The Greatest Game of Chess I Ever Played
Before I contracted rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 I was a very strong chess player. I consider this the best game of chess I ever played.
I had the White pieces and Master level player Leo Whiteside had the black pieces.
Played in an APCT Postal tournament 1988-89
Pirc Defense, Holmov System
[Event “APCT Q-150 M/E 89-90”]
[Site “corr”]
[Date “1989.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Bacon, Joseph E. (USA)”]
[Black “Whiteside, Leo (USA)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Annotator “Harding”]
[ECO “B07”]
[EventDate “1989.??.??”]
[Source “Chess Mail”]
[SourceDate “2001.02.24”]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.e5 Ng4 7.e6 Nxd4 8.Qxg4 Nxc2+ 9.Kf1 Nxa1 10.exf7+ Kf8 11.Qh4 d5 { # According to the books, Black is better whichever way White captures the pawn. } 12.Nxd5 Be6 13.Bh6 Bxd5 14.Bxg7+ Kxg7 15.Qd4+ Kxf7 16.Bxd5+ e6 17.Qf4+ Ke7 18.Qg5+ Kd6 19.Qf4+ { More fuel on the fire. } 19…Kxd5 20.Nf3 { At last another piece gets developed and White threatens Ke2 to get the rook working. Whatever your computer may think, this is not simple for Black. } 20…Kc5 21.Qe3+ Kb5 22.Nd4+ Kc4 23.Qc3+ Kd5 24.Ke2 e5 25.Nb5 c5 26.Rd1+ Kc6 27.Rxd8 Rhxd8 28.Na3 { Now the situation has stabilised. Black stands worse because his N is still trapped. } 28…Rd4 29.b3 Rad8 30.Qxa1 b6 31.Qb2 Kb7 32.f3 e4 33.Nc4 exf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rd3+ 35.Ke2 R3d4 36.a4 Ka6 37.Qc3 Re8+ 38.Kf2 Red8 39.Qe3 Rd3 40.Qe2 Kb7 41.a5 Rxb3 42.Qe7+ Kc8 43.Qxa7 bxa5 44.Qxc5+ Kd7 45.Nxa5 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Rd2 47.Nc6 Rh8 48.Ne5+ Ke6 49.Nxg6 Rd3+ 50.Ke4 hxg6 51.Qe5+ Kf7 52.Qxh8 Rd6 53.Qh7+ Kf6 54.Qg8 Re6+ 55.Kd5 Re5+ 56.Kd6 Re4 57.h4 1-0