Cordingley puzzle 151 #chess

Black to play and win

Solution

I messed this one up, royally. I think I saw the first move of the solution, 1..e3, but rejected it, not seeing either 2…Nf5 nor 2…Nc2.

Instead, I flummoxed around. I liked the look of 1…Rf6 and 1…Re5, moves I would typically play in a game. They both aim to entrap the white queen and/or facilitate the advance of the king side pawns: but neither seem to be winning.

I presumed the solution had to be fancier, and so hit upon and chose 1…g5?? my idea being 2 Qh6 Rg7 when there are some nasty threats of e.g. g4 and Nf3+; but, alas, 3 Re4 and black is lost.

I have not found this game either in Megabase or via googling.

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