[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable,  (White)"]
[Black "M Dymond,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Rb1 Bg4 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. b4 Qc7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfd1 Nfd7 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Rb3 Nb6 19. b5 $1 d5 20. bxc6 bxc6
(20... d4 21. Nb5 $16) 21. Bc5 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxc6 Re1+
25. Kh2 Qd2 26. Qf3 Bh6 27. Rb4 Qxc2 28. Rd4 $2 {Short of time, I missed the
combination I was looking for:} (28. Rxb6 $1 axb6 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qf8+ $18 {
driving the king into the centre with an easy win. But the text move doesn't
lose.}) 28... Re8 29. Bb4 Bg7 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. a3 {Sealed. Here I felt I was
still winning because my pieces are better placed. Second session.} h5 32. Ne4
Nc4 33. Ng5 {After the move I had intended, 33 Bc3, White clearly gets the
better of it, but the text move looked better - I couldn't see how he could
stop me making a second attack on f7 by Qd5 or Qb7. Then came...} Ne5 $1 34.
fxe5 (34. Qd5 Nxd3 (34... Qxd3 $19) 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxg6 ({But White has a
draw:} 36. Bc3 $1 Qxc3 37. Qxg6 Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qg6 $11) ({Or, less
spectacularly,} 36. Ne6 Rg8 37. Bf8 Bxf8 38. Nxf8 Rg7 39. Nxg6+ Rxg6 40. Qxg6
Qe2 41. Qf7 Nb2 (41... a5 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ $11) 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6)
36... Qxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Nxf4+ $19 {etc.}) 34... Bxe5+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Rd1 Qxg5
{and Black, a pawn ahead, won in 44 moves.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall,  (White)"]
[Black "Simon Knott,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Ng3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nce2 Re8 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. f4 Kh8 16. f5 $1 {A fine move gaining oceans of space on the K-side.
White is ready to let the pawn go eventually, by which time he will have
profited from the extra space by a strong attack.} Ng8 17. Nh5 Qh6 18. Nhf4 Nf6
19. Rf3 Re4 20. Ref1 Rde8 21. Rh3 Qg5 22. Rg3 Qxf5 23. Rgf3 {Avoiding the trap!
} (23. Ng6+ $2 fxg6 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Kf2 Rxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 $19 {
when the Black knights outplay the rook in the ending.}) 23... Qd7 24. Ng3 Re1
25. Nfh5 Nxh5 26. Nxh5 f6 27. Rg3 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rg8 29. Nxf6 $1 Qd8 ({Of
course} 29... gxf6 30. Qxf6+ {wins for White.}) 30. Nxg8 Kxg8 {...and Black
resigned. White is the clear exchange ahead and could continue 31 Qb5 winning
a pawn.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper,  (White)"]
[Black "Graham Speed,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "192"]
[BlackElo "193"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 h6 11. b4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. c5 Kh8 15.
cxd6 $2 {This allows Black to win a pawn (much good may it do him!). Better
was Rfd1 in preparation.} Nxd6 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 e4 18. Ne1 c6 $1 {The
d-pawn is pinned on the bishop - hence the need for Rfd1 first.} 19. Bc4 Ne7
20. Bc3 Nxd5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {In compensation for the pawn, White has exposed
the black king and has good chances.} 22. f3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ne3 $6 {Driving the
rook where it wants to go.} 24. Rg1 Bd7 25. Be6 $1 Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Qxb4 {After
this moment of greed, Black has no defence, but White was already making
inroads.} 27. g4 $1 fxg4 28. Nc2 $1 Qd2 (28... Nxc2 {allows} 29. Rxg4+ $18) 29.
Nxe3 h5 30. Nxg4 $1 {White doesn't want the piece, only to open up the g-file.
At this point, BLACK LOST on time when one imagines he was about to resign
anyway. Notes based on comments by Philip Gasper.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Saunders,  (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "158"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Chadwell Heath"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Ng4 6. Bc4 Nxe3 7. fxe3 O-O 8.
Qf3 e5 9. O-O-O Qg5 10. Nh3 Qg4 11. Qf1 Qh4 12. Nf2 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Qg2 f4 18. Nd3 (18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Nd2 $14 {was
preferable.}) 18... fxe3 19. Ndxe5 {White will find it difficult to round up
the e-pawn, but had his eye instead on the e5 pawn.} (19. Rde1 Kh8 {and White
cannot capture on e3 because of ...Bh6 etc.}) 19... Kh8 ({Of course,} 19...
dxe5 20. d6+ $18 {wins the queen.}) 20. Nxd7 {This helps Black's development,
but other moves with this knight lose the e-pawn.} Nxd7 21. Qh3 Ne5 22. Be2 ({
If} 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 {prevents} 23. Qxe3 {because of} Bf4 $19) 22... Nxf3 23. Bxf3
Rf6 24. Rhg1 Raf8 25. Be2 Bh6 26. Qh4 Qe5 27. Kc2 Qf4 28. Rg4 Qf2 29. Kd3 Qxh4
30. Rxh4 Rg8 31. Bg4 Bg5 32. Rh3 Rf2 33. Bf5 h6 34. Rg1 Rd2+ 35. Kc4 Rxb2 {
Threatening mate in two by 36 ...b5+ 37 Kd3 Rd2#} 36. Rxg5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1977.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roy Wagstaff, (White)"]
[Black "G Moscow, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "158"]
[BlackElo "163"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Brentwood"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 f5 5. f4 Nh6 6. e5 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Be2 d5
9. O-O e6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. Qc2 Nf7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Kf2 dxc4 15. Bxc4
Nd5 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Na4 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 b6 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. a3 Bh6 21. g3 Kh8 22.
Bc4 b5 23. Ba2 Nd8 24. Nxd5 exd5 ({If} 24... cxd5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Rc1 {
and White reaches the 7th rank.}) 25. Ne1 Ne6 26. Ke3 g5 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Bb4
Rf7 29. Bb1 a6 30. Bc3 Kh8 31. Rc2 Rg8 32. Rcf2 g4 33. Rh1 Bf8 34. hxg4 Rxg4
35. Kf3 Rfg7 36. Rg2 Nd8 37. Nf2 R4g6 38. Rh5 Rf7 39. Nd1 Rh6 40. Rgh2 Rxh5 41.
Rxh5 Kg7 42. Ne3 Kg6 43. g4 {White's position is now overwhelming.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roy Watts,  (White)"]
[Black "Andrew Kinder,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "169"]
[BlackElo "152"]
[Annotator "Andrew Kinder"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Upminster 1"]

{Notes by Andrew Kinder.} 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6.
Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. f4 $2 {Somewhat premature, loosening his position and
exposing his king to dangerous threats.} dxe4 9. Nxe4 {Both 9 fxe5 and 9 f5
loose a pawn to 9 ...exd3.} {On} Nxe4 10. Bxe4 ({And if now} 10. dxe4 Bc5+ 11.
Kh1 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bg4 13. Bf1 ({And if} 13. Re1 Nb4) ({White's best chance is} 
13. Rd2) 13... Bf3+ $19 {wins a piece.}) 10... Bh3 11. Bg2 ({If} 11. Re1 Bc5+
12. Kh1 Bf2 $19) 11... Bc5+ 12. Kh1 (12. d4 Nxd4 13. Bxh3 Nxe2+ $19) 12...
Bxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Kh3 {With White's King on h4 by move 14 the game looks
all over, but how to finish him off? It took me 20 minutes to find...} f5 15.
Nc3 ({Or} 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 (16. d4 Ng4 17. dxc5 Nf2+ $19) 16... Qc6 $19)
15... Qe6 16. Kg2 Rae8 17. fxe5 Nd4 $1 ({Stronger than} 17... Nxe5 18. d4 Rd8
$15 {when White can gain comfort from the complications.} (18... Qc6+ $17)) 18.
Bf4 Qc6+ 19. Kh3 h6 20. g4 g5 21. Bg3 h5 $1 22. gxf5 ({After} 22. gxh5 g4+ 23.
Kh4 Be7#) 22... g4+ 23. Kh4 Rxf5 24. Bf4 ({White loses prettily after} 24. Rxf5
Nxf5+ 25. Kg5 ({If} 25. Kxh5 Qh6+ 26. Kxg4 Ne3+ $19 {etc.}) 25... Qh6+ $1 26.
Kxf5 Rf8+ 27. Ke4 Qc6+ 28. Nd5 Qg6#) 24... Qg2 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable,  (White)"]
[Black "Steve Bush,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "175"]
[Annotator "Hunnable,Ian"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Barking"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 ({If} 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 ({Not} 11. Nxf7 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Kxf7 $19) 11... Bxe5 12. c3 $11) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Rad1 Nd4
13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 c6 $2 15. Nf4 b5 (15... Nd6 16. Bd3 $11) 16. Bb3 a5 17.
a3 (17. Nxg6 a4 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. Nxc6 axb3 20. Nxd8 bxc2 (20... bxa2 21. e5 $16
) 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 $16) 17... c5 18. Bd5 Ra6 19. Nd3 c4 $2 {Black cracks.
He had to play ...Bf8 with an even game.} 20. Nde5 Be6 21. Rxd4 Bxd5 (21...
Rad6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 (22... Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nc6 $16) (22...
Bxe5 23. Bxf7+ {etc.}) 23. Rxd6 Rxd6) 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 Rd6 24. Rd1 Nc7 $2
25. a4 $1 bxa4 26. Nxc4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 $2 $14 (27. Ra1 Na6 28. Rxa4 Nb4 29. c3
Nd3 30. Kf1 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. c3 Nf4 29. Kf1 ({Not} 29. Nxa5 Ne2+ 30. Kf1
Nxc3 31. bxc3 a3 $19) 29... Nd3 30. Ne1 Nxb2 $4 {This no longer works.} (30...
a3 31. bxa3 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Bxc3+ $11) 31. Nxb2 a3 32. Na4 Kf8 (32... a2 33. Nc2
$18) 33. Nc2 a2 34. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Essex Knockout"]
[Site "Ilford County High School"]
[Date "1978.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neil Cutler,  (White)"]
[Black "Ian Watson,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[BlackElo "201"]
[Annotator "Ian Watson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Parks v W&W"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Ian Watson, except where indicated.} Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4.
Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 $2 {This is a
well-known error, but I've got away with it before, so...} 10. Nd2 $6 {I get
away with it!} ({White should play} 10. c5 $1 f5 11. Ng5 $16) 10... f5 11. f3
$2 {This is pointless (like White at the end of the game!) as Black cannot
play ...fxe4 giving up the crucial e4 square. Nor can he yet play ...f4.} Bh6
$1 {...and Black stands much better.} 12. Nb3 ({If} 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nb3 f4 $1
{leaves only one question open: on which square will the White king be annexed?
}) 12... Bxc1 13. Rxc1 f4 14. c5 g5 15. cxd6 {This settles the issue. White's
only drawing chance was to play b5 and c6 and march his king to b2. (! - Ed.)}
cxd6 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. Kh1 {Threatening 19 Nxa7 (as 19 ...Rxa7 20
Qxc8 without the intervention of 20 ...Qb6+ - Ed.)} a6 19. Nc3 h5 20. Qd1 Nf6
21. a4 g4 22. b5 a5 23. b6 Rg7 $1 {Starting a long combination.} 24. Nb5 g3 25.
Nc7 Nxe4 $1 {Clearing the diagonal d8-h4 and thus threatening ...Qh4 etc. - Ed.
} 26. Nxa8 Nc5 {This (or ...Bf5) is to preserve the bishop which must be
available to capture a pawn on h3.} 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. d6 Qh4 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30.
h3 Bxh3 31. Re1 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Friendly Fixture"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1978.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P Donovan, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "141"]
[BlackElo "158"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Hastings"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d4 Qe7
9. Nbc3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 (13... cxd5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $16) (13... Qd8 14. Nf4 $14) 14. Nf5 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 (14...
Qxe6 15. Nc7 $18) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. b4 Na4 18. e5 Rff8 19. exd6
$18) 14... cxd5 (14... Ncxe4 15. Nde7+ Kh8 16. Nxg7 Nxd2 17. Bxf6 Qxe7 18. Bxe7
Kxg7 19. Bxf8+ Kxf8 20. Red1 $18) 15. Nxg7 Ncxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe4
18. Bf6 e3 19. Qxe3 Bh3 20. Qh6 Qc6 21. Qxh3 d5 22. Qh4 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Re4 24.
Ne7+ Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Re1 Qc3 $2 27. Re2 Qc6 28. Qh6 Qd7 29. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Upminster"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Smith, (White)"]
[Black "KW Spurgeon, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "172"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.12.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Upminster 1"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. h3 Rab8 11. Re1 e5 12. Nfd2 b6 13. Nb1 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
Kh2 Ne7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Nc3 Qd8 21. Qf3 Nh4
22. Qf2 Nxg2 23. Qxg2 Qh4 24. Re2 d4 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. f5 Rfe8 27. f6 Bf8 28. Bd2
Rxe5 29. Be1 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1978.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harry Woolverton, (White)"]
[Black "Philip Gasper, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "172"]
[BlackElo "192"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Ilford 1"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 {Benko's gambit. This was Philip's first game with
the line.} 4. a4 {This is apparently a recommendation of Leonard Barden's.}
bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nfd7 {Aiming for e5.
Black also has in mind playing ...Ba6, but if he plays this immediately he
loses the chance to play his knight to e5, e.g.:} (9... Ba6 10. Nd2 Nfd7 11. f4
$11) 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. a5 f5 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. Ne6 Rf7
16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Qa6 18. Qf3 Nc2 19. exf5 $5 {White prefers to take his
chances against the Black king.} ({If} 19. Ra4 Rb8 20. exf5 Rxb2 21. fxg6 hxg6
$11) ({Or} 19. Rac1 Nb4 20. exf5 Rxf5 $11) 19... Nxa1 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rxa1
Rb8 22. Ne4 {After-game analysis, in the pub, suggested 22 Qh3 caused more
trouble, in view of 22 ...Nf6 f5!} (22. Qh3 Nf6 (22... Nf8 $17 {- Andrew
Kinder.}) ({But the "2020 engine" says:} 22... Rxb2 $1 23. f5 ({if} 23. Qxd7
Qd3) 23... Rxf5 24. Ne4 Qe2 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Ng5+ Rxg5 27. Qxg5 Nf6 $19) 23. f5
$1 {and if} Rh8 24. Qg3 {is awkward. But} Qc4 $1 $11) 22... Rxb2 23. Ng5 Qe2 $1
{By handing back the material, Black can nullify White's pressure and convert
to a winning ending.} 24. Qh3 Nf6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rf1 Qg4 {Forcing the
queen's off, after which White has no counterplay.} 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Bc1 Ra2
29. f5 Rxa5 30. fxg6+ Kxg6 31. Bb2 Ra2 32. Bc1 Nf6 33. Rd1 Ra1 {The d-pawn
falls and White resigns. Notes expanded form comments by Philip Gasper. 21st
century analysis inter-woven.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Smith, (White)"]
[Black "John Branford, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "172"]
[BlackElo "188"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. h4 a5 11. Nf1 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Ba6 15. Ng5
Rc8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 {If 16 ...h6 White merely retreats the knight, plays the
other knight to g4 with a sacrificial attack on the h6 point.} 17. hxg5 Nd4 18.
Rac1 Kh8 19. Ng4 Qe8 20. Qh3 Rg8 21. f3 c4 22. Kf2 cxd3 23. g6 fxg6 ({If} 23...
h6 {simply} 24. Nxh6 $18) 24. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "East Ham"]
[Date "1978.04.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "P Smyth, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "East Ham"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 c5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Rc1 Nc6 $2 {
Black played this move with the intention of provoking d5, but he has
completely misjudged the position.} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 ({Black cannot win
a pawn by} 9... Nxd5 {because} 10. Nxd5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Nc7+ {wins the
exchange.}) ({Nor is he safe with} 9... Na5 10. d6 $18 {and White piles in.})
10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 {This is the position Black completely mis-read.} Bc5 (
11... d6 12. e4 $16) ({Black cannot recover his pawn with} 11... Nxd5 {because
now} 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 ({not} 12... Bxd5 {as} 13. Bxe7 $18 {wins a piece.}) 13.
Qxg7 Bxd5 (13... Bxc1 14. Qxh8#) (13... Rf8 14. Qe5+ Be7 15. Nf6#) 14. Qxh8+
Ke7 15. Qe5+ Kf8 16. f4) 12. Qe5+ Qe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. e4 {
White has a potentially won game provided he can keep Black's bishop pair
under control.} Rhg8 16. g3 Rg5 17. Bh3 Ba6 18. Ne2 Bd3 19. Bf5 h5 {Black
hesitated when playing this move, realising I could win the pawn on this
square, but nonetheless went ahead with the offer.} 20. h4 Rgg8 21. Nf4 Ba6 22.
Nxh5 Bd4 {Black played this immediately indicating that it was this idea he
was relying on to compensate him for the sacrificed h-pawn. Apart from the
threat to the White Q-side pawns, Black's main threat is ...Rac8 to wrest
control of the c-file.} 23. b3 (23. Rc7 Bb5 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {and the
intrusion of the Black rook can be prevented only by Kd2 at the expense of the
f-pawn.}) (23. Rc2 {also fails to} Rac8) 23... Rac8 24. d6+ $1 Kxd6 25. Rd1 Kc5
{Now Black has been forced to block the c-file against his own rook.} 26. f3 {
A necessary precaution against ...Bc3+} Rc7 {After this, Black is on the run.}
27. Rc1+ Kd6 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 29. Kd2 Bf2 30. g4 Bd4 31. Nf4 Be5 32. Nd5+ Kd6 33.
f4 Bb2 34. Rb1 Bxa3 $2 (34... Bd4 35. h5 $18 {wins anyway.}) 35. Ra1 Bb2 36.
Rxa6 Ra8 37. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1978.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Watson, (White)"]
[Black "Percy Cook, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "201"]
[BlackElo "174"]
[Annotator "Ian Watson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Ilford 1"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 dxe4 10. Rxe4 Rxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg4 12. c3 Bf8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nd7 15. Qf5 Be7 ({Not} 15... g6 $4 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxf6+ $18) 16. Re1 Nf8 17.
Re3 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rd8 ({If} 18... Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Bd8 20. Re8 $18 {wins quickly.})
19. Qh5 Ne6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nxh6 Ng5 ({Not} 22... gxh6 23. Qf5 Ng5
24. Rxg5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 $18) 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Nxg5 fxg5 {Whereupon, White
precipitated Black's resignation by announcing mate in three by 25 Bh7+ Kh8 26
Bg6+ Kg8 27 Qh7#} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper, (White)"]
[Black "P Gordon Smith, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "192"]
[BlackElo "176"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Harlow"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 {This is slightly better for White.
Preferable is ...e6 or ...d5.} 5. d4 cxd4 {Here, ...d6 is an improvement.} 6.
exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 ({...e6 is forced anyway after} 8... Nxc3 9. Bc4
$1 {...since} Ne4 10. Bxf7+ Kd7 11. Qe6+ {is disastrous for Black.}) 9. Bg5 f6
10. Bd2 {White's careful probing has forced Black to weaken his K-side which
is now vulnerable to direct attack.} Bg7 11. Bc4 Nce7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 g5 14.
h6 Bh8 15. O-O-O a6 {A token attempt only. White's K-side action is far to
advanced to allow Black's Q-side action to catch up.} 16. Rh5 b5 17. Bxd5 {
The normal consideration in this type of game, to preserve the white-squared
bishop, gives way to the need to clear lines to the black king.} Nxd5 18. Nxg5
$1 fxg5 ({After} 18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 {wins just the same.}) 19. Rxg5+ Kf7 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rxd8 Bxb3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. axb3 Bxd4 25. Bb4 Rc8+
26. Kb1 Rd8 {...and Black resigned. Notes expanded from brief comments by
Philip Gasper.} 1-0

