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."—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

Source(s): BritBase, citing Aitken scorebook 5, contributed by Geoff Chandler, added November 10, 2020, and CHESS, September 1938, p. 21 for some commentary on Black's 19th and White's 20th move.

Event information: 31st British Chess Championship, BritBase (ed. John Saunders).

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