Daily Chess Puzzle

Today’s problem is from one of my collection of chess cuttings. For perhaps 20 years I have been cutting articles out to read later, and rarely get round to it. The pile is (or the piles are) now embarrassingly large, so for part of the time I have available for chess I am reading through them, and will blog about interesting things or positions from them.

Where known, I will say where the cutting was from. Normally I will be able to tell this. Sometimes, though, I for example only cut out the puzzle and might not know.

Today’s problem is from a previous edition of Chess magazine.

As is my custom, I only say 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.

Black to play

Schroeder v Voacturo, Bundesliga 10/11/2018

Solution

A standard trick. 1…Rh6! 2 Ra6+ Kf5! 3 Rh6 stalemate.

FEN

8/8/5k1P/R7/5P2/5K2/8/7r b – – 0 92