Bill Peters - Keith Farrell [C42]

Ettalong social (1) 1981


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. d3 Nd4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Nd5 Qe6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Qxf6 Kf8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Not finished - but there isn't much doubt of who will win. This was my first game at Ettalong (first recorded one and quite possibly my first ever, since I was quite keen to record them all at that stage. Played in the library of the Ettalong War Memorial Club. Bill was a kindly older gent (in his 70's/80's). A Tuesday afternoon - Ettalong met Tues afternoons and Thurs nights then. The library was closed a couple of year's later and in the 90's was the administration offices. Whether this -was- my first game at a club, Bill was definitely my first opponent. Years later he passed away, when he was too frail to come to the club I used to visit fairly regularly and we would play but then he was too frail to play so I just visited to have a chat for a year or so. 1-0