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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 12. 1962
Chess
Chess
Bill Poole has been Victoria's No. 1 player for the last two years, and has already won the South Island Championship. This year he came dramatically close to winning the North Island title. The following game occurred in the crucial last round and ensured Bill a second place equal with Feneridis, a former N.Z. Champ.
| W. A. Poole (White) | E. Fuglistaller (Black) | |
| 1. | P-Q4 | N-KB3 |
| 2. | P-QB4 | P-K3 |
| 3. | N-QB3 | B-N5 |
| 4. | P-K3 | P-Q4 |
| White can now get a small advantage by 5. P-QR3 but is more ambitious. | ||
| 5. | N-B3 | 0-0 |
| 6. | B-Q3 | QN-Q2 |
| Better was 6 . . . . P-B4 getting back to the main line | ||
| 7. | Q-B2 | P-B4 |
| 8. | 0-0 | N-N3 |
| 9. | P-QN3 | Q-K2 |
| 10. | N-K2 | BP x P |
| 11. | KP x P | P x P |
| 12. | P X P | Q-B2 |
| 13. | B-B4 | Q-Q2 |
| 14. | P-QR4! | ... |
| threatening to win the knight is 15. P-R5. | ||
| 14 | ... | Q-Q1 |
| 15: | KR-N1 | B-R4? |
| For the last few moves Black has been in danger of losing a piece. Now he must play B-K2 to give the king extra defence. | ||
| 16. | R-N5 | QN-Q2 |
| 17. | B-Q6 | R-K1 |
| 18. | N-N5 | P-KN3 |
| Now white thought for about half an hour before deciding to carry on with the sacrificial attack. | ||
| 19. | N-B4 | N-B1 |
| 20. | B x N | R x B |
| 21. | N x NP | RP x N |
| 22. | B x P | P x B |
| 23. | Q x P ch | K-R1 |
| 24. | R-R3 | P-K4 |
| 25. | R(5)-N3 | Q-K2 |
| The only defence is Q-Q2 and giving Q + B for two rooks. Even then white should win. | ||
| 26. | R-R3 ch | B x R |
| 27. | R x B ch | N-R2 |
| 28. | R x N ch | Q x R |
| 29. | Q x Q | Mate |
A good example of how to crush weak play quickly through a sacrificial attack.