[Event "RSA-ch"] [Site "Cape Town"] [Date "1937.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Siegheim, Bruno"] [Black "Archer jnr, Jack C"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nbd7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.b4 $6 (7.0-0) 7...cxb4 8.cxb4 0-0 9.Bb2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Bxe4 $2 (12.Qb3) dxe4 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.f3 (14.Qc2 $2 Qd5 15.Nh3 Rac8 $17) 14...exf3 15.Ngxf3 Nd5 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.a3 Qd5 19.Ncd2 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 (21.Qxd5 $2 Nxd5 22.e4 Rc2 23.exd5 Rxb2 $19) 21...Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Bh6 23.Qc3 Qc6 $1 24.Nb1 Qe4 25.Qb2 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 $6 (26.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Qf2 Qb3 28.Nfd2 Qb2 $19) 26...Qxf3 $1 (26...Qxf3 $1 27.gxf3 Bxf3+ 28.Qg2 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Bxc1 $19) 0-1 [Event "Durban ch"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "1926.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Archer jnr, Jack C"] [Black "Powter, P E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [Annotator "Keith"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1926.??.??"] {Source: Weekly Times, Melbourne, 18 Feb 1928. "The winner of this game is a youth still in his teens, and he is another of the younger generation who shows great promise. The game occurred in a tourney for the championship of the Durban Chess Club last year."} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nd2 d6 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. c3 O-O 11. f4 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. N4b3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rf3 Rad8 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. b3 Qd6 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. Rh3 {idea g4-g5, attacks h7} 20... Rd6 (20... Bc6 $1 {then ...Qb7 hits Pe4, stops g4-g5}) 21. g4 Ng8 $2 {much too passive, Black must use weak Pe4 and d-file for counter-attack} (21... h6 $2 22. g5 Ng8 23. Rg1 $18) (21... g5 $5 22. Bxg5 Nxe4 $1 23. Bxe4 Bxg5 24. Bxb7 Rxd2 25. Qe4 Qd6 26. f6 h6 $15) (21... Qa5 $1 {is the computer move, favouring Black eg.} 22. Bf2 (22. Bg5 Rfd8 23. Nf1 Nxe4 $1 24. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Bxg5 $17) (22. g5 $2 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 27. Kg1 Bxf5 $19) 22... Qa3 23. Nf1 (23. Rg1 $2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa2 25. Rg2 Nxe4 $19) 23... Qb2 24. Re1 Nd7 $17) (21... Rfd8 $2 22. g5 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 26. Kg1 $16) 22. g5 Qd7 23. Nf3 Rd8 $2 (23... f6 24. g6 h6 25. Bxc5 Rc6 $16) 24. Nxe5 Qxf5 $1 25. Qh5 Rf8 (25... Bxe4+ {was similar} 26. Kg1 (26. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1 Rf8 28. Rf1 $18) 26... Rd1+ $3 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxe5 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 $44 { with play for the exchange}) 26. Kg1 $1 {unpins with Rf1 to follow} 26... Bxe4 27. Rf1 Qxe5 $4 (27... Bxc2 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Rh4 $1 $18) ({the surprising} 27... Rd1 $3 {fights on eg.} 28. Bxd1 (28. Ng6+ Qxg6 $1 29. Bxd1 Qxh5 30. Bxh5 f6 $16) (28. Rxd1 $2 Bxc2 29. Rd2 Be4 $11) 28... Qxe5 29. Bf4 Qe6 $16) (27... Qxf1+ $4 28. Kxf1 Bxc2 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7+ 30. Qxf7 $18) 28. Qxh7+ Bxh7 29. Rxh7# 1-0 [Event "Durban ch"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Archer jnr, Jack C"] [Black "Pierce, Leonard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [Annotator "Keith"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1928.??.??"] {Source: Sunday Times, Perth, 16 Dec 1928. "In the appended game, which practically secured him the championship, Archer jnr. shows that strategy is not a weak spot in his armour, and obtains the better position at a fairly early stage of the game, owing to his opponent's premature attempt at a counter-attack on the King's side."} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Bc5 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Be3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nhf4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Nf5 h6 21. Kh2 Bxf5 $2 (21... Bb6 22. g3 Ne6 23. Kg2 $14) 22. exf5 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Bxf4 exf4 (24... Qxf4+ 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. Re7 $16 ) 25. Re4 d5 26. Rxf4 Qf6 27. Rf3 c6 28. Re3 Bb8+ 29. g3 Bd6 30. Rde1 Kf8 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Kg2 Rab8 33. f6 $2 (33. b4 Qf6 34. a4 $18) 33... Qxf6 34. Qd3 g5 35. Rf3 Qg7 36. Rf5 Re8 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Re8 39. Qf3 Re6 40. Bd3 f6 $2 ( 40... Kg8 $14) 41. b3 Be7 42. c4 $1 dxc4 43. bxc4 Rd6 44. Qe4 $2 (44. d5 cxd5 45. Rxd5 $18) 44... Qf7 45. d5 cxd5 46. cxd5 Bd8 47. Qb4 Qd7 48. f4 Kg7 49. Qe4 Qf7 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Qg6+ 53. Kh3 Kf7 54. Be2 $1 Kg7 55. Bh5 Qh7 56. Be8 Kg8 57. Bh5 Qe7 58. Qg2+ Kf8 59. Rf2 Qe5 $4 (59... Qe3+ 60. Rf3 Qe7 61. Qg5 Qg7 $14) (59... Bb6 60. Rf5 Qe3+ 61. Bf3 Qg1 $11) 60. Qg6 Qe3+ 61. Rf3 Qe7 62. Rg3 1-0