[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 b6 8. Qg4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxg7 O-O-O 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qg4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qg5 16. g3 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxe5 19. f4 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Findlay, David John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 d5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxe5 10. Qxe5 bxc6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg3+ Kh8 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Qh4 Rb8 16. Nd1 Rb4 17. d4 Rg4 18. Qh5 Rbxd4 19. Qxf7 Rg7 20. Qh5 Bg4 21. Qe8+ Rg8 22. Qe3 Re4 23. Qg3 Be2 (23... Rf4 $1) 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Re1 Bf3 26. Ne3 Bxg2 27. Nxg2 Reg4 28. Re6 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxf2 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rxc2 32. Rxd6 Kg7 33. b4 Kg6 34. a4 a6 35. Kh1 Kf5 36. Rd7 Ke4 37. Re7+ Kf3 38. h4 d4 39. Rd7 Kg3 40. Rg7+ Kh3 41. Kg1 d3 42. Kf1 Rc1+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. O-O-O h6 11. Be3 c6 12. Ne1 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Rd2 Bf8 15. Nc2 Na6 16. f3 Be6 17. b3 Nc5 18. Rhd1 a5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Na4 Be7 21. Kb2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. c5 f5 25. Kc3 Kf7 26. Ne3 Kf6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Kxc4 Kg5 29. Kd3 Kf4 30. Nc3 Be7 31. Ne2+ Kg5 32. Kc4 h5 33. a3 h4 34. h3 Bd8 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Bc7 37. b5 Ba5 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. f4+ exf4 40. e5 Bc7 41. Kd4 Bd8 42. Kc4 Bc7 43. Nd4 Bxe5 44. Nxc6 Bc7 45. Ne7 Bb8 46. Nd5 Kh6 47. Kd3 g5 48. Ne7 g4 49. Nxf5+ Kg5 50. hxg4 Kxg4 51. Ke4 Bc7 52. c6 Bb8 {Source: Paul Littlewood} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nd7 7. e5 f6 8. exf6 exf6 9. Bh4 d5 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. h3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Qe2 bxc3 17. Qxe7 Qa5 18. Qc5 Qxa2 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Bf8 {Source: BCM, November 1974, p399. The date given is the formal date of round 1 of the tournament but the game was actually played in advance of that date by agreement between the players - the actual date is not known.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Be1 Rfb8 16. Bh3 h5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc3 Rb7 20. a4 Rab8 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nce3 23. fxe3 Nxe3 24. Qe4 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxb5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rb3 28. Qe3 Qa4 29. Qh6 R3b7 30. Ng5 e5 31. Rb1 Qc4 32. Nh7 f5 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Nf6 Qd4+ 36. cxd4 Rg7 37. Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qxh7# {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Bf4 Rxb2 15. Kxb2 Qb4+ 16. Kc1 Ne4 17. fxe4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxd5 Ba6 20. Rhe1 Rd8 21. Re3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rxd5+ 23. exd5 Qd4+ 24. Kc1 Qxf4 25. Rde1 Bc4 26. g3 Qd4 27. Rxe7 Bxd5 28. Rd7 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa2 30. Ree7 a5 31. Ra7 a4 32. Rec7 Bb3 33. Kd3 Bxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Qd5+ 35. Ke3 Qe5+ 36. Kd3 Qf5+ {Source: Paul Littlewood} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[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. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Qf1 h5 22. Bd3 Rh6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Bc2 Ne5 25. Re1 d4 26. cxd4 Bc4 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Rad1 Bb5 30. d5 Rd6 31. Rd4 Qe7 32. f3 Bxe2 33. Qf2 Qf6 34. a4 Rdd8 35. g3 a5 36. Rf4 Qb6 37. Rf5 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bc4 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. fxe4 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Bf5 9. d3 Ne5 10. e4 Bd7 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Ne8 13. f4 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. g4 Kh8 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. g5 Ng8 18. f5 Nc7 19. Qe1 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 e5 22. fxe6 Nxe6 23. h4 f6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qe7 27. Bh3 Rce8 28. Qc3 