White fails in this game, but what’s more interesting than the game is white’s shenanigans off the board! The winner is the Dutch IM and Correspondence GM Hans Bouwmeester (born 1929) who has also authored a number of chess books.
White was played by Brian Eley[2] (1946 – 2022) a former British champion. He was wanted by the British police on suspicion of sexual offenses against underage boys, and had been a fugitive from since 1991. Eley was among a group of talented British player who appeared in the 1970s after the dominance of Jonathan Penrose. He ran his own chess business selling books, chess sets, scorebooks, etc.
In 1979, James Plaskett, a future GM and British champion, reported to the president of the British Chess Federation about incidents of "misconduct" by Eley. The following year, Eley was fired from hus position as the England Team Manager after an unrelated incident. Howeverm as a BCF registered coach, he continued teaching juniors into the late 1980s.
In July 1991, Eley was arrested at home on suspicion of sexually abusing an underage boy he had once coached. He was released on bail which he then jumped and disappeared. He was subsequently charged with more than 30 similar offenses. He remained a fugitive, wanted by the British police and Interpol.
Over the years there were numerous unconfirmed sightings of Eley in various places, mostly in Amsterdam. According to reports his time as a fugitive was not good...he ran out of money he made from the sale of his house in England and he had to hustle small bets in cafes and doing computer work for a religious organization.
In 1992, he was identified in Amsterdam by English GM Stuart Conquest and a Dutch player who notified the police, but Eley was not apprehended. Supposedly he had friends in the city who believed his story that it was all a result of a disagreement with the BCF. Eley died in Amsterdam in April of 2022 from a respiratory infection.
[Event "Match: England vs. Holland"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Eley"]
[Black "Hans Bouwmeester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Srockfish 17"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1972.10.28"]
{C36: King's Gambit Accepted} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 {This most natural
continuation preventing ...Qh4+. In case of the immediate thematic 3.d4 after
3...Qh4+ 4.Ke2 white's K is insecure which offer black sufficient compensation
for the loss of time with the Q which will hane to be moved again after Nf3.
After the alternative 3.Bc4 it's a different story because after 3...Qh4+ 4.
Kf1 black's Q is more vulnerable than white's K.} (3. d4 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 d5 5. exd5
Bg4+ 6. Nf3 Qh6 {Black is better; white will have difficulty recovering the P.}
) (3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 {Black has twi possibilities: the solid 4...d6 or the
enterprising 4...g4}) 3... d5 {This is the Modern Defense; it's not
necessarily the strongest but pt's the must solid continuation. In the old
days 3...g5 prevailed because it protects the P and, if need be, after Nf3 the
N can be driven away with ...g4 plus black can still play ...Qh4+} (3... g5 4.
h4 {This prevents ...Qh4+} (4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 {is the Muzio Gambit
which few players today have the guts to play.}) 4... g4 5. Ne5 (5. Bc4 {
Trying to ply the Muzio here is throughly bad.} gxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. d3 Ne5 {
Whie is completely thwarted.}) 5... d6 6. Nxg4 Be7 {Black is ever so slightly
better.}) 4. exd5 Nf6 {The idea behind 3...d6, the P on d5 is attacked.} 5.
Bb5+ {Not white's only option. He can defend the P with 5.c4, 5.Nc3 or 5.Bc4.
Instead, with the text move he hopes to exchange it.} c6 {Black must play
energetically or he will drift into a [assive position which is why he avoids
5...Nbd7} 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 {Black's aggressive play has given him just a
sliver of an advantage.} (7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O {White has
full equality/}) 8. Qe2+ {It was better to castle at once.} Be6 {Excellent!
Black is going to end up with two isolated Ps, but his active pieces are
sufficient compensation.} 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O (12.
Qxe6+ {at once is less effectibe because after} Kh8 13. O-O Bc5 14. dxc5 Qd4+
15. Kh1 Ne4 {followed by ...Rae8 and white is facing a lot of pressure.}) 12...
Qc7 13. Qxe6+ {Not really bad, but it's risky.} (13. Nd2 Rae8 14. Nc4 g5 15.
Bd2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 {And Sulskis,S (2559)
-Melkumyan,H (2530) Benasque 2009 was eventually drawn.}) 13... Kh8 {Black has
given back the P plus sacrificed one himself with the result of getting a lead
in development White's only tleveloped piece is his Q which is now badly
exposed. Even so, white is hardly lost! In reality, black has no more than a
very slight advantage because he has no immediate crushing threats.} 14. Nd2
Rae8 {[%mdl 1024]} 15. Qc4 {The surprising retreat 15.Qh3 was better because
it keeps c4 clear for the N.} g5 {Normally such a move is risky, but in this
position black's pieces are so active that a P-stom decides matters quickly} (
15... f3 {This equally good move was played many years later in Reprintsev,A
(2310)-Chudinovskih,A (2360) Belgorod 1989 whicj continuted} 16. Nxf3 Ng4 17.
h3 Rxf3 18. hxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 {Here black missed the win with 19...Qe7
although he did eventually win. Winning was} Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg3 {White has no
satisfactory was of meeting ...Re1} 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bd2 Qe7 {Intending ...Qh4+}
23. g5 Qe4 {There is no answer to ...Qh4+}) 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Re1 {This loses
quickly. The best, but still inadequate, try was 17.h6} g4 {Decisive.} 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. Rxe4 Bd6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qf1 f3 {After this black coasts to a win.}
22. gxf3 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg7+ 24. Qg2 Re1+ {White resigned.} 0-1
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