[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Collins, RA."] [Black "Bennett, Gerald H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "176"] [BlackElo "150"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,85,28,28,52,36,45,25,9,15,-3,6,6,16,23,2,44,31,20,8,20,21,30,24,44,28,50,51,60,38,63,55,78,51,54,39,78,82,97,88,246,217,262,237,272,271,228,284,304,298,345,317,372,367,367,373,394,350,345,335,341,342,352,318,318,321,350,313,375,389,409,359,356,342,336,336,316,286,293,281,615,448,559,502,546,566,691,621]} {Comments by the editor of the Hampshire Bulletin John Grant(JEC). Where I have made additional comments I have indicated with GS.} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 {The Tarrash variation of the French Defence. f6 is necessary here. Black must not play passively otherwise he gets a cramped position, with result as on move 19. Mr Collins play is a model of accuracy. JEC Be7 has been played numerous times and although Mr Kilmister is correct that Black has to avoid the cramped positions this move is playable, although I think cd, cd f6 is a better line. GS} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6) 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. a3 Nf8 12. Bd2 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. g3 Ng6 15. h4 a5 16. Nh2 a4 17. f4 O-O-O 18. f5 Nf8 19. Nf4 Qd7 $2 (19... exf5 20. Bxf5+ Kb8 21. Nf1 (21. Qg4 g6)) 20. Qg4 {Not commented on, but this is a strong move and gives White a large advantage - GS} Rg8 $2 21. f6 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 g6 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Nf3 Kb8 27. Nd4 h6 28. Nh3 Qb7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Nf2 Rc8 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nh2 Qd7 33. Kf2 Nh7 34. Nhf3 Qb7 35. g4 Nf8 36. Rg1 hxg4 37. Qxg4 Nd7 38. Ng5 Nc5 39. Rh3 Rh5 40. Nxc6+ Rxc6 41. Nxf7 {Another nice move - GS} Qxf7 42. Bxg6 Rf5+ 43. Bxf5 {A very impressive game by the winner against a young Gerald Bennett (probably 16). GS} 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Edmunds, AM."] [Black "Dodwell, PJ."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "186"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,18,21,36,36,22,38,43,67,24,24,31,48,19,30,-22,-45,-43,-27,-5,21]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {The Alekhine Chatard attack - a favourite line with Mr CHOD Alexander, see his famous win against Yanosky JEC} c5 {The favourite defence of Miss Menchick and now considered sufficent - JEC} 7. Qg4 {Here Nb5 can be played but before Qg4 7. BxB is usual. The text allows 7...BxB and if 8.QxB QXQ 9 PxQ PXP - JEC} (7. Bxe7 Qxe7 (7... Kxe7 $1) 8. Nb5 $14) 7... f5 (7... Bxg5 8. Qxg5 Qxg5 9. hxg5 cxd4 $11) 8. Qg3 a6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rg8 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qf3 g6 15. h5 g5 16. g4 f4 17. a3 Qa5 18. Bd3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rg7 20. Rhe1 Bd7 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Ka2 b5 24. Qd4 Qc4 25. Qa7 Bc5 26. Qxa6 Rc7 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28. Rxd5 $1 {Missed by Black - GS} Rc8 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qb7+ Rc7 31. Rd1+ Bd4 32. Rxd4+ Ke8 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. Qd6 Qc7 35. Nxb5 (35. Qxe6+ {Is even stronger - GS}) 35... Qd7 36. Qa6 $138 {White is completly winning, when Black exceeded the time limit. JEC} 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "La Lond, Albert Stanley"] [Black "Dymond, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A24"] [WhiteElo "154"] [BlackElo "188"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,46,30,-9,28,29,14,28,14,-7,19,1,-1,-2,1,3,36,24,54,55,46,37,48,6,6,6,7,1,11,-48,-12,-17,-12,-74,-60,-68,-15,-33,-18,-24,-35,-73,-46,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113]} 1. c4 {English opening (Horowitz). It is instructive that without making an absolute blunder Mr. La Lond is justified in resigning in 23 moves without any material loss. This game shows the hidden strength of Mr. Dymonds' play. - JEC} d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2 Ne8 9. Qc1 c6 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. e4 f5 13. d4 f4 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. b3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. d5 Ng5 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. h4 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 fxg3 23. Qxg3 Rf4 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Pritchard, GL."] [Black "Wilkinson, John R"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "151"] [BlackElo "174"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,84,27,10,41,25,33,34,-15,-9,-5,-21,-19,0,-8,-8,4,20,21,28,35,-12,-5,-59,-46,-40,-38,-46,-27,-27,-18,-40,-38,-42,-15,-27,-18,-14,-18,-10,14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29,-29,-42,-42,-40,-37,-24,-18,-64,-52,-112,-104,-88,-105,-185,-196,-314,-329,-326,-336,-418,-426,-447,-454,-473,-440,-475,-464,-506,-477,-575,-582,-644,-504,-612,-631,-699,-717,-921,-750,-859,-859]} 1. e4 {Another Tarrash variation of the French defence. Black quickly obtained equality. On move 32 the win of the exchange was sufficient - JEC A very nice win by John where he obtained a very nice position and kept the pressure up. The Knight on d3 was a killer - GS} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 c4 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. Nh2 b4 12. Ndf3 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb2 15. Bc1 Rb5 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Bd1 Ba3 19. O-O Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qa3 21. Rf2 Bd7 22. g4 Ne7 23. Ra1 Na4 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb6 26. Nd2 O-O 27. Nb1 Rfb8 28. Bc2 Nb2 29. Nf3 Ba4 30. Ne1 Bxc2 31. Rfxc2 Nd3 32. Nd2 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Rb2 34. Nef3 Rxa2 35. Kf2 Rbb2 36. Ke3 g6 37. h4 a5 38. h5 h6 39. Rd1 Rc2 40. f5 exf5 41. Kf4 Rxc3 42. gxf5 Nxf5 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Marshall, Peter L"] [Black "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "169"] [BlackElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,71,16,-24,-23,-9,-23,-54,-30,-19,-32,-32,-20,-20,-7,-33,6,-48,-5,2,20,23,16,-46,-7,-45,-41,-31,-34,-34,-23,-21,8,-7,43,13,33,-39,18,1,-5,-5,-3,-3,68,52,54,29,60,38,82,38,49,53,48,44,53,39,62,37,62,46,52,43,73,82,128,150,218,240,240,165,120,-29997]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. d3 