White to play and checkmate in three moves
445
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Times Weekly Edition, 1893)
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1.Ng6!
1...b4 2.Qe2+
2...Kc3 3.Be5#
2...Kd5 3.Ne7#
1...Kd5 2.Qe6+
2...Kxc6 3.Na5#
2...Kxe6 3.Nf4#
1...Kd3 2.Ne5+ Kc2 3.Qc1#
1...f4 2.Qe4+ Kc3 3.Be5#
Date added: 11/8/2021
446
(Charles W. White - Chess Problems Of C.w. Sunbury, 1873)
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1.Qd3! ~ 2.Ng6+ Kxc6 3.Ne5#
Date added: 11/8/2021
447
(Vincente Maria Norberto Portilla - The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, 1869)
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1.Nxf6! ~
2.Qg5#
2.Qxf8#
1...exf6 2.Qh8+ Bh7 3.Qxf8#
1...Ne6
2.Qh8+ Bh7
3.Qxh7#
3.Ng4#
3.Ng8#
2.Ng4+ Bxg4
3.Qg6#
3.Qh8#
1...Bg7 2.Qh7+ Bxh7 3.Ng4#
1...Ne8 2.Qg5#
1...Qe8 2.Qg5#
1...Qb8 2.Qg5#
1...Bb1 (Bc2, Bd3, Be4)
2.Qxf8#
2.Ng4#
1...Bh3 (Bc8, Bd7, Be6)
2.Qh7#
2.Qg6#
2.Qxf8#
2.Qh8#
1...Bg4
2.Qh7#
2.Qg6#
2.Qxf8#
2.Qh8#
2.Nxg4#
1...Bh7
2.Qxh7#
2.Qxf8#
2.Ng4#
1...Bg6
2.Ng4#
2.Qxg6#
2.Qxf8#
Date added: 11/8/2021
448
(Frank W. Martindale - Chess Problems, 1872)
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1.Bc7! ~ 2.d7+ Bd6
3.d8=N#
3.Rxd6#
1.Rh4!
1...Bxd6 2.b5+ Kc5 3.Rc4#
1...Bh2 2.Rc4+ Kxd6 3.Bc7#
1...Bg3 2.Rc4+ Kxd6 3.Bc7#
1...Bxg5 2.Rc4+ Kxd6 3.Bc7#
1...Be5 2.Rc4+ Kxd6
3.Bc7#
3.Be7#
1...Kxd6 2.Rxf4
2...Kc6 3.Rf6#
2...Ke5 3.Bc7#
Date added: 11/8/2021
449
(Philippe Stamma - The Noble Game of Chess, 1745)
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1.Ng4+! Rxg4
2.Rf5+ Kxf5
3.Rd5#
Date added: 12/8/2021
450
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - Western Morning News and Daily Gazette, 10 Jul 1937)
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1.Bh4! ~ 2.Bxf6+
2...Bxf6 3.Nc6#
2...Qe5
3.Nc6#
3.Bxe5#
3.e3#
1...Rd6 2.Rxd5+ Rxd5 3.Nc6#
1...Re6 2.e3+ Rxe3 3.Nc6#
1...Rd6 2.Nc6+
2...Rxc6 3.Rxd5#
2...Qxc6 3.e3#
1...Qe6 2.Nc6+ Qxc6 3.e3#
Date added: 12/8/2021
451
(Thomas Denton Clarke - Australian columns tourney 3rd HM, 1915)
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1.Qg1! - zugzwang
1...R5h6 2.Nxe7+ Kh5 3.Qd1#
1...e6 2.Rg2 - zugzwang
2...R5h6 3.Rxg5#
2...exf5 3.Qxb6#
2...Kxf5 3.Qb1#
2...R7h6 3.Ne7#
Date added: 12/8/2021
452
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - The Illustrated London News, 3 Apr 1880)
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1.Nc2! ~ 2.e4#
1...Ke4 2.Nb4 ~ 3.Bc2#
1...Bxd7 2.e4+
2...Kc6 3.Nd8#
2...Ke6 3.Nd8#
Date added: 12/8/2021
453
(Andre Cheron - Morgenzeitung, 17 Aug 1930)
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1.Rh8! ~ 2.Ng7+ Bxg7 3.Rh5#
1...Bxh8 2.g7 Bxg7 3.Nxg7#
Date added: 12/8/2021
454
(Karel Zbonek - Časopis českých šachistů, 1916)
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1.Qa8!
1...Nc5 2.Bf7+ Kxh7 3.Qh1#
1...Na5 2.Bf7+ Kxh7 3.Qh1#
1...Nd6 2.Kxd6
2...g5 3.Qa1#
2...g6 3.Qa1#
1...Nd8 2.Qxd8
2...g5 3.Qf6#
2...g6 3.Qf6#
1...g5 2.Qf8 ~ 3.Qf6#
1...g6 2.Qf8 ~ 3.Qf6#
Date added: 10/8/2021
455
(Anthony John Taffs - U.S. Problem Bulletin 2nd Prize, 1967)
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1.Ne6!
1...Kd3 2.Qe1
2...c1=Q (c1~) 3.Nb4#
2...c3 3.Ne5#
1...Kb3 2.Ned4+
2...Kc3 3.Qxc2#
2...Ka4 3.Qa1#
2...Ka2 3.Nb4#
Date added: 12/8/2021
456
(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping)
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1.Bc5! ~
2.Ra7#
2.Ra3#
1...Nc3 2.Ra7#
1...Nb2 2.Ra7#
1...Bxd5 2.Ra3#
1...Qg3 2.Ra7#
1...Qxc5 2.Ra3+ Qxa3 3.Ra7#
1...Qe3 2.Ra7#
1...Qa2 2.Ra7#
1...Qb2 2.Ra7#
1...Qc2 2.Ra7#
1...Qf7 2.Ra3#
1...Qf6 2.Ra3#
1...Qf3 2.Ra7#
1...Ka4 2.Ra3#
1...Bxc5 2.Ra7+ Bxa7 3.Ra3#
Date added: 12/8/2021