[Event "Plunkett Trophy 1935-6"] [Site "?"] [Date "1935.11.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Bourke, Austin"] [Black "Archer, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2022.12.17"] {[%evp 0,84,19,9,42,-10,-10,21,79,56,68,76,81,71,98,102,105,70,106,81,65,81, 112,72,67,64,73,-5,-17,0,-12,-12,5,2,10,-37,-54,-34,-29,-26,317,290,349,115, 368,330,330,579,579,583,583,75,124,50,61,46,59,-70,-66,-104,-23,-124,-12,-11, -27,-116,-12,-53,2,-10,0,-106,-87,-113,26,443,436,455,455,506,499,493,514,567, 544,515,526]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 {"Played occasionally by Bogoljuboff. Requires expert handling, otherwise results, as in this game, in White's complete domination of the centre and the game." - Bourke} 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 {"This and the next move are aimed against allowing Black to free his game by .. .c5." - Bourke} N8d7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. f4 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nge2 ({"Better was} 11. Nf3 {- Bourke.}) 11... Rc8 12. O-O a6 ({ Overcautious. Why not} 12... c5 {? - Bourke.}) 13. f5 {"No doubt, premature, since it gives Black much needed space in the centre. However, Black must Castle on the King's side, and this opens the way to a King-side attack." - Bourke} exf5 14. exf5 Nbd5 15. Bf2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nbd5 17. Ng3 O-O 18. Nh5 Nxh5 { "Expecting 19. Qxh5 Nf6. White's next move comes as a surprise." - Bourke} 19. Nxd5 Bg5 ({"Fatal. Much better} 19... Nf6 {" - Bourke.}) ({The recapture} 19... cxd5 {may be better still.}) 20. Qxh5 Bxc1 21. f6 Bh6 ({"Qxh7 mate must be prevented, and} 21... g6 {is no better." - Bourke. After} 22. Ne7+ Kh8 { White can crash through with either} 23. Bxg6 ({or} 23. Nxg6+)) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bh4 f6 25. Nxc8 ({"} 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qxh6+ Kxe7 28. Qg7+ {gives a draw by perpetuual check, but White still plays to win - and nearly loses." - Bourke}) 25... Bxc8 26. Rf4 ({Of course, as Bourke pointed out, if Black takes the Rook, then White mates with Qxh7. However, Black is not obliged to capture and White loses most of his advantage. Instead } 26. Rf3 {with the idea of Rg3+ would have been decisive.}) 26... Rf7 27. Re4 Qd5 28. Qf3 Bf5 29. Qg3+ Bg6 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. a3 Qd5 34. Re8 Qxd4 35. Ba2 Bf4 36. Qg4 h5 37. Rg8+ Kxg8 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qxh5+ Rh7 40. Qg4 Rg7 41. Qh5+ ({If} 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Bb1+ Rg6 $1 {" - Bourke. This indeed only leads to a draw if White now captures the Rook with his Bishop. However, instead} 43. Qg4 $1 {exploiting the pin would have secured victory for White.}) 41... Rh7 42. Qg4 Rg7 {and both players were content with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2