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 c6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. b4 a6 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. h3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. d4 Bc4 16. Rd1 Nfd7 17. Be3 Qe7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc1 Be6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Na3 22. Bxa3 Rxa3 23. Rb2 h5 24. Nb1 Ra6 25. h4 Rea8 26. a3 Bg4 27. f3 Be6 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Bh3 f5 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. bxc5 f4 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rd6 Qf7 34. Qd3 Ra4 35. Rd7 Rd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 {White was winning on the board but lost on time. Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. a3 Nc7 12. Ne1 Qa6 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Ndf3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nf3 Qa4 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. Rfe1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb5 23. Re2 Nd6 24. Rae1 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rae8 27. f4 f5 28. Qe3 Qg7 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc8 31. Rxe6 Rc4 32. Re7 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 Rc8 34. Ree7 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rd3+ 37. Kh4 Rxg2 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. h3 Rf3 40. Rhb7 Rxf4+ 41. Kh5 Kh8 42. Rb8+ Rg8 43. Rxb6 Rg7 44. Ra8+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 b4 8. Nd1 Qb6 9. Ne3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Bxf6 (11. e5 {Grefe-Nunn, GRE Masters B 1973 (0-1, 25 moves - annotated in Secrets of Grandmaster Chess by John Nunn. "The following year, Paul Littlewood found the correct reply."}) 11... Nxf6 12. e5 Ng4 ({Now} 12... Ne4 {is bad because g5 is free for the knight:} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 {leaves the e4-pawn in trouble (Nunn)}) 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 {"With advantage to White" (John Nunn, Secrets of Grandmaster Chess by John Nunn, Batsford 1997, p44)} e6 15. O-O Bf8 16. a3 c5 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. c3 {(moves to here given in 'The Pirc for the Tournament Player' by John Nunn (Batsford 1980))} Qb6 19. Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 c4 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Rab1 a5 23. Ng5 a4 24. Qg3 Rg8 25. Nh7 Be7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd6 28. Qg5 Rf8 29. Ra1 Kd8 30. Ra2 Kc7 31. Rfa1 Ra6 32. Qh6 Rfa8 33. Qg7 a3 34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Rb1 Rxc3 37. Qg8 Bc8 38. Ba4 Qa3 39. Qxf7+ Kd8 40. Qe8+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Black "Findlay, David John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O a5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Ng3 Ra6 17. f5 O-O 18. Nh5 Kh8 19. Re3 d4 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Rh3 g6 22. f6 Bd7 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Nf6 Qxf6 25. Qxd7 Qxe5 26. Qxf7 Qe1+ 27. Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rf8+ 29. Rf3 Rxf3+ 30. gxf3 dxc3 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. Rb7 Rb6 33. Rxb6 cxb6 34. a4 Kf6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kd3 {Source: BCM, November 1974, p400} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. O-O-O $4 (12. f3 Nb4 13. Qc4 Bf5 14. a3 Na6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Qd5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Rd1 {(1-0, 43) Bisguier,A-Mestel,A Birmingham 1975}) 12... Nb4 $19 13. Qd4 Bf5 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qxa7 Nxa2+ {Source: The Times, 21 September 1974} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bc5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. e3 Qe7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nbd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. d4 Rae8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. e4 Qg5 21. Re2 c5 22. Qxb7 Nf6 23. e5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Qf4 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Qc6 Rfc8 27. Qxd6 Qxf3 28. Re3 Qf4 29. Rf1 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Ne4 31. Qd5 Ng3 32. Rxf7 Kh7 33. Kf2 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. Nb3 