White to play and checkmate in three moves
385
(Joha Scheel - Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, 1914)
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1.Bc5! ~ 2.Kg4 ~
3.Qf5#
3.Qd6#
2...Kd5 3.Qd6#
1...Bd4 2.Be7 ~ 3.Qe4#
1...Ba3 2.f4+
2...Kd5 3.Qd6#
2...Kxf4 3.Qf6#
1...Kf4 2.Qf7+
2...Bf6 3.Qxf6#
2...Ke5 3.f4#
2...Kg5 3.Be3#
Date added: 7/8/2021
386
(Henry John Clinton Andrews - The Chess Problem. Text-book with illustrations, 1887)
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1.Bb5! ~ 2.Nb4#
1...Nc3 2.Nxc3#
1...Nd2 2.Nc3#
1...Nf2 2.Nc3#
1...Ng3 2.Nc3#
1...Ng5
2.Nf6#
2.Nc3#
1...Nf6 2.Nc3#
1...Nc5 2.Nc3#
1...Be1 2.Qg5+
2...Nxg5 3.Nf6#
2...Nxg5 3.Nf4#
1...Nc5 2.Nf4#
1...Nxd4 2.Nf4+ Ke5 3.Bxd4#
1...Nf4 2.Nxf4#
1...Ng5 2.Nf4#
1...Ng7 2.Nf4#
1...Nf8 2.Nf4#
1...Nxd8 2.Nf4#
1...Nc7 2.Nf4#
1...Qxb5 2.Qa8+
2...Qc6 3.Nb4#
2...Qb7
3.Nb4#
3.Qxb7#
Date added: 7/8/2021
387
(Edward Nathan Frankenstein)
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1.Ng2! ~
2.Nf4 ~
3.Nd3#
3.Ne6#
2...Rd1 3.Ne6#
2...Qg3 3.Ne6#
2...Qh3 3.Ne6#
2...Qxg4
3.Nd3#
3.Bf2#
2.Bf2+ Qxf2 3.Rc4#
1...Ra1 2.Bf2+ Qxf2 3.Rc4#
1...Rxe1 2.Nf4 ~
3.Nd3#
3.Ne6#
2...Rd1 3.Ne6#
2...c1=N 3.Ne6#
2...Qg3 3.Ne6#
2...Qh3 3.Ne6#
2...Qxg4 3.Nd3#
1...Rd1 2.Bf2+
2...Rd4 3.Bxd4#
2...Qxf2 3.Rc4#
1...Nxg4 2.Nf4 ~
3.Nd3#
3.Ne6#
2...Rd1 3.Ne6#
2...Nf2 3.Ne6#
2...Ne5 3.Ne6#
2...Qg3 3.Ne6#
2...Qh3 3.Ne6#
1...Qxg4 2.Bf2+ Qd4 3.Bxd4#
1...hxg4 2.Nf4 ~
3.Nd3#
3.Ne6#
2...Rd1 3.Ne6#
2...Qg3 3.Ne6#
2...Qh3 3.Ne6#
2...Qh7
3.Ne6#
3.Bf2#
Date added: 7/8/2021
388
(Charles Planck - Toronto Week 1st Prize, 1884)
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1.Ng4! ~ 2.Nxf6#
1...Kd5 2.Be5 ~ 3.Qd4#
2...Kc5 3.Qa5#
2...Ke4 3.Nxf6#
2...c5 3.Qf3#
2...fxe5 3.Qxe5#
1...f4 2.Nf2+
2...Kd5 3.Qd2#
2...Kf5 3.Qc2#
1...fxg4 2.Qxc4+
2...Ke3 3.Qd3#
2...Kf5
3.Qd3#
3.Qc2#
2...Kf3 3.Qd3#
1...e5 2.Nxf6+ Kf4 3.Bxe5#
1...Nxd6 2.Qe3+ Kd5 3.Nxf6#
Date added: 7/8/2021
389
(A. C. Palmer - Collection of Chess Problems, 1890)
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1.Kd7! ~
2.Nd3#
2.Nxa6#
1...Rxd2+ 2.Nd3+ Kc3 3.Bg7#
1...Ka3 2.Nd3+ c5 3.Bxc5#
1...Ra7+ 2.Nb7+ c5 3.Bxc5#
Date added: 7/8/2021
390
(Walter William Jacobs - American Chess Bulletin, Sep 1942)
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1.Kg2! ~ 2.Qd3 ~ 3.Qd7#
2...Nd5 3.Qh3#
1...Na2 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Nb1 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Nd1 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Ne2 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Ne4 2.Qb3+ Kf5 3.Qh3#
1...Nb5 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
1...Na4 2.Qg4+ Kd5 3.c4#
Date added: 7/8/2021
391
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Morning Post, 1900)
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1.Ne6!
