1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bc4
Bc5
4.c3
d6
Not so active as Nf6 which develops a piece, attacks the centre and speeds up castling.
5.d4
exd4
6.cxd4
Bb4+
7.Nc3
Nf6
8.0-0
0-0
9.Bg5
Be6?
10.Qb3?
A typical beginner's oversight, d5 won a piece.
10...Qd7
11.d5
Bh3
12.Bf4
I fell for the bluff, gxh3 was safe, but not dxc6 because of ...Qg4
12...Qg4
13.Bg3
Ne5?
14.Nxe5
dxe5
15.f3?
Inexcusable!
15...Bc5+
16.Kh1
Bxg2+
17.Kxg2
Qg6
18.Kh1
Nh5?
19.Bxe5
Be7
20.Ne2
Qh6
21.f4
Bc5
22.Nd4
Rae8?
Trapping his own king
23.Nf5
Qg6
Now, if only I could place a rook on g1
24.Rg1
Bxg1
25.Rxg1
This was my first intentional sacrifice in a game of chess. (That word 'intentional' is good adds the editor of the NZ Chessplayer of autumn 1948 where this game and annotations was originally published).
25...Qb6
26.Nxg7
Nxg7
And white mates in two, ...f6 instead would have delayed the inevitable. 1-0