[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

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. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. b3 Na3 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. f4 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 c5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c4
22. f5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 exf5 24. gxf5 Qc6 25. e6 d4+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 gxf5
28. Rxf5 Rxe6 29. Rxc5 Rxh6 30. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Foltys, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Bg3 c5 15.
Qd1 Nxc4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 Nxd6 18. e5 Nde4 19. exf6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 gxf6
21. Rfe1 Be6 22. h3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 b5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Ne5 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 f4 28. Rd6 a5 29. Rb6 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. axb4 a4 32. Rc6 a3 33. Rc1 a2
34. Ra1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Qb1 Qxb1+ 13. Rxb1 Ke7 14. Be2
e5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nb3 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. Rbd1 Be6 20. Na5 Rd7
21. c5 Nd5 22. Bc4 Rc7 23. Rb1 b6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nb3 Rd7 26. h3 b5 27. Rbd1
a5 28. Rd2 Bxb3 29. axb3 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. d5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Re5 Rc4
34. Rxd5 Ke7 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 b3 37. Rd2 Rxc5 38. Rb2 Rb5 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc4
Rg5 41. g3 Rc5+ 42. Kxb3 Rb5+ 43. Kc2 Rxb2+ 44. Kxb2 Kd5 45. Kc2 Ke4 46. Kd2
Kf3 47. Ke1 g5 48. Kf1 h5 49. Kg1 f6 50. Kf1 f5 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Kg4 53.
Kg2 Kxh4 54. Kf3 Kg5 (54... Kh3 $19) 55. Kg3 f4+ 56. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. Ndc4 Bf8 13. Ne3 c6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Qd3 a5 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qd1 g6 19. Re1 Ne4 20. a3 Bg7 21. Nf1
c5 22. e3 b5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qd2 Rcd8 25. Qxa5 Bc8 26. Qd2 Qh3 27. f4 exf3
28. Qf2 Bb7 29. Rad1 Qg2+ 30. Qxg2 fxg2 31. Nd2 cxd4 32. exd4 Bh6 33. Bc1 Be3+
34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Nc4 Re2 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O
c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c5 Nbd7 14. c6 Ne5 15.
cxb7 Bxb7 16. Ncb5 a6 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Ndc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Ne2 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Nd4 Rd2 27. Rfd1
Rb2 28. Rdb1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Bh3 c5 12. d5 Nf6 13. Re1 Bc8 14. Bg2 Bg4 15.
Nh4 Qd7 16. f4 Qa4 17. h3 Bc8 18. e5 Ne8 19. f5 Ba6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6
22. Qxg6 dxe5 23. d6 Rf6 24. Bd5+ e6 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Qh7 $2 (26. Bg5 $1 $18)
26... Rxe6 27. Rf1+ Rf6 28. Bh6 Bxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Rxf6 Ng7 31. Rg6 Qd7 32.
Rg4 Rf8 33. Qg6 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Rxf7 35. Re1 Bc8 36. Rg5 Bxh3 37. g4 Kf8 38.
Rexe5 Ne8 39. Rh5 Nxd6 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rxh3 Nxc4 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Rd5 a5 44.
g5 Kg7 45. Rg3 a4 46. g6 $18 Re7 47. Kg2 $4 Ne3+ 48. Rxe3 Rxe3 49. Rd6 b5 50.
Rb6 Rxc3 51. Rxb5 Kxg6 52. Kf1 Kf5 53. Ke1 Ke4 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. Ra5 Ra3 56. Kc2
Rxa2+ 57. Kb1 Ra3 58. Kb2 Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Rc3+ 60. Kd2 $2 (60. Kb1 {or 60 Kb2=})
60... Ra3 61. Kc2 Kc4 62. Kb2 Kb4 63. Ra8 Rh3 $2 (63... Rb3+ $1) 64. Rb8+ Kc4
65. Rc8 Rb3+ 66. Ka2 Kb4 67. Rb8+ Kc3 68. Rh8 c4 69. Ra8 $2 (69. Rh7 Rb2+ 70.
Ka3 $11) 69... Rb2+ 70. Ka1 (70. Ka3 Rb3+ 71. Ka2 Rb6 $19) 70... Re2 71. Kb1
Re1+ 72. Ka2 Kd3 73. Rd8+ Kc2 74. Rc8 c3 75. Rc7 Kd2 76. Rd7+ Kc1 77. Ka1 c2
78. Ka2 Rd1 79. Rh7 Kd2 80. Rh2+ Kd3 81. Rh4 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Florian, Jaromir"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qb3 Qd5 14. c4 Qd6 15.
