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1 - P1019634
Samuel Loyd
137 The Chess Monthly 02/1859
P1019634
(8+8)
#2
1. Dc8 Dc4,Sc4 2. Sd1#
1. ... Dd6,D~,Ld7,L~ 2. Sb5,Sd5#
1. ... Sd7,Se5~ 2. Txd3#
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 4472
Authors: Loyd, Sam
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Het Half Pin Thema 1947
Years: 1859
Loyd (zitiert in 'Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems'): "No. 487 shows the pinning style as introduced in the waiting class of problems. It is one of my favourite two-movers, being a bifurcated theme, where either Queen or Bishop must remove their protection, leaving the other piece paralysed by the discovered pinning of the White Queen.
Henrik Juel: damaged by several duals, many of them being minor ones (2021-03-16)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4472)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/1pN5/1Pb5/n1q1n3/8/PpkpP2Q/1N1R4/2K5
Reprints: E5 Family Herald 18/06/1859
1028 Schachzeitung , p. 263, 07-08/1859
59 Household Journal [New York] 26/10/1861
268 American Chess-Nuts 1868
268 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
61 Revista Musical (Braslilien) 18/09/1880
36 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
9 Novoe Vremya 20/05/1889
40 Eureka Herald 16/05/1890
10 I Uppnami 23/01/1901
487 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
9 Excelsior (Paris) 30/01/1921
15 L'Express du Midi 04/06/1923
487 Sam Loyd und seine Schachaufgaben 1926
35 Volksstimme (Magdeburg) 03/10/1931
7 El Debate (Madrid) 27/08/1933
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2021-08-24 more...
2 - P1019650
Theodore Morris Brown
84 Sonntags-Blätter für Schach-Freunde 28/04/1861
P1019650
(5+6)
#2

BS Problemid: 4488
Authors: Brown, Theodore M
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
2345 Chess Problems 1997
Simple Two-move Themes 1924
Years: 1860
SCHRECKE: C+, popey 4.87
1. De4! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Sh8,S~ 2. Dxe5#
1. ... dxe4 2. Td2#
1. ... fxe4 2. Tf6#
1. ... f4 2. Dg6#
1. ... d4 2. Dc6#
1. ... c3 2. Db4# (2023-08-19)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4488)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 1N2R3/5n2/1K1k4/3ppp2/2p5/8/5R2/7Q
Reprints: American Chess-Nuts 1868
1307 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 5, p. 50, 31/01/1904
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Frank Müller, 2016-06-18 more...
3 - P1019666
Samuel Loyd
53 La Strategie 15/10/1867
P1019666
(4+5)
#2
1. Le8!
play all play one stop play next play all
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Le8! droht 2. Dxb8#
1. ... Sa6,S~ 2. Dd7#
1. ... Dxe8 2. Sxe6#
1. ... Kxe8 2. Dc8# (2023-01-27)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4505)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 1n1k2q1/1Q2p3/4p1B1/6N1/8/8/8/3K4
Reprints: 306 American Chess-Nuts 1867
465 Neue Berliner Schachzeitung , p. 376, 12/1867
162 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1881
521 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
521 Sam Loyd und seine Schachaufgaben 1926
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2019-01-24 more...
4 - P1019670
Samuel Loyd
Spirit of the Times 1867
P1019670
(6+4) C+
#2
1. Tf3 Kxf3,e5 2. Sg5#
1. ... Lxf3 2. Db1#
1. ... Sxf3 2. Dh7#
1. ... Lc2,Ld1~ 2. Te2#
1. ... Sf1,Sg4 2. Tg4#,Txg4#
play all play one stop play next play all
A.C.White: "LOYD lived up to his profession that others were welcome to reproduce and improve his themes better than some writers are wont to do.
There are dozens of instances on record where his problems closely anticipate later work by other composers, but I have seldom found that he made any objection thereto. On the whole I think he had a certain feeling of pride that others should follow in his footsteps twenty or fifty years after him. More than once I have shown him versions by distinguished modern composers, and he would laugh and say: " Has So-and-so really just published that ? Why, I made it when I was eighteen." It is impossible to refer to all these cases in such a book as this. No. 273 is a single striking instance among many, which I discussed at some length in the British Chess Magazine for February, 1910."

vgl. P1064133
Henrik Juel: 1... Ke5 is a selfcheck, probably 1... e5 was intended
The other (less interesting) defenses are
1... L~/S~ 2.Te2/Tg4# (2021-07-25)
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comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4509)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE (2021-07-25): C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/5N2/4p3/2K5/4k3/7R/3B2Rn/3b3Q
Reprints: 274 American Chess-Nuts 1868
62 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
34 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
23 Plzenske listy 23/08/1890
El Tiempo Ilustrado 114 24/09/1893
Frankfurter Schachzeitung 1897
9116 Deutsche Schachzeitung 4, p. 120, 04/1898
4 Vynalezy a Pokroky 2 1904
British Chess Magazine , p. 80, 02/1910
21 Vliegend Blaadje 02/03/1912
273 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
329 Szachista Polski 06/1914
Ostdeutsche Morgenpost 25/02/1922
2B Simple Two-move Themes 1924
16 Vooruit 27/12/1924
28 Comoedia 26/11/1933
2e-603 2345 Chess Problems 1997
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-04-30 more...
5 - P1019701
Hyacinth R. Agnel
65 Lynn News 25/05/1859
P1019701
(4+4) C+
#2

BS Problemid: 4540
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Tf3! droht 2. Dxg7#
1. ... exf3 2. Dd3#
1. ... e3 2. Dd3# (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4540)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/6p1/3K2Q1/8/3kp3/1n6/4B3/5R2
Reprints: 7 American Chess-Nuts , p. 2, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Erich Bartel, 2022-10-29 more...
6 - P1019708

XXXIII Charleston Courier 03/08/1859
P1019708
(9+6)
#2

BS Problemid: 4548
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
Henrik Juel: double threat 1.Dd8 thr. 2.Dxb6,Da8# (2022-10-29)
Henrik Juel: 1.Dd8 c4,Dc4,Dd3,Dd7 2.Dxb6#
1... Dxb3 2.Da8#
1... Dxd2+ 2.Dxd2#
1... Dxd8 2.Sxc6# (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4548)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/6b1/1pp5/k1pqN3/N6Q/PP2P3/3P4/4KB2
Reprints: American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-10-29 more...
7 - P1019734
James P. Barnett
61 Musical World 15/10/1859
P1019734
(8+4)
#2
1. Db1
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 4574
Authors: Barnett, James P
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
In der "Musical World" mit der Autorangabe "by Leonax, of New York" (Pseudonym) veröffentlicht.
Henrik Juel: dual 1... Kc5 2.Sxe3,Sb6# (2023-05-26)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4574)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/8/2p5/K2kBP2/1QN5/4p3/2R1p1P1/4R3
Reprints: 16 American Chess-Nuts 1868
727 Neue Berliner Schachzeitung , p. 94, 03/1870
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-05-26 more...
8 - P1019745
John G. Belden
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1019745
(8+8)
#2

