[Event "Bognor"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Abrahams, Gerald"] [Black "Brameld, Arthur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [Annotator "Baruch H Wood"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] {Here is a game from the Stevenson Memorial at Bognor Regis in the spring of 1962 when I was a slip of a thing at 18 years of age !! Gerald Abrahams was quite a strong player of his time (although I don't know that he was titled). Abrahams was also a fairly prolific chess writer, probably his best known work was "The Chess Mind" of which I still have a copy. Anyway at the time this result was reckoned to be a big upset. Baruch Wood (he of CHESS, Sutton Coldfield fame) provides the notes although I have paraphrased them slightly. Notes by Baruch H Wood, CHESS June 1962.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 (5. Nf3 {is the usual continuation here, but Abrahams rarely steers the normal course.}) 5... d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O Nc5 $2 9. b4 {Ouch! Abrahams gets in the first blow. Brameld obviously expected White to have to protect his attacked KP by 9.Qc2 or 9.Nc3 giving Black time to play 9....a5 so safeguarding the knight on c5 against being dislodged by this very move b4, at any rate for a considerable time. But if Black now plays 9....Ncxe4?, he would lose his knight by 10.f3, for it has no haven of retreat. After the game, Abrahams considered 9.b4 to be a mistake owing to the resulting loosening of his queen's wing. We would put the blame on his rather colourless play over the next few moves.} Ncd7 10. a3 {Intending to answer 10....a5 with 11.Bb2} Nh5 {Black prepares for the customary ....f5} 11. Nbc3 f5 12. f3 {/\ Be3 and c5, given time.} (12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 {but in this variation, Black's KB would become a very powerful piece.}) 12... f4 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Bd2 h5 $1 15. h3 (15. g5 Nh7 16. h4 Nxg5 $1 17. hxg5 Qxg5 {with good prospects, partcularly since the white king is unable to escape to the queen's side with Kf2 because of .... Qh4+}) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 Nb6 17. Qb3 (17. c5 Nc4 $15) 17... Nxg4 $5 {It is somewhat doubtful if this sacrifice stands up to a rigorous analysis but it is a bold attempt and is justified by success.} 18. fxg4 (18. c5 Qh4 19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. cxb6 $2 f3 {with a winning attack for Black.}) 18... Bxg4 19. Rf3 (19. Bf3 Qg5 $1) 19... Kf7 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Qh4 22. Ng1 {/\ Be1 and Ra2 }) 20. Kf1 (20. c5) 20... Rh8 21. Ng1 (21. c5) 21... Rh2 22. Bxf4 $5 {This was his last chance to play 22.c5.} exf4 $1 {In this way Black keeps his attack alive.} (22... Rxg2 23. Bg5+) (22... Bxf3 23. Bxh2) 23. Rxf4+ Kg8 24. Rxg4 Qf6+ 25. Ke2 $2 (25. Nf3 $142 Rf8 $1 {/\ 26....Rxg2 and 27....Qxf3+} (25... Qxc3 $2 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1) 26. e5 Qf5 27. Rg3 Bxe5) 25... Rf8 $1 {There is no satisfactory reply to this - Brameld has conducted the attack in excellent style.} (25... Qxc3 $6 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1) 26. Re1 (26. Nf3 Rxg2+) (26. Rf1 $4 Qxf1+) 26... Qf2+ 27. Kd1 Qd4+ 28. Kc2 Nxc4 29. Nd1 $2 (29. Re2 Ne5 30. Nf3 Qd3+) 29... Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Qxe1 0-1