Test your chess: daily chess puzzle # 67

Black to play and win

CH Van der Meyden v R Schackis 1974

Solution

Black played 1…Rh7, missing what I think is fairly obvious 1…d4 (maybe it is obvious because I am a blitz player: why wouldn't you sacrifice a pawn to improve the bishop considerably, hoping or expecting the pressure on f3 and g2 to prevail).

A bit of analysis shows white has no defence. 1…d4 is of course a double attack: on the Be3 and the Pf3. A quick check suffices to show white hasn't got any cheapos on the black king, so 0-1.

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