More about Reitstein 177
One of my favourite puzzles so far in this daily series of positions taken from Leonard Reitstein's Test Your Chess is number 177.
I chose this book as my source for this series of puzzles for personal, quirky, reasons. I picked up the book many years ago at a second hand bookstall, and took it with me several years ago when my family and I had a wonderful holiday in South Africa. That holiday was too packed for there to be much time to more than dip into occasional puzzles, but I so fell in love with the country that the book became a must read. Around that time, I contacted Leonard Reitstein and he kindly sent me another of his books, a history of chess in South Africa, which I have promised myself I will read if/when I am lucky enough to go to that country again.
Back to puzzle 177:
Black to play: Kd8 or Kf8?
The position is from the game Tett v Rubery, and the other day I was contacted by Mark Rubery, who had come across my blog, and passed it also to the winner of the game, Tim Kett. Mark kindly also sent me a database containing many South African games which is going to be a pleasure to dip into. The database gives the Tett v Rubery game, which I have lightly annotated here.
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/6/27/Game1215126078.html
In a coincidence which wasn't timed, today's puzzle is another position from one of Mark Rubery's : fortunately a win.
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