[Event "Championship play-off"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pierce, Leonard"] [Black "Archer, Jack C jnr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 d6 $6 {Black must play 7...Ne4 or 7...d5 to control the centre; the plan of ...e5 chosen by Archer leads to a cramped game for Black} 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.e4 e5 10.b3 Ne8 11.Bb2 Bf6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 exd4 14.Nxd4 {Threatening 15.Nc6 Qc8 16.Bxf6 and 17.Ne7+} 14...Bxd4 15.Qxd4 {White now uses his Bishop pair to control the board, and his pawns to take away safe squares from the Knights} 15...Nef6 16.Be4 Re8 17.Bc2 Ne5 18.Kg2 Qd7 19.f4 Ng6 20.h3 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Kf2 Qe7 24.Bf5 Ne8 25.Bc3 a5 26.h4 Nf8 27.Kf3 Nd7 28.g4 Nf8 29.Qf2 Ng6 30.g5 Nf8 31.h5 f6 32.g6 h6 33.Qe3 {The finishing touch to a model positional game} 33...Qxe3+ 34.Kxe3 c5 35.dxc6 Nc7 36.Bd4 1-0