Below is a game played in 1957 between Ipswich and Colchester. It was played in the Essex & Suffolk Border League - a predecessor to the North Essex Chess League. G Sainsbury, with the Black pieces, was a Colchester Chess Club member for a number of years.
[Event "Essex & Suffolk Border League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, M. C."]
[Black "Sainsbury, G. H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.03.25"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.18"]
[WhiteTeam "Ipswich Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Colchester Chess Club"]
1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 ({The only comments on the original score sheet (made by M. C.
Smith): "What about"} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bc4 Bxe4 $2 4. Ng5 $1 {"winning". The
annotation is inaccurate though as after} d5 {Black is fine}) 2... Bb7 3. Bg2
f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. Qc2 (9. d5 $5 {
is a more dynamic choice} exd5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. cxd5 {White has an isolated
queen's pawn but has a decent long-term advantage due to the semi-open c-file.}
) 9... h6 $2 10. Nh4 {Missing a much better move} (10. Ng5 $1 {wins material}
Nc6 ({the alternatives are no better - White wins the exchange no matter what
Black does} 10... hxg5 11. Bxb7) (10... Bxg2 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Nxf8 Be4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng6) 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Nxf8 Rxf8) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Nc6
12. d5 {best} Nd4 $2 13. Qd3 $16 {OK, but White missed the opportunity to win
material.} (13. Qd1 $1 $18 e5 14. e3 {The knight has no where to go. The
difference between Qd1 and Qd3 is that on d3 the pawn moving to e3 gives Black
the f3 square for the knight.}) 13... e5 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. Ng6 $1 Rf6 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 exf4 $2 (18... Ne4 $142) 19. Qxd4 {There was no need to
take the knight yet} (19. Bxf4 $1 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 c5 22. dxc6 Ne6
23. Nd5 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Qf7 25. b4 {White is a pawn up and has a protected passd
pawn on c6.}) 19... Nf3+ 20. exf3 Qxe1+ 21. Kg2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rg6 $14 23. Qf2
Re8 24. Rb1 Qxf2+ $2 {With the queens swapped off the advantage of two pieces
against a rook is magnified.} 25. Kxf2 a6 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 g5
29. Ne2 Rf7 30. Nd4 Re7+ 31. Kf2 Kf7 $2 32. Nxf5 {Resigns Played at Ipswich
Chess Club Ipswich (7) - (1) Colchester (5-1 prior to adjudication) Time
Limit: 36 moves in 90 minutes} 1-0
See also: A game from the past 1
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