
2. ... a5 3. Qxa5#
2. ... cxd5, Ra2 3. Qxh8#
1. ... a5 2. Ba6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... cxd5 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... cxb5 2. Kc8 ad lib 3. Nc7#
1. ... cxb5 2. Qxg2 ad lib 3. Nb6#
1. ... b3 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rhg4 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rxf4 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rh5 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rh5 2. Re4 ad lib 3. Re8#
1. ... Rh6 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rxh7 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rxh7 2. Re4 ad lib 3. Re8#
1. ... Rh3 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rhh2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rhh2 2. Re4 ad lib 3. Re8#
1. ... Rxh1 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rxh1 2. Re4 ad lib 3. Re8#
1. ... Rf2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rf2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rf2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Re2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Re2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rd2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rd2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Rc2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rc2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rc2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Rb2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rb2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rb2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Ra2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Ra2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Rg3 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rg3 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rgg4 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rgg4 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rgg4 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Rxg5 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rgh2 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rgh2 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rgh2 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
1. ... Rg1 2. Kc8 [3. Nc7#]
2. ... cxd5 3. Qxd5#
1. ... Rg1 2. Bxa6 ad lib 3. Bb7#
1. ... Rg1 2. Qe4 ad lib 3. Qe8#
Date added: 7/3/2021