1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3

Often played at this point, but 9. d4 at once is probably better.

9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Ne3

Black threatened to win a pawn, but as deployment if the Knight at g3 is desirable it might have been better to play 14. Bd3 or 14. d5.

14... Bf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb3 Rab8

If now or at the next move Black plays 19... Nxe4 then 20. Nd5 wins.

20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5

White, who was paying more attention to the blind player's clock than his own, was getting short of time and completely overlooked that he could probably have won by 22. exd5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 followed by 25. Be5. After this let-off Black plays accurately to a draw.

22... Bg7 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Be3 Be6 25. Rcd1 Nb4 26. Qd2 Bxd5 27. Qxb4

[RR A mistake; the correct capture would be 27. exd5.]

27... Be6

[RR Missing 27... Bf8 and the attack on the White Queen would allow Black to win the e4 pawn next move.]

28. a3 Rc4 29. Qa5 Qc6

[RR A serious mistake; with this move, Stockfish's assessment goes from the game being equal, to White having a decisive advantage.]

30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Bf8 32. Bh6 Qc8 33. Qxc8

[RR Forcing off all the major pieces with 33. Rd1 Qxd8 (or 33... Rd4 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Nxd4) 34. Rxd8 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Nxe5 leads to a clearly winning ending, whereas in the game continuation Black's active Rook provides compensation for the lost e5-pawn.]

33... Rxc8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxe5 Rc2 36. Nd3 Bc4 37. Nb4 Rxb2 38. Nxa6 Ra2 39. Re3

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Annotator(s): John J. O'Hanlon (see Source).

Source(s): Evening Herald, April 30, 1932, p. 13.

Event information: Cambridge Premier, BritBase (ed. John Saunders); Easter congress, Cambridge, Belgian Chess History web site (ed. Nikolaas Verhulst).

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