[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Gasic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q1rk1/1b2bp1p/p2p1np1/8/4Pp2/2NPBN1Q/1P4PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a Sicilian.} 21. Qh6 Ng4 22. Qxf4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bf6 24. Rc2
Bg7 25. Rcf2 Qe7 26. Qg5 Rbe8 27. Qa5 f5 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Nc7 Rf7 30. Rc2 fxe4
31. dxe4 Bxe4 32. Qa2 Ref8 33. Ne6 Qf6 34. Rcf2 Rc8 35. Neg5 d5 36. Nxf7 Qxf7
37. Ng5 Qxf2 38. Qxa6 Qxg2# {Source: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p273} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Nf4 Bd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Re1 $6 (13.
g4 $14 {Miles}) 13... Bc5 14. Bf4 c6 15. Rad1 h6 16. h3 $6 (16. g4) 16... g5 $1
17. Bc1 Ke7 18. Nh2 $6 Rag8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne3 $17 {Miles offered a draw. "If
he had played better up until then I would have taken the draw." (Bisguier in
Chess Life & Review)} Nh4 $2 21. Nxd5+ $3 cxd5 22. Rxd5 b6 $2 23. e6 f5 $2 24.
Rd7+ Kf6 $2 25. Bd2 Kg6 26. b4 Bf8 27. e7 Bg7 28. Re6+ Kh7 29. Bxg5 Ng6 30.
Rxa7 Re8 31. Rd7 Ne5 32. Rd5 Rhg8 33. f4 Nc4 34. Rxf5 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Ne3 36. Rf7+
Rg7 37. Rh6+ {Sources: CHESS/38/673-674 May 1973, p237; Chess Life & Review,
July 1973, p381; BCM, June 1973, p228; The Times, 5 May 1973; Sunday Times, 10
June 1973; "It's Only Me" Ed. Geoff Lawton, Batsford, 2003, p26} (37. Rh6+ Kg8
38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Rh8+ Kxh8 40. exf8=Q+ {winning easily. I'm an incurable
optimist I know but I think as Black I would have played these moves - just in
case, after} Kh7 {White in the general excitement played} 41. Qd6 $2 {after
which} Nf5 $1 {and White cannot avoid perpetual check (C Hugh O'D Alexander)})
1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. O-O Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 Be7 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. d5 Na5 10. Bc2 Bf6 11. Nc3 Nac4 12. b3 Nb6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rae1 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nf5 17. Bd2 d6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. h3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Qf8 21.
Nxd6 f6 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bd2 Nexd5 24. b4 Nxb4 25. Qb3+ N4d5 26. a4 c5 27. a5
c4 28. Qb5 Rc5 29. Qb1 c3 30. axb6 cxd2 31. Nxd2 Nxb6 32. Ne4 Re5 33. Qa2+ Kh8
34. Qxa7 Nc8 35. Qa1 Qe7 36. Rd1 f5 37. Qa8 Qe8 38. Ng3 h6 39. Qxb7 {Source:
Andrew Soltis. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 28 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 e6 10. Nb5 Ra5 11. Nfd4 Bg6 12. a4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Kd7 14. f4 Rc8
15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Kd2 Ne8 17. Bh3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Rhc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6
21. Nb5+ Ke7 22. b3 Ra8 23. Kc3 Rc8 24. Kb2 Rd8 25. Bg2 f6 26. Kc3 Rc8 27. Re1
Na7+ {Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. b3 Rab8 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Ne3 Qa7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Ncd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 e6 20. Nf4 Nb4 {
Source: Andrew Soltis. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 28 January 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 Bf6 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Rfd1 c6 15.
a4 Be6 16. Qb1 Nd6 17. Bg5 Nef5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nc4 21. e4
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Neg5 Rab8 25. Qe4 Ncd6 26. Qxc6 Rec8 27.
Qa6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxg5 30. f4 Qd8 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rd1 Qb6+ 33.
