19th November 2018

Selected by Michael McDowell

Friedrich Köhnlein

Deutsches Wochenschach, 1905

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Mate in 5

Friedrich Köhnlein was a talented player/composer who once won a tournament ahead of Alekhine. He enlisted in the German Army during World War One and was killed at the age of 36 at the battle of the Somme.