1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4

"Meanwhile Alexander suffered his first defeat, at the hands of T. H. Tylor. He played the Chatard attack 6. P-KR4 against Tylor's French Defence. This is supposed to have been refuted by the Russian analysts: but the Russian analysts are quite mistaken, as Alexander immediately demonstrated. He castled on the queen's side and obtained a positional advantage which should have been decisive; but in a very complicated position he lost his way, allowing a bishop to be trapped and losing two pieces for a rook. He could still have made a fight, but finished himself off by making a blunder and losing yet another piece. Alexander is, unfortunately, suffering from a heavy cold." (The Times, August 17, 1938.)

6... f6 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qf3 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nxc5 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nf4 Qe8 15. Bd3 Qf7 16. Rhe1 Bd6 17. Bb5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. Kb1 h6 20. Bxd7 Ncxd7 21. Nb5 Bc5 22. Qh3 Rc6 23. Nc7 hxg5 24. Nfxe6+ Kg8 25. Nd8 Qe7 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Ne6 g4 28. Qc3 Qxe6 29. b4 Bxf2 30. Re2 g3 31. Qb3 Rxh4 32. b5 c5 33. a3 c4

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Source(s): BritBase, citing The Observer, August 21, 1938.

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

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