c6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Qc5 Qc7 16. Bb5 Be6 17. Bxc6 Bxb3 18. axb3 Re6 19. Rd7 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Bh4 Re2 23. R1d2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxb2 25. c3 Ba3 26. Bf6 Bf8 27. Rc7 Bd6 28. Rxc6 Bxh2 29. Ra6 Bg1 30. b4 Kf8 31. c4 Ke8 32. c5 Bh2 33. Kd3 Rb8 34. Kc4 Rb7 35. c6 Rc7 36. Bd4 f5 37. b5 g5 38. Bxa7 Rc8 39. Be3 Bb8 40. Ra8 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 g5 15. N1d2 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Nbd2 Rg8 20. b3 Rg6 21. Qh3 Ng4 22. Qxh7 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Qh3 Qf6 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Nfxe5 Bd6 28. Qh5 Rh6 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rf4 Rf6 34. g3 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Rd4 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bg7 9. h3 Nf6 10. f4 b4 11. Nce2 Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qe3 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nd2 g5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Bg3 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Ng3 Na6 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Re7 28. Rb6 Qc7 29. Rbb1 Rae8 30. Bg6 Rb8 31. Rfe1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nb8 33. Nf1 Nd7 34. Ng3 Nf8 35. Bh5 Nd7 36. Bg6 Nf8 37. Bh5 Nd7 38. Nf5 Re4 39. Qg3 Rf4 40. Ne7+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 b4 7. Nd5 a5 8. h4 c6 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. Bf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd3 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. O-O Bf8 19. Ra1 Nc5 20. Qc1 Ne6 21. Bg2 Ba6 22. Kh1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rxd3 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. f4 d3 30. Qb3 Qb4 31. Qa2 Be7 32. f5 Bxf6 33. gxf6+ Kf8 34. fxg6 Qxe4+ 35. Bg2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Rf2 fxg6 38. Re1 Ra7 39. Re4 Qc5 40. Qe6 d2 41. Qe7+ Rxe7 42. fxe7+ Ke8 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O f5 10. Qd2 f4 11. a3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Ne1 Bh6 15. Qd1 Nf5 16. Nc2 Bh5 17. Qe1 Qb6 18. b4 cxb4 19. gxf4 b3 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf4 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Bh3 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rf8 25. Be6+ Kg7 26. Qg2 Rf2 27. Qe4 Bf4 28. d4 Rxe2 {Source: Paul Littlewood} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 h5 6. h3 h4 7. g4 a6 8. d3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Nb8 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. c3 c6 13. Ne3 Ba7 14. d4 Nb6 15. b3 Qc7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Kh1 Kb8 18. Qe1 Ka8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Nbd7 22. Rd1 Rde8 23. d5 Bc5 24. c4 cxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. Nc1 e4 27. Bf4 Qb6 28. Bd2 Ne5 29. b4 Bd4 30. c5 Qd8 31. d6 g6 32. Rf4 Nf3 33. Qe2 Be5 34. Rxe4 Nd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 {Source: CHESS, September 1974 (no.705-6), p356} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O h6 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. b3 Na6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nf4 Ndc5 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Nb4 20. Qb1 Bg4 21. f3 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. Qb2 g5 24. Nh5 Ncd3 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. Be3 Qa5 27. g4 Bg6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Nxe5 30. Bd4 Bd6 31. Nxg6 Nxg6 32. Rf6 Bc5 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Rxh6 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Qc5 36. Qe3 Nc2 {Source: Paul Littlewood} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Rxf5 g6 17. Rf4 Bg5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Re4 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. c5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bf3 Rdxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. b4 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 a6 27. c6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 a5 29. bxa5 Re5 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Bf5 7. O-O Qd7 8. Kh2 Nf6 9. d3 e6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Na3 Rc8 13. Nc4 Be7 14. a4 b6 15. c3 O-O 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Ne3 