Sylvan Beach 1904

    The chances are that you’ve never heard of Sylvan Beach, New York. It’s a very small village in the central part of the state. In the 2010 census, the population was 897. 

    The village is home to a mile long beach, a bandstand, a wide variety of restaurants and shops, a casino, hotel-style villas for rent, an amusement park, camping facilities and marinas that are all situated on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake. 

    The village attracts many boaters and fishing enthusiasts. The summer is best time for visitors with many different events going on and many places to eat. 

    The village also hosted a chess tournament in 1904 in which the the star participant was Frank Marshall. 

    The other participants are pretty much unknown. Kenneth S. Howard (1882 – 1972, 90 years old) was a chess problem composer who wrote several books about chess composition. 

    Otto Roething (1865 – 1915, 49 years old) was born in Germany and died in New York. He was the 1903 New York State champion and 1909 Manhattan Chess Club champion. And, that’s about all that is known about him. 

    No information seems to be available on the tailender Rudolph J. Guckemus (1874 – 1935, 60 years old) except that he was from Utica, New York. 

    In the late 1800s and early 1900s the New York State Chess Association held two major tournaments, the State Championship and a summer Congress at some resort city. In August of 1904, Sylvan Beach was the site of summer Congress. There were two main events, a general tournament and a major event for the Rice Trophy, sponsored by chess benefactor Professor Isaac L. Rice. 

 

[Event "Sylvan Beach, New York"] [Site "Sylvan Beach, NY USA"] [Date "1904.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kenneth S. Howard"] [Black "Frank Marshall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1904.08.16"] {[%evp 9,58,-100,-98,-92,-92,-95,-91,-114,-98,-140,-136,-200,-197,-198,-194, -194,-195,-293,-296,-276,-288,-291,-291,-297,-291,-321,-323,-322,-317,-395, -400,-394,-384,-441,-422,-467,-398,-413,-414,-512,-507,-833,-794,-813,-827, -29998,-567,-615,-550,-29994,-29995] Uruson Gambit} 1. e4 ({Here is a Marshall miniature to enjoy.} 1. e3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. b3 d4 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Na3 f5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e4 10. Ng1 a6 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 exd3 14. Qxd3 Ne4 15. exd4 cxd4 {Rudolph J, Guckemus-Frank Marshall Sylvan Beach, NY 1904. White resigned because if...} 16. Qxd4 Bb4+ 17. Kd1 Nxf2+) 1... e5 {The Bishop's Opening is one of the oldest openings to be analyzed. In the 1950s Weaver Adams in his White to Play and Win claimed that it wins. When he couldn’t prove it he abandoned it in favor of the Vienna Game. In recent times Bent Larson was one of the few GMs to play it often, after first using it at the 1964 Interzonal. It’s also been used on occasion by Kasparov and Leko.} 2. Bc4 Nf6 {The Berlin Defense; it is probably black's best reply. This is the Urusov Gambit} 3. d4 {The main lines are either 3.d3 or 3.Nc3. The text transposes into the Urusov Gambit, a great way to get a strongt attacking position and it's easy for black to go wrong. However, it was probably the wrong choice to play against a tactical genius like Marshall.} exd4 4. e5 { Mote the best. 4.Nf3 is the main line.} d5 5. Qxd4 dxc4 6. Qxd8+ {This may have been the reason white chose this line thinking that the exchange of Qs keeps the position simpler. However, black ends up with a significant advantage.} Kxd8 7. exf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 32] Black is a P to the good and white doesn't have anything to show for it except he has weakened black's K-sidem but the weakness is pretty much insignificant.} 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 {Why not 8. Bf4 which at least keeps an eye on c7?} Bf5 10. c3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 {This straightend out black's Ps, but there really was nothing better. White's position is already very difficult.} (11. Nd4 Be4 12. f3 Nd3+ {with an excellent position.}) 11... fxe5 12. Nd2 Bd3 13. Bg5+ Kd7 14. O-O-O Bd6 15. g3 Rhg8 16. Be3 Rae8 17. f3 f5 {There's a bit of a discrepancy here. Ome dtatbases give black's move as 17...f6, but it does not have any effect on the further course game as the remaining moves are identical. I give this move because it is the engine's top choice.} 18. Rde1 b5 {[%mdl 32]} 19. Nb1 (19. Bxa7 {opens the a-file which black can use ti further his attack.} Ra8 20. Be3 Rxa2 21. Nb1 Ra1 22. Kd2 Rga8) 19... a5 20. Rhg1 {White is completely helpless and can only aimlessly shift pieces.} b4 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Rg2 c5 23. Rf2 a4 24. Rg2 a3 25. Rf2 (25. bxa3 bxa3 26. Nxa3 {is met by} Ra8 27. Nb1 Rxa2 28. Kd1 Rb8 {and white loses his N.}) 25... axb2+ 26. Kxb2 bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Bxb1 28. Bc1 Bd3 29. Bb2 Bc7 {White resigned.} (29... Bc7 30. Ba3 Ba5+ 31. Bb4 Rxb4 32. Kd2 Rb1+ 33. Ke3 Rxe1+ 34. Re2 Rxe2#) 0-1