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "Simon Lee, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "103"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1978.01.03"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{Notes by Ian Hunnable.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6.
e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 {More consistent with ...
Bd7 is ...Rb8, planning an eventual ...b5.} 11. f4 Qb6 {Well spotted.Black
threatens ...Nxe4 winning a pawn. It is hard for him that White has a solid
reply.} 12. Qd3 Nb4 (12... Qxb2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Rxb7 $14) 13. Qd2 Qd8 {
Black retreats im face of the threat Ne6.} 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 {Simon confessed
himself a little put out by this, having been briefed that I am not an
attacking player!} Re8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Qd3 Kh8 $2 {Black has left f7 without
support, giving White an extra lever in pressing his attack.} 18. Nf3 Qc7 19.
Ng5 Rf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Be8 22. b5 {Driving the knight away from the
centre before playing f5, so as not to allow ...Ne5.} Nb8 {A far-sighted
retreat, allowing the knight to come to the excelent defensive post at f6.} 23.
f5 Nd7 24. fxg6 $16 Nf6 25. Qf5 $2 (25. Rxf6 $1 exf6 26. Nxh7 fxg6 (26... Rg8
27. Nxf6 $18) 27. Nxf8 Bxf8 28. Qe6 Kg7 29. Rf1 Be7 30. Bg4 Rb8 31. Bd4 Qd8 32.
Qd5 Bf7 33. Be6 $18) 25... Bd7 26. Qf2 fxg6 27. Bb6 $5 {Chasing the queen
further away from the defence of the K-side} Qb8 28. Qh4 {Threatening 29 e5
dxe5 30 Rxd7.} h6 29. Be3 $2 (29. e5 {as in the previous note.} dxe5 30. bxa6
bxa6 31. c5 $14) 29... Kg8 30. Nf3 g5 {It looks as though White must now
retreat.} 31. Bxg5 $6 {"Forced" or queen retreats allow ...Nxe4 and Black is
winning. But the other capture is correct.} (31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Be6 33. h4
Nxe4 34. Qg6 Nf6 35. h5 Bf7 36. Qg5 Nh7 37. Qg4 Kh8 38. Bd3 Bg8 39. h6 Be5 $15)
31... hxg5 32. Nxg5 {For his piece, White has two pawns and a bind on the
Black king. Unfortunately, the standard sacrifice in this position, i.e. Rxf6,
is not available as Black can recapture with the rook giving the king a flight
square. So White must add more pieces to the attack. But now Simon started
fighting. [2020 note: the reason for the last remark is shown by the modern
analysis engine: Black has a clear advantage.]} Qa7+ $2 {A surprising check.
But the right way to continue was ...Rc5.} (32... Rc5 $17) 33. Kh1 Qe3 {
Simon banged the queen down in the middle of my position leading me to think
I'd missed something.} 34. Bd3 axb5 $2 {This is actually a serious error.
Black needed to play ...Rc5.} (34... Rc5 35. e5 Qxe5 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Bd3+ Kg8
38. Bh7+ $11) 35. e5 $1 {Pawns are not important, it's open lines that are
needed now.} Qxe5 36. Bh7+ ({Better} 36. Rfe1 {so that after, say} Qc3 37. Bh7+
Kh8 38. Bf5+ Kg8 39. Bxd7 Rxc4 {White does not have to expose his King with g4,
but has instead} 40. Be6+ $18) 36... Kh8 37. Bf5+ Kg8 38. Bxd7 Rxc4 $1 39. g4 {
Now we see the point of the previous note. Moreover, White must now take a
risk to keep his Q and N in attack. Amazingly, however, Black does not have a
check.} ({White cannot play} 39. Be6+ {because} Qxe6 40. Nxe6 Rxh4 $19) 39...
Rc2 {Black can do nothing to prevent White's next combination, but his mating
threat looks dangerous.} 40. Be6+ Rf7 41. Bxf7+ Kf8 42. Nf3 {The sealed move
at the end of the first session. Second session.} Qe2 43. Qg3 Kxf7 ({Or} 43...
Ne4 44. Qg1 Nf2+ 45. Rxf2 Qxf2 46. Qxf2 Rxf2 47. Bd5 $18) 44. g5 Ne4 45. Nd4+
Nf2+ ({Black also loses a piece after} 45... Kg6 46. Nxe2 Nxg3+ 47. Nxg3 $18)
46. Kg1 Qe5 47. Qxe5 dxe5 48. Nxc2 Kg6 49. Rxf2 Kxg5 50. Rg2+ Kh6 51. Rxg7 Kxg7
52. Rf1 Kg6 53. Kg2 e6 54. Kg3 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. h4 Kg7 57. Kg5 e4 58. h5 1-0

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Fernie, (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "172"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1pp4p/p2p3b/2PPp2n/PP2P1pr/1RN2p1n/2B4P/4RKBN b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{[#]} {In Fernie-Potter the following extraordinary position arose after 34
moves. Potter is a sacrificed piece down, but in full flight.} 34... f2 35.
Bxf2 Nxf2 36. Nxf2 Rxh2 37. Re2 g3 38. Ncd1 gxf2 39. Rxf2 Rfxf2+ 40. Nxf2 Bf4
41. cxd6 cxd6 42. b5 axb5 43. a5 Bg3 44. Rf3 Rxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 Nf4 {
The game now enteres its interesting final stage.} 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Kd2 h5 49.
Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kb4 Nd4 51. Bd1 h4 (51... Kg6 52. Kc3 Kg5 53. Kd2 h4 54. Ke3 b4 {
White can't stop both pawns.}) 52. Bg4 Ke7 {[Unfortunately, the note given in
First Rank here, starting with 52 ...Kg5, appears to be an illegal move.
Obviously, the annotation started with the Black king on the wrong square.]}
53. Bc8 Kd8 54. Bh3 Kc7 55. Bg4 Kb8 56. Bd7 Ka7 57. Bc8 Ka6 58. Bd7 Ka7 59. Bc8
Nf3 60. Bh3 Ng5 61. Bf1 ({Prolonged resistance only was offered by} 61. Bg2 h3
62. Bh1 h2 63. Bg2 Nh3 64. Bf3 Nf2 $19 {etc.}) 61... Nxe4 62. Kxb5 Nf2 63. a6
h3 {White resigns.} 0-1

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "172"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.04.25"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. d4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 cxd4 {
Best here is ...Qa5.} 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Qd3 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Be6 (13... Bc6 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qe3 $14) 14. b3 Qc7 15. Kh1
Bd7 {Alan bravely admits the misplacing of this bishop and tries to rectify
the error,but it is already too late. The plausible ...Nd7 also falls short:} (
15... Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxe7 $1 {as}
Qxe7 {meets with} 21. f6+ $18) 16. e5 Bf5 ({Of} 16... Ne8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bb6
$18 {wins the exchange.}) 17. Qe3 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rad1 {
The threat is now 21 Bb6 Nxb6 22 Nxb6 winning the exchange.} Rc6 21. Bf3 {
The last piece falls into place and Black is in zugzwang.} Re6 ({If here} 21...
Qe8 22. Qg5 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxc6 Bxg5 26. Bxe8 $18) 22. Nf4
Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 ({On} 24... Bxf4 25. Rxd8 Bxe3 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Bxb7 $18) 25. Qxe5 f6 26. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terry Whitton, (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[BlackElo "172"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1 O-O
9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. Nd5 b6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 b5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Bd5+ Ne6 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bc6 Rb8 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Qxc7 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Bd5 25. Ra1 g5 {While White has
been spending time putting his rooks on open files, his bishop has become
trapped. Is there any answer to ...Qg6, ?} 26. Ra7 Qg6 27. Qa5 $1 Be6 28. Bg7
$1 {A superb Whittonian wriggle. The bishop on f6 is required to defend the
rook.} ({There was also} 28. Rg7+ Qxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 $18) 28... Rb8 29. Bxf6
Qxf6 30. Qc7 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.06.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Bird, (White)"]
[Black "Bill Franklin, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "159"]
[Annotator "Michael Bird"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{Notes by Michael Bird.} 1. d4 f5 2. e4 {Staunton's Gambit specially prepared
fo Bill Franklin.} fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 {...g6 and ...Bg7 are also
playable.} 5. f3 Be7 {This must be wrong, to allow White all the centre; 5 ...
exf3 was necessary.} 6. fxe4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 {Trying to open up the game but at
the expense of Q-side development.} 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O
d6 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 exd5 14. exd5 Qf7 (14... Qxe2 15. Bxe2 {Black is left
with a bad ending.}) 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd2 h6 {Black now offered White a draw,
testing his sense of humour.} 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Qh5 19. Rdf1 Na6 20. Rhg1
Qh6 21. Nce4 {Now waiting for Black to resign as all roads lead home.} Bd7 (
21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 {leaves Black to answer the awkward threat Bh7+ - Ed.}) 22.
Nxd6 Re5 23. Ndf7 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League Play-off"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aidan Corish, (White)"]
[Black "Bill Franklin, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "166"]
[BlackElo "159"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Upminster 1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Ng5 Nb8 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. e3 Qg6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Nh4 Qg5 16. f4 Qg4 {Contrary to the original First Rank analysis, |^this|^
is the better move.} (16... Qh5 17. Bf3 Qe8 18. Nxf5 $16) 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. Nd1
Ne4 19. Bg2 Nxg3 $5 (19... Qg4 $11) 20. hxg3 {Once again, the better choice.} (
20. Bxh3 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 Nxf4+ 22. exf4 g6 ({FIrst Rank gave} 22... Bxf4 {
And here FR follows with 23 Nf3. Instead...} 23. Rxf4 $1 g5 24. Nxf5 gxf4 25.
Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxc8 Raxc8 27. Bxd7 $18) 23. Bc1 $16) 20... Qxg3 21. Qf2 Qg4 22.
Nf3 Be7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. Rc1 h5 {Jeronimo!} 27. Nf2 h4
28. Nh3 Kf7 29. Kf2 {This is still winning for White, though Kh2 is marginally
better.} (29. Kh2 $18) 29... d4 30. Kg1 $2 {Given as "essential to "survive
the threatened ...Bd5+. Not so.} (30. Rg1 $1 Bd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5 32. Bxd5+ Qe6
33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. exd4 $18) 30... Bd5 31. Qf2 $2 {This is the error, 31 Qe2
being correct.} (31. Qe2) 31... dxe3 32. Qe2 Rad8 {...heading for d2.} 33. Kh1
$2 (33. Bc3 Qg4 34. Rc2 Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Rd3 $15) 33... Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 35.
Kxg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2 37. Kxe3 {and White resigned being two pawns downand a
third about to drop.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "Michael Yeo, (Black)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "194"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]