1...Rc5 2.Qxc5+ Ke4 3.Ng5#
1...Rb5 2.Qd4+ Kxc6 3.Nd8#
1...Ke4 2.Nf6+ Kxf5 3.Ng7#
1...cxb6 2.Nf4+ Ke4 3.Nd6#
1...Nxb6 2.Nxc7+ Ke4 3.Nd6#
Date added: 7/8/2021
392
(Josef Johann Breuer - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, Mar 1951)
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1.Qh2! ~ 2.Qc2
2...Ne2 3.Qxe2#
2...Nd3 3.Qe2#
2...Nb3 3.Qe2#
2...Na2 3.Qe2#
2...Qe6 3.Ng2#
2...Qf7 3.Ng2#
2...Qh7
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qg1 3.Nxd5#
2...Qg2
3.Nxg2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qg3 3.Nxd5#
2...Qg4 3.Nxd5#
2...Qg5 3.Nxd5#
2...Qg6 3.Nxd5#
2...Qg7 3.Nxd5#
2...Qa8 3.Ng2#
2...Qb8
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qc8
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qd8 3.Ng2#
2...Qe8
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qf8
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
2...Qh8
3.Ng2#
3.Nxd5#
1...Qe6 2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
1...Qf7 2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
1...Qh7
2.Qg2 ~ 3.Nc2#
2...Ne2 3.Qxe2#
2...Qc7 3.Nf5#
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg1 2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg2 2.Qxg2 ~
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Ne2 3.Qxe2#
1...Qg3
2.Nf5+ Kf3 3.Qxg3#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg4 2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg5 2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg6 2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qg7 2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qa8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nf5+ Kf3
3.Qg3#
3.Qg2#
1...Qb8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nf5+ Kf3
3.Qg3#
3.Qg2#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qc8 2.Qg2
2...Ne2 3.Qxe2#
2...Nd3
3.Nxd5#
3.Qe2#
2...Nb3 3.Qe2#
2...Na2 3.Qe2#
2...Qa6
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qb7
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qh3 3.Nc2#
2...Qg4 3.Nc2#
2...Qf5
3.Nc2#
3.Nxf5#
2...Qe6 3.Nc2#
2...Qd7 3.Nc2#
2...Qc2+ 3.Nxc2#
2...Qc3 3.Nf5#
2...Qc4 3.Nf5#
2...Qc5 3.Nf5#
2...Qc6 3.Nf5#
2...Qc7 3.Nf5#
2...Qa8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qb8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qh8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qg8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qf8 3.Nc2#
2...Qe8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
2...Qd8
3.Nc2#
3.Nf5#
1...Qd8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nf5+ Kf3
3.Qg3#
3.Qg2#
