[Event "Simul, Dublin"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1935.01.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Barney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Marshall defence"]
[EventDate "1935.01.08"]
[Annotator "Barney O'Sullivan"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2026-03/lilienthal-osullivan-simul-1935.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Mar  4 08:40:13 2026"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bd7 (
{ Better than } 7... Nc6 { as I was afraid of inviting } 8. e5 { . As
things worked out it was the saving of me. }) 8. e5 c5 $1 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
O-O Bc6 { Making use of the long diagonal and to develop the b8-Knight to
d7; and by preventing White from playing 11. Qc2 by reason of the threat
11... Bxf3 12. gxf3. } 11. Qe2 N8d7 12. Bg5 ({ A blunder which gives me a
piece. I was expecting } 12. Re1 ({ or } 12. Bf4 { to save his e-pawn from
12...Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5. })) 12... Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 ({ If } 13. Bxd8 Bxe2 {
still winning a piece. }) 13... Qxg5 14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Rac1 Be7
17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Nbd5 19. Nc5 Qf4 $1 20. Nxb7 Qxf3 21. gxf3 a6 { All Black
pieces now receive marching orders to fight on the Queenside. } 22. Nc5 Nb4
({ I would not play } 22... Bxc5 { to bring the White Rook into it; also
the White a-pawn is on a Black square. }) 23. Bf1 Bd8 24. Rc4 Nfd5 $1 25.
Ra1 Bf6 $1 26. Ra4 Rfc8 { White's play is trappy from this until his 35th
move. } 27. b3 Be7 28. Ne4 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Nd2 Bb4 $1 31. Nc4 $1 Nd4
32. Nb6 $1 Rb8 $1 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Bxa6 Nxb3 $1 35. Bb7 $1 Nxa5 $1 { I
have timed it to the P. } 36. Bxd5 g6 37. Ra2 Rd8 38. Be4 ({ Left off at
this position for adjudication. I play ( } 38. Be4 { ) } 38... f5 39. Bc2 {
(forced) } 39... Rd2) 0-1