Qxb6 {Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. g4
Rac8 15. g5 Rxc3 16. gxf6 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxf6 18. c3 b5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Rad1 a5
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3 Rc8 23. Rdf1 Qc4 24. Rh3 Qe6 25. Rhf3 Rc4 26. Qb6 b4 27.
Qxa5 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxe4 29. Qb5 Rc4 30. a4 Qe4 31. a5 Rxc3 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Rxf6 exf6 34. Qxd6 Rc6 {Sources: BCM, July 1973, p310; (move 15 - end) CHESS/
38/675-676 June 1973, p274; Tony Miles, England's Chess Gladiator by Raymond
Keene, Hardinge Simpole 2006, p13} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp3p1p/1q4p1/4p3/2R1PnN1/8/P4PPP/Q4RK1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a Grunfeld.} 21... Qe6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxe5 Rc5 24. Nf3 Qg4
25. Ne1 Rc1 26. f3 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Ng3+ {Source: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p273}
0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bg5
Nb6 9. Re1 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bf4 d5 12. h3 c6 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. b3 Kf7 15. Qd2
Be6 16. Re2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. a4 Nbc8 19. Bh6 Bf5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nh4
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 24. Kf1 Re7 25. Nf3 g5 26. Ne1 Nf5 27. Rxe7+
Ncxe7 28. Ne2 Ng6 29. g3 Nd6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Qe3 Nf5 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Nf3 h4 34.
g4 Nd6 35. Nd2 f5 36. f3 Kh6 37. Nf1 fxg4 38. hxg4 Nf4+ 39. Nxf4 gxf4 40. Qd2
Kg5 41. Kh3 {(sealed)} Nf7 42. c3 Qe7 43. Qc2 Kh6 44. Qf2 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 h3+ 46.
Kh1 Kg7 47. b4 Qe6 48. a5 b6 49. axb6 axb6 50. Kg1 Kf7 51. Nh2 Qg6 52. Qe1 (52.
Qd2) 52... Qc2 53. Qf2 Qxc3 54. Qh4 Qxd4+ 55. Kf1 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1
Qg2+ 58. Ke1 Qg3+ {Source: Cafferty scoresheet. Date of 19 April crossed out
and 28 April written instead. This was a postponement (mentioned in BCM, June
1973, p228)} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Bertok, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6 8. Be2
b5 9. Bf3 Nfd7 10. e5 d5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 13. Bxa8 Nxa8 14. Qe2 Nc6
15. O-O-O Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rhd1 Be7 18. f4 O-O 19. h3 Nb6 20. Kb1 Re8 21.
R4d3 Na4 22. Bd4 b4 23. f5 Bf8 24. Re3 Nb6 25. Qf2 Nd5 26. Ree1 Qa5 27. Rd3 Bd7
28. Rf3 Rb8 29. Qd2 Bc6 30. e6 f6 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Rd1 Qb5 33. Ka1 Qb7 34. h4 a5
35. Rg1 a4 36. Rh3 Bd6 37. Bxf6 Bf4 38. Qd1 gxf6 39. g5 a3 40. gxf6+ Kh8 41. f7
Qa7 42. Qg4 axb2+ 43. Kb1 Nc3+ 44. Rxc3 Qxa2+ 45. Kxa2 b1=Q+ 46. Rxb1 Bd5+ 47.
Rcb3 {Sources: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p275; BCM, June 1973, p228} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Corden turned up almost an hour late through quite unavoidable circumstances,
and then amazed everyone by completely outplaying his opponent." (CHESS)} 1. e4
Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5 dxe5 8. Qb3 Qd7
9. Rd1 Qf5 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Nf3 e6 12. O-O (12. Rxd7 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. Bh4 O-O
14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Rxd6 cxd6 16. Be7 d5 17. Bb5 Re8 18. Qa3 f6 19. Qd6 Kf7 20.
