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Adriandmen

Hello everyone. Here is one of my harder mate in 3's. I like the theme of this puzzle, Happy solving!:

                            White mates in 3

shoopi

Ha, that's great. Of course, going for setup similar to the last puzzle doesn't work (1. Kd6 a5 2. Bd4 Kxd4 3. Rf4+? gxf4).

 

However, the different pawn structure also allows for a new setup all together. This theme is quite common in mates in 3 involving a rook and a bishop, I think Smile

 

Here's a hint if you're having trouble:

f4 looks like a likely mating square, but if the rook checks from there it can be captured by a pawn. Is there any way around that?

BigDoggProblem

Yes, there have only been about 100,000 problems with the Indian theme. :)

Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Meyer
621 Boy's Own Paper 1903

Mate in 3
BigDoggProblem

Another old favorite with this theme:

William A. Shinkman
Western Advertiser 1872

Mate in 4



shoopi

Nice! and I also found this mate in 3, which is extremely similar to the OP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're kind of cluttering this thread with stuff now Tongue Out These puzzles can be great, I remember not being able to solve most of them once upon a time. Today I usually recognize such ooportunities =)

anupralhad

shoopi!r u ...............................,yes?

anupralhad

this is onther mate in 3 step