Cordingley puzzle 48

White to play and win

( in the game, white failed to win)

Solution

Three years ago, when I dipped into the book, this is one of the puzzles that I looked at, finding a solution, 1 Rd8+ Rg8 2 Rd3 and so on, though I failed to find the precise move later on. I then looked at Cordingley's solution, which was far neater.

Now, in 2013, I recalled there was a 'trick', but couldn't recall what it was; but this knowledge helped me quickly find it: 1 Ra8+ Rg8 2 Kf7! and mates. Very pretty, and at least I found it this time.

Checking with Houdini, it also shows that 1 Rd3 wins simply enough. Poor Englisch.

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