Cordingley puzzle 191 #chess

White to play and win

Solution

An easy one today. The move that immediately comes to mind is 1d6!: as in a previous blog, one of the most insightful pieces of chess writing ever was when Purdy used the phrase potassium cyanide for whenever two pieces are in pawn-fork juxtaposition: here, the Be7 and Qc7 are, with the d5 pawn in place to commit the poison.

So, 1…Bd6 is forced, when 2 Nf6+ is terminal.

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