Good Old Chess Problem No. 47
August 11, 2025 | Key Move and Solution
Samuel Loyd
Fifth American Chess Congress (1880)
White #2
Complexity: 3/5
2R5/BpNnp3/qp4RK/p1k1p3/7p/PnN1p3/2Q4r/3r3b w - - 0 1
1.Rg6-g2 !
1...Rd1-a1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rd1-b1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rd1-c1
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Rd1-d6 +
2.Sc7-e6 #
1...Rd1-d5
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rd1-d4
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc7-e8 #
2.Sc3-e4 #
1...Rd1-d3
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Rd1-d2
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Rd1-g1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rd1-f1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rd1-e1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Bh1*g2
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Rh2*g2
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Rh2-h3
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Sb3-a1
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Sb3-c1
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Sb3-d2
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Sb3-d4
2.Sc3-e4 #
1...e3-e2
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...h4-h3
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...a5-a4
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Kc5-d4
2.Sc7-e6 #
1...Kc5-d6
2.Sc3-e4 #
1...Kc5-c4
2.Sc3-e2 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Kc5-c6
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc7-e8 #
1...e5-e4
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Qa6-f1
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Qa6-e2
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Qa6-d3
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Qa6-c4
2.Sc7-b5 #
1...Qa6-b5
2.Sc7*b5 #
2.Sc3*b5 #
1...Qa6*a7
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Sd7-f6
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Sd7-f8
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...Sd7-b8
2.Sc3-b5 #
1...e7-e6
2.Sc7-b5 #
2.Sc3-b5 #