White to play and win.
Taken from the game Michael Adams vs Carlos Torre, New Orleans 1920
This is a pretty famous puzzle but still hats off to Torre for being able to find this OTB
Stop running away and take your loss! [Very hard deflection puzzle]
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Incredible. I saw the first three moves after a few minutes of thinking, but didn't understand the position profoundly enough to see a4 and Re4!! Having that kind of insight and clear board vision before even playing the first move of the combination is pretty damn amazing to me.
If Michael Adams was around in 1920, I want to know what kind of diet he's been having to look so young today.
See this article by Edward Winter on this likely fake game.
Rocky64 wrote:
If Michael Adams was around in 1920, I want to know what kind of diet he's been having to look so young today.
See this article by Edward Winter on this likely fake game.
Yeah I saw the article after I posted the puzzle and the game is indeed likely fake. Still a nice composition imho 
although less credit to the person "playing" the game
Whether a real game, analysis or outright composition, it is a brilliant idea.
This is without a doubt the most spectacular bank-rank exploitation puzzle I have ever seen.