BS Problemid: 4585
Authors: Belden, John G
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Tc4! droht 2. Sf5#
1. ... Dxf3+ 2. Sxf3#
1. ... Dxd4 2. Dxf6#
1. ... Lxc4 2. Th5# (2023-05-25)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4585)
Genre: 2#
FEN: r1RQ4/8/4NnB1/Rb6/3N1q1k/3p1Pb1/3p2K1/8
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Frank Müller, 2013-10-07 more...
9 - P1019779
Theodore Morris Brown
Charleston Courier 22/06/1859
P1019779
(6+4)
#2
1. Td5! droht 2. Td4#,Sc3#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Sc3#
1. ... Lxa4 2. Td4#
1. ... Lxd5 2. Sc5#
1. ... e5 2. Sc3#
1. ... exd5 2. Sc5#
play all play one stop play next play all
Quelle laut Albrecht-Sammlung (id=74120): 22.6. 1859 The Charleston Daily Courier
Henrik Juel: double threat (2023-07-02)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4619)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 5B2/8/2b1p3/1R6/N1p1kPK1/8/2N5/8
Reprints: 33 St. Catharines Constitutional 05/10/1865
36 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-07-02 more...
10 - P1019814
Theodore Morris Brown
78 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1019814
(9+9)
#2
1. Td3! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Sd2,Sf3~ 2. Dxd4#
1. ... c3 2. Txc3#
1. ... cxd3 2. Dc1#
1. ... dxe3 2. Txd5#
1. ... exd3 2. De7#
1. ... Tg1,Tg2,Tg3,Tg4,Txf5,Th5 2. Le7#
1. ... Lxf5,Lh5,Lh7,Lxf7 2. Tc6#
play all play one stop play next play all
in 'LU' abgedruckt mit der Autorangabe "Paul X..."
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2023-08-19)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4654)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/1B3N2/6bR/K1kp1Pr1/p1ppp2B/P3Qn2/8/3R4
Reprints: 8 Lyon Universitaire 12/01/1912
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2016-12-26 more...
11 - P1019858
George Nelson Cheney
91 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1019858
(8+1) C+
#2
1. Sd6! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kxd6 2. c8=S#
1. ... Kxf6 2. g8=S#
play all play one stop play next play all
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comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4698), under-promotion in mating move (S, zweifach), Flight giving sacrifice key, Rex solus
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 4N3/2PBk1P1/1P3N1K/8/3P4/8/8/8
Reprints: 18 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben II 1882
11 Fargo Forum and Daily Republican 13/12/1913
20 San Antonio Express 19/11/1916
6 Arbeiter-Schachzeitung (Chemnitz) 9, p. 260, 09/1928
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-21 more...
12 - P1019873
Eugene B. Cook
103 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1019873
(6+2)
#2
1. c8=L! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kc4 2. Le6#
1. ... Kc6 2. Lb7#
play all play one stop play next play all
siehe dazu Nachläufer gespiegelt unter P1297450

in seiner elektronischen Edition der 'American Chess-Nuts' gibt Anders Thulin als Originalquelle an: "v 912, Illustrated London News, March 10, 1855".
Dabei handelt es sich um Chess Enigma 912, s. P1403531
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2022-08-06)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4713), under-promotion (L), Minimal
Genre: 2#
FEN: 3K4/2P5/8/3kP3/3p4/1R1N1P2/8/8
Reprints: 8 The Favorite (Montreal) 04/10/1873
23 Opinion Publique 17/05/1877
20 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
8 Reutlinger Generalanzeiger 27/06/1925
206 Schweizerische Arbeiter-Schachzeitung , p. 189, 12/1934
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-08-06 more...
13 - P1020005

American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1020005
(10+8) C+
#2
1. Sd3! droht 2. Tf1#
play all play one stop play next play all
Als Autor wird genannt: WE Floyd, ist in der PDB-Datei nicht aufgeführt!
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comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4845)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: Juel: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 1nB1r1r1/2N2p2/2p2k1P/RbN4K/3Pp2P/B7/8/1R6
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2024-03-04 more...
14 - P1020058
Jesse Albert Graves
1152 The Illustrated London News 1362, p. 299, 24/03/1866
P1020058
(11+5)
#2
1. Db5! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kd3+ 2. Sce3#
1. ... Kd5+ 2. Sce3#
1. ... Kd4+ 2. Sce3#
1. ... Lb4+ 2. Scd2#
1. ... Lf2+ 2. Sxf2#
1. ... Lxa7,~ 2. Sd2#
play all play one stop play next play all
Zum Autor heißt es in 'The Chess World': "By Mr. J.A. Graves, of Brooklyn"
Henrik Juel: duals after several defenses, e.g., 1... La3,Lg1,Le3,Sd4,Se3 (2022-11-20)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4898)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 6B1/B7/3pr3/2b2n1R/R1N1kP2/6P1/1Q4P1/3NK3
Reprints: 70 The Chess World 04/1866
2296 Schachzeitung , p. 315, 10/1866
257 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Deutsche Schachzeitung , p. 364, 12/1876
50 Shivopisnoe Obozrenie 27/09/1880
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2022-11-20 more...
15 - P1020106
Denis Julien
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1020106
(6+5)
#2

