[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Rxb1 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ke2 Rc8 15. b4 Bf6 16. g4 Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhd8 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. f4 Nb8 $2 {A lot of maneuvering by both players, but this is a mistake.} 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Rh1 g6 {Black gives up a pawn in a difficult position.} (22... g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rh5) 23. Rxh6 (23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxh6 {May be stronger.}) 23... Bg7 24. Rh3 Nd7 25. Rb1 Nf6 26. Ng5 Ke8 27. Nxf7 {Very difficult to resist this sacrifice.} Kxf7 28. Bxg6+ Kf8 29. Rbh1 Qd6 30. g5 Ng8 31. f5 e5 32. f6 Rc7 33. fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Rh7 Rxh7 36. Bxh7 Kd7 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. Bxg8 Rxg8 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Rf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. g6 Qg3 43. g7 {Black lost on time in a losing position.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,25,27,21,-10,55,25,38,45,33,20,27,-13,10,12,8,34,37,-18,-6,1,36,37,46,45,51,54,57,63,66,-30,-28,-125,-67,-82,-29,-36,-25,-46,-36,-59,-19,-18,0,0,73,129,75,184,184,184,444,442,417,911,29985,29986,29987,29988,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 {Black is hedging his bets by not caslting and seeing what White intends to do.} 7. f3 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. h4 Ne5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. b3 h5 12. Nf2 Bc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 $16 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O {Probably better to castle, rather than g4 which allows Black back into the game.}) 15... b5 16. gxh5 b4 17. Ncd1 Nxf3+ {Tempting, but maybe c4 is the better target?} (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6) 18. Bxf3 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nd3 Qa5 $2 (20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qg2 Bd4 23. Nf4 $11) 21. Qg2 Kd8 22. Qxg6 Qxa2 23. e5 Qxb3 {White is now winning.} 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxd6 Bc3+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. Ne5 Rh7 28. Nc6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Re7 30. Bh5+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,63,22,22,52,52,52,20,20,18,44,52,44,39,72,48,53,38,51,44,65,70,74,53,60,38,51,29,89,110,132,102,113,110,162,171,180,174,167,240,240,240,231,192,192,161,210,256,249,247,590,563,676,676,676,557,676,869,979,932,29987,29982,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 $6 (9... Be7 {Is the theory as played against Gary Kasparov among others.} 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. f5 Rg8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd6 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Bxd5 Bd7 23. Rhe1 h6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qa7 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2785)-Hracek,Z (2625) Olympiad-32 Yerevan 1996 (7.1)}) 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 {White has a fantastic position.} 15. c4 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. Bf5 Kh8 19. Rd3 Rg8 20. Rh3 {White ignores the free f pawn and is crashing through.} Rg7 21. Rd1 (21. Qd2 {Even stronger.}) 21... b5 22. Bxh7 Qxc4 {Taking the Bishop is not advisable.} (22... Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf7+ Kh6 25. Rd3 f5 26. Rh3+ Bh4 27. Rxh4+ Kg5 28. Rh5+ Kf4 29. Qxf5#) 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Qh6 Qe2 28. Rc1 Qxf2 29. Rg3 Bd8 30. Rxg7 Qf4 31. Qh7 d5 32. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Grunbley, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "127"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,14,19,31,19,-13,-9,3,-7,-15,30,35,36,-8,-13,-15,-2]} 1. d4 {The Hamphire Bulletin Editor Mr GW Kilmister found this game very interesting.} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. h4 Re8 14. Ne5 {This Knight dominates the position, Black should try to dislodge it with Bd6, although taking will have its own issues.} Bd7 (14... Bd6 15. Re1 Nd5 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7)) 15. g4 (15. Bf4) 15... Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. hxg5 Be8 19. Re1 $2 {White makes a mistep.} (19. f4 Bd6 20. Qh3 g6) 19... Qd8 $2 {Black fails to take advantage of the mistake.} (19... Bxg5 $1 20. f4 Be7) 20. f4 g6 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Re3 Rg8 23. Rh3 {White piles on the pressure and it is easily won from here.} Rg7 24. Be3 f6 25. Ng4 Bf7 26. d5 e5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. fxe5 Be7 29. e6 Bg8 30. Bd4 Qf8 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. Rxf8 Bxd4+ 33. cxd4 Rxf8 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. e7 Rxe7 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Rg7 38. Qe8 cxd5 39. Kh2 Rg5 40. Qd8 Rf5 41. Qe7 Bf7 42. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "186"]
[BlackElo "188"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,53,19,30,46,46,40,27,35,37,27,7,-2,-8,44,42,43,54,78,89,90,66,63,60,87,62,100,100,130,101,104,69,93,76,47,69,234,222,261,261,440,387,513,513,513,513,556,559,554,324,324,316,316,316,794,-219]} 1. e4 {Two of the top players are matched in round 2. Marshall Thompson plays an aggressive attack as Black but White handles the complications very well and wins in under 30 moves.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Ba6 (6... Nf6 {Is more common.}) 7. Nd2 (7. Bxa6 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxa6) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxc4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {This all looks dangerous for White, but Saverymuttu deals with this efficiently.} 13. h4 Rg8 (13... Ng4) 14. hxg5 Rxg5 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. f4 h4 17. Bh2 {Black's attack is fizzling out and it is his King which is in the worse position now.} h3 (17... d5 18. Nxe5 Rg7 19. exd5 h3 20. Qxh3 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. Qf5) 18. Qxh3 {Black's attack is no more.} exf4 19. Bxf4 Rg7 20. Rae1 Be7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rh7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Rxf6 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rh6 27. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,31,31,26,12,-5,3,-33,-47,-51,-39,-38,26,-40,-23,-29,3,3,13,16,41,11,56,31,97,44,79,62,203,203,247,256,338,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {A King's Gambit!} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. d4 (6. Bc4 {Is more common.}) 6... d6 7. Nd3 Be7 (7... f3 {Gives Black the better game.} 8. gxf3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6) 8. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bg5 $2 (9... Bf6) 10. Nc3 $2 {I have to admit I no very little on these lines, but the computer gives this as a mistake, with the position now being equal.} (10. Qd2 $1 Bxf4 11. Nxf4) 10... Bxf4 $2 (10... Nc6) 11. Nxf4 {White is now clearly better.} c6 12. Bc4 Qg5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nxb5 {Who could resist playing this.} cxb5 15. Bd5 Nd7 16. Qxb5 $2 {But White needs to take the Rook.} (16. Bxa8 Ne7 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 h4 19. e6) 16... f6 $2 (16... Kf8 $1 17. Qc6 (17. Qb3 $2 Rb8) 17... Rb8 18. O-O Rh6 $11) 17. Qb3 {This must have been White's plan to go for mate.} Rb8 18. Bf7+ {It makes all the difference that as the King has not moved as now the Queen can penetrate on the White squares.} Ke7 19. Qe6+ Kd8 20. Qe8+ Kc7 21. Ne6+ Kb7 {Black plays on, but could easily resign now.} 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Bd5+ Kc7 24. a4 Bb7 25. Qg6 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ngf6 27. O-O-O Rb4 28. Rd3 Nxd5 29. Qxg5 Kc6 30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 N7f6 32. Qh8 Rxa4 33. Qc8+ Kb5 34. Rb3+ Ka5 35. Qd8+ Ka6 36. Qxd6+ Ka5 37. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,20,19,29,50,43,30,14,14,-3,-7,-7,5,-8,-6,-42,-45,-43,44,23,25,22,41]} 1. e4 {Good to see a nicely played French by Terry Cowling.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 {Although this is played a lot, I always think White gets excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 9. Bc2 Nge7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. a3 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 {The computer loves White's postion.} 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Ra2 {White wishes to move the Rook to c2 via a2, but maybe the direct h4 or a4 was better?} (16. h4) (16. a4) 16... a5 17. Bb3 {To swing the Rook over, but this looks the wrong idea.} (17. bxa5 Rxa5) 17... O-O 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 $2 {This allows Black more space for his constricted pieces and he now has an excellent position.} dxc4 20. Nb2 c3 21. Qd3 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Nd1 Ba4 {The Bishops dominate and the passed c pawn is very safe.} 24. Ra2 Qc6 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Qxb6 Bc5 30. Qa5 Qb3 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. h4 Nc6 33. Qa1 Nb4 34. Rd1 h6 35. Ne1 Bc6 36. Qa3 Qxa3 (36... Ba4 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Rd7 Ba4 {Would have been cleaner.}) 37. Bxa3 Ba4 38. Ra1 c2 {This allows White a chance, but with move 40 being close it maybe that both players were short of time?} (38... Bxe3 39. fxe3 c2 40. Kf2 Bb3) 39. Bc1 (39. Bxb4 Bxe3 40. Nxc2 Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rxc2+ {Dispite two extra pawns this would not be that easy to win with the opposite colour bishops.}) 39... Bb3 40. Ra5 Na2 41. Nd3 Bb4 {Another mistep by Black} (41... Bxe3) 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 43. Nxb4 Bb3 44. Kf1 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rd1 46. Ba3 $2 (46. Nd3 $11 Ba4 47. f3 {Not sure Black can make any progress from this position?}) 46... c1=Q 47. Bxc1 Rxc1 48. Kd2 Rf1 49. Nd3 Ba4 {Adjudicated as a win for Black, which was the correct decision.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. h3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 a6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. Nh2 Rfd8 16. Ng4 Nh5 $2 {Black takes a mistep, White now weaves a very pretty attack with his Knights.} (16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 h5 18. Qe2) 17. Nh6+ (17. Nf5 {Even stronger.}) 17... Kf8 18. N4f5 Bf6 19. Be3 b4 (19... Ng7 {Gives Black a better chance, but still losing.}) 20. Qc4 Qc7 21. Bxc5+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ {The mate threat on the f7 square allows Black to attack with impunity.} (22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Nd6+) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Rfd1 {Black throws in the towel.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bower, DE."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "152"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (6... c5 {Personally I like the c5 sac.}) 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c6 10. Nge2 b5 11. Ng3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Bh6 a4 17. Bc2 $2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7) 17... Nc4 {Black is now winning, but plays some very attractive attacking play to bring home the point.} 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qh4 Qb6 20. b3 axb3 21. Bxb3 Rxa2 $1 {Black must have seen this some time before entering the variation.} 22. Nxa2 Qxb3 23. Rd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Qxa2 (24... Ba6 {Is even stronger.} 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Bb4 (26. Nb4 Qxc3+) 26... Qxa2) 25. Kd1 Ba6 (25... Ba6 26. Ne2 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qf2 Qxh1+ 29. Qg1 Qe4) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,45,19,40,71,76,91,25,37,9,51,57,19,0,0,0,47,60,41,44,45,62,58,54,94,94,94,76,95,90,93,98,122,75,81,79,74,63,507,511,519,522,745,663,954,954,954,962]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qb4 18. Rc2 Nc5 $2 {Black has been slightly worse, but now blunders a piece.} (18... Rfc8) 19. a3 Qa5 {The Queen has no good square.} (19... Qb6 20. b4) 20. b4 Qxa3 21. Bxc5 Rfc8 22. Nc4 Qb3 23. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bramer, MA."]
