[Event "BCA Cup 1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Bird, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1866.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{All British chess championships are the subject of this book. Arend Booij
researched the literature for me in the Royal Library of The Hague.   London
had become the centre of the chess world during the nineteenth century. Its
chess divans were famous. The Englishman Staunton was regarded as the best
player of the world, and peoples from everywhere challenged him. But no
matches for the world or British championship were played. London 1851 was the
first international tournament. London 1862 followed. A match between
Anderssen and Steinitz became the main event during the summer of 1866. The
British chess championships would start as a side event.   The British chess
championships would start as a side event.  The British Chess Federation made
a Challenge Cup available in the summer of 1866. De Vere, MacDonnell, Bird,
Minchin and Trelawney accepted the challenge and payed an entrance fee of
three guineas. It was the first British chess championship.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {He plays the Bird's Defence.} 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Ne7
7. Qh5 $1 {White has the initiative.} Bb6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe8 10. f4 Kh8 11.
e5 $6 d6 $6 (11... Nf5 $1 12. Nd2 Ne3 13. Bf6 d5 14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. Qg5+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. exd6 cxd6 $5 15. Rae1
d5 $1 16. Bxd5 $6 Qc5 17. Re5 $6 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxc2 19. Nf3 $6 Qxd3 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 20. f5 Qe2 $6 (20... Rae8 21. Ng5 h6 22. f6 Qg6 {
stops the white attack.}) 21. Re1 $1 d3+ 22. Kh1 Qf2 $6 (22... Qxb2 $1 23. Ng5
h6 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 {defends properly.}) 23. f6 $1 gxf6 24. Qh6 $1 Rg8 25. Qxf6+
Rg7 26. g3 $1 ({He avoids Bird's trap} 26. Rg5 $2 Bd4 $1) 26... Rag8 27. Rxd3
Ba5 28. Red1 Re8 29. b4 $5 Qb6 $6 ({Better is} 29... Bxb4 30. Rd8 Rf8 $1 {
(Hindle and Jones).}) 30. Qxb6 Bxb6 31. Rd7 f6 32. a4 Ree7 33. R7d6 Rgf7 34.
Nh4 f5 $2 ({Correct is} 34... Re5) 35. R6d5 $1 {White wins a pawn.} Rf8 ({Or} 
35... f4 36. Nf5 $1) 36. Nxf5 Re4 $6 37. a5 Bc7 38. Rd7 Rc4 39. Ne3 Rc6 40. Nd5
Bd6 $2 41. b5 $1 Rc2 42. Rxd6 Rff2 43. Nf4 $1 {The elegant play and looks of
the 21 year old Cecil De Vere made a great impression on his contemporaries.}
1-0

[Event "BCA Cup 1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonnell, George"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1866.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 $5 5. Be3 Be6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Qd7 {Black breaks the symmetry.} 10. Ng5 $6 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Qxf5
12. g4 $2 {White makes a foolish charge.} Qd7 $1 13. f4 Rae8 14. Qd2 Nxg4 $2 {
De Vere overestimates his chances.} (14... h5 $1 15. gxh5 Ne7 $1 16. Qg2 Nxh5 {
starts a strong attack.}) 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kf2 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Kh1 $1 h6
17. Nf3 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg3+ {and Black will deliver perpetual check.}) 16... Rxe3
$1 17. Qxe3 Bxf4 18. Qh3 Qxg5 19. Ne2 Re8 20. c3 Be3+ 21. Ke1 Bxd4 $5 22. Rd1 (
{Or} 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Kd1 Nc2 $1) 22... Be3 23. Rf5 Qg6 24. Rdxd5 Bb6 25. Qf3
Qg1+ 26. Qf1 Qe3 27. Kd1 Ne7 28. Nd4 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe4 30. Rf5 Bxd4 31. cxd4
Qb1+ {MacDonnell had no proper answer to the sacrifices.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minchin, James"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1866.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5
Nce7 9. d4 exd4 $5 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Bb2 Qe7 (12... a6 $5 13. Qd3 Nge7
{will happen in Neumann - Wolf, Wien 1904.}) 13. Qd3 Ngh6 14. g4 $4 Qh4+ 15.
Kd1 ({An alternative is} 15. Kd2 Nxg4 $1 16. Qxf5 Qf2+ 17. Be2 Qe3+ 18. Kd1
Nf2+) 15... Nxg4 $1 16. Bxg4 ({The pointe is} 16. Qxf5 Ne3+) 16... Qxg4+ 17.
Kc1 Qxf4+ 18. Nd2 Bxd4 19. Rb1 Be3 20. Bc3 Bxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Qe4 {De Vere scored
nine wins against three opponents. Trelawney withdrew. Cecil De Vere gained
the title, got 25 guineas and his name was engraved in the cup. The young man
seemed to have a bright future. A Book of Transactions was published.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1868.11.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The plan was to battle for the BCA Challenge Cup every second year. It became
hard to organise the event in 1868, due to financial problems. However, number
two could start on 23 xi 1868. Eleven players participated.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 $5 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. Bd5 $5
Qd7 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 $6 b4 $1 14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qd7 {Black has a better pawn structure.} 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 a5 18. Bg5
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Ne4) 20... a4 $1 {
Wisker takes the initiative.} 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Qc4 h5 $1 {
Black charges.} 24. Nh2 hxg4 25. Nxg4 f5 $1 26. Ne3 f4 27. Ng4 f3 $2 {
He misses a great opportunity.} (27... Bf7 $1 28. Qxb4 Rxd5 29. Kh2 Rh5 30. Rg1
Be6 31. f3 Qe7 {attacks forcefully.}) 28. Kh2 $1 Qf7 29. Rg1 Kh7 $2 (29... Qf4+
$1 30. Rg3 Rc5 31. Qxb4 Rxd5 32. Rd1 c5 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 30. Ne3 $1 Raa8 31.
Rg4 Bh5 32. Rh4 g6 33. Qd3 Kh8 34. Rg1 $1 Rg8 35. Rg5 Rg7 36. Nf5 $1 {
De Vere has taken over the attack.} Rh7 37. Ng3 Rf8 38. Re4 $1 Qg7 39. Re6 Rf6
$2 (39... Qf7 40. Qe3 Qf4 {resists actively.}) 40. Re8+ Rf8 41. Nxh5 Rxh5 42.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qxg6 Rxg5 44. Qxg5 {Cecil has an extra pawn in the queen ending.
} Qf7 45. Kg3 Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Qg4+ Kh7 48. Qe4+ Kh8 49. h4 Qh5 50. Qe6 Kh7
51. Qe7+ Kh8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qxc7+ Kg8 54. Qxd6 b3 55. axb3 axb3 56. Qe6+ Kf8
57. Qf6+ {De Vere defended the title well against a strong opponent.} 1-0

[Event "BCA Cup 2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lord, John"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1868.11.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 $5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Bf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 {The chances are equal.} h6 12. Be3
O-O 13. Rb1 b6 14. h3 Qd6 15. Qc1 Rae8 16. O-O Ne7 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Ng3 Ng6 19.
Bh5 $2 ({Correct is} 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Re1) 19... Nxh5 20. Nxh5 Bxh3 $1 21. Bxh6
({The pointe is} 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Ng3 Nh4 {and mate.}) 21... Qg4 $2 (21...
Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Ng3 gxh6 24. Rh1 Nf4+ 25. Kf1 Qf3 {wins for Black.})
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Bf5 24. Rb5 f6 25. Bf4 $2 Bg4 $1 {Black gains material.}
26. Bd6 Bxh5 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 $2 (27... Kxf8 $1 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Rf5 Ne2+ 30. Kh2
Bg4 31. Rb5 Kf7 {ends the game.}) 28. Rxd5 Bf7 $5 29. Rd6 Bg6 30. Rc1 Rc8 31.
Re1 Kf7 32. Re2 Bf5 33. f3 Bd7 34. g4 Re8 35. Re4 Re7 $5 36. g5 fxg5 37. d5 $5
Re8 $1 38. Kf2 g4 $1 39. Rxd7+ ({Or} 39. Rxg4 Bxg4 40. fxg4 Rc8) 39... Nxd7 40.
Rxc4 Nf6 41. Rc7+ Re7 42. d6 Rd7 43. fxg4 Nxg4+ 44. Kg3 Nf6 45. Kh4 Ke6 46. Rc4
Kf5 47. Ra4 g5+ 48. Kg3 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 a5 50. Rc4 Rxd6 {Blackburne and De Vere
shared the first place by 10/11. MacDonnell, Owen and Wormald scored 6 points.
Bird, Skipworth, Wisker, Lord, Hampton and Cuthbertson followed. A playoff
became necessary.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 2 playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1869.03.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1869.03.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff was carried out on 9 and 10 iii 1869.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 $5 exd5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O h6 10.
Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 g5 $6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Kh1 $5 Be6 14. Rae1 Qa5 15. Qd1 $6 (15.
Nc1 $1 d4 16. Nb3 dxc3 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Qxh5 {gains an advantage.}) 15... O-O-O
16. a3 $5 Ba7 17. Nc1 Nxg3+ 18. fxg3 h5 $6 19. Bf5 $1 Nd4 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. cxb3
d4 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... Qb6 $1 22. Bxe6+ fxe6) 22. b4 Qc7 23. Bxe6+ fxe6
24. Ne4 $1 {De Vere has the initiative.} Rd5 25. Nf6 Re5 26. Qb3 $6 ({Better is
} 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qc2+) 26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qc6 28. h3 e5 29. Nd5 $5 Re8 $5
30. a4 b5 $5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3 $5 Kb8 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. Ne7 $2 (34. Qf7 $1
Rxd5 35. Qxa7+ Kc8 36. Qh7 {fights for equality.}) 34... Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kb7 {
The endgame favours Black.} 36. Kg2 Bb6 37. Nf5 Rd7 38. g4 $5 h4 $5 39. Rc1 Bc7
40. Kf2 Kb6 41. Rd1 Bd6 42. Ke2 $6 Bxb4 43. Kd3 Kc5 $6 44. Ke4 Kc4 45. Rd3 $1
Be1 46. b3+ Kb4 47. Kxe5 Bc3 $1 48. Nxd4 Rxd4 49. Rxd4+ Kxb3 50. f4 gxf4 51. g5
$2 {De Vere misses the escape.} (51. Ke4 $1 Bxd4 52. Kxd4 Kc2 53. g5 Kd2 54.
Ke4 $1 b4 55. Kxf4 b3 56. g6 b2 57. g7 b1=Q 58. g8=Q {
leads to a theoretical draw.}) 51... f3 $1 52. g6 f2 53. g7 Bxd4+ $1 54. Kxd4
f1=Q 55. g8=Q+ Qc4+ $1 {Blackburne became the second winner of the silver cup.}
0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 3"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1870.10.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The BCA organised the third competition for the Challenge Cup in October 1870.
Blackburne, Wisker, Burn, Owen, Gossip, Green and Ide entered. Again a draw
had to be replayed.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6.
Bg5 c5 $5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {
The chances are about equal, but Black has a target.} Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bf3
Rb8 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Kd2 $6 {Castling would be better.} O-O $1 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17.
g4 $5 b6 18. h4 Rbc8 $1 19. Re3 Be8 {Black controls the central files.} 20. Kc1
Na4 21. Rb3 Rc7 {Blackburne pressures on c3.} 22. f5 e5 $6 (22... exf5 23. Nxf5
Kf8 {keeps the advantage.}) 23. Rxe5 Nxc3 {White has exchanged his weakness.}
24. Kb2 Na4+ 25. Ka3 Nc5 $5 26. Rbe3 $1 Kf8 27. g5 {Wisker has the initiative.}
b5 $6 (27... Ba4 $1 28. c3 Re8 {lessens the restraint.}) 28. Nc6 b4+ $2 (28...
Nd7 $1 29. Re7 Rdc8 {defends properly.}) 29. Nxb4 $6 f6 $2 (29... Nd7 $1 30.
Rd5 Rdc8 {grabs the last opportunity.}) 30. Rd5 $5 Rb8 31. Rd6 a5 32. Nd5 Rcc8
$2 (32... Rd7 33. Rc6 Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Bxc6 35. Bxc6 Rc8 {keeps on fighting.}) 33.
gxf6 Bf7 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. Re7 Rf8 36. Bh5 Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nd7 Rbd8 39.
Nxf8 Rxd6 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Nxh7 Ne4 42. Bg6 a4 43. f6 Rd8 44. Re7 {
The previous champion was defeated by a strong player.} 1-0

[Event "BCA Cup 3"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Green, Valentine"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1870.10.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Burn was a young talent.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6.
a3 $5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 $2 ({
Correct is} 11. cxd5 {(Löwenthal)} cxd5 12. f4) 11... Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 dxc4 $1
13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bg4 $1 15. Rd4 $5 c5 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Rb2 $5 Rad8 $1 18.
h3 Bc8 19. Rc2 Rd6 20. Bb2 $2 ({Better is} 20. Be2) 20... Rfd8 $2 (20... Nd2
21. Ba2 Bf5 22. Rcc1 Rb6 {gains material.}) 21. Re1 h5 22. Be2 Rd2 $6 {
Black allows an exchange.} 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bc1 Rd6 $5 25. Bxh5 Nxc3 26. e4 $1
{The chances are even.} b5 27. e5 $6 Rd3 28. Re3 $2 Bf5 $2 (28... Rxe3 29. Bxe3
b4 $1 30. Bd2 Nb1 31. Be3 b3 {wins for Black.}) 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Kf2 b4 31.
axb4 cxb4 32. Ke3 Bc4 33. Kd4 $2 (33. Bd2 {draws.}) 33... Be2 $1 34. g4 g6 35.
e6 gxh5 {Burn has gained a piece.} 36. e7 Bb5 37. Bb2 Na4 38. Bc1 hxg4 39. hxg4
f6 40. Kd5 Kf7 41. g5 b3 42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Kd6 b2 44. Bxb2+ Nxb2 {Burn and Wisk
er shared the first place by 5/6 after the final round. A playoff became
necessary.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 3 playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1870.10.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. f5 $5 ({Usual is} 6. d3)
6... Ne7 $5 ({More active is} 6... Nd4 $1 7. d3 c6) 7. d3 h6 8. Qe2 c6 9. Bd2
b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Bd7 $5 12. Nd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 bxa4 $5 15. Rxa4
$1 c5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ra1 $5 (17. Ra3 $1 a4 18. O-O $1 O-O 19. Rfa1 {
keeps the pressure on the a-file.}) 17... a4 18. O-O O-O 19. Ba2 Kh8 20. Qe1
Nh7 21. Qh4 $1 {Burn takes the initiative.} f6 $5 22. g4 $5 (22. Ne3 $1 {
prevents ..d5.}) 22... Bc6 23. Qe1 d5 $1 {Wisker counters.} 24. Ncd2 a3 25. b3
$6 {White should exchange.} dxe4 $6 (25... Qa5 {imprisons the white bishop.})
26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Nc6 28. c3 Rfd8 29. Qe2 Ne7 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 Nxg5 $1
32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rh1 Rd6 $1 35. Qc4 $5 Ng8 $6 (35... Rd2+ $1 36.
Kf3 Nc6 37. Rh5 $1 Nd4+ $1 38. Ke3 Re2+ 39. Kd3 {
brings a black charge in the centre.}) 36. b4 Rad8 37. Rad1 $1 Nh6 $5 ({Avoids
} 37... Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Rxd1 $4 39. Qxg8+ Kh6 40. Qg6#) 38. Rd5 Nxg4 39. Rh3 $6
Rxd5 40. exd5 e4 $6 41. d6 $2 ({Right is} 41. Qxe4 Ne5 42. Kf1) 41... Qa7 $2 (
41... Qb7 $1 42. Qxc5 e3+ 43. Bd5 Qb8 44. Qd4 Ne5 {favours Black.}) 42. Qxc5 $6
Qxc5 $5 43. bxc5 Ne5 44. Bd5 $2 (44. Re3 $1 Nd3 45. Rxe4 Nxc5 {(Löwenthal)} 46.
Re6 $1 {fights back.}) 44... Nd3 45. Rxd3 exd3 46. Kf2 g4 47. c6 d2 $2 (47...
g3+ $1 48. Kxg3 d2 49. c7 Rh8 $1 50. d7 d1=Q 51. d8=Q Qg1+ 52. Bg2 Qe1+ 53. Kf3
{(Forster)} Re8 $1 {wins for Black.}) 48. c7 d1=Q 49. cxd8=Q Qxd5 50. Qc7+ $2 (
50. Qe7+ $1 Qf7 51. Qc7 $1 a2 52. d7 a1=Q 53. d8=Q {draws (Löwenthal).}) 50...
Kh6 51. d7 Qf3+ 52. Ke1 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 a2 54. Qh2+ Kg7 $2 {
Wisker misses his third win.} (54... Kg5 $1 55. Qxa2 Qg1+ 56. Kc2 Qg2+ {
(Löwenthal)} 57. Kb1 Qb7+ {and .. Qxd7 leads to a won queen ending.}) 55. Qxa2
Qg1+ 56. Kc2 Qf2+ 57. Kb3 Qb6+ 58. Kc2 Qf2+ 59. Kb3 Qb6+ {
The playoff was undecided. Another game had to be carried out.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCA Cup 3 playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1870.10.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
f4 $6 (8. O-O f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 {
was played in De Vere - Steinitz, Baden-Baden 1870.}) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 $2 ({
Correct is} 9. e5 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. O-O) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 $6 (10...
Nxd4 $1 11. Bxd4 Qxd5 12. Bxg7 Qxg2 13. Rf1 Qe4+ {wins a pawn.}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qf3 Re8 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Kf2 Ba6 $5 15. c3 Re4 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Rhe1 Bc4
18. b3 Ba6 19. b4 Bc4 $1 {Burn has blockaded the queenside.} 20. a4 a6 21. a5
Kf8 22. Kf3 h5 23. h3 Bh6 $5 24. Bd2 Bg7 $5 25. Rxe4 dxe4+ 26. Ke3 f5 27. Rg1
Bh6 $5 28. g4 g5 $2 ({Better is} 28... fxg4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Kf7) 29.
Nxf5 $1 gxf4+ 30. Kd4 $1 e3 $1 31. Be1 $2 (31. Bxe3 fxe3 32. Nxh6 e2 33. Re1 {
gains an advantage (Löwenthal).}) 31... Be2 $1 32. Nxh6 f3 33. Nf5 f2 34. Rh1
f1=Q 35. Rxf1 Bxf1 36. Nxe3 hxg4 37. hxg4 {The chances are equal.} Bh3 38. Bg3
c6 39. Be5 Ke7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Bf4 Rd8 42. Be5 Rd2 43. Bd4 Bg2+ 44. Kf4 Bd5 45.
g5 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rf8 $6 (46... Rf3+ $1 47. Kg4 Be4 48. g6 Rxe3 $1 49. Bxe3 Bxg6
{draws immediately.}) 47. Nxd5 Kxd5 48. g6 Ke4 $4 {Burn breaks down.} (48...
Ke6 {(Löwenthal)} 49. g7 Re8 50. Kf4 Kf7 {defends an impregnable fortress.})
49. g7 Re8 50. Kg4 Kd5 51. Kf5 Rb8 52. Bc5 Rg8 53. Kf6 Kc4 54. Bf8 c5 55. Kf7
Rxg7+ 56. Kxg7 cxb4 57. Bxb4 {
The game lasted for six hours. Wisker had won the title.} 1-0

[Event "BCA Cup 4"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Wisker, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1872.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fourth BCA Challenge Cup tournament occurred from 2 until 14 vii 1872.
Eight men competed in Crystal Palace.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. Ne1 $6 {
White should develop his queenside, before he attacks on the kingside.} ({
Theory will become} 7. c3) 7... b5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 $6 d5 $5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11.
Bf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. d4) 11... Bg4 $6 (11... Ng6 $1 12.
exd5 Nxf4 13. Rxf4 Bd6 14. Rf1 Ng4 $1 {charges.}) 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. e5 $2 ({
Better is} 13. exd5 Nxf4 14. Qxf4) 13... Nh5 $1 14. g3 c5 15. c3 d4 16. Qg2 Qd7
17. Qd5 Qa7 $5 (17... Nhxf4 $1 18. gxf4 Qf5 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 c4 {
wins for Black.}) 18. c4 Rad8 19. Qe4 Bc8 $2 (19... Nhxf4 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. Rf3
Bc8 $1 {keeps an advantage.}) 20. Nd2 $2 (20. Bc1 $1 bxc4 21. dxc4 {
reorganises the defence.}) 20... Bb7 21. Qe2 Nhxf4 22. gxf4 Qb6 23. f5 $2 (23.
Ng2 $1 Qc6 24. Ne4 {defends a long diagonal.}) 23... Qc6 $1 24. Ne4 Nxe5 25.
cxb5 axb5 26. f6 Bxf6 27. Rc1 Bg5 28. Rxc5 Be3+ 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31.
Nc5 Rd6 32. Rf5 Rg6+ 33. Kf1 Rf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nc2 Re8 36. Ke2 Nf3 37. Nxe3
Nd4+ 38. Kf2 f5 39. Bd1 Kg7 40. Nc2 Nxc2 41. Bxc2 Kg6 42. d4 Kg5 43. Bb3 Rd8
44. Bxf7 Kf6 {Wisker scored an important victory.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 4"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Owen, John"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1872.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 f5 $5 4. Bb5 d6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 e4 {
De Vere battles for the initiative.} 7. Nd4 Ne5 8. f4 Nf7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 h5
$5 11. b4 Rh6 $5 12. Nd5 Ng4 13. Bxg4 $5 hxg4 14. g3 $5 c6 $1 15. Nc3 c5 16.
Nde2 cxb4 $5 17. Nd5 Bd7 18. Bd4 Bc6 $2 {Black blunders an exchange.} 19. Bb6
$1 Qc8 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nd4 g6 22. Qb3 Bg7 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. O-O $2 (24. Qxb4 {
wins easily (Löwenthal).}) 24... Qh8 $1 25. Rf2 g5 $1 26. Raf1 gxf4 27. Nxf5 $2
{The tables turn.} ({Better is} 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. exf4) 27... fxg3 $1 28. Nxg3
Ne5 29. Bd4 $2 (29. Rf7+ Nxf7 30. Rxf7+ Ke6 31. Rf2 {
fights for the last chance.}) 29... Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 gxf3 31. c5 Rxh2 32. Rf2 Rxf2
33. Kxf2 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Nf1 f2+ 36. Ke2 Bb5+ 37. d3 Bxd4 38. Qf7+ Kc6
39. Qe8+ Kxc5 40. exd4+ Kb6 41. Qd8+ Ka7 42. Qxd6 Bxd3+ 43. Kd2 Qg5+ {
The final standings became: Wisker and De Vere 6/7, J.Minchin 5, MacDonnell 4,
Blackburne and Owen 3, Puller 1, Major Minchin 0. Wisker and De Vere had to
carry out a playoff.} 0-1

[Event "BCA Cup 4 playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wisker, John"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1872.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff happened in the St George's Chess Club. De Vere looked ill.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 $5 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 $6 ({
Theory will become} 6... d5) 7. d5 Nb8 $5 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 d6 11.
Nc3 O-O 12. Nd4 c5 $1 13. dxc6 Nbxc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Bb3 b4 $2 ({
Correct is} 16... Be6) 17. Nd5 $1 a5 18. f4 Nc6 $2 ({Right is} 18... a4 $1 19.
Bb6 Qd7 20. fxe5 axb3 21. Qxb3 Bb7 {and Black counters.}) 19. Rc1 $1 Bb7 20.
Qd2 Re8 $5 21. Bb6 $5 Qd7 22. e5 $5 Rac8 $6 23. Bc5 $1 Nxe5 $5 24. fxe5 Bxe5
25. Nb6 Qg4 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Be3 g5 29. Nc4 Bf4 30. Rce1 {
John Wisker had won the title for the second time in a row and therefore got
the BCA Challenge Cup permanently. The British chess championships stopped for
a long time. Both adversaries suffered from tuberculosis and died at a young
age.} 1-0

[Event "Amateur Championship 8"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1897.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Bellingham, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1897.08.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Ten Amateur Championships were played from 1886 until 1902. The Newnes Cup
was at stake. London 1886, London 1887, Bradford 1888, London 1889, Manchester
1890 and London 1882 were unimpressive events. The British masters played in
the main group of Hastings 1895. Henry Atkins achieved the best result in the
second group and became the Amateur Champion.   Eleven men played the Amateur
Championship 8 in Southampton. The event began on 30 viii 1897.} 1. e4 e6 2.
Qe2 c5 {They follow the idea of Chigorin in his match against Tarrasch, St
Petersburg 1893.} 3. f4 $5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d5 $5 9. e5 Ne8 $5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Rab1 {
The quiet manoeuvring has led to an about equal game.} Na5 $5 15. Nd2 $1 Rc8
16. Rfc1 $1 Bb4 $2 ({The other mistake is} 16... Nc4 $2 17. Nxd5 $1 {(Coles).})
({Better is} 16... Nc7 17. b4 Nc6) 17. Bxd5 $1 exd5 18. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1
Bxd2 $5 (19... Bb5 20. Qf2 Qd8 21. Nxb4 {costs two pawns.}) 20. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 axb6 22. d5 $1 {The advance in the centre decides quickly.} b5 23. e6 Nc4
24. exd7 $1 Nxe3 25. d8=Q Nf6 26. Qe7 Nfxd5 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rc8 {The final sta
ndings became: Atkins 81/2/10, Bellingham 71/2, Elwell 61/2, Gunston 6, etc.}
1-0

[Event "Amateur Championship 9"]
[Site "Bath"]
[Date "1900.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brown, Fred"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1900.09.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Amateur Championship 9 was played in Bath from 3 until 12 ix 1900. Fifteen
men participated.} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 {The odd opening is already known.} 3.
dxc5 $5 f6 4. Be3 e5 5. c3 a5 $5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nb5 Qd7 $2
{He makes a terrible mistake.} ({Correct is} 9... Nf5 $1 10. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 11.
Qxd5 {(contemporary comment in the Standard)} Qxd5 $1 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Nxd5
Nxe3 {and Black almost equalises.}) 10. Nd6+ Kd8 11. Qb3 b5 $5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13.
Qa6 Rxb2 14. c4 Nb4 15. Qxa5+ $6 Qc7 16. Qa4 $2 Nec6 $2 (16... Nc2+ $1 17. Kf1
Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qxc5 {gains a plus.}) 17. Qa8+ Nb8 18. Nb5 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Rxb5 20.
cxb5 Nxa1 21. Bxd5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 $2 ({Better is} 22. Bxe6 $1 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qc2+
24. Ke1 {and Black cannot deliver mate.}) 22... Qxc5 23. Qxb8+ Ke7 $1 24. Qb7+
({The pointe is} 24. Qxh8 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc1#) 24... Bd7 25. Bb3 Nxb3 26. axb3
Rc8 $1 27. e3 Qc2+ 28. Ke1 Qd3 29. Ne2 Rc2 {Atkins became amateur champion for
the third time and gained twenty pounds in Class I. Final standings: Atkins
121/2/14, Jacobs 111/2, Jones-Bateman 10, Brown and Elwell 91/2, etc. The
tenth and last Amateur Championship was Norwich 1902.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1"]
[Date "1904.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Palmer, WC."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1904.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The BCA was a weak organisation in its final years. Representatives from the
south, centre and north of England came together in 1903. Formally, The
British Chess Federation was established on 7 v 1904. Regional hostilities
disappeared over the years.   The first BCF championship happened from 22 viii
until 2 ix 1904. Participation by twelve men became standard. Only Burn was
missing from the strong players.   The event was more than a championship for
men. There was a section for women too. 144 chess players participated in the
many groups. A BCF congress took place as well.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bd6 $5
(10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 f5 {was encountered twice by Atkins in Hannover 1902.})
11. Bxd6 Nxd6 $5 12. b3 $5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3
Qf6 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Nf6) 17. e4 $1 c5 18. Rad1 $1 Rae8 19. e5 $1 Bxf3
20. Rxf3 Qe7 21. d5 $6 (21. Nb5 $1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 {keeps an edge.}) 21... exd5
$6 (21... f4 $1 22. d6 Qg5 {counters on the kingside.}) 22. Nxd5 Qd6 $2 (22...
Qe6 $1 23. Re3 $1 f4 $1 24. Re4 Nxe5 25. Nxf4 Qf7 {defends properly.}) 23. exd6
Rxe2 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 g6 27. Ng3 Rxa2 $2 (27... Re6 {
prolongs the game (Coles).}) 28. Re1 Nf6 29. d7 $1 Nxd7 30. Re8+ Nf8 31. Rxf8+
Kg7 32. Rd8 {Atkins attacked in the centre successfully.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1"]
[Date "1904.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1904.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 g6 $5 ({Usual is} 5... c6 6.
Bc4 Nf6) 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qf3 Ne7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10. Qg3 Kh8 11. Bxe7 $6 {
He gives up his plus from the opening.} Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. f4
Qd7 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bh6 19. g3 b6 20. Re2 d5 21.
Nf2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Qf3 Qf5 26. Qd1 $5 {
White waits for mistakes.} h5 27. Nf2 Re3 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Nh3 Re2+ 30. Rf2 Re1
31. f5 $1 Qe5 32. Qf3 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 Re2+ {Black has no advantage.
} 35. Rf2 Re1 $2 ({Right is} 35... Re5 36. Nf4 Kh7) 36. Nf4 $1 Bh6 37. Nxd5 {
White has gained a pawn.} c6 38. Nf4 $6 (38. Rf6 $1 cxd5 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. Rxh5
Re2+ 41. Kf3 $1 Rxc2 42. h4 {plays for a win.}) 38... Bxf4 39. Rxf4 {
Atkins has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} Kg7 40. Rf1 Re2+ 41. Rf2 Re1 42.
Kf3 $5 Re7 $5 43. Re2 Rf7+ 44. Kg2 c5 45. Kh3 Kg6 46. Re6+ Kg5 47. Kg2 Kf5 48.
Re4 Kg5 49. h3 Rf6 50. Re7 a5 51. Re5+ Kg6 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Rf4 54. Kg3 Rf1
55. Re6+ Kg5 56. Rxb6 Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ $1 58. Ke2 Rc1 59. Rb5 $5 Rxc2+ 60. Kf3
$1 Kf6 61. Rxa5 Ke6 $1 62. Rb5 $2 (62. g5 $1 Rd2 63. Rxc5 Rxd3+ 64. Ke4 Rxb3
65. Rc6+ Ke7 66. Rc2 {achieves a great advantage.}) 62... Rd2 63. Ke4 Re2+ 64.
Kf4 Rxb2 $2 ({Correct is} 64... Rf2+ $1 65. Kg5 Rxb2 $1 66. Rxc5 Rxb3 {
and Black escapes.}) 65. Rxc5 Rxb3 66. Ke4 Rb1 67. Kxd4 Rg1 68. g5 {
Atkins utilised his opponent's errors.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1"]
[Date "1904.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Napier, William"]
[Black "Chepmell, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1904.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{William Napier was born in Britain and emigrated as a child to the USA. He
sailed to England in July 1904 and won a tournament in London, before he went
to Hastings.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. exd4 Nf6
7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 $5 (9. Bd3 {
was played in Loman - Blackburne, London 1904.}) 9... Bb7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Ne5
$5 {Napier wants to charge.} Nbd7 $6 ({Right is} 11... O-O $1 12. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7
13. Bxe6 Qf8 {and Black can defend a difficult position.}) 12. Nxf7 $1 {
The defence line is opened.} Kxf7 13. Rxe6 Kf8 $1 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Qe2 $1 Nb6
15. Bg5 Ra7 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Rc6 {launches a strong attack.}) 14... Rc8 $2 (
14... b4 15. Na4 Bd5 16. Qe2 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 {defends well.}) 15. Qe2 $1 Rxc3
$5 {Black cannot offer a serious resistance.} 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd6 $1 N7f6 ({Or
} 17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qg5 19. Rxd7 {(Napier).}) 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7+ Nxe7
20. Re1 Qd5 21. f3 h6 22. Rxe7 {Napier and Atkins shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1"]
[Date "1904.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tattersall, Cecil"]
[Black "Napier, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1904.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a5 $5 {
Napier advances in the Berlin Defence.} (13... Be6 {
drew in Maroczy - Pillsbury, München 1900.}) 14. Rd2 Ne7 $6 ({Better is} 14...
Be6 15. Rad1 Bd5) 15. Rad1 $6 (15. e6 $1 f6 16. Re1 {gains an advantage.})
15... Nd5 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 Nf4 18. h3 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxh3+ {
Black has won a pawn.} 20. Kh2 Nf4 21. Rd7 Ne6 $1 {
The knight dominates the position.} ({Hoffer mentions} 21... Nd5 $2 22. e6 $1)
22. Ba3 c5 $1 23. f4 g6 24. Kg3 b6 25. Bb2 Kf8 $5 26. a4 Kg7 27. Kf3 Rhd8 28.
Ke4 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. e6+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ $5 {The last try.} (
32. exf7 Nxf7 33. f5 g5 34. Bf6 h5 {has little use.}) 32... Ke7 (32... Kxg7 $5
33. e7 Nb7 34. e8=N+ $1 {(Napier)} Kf8 35. Nxc7 Nd6+ 36. Ke5 h5 $1 {
also wins for Black.}) 33. exf7 Nxf7 34. Be5 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Ke6 {
The pawn ending sets no problems.} 36. f4 c6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. Kg3 g5 39. Kf3
gxf4 40. e6 Kxe6 41. Kxf4 h5 {Napier has the distant passed pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1"]
[Date "1904.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lee, Frank"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1904.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 d6 $5 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. c4 Na6 7. Nbc3 Nc7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Nfe8 10. g4 e6 11. Qd2 exd5 12. exd5 Bd7 {
Blackburne's Benoni looks modern.} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Rf7 $6 (14... Rb8 {
starts a counter on the queenside.}) 15. O-O Qc8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Kh2 Ng7 {
He defends passively.} 18. Rf2 Rb8 19. a4 f5 20. Rg1 $6 (20. Nf4 $1 Be7 21. g5
{advances.}) 20... a6 21. Ng3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nce8 $5 25.
gxf5 $6 (25. Qc2 {keeps the pressure on the kingside.}) 25... Nxf5 26. Nxf5
Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 {The black position has been liberated.} 28. Nb5 Bg7 29. Bg3
Bf8 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Re6 $1 Ra8 32. Kg2 Ra6 33. Rfe2 Ng7 $1 34. Bf4 $2 ({
Correct is} 34. Qc3) 34... Rf5 $1 35. Bg5 $6 (35. Nc3 $1 Qf7 36. R6e4 {
offers more resistance.}) 35... Nxe6 36. dxe6 Qb7 $1 37. e7 $5 Bxe7 38. Bxe7
Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Rg2 Rh5 41. h4 Qe4 42. Qe2 Rxh4+ {and Black delivers
mate. Blackburne played well at the age of 62.   Napier and Atkins played a
quick draw in the last round. The final standings became: Napier and Atkins 81/
2/11, Blackburne 71/2, Bellingham 7, Michell 61/2, Lee 6, Jacobs, Palmer and
Tattersall 41/2, Macdonald 4, Mackenzie 3, Chepmell 11/2. Four prizes were
available. The top two had to carry out a playoff.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1 playoff"]
[Date "1905.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Napier, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1905.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff occurred in January 1905.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qe2 $5 {
Atkins' move shows little ambition.} c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe8
15. a3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 {
Both sides want to exchange.} 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Ne5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Nc6 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qc7 25. Nb4 a5 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 {
This game ended as a draw on move thirty.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1 playoff"]
[Date "1905.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Napier, William"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1905.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Napier wants to fight.} Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Qe7 {
Atkins makes a surprising move, but it is not too bad.} 5. d4 Bb6 $6 ({
Lasker prefers} 5... exd4 $1 6. cxd4 Bb6) 6. fxe5 $1 ({Known is} 6. Bd3) 6...
dxe5 7. Nxe5 f6 $2 ({Better is} 7... Qh4+ $1 8. Kd2 $1 {(Lasker), and now} Nf6
$1 9. Bd3 c5 $1 {with chances for both parties.}) 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 $1 Ne7 {
Black has a hard defence.} 10. Bb5+ c6 $5 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Qe2 $5 Bd8 (12... Qe6
$5 13. Qf1 Qg4 14. Bc4 {also favours White.}) 13. Bc4 g5 $5 {
The situation is hopeless.} 14. Kg1 $1 Nd7 15. Nbd2 Nf8 $5 ({Or} 15... Nb6 16.
Ne4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4) 16. Ne4 $1 Kd7 17. Bd3 {White threatens Nexg5! Atkins
cannot offer serious resistance. Napier took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1 playoff"]
[Date "1905.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Napier, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1905.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ng3
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. c3 Bc5 $5 ({Usual is} 10... Ba5) 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Be3 Bb6 13.
Kh1 $6 {White's play does not lead to any threat in the Four Knights.} Bg4 14.
Bd1 Qd7 15. Qc2 h6 $1 16. Ng1 Be6 17. b3 d5 $1 18. c4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bxe3 20.
fxe3 Rad8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Ne7 23. e4 Qd3 {Black controls the open file.}
24. Re1 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 Rd2 $6 (25... c5 26. Nf3 Nc6 {
brings some pressure on the white position.}) 26. Rac1 Nc8 27. Nf3 $1 {
The invader is chased back.} Rdd8 28. Kg1 Nd7 29. Rcd1 Kf8 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Red1
f6 32. Nh4 Nf8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Kf2 Ne7 36. Nf3 Nd7 37. Ke3 c5
38. Nd2 Nb8 39. Nb1 Nbc6 40. Nc3 Nd4 41. Bd1 {Napier led by 2-1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 1 playoff"]
[Date "1905.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Napier, William"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1905.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 {Atkins tries an unusual opening in the last game.} 3. b3
$5 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. e3 c6 $5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4 Qc7 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10.
Nxf3 e5 {He does not achieve a  threatening situation.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1
Rfe8 13. e4 $5 {Napier shows little ambition too.} Nh5 14. Rfe1 Re7 15. Bf1
Rae8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. g3 $1 Nhf6 18. Bc3 c5 19. Nd2 Nf8 {
Black has a crammed game.} 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 $5 {
He hopes for an attack on the f-file.} 22. Nf1 Nd7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Re2 Bf8 25.
Ne3 Nb8 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. Bb2 Rd8 $1 28. Qc1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 h5 30. Ne3 Rd7 31.
Rd2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Ng2 Qa5 34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Rd3 Qa5 36. g4 $1 Rh7 37.
gxh5 gxh5 38. Rg3+ Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Bxg7 40. Qxh5 Qxa2 41. Qe8+ {Napier will
deliver perpetual check. He won the playoff by 21/2-11/2, became the first BCF
champion and held the British Chess Championship Trophy. Napier returned to
the USA and married a niece of Pillsbury.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 2"]
[Date "1905.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Sherrard, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1905.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The second BCF championship was played in Southport from 14 until 28 viii
1905. Napier did not defend his title.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 $5 8. h3 a6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O b5 11.
Kb1 Rb8 $6 {The advance on the queenside takes too much time.} ({Wiser is} 
11... O-O $5 12. g4 Ne5 {keeps the equality.}) 12. g4 $1 a5 13. Ng5 Qd7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd7) 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. f4 O-O 16. Bg2 b4
17. c4 a4 18. f5 $1 Nd8 $6 {Sherrard makes a passive move.} ({The pointe is} 
18... exf5 $2 19. Qd5+ {(Coles).}) 19. Be4 exf5 20. Bxf5 Qe8 21. Rde1 g6 $2 (
21... Nc6 {offers more resistance.}) 22. Be4 c6 23. h4 Ne6 24. h5 $1 g5 25. Bf5
Nf4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Qd3 h6 28. Re6 Rf6 29. Rhe1 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qf8 31. Rg6+ {
White has a mating attack.   The final standings became: Atkins 81/2/11, Ward
71/2, Sherrard 7, Bellingham and Blackburne 61/2, Wainwright 6, Michell,
Palmer and Waltuch 51/2, Gunston 3, Mackenzie and Shoosmith 21/2. The top five
divided four prizes. Atkins was a mathematical teacher at Wyggeston School in
Leicester from 1902 until 1909. Thereafter, he became Principal ofHuddersfield
College. He remained an amateur chess player.} 1-0

[Event "Shrewsbury"]
[Site "BCF 3"]
[Date "1906.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1906.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The third British championship was played in Shrewsbury from 6 until 18 viii
1906. Atkins was superior again.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5.
Nd5 Ba5 $5 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bd3
Bd7 12. Qf4 f5 13. Be3 Bb6 14. a4 Qf6 15. c3 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re7 17. a5 Bxe3 18.
fxe3 $5 Qe5 19. Qb4 b6 20. Qc4 Bc8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qb3 Bd7 23. c4 Qf6 24. Qc2
g6 25. Qf2 Qg5 26. e4 f4 $1 27. Qd2 Ref7 28. Rf2 Qe5 29. Be2 $5 Rf6 ({
The trick is} 29... Qxe4 $4 30. Bd3 Qd4 31. Bxg6 $1) 30. Qc1 Qg5 31. Ref1 h5
32. Kh1 Kg7 33. b4 Qe5 34. Bd3 g5 35. Qa1 $6 Qxa1 36. Rxa1 R8f7 37. c5 bxc5 38.
bxc5 Be8 39. Rc1 Re7 40. cxd6 cxd6 41. Re2 Bg6 $1 {
Black has the initiative in the endgame.} 42. Rce1 Rf8 43. Kg1 Rb8 44. Rb1 $2 {
The passive defence becomes fatal.} (44. h4 $1 Kh6 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rf2 {
counters at the right time.}) 44... Rxb1+ 45. Bxb1 Kf6 $1 46. Kf2 g4 47. Ke1 h4
48. Kd2 Ke5 $1 {He has achieved a won position.} 49. Ke1 $5 Rb7 50. Bc2 Rb4 51.
g3 f3 52. Re3 hxg3 53. hxg3 Bxe4 54. Kd2 Rd4+ 55. Kc3 f2 $1 {The final standing
s became: Atkins 81/2/11, Michell 71/2, Lee, Palmer, Shoosmith and Wainwright
7, Blackburne 61/2, Waltuch 41/2, Mercer 4, Hamond 31/2, Parry 2, Brown 11/2.
Atkins gained 60 pounds, a nice amount for an amateur!} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 4"]
[Date "1907.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Holmes, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1907.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fourth UK championship was played at Crystal Palace in London from 12
until 26 viii 1907. Atkins was the best again.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 $5 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11.
h3 Qc7 12. d4 Bd7 13. d5 Ne8 14. Nh2 {
The knight retreats in order to allow a pawn advance.} f5 15. f4 $1 fxe4 16.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Nxf1 dxe5 18. Bxe4 Bd6 $6 {
Square d6 should be occupied by a knight.} ({My preference has} 18... Nd6) 19.
Ng3 Nf6 20. Bg5 $1 Rf8 21. Nd2 c4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bf3 Nb7 24. Nde4 {
The knight blockades on a central square.} Rf8 25. Re1 {
White threatens Nxd6 and Qxe5.} Re8 $6 ({Better is} 25... Be7 $5) 26. Rf1 Bc8
$5 27. Ng5 $5 h6 $2 {He opens the defence.} (27... Be7 $1 28. N3e4 Nd6 {
defends properly.}) 28. Bh5 $1 {White strikes.} Rf8 29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Qh5 $1 Be7
31. Qg6 $1 Bxg5 ({The pointe is} 31... hxg5 32. Qh5# {(Coles).}) 32. Nh5 Rg8
33. Bxg8 Kxg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 {
Atkins carried out a mate attack on the king.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 4"]
[Date "1907.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1907.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. e5 $5 (9. O-O Re8 10. e5 {
happened in Blackburne - Chepmell, Hastings 1904.}) 9... Nd7 10. O-O Nc5 11.
Nb3 Nxb3 $2 {Atkins changes his plan.} ({Preferable is} 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 a5)
12. axb3 f5 $5 13. f4 Kh8 14. Ba6 c5 15. Rd1 c6 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Be3 d4 18.
Bd2 Qe6 19. Ra6 $1 Bd8 20. Qc4 $6 (20. Ba5 $1 Be7 21. Ra1 {
rules on an open file.}) 20... Qxc4 21. bxc4 Bb6 22. b3 Rab8 23. Kf2 Kg8 24.
Ba5 Rb7 25. h4 Kf7 26. Kf3 Rd8 $2 {
Atkins makes a mistake, but he will be lucky.} 27. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 28. Bxb6 Rda8
29. Bxa7 Rxa7 30. Rd2 $5 Ra1 {He has compensation for the pawn.} 31. Ke2 Rh1
32. g3 h6 33. Rd3 g5 $5 {Both sides play for a win in the rook ending.} 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. c3 Rh2+ 36. Ke1 ({Not} 36. Kf3 $4 g4# {(Coles).}) 36... gxf4 37.
gxf4 Rh4 38. Rf3 $2 (38. cxd4 Rxf4 39. dxc5 Re4+ 40. Kd2 f4 41. Rd6 Rxe5 42.
Rxc6 {plays for a win.}) 38... dxc3 39. Kd1 Rh2 40. Rxc3 Rf2 41. Rd3 (41. Rh3
$1 Rxf4 42. Rh6 {draws.}) 41... Rxf4 42. Rd6 $4 (42. Ke2 $1 Ke6 43. Rd6+ Kxe5
44. Rxc6 Kd4 45. Rd6+ Kc3 46. Rc6 {draws easily.}) 42... Rd4+ $1 43. Rxd4 cxd4
{Black wins the pawn ending.} 44. b4 Ke6 45. b5 cxb5 46. cxb5 Kxe5 {Atkins had
won the decisive game. The final standings became: Atkins 71/2/11, Blackburne,
Michell, E.Sergeant and Wainwright 61/2, Kelly and Shoosmith 6, Blake 51/2,
Palmer 41/2, Holmes, Mackenzie and Ward 31/2. The young Frederick Yates won
the first prize in the Second Class of the minor tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Site "BCF 5"]
[Date "1908.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifth British championship was played in Tunbridge Wells from 10 until 22
viii 1908. We look at three games by Atkins.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4.
d4 Bd7 5. O-O Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd3 $5
(10. Qc4 {was played in Schiffers - Blackburne, Berlin 1897.}) 10... Be7 11.
Nd5 O-O 12. Bd2 Kh8 $6 ({Preferable is} 12... Ne5 $1 13. Qd4 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7)
13. Bc3 f6 14. Rae1 Ne5 15. Qg3 c6 16. Ne3 Bd8 17. Rd1 Rf7 $5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19.
Nc4 $1 {White will conquer a pawn.} Rf6 $1 20. Qxe5 Bc7 21. Qc3 Qe7 {
Black has compensation for the pawn.} 22. f3 Rh6 23. g3 Qe6 24. Ne3 Bb6 25.
Rde1 Re8 26. Kh1 Qh3 27. Ng4 $6 ({Better is} 27. Rf2 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxg3 29. Rg1
) 27... Rg6 $2 {Black breaks off the attack.} (27... Rh5 $1 28. Qd2 Qxg3 {
gains an edge.}) 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Qg2 Qh5 30. b3 Qg5 31. Nf2 Qa5 32. Nd3 Bd4 33.
c4 Qc7 34. f4 Qd7 35. Re2 Qg4 36. e5 dxe5 $2 (36... Qf5 $1 37. Qf3 dxe5 38.
Nxe5 Rd6 {defends well.}) 37. Nxe5 {Black has to exchange his strong bishop.}
Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rd6 39. Rfe1 Rdd8 40. Qe2 Qh3 41. Re7 h6 42. Kg1 Rd7 43. Rxd7 $6
(43. Qc2 $1 Rxe7 44. Rxe7 {keeps the attack going.}) 43... Qxd7 44. Qe7 Rf7 45.
Qxd7 Rxd7 {Black has drawing chances in the rook ending.} 46. Kf2 Kg8 47. Re2
Kf7 48. Ke3 h5 49. Rd2 Re7+ 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. f5 Kf8 53. Rd8+ Kf7
54. Kf4 Re2 55. Rd7+ Kf6 56. Rxb7 $2 (56. Rd6+ $1 Kf7 57. Kg5 $1 Rxh2 58. Rd7+
Kf8 59. Rxb7 {gains a winning advantage.}) 56... Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Re2+ $1 58. Kf3
Rxa2 59. Rc7 Rb2 $5 60. Rxc6+ Kxf5 61. Rc5+ Kf6 $2 ({Right is} 61... Kg6 $1 62.
Ra5 Rxb3+) 62. Rxh5 Rxb3+ 63. Ke4 {White has a valuable extra pawn.} Ke6 $2 {
Black misses the last opportunity.} (63... Rc3 $1 64. Kd5 a5 65. c5 a4 66. Rh8
a3 67. Ra8 Ke7 {tries to survive.}) 64. Ra5 $1 Rb7 65. Ra6+ Ke7 66. c5 Kd8 67.
c6 Rf7 68. Ke5 Ke8 69. Kd6 Kd8 70. g4 Rf4 71. h3 Rf6+ 72. Ke5 Rf7 73. h4 Ke8
74. Ra4 Kd8 75. h5 Rc7 76. Kd6 Rf7 77. g5 g6 78. hxg6 Rg7 79. Rf4 $1 Rxg6+ 80.
Rf6 Rg8 81. g6 Kc8 82. g7 $1 {Atkins had defeated a main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Site "BCF 5"]
[Date "1908.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mackenzie, Arthur"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 $5 c5 5. d5 e5 6. e4 g6 {
Atkins seems to play a modern opening.} 7. Nf3 a6 $5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bd3 Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 {White has a superior position, but Black counters.} 12.
Bh4 g5 13. Be1 Ne8 $5 14. h4 $5 ({Better is} 14. a4 $1 Nd6 15. a5) 14... Nd6 $1
{The knight blockades.} 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nh2 $6 (16. Qe2 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 16... b5 $1 17. b3 ({The pointe is} 17. cxb5 c4 $1 {
(Coles)} 18. Bc2 axb5) 17... b4 18. Ne2 f5 19. Ng3 f4 20. Nh1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 20. Nh5 $5 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. a3) 20... Nf6 21.
Nf2 Rb8 22. Qe2 Nf7 23. Nfg4 $2 (23. a3 {counters at the right flank.}) 23...
Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Qd7 25. Nh2 g4 $1 {Black attacks dangerously.} 26. g3 $5 Ng5 $1
27. Kh1 $6 Rb6 $1 {Black develops his queen's rook subtly.} 28. Qf2 $6 Qe7 29.
Bd2 Rh6 $1 30. gxf4 Nf3 31. f5 Rxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Nxh2 33. Kxh2 Qh4+ {
Atkins has won material and will gain more.} 0-1

[Event "Tunbridge Wells"]
[Site "BCF 5"]
[Date "1908.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1908.08.10"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bc8 $5 ({Known is} 10... Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qd7) 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Re8 14. d4 Qc7 15. d5 Nc4 16. N3h2 Bf8 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. f4 $5
({The quiet manoeuvring in the Ruy Lopez can continue by} 18. Ne3 $1) 18...
exf4 19. Bxf4 Nbd7 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qd2 Nh5 22. Bh2 Ne5 {
They fight for the control of square e5.} 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. g4 $6 Nf4 25. Bxf4
exf4 {The opening of the centre favours Black.} 26. Nh2 Bd6 27. Nf3 Bd7 28. c4
f6 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. b3 g5 31. Rg1 h5 $5 32. Rg2 $2 {White stays passively.} ({
Correct is the counter by} 32. gxh5 Bxh3 33. h6+ $1) 32... hxg4 33. hxg4 Rh8
34. Rc1 b4 35. Re1 Rh3 {Black could have blockaded on e5.} 36. e5 $5 Bxe5 37.
Rxe5 $5 {Atkins goes for his last chance.} fxe5 38. Nxg5 Rh6 39. Bf5 Qd8 $2 {
The queen's rook should be mobilised.} ({Better is} 39... Rah8) 40. Nf3 $1 Bxf5
$2 (40... Qe7 $1 41. Bxd7 Qxd7 42. Qb2 Qd6 43. Qxe5+ Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Rh3 {
keeps an edge.}) 41. gxf5+ Kf8 $5 42. Qb2 Qf6 43. Qxe5 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Ra7 $6 (
44... Re8 $5 {(Coles)} 45. Nd7+ Kf7 46. Nxc5 Re5 47. Kf3 Rxf5 {
offers more resistance.}) 45. Kf3 $1 {Atkins charges in the centre.} a5 46.
Kxf4 a4 47. bxa4 Rxa4 48. Nd7+ Kf7 49. Nxc5 Ra8 50. Ke5 Rc8 51. Ne6 $1 Rxc4 52.
Rg7+ Ke8 53. d6 {Atkins started the tournament by a score of 7/8. Thereafter,
a loss against Blake and two draws followed. The final standings became:
Atkins 8/11, Ward 61/2, Blackburne, Gunsberg, Lee and Palmer 6, Michell and E.
Sergeant 51/2, Shoosmith 5, Mackenzie 41/2, Blake 4, Lean 3.} 1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 6"]
[Date "1909.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixth British championship was played in Scarborough from 9 until 21 viii
1909.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 Nxe4
8. d5 $5 Ne7 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Bg5 $5 {
White makes an enterprising move.} ({More solid is} 11. c4 d6 12. Nf3) 11...
Nexd5 12. c4 Nb4 (12... d6 $1 13. cxd5 dxe5 {gains an edge.}) 13. Ng4 $1 d6 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 Nxc2 16. Bxf8 $2 {Yates overestimates his chances.} ({
Right is} 16. Qxc2 Re8 17. Nc3 {and White threatens to attack.}) 16... Nxa1 17.
Bh6 Bf5 $1 18. Qf3 $5 ({The alternative is} 18. Na3 Qd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Qxa1
Re4) 18... Bg6 19. h4 Nc2 $1 20. h5 Nd4 21. Qg4 Qc8 $1 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. hxg6
fxg6 {Black has gained two pawns.} 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Nc6 27. Nc3
Ne5 28. b3 Ng4 29. Be1 h5 30. g3 g5 31. Nd5 c6 32. Nc3 Re6 33. Kg2 b5 34. cxb5
axb5 35. b4 d5 36. Kf3 d4 37. Ne4 Nh2+ 38. Kg2 Rxe4 39. Kxh2 Re2 40. Kg2 Rxa2
41. Rc1 Re2 42. Kf1 Re6 43. Ra1 Bb8 44. Ra8 Bd6 45. Rh8 d3 46. Rxh5 Re4 {
Frederick Yates became a chess professional in 1909.} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 6"]
[Date "1909.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blake, Joseph"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Blake led by one point on Atkins, when the sixth round began.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. Nh3 c6 7. Nf4 $5 (7. Ne2 $6 {
happened in Blackburne - Lasker, London 1892.}) 7... g6 8. d3 Ng5 9. Qg3 Ne6
10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. d4 Bb4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O O-O-O
16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Ka1 Rc8 19. Nb1 Rc7 20. Qa3 Qf7 21. Nc3 Rhc8 22.
Rf1 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 {White has the initiative. Black defends quietly.} 24.
Rfe1 Nd7 25. Bf3 g5 26. g3 Rg8 27. Ne2 Nf8 28. Rf1 Kc7 29. Kb1 Kd7 30. Kc1 Bf7
31. Kd2 Be6 32. Ke3 h6 33. Nc1 Bf7 34. Nd3 Ne6 35. c3 Bg6 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Nb4
Rd8 38. Nd3 Rf7 39. Rde1 Re8 40. Bg2 Rfe7 41. Rf2 Rf8 42. b4 Ref7 43. Nc5 Nxc5
44. bxc5 Re7 45. Bf1 Be8 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Ke3 Be6 48. Rb1 Ref7 49. Rfb2 Bc8 50.
Kf3 $5 h5 51. h3 f4 $1 52. Bg6 $2 {
Blake allows an effective attack on the kingside.} ({Correct is} 52. g4 $1
hxg4+ 53. hxg4 Rh8 54. Kg2 Rh4 55. Bf5 $1 Kd8 {and equality.}) 52... g4+ $1 53.
hxg4 $6 (53. Ke2 $5 Rg7 54. Bxh5 fxg3 55. Bxg4 g2 56. Rg1 Bxg4+ 57. hxg4 Rxg4
58. Ke1 Rfg8 59. Rf2 {offers more resistance.}) 53... hxg4+ 54. Kg2 Rg7 55. Bd3
fxg3 56. Be2 $6 (56. Rf1) 56... Rh7 $1 57. e6 $5 ({The pointe is} 57. Bxg4 $2
Rh2+ $1 58. Kxg3 Rxb2 59. Rxb2 Rg8 {and Black wins a piece.}) 57... Rh2+ 58.
Kxg3 Rff2 $1 59. e7 Rxe2 60. e8=N+ $1 {White has a last trick.} ({Otherwise} 
60. e8=Q $2 Rh3+ $1 61. Kf4 Rxe8) 60... Kb8 $1 61. Rxe2 Rxe2 62. Nd6 Re3+ 63.
Kg2 Rxc3 64. Rh1 Kc7 65. Rh7+ Bd7 66. Rg7 b6 67. Nf7 bxc5 68. dxc5 Re3 $1 69.
Nd6 Re5 70. Kg3 d4 71. Kf4 Rxc5 72. Ne4 Rd5 73. Nd2 Kb6 74. Nc4+ Kb5 75. Nd2
Kb4 76. Ke4 Kc3 77. Nf1 d3 {Atkins had caught up with Blake.} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 6"]
[Date "1909.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blake, Joseph"]
[Black "Wainwright, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Qg4 Kf8 5. Qg3 $5 d6 6. d3 Nf6 $2 ({
Preferable is} 6... Nd4 $1 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Nce2 $1 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nf6) 7. Nge2 Nd4
8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. f4 Nh5 14. Qf3
Qh4+ 15. g3 Bg4 16. Qf1 $1 Bxe2 $6 ({Better is} 16... Qe7) 17. Kxe2 $1 Qg4+ 18.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 exf4 $6 20. gxf4 Nf6 21. Rae1 Nd7 22. c3 c6 23. d4 {
White occupies and controls the centre.} Re8 24. Re2 Bd8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5
Ke7 $5 27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Bxe6 Ref8+ $2 (28... Bc7 29. Rhe1 Kd8 {
offers more resistance.}) 29. Bf5+ $1 Kd6 30. Bf4+ Ne5+ ({The pointe is} 30...
Kd5 31. Be6#) 31. Bxe5+ Kd5 32. c4+ $1 {Blake started to score again.} 1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 6"]
[Date "1909.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 {
The Four Knights has changed into the Steinitz Defence.} 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4
8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nde2 a6 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. f4 $5 (11. Ng3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {
was played in Teichmann - Johner, Wien 1908.}) 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 $5 Re8 13.
Ng3 c5 14. h3 Bc6 15. b3 d5 $5 ({Preferable is} 15... b5 $1 16. Bb2 Qb6 $1) 16.
e5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Nd7 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Bb2 Re6 $5 {
He exposes a rook.} 19. Re2 Rg6 20. Qf3 d4 $5 (20... b5 $1 {
counters more effectively.}) 21. Nce4 Be7 $5 22. Nf5 Nf8 $5 {Black spoils time.
} 23. Qf2 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. f5 $1 {The attack starts.} Rc6
27. Rf1 Qd7 28. Bc1 Re8 29. Qg3 Qd5 $6 30. Rfe1 $6 {Atkins moves slowly.} (30.
e6 $1 f6 31. Bh6 Re7 32. Rg4 Rcc7 33. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 34. Qxc7 {
decides the game immediately.}) 30... b5 $5 31. Bg5 Kh8 ({Or} 31... g6 32. Bf6
$1 Qd7 33. Rf4 Qc7 34. Qh4 h5 35. Ree4 Nh7 36. e6 $1) 32. Bf6 $1 Ng6 ({
The pointe is} 32... gxf6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Rxe8 {(Coles).}) 33. fxg6 gxf6 34.
exf6 Rxe4 35. Qb8+ $1 {White delivers mate. The final standings became: Atkins
and Blake 81/2/11, Ward 71/2, Blackburne and Yates 7, Michell, Wainwright and
Lee 6, Holmes 5, Jacobs 3, Mackenzie 21/2, E.Sergeant retired. The top two had
to carry out a playoff.} 1-0

[Event "Bradford"]
[Site "BCF 6 playoff"]
[Date "1910.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1910.01.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Atkins and Black carried out a playoff in Bradford from 3 until 5 i 1910.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6
9. Bc4 Bc5 $2 (9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 {
happened in Tarrasch - Janowski, Ostend 1907.}) 10. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 11. Qh5 d5 $1
12. Bb3 {White has a superior position.} Kh8 13. Qf3 Qd6 $6 {
Black sacrifices a pawn.} (13... f5 $5 14. Rae1 (14. exf5 $6 Ng6 $1 15. fxg6
Qxh4) 14... Bd4 {counters in the central area.}) 14. exd5 f5 $1 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. Na4 Bb4 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nxg6+ fxg6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qh6 Bd7 22.
c3 Bd6 23. d4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rae8 {Black has compensation for the pawn.} 25. Nc5
Bc8 26. Rae1 g5 $2 ({Preferable is} 26... Qh4 27. g3 Qd8) 27. Ne4 $1 Bxh2+ $1
28. Kxh2 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 $1 (29. Kg3 $4 {
is given in my source, but this would simply be punished by} Qh4+ 30. Kf3 fxe4+
) 29... fxe4 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxe4 Qg6 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Qe2 Kh6 34. Bc2 Bf5
35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Qe8 Qg7 37. Re6+ Rf6 38. Qxc6 Rxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kh5 40. Qh3+ Kg6
41. Qe6+ Kh5 42. Kh2 Qf8 43. Qe2+ Kg6 44. g3 h5 45. Kg2 Qf5 46. Qe8+ Kh6 47.
Qe7 $5 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. Ke3 Qxb2 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. d5 $1 Qc1+ 52. Kd4 Qd2+
53. Kc5 Qe3+ 54. Qd4 Qxd4+ $2 55. Kxd4 {Atkins took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Bradford"]
[Site "BCF 6 playoff"]
[Date "1910.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blake, Joseph"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1910.01.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qh4+ 8.
Kf1 Bc5 {Atkins plays an advantageous line of the Vienna.} 9. d3 $2 (9. Nxd5 $2
O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ndf4 {
occurred in Blackburne - Mason, Belfast 1892 and White won a lost game.}) (9.
Qf4 $1 Qd8 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. d3 {decreases the problems by consolidation.})
9... O-O $1 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 {Capture of the knight fails.} g5 12. d4 f4
$1 ({White was hoping for} 12... g4 13. Qf4 {(Coles).}) 13. Nhxf4 (13. dxc5 Bg4
14. Qd3 f3 $1 {wins for Black.}) 13... Bg4 14. Qe3 gxf4 15. Nxf4 Rxf4+ $1 16.
Qxf4 Rf8 {Atkins scored a crushing win by a counter attack in the second game.}
0-1

[Event "Bradford"]
[Site "BCF 6 playoff"]
[Date "1910.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1910.01.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 Ne8 $5 ({Blake played} 9... Be6 $6 {another time.}) 10. Qh5 Be6 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. f4 {White has the initiative.} exf4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... Bc5+ 14. Kh1 exf4) 14. Rxf4 $6 (14. Ne2 $1 Bd2 15. Nxf4 {
gains a plus.}) 14... Rxf4 15. Qxf4 e5 16. Qg3 Nc7 17. Rf1 Ne6 18. Ne2 Bc5+ 19.
Kh1 d5 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Qg4 Rd8 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 {
Equality has been achieved.} 24. h3 g6 25. Qg3 Qg7 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. Qg3 Nc5 28.
Nc3 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Rd4 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. c3 Rd2 33. Rf2 Rd8 34. Qe3
b6 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Kf7 37. Qe2 Qf6 38. Kg1 Qe6 39. Qa6 Qd7 40. Qc4+ Kf6
41. Qg8 Qe7 42. Qc4 Qd7 {
Atkins won the playoff by 21/2-1/2. He had gained his fifth title in a row.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 7"]
[Date "1910.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blake, Joseph"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1910.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventh British championship was played in Oxford from 15 until 27 viii
1910.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. f5 Na5 7. Qf3 c6 8.
Nge2 $5 ({Mieses played} 8. g4 {in this position.}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10.
axb3 h6 11. g4 d5 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. h4 Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Qb6 $1 14.
g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1+ 16. Nxh1 Nd7) 14. g5 $1 {White starts an attack.} Nd7 $6
15. Nh5 $1 Bf8 16. Rg1 $2 (16. f6 $1 gxf6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 {
strikes in the centre.}) 16... Qb6 17. Be3 d4 18. Bf2 O-O-O 19. Ne2 c5 20. Neg3
$2 ({Better is} 20. g6 f6 21. O-O-O) 20... hxg5 21. hxg5 Kb8 22. Nf1 Qc6 $2 (
22... c4 23. Ke2 cxd3+ 24. cxd3 Rc8 {counters on the queenside.}) 23. Nd2 Nb6
24. Bg3 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bh4 Nd7 27. Rg6 Be7 28. Qg4 Qd6 29. Ke2 $5 Bc8 30.
Nf3 Rh7 $2 {Yates misses a tactical trick.} 31. Ng5 $1 Rxh5 $5 32. Qxh5 Nf8 33.
Nf7 Nxg6 34. fxg6 $5 (34. Qxg6 $1 {wins easily.}) 34... Qd7 35. Nxd8 $2 {
The tables turn again.} (35. Qf3 $1 {still wins.}) 35... Qh3 $1 36. Ne6 Bxe6
37. Qh8+ $4 {This looks like a blunder under time pressure.} (37. g7 $1 Qg2+
38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Qe3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 37... Kb7 38. Re1 Qe3+
39. Kd1 Bg4+ {White will be mated.} 0-1

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 7"]
[Date "1910.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gibson, William"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1910.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Qd2 $2 ({Usual is} 10. g3) 10... Qd5 $1 11. Ng3 Qxc5 {
Black has a superior position.} 12. Rc1 Qd5 13. e4 dxe3 14. Qxe3 Nf5 {
Atkins chooses the solid move.} (14... Qxa2 $5 15. Bc4 Qa5+ 16. Rc3 Qa1+ 17.
Rc1 Qxb2 18. O-O {brings chances for White.}) 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bc4 Qa5+ 17.
Qc3 Rfe8+ 18. Kf1 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rad8 $1 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Rd1 $4 {
Gibson collapses.} Nxf3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. gxf3 Rd1+ {Atkins gains an exchange.}
0-1

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 7"]
[Date "1910.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wainwright, George"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1910.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
b5 9. Bb3 Kh8 $5 10. a4 Rb8 $2 ({Preferable is} 10... Bb7 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Qxa8) 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Ng8 $6 {
Atkins wants to play ..f5, but he will have to stay passively.} 14. Nf1 g6 $5
15. Bd5 $5 Bf6 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Be3 f6 ({The planned} 17... f5 $5 {fails due to}
18. exf5 gxf5 {(Coles)} 19. dxe5 $1 f4 $5 20. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 21. exd6 Qd7 22. Ng5
$1) 18. dxe5 $6 fxe5 {The black defence has been strengthened.} 19. Nd2 $6 Be6
20. Bb3 $6 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 $6 {White is losing his advantage.} Nd8 22. Na5 Ne6
23. Qd2 Qd7 24. b4 Rf7 {Atkins takes the initiative on the kingside.} 25. Nb3
Nf4 26. Kh2 h5 27. Red1 Rbf8 28. Ne2 g5 29. Bxf4 $2 (29. Nc5 $1 Qe7 30. Nd3 {
mobilises a knight.}) 29... gxf4 30. f3 Nf6 31. Qd3 Bh6 32. Ra5 Rb8 33. Ra7 Rg7
$1 {He charges on the kingside.} 34. Rd2 $6 Rbg8 $6 (34... Rxg2+ $1 35. Kxg2
Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Qg7 {wins more quickly.}) 35. Nec1 Rg3 $1 36. Raa2 Qg7 37. Qf1
Nxe4 $1 38. fxe4 f3 $1 39. Rf2 Bf4 40. Kh1 fxg2+ 41. Rxg2 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Be3+
43. Raf2 Rg3 44. Kh2 Bxf2 45. Rxf2 Rh3+ $1 {Black mates on the next move. The
final standings became: Atkins 81/2/11, Blackburne and Yates 71/2, Blake and
Wainwright 61/2, Colman and Paley Hughes 5, Gibson and Lewis 41/2, S.F.Smith
and F.S.Smith 4, Brown 21/2.} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "BCF 8"]
[Date "1911.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "MacDonald, Edmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1911.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighth British championship was played in Glasgow from 14 until 25 viii
1911.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bd3
$5 c6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bg5 {The chances are about equal.}
Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 $5 13. Qxf3 Rfe8 14. Ne4 $1 Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf8 {(Yates).}) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be5 $6 Nxe5 $5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. dxe5
Be7 19. Rab1 g6 $5 20. g3 $5 Rad8 21. h4 Kg7 22. h5 Rd5 23. Kg2 Rf8 24. c4 Rd4
25. Rh1 $1 Qc5 $2 (25... g5 $1 26. h6+ Kh8 {
creates a safe haven for the black king.}) 26. hxg6 $1 fxg6 ({Or} 26... hxg6
27. Qe3) 27. Rxh7+ $1 Kg8 (27... Kxh7 28. Qh5+ $1 {brings mate in two.}) 28.
Qe2 $4 ({Correct is} 28. Rbh1 $1 Qxe5 29. Rh8+ Qxh8 30. Rxh8+ Kxh8 31. Qe3 $1
Rxd3 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qxg6+ {and White wins.}) 28... Rxd3 $1 29. Rbh1 $1 Rxf2+
$4 (29... Qxc4 $1 30. Rh8+ Kf7 $1 31. R1h7+ Ke8 {
leads to an escape by the king.}) 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bc5+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33.
Kf3 Rd3+ 34. Kg4 Rd4+ 35. Kg5 Bf8 36. Kf6 {Yates attacked beautifully but
missed a point. The final standings became: Atkins and Yates 81/2/11, Palmer
71/2, Michell 7, M'Kee 61/2, West 6, Blackburne, Blake and Mackenzie 51/2,
MacDonald 3, Parry 21/2, Lean 2. The top two had to carry out a playoff.} 1-0

[Event "Bradford"]
[Site "BCF 8 playoff"]
[Date "1912.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1912.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Atkins and Yates executed the playoff of the eighth championship in Bradford
at the beginning of 1912.} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O Nbd7
$5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. c4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2
dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 {White has the hanging pawns.} Nf6 $2 (14... Bd6
15. Rae1 Rc8 {exerts more pressure.}) 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. Re3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 ({
Even better is} 17. f5 $1 exf5 18. Rxf5) 17... Bd6 18. Rh3 Rac8 19. Qe2 {
White threatens Bxh7+.} g6 20. Rg3 Bf8 $2 (20... Re8 {opposes on the e-file.})
21. f5 $1 Bg7 ({The pointe is} 21... exf5 22. Bxf5 Ra8 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. d5
gxf5 25. Qe6# {(Coles).}) 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxg6 $1 {
Atkins sacrifices a knight for a couple of pawns.} hxg6 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 {
Black is able to exchange the queens, but he is still lost.} 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Bxg6+ Kg8 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bf5 Rc7 30. d5 $1 Nc5 31. d6 Rf7 32.
Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. d7 Nxd7 35. Bxd7 {White has two extra pawns.}
Kf6 36. h4 Ke5 37. Be8 Be4 38. g4 Bd3 39. Bf7 a5 40. g5 Bb1 41. a3 Kf5 42. Kf2
a4 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Kd4 Bb3 45. Kc3 Bd1 46. Kb4 Ke5 47. h5 {Atkins won the
playoff by 3-0. He achieved the title for the seventh time in a row and
withdrew from the championship for thirteen years. Henry was a real amateur
who only played during the holidays when he wanted too.} 1-0

[Event "Richmond"]
[Site "BCF 9"]
[Date "1912.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Griffith, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/pp1b3k/4p2p/3p4/3P1P1Q/1P1P2r1/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1912.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninth British championship was played in Richmond, Greater London, from
12 until 24 viii 1912. Its poor level becomes apparent from the next fragment.
Black has a material advantage.} 35. f5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 R2g5 37. fxe6 Bxe6 38.
Ke1 Re8 39. Qf4 Bd7+ 40. Kd2 Rg2+ 41. Kc3 Rc8+ 42. Kb4 Be6 43. a4 Rg6 44. Qe5
a6 45. Ka5 Rcg8 46. b4 R8g7 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Bg8 49. b6 Rd7 50. Kb4 Rdd6
51. Qe7+ Kh8 52. Qe5+ Rgf6 53. Ka4 Rxb6 54. Ka5 Rbe6 55. Qg3 Rc6 56. Kb4 Rc1
57. Kb3 Rb6+ 58. Ka2 Rc2+ 59. Ka1 Re2 $4 {
He spoils the endless manoeuvres by a great blunder.} ({Correct is} 59... Re6
$1 60. Qh4 Ra6+ 61. Kb1 Rc8 {and Black wins quickly.}) 60. Qg7+ Kxg7 {
The final standings became: Griffith 8, Yates and Cole 71/2, Gibson 61/2,
Hammond and Michell 6, Crackanthorp and Jacobs 51/2, Uber and Wahltuch 5, West
3, Billings 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cheltenham"]
[Site "BCF 10"]
[Date "1913.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Hamond, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The tenth British championship happened in Cheltenham from 11 until 23 viii
1913.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Nd7 $5 (
6... Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 {was played in Yates - Nimzowitsch, Hamburg 1910.}) 7. Be3
Nb6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. b3 Nd5 10. c4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 $1 {
Yates wants to create a broad centre.} Bh6 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Kh1 Kb8 16. b4 {White takes the initiative on the queenside.} f5 17.
Rab1 Rhg8 18. Rfc1 f4 19. e4 Rg4 $2 (19... Bg4 $1 20. e5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd7 {
counters well.}) 20. Rc2 $5 (20. d5 $1 Bc8 21. e5 {advances in the centre.})
20... Rdg8 21. Bf1 Bg5 $5 22. b5 $1 cxb5 23. d5 $1 Bc8 24. cxb5 Qd6 25. b6 a6
26. Qd4 {White has a strong attack.} Bh6 $5 27. Rbc1 R4g6 28. Ne5 $6 (28. Rxc8+
$1 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Qc3+ Kd7 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34.
Qxb7 {gains a pawn.}) 28... f3 $6 (28... Bg7 29. Qc4 Qxb6 30. Nxg6 hxg6 {
defends well.}) 29. Rxc8+ $6 ({Better is} 29. Nxg6 $1 Bxc1 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31.
Rxc1) 29... Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Nxg6 fxg2+ $2 (31... fxg6 32. e5 fxg2+ 33.
Bxg2 Qa3 34. Qc4+ Kd8 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. d6 Qc1+ {fights for the last chance.})
32. Bxg2 {The final standings became: Yates 9/11, Mahood 71/2, Blackburne 7,
Saunders 61/2, Gibson and Jacobs 6, Michell 5, Gunston and Miller 41/2, Scott
4, Uber and Hamond 3.} (32. Bxg2 hxg6 (32... Qxg6 33. Qc5+) 33. Qh8+ {
wins a piece (Yates).}) 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 11"]
[Date "1914.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1914.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eleventh British championship was played in Chester from 10 until 21 viii
1914.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14.
Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 $5 {Yates makes an ambitious move in the Open Ruy Lopez.} (15.
b3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 {drew in Seuffert - Lipke, Kiel 1893.}) 15... Nxb2 16. Qe2 Re8
17. Nd4 $5 (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb2 c5 {brings no advantage (Yates).}) 17... Nc4
18. f4 Bd7 19. Rae1 c5 20. e6 $3 {He makes another sacrifice.} Bf6 $6 (20...
cxd4 $1 21. f5 Bxe6 $1 22. fxe6 f5 23. Bxf5 Bc5 {
leads to chances for both sides.}) 21. Qg4 $6 (21. f5 $1 cxd4 ({not} 21... fxe6
$2 22. fxg6 cxd4 23. Qh5) 22. Qf3 Bxe6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxf6
Qxf6 26. Rxf6 dxc3 27. Rxe6 {gains a plus in the endgame.}) 21... cxd4 22. f5
$1 d3 $1 ({An interesting alternative is} 22... Ne3 $5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. fxg6+
Kg8 25. Qh5 $1 Bg4 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Bh5 $1 {and a hard struggle.}) 23.
Bxd3 Bxe6 $2 ({Better is} 23... Kh8 $1 24. fxg6 Rxe6 25. g7+ Kg8 26. Qh5 $1
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bg4 $1 28. Qxg4 Ne5 {and Black fights for survival.}) 24. fxe6
Qb6+ 25. Kh1 $1 {It is still hard to analyse this game, despite the support by
engines.   The final standings became: Yates and Blackburne 91/2/11, Gunsberg
71/2, Louis 7, Schumer and Scott 61/2, Viner 6, Lean 41/2, Sparkes 4, Parry 3,
Wilkes 2, Wardaugh retired.} (25. Kh1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rxf6
{wins a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 13"]
[Date "1920.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Black "Scott, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1920.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{No BCF Congress was organised during the Great War. The championship for men
did not happen during the twelth Congress in 1919. Instead the Victory
Tournament took place in Hastings during the summer. Capablanca won. A
championship for women did occur.   The thirteenth championship for men
happened in Edinburgh from 9 until 21 viii 1920. Atkins withdrew on medical
advice. The favourite became Sir George Thomas. When the last round began,
Thomas and Scott shared the lead, half-a-point ahead of Sergeant.} 1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. c3
$5 ({Known in the Caro-Kann is} 9. Qe2) 9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12.
Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Be3 Rfd8 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qd2 Nd5 {The chances are about equal.} 21. Bc5 h6 $2
(21... Qa5 $1 22. b4 Qa2 $1 {prevents white's plan.}) 22. c4 $1 Nb6 {
White controls the open file.} 23. Nf1 Bh5 24. Qd6 $1 Qc8 $5 25. Rd2 Bg6 26.
Ne3 Qe8 27. Qc7 Qb8 $5 28. Qe7 {Black suffers from restriction.} Qc8 29. Kf2
Rb8 30. Bxb6 $5 axb6 31. Rd7 b5 32. f5 $5 (32. c5 $1 {increases the restraint.}
) 32... exf5 33. Nxf5 $1 Qf8 34. Nd6 $5 bxc4 $5 35. bxc4 b5 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37.
c5 $6 {Sergeant spoils his winning chances. At this moment Michell is
defeating Thomas. If Sergeant would have won, he would have been the champion.}
(37. cxb5 cxb5 38. b4 $1 {creates a vulnerable pawn on b5.}) 37... Ra8 $1 38.
Rc7 $6 (38. Ke3 $1 Ra2 39. Nc8 Ke8 40. e6 fxe6 41. Rxg7 {
utilises the last opportunity.}) 38... Ra2 $1 39. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41.
Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kh4 Re3 44. Nxb5 Rxe5 45. Rc7 Bf5 {
Black has saved the game.} 46. Nd6 Be6 47. h3 Rg5 48. g4 Rd5 49. Ne4 $2 ({
Correct is} 49. Kg3 Rd3+ 50. Kh2) 49... Rd3 $1 {
The tables turn. Scott will gain a piece.} 50. c6 g5+ 51. Nxg5 hxg5+ 52. Kxg5
Rxh3 53. Ra7 Rc3 54. c7 Kg7 55. Kh5 Rc4 56. g5 Bd5 57. g6 Bf3+ 58. Kg5 f6+ 59.
Kf5 Bg4# {The surprising champion was Roland Scott. Final standings: Scott 9/
11, Thomas 8, E.Sergeant 71/2, Michell 7, Gibson 61/2, Mackenzie 6, Smith 5,
Mainwright 41/2, Middleton, Jacobs and Wenman 31/2, Blake 2.} 0-1

