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#13 · Checkmate in 3

Checkmate in 3 moves #13

The first Bongcloud — Kiel 1893 · Scandinavian Defense (B01)

Echtermeyer

Lindemann

Checkmate in three moves — season three: traps from real games. Kiel, eighteen ninety-three. White is about to play the first Bongcloud in history. And not by choice.

The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.

1. 2. 3.

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