{Notes by Ian Hunnable.} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. d3 ({Alternatively
the critical line} 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 $11) 4... Nf6 5. g3 Bb4 {
My opponent afterwards thought this was incorrect and suggested 5 ...Be7 as an
improvement. 5 ...Bb4 poses one or two problems, however.} 6. a3 {Hence I
forced Black's hand so that the knight, when chased, could go to d4.} ({
If White wants to avoid doubled pawns he chooses between} 6. Bd2 {when} Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 e4 8. dxe4 fxe4 {can be followed by the awkward ...r3!?}) ({or} 6. Qb3 e4
7. dxe4 fxe4 8. Nd2 Nd4 {which is also difficult.}) ({Furthermore, on} 6. Bg2
e4 {chases the knight to n awkward square.}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e4 {Despite
all the lines involving this move in the previous note, in this situation it
is probably premature, ...O-O being better.} 8. Nd4 d5 9. Bh3 dxc4 10. dxc4 ({
Not} 10. Bxf5 Bxf5 11. Nxf5 O-O $19) 10... Ne7 11. O-O O-O (11... c5 12. Nb5
O-O 13. Bf4 $14 ({FR gave} 13. Nd6 $11 {is OK for White.})) 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5
h6 14. Nc6 $1 ({Unfortunately,} 14. Nxf5 {doesn't work:} Qxd1 15. Nxe7+ Kf7 16.
Rfxd1 Bxh3 $17 {and White must lose a piece.} {It's actually 2-for-1:} 17. Be3
Kxe7 18. Bc5+ Kf7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 14... bxc6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxe7 Re8 ({
After} 16... Rd2 17. Rfd1 Rxe2 18. Rd8+ Kf7 19. Bc5 $16 {is to White's
advantage.}) 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Bd4 ({I had planned} 18. Rfd1 Bxc4 19. Bxf5 {
but realised in time that Black has here} Re5 $17) 18... Bxc4 19. Bxf5 c5 $1 (
19... Bxe2 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21. Bd7 $16 {regains the pawn.}) 20. Be3 Bxe2 21. Rfe1
Bd3 22. Bd7 (22. Bg6 Nf6 (22... Re5 23. f4 $1 $18) 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxc5 $16)
22... Re5 23. Rad1 a6 $2 24. Bf4 $2 {Short of time, I was primarily concerned
with regaining the pawn, which this move does, leading to a draw. Imagine my
anguish when Paul Smith later pointed out f4! leading to a win.} (24. f4 $1 Re7
(24... Nf6 25. Bc6 $18) 25. Bc6 Rb8 (25... Rd8 26. Bxc5 Rf7 27. Bxe4 Rfd7 28.
Bc6 Rf7 29. Re3 $18 {etc.}) 26. Bxc5 $18) 24... Nxf4 25. gxf4 Rh5 26. Bc6 Rf8
27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rhf5 29. Rd7 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxc7 Ra4 {Draw was
agreed on Black's proposal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Junior Ch."]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1965.01.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "David Wood, (White)"]
[Black "B Jennings, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Ng3 f5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
$2 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bb3 Rd8 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qe1 Bb5 19. Rf2 Qc6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Rfc2 Bc6 22. Qd1 Rdc8 23. g4 Bd5 24. gxf5 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 exf5 26. Qc7 $1 Qe6 27.
Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxe7 Qxa2 29. Qb4 Qa6 30. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Correspondence game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J Elwood - Somerset, (White)"]
[Black "David Wood - Essex, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. f5
b5 9. Bg5 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nc5 15.
Qh3 Bxe4 16. Bxa6 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 Nxa6 18. O-O Qc6 19. Rf3 f6 20. Bh4 d5 21. c4
Kf7 22. Rd3 e4 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Kf2 Bc5+ 26. Ke2 Re8 27. Qg4 e3
28. Nc4 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 b3 30. a3 e2 31. Be1 Kf8 32. Qg3 Rc1 33. Nd6 $2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Correspondence game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Wood, (White)"]
[Black "JL Powell, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Qh5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Kb8 12. Nb5 Qd5 13. Bf4+ e5 14. Nxe5
Qxg2 15. Nxc6+ {The first in an amazing sequence of three consectuive double
checks.} Kc8 16. Ne5+ Kb8 17. Nd7+ Ka8 18. Nc7# {A drastic brevity.} 1-0

[Event "Match Leicester City v County"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Wood, (White)"]
[Black "PG Killick, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
c6 9. h4 b5 10. h5 f5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Be2 Nh6 15. Rh2
Nf7 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bf2 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rb8 19. Rdh1 c5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6
Nd5 22. Rh8+ $1 Nxh8 23. Rxh8+ Kf7 24. Rh7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Qh6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A Mitchell, (White)"]
[Black "Peter Smith, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "148"]
[Annotator "Peter Smith"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]

{Notes by Peter Smith. (Modern annotations prefixed "WM".)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
3. cxd5 ({Usual and better is} 3. dxe5 $14) 3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6.
Qa4+ Nc6 7. Qxb4 Nxb4 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 f6 11. Nc4 {After his
early aberration White has threaded his way well through the complications and
arrived at a playable position. Black now lends some assistance.} O-O-O {
WM: Peter gave this a query in First Rank, but the modern analysis engine says
11 ...O-O-O is correct. The assessment of the position is equal and Black
doesn't have an advantage even after 11 ...Nge7; it remains equal.} 12. e3 Nge7
13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Kb8 15. b4 a6 16. Rb1 b5 17. Nb2 Nb6 18. O-O {WM: Neither
is this an error, the position remains equal.} Ne5 $1 19. Rfc1 Nec4 20. Nxc4
Bxc4 21. Bxc4 $2 {This is the first error by either side, but the damage is
not serious.} (21. Bd1 $11) 21... Nxc4 22. Be1 f5 23. Rc3 $2 f4 (23... Rhf8 $17
) 24. Rd1 (24. exf4 Rhf8 25. g3 Rxd4 $15) 24... Rd5 $2 (24... f3 25. g3 Rd5 $17
) 25. Rxc4 $4 {WM: White loses his cool and the game.} (25. exf4 Rf8 (25...
Rhd8 26. Rg3 g6 $11) 26. Rh3 h6 27. Rg3 Rd7 $11) 25... bxc4 26. exf4 Rhd8 27.
Bc3 c5 28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rb1+ Rb5 30. Rxb5+ axb5 31. Kf1 Kb7 32. Ke2 Kc6 33.
Ke3 Kd5 34. g3 g6 35. h3 Ra8 36. Bb4 c3 37. Bc5 (37. Bxc3 Rxa3 38. Kd2 Kc4 39.
Bb2 Rd3+ $19) 37... Kc4 38. Ke2 Kb3 39. Kd1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Fernie, (White)"]
[Black "Paul Stokes, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "142"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Batersea"]

{Notes expanded from comments by George Fernie. (Modern annotations prefixed
"WM".)} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 c6 $2 6. Nxd5 cxd5 7.
Qb3 e4 8. d3 f5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 $2 (10. O-O $18) 10... Nd4 ({Or} 10... Bb4+
11. Kf1 Bc5 12. Qxd5 $16) 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. O-O g5 {This looks a trifle
ambitious for one so behind in development, but in fact it is a defensive
move! Black will lose a centre pawn if he does not drive the knight away.} 13.
Nh3 h6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Bc5 $1 {George's inventiveness is already at work; he
traps the king in the centre and is planning to let the exchange go in order
to build an irresistible attack.} Bxb2 16. dxe4 {The annotator's problem here
is where to put the "!". I have put it after White's 15th move because he had
already embarked on this exchange offer at that point. Can Black decline the
offer?} Bxa1 (16... dxe4 17. Rad1 $11 {with good chances against the open king
in return of the pawn.}) (16... fxe4 17. Rad1 Be6 ({Or} 17... Bf5 18. Qb3 $16 {
wins the d-pawn.}) (17... Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxd5 $14) 18. Bxe4 Bxh3 19.
Bg6+ Kd7 20. Rxd5+ $18) 17. exd5 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxa1 Bd7 20. f3 Kf7 21.
e4 b6 22. Bd4 Rhe8 23. e5 Bb5 24. f4 g4 25. Nf2 Rac8 26. Nd1 Rc4 27. Nc3 Ba6
28. Rd1 Rec8 29. Bf1 {A natural move, but maybe White should press on with 29
d6.} (29. d6 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc3 31. Bd5+ Ke8 32. e6 $18) 29... Rxc3 ({After
the game,} 29... Rxd4 {was suggested, but after} 30. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Rc1
32. Be2 $11 {there seems little Black can do to prevent White organising the
advance of his pawns. WM - but the modern search engine gives the position as
equal.}) 30. Bxa6 (30. Bxc3 $18 {levels the pieces!} Bxf1 31. e6+ ({FR gives} 
31. Bxa5 {but then} Bc4 32. Be1 Bxa2 $11) 31... Ke7 32. Bb4+ Kd8 33. Kxf1 $18)
30... Rc1 31. e6+ $2 {This should throw away White's chances.} (31. Rxc1 Rxc1+
32. Kf2 {...which FR gives as 'sufficient to preserve the win'. In fact the
position is equal, e.g.} Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Bb5 h5 35. d6+ Ke6 36. Ba6 Kd7
37. Bb5+ Ke6 $11) 31... Kg6 $4 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Be5
{and Black resigns. The pawns are unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Corringham"]
[Date "1978.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roy Wagstaff, (White)"]
[Black "J Keeling, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "161"]
[Annotator "Roy Wagstaff"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Shell"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

