Hehir - Tamarkin 25 years ago

Above is a picture of Mike Hehir and Larry Tamarkin playing at the Manhattan Chess Club about 25 years ago. The game below is probably not the same one in the picture above. Quotes are from Larry Tamarkin:

"This is probably the game which I won rather brilliantly by seeing that my queen wasn't really hanging in the middle game complications arising after move 19."

Hehir,Mike - Tamarkin,Larry S
Manhattan Chess Club Ch. (4), 1989

1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.d5 e4 6.g4 Bg6 7.g5 Nh5 8.fxe4 Be7 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Rg1 0-0 11.Bh3 Re8 12.Qd4 Bf8 13.Bd2 c5 14.Qf2 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bf5 Re8 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.g6+ Kh8 19.Ng5 Ne5! 20.Nxf7+ Kg8 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Qf7+ Kh8 23.0-0-0 Qh4 24.Rdf1 Be7 25.Rg5 Qxc4+ 26.Kb1 Qe4+ 27.Ka1 Qh4 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Be1 Qg5 30.Bd2 Qxd2 31.Qxe7 Nf6 32.a3 Qg5 33.Rf3 Qxg6 34.Rh3+ Nh7 35.d6 Qf6 36.Qxb7 Rd8 37.Rd3 c4 38.Rd1 c3 39.bxc3 e4 40.Rd4 Qf1+ 41.Kb2 Qxe2+ 42.Kb3 Nf6 43.d7 Qg4 44.Qxa7 Qe6+ 45.c4 Rxd7 46.Rxd7 Nxd7 47.Qa8+ Kh7 48.Qd5 Qxd5 49.cxd5 Kg6 50.Kc3 Kf5 51.Kd2 Ke5 52.h4 Kxd5 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.h5 Nb6 55.Ke2 Kd4 56.Kf2 Kd3 57.Ke1 e3 58.Kd1 Nd5 59.a4 Nb4 60.a5 e2+ 0-1

"The game is of course typical of 2 young average strength guys (Probably around 1800 level) battling it out in NY chess in the 1980's.

However I was already 33 in 1989 - (Damn!)."

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