It’s Your Move: daily chess puzzle #287

White to play and win

Schmid v Kinzel, Siegen  Olympaid 1970

Solution

Not too hard today. 1 Rb7+! is a natural biff, after which 1…Qb7[] 2 Qe5+ Black has the choice of 2…Kc8 3 Rc1+ Kd7 4 Nc5+ forking king and queen, as in the game:

Or 2..Ka8 3 Nc7+ Kb8 4 Ne6+ and 5 Nd8 with a dominant position.