Be3 c5 16. d5 Nd8 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. Kh1 b6 19. Re2 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxe5 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Ne2
Bh5 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. Ne2 Bh5 30. Ng1 Bf7 31. Qd3 Bg6 32. Qe2 Kf8 33. Nf3 b5 34.
Ne5 Be8 35. Qf3 g6 36. Qf4 bxc4 37. Qd2 Kg8 38. h3 Kg7 39. Qc3 Kg8 40. Qxc4
Qxc4 41. Nxc4 Bf7 42. d6 cxd6 {time} 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Louma, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nxe4 f5 7. Ng3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Nh5 Bxd4 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. c3 Bf6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Qf4 Rg8 17. Rd1 Rxg2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qe3 c4 20. Nd4
Be4 21. Ng3 Bd3 22. Ngxf5 Rg1+ 23. Kd2 Rb1 24. Qe5 Rxb2+ 25. Ke3 a6 26. Nd6+
Ke7 27. Qc5 Kf6 28. Ne8+ Kg6 29. Qe5 Bg5+ 30. f4 f6 31. Qxe6 Bh6 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Broadbent"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

{My favourite game: RJ Broadbent, "Chess Treasury of The Air", Penguin 1966.
The game lingers in my memory for one reason in partcular. After a hard
struggle, the tension was eased by a series of exchanges, and there came about
the position [after White's 23rd]. Now although that position is on the face
of it quite sterile, offering little scope - to either player, it proved
possible to evolve an unusual kind of combination and thereby to open the door
to all kinds of tactical chances. That's one of the delights of chess: a
surprise may come at any moment. One is, of course, rather less than delighted
if the surprise proves to be an unpleasant one, but at least even that is
stimulating.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Bf8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. f3 Qd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Re7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5 Qc6
20. Kf1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Bc3 22. Re3 Bb4 23. c3 {It is Black's turn to play his
23rd move, and the natural continuation would be Bc5, producing an evenly
balanced position in which it is hard to se how either side can make any
progress. But are there any other possibilities? Yes, perhaps the White rook
at d5 can be driven to a bad square. That is, in fact, the case, and it forms
the basis of Black's plan. Instead of Bc5 he plays} c6 (23... c6 {Now the
first point White has to note is that his rook cannot remain centrally
situated. For if} 24. Rd1 {there will follow} Bxa5 25. Rxd6 Bc7 {attacking the
White rook; and Black will pick up White's h-pawn. To be alert to that kind of
opportunity, it's helpful to remind oneself frequently of the pawns which are
unguarded; in this case, both of White's rook's pawns.}) 24. Rg5 Bc5 ({He
plays this quite happily, seeing that a further attack on his rook by} 24... h6
{could be refuted by} 25. Rxg6+) {to which White replies} 25. Rd3 {and here
comes the second point in Black's combination. He plays} Kg7 {; and now stands
ready to drive the White rook into obscurity. But there's a price to be paid
for this operation - one pawn - and White proceeds to exact it. He plays} 26.
b4 {and after Black's reply} Ba7 {he captures the Queen's pawn:} 27. Rxd6 {
The next few moves can, I think, be allowed to spek for themselves.} Be3 28.
Rg4 h5 29. Rh4 Bg5 30. Rh3 Bf4 31. Rd3 {Chess offers little scope for humour
but after all these years I still find this frog marching of the White rook
very amusing. A position is now reached which had to be foreseen by Black when
he embarked on his combinative plan eight moves earlier. It is seldom possible
to calculate accurately that many moves ahead; to do so there has to be a
pretty clear-cut continuation, with only a few alternatives to take into
account The normal limit, for me at any rate, is four or five moves ahead.
