Test your chess: Reitstein problem 218

Black to play and win

W Heidenfeld v J Wolpert 1959

Solution

1…Qf3! is a natural biff to try, with the point that 2 gf Rg8+ 3 Kh1 Bf3 is mate.

So, white has to play 2 Rc6[] when 2…Rg8! wins a piece and the game.

In the game, black missed 1…Qf3, and lost the game: it was puzzle 56.

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