[Event "Trinity v. U.C.C. match 1935"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1935.02.17"]
[Round "-.1"]
[White "Bourke, Austin"]
[Black "Mortimer, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "U.C.C."]
[BlackTeam "T.C.D."]
[PlyCount "17"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "1935.02.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.01"]
[Entry "David McAlister"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-09/bourke-mortimer-trinity-1935.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Sep 25 18:07:06 2025"]

{ Source: <em>Evening Echo</em>, March 16, 1935 p. 6. } { Annotator: Anon.
(probably W. R. O'Shea) (see Source). } { Event information: U.C.C.
3&frac12; &ndash; 1&frac12; T.C.D.. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 ({ A very slow treatment of Alekhine's Defence. } 2...
d5 { is more in the spirit of the Opening, which now is converted into a
Philidor. }) 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 { We now have the Hanham variation of the
Philidor Defence, much favoured by the Hypermoderns. All very good
Nimzowitsch! } 5. Bc4 g6 ({ But this is just bad Mortimer! There is no time
to develop the Bishop on this wing. } 5... Be7 { is correct. Now Black's
game is lost. }) 6. Ng5 Qe7 (6... d5 { is the only move to save the Queen,
but even that, of course, would not save Black's game. The text move has
the merit of losing quickly. }) 7. Bxf7+ Kd8 8. Ne6+ Qxe6 9. Bxe6 1-0