Qf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. a4 Bg4 12. Ba3 Rfd8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qd6 16. Ra1 Qb4 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Nc1 Bf5 19. Be4 Nb4 20. Qb1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 b5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Nc5 Re8 25. Qb1 Nd5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qb3 Rac8 28. e4 Nf6 29. f3 Qd6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. a6 g5 {The game has PN1, but with PKN5 on move 32 I presume it was g5 which was played, although this is not a great move - GS} 32. Nb7 {The Knight is of no value here - JEC I don't think this makes White's position worse though - GS} g4 $2 33. e5 Rc7 $2 {Black does not have compensation for the piece - GS} 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. fxg4 (35. d5 $1) 35... Re2 36. Ra2 $4 {An oversight which allows mate - JEC} (36. Ra2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxh2#) (36. Rf1 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qd2 $16) 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Wright, D."] [Black "Crewe, JE."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "153"] [BlackElo "164"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,18,21,8,7,7,7,6,6,-11,9,-7,-7,-15,-6,-32,-15,-15,14,11,33]} {It is pleasant to See a Giuoco Piano in these days of Ruy Lopez or Queen Gambits or closed defences. Neither of these players seem familar with the opening - GK} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 {The Greco variation which is not quite satisfactory for Black - GK} 9. bxc3 Be7 $2 {PQ4 is necessary, but even this gives advantage to White.Black's BN2 loses - JEC I don't know anything about this line, but Be7 certainly does not lose, bu d5 gives a good game for Black - GS} (9... d5 10. cxb4 dxc4 11. Re1+ Ne7) (9... Bxc3 10. Qb3 Bxa1 11. Bxf7+ {This is good for White - GS}) 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 {Now White should play 11. PQ6!! which wins in all variations - JEC} (11. d6 {I think John Grant is knowledgeable on this opening, and d6 is certainly a good move and gives White an advantage, but maybe not winning in every variation. Of course it is a lot easier with the computer's assistance. Then again SF says this is winning whereas the less severe Fritz has this as an advantage. The lines below giving by JEC - GS} Nxc4 (11... Bxd6 12. Re1+ Be7 (12... Kf8 13. Bxf7 Kxf7 14. Qd5+ Kf8 15. Ne5) 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qd5+ Kf8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 (15... Qe8 {Would be better - GS}) 16. Bxg5 c6 17. Qd6+) (11... cxd6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (12... Kf8 13. Bh5) 13. Qd5+ Ke8 (13... Kf8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 {Not this though} (14... Qe8 $1 {GS})) 14. Ng5 $2 (14. Re1 {This needs to be played and not NN5 as indicated by GK}) 14... Qb6) 12. dxe7 Kxe7 (12... Qxe7 13. Re1) 13. Qe2+ Kf8 14. Qxc4) 11... O-O 12. c4 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Rb1 d6 16. f4 Nb7 17. f5 g5 18. Ne4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. Bb2 Be5 21. g4 Qe7 22. Rbe1 Bd7 23. Qg2 Rab8 24. Bc1 Rf7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Kg7 27. Qc2 Rff8 28. Ba3 Qf7 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Ne4 Rfe8 32. Kg2 Qf8 33. Rd1 Red8 34. Kh3 Qe8 35. a3 $4 (35. Rde1 Qf7 $17) 35... Ba4 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "De Buriatte, TJ."] [Black "Barton, AC."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "162"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,4,19,-24,-27,-48,24]} {A Birds opening that remains closed up resulting in a quick draw.- JEC} 1. f4 d5 2. d4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Ba4 Bd6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Nf3 Rac8 (13... b5 $17) 14. Ne5 Kh7 15. Bd2 Rg8 16. Rf3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Be1 Qe8 20. Bh4 Rc7 21. c4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd7 23. Qe2 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Crewe, JE."] [Black "Dymond, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "164"] [BlackElo "188"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,4,27,42,48,56,85]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 {The O'Kelly de Galway variation of the Sicillian Defence. It is considered sound - JEC} 3. d4 (3. c3 {This early a6 prevents White from occupying b5, so after 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 and then 6. Nb5 is prevented. The main problem with this variation is how to deal with 3. c3, which transposes to an Alapin Sicilian with the useless a6 move. - According to Lichess on this opening - GS}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {This is similar to the Boleslavsky Variation. N-N5 is not playable because of the pawn ar R3. The backward pawn at Q3 is hard to disprove - JEC} 6. Nf3 {N-N3 can also be played, but it is no stronger - JEC} (6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5) 6... Bb4 7. Bd2 d6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Qe2 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Qe3 N6h5 17. Be2 Qg5 18. g4 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Nf4 20. Qe3 h5 21. Qg3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bc8 23. f3 Be6 24. Kf2 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Ng6 26. Nf1 a5 27. Ne3 Qf4 28. Red1 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Nf4 30. Kf2 Rc6 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. gxf5 f6 33. Bd2 g5 34. Be3 Rac8 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. c3 Rh8 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. Rcd1 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Rh2+ 41. Ke1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxd1 43. Rxd1 Kf7 44. Rd5 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Black "Collins, RA."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "162"] [BlackElo "176"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,13,19,30,20,-10,10,10,10,1,-6,-13,3,6,0,-13]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Bxc6+ {An interesting idea - a kind of reversed Nimzovitch's defence - JEC} bxc6 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nd2 Rd8 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. Qg4 d4 14. f5 $1 (14. Qh5 {Is even stronge - GS}) 14... f6 {A very weak move, PxKP is very strong - JEC But White is still better, but after f6 he is losing - GS} (14... exf5 15. Rxf5 g6 16. Rg5 $16) 15. fxe6 Qd5 16. Bxf6 {The sacrifice wins quickly - JEC Seems Nc4 is even better, but very hard to spot - GS} (16. Nc4 Rc8 (16... fxe5 17. e4)) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. Rxf6 Re8 19. Rf7+ Kd8 20. Rd7+ Qxd7 21. exd7 Re5 22. Qf4 Bg7 23. Nd6 Kxd7 24. Nxb7 dxe3 25. Qg4+ 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Wilkinson, John R"] [Black "Edmunds, AM."