Manhattan CC vs. Franklin CC, 1904

    In 1904 the Manhattan Chess club met the Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia in an over then board match that was played in the Manhattan Chess Club in Carnegie Hall at corner Seventh Avenue and Fifty-Sixth Street, New York. 

    Luster was lent to the match because Frank Marshall, who just ten days earlier had taken first prize in the great Cambridge Springs, and the U.S. Champion Harry N. Pillsbury who was able to obtain some partial revenge for some of his recent losses to Marshall. 

    During supper at the Hotel Savoy Marshall was presented an expensive gold watch and chain in recognition of his wonderful success at Cambridge Springs that year. 

    Why these two giants were playing on second board is not known, but presumably it was because Fox and Bampton were the champions of their clubs.

    This was the first time that Pillsbury, who had moved to Philadelphia, had entered the Manhattan Chess Club since an incident that had taken place several years previously when he resigned his membership in a huff because someone had stolen his umbrella.

 

[Event "Manhattan CC - Franklin CC, New York"] [Site "Manhattan CC, New York, NY USA"] [Date "1904.05.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Harry N. Pillsbury (Franklin)"] [Black "Frank Marshall (Manhattan)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1904.??.??"] {D02: QP Opening} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5 (4... dxe4 {is a mistake. After} 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Ng5 Ke8 7. Nxe4 {black has an unfavorable position.}) 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 Nge7 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd3 Ba7 10. Nc3 b5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 {Pezelj,N (2276)-Benkovic,P (2433) Mataruska Banja 2007, The position is equal.}) 8... d4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. a3 e5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Ng3 Be6 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5 h6 {thus prevents Ng5.} 15. Rb1 Bc5 { White should now play 16.a4 with equal chances. Instead Pillsbury chooses a risky continuation.} 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 $17 (16... bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bxa3 {is only equal.}) 17. Rxb7 Bb6 {The R is trapped.} 18. Nh4 Na5 (18... Qxh4 {would result in equality after} 19. Rxb6 Rfc8) 19. Rxb6 Qxb6 20. Qh5 {White has what appears to be a dangerous attack, but black has sufficient defensive resources. ]} Nc4 (20... Bd7 {allowing the Q to defend h6 kept the advantage. Now Marshall's best move is} 21. Qxe5 Rfe8 22. Qh5 Nc4 23. Nhf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 { Here he can play it safe with 24...Qg6 or he can take up the challenge and capture the e-Pawn.} Rxe4 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Qd5 Rae8 27. Qxc4 Re1 28. Bd2 { A difficult position which slightly favors black. In Shootouts using Stockfish white scored +0 -4 =1}) 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Bf5 {Brilliant...but also the only defense.} (22... f6 23. Nh5 Ra7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 (25... Bg8 26. Qh6+ Rh7 27. Ng6#) 26. Qxf6+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Ng6 Bc8 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Qxc8 Qxg6 32. Qxc4 {white is winning.}) 23. Qg5+ Bg6 {Materially white has only 3 Ps vs. a R, but the chances are equal.} 24. Nh5 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Rfb8 {[%mdl 8192] ...which he does not and with this move he loses the game.} (24... Rfd8 $1 $11 {and black stays safe.} 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 {and now white cannot continue as in the game with} 27. Nd5+ Rxd5 28. exd5 Bxc2 {with a decisive advantage, but it require a lot of nursing to score the point as the following possible continuation shows.} 29. d6+ Nxd6 30. Qg7 Ra5 31. Nf3 Ne8 32. Qg5+ f6 33. Qg8 Qe6 34. Qh8 d3 35. h4 Nd6 36. Nd2 Ra4 37. h5 Rh4 38. f3 Nf7 39. Qb8 Rd4 40. g4 Ng5 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Qa7+ Rd7 43. Qc5+ Kf7 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Ra1 Re7 46. Re1 Qd7 47. Ra1 Ba4 48. Rc1 e4 49. h6+ Kh7 50. Re1 Bc6 51. f4 e3 52. Rxe3 Ne4+ 53. Nxe4 Bxe4 54. Qb4 d2 55. Rxe4 Rxe4 56. Qxe4+ f5 {and wins.}) 25. Nf6+ Kf8 (25... Kg7 {leads to mate.} 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Bh7 28. Qxh7#) 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ Kd7 28. Nxb6+ Rxb6 29. Qg7 Ke7 30. f4 {[%mdl 32]} Rf6 31. f5 Bh5 32. Rb1 {Threatening mate with Rb7+.} Ra7 33. Rb8 {White wants to mate with Qf8+.} Rfa6 34. Qh8 Kd6 35. Qf8+ Kc6 36. Qc8+ Kd6 37. Qxc4 Rxa3 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Qc6+ {Black resigned. It's mate in 2. According to Stockfish Pillsbiry's play was nearly flawless.} 1-0