Nd4 $5 exd4 21. Bd3 Qe5 $1 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxh7 Rxe7 24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Qg3 Ke8
26. Bg6+ Kd7 27. Qc3 b6 28. b4 Bb7 29. h4 Rc8 30. Qd2 Kc7 31. b5 Na5 32. Qf4+
Kd7 33. h5 f5 34. Kh2 Nc4 35. f3 Nd6 36. a4 Rc4 37. a5 bxa5 38. Qd2 Rb4 39. g4
fxg4 40. fxg4 Nxb5 41. g5 Nxd4 42. Qc3 Nc6 43. Qg3 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Ba6 45. h6 gxh6
46. gxh6 Rb8 47. Kf2 Rh8 48. Qg5 a4 49. h7 Rexh7 {Source: (moves 15-29) CHESS/
38/675-676 June 1973, p275} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bertok, Mario"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nec3 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb2 c4 18. d4 Qa7 19. d5 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. Ra1 f5
22. Qe2 Rf7 23. Kh1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bh3 25. f3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Bh6 $19 27. Qc2 Rc8
28. f4 Qa4 29. Qe2 c3 30. Bc1 exf4 31. Bd3 Qa8 32. Qe6 Re8 33. Qxd6 Rd8 34. Qe6
Rxd5 $4 (34... Qxd5+ $19) 35. Be4 Rd6 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Bxa8 c2 38. gxf4 Bg7
39. Be4 {Source: The Chess Player, Vol.4, 1973, no.862} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Qd2
b6 9. c4 Qa4 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Qe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2
Ba6 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Nbc6 17. c4 O-O 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. g3 Rab8 20. Rab1 {
Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Black "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nd5 9. Bg3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 b6
15. Be4 Bb7 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qd3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Qc6 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Rad1 b5 22. Qe3 a6 23. Rd3 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. e5 Rf7 26. Qd2 Bc5 27. Bh4 Rdf8
28. Rxd7 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxc3 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. R8d7+
Kg6 34. Rg1+ Kf5 35. Rgxg7 h5 36. Rh7 Ke4 37. Rhf7 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qxa2 39. Rf2
Qc4 40. Rf4+ Kxe5 41. Rxc4 bxc4 42. Kf3 {Source: StarBase 4.56} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b5/p5pp/1rPk4/N2pp3/P1P5/1R2K3/2P4P/8 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a French.} 29... d4+ (29... Rxb3+ $1 30. cxb3 d4+ 31. Ke4 Bh3
$19) 30. Ke4 g6 $2 (30... Rxb3 $19) 31. c5+ Kxc5 32. Kxe5 Bf5 $2 (32... Rxb3
$15) 33. Rxb6 Kxb6 34. Nb3 Bxc2 35. a5+ Kc7 36. Nxd4 Ba4 $2 (36... Bf5 $1 $11)
37. Kd5 a6 38. Ne6+ Kc8 39. Kd6 Bd1 40. Nf8 h5 41. Nxg6 Bg4 42. Ne7+ Kb8 43.
Kc5 Ka7 44. Ng6 Be2 45. Ne5 {Source: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p276} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nh5 10. b4 Nxf4 11. exf4 b5 12. Ra6 Nb8 13. Rxc6 Kd8 14. Bxb5 a6
15. Ba4 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 f6 19. Kd2 h6 20. h4 Be7 21. Ra1
Kc7 22. b4 Ra8 23. Ba4 Kb7 24. Ra2 Ra6 25. Rb2 Rha8 26. Bd7 Kc7 27. Bb5 Ra1 28.
Be2 Bg6 29. b5 Be8 30. f5 Bf7 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Ne1 Rd8 33. Nc2 Raa8 34. Nb4 f5
35. Nc6 Re8 36. Ne5 Rec8 37. b6+ Kb7 38. Bf3 Bxc5 39. Nxd5 Bxd4 40. Nc7+ {
Sources: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p276; BCM, July 1973, p304} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. f3 e3 12. Nb1 dxc4 13. Bxe3 Bf6 14. Na3 Nc6 15.