[Event "Malvern"]
[Site "BCF 14"]
[Date "1921.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Price, Hubert"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1921.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{They fourteenth British championship was played in Malvern (Worchestershire)
from 8 until 20 viii 1921.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Qe2
$5 (12. f4 {was played in Schlage - Ahues, Hamburg 1921.}) 12... h6 13. Be3 g5
14. Kh1 Qe8 $1 {Yates takes the initiative.} 15. Nd1 Nh5 16. c3 Ba5 17. g3 $6
Bh3 $1 18. Rg1 Bd7 (18... g4 $1 19. Re1 Rf3 {restraints the kingside.}) 19. g4
$6 Nf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Rg3 Qg6 22. Ne3 Qf6 23. f3 Rf8 $1 24. Rf1 Bb6 25.
h3 Qd8 $5 26. Ng2 R4f6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Nxh4 d5 $1 29. exd5 $2 {
White misses the tactical point.} ({More solid is} 29. Kg2) 29... cxd5 30. Bxd5
$2 Rd6 $1 {Two white pieces are attacked.} 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxe5 Rh6 33. Rxg5
Rxh4+ 34. Kg2 Bh3+ 35. Kg3 Bc7 36. Qxc7 Qxg5+ $1 {Yates scored easily.} 0-1

[Event "Malvern"]
[Site "BCF 14"]
[Date "1921.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1921.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 {They play the Marshall Gambit.} Nf6 12.
d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Qf3 Nxf2 16. Re2 Bg4 17. hxg4 Bg3 (17... Bh2+
{happened in Capablanca - Marshall, New York 1918.}) 18. Rxf2 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+
20. Ke2 Qxc1 $5 ({Marshall did} 20... Bxf2 21. Bd2 Bh4) 21. Bxf7+ $1 ({
The alternative is} 21. Qxg3 $5 Qxb2+ {(Schulz - Hromadka, Prague 1928).})
21... Kh8 22. Rf1 $2 {The tables turn.} ({Correct is} 22. Qxg3 $1 Qxb2+ 23. Nd2
Qxa1 24. Rf1 Qb2 25. Qd3 {and White wins (Beni - Galia, Bad Gastein 1948).})
22... Qc2+ $1 23. Nd2 Rae8+ $1 24. Bxe8 Rxe8+ $1 25. Qe3 Rxe3+ 26. Kxe3 h6 $2 (
26... g5 $1 {(BCM)} 27. Rf8+ $5 Kg7 28. Raf1 Bf4+ $1 {
strongly favours Black (Wade and Harding).}) 27. Ne4 Bh4 $2 (27... Qxb2 $1 28.
Nxg3 Qxc3+ 29. Kf4 Qxd4+ 30. Kf3 Qd3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 28. Rf8+ Kh7
29. Rh1 $1 Be7 30. Rf2 Qa4 31. Rf7 $5 Bd6 32. g5 Qxa2 $2 ({Correct is} 32... h5
$1 33. g4 Kg6 {and Black defends properly.}) 33. gxh6 $1 {
Rook f7 gets protection.} Kg8 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. h7 {
Yates was allowed to make crushing moves at the end.} 1-0

[Event "Malvern"]
[Site "BCF 14"]
[Date "1921.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1921.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. d5 Nd4 15.
Bd3 Nh5 $5 (15... O-O {
was played in Capablanca - Dus Chotimirsky, St Petersburg 1913.}) 16. Be3 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 Bc8 $5 18. a4 Rb8 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... bxa4 19. Qxa4+ Bd7) 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qd8 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nf5 Bh4 24. Qe2 $6 (24. Qd2
$1 O-O 25. Qxf4 Bxf5 26. exf5 {keeps an edge.}) 24... O-O 25. Nxh4 Qxh4 26.
Bxb5 $2 ({Better is} 26. Qd2 $1 Re8 27. Rc1) 26... Bh3 $1 {
Black threatens mate in two.} 27. Kh1 Rxb5 $1 {Thomas punishes Yates' greed.}
28. Rg1 ({The pointe is} 28. Qxb5 Qxf2) 28... Rc5 29. b4 Rc3 30. Qb2 Rfc8 31.
b5 Qh5 32. Qe2 Qg6 {The final standings became: Yates 9/11, Thomas 8, Michell
and Wainwright 7, Scott and Siegheim 61/2, Price and Saunders 51/2, Jacobs 41/
2, P.Sergeant 3, O'Hanlon 2, Stephenson 11/2.} (32... Qg6 33. Rxg6 Rc1+ 34. Rg1
Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Rc1+ {leads to mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Southsea"]
[Site "BCF 16"]
[Date "1923.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1923.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{London 1922 happened during the fifteenth Congress of the BCF. Capablanca won
the great international tournament.   The sixteenth British championship was
played ar Southsea (a resort in Portsmouth) from 13 until 24 viii 1923.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6
9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Nxd2 13.
Bxd2 c5) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Be3 c6 $5 15. f3 $1 exf3 16. Rxf3 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rxf3
18. Qxf3 Bg4 19. Qg3 Qe6 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... Rf8 20. Rc1 Qe6) 20. Rf1 Rf8
21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {Black has to defend passively.} 22. Qf4 g6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Bd1
Qf7 25. Qh4 Be7 26. Qg3 Be6 27. Qe1 Bd8 28. Qc3 Qc7 29. Bf3 Be7 30. a3 a5 31.
b4 a4 $2 (31... axb4 $1 {(BCM)} 32. axb4 Qd7 {
finds compensation in the weakness b4.}) 32. Qd2 Qd8 33. Qc1 Qe8 34. Bg5 Bf8 $5
35. Qf4 Qf7 36. Bf6 Bg7 37. Kh2 h6 38. h4 Kh7 39. g4 $1 Bf8 $6 ({Better is} 
39... h5) 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. h5 $1 Kg8 ({The pointe is} 41... g5 42. Bxg5 $1) 42.
Bc2 gxh5 $2 (42... g5 43. Qg3 Bg7 44. Bg6 Qf8 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
offers more resistance.}) 43. g5 $1 Qe6 44. gxh6 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Bxh6 46. Qxh6
Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Bh3+ ({Or} 47... Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qc3+ 49. Qd2 Qg3+ 50. Qf2) 48. Ke2
Qg2+ 49. Ke1 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qxd4+ 51. Bd3 $1 Qb2+ 52. Ke1 Qa1+ 53. Kf2 Qd4+ 54.
Qe3 {White escapes from perpetual check.} Qxe3+ 55. Kxe3 Kf7 56. Kd4 Ke6 57.
Bg6 Kd7 58. Bxh5 Be6 59. Bh4 Kc7 60. Be8 Kb6 61. Bd8+ Kb7 62. Kc5 {
Thomas defeated his main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Southsea"]
[Site "BCF 16"]
[Date "1923.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Price, Hubert"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1923.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Qf3 b6
$5 (8... Bd7 {was played in Marshall - Von Bardeleben, Wien 1908.}) 9. O-O Bb7
10. Kh1 {White dreams about an attack on the g-file.} O-O-O {
Black castles on the other flank.} 11. Qe2 Kb8 12. Nf2 $6 h6 13. Nf3 g5 $1 {
Yates takes the initiative.} 14. Ne5 gxf4 15. exf4 h5 16. Be3 Rdg8 17. a4 Ng4
$1 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 18. Nfxg4 $5 {More solid is an exchange on c6.}
hxg4 19. Nxg4 Rh4 $6 (19... f5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 $1 22. dxe5 d4 23.
Bf4 Rxg2 24. Qxg2 Rg8 25. Qf3 Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qc6 27. Raf1 c4 $1 {
attacks strongly.}) 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nf3 Rhh8 22. Bg1 $2 (22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ba6 {
strives towards exchange.}) 22... Bxf4 23. dxc5 $2 (23. Qxe6 {
keeps the centre closed.}) 23... bxc5 24. Qxe6 Ne5 $1 25. Rad1 d4 $1 26. cxd4
Nxf3 27. gxf3 Qg7 ({Even better is} 27... Rxg1+ $1 28. Kxg1 Be3+ 29. Rf2 Qxh2+
30. Kf1 Qxf2# {(Yates).}) 28. Qe2 Qxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Bxf3+ 30. Rg2 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1
Rgxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Be3 {Yates carried out a great attack.} 0-1

[Event "Southsea"]
[Site "BCF 16"]
[Date "1923.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Scott, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1923.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Nd2 $5 (7.
O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nd2 {occurred in Anderssen - Blackburne, Wien 1873.})
7... d5 8. Bb3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bf4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2
{The Bird's Defence has brought little advantage.} c5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bb5+ Bd7
16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O h6 18. c3 Ke6 $1 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Ne1 Rac8+ 21. Kb1
f5 22. exf5+ Kxf5 $1 23. Nd3 Nd5 24. Rhe1 Rhe8 25. Nb4 $5 Nf6 $5 26. Bc1 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 a5 28. Nd3 Nd5 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Re8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8) 29. Bxh6 $1 {
White gains a pawn.} Nc3+ $5 ({The pointe is} 29... Bxh6 30. Re5+ Kf6 31. Rxd5)
30. bxc3 Bxh6 31. cxd4 $6 (31. Re5+ $1 Kf6 32. cxd4 {keeps more advantage.})
31... Bg7 $1 32. d5 Rc3 33. Nc1 $6 ({Better is} 33. Nb2 $1 Rc5 34. d6) 33...
Rc5 34. Re7 Rb5+ 35. Kc2 Rb2+ $6 (35... Bf6 $1 36. Rf7 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 Rxf2 {
fights for a draw.}) 36. Kd3 Bh6 $5 37. Nb3 $1 a4 38. Nd4+ Kf6 39. Re6+ Kf7 40.
Re2 $1 Rb1 41. d6 Rb6 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Ne6+ Kg8 44. d7 Rd6+ 45. Ke4 {Sir George
had defeated two previous champions. The final standings became: Thomas 9/11,
Yates 81/2, Price and Scott 7, Wainwright 6, Jacobs 51/2, Gibson 5, Uber 41/2,
Hamond 4, Blake and Steel 31/2, Gooding 21/2.} 1-0

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 17"]
[Date "1924.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1924.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventeenth British championship was played in Southport at the west
coast from 11 until 23 viii 1924. Henry Atkins was back!} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 $5
Nd7 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Re1 Bg4 12. d5 $5 c5 $5 13. Rc1 $5 Ng6 14. b4 $5 {
Yates sacrifices a pawn.} cxb4 {Atkins accepts the challenge.} 15. c5 Bf4 $1
16. Rc4 $2 {The rook becomes vulnerable.} ({Better is} 16. h3 Bf5 17. d6) 16...
Bxd2 $5 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a5 19. Rcc1 Qd7 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Rcd1 $2 ({
Correct is} 21. d6 Re5 22. f4) 21... Re5 $1 22. Bc4 Rg5+ {
The counter in the centre transforms into a charge on the king.} 23. Kf1 Qh3+
24. Ke2 Re5+ 25. Kd2 Qxf3 26. Kc2 a4 27. Kb1 h6 $6 {
Hereafter, Black finds it difficult to win.} ({Even stronger is} 27... Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Ne5) 28. d6 $1 Qf5+ 29. Bd3 Qf4 $2 30. Re4 $6 (30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Rxe5 fxe5
32. Be4 {creates chances in the endgame.}) 30... Qf3 31. Rc1 f5 32. Rxe5 Nxe5
33. Bb5 Nc6 34. Bxc6 $2 (34. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 35. fxe3 a3 36. Rc4 {
counters in the right way.}) 34... bxc6 35. Qxb4 Qxf2 36. Qb6 Rf8 37. d7 $5 Qd2
38. Qc7 a3 39. Qb7 Qd3+ 40. Rc2 Qd1+ 41. Rc1 Qd3+ 42. Rc2 Rd8 43. Qa7 Rxd7 44.
Qa8+ Rd8 {Atkins defeated an old competitor.} 0-1

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 17"]
[Date "1924.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1924.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 {
The queen's knight has a poor position.} 13. a4 b4 $5 (13... Ra7 {
was played in Yates - Morrison, London 1922.}) 14. a5 $1 {
White restricts his opponent and controls b6.} O-O 15. Nc4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17.
Bd3 Re8 18. Bd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf8 20. Reb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Bb7 {
Black has a passive game.} 22. Nb6 Nb8 $2 (22... Rb8 23. Bg5 Bc8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6
25. Nd2 g6 {offers  more resistance.}) 23. Bg5 $1 Be7 24. Qb2 h6 (24... Bc8 $2
25. Na8 $1 {costs a piece (Yates).}) 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nc4 $1 Re7 27. Qb6 {
Sir George cannot defend pawn d6. So his position collapses. The final
standings became: Atkins 81/2/11, Yates 8, Thomas 71/2, Scott 61/2, Saunders 6,
Price 51/2, Michell 5, Blake, Khadilkar and Spencer 41/2, Fairhurst 4, Gibson
11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Stratford-on-Avon"]
[Site "BCF 18"]
[Date "1925.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Gooding, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1925.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighteenth British championship was played in Stratford-on-Avon from 17
until 29 viii 1925.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3
Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Qf6 $5 ({Usual is} 
11... Rf6) 12. Qe2 Kh8 13. Kh1 g5 $5 {Black overestimates his chances.} ({
Wiser is} 13... b6) 14. Bxe4 fxe4 $6 (14... dxe4 15. Nd2 g4 {defends well.})
15. Nd2 Qh6 16. f3 $1 exf3 17. Nxf3 $6 (17. Rxf3 $1 b6 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Rf1 {
attacks.}) 17... g4 $5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Kg1 Bd7 20. g3 $6 {
White advances slowly.} Rae8 21. Rf4 e5 $2 {Opening the centre helps White.} (
21... Nh5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Qg7 {makes useful exchanges.})
22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf2 Qg5 $2 (23... Kg7 24. Rf1 Qg6 {offers more resistance.})
24. Rf1 $1 Kg7 25. e4 $1 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Rc5 27. e5 $1 {Atkins scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Stratford-on-Avon"]
[Site "BCF 18"]
[Date "1925.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gooding, W."]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1925.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Nd7 8. g4 $6
{The pawn centre becomes too broad.} (8. Nf3 $1 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 {
favoured White in the game Alekhine - Yates, New York 1924.}) 8... e5 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. f5 Nd4 $1 11. Qd2 a5 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Rd1 ({The alternative is} 13.
Nxd4 $1 exd4 14. O-O-O) 13... Qe7 $5 14. h4 $5 Rd8 $1 {Black threatens ..Nxf3+.
} 15. Nd5 $2 ({Right is} 15. Qc1 c6 16. Rf1) 15... Rxd5 $3 16. cxd5 $2 (16.
exd5 Ne4 {(Yates) does not lose a pawn.}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qc1 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Ng3+
19. Kf2 Nxh1+ 20. Rxh1 gxf5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rg1 h5 23. Bc5 Qf6 24. Qg5 Bg4
25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Ke3 Bg7 27. Ng5 Rd8 {Yates attacked brilliantly.} 0-1

[Event "Stratford-on-Avon"]
[Site "BCF 18"]
[Date "1925.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1925.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 $5 ({
Known is} 14. Ne3 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 {(Schlechter - Salwe, St Petersburg 1909).})
14... Nxe7 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Be6 17. d4 Kh8 $5 18. g3 $6 {
Yates weakens his pawn structure.} Rad8 19. f4 $5 exd4 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
Nc6 $1 22. Qd2 d5 $5 23. e5 $1 Ne4 24. Qg2 f5 $5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rac1 Rfe8
27. Bb3 Qb6 $1 {The schoolmaster Atkins is going to teach Yates a lesson.} 28.
Kh1 Nb4 29. Rcd1 a5 30. a3 a4 31. Bc2 $5 Nxc2 $5 32. Nxc2 d4 $1 {
Black dominates the centre.} 33. Nb4 Ng4 $1 34. Rd2 Ne3 $5 35. Qf2 Bc8 $1 36.
Nf3 Bb7 $1 {The threats become awful.} 37. Kg1 Ng4 $1 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qxd4
Bxf3 $1 40. Nc2 ({The pointe is} 40. Qxb6 Re1#) 40... Qe6 41. Kf1 Bd1 42. Nb4
Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kg1 Qxh2+ {White will be mated soon. The
final standings became: Atkins 91/2/11, Yates 81/2, Spencer 71/2, Tyler 7,
Winter 6, Price 51/2, Gooding and Jacobs 5, Saunders 41/2, Blake 3, Moses 21/2,
Uber 2. Atkins had achieved his ninth and last title.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 19"]
[Date "1926.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1926.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The nineteenth British championship was played in Edinburgh from 2 until 13
viii 1925. Yates was the great man.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5
5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 $5 (8... Bd6 9. Nb5 Bf5 {
drew in Seitz - Maroczy, Hastings 1924.}) 9. bxc3 Nf5 $6 (9... Bf5 {equalisaes.
}) 10. Ng3 Nd6 11. Qf3 Ne7 12. Re1 c6 13. Qh5 Ng6 $1 (13... h6 $2 14. f3 f5 15.
a4 {achieves a great positional advantage.}) 14. Bg5 f6 $1 15. Bh4 Qd7 $1 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 {
White has gained a pawn but Black has a sufficient compensation.} 19. f3 Bd7
20. Nf1 Rfe8 21. a4 Nc4 22. g4 g5 23. Bf2 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 $6 (24. Rxe1 Re8 {
leads to a level game (Yates).}) 24... Be8 25. h4 Bg6 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Rc1 Re8
28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Bd2 Kf6 30. Be3 Na3 31. f4 gxf4 32. Bxf4 Nxc2 {
Michell has regained the pawn.} 33. Ng3 Na3 34. Rh1 Nc4 35. Kf3 Kf7 $6 (35...
a5 $1 36. g5+ Kg7 37. Kg4 b5 {counters dangerously.}) 36. Nf5 Bxf5 $5 37. gxf5
Kg7 38. Kg4 Rh8 $4 ({Right is} 38... Re2 39. Rh6 Rg2+ 40. Kf3 Rg1 {
and Black defends properly.}) 39. f6+ $1 Kg8 40. f7+ $1 Kg7 41. Rxh8 {
Black loses a rook.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 19"]
[Date "1926.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1926.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf8 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 {
drew in Schlechter - Marshall, Monte Carlo 1904.}) 10... Be7 $5 11. Bf4 Bf6 12.
Qd2 a6 13. Bd3 d6 14. Rae1 Ne7 $6 ({Better is} 14... Be6 {(Yates).}) 15. Bg5 $1
Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bd7 $2 ({Preferable is} 16... h6 17. Qg3 Be6) 17. Qh5 $1 f5 $2 (
17... h6 $2 18. Ng5 $1 hxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Bh7 {wins for White})
(17... g6 $5 18. Qh6 f6 19. Nh4 {continues the White attack (Yates).}) 18. Ng5
h6 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 {The final standings became: Yates 91/2/
11, Michell 71/2, Blake and Goldstein 61/2, Saunders 6, A.Thomas and
Wheatcroft 5, Gunhill and Heath 41/2, Macdonnald 4, Gooding and Uber 31/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tenby"]
[Site "BCF 21"]
[Date "1928.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Heath, Christofer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1928.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{An international tournament happened in London during the summer of 1927.
Nimzowitsch and Tartakower won.   The twenty-first UK championship was played
in Tenby at the coast of Wales from 2 until 13 vii 1928. Yates dominated the
event.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
$5 (7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 {occurred in Minckwitz - Schallopp, Leipzig 1879.})
7... fxe4 8. Ng5 $5 Nf6 $5 9. f3 $6 ({Preferable is} 9. d5) 9... e3 $6 (9... h6
10. fxe4 hxg5 11. Bxg5 a6 {gains an advantage.}) 10. O-O d5 11. Re1 $6 O-O 12.
Bxe3 $5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qd6 {Black has achieved a plus.} 15. Kh1 Rae8
16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Rg1 Re6 18. Raf1 Ne7 19. Rg4 Nf5 20. Bf2 Ref6 $6 (20... Qe7 $1
21. Bd3 Ne3 {attacks in the centre.}) 21. Rfg1 Ne7 22. Bh4 $1 R6f7 23. Bd3 Kh8
24. Bc2 Nf6 $2 ({Correct is} 24... Nf5) 25. Rxg7 $1 Neg8 ({The pointe shows} 
25... Rxg7 26. Qxh6+ Rh7 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxh7# {(Yates).}) 26. R7g6 Qd7 27.
Qg2 Bd6 28. Nxd5 Be7 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6+ {Black will be mated in two.} 1-0

[Event "Tenby"]
[Site "BCF 21"]
[Date "1928.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drewitt, John"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1928.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg5 $5 ({Theory is} 6. Bg2
) 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nb5
$6 ({Yates prefers} 12. Qc2) 12... Nc6 13. b3 d5 $1 14. cxd5 Rxd5 {
Black has the initiative.} 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Nc3 Rf5 $1 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Rxc5
19. Qb2 Nb4 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 $1 21. a3 Nd5 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. b4 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Nxc3
25. Bf3 $2 ({Better is} 25. Re1 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. e3) 25... Kf8 26. Re1 e5
27. Nf5 e4 28. Bg4 h5 29. Bxh5 $2 (29. Bh3 Nxe2+ {costs a pawn.}) 29... g6 30.
Nd6 Rd8 {Black wins a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Tenby"]
[Site "BCF 21"]
[Date "1928.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Berger, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1928.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. h3 $5 ({Theory is} 10. f4) 10... Nd7 11. Qe1 $5 Nb6 12.
Rd1 Nc4 $1 13. Bc1 Rc8 $5 14. Nc5 $1 Nd4 $1 {Black has the initiative.} 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Qe3 Rc7 21. e5 $2
({Better is} 21. Ne2 Nc2 22. Qf3) 21... dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ $1 23. Rxf1 Nf5 $1
24. Qf3 Bxe5 {He has gained a pawn.} 25. Ne4 Rc2 26. Bh6 Qe8 27. Bf4 Bxb2 {
Another pawn falls.} 28. Qd1 Qc8 29. g4 Nd6 30. Bh6 $5 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32.
Qa1+ Kg8 33. Qe5 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qxa2+ 38.
Kg1 Qd5 39. Qg3 a5 40. Qh4 Nxe4 41. dxe4 Qc5+ 42. Kg2 a4 43. Qg3 a3 44. Qb3 Kf7
45. Qf3+ Kg7 46. Qb3 Kf6 47. Qf3+ Ke5 48. Kg3 b4 49. Qb3 g5 50. Qa4 Qc3+ 51.
Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 a2 53. Qe8 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 a1=Q 55. Qb8+ Kxe4 56. Qb7+ Kf4 {
Victor Berger conquered the second place. The final standings became: Yates 8/
11, Berger 71/2, Winter 7, Fairhurst and Thomas 61/2, Spencer 6, Barlow and
Saunders 51/2, Drewitt 41/2, Morrison and Watts 31/2, Heath 2.} 0-1

[Event "Ramsgate"]
[Site "BCF 22"]
[Date "1929.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1929.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-second British championship was played in the seaport Ramsgate
from 29 vii until 10 viii 1929. Mir Sultan Khan was a newcomer. He came from
India.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 {
Sultan Khan liked to play simple openings.} Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1+
Ne7 $6 (7... Be6 {happened in Kolisch - Stanley, Cambridge 1860.}) 8. Bg5 Be6
9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 O-O-O $1 {Black hopes to counter.} 12. c3 h6 $5
13. Bd2 $6 {Exchange keeps a plus.} h5 $5 14. Bg5 $1 Bg4 15. h3 h4 $1 16. Nf1
Bh5 17. b4 {Both sides attack on the flanks.} Nfg8 $5 18. Bxe7 $5 Nxe7 19. Ne3
Qd7 {The chances are about equal.} 20. b5 $1 Rdg8 $2 {
Black should defend actively.} ({Better is} 20... cxb5 $1 21. Rb1 a6 22. a4
bxa4 23. c4 Bc7 {and Black offers a strong resistance.}) 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. c4
$1 {White charges.} Qd7 23. cxd5 Kb8 24. Rb1 g5 25. Bb5 Qc7 26. Qa4 $1 g4 (
26... Bxf3 27. Rec1 Qd8 28. Bc6 b6 29. gxf3 {wins for White.}) 27. Rec1 Qd8 28.
hxg4 Bg6 29. Rb3 h3 30. Bc6 b6 31. Nc4 $1 Nxc6 32. Qxc6 hxg2 ({The natural} 
32... Bf4 {is crushed by} 33. Nxb6 $1) 33. Nxd6 Qe7 34. Re3 Rh1+ 35. Kxg2 Rxc1
36. Rxe7 Rxc6 37. dxc6 {
Sultan Khan carried of a successful attack on the hostile king.} 1-0

[Event "Ramsgate"]
[Site "BCF 22"]
[Date "1929.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Price, Hubert"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1929.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne2 $5 ({Usual is} 6. Nf3 $1)
6... Qb6 7. O-O Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 f5 12. Nd2 Nh6
13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 a6 15. Kh1 Be8 16. Nfd4 Qd7 17. Bc2 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. a3
$2 ({Better is} 19. Ba4 $1 Bf7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 {and White keeps a plus.})
19... Nxe5 $1 20. fxe5 f4 21. Qd1 $2 (21. Qd2 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxc2 23. Nxc2 {
regains the pawn.}) 21... Bxc2 22. Qxc2 fxe3 23. Qd3 Bg5 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. g4 $6
Rac8 $1 26. Kg2 Rc7 $5 27. Ned4 $5 Bf4 28. a4 $5 Rcc8 $5 29. Ne2 g5 30. Rh1 $5
Rc4 31. Ned4 Nf7 32. h4 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. hxg5 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Bxd4 36. cxd4
Rcc2 37. Rh6 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Qc7 {Sultan Khan has an overwhelming attack.} 0-1

[Event "Ramsgate"]
[Site "BCF 22"]
[Date "1929.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1929.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Qc2 $5 ({
Theory is} 7. e3) 7... e6 8. a3 Bd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 b5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Bd3
Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rac1 Na5 $6 ({More solid is} 15... O-O) 16. Nxa5
Qxa5 17. e4 $1 Qb6 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8
20. Qxe4 Qb6) 18. e5 $1 Ng8 19. Qg4 g5 20. Be3 f5 $2 21. exf6 $2 (21. Nxd5 $1
exd5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 {starts a winning attack.}) 21... Nxf6 22. Bg6+ Kd8
23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Bd3 Bd6 25. Kh1 Qb8 26. g3 Rc8 27. f4 $1 g4 28. f5 e5 $1 {
Black counters timely.} 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Qf2 Rc6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qb6 33.
Ne2 $6 (33. Qxb6+ Rxb6 34. Ne2 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Ra1 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 {
keeps an edge.}) 33... Qxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Ke7 36. Kg1 Kd6 37. Kf2 Re8
38. Nb3 $6 (38. Rd1 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. f6 {brings equality.}) 38... Re5 $1
39. Nd4 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Re8 $1 41. Rf1 $5 Ke5 42. Ne2 $2 (42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Kf2
Kxd4 44. Rd1+ Ke5 45. Rxd7 Rc8 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. f6 Rxb2 48. f7 {
fights for a draw in the rook ending.}) 42... Bxf5 43. Nc3 Rf8 44. Re1 Kd4 45.
Bxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Kg1 Kd3 47. Rd1+ Kc2 48. Rd4 Kxb2 49. Nxe4 dxe4 50. Rxe4 Kxa3
51. Re3+ Kb4 52. Re4+ Kc3 53. Rxg4 a5 54. Rg6 Rh8 55. Ra6 a4 56. Kf1 Kb3 {
The final standings became: Sultan Khan 8/11, Michell and Price 7, Morrison,
Tylor and Winter 61/2, Drewitt and Hamond 51/2, Abrahams 5, Fairhurst 41/2,
Eva and Kirk 2. There was doubt about the strength of the Sultan, because
Yates and Sir George Thomas did not participate.} 0-1

[Event "Worcester"]
[Site "BCF 24"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1931.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{An international event occurred during Congress 23. Colle won Scarborough
1930.   The twenty-fourth British championship was played in Worcester near
Birmingham from 10 until 22 viii 1931. Sultan Khan defended his title against
Yates and Sir George Thomas.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Ne2 Be6 $5 ({Usual is} 9... Bb7) 10.
Nbc3 Be7 11. Ng3 c6 12. f4 a5 13. Qe2 h5 $5 ({More solid is} 13... O-O) 14. Re1
h4 15. Nf1 Kf8 $5 16. h3 Rb8 17. b3 Nh5 18. Qf3 $5 Bf6 $1 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20.
Rd1 $2 ({Correct is} 20. fxe5 $1 Qd4+ {(Coles)} 21. Be3 $1 Qxe5 22. Ne4 Be7 23.
Bf2 $1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxc5 {and White has the initiative.}) 20... Qc7
21. Be3 $6 Nxf4 22. Bxc5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $5 24. Ne3 f5 $1 25. Ne2 g5 $1 26.
c4 Rbd8 (26... g4 $1 27. hxg4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Rbg8 {
wins more quickly.}) 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Nf1 e4 29. Qc3 Kf7 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Re1
Rg8 32. Kh1 f3 33. Ne3 Rg3 {
Sultan Khan started by 4/4. He lost against Thomas in round six.} 0-1

[Event "Worcester"]
[Site "BCF 24"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 g6 15.
Bxd7 $5 (15. Bb1 {happened in Vidmar - Yates, Hastings 1925.}) 15... Qxd7 16.
Ne5 Qe6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. f4 f5 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... f6 $1 19. f5 gxf5 20.
Nf3 Bf8) 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Rg3 Re7 21. Rf1 Bxe5 $2 (21... Rae8 22. Nxg6 $6 hxg6
23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Qh5 Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 {leads to perpetual check.})
22. fxe5 Bc6 23. h4 b5 24. h5 Be8 25. e4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxe4 $1 Bc6 ({
The pointe is} 26... fxe4 27. Rf8#) 27. Qh4 Be4 28. Bg5 Rg7 29. Bf6 a5 30. Bxg7
Kxg7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh3 Rg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qc7 a4 35. Rh7 Bc6 36. d5 $1 {
Black will be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Worcester"]
[Site "BCF 24"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Gibson, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1931.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qd2 Kh7 $6 {Black loses time.} ({
Known is} 12... a6) 13. Rae1 g6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Bc4 Rf8 $6 ({
Preferable is the retreat} 15... Kg8) 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Nce2 Nfg8 {
He defends passively.} 18. c4 $1 f5 $6 19. Bd4 c6 $2 (19... Nf6 20. e5 Ne8 21.
exd6 Nxd6 {prevents a disaster.}) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ $6 (21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Qc3+ Kh7 23. Nd4 {brings a decisive attack.}) 21... Kh7 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5
Nxf5 24. g4 $1 Ng7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Ng3 $2 (26. Nd4 $1 Qf6 27. Re6 $1 Nxe6 28.
Rxf5 {wins for White.}) 26... Qf6 27. Qc2 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Rae8 29. Kg2 $6 Rxe1 $1
30. Rxe1 Ne7 31. Rf1 Qe5 32. Qd2 Kg8 $2 ({Yates analyses} 32... Nexf5 33. gxf5
Nxf5 $2 ({correct is} 33... Kh7) 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37.
Qxf5 {and White has won a piece.}) 33. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rxf8 Ng6 35. Qc2 Qe7
36. Rf2 Ne6 37. Nh5 Qg5 38. Qf5 {Yates charges.} 1-0

[Event "Worcester"]
[Site "BCF 24"]
[Date "1931.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1931.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bd3 $5 ({Known is} 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3) 10... Bd7 11.
Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. Rfe1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 {
White occupies the crucial square e5.} Rf6 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rh5 $5 h6 19. Re5
Raf8 20. f3 b6 21. Re1 {Yates has a plus.} Qc5 $2 ({Better is} 21... b5 $1 22.
c3 a6) 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. c4 $1 Rc8 $1 {
Black sacrifices a pawn for counter-play.} 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rde5
Bxa2 27. Ra1 Bf7 $6 ({Preferable is} 27... Re6 $1 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxa7 Rb8)
28. Rxa7 c4 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Ree7 {White threatens Rxf7!} Kf8 31. Rec7 Rxb2 $2 (
31... g5 {makes a useful move.}) 32. Bd5 $1 Be8 ({The pointe is} 32... Bxd5 $4
33. Rc8# {(Yates).}) 33. Rxg7 {He wants to deliver mate in one.} Rg6 34. Rxg6
Bxg6 35. Bxc4 {White has gained two pawns. The final standings became: Yates 8/
11, Sultan Khan and Winter 71/2, Spencer and Thomas 61/2, Gibson, Michell and
Milner-Barry 5, E.Sergeant and Tyler 41/2, Alexander and Morrison 3.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 25"]
[Date "1932.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1932.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-fifth British championship was played in London from 15 until 27
viii 1932.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3
Qa5 $5 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. Rad1 b5
14. Be2 Nxf4 15. exf4 Qb6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. a3 Rad8 18. Nf3 Bc8 19. b4 Nc7 20.
Ne5 f6 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. g4 Qb8 23. g5 Bg7 24. h4 a6 25. Bd3 Bg4 26. Be4 Rd6 27.
Rd2 f5 28. Ne5 fxe4 29. Nxg4 Nd5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33.
bxc5 Rd8 34. f3 Qc8 35. Nf2 exf3 36. Qxf3 Qf5 37. Kg2 Rf8 38. Kg3 a5 39. Qg4 b4
40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. axb4 axb4 42. Kf3 Ra8 43. Ke3 b3 44. Nd3 Ra4 45. Ne5 Bxe5 46.
fxe5 Ra2 $1 {Sultan plays for a win in the endgame.} 47. Rd1 Kf7 48. Kd3 Rh2
49. Kc3 b2 $1 50. Rb1 f4 $1 51. Rf1 (51. c6 $1 Ke6 52. h5 Rxh5 53. Rxb2 Rxg5
54. Rb8 Rg1 55. Kc2 Rg2+ {leads to a repetition of moves.}) 51... Ke8 52. h5
Rf2 $1 53. Rg1 Rg2 54. Rf1 Kd7 55. g6 $1 hxg6 56. hxg6 Ke6 57. g7 $2 ({
Preferable is} 57. c6 $1 Rxg6 58. Kxb2 Rg8 59. Rxf4 Rc8 60. Rh4 Rxc6 61. Rh6+
Kd7 62. Rxc6 Kxc6 {drawn.}) 57... Kf5 $1 58. Re1 $2 (58. Rb1 $1 Rxg7 59. Rxb2
Rg3+ 60. Kb4 $1 Rg8 61. Kc3 Ra8 62. e6 $1 f3 63. Rb7 Kxe6 64. Kd3 {
and White fights hard for survival.}) 58... f3 $1 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60. Kxb2 Kf4 {
Sultan Khan won the rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 25"]
[Date "1932.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1932.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Qe7 9. Nh4 $5 Bb4 10. Qc2 Re8 11. f4 Nf8 12. Nf3 {
Sultan moves slowly and Yates plays passively.} b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Na4 N6d7 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. e4 $1 {He takes the initiative.} dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19.
Bf3 Bb8 $6 ({More active is} 19... Ng6 20. Qg2 Ba3) 20. Qg2 $1 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qd8
22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. h4 $5 Bf8 25. h5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 $5 Nd7 27. Nc3 Ba8
$6 (27... Ba6 28. h6 c5 {counters.}) 28. Rf1 Be7 29. g4 a6 $2 {
He allows a strike on the kingside.} ({Better is} 29... h6 $1 {(Coles)} 30. Bc1
Qd8 31. Be4 Bg5) 30. g5 $1 Nf8 31. Ne4 c5 32. d5 Qa7 33. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 ({Or} 
33... gxf6 34. gxf6+ Ng6 35. dxe6) 34. gxf6 Ng6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. d6 Bxf3 37.
Rxf3 {Yates suffered from an illness.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 25"]
[Date "1932.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jackson, Edward"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1932.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. d4
O-O 9. d5 $5 ({Usual is} 9. Bc2) 9... Nb8 10. Bb3 Bc8 $5 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Rd1
Re8 13. Nf1 Nf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. c4 Ng6 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19.
h3 a5 20. g3 Nc5 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Kh2 Kh7 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. b3 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7
26. Bxa5 $5 f5 $1 (26... Rxa5 $2 27. b4 Ra7 28. bxc5 {costs a pawn.}) 27. exf5
Rxa5 28. b4 Ra3 $1 29. bxc5 Qxf5 30. Nd2 dxc5 31. Rge1 Rha8 32. Ne4 ({Not} 32.
Qxe5 $2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxg3) 32... b6 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Red1 Bg5 35. Rdb1 $2 ({
Correct is} 35. Rd3) 35... Be3 $1 36. Nd6 ({The pointe is} 36. fxe3 Qxe4+ {
(Yates).}) 36... cxd6 37. fxe3 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Rxa2 $1 39. Qf1 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 Qxg3
{The final standings became: Sultan Khan 81/2/11, Alexander 8, Thomas 7,
Michell 61/2, Tyler and Yates 6, Fairhurst 51/2, Hunnam and Jackson 5,
Golombek 41/2, F.Alexander 21/2, Saunders 11/2. Yates died the same year due
to a gas leak.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 26"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1933.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-sixth British championship was played in Hastings from 31 vii
until 12 viii 1933. Mir Sultan Khan was the defending champion.} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be6 $2 {Alexander plays a risky line.} ({Theory is} 4...
Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qxd5 {(Alekhine - Gruenfeld, Wien 1922).}) 5. Qb3 $1
dxc4 $5 ({The alternative is} 5... Nbd7 6. Qxb7 Rb8 7. Qxa7 dxc4) 6. Qxb7 Nbd7
7. Nb5 $6 ({Even better is} 7. e4 $1 Rb8 8. Qa6) 7... Nd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
7... Rc8 8. e4 c6 9. Nc3 Rc7 10. Qa6 Nb8) 8. e4 $1 Rb8 9. Qc6 Rb6 10. Qxc4 a6
11. exd5 axb5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Bxb5 {White has gained two pawns.} Bg7 14. Ne2
O-O 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nc3 $6 (16. a5 $1 Rb8 17. a6 Bd7 18. Nc3 {strikes.}) 16...
Ne4 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Qa2 $2 (18. O-O $1 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Bxb5 20. axb5 {
keeps an advantage.}) 18... Nxb5 19. axb5 Bd3 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ra5 Rfb8 22. Qa4
Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Kd2 Rxd5 {
Black has regained the pawns.} 27. Kd3 Rb5 28. Rc1 Rxb2 29. Rxc7 Bf8 $6 ({
More active is} 29... Bf6 $5 30. g4 g5) 30. d5 $1 Rb8 31. Bc5 Re8 $6 32. Kc4
Kg7 33. g4 g5 34. Kb5 Kf6 35. Bd4+ Kg6 36. Kc6 Rd8 $1 {Black comes back alive.}
37. Bc5 Kf6 38. h3 h6 39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Rb7 Rxb7 $4 (40... Rd8 $1 41. Kc7 $4 {
(Coles) is answered by} Rxd5 42. Rb8 Bg7) 41. Kxb7 Ke5 42. Kc6 f5 43. Bc3+ $1
Ke4 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Kd7 Ke4 46. Ke8 $1 Kxd5 47. Kxf8 {Sultan has won a piece.
} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 26"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1933.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 $5 ({Usual is} 
6... d5) 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Ne2 Qa4 $5 ({
Nowadays} 12... Bd7 {has been played.}) 13. Ng3 h5 14. Qb2 Rb8 15. Qb5+ Qxb5
16. cxb5 {White controls more territory.} h4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. a4 Ke7 19. Kf2 Nh5
20. g3 Rh7 $5 21. f4 exf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... hxg3+ 22. hxg3 exf4 23.
Nxf4 Ne5 $1 24. Be2 Nf6 {and equality.}) 22. gxf4 Bg4 $6 23. e5 $1 Bxe2 $2 ({
Better is} 23... f5 $1) 24. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 25. Kxe2 {
Black has an inferior pawn structure and White rules the centre.} Rf8 26. Raf1
Rf5 27. Rhg1 $1 dxe5 28. Bxc5+ Kd7 29. fxe5 Rxe5+ 30. Kd3 Rxd5+ 31. Kc4 Rf5 32.
Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rge1 $5 Rf7 34. Bxa7 Rh8 35. Re5 Kc8 36. b6 $1 Rf6 37. Rc5+ Rc6
38. Rxc6+ bxc6 39. a5 Kb7 40. Rd7+ Ka6 41. Bb8 $1 Kxa5 42. Kc5 $1 Ka4 43. Be5
Re8 44. Ra7+ Kb3 45. Bc7 Nf6 46. b7 Kc2 47. Kxc6 Re6+ 48. Bd6 {
Sultan Khan lost one game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 26"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Cole, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1933.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c3 Qb6 7. dxc5 $5 ({
Usual is} 7. e3) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Ng4 11. Bd2 Bf6 12. Qb3
Nce5 13. Na3 Nxf3+ $5 ({More solid is} 13... Bd7) 14. exf3 $1 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 $2
{Black allows an attack on the queenside.} ({Better is} 15... Nc4 $1 16. Nxc4 {
(Coles)} dxc4 17. Qc2 O-O) 16. Rac1 $1 a6 17. c4 $1 d4 $5 18. c5 Bd7 19. Nc4
O-O 20. Nd6 Rab8 $2 (20... Be7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Nd8 23. Bb4 Bxd6 24. cxd6
Qb6 25. Bc5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 {offers more resistance.}) 21. b5 $1 axb5 22.
axb5 Na5 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. b6 Qd8 25. Bxa5 Rb8 26. Nxb7 Qe7 27. Bb4 Bb5 28. c6
Bxf1 29. Bxe7 {The final standings became: Sultan Khan 91/2/11, Tyler 9,
Abrahams 8, Alexander 71/2, Thomas 7, Golombek 51/2, Mortlock (replaced
Wreford Brown) and Winter 41/2, Cross 4, Cole 21/2, Colman and Jameson 2. Mir
Sultan Khan left Europe at the end of 1933.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 27"]
[Date "1934.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Fallows, CW."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/1b3pp1/pp2pb1p/2pq4/3P1B2/2PQ1P2/PPB3PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1934.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-seventh British championship was played in Chester, near Liverpool,
from 30 vii until 11 viii 1934. Sir George attacked in round two.} 18. Qh7+ Kf8
19. Be4 $1 Qd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bd6+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Qxf7+ $1 Kc6 ({
The pointe is} 23... Kxd6 24. Rxe6+ Kd5 25. Re7+) 24. Qxe6 Re8 25. Be7+ Kc7 26.
Qd6+ Kc8 27. Bxf6 {Fallows has been overwhelmed.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 27"]
[Date "1934.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p3pp/p2p1nb1/2p5/2P2P2/PP4P1/4qN1P/2Q2NK1 b - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1934.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Michell leads by 5/6, half-a-point ahead of Thomas. Sir George shows his
endgame ability against the leader.} 32... Ne4 {Black has the initiative.} 33.
Qe3 $1 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 Nd2 {He attacks the quenside pawns.} 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4
Bf7 37. Nd5 $1 c5 $5 (37... Bxd5 38. cxd5 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 $1 Kf7 40. h3 Nd4 41.
Ne4 Nc2 42. b5 $1 axb5 43. Ke2 Nb4 44. Nc3 {will be hard to win for Black.})
38. bxc5 dxc5 39. Nd3 Bxd5 $1 40. cxd5 {White faces a difficult knight ending.}
c4 41. Nc1 $5 Kf7 $5 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 $6 (43. Na2 $1 Kd6 44. Nc3 {draws.})
43... Nf1+ 44. Kd4 Nxh2 45. Kxc4 Nf1 46. Ne2 Kd6 47. Kd4 h5 $1 48. Ke4 a5 $1
49. Kd4 $2 ({Better is} 49. f5 $1 Kd7 50. Kd4 a4 51. Kc3) 49... Kd7 $2 {
Thomas hesitates.} (49... a4 $1 50. Nc3 Nxg3 $1 51. Nxa4 h4 52. Nb2 h3 53. Nd3
h2 54. Nf2 h1=Q 55. Nxh1 Nxh1 {wins for Black.}) 50. Kc5 $2 (50. f5 $1 Kd6 51.
Ke4 {brings the mentioned escape.}) 50... a4 $1 51. Kb4 g6 $2 ({Correct is} 
51... Kd6 52. f5 Ne3 53. Kxa4 Nxd5) 52. Kxa4 Kd6 53. Kb3 $2 (53. f5 $1 gxf5 54.
Kb5 Kxd5 55. Nf4+ {drawn.}) 53... Kxd5 54. Kc2 Ke4 55. Nc3+ $5 ({Or} 55. Kd1
Kf3 56. Ke1 Nxg3) 55... Kf3 56. Nb5 Nxg3 {Thomas overtook the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 27"]
[Date "1934.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1934.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Conel O'D Alexander was an interesting player, who started to participate in
the thirties.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Qb2 $5 (10. Qe3 f5 11. Bb2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Rd1 {was played in Milner Barry - Menchik, Cambridge 1932.}) 10...
dxe5 11. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Re8 13. Qb2 $1 (13. Qf4 $2 Qd4 $1 {
wins for Black (Golombek and Harston).}) 13... Be6 14. c5 Bb3 $5 15. Bf4 $1 ({
The pointe is} 15. Qxb3 $2 Qd4 16. Ra2 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 Rad8+) 15... g5 $1 16.
Qxb3 $2 ({Right is} 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 Rad8 18. e3 {and White has a plus.})
16... Qd4 $1 17. Ra2 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Qxf4 19. e3 Nf2+ $1 {The final standings
became: Thomas 81/2, Fairhurst and Michell 71/2, Alexander and Cross 61/2,
Golombek 6, Winter 51/2, Tyler 5, Abrahams, Fallows and Weatcroft 4, Damant 1.}
0-1

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "BCF 28"]
[Date "1935.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1935.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-eighth British championship was played in Great Yarmouth at the
east coast from 8 until 20 vii 1935. Prizes were 20, 15, 10 and 5 pounds, as
usual. Non-prize winners got consolation money.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe4 16. Bb3
Bf5 17. Bc2 $5 Qe6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qb3 $1 {
White has the initiative in the main line of the Orthodox Queen's Gambit.} Rab8
$5 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Rcd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 {He controls the open file.} Qa5 23. Qd7
g6 24. a3 Qb6 25. Qd4 $1 Re8 $6 ({Preferable is} 25... Qb3 26. e4 c5 $1) 26.
Qxb6 axb6 27. Kf2 {Thomas has a better pawn structure in the rook ending.} Re7
$6 (27... Kf8 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. e4 b5 31. Ke3 Kd6 {
leads to a defendable pawn ending.}) 28. Rd4 b5 $2 (28... f5 $1 29. e4 $1 fxe4
30. Ke3 b5 31. Rxe4 Rd7 {offers more resistance.}) 29. e4 $1 f6 30. Ke3 Kf7 31.
g4 Ke6 32. h4 h6 33. Rd8 $1 Rh7 $6 (33... h5 $5 34. gxh5 gxh5 {
makes the last try.}) 34. f5+ $1 gxf5 35. gxf5+ Ke7 36. Rb8 Kd6 37. Re8 Kd7 38.
Re6 Rf7 39. h5 {Winter suffers from restriction.} Rf8 40. Kf4 Rf7 41. e5 $1 {
Sir George defeated the other favourite.} 1-0

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "BCF 28"]
[Date "1935.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1935.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 f5 $5 (8... b6 {drew in Bogoljubow - Euwe, Netherlands 1928.}) 9. Ne2 Nd7
10. Nf4 Ndf6 11. f3 Nd6 12. b3 c6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rae1
Bc8 17. Kh1 Rf7 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Nf7) 18. c5 $1 Nde8 19.
g4 g6 $6 (19... fxg4 20. fxg4 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Qf3 e5 $1 {
counters excellently.}) 20. g5 $1 Nd7 21. h4 Ng7 22. Qh2 $6 e5 $1 23. dxe5 Nxe5
24. Bb1 Re8 25. h5 Nxh5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe6 $6 ({Better is} 27... Qxc5
28. f4 Ng6) 28. f4 Ng4 29. Rg1 Ref8 $2 {Michell allows a decisive sacrifice.} (
29... Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. Bxg6 Bf5 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
defends well.}) 30. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 31. g6 $1 Rg7 ({The pointe is} 31... hxg6 32.
Qh8#) 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qxh7+ Kf6 34. f5 Qd7 35. Qh4+ {Winter crushed many
players. The final standings became: Winter 81/2/11, Thomas 71/2, Golombek,
Lenton and Michell 7, Tylor 6, Abrahams, Davey and Spencer 41/2, Cross and
Saunders 31/2, Cole 21/2.} 1-0

[Event "Bournemouth"]
[Site "BCF 29"]
[Date "1936.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johnson, Noel"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1936.06.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The twenty-ninth British championship was played in Bournemouth at the south
coast from 8 until 20 vi 1936.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 d6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O
O-O 6. c4 e5 $5 (6... Nbd7 7. f4 e5 {
happened in Koltanowski - Sterk, Paris 1924.}) 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. e4 Nxd3
10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Be3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. b4 Nf6 15. Kh1 $5 g4 16. c5
Nh5 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Ng1 $5 Qg5 $5 19. Nf3 Qh6 20. Ne2 Rf7 21. Rac1 Raf8 22.
Rc3 Qg6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. b5 {Both parties attack on the flanks.} Nf6 25. Rc4
Bh6 $5 26. Nh4 $6 Qh5 27. Ng1 $6 ({Better is the retreat} 27. Nf3) 27... Bd7 $1
28. a4 Ng4 29. Qe2 $2 ({Preferable is} 29. Ngf3) 29... Bg5 $2 (29... f3 $1 30.
Ngxf3 Bg5 $1 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Nxh2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 30. Nhf3 Bd8 31.
h3 Nxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rg7 $2 33. Rfc1 $2 (33. Qxa7 $1 b6 34. Qb8 {
makes a desperate counter.}) 33... Rg3 34. Qf1 Bb6 $1 {
The charge at the king becomes decisive.} 35. R1c2 Bxg1 36. Nxg1 f3 $1 37. Kh2
Qh4 $1 38. gxf3 Rfxf3 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. Rg2+ Kh8 41. Nxf3 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qxf3
43. Rc7 Bg4 44. Rxb7 h5 45. a5 h4 46. Rf2 Qg3+ 47. Rg2 Qe3+ 48. Rf2 Bf3 {
Winter defended the title well.} 0-1

[Event "Bournemouth"]
[Site "BCF 29"]
[Date "1936.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1936.06.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the seventh round began, Israel led half-a-point ahead of Winter and
Lenton.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 $5 ({Solid is} 9. Qc2) 9... Re8 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. a3 Ne4
12. f3 $5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qf2 Bb7 17. Kh1 Qc7 18.
Bd2 g6 19. Rfe1 Bg7 20. a4 a6 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Qh4 Qd7 23. Bc2 c4 24. Nf4 b5 25.
g4 h6 26. g5 $5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Nh7 $5 28. Qg3 bxa4 29. Qg4 $2 {
White should avoid the exchange of queens.} Qxg4 30. fxg4 Nf6 {
Black has the better endgame.} 31. Bxa4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 g5 33. Ng2 $2 (33. Nh5
Ne4 34. Ra2 {defends properly.}) 33... Nxg4 34. Rf1 Reb8 35. Ra2 a5 36. e4 dxe4
37. h3 e3 $1 38. Bxe3 $5 Nxe3 39. Nxe3 Rb3 40. Rc1 $6 ({Better is} 40. Nd5)
40... Bxd4 $1 41. Nxc4 $5 ({The pointe is} 41. cxd4 Rxe3 42. Rxc4 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2
Rd3 {and Black wins.}) 41... Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Bxc3 43. Rg2 a4 $1 44. Rxg5+ Kf8 45.
Rg2 a3 46. Ra2 Bb4 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Bd6+ 50. Ke4 ({Or} 50. Nxd6
{(BCM)} Ra4+ 51. Kg5 Ra5+ 52. Kh6 Kxd6) 50... Rh8 {Winter overtook the lead,
because Israel lost. The final standings became: Winter 8/11, Lenton and Morry
7, Israel 61/2, Parr 6, Noel-Johnson and Wood 51/2, Thomas 5, Butcher and
Cross 41/2, Davey 31/2, Saunders 3.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 30"]
[Date "1937.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1937.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirtieth British championship was played at the Imperial Hotel in
Blackpool from 5 until 17 vii 1937. A surprise was the participation by Atkins.
He was in his sixties.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4
Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. O-O N8d7 {Black has a crammed game.}
11. Bb2 Re8 $5 (11... Rc8 {drew in Prokes - Reti, Budapest 1926.}) 12. Re1 Bf8
13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e5 $6 {He weakens the centre.} ({Better is} 14... Nf6 $1
15. a4 d5) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 a6 17. Nde4 Qc7 18. Qg4 Re6 $6 19. Ng5 Rg6 $6
{The rook goes to dire straits.} 20. Qf5 $1 Nc5 21. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8
23. Red1 f6 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Rxe5 Ne6 {costs a pawn.}) 24. Nxh7 $1 Rh6 $5 ({
The pointe is} 24... Kxh7 25. Qh5+) 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Ba3 b6 27. Bxc5 {
Thomas scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 30"]
[Date "1937.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fairhurst, William"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1937.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 $5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb3 e5 14. Qc2 {
White has a superior game.} Kh8 $5 15. Rad1 f6 16. a4 Re8 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nc4
Ba6 19. Rfe1 Bxc4 $5 20. Bxc4 f5 21. dxe5 $6 ({Better is} 21. Bb3 Bf6 22. a5)
21... Nxe5 $5 (21... Bxe5 $1 22. Bxe5+ Nxe5 {equalises.}) 22. Ba2 Qc5 $2 (22...
Nf7 $1 {defends well.}) 23. e4 $1 Rf8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Be6 $1 Rff8 26. Qe4 Nf7
27. Rd7 $6 Ng5 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qh4 Rae8 $2 {
Atkins misses a 'petite combinaison'.} ({Right is} 29... Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8)
30. Re5 $1 Bxe5 31. Qxg5 Bg7 32. Qxg6 Re7 ({Or} 32... Rg8 33. Rd5 cxd5 34.
Qxh5+ {(BCM).}) 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qxh5+ {
White mates. Fairhurst competed with Thomas for the first place.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 30"]
[Date "1937.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1937.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 $5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Qc7 {The position remains symmetrically.}
12. b4 Bd6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nc4 $2 (16... Rfd8 {
(Coles)} 17. Qb1 Qb8 {is alright.}) 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rfd1 Bb8 19. Qb1 $1 {
White threatens the black queen.} Qc7 20. Nd5 $1 Qd8 21. Rxc8 {
Atkins lost against the top two and scored well against the rest.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 30"]
[Date "1937.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1937.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Fairhurst and Thomas shared the lead, when the last round began.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Nc5 $5 ({Known is} 
7... a6) 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. a4 $1 a5 $1 11. Be3 Be7 ({Not} 11... Qxb2 $2
12. Ndb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5) 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qb1 $5 (13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 {
keeps an edge.}) 13... e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. c4 O-O {
The chances are equal.} 18. Bd2 f5 19. Bc3 Bd6 {Black has the initiative.} 20.
g3 Rf6 21. Bg2 Rg6 22. b3 Re8 23. Ra2 e4 $1 24. Rae2 Rf8 25. Qb2 b6 26. Qd2 Bc8
27. f3 $5 (27. Qb2 {makes a fine waiting move.}) 27... exf3 28. Bxf3 f4 $1 29.
Re8 $1 fxg3 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $6 31. d6 $4 ({Right is} 31. h4 Qd8 32. h5 Rh6 33.
Be5 {and White overtakes the initiative.}) 31... gxh2+ $1 32. Kf2 ({Or} 32. Kh1
Qxd6) 32... Qf7 33. Be5 h1=Q 34. Rxh1 Bg4 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Bxf4 Bxd6 37. Bxg4
Bxf4 38. Bf5 Rh6 39. Rxh6 Bxh6 40. Kf3 g6 41. Be6+ Kg7 42. Ke4 Bd2 {Black has t
wo extra pawns and wins easily. Lenton defeated Thomas. The final standings
became: Fairhurst 9/11, Thomas 8, Atkins, Golombek and Tylor 6, Michell and
Parr 51/2, Blow 5, Lenton 41/2, Rhodes 4, Morry 31/2, Craddock 3.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 31"]
[Date "1938.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Black "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1938.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-first British championship was played in Brighton from 8 until 19
viii 1938. A special participant was Mrs. Stevenson, the former Miss Menchik.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Rfe8 $5 (15... Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 {
drew in Botvinnik - Euwe, Leningrad 1934.}) 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Bd4 Qg6
19. Rfe1 Qh5 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Qd2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Re6 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Qf2 Qh5 25.
Re3 Rh6 {Black spoils his position.} 26. h3 Bf5 27. Rae1 Qg6 $5 28. Rg3 Qc6 $6
{He wastes time.} 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Rg5 Be4 31. f5 $1 c5 $2 (31... Kh8 32. Qg3
Rg8 33. f6 Rg6 {defends the king.}) 32. e6 $1 Qd6 (32... fxe6 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34.
fxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxc5 {also wins for White.}) 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Nxc5
Qe5 36. Ne6 {Conel O'D Alexander was a fine attacker.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 31"]
[Date "1938.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Black "Mallison, Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1938.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
O-O 9. cxd5 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bf5 Kh8
15. g4 Nxd5 16. Be6 $1 {They play an interesting line of the Petroff.} (16. Qd3
{occurred in Spielmann - Marshall, Hamburg 1910.}) 16... Bf7 17. Ng5 $1 Bxe6
18. Nxe6 Qh4 $2 (18... Qf6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 {
will happen in Gipslis - Christensen, Gausdal 1992.}) 19. Qb3 $1 {
White threatens Qxd5 and protects h3.} ({He avoids} 19. Nxf8 $2 Qxh3 {
and Black has winning chances.}) 19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Kg2
Bd6 23. Qe6 Qg5 24. f4 $1 Bxf4 25. Rae1 $1 Qa5 26. Qe5 $1 {
Alexander wins elegantly.} Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Kg8 28. Re7 g5 29. h4 $1 gxh4 30. Kh3
h6 31. Rd7 b5 32. d5 a5 33. Re7 a4 34. a3 Bd6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Re6 Kg7 37.
Kxh4 Bf4 38. Kh5 Bc1 39. Re2 {The final standings became: Alexander 8,
Golombek and E.Sergeant 71/2, Milner Barry 61/2, Thomas and Tylor 6, Mrs.
Stevenson 51/2, Aitken 5, Reynolds 41/2, Lenton and Parr 31/2, Mallison 21/2.
The international tournament Bournemouth 1939 was played during the BCF
Congress 32. Euwe won. Alexander, Golombek, Milner Barry, Thomas and B.Wood
went to the Olympiad Buenos Aires 1939. When the preliminary stage had ended,
the war started. The English team went home immediately. Alexander, Milner
Barry and Golombek worked as code breakers in Bletchley Park during that time.
They solved the Enigma codes.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 33"]
[Date "1946.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Black "Combe, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1946.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The British championships were resumed after the war. Number 33 was played in
Nottingham from 12 until 24 viii 1946.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Bc4
Nf6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qd2 $5 (8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 {
was played in Van den Bosch - Flohr, The Hague 1932.}) 8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10.
h4 Nb6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nf4 Bh7 13. O-O-O Nfd5 14. Ncxd5 cxd5 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qc7 17. Qb5+ Qd7 18. Qa5 Bd6 19. f4 {Milner Barry makes aggressive moves.}
Bc7 20. Qc3 O-O-O 21. f5 $5 {White sacrifices a pawn.} ({More prudent is} 21.
Kb1) 21... exf5 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Rhf1 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Rdf1 $1 Qd7 24.
Rhg1 f6 25. Bf4 Na8) 23... Qd7 24. a4 $5 Kb8 $6 ({The alternative is} 24...
Nxa4 $5 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. Rxf7 Rd7) 25. a5 Nc8 26. Qb4 Rhe8 27. Bd2 Re6 28. Rf5
Re1 29. Rxe1 Qxf5 30. a6 Nb6 $1 31. axb7 Bd6 $6 32. Qa5 $6 Bg3 $1 33. Rd1 Bxh4
{He has grabbed a pawn.} 34. Kb1 Qf3 35. Rc1 Bg5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Re1 g4 38.
Ka2 Qf6 39. Re5 g3 40. Qc3 Qd6 41. Qxg3 f6 42. Rg5 $4 (42. Re3 Qxg3 43. Rxg3 g5
{brings winning chances for Black.}) 42... fxg5 $1 {Combe has gained a rook.}
0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 33"]
[Date "1946.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Combe, Robert"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1946.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 f6 $5 (4... Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
was played in Capablanca - Treybal, Karlsbad 1929.}) 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 f5 7.
Bg5 Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Ne5 Bxe5
14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Kh8 $5 17. Ne2 g5 $5 18. f3 Nc5 19. f4 Ne4
$6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 {Black has the bad bishop.} 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qc3 Qg7 23. b4
Kh7 24. Qd4 b6 25. c5 b5 26. a4 a6 27. Ra1 Rg8 $6 (27... Ra8 $1 {
opposes on the a-file.}) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 Rcf8 $2 (29... Ra8 30. Rfa1 Rxa7
31. Rxa7 Qf7 {defends properly.}) 30. f5 $1 Kh8 31. Ng3 exf5 32. Nh5 $1 Be6 ({
The pointe is} 32... Qe7 33. e6+) 33. Nxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Ra1 f4 36.
Ra7+ Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Qa1 Kf5 40. Qa8 Kxe5 41. Qh8+ Kf5 42.
Qxh6 d4 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44. exf4 e3+ 45. Ke1 {Gabriel Wood neared the first place
during the last two rounds. The final standings became: Combe 8/11, G.Wood 71/
2, Winter and Abrahams 61/2, Golombek and Alexander 6, Broadbent and Milner
Barry 51/2, B.Wood 4, Parr, A.Thomas and Wade 31/2.} 1-0

[Event "Harrogate"]
[Site "BCF 34"]
[Date "1947.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1947.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-fourth British championship was played in Harrogate near York from
11 until 22 viii 1947.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6.
d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13.
Qe1 fxe5 14. Nb3 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Bf5 16. Be3 $5 (16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qc5 Qd6 18.
Qxd6 cxd6 {was played in Tsvetkov - Trifunovic, Hilversum 1947.}) 16... h6 $6 (
16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 e4 {keeps a plus.}) 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Nc5 Rd8
$2 ({Better is} 19... Qe7 20. Nd3 Kh7) 20. Qg4 $1 {White threatens Nh4.} Qf7
21. Bxh6 $1 Rd6 22. Bg5 $6 (22. Nh4 $1 Rf2 23. Nd3 Rff6 24. Bg5 {
continues the attack.}) 22... Rg6 23. h4 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rb6 26. b4 g6
27. Re1 Qg7 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Bf4 Rc6 30. Qg3 Qh7 31. Be5 Qh5 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.
Kxf1 Qf5+ 34. Kg1 Kf7 35. Qe3 g5 $6 36. Qb3 $1 Rd6 $5 {
Black tries a last chance.} 37. Bxd6 cxd6 38. Nb7 Kg6 39. h5+ $5 Kh6 40. Qh3 $6
(40. Qg3 $1 {wins quickly (Milner Barry).}) 40... Qf6 $5 41. Qe3 $5 Kxh5 42.
Na5 Qf4 $6 (42... Kg6 {offers more resistance.}) 43. Qxf4 gxf4 44. Nc6 Kg4 45.
Ne7 $1 Kg3 46. Nxd5 f3 47. gxf3 exf3 48. Nc7 f2+ 49. Kf1 Kf3 50. Nxa6 Ke3 51.
d5 Kd4 52. Nc7 Kc4 53. a3 {Broadbent won a difficult game.} 1-0

[Event "Harrogate"]
[Site "BCF 34"]
[Date "1947.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nh3 $5 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. f4 $1 {White attacks the centre.} Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. fxe5 Qe8 $2 (
{Correct is} 11... Nxe5 $1 12. d4 $5 Bxh3 13. dxc5 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 {
(Golombek)} 15. Bf4 {and the chances are about equal.}) 12. e3 $1 Rd8 13. d4 $1
Bb4 14. Qh5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc4 $5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 $1 {
White threatens 18.Nf6+! gxf6 19.exf6 Kh7 20.e4.} f5 18. Qxe8 Rdxe8 19. Nc5 Nb6
20. Nxb7 Nxe5 $5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Ba3 Rb8 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. Rfb1 Nc4 25. Nd7 $1
Nxa3 26. Nxe5 Re8 $5 27. Rb3 Rxe5 28. Rxa3 Rxe3 29. Rc1 a6 30. Rb3 Re2 31. c4
Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Re1+ 33. Bf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. a4 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxh2 37. Rxc7
Ra2 38. Rb4 a5 39. Rd4 h5 40. Rc5 {The final standings became: Broadbent and
Golombek 8/11, Crown 7, Milner Barry 61/2, Newman 6, Thomas 51/2, Abrahams and
G.Wood 5, Fairhurst 41/2, Blow and B.Wood 4, Ritson Morry 21/2. A playoff
became necessary.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 34 playoff"]
[Date "1947.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1947.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff between Broadbent and Golombek occurred in London, late October
1947.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3
e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 $5 (11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 {
drew in Broadbent - Golombek, Nottingham 1946.}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Ne4
$2 (13. Rad1 {continues the development.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nxf2 $1 15.
Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Bxd8 Nh3+ $1 17. gxh3 Raxd8 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nb6 {
Black has an edge in the endgame.} 20. Red1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. c3 f6 $1 23.
Kf2 e5 24. Rb4 Rc7 25. Nd2 Kg8 26. c4 Nd7 27. Rb5 $5 Kf7 28. Rd5 Ke7 29. b3 Nc5
30. Nb1 Ne6 31. Nc3 Nf4 32. Rd2 a6 $5 33. h4 $5 f5 $5 34. Nd5+ Nxd5 35. Rxd5
Ke6 36. Rd8 Rd7 $2 ({Better is} 36... b5 $1 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Rb8 Rc2+ 39. Kf3
Rc3+ $1 40. Kg2 f4) 37. Re8+ Re7 38. Rd8 e4 39. Ke3 Rd7 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. Rb8
Kg6 42. Kf4 Rd1 43. h5+ $2 (43. Rxb7 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. c5 {
fights for a draw.}) 43... Kf6 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Re8+ Kf7 46. Rb8 Rf1+ 47. Ke3
Rf3+ 48. Ke2 f4 49. Rxb7+ Kf6 50. Rb6+ Ke5 51. Rxa6 Rh3 $1 {
Black wins the rook ending.} 52. Ra5+ Kd4 53. Rd5+ Kc3 54. Rf5 Rxh2+ 55. Ke1 f3
56. c5 Kd3 57. c6 Rc2 58. Kd1 Rxc6 59. a4 Ke3 60. a5 f2 61. b4 Rf6 $1 {
Golombek took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 34 playoff"]
[Date "1947.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1947.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nge7 $5 (6... Be6 {
happened in Golombek - A.Thomas, Nottingham 1946.}) 7. f4 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Nf2
f5 10. Bd2 Kh7 11. Rb1 Nd4 $5 12. e3 Ne6 13. b4 c6 14. b5 $1 {
White takes the initiative on the queenside.} c5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Bd7)
15. a4 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qe8 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qf7 $2 ({Correct is} 18... b6) 19.
fxe5 dxe5 $5 20. Qb2 ({The alternative is} 20. Ng4 $1) 20... Rbe8 21. Ne4 $1 {
White threatens Nd6.} fxe4 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. h4 Nf5 24. Bxe5 exd3 25. Bxg7
Nexg7 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Rxe3 28. Rb2 Rxg3 29. Kf2 $5 Rg4 (29... Ne3 $1 30.
Qe7 Rxg2+ 31. Kxe3 Rxb2 32. Qxd7 d2 33. Ke2 {also wins for White.}) 30. Bd5 Be8
31. Qf8 g5 32. h5 Rf4+ 33. Ke1 Ne7 34. Qxe7 Bxh5 35. Be4+ Kg8 36. Bxd3 Rd4 37.
Be2 Nf5 38. Qxc5 {Golombek led by 2-0.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 34 playoff"]
[Date "1947.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1947.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Game three was drawn.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6.
Bb2 $5 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be6 9. Nf3 d4 10. Nb1 $2 {
Golombek makes timid moves.} ({Better is} 10. Na4 $5 Na6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nxc5)
10... Nc6 11. O-O Nb4 12. a3 Nc6 $2 (12... Na2 $1 13. Rc4 b5 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Bxa8 {(Golombek)} bxc4 {wins for Black.}) 13. d3 Qb6 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Qc2
Nd5 16. Ne4 Nc3 17. Nxc3 Bxb3 18. Qd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 c4 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Qf4 b5
22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 $2 ({Better is} 24. Qd2 Qh5 25. Bxd4 Bxb1 26.
Ba1) 24... Qxd4 25. Rxb5 cxd3 26. e3 $6 Qd7 27. Nc3 d2 28. Rd5 Qc8 29. Rxd8 $2
(29. Qd4 Bb3 30. Qxd2 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxa3 {costs an exchange.}) 29... Rxd8 30.
Nd5 Bf8 31. Bf3 d1=Q 32. Bxd1 Rxd5 33. Bxc2 Qxc2 34. Qb8 Rd1 35. Qxa7 Rxf1+ 36.
Kxf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxa3 38. Qb8 Qc5 39. e4 Qd4 {Broadbent trailed by one point.}
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 34 playoff"]
[Date "1947.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg3 $6 (10. Be3 $5 {
was played in Hooper - Trevenen, Bristol 1947.}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg4 12.
Qb3 Rb8 13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Rad1 b5 $1 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Be2 Na5 17. Qb4 $6 Nc4 $1
18. Qb3 {White has to avoid the exchange of queens.} (18. Qxd6 $2 exd6 $1 19.
Nxc4 bxc4 {wins for Black (Chekhov).}) 18... f6 19. Nh2 Bf5 20. Bf3 Kh8 21.
Nhf1 Bh6 22. Be2 a5 $1 23. f4 Qc7 24. Bf3 Red8 25. Ne3 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Qa2
e6 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Ne3 {and Broadbent has regrouped.}) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 e5
27. Rde1 Qb6 28. dxe5 $2 (28. g4 exd4 29. cxd4 Bd7 30. Qxd5 Bxg4 31. Qf7 {
offers more resistance.}) 28... fxe5 29. Kh1 exf4 30. Re7 fxg3 31. Ne4 Bxe4 $1
({Not} 31... dxe4 $4 32. Qf7 g5 33. Qxf5 Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. Bxe4) 32. Bxe4
Bf8 33. Bxd5 Bxe7 34. Rxe7 Qd6 35. Rf7 Qxd5 36. Rf8+ Rxf8 $1 {Black will mate
soon. The sixth game ended in a draw. Golombek had defeated Broadbent by 4-2.}
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 35"]
[Date "1948.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wood, Gabriel"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-fifth British championship happened in London from 30 viii until
11 ix 1948.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. e3 a5 $5 (11... Bg4 {
was played in Boleslavsky - Renter, Parnu 1947.}) 12. bxa5 $5 {
White accepts a weakening.} Re8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bb2 Rxa5 {
Black takes the initiative.} 16. Bd3 $6 Rh5 17. Bxe4 $5 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19.
Nd2 Re8 {He has the better endgame.} 20. Bc3 b6 21. a4 Bd7 22. e4 Rc5 23. Rfb1
Na5 24. Rb4 $6 ({Preferable is} 24. Bb4 $1 Nxc4 $5 25. Bxc5 Nxd2 26. Rb2 Nxe4
27. Bd4) 24... Be6 25. Bd4 Rh5 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5 $6 (27. Rb5 Bd7 28. Rd5 g6
29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Rd3 {offers more resistance.}) 27... Rxf5 28. Rc1 Bd7 29. Nf3
Nc6 30. Rb5 $6 Ne5 $1 31. Nxe5 $6 (31. Nd4 Bxb5 32. Nxf5 Bxa4 {costs a pawn.})
31... Bxb5 32. cxb5 Rfxe5 33. Rxc7 Rc5 $1 34. Rc6 ({The pointe is} 34. Bxc5
Re1#) 34... Rxc6 35. bxc6 Rc8 36. Kf1 Rxc6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Bd4 g6
40. g4 Kd5 {Braodbent scored well.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 35"]
[Date "1948.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Sir George"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Rd1 $5 ({Known is} 10. Nbd2) 10... Be7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Nc4 $6 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O {
wil draw in Penrose - Alexander, Southsea 1950.}) 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. b3 $1 cxb3
$6 15. axb3 O-O 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 {Black has compensation for the pawn.
} 18. Qd3 g5 $2 19. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 20. Qg3 h6 21. h4 {White crushes the defence.}
Bf5 22. hxg5 Bxc2 23. gxh6+ $1 Bg6 24. Bg5 Qb6 25. h7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27.
Bf6 Bh7 28. Qh6 {
Sir George Thomas participated in one of his his last British championships.}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 35"]
[Date "1948.09.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/7p/1Np1b1p1/P3p3/1P2P2b/3pB3/3Q2P1/R5K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round begon, Broadbent and Baruch Wood shared the first place
with a score of 7/9 plus an adjourned game. They played for the championship.} 
27. a6 $4 ({Correct is} 27. Kh2 $1 Qf6 28. a6 g5 29. a7 Qh6 $1 30. g3 Bxg3+ 31.
Kg1 Qh3 32. a8=Q Bh2+ 33. Qxh2 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxe4+ 35. Qg2 Qh4+ {
and perpetual check.}) 27... Bg3 $1 28. Rf1 Qh4 $4 (28... Bh2+ $1 29. Kxh2 Rxf1
30. Bf2 Qe7 {
wins for Black and the title would have been for Baruch Wood (BCM).}) 29. Rxf8+
Kxf8 30. a7 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 {White won in 33 moves. The final standings became:
Broadbent 81/2/11, Thomas, Milner Barry, B.Wood and Golombek 7, G.Wood 6,
Alexander 51/2, Newman 41/2, Aitken 4, Winter 31/2, Ritson Morry and Abrahams
3.} 1-0

[Event "Felixstowe"]
[Site "BCF 36"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1949.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-sixth British championship was played in Felixstowe at the East
coast from 8 until 20 viii 1949. Twelve participants played in a closed event
until 1948. This time an open group was started. 58 players applied; 32 were
selected. The Swiss system was applied in eleven rounds.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10.
Ne4 Bf4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 c5 $5 ({Known is} 13... b6) 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. c4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Rc3 $5
({Preferable is} 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. b4) 20... f6 $1 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Nd4 $6 Rd7 $1
23. Rdd3 $1 Bb7 24. Qe3 e5 $1 25. Nb5 Red8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Qe2 a4 28. Kf1 Ba6
29. Ke1 Qc6 30. f3 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qc6 32. Qe2 Kf8 33. Rd3 $2 {
White blunders material.} (33. Rc2 Qc5 {(BCM)} 34. Kf1 {
tries to survive by a passive defence.}) 33... Qxc4 $1 34. Rxd7 Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2
Bxb5+ 36. Rd3 Ke7 {Black wins the endgame.} (36... Ke7 37. Ke3 Bxd3 38. Kxd3
Kd6 39. Kc4 f5 $1 {advances decisively in the pawn ending.}) 0-1

[Event "Felixstowe"]
[Site "BCF 36"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1949.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 $5 ({Known is} 10. Be3) 10... Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12.
Ne2 $5 ({The alternative is} 12. Nd5 $1 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {(Golombek).} 14. Bh6
) 12... e5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Qd3 d6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Qe2
f5 $1 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Re2 $6 {Parr defends passively.
} ({Better is} 22. f4 $1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 exf4 25. Rfxf4 {
and White has made useful exchanges.}) 22... Rf8 23. Qb2 Qa5 24. Rfe1 f4 $1 {
The attack on the kingside starts.} 25. gxf4 exf4 26. f3 Bc8 27. Kf2 $5 g5 28.
Rg1 g4 29. Qd2 Qb6 30. Ke1 $5 {The king escapes.} Qh6 31. Bh1 Qh3 32. Rf2 Kh8
33. Nxc5 $2 {He opens the position.} ({Wiser is} 33. Kd1 $1) 33... Qh4 $1 34.
Kd1 d3 $1 35. Rgf1 ({The pointe is} 35. Nxd3 Rd8 $1) 35... Bd4 $2 (35... g3 $1
36. Rg2 Bh3 {breaks the defence line.}) 36. Nxd3 Bxf2 37. Rxf2 Rd8 38. Qc3+ Kg8
39. Kc2 $4 {He commits a fatal blunder.} (39. Rd2 $1 Red7 40. Kc2 g3 $1 {
(Golombek)} 41. Qe5 $1 h6 $1 42. Kc3 {offers a strong resistance.}) 39... Rxd3
$1 {Golombek had scored four wins.} 0-1

[Event "Felixstowe"]
[Site "BCF 36"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1949.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the ninth round begins, Golombek leads and Horne trails.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. a3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4 $5 (8. e3 Be7
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {was played in Napier - Von Popiel, Hannover 1902.}) 8...
Be6 9. e3 Bc5 10. Bb5 O-O $2 {Black overestimates his chances.} ({Better is} 
10... Bxd4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd4 O-O) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 d4 $5 {
Horne goes all out.} ({The alternative is} 12... Rc8 {(BCM)} 13. Bb7) 13. exd4
Bg4 14. f3 $1 Bxd4 15. Bxa8 Re8+ $5 16. Ne2 Nh5 $5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qa5+
19. Kf1 Bb6 20. Qd5 $1 Qa6 21. Re1 Be6 22. Bb7 $1 {Golombek had defeated his
main competitor. The final standings became: Golombek 81/2/11, Horne and
Fazekas 8, Sir George Thomas 7, Bowen, Broadbent, Fairhurst, Fuller, Hopper, A.
Thomas and Tylor 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Buxton"]
[Site "BCF 37"]
[Date "1950.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{British championship 37 was played in Buxton, Derbyshire, from 21 viii until 
2 ix 1950. The brothers Jonathan and Oliver Penrose were youngsters among the
36 participants. Oliver would become a famous scientist.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3
Re8 11. d5 $5 ({Known is} 11. f3) 11... Na5 12. e4 b6 13. f4 Bg4 $5 14. Qc2 Nh5
15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Be3 Re7 $5 17. Qf2 f6 18. Qh4 Be8 $6 ({Preferable is} 18...
exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg6) 19. Rf3 $6 (19. f5 $1 {
should prepare the advance of the king's rook (Penrose).}) 19... exf4 $1 20.
Bxf4 Bg6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Qg3 Nb7 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Rfe3 Bh5 25. Qh4 Qg4 26. Qf2
$5 {Exchange helps Black.} Qd7 27. Qh4 Bg6 $5 28. Qg3 Rd8 29. Bd3 Rde8 30. Bc2
Kh8 31. Bd3 Bf7 $5 {Black could have accepted the offer of a draw.} 32. e5 $6 {
Penrose will make a similar sacrifice against Tal in Leipzig 1960.} dxe5 33.
Qh4 $1 h5 $2 {He suffers from time pressure.} (33... Bg8 $1 34. Bg6 {(Penrose)}
Nd6 $1 {favours Black.}) 34. Bh6 $1 Qg4 $2 ({The pointe is} 34... gxh6 $2 35.
Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Bf5) ({Better is} 34... Rg8 $1 35. Rh3 g5 36. Qf2 f5 {
and Black tries to survive by opportunism.}) 35. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 36. Rg3 Qh6 37.
Rf1 $1 Rg8 38. Rxf6 $1 Qf8 39. Qe4 Rg7 40. Rh6+ {
White mates on the next move. Jonathan would become a famous chess player.} 1-0

