[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1937.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Hanlon, John J."]
[Black "Koltanowski, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[Venue "Dublin C.C., 20 Lincoln Place"]
[EventDate "1937.03.08"]
[Source "Irish Independent 10 Mar 1937 p14 (to 44B); Evening Herald 20 Mar 1937 p8 (to 28B ); Evening News (London) 30 Mar 1937 p9"]
[Entry "David McAlister"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-08/ohanlon-koltanowski--1937.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Aug 18 10:34:13 2025"]

{ Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Independent</em>. } { Source: <em>Irish
Independent</em>, March 10, 1937, p. 14 (to 44B); <em>Evening Herald</em>,
March 20, 1937 p. 8 (to 28B); <em>Evening News</em> (London), March 24,
1937, p. 9. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 Ne8 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 b5 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. b3 b4 15.
Nd1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ne3 Rf7 19. Bb2 a5 $2 ({ "A
positional error. } 19... g6 { now while White's Bishop is on b2 is correct
and would save two moves, giving Black time to being his Knights over to
the kingside." }) 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Nd2 g6 { "It is too late now. White has
a fine attacking position." } 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Ng4 Ne8 24. Bc1 Rf5 25. Rd3
Nd7 26. Rh3 a4 27. Qc2 $2 ({ "This is bad and quite unnecessary. } 27. Nh6+
{ forcing } 27... Bxh6 { would have given White a smashing advantage.
White's play hereabouts poor." }) 27... axb3 28. axb3 Ra1 29. Rhe3 $4 {
"This, of course, is a blunder. It loses his two Knights for the Rook and
enables Koltanowski to win easily." } 29... h5 30. Ng3 Rg5 31. h3 hxg4 32.
h4 Rh5 33. Nxh5 gxh5 34. Qg6 Nef6 35. R3e2 Qe8 36. Qf5 Qf7 37. Qc2 Nf8 38.
g3 Qg6 39. Qb2 Qb1 40. Kg2 Ng6 41. Qxb1 Rxb1 42. Rb2 Ra1 43. Bd2 Ra3 44.
Bc1 Ne7 { "and White resigned in a few moves," Irish Independent. } 45. Rb1
Ra2 46. Rb2 Ra1 47. Bd2 Ra3 48. Bc1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Ra2 50. Rb2 Ra1 51. Bd2 Ra3
52. Be3 Ne4 53. Kf1 Nc3 54. Kg2 Nxe3+ 55. fxe3 e4 56. Kf1 Be5 0-1