Le temps retrouvé (et bientôt oublié)

We sincerely thank Mr. Mauro Berni for having found out between the pages of an Icelandic newspaper – namely, Visir Sunnudaösblad (most likely 1938, chess column by Jón Gudmundsson) – a noteworthy game (not yet known) from the 7th Chess Olympiad (Stockholm 1937).

[Event "7th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1937.08.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ojanen, Karl"]
[Black "Möller, Baldur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Gudmundsson, Jón"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Nd4 Re8 10.f4 Bd6 11.O-O-O
({Better} 11.O-O)
11...e5 $1 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h3 Ne4 $1 16.Rhf1
(16.Nxe4 $2 Bxf5)
16...Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Rc8 18.Bd3 b5 19.a3 Bxa3 {It was probably stronger to play before ... Ne5xd3+ or ... b5-b4.} 20.Bxa3 Qa5 21.Bb2 b4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 bxc3 24.dxc3 Qc7 25.c4 $2 {The disaster.} 25...Nxc4 $1 {Diagram #} 26.Qxc4 Qb6 27.Rd4 Rxc4+
({It was stronger to play before} 27...Qb4 {with a position clearly winning.})
28.bxc4 Rb8
({Better} 28...Qb4)
29.Rf2 a5
({Better} 29...Qb4 {!})
30.Rc2 h6 31.c5 Qb3 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Rd3 Qb4+ 34.Kd1 Qe4 35.Ra3 Qc6 36.Bd4 a4 37.Rb2 Rd8 38.Ke1 Rxd4 {Black accepts the draw, as sufficient to surpass Belgium.}
({It was required} 38...Qe4 {and if} 39.Kf1 {then} 39...f5)
39.exd4 Qe4+ 40.Kf1 $1 Qxd4 41.Rba2 Qxc5 1/2-1/2