[Black "Tulevski, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin - Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,27,32,27,33,30,9,13,18,19,13,31,25,31,36,34,33,32,38,50,55,56,37,39,37,44,50,59,22,16,15,39,-4,19,12,31,1,49,31,38,36,34,18,24,8,36,46,39,16,16,22,17,-16,0,-22,-35,-74,1812,2111,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 c6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Ne4 b5 22. Qe2 Rdc8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 g6 26. Rc5 h6 27. Rh5 Qd8 28. Rf1 Rxa3 $4 (28... Qf8 $11 29. Rf3 Rxa3 30. Rxh6 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Kg3 $4 Qxh6)) 29. Rxh6 {White's attack now breaks through.} Rxe3 30. Qh4 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,29,41,2,5,-42,34,-17,1,-9,-16,-7,19,28,22,33,42,29,13,9,24,7,-4,-4,-11,-17,-17,-6,-12,-43,-16,-48,-41,-57,-57,-46,-32,51,84,90,87,58,75,65,57,71,71,41,55,25,164,164,159,167,289,294,781,775]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qc7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 O-O-O {The computer is not a fan of this move. In these positions it is difficult to know what to do with the King. Maybe leaving in the centre for now is best.} (10... Be7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bf4) 11. a3 h6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Be3 $6 {Tempting to keep the Bishops on, but better to take Black's bishop.White has taken two moves to put his Bishop on e3 and Black now has his Bishop on his preferred d6 square.} (15. Bxd6) 15... Ng4 16. Nb5 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxe3 {Is not any better.}) 17... Bb8 $2 (17... Be7 $1 18. b4 g5 19. a4 $11) 18. b4 $1 $16 a6 19. bxc5 {White can retreat the Knight, but this is slightly better.} bxc5 (19... axb5 20. cxb5 bxc5 (20... Na7 $4 21. c6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qe7 (22... Nxc6 23. Rc1 Bc7 24. d4 Ne7 25. Ne5 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Qa4 27. Nxf7))) 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 $2 (21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Rb1) 21... cxd4 22. Na4 Ba7 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Re2 Qc6 25. Rb1 {Black has got back into the game, although still worse.} Kc7 $4 {Black makes the final mistake.} (25... Kd7 26. Rb4 Ke7 27. Re4 Rb8 28. c5 Rxb4 29. axb4 Rd8) 26. Reb2 $4 Rb8 27. Qh5 $1 g6 28. Qe5+ Qd6 29. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "StGray, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "142"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,32,25,46,46,46,15,8,8,48,-22,-9,-21,-17,-6,-6,-6,-6,-2,-4,0,19,12,12,12,67,67,59,65,75,75,73,71,58,68,99,66,114,91,206,225,186,104,288,304,308,288,535,524,750,763,763,551,586,588,737,453,1440,1440]} 1. e4 {A very well played game by Hampshire veteran Squadron Leader Vine against one of the lower ranked players.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. f4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qf3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. a3 Nbc6 12. Be3 Ba7 $6 (12... O-O) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. O-O {White has an advantage, his White square Bishop is much better than Black's.} Ng6 18. Rf2 Nce7 19. Rfd2 e5 {Black tries the e5 break, but this gives White a decisive advantage.} 20. f5 $1 {Black's Knights do not have many options.} Nf4 21. Bb1 Rd8 22. g3 Nh5 23. c5 $1 {This break is curtains for Black.} Bxf5 24. cxd6 Qc6 25. dxe7 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bd7 27. Qc5 Nf6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,16,19,38,18,26,21,8,20,5,7,0,12,12,14,1,10,-30,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The Marshall attack.} 9. exd5 (9. d4 {d4 and d3 are lines which avoid accepting the sacrifice.}) (9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 {I have played this in blitz online, although the computer prefers Black.}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 (11... c6 {Is more popular, but nothing wrong with the move played. I don't know much about the Marshall attack apart from it is normally good for equality for Black.}) 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 $2 {White does not need to play this weakening move.} (14. h3 Qh4 15. Qf3 h5 16. Be3) 14... Nxh2 (14... Qf6 {The computer prefers this, but who could resist taking on h2.}) 15. Bd5 $4 {As is often the way once you go wrong you don't find the correct move.} (15. Qh5 Ng4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nd2 $11) 15... Bxg3 $1 {But Black still has to continue with sacrificing his pieces otherwise his advantage slips away.} 16. fxg3 Qxd5 17. Kxh2 Bb7 {White does not have time to develop his Queen side pieces and resist the attack.} 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Bd2 Re6 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Bf4 Qf2+ 22. Kh3 Bc8 23. g4 Qxf4 {Mate will soon follow.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pritchard, GL."]
[Black "Hunt, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "110"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "StGray, J."]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "142"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,35,19,31,34,3,53,39,37,33,31,9,24,2,61,39,73,61,69,1,14,35,44,20,28,33,42,28,30,6,48,3,60,73,69,69,603,578]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. d5 e6 {Is another way to play this.}) 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Qe7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Bg5 Bd7 $6 (12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3) 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Nh7 (15... Ng4 {Is much better, as White's best reply is to take it.} 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rb1) 16. Nb5 $1 Qb6 17. Bf2 {A nasty pin.} Bxb5 $4 (17... Rfd8 18. Kh1 Bf8) 18. cxb5 {The Knight is dropping.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,64,36,-14,18,27,9,-21,23,-8,40,-13,8,-1,-1,1,10,8,4,6,-2,14,7,1,32,-32,44,-31,55,-60,52,-59,59,-59,66,-52,62,-45,53,-9,22,-9,9,39,-38,35,-27,35,0,0,3,0,0,-17,0,0,0,52,-46,56,-32,32,-32,32,-38,38,-38]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nh5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6 17. Ne1 {White has a nice advantage at this stage of the game.} b6 18. Ra8 Qd7 19. Qa2 $11 (19. Rxf8 Bxf8 20. Nc2 Bg7 21. Nb4 $14) 19... Rxa8 20. Qxa8 Nf6 21. Bc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qf7 23. Qd8 Ne8 24. Nc2 Bf6 25. Qb8 e4 26. Nb5 exd3 27. exd3 d5 28. Bf4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. Nxc7 Nxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 Bb5 {Draw agreed in a level position. At first glance Black having the two Bishops may seem like an advantage, but once the b and c pawns are exchanged there is not much for Black to do.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,25,26,21,-10,11,19,36,19,42,33,30,-18,60,20,54,19,42,32,20,27,36,38,59,46,68,68,66,41,49,41,54,104,62,118,92,87,113,107,155,75,75,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-105,8,-36,16,-89,0,-72,7,-99,-65,-170,130,130,114,142,142,131,102,-626,0,0,583,0,485,418,578]} 1. d4 {This is a very complicated game and the computer spots a lot of good moves, but trying to find them is not easy. This would be compounded in time trouble. The game is worth playing through and Peter Collins is the first player to take any points from Seth Saverymuttu.} d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. b3 Ndf6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Ng5 14. e4 $6 {Now there is a complicated position with many pawn and piece captures to be calculated. But this push does swing the position in Black's favour.} (14. e3 {May be a safer option.}) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 $2 {Black makes a misstep.} (15... Ngxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rae1) 16. exf5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 exf5 $2 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ng4) 18. Rae1 $2 (18. c5 $1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bb5 20. Nc4 $16) 18... Ne6 (18... Bxe5 $11) 19. Bf2 f4 20. Qf5 $2 (20. Bxb7 {This is a safe pawn to take.} Rb8 21. Bg2) 20... Nc5 21. Ng4 $2 Nfe4 $1 22. Qxf8+ {The best option and although Black is better with the Rook and Knight for the Queen White still has chances.} Bxf8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qg5 (24... Bb4) 25. Bd5+ Kh8 $2 (25... Bf7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bf3) 26. h3 (26. Ne5 $1) 26... Bd6 (26... Bc6) 27. Re6 Bc7 $2 (27... fxg3 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Nh6 Qc7 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Kg2) 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. Nh6 $3 {A killer move!} Bh5 (28... gxh6 29. Bd4+ Be5 30. Bxe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5)) 28... Bg6 29. Bd4 h5 30. Re7 Bb6 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. R1e5 Bf5 33. Be6 hxg4 34. Bxf5 g6 $1 {The only drawing move.} 35. Bxg4 (35. Bc8 Qh6 $11) 35... Qf6 36. R7e6 Qf7 37. Re7 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johnson, MW."]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,50,25,25,18,18,16,18,14,19,19,16,16,12,11,11,38,34,46,15,46,48,63,65,65,30,30,33,47,52,46,0,0,-2,-24,0,0,-52,-29,-19,-39,-26,-12,-12,0,-81,-90,-83,60,68,63,50,50]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O d6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. c3 Ba5 15. e5 $2 {It is too early to push the e pawn and White's advantage evaporates. White could have been tempted with this move as he can swap the e and f pawns for Black's d and h pawn. Although Black has double isolated pawns this does not prove to cause any issues.} (15. Rae1 $16 Qd7 (15... Bb6 16. e5 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 $16) 16. Bd4) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxh6 Rad8 18. Bc2 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Rd2 21. Bb3 Ree2 22. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Kh8 24. Re1 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 {This position offers no chances for either side.} (25... Kxg7 26. Re2 (26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 $11) 26... Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Bb6 28. Kd3 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,34,29,4,14,42,44,45,48,34,34,37,44,39,85,70,72,61,56,46,62,54,58,50,89,68,85,80,105,67,86,62,67,90,90,54,52,50,84,31,25,30,34,29,29,29,233,200,194,221,218,221,253,177,196,175,211,222,218,218,218,205,374,382,397,447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 (10... Bf5 {Maybe best to play this before moving the Knight.}) 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Rfe1 Rb7 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bg5 Rbe7 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf1 Bf5 20. f4 Re8 21. g4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe7 23. Kg2 Qe3 $2 {It would seem sensible to play this, but this proves to be a blunder.} (23... h6 24. Bh4 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 $11) 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. f5 $1 {This is why Black had to kick the Bishop away earlier, as the discovered attack on the Rook is very strong.} Rxc3 {Black has to try this.} (25... Re5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. fxg6 Kg7 28. gxh7 Re8 29. Ne4) 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. Bd8 Bxc3 28. Bxb6 Nd2 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rc2 Nb3 31. Re2 gxf5 32. Rxe5 $1 {Giving the exchange back is the easiest way to convert.} dxe5 33. d6 (33. d6 Nd4 34. d7 Nc6 35. gxf5 e4 36. d8=Q+ Nxd8 37. Bxd8) 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 {MA Bramer was rated 173 but after a mistep on move 8 he could have resigned.} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b5 $4 {An ill advised push, White is now winning.} 9. Qd5 bxc4 10. Qxa8 {Black is one exchange down.} Qc7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Qxb8+ Qxb8 13. Rxb8+ {Black is now a whole rook down and could resign, but no-one likes to resign after 13 moves.} Kd7 14. Bh6 Kc7 15. Rf8 Nxh6 16. Rxh8 {Black is now one rook and one exchange down.} Bxe4 17. Rxh7 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. fxe4 Nxh7 20. e5 {White gives back the exchange to ensure no complications.} Kc6 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. g4 Ne6 23. h5 {And Black finally throws in the towel!} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cullinane, AR."]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,30,53,21,56,31,27,4,12,3,14,11,11,0,15,-8,-9,10,21,22,22,28,37,24,35,23,28,29,55,45,56,33,37,2,6,6,-9,13,23,23,86,-93,-98,-96,-59,-155,-129,-136,-77,-593,-414,-337,-303,-466,-557,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 {After a number of moves the opening turns into a closed Sicilian.} Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nh4 {Played to allow the f pawn to be pushed, but I think this is the wrong plan?} Qc8 9. f4 Bh3 10. f5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Rhe8 14. a3 e6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Qd2 Rde8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 d5 20. b5 Nd4 21. Rb4 {This is a wasted move, as the Knight can be easily defended.} Ng4 $1 {From a level position, Black drums up a very nice attack.} 22. exd5 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Kg1 exd5 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Rb1 Qb6 27. Qxd5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kh1 {Still losing, but now Black has forced mate.}) 28... Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Qxh2+ 30. Kxg4 Qxg3# {A very pretty finish.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,15,12,40,46,46,13,13,11,9,9,13,1,1,-20,-16,-19,-44,-60,-51,-73,-64,-294,-386,-442,-448,-448,-294,-295,-295,-733,-162,-625,-625,-639,-794,-794,-794,-794,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-761,-796,-650,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 {In this game the veteran Hampshire player Leslie Vine gets his King stuck in the middle of the board after allowing an exchange sacrifice. Saverymuttu cleans up nicely.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 $4 Re8 12. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 13. Kxe3 Qe7+ 14. Kd2 Nxd5 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3+ {The Queen and Knight normally work together well and with the Rook on a8 about to join the attack the end is not far away.} 18. Kc2 Qxc3+ 19. Kb1 Rb8+ 20. Qb3 Rxb3+ 21. axb3 Qxb3+ 22. Kc1 Qc4+ 23. Kb2 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qf4+ 25. Kb2 Qe5+ 26. Kb3 Qxf5 27. Rhe1 Qd3+ 28. Kb2 Qd2+ 29. Kb3 Qc3+ {Mate in 2.} (29... Qc3+ 30. Ka2 Nb4+ 31. Kb1 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barton, AC."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "181"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,62,23,10,18,10,3,3,5,5,13,16,18,24,-21,-4,-50,-34,-49,-42,-39,-3,-3,3,-10,-1,-36,3,13,16,16,16,31,22,-4,-14,-15,33,6,20,3,45,6,17,2,9,1,28,-45,-52,-79,-65,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qa5 Qc6 18. Qd2 b5 (18... f5 {Maybe best to push on the Kingside.} 19. f4 g4) 19. b4 Be7 20. Kb2 Qd7 21. Rhe1 Rd8 22. Re2 c5 23. Rde1 Bf8 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qa5 Qc6 {Black is now much better.} 26. Re8 Rxe8 $2 {This allows White to draw with a nice combination.} (26... Rxc2+ $1 {Not taking the Rook straigh away, but playing Rxc2+ first mean Black can still be a rook up but there is no repeating postiion for White.} 27. Kb1 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kb7 $19) 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 29. Qb6+ Kd7 (29... Kd7 30. Qb7+ Ke6 31. Qe4+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Collins, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "177"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,85,25,26,13,17,29,25,36,13,12,-5,-8,-16,-24,-26,-4,-81,-81,-59,-59,-62,-58,-124,-118,-118,-139,-169,-132,-118,-168,-169,5,-13,11,0,-15,-137,-243,-265,-61,-67,-68,-65,-65,-70,-70,-65,-65,-65,-73,-66,-68,-75,-74,-74,-76,-76,-76,-76,-60,-89,-84,-88,-84,-86,-84,-79,-79,-126,-132,-125,-129,-129,-120,-124,-105,-112,-116,-103,-103,-110,-112,-120,-120,-145,-120,-120]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. Nf1 Qd6 9. Qc1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Rxe2+ $6 (15... Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Rac8 {Would be a clear advantage for Black.}) 16. Kxe2 Qxf4 17. f3 $6 (17. Qd2 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Ne4 $11) 17... Re8+ 18. Kd3 Qe3+ {Black is now winning again.} 19. Kc2 Ne4 $2 {One move too soon.} (19... Rc8+ $1 20. Kb1 Ne4 21. a3 (21. fxe4 {If fxe4 is played then White is being mated.} Qxe4+ 22. Qc2 Qxc2#) 21... Nf2 22. Qa4 (22. Qg1 Qd3+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka2 Nd3)) 20. Rc1 {White's King can hide away on a1 if the rook checks now.} Nf2 (20... Rc8+ $4 {White is now winning.} 21. Kb1 $18) 21. Qd2 Nxh1 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Rxh1 f6 {Despite the extra pawn this is only a very small advantage for Black.} 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Rc5 Ke6 27. Rc7 Re7 28. Rc8 (28. Rxe7+ {Best to swap rooks as then very difficult for Black to make any progress.} Kxe7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kb4 $11) 28... f4 29. Rd8 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Rh8 h4 32. Rd8 a6 33. Kd3 Rc7 34. Kd2 (34. Re8+) 34... Rc4 $2 {Black is now clearly better.} 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Re2 Rc4 38. Re1 b5 39. b3 Rc6 40. Kd2 a5 41. Rb1 b4 42. Re1 Rc3 43. Rb1 {If I have entered this correctly this seems as if Black agreed a draw in a much better position? But it may have also gone to adjudication when it would have been difficult to have the win awarded?} (43. Rb1 {Black can eventually either win a pawn of push on the Kingside.} Rc8 44. Rb2 Re8 45. Kd1 Ra8 46. Kc1 a4 47. Kd2 axb3 48. axb3 Re8 49. Ra2 Re3 50. Rb2 f5 51. Rb1 Kd6 52. Rb2 Ke6 53. Rb1 Kf6 54. Rb2 g4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. hxg4 Kg5 57. Rb1 Kxg4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Johnson, MW."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {A game from the lowest graded player. Mr Hunt was doing ok, but he went a bit too far with his Queen and looks like he blundered this at the end.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Nd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b5 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be2 e6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qg5+ Kf8 {White has a small advantage.} 14. Rad1 (14. a4) 14... h6 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rfd1 Kg7 $15 18. Kf1 $2 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe7 $15) 18... g5 19. Qh5 Nb6 (19... Nf6 {The Queen has no squares! Game gives N-N3, I am sure it would have been N-B3 (f6) as White resigned and makes no sense why he would have done this.}) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Game score unclear.}  1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,22,15,20,-8,38,43,37,56,83,77,86,78,120,100,92,75,66,56,62,50,43,24,24,32,72,41,36,48,37,15,67,34,32,-30,-49,-58,54,52,58,-18,-18,-18,-21,-98,-46,-89,-25,-125,-99,-151,-151,-151,-151,-130,-148,-231,-236,-224,-237,-471,-477,-940,-889,-1485,-1466,-1466,-1533,-29993,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 {A great finish by Gerald Bennett. Always enjoyable to finish the tournament with an attractive win. Gerald would need to wait until 1973 for his first Individual championship.} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Re1 f5 15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 {Is Stockfish's move, where it states White is much better. In normal chess I am not sure this is always the case as Black seems to have a lot of attacking ideas, despite not having his White square Bishop.}) 15... Ne5 16. Bf1 Qh4 17. Re3 $2 (17. Ra3 {Are better options.}) (17. Ne2) 17... f4 $1 18. g3 Qf6 $6 (18... Qg5 $1 $17) 19. gxf4 $14 Qxf4 20. Rg3 (20. Bg2) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf7 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nde5 $6 (23... Nd4 $1 24. Qd1 Be5 {Black does get his Bishop to e5 later, but this is the structure Black wishes to get.}) 24. Qe2 $2 (24. Rf1 $11) 24... Rf8 (24... Nd4) 25. Bxf3 (25. Rf1 {f2 needs to be protected.}) 25... Nxf3 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Rg4 Nf3 29. Bh6 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qxf2 {Black is now easily winning with his co-ordinated position. Not a problem to sac the exchange.} 31. Rg2 Qh4 32. Bxf8 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rxf8 34. Rf2 Nf3+ (34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bg3+ {Is slightly quicker, but the move played forces mate as well.} 36. Ke3 Be1+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3#) 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Ne2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Rxb1 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ke2 Rc8 15. b4 Bf6 16. g4 Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhd8 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. f4 Nb8 $2 {A lot of maneuvering by both players, but this is a mistake.} 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Rh1 g6 {Black gives up a pawn in a difficult position.} (22... g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rh5) 23. Rxh6 (23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxh6 {May be stronger.}) 23... Bg7 24. Rh3 Nd7 25. Rb1 Nf6 26. Ng5 Ke8 27. Nxf7 {Very difficult to resist this sacrifice.} Kxf7 28. Bxg6+ Kf8 29. Rbh1 Qd6 30. g5 Ng8 31. f5 e5 32. f6 Rc7 33. fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Rh7 Rxh7 36. Bxh7 Kd7 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. Bxg8 Rxg8 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Rf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. g6 Qg3 43. g7 {Black lost on time in a losing position.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,25,27,21,-10,55,25,38,45,33,20,27,-13,10,12,8,34,37,-18,-6,1,36,37,46,45,51,54,57,63,66,-30,-28,-125,-67,-82,-29,-36,-25,-46,-36,-59,-19,-18,0,0,73,129,75,184,184,184,444,442,417,911,29985,29986,29987,29988,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 {Black is hedging his bets by not caslting and seeing what White intends to do.} 7. f3 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. h4 Ne5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. b3 h5 12. Nf2 Bc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 $16 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O {Probably better to castle, rather than g4 which allows Black back into the game.}) 15... b5 16. gxh5 b4 17. Ncd1 Nxf3+ {Tempting, but maybe c4 is the better target?} (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6) 18. Bxf3 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nd3 Qa5 $2 (20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qg2 Bd4 23. Nf4 $11) 21. Qg2 Kd8 22. Qxg6 Qxa2 23. e5 Qxb3 {White is now winning.} 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxd6 Bc3+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. Ne5 Rh7 28. Nc6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Re7 30. Bh5+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,63,22,22,52,52,52,20,20,18,44,52,44,39,72,48,53,38,51,44,65,70,74,53,60,38,51,29,89,110,132,102,113,110,162,171,180,174,167,240,240,240,231,192,192,161,210,256,249,247,590,563,676,676,676,557,676,869,979,932,29987,29982,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 $6 (9... Be7 {Is the theory as played against Gary Kasparov among others.} 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. f5 Rg8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd6 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Bxd5 Bd7 23. Rhe1 h6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qa7 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2785)-Hracek,Z (2625) Olympiad-32 Yerevan 1996 (7.1)}) 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 {White has a fantastic position.} 15. c4 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. Bf5 Kh8 19. Rd3 Rg8 20. Rh3 {White ignores the free f pawn and is crashing through.} Rg7 21. Rd1 (21. Qd2 {Even stronger.}) 21... b5 22. Bxh7 Qxc4 {Taking the Bishop is not advisable.} (22... Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf7+ Kh6 25. Rd3 f5 26. Rh3+ Bh4 27. Rxh4+ Kg5 28. Rh5+ Kf4 29. Qxf5#) 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Qh6 Qe2 28. Rc1 Qxf2 29. Rg3 Bd8 30. Rxg7 Qf4 31. Qh7 d5 32. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Grumbley, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "127"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,14,19,31,19,-13,-9,3,-7,-15,30,35,36,-8,-13,-15,-2]} 1. d4 {The Hamphire Bulletin Editor Mr GW Kilmister found this game very interesting.} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. h4 Re8 14. Ne5 {This Knight dominates the position, Black should try to dislodge it with Bd6, although taking will have its own issues.} Bd7 (14... Bd6 15. Re1 Nd5 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7)) 15. g4 (15. Bf4) 15... Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. hxg5 Be8 19. Re1 $2 {White makes a mistep.} (19. f4 Bd6 20. Qh3 g6) 19... Qd8 $2 {Black fails to take advantage of the mistake.} (19... Bxg5 $1 20. f4 Be7) 20. f4 g6 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Re3 Rg8 23. Rh3 {White piles on the pressure and it is easily won from here.} Rg7 24. Be3 f6 25. Ng4 Bf7 26. d5 e5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. fxe5 Be7 29. e6 Bg8 30. Bd4 Qf8 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. Rxf8 Bxd4+ 33. cxd4 Rxf8 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. e7 Rxe7 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Rg7 38. Qe8 cxd5 39. Kh2 Rg5 40. Qd8 Rf5 41. Qe7 Bf7 42. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "186"]