[Event "Buxton"]
[Site "BCF 37"]
[Date "1950.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p5/1p1p2k1/pPnPp3/2P1P1K1/P7/3N4/8 w - - 0 58"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Milner Barry has a positional advantage in the knight ending.} 58. Kh4 Na4 59.
Kg4 Nb2 60. Kh4 Nd1 61. Nf3 Ne3 62. Nd2 Nc2 63. Nb1 Kh6 64. Kh3 Kg5 $6 (64...
Kh5 $1 {keeps the opposition.}) 65. Kg3 Kg6 66. Kh2 $1 ({Or} 66. Kh4 Kh6 67.
Kg4 Ne3+) 66... Kh6 $1 {Black achieves the far opposition.} 67. Kh3 Kh5 $1 {
He has the desired opposition.} 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. Kf3 Kh4 $1 {
The black king penetrates.} 70. Ke2 Kg3 71. Kd3 $6 ({The alternative is} 71.
Kd2 $5 Nd4 72. Ke3 Kg2 73. Nc3 Kf1 $1 74. Na4 Ke1 75. Nc3 Nc2+ $1 76. Kd3 Nxa3
77. Na4 Kd1 $1 78. Nxb6 $5 cxb6 79. c5 dxc5 $1 80. d6 c4+ 81. Kc3 Nxb5+ {
and Black wins a difficult endgame.}) 71... Ne1+ 72. Ke2 Nf3 73. Ke3 Nd4 $5 ({
Even better is} 73... Nh2 $1 74. Nd2 Ng4+ 75. Kd3 Kf4) 74. Kd3 (74. Nc3 Kg2 75.
Nb1 Nb3 76. Ke2 Kg1 77. Ke1 Nd4 {also wins for Black.}) 74... Kf4 75. Nd2 Nf3
76. Nb1 Ng5 77. Nc3 Kf3 78. a4 Nh3 79. c5 Nf2+ 80. Kc2 bxc5 {
Milner Barry scored well during the first nine rounds.} 0-1

[Event "Buxton"]
[Site "BCF 37"]
[Date "1950.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the penultimate round began, Milner Barry was leading by 71/2/9, one
point ahead of Broadbent.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5
6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 $5 ({Theory is} 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O) 9. O-O
Bg7 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Ng5 O-O $1 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg3 Bd4 14. Rf1 $2 ({Right is
} 14. Re2 $1 Nf5 15. Qh3) 14... Nf5 $2 {He misses a 'petite combinaison'.} ({
The line} 14... Ne4 $1 15. Bxe4 Bxf2+ $1 16. Qxf2 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Qd1+ 18. Rf1
Qd4+ 19. Rf2 Qxe4 {would have brought Milner Barry the championship.}) 15. Qh3
Ne5 16. Nd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6 18. c3 Bb6 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ng3 $2 {
This sacrifice will be refuted.} 21. hxg3 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rd5 23. Be3 Rh5+ 24.
Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxf2 Qg6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {White has a material advantage. Black
resigned on move 73. Milner Barry and Broadbent shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Buxton"]
[Site "BCF 37"]
[Date "1950.09.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round started, Broadbent and Milner Barry led (71/2/10), ahead
of Klein, J.Penrose and Klein (7).} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1
Nc6 13. a4 Bb7 $5 ({Known is} 13... b4) 14. Ne3 g6 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Ng4 Nxg4
17. Qxg4 Kg7 18. Qh3 h5 19. Qe3 b4 20. Bd2 Rh8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. f4 Qg4 $6 {
He spoils time.} 23. Nh3 f6 24. Rf1 $1 Qd7 $6 (24... d5 $1 25. exd5 Rxd5 {
counters timely.}) 25. f5 $1 d5 $1 26. Qg3 Qe8 27. Nf2 $5 d4 28. cxb4 Nxb4 29.
Bb3 a5 30. Nh3 h4 31. Qf3 gxf5 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Qxf5 Bc8 34. Be6 Bxe6 $6 35.
Qxe6 {Black has a weak bishop.} Qd7 36. Qb3 Rh6 37. Rf5 Rg6 38. Nf2 Ra8 39. Ra1
Rh8 40. h3 Ra8 41. Ng4 $1 {White has the initiative on the flanks.} c4 $6 {
Black becomes desperate.} 42. Qxc4 $1 Rxa4 $2 43. Rxa4 Qxa4 44. Qc7 $2 (44.
Nxe5 $1 {ends the game.}) 44... Qe8 45. Rf1 Kh8 46. Ra1 Rg7 47. Ra6 Qg8 $5 48.
Qc6 $1 Qf7 49. Ra8+ Rg8 $6 (49... Kh7 50. Re8 Rg8 51. Rxg8 Qxg8 52. Qxf6 $1 {
also wins for White.}) 50. Nh6 {
Broadbent had scored eight wins, one draw and two losses!} 1-0

[Event "Buxton"]
[Site "BCF 37"]
[Date "1950.09.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Klein, Ernst"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 {White choses a rare opening.} d6 $5 ({
Usual is} 4... d5) 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Qe7 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Ne2
f5 11. Ng3 $6 f4 $1 12. Ne2 {He manoeuvres slowly.} Bg4 13. Nc1 $5 Nd7 14. b4
a5 $5 15. Qc2 $5 Nef6 $5 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be2 Bf7 18. Nb3 a4 $6 ({More active is
} 18... axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 c6) 19. Na5 $1 b6 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. c5 $1 {
Suddenly, White attacks on the queenside.} Nxd5 $2 {Milner Barry panics.} ({
Better is} 21... Nb8 $1 22. Qd1 Nxc6 23. Bb5 Qe7 24. Bxc6 Ra7) 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. b5 $5 Bxc6 $6 (23... Nxc5 24. Nb4 Bb3 {offers more resistance.}) 24. bxc6
Nxc5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bd5 Qh5 27. O-O-O Qf5 $6 {
Hereafter, Black can only defend passively.} 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. g4 Rff8 30. Kc2
Rae8 31. h4 Ra8 $5 32. h5 Rae8 33. Rhe1 Ra8 34. h6 Rae8 35. Rh1 g6 36. Rhe1 Re7
37. Re2 Rfe8 38. Rde1 $1 Ne6 39. Re4 $1 {
White threatens to exchange on e6 and capture f4.} Kg8 40. Rxa4 Kf8 41. Ra7 Rc8
42. Kb3 Ree8 43. a4 Ke7 44. Kc4 Ra8 45. Rxa8 Rxa8 46. a5 $1 bxa5 47. Bxe5 $1
dxe5 48. Rxe5 a4 49. Rxe6+ Kf7 50. Kb4 a3 51. g5 {The final standings became:
Broadbent 81/2/11, Klein 8, Penrose and Milner Barry 71/2, Alexander and
Wallis 7, Barden, A.Thomas, Veitch 61/2, etc. (36 participants).} 1-0

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 38"]
[Date "1951.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Klein, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-eighth British championship was carried out in Swansea, Wales,
from 20 viii until 1 ix 1951. 30 players participated. Klein and Broadbent
competed for the title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6.
e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a5 $5 ({Theory is} 7... e5) 8. O-O c6 9. d5 $5 Nb6 $5 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bxc6 $2 {This capture meets a surprising refutation.} e5
$1 13. Bxa8 exd4 14. Qxd4 $6 Nxa8 $2 (14... Qxa8 $1 15. Qxb6 Qf3 $1 {
ends the game.}) 15. Qxd6 Qc8 16. Qd3 Nb6 17. b3 Bh3 18. Rd1 Qg4 $6 (18... Ng4
{still plays for a win.}) 19. e4 $1 Nfd7 20. f3 Qh5 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5
23. Ne2 $6 ({Better is} 23. Rac1) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Qd4
$2 {White makes a timid move.} ({Preferable is} 26. exf5 Qe5 27. Rd1) 26...
Qxd4 27. Nxd4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nd7 {Black has a won endgame.} 29. Ne2 Bg4 30. Nf4
Bf3+ 31. Kg1 Bxe4 32. h4 Ne5 33. Rd1 Nc6 34. Kf2 Re8 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. a3 Re5 37.
Rd7+ Re7 38. Rd6 Rb7 39. Ke3 Bh1 $1 40. Rd1 Rxb3+ $1 41. Kf2 Be4 {Ernst Klein
had moved from Austria to the UK in 1935. He led ahead of Broadbent after six
rounds.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 38"]
[Date "1951.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Green, Arnold"]
[Black "Klein, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the penultimate round began, Broadbent led, because Klein had lost to
Barden.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. O-O exd4
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f3 c6 11. Re1 $5 (11. Nc2 {
occurs in Klein - Gligoric, Birmingham 1951.}) 11... Nb6 12. b3 d5 $1 13. cxd5
Nfxd5 $1 14. Nxd5 ({The pointe is} 14. exd5 $2 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 16. Be3
Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nxd5) 14... cxd5 15. Be3 dxe4 16. fxe4 {
White has an isolated pawn.} Qe7 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Qf1 Ne5 {
The knight blockades the centre.} 19. h3 b6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Bf4
$6 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 $6 Be5 $2 {Green gets a second chance.} (23... Bc3 $1 24. Re3
Bb4 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxe4 {wins for Black.})
24. Qf2 Rc7 25. Re2 Qf6 26. Bg2 Rce7 {Black has a plus.} 27. Rf1 $4 {
White blunders an exchange.} Ba6 28. Kh1 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Qe6 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Rd1
Rc3 32. Qf2 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Qe5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qd2 Qxg3 36. Rd6 h5 37. Rd5 Rec7
38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Qf6 Rc1+ 40. Bf1 R1c2 $1 {Broadbent lost to Golombek and
Klein overtook the lead. Klein and Broadbent drew their games in the last
round. The final standings became: Klein 81/2/11, Broadbent 8, Golombek and
Morry 7, Barden, A.Thomas, Milner Barry and Tylor 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 39"]
[Date "1952.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1952.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The thirty-ninth British championship was played in Chester near Liverpool
from 18 until 29 viii 1952. 27 men and one woman participated. Robert Wade
came from New Zealand in 1950.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4
Bd7 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 $5 (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bd3 {
happened in Olland - Van Rhijn, Utrecht 1891.}) 9... Nb4 10. Qe2 c6 11. Ba4 d5
12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Be6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. c4 Nf6 18.
Be3 Qa5 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 {
An equal endgame has been reached.} Ng4 23. Re2 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rad8 25. Rde1 $5
Kf8 26. Kf1 $2 Rd2 $2 (26... Rd4 $1 27. g3 Bxc4+ {gains a pawn.}) 27. R1e2 Red8
28. Kf2 R8d4 29. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Re2 Rd3 31. g3 $6 Bg4 $1 32. Rc2 Bd1 33. Rc3
Rxc3 34. bxc3 Bg4 {
Black has an edge in the bishop ending due to the better pawn structure.} 35.
c5 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Bf5 38. a3 h6 39. Bd1 Be6 40. g4 g5 41. Ke3 Bd7 42.
Be2 b6 $5 {Little will be left of the plus.} 43. cxb6 axb6 44. Bd1 c5 45. Be2
Be6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. fxg5 $5 hxg5 48. h3 f6 49. Bb5 Bg8 50. Bf1 Bb3 51. Ba6 Ba2
52. c4 $2 {He makes his bishop inactive.} (52. Bd3 Ke6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Be2 {
guards a fortress.}) 52... Ke6 $1 53. Bc8+ Kd6 54. Kf5 (54. Ba6 Bb1+ 55. Ke3 f5
{wins for Black.}) 54... Ke7 $1 55. Ke4 ({The pointe is} 55. Ba6 Bb1#) 55...
Bxc4 56. Bb7 Bf1 57. Bc8 Bxh3 58. Kd5 Bg2+ 59. Kc4 Bc6 60. Bf5 Kd6 61. Bc2 b5+
62. Kd3 Ke5 63. Ke3 Be8 64. Be4 b4 65. axb4 cxb4 66. Bc2 Bf7 67. Bd1 b3 68. Kd2
Kd4 {Wade had a fine start.} 0-1

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 39"]
[Date "1952.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Stuart, E Leslie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1952.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Edward Sergeant and Arnold Green had the lead temporarily. When the
penultimate round began, Wade led.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f4 Bd7
12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qf2 Qe8 $5 (13... Na5 14. f5 Nc4 {
happened in Richter - Engels, Bad Saarow 1937.}) 14. f5 Ne5 15. h3 Nc4 16. Bc1
Nb6 17. Rd3 Rc5 18. Qh4 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3 Rh5 21. Nde2 Nc4 22. Nf4 Rh6
$5 23. Ncd5 g5 24. Rc3 Ne5 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. Be3 e6 28. Nc7 Qg6 29.
Nb5 Qxe4 30. Nxd6 Qxc2 31. Nxc8 Qxe2 32. Nxa7 $1 Ne5 33. Rxb7 Rg6 34. Bd4 f5 $2
({Right is} 34... Qe4 $1 35. Rb4 g4) 35. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 36. Bxe5 $2 (36. Re1 f4
37. Rxe2 fxg3 38. Rxe5 {wins material.}) 36... f4 $1 37. Qc3 Rxa7 38. Re1 Qa6
39. Bd4 Raf7 $2 ({Correct is} 39... Rd7 40. Re5 Rf5) 40. Qc2 Rf5 41. Qc7 e5 $5
42. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 43. Qxe5 Qg6 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. a4 Kh6 46. a5 Rg8 $2 47. Be5 $2
(47. a6 $1 g4 48. hxg4 Qxg4 49. a7 f3 50. Qd6+ Kh7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qf6+ Kh5
53. Qe5+ Kh6 54. g3 {decides the game.}) 47... Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qe1 $2 ({Better is
} 48... Rg6) 49. Bxf4 $1 Rg6 50. Qe5 Qxe5 51. Bxe5 Re6 52. Bc3 Rc6 53. Kg3 Kg6
54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Ke3 Rc4 56. Kd3 Ra4 57. b4 Ra2 58. b5 Ke6 59. Kc4 Kd6 60. a6
Kc7 61. Kc5 Kc8 62. Be5 Re2 63. Bd6 Rc2+ 64. Kb6 Rxg2 65. Ka7 g4 66. b6 Kd7 67.
b7 Rb2 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Kxb8 {Wade gained the championship, despite a loss in
the last round. The final standings became: Wade 8/11, Boxall, Phillips,
Israel, Clarke, Stuart and Wallis 7, Wood, Trott and Aitken 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 40"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fortieth British championship happened in Hastings from 10 until 22 viii
1953. 32 players took part. Yanofsky lost one game, before he started a
winning streak.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5
e6 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. d4 Be7 9. Bd3 $5 ({Theory is} 9. O-O) 9... N7f6 10. O-O O-O
11. c4 Nb6 $6 (11... Nb4 $1 12. Bb1 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 {
defends actively.}) 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. f4 c5
17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 h6 $6 21. Ngf3 $6 (21. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Nxg6 {wins for White.}) 21... b6 22. Rad1 Nxe5 23. fxe5
Ng4 24. Rd4 h5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Qd2 Kh7 $2 ({Better is} 26... Kg7 27. Qg5 Nf5)
27. Rh4 $2 (27. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Ng5+ Kg7 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Qxd7+ Rf7 31.
Rxf7+ Nxf7 32. Nxe6+ {ends the game.}) 27... Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qg5 Qc6 $2 (
29... Re8 $1 {defends properly.}) 30. Rd1 $2 ({Right is} 30. Nd4 $1 Qxc4 31.
Rf3 $1) 30... Be6 $2 (30... f6 $1 {avoids a disaster.}) 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Qf6
Rae8 33. Rxh5+ $1 {White has found the decision at last.} gxh5 34. Ng5+ Kg8 35.
Qh6 $1 f6 36. Nxe6 Qh7 37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Nxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. exf6 {
Yanofsky was born in Poland and lived in Canada.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 40"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Green, Arnold"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1953.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. a3 $5 ({Theory is} 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2) 9... Ng4 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. b3 a6 12.
Bb2 b6 (12... b5 {can be played immediately.}) 13. O-O Rb8 14. a4 Bd7 15. f4
Ng4 16. Qd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Nd1 $5) 16... Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne3 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 18. Rfb1 Qc8 $6 (18... e5 $1 19. dxe6 fxe6 {
keeps a plus.}) 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Nd1 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Bxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Ng4 23. Kg2 e5
24. h3 e4 $1 25. Qxe4 Re8 26. Qd3 Re3 27. hxg4 $2 ({Correct is} 27. Qd1 $1 Nf6
28. Nd3) 27... Rxd3 28. Nxd3 Qxg4 {Black has a material advantage.} 29. e4 Re8
30. Nf2 Qd7 31. g4 h6 32. Rh1 $5 {Pawn b3 should be protected.} Kg7 $5 33. Rh3
$5 Nxb3 34. Rah1 Rh8 35. e5 Qxa4 36. Ne4 Qxc4 37. Re1 dxe5 38. f5 f6 39. d6 g5
40. Re3 Nd4 41. Nfd2 Qd5 42. Kf2 a5 43. Rh1 b5 44. Rc3 c4 45. Ng3 Qf7 46. Nde4
b4 47. Rcc1 c3 48. Rhd1 Qa2+ 49. Ke3 c2 50. Rd3 Rd8 51. Rh1 Qb2 52. Ne2 {
The final standings became: Yanofsky 91/2/11, Milner Barry 8, Wade 71/2,
Barden, Alexander and Golombek 7, A.Thomas 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 41"]
[Date "1954.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1954.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-first British championship was played in Nottingham from 16 until
29 viii 1954. 29 men and one woman participated. A race between Barden and
Philips developed. They met in round 8.} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7
5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1 e6 9. c3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 
10... Ng4) 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Nc5 $1 Qe7 16.
Nd3 Qf7 17. Bg2 fxe5 18. dxe5 a4 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. f4 Nd4 {
Black takes the initiative.} 21. Rb1 $5 Bd7 22. Nf3 Nc6 $5 23. Re2 Rfc8 24. Qe1
b5 25. Qf2 b4 26. g4 Rf8 27. Qg3 $6 (27. Qc5 $1 {keeps the equality.}) 27... b3
$1 28. a3 Bc8 $1 29. Bf1 Ba6 {Barden has activated a bishop.} 30. Re1 Rac8 31.
h4 Qa7+ 32. Kh1 Nd4 $5 33. Qg1 $1 Nb5 34. Qxa7 Nxa7 35. Nd4 Rfe8 36. Nb4 Bb7
37. Bg2 Bf8 38. Nd3 Kg7 $2 39. Rg1 $2 (39. f5 $1 exf5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Nxf5+
Kh8 42. Bg5 {wins for White.}) 39... Nc6 40. Nxc6 Bxc6 41. f5 $2 {Too late!}
exf5 42. gxf5 Nxe5 $1 {He gains a central pawn.} 43. Nf4 Bc5 44. Ne6+ Rxe6 $1
45. fxe6 Bxg1 46. Kxg1 Re8 47. Bh3 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Bd2 Nxe6 {
Black captures a second pawn.} 50. Bb4 $6 (50. Re1 $1 {
utilises the last opportunity.}) 50... Nf4 51. Bf1 d4 52. Rc1 Bd5 53. Rd1 Re4
54. Re1 (54. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 55. Bc3 Ne6 56. Ke3 Kh6 57. Bxd4 Nxd4 58. Kxd4 Bc6
59. Be2 g5 {wins for Black.}) 54... Kf6 55. Rc1 $5 Ne6 56. Bd6 Rxh4 {Barden led
by 7/8. Phillips seemed to have no chance for the title, due to a score of 5
points.} 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 41"]
[Date "1954.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1954.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, the lead of Barden on Phillips was reduced to
half-a-point. Barden missed the win against Harris and drew.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10.
Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nxg4 $5 Qxg4 15. h3 Qh5 $5 16.
d4 h6 17. Be3 g5 $6 {Black weakens his pawn structure.} ({Preferable is} 17...
exd4 18. cxd4 Rfd8) 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Rad1 Rg8 22. Qf5
Qxf5 23. exf5 Rad8 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Be4 {
Phillips has an edge in the endgame. He can play for a win quietly.} Nb8 27.
Kf1 Rc8 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. h4 $1 gxh4 30. Bxh6 Rh8 31. Be3 Nd7 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. g4
Nf6 $5 34. Kf3 $5 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 f6 36. Rh3 {
White has a superior pawn structure.} c4 37. Kf3 $6 {He spoils time.} (37. Rdh1
$1 {conquers a pawn immediately.}) 37... Rb7 38. a3 a5 39. Rdh1 b4 $6 {
The next exchanges lead to a weakening of pawn c4.} 40. axb4 axb4 41. Rxh4 Rxh4
42. Rxh4 bxc3 43. bxc3 Rc7 ({The pointe is} 43... Rb3 44. g5 $1 Rxc3 45. g6 $1
{and White wins.}) 44. Rh1 $5 Rd7 45. Ra1 $6 ({Better is the return} 45. Rh4
Rc7 {and the advance} 46. Ke4 $1) 45... Rd3 $1 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Ke4 Rxc3 48. Kd5
Rd3+ 49. Kxc4 {The c-pawns have been exchanged.} Rd8 50. Rc7 Ke8 $2 (50... Rd1
$1 51. Kc3 Rg1 52. Rc4 Rd1 {offers a strong resistance.}) 51. g5 $1 Rd7 (51...
fxg5 $2 52. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 53. Bxg5+ {ends the game.}) 52. Rc8+ Kf7 53. g6+ Kg7
54. Ra8 $1 Bd8 55. Rb8 Be7 56. Ra8 Bd8 57. Ra7 $1 Rxa7 58. Bxa7 Ba5 59. Bc5 Bd2
60. Kd5 Bc3 61. f3 Bd2 62. Ke4 Be1 63. Be3 Bb4 64. Kd5 Be1 65. Ke6 Bh4 66. Ke7
Be1 67. Bh6+ $1 {A sacrifice decides the bishop ending.} Kxh6 68. Kf7 {
So, Phillips caught up. The final standings became: Barden and Phillips 8/11
(25 pounds), Hooper, Fazekas and Abrahams 7 (5 pounds), Harris, Wade, Clarke,
Aitken and Bruce 61/2, etc. A playoff had to be carried out.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 41 playoff"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Phillips, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff between Barden and Phillips started in London on 25 x 1954. Game
1 and 2 became quick draws.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7
6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Qc2 $5 (10. a4 b6 11. Re1 {
occurred in Donner - Ivkov, Opatija 1953.}) 10... a6 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 e6 13.
e4 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Ne2 h4 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 18. Rbd1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Ng4 20. Bxg7 ({
My source gives} 20. f3 $4 {but that would allow the simple} Ne3) 20... Kxg7
21. f3 $1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nf3 $2 (23. Qb2+ $1 Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nc3 {
gains a plus.}) 23... Rxe4 $1 24. Ne5 $5 (24. Qxe4 $2 Bf5 {costs a queen.})
24... Rxe2 $2 ({Better is} 24... Re3 $1 25. Nxg4 Bxg4) 25. Qxe2 dxe5 26. fxe5
$2 (26. Bf3 Nh6 27. Qxe5+ {offers more resistance.}) 26... Qg5 $1 27. e6 $5
fxe6 28. Bh3 $5 e5 29. Rd3 c4 30. Qb2 $5 cxd3 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33.
Qxc7 Rc8 {
White overstepped the time limit in a lost position. Barden took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 41 playoff"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phillips, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. Be2 $5 {Phillips makes a modest move.} ({
Usual is} 4. g3) 4... Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1 b6 9. Bf1 a5
10. a4 e6 11. h3 {He goes forwards slowly.} Ba6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 Bxf1 14. Nxf1
f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Bh4 h6 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Rc1 Rac8
21. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 {The chances are equal.} 24. Be5 Rc8
25. Ne3 Qd7 $5 ({More active is} 25... Ne4 $1) 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Bxe5 28.
Rxe5 Kf7 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Qe3 Re8 $5 (30... Rc6 $1 {
keeps control over the open file.}) 31. b3 b5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. h4 a4 34. bxa4
Qxa4 35. g3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 h5 $2 ({Right is} 36... Qd1 $1 37. Qc3 Re7) 37. Rg5 $1
Qd1 38. Re5 $2 ({He will find} 38. Qe5+ $1 {later.}) 38... Qa4 $5 39. Rg5 Qd1
$2 ({Correct is} 39... Qc2 $1 40. g4 hxg4 41. h5 Qe4+ $1 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43.
Rxg6+ Kh7 44. Rxg4 e5 45. d5 Rd8 46. Rxe4 Rxd5 {
and Black escapes in the rook ending.}) 40. Qe5+ $1 Kf7 41. Qf4+ $1 Kg7 42.
Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qh7 Qc2 44. Re5 $1 Rb8 45. Qd7 {Phillips had leveled the match.
Game six was drawn. So the standings became 3-3.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 41 playoff"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Phillips, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff was prolonged. Game seven ended in a draw.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10.
f4 O-O 11. f5 d5 12. Qd3 Nh4 13. g3 $5 {White has caught a knight.} c5 $1 14.
gxh4 (14. dxc5 $2 Bxc5+ 15. Kh1 d4 $1 16. gxh4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7+ 18. Kg1 Re8 {
leads to a winning black attack.}) 14... c4 (14... b5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5
Qxg5+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. hxg3 bxa4 {will be played in future games.}) 15. Qf3 b5
{Black regains the piece.} 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Qg3
Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rae8 22. Nc5 Bc8 {Game 9 and 10 were drawn too.
Thereafter, the playoff was stopped. The final result became 5-5. Barden and
Phillips shared the title.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aberystwyrh"]
[Site "BCF 42"]
[Date "1955.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-second British championship was carried out in Aberystwych at the
coast of Wales from 22 viii until 3 ix 1955. 36 persons participated.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Nb6 9. Qd3 Nbd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 $5 (11. Qxc3 {
happened in Donner - Kramer, Beverwijk 1950.}) 11... Be4 12. Qb5+ c6 $2 13. Qb3
$2 (13. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 $5 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 Ra8 17. Qc4 $1 Bd5 18.
Qd3 Be4 19. Qe3 {accepts two gifts and escapes from the attacks.}) 13... Be7
14. c4 O-O 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. a3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 b5 18. c5 Qd8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qe8 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. e4 Nf6 23. Bc3 h6 24. Rdb1 a5 $2 (24... a6 {
makes no sacrifice.}) 25. Bxa5 $1 {White captures the pawn this time.} Ra8 26.
Bc3 Qc8 27. Qe2 Nd7 28. Nd3 e5 29. d5 cxd5 30. exd5 Nxc5 $6 (30... Bxc5 $1 31.
Nxe5 Re8 32. Qb2 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Bf8 {offers more resistance.}) 31. Nxe5 Qf5 32.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bf6 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35. Nxd7 Bxc3 36. Ra2 Rfd8 37. Nb6 Ra5 38.
a4 f5 39. Rc2 Rxb5 40. axb5 Bd4 41. Nc8 {Golombek scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Aberystwyrh"]
[Site "BCF 42"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Purdy, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The Australian John Purdy was the son of the first world champion of
correspondence chess, Cecil Purdy.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 $5
b6 12. Bd3 Nc5 $6 {Black makes a premature manoeuvre.} ({More solid is} 12...
O-O $1 13. O-O Bb7 14. f4 Nc5) 13. O-O Nxd3 $6 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Nd5 $1 Bxb2 ({
Not} 15... e6 $2 16. Bd2 $1 Qc5 17. Bb4 Qd4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxg6+ $1) 16.
Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bd4+ Bxd4 18. Qxd4+ f6 19. c5 $1 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Qe3 Bb7 $2
(21... Kg7 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Rc7 Ba6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 {offers more resistance.}) 22.
Nxg6+ $1 {Penrose shows his great talent as an attacker.} Kg7 ({The pointe is} 
22... hxg6 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Rh5#) 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rd1 Bxe4 25.
Rxd7+ Rf7 26. Qg3+ Kh6 27. Qf4+ Kg7 28. Rxf7+ {Penrose won again in the next
round and led by 6/8, half-a-point ahead of Golombek, Wade, Milner Barry,
Phillips and Parr. Jonathan only scored half-a-point during the final three
rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Aberystwyrh"]
[Site "BCF 42"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Golombek and Milner Barry led by half-a-point on Wade, when the last round
began.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O cxd4
8. Nxd4 O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. b3 $5 ({Known is} 11. f4) 11... Rc8 12.
Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Kh1 a6 15. f4 Qc5 16. Nc2 Qh5 17. Rf3 $6 {
White should exchange the queens. His effort to attack leads to a poor defence.
} Nc5 18. Ne1 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 d5 $1 20. Nf2 $2 ({Preferable is} 20. cxd5 $5 exd5
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. exd5 Bf8 24. Re3 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 {
and White will try to survive in the endgame.}) 20... dxc4 21. g4 $2 Qa5 $2 {
Golombek hesitates.} (21... Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Nd5 g6 $1 {
wins for Black.}) 22. g5 $5 Nd7 $5 23. Rh3 cxb3 24. axb3 Nf8 25. Rg1 Bc5 26.
Rg2 $6 (26. Ra1 Qb4 27. Ba3 Qd4 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Na4 {counters.}) 26... Bd4
27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Qd2 Red8 30. h4 Qb4 31. Qe2 Bxf2 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33.
Rxf2 Qxb3 34. h5 b5 35. h6 b4 $1 36. Nd5 exd5 37. hxg7 dxe4 38. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
39. Kh2 e3 40. Qg4 Qd1 {Golombek won the last three games.} 0-1

[Event "Aberystwyrh"]
[Site "BCF 42"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 $5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 e5 11. O-O Qe7 12. g3 $5 ({My preference has} 12.
f5 $1 gxf5 13. Bg5 $1 f4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. g3 $1) 12... Rad8 13. Qd2 d5 $1 {
Wade takes the initiative.} 14. Qg2 $2 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ba6 16. Rfe1 e4
17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxb2 19. Rd1 {leads to a great battle.}) 14... exf4 $2 (
14... d4 $1 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 dxe3 17. dxc6 Ba6 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 exf4
{wins for Black.}) 15. Bxf4 Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. c3 g5 $6 (
18... Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Rxd4 {gains a pawn.}) 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfe1 $4 (20. Bxg5
$1 f6 21. Rfe1 $1 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Bxg2 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Kxg2 {
fights for survival.}) 20... Rxd4 $1 {Poor Milner Barry lost the first place
again. The final standings became: Golombek 81/2/11, Wade 8, Milner Barry,
Phillips and Parr 71/2, Moore 7, Penrose, A.Thomas and Haygarth 61/2, etc.} (
20... Rxd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2+ {wins a queen.}) 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 43"]
[Date "1956.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bourne, BP."]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-third British championship was played in Blackpool from 20 until 31
viii 1956. 32 men participated.} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3
$5 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 $1 {
Alexander shows ambition against the weaker player.} 11. b4 Nd4 $1 12. Nxd4 ({
The pointe is} 12. Nxe5 $2 Nh5 $1 13. Ng4 Qh4 14. f3 Nxf3+ $1 15. gxf3 Bxc3)
12... exd4 13. Nd5 Nh5 $1 14. b5 c6 15. Nb4 f3 $1 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 Qc7 18.
Ra2 $5 Be5 19. Bf1 $2 ({Preferable is} 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qa4 {
and White counters.}) 19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd7 21. Kh1 $2 {
He should use the knight for the defence.} (21. Nd3 $1 Qh3 22. Ne1 {
protects the kingside.}) 21... Qh3 22. Rg1 Bxg3 $1 {
Alexander started with a great attacking game.} (22... Bxg3 23. fxg3 f2 24. Rf1
Nxg3# {ends the game (Harston).}) 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 43"]
[Date "1956.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Alexander had scored 61/2/7. Parr followed at one point.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5 gxf5 9. Bd3 O-O 10.
Qd2 e4 $5 {Alexander charges.} 11. fxe4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. Bg5 ({Not} 13.
Bxe4 $4 Qh4+) 13... Qe8 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Nh3 Bxh3 $5
18. gxh3 Nf3 $2 ({Better is} 18... Kh8 19. Rhg1 Rf7) 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Rhg1 $2
{White misses an opportunity.} (20. Rde1 $1 Qf7 21. Reg1 $1 f2 22. Rxg7+ Qxg7
23. Bxg7 f1=Q+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kc2 {wins for White.}) 20... Rf7 21. Rdf1 Qe5
22. Rg5 ({The alternative is} 22. Rxf3 $5 Rxf3 23. Bxg7 Rf1+ $1 24. Rxf1 Qxg7)
22... Qf6 23. Rg3 Raf8 24. Be3 Qe7 25. Bd4 c5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rfg1 c5 $2 ({
Correct is} 27... f2 $1 28. Qxf2 $1 c5 $1 29. Qxf7+ $5 Rxf7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 {and Black survives in the pawn ending.}) 28. Bxg7
Rxg7 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qf2 $1 Rf7 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Ke1 $1 Ke8
34. Kf1 Kd7 35. Qb2 f2 36. Qb8 {Parr shared the first place.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 43"]
[Date "1956.08.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Alexander and Parr lead, when the last round begins.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3.
Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Qe8 $5 7. Bh2 Nfd7 {They play timidly.} 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Qb5 15. Rab1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 $1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd5 Qb4 {The nervous
Alexander offers a draw in an equal position. He gains confidence, when
Franklin refuses.} 19. Qd1 a4 20. a3 Qxb3 21. Qxb3 axb3 22. Rb5 Rdb8 $5 23.
Rxb3 b5 $5 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Bg3 Rb6 26. Rd5 Rab8 27. e4 Ke7 28. f3 $6 (28. Bf4
$5 {activates the bishop.}) 28... b4 $1 29. a4 $5 Rc6 30. e5 $2 (30. Rb5 $1
Rxb5 31. axb5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 {plays for a draw (Harston).}) 30... dxe5 {
Black has an extra pawn.} 31. Re3 Ke6 32. Ra5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. f4 Bh6 35.
Re2 Rd8 36. fxe5 f5 37. Ra6+ $2 (37. Bf2 $1 Bf4+ 38. g3 Rd2 39. Ra6+ c6 40.
Rxd2 Bxd2 41. Kg2 Rc2 42. Kf3 Kxe5 43. a5 {fights for the last chance.}) 37...
c6 $1 {Black threatens ..Rdd1 and mate.} 38. Re1 $5 ({Or} 38. Bf2 f4 $1 39. b3
Rdd1) 38... Rc2 $1 39. Rg1 Be3 40. Rf1 Rdd2 41. Kh1 g5 42. Bh2 f4 43. Bg1 Bxg1
44. Rxg1 f3 45. Rb6 Re2 {Alexander played the endgame well.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 43"]
[Date "1956.08.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Parr had to win this game.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O
6. Nf3 d6 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. O-O Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rfe1 a5 $5 (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 c6 {
happened in C.Purdy - Vaughan, Sydney 1945.}) 15. Nd2 Nd4 $1 16. Bxd4 exd4 {
Black has the initiative.} 17. Ne4 Ra6 $5 18. f4 Be7 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rb6
21. Nf2 $1 Bf6 22. Nd3 {He takes over.} Kh8 $6 ({Preferable is} 22... c6 $5)
23. Bd5 c5 $6 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Nxc5 {White gains a pawn.} d3 $1 26. Na4 $6 (26.
Nxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxb2 28. a3 {keeps the advantage.}) 26... Rb4 27. b3 h5 $5
28. Kg2 h4 $6 ({Better is the immediate} 28... Rxa4 $1 29. bxa4 Bc3 30. Red1
Bxd2 31. Rxd2 b6) 29. Kf3 Rxa4 $2 (29... g5 $1 {counters in the right way.})
30. bxa4 Bc3 31. Red1 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Re8 $5 33. g4 $5 Re2 34. Rd1 $2 (34. Rxe2
Bxg4+ $1 35. Kf2 $1 Bxe2 36. Bxb7 {wins for White.}) 34... Bc8 35. Rxd3 Rxh2
36. f5 Rh3+ 37. Ke4 Rxd3 38. Kxd3 b6 $1 39. Ke4 g6 $2 (39... h3 $1 40. Kf4 h2
41. Kg3 g6 $1 42. fxg6 Kg7 43. Be4 Be6 {fights for a draw.}) 40. f6 Bxg4 41.
Kf4 $6 (41. Ke5 $1 g5 42. Kd6 Bh5 43. Be6 g4 44. Bxg4 Bf7 45. Ke7 Kg8 46. a3
Bxc4 47. Bh5 {ends the game.}) 41... Bh5 $1 42. Kg5 $2 {
Parr misses a playoff with Alexander.} ({Right is} 42. Be6 $1 h3 43. Bxh3 Kg8
44. Be6+ Kf8 45. Kg5 Ke8 46. Kh6 Kf8 47. Bd5 $1 {and zugzwang becomes fatal.})
42... Kh7 43. Kxh4 Kh6 44. Kg3 {Many subtleties were missed in the endgame.
The final standings became: Alexander 91/2/11, Parr 9, Wood and Haygarth 71/2,
Barden 7, Gibbs, Aitken and A.Thomas 61/2, etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 44"]
[Date "1957.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1957.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-fourth UK championship was played in Plymouth from 19 until 30 viii
1957. 32 men participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nbd7
6. f4 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O g6 $5 11. g4 {
White wants to charge on the hostile king.} Ne8 12. Qh3 f6 13. Nxd7 (13. Bxg6
$6 hxg6 14. Nxg6 Ng7 {brings no advantage for White.}) 13... Qxd7 14. Nf3 Ng7
15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 e5 $5 {Black chooses for a counter in the centre.} 17.
fxe5 fxe5 18. e4 $2 (18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 {
keeps the equality.}) 18... h5 $2 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Ne6 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21.
Bxg5 Qa4 {achieves a positional plus.}) 19. Ng5 $1 exd4 $2 {Problems arise.} (
19... Qxg4+ 20. Qxg4 hxg4 {draws easily.}) 20. e5 $1 Rxf1+ $2 (20... dxc3 $1
21. bxc3 c4 22. Bxg6 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Qxg4+ 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. Rf6 d4+ 26. Kg3 Bc8 {
offers more resistance.}) 21. Rxf1 Rxe5 22. Bxg6 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Bf7+
Kh8 25. Rf6 $1 {He organises a mating attack with a few pieces.} Nf5 26. Rg6 $1
Ne7 27. Rxd6 dxc3 28. bxc3 Re2 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rxa7 d4 32. cxd4
cxd4 33. Bc4 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Bd3 Bf3 36. h4 Rb2 37. Bd6 {
Fazekas scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 44"]
[Date "1957.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Qe2) 10... a6 $1 ({
Capture of a second pawn by} 10... Qxe5 $5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Bd2 Qb6 {will draw in Adorjan - Farago, Hastings 1976.}) 11. Kh1 $6 Ne7 $6
(11... Qxe5 $1 12. f4 Qd6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bd4 Bf6 {
will win for Black in Wade - Menvielle Lacourelle, Palma de Mallorca 1966.})
12. f4 g6 $5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Be3 Qd8 ({The alternative is} 14... d4 $5 15. Ne4
Nd5) 15. Qf2 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. f5 $5 Nxe5 $2 ({Better is} 17... gxf5 18. Bxf5
Bg7 19. Bg6 $1 O-O $1 20. Bxf7+ Kh8) 18. fxe6 $2 (18. Qd4 $1 Qb8 (18... Bd6 19.
Ne4 $1 dxe4 20. Qxd6 Nxd3 21. f6 $1) 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nb5 $1 {wins for White.}
) 18... Bxe6 19. Qf6 Nxd3 20. Qxh8 Qc6 21. Qd4 Qc4 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nxb2
24. Nxd5 $1 Nxd1 $4 ({Right is} 24... Be7 $1 25. Nxe7 Nxd1 $1 26. Rxd1 Kxe7 27.
Qg5+ f6 {and Black survives.}) 25. Nf6+ $1 Ke7 26. Qa3+ {
Wade knew his way with the lesser players.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 44"]
[Date "1957.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1957.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nde2 $6 {Alexander makes a modest move.} ({Known is} 10. Bf4
) 10... Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Re1 d6 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd3
Qb6 $1 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Kh1 $5 Bf6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd1 Qc5 21. c4 $1 Bxb2 22.
Qxb2 $6 ({Better is} 22. b4 $1 Bxc1 $1 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nb2 Rdc8
26. Nd3 Rc2 27. Qh5 {and Black has little advantage.}) 22... Ne5 $1 23. Re3
bxc4 24. bxc4 $6 (24. f4 $1 Ng4 25. Rxc4 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qh3 27. Re1 {equalises.})
24... Bc6 25. Rec3 Rb8 26. Qe2 Rb6 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nf2 Rdb8 29. Nd3 Qd4 30. Qf2
Qxf2 31. Nxf2 Nc5 32. Kg1 f6 $5 {Time pressures.} 33. Kf1 $6 (33. e5 $1 {
counters.}) 33... Rb1 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 e5 37. Bf3 Kf7 38. f5
Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Nd3 Nxd3 41. Kxd3 Ra2 42. Ke3 Kc7 43. Bh5 Kb6 44. Bf7 Kc5
45. Bd5 Ba4 46. Bb7 Kb6 47. Bd5 Rg2 48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Ke3 Bc2 50. Bg8 h6 51. Be6
Kc5 $1 {Black starts the decisive attack on the queenside.} 52. Bf7 a5 $1 53.
Be6 a4 54. Bd5 Bb3 55. Bf7 Ra2 56. Rd3 ({Or} 56. Be8 Rxa3 57. Bxa4 $5 Kb4 $1
58. Rxb3+ Rxb3+ 59. Bxb3 Kxb3 60. Kd3 h5 $1 {and Black wins the pawn ending.})
56... Rxa3 57. Rd5+ Kb4 {Clarke played a fine positional game.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 44"]
[Date "1957.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1957.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ne3 g6 14. h3 Bb7 15. a4
$5 c4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bg7 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qh3
Rb8 22. Nf1 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. g5 Qc6 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qh4 Qc8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Be3 Rb8 33. Rd1 Kf8 34.
Be4 Ke8 35. Rd5 Nb7 36. Rd2 Nd8 37. a5 Bf8 38. Bb6 Be7 39. Be3 Rb5 40. Bd5 Bc5
{Barden has an advantage in the endgame.} 41. Bxc4 Rxa5 42. Bxc5 $2 (42. Rd5 $1
Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe3 44. Rxe5+ Kf8 45. Rxe3 {gains a pawn.}) 42... Rxc5 43. Bxa6
Ne6 44. Kf1 Ra5 45. Bb7 Nxg5 {Black has levelled the material.} 46. c4 $2 (46.
b4 $1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 {keeps a plus on the queenside.}) 46... Ne6 47. Bc6+ $5 Ke7
48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Ke1 Ra6 50. Bd5 Rb6 51. Rb7 Rxb7 52. Bxb7 Nc5 $1 {
Penrose has achieved the initiative.} 53. Bf3 e4 54. Be2 Ke5 55. Kd2 Kd4 $1 56.
b4 Na6 57. b5 Nc5 {Black has stopped the passed pawns.} 58. Kc2 f5 59. Kd2 $5
f4 $1 60. g3 f3 $1 61. Bf1 h5 62. Bh3 Kxc4 $2 {He allows a subtle draw.} (62...
g5 $1 63. Bf5 Nb3+ 64. Kc2 Na5 65. c5 e3 66. fxe3+ Kxc5 {plays for a win.}) 63.
b6 Kb5 64. Be6 $1 g5 65. Ke3 Kxb6 66. Bf5 Kc6 67. Bg6 $2 {
Exchange on e4 leads to a lost pawn ending, but Barden can draw in another way.
} ({Right is} 67. Kd4 $1 g4 68. Ke3 Kd5 69. Bg6 {and White survives.}) 67...
Kd5 $1 68. Bxh5 Nd7 $1 69. Bg6 Nf6 70. Bf5 Ke5 $1 71. g4 Nd5+ 72. Kd2 Kf4 {
Penrose showed his ability in a knight versus bishop ending.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 44"]
[Date "1957.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1bq1rpp1/pp1b1np1/3p4/1PpP1N1Q/P2BPP2/3B2PP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1957.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The decision of the championship occurred in the last round.} 21. Nxd5 $2 {
White blunders.} ({Correct is} 21. e4 $1 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Qd8 23. e5 $1 {
and equality.}) 21... Bxd5 22. e4 Bxh2+ $1 {He delivers a desperado sacrifice.}
23. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 cxd3 25. exd5 Re2 26. Rfd1 Nxd5 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 27. Rc6 $5 Rd8 $5 28. Bc1 $2 (28. a4 $5 f6 29. a5
bxa5 30. bxa5 Rb8 $1 31. Bc1 Rc2 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. dxc5 {offers more resistance.
}) 28... Rc2 $1 29. Rxc2 dxc2 30. Rd2 Rc8 {and Black won. The final standings
became: Fazekas 8/11, Penrose, Wade and Clarke 71/2, Cafferty and Barden 7,
Alexander, Gibbs and Mardle 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Leamington"]
[Site "BCF 45"]
[Date "1958.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wood, Baruch"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1958.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-fifth UK championship was played in Royal Leamington Spa from 18
until 29 viii 1958. 28 men participated. Barden scored well.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Ne5 $5 ({
Known is} 8... O-O 9. Nge2 Ne5) 9. Qd2 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Rd1 c6 12. Nge2 Qa5
13. Qxd6 $2 {Wood blunders.} (13. Nd4 Rfd8 14. Be2 {is alright.}) 13... Rfd8 $1
14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. Bxc5 Nd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 {Black has a material plus.} 17. Nb1
Nh5 18. g4 b6 $1 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nd4 Nf4 $3 {Penrose trailed Barden by one
point, but caught up during the last two rounds. The final standings became:
Barden and Penrose 81/2/11, Clarke 8, Howson 7, Cafferty, Fuller and Gibbs 61/
2, etc. A playoff between the winners would occur.} (20... Nf4 21. Bxd3 Nxd3+
22. Ke2 Bxd4 {gains a piece.}) 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 45 playoff"]
[Date "1958.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1958.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Penrose and Barden carried out a playoff in London from 24 xi until 5 xii
1958. A match of six games was planned.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3
d6 5. Bg5 h6 $5 ({Usual is} 5... O-O) 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c6 (8... c5 {
will become more popular.}) 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 $5 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Ne2 Qd7
13. e4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c5 $1 15. e5 $1 {Penrose wants to attack.} O-O-O $5 ({
The alternative is} 15... cxd4 16. Nfxd4 dxe5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qc6) 16.
exd6 Qxd6 17. Bf5+ Bxf5 18. Qxf5+ Qe6 $6 ({Better is} 18... e6 $1 19. Qxc5+
Qxc5 20. dxc5 Nxc4 {(Penrose).}) 19. Qxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. b3 g4 $2 {
The black pawn structure becomes vulnerable.} (20... Nd7 $1 21. g4 {(Clarke)}
Rhf8 {defends well.}) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rdf8 $5 23. Nf4 Rf5 24. Rh4 $1 h5
25. Rdh1 Nd7 26. Rxg4 $1 Nxe5 27. Rgh4 Kd7 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. Rxh5 {
He gains a pawn.} Rhxh5 30. Rxh5 Ng4 31. f3 Nf6 32. Rh8 e5 33. Rd8+ Kc6 34. Nd5
Nxd5 35. Rxd5 e6 36. Rd8 Rg5 37. g4 e4 38. Ke3 exf3 39. gxf3 Re5+ 40. Kf2 $1 {
White consolidates his extra pawn in the rook ending.} b5 41. Rd2 bxc4 42. bxc4
Rg5 43. Kg3 Rg7 44. Kf4 Rf7+ 45. Ke4 e5 46. g5 {Penrose took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 45 playoff"]
[Date "1958.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The second game ended in a short draw. Penrose barely survived in the third
encounter.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O
Nxe4 $5 {Penrose finds an aggressive approach in the Hungarian Defence.} 8.
Nxe4 (8. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 9. Nxe4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 {
favours Black (Shipov).}) 8... d5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. d5 Rd8 12. Nd2
$5 Nb4 $5 (12... Rxd5 $1 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf3 Be6 {brings equal chances.}) 13.
a3 $1 Qa6 14. Nb3 Nc6 $1 15. Qe1 $1 Na5 16. Qxe5 Bf6 $2 (16... Bd6 $1 17. Qd4
Bf5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 cxb6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. c4 Bd3 23. Bf4
Bxf1 24. Bxd6 Bxc4 {draws.}) 17. Qxc7 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bf5 19. Be3 Bc2 20. Qc4
Qxc4 21. bxc4 Bb3 22. Ne4 $1 Bxc4 ({Not} 22... Bxb2 $4 23. Rab1) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6
24. Rfd1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bh6 Kh8 $5 27. f3 Re8 28. Kf2 f5 $5 29. Rc1 Kg8
30. Rc5 Be6 31. Kg3 $2 ({Better is} 31. Rc7 $1 Bd5 32. Kg3 Bc6 33. Kf4 Re6 34.
Rc8+ {(Clarke)} Re8 $1 35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Kxf5 {
but White has no winning chances.}) 31... Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Be3 a6 34. Bd4
h6 35. Kf4 Kh7 36. Ke5 Kg6 37. Kd6 Be6 38. b4 Bc4 39. Kc7 Bd5 40. Be3 h5 {
Penrose drew for the third time in a row.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 45 playoff"]
[Date "1958.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1958.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. Bc4 $5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
12... a5 $1 13. Be3 {(Clarke)} Ba6) 13. f5 $1 Bxb3 14. axb3 d5 $1 15. Qg4 Kh8
$6 (15... Qd6 16. Rf3 d4 17. Ne2 Nd7 {defends more accurately.}) 16. Rf3 $1 d4
17. Ne2 Nd7 $2 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Rg3 g6 {activates the black queen.}) 18. Rh3
$1 g6 $5 {Black looks for a counteraction.} (18... Re8 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Qh4 g6
21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxh5 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Kg7 {
costs a pawn.}) 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 $1 Rf1+ 21. Ng1 Qg8 22. Qxc6 Nf6 $6 (
22... Rd8 $1 23. Qa6 Re1 24. Bh6 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qg6 26. Qxa7 Qxe4 {
fights for the last chance.}) 23. Rg3 Qc8 24. Qb5 $1 Re1 25. Bh6 $1 {
White finds an elegant decision.} Rxa1 26. Qxe5 $1 Bd8 27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Bxf6+
Kf7 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Re7+ {Barden will be mated. A sixth game was
not necessary, because Penrose had won by 31/2-11/2. The new champion,
Jonathan Penrose, was a great attacker with a fine positional sense.} 1-0

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-sixth British championship was played in York from 10 until 22 viii
1959. 34 men participated.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. d4 Bf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Nb6 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. d5 Ne7
13. h3 $5 (13. Ne3 Bd7 14. b3 {happened in Yates - Ward, Scarborough 1909.})
13... Bc8 14. Ng3 g6 $6 ({More active is} 14... Ng6) 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Qd2 f6 $5
17. b3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. h4 axb3 20. axb3 Bg4 21. Nh2 Bd7 22. h5 Rf7 23. f3
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nec8 $6 (24... f5 $1 {starts a counteraction.}) 25. Ng4 c5 $5 26.
dxc6 bxc6 27. c4 c5 28. Kf2 $1 Bxg4 29. fxg4 Qd7 30. Bd1 Qc6 31. Kg1 Ra7 32.
Rxa7 Nxa7 33. b4 $1 Nac8 34. b5 Qa8 $2 ({Better is} 34... Qd7) 35. g5 $1 {
White conquers on the kingside.} fxg5 $2 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Bg4 Kh7 38. Be6 $1
Bf6 39. Bxg5 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Bxg5 41. Qxg5 Qa7 42. Qd8 Qb7 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Nf5+
$1 gxf5 45. Qg5+ {Penrose defended the title.} (45. Qg5+ Kf8 46. Qg8+ Ke7 47.
Qf7+ Kd8 48. Qxb7 {gains a queen.}) 1-0

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Rad8 $5 (15... h6 {happened in Boleslavsky - Zagoriansky, Moscow 1942.})
16. Qe2 g6 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22.
Qe2 b4 $2 {Penrose misses fine tactics.} 23. Rxa5 $1 Qxa5 24. Qxc4 Rf8 25. Nxf7
$1 Kg7 $2 ({The pointe is} 25... Rxf7 $2 26. Bb3 $1) (25... bxc3 26. Nxe5+ Kg7
27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Bb7 {defends stubbornly.}) 26. Nf5+ $1 {Barden strikes.}
gxf5 27. Bh6+ $1 Kg6 28. Bxf8 $6 Bxf8 29. Nh8+ $6 Kh6 30. Qxc8 Kg7 31. Qe6 $6 (
31. Qxf5 $1 Qd8 32. Qg5+ Kxh8 33. Qxe5 {wins for White.}) 31... Qa1+ $6 (31...
Qd8 $1 32. Nf7 Qd2 33. Nxe5 Qc1+ $1 34. Bd1 $1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5 36. exf5 bxc3
37. bxc3 Qe8 38. Qxe8 Nxe8 {tries to survive.}) 32. Kh2 Qxb2 $2 (32... Qa7 33.
Qxf5 Qe7 34. cxb4 Kxh8 35. b5 Qd6 {offers more resistance.}) 33. Bb3 h5 34.
Qf7+ Kxh8 35. Qxf8+ {Barden had a revenge for the previous year.} 1-0

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Be7 $5 ({
The old theory is} 6... Qxd5 7. d4 Bg4 {
(Chigorin - Tarrasch, St Petersburg 1893).}) 7. Be2 $6 ({More sense makes} 7.
Bc4) 7... Bh4+ 8. Kf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 $1 10. Bxf4 Bf5 $6 11. Bd3 $6 (11. c4 {
saves a pawn.}) 11... Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 $5 Re7 $5 15. Bg3
Rae8 16. Re1 $2 ({Better is} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Rf1) 16... Rxe1 17. Nxe1 Nxd4 $6
(17... Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ $1 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 {wins for Black.})
18. cxd4 $4 (18. Kf1 $1 Ne6 19. Qf3 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 {defends properly.}) 18...
Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ $1 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 21. Bf4 Qe4+ {White will lose a lot.} (
21... Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Qxf4+ 23. Kxd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3 Qxa1 {
gains material.}) 0-1

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Black "Aitken, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Bb3 exd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. Bc2 Bb5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c5 14. Bf4 $5 ({
Known is} 14. Nc3) 14... b5 15. Nbd2 Nc6 16. a3 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 cxd4
19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nh5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Qd5 g6 23. Rab1 Qe6 $5 24. Qxe6 fxe6
{Black has a weakling on d6.} 25. g4 Ng7 26. f4 e5 $2 ({The freeing move is} 
26... d5) 27. f5 d5 $6 ({Preferable is} 27... Bh4 28. Red1 gxf5 29. exf5 d5 30.
Nf3 Bf6) 28. g5 $1 d4 29. gxf6 dxe3 30. Nf3 Nh5 31. fxg6 Nxf6 ({Or} 31... hxg6
32. Nxe5 Nxf6 33. Rxe3) 32. gxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxe3 {White has gained a pawn.} Rac8
34. Rbe1 Rc2 35. R3e2 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rc5 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Kh6 39. Kf2 b4 40.
axb4 Rc4 $2 {Black loses a valuable tempo.} ({Right is} 40... Rb5 $1 41. Ke3
Rxb4 42. Nxe5 Rxe4+ 43. Kf3 Rh4 {and Black stops the extra pawn.}) 41. Nxe5 $1
Rxb4 42. Ng4+ Nxg4+ 43. hxg4 Kg5 44. e5 $1 {He triumphs in the rook ending.}
Kxg4 45. e6 Rb8 46. Ke3 $1 Kf5 47. Kd4 Kf6 48. e7 Kf7 49. Kc4 (49. e8=Q+ $1
Rxe8 50. Rxe8 Kxe8 51. Kc5 {wins quickly.}) 49... Ke8 50. b4 Rb6 51. Re5 Rb8
52. Re6 Ra8 53. Kc5 Rb8 54. Rb6 Rc8+ 55. Kd6 Ra8 56. Ke6 a5 $5 57. bxa5 Rc8 58.
Kd6 {Haygarth scored well.} 1-0

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{John Littlewood was a member of a chess playing family.} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Qc7 $5 9. c3 dxc3 10.
bxc3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8 $5 12. Rb1 Nc6 $1 13. Nxc5 $5 {Littlewood bites.} Nxe5 14.
Na6 $2 (14. fxe5 Qxc5+ 15. d4 Qxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. e3 Rb8 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19.
Bxb7 {keeps the equality.}) 14... Qxc3 $2 (14... bxa6 15. Bxa8 Nc6 {
gains an advantage.}) 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxb7 Nd5 17. Bf4 $2 ({Better is} 17.
Qd2 Bc6 18. Bb2) 17... Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qd6 {Black has a positional edge.} 19. Nb4
Rd8 20. Qc1 Rd7 21. Qc8 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 e6 23. Kh1 Bh6 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Nc2 Rc8
26. Nd4 $5 Bg7 27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Qc4 Bb7 29. Qa4 Qa6 30. Qb4 Bd5 31. Ne5 $6 (31.
a4 {defends a pawn.}) 31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxa2 33. Qe7 $6 (33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Kf3
{prolongs the resistance.}) 33... Bxe5 34. fxe5 Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Qxa7 Qxe5
{Golombek has conquered two pawns.} 37. Rf3 Qd5 38. Kf2 e5 39. Qe7 Rc8 {
John was the first one of his family, who brought enterprising chess.} 0-1

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aitken, James"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bf3 Rac8 $5 ({Theory is} 12... Na5
13. Nxa5 Qxa5) 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. Rfd1 Be8 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Nc5 {
They play the Scheveningen quietly, so far.} 17. Nd4 $2 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 $2 (
18... Nxa4 $5 {wins material.}) 19. e5 $2 (19. Qb4 a5 20. Qa3 {
defends properly.}) 19... dxe5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. c3 $5 exf4 23.
Ne4 Rc7 24. Nxf6 gxf6 {
Black has two extra pawns in the endgame, but it is not an easy win.} 25. Rd4
e5 26. Rb4 Bc6 $5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Rb6 e4 $1 30. Kf2 ({
The pointe is} 30. Rxa6 $2 e3 31. Re1 Rd8 $1 32. Ra5 c5 $1 {and Black wins.})
30... a5 $1 31. b4 Ra8 32. g3 $5 f3 33. g4 Rca7 34. Rd4 $5 axb4 $2 (34... Re7
$1 35. Ke3 axb4 36. Rdxb4 Kg7 37. Rxc6 Ra5 38. Rcc4 $1 f5 $1 39. gxf5 Rxf5 {
wins for Black.}) 35. Rxe4 bxc3 36. Rxc6 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Rxc3 $2 (38.
Kxf3 Ra3 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Kf5 {draws.}) 38... Rxg4 39. Kxf3 {
White should hold the rook ending.} Rg5 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. Rc7 h5 42. h4 $2 (42.
Rc2 $1 Kg6 43. Kf3 Rg4 44. Rb2 f5 45. Rb6+ Kg5 46. Rb7 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kh3
f6 49. Rg7+ {seems to lead to an escape.}) 42... Rg4+ 43. Kf5 Rg1 $1 ({
The trap is} 43... Rxh4 $4 44. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7) 44. Rc4 Rf1+ 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Ra4
Rg1 47. Kf3 f5 48. Ra6+ f6 49. Ra2 Rg4 50. Rh2 Kf7 51. Rh1 Ke6 52. Ra1 Rxh4 53.
Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra5 Kg6 55. Ra8 Rg4 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rf8 Kg7 58. Ra8 h4 59. Ra7+
Kg6 60. Ra8 Rg5 61. Rh8 Rh5 62. Rg8+ Kf7 63. Rg2 h3 64. Rh2 Kg6 65. Kf4 Rh4+
66. Kg3 Kg5 {Golombek led the field by one point.} 0-1

[Event "York"]
[Site "BCF 46"]
[Date "1959.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1959.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Penrose had to win his game against the leader.} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6
4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 h6 9. c5 $5 Kh7 10. cxd6 cxd6
11. Ne1 Nc6 12. Nd5 $6 Be6 $1 13. Nb4 $6 Nxb4 14. Bxb4 Qb6 15. Ba3 {
Golombek has lost time.} Rfc8 16. Nf3 e4 $1 {
Penrose attacks over a broad front.} 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd2 d5 19. e3 $2 (19.
Nb3 Rc4 20. e3 {defends properly.}) 19... Bxb2 $1 20. Bxb2 ({The pointe is} 20.
Rb1 $2 Nc3 21. Rxb2 Nxd1 22. Rxb6 axb6) 20... Qxb2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 22. Qd6 $5 Bxa2 23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. g4 $5 Re8 25. Qh4
Kh7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Kh1 Rg8 $1 28. Bh3 Rg5 29. Qf4 Be6 30. Ra5 Qf6 31. Qc7+
Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rb1 Bc8 $5 34. Rc5 $6 (34. Rd5 $5 Kf7 35. Rd8 Rg8 36.
Rd6 b6 37. Rxh6 Be6 38. Rc1 {offers more resistance.}) 34... Kf6 35. Rd1 Be6
36. Bf1 Rg7 37. Bh3 Rc8 {Haygarth won and joined the lead with Golombek,
half-a-point ahead of Penrose. Jonathan shared the top score after his win
during the penultimate round. Draws were played by the leaders in the last
round. The final standings became: Golombek, Haygarth and Penrose 8/11, Aitken,
Clarke, J.Littlewood and Barden 7, Hallmark, Alexander, Sergeant and Cafferty
61/2, etc. The top three had to carry out a play-off.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 46 playoff"]
[Date "1959.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1959.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff occurred at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall in London on two
weekends from 13 until 20 xi 1959. Haygarth got the time to travel from Leeds
on Friday. Penrose defeated Golombek on this day. He met Haygarth on Saturday
14 xi 1959.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5
c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Nc1 Nc5 $6 ({Theory is} 11... Nh5)
12. b4 $1 {White gains time.} Ncd7 13. Nb3 Nh5 14. Na5 f5 15. Bc4 Ndf6 $5 16.
O-O f4 $1 17. Bf2 g5 18. Rfc1 $2 (18. Be2 $1 g4 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Nxb7 Qc7 21.
Na5 {brings favourable tactics.}) 18... g4 $1 19. Kf1 $5 g3 $1 20. Bg1 Ng4 $5 {
Penrose delivers a creative sacrifice.} (20... gxh2 $1 21. Bxh2 Ng3+ {
leads to a strong attack.}) 21. h3 $5 (21. fxg4 $6 f3 $1 22. gxh5 Qh4 23. hxg3
{(Penrose)} Qxg3 $1 24. Qe3 Bh6 $1 25. Qxh6 Bg4 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 {
gives a dangerous position for White.}) 21... Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 $2 (22. Ke1 $1 Qb6
23. a3 {tries to survive.}) 22... fxe3 23. Qxe3 Qh4 $1 24. Ke1 Nf4 $1 25. Rc2
Bxh3 $1 26. Qg1 $5 (26. gxh3 b5 $1 27. Bf1 g2+ {charges decisively.}) 26...
Nxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Rxf3 $1 28. Rc1 Bxg2 29. Qxg2 Rf2 {Penrose won brilliantly.
Golombek and Haygarth drew on Sunday. The standings after the first weekend
became: Penrose 2/2, Golombek and Haygarth 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 46 playoff"]
[Date "1959.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1959.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Penrose continued in a grand style during the second weekend.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Qxc6 Ne5 13. Qa4 Nxc4 14. Qc2 Rb8 $5 (14...
Rc8 15. Nd5 Nb6 {drew in Foltys - Alster, Bratislava 1949.}) (14... c6 $1 {
will become an improvement in Johansen - Smerdon, Elwood 2005.}) 15. Rb1 c6 16.
b3 Qa5 $1 17. Na4 $6 (17. bxc4 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Be3 {equalises.}) 17...
Rfe8 $1 18. Rd1 d5 $1 19. h3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh5 $1 {
Penrose plays creative chess.} 21. Re1 ({The pointe is} 21. bxc4 $2 Rxb1 22.
Qxb1 Qxd1+) 21... Ne5 22. Qe2 $6 Qxh3 $6 {Black gains a pawn.} ({Even better is
} 22... Bg4 $1 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Qf3 f5) 23. Bg2 Qf5 24. Bf4 Bd5 $1 25. Bxd5
cxd5 26. Nc5 Rbd8 27. Kg2 Qc8 28. Qb5 d4 29. Rbc1 $2 (29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rbc1 $1
Qa8+ 31. Qb7 Qxb7+ 32. Nxb7 {prevents a fork on d3.}) 29... Qa8+ 30. Qb7 Qxb7+
31. Nxb7 Nd3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd1 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 Re2 35. a4 Rb2 36. Rd3 Rc2
37. Kf3 h5 38. Nd6 Rc3 39. Ke2 h4 40. Ne4 Rc2+ $6 {Penrose makes minor errors.}
(40... Rxd3 41. Kxd3 h3 {wins easily.}) 41. Kd1 Ra2 42. Rh3 f5 43. Nd2 Ra1+ 44.
Kc2 Bf6 45. Rh2 Kf7 $6 46. Nf3 a5 47. Nxh4 $6 Ra2+ 48. Kb1 Re2 $1 49. Nf3 d3
50. Kc1 Ke6 51. Ng5+ Bxg5 52. fxg5 f4 53. Rh8 Rxf2 54. Rf8 f3 55. Rf6+ Ke5 56.
Rxg6 Rc2+ 57. Kb1 f2 {Game 5 and 6 were not necessary. The final standings
became: Penrose 3/3, Haygarth 1/2/2, Golombek 1/2/3. Jonathan kept the title.}
0-1

[Event "Leicester"]
[Site "BCF 47"]
[Date "1960.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-seventh British championship was played in Leicester from 15 until
27 viii 1960. 36 men participated. Penrose defended the title.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2
Bb7 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h4 $5 ({Alekhine played} 11. g4) 11... Re8 12. g4 Be7 13.
g5 Nf8 $2 {Black defends passively.} (13... c5 $1 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. cxb6 Qf4+
16. Kb1 Nc5 {sacrifices for counter-play.}) 14. Rhg1 Qd5 15. Kb1 Kh8 $4 (15...
Ng6 $1 16. c4 Qd8 17. Qe3 Bd6 {offers more resistance.}) 16. Ne5 $1 Ng6 ({
The alternatives are} 16... f6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Nf7#) ({and} 
16... Kg8 17. Nf6+ $1 {(Chess).}) 17. Nc3 $1 Qa5 18. Nxf7+ Kg8 19. Qxe6 {
White threatens 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Qg8+ and smothered mate.} Kf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bc8 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 $5 25. Bg6 Be6 26. Bxe8 Bb4
27. Nd5 Bd2 28. Bf7 $1 Bxf7 29. Qxf7 {Penrose won easily.} 1-0

[Event "Leicester"]
[Site "BCF 47"]
[Date "1960.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1960.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Rd1 $5 O-O 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rfe8 12. Be2 $5 c5 13. d5 Rab8 14. a4
a6 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. Qc1 $5 Nb6 17. Qa1 $5 {
Penrose hides and Alexander exposes his queen.} Nfd7 (17... Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4
Qxe4 19. a5 {would be risky for Black (Penrose).}) 18. a5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.
e5 $5 {He hunts for the black queen.} Bxe5 21. Re4 Bd4 22. Be3 e5 (22... Nf6
23. Rh4 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rhxd4 Qc5 {equalises.}) 23. dxe6
Rxe6 24. Bxd4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4 cxd4 26. b3 Qxc2 27. Qxd4 Re8 28. Nxd6 Re7 29. b4 {
White has little advantage.} Qc7 30. Qh4 f6 31. Qd4 Kg7 32. Rd3 Ne5 33. Rg3 Qd7
34. f4 Nf7 35. Rd3 {Exchange draws. The final standings became: Penrose 81/2/
11, Alexander and Haygarth 71/2, Barden, Clarke, Golombek and Lloyd 7,
Abrahams, Beach and Hollis 61/2, etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "BCF 48"]
[Date "1961.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ellison, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1961.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-eighth British championship was played at the coast of Wales in
Aberystwyth from 14 until 25 viii 1961. 34 men took part.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Qb3 {
Penrose choses an interesting line of the Siesta.} b5 $5 9. Qd5 Bxf1 $6 ({
An improvement will become} 9... Nd4 $5 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Qe6 Bxf1 {
(Minev - Damjanovic, Bad Liebenstein 1963).}) 10. Qxc6+ Ke7 11. Bc2 $5 Bc4 $5
12. d4 Nf6 13. Bg5 $1 h6 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Qe8 14. Qxc7+ Qd7) 14. dxe5
$2 ({Better is} 14. Nbd2 $1 Qe8 (14... hxg5 $6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17.
Re1) 15. Qxc7+ Qd7 16. Qb6 $1 hxg5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Re1 {
and White has a winning attack for a rook.}) 14... hxg5 $2 (14... dxe5 $1 15.
Be3 Bd5 16. Nxe5 $1 Bxc6 17. Nxc6+ Kf7 18. Nxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bb3+ Ke8 {
slightly favours Black.}) 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Nbd2 $1 Kf7 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qd5+
Kg7 19. Nd4 Kh6 $2 20. Qf7 $1 {
White delivers mate in one. Penrose defended the title in a grand style.} 1-0

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "BCF 48"]
[Date "1961.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1961.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Ne6 ({More solid is} 10... Rf8 11. Qxd4 Bb7) 11.
Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Bb7 ({The pointe is} 12... Ne8 $2 13. Qf3+ Kg8 14. Qxa8 c6 15.
Be3) 13. exf6 {Penrose plays another sharp line of the Ruy Lopez.} Bxf6 $5 14.
Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kg8 16. a4 Qf6 $5 {
Black becomes desperate, because he misses a serious defence.} 17. Be3 $5 Rf8
$5 18. Qd3 Ng5 $5 19. Bd4 $5 ({Even better is} 19. axb5 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21.
Kf1) 19... Qh6 20. Re3 c5 21. Be5 c4 $5 22. Qxd7 Bc6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rd8
25. Be7 Rd5 26. a5 Rf5 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. f3 Nf6 {Penrose led by a score of 4/4.}
1-0

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "BCF 48"]
[Date "1961.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bf4 b5 11. Nd2 b4 $5 (11... a6 {
was played in Gligoric - Malich, München 1958.}) 12. Na4 (12. Nb5 $1 Ba6 {
(Penrose)} 13. Qb3 $1 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 {gains an edge.}) 12... Re8 13. f3 Nh5 14.
Be3 f5 15. O-O f4 {Black takes the initiative on the kingside.} 16. Bf2 Nd7 17.
Nc4 Nb6 18. Rc1 $5 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. b3 g5 $6 21. Re1 $6 (21. Nxc5 $1 dxc5
22. d6+ Kf8 23. Qd5 Be6 24. Qxc5 {brings an attack.}) 21... Be5 22. Rc2 Qf6 23.
Qe2 Kh7 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Qg7 $1 26. Qe2 Nf6 $1 27. Nb2 $6 Bxb2 $6 (27...
Nxd5 $1 28. exd5 Bxb2 {wins a pawn.}) 28. Rxb2 Nd7 29. Rc2 a5 30. Kh1 $5 {
White starts to make passive moves. Probably time pressure has begun.} Ne5 31.
Rf1 a4 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Be1 Rea8 34. Bd2 axb3 35. axb3 Ra2 36. Bc1 $2 Qa7 $2 ({
He misses the opportunity} 36... Ra1 37. Rcb2 Ng6) 37. Bb2 Qa6 38. Qd2 $2 (38.
Qd1 Nd3 39. g3 {defends properly.}) 38... Qd3 $1 39. Rd1 ({The pointe is} 39.
Qxd3 Nxd3 40. Kg1 R8a3 {(Penrose).}) 39... Qxb3 40. h4 Nc4 {
Penrose had scored 6/7.} 0-1

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "BCF 48"]
[Date "1961.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3b4/Pk6/6p1/4K3/6P1/4B3/8 b - - 0 62"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Penrose missed the win twice, but kept an advantage. He has an extra pawn
after the second adjournment but expects to draw.} 62... Bc8 63. Ke5 Ka7 64.
Kf6 g4 65. Kg5 Kb6 66. Kf4 $1 {Accuracy is needed in the bishop ending.} (66.
Bxg4 $2 Bxa6 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 66... Ka7 67. Bxg4 Bxa6 68. Bd1 $1
Bd3 (68... Bc8 69. Bc2 Kb6 70. Bf5 Ba6 71. g4 {has a similar result.}) 69. g4
Kb8 70. Ke5 Kc7 71. Kf6 Kd8 72. Ba4 $1 {
Penrose was proud, when he found this manoeuvre during the preparation.} Be4
73. g5 Bd3 74. Kf7 Bc4+ 75. Kf8 Bd3 76. Be8 $1 Be4 77. Bh5 $1 Bd3 78. Kf7 $1
Be4 79. Kf6 Bd3 80. Bg6 $1 Be2 81. Bc2 Bh5 82. Ba4 $1 {Zugzwang arises.} Kc7
83. Bb3 {Penrose had scored 7/8!} (83. Bb3 Kd7 84. Bf7 Be2 85. g6 Bd3 86. g7
Bh7 87. Kg5 Ke7 88. Kh6 {brings a well known win (BCM).}) 1-0

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "BCF 48"]
[Date "1961.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 $5 ({
Theory is} 7... a6) 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. h3 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 O-O $6
({Preferable is} 12... Bb7 $5 13. Rc1 Qb8) 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. g4 d5 $5 15. e5 $1
Ne8 $6 ({More active is} 15... Nd7 $1 16. O-O b4 17. axb4 Bxb4) 16. O-O f6 17.
Qg2 Nc7 18. Nce2 $1 fxe5 $2 {Penrose allows a decisive intermediate move.} ({
Right is} 18... Bd7 $1 19. Nb3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 {
but White has a plus (Barden).}) 19. Nc6 $1 Re8 20. Na5 Qb8 21. Nc6 Qb7 22.
fxe5 $1 Bd7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Rf1 $1
Qc8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qe7 (29. Bf8 $1 Ne8 30. Ng3 g6 31. Bh6 {leads to mate.})
29... d4 30. Rf7 Nd5 31. Qxd7 Qxc5 32. Rxg7 Qf8 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rh5 Qe7 35.
Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Nxd4 Rd8 37. Nxe6 Rxd3 38. Nc5 Rd2 39. b4 Nd5 40. e6 {Penrose cou
ld lose too. The final standings became: Penrose 81/2/11, Clarke and Wade 71/2,
Kottnauer, Barden and Golombek 7, Aitken, Franklin and Hollis 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 49"]
[Date "1962.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stuart, E Leslie"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1962.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The forty-ninth British championship was played in Whitby at the East coast
from 13 until 24 viii 1962. 32 men took part.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4.
Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 $5 h6 10. Ra2 $5 Ne8 11.
b4 f5 12. Rc2 f4 13. Ne4 $5 Bf5 14. Nfd2 Qd7 15. Rc3 Kh7 16. Rd3 {
The queen's rook makes a special journey.} Ng8 17. c5 Qe7 18. a4 Ngf6 19. Ba3
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. gxf4 $2 ({Preferable is} 22. Nc4 $1 e4 23.
Rb3) 22... e4 $1 {Black delivers a temporary sacrifice.} 23. Rg3 Nh5 $5 (23...
Nxd5 {would be fine too.}) 24. cxd6 $6 (24. Nc4 $1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 {
counters in the centre.}) 24... cxd6 25. e3 $6 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Rac8 {
Black has a material and a positional advantage.} 27. b5 Qd7 28. Qb3 Rc3 $1 29.
Qb4 Rfc8 30. g4 Rc2 31. Nb1 R2c4 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 fxg4 34. a5 ({Or} 34.
Be7 $5 Bf8 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Rd1 Rd8) 34... Rd8 35. Nd2 Ra4 36. Bc7 Rxd5 37.
Nb3 Rxb5 {Clarke competed at the top.} 0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 49"]
[Date "1962.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fuller, RA."]
[Black "Clarke, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1962.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
e6 9. Qc2 b6 10. Re1 Ba6 11. exd5 Nxd5 $5 ({Known is} 11... exd5 12. Qa4 Qc8)
12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Bb7 18.
Bg2 $5 b5 $1 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. Qc2 a6 22. h3 Re7 23. Nf1 Nd5 24. Ne3
Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf1 $5 Bg7 27. Nh2 Rde8 28. Re2 e5 29. Rde1 Nb6 30. Bxb7
Qxb7 31. Be3 Qc6 32. Bc1 $5 Nd5 33. Qd1 $5 {White defends passively.} f5 $1 34.
Rc2 Nb6 35. Rce2 Re6 36. Qc2 Rd8 37. Qb1 $2 {The queen stays unprotected.} ({
Correct is} 37. Bf4 $1 Qd5 38. b3) 37... Red6 $1 38. Rd1 c4 39. Red2 $5 (39. d4
exd4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 {costs a pawn.}) 39... cxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41.
Rxd3 Qe4 $1 {Clarke gains material.} 0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 49"]
[Date "1962.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1962.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Na5 10. O-O $5 Nc4 11. Bc1 Bc5 12. Kh1 Ne7 $5 (12... Qb6 $5 {
will happen in Tal - Suetin, Yerevan 1962.}) 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. a4 $5
bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Qxf4 $2 {Penrose misses the refutation.} ({
Better is} 17... d5 $1 18. e5 Rfc8) 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 $1 {
Littlewood starts to hunt the queen.} Qh6 20. Bc1 $1 Qh5 $2 (20... Be3 21. Rh4
Bxc1 22. Rxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxd7 Nd5 {offers more resistance.}) 21. g4 $2 {
He misses the direct win.} (21. Rh4 $1 Qg6 (21... Qf5 22. Rc4 $1 Rac8 23. g4 $1
) 22. Rc4 $1 Rac8 23. Nh4 $1 {gains a queen in an open position.}) 21... Qh3
22. Ng5 Qc3 ({Or} 22... Qh6 $6 23. Ne4 Be3 24. g5 Qh3 25. Rf3) 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24.
Bf4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxc5 {White has a bishop for two pawns.} Rfc8 27.
Nxd7 Rxc2 28. Rc1 Rb2 {
Probably, the rest of the game is plagued by time pressure.} 29. Bb8 $6 (29.
Rxa6 $1 Rd8 30. Be5 Rxb3 31. Rca1 {plays for victory.}) 29... f6 $1 30. g5 $1
Rxb3 31. Rc8+ $6 (31. gxf6 Rbxb8 32. Nxb8 Rxb8 33. fxg7 Kxg7 34. Rxa6 {
keeps a winning chance.}) 31... Kf7 32. gxf6 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 gxf6 34. Rh4 h5 $1
35. Rh8 e5 36. Kf2 $5 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 $5 Nf4 $1 38. Kd1 a5 $5 39. Rh7+ $2 (39.
Bxe5 Rb1+ 40. Kc2 Rxh8 41. Rxf4 {draws.}) 39... Kg6 $1 40. Nf8+ Kg5 41. Rxf4
Kxf4 42. Bd6 a4 43. Ba3 Ra2 44. Bc1+ Kf3 45. Rf7 Ra6 46. Bg5 a3 47. Bxf6 Rd6+
48. Kc1 Ke2 $1 {
White will be mated. Penrose turned the tables in an exciting game.} 0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 49"]
[Date "1962.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1962.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 $5 Qxc5 7. Bc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nf4 a5 13. a4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nd4 $1 16. Qd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Nd2 $5 Bd7 17. b3) 16... Bf5 $1
17. Nxa5 $2 ({Better is} 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rfe1 d3 19. Be4) 17... Rdc8 $1 {
Penrose finds a 'petite combinaison'.} ({Maybe, White expected} 17... Nxc2 18.
Rac1 Nd4 19. b4 {and equality.}) 18. Rac1 $6 (18. Rfd1 Qa6 $1 19. Nb3 Ne2+ 20.
Kh1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qc4 $1 22. f3 {offers more resistance.}) 18... Rxc3 $1 19.
bxc3 Qxa5 $1 {Black gains material, because pawn c3 is pinned.} 20. Rfe1 Rc8
21. Re3 Bd7 22. Rd3 Nf5 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Rb4 Bxa4 25. c4 Bxc2 26. Bf1 Bxd3 27.
Bxd3 Nd4 28. Kg2 e4 $1 {Penrose took the lead on Clarke.} (28... e4 29. Bxe4
Nb3 30. Qe1 Rxc4 $1 {wins quickly.}) 0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 49"]
[Date "1962.08.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hindle, Owen"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1962.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nd2 a5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. a4 Nb4 13. f5 $5 {
White wants to attack.} ({Usual is} 13. Bf3) 13... d5 {
Black counters immediately.} 14. e5 $6 {He overestimates his chances.} ({
Better is} 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. c4 {
and White has a plus.}) 14... Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bc4 $2 ({
Preferable is} 17. c3 Nc6 18. Bb5) 17... Be6 $1 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 {
Black charges in the centre.} 19. Bf4 Rac8 $1 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. c3 Nd3 $1 22. Qg4
Nxe5 $6 (22... e6 $1 {prevents the next counter-play.}) 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rae1
$1 Qd5 25. Re3 e5 26. Nb5 Rfd8 27. b3 $2 Qxb3 28. Nd6 Rxc3 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 $1 30.
Ree1 (30. Rxf7 Rc1+ {leads to mate.}) 30... Qe8 31. Qxe4 Qc6 32. Qe2 Rc2 {
The final standings became: Penrose 81/2/11, Clarke 8, Kottnauer and J.
Littlewood 71/2, Franklin, Haygarth, Gibbs, Hindle, Wells and Wade 61/2, etc.}
0-1

