Cordingley puzzle 241 #chess

Black to play and win

Solution

Not too hard, but a nice exercise in visualisation- it is mate in five, in two primary ways. I found the more prosaic one, starting 1…Re4+; Maroczy played a prettier one, starting 1…Rb5, but they are equivalent and lead to a similar mate.

To help see the mates, a few diagrams are printed below.

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