{Another example of Roy Wagstaff's favourite Four Pawns.Black allos an early
intrusion and the dispatch is efficient. Notes by Roy Wagstaff.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc7 {A
time-consuming manoeuvre which enables White to castle safely before the
conflict commences.} 9. O-O e6 10. e5 dxe5 $2 {Allowing White the luxury of a
suported passed pawn. Better 10...Ne8.} 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. d6 Ne8 13. Qe2 b6 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 {Hoping to be attacked again by ...g5.} a6 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Rad1
g5 {...I am!} 18. Nxg5 $1 fxg5 19. Qh5 Nef6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxg5 Rd7 22. Qg3
Bb7 ({If} 22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qe8 24. Nf6+) 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe5 {On 24 ...
Kh8 25 Ne4 etc.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Corringham"]
[Date "1978.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Franklin, (White)"]
[Black "I Sparling, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "160"]
[BlackElo "143"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Shell"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 {The books recommend 2 ...d5.} 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3
O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ne8 8. O-O f6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. f5 fxe5 11. fxg6 $1 {As
Fischer used to say, Black is "busted". White is offering a piece, but in
return gets not only space but time since Black must expend two moves to pick
up the piece.} Ndf6 ({If} 11... e4 12. Ng5 ({Or} 12. gxh7+ Kh8 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 Nef6 15. Neg5 Nxh7 16. Ne6 $18) 12... exd3 13. gxh7+ Kh8 14. Rxf8+ $18
{followed b y Nf7+}) 12. Nxe5 Nd6 13. gxh7+ Nxh7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Rf1 Qe8 18. Qg5 Bf5 19. h4 {The final assault is on its way.
} e6 20. h5 Qd8 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. h6 $1 Bf6 ({If} 22... Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24.
Rxf5 (24. Kf2 $18 {takes longer.}) 24... Qe8 25. Rg5 $18) 23. Rxf5 $1 {Nice.
Removing defence of the white squares.} exf5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Bg5 $1 {Black
could resign now, especially as he has nothing better than his next.} Bxe5 26.
dxe5 {Quicker than taking the queen.} Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Ne8 28. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall,  (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "161"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "East Ham"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. d3 Nxf4 $6 {If this is sound, it
requires accurate defence from Black to hold it.} 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Ng5 Bd4+ $2
(14... Qb6+ {was required.} 15. Kh1 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Ne5 $11) 15. Kh1 Rxf1+ 16.
Rxf1 Qa5 ({Now} 16... Ne5 {would lose to} 17. Qxe5+ Bxe5 18. Nf7+ $18) 17. Rf7
Bg7 18. Rxe7 Ne5 19. Nf7+ Nxf7 20. Re8+ Bf8 21. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Harlow"]
[Date "1978.12.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall,  (White)"]
[Black "P Gordon Smith,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "176"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Harlow"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {nusual for Alan, he normally plays the Two Pawns Attack (2
e5 Nd5 3 c4).} d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. f4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. Bb5+
Nc6 9. Ne2 c4 10. d3 Qb6+ 11. Ned4 cxd3 12. cxd3 Nc5 13. Be3 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qc2 Qb5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ $2 {Now Black's game collapses.} (
17... Qxc5+ {makes it very hard for White to realise his advantage.} 18. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 19. d4 Bb6 20. Rac1 $14) 18. d4 Be7 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qxc6 Qxb2 21. Qxd5
Rfd8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rab8 24. Rc7 Kf8 25. Ra1 Rxb3 26. Rxa6 Rxf3 {
What else?} 27. gxf3 Rxd4 28. Raa7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable,  (White)"]
[Black "Gerry Hayes,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Hunnable,Ian"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Ilford"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Ne2 ({It was
Gerry who told me of a famous precedent here if White plays} 7. dxc5 {
Capablanca,J-Yates,F New York 1924 (7) 1-0}) 7... Qb6 8. Qc1 Bd7 9. Ng3 Bb5 10.
Bxb5 Qxb5 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. O-O h6 15. Rfe1 Nh7 16. Nf1
Rac8 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Re2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd1
Nf6 23. Qc2 Qa6 24. a3 Rd7 25. Nh2 Kg7 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Red2 Red8 28. Ne5 Rd6
29. Qb3 {See diagram in First Rank. The time control was one move away at this
point (30 moves in 90 minutes). Gerry now made a pawn offer which he thought I
had to refuse.} Ne4 {Either way, I had only a few microseconds before my flag
dropped (analogue clocks) and a decision to make.} 30. Rxd5 $2 (30. Rc2 c4 31.
Qa2 Nc5 $15 {didn't look inviting, but was in fact the only way to play on.}) {
Just what was happening after 30 Rxd5 I wasn't sure, beyond the next two moves.
} 30... c4 $2 {30 Rc2 might not have looked inviting, but was not losing, as
grabbing the pawn should have been. It seems we both saw only the game
continuation, whereas Black can win out of hand with 30 ...Rxd5.} (30... Rxd5
$1 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32. c4 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Qxe5 $19) 31. Rxd6 cxb3 32. Rxd8 {(s)
This was the sealed move at the end of the first session (there were no
Quickplay Finishes in those days, all London League games were adjourned after
the first session, although either player could opt for adjudication after 60
moves. (The LL time control in those days was 30 moves in 90 minutes repeating,
so 60 moves represented two sessions.) The game was resumed at Wanstead House
on 9 January 1979.} Qe2 33. R8d7 {The only defence, but a good one, against 33
...Qxb2 which would immediately fail to 34 Rxf7+ Kg8 35 Rd8#} Kf6 {A surprise.
In my adjournement analysis, although recognising that the text was playable,
I was mainly concerned with the play following 33 ...Qxf2+.} ({e.g.} 33...
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Ng5 ({Not} 34... Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Rxf1 $1 Qxf1 37. Rxf7+ $18
) 35. Nd3 $11 ({Or} 35. Kh2 $11)) 34. Ng4+ Ke6 35. f3 h5 36. fxe4 hxg4 37.
R1d6+ $2 (37. R7d6+ Ke5 (37... Ke7 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rf1 Ke8 40. Rxb7 gxh3 41.
gxh3 Qxe3+ $11) 38. R6d5+ Ke6 $11) 37... Ke5 38. Rd5+ Kxe4 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40.
hxg4 Qxb2 {This is the point of the line starting with 33 ...Kf6. In reply,
White has played to get both rooks behind the Black b-pawn.} 41. Rxb7 (41.
R4d5+ Kf6 42. Rxb7 Qxc3 43. Rdb5 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 b2 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Rxb2 $11)
41... a5 $1 42. Rb5+ Ke6 43. Rb6+ {Chasing the Black king so that it is either
trapped on the back rank, or the a-pawn can be captured with the rook
currently on the d-file.} ({White doesn't have time for} 43. Rxa5 Qc1+ 44. Kh2
b2 $19 {and Black queens.}) 43... Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 ({If} 44... Ke8 45. Rdd7 $11
) 45. Rd6+ (45. Rf4+) 45... Kg5 46. Rd5+ Kxg4 47. Rxa5 Qxc3 48. Rab5 ({Not} 48.
Rb4+ $4 Qxb4 49. axb4 b2 $19) 48... Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+
52. Kg1 Kg3 53. Rxb3 (53. Rxf7 $1 $11) 53... Qe4 54. Kf1 Qc4+ 55. Ke1 Qc1+ 56.
Ke2 Qc4+ 57. Ke1 Kxg2 58. Rb2+ (58. R7b4 Qc1+ 59. Ke2 g5 $15) 58... Kg1 $2 (
58... Kg3 $17) 59. R7b4 Qc3+ 60. Ke2 f5 $4 {Tragedy. On the last move before
adjudication, a fatal error. 60 ...Kg2 was necessary, or the other pawn, 60 ...
g5. The position was submitted for adjudication and the result given was a
WHITE WIN. Play proceeds 61 Kf3, threatening mate in two by Rb1+ or Rg2+ etc.,
and if 61 ...Qc6+ 62 Kg3 Qd6+ 63 Rf4, threat Rb1+ and if 63 ...Qd1 64 Rg2+ Kh1
65 Rh4#} (60... g5 $11 61. Kf3 Qc6+ 62. Kg3 Qd6+ $11 {and now we see the point
of ...g5: White does not have Rf4.}) (60... Kg2 $11) 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Percy Cook,  (White)"]
[Black "Philip Gasper,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "170"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Ilford"]

{Notes by Philip Gasper.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bb5+ {Unusual. White probably hoped for a posiion similar to those arising
from the Moscow variation (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bb5+).} Bd7 {I wanted to develop
my knight on c6, but slightly better here would have been 6 ...Nbd7, when
White must either lose time or concede the two bishops.} 7. Bxd7+ {Necessary,
otherwside Black plays ...Nc6 and again White will have to lose time or give
up bishop for knight.} Qxd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 a6 {Although this
looks like a natural Sicilian move, I was not very happy at having to play it.
The problem is that White is preparing to bring a rook to the d-file and the
black queen must soon move to c7. Playing ...a6 stops a white knight coming in
on b5, but also, unfortunately, Black cannot really reply ...b6, to prevent
White obtaining a bind with a5, since he has no white squared bsiohp to
protect the weak pawn on a6. I decided to 'sacrifice' the b6 square, but it
may have been better to ignore the possibility of White playing Nb5.} (10...
Rd8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. a4 $14) 11. a4 Qc7 {To stop the immediate a5.
} 12. Nxc6 ({If} 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Rfd1 $14) 12... Qxc6 {Black has
better chances on the c-file than on the b-file. The attack on the e-pawn
compensates for the loss of a temo by the queen.} 13. f3 {Black is usually
very happy when White supports his centre like this, since the first player
has to give up aggressive intentions on the K-side with f4 and f5 or e5. White
could have moved his bishop to defend the pawn, but this would have weakened
his grip on b6.} O-O 14. a5 Rac8 {This stops Na4, but White decides to put a
piece on the square anyway.} 15. Ra4 $6 {Very odd! Precisely what White
intended by this move I'm not sure - perhaps he wanted to prevent ...Qc4 and
later double rooks on the d-file. If 15 Rad1 Black could play 15 ...Bd8
forcing the rook back again - 14 a5 had its weak points too! Best seems 15
Rfd1 when I had planned to regroup with 15 ...Nd7, intending ...Bf6 and/or ...
Ne5 and ...Nc4, or ...Nc5.} d5 {Black takes advantage of the awkward
positioning of White's pieces to get in this important central thrust.} 16.
exd5 $2 {Played almost immediately, but the losing move! Obviously White
should have played 16 e5.} (16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 ({or} 17. Bd4 $11) 17... Nc5 18.
Rd4 f5 $15) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rg4 {White cannot defend both his
rook and his c-pawn, so he seeks desperate chances on the K-side. A better try
would have been 18 Rd4 aiming to make a tough fight of it in the endgame.} f5
19. Rg3 ({No better would be} 19. Rd4 Bc5 20. Rd3 Rce8 21. Qf2 Rxe3 $19) 19...
f4 20. Bxf4 Bc5+ 21. Be3 Rce8 (21... Rfe8 {also works. I didn't like} 22. f4
Qe6 23. f5 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. f6 {but then} Rc7 $19 {and Black remains a
piece to the good.}) 22. f4 Qe6 ({Not} 22... d4 23. Qc4+ $16) 23. Re1 {I
expected 23 Rff3 when 23 ...d4 wins the bishop (25 f5 Qf7). After the move
played, I wrote down 23 ...d4 on my scoresheet [WM we were allowed to in those
days!] as it appears still to win a piece. Then I noticed 24 Qh5! and if 25 ...
Rf5 25 Qg4 when Black is losing. Fortunately, though, I found...} Rxf4 $1 {
...exp[loiting a double pin and preparing to treble on the e-file. Now White
really must lose material.} 24. b4 Ba7 ({Not} 24... Rxb4 25. Bxc5 $18) 25. b5
Re4 {Simplest.} 26. b6 Bb8 27. Rh3 d4 28. Qh5 h6 29. Rf3 Rxe3 30. Rfxe3 dxe3
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.01.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terry Whitton,  (White)"]
[Black "Chris Haynes,  (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[BlackElo "163"]
[Annotator "Terry Whitton"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Drunken Knights"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Terry Whitton.} d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. Nc3 e5 7. O-O Be7 $2 {Here my opponent said we were playing a Sicilian
reversed (Maroczy Bind). Unfortunately for him, he has failed to take account
of White's extra move.} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 (8... Nxc3 9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 {Now any
move by Black leaves White a pawn up and White can take the b-pawn with
threats.}) 9. Nxd5 h5 10. d4 Ng4 {10 ...cxd4 helps White.} 11. b3 h4 12. Qd3
hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 {Overcautious simplification to
eliminate any Black threats.} Qxc5 16. Qe3+ Qxe3 17. Bxe3 Bh3 $2 {This helps
White.} 18. Rac1 Bxg2 $2 {...as does this.} 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Bd4 O-O 21. Rc5
Rfd8 22. e3 Rd7 23. a3 Ne7 $2 {Better 23 ...b6} 24. Rg5 g6 25. Rh1 Kf8 (25...
f5 26. Rh8+ $18 {and Black loses a rook.}) 26. Rh8+ Ng8 27. Bc5+ {A weak move,
but I had forgotten that Black could play 27 ...Kg7. So had my opponent: his
next move was 27 ...Resigns??! However, after 27 ...Kg7 28 Rh1 White is still
winning, but slowly.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.01.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L Butcher,  (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter,  (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "161"]
[Annotator "First Rank based on Alan Potter."]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Drunken Knights"]

1. e4 {Notes based on those by Alan Potter. Modern interventions prefixed "WM".
} d6 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bd3 $2 e5 6. f4 $6 exf4 7. Nf3 Ng4 8.
O-O c6 9. Be2 {White's extravagant play has led him into trouble.} Qb6+ 10. d4
(10. Kh1 Nf2+ {also forces White to concede the exchange.}) 10... Ne3 11. Qd2
Nxf1 12. Rxf1 g5 13. Kh1 (13. Nxg5 Qxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Be5 $19 {
is fine for Black.}) 13... h6 14. Ba3 Qd8 15. Bc4 Bg4 $2 16. Nh4 $1 Na6 (16...
gxh4 17. Qxf4 {with a powerful attack. [WM - Though the engine says it's
equal!]} Qd7 18. Bxf7+ Kd8 19. Bxd6 h3 20. gxh3 Bxh3 21. Rf3 Qg4 $11) 17. h3
Be6 18. d5 gxh4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxd6 $2 {Maybe 20 Bxe6 is stronger.} Be5 21.
Nb5 $6 {White realises his game has collapsed and tries, as the Russians say,
to "muddy the waters".} cxb5 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Rxf4+ Bxf4 24. Qxf4+ Qf6 25. Qg4
Rhg8 26. Qh5+ Rg6 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. e5 Qg5 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. Qxb7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 {
Adjournment. Black now sealed 31 ...Qf4+ but White resigned without wishing to
see it. The material difference is somewhat unusual: Black is two exchanges
and a knight for two pawns up.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M Dymond, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "178"]
[BlackElo "161"]
[Annotator "Roy Wagstaff"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O a6 9. h4 b5 10. Bb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qe3
c4 15. h5 Nf5 {Chicken! - but think of the humilation if White has a mating
attack shold Black capture the bishop. [WM This is a scenario ripe for the
analysis engine! This shows that there was neither a win by taking the bishop,
nor a mating attack, though Roy would have needed to find some critical moves,
e.g. ...Bf5.]} ({If} 15... cxb3 16. Qh6 Bf5 $1 17. axb3 (17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Qf4
bxa2 19. Nxa2 Rc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 Nh4 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxf2 24. Nb4
g5 $15) 17... f6 18. g4 g5 19. e5 (19. gxf5 Kh8 20. f4 Ng8 21. Qg6 Ra7 (21...
hxg6 22. hxg6+ Nh6 23. Rxh6+ Kg8 24. Rdh1 {and mate follows.}) 22. fxg5 Ne7 23.
Qh6 Ng8 24. Qg6 $11) 19... dxe5 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. f4 exf4 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Re1
Ng8 24. Qxf8 Rxf8) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd5 $1 c3 $2 19. Ne7+ Kh8
20. Qxc3+ f6 21. hxg6 $1 Qxe7 22. Rxh7+ Qxh7 23. gxh7 Rac8 24. Qd2 Rxc2+ 25.
Qxc2 Bxc2 26. Kxc2 Rc8+ 27. Kd3 Kxh7 28. Rd2 Kg6 29. Rc2 Rb8 30. b3 Rb6 31. Kd4
Rb5 {Black wants an extra move. If 31 ...Kf7 32 Kd5 Ke7 33 Rc7+ wins. After
the text, White can continue 32 Rc6. BLACK RESIGNED.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "B Haase, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "174"]
[BlackElo "168"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 a6 7. a4 c5 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 $2 11. Qd6+ Qxd6 12. exd6+ Kd8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bxc4
Nc6 15. a5 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Na4 Re8 19. Nb6 Rxc5 20. Nxd7 Kxd7
21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Rxc5 Rxd6 23. Ne5+ Kd8 24. Rac1 Nd3 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. R1c7+
Kf6 27. Nxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxb7 Rxh3 {A joke move with which BLACK RESIGNED.} 1-0

