Black to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Here’s a blast from the past…the 19th century. White wastes time with some pawn moves and Black takes advantage of it. The game started out: Horwitz-Bledow, 1837: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.d5 Nd8 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 f5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.Nh4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 … (see diagram)
Solution:
A variation on a well-known theme. Black continued with 12… Nxe4 13.Bxe7 [White could just lose a piece and the game with 13.Qc1 Bxf2+ 14.Kd1 Nxg5 but they had a tendency to fall on their sword in those days.] 13...Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Ng3#
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