1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Ne5?!

A clever idea based upon winning a pawn in broad daylight but White is only too happy to sacrifice it.

[RR 12... b5.]

13. Bf4! Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Qxc4 16. Bd6

White is a pawn down but has the initiative, Black is behind in development and is appallingly weak on the dark squares. [RR .]

16... Re8 17. Rd4! Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rf1 Ra7 21. Qh4 Rd7 22. Nf6+! gxf6 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qf8#!

A very stylish win by Short over this year's runner-up.

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Annotator(s): John Griffin (see Sources).

Source(s): Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 26 (John Griffin) (shown here); Sunday Independent, September 25, 1983 p. 18 (Jack Killane).

Event information: Tournament report.