Our previous puzzle appears to have been a bit of a tricky one, with only one solution submitted, although that was the correct one (and correctly described as “delicious“). Congratulations goes to Marios!
It was a great study from a brilliant woman, Judit Polar – generally considered the strongest female player of all time. Taken from a 1998 game against Vishy Anand, and featured in a book: “Judit Polar: The Princess of Chess”.
The full game is worth a look (puzzle starts on move 54):
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018885
So to this week’s offering. White to play and win!
Answers in the comments please.
Qxh5 wins due various mating threats
If gxg5 leads to Bodens mate bh2#
Black could try to block with nh6 but queen just takes and still the threat of queen is still there. Mate with support of the bishop or mate with support of the knight
1. Qxh5 leads to 1…Qxh2++
Queen forced to take back
2. Qxh2 Nxh2
White winning but it’s not a ‘win’. Certainly not the way I play 🙂
The knight can also try to block on f6 and protect h7 but bishop takes and the threats are back on
maybe 1. Rd7 then the mate Charlie said is on
possibly 1. Nxe6 fxe6 2. Bxg6 with mate by minor or queen if need be after 3.Qxh5
Thx Dave I completely misssd qxh2 +
Thx Paul so rook d7 first aims to deflect the queen away