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, TM."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fiftieth British championship was played in Bath from 12 until 23 viii
1963. 28 men took part.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6
6. Ng5 $5 e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. f4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Bb7
13. Re1 $1 {White threatens Nf5.} g6 14. f5 $1 e5 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Bxg3
15. hxg3 gxf5 16. Bxf5 Bd5) 15. Bc4 $5 (15. N5e4 $1 O-O-O 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Bg5
{charges strongly.}) 15... O-O 16. Qb3 e4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Bf4
Bxf4 20. Rxf4 a6 21. Nf5+ $2 {Norman miscalculates.} (21. Raf1 b5 22. Bxf7 $1
Rxf7 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 {
leads to a white advantage.}) 21... gxf5 22. Qg3 Nh5 $1 23. Qh4 Nxf4 $2 {
Black fails.} ({Right is} 23... Ndf6 $1 24. Rxf5 Qd7 $1 25. Rf2 Qg4 {
and Black wins.}) 24. Qh7+ $1 {
Norman is the brother of John. Both men attack wildly.} ({Wheatcroft notices} 
24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Qh6+ Ng6 26. Nh7#) 1-0

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pritchard, David"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. b3 b5 $5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Ne1 Rb8 12. Bb2 Ba6 $5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Qa5 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. Qd1 b4 17. Bg2 Qf5 18. Qd2 $5 (18. e4 $1 {
counters in the centre.}) 18... Bxd3 19. exd3 Nf6 20. Rac1 h5 21. Rc4 Kh7 22.
Qe2 d5 23. Rc5 $1 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Rxc5 $6 25. dxc5 {White has a passed pawn.} Rc8
26. Be5 Qe6 27. Bf3 Bh6 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Bd4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 $6 e6 31. Bg2 $2 ({
Right is} 31. Rc2 Rc7 32. Bd1 $1 e5 33. c6 exd4 34. cxd7 Rxd7 35. Rc5 {drawn.})
31... Bf8 $1 {Black threatens a pawn.} 32. c6 $5 ({The pointe is} 32. Rc2 Bxc5
33. Kf1 Rc7 34. f4 a6) 32... Rxc6 33. Bxa7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Bc5 $1 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 {
Penrose has a better endgame.} 36. Rd2 Nb7 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. Be2 Nb5 39. f4 Nc3
40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Kg2 Ra1 $1 42. Kf2 Nxa2 {
He has gained a pawn in a fine position.} 43. Ke3 Nc3 44. Bf3 Rb1 45. Kd4 Kg7
46. f5 Kf6 47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Kc5 Rxb3 49. Kd6 Ra3 50. Rf2 Kg7 51. Kxe6 b3 52.
Rb2 Na4 53. Rb1 b2 54. Bd1 Nc3 55. Rxb2 Nxd1 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. d4 Ne3 58. h3 Kg5
59. Rg7 Nf5 60. Rd7 Nxd4+ {Penrose won his second game.} 0-1

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The leaders met in round three.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 $5 ({
Usual in the Breyer is} 11... c6) 12. dxe5 dxe5 $5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Na3 $5 Nd6 18. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 19. Qxd6 Ra6 20. Qd1
Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qg5 22. Qg4 Qe7 $5 {A Littlewood does not exchange the queens.}
23. Rcd1 Nb8 $5 24. Bd5 Kh8 $5 25. Nc4 f5 26. Qe2 $5 e4 $1 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28.
Qe3 Qb4 29. Nd6 Qxb2 $6 ({Preferable is} 29... Nc6 $1) 30. Qxc5 Nd7 $4 {
Norman misses a trick.} (30... Qf6 31. Re2 g6 {leads to a defendable position.}
) 31. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 ({The pointe is} 31... Rxf7 32. Rxd7 $1 Qf6 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34.
Qc8+) 32. Rxd7 {White has gained a knight.} e3 $5 33. Qxe3 Rxa2 ({Or} 33...
Rxf7 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qe8#) 34. Ng5 h6 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qd4 {
Penrose had scored 3/3.} 1-0

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Hilton, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 d6 $5 ({Usual is} 3... d5) 4. d4 g5 5. h4 h6 6. g3
$6 {An ambiteous attacker often suffers from a slight disadvantage.} ({
Preferable is} 6. hxg5 $5 Qxg5 7. Bf3 Qg3+ 8. Kf1) 6... fxg3 7. hxg5 Bg7 8. Nc3
$5 hxg5 9. Rxh8 Bxh8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 $1 g4 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rf1 g2 14. Re1
$5 (14. Rf2 $1 {regains the pawns.}) 14... Bg7 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. Nh5
Qg6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3 f5 $1 20. Qxg2 Nb4 $5 21. Ne2 $5 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Nf6
$6 (22... Re8 $1 23. Rh1 fxe4 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Nh5+ Kg6 26. Nf4+ {
draws due to perpetual check.}) 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. dxe5 Nh5 26.
Nxh5+ Qxh5 27. e6 $5 Bc6 (27... Bxe6 28. Rh1 Qe8 29. Bd4+ Kf8 30. Qxb7 Rd8 {
brings a difficult defence.}) 28. Qg3 Re8 29. Qe5+ $2 (29. Qxc7+ Kg8 30. Bd4
Qh7 31. Qe5 {wins for White.}) 29... Kg8 $2 {
A nervous defender makes the last mistake.} ({Correct is} 29... Kg6 $1 30. Bd4
Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Qe7 {and Black tries to survive.}) 30. Bd4 $1 Qh6+ 31. Kb1 Re7 ({
Or} 31... Qh7 32. Qf6 b6 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. e7+) 32. Qxf5 Bf3 33. Bf6 {
A great tactician often wins in the King's Gambit.} 1-0

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Bc4 Qxf6 10. dxc3 Bc5 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 $5 ({Known is} 11... fxe6 $2 {
The opponent missed} 12. Qh5+) 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. Nf3 {
White has a plus in the endgame.} Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 e5 16. Rad1 Rf7 17.
Rfe1 Re8 18. Re4 Bb6 19. Bh4 h6 20. Rde1 Bc7 {
Black is able to protect the isolated pawn.} 21. R4e2 g5 22. Bg3 Rfe7 23. Kf1
Kf7 24. Nd2 Kf6 25. Ne4+ Kf5 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Red1 Kf5 29. Ke2 h5
30. h4 g4 $1 31. a3 Ke4 $5 {A waiting move is more natural.} 32. Rd7 Kf5 33. b4
Ke6 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Ke3 Kf5 $5 (35... Rd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Ke4 Ke6 {
draws more easily.}) 36. c4 a5 37. c5 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. Ra1 bxc5 40. bxc5
Bb8 41. Ra6 Rc7 42. Kd3 Ba7 43. Kc4 Ke4 $6 ({Wiser is the passive} 43... Ke6)
44. Ra1 $1 Kf5 $2 (44... Re7 $1 45. Rd1 Bb8 $1 46. Rd8 Bc7 47. Rh8 Ba5 48. Rxh5
Bd2 $1 {escapes by a brilliant defence.}) 45. Rd1 $1 Re7 46. Rd8 e4 47. Bd6 e3
$5 {Desperation.} 48. Bxe7 $1 e2 49. Rf8+ $1 Ke6 50. Bd6 {
Penrose led by one point on Norman Littlewood.} 1-0

[Event "Bath"]
[Site "BCF 50"]
[Date "1963.08.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Hindle, Owen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1963.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Littlewood trailed Penrose by half-a-point.
Penrose played a quick draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5
d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. f4 $5
({Known is} 12. Ne3) 12... Qc7 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Ne3 b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. e5
$1 (16. Bxb5 $6 Nxe4 $1 {favours Black.}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf6 $1
{White seeks compensation for the pawn.} Bxf6 19. Ng4 $2 ({Better is} 19. Qxd7
b4 20. Ncd1) 19... Qd4 $1 20. Bd3 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxd7 Rxc3
$1 22. Bg5 Qxg5 23. bxc3 Nc4 {but Black gains a pawn.}) 20... Bc6 $2 (20... Nc4
$1 21. Bg5 Be5 $1 {wins for Black.}) 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6
$6 (23... Kh8 $5 24. Nxh7 $1 Qf2 {continues the battle.}) 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.
Qh5+ {Perpetual check leads to a draw. The final standings became: Penrose 81/
2/11, N.Littlewood 8, Franklin 71/2, Hindle and J.Littlewood 7, Clarke,
Fazekas, Haygarth and Cafferty 61/2, etc. Penrose had become champion for the
sixth time in a row!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 51"]
[Date "1964.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3q2pk/3Pnp1p/1pp1rN1P/8/PP3Q2/6P1/5RK1 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1964.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-first British championship was played in Whitby at the east coast
from 17 until 29 viii 1964. 54 peoples took part. Norman Littlewood had won
four games and achieved a passed pawn against Haygarth in round five. They
resumed the game.} 41. Qd3 $1 Kh8 42. Ne7 Nf8 43. Rd1 $1 {
The pressure becomes strong.} Rxh5 $2 (43... c4 $1 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Qd4 Rxh5
46. Qxc4 Ne6 {defends ingeniously.}) 44. Qf3 $1 Rg5 45. Qa8 $1 {
Black cannot protect his knight.} Kh7 46. Qxf8 Rxg2+ $5 47. Kf1 $5 {
White hesitates. Capture of the rook is alright.} Rg1+ $5 48. Kf2 $5 Rg2+ 49.
Kf3 $4 {Norman makes an incredible oversight.} (49. Kxg2 Qg4+ 50. Kf2 Qf4+ 51.
Ke2 Qe4+ 52. Kd2 Qd4+ 53. Kc2 Qe4+ 54. Rd3 {wins easily.}) 49... Qg4+ {
Haygarth, Golombek and Norman Littlewood shared the lead by a score of 4/5.}
0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 51"]
[Date "1964.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1P6/3k4/6p1/3KBpb1/8/8 b - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1964.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Haygarth and Golombek wanted to draw before move thirty, but the arbiter did
not accept it. Golombek lost his concentration and blundered a pawn.} 49... Be5
50. Bf2 Bf4 51. Be1 Bd6 52. Bf2 Ke5 53. Bg3+ Ke6 $1 54. Bf2 Kf5 55. b7 Kf4 56.
Kd4 (56. Ba7 Kg3 $1 57. b8=Q Bxb8 58. Bxb8+ Kg2 {wins for Black (Clarke).})
56... Bb8 57. Kd5 g3 58. Bc5 f2 59. Bd6+ Kg4 60. Bxb8 f1=Q 61. Kc6 Qa6+ {
Haygarth was lucky again and took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "BCF 51"]
[Date "1964.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Black "Hindle, Owen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1964.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. Be3 a5 13. Qc2 Nfd7 $5 ({Known is} 
13... a4) 14. Rad1 Qf6 $5 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Nc2 {
White puts pressure on d6.} Bf8 18. Bg3 Be6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qe2 $5 h5 $1 21.
f4 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bg7 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Bf2 Rd7 $5 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27.
Rxd4 Ne6 28. Rd2 Qf6 $5 29. Rf2 $5 {Haygarth moves forwards slowly.} Rde7 $2 (
29... Kg7 {is alright.}) 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Ne4 $1 Qg7 ({The pointe is} 31...
Qxf4 32. Qc3 Qh6 33. Nf6+) 32. fxe5 Kh8 (32... Qxe5 $2 33. Nf6+ {
costs a queen (Clarke).}) 33. Qc3 b6 34. Qe3 $5 c5 $5 35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Nd5 Rb7
37. Bd3 Nd4 38. Qg5 Re8 39. Nf6 Rf8 40. Re4 $1 Ne6 41. Qe3 Rd8 42. Rh4 $1 Rd4
43. Be4 $1 Re7 44. Rf5 $1 {White threatens to sacrifice a rook on h5. Black
has no proper defence. The final standings became: Haygarth 9/11, Hindle,
Cafferty, N.Littlewood and Golombek 7, J.Littlewood, Penrose, Fuller and
Clarke 61/2, etc. Penrose did not compete for the first place, because he drew
his last five games.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hardy, Otto"]
[Black "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-second British championship was played in Hastings from 9 until 22
viii 1965. 34 men took part.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. a3 Be7 $5 ({Known is} 9... Qc7) 10. g5 Nfd7
11. Qh5 (11. h4 $5 Nc6 {ended as drawn in Gipslis - Polugaevsky, Tbilisi 1966.}
) 11... g6 12. Qg4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f4 a5 $5 15. Be3 $5 Qc7 16. O-O O-O
17. f5 $1 {Hardy attacks like a Littlewood.} Ne5 18. Qg3 b4 $1 {
Black counters over a broad front.} 19. axb4 $5 axb4 20. f6 $1 bxc3 21. Qh4 $2
{White wants to deliver mate on g7.} ({Correct is} 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. b3) 21...
Rfb8 $1 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. fxe7 ({The pointe is} 23. Qh6 Bf8) 23... cxb2 24. Bd4
Ra1 25. Qh6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qxe7 27. Bxb2 Qa7+ 28. Kh2 Qf2+ {
Black delivers mate soon.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harris, Ronald"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Bc2 Bf8 12. a4 Bd7 $5 13. d5 Ne7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Na3 c6 $1 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qe2 ({Not} 18. Qxd6 $2 Ned5 $1) 18...
Qb8 19. Bd2 Ng6 20. Bd3 Re7 21. Nxb5 Nxe4 $1 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. b4
d5 $1 {Penrose has the initiative.} 25. Qg4 $6 (25. Qf5 $1 {controls square d3.
}) 25... Qd3 $1 26. Re3 $2 (26. Rd1 $1 {defends properly.}) 26... Qc2 $1 {
He penetrates the hostile position.} 27. Be1 Re6 28. Nh4 Nf4 29. Qf5 Qc1 $1 30.
Nf3 $5 g6 $1 31. Qg4 f5 $6 (31... h5 $1 32. Qg5 Be7 33. Qg3 (33. Qh6 g5) 33...
Qxe3 $1 34. fxe3 Ne2+ {decides the game.}) 32. Qxf4 $1 exf4 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34.
Rc6 g5 35. Ne5+ Kg8 36. Kf1 Qb1 37. Rc8 Kg7 38. f3 $6 (38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Nd7+
Ke7 40. Nxf8+ Kxf8 41. f3 {prolongs the game.}) 38... Bd6 39. Re8 Qa1 40. Nd3
Qb1 41. Ke2 Qa2+ 42. Bd2 Qc4 43. Re6 Bc7 44. b5 Bd8 45. b6 Qb5 46. b7 Qxb7 47.
c4 dxc4 48. Bc3+ Kf7 49. Nc5 Qc8 50. Bd4 Be7 {Penrose attacked nicely.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lee, Peter"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 {The opening has become a French Defence.}
f6 5. Bb5 $5 Bd7 6. Qe2 f5 7. c3 Nh6 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a4 Nd8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 10... O-O-O $1 11. b4 Rg8) 11. Bd3 Qg7 12. g3 c5 13. O-O c4 14.
Bc2 Be7 15. Nh4 $5 Bxh4 16. Qh5+ Nf7 17. Qxh4 Ng5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20.
Kf2 $5 O-O 21. Ke3 {The king functions as a blockader!} Rf7 22. Rf2 Kh8 23. Nf1
Rg8 24. h3 b5 $2 {Black has placed his pieces on the kingside and opens the
other flank. It is called 'a shot to nothing' in snooker.} ({Better is} 24...
Qg6 $1 25. g4 h5 $1 26. Nh2 b6) 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. g4 $1 Rb8 27. Ng3 $1 Rfb7 {
Defenders move away from the battlefield.} 28. Rg1 Be8 29. Rgg2 a5 30. f5 $1
Qg5+ 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. fxe6 Bg6 33. Nf5 Rb3 34. Ne7 Re8 35. Nxd5 Rxe6 36. Rf8+
Kg7 37. Ra8 Re8 38. Rxa5 Rb7 39. Nf6 Reb8 40. Ra2 Rf8 {
Wade has reached the time control but lost two pawns in a poor position.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Norman Littlewood, Penrose and Lee shared the lead by 31/2/4, when round five
began.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Qxa5 13. Qc2 $5 (13. Bb2 {
drew in Najdorf - Penrose, Leipzig 1960.}) 13... d5 $1 {
Penrose takes the initiative.} 14. Nb3 Qd8 $5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1 d4 17. Nb5
Bb7 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. Qa4 Nd7 22. Na6 Re8 23. Nd6 Nb6 $1
24. Qb3 Qxd6 25. Qxb6 Bf6 26. Bb4 Qd8 27. Bc5 $6 {
He should exchange the queens immediately.} Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Bd8 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30.
Rdc1 $5 Ne6 $1 31. g3 $6 ({Preferable is} 31. f3 $1 Bb7 32. a4 Kg7 33. Bb5)
31... Bb7 32. h4 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Ra8 34. Nb4 Ra4 35. Rc4 $2 (35. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 36.
Rxc6 Rxa2 37. Bc4 {draws.}) 35... Ra5 36. Bb1 Kf8 37. Kf1 Nc5 $1 {
Black attacks on the queenside.} 38. f3 Ke7 39. Nd3 $6 (39. Bc2 $5 Kd6 40. Bd1
Bc8 41. Rc2 Be6 42. g4 {offers more resistance.}) 39... Ba6 $1 40. Nxe5 Ke6 41.
f4 f6 $1 {
White will lose material. Penrose and Lee shared the lead by a score of 41/2/5.
} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Nh5 $5 ({
Theory is} 7... Bg7) 8. Bh2 Bh6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. g4 $5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. f3
$5 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. h4 $1 Bg7 15. Nd2 h5 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... O-O) 16. g5
Nd7 $2 (16... Nh7 $1 {avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 17. Nf4 O-O $5 (17... e6 $2
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. Bd6+ {wins for White.}) 18. Nxd5 Qd8 $5 19. Ne4
$5 e5 $5 20. Qb5 $1 exd4 21. Bc7 $1 Qe8 22. Qxb7 $5 Nc5 $5 23. Qxc6 $1 Qxc6 24.
Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc6 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rfc8 27. Be5 $1 Rxc6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. cxd4 a4
$2 (29... Re8 $1 30. e5 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. a3 Ra2 33. Rh3 Rxa3 34. Rhd3 Kf8 {
offers more resistance.}) 30. Kd2 $1 Rb8 31. Rab1 Rcb6 32. Kc3 Rc6+ 33. Kd3
Rcb6 34. d5 $1 axb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 36. axb3 Rxb3+ 37. Kd4 Kf8 38. Ke5 Rb6 39.
Rc1 $1 {Littlewood fought back to the top.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lee, Peter"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Lee met a young talent in the penultimate round.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Be3 b5 10.
O-O-O $5 {White wants to attack.} ({Theory is} 10. O-O) 10... Nc6 11. Qd2 $5 (
11. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 12. Bxb6 {gains a plus.}) 11... Qa5 12. e5 Be7 $2 {
Black misses the momentum.} (12... b4 $1 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxb2 17. Bf3 f6 {leads to chances for both sides.}) 13. Kb1 $1 O-O
14. Ne4 $1 Qa4 {The exchange of queens also favours White.} 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16.
Bxc5 Re8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Bf3 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 {He has a great positional advantage.
} Rb8 20. Rd6 b4 21. Rhd1 Ne7 22. g3 h6 23. Rb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 f6 25. exf6 gxf6
26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Bc5 Nd5 28. Bxf8 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Nxd1 30. Bxb4 Ne3 31. Be2 e5 $5
32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Bd2 Nf5 34. Bg4 d5 35. Bxh6 $1 Kh7 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. h4 Bb7 38.
h5+ Kf6 39. Bxf5 $5 (39. h6 $1 Bc8 40. Bh5 Be6 41. Bg5+ $1 {wins quickly.})
39... Kxf5 40. g4+ Kf6 41. g5+ Kg7 42. Bb4 Bc8 43. Bd6 e4 44. Kd2 Bf5 45. Be5+
Kf8 46. h6 Bg6 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. c3 Ke6 49. Bd4 Bh7 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Be3 Kg6 52.
Ke5 {Lee joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "BCF 52"]
[Date "1965.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lees, David"]
[Black "Lee, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1965.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Lee, Penrose and Norman Littlewood competed for the title during the last
round. Penrose played an uneventful draw. Littlewood drew with great
difficulties. So Lee could fight for the championship.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3
e4 11. Ng5 e3 12. fxe3 Qe7 13. e4 Nf8 14. e3 Bh6 15. Nf3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17.
Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng5 Re8 $5 (18... Re7 19. Ne4 Bh3 $5 {
happened in Donner - Szabo, Buenos Aires 1955.}) 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Nf2 a5 21. e4
Bg7 22. Bb2 c5 23. Rab1 Ne6 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
Lee has reached an equal endgame.} 27. e5 Ra6 $5 28. Bd5 Nc6 29. Re1 Nd4 $1 30.
Kg2 b6 31. Nd3 Ra7 32. Nb2 Re7 33. Rf1 Nf5 34. Re1 h5 35. Re2 Re8 36. Kf2 Nd4
37. Re1 Re7 38. Re3 Nc2 39. Re2 Nb4 40. a3 Na6 $5 41. Re3 Nb8 42. Nd3 Bd7 43.
h4 Bf5 44. Be4 $5 Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Nc6 {Black gains the initiative.} 46. Re2 Kf8
47. a4 Ke8 48. Re1 Kd7 49. Ke3 $4 {White commits an incredible blunder.} ({
Fine moves are} 49. Re3) ({and} 49. Kf3) 49... Nxe5 $1 {Lee grabs the title.
The final standings became: Lee 81/2/11, Penrose and N.Littlewood 8, Franklin
7, Hartston and McDonald Ross 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Sunderland"]
[Site "BCF 53"]
[Date "1966.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1966.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-third British championship was played in Sunderland from 8 until 20
viii 1966. 30 men participated. Norman Littlewood and Penrose led by 31/2
points after four rounds. They met in round five.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. d5 a6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Ng3 $5 ({
Known is} 10. g4 $6) 10... e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. O-O b5 14. Qf4 ({
Usual will become} 14. a4) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 h5 $1 {Penrose defends actively.}
16. a4 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Bh6 $1 Ne5 17. b3) 16... b4 $1 17. a5 $5 Qc7 $1 18.
Nd1 Nh7 19. Bh4 ({Now} 19. Bh6 $2 {is refuted by} Be5 20. Qd2 h4) 19... f6 $1 {
Black wins a piece.} 20. Qd2 $5 g5 21. Nxh5 $5 ({The alternative is} 21. f4 $1
gxh4 22. Bxh5 hxg3 23. Bxe8 f5 $1 24. exf5 Nhf6 25. Qe3 Nxe8 26. Qxe8+ Nf8)
21... gxh4 22. Qe1 f5 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxh4 {
Littlewood has two pawns for a knight.} Ndf6 $5 25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Nf2 $5 Kh8 27.
exf5 Nxd5 28. f6 $5 Ndxf6 29. Bg6 Rf8 $1 30. Nd3 Ng8 31. Qf2 Qg7 32. Be4 Ra7
33. Rae1 Ngf6 34. Bxh7 Nxh7 35. Qd2 Raf7 36. Re4 Bb7 37. Re3 Re7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7
39. f4 $6 Rg8 $1 40. Ne1 Nf6 41. Nf3 Ne4 42. Qd3 Qh7 43. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 {
White is crushed.} (43... Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qg6+ 45. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 {gains a queen.})
0-1

[Event "Sunderland"]
[Site "BCF 53"]
[Date "1966.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1966.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 Nf6 $5
8. Ndf3 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 10. Re1 Bg4 $6 ({Slightly better is} 10... h6 $5 11. Bf4
Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 c5) 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 {
White has the two bishops.} h6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qf8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Nh4 Nd8
18. Nf5 Ne6 19. g3 Ng5 20. Kg2 Nge4 21. Be3 Qc8 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24.
Re5 Qc6 25. Qc2 Re8 26. f3 Nc4 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. b3 Ncd6 29. c4 Nf6 30. Qe2
Kf8 31. c5 Nde8 32. Bb5 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 {Penrose has an edge in the endgame.}
34. g4 Kf7 35. h4 c6 36. Bd3 Nd7 37. h5 Nef6 38. Bg6+ Kg8 39. b4 Nh7 40. Kg3
Ng5 41. Bc7 Nf7 42. f4 {He goes forwards slowly.} Kf8 43. Kh4 Ke7 44. a4 a6 45.
Bd3 Nf8 46. Ba5 Nd7 47. Bc7 Nf8 48. Ba5 Nd7 49. Kg3 Nf8 50. Bc7 Nd7 51. Ba5 Nf8
52. Kf3 Nd7 53. Bc7 Nf8 54. Ba5 Nd7 55. Bc7 Nf8 56. b5 $1 {
The attack starts at the second time control.} axb5 57. axb5 Kd7 $2 (57... cxb5
$1 58. Bxb5 Nh7 $1 {prevents the restraint of the knights.}) 58. b6 $1 Ke7 59.
Kg3 Nd7 60. Kh4 Kf6 $5 ({The alternative is} 60... Nf6 61. g5 Nd7 62. Be2 $1
Nd8 63. Bg4 Nf7 64. Bh3 {and White reaches the same result as in the game.})
61. g5+ $1 Ke7 ({The pointe is} 61... hxg5+ 62. fxg5+ Nxg5 63. Bd8+) 62. Bf1 $1
Ke8 63. Bh3 Ke7 64. Bg4 $1 {White has achieved zugzwang.} Nh8 $5 65. Bd6+ Kf7
66. g6+ Kf6 67. Bh3 {Black loses a knight.} 1-0

[Event "Sunderland"]
[Site "BCF 53"]
[Date "1966.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter"]
[Black "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1966.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 h5 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Kh7) 11. Nf3 a6 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Bf4 Qc7 14. h3 Re8 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Ng5 N6d7 17. Nge4 Ne5 $1 18. Bg3 Bf5 19.
Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. f3 g5 $5 22. Nf2 Bg6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Re1 Qe7
25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Nd3 $5 Bd4+ $1 28. Kf1 Nh4 29. Qe2 Qd7 $5 30.
Ne4 Kf8 $5 31. Ng3 ({The pointe is} 31. Nxg5 $6 Nf5 32. Ne4 Ne3+ 33. Ke1 b5)
31... b5 32. cxb5 Qxb5 33. b3 c4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Ne1 $1 Qxd5 36. Qxa6 Bc5 37.
Ne4 $6 (37. Nxh5 Nxg2 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ {
draws by perpetual check.}) 37... Nf5 $1 38. Nxc5 $5 Qxc5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Ne3+ 41. Ke2 Nd5 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Ng2 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 Nc3 46. a3 Qc5+
47. Kf1 d5 48. Qa6 Qd4 49. Ne1 Nd1 50. Ke2 Nb2 51. Qb5 Nc4 52. Qb4 Qe3+ 53. Kd1
Qxa3 54. Qxa3 Nxa3 {
Black has gained a pawn, but the knight ending will hard to win.} 55. Kd2 Kf6
56. Kc3 Ke6 57. Kd4 Nb5+ 58. Kc5 Nc3 59. Kd4 Ne2+ 60. Ke3 Nf4 61. Nc2 Ke5 62.
Nd4 Ng2+ 63. Kd3 Kf4 64. Ke2 Nh4 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Ke3 f5 67. Nc6+ Kd6 68. Nd4
f4+ 69. Kd3 Ng6 70. Nf5+ Kc5 71. Nd4 Ne5+ 72. Kc3 Nf7 73. Ne6+ Kd6 74. Nd4 Nd8
75. Nf5+ Ke5 76. Nd4 Ne6 77. Nc6+ Kd6 78. Nb4 $2 (78. Na5 $1 Nd8 79. Kd3 Nc6
80. Nb3 {defends well.}) 78... Nd8 $1 79. Nd3 Nc6 $1 80. Ne1 Kc5 $5 81. Nd3+
Kb5 $2 ({He should retreat by} 81... Kd6 $1 82. Ne1 {and carry out a triangle}
Ke6 $1 83. Nc2 Kd7 $1 84. Kd3 Kd6 $1 85. Ne1 Kc5 86. Nc2 Ne5+ {
White has been outplayed.}) 82. Ne1 $2 (82. Nf2 $1 Kc5 83. Nh3 {draws.}) 82...
Kc5 $1 83. Nd3+ Kd6 $1 84. Ne1 Ke6 85. Nd3 Ne5 86. Ne1 Kd7 87. Kd2 Kd6 88. Kc3
Kc5 $1 {The white knight should be on d2.} 89. Kd2 Kc4 90. Kc2 d4 91. Kd2 d3 {
Norman could win a positional game too.} 0-1

[Event "Sunderland"]
[Site "BCF 53"]
[Date "1966.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1966.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. g3 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qd2 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rb1) 12... Nf8
13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Rc1 h6 $6 16. Bd3 Nh7 $2 17. Bxf5 $1 {
White gains a pawn.} Nc4 ({The pointe is} 17... exf5 $2 18. Nxd5) 18. Bg6+ Kd8
19. Qe2 Nf8 $1 20. Bd3 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Bd2 {
He has a pawn majority on the kingside.} Bc6 25. Ne2 Nd7 $5 26. Ba5+ $5 Nb6 27.
Rhc1 Kd7 $5 28. f5 $6 (28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Rhc8 30. f5 $1 exf5 31. e6+ Kd6
32. Ne5 {ends the game.}) 28... Nc4 29. fxe6+ Kxe6 30. Nf4+ Kf5 $1 31. Bb4 Bxb4
32. Rxb4 g5 33. Nh5 Rab8 34. Rbb1 Ke6 $5 35. Ng7+ Kf7 36. Nf5 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Ke6
38. g4 Bb5 39. Ne1 $6 (39. Rh1 $1 {wins more quickly.}) 39... Nd2 40. Rc1 Ne4+
$5 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Nf3 Rh7 43. a3 a5 44. h4 $1 gxh4 45. N3xh4 Ng5 46. Ng6 Ne6
47. Rh1 Ba4 48. Nf4 Nxf4 49. Kxf4 Bc2 50. Rxh6 Bxf5 51. Rd6+ {
Penrose wins the following rook ending. He has achieved his seventh title.} 1-0

[Event "Sunderland"]
[Site "BCF 53"]
[Date "1966.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borwell, Alan"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1966.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Be3
$6 {White sacrifices a pawn.} ({Theory is} 8. h3) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Bxd4 e5
10. Be3 Nxg4 {also costs a pawn.}) 9... Nxg4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Be7 12. e5
d5 13. Rhg1 $1 Qa5 14. Bf1 g6 {Black has to defend passively.} 15. Bb5+ $1 Bd7
$1 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxd5 $6 ({Slightly better is} 17. Rg4 $5 Bg5 18. f4 Be7
19. Nxd5 exd5 20. e6+ fxe6 21. Rxg6) 17... exd5 18. e6+ $1 fxe6 19. Rxg6 Qb6
20. Qh3 $2 (20. Rxd5+ $1 exd5 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 {
fights for the last chance.}) 20... Rae8 21. Rxd5+ Kc8 22. Re5 Kb8 23. a4 Bd6
24. Rb5 Qxf2 25. Kb1 Rhf8 26. Qb3 Qf3 27. Rxh6 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Rh8 29. Rbh3 Rxh6
30. Rxh6 Kc7 31. h4 Be5 32. c4 a5 33. Kc2 Kd6 34. Rh7 b6 {The final standings
became: Penrose 81/2/11, Clarke and N.Littlewood 8, Haygarth 7, Knox and
Wallice 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 54"]
[Date "1967.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1967.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-fourth British championship was played in Oxford from 7 until 19
viii 1967. 36 peoples participated.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. g3 Qb6 $6 {
Golombek makes a passive choice.} ({Theory is} 9... Nb6) 10. Bg2 Ne8 ({
The alternative will become} 10... Qxb3 $5 11. axb3 Nb6 {
(Penrose - Wood, Bristol 1968).}) 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Bf4 Nd6 13. O-O Bf5 14. b3
Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. h3 g5 18. Be3 Rc7 19. g4 $1 Bd7 $5 20. Ne4
$5 Rdc8 21. Rc5 $5 (21. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Be4 $1 f6 24. Ng3 {
gains a great advantage.}) 21... f5 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. N2g3 Nd6 24. Rdc1 Na8 $1
25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Ne2 Kf7 28. Ne6 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nb6 30. Nd3 Nd7 $5
31. Bf3 Bf6 32. Bh5+ Kg8 33. Bg4 Nb6 34. Bf3 $6 ({Correct is} 34. Nc7 $1 Bxg4
35. hxg4) 34... Nf5 $6 (34... Nb5 $1 35. Ne5 Nc3 {achieves counter-play.}) 35.
Ndc5 Nd6 36. Kh2 Nd7 37. Bg4 b6 38. Nd3 Bh8 $5 39. Nb4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Bb7 $5 41.
Nc6 $1 Nc8 $5 42. Nc7 $1 Kh7 43. Bc1 Bg7 44. Ba3 $1 Bxc6 45. dxc6 {
The blockaded doubled pawn has become an extra passed pawn.} Kg6 46. Ne6 {
Penrose aimed at the next title.} 1-0

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 54"]
[Date "1967.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1967.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. f4 Bb4 $5 17. c3 Be7 18. Kb1 {
White controls more territory.} Kb8 19. c4 Nb6 20. b3 Rd7 21. Bc3 Rhd8 22. Ne4
Kc8 $6 (22... Nd5 $1 23. Bd2 Nb4 {equalises.}) 23. Kc2 Rxd1 $6 24. Rxd1 Rxd1
25. Qxd1 Qd7 $6 (25... c5 $1 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Qc6 28. Qg4 Qe4+ 29. Kb2
Kd7 {stops the passed pawn.}) 26. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 27. exd6 {
He has a strong passed pawn.} f6 28. Qd4 Kd8 29. g4 Ke8 30. a4 Qc8 31. a5 Nd7
32. Qe3 $5 Kf7 33. Qxa7 c5 34. a6 $1 bxa6 35. Qc7 Qxc7 36. dxc7 Nb6 37. Kd3 Ke7
38. g5 $1 hxg5 39. fxg5 e5 40. gxf6+ gxf6 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. h6 Kf7 43. Ba5 Nc8
44. Kd5 {Hartston started with a loss but won many games, thereafter.} 1-0

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "BCF 54"]
[Date "1967.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1967.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Nge2 e6 $5 10. Qd2 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. f4 a6 13. O-O b5 $5 14. f5 $6 (14.
cxb5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Nxc3 16. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 axb5 {plays adventurous chess.})
14... bxc4 15. Bc2 g5 $1 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h4 g4 18. Bf4 Kh7 19. Ng3 Nd3 20. Bxd3
cxd3 21. Qxd3 Qb6 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Rab1 Qd8 24. Rbd1 Re8 25. a3 Kh8 26. Rfe1 Rb7
27. Qc1 Kh7 28. Rxe8 $6 ({Preferable is} 28. h5) 28... Nxe8 $1 29. Re1 Bd7 30.
h5 Qh4 $1 {A mess by time pressure begins.} 31. Kf2 $6 Bd4+ $1 32. Kf1 $2 (32.
Be3 Be5 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Rxb2+ 35. Kg1 {defends properly.}) 32... Ng7 33.
Nce2 Bxb2 (33... Bb5 $1 34. Rd1 Nxh5 {ends the game.}) 34. Qc2 Qf6 35. Rb1 Rb5
$2 36. Bxd6 $2 (36. Ne4 $1 Qxf5 37. Rxb2 {gains an advantage.}) 36... Bxa3 37.
Rxb5 axb5 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Qxc5 Nxf5 40. Qc2 Kg7 41. Kg1 Nxg3 42. Nxg3 Qd4+
43. Kh2 Qxd5 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Qf6 Bc6 46. Qb2 b4 {The final standings became:
Penrose 81/2/11, Hartston 8, Golombek and Lee 7, Whiteley, Clarke, N.
Littlewood, Bonner, Lambshire, Stevenson and Ludgate 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "BCF 55"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1968.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-fifth British championship was played in Bristol from 5 until 17
viii 1968. 36 men took part.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4
d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 $5 dxe5 10. e4 {
White has lost a tempo in an equal position.} Qe8 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bg3 $5 Nc5
13. Bc4 Ne6 14. Qe3 Nef4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Qe3 h5 19.
g3 Ne6 20. c3 Kh7 21. Nb3 Bh6 22. Qe1 Qf6 23. Be2 Rg8 24. Rd6 Bf8 25. Rd2 a5
26. a4 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. h4 Kg7 29. Ng5 Qe7 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Nf3 f6 32. Kg2
Bd7 33. Rad1 Bg4 34. Rd3 Rad8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 {
Little has happened, so far. Black has an edge due to the two bishops.} 37. Nh2
$2 {Pawn a4 becomes vulnerable.} ({Correct is} 37. Nd2 $1 Ba7 38. Nb3 Bc8 39.
Qe2) 37... Qd1 $1 38. Qf1 ({Or} 38. Qxd1 Bxd1 39. b3 b5 $1) 38... Qxf1+ 39.
Kxf1 Bd1 40. b3 Bc2 41. f3 f5 42. exf5 (42. Ke2 b5 $1 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bd5 Bg1
45. Kd2 Bxb3 46. Bxb3 Bxh2 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Be6 Kf6 49. Bd7 Bxg3 50. Be8 Bxh4
51. Bxh5 Kg5 52. Be8 Kf4 53. Ke2 b4 {costs two pawns.}) 42... gxf5 43. Ke2 b5
$1 44. axb5 (44. Kd2 bxc4 $1 45. Kxc2 cxb3+ 46. Kxb3 Bf2 47. Nf1 f4 {
wins for Black.}) 44... cxb5 45. Bd5 e4 46. Kd2 $1 Bd3 47. fxe4 Bxe4 48. Be6 (
48. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 49. b4 $1 axb4 50. cxb4 Bg1 $1 51. Nf1 Kg6 {
leads to a won bishop versus knight ending.}) 48... a4 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Nf1 a3
51. Ba2 Bd6 52. Ke3 Bg2 53. Kf2 Bxf1 54. Kxf1 Bxg3 55. c4 Bxh4 56. c5 Bd8 57.
Kg2 Kf6 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. c6 f4+ 60. Kf3 Bc7 {Hartston competed well again.} 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "BCF 55"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richardson, Keith"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1968.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Qa5 6. Bd3 $5 Nbd7 7. f4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O O-O 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Kh1 $6 ({
More active is} 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bg3) 13... Nxf3 14. Rxf3 Ng4 $1 {
Penrose takes the initiative.} 15. Rff1 Be6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6
Kg7 19. Rff1 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Be2 a6 22. Qe3 Qe5 23. a3 Nf6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd7 27. Bf3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 {
Black has a plus in the ending.} 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Kf2 Ke5 31. Ke3 f5 32. exf5
Bxf5 33. Bd1 {
White has exchanged his weakling, but he still experiences problems.} g5 34.
Ne2 $2 {He should counter on the queenside.} (34. b4 $1 Nd7 35. g4 Bh7 36. Na4
b5 37. Nb2 {almost equalises.}) 34... Na4 35. b3 Nb2 36. Kd2 Nxd1 37. Kxd1 Be4
$1 {He attacks pawns on both flanks.} 38. g3 Bg2 $5 39. Ng1 $1 h5 40. Ke2 Kd4
41. Kf2 $5 (41. Kd2 c5 42. Ne2+ Ke4 43. Ng1 Bf3 {
also leads to problems for White.}) 41... Be4 42. Ne2+ Ke5 43. c3 $1 Bf5 44.
Ng1 $5 ({No solution brings} 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bg4 46. Ng3 Kf4 47. b4 b5)
44... Ke4 $1 45. Ke2 g4 $1 46. hxg4 ({Or} 46. h4 Be6 47. b4 Bc4+ 48. Kd2 b5 49.
Ne2 Kf3 {and Black wins.}) 46... Bxg4+ 47. Kd2 Be6 48. c4 Bg4 $1 49. b4 b6 50.
a4 Kd4 $1 {Penrose played a fine endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "BCF 55"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1968.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Hartston and Penrose were battling for the lead.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6
4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 $5 8. g4 e5 9. g5 {
They play an enterprising opening.} Nh5 10. Nce2 Bg7 11. c3 a6 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13.
hxg3 Qe7 14. Ne2 d5 $5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Qc2 $2 {
The following exchanges favour Black.} (16. b4 $1 {keeps an edge.}) 16... c5 $1
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Kb1 h6 $1 20. gxh6 Rxh6 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Be4 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {
Penrose has the initiative over the whole board.} 25. g4 Ke7 26. b3 a5 27. Kb2
a4 $1 28. bxa4 $2 (28. Qd3 $1 {defends properly.}) 28... Qc4 $1 29. Ka1 bxa4
30. Bd3 Qd5 31. Be4 Qc4 32. Bd3 Qd5 33. Be4 Qb5 $5 {He tries to win, naturally.
} 34. Qb2 Bc4 35. Qa3+ $2 (35. Ng3 Bf4 36. Nh1 Qc5 37. Nf2 {prolongs the game.}
) 35... Kf6 36. Nc1 Qb6 37. Bb1 Kg7 38. Nd3 Bxd3 $1 39. Bxd3 Qg1+ 40. Bb1 Bd2
$1 {Penrose led by 6/7.} 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "BCF 55"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lee, Graham"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1968.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
b6 9. Nc3 $5 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Bf4 Qd8 $5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Nf5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. h4 Qd7 16. Ne4 h5 17. a3 a5 18. Qf4 f6 $1 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qc1 Rac8 21.
Bh3 Qd5 22. Nfd2 Ncd4 23. c3 Ne6 24. Nc4 Qc6 25. Qc2 Ba8 $5 26. Qb3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 26. Qe2 Nh6 27. Bg2 Nf5 28. Bh3) 26... Rb8 27. Ncd6 $5 Nxd6 $5
28. Qxe6 Nf7 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. Bg2 Ba4 31. Rc1 $6 (31. Rd2 $5 Rbd8 32. b4 {
defends pawn d3.}) 31... Rfd8 32. Bf1 Rd7 33. f3 Rbd8 34. Nd2 $5 Bb5 35. c4 Ba4
36. Kf2 Nh6 37. Ne4 Bc6 38. Nc3 $6 ({More active is} 38. b4 $5 cxb4 39. axb4)
38... Nf5 39. Rcd1 Nd4 40. Bg2 Nc2 41. Re2 Nd4 42. Ree1 Kf7 43. Rb1 Nb3 44. f4
Bxg2 45. Kxg2 exf4 46. gxf4 Rxd3 {Black has gained the weak pawn.} 47. Nd5 Rd2+
48. Kg3 Rd7 49. f5 gxf5 50. Re3 Nd4 51. Rbe1 $5 Rxb2 52. Re7+ Rxe7 53. Rxe7+
Kf8 $2 54. Rd7 Re2 55. Nxf6 Re7 56. Rd8+ $2 (56. Kf4 $1 Kf7 57. Rxe7+ Kxe7 58.
Nxh5 {fights for the last chance.}) 56... Kf7 $1 57. Nxh5 Re3+ 58. Kg2 Nf3 59.
Rb8 Nxh4+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. Rb7+ Ke6 62. Nf4+ Ke5 63. Nd5 b5 64. Ne3 {
Keene trailed by half-a-point on Penrose.} 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "BCF 55"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1968.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f4 $5 Qa5 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 cxd5 {Penrose has achieved equality.} 11. Bb5
$5 a6 $1 12. Bxd7+ $6 Bxd7 {Black has the two bishops.} 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Be4
15. Rhg1 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 ({Or} 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3) 17... e6 18. c3 Bc5
19. Rad1 b5 20. Ke3 $5 Rb8 21. a3 a5 22. b4 $5 Bb6 $1 23. Be1 $2 ({Correct is} 
23. Kd2 $1 Ra8 24. Ra1) 23... gxf4+ 24. Kxf4 f6 $5 25. Bg3 (25. bxa5 fxe5+ 26.
Kxe5 Bc7+ 27. Kxe6 Ra8 $1 28. Nxb5 Ra6+ {leads to mate.}) 25... fxe5+ 26. Kxe5
{The king is a poor defender.} Bc7+ 27. Kf6 Rf8+ 28. Kg7 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rb7+ $1
{White will be mated soon. Penrose kept the lead. The final standings became:
Penrose 81/2/11, Hartston and Keene 71/2, Haygarth, Lee and Clarke 7,
Pritchett, Richardson, Perkins, Basman and Williams 61/2, etc. Penrose stayed
ahead of the youngsters.} 0-1

[Event "Rhyl"]
[Site "BCF 56"]
[Date "1969.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1969.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-sixth British championship was played in Rhyl at the coast of Wales
from 11 until 23 viii 1969. 32 men took part.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4.
d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 $1 ({
Known is} 10. Qe3) 10... Be5 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc6 $6 {
A premature counter begins.} ({Better is} 12... O-O 13. Rd1 b6) 13. O-O Bxc3 $2
14. Qxc3 $1 Qxe4 15. Bxf6 Qxe2 (15... gxf6 16. Qxf6 O-O 17. Bf3 Qxc4 $2 18.
Rae1 {also aims at mate.}) 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. f3 $1 {
Pawn g2 gets protection, because White prevents ..Qg4 and prepares Rf2.} d5 $5
18. cxd5 Qb5 19. Rfe1 $1 Qxd5 20. Bf6 Bd7 21. Qb4 $1 {Penrose won elegantly.}
1-0

[Event "Rhyl"]
[Site "BCF 56"]
[Date "1969.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1969.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 Qxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. O-O O-O $5 9. Qf4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 11. Be3 $1)
11... Rae8 12. Rae1 Bd4 $1 13. Qg3 Re6 $1 14. Nb5 $5 ({The pointe is} 14. Bh6
$2 Nh5) 14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 $2 (15. Qxc7 Nxe4 16. Qxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. Bxc5
bxc5 19. Nxa7 {almost equalises.}) 15... Rxe4 $5 ({Even stronger is} 15... Be5
$1 16. Qh3 a6 17. f4 axb5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Rh5) 16. f3 (16. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4
17. Qxc7 Nxd2 {costs material.}) 16... Be5 $1 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe1 ({Or} 18.
Qxe5 Nxd2 19. Qxc7 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Ba6 {and Black wins (Ftacnik).}) 18... Nxd2
19. Qxd2 a6 20. Nd4 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Bd5 23. Qg5 Qc5 24. Qh4 Be5 25.
Kg1 f5 26. c4 Bxc4 {John Littlewood crushed another opponent.} 0-1

[Event "Rhyl"]
[Site "BCF 56"]
[Date "1969.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Horton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1969.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4
$5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. h4 ({The modest} 12. Nd2 $5 {
will become a novelty.}) 12... g4 13. Nh2 Qd7 $5 14. f3 $1 gxf3 $2 (14... f5 $1
15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 fxg4 {is more active.}) 15. gxf3 f5 16. Qc2 Na6 17.
O-O-O f4 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. Rdg1 Nf7 20. h5 Kh8 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 Nh6 23. Rgg1
Bf6 24. Bf1 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8 $5 26. Qb3 $5 {
Wade moves the strategic aim from the kingside to the other flank.} b6 27. Qb5
h6 28. a3 Bg5 29. Qc6 Qd8 30. Kc2 Nf6 31. Nb5 Qe8 32. Qb7 Qb8 33. Qxb8+ Rxb8
34. Na7 Ra8 35. Nc6 Nb8 36. Nxb8 Rxb8 37. Kb3 {White has a positional plus.}
Ng8 38. Ka4 Ne7 39. Kb5 Ra8 40. Bh3 $1 Kg7 41. Be6 Kf6 42. Rg1 c6+ $2 (42...
Ra7 $1 {keeps the game closed.}) 43. Ka4 $5 (43. Kxb6 $1 cxd5 44. cxd5 Rb8+ 45.
Kc7 $1 Rxb2 46. Ba7 {wins for White.}) 43... b5+ $5 ({Or} 43... Rb8 44. Bd7 c5
45. Kb5) 44. cxb5 cxb5+ 45. Kxb5 Rb8+ 46. Bb6 $1 Nc8 47. Bxc8 Rxc8 48. Bxa5 Rc2
49. Bc3 Rf2 50. a4 Rxf3 51. a5 Bh4 52. a6 Bf2 53. Rf1 Rxc3 54. bxc3 Bc5 55. Ra1
{Wade recovered from two previous losses and scored 4/6.} 1-0

[Event "Rhyl"]
[Site "BCF 56"]
[Date "1969.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1969.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Qe2 $5 O-O 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc4 e5 $5 14.
Ne3 Nc5 15. c3 Ne6 16. g3 Ng5 $5 17. f3 $6 (17. h4 Ne6 18. Rfd1 {
chases the intruder.}) 17... Bh3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Kh1 d5 $1 {The attack starts.
} 20. c4 $6 ({More useful is} 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. b4) 20... d4 $1 21. Ng2 $5 Qe7
22. f4 Bxg2+ $6 {He exchanges an attacker.} 23. Kxg2 exf4 24. gxf4 Ne6 25. e5
f5 26. Kh1 a5 27. Rg1 g6 28. Rg3 Rf7 29. Qb2 Qb4 30. Qc2 Kh8 31. Kg2 Nc5 32.
Re2 Ne6 33. Rf3 Ra8 34. Kg3 $6 Rb7 35. Rf1 $6 (35. h4 $1 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37.
h5 {counters timely.}) 35... a4 $1 36. Rb1 axb3 37. Rxb3 Qe7 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 {
White has no defence against an invasion.} 39. Re1 Qa7 40. Re2 Qe7 41. Qb1 Ra3
$1 42. Rd2 Nxf4 $1 43. Kxf4 Qh4+ 44. Kf3 Qe4+ $1 {Black will gain an exchange.
Penrose battled for the lead. He was less productive than in previous years,
but won the title for the tenth and last time, eventually. The final standings
became: Penrose 8/11, Wade 71/2, Whiteley, J.Littlewood, F.Parr, Carden and
Knox 7, Perkins and Bielby 61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Coventry"]
[Site "BCF 57"]
[Date "1970.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Pritchard, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1970.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-seventh British championship was played in Coventry from 10 until
21 viii 1970. 34 men participated.} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5.
exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2+ $5 ({Theory is} 7. O-O) 7... Qe7 8. dxc5 Qxe2+ 9.
Kxe2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Kf1 Nf6 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re7 Rdf8 ({An alternative is} 18... Be6 $5
19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Bxe7 21. Nxd8 Kxd8) 19. h3 Bd6 20. Re3 Be6 21. Rae1 Kd7
22. Nd4 $1 {White has a blockader.} Re8 23. Nf5 Bf4 24. R3e2 Rhg8 25. g3 Bb8
26. Kg2 h5 27. h4 Be5 28. c3 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc7 $2 ({Preferable is} 29... Bf4 30.
Rdd1 Rce8) 30. Ne3 $1 Kc8 31. Be2 $1 Rd8 32. Red1 Rcd7 33. Bxh5 {
Wade has gained a pawn.} d4 34. cxd4 Bxd4 35. b3 f5 36. Bf3 f4 $6 37. Nc2 $6 {
He should have captured.} Be5 38. Rxd7 Bxd7 39. Rd5 $5 f6 40. g4 Rg8 41. Kh3
Bc7 42. Nd4 Bb6 43. Nf5 $2 (43. Ne2 $1 Bxf2 44. Nxf4 Rh8 45. h5 {
wins for White.}) 43... Kc7 44. Rd2 Bxf5 45. gxf5 {
The bishops are on different colours.} a5 46. Rc2+ Kb8 47. h5 Rh8 48. Kg2 Rg8+
49. Kf1 Bc7 50. Rd2 Rg7 51. Rd3 Rh7 52. Bg4 Kc8 53. Ke2 Re7+ 54. Kf3 Rh7 55.
Rd1 Rh6 56. a3 Rh7 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Be5 59. Ke4 Kc7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Kc5+
Kc7 62. b5 b6+ $1 63. Kd5 Kd7 64. Rc1 Bd6 $2 ({Correct is} 64... Kd8 $1 65. Ke4
Rg7 66. Bf3 Rd7 67. Be2 Rg7 68. Rh1 Rh7) 65. Rc6 $1 Bc5 66. Rxf6 Bxf2 67. Rg6 {
White has two passed pawns.} Ke7 68. f6+ Kf8 69. h6 Bc5 70. Be6 Ke8 71. f7+
Rxf7 72. Bxf7+ Kxf7 73. Rg4 {Wade showed patience.} 1-0

[Event "Coventry"]
[Site "BCF 57"]
[Date "1970.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Nge7 9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Qh5 Ne5 11. Be2 $5 Re8 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Bc3
$2 ({Better is} 14. N3d4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Rfe1) 14... Nf5 $1 {
Black threatens the queen.} 15. f4 $4 (15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 {
creates a retreat for the white queen.}) 15... g6 $1 16. Qh3 Nd4 $1 17. Qh6
Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {Wade avoids complications.} (19... Nxb5 $5
20. Rxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke6 22. Nc5+ Kxe5 23. Qxg6 d4 24. Re1+ Kd5 25. Rxe8
Qh4 {also wins for Black.}) 20. bxc3 Ra6 {
Black has gained a pawn and achieved a positional advantage.} 21. N3d4 Bg7 22.
Qd2 Bd7 23. a4 Rf6 24. Rfe1 Re4 25. Rad1 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rff4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28.
Nb3 b6 29. h3 a4 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qc7 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. c4 Re3 34. Qc2 dxc4
35. Qxc4 a3 36. d5 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qa8 a2 {
Wade and Hartston competed for the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Coventry"]
[Site "BCF 57"]
[Date "1970.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1970.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Wade led by half-a-point on Hartston and Fuller, when the last round began.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfe8 $5 (12... Bc6 {
was played in Fischer - Geller, Skopje 1967.}) 13. Rd3 Rac8 14. Rhd1 Bc6 15. f4
Qh5 16. g4 $5 {A sharp attack begins.} Qxg4 17. Qf2 $5 e5 $5 (17... Bxe4 $1 18.
Rg1 Bxd3 19. Bxf6 $1 Qh3 20. Rxg7+ Kf8 21. Rg3 Qf1+ 22. Qxf1 Bxf1 23. Bg7+ Kg8
24. Bf6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qh5 20. Bd4 Nxe4
$2 (20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qg2 Qg6 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Bxa7 {
brings a white edge.}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rg1 $1 Bf8 23. Rdg3 $6 (23. Rg5 $1
Rxc2 24. Kxc2 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Qh3+ 26. Rg3 {wins quickly.}) 23... Bg6 $2 (23...
Rc7 $1 24. Bxg7 Bg6 25. Bc3 Bg7 {defends well.}) 24. Rg5 $2 ({Right is} 24.
Rxg6 $1 hxg6 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qg8+ Kh6 27. Qh8#) 24... Re2 25. Qf1 Rexc2 26.
Bxc2 Bxc2+ 27. Ka1 Qh6 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. b3 $5
Bg6 $1 32. Qb5 b6 33. Qd7 {White has little advantage.} Rc1+ 34. Kb2 Rc2+ 35.
Ka3 Rc5 $5 36. b4 $1 Rc3+ 37. Kb2 Rc2+ 38. Kb3 Rxh2 39. Qxa7 b5 40. Qd7 Rh5 41.
a4 bxa4+ 42. Kxa4 Re5 43. b5 Re6 $5 44. Kb4 h6 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. Kc5 Be4 47. Qf2
f5 48. Qh2 Rg6 49. Kd4 Rg7 50. Ke5 Rb7 $1 51. Qe2 Rg7 52. Kf6 Rg6+ 53. Ke5 Rg7
54. Qc4 Rg6 55. Qd4 Rg7 56. Kf6 Rg6+ 57. Kf7 Rg5 58. b6 Rg8 59. Qe5 Rg5 60. Qd4
Rg8 61. Qe5 Rg5 62. Qe8 Rg7+ 63. Kf6 Rg5 $5 64. b7 Bxb7 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qxb7
Rg8 67. Kxf5 {
Penrose has reached a theoretical draw, despite the material gains.} Rg7 68.
Qe4 Rg5+ 69. Kf6 Rg8 70. Qd4 Kh7 $2 ({Right is} 70... Rg7 $1) 71. Kf7 $1 Rg5
72. Qf6 Rg8 73. Qe6 Rg5 74. Kf8 $1 h5 75. Qf7+ Kh6 76. Qf6+ Rg6 77. Qf4+ Kh7
78. Qe5 $1 Kh6 79. Kf7 h4 80. Qe4 $1 {Wade drew and Fuller lost. The final
standings became: Wade 8/11, Hartston, Eales, Botterill, Fuller, Penrose,
Keene and Farooqui 7, Williams and Knox 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 58"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eley, Brian"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-eighth British championship was played in Blackpool from 9 until 21
viii 1971. 36 men participated. A new generation started to dominate the
annual event. Whiteley and Keene were the main competitors.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10.
Bf3 e5 $5 {The new advance is alright.} ({Known is} 10... Nb6) 11. Nde2 exf4
12. Qxd6 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. Nxf4 $1 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nfd5) 12... g5 $1
13. e5 Ne8 14. Qd3 Qe7 $5 (14... Bxe5 $6 15. g3 fxg3 16. Nxg3 {
leaves the initiative on the kingside to White.}) 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Qf5 Nb6 17.
e6 $1 Kh8 $2 (17... Nxd5 $1 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxd5 Qe7 20. Bh5 Be6 {
defends well.}) 18. Be4 $2 (18. b4 $1 Qb5 19. a4 $1 Nxa4 20. c4 Bxe6 21. Qxg5
Qd7 22. Ra3 {favours White.}) 18... Nf6 $1 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd3 h6 $1 {
Black threatens ..Bxe6.} 21. Nxf4 $5 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxe6 23. Bd2 Bd7 $2 ({
Correct is} 23... Qg4) 24. Rf3 $2 (24. Bc3 $1 Ng8 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd4+ f6
27. Bf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 {leads to chances for both parties.}) 24... Qg4 $1
25. Qd6 Bc6 26. Rg3 Qe6 27. Qb4 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qa5 Rad8 {
Whiteley counterattacked in an exciting game.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 58"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sugden, John"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 {Black postpones ..Nf6.} 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 f6 $5 {
Keene has a new idea in the Modern Defence.} ({Known is} 5... Nge7) 6. Be3 d6
7. d5 Nce7 8. Nh4 $5 ({My preference has} 8. Nc3 $1 f5 9. Bd3 Nf6) 8... Nh6 9.
Qd2 $6 ({Better is} 9. Be2 $5 f5 10. Nc3) 9... Ng4 $1 10. Be2 {Too late.} Nxe3
$1 11. Qxe3 c5 $5 12. Nc3 a6 13. a3 Bd7 14. g3 Qa5 15. O-O O-O 16. b4 $1 Qc7 ({
The pointe is} 16... cxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 $2 18. Rfb1 $1) 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Kh1
f5 $1 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 Qd6 21. Rab1 b6 22. Rb3 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. g4
$2 ({Correct is} 24. Rdb1 Rab8 25. f3 e4 $1 26. fxe4 $6 f4 $1 {
and Black has an edge.}) 24... e4 $1 25. gxf5 Bxf5 $1 26. Na4 $2 ({Not} 26.
Nxe4 $2 Bxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rae8) (26. Bf1 $1 Rae8 27. Bg2 Bd4 28. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 29.
Qxd4 Qc5 30. Ne2 {tries to survive.}) 26... Rab8 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Nc3 Rf3 $1 29.
Qc1 Qe5 {Black gains a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 58"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keene, Raymond"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The leaders encountered in round six.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5
5. c4 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Ncb4 $6 ({More solid is} 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 {
(Popov - P.Ivanov, Sofia 1948).}) 12. a3 $1 Na6 13. Ra2 $5 Nf6 14. Nc3 Qa5 $5
15. b4 $1 Qh5 16. e4 $5 (16. Rc2 {shows aggression.}) 16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 e5
18. Ndb5 $1 Bg4 19. f3 $1 Be6 20. Rad2 {
White has a  positional advantage on the queenside.} Rfc8 21. Nd5 (21. f4 $5
Nxb4 $1 22. axb4 a6 {allows counter-play.}) 21... Ne8 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. exd5
Nc7 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. f4 $1 Rxd6 25. fxe5 {favours White.}) 22. Bf1 Nb8 $4 {
Rook c8 becomes too vulnerable.} (22... Kf8 {(prevents 23.Ne7)} 23. f4 Nb8 $1
24. fxe5 Nc6 {defends well.}) 23. Ne7 $1 {White gains an exchange.} Nc6 24.
Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 $1 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Nc3 Nd4 28. Nd5+ Kd8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8
30. Ne3 {Keene had scored 5/6.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 58"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. h3 Nb4 8. Be3
b6 9. a3 $5 {White spoils a tempo.} Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 c5 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Kf2 $5
Rc8 13. Rhc1 Nd7 $5 14. d5 $6 (14. b4 $5 {
takes the initiative on the queenside.}) 14... e6 $1 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Nf6
17. Rad1 $2 (17. Kg1 $1 {moves the king from the f-file.}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5
$2 (18. e5 $5 d4 $1 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ne2 {
offers more resistance.}) 18... exd5 19. d4 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 g5 $1 {
Black utilises the poor position of the white king.} 22. Kg1 gxf4 23. Bxf4
Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 {He has won an important pawn.} 25. g3 Rfe8 26. Rxe4 Rc5
27. Rde1 $6 {The tenfold champion misses his last opportunity.} (27. b4 $1
Rcxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rdxd4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 {tries to survive in the endgame.})
27... d3 28. Nf3 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bb7 $1 30. Re3 d2 $1 31. Nxd2 Bd4 32. Kf1 Ba6+
33. Kg2 Bxe3 34. Bxe3 Rc2 35. b3 Bb7+ 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. Ke1 Bxb3 $1 {
Keene drew the last four games and became the new champion.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 58"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bonner, Gerald"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bxa6 Qxe5 14. Bxb7 $5
({Theory is} 14. Qxe5 $6 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Re1 f6 18. f4 Bc5+
19. Kh1 {and} d4 $1 {gives Black an advantage.}) 14... Qxe2 15. Nxe2 Rb8 16.
Bxc6 Bxc6 {Black has a better endgame.} 17. b3 Bd6 18. Bb2 f6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20.
f4 Ra8 21. a3 $1 {White sacrifices a pawn.} (21. a4 $5 Rb8 22. f5 Rxb3 23. fxe6
Rxb2 24. exd7+ Kxd7 25. Nc3 {fights for equality.}) 21... Bxa3 22. Bxa3 Rxa3
23. Nd4 $2 (23. f5 $1 e5 24. Rxd5 Bxf5 25. Nd4 exd4 26. Rxf5 {
also battles for a draw.}) 23... Ke7 24. Rc7 $5 Rha8 25. Rb7 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Rxa1+
27. Kf2 Ra2+ 28. Kf3 Kd6 $1 29. Nb5+ Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Kc6 {
Black has achieved a won rook ending.} 31. Rb8 Rb2 $5 32. b4 $5 Rb3+ 33. Ke2 d4
$5 34. Rg8 Kd5 $5 35. Rxg7 Ke4 36. Rxh7 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Rxg2 38. Rh4 Ke3 $1 39.
Rh3+ Kxf4 40. Rd3 Rxh2 $1 {The final standings became: Keene 8/11, Whiteley 71/
2, Hartston, Williams, Pritchett and Wade 7, Knox, Cafferty, Perkins and Holt
61/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 59"]
[Date "1972.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keene, Raymond"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1972.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The fifty-ninth British championship was played in Brighton from 14 until 26
viii 1972. 34 men took part.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5
d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Re8 12. O-O
c4 $5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Kh1 Rc5 16. f3 Nc8 $6 {
The knight goes the wrong way.} ({Preferable is} 16... Nh5 $5 17. f4 Qe7) 17.
a4 a6 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Bb4 Rc8 20. Bc3 Kh8 $2 {Passivity becomes fatal.} (20...
Nf5 $1 21. Nxf5 gxf5 {defends actively.}) 21. Qd2 $1 {
Knight e3 gets protection.} Neg8 22. Bd4 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Qc3 {
The white pieces go to strong squares.} Nh5 25. Bxg7+ Nxg7 26. Nd4 Qb6 27. Ra2
Qc5 28. Rfa1 h5 29. Bd1 Kh7 30. Ra5 Nh6 31. Ba4 Rb8 32. Nec2 Rb7 33. Nb4 Qc7
34. Nxa6 Bxa6 35. Bxe8 Nxe8 {Keene defended the title.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 59"]
[Date "1972.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knox, Victor"]
[Black "Eley, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1972.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Bb3 Nc5 9. Bd5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 $5 (11. Be3 Ne6 12. Ne4 {
was played in Gifford - Mason, Paris 1878.}) 11... d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Rd1 b4 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Qd3 $2 {
Knox misses a trick.} ({Correct is} 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Ng3 Re6 20. Bf4) 18...
Bxh2+ $1 19. Kf1 $5 ({The pointes are} 19. Kxh2 $4 Nxf2) ({and} 19. Nxh2 Nxg5)
19... Nc5 $1 20. Qc4 Bd6 {Black has gained a pawn.} 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Qh4 Be7 23.
Qg4 Bf6 24. Rd3 $6 Qe7 $6 {He should have captured pawn b2 at once.} 25. Ng3
Bxb2 26. Nf5 Qf6 $2 (26... Qf8 $1 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Bc5 f5 29. Qh5 g6 30. Bxf8
gxh5 {keeps an advantage.}) 27. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 28. Bxc6 $4 (28. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 29.
Bxc6 gxh6 30. Qxb4+ Kg7 31. Bxb7 $1 {achieves a plus.}) 28... Bxc6 29. Qxb4+
Re7 $1 30. Ng4 Qf5 31. a4 a5 32. Qxb2 Qxg4 33. Rb3 Qxa4 34. Ne5 Re8 35. Qc3 Bd5
36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. Rb1 Qe4 38. Nf3 Bc4+ 39. Kg1 Nxc5 40. Re1 Be2 $2 {
White gets drawing chances.} (40... Qa8 $1 41. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 42. Nxe1 Ne6 {
wins for Black.}) 41. Qxc5 Qa8 42. Nd4 Bg4 43. Rxe8+ Qxe8 44. Qxa5 h5 45. Nf5
Bxf5 46. Qxf5 g6 {Black has an extra pawn in the queen ending.} 47. Qc5 Qd7 48.
g3 Qd6 49. Qc4 c5 50. c3 Kg7 51. Kg2 Qe5 52. Kf1 Kf6 53. Kg2 Qf5 54. Kg1 Ke7
55. Kg2 Kd6 56. Qa6+ Kd5 57. Qa2+ Ke5 58. Kg1 Qf3 59. Qc4 Qd1+ 60. Kh2 Qd5 61.
Qf4+ Ke6 62. Qe3+ Kd7 63. Qf4 Kc6 64. Qa4+ Kc7 65. Qa7+ Kd6 66. Qb8+ Ke6 67.
Qf4 Qd3 68. Qc1 Kd5 69. Qf4 f5 70. Qg5 Qxc3 71. Qxg6 Qf3 72. Qf7+ $2 {
Knox misses the drawing opportunity.} (72. Qg8+ $1 Kd4 73. Qd8+ Kc4 74. Qg8+
Qd5 $1 75. Qe8 $1 Kb3 76. Qe3+ Kc2 77. Qe2+ Qd2 78. Qc4+ Qc3 79. Qd5 c4 80.
Qxf5+ Qd3 81. Qxh5 c3 {battles.}) 72... Kd4 $1 73. Kg1 c4 $1 74. Qa7+ Kd3 $1
75. Qa6 Qe4 76. Qb5 Ke2 77. Qa6 Qb1+ 78. Kh2 Kxf2 79. Qa7+ Kf3 80. Qa8+ Qe4 81.
Qa3+ Qe3 82. Qa8+ Kf2 83. Qa2+ Qe2 84. Qa7+ Kf3+ 85. Kh3 Qg2+ 86. Kh4 Qxg3+ 87.
Kxh5 Qg4+ 88. Kh6 Qe4 89. Qa1 c3 90. Qf1+ Ke3 91. Qe1+ Kd4 92. Qd1+ Qd3 93.
Qa4+ Ke3 94. Kg5 c2 95. Qf4+ Ke2 96. Qh2+ Kd1 97. Qg1+ Kd2 98. Qf2+ Kc1 99. Qb6
Qe4 100. Qg1+ Kd2 101. Qf2+ Kd3 102. Qf1+ Kc3 103. Qa1+ Kb3 104. Qc1 f4 105.
Qf1 Qe5+ 106. Kg4 Kb2 107. Qh1 Qe2+ 108. Kh4 f3 109. Qg1 Qe7+ 110. Kg4 Qg7+
111. Kh3 Qxg1 112. Kh4 f2 113. Kh3 f1=B+ 114. Kh4 c1=B 115. Kh5 Bd2 116. Kh4
Be1+ 117. Kh5 Be2+ 118. Kh6 Bd2+ 119. Kh7 Bd3+ 120. Kh8 Bc3# {Brian Eley
notorious by his preference for young boys. He ran for the British police in
1991.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 59"]
[Date "1972.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1972.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f5 $5 ({Usual was} 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4) 10... Qa5 11. Bc4
Rb8 12. Bb3 d5 $1 13. Bd2 $1 Bb4 14. O-O-O (14. Qg3 $2 O-O $1 15. Qxe5 Ba6 {
allows an attack by Black.}) 14... O-O 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 {
Mestel shows ambition, because an exchange of queens will level the game.} Qc7
$1 17. exd5 Rxb3 $1 {Penrose delivers a positional sacrifice. He gets a strong
centre for the exchange.} 18. cxb3 cxd5 19. Kb1 d4 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Rhe1 Bb7 22.
Qe2 $6 ({Preferable is} 22. Qg3 $5 Be4+ 23. Ka2) 22... a5 23. Bd2 Be4+ 24. Ka1
Qb7 25. b4 $6 (25. Bg5 $5 Bd5 26. Rxd4 $1 Qxb3 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Qf3 {
defends properly.}) 25... Bxf5 26. Bg5 $2 {He blunders an exchange.} (26. Rc1
axb4 27. Bxb4 Ng4 28. Rc5 {resists versus a black attack.}) 26... Bg4 27. Qd3
Bxd1 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxd1 axb4 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qf5 Qc6 32. axb4 e4 33. b5
Qe6 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. b6 e3 {Penrose competed with Eley and Keene.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 59"]
[Date "1972.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eley, Brian"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1972.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Eley and Penrose led by half-a-point on Keene.
Penrose made a draw that he had played twice before. So Eley could aim at the
title.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bc4
Bg7 8. Qe2 $5 O-O 9. h3 dxe5 $5 10. Rd1 $1 Qe8 11. Nxe5 Bf5 $5 12. Bb5 a6 $5
13. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 $2 {Black doubles two pawns.} (13... e5 $1 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3
Qxc6 {equalises.}) 14. Ba4 e5 15. Be3 Qe6 16. Bb3 Qf6 17. Qc4 a5 18. O-O Rfb8
19. g4 a4 $1 20. Bxa4 Be6 21. Qxc6 Qh4 $1 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxh3 24. Qg2
Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 {Eley has a better endgame.} Rd8 26. f3 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. b4
Kf7 $2 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ra2 30. Bc1 Ra1 {plays for a draw.}) 29. b5 Ke6 30.
Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rh1 $5 Rh8 32. Rh5 h6 33. c4 Ra8 34. Rh1 f4 35. Bf2 Ra2 36. Rb1
Kf5 $6 (36... Ra5 {offers more resistance.}) 37. c5 $1 e4 38. fxe4+ Kxe4 39. b6
cxb6 40. cxb6 f3+ (40... Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. c4 $1 h5 43. Kh3 {
also wins for White.}) 41. Kh3 $1 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. b7 Be5 44. Bg3 $1 f2
45. Bxf2 Bb8 46. c4 h5 47. Bg3 Ba7 48. Kh4 {The final standings became: Eley 8/
11, Keene and Penrose 71/2, Stean 7, Mestel, Harston, Webb, Haygarth, Knox and
Williams 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 60"]
[Date "1973.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Eales, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixtieth British championship was played in Eastbourne at the south coast
from 6 until 18 viii 1973. 36 peoples participated. Spassky - Fischer, 1972,
gave an extra impulse to chess. The event had an outside sponsor for the first
time. Cutty Sark made an additional amount of money available for the jubilee
congress.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O
b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $5 ({Known is} 12.
Qd2) 12... exd5 13. Rc2 Re6 $5 ({The alternative is} 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Rfc1 Ne4 16. Qe1 c6) 14. Qd2 c6 15. Rfc1 Bh6 $5 16. Qd1 Qe8 17. Bb2 Bf8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 17... f5 $1) 18. Ng5 Rf6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Rxe3 $5 19. fxe3
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxg5 {(Chessbase).}) 19. e4 $6 dxe4 20. d5 Rd6 $2 (20... c5 $1
21. Bb5 Rf5 {gains a plus.}) 21. Qd4 Nf6 22. Ne6 $1 Bg7 $2 (22... fxe6 $1 23.
Qxf6 e5 $1 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd5 26. Bc4 Rad8 {offers more resistance.})
23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. dxc6 $1 Rxd4 25. cxb7 Rad8 26. Bxd4 {
Basman delivered an elegant knight sacrifice.} ({The pointe is} 26. Bxd4 Rxd4
27. Rc8 {and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 60"]
[Date "1973.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "McKay, Roderick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qf3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 $5 Nc7 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. c3 Nd7 $5 (12... Qd5 $1 {
will become an improvement.}) 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qh3 Rad8 16. Bh6 Qf5
17. Qe3 $1 {White has the initiative.} Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf6 19. Qe3 b6 $5 {
Exchanges on e4 almost equalise.} 20. Ng3 Qb5 $6 {Black wastes time.} 21. Ne5
Qd5 $1 22. Rad1 c5 23. c4 $1 Qd6 24. d5 Nd4 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Qg5 $5 Nxd5 $1 {
McKay carries out a 'petite combinaison'.} 27. cxd5 f6 28. Qh6 fxe5 29. Ne4 $1
{White counters dangerously.} Qd7 $2 {He spoils a fine idea.} ({Better is} 
29... Qc7 30. Ng5 $6 e6 31. dxe6 Rd6 $1 {Black gains an edge.}) 30. Ng5 $1 e6
31. dxe6 $1 Qe7 {Black cannot make a useful rook move.} 32. Nxh7 $1 Nf3+ ({
The first pointe is} 32... Qxh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. e7 {and White wins.}) 33.
gxf3 Rxd1 ({Number two is} 33... Qxh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. e7 Rxd1 36. exf8=N+)
34. Rxd1 Qxh7 35. Qxf8+ $1 {Hartston and Basman competed for the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 60"]
[Date "1973.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1973.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When round eight began, Basman led by half-a-point on Hartston.} 1. f4 g6 2.
g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 $5 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 {Basman likes to
choose a deviant approach. The problematic effect is a pleasant game for his
opponent.} 8. Nd2 b6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nf2 f5 11. Nf3 d4 12. cxd4 fxe4 13. dxe4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. e5 {The chances are about equal.} Na5 17.
Qc2 Ba6 18. Rd1 $1 ({Not} 18. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 $1 19. Rd1 Nc6 $1 20. Qa4 Bc8 {
and ..Nxe5 decides the game.}) 18... Rc8 19. Be3 Qd7 $6 {
The pin will become unpleasant.} ({Better is} 19... g5 $1 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qa4
Rc4) 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. Qf2 Rfd8 $5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nf6 Qa4 24. g4 $5 d3 $1 25.
Qh4 Rc7 26. Rac1 Rf7 27. Kh1 Qd4 28. Rc3 Rdf8 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. h4 Nb7 31. Kh2
Nc5 32. Rd2 Na4 $1 33. Rb3 $2 Nc5 $2 34. Rc3 Na4 35. Rb3 Bc4 ({
He misses the decision} 35... Rc7 $1 {again.}) 36. Ra3 b5 37. b3 Qc3 $2 38. Qe1
$2 (38. Ne4 Qc1 39. Rxa4 bxa4 40. bxc4 {wins for White.}) 38... Nb6 39. Ra6 Qd4
$2 40. bxc4 $2 (40. Qe4 Qc3 41. Qe3 {gains material.}) 40... Qxf4+ $1 41. Kh1
bxc4 $2 (41... Nxc4 {supports the passed pawn immediately.}) 42. Ne4 Qxe5 43.
Qc1 $2 {White makes the last mistake, although the time control has passed.} (
43. Rf2 Rdd7 44. Rxf7 Rxf7 45. Ra5 {tries to survive.}) 43... Rf4 $1 44. Nf2
Rdf8 45. Rxa7 Nd5 46. Rb2 Rxf2 47. Rxf2 Rxf2 48. Qh6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kh1
Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1 {He finds a nice final.} 52. Kxg2 Qe2+ $5 53. Kg1 Qxg4+
54. Kh1 Qh3+ 55. Kg1 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qf3+ 57. Kg1 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Ne3+
$1 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 61. Kf4 e5+ $1 62. Kg5 Qg2+ {Hartston overtook the lead from
Basman. William Hartston was popular in the media as a chess demonstrator.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 60"]
[Date "1973.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1973.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 $5 ({
Theory is} 7. Bf4 {(Morphy - Paulsen, New York 1857 [1]).}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 f5
9. exf5 $2 ({Better is} 9. e5) 9... Bxf2+ $1 {A harsh refutation happens.} 10.
Kxf2 Rxf5+ 11. Bf3 Rxg5 {Black has gained a pawn.} 12. Re1 Nbc6 13. Kg1 d5 14.
Qd2 Re5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Rf5 $5 15. Rad1 Ng6 {and further development.
}) 15. Nc5 Nf5 16. Bg4 Qd6 17. Nd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ncd4 19. Nd1 Nh6 $5 20. Bh3
Nf7 21. c3 $5 Nc6 22. Nf4 Ng5 23. Bg4 Ne5 24. Nf2 Ngf7 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. N4d3
Nxg4 27. Nxg4 b6 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Rf3 Bb5 30. Rg3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Ne5 $5 32. Nxe5
Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd6 34. Qe2 Rf6 35. h3 g6 36. b4 Kf7 37. Qa6 Qc7 38. Qd3 Rf5 39.
a4 Qc6 40. Qd4 Kg8 41. Re5 Rf6 42. b5 Qd6 43. c4 $1 Rf5 44. Rxf5 gxf5 45. cxd5
Qxd5 {Black has extra material in a queen ending.} 46. Qf4 Qd7 47. h4 Kf7 48.
Kh2 Ke7 49. g3 Kf7 50. Qb8 Kf6 51. Qh8+ Qg7 52. Qb8 Kg6 53. Qe8+ Qf7 54. Qb8
Kh5 55. Qe5 Kg6 56. Qb8 h6 57. Kh3 Kf6 58. Qf4 Qg7 $6 59. Qd4+ $1 Kg6 60. Qd6
$6 (60. h5+ $1 Kh7 61. Qd6 Qf7 62. Kg2 {draws.}) 60... Qf6 61. Qb8 Qf7 62. Qd6
Kf6 63. Qf4 $6 (63. Qd2 Kg7 64. Qd6 {
continues the restriction of the black pieces.}) 63... Qh5 $1 {
The black queen becomes active.} 64. Qd4+ Kg6 $1 65. Qe5 Qg4+ 66. Kh2 Qc4 67.
Qd6 Qa2+ 68. Kh3 Qd5 69. Qc6 $1 Kf6 70. Qc1 Kg6 71. Qc6 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 
71... Qe4 $1 72. Qe8+ Kf6 73. Qh8+ Ke7) 72. Qc1 $2 (72. Qe8+ Kf6 73. Qh8+ Ke7
74. Qg7+ Kd6 75. Qf8+ Ke5 76. Qg7+ Ke4 77. Qxa7 {almost draws.}) 72... Qf3 $5
73. Qc6 Qg4+ 74. Kh2 $5 f4 $1 75. Qe4+ Qf5 76. Qf3 fxg3+ 77. Qxg3+ Qg4 {
The black king is going to enter the white position. Basman scored 3 and
Hartston made 21/2 points during the last three rounds. The final standings
became: Basman and Hartston 81/2/11, Williams 71/2, Whiteley, Miles and Horner
7, Mestel, Holloway and Penrose 61/2, etc. Basman and Hartston had to carry
out a playoff.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 60 playoff"]
[Date "1974.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff occurred at the Heathrow Hotel in London from 28 i until 3 ii
1974. Cutty Sark whisky bottles were on display. Six games were planned.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ndb5 Bxe3 8. fxe3
Qxe3+ 9. Be2 Kf8 10. Rf1 {They had appied this wild variation before. White
has compensation for the pawn.} Nge7 $5 (10... Nf6 11. Qd6+ Kg8 {
was played in Hartston - Basman, Hastings 1973.}) 11. a4 $5 Ng6 12. Rf2 Nge5
13. Kf1 h5 14. h3 $5 h4 15. Ra3 Qc5 16. a5 Rh6 17. Qd2 Qb4 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Nd6
f6 $6 (19... a6 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 20. Ncb5 $1 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22.
Ra3 Ke7 23. Rd3 b6 $6 24. Nd6 $6 (24. Nc7 $1 Rb8 25. Na6 Bxa6 26. Rxd7+ Kf8 27.
Bxa6 {equalises.}) 24... Ne5 25. Rd4 Qxa5 26. b4 Qa1+ 27. Bd1 Qb2 28. b5 a5 29.
Kg1 Rg6 30. Ra4 $2 ({Better is} 30. Rf4) 30... Rg3 $1 {Black threatens ..Qc3.}
31. Nf5+ $5 exf5 32. Qd5 Ra7 33. Rd2 Kf8 $5 34. exf5 Qc3 $2 (34... Qc1 $1 35.
Rxh4 $2 Nf3+ {ends the game.}) 35. Rxh4 Nf7 36. Kh2 $2 (36. Bh5 $1 Qc5+ 37.
Qxc5+ bxc5 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. b6 Ra8 40. b7 Bxb7 41. Rxd7+ {fights for survival.
}) 36... Bb7 37. Qxd7 Qxd2 $5 38. Qxd2 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 a4 $1 {
The endgame shows material equality, but Black has a decisive positional
advantage.} 41. Rb4 a3 42. Rb1 Nd6 43. Be2 Nxf5 44. Bd3 Nd4 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3
Ne6 47. Bc4 Nc5 48. Ba2 Ra4 49. Kf3 Rd4 50. Re1+ Kd7 51. Re3 Ra4 52. Kg2 Kd6
53. Kf3 g5 54. c4 f5 55. h4 gxh4 56. Kf4 Rb4 57. Kxf5 Rb2 58. Rxa3 h3 $1 59.
Rxh3 Rf2+ 60. Kg4 Rxa2 61. Rh6+ Ne6 62. Kf5 Re2 63. Rh8 Rf2+ {
Basman took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 60 playoff"]
[Date "1974.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Basman lost the second game, because he missed a fork.} 1. d3 d5 2. g3 c6 3.
Bg2 Na6 $5 {They avoid the theory.} (3... Nf6 {leads to well-known positions.})
4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 $5 6. c4 $5 dxc4 7. Nxc4 f6 8. O-O g5 $6 ({Preferable is
} 8... e5) 9. e4 Be6 10. Be3 h5 $5 {Basman makes a premature advance.} 11. Nd4
Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. b4 $6 (13. Qf3 $1 Nh6 14. Rad1 Ng4 15. Qg2 {keeps a plus.
}) 13... Nh6 14. f3 h4 15. g4 b5 $6 ({Better is} 15... e5 16. Ne6 Bxb4) 16.
Nxc6 $1 bxc4 $2 (16... Nb8 $1 17. N4a5 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nxc6 20.
Nxc6 Rc8 {offers a fine resistance.}) 17. Qa4 $1 Kf7 18. Qxa6 Nxg4 19. Qxc4+
Kg7 20. fxg4 $1 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 h3 22. Ne5 $1 Kh7 23. Qf7+ Bg7 24. Rf3 {
Hartston led in the playoff match by 2-1.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 60 playoff"]
[Date "1974.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Hartston drew game four and won number five. So he had decided the playoff.
Nevertheless, game six started. It became an enjoyable game.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Qe2 d5 $5 ({Basman had encountered} 3... d6 {in a previous game.}) 4.
Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c3 $2 (7. d3 $1 Bf5 8. Bxf4 {
plays serious chess.}) 7... Bf5 8. d4 Qd5 9. Nc5 $6 O-O-O $1 10. b4 Bxc5 $5 11.
bxc5 Nf6 12. Qb2 Rhe8+ 13. Kf2 g5 $5 14. Nxg5 Rg8 $5 15. h4 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4+ 17.
Kg1 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. Be2 Rg3 20. c4 $5 Qe4 21. Rh2 Rdg8 22. d5 Qg4 23. Bd1
Nb4 24. c6 b6 25. Ne1 Qf4 26. Bf3 Nc2 27. Nxc2 Rxf3 28. d6 Bd3 29. d7+ Kd8 30.
Qc1 Rfg3 31. Kh1 Rxg2 $1 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Be4# {Hartston had
won the match by 41/2-11/2. His wife Jana Malypertrova was eight times
champion among the women. She was also married to Miles and Bellin.} 0-1