BS Problemid: 4946
Authors: Julien, Denis
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Le3+! Kxe3 2. Df2# (2023-02-02)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4946)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/8/8/2B5/2p1p3/2Rn2pR/1P1k4/5QK1
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Frank Müller, 2013-10-07 more...
16 - P1020107
Denis Julien
26 Musical World 11/06/1859
P1020107
(6+4) C+
#2
1. Txf3+! Ke5+ 2. Txe4#
1. ... Kxf3+ 2. Dg4#
play all play one stop play next play all
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-05-27)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (4947)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE (2022-05-27): C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/8/2B4p/2B5/R3rk1K/4Rb2/8/6Q1
Reprints: 267 American Chess-Nuts 1868
7 Der Correspondent (Wien) 04/02/1872
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-05-27 more...
17 - P1020166
Samuel Loyd
39 Musical World 07/1859
P1020166
(6+2)
#2
1. Sg8!
play all play one stop play next play all
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Sg8! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kxc4 2. Le6#
1. ... Ke4 2. Sf6#
1. ... Kc6 2. Se7# (2023-08-14)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5007)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 1K6/8/7N/3k2p1/2N3B1/1R2B3/8/8
Reprints: La Strategie 1867
454 Neue Berliner Schachzeitung , p. 346, 11/1867
277 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1881
230 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
230 Sam Loyd und seine Schachaufgaben 1926
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2018-11-16 more...
18 - P1020168
Samuel Loyd
Musical World 1860
P1020168
(5+5) C+
#2
1. Lh1! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Ke3 2. Dxf3#
1. ... exf4 2. De6#
1. ... d5 2. Sg2#
1. ... f5 2. Dxf3#
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 5009
Authors: Loyd, Sam
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Simple Two-move Themes 1924
Years: 1860
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1.Lh1! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Ke3,f5 2.D:f3#
1. ... e:f4 2.De6#
1. ... d5 2.Sg2# (2021-11-30)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5009)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE (2021-11-30): C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/8/3p1p2/1N2p3/4kNQ1/5n2/2K3B1/8
Reprints: American Chess-Nuts 1868
66 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben II 1882
6 Hufvudstadsbladet 08/04/1888
16F Simple Two-move Themes 1924
64 Neues Grazer Tagblatt 08/02/1925
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-04-13 more...
19 - P1020176
Samuel Loyd
59 La Strategie 15/11/1867
P1020176
(6+3)
#2
1. Sf4! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kxe7 2. Sd5#
1. ... Th1,Th7-h2..6 2. Df8#
1. ... Tf7 2. Dg5#
1. ... Txe7 2. Dg6#
1. ... Tg7,Lg7 2. De6#
1. ... Kf5 2. De6#,Dg6#
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 5018
Authors: Loyd, Sam
Sources: Lasker's Chess Magazine 1904
American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 1857
s. Anmerkungen zur Version in 'Chess Strategy [Loyd]'/'Sam Loyd and his chess problems' (P1065736)
Henrik Juel: dual after 1... Kf5 (2022-09-27)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5018)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 2K3Qb/4P2r/5kN1/8/8/5NB1/8/8
Reprints: 292 American Chess-Nuts 1858
15 Bamberger Neueste Nachrichten 03/01/1875
43 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
6 Veckans Krönika 18/05/1912
2 Dortmunder Zeitung 21/03/1924
10 Vooruit 15/11/1924
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-05-30 more...
20 - P1020181
Samuel Loyd
Turf, Field and Farm 1868
P1020181
(6+4)
#2
1. Kc4! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Td3 2. Kxd3#
1. ... Td4+ 2. Kxd4#
1. ... Tb5 2. Kxb5#
1. ... Tc5+ 2. Kxc5#
1. ... Td1,Td2,Td7,Td8 2. De3#
1. ... Ta5,Te5,Txf5 2. Db6#
1. ... Td6 2. Sg7#,De3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Es gibt offenbar mindestens zwei nicht-identische Ausgaben der 'American chess-nuts': eine mit dem Herausgeber-Trio Cook, Henry und Gilberg (die bekanntere und auch hier benutzte), sowie eine von Cook, Henry und Romeyn, beide 1868 erschienen, in letzterer dieses Problem nicht vorhanden
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (except for the minor dual 1... Td6 2.Sg7,De3#) (2022-01-12)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5023), Zugzwang-Goal
Genre: 2#
FEN: 4B3/4p3/4kp2/3r1N1R/1K6/1Q6/8/B7
Reprints: 303 American Chess-Nuts 1868
273 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
39 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
10 Hufvudstadsbladet 29/04/1888
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten 24/11/1901
492 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
20 Vooruit 24/01/1925
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-04-13 more...
21 - P1020183
Samuel Loyd
298 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1020183
(10+12) C+
#2
1. Sa3 droht 2. Da7#
1. ... Txa3 2. Sb2#
1. ... Sxa3 2. Db4#
1. ... b2 2. Db4#
1. ... d5 2. Sc5#
play all play one stop play next play all
'DAZ' 12.02.1922: Te6 hat nur die Bedeutung eines Bauern und soll e7-e5+ verhindern.

'DAZ': "Wir können das erste Jahr unserer Schachspalte nicht würdiger beschließen, als durch die Wiedergabe zweier der schönsten Probleme des amerikanischen Meisters [dieses und P1036920]"
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.85 (2021-02-20)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5025)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 5b2/1p2p1p1/1Q1pR1P1/6P1/k2p1K1p/1p1N3P/r1n3P1/nN1B4
Reprints: 225 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
98 White to Play 1913
340 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
32 La Suisse Liberale 01/08/1914
3 San Antonio Express 24/09/1916
100 Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 31/12/1921
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: James Malcom, 2021-02-20 more...
22 - P1020187
Samuel Loyd
1 La Strategie 15/01/1867
P1020187
(7+5)
#2
1. Dc5! droht 2. Dxc3#,Dxf5#
1. ... Tf8+ 2. Dxf8#
1. ... Ta3+ 2. Dxa3#
1. ... Txc5 2. Td3#
1. ... Tf4,Txc5,Td5 2. Txf4#,Tf4#
play all play one stop play next play all
im 'Szachista Polski' gespiegelt (Kh8-Kc3) nachgedruckt

A.C. White: "He [Loyd] cared little for the means he used, so long as his results were successful. And, strangely enough, it almost seems as though his results were increasingly successful and all the more artistic when he took the most radical liberties with the conventional theories of composition. ... It is certainly not considered good form to reply to a check by Black with a direct capture. To do so is recognised as crude, obvious and unscientific. But Loyd's genius thought little of theory, giving all its attention to practice. And his results justified his independence. These problems are among his very best. The key of No. 581 is one of the most puzzling in all two-move composition, subtle, artistic and scientific in the highest measure; and the mates blend with it most beautifully."
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2023-03-13)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5029)
Genre: 2#
FEN: K7/3R4/8/5r2/4N2R/2r2k2/3p2N1/4bBQ1
Reprints: 392 Neue Berliner Schachzeitung , p. 178, 06/1867
293 American Chess-Nuts 1868
1259 Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung 20/11/1869
245v Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
38 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
1699 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 32, p. 384, 06/08/1911
1 Szachista Polski 07/1912
581v Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
2 Rheinische Volkswacht 03/07/1920
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-03-13 more...
23 - P1020201
Samuel Loyd
310 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1020201
(9+8)
#2
1. Tc6! droht 2. Db1#
1. ... dxe4 2. hxg8=D#,hxg8=L#
1. ... Lxh7 2. Dxd5#
play all play one stop play next play all
Nachdruck im 'Illustrierten Wiener Extrablatt' hat falsch sBd4 statt d5