White has an extra pawn, but his king's rook is penned in and, for the time
being, more or less useless. It's going to be quite a job to bring it into
active play again. The question is whether in the meantime Black can use his
majority of effective pieces to win back a pawn and at the same time retain a
clear advantage in position. That question was beyond my power to settle
conclusively by analysis, even at this point; it was still more impossible
eight moves earlier. But it seemed pretty clear that Black, by advancing his
pawn to c5, could open a file for his rooks - either the 'c' or 'a' file. The
rooks could therefore find a way into the enemy position, and that seemed
highly likely, in my judgement, to yield a clear advantage. Therefore Black
now plays} Rc8 {and there follows} 32. g3 Bb8 33. Rd2 c5 34. Bd5 ({White's
best continuation here is probably} 34. b5 {with the idea of provoking a
series ofpawn exchanges. That would give him fewer weaklings to nurse.}) 34...
cxb4 35. cxb4 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 {After this move White loses his b-pawn. And I
can sum up the rest of the gameby saying that after White's b-pawn had fallen,
he found himself unable, with a rook still out of play, to avoid further loss
of material. In fact, he resigned nine moves later. In conclusion I would just
say this. We all like to back a certain winner, and no one would hesitate to
offer, say, a pawn, if he knew with mathematical certainty that it would play
dividends. But I suggest that it is much more interesting and satisfying to
undertake such an operation when it has an element of uncertainty. One then
has to rely ultimately on a general judgement of the possibilities, and it is
just that which raises chess abve the level of a mere exercise in calculation.}
37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Rxb4 39. Rc2 Bc7 40. Rc5 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rd7 42. Kc4 Be5 43.
Rb3 Rc2+ 44. Kb4 Bd6 45. Rbc3 Bxc5+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.14"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Potucek, Ludovit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nbc3
Ne8 9. f4 Nb6 10. dxe5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 dxe5 13. Be3 exf4 14. gxf4 Bd4
15. Rad1 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. b3 c6 18. Rd3 Ng7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. a4 Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 f5 22. e5 Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Ne6 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. Qxd8+ Nxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27.
Rd3 Qf2 28. Rd2 Qe3 29. Rb2 Nd7 30. Kh1 Nc5 31. Ng1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b3 (9. d5 $1) 9... Be7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nc3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Nxc5
14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O
20. Rac1 Qb4 21. Rc5 Rad8 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 a6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5
26. Nd6 b6 27. Rc1 Ne5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd5 Nc6 30. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Foltys, Jan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f4 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. h3 f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. Rfe1 Qe8 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. c4 Rac8 18. Nf3 h6 19. c5 e6 20. Nc3 d5 21.
Nb5 Rb8 22. b4 Bf6 23. Nd6 Qg7 24. b5 Nd8 25. Bd4 Nf7 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxf7+
Qxf7 28. Ne5 Qg7 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. c6 Rg8 31. Rd2 bxc6 32. Qxa7 Rbd8 33. bxc6 Bc8
34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rb1 Ba6 36. Rb6 Ra8 37. Rdb2 Kf6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Rb7 Rg7
40. c7 Ra8 41. Rb8 Rg8 42. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O Nxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Qxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxb2 12. Rab1 Bg7 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Bxb7
Bxb7 15. Rxb7 Ne7 16. Rfb1 Nc8 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. Ne4 a5 20. Rc7 h6
21. Rbb7 Kg7 22. a4 g5 23. Nc3 Kg6 24. Nb5 Kf6 25. Kf1 g4 26. Ke2 h5 27. Ke3
Ke5 28. c4 f5 29. Rh7 d5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Nc7 Ra7 32. Rxa7 Nxa7 33. Na6 d4+
34. Ke2 Nc8 35. Nxc5 Re8 36. Nb3 Nb6 37. Ra7 Kd5+ 38. Kd2 Ra8 39. Rb7 Ra6 40.
Rf7 Ke6 41. Rh7 Ke5 42. Nc5 Ra8 43. Rb7 Rc8 44. Nb3 Nxa4 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Rxa5
Nb6 47. Nxd4 Rd8 48. Rxf5+ Kg6 49. Rb5 Rxd4 50. Rxb6+ Kf5 51. Rb5+ Kg6 52. Ke3
Ra4 53. Rb2 Ra1 54. f3 gxf3 55. Kxf3 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 Kg5 57. Rf2 1-0

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Ne4 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Be7 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 Bf6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Bg5 16. f4 Be7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qd3 c6 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. e3 c5
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc2 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Bf1 Qc2
28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. h3 Bd7 32. Ra1 Ba4 33. Ra2 Ke6 34.