Nxc4 Nxd4 16. f4 c5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Qd3 b5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. fxe5
Bb7 22. Rc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rb7 24. Rxb5 Rbf7 25. Qe4 Rf2+ 26. Kg1 Qg5 27. Rb8
Rxb8 28. Kxf2 Qd2 29. Rf1 Qxb2 30. a4 Qb6 31. Kg2 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc1 Rb4
34. Rc7 Rxa4 35. Re7 Ra3 36. Rxe6 Re3 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd6 Rxe5 39. Rxd4 Re7 40.
Ra4 Ra7 41. Ke3 {(sealed) Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bertok, Mario"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. e3 e5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 Nfd7 9. Bxc4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxe5 11. Be2 a5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nc3
Bb4 15. Ne4 {Source: Andrew Soltis. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 28 January 2023.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Qxc5 Qd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Be1 Nd5 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. Kf1
Ke7 22. g3 Nb6 23. f3 Kd8 $2 24. Ne4 Kd7 25. g4 Ne7 26. Bg3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rc8
28. Bb5+ Bc6 $2 (28... Kd8) 29. Rxc6 $1 $18 Nxc6 30. Nxd6 f6 31. Nxc8 Nxc8 32.
e4 N8e7 33. Ke2 Kc8 34. Kd3 Kb7 35. Kc4 Nc8 36. Kc5 N6a7 ({Corrected from} 
36... N6e7 {, 28 January 2023.}) 37. Be8 Nb6 38. b3 {Source: Chess Life &
Review, July 1973, p381} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. h3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd4 9. Bc4 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 c6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Rf7
15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rae1 Nh5 17. Qd1 Nf4 18. d4 Raf8 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. d5 cxd5 21.
exd5 e5 22. c4 Rc8 23. Qd3 g5 24. Nd2 Rg7 25. f3 h5 26. Ne4 g4 27. fxg4 hxg4
28. hxg4 Qxg4 29. Re2 Bd8 30. c5 $2 dxc5 31. Qf3 c4 32. Qxg4 Rxg4 33. Rf3 Kg7
34. Nf2 Rg5 35. Nh3 Bb6+ 36. Kf1 Rh5 37. Re4 Kf6 38. g4 Rh4 39. Nxf4 exf4 40.
Rfxf4+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kg5 42. Ree4 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 Rxb2 45. Rf5+ Kh4
46. g5+ Kh5 47. g6+ Kxg6 48. Rff4 Rf2 49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Rxb6 Kxf4 {Source:
CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p278} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 g6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qe2 d6 12. f4 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. d5 Nd8 15.
e4 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. f5 Bh6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. e5 Nf7 21. exd6
Bxd6 22. Qxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Bc4 Qxe6 25. Bxe6 Bf4 26. Rf1 g5 27. Bxg5
Bxg5 28. Rxf7 Re8 29. Bc4 Bxd2 30. Rxb7+ Kh8 31. Rxb6 Re4 32. Bxa6 Be3 33. g3
Rxa4 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Kf3 Bc1 36. Bc4 Rb1 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Ba3 39. b5 Rb4
40. Rc6 {(the score gives 40 b5 as per move 39)} Bb2 41. Ke4 {(sealed) Sources:
Cafferty scoresheet; BCM, June 1973, p229} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Gasic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. O-O Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ndb5 Be6
15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Bg5 c6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21.
e5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ncd7 23. Ne4 Kg8 24. Bxf6 Qb4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nf6 Re7 27.
Ne4 g5 28. Qg3 Qxb2 29. h4 Qxe2 30. Re1 Qxc4 31. hxg5 Qd4+ 32. Nf2 hxg5 33.
Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Nf8 36. Rd1 Qb6 37. Rd8+ Qxd8 {Source:
Cafferty scoresheet} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/ppnn1p1p/3p2p1/2pP4/3bPPP1/2NB3P/PP4K1/2BRR3 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a King's Indian Defence.} 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Ng3 b5 22. e5 a6 23.
