Games
[Event "Manchester Open 1970"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Alan"]
[Black "Burstow, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Tipper,Dave"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.11"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 {The Goring Gambit was
all the rage in England in those days, thanks to Jonathan Penrose's games and
len Barden's book "The Guardian Chess Book" - but not in Canada, where my 190
- rated opponent came from. Most players declined the second pawn with 4...d5,
though Tim Harding later claimed that Black could safely take the second pawn.}
6. Bxb2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 {Barden considers only 9....d6}
10. e5 Ng4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Nd5 {Black can probably get away with}
Rxd5 13. Bxd5 {and black has three pawns for the exchange}) 11. Nd5 Bc5 {
Diagram [#]} 12. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxh7+ Ke6 15. exf6 d5 16. Ng5+
Kd6 17. Nf7+ Ke6 18. Rhe1+ Be3+ (18... Kd7 19. Qf5+ Re6 20. Qxe6#) 19. Rxe3+
Nxe3 20. Nxd8+ 1-0