White to play and checkmate in three moves
205
(Johan Axel Akerblom - Schackvärlden, 5 Aug 1928)
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1.Re7!
1...Bb7 2.Rxb7 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Kd6+ 2.Reb7+! Kc6 3.Rb6#
1...Kc5+ 2.Reb7+
2...Kc6 3.R1b6#
2...Kc4 3.Rc1#
Date added: 13/4/2021
206
(Otto Christian Budde - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Oct 1886)
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1.Qe3!
1...Ke8
2.Qg5 Kf8 3.Qd8#
2.Qc5 Kd8 3.Qf8#
1...Kd8 2.Bc8 Kxc8 3.Qe8#
1...Kf8 2.Bg8 Kxg8 3.Qe8#
1...Kf6 2.Bd5 ~
3.Qg5#
3.Qe6#
2...Kf5 3.Qg5#
1...Kd6 2.Bf5 ~
3.Qc5#
3.Qe6#
2...Kc6 3.Qc5#
2...Kd5 3.Qc5#
Date added: 13/4/2021
207
(Vaclav Cisar - Hampstead and Highgate Express 1st Prize, 13 Mar 1909)
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1.Qf8!
1...Ke4 2.Ke6 ~
3.Qb4#
3.Qf4#
2...Kd4 3.Qb4#
1...Kg5 2.Qb4
2...Kh5 3.Qh4#
2...Kf5 3.Qf4#
2...Kh6 3.Qh4#
1...Kxe5 2.Qc5+ Ke4 3.f3#
1...Kg4 2.Qh6 Kf5 3.Qf4#
Date added: 13/4/2021
208
(Anton M. Dahl - Aftonposten, 1888)
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1.Ke5!
1...h6 2.Kf4 h5 3.Qh1#
1...h5 2.Qf2 Kg4 3.Qg2#
Date added: 13/4/2021
209
(Robert M. C. Collin - Tijdschrift vd KNSB 3rd Prize, 1936)
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1.R3g4!
1...Kf3 2.f5 Kf2 3.Rf4#
1...Kd4 2.Re5 Kc4 3.f5#
Date added: 14/4/2021
210
(Erich Anselm Brunner - Basler Nachrichten, 30 Jul 1927)
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1.Rb6! ~ 2.Ra6+ Qa5
3.Rxa5#
3.Kxc2#
1...Qxb6 2.Kxc2+ Qb1+ 3.Rxb1#
1...Qf4+ 2.Kxc2+ Qc1+ 3.Rxc1#
1...Qxf7 2.Kxc2+ Ka2 3.Ra6#
Date added: 14/4/2021
211
(Sigurd Clausen - Eskilstuna-Kuriren, 3 Feb 1931)
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1.Kf5!
1...Bd6 2.h8=Q+
2...Bf8 3.Qxf8#
2...Bb8 3.Qh1#!
1...Bh2 (Bb8~) 2.h8=Q+ Bb8 3.Qh1#
1...Be5 2.h8=Q+
2...Bxh8
3.f8=Q#
3.f8=R#
2...Bb8 3.Qh1#
Date added: 14/4/2021
212
(Vitol'd Vitol'dovich YAkimchik - problem (Zagreb), 1963)
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1.a4!
1...d4 2.Qg3#
1...a5 2.Nb1
2...Kc4 3.Qc3#
2...d4 3.Qe2#
1...a6 2.a5 d4 3.Qg3#
Date added: 17/4/2021
213
(Ernest Levonovich Pogosyanc - Ленинское знамя, 1964)
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1. Ba1 - f2
2. Kc3 - f1=Q
3. Bb2#
Date added: 17/4/2021
214
(Nikos Ioannidis - Rizospastis, 21Feb 2016)
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1. Qa1! [2. Qxa7#]
1. ... Rxc7 2. Qxh8+
2. ... Kb7 3. Rxc7, Ba6#
2. ... Rc8 3. Qxc8#
1. ... a5 2. Qxa5+
2. ... Kb7 3. Qa6/a7, c6#
1. ... Qxa1 2. Bf3+
2. ... Be4 3. Bxe4#
1. ... Qa2 2. Bf3+
2. ... Be4 3. Bxe4#
Date added: 17/4/2021
215
(Mihail Ivanovich Dudakov - Волгоградская правда, 1966)
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1.Bd3! Kf3 2.Sc4
2...Kg4 3.Se5#
2...Kg2 3.Be4#
2...g4 3.0-0#
Date added: 18/4/2021
216
(Andrej Vasil'evich Nemcov - Шахматы в СССР Prize, Jul 1945)
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1.Ra1! ~ 2.Ra7 ~ 3.Qxg7#
2...Kf8 3.Qa8#
1...Kh8 2.Rg1 ~ 3.Qxg7#
2...Bh6 3.Qg8#
2...Bf8 3.Qg8#
Date added: 20/4/2021