'Sam Loyd and his chess Problems': "The interception of the line of action of the Black pieces by White leads to some pretty effects, but in general they are less striking than the effects produced by a similar interception by Black. The reason for this doubtless is that when the Blacks interfere with their own pieces they do so against their will, because the enemy has in some way or other lured or forced them into a trap. On the other hand when it is White who interferes with Black, it is usually a case of direct attack combined with malice aforethought. It may be cleverly devised and it may be well hidden, but a theme which depends for its effect mainly on the moves of White's attack can never have the charm or the unexpectedness of one which is developed through the defensive efforts of Black. Take No. 436 It is clear that removing the White Rook threatens 2 Qb1 mate. Black's obvious replies would be 1. ... B x P or 1. ... P x Q. This readily suggests 1. Rc6 to be the key, because in no other way could White give the two necessary diagonal mates (2. QxP mate and 2. PxB=Q mate) which the Black Queen and Rooks are all in position to defeat. A cut-off key of this sort is better disguised in a three-move problem, as the Black defenses that have to be prevented are less easily seen."
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (except for the promotion mate dual) (2023-06-19)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5044)
Genre: 2#
FEN: q1r1n1bK/6PP/r7/p2p4/B3Q3/N7/kBR5/3N4
Reprints: 123 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
436 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
3 Illustriertes Wiener Extrablatt 05/03/1923
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-06-19 more...
24 - P1020353
John Schlesinger
346 The New York Clipper 20/09/1862
P1020353
(11+8)
#2
1. Db7! (Zugzwang)
1. ... c3 2. De4#
1. ... Th1,Th2,Th4 2. Tg5#
1. ... Th3+ 2. Lxh3#
1. ... Tg5+ 2. Txg5#
1. ... Txh6 2. Tg5#,Sxh6#
1. ... Sxa4,Sd5,Sd7,Sa8 2. Db1#
1. ... Sa7,Sd6,Se7 2. Sd6#
play all play one stop play next play all
Clipper Chess Problem Tournament, Motto: "Qui Perseverat Succedit"
Henrik Juel: dual after 1... Txh6 (2023-07-02)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (5196)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 2n3RB/5N1p/1n5P/4Pk1r/R1p2N2/4pQK1/4Pp2/5B2
Reprints: 49 St. Catharines Constitutional 08/02/1866
356 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-07-02 more...
25 - P1021808
Josef Kling
195 Bell's Life in London 1857
P1021808
(7+6)
#3
1. Dxg1+! Sxg1 2. f4 Sf3+,Sg1~ 3. Sxf3#,Sf3#
1. ... Ke5 2. Dxc5+ Kf4 3. De3#
2. ... Kf6 3. Se8#
1. ... Sf2 2. Da1#
play all play one stop play next play all
Der 'Weekly Telegraph' kennt den Autor zu diesem Enigma Nr.6 nicht: "author unknown"
Roland Ott: vor 1857 (2022-10-29)
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (6663)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/3p4/3N2p1/2p3N1/2Pk4/5PQn/3K3P/6r1
Reprints: E6 Weekly Telegraph (Houston) 23/02/1859
5 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-10-29 more...
26 - P1021810

XLIII Musical World 13/08/1859
P1021810
(5+7)
#3
1. Txb5+! cxb5 2. Dxc1 droht 3. Sc6#
2. ... Sb4 3. Dc7#
2. ... a3 3. Dxa3#
2. ... b4 3. Dc5,Dg5,Dc7# (Matt-Trial)
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 6665
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
in der 'Musical World' abgedruckt mit der Autorangabe "by 'Charley', of New York" [evtl. eins der vielen Sam-Loyd-Pseudonyme?!] und dem Motto: "Very crafty, very cunning." Hiawatha.
SCHRECKE: 1. Txb5+! cxb5 2. Dxc1 droht 3. Sc6#
2. ... Sb4 3. Dc7#
2. ... a3 3. Dxa3#
2. ... b4 3. Dc5,Dg5,Dc7# (Matt-Trial) (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (6665)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/K7/2p4Q/kp4R1/p2N3P/1p6/n7/2r5
Reprints: 12 American Chess-Nuts , p. 54, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-11-01 more...
27 - P1021813

4 Charleston Courier 02/03/1859
P1021813
(8+9)
#3

BS Problemid: 6668
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Txe6! Ld1+ 2. Kf4+ Lf3 3. Lxf3#
1. ... Dxe6 2. Kf4+ De4+ 3. Lxe4# (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (6668)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 2qN3n/8/2ppn2R/3k3N/b1Rp3b/3P1K2/5P2/7B
Reprints: 9 American Chess-Nuts , p. 64, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-10-29 more...
28 - P1021814


P1021814
(7+8)
#3

BS Problemid: 6669
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
Henrik Juel: dual 1.Sbd4 Kc5 2.Tb7,Dc1+ (2022-10-29)
Henrik Juel: 1.Sbd4 Se4,Se6 2.Ta5+ Sc5 3.De4#
1... Sc6 2.De5+ Sxe5/dxe5 3.Ta5/Td7# (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (6669)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 5B1r/R3np2/3p4/3k2nq/8/1N1PQN2/8/K5b1
Reprints: 11 American Chess-Nuts , p. 65, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-10-29 more...
29 - P1030400
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1856
The Illustrated London News 1856
P1030400
(4+5) C+
#3
1. Dh6! droht 2. Dxg7#
1. ... gxh6 2. Lxe5+ Lf6 3. Lxf6#
1. ... Lxh6 2. Lxe5 Lf4 3. Lxg7#
1. ... Lf6 2. Le7 Lg5 3. Dxg7# 2. ... gxh6 3. Lxf6#
play all play one stop play next play all
more ...
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (15301), Zugzwang-Goal
Genre: 3#
Computer test: Juel: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 7k/5Kpp/3B4/4p1b1/4P3/8/8/7Q
Reprints: American Chess-Nuts 1868
Chess Problem Gems by Eight Eminent American Composers 1972
77 Rätselvolle Schachaufgaben , p. 48, 1980
Schach-Echo 13, p. 354, 07/1992
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2024-02-03 more...
30 - P1040042

1 Cincinnati Dispatch 23/01/1859
P1040042
(6+7)
#2

BS Problemid: 24998
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
Henrik Juel: 1.Df6 thr. 2.Dg7,Dxh8# (double threat)
1... Lxf6 2.S4xf6# (2022-07-27)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (24998)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 4N2n/4b2k/Q5p1/1r4P1/1p1BN3/p7/8/K7
Reprints: 6 American Chess-Nuts , p. 2, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-07-27 more...
31 - P1041399

