[Event "Unknown"] [Site "Britain"] [Date "1922.12.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Griffith, Richard Clewin"] [Black "Randall, E J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1922.??.??"] [SourceDate "2015.08.04"] {Richard Clewin Griffith was a strong British chess player playing in the early 20th Century, he won games against Sultan Khan, Simon Winter and Isidor Gunsberg, he was a chess journalist later setting up the Modern Chess Openings concern, in 1912 which is still going strong today and being the BCM editor from 1920 to 1940 on and off. EJ Randall is an unknown player though not totally clueless as this game shows.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The Kings Gambit was a Classical Opening, not to be played by the faint hearted as it leads to extreme complications.} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 $3 {Pieces are made for sacrificing I think...} gxf3 6. O-O c6 $2 (6... Qg5 $3 7. Qxf3 Qc5+ 8. d4 Qxd4+ 9. Kh1 Qxc4 10. Bxf4 d6 11. b3 Qe6 12. e5 $13) 7. d4 Bh6 $6 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. e5 $5 {the d6 and later the f7 square are incredibly weakened by Randalls unfortunate play (ie 6...c6 weakens the d6 square) and Richards great play.} Qg7 (9... Qe7 10. Ne4 Na6 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf7+ Kc7 13. Nxh8 d5 14. exd6+ Qxd6 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 Bd7 18. Rf7 Rd8 19. Raf1 $18) 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Bxd5 $3 {A second piece sacrifice, it doesnt win with accurate play by Black but in such a complicated position Randall comits an error.} cxd5 13. Qxd5 Nd7 $2 (13... Ne7 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nd6+ Kd8 16. Nxb7+ Kc7 17. Qa5+ Kxb7 18. Qb4+ Kc7 19. Qd6+ $11 {The King cannot escape the checks. So it would have been a remarkable draw if Ne7 had been played.}) 14. Nxf7+ Ke7 15. Nxh8 Qxh8 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Qg7 18. Raf1 Nh6 19. Qd6+ Ke8 20. e6 $5 1-0