White to play and checkmate in three moves
289
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby)
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1.Qxe7+! Rxe7
2.Nd6#
2.Nf6#
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290
(Benjamin S. Wash - Huddersfield College Magazine HM, 1880)
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1.Qa3! ~ 2.e4+
2...fxe4 ep. 3.Qd3#
2...Kxe4 3.Ng5#
1...Re3
2.Qxe3 ~
3.Qxf4#
3.Qd3#
2...fxe3 3.Ng3#
2...Bxe2 3.Qxf4#
2...Bf3 3.Qxf4#
2...Bh3 3.Qxf4#
2.Nxe3+
2...fxe3 3.Qd3#
2...Ke4
3.Qd3#
3.Ng5#
1...Bxe2 2.Qxh3+
2...Bg4 3.Qd3#
2...Ke4
3.Ng5#
3.Nd2#
1...Bf3 2.Qd3+
2...Be4 3.Qxh3#
2...Kg4 3.Qg6#
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291
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - American Chess Bulletin, Jul 1938)
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1.c6! ~ 2.Re8+ Qe7+ 3.Rxe7#
1...Qf8
2.Rxf8 ~ 3.Re8#
2.g5+ f5 3.gxf5 ep.#
1...Qe7+ 2.g5+ f5 3.gxf5 ep.#
1...Qb8
2.Nxf7 ~
3.Ng5#
3.g5#
2...Qb1
3.Re8#
3.Ng5#
2...Qb4 3.Ng5#
2...Qb5 3.Re8#
2...Qxd8+
3.Nxd8#
3.g5#
2.Rxb8 ~ 3.Re8#
2.Nb7 ~ 3.Nc5#
2...Qa7 3.Re8#
2...Qxb7 3.Re8#
2...Qxd8+ 3.Nxd8#
2.g5+ f5 3.gxf5 ep.#
1...Qxg4+ 2.Bxg4+ f5 3.Re8#
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292
(Wolfgang Pauly - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Feb 1905 )
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1.g8=R!
1...Ka1 2.Rb4 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Ka3 2.Rb4 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Kb1 2.Rg2 Ka1 3.Rc1#
1...Ka2 2.Rb4 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Kb3 2.Rg2 Ka3 3.Rc3#
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293
(Johannes Kohtz & Carl Kockelkorn - Oesterreichische Schachzeitung, Jul 1874)
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1.a8=Q! ~
2.Qxd5+ Kxd5 3.Qd3#
2.Qd3+ Kxd3 3.Qxd5#
1...Bxg1 2.Qxd5+ Kxd5 3.Qd3#
1...Bxf4 2.Qd3+
2...Kxd3 3.Qxd5#
2...Ke5
3.Qxd5#
3.Qxd5#
1...Nxb4 2.Qe4+
2...Kxe4 3.Qc4#
2...Kc5
3.Qb5#
3.Qxe3#
1...Nc3 2.Qa7+
2...Ke4 3.Qc4#
2...Kd5 3.Qd3#
1...Nxf4 2.Qc4+
2...Kxc4 3.Qe4#
2...Ke5
3.Qe4#
3.Qc3#
3.Qe4#
1...Nb6 2.Qd1+ Kc4 3.Qe4#
1...Rxd7 2.Qd3+ Kxd3 3.Qxd5#
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294
(Philippe Stamma - The Noble Game of Chess, 1745)
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1.Bb7+! Rxb7 2.Rc8+ Rb8 3.Nc7#
Date added: 17/6/2021
295
(Josef Kling - The Illustrated London News, 26 Aug 1848)
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1.Ka8! zugzwang h6 2.Kb8 zugzwang
2...Rg7 3.Qxh6#
2...Rg8 3.Qxh6#
2...g3 3.Qh4#
2...h5 3.Qd2#
Date added: 17/6/2021
296
(200 perplexing chess puzzles, 1997)
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1. Rd1! [2. c3 [3. cxd4#]
2. ... Ne6/b3/d3 3. Nd7#
2. ... Bxe3/xc3 3. Rd5#]
1. ... c3 2. Rd3 waiting
2. ... Nb7/d7/a6/e6/a4/b3/xd3 3. N(x)d7#
2. ... h4 3. Nfg4#
2. ... Bxe3 3. Rd5#
2. ... exd3 3. f4#
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297
(Josef Kling - Illustrierter Familienkalender, 1857)
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1.Qe3! ~ 2.c4+ dxc4 ep. 3.Qxc5#
1...Bf2 2.Nf4+ exf4 3.Qe6#
1...c4 2.dxc4+ Kxc4 3.Qb3#
Date added: 17/6/2021
298
(Philippe Stamma - Essai sur le Jeu des Echecs, 1737)
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1.Rh1+!
1...Rh2 2.Rh7+
2...Rxh7 3.g7#
2...Nxh7 3.g7#
1...Nh6
2.Rxh6+
2...Nh7 3.Rb8#
2...Kg8 3.Rg7#
2.Rb8+
2...Ng8 3.Rxh6#
2...Ne8 3.Rxe8#
Date added: 17/6/2021
299
(Philippe Stamma - Τhe Noble Game of Chess, 1745)
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1.Rg5+!
1...Kxg5 2.Nf7+ Kh5 3.g4#
1...Kh6 2.Nf7#
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300
(200 perplexing chess puzzles, 1997)
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1. Ng5+!
1. ... Rxg5 2. Rf6+
2. ... Kxf6 3. Rd6#
Date added: 17/6/2021