Rb2 Rc1 35. g4 g6 36. g5 Rd1 37. Be2 Rd2 38. Rxd2 Nxd2 39. Bb2 Nc4 40. Bc1 Bc2
41. h4 a5 42. Kf2 b5 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Bd2 a4 45. e4 Bxe4 46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. c6 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. f4 Ne7 14. Nf3 Nxc6
15. Bd2 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Qb1 Nf6 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Be1 Nb4 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. a3 Nbd5 24. Bf3 Rc7 25. Bd2 Qc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 h6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Kf8 31. Bd2 Bf6 32. b3 Bc3 33. Bxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 d5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. Ng3 Nxd5 13. h3 Be6 14. Bb3 c6 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. Nfd2 Qh4 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Ng3 Qh6 20. Re2 f5 21. Nf3
f4 22. Nf1 Rf6 23. N1h2 Rg6 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qf1 Bd6 26. Nxd4 Bd7 27. Ndf3 Rf5
28. Rae1 Rh5 29. Ng1 f3 30. Nhxf3 Qf4 31. Re3 d4 32. Re4 Bxh3 33. gxh3 Rxg1+
34. Kxg1 Rg5+ 35. Qg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qf5 37. Rxd4 Qg6+ 38. Rg4 Qf5 39. Nd4 Qd5+
40. Ree4 h5 41. Rg6 Kh7 42. c4 Qxe4+ 43. dxe4 Kxg6 44. b3 Kf6 45. Kf3 g5 46.
Nf5 Bf8 47. h4 gxh4 48. Kf4 h3 49. e5+ Kf7 50. Ng3 Kg6 51. Nh1 h2 52. Ke4 Kg5
53. f4+ Kg4 54. f5 h4 55. f6 Kg5 56. Kd5 b6 57. Kc6 Kf5 58. Kxb6 Kxe5 59. c5
Bxc5+ 60. Kxc5 Kxf6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Ke3 Ke5 63. b4 Kd5 64. Kd3 Ke5 $4 (64... a5
65. bxa5 (65. a3 axb4 66. axb4 Ke5 67. Kc4 Ke4 68. b5 Kf3 69. b6 Kg2 70. b7
Kxh1 71. b8=Q Kg2 $11) 65... Kc5 $11) 65. a4 Kf4 66. b5 axb5 67. a5 Kf3 68. a6
Kg2 69. Ke2 1-0

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Black "Florian, Jaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 $2 11. Bf4 $2 (11. Bxe4) 11... Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bf8
13. f3 Nd6 14. Na4 h6 15. g4 Nd7 16. Nc5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Na4 c5 19. Nc3
Bb7 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nb5 a6 23. Na3 b5 24. Qd2 $4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Louma, Josef"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Qd7 12. Rg1 O-O-O 13. h5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Qe6+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Rd7 17. O-O-O Nd8 18. Nd4 Ne6 19. g5 g6 20. Rg2
Nxf4 21. exf4 d5 22. Rh1 Bd6 23. Ne2 Re7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh6 Kd7 26. Rgh2 Rf8
27. Kd1 Rff7 28. R2h3 c6 29. Kd2 Ke8 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 Kf8 32. Kf3 Kg8 33.
Rh1 Re7 34. Rd1 Re4 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Nxd4 Kf7 37. Kg4 c5 38. Nf3 Ke6 39. Nh4
Bf8 40. Nf3 Bg7 41. Nh4 Bf8 42. Nf3 Bg7 43. Nh4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 f5 5. Qg3 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nge7 9. a3 Ng6 10. Re1 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 f4 13. Qg4 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. c3 Bh4 18. cxd4 e4 19. Qb3 e3 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Kf1
Bxf2 22. Nc3 Bxe1 23. Kxe1 Qe7 24. b4 Bg4 25. Ne2 Rad8 0-1

[Event "GBR-CZE match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.15"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Potucek, Ludovit"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1947.06.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qd5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qd6 14.
O-O-O Rb8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc5 19. Rd4 Rbd8 20. Rhd1
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. Kc2 Qd7 26. Rxd5
cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. b4 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. O-O h6 15. Be3
cxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. cxb5 Nxd5 18. bxa6 Nxc3 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. Rfc1 d5 21. Bc5 e4
22. Nh2 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 d4 25. Rab1 Bb5 26. Qd2 e3 27. fxe3 dxe3
28. Qd5 Bc6 29. Qd6 Qb5 30. Bxa7 Be5 31. Qd1 e2 32. Qe1 Qxa6 33. Bc5 Qd3 34.
Ng4 Bf4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Nxe8 Qe4 37. Qc3+ Be5 38. Qf3 Qxb1 39. Rxb1 Bxf3 40.