[Event "W&W Ch"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howard Anderson, (White)"]
[Black "Andrew Kinder, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "140"]
[BlackElo "152"]
[Annotator "Howard Anderson"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{Comments by Howard Anderson.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 {Here we seem to leave the book. White trying to prevent ...
b5 and the subsequent Black attack on the Q-side.} Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. h3 {Reluctantly, but ...Ng4 looks to have a lot of
nuisance value in the long run.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. e5 {Black later said he
had overlooked that White can play this here. Nevertheless White's supposed
K-side attack still isn't off the ground.} Nd7 15. Qe2 {In the long run the
queen is better placed here than the superficially more attractive g4.} Rad8
16. Rad1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nc5 18. Kh1 {Very necessary. Black is gaining the
initiative, but as always in time trouble.} Nxb3 19. cxb3 Rd7 20. Qf2 Qd8 21.
Bb6 Qc8 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 f5 24. exf6 {To clear the weak pawn, but perhaps
White shouldn't capture in view of Black's strong f-file.} Bxf6 25. Bc5 Be7 26.
Qxf8+ {Forced by the rather foolish 25th move. Black is getting the better of
the position here; White holding on by his fingertips.} Bxf8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.
Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Kg1 Ke7 30. Kf2 e5 31. g3 Ke6 {Black is sure he's won here - and
he should be.} 32. Ke3 Bg2 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 Bh1 35. Nd1 {Aiming to get the
knight into play on e3.} Bd5 36. b4 Bb3 37. Nc3 Kf5 38. a5 {The start of
White's Houdini act. All his pawns are weak and Black is clearly going to win.
38 a5 releases the knight. More importantly, with Black again in time trouble,
White is trying a mock attack to divert his attention. Utterly unsound, it
works like dream.} Bc2 $2 39. b5 Bd3 40. bxa6 Bxa6 41. b4 {Again attack at all
costs.} Bc4 {About here, I began to smell escape - Black's apparently been
mucking about quite a while to little effect. The Q-side pawn majority is now
dangerous.} 42. b5 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd6 {This is the crucial stage of the game.
Black thought he was home and dry as did the spectators, but he's still got a
hurdle to get over.} 44. Ke4 Kc5 $2 {Black played this quickly without
realising the problem. (44 ...g6 seems to be the move - Ed.)} 45. a6 $1 bxa6
46. bxa6 Bxa6 47. Kxe5 Bd3 48. Nd5 Bc2 {(s) The sealed move at the end of the
second session nd I think a bad one. Black said he thought it was a certain
draw - but that's because he totally missed the rather obvious continuation.
In fact with a different sealed move he could have made life much more
difficult. ...Be2 or ...g6 better.} 49. Nf4 Bd1 50. Ne6+ Kc6 51. Nxg7 Kd7 52.
Kf5 Ke7 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. Nxh5 {...and BLACK RESIGNED on move 68.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Hick, (White)"]
[Black "P R Archer, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "161"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon 2"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nh5 9. Nc4 f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. dxe5 dxe5 {WM: First Rank says if Black plays 11
...fxe4 White wins a pawn with 12 Qd5+, giving a line continuing 12 ...Qe6.
However, if 12 ...Be6, Black wins! Instead, White has a brilliant line to
retain a clear advantage.} ({If} 11... fxe4 {White must go into a deep
sacrificial line to wrest an advanage.} 12. exd6 $1 ({Not} 12. Qd5+ Be6 13.
Qxe4 d5 $19) 12... exf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Bf7 b5 17.
Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Na3 $16) 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qb3 Qf7 ({If} 13... Be6 {White can
play} 14. Qxb7 $18) {White still had Qxb7 but rightly prefers the centre pawn
now available.} 14. Ncxe5 $1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18.
Rxe5 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Rc8 {How else can he protect the Q-side pawns?
} 21. Re7+ Kh8 22. h3 {...and Black RESIGNS! The peril is not so much the
threatened fork with g4, but the fact that the knight has no safe squares, e.g.
22 ...Bc2 23 g4 Ng7 24 Bf6 etc. Black has no good continuation, e.g. if 22 ...
h6 23 Bxh6 Black still cannot rescue the knight: 23 ...Nf6 24 Ng7+ etc.} h6 23.
Bxh6 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Kinder, (White)"]
[Black "T O Brugger, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "152"]
[Annotator "Andrew Kinder"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon 2"]

{Comments by Andrew Kinder.} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 Be7
6. d3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nbd2 {Yes, I know it's rubbish, but at
least it's quick rubbish. (Kinder ahead on the clock! - Ed.)} Bb7 10. e4 dxe4
11. dxe4 Nc5 12. e5 Nfd7 $2 {Passive; almost an other square is better.} 13.
Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Ba1 $1 {Terry Whitton said this was the best move of
the game!} Nb8 16. Nd4 a6 17. f4 Ncd7 18. Ne4 c5 19. Nf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc6 21.
g4 Re8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Red8 25. Bxd7 Be7 {and WHITE WON
after 36 moves. 1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simon Lee, (White)"]
[Black "P Burford, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "124"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon 2"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bg5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nb3 Re8 11. f4 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Be6 14. Qe1 Bxb3
15. cxb3 e6 (15... Nxa5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nd5 $18 {winning a piece.}) 16. Rc1
Qxa5 (16... Nxa5 17. Bxf6 ({or} 17. Nd5 {immediately.} Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxa5) 17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 $18) 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. f5 Rf8 19. Rf3 Qb4
20. Rh3 Rd7 21. Bxf6 h5 (21... Bxf6 22. Qh6 Rfd8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. fxg6 fxg6
25. Qxg6 $18) 22. Bxg7 gxf5 23. Bxh5 {Black here completely outplayed. 1-0} 1-0

[Event "Friendly v Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper, (White)"]
[Black "J Halliwell, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Hastings"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

{Notes by Philip Gasper. Modern interventions prefixed "WM".} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
c6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. bxc3 exf6 {Normal is ...gxf6,
but his leaves Black's K-side weak. The move played gives White a passed
d-pawn, but that is not too important at the moment.} 8. d4 Be7 {8 ...Bd6
would be more active.} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. Ne2 f5 12. Rb1 b6 13. O-O Qc7
{If Black develops his bishop on b7 now or later, White may have the
possibility of a sacrifice on f5.} 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Bh6
Rd8 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Ng3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. c4 h5 $2 {Very weakening. A better
try would be 21 ...f6.} 22. Bf6 Kh7 ({If} 22... f4 23. Ne4 Nc6 {...otherwise
the f-pawn is lost.} 24. d5 Na5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Be7 {wins the exchange.}) (
22... Bf4 {Best was} 23. Qe2 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Nc6 25. d5 Na5 26. c5 {but} Qxc5 ({
or} 26... bxc5 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. d6 $1 $18) 27. Qd2 Qd6 28. Be7 Qxd5 29. Qh6 Bb7
30. Be4 $1 $18) 23. Nxh5 $1 ({Not} 23. Qg5 Bf4) 23... gxh5 ({Declining the
knight is little better, e.g.} 23... Ng8 24. Qg5 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Rg8 (25... gxh5
26. Bxf5+ Bxf5 27. Qxf5+ Kg7 (27... Kh6 28. Rb5 $18) 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qxh5+ Kg7
30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Rb3 $18) 26. Re3 $18 ({WM:} 26. Re8 {as given in First Ranks
is insufficient:} Bb7 27. Rbe1 Raxe8 28. Rxe8 Qc6 {forcing} 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30.
Re4 fxe4 31. Qxg8 exd3 32. Qh8+ Kg5 33. f4+ Bxf4 34. Nxf4 Kxf4 35. Qe5+ Kg4 36.
h3+ Kh4 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Qe5+ Kh4 39. Qh8+ Kg3 40. Qe5+ Kh4 $11) 26... gxh5 27.
Rh3 Rg7 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Qh6 Bxh2+ 30. Rxh2 Kf8 31. Rh3 Be6 32. Rg3 $18) 24.
Qg5 Ng6 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qh6 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "W&W Club Championship"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alan Potter, (White)"]
[Black "Simon Lee, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "161"]
[BlackElo "124"]
[Annotator "Alan Potter"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{Notes by Alan Potter.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 $2 {Black's QB
must not go to h7. (Hence 4 ...h5 is required - Ed.)} 5. g4 Be4 {And now 5 ...
Bd7 was essential.} 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. Bxh7 Qg3+ 10. Kf1 Rxh7
11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Nc3 $2 {Giving away most of the advantage.} ({Best is} 12. Ne2
Qc7 13. Bf4 $16) 12... Nbd7 13. Nce2 Qc7 {13 ...Qd6 is stronger.} 14. Qg6+ Kd8
15. Nh3 Rh8 16. g5 Ne8 ({If} 16... hxg5 17. Nxg5 Kc8 18. Nxe6 $16 {and Black
is in tatters anyway.}) 17. Nef4 Ne5 {See anything better?} 18. Nxe6+ Kd7 19.
Nc5+ Kd8 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 $2 (21. Nxb7+ {wins so easily, as} Kd7 (21...
Kc7 22. Bf4 $18) 22. Nc5+ Kd8 23. Qxc6 $18) 21... Nc7 22. Nfe6+ Nxe6 23. Qxe6
Qxe6 24. Nxe6+ Kd7 25. Nxf8+ Rhxf8 26. Kg2 Rf5 {...and Black RESIGNED as White
was playing 27 gxh6. 1-0} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1979.04.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steve Abott, (White)"]
[Black "George Fernie, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "156"]
[BlackElo "147"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Upminster 1"]

{Notes by First Rank, with modern interjection prefixed "WM" (important point
at move 17).} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7.
Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nd2 {In his 1974 match against Karpov, Korchnoi twice
used 9 Ng5 (games 5 and 21) and against 9 ...g6 (game 5) Keene recommends 10
cxd5 d6 11 h4! with attacking propects. In game 21 Karpov continued 9 ...Nc6?!
and lost in 19 moves!} ({If} 9. Ng5 g6 ({Karpov played} 9... Nc6 {which is not
a bad continuation, Karpov's errors followed.} 10. Nxd5 g6 11. Qd2 Rb8 ({
Karpov now goes astray:} 11... Nxd5 $2 12. Bxd5 Rb8 $2 13. Nxh7 $3 Re8 ({
Acceptance is terminal:} 13... Kxh7 14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17.
Be4 f5 18. Bd5+ Rf7 19. Qg6+ {1-0.}) 14. Qh6 Ne5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
Qxg5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bxc4 19. f4 {1-0.}) 12. O-O Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 $11) 10. cxd5
d6 11. h4 $14) 9... Nc6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 $2 {
The hole created on d3 acts like a vacuum (WM perhaps "black hole" was a more
appropriate analogy?) and sucks Black's pieces in. Essexntial was 13 a3.} Ba6
14. Re1 Nd3 15. Re3 c4 16. Qa4 Bc5 {The meek retreat 17 Re2 would now leave
White passively placed and was obviously not an attractive prospect, so White
now selects a tactical plan sparking off a phase if Fernie lateral thinking.}
17. Nxc4 $5 Bxc4 {First Rank now says: "17 ...Bxe3 is answered by 18 Nd6". Oh
no it isn't! If White should play that, Black has a crushing attack.} (17...
Bxe3 {and if White should play} 18. Nd6 $4 {he gets crushed:} ({Best is} 18.
Nxe3 b5 19. Qd4 b4 20. Ne2 Ne1 $15) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Bc5 $3 20. Nxc8 Nf2+
21. Kg1 N2xe4+ 22. Be3 ({Or} 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Bf1 Nh3+ 25. Kg2
Bxf1+ 26. Kf3 Ng1+ 27. Kf4 Rxc8 $19) 22... Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nd3+ 25.
Kh1 Nc5 26. Qa3 Raxc8 $19) 18. Qxc4 Nxf2 $1 19. Qa4 ({Not} 19. Kxf2 Bxe3+ {
wins the queen.}) ({But} 19. Re2 {looks slightly better than the game move,
though Black is still winning.}) 19... N2g4 20. Nd1 Nxd5 $1 21. exd5 Bxe3+ 22.
Bxe3 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Qc5 {Still there is a finnesse. This allows Black to retain
a stronger grip by getting his queen into play.} 24. Qxd7 Rxe3 25. Kh1 Rae8 26.
Rf1 Qe7 27. Qf5 Re1 28. Qf4 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Re4 32.
Kf2 Rxf4+ 33. Ke2 Rxf1 34. Kxf1 Kf8 {0-1} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Match"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Fernie, (White)"]
[Black "G E Anslow, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "156"]
[Annotator "Notes expanded from comments by Geroge Fernie"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.01.10"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Hastings"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

{Notes expanded from comments by Geroge Fernie.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 $6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5
Nxe4 11. Nxf7 Nxc3 {Black apparently is relying on being able to pick up the
White knight which on d8 will be trapped. This gives rise to a highly
interesting phase of play, the outcome of which is not at all clear at this
stage.} ({Black could have chosen} 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Re8 $1 (12... Kxf7 13.
Bxe4 Re8 14. f3 Bf5 15. O-O Bxe4 16. fxe4+ $14 {when White retains his extra
pawn with chances.}) 13. Nh6+ Kg7 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Bb2 Kxh6 16. Bxc3 $16) 12.
Nxd8 Na4 13. O-O Nc5 {Covering e6 but also clearing a potential forking
position e.g.} ({e.g. if} 13... Na6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6) ({If} 13... Nxb2
14. Bxb2 Bxb2 15. Rab1 $18 {winning the b-pawn.}) 14. Be3 Nba6 15. Rad1 Bxb2 {
Black wants to play ...Bf5 and ...Bf6 and can ill-afford the time to take this
pawn, but the move is virtually forced since White threatened 16 b4 disrupting
Black's Q-side.} 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfe1 {With the threat 18 Re8+ Kg7 19 Nxc6!
bxc6 20 Rdd8 etc.} Kf8 18. Nxc6 Bg4 {The game's up.} (18... bxc6 19. Bxc6 Bb7 (
{or} 19... Rb8 20. Re8+ Kf7 21. Rdd8 $18) 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rb1 Bc3 22. Rec1
Bd2 23. Rc2 $18) 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxd8 Bc8 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Nxb7 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Tandem Simul."]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1979.09.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Potter/Simon Lee, (White)"]
[Black "Ian Hunnable, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "148"]
[BlackElo "178"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

{Notes by Ian Hunnable. Odd numbered moves by Simon Lee, evens by Alan Potter.
} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 {I imagine Alan was
disappointed on his next turn not to see a four pawns (5 f4).} g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Bf4 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 Bxc3 {Since Black is going
for the c-pawn, this is necessary.} ({If} 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Naxc4 13. Nb5 {
"wins". Or so it seemed. In fact Black has enough wriggle room to stay ahead:}
Qc5 14. a4 a6 ({Better} 14... Nxb2 $1 15. Rxc5 Nxd1 16. Rxc8 Rfxc8 17. Bxd1 a6
$19) 15. Nxc4 axb5 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb5 Bxb2 $15) 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bh6 Re8
14. O-O Naxc4 $4 {Sheer greed - a frame of mind set in course by my
extravagant 11th move. The pawn won't run away, but in the meantime, ...f6 was
needed as will become clear.} 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qd4 $1 {Mate threat on g7.} Ne5
17. f4 f6 {Black will get a second pawn for the knight and will hope to make
something of his pawn mass (or mess).} 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Qe3 Red8
21. Rad1 b6 {Still wasn't too late: 21 ...Qb6 enables Black to play on. Now
it's Alan's turn.} 22. Rxf5 $1 {This was 'on' the previous move (although I
hadn't seen it either). Alan set it up by 20 Qe3 but Simon didn't cotton on.}
gxf5 23. Qg3+ Kf7 24. Qg7+ {Now it's Alan's turn to miss what Simon had seen.
24 Bh5 is mate!} Ke8 25. Bb5+ {...and Black resigns, just in time to prevent
25 ...Rd7 26 Qg8#} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper, (White)"]
[Black "Gareth Thomas, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "187"]
[BlackElo "182"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Willesden"]

