You will no doubt have heard the sad news that IM Gavin Wall, our London League captain and Thames Valley League top board for many years, died suddenly last week.

This week’s puzzle comes from the game Gavin Wall – Leonid Gofshtein (Genova Open 1998).

Black had been winning a few moves earlier, and could have forced a draw on his last move by playing Qd2+ rather than Qe4.

How did Gavin continue here?