Play the Cornstalk Defense

    GM Alexander Khalifman wrote "The moves 1...h5 and 1...a5 hardly deserve any serious attention, since they do not contribute at all to black's development and he is not fighting for the center either. After 2.d4 White has a clear advantage, because no matter what popular scheme black might try to employ his first move will definitely be premature...” 

    That’s a strong GMs opinion and who is going to argue with him? Even we amateurs know it’s a bad move. Still, there is no direct refutation to this stupid looking defense and, for what it’s worth, it will take your opponent out of any preparation he might have. One thing I have discovered is that sometimes it morphs into a pattern that resembles a ‘real’ opening. 

    The thing is, even though we amateurs know it’s a bad move, we aren’t likely to know how to utilize whatever opening advantage we get. 

    Most everybody knows the opening guidelines: control the center. develop your pieces, etc., but lesser understood seems to be a basic understanding of what to do with things like a lead in development, center control, a space advantage and the initiative. 

    Note that after 1...a5 white does not have a license to violate sound opening principles and attack like a wild man, often playing unsound sacrifices, just because 1...a5 is a very poor first move. 

    When I first started studying middlegame books most all of them pounded it into our heads that you had to control the center by occupying it, etc, etc. When it came to openings they discussed the value of a tempo...lose a move and your opponent has an advantage. Lose two and you were on the verge of defeat. Lose three and you might as well resign. You'd read about one side having the initiative, but it was never explained exactly what the initiative was. 

    When speaking of the initiative, in his book Technique in Chess Gerald Abrahams noted that what is important is that the attacker have a “feeling” that he has some advantage of tempo, a greater degree of mobility than his opponent. He also observed that awareness cannot be taught; it’s experience that makes us more sensitive to the possibilities in a position. Pattern recognition is also very important. Read a post on it HERE.

    The point is simply that while 1...a5 may be a horrible move to strong masters and Grand master, at the level at which most of us play the loss of a tempo and the fact that the move contributes nothing to anything doesn’t matter a whole lot because most of us don’t know how to take advantage of it. So. 1...a5 is probably as good as anything. 

    Of course, if you’re serious about chess and still trying to improve then, of course, 1...a5 should be avoided. However, if the improvement ship has sailed and you are just looking to have some fun, why not give it a try? In this game the victory, as it usually does, went to the stronger player and the opening didn’t matter. 