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-first British championship was played in Clacton on Sea near London
from 5 until 16 viii 1974. 32 men participated.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6
4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Nd7
11. h4 b4 {Both players advance on the flanks.} 12. Na4 g6 $5 (12... Nb6 13.
Nxb6 axb6 {happened in Tal - Geller, Curacao 1962.}) 13. Rdg1 Be7 ({
The alternative is} 13... Qa5 14. h5 g5 15. b3 Ba6) 14. g5 $5 fxg5 15. h5 $5 g4
$1 16. Rxg4 g5 {Black keeps the g-file closed.} 17. Rgg1 Qa5 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ng3
Bg4 20. Qg2 Kh8 $2 ({Preferable is} 20... Bd6 $1 21. Bf5 Bxg3 22. Bxg4 Bd6) 21.
Bf5 $1 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. f4 $1 Ne4 24. fxg5 Nxg5 $2 (24... hxg5 $1 25. Ng3
Qd8 {defends properly.}) 25. Rh4 Re4 26. Rf4 $1 Rae8 $2 ({More useful is} 26...
Qd8 27. Nc5 Re8) 27. Nxh6 $1 Bxh6 28. Rf6 $1 Qd8 ({The pointe is} 28... Kg7 29.
Rxh6 $1 Kxh6 30. Qxg5+ Kh7 31. Qg7#) 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Rxc6 f6 31. Qf1 Rxe3 32.
Rxg5+ $1 fxg5 33. Rg6+ {Penrose was crushed by a younger talent.} 1-0

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Botterill, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O b4 $5 ({Usual is} 9... Nb6) 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Ng3 e5 12. c3 c5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 $2 (13... c4+ $1 14. Kh1 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd3 16. exf6 Nxf6 {
almost equalises.}) 14. Bc4 $1 bxc3 $2 ({Preferable is} 14... h6 $5 15. fxe5
hxg5 16. exf6 Bxf6) 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Be7 $1 Be6 19.
Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 {White has gained an exchange.} 21. Qd5 Qxe5 $6 (21...
Qe7 $1 22. e6 Ne3 23. exf7+ Kh8 {offers more resistance.}) 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23.
Rf3 h5 24. Rb1 Nxh2 $5 25. Kxh2 h4 26. Rb7 hxg3+ 27. Kh3 $1 Kg7 28. Kg4 a6 29.
Ra7 Kh6 $5 30. Rfxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Bxc3 32. Re7 Bd4 33. e5 c4 34. e6 {
Mestel scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hindle, Owen"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. Bf2 $5 (14. g4
{attacks.}) 14... b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. e5 $5 Ne8 $6 {
A knight becomes inactive.} (17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 {
keeps the equality.}) 18. Nd4 g6 19. Rd2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. Rdd1 Bf4 22. Bg3
Bh6 $6 ({Better is} 22... Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qc5) 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Nd6 $5 (24. Nf2 $1
{keeps more advantage.}) 24... Nxd6 25. exd6 Qc5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxa6 Rxb2
28. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 $5 {Hartston has to counter.} 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rf1 $2 {
The tables turn.} (30. Qf3 $1 Rcxc2 $5 31. Be5 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Ra2 33. Qxg2 Rxg2
34. Kxg2 {leads to a better endgame.}) 30... Rcxc2 $1 31. Qf3 $1 f5 $1 32. Qa8+
$5 Bf8 $5 33. Qd8 $2 {Hindle collapses.} (33. Bf2 $5 Rd2 34. h3 Rxd6 {
favours Black.}) 33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Bc6 $1 {Hartston delivers mate soon.} 0-1

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Bg5 O-O $5 ({Usual is} 8... f6 9. Bh4 O-O) 9. Nd5 Ba7 $2 ({Correct is} 9... f6
$5 10. Nxb6 cxb6 11. Be3 d5) 10. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 11. Bxf6 Qe8 $2 (11... Ne5 12.
Bxe5 Ng6 {only costs a pawn.}) 12. Qh5 Nd8 ({Later} 12... Ng6 13. Qh6 Qxe4+ 14.
Be2 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 {will be played.}) 13. Qh6 Ne6 14. O-O-O Bxf2 15. Rd3 $1 Ng6
16. Rh3 Bh4 17. Rxh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 {Botterill won quickly.} 1-0

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stean, Michael"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 d5 $6 {
Black has lost a tempo in the opening.} 8. Bf4 c6 9. e4 fxe4 $6 (9... d4 $1 10.
Na4 fxe4 11. dxe4 c5 {equalises.}) 10. dxe4 Nxe4 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... dxc4
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne5 b5) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bf6 {
Black threatens ..g5.} 14. g4 $1 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18.
Bf3 e5 19. h3 e4 20. Bg2 Be6 21. b3 h6 22. Rfe1 Bf7 23. Bb4 Re6 24. Bc3 Bg6 $6
25. f4 $1 Re7 26. f5 Bf7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 {
White has gained a pawn.} Re8 30. Bf3 Re3 31. Kf2 Rc3 $6 (31... Re7 32. Rd6 Kg7
{prolongs the game by a passive defence.}) 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7 Rc2+ 34. Ke3
Rxa2 35. Rxb7 Ra6 36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Kc5 Be8 38. Kd6 h5 39. c5 h4 40. Rb8 {
Stean strangles the opponent.} 1-0

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Williams, Arthur"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. a4 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Qf6 $6 (15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 h6 {drew in Rukavina - Nemet, Umag 1972.})
16. Nce4 $1 Qg6 17. Rad1 Bg4 $2 {Penrose commits a tactical error.} ({
Preferable is} 17... Ra7 $5 18. Nd6 Ne7) 18. f3 Rad8 $5 19. Nd6 Nb4 $6 (19...
Bf5 $5 20. Ngxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Qxc6 Rfd7 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 {
costs a pawn.}) 20. Qd2 $1 Nc2 ({Or} 20... Bc8 21. Nf5 $1 Qxf5 22. Qxd8 Qc5+
23. Kh1) 21. Re5 h6 22. fxg4 hxg5 23. Rd5 $1 a5 24. Nf5 $1 Rxd5 25. Ne7+ Kh7
26. Nxg6 $1 {
White gains material. Penrose still scored 6/11, despite two harsh losses.} 1-0

[Event "Clacton on Sea"]
[Site "BCF 61"]
[Date "1974.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Mestel led the field by half-a-point. Haygarth
trailed by one point.} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1
Nbd7 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Nh3 O-O $5 ({Known is} 8... a5) 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11.
Nf2 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. Rfc1 {White takes the initiative on the queenside.} Ba6
14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. c3 Nd7 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Rc4 Qa7 $1
20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qe1 Rxa2 22. Nd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 22. Qc1 $5 d5 23. exd5
cxd5 24. Rc7 Rb7 25. Rc8+ Nf8) 22... d5 $1 23. Rb4 dxe4 24. fxe4 $5 Nf6 $6 (
24... Rxb4 $1 25. Nxb4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Ra8 {favours Black.}) 25. d5
$1 Qc7 26. Bf4 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 $5 {White avoids a repetition of moves.} Rc8 $2 {
Probably, the time pressure had started.} ({Better is} 27... Rxb4 $1 28. Nxb4
cxd5 $1 29. Nxa2 Nxe4 30. Nb4 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 {
and Black repeats the positions.}) 28. Rc4 Qb6 29. Qg1 $5 Qb7 $5 30. Nb4 Re2 $5
31. dxc6 Qb5 32. Re1 Rb2 33. Rb1 $2 (33. Qa7 $1 Rxb3 34. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 35. cxb7
Rxc4 36. b8=Q+ {wins for White.}) 33... Re2 $2 {Mestel misses the title.} (
33... Rxb3 $1 34. Rxb3 Qxc4 {turns the tables.}) 34. Re1 Rb2 35. c7 $5 Rxb3 $5
36. Rd4 Nd7 37. Rd5 Qxb4 38. Rxd7 Qa5 39. Red1 $5 Bf8 40. Rd8 Rxc7 41. Bh6 {
Six men caught up with Mestel! The final standings became: Bellin, Mestel,
Botterill, Stean, Williams, Haygarth and Hartston 7/11, Law, Well and Holloway
61/2, etc. Seven players had to carry out a playoff.} 1-0

[Event "Llanelli"]
[Site "BCF 61 playoff"]
[Date "1974.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Botterill, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1974.12.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff of the sixty-first British championship happened in Llanelli near
Swansea from 14 until 21 xii 1974. Seven men carried out seven rounds (one
cycle).} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7.
Nge2 $5 ({The alternative is} 7. Qd2) 7... Rb8 8. Rb1 Nf6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. Bg3 Nh5 12. f4 $5 Rb4 $6 ({Preferable is} 12... Nxg3 $1 13. Nxg3 c5) 13.
Be1 Bg4 $1 14. Qd3 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. Rxf4 h5 17. d5 Be5 18. Rf1 Qa8 $5 19.
h3 Bd7 20. Nd1 $2 (20. Bg3 $1 Qa7+ 21. Kh1 {gains an advantage.}) 20... Rd4 $1
21. Qf3 cxd5 22. Qxf7+ {White attacks but gets an inferior position.} Kd8 23.
exd5 Qxd5 24. Bc3 Be6 $1 25. Qf3 Qxa2 $2 (25... Qc5 $1 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh2
Bd5 {wins for Black.}) 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Nf2 $2 (27. Ne3 $1 Rg8 28. Kh2 {
offers a strong resistance.}) 27... Bd5 $1 28. Qa3 Qc4 $1 29. Kh2 ({
The alternative is} 29. Rbd1 Bxg2 $1 30. Kxg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. Kh1 Rg3 33.
Qa5 Qf4 $1 {and Black wins.}) 29... Be5+ 30. Kh1 Rg8 31. Rg1 Qf4 {
Botterill will deliver mate soon.} 0-1

[Event "Llanelli"]
[Site "BCF 61 playoff"]
[Date "1974.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1974.12.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Bf4 f6 $5 ({
Theory is} 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O) 8. c4 g5 $5 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 g4
12. Ng1 $5 (12. Nd2 $1 {makes the natural move.}) 12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nc6 14.
a3 Bh6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. e4 $1 Bg6 $6 (17... O-O-O $1 18. exf5 Rxd4
19. Qe2 Rhd8 {counters.}) 18. Be6 $1 {White controls the position.} Rd8 $5 19.
Nge2 Rd6 20. Bxg4 {He has gained a pawn.} O-O 21. Qh3 Kg7 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nd4
Qb6 $2 (23... Nc4 $1 24. b3 $1 Be3 $1 25. Ndb5 Nxa3 26. Nxd6 Qxc3+ 27. Ke2 Qc2+
28. Kxe3 exd6 {fights back.}) 24. Ncb5 $1 {
Black will lose the exchange without compensation.} Nxg4 25. Nxd6 exd6 26. Qxg4
Re8 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Rf1 Rc4 30. Rf2 Rxe4+ 31. Kf1 f5 32. Qc3 Qb5+
33. Qd3 Qb6 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Qa5+ 36. b4 Qb6 37. Qc3 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Bxe3
39. Rc2 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. g3 b5 42. Rd7 Ke5 43. Nf4 {
Botterill won for the second time.} 1-0

[Event "Llanelli"]
[Site "BCF 61 playoff"]
[Date "1974.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1974.12.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 $5 ({Known is} 10... Be7 11. Nc3 Qd8) 11. Nc3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4 Qd6 14. Bb2 b5 $1 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 {
The open position favours the two bishops.} Nf4 $4 ({Correct is} 17... Ba6) 18.
Qc1 $1 {White gains a piece.} Rb8 19. a4 $1 {
He threatens 20.Ba3. Black has no proper defence.} d4 20. Ba3 Nb4 {
Botterill had scored three wins.} 1-0

[Event "Llanelli"]
[Site "BCF 61 playoff"]
[Date "1974.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1974.12.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Botterill led by half-a-point on Mestel, when the last round began. George
Botterill drew quickly. So Mestel needed a win.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. Bf3 Nf8
11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 $5 (12. Nb3 {drew in Geller - Najdorf, Bled 1961.}) 12... b5
13. Ng3 N8d7 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Bxh5 Nf6 $6 {Black commits a positional error.} (
{Preferable is} 15... Bb7 16. Nd5 Qd8) 16. Nd5 $1 Qc6 ({The pointe is} 16...
Nxd5 $4 17. Qxd5) 17. Bg5 $1 {White attacks.} Bb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 Kf8 $1
20. Rf3 Rc8 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Rg3 $1 Qe8 $1 23. Qh4 Ke7 24. Rg7 $1 {
Mestel seems to be on his way to a second playoff, but it is not that simple.}
Rf8 25. Bf3 $6 (25. c3 $1 Rc4 26. Re1 b4 27. cxb4 Rxb4 28. Rxh7 {keeps a plus.}
) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxh7 Qc6 27. h3 Rc4 28. Qf2 Qc5 29. Qe1 b4 30. Rd1 Rg8 $5 31.
Bh5 $5 Rf8 32. Bf3 Rc2 $1 33. Rh6 Rf2 34. Rc1 Rc2 35. Rd1 Rf2 36. Rc1 Rc2 37.
Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 38. Rxf6 $2 {A spectacular counter becomes possible.} (38. Kh2 $1
Qxb2 39. Qh4 Qd2 40. Qxf6+ Kd7 41. h4 {plays for a win.}) 38... Rh8 $1 {
He controls the h-file and gains a rook.} ({Mestel hoped for} 38... Kxf6 $4 39.
Qh4+ Kg7 40. f6+ Kg6 41. Bh5+ Kh7 42. Bxf7#) 39. Qxb4 Kxf6 $1 40. Qxd6+ Kg5 $1
41. Qe7+ Kf4 42. Qxb7 Kg3 43. Qd5 Rxh3+ $1 {The final standings became:
Botterill 41/2/6, Hartston 4, Mestel 31/2, Stean and Haygarth 21/2, Bellin and
Williams 2. Another playoff was not needed, because Mestel failed at the end
of his last game.} 0-1

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 62"]
[Date "1975.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-second British championship was played in Morecambe at the west
coast from 4 until 15 viii 1975. 34 men took part.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3
Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 $5 (
{Theory is} 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3) 10... O-O 11. g5 Ne8 12. Bd3 $2 ({
Preferable is} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 $1 {
Black counters in the centre.} 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bh3 $1 {
He threatens 16...Qg5+.} 16. Nd5 $2 (16. Qh5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Bxg5 18. Nd5 {
advances white forces.}) 16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxg5 18. Bg3 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Bd6 20.
Be1 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Ba5 Be5 24. c3 $6 b6 $1 25. Bxb6 Rfb8
26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Bd4 Rxb2 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Bc4 Rg8 $1 30. Bxf7 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1
Rc2 32. Bc4 a5 $1 {Hartston was the great player of the event.} 0-1

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 62"]
[Date "1975.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. b4 $6 {
Suddenly, White sacrifices a pawn.} ({Usual is} 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O)
6... cxb4 7. d4 bxc3 $6 (7... exd4 $1 8. cxd4 Nge7 {
gains a plus (Fuller - Giffard, London 1979).}) 8. dxe5 c2 9. Qxc2 Nxe5 10.
Nbc3 {Fuller has compensation for the pawn.} Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 d6 13. f4
Nc4 14. f5 $1 Nc6 15. Nd5 N4e5 16. f6 $1 Bh8 17. h3 Re8 18. g4 $6 b6 19. g5 $6
{
A black bishop has been imprisoned. Nevertheless, Hartston can start a counter.
} Ba6 $1 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Qd2 h6 $1 22. h4 $6 Qd7 23. Ne3 $2 {
White becomes weak everywhere.} (23. Nec3 $1 {strengthens the centre.}) 23...
Na5 $5 24. Nf4 Nac4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qf2 $6 Qg4 $1 27. Be3 Rxe4 28. Kh1 Bb7
29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Bxb7 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Qg1 Qxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Ng4 34. Bd4
Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Bc3 Rc1 37. Bd4 Rd1 38. Bc3 Rc1 39. Bd4 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rc4
41. Ne2 Rc2 42. Bf3 Ne5 43. a4 Ra2 44. Kg3 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Rxa4 46. Ke4 Ra5 47.
Be3 Re5+ 48. Kd4 Rf5 {Hartston will give his bishop on f6 and start an
avalanche of his liberated pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 62"]
[Date "1975.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neat, Kenneth"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. exd6 Bxd6 $5 ({Known is} 11... Nxe3 12. Qxe3
Qxd6 {and equality.}) 12. Bd3 $5 ({Preferable is} 12. Bf4 $1) 12... O-O 13. g3
$5 Qe7 $5 14. Nd1 $2 (14. O-O-O {develops.}) 14... Ne5 $1 15. Qg2 Bb4+ 16. Nc3
Qf6 17. Be2 Nc4 $1 18. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 19. Bd2 $5 ({Or} 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kf2 Qxc4)
19... Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bc3 21. Rb3 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Be6 23. Rf1 Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qe5 25.
Bxe6 fxe6+ 26. Kg1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rf8+ 28. Kg2 Qxe4+ {Black has gained a pawn.}
29. Kg1 Qc4 30. Rd3 $2 (30. Qd3 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 {prolongs the game.})
30... Qxa2 31. Kg2 Qc4 {Hartston had won another Sicilian Defence. The final
standings became: Hartston 8/11, Webb, De Veauce, Miles and Fuller 7, Speelman,
Pritchett, J.Littlewood and Hindle 61/2, etc. Miles competed among the adults
for the third time. Previously, he had played among the youngsters.} 0-1

[Event "Portsmouth"]
[Site "BCF 63"]
[Date "1976.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-third British championship was played in Portsmouth from 9 until 20
viii 1976. 36 men took part. Mestel and Miles had won three times, when they
met in round four.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3
d6 7. a4 Rb8 $6 ({Theory is} 7... Bg4) 8. axb5 $1 axb5 9. Nc3 $1 Be7 ({
Black has to give up a pawn due to} 9... b4 10. Qc4 $1 Qd7 11. Ba4) 10. Nxb5
O-O 11. Na7 $2 {Something goes terribly wrong.} (11. h3 $5 {
will become a novelty.}) 11... Ra8 $1 12. Nxc6 Rxa1 {
White experiences a nasty surprise.} 13. O-O ({The pointe is} 13. Nxd8 $4 Rxc1+
) 13... Qe8 {Miles has gained an exchange.} 14. Nb4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3
Ra4 17. b3 Ra8 18. Nc2 Qc6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. d4 h6 21. Nf3 exd4 $2 ({Better is} 
21... Qc6 $1 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxc3) 22. Ncxd4 $1 {
White activates his knights.} c5 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc4
Qc8 27. Be3 Kh8 28. h3 e5 29. Nd2 Qa6 30. Qe6 Qe2 31. Rf1 $1 Bg5 32. Bxg5 hxg5
33. Nf3 Rf6 34. Qg4 Raf8 $2 (34... Rf4 $1 35. Qxg5 Qxe4 {keeps an advantage.})
35. Nxe5 $1 Qxg4 36. Nxg4 {He has two pawns for the exchange.} R6f7 37. e5 d5
38. Rd1 Rd8 $2 ({Preferable is} 38... Rd7 39. e6 Rd6 40. Ne5 Rxe6 41. Rxd5 Rc8
{and Black should survive.}) 39. e6 $1 Rb7 40. Ne5 $1 Re8 $2 {
Miles blunders on the last move before the time control.} (40... Kg8 41. Nd7
Rdxd7 42. exd7 Rxd7 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke6 {resists in a rook ending.}) 41.
Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nd6 {Mestel achieved his fourth win by a fork.} 1-0

[Event "Portsmouth"]
[Site "BCF 63"]
[Date "1976.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rumens, David"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1976.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 Nc6 {
They play the Bird's Opening.} 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Qh4 e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. e4 $5 ({
The adventure} 11. Ng5 h6 12. Rxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxh6 {
happened in Just - Haensel, DDR 1965.}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 $5 ({
The alternative is} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4) 13... Qe6 14. Bg5 {
White has given a pawn for development.} Ng4 15. Rf4 h6 $1 16. Bxg4 hxg5 17.
Bxe6 gxh4 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rxe4 b5 $1 {
Black has the initiative in the endgame.} 20. Ne5 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Rc7 22. c3 f5
23. R4e3 Rce7 24. Nc4 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Kf7 {
He has prospects in the bishop versus knight ending.} 27. Nd5 Be5 28. b3 $1 Ke6
29. c4 Bd6 30. h3 Ke5 31. Kf2 Kd4 32. Ke2 b4 33. Kd2 {White can defend himself.
} Bf8 34. Nc7 Bh6+ 35. Ke2 Ke5 $1 {Black has to retreat.} (35... Kc3 $2 36. Ne6
a5 37. d4 $1 cxd4 38. Kd1 {wins for White.}) 36. Nb5 a6 37. Nc7 Kd6 38. Ne8+
Ke7 39. Nc7 Kd6 40. Ne8+ Kc6 $1 41. d4 $6 (41. Nf6 $5 Bg7 42. Nd5 Kd6 43. Kf3
g5 44. Ke3 {constructs a barrier for the black pieces.}) 41... cxd4 42. Nf6 $1
a5 43. Nd5 Kd6 44. Kd3 Bg7 45. Nf4 g5 46. c5+ $2 (46. Ne2 Kc5 47. Nc1 Be5 48.
Ke2 Bg3 49. Nd3+ Kd6 {will be difficult to win for Black.}) 46... Kc6 $1 47.
Ne6 Bf6 48. Kc4 $5 {Rumens notices a disaster.} (48. Nxd4+ Bxd4 49. Kxd4 g4 $1
50. Ke5 Kxc5 51. Kxf5 gxh3 52. gxh3 Kd4 {leads to a won pawn ending for Black.}
) 48... d3 $1 49. Kxd3 Kd5 50. Nf8 Be7 $1 51. c6 Kxc6 52. Ng6 Bf6 53. Kc4 Kd6
$1 54. Kb5 Bd8 55. Kc4 Bc7 56. Kb5 Ke6 57. Kc6 Bd6 58. Nh8 Be7 59. Ng6 Kf6 $1 {
Mestel had won six games in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Portsmouth"]
[Site "BCF 63"]
[Date "1976.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 g6 8.
Nde2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. a4 a5 $5 ({Theory is} 11... a6) 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Ra2 $5 Qc7 17. Be3 b5 $5 {
Black weakens his a-pawn.} 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Nd4 Bc4 20. Ra4 $1 Rxb2 21. Qa1 $1
Rb7 $2 ({Correct is} 21... Rbb8 22. Rxa5 Nc5) 22. Nc6 $2 (22. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 23.
Bf1 Qc7 24. Bxa6 {takes advantage of a tactical slip.}) 22... Bb5 23. Rxa5 Nb8
24. Ra8 $1 Rf8 25. Nd4 Be8 $2 (25... Bf6 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1
Nd7 {defends well.}) 26. Bg5 $1 Bf6 27. Bh6 $1 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. c4 $1 {
White has gained a positional superiority.} Kg8 ({The pointe is} 29... Qxc4 30.
Nf5+ Kg8 31. Qg7#) 30. Kh2 $5 {He hesitates.} (30. Nc6 $1 {wins more quickly.})
30... Qb6 31. f4 Qc7 32. f5 $5 Qb6 ({Or} 32... Qxc4 33. Rc1 Qd3 34. Rc8 $1 Rb1
35. Qa7 Qe3 36. Nc6) 33. Re2 Qc7 34. Nc6 $1 e5 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Bf7 37.
Re1 Nxc6 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8+ Bg8 40. Rf1+ {
Bellin overstepped the time limit in a lost position. Mestel had scored 9/9!}
1-0

[Event "Portsmouth"]
[Site "BCF 63"]
[Date "1976.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1976.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Mestel had drawn in round ten. He met a runner-up in the last round.} 1. d4 g6
2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxe5 $5 {
Whiteley does not want a quick draw. He gains a pawn in an adventurous way.} ({
Usual is} 7. d5) 7... Bxe2 8. Nxc6 Qg5 9. Kxe2 bxc6 10. g3 (10. Kf1 $5 {
will be played in Sanikidze - Mamedov, Gaziantep 2008.}) 10... Qh5+ 11. f3 Ne7
12. Kf2 O-O 13. Qd3 c5 {Black has compensation for the pawn.} 14. d5 c6 $1 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qd5 ({He avoids} 16. Qxd6 $6 Ne5 17. Qd1 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd3+) 16...
Bxc3 $5 17. Qxc6 $5 {He plays for a win.} Qe5 $1 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. b3 Rb6 20.
Qd5 Qxd5 21. cxd5 Ra6 22. a3 Rb8 23. Ke2 c4 $1 24. b4 Rb5 25. e4 Ra4 26. Bb2
Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxa3 28. Rc1 Rb3 $1 29. Rbc2 R5xb4 30. Rxc4 Rb2+ 31. R1c2 Kf8 32.
h4 Ke7 33. Rxb4 Rxc2+ $1 34. Ke3 {White has a better rook ending.} Rc7 $5 (
34... a5 $1 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Ra7 Ra2 {defends more actively.}) 35. Ra4 $1 Kd7
36. Ra6 Ke7 37. f4 Rb7 $2 {Mestel spoils valuable time.} (37... Rc3+ $1 38. Kf2
Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kh3 Rc4 42. e5 dxe5 43. fxe5 Re4 {
forces a draw.}) 38. e5 $1 Rb3+ 39. Kd4 dxe5+ 40. fxe5 Rxg3 $5 (40... Rb7 41.
g4 $1 Kd7 42. g5 {overwhelms the opponent.}) 41. Rxa7+ Kf8 42. Kc5 $5 Rc3+ 43.
Kd6 h5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Kd7 g5 46. hxg5 h4 47. d6 $1 h3 48. Ke7 h2 49. Ra1 Re3
50. d7 $1 Rxe5+ 51. Kd6 Re3 52. Rd1 $1 h1=R 53. Rxh1 Rd3+ 54. Ke7 Re3+ 55. Kd8
Rc3 56. Rd1 Kf8 57. Re1 f5 $5 58. Re5 {The final standings became: Mestel 91/2/
11, Whiteley 8, Rayner and Haygarth 71/2, Speelman and Knox 7, Lambert, Miles,
Bellin, Povah and Chandler 61/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 64"]
[Date "1977.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-fourth British championship happened in Brighton from 8 until 19
viii 1977. 40 men participated. Nigel Short made his debut at the age of
twelve.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 {He plays a boyish opening.} b6 5.
O-O Ba6 $6 ({Known is} 5... d5 6. e5 Nfd7) 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 {
A knight stands offside.} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 $2 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Qe2 Nac5
10. b4 {costs a knight.}) ({Best is} 8... e5 $5 9. Nf3 Qc7) 9. e5 $1 Nd5 10.
Qg4 $1 g6 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. c4 f5 $5 13. Qf3 $6 ({Even better is} 13. Qh3 $1 Nb4
14. Rd1) 13... Nc7 $2 (13... Nb4 $5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Nc3 Kf7 {
offers more resistance.}) 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. b4 Nb7 16. a3 Nd8 {
Penrose faces a positional disaster.} 17. Ndb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 19. Bg7 Rg8
20. Bf6 $1 a6 {Penrose offers a draw, but the youngster refuses.} 21. Bxe7 Kxe7
22. Nd6 $1 Qc7 23. Qg3 g5 24. Qh3 $1 Nxe5 25. Rad1 $1 Raf8 26. Rfe1 Ng6 27.
Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Ne8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Rxd7 Re7 30. Rxc7 Rxh7 31. Rxh7 Rc8 32. Ra7 Ne5
33. Rxa6 Nxc4 34. a4 Ke7 35. a5 Rb8 36. axb6 Nxb6 37. b5 Kd6 38. h3 Kd5 39.
Raa1 Nc4 40. Rad1+ Kc5 41. Rxe6 {The boy had defeated the old champion. Nigel
made a sensational start of 21/2/3.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 64"]
[Date "1977.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8.
d5 Qe7 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne4 $5 ({A natural move is} 10... d6) 11. Nxe4 Qxe4
12. Bf3 Qc4 $6 {The queen departs on a strange adventure.} (12... Qe5 {
stays in the centre.}) 13. b3 Qh4 $6 (13... Qc3+ 14. Bd2 Qd3 {
will be followed by the exchange of queens.}) 14. O-O d6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rc1
Rac8 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qd4 f5 19. Rc2 a5 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Re1 Ba6 22. Rd2 Nd7 23.
b4 Ne5 24. Rc1 axb4 25. axb4 Bb5 26. h3 Ra8 27. f4 Ng6 $2 ({Better is} 27...
Nc4 $1 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 30. Rf2 Qxg3) 28. h4 $1 Rf6 29. e4 $1 Ra4 (
29... fxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Rf7 32. h5 Nf8 {also favours White.}) 30. e5
$1 Rf7 31. e6 $1 Rf6 {Black has a horrible position.} 32. Rdc2 Ra7 33. Qe3 Rf8
34. h5 Nh8 35. h6 gxh6 36. Qd4 Ng6 37. Bf3 c5 38. dxc6 Re8 39. Rh2 {
The wonder boy was stopped. He ended at 5/11. Botterill competed for the title.
} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 64"]
[Date "1977.08.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botterill, George"]
[Black "Century, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Botterill and Taulbut shared the lead, when the last round began. Taulbut and
Williams drew quickly. Botterill wanted to win.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4.
Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11.
O-O h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. f4 gxf4 $5 (14... Ng6 15. fxg5 hxg5 {
drew in Kholmov - Petrosian, Kiev 1954.}) 15. Bxf4 Ng6 $6 {Black spoils time.}
({More useful is} 15... Bd7) 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bd4+ 18. Bf2 $1 {
White takes the initiative on the kingside.} Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nde5 20. Qd2 Kh7
21. Raf1 f6 $2 (21... Nxc4 22. Bxc4 f6 {exchanges a strong knight.}) 22. Ne3 $1
{He controls f5 and h5.} a6 23. Bh5 Bd7 24. Ne2 Qg7 25. Bxg6+ Qxg6 26. Nf5 $1
Ng4 $5 27. Rf4 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Ne5 29. Nf4 Qg4 30. h3 Qh4 31. Rh5 $5 Qg3 32. Ne6
Qg6 33. Nxf8+ Rxf8 34. Rhf5 Kg7 35. R1f4 Qe8 36. Rh4 Rh8 37. Qf2 Qf7 38. Rhf4
Nd7 39. Qg3+ Kh7 40. Qh4 Kg7 41. Rg4+ Kf8 42. Rh5 Qh7 43. Kh2 Kf7 44. Qf2 Ne5
45. Rf4 Nd7 46. Rfh4 Qg6 47. Qf4 Rg8 48. g3 {The final standings became:
Botterill 81/2/11, Taulbut 8, Williams 71/2, Bellin, Hindle, Cubitt and R.
Thomas 7, Fuller, Webb, Century and Penrose 61/2, etc. George Botterill would
became a professor of philosophy.} 1-0

[Event "Ayr"]
[Site "BCF 65"]
[Date "1978.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-fifth British championship was played in Ayr (west of Glasgow) from
7 until 19 viii 1978. 44 men participated.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Qg3
Bd7 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. Nf3 b5 $5 14. e5 $1 Ne8 15. Rad1 (15. Bd3 {
was played in David - Plaskett, Mondariz 2000.}) 15... f5 16. exf6 $5 Nxf6 17.
Ng5 {He wants to storm the kingside.} h6 18. Qh3 e5 $5 {
Mestel tries to counter.} 19. f5 $5 {Plaskett goes forwards.} Rad8 $6 (19... b4
$1 20. Nce4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 exd4 {resists properly.}) 20. Bh5 $6 (
20. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 21. fxe6 {gains a positional advantage.}) 20... Kg8 $6 (20...
Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Bxf5 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Rf8 {defends well.}) 21. Bg6 $6 Nb4
$2 (21... d5 $1 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qc4 $1 25. Qf3 Bxg5 {
battles.}) 22. Nh7 $5 Nxh7 23. Bxh6 $1 Qc4 ({The pointe is} 23... gxh6 24. Qxh6
Nf6 25. Rf3 $1 {and White plays for mate.}) 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bg5+ Kg8 26.
Bxe7 Nxc2 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd5 Re8 29. Nb6 Qc6 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qb3+ {
Jim Plaskett won his third game.} 1-0

[Event "Ayr"]
[Site "BCF 65"]
[Date "1978.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Corden, Martyn"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 b6 6. Qf3 $5 ({Known is} 6. Nc3
Bb7 7. Nf3) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qg3 $5 Nxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Qc8 10. Nh3 Nc6 11.
Be2 Ba6 12. Nf4 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 $5 {
White wants to attack with the king, a poor idea.} Qa6+ 14. Qd3 Qxd3+ 15. Kxd3
$6 d6 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Nh5 O-O $1 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Rac8 20. c4 $2 {
The hanging pawns are a weakness.} ({Preferable is} 20. Bf4 b5 21. Bxd6 Rxd6
22. Ng3) 20... Ba3 $5 21. Kc2 Na5 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Re8 24. Kd3 $5 Nb7 25.
Ke2 Nxc5 {Black has gained a pawn.} 26. Bc1 Bb4 27. Bb2 e5 28. Rac1 Na4 29. Ba1
Nc3+ 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. Rd7 a5 32. Kd3 Bb4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. g4 h6 35. h4 $5
Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Rc2 $5 37. Kxe5 Rxf2 38. a4 Re2+ 39. Kf4 Rd2 40. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 41.
Kf3 Be1 $1 {He forces the exchange of the last pieces.} 42. Ng3 Bxg3 43. Kxg3
Kf8 {Black has reached a won pawn ending.} 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Ke5 g6 46. Kd5 f6
47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kd7 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kf4 f5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 f4 53. Ke2
Kf5 {Speelman scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Ayr"]
[Site "BCF 65"]
[Date "1978.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Three Littlewoods were participating in Ayr: John, his brother Norman and his
son Paul.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nxe5
7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Nc3 f5 $5 {He makes a typical John Littlewood move.} ({Theory is
} 8... Ng6) 9. Qxf5 c6 10. Qe4 $1 Qf6 $1 ({The pointe is} 10... cxb5 $2 11. Nd5
Qd6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2) 11. b4 ({The alternative will become} 11. Kh1 $5) 11...
Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... Bd4 $5 12. Bb2 O-O) 12. Bb2 $1 Ng6 13. Bd3 $6 (
13. f4 $1 O-O 14. f5 Ne5 15. Rae1 d6 16. d4 {attacks.}) 13... O-O 14. Rae1 d5
15. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Qf7 17. Bxg6 $6 {Plaskett sacrifices a queen.} (17.
Qxf7+ $5 Rxf7 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. c3 {gains a plus.}) 17... Qxd5 18. Rxe7 Rd8 $1
19. Rxg7+ Kf8 $1 20. Rxh7 Bf5 $1 21. Rh8+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd6 {
White has a bishop and five pawns for the queen.} 23. Rh6 $2 (23. Be5+ $5 Ke6
24. Bc3+ Kd6 25. Be5+ {brings equality.}) 23... Qxd2 $5 24. Be5+ Kc6 $4 (24...
Kd5 $1 25. Bf7+ Be6 26. Bxe6+ Kc6 {wins for Black.}) 25. Be8+ Kd5 26. Bf7+ $4 {
The tables turn again.} (26. c4+ $1 Kxc4 27. Rh4+ Kd5 28. Bf7+ Be6 29. Rd4+
Qxd4 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Bxd4+ {leads to a better endgame.}) 26... Be6 27. c4+
$5 (27. Bxe6+ Kc6 28. Bd7+ Kxd7 29. Rd6+ Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 {
and Black wins (Chessbase).}) 27... Kxc4 28. Bxe6+ Kb5 29. a4+ Kxa4 $6 30. Ra1+
Kb5 $1 31. f4 Qe2 32. h4 Rd2 33. Rg6 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh2
Re8 37. Rg5 Kb6 38. Rg6 Rxe6 $1 39. Rxe6+ Kb5 40. Rg6 Rd7 {
He has the initiative and a slight material advantage.} 41. Rg3 b6 42. Rb1 Qe2
43. Rbb3 Qd1 44. Rb2 Qe1 45. Rbb3 $6 Rd1 46. Rge3 $2 (46. Rgd3 $1 Qh1+ 47. Kg3
Rxd3+ 48. Rxd3 Kxb4 49. Rf3 {offers more resistance.}) 46... Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Rd2
$1 48. Kg4 Rxg2+ 49. Rg3 Qd1+ 50. Rbf3 Re2 51. Kg5 Qd8+ 52. Kg6 Qg8+ 53. Kf6
Qf8+ 54. Kg6 Qe8+ 55. Kf6 Re4 56. Rg5 Kxb4 57. Rgg3 Qf8+ 58. Kg6 b5 59. Rd3 Ka5
60. Ra3+ Kb6 61. Rgd3 b4 62. Rab3 a5 63. Rd6+ Qxd6+ 64. Bxd6 Re6+ 65. Kg7 Rxd6
{Suddenly, Black wins a rook ending.} 66. f5 Kc5 67. Re3 a4 68. Re5+ Kc4 69.
Re4+ Kc3 70. Re3+ Kd4 71. Re1 a3 $1 72. Rh1 Kc3 {
John Littlewood and Speelman shared the lead by 41/2/5. John went down later.}
0-1

[Event "Ayr"]
[Site "BCF 65"]
[Date "1978.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Corden, Martyn"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Be7 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. b3 Bf8 $5 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 {
happened in Sveshnikov - Kholmov, Sochi 1974.}) 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Kh2 exd4 13.
Nxd4 g6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Ba1 b5 $1 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Nd5 $6 {White starts wild complications.} (19. Bd3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ng4+ 21. Qxg4
Qxg4 22. hxg4 Bxc3 23. Ra6 Bxe1 24. Rxc6 {keeps the equality.}) 19... Rxa1 20.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxd1 22. Qxg6+ $1 Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Rxd1 $6 (24. Qg5+
f6 25. Qg7+ Kd8 26. Qxf6+ Qe7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rxd1 bxc4 29. f3 cxb3 30. cxb3
{leads to a better endgame for Black.}) 24... bxc4 {
White has sacrificed a piece for the attack.} 25. Qh4+ (25. Qg5+ $2 f6 26. Qg7+
Ke6 $1 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 {wins for Black.}) 25... f6 26. e5 $1 Qe6 27.
exf6+ Kd7 $5 28. Qh7+ $6 (28. bxc4 Rg8 29. g4 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 {
offers more resistance.}) 28... Kc8 $1 29. f7 Rf8 30. bxc4 Rxf7 $5 31. Qg8+ Qe8
32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rd2 Rf5 34. h4 Rf4 35. g3 Rxc4 36. f4 Bg6 37. Kh3 Bf5+ 38.
g4 {Corden overstepped the time limit in a lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Ayr"]
[Site "BCF 65"]
[Date "1978.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cooper, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Ng4 11. d5 c5 12. a3 Kh8 $5 (12... f6 {
drew in Grefe - Parr, Australia 1975.}) 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nb5 Ra6 $5 15. b4 $5
axb4 16. axb4 f6 $5 ({Preferable is} 16... cxb4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Bxb4 b6) 17.
Be3 Nf7 18. Qc2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Nd2 Nf7 21. Be2 cxb4 22. Nxd6 $1 {
Speelman plays an exciting move.} Nxd6 23. c5 Nxc5 ({Not} 23... Nf7 $2 24. Bxa6
bxa6 25. c6) 24. Qxc5 Ra2 $6 (24... Qb6 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Ra2 {
makes a useful exchange.}) 25. Qxb4 f5 $5 26. Qc3 $5 fxe4 $5 27. Qxe5+ $1 Qf6
28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 30. Bc4 Raxf2 31. Rxe4 {
White has a better endgame.} Kg7 $2 {Cooper misses the escape.} (31... R2f4 $1
32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. d6 Rd8 $1 {defends properly.}) 32. Re7+ Kh6 33.
Rc7 Rc2 $2 ({Correct is} 33... Rf8 $1 34. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 36. Ke3
Kg5 37. Rxb7 h6 38. Rf7 Rc1 39. d6 Rd1 40. d7 {but White wins anyway.}) 34.
Rxc8 Rf4 35. Rb4 b5 $5 36. d6 $5 Rd4 37. Be6 {Speelman has an extra bishop.
The final standings became: Speelman 81/2/11, Plaskett and Mestel 8, P.
Littlewood and Webb 71/2, J.Littlewood, Cooper, Clarke and Bellin 7, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-sixth British championship was played in Chester from 6 until 17
xiii 1979. 48 men participated.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5 Nc5 9. Ng3 Qb6 10. f5 Bd7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12.
Be3 $5 {White gains little advantage in the Najdorf.} ({Theory is} 12. Bf3)
12... Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. O-O Be7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rfc1
Qb7 $5 19. Bxc4 $5 Rfc8 20. h3 Ncd7 $5 21. Bb3 Qb5 22. Ne2 $5 Nb6 $5 23. Nc3
Qb4 24. Bxb6 $6 {Penrose exchanges a strong bishop.} ({Better is} 24. Qe2)
24... Qxb6+ 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qd3 Qf2 27. Rf1 Qh4 28. g3 Qb4 29. Rfe1 Rc7 30. Bc2
Rc4 31. Bb3 Rd4 32. Qe2 h5 33. Rbd1 h4 $1 34. Rxd4 hxg3+ $1 35. Kxg3 Qxd4 36.
Qe3 $2 Qb4 $2 ({They miss the win} 36... Nh5+ $1 37. Kg2 Bh4 $1) 37. Ne4 Rc8
38. Nxf6+ Bxf6 39. Re2 a5 40. Qe4 Qb6 41. Bc4 Qg1+ 42. Rg2 Rxc4 $1 {
Nunn stimulates the attack.} 43. Qxc4 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 e4 $1 45. Re2 $2 (45. Qb3
Be5+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Rg1 Qf2 48. Rg2 Qf1+ 49. Rg1 Qxf5 {
leads to an advantage for Black.}) 45... Be5+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+ $1 47. Kg1 Bd4+ $1
48. Qxd4 ({The alternative is} 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 50. Kh2 Qg1#) 48...
Qxe2 49. a3 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 e3 51. Qf4 e2 {Nunn won in an elegant manner.} 0-1

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Watson, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {They play the Trompovsky Attack.} Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5.
e3 c5 $5 ({Theory is} 5... e6) 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. dxc5 Qa5+ 9. c3
Qxc5 10. Ne2 e5 $6 ({Solid is} 10... e6 11. Nd4 Bd6 12. Bb5+ Ke7) 11. Ng3 $1
Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Bh7 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. O-O-O $1 Rbc8 $2 (16...
Rhd8 $1 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Rd5 Qc7 19. Rhd1 Rbd8 {defends well.}) 17. Rxd6 $1 Rhd8
$5 ({The pointes are} 17... Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21.
Qxf7+) ({and} 17... Kxd6 18. Qxf7 $1 Qxb5 19. Rd1+ Qd3 20. Rxd3+ exd3 21. Qxg7
{White wins.}) 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 a6 21. Ba4 f5 22. Ne2 {
Bellin has an extra piece.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Rb8 $5 ({Usual is} 11... Re8) 12. a5 Re8 13.
Bc2 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. f3 Rb4 $5 16. b3 a5 17. Ra3 Ba6 18. Bd2 c4 $2 {
Nunn overestimates his chances.} ({Wiser is} 18... Rb8) 19. Na2 $1 cxb3 $2 {
The queen's rook should retreat.} 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxb3 Nxd5 $5 ({Or} 21...
Nc5 22. Rxb4 Nxd5 23. Rb1 $1) 22. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Ne5 25. Rd5
bxc3 26. Bxc3 {He has gained an exchange.} Qh4 27. Qe1 Qe7 28. Qa1 Rc8 29. Rc1
h5 30. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 dxe5 32. g3 Qf6 33. Kg2 Qa6 34. Qc2 Bf6 35. Rc5 Kg7
36. Rc7 Qb5 37. Qa2 Qe8 38. Qd5 h4 39. Qc6 Qb8 40. Rb7 Qf8 41. Qe6 hxg3 42.
hxg3 Qg8 43. Ra7 Qf8 44. Rc7 Qg8 45. Qc8 {Miles battled for the title again.}
1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Trevelyan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Jonathan Penrose played his last British championship.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Qa3 $5 {
They play a spicy line of the Hungarian Defence.} ({Similar is} 8. Qa4) 8...
Kxf7 9. Qxa5 c6 10. Ng5+ $5 (10. Qb4 $1 Nxe4 11. Qxb7+ Be7 12. Qxc6 {
takes more advantage at a risk.}) 10... Kg6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 {
White has an extra pawn, but Black has compensation.} 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Be3 h6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Nbd2 Bb8 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kc2 Kf7 19. Ne1 Rd7 20.
Nd3 Rdd8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nc4 b6 23. Nd3 Ke6 24. f3 Ba6 25. b3 Bc7 26. Bf2 Nh5
27. Rd2 g5 28. Rhd1 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nf4 30. Be3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rd8
33. Rxd8 Bxd8 {The bishop ending will be difficult to win for Penrose.} 34. h4
$5 ({Preferable is} 34. c5 $1 b5 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kc3) 34... gxh4 35. Bxh6 {
He has weakened his kingside.} Kf6 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Be3 Bc7 38. a4 a6 39. Ke2
Kf6 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Kg1 b5 $6 {He weakens his queenside.} 42. cxb5 axb5 43.
axb5 cxb5 44. Bc5 Ba5 45. Bb4 Bb6+ 46. Kh2 $6 Bf2 47. Bd6 Bg3+ $6 48. Kg1 $1 {
White can manoeuvre freely.} Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke6 50. Bc5 Bf4 51. Ke2 Bg5 52. Kf2
Bd2 53. Bb4 Bf4 54. Ke2 Bg5 55. Bf8 Kf7 56. Bd6 Ke6 57. Bc7 Bf6 58. Kd3 Bg5 59.
Kc2 Bf4 60. Bd8 Bg3 61. Kd2 Kf7 62. Ke2 Kg6 63. Be7 Kh5 64. Kd3 Kg6 65. Ke2 Kh5
66. Bf6 Kg6 67. Bd8 Kh5 ({Or} 67... Kf7 68. Bb6 Bf4 69. Be3 Bh2 70. Bf2) 68.
Kd3 Bf4 69. c4 $1 Bg5 70. Bc7 $1 {Penrose participated in the British
championship for thirty years, despite weak nerves. He fainted during the
Olympiad Siegen 1970, when he blundered a piece against Andorra. Later he
became a successful correspondence player.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc8 $5 ({Usual is} 12... f6
) 13. Ba3 Qe6 14. Qe4 Rfd8 15. Bc4 Qf5 $6 16. Qe2 $6 {
The exchange of queens brings an advantage.} (16. Qxf5 gxf5 17. Rab1 Na5 18.
Bd3 e6 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 {advances on the kingside.}) 16... Na5 $2 {
Black gives a pawn.} ({Preferable is} 16... Rab8) 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bd3 $1 Qe6
19. Bb4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 c5 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. c4 $5 Rad8 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Rae1 $5 (
24. Be4 $1 b6 25. Bd5 {attacks.}) 24... f5 $6 (24... Qa6 {defends properly.})
25. g4 $1 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Rd4 27. Re4 Qd8 28. Rfe1 Re8 29. h4 Qd7 30. e6 Qe7 31.
Rxd4 Bxd4 32. h5 $1 Qg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Bxg6 Re7 35. Re2 Kf8 36. Qg3 Qf6 37.
f5 b5 38. cxb5 c4 39. Re4 Bb6 40. Rxc4 Rh7+ 41. Bxh7 {
Miles and Bellin competed for the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Qe7+ $5 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. c4 Be6 $6 (12... dxc4 $1
13. Bxc4 g5 {
makes the white initiative on the queenside less powerful by an exchange.}) 13.
c5 $1 g5 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Rb1 f5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Bb5 $6 (18. Qc3 $1
Qf6 $5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qa4 {attacks.}) 18... Bd7 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qc3 Rde8 $1
21. Qb3 $2 ({Correct is} 21. Qb2) 21... Re3 $1 {
The queen's rook reaches an outpost.} 22. Bd3 Nd8 23. c4 Bf5 24. Bxf5+ Qxf5 25.
Qa2 $5 Rhe8 $5 26. Rb2 g4 $1 {The charge on the kingside becomes unstoppable.}
27. Rf1 gxf3 28. gxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1 Qh3 30. Rf2 Rxf3 31. Ng1 Re3 32. Rg2 ({
The pointe is} 32. Nxh3 Re1+) 32... Qe6 33. Rxg8 Qxg8 34. cxd5 f3 35. d6 Qg5 $6
{The exchange of queens wins easily.} 36. d7+ $6 (36. Qb1 $5 Ne6 37. c6 $5 {
fights for the last chance.}) 36... Kxd7 37. Qb1 Ne6 38. Qh7+ Kc6 39. Qf7 Nxd4
40. Qc4 Qxc5 41. Qa4+ b5 42. Qd1 Qd5 43. Rf2 Re2 44. Qc1+ Kb7 45. Nxe2 fxe2+
46. Rg2 Nc2 {Miles was out of the race for the title again.} 0-1

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. dxc5 Nxe5 $5 (6... e6 7. b4
Nxe5 8. Nd4 Ne7 {was played in Barendregt - Barcza, Hamburg 1965.}) 7. Nd4 Bd7
8. Be2 e6 9. b4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qe1 b6
15. N4b3 $1 Ba4 $5 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Bxb3 $5 18. axb3 $1 Rab8 19. cxb6 axb6
20. Bd4 Nd7 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Bd6 $5) 21. Bb5 $5 Bd6 22. g3 Re7 23. Nf3
Nc5 24. Qc2 Ne4 $1 25. Qd3 $6 (25. c4 $5 {attacks in the centre.}) 25... e5 $1
26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. c4 Bxd4+ $6 ({Better is} 28... Qd6 29. cxd5
Qxd5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5) 29. Qxd4 Rc8 30. Kg2 h5 $2 (30... Qe5 31. cxd5 Rd8 32. Qxe5
Rxe5 33. Bc6 Kf8 {defends properly.}) 31. cxd5 $1 {He creates a passed pawn.}
Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Bd3 $1 Re1 ({The pointe is} 33... Nd6 34. Qf4 $1) 34. d6
Nxd6 35. Qxd6 R1e6 36. Qd5 g6 37. b5 Ra7 38. b4 Kg7 39. Bc4 Rf6 40. Qe5 {
The 14-years-old Short led by 7/9, half-a-point before Bellin and Nunn.} 1-0

[Event "Chester"]
[Site "BCF 66"]
[Date "1979.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Bellin and Short led half-a-point on Nunn. The
leaders played a short draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4
a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qg3 $5 e5 $1 {
White wants to attack on the kingside, but Black counters in the centre.} 10.
Nb3 b5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Qf2 $6 (12. a3 $5 {keeps a plus.}) 12... b4 $1 13. Nd1 (
13. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bxd5 16. O-O {starts a fight.}) 13... d5
$1 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. fxe4 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Qe2 $6 (17. c3 $1 {
makes a useful move.}) 17... a5 $1 18. Kh1 a4 19. Nd2 Nc5 $1 20. Nf2 Ne6 $5 21.
Nc4 Bc5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Nf4 24. Qf3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Be6 27.
Qg3 Rad8 {Nunn has the initiative.} 28. a3 $2 ({Better is} 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29.
exf5 f6 30. Rac1) 28... Rxd3 $1 29. axb4 Qb7 $1 30. Rxa4 Qxe4 {
Black has conquered the centre.} 31. Ra3 Rfd8 32. Re1 Qxb4 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
Nc2 Qd2 {So, Nunn joined the leaders. The final standings became: Bellin, Nunn
and Short 8/11, Miles 71/2, Speelman, J.Littlewood, Large, P.Littlewood,
Botterill, Haygarth, Povah, Hebden and Chandler 7, etc. Bellin achieved the
title on tie-break.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Knox, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-seventh British championship was played in Brighton from 4 until 16
viii 1980. 40 men participated.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3
d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Nb8 9. Nbd2 $5 {
Nunn plays a new move in an old opening.} (9. O-O {
occurred in Shumov - Urusov, St Petersburg 1853.}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ba2
Be6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Ne8 $6 ({More active is} 13... Bc5 $5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bg4) 14. d4 $1 f6 $5 15. Nh4 $1 g6 16. f4 exf4 $2 ({Correct is
} 16... Bf7) 17. Bxf4 $2 ({They miss} 17. Nf5 $1 Qd8 18. Nxb6 Bxa2 19. Nxa8)
17... Ng7 $2 {Knox does not notice the threat again.} (17... Qf7 18. Nxb6 Nxb6
{defends well.}) 18. Nf5 $1 Qd8 19. Bh6 $1 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Qg4 Rf7 22.
Bxc4 Qf8 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 ({The pointe is} 24... Kxf7 25. Re7+ $1
) 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Re7 {Nunn has a decisive material advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Hodgson was another boy wonder from Great Britain.} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3
g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 c4 $5 ({
Popular is} 9... Rb8) 10. d4 (10. dxc4 $5 Be6 11. Qe2 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qb4 {
allows a counter.}) 10... c5 $5 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. f5 $5 Qc7 $1 13. cxd6 exd6 {
Black has made a positional pawn sacrifice.} 14. Qh4 (14. Bg5 $1 Rae8 15. Nd2
d5 16. Qh4 dxe4 17. Rae1 {keeps a plus.}) 14... Rae8 15. Bg5 $5 Nxe4 $1 16. f6
Bh8 {A bishop has been imprisoned.} 17. Rae1 $6 ({More solid is} 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Qf2) 17... Nxg5 18. Nxg5 h5 19. Qd4 Qc6 20. Nf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 d5 $5 22. Ne5
Qxf6 {A bishop has been liberated.} 23. Qxa7 Ba8 24. Nb5 d4 $6 (24... Qf4 25.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Re8 27. Ndf3 g5 {leads to a better endgame.}) 25. Nxd4 Qf4
26. Nef3 Rd8 $5 27. c3 $1 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Qg4 29. Re2 $2 ({
Right is the adventurous} 29. g3 $1 Qg5 $1 30. Qe7 Qd5 31. Kf2 $1) 29... Bxg2
$1 30. Rxg2 $2 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Re8 $1 32. Rg1 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 h4+ $1 34. Kg4 Qxh2 $5
35. Ne6 $5 Rxe6 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Rg2 Qh1 38. Kf4 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Re4+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+
41. Rh2 Qf3# {Speelman carried our a fine mate attack.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d6 5. f4 {
White plays a quiet and old-fashioned opening.} Nbd7 $5 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 Nc5
8. O-O Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 d5 $1 14.
exd5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qf2 Nc8 $6 {
The knight becomes inactive.} (17... b6 $1 {defends properly.}) 18. Ne4 $1 Nd6
$6 ({Preferable is} 18... f6 $5 19. Nc5 Rf7) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxa7 {
White has gained a pawn.} Rfe8 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ra1 h6 24. Rf1
Re6 25. b4 Qe8 26. Qf4 Rf6 27. Qd4 Re6 28. b3 Re1 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 {
He has an extra pawn in the queen ending.} f5 $2 (30... Qd2 $1 31. Qc5 g6 32.
b5 cxb5 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7 Qf4+ $1 35. g3 Qd2+ 36. Qg2 Qe3 $1 {
restricts the white pawns.}) 31. Qf4 Qe2 32. Qxf5 Qxc2 33. Qc8+ $1 Kh7 34. Qxb7
Qc3 35. Qc7 Qxb4 36. Qxc6 Qf4+ $1 (36... Qxb3 37. Qe4+ Kh8 38. d4 {
wins more easily.}) 37. g3 Qd2+ 38. Qg2 $1 Qxd3 39. Qb2 $1 {
Hartston has a decisive advantage.} g5 40. b4 Qb5 41. Qd2 Qe5 $5 42. Qd3+ $1
Kg7 43. b5 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qb2+ $5 46. Kf3 $5 Qf6+ 47. Ke4 Qe6+ 48.
Kd4 $1 Qxh3 49. Ke5 Qc8 50. Qd4 $1 {
He threatens the adversary king and will move the passed pawn forwards.} Kg6
51. Qe4+ $1 Kg7 52. Qc6 $1 Qb8+ 53. Ke6 $1 Qxg3 ({Or} 53... Qg8+ 54. Kd6 Qf8+
55. Kc7 $1) 54. Qd7+ Kg8 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qf5+ Kg8 (57... Kh8 58.
Qe5+ {leads to exchange.}) 58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. Qxh6+ Kg8 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. b6 $1
Qg4+ 62. Ke7 Qb4+ 63. Kf7 $1 {Hartston competed for the title.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 h6 {He plays a Reversed Grob. It must have been a surprise,
although Basman has played the opening against lesser known opponents in 1979.}
3. h4 gxh4 4. Rxh4 d5 $5 ({Known is} 4... e5) 5. exd5 e6 6. Rh5 ({Preferable is
} 6. Nf3 $1 exd5 7. Nc3) 6... Nf6 7. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 ({Not} 7... Nxh5 $2 8. exf7+
$1 Kxf7 9. Qxh5+) 8. Nc3 $2 {
Speelman wants to punish the opponent and gives an exchange.} ({Better is} 8.
Rh1) 8... Nxh5 9. Qxh5 Bb4 $1 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. a3 Bg4 $1 13. Qb5 a6
14. Qd3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 O-O-O {Black has the initiative.} 16. f3 Be6 17. O-O-O
Ne7 18. Nf4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd2 Qc6 21. Kb1 h5 22. Bg5 Rde8 23. Bf4 Bc4
24. Be5 Rhg8 25. d5 $2 Bxd5 $1 {Speelman has missed an answer.} 26. Qd4 ({
The pointe is} 26. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 $1) 26... Be6 $6 ({The notation} 26... Bc4 $2 {
must be wrong.}) 27. Bd3 $6 Rd8 28. Qe3 Bc4 29. Qa7 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Qb6 31. Qxb6
cxb6 32. g3 Kd7 33. Bf4 Kc6 34. Rc1+ Kb5 35. Rc7 Rxd3 36. Rxf7 Rxf3 37. Rf5+
Kc4 38. Rxh5 Kb3 39. Rh1 Rf2 40. Bc1 Rxg3 41. Rh7 b5 42. Rc7 b6 43. Rc6 Rh3 44.
Rg6 Rc2 45. Rg1 a5 46. Rg6 Rc5 {Basman won with an odd opening.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Lee, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{
When the last round began, Hartston, Nunn, Basman and Chandler shared the lead.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Bd6 15.
Ne5 Qe7 $5 16. f4 {White advances on the kingside.} g6 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Ndf3
Ne4 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Nh5 $1 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bb7) 19. b4 $1 {
Hartston takes the initiative over a broad front.} f6 $5 20. c5 $1 Bb8 (20...
fxe5 $6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. dxe5 Qe7 {favours White.}) 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd2 Nxd2
$6 (22... f5 $1 {defends the centre.}) 23. Qxd2 b5 $5 24. a4 $1 bxa4 $2 (24...
a6 25. axb5 axb5 {keeps the queenside closed.}) 25. b5 $1 Be8 26. Rxa4 Bf7 27.
c6 {The strong pawns go forwards.} Kh8 28. Ba3 Qc7 29. Qa5 Be8 30. Qxc7 Rxc7
31. Bc5 Rdc8 32. g3 Kg7 33. Rfa1 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. dxe5 Bxc6 36. bxc6 Rxc6
37. Bd4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 40. Ra6 Rc8 41. e6+ Ke7 42. Bxa7 Bd6 43.
Be3 Rc3 44. Bg5+ Kxe6 45. Bf4 Rxd3 46. Rxd6+ Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke4 48. Re6+ Kf5 49.
Re5+ Kf6 50. h4 h6 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Re3 {Hartston kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 h6 3. Bd3 $5 {The Reversed Grob does not surprise anymore. Nunn
makes no effort to refute the opening, but gives a solid response.} d6 ({
Basman will play} 3... Bg7 {in later games.}) 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7.
Nd2 (7. Kh1 {occurs in Bryson - Basman, Troon 1988.}) 7... Qc7 8. b4 $1 b6 9.
bxc5 bxc5 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Nc4 {
Nunn has an easy game and achieved the initiative on the queenside.} Bg7 12. d5
Na5 13. Ne3 Ng4 $5 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 (15... Bd7 $2 16. Qa4 $1 Rd8
17. c4 {wins for White.}) 16. f3 Bc8 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Bd3 Rb6 20. c4
Nb7 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 h5 23. Bg5 Be5 24. Nf4 Ke8 $1 {
Black has almost equalised.} 25. Be2 Bd4+ $6 (25... h4 $1 26. Kh1 Nd8 27. Rxb6
Qxb6 {defends properly.}) 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. h3 Ra6 $6 28. Bh4 Ra3 29. Rb3 Rxb3
30. axb3 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 {Pawn h5 has to fall.} Qa5 32. Nxh5 Qc3 33. Qg4 $1 Nd8 (
33... Qxb3 34. Qg5 $1 f6 35. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 36. Qg6+ Kd7 37. Bxf6 {
wins for White.}) 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qg6+ Kd7 $2 (35... Nf7 36. Ng7+ Kf8 37. Ne6+
Ke8 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 {offers more resistance.}) 36. Nxf6+ $1 Kc7 37. Qg7 $1 Rxh4
38. Qxe7+ Kb6 39. Nd7+ Ka6 40. Nb8+ {Nunn joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 67"]
[Date "1980.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rumens, David"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 $5 ({Theory is} 6. d3
e6 7. c3) 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 $1 9. fxe5 a6 10. d4 cxd4 $6 (
10... Qxd4+ $1 11. Qxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Bxe5 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 e5 15. Re4 Bf5
16. Rxe5+ Kf8 {favours Black.}) 11. Bc4 $1 dxc3 $5 12. Bxf7+ Kd8 13. Qe2 $2 (
13. Qf3 $1 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Bd4+ 15. Be3 Qd6 {brings chances for both sides.})
13... cxb2 $4 (13... Qb5 $1 14. Bc4 cxb2 {wins for Black.}) 14. Bxb2 Qb5 15.
Qd2+ Kc7 16. c4 $1 Qd7 17. Qf2 Qc6 18. Bd5 $1 Qb6 19. Bd4 $1 Qa5 20. Rab1 $1
Kb8 21. Rxb7+ $1 {Rumens crushes the opponent.} Bxb7 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Rxb7+ Qxb7
24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Qf3+ Kb8 26. Qf7 Bh6 27. Qe8+ Kb7 28. Qd7+ Kb8 29. Bb6 {
Chandler lost the lead. The final standings became: Nunn and Hartston 8/11,
Rumens and Speelman 71/2, Chandler, Basman, Taulbut and Bellin, etc. Nunn and
Hartston had to carry out a playoff.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 67 playoff"]
[Date "1981.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1981.02.13"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff between Nunn and Hartston happened at the luxurious RAC Club,
89-91 Pall Mall in London from 13 until 20 ii 1981. The first three games were
drawn.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4
Ng6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Ke7 13. Rhd1
Nf4 14. Bf3 $5 {White has a plus after the exchanges.} Ra7 (14... Nd5 $5 15.
exd5 Kxd6 16. dxc6+ Kc7 17. cxd7 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Kxb7 19. Ne4 {
will draw in a future game.}) 15. R6d2 g5 $5 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bh5 d5 $1 18. Re1
Kf6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rd8 21. f5 Nf4 22. e5+ $5 {Nunn sets new problems.}
Kxf5 $6 ({Preferable is} 22... Kg5 $5 23. Bd1 exf5) 23. Rf2 f6 $1 24. exf6 e5
$1 25. Ne2 Kxf6 26. Nxf4 exf4 27. h4 Kg7 $2 {
Black allows an attack on his king.} (27... Kf5 $1 28. Ref1 Ke5 29. Rxf4 Bh3 {
equalises.}) 28. Rxf4 c5 29. Be8 Rd6 30. b3 Rc7 31. Re5 c4 $2 ({Correct is} 
31... h6 $1 32. Re1 Kh7) 32. Rg5+ Kh6 33. Rf8 cxb3 $2 (33... Re7 $1 34. Rfg8
Bg4 $1 35. Rxg4 c3 $1 36. Rd4 Rd8 37. Kd1 Rdxe8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Rxd5 Re4 {
fights for the last opportunity in a rook ending.}) 34. axb3 Bd7 35. Rh5+ $1
Kg7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg5+ {Nunn took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 67 playoff"]
[Date "1981.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1981.02.13"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Game five was drawn. So Nunn had the lead,when the last game began.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9.
f4 Bd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Rae1 a5
16. Rf3 {The theory of the Scheveningen goes far.} g6 $5 17. f5 $6 {
Nunn shows little concentration after the known moves have been made.} ({
Preferable is} 17. Qh4 $5 e5 $1 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe4 20. Qh6 f6) 17...
e5 $1 18. Be3 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Bf2) 18... b4 $1 19. Bc4 $2 (19. axb4 axb4
20. fxg6 bxc3 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Bh6 {stages a desperate attack.}) 19... Nh5 $1
20. Qf2 bxc3 {Black has gained a piece.} 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bh6 Nf4 23. Kh1 d5
24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 $5 {Suddenly a draw is agreed upon. It occurred
because Hartston had no use for this game. He had to win the match, due to a
lower tie-break in the tournament. Nunn won the match by 31/2-21/2.} (25...
Nxd5 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. bxc3 Qc7 {wins for Black.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 68"]
[Date "1981.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Black "Norman, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-eighth British championship was played in Morecambe, at the west
coast near Lancaster, from 3 until 15 viii 1981. 52 men participated. Star of
the event was Paul Littlewood, the son of John.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nf6
11. e4 {White has the initiative for a pawn.} Re8 $6 ({Theory is} 11... d5) 12.
Bg5 $6 (12. e5 $1 Nd5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. Nc3 {gains a plus.}) 12... h6
13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Nc3 d5 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Qg4 Kh7 $6 ({More solid is} 
17... Kh8 $1) 18. Rad1 Nba6 19. Ne4 Bc8 $2 (19... Nxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 $1 g6 21.
Nxh6 $1 Bc8 22. Qh5 $1 Kg7 {tries to survive.}) 20. Bxh6 $1 Bxf5 $6 ({Better is
} 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Kg8 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Bb1 {but White has a strong attack.})
21. Qxf5+ Kxh6 22. Qh3+ Kg6 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Nxc5 {
White has a mate attack. Paul won his third game.} 1-0

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 68"]
[Date "1981.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 exd5 11. c4 $5 ({Known is} 11. O-O) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2
Na5 13. Nd2 $5 c5 $5 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. Qc3 Qd5 16. cxb6 $6 Rfd8 $6 {
Black should regain the pawn.} 17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. e4 $2 ({Better is} 18. Nf3 $1
Nb3 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. O-O) 18... Re7 $1 19. O-O-O $5 {
White has to castle in the open.} (19. O-O $2 Qxd2 20. Qxd2 Rxd2 21. Bc3 Nb3
22. Bxd2 Nxd2 {favours Black.}) 19... Qa8 $1 20. Kb1 Rd3 $1 21. Qc2 Red7 {
He controls the position.} 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nf3 Qd5 24. Nd4 $5 (24. Rxd3 cxd3 25.
Qc8 Rd8 26. Qc3 Nc4 27. Rc1 d2 28. Rd1 Rb8 {wins for Black.}) 24... Rb7 25.
Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qa4 Rb8 27. Ka1 Nc7 $5 28. Rb1 $2 (28. Bc3 Nb3+ 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30.
Bb2 {offers more resistance.}) 28... d2 $1 29. Bc3 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Qc4 31. Qc2
Qf1+ {Paul played more solidly than his father John.} 0-1

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 68"]
[Date "1981.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Horner, Jeff"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 d4 10. h3 $5 (10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 {
happened in Spassky - Estrin, Leningrad 1954.}) 10... Bc5 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. Nb3
h6 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 a5 15. a4 $1 Ba6 16. Rfc1 $5 Re8 17. Nbd2 Nb4 18. Bb3
Nd7 $5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 $5 Nc5 22. Ne1 ({More active is} 22.
Ra3 $1 Ne6 23. Bg3 c5 24. e5) 22... f5 23. Rac1 fxe4 $1 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5
exd3 {He has a mean pawn.} 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Re5 $2 (27. Rc1 $5 {
utilises the rook as a defender.}) 27... Qf6 28. Qf3 g5 29. Qe4 $6 (29. Bh2 $5
Qxf3 30. Nexf3 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 c5 32. Bd6 {stages a counteraction in the centre.}
) 29... Qc6 $1 30. Bg3 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Re8 $5 32. Nef3 $5 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Nc6 $1
34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxe8 Nxe5 $1 36. Nxc7 Nxf3+ 37. Kf1 $1 Nd2+ 38. Ke1 Nb3 {
Black has achieved a favourable knight ending.} 39. f4 $5 gxf4 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41.
Nxf4 d2+ 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Nd3 Kg5 $5 44. g3 $1 Kf5 45. Nf2 Nc5 $1 46. Ng4 $1 ({
The pointe is} 46. Kxd2 $2 Ne4+ 47. Ke1 Nxf2 48. Kxf2 Ke4 49. Ke2 a4 $1 {
and White suffers from zugzwang.}) 46... Na4 $1 47. Nxh6+ ({Or} 47. Kxd2 Nxb2
48. Nxh6+ Ke4) 47... Ke4 48. Kxd2 (48. Ng4 d3+ $1 49. Kxd2 Nxb2 50. Kc3 Nd1+
51. Kb3 Kd4 {wins for Black.}) 48... Nxb2 49. Ng4 Nc4+ 50. Kc1 Kf3 $5 51. Nh6
d3 52. Nf5 a4 53. Nd4+ Ke4 54. Nb5 a3 55. Nc3+ Ke3 56. g4 Nd6 57. g5 Ne4 $1 58.
Nd5+ Kd4 59. Nb4 Kc3 {
Paul Littlewood played wonderfully in all phases of the game.} (59... Kc3 60.
Nxd3 a2 $1 {mates quickly.}) 0-1

