Black to play. Bertholdt-J. Penrose, Olympiad Final, Munich 1958. White has just played Bh3-c8, so that the Rc8 is imprisoned in case of the obvious capture on c3. Penrose found a much stronger response. What was it? Email answers to chess@spectator.co.uk by Monday 30 October. There is a prize of £20 for the first correct answer out of a hat. Please include a postal address.
Last week’s solution 1…Rc4! Then if 2 Rxc4 Rd1+ 3 Bf1 Bh3 with mate to follow. Or 2 Ra1 Bxb7 3 Rxb7 Rxc5 wins a piece.
Last week’s winner Keith Escott, Erdington, Birmingham
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