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "174"] [BlackElo "186"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Bennett, Gerald H"] [Black "De Buriatte, TJ."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "150"] [BlackElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,77,19,32,60,20,39,6,31,21,81,83,92,32,70,85,79,80,113,113,106,70,70,72,44,47,77,18,-1,2,0,4,4,-87,-80,-80,-98,-96,-77,-74,-26,-26,-26,-24,-22,-12,0,0,49,-9,56,58,58,58,58,20,96,75,84,96,112,134,296,296,584,460,843,843,1077,1128,1128,1080,1282,1321,1321,1321,1403,1032,1403,1403]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 {The Morra Gambit to the Sicillian Defence. Although one can accept the gambit and gain equality, most players dislike difficult defence. The simple line is: JEC} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6) 4. Nxc3 {After acceptance of the gambit, Mr Bennett plays energetically, but Mr De Buriatte by move 25 has a won ending.} e5 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qf6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Ba3 Ne7 10. O-O-O (10. O-O {I prefer Kingside castling here - GS} Nbc6 11. Rad1 $14) 10... O-O 11. Rd6 Qf4+ 12. Kb2 Nbc6 13. Rhd1 Na5 14. Qb4 Nxc4+ 15. Qxc4 Nc6 16. Rxc6 dxc6 17. Bxf8 Be6 18. Qc5 Rxf8 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 (19... Qg4 {Keeping Queens on is stronger, attacking the g pawn.Bennett now outplays his opponent.}) 20. Nxe5 Re8 21. f3 Bxa2 {This is not necessary and only helps White. KB1 is simpler, threatening KK2 and RQ1 - JEC} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 {I prefer BB5 if 23 NxP, RR1, 24 RR1 RQ1. Black has the open file and can bring his King into the game - JEC} (22... Bc4 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Ra1 Rd8) 23. Kxa2 Kf8 24. Rd7 Re7 (24... f5 {This strange looking move seems to be best - GS} 25. Rxa7 (25. exf5 Re2+ 26. Kb3 Rxg2 27. h4 Rf2) 25... fxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 $11) 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Kb3 f6 $2 {KK2 must be played with a difficult draw. Mr Bennett played the end game very well.} (27... Kd7 {JEC is correct, this is a difficult ending for Black - GA}) 28. Kb4 Kd7 29. Ka5 Kd6 30. Ka6 Kc5 31. Kxa7 Kb5 32. Kb7 c5 33. f4 Ka4 34. Kc6 c4 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Kb3 37. e6 Kxc3 38. e7 Kb3 39. e8=Q 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Dodwell, PJ."] [Black "Wright, D."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [BlackElo "153"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,5,14,38,19,-11,-11,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The Nimzo-Indian defence - JEC} 4. Bd2 {An unsual response - JEC But probably more common now, as Wesley So has played.} c5 {0-0 is the book reply giving advantage - JEC (more like equality - GS)} (4... O-O) 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 {White has doubled isolated pawn which compensates for the two bishops - JEC} (11... Nxd5 {Seems a better move - GS}) 12. Bd3 h6 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. e4 Bb7 15. O-O Qe7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Ra1 Ra8 18. Ra2 a6 19. Rfa1 b5 20. Nb3 Nh5 21. Na5 Ndf6 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Be2 Rfc8 24. e5 Nf4 25. Bf3 N6d5 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kf1 Ng5 29. Bg2 Ne4 30. Qe1 Nexc3 31. bxc3 Qc6 32. Rc2 Rxb4 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. cxb4 Qxc2 {Black's excellent combination has won a pawn - JEC} 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Kg2 Re8 37. f4 f6 38. Rc6 fxe5 39. Rxa6 Qc8 (39... Qc2+ 40. Qf2 Qe4+ 41. Qf3 exf4 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 {Is a winning line for Black - GS}) 40. Rd6 exf4 41. Qd2 fxg3 42. Qxd5+ Kh8 43. hxg3 Qg4 44. Qd3 (44. Rb6 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ $15 {Is safer for Black - GS}) 44... Qg5 45. Rd5 Qf6 46. Rxb5 Qc6+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ {A most exciting and well played game - JEC I am in agreement. Wright only managed one draw in the competition, but this was a well played game by him - GS} (47... Qh1+ 48. Kg4 Re4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 50. Kxg6 Rg4+ 51. Kf5 Rg5+ 52. Kf4 Qc1+ 53. Kf3 Qc6+) 48. Kg4 {Not sure the correct moves at the end were recorded, as this is winning for Black, although a very complicated line - GS} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "La Lond, Albert Stanley"] [Black "Pritchard, GL."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "154"] [BlackElo "151"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,54,11,-16,20,20,48,45,72,70,70,70,68,48,47,62,68,16,7,8,8,12,24,-24,32,25,29,23,23,36,30,14,7,8,13,0,2,-25,-14,-36,-37,-35,-34,-94,-77,-88,-93,-108,-105,-110,-110,-182,-180,-181,-181,-234,-215]} 1. c4 d5 {This cannot be good, but Mr Pritchard is very dangerous in this kind of opening - JEC} 2. cxd5 Qxd5 {I prefer N-KB3 and P-B3 a gambit} (2... Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5) (2... c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6) 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. g3 {Rather slow, B-N5 and P-K4 would make Black's game difficult - JEC} (6. e4) (6. Bg5) 6... c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O {Black has equalised - JEC} 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. Bd4 b6 18. e4 Rd7 19. Rac1 (19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc3 {Would be an even game, Black is now slightly better - GS}) 19... Rcd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e5 {An unsound combination - JEC} (21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rd1 Kf8 {Still leaves Black with the better game, mainly due to the two Bishops - GS}) 21... Bxg2 22. exf6 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bf3 24. Ne3 gxf6 25. Ng2 Rd2 26. Ne1 Bd5 27. Nc2 Bxa2 {and Black won in 57 moves} 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Barton, AC."] [Black "Marshall, Peter L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "169"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 {The Robatasch Defence, although Capablanca regulary used it in lighting tournaments in the 1922 London Comngress. The writer as a school boy invented 1.PK4 PQ3 2. PQ4 PKB4 years later this was named Dalogh's Defence! - JEC Pater Marshall always played the modern defence as far as I am aware, not sure about JEC comments re his invention! GS} Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Nd2 e5 5. d5 Nh6 6. f3 f5 7. Bd3 O-O {Black gains equality in this variation JEC} 8. Ne2 f4 9. Bf2 Nd7 10. b4 g5 {The notes say PQB1 but looks like this should be PQB4 - GS} 11. c4 g4 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. c5 a6 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Ke2 Qg5 17. a4 Nf7 18. Qb2 g3 19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Qd2 h5 22. Kd1 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Nxh6 24. Kc2 Kg7 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Rh4 Nf7 27. Rah1 Nf6 28. Ne3 (28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Nb6 Rb8 30. Kb3 $16) 28... Bd7 29. Kb3 Kf8 30. Nf1 Ke7 31. Qe1 Rag8 32. Bd3 Qg5 33. Ne2 Qg6 34. Nfxg3 Nxd5 $1 35. Rxh5 Rxh5 36. Rxh5 Nf4 37. Nxf4 exf4 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Rh2 $2 (39. Qh4 $1 $18 Bxf5 40. Rxf5 Ke8 (40... Qxg2 $4 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ Kf8 43. Qxf7#)) 39... Ne5 40. Qc3 Qf7+ 41. Ka3 Nxd3 42. Qxd3 dxc5 43. bxc5 Bxf5 44. exf5 Qe7 45. Qd4 {White lets the win slip away in a difficult position.} (45. Kb3 a5 46. Qd4 Qe8 47. g4 Qe7 48. Kc4 Ke8 49. Qd5 Kf8 50. Qxb7) 45... Qe3+ 46. Qxe3 fxe3 47. g4 Kf7 48. Re2 Re8 {In this position in the mid-day break the game was left for adjudication. At first sight it looks a win for white. The controller spent the whole lunch interval on it but could find no win, but was much cheered when the players informed him they had come to the same conclusion. JEC Adjudicated as a draw - JEC. The computer agrees - GS} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Dymond, Michael"] [Black "Wilkinson, John R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "188"] [BlackElo "174"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,93,36,17,40,2,27,25,27,23,43,15,18,-22,-4,-7,0,-17,-5,-9,16,-1,32,-12,-23,-33,-1,-1,-13,-25,33,40,40,8,106,97,103,103,189,197,202,212,197,198,201,196,201,170,170,160,184,181,223,239,239,234,242,239,260,268,288,242,243,242,281,248,270,281,265,276,372,404,550,517,822,822,892,932,1016,1016,1429,1429,1857,29958,29961,29962,29963,29964,29969,29970,29973,29972,29973,29970,29975,29974]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 {I belive this was first played in an important game by Bronstein. The game follows closely Smyslov-Botvinnik 23 game 1954 - JEC} c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. c3 d6 9. a4 f5 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Re1 f4 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. gxf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kh8 16. Bd2 Bh6 17. Re6 Bxf4 18. Rae1 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Nf5 20. Bg2 Nh4 21. Qxd5 Nxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxd3 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. Nd6 Rf3 25. Nxb7 Raf8 26. Nxc5 Qf5 27. Re8 Kg8 28. Rxf8+ {1-0 Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 Moscow 1954 (23)}) 8... d6 9. c3 f5 10. Nf1 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 Qg5 $2 {This loses by the simple exchange which follows - JEC} 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nhxf5 Rxf5 19. Be4 Raf8 20. g4 Ne7 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5+ Rxf5 24. Kg2 d5 25. Re3 g4 26. Rg3 Rf4 27. f3 gxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Kg6 30. Kg4 Bh6 31. Rf1 Bf4 32. Rxf4 exf4 33. Kxf4 Kf6 34. h4 b5 35. h5 a5 36. h6 b4 37. h7 Kg7 38. Ke5 c4 39. dxc4 bxc3 40. bxc3 dxc4 41. Kd4 Kxh7 42. Kxc4 Kg7 43. Kb5 Kf7 44. Kxa5 Ke6 45. Kb5 Kd6 46. Kb6 Kd5 47. a4 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Crewe, JE."] [Black "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "164"] [BlackElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,80,28,40,75,83,78,35,73,61,57,39,52,36,44,-27,29,-16,-3,5,5,-26,-26,-26,-26,-29,-29,-86,-32,-56,-25,-24,-9,-74,-43,-49,-61,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,9,29,-12,0,-12,0,-11,-7,-12,-6,-6,29,-6,-6,-26,-21,-100,-105,-211,-211,-294,-176,-201,-179,-271,-289,-340,-340,-436,-428,-452,-409,-408,-412,-486,-494]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bh6 b5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 {Black concedes the two bishops for doubles pawns - a permanent weakness which eventually gives him the win - JEC} 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qe3 c5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. f4 Ned7 16. f3 b4 17. Nd1 b3+ 18. c3 bxa2 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Rxa2 Nxc4 {A clever material reducing combination which brings black's favourable ending nearer - JEC It does look like an equal position, but easier to play for black? GS} 21. Rxa5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Rfb8 23. Ra2 Nh5 24. Ng2 Rb6 25. Kd2 Rab8 26. Rb1 f5 27. e5 $6 (27. exf5 gxf5 28. Kc2 $14) 27... Rb5 (27... Rd8) 28. Kc2 R8b6 29. Rd1 $11 a5 30. Rd3 a4 31. c4 $2 Rb3 32. exd6 exd6 33. Re3 R6b4 (33... Nxf4 $1 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Nxf4 Kxe7 36. Nd3) 34. Rc3 Kf6 35. Ne1 Nxf4 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxc4+ 38. Kd2 Rxd3+ 39. Kxd3 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Wright, D."] [Black "Barton, AC."