It’s been another sad week for English chess, with the death of GM Jonathan Hawkins from an aggressive form of cancer at the age of only 42.

Jonathan was a late developer: not an outstanding junior, he reached a very high level through hard work and serious study, mostly focused on endings.

He reached a peak rating of 2590, making him one of the strongest players in the country, but later chose to concentrate on chess teaching, mostly in North London. I never met Jonathan myself, but, from the tributes paid to him over the past week he was clearly very highly regarded by everyone who knew him.

I can do no better than quote his good friend GM Keith Arkell. “He was kind, thoughtful and deeply empathetic, with an easy-going temperament, a sharp intelligence and an absolutely ingenious sense of humour. His company was always a pleasure. To those who knew him well, it was the generosity, warmth and decency of the man himself that mattered most.”

Can you work out how he concluded this game (Jonathan Hawkins – Alistair Compton (London Classic Open 2016)?