TZAAR: Puzzle #25

Deep tactics

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One of the world’s strongest TZAAR players, ivyed_seer, has come up with another increased difficulty puzzle. In the game where this situation arose, he played as Black and lost.

Can you beat ivyed_seer too?

White to move — despite a large number of legal moves (124 possible), only two of them lead to victory. Find the moves that give White a win in no more than three turns.

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Correct answers:

  • b5-b4, d4-h4
  • b5-b4, d8-h4
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