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "152"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,34,19,10,10,28,40,40,40,31,33,14,14,6,11,-12,6,2,-1,-3,22,17,17,3,11,7,5,5,2,-19,-15,-28,-23,-23,-23,-253,-256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {In Petroff's Defence, the Steintz variatin P-Q4 is now in favour - JEC} d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bc4 {Although this is a developing move, it allows easy equality. PQ4 or QK2 are better - JEC} d5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. h3 Bf5 8. d3 Nc5 9. Nc3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf6 17. Rxd5 {Although Black is better, this blunder ends the game - GS} (17. Ree1 $15) 17... Bxc3 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Dodwell, PJ."] [Black "La Lond, Albert Stanley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [BlackElo "154"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,96,19,30,25,4,30,44,45,36,33,34,57,37,34,44,55,19,61,59,73,73,79,68,79,89,97,76,121,98,115,84,125,118,107,119,124,140,115,65,72,56,60,-20,7,-58,4,-10,3,-21,-15,-49,-45,-45,-43,-54,-45,-144,-3,-23,27,10,-1,-37,3,-39,-13,-42,-61,-66,-36,-82,-29,-86,-86,-91,-91,-91,-71,-156,-119,-154,-167,-158,-124,-128,-144,-149,-119,-128,-40,-40,-40,-158,-83,-124,-19,-13,305]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Kh8 9. Ne1 a6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nd3 h6 14. Be3 Nh7 15. Qd2 g5 16. g4 Rg8 17. c5 Ndf6 18. f3 Nf8 19. Ne1 Ng6 20. Ng2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Kf2 Nh7 23. Rh1 Bf6 24. h4 Be7 25. cxd6 Bxd6 26. Rab1 Qe7 27. a3 Bd7 28. Ne1 Nf8 29. Nd3 Ng6 30. Rh2 a5 31. h5 Nf8 32. Kf1 Nh7 33. Qb2 axb4 34. axb4 Ng5 35. Nf2 Kh7 36. Na2 Ra4 37. Bd1 Bb5+ 38. Kg2 Raa8 39. Nc1 Ra7 40. Ncd3 Rga8 41. Bb3 f6 42. Qc3 Ra3 43. Rhh1 Ba4 44. Rb2 Bxb3 45. Rxb3 Ra2 46. Rhb1 Re2 47. Qc4 Re3 48. Ne1 Ra2 $4 {This game was an accurate King's Indian Defence, which was very equal, but on the control move Black allowed the forced win of the exchange and a pawn, and resigned - JEC} (48... Rxb3 49. Rxb3 Qd7 $11) 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Marshall, Peter L"] [Black "Bennett, Gerald H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "169"] [BlackElo "150"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,29,19,-18,-11,0,-4,1,25,25,26,13,66,56,63,48,55,49,49,30,28,28,18,23,34,32,34,28,23,5,16,6]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 {From an English opening it transposes into a Nimzovitch Defence, Rubinstein variation - JEC} 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 Bxc3+ {This is premature. The idea of the Nimzo is to get doubled Bishops pawns for the minor exchange. Black shouldwait for White to play P-QR3. He can play P-Q4 or 0-0 - JEC} 6. Nxc3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nbd5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. f3 Rd7 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qe5 Rfd8 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Kf2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Ke3 e5 26. Bc2 h6 27. g3 Kf8 28. Bf5 Ke7 29. a3 Bd7 {This move allowing R-B7! gives up a good ending - JEC} 30. Rc7 Kd8 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Ke4 {White rightly exchanges the pieces and remains with the opposition - JEC} Ke7 34. g4 a5 35. b3 b5 36. h4 Kd6 {After the pawns are fixed, Black's only chance is to sacrafice his extra pawn by ...PB4+ and after pxp, play K-B3 which should draw. K-Q3 is suicide - JEC} (36... f5+ {This also loses, but Black did have the option of Ke6 - GS}) (36... Ke6 37. f4 Kd6 38. Kf5 Kd5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h5 e4 41. g5 hxg5 42. h6 e3 43. h7 e2 44. h8=Q e1=Q {A very forcing line and clocks probably came into consideration at this stage? GS}) 37. Kf5 Ke7 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 {Peter's expeience probably told in this ending - GS} Kd6 40. Kxf6 Kd5 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kc4 43. Kxf7 Kxb4 44. g6 Kc3 45. g7 b4 46. g8=Q b3 47. Qc8+ Kd2 48. Ke6 b2 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "De Buriatte, TJ."] [Black "Dodwell, PJ."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,71,19,14,11,20,46,25,33,32,37,31,31,32,58,34,66,68,49,35,41,42,47,52,65,68,71,65,107,44,148,165,157,82,71,64,54,57,39,-58,-66,-54,-50,-113,-8,2,230,230,171,135,417,414,479,366,377,373,477,539,533,537,684,684,684,645,900,674,857,870,29993,831,935,935,935,831]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. b4 Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Nc4 f5 19. Qe2 $2 (19. Rab1 f4 20. Bb6) 19... f4 20. Bd2 f3 21. Qe3 Bxh3 {Mr Dodwell's sacraifce looks promising but Mr De Buriatte refutes it by accpetance and careful play. Instead of 21..BxP 21.. R-B5 starts a dangerous attack if 22. P-N3 or PxP then B-R3 - JEC} (21... Rf4 22. g3 Bxh3) (21... Qc8 {This is much stronger and Black has a very good position - GS} 22. Qd3 Bxh3 23. gxf3 (23. gxh3 Qxh3)) 22. gxh3 Rf4 23. Kh2 Qh4 24. Rg1 Qh5 25. Rg3 Bf6 26. Rag1 Bh4 27. Rg4 Nf6 28. Rxf4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Bxf2 30. Rg5 Qh4 31. Qxf6 Ra8 32. Qxd6 Rf8 33. Rg4 Qh6 34. Rf4 Qg7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Edmunds, AM."] [Black "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "186"] [BlackElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,93,19,28,20,8,22,17,28,3,8,-9,-4,-26,-12,-31,-7,-56,-24,-51,-4,-72,-50,-24,-31,-54,-48,-51,-6,15,141,41,31,46,70,62,75,72,95,42,98,107,152,133,180,165,181,146,140,124,117,116,160,141,154,137,260,269,314,304,303,298,622,235,261,228,200,216,219,219,211,196,346,198,189,198,305,311,309,315,318,307,303,285,342,293,318,318,438,432,478,442,483,489,503,90]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Qe2 (6. c3 {Is the strong move. NxP also retains the initative - JEC}) ({As played in the Hampshire Congress a number of years later by me in a game I was pleased to win - GS} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nfg4 $4 8. h3 $2 (8. dxc5 Nxh2 (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 Qxc5 10. Nd5 b5 11. b4 Qa7 12. Bb3) 9. Kxh2 Qh4+ 10. Kg1 Ng4 11. Bf4) 8... Qh4 9. Bf4 (9. dxc5) 9... Qf6 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxc5 g5 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. cxd6 Nc4 15. e5 O-O 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Nxe5 18. Bb3 Kg7 19. Raf1 b5 20. Rf5 f6 21. Ne4 a5 22. Nxf6 Kg6 (22... Ng6) 23. h4 Bb7 24. Rg5+ (24. Rxe5) 24... Kh6 25. Ng8+ (25. Rxe5) 25... Rxg8 26. Bxg8 Ng6 27. Bf7 b4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rf7 c5 30. Rxd7 Bc8 31. Rd8 c4 32. d7 a4 33. Rxc8 b3 34. d8=Q Ra7 35. Qh8+ Rh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. axb3 c3 38. Rxc3 {1-0 Stuart,G (144)-Esmat,K (165) Hampshire Open 2001 (5)}) 6... d6 7. h3 Bd7 (7... b5 8. Bb3 Na5 {Exchanging the Lopez Bishop appears to give immediate equality - JEC}) 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Nh5 12. Kh2 Nf4 13. Qd1 g5 14. Nb3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Bb6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nbd2 Ne7 20. e5 d5 21. Rh1 Ng6 22. Kg1 h5 23. Bb3 c6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bc2 Qe8 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. Nb3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 h4 29. Nc5 Qe7 30. Qh5 f3 31. Qxf3 Bb6 32. Nd3 Qg5 33. Nb4 Ne7 34. Nd3 Ng6 35. Re3 a5 36. Qh3 Rh8 37. Ne1 Nf4 38. Qxf5 Qxf5 39. Bxf5 Raf8 40. Bd7 c5 41. Nf3 h3 42. gxh3 cxd4 43. Nxd4 b4 44. e6 bxc3 45. bxc3 Bxd4 46. cxd4 Rb8 47. Rb3 {Moves don't make sense after this - GS} 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Collins, RA."] [Black "Barton, AC."