Cordingley puzzle 154 #chess

White to play and win

Solution

Black's king is in a 'net' and this makes the first move, 1 Bf8, easy. What follows then depends on black's defence. I presumed that black's best defence was 1…Re8, and lose the exchange, but there is little hope of survival. In the game, black protected his rooks, when the idea of h4 is either to advance to h5, tightening the net further, or if black captures, Rf5-h5 comes.

Nice.

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