I was reading through a book of chess puzzles the other day and was pleased to see an Australian player featured. The position was Koshnitsky v Wolfers (Australia 1971) which I suspect may have been a correspondence game. Gary Koshnitsky “the Grand Old Man of Australia Chess” was twice Australian Champion and an International Master at Correspondence Chess. He passed away in 1999 at the age of 91 and his last words were “checkmate!” See if you can find the winning combination that Kosh played.
Koshnitsky v Wolfers (Aust. 1971)
White is clearly winning but what is the best way to finish Black off?
White would like to play 1.Rf8 mate but the black Queen is covering that square. Perhaps she is overloaded?
1.Qe1! 1-0
If 1…Qxf6 2.Qe8+ wins.
If 1…Kg8 2.Re6 wins
If 1…Qd8 2.Qe5 Kg8 3.Qe6+ Kh8 4.Qxd7 wins.
