Test your chess: daily chess puzzle #. 149

White to play and win

CC de Villiers v P Kroon 1995

Solution

Fairly straightforward today: examine all biffs leads to 1 Rd7, and if 1…Rd7 2 Qc8+ Rd8[] 3 Bb5+ Nd7[] 4 Bd7 mate. So 1…Nd7 2 Ne6 and Nc7 smothered mate follows. Or 1..hg 2 Rd6+ Nd7 and 3 Bg6+ wins the queen.

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