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "176"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,4,19,38,25,9,-5]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Refreshing opening play! A King's Gambit is rather a rarity these days - JEC} Nc6 {Mr Barton declines the Gambit with an unusual move. B-B4 or P-Q4 are better - JEC} 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. fxe5 {Mr Collins' system provides a simple refutation of the defence. The two isolated KPs are a permanent weakness. Black never equalises - JEC} dxe5 {The computer has this as level, but I understand what Mr Grant was saying with regards to the pawns - GS} 7. d3 Bc5 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Qg4 Nd4 10. Kd1 {A well thought out line of play - JEC} (10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qd1 {This seems safer, moving the King to defend the pawn has its issues - GS}) 10... Nf6 11. Qh3 $1 {JEC} O-O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. Ngf3 Nxc2 {A clever but insufficient combination. If White accepts the sacrafice with KxN Black gets an excellent attack with 14...QxPch 15...NxP - JEC} 14. Nxe5 {The refutation - JEC With the benefit of computers it seems JEC is incorrect and that Nxc2 is an excellent move and although NxE5 is the best reply Black has an advantage - GS} Qd4 $2 $11 (14... Qa4 $1 {This was the move missed by JEC - GS} 15. b3 (15. Rb1 Nb4+) 15... Qd4 16. Kxc2 Qxa1 17. Nf7 Rhe8 18. Nxd8 Kxd8 {Is one line in what is a very complicated and interesting positon - GS}) 15. Qxe6+ Kb8 16. Kxc2 {The Knight can now safely be taken - JEC} Rhe8 17. Nc6+ $1 {The combinations continue! - GS} bxc6 {Black's pawn skeleton is ruined - JEC} 18. Qc4 Qe3 19. Rf1 Rd4 (19... Qe2 $17 20. d4 Qxc4+ 21. Nxc4 Rxd4 22. Nd2) 20. Qc3 Bb4 21. Rf3 Qg1 22. Qxc6 Red8 $2 (22... Re5 $3 {Is the killer move, but this is very hard to find - GS} 23. Rf5 Rxf5 24. exf5 Bxd2 25. Qc5 (25. Bxd2 Qxa1) (25. Kxd2 Qf2+ 26. Kc3 Nd5+ 27. Kb3 Rxd3+) 25... Bb4) 23. Rf5 R8d6 $2 (23... Nd7) 24. Rb5+ {Mr Collins finishes the game in style - GS} Kc8 25. Qb7+ Kd7 26. Rxb4 Rxd3 27. Qb5+ Kd8 28. e5 R6d5 29. Qb8+ Kd7 30. Rc4 Ne8 31. e6+ Ke7 32. Qb4+ c5 33. Qb7+ Kxe6 34. Re4+ Kf5 35. Qf7+ Nf6 36. g4+ 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Pritchard, GL."] [Black "Crewe, JE."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "151"] [BlackElo "164"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 {This is the Four Knights opening and not a Ruy Lopez - JEC} 5. Ba4 $2 (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 (6... Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 $14) 7. Nf3) 5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. Ne2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bd7 11. Ng3 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh2 d5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. e5 Nd7 17. d4 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Qe8 22. Qd3 c5 23. c3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Qh5 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Ne3 Be4 28. Ng4 Qg6 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Qe2 Bd6 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qf5 33. Nf2 Qf4 34. Nxe4 Qh2+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qxe4+ 37. Qe2 Bg3+ 38. Kd2 Bf4+ 39. Be3 Bxe3+ 40. Qxe3 Qxg2+ 41. Kd3 Qg6+ 42. Kd4 $2 (42. Kd2) 42... Qb6+ 43. Kd3 Qxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Kf7 45. c4 dxc4 46. bxc4 bxc4 47. Kd4 Kf6 48. Kxc4 g5 49. Kc5 h5 50. Kb6 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Kxa6 g3 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Wright, D."] [Black "La Lond, Albert Stanley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "153"] [BlackElo "154"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. e4 Nc6 {The Nimzovitch Defence not often played today - JEC} 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 {Either 3 PxP or 3.P-Q5 are better - JEC} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nxe4 $1 $17 {This clever move wins a pawn - JEC} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 {Is probably safer, but White is just a pawn down with no compensation - GS}) 10... d5 (10... Nxf2 $3 {Black missed this tactical chance.} 11. Kxf2 Bc5+ 12. Kf1 Qh4 13. Ne4 Qxe4) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. O-O {Not 13. QxP RK1 but 0-0-0 could be considered - JEC} (13. Qxe4 Re8) (13. O-O-O) 13... Bf5 14. b4 Bd4 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Bf4 Bg6 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. a4 a5 {Resigns - This seems premature, why not P-N5 - JEC Yes, this is a strange resignation. Black has an advantage but not a huge one - GS} 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Wilkinson, John R"] [Black "Collins, RA."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "174"] [BlackElo "176"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. Nf3 {The opening transposes into a Sicillian Defence accelerated Fianchetto with a Marocozy bind. Black gains full equality but has no winning chances at the end. A well played game - JEC} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Be2 a6 11. h4 Qb8 12. Kf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ra7 19. Ke1 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Kd1 f6 22. a3 Kf7 23. Kd2 e5 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. g3 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc5 29. Ke2 a5 30. g4 Kf6 31. Qd2 Qc4+ 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 34. Ke4 hxg4 {This actually looks like a mistake right and the end, as White can obtain a winning position. As this is the last move I wonder if correct? - GS} (34... a4 35. g5+ Ke7 36. f4 exf4 37. Kxf4 Kd7 38. Ke4 Kc7 39. Ke3 Kb7 40. Ke4 Kc7) (34... hxg4 35. fxg4 Ke7 36. b3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. g5 $3 {To be honest this is really hard to find and I can see why this was agreed drawn - GS} (38. h5 $4 gxh5 39. gxh5 Kf6) 38... Kf8 39. Kd3 Kg7) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1966.