Test your chess: daily chess puzzle

White to play and win

Cau- AWB, ICC 3min blitz October 2014

Solution

This loss hurt: because I had struggled all through the game, with white having better development and some resultant pressure. Full credit to my opponent.

In particular, just as I was starting to hope the worst was over, he delivered a knock out combination. A lot of Purdy elements fit here.

1 Rd7! (examine all biffs) Rd7[] 2 Bc6! (examine all biffs, and note the jump biff Rb1-b8, so the Pb7 is tied, so that in fact the Nc6 is LPDO). 1-0, since 2…bc 3 Rb8+ is curtains.

A nice combination, and in the spirit of gens una sumus I congratulated white, and we had a nice ICC chat.

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