XXXIV Charleston Courier 03/08/1859
P1041399
(8+6)
#2

BS Problemid: 26361
Authors: Anonymous
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Dxe5! droht 2. Df4#
1. ... fxe5 2. Lxe7#
1. ... Lxg3 2. Dxg3# (2022-10-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (26361)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/4p2N/5p2/2Q1nP1p/1B2K2k/3R2R1/4N2b/8
Reprints: 5 American Chess-Nuts , p. 2, 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Roland Ott, 2022-10-29 more...
32 - P1042847
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1042847
(11+7) C+
#4
1. Tf6! a6 2. La7 e2 3. Tb6 Kd4 4. Tb3#
1. ... e2 2. Lg1 a6 3. Tf2 Kd4 4. Tf3#
play all play one stop play next play all
more ...
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (27814), Anderssen's mate (zweifach)
Genre: n#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: Gustav 4.2e
FEN: 8/p7/1R4B1/p1BPp3/P1p1P1p1/P1k1p1P1/R1P5/4K3
Reprints: 14 Spectacular Chess Problems , p. 15, 1965
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-20 more...
33 - P1047782
Samuel Loyd
311 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1047782
(5+5) C+
#2
1. Th8! Kxc2 2. Dh7#
play all play one stop play next play all
Das Problem erschien schon in 'American Chess Nuts', 1868, deshalb kann Whites Anmerkung über die Entstehungsgeschichte in 'Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems' nicht stimmen: "True line clearance, in the sense in which Healey used it in his famous Bristol problem of 1861 (P1036903), only occurs in one of Loyd's problems. He defined the theme as that of " withdrawing a piece to a remote quarter, out of play, to allow of the bringing forward of another on the same line " (Str., p. 81). The theme is clearly one in two moves, unless we consider thematic (as many people do) an intermediate move between the clearance and the mate similar to that employed by Healey. Loyd first posed his problem as a three-mover also (No. 498, s.P1055458). His introductory moves served to vacate both the squares b6 and c5 in the final line of mate a7-g1, and in a sense they were thematic, though totally different from Healey's. They were not sufficiently meritorious, however, in his own judgment, to be justified at the cost of the two extra Pawns, and he almost immediately republished the problem as a two-mover (No. 499), in which form it has ever since been known.
Several other two-move renderings of the Rook line clearance, which have been republished at various times under Loyd's name (s. z.B. P1277364), though closely akin to No. 499 in execution, are not by Loyd at all, but are later settings by other composers."
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comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (32806)
Genre: 2#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 8/8/8/3p4/3R4/K1p5/1pN4R/1kb4Q
Reprints: 145 Chess Strategy (Loyd) , p. 81, 1878
208 Cleveland Voice 22/09/1878
9 Galveston Daily News 12/08/1888
(b) Schweizerische Schachzeitung , p. 24, 11/1902
499 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
499 Sam Loyd und seine Schachaufgaben 1926
Sarkanais Sports 08/02/1941
3 Atputa 12 14/03/1941
2a Die Schwalbe 277, p. 356, 02/2016
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2022-05-19 more...
34 - P1060662
Theodore Morris Brown
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1060662
(5+3) C+
#3
1. Td6! cxd6 2. Tc3 Kxd4 3. Lf6#
play all play one stop play next play all
more ...
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (45741), Sacrifice key, Sacrifice of white pieces (T, S), Drag-in sacrifice
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 8/2pRB3/8/3pk3/3N4/3R1K2/8/8
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-23 more...
35 - P1060855
Thomas Porter Bull
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1060855
(6+2)
#3

BS Problemid: 45934
Authors: Bull, Thomas Porter
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Dc8! Ke4 2. Df8 Kd4 3. Db4# (2022-12-28)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (45934)
Genre: 3#
FEN: B6Q/8/8/3pN3/3k1P2/8/5P2/K7
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
36 - P1060856
Thomas Porter Bull
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1060856
(5+4)
#3

BS Problemid: 45935
Authors: Bull, Thomas Porter
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Ke7! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kc6 2. Db5+ Kc7 3. Db7#
1. ... a6 2. Kd7 Kc5 3. Dc4#
2. ... Ke5 3. De4# (2022-12-28)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (45935)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 4K3/p7/3N2p1/P2k2P1/3b4/3Q4/8/8
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
37 - P1060857
Thomas Porter Bull
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1060857
(5+5)
#3

BS Problemid: 45936
Authors: Bull, Thomas Porter
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1968
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Lg8! Ke4 2. Df2 Lb1,L~ 3. Lxh7# (2022-12-28)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (45936)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/p2p3p/P2K3P/3B4/3k4/3b4/3Q4/8
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
38 - P1062515
George Nelson Cheney
143 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1062515
(5+4)
#3
1. Sd3+! Kg5 2. Tg2+ Kf6 3. Th6#
1. ... Ke4 2. Tc2 e2 3. Txe2#
2. ... Kxd3 3. Lf5#
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 47602
Authors: Cheney, George N
Sources: American Chess Nuts 1868
Years: 0000
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-03-01)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47602)
Genre: 3#
FEN: K7/4p3/4B3/2N5/3p1k2/4p2R/4R3/8
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-03-01 more...
39 - P1062521
George Nelson Cheney
147 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1062521
(5+7) C+
#3
1. Dh8! droht 2. Dxh2#
1. ... h1=D,h1=T 2. Da1 ... 3. Sf3#
1. ... Df3+ 2. Sxf3+ Kh1 3. Dxh2#
1. ... Lxd6,Lh6 2. Dxa8 h1=D,h1=L 3. Sf3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2022-03-01)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47608)
Genre: 3#
Computer test: Henrik Juel (2022-03-01): C+ Popeye 4.61
FEN: q4b2/8/3B4/1p6/8/2Q1p3/2P1K1pp/4N1k1
Reprints: 3 The Leader 26/06/1869
21 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben I 1881
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2023-08-19 more...
40 - P1062629
George Nelson Cheney
157 American Chess-Nuts , p. 89, 1868
P1062629
(5+4)
#3
1. Th2! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Ld1,Le2 2. Dg1+ Lg4 3. De3#
1. ... Lf3 2. Dg1+ Lg2 3. Dxg2#
2. ... Lg4 3. De3#
1. ... Lh3 2. Txh3 droht 3. Tg3#, 3. Dg2#, 3. Dg1#
2. ... Kg4 3. Dg2#
1. ... Lxh5 2. Da8 Kg4 3. Dg2#
2. ... Kg6 3. Dg8#
2. ... Ld1,Le2,Lf3,Lg4 3. Dg8#
2. ... Le8,Lf7,Lg6 3. Dg2#
1. ... Lf5 2. Dg1+ Lg4 3. De3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61, except for the triple mate threat (2022-03-01)
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comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47716)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/8/4p2p/4K1kP/6b1/8/3P1R2/7Q
Reprints: 2 The Leader 19/06/1869
Enigma 13 The English Mechanic and World of Science , p. 229, 15/11/1872
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2023-08-19 more...
41 - P1062702
W.C. Chewett

