[Event "Telephone blindfold game"] [Date "1956.01.05"] [White "Blackwell, Carl"] [Black "Scott, William"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Rick"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "King's Indian Attack"] [StudyName "William Scott Games"] [ChapterName "Blackwell, Carl - Scott, William"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/D5ng0DQy/DG6aHWSE"] [Orientation "white"] { Scott said his opponent, Carl Blackwell, was "a young California player" on an extended visit to family in Atlanta. This game was played over the telephone. Blackwell had a board and set in front of him; Scott did not. } 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 d4 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bf4 f6 6. e4 e5 7. Bd2 Be6 8. O-O c4 9. a4 cxd3 10. cxd3 Bc5 11. Na3 Nge7 12. Ne1 O-O 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 { It's a hard one to spot, but White is on top after the undoing move } (14. Nf3! { The least bad thing Black can do is give up the e5-pawn after 14...Kh8, because after } 14... exf4 15. Ng5 Bd7 (15... Bf7 16. Bxf4 a6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Nc4) 16. b4 { and a big tactic is coming up on the light diagonal, or }) 14... Nxe5 15. b4 Bd6 16. Nac2 Qd7 17. exf5 Nxf5 { Now Black has the advantage. } 18. Be4 Nc6 19. b5 Ne5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qe2 Rae8 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Ng5 Nxh2 { [#] The engine says it's not sound, but that's quite a move to play without sight of the board! } 24. Qxh2 Nxg3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qg2 Bg4 27. Bxb7 { The tables turn after } (27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Re1) 27... Ne2+ 28. Kh1 h6 { No perpetual for Scott! } 29. Bd5+ { His courage is rewarded; this move won two moves ago, but that was because White could force exchanges on e6. That's not the case now. } 29... Kg7 30. Be6 Bxe6 { Good enough, especially blindfolded, but } (30... hxg5 { was even better: If } 31. Bxd7 Rh8+) 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Re1 Ng3+ 33. Qxg3 Rf1+ { Black could also just sidestep with } (33... Qd5+ { , but this is more accurate. }) 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kxf1 Bxg3 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 Qf3+ { From Scott's column in the Atlanta Daily World, March 17, 1963. } 0-1