White to play and checkmate in three moves
157
(Ap. Ferrer)
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1. Ng6+!
1. ... Kg8 2. Qg7+
2. ... Rxg7 3. Nh6#
Date added: 7/3/2021
158
(Adolf Herrmann Rudolf Ferdinand Kraemer - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Nov 1936)
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1.Rb1! Kg7 2.Qb7+
2...Kh8 3.Qb2#
2...Kf8 3.h8=Q# /=R#
2...Kh6 3.h8=Q# /=R#
2...Kf6 3.Rb6#
Date added: 8/3/2021
159
(Samuel Loyd - New York Mail and Express, 18 Dec 1890)
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1.Rb2!
1...Bb3 2.Rxb3 Kxh2 3.Rh8#
1...Kxh2 2.Rh8#
1...Bd1 2.Rb1 Kxh2 3.Rh8#
1...Bc2 2.Rxc2 Kxh2 3.Rh8#
1...Be8 2.Rxe8 Kxh2 3.Rh8#
1...Bd7 2.Rxd7 Kxh2 3.Rh7#
1...Bc6 2.Rb1+ Kxh2 3.Rh8#
1...Bb5 2.Rxb5 Kxh2
3.Rh8#
3.Rh5#
Date added: 8/3/2021
160
(Georg Ernst - Deutsches Wochenschach, 1911)
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1.Rd5! ~ 2.Rf5#
1...Bxd5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Rf7#
1...Be6
2.Rf5+ Bxf5 3.e5#
2.Rg5 ~
3.Rg6#
3.e5#
2...Bf5
3.Rxf5#
3.e5#
2...Bf7 3.e5#
1...Bf7 2.Rg5 ~ 3.e5#
1...Bh7 2.Rf5+ Bxf5 3.e5#
Date added: 9/3/2021
161
(Otto B. Wurzburg - The Problem, 18 Apr 1914)
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1.Bd1!
1...d6 2.Bb3! ~ 3.Rde5#
1...g3 2.Bh5 ~ 3.Bxf7#
1...b4 2.Ba4 ~ 3.Bxd7#
1...f6 2.Bxg4 ~ 3.Rfe5#
Date added: 9/3/2021
162
(William Anthony Shinkman - The White Rooks in Chess Strategy, 1910)
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1.d5! ~
2.Rg8#
2.Ra8#
1...Qb1 2.Rg8#
1...Qxd5 2.Ra8+ Qxa8 3.Rg8#
1...Qc4 2.Rg8#
1...Qb3 2.Rg8#
1...Qa1 2.Ra8#
1...Qf2 2.Ra8#
1...Qe2 2.Ra8#
1...Qc2 2.Rg8#
1...Qb2 2.Ra8+ Qb8
3.Rxb8#
3.Rg8#
1...Bxd5 2.Rg8+ Bxg8 3.Ra8#
1...Ke8 2.Ra8#
1...Kc8 2.Rg8#
Date added: 9/3/2021
163
(Andre Cheron - Journal de Genève, 21 Apr 1934)
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1. Rc4 - Ka6
2. Rb4 - Ka5
3. Rb6#
Date added: 10/3/2021
164
(Andre Cheron - Gazette de Lausanne, 4 Sep 1932)
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1.Qh2! ~
2.Qe2 ~
3.Nxa2#
3.Qe1#
3.Qe3#
2.Qh6+
2...Rf4 3.Qxf4#
2...Rg5 3.Qxg5#
1...Rg2 2.Qd6! ~ 3.Nxa2#
2...Rd2 3.Qa3#!
1...Rd4 2.Qe2! ~ 3.Nxa2#
2...Ra4
3.Qe1#
3.Qe3#
1...Rb4 2.Qh6+ Rf4 3.Qxf4#
Date added: 10/3/2021
165
(Samuel Loyd - Illustrirte Zeitung, 23 Oct 1869)
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1.Qf1! ~ 2.Qb1 ~ 3.Qxh7#
2...g6 3.Qxa1#
1...Bf6 2.Qf5 ~ 3.Qxh7#
2...g6 3.Qxf6#
1...Be5 2.Qf5 ~ 3.Qxh7#
2...g6 3.Qxe5#
1...Bd4 2.Qd3 ~ 3.Qxh7#
2...g6 3.Qxd4#
1...Bb2 2.Qb1 ~ 3.Qxh7#
2...g6 3.Qxb2#
1...g3 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Qh3#
Date added: 11/3/2021
166
(Maximilian Philipp Friedrich von Klett - Ph. Klett's Schachprobleme, 1878)
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1.f5!
1...Bxg8 2.Rf7!
2...Bxg5 3.Bg7#
2...Kxg5 3.Be3#
2...Bxf7 3.Sxf7#
1...Bxb7+ 2.Kxb7 ~ 3.Sf7#
2...Bxg5 3.Bg7#
Date added: 11/3/2021
167
(Godfrey F. Heathcote - The British Chess Magazine, 12th (Miniature) Problem Tourney 1st Prize, Jun 1906)
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1.Rc2! ~ 2.Nc6+ Kc5 3.Qe5#
1...Nd3 2.Qe3+
2...Nxe3 3.Nc6#
2...Kxe3 3.Nf5#
1...Ne3 2.Qf4+ Kd3 3.Qe4#
1...Kc5 2.Qa3+
2...Kb5 3.Bc6#
2...Kd4 3.Nc6#
1...b5 2.Nf5+ Kc5 3.Qd6#
Date added: 11/3/2021
168
(Miroslav Havel - Zlatá Praha, 4 Nov 1904)
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1.Nc4! ~ 2.Qa8+ Kb1 3.Nd2#
1...Kb1
2.Qg6+
2...Ka1 3.Ra3#
2...Ka2 3.Ra3#
2.Qe2 ~ 3.Qxb2#
2.Qe4+
2...Ka1 3.Ra3#
2...Ka2 3.Ra3#
2.Qb8 ~ 3.Qxb2#
2.Nd2+
2...Ka1
3.Qa8#
3.Ra3#
2...Ka2 3.Qa8#
1...b1=N 2.Qb8 ~ 3.Qb2#
1...f1=N 2.Qe1+
2...b1=Q 3.Ra3#
2...b1=N 3.Ra3#
2...b1=R 3.Ra3#
2...b1=B 3.Ra3#
2...Ka2 3.Ra3#
Date added: 11/3/2021