Test your chess: daily chess puzzle # 62

White to play and win – mate in 5

JC Archer v EFG Schrader 1935

Solution

A nice calculation exercise, but not too hard, in this fairly standard position (I imagine many of my readers can identify the opening, the Two Knight's defence with 4….d5 and 5….Nd5- well I presume that was the opening, and would be surprised if it wasn't).

1 Qe5! (in the game, white played 1 bc, which of course many would play, not knowing there was a solution) 1…c6[] (White was threatening Qc5 mate and Qb5 mate) 2 Qc5+ Kc7[] 3 Bf4+ Kd7[] and now the only hard move to see, 4 Qf5+! with mate next move, 5 Qf7 mate.

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