Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Hehir - Graham



Last week I posted the picture of Mike Hehir playing Larry Tamarkin. Then this week I had to play Hehir in the Thursday Night tournament. Here is the game or at least part of it.

[Event "Thursday Night Tournament"][Site "Marshall Chess Club"][Date "2008.09.25"][Round "3"][White "Hehir"][Black "Graham"][Result "1-0"] [Opening "Old Indian defense"] [ECO "A53"] [NIC "QP.07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. a4 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Nf3Nxf3 15. Bxf3 f6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Ra3 Be5 18. Ne2 b5 19. b3 Qe8 20. Nf4!( diagram) g5? (loses the exchange; maybe bxc should be played, to open the b file and avoid losing a queenside pawn) 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. axb5 eventually Mike game the exchange back, but I was not able to get the queenside pawn back, so he traded some of the pieces off and went into a won endgame.

1 comment:

Polly said...

That's a great old photo from 1989. I've played both of those guys recently and I have as many points as you got on your game with Mike.