Be4 Rad8 24. exd6 Na8 25. Bf3 Nab6 26. Ne4 Nc8 27. Be3 Bxb2 28. Bf2 c4 29. Bh4
f6 30. Re2 c3 31. Rde1 Rf8 32. Rc2 b4 33. Be2 a5 34. Bb5 Ncb6 35. Bf2 Rc8 36.
Bxb6 Nxb6 37. d7 Rcd8 38. Nc5 a4 39. Re7 b3 40. axb3 a3 41. b4 a2 42. Nb3 Ra8
43. d6 a1=Q 44. Nxa1 Bxa1 45. Kf3 Bb2 46. h4 Kh8 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 f5 49.
Re8 Rd8 50. Rce2 Nxd7 51. Bxd7 Rfxe8 52. Bxe8 Rxd6 {Source: CHESS/38/675-676
June 1973, p278} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Black "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Qh3 Qxe5 18. Rae1 b4 19. Bf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Bxg2+ 21.
Qxg2 Nxf4 22. Qb7 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bh4 24. Rf1 bxc3 25. bxc3 f5 26. c4 Rad8 27. c5
Bf6 28. Qxa6 Rc8 29. c6 Rc7 30. Rb1 f4 31. Kg2 h6 32. Rb7 Rcc8 33. Qc4 Be5 {
(Eley 38mins; Gliksman 2hr 15mins)} 34. Kf3 Rfe8 35. Rd7 Kh7 36. Qe4+ {Sources:
CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p280; BCM, July 1973, p308 ("Black's flag fell as
he extended his hand across the board")} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nc6 $5 $146 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+
bxc6 8. Qd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nh5 12. Qd2 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14.
fxg3 Qb8 15. e5 Qb4 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. b3 Be6 18. g4 a5 19. Re4 Bd5 20. Re3 Be6
21. Re4 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 a4 23. d5 axb3 24. cxb3 cxd5 25. Ra4 Qc5 26. Nxd5 dxe5 27.
Ra5 Qd6 28. Qc2 Bxd5 29. Rdxd5 Qf6 30. Nxe5 O-O 31. Qf5 Qb6 32. Qf1 Qe3 33. Qf3
Qe1+ 34. Qd1 Qg3 35. Qf3 Qe1+ 36. Qd1 Qe4+ 37. Qc2 Qf4 38. Rac5 Rbd8 39. Nd3
Qf1+ 40. Nc1 Qf6 41. Re5 Qb6 42. Rf5 {(sealed)} Rd6 43. Rfd5 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 Qf6
45. Qe2 e6 46. Rd2 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Be5 48. Rd7 Qc3+ 49. Kb1 Rb8 50. Rd3 Qa1+ 51.
Kc2 c5 52. Kd1 c4 53. bxc4 Bf4 54. Rd2 Rb1 55. Rd8+ Kg7 {time. Sources: CHESS/
38/675-676 June 1973, p279; BCM, June 1973, p265; The Chess Player Vol.4, 1973,
no.864 (n.b. some versions of the score give an extra half-move 56 Ke1)} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Black "Bertok, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Qa3 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. f5 h5
15. Kh1 b5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf6 Nxb3 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qg5 Rf2 20. Bxh5+ Kf8
21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ {Source: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p280} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bertok, Mario"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 e4
9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc1 Qf6 11. Nd1 Qe7 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3+ Qf6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. a3 Re7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Ree8 22. b5 Ne5 23. Nd4 b6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Qb2 Be4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Source:
Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nb3 Bc7 14. Bg2 O-O 15.
