Computer-Generated Chess Problem 02723

A 'KQRB vs kqrrp' mate in 3 chess construct generated by the program, Chesthetica, using the computational creativity approach which doesn't use any kind of traditional AI or even deep learning. Chesthetica is able to generate mates in 3, mates in 4, mates in 5, study-like constructs and also compose problems using specific combinations of pieces fed into it (e.g. compose something original using a knight versus three pawns). (Read more about it on ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/tagged?tag=Chesthetica). The largest (Lomonosov) tablebase today is for 7 pieces which contains over 500 trillion positions. With each additional piece, the number of possible positions increases exponentially. It is therefore impossible that this problem with 9 pieces could have been taken from such a database.

3q4/2Q5/1p6/1k5K/R7/rBr5/8/8 w - - 0 1
White to Play and Mate in 3
Chesthetica v11.32 (Selangor, Malaysia)
Generated on 12 Aug 2019 at 11:38:09 PM

White actually has less material than Black yet still wins. The white army is down by about 3 (Shannon) pawn units in value. Try to solve this as quickly as you can. If you like it, please share with others. Some of these problems may be trivial for you, especially if you're a club or master player but bear in mind that chess lovers can be found at all levels of play. So do check out some of the other problems. You can probably find something more to your taste.

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