1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Bd3 d6 9. Nge2 e4 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Nd5 Nd4!!??

This startling move is not sound. Instead 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 is one of several possibilities that leave Black with some advantage.

12. Nxf6+

“White's alternative defensive plan: 12. exd4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 e3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 15. Bxb4 Rxe2+ etc. would also lead to a speedy black win” (J. J. Walsh), but here 16. Qxe2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 is about equal; better 15... Bxe2 (16. Qxe2 Qh4+).

The straightforward 12. Bxb4 Nxe2 13. Qd2 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 also leaves White much better.

12... Qxf6 13. Bxb4 Nxe2 14. Qxd6??

14. Qd2 e.g. 14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. h3 Be6 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. Qd1.

14... Qxb2

“White resigns. His king is caught in the centre and a piece is lost.” (J. J. Walsh). The Evening Herald, July 17, 1962 p. 16 had a slightly different account: “Early on, Deiseach sacrificed a bishop to obtain a strong centre attack, which he pressed home to win his opponent's queen on the 20th move and the game on the 21st.” The Irish Independent, July 18, 1962 p. 15, merges these accounts (as did an almost identical report in the Irish Press, July 18, 1962 p. 13): “Donal Deiseach (Leinster) played brilliantly when he beat D. Kerr (Ulster) on the 14th move. He sacrificed a knight to obtain a king-side attack which he pressed home by winning his opponent's queen, and the game on the 20th move.”

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Annotator(s): J. J. Walsh (see Source).

Source(s): Irish Times, July 26, 1962 p. 8 (J. J. Walsh).

Event information: Tournament report.