g5 Na5 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Qf2 Ndb6 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bc5 Qe8 20. b3 Be6 21. bxc4
Nxc4 22. Nxd5 Qb5 23. Qd4 Ba5 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Rdd3 b5
28. Rh3 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd8 30. g6 h6 31. gxf7 Bd2+ 32. Kb1 Bxf7 33. e6 Bg8 34.
Rxh6+ Bh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rh3+ Kg6 37. Qg1+ Kf6 38. Qg5# {Sources: CHESS/38/
675-676 June 1973, p280; BCM, July 1973, p306} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Gasic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nh3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 Qb6 12. Bc3 Rfb8 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Re1 Ra7
15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b3 Nc7 17. a4 Bc8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nd3 Na6 20. Rab1 Bf5 21. e4
Bd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Qc3 Nb4 24. Ndxe5 Na2 25. Qd2 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxa2
Qc3 28. Re3 Qb4 29. Rc1 Rab7 30. Bf1 Qa5 31. Rec3 Qb4 32. Bc4 Qa5 33. Qd2 Rxb3
34. Bxb3 Rxb3 35. Qc2 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Qxa4 37. Qc4 Qa3 38. Qxc5 Qf3 39. Qe3 Qh5
40. h4 Qe5 41. Rd1 Bg4 42. Qd4 Qh5 43. Ra1 f6 44. d6 exd6 45. Qxf6 {Source:
CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p281} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Be2 Rb8 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Nf8 22. O-O-O Nh7 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Kb1 g4 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rhe1 b5
28. Bd3 b4 29. Ne4 Nxd5 30. Bb5 Rxb5 31. Rxd5 Re7 32. f5 Re5 33. Rxd6 Rb8 34.
Kc2 Rbe8 35. Kd3 c4+ {Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andrew"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The one game in which the forces of good actually triumphed was against the
hapless Carleton. He plays the Fajarowicz Variation of the Budapest, as I told
Bisguier, another Fajarowicz fan, before the tournament. So when I sat down to
play the Black pieces against Carleton, I was not too surprised by} 1. e4 (1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 {is the Fajarowicz Variation of the Budapest}) 1...
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e5 Nc6 ({Now} 3... dxe5 4. Nxe5 {is a Fajarowicz with colours
reversed and without a pawn sacrificed.}) 4. Bb5 d5 5. d4 e6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Be2
$6 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. cxd4 a5 13. Bd3 a4
14. Re1 Na5 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Nf1 b5 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. Nh5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 b4 20.
axb4 Rxb4 21. Re2 Qb6 22. h4 Rb3 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Ng5 Qd8 25. Rdd2 Bb5 26. Qg3
Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Qh3 Rxb2 31. Re3 Rb3 {
Source: Andrew Soltis. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 28 January 2023. Some notes
from Chess Life & Review, July 1973, p382} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Black "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pb3p1p/2p1nqp1/3pR3/8/1BN5/PPPQ1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening was a Sicilian.} 18. Na4 c5 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Nxc5 Qf7 21. Nxb7
Qxb7 22. Rxe6 Rad8 23. Re5 Kh8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Rd8 27. c4
a5 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. b3 a4 30. bxa4 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. Bc6 Kg7
34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Kc5 Ke5 36. f4+ Kxf4 37. Kb6 Ke5 38. a5 Rb2+ 39. Bb5 Rxg2 40.
a6 Rf2 41. a7 Rf8 42. Bc6 {Source: CHESS/38/675-676 June 1973, p281} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 g5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.
