A neat finish: Lewis-Duffy, Armstrong Cup 1958

Lewis - N. Duffy, Armstrong Cup 1958From the Armstrong Cup 1958-59, W. Lewis – N. Duffy, Dublin-Phibsboro, board 6, played in late 1958 (and, by the way, not in the ICU games archive or other databases):

In the diagrammed position Black sealed. It looks as though he should be able to draw easily enough: the sealed move must be 1. … Kxe5, and then the pawn on g5 must drop also.

But after resumption there resulted what J.J. Walsh, writing in the Irish Times shortly afterwards, described as the neatest finish he had seen in a long time. Can you see what happened?

See the solution.

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