Mate in 3

Originally posted by David113
[fen]8/8/Q7/8/6p1/6p1/p1pp2K1/rbrkb2n[/fen]

Mate in 3

1. ... Ke2 2. Qe4+ Kd1 3. Qxg4#
1. ... Bf2 2. Qc4! Be1 3. Qxg4#
[quote]2. ... Bg1/e3/d4/c5/b6/a7 3. Qf1#
2. ... Ke1 3. Qf1#

SOLVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED (heinzkat)

Composer P. A. Orlimont

Originally posted by heinzkat
[b]1. Qc6!

1. ... Ke2 2. Qe4+ Kd1 3. Qxg4#
1. ... Bf2 2. Qc4! Be1 3. Qxg4#
[quote]2. ... Bg1/e3/d4/c5/b6/a7 3. Qf1#
2. ... Ke1 3. Qf1#

1. ... Nf2 2. Qe6 with 3. Qxg4#
[/quote][/b]

Originally posted by d36366
Are there several solutions here?

What about 1Qe3?

1 ..Bf2 2 Qf1+ Be1 3 Qf3 mate

1 .. Nf2 2 Qf3 mate

Or 1 Qb5 or 1 Qc4, which can be followed up by 2 Qf1 and 3Qf3 mate against any combination of legal moves for black.

Originally posted by d36366
Are there several solutions here?

What about 1Qe3?

1 ..Bf2 2 Qf1+ Be1 3 Qf3 mate

1 .. Nf2 2 Qf3 mate

Or 1 Qb5 or 1 Qc4, which can be followed up by 2 Qf1 and 3Qf3 mate against any combination of legal moves for black.

Originally posted by SwissGambit
There is no Qf3# unless you get rid of bPg4.

Originally posted by d36366
Thanks - I had the pawn the wrong way up in my head. Doh!

curseknight - I meant Qd3 not Qe3, but I was still way wrong because of SwissGambit's point.