Cordingley puzzle 86

White to play and win

Solution

First, I was surprised to see that Keres has played correspondence chess, but this might just be showing my ignorance. Secondly, knowing it was a problem, the second move I thought of (the first was 1 Rh6, with the idea of 1…Qg7 2 Rf6 Qf6 3 Bg5 Qg5 4 Qf7+, but then I noticed the Nb8 defends d7, so the line is nothing) was 1 Qf6+!, and it didn't take long to see that this was the solution. After 1…Kf6 2 Nd5+ Kg7 3 Bh6mate, or 2…Ke6 3 Rh6+ Qg6 4 Bg4+ and mates.

Straightforward.

Posted with Blogsy