1...Qe8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nf5+ Kf3
3.Qg3#
3.Qg2#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qf8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
1...Qh8
2.Nc2+ Kf3 3.Qg2#
2.Nf5+ Kf3
3.Qg3#
3.Qg2#
2.Nxd5+ Kd3 3.Qc2#
Date added: 7/8/2021
393
(Antonio Piatesi - Magyar Sakkélet, 1983)
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1.Ra7! ~ 2.Rxa5+
2...b5
3.Qa7#
3.Rxb5#
2...bxa5
3.Qxa5#
3.Qa7#
1...Be1 2.Kb7 ~
3.Qxb6#
3.Qxc6#
2...Ba5 3.Qxc6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...d5 3.Qxb6#
1...Bd2 2.Kb7 ~
3.Qxb6#
3.Qxc6#
2...Ba5 3.Qxc6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...d5 3.Qxb6#
1...Bc3 2.Kb7 ~
3.Qxb6#
3.Qxc6#
2...Nd4
3.Qxb6#
3.Rxc3#
2...Ba5 3.Qxc6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...d5 3.Qxb6#
1...Bb4
2.Kb7 ~
3.Qxb6#
3.Qxc6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...Nd4 3.Qxb6#
2...Bxa3 3.Qxb6#
2...Ba5 3.Qxc6#
2...d5 3.Qxb6#
2.axb4+ Kxb4 3.Qxb6#
Date added: 7/8/2021
394
(Robert Henry Ramsey - Toronto Globe, 1872)
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1.Qa8! ~ 2.Qe8#
1...Rd8 2.Rxc5 ~ 3.Ng3#
2...Qxf5 3.Rxf5#
2...Rxc5 3.Qf3#
2...Rd5 3.Qe8#
1...Qg3 2.Nxg3#
1...Qb8 2.Qxb8 ~
3.Qe8#
3.Ng3#
2...Bd6 3.Qe8#
2...Rd8 3.Ng3#
2...Rxf5 3.Qe8#
2...Rc8 3.Ng3#
1...Qe6 2.Ng3#
1...Qxf5 2.Qe8+ Qg6
3.Bxg6#
3.Qxg6#
1...Rc8 2.Qxd5 ~
3.Ng3#
3.Qf3#
3.Qf7#
2...Qd4
3.Ng3#
3.Qf7#
2...Qg3 3.Nxg3#
2...Qf4
3.Ng3#
3.Qf7#
2...Qxe3
3.Ng3#
3.Qf7#
2...Qe4
3.Qf7#
3.Ng3#
2...Qxd5 3.Ng3#
2...Qe6
3.Ng3#
3.Qf3#
2...Qxf5 3.Qxf5#
2...e6
3.Ng3#
3.Qf3#
2...Rf8
3.Ng3#
3.Qf3#
Date added: 8/8/2021
395
(Otto B. Wurzburg - Westen und Daheim, 10 Sep 1911)
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1.Nb3!
1...Na2 2.Qb2+ Nxb2 3.Na3#
1...Kc2 2.Nd4+
2...Kd1 3.Qa1#
2...Kb1 3.Nd2#
1...Nb2 2.Qxb2#
1...Nc3 2.Qb2#
1...Nc5 2.Qb2#
1...Nb6 2.Qb2#
1...Nc2
2.Nd2#
2.Nd2#
1...Nd3 2.Qa1+ Kc2 3.Nd4#
1...Nd5
2.Na1 ~ 3.Nd2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
2.Nd4 ~ 3.Nd2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
1...Nc6
2.Ne3 ~
3.Nd2#
3.Qa1#
2...Nb2 3.Qa1#
2.Na1 ~ 3.Nd2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
1...Na6
2.Na1 ~ 3.Nd2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
2.Ne3 ~
3.Nd2#
3.Qa1#
2...Nb2 3.Qa1#
2.Nd4 ~ 3.Nd2#
2...Nb2 3.Qxb2#
Date added: 8/8/2021
396
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - To Alain White (65th Birthday Book), 1945)
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1.Rd5! ~ 2.Re5+ fxe5 3.Qxe5#
1...Rg2 2.Nxf2+ Rxf2 3.Ng3#
1...Rg2 2.Ng3+ Rxg3 3.Nxf2#
1...Qb4 2.Nc3+ Qxc3 3.Nxc5#
1...Bb4 2.Nxc5+ Bxc5 3.Nc3#
Date added: 8/8/2021