Test your chess: Reitstein problem 87

White to play and win

K Dreyer v J van Dyk 1958

Solution

In the game, Reitstein says that Dreyer played Be5, winning the exchange, but eventually losing the game. Black's pair of bishops and his passer proved too strong. I can well see how Dreyer would have played the natural biff Be5- I can imagine that the problem position was after a sacrifice of a queen side pawn in return for the exchange. However, as a problem, and also any Purdy player would examine all biffs, noting that the Bb3 is fairly loose, particularly with the jump biff Qb1-Qb3: these thoughts lead to 1 Rc8+ Rc8[] 2 Bf6 and the Bb3 falls off.

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