White to play and checkmate in three moves

Problems 409 to 420

409

(Robert Bownas Wormald - The Illustrated London News, 9 Nov 1867)

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1.Rg1! e3 2.Rh1 Kg4 3.Nxf6#

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410

(Vincente Maria Norberto Portilla)

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1.Rh1! ~ 2.Rh5#
1...Qd2 2.Rh5+ Qg5+ 3.Rxg5#
1...Qh3 2.f4+ exf4 ep. 3.Re1#
1...Qf3 2.Rh5+ Qf5 3.Rxf5#
1...Qe3 2.Rh5+ Qg5+ 3.Rxg5#
1...e3 2.Rh5+ Ke4 3.Bd5#
1...Bxc5 2.Rh5+
2...Kd6 3.Rd5#
2...Kd4 3.Rd5#

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411

(Thomas Porter Bull - Dubuque Chess Journal, Jan 1874)

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1.h3! ~ 2.Nc4+
2...Kf4 3.Qf7#
2...Kd5
3.Qc5#
3.Qa8#
3.Qd7#
3.Qb7#
2...Kf5 3.Qf7#
1...Kf4 2.Qxd4
2...Kf3 3.Qf2#
2...e5 3.Qf2#

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412

(Alexander Henry Robbins - The Sunny South (Atlanta, Georgia), 8 Oct 188)

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1.Ne4! ~
2.Nef6 ~ 3.Qc3#
2...c4 3.Qe3#
2.Ndf6 ~ 3.Qc3#
2.Ne7
2...Kc4 3.Qc3#
2...Kxe4 3.Qe3#
2...c4 3.Qe3#
1...Kc4 2.Nef6 ~ 3.Qc3#
1...Kxd5 2.Nf6+
2...Kc4 3.Qc3#
2...Kc6 3.Qd7#
2...Kd4 3.Qc3#
2...Kd6 3.Qd7#
1...Kxe4 2.Nf6+
2...Kd4 3.Qc3#
2...Kf4 3.Qg4#
1...c4
2.Nb4 ~ 3.Qe3#
2...c3 3.Qd3#
2...Kxe4 3.Qg4#
2.Nf6 ~
3.Qd7#
3.Qc3#
3.Qe3#
2...c3 3.Qxc3#

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413

(Joseph C. J. Wainwright -The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 21 Apr 1912 )

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1.Qf8!
1...Kb6 2.Qc8
2...Ka7 3.Be3#
2...Ka5 3.Bc7#
1...Kb7 2.Qc5
2...Ka8 3.Be4#
2...Ka6 3.Bc8#
1...Kd5 2.Qb4 Kc6 3.Qb5#

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414

(E. D. Bruce - Canadian Chess Problems, 1890)

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1.Qe8! ~ 2.Qg6 ~
3.Qh7#
3.Nf7#
2...Nf6 3.Nf7#
2...Nh6 3.Qh7#
1...Ne7
2.Qf7 ~ 3.Qh7#
2...Bg7 3.Qxg7#
2.Qxf8+ Ng8 3.Qg7#

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415

(Walter Cook Spens - English Chess Problems, 1876)

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1.Nc6! ~ 2.Re5#
1...Nc4 2.Rd5 ~ 3.Bg2#
2...Nxd2 3.Re5#
2...Ne3 3.Re5#
2...Ne5 3.Rxe5#
2...Nd4 3.Rxd4#
2...Nf4 3.Rd4#
2...Ng5 3.Rd4#

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416

(A. C. Palmer - Collection of Chess Problems, 1890)

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1.Bd4! ~ 2.Bc5 ~ 3.Bxb4#
1...Nc3 2.Nxc3 ~
3.Nb1#
3.Nb5#
2...d1=Q 3.Nb5#
2...d1=R 3.Nb5#
2...Rf1 3.Nb5#
2...bxc3 3.Bc5#
1...exd4 2.Nxd4 ~
3.Nc2#
3.Nb5#
2...Ne3 3.Nb5#
2...Nc3 3.Nc2#

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417

(Charles Planck - Irish Chess Association 1st Prize, 1886)

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1.Rc7!
1...exd5 2.Re7+
2...Kd4 3.Qb4#
2...Kf6 3.Nxd5#
1...Kd4 2.Rc4+
2...Ke5 3.Qe4#
2...Kxc4 3.Qb4#
1...h6 2.Nxe6
2...Kxe6 3.Qe4#
2...Kxd5 3.Qf5#

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418

(Andre Cheron - Le Temps, 3 Aug 1930)

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1.Ba1!
1...Bb7 2.Qb2 Kc8 3.Qh8#
1...Kc8 2.Qb2
2...Bb7 3.Qh8#
2...Kd8
3.Qh8#
3.Qb8#
1...Kb7 2.Qh8 Kb6 3.Qb2#

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419

(Otto B. Wurzburg - American Chess Bulletin 2nd HM, 1945)

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1.g8=R! ~ 2.Rxe8 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Re2 2.Qxe2 ~ 3.Rg1#
1...Re3 2.Ra8+ Ra3 3.Rxa3#
1...Re5+ 2.dxe5 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Re6 2.Ra8+ Ra6 3.Rxa6#
1...Re7 2.Ra8+ Ra7 3.Rxa7#
1...Rb8 2.Rxb8 ~
3.Ra8#
3.Qa4#
3.Qa6#
3.Qb1#
3.Qb2#
3.Qa5#
2...Ka2
3.Ra8#
3.Qa4#
3.Qa6#
3.Qb2#
3.Qa5#
1...Rc8 2.Rxc8 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Rd8 2.Rxd8 ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Rxg8 2.hxg8=R ~ 3.Ra8#
1...Rf8 2.Rxf8 ~ 3.Ra8#

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420

(Edward Nathan Frankenstein)

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1.Re3! ~ 2.Re5+

2...Kc4

3.Qb3#

3.Qc3#

2...dxe5 3.Qd3#

1...Nf3 2.Qxf3+

2...Kc5 3.Qxc6#

2...Kc4 3.Qxc6#

1...Ng6 2.Qf3+

2...Kc5 3.Qxc6#

2...Kc4 3.Qxc6#

1...Nf5 2.Qf3+

2...Kc5 3.Qxc6#

2...Kc4 3.Qxc6#

1...Kc4

2.Bxc6 ~

3.Rc3#

3.Re4#

2...Kc5 3.Rc3#

2...Nf3 3.Rc3#

2...Nf5 3.Rc3#

2...d5 3.Rc3#

2.Qg4+

2...Kc5 3.Re5#

2...Kxb5 3.Qb4#

2...Kd5 3.Qd4#

1...Rc3+ 2.Nxc3+

2...Kc5 3.Re4#

2...Kd4 3.Re4#

2...Kc4 3.Re4#

1...e5 2.Bf7+ Kc5

3.Rb3#

3.Rxe5#

Date added: 9/8/2021