White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
If you have been with us a while, this should be a piece of cake. If you don’t get this, then best study its lessons. It occurs not infrequently.
Koltanowski-DeFosse, Belgium, 1937: 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qg5+ Kh7 5.Rd4 Bh2+ 6.Kh1 Qf4 7.Rxf4 Bxf4 8.Qxf4 Rg8 9.Re5 Black Resigned because the king can't escape via g7 to f8 because of Qg5+ followed by Qxd8+.
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