P1062702
(6+2) C+
#3
1. Lc4! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kxd4 2. Lxd3 Kxd5 3. Lf5#
play all play one stop play next play all
als Autor ist im 'St. Catharines Constitutional' angegeben: "W.C.C. of New York", in den 'American Chess-Nuts' wird die Identität gelüftet: W.C. Chewitt, Toronto, Ca. (noch zu klären, ob Chewett oder Chewitt - die WFCC-Autoren-DB enthält beide Schreibweisen)
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2023-06-29)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47789), Minimal
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE (2023-06-29): C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/8/8/1K1N4/3NkP2/3p4/B2R4/8
Reprints: 23 St. Catharines Constitutional 27/07/1865
179 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-06-30 more...
42 - P1062752
Eugene B. Cook
173 The New York Clipper 18/06/1859
P1062752
(6+2)
#3
1. Sg4+! Kxg4 2. Df3+ Kh4 3. Dh3#
1. ... Ke4 2. Df1 Kd5,Kd4 3. Dc4#
1. ... Kg6 2. Se5+ Kh5 3. Dh8#
2. ... Kh7 3. Dg7#,Sf6#
1. ... Ke6 2. Sc7+ Kd7 3. Se5#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61, except for mate dual after 2... Kh7 (2023-07-02)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47839), Minimal
Genre: 3#
FEN: 1K2NQ2/8/5N2/5kp1/8/1P6/6P1/8
Reprints: 36 St. Catharines Constitutional 26/10/1865
198 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-07-02 more...
43 - P1063606
Eugene B. Cook
271 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1063606
(6+6)
#3
1. Txa5+! Kb2 2. Txb4+ Ka1 3. Tb1#
1. ... Lxa5 2. Tb4 Kxb4 3. Le7#
2. ... Lxb4 3. Lc1#
play all play one stop play next play all
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-03-23)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (48696)
Genre: 3#
FEN: n7/8/p6p/p1R3B1/1b3R2/k1NK4/P7/8
Reprints: 2 Paul Morphy's Schachspielkunst , p. 172, 1873
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-03-23 more...
44 - P1064460
J. Goerner
328 American Chess-Nuts , p. 117, 1868
P1064460
(4+5)
#3
1. De6
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2023-02-19)
Henrik Juel: 1.De6 Txe6 2.Txc5 ~ 3.Te5# (2023-02-19)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (49551)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/4p3/8/2p1r3/4kp2/5N2/Q3K3/2R5
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2023-02-19 more...
45 - P1065243
Charles Alexander Gilberg

P1065243
(8+10)
#3
1. Lxf5! droht 2. Le6#
1. ... gxf5 2. Dg8+ Kd3 3. Sxc5#
2. ... Dxg8 3. Se5#
1. ... Sf3 2. Le6+ Kd3 3. Sxc5#,Dxf3#
1. ... d3 2. Le6+ Kd4 3. De3#
1. ... Lb7 2. Le6+ Ld5 3. Lxd5#
1. ... Txd7 2. Le6+ Td5 3. Lxd5#
1. ... Dxg3 2. Le6+ Kd3 3. Sxc5#
1. ... De8 2. Le6+ Dxe6 3. Txc5#
1. ... Dd6 2. Le6+ Dd5 3. Se5#,Lxd5#
2. ... Dxe6 3. Txc5#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61, except for two mate duals (2022-05-10)
comment
Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (50335)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 1q6/r2N4/b5p1/2b2p1R/P1kpP3/1p4QB/3B4/3Kn3
Reprints: 4 Musical Monthly (London) 11/1864
354 American Chess-Nuts 1868
102 Crumbs from the chess-board 1890
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-05-10 more...
46 - P1081893
Theodore Morris Brown
42 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1081893
(6+4) C+
s#4
1. Ka5! Txa1 2. Tb6+ Ka2 3. Sb5 Kb3+ 4. Da4+ Txa4#
play all play one stop play next play all
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2a, Brute Force (2022-03-13)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: 8/8/K7/8/3N2Q1/k7/rRp5/RbB5
Reprints: 293 T. M. Brown's Chess Problems II 1887
Input: HBae, 2009-02-06
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2022-03-16 more...
47 - P1081918
Charles Henry Stanley
1 Spirit of the Times 01/03/1845
P1081918
(7+5) C+
s#4
1. Dd3+ Ke5 2. Sg5+ Kxf4 3. Sh3+ Lxh3 4. Dg3+ hxg3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Das erste Schachproblem eines amerikanischen Autors.
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2a, Brute Force (2022-02-02)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: 8/4q3/Q1p1b2N/3k4/4NR1p/8/5K2/4R1B1
Reprints: 79 New York Albion 01/06/1850
63 American Chess-Nuts 1868
The Westminster Papers , p. 125, 12/1868
445 Hartford Weekly Times 25/10/1877
Input: HBae, 2009-02-06
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2022-02-06 more...
48 - P1115111
Charles Caldwell Moore
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1115111
(4+1)
#5
1. Lg2 Ka5 2. Lf1 Ka4 3. Kb2 Ka5 4. Kc3 Ka4 5. Ta8#
play all play one stop play next play all
T16K
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2c, Brute Force (2023-03-08)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321373)
Genre: n#
FEN: 1R6/8/8/8/k7/5P2/8/K6B
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11
Last update: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11 more...
49 - P1115312
John Tanner
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1115312
(5+2)
#4
1. Sg5 Ke5 2. Td7 Kf5 3. Te6 Kxg5 4. Td5#
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SOT
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2a, Brute Force (2022-06-28)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321524)
Genre: n#
FEN: 8/6RN/6R1/5k2/6p1/6P1/8/K7
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11
Last update: Frank Müller, 2023-12-24 more...
50 - P1124379
Emile A. Balaguer
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1124379
(3+3)
#2
1. Tf3
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B25DD Bd4 MW
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87
1. Tf3! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kd4 2. Db4#
1. ... d4 2. Da8# (2023-05-25)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0007842)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 5Q2/8/8/3pp3/4k3/1K6/8/5R2
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11
Last update: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11 more...
51 - P1127360
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1127360
(6+1) C+
#3
1. Se1! Ke5 2. Sf3+
1. ... Kg5 2. Sf3+
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A12BB1
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321461), Miniature, Rex solus, Flight-giving key
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 8/1K6/2R5/5k2/8/3NP3/5NP1/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-17 more...
52 - P1132662
Edwin J. Weller
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1132662
(4+2)
#3
1. Kc5 Lxb3 (1... Lb5 2. Ta3+ La4 3. b4#) 2. Lb5 Lg8 3. b4#
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B3e
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-11-24)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321510)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/8/8/k7/b1K5/1R6/1P2B3/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11
Last update: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11 more...
53 - P1132833
Jedercy
E196 The New York Clipper 19/11/1859
P1132833
(4+3) C+
#3
1. Tf7 Kb6 2. d5+ Ka6 3. Ta7#
1. ... Kd6 2. d5 Ke5 3. Lf4#
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MM-B-TL
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-07-27)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321493), Miniature
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE (2022-07-27): C+, popeye 4.87
FEN: 5R2/8/2k5/8/2KPp3/4B3/8/7b
Reprints: 6 American Chess-Nuts , p. 64, 1868
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-11
Last update: Mario Richter, 2022-07-27 more...
54 - P1136467
anonymous
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1136467
(3+3)
#2
1. Da4
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C4-26DD
Henrik Juel: dual 1... Ld5 2.Db4,Ld4# (2021-10-31)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0013482)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/2K5/8/2k5/2b5/2B5/2Q2n2/8
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2021-10-31 more...
55 - P1139340
Eugene B. Cook
192v American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1139340
(4+3) C+
#4
1. Tg4 Kf2 2. Lg2 Kg1 3. Sg5
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A9SS1
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0075299), Miniature
Genre: n#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: Gustav 4.2c
FEN: B7/7N/6R1/8/3p4/3p4/3K4/5k2
Reprints: 16 Haaner Zeitung 09/12/1934
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-19 more...
56 - P1143318
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1143318
(6+1) C+
#3
1. Tg8 Kg6 2. Sh5+
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ST-B2SS+
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.85
vergleiche P1380330 (2020-09-27)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0050346)
Genre: 3#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 7R/6N1/3K4/5Nk1/8/3P4/6P1/8
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11
Last update: James Malcom, 2020-09-27 more...
57 - P1146754
Francis Eugene Brenzinger
41 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1146754
(4+1)
#3
1. Lb7 Kd4 2. Dc2 Ke3 3. De4#
1. ... Kf4 2. Dg6 Ke5 3. De4#
1. ... Ke6 2. Dh7 Ke5 3. De4#
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A15
eventuell 1861
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2023-04-30)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0051943)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 2B1N3/8/8/4k3/8/8/8/1Q2K3
Reprints: 28 Ostdeutsche Morgenpost 04/03/1922
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-11
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-04-30 more...
58 - P1149147
J. Monroe
620 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1149147
(4+1)
#3
1. Le5 Kc5 2. Ld4+ Kd5 3. Le6#
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LX3
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2023-10-02)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321486)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 8/3B4/1R1B4/8/2k5/4K3/8/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2011-12-10 more...
59 - P1152310
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1152310
(3+3)
#4
1. Tc8 (1. Tfe3 e4 2. Tb3 Kc4 3. Ke5 Kc5 4. Tec3# ) 1... Ke4 2. Tg3 Kf4 3. Tcg8 Ke4 4. T8g4#
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T14
inkorrekt
SCHRECKE: Nebenlösung
1. Tfe3 e4 2. Tb3 Kc4 3. Ke5
2. ... Kc5 3. Txe4 (2022-11-25)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321359)
Genre: n#
FEN: 8/4p3/4K3/4p3/3k4/2R2R2/8/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12
Last update: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12 more...
60 - P1152570
George Edward Carpenter
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1152570
(5+2) C+
#3
1. Dh5+! Kxh5 2. Kf5 Sf7 3. g4#
1. ... Kg7 2. Lc3+ Kg8 3. Dxh8#
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E4-K-B
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321453), Minimal (b), Miniature, Flight giving sacrifice key, Checking key, Drag-in sacrifice, Queen sacrifice, Pawn mate
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 7n/8/4K1k1/6P1/8/6P1/8/3QB3
Reprints: 537a Problemschach-Jahrbuch 1994 D , p. 255, 1995
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-07-23 more...
61 - P1153455
Eugene B. Cook
e856 The Illustrated London News 07/01/1854
P1153455
(4+3) C+
#3
1. Da4 d5 2. Dg4 d4 3. Df5#
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B5-14

