[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. Rad1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. Nh4 Qc8
15. f4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. e3 Rae8 20. Qb3 R4e7 21.
Ne5 Nh7 22. Rf3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qf5 24. Qd3 Rxe5 25. Qf1 R5e6 26. h3 h5 27. Qg2
Rg6 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. b4 Re4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Qb1 32. f5 Qxc1 33. fxg6 fxg6
{Source: BCM, Aug 1944, p187} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 {...In the first round of the premier tournament at Blackpool it was
evident that the players were suffering slightly from lack of practice owing
to the war and consequently the games were slightly marred by error.
Nevertheless the play was highly interesting.  The refugee master Mieses
played the Sicilian defence against C. R. Gumhill and secured early a
promising attack, which, however, did not seem to come to fruition. The game
was adjourned in position' which appears to be likely to result in a draw,
'there being bishops of opposite colour.  H. G. Rhodes, of Preston, played
pawn to king’s fourth on the fifth move of a queen’s gambit against
Wahltuch. Wahltuch, playing exceedingly well, beat off the attack and stood if
any­thing better than his opponent. Unfortunately, however, he allowed his
clock to run out and lost on the time­limit. Normally the game should have
been drawn.  G. Abrahams played white against Hooper, the new correspondence
champion of the British Chess Federa­tion and a well-known Surrey player. The
game, which developed from a Catalan opening, was not free from error on-the
part of both players and ended fittingly in a draw after a good struggle.  In
other, tournaments the following Manchester players are competing: Mr.
Rappaport is playing in the major tournament and Mr. Henry Erin, captain of
Manchester University chess team, is now playing In the first-class tournament.
(Manchester Guardian, 18 Jul 1944)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O h5 10. Re1 b6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. b4 Nb7 16. a3 Qc7 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Nd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Rc1 Qe7 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Bb3 Qf5 26. Qd5 Rh6 27.
Bxe5 Qxf2 28. Rc6 Re6 29. Rxd6 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 {time.
Source: BCM, Aug 1944, p187} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Kf8
15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qe8 18. Kh1 Rd8 19. Bd5 Bf6 20. e5 Be7 21.
Qf3 h5 22. Rg1 Rh6 23. e6 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxh5 Rh6 26. Qg5 Rg6 27. exf7
Qe5 28. Qxg6 Qxd5+ 29. Rg2 Qxf7 30. Qh7 Ne7 31. Qe4 Nd5 32. Rag1 Re8 33. Qd3
Nf4 34. Qd6+ Re7 35. Rxg7 Qd5+ 36. Qxd5 Nxd5 37. Rxe7 {Source: BCM, Sept 1944,
p210.    [In] the second round of the premier tournament at Blackpool
yesterday the play was rather more vigorous than in the first round, which is
normal in chess contests. Against Mieses, Abrahams, playing white, adopted an
original form of the wing gambit in answer to his opponent's Sicilian defence.
He did not attempt to regain the gambit pawn but maintained a continuous
attack in the centre and towards the King’s side, sacrificing another pawn
in the process. The attack, which was well maintained and well resisted,
eventually proved successful; and at the adjournment Abrahams had achieved a
definite superiority of position, probably suffici­ent to produce a win.  
(Manchester Guardian, 19 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Be6 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. O-O c5 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Bc6 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Ra7 17. Ba4 Bf5 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 c4 20. e4 f6 21. Ng6
Qxe4 22. Rxc4 Kh7 23. Nh4 Re8 24. Rc3 Nd7 25. f3 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nf8 27. Kf2 g6
28. g3 Rae7 29. Ng2 g5 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rdd2 Ng7 32. Rc6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34.
Ne3 Rd6 35. Rc2 Kg6 36. g4 f5 37. Rc7 Ne8 38. Re7 fxg4 39. Rxe8 {Source: BCM,
Sept 1944, p215    The- game between Rhodes and Hooper was postponed until
evening by arrangement. In an adjourned game from the first round Mieses drew
with Gumhill, as was anticipated yesterday.  In other tournaments Manchester
players are holding their own. These include Messrs. MacMillan, Turner, Watson.
Mort, and Milner, the captain of the Manchester Chess Club. Young Rappaport
lost yesterday to a very experienced London player, but should do well. 
(Manchester Guardian, 19 July 1944)    In the postponed game from the second
round at the Blackpool chess tournament yesterday Hooper dis­tinguished
himself by outplaying Rhodes with some subtle middle-game play and a general
control of position. He eventually turned his positional advant­age into
material advantage and won one of the most convincing games of the tournament.
