Cordingley puzzle 185 #chess
White to play and win
(Not worth spending too much time on: the problem is cooked, but that is not to say that looking at it is a worthless exercise)
Solution
The problem is cooked. After a long line of only moves by black (none of which are hard to find) he blunders, and the game swings from won for him, to won for white. I did look at the game extensively, but alas forgot to save before exiting Chessbase, so all we have of my analysis is the attached PDF. I recommend it to my readers, since there is a lot to say about improvements for both sides.
It is hard to criticise when writing in 2013 armed with an engine. The crucial mistake came in the diagram below, where Nh8 holds (and wins).
In the game, white's final combination is pretty, and a nice decoy worth remembering.
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