White to play and checkmate in three moves
241
(Niharendu Sikdar - British Chess Magazine, 1970)
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1.a4! ~
2.Rf2 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Ra3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rb3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rc3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rd3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Re3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf8 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf7 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf6 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rg3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Nd3 2.Rxd3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Nb3 2.Rxb3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rxd2 2.Rf2 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rxf1 2.Rxf1 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Re1 2.Re3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...a1=Q 2.Ra3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...a1=R 2.Ra3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...b3
2.Rf2 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rxb3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rc3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rd3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Re3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf8 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf7 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf6 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rg3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...c3
2.Rg3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf2 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rxc3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rd3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Re3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf8 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf7 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf6 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Nc3 2.Rxc3+
2...Bd5 3.Rc7#
2...d5 3.Rc7#
1...Ne3
2.Rxe3+
2...Bd5 3.Rc7#
2...d5 3.Rc7#
2.Nxe3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Nf4
2.Rc7+ Kd5 3.Rxf4#
2.Rxf4+
2...Bd5 3.Rc7#
2...d5 3.Rc7#
1...Nf6 2.Rxf6+ d5 3.Rc7#
1...Bxh3
2.Rc7+ Nxc7 3.Rf6#
2.Rf6+
2...Be6 3.Rc7#
2...Rxf6 3.Rc7#
2...d6 3.Rc7#
2.Rxh3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Bg4
2.Rc7+ Nxc7 3.Rf6#
2.Rf6+
2...Be6 3.Rc7#
2...Rxf6 3.Rc7#
2...d6 3.Rc7#
1...Bf5 2.Rxf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Bf7
2.Rf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rc7+ Nxc7 3.Rf6#
2.Rf2 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Ra3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rb3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rc3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rd3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Re3 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rxf7 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf6+
2...Rxf6 3.Rc7#
2...d6 3.Rc7#
2...Be6 3.Rc7#
2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rg3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rxh3 2.Rxh3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rh4 2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rf6
2.Rxf6 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf5 ~ 3.Rc7#
2.Rf4 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rg6 2.Rg3 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rh8 2.Rf8 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...Rh7 2.Rf7 ~ 3.Rc7#
1...d6 2.Rf7 ~
3.Rc7#
3.Rc7#
2...dxc5 3.Rc7#
2...Bxf7 3.Rc7#
2...Bd7 3.Rc7#
2...Rh7 3.Rc7#
Date added: 7/5/2021
242
(Robin Charles Olivier Matthews - British Chess Magazine, 1962)
(3 keys)
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1.Rgc6!
1...Ra×c6 2.Rc4+ R×c4 3.Nf6#
1...Rc×c6 2.Sf6+ R×f6 3.Rc4#
1.Rcc6!
1...Ra×c6 2.Sc3+ R×c3 3.Re6#
1...Rc×c6 2.Re6+ R×e6 3.Nc3#
1.Nc6!
1...Ra×c6 2.Rc5 ~ 3.Nc3#
2...R×c5 3.Nf6#
1...Rc×c6 2.Rd6 ~ 3.Nf6#
2...R×d6 3.Nc3#
1...K×d5 2.Rd6+ Ke4 3.Rd4# (Rc4#)
Date added: 7/5/2021
243
(Theodore Adrien Louis Herlin - Le Palamède, Dec 1846)
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1.Qf6+!
1...Ke8 2.Qe6+
2...Kf8 3.Bh6#
2...Kd8 3.Ba5#
1...Kg8
2.Qg6+
2...Kh8 3.Bc3#
2...Kf8 3.Bb4#
2.Bh6 ~ 3.Qg7#
2.Bc3 ~ 3.Qg7#
Date added: 23/5/2021
244
(Johannes Kohtz & Carl Kockelkorn - Sonntags-Blatt für Jedermann aus dem Volke, 6 May 1888)
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1.Ke2! Kb3 2.Qd2
2...Ka4 3.Qb4#
2...Kc4 3.Qd3#
Date added: 23/5/2021
245
(Adolph L. Decker - Deutsches Wochenschach, 1908)
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1.Kb2!
