[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Nxd2 $2 11. Qxd2 Ne4 12. Qe3 f6 $2 (12... Nf6 {Morry})
13. Nd3 Ng5 14. h4 Nf7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Bxd5 Bxf4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7
19. Qxf4 Bh3 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. e4 Qh5 22. d5 Bg4 23. Rc3 g5 24. hxg5 fxg5 25.
Qe5 Raf8 26. f3 Qh3 27. Rc2 Rf6 28. Rh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bxf3 30. Kg1 {Sources:
BCM, July 1945, p163; (move 1-16) CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p161} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/p4p1p/1b4p1/1p2Pp2/2q2P2/P4Q2/1P1B2PP/3R3K b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was "a sort of Stonewall... QP" (Manchester Guardian)} 29... Qe4 30.
Qxe4 fxe4 31. Bc3 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Bd4 a6 34. Kg1 f5 35. exf6 Kf7 36. Kf2
Bxf6 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. g4 a5 40. Be5 Be7 41. f5+ gxf5+ 42. gxf5+ Kf7
43. Kd5 b4 44. a4 Bd8 45. b3 h5 46. Kc6 h4 47. Bc7 {"winning easily." Source:
CHESS, August 1945, Vol.10/119, p184} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6 20. f4 f5 21. g5
Bxg5 22. fxg5 f4 23. Bd2 Qxh3 24. Qh2 Qg4+ 25. Qg2 Qe6 26. Nh2 {"and although
Rhodes prolonged the game for a couple of dozen more moves, there was never
any more hope for him..." Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p162. (Morry
gives another position from the game at move 39 in CHESS, August 1945, Vol.10/
119, p186 and a few more moves which may or may not have been played - r7/4Pk2/
2p4p/ppBpR1p1/3P1p2/1P3K2/1P6/8 b - - 0 43 -  40.Re1 Qxe2+ 41.Rxe2 Kf7 42.Kf3
g5 43.Re5... "and Black could resign ...". Not clear from the context if these
moves were actually played - JS} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O h6 7. c5 $5 Nbd7 8. Nc3
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. h3 Ngxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. b3 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15. f5
Bh7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ g6 20. fxg6 Nf6 21. g7+ {
"and White won in a few more moves." Sources: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118,
p161; (move 8-21) The Chess Mind by Gerald Abrahams (Penguin, 1964), p180 
(wrongly dated Blackpool 1946)} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. O-O Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qe2 f5 10. b3 Qd4 11. c3 Qd3 {... etc. Source: CHESS, July
1945, Vol.10/118, p162} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/p1kr4/4Rp2/2p4p/2P5/1P1p2P1/P2R1K1P/8 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26. Re3 h4 27. Rdxd3 hxg3+ 28. hxg3 a5 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Kf3 Rh8 31. Ke4 Rh2
32. Kd5 Rh5+ 33. Ke4 Rh2 34. a4 Ke6 35. Kf4+ Kf7 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. Rd5 Rf2+ 38.
Ke3 Rg2 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 41. Ke4 $2 Rxg3 42. Rxa5 Rg4+ 43. Kd3 f5 44.
Rd5 f4 45. Rd4 Ke5 46. Re4+ Kf5 47. c5 f3 48. Rxg4 Kxg4 49. c6 Kg3 50. c7 f2
51. c8=Q f1=Q+ {... 69 moves. Source: CHESS, August 1945, Vol.10/119, p185}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{N.B. moves 1-14 are a reconstruction...} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Re8 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. Bd3
dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 {(JS note: the opening 14 moves not
given but there are some clues as to what some of them were. "The Pillsbury
Attack in the Q.G.D. was played and at move 7 Rhodes played the old move Qc2
to which Wahltuch replied with 7...c6. After Black's 14th move the following
position arose:")} 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4
Qb8 20. Qb2 Nf6 21. Bd3 Red8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rc5 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd7
26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Be4 Qe8 28. Rfc1 Kf8 29. Qf3 Rd6 30. Qg3 Qd7 31. Bc2 Rd5 32.
Bb3 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qc7 34. Qg4 a5 35. Bxe6 Re8 36. Bb3 axb4 37. axb4 Ra8 38. Rc1
{"and now Black exceeded the time limit. The reason for his doing so was that
in most tourna­ments the first session lasts two hours and to find the number
of moves required in the following session, when the time control operates
every hour, you usually add half the number of moves made in the first two
hours. Wahltuch unthinkingly applied this process and arrived at the figure 36
which he marked off on his score sheet as the point at which the time limit
would operate. Having reached that point and passed it he thought there was
plenty of time to spare, and was taking it easy when Rhodes claimed the game."
Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p164} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/2qb1r1p/p2bR1p1/1pp3B1/3p1PP1/2P5/PPBQ2P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was a Ruy Lopez... "Gurnhill as White had to seal his 25th move, and
spent some time examining the position. He worked out his intended
continuation several moves deep, and then inadvertently wrote down the second
move of the line instead of the first. When the envelope was opened at the
second sitting it was found that this move was illegal in the diagrammed
position, and the tournament director was forced, on being consulted, to award
Rhodes the game under the rules. This was indeed a sad blow for Gurnhill,
although he can have the satis­faction of having discovered a new kind of
fatal blunder! It would be interesting to know whether this incident has any
close parallel in first class contests." Source: CHESS, August 1945, Vol.10/
119, p184}  0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/1bqn1ppp/pp2p3/4P3/3Pp3/2P4Q/PP2B1PP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{QP opening...} 17... f5 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Rf4 Nf8 20. Rh4 Kg8 21. Rf1 b5 22. Be3
Bd5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxg4 Bxa2 26. Rxe4 Qg6+ 27. Rg4 Qb1+ 28. Kf2
Ng6 29. Qg3 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Bd5+ 31. Kh3 Qf5 32. c4 bxc4 {Source: CHESS, August
1945, Vol.10/119, p184} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Nh6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 Kh8 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Rd4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rhd1 Ng8 18. Rd6 Qe5 19. Qb3 Qh2 $2 {
(Abrahams described his game to Morry as "hanging by a hair")} 20. Ne2 $1 Qxg2
21. Nf4 Qxf2 22. Ne6 $1 Rf6 23. Nd8 (23. Qxb7 $1) 23... h6 24. Rd7 b6 25. Qc3
Qg3 26. Rb7 Rg6 27. Rf7 Nf6 28. Rf8+ Kh7 29. Ne6 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Rd8 Rg1+
32. Kc2 Qh2+ 33. Kb3 h5 34. Ng5+ $4 Rxg5 {Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118,
p162} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was a Ruy Lopez... score not available, though Morry, in CHESS,
August 1945, Vol.10/119, p186, suggested that it was "worthy of more detailed
consideration in the Games section." Did it ever appear? I don't have some of
the later issues - JS}  1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 $5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. O-O-O f5 14.
Nb6 fxe4 15. Nxa8 exf3 16. Nb6 fxg2 17. Rhg1 Bh3 18. Rd3 Bf5 19. Rxg2+ Kh8 20.
Rd1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Nd4 22. Ne3 $2 (22. Re1) 22... Be4 $1 23. Rg5 f6 24. Rg4 Nxb3+
25. axb3 Bf3 26. Rgg1 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 e4 28. h3 f5 29. Rd5 f4 30. Nf5 f3 $2 31.
Nxd6 e3 $4 32. Rf5 Ra8 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. fxe3 Rf8 35. Rxf3 Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7
37. b4 {, etc... Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p162} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pb1n1qpp/1p6/3p1p2/3Pn3/1QNB1N2/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{QP opening...} 16. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 exf3 19. gxf3 Nf6 20.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. d5 Rd8 22. d6 Kf8 23. Qe6 Bxf3 24. Rc1 Bg4 25. Qe5 Ne8 26. Rc4
Bf3 27. Rd4 Rdd7 28. h4 Rf6 29. h5 Rdxd6 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. Qxf4+ Rf6 32. Qb4+
Nd6 33. Qa4 a5 34. Qd7 Bxh5 35. b4 Bf3 36. Kf1 axb4 37. Qd8+ Ne8 38. Qd4 Bh5
39. Qxb4+ Kg8 40. Qb5 Bf7 41. a3 h5 42. a4 Kh7 43. a5 bxa5 44. Qxa5 Nd6 45. Qb4
Bg6 46. Ke2 Be4 47. Kf1 h4 48. Kg1 Bf3 49. Kh2 Ne4 50. Qb1 Rg6 51. Kh3 Rg2 52.
Qb8 Rg1 {Source: CHESS, August 1945, Vol.10/119, p186} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurnhill, Charles Reuben"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 e5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 g6 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. d5 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Bd2 b3 12. Na3 b6 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. axb3 Rb8
15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Nb5 Rb7 17. Bd3 Be7 18. O-O Nd7 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nc3 O-O 21. Ne2
Rfb8 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bf6 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Rfd1 Nxb3 26. Bxb3 Rxb3 27. Rxb3
Rxb3 28. f4 a4 29. e5 dxe5 30. c5 Kf8 31. d6 Ke8 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. c6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 {"and wins." Source: BCM, July 1945, p163} Rb8 35. Nc3 Rb4 36. Nd5 Rc4 37.
c7 {Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p163} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 Nxf6 17. O-O Ra4 18. Qe5 Ba7 19. Bg5 Re4 20. Qc3 Rc4 21.
