[Event "Match/Nation ENG-CSR"] [Site "London"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Milner Barry, Philip Stuart"] [Black "Louma, Josef"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [Annotator "MJDonnelly"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1947.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 72,72,-829]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 {Ceding the bishop pair to Black with the idea of gaining space and time or of damaging Black's pawn structure.} (5. Nxe4 Be7 {is the much more popular Burn variation with a very solid game for Black.}) 5... gxf6 {Later praxis shows Black gets a comfortable game after this move as the f6 pawn can be used to dislodge the knight from the centre. Even so} (5... Qxf6 {is also fully playable despite the queen usually returning to its original square. An example being} 6. Nxe4 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 c5 {Tartakower-Maroczy, Goteburg SSK 40th Anniversary Gothenberg 1920.}) 6. Nxe4 f5 {The point as White doesn't have a really effective move for the knight.} 7. Ng3 ({Other possible moves of the knight are} 7. Nc3 Bg7 {and Black is at least equal for instance} 8. Nf3 O-O (8... c5 9. dxc5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O {Najdorf-Guimard, Mar del Pata 1945.}) 9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 {Roesch-Peters, BL2-Ost GER 1994} (10... Qxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 O-O {also looks acceptable for Black.})) 9. Qd2 (9. Ne5 {is far too early} c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nc6 {and White was already struggling in Kunze-Rubinstein, Barmen Haupturnier A 1905}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 {Pahl-Swinemuende 1930.}) (7. Nc5 b6 8. Nb3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bg7 {gives Black a very pleasant game rather than the provocative} (10... c6 {Chmiel-Zalenski, Rubinstein Memorial Polanica Zdroj 2018.}) (10... c5 {also equalises easily for Black.})) (7. Nd2 {just drops a pawn to} Qxd4) 7... Bg7 (7... c5 {immediately is clearer when} 8. Nf3 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxc5 Qa5+ {was another Tartakower-Maroczy encounter (Wiener Kongress Masters Vienna 1922.)}) (8. d5 {is inventive but led nowhere after} Qxd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O-O f4 12. Nh5 O-O {Whitaker-Hahlbohm, Western CA30--ch Saint Louis 1929.}) 8... Nc6 {Black has good play whatever White replies eg} 9. dxc5 (9. Bc4 cxd4 {Showalter-Lasker, Match Kokomo 1893; and much later in Wilson-Mason, English Seniors Ch Solihull 2019.}) (9. Qd2 cxd4 {Spielmann-Samisch, Copenhagen International Masters 1923.}) 9... Qxd1+ {Gunsberg-Burn, Amsterdam VAS-01 Masters 1889.}) 8. Nf3 c5 $6 {Very natural and a common way to equalise as demonstrated in the games detailed earlier . However, in this specific position the counter-intuitive} (8... Nc6 {blocks the c-pawn but Black still gets a decent game by} 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qd2 h5 {Klups-Wojdyla, Ruhrgebiet VK3 2012.}) 9. Nh5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice that puts surprising difficuties in Black's way. Other games have gone} (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nh5 Bh6 {Verma-Bak, BCF-chT2b (4NCL) 2017.}) (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {Coulson-McIntosh, AUS-ch Melbourne 1931 with few issues for Black in each case.}) 9... Bxd4 {Accepting the pawn leads to increased difficulties. Required was} (9... O-O 10. Nxg7 Kxg7 {even though this is better for White due to the drafty Black king's side.}) 10. Bb5+ (10. c3 Bf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 (11... Bd7 {is correct}) 12. Qa4 {Moyse-Sweby, corr. 1950 which ended suddenly after .} Rg8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nxf6 {1:0 since if Black recaptures then the queen is lost} Kxf6 15. Qh4+ Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 (16... Kf8 17. Rd8+) 17. Qf6+ Rg7 18. Rd8+) 10... Nc6 (10... Bd7 {is natural but too dangerous as the Black king gets stuck in the centre after} 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qxb5 14. Qd6 $18 Nd7 15. Ng7+ Kd8 16. O-O-O $16) 11. c3 Bf6 12. Qa4 Bd7 (12... O-O {looks stronger but Black doesn't escape problems as the queen transfers to the king-side with} 13. Qf4 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rb8 {provides Black with good play for the pawn.}) 13... Bg7 (13... Kh8 14. Qh6 $18) 14. Qg3 $18) 13. O-O-O {by straightforward precise moves White is exerting pressure on Black in the centre and on each wing. Suddenly Black's game collpases.} Be7 ({The alternative} 13... Qe7 {doesn't offer any salvation because of the sacrifice} 14. Rxd7 {again leaving the king in the centre and subject to attack} Kxd7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd1+ Kc7 17. Nxf6 (17. Qa5+ {is a serious error as Black just escapes with} Kb7 18. Nxf6 Rad8 {and the White attack has vanished.}) 17... Qxf6 18. Qa5+ Kb7 (18... Kc8 19. Rd6 Rd8 20. Qa6+ Kb8 21. Rxc6 {and Black is helpless against Qb5+.}) 19. Rd7+ {mates}) 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 (14... bxc6 {is no use due to the pin on the d-file and White wins with} 15. Ne5) 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {The game is over as Black is material down, and in addition, cannot co-ordinate the two bishop and rook into any sort of potentially formidable attacking formation.} 16. Qf4 Rg8 17. Rd1 Rxg2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qe3 c4 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Ng3 Bd3 22. Ngxf5 Rg1+ 23. Kd2 Rb1 24. Qe5 Rxb2+ 25. Ke3 a6 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Qc5 Kf6 28. Ne8+ Kg6 29. Qe5 Bg5+ 30. f4 f6 31. Qxe6 Bh6 32. Qg8+ (32. Qg8+ {soon mates the Black king:} Kh5 (32... Bg7 33. Qxg7+ Kh5 34. Nxf6+ Kh4 35. Qg4#) 33. Nxf6+ Kh4 34. Qg4# {A neat and efficient game in which a small slip in the opening led to a drastic defeat which again shows that Milner Barry was a very accomplished attacking player.}) 1-0