Cordingley puzzle 209 #chess

Black to play and win

Solution

The puzzle about this puzzle was…why is it a puzzle? Then I realised, that it is nor 1…e2 2 Qe1, when the win is trivial, but 2 Qc7 trying to mate black which is why the puzzle is included in Cordingley's book. However, 2…Qg3+! is a fairly standard decoy sacrifice, when it is game over.

A fairly trivial puzzle today.

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