[BlackElo "188"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,53,19,30,46,46,40,27,35,37,27,7,-2,-8,44,42,43,54,78,89,90,66,63,60,87,62,100,100,130,101,104,69,93,76,47,69,234,222,261,261,440,387,513,513,513,513,556,559,554,324,324,316,316,316,794,-219]} 1. e4 {Two of the top players are matched in round 2. Marshall Thompson plays an aggressive attack as Black but White handles the complications very well and wins in under 30 moves.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Ba6 (6... Nf6 {Is more common.}) 7. Nd2 (7. Bxa6 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxa6) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxc4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {This all looks dangerous for White, but Saverymuttu deals with this efficiently.} 13. h4 Rg8 (13... Ng4) 14. hxg5 Rxg5 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. f4 h4 17. Bh2 {Black's attack is fizzling out and it is his King which is in the worse position now.} h3 (17... d5 18. Nxe5 Rg7 19. exd5 h3 20. Qxh3 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. Qf5) 18. Qxh3 {Black's attack is no more.} exf4 19. Bxf4 Rg7 20. Rae1 Be7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rh7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Rxf6 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rh6 27. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,31,31,26,12,-5,3,-33,-47,-51,-39,-38,26,-40,-23,-29,3,3,13,16,41,11,56,31,97,44,79,62,203,203,247,256,338,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {A King's Gambit!} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. d4 (6. Bc4 {Is more common.}) 6... d6 7. Nd3 Be7 (7... f3 {Gives Black the better game.} 8. gxf3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6) 8. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bg5 $2 (9... Bf6) 10. Nc3 $2 {I have to admit I no very little on these lines, but the computer gives this as a mistake, with the position now being equal.} (10. Qd2 $1 Bxf4 11. Nxf4) 10... Bxf4 $2 (10... Nc6) 11. Nxf4 {White is now clearly better.} c6 12. Bc4 Qg5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nxb5 {Who could resist playing this.} cxb5 15. Bd5 Nd7 16. Qxb5 $2 {But White needs to take the Rook.} (16. Bxa8 Ne7 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 h4 19. e6) 16... f6 $2 (16... Kf8 $1 17. Qc6 (17. Qb3 $2 Rb8) 17... Rb8 18. O-O Rh6 $11) 17. Qb3 {This must have been White's plan to go for mate.} Rb8 18. Bf7+ {It makes all the difference that as the King has not moved as now the Queen can penetrate on the White squares.} Ke7 19. Qe6+ Kd8 20. Qe8+ Kc7 21. Ne6+ Kb7 {Black plays on, but could easily resign now.} 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Bd5+ Kc7 24. a4 Bb7 25. Qg6 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ngf6 27. O-O-O Rb4 28. Rd3 Nxd5 29. Qxg5 Kc6 30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 N7f6 32. Qh8 Rxa4 33. Qc8+ Kb5 34. Rb3+ Ka5 35. Qd8+ Ka6 36. Qxd6+ Ka5 37. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,20,19,29,50,43,30,14,14,-3,-7,-7,5,-8,-6,-42,-45,-43,44,23,25,22,41]} 1. e4 {Good to see a nicely played French by Terry Cowling.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 {Although this is played a lot, I always think White gets excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 9. Bc2 Nge7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. a3 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 {The computer loves White's postion.} 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Ra2 {White wishes to move the Rook to c2 via a2, but maybe the direct h4 or a4 was better?} (16. h4) (16. a4) 16... a5 17. Bb3 {To swing the Rook over, but this looks the wrong idea.} (17. bxa5 Rxa5) 17... O-O 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 $2 {This allows Black more space for his constricted pieces and he now has an excellent position.} dxc4 20. Nb2 c3 21. Qd3 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Nd1 Ba4 {The Bishops dominate and the passed c pawn is very safe.} 24. Ra2 Qc6 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Qxb6 Bc5 30. Qa5 Qb3 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. h4 Nc6 33. Qa1 Nb4 34. Rd1 h6 35. Ne1 Bc6 36. Qa3 Qxa3 (36... Ba4 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Rd7 Ba4 {Would have been cleaner.}) 37. Bxa3 Ba4 38. Ra1 c2 {This allows White a chance, but with move 40 being close it maybe that both players were short of time?} (38... Bxe3 39. fxe3 c2 40. Kf2 Bb3) 39. Bc1 (39. Bxb4 Bxe3 40. Nxc2 Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rxc2+ {Dispite two extra pawns this would not be that easy to win with the opposite colour bishops.}) 39... Bb3 40. Ra5 Na2 41. Nd3 Bb4 {Another mistep by Black} (41... Bxe3) 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 43. Nxb4 Bb3 44. Kf1 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rd1 46. Ba3 $2 (46. Nd3 $11 Ba4 47. f3 {Not sure Black can make any progress from this position?}) 46... c1=Q 47. Bxc1 Rxc1 48. Kd2 Rf1 49. Nd3 Ba4 {Adjudicated as a win for Black, which was the correct decision.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. h3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 a6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. Nh2 Rfd8 16. Ng4 Nh5 $2 {Black takes a mistep, White now weaves a very pretty attack with his Knights.} (16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 h5 18. Qe2) 17. Nh6+ (17. Nf5 {Even stronger.}) 17... Kf8 18. N4f5 Bf6 19. Be3 b4 (19... Ng7 {Gives Black a better chance, but still losing.}) 20. Qc4 Qc7 21. Bxc5+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ {The mate threat on the f7 square allows Black to attack with impunity.} (22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Nd6+) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Rfd1 {Black throws in the towel.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bower, DE."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "152"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (6... c5 {Personally I like the c5 sac.}) 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c6 10. Nge2 b5 11. Ng3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Bh6 a4 17. Bc2 $2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7) 17... Nc4 {Black is now winning, but plays some very attractive attacking play to bring home the point.} 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qh4 Qb6 20. b3 axb3 21. Bxb3 Rxa2 $1 {Black must have seen this some time before entering the variation.} 22. Nxa2 Qxb3 23. Rd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Qxa2 (24... Ba6 {Is even stronger.} 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Bb4 (26. Nb4 Qxc3+) 26... Qxa2) 25. Kd1 Ba6 (25... Ba6 26. Ne2 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qf2 Qxh1+ 29. Qg1 Qe4) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,45,19,40,71,76,91,25,37,9,51,57,19,0,0,0,47,60,41,44,45,62,58,54,94,94,94,76,95,90,93,98,122,75,81,79,74,63,507,511,519,522,745,663,954,954,954,962]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qb4 18. Rc2 Nc5 $2 {Black has been slightly worse, but now blunders a piece.} (18... Rfc8) 19. a3 Qa5 {The Queen has no good square.} (19... Qb6 20. b4) 20. b4 Qxa3 21. Bxc5 Rfc8 22. Nc4 Qb3 23. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bramer, MA."]
[Black "Tulevski, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin - Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,27,32,27,33,30,9,13,18,19,13,31,25,31,36,34,33,32,38,50,55,56,37,39,37,44,50,59,22,16,15,39,-4,19,12,31,1,49,31,38,36,34,18,24,8,36,46,39,16,16,22,17,-16,0,-22,-35,-74,1812,2111,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 c6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Ne4 b5 22. Qe2 Rdc8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 g6 26. Rc5 h6 27. Rh5 Qd8 28. Rf1 Rxa3 $4 (28... Qf8 $11 29. Rf3 Rxa3 30. Rxh6 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Kg3 $4 Qxh6)) 29. Rxh6 {White's attack now breaks through.} Rxe3 30. Qh4 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,29,41,2,5,-42,34,-17,1,-9,-16,-7,19,28,22,33,42,29,13,9,24,7,-4,-4,-11,-17,-17,-6,-12,-43,-16,-48,-41,-57,-57,-46,-32,51,84,90,87,58,75,65,57,71,71,41,55,25,164,164,159,167,289,294,781,775]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qc7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 O-O-O {The computer is not a fan of this move. In these positions it is difficult to know what to do with the King. Maybe leaving in the centre for now is best.} (10... Be7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bf4) 11. a3 h6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Be3 $6 {Tempting to keep the Bishops on, but better to take Black's bishop.White has taken two moves to put his Bishop on e3 and Black now has his Bishop on his preferred d6 square.} (15. Bxd6) 15... Ng4 16. Nb5 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxe3 {Is not any better.}) 17... Bb8 $2 (17... Be7 $1 18. b4 g5 19. a4 $11) 18. b4 $1 $16 a6 19. bxc5 {White can retreat the Knight, but this is slightly better.} bxc5 (19... axb5 20. cxb5 bxc5 (20... Na7 $4 21. c6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qe7 (22... Nxc6 23. Rc1 Bc7 24. d4 Ne7 25. Ne5 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Qa4 27. Nxf7))) 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 $2 (21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Rb1) 21... cxd4 22. Na4 Ba7 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Re2 Qc6 25. Rb1 {Black has got back into the game, although still worse.} Kc7 $4 {Black makes the final mistake.} (25... Kd7 26. Rb4 Ke7 27. Re4 Rb8 28. c5 Rxb4 29. axb4 Rd8) 26. Reb2 Rb8 27. Qh5 $1 g6 28. Qe5+ Qd6 29. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "StGray, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "142"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,32,25,46,46,46,15,8,8,48,-22,-9,-21,-17,-6,-6,-6,-6,-2,-4,0,19,12,12,12,67,67,59,65,75,75,73,71,58,68,99,66,114,91,206,225,186,104,288,304,308,288,535,524,750,763,763,551,586,588,737,453,1440,1440]} 1. e4 {A very well played game by Hampshire veteran Squadron Leader Vine against one of the lower ranked players.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. f4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qf3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. a3 Nbc6 12. Be3 Ba7 $6 (12... O-O) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. O-O {White has an advantage, his White square Bishop is much better than Black's.} Ng6 18. Rf2 Nce7 19. Rfd2 e5 {Black tries the e5 break, but this gives White a decisive advantage.} 20. f5 $1 {Black's Knights do not have many options.} Nf4 21. Bb1 Rd8 22. g3 Nh5 23. c5 $1 {This break is curtains for Black.} Bxf5 24. cxd6 Qc6 25. dxe7 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bd7 27. Qc5 Nf6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,16,19,38,18,26,21,8,20,5,7,0,12,12,14,1,10,-30,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The Marshall attack.} 9. exd5 (9. d4 {d4 and d3 are lines which avoid accepting the sacrifice.}) (9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 {I have played this in blitz online, although the computer prefers Black.}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 (11... c6 {Is more popular, but nothing wrong with the move played. I don't know much about the Marshall attack apart from it is normally good for equality for Black.}) 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 $2 {White does not need to play this weakening move.} (14. h3 Qh4 15. Qf3 h5 16. Be3) 14... Nxh2 (14... Qf6 {The computer prefers this, but who could resist taking on h2.}) 15. Bd5 $4 {As is often the way once you go wrong you don't find the correct move.} (15. Qh5 Ng4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nd2 $11) 15... Bxg3 $1 {But Black still has to continue with sacrificing his pieces otherwise his advantage slips away.} 16. fxg3 Qxd5 17. Kxh2 Bb7 {White does not have time to develop his Queen side pieces and resist the attack.} 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Bd2 Re6 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Bf4 Qf2+ 22. Kh3 Bc8 23. g4 Qxf4 {Mate will soon follow.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pritchard, GL."]