{Notes by Philip Gasper.} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6.
Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2 Bd7 {In view of his next move, Black could here play
a waiting move, such as 8 ...a6.} ({A trap which is by now well-known is} 8...
Bg4 9. f3 $1 Bxf3 $2 10. Na4 Qa6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nf6 14.
c5 $1 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 dxc5 16. Qe5 Bg4 17. d6 O-O-O 18. dxe7 $18 {etc., as in
Timman v Suttles at Hastings a few years ago.}) 9. Rd1 {I didn't really
believe Black would move his bishop a second time, so took a risk. Objectively,
9 h3 is probably best.} Bg4 $5 10. h3 {After 10 f3,Black really can take the
pawn since White's KN would then be pinned.} Bxe2 {Interesting would be 10 ...
Bf3!? though it somewhat loses its point when there is no pawn to capture on
that square.} 11. Bxe2 Nxe2 {Black should not surrender his best placed piece
so readily. I expected ...e6 or ...e5.} 12. Qxe2 Bxc3+ $2 {Another poor
exchange from Black's point of view. He will now have to take the risky course
of castling Q-side.} 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Qa6 15. Rb1 $1 b6 16. Rb5 Nf6 17. Bh6
Nd7 18. f4 O-O-O {Here I anticipated ...f6 to discourage e5 and temporarily
box in the bishop on h6.} 19. a4 Qb7 20. O-O a5 21. e5 {Virtually deciding the
game - White threatens to drive away the knight on d7 and then gang up on
Black's Q-side. Black therefore decides to shed a pawn.} e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23.
Bg5 Rdf8 24. exd6 Rf5 25. g4 Rxg5 {Desperation, but if the rook retreats White
takes control of the whole board with 26 Qg2.} 26. fxg5 Qc6 27. Qg2 {The
d-pawn is not too important, but since there is no immediate breakthrough it
may be simplest to defend it.} Qxd6 28. Rbb1 Kc7 29. Rbd1 Qe7 (29... Qe5 30.
Rxd7+ $18) 30. Qg3+ Kc6 31. Rd2 e5 32. Rfd1 Rd8 33. Qe3 Qe6 34. Qe4+ Kc7 35.
Qd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 e4 37. Rd6 ({And not} 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Kf2
Ke6 {when despite the extra pawn, White cannot win as his king has no entry. (}
40. Ke3 Ke5 41. h4 Ke6 42. Kxe4 Kd6 43. h5 Ke6 $11 {)}) 37... e3 38. Re6 Rf8
39. Rxe3 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Potter, (White)"]
[Black "Maurice Staples, (Black)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "158"]
[BlackElo "207"]
[Annotator "Alan Potter"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Drunken Knights"]

{Notes by Alan Potter.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 {More usual is
...Nc6 or ...d6.} 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 {Probably ...
O-O is better as Black's central pawns are under pressure.} 9. h3 Be6 10. Nxe5
$1 Nxe5 11. d4 Bd6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Ba4+ Kf8 {This is the point of White's
10th move:} ({If} 13... Nd7 14. Nxd5) ({Or if} 13... Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Re1
$1 {wins.}) 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Re1 {I thought the 'two bishops' were worth
suffering doubled pawns. (In any event, 15 Ne2 d4 gives Black good play. - Ed.)
} Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Bb2 h5 19. Bb3 h4 20. Rad1 Rh5 21. Rd4
Ne4 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Draw agreed. Staples offered the draw and I
could not refuse!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper, (White)"]
[Black "George Leyton, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "187"]
[BlackElo "180"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Drunken Knights"]

{Notes by Philip Gasper.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 f5 {A popular but rather
crude system. Black's main difficulty is where to put his KB.} 4. g3 {4 d4
would allow Black to solve one of his major problems with 4 ...Bb4, but in an
earlier game in which I allowed this, the soundness of White' position still
triumphed. (Game below.) In the present game, the same themes recur - control
of d5and the a1-h8 diagonal.} (4. d4 Bb4 5. Nge2 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O (7...
exd4) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Qe8 10. Nd5 Qf7 11. b3 Kh8 12. Bb2 exd4 $2 (12... e4)
13. exd4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qf6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Bf3 Qf7 18. d5 Nd8 $2 (
18... Ne7) 19. Rae1 b6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Bh5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 $1 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6
24. Re7 {1-0.}) 4... Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 {On this square the bishop is liable to be
hit by a later b4 or d4, but e7 would be very passive square and it is too
late for the luxury of a K-side fianchetto. Finally, 5 ...Bb4 would now be met
by 6 Nd5.} 6. Nge2 e4 $6 {Premature and rather anti-positional. Black should
be trying for ...f4.} 7. d3 exd3 8. Nf4 d2+ 9. Qxd2 d6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 O-O 12.
O-O Ne5 13. Rb1 Kh8 14. Rd1 Ba7 15. Bb2 Qe8 16. Nfd5 {White's pieces
co-operate so well that the position virtually plays itself. In contrast,
Black's only decent bits are his knights. He now moves his bishop from a silly
square to an even sillier one.} Bb8 ({But he has to protect c7 somehow, e.g.} 
16... Qf7 17. Nxf6 {followed by Nd5 and Qxa5.}) 17. Nxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd5 Rf8 (
18... Rh6 {would be a futile gesture which would only weaken Black's back rank.
}) 19. Qc3 {This embarrassing pin of Black's only active piece leaves his
position quite hopeless.} Qf7 20. c5 Ra6 21. Nf4 Ng6 22. Nh5 Ne5 23. Nf4 Ng6
24. Nxg6+ Qxg6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 ({Or} 25... cxd6 26. Rbc1 {and the b-pawn will
drop.}) 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Rc1 ({Not} 27. Qxa5 f4) 27... Be6 28. Qxa5 Bxb3 29.
Qb6 Be6 30. Qxb7 f4 31. exf4 d5 32. Bd4 Bxf4 {A last fling. I was hoping for
something like 32 ...Bd6.} (32... Bd6 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Bxf4 35. Rc6 Qb1+
36. Kg2 Bb8 37. Qf7 $1 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Rg8 39. Qxg7+ $1 Rxg7 40. Rc8+ Qe8 41.
Rxe8#) 33. gxf4 {Black Resigns. If 33 ...Bh3 34 Qxg7+ Qxg7 35 Bxg7+ Kxg7 36
Bxh3 etc.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Upminster"]
[Date "1979.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simon Lee, (White)"]
[Black "A Steptoe, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "138"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Upminster 2"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 2"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. a3 h6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 d5
9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bf4 a6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Qd2 Be7 15.
d5 e5 16. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qf7 18. Bd6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qf6 20. Re6 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Gants Hill"]
[Date "1979.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P Szabo, (White)"]
[Black "Terry Whitton, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "157"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Ilford 1"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. e4
Rb8 9. d4 (9. Nh4 {followed by f4 is a more consistent plan.}) 9... Bg4 10. Qc2
Qd7 11. d5 Nd8 12. Rd1 (12. Re1 {is more to the point.}) 12... b5 13. Nf1 a5
14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nb7 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Be2 (18. Qa4 {seems to
win a pawn.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. b3 $2 (20. Rd4 $18) 20... Rxc3 {
The reply White overlooked.} 21. Qxc3 Qxe2 22. Re1 Qxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2 Ng4+ 24.
Kg2 Bxc3 {...and White soon resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Chadwell Heath"]
[Date "1979.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "R Chisholm, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "178"]
[BlackElo "136"]
[Annotator "Hunnable,Ian"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.12.05"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Chadwell Heath"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 10. Nd2 e5 $1 11. d5 ({Not} 11. Nxe4 $2 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8
$19) 11... Bf5 12. Be2 c6 ({I expected} 12... Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 {but Black can't
yet reach d3, e.g. if} 14. Rb1 Nd3 $2 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. e4 $16 {etc.}) 13. dxc6
Nxc6 14. a3 Rad8 {Here 14 ...Qg5 seems best as White can't castle king's on
account of 15 ...Bh3.} 15. O-O Qg5 {Now it's different.} 16. Re1 Rd6 17. Qc2
Bh3 18. Bf1 {Perhaps 18 g3 is safter, but I thought the bishop would have to
go here eventually and decided not to move the pawns until necessary (old
maxim). Turns out I was right...} Bxg2 $2 ({I had expected Black to try for
this after} 18... Rg6 19. Qxe4 f5 (19... Bxg2 {transposes to the game.}) {
but then} 20. Qd5+ Kh7 21. g3 $11 ({but not} 21. Qf3 $4 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 e4 23.
Qg3 Qh5 24. Qf4 Qh3 $19) (21. Qf3 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 e4 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Qf4 Qh3 {
wins, which presumably the line Black was trying for with his 18th.})) 19. Bxg2
Rg6 20. Qxe4 f5 21. f4 $1 {This is what Black had missed.} Qe7 22. Qf3 exf4 23.
exf4 Qf6 24. Rab1 Rd8 25. Qe3 Nd4 26. Qe7 Qb6 27. c5 Qc6 $2 {At the time I
thought this was a '!' move because I'd missed it, but White has a defence.}
28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 Nf3+ ({If} 29... fxe4 30. Re3 $18 {White is safely a
rook ahead.}) 30. Kh1 fxe4 31. Rbc1 Rg4 ({Black can't play} 31... Nxe1 32. Rxe1
Re6 33. Bxe4+ Rxe4 34. Qd3 $1) 32. Qd6 Qc8 33. Bxf3 exf3 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qxf3
{1-0} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Upminster"]
[Date "1979.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "K Spencer, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "146"]
[BlackElo "156"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Upminster 1"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 $2 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. O-O-O a6 12. h4 h5 13. Bh6 Qe8 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exf5 Nxf5 $2 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Qg5 Be6 18. Nef4 Kh7 $2 19. Nxc7 Bxa2 20.
Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Be4 d5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. b3 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1979.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Smith, (White)"]
[Black "P Rose, (Black)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "152"]
[BlackElo "157"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 3B"]
[BlackTeam "PERME"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 $2 {
The sharp Yugoslav Attack calls for precise play on both sides. Here White has
omitted the crucial 7 f3 and Black could have taken advantage with an
immediate 7 ...Ng4! when there is no good square for the bishop and the
threatened ...Qb6 is embarrassing.} (7. f3) 7... Nc6 $2 (7... Ng4) 8. f3 {
Back to the main line.} Bd7 {...and out of it again!} (8... O-O 9. Bc4 (9.
O-O-O $2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qxa8 Bf5
15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {MCO 11 gives this position as equalm but so far as I am
concerned, it is better for Black in practical play.})) 9. O-O-O d5 $6 {
The break isn't nearly so effective now with the Black king still in the
centre.} 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 b5 $6 12. Ndxb5 Rc8 13. d6 O-O {Best.} (13...
Rxc4 14. dxe7 {followed by Nd6+ is overwhelming.}) 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd6 Be6 {
The best practical chance, although White should win comfortably from here.}
16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Kb1 $2 (18. Bd4 {kills off any counterplay.})
18... Ne4 $1 19. Qd8+ {Forced in view of the threatened R or B xc3 followed by
...Qa2.} Bf8 (19... Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bf8 21. fxe4 $18 ({...but not} 21. Bh6 {
immediately, as Black gets in first:} Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Qxc2#)) 20.
Qxc8 Qxc8 21. fxe4 {...and White retains a decisive material advantage
although a draw was eventually agreed to avoid adjudication. ½-½} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip Gasper, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Watts, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "187"]
[BlackElo "174"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "East Ham"]

{Notes (tongue in cheek) by Philip Gasper.} 1. c4 {Since this was my first
game on board 1 for Wanstead since September 1977, it deserves to be committed
to posterity!} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 {The first significant moment - obviously
White's plan is to push the d-pawn as far as possible.} g6 {The second
significant point - White now has a second strategy to follow: swap off the
dark squared bishops and infiltrate with the king to f6 or h6.} 4. d4 exd4 5.
exd4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nf5 12.
Bg4 h5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 {An important part of
the winning plan is accomplished.} Qd6 17. Qd4 c6 $2 {Allowing White to
accomplish the first-stated part of his strategy. The rest is technique.} 18.
c5 Qd8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd7 23. d6 Re8 24. h3
Rxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qe5 Kf7 27. h4 b6 28. b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Qd8 30. g3 Qd7 31.
Kf2 Qb7 32. Kf3 a5 33. Qc3 Qa6 34. Kf4 Qa8 35. Qc4+ Kf6 36. Qd4+ Kf7 37. d7
Qb8+ 38. Qd6 {Now after 38 ...Qb4+ 39 Kg5 Qg4+ 40 Kh6, the d-pawn reaches the
8th rank and White will have achieved both the plans begun at move 3.
Therefore BLACK RESIGNED.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "East Ham"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harry Woolverton, (White)"]
[Black "Philip Gasper, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "187"]
[Annotator "Philip Gasper"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "East Ham"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

