A tricky checkmate in three for this Chess King study created by Vladimir Nabokov. This chess position featured in Nabokov’s 1970 book that included poems and chess puzzles.
[…] 1.♖h8 ♔xc3 (
1…♔e3 2.♖h3+ ♔d4 3.♘e2# (0:00:15) 1.Rh8) (
1…♔xd3 2.♖h3+ ♔xc4 3.♕f4# (0:00:05) 1…Kd3)
2.♖h3 ♔d4 3.♕b2# (0:00:02) 1.