[Black "Hunt, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "110"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "StGray, J."]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "142"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,35,19,31,34,3,53,39,37,33,31,9,24,2,61,39,73,61,69,1,14,35,44,20,28,33,42,28,30,6,48,3,60,73,69,69,603,578]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. d5 e6 {Is another way to play this.}) 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Qe7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Bg5 Bd7 $6 (12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3) 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Nh7 (15... Ng4 {Is much better, as White's best reply is to take it.} 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rb1) 16. Nb5 $1 Qb6 17. Bf2 {A nasty pin.} Bxb5 $4 (17... Rfd8 18. Kh1 Bf8) 18. cxb5 {The Knight is dropping.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,64,36,-14,18,27,9,-21,23,-8,40,-13,8,-1,-1,1,10,8,4,6,-2,14,7,1,32,-32,44,-31,55,-60,52,-59,59,-59,66,-52,62,-45,53,-9,22,-9,9,39,-38,35,-27,35,0,0,3,0,0,-17,0,0,0,52,-46,56,-32,32,-32,32,-38,38,-38]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nh5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6 17. Ne1 {White has a nice advantage at this stage of the game.} b6 18. Ra8 Qd7 19. Qa2 $11 (19. Rxf8 Bxf8 20. Nc2 Bg7 21. Nb4 $14) 19... Rxa8 20. Qxa8 Nf6 21. Bc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qf7 23. Qd8 Ne8 24. Nc2 Bf6 25. Qb8 e4 26. Nb5 exd3 27. exd3 d5 28. Bf4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. Nxc7 Nxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 Bb5 {Draw agreed in a level position. At first glance Black having the two Bishops may seem like an advantage, but once the b and c pawns are exchanged there is not much for Black to do.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,25,26,21,-10,11,19,36,19,42,33,30,-18,60,20,54,19,42,32,20,27,36,38,59,46,68,68,66,41,49,41,54,104,62,118,92,87,113,107,155,75,75,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-105,8,-36,16,-89,0,-72,7,-99,-65,-170,130,130,114,142,142,131,102,-626,0,0,583,0,485,418,578]} 1. d4 {This is a very complicated game and the computer spots a lot of good moves, but trying to find them is not easy. This would be compounded in time trouble. The game is worth playing through and Peter Collins is the first player to take any points from Seth Saverymuttu.} d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. b3 Ndf6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Ng5 14. e4 $6 {Now there is a complicated position with many pawn and piece captures to be calculated. But this push does swing the position in Black's favour.} (14. e3 {May be a safer option.}) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 $2 {Black makes a misstep.} (15... Ngxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rae1) 16. exf5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 exf5 $2 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ng4) 18. Rae1 $2 (18. c5 $1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bb5 20. Nc4 $16) 18... Ne6 (18... Bxe5 $11) 19. Bf2 f4 20. Qf5 $2 (20. Bxb7 {This is a safe pawn to take.} Rb8 21. Bg2) 20... Nc5 21. Ng4 $2 Nfe4 $1 22. Qxf8+ {The best option and although Black is better with the Rook and Knight for the Queen White still has chances.} Bxf8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qg5 (24... Bb4) 25. Bd5+ Kh8 $2 (25... Bf7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bf3) 26. h3 (26. Ne5 $1) 26... Bd6 (26... Bc6) 27. Re6 Bc7 $2 (27... fxg3 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Nh6 Qc7 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Kg2) 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. Nh6 $3 {A killer move!} Bh5 (28... gxh6 29. Bd4+ Be5 30. Bxe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5)) 28... Bg6 29. Bd4 h5 30. Re7 Bb6 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. R1e5 Bf5 33. Be6 hxg4 34. Bxf5 g6 $1 {The only drawing move.} 35. Bxg4 (35. Bc8 Qh6 $11) 35... Qf6 36. R7e6 Qf7 37. Re7 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johnson, MW."]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,50,25,25,18,18,16,18,14,19,19,16,16,12,11,11,38,34,46,15,46,48,63,65,65,30,30,33,47,52,46,0,0,-2,-24,0,0,-52,-29,-19,-39,-26,-12,-12,0,-81,-90,-83,60,68,63,50,50]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O d6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. c3 Ba5 15. e5 $2 {It is too early to push the e pawn and White's advantage evaporates. White could have been tempted with this move as he can swap the e and f pawns for Black's d and h pawn. Although Black has double isolated pawns this does not prove to cause any issues.} (15. Rae1 $16 Qd7 (15... Bb6 16. e5 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 $16) 16. Bd4) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxh6 Rad8 18. Bc2 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Rd2 21. Bb3 Ree2 22. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Kh8 24. Re1 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 {This position offers no chances for either side.} (25... Kxg7 26. Re2 (26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 $11) 26... Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Bb6 28. Kd3 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,34,29,4,14,42,44,45,48,34,34,37,44,39,85,70,72,61,56,46,62,54,58,50,89,68,85,80,105,67,86,62,67,90,90,54,52,50,84,31,25,30,34,29,29,29,233,200,194,221,218,221,253,177,196,175,211,222,218,218,218,205,374,382,397,447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 (10... Bf5 {Maybe best to play this before moving the Knight.}) 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Rfe1 Rb7 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bg5 Rbe7 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf1 Bf5 20. f4 Re8 21. g4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe7 23. Kg2 Qe3 $2 {It would seem sensible to play this, but this proves to be a blunder.} (23... h6 24. Bh4 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 $11) 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. f5 $1 {This is why Black had to kick the Bishop away earlier, as the discovered attack on the Rook is very strong.} Rxc3 {Black has to try this.} (25... Re5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. fxg6 Kg7 28. gxh7 Re8 29. Ne4) 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. Bd8 Bxc3 28. Bxb6 Nd2 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rc2 Nb3 31. Re2 gxf5 32. Rxe5 $1 {Giving the exchange back is the easiest way to convert.} dxe5 33. d6 (33. d6 Nd4 34. d7 Nc6 35. gxf5 e4 36. d8=Q+ Nxd8 37. Bxd8) 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 {MA Bramer was rated 173 but after a mistep on move 8 he could have resigned.} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b5 $4 {An ill advised push, White is now winning.} 9. Qd5 bxc4 10. Qxa8 {Black is one exchange down.} Qc7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Qxb8+ Qxb8 13. Rxb8+ {Black is now a whole rook down and could resign, but no-one likes to resign after 13 moves.} Kd7 14. Bh6 Kc7 15. Rf8 Nxh6 16. Rxh8 {Black is now one rook and one exchange down.} Bxe4 17. Rxh7 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. fxe4 Nxh7 20. e5 {White gives back the exchange to ensure no complications.} Kc6 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. g4 Ne6 23. h5 {And Black finally throws in the towel!} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cullinane, AR."]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,30,53,21,56,31,27,4,12,3,14,11,11,0,15,-8,-9,10,21,22,22,28,37,24,35,23,28,29,55,45,56,33,37,2,6,6,-9,13,23,23,86,-93,-98,-96,-59,-155,-129,-136,-77,-593,-414,-337,-303,-466,-557,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 {After a number of moves the opening turns into a closed Sicilian.} Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nh4 {Played to allow the f pawn to be pushed, but I think this is the wrong plan?} Qc8 9. f4 Bh3 10. f5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Rhe8 14. a3 e6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Qd2 Rde8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 d5 20. b5 Nd4 21. Rb4 {This is a wasted move, as the Knight can be easily defended.} Ng4 $1 {From a level position, Black drums up a very nice attack.} 22. exd5 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Kg1 exd5 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Rb1 Qb6 27. Qxd5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kh1 {Still losing, but now Black has forced mate.}) 28... Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Qxh2+ 30. Kxg4 Qxg3# {A very pretty finish.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,15,12,40,46,46,13,13,11,9,9,13,1,1,-20,-16,-19,-44,-60,-51,-73,-64,-294,-386,-442,-448,-448,-294,-295,-295,-733,-162,-625,-625,-639,-794,-794,-794,-794,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-761,-796,-650,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 {In this game the veteran Hampshire player Leslie Vine gets his King stuck in the middle of the board after allowing an exchange sacrifice. Saverymuttu cleans up nicely.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 $4 Re8 12. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 13. Kxe3 Qe7+ 14. Kd2 Nxd5 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3+ {The Queen and Knight normally work together well and with the Rook on a8 about to join the attack the end is not far away.} 18. Kc2 Qxc3+ 19. Kb1 Rb8+ 20. Qb3 Rxb3+ 21. axb3 Qxb3+ 22. Kc1 Qc4+ 23. Kb2 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qf4+ 25. Kb2 Qe5+ 26. Kb3 Qxf5 27. Rhe1 Qd3+ 28. Kb2 Qd2+ 29. Kb3 Qc3+ {Mate in 2.} (29... Qc3+ 30. Ka2 Nb4+ 31. Kb1 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barton, AC."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "181"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,62,23,10,18,10,3,3,5,5,13,16,18,24,-21,-4,-50,-34,-49,-42,-39,-3,-3,3,-10,-1,-36,3,13,16,16,16,31,22,-4,-14,-15,33,6,20,3,45,6,17,2,9,1,28,-45,-52,-79,-65,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qa5 Qc6 18. Qd2 b5 (18... f5 {Maybe best to push on the Kingside.} 19. f4 g4) 19. b4 Be7 20. Kb2 Qd7 21. Rhe1 Rd8 22. Re2 c5 23. Rde1 Bf8 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qa5 Qc6 {Black is now much better.} 26. Re8 Rxe8 $2 {This allows White to draw with a nice combination.} (26... Rxc2+ $1 {Not taking the Rook straigh away, but playing Rxc2+ first mean Black can still be a rook up but there is no repeating postiion for White.} 27. Kb1 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kb7 $19) 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 29. Qb6+ Kd7 (29... Kd7 30. Qb7+ Ke6 31. Qe4+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Collins, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "177"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,85,25,26,13,17,29,25,36,13,12,-5,-8,-16,-24,-26,-4,-81,-81,-59,-59,-62,-58,-124,-118,-118,-139,-169,-132,-118,-168,-169,5,-13,11,0,-15,-137,-243,-265,-61,-67,-68,-65,-65,-70,-70,-65,-65,-65,-73,-66,-68,-75,-74,-74,-76,-76,-76,-76,-60,-89,-84,-88,-84,-86,-84,-79,-79,-126,-132,-125,-129,-129,-120,-124,-105,-112,-116,-103,-103,-110,-112,-120,-120,-145,-120,-120]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. Nf1 Qd6 9. Qc1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Rxe2+ $6 (15... Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Rac8 {Would be a clear advantage for Black.}) 16. Kxe2 Qxf4 17. f3 $6 (17. Qd2 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Ne4 $11) 17... Re8+ 18. Kd3 Qe3+ {Black is now winning again.} 19. Kc2 Ne4 $2 {One move too soon.} (19... Rc8+ $1 20. Kb1 Ne4 21. a3 (21. fxe4 {If fxe4 is played then White is being mated.} Qxe4+ 22. Qc2 Qxc2#) 21... Nf2 22. Qa4 (22. Qg1 Qd3+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka2 Nd3)) 20. Rc1 {White's King can hide away on a1 if the rook checks now.} Nf2 (20... Rc8+ $4 {White is now winning.} 21. Kb1 $18) 21. Qd2 Nxh1 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Rxh1 f6 {Despite the extra pawn this is only a very small advantage for Black.} 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Rc5 Ke6 27. Rc7 Re7 28. Rc8 (28. Rxe7+ {Best to swap rooks as then very difficult for Black to make any progress.} Kxe7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kb4 $11) 28... f4 29. Rd8 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Rh8 h4 32. Rd8 a6 33. Kd3 Rc7 34. Kd2 (34. Re8+) 34... Rc4 $2 {Black is now clearly better.} 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Re2 Rc4 38. Re1 b5 39. b3 Rc6 40. Kd2 a5 41. Rb1 b4 42. Re1 Rc3 43. Rb1 {If I have entered this correctly this seems as if Black agreed a draw in a much better position? But it may have also gone to adjudication when it would have been difficult to have the win awarded?} (43. Rb1 {Black can eventually either win a pawn of push on the Kingside.} Rc8 44. Rb2 Re8 45. Kd1 Ra8 46. Kc1 a4 47. Kd2 axb3 48. axb3 Re8 49. Ra2 Re3 50. Rb2 f5 51. Rb1 Kd6 52. Rb2 Ke6 53. Rb1 Kf6 54. Rb2 g4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. hxg4 Kg5 57. Rb1 Kxg4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Johnson, MW."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {A game from the lowest graded player. Mr Hunt was doing ok, but he went a bit too far with his Queen and looks like he blundered this at the end.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Nd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b5 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be2 e6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qg5+ Kf8 {White has a small advantage.} 14. Rad1 (14. a4) 14... h6 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rfd1 Kg7 $15 18. Kf1 $2 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe7 $15) 18... g5 19. Qh5 Nb6 (19... Nf6 {The Queen has no squares! Game gives N-N3, I am sure it would have been N-B3 (f6) as White resigned and makes no sense why he would have done this.}) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Game score unclear.