optimal play: <The [above] game, won by Jack Cornforth in his record-breaking blindfold simultaneous display at the Amateur Sports Club on Saturday night [16th January] is a striking comment on his mental grasp of the possibilities, especially as he was contesting 11 other games at the same time.>Notes by Maurice Edwards Goldstein
(a) 3...♕e7
Best, for if 3... P x Kt ; 4. Q to R5 ch with an overwhelming position.
(b) 8...♗d6
If 8... Q x BP ; 9. Kt to Q4 ; Q x Q ; 10. B x Q! with a tremendous advantage in development.
(c) 9...♔f8
9... K to Q1 or P to B3 loses the queen or Black gets mated.
(d) 12...♕xe8
Best, for if 12... K to B2 ; 13. Q to Q5 ch ; K to Kt3 ; 14. P to Kt4
(e) 18.♘e4!
A brilliant conception.
If the queen be taken, there follows 19. Kt x B (dbl ch) ; K to Q1 ; 20. Kt to B7 mate.
or 19... K to B1 ; 20. R to K8 mate.
(f) 20.♕xd6
If 20... R to B2 ; 21. B to Kt4 wins out of hand.
<The West Australian (Perth, WA) issue Friday 22 January 1937>
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