[Event "Irish Championship 1940"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1940.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bourke, Austin"]
[Black "Nash, Warwick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Athlone"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, centre attack"]
[Venue "Dublin C.C., 20 Lincoln Place"]
[EventDate "1940.07.15"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1940_allfiles/games_irlch1940/g17.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Jun 26 19:46:10 2025"]

{ Annotator: W. J. Allen (see Source). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1940_allfiles/pairings_irlch1940.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Source: <em>Belfast News-Letter</em>, November 14, 1940 p.
7 (W. J. Allen). }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 { Not a very
common variation. } 6... exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4
O-O ({ As played by Keres against Alekhine. Mr. Bourke thinks } 10... Ne6 {
is better. }) 11. Nc3 Ne6 ({ But here Keres played } 11... Re8) ({ &#91;RR
- The game continued ( } 11... Re8 { ) } 12. Be3 Bf8 13. f4 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. Re3 Bg6 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. g3 Bf7 22. b4 Ne6 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qh5 26.
Qxh5 Bxh5 27. c3 Bf3 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. f6 Bd5 30. a3 { Drawn: Kemeri
1937.&#93; }) 12. Nf5 f6 ({ Mr. Nash considers this best. } 12... Bc5 {
retaining the two Bishops might have been better. }) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Be8 18. Qg4 Bg6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 Qf7 21. Qh4 Rd6 22. Qb4 { Threatens to win a pawn. } 22... Rxd1 ({ Or
} 22... Rad8 { at once. After the exchange of Rooks a draw is the natural
result. }) 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ ({ If } 24. Bd2 Qf4 $1 { and the exchange
of Queens is forced, leaving a drawn position. }) 24... Nxd8 25. Qd2 Qd5
1/2-1/2