Test your chess: daily chess puzzle #58

Black to play and win

L Fox v S Lewis 1965

Solution

I think the puzzle is fairly straightforward, perhaps because black appears to be in dire straits, so desperate measures are needed. After rejecting my first thought, 1…Bg5, I saw that my second, 1…Rg7 was sufficient: just a little bit of calculation was needed to see that black emerges material up in much simplified positions, no matter what white plays.

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