}  1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,22,15,20,-8,38,43,37,56,83,77,86,78,120,100,92,75,66,56,62,50,43,24,24,32,72,41,36,48,37,15,67,34,32,-30,-49,-58,54,52,58,-18,-18,-18,-21,-98,-46,-89,-25,-125,-99,-151,-151,-151,-151,-130,-148,-231,-236,-224,-237,-471,-477,-940,-889,-1485,-1466,-1466,-1533,-29993,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 {A great finish by Gerald Bennett. Always enjoyable to finish the tournament with an attractive win. Gerald would need to wait until 1973 for his first Individual championship.} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Re1 f5 15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 {Is Stockfish's move, where it states White is much better. In normal chess I am not sure this is always the case as Black seems to have a lot of attacking ideas, despite not having his White square Bishop.}) 15... Ne5 16. Bf1 Qh4 17. Re3 $2 (17. Ra3 {Are better options.}) (17. Ne2) 17... f4 $1 18. g3 Qf6 $6 (18... Qg5 $1 $17) 19. gxf4 $14 Qxf4 20. Rg3 (20. Bg2) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf7 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nde5 $6 (23... Nd4 $1 24. Qd1 Be5 {Black does get his Bishop to e5 later, but this is the structure Black wishes to get.}) 24. Qe2 $2 (24. Rf1 $11) 24... Rf8 (24... Nd4) 25. Bxf3 (25. Rf1 {f2 needs to be protected.}) 25... Nxf3 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Rg4 Nf3 29. Bh6 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qxf2 {Black is now easily winning with his co-ordinated position. Not a problem to sac the exchange.} 31. Rg2 Qh4 32. Bxf8 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rxf8 34. Rf2 Nf3+ (34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bg3+ {Is slightly quicker, but the move played forces mate as well.} 36. Ke3 Be1+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3#) 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Ne2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Rxb1 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ke2 Rc8 15. b4 Bf6 16. g4 Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhd8 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. f4 Nb8 $2 {A lot of maneuvering by both players, but this is a mistake.} 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Rh1 g6 {Black gives up a pawn in a difficult position.} (22... g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rh5) 23. Rxh6 (23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxh6 {May be stronger.}) 23... Bg7 24. Rh3 Nd7 25. Rb1 Nf6 26. Ng5 Ke8 27. Nxf7 {Very difficult to resist this sacrifice.} Kxf7 28. Bxg6+ Kf8 29. Rbh1 Qd6 30. g5 Ng8 31. f5 e5 32. f6 Rc7 33. fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Rh7 Rxh7 36. Bxh7 Kd7 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. Bxg8 Rxg8 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Rf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. g6 Qg3 43. g7 {Black lost on time in a losing position.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,25,27,21,-10,55,25,38,45,33,20,27,-13,10,12,8,34,37,-18,-6,1,36,37,46,45,51,54,57,63,66,-30,-28,-125,-67,-82,-29,-36,-25,-46,-36,-59,-19,-18,0,0,73,129,75,184,184,184,444,442,417,911,29985,29986,29987,29988,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 {Black is hedging his bets by not caslting and seeing what White intends to do.} 7. f3 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. h4 Ne5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. b3 h5 12. Nf2 Bc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 $16 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O {Probably better to castle, rather than g4 which allows Black back into the game.}) 15... b5 16. gxh5 b4 17. Ncd1 Nxf3+ {Tempting, but maybe c4 is the better target?} (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6) 18. Bxf3 Bxa1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nd3 Qa5 $2 (20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qg2 Bd4 23. Nf4 $11) 21. Qg2 Kd8 22. Qxg6 Qxa2 23. e5 Qxb3 {White is now winning.} 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxd6 Bc3+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. Ne5 Rh7 28. Nc6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Re7 30. Bh5+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,63,22,22,52,52,52,20,20,18,44,52,44,39,72,48,53,38,51,44,65,70,74,53,60,38,51,29,89,110,132,102,113,110,162,171,180,174,167,240,240,240,231,192,192,161,210,256,249,247,590,563,676,676,676,557,676,869,979,932,29987,29982,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 $6 (9... Be7 {Is the theory as played against Gary Kasparov among others.} 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. f5 Rg8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd6 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Bxd5 Bd7 23. Rhe1 h6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qa7 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2785)-Hracek,Z (2625) Olympiad-32 Yerevan 1996 (7.1)}) 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 {White has a fantastic position.} 15. c4 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. Bf5 Kh8 19. Rd3 Rg8 20. Rh3 {White ignores the free f pawn and is crashing through.} Rg7 21. Rd1 (21. Qd2 {Even stronger.}) 21... b5 22. Bxh7 Qxc4 {Taking the Bishop is not advisable.} (22... Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf7+ Kh6 25. Rd3 f5 26. Rh3+ Bh4 27. Rxh4+ Kg5 28. Rh5+ Kf4 29. Qxf5#) 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Qh6 Qe2 28. Rc1 Qxf2 29. Rg3 Bd8 30. Rxg7 Qf4 31. Qh7 d5 32. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Grumbley, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "127"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,14,19,31,19,-13,-9,3,-7,-15,30,35,36,-8,-13,-15,-2]} 1. d4 {The Hamphire Bulletin Editor Mr GW Kilmister found this game very interesting.} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. h4 Re8 14. Ne5 {This Knight dominates the position, Black should try to dislodge it with Bd6, although taking will have its own issues.} Bd7 (14... Bd6 15. Re1 Nd5 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7)) 15. g4 (15. Bf4) 15... Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. hxg5 Be8 19. Re1 $2 {White makes a mistep.} (19. f4 Bd6 20. Qh3 g6) 19... Qd8 $2 {Black fails to take advantage of the mistake.} (19... Bxg5 $1 20. f4 Be7) 20. f4 g6 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Re3 Rg8 23. Rh3 {White piles on the pressure and it is easily won from here.} Rg7 24. Be3 f6 25. Ng4 Bf7 26. d5 e5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. fxe5 Be7 29. e6 Bg8 30. Bd4 Qf8 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. Rxf8 Bxd4+ 33. cxd4 Rxf8 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. e7 Rxe7 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Rg7 38. Qe8 cxd5 39. Kh2 Rg5 40. Qd8 Rf5 41. Qe7 Bf7 42. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "186"]
[BlackElo "188"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,53,19,30,46,46,40,27,35,37,27,7,-2,-8,44,42,43,54,78,89,90,66,63,60,87,62,100,100,130,101,104,69,93,76,47,69,234,222,261,261,440,387,513,513,513,513,556,559,554,324,324,316,316,316,794,-219]} 1. e4 {Two of the top players are matched in round 2. Marshall Thompson plays an aggressive attack as Black but White handles the complications very well and wins in under 30 moves.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Ba6 (6... Nf6 {Is more common.}) 7. Nd2 (7. Bxa6 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxa6) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxc4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {This all looks dangerous for White, but Saverymuttu deals with this efficiently.} 13. h4 Rg8 (13... Ng4) 14. hxg5 Rxg5 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. f4 h4 17. Bh2 {Black's attack is fizzling out and it is his King which is in the worse position now.} h3 (17... d5 18. Nxe5 Rg7 19. exd5 h3 20. Qxh3 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. Qf5) 18. Qxh3 {Black's attack is no more.} exf4 19. Bxf4 Rg7 20. Rae1 Be7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rh7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Rxf6 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rh6 27. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,31,31,26,12,-5,3,-33,-47,-51,-39,-38,26,-40,-23,-29,3,3,13,16,41,11,56,31,97,44,79,62,203,203,247,256,338,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {A King's Gambit!} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. d4 (6. Bc4 {Is more common.}) 6... d6 7. Nd3 Be7 (7... f3 {Gives Black the better game.} 8. gxf3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6) 8. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bg5 $2 (9... Bf6) 10. Nc3 $2 {I have to admit I no very little on these lines, but the computer gives this as a mistake, with the position now being equal.} (10. Qd2 $1 Bxf4 11. Nxf4) 10... Bxf4 $2 (10... Nc6) 11. Nxf4 {White is now clearly better.} c6 12. Bc4 Qg5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nxb5 {Who could resist playing this.} cxb5 15. Bd5 Nd7 16. Qxb5 $2 {But White needs to take the Rook.} (16. Bxa8 Ne7 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 h4 19. e6) 16... f6 $2 (16... Kf8 $1 17. Qc6 (17. Qb3 $2 Rb8) 17... Rb8 18. O-O Rh6 $11) 17. Qb3 {This must have been White's plan to go for mate.} Rb8 18. Bf7+ {It makes all the difference that as the King has not moved as now the Queen can penetrate on the White squares.} Ke7 19. Qe6+ Kd8 20. Qe8+ Kc7 21. Ne6+ Kb7 {Black plays on, but could easily resign now.} 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Bd5+ Kc7 24. a4 Bb7 25. Qg6 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ngf6 27. O-O-O Rb4 28. Rd3 Nxd5 29. Qxg5 Kc6 30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 N7f6 32. Qh8 Rxa4 33. Qc8+ Kb5 34. Rb3+ Ka5 35. Qd8+ Ka6 36. Qxd6+ Ka5 37. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,20,19,29,50,43,30,14,14,-3,-7,-7,5,-8,-6,-42,-45,-43,44,23,25,22,41]} 1. e4 {Good to see a nicely played French by Terry Cowling.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 {Although this is played a lot, I always think White gets excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 9. Bc2 Nge7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. a3 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 {The computer loves White's postion.} 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Ra2 {White wishes to move the Rook to c2 via a2, but maybe the direct h4 or a4 was better?} (16. h4) (16. a4) 16... a5 17. Bb3 {To swing the Rook over, but this looks the wrong idea.} (17. bxa5 Rxa5) 17... O-O 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 $2 {This allows Black more space for his constricted pieces and he now has an excellent position.} dxc4 20. Nb2 c3 21. Qd3 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Nd1 Ba4 {The Bishops dominate and the passed c pawn is very safe.} 24. Ra2 Qc6 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Qxb6 Bc5 30. Qa5 Qb3 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. h4 Nc6 33. Qa1 Nb4 34. Rd1 h6 35. Ne1 Bc6 36. Qa3 Qxa3 (36... Ba4 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Rd7 Ba4 {Would have been cleaner.}) 37. Bxa3 Ba4 38. Ra1 c2 {This allows White a chance, but with move 40 being close it maybe that both players were short of time?} (38... Bxe3 39. fxe3 c2 40. Kf2 Bb3) 39. Bc1 (39. Bxb4 Bxe3 40. Nxc2 Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rxc2+ {Dispite two extra pawns this would not be that easy to win with the opposite colour bishops.}) 39... Bb3 40. Ra5 Na2 41. Nd3 Bb4 {Another mistep by Black} (41... Bxe3) 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 43. Nxb4 Bb3 44. Kf1 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rd1 46. Ba3 $2 (46. Nd3 $11 Ba4 47. f3 {Not sure Black can make any progress from this position?}) 46... c1=Q 47. Bxc1 Rxc1 48. Kd2 Rc8 49. Nd3 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cowling, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "179"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. h3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 a6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. Nh2 Rfd8 16. Ng4 Nh5 $2 {Black takes a mistep, White now weaves a very pretty attack with his Knights.} (16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 h5 18. Qe2) 17. Nh6+ (17. Nf5 {Even stronger.}) 17... Kf8 18. N4f5 Bf6 19. Be3 b4 (19... Ng7 {Gives Black a better chance, but still losing.}) 20. Qc4 Qc7 21. Bxc5+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ {The mate threat on the f7 square allows Black to attack with impunity.} (22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Nd6+) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Rfd1 {Black throws in the towel.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bower, DE."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "152"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (6... c5 {Personally I like the c5 sac.}) 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c6 10. Nge2 b5 11. Ng3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Bh6 a4 17. Bc2 $2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7) 17... Nc4 {Black is now winning, but plays some very attractive attacking play to bring home the point.} 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qh4 Qb6 20. b3 axb3 21. Bxb3 Rxa2 $1 {Black must have seen this some time before entering the variation.} 22. Nxa2 Qxb3 23. Rd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Qxa2 (24... Ba6 {Is even stronger.} 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Bb4 (26. Nb4 Qxc3+) 26... Qxa2) 25. Kd1 Ba6 (25... Ba6 26. Ne2 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qf2 Qxh1+ 29. Qg1 Qe4) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thompson, Marshall"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "188"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,45,19,40,71,76,91,25,37,9,51,57,19,0,0,0,47,60,41,44,45,62,58,54,94,94,94,76,95,90,93,98,122,75,81,79,74,63,507,511,519,522,745,663,954,954,954,962]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qb4 18. Rc2 Nc5 $2 {Black has been slightly worse, but now blunders a piece.} (18... Rfc8) 19. a3 Qa5 {The Queen has no good square.} (19... Qb6 20. b4) 20. b4 Qxa3 21. Bxc5 Rfc8 22. Nc4 Qb3 23. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bramer, MA."]
