Cordingley puzzle 71

White to play and win

Solution

Fairly self evident, but a nice puzzle: one where it is possible to calculate fairly deeply.

The only move I looked at was 1 Be6+, and all that was needed was to check there was no ridiculous save: there isn't, as the lines below show. Houdini tells me that 1 Bh7+ also wins, but evaluates it less highly than 1 Be6+: whilst I noted 1 Bh7+, being the only other check, common sense says it is inferior to 1 Be6+

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