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Charles Doerner – Vincenzo Castaldi
West-European Zonal Tournament; Hilversum, July 21, 1947
Neo-Queen’s Indian Defence A47

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 g6 8. c4 Qc8 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nc3 Qb7+ 12. Nf3 Na6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nd5. Another try is 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Rab1 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rbd1 a5 23. a4 Kf6 24. e4 Ke6 25. f4 f6 26. Kf3 g5 27. f5+ Kd7 28. Rd5 h5 29. h3 Rh8 30. Ke3 h4 31. g4 Ra8 32. R1d3 ½ : ½ Enevoldsen – Dake, 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935. 14. ... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 f6 17. b4 Na4 18. e4 e5 19. g4 b5 20. h4. Very committal. 20. Rfc1 looks much more natural or, as they say, in the spirit of the position. 20. ... Rac8 21. h5 d6 22. Rh1? This appears to be a bad move as it leaves the c-file to Black Rooks’ control. 22. hxg6 Qd7! is very unclear, but it would perhaps have offered White better chances to complicate matters. 22. ... g5! 23. Ng1 Rc4! 24. f3 Rfc8 25. Kg3 h6. A cruel “waiting move”. 26. Rh2 Rd4! 27. Qe1 Rcc4 28. a3? White’s last chance to avoid disaster was perhaps 28. Rc1, eventually followed by Rh2-c2. 28. ... Nc3 29. Rd2

29. ... Nxe4+! The End. 30.fxe4 Rxe4 31.Qd1 Rxg4+! 32.Qxg4 Rxg4+ 33.Kxg4 Qc8+ 0 : 1.

West-European Zonal Tournament, Hilversum, 15–29 July 1947. 1. Alexander 2. O’Sullivan; 3. Förder; 4. Blau; 5. Plater; 6. Pachman; 7. Trifunović; 8. Kooiman; 9. Spit; 10. Tsvetkov; 11. Castaldi; 12. van Scheltinga; 13. Rossolimo; 14. Doerner; 15. O’Kelly; 16. van Hofwegen; 17. Groosjohan; 18. van Ewijk; 19. Kmoch; 20. Szabó; 21. Eggink; 22. Burgersdijk; 23. Nieukerke; 24. Zittersteyn; 25. de Boer. Photo: Belgian Chess History.