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Maddening little problem [3]

Maddening little problem [3]

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Helpmate in 3
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Black starts and both sides collaborate to attain checkmate of Black on White's 3rd move.

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um, is board inverted?

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Originally posted by sb3700
um, is board inverted?
No.

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Finally, someone cracked this tough little nut. heinzkat has solved this.

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Whoa. I never even looked at this one until now. Wasn't your last one also called Maddening Little Problem [3]?

EDIT: Oh, wait. I confused this with A More Crowded Helpmate.

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'Maddening' is a good description for this problem, having never tried a help-mate before this one has got me stumped at the minute. The black queen is killing all of my efforts so far.