Nd6 Bxd6 41. Bxd6 Be4 42. Re1 Bd3 43. a4 f5 44. Kf2 {time} 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Foltys, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qc5 14. Nf3 Bc7
15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Ned4 h6 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Bh4 Qg6 19. Kg1 Qh5 20. Rae1 Nde5 21.
Bg3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nh2 23. Be2 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 f5 26. Qc4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nc5 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. h3 b6 13. Kh2 h6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Be3
Kh7 16. a3 Ng8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nb7 19. Ra1 f5 20. Nb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bc8
22. Ra7 Rf8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. g4 Kh8 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxb7 Qh4 27. Rxc7 Rf8
28. Qg6 Ne7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Be4 Bf6 31. Nxd6 Bg5 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxg5 hxg5
34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Bf5 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Blow, Ronald"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qe7 11. Bc3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 c5
15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Qh4 b6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Bd3 h6 21.
Re3 Rfd8 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Kf8 24. Be2 Rd7 25. Rg3 g6 26. h4 Rad8 27. Rb3
Qc7 28. Re3 h5 29. Qg5 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxe6 Re4 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rxe4
Bxe4 34. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Black "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
c6 9. Ne1 f5 10. Nd3 Qe8 11. f3 Ng5 12. Nd2 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Rae1
Qg6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nf4 Qh6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rc1
Nf8 22. Nf1 Nf7 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qc2 Ba6 25. Qc7 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Bd8 27. Qxa7 g5
28. Nd3 Qg7 29. Nb4 f4 30. Nc6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qg6 32. Nxd8 Nxd8 33. Qxb6 Nf7 34.
Ba3 g4 35. Qb8 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Black "Florian, Jaromir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Ne6 12. Be3 c6 13. Qe4 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6
15. d5 Bxe3 16. dxe6 Bd4 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21.
Rad1 Bf5 22. Qf4 Bg6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 c5 25. Rxf6 Kg7 26. Rc6 c4 27. Bd1
Rxf7 28. Bf3 Bd3 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Bh5 Re4 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. f3 Re2 33. Rc7+ Ke6
34. Rxa7 Rc2 35. Ra5 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 Ra3 37. Rd2 Kd6 38. Rb1 Kc5 39. Rbd1 Kd4 40.
Kf2 Ra8 41. g3 Kc3 42. Ke3 Bc2 43. Rd8 Rxa2 44. R1d6 Ra1 45. Rxh6 Re1+ 46. Kf4
Bd3 47. Rc6 Rf1 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1 50. Rdc8 Be2 51. Ke3 Bd3 52. h4 Re1+
53. Kf4 Re7 54. g4 Be2 55. g5 Rf7+ 56. Rf6 Re7 57. g6 Kd2 58. Rf7 Re3 59. Rd8+
Bd3 60. g7 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Louma, Josef"]
[Black "Reilly, Brian Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Ne5 Qc7
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qh5+ Kf6 10. Qf3+ Ke6 11. O-O N7f6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Kf7
14. Bf4 Qc5 15. Ba4 e6 16. Rad1 Be7 17. g4 h6 18. b4 Qc4 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8
Bxd8 21. h4 Qd5 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. Bd1 Qd5 (23... Bb6 $142) 24. Bf3 Qc4 25. g5
hxg5 26. hxg5 Nd5 27. Be5 a5 28. Re4 Qa2 29. Bh5+ Ke7 30. Qf3 Kd7 31. b5 Qb1+
32. Kh2 Be7 33. Qf7 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Black "Alster, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. c5 Nc4 14. Nd1 Nxe3
15. Nxe3 dxc5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Rd2 Bd4 20. Nc2 Rfd8 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Rxc6 Rb6 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd7 26. e5 Ra6 27. f4
h5 28. Bb7 Rb6 29. Bc8 Rd8 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxc7 Ra6 32. Kf2 Ra3 33. Kf3 a5
34. Rc4 Kf8 35. Ke4 d3 36. Rd4 Rxd4+ 37. Kxd4 a4 38. b4 Ke7 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. b5
{time} 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Black "Hirsch, Kurt August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Qg2 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc4 Kh7 17. Rhg1 Be8 18. Ne2 c5 19. c3 e6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4
e5 22. h5 exf4 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Rh1+ Bh6 25. Qh3 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Keey, Arnold Cecil"]
[Black "Potucek, Ludovit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Qh5 f5 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qh4
Rde8 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+
Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bd5 29. Bd3 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rfc8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Re1 Bxa2 33. Bxb5
Rb8 34. Bd7 Rxb2 35. Kg1 d3 36. Rd1 Bc4 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxd3 Kg7 39. f4 Kf6
40. h3 Rb4 41. g3 Rb2 42. Rd6 Ke7 43. Rd3 Kf6 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rd3 Rb3 46. Rxb3
Bxb3 47. Kf2 h5 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Be6 50. h4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. d5 Nf8 14. g3 Ng6 15.
