Games
[Event "Manchester Open 1970"] [Site "?"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ashby, Alan"] [Black "Burstow, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [Annotator "Tipper,Dave"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] [SourceDate "2014.09.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 {The Goring Gambit was all the rage in England in those days, thanks to Jonathan Penrose's games and len Barden's book "The Guardian Chess Book" - but not in Canada, where my 190 - rated opponent came from. Most players declined the second pawn with 4...d5, though Tim Harding later claimed that Black could safely take the second pawn.} 6. Bxb2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 {Barden considers only 9....d6} 10. e5 Ng4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Nd5 {Black can probably get away with} Rxd5 13. Bxd5 {and black has three pawns for the exchange}) 11. Nd5 Bc5 { Diagram [#]} 12. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxh7+ Ke6 15. exf6 d5 16. Ng5+ Kd6 17. Nf7+ Ke6 18. Rhe1+ Be3+ (18... Kd7 19. Qf5+ Re6 20. Qxe6#) 19. Rxe3+ Nxe3 20. Nxd8+ 1-0