“A hair-raising game in which I had won the hostile queen by a very long combination in the course of which my opponent's king had to travel all over the board—and then could not reconcile myself to the fact that it was he and not I who had winning chances. I do not grudge my opponent his win: the fun alone was worth the money.”—Heidenfeld.

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. O-O f6 11. Bf4 g5 12. exf6 gxf4 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd3 c4 15. Re1 Qa3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Ne6 Bxe6?

18... f3! 19. Nxf8+ Qxf8=.

19. Rxe6+ Kf5 20. Rh6 Qxc3 21. Qh5+ Ke4 22. Rd1 Rae8 23. Qg6+ Ke3 24. Rh3+ f3 25. Rxf3+?

25. Kf1! Nxd4 26. Qg7!! (Beardsworth) as Black has no defence against, for example, 27. gxf3 and 28. Qg5+ Rf4 29. Qg1 mate.

25... Ke2 26. Rxc3 Kxd1 27. h4?

27. h3! (Euwe).

27... Nxd4= 28. Kh2 Ne2 29. Rf3 d4 30. h5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Re3 32. Qf5?

32. h6=, e.g. 32... Rxf3 33. Qg7 (but not 33. h7?? Rh3+!) .

32... d3 33. cxd3 c3 34. Qc5

34. h6 c2 35. h7 c1=Q 36. h8=Q Re6!.

34... Rxf3 35. h6 Rf6 36. Qg5 Rf2+ 37. Kh3 Nf4+ 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kf5 Rxg5+ 40. Kxg5 c2 41. h7 c1=Q 42. h8=Q Nxd3+

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Source(s): Wolfgang Heidenfeld, Chess Springbok (Cape Town, 1955), pp. 34-36.

Reference(s): Migrating to the South, Tim Krabbé, Chess Curiosities, 2004; Chess Notes 11671 (13 January 2020), Edward Winter (extensive survey); Lacking the Master Touch: move of the year, Allan Beardsworth blog, December 2013 (analysis starting at 22W); Tweet, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, X (formerly Twitter), October 13, 2023.

Event information: Roele 2½-1½ Heidenfeld (see Source).

Note: the comments on this game at ChessGames.com say that Roele died in 2012, instead of the end suggested by Krabbé. Cf. Acte de décès à Brécey (50370) pour l'année 2012, Acte Décès.fr. His first names are variously given as Charles H. and Coenraad Hermanus. He played as Charles Roele in Munich 1942, the purported first European Individual Championship.

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