In the final round Sunday at the Burlington Open, I played a delightful New Yorker of similar Irish descent, Scott Boyce. After our game Scott remarked on my chess set, House of Staunton Players in boxwood and rosewood. The same set used in the film The Luzhin defense based on the Nabokov novel. Now, please understand, as a native New Yorker, having gone to law school in and then living in NYC (Manhattan which is the real NYC) for nearly twenty years, I NEVER pay full retail unless there is absolutely no other option. I wait until H of S has a set that I covet on clearance and then make my purchase. Just last week I purchased the H of S Margate 1923 set in golden rosewood for a mere $75.
Apparently, Scott's wife is like many long suffering chess wives in that she and they always question why we need yet another set of chessmen. It isn't at all a question of need. It's wanting; the longing of desire. One either slips the set in unnoticed, is open and incurs brief (hopefully) wrath, or one divorces as I did. Life and chess do move forward.
Below as a pgn is my game with Scott. Great fun and I now see from computer analysis where I lost the thread of slight advantage---exactly where I thought the juncture might be during the game with me making not the best move against a nicely strong opponent. Good game!!!
[Event "Burlington Open"]
[Site "Holiday Inn"]
[Date "2015.4.12"]
[Round ""]
[White "Brian Lafferty"]
[Black "Scott Boyce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A48"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.h3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6
8.Nbd2 {?!} $15( 8.O-O {!?} Be6 9.Ng5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.dxc5
dxc5 12.Bc4 Bf5 13.Qe2 Bxb1 14.Raxb1 e6 15.Rbd1 Rfd8 16.e4 Ne8
17.Bh2 $14) Nd7 {?} $14( {'better is'} 8...e5 {'better is'} 9.Bh2
cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.exd4 Re8+ 12.Be2 Qe7 13.Nc4 d5 14.Nd6 Rd8
15.Nb5 Qb4+ 16.Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Bd7 18.Ke1 $15) 9.O-O e5 10.Bh2
{?!} $10( 10.Bg5 {!?} f6 11.Bh4 d5 12.Bb5 Qb6 13.Qb3 c4 14.Qa4
Qc7 15.e4 Nb6 16.Qa3 Rf7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.dxe5 Bf8 19.b4 cxb3 $14)
f5 {?!} $14( 10...exd4 {!?} 11.cxd4 Nb6 12.Ne4 cxd4 13.exd4 Nxd4
14.Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bxb2 16.Rae1 Qf6 17.Be4 Qxf3 18.Bxf3 Be6
19.Nxb7 Bg7 20.Nd6 $10) 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 f4 13.Bb5 Qf6 14.Nc4
Nb6 15.Nxb6 {?!} $14( 15.Bxc6 {!?} Qxc6 16.Nfxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5
Qxe4 18.Re1 Qd5 19.Qxd5+ Nxd5 20.Rad1 Nb6 21.b3 g5 22.Nf3 g4
23.Ng5 gxh3 24.Re7 Bf5 $16) axb6 16.Qb3+ Be6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+
Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Rxf7 20.Rfd1 Ra4 21.Nd2 {?!} $15( 21.Rd5 {!?} Rc7
22.Nd2 h6 23.f3 Ne7 24.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Kh1 b5 26.Bg1 Nc8 27.Nb3 b6
28.a3 h5 29.Rd5 Ne7 30.Rdd1 Nc8 $14) Rd7 22.b3 {?!} $17
( 22.Kf1 {!?} b5 23.f3 b4 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Bg1 Rd8 26.Ke2 Rda8
27.a3 bxa3 28.Rxa3 Rxa3 29.bxa3 Rxa3 30.Rb1 Ra2 31.Rxb7 Bf8 $15)
Ra8 23.a4 Rad8 24.Ra2 Na5 25.Rb2 c4 26.Kf1 Nxb3 27.Ke2 Nc5 28.f3
Nxa4 29.Rc2 Bf8 30.Bg1 Bc5 31.Bxc5 Nxc5 32.Rcc1 b5 33.Rb1 Na4
34.Rbc1 Nb2 35.Rc2 Nxd1 36.Kxd1 b4 37.cxb4 c3 38.Ra2 Rxd2+ 39.Rxd2
Rxd2+ $21 0-1
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