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Test your chess: daily chess puzzle

September 29, 2014

White to play and win

 

 

allanbeard v master15 2013 Playchess, 3 min

 

 

Solution

 

A variation on standard decoying. The Ra8 is tied to defending the Qa7. So, 1 Bf7+! Kf7[] 2 e8(Q)+ Rhe8 [] (Raa8 Qa7 1-0) 3 Rf1+ Kg8[] 4 Re8+ Re8[] 5 Qa7 1-0.

 

 

 

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One Comment
  1. Sam Sloan's avatar

    Yes, but do the same thing but start with 1. Qxa7 and it leads to mate and thus is more forcing.
    Sam Sloan

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