Rd1+ Kc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nh6 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Re6 Be7 19. Bxc7 Kxc7 20. g4
c4 21. Nd2 Bb4 22. c3 Ng7 23. Rxf6 Bf8 24. Nxc4 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb8 26. Nb6 Bd6
27. c4 Ka7 28. Nc8+ Kb8 29. Nb6 Ka7 30. Nd7 h5 31. c5 Bf4 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Rf8
Rh7 34. Nb6 Nc7 35. d6 Bxh2+ 36. Kg2 Bxd6 37. Nc8+ Kb8 38. Nxd6+ Ka7 39. Nc8+
Kb8 40. Nb6+ Ka7 41. b4 a5 42. b5 g4 43. Nc8+ Kb8 44. Nd6+ {Sources: CHESS/38/
675-676 June 1973, p282; The Chess Player Vol.4, 1973, no.863} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gasic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. bxc3 Be7
15. Be2 Kc7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. O-O g6 19. g4 Nd7 20. gxf5 Nxe5 21. f6
Bd8 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Rce1 Kb8 24. Bf3 Bxf6 25. Bd5 Kc8 26. Bg3 Bh8 27. Rxf7 Rb8
28. Rxh7 Bf6 29. Rf1 Bg5 30. Kg2 Ng4 31. Be6+ Rxe6 32. Rf8+ {Sources: CHESS/38/
675-676 June 1973, p281; BCM, June 1973, p230} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. Be2
Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bg6 14. a3 Nd5
15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 O-O 19. O-O Qe7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
Rac1 h6 22. b4 a6 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Rg1 Nc7 27. f4 exf3
28. gxf3 Ne6 29. Bc3 Qh4 30. Rg3 Bd3 31. Rcg1 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Qh5 33. Qc2 Red8
34. f4 Rd3 35. Bd4 {Source: Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Qg3 Rg8 13. Rhf1 g5 14. fxg5 Ne5
15. Nf3 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Rg6 17. Qh3 {Source: StarBase 4.56} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. Nd3 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Nxe4 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. f3 Nf6 13. b3 Bf5 {Source:
Cafferty scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 a6 10. Nb3 Nb6 11. a4 Be6 (11... Nc4 12. a5 b6 13. g4 Rb8 14. f5
Bd7 {is given in some incorrect versions of the score}) 12. a5 Nc4 13. g4 Rb8
14. f5 Bd7 15. Be2 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd4 Nc7 18. h4 Ne5 19. Be3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. exd5 Qc8 22. f6 exf6 23. gxf6 Bh8 24. Rf4 Re8 25. Qf1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxe3 27.
Bxa6 Qc5 28. Bc4 Bxf6 29. Rd1 Be5 30. a6 Rg3+ 31. Kh2 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Rh3+ 33.
Kg1 Qxc4 34. Qxd6 Qc8 35. Rf1 Qe8 36. Qf4 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Rf6 Ra8 39.
Rd6 Be8 40. Kf2 Re4 {Sources: CHESS/38/673-674 May 1973, p239; "It's Only Me"
Ed. Geoff Lawton, Batsford, 2003, p28. Miles needed a draw for an IM norm
while Eley needed a win.} 0-1

[Event "Birmingham International Tournament"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Nxc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd2 Be8
15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bg6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf5 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Nd4 Qb6
21. Qf2 Bxd3 22. Rd1 Be4 23. Nxe6 Rfc8 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Ng5 Rxa2 26. Nxe4 dxe4
27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rh1 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Re7 h6 31. f5 Rb1 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33.
Ree8 {Source: StarBase 4.56} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham Weekend op"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1973.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gliksman, Darko"]
[Black "Farley, Ronald JM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 Nc6 5. f4 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2
Ng4 9. a3 Ne3 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Ngf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. axb4 Rxf4 14. Qe2 Nxb4
15. Nf3 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf4 18. Rg1 Rf8 19. Ra4 Nc6 20. Ke1 Ne5 21.
Bxe3 Nxf3+ 22. Kd1 dxe3 23. Rf1 Qg4 24. Kc1 Qg5 25. Ra1 Nd4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qf1+ Ke7 28. Kb1 Nb3 29. Qe1 Nxa1 30. Kxa1 b6 31. Kb1 Qf4 32. Qe2 g6 33. Kc2 h5
34. Kc3 c5 35. Bc2 Qe5+ 36. Kb3 Qd4 37. Bd3 Ke6 38. Kc2 a6 39. Qf3 {Source:
Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 28 April 1973} 1/2-1/2

