White to play and checkmate in three moves

Problems 193 to 204

193

(Frank Healey - Bristol-Turnier 1st Prize, 1861 )

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1.Rh1!
1...Be8 2.Qb1 ~ 3.Qb4#
2...Bb5 3.Qg1#
1...Bd7 2.Qb1 ~ 3.Qb4#
2...Bb5 3.Qg1#
1...Bc6 2.Qxc6#
1...Ba6 2.Qc6#
1...Na5 2.Qd6#
1...Nd6 2.Qxd6#
1...Nd8 2.Qd6#

Date added: 15/3/2021

194

(Moisej SHliomovich Rozental' - Freie Presse, 16 Jun 1967)

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1.Bd7! ~ 2.Bc8#
1...Kb7 2.Bc7
2...Ka8 3.Bc6#
2...Ka6 3.Bc8#

Date added: 23/3/2021

195

(Otto Georg Edgar Dehler - Die Quelle, 1920)

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1.Kf5!
1...Kh7 2.Rf8 ~ 3.Rh8#
1...Kg8 2.Kg6 Kh8 3.Rf8#
1...Kh8 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.Rh8#

Date added: 24/3//2021

196

(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Basler Nachrichten, 10 Jul 1954)

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1.Ra1!
1...Kf1 2.Kf3
2...Kg1 3.Bf4#
2...Ke1
3.Bh6#
3.Bg5#
3.Bf4#
3.Be3#
1...Kd1 2.Kd3 Ke1 3.Be3#

Date added: 25/3/2021

197

(William Bone - New Court Gazette, 27 Jun 1840)

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1.Qf5+!
1...Kxf5 2.Nxd7 ~ 3.g4#
1...Ke7 2.Qxd7+ Kf6 3.Qe6#

Date added: 25/3/2021

198

(Emil Palkoska - Národní politika, 1912)

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1.Rb7! ~ 2.Ra7+ Kb6 3.Ra6#
1...Rc5 2.Rb5+ Rxb5 3.Nc4#
1...Rc5 2.Bc7+ Rxc7 3.Rb5#

Date added: 25/3/2021

199

(Samuel Loyd - New York Saturday Courier, 12 May 1855)

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1.Qe6! ~
2.Qg4#
2.Qf5#
2.Qe3#
2.Qe4#
2.Qe5#
1...fxe6 2.h4 e5 3.Bg5#

Date added: 25/3/2021

200

(Erich Anselm Brunner - Akademisches Monatsheft für Schach, 1910)

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  1. Rh4 - Kxc5

  2. Rgg4 - Kc6

  3. Rc4#


Date added: 26/3/2021

201

(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Die Schwalbe, 1955)

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1.b3!
1...Kxb3 2.Qc3+
2...Kxa4 3.Qb4#
2...Ka2 3.Qb2#
1...Kd3 2.Qf2 Ke4 3.Sc5#

Date added: 27/3/2021

202

(Domenico Ercole del Rio - Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1769)

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1.Ne6+!
1...Qxe6 2.Qh6+
2...Kxh6 3.Bf8#
2...Kh8 3.Qf8#
2...Kg8 3.Qf8#
1...fxe6 2.Qf8#
1...Kh8
2.Qb8+ Qd8 3.Qxd8#
2.Qf6+ Kg8 3.Qg7#
1...Kg8 2.Qb8+ Qd8 3.Qxd8#

Date added: 27/3/2021

203

(Igor' Alekseevich Agapov - Żiguliowskije zori, 2013)

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1. Re4! - zz
1... N~ (Nb2/Nf2) 2. Re1+ Nd1 3. R:d1#
1... Nc3! 2. K:c3! Kb1 3. Re1#
1... Ne3! 2. Rd4! - zz 2... N~ 3. Rd1#
(1... Kb1 2. Rc4+ Ka1 3. Rc1#)

Date added: 5/4/2021

204

(Erich Anselm Brunner - Rostocker Zeitung, 1907)

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1. Ra7 - b2
2. Rdd7 - b1=Q
3. Rac7#

Date added: 13/4/2021