[Event "Champions' Tourney 1942"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1942.11.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kerlin, Gerard"]
[Black "Gerrard, J. T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1942.10.05"]
[Annotator "T. P. Donnegan"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-06/kerlin-gerrard-champions-1942.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Jul  1 13:48:53 2025"]

{ Source: <em>Evening Herald</em>, January 9. 1943, p. 2. } { Annotator: T.
P. Donnegan. } { In the O'Hanlon Tourney at the Dublin Chess Club one of G.
Kerlin's wins was against a French defence which followed M.C.O. col. 43
until 7...Be7? }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 f6 10. Nf4 Nb6 { Here White made a treble sacrifice. } 11.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ fxg5 13. hxg5+ Kg8 14. Rh8+ Kxh8 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. g6
1-0