2nd December 2019

Selected by Michael McDowell

Michael McDowell (after Lionel Kieseritzky)

The Problemist Supplement, 2005

6Q1/4p3/S3K1B1/1p3p2/2k2pR1/1bb2sr1/3pp2B/5R2

Mate in 5

Lionel Kieseritzky, like Adolf Anderssen, his opponent in the celebrated game played in 1851, was both a top player of his time and a composer. This task was inspired by one of his problems.