It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle # 36

Black to play and win

Baseler v Dr Müller Landau 1962

Solution

Not too hard, main issue to work out the order of moves, particularly the choice between 1…Bd3+ and 1…Qg2+. There is the threat of Rf8 mate, so one or other biff is necessary.

Looking at 1…Qg2+?? first, it loses: 2 Kg2 Bh3+ 3 Kg3! 1-0 (3…Rf3+ 4 Kh4 g5+ 5 Kg5). So, instead 1…Bd3+[] 2 Rd3[] Qg2+ 3Kg2 f1(Q)+ with the important point that this forks the king and the LPDO Rd3.

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