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Charles de Maurian, well known as Paul Morphy's childhood and life-long friend, developed very quickly as a chess player. He began learning the game from Morphy during the 1853-4 school year at Spring Hill College and was able to place first in the 1858 New Orleans chess tournament. What isn't well known is that Maurian was also a decent problemist. Below are three of his compositions published in his chess column in the New Orleans "Sunday Delta." [I put the positions in the first three diagrams, with the solutions in the 3 below them.]
Solutions:
batgirl
"The second problem is cooked by
1.Se1-g2 + ! 1...Kf4-g3 2.Qg7-h6 threat: 3.Qh6-h4 #
2...Kg3*g4 3.Bd5-f3 + 3...Kg4-g3 4.Qh6-h4 #
3...Kg4-f5 4.Rd1-d5 #"
Actually no.
After 1. Ng2+ Kg3 2.Qh6, Black has 2...Kf2, followed by 3. Qh4+ Kxe2 4. Qh1#
vladt73
The second problem is cooked by
3...Kg4-f5 4.Rd1-d5 #
ashcoep123
Sorry I was wrong :C
StevieBlues
Nice puzzles. Thanks BG
EvanTheTerrible
That first puzle is excellent.
Dany2k7
Rd5+ Kf4 Bg3 Kxg4
"Yes, U r right. its mate in 2. Rd5+, Kf4,Bg3#"
Is that what Houdini said? But Bg3 is check, not mate:
Yes, U r right.its mate in 2. Rd5+, Kf4,Bg3#
BlooTooth101
Houdini shows that the first puzzle is not mate in 3
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