Bg2 Bd7 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Qh5 Ba4 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Ne3 Qc8 21. Qd3 c4
22. Qf1 b5 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxc4 Rb8 26. Qxc8 Rdxc8 27. f3 Rb2 28.
Bf1 Ne8 29. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Foltys, Jan"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Ng3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Bg5 Bxe4 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rc1 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4
Bg6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. exf6 N7xf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Nh4
Qh7 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Kg2
Kf5 28. Rh1 Re4 29. Be3 Rg8+ 30. Kf3 Rh4 31. Rae1 Bc7 32. b4 Bb6 33. Rd1 Rgh8
34. a5 Bc7 35. a6 bxa6 36. Rc1 Rxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 38. Ke2 Bd6 39. Rxc6 Bxb4
40. Rxa6 Rh7 41. Kf3 Rd7 42. Bf4 Bc3 43. Be3 Rb7 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. Kf3 Be7 46.
Bc1 Rd7 47. Ba3 Bxa3 48. Rxa3 Rb7 49. Ke3 a5 50. Rxa5 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 Ke4 52. Ra6
Rb2+ 53. Kf1 f5 54. Rf6 f4 55. Kg2 Rd2 56. Re6+ Kxd4 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qd1 Bg4 9. Be3 N8d7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Rd1
Nf6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxb6 Rc8 19. Kd2 Nh5 20.
Bb5 Bh6+ 21. Be3 Nf4 22. Rc1 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 Bf8 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Ne6 26. Bd7
Rc7 27. Bb6 Rc4 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd8 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Black "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bg3
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bh5 13. Nf1 a6 14. Qd2 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qg5 Ne7 17. g4 Nc8 18. g3 Ne4 19. Qh4 f6 20. N3d2 Ncd6 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. f4 Kf7 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qg2 g5 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 gxf4 27. gxf4
Rh4 28. Qe2 Qxf4 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Re2 Rxg4+ 31. Rg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Re8 33. Qh3
Re2+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Re3 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Florian, Jaromir"]
[Black "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Qc8 11. Nh2 g6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. g4 Ng7 14. Nd5 f5 15. Bg5
Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Ne6 17. Qh6 Kh8 18. gxf5 Nf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. f6 Rg8 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Nf3 $2 (22. Qxf4 $16) 22... Bxh3 23. Kh2 Bxf1 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Rxf1
Raf8 26. f7 Rxf7 27. Nxf7+ Qxf7 28. d4 Qxc4 29. Qxf4 Qxd4 30. Rc1 c5 31. b4 c4
32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Re8 34. Rxc4 Re7 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Rc6 Ke5 38.
Rxa6 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Kxe4 40. Rc6 h5 41. a4 g5 42. a5 h4 43. a6 h3 44. a7 Rf8 45.
Rxc7 g4 46. Rc4+ Kd5 47. Rxg4 Ra8 48. Rd4+ Kc6 49. Rh4 Rxa7 50. Rxh3 Ra3 51.
Rh4 Rb3 52. Rd4 d5 53. Kd2 Kd6 54. Ke2 Ke5 55. Rh4 Kd6 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Ke2 Kd6
58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Reilly, Brian Patrick"]
[Black "Louma, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nh6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O f5
9. Nbc3 a6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. Qc2 f4 14. gxf4 gxf4 15.
Bxf4 b5 16. Rae1 Rxf4 17. Nxf4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Bf3 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21.
Ng2 Bxe1 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Qg2+ Kf8 24. Bg4 b4 25. Qf3+ Ke7 26. Bxc8 bxc3 27.
