[Event "Irish Championship 1950"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "1950.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bewley, T. H. (Thomas)"]
[Black "Nash, Warwick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1950.07.17"]
[Source "Belfast News-Letter 17 Aug 1950 p6; Ulster Chess News, 2000 number 1"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2013-11/bewley-nash-irish-1950.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Jul 12 09:11:30 2023"]

{ Annotator: Belfast News-Letter (see Source). } { Source: <em>Belfast
News-Letter</em>, August 17, 1950 p. 6. } { Reference: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140425232526/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2000_number_one.htm">Ulster
Chess News, 2000 number 1</a>, David McAlister, citing the Belfast
News-Letter (via the Wayback Machine). } { Event information: <a
href="https://icu.ie/tournaments/91">Scores and places</a>, ICU web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 { Gives White a strong centre as
against Black's majority of Pawns on the Queen's side. } 4... Nxd5 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f4 { A risky variation involving pawn
sacrifices. } 8... Qa5 ({ But this is a bad reply, taking the Queen rather
out of play. In this game the queen takes no further part. Better is } 8...
Nc6 ({ or } 8... cxd4)) 9. Kf2 { Allowing the pawn to go but gaining time
by avoiding a possible check. } 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. d5 Rd8 12. h4 Bxc3
13. h5 e5 ({ He cannot afford to take the rook, but the text move prevents
the return of the bishop to the defence of the king and makes the eventual
discovered check more powerful. } 13... Bg7 { was perhaps best. }) ({
&#91;RR } 13... Bg7 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. dxc6 $16) (13... Nd4 $15 { &#93; }) 14.
hxg6 fxg6 ({ &#91;RR ?; Black is now lost. } 14... hxg6 15. Rc1 $16 { &#93;
}) 15. Bc4 Be6 { All very nice until the white queen moves. } 16. f5 gxf5
17. Ng5 f4 18. Qh5 { Very fine leaving two pieces en prise. } 18... fxe3+
19. Kg3 Rd7 20. dxe6 Re7 (20... Rg7 { is worse, for then } 21. e7+ Kh8 22.
Qxh7+ { and mate next move. }) 21. Nf7 1-0