[Event "British Championship 1938"]
[Site "Brighton ENG"]
[Date "1938.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexander, C. H. O'D."]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, siesta variation"]
[Venue "Royal Pavilion"]
[EventDate "1938.08.08"]
[Source "BritBase, citing Aitken scorebook 5, via Geoff Chandler"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-03/alexander-aitken-british-1938.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Mar  3 16:08:00 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/193808bcf-viewer.html">31st British
Chess Championship</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). } { Source: BritBase,
citing Aitken scorebook 5, contributed by Geoff Chandler, added November
10, 2020, and <em>CHESS</em>, September 1938, p. 21 for some commentary on
Black's 19th and White's 20th move. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 e4 8.
Ng5 d5 9. f3 h6 { ? Aitken } 10. fxe4 hxg5 11. exf5 Qd6 12. Bxg5 Be7 13.
Qg4 b5 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. Bc2 Rh4 16. Qg3 O-O-O 17. Nd2 b4 18. O-O Nh6 19.
Rae1 Ng4 { "No note from Aitken after this move though it is a blunder
forcing Black to shed a piece. Alexander has a chance to take on c7 a few
times but shuns it by playing other good moves keeping the threat on the
board."&mdash;Geoff Chandler. } 20. Nf3 Nxh2 21. Nxh2 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxd4+
23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Bg5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 1-0