Test your chess: daily chess puzzle

White to play and win

AWB – Hugo, ICC 3 min blitz, Sept 2014

Solution

Examine all biffs requires a player to look at Qf6??, Bb5?? and Qd5; and threats to biff, Re8+??, from which it is noted that the Nf6 is tied to defending both Rd5 and e8, and also the king is in a net, since the Bd3 looks at h7.

So putting everything together, and seeing it all fits neatly together, 1 Qd5! is 1-0, since capturing the queen loses to 2 Re8 mate.

Not hard, but still pretty.

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