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Dymond, Michael"] [Black "Edmunds, AM."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "188"] [BlackElo "186"] [Annotator "Mike Dymond"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,63,25,-25,-8,-16,47,30,30,-3,16,7,19,-19,21,4,25,4,38,11,5,-5,5,9,4,15,16,-13,5,-24,6,7,30,2,-8,13,38,191,299,324,387,288,344,343,443,479,771,547,819,566,1001,1195,2501,29986,29993,1077,2617,1570,29981,29990,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} {... Notes by Michael Dymond.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng3 d6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bd4 d5 {... Schmidt,W-Dobosz, Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97, 1/2-1/2, 69.}) 4... d6 (4... Bg7 5. Bg5 (5. f4 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bg4 Ne6 16. Kh1 c6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. d4 Qe7 19. Rf3 Bg7 {... Stepak,Y-Spiridonov,N, Krakow 1964/ EXT 2000, 1-0, 47.}) 5... O-O (5... h6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 d6 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. h4 Nd4 12. Nce2 b5 13. h5 g5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf5 c5 16. Nxd6 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Na5 Na4 20. Nc4 {... Borg,L-Escobar,D, Santiago 1992/EXT 2000, 0-1, 33.}) 6. Nd5 c6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bh6 Re8 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nf3 a5 12. h4 d4 13. Ng5 Bg7 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. h5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qf8 17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh8+ {... Krzyowski,E-Collins,C, Vancouver 2003/CBM 94 ext, 1/2-1/2, 64.}) 5. Be2 Bg7 6. h4 {Bold attacking play - JEC} (6. f4 O-O $14) 6... h5 7. Bg5 {The Bishop is well placed and later castled King side is weak and BR6 then forces off the fianchetto Bishop - JEC} c6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Ng4 {... This allows White to ecxchange his "bad" bishop, ...} 10. Bxg4 $1 (10. Nh3 $5 $11) 10... Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 {... Both a defensive move and to allow the QR to assist in any attack against Black castling queen-side.} Nd7 13. Nh3 Nf8 ({... Better, ...} 13... Bxh3 {... and then re-route the knight!, ...}) (13... f6 14. Be3 $15) 14. Nf2 f6 15. Be3 O-O-O (15... Nd7 16. Rhe1 $15) 16. Rc1 (16. Nd5 Qb8 17. Qc2 Bf7 18. Nc3 (18. Qa4 cxd5 19. cxd5 b5 20. Rc1+ Kd7 21. Qa5 Bh6 22. Bxa7 Bd2 23. Qa6 Qa8 24. Rc2 Bf4 $15) 18... Ne6 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qa3 $14) 16... Kb8 {... weakening the position, ...} (16... Qa5 {... would save the game, ...} 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nd7 $15) 17. Nb5 {A fine and by no means obvious sacrifice - JEC} cxb5 (17... Qe7 18. Bxa7+ Kc8 $18) 18. cxb5 Qxc1+ {... Forced, ...} (18... Qe7 19. Bxa7+ Kxa7 (19... Ka8 20. Qa5 b6 21. Bxb6+ Kb8 22. Rc7 $18) 20. Qa5+ Kb8 21. b6) (18... Qc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 $18) 19. Rxc1 b6 20. a4 (20. Qc3 $5 Rc8 21. Qb4 Rd8 $18) 20... Nd7 21. Rc6 Bf8 (21... f5 22. g3 $18) 22. a5 Kb7 (22... Rc8 23. Qc3 Rxc6 24. bxc6 Nc5 $18) 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bxb6 {... Demolition of a pawn structure, ...} Nxb6 (24... Ra8 25. Ba5 Nc5 $18) 25. Qa5 Ba2+ (25... Na8 26. Qxd8) (25... Nc8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Ra6+ Na7 28. Qxa7#) 26. Kxa2 {... If Black was relying on the pin of the rook, then Rxb6 will decide in short order.} Ra8 27. Rxb6+ Kc7 28. Qxa8 Kxb6 29. Qc6+ Ka7 30. Qc7+ Ka8 31. b6 Bg7 32. Qa7# {A beautiful game - JEC} 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "De Buriatte, TJ."] [Black "Marshall, Peter L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "162"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5 8. O-O h5 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. Qd1 Nh6 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. h3 Bh6 16. Bxh6+ Nxh6 {In this uninteresting postion who can blame the players for their peacful conclusion - JEC Looks like White has a small edge at the end - GS} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Bennett, Gerald H"] [Black "Pritchard, GL."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "150"] [BlackElo "151"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Dodwell, PJ."] [Black "Marshall, Peter L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [BlackElo "169"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,14,19,36,99,71,75,82,82,21,49,25,45,49,62,63,58]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 $1 {This fine miniature against the Robatach defence speaks well for Mr Dodwell's future in chess. Mr Barden terms this the "energetic variation". The game follows Unzicku - Pirc Opatija 1953. Unzicku played B-B4 but Mr Dodwell's innovation has deep significance. - JEC} Nbd7 7. e5 $1 Ne8 8. Ne4 c5 {The correct counterplay - JEC} 9. c3 b6 {This is weak, BPxP gives better chances but still leaves White with a better game - JEC} (9... cxd4 10. cxd4) 10. h4 h5 11. Neg5 dxe5 {Understandable, but B-N2 is necessary - JEC} 12. fxe5 (12. Bxg6 $3 Ndf6 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. fxe5 $18) 12... e6 13. Nxf7 $3 Rxf7 14. Bxg6 Rxf3 {This of course is suicide, but th alternative 14...R-B1 is not attractive} (14... Rf8 15. Ng5 Qe7 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Bb7) 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4) 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Qxa8 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Pritchard, GL."] [Black "De Buriatte, TJ."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "151"] [BlackElo "162"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Originated in MacDonnel-Labourdonnais 1834 - JEC} 5. Nb3 {This only gives equality. N-N5 or NxN are needed to retain the initiative - JEC} (5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 {0-1 McDonnell,A-De Labourdonnais,L Match Labourdonnais-McDonnell(4) +8-3=7 London 1834 (16)}) 5... d6 (5... Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 {Reaches equality - USSR 1946 - JEC}) 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Be6 8. f3 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd5 $1 {JEC} O-O 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bg5 14. f4 Bf6 15. f5 ({Stockfish 16:} 15. Nxf6+ $1 Nxf6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Bf3 a5 18. Qxd6 Qb8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qf2 a4 21. Nc1 b5 22. c5 a3 23. b3 Nb4 24. Bxh6 Bxf5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Be2 Qc8 27. exf5 e4 28. Qe3 Kh7 29. Bxb5 Qb8 {[%eval 112,27] [%wdl 705,295,0]}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 {Probably better - GS}) 16... Ne7 17. Rf3 Kh7 18. g4 Ng8 19. Kg2 Bh4 20. Bd3 {The remaining moves do not make sense? GS - White won} 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Collins, RA."] [Black "Edmunds, AM."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E76"] [WhiteElo "176"] [BlackElo "186"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,49,15,29,38,2,43,44,33,39,39,26,30,22,48,10,35,51,54,61,89,70,87,93,143,102,98,86,144,131,124,137,136,-35,140,-36,107,89,46,90,160,52,0,0,290,290,290,298,288,272,450,450]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O {The four pawns attack in the King's Indian - P-B4 is still the best way of side stepping the pawn charge - JEC} 6. Nf3 Nbd7 {KN-Q2 is better. Mr Collins plays with accuracy and energy and Mr Edmunds never equalises - JEC} 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 a6 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 Nf8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 N6d7 15. Bf4 e6 $16 16. g5 $2 {This seems to give Black the advantage - GS} ({Stockfish 16:} 16. Be4 h6 17. d6 g5 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. h4 b5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 gxh4 23. Bxh4 Qb8 24. Qe2 Ng6 25. Bg3 Ra7 26. Rad1 Rf8 27. Qh2 c4 28. g5 h5 29. Qxh5 Qa8 {[%eval 230,28] [%wdl 999,1,0]}) 16... Bb7 17. Qd2 Rc8 $2 (17... exd5 18. cxd5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc4 $15) 18. Ne4 exd5 19. Nd6 Ba8 20. cxd5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 (21... Rxe5 22. Nxf7 Qxd5 $16) 22. Nxe8 Qxd5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Qd6 25. Bxa6 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Black "Dymond, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "162"] [BlackElo "188"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,38,15,10,10,-28,-28,-27,-25,-52,24,26,24,19,15,14,14,-10,10,13,9,8,9,9,3,-3,-6,-9,11,-39,-30,-72,-72,-113,0,-3,-3,5,-6,11,43]} 1. e4 {This Grandmaster draw is understandable from the scores. Black only needed a draw to be a clear winner. White only needed a draw for second place, as his opponent's score was better for breaking the tie - JEC} e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5 O-O 7. Bxc6 {A favourtie idea of Mr Daw. The doubled Bishops Pawn gives him an end game target - a method favoured by Nimzovitch - JEC} bxc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rab1 Qf4 (16... h5 $1 {If Black was looking to win he may have tried this - GS}) 17. Qxf4 Bxf4 18. f3 Bd2 19. Red1 Bxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Wilkinson, John R"] [Black "Crewe, JE."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "174"] [BlackElo "164"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,8,19,30,14,-9,39,9,7,12,42]} 1. Nf3 {This is an interesting out and out thrust Reti accepted - JEC} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 g6 {This seems to be an innovation - JEC There are not many games with this, but there was one by EUWE from 1927 - GS} 4. Nxc4 b5 (4... Bg7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 b5 13. Ne3 Qa5 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. b4 Qc7 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. d3 Qa6 21. Rc7 e6 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Ne4 Be5 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 {1-0 Euwe,M-Davidson,J Match Euwe-Davidson +3-0=0 Amsterdam 1927 (3)}) 5. Na3 (5. Ne3 {Seems better - JEC}) 5... a6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b4 Nd5 13. Bd2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rc5 c6 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nb1 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nc3 Rc4 26. Nxb5 Rxb4 27. Qa3 Qe4 28. Nd6 Qxc2 {In this game Mr Crewe shows originality. He is rapidly increasing his playing strength - JEC} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Barton, AC."] [Black "Bennett, Gerald H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "169"] [BlackElo "150"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Be3 c6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. b3 Nf8 14. Nh4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 Bxg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Re2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Bc1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bf6 26. Be3 Kf7 27. Kf1 b5 28. d5 cxd5 (28... bxc4 29. dxc6 Ke6) 29. cxb5 $2 d4 30. Bf4 Bd8 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. Bd2 Kc5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Bb4 g5 36. f3 g6 37. Bf8 {The French Exchange variation gives immediate equality and turns into a good draw - JEC. This looks to be a winning ending for White? - GS} (37. Bf8 {Stockfish 16:} Bf6 38. Bb4 Bd8 39. Ba3 Bf6 40. Bf8 Be5 41. Be7 Bf4 42. g4 Be3 43. a5 Bf4 44. Bd8 Bd6 45. b6 $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "La Lond, Albert Stanley"] [Black "Wright, D."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "154"] [BlackElo "153"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] 1-0 [Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1965 / 1966"] [Site "Eastleigh"] [Date "1965.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Daw, Geoffrey"] [Black "Dymond, Michael J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "162"] [BlackElo "188"] [Annotator "JEC Grant"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1965.12.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.03"] {[%evp 0,38,25,16,10,-23,-24,-34,-22,-38,21,21,22,17,13,-17,-5,-17,6,6,4,1,-1,-13,-13,-16,-16,-26,-23,-37,-29,-68,-68,-108,-10,-9,-8,-15,1,4,39]} 1. e4 {This Grandmaster draw is understandable from the scores. Black only needed a draw to be a clear winner. White only needed a draw for second place, as his opponent's score was better for breaking the tie - JEC} e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5 O-O 7. Bxc6 {A favourtie idea of Mr Daw. The doubled Bishops Pawn gives him an end game target - a method favoured by Nimzovitch - JEC} bxc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rab1 Qf4 (16... h5 $1 {If Black was looking to win he may have tried this - GS}) 17. Qxf4 Bxf4 18. f3 Bd2 19. Red1 Bxc3 1/2-1/2