{Notes by Philip Gasper. (Modern interjections prefixed "WM:" = Webmaster.)} 1.
c4 c5 {The last time I didn't move my c-pawn two squares on move 1 (with
either colour) was over two years ago.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2
e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 d5 9. Qc1 Re8 {This isn't given in
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, so I presume it's a TN (theoretical novelty) -
at any rate, I think it's a good move. The main point is to avoid the exchange
of dark squared bishops, but I also had an idea that the rook might prove
well-placed on the e-file later on.} 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 $6 {After the game my
opponent told me that he thought this a good move, but I can't really believe
that such a wing thrust is correct when Black's position is so well
centralised.} b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. Nh4 {Consistent, but White's forces are
becoming somewhat decentralised...} Nd4 {...whereas the black pieces control
the centre of the board.} 14. e4 $1 {A very good move. Before things have gone
too far, White seeks to clarify matters in the centre, takes f5 away from the
black knights and prevents a possible later plan of Black's to capture on c4
and swap off the white squared bishops. The move also has the concrete threat
of advancing the f-pawn to put further pressure on g6. But e4 also has its
drawbacks - most notably Black's knight on d4 is nor firmly established. I was
now unwilling to prevent the advance of White's f-pawn by playing ...f5, as
this would weaken my K-side. I decided instead to try an interesting pawn
sacrifice in an attempt to exploit my slightly better central position.} b5 $5
15. cxb5 c4 $1 16. dxc4 (16. exd5 Nxd5 $1 {e.g.} 17. Qd2 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb4 19.
Qd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21. a4 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Rad8 {with fine compensation for the
pawn.}) 16... dxe4 {The point is that the pawn is immune due to forking
threats on e2. Black now has excellent central control.} 17. Rd1 (17. Re1 $16)
17... Qc8 18. b3 Nef5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Rd2 {White should probably look for an
improvement around here - Black is now able to swap off light squared bishops
and create mating threats.} Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Nd5 $1 f4 $1 23. Nxf4 Re4 $6
{Too eager to justify my 9th move! Much better here would have been 23 ...Qg4
with very strong threats which I don't see how White can meet.} ({WM:} 23...
Qg4 24. c5 Be4 25. Qf1 g5 26. Rc1 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxh5 28. c6 Rac8 29. a4 Qg4 30.
a5 h5 $15) 24. Qd1 Bc3 25. Kh2 ({WM:} 25. Rd3 Be5 26. Rd7 $18) 25... Qe8 26.
Rc1 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qe5 28. Rd1 ({WM:} 28. Qd7 $16) 28... Re8 29. Qd6 Qf5 30.
hxg6 (30. g4 $1 Qe5 (30... Qxg4 31. Qf6 $18) 31. Qxe5 R4xe5 32. Rd6 $16) 30...
hxg6 31. Nh3 $2 {WM: This is where White loses the game.} ({WM:} 31. g4 $16 {
as before.}) 31... Bc8 32. Ng5 Qg4 33. Qd5 Qh5+ {0-1} 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1980.01.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Robson, (White)"]
[Black "Ian Hunnable, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "178"]
[BlackElo "168"]
[Annotator "Hunnable,Ian"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1980.01.22"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Brentwood"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 {One of the less aggressive systems where White
does not "try for too much".} Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bf5 8.
O-O e6 9. h3 {Planning to attack with g4, f4 and f5 but as will be seen the
idea has a flaw.} c4 {With the central pawn block fixed, Black will play on
the Q-side against the weaknesses at c2, c3 and a2, whereas White will follow
the counter measure mentioned above. Black will quite happilu be able to
castle Q-side since White is hard pressed to organise anything significant on
the b-file.} 10. Ne1 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Bd2 {allows} Ba3 {...and a possible ...
Bb2 etc.}) 11... h5 {Pointing up the fault of White's plan.} 12. f4 b5 13. g4
$6 {Consequently continuing with his plan in spite of the above dangers. But
White can hardly sit back and watch the play develop against his Q-side.} hxg4
14. hxg4 Be4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 {Wiuth the opening up of the h-file Black
has extended operations to a second front, with the possibility of a pincer
movement.} O-O-O 17. a4 Be7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rh4 20. Rg3 Rdh8 21. Nf3 Rh1+
22. Kf2 {Now if Black could transfer his Q to the K-side the white monarch
would topple.} b4 ({But on} 22... bxa4 {intending ...Qb5 and ...Qb1, White
plays} 23. Rg1 {Securing the FIRST RANK against the said incursion. However,
this line has the not incosiderable merit of a passed a-pawn and may
represennt the best play. Over-the-board, the ending ensuing from the text
also looked promising.}) 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. c3 Nd3+ 26. Ke3 R8h3
27. Rxh3 Rxh3 28. Ra1 Rg3 29. Rg1 ({Forced, since} 29. g5 {allows} Rg4 30. Ne1
Rg1 $1 31. Nc2 Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Nxf4 33. Rf1 Rd3+ 34. Kc1 ({if} 34. Ke1 Ng2+ 35.
Ke2 Rxc3 $19) 34... Ne2+ 35. Kb2 Rxc3 36. Rxf7 Rb3+ 37. Ka1 Nc3 38. Rf1 Nxa4
$19) 29... Rxg1 30. Nxg1 a5 31. Nf3 Kd7 32. f5 Nb2 33. Kd2 Nxa4 34. Ng5 Ke7 35.
Kc2 Nb6 36. Kb2 Na4+ 37. Kc2 {End of session. Adjudication. BLACK WIN given.
0-1  The remaining moves below, were NOT part of the game, but constitute
analysis by Alan Marshall demonstrating the winning process.} {Analysis:} exf5
38. gxf5 g6 {Now (A)} 39. f6+ ({Or (B)} 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Nf3 Nb6 41. Kb2 Ke6
42. Ka3 Kf5 43. Nh4+ Kg5 44. Nf3+ Kf4 45. Nh4 g5 46. Ng6+ Kf5 47. Ne7+ Ke6 48.
Ng6 Kf7 49. Nh8+ Kg7 50. e6 Nc8 51. Nf7 g4 52. Ng5 g3 53. Nf3 Nb6 $19) 39...
Kf8 40. Nh3 {40 Nf3 is little idfferent and 40 e6 fails to fxe6 41 Nxe6+ Kf7
etc.} Kg8 41. Ng5 Nb6 {The knight's tour begins, heading for e6.} 42. Kb2 Na8
43. Ka3 Nc7 44. Ka4 Ne6 45. Nf3 g5 46. Kxa5 g4 47. Ng1 Kh7 48. Kb4 ({Not} 48.
Kb6 Nxd4 $1) 48... Kg6 49. Ka3 Kf5 50. Kb2 Ke4 51. Kc2 Ke3 52. Kd1 Kd3 53. Ne2
g3 54. Nxg3 Kxc3 55. Ne2+ Kd3 56. Ke1 c3 $19 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wickford"]
[Date "1980.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Hunnable, (White)"]
[Black "K Bower, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "178"]
[Annotator "Hunnable,Ian"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1980.02.14"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Wickford"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

{Notes by Ian Hunnable.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.
Nbd2 Qa5 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nc4 Qd5 $2 ({But if} 10... Qc7 11.
Bf4 {is strong.}) 11. Qc2 {Threatening e4, which could, however, have been
played straight away.} (11. e4 $1 Nxe4 12. Ne3 Qa5 13. Bxe4 bxa3+ 14. Kf1 Qb5+
15. Bd3 Qxb2 16. Nc4 $18) 11... c5 12. e4 Qc6 $2 {A thoroughly bad square.} ({
But} 12... Qb7 13. Bf4 Be7 (13... Nb6 14. Na5 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qxd4 16. Nac6 Qd6 17.
Bb5 Bd7 18. Ng6 $18) 14. Bd6 $18 {is hardly an improvement.}) 13. axb4 cxd4 14.
e5 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 Ke7 ({The rational continuation is} 15... Bb7 $18 16. exf6
gxf6 17. Bd2 {...without changing the result.}) 16. Be4 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wickford"]
[Date "1980.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Fernie, (White)"]
[Black "P Hickman, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "134"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Wickford"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nd7 11. Qd1 Ne5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. b3 a6
15. Rac1 Re8 16. h3 Rc7 $2 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Be3 Rb8 {Making a flight square for
the queen, nut remarkably Black loses the exchange. Black is in fact in a
corner, e.g.} (18... e6 19. Bb6 Qg5 20. h4 Qh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Nf4 {winning
a pawn with an excellent game:} Bh6 23. Nxh5 Bxc1 24. Nf6+ $18) 19. Ba7 Nc6 ({
If} 19... Ra8 20. Bb6 Qc8 21. Nc7 $16) 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Rfd1 Bd4 22. Rd3 e5 $2
23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Kh2 Qd8 27. Rd1 Bb4 28. Qb2 Qf6 29.
a3 Bc5 30. b4 Bd4 31. Qd2 b6 32. f4 Qe6 33. b5 axb5 34. cxb5 Na7 35. Rxd4 Bxb5
(35... exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kg8 37. Qxb6 Nxb5 38. a4 Nc3 39. Rxd6 Qe7 40. Qd4 $18)
36. Rxd6 Qc4 {...at which point, BLACK RESIGNED.} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Chadwell Heath"]
[Date "1979.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall, (White)"]
[Black "L R Parrott, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "190"]
[BlackElo "143"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Chadwell Heath"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Nge7
9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nd1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nc6 16. b4 Qb6 17. a5 Qb7 18. Nf2 Na7 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Rae1 Nc6 22. Ne4 Rae8 23. Qf3 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ne5 25. Rxe5 {Forced.} Qxf3 26.
Rxe8 Qxf1+ $2 (26... Qh5 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Ree1 $11) 27. Kxf1 Rxe8 28. Bxa6 Bf6
29. b5 Rb8 30. Bf4 Be5 31. Bd2 d5 32. b6 Bd6 33. Bb5 Bc5 34. Bf4 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall, (White)"]
[Black "K Warren, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "190"]
[BlackElo "180"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "East Ham"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 (5... Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7.
Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5 $16 {is a well-known trap.}) 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d4 Be7
9. Bd3 Bh4+ 10. g3 Be7 11. h3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Qg2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bg5
Qe7 $6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qh6 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Kh2 Rae8 $2 20. h4 Kh8 21.
Ng5 Bg8 22. Bxh7 Qd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Nxc7 Ne7 30. g4 a6 31. Kg3 g6 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. a4
Kf7 34. Ke5 Ng8 35. Nxd5 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.02.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "F C Manning, (White)"]
[Black "Terry Whitton, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Terry Whitton"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W & W"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon 2"]

{Comments by Terry Whitton.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 $6 {
A known gambit, but bad.} Kxf7 5. Bc4+ d5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. d4 $2 {7 O-O is
needed.} Re8+ 8. Be3 Kg8 9. Bb3 Kh8 10. c4 Ng4 11. Kd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13.
Qf3 Rxe3 $1 14. Qxe3 Bf4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 16. Kc3 Qe3+ 17. Kb4 a5+ {0-1 Clock
times taken: W - 55m; B - 7m.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D Edwards, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "156"]
[Annotator "Roy Wagstaff"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W & W"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon 2"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. dxe5 {As played by Tal,
Korchnoi and Short (simultaneously!).} Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 Be6
10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 {(Roy describes this as "the Hunnable move" going back to
our Club Championship game in April 1968. The position then was somewhat
different and I'm not sure I would play it here. Even so, White does quite wll
out of it. - Ed.)} d5 (11... Bxe5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14. Bd4 $11 {
...with the outside passed pawn a long-term advantage.}) 12. Bf4 Ne7 13. Bg5 c6
14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Rhe1 Nf5 16. g4 Nh6 17. Kb1 Nf7 18. Bf6 {Black appears to be
losing.} O-O {Will you come into my parlour?} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf6+ {Yes,
please.} Kg8 21. Qxe6 $4 {I think this is referred to as a poisoned pawn.} Rae8
22. Qf6 Nxe5 {The queen has no safe square.} 23. Qh4 Nf3 {0-1} 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1980.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "F Simms, (White)"]
[Black "Roy Wagstaff, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "157"]
[BlackElo "156"]
[Annotator "Roy Wagstaff"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Harlow"]

{Notes by Roy Wagtaff.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3
O-O 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg1 e5 9. fxe5 {Better was 9 dxe5.} dxe5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5
Nc6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. c4 Bh6 14. Qc3 Bg7 15. O-O-O b5 16. Be2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rc8
18. Nb6 $5 {A flashy move which seems to lose.} ({Instead} 18. Bc5 {with
winning chances.}) 18... Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Nd4+ 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxe6
Qxe6 23. Qxd4 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Qc6 $1 {0-1. White had four minutes left for 12
moves and thought he would lose on time anyway. The likely continuation was 25
a3 Qc2+ 26 Ka1 Qxg2 27 Be3 Bg7 ( or 27 ...Bxe3) 28 Qd2 Qxd2 (or 28 ...Nxe3!)
29 Bxd2 Nf2 30 Rc1 Rd8 31 Be3 Nxh1 32 Rxh1 Rd3 33 Bc5 Rd2 winning a pawn and
the ending.} 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1980.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Gooding, (White)"]
[Black "Dr C J Francis, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "125"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "May & Baker"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O a6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qe2 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nd5 Qb8 {Black has already got
in a knot - perhaps ...Qa5 was his best chance.} 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Rfd1 Nge7 15.
Be3 {Winning the exchange.} O-O 16. Nxc8 Nxc8 17. Bxa7 Qxa7 {The queen has
zig-zagged its way on the black squares from d7 to a7!} 18. Rac1 Qb8 {And now
starts on its way back!} 19. Rc3 N8e7 20. Rcd3 Rd8 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+
Kh8 23. Rxd6 Re8 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Nxh6 $1 {Ruthless.} Rf8 ({If} 
26... gxh6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Rxh6#) 27. Nf7 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "\"Phillips & Drew\" Simultaneous, Barber"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM John Nunn, (White)"]
[Black "Ian Hunnable, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "246"]
[BlackElo "178"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 ({Being careful
not to p;lay the "natural"} 6... Bg7 {When White has} 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ $14)
7. Bb3 {Largely reducing Black's chances of equalising through exchanges.
Compare with 7 O-O.} (7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ne4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nf4 {etc.})
7... c6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ndf3 {Heading for g5. Black
accordingly seeks to clarify the situation regarding the e6 square.} Nc7 12. c4
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 $5 {The idea is ...Bf7 and a subsequent ...e5.} 14. Nxg6 $5 {
I had lightly dismissed this possibility, but if the GM plays it, perhaps it
is good?} hxg6 15. Rxe6 Nxe6 16. c5 {A couple of moves back, I had thought of
16 ...Kh7 here, but after 17 Bxe6 White threatens Qf3 and Qh3. Hence the
continuation in the game which holds onto the knight long enough to get the
rook to h8 and the king to f8.} Kf7 17. Qe2 Qd7 $2 {The modern engine gives
this as equal, but 17 ...Qc8 as winning for Black. What's the difference?} (
17... Qc8 18. Bd2 Rd8 $1 {This is the difference. If now} 19. Re1 Rd5 $1 20.
Bxd5 cxd5 $19 {Black is a piece up and the piece is no longer pinned against
the king.}) 18. Bd2 Rh8 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Bxe6 Qxd4 21. g3 Rd8 22. Bb3 e5 23. Bc3
Qd3 24. Qg4 Qf5 25. Qc4 Rd7 26. h4 ({Here, I had worked out, if} 26. Rd1 Qh3
27. Rxd7 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qxd7 $19) 26... g5 27. Bd1 $2 {White
misses his chance.} (27. g4 $1 Qf4 28. Qe6 Re7 29. Qc8+ Re8 30. Qxb7 Re7 31.
Qb8+ Re8 32. Qxa7 Re7 33. Qb8+ Re8 34. Qd6+ Re7 35. Qxc6 $16) 27... gxh4 28.
Bg4 {Several spectators (and Nunn?) thought I had made an oversight, but all's
OK.} Qd3 29. Qe6 hxg3 $1 30. f3 ({Now} 30. Qxd7 {fails to} gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 (31.
Kg2 fxe1=N+ 32. Bxe1 Qxd7 33. Bxd7 Ke7 $19) 31... Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kf1
Qf2#) 30... Qc2 {The final finnesse is 31 Bd4 Rh1+ 32 Kxh1 Qh2#} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M V Lambshire, (White)"]
[Black "Alan Potter, (Black)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "199"]
[BlackElo "158"]
[Annotator "Alan Potter"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

