1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nbd4 Nc5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nf5 Bc7 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. N5d4 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bb5 Qd6 22. Qe3

If instead White plays 22. Bxe8 then 22... Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kg1 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4+ wins the Queen) 24... Qxg4+ and White is under considerable pressure—Sunday Independent.

RR The only move that seems to give White a fighting chance is 22. Nf3 covering h2 and forcing either an exchange of Queens or moving the Black Queen off the b8-h2 diagonal.

22... Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Bf4!

(23... Bf4) If 24. Qc3—White does not seem to have much alternative—then 24... e3!! and White's position is split wide open, e.g., (a) 25. Re2 ((b) 25. fxe3 Bg3!) ((c) 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qh1+ etc.) 25... Qh1#. Full credit to Black whose direct play exploited White's weakened Kingside to full advantage.—Sunday Independent.

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Annotator(s): Anon. (“a leading Irish player”—Sunday Independent); David McAlister.

Source(s): Sunday Independent (Cyril Hardiman), November 2, 1975, p. 14.

Event information: Tournament report.