[Event "Cambridge Major A 1932"]
[Site "Cambridge ENG"]
[Date "1932.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Hanlon, John J."]
[Black "Cross, Alfred Rupert Neale"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin defence"]
[EventDate "1932.03.26"]
[Source "Evening Herald 30 Apr 1932 p13"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.31"]
[Entry "David McAlister"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-08/ohanlon-cross-cambridge-1932.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Aug  6 08:46:25 2025"]

{ Source: <em>Evening Herald</em>, April 30, 1932, p. 13. } { Event
information: <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/193203cambridge-viewer.html">Cambridge
Premier</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders); <a
href="https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/tournament/easter-congress-cambridge/">Easter
congress, Cambridge</a>, Belgian Chess History web site (ed. Nikolaas
Verhulst). } { Annotator: John J. O'Hanlon (see Source). }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 ({ Often played at this point, but } 9. d4 { at once is
probably better. }) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1
Rfc8 14. Ne3 ({ Black threatened to win a pawn, but as deployment if the
Knight at g3 is desirable it might have been better to play } 14. Bd3 ({ or
} 14. d5)) 14... Bf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19.
Bb3 Rab8 ({ If now or at the next move Black plays } 19... Nxe4 { then }
20. Nd5 { wins. }) 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 ({ White, who was
paying more attention to the blind player's clock than his own, was getting
short of time and completely overlooked that he could probably have won by
} 22. exd5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 { followed by 25. Be5. After this
let-off Black plays accurately to a draw. }) 22... Bg7 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Be3
Be6 25. Rcd1 Nb4 26. Qd2 Bxd5 27. Qxb4 ({ &#91;RR A mistake; the correct
capture would be } 27. exd5 { .&#93; }) 27... Be6 ({ &#91;RR Missing }
27... Bf8 { and the attack on the White Queen would allow Black to win the
e4 pawn next move.&#93; }) 28. a3 Rc4 29. Qa5 Qc6 { &#91;RR A serious
mistake; with this move, Stockfish's assessment goes from the game being
equal, to White having a decisive advantage.&#93; } 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+
Bf8 32. Bh6 Qc8 33. Qxc8 ({ &#91;RR Forcing off all the major pieces with }
33. Rd1 Qxd8 ({ or } 33... Rd4 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8
37. Nxd4) 34. Rxd8 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Nxe5 { leads to a
clearly winning ending, whereas in the game continuation Black's active
Rook provides compensation for the lost e5-pawn.&#93; }) 33... Rxc8 34.
Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxe5 Rc2 36. Nd3 Bc4 37. Nb4 Rxb2 38. Nxa6 Ra2 39. Re3
1/2-1/2