Daily Chess Puzzle

Today’s problem is from the 1972 book “Chess Combination as a Fine Art”, a book based on articles published in the 1950s-1960s by Kurt Richter.

Since the start of 2018, I have decided to adopt the style of only saying which side is to play: and not giving an idea if the move wins or otherwise, unless on occasion I think signposting would be helpful. Instead, the problems are posed with the instruction to decide what you would play, as in a game.

White to play: examine 1 Bf6

Huguet v Simonovic, Paris 1963

Solution

Yesterday I gave the solution, 1 Nd5!!, since 1 Bf6, the move I and most people would play without thinking- and which was played in the game, is met by the rocket 1…Qg5+!!

A tremendous response!

2 Bg5[] Bg5+[] 3 Kb1[] Bh6[] and the game goes on.

FEN

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