White to play and checkmate in three moves

Problems 433 to 444

433

(Percy Francis Blake - Deutscher Schachbund 1st Prize, 9th Tourney, 1910)

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1.Qc4! ~ 2.Qf1+ Kxe4
3.Bg6#
3.Nf6#
1...e2 2.Nh6+ Kxe4 3.Qxe2#
1...dxc4 2.Rxd4 ~ 3.Ng7#
1...dxe4 2.Qf7+ Kxg4 3.Bd7#
1...Kxe4 2.Bg6+ Kf3
3.Nh2#
3.Ne5#
1...Qa6 2.Rxe3 dxe3 3.Ng7#

Date added: 10/8/2021

434

(Kenneth Samuel Howard - The Pittsburgh Post, 29 Mar 1925)

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1.Be7! ~ 2.Ba3 ~ 3.Bc1#
1...Rf5 2.gxf5 ~ 3.Bg5#
2...Rg6 3.Nc4#
2...Rf6 3.Nc4#
1...Rc5 2.Nc4+ Rxc4 3.Bg5#
1...Rc5 2.Bg5+ Rxg5 3.Nc4#

Date added: 10/8/2021

435

(Bill Anderson - Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfarts-Tidning, 1911)

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1.Rxe5! ~
2.Ka7 Kc7 3.Rc5#
2.Rh5 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rg5 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rf5 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.g4 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rd8 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rd5 Kb6
3.Re6#
3.Rd6#
2.Rd4 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rd3 Kb6 3.Rd6#
2.Rd2 Kb6 3.Rd6#

Date added: 10/8/2021

436

(Ladislav Knotek - Alain C. White MT, 1952-1953 1st Prize problem (Zagreb), Jun 1954)

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1.Qg7!
1...Kxa8 2.c8=Q+
2...Ka7 3.Bxc5#
2...Nb8
3.Qb7#
3.Qxb8#
3.Qa1#
3.Qb7#
1...Ka7 2.c8=B ~ 3.Qa1#
1...Ka6 2.Qxd7
2...Ka7 (Kb7) 3.c8=Q#
2...Ka5 3.Qb5#
1...Kc6 2.c8=Q+ Kxd6 3.Qxd7#
1...Kc8 2.Qg2 Nf8 (N~) 3.Nb6#
1...Nb6 (Nb8) 2.c8=Q+ /=B+ Kxc8 3.Qc7#

Date added: 10/8/2021

437

(Otto Zimmermann - Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 31 Jul 1932)

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1.Ra8! ~ 2.Ra4+
2...Be4
3.Ng2#
3.Be5#
2...Bd4
3.e3#
3.Nd3#
2...Rd4 3.Nd3#
1...Bxa8 2.Bd5! ~
3.Ng2#
3.Nd3#
3.Be5#
2...Rxd5 3.Ng2#
2...Bxd5 3.Nd3#
1...Ba7 2.Bd4! ~
3.e3#
3.Nd3#
2...Be4 3.e3#
2...Bxd4 3.Nd3#
2...Rxd4 3.e3#
1...Rd4 2.Bxd4 ~
3.Bxe3#
3.Nd3#

Date added: 10/8/2021

438

(Walter Grimshaw - Britisches Problemturnier, 1852 1st Prize, Set The Illustrated London News, 10 Jun 1854)

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1.Rf1! ~

2.f3+ Ke3

3.Ng2#

3.Nf5#

2.Nf3 ~

3.Ra5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Qd3 3.Re5#

2...Qc4 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa2 3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

1...e1=Q (N, R)

2.Rxe1+ Qe2 3.Rxe2#

2.Rd3+ Ke5 3.Rxe1#

1...e1=B

2.Rxe1+ Qe2 3.Rxe2#

2.Nf3

2...Bxf2 3.Re5#

2...Kxf3

3.Rd2#

3.Re5#

2...Qd3 (Qc4, Qa2) 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

2.Rd3+ Ke5 3.Rxe1#

1...exf1=Q 2.Nf3

2...Qg2+ 3.Rg5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qc4 (Qd3, Qd1) 3.Re5#

