Test your chess: daily chess puzzle # 39

Black to play and win

JH Van Dyk v CH Van der Meyden 1961

Solution

Examine all biffs means that 1…Rc4+ has to be the first try, especially with both black's queen and Bf5 looking at c2: so the rook can't be captured. If 2 Kb1, 2…Rb4 decides, so 2 Kd2 and it is now a choice. I thought 2…Rc2+ was easier to calculate, since after 3 Ke1 Re8+ 4 Ne2 Black can play 4…Ree2+! since the Bf3 is overloaded: it is tied to defending the Qb7. In the game, black played 2…Qc2+ 3 Ke1 Bb4+ and won just as convincingly.

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