[Event "NED-ch sf"] [Site "Enschede"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "C. Dommisse"] [Black "Mark Van Schaardenburg"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [BlackElo "2295"] [Annotator "Komodo Dragon 3"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1996.11.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {B00: Cornstalk Defense} 1. e4 a5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O (5. Qe2 Nc6 6. c3 Nce7 $6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 {White is better. Sihite,C (2245) -Brodowski,P (2451) chess.com INT 2022}) 5... h6 (5... Ne7 6. h3 (6. Qe2 Ng6 7. Nc3 f6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Rfe1 O-O {White is better. Pahlevanzadeh,M-Bancod,R (2171) ICC INT 2009}) 6... Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nh2 c5 {Whte is better. Buleandra, L-Bancod,R (2171) ICC INT 2009}) 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bf4 {White is clearly better.} g5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. e5 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bd4 (13. c5 { This tactical shot is even better than the text.} bxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 (14... c6 { loses quickly...} 15. dxc6 {wins a piece.}) 15. dxe6 {White's advantage should prove decisive.}) 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O (14... exd5 {might work better.} 15. Ncb5 Qd8 16. f4 {but even here black's position is on the verge of crumbling.}) 15. a3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. cxd5 {With this questionable move white loses most pf his advantage.} (17. Ncb5 Qd7 18. Rac1 {leaves black feeling some serious pressure.} dxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. b4 {with a game winning attack.}) 17... Ne7 18. Rac1 {White does not have time to make further preparations. He has now allowed black to get back to equality.} (18. Ncb5 { Though not quite as strong as before this was still the correct move.} Qxd5 19. Qg3 Rd7 20. Rac1 {leaves black under pressure, but white cannot claim to have a winning advantage. Black has a number of reasonable moves here: 20...Kb8, 20. ..Nc6, 20...Bc6 and 20...Qxg7+}) 18... Kb8 (18... Nxd5 {was even better.} 19. Ndb5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Rxc7+ Kb8 23. Rd1 {with complete equality.}) 19. Ndb5 {Finally, but it's the wrong N. The other N opens the c-file and attacks c7.} Qd7 20. Rfd1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 {It's seems nearly impossible to tell, but this is the losing move! Black coming piece activity is going to be the deciding factor.} (21. Qf1 {was necessary.} Qf5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 {Black has the advantage.}) 21... Qxd5 $19 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 ( 22... Bxd5 {is difficult to see, but it is much better.} 23. Rxc7 Bc4 24. Rc1 Bxb5 25. Rxf7 Rc8 {and black should win.}) 23. Rxd5 $15 Bxd5 24. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] The ending looks pretty drawish.} Rd8 25. Kf1 {[%mdl 8192] It's perfectly logical to bring the K towards the center and at the same time eliminate a mate threat on the firt rank, but this seemingly logical move is actually where white loses the fame. The undefended N which is guarding the attacked R is going to be white's undoing.} (25. f3 Bxf3 26. Rxf7 (26. gxf3 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Rxb2 29. Rc6 Rxb5 30. Rxh6 Ka7 31. Rf6 a4 32. Rxf7+ Ka6 {This ending is won for black.}) 26... Bc6 27. Rf6 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxb2 30. Rxc6 Rxb5 31. Rxh6 {This ending, unlike the one where white played 26.gxf3 should be drawn.}) 25... Bb3 26. Rc6 {He could gave put up a stiffer fight with 26.Rc1} (26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Nc3 Rd2 28. Rb1 Bc4+ 29. Kg1 (29. Ke1 Rc2 {and white is running out of moves. Still, the road to victory is going to require care on black's part.}) 29... Rc2 30. g3 Bd3 31. Nd1 Rd2 32. Rc1 Be2 33. Nc3 Rxb2 34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Rc3 Ra2 36. h4 Kb7 37. Rf3 f5 38. h5 a4 39. Kg2 g4 40. Rxf5 Rxa3 41. Rf6 b5 42. Rxh6 Rc3 (42... b4 {would lose!} 43. Rg6 b3 44. Rxg4 {Black has trapped his own R!}) 43. Rh7+ Kb6 44. Rh8 Rc7 45. h6 Ra7 46. h7 Ka5 {and wuns}) 26... Kb7 27. Rc7+ Ka6 28. Nc3 Rd2 29. Ne4 Rxb2 { Black is clearly winning.} 30. Nd6 Ra2 31. Rc8 (31. Nxf7 Bxf7 32. Rxf7 Rxa3 { Black has a win ending.}) 31... Bd5 {This prevents Ra8+ and so white resigned.} 0-1

Bain vs. Hoover

    Internationally in 1938 the Nazis were beginning to make their move in Europe. In the U.S. the Great New England Hurricane happened on September 21, 1938; it was one of the most destructive and powerful hurricanes in history. 

    It struck Long Island and moved up the Eastern Seaboard at a speed of 47 mph. Maximum wind gust were 186 mph with 50 foot high waves. It came at a time when Americans were slowly digging their way out of the Great Depression, but even so the unemployment rate jumped significantly. 

