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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Jul 8, 2026

Hope you had a great 4th of July! By solving this problem, you can tell your friends you once solved a mate in 27!

By Blathy in 1929 1.Kxh5 Ne7 2.Bxb1 b3 3.Bd3 b4 4.Bb1 b2 5.Bd3 b3 6.Bb1 b5 7.Bd3 b6 8.Bb1 b4 9.Bd3 b1Q 10.Bxb1 b2 11.Bd3 d4 12.Bb1 b3 13.Be4 b1Q 14.Bxb1 d5 15.Bd3 b2 16.Bb1 b5 17.Bd3 b4 18.Bb1 b3 19.Bd3 b1Q 20.Bxb1 d3 21.Bxd3 d4 22.Bb1 b2 23.Bd3 b1Q 24.Bxb1 d3 25.Bxd3 Nf5 26.Bxf5 Be7 27.Bxg6 mate

Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.

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