White to play and checkmate in three moves
169
(Louis-Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais - Le Palamède, Oct 1837)
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1.Kf7! ~
2.Qg6#
2.Qg7#
1...Rg4 2.Qh8+ Kg5 3.Qxf6#
1...h4 2.Qg6#
Date added: 11/3/2021
170
(Josef Kling - Illustrated London News, 8 Jul 1848)
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1.Kc1! ~ 2.Nc2+ Kb3 3.Ra3#
1.Nc2+! Kb3 2.Kc1 ~ 3.Ra3#
Date added: 11/3/2021
171
(Computer-Generated Chess Problem 03108 - Chesthetica v12.03 (Selangor, Malaysia), Generated on 19 Nov 2020 at 10:28:06 PM)
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1. Rg5 - Rxe6
2. Rgc5 - Re5
3. R1c4#
Date added: 12/3/2021
172
(Erich Ernest Zepler - Dresdner Anzeiger 3rd HM, 1930) ***
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1.h8=N!
1...Kg1 2.Ng4 Kxh1 3.Qf1#
1...Kxe3 2.Ne4 Kd4 3.Nc2#
1...Ke1 2.Ne4 Kd1 3.Qf1#
1...Kxg3
2.Qf1 ~ 3.Qg2#
2.Qe2 ~ 3.Qg2#
2.Qb2 ~ 3.Qg2#
Date added: 12/3/2021
173
(Andre Cheron - Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne, 1930)
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1. Rh8 - ~
2. g8=Q - ~
3. Qa8#
Date added: 12/3/2021
174
(Oskar Wilhelm Brenander - Tidskrift för Schack, Mar 1909)
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1. Ke4! waiting
1. ... Kg5 2. Qc5+
2. ... Kg4 3. Qg1#
1. ... Nf2+ 2. Qxf2+
2. ... Ke6 3. Qb6#
1. ... b6 2. Kf4 [3. Qc6, Qf5#]
2. ... Ne3 3. Qc6#
Date added: 12/3/2021
175
(Sigurd Clausen - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, Sep 1939)
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1.Ra2!
1...Re1 2.Qf2+ Kh1
3.Qxe1#
3.Qh2#
3.Qg2#
1...Re2 2.Rxe2 Kh1 3.Qf1#
1...Re3 (Re8-e~) 2.Qf2+ Kh1
3.Qf1#
3.Qh2#
3.Qg2#
1...Ra8 2.Qxa8 ~ 3.Qg2#
2...Kf1 3.Qh1#
1...Rb8 2.Qxb8 ~ 3.Qb1#
1...Rc8 2.Qxc8 ~ 3.Qc1#
1...Rd8 2.Qxd8 ~ 3.Qd1#
1...Rxf8+
2.gxf8=Q Kh1 3.Qf1#
2.gxf8=R Kh1 3.Rf1#
1...Kh1 2.Qxe8 ~ 3.Qe1#
Date added: 12/3//2021
176
(Allard Pieter Eerkes - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, 1953)
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1.a6! ~ 2.Na5+ Kxd4 3.Nxc6#
1...Qg7 2.Nc5+! Kxd4 3.Ne6#
1...Nd5 2.Nxd2+! Kxd4 3.Nxf3#
Date added: 13/3/2021
177
(Walter William Jacobs - British Chess Magazine, 1935)
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1.Qd7! ~ 2.Nb3+ Kxb1 3.Qf5#
1...Kxb1 2.Qf5+
2...Ka1 3.Nb3#
2...Kc1 3.Qc2#
1...axb1=Q 2.Nb3+ Ka2 3.Qa4#
1...axb1=N 2.Nc2+ Ka2 3.Qxd5#
1...e6 2.Nb3+ Kxb1 3.Qh7#
Date added: 13/3/2021
178
(Darso James Densmore - Brooklyn Chess Chronicle 1st Prize, 1914)
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1.Ra1!
1...g5 2.Ra4!
2...Be8 (Bh5~) 3.Qxg4#
2...g2 3.Qe1#
1...Kg5 2.Nf3+
2...gxf3 3.Qf4#
2...Kf6 3.Qf8#
2...Kf5 3.Qf4#
2...Kh6 3.Qf8#
1...g2 2.Qf4 g5 3.Qh2#
Date added: 13/3/2021
179
(Franz Ferdinand Ludwig Palatz - British Chess Magazine, 1931)
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1.Be2! ~ 2.Bxb5#
1...Qf1 2.Bxf1 ~ 3.Bxb5#
2...Bc5 3.Rxc5#
1...Bc5 2.Bg4 ~ 3.Bxd7#
2...Qxg4 3.Rxc5#
Date added: 13/3/2021
180
(Samuel Loyd - Saturday Courier, Mar 1856)
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1. Bh1 - d3
2. Kg2 - Ke4
3. Kg3#
Date added: 13/3/2021