[Event "British Championship 1948"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1948.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Alexander, C. H. O'D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[Venue "Bishopsgate Institute"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2024-10/milnerbarry-alexander-british-1948.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Oct 23 09:06:14 2024"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/194808bcf-viewer.html">35th British
Chess Championship</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). } { Source: BritBase,
citing BCM, October 1948, p. 339. } { Other information: Note: &ldquo;A
position after White's move 13 g4 is given in BCM, which seems to indicate
an opening roughly as follows:&rdquo;, John Saunders, BritBase. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d3 g6 7. Qf3 Bg7
8. Nh3 Nf5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. h4 Ncd4 11. Qe4 d6 12. Qd5 Qe7 13. g4 { Wade's
comment is "Alexander completely refuted Milner-Barry's opening and &#91;in
this position&#93; had an easy win. However, he missed this opportunity
though eventually winning two pawns. After that Milner-Barry put great
heart into the fight, held on to the major pieces, making it too dangerous
to use the extra material. In the last two sessions of this four-session
battle Alexander does not appear to have had a win." (John Saunders,
BritBase.) } 1/2-1/2