[Event "Major-Open, Chester"] [Site "?"] [Date "1914.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Barron, George"] [Black "Shories, George FW"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "Llewllyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1914.??.??"] {George FW Shories was a german citizen who was interned during World War I, in Britain as he was at the British Championships during the outbreak of war in 1914. He wasn't in the British Championships proper but in the secondary competition as an off shoot of the Championships-namely the Major Open which I myself have entered, a number of years later. I scored a lowly 3/11 and came just off last but he won the tournament in fabulous style and im sure you'd agree with me that this game shown here is quality stuff.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit was still played regularly but even by 1914 had lost some of its appeal to the top players.} Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 (4. c3) 4... Nc6 (4... Nf6) 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qg3 {a move first found by Janowski in 1905, the point is that taking the Rook after Nxc2+ is actually known to be bad for Black believe it or not.} Nh5 $5 10. Qg4 $6 $15 {now that White cannot play Qxg7 -Nxc2 is a better option for Black next move but he avoids it.} g6 $6 $14 11. Bb3 $6 $13 {White couldn't abide offfering his rook anymore but should have done -playing Nxc5 instead.} exf4 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O $6 $15 (13. Bxf4) 13... Qd7 14. Qg5 Qe7 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qh3 (16. Qxf4 $4 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxf4 $19) 16... g5 $1 {cementing the f4 pawn.} 17. Bd2 h5 18. c3 Nxb3 $6 (18... h4 $3 19. cxd4 g4 $19 {quite remarkably the Queen is trapped by the black phalanx of pawns.}) 19. axb3 Ng4 20. d4 $4 cxd4 $2 (20... Ne3 $3 21. Bxe3 g4 $19 {again the Queen is trapped.}) 21. cxd4 $2 a6 $2 (21... Ne3 $3 22. Bxe3 g4 $19 {Its a pity for this game that George misses this tactic but it isnt obvious at all something is on.}) 22. Qf3 O-O-O 23. Rfe1 Rxd4 $3 24. Bc3 Qc5 $1 25. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf1 $2 Nxh2+ 27. Ke2 Qxb2+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc4 Qd4# {or rather simpler is taking the Queen.}) 26... Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nxe4+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 $2 Nd2+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Qe4 Rxe4+ 31. Kd1 Nc4+ 32. Kc2 Qd2+ 33. Kb1 Qxb2#) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 $2 g4 31. Qe2 Qg1#) 30... g4 31. Qe2 (31. Qd1 $2 Qg1+ $3 32. Rxg1 Nf2# {this is a well known mate known as the greco pianno, i may have spelt that wrong.}) 31... Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nd3+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kf1 {now at last George Barron can play Kf1 with safety though it does him no good now.}) 33... Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd8 35. Qe7 Qd2 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Re1 f3 $3 {a trully beautifull move, of course taking the Black Queen with Rxd1 loses to Rd1#.} 38. gxf3 gxf3 $3 {still Rxd1 loses for George Barron.} 39. Qe3 Qd5 $5 {threatening to win the crown jewels with f2# amongst other things.} 40. Qf2 Rg8 41. Re3 Rg2 42. Qh4 (42. Re8+ Kd7 $19 {and everythings hanging.}) ( 42. Qxf3 Qxf3 43. Rxf3 Rxb2 $19) 42... Kb8 43. Re8+ Ka7 44. Rd8 Rxb2 $3 { George S is threatening all sorts of things here and George B had had enough and resigned.} 0-1