Trundle, George - Brosnan, E.
Classification Tourney, Stalag VIII A 1944
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3
Moves are clickable
4...d6 Not so active as Nf6 which develops a piece, attacks the centre and speeds up castling. 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6? 10.Qb3? A typical beginner's oversight, d5 won a piece. 10...Qd7 11.d5 Bh3 12.Bf4 I fell for the bluff, gxh3 was safe, but not dxc6 because of ...Qg4 12...Qg4 13.Bg3 Ne5? 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.f3? Inexcusable! 15...Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Bxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Qg6 18.Kh1 Nh5? 19.Bxe5 Be7 20.Ne2 Qh6 21.f4 Bc5 22.Nd4 Rae8? Trapping his own king 23.Nf5 Qg6 Now, if only I could place a rook on g1 24.Rg1 Bxg1 25.Rxg1 This was my first intentional sacrifice in a game of chess. (That word 'intentional' is good adds the editor of the NZ Chessplayer of autumn 1948 where this game and annotations was originally published). 25...Qb6 26.Nxg7 Nxg7 And white mates in two, ...f6 instead would have delayed the inevitable. 1-0
Wilson, Clive - Dunn, Alan
Club game
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3
Moves are clickable
6...e6 The Scheveningen , a Kasparov favourite. 6...e5 is okay though some say it leaves a hole on d5 and 6...Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 is the Najdorf Grob. 7.f3 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.Nce2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bf2 Bd6 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Qc2 White chooses not to avoid the attack on h2. 17...Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 h5 19.Nxe6! A bolt of lightning from a clear sky! 19...fxe6 20.Bg6+ Kf8 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Nxe6+ and now the BOOM of thunder 22...Nxe6 23.Qf5+ Nf6 24.Qxe6 Bd6 25.Rfd1 Rh6 26.Bb6 (26.Rxd6 would have brought on the downpour eg 26...Rxg6 27.Bc5 Qxc5 28.Rxb7 Nd7 29.Rxb8+ Nxb8 30.Rd8# ) 26...Qe7 27.Qf5 Qe5 28.Rxd6 Qg3 29.Rxf6+ Kg8 30.Re6 Rf8 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8 32.Re8# 1-0