Today's puzzle:
Opposite coloured bishop endings have a frustrating tendency to end in a draw. White could play 1.Kc5, but is there a way to bring about a speedier conclusion?
Solution to last puzzle:
Roneat - Reicher
Germany 1950
1.Qe6+ Black is obliged to capture the queen by 1...Nxe6 or 1...Bxe6. Either way it makes no difference; White plays 2.Nh6#. Note that e6 was the only good square on which to give up the queen; anywhere else would have broken the mating net around the black king.
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