{Notes by Alan Potter.} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6.
Nge2 e5 7. h3 {Slow.} Nc6 8. Be3 (8. d5 Ne7 {with a solid position.} ({or} 8...
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 ({not} 10. Qxd4 Nxe4 $19) 10... Re8 $15 {...with an
interesting but unclear position.})) 8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qd2 Na5
{A try for some initiative but now this knight remains a ring-side spectator
for long time.} 12. b3 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 {Perhaps 13 ...Nc6 is better.} ({Not} 
13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ $18) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Nb5 {16 Nd5 is more solid than this adventurous move.} Bxe4 17. Nxd6 (
{Interesting is} 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxd6 Rd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd6 20. Re8+ Bf8 21. Qh6
Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 $15) 17... Rxd6 {This seemed
simpler than the complexities arising from 17 ...Qe7 when perhaps 18 Nf4.} 18.
Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bc3 21. Nxc3 Rxe1 22. Rd1 (22. Nd5 {might
retain some initiative, e.g.} Re2 23. Ne3 $16 {when both Black's pieces are
badly placed.}) 22... Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Nc6 {½-½} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roy Wagstaff, (White)"]
[Black "R Glew, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "156"]
[BlackElo "162"]
[Annotator "Roy Wagstaff"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

{Notes by Roy Wagstaff.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6.
Bxc3 d5 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Nd5 {Too anxious
to break the pair of bishops. 11 ...Bd5 to equalise first is better.} 12. Qe2
c5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qe7 15. Bb5 cxd4 {A futile attempt to avoid an
isolated c-pawn - overlooking White's reply.} 16. Rc7 Bxf3 ({Or} 16... Bc8 17.
Rxd4 Qd8 18. Qc2 $18) 17. Qxf3 Qg5 18. Bxd7 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Qc3 Qf4 21.
Bxe6 {Not really expecting a mate.} Rad8 {Black hastens his own finis in four
moves.} 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc8 Qd6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qc8 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Grant, (White)"]
[Black "John Duggan, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "123"]
[BlackElo "109"]
[Annotator "FIrst Rank"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/2b2ppq/p1p4p/P2pPp2/1PpP1Pr1/B1P4R/2Q3PP/5RK1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Ilford"]

{[#]} 31... Re6 32. Rf2 h5 33. g3 $2 {This helps Black's attack. White would
do better to get his bishop back into play.} Rh6 34. Rg2 h4 35. Rxh4 Rhxh4 36.
gxh4 Rxf4 37. Bc1 Qxh4 {The rook is safe because of ...Qe1#} 38. Bd2 Re4 39.
Qd1 Bd8 40. Qf3 Qh7 41. Re2 Bh4 42. Bf4 Qg6+ 43. Kh1 Be1 {Threatening Rxe2
winning the c-pawn.} 44. Rg2 Qh7 45. Bg5 Rg4 $1 {Snuffing out White's
counterplay but also an active measure to win the c-pawn.} 46. Rxg4 fxg4 47.
Qxg4 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Kg2 {After this, White's pawns disappear with
startling rapidity.} (49. Be7 {is more logical} Bxc3 50. Bc5 {although Black
still wins with his passed pawns.}) 49... Bxc3 50. Be7 Bxd4 51. Kf1 Bxe5 52. h3
c3 53. Bg5 f5 54. Bc1 Bd6 55. Ba3 c2 56. Ke2 Bxb4 $1 {Clearance sale -
everything must go!} 57. Bc1 Bxa5 58. Kf1 Bb4 {The a-pawn is the winner! 0-1}
0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Upminster"]
[Date "1980.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eddie Lee, (White)"]
[Black "Steve Abott, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "138"]
[BlackElo "153"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Upminster"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. h3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. a3 Nge7 10. Be3 Na5 11. b4 Nac6 ({Black presumably intended} 11... Nc4 {
...but of course,} 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. d5 $18) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 b6
$2 15. Nb7 Qd7 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Ba6 Ng8 18. Nb7+ Ke8 19. Rc1 Nge7 20. Nd6+ Kd8
21. Ng5 Ng8 22. Bb5 {22 Bb7 was also possible, but Edward's going for the
other rook.} Nge7 {The third time Black has played this move.} 23. Ngxf7+ Bxf7
24. Nxf7+ Kc7 25. Nxh8 a6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. O-O Kb7 28. Qf3 Nd8 $2 {An unhappy
end to an unhappy game for the Upminster Captain.} 29. Qxf8 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Marshall, (White)"]
[Black "Michael Yeo, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "190"]
[BlackElo "191"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Bb4 6. dxe4 Qh4+ {6 ...d4
would regain the piece for a pawn, but Black has a more ambitious plan in mind.
} 7. Ke2 (7. g3 Qxe4+ {nets the rook.}) 7... Bg4+ ({Best is} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3
Qg4+ 9. Nf3 dxe4 10. Kf2 Nc6 11. Bb5 exf3 12. Qxf3 O-O $11) 8. Nf3 Nc6 $2 {
Losing.} ({Last chance for} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxe4 10. Qd4 Bh5 11. Kd2 Qg4 12.
h3 Qf4+ 13. Ke1 Qg3+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 exf3 16. gxf3 $11) 9. Nxd5 O-O-O
10. c3 Rhe8 11. Qe1 $1 {Unpinning the QN and competing for the dark squares.} (
{Better than the injudicious} 11. cxb4 {when} Rxe5 {increases Black's threats
and White's king still has nowhere to go.}) 11... Qh5 12. Nxb4 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Bf5
{Naturally the bishop can't be taken in view of ...Ng4+ but since this means
White's e-pawn is going, White's king looks a little fragile once more.} 14.
Bf4 Bxe4 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Kf2 Bxf3 17. Nd3 $1 ({Not} 17. gxf3 Rd2+ 18. Kg1 Re1
$1 19. Rxe1 (19. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 20. fxg4 Rxa1 $19) 19... Qc5+ $19) ({Nor} 17. Qxf3
Rf5 18. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 19. Kg1 {is surprisingly met by} (19. Ke1 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Re8
$19) 19... Qc5#) 17... Rg5 18. Qxf3 Rf5 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. g3 Qb6+ {White has
seen off he worst - Black is now fishing.} 21. Qe3 Qxb2+ 22. Be2 g5 23. Rad1
Rg8 (23... gxf4 {is met by} 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rd1+ Kc8 26. Qe8#) 24. Rd2 (24.
Qxa7 Qb6+ 25. Qxb6 cxb6 26. Bg4 $18 {if he'd seen it.}) 24... gxf4 25. Rxb2 (
25. Qd3 $1 fxg3+ 26. Kg2 gxh2+ 27. Kxh2 $18) 25... fxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Re8+ 27. Kd3
Rfe5 28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Re2 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Ra5 31. Kb3 {1-0 30 moves was the time
control in those days, so no doubt Black resigned instead of sealing a move.}
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "S J Drury, (White)"]
[Black "Paul Pritchard, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "171"]
[Annotator "Paul Pritchard"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Drunken Knights"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

{Original notes by Paul Pritchard and 2020 comments (with the aid of a
analysis engine) by the Webmaster ("WM").} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4
Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 $2 {A poor move which my opponent immediately
exploits. Best is the theoretically recommended 6 ...dxc4.} 7. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. Nc3 c6 {Black must seek some freedom.} 11. Qc2 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Bf5 13. Qc5 ({If} 13. e4 {Black can consider} Qxd5 14. exf5 Qd3 $14 ({
Or} 14... Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Bxd5 Nxc2 17. Rb1 gxf5 $11)) 13... Nc6 14. Bg5
f6 15. Be3 e5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 {"Surprisingly, White has no useful discovery" was
Paul's annotation in First Rank, which was not queried at the time, but the
2020 analysis engine finds one (see next note) - WM} (16... Rf7 {was necessary
as the next note shows, though White is still winning.}) 17. Rac1 {Both
players have missed 17 Nb6! - WM} (17. Nb6 $1 $18 {- WM}) 17... Re8 {
Overprotecting e7 and thereby freeing the Nc6 for action. The square f8 is
also vacated for the KB which enters the game with decisive effect. White
should now have played 18 Qb5, although it was difficult to foresee the
ensuing tactics. (However, 17 ...Rf7 was better. - WM)} 18. Qa3 {However, the
analysis engine does not support 18 Qb5 and gives 18 Qc4 or the game move 18
Qa3. - WM} Bf8 19. Bc5 $2 {This is where White goes astray, although only as
far as allowing equality. - WM} (19. Qb3 Kh8 ({Or} 19... Be6 20. Qxb7 $18) 20.
Qxb7 $18 {- WM}) 19... Nd4 $1 {Exploiting the pinned bishop.} 20. Kf1 Rxc5 $1
21. Rxc5 b6 22. Qxa7 $2 {The final nail in the White coffin.} ({White had to
find} 22. Qa4 Bxc5 23. Qxe8+ $1 Qxe8 24. Nxf6+ Kf7 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 $11 {- WM.})
22... Bxc5 23. e3 Be6 $1 {"Unnecessarily flash. This move could have
jeopardise the win." This was Paul's annotation in First Rank. On the contrary,
23 ...Be6! is the best move! - WM} 24. exd4 Bxd5 25. Qa4 ({Relatively better,
without changing the result, is} 25. dxc5 Bxg2+ 26. Ke1 Qa8 {It appears that
Paul did not evaluate this move in deprecating 23 ...Be6! - WM} 27. Qxa8 (27.
cxb6 Qe4+ 28. Kd2 Rd8+ $19) (27. Rd7 Qe4+ $19) 27... Rxa8 28. cxb6 Rb8 $19)
25... Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bxd4 27. Qc6 Qa8 {0-1} 0-1

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.02.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L. Foster, (White)"]
[Black "George Fernie, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "142"]
[BlackElo "147"]
[Annotator "Goerge Fernie"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "W&W 1"]
[BlackTeam "Waltham Forest"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 d5 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Rfe1 e5 ({Better would
be} 13... Nxd2 $11) 14. Bh2 $2 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bh2 exd4 16. exd4 $15) (14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rad1 $16) 14... Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 e4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Be2 f5 18. Rf1 Qg6 19. f3 Rf6 20. f4 Qg3 21. Bd1 Rh6
22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Qf2 Rxh3+ $1 24. gxh3 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rf6 26. Bf3 {Otherwise
White loses his queen or is mated.} exf3 27. Qxf3 Rg6+ 28. Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Ke1
Qxb2 30. Rd1 Qxc3+ 31. Rd2 Re6 32. Qd1 Qxe3+ 33. Re2 Qxe2+ 34. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 35.
Kxe2 Ba6+ {At last the bishop does something!} 36. Kf2 Bxf1 {0-1} 0-1

[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.04.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Fernie, (White)"]
[Black "E G Exell, (Black)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "138"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Hastings"]
[BlackTeam "W&W"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Qd3 a6 10. Rb1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Ba6 14. Nxb5 Rb8 15. a4
Nd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Rfb1 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Qc7 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Qb1+ 25. Bf1 Qxe4 26. Qxa5 Qxf3 27.
Qd8+ Bf8 28. a5 Qa3 29. a6 Qc5 30. Qb8 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Essex League"]
[Site "Billericay"]
[Date "1980.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C Oppenheim, (White)"]
[Black "Eddie Lee, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "138"]
[BlackElo "128"]
[Annotator "First Rank"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "145"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Billericay"]
[BlackTeam "W&W 2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Bg7 $2 12. c3 $2 f4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4
bxa4 15. Rxa4 Ne7 16. Qa1 $6 f5 17. Bxa6 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O
Kh8 21. f3 $2 e3 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rb4 Qc5 24. c4 Rce8 25. Qe2 h5 26. Rd1 Rg8 27.
Rb5 Qc7 28. Ne1 h4 29. h3 Be5 30. b4 Rg3 31. c5 Qg7 32. Kh1 Rg8 33. Qf1 e2 {
0-1 If 34 Qxe2 Rxh3+ 35 Kg Bd4+ 36 Rxd4 Qxd4+ 37 Qf2 Rh1+ etc.} 0-1

[Event "Club Lightning Championship"]
[Site "Wanstead"]
[Date "1980.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Franklin, (White)"]
[Black "Ian Hunnable, (Black)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "159"]
[BlackElo "170"]
[Annotator "Ian Hunnable"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1978.04.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. Qh5+ Kg8 5. Qd5+ e6 6. Qxe4 d5 7. Qf3
Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. c3 Nf5 11. d4 Bd6 12. Nf3 g6 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Nbd2
h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. O-O-O b5 18. h4 b4 19. g4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kc2 Ba4+ 23. Nb3 Qd6 24. Qd3 Rhf8 25. Ne5 Rf2+ 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.
Kxd2 Rg8 28. h5 Be8 29. Qc2 (29. g5 $18 {immediately.}) 29... c5 30. g5 cxd4
31. hxg6+ Kg7 (31... Bxg6 32. Rxh6+ $18) 32. gxh6+ {'orrible, innit? The great
thing about Lightning chess is that it doesn't give you time to decide whether
to resign - if you can see a move play it. So...} Kf6 33. exd4 $2 (33. Ng4+ $18
{would probably be enough to induce the curtains.}) 33... Bxg6 34. Rf1+ Bf5 35.
Qd1 Rg2+ 36. Ke1 Bb2 37. Rf3 Rg1+ 38. Kd2 $4 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Qc7 ({And not} 
39... Kg5 $18) 40. Nc5 Kg5 41. Rg3+ Kxh6 42. Ncd7 Bxc3 43. Nf7+ Kh5 {Now the
king is being hounded and the queen doesn't look quite so good.} 44. Rg5+ Kh4
45. Nde5 Bxd4 46. Nf3+ Kh3 47. Nxd4 Qxf7 48. Nf3 Qc7 $2 ({I had imagined} 48...
Bg4 {was answered by} 49. Rxg4 Kxg4 $2 ({but of course, what I had missed in
10 seconds was} 49... Qxf3+) 50. Ne5+ $14) 49. Ke2 $2 ({Afterwards, Alan
Marshall pointed out that} 49. Ng1+ {is a draw!} Kh4 50. Nf3+ Kh3 51. Ng1+ Kh2
52. Nf3+ {etc.}) 49... Bg4 50. Kf2 Qg3+ {0-1} 0-1

