Mate in 3 · No. 136 · ~1700 · SacrificeQueen, rook and two knights
White to play and mate in three.
- 1. Rxf5+ gxf5 2. Qh8+ Kg6 3. Qh6#
Other defences
- 1. Rxf5+ Bg5 2. Qh8#
- 1. Rxf5+ gxf5 2. Qh8+ Kg5 3. Qh6#
- 1. Rxf5+ exf5 2. Qh8+ Kg5 3. Qh6#
- 1. Rxf5+ g5 2. Qh8+ Kg6 3. Ncxe7#
Position
- White
- king on a5, queen on c3, rook on f6, knights on c6 and g8, pawns on a3, b3 and c4
- Black
- king on h5, rooks on e2 and g3, bishops on f7 and h4, knights on e8 and g2, pawns on e6, e7, f4, f5, g4 and g6