[Event "Morecambe"]
[Site "BCF 68"]
[Date "1981.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 c6 8. c4 a6
9. Qc2 b5 10. Rd1 $5 (10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 {
was played in Donner - Timman, Leeuwarden 1974.}) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 exd4 $6 (
11... Nbd7 $5 {strengthens the centre.}) 12. Nxd4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Nb3 $5
Nbd7 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Qa4 $1 a5 18. Rac1 c5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Ne3 Bc6
$2 ({Better is} 20... Qc7 21. Qa3 a4 22. Nd2 f5) 21. Qa3 $1 {Pawn c5 falls.}
Qe7 $2 (21... Nc7 $1 22. Nxc5 Nb5 23. Qb3 Qe8 {offers more resistance.}) 22.
Nxc5 $1 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Ra7 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxa7 Bxe4 26. Qc5 Bxg2 27. Qxe5
Bxe5 28. Kxg2 Bxb2 29. Rc5 {The final standings became: Paul Littlewood 9/11,
Speelman 8, Bellin, Pritchett, Hartston, Hall, Rumens 71/2, Short and Chandler
7, etc. Paul won the title as the only member of his family. He gained 1400
pounds.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The sixty-ninth British championship was played in Torquay at the south coast
from 2 until 14 viii 1982. 56 men took part.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 Qc7 8. Nc3 $5 {Speelman delivers a novelty.}
({Theory is} 8. cxd5) 8... d4 $2 {Black fails immediately.} ({Better is} 8...
d6 9. Bg5 ({the pointe is} 9. Nb5 $6 Qd7 $1) 9... dxc4 10. Bxf6 Bxg2 11. Nxg2
gxf6) 9. Nb5 $1 Qc8 10. Nf5 $1 Bxg2 11. Nbd6+ Kd8 12. Nxc8 Bxh1 13. Ncd6 Be4
14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. N7d6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {
White has gained a material advantage.} 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Qe4+ Kf7
21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Nc6 23. a3 Ne5 24. Qf5 Neg4 25. h3 g6 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bf4 g5
28. Bd6 {Speelman won his second game.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Watson, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qd3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. O-O-O e5 $5
({Usual is} 7... e6) 8. e4 $1 (8. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 {favours Black.})
8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Qg3 Ncxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe5+ Be7 $1 13. Be3 f6
14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh4 c5 $5 (16... Kf7 $1 17. Nb3 Qc7 {
continues the development.}) 17. Nb3 $1 Be6 18. f3 $1 Ng5 19. Qe1 $5 d4 $2 {
Black commits a tactical error.} ({Correct is} 19... Rc8) 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. Qe5
$1 Rg8 22. Re1 Rg7 ({The pointe is} 22... Kf7 23. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kxe6
25. Bc4+) 23. Qxe6+ Re7 24. Bc4 Rxe6 25. Rxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Ke7 27. Bd5 {
White has gained a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keene, Raymond"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. Na3 O-O 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 $5 (12... Nf6 {
happened in Trifunovic - Liebert, Leipzig 1965.}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rxc8 Qxc8
15. Rc1 Qb8 16. e3 Nf6 17. Bf1 Ne4 18. Qc2 $5 Rc8 $1 19. Bxa6 $5 Rxc2 20. Rxc2
Nd6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 ({Or} 21... Kf8 22. Rc6 $1 Nxb5 23. Rc8+) 22. Rc8+ Qxc8 23.
Bxc8 Nd6 24. Ba6 b5 $1 25. b3 Kf8 26. a4 Ke7 $1 27. axb5 (27. Bxb5 $1 Nxb5 28.
axb5 Kd6 29. Kf1 {draws easily in the pawn ending.}) 27... Ne4 28. b6 $5 axb6
29. Bd3 Nd2 $1 {Black has the initiative in the knight versus bishop ending.}
30. b4 Nf3+ $1 31. Kh1 $1 h6 32. Be2 Nd2 33. Kg2 Kd6 34. b5 $6 ({
More prudent is} 34. Bb5 Nb1 35. f4 $1 Nc3 36. Bd3) 34... e5 $1 35. Bd1 $1 Ke6
36. f3 Nc4 37. Kf2 Nd6 38. dxe5 $2 {White succumbs under time pressure.} ({
Correct is} 38. Ba4 {(Miles).}) 38... Kxe5 39. f4+ Ke6 40. Bb3 Ne4+ {
Pawn b5 is going to fall. Miles took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O e4 5. Ne1 f5 6. d3 Be6 7. c4 $5 {
The new pawn sacrifice is correct.} ({Known is} 7. c3) 7... dxc4 8. Nc3 Nf6 9.
Bg5 cxd3 10. exd3 Be7 $1 ({Not} 10... exd3 $2 11. Nxd3 Qd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Bxf6 gxf6) 11. Qa4 $6 ({Better is} 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc4 13. exf5 Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 O-O {and chances for both parties.}) 11... Qd4 $1 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qa4+ Qd7
14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. a3 $6 (16. dxe4 $5 Bc4 17. exf5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1
c6 19. a3 {brings counteraction.}) 16... Nxd3 17. Nxd3 exd3 18. Bxb7 $6 Rab8
19. Bd5 Nf6 $2 20. Bxe6 $2 ({Hartston misses the opportunity} 20. Rfe1 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5+ Kf7 22. Nf4 {(Miles).}) 20... Kxe6 21. Rfe1+ Kf7 22. b4 c5 23. Red1 $6
Rhd8 $6 24. bxc5 $6 Rbc8 25. a4 Rxc5 26. Ra3 d2 27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Nb5 Rxa3 29.
Nxa3 Ne4 30. Nb1 Rc1 31. Ke2 Rxb1 $5 32. Rxb1 Nc3+ 33. Kxd2 Nxb1+ 34. Kc2 Ke6
$1 {Black wins the following pawn ending. Miles kept the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qd2 Qb6 $5
({Known is} 14... Qd6) 15. Qb2 f6 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nb4 $5 ({Preferable is
} 17... d4 $1) 18. a3 Na6 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Qc2 Bf8 21. Rd2 Rab8 22. Ba5 Rd7 23.
Rad1 d4 24. Bxb7 Rdxb7 25. exd4 Qxb3 26. Qf5 $5 (26. dxc5 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc5
28. a4 {steers towards equality.}) 26... cxd4 27. Rd3 Qa2 28. Rxd4 Rb5 29. Rd5
Rxd5 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rxd5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Qf7 Qe4+ 34. f3 Qe2+ 35. Kh3
Ne6 (35... Qe6+ $5 {draws.}) 36. Bd2 g5 $5 (36... Rc8 37. Rh5 Qf1+ 38. Kg4 Qc4+
39. f4 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 37. Rd7 $1 Ng7 38. Qxf6
$1 {Miles attacks.} gxh4 $2 (38... Qe8 39. Rxa7 gxh4 40. Bc3 Qg6 41. Qxg6 hxg6
42. Kxh4 Rb3 {draws.}) 39. Bc3 $1 Qf1+ 40. Kxh4 Qc4+ 41. Bd4 $2 (41. g4 $1 Qa2
42. Kh3 Qg8 43. Rxa7 {wins for White.}) 41... Qg8 $2 (41... Qc2 $1 42. Kg5 Rb5+
43. Be5 Rxe5+ $1 44. Qxe5 Qc6 {defends properly.}) 42. Rxa7 $1 Qa2 43. Kh3 Qg8
44. Rf7 {Black almost suffocates.} Rd8 45. Ba1 Ra8 46. a4 $1 Rd8 47. a5 Ra8 48.
f4 Re8 49. a6 Rc8 50. a7 Re8 51. Bd4 Rc8 52. Be5 Ra8 53. Kg2 Rc8 54. h4 {
Miles had started well in previous championships. This time he kept on scoring.
} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 69"]
[Date "1982.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Knox, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 c5 8. Be3 Ngf6
9. Nd2 h5 $5 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b6 12. h3 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nf1 Kf8 15. Ne3
Kg7 16. h4 Nf8 17. g3 Qe8 $5 ({More useful is} 17... Rh8 $1) 18. bxc5 bxc5 19.
Rb1 $1 N8h7 $6 20. Kf1 Ng8 $2 {Black has a crammed position.} 21. Qa4 $1 Qd8 $5
{Exchange also favours White.} 22. Qc6 $1 g5 $2 ({Better is} 22... Nhf6 23. Kg2
Rh8) 23. Qxa8 $1 Bh3+ 24. Rxh3 Qxa8 25. Nf5+ {The blunder allowed this move.}
Kg6 26. Rb6 $5 Nhf6 $5 27. Kg2 $2 (27. hxg5 Kxg5 28. Nxh6 {gains material.})
27... gxh4 $2 (27... g4 28. Rh1 Rh8 {avoids a direct loss.}) 28. Nxh6 Nxh6 29.
Rxh4 Nhg4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rxd6 Qb8 32. Rxg4+ $1 Kh5 33. Rxf6 $1 Kxg4 34. Rf5
$1 {The final standings became: Miles 9/11, Speelman 8, Keene, Kosten and
Ravikumar 71/2, Hebden, Hartston, Bellin, Strauss, P.Littlewood and McNab 7,
etc. Tony achieved the title for the only time.} 1-0

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 70"]
[Date "1983.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knox, Victor"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventieth British championship was played in Southport from 8 until 20
viii 1983. 58 men took part.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f4 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Nd5 Be6 (16... Qxa1 $2 17.
Rxa1 Bxa1 18. c3 $1 {will be followed by the loss of a piece (Griffiths).}) 17.
Rab1 $5 (17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qxd6 Qxc2 {
drew in Barczay - Rigo, Budapest 1978.}) 17... Qxa2 18. Bxd6 $2 ({Preferable is
} 18. Rxb7 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5) 18... Rfd8 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. e5 $6 Rd7
$1 {He has an extra pawn.} 21. Rb4 Re8 22. Rd4 Qb2 23. Rd1 h5 24. h3 Kh7 25.
Nd5 Rxd6 $2 ({Better is} 25... Rc8 26. c4 Qxd2 27. R1xd2 b6) 26. exd6 Bxd4 27.
Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {
White has compensation for the pawn in the rook ending.} Rd8 30. c4 Kg7 31. c5
Kf6 $1 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Ra1 $6 (33. Rb1 $5 Rd7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kd5 36. Rc1
Kc6 37. Kg2 b6 38. cxb6+ Kxb6 {also wins for Black.}) 33... b6 $1 {
He gains another pawn. Mestel made a good start.} 0-1

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 70"]
[Date "1983.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Nb1 Na7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Ne1 Qa5 $5
15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qa6 $5 17. Nd3 Be6 $6 (17... f5 $5 {prevents the next move.
}) 18. e4 $1 Nc7 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20. h4 Qb5 21. Bf1 Qb7 22. Qd2 Ncb5 23. Nf4 Bg4
$5 24. e5 $1 {White conquers the e-file.} Rd8 25. e6 $1 Rf8 {
Exchange on e6 helps White.} 26. Ne3 $6 (26. Bg2 $5 Bxe6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6
{continues the attack in the central area.}) 26... Bxe6 $1 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Bh3 Nc7 29. Nc4 Rf6 30. Re2 Rbf8 31. Rc2 Qb5 32. Qe1 Kh8 33. Bc1 Nc8 34. Bb2
Rf3 {Black takes the initiative.} 35. Nd2 Rd3 $1 36. Re4 Qb6 37. Nc4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 37. Qe2) 37... Qa7 $1 38. Bf1 $5 Rxd4 $6 (38... Rdf3 {
keeps an edge.}) 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40. Na5 $1 Qxa5 41. Rxd4 c5 42. Re4 Nb6 43. h5
$5 gxh5 44. Qd2 $5 Qa8 45. Bg2 Qd5 46. Qe2 Qg5 47. Rh4 Nbd5 48. Rxh5 Qg7 49.
Rc4 Nf6 50. Rh3 $6 {The white pieces become entangled.} ({Better is} 50. Rhh4)
50... e5 $1 51. f4 exf4 52. Rxf4 e5 53. Rf1 Ne6 54. Qe3 $5 Ng4 $5 55. Qd3 Rxf1+
56. Bxf1 Qf7 $1 {Black threatens ..Qf2+.} 57. Qe2 Qf5 58. Rh4 h5 $1 59. Bh3 $5
{White threatens g4, but Black has a winning tactics.} (59. Bh3 Nd4 $1 60. Qxg4
Nf3+ $1 61. Kf2 Qxg4 62. Bxg4 Nxh4 63. Bxh5 Nf5 {
leads to a won endgame for Black (Griffiths).}) 0-1

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 70"]
[Date "1983.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+ Kg8 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 Qe8 12. Nf3 Qxe4 13. Bg5 Qg6 14.
Nc3 Rd8 15. Bh4 d5 16. Ne2 $5 {Chandler plays a new move in a sharp line.} (16.
Ne5 Qf5 17. f4 {occurred in Kudriashov - Bagirov, Kishinev 1964.}) 16... Bd6
17. Ng3 d4 18. a4 h6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Re1 Kh7 $6 21. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 22. Qd3+ Qg6
23. Qxg6+ Kxg6 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 {White has the initiative.} Bd5 $5 ({
Preferable is} 25... Ra8 26. Rae1 Ra2) 26. Nf5 $5 Kf6 27. f4 Rhe8 28. Ra6+ Re6
29. Rexe6+ Bxe6 30. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 31. Rxe6 {
White has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} d3 $2 (31... Ra8 $1 32. Rb6 $6
Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Rxb5 Rxc2+ {draws.}) 32. cxd3 Rxd3 33. Re5 Rb3 34. Rxc5
Rxb2 35. h4 Rb4 36. g3 Rb2 37. h5 $1 b4 $6 (37... Kg8 $1 38. Rf5 Kh7 39. g4 Rb4
40. Kf2 Rc4 {fights for the last chance.}) 38. Rb5 $1 b3 39. g4 $1 Kf6 40. g5+
hxg5 41. fxg5+ {The passed pawns are unstoppable.} Ke6 42. h6 {
Chandler competed with Mestel for the first place.} 1-0

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 70"]
[Date "1983.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Watson, William"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. f5 Nh6 $5 ({
Theory is} 7... exf5 8. d3 Nge7) 8. d3 gxf5 9. Bg5 f6 $6 ({Preferable is} 9...
Qb6 $5 10. Qc1 Ng4) 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Nh4 $1 O-O 12. Nxf5 $1 {
Watson has a strong attack.} Bg5 13. h4 Kh8 14. hxg5 exf5 15. exf5 fxg5 16. f6
$5 ({More solid is} 16. g4 $1 Ne5 17. Kg2) 16... Rxf6 17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Qxg5 Nd4
19. Nb5 $2 {He misses a 'petite combinaison'.} (19. Rae1 $1 Rg6 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8
21. Re7 Rg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Rxf5 Kg6 25. Rf2 {
keeps the initiative.}) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kh2 Rg6 $1 21. Qxd8+ ({
The first pointe is} 21. Qxf5 Rh6+) 21... Rxd8 22. g4 ({Point two is} 22. Rxf5
Rh6+ 23. Rh5 Rxh5#) 22... Bxg4 23. Rf7 d5 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Raf1 $5 ({Or} 25.
Rxb7 Rdg8 {(Griffiths).}) 25... Bxf7 26. Rxf7 Rdg8 27. Rf3 Nf4 $1 28. Rxf4 Rh6+
{White will be mated on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "Southport"]
[Site "BCF 70"]
[Date "1983.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Mestel and Hodgson shared the lead, when the penultimate round began. They
played the decisive game of the tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3
exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6
fxe6 12. dxe6 O-O 13. Nf3 Bd4 $5 {Hodgson makes a new move in a doubtful line.}
14. Qb3 $6 (14. exd7 $1 Bxd7 15. Qb3+ {will win in future games.}) 14... Qe7
15. Be3 $2 {The tables turn.} (15. Bg5 Ndf6 16. Bc4 {keeps a plus.}) 15... Ne5
$1 16. Nxe5 Bxe3 $1 17. Nd5 $2 Qh4+ $1 18. g3 Bf2+ 19. Ke2 Qe4+ $5 (19... Bxg3
$1 20. e7 Rf2+ $1 21. Kd1 Be6 22. e8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Bxe8 Qe4 {wins for Black.})
20. Ne3 Qxe5 $2 (20... Ng7 $1 21. e7+ Be6 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 {still wins.}) 21.
e7+ Be6 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Qxe6+ $3 {Mestel carries our a miraculous move.}
Qxe6 24. Bc4 Qxc4+ 25. Nxc4 {White has a better endgame.} Bd4 26. Raf1 Re8+ 27.
Kd2 Nf6 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kc1 Nd5 30. Rhf1 b5 31. Na3 Nb4 32. Re7 a6 33. Kb1 Nd3
34. Re6 $5 Nxb2 35. Rxa6 b4 36. Nc2 Bg7 37. Ne3 Bd4 38. Nc2 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bd4 40.
Ng4 Nc4 41. Kc1 Bg7 $6 (41... Kh8 $1 42. Rf7 b3 $1 43. axb3 Bb2+ 44. Kb1 Rd1+
45. Kc2 Rd2+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Re1 Bh6+ 44. Kc2
Ne3+ 45. Kb3 Kg7 46. Ne4 c4+ 47. Ka4 Rd7 $2 (47... Kh8 48. Ra7 Rf8 49. g4 Nxg4
50. Kxb4 Ne3 {defends properly.}) 48. g4 $1 Bf4 $5 49. Nc5 $1 Re7 50. Ne6+ Rxe6
51. Rxe6 Nd5 52. Kb5 {The final standings became: Mestel 81/2/11, Chandler 8,
Johansen, Martin, Botterill, Watson, Hodgson and Rogers 71/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 71"]
[Date "1984.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McNab, Colin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-first British championship was played in Brighton from 30 vii
until 11 viii 1984. 64 men participated.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2
Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 O-O 10. e4 a6 $6 ({
Usual is} 10... Qc7 $1) 11. Be3 e6 $5 12. Rc1 $6 (12. e5 $5 Ne8 13. f4 {
achieves an edge.}) 12... d6 13. f3 Qc7 14. Rf2 Nbd7 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. b3 Rac8
17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Qg1 Qb8 19. a4 Be7 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. Qf1 Nc5 22. Rb1 d5 $1 {
Short starts activity.} 23. b4 $6 {He should make a move in the centre.} Ncxe4
$1 {He delivers a positional sacrifice.} 24. fxe4 Rxc4 25. Rb3 $6 (25. Nde2 $1
Ng4 26. Bg1 Bg5 27. Rd3 Ne5 28. Rdd1 {withdraws potential targets.}) 25... Ng4
$1 26. Qe2 $2 (26. Bg1 {defends properly.}) 26... Nxe3+ 27. Qxe3 dxe4 {
Black has three pawns for a piece and pressure in the central area.} 28. b5 $2
(28. Kf1 {avoids an immediate loss.}) 28... axb5 29. Ncxb5 e5 30. a5 ({
Horrible is} 30. Nc2 Rxd2+ 31. Qxd2 e3+) 30... exd4 31. Rxd4 Rcxd4 32. Nxd4 Bc5
{Short was the star of the event.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 71"]
[Date "1984.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Qe1 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a4 $5 ({Usual is} 12... Qb6) 13.
b4 c5 14. e5 Ne8 15. b5 Nb6 16. Ne1 Nc7 17. c4 f6 $5 18. f4 fxe5 $5 19. Bxe5 $1
Bf6 20. Ra2 $6 (20. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 21. Ndf3 {takes the initiative.}) 20... Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Nd7 22. Qb2 b6 23. Ndf3 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 {
The game has become about equal.} 25. Nh4 Rad8 26. Rd2 Rf7 27. Rff2 Nf8 28.
Nef3 Rfd7 29. Bf1 Ng6 30. Nxg6 Bxg6 31. h3 Ne8 32. d4 $1 Be4 $1 {
The passive bishop becomes active.} 33. cxd5 $2 ({Correct is} 33. dxc5 bxc5 34.
Rd1 $1 Nd6 35. Nd2) 33... Rxd5 $1 34. Bc4 Bxf3 $1 35. Rxf3 Rxd4 36. Bxe6+ Kf8
37. Rxd4 Rxd4 {He has a positional advantage.} 38. Re3 (38. Bf5 Nc7 39. Bd3 c4
40. Bc2 Nxb5 41. Bxa4 c3 $1 42. Bxb5 c2 43. Rc3 Rd1+ {also wins for Black.})
38... Nc7 39. Bg4 Nxb5 40. Re6 Rd6 $1 41. Re4 Nd4 42. f5 b5 43. Bh5 Rd8 44. Rg4
b4 45. Rg6 Rd6 46. Rxh6 Nxf5 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Nxg3 49. Bf3 b3 50. Kf2 Nf5
51. Rxa4 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rh2 53. Ra7+ Kh6 54. Ra6 Nd4 {
Chandler competed at the top.} 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 71"]
[Date "1984.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxb6 axb6 (13...
Qxb6 {was played in Ribli - Miles, Indonesia 1982.}) 14. Nxd5 O-O 15. Rg1 Bf6
16. Rg4 Ra5 $6 (16... Qd6 17. Nxb6 Nd4 18. Rgxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 {
drew in Hebden - Nunn, Marbella 1982.}) 17. Kb1 $1 Rc5 18. Nxb6 $6 (18. Re4 {
keeps an edge.}) 18... Nd4 $1 19. Qb4 Rc6 20. Nc4 Qd7 21. Re4 Rfc8 $2 ({
Correct is} 21... Rd8) 22. a3 $6 (22. Nb6 $1 Ne2 $5 23. Qf8+ $3 {
wins at once (Short).}) 22... Rd8 23. Na5 $1 Re6 24. Bh3 Qc7 25. Rexd4 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qxb7 $1 Qe5 29. Nc6 Qe1+ 30. Ka2 Bf6 31. Qb3 h5 32.
Qc2 Qh1 33. a4 Qxf3 34. a5 Qd5+ 35. Ka3 Qd6+ 36. b4 Qxh2 37. a6 Qh3+ 38. Ka4
Qf1 39. a7 Qa6+ 40. Kb3 h4 41. Qc4 Qa1 42. Qxe6+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ g6 44. Ne5 $1
Qd1+ 45. Kc4 Qf1+ 46. Nd3 {
Again Miles failed after a good start in the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 71"]
[Date "1984.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Howell, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Short led by half-a-point before Chandler and Thipsay, when the last round
began. Short and Chandler played a quiet draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 $5 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. d3 Bb7
11. Ng3 Bd6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Ng5 Ne7 14. N5e4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nh5 Kh8 17.
Rae1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Rd7 19. e5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Be7 20. f5 $1
exf5 21. Rxf5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Ref1 Kg8 $5 ({More solid is} 
24... Qe6 $1) 25. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 26. Qh5 Kg8 $6 (26... Rd2 $1 27. Qf3 Qd5 28.
Bxd2 Qxd2 29. h4 Nxh4 30. Rxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Kg7 {
counters well.}) 27. Bh6 Qe6 $2 (27... Rd2 $1 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qg5+ Ng6 32. Qxd2 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Kf7 {
leads to a better endgame for White.}) 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. c4 $1 Rd4 30. Rxf7 Qg6
$2 {Howell blunders a piece.} (30... Rd3 31. R1f5 Qd7 32. h4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd4 {
offers more resistance.}) 31. Qf3 $1 Ne6 32. Rxe7 Rf4 33. Rxe6 $1 {
Plaskett became a runner-up in the final standings.} 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "BCF 71"]
[Date "1984.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{If Thipsay wins, he catches up with Short.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Bc2 O-O 11.
O-O Qc7 $5 (11... Re8 {drew in Taulbut - Speelman, Hastings 1981/82.}) 12. Re1
Rd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bb1 $5 Rac8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Qe2 Rd7
19. Nf3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rcd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Nd4 $5 ({Preferable is} 22. Ne5 $1
Rd8 23. c4) 22... Nd5 $1 23. Qc1 $5 Nf4 $1 24. Be4 $2 (24. f3 e5 25. Ndf5 N8g6
26. Ne3 {defends properly.}) 24... Rxd4 $1 25. cxd4 ({The pointe is} 25. Bxb7
Qxb7 26. cxd4 Qxg2# {(Speelman).}) 25... Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxe4 {
Black has a material advantage.} 27. f3 Bd5 28. a3 f5 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kf6
31. b4 N8g6 32. Ra7 Bc4 33. Rb7 b5 34. Rb6 Nh4 $1 35. Rxa6 Nhxg2 36. Nf1 Ne1
37. Nd2 Nh3+ $1 38. Kh1 Bd5 {The final standings became: Short 81/2/11,
Speelman, Chandler and Plaskett 8, Thipsay 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 72"]
[Date "1985.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-second British championship was played in Edinburgh from 29 vii
until 10 viii 1985. 76 men participated.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4
Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11.
Qd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. f4 Rac8 14. g4 b5 15. Ncxb5 $5 (15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qd3
{happened in Mariotti - Tal, Leningrad 1977.}) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. Nc3
$2 ({Preferable is} 17. Qe2 $5 Rc5 18. Nd4) 17... h6 $1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Re3
d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 $1 21. Qe2 ({Not} 21. Nxd5 $4 Qxb2#) 21... Ra5 22. Rdd3 Rxa2
$1 {A great attack starts.} 23. Nxa2 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 Qxa2 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qc1
Qa4 27. Rf3 $5 e5 $1 {He opens the white defence line.} 28. fxe5 Bg5 29. Qb2
Qxg4 30. Qd4 Qg2 31. c4 ({Or} 31. Qf2 Qh1+ 32. Qe1 Qxh2) 31... Rb8 $1 32. Rf2
Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Bc1 $1 34. Rdf3 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Qd1+ 36. Ke4 Qe1+ 37. Kd5 (37. Kf5
Qg1 $1 38. Ke4 Qg6+ 39. Rf5 Rb3 {wins for Black (Speelman).}) 37... Rb8 $1 38.
Kc6 Qa5 $1 39. Rxf7 Qa6+ 40. Kd7 Qb7+ 41. Ke6 Re8+ 42. Kd6 Rd8+ 43. Ke6 Qc6+
44. Qd6 Rxd6+ 45. exd6 Qxc4+ {Speelman scored his third win.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 72"]
[Date "1985.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Speelman and Chandler led by 4/4.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4
dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nge2 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nce4 Nh6 11. Ng5 $5 ({
Known is} 11. Bg5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5) 11... Qa5+ $1 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. N3e4 Bxe4
14. Nxe4 Nf5 {Speelman has a plus.} 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rd8 {
Black threatens ..Nxe5!} 17. Bd3 Nxd4 $1 {He has gained a pawn.} 18. Nd6+ Ke7
19. O-O Nf3+ $3 {Speelman makes a wonderful sacrifice.} 20. gxf3 ({
The pointe is} 20. Qxf3 $2 Nxe5 21. Nf5+ $1 exf5 22. Rfe1 {(Speelman)} g6 $1)
20... Nxe5 21. Nxb7 $5 Qc7 $5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. f4 $6 (23. Kg2 $1 Rxd3 24. Qc2
Ng6 $1 25. Qa4 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 {offers more resistance.}) 23... Rxd3 24. Qxh5 $6
Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxf4 26. Rfd1 ({Or} 26. Rh1 Qe4 $1) 26... Rxc3 $1 27. Rab1 Qh2+
28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kd3 Ne1+ $1 31. Kd4 Qc3+ 32. Ke4 f5+ {
leads to mate.}) 30... Nxh4+ {Speelman took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 72"]
[Date "1985.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 $5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nd4 Be6 13. Be2 Ng7 14. g4
$1 {White grabs the initiative.} Bb4 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. f4 Be7 18. Kb1
f6 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... h5 $1 19. h3 O-O-O) 19. Nac5 $1 Bf7 ({
The pointe is} 19... fxe5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. f5 Nf8 22. Rxd5 {(Miles).}) 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. g5 $1 Be7 22. Bg4 O-O 23. Nd7 $6 (23. Nd4 $5 {blockades.}) 23...
Rfd8 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. h4 $1 Re8 27. Rh3 Re4 28. h5 $1 gxh5 29.
Bxh5 Nxh5 30. Rdh1 Rc4 $5 (30... Rae8 $1 31. Rxh5 Rxe3 32. Rxh7 Re1+ 33. Nc1
Rxh1 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qf5+ Ke7 36. g6 {leads to mutual chances.}) 31. Qd3 Bxf4
$2 ({Correct is} 31... Nxf4 $1 32. exf4 Rf8 33. Rxh7 Qf5 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. R1h7+
Kg6) 32. Rxh5 Be5 33. Rxh7 Bg7 34. Nd4 $1 {White threatens Nf5.} Rxd4 ({
Miles notices} 34... Rf8 35. Ne6 $1 Qxe6 36. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 37. Qh7#) 35. exd4
Rf8 36. Ka1 Qf5 37. Qd1 Bxd4 38. Rxb7 c5 39. a3 a5 40. Qe2 Qe4 41. Qh5 Qd3 42.
Qh7+ Qxh7 43. Rhxh7 c4 44. Rhc7 a4 45. Ka2 Re8 46. Rb4 Bg7 47. Rxa4 {
Miles was trailing Speelman by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 72"]
[Date "1985.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nge2 e5 6. d5 c6 7. Ng3 a6 $5 8. Be2
h5 9. Bg5 cxd5 $5 10. exd5 $1 {White has a superior position.} Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7
12. Rc1 h4 $1 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nc3 h3 16. g4 $5 b6 $5 ({
Superior is} 16... Nf6 $1) 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. f4 $5 e4 $1 20. b4 Kf8
$5 21. Rg1 Bd7 22. Rg3 Re8 23. Qf1 {White attacks pawn h3.} Ng4 24. Bxg4 fxg4 {
Black has saved a pawn, but he has opened an important square.} 25. f5 $1 Re5
26. f6 $1 Bh6 $1 ({The pointe is} 26... Rxg5 $2 27. fxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qf4 Rhh5 29.
Rf1 {(Miles).}) 27. Bxh6+ Rxh6 28. Qf4 Rg6 29. Nxe4 Bf5 30. Re3 Qd8 $2 ({
Right is} 30... Bxe4+ $1 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qf7 33. Kg1 Rxf6 $1 {
and Black survives.}) 31. Ng3 $1 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Bd7 ({Or} 32... Rxf6 33. Nxf5
Rxf5 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ {(Miles).}) 33. Rf1 Be8 34. Ne4 Bf7 35. Ng5 Qd7 36.
Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Qxb6 Qd7 (37... Rxf6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6
41. c5 {brings a won pawn ending.}) 38. f7 Qc8 39. Qd4 {
Miles kept trailing Speelman.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 72"]
[Date "1985.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flear, Glenn"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. g3 Nc6 $5 ({Theory is} 9... b6 10. b4 a5) 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
b4 Bg4 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Re8 17. Rf2 Bf8 18. Qd3 d4
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. f5 $1 {White counters in a poor game.} Rad8 22.
Qf4 Rd3 $1 23. Bb2 Re3 24. Nd4 Bh3 25. Ne6 $2 ({Right is} 25. Re2 Rxe2 26.
Ncxe2) 25... Ng4 $1 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 fxe6 {
Black has gained a piece.} 29. f6 gxf6 30. g4 f5 $1 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Rg1+ Bg7
33. Qxc6 Bg6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg4 Qf6+ 36. Kg3 Rd8 37. Qb7+ Kh8 38. Rf4 Qg5+
39. Rg4 Rd3+ {Speelman defeated another competitor. He took a lead of one
point. The final standings became: Speelman 9/11, Miles 8, Chandler, Rogers,
Flear, Condie, Hodgson and Thipsay 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ravisekhar, Raja"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-third British championship was played in Southampton from 28 vii
until 9 viii 1986. 62 men participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3
g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 Qa5 $5 ({Usual is} 8... b6) 9. Qd2 b6
$6 10. e4 $6 (10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Rfe8 13. Bd6 {wins a pawn.})
10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxd2 12. Nexd2 h6 13. Bh4 e6 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16.
h3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nh5 19. f3 g5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Nxc5
bxc5 23. Nb3 $5 c4 $1 24. Nd4 Rc7 $5 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. Nxf4 gxf4 27. Re2 Kf8 $5 (
27... Rxb2 $1 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxb2 Bxc3 {gains an advantage.}) 28. Be4 Bxe4
29. fxe4 Rb5 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Ra8 Rcb7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Bxa7 Ra5 34. Bb6 Rxa2
35. Bc5+ Kd7 36. Bb4 $2 ({Preferable is} 36. e5 $1 f6 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Kf2)
36... Be5 37. Kf2 Kc6 38. Kf3 h5 39. Bf8 $6 ({More useful is} 39. Rd2) 39...
Ra1 $1 40. Bh6 Rd1 $1 41. Kf2 Kb5 $1 42. Bf8 Ka4 43. Bb4 Kb3 44. Re1 Rd2+ 45.
Re2 Rxb2 {Mestel conquers on the queenside.} 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 c5
15. Bd3 $5 ({Usual is} 15. b3) 15... Nb6 16. Nd2 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rfd8
19. Ng3 g6 $5 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. b3 cxb3 22. Bxb3 $5 Nc4 23. Nf1 Ba3 24. h4 Rd7
25. Bg5 a5 26. Rad1 a4 $6 (26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 a4 28. Bc2 Be7 {exchanges.}) 27.
Bxc4 $1 bxc4 28. Ne3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bc5 30. Nd5 Qc6 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. h5 $1 f6 33.
hxg6 $6 (33. h6+ $1 Kf7 34. g4 {threatens Bxf6!}) 33... hxg6 34. Bd2 Nc7 $2 ({
Correct is} 34... Qd7) 35. Rb7 $1 Ra7 ({The pointe is} 35... Qxb7 36. Qxf6+ Kh7
37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Nf6) 36. Rb8 Nxd5 37. Qh3 $1 Nf4 38. Qh8+ {
The chase of the hostile king begins.} Kf7 39. Be3 $5 f5 $5 40. Bxc5 Qxc5 41.
exf5 $1 Rc7 ({Or} 41... gxf5 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Rf8+) 42. g3 $1 gxf5 43. gxf4
exf4 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ Ke5 46. Qh8+ $1 Ke4 47. Rd8 $1 Kf3 48. Qh5+ Ke4 49.
Qe2+ {Chandler wins a queen.} 1-0

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qa4 $5 Nf6 8.
Ne5 $5 {The knight stands exposed.} Be6 9. O-O Bd6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 $5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e4 $1 d4 $1 14. Na3 $6 (14. Nd2 Ngxe5 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 {
defends properly.}) 14... O-O 15. Rad1 Qxb2 $6 16. Rxd4 $6 (16. Nc4 Qb5 17.
Qxb5 cxb5 18. Nd6 {counters.}) 16... Nc5 $6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 h6 19. f3 g5
20. fxg4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rad8 22. f5 $5 Bxa2 $1 23. Rb2 Bb3 24. Rf3 Rd1+ 25. Bf1
b5 26. g5 $2 (26. Rfxb3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Re8 28. Kf2 {is alright.}) 26... b4 27.
Nb1 a5 $1 28. g6 $5 fxg6 $5 29. Rg2 $5 Rxb1 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rxc6 Rg8+ 32. Kf2
Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Re1+ 34. Kf4 Nc3 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Rc8+ Kd7 $1 37. Rxg8 Re4+ 38.
Kg3 Bxg8 39. e6+ Bxe6 $5 40. fxe6+ Kxe6 41. Bh3+ Ke5 42. Rf5+ Kd4 43. Rxa5 b3 {
The passed pawn proceeds victoriously.} 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Michael was 14 years of age, when he took part in the British championship
for the second time. He competed at the top.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1 h6 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. e5 $5 ({Theory is} 13. Nc5 $1) 13... Ne8 14. Nd4 Nxe5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 {Black has gained a pawn, but White has compensation.} 16. f4 $5 gxf4
17. Rxf4 $6 Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qe3 21. Bd3 $6 (21. Bh5 Nf4
22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Ng6 24. Re1 {brings counteraction.}) 21... Ne5 22. Qf1
Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nd6 24. Re1 Qd2 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rf8 27. Re1 Rf5 28. h3 Kf7
29. Nd1 Bd4 30. Bh2 e5 31. Bg1 h5 32. Nc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 32. Ne3 $5 Bxe3
33. Bxe3 d4 34. Bg1) 32... Bxc3 $5 33. bxc3 e4 34. Bc5 exd3 35. Bxd6 exd6 36.
Rd1 d4 $6 (36... Rf2 $1 37. Rxd3 Ke6 38. Re3+ Kd7 {wins for Black.}) 37. Rxd3
dxc3 38. Rxc3 Ke6 39. g4 $5 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rg5 41. Rc4 b5 42. Rf4 Ke5 43. Rb4 d5
44. Kg2 a5 45. Rxb5 Rxg4+ 46. Kf3 Ra4 47. Rb2 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Kd4 49. Ke1 Rh3 50.
Rg2 Kc3 51. Rg5 Rh1+ 52. Ke2 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 d4 (53... d4 54. Rxa5 Rh1+ $1 55. Ke2
d3+ 56. Ke3 d2 {decides the game.}) 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Bd2
Qd5 15. O-O b5 $5 ({Usual is} 15... Bd4) 16. Kh1 $5 (16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Nf3 Bd6 {
leads to a black initiative.}) 16... Bb7 17. f4 a6 (17... b4 $5 18. a3 a5 19.
axb4 axb4 {will be played in Mestel - Speelman, Bath 1987.}) 18. a3 $1 Rac8 19.
Rad1 Qa2 $5 20. Bc1 Ba8 $6 21. c4 $1 Ba7 $6 22. f5 $5 Rfe8 $6 23. cxb5 $2 (23.
fxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Bf5 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxh6 {
wins for White (W.Watson).}) 23... exf5 24. Bxf5 $2 {
He captures with the wrong piece.} Rc5 $1 25. Bf4 Rxb5 26. Rd2 Bb8 $1 {
The pin becomes fatal.} 27. Re1 g6 28. b4 Qxa3 29. Qc4 Rbxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31.
Red1 Rxf5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxb8 Qe3 $1 34. Rd8 ({The pointe is} 34. Qxa8 Qxd2
$1) 34... Bxg2+ $1 {Speelman and Mestel shared the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Chandler trailed by half-a-point on Speelman and Mestel, when the last round
began. Speelman played a quick draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxc5 9. Ba3 $5 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11.
Be2 Nba6 12. O-O f5 13. Nd4 e5 $1 14. Bf3 $5 exd4 $1 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Bxf8
Qxf8 17. cxd4 Qf7 {Black has a material plus.} 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. f3 Nd6 20. Rc1
Qe6 21. Rfe1 a6 22. c5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Ncb5 24. Re5 Qf7 25. Rc1 h6 26. Rc2 Kh7
27. Rcc5 f4 28. e4 $1 Qf6 29. Qb4 Na7 $5 30. Red5 $1 Ndb5 31. Rxd7 $5 Nc6 32.
Qb1 Qe6 33. Rcd5 Kh8 $6 ({Correct is} 33... Rb8) 34. h4 $2 {
Probably, time pressure takes its toll.} (34. Qe1 Ne7 35. Rd8+ {
gains an advantage.}) 34... Nc3 $1 35. Qb7 $5 Rb8 $1 36. Qc7 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Qg6
$2 (37... Qf6 $1 {wins immediately.}) 38. Qxf4 Rb2 39. g4 Ne7 40. Rd8+ Ng8 $2 (
{Right is} 40... Kh7 $1 41. Qf8 Qc6 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Qxe8 44. Rxe8 Kf7)
41. Qf8 $2 (41. Qc1 $1 Rb4 42. a3 $1 Ra4 43. Qc8 Qf7 44. d5 {plays for a win.})
41... Qe6 42. d5 Qb6+ 43. Kh1 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 $4 (44. Kg2 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46.
Kg2 Qb2+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 44... Qf2+ {
Mestel caught up with Speelman.} 0-1

[Event "Southampton"]
[Site "BCF 73"]
[Date "1986.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Mestel wants to win in the last round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qa4 $5
({Flear encountered} 11. a3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 {in previous games.})
11... Nd7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Qa3 Ne6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rac1 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 exd4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. b4 $1 h6 20. Qa5 Ra7 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Rab8
) 21. Rc2 f5 $1 22. exf5 Bf3 $3 23. f6 $1 (23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rxf5 $1 25.
Qa4 Qh5 26. Qc6 d5 {(Flear)} 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. f4 Qf3+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 23... Qxf6 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Re8 26. Rc4 Re2
27. Rxd4 a5 $5 28. b5 Re5 29. Qc6 Rxb5 $1 30. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 31. Qxb5 {
White has gained a pawn.} Qd4 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ $1 Qxe4 34. dxe4 Rc7 {
Black can survive in the rook ending.} 35. Rd1 Rc2 36. h4 Rxa2 37. Rxd6 a4 38.
f3 a3 39. Ra6 h5 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. Ra5 g6 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Kh3 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kf8 45.
Kf4 $1 {He makes an effort to win.} Rxg2 $1 46. Rxa3 Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 $1 48.
Ra6+ Kg7 49. e5 $1 Kf7 50. Ra4 Ke6 51. Re4 Rg1 52. Re2 $1 {Zugzwang arises.}
Kf7 $5 53. e6+ Ke7 54. Re3 Rg2 55. Re1 $1 {It is zugzwang again.} Rf2 56. Kg5
Rg2+ 57. Kh6 Rg3 $1 58. Re5 Rxf3 $1 59. Kxg6 Rg3+ $2 (59... Rf8 $1 60. Kxh5 Kf6
$1 {forces a draw.}) 60. Kxh5 Rg8 61. Kh6 $1 Rh8+ 62. Kg5 Rg8+ 63. Kf5 Rf8+ 64.
Kg6 $1 Rg8+ 65. Kh7 $1 Rg4 66. h5 $1 Rg1 67. h6 $2 {Mestel misses the title.} (
67. Kh6 $1 Rg2 68. Rg5 Rxg5 69. Kxg5 Kxe6 70. Kg6 {wins for White.}) 67... Rg2
68. Kh8 Rg1 69. h7 Rg2 70. Re1 Rg3 71. Rf1 Kxe6 72. Rf8 Ra3 73. Rf7 $5 {
The final standings became: Mestel, Chandler and Speelman 8/11, Flear and King
71/2, etc. Mestel, Chandler and Speelman had to carry out a playoff.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 73 Playoff 1"]
[Date "1986.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Chandler, Mestel and Speelman carried out a playoff at the Great Eastern
Hotel, Liverpoolstreet in London from 11 until 16 xii 1986. Two cycles
occurred.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4
Bd6 14. O-O-O {Chandler plays an aggressive line of the Caro-Kann.} Nd5 $1 (
14... Nh5 $6 {lost in previous games.}) 15. Bg3 Nc3 $1 {Black forces  a draw.}
16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Nc4 {He protects the squares a3 and b2.} Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Bb4+
19. Ke3 Bc5+ 20. Kd2 Bb4+ {Speelman delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 73 Playoff 1"]
[Date "1986.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Mestel allowed a mate attack to Chandler in the second game.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2 c6 $5 9. Rd1 exd4
10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 d5 $5 {It is alright to open the centre.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
Ndb5 $1 Nb6 $5 (13... dxe4 14. O-O exf3 15. Bxf3 {
leaves the initiative to White.}) 14. Bf4 $1 {He charges on the queenside.} Nh5
$2 (14... Re7 15. O-O a6 16. Nd4 {slightly favours White (Speelman).}) 15. Bc7
$1 Qe7 16. Bd6 $1 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh3 ({Or} 17... Qd8 18. Bc7 Qe7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20.
Nxd5) 18. Bf1 Qf5 $5 {Black tries to counter, but White strikes.} 19. Nc7 $1
Bd7 20. Nxa8 Nxa8 21. Nxd5 Qxf3 22. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 (22... Kh8 23. Bg2 {
wins easily.}) 23. Bxe7 {White has gained two exchanges.} Nxg3 (23... Qxh1 24.
Qxd7 Qxe4+ 25. Kf2 {also ends the game (Speelman).}) 24. Bg2 Qg4 25. hxg3 Be5
26. Qxd7 Bxg3+ 27. Kf1 Qf4+ 28. Ke2 {
The standings after one cycle became: Speelman and Chandler 11/2/2, Mestel 0.}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 73 Playoff 1"]
[Date "1986.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Speelman and Chandler played another draw in round four.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10.
O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5
17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Qxh5 e6 22. Bb3 {
They apply a long line of the Dragon.} Qc5 $2 (22... a5 $2 23. f4 $1 Nc4 {
won for White in Short - Mandl, Germany 1986.}) ({Better is} 22... gxf3 23.
Nxf3 Qf2 24. Nxe5 Bxe5) 23. Bh6 $1 Bf6 24. f4 $6 (24. Nf5 $1 exf5 25. Bxf7+
Nxf7 26. Qg6+ {mates quickly.}) 24... Ng6 25. Nf5 $1 Bc6 26. Qxg4 d5 27. Ng3 $1
Qe3 28. e5 $2 (28. Nh5 $1 Be7 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Ng7 {
wins for White.}) 28... Bxe5 $1 29. fxe5 Qxh6 30. Nh5 Rc8 31. c3 Qe3 $2 (31...
Kf8 $1 32. Qb4+ Kg8 $1 33. Nf6+ Kg7 {avoids a direct loss.}) 32. Bc2 $1 Kf8 33.
Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rf1+ $1 Ke7 35. Qb4+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ {White delivers mate in one.
Mestel lost his last game too. The standings became: Speelman and Chandler 4/4,
Mestel 0. A second playoff was necessary.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 73 Playoff 2"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Speelman and Chandler carried out a match of two games as the second playoff.
Game one was drawn soon.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6.
O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b3 cxb3 $6 (10... f6 $1 11. e4 g6
{favoured Black in previous games.}) 11. Qxb3 Be7 12. a4 c6 13. e4 $1 b4 14. a5
$1 Nd7 15. exd5 Nxe5 $1 16. dxe5 cxd5 17. Bd2 {The white pieces cooperate well.
} Rb8 18. Bxb4 O-O 19. Rab1 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 {White has a plus.} g6 $2 ({
Preferable is} 20... Ba8 21. Qxb8 Qxb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8) 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Qd6 $1
Qxd6 $6 (22... Qc2 23. Rdc1 Qf5 {tries to counter.}) 23. exd6 Bc6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8
25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Kf3 Kf6 29. d7 Ke6 30. Ke4 {
Speelman is going to win the following pawn ending.} f6 31. Kd4 Rxd7 32. Rxd7
Kxd7 33. Kc5 Kc7 34. h3 h6 35. f3 h5 36. f4 g5 37. f5 g4 38. h4 $1 Kd7 39. Kd5
Ke7 40. Kc6 Ke8 41. Kd6 Kf7 42. Kd7 Kf8 43. Ke6 {Speelman had defeated
Chandler by 11/2-1/2. The payoff of the playoff was: Speelman 2000, Chandler
1200 and Mestel 800 pounds.} 1-0

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 74"]
[Date "1987.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-fourth British championship was played in Swansea from 3 until 15
viii 1987. 58 men participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5.
Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rab1 $5 ({
Known is} 11. Rad1) 11... g6 12. Bg5 Nf8 13. Rbc1 $5 Bf5 14. Qb3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 14. Qd2 $5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne1) 14... Qb6 $1
15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e3 Nc7 18. a3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 b6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21.
b4 Red8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Nb3 Be7 24. Bf1 h5 25. Be2 Ne8 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Ne2 g5
28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nd6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 $6 ({Better is} 31. h4 $5 gxh4 32.
gxh4 Nc4 33. Nf3) 31... Nc4 $1 {Black has an edge.} 32. Nc5 a5 $1 33. f3 $6 {
He weakens pawn e3.} axb4 34. axb4 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Re8 $2 (35... Ne5 $1 {
gains material.}) 36. Kf2 Ra7 37. Rc2 Ra1 38. Nc1 $2 (38. Nd4 Rc8 39. Re2 {
defends properly.}) 38... f5 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Kf6 41. Rb3 Rg8 $1 42. Rcc3 {
White has no acceptable defence.} Rga8 $5 43. Kg3 $5 ({The alternative is} 43.
Rc2 Rg8 $1 44. Rcc3 f4 $1 45. exf4 Ra7 $1 46. Kf1 Rag7) 43... Nxe3 $1 44. Rxe3
Rxc1 {Black has a material and positional advantage. Short defeated an
important competitor.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 74"]
[Date "1987.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 $5 Bd7 11. Nh4 Rg8 $5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qh3 h6 14. Qg3
Qc6 15. Bh5 Qe6 16. Rb1 b6 17. a4 $6 Bxa4 {Thank you.} 18. Rb2 Bd7 19. O-O Na6
20. Bd2 Nc7 21. Rfb1 O-O-O 22. f4 Kb7 23. h4 Bc6 24. Qe1 $6 f6 $1 25. Qc1 $6
fxe5 26. dxe5 g5 {Black takes over the initiative.} 27. fxg5 Qxe5 28. Qe1 Qxe1+
29. Rxe1 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Rd7 31. Rf1 $6 ({Better is} 31. Re5 Rh7 32. Bf3) 31...
Nb5 $5 32. Rxf5 Nxc3 33. Bf7 Rg7 34. Be6 Rd6 35. Bf6 $5 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 $6 (36.
Kf2 $5 Rg6 37. h5 Ng3 $1 38. hxg6 Nxf5 {wins for Black.}) 36... Rg6 $1 37. h5
Rh6 38. Bg7 Rhxe6 {He has gained a piece.} 39. g4 d4 40. g5 c3 41. Ra2 Re4 42.
Rf3 Rg4 {Short had scored 31/2/4.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 74"]
[Date "1987.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 $5 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qd2 $5 Re7
15. Bc2 Qe8 $5 16. b3 $6 bxa4 $6 (16... b4 $1 17. Nc4 $6 d5 18. exd5 Nxd4 {
favours Black.}) 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bb1 $2 {Adams misses a tactical trick.} ({
Correct is} 18. Nb5 $1 Nb4 $5 19. Ba3 Nxc2 20. Nxc7 Nxe1 21. Nxe8 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 Rexe8 23. Bxd6 {and the chances are equal.}) 18... Nc5 $1 19. e5 $2 dxe5
$1 20. Qc2 $6 (20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. dxc5 Nd4 {
leads to a positional advantage for Black.}) 20... e4 $1 21. Bg5 ({Or} 21. Qxc5
exf3 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 {and Black has an extra pawn in the endgame.})
21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nd3 $1 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxd3 Re1+ 25. Kh2 g6 26. Ba2 Re7
27. Re1 Nd8 28. Rb1 Qc6 29. d5 Qd6+ 30. Kg1 Qf4 31. h4 $2 Qxh4 32. Qd2 Ba6 33.
Nb5 Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Qxa4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Rb8 Rd6 37. Ra8 Qb4 38. Qxb4 axb4 39. f3
Kg7 40. Ne4 b3 $1 41. Bxb3 Rb6 42. Ba4 Nb7 43. Bc6 Nd6 {Short had made 51/2/6.}
0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 74"]
[Date "1987.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Qe1
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. d3 e6 $5 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Bd1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 f6 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. h4 $6 (16. a3 $1 Nc6 17. c4 $1 {become active at the right wing.}
) 16... Nc6 17. Qg3 Ne7 $1 18. Qh3 Nf5 19. Bc1 $5 h5 20. Be2 Nh6 21. Bd2 Ng4
22. Rad1 Rce8 23. Rde1 Bc6 24. Bd1 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Nh2 $5 f5
$1 28. Nf3 Re7 {Black pressures in the centre.} 29. Ng5 Be5 30. Rf3 Nf6 31.
Ref1 Kg7 32. d4 Bd6 33. Bc3 Rfe8 34. Re1 cxd4 35. Bxd4 Be5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37.
Rf4 $5 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Kf2 Rc3 40. Rf3 Ng4+ {
He tries to keep the extra pawn.} 41. Ke2 $5 d4 $1 42. Rf4 Kf6 43. Rxd4 Ke5 44.
Rd8 Bxg2 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. Rd3 $2 (46. Bf3 Bxf3 47. Nxf3+ Kf4 48. Nd4 Rf6 49.
Ne2+ {offers more resistance.}) 46... Nf2 $1 47. Re3+ Ne4+ 48. Nxe4 Bxe4 49.
Rg3 Rd6+ 50. Ke1 Kf4 51. Rg1 Bf3 52. Bxf3 Kxf3 53. c4 Re6+ 54. Kd2 f4 55. b4
Kf2 56. Rg5 f3 57. c5 bxc5 58. bxc5 Kf1 59. Rd5 f2 60. Rd6 Re2+ 61. Kd1 Re5 62.
c6 g5 {The score became 71/2/8.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 74"]
[Date "1987.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 b6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6
$5 (8... e6 {drew in Kavalek - Pfleger, Manila 1974.}) 9. e5 $1 Ne8 10. Bf4 Na5
$6 (10... dxe5 $1 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg3 Rf5 {defends well.}) 11.
Ba2 $1 c5 12. dxc5 $6 bxc5 13. exd6 $6 {The exchanges help Black.} Nxd6 14. Nd5
$6 e6 $4 {Speelman collapses.} ({Correct is} 14... Bb7 $1 15. Qe2 Nf5 16. Bc7
Qd7 17. Bxa5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5) 15. Bxd6 $1 {White gains material. Short drew
the last two games. The final standings became: Short 91/2/11, Conquest and I.
Ivanov 8, King and Plaskett 71/2, Adams, Gallagher, Mestel, Pritchett,
Speelman and Wells 7, etc. Nigel Short and other Englishmen developed into
candidates for the world championship.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 75"]
[Date "1988.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-fifth British championship happened at the Norbreck Castle Hotel
in Blackpool from 1 until 13 viii 1988. 70 players participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. h4 h6 $5 9. g4 {
White charges on the kingside.} Nfd7 10. g5 h5 {
Black keeps the defence line closed.} 11. Bxh5 $2 {
He overestimates his chances.} (11. Nf3 $1 {brings a white plus.}) 11... Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 d4 $1 {He delivers a strong counter in the centre.} ({
Avoids} 13... gxh5 $4 14. Qxh5 Qe8 15. Rg1) 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 dxc3 $1 16.
Qxa8 ({A pointe is} 16. Rd1 cxb2 $1) 16... Qd2+ 17. Kf1 cxb2 18. Rb1 Qxc2 19.
Kg2 Nc6 $1 20. Rxb2 Qc4 $1 {
Black refuses the exchange, but continues the attack.} 21. Qb7 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Rd8
$1 23. Re2 Qc4 24. Kg2 ({Or} 24. Ke1 Qc1#) 24... Qxe2 25. Qxc6 Qg4+ 26. Kh2
Qxh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ {Mestel won his fourth game.} (27... Qg4+ 28. Kh2 Kg7 $1 {
ends the game.}) 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 75"]
[Date "1988.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b4 {
They play a long and sharp line of the Sicilian Defence.} c5 $5 18. Qxb6 $6 ({
The alternative will become} 18. b5 $5 Bb7+ 19. Ke3) 18... axb6 19. bxc5 bxc5
20. Rb1 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Ke3 $5) 20... Nc6 21. Ke3 Na5 22. Rc1 Ke7 23.
g4 $2 (23. Be2 $5 Rhb8 24. Rc2 {defends pawn c4.}) 23... Rab8 24. gxf5 exf5 25.
Rc3 Rb4 $1 {C4 cannot be saved.} 26. Rg1 g6 27. Nd3 Rxc4 28. Ra3 Re4+ 29. Kf3
Bb7 $1 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Ra7 Ra8 $1 32. Rxa8 ({The pointe is} 32. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 33.
Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kh4 Rxh2+ {and mate in two (Chandler).}) 32... Bxa8 33. Bg2 Rd4
34. Ke2 $5 Bxg2 35. Rxg2 d6 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Rg3 Kd5 38. Rh3 Re4+ 39. Kf2 Kd4
40. a4 Ne3 41. Ke2 Nd5+ 42. Kd2 c4 43. Nc1 c3+ 44. Kc2 Kc4 $1 45. Rxh7 Rxf4 46.
Rb7 $1 Rf2+ 47. Kb1 f4 $1 48. a5 f3 49. a6 Rb2+ $1 50. Rxb2 cxb2 51. Kxb2 f2
52. a7 Nc7 53. Nb3 Kd3 54. Nc5+ Ke3 {Chandler and Murshed took over the lead.}
0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 75"]
[Date "1988.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2
Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. O-O $5 ({Theory is} 10. e4) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 $2 (11. Na2
$5 Ba5 12. dxc5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rb1 {
will draw in Sokolov - Bareev, Leon 1995.}) 11... Qc7 12. f4 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 $6 (
{More useful is} 13. e3) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e4 $6 (15. Qd2 $5 O-O 16.
Qe3 Rab8 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc6 {offers more resistance.}) 15... Bxc3 $1 16.
bxc3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 {Black has gained a second pawns.} 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Ba3
Nd2 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Rf2 Nb3 22. Re1 O-O-O 23. f5 Rhe8 $1 24. g4 e5 25. f6
gxf6 26. Rxf6 Rd7 27. Bd6 e4 28. Bf4 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. Rf1 a5
32. h4 Nc5 33. g5 Kd7 34. h5 Ke8 35. h6 Nd3 36. Be3 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Kf7 38. Ke2
Kg6 39. Bb6 Nb2 40. Bxa5 Nxa4 {Flear won an important game.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 75"]
[Date "1988.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nc3 $5 {
Exchange is usual.} Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bc2 Qc8
13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Ba4 Rac8 16. Ne5 $2 {White makes a strange mistake.
} ({The quiet} 16. Qd3 Bc5 17. Rfd1 {would be alright.}) 16... Qxd4 17. Nxc6
Bxc6 {Mestel has an extra pawn.} 18. Bxc6 $2 (18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rdd8 20.
Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Nb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd7 23. Rc8+ Bf8 {
achieves compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Qxf4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 $5 20. Bxf3 g5
21. h3 h5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Bc5 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Ke2 Nd5 26. Kd2 Nf4 $1
27. Ne2 Rd8 $1 28. Kc2 Be5 29. Nc3 Nxg2 30. Bxh5 Nf4 31. Bg4 f5 32. Bf3 Bxc3
33. bxc3 Nxh3 {Black has gained another pawn.} 34. Re1 Kf7 {
Mestel, Flear and Chandler shared the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "BCF 75"]
[Date "1988.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Mestel led by 8/10 ahead of Chandler and Hodgson
(71/2). Mestel and Chandler played quick draws. So Hodgson needed a win.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. d3 Nf6
9. Qe1 Bd7 $5 ({Theory is} 9... O-O) 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. a5
h6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. f5 Kh7 $5 18. Rf2 gxf5 $1 19. Nh4
e6 (19... fxe4 $5 20. Nf5 Nf6 21. Nb6 Rae8 22. Qd2 {
leads to a complicated battle.}) 20. exf5 e5 21. f6 Rg8 22. Nb6 $2 {
White gives away a pawn.} (22. Qd2 $1 Rg5 23. Nc3 d5 24. Ne2 Rag8 25. Ng3 {
leads to mutual chances.}) 22... Nxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. d4 $2 (24. Nf5 Rg6 25.
Ne7 Rg5 26. Re1 {fights for the last chance.}) 24... cxd4 25. Qh3 Rg5 26. Nf5
Rg6 27. Ne7 Rag8 $1 28. Nxg8 Kxg8 {The white defence falls apart.} 29. Rd1 Qxb2
30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5 Qc3 32. h4 h5 $1 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qf5 Qe3 $1 35. Kh1 Be4
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rdf1 Qg3 $1 {He conquers g2. The final standings became:
Mestel 81/2/11, Chandler, Flear and Mushed 8, Adams, Hodgson and Plaskett 71/2,
etc. A remarkable participant was Vishy Anand from India who scored 61/2
points.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 76"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-sixth British championship occurred in the Plymouth Guildhall,
vii - viii 1989. 78 persons took part. Professionals were missing due to the
lack of a sponsor. The 17-year-old Adams was the great man. He became a
grandmaster during the tournament.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5.
d3 Be7 6. Ng5 Bxg5 7. Qh5 Be7 8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9. Qxg7 Nf6 {
Black accepted a challenging gift.} 10. O-O $5 {Adams just develops.} (10. f4
Qf8 11. Qg3 {was played in Tseshkovsky - Sveshnikov, Sochi 1983.}) 10... h5 $5
({More useful is} 10... Kc7 $1) 11. a3 Rh7 $1 12. Qg5 Qh8 $5 13. b4 Nd4 14. Qd2
h4 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nh5 $6 (16... h3 $1 17. g3 Ng4 $1 18. Kh1 Ne5 {
blockades the centre.}) 17. Rf2 Bf6 $6 18. Nd5 Be5 $2 ({Better is} 18... b5 19.
Ba2 Be5) 19. c3 $1 Ne6 20. bxc5 Qg7 $2 (20... dxc5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4
23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Nf6+ Ke7 {tries to survive.}) 21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. d4 Nf6 23. Nxf6
Bxf6 24. cxd6 a6 25. Bd3 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Bb2 $1 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qf7 29.
Bf6+ Ke8 30. e5 Rh6 31. Qd2 Rh5 32. Qc2 Be6 33. Bg6 {
Adams made a speculative sacrifice.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 76"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lane, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 g5 14. Bg3 h5
$6 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxg4 f5 16. Na3 Nxg3 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 {
ended as a draw in King - Knezevic, Wuppertal 1986.}) 15. h4 $2 (15. Nxg4 Nxg4
16. h3 Nf6 17. Kf1 {gains an advantage.}) 15... Nxe4 $1 16. Rxe4 $5 (16. Nxg4
hxg4 17. Rxe4 Rd1+ 18. Kh2 f5 19. Re5 f4 20. Rxg5+ Kh7 {also favours Black.})
16... Rd1+ 17. Kh2 Bf5 $2 (17... f5 $1 18. Rc4 f4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. hxg5 fxg3+
21. Kxg3 Rxf2 {wins for Black.}) 18. Ra4 g4 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rxa7
c5 $5 22. c4 $5 Bxb1 23. b3 $1 Ree1 24. Bf4 Kg7 25. Kg3 Rh1 26. Rb7 Rdg1 $6 (
26... Rd3+ $5 27. Be3 Rd6 {offers more resistance.}) 27. Be5+ Kg6 28. Kf4 $1 {
White takes over the attack.} Rxg2 29. Rxb6+ Kh7 30. Kg5 $1 f6+ 31. Rxf6 Re1
32. Re6 Rxf2 33. Rxb1 $1 Rxb1 34. Re8 {
Adams played more enterprising chess than he would do later.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 76"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Adams, King, Mestel, Norwood and Hodgson shared the lead, when the
penultimate round began.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6.
c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b3 O-O 13.
Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. f4 $5
{White controls four and Black three ranks.} (19. g4 Nc5 20. f3 {
drew in Pfleger - Jansa, Moscow 1977.}) 19... e5 $1 {
He stops a further advance.} 20. fxe5 Nxe5 $5 21. Rf1 Bc6 $5 22. a4 $5 Ba8 $1
23. Rf2 Nfd7 24. Rdf1 $6 (24. Nd5 $5 Bb7 25. g4 {keeps a plus.}) 24... Nc5 $1
25. Rd1 $2 (25. Ba1 {avoids the next tactics.}) 25... Nxb3 $1 26. Nxb3 Nxc4 {
White loses material.} 27. Qf3 Nxb2 28. Qxf7+ {The counter has little effect.}
Kh8 29. Rxb2 Rc7 $5 30. Qf2 Rxc3 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Qe1 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re3 34. Qg1
Rd3 {Adams and Norwood led at the end of the round.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 76"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Norwood drew quickly. Instead, Adams fought for a win and the title during
the last round.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Kh1
Nd7 14. f4 Bf6 15. fxe5 $5 ({Usual is} 15. Qc2 exf4 16. Bxf4) 15... Bxe5 16.
Bf4 b6 $5 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. b4 Qf6 $5 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Na4 $1 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Re8
22. Qf2 g6 23. Rfe1 Bb7 $6 (23... a5 $5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 b5 26. cxb5 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Bb7 {defends properly.}) 24. Bf1 $1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b5 26. Re6 $6 (26.
cxb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ne5 28. Nb6 {gains a plus.}) 26... Qf8 $5 27. Nb6 Nf6 $6 ({
Better is} 27... bxc4 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxc4 Rc7) 28. Qd4 $1 Ne4 29. c5 $1 {
Adams strikes.} Qh6 $2 ({The pointe is} 29... dxc5 $4 30. Qe5 $1) (29... Bc8 $5
30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. c6 Ng5 {offers more resistance.}) 30. c6 $5 Kf7 $5 31. cxb7
Qc1 ({Or} 31... Rc1 32. Kg1 Qf4 33. Re7+ $1 {(Chessbase).}) 32. Kg1 Rxb7 33. a4
Rc7 34. Na8 Rc8 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Re7 Qa1 37. Rxh7 Qf6 $5 38. Re7 $5 Kf8 $5 39.
Re6 Qg5 40. h4 Qxh4 41. Rxg6 Qh8 42. Nc7 Kf7 43. Re6 Kg8 44. Qe3 bxa4 45. Rg6+
Kf7 46. Rh6 Qc3 47. Qa7 Kg7 48. Nb5+ $1 Rc7 49. Nxc3 $5 Rxa7 50. Rh3 Rb7 51.
Na2 Rc7 52. Bxa6 Rc2 53. Ra3 Kf6 54. Bf1 Ke5 55. b5 Rb2 56. Rxa4 Ng3 57. Nc1
Rb1 58. Rc4 Kxd5 59. Rc2 f4 60. Kf2 Ke5 61. Bd3 d5 62. Kf3 Rb4 63. Rc8 Nh5 64.
Bg6 {The final standings became: Adams 81/2/11, King, Mestel and Norwood 8,
Arkell, Emms, Hebden and Hodgson 71/2, etc. Britain had a young champ.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-seventh British championship occurred in Plymouth, vii - viii
1990. 74 persons participated.} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7
6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Na6 9. O-O Nb4 $5 ({Theory is} 9... Nc7) 10. Be2
Nb6 11. a3 Na6 12. f5 $5 {White delivers a pawn sacrifice.} ({Alright is} 12.
Be3) 12... gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nf5)
14... Bg6 15. Bd3 $6 Qd7 16. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 $1 ({Maybe Hodgson expected} 16...
hxg6 $2 17. Qe1 $1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg4 19. Qxe7) 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Ne6 Rf7 $1 19.
Ne4 Nc7 $1 {The white attack has been refuted.} 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Qf5 22.
bxc5 Qxe4 23. cxb6 axb6 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Bb2+ Kg8 26. Rc1 Qxd5 $1 27. Qe1 e5 {
Plaskett scored an important win.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Be3 $5 c5 $5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Qe2 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 g6
14. Nd6 Qe7 15. Nxc8 $5 (15. Nc4 $1 {keeps an edge.}) 15... Raxc8 16. Rad1 f5
17. f3 Nf6 18. b3 Kg7 19. Rde1 $5 e4 $1 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bc4 ({Not} 21. Bxe4
$4 Qc5+ 22. Qe3 Nxe4) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rce8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Ng4 25.
Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Re1 Rf2 27. Rxe4 $6 ({Better is} 27. Bd5 $5 Rxc2 28. Bxe4 Rxa2
29. Bxb7) 27... Rxc2 28. Re1 $6 (28. Re7+ $1 Kh6 29. Kg1 Rxa2 30. h3 Ra1+ 31.
Bf1 Nf6 32. Kf2 {defends properly.}) 28... Ne3 $1 29. Bd3 Rxa2 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 30. Kg1 Nxg2 31. Re4 $2 (31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 {
regains a pawn.}) 31... Kf6 $1 32. Bf1 Kf5 $1 33. Re7 Nh4 $1 34. Bd3+ Kf4 $5
35. Rxh7 $6 (35. Be4 $1 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Rxb7 Kf3 38. h3 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 h5 {
seems to win for Black.}) 35... Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Ke3 37. Bc4 Rf2# {
Hodgson trailed Plaskett.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Plaskett, Mestel and King shared the lead, when the penultimate round began.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Ng4 8. h3
exd4 $5 (8... Ngf6 {drew in Keres - Bronstein, Moscow 1967.}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10.
Nxd4 Nh6 $1 ({Not} 10... Ngf6 $2 11. Nf5 Qe5 12. Nxg7+) 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. g4
Bd7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. e4 Be6 15. Qe2 Qg5+ $1 16. Kb1 $5 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Qg6 18. Ka1
f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qd2 $1 Ne4 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Be4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22.
Qc2 Nf7) 21. gxf5 $1 Qxg2 ({The pointe is} 21... Nxd2 22. fxg6) 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 (
{Or} 22... Qxf3 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Qxh6) 23. Ng5 $1 Rxc4 24. Rhg1 Qh2 25. Qe2
Rd4 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rde1 {
Plaskett became the sole leader, because King drew against Adams.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "King, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. h3 Rb8 $5 ({Theory is} 9... Be6) 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 b6 12. Kh2 Ne5
13. Nd4 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. f4 Nc4 18. b3 Na5 19. f5 $2
{White delivers a doubtful sacrifice.} gxf5 20. Ne3 $6 e6 $1 {
Black has a superior centre.} 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Rad1 d5 $5 23. Qxa6 Qg5 24. Rf3
$5 Nc6 25. h4 $5 Qg6 $5 26. Ndxf5 $5 {He sacrifices a piece for counter-play.}
exf5 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nf4 Qf6 29. Nh5 Qe5 30. Qxb6 Qxe2 31. Nxg7 Qxd1 $6 (31...
Ne5 $1 32. Rf4 Rxc2 {ends the game.}) 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rc3 f4 $2 (33... Nd4 $1
34. Rd3 Qe2 $1 35. Rxd4 Rxc2 36. Qb7 f4 $1 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Qf2 {
still wins for Black.}) 34. Rxc6 fxg3+ 35. Kh3 $5 {Capture is fine too.} h5 36.
Rc4 Qd7 $2 {The tables turn.} (36... Rxc4 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qxc4 Qd7+ 39. Kxg3
Qd6+ 40. Kh3 Qd7+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 37. Qb5 $1 Qg7 38.
Qxh5 $1 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Rf5 $2 (39... Rf6 40. c5 Kf8 41. c6 Rf5 {
offers more resistance.}) 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxe6 Ra5 $5 42. Be4+ Kh8 43. Bd5 $1
Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kh7 46. Be4+ Kh8 47. Qb8+ Qg8 48. Qb6 Qc8+ 49. Kg2
Qxc4 50. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 51. Kxg3 Qe3+ 52. Kg4 Qe4+ 53. Kg5 Qg2+ 54. Kf6 Qg7+ 55.
Kf5 Qh7+ 56. Kf4 Qxh4+ 57. Ke3 Qg3+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+ 59. Kc1 Qd4 60. Kb1 Kh7 61.
Qb5 Qd1+ 62. Kb2 {Hodgson defeated the competitor for the second place.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d3 f6 12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Be6
16. Nfxd4 $5 {Mestel delivers a fine novelty.} Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxe6 $1
Nxe6 19. Bd5 Kh8 $5 (19... Qb6 20. Qe2 Ra6 21. Re1 Kh8 22. Qxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6
Rxe6 24. Bxe6 {brings many exchanges.}) 20. Bxe6 Bxa3 $5 21. Nxa3 Qe7 22. Bf5
$5 g6 $1 (22... Qxa3 23. Qh5 g6 24. Bxg6 Qe7 {costs a pawn.}) 23. Nc2 gxf5 24.
Nxd4 {He has a sufficient compensation for the exchange.} f4 25. Qf3 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Rae8 27. Nf5 Qb4 28. Kg2 $1 Rf7 29. Nh6 Rff8 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Nh6 (31. Ra1
$1 b6 32. d4 {gains a plus.}) 31... Rff8 32. Rh1 Re7 $6 (32... Qc5 33. Nf5 Qc6
$1 34. d4 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 b6 {hinders the white pawns.}) 33. Nf5 Rd7 $6 34. Nh4
$1 Rg7 35. Qf5 $1 {White threatens 36.Ng6+.} Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Nf5 Rgf7 38.
Nd6 $5 Rg7 39. Nf5 Rgf7 40. Re1 $6 (40. d4 $1 Qxb3 41. Nd6 $1 Rg7 42. Rh6 {
wins for White.}) 40... Qc5 41. d4 Qc6+ 42. d5 Qc5 (42... Qxe6 $5 43. dxe6 Rc7
44. e7 Re8 45. Re6 Rc6 46. Nd6 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Rxe7 48. Rxf6 {
leads to a poor rook ending.}) 43. Re4 b6 44. d6 $5 Qc6 45. Ne7 Qa8 $1 46. Kg1
a4 $5 47. bxa4 Rg7 48. Nf5 Ra7 49. d7 Qd8 50. Rd4 Rxa4 51. Qe7 {Mestel recovere
d from the defeat in the previous round and achieved third place.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 77"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Plaskett needs a win in the last round.} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O
Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bc5 $5 10. c3 O-O 11. d4
$1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Be3 b5 $6 (15... Nf6 {
equalises.}) 16. a4 $1 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. c4 c5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21.
Rab1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Rb7 $1 Qxa5 24. Bc3 $5 Qa6 $5 25. Rb5 $1 Nd5 $2 26.
Ra1 $2 {They miss a 'petite combinaison'.} (26. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 27. cxd5 Rfc8 28.
d6 $1 Rxc3 29. d7 {wins for White.}) 26... Qxb5 $1 27. cxb5 Nxc3 28. Ra6 $6 {
A defender becomes inactive.} Bb6 $1 29. Qb3 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 $2 (30. Kf1 Nd4 31.
Qb1 {defends properly.}) 30... Bxf2 31. Qf3 $6 Bxg3+ 32. Kh1 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Nd4
$1 34. Qxg3 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 ({Or} 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+) 35... Rg1+ $1 36.
Kxg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nxg3 38. Kxg3 g6 39. Rxa7 Rb8 {Black has a won rook ending.}
40. Ra5 e5 41. Kf3 f5 $1 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Kc4 f4 $1 {The final stand
ings became: Plaskett 9/11, Hodgson 81/2, Mestel 8, Adams, Emms, King and
Speelman 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Canfell, Gregory"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-eighth British championship occurred in Eastbourne, vii - viii
1991. 70 persons took part. Hodgson was the star.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6
4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 $5 (
{Theory is} 10. Rxf3 Ng4 11. Bd2) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f5 g6
$1 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. f4 O-O-O $1 {Hodgson takes the initiative.} 16. b4 $5 (16.
Bxa7 $6 Rdg8 $1 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nhxf6 {favours Black.}) 16... g5 $1 17.
fxg5 Bxg5 $5 18. Bxg5 Rdg8 19. Rf5 f6 $1 {He regains the piece.} 20. h4 $2 {
The pawn should remain on h2.} (20. Qe3 $1 Kb8 21. Kh1 Rxg5 22. Rxg5 fxg5 23.
Qxg5 {defends well.}) 20... fxg5 21. Rxg5 Nf4 $1 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 23. Kh1 Ne5
24. Qf2 Qd7 $1 {Black threatens 25...Qh3+.} 25. Bf1 Qg4 26. Ne2 Nf3 $1 27. Rd1
Nxe2 {White will be mated soon.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 g6 6. f3 $5 {
Hodgson goes forwards in the Trompowsky Attack.} (6. c3 d6 7. Na3 {
was played in Timman - Torre, Amsterdam 1977.}) 6... Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8. e4 e6 $5
9. Na3 $1 O-O 10. Nb5 $5 exd5 $2 (10... Ne8 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 11.
Nc7 d6 12. Nxa8 Qc6 13. a4 c4 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Qd2 $6 ({Better is} 
16. Be2 $5 exf3 17. gxf3 $5) 16... exf3 17. O-O-O $6 Na6 18. gxf3 Bd7 19. Nb5
Rxa8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 $2 (20... Bc6 $1 21. Be2 Nd5 {fights back.}) 21. Nxd6 Bxa4
22. Bxc4 $1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 {
Plaskett has a lost position, despite the extra pawn.} Nh5 24. Be3 $1 Be5 $5
25. Nxf7 Bf4 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Rd7 $1 {Black will be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qh4 b5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 a5 14. f5 b4 $5 ({
Known is} 14... gxf5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxf3 17. Rxf3) 15. Nd1 $5 gxf5 16.
Bh6 Bxh6 $5 17. Qxh6 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 {Play goes similar to the mentioned line.}
Kh8 $1 19. Ne3 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. Rxf5 Rg8 {and equality (Hodgson).})
19... fxe4 $1 20. Rh3 Rg8 $1 ({Not} 20... exd3 $4 21. Ng4 $1) 21. Rf1 Rg6 22.
Qh4 Qg8 23. dxe4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb2 $1 {Black counters.} 25. e5 $1 Nxd5 $6 (
25... dxe5 $1 26. d6 $1 Rgxg2 27. dxe7 Ne8 {favours Black.}) 26. Nxd5 Rbxg2 27.
Qe1 dxe5 28. Qxe5+ $4 {Wells misses a devastating answer.} ({Correct is} 28.
Rh4 $1 Re6 $1 29. h3 Rgg6 {and both parties can do little.}) 28... f6 $1 29.
Qe3 Qxd5 {
Hodgson won an important game and scored 4/4. He defeated Howell in round five.
} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 $5 {
Hodgson innovates the Trompowsky Attack.} ({Known is} 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4)
5... Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Bd2 $5 {
Exchange of the queens draws.} O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Bd7 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nxd5
exd5) 17. Ndb5 $1 Na6 18. O-O-O $1 Bd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 {
Black sacrifices a pawn.} (19... Na4 20. Bd3 N4c5 21. Bc2 Bc6 {
makes a positional concession.}) 20. Rxd5 Bc6 21. Rxe5 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23.
Nd4 Nc5 $5 (23... Re1+ $1 24. Kd2 Rb1 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Kc2 Re1 27. g3 Nc5 {
restricts the white game.}) 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne4 26. f3 Nf2 27. Rg1 Re1+
28. Kd2 Rd1+ 29. Ke3 Nd3 $5 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Ke2 Nb2 32. b5 $1 cxb5 33. cxb5
f4 34. g3 Rd5 $1 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Be2 Nd3+ 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Rg2 Nc5 $2 (38...
Ke7 39. b6 Nc5 40. gxf4 Kf8 41. Bc4 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rb1 {gains the passed pawn.})
39. gxf4 $1 Ne6 $2 (39... Rb2 40. f5 Na4 41. Bc4 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Nc3 {
tries to survive.}) 40. Bc4 $1 Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 42. Kg3 $1 Nh5+ 43. Kg4 g6
44. b6 Nf6+ 45. Kf4 Ke7 46. b7 Nd7 47. Bb5 Nb8 48. Ke5 g5 49. h3 h5 50. Kd5 Kd8
51. Kd6 g4 52. fxg4 h4 53. g5 Nd7 $5 54. g6 {Hodgson had scored 61/2/7.} 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "BCF 78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martin, Andrew"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Bg4 3. Qb3 Qc8 4. d4 g6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Bg7 7. e3 Nd7 $5 8.
b3 e5 9. Bb2 Ne7 10. Na3 O-O 11. O-O-O $6 {
The white king will become vulnerable on the queenside.} a5 12. g4 $2 (12. h4
$1 Nc6 13. Nc2 a4 14. b4 a3 15. Bc3 Nb6 16. h5 Na4 17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd4
19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. g4 {counters in the right way.}) 12... Nc6 13.
Nc2 a4 14. b4 a3 15. Bc3 Nb6 16. h4 Na4 $1 17. Ba1 Nb2 $1 18. Rd2 $6 (18. Bxb2
axb2+ 19. Kxb2 exd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 c5 {also favours Black.}) 18... Ra4
$1 19. b5 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Rxb4 21. Bxb2 axb2+ 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Kxb2 exd4 24. exd4
Bxd4+ 25. Kb1 Re8 {White has been outplayed.} 26. Bg2 $5 Qe6 27. Rc1 Bg7 28.
Qe3 Qd7 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Qf4 $5 c6 $1 32. g5 Qa5 $1 33. Qxd6 Re2 $1
{Hodgson drew in the last three rounds. The final standings became: Hodgson 9/
11, Wells 81/2, Barua and Howell 8, Hennigan, Thipsay, Martin and Norwood 71/2,
etc.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 79"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan, Joseph"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The seventy-ninth British championship was played in Plymouth, viii 1992. 56
persons participated. Hodgson defended the title.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2
Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 $5 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. f3 Nge5 15. Nd5 ({Not} 15. Qxg5
$1 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxc3+ {(Bulletin).}) 15... b5 16. Bf2 $1 Rb8 17. Qxg5 $5 {
White bites the bait.} Nc4 $1 18. Bxc4 bxc4 ({This time} 18... Bc3+ $2 19. Nxc3
Rxg5 20. Rh8+ {costs material.}) 19. Nd4 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 $1 Bxd4 $1 21. Qxg8+ Kd7
22. Qxb8 $5 ({The alternative is} 22. Qg5 $1) 22... Nxb8 23. Bxd4 Bxd5 24. Bc3
Qc5 25. Rh5 $5 e5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Ke2 Qe6 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Kf2 Kc7 {
The chances are about equal.} 30. f4 $2 {Matters go wrong during time troubles.
} ({Correct is} 30. g4) 30... Qg4 $1 31. Rh3 $4 {He blunders a rook too.} Qxd1
{Hodgson had a fine start.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 79"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arkell, Susan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Sometimes the female champion participated in the general group. Susan would
score 6/11.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3
Ng6 8. Nc2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Kh8 $5 ({Known is} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8)
11. Nd2 $5 Qb6 12. Rb1 f6 13. f4 Nh4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 fxe5 16. fxe5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 16. dxe5 $5 Qa5 17. a3) 16... Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Be8 18. Bh5 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Bxh5 20. Qxh5 Qa6 $1 {Black invades the hostile position.} 21. Rf1 $6 {
White counters.} (21. a3 Qd3 22. Qd1 {defends passively.}) 21... Qxa2 22. Qf7
Qxb2 {He grabs a second pawn.} 23. Bg5 $1 Qxc2 $1 ({Not} 23... Bxg5 $4 24. Qf8+
{(Bulletin).}) 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxe7 Qc8 26. Rf7 $6 (26. h3 $5 h6 27. Kh2 a5
28. Rf7 {prepares the advance.}) 26... Qc1+ $1 27. Kf2 $6 (27. Rf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1
Rg8 $1 29. Qxe6 Qxd4 {favours Black.}) 27... Qc2+ 28. Kg3 Qg6+ 29. Kh3 Qh6+ 30.
Kg4 Rg8 31. g3 a5 32. h4 Qg6+ 33. Kh3 b5 34. g4 h6 35. h5 Qd3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37.
Kg3 Rc8 38. Rf3 Rc1 39. Qxe6 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Qh2+ {
Hodgson had won his third game.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 79"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Hodgson had drawn in round four and five.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4.
c4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nf3 Bg7 $5 {Black has a passive queen's bishop.} 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. h3 $5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... Qe7) 11. O-O-O b5
$5 12. Bb3 $6 Ba6 $2 {He makes a ridiculous move.} ({Better is} 12... a6 $1 13.
e4 c5 14. dxc5 f4) 13. g4 $1 f4 14. Ng5 $1 Nf8 {Black protects e6.} ({
The pointe is} 14... b4 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Ne4 Kf7 18. N4g5+)
15. Nce4 h6 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. d5 $1 {Hodgson attacks wonderfully.} Be5 ({Or
} 17... Bc8 18. d6 Qd8 19. exf4 {(Bulletin).}) 18. dxe6+ Kg7 19. Qc5 {
White threatens Rd7+.} Bc8 (19... Rh7 20. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Kh8 22. g5 hxg5
23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. exf7 {wins for White.}) 20. Rd7+ {Hodgson scored 5/6.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 79"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. d5 g6 5. Qd3 Qa5+ $5 ({Hodgson had experienced
} 5... Nxg5 6. Qc3 Rg8 7. hxg5 {in previous games.}) 6. Nd2 {
He plays an enjoyable Trompowsky Attack again.} Nxg5 7. hxg5 Bg7 8. c3 d6 9. e4
Nd7 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nc4 {White develops well.} Qc7 12. f4 a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6
Nxb6 15. Qc2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Ne3 Bd7 $6 ({More active is} 17... d5 $1 18.
e5 h6) 18. Nf3 O-O 19. f5 $5 Rfe8 20. f6 Bf8 21. O-O-O d5 22. e5 $6 ({Better is
} 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc6 24. Bc4 $1 {(Bulletin).}) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qf2 $2
(23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 {grabs an exchange.}) 23... Rxe3 24. Qxe3 d4 $6 (24...
Bd6 $1 {wins for Black.}) 25. Qe1 dxc3 $2 (25... Nd5 $1 26. Qh4 h5 {
decides the game.}) 26. Qxc3 Qf4+ $5 27. Rd2 Qa4 28. b3 $1 Qa3+ 29. Qb2 Qa5 30.
Rxd7 $1 c4 $5 ({The alternative is} 30... Nxd7 $5 31. Bc4 Rb7) 31. Rxf7 $3 Ba3
$1 {Both sides stage a major attack.} ({The pointe is} 31... Kxf7 $2 32. b4 $1
Qf5 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rh4) 32. Rg7+ $1 Kf8 33. Rhxh7 {
White threatens mate in one. They fight an incredible battle.} Bxb2+ 34. Kd1 $2
({Right is} 34. Kxb2 Na4+ $1 35. Kc1 Qc3+ 36. Kd1 Qxb3+ $1 37. Ke2 Qc2+ 38. Nd2
Nc3+ 39. Kf2 Qxd2+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ {and perpetual check.}) 34... Qd5+ $4 {
Emms blunders and oversteps the time limit. Hodgson had made 7/8.} (34... Bxf6
$1 35. gxf6 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qxf6 {wins for Black (Bulletin).}) (34... Qd5+ 35. Nd2
{wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "BCF 79"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Collinson, Adam"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e6 8. f3
b5 9. g4 h6 10. h4 b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bf2 $5 ({Usual is} 13.
O-O-O) 13... Bb7 14. O-O-O Bc5 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Bc4 N7b6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
16... O-O) 17. Bb3 $6 (17. Nb3 $1 Qxa2 $5 18. Bxc5 $1 Nxc4 19. Qd4 {
gains an advantage.}) 17... Nc3 $2 {Hodgson overestimates his chances.} ({
Correct is} 17... Bd6 18. Nde2 Bc5) 18. Rde1 $4 {Collinson fails.} (18. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 (19... Nxa2+ $2 20. Bxa2 Qxa2 21. Qd3) 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qd6
{favours White (Bulletin).}) 18... O-O-O $1 19. bxc3 $2 {He bites the bait.} (
19. Re5 $1 Nd7 20. Ree1 {tries to survive.}) 19... bxc3 20. Qf4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
Qa3+ 22. Kd1 Rxd4+ $1 23. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 24. Ne2 Qb2 $1 {The final standings
became: Hodgson 10/11, Martin and Mestel 8, Hebden, Kumaran and Levitt 71/2,
etc. When sponsors were lacking in the nineties, the professionals stayed
absent. The entertaining play by Hodgson compensated the difference.} 0-1