In the adjourned game from the second round Abrahams won against Mieses, as
was anticipated. (Manchester Guardian, 20 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Nf1 O-O 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. c4 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Bc3 Rac8
15. N3d2 a6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qe2 f5 18. f4 Bh4+ 19. g3 Bf6 20. Rd1 Qf7 21. g4
Bh4+ 22. Kd2 h6 23. Ng3 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qg2 Kh7 26. Qh3 Be7 27. Rhg1 b5
28. Rg2 a5 29. Rdg1 Qe6 30. Nxf5 Rf6 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Qg3 Rxf5 33. Rh7+ {
Source: BCM, Sept 1944, p212    The game between Wahltuch and Gumhill was also
a good contest. In a slow Queen’s gambit, Gumhill with black Equalised at an
early stage, but Wahltuch, who is essentially a clear­sighted combative
player, succeeded in opening the game up and resourcefully built up a
promising attack which resulted in victory rather more easily than he expected.
It is thought that Gumhill could have avoided defeat very near to the end. 
(Manchester Guardian, 19 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng5 Bf5 8.
Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Qe6 15. Rde1 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bb4 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. Ncb1 Ne4 19. c3 Be7 20. Qh5 Bg5
21. Nf3 Qc8 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Na3 Re6 24. Nc2 Rh6 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. g3 f5 27. Rf3
g4 28. Rff1 Rff6 29. Nb4 Rh3 30. Rf2 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Rfh6 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. exf4
Rxh2 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Nd3 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 R6h2+ 37. Ke3 Rg1 {Source: BCM, Sept
1944, p206    In the third round Hooper again played meritorious chess. His
opponent was Gurnhill who, in an exchange varia­tion of the French Defence,
made a slow opening slower by venturing into a pre­mature excursion from
which he had to retreat. Hooper steadily increased his advantage, and although
Gurnhill missed one or two possibilities in defence, succeeded in winning a
quite convincing game. Hooper plays steady positional chess of an apparently
patient type which is capable of clear analysis and quite subtle perception.}
0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. f4 exd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. h3
dxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ng3 14. Rh2 Bc5
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Qh4 17. Qf2 Nxd4 18. Ba3 Nc2+ 19. Qxc2 Ne4+ {Source: CHESS,
Sept 1944, p188    In the third round also Mieses whose score justified
adventurous play, played rather desperately against Wahltuch. At a critical
moment, however, he was not desperate enough and Wahltuch, who had defended
well, found a more than equalising move which involved at least one long and
pretty variation. After that Mieses’s game disintegrated and Wahltuch
brought about a good mating attack. (Manchester Guardian, 20 July 1944)} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15.
O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Qg5 17. f3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 b3 19. Qxb3 Ng3+ 20. hxg3 Rf6 21. Ng4
fxg4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxe3 gxf3 24. gxf3 Nd7 25. d5 Rh6+ 26. Kg2 exd5 27.
cxd5 {Source: 'A History of Lancashire Chess 1871-2009' by Mike Conroy.   
Against Rhodes Abrahams played his own variation of the Slav Defence (the
Abrahams variation) and on the 17th move won a pawn, though at the cost of
some positional difficulty. At this point he let himself be tempted by what
appeared to be a pretty mating attack but his opponent was able to discover an
unexpected counter and won in 27 moves.  The present position of the players
Is that Hooper leads with 2½ points, Wahltuch and Rhodes each have 2 points,
Abrahams has 1½ points, and Mieses and Gurnhill ½ point each. In the Major
tournament Dewing leads with 3 points out of a possible three. (Manchester
Guardian, 20 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd3 Ne4 10. e3 d6 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Ndxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O-O
Qf6 15. f3 Bg6 16. Bg3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Qb2 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Rae8 20. e4
Ne5 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rd5 Nf7 23. Bxc7 b6 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd7 Kh7 26. Rhd1 a5 27.
Bd6 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb7 Rg5 30. Rd2 Rf6 31. Rb8 Re5 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33. Rdd8
{Source: BCM, Sept 1944, p211    Between Mieses and Hooper a Buda­pest
Counter-gambit was played. Mieses pressed the counter-attack but was tan- able
to achieve a decisive result. Instead of reconciling himself with drawing
chances, he continued an attack much. Hooper was able to beat off and in the
end gain a convincing win.  ...  These victories by Gurnhill and Abrahams have
considerably affected the balance in the tournament. Rhodes and Wahltuch are
now out of reach of the first prize: Hooper is sure of at least a share of the
first and Abrahams has.a remote chance of joining it. The scores are Hooper
3½, Abrahams 2½, Wahltuch 2, Rhodes 2, Gurnhill 1½, Mieses ½. (Manchester
Guardian, 21 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Qxe7 dxc4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nxb4 a5 18. Nc2 Nd5 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Qg5 N7f6 21.
Be5 Ra6 22. Ncd4 h6 23. Qg3 Ne7 24. Nh4 Nh5 25. Qa3 Ng6 26. Nxg6 Rxg6 27. f3
Re8 28. Bd6 Kh7 29. Kf2 Qd8 30. Nf5 Qg5 31. Ng3 Qh4 32. Qc5 Ree6 33. Qxh5 Qxh5
34. Nxh5 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rc1 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Ba6 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nh3 Kg6 40.
