Test your chess: Reitstein problem 167

White to play and win

JE Eriksen v KV Grivainis 1952-53

Solution

I messed up this one, thinking that 1 Rh6 won, and turning too quickly to the solution, without checking at all. In fact, there is a good a defence in 1…Bg6. It is no comfort that white is still winning: black is so trussed up that white can afford to play Rd1-d6 and Stockfish tells me white is still winning (after 1 Rh6) but 1 Nh7! is the move: 1…Qh7 2 Rh6 and black is forced to grovel with 2…Bg6 3 Rh7+.

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