Test your chess: daily chess puzzle # 181

White to play and win

Black has just castled by hand, Ke8-d7

N Bloch v J Tsalicolgou 1977

Solution

Not too hard today, the biff 1 Rc4! dc[] 2 d5 is natural, seeking to open lines against the king and queen. And a quick look at the then position means the best that black can do is let his Nc6 go, with a then lost position.

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