Cordingley puzzle 141 #chess

White to play and win

Solution

In Purdy language, black's queen is in a 'net' and with this in mind, the first move 1 Nf5 is obvious, forcing 1… Qh5. Then the sac 2 Rf6! Is fairly obvious: if 2…Rf6, then the LPDO Ra8 drops off after 3 Qd5+; so 2…gf , and then Qg3+Qg7+ g4 and mates.

A nice puzzle, but not a hard one.

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