It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle # 181

November 22, 2015

White to play and win

Espig v Pietzsch, Zinnowitz 1967

Solution

Fairly straightforward today: examine all biffs, and 1 Rg6+ speaks for itself. Then 1…hg 2 Qh8+ Kf7[] 3 Qf6+!

And 4 Qg6+ and 5 Qg7 mate.

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