Test your chess: Reitstein problem 1

What result?

This position is from JH Clark v AJ Rivett, in the first, the 1892 South African championship. White played 1 Be7. Was this capture fatal greed or not?

Solution

I was tempted to think it was fatal greed, since 1…Qg4 threatening mate on g2 is obvious. But, perhaps partly because this is puzzle one of the book, I had to try harder, and quickly saw 2 Qc4+!! Qc4[] 3 Rd8 and white wins. White is at least a move too fast: eg 3…Re8 4 c8(Q), and black has no Qf1+ tricks

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