[Event "Irish Championship 1937"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1937.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kerlin, Gerard"]
[Black "Peebles, J. D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Nbd7"]
[EventDate "1937.05.24"]
[Source "Irish Chess, July 1937 p12"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.06"]
[Annotator "Gerard Kerlin"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-06/kerlin-peebles-irish-1937.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Jul  1 13:48:53 2025"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Chess</em>, July 1937, p. 12. } { Annotator: Gerard
Kerlin. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 { Simplifying. Releases
the tension in the centre and declares for wing attacks. } 5... exd5 6. e3
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O-O Ne4 $2 ({ This is premature
and loses a pawn. Probably best is } 10... Nf8 { followed by b5, etc. })
11. Bxe4 Bxg5 $2 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 $2 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. g4 Qf6 15. Be2 Nf8 16.
Rdg1 Ne6 17. h4 $1 { It is practically impossible to find a defence for
Black. } 17... g5 18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 $1 Qf6 $2 ({ But this
loses a move. } 20... Qg7 { at once was better. }) 21. g5 Qg7 22. Rxh6+ Kg8
23. Rgh1 Rxe3 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ { With White a piece up this is
probably the simplest. } 25... Qxh8 26. Rxh8+ Ke7 27. Kd2 (27. Bg4 { at
once, winning the exchange, is stronger. }) 27... Rg3 28. Rg8 Rg2 29. Rhh8
Kd7 30. Rf8 c5 31. Rxf7+ Kc6 (31... Ke6 { would hold out a trifle longer. }
32. Rc7 { and if } 32... cxd4 ({ Therefore } 32... Kd6 33. Rcxc8 { and
Black is two pieces down. }) 33. Rh6+ { followed by mate. }) 32. Rh6+ 1-0