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Weekly Puzzle - Chessville

Posted by carrelchessclub at 03:51 PM on February 10, 2009

White to move and win. Scroll down for the Solution.

White to move & win

Position of the Week Solution

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Qc8 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.a3 a6 8.0-0 Ne7 9.Qc2 c5 10.Bg5 cxd4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ne4 Ng8 13.Nxd4 f5 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.Qd3 Nf6 16.Rfe1 f4 17.gxf4 Nh5 18.Ne4 Bf8 19.Qf3 Rg8 20.Kf1 Qxc4 21.Red1 Qd5 22.Qxh5 Qxh5 23.Nf6+ Kd8 [diagram]

24.Nxe6+ Ke7 25.Nxg8+ [25.Nxh5?? Bxg2+ 26.Ke1 fxe6-+] 25...Kxe6 26.Bxb7 Rd8 27.Bd5+ Kf5 28.Bf3 Qh3+ 29.Bg2 Qxh2 [29...Qb3 30.Rd5+ Qxd5 a)30...Kg4 31.Nf6+ Kxf4 32.e3+ Qxe3 33.fxe3+ Kxe3 34.Re1+ Kf4 35.Re4#; b)30...Kxf4 31.e3+ Qxe3 (b)31...Kg4 32.Nf6+ Kh4 33.Rh5#) 32.fxe3+ Kxe3 (b)32...Kg4 33.Nf6+ Kh4 34.Rh5#) 33.Re1+ Kf4 34.Re4#; ] 30.Rd5+ Ke6 [30...Kxf4 31.e3+ Kg4 32.Nf6+ Kh4 33.Rh5#] 31.f5# 1-0

Lilienthal,A - Kertesz [A50]
007.Budapest (E.V.), 1929

White to move & win