e856 = Enigma 856
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0292530), Miniature
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/4K3/3p4/4k3/8/4N1p1/6P1/3Q4
Reprints: 180 American Chess-Nuts 1868
11 The Leader 21/08/1869
13 Reutlinger Generalanzeiger 11/09/1925
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-17 more...
62 - P1153557
Thomas Porter Bull
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1153557
(5+2)
#3
1. Dh8 Ke3 (1... Kd5 2. Dc3 Ke4 3. De5#) (1... Kf5 2. Dg7 Ke4 3. De5#) 2. Db2 Ke4 3. De5#
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A15
SCHRECKE: 1. ... Kf5 2. Dg7,Dh5+ (Dual) (2022-09-02)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0054037)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 4Q3/4K3/p7/P7/4k3/3N4/4P3/8
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12 more...
63 - P1160983
Napoleon Marache
225 New York Albion 16/04/1853
P1160983
(4+3)
#2
1. Db7+ Kd3 2. Dh7#
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Q11+ FFS
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2023-03-03)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0025286)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/8/5K2/2B5/4kp2/n7/2R5/1Q6
Reprints: 322 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Rainer Staudte, 2023-03-03 more...
64 - P1162204
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1162204
(5+1) C+
#3
1. d3! Kxf4 2. d4 Kf5 3. Df3#
1. ... Kf5 2. Se6 Ke5 3. Dh5#
1. ... Kd4 2. Db2+ Ke3 3. Df2#
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SO-B-D
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321460), Miniature, Rex solus
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 8/5K2/8/4k3/4NN2/8/3PQ3/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-17 more...
65 - P1162642
Samuel Loyd
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 1859
P1162642
(5+1)
#3
1. Sf7! (Zugzwang)
1. ... Kf5 2. Tc6 Kf4 3. Tf6#
1. ... Ke6 2. Le4 Kd7 3. Lf5#
2. ... Kf6 3. Tc6#
1. ... Kg6 2. Lg4 Kh7 3. Lf5#
2. ... Kf6 3. Tc6#
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A10TL1

in 'Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems' ist das Urdruckjahr 1859 mit einem Fragezeichen versehen.
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2023-07-08)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0057421), Miniature
Genre: 3#
FEN: 5K2/8/5k1N/8/8/5B2/5P2/2R5
Reprints: 496 American Chess-Nuts , p. 145, 1868
9 Über Land und Meer 03/1872
458 Chess Strategy (Loyd) 1878
135 Schachminiaturen - Neue Folge 1903
462 777 Chess Miniatures in Three 1908
339 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
Pulsnitzer Tageblatt 13/08/1932
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-07-08 more...
66 - P1165610
John Tanner
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1165610
(4+1)
#3
1. Se3 Ke4 (1... Kf6 2. Dd5 Kg6 3. Df5#) (1... Ke6 2. Dd5+ Kf6 3. Df5#) 2. Le7 Ke5 3. Dd5#
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SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-06-28)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0321502)
Genre: 3#
FEN: 5B2/8/8/3Nk3/8/6K1/3Q4/8
Input: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12
Last update: Zuncke/Bruder, 2010-09-12 more...
67 - P1173320
Theodore Morris Brown
63 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1173320
(4+3) C+
#2
1. Ld1 Kxb1 2. Lb3#
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E7bL
SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.85 (2021-02-14)
comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0034272), Miniature
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/8/8/8/B6K/p7/kp6/1R5Q
Reprints: 2 Deutsche Internierten-Zeitung 23/09/1917
3 Moderne Welt (Wien) 4 1924
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: James Malcom, 2021-02-15 more...
68 - P1175855
Eugene B. Cook
American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1175855
(4+3) C+
#3
1. Th3+! Kg6 2. Thh5
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C4-26TT
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comment
Keywords: Miniature Collection (0205361), Miniature, Checking key
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 6nK/4p3/4P2k/5R2/8/5R2/8/8
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-12-17 more...
69 - P1279986
George Nelson Cheney
85 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1279986
(8+4) C+
s#5
1. Tg7+ Kf6 2. Dd4+ Te5 3. Ta6+ Ld6 4. Kg3 Lxg2 5. Dh4+ Tg5#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force
Umwandlungsläufer sLh1! (2021-09-03)
comment
Keywords: double-check mate
Genre: s#
FEN: 2B2b1B/3R4/4k3/R5r1/8/5K2/3Q1PP1/7b
Reprints: 105 Meister des Problems 1924
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2021-09-04 more...
70 - P1280036
Charles Alexander Gilberg
122 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280036
(10+8) C+
s#6
1. Da4+ Kd5 2. e4+ Ke6 3. Sd8+ Txd8 4. Dxa2+ Td5 5. Lh3+ Tg4+ 6. Kh5 Sf6#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2021-02-04)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: r5n1/1N2p1p1/2P3Pp/P3B3/2k4K/3NP3/p7/3Q1Br1
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: James Malcom, 2021-02-04 more...
71 - P1280037
Napoleon Marache
43 The Chess Monthly 10/1857
P1280037
(10+8) C+
s#6
1. Tf6+ Ke5 2. De7+ Sxe7 3. Sg6+ Sxg6 4. Lf4+ Sxf4 5. Sd3+ Sxd3 6. Tc5+ Sxc5#
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Erstquelle ist Chess Monthly
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2021-01-15)
comment

