It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle # 213

Black to play and win, after White plays 1 Ng4

Reshevsky- Larsen, Lugano 1968

Solution

This was either simple, or a position lodged in my memory- I have been a great fan of Larsen since my teenage years, especially since the only chess books, other than beginner’s books, in my local library then were the collected games of Paul Keres and of Bent Larsen: I devoured and redevoured these books.

So, 1 Nb4? Rc1 2 Rc1 Bh3! and the threat of Qg5+ with a double attack on the LPDO Rc1 wins an important pawn.

Maybe not “and win” especially since my engine gives only -0.5 after my move order, or the alternative 1…Bh3! (the idea being 2 Rc8+ Bc8)