1...Kb5 2.Qc7
2...Kb4 3.Qb6#
2...Ka6 3.Bc4#
1...Ka5 2.Qc6 Kb4 3.Qb6#
Date added: 26/5/2021
246
(Joseph Alonzo Potter - The New York Clipper, 11 Dec 1858)
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1.Na4+!
1...Ka2 2.Rd1 Ka3 3.Ra1#
1...Kxa4 2.Kc5 Ka5 3.Ra3#
Date added: 2/6/2021
247
(Otto Georg Edgar Dehler - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1925)
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1.Kf6! Kg8 2.Re8+ Kh7 3.Rh8#
Date added: 2/6/2021
248
(Valerij Al'bertovich Surkov - Боспор (Керчь), Nov 1995)
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1.Qd5+!
1...Kxa4 2.Qb5+ Ka3 3.Qb3#
1...Kb6 2.Qc6+ Ka5 3.Qb5#
1...Qc5+ 2.Kxc5 ~ 3.Qa8#
2...Kxa4 3.Qa2#
Date added: 3/6/2021
249
(Charles Lewis Fitch - Detroit News, 1876)
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1.d8=N! ~
2.Nc6#
2.Qxb7#
1...Rc7 (R~) 2.Qb7+ Rxb7 3.Nc6#
Date added: 3/6/2021
250
(Thorstein Fjeld - Schackvärlden, 1934)
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1.Rf1!
1...Rxf1 2.Qxf1#
1...Be3 2.Qd3
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
2...Bg1 3.Qf3#
2...Bf2 3.Qf3#
2...Bh6 3.Qf3#
2...Bg5 3.Qf3#
2...Bf4 3.Qf3#
2...Ba7 3.Qf3#
2...Bb6 3.Qf3#
2...Bc5 3.Qf3#
2...Bd4 3.Qf3#
1...Bf4 2.Qc4
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
2...Be3 3.Qg4#
2...Bh2 3.Qg4#
2...Bg3 3.Qg4#
2...Bh6 3.Qg4#
2...Bg5 3.Qg4#
2...Bb8 3.Qg4#
2...Bc7 3.Qg4#
2...Bd6 3.Qg4#
2...Be5 3.Qg4#
1...Bg5 2.Qb5
2...Be3 3.Qh5#
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
2...Bf4 3.Qh5#
2...Bh4 3.Qh5#
2...Bh6 3.Qh5#
2...Bd8 3.Qh5#
2...Be7 3.Qh5#
2...Bf6 3.Qh5#
1...Bf8
2.Qd3 ~ 3.Qf3#
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
2.Qc4 ~ 3.Qg4#
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
1...Bg7 2.Qd3 ~ 3.Qf3#
2...Rxf1 3.Qxf1#
Date added: 3/6/2021
251
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - 75 Chess Problems, 1883)
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1.Qg3! ~
2.Qc3+ Ke4 3.Qe3#
2.Qe3+ Kc4 3.Qc3#
1...Kc5 2.Qc3+
2...Kxb6 3.Nd5#
2...Kd6 3.Qc7#
1...Ke5 2.Qc3+
2...Ke4 3.Qe3#
2...Kd6 3.Qc7#
2...Kxf4 3.Qe3#
Date added: 3/6/2021
252
(Samuel Loyd - The Albion (New York) 1st Prize, 7 Aug 1858)
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1.Ba4! - zugzwang
1...Rh1 (R~) 2.Ng6+ Kd5 3.Nc7#
1...Bb6 2.Nd6 ~ 3.Nxc4#
1...Bb8 2.Nd4 ~ 3.Nc6#
2...cxd4 3.cxd4#
1...Nb6 2.Nd4 (N:a7) ~ 3.Nc6#
2...cxd4 3.cxd4#
1...Nf8 2.Nd6 (N:a7) ~ 3.Nxc4#
1...Nb8 2.Nd6 ~ 3.Nxc4#
1...Bf7 (Bh7) 2.Nd6 ~
3.Nxc4#
3.Nxf7#
compare to #375
Date added: 3/6/2021