Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 24, 1929 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 87...
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L.A. Times Problem No. 87 by R.B. Green, Council Bluffs, Iowa. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 1N6/8/3p4/4p3/1Nk1p3/4B3/8/QK6 w - - 0 1
Key: N-Q5/Nd5
Four mates by Q of which two are pure, meaning no square in the black king's field is commanded by more than one piece.
Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 24, 1929 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 88...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
L.A. Times Problem No. 88 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1b2B3/p3P3/p1Nk4/5K2/1P3n2/p7/Q7 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R/Qh1. If K-Q5; 2. Q-Qch, if K-B6; 3. N-R4 mate! If others; 2. QxNch, etc.