White to play and checkmate in three moves

Problems 373 to 384

373

(John James O'Keefe - The Australasian 1st Prize, 1926)

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1.Qh8! ~ 2.Qa8+ Bg2 3.Qxg2#
1...Bg2 2.Nd3!
2...Kg1 3.Qa1#
2...Ba8
3.Nf2#
3.Qxa8#
2...Bb7 (B~) 3.Nf2#

Date added: 5/8/2021

374

(R. H. de Waard - Utrechts Dagblad, 2 Feb 1913)

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1. Qc3! [2. Qb2#]
1. ... a1=Q 2. Qb3+
2. ... Qb2 3. Qxb2#
2. ... Kc1 3. Be3#
1. ... a1=B 2. Qb3+
2. ... Bb2 3. Qxb2#
2. ... Kc1 3. Be3#

1. Ba1! [2. Qc3 ad lib 3. Qb2#]
1. ... Bg6 2. Qc3 ad lib 3. Qb2#
1. ... Bf5 2. Qc3 ad lib 3. Qb2#
1. ... Be4 2. fxe4 waiting
2. ... Kxa1 3. Qc1#
1. ... Bd3 2. Qc3 ad lib 3. Qb2#
1. ... Bc2 2. Qg1+
2. ... Bd1 3. Qxd1#
1. ... Bg8 2. Qc3 ad lib 3. Qb2#
1. ... Kxa1 2. Qc1+
2. ... Bb1 3. Qc3#

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375

(Samuel Loyd - New York Albion 1st Prize, 1856)

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1.Nxc3! ~
2.Nd3+ cxd3 3.f4#
2.Ng6+ Rxg6 3.f4#
1...Nf8 2.Nd3+ cxd3 3.f4#

compare to #252

Date added: 5/8/2021

376

(Luis Ramirez de Lucena - Repeticion de amores e arte de axedre con cl juegos de partido, 1497)

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1.Rb4! ~ 2.Ra3#
1...Ke3 2.Rf8 Kd3 3.Rf3#
1...Kc3 2.Ra4 Kd3
3.Rb3#
3.Ra3#

1.Ra4! ~ 2.Rb3#
1...Ke3 2.Rf8 Kd3 3.Rf3#
1...Kc3
2.Rb1 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rb4 Kd3
3.Rb3#
3.Ra3#
2.Rb5 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rb6 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rb7 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rh4 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rg4 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Rf4 Kd3 3.Rb3#
2.Ke2 Kc2 3.Rc4#

Date added: 6/8/2021

377

(Siegmund Steiner - Arbeiter-Zeitung (Wien), 1913)

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1.Rd7! ~ 2.Bf4+
2...Bxf4 3.Qxe7#
2...Ke6 3.Qxe7#
1...Qa6 2.d4+
2...exd4 ep. 3.Qe1#
2...Ke6 3.Qg4#
1...Ke6 2.Qg4+ Ke5 3.Nf7#

Date added: 6/8/2021

378

(Valenti Marin i Llovet - Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten 1st Prize, 1921)

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1.Qc1! ~ 2.e5+ Kxd5 3.c4#
1...Bxc1 2.c4! ~
3.e5#
3.c5#
1...Rac2 2.Nxa5 ~ 3.Nb7#
2...Kc5 3.Bf8#
1...Rdc2 (Re2) 2.Qxg5 ~
3.Qf4#
3.Qh6#
3.Qd8#
3.Qe7#
3.Qf6#
3.Qg6#
1...Nf3 2.Qh1 ~ 3.Qh6#
2...Nh2 (Nf3~) 3.e5#
1...Nxc3
2.Bf8+ Ke5 3.Qxc3#
2.Qxc3 ~
3.Be5#
3.Bf8#
3.Qf6#
3.Qe5#
3.Qc7#
3.Qc6#

Date added: 6/8/2021

379

((Johannes Kohtz & Carl Kockelkorn - Sonntagsblatt für Jedermann aus dem Volke, 11 Jun 1884)

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1.Kf5! ~ 2.Rd3+ exd3
3.Nc7#
3.Bf3#
1...Nxf2 2.Bf3
2...Nd3 (N~)
3.Bxe4#
3.Rxd3#
2...exf3 3.Re5#
1...Nxe3+ 2.Kg5 Nxg4 (N~) 3.Nc7#

Date added: 6/8/2021

380

(Aleksandr Ivanovich SHoshin - Шахматное обозрение 2nd-3rd Prize, 1902)

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1.Nf5! ~ 2.Qd7 ~ 3.Ne3#
1...Nb4 2.Qc4+! Kxc4 3.Ne3#
1...Ke6 2.Qf7+! Kxf7 3.Ng7#
1...Ba6 2.Re4! Kxe4 3.Qc6#

Date added: 6/8/2021

381

(IEvgenij Mihajlovich Bogdanov - Львовская правда, 1970)

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1.Bd2!
1...d5 2.Qd6
2...Ke4 3.Qf4#
2...Kc4 3.Qb4#
2...c5 3.Qf4#
1...Kc5 2.Qe4
2...Kb5 3.Qb4#
2...d5 3.Qb4#
1...c5 2.Qf5
2...Kc4 3.Qd3#
2...c4 3.e3#
2...d5 3.Qf4#

Date added: 6/8/2021