White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Those of you familiar with the famous Troitzky study from 1895 should get this. In Troitzky’s study there was a White king on d5, a White bishop on e3 and a White pawn on g6 with a Black pawn on h7 and e7 and Black king on f8. Does that refresh your memory? This study is from Gunst in 1922.
- Solution: 1.Bb7 Kc7 [1...a5 2.Kd6 Ke8 3.Nxd7 a4 4.Bd5 and after the pawn is gobbled up, the K,B and N will mate]2.Ba6 Kxb8 3.Kd6 Ka8 4.Kc7 d5 5.Bb7# In case you forgot the Troitzky solution: 1.Bh6+ Kg8 2.g7 Kf7 3.g8=Q+ Kxg8 4.Ke6 Kh8 5.Kf7 e6 6.Bg7 mate.
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