    It was also the year Orson Welles broadcasted his adaptation of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds on the radio and it creatied a nationwide panic when some listeners believe that aliens had actually landed in New Jersey. 

    In chess news, Samuel Reshesky went undefeated and won the US Championship a half point ahead of Reuben Fine who lost two games. I.A. Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan tied for the U.S. Open Championship. 

    On the international scene the AVRO tournament that was held in the Netherlands was a double round-robin between the eight strongest players in the world. Paul Keres amd Reuben Fine tied for first ahead of Botvinnik, Euwe, Reshevsky and Alekhine, Capablanca, Flohr. 

    The South American Championship took place in Montevideo, Uruguay. Alekhine finished first a point and a half ahead of Carlos Guimard. 

    Hungarian born Mary Bain (1904-1972, 68 years old) scores a nice win in the following game. One rainy night in 1938 while driving home in the rain from the A.F.C. Congress (the forerunner of the U.S. Open) in Boston, Bain, Mrs. Raphael McCready and Miss Edith Weart, were involved in an accident in which they struck a telephone pole. 

    Mrs. McCready suffered minor injuries, Miss Weart was pinned under the car and sustained a fractured shoulder and Bain fractured a vertebra. She was in a cast for eight months and was bedridden for much of the time and occupied her time playing correspondence chess. 

     Bain was Women's World Championship Challenger in 1937 and 1952 and was awarded the WIM title in 1952. She was the first American woman to represent the U.S. in an organized competition. She was also the U.S. Women's Champion from 1951 to 1953, losing the title to Mona May Karff. 

    This game is a very nice win over Zenas Leslie Hoover 1876 – 1963) who was Secretary and later President of the Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA). He held a patent for one of the first versions of a flashing traffic signal. He died of heart attack in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Hoover got a passive position and his poorly defended King went down to a pretty sacrificial attack by Bain. 

[Event "US Continental Jubilee corr"] [Site "USA"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mary Bain"] [Black "Leslie Hoover"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Annotator "Komodo Dragon 3"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1938.??.??"] {E04: Open Catalan} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. e3 (9. Ne4 a5 10. e3 O-O 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 e5 {½-½ Rotstein,A (2533)-Korneev,O (2559) Arco ITA 2003}) 9... O-O (9... N8d7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 {equals. Gaehwiler,G (2408)-Livaic,L (2572) Katowice POL 2022}) 10. Qe2 N8d7 (10... Bd6 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 b6 13. b4 Bb7 {½-½ De la Fuente Gonzalez,F (2190)-Barria Zuniga,D (2423) Villa de Aranjuez 2009}) (10... a5 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 b6 13. a3 Ba6 {equals. Kravanja,A (2028)-Titan,M (2117) Graz AUT 2010} ) 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. e4 {Although black has no weaknesses on his K-side white's greater space and black's cramped position hints at what is coming.} b5 15. Ne3 {[%mdl 2048]} a5 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. e5 b4 18. c4 Rc8 19. Ng4 {White is ignoring black's Q-side activity and this move should have allowed black to fully equalize. Bets was 19.a3} Nb6 20. Rac1 { At this point white's advantage is minimal, but black now misses an equalizing tactical shot.} Qc7 {After this passive move white gins the advantage.} (20... Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 {White has a B+N vs R+P but her pieces are the more active and black's c-Pawn is a greater liability than white's d-Pawn.}) 21. Be4 Rcd8 {The losing move. Black is in dire straits after 21...Rfd8 but at least it would have given his K an escape route.} (21... Rfd8) 22. Nf6+ { [%mdl 512] ...and wins!} Bxf6 {Taking with the P would have been even worse.} ( 22... gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. exf6 Rg8 (24... Bxf6 25. Qh5) 25. Qh4 Rg6 26. fxe7 Re8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bg5 {mops up/}) 23. Bxh7+ $1 { [%mdl 512]} Kxh7 24. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 25. exf6 {Black could safely resign at any time.} Nd7 26. fxg7 f6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. d5 {Opening up the position even more.} cxd5 32. cxd5 e5 33. Bh6 f5 34. Rc6 Qb5 35. Qg5+ {Black resigned. It's mate in 3. A nearly flawless game by Bain.} 1-0