[Black "Tulevski, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Hampshire Bulletin - Nov 1968"]

{[%evp 0,61,27,32,27,33,30,9,13,18,19,13,31,25,31,36,34,33,32,38,50,55,56,37,39,37,44,50,59,22,16,15,39,-4,19,12,31,1,49,31,38,36,34,18,24,8,36,46,39,16,16,22,17,-16,0,-22,-35,-74,1812,2111,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 c6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Ne4 b5 22. Qe2 Rdc8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 g6 26. Rc5 h6 27. Rh5 Qd8 28. Rf1 Rxa3 $4 (28... Qf8 $11 29. Rf3 Rxa3 30. Rxh6 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Kg3 $4 Qxh6)) 29. Rxh6 {White's attack now breaks through.} Rxe3 30. Qh4 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,29,41,2,5,-42,34,-17,1,-9,-16,-7,19,28,22,33,42,29,13,9,24,7,-4,-4,-11,-17,-17,-6,-12,-43,-16,-48,-41,-57,-57,-46,-32,51,84,90,87,58,75,65,57,71,71,41,55,25,164,164,159,167,289,294,781,775]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qc7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 O-O-O {The computer is not a fan of this move. In these positions it is difficult to know what to do with the King. Maybe leaving in the centre for now is best.} (10... Be7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bf4) 11. a3 h6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Be3 $6 {Tempting to keep the Bishops on, but better to take Black's bishop.White has taken two moves to put his Bishop on e3 and Black now has his Bishop on his preferred d6 square.} (15. Bxd6) 15... Ng4 16. Nb5 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxe3 {Is not any better.}) 17... Bb8 $2 (17... Be7 $1 18. b4 g5 19. a4 $11) 18. b4 $1 $16 a6 19. bxc5 {White can retreat the Knight, but this is slightly better.} bxc5 (19... axb5 20. cxb5 bxc5 (20... Na7 $4 21. c6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qe7 (22... Nxc6 23. Rc1 Bc7 24. d4 Ne7 25. Ne5 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Qa4 27. Nxf7))) 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 $2 (21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Rb1) 21... cxd4 22. Na4 Ba7 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Re2 Qc6 25. Rb1 {Black has got back into the game, although still worse.} Kc7 $4 {Black makes the final mistake.} (25... Kd7 26. Rb4 Ke7 27. Re4 Rb8 28. c5 Rxb4 29. axb4 Rd8) 26. Reb2 Rb8 27. Qh5 $1 g6 28. Qe5+ Qd6 29. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "StGray, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "142"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,57,32,25,46,46,46,15,8,8,48,-22,-9,-21,-17,-6,-6,-6,-6,-2,-4,0,19,12,12,12,67,67,59,65,75,75,73,71,58,68,99,66,114,91,206,225,186,104,288,304,308,288,535,524,750,763,763,551,586,588,737,453,1440,1440]} 1. e4 {A very well played game by Hampshire veteran Squadron Leader Vine against one of the lower ranked players.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. f4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qf3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. a3 Nbc6 12. Be3 Ba7 $6 (12... O-O) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. O-O {White has an advantage, his White square Bishop is much better than Black's.} Ng6 18. Rf2 Nce7 19. Rfd2 e5 {Black tries the e5 break, but this gives White a decisive advantage.} 20. f5 $1 {Black's Knights do not have many options.} Nf4 21. Bb1 Rd8 22. g3 Nh5 23. c5 $1 {This break is curtains for Black.} Bxf5 24. cxd6 Qc6 25. dxe7 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bd7 27. Qc5 Nf6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,16,19,38,18,26,21,8,20,5,7,0,12,12,14,1,10,-30,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The Marshall attack.} 9. exd5 (9. d4 {d4 and d3 are lines which avoid accepting the sacrifice.}) (9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 {I have played this in blitz online, although the computer prefers Black.}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 (11... c6 {Is more popular, but nothing wrong with the move played. I don't know much about the Marshall attack apart from it is normally good for equality for Black.}) 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 $2 {White does not need to play this weakening move.} (14. h3 Qh4 15. Qf3 h5 16. Be3) 14... Nxh2 (14... Qf6 {The computer prefers this, but who could resist taking on h2.}) 15. Bd5 $4 {As is often the way once you go wrong you don't find the correct move.} (15. Qh5 Ng4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nd2 $11) 15... Bxg3 $1 {But Black still has to continue with sacrificing his pieces otherwise his advantage slips away.} 16. fxg3 Qxd5 17. Kxh2 Bb7 {White does not have time to develop his Queen side pieces and resist the attack.} 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Bd2 Re6 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Bf4 Qf2+ 22. Kh3 Bc8 23. g4 Qxf4 {Mate will soon follow.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pritchard, GL."]
[Black "Hunt, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "110"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "StGray, J."]
[Black "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "142"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,35,19,31,34,3,53,39,37,33,31,9,24,2,61,39,73,61,69,1,14,35,44,20,28,33,42,28,30,6,48,3,60,73,69,69,603,578]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. d5 e6 {Is another way to play this.}) 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Qe7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Bg5 Bd7 $6 (12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3) 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Nh7 (15... Ng4 {Is much better, as White's best reply is to take it.} 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rb1) 16. Nb5 $1 Qb6 17. Bf2 {A nasty pin.} Bxb5 $4 (17... Rfd8 18. Kh1 Bf8) 18. cxb5 {The Knight is dropping.} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Pritchard, GL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Cullinane, AR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "184"]
[BlackElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,64,36,-14,18,27,9,-21,23,-8,40,-13,8,-1,-1,1,10,8,4,6,-2,14,7,1,32,-32,44,-31,55,-60,52,-59,59,-59,66,-52,62,-45,53,-9,22,-9,9,39,-38,35,-27,35,0,0,3,0,0,-17,0,0,0,52,-46,56,-32,32,-32,32,-38,38,-38]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nh5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6 17. Ne1 {White has a nice advantage at this stage of the game.} b6 18. Ra8 Qd7 19. Qa2 $11 (19. Rxf8 Bxf8 20. Nc2 Bg7 21. Nb4 $14) 19... Rxa8 20. Qxa8 Nf6 21. Bc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qf7 23. Qd8 Ne8 24. Nc2 Bf6 25. Qb8 e4 26. Nb5 exd3 27. exd3 d5 28. Bf4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. Nxc7 Nxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 Bb5 {Draw agreed in a level position. At first glance Black having the two Bishops may seem like an advantage, but once the b and c pawns are exchanged there is not much for Black to do.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,25,26,21,-10,11,19,36,19,42,33,30,-18,60,20,54,19,42,32,20,27,36,38,59,46,68,68,66,41,49,41,54,104,62,118,92,87,113,107,155,75,75,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-105,8,-36,16,-89,0,-72,7,-99,-65,-170,130,130,114,142,142,131,102,-626,0,0,583,0,485,418,578]} 1. d4 {This is a very complicated game and the computer spots a lot of good moves, but trying to find them is not easy. This would be compounded in time trouble. The game is worth playing through and Peter Collins is the first player to take any points from Seth Saverymuttu.} d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. b3 Ndf6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Ng5 14. e4 $6 {Now there is a complicated position with many pawn and piece captures to be calculated. But this push does swing the position in Black's favour.} (14. e3 {May be a safer option.}) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 $2 {Black makes a misstep.} (15... Ngxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rae1) 16. exf5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 exf5 $2 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ng4) 18. Rae1 $2 (18. c5 $1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bb5 20. Nc4 $16) 18... Ne6 (18... Bxe5 $11) 19. Bf2 f4 20. Qf5 $2 (20. Bxb7 {This is a safe pawn to take.} Rb8 21. Bg2) 20... Nc5 21. Ng4 $2 Nfe4 $1 22. Qxf8+ {The best option and although Black is better with the Rook and Knight for the Queen White still has chances.} Bxf8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qg5 (24... Bb4) 25. Bd5+ Kh8 $2 (25... Bf7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bf3) 26. h3 (26. Ne5 $1) 26... Bd6 (26... Bc6) 27. Re6 Bc7 $2 (27... fxg3 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Nh6 Qc7 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Kg2) 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. Nh6 $3 {A killer move!} Bh5 (28... gxh6 29. Bd4+ Be5 30. Bxe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5)) 28... Bg6 29. Bd4 h5 30. Re7 Bb6 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. R1e5 Bf5 33. Be6 hxg4 34. Bxf5 g6 $1 {The only drawing move.} 35. Bxg4 (35. Bc8 Qh6 $11) 35... Qf6 36. R7e6 Qf7 37. Re7 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johnson, MW."]
