1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Bg4 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4 c6 11. Ne3 exd4 12. cxd4 Qh4 13. h3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Nf5 Qxe4 16. fxe4 Bxd1 17. Bh6 Bh5?

17... Bc2! (more accurate than 17... Bf3 18. Rg1 with a small edge for Black) e.g. 18. Nxg7 Bd3+ 19. Kg1 Bxe4 20. f3 Bg6.

18. Bxg7 Rfe8 19. Be5

Better 19. Rg1! Bg6 20. f3.

19... f6 20. Bxf6 Bf3?

20... Rxe4 still leaves Black well in the game.

21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Rg1 Be2+ 23. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 24. Kf3

1-0

Source(s): BritBase, November 11, 2023, citing Borough of West Ham, East Ham and Stratford Express, January 20, 1934 (contr. Brian Denham, August 5, 2022).

Event information: 14th Hastings Premier 1933/34, BritBase (ed. John Saunders).

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