Albert Begam

[Gerard Killoran]

I came across this game won by a promising 14 year old in 1936 against a three-time champion of Belgium.

[Event ""] [Site "Belgium"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Begam, Albert"] [Black "Dyner, Boruch Israel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qa5 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12. Nf5 h5 13. Qb3+ Kg6 14. Ne2 Nxe4 15. Nf4+ Kxf5 16. Qe6+ Kg5 17. h4+ Kxh4 18. Ng6# {Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 18 November 1936} 1-0

I wondered what happened to Albert Begam and wrote about what I discovered on my blog.

https://ilkleychess.blogspot.com/2019/1 ... begam.html

[Neil Blackburn]

Nice. Thanks mate