It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle # 136

White to play and win

Böök v Halfdanarson, Reykjavik 1966

Solution

1 Nd5! is the first or second move to be tried: in fact, I first looked at the similar minded 1 Nb5?, which fails to 1…Qe5+.

If 1…Qc2, then 2 Nc7 mate.

If 1…cd, then 2 Ra7+!

2…Ka7, 3 Qa4+ mates next move; 2..Qa7, 3 Qc6+ similarly.

Very neat.

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