Cordingley puzzle 73

Black to play and win

(Worth looking a few moves deep)

Solution

I was disappointed with myself here, not giving this puzzle the effort it deserved. For a while, I was fixated on 1…Bf4, trying to make it work (I haven't checked with an engine to see if it does) before 'turning the order of moves round' and finding 1…e5! instead, which is clearly the best move.

Alas, I felt this was the solution, whereas it is deeper: I didn't even look at white's defence Qg4, but wish I had, because the continuation is very pretty.

…fe! Is very nice, and not too hard: black gets a collection of pieces for the queen, and the white king is denuded from cover.

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