Qxc3 Bf6 28. Qh3 Kd8 29. Bb7 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Alster, Ladislav"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5
a6 15. Nbd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ne5 Kf8 20. Nd3
Ne4 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kf2 Kd6 24. Ke2 Ng8 25. Kd2 Ne7 26. Kc3 Bd7
27. b3 b6 28. a3 a5 29. b4 axb4+ 30. axb4 Ng6 31. g3 f6 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. exf4
g6 34. Kd3 h5 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Ne2 Kd6 37. Kd4 f5 38. Nc3 Bc6 39. h3 b5 40. g4
hxg4 41. fxg4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Bd7 43. g5 Bc6 44. Nd1 Bd7 45. Ne3 Be6 46. Ng2 Bf5
47. Ne3 Be6 48. Nd1 Bd7 49. Nc3 Bc6 50. Ke3 Bd7 51. Ne2 {adjudicated} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Hirsch, Kurt August"]
[Black "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Midlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bh3 Qb8 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. f4 Bf8 15.
Re1 c5 16. Nf5 Bc6 17. g4 h6 18. Bh4 g6 19. Ng3 Nh7 20. Nf1 g5 21. Bg3 gxf4 22.
Bxf4 Qd8 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Bg2 Qh4 25. h3 Rad8 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Ne2 Ng5 28. Rf1
Nef3+ 29. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Re6 31. Neg3 Rde8 32. Rf1 Qd8 33. Qc3 a6 34. Nh5
b5 35. b3 Rg6 36. Re1 b4 37. Qd2 Kh7 38. Nhg3 Qa8 39. h4 a5 40. h5 Rge6 41. Qc2
Kg8 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bxg5 a4 44. h6 Rg6 45. Bf4 axb3 46. axb3 Qa3 47. Bh5 d5 48.
Bxg6 fxg6 49. Nd6 Re6 50. cxd5 Bxd5 51. exd5 Rxe1+ 52. Kf2 Re7 53. Qxg6+ Bg7
54. h7+ Kh8 55. Nf7+ Rxf7 56. Qxf7 Qb2+ 57. Ne2 Kxh7 58. d6 Qf6 59. Qxf6 Bxf6
60. d7 Kg6 61. Bc7 Kf5 62. Ke3 1-0

[Event "MCCU-CZE match"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.06.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Potucek, Ludovit"]
[Black "Keey, Arnold Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1947.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Midlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. f4 Ba6 8. Ndf3
Qc8 9. Nh3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qa6 11. Nf2 Qxd3 12. Nxd3 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Rae1 Rac8 16. g4 Na5 17. f5 Nc4 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Na5 20. Bg5 Nc6 21.
Bd2 h6 22. Nf4 Nd8 23. Rc1 Nb7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ng6 Rxc1 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27.
Rxc1 Kxe7 28. Bb4+ Nbc5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Kd8 31. Ba5+ Ke7 32. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Middlesex v Slovakia & Moravia"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.06.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stone, Joseph"]
[Black "Florian, Jaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1947.06.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia & Moravia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 Ne4 7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nf6 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd3 exd5 12. cxd5 Qe7 13. Ne2 Rf8 (13... O-O
$4 14. d6+ Qf7 15. Bc4 $18) 14. Rf1 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qf7+ 16. Nf4 Nf6 (16... g5
17. Bxe4 gxf4 18. Bxf4) 17. Ba3 d6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Kg2 Kg8 20. Ne6 Nbd7 21.
Nc7 (21. Bf5 {followed by Be6 and White has excellent chances (BCM). If} Ne5 (
21... Qh5 $17 {Stockfish 15}) 22. Bxc5) 21... Ne5 22. Rxe5 Qxc7 23. Re1 Qf7 24.
c4 Ng4 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Rf1 $2 (26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bb2 $11 {Stockfish 15}) 26...
Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qh5 28. Rf4 Bh3+ 29. Kf2 Bg4 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Re4 Rf8 32. Re1 Bh3
33. Bb2 Qf7 34. Qe2 b5 35. cxb5 Qxd5 36. Ba1 Qf7 37. a4 d5 38. Be5 d4 {Source:
BCM, July 1947, p218. BCM gives the match date as 12 July but I'm convinced
this should be 12 June as it is the July issue of BCM and in all probability
this was a warm-up event for the GBR-CZE match that followed on 14-15 June. JS}
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