Daily chess puzzle: Check Mate #351

Another puzzle from Dragoslav Andric’s 1981 book “Matni Udar”.

Black to play and mate White

Nevole v Gonszor, 1970

Solution

I chose 1…Rd2! which Komodo gives as -11; but Komodo gives slightly higher to the move played in the game, 1..Rb5!: 2 Qb5 Bd4.

I also tried to make 1…h4 work, but it doesn’t: the engine’s assessment plummets to 0.0.

FEN

r5k1/pp3pb1/4p1p1/1N1r3p/2Q1P1n1/5NPq/PP3P2/2R2RK1 b – – 0 1