[Event "Dundee"]
[Site "BCF 80"]
[Date "1993.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eightieth British championship happened in Dundee, viii 1993. 62 persons
participated.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3
Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Nc5 16. h5 Nxe4 17. g6 {They play a sharp opening.} Bf6
$1 ({Hennigan improves on} 17... f5 $2) 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 $1 19. Rhg1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19. Bf4 $5 e5 20. Qxe4 Bb7 21. Qf5 Rae8 22. Rhg1) 19... e5 $1
20. Nf3 Bf5 21. Kb1 Rab8 22. Nd2 $6 ({Better is} 22. Ne1) 22... Nxd2+ 23. Rxd2
Rhc8 24. f4 Rb5 25. Qf2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qc6 27. Bg5 $6 (27. Rc1 Rd5 28. Re2 {
offers more resistance.}) 27... Qxc2+ $1 28. Rxc2 ({The pointe is} 28. Ka2
Qxb3+ $3 {(Bulletin).}) 28... Rxc2 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf6 Rcf2 $1 31. Bd8 Rf1+
32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kc2 Rh1 34. Ba5 Rxh5 35. Bxb4 Ke6 36. Bd2 g5 37. Nc3 g4 38.
Kd3 Rh2 39. Ke3 h5 40. Ne4 d5 41. Nc5+ Kf5 42. Bc3 h4 43. Nd3 Rh3+ {
Hennigan scored well in the absence of the professionals.} (43... Rh3+ 44. Ke2
Rxd3 45. Kxd3 h3 {wins quickly.}) 0-1

[Event "Dundee"]
[Site "BCF 80"]
[Date "1993.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Rb1 $5 Na6 11. Be4 Nc5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. O-O a6 14. Ba3
Qc7 15. Nb3 d6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Rbd1 $5 Ba4 $1 {
White experiences restraint.} 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qc1 Bf6 $6 (20... Rfd8 $1 21.
Qa3 Be8 {keeps an edge.}) 21. Qa3 $1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. c4 Bc3 $5 24. Rd7 Qe5
25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Ra7 $2 (26. Nxc5 $1 Rfc8 27. Na6 Bb2 28. Qd6 {equalises.})
26... Rbc8 27. Qc1 Rfd8 28. a4 Be8 29. Nd2 $6 (29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. h3 c4 31. Nd4
{offers more resistance.}) 29... c4 $1 30. Ne4 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bb4 32. Rb7 $2 c3
$1 {The final standings became: Hennigan and Kumaran 81/2/11, Arkell, Emms,
Hodgson and Ward 71/2, etc. The top two had to carry out a playoff.} ({
The pointe is} 32... c3 $1 33. Rxb4 c2 34. Qc1 Qa1 $1 {(Bulletin).}) 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "BCF 80 playoff"]
[Date "1993.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff between Hennigan and Kumaran occurred in the London Chess Centre
from 8 until 13 ix 1993. Four games were played.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2
Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. O-O Qe8 14. b3 g5 $5 ({Usual is} 14... f5) 15. Bg3 f5 $1 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 Qg6 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Re1 $6 (19. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 20. Rc1 e4 21.
Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Qd2 {gains a plus.}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. f3 Nxe4 $1 22.
Nxe4 g4 23. Kh1 $5 Bh6 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Rf1 Raf8 26. Rf2 Kh8 27. Re1 $2 ({
Better is} 27. Rg1) 27... gxf3 28. gxf3 Bh3 29. Bh4 Rg7 30. c5 $5 Rf4 $5 ({
Hennigan has the queen's rook in his hand in order to play} 30... Rfg8 $2 {
but he notices} 31. Bf6 {in time and makes another move.}) 31. Bg3 Rf8 32. cxd6
cxd6 33. Nxd6 $5 {White makes a desperate attempt.} Qxd6 34. Bxe5 Qxd5 35. Rg1
Bg4 $1 36. Rg3 Kh7 37. Bxg7 Bxg7 38. h3 Be5 39. Rgg2 Bxh3 40. Qc2+ Kh8 41. Kg1
Bd4 {Kumaran equalised in game two and Hennigan won game three. When Kumaran
blundered in the last game, he accepted the offer of a draw. So Hennigan won
the match by 21/2-11/2.} 0-1

[Event "Norwich"]
[Site "BCF 81"]
[Date "1994.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Watson, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-first British championship was played in Hove at the south coast,
viii 1994. 52 persons participated.} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Ng1 e5 9. dxe5 $5 dxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. a4 b4 12.
Nce2 a5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nc1 Nh5 15. g3 Qe7 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Ng5 Bxb3 18. cxb3
Nc5 19. Qc2 $5 ({Preferable is} 19. Bc4 $1) 19... Nxd3+ $1 20. Qxd3 Qf6 21. Qe2
Rfd8 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Nd2 Rd7 $6 (23... Nf6 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 24.
Nc4 $1 Rb7 $5 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Qg4 Qe8 $5 27. O-O Nf6 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Nd6 $1
Bxd6 30. Rxd6 {White has positional advantages.} Rc8 31. Bh6 $6 Qe7 $1 32. Rfd1
Nc5 $1 33. R6d2 $2 (33. Qg4 $5 Ne6 34. f4 {keeps the initiative.}) 33... Ne6
34. Be3 c5 35. Qg4 $6 h5 $1 36. Qe2 Nd4 $1 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Rc2 Rbc7 39. Rdc1
Rc5 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. bxc4 $5 (41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 Qd7 43. Qb5 Qd6 44. Qd3
Qc6 {also wins for Black.}) 41... Qd7 $1 42. b3 Qxh3 {Watson has gained a pawn.
} 43. c5 h4 44. Qf3 hxg3 45. fxg3 Rc6 $1 46. Qd3 g5 47. Rc2 Rh6 48. Qf3 g4 49.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 d3 $5 51. Rd2 Rc6 52. Rxd3 Rxc5 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Ke2 Rc2+ 55.
Kf1 f6 56. Rd5 Rc3 57. Kf2 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 Rxb3 59. Rxa5 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 Ra2 61. Ke1
b3 62. Kd1 $2 Ra1+ {The former champion had been defeated in a hard fight.} 0-1

[Event "Norwich"]
[Site "BCF 81"]
[Date "1994.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Watson, William"]
[Black "Howell, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Rb8 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Bg4) 11. Re1 $5 Bg4 12. Qe3
Nd7 13. Bf1 $6 (13. Rd1 $1 {restores the position.}) 13... Bxf3 $6 {
Black exchanges an active piece.} 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. Qh3 Na5 $6 16. b3 b5 $2 {
A retreat of the queen's knight should be wiser.} 17. Bg5 $1 bxc4 $6 18. Nd5 $1
Re8 19. b4 $1 {He utilises the weak pawns.} Nc6 20. Bxc4 {
White has a superior game.} a5 21. bxa5 Nde5 22. Bb5 h6 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6
Qxa5 25. a4 Qa7 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Rec1 Kg7 28. f4 Ng4 29. Qg3 Qa7+ 30. Kf1 f5 31.
exf5 gxf5 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxa4 34. Qc3+ {Watson defeated a main rival.}
1-0

[Event "Norwich"]
[Site "BCF 81"]
[Date "1994.08.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Howell, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne4
c5 9. e6 fxe6 10. h4 {White plays a risky opening.} cxd4 $5 (10... c4 $6 11.
Be2 $1 h6 $6 12. h5 $1 {favoured White in Lambshire - Antunac, London 1973.})
11. h5 $1 Nac5 12. hxg6 h6 $1 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 $1 {
Howell has a superior position.} 15. g4 Bd7 16. g5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. gxh6 $5
Qa5+ $1 18. Kd1 Nf6 $1 19. hxg7 Kxg7 {is better for Black.}) 17... h5 $2 (17...
hxg5 $1 18. Nxg5 Qa5+ 19. Bd2 Qd5 {wins.}) 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Nxd4 Qa5+ 19. c3 Qd5
20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Rxh5 {tries to survive.}) 18... Qa5+ 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qg4
$1 21. Qf2 e5 22. Rg1 Qh3 23. O-O-O exf4 24. Rh1 Qe6 25. Kb1 Qc4 26. b3 Qd5 27.
Bc1 Bg4 28. Rde1 e5 {Black rules the centre.} 29. Rhg1 Qe6 30. Bb2 Qd7 31. Qd2
Rac8 32. Qd3 d5 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Rg2 {The final standings became: Watson 9/11,
Howell 81/2, Arkell and Ward 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 82"]
[Date "1995.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-second British championship was played in Swansea from 31 vii
until 12 viii 1995. 52 persons participated. Harriet Hunt was the female
champion.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7.
N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Be3 Re8 14.
Rc1 Bf8 15. Qd2 Qc7 $5 ({Known is} 15... Nd7) 16. Qf2 (16. Nd5 $2 exd5 17. cxd5
Nxe4 {favours Black (Bulletin).}) 16... Nd7 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Rd2 Qb8 19. e5 $6
{Harriet shows too much optimism.} Nc5 $1 20. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 21. b4 $6 Nd7 22.
exd6 $6 Bxd6 {Black has an easy game.} 23. c5 Bf8 {Pawn c5 remains a target.}
24. Nc2 bxc5 25. bxc5 e5 $1 26. f5 Nf6 $5 27. Rb1 Qc7 28. h3 Ba8 $1 {
Pawn c5 falls.} 29. Nb4 Bxc5 $5 30. Nbd5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bf8 33.
Rbd1 Qc4 34. f6 g6 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Qh4 Rc4 37. g4 $2 ({Better is} 37. Qf2)
37... Rc2 $5 38. a4 Qc6 39. Qg3 Qxa4 40. Qf3 e4 41. Qf4 Re2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43.
R7d4 Qb5+ 44. Kg1 a5 45. Rd5 Qe2 46. R5d2 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 a4 {
Sadler carried out a strong counter.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 82"]
[Date "1995.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nh3 Na6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 $5
({Usual is} 8. Nf4 Nc7 9. a4) 8... O-O 9. Nb5 $5 Nc7 10. Nf4 a6 11. Nxc7 Qxc7
12. a5 Rb8 13. c4 Ng4 14. Qc2 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Nd3 Qb3 17. Qxb3 Rxb3 {
The chances are equal.} 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. Ra3 $2 (19. Bf4 $1 h6 20. h3 g5 {
(they fight for the control over e5)} 21. Bxg5 $1 Nxf2 22. Bxh6 Nxd3 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. exd3 Rxb2 25. Rf2 {keeps the equality.}) 19... Rxa3 20. bxa3 a5 $1 {
White cannot defend the queenside.} 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Ba6 $1 23. Rc1 Rb8 $1
24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Nxe5+ Bxe5 26. Bg4 Rb3 $1 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. f4 Bb2 29. Rc2 Bxa3
30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Bg7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rf2 Bxc4 34. f5 gxf5 35. Rxf5 {
He threatens mate in one.} Kd8 $1 36. g4 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Bb2 38. Bxb2 Rxb2 39.
Rf8+ Kc7 40. Ra8 Rd2 {
Black conquers the centre. Summerscale and Sadler started by 4/4.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 82"]
[Date "1995.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 d5 $5 ({Usual is} 9... f5) 10. O-O-O $5 {
Sadler gives a pawn for the initiative.} Bxf2 11. cxd5 $5 exd5 12. Bg5 $5 {
White seeks the attack.} f6 $1 13. Rxd5 Qe8 14. e4 $5 fxg5 15. Qxf2 h6 $2 (
15... g4 $1 16. Qh4 $1 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Bc4 {(Bulletin)} Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 {
and White might have overreached his abilities.}) 16. Qc5 Be6 17. Rd6 Bf7 18.
Bb5 Rc8 19. Kb1 $5 a6 $5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 $6 (21... Qxc6 22. Qxc6
bxc6 23. Ne5 Re8 {leads to a defendable endgame.}) 22. Ne5 Nf6 $6 23. Nxc6 {
White has gained a pawn.} Kh7 24. Ka1 Nxe4 $2 (24... Bg6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4
Bxe4 {defends properly.}) 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxf8 Qc4 27. Nb4 a5 28. Qa8 $1 {
He parries mate.} axb4 29. axb4 Bd5 $2 30. Qa5 Bxg2 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Qc7
33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. b5 Qa5+ 36. Kb1 Qa8 37. Rd4 Qa5 38. Qd3 Qe1+ 39.
Ka2 Qe6+ 40. b3 {Sadler defeated a main competitor in a wild game.} 1-0

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "BCF 82"]
[Date "1995.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Sadler has to win the last game, if he wants to gain the title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. dxc5
bxc5 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 a4 12. Ne2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc2 h6 $5 (14... Qa5 {
was played in Beliavsky - Suba, Bern 1995.}) 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rad1 d5 17. Bg3
Nb6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 $5 Rfd8 ({The pointe is} 19... Qxe3+ $2 20. Bf2 Qe7
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nb5 {(Bulletin).}) 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bh4 g5 23.
Bg3 Qe6 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Nh5 $1 24. Bf2 Raa8) 24. Bc7 Rda8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6
26. Nxa4 {White has gained a pawn.} Rxa4 $5 27. Qxa4 Rxb2 28. Qa5 $1 {
He consolidates his advantage.} d4 $6 ({Or} 28... c4 $5 29. e4 $1 dxe4 30. fxe4
) 29. Rd2 $1 Rb3 30. Qxc5 Rxe3 31. Rf1 d3 32. Qd4 Nh5 33. Rxd3 Re2 34. Rd2 Nf4
35. Kh1 Re1 36. Qf2 Re3 37. Ra1 Nd3 38. Qf1 Nc5 39. Rdd1 Nb3 40. Rab1 Qf5 41.
Qf2 Rc3 42. Qb6 Nc5 43. Qxh6 f6 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ {The final standings
became: Sadler 81/2/11, Summerscale 8, Arkell, Levitt and Parker 71/2, etc.}
1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 83"]
[Date "1996.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-third British championship happened at the East Midlands
Conference Centre of the University of Nottingham from 4 until 17 viii 1996.
62 persons played in the main group. A total of 877 entries participated in
many groups.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Nf3
Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ng5 $5 h6 (9... e6 $5 {will occur in future games.}) 10. Qh5
$6 hxg5 $6 (10... g6 $1 11. Qh3 Bg7 {gains an advantage.}) 11. Qxh8 Nf4 12. Be3
$2 Qd5 $1 13. f3 Ne6 $6 (13... c5 $1 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 {
wins for Black.}) 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15. O-O-O c3 $6 16. Nc4 $6 Bxc4 $4 {
The tables turn.} (16... c5 $1 {still triumphs.}) 17. Rxd4 $5 Qxe5 $5 {
Summerscale misses the pointe.} 18. Qxf8+ $1 {
White delivers mate. Ward had scored 51/2/6.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 83"]
[Date "1996.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1
Bxc3+ $5 (8... h5 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f5 {
was played in Rashkovsky - Psakhis, Vilnius 1980.}) 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 Nd7 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bd3 {White has exposed centre pawns.} Qe7 14. Qa4 e5
15. c5 $5 {He gives a pawn for the initiative.} dxc5 16. O-O $6 a6 {
Black has an edge.} 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Rg8 20. Nf3 Rg7 21. Rb1
cxd4 $6 (21... h5 $1 {counters in the right way.}) 22. cxd4 Qd6 23. e5 Qc6 24.
Qa3 O-O-O $2 {The black queen becomes a target.} (24... Qe6 $1 25. Bf5 Qe7 {
defends well.}) 25. Rc1 $1 Qe6 26. Bf5 $1 Qd5 27. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 28. exd6 c5 29.
dxc5 bxc5 30. Ne5 $1 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 $1 {Black has no proper defence.} Rdg8 32.
Rxc5+ Kd8 33. Nxf7+ Ke8 34. Bxd7+ Kxd7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Re7+ Kd5 37. d7 Rg1+
38. Ke2 R1g2+ 39. Rf2 R2g7 40. Re8 {Parker achieved a surprising success.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "BCF 83"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Qd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Ncxe2 $5 {
White has a pawn majority on the queenside.} ({Theory is} 11. Qa4+) 11... Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nbd4 Ne5 17. b3 a6 18. Nf4
Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rfd1
Rfd8 25. Rd2 e5 $1 {Black activates his pawn majority on the kingside.} 26.
Rad1 Nc5 27. Rd5 e4 28. Ne1 f5 29. Qe3 b6 30. f3 Rxd5 31. cxd5 $6 Qg3 32. Qf2
Qd6 33. b4 Nd7 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Qd4 f5 36. Nc2 Rc8 $1 37. Ne3 Ne5 38. a3 Nd3
$5 39. Nc4 $1 Qg3 40. d6 Nf4 $6 41. Qd2 $2 (41. Rd2 $1 Nxh3+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43.
Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 Qf4+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 41... Kh7 42. Rf1 Rxc4 43.
d7 Rd4 $5 (43... e3 $1 44. d8=Q Nxh3+ 45. Kh1 exd2 46. Qxd2 Rh4 {
wins more quickly.}) 44. Qxf4 Qxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. g4 Kf6 47. gxf5 gxf5 48.
Rh4 Kg6 49. Rh8 Rxd7 {Ward regained the sole lead. The final standings became:
Ward 9/11, Parker 81/2, Summerscale 8, Emms, Lee and Sadler 71/2, etc. Chris
gained a first prize of 2000 pounds.} 0-1

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-fourth British championship was played in Hove, next to Brighton,
from 2 until 16 viii 1997. Smith & Williamson sponsored the event. So, the
professionals participated. 82 persons took part in the main group.} 1. e4 c5
2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Nxe6
Nxe6 16. Rac1 $5 ({Known is} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rfc1) 16... Ncd4 17. Rfd1 Rac8
18. Bxe6 fxe6 {The chances are almost equal.} 19. Kf1 Rd7 20. Ne2 Rcd8 21. Bg5
Rf8 22. Rd3 h6 23. Be3 g5 24. Rdc3 Rfd8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. Nc1 Nb5
28. f3 b6 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. a4 Rb7 32. Nd3 Kd7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Rxc7+
Kxc7 {The weakness e5 lies under attack.} 35. b3 Nf7 36. Kd2 Bf8 37. Kc3 Kc6
38. Nb2 Bd6 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. Kd3 Bd8 41. Bd2 Be7 $6 ({Adams prefers} 41... Bc7
42. Bc3 a6) 42. Bc3 Bd6 43. Nxd6 $1 Kxd6 44. Bb4+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Nd6+ $2 (45... a6
46. Bf8 h5 47. Bb4 {(Adams)} Nd6+ {defends well.}) 46. Bxd6 $1 Kxd6 47. Kb5 Kc7
48. Ka6 Kb8 49. g4 $1 Ka8 50. b4 Kb8 51. a5 bxa5 52. Kxa5 $1 Kc7 53. Ka6 $1 {
The pawn ending is won for White.} ({Adams analyses} 53. Ka6 Kb8 54. b5 Ka8 55.
b6 axb6 56. Kxb6) 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Nh6 4. Ngf3 Nf7 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 $5
8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. c3 Rb5 $6 {
Black starts a strange adventure.} ({Wiser is} 11... Ba6) 12. O-O Rf5 $6 13.
Ng3 Rb5 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Qe2 $1 Ba6 $6 16. dxc5 $1 {He grabs the first pawn.}
Re8 17. a4 Rb6 18. Qd2 Rb3 19. Qc2 Qb8 $5 20. Rab1 e5 21. Be3 Rb7 22. Nd2 e4 $2
23. Ngxe4 Ne5 24. b4 Bd3 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rbd1 d5 $2 27. Qxd5 {
He just captures pawns.} c6 28. Qb3 Rf8 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Bg5 {
Miles had scored his third win.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6
$5 9. e5 Nfd7 $6 {Black retreats.} (9... Ng4 $1 10. Bg1 $5 Bh6 $1 11. exd6 exd6
{achieves equal chances.}) 10. h4 $1 dxe5 11. h5 $1 {
Sadler strikes at the expense of a pawn.} e4 $6 (11... b5 $5 12. O-O-O exf4 13.
Bxf4 Qa5 {tries to counter.}) 12. Ng5 $1 gxh5 $5 13. Ncxe4 $5 {
White wants to attack.} (13. Ngxe4 $1 {gains a positional advantage.}) 13...
Nf6 ({Not} 13... Bxb2 $2 14. Nxh7 $1 Bxa1 15. Qe2 Kxh7 16. Qxh5+ Kg8 17. Qh7#)
14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Be2 Nbd7 16. Ng3 h6 17. N5e4 e6 $2 (17... Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4 f5
{offers more resistance.}) 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. f5 $1 Nxe4 ({Or} 19... exf5 20.
Bxh6 $1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxg7) 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Bxh6 $1 Nxe4 22. Bxg7
Nxd2 23. f6 {Mestel will be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. Ne4 a4 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Be6
15. Rad1 $5 ({Miles encountered} 15. Rfe1 {in other games.}) 15... Rd8 16. h3
h5 17. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 b6 20. Re1 $5 Kd7 21. Nc3 $6 {
The knight is misplaced.} Bf5 22. Re2 Ke6 23. f4 $6 g5 $1 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Kf2
Rd8 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Kxe5 28. Nxa4 Ra8 $1 29. Nb2 Rxa3+ 30. Kd2+ Kf6 31.
Nc4 Rg3 $5 32. Rf2 Ke6 $5 33. Re2+ Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 $1 35. Nxc6+ Kd6 36. Nd4
Bg6 $6 (36... Bd7 {keeps an edge.}) 37. Nf3 Bf5 38. Nd4 $5 Be6 39. Rf2 Rg5 40.
Kd3 $2 (40. Nxe6 fxe6 41. Kd3 {draws.}) 40... Bd5 $1 41. Nf5+ Ke5 42. Ne3 $2 (
42. Nh4 $1 f5 43. Ke2 f4 44. Kf1 Rg3 45. Re2+ Re3 46. Ng6+ Ke4 47. Kf2 Rxe2+
48. Kxe2 Bc4+ 49. Kf2 {fights for survival.}) 42... Be4+ 43. Kd2 $6 f5 $1 44.
b5 Rg3 45. Ke2 f4 46. Nc4+ {Miles won his fourth game.} (46. Nc4+ Kf5 47. Kf1
Rc3 {wins easily for Black.}) 0-1

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. b4 g6 $5 {
Emms leaves the centre to his opponent.} 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. e5
Ne8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. h4 h5 13. b5 d6 14. O-O-O $5 {Pein plays ambitiously.}
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Bxb2+ 19. Qxb2 Ng7 20.
Rhe1 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qa5 $1 24. Re3 Qa4 25. Qc3 a6 26.
Qb3 axb5 27. Qxa4 bxa4 {
Black's extra pawn has little importance in the double rook ending.} 28. Rd5
Rac8 29. Ree5 Rfe8 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Re2 $1 32. Rd5 Kf8 33. c5 Ke8 34. Rd4
Ke7 35. Rxa4 $5 Kd7 $5 36. Rd4+ $6 (36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Ra6+ {
draws in the rook ending.}) 36... Kc6 37. Rd2 Re4 38. Rc2 $6 ({Better is} 38.
g3) 38... Rxh4 39. Kb2 Ra4 40. Kb3 Ra5 41. a4 Rxc5 42. Re2 {
The exchange of rooks leads to a lost pawn ending.} f4 43. Kb4 $2 (43. f3 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 43... f3 $1 44. gxf3 Rf5 45. Re3 h4 $1 46. Kc3 h3 47.
Kd2 Rd5+ 48. Kc2 Rd4 $5 49. Re1 $5 Rxa4 50. Kd3 Rh4 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rh1 h2 53.
f4 Ke6 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Kg3 Rg4+ 56. Kxh2 Rh4+ 57. Kg2 Rxh1 58. Kxh1 Kxf4 59.
Kg2 g5 60. Kg1 Kf3 61. Kf1 g4 {
Malcolm Pein played his last British championship.} 0-1

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ngf6 $5 ({Known is} 12... e5) 13.
Rab1 Qc7 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e5 $1 {White has the initiative.} Nd5 $5
17. Ng3 dxe5 18. dxe5 f6 $6 19. exf6+ $6 (19. Nd4 $1 {utilises the hole on e6.}
) 19... exf6 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bc8 24. g3 Rd8 25.
Bg2 Rfe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 28. Bxd5 Qxa4 29. c4 $1 {
He has a strong passed pawn.} Qa3 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. h4 Rd8 $2 ({Preferable is} 
31... Qc7 $5 32. Rb6 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Rxe5) 32. Qc3 a4 33. Qa5 Bf5 34. Ra1 Bd7 35.
Re1 Qf8 36. c5 {White goes forwards and cannot be stopped.} Bf5 37. Bf3 Re8 $5
38. Rc1 $5 Be4 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. c6 Qc8 41. Qa7+ Kh6 42. c7 Kg7 43. Qc5 Re8 44.
Qc6 Re7 45. Qd6 Rf7 46. Qd8 Rf8 47. Rd1 Re8 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Qxa4 Re7 50. Rc1 {
Emms scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Bd8 13. O-O b6 14. f4 Na6 $5
(14... Nc6 15. b4 bxc5 16. dxc5 Rb8 {
drew in Lautier - Garcia Ilundain, Terrassa 1992.}) 15. b4 Nc7 16. a4 Be7 17.
Rfc1 Bb7 18. Nd1 $1 {White starts a fine knight manoeuvre.} Rfc8 19. Nf2 b5 $6
({Preferable is} 19... Ne8 20. Nd3 Qd8 21. Ne5 a5) 20. Nd3 Bc6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22.
Nc3 bxa4 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxa4 a6 25. Rca1 {
The attack on the queenside increases in strength.} h6 26. Bf1 Bf6 27. h4 g6
28. Kh2 Rcb8 29. Be2 Kh7 $6 30. h5 $1 g5 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Kg7) 31. Bxa6
$1 Nxa6 32. b5 $1 Qc7 ({The pointe is} 32... Rxb5 33. Qd3+ $1) 33. b6 Qe7 34.
Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 {White has gained an important pawn.} Qe8 36. Ra7 Kg8 37.
Kg2 Bd8 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. Qe2 Bf6 40. Nb5 e5 41. Qg4+ {
Sadler and Miles joined the lead after the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84"]
[Date "1997.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The leaders Sadler and Miles drew their game quickly in the last round.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9.
d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Nd5 $5 Na5 $6 ({A novelty will become} 12...
Bd8 $5) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ba2 $1 c5 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. c3 Bc8 17. Bg5 {
Adams has a positional advantage.} Kh8 18. Bd5 $1 Nd8 $1 19. Nf5 Qc7 $2 ({
Correct is} 19... Bxf5 20. exf5 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6) 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 {
A disaster has occurred for Black.} 21. Qf3 $5 Rg8 22. g3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Ng5 24.
Qe3 Rg6 25. a4 $1 {White attacks on both flanks.} bxa4 26. Rxa4 Reg8 27. Rea1
Ne6 28. Nh4 Rg5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Nf5 Qf8 31. Rxa6 $1 Nc7 ({The pointe is} 31...
Bxa6 32. Rxa6 Nc7 33. Nxd6 {(Adams)} Nxa6 34. Qxf6+ R5g7 35. Nxf7+) 32. Nxd6
Nxd5 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. exd5 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qd8 36. c4 Qf8 37. Ra8 Qh6 38. d6 {
Adams and Emms joined the leaders. The final standings became: Adams, Emms,
Miles and Sadler 8/11, Hebden, Summerscale, Speelman, Ledger and Sasikiran 71/
2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{A playoff started after the last round. Adams, Emms, Miles and Sadler played
one cycle of rapid games. Each player got 15 minutes per game + an increment
of 10 seconds per move.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6.
Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 d6 12. a5 Rb8 13.
Be3 $5 ({Theory is} 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6
16. Qe1 Bc8 17. h4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. h5 Nh8 $1 20. Qe2 Nf7 21. d4 Ng5 22.
dxe5 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 dxe5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. h6 g6 27. Qe2 {
White has the initiative.} Qg5 28. Rd7 Qxh6 29. Rxc7 Qh4 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Qh3
Qxh3 32. gxh3 {The rook ending is  drawn.} Rd8 33. Rc6 Rd2 34. b3 Kf7 35. Kf1
Kf6 36. Ke1 Rh2 37. Kd1 Rxh3 38. Rxa6 h5 39. Rb6 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Ra1 41. Rxb4 Rxa5
42. Ra4 Rxa4 43. bxa4 {
Each side has two passed pawns. The kings will stop them.} Ke7 44. a5 Kd6 45.
c4 Kc6 46. Kf3 g5 47. Kg3 Kc5 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 $5 ({Theory is} 9. Nf3) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 $5 {
Miles attacks two pawns.} 11. Bc3 $1 Qg5+ $6 (11... Qxa2 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5
f5 14. Qg5+ {leads to perpetual check}) (11... Qxg2 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 Qxh1
14. Bxh7+ {brings another perpetual.}) 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 ({
Preferable is} 13... Qh4 $5 14. Nh3 b5) 14. Qh5 $6 (14. Bg3 $1 Qxh1 15. Be4 {
gains material.}) 14... f5 $6 (14... g6 $5 15. Qh6 f6 16. Nf3 Rf7 {
defends well.}) 15. Nf3 Qg4 $2 (15... Nf4 $1 16. Bxf4 Qg4 $1 17. Qg5 h6 {
fights back.}) 16. Rhg1 $1 Qxh5 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Rg5+ $6 (18. Rdg1 $1 Nf6 19.
Bxf6 {mates quickly (Horvath).}) 18... Nf6 19. Rxh5 Bxf2 20. Rd2 $5 Be3 21. Rg2
Bd7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Rgxg5 Rf7 24. Rh6 Raf8 25. b3 Bc6 26. Bc4 Bd7 27. a4 a6
28. a5 Bc8 29. Kb2 Bd7 30. Rgg6 Bc8 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Kg7
34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Bxe6 f4 36. Bd5 {Sadler took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. b3 Nd5 $5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Re1 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bg4 $5 18. Qxg4 Bxd2 19. Re2 Bc3 20. Rd1 Rfe8
{The chances are about equal.} 21. Rd3 Bf6 22. Rde3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a5 $5 24. h4
$5 Qc8 $6 {A manoeuvre by the black queen spoils the position.} 25. Qf4 Qb8 26.
Qa4 $1 Qb5 $2 ({Better is} 26... Qd6 {(Atlas).}) 27. Qxb5 cxb5 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29.
c4 $1 {The extra pawn advances.} Kf8 30. Kf1 h6 31. h5 Be7 32. Rf3 Bf6 33. Re3
Be7 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Rf3 Rd7 36. Rf5 bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bb4 38. Ke3 Re7+ 39. Kd4 Rd7+
40. Bd5 Rc7 (40... f6 $5 {weakens square g6.}) 41. g4 Ke8 42. Bc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke4
Rc7 44. Rb5 $1 {He activates the rook.} Be1 45. f4 Bd2 46. g5 $1 a4 $2 (46...
Re7+ $1 47. Kf5 Rd7 48. g6 fxg6+ 49. Kxg6 Bc3 {offers more resistance.}) 47.
gxh6 gxh6 48. Rb6 axb3 49. axb3 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Rc7 51. Rxh6 {
White has gained two pawns.} Kf8 52. Ra6 Rc5+ 53. Kg4 Bc3 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. Bxf7
Kh6 56. Bg8 {Adams overtook the lead from Sadler.} 1-0

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. Ne2 a4 13. c4 h5 14. Bc3 Be7
15. Nfd4 $5 (15. Rfd1 c5 16. Nf4 {drew in a previous game Emms - Miles, 1997.})
15... Bc5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rfd1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Bf5 19. Rd1 Be7 $5 {
Miles wants to win.} 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. e6 $5 f6 $5 22. f4 Be4 23. Re1 f5 24. Rad1
axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 $5 26. Rxe4 $5 {
Emms takes the initiative by a sacrifice of the exchange.} fxe4 27. Nf5 Rh7 $2
({Better is} 27... Bc5+ 28. Kf1 Rg8) 28. Rd7 $2 (28. Nxe7 $1 Kxe7 29. f5 {
plays for a win (Wedberg).}) 28... Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Rf2+ 30. Ke1 Rxf4 31. Nxg7+
Rxg7 $1 32. Rxg7 Bd6 33. c5 $6 Be7 $6 34. b4 b6 35. Be5 Rf5 36. Rg8+ Rf8 37.
Rxf8+ $5 Kxf8 38. Ke2 bxc5 39. bxc5 Bxc5 40. Bxc7 $2 (40. Bf6 {draws.}) 40...
Ke7 41. h3 Kxe6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bd4 44. Bf4 c5 45. Bd2 c4 46. Bc1 Ke5 47.
Bh6 c3 48. Bg7+ Kd5 49. Bf8 Bf6 50. Bh6 Be5 51. Bc1 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. g5 $5 (
53. Ke2 $5 {(Hecht)} Bg7 $1 54. Kd1 Kd4 55. Ke2 Kc4 {wins for Black.}) 53...
Bg7 54. g6 $6 Ke5 55. Ba3 Bh6+ $1 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. g7 Kxg7 58. Kd1 Kg6 59. Bb4
Bg7 60. Kc2 Kf5 61. Bc5 Kf4 62. Bd6+ Kf3 63. Bc5 e3 0-1

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. b3 Rd5 20. Nb2 g5 21.
fxg5 hxg5 22. c4 Rdd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 f5 26. Qd2 Kf7 27.
Nc3 Bc6 28. Ne2 e5 29. Nc3 Ke6 30. h3 f4 31. Qd1 Qa5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kf6
34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qc6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hove"]
[Site "BCF 84 playoff"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rac1 $5 ({Known is} 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Rac1) 16... h6 17. Bd2
Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Re5 Nd7 22. Rh5 Nf6 23. Rh3 $1 e5
$2 ({Better is} 23... Nd5 24. Qh4 Kf8) 24. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 25. Rxh6 Ng4 26. Rxc6
$2 (26. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 27. Rxc6 {wins for White.}) 26... Nxf2 27. Rc7 Nh3+ 28.
gxh3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Re1 Re6 31. Rxe5 Rexe5 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Kf2 Re6 $5
34. c4 $1 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Kg7 36. h4 Re5 37. Kg3 Ra5 38. a4 Rd5 39. h3 Re5 40.
Kg4 Rd5 41. f4 Ra5 42. Rb4 Rc5 43. Rd4 Ra5 44. Kf3 Rh5 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. Kd3 Rh5
47. Ke4 Ra5 48. Rb4 Rh5 49. Kd4 Rxh4 $5 50. Kc5 Rxh3 51. Kb6 Rh6+ 52. Ka7 Rf6
$2 (52... a5 $1 53. Rb5 Rh4 {draws.}) 53. a5 Kh7 54. Kb7 Kg7 55. Rc4 Kh7 56.
Rc6 $2 (56. f5 $1 Rxf5 57. Kxa6 {brings a theoretical win.}) 56... Rxf4 57.
Kxa6 f6 $2 (57... f5 $1 58. Kb7 Rb4+ 59. Rb6 Rxb6+ 60. axb6 f4 {drawn.}) 58.
Kb7 Kg6 59. a6 Rb4+ 60. Rb6 Re4 61. a7 Re8 62. Ka6 Re1 63. Rb5 Re6+ 64. Ka5 Re1
65. Rb4 Re5+ 66. Ka4 Re8 67. Rb8 Re1 68. a8=Q Ra1+ 69. Kb3 Rxa8 70. Rxa8 {
The final standings of the play-off became: Adams and Sadler 2/3, Miles 11/2,
Emms 1/2. Further play did not occur, as was decided before the playoff. So,
Adams and Sadler shared the title.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-fifth British championship was played in Torquay at the south
coast from 27 vii until 7 viii 1998. 66 persons took part. Sponsorship by
Smith & Williamson attracted professionals again. Short participated for the
first time since 1987.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6.
exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nb3 $5 (14. b4 Ba7 15. Rc1 {
happened in Lautier - Anand, Monte Carlo 1997.}) 14... Ba7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4
Ne5 17. Nde4 g5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg3 Bf5 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Bg4 Nf4 $1 22. Bxf4
Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 {
Two favourites have reached an equal position, but they continue the game.} 25.
Rad1 Rac8 26. g3 Rc4 27. Kg2 Bd4 28. Rd3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 $6 (29. Rc1 $1 Re5 30.
g4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Rcxc3 Rxc3 33. bxc3 {keeps the equality.}) 29... Rxc3
30. bxc3 Rc8 {Black has a better rook ending.} 31. Rb1 b5 32. a4 Rc5 33. axb5
axb5 34. gxf4 Kg7 35. Rb4 Kf6 36. f3 Kf5 37. Kg3 f6 38. h3 Rxd5 39. c4 bxc4 40.
Rxc4 Rc5 {Black wants to utilise his passed pawn.} 41. Re4 Rc8 42. Re7 $5 Rd8
43. Rh7 $5 Kg6 $1 44. Ra7 d5 $1 45. Kf2 d4 $1 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Rh7 Kxf4 48. Rxh6
f5 49. h4 d3+ $1 50. Kd2 Kxf3 {Short has gained a pawn.} 51. h5 Kf4 52. Rf6 Kg5
53. Rf7 Rd5 54. Rh7 Kh4 55. Rh8 Kg4 56. Rh7 Rd8 57. Rf7 Kg5 58. Rh7 $1 f4 59.
Kd1 $4 ({Right is} 59. Rf7) 59... Rf8 $4 (59... d2 $1 60. Rf7 Rd4 61. Rh7 f3
62. Rf7 Rd3 63. Rh7 Kg4 64. h6 Kg5 65. Rh8 Kg6 66. h7 Kg7 {
wins for Black (Sadler).}) 60. Ke1 $1 Re8+ 61. Kd2 Rd8 62. Rf7 $1 Rd6 63. Rf8
Kg4 64. Rf7 Rd4 65. Rh7 f3 66. h6 f2 67. Rg7+ Kf3 68. Rf7+ Kg2 (68... Rf4 69.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 70. h7 f1=Q 71. h8=Q Qe2+ 72. Kc3 Qc2+ 73. Kb4 $1 {
leads to a theoretical draw.}) 69. h7 Rh4 70. Rg7+ Kf1 71. Rf7 Rh3 72. Re7 {
The draw was agreed after a long fight.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Candidates for the title were the grandmasters Short, Sadler, Miles and
Speelman.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4
Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14.
h3 a6 15. Rac1 $5 {This will become the usual move.} Qb6 16. Bb1 Bh7 17. Nd2 $5
Qd8 $5 (17... Qxd4 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Bd6 {leaves the initiative to White.}) 18.
Nc4 Nb6 19. Na2 Bf8 20. b3 Ra8 21. Kh1 Nc8 22. a5 $1 {
Black suffers from restriction.} Nd7 23. Nc3 Bb4 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Qg4 Nf6 26.
Qf3 Na7 27. Bg3 Nd7 $6 ({More active is} 27... Nb5) 28. d5 $1 exd5 29. exd5
Bxb1 30. Rxb1 cxd5 31. Ncb6 Nxb6 32. Nxb6 Rad8 33. Nxd5 {
White controls the centre.} Qf8 34. Nc7 $5 Re7 35. Rxd8 $6 {He should retreat.}
(35. Nd5 $5 Ree8 36. Bh4 f6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Nxb4 {
wins for White.}) 35... Qxd8 36. Nd5 Re1+ $1 37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. b4 Qe8 $2 ({
Right is} 38... Nc6 39. Qe4 Kh8) 39. Nc7 Qc6 40. Qe3 Bxb4 41. Qxa7 Bxa5 {
Sadler has gained a piece for two pawns.} 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Ne8 b5 44. Nd6 f6
45. Qa7 Bb4 46. Nf5 Bf8 47. Qf7 Qc8 48. Nd4 $1 Ba3 49. Ne6 Qg8 50. Qd7 $1 Kh8
51. Bc7 Bb4 52. f4 Bc3 53. f5 b4 54. Bd6 {
Bishop d6 moves to f8 and g7. Miles was out of the race.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 h6 7. g4 g5 8. h4 $5
gxh4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxd4 (12... Qxd5 $2 13. Bg2
Qc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 {costs material (Sadler).}) 13. Qxd4 Rg8 14. Bc4 Qa4
$1 15. Kd2 $5 Bd7 16. f3 Bg7 17. Qd3 Bb5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 $5 19. g5 $1 h5 20. g6
Rf8 $1 21. Ke2 $2 (21. Qf5 $1 b4 22. c4 {achieves an advantage.}) 21... b4 $1
22. a3 $2 ({Better is} 22. cxb4 $5 fxg6 23. a3) 22... bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24.
Rac1 Qc4 $1 25. f4 fxg6 26. Rxg6 Bf6 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Bd2 Kf7 29. Rgg1 Rfc8
30. Rh1 R8c5 31. Rb1 b5 32. Rb4 Rxd5 33. Be1 Rdc5 34. Rh3 Kg6 35. Bxh4 Bxh4 36.
Rxh4 Rxc3 {Sadler defended well.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qxb6 $5 axb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 $5 {
The following tactics favour Black.} dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Bd2 $1
({Not} 15. Nxe4 $2 Nb4 $1) 15... Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bf3 17. a3 $2 ({Preferable is} 
17. Bxf3 exf3 18. Re3 b5 19. Rxf3 Rfd8 20. Re3 {
and White has regained the pawn.}) 17... b5 $1 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. h4 Rd3 20.
Bxf3 exf3 21. e6 Rad8 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxg7 $1 Bxh4 $1 24. gxh4 Rg8 $1 25.
Re4 Rxg7+ {Black has an extra pawn in the double rook ending.} 26. Kf1 Kg6 27.
a4 $5 bxa4 $5 28. Rxa4 Re7 29. Rb4 Kf5 30. Kg1 Rg7+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 $1 32. Rc5+ Ke6
33. Rg5 Rxf2+ $1 34. Kg3 Rg2+ 35. Kxf3 R2xg5 36. hxg5 Kf5 $1 37. Rb6 Kxg5 {
Short has two additional pawns in the rook ending.} 38. b4 Kf5 39. b5 c5 40.
Rd6 Ke5 41. Rd8 Rg6 42. Rd7 Rb6 43. Ke3 Rxb5 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Rxh7 Rd4+ 46. Kc3
b5 47. Rh8 Rf4 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kb2 b4 50. Rd8 Ke4 51. Kc2 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rc4 53.
Re8+ Kd5 54. Rd8+ Kc6 55. Rc8+ Kb5 {Speelman was out of the race for the title.
} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. a4 b4 11. e5 $5 Nfd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 $5
{White does not bother about pawn d4.} Nc6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. h4 $5 Rfd8 17. Qe2
Nc5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kh6 $1 (19... Kg6 $2 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. h5+ Kxg5
22. Ne4+ {costs a queen.}) 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxf7+ Kg6 22. Nd6 $2 (22. Ne4 $1
Qe7 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Qg4+ {keeps the attack going.}) 22... Rxd6 $1 23. exd6
Qf5 24. Ne4 Rh8 $2 (24... Rf8 $1 25. d7 Nd8 26. Nd6 d3 $1 {wins for Black.})
25. g4 $1 Qd5 $6 26. h5+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ $1 Kf6 $2 ({Right is} 27... Ke8 $1 28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Bc8) 28. Qd2 $1 e5 29. Ne4+ $2 ({Hebden misses} 29. Re3 $1
g6 30. Rf3+ Kg7 31. Rf7+) 29... Kf7 $1 30. Qg5 Bc8 31. Qg6+ $5 Kf8 32. Ng5 Bxg4
33. Rc1 Rxh5 $1 34. f3 e4 $5 35. Nh7+ Rxh7 $1 36. fxe4 Qe5 $4 {
The last blunder has a fatal effect.} ({Black triumphs by} 36... Qh5 $1 37.
Rf1+ Kg8) 37. Rf1+ {Sadler seemed to be out of the race.} ({White wins by} 37.
Rf1+ Kg8 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Qe3 $5 Nc6 21. Nf1
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qf8 $2 (22... d5 $1 23. e5 Ne4 {solves the weakness d6 timely.})
23. f3 Nd5 $1 24. Qf2 Nc3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd3 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re6 $6 {
Black defends passively.} (27... d5 $5 28. exd5 Qd6 {blockades in the centre.})
28. Rbd1 Rc6 29. Ne3 Qc8 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Nd5 Kg7 33. b4 h6 34. h4
Qf8 35. Qf4 Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 h5 38. Ne3 Rb6 $6 39. a3 $6 (39. Nf5+ $1
gxf5 40. exf5 Re2 41. Qd4+ {would be a nice win for White.}) 39... Qe7 40. Qg3
Kh7 41. Rc1 Qd7 42. Qf4 Rc6 43. Rcd1 Qe7 44. Nd5 Qf8 45. Qg5 Qh8 46. Nf4 Re5
47. Qg3 Qf6 48. Nh3 Bc8 49. Ng5+ Kg7 50. f4 Re8 ({Or} 50... Re7 51. Rxd6 $1
Rxd6 52. e5) 51. f5 $1 Qe5 ({The pointe is} 51... gxf5 52. exf5 Qe5 53. Ne4+
Kh7 54. Nxd6) 52. f6+ $1 Qxf6 53. Rf3 Qe5 54. Rxf7+ Kg8 55. Rdf1 Qxg3+ 56. Kxg3
d5 57. exd5 Rc4 58. R7f4 $6 (58. R1f6 $1 {decides the game quickly.}) 58... Bf5
59. Rxc4 bxc4 60. Rc1 Bd3 61. Ne6 Kf7 62. Kf4 Ke7 63. Ke5 Kd7 64. Kd4 Kd6 65.
Nc5 {Short led by one point on Sadler at the end of the penultimate round.} (
65. Nc5 Re2 66. Nxd3 cxd3 67. Rc6+ $1 Kd7 68. Kxd3 Rxg2 69. Rxa6 {
wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Short has to draw this encounter.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5.
b3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12.
d4 Na5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd5 $5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nd4 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 {
Miles has an active piece in the rook ending.} g5 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxa7 Rxd4 24.
Rb7 Rd6 $2 (24... Rb4 $1 {paralyses the queenside.}) 25. a4 Kg7 26. Kf1 g4 27.
Ke2 h5 28. b4 e5 29. a5 $1 {White creates a distant passed pawn.} bxa5 30. bxa5
Rd4 31. a6 Ra4 32. a7 Kg6 33. Kd3 f6 $2 {Black loses an important tempo.} ({
Correct is the advance on the kingside by} 33... f5 $1 34. Kc3 f4 35. Kb3 Ra1
36. Kb4 h4 $1 37. Kb5 hxg3 38. hxg3 Kf5 39. Re7 $1 fxg3 40. fxg3 Ke4 $1 41. Kb6
Kf3 42. Rxe5 Rxa7 43. Kxa7 Kxg3 {and Short escapes.}) 34. Kc3 Kf5 35. Kb3 Ra1
36. Rc7 $1 Ke6 ({The pointe is} 36... Ke4 37. Rc4+ $1 Kf3 38. Ra4) 37. Kc4 $1
Kd6 38. Rf7 $1 Ke6 $5 (38... Kc6 39. Rxf6+ Kb7 40. Kd5 Kxa7 41. Rf5 {
also wins for White.}) 39. Rh7 Kf5 40. Kd5 Ra5+ {Short's competitor Sadler
wins because his opponent Wells oversteps the time limit. So everything goes
wrong for Nigel.} 41. Kc6 Ke4 42. Kb6 Ra2 43. Rh8 Rxa7 44. Kxa7 Kf3 45. Kb6
Kxf2 46. Kc5 e4 47. Rxh5 e3 48. Rf5+ Kg2 49. Rxf6 Kxh2 50. Kd4 e2 51. Re6 Kxg3
52. Kd3 {The final standings became: Short and Sadler 81/2/11, Miles 8,
Speelman and Ward 71/2, Gormally, Wells, Martin, Houska, Summerscale,
Sasikiran, Hebden, Ledger, Lane and Pert 7, etc. A playoff followed.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85 playoff"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The playoff started after the last round had ended. Sadler and Short played
two rapid games. Each player got 30 minutes per game + an increment of 30
seconds per move.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4
Nbd7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7
13. f3 $5 (13. c5 e5 14. Bc4+ Ke7 15. f3 {
drew in Timman - Andersson, Belfort 1988.}) 13... exf3 14. Nxf3 b6 15. Bd3 Bb7
16. O-O g6 17. e4 $1 Kg7 18. exf5 exf5 19. d5 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bb7 22.
b4 Rhe8 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Bf1 Re7 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rf8 27. Rac1 Rf6 28. Bb5
Nc6 29. a4 a6 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Rd6 Rec7 33. Re1 $2 (33. Rb1 $1
Rxd6 34. cxd6 Rd7 35. Rb6 {draws easily.}) 33... Rxd6 $1 34. cxd6 Rd7 35. Re5
Kf6 36. Ra5 Rxd6 {Black has little winning chances, despite the extra pawn.}
37. h4 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Kh2 Kg4 $1 40. Rc5 f4 41. Rc8 Rd4 42. Rc6 Rxa4 43.
Rxh6 a5 {The black rook stands in front of the passed pawn.} 44. Rg6+ Kf5 45.
Rc6 Ra3 $1 {He prevents 46.Kh3.} 46. Rc8 a4 47. Rf8+ $5 Ke4 48. Re8+ Kd4 49.
Rf8 Ke3 50. Re8+ Kd2 $6 {Short misses the winning chance.} (50... Kd3 $1 51.
Rd8+ Ke2 $1 52. Rd4 Ke3 53. Rc4 Ra2 54. Kg1 $1 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 a3 56. Rc3+ Kd4 57.
Rf3 Ke4 58. Rc3 a2 59. Ra3 Kd4 60. Ra8 {leads to a difficult escape for White.}
) 51. Re4 $1 f3 52. gxf3 Rxf3 53. Rxa4 {The first game ended in a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 85 playoff"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 $5 Be7 8.
c4 Nc7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Ne4 Ne8 12. Be3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. f4 d6
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nxe4 19. dxe4 d5 $1 20. Qd3 Bf6
21. b3 Rd8 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Qc2 Be8 $4 ({Correct is} 23... d4 24. Bd2 Qa3) 24.
cxd5 cxd5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 dxe4 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. Bxf8 Bh4 29. g3 $1 Kxf8
30. gxh4 {White has gained an exchange.} Bb5 31. Rd1 Bd3 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Rg1
Rh5 34. Rg5 Rxh4 35. Kg3 Rh6 36. Rc1 e3 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rgxg7 $1
Bg6 ({The pointe is} 39... e2 40. Rcf7#) 40. Rg8 $1 e5 41. Rf8+ Ke6 42. f5+ Kd6
43. Rfc8 e2 $1 44. Rc1 Rh3+ 45. Kg4 $2 (45. Kxh3 Bxf5+ 46. Kg3 Bxc8 47. Kf2 {
wins more easily.}) 45... Bxf5+ 46. Kxf5 Rf3+ 47. Ke4 Rf1 48. R8c6+ Kd7 49.
Rc7+ Kd8 50. Kd3 e1=Q 51. Rxe1 Rxe1 52. Rxh7 a6 53. Ra7 Rh1 54. Rxa6 Rxh2 {
He has a decisive advantage in the rook ending.} 55. Ra7 Rh4 56. Rb7 Kc8 57.
Re7 Rh3+ 58. Kc4 Re3 59. Kd5 Re2 60. a4 Rb2 61. Kc4 Re2 62. a5 e4 63. b4 Kd8
64. Re5 Kc7 65. b5 Ra2 66. Kb4 Rb2+ 67. Kc5 Rc2+ 68. Kd5 Rd2+ 69. Kxe4 Ra2 70.
b6+ Kc6 71. Re6+ Kd7 72. b7 $1 Ra4+ 73. Kd3 Kc7 74. a6 Rb4 75. Re8 {Short had d
efeated Sadler by 11/2-1/2. The winner had earned 7,650 pounds and the loser 7,
350 pounds.} 1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 86"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-sixth British championship was played in Scarborough from 1 until
13 viii 1999. 92 persons participated. Hodgson was the star.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10.
Nxc4 Nd5 $5 ({Known is} 10... c5) 11. Bg3 c5 12. Be4 $5 N7f6 13. Bf3 b5 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd3 $6 (17. a4 {keeps an edge.}) 17... Bxe3
$1 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Qe2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qd5 {
Hodgson has the initiative.} 22. a3 f6 23. Be1 $6 ({More active is is} 23. b4
$5 e5 24. Nc5) 23... e5 $1 24. Rh3 Rad8 25. Bc3 $5 Qc4 26. Kf1 Rf7 27. Nf2 Rc7
$1 28. Qxc4+ Rxc4 {Black has a rook plus two pawns for a bishop and knight.
White has to defend passively in the endgame.} 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Ne4 h5 31. h4
Ke6 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. Kf3 Rd7 34. b3 Rc6 35. Ng3+ Kg6 36. Ke4 $6 ({Preferable is
} 36. Nf1 Rd1 37. Ke2 Rc1 38. Bb4) 36... a5 $1 37. Nf5 ({The pointe is} 37.
Bxa5 Rd4+ 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Bd2 Rxh4) 37... a4 38. Bb4 Kf7 39. Kf3
g6 40. Ng3 Rd1 41. Ne4 $6 ({Better is} 41. bxa4 $5 bxa4 42. Ne4) 41... Rc2 $1
42. bxa4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 f5 $1 44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. Rd3 $2 (45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. Bxc3 Rc1
47. Bb4 bxa4 48. Kf3 {tries to survive.}) 45... f4+ $1 46. Kh2 ({Or} 46. Kh3
Rh1#) 46... Rcc1 47. Ne4+ Kf5 48. Ng3+ fxg3+ 49. Kxg3 bxa4 50. Rd8 Rf4 51. Rf8+
Ke4 52. Ra8 Rg4+ {Hodgson had scored 51/2/6.} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 86"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 g5 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5 Qxd4 8. c4 {
Julian likes this version of the Trompowsky Attack.} Nd7 {
Black has gained a pawn at the cost of time.} ({Hodgson encountered} 8... Bg7
9. e3 Qc5 {in other games.}) 9. e3 Qc5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nd3 Qb6 12. a4 $6 Nc5 $1
13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxb2 $6 {Black plays a poor new move.} (14... cxd5 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 {drew in Hodgson - Krasenkow, Germany 1998.}) 15. a5 $1 Qb4 $1 ({Not} 
15... Bxc1 $2 16. axb6 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 a6 18. Bxa6 {(Lalic).}) 16. Qb1 Nf6 17.
Ra4 $6 {Actually, this brilliant move is a slight error.} ({Preferable is} 17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. O-O Qxd2 $6 19. Ra2 $1) 17... Qxa4 $1 18. Qxb2 Qxa5 19. d6 $1 Bf5
$6 ({Better is} 19... Qd5 20. Ke2 Rg8) 20. e4 $1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. O-O $3
(22. Qxh8+ $2 Kd7 23. Qd4 Qxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 exd6 {
brings an unclear position (Lalic).}) 22... Nxg3 23. Qxh8+ $1 Kd7 24. Qxa8 Ne2+
25. Kh1 Qxd2 26. dxe7 Kxe7 27. Qxb7+ Kf6 28. Qxc6+ {White has won an exchange.}
Kg7 $5 29. Qe4 $1 h5 30. Qe5+ $5 Kg6 31. f4 gxf3 32. Qe4+ f5 33. Qc6+ Kg5 34.
Qxf3 f4 35. g3 $5 h4 $1 36. gxf4+ Nxf4 37. Rd1 Qa5 38. Rg1+ Kf5 39. Qg4+ Ke4
40. Rf1 Qd2 41. Qf3+ Ke5 42. h3 a5 43. Rf2 Qd4 44. Rf1 Qb4 $5 45. Qe3+ Kf5 46.
Kh2 a4 47. Rf2 Qe4 48. Qxe4+ Kxe4 49. Ra2 Kf5 50. Rxa4 Kg5 51. Ra5+ Kg6 52. Ra1
Kh5 53. Rg1 Ne6 54. Rg4 Ng5 55. Kg2 Ne6 56. Kf3 Ng5+ 57. Kf4 $1 {
Julian finds an elegant win.} Nxh3+ 58. Kf5 Nf2 59. Rg8 $1 Kh6 60. Rh8+ $1 Kg7
61. Rxh4 {He will gain the knight too.} Nd3 62. Rd4 Nc5 63. Rc4 Nb3 64. Rc7+
Kf8 65. Rc3 Nd4+ 66. Ke5 Nb5 67. Rc5 Na3 68. Kd4 Ke7 69. Kd3 Kd6 70. Ra5 {
Hodgson wins the knight. He has made 61/2/7.} 1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 86"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3
Qc7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Qd4 $5 Ng6 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... O-O 11. b5 Nd7) 11. b5
Nd7 12. Ba3 $6 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxg7 {gains an advantage.}) 12...
Ndxe5 13. Nd2 b6 $2 (13... f6 $1 14. cxd5 exd5 {equalises.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
g3 Be6 $6 (15... Bg4 $1 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. O-O Be2 {activates a bishop.}) 16.
Bg2 O-O-O 17. O-O Nc4 $5 18. Rfd1 Nge5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxg7 h5 $5 21. Bc1 $1
{White intends Bf4.} Rdg8 $6 22. Qd4 Kb7 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Ra6 Nb6
26. Be3 Bd7 27. c4 $1 Be6 28. Bxc5 Nxc4 29. Rxa7+ {The final standings became:
Hodgson 9/11, Wells, Rahman and Kunde 8, Lalic, Rowson, Turner, Kosten,
Sasikiran, Webster and Davies 71/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Street"]
[Site "BCF 87"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-seventh British championship was played at Millfield School in
Street, Somerset, from 31 vii until 12 viii 2000. 68 persons participated.
Hodgson defended the title.} 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Bxf6 $5 ({
Theory is} 4. e3) 4... gxf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 f5 $1 8. d4 c5 $5 9.
c3 Nc6 $1 10. Bb5 Qa5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O (12. Qxf5 $5 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxd4
14. b4 Qb6 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qc2 Qxa1 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Qxa8+ Kg7 19. Qxd5
Qxb1+ 20. Ke2 $1 Qxh1 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. Qc6+ {
leads to perpetual check (Speelman).}) 12... e6 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 $2 ({
Better is} 14. Qd1) 14... cxb4 15. cxb4 Rxb4 $1 16. axb4 Qxa1 {
Speelman has gained a pawn.} 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Qc7 Qb2 19. Qxa7 f4 $1 20. exf4 $6
(20. Qa3 $5 Qxa3 21. Nxa3 Ra8 $1 22. Nc2 {defends passively.}) 20... Qxb4 21.
Rd1 Qb3 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Qa3 Rb8 $1 24. f5 $5 Qxa3 25. Nxa3 Rb3 $1 26. Nb1 Bxd4
27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Nd2 Rb2 29. Nf3 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 {Speelman had a great start,
but he played too many draws during the rest of the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Street"]
[Site "BCF 87"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knott, Simon"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Na6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Ng6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Nd2 $5 (13. Nd4 {
was played in Knott - Ward, round 5.}) 13... f5 $1 14. exf5 Nh4 $5 15. f3 Nxf5
16. d4 Qf6 $5 17. Bf2 Na6 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. d5 d6 20. dxe6 Rae8 21. Bd3 Rxe6 22.
Qc1 Qh5 23. g4 $6 ({Better is} 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Rg6 25. h4) 23... Rg6 24.
Bg3 $2 {Knott fails tactically.} ({Correct is} 24. c5 $1 Nxc5 25. Bc4+ $5 d5
26. Bg3 $1 Nxg3 27. gxh5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxc1 29. Nxc5 dxc4 30. hxg6 Bxf3+ 31.
Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Rxc1 bxc5 {and a drawn rook ending has been reached.}) 24... Nxg3
25. hxg3 ({Or} 25. Nxg3 Rxg4 26. fxg4 $2 Qc5+) 25... Qh3 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. Nxc5
Rxg4 $1 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 {
Hodgson won many games after his loss in the second round.} 0-1

[Event "Street"]
[Site "BCF 87"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 O-O 8. g4
Be6 $5 ({Known is} 8... Bg6 9. Bg2 Na6) 9. Bg2 c6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12.
Bg3 Re8 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Bh4 a6 16. Rc2 Rc7 17. Qc1 Bc8 $5 18. Nf4 $1
Na8 $2 {Rook c7 becomes vulnerable and the knight remains unactive.} ({
Better is} 18... Rd7 $1 19. Nh5 Be7) 19. Nh5 $1 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 ({The pointe is} 21... Qxf6 $2 22. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Qxc7 {
and White gains a pawn.}) 22. Ne2 $6 (22. e4 $1 dxe4 23. Qf4 {
continues the attack.}) 22... f5 $1 23. f3 $5 Qg5 $6 (23... f6 $1 24. Nf4 fxg4
25. fxg4 f5 {defends properly.}) 24. Nf4 Rce7 $2 {
Summerscale misses some tactics.} 25. e4 $5 ({The alternative is} 25. Nxd5 $1
cxd5 26. Rxc8 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rfc1) 25... dxe4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rc5 $1
Qh4 ({Or} 27... f5 28. Nd5 $1 Qxc1 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rfxc1) 28. Nh5 $1 f5 29.
Qh6 $1 Rf8 30. g5 Qg3 31. Nxg3 {Hodgson kept on winning.} 1-0