2...Qxf2 3.Re5#

2...Qg1+ 3.Rg5#

2...Kxf3 3.Rd2#

2...Qd3 (Qc4, Qa2) 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

1...exf1=N 2.Nf3

2...Ne3 3.Re5#

2...Kxf3 3.Rd2#

2...Qd3 (Qc4, Qa2) 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

1...exf1=R 2.Nf3

2...Rd1 3.Re5#

2...Rxf2 3.Re5#

2...Rg1+ 3.Rg5#

2...Kxf3 3.Rd2#

2...Qd3 (Qc4, Qa2) 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

1...exf1=B 2.Nf3

2...Bb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Bc4 3.Re5#

2...Kxf3 3.Rd2#

2...Qd3 (Qc4, Qa2) 3.Re5#

2...Qb5

3.Rxb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa4

3.Rb5#

3.Re5#

2...Qa5

3.Rxa5#

3.Rb5#

3.Rc5#

3.Re5#

2...b5 3.Re5#

2...Na5

3.Rxa5#

3.Re5#

2...Nc5

3.Rxc5#

3.Rg5#

3.Re5#

2...Nd8 3.Re5#

1...f3 2.Rg1 ~ 3.Rg4#

1...Qc4 (Qb5, Q~a) 2.f3+ Ke3

3.Ng2#

3.Nf5#

1...b5 2.f3+ Ke3

3.Rd3#

3.Ng2#

3.Nf5#

1...Nc5 (Na5, Nd8) 2.f3+ Ke3

3.Ng2#

3.Nf5#

1...Nd6 2.f3+ Ke3 3.Ng2#

Date added: 10/8/2021

439

(Jacob J. Togstad - L'Eco degli Scacchi 1st Prize, 1916)

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1.Kb4! ~ 2.Qb5+ Kxc8 3.Qc6#
1...Bb8 2.Nxb6+ Ke8 3.Qb5#
1...Kxc8 2.Qc4+ Kd7 3.Qc6#
1...Rg4+ 2.Bf4+
2...Kxc8 3.Qxf5#
2...Ke8 3.Qb5#

Date added: 11/8/2021

440

(Miroslav Havel - Denj 1st Prize, 28 Jun 1913)

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1.Ne4! ~ 2.Qf6+
2...Kg4
3.Qg5#
3.Bd1#
2...Kxe4 3.Qxe6#
1...Kxe4 2.Qd4+ Kf5 3.Qf4#
1...Ne1+ 2.Kh3 ~
3.Qf6#
3.Ng3#
3.Nd6#
1...Nf4+ 2.Kf3 ~ 3.Qf6#
2...Nh5 (Nd5) 3.Nc3# (Ne4~#)
1...Kg4 2.Bd1+
2...Kh4
3.Qxh7#
3.Bg5#
2...Kf5 3.Ng3#
1...Bg8 2.Ng3+ Kg4
3.Qh3#
3.Bd1#

Date added: 11/8/2021

441

(Ladislav Knotek - Český spolek šachovní 2nd Prize, 31 Mar 1915)

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1.Qc3! ~ 2.Rxh3+ Kg5 3.Rh5#
1...Nxd3 2.Ng6+ Kg3 3.Bf4#
1...Kg5 2.Rd5+ Kh6 3.Rh5#

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442

(Arthur William Daniel - Westminster Gazette 3rd Prize, 1915)

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1.Qg4! ~ 2.Qf3+
1...d1=N 2.Bc2+
2...Kxc2 3.Qf5#
2...Kxc4 3.Qe6#
1...f3 2.Qe4+ Kxe4 3.Bc2#

Date added: 11/8/2021

443

(Thorleif Cammillo Henriksen - Kobenhavns Skakforenings 1st Prize Tidskrift för Schack, Dec 1915)

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1.Rb7! ~ 2.Rc7+
2...Kb4 3.Nc2#
2...Bc6 3.Nd5#
1...Bxb7 2.Qc8+
2...Kb4 3.Nc2#
2...Rc6 3.Nd5#
2...Bc6 3.Nd5#
2...Bxc8 3.Nd5#
1...Ne6 2.Qa8 ~ 3.Qxa5#

Date added: 11/8/2021

444

(Johan Scheel - Westminster Gazette 2nd Prize, 1915)

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1.Qg4! ~
2.Nf6 ~ 3.Nc4# (Nbd7#)
2.Rd5+
2...Nxd5 3.Nc4#
2...Ke4 3.Nf6#
1...Nxd3 2.Nc4+ Kd5 3.Ne7#
1...Ke4 2.Nf6+
2...Kxd3 3.Qd1#
2...Ke5 3.Nc4# (Nbd7#)
1...Na5 2.Nxh6 ~ 3.Qf5#
2...Nxd3 (Nd5) 3.Nf7#

Date added: 11/8/2021