Genre: s#
Computer test: Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force
FEN: q1R2N2/1p4Q1/2nnR3/b1N2kP1/Kp6/2P2B2/8/2B4b
Reprints: 97 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 17/10/1857
123 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2021-01-18 more...
72 - P1280038
Napoleon Marache
124 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280038
(9+9) C+
s#6
1. b8=D+ Lxb8 2. Tdxd5+ Kb6 3. Txc6+ Ka5 4. Da1+ Txa1 5. Lc7+ Lxc7 6. Txb5+ Kxb5#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2021-03-05)
comment

Genre: s#
Computer test: Gustav 4.1d
FEN: K1b1B3/bPk5/2pR4/1pRpQ3/8/1P1N2B1/5pq1/7r
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2021-03-07 more...
73 - P1280039
Napoleon Marache
125 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280039
(9+9) C+
s#6
1. Tf4+ Kb6 2. Tf6+ Ld6 3. Tb2+ Lb3 4. Lf2+ Se3 5. Lxg1 g3 6. Le2 g2#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2020-10-19)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: 4Nb2/1p3p2/8/1k1P4/2R3pB/Q2B4/p5R1/N2b1nnK
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2020-10-19 more...
74 - P1280040
John Schlesinger
126 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280040
(9+8) C+
s#6
1. Dxg7 Tg6 2. Dxg6 Tg8 3. Df5+ Df4 4. Lxh5+ Tg4 5. Tg2 Dxf5 6. Lxg4+ Dxg4#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2021-01-13)
comment

Genre: s#
Computer test: Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force
FEN: 4BBQr/2q3n1/2P4r/7p/3pP3/3N1kpK/4R3/4R3
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2021-01-13 more...
75 - P1280041
Charles C. Barnes
129 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280041
(7+6) C+
s#7
1. Sd4+ Kd7 2. Td5+ Kxd8 3. Se6+ Dxe6 4. b8=D+ Dc8 5. Dxc8+ Kxc8 6. Dc6+ Lc7 7. Dxc7+ Kxc7#
6. ... Kd8 7. Dc7+ Kxc7#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2020-10-09)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: K2Br3/PP2pq2/2kb4/1R6/Q3b3/1N6/8/8
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2020-10-12 more...
76 - P1280063
Charles Alexander Gilberg
177 American Chess-Nuts 1868
P1280063
(9+9) C+
s#10
1. Td6+ Kb5 2. Dc6+ Kxb4 3. Dc4+ Ka5 4. Dxa6+ Kb4 5. Sd3+ Kc3 6. Tc6+ Lc5 7. Da3+ Kxc2 8. Sxd4+ Txd4 9. Sb4+ Txb4 10. Ke1+ Dxf2#
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SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2020-11-28)
comment

Genre: s#
FEN: 2n5/2p2q2/n1k1B3/3R1N2/1P1p1N1r/b7/2P1KR2/1b5Q
Input: Frank Müller, 2013-11-04
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2020-11-30 more...
77 - P1328931
Samuel Loyd

P1328931
(3+7)
#3
1. Lh4! droht 2. Dxh3+,Dc5
1. ... Txh4 2. Dc5 droht 3. Df2#,Dc1#
1. ... Th5 2. Dxh3+ Kg1 3. Lf2#,Dg2#
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Henrik Juel: Sa1 is needed to prevent several cooks; without it we would have a symmetrical position with asymmetrical solution
Correct key by Popeye 4.61, but damaged by the double threat and many mate duals (2016-12-28)
Henrik Juel: 1.Ld4? Txd4! (2021-01-10)
comment

Genre: 3#
FEN: 3r3r/8/8/5Q2/5p2/3p1K1p/5B2/n4k2
Reprints: 561 American Chess-Nuts 1868
Shakhmatny Vestnik 12/1886
72 Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben III 1887
Allgemeine Kunst-Chronik (Wien) 05/03/1887
3 Jyllands-Posten 27/10/1888
55 Lyon Universitaire 06/12/1912
Input: Mario Richter, 2016-12-28
Last update: Mario Richter, 2021-01-10 more...
78 - P1399958
A. Clapp

P1399958
(7+6) C+
#4
1. Te3+! Kxe3 2. Lf4+ Kxf4 3. Dg5+ Kxg5 4. Se6#
2. ... Ke2 3. Dd2+ Kf1 4. Dd1#
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Nachdruck in 'Paul Morphy's Schachspielkunst' mit der Autorangabe "E.A.C."
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2a, Brute Force (2022-03-23)
comment

Genre: n#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.2a, Brute Force (2022-03-23
FEN: 3Q4/6K1/8/1qN4p/1n2B2n/R6P/4kp1B/8
Reprints: 154 American Chess-Nuts 1868
9 Paul Morphy's Schachspielkunst , p. 176, 1873
Input: Mario Richter, 2022-03-23
Last update: Erich Bartel, 2022-03-23 more...
79 - P1399961
Charles Henry Stanley
Spirit of the Times 06/03/1847
P1399961
(5+6) C+
#3
1. La6+! Kxc6 2. Kxd4 Lb7 3. Lb5#
1. ... Kb8 2. Tc8#
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SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-03-23)
comment

Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: C+, popeye 4.87 (2022-03-23)
FEN: b7/pk1p4/2Rp4/1B1N4/P2n4/4K3/8/8
Reprints: 726 American Chess-Nuts 1868
5 Paul Morphy's Schachspielkunst , p. 174, 1873
Input: Mario Richter, 2022-03-23
Last update: Erich Bartel, 2022-03-23 more...
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