[Event "Street"]
[Site "BCF 87"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Ba6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. e5 d5 12. Qe3 {They play a remarkable opening.} f6
$5 ({The modest} 12... h6 {occurred in Nunn - Chandler, England 1998.}) 13.
Rfe1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Qf7 {He vacates e7.} 15. Nxd5 $2 {
Chandler shows too much optimism.} (15. Nd4 Ne7 16. Ne4 $1 O-O 17. Nf6+ {
keeps an advantage.}) 15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 $1 exd5 17. e6 Qe7 18. exd7+ Kf7 $1 {
Hodgson has to defend accurately.} (18... Kxd7 $2 19. Qb6 $1 {wins for White.})
19. Qh3 $2 ({The enterprising} 19. d8=N+ $1 Rxd8 20. Qb6 $1 Qf6 21. Qa7+ Ne7
22. Nd4 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 19... Nf6 20. Nd4 Qxd7 21. Re6 {
White threatens Rxf6+.} (21. Ne6 Rhe8 {wins for Black (McShane).}) 21... Ne4 $1
22. Re1 Rad8 $1 23. Qf3 Bxd4 24. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rhf8 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Qxf2
Qd1+ 28. Qg1 Kg8 $1 {Hodgson defeated Ward in the penultimate round. The final
standings became: Hodgson 81/2/11, Ward 8, Speelman, Hebden, Chandler and
Gormally 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 88"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Knott, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-eighth British championship was played at the Spa Center in
Scarborough from 30 vii until 10 viii 2001. 70 persons participated. Smith &
Williamson sponsored an amount of 25,000 pounds.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6
4. Nc3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 g6 $5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd2 a6
11. a4 Ne5 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 ({Not} 13... Bxf5 $2 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4) 14.
a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Ra2 Re8 17. Kh1 $5 Qd8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20.
Nce4 $5 f5 21. Ng3 Ra7 $5 22. Nc4 Rf7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Raa1 Qf6 25. c3 Qg6 $6 {
The h-pawn needs no support.} ({Preferable is} 25... h5 $1 26. Nxh5 Qh4 27. Ng3
Rh7 28. Kg1 Qxh2+ 29. Kf2 Qh6) 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h5 $2 {
He allows the next attack.} (27... Rb7 28. Ra1 Rb8 {defends properly.}) 28. Nb6
$1 {White takes over the initiative.} Bb7 29. Re6 $1 Qh7 30. Kg1 h4 31. Nf1 Qh5
32. Ne3 Bh6 $5 33. g3 $5 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bf8 35. Ng2 Be7 36. Qe3 Qh7 37. Kf2 Qg7
$5 38. Qd3 $5 Qh7 39. Qe3 Qg7 $5 40. Qd3 $5 Qh7 {
Poor moves were made before the time control.} 41. Qd1 Kg7 $5 42. Qa4 Qh8 43.
Qd7 $1 Qd8 ({Or} 43... Bf8 44. Qd8 Qh1 45. Qg5+) 44. Qxb7 Bf8 45. Qc6 Rc7 46.
Qe8 {Joe Gallagher scored well. He competed with Julian Hodgson for the lead.}
1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 88"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Rab1 $5 ({Usual is} 
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5) 13... Be6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Kf7 17. Nb3
Qc7 18. Kh1 $5 g5 $5 19. Rbd1 h5 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Qe2 Qb4 22. Rd3 b5 $5 23. axb5
axb5 24. h4 $6 g4 $6 (24... gxh4 $1 25. f4 Kg7 26. fxe5 dxe5 {gains a plus.})
25. f4 Qc4 26. Nd2 Qc5 27. f5 b4 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Nd5 $6 (29. Nd1 $1 Rhf8 30.
Ne3 Qc6 31. Nec4 {keeps the equality.}) 29... Nxd5 30. exd5+ Kd7 31. c3 Rhf8
32. Ne4 Qc4 33. Ra1 $6 bxc3 34. bxc3 Ra8 35. Rb1 Ra2 36. Qe3 Rf4 37. Ng3 $2 ({
Correct is} 37. Nd2 Qc5 38. Ne4) 37... Qa6 $2 ({Black misses} 37... Bxh4 38.
Nxh5 $2 Bf2 $1) 38. Nxh5 Ra1 39. Rxa1 $4 ({Better is} 39. Rdd1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1
Rf1+ 41. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 42. Kh2 Qc4) 39... Qxa1+ 40. Kh2 g3+ $1 41. Kxg3 Bxh4+ 42.
Kh2 Bf2 $1 43. Qxf4 exf4 44. Nxf4 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Be3 46. Ne2 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+
48. Kf3 Qf2+ 49. Ke4 Bh6 {Gallagher was on his way to the title.} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "BCF 88"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Lane, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bc4 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Ne3 Re8 17. a4 $5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rd6 Re6 19. Rd2 Bg7 20. Rfd1
{ended as a draw in Miles - Fedorov, Saint Vincent 2000.}) 17... b4 18. Nd2
bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Nd5 $5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. f3 f5 24. Nd6
Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bf2 Rd8 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc7 Qc4 $1 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. h4
$2 ({Preferable is} 30. Qd2 Nf7 31. Nd5 {and the knight returns into the game.}
) 30... Be5 $1 {Black hunts the knight.} 31. Na8 Ne6 32. Be1 {
He protects pawn c3.} Qf4 33. Kf1 Qh2 $1 34. Qb3 $5 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 $2 {
Poor Tony collapses.} (35. Kf2 Qxh4+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 {
offers more resistance.}) 35... Qxg2+ 36. Bf2 Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Nb6 Nf4+ $1
39. Ke3 Bd4+ $1 40. cxd4 cxd4+ 41. Kxd4 ({The pointe is} 41. Kxf4 g5+ 42. hxg5+
hxg5#) 41... Qxf2+ 42. Kc4 $2 Qc2+ 43. Kb4 ({Or} 43. Kd4 Ne6+ 44. Ke3 f4#)
43... Nd3+ 44. Ka5 Qd2+ $1 {This was Miles' last decided game in a British
championship. Hereafter, he drew two games and withdrew in the last round. He
died of diabetes in November 2001. The final standings became: Gallagher 8/11,
Hodgson, Arkell, Wells, Emms, Gormally, Lalic and Hebden 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 89"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The eighty-ninth British championship was played in Torquay from 29 vii until
9 viii 2002. 94 persons took part. They came from British and non-British
Commonwealth countries.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rd8
13. Nf1 Ne6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 $5 ({Known is} 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2) 15... Na7 $6 {
Black loses time.} ({More useful is} 15... Bc5 $5 16. Ng3 d4) 16. Ng3 bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nb5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {White has the initiative.} g6 $5 ({
Slightly better is} 19... Qc6 20. Ba4 Qc4) 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 O-O 22. Nf5 $1 f6
$2 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Qxf5 Rfe8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. h6 {wins for White (Postny)})
(22... d4 $5 23. Nxg7 Nxg7 {tries to survive.}) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25.
Bxh6 fxe5 26. Qg3 $1 e4 27. Rad1 $1 {White threatens Bxe4.} Qe7 28. Qxg6+ Ng7
29. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 30. Bxe4 Re5 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bxg7 Rh5 33. Bg6# {
Ramesh scored an elegant win.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 89"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knott, Simon"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c5 Nb8 17. b4 a6 {They follow a long theoretical line.} 18. a4
$5 Nc6 19. b5 Rd8 $5 20. Qc1 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22.
Bd3) 20... Nd4 $1 21. Bxd4 $6 ({More solid is} 21. Qb2 $1) 21... exd4 22. e5
Qe7 23. bxa6 d3 $1 24. axb7 (24. Bd1 Rxa6 25. Qe3 {defends passively.}) 24...
Bxb7 25. Bd1 d2 $1 26. Qa3 ({The pointe is} 26. Nxd2 Bxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 Qg5+)
26... Ba6 27. Qe3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Ra5 29. Ra2 Qxc5 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Bxe5
32. Qxh6 Qc4+ 33. Be2 Qxa4 34. g3 Qe4 35. Qd2 Ra3 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qe7 Ra1+ 38.
Kg2 Qxe2 39. Qxe5+ Qxe5 40. Nxe5 Kf6 {Gallagher was the defending champion.}
0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 89"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Nd2 c5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 $5 ({Known is} 17. Nb3) 17... a6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Bf2
Qa5 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. a3 h6 22. Rcd1 b5 $2 {Hebden misses a tactical point.} ({
Preferable is} 22... Nd7 23. Kg2 Nb6) 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Nxe4 $2 {
The errors continue.} 25. Rxe4 $1 Bxc3 ({The pointe is} 25... Rxe4 26. Bxc6 $1
{(Stohl).}) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd3 $1 {Black will lose material.} Bf5 28. Qf1
$1 Be4 $1 29. bxc3 Bxf3 30. Rxd6 {White has won a pawn.} Rc8 31. Qd3 Rd8 32.
Bxc6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qb6 34. Bxc5 {
The young Kuneru became the British champion for females.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 89"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. f4 exf4 12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. h4 h5
{They play an ambitious line of the Chigorin Defence.} 15. e5 $5 ({Known is} 
15. Rb5) 15... Qe6 16. Be2 Nce7 $5 {He returns the pawn.} 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Bc1
$5 c5 19. Ba3 $2 ({More solid is} 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. O-O) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4
Nf5 $1 21. Bxf8 Nxd4 $1 22. Qe4 Rxb7 23. Qxd4 $2 (23. Qxb7 $2 Qxe5 24. Qa6 Nf3+
{wins for Black}) (23. Bd6 Nxe2 24. Qxb7 Nd4 25. Qa8+ {offers more resistance.}
) 23... Nxf8 $2 (23... Rb1+ 24. Bd1 Nxe5 $1 {ends the game.}) 24. O-O Qf5 25.
Bf3 Rd7 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Re7 28. Rd1 $6 (28. Re1 $5 Nd7 29. Rc1 Rxe5 30.
Rc8+ Nf8 {also costs two pawns.}) 28... Rxe5 29. f3 g6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Bd5 Re7
32. Bb3 Rd7 33. Re1 f6 34. Re4 g5 35. Ra4 Ng6 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Ra5 Kh6 38. Ra6
g4 39. Be6 g3+ 40. Ke1 g2 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Nh4 43. Bh3+ Kg5 44. Ra5+ Kf6
45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. Ra5+ Kd4 47. Ra4+ Kd3 48. Ra3+ Kc2 49. Kh2 Rf2 50. Bxg2 Nxg2
51. Kg1 Rd2 52. Rxa7 Ne1 53. Rc7+ Kd1 54. Rc3 Ke2 55. a4 Nxf3+ 56. Kg2 Nd4 {
Sasikiran competed at the top.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "BCF 89"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. f4 Qc7 14. h3 Nb6 15.
f5 $5 (15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {
happened in Bologan - Zhang Zhong, Shanghai 2001.}) 15... Bd7 16. Bxb6 $6 {
White exchanges a valuable bishop.} Qxb6 17. g4 b4 $1 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5
$1 {Black attacks on the queenside.} 20. Qe2 $2 ({Preferable is} 20. Qg2 $5 a4
21. Nd2 a3 $6 22. Nc4 $1 Qd4 23. Be2 $1) 20... a4 21. Nd2 a3 $1 22. Ne4 ({
The pointe is} 22. Nc4 Qd4 $1 {and White cannot play Be2.}) 22... Qd4 23. c3
bxc3 24. Bc2 Qc4 $6 {The exchange favours White.} 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. bxc3 Ba4
27. Nd2 Rf4 28. Rhf1 hxg4 $2 {Rowson should not exchange bishops.} 29. Rxf4 $1
Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 exf4 31. hxg4 Bf6 $5 32. Nc4 Kd7 33. Nxa3 Rh3 34. Nb5 Be5 35. a4
Kc8 36. a5 Kb7 37. Ra1 Ka6 38. Nc7+ Ka7 $1 39. Ra3 f3 {
Black has sufficient counter-play.} 40. Nb5+ Ka6 41. Nc7+ Ka7 42. Kd3 $1 {
Ramesh tries a winning chance.} f2+ 43. Ke2 Rf3 $1 44. Ra1 $1 Bxc3 $2 {
The tables turn.} ({Correct is} 44... Rf4 $1 45. Rb1 f1=Q+ 46. Rxf1 Rc4 {
and Black survives.}) 45. Kxf3 Bxa1 46. Kxf2 Be5 $5 47. g5 $5 Bf4 48. Ne6 $1 {
White delivers a wonderful sacrifice.} Bd2 ({The pointe is} 48... fxe6 49. f6
$1 gxf6 50. g6 Bh6 51. dxe6 {and White wins (Ftacnik).}) 49. Ke2 Bc1 50. g6
fxg6 51. fxg6 Bb2 52. Nd8 Ka6 53. Nc6 Bc3 54. Kd3 Be1 (54... Bxa5 55. Nxa5 Kxa5
56. Ke4 Kb4 57. Kf5 Kc4 58. Ke6 Kc5 59. Kf7 {
leads to a won pawn ending (Ftacnik).}) 55. Ke4 Bc3 56. Kf5 Bb2 57. Ke6 Ba3 58.
Kf7 Bb2 59. Ne7 Kxa5 60. Nf5 Kb5 61. Nxg7 Kc5 62. Ne8 Bh8 63. Ke6 {Ramesh defea
ted McShane in the last round and gained the title. The final standings became:
Ramesh 81/2/11, Gallagher and Sasikiran 8, Haslinger, McShane, Kunte, Flear
and Barua 71/2, Harikrishna, Speelman, Germally, Kuneru, Ganguly, Turner,
Wells, Sandipan and Lalic 7, etc. Eight of the top seventeen came from India.
So, it looked like the Indian Open.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 90"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninetieth British championship was played in Edinburgh from 14 until 25
vii 2003. 94 persons took part. The event had a Commonwealth participation for
the last time.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 d6 7.
cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Qe4 Re8 11. Re1 Nb6 $5 ({An alternative is} 
11... Bd7) 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Bb1 N4d5 {Both sides lose time.} 15. Qg4
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. h4 $5 {He starts a cutthroat action.} Nd7 $2 {
Black defends passively.} ({The adventurous} 17... Qxc3 $5 18. h5 Qxa1 19. Bh6
Bf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $1 Qxe1+ $1 22. Nxe1 Bxh6 23. Qh5 Re7 $1 24. Qxh6
fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 {
leads to perpetual check (Winants).}) 18. h5 $1 f5 $6 (18... Nf8 $5 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qxc3 22. Be4 {brings a decisive attack for White.})
19. Qg3 Kg7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxf5 $1 {Motwani breaks the defence line.} exf5
22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Bh6+ $1 {The end is elegant.} Kxh6 ({Or} 23... Kh7 24. Ng5+
$1) 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Rxe8 Nf8 26. Rae1 {White has a mate attack.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 90"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qg5 d6 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 b4
15. Ne2 Bd7 $5 (15... a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nbc1 {
happened in Groszpeter - Korneev, Zalakaros 2003.}) ({An alternative is} 15...
Nxe4 16. Qxh7 Nf6 17. Qh6) 16. Kb1 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rc1 b3 $2 {
Black sacrifices a second pawn.} 20. axb3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Nc6 $6 22. Bxf6 $1 Rg6
23. Qxh7 Bxf6 24. Nh5 Qa7 25. c3 $2 ({Better is} 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. e5 Nxe5 27.
Qe4 {and White wins.}) 25... Ra8 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Nd2 $6 (27. f4 $5 Qa2+ 28.
Kc2 Nb4+ 29. cxb4 Rc8+ 30. Nc5 dxc5 31. b5 {keeps an edge.}) 27... Ne5 28. Nc4
$2 (28. Kc2 Ba4+ 29. Kb1 Bd7 {draws.}) 28... Qa2+ $1 29. Kc2 Ke7 $1 30. Nxe5
Ba4+ 31. Kd3 Qxb2 32. Nc6+ Bxc6 33. Rc2 Qb1 34. e5 dxe5 35. Ke3 e4 $1 {
Kunte scored an important win.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 90"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The players do not have British names.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2
Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Ba6 11. Qc2
Nd5 12. Nc3 $5 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. fxe5 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rcd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5
Rd8 24. Qa4 g6 $1 25. f4 Rxd5 26. Qe8+ Bf8 27. Bxd5 Qe7 {The chances are equal.
} 28. Qc8 Kg7 $5 (28... Qh4 $1 29. Kf1 Qh5 {draws.}) 29. Kg2 Qh4 {Too late.}
30. Qd7 Qe7 31. Qc6 g5 $6 (31... Qh4 32. h3 Qe1 33. Qf6+ Kh6 34. Qxf7 Bg7 {
will be followed by perpetual check.}) 32. Qc8 $1 f6 33. Qf5 $1 gxf4 34. Be4 $1
Kf7 35. exf4 $6 (35. e6+ $1 Kg8 36. exf4 {attacks.}) 35... Bg7 $2 (35... Qe6
36. Qxh7+ Bg7 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. b3 Qf7 {defends properly.}) 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37.
Qxh7 Ke8 38. Qg8+ Qf8 39. Qe6+ Kd8 40. Bc6 Qe7 41. Qd5+ Kc7 42. Bb5 $1 fxe5 43.
Qc6+ Kd8 ({Or} 43... Kb8 44. Ba6 Qc7 45. Qe8+) 44. Qa8+ Kc7 45. Qxa7+ Kd6 46.
Qxb6+ Kd5 47. Bc6+ Ke6 48. Be4+ $1 Qd6 49. f5+ $1 Ke7 50. Qxd6+ Kxd6 51. b3 Bf6
52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke2 Bh4 54. a4 Ke8 {
Harikrishna and Kunte competed for the first place.} 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 90"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The first player came from Bangladesh.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5
Qc8 12. cxd5 $5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Rac1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nh5 16. e4 Bb7 17. c4
Nxf4 18. gxf4 dxe4 19. c5 $5 Bd5 $1 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bxd5 $2 (21. f3 $5 bxc5
22. dxc5 {defends the centre.}) 21... Nxd5 22. Qe4 Qd8 23. Kh1 $5 Qh4 $1 24.
Nd3 Rfd8 25. Rg1 Qf6 $5 26. Rg4 Rac8 27. Rg5 $6 (27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 {
offers more resistance.}) 27... g6 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Ne5 Rd5 30. c6 $5 Nf5 $1 31.
Rc3 h6 32. Rg4 Rxd4 {Black has gained a pawn.} 33. Nd7 $5 Qg7 $1 34. Qe1 h5 35.
Rg5 Rxf4 {He grabs a second pawn.} 36. Kh1 Qd4 37. f3 Ne7 38. Ne5 Qd6 39. Rd3
Rd4 40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Rg2 Qf4 42. Qc3 Qf5 43. Qa3 Qf6 $5 {
The Indian Kunte scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "BCF 90"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Kunte led by half-a-point on Harikrishna, when the last round began.} 1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. Bb3 Ngf6 8. O-O Qe7 9.
Bg5 e5 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Qg3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rfe1) 12... Kh7 $5
13. Qh4 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Bg5 $5 Ba6 $5 16. dxe5 $5 {
The following tactics are alright for Black.} ({Preferable is} 16. Rfe1 $1)
16... dxe5 17. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 b4 $1 19. Rd1 Qc7 {
Two white pieces are under attack.} 20. Be7 bxc3 21. Nxc3 {
White has a knight and pawn for a rook.} Rfe8 22. Bd6 $6 (22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Be7 {
draws.}) 22... Qa7 23. Na4 $6 Rad8 $1 24. c4 Bf8 $6 (24... Qb7 $1 25. Qg3 Bxc4
$1 26. Bxc4 Bf8 27. Nc5 Qa7 28. Nd3 Bxd6 {favours Black.}) 25. c5 $1 Qb7 26.
Qg3 Rd7 $2 {He loses two tempi.} ({Right is} 26... Bb5 $1 27. Nc3 Bxd6 28. cxd6
Rd7) 27. Nb6 $1 Rdd8 28. h4 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Rf8 $1 (29... Qxb6 $2 30. Bxf7 Rg8
31. Bxg8+ Rxg8 32. d7 {wins for White.}) 30. Na4 Qb5 $6 (30... Qb8 $5 31. Nc5
Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Nxa6 Qd4 {offers more resistance.}) 31. Qc3 $1 c5 $5 32.
Nxc5 Rc8 33. Rd5 $5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qg3 Qf1 36. Rxe5 Bc4 37. Ba4 Kg7 38.
b3 Be2 39. d7 Rcd8 40. Nb7 Rb8 41. Re8 Qf6 42. Nd6 Rd8 43. e5 {Kotronias and
Motwani caught up with Harikrishna. The final standings became: Kunte 81/2/11,
Harikrishna, Motwani and Kotronias 8, Rowson, Galagher, Summerscale and Pert
71/2, etc. So, the title was won by an Indian in front of an Indian, Scottish
and Greek player. The entry criteria for the next championship would change.}
1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "GBR 91"]
[Date "2004.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The British championship was open for all Commonwealth players until many
Indians began to participate. Only inhabitants of Great Britain are allowed
since 2004. The ninety-first British championship was played in the Spa
Complex at Scarborough from 2 until 13 viii 2004. 62 persons took part.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9.
Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nf2 Ne8 13. g3 c5 14. b4 b6 15. Bg2 f5 16.
O-O Nf6 17. Rb1 $5 ({Known is} 17. Rc2) 17... Qc7 18. Rfc1 Kh8 $5 19. Rc3 Rbe8
$6 (19... a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 {defends the queenside.}) 20. a4 $1 Bc8 21. a5 $1
cxb4 22. Rxb4 bxa5 23. Rb2 Nd7 $6 24. Nd3 $6 (24. c5 $1 Rd8 25. c6 Nc5 26. Ra3
{gains an advantage.}) 24... fxe4 25. fxe4 Ng8 26. c5 $1 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28.
Bxc5 Rf7 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Qc1 Nf6 $2 ({Better is} 30... Ref8 31. Bc5 Ne7) 31.
Rbc2 $1 Rff8 32. h3 $5 Qb5 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Bb6 Rde8 34. Rc7 Qd8 {
offers more resistance.}) 33. Rb2 Qa4 34. Rc4 Qd7 35. Rc7 Qa4 $5 36. Nc3 Qa3
37. Bc5 {The queen has been caught. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant moved from Georgie
to Edinburgh, when she married Jonathan Grant. So she was allowed to
participate. She became female champion, despite this loss.} 1-0

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "GBR 91"]
[Date "2004.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. O-O-O Be6 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Nd5 $5 (16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. Nxa5 Bxd2 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxd2 {
drew in Tiviakov - Dominguez, Wijk aan Zee 2004.}) 16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Bd7 (19... h5 $5 20. Rb4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc7 {
will draw in Kobalia - Gelfand, Internet 2004.}) 20. g3 Bc6 21. h4 gxh4 22.
gxh4 e5 23. Rc4 Nf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 23... Ne7 $1 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Bh3 Rd8)
24. Nxf4 exf4 {Black has a weakness.} 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Re1 Kf6 $5
28. c4 Ke5 $5 29. Red1 b6 $5 30. b4 $5 Rhg8 31. b5 $6 (31. R4d3 Rg3 32. Bf5 {
shows prophylactic play.}) 31... axb5 32. cxb5 Ba8 $5 33. Ra4 Rg3 34. Bg4 Bb7
35. Bh5 $2 {White forces an undesirable move.} f5 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 36. Ra7 $6 (36. exf5 $1 Bxf3 37. Bxf3 Rxf3 38. Ra6
{defends well.}) 36... Rg7 $1 {He threatens ..Bxe4+.} 37. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 38. Rd5+
Ke6 39. Rxf5 Rc7 40. Rxf4 Rc5 $1 41. Bf7+ Ke5 $1 {
Jonathan wins by an attack in the centre.} 42. Rf5+ Kd4 43. Rf6 $5 Rxb5+ 44.
Bb3 Rh5 45. Rf4 Ke3 46. Rg4 Kxf3 47. Bd1+ Kf2 48. Rf4+ Ke3 {
Rowson had scored 61/2/7!} 0-1

[Event "Scarborough"]
[Site "GBR 91"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.08.02"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Ngf3
Qe7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Bd7) 9. Qf4 cxd4 $6 (9... f6 10. Bb5 g5 11. Qg3 Nh6 {
counters on the kingside.}) 10. exd4 Qf6 11. Qe3 h5 {
White has the better bishop.} 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Bd3 $1
Nh6 16. Nf3 Kf8 $5 17. h3 Kg7 18. Qf4 a6 19. g4 $1 Bb5 20. Bc2 $1 d4 $2 {
Black blunders a pawn.} 21. Nxd4 Bc6 22. Rg1 $5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd5 24. O-O-O $1
Qh4 $5 (24... Bxa2 25. b3 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 {wins for White.}) 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3
Ng8 27. Nf3 Qe7 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. Rh1 Rh6 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Rde1 Rd3 32. Rxh6 Nxh6
33. Rh1 Ng8 34. Nf6 Qc5 35. Rh7+ {Rowson only scored two points in the last
four rounds, but it was enough for the title. The final standings became:
Rowson 81/2/11, Williams and Wells 8, Motwani, Greet, Emms and Gwaze 71/2, etc.
} 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man"]
[Site "GBR 92"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-second British championship was played in Douglas at the Isle of
Man. 46 persons participated. Rowson played the main role again, despite an
early loss.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4
a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 $5 (10... Be7 $6 {
happened in Epishin - Gofshtein, Blitz 2004.}) 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxe5+ 13.
Bxe5 Nbd7 14. f4 Bh6 15. Bh3 $5 O-O $5 16. O-O b5 17. Rad1 Ra7 $6 (17... Bg7
18. Rfe1 Rfe8 {defends well.}) 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Bd6 Nxf4 $1 {
Black decides to sacrifice an exchange.} 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. b3 f5
23. d6 Bg5 $5 24. Kf1 $5 Kf7 25. a4 b4 26. Nd5 Rxd6 {He equalises.} 27. Nc7 Nd3
28. Nxa6 $1 Bf4 29. Re2 $1 Rxa6 $2 ({Better is} 29... Bxh2 30. Re3 Rxa6 31.
Rexd3 h6) 30. Rxd3 Bxh2 31. Rh3 $1 Bd6 32. Rxh7+ {White has gained a pawn.} Kf6
33. Rh4 f4 34. Re4 Kf5 35. f3 Be5 36. Rh7 g5 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Re7 Bf6 39. R7e6
$5 Ra5 40. Rc6 Kf5 41. Ree6 Bd4 42. Ra6 Rxa6 43. Rxa6 g4 $5 44. fxg4+ Ke4 $5
45. Rc6 Kd5 46. Rc8 Ke6 47. a5 Kd7 48. Rb8 Kc7 49. Rb5 Kc6 50. a6 $1 {
Rowson had scored 51/2/7.} 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man"]
[Site "GBR 92"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 Nh5 7. Be3 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nd2 $5 ({Usual is} 9. Bc4) 9... Be6 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Nh3 {White has an edge in a quiet line of the Trompowsky.} Ke7 13. g3 Nc6 14.
c3 a5 15. a4 h6 16. Nf2 Nf6 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Nd3 Rab8 $5 19. Rhc1 b6 20. Rab1
Rhf8 21. b4 axb4 $2 (21... Kf7 22. b5 Nd8 {defends properly.}) 22. cxb4 Nd4+
23. Bxd4 exd4 24. f4 $1 {White attacks in the centre.} e5 25. Nf3 $1 exf4 $5 (
25... Ke6 26. Rc6 g5 27. Nfxe5 gxf4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Nxf4+ Kxe5 30. Nd5 {
also wins for White.}) 26. e5 fxg3 27. exd6+ Kxd6 28. Nxd4 $1 gxh2 29. Nb5+ Ke7
30. Rxc7 {He has gained a piece for two pawns.} Rf5 31. Rh1 Ra8 32. Nc3 Rh5 33.
Nf4 $1 Re5+ 34. Kd1 Kd8 35. Rc6 Re3 36. Rxh2 Ne5 37. Rd2+ Ke8 38. Rc7 Rd8 39.
Ncd5 {Rowson competed at the top.} 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man"]
[Site "GBR 92"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Conquest and Rowson shared the lead, when the penultimate round began.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9.
O-O Nc6 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nb3 Qc8 12. Kh1 $5 ({Usual is} 12. a5) 12... Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Qg4 $1 14. Rf3 Rac8 15. Rd1 Qh5 16. Bg1 Rfe8 17. Qf1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Re1 b4 20. Nb5 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qd3 e6 23. N3d4 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Nd2 $5
Nxd2 24. Qxd2) 23... Qh4 24. Ra1 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Ra8 26. Rg1 $5 Qe7 $5 27. Nd6 $1
Nxd6 28. Bc5 Qb7 29. Bxd6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Black has a plus.} 31. Qd2 Qe7 32.
Rb3 $5 Rfc8 $1 33. f5 $6 exf5 $1 (33... gxf5 $6 34. Qh6 {allows a counter.})
34. Qxd5 Rab8 35. Re3 $6 ({Better is} 35. Qd6 Qe6 36. Re1) 35... Rc5 $5 36. Qb3
Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 {Black has gained a pawn.} 38. h3 Rc8 39. Rd1 Qe2 40. Rd7
Rc4 41. Rb7 f4 42. Qf3 Qxf3 43. gxf3 Kg7 {The rook ending is won.} 44. b3 Rxc2
45. Rxb4 g5 46. Kg1 Kg6 47. Rb7 h6 48. b4 Rb2 49. b5 Kh5 $1 50. Kf1 Kh4 51. Ke1
Kxh3 52. Kd1 Kg3 53. Kc1 Rb4 54. Kc2 Kxf3 55. Kc3 Rb1 56. Kc2 Re1 57. Rxf7 Re6
{Rowson played a quick draw in the last round and gained the title. The final
standings became: Rowson 81/2/11, Conquest and Haslinger 8, Emms and Pert 71/2,
etc.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "GBR 93"]
[Date "2006.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cobb, James"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-third British championship was played at the University of Wales
in Swansea from 7 until 17 viii 2006. 62 persons participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
dxc4 10. Bxc4 $5 ({Known is} 10. Nxc4 Ne4 11. Bh4) 10... Qa5 11. Bh4 Nb6 12.
Be2 Qb4 13. Qc2 e5 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. e4 Rac8 $6 {
She moves the wrong rook.} 17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Nxa7 Rcd8 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Qd3 Na4
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qb3 $5 Nc5 23. Qb4 Ne6 24. Bb5 Nf4 25. Rfd1 Qe6 26. h3 Bxb5
27. Nxb5 Nd3 $1 28. Nc7 $6 Qc6 29. Qc3 $2 ({Preferable is} 29. Rxd3 $5 Rxd3 30.
Nd5) 29... Qxe4 30. Kf1 Qf5 $1 31. Qa5 e4 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Ne1 Nxb2 34. Rxd8
Rxd8 {Black has gained a pawn.} 35. Rb1 $6 {White loses a tempo.} Rd2 36. Rc1
Nd3 37. Nxd3 Rxd3 38. Rb1 Bd4 39. Nb5 Bc5 40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Rb2 b6 42. a4 Rd3 43.
Na7 f4 44. Nc8 f3+ 45. gxf3 Rxf3 46. Kf1 e3 $1 47. Nxb6 exf2 48. Nd7 Ba7 49.
Rb7 Bd4 50. Rb4 Rd3 51. Rb1 Rxh3 52. Ke2 Re3+ 53. Kf1 Ra3 54. Nb8 Rxa4 55. Nc6
Bc5 56. Ne5 Kg7 57. Rc1 Be3 58. Rd1 h5 59. Ke2 Ba7 60. Nd3 Re4+ 61. Kf3 f1=Q+ {
Arakhmia-Grant became the female champion.} 0-1

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "GBR 93"]
[Date "2006.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 a5 9. Bd3 $5 f5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 $6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. f3 Nd6
15. a4 Ng6 16. Ba3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe8 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Bc6) 18. c5 $1
Bxa4 ({The pointe is} 18... Nf7 19. c6 $1) 19. Qd2 Nb5 20. Bb2 Na7 21. Nc3 Bd7
22. Rxa5 {White has gained a positional advantage.} Nc6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Nb5
Qd8 25. e4 {He conquers the centre.} Nce7 26. Bc4 Ng8 27. d5 exd5 $6 (27...
Bxb5 $5 28. Bxb5 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 30. Bc4 e5 {offers more resistance.}) 28.
exd5 Nf6 29. Rd1 Nh5 30. c6 $1 Bc8 31. cxb7 Bxb7 32. Nd4 Nhf4 33. Ne6 Nxe6 34.
dxe6 Qh4 (34... Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Bc6 36. e7 $1 Nxe7 37. Ba3 Re8 38. Bf7 {
costs material.}) 35. Qd7 {
Rowson shared the lead with Parker after the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "GBR 93"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.08.07"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The leaders met in the last round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5.
Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 g5 12.
Bf2 c5 13. Qa4 Nh5 14. h4 $5 ({Theory is} 14. O-O-O) 14... O-O-O $5 15. Qxa7
Kc7 16. Qa4 f5 17. Qc2 g4 $1 {Black has the initiative for a pawn.} 18. fxg4
Nhf6 $5 19. Bd3 $5 (19. gxf5 exf5 20. O-O-O $1 fxe4 21. Re1 {
is alright for White.}) 19... Nxg4 20. Bg1 f4 $5 21. Nf3 e5 22. h5 $5 Qf7 23.
Nh4 $6 ({More solid is} 23. Rh3) 23... Qxh5 {He has regained the pawn.} 24. Rh3
Rhe8 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. d5 h5 27. Qb2 Ra8 28. Be2 Ra6 29. Bf3 $6 ({Preferable is} 
29. a4 $5 Ndf6 30. Bd3) 29... Rea8 $1 30. Qb3 Ra3 $6 (30... Ndf6 $1 31. Rh1 Bc8
32. Ne7 Bd7 33. Nc6 Ne3 {brings a winning attack.}) 31. Qb2 R8a4 32. Bd1 $5 Ra8
$5 33. Bf3 R3a5 34. Rh1 $2 (34. Bf2 $1 {counters.}) 34... R8a6 $1 35. Rh3 Bc8
36. Rh1 Nf8 $5 37. Nh4 Nh7 38. Qd2 Bd7 39. Kf1 Nhf6 40. Ke2 Ra4 $1 {Rowson had
won the decisive game. The final standings became: Rowson 81/2/11,
Arakhamia-Grant 8, Gormally, Hebden, Jones and Parker 71/2, etc.} (40... Ra4
41. Kd3 b5 {leads to a white disaster.}) 0-1

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "GBR 94"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-fourth championship was played in Great Yarmouth at the east coast
from 30 vii until 10 viii 2007. 68 persons participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Nxb6 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Nbd7 10. f4 Bg7
11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd3 Rb8 $5 ({Theory is} 14... Nb5) 15.
Re1 Rb4 16. b3 Nb5 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Ra2 Bb7 21. Re3
Nh5 22. Ne1 $1 Nxf4 $5 {Black sacrifices an exchange.} ({More solid is} 22...
Bc8 23. Nd3 Rb8) 23. Nc2 Rxc4 24. bxc4 e5 25. Ne1 Bc8 26. Rf2 Nh5 27. g3 f5 $1
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ng2 Qg5 30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. Ref3 Rg8 33. Nh4 f4 $2 ({
Better is} 33... Ne4 $1 34. Qd3 Qd2 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. Qxd2 Nxd2 37. Rxf5 Nxf1
38. Rxf1 Kg7 $1 {and Black survives in a rook ending.}) 34. gxf4 $1 Qxh4 35.
fxe5 Ne4 $2 (35... Nd7 36. exd6+ Qd4 {offers more resistance.}) 36. Qb2 Bf5 37.
e6+ Rg7 38. Qb8+ Rg8 39. Qb2+ Rg7 40. e7 $1 Ng3+ 41. Rxg3 Be4+ 42. Kg1 {
Gordon defeated the ruling champion.} 1-0

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "GBR 94"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Aagaard came from Denmark and had moved to Scotland.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5
Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7
11. Nbd2 Rc8 $5 12. b4 b5 $1 13. Bxd5 ({Not} 13. Bxb5 $4 Nc3) 13... exd5 14.
Nb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bf4 dxe5 17. dxe5 a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. g4
$2 ({Correct is} 20. Qb1 $1 Nc4 21. Qxb5 Nxa3) 20... Bg6 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Nbd4
Nc4 {Black has a positional advantage for the pawn.} 23. a4 Nb2 24. Qd2 Bxd4
25. Nxd4 Nd3 $1 26. Nf5 $5 {White tries to counter.} Bxf5 27. gxf5 Nxe1 28.
Rxe1 Qb3 29. Bg3 Qc3 30. Qe2 $6 (30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Bh4 {
exchanges as much as possible.}) 30... Rc4 $1 31. Rd1 Re4 $5 32. Qf1 Qf3 33.
Rxd5 Rxa4 34. Qd1 Ra1 $1 35. Qxa1 Qxd5 36. Qc1 Rd8 {The attack revives.} 37.
Kh2 h6 38. f6 Qf3 39. fxg7 Kxg7 40. Qc4 h5 $1 41. Qf1 Rd1 42. Qg2 Qxg2+ 43.
Kxg2 Kg6 44. h4 Kf5 45. f3 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Ra2 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Kf1 Rxe5 $1 49. Kf2
$5 (49. Bxe5 Kxe5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Kf2 f5 {wins easily in a pawn ending.}) 49...
Ra5 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. Bc7 Rb4 53. Kg3 Rc4 54. Bd6 Ke6 55. Bf4 Kd5
56. Bb8 Rc8 57. Bf4 Rg8+ 58. Kf2 Kd4 59. Bg5 Kd3 60. Bh6 Ra8 61. Bg5 Ra4 62.
Kf1 f5 63. Kg2 f4 $1 64. Bh6 Ke3 65. Bg5 Ra2+ 66. Kh3 Ra8 67. Kg2 Rg8 {
Aagaard led by 71/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "GBR 94"]
[Date "2007.08.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. f3 $5 Be6 14. Bf2
Qc7 15. O-O Ne7 16. c4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. c5 $5 Nf4 19. Bb5+ $6 ({
Preferable is} 19. Qe1 d5 20. exd5 N6xd5 21. Qa5) 19... Kf8 $1 20. Qe1 d5 21.
Qa5 $5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 dxe4 23. Nxb7 Rd2 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Rae1 $2 (25. Nd6 Nc3
26. Bc6 Rxc2 27. a4 {offers more resistance.}) 25... Bd5 $1 26. c4 $2 {
Black has a fine refutation.} Bxb7 27. c6 Bxc6 $1 28. Bxc6 Nxf2 {
Aagaard and Gordon shared the lead by 71/2/10. Rowson trailed by half-a-point.}
(28... Nxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nd3+ {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "Great Yarmouth"]
[Site "GBR 94"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flear, Glenn"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Aagaard's competitor Gordon played a quick draw. So Aagaard could play for
the title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Bxg2
14. Rg1 Bb7 15. O-O-O Nf8 16. f4 $5 {
White has started an attack on the king at the cost of a pawn.} (16. Bg3 {
occurred in Narsico - Almasi, Torrelavega 2007.}) 16... e5 $2 ({More solid is} 
16... Ng6 $1 17. Bxf6 Qxf6) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rdf1 N8h7 $5 19. d5 e4 20. Qd4
Kh8 21. Nb5 $1 Rad8 $2 22. Bg3 $2 {Flear misses brilliant tactics.} (22. Nxc7
$1 Qxc7 23. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 $2 25. Bxf6+ Kh7 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxf7+
{wins by a windmill.}) 22... c5 23. Qc3 Bxd5 24. Nc7 $5 Bc6 $5 25. Nxe8 Nxe8
26. Rd1 Ra8 $5 27. Bf4 f6 28. Bh5 Nf8 29. Bxe8 Bxe8 30. Rd6 Ne6 31. Bg3 Ng5 32.
h4 Nf7 33. Rd2 Bd7 34. Bf4 h5 35. Rd5 Bg4 36. Rg2 Kg8 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 Qe8
39. Kb2 Rc8 40. c5 $2 {White should defend.} a5 41. Qd4 bxc5 42. bxc5 $2 Qb5+
43. Kc3 Qf1 44. Rb2 Be6 45. Qxe4 Qc1+ 46. Rc2 Qa3+ 47. Kd2 Bxd5 48. Qxd5 Rd8
49. Bd6 Qb4+ 50. Kd3 a4 51. Rc3 Qxh4 52. e4 Qg4 53. Kd4 h4 54. Ra3 h3 55. Qa2
Re8 56. Qd5 Qg1+ 57. Kc4 h2 58. Bxh2 Qxh2 59. Rxa4 Qc2+ 60. Kb5 Rb8+ {
The final standings became: Aagaard 81/2/11, Gordon and Rowson 8, Haslinger,
Kosten, Hebden and Howell 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "GBR 95"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-fifth championship was played at St. George's Hall in Liverpool
from 28 vii until 9 viii 2008. 68 persons took part. The strongest
grandmasters participated in the Staunton Memorial.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3
Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5
11. b4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2 f5 14. Kh1 $5 {
White has positional compensation for the pawn.} ({Usual is} 14. Qe1) 14... a5
15. b5 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 {Black protects the kingside.} 18. Rad1 Qc7
19. Qf2 $6 {White retreats.} e5 20. Qh4 Ne4 $1 21. Ne3 g5 $6 ({More solid is} 
21... Be6 $1 22. Bd3 Nc5) 22. fxg5 Nfxg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 $2 {
The queen should defend the king.} ({Correct is} 23... Qg7 $1 24. Nb6 Rb8 25.
c5 Nxc5 26. Rxd6 Be6 {and the black pieces are placed on better squares.}) 24.
Bd3 $5 Re8 25. c5 $5 Nxc5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nge4 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rdf1 Re6
30. Qh3 Qg8 31. Nc7 Rae8 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Qh4 Qg6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kg7
36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Bc1+ Kh5 40. Rf3 Ng5 41. g4+ $1 {
Conquest defeated his main rival.} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "GBR 95"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 {
He plays the Metger Variation of the Four Knights.} 11. Bc1 a6 12. Bf1 Nd7 13.
g3 c5 $5 14. Bg2 Rb8 15. h4 b5 16. h5 a5 17. Nh4 g6 18. Be3 b4 {
Both sides advance on the flanks.} 19. d5 Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 19... Nf4 $1 20.
cxb4 axb4 21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nxg2 23. Kxg2) 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Bf3 $2 (21. Qd2
h6 22. hxg6 {grabs the opportunity.}) 21... Nh3+ 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bh6 $2 Re8 $2
({Black misses the chance} 23... Nxf2 $1 24. Qd2 N2g4+) 24. Be3 Ra8 25. Kg2 Ra3
26. Bc1 Ra7 27. Rh1 $2 Qd7 $2 (27... g5 {gains material.}) 28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Bb2
Rg8 30. Qh6 Ng4 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. f3 Qd7 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Qg5 33. Qxg5
Nxg5) 33. Nf5 $5 Qd8 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. f4 $5 Re7 $6 (36... Qa6 $5
37. Bxe5+ Rag7 38. Rae1 $1 Qc4 39. f5 $1 Qxc2+ 40. Kxh3 gxf5 41. Qg5 $1 f4+ 42.
Kh4 f3 43. Kh5 f2 44. Kh6 $1 {wins for White elegantly.}) 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38.
Raf1 Rg7 39. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 40. Qxh3 h5 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 $1 Kh6 43. Rh8+ Kg5
44. Rd8 Qe7 45. d6 Qf7 46. Bxe5 Qc4 47. Bf4+ Kf6 48. e5+ {
White delivers mate on the next move. Conquest led by 6/8.} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "GBR 95"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. Qa3 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxc4 12. dxc4 b5 13. O-O bxc4 14. Qxc4 e6
15. Bg5 h6 $5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 $5 (18. Rab1 {
protects pawn b2.}) 18... exd5 $5 ({The alternative is} 18... Rxb2 $1 19. Ne4
Qf4 20. d6 Bb7) 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Nd8 $2 ({
Preferable is} 22. Ncd4) 22... Qc3 23. Qd5 $5 Qf6 $2 (23... Qc7 $1 {
and ..Bf6 gains a piece.}) 24. h3 Rb2 25. a4 Rc2 26. Re3 $2 {
Hereafter, the white rooks fail as defenders.} (26. a5 Qb2 27. Rb1 $1 {
defends properly.}) 26... Qb2 $1 27. Rf1 Rc7 $1 28. Nc6 Bb7 29. Nfe5 Qc2 30.
Qd6 Rxc6 $1 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Black has gained material.} 32. Qg3 Qxa4 33. Rc1 Bd5
34. Qd6 Be6 35. Rc7 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qa2 37. f4 Qd5 38. Qxa6 Qd4 39. Rf3 g5 40. Rc1
gxf4 41. Qb5 Be5 42. Re1 f6 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. Rd1 Rb8 45. Qc1 Qc4 46. Qa3 Bd5
47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. h4 Bxf3 49. Rd7 Be4 {
Arkell trailed the leader by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "GBR 95"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Conquest led by half-a-point and played a quiet draw in the last round.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nb6 8. O-O Nc6
9. e3 Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $1 (14. Bxf3
$6 Bxe5 15. Qxb4 Qf6 16. Bd2 Qxf3 {happened in Arkell - Ivanchuk, Kemer 2007.})
14... Qd3 15. Bb2 Bxe5 16. Rac1 Nxa2 $5 17. Nxa2 Bxb2 18. Rxc7 Rf8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 18... Qxb3 $5 19. Nc1 Qe6 20. Nd3 Bf6) 19. Nc1 $1 Bxc1 20. Rfxc1
Qxb3 21. Rxb7 {White has a positional advantage.} Rfb8 22. Rbc7 Rc8 23. Qf6 $1
Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd5 26. e4 $1 Qa2 27. h4 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rb7 {
He has kept the plus in the endgame.} Na4 30. e5 a5 31. Bc4 Kh8 $1 32. f4 $6 ({
White avoids the trap} 32. Bxe6 $2 Nc5 33. Re7 Nxe6 34. Rxe6 a4 {
and Black survives}) ({best is} 32. Rc7 Nc3 33. Bxe6) 32... Nc5 $6 (32... Nc3
$1 33. Bxe6 Ne4 34. Bd5 Nxg3 {fights for survival.}) 33. Rc7 Ne4 34. Kg2 Rd8
35. Bxe6 h5 36. f5 $1 Re8 37. f6 $1 Rf8 ({The pointe is} 37... Rxe6 38. Rc8+ $1
Kh7 39. f7) 38. Bf7 g5 39. Kf3 Nd2+ 40. Ke3 Nf1+ 41. Kf2 Nd2 42. Bg6 gxh4 43.
gxh4 a4 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. f7+ $1 {Arkell was the only player who caught up with
Conquest. The final standings became: Conquest and Arkell 8/11, Davies, Gordon,
Lalic and S.Williams 71/2, etc. A playoff had to be carried out.} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "GBR 95 playoff"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Conquest and Arkell carried out two rapid games. The contemplation times were
20 minutes per game plus 10 seconds per move. The first game was drawn.} 1. e4
c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Qxd4
e6 9. O-O Bc5 $5 (9... Be7 {
occurred in Westerinen - Christiansen, Wijk aan Zee 1976.}) 10. Qh4 O-O 11. Bd3
Be7 12. Bg5 g6 $2 {The kingside should not be weakened.} ({Right is} 12... Re8
13. Rad1 h6 14. Ne4 $5 Qa5) 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 ({
The alternative is} 15... Bxd7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxf7 $1) 16. Ne4 f6 17. Rxd7 $1
Bxd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qc7 20. Be5 $5 Qd8 21. Bf6 Qc7 22. Ne5 $1 Bc6 23.
Nxg6 $1 {Conquest utilises the chances.} Bd5 24. Qg5 $1 Kf7 ({The pointe is} 
24... hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qg7#) 25. Be5 $1 Qd8 26.
Qh6 Re7 27. Qxh7+ Ke8 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. Qh8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 {
White has three extra pawns.} b5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Re2 Kf7 34. f3 a5 35. Kf2 a4
36. h4 Kg6 37. g4 Rf8 38. Re3 Rc8 39. Re2 Rf8 40. f4 Kh6 41. Kg3 axb3 42. axb3
Ra8 43. h5 Ra2 44. Rh2 Be4 45. g5+ Kh7 46. Rd2 Ra7 {
Conquest won the playoff by 11/2-1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 96"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-sixth British championship happened in Torquay from 27 vii until 7
viii 2009. 76 persons participated.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. h3 d6 9. g4 $5 {
He makes a courageous advance.} h6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nde2 g5 12. f5 Ne5 13. Nd4
O-O-O 14. Qd2 Be7 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qf2 h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 $5 19. Be2
Rhh8 $6 {Black starts a wrong plan.} ({Correct is} 19... g4 $1 20. fxe6 fxe6)
20. Bxg5 Nfg4 $5 21. Bxg4 Bxg5 $2 ({Preferable is} 21... Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg5)
22. fxe6 $1 {He makes a strong intermediate move.} Nxg4 23. Qxf7 $1 Rcf8 24.
Qxd7 $5 ({Even better is} 24. hxg4 $1 Rxf7 25. Rxh8+ Bc8 26. exf7 Qxf7 27. Nf5)
24... Nf2 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rhg1 Nxd1 27. Nd5+ Kc8 28. Rxg5 Nf2 29. e7 Re8 30.
Nf5 Nxe4 31. Rg4 $1 Rh5 32. Ng7 Rxd5 33. Nxe8 Rd1+ 34. Ka2 Kd7 35. Ng7 Nf6 36.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 37. Nxe8 Kxe8 {White has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 38. Rg7
$1 b6 39. Rb7 b5 40. Rb6 {Howell played great attacking chess.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 96"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. h4 b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 b4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne2 Qa5 $5 ({Known is} 16... Qc7) 17. g5 {
Howell charges in the Sicilian Defence again.} Be5 18. Nc1 d5 19. f4 Bxb2 $6 {
Black delivers a risky sacrifice.} (19... b3 $1 20. axb3 (20. Qxa5 $2 bxc2+ 21.
Ka1 cxd1=Q) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxf4 {favours Black.}) 20. Kxb2 dxe4 21. Rh3
Bd5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. h5 Rfd8 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Rh2 a5 26. Bb5 a4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 26... Qb8 $1 27. Ba4 Rc3) 27. Bxa4 Ra8 28. Bb5 Ra3 $2 29. h6 $2
({They miss} 29. c4 $1 bxc3+ 30. Kxa3 $1) 29... Rda8 $1 30. Ra1 e5 31. hxg7
exf4 32. Qd4 $1 Rd8 $2 33. Rxh7 $2 (33. c4 $1 {wins again.}) 33... Qc3+ $2 (
33... Rxb3+ $1 34. axb3 Qc3+ 35. Qxc3 bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Kxh7 {gains an advantage.}
) 34. Qxc3 bxc3+ 35. Kxa3 Kxh7 36. Kb4 Kxg7 37. Kxc3 Rc8+ 38. Kd4 Ba8 {
Howell had scored 6/7.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 96"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 cxd5 12. cxd5 {
Cochrane played this move in 1855.} b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. a3 Bd7 16.
Bd3 $1 {White has the initiative in the Four Pawns Attack.} (16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2
{drew in Rodriguez - Arizmedi, Gala Galadna 2001.}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rc1 a5 18.
Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Nh5 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... Qe7 20. Nd2 h6 21. Bh4 Nd6) 20.
Nb5 $1 Qf8 21. Nc7 $1 Rab8 22. Ba6 $5 ({Even better is} 22. Ne6 $1) 22... Nf4
$2 (22... Qd6 23. Nb5 Qf8 {offers more resistance.}) 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 $1 {
He occupies the centre.} Bg4 25. d6 $1 Rd8 26. Ng5 $1 Rd7 27. Rxf4 {
White gains material.} Nxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bc4
Qf6 32. Ne8 {Williams competed at the top.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 96"]
[Date "2009.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nd2 Bxc5 7. g3 $5 {
The game starts quietly.} Nc6 8. Ne2 d4 $5 9. exd4 Qd5 $5 10. dxc5 $5 {
Hard fighting breaks loose.} (10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Bg2 Qe5 12. Nc4 Qxe2+ 13. Qxe2
Nxe2 14. Kxe2 {draws.}) 10... Qxh1 11. Nc3 Qxh2 12. Nde4 O-O $5 ({
The alternative is} 12... f5 13. Nd6+ Kf8) 13. Qd2 $5 (13. Nxf6+ Kg7 14. Nh5+ {
grabs a pawn.}) 13... Rd8 $6 (13... Kg7 $5 14. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 15. Ne4+ Kg7 16.
Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qf6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 14. Nxf6+ $1 Kh8 15. Qg5 $1 {
White threatens Nh5.} h6 16. Qg4 Qh1 {Black stops 17.Qe4.} 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.
Nxd1 Bd7 {He prevents mate in one.} 19. Ne3 $5 (19. Nxd7 Rd8 20. Nf6 Nd4 21.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Ng1+ 24. Ke1 {brings another perpetual.}) 19...
Ne5 20. Qf4 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Rd8 $6 22. Bg2 $1 Ng1+ $2 (22... e5 $1 23. Bxh1 exf4
24. Bxf3 fxe3 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Kxe3 Kg7 {tries to survive in the endgame.})
23. Kf1 Qh2 24. Nfg4 $1 {Howell led by 71/2/9.} (24. Nfg4 Qh5 25. Qf6+ {
gains a rook.}) 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 96"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2009.07.27"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Howell led by one point on Williams and Hebden, when the last round began.
Howell drew quickly and Williams won easily. Hebden had to make a great effort.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. g3 f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 fxe5 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Bh3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Bg2 O-O-O
13. O-O) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. Nd2 $5 Qe8 $6 {Black loses a tempo.} 15.
Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb4 17. Nf3 Rhe8 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bf4 $6 Ne4 21.
Re1 $5 Bc5 22. Ra2 d5 23. Bg2 Nc3 24. Rc2 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Kf1 Nb1 $5 27.
Rc1 $1 Nxa3 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. cxd5 c5 $1 32. Nc6+ Bxc6
33. dxc6 Nb5 34. Rc4 $6 Kc7 $1 35. b4 Kb6 36. bxc5+ dxc5 37. Rf4 Re7 $1 38. Rf8
c4 $1 {Black attacks on the queenside.} 39. Rb8+ Kc5 40. Rb7 Nc7 $6 (40... Re8
$1 41. Bf3 c3 42. Bd1 a5 {keeps the initiative.}) 41. Rxa7 c3 42. Ra2 Nb5 43.
Re2 Ra7 44. Be4 g6 45. Re3 Kd4 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 $6 (47. Ke1 $5 Ra1+ 48. Ke2
{draws.}) 47... c2 $1 48. Re1 Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Rc3 50. Bxc2 $1 Rxc2 51. Re7 Rxf2+
52. Kg5 $1 Rf5+ 53. Kh6 $1 Rh5+ 54. Kg7 Rxh2 55. c7 Nxc7 56. Rxc7 Ke4 {
Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 57. Rc4+ $2 ({Right is} 57. Rf7 $1
{and the black king cannot cross the f-file.}) 57... Kf5 58. Ra4 Kg5 59. Rb4
Rh3 60. Ra4 Rxg3 $1 61. Kxh7 Kh5 {An elementary win follows.} 62. Ra1 Rh3 63.
Kg7 g5 64. Kf6 Rf3+ 65. Ke5 g4 66. Rh1+ Kg5 67. Ke4 Rf8 68. Ke3 g3 69. Rh7 Kg4
70. Rg7+ Kh3 71. Rh7+ Kg2 72. Rg7 Re8+ 73. Kd2 Kf2 74. Rf7+ Kg1 75. Rg7 g2 76.
Rh7 Re5 77. Rf7 Rh5 {The final standings became: Howell 9/11, Hebden and
Williams 81/2, Palliser 8, Conquest and Gormally 71/2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Canterbury"]
[Site "GBR 97"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eames, Robert"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-seventh British championship happened in Canterbury from 26 vii
until 6 viii 2010. 78 persons took part. The special participant was Mickey
Adams.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Eames dares to play the King's Gambit.} exf4 3. Bc4 d5
4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Be6 10. Ne2 g5
{Black gains an edge.} 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bg7 $5 {
Adams has an advantage on the kingside.} (12... Bd5 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 {
was played in Fedorov - A.Ivanov, New Delhi 2000.}) 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 f3 $1 {
The decisive attack comes quickly.} 15. gxf3 Rhg8 $1 16. f4 g3 $1 17. Nf3 ({
The pointe is} 17. Nxg3 Bxd4+ $1 18. Bxd4 Nxd4) 17... gxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Qd2
Qg4 20. Rf2 Bf5 21. Qe3 Nb4 {Adams won without an effort.} 0-1

[Event "Canterbury"]
[Site "GBR 97"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Nh6 8. a4 $5
Rc8 9. a5 a6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. b4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf7 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 $5 17. Nbd2 Nf8 $6 (17... Bg5 $1 18.
Be2 Bf4 {defends actively.}) 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Re3 Bd6 21. Ne5 Rf4
$6 ({The exchange} 21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 {is preferred by Adams.}) 22. Qe2
Rc7 23. Ndf3 Rf5 24. Re1 Rg7 25. g3 Be7 26. Kg2 Qc8 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. R3e2 Qd8
29. h4 h5 30. Nd3 Rgf7 31. Nfe5 Rg7 32. Nf4 Qc8 33. Nh3 Kg8 34. Re3 Qc7 $6 (
34... g5 $5 35. Nxg5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Rgxg5 37. Rf3 Qd8 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 {
fights for the last chance (Adams).}) 35. Nf3 Rgf7 36. R1e2 R7f6 37. Nfg5 Qd7
38. Qe1 Bd6 39. Nxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 {
White has gained a pawn and he keeps the initiative.} Kf7 42. Re3 Be7 43. Qe2
Bd8 44. Qd3 Be7 45. Re2 Bf6 46. Qe3 Qe7 47. Qd2 Qf8 48. Nf4 Qc8 49. Nh3 $5 Kg7
50. Qe3 Qd7 $5 51. Qe8 $5 Qc7 52. Re6 Qf7 53. Qc8 g5 54. Re2 Kg6 55. hxg5 Bxg5
56. Nxg5 Rxg5 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qxf7+ Kxf7 59. Re5 {Adams had scored 71/2/8.}
1-0

[Event "Canterbury"]
[Site "GBR 97"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 e6 12. Rc1 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. f4 Nc6 16. O-O Nc7 $5 ({Known is} 16... Rd8) 17. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Ne4 $1
Ne8 (18... Ne6 19. f5 $1 {wins for White (Adams).}) 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nd3 Qe6 21.
Qf3 a5 $6 (21... f6 $5 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23. Bf2 Bf8 {offers more resistance.}) 22.
Nc5 Qe7 23. Bf2 Rab8 24. Qh3 $1 f5 25. Qc3 Ra8 $6 (25... Nc7 26. Qxa5 Ne6 27.
Qd2 g5 {counters in the central area.}) 26. Na4 Ra6 27. Qd3 {Black has been
outplayed. The final standings became: Adams 91/2/11, N.Pert 8, Conquest,
Greet, Hawkins, Hunt, R.Pert and Slavin 71/2, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-eighth British championship was played in Sheffield from 24 vii
until 6 viii 2011. 89 persons took part. The special participants were Adams
and Short.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O
Ngf6 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 $5 ({Usual is} 9. Nd2) 9... Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne8
12. Be2 a6 13. Ra2 $5 Nc7 14. a5 b5 $5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nb1 $1 {
A subtle knight manoeuvre begins.} e6 17. Nd2 $1 exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 $1 {
He prevents 19.Nc4.} ({The pointe is} 18... Nxd5 $4 19. Nc4 $1) 19. Nf1 f5 20.
f4 Nd7 21. c3 Nf6 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Nc4 $1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rb8 26. Qd1
Re8 27. Na5 h5 28. Nc6 Ne4 29. c4 Bf6 30. Ra3 Bh4 $6 ({Preferable is} 30... h4)
31. Be3 Qg7 32. Rb3 Nf6 33. Bd2 $1 Ne4 34. Ba5 Rf8 $2 ({Right is} 34... Na8 $1
35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Qe2 Qd7) 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Qe2 Ne8 $5 ({The natural move} 
36... Re8 {is refuted by} 37. Rb7 $1) 37. Qxe4 {White has gained a pawn.} Kh7
38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Bc1 Qf7 40. Rb8 Ng7 41. Rxf8 Qxf8 42. g4 Qc8 43. Qf3 Qb7 44. b3
a5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Qd3+ Kg8 47. Bd2 Qd7 48. Qg6 Qf5 49. Qxf5 Nxf5 50. Kf2 Kf7
51. Bxa5 Ke8 52. Kf3 Kf7 53. b4 cxb4 54. Bxb4 Ke8 55. Be1 Kd7 56. Ke4 Nh6 57.
Bf2 {Short started by 31/2/4.} 1-0

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 O-O-O 7. Nc3 Qh5
8. f4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 e6 10. Bg2 Nce7 11. Ke2 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Rhc1 Kb8 14.
Ne4 $5 ({An enterprising move is} 14. b4) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. a4 h6 17.
Bc3 Rh7 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. Bb4 f5 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Bc2 {
The bishops are on squares of a different colour.} g5 22. d5 $5 exd5 23. Bxf5
Rhh8 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. h3 a5 26. Rac1 Rh6 27. b3 Rb6 28. Rc3 Rb4 29. Rcd3 c6
30. f3 Bf6 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Kf2 $6 ({Preferable is} 32. Rc1 $5 Ka7 33. e4) 32...
Kc7 33. Rg4 Rxg4 34. Bxg4 Kd6 {
Black exerts pressure, but White can defend himself.} 35. Ke2 Kc5 36. Kd1 Kb4
37. Kc2 Re8 38. Bf5 Re5 39. Bd7 Bh8 40. Bc8 Re7 41. Bf5 Be5 42. Rd1 Bf6 43. Rd3
Bg7 44. Kd2 b5 $1 45. axb5 Kxb5 46. Bg6 Kb4 47. Kc2 Rb7 48. Bf5 Rb5 $1 49. Kd2
Rc5 50. Be6 $2 {He remains too passively.} (50. f4 $1 gxf4 51. exf4 Bh6 52. Rf3
{counters at the right time.}) 50... Bc3+ 51. Kc2 Be5+ $1 {
Black prevents 52.f4.} 52. Kd2 Ka3 53. e4 $5 ({Better is} 53. Ke2 $1 Rc2+ 54.
Kd1 Kb2 55. e4 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 d4 57. Rd2+ Kc3 $1 58. Rd3+ Kb4 59. h4 $1 gxh4 60.
f4 Bxf4 61. Rxd4+ Kc5 62. Rd1 Rxd1 63. Kxd1 Kd4 {but Black seems to win.})
53... d4 $1 {The restriction increases.} 54. Kd1 Kb2 $1 55. Rd2+ Kb1 56. Ke2 (
56. Bc4 Rxc4 $1 57. bxc4 a4 {wins for Black.}) 56... Rc2 $1 {
Black can offer the exchange of rooks.} 57. Kd3 (57. Rxc2 Kxc2 58. Bc4 c5 $1 {
leads to zugzwang.}) 57... Rc3+ 58. Ke2 Kc1 59. Rd1+ Kc2 60. Rd2+ Kc1 61. Rd1+
Kb2 62. Rd2+ Ka3 $1 63. Rd3 c5 $1 64. Bf7 Bf4 65. Rd1 Kb2 66. Rd3 Kc2 $1 {
Short defeated a competitor.} 0-1

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Qb3 $5 ({Theory is} 
13. b3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4) 13... c5 $1 14. Qxb4
cxb4 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. b3 {The chances are about equal.}
d5 $1 19. cxd5 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf4 ({Avoids} 21. Ke4 $2 Nxe5 $1 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5) 21... Rxd5+ 22. Ke4 $1 Ra5 23. Rac1 Nd8 24. Rxc7 Ne6 (24... Rxa2 $2
25. Rec1 Ne6 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 {favours White.}) 25. Rc2 Rd8
26. h4 h5 27. g3 Bf8 28. Ng5 $2 {
The advanced king allows a 'petite combinaison'.} ({Correct is} 28. Be3 Be7 29.
Rec1) 28... f5+ $1 29. Ke3 (29. exf6 Nxg5+ 30. hxg5 Re8+ {gains a rook.}) 29...
Bc5+ $1 30. Rxc5 ({Or} 30. Ke2 Nd4+) 30... Nxc5 31. Kf3 ({The pointe is} 31. e6
Rxa2 $1 32. e7 Rd3#) 31... Kf8 $6 (31... Rxa2 $1 32. e6 Nxb3 33. e7 Nd4+ 34.
Kg2 Re8 {wins quickly.}) 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Rc4 Nd3 34. Rc6 Nxe5+ $6 35. Bxe5 Rxe5
36. Rxg6 a5 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38. Rc7 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Rd4+
42. Kf3 Red5 $1 43. Rf7+ $6 (43. Nh3 $1 {offers more resistance.}) 43... Ke5 $1
44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Rd2 $1 46. Rxh5 Rxa2 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. h5 a4 49. Rh7+ Rd7
50. Ne6+ Kc6 51. Rxd7 Kxd7 52. Nc5+ Ke7 53. bxa4 Rc2 54. Nd3 b3 $1 {
Adams had defeated a rival. Short, Adams and Jones shared the lead by 5/6.} 0-1

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 $5 ({Theory is} 12. e5 Ne4 13.
e6 fxe6 14. Nc3) 12... Nxd5 13. Nc3 e6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. Bg5 $1 f6
17. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 18. Nxc6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 bxc6 21. Bxc6+ Kf7 22.
Be3 {White has a better endgame.} Be7 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc2 25. Bxa6 {
Adams gains a pawn.} Be4 $5 ({Not} 25... Rxb2 $4 26. Bc5) 26. Bb7 $1 Bg6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 26... Bd5 $1 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rb7 Ke6) 27. Bf3 Ke8 $5 28. Rb7
$1 Bd6 29. Bd1 $6 (29. a4 $1 {wins quickly.}) 29... Rc7 $1 30. Ba4+ Ke7 31. Bc6
Bc2 32. f3 Kd8 $5 33. Bb6 Bc5+ $1 34. Bxc5 Rxc6 35. b4 Ra6 $6 36. Rxg7 $1 Rxa2
37. Be7+ Kc7 38. Bxf6+ Kd6 39. Rg8 Bb3 40. Rd8+ Kc6 41. Rd3 $6 Bd5 $1 {
He restricts the white rook.} 42. Rc3+ Kb5 43. Be7 Rd2 44. h4 e5 $6 45. Re3 Kc4
46. Bc5 Bc6 47. h5 Kd5 48. Rc3 Ba4 49. Bf2 Rb2 50. Rc5+ Kd6 51. Bg3 Rb1+ 52.
Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kg1 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 Re2 56. Kh4 Bc6 57. f4 exf4 58.
Bxf4+ Kd7 59. b5 Be4 60. Re5 Bf3 61. Rxe2 Bxe2 62. b6 Kc6 63. Be3 Kd7 64. g5 {
White creates two distant passed pawns. Short defeated Jones. So, Adams and
Short shared the lead. The final standings would become: Adams and Short 81/2/
11, Jones and Hawkins 8, Howell, N.Pert and Gormally 71/2, etc. A playoff
became necessary.} 1-0

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98 playoff"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Two rapid games were carried out in the playoff on 6 viii 2011.} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O $5
Nh5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Rc1 Rd8
16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. f4 Nc6 21. g4 h6 22. Qf3
Na5 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. Kf2 Na5 25. Ne2 Rc7 26. b4 Nb7 27. Nd4 Rdc8 28. Rc2 g6
29. Rdc1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Ra8 31. Rb1 a5 32. Rcb2 axb4 33. axb4 Rcc8 34. Kd3 Ra3+
35. Ke2 Bf6 36. Rb3 Ra2 37. R1b2 Ra4 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Ne4 Nd6 40. Nxd6 Bxd6 41.
Nb5 Be7 42. Nc3 Ra7 43. Nb5 Ra1 44. Rb1 Ra2 45. R3b2 Ra6 46. Rb3 Ra2 47. R1b2
Ra1 48. Rb1 Ra2 49. R1b2 Ra1 50. Rb1 {Little action happened in this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sheffield"]
[Site "GBR 98 playoff"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nh4 h5 $5 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. d5
Rde8 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Rhe8 $5) 15. Be3 Bc5 $5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 $1
Nd7 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. c5 {White has staged an attack.} f5 20. Rd4 Qc7 21. Rc1
Kb8 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. c6 $1 Nf6 ({Or} 23... bxc6 24. Rdc4 Nb6 25. Rxc6) 24. b5
Rxd4 25. Nxd4 b6 $2 ({Right is} 25... Ne4) 26. Qb2 $1 {He threatens 27.Nxf5!}
Rh6 27. Nf3 Rg6 28. Ne5 Rg8 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Nd7+ Ka8 31. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 (31... Rd8
32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qh8+ Qb8 35. Qxh5 {also wins for White.}) 32.
Qxf6 a6 33. Rd7 Qf4 34. Rd8+ {
Adams had won the playoff by 11/2-1/2 and kept the title.} 1-0

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The ninety-ninth British championship happened in North Shields near Scotland
from 23 vii until 4 viii 2012. 64 persons participated. There was no
sponsorship for star players. Jones and Gordon became the main competitors.
They had started with three wins, when they met in round four. About
eight-hundred persons took part in many groups.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Nfd5 Nxd5 $5 ({Known is} 11... Nc6 {(Van Wely - Janssen, Leeuwarden 2002).}
) 12. cxd5 Bg5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qa4 $6 (
{More active is} 17. h4) 17... Rd8 18. g3 $5 Bb7 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Bd3 Qh5 $5 (
20... f5 $1 21. f4 e4 {takes the initiative.}) 21. Be2 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Bd3
Qh3 24. Bf1 Qf5 25. Bd3 Qf3 26. Be4 $1 Qh5 27. h4 Nf6 $6 ({Preferable is} 27...
f5 $1 28. Bg2 Nf6) 28. Bg5 b5 $5 29. Qxb5 Nxe4 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxb7 Qf3 32.
Rh2 (32. O-O Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ {draws.}) 32... Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ $4 {
He misses a repetition of moves.} (33... Qe4+ $1 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 Qe4+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 34. Rf2 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 ({Not} 35. Rf1 $4 Qe3#) 35...
Qg4+ 36. Ke3 $1 f5 37. Qb3 {Jones took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 d6
9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4 Bf6 $5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. b5 Nce5 15. bxa6
Bc6 $5 16. Qc2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ra8 18. Nb5 Rxa6 19. a4 Bd4 20. Bg2 Bxb5 21. Rxb5
Qf6 22. Be3 h6 23. Rbb1 g5 $5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. f4 Qg7 28.
Rbe1 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rg8 $1 30. Bxd4 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 cxd4 32. Re2 Ra5 33. e5 $6 dxe5
$1 34. f5 Nc5 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Qb1 Nxa4 $2 ({Better is} 36... Rg7 37. Qxb6
Qxd3) 37. Qb4 $2 ({White misses the win} 37. Be4+ Kh8 38. Rf7 Rg7 39. Rf8+ Rg8
40. Qf1) 37... Nc3 38. Qe7+ Rg7 39. Qxe6 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Rxg6 41. Rf7+ $2 ({
Correct is} 41. Ref2) 41... Rg7 42. Ref2 Rxf7 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rb7 Kg5 $1 45.
Rxb6 Kf4 $1 {Black attacks in the endgame at the cost of two pawns.} 46. Rxh6
Ke3 47. Bf1 Ra1 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Ne2+ 50. Bxe2 Rxe2 51. c5 Kxd3 52. c6 Rc2
53. Re6 e4 54. h4 e3 {Gordon equalised in the standings with Jones.} 0-1

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 h5 8. Be2 h4
9. Nf1 h3 $5 10. g4 $1 e6 11. Ng3 exd5 12. exd5 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. O-O Ne5 15.
f3 Re8 16. Ra3 $5 Qc7 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. g5 $1 Nh5 $6 (18... Nh7 19. f4 Nd7 {
positions the knights as defenders.}) 19. f4 $6 (19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. f4 Ng4 21.
f5 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 19... Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Nd7 21. Bd3 b5 $6 (21... Bxc3
22. Rxc3 b5 {prepares the advance.}) 22. axb5 axb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 22...
Bxc3 $5 23. b6 $1 Nxb6 24. Rxc3 Kg7) 23. Nxb5 $1 {White conquers material.}
Rxb5 $1 24. cxb5 c4 25. Be2 Qc5 26. Bf3 $1 Nb6 27. Re1 Qxb5 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.
Kh2 Qb5 30. Qe2 Bf5 31. g4 Bd3 32. Qf2 Na4 33. Bd1 Qxd5 $2 34. Rxa4 Bd4 35. Bf3
$1 {Gordon took the lead on Jones.} 1-0

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ledger, Dave"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Gordon led by half-a-point on Jones, when the last round began. Jones could
play for equalisation, because Gordon drew a quickly.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O
Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Qb6
17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rf7 {They fight in the Dragon.} 20. Qg5 $6 (
{Known is} 20. g4) 20... Rc8 $1 21. Nd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 21. Nde2 a5 22. Kd2
) 21... Nxd5 22. exd5 Qa5 $5 23. Kb2 e5 $6 (23... Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qc5 {
keeps the initiative.}) 24. Ne2 $2 (24. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 25. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (25...
Rxh7 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ {draws}) 26. Rh1+ Kg7 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28.
Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 24... Bf5 25. Rd2 Rb7 26. Ra1 $2
(26. Qe3 Rc5 27. g4 {offers more resistance.}) 26... Qc5 $1 27. Rc1 Kg7 28. g4
h6 29. Qh4 Bxc2 $1 30. Rcxc2 Rxb3+ $1 31. Kc1 ({The pointe is} 31. Kxb3 Rb8+
32. Ka2 Qa5#) 31... Qa3+ 32. Kd1 Rb1+ 33. Nc1 Qxf3+ 34. Re2 Qd3+ {The final sta
ndings became: Jones and Gordon 9/11, Howell 81/2, Gormally, Hawkins and
Arkell 71/2, etc. Jones and Gordon had to carry out a playoff on the next day.}
(34... Qd3+ 35. Red2 Qf1+ 36. Qe1 Rxc1+ $1 {gains material.}) 0-1

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99 Playoff"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Gordon and Jones played two rapid games. Each man got 20 minutes per game
plus 10 seconds per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Kh8 11. Kh1 $5 ({Usual is} 11.
Nd3 Ng8 12. Qd2) 11... Qe7 12. Qd2 Ng8 13. g3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ng2 Ndf6 16.
Rae1 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. f4 e4 19. Nd1 b5 20. Nde3 Rab8 21. b3 b4 22. Qd1 Ne8
$4 23. Bh5 $1 {White gains a queen.} Bc3 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Re2 Ng7 26. Rc2 Bd4
27. h3 Nf6 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rg8 30. f5 Ngh5 $5 31. Bxf6+ $5 Nxf6 32. Rf4
Rfg7 33. Rd2 Be5 34. Rdf2 $1 Rg5 35. Kg1 Be8 36. Kf1 R8g7 37. Qc2 h5 38. Rxe4
$1 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 hxg4 40. f6 Rh7 41. Ke2 $5 Bg6 $1 42. f7 $4 ({Right is} 42.
Rf5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 Bxf6 44. Qe8+) 42... Rxf7 43. Nf5 Rfxf5 44. Rxf5 Bxf5 $5 45.
Qe3 Rh5 46. Nf4 Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Kh7 48. Ne6 $5 Rh1+ $5 49. Kg2 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rh5
51. Kg2 g3 52. Ng5+ $2 Kg7 $2 (52... Kg8 $1 53. Kf3 Rh4 $1 {wins quickly.}) 53.
Nf3 $2 (53. Kf3 $1 {prolongs the game.}) 53... Bh3+ 54. Kg1 Rf5 $1 55. Qe4 Rf4
56. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 {Jones won the game, although he had blundered a queen.} 0-1

[Event "North Shields"]
[Site "GBR 99 Playoff"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8
8. c4 Qc7 9. b3 b5 10. Na3 e5 $5 11. Qd3 Qb7 12. Re1 Bc6 13. Nb1 Nf6 14. Nc3 b4
$2 15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Bb2 {White has a superior game.} f6 18. a3
Be7 $5 19. axb4 O-O 20. Nd4 f5 21. Ne6 Rf6 $5 22. c5 $5 Bb5 $5 23. Qf3 $5 e4 $2
24. c6 $1 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qh3 $2 (26. Qh5 Rxe6 27. Qe8+ {wins at once.})
26... Rxe6 27. Qxf5 d5 28. Qxd5 e3 $2 (28... Rb6 {equalises.}) 29. fxe3 $1 h6
30. b5 axb5 31. Rac1 Kh7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rc1 Re6 35. Bd4 Kg6
36. Kf2 Kf5 $5 37. Bxg7 Ke4 38. Rd1 Bc5 39. Bd4 Bd6 40. g3 {
Jones had won the playoff by 2-0.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 100"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2013.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The 100th British championship was played in Torquay from 29 vii until 10
viii 2013. 106 players took part. They carried out 11 Swiss rounds.} 1. g3 g6
2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9.
Qxd5 Nc6 10. O-O $5 ({Known is} 10. Bg5 Nb4 11. Bxd8 Nxd5) 10... Be6 11. Qd1
O-O 12. a4 Qb6 13. Nf4 Bc4 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Rb1 Ba2 16. Ra1 Bc4 17. Bf1 $5 {
White keeps the game going.} Bxf1 18. Nd5 $1 Qd8 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. Ra3 $5 f5 21.
Rae3 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Re8 24. Qe2 Re5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. b3 h6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 26... Qf7 $1 27. c4 Qf3) 27. Kg2 $1 a6 28. Qe4 Qf7 $5 29. Bf4
Kf8 30. c4 Kg8 31. Ne3 Kf8 32. Nd5 Kg8 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. f4 $1 {
Howell keeps an advantage.} Bd4 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Kf8 37. g4 Ba1 38. Qe1 Qg7
$6 39. Qe2 $6 Qf7 $5 40. Kf3 b5 $2 41. Qe1 $2 (41. axb5 axb5 42. Qa2 $1 Be5 43.
Qa8+ Kg7 44. cxb5 {wins for White.}) 41... bxc4 42. bxc4 Bd4 $6 (42... Bf6 $5 {
prevents the next move.}) 43. Qh4 $1 Qe8 $2 (43... Kg7 {defends properly.}) 44.
Qxh6+ Bg7 45. Qg5 Qxa4 46. Qxg6 Qxc4 47. Qf5+ Ke8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qf5+ Ke8 50.
Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qxd6+ $1 Kg8 52. Ne3 Qc1 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Qd5+ Kf8
56. Qd8+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Kf8 60. Qc8+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kf8
62. Qf5+ Kg8 63. Qe6+ {He gains time.} Kf8 64. g5 $1 Bd4 65. g6 Qh1+ {
Exchanges on e3 lead to a lost pawn ending.} 66. Kg4 Qb7 67. Nd5 Kg7 68. Kh5
Kh8 69. f5 Qb8 70. h4 Qg8 71. Qxg8+ Kxg8 72. f6 Bb2 73. Ne7+ {
Howell scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 100"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 $5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 {
The opening favours White.} Nf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Rxe3 Qe7 18. Qe2 {Gordon has an advantage in development.} g6 19. Rc1 Rb8 20.
Bd5 $5 Rf6 21. Rxc8+ $5 Rxc8 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxe6 {He has gained a pawn.}
Qd7 24. Qe5 Qd3 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. Re7 Qf3+ 27. Kh3 $1 Qf5+ 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. f4 {
The rook ending is won.} Rb5 30. b3 Rh5+ 31. Kg2 Rb5 32. Kf3 a6 33. Kg4 h6 34.
Re5 Rb6 35. h4 $1 Kf7 36. h5 Rd6 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re6+ $1 Rxe6 39. f5+ Kf6
40. fxe6 Kxe6 41. Kh5 {White will win the pawn ending elegantly.} Kf5 42. Kxh6
Kg4 43. Kg6 Kxg3 44. Kf5 Kf3 45. Ke5 Ke3 46. Kd6 $1 Kd4 47. Kc7 $1 Kc5 48. Kxb7
a5 49. a4 {Gordon is going to triumph with his a-pawn.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 100"]
[Date "2013.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qa4
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 (9... Nxf6 {drew in Hebden - Arkell, Birmingham 2001.}) 10.
e4 Bb7 11. e5 Be7 12. Rd1 c5 13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfc8
{Black controls the open file.} 17. Bd3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qb5 Ra7 20. Nb1
Bb4 21. Re2 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. a3 Be7 24. Nc3 Rac7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Kf1 g5
27. Ne1 a4 $5 {He weakens the queenside.} 28. Rdd2 g4 $6 {
The kingside is weakened as well.} 29. Rd3 Kh7 30. h3 $1 gxh3 $5 31. Rxh3 Rc1
32. f4 Rd1 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Nxd3 {Exchanges help White.} h5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Kf2
Rc4 37. Ne1 f6 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Nxc2 fxe5 40. fxe5 Bg5 $6 (40... Nb8 $5 41.
Nc3 Nc6 42. Nxa4 b5 43. Nc3 b4 44. axb4 Bxb4 {defends the queenside.}) 41. Nc3
b5 $5 {He has to lose a pawn.} 42. Nxb5 Bc1 43. Ne1 Bxb2 44. Nd3 Ba1 45. Nf4+
$1 Kf5 46. Kf3 Nf8 47. Nxh5 Bb2 48. Nf4 Bc1 49. Nd6+ $1 Kg5 50. Nf7+ Kf5 51.
g4# {Hebden utilised his chances.} 1-0

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 100"]
[Date "2013.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mackle, Dominic"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Rd1 Nf4 10. Bf1 c5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rb1 Ne6 13. Nb5 Qe7 $5 14. b4 $6
cxb4 {Thank you!} 15. Bd2 a5 16. a3 b3 $6 (16... bxa3 17. Bc1 Ndc5 {
keeps a plus.}) 17. Rxb3 $5 Ndc5 18. Rbb1 Bd7 19. Bc3 $5 Bc6 20. Rd5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 20. Re1 f6 21. Rbd1) 20... Nf4 21. Rxe5 $2 {
Again material is given away.} Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe4 23. Qc1 Qg5 24. h4 Ne2+ {
White is mated on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "Torquay"]
[Site "GBR 100"]
[Date "2013.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bf4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. c4
Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Qd4 $5 Rc8 13. b4 $5 Nd7 14.
Nd3 Qb6 15. Qb2 $5 Rc7 {Black has the initiative.} 16. e4 $5 N5f6 17. Nd2 Qd6
18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Nf3 Rc2 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bc4 $1 22. Rfe1 Rd2 23. Nb3 Bxb3
24. axb3 e5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 a6 27. d6 $1 b6 $1 28. Rad1 Rcc2 29. Rxd2 $5
Rxd2 30. Bc6 $2 ({Better is} 30. Bb7 f5 31. Bxa6) 30... Rxd6 31. Bb7 b5 32. Ra1
Nb8 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rc8 Nd7 35. Rd8 Kf6 36. Bxa6 Ke7 37. Ra8 Rb6 $5 38. Bc8 $5
Rb8 $1 39. Rxb8 Nxb8 {He has a better knight versus bishop endgame.} 40. Bb7
Kd6 41. f4 exf4 $1 42. gxf4 Nc6 $1 43. Ba6 Na7 $5 44. Bb7 Nc6 45. Ba6 Nd4 $1 {
He finds the win.} 46. Kf2 Kc6 47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Ke4 f6 $1 49. Bxb5+ (49. Kd3
Ne7 50. Ke4 Kb6 {gains the bishop.}) 49... Kxb5 50. Kd5 Nh4 51. Ke6 f5 52. Kf6
Ng2 53. Kg5 Kxb4 54. h4 Nxh4 {Black wins the following pawn ending. Howell had
decided the championship in the penultimate round. The final standings became:
Howell 91/2/11, Jones, Hebden and Gordon 8, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "GBR 101"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{The 101st British championship was played at the University of Aberystwyth
from 19 until 30 vii 2014. 59 participants played 11 Swiss rounds.} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9.
O-O Qc7 10. g3 $5 ({Usual is} 10. h3) 10... Nf6 11. f4 e5 $1 12. fxe5 ({
The alternative is} 12. exd5 $5 O-O $1 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Rfe8 {
and Black has the initiative.}) 12... Bxe5 13. exd5 Bh3 $5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nc4
Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 cxd5 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rab8 $5 20. b3 Qc5+ $5 (
20... Rfe8 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 21. Kg2 $2 (21. Qd4 $1 Qxc2 22. Ne7+ Kh8
23. Nxd5 Rfd8 24. Qc3 $1 {draws.}) 21... Rfe8 $5 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qd4 Qxc2+ 24.
Kg1 Nf6 25. Nh6+ $5 (25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Ng4 27. Qxg4 Qc5+ {
accepts the loss of a pawn.}) 25... Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qb4+ Re7 28. Re1 Ne4
29. Ng8 $2 {White breaks down.} (29. Qb8+ Re8 30. Qb4+ Qc5+ 31. Qxc5+ Nxc5 32.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Nf5 {avoids an immediate loss.}) 29... Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 {
Hawkins started wonderfully by 6/6.} 0-1

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "GBR 101"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{Hawkins had been leading by 11/2 points on the previous champion Howell. When
the eighth round began, the difference had become one point. The competitors
met.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qc2 Na5 {
Howell has a poor compensation for the pawn.} 11. g3 $6 (11. e4 $1 Qc6 12. Be2
{happened in Markus - Vallejo Pons, Dresden 2007.}) 11... b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13.
O-O O-O-O {White has an unpleasant position.} 14. Ra2 f5 15. Nh4 Qd6 16. Bxb7+
Kxb7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qd5 19. Qf4 Rhf8 20. Re1 $5 f6 $6 21. Rae2 $1 {
He attacks the weakness.} e5 $5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nc6 $1 25.
R5e4 Rd2 26. f4 Ra2 $1 {Black has the initiative.} 27. Rxc4 Rxa3 28. f5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 28. Nf3 $1 b5 $1 29. Rb1 $1) 28... b5 $1 29. Rf4 (29. Rb1 $5 Kb6
30. g4 a5 31. Nf3 a4 {also favours Black.}) 29... Rxc3 30. f6 Nd8 $5 31. g4 $5
Nf7 32. Nf3 {Hawkins kept the lead, but he failed to deliver the decisive blow.
} (32. Nf3 a5 33. Ne5 a4 {continues the attack on the queenside.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aberystwyth"]
[Site "GBR 101"]
[Date "2014.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.16"]

{When the last round began, Hawkins led by half-a-point on Howell. The game
Pert - Hawkins ended in a draw. So Howell got a chance to equalise with the
leader.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. c3
O-O 8. Qe2 Nd7 $6 ({Known is} 8... a5) 9. O-O a5 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. a4
Qf6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Qg6 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Nf3 $5 {
Howell avoids an exchange.} Kh8 17. h3 Qh5 18. Be3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nd4 $1
Qxe2 21. Nxe2 {Now Black has a weak pawn after the exchanges.} e4 $5 22. Bd5
Ne7 23. Bb3 Bg6 24. Nd4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Bd5 Rff8 27. Rd2 Rab8 28. Re1 h6
29. Rde2 Rfd8 30. Bb3 b5 $2 ({Better is} 30... b6) 31. axb5 Rxb5 {
Black has two weaklings.} 32. Ba4 Re5 33. Bd4 Re6 34. Bb3 Re7 35. Ra1 $1 Be5
36. Be3 Red7 37. g3 $1 Ra8 $1 {He protects his pawns.} 38. Bc2 Bf6 39. Ra4 Re7
40. Bc1 {White will gain a pawn.} Kg8 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 ({The pointe is} 41... Rae8
42. Bxg6 $1 Rxe2 43. Bxe8 Rxe8 44. Bf4) 42. Rexe4 Bxe4 43. Rxe4 a4 44. Kf1 Kf7
45. Ke2 a3 46. bxa3 Bxc3 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. a4 c5 49. Be3 Be7 50. g4 Bd6 51. Bd2
Bc7 52. Be3 Bd6 53. h4 Bf8 54. h5 Bd6 55. Bd2 Bc7 56. Be3 Bd6 57. f4 Kf6 58.
Bd2 Bc7 59. Bc3+ Kf7 60. g5 {Hawkins and Howell shared the lead by 81/2/11 at
the end of the tournament.   A match of two rapid games was planned for the
next day, according to the rules, but an unexpected development took place.
The sponsor did not like a play-off and the leaders shared the title.} 1-0

