White to move and win! (H. Rinck, Deutche Schachzeitung, 1912)

White to move and win! (H. Rinck, Deutche Schachzeitung, 1912)
White to move and win! (H. Rinck, Deutche Schachzeitung, 1912)
White to move and win! (H. Rinck, Deutche Schachzeitung, 1912)
The main finding was, “chess training reduces the treatment group’s level of risk aversion almost a year after the intervention ended.” Being more willing to take risks is generally a good thing in the world of academia, business, and social life.
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I especially enjoy chess puzzles that are more complicated than they seem at first. Here is a simple looking mate in 2. Not so simple.
White to move and mate in 2.
At first glance, it appears as though white is in serious trouble. However, with precise play white can achieve a draw.
White to play and draw (Lolli – Amateur, 1763).
White to play and draw (Lolli – Amateur, 1763).
Easy puzzle tonight from a fun victory. What is white’s best move?
Complete game:
[Event “SocialChess”]
[Site “Internet”]
[Date “2016.05.03”]
[Round “-“]
[White “Chris Torres”]
[Black “okun’ok (1574)”]
[Result “1-0”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. h4 hxg5 8. hxg5 Nh7 9. Nd5 Nxg5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh5 f6 12. Nxf6# 1-0
Examine all biffs yet again works. 1…Bf2+! wins a pawn after 2 Qf2 Qc4; so instead 2 Kf2, when 2…Qc5+ 3 Kf1 Ng4! and the threat of 4…Nh2 mate means that White can’t move his Bc4, so that Ne3+ next move captures it. Or 2….Ng4+ is probably stronger, with 3 Kg1 being met by 3…Qc5+ mating….
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Finding that nothing ‘clicked’ after 1 Nf6+, my first thoughts were to exploit Black’s near zugzwang, improve the rooks, and then ‘do something’. But I couldn’t see what to do here either, until, back to ever reliable Examine All Biffs, I saw 1 Na5! and its point….
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