Magnificent Puzzles (5)
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on Tue, 01/27/2009 at 8:45am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only few places however where you'll find puzzles which are complicated but yet simple. Puzzles with few pieces on the board, but with a very elegant solution. In the Magnificent Puzzles I'll try to entertain you with such puzzles.
Below is puzzle number 5. The composer of this apparently simple position is L. Ehrlich, and it appeared in the Wiener Schachzeitung as far back as in 1928! Be careful, because black has many tricks you have to watch out for. It's white to play and win. Good luck!
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