White to play and checkmate in three moves
337
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - 75 Chess Problems, 1883)
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1.Nd3! ~ 2.Nc5#
1...Bf2 2.Nb4#
1...Bb4 2.Nxb4#
1...Ne4
2.Qf2 ~ 3.Qxa7#
2...Bxf2 3.Nb4#
2...Nxf2 3.Nc5#
2...Nc5 3.Nxc5#
2.Qf5 ~ 3.Qb5#
2...Nc3
3.Qa5#
3.Nc5#
3.Nb4#
2...Nxd6 3.Nc5#
2...Nc5 3.Nxc5#
Date added: 20/6/2021
338
(Cecil Alfred Lucas Bull - Hampshire Telegraph and Post 4th HM, 1921)
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1.g6! ~ 2.e4 ~
3.Qxf5#
3.Qf4#
2...f4
3.Qxf4#
3.gxf4#
2...fxe4 3.Qh5#
2...hxg6 3.Qf4#
1...f4 2.gxf4+ Kf5 3.e4#
1...Rc6 2.Qf4+ Kxd5 3.Qxf5#
1...hxg6 2.Kxg6 ~ 3.Qxf5#
2...f4 3.gxf4#
1...Nc6 2.Qe3+ Kxd5 3.c4#
Date added: 20/6/2021
339
(Lewis Rothstein - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 20 May 1917)
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1.Qc7! ~ 2.Qg7#
1...Kd4 2.Nf3#
1...Bd7 2.Kb1
2...Ba4 3.Qg7#
2...Kd4 3.Nf3#
2...Bb5 3.Qg7#
2...Bc6 3.Qg7#
2...Be8 3.Qg7#
2...Bc8 3.Qg7#
1...Bf7
2.Bh6
2...Kf6 3.Ng4#
2...Kd4 3.Nf3#
2...Bh5 3.Qg7#
2...Bg6 3.Qg7#
2...Bg8 3.Qg7#
2...Be8 3.Qg7#
2.Nf3+ Kf5 3.Qxf7#
Date added: 20/6/2021
340
(Jan Ingvar Hannelius - Aamulehti, 1971)
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1.Rg4! ~ 2.Ra4+ Ba7 3.Rxa7#
1...Bxg1 2.Rxg1 ~ 3.Ra1#
1...Ba7 2.Bxa7 Kxa7 3.Ra4#
1...Bb6 2.Rxb6 ~ 3.Ra4#
1...Bd4 2.Rxd4 ~
3.Ra4#
3.Rd8#
2...Ka7 3.Ra4#
Date added: 20/6/2021
341
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - The Observer, 25 Apr 1926)
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1.c5! ~ 2.c6 ~
3.Ne6#
3.Qxf3#
2...Ng6+ 3.Nxg6#
2...e4 3.Rxf5#
2...Qb3 3.Rxf5#
1...Rdd6 2.Ne6+ Rxe6 3.Qxd2#
1...Rad6 2.Qxd2+ Rxd2 3.Ne6#
1...Qe4 2.Qxf3+ Qxf3 3.Rxf5#
1...Be4 2.Rxf5+ Bxf5 3.Qxf3#
1...Qd3 2.Qxd2+
2...Qxd2 3.Rxf5#
2...Qe3
3.Rxf5#
3.fxe3#
3.Qxe3#
Date added: 20/6/2021
342
(Sophie Schett - The Philadelphia Times, 1881)
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(Sophie Schett-Merfort (1836 - 1902) lived in Ebreichsdorf near Vienna adn she was one of the first female problemists)
1.Bd4!