[Black "Barton, AC."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "150"]
[BlackElo "181"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,50,25,25,18,18,16,18,14,19,19,16,16,12,11,11,38,34,46,15,46,48,63,65,65,30,30,33,47,52,46,0,0,-2,-24,0,0,-52,-29,-19,-39,-26,-12,-12,0,-81,-90,-83,60,68,63,50,50]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O d6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. c3 Ba5 15. e5 $2 {It is too early to push the e pawn and White's advantage evaporates. White could have been tempted with this move as he can swap the e and f pawns for Black's d and h pawn. Although Black has double isolated pawns this does not prove to cause any issues.} (15. Rae1 $16 Qd7 (15... Bb6 16. e5 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 $16) 16. Bd4) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxh6 Rad8 18. Bc2 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Rd2 21. Bb3 Ree2 22. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Kh8 24. Re1 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 {This position offers no chances for either side.} (25... Kxg7 26. Re2 (26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 $11) 26... Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Bb6 28. Kd3 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Collins, Peter M"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "177"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,34,29,4,14,42,44,45,48,34,34,37,44,39,85,70,72,61,56,46,62,54,58,50,89,68,85,80,105,67,86,62,67,90,90,54,52,50,84,31,25,30,34,29,29,29,233,200,194,221,218,221,253,177,196,175,211,222,218,218,218,205,374,382,397,447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 (10... Bf5 {Maybe best to play this before moving the Knight.}) 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Rfe1 Rb7 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bg5 Rbe7 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf1 Bf5 20. f4 Re8 21. g4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe7 23. Kg2 Qe3 $2 {It would seem sensible to play this, but this proves to be a blunder.} (23... h6 24. Bh4 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 $11) 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. f5 $1 {This is why Black had to kick the Bishop away earlier, as the discovered attack on the Rook is very strong.} Rxc3 {Black has to try this.} (25... Re5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. fxg6 Kg7 28. gxh7 Re8 29. Ne4) 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. Bd8 Bxc3 28. Bxb6 Nd2 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rc2 Nb3 31. Re2 gxf5 32. Rxe5 $1 {Giving the exchange back is the easiest way to convert.} dxe5 33. d6 (33. d6 Nd4 34. d7 Nc6 35. gxf5 e4 36. d8=Q+ Nxd8 37. Bxd8) 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Bramer, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 {MA Bramer was rated 173 but after a mistep on move 8 he could have resigned.} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b5 $4 {An ill advised push, White is now winning.} 9. Qd5 bxc4 10. Qxa8 {Black is one exchange down.} Qc7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Qxb8+ Qxb8 13. Rxb8+ {Black is now a whole rook down and could resign, but no-one likes to resign after 13 moves.} Kd7 14. Bh6 Kc7 15. Rf8 Nxh6 16. Rxh8 {Black is now one rook and one exchange down.} Bxe4 17. Rxh7 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. fxe4 Nxh7 20. e5 {White gives back the exchange to ensure no complications.} Kc6 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. g4 Ne6 23. h5 {And Black finally throws in the towel!} 1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cullinane, AR."]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "167"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,30,53,21,56,31,27,4,12,3,14,11,11,0,15,-8,-9,10,21,22,22,28,37,24,35,23,28,29,55,45,56,33,37,2,6,6,-9,13,23,23,86,-93,-98,-96,-59,-155,-129,-136,-77,-593,-414,-337,-303,-466,-557,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 {After a number of moves the opening turns into a closed Sicilian.} Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nh4 {Played to allow the f pawn to be pushed, but I think this is the wrong plan?} Qc8 9. f4 Bh3 10. f5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Rhe8 14. a3 e6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Qd2 Rde8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 d5 20. b5 Nd4 21. Rb4 {This is a wasted move, as the Knight can be easily defended.} Ng4 $1 {From a level position, Black drums up a very nice attack.} 22. exd5 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Kg1 exd5 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Rb1 Qb6 27. Qxd5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kh1 {Still losing, but now Black has forced mate.}) 28... Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Qxh2+ 30. Kxg4 Qxg3# {A very pretty finish.} 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vine, Leslie Edward"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "165"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,15,12,40,46,46,13,13,11,9,9,13,1,1,-20,-16,-19,-44,-60,-51,-73,-64,-294,-386,-442,-448,-448,-294,-295,-295,-733,-162,-625,-625,-639,-794,-794,-794,-794,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-796,-761,-796,-650,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 {In this game the veteran Hampshire player Leslie Vine gets his King stuck in the middle of the board after allowing an exchange sacrifice. Saverymuttu cleans up nicely.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 $4 Re8 12. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 13. Kxe3 Qe7+ 14. Kd2 Nxd5 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3+ {The Queen and Knight normally work together well and with the Rook on a8 about to join the attack the end is not far away.} 18. Kc2 Qxc3+ 19. Kb1 Rb8+ 20. Qb3 Rxb3+ 21. axb3 Qxb3+ 22. Kc1 Qc4+ 23. Kb2 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qf4+ 25. Kb2 Qe5+ 26. Kb3 Qxf5 27. Rhe1 Qd3+ 28. Kb2 Qd2+ 29. Kb3 Qc3+ {Mate in 2.} (29... Qc3+ 30. Ka2 Nb4+ 31. Kb1 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barton, AC."]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "181"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,58,62,23,10,18,10,3,3,5,5,13,16,18,24,-21,-4,-50,-34,-49,-42,-39,-3,-3,3,-10,-1,-36,3,13,16,16,16,31,22,-4,-14,-15,33,6,20,3,45,6,17,2,9,1,28,-45,-52,-79,-65,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qa5 Qc6 18. Qd2 b5 (18... f5 {Maybe best to push on the Kingside.} 19. f4 g4) 19. b4 Be7 20. Kb2 Qd7 21. Rhe1 Rd8 22. Re2 c5 23. Rde1 Bf8 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qa5 Qc6 {Black is now much better.} 26. Re8 Rxe8 $2 {This allows White to draw with a nice combination.} (26... Rxc2+ $1 {Not taking the Rook straigh away, but playing Rxc2+ first mean Black can still be a rook up but there is no repeating postiion for White.} 27. Kb1 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kb7 $19) 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 29. Qb6+ Kd7 (29... Kd7 30. Qb7+ Ke6 31. Qe4+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cowling, Terry"]
[Black "Collins, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "179"]
[BlackElo "177"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,85,25,26,13,17,29,25,36,13,12,-5,-8,-16,-24,-26,-4,-81,-81,-59,-59,-62,-58,-124,-118,-118,-139,-169,-132,-118,-168,-169,5,-13,11,0,-15,-137,-243,-265,-61,-67,-68,-65,-65,-70,-70,-65,-65,-65,-73,-66,-68,-75,-74,-74,-76,-76,-76,-76,-60,-89,-84,-88,-84,-86,-84,-79,-79,-126,-132,-125,-129,-129,-120,-124,-105,-112,-116,-103,-103,-110,-112,-120,-120,-145,-120,-120]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. Nf1 Qd6 9. Qc1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Rxe2+ $6 (15... Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Rac8 {Would be a clear advantage for Black.}) 16. Kxe2 Qxf4 17. f3 $6 (17. Qd2 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Ne4 $11) 17... Re8+ 18. Kd3 Qe3+ {Black is now winning again.} 19. Kc2 Ne4 $2 {One move too soon.} (19... Rc8+ $1 20. Kb1 Ne4 21. a3 (21. fxe4 {If fxe4 is played then White is being mated.} Qxe4+ 22. Qc2 Qxc2#) 21... Nf2 22. Qa4 (22. Qg1 Qd3+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka2 Nd3)) 20. Rc1 {White's King can hide away on a1 if the rook checks now.} Nf2 (20... Rc8+ $4 {White is now winning.} 21. Kb1 $18) 21. Qd2 Nxh1 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Rxh1 f6 {Despite the extra pawn this is only a very small advantage for Black.} 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Rc5 Ke6 27. Rc7 Re7 28. Rc8 (28. Rxe7+ {Best to swap rooks as then very difficult for Black to make any progress.} Kxe7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kb4 $11) 28... f4 29. Rd8 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Rh8 h4 32. Rd8 a6 33. Kd3 Rc7 34. Kd2 (34. Re8+) 34... Rc4 $2 {Black is now clearly better.} 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Re2 Rc4 38. Re1 b5 39. b3 Rc6 40. Kd2 a5 41. Rb1 b4 42. Re1 Rc3 43. Rb1 {If I have entered this correctly this seems as if Black agreed a draw in a much better position? But it may have also gone to adjudication when it would have been difficult to have the win awarded?} (43. Rb1 {Black can eventually either win a pawn of push on the Kingside.} Rc8 44. Rb2 Re8 45. Kd1 Ra8 46. Kc1 a4 47. Kd2 axb3 48. axb3 Re8 49. Ra2 Re3 50. Rb2 f5 51. Rb1 Kd6 52. Rb2 Ke6 53. Rb1 Kf6 54. Rb2 g4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. hxg4 Kg5 57. Rb1 Kxg4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hunt, JA."]
[Black "Johnson, MW."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "100"]
[BlackElo "150"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {A game from the lowest graded player. Mr Hunt was doing ok, but he went a bit too far with his Queen and looks like he blundered this at the end.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Nd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b5 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be2 e6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qg5+ Kf8 {White has a small advantage.} 14. Rad1 (14. a4) 14... h6 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rfd1 Kg7 $15 18. Kf1 $2 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe7 $15) 18... g5 19. Qh5 Nb6 (19... Nf6 {The Queen has no squares! Game gives N-N3, I am sure it would have been N-B3 (f6) as White resigned and makes no sense why he would have done this.}) 0-1

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Black "Varadarajan, HD."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "185"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Game score unclear.}  1-0

[Event "Hampshire Individual Championship 1969"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "1968.10.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stenhouse, Iain"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "184"]
[Annotator "Graham Stuart"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1698.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 0,72,22,15,20,-8,38,43,37,56,83,77,86,78,120,100,92,75,66,56,62,50,43,24,24,32,72,41,36,48,37,15,67,34,32,-30,-49,-58,54,52,58,-18,-18,-18,-21,-98,-46,-89,-25,-125,-99,-151,-151,-151,-151,-130,-148,-231,-236,-224,-237,-471,-477,-940,-889,-1485,-1466,-1466,-1533,-29993,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 {A great finish by Gerald Bennett. Always enjoyable to finish the tournament with an attractive win. Gerald would need to wait until 1973 for his first Individual championship.} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Re1 f5 15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 {Is Stockfish's move, where it states White is much better. In normal chess I am not sure this is always the case as Black seems to have a lot of attacking ideas, despite not having his White square Bishop.}) 15... Ne5 16. Bf1 Qh4 17. Re3 $2 (17. Ra3 {Are better options.}) (17. Ne2) 17... f4 $1 18. g3 Qf6 $6 (18... Qg5 $1 $17) 19. gxf4 $14 Qxf4 20. Rg3 (20. Bg2) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf7 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nde5 $6 (23... Nd4 $1 24. Qd1 Be5 {Black does get his Bishop to e5 later, but this is the structure Black wishes to get.}) 24. Qe2 $2 (24. Rf1 $11) 24... Rf8 (24... Nd4) 25. Bxf3 (25. Rf1 {f2 needs to be protected.}) 25... Nxf3 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Rg4 Nf3 29. Bh6 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qxf2 {Black is now easily winning with his co-ordinated position. Not a problem to sac the exchange.} 31. Rg2 Qh4 32. Bxf8 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rxf8 34. Rf2 Nf3+ (34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bg3+ {Is slightly quicker, but the move played forces mate as well.} 36. Ke3 Be1+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3#) 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Ne2 Qh2# 0-1