Nf2 f5 41. Nd1 f4+ 42. Kh3 Bc8+ 43. g4 h5 44. Rxc4 hxg4+ 45. fxg4 Bb7 {Source:
CHESS, Sept 1944, p188    Play was of a very high order in the fourth round of
the premier tournament at Blackpool yesterday.- Gurnhill who had been badly
out of form, against Rhodes showed some of the incisive play which is known to
be characteristic of him. He played a variation of the Slav defence against
Rhodes's Queen’s Gambit, and developed bis pieces rather more functionally
than Rhodes did. A series of quite difficult manoeuvres gave him an advantage
which he pressed effectively and closed the game with a neat mating,
combination. '  (Manchester Guardian, 21 July 1944)} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Against Wahltuch, Abrahams with black played the Stonewall defence. Wahltuch
replied with a similar structure, but over-simplified and failed to foresee an
ingenious method that Abrahams found of breaking the game up on both wings,
and turning his advantage into a win.  (Manchester Guardian, 21 July 1944)} 
0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Abrahams made the mistake of trying an irregular
defence to Gurnhill’s Ruy Lopez, and then essayed a complication in which he
blundered. Gurnhill's exploita­tion was excellent, and produced a win in the
only convincing way. Thus Abrahams lost his chance of a share in either the
first or second prize.  (Manchester Guardian, 22 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 {Mieses, with a bad score, playing White to Rhodes's Sicilian, played
well but without much interest. He maintained an advantage, though Rhodes
played imper­turbably. Eventually Mieses over-simpli­fied and finally
abandoned his slight advantage and offered a draw, which was accepted. 
(Manchester Guardian, 22 July 1944)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {... The last round of the premier tourna­ment of the Blackpool Chess
Congress, which closed yesterday, provided some interesting studies in
temperament.  Wahltuch, whose highest expectation was the second prize, played
hard, resolute chess against Hooper, the assured winner. In a queen's pawn
opening Hooper, as Black, played bishop to bishop's fourth on the third move,
a debatable tactic, and Wahltuch played to maintain a good control on both
sides of the board and manoeuvred cleverly to that end. Even­tually careful
play brought about a level position in which the problem was to seize the
king's file. Hooper missed a rather clever way of achieving this, and having
failed was in a slightly inferior position when he blundered, losing the
exchange and the game.  Nevertheless, Hooper wins the tourna­ment with 3½
points out of 5; Wahltuch wins second prize with 3 points.  ... The effect of
these results was to give Abrahams, Rhodes, and Gurnhill a score of 2½ points
each. Mieses scores 1 point, which, of course, does him nothing like justice. 
In general the closeness of the results shows that the tournament was well
con­tested. Although all the players were out of practice the fifteen games
which they jointly produced included nine or ten which are worthy of any
British championship or minor masters tournament. The winner, Hooper, was of a
relatively unknown quality, but showed positional judgment of a high order.
The tournament was too short to give the more combative players a chance of
recovering lost ground. On the whole, an excellent week's chess. (Manchester
Guardian, 22 July 1944)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Major Open"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rappaport, Heinrich"]
[Black "Hirsch, Kurt August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2
Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. O-O Nge7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
bxc5 Na5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 b6 19. Qh4 Ng8 20. f4 bxc5 21. f5 exf5
22. g4 cxd4 23. Bd3 Qc3 24. gxf5 Qxd3 25. Nxf7 Nc4 26. e6 Bxe6 27. fxe6 Rh7 28.
Bg5 Qe4 29. Qh3 d3 30. Rf4 hxg5 31. Qxh7 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Ne7 34. Ne5
Nxe5 35. Qh8+ Ng8 36. Qxg8+ Ke7 37. Qxc8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+ 40. Kg1
Qg4+ 41. Kh1 Qxe6 42. Qc5+ Qd6 43. Qxa7+ Qd7 44. Qe3 Qd6 45. Re1 Kf6 46. Qd4 d2
47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. a4 Qa6 49. Rf2 Qc4 50. Qb6+ Nc6 51. Qb1 Qc1+ 52. Rf1 Qxb1 53.
Rxb1 Na5 54. Kg2 Ke5 55. Kf3 Kd4 56. Ke2 Kc3 57. Rd1 Nb3 58. a5 Nxa5 59. Rxd2
d4 60. Rd3+ Kc4 61. Rg3 {"and eventually won". Source: CHESS, November 1944,
p25} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool First Class 5"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1944.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richardson, FA"]
[Black "Turner, F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1944.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 {('N-B3')} e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 {('N-B3')}
d5 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nd3
f4 14. Bc1 g5 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. h3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rf6 20. g4
Ne7 21. f3 Kg7 22. Be1 Rh8 23. Nf2 h5 24. Bf1 Rfh6 25. Bd2 Ng8 26. gxh5 Rxh5
27. Ng4 Nf6 28. Qe1 Nxg4+ {Source: BCM, August 1944, p186 (referred to as the
'Major' section in BCM but the 5th of 6 First-Class sections in newspaper
reports)} 0-1