Qd3 O-O 22. b3 Rcc8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nd4 $2 Qd5 $1 25. Rad1 $2 Rfd8 26. Qg3+
Kh8 27. Nf5 Qxf5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qc7 Qxf2+ $3 {Source: CHESS, July 1945,
Vol.10/118, p163} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Premier"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. Nbd2 c6 4. e4 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Re1 Bd6 8. e5
Be7 9. Nf1 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 {('P-QR3')} 14.
Bd2 Ndf8 {('Kt-KB1')} 15. f4 O-O-O 16. b4 Kb8 17. a4 Bc8 18. Qe2 f6 19. Be3 f5
20. Rec1 {('KR-B1')} Qe7 21. Ba6 Nh4 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd2 Rg8 {('R-KKt1')} 24.
c4 g5 25. c5 Nd7 26. Rab1 Ka8 27. Rc2 bxc5 28. bxc5 Nf8 29. Rcb2 {'The Chess
Mind' by Gerald Abrahams gives this position but with a BR on d8 and not c8 -
JS} Nh7 30. Qa5 (30. a5 Rb8 31. a6 $18) 30... Rb8 31. Qa6 (31. Rb6) 31... Rxb2
32. Rxb2 Qd7 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Ne2 {('Kt-Q2')} (34. h3 $1 $16) 34... Rc7 35. Bd2
Qc8 36. Ba5 Ng6 37. g3 $2 ({Stockfish 16:} 37. fxg5 Nxg5 38. h4 $3 Nxh4 39. Nf4
$16) 37... gxf4 38. Qxc8+ Rxc8 39. Rb3 Rg8 40. Kf2 $2 (40. Bd2 $1) 40... fxg3+
41. Rxg3 $2 (41. hxg3 Ng5 $15) 41... Ng5 42. Ke3 Rb8 {('R-QKt1')} 43. Kd3 Rb3+
44. Nc3 Rb8 45. Rg1 Nf4+ {Sources: BCM, July 1945, p163; (move 29-end) 'The
Chess Mind' by Gerald Abrahams (Penguin, 1964), p125 (wrongly dated Blackpool
1946)} 0-1

[Event "Blackpool Major A"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Hirsch, Kurt August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. Rc1
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qd7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Bg6 17. Nce4 Qe8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rd7 20. a4 Nc8 21.
a5 Ne7 22. a6 Qc8 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxc6 Rab8 26. Ra6 Rc7 27.
Rda1 Nc8 28. b3 Bd3 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Ne7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Nc6 33. Nc5
g6 34. Kf1 Rb5 35. Ra6 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. Na4 Na5 38. b4 Nc6 39. b5 Na7 40.
Nc3 Kf8 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Nc8 43. e4 f6 44. f4 f5 45. e5 Kd7 46. Kc4 h6 47.
d5 exd5+ 48. Nxd5 g5 49. g3 Ke6 50. h4 gxf4 51. gxf4 h5 52. Nf6 Ne7 53. Nxh5
Ng6 54. Ng7+ Kf7 55. Nxf5 Nxf4 56. Nd4 Ke7 57. e6 Nh5 58. Kd5 {Source:
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 9 June 1945 (Brian Denman Collection) - n.b.
the online image of this game is almost totally illegible (JS). Played in
round 4 or 5.} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool First Class Section A"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1945.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hirst, B"]
[Black "Lockwood, CB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1945.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A BLACKPOOL STORY B. Hirst, his eyes and thoughts riveted on the pocket set
in his hands, walked one day into the wrong room at his boarding-house. That
evening an indignant land­lady, obviously ignorant of the ways of
chess-players, told him that he had been seen coming out of a lady’s bedroom
; and would he please pack up his belongings and leave. His appeals to reason
proved quite unavailing and at 10-30 p.m. in war-crowded Blackpool, he had to
start tramping the streets in search of fresh accommoda­tion. After numerous
fruitless enquiries, he found a place with a bed to spare but on one implied
condition— “ Would he make up a four at Solo Whist ? ” Delighted to have
found a haven at last, he readily complied, to become more and more worried as
two a.m., three a.m., four a.m. came and went and the game continued, but
feeling disinclined to be responsible for breaking up the game. At last,
shortly after six, he retired for the night. Next day at 9-30 he sat down to
play his Congress game with an extremely muddled head and this is how it went ;
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Ng5 h6 6. Bxf7+ Kd7 7. Qg4+ Nf5
8. Qxf5+ Ke7 9. Nd5# {Source: CHESS, July 1945, Vol.10/118, p165} 1-0

