Jammo Chess Puzzle #37
Who is the leading chess person in Melbourne? It would be hard to go past Carl Gorka, Secretary of the Melbourne Chess Club and full-time chess coach. Carl moved to Australia from England 5 years ago and has rapidly become a vital part of the local chess scene. He is an active chess players and organiser and, along with Grant Szuveges, has played a big part in the rejuvenation of the Melbourne Chess Club.
One of his innovations has to run a Wednesday night Endgames Group at the Club which is proving to be very popular. Carl next set his sights on revamping a Victorian Team Competition (which started a few weeks ago) and has attracted many of Victoria’s top players and juniors into competing. I can remember back to the 1970′s when Victoria’s Interclub Competition was a real powerhouse and all the top players took part in this weekly event. Since then club chess has been gradually dying so it’s great to see Carl getting things going again.
Carl publishes an entertaining chess blog covering chess at the Melbourne Chess Club and elsewhere and for today’s puzzle I’ve pinched an interesting endgame position from Carl’s site.
ANSWER:
Black actually played 1…Kf1? and was rocked by 2.Rf3!!+ drawing.
He missed mate in 5 with 1…Rf2+ 2.Kg1 Rf1+ 3.Kh2 Kf2 4.Rf3+ Kxf3 5.Kh3 Rh1#
