[Event "Hastings Major Reserves 1927-28"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1928.01.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Alexander, C. H. O'D."] [Black "Crothers, Alan Hamilton"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "55"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "exchange variation"] [EventDate "1927.12.28"] [Source "BritBase"] [URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-03/alexander-crothers-hastings-1928.htm"] [LastModified "Mon Mar 3 12:09:04 2025"] { Source: BritBase, citing Vingtième Siècle, January 15, 1928 (contributed by Ulrich Tamm, January 1, 2023). } { Event information: 8th Hastings Premier 1927/28, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bc2 Bc5 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. O-O Bd7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 h5 14. f4 Neg4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Bb3 g3 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Ng5 Rae8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bd4 Bf5 22. Qxg3 Rxe2 23. Qh4 f6 24. Bxd5+ Be6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxg4 Qh7 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qxd6 1-0