1...Kd6 2.Bc5+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Kxd4 2.Kc6 Kc4 3.Re4#
Date added: 21/6/2021
343
(Otto B. Wurzburg - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 8 Nov 1914)
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1.Bc3! ~ 2.Re5#
1...Qe6
2.Qc4+ Qxc4 3.Re5#
2.Qxe6+ Bxe6 3.Re5#
2.Qc6+
2...Qd5 3.Rc4#
2...Qxc6 3.Re5#
1...Qd5 2.Qc4+
2...Qxc4 3.Re5#
2...Qd4+ 3.Qxd4#
1...Qb6 2.Qa4+
2...Qb4 3.Re5#
2...Bc4 3.Qxc4#
1...Qb5 2.Qc6+
2...Qxc6 3.Re5#
2...Bd5 3.Qxd5#
1...Qxc3 2.Qc6+
2...Kd4 3.Nf5#
2...Bd5 3.Qxd5#
1...f3
2.Re5+ Kf4 3.Qf6#
2.Qf6 ~
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...c1=Q
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...c1=B
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...Qf7
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Re5#
2...Qe6
3.Qd4#
3.Qxf3#
2...Qd5
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
2...Qc4
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...Qa4
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...Qb6
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
2...Qb5
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
2...Qb4
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...Qxc3 3.Qh4#
2...d2
3.Qd4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
2...Rb4
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
3.Re5#
2...Rb5
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
2...Nd6
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Re5#
2...Ne7
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Re5#
2...Bd5
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qh4#
3.Qxf3#
3.Qf5#
2...Be6
3.Qd4#
3.Qe5#
3.Qxf3#
3.Re5#
1...Rb5 2.Qb7+
2...Qd5 3.Rc4#
2...Rxb7 3.Re5#
2...Bd5 3.Qxh7#
1...Bd5 2.Qe6+ Bxe6 3.Re5#
Date added: 21/6/2021
344
(Darso James Densmore - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times 3rd Prize, 19 Mar 1916)
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1.Bb3! ~ 2.Nxg6+
2...Bxg6 3.Qe6#
2...Kf5
3.Qe6#
3.Qf4#
2...Nxg6 3.Qe6#
1...Rd6 2.Qd4+ Rxd4 3.Nc6#
1...Rf6 2.Nf3+
2...Kf5 3.Qf4#
2...Rxf3 3.Qe6#
1...Qd6 2.Nc6+ Qxc6 3.Qd4#
1...Rf6 2.Nc6+ Rxc6 3.Qf4#
Date added: 21/6/2021
345
(Godfrey F. Heathcote - Natal Mercury 1st Prize, 1914)
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1.Bb8! ~ 2.Ne5
2...Rc3 3.Qd6#
2...Kc5 3.Qa5#
1...Rd1 2.Ba7
2...Rc1 (Rd3) 3.Nf4#
2...e3 3.Nc3#
1...Rc3 2.Nf6+ Kc5 3.Bd6#
1...e3 2.Qc8 ~ 3.Nf6#
1...Kc5 2.Qa5+ Kc6 (Kc4) 3.Ne5#
Date added: 21/6/2021
346
(Charles Planck - The Baltimore Sunday News 1st Prize, 1885)
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1.Bb5! ~ 2.Nc6+
2...Kxc5 3.Qe5#
2...bxc6 3.Qe5#
1...Qh5 2.Qxg1+ Ke4 3.Bd3#
1...Nc3 2.Qxc3+ Ke4 3.Qd3#
1...Nxc5 2.Nf3+ Kd5 3.Qe5#
1...Nb6 2.Qc3+ Ke4 3.Qd3#
1...Kxc5 2.Nd3+
2...Kd5 3.Qe5#
2...Kxb5 3.Qe8#
2...Kd6 3.Qe5#
2...Kd4 3.Qe5#
1...f3 2.Qb4+ Ke3 3.Ng4#
1...axb5 2.Qd2+
2...Ke4 3.Qd3#
2...Kxc5 3.b4#
Date added: 21/6/2021
347
(A. C. Palmer - A. C. Palmer: Collection of Chess Problems, 1890)
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1.Kf7!
1...c6 2.Qh8
2...Kxa5 3.Qa8#
2...Kxa3 3.Qa1#
1...Kxa5 2.Qa8#
1...Kxa3 2.Qa1#
Date added: 22/6/2021
348
(Henry John Clinton Andrews - British Chess Magazine, 1886)
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1.Rh5! ~ 2.Bd1 ~ 3.Bxb3#
1...d3 2.Rh4
2...Nc5 3.Bd1#
2...Na1
3.Bd1#
3.Bd7#
2...Nc1
3.Bd7#
3.Bd1#
2...Nxd2 3.Bd1#
2...Nd4 3.Bd1#
2...Na3 3.Bd7#
2...Nc3 3.Bd7#
2...Nd4 3.Bd7#
2...Nd6 3.Bd7#
2...Nc7 3.Bd7#
2...Na7 3.Bd7#
1...Na3 2.Bd7+ Nb5 3.Bxb5#
1...Nc3 2.Bd7+ Nb5 3.Bxb5#
1...Nd6 2.Bd7+ Nb5 3.Bxb5#
1...Nc7 2.Bd7+ Nb5 3.Bxb5#
Date added: 22/6/2021