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FAIRHURST, William A.
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Karpova: <‘... Cold-blooded gamesman-planning is rare. But I have one pretty example. At my first British Championship, [at Ramsgate] in 1929, a friend of mine – who is a magnificent analyst and celebrated in the chess world – found himself in a very bad position. But there was a way out. Given that his opponent (a very strong player) did not see the threat, it was possible, with a series of sacrifices, to achieve stalemate. But he had to include in his play a clearly inadequate move, which would inevitably warn his opponent. After all, one plays chess on the assumption that the opponent sees everything. (That is why the word “trap” is not a good chess term.) But my friend devised a psychological trap. He sat and looked at the board with a despairing face until he was well and truly in time trouble. Then he fumblingly made the crucial moves. His opponent, tempted to a little gamesmanship himself, was playing very quickly. Quick came the erroneous capture. Even quicker came the series of sacrifices and, while the flag was tottering, stalemate supervened. Now could he have improved on things in the following way: touched the piece, taken his hand away, and let himself be compelled to move the piece at random? No, he had thought of that, but dismissed it as sharp practice.’> From pages 24-25 of Not Only Chess by Gerald Abrahams (London, 1974)

Fairhurst - T. H. Tylor after 31...Rb3

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<32.Bd2 Rg3+ 33.Kh1 Rxh3+ 34.Kg1 Rd3 35.Bc1 (‘Leaving himself less than half a minute on his clock.’) 35...Rc7 36.Bg5 (‘Finger staying on his clock; and Black falls for it.’) 36...Rg3+ 37.Kh1 37...Rxg5 38.R1f7+ Rxf7 39.Rxf7+ (‘Forcing stalemate or perpetual check.’)>

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (5145)

Sadly, the game is not in the database.

R.I.P. Mr.Fairhurst.

Source: Anthony Wright "Australian International Chess: 1946-1972", Melbourne 2001

an interesting game from the Britain-USSR radio match 1946. (The book of the match by Klein and Winter is superb, btw.)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxe2 9.Nxe2 e5 10.0-0 Re8 11.d5 Nd4 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bxd4 Qf8 15.Qc2 Re7 16.c5 Rae8 17.f3 Nh5 18.Bf2 f5 19.Rad1 fxe4 20.fxe4 Be5 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Bxa7 Qh6 23.g4 Nf4 24.Rf3 Ra8 25.Be3 Rxa2 26.g5 Qxg5 27.Rdf1 Qxg2+ 28.Qxg2 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 Rxb2+ 30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Rf8 Rb3 32.Bd2 Rg3+ 33.Kh1 Rxh3+ 34.Kg1 Rd3 35.Bc1 Rc7 36.Bg5 Rg3+ 37.Kh1 Rxg5 38.R1f7+ ˝-˝

R.I.P. master Fairhurst.

LTJ

His company (Fairhurst), the consultant company for building the bridge lasted until now with many branches.

From page 349 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'