White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
From a study by Kubbel. White to Play and Win.
Solution:
First, what doesn’t work:1.Kf6 e1=Q 2.Bg7+ Kg8 3.Nxg4 h5. However, this does work: 1.Nf3 gxf3 2.Kf6 e1Q [2...Kg8 3.Bd2] 3.Kf7 Qe5 4.g4 and wins because the queen has no place to go to defend properly.
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