Can you solve this Mate in 3?

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Graywing13

Does anyone know of a composition with the theme below? It makes sense to make a composition with this idea, so much so that I thought a quick google search could yield something, but this is not the case.

Here is one I just made, and a Meredith to boot. Hope you like it happy.png

 

 

Graywing13

And for 1 unit more, you get a try

 

 

Arisktotle

This counts as a "joke" composition. Probably somebody assigned a name to it but I can'r recall it. RewanDemontay posted a similar 3- or 4-mover here - probably like 2 years ago - but he may have removed it. Stuff you post on chess.com publicly cannot be used in tournaments and he wanted to erase his tracks!

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with joke problems as long as you announce them as such. Do not expect many chess.com folks to tackle them though! More enthousiasts on Mat PLus!

Graywing13

@Arisktotle the castling motif is Pam-Krabbe castling, named after the third group of people who showed the motif wink.png. The OP is a simple Valladao with Pam-Krabbe castling

Also, I didn't know you could delete chess.com posts and then use the composition in tournaments!