August 21, 1960 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 21 Aug 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

David Ames, Quincy, did well in the 1960 junior championship but he could not prevail against Robin Ault, the winner. Notes by Ames.

David Ames (white) vs. Robin Ault (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. B-K3 B-N2 7. P-B3 O-O 8. Q-Q2 N-B3 9. B-QB4 B-Q2 10. O-O-O N-QR4 11. B-N3 NxBch 12. BPxN Q-N 13. B-R6 P-QN4 14. P-KR4 R-B 15. K-N B-R 16. N-B5 BxN 17. PxB R-B4 18. P-KN4 Q-N2 19. R-R3 P-N5 20. N-K2 QR-QB 21. N-Q4 N-Q4 22. P-R5 B-K4 23. P-B4 NxP 24. BxN Q-K5ch 25. Q-Q3 BxB 26. N-K2 QxN Resigns 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qb8 13. Bh6 b5 14. h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Bh8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc5 18. g4 Qb7 19. Rh3 b4 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. h5 Be5 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe4+ 25. Qd3 Bxf4 26. Ne2 Qxe2 Resigns 0-1

(a). I was beginning to worry that my opponent was not going to play this game. He spent his first 40 minutes clock time composing a protest on his note being allowed to start my clock on a tentative starting time.
(b). Setting a trap: if N-N5 (to gain B for N), then 7. B-N5ch gains a piece. The trouble is if Black is smart enough to get the idea of N-N3 he is generally smart enough to see its refutation.
(c). Had I thought the attack would fail I'd have played 16. P-R5. The move played threatens mate in one and the pawn may not take the Knight.