Cordingley puzzle 210 #chess

White to play and win

Solution

Not the hardest of puzzles today, but some calculation needed, so a good one.

I first tried to throw away my Ne4 with Nd6 or Nc5, but more or less immediately saw that the Ne5 was the one to discard, with 1 Nf7! being decisive. Black must take, when 2 Qh5+ follows, and only 2…Kf8 has any difficulty-especially when you can visualise that the Ne5 having gone, the Bb2 is hitting g7.

After 2..Kf8, white takes on h7, and then sees what black does. His advantage is overwhelming, and black's only choice is how to prolong the game for a few moves.

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