Cordingley puzzle 42

White to play and win

Solution

This was another which came to me more or less instantly. The first move, 1 Bf6, is obvious enough. One of the defences I tried was 1…Bh6, from which I saw 2 Nf5, biffing the bishop, and if the knight is captured, the queen swings over to g3: game over.

Black has alternative defences, such as Qc8, defending f5, but then the pawns break black's defences.

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