Game reconstruction, help needed

[Gerard Killoran]

Have I got this right?

[Event "BCF 24th 1st Class A"] [Site "Worcester"] [Date "1931.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Craddock, James Marston"] [Black "Watson, Arthur T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [Opening "Alekhine's defence: exchange variation"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qc8 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. c5 Nb4 12. O-O-O N6d5 13. Qg3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nd5 a6 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rhe1 Bf8 20. Nh4 Bd7 21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Ne7# {Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 19 August 1931 p.10} 1-0

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[Brian Denman]

Gerard,

The problem is with Black's 18th and 19th moves. I had 18...Rd8 and 19...Bf8. If the rook had moved to e8, White could have just won a piece by exchanging rooks on move 20 and capturing the bishop. However, if 18...Rd8 and 19...Bf8 was played, neither move looks like the faint printed score. Brian.

[John Saunders]

Thanks, Gerard, I've added the game to the 1931 British Championship file on BritBase. I've plumped for Brian's 18...Rd8 on the grounds that White would have been unlikely to overlook the win of the piece after 18...Re8, but making reference to the illegible scan. I've also linked back to here so that readers may see the scan for themselves.

[Gerard Killoran]

Thanks, Gerard, I've added the game to the 1931 British Championship file on BritBase. I've plumped for Brian's 18...Rd8 on the grounds that White would have been unlikely to overlook the win of the piece after 18...Re8, but making reference to the illegible scan. I've also linked back to here so that readers may see the scan for themselves.

Agreed.