Na5 21. d4 c4 22. Bxd5 a6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxa6 Qe4 25. Bd2 Bg5 26. Qb5 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Rd5 28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qa3 Rbd8 30. Re1 Rh5 31. Rh1 Rxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rd5 33. g4 Qf3+ 34. Kh4 f6 35. Qa2 g5+ 36. Kh5 Qe4 37. Qb1 Qxb1 38. Raxb1 Kh7 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Findlay, David John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 b5 12. f4 Nb6 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. Nf2 h5 16. b3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. d4 exf4 20. gxf4 Qc7 21. e5 d5 22. c5 Nd7 23. f5 Nef8 24. Nd3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. Bh2 Nxe5 29. Nef4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Be5 31. Qxf5 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 Qc8 33. Qg5+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. Nb3 Nd5 14. Bxc6 Bxg5 15. Na5 Bf6 16. Bxb7+ Kb8 17. b4 Qb6 18. Nd2 Nxb4 19. Rab1 Qxa5 20. Bf3 Kc8 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rb5 Qa4 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Qf1 Bc4 25. Reb1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Ne6 27. Nc5 Qc4+ 28. Be2 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rb5 Be7 {Source: Paul Littlewood} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. e5 b4 7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3 exf6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf4 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qe2 d5 19. Qe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Rfe8 21. Rc7 Na5 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Re8+ 25. Kf2 Re7 26. Rc8+ Re8 27. Rc7 Re7 28. Rc8+ Re8 {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd6 Re8 11. b4 Qb6 12. Na3 a6 13. Bc4 Nxb4 14. e5 Nbc6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. Nxf7 b5 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Bxe7 Nxf7 20. Qf3 Rxe7 21. Qxa8 Qc6 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qa7 Bb7 24. f3 Rxe5 25. Qb8 Qd5 26. Nc2 d3 27. Nb4 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 d2 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Qxb7 d1=Q+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Qxb4 34. Qxd7+ Qe7 35. Qc6 Qe6 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. Qa8 Qc4+ 38. Kf2 Qxa2+ {Source: BCM, November 1974, p400} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Fellowship"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. d5 Na5 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bxd5 17. Rad1 c6 18. Bc7 Qxc7 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Ne7+ Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22. b3 Rad8 23. g3 c5 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Qe4 Rd6 26. Qf4 Rfd8 27. Ng5 Rf6 28. Qc7 h6 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Qxc6 Kf7 31. Re2 Rd6 32. Qc7 Rf5 33. Kg2 Rfd5 34. h4 Rd7 35. Qf4+ Bf6 36. Qg4 R7d6 37. Kh3 Rf5 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. f4 c4 40. bxc4 bxc4 41. h5 Rdd5 42. Qf3 Rxh5 43. Qe4 Rd6 44. Qxc4 Rhd5 45. Re3 g5 46. Kf3 h5 47. fxg5 Bxg5 48. Rb3 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Rdd5 50. Qc7+ Kf6 51. Rb7 Rde5+ 52. Kd4 Rd5+ 53. Kc4 Bh6 54. Qe7+ Ke5 55. Rb2 $4 Rd4+ {Source: mimeo of unpublished games scores collected by WA Frost and J Nunn. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 24 October 2024.} 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Spurgeon, Ronald E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2 c5 8.
exd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rab1 Rb8 14.
b4 Qc7 15. b5 Qa5 16. Ne4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Rb3
Rxb3 21. axb3 Rb8 22. f4 Bc3 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rf2 Bg4 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 g6 27.
Kf1 d4 28. h4 f5 29. h5 Kg7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. g4 Kf6 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rh3 Rf8
34. Rh5 Ke6 35. Rh6+ Kd5 36. Kf2 a5 37. Kf3 Bd2 38. Bc4+ Kc5 39. Be6 Kb4 40.
Rh5 Rf6 41. Bxf5 d3 42. Bxd3 Rxf4+ 43. Ke2 Bc3 44. Ke3 Rg4 45. Be2 Rg3+ 46. Kf2
Rg7 47. Rh4+ Ka3 48. Rc4 Kb2 49. Bd3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rac1 Ra5 20. Qb3 Qe7 21.
Rc7 Qd6 22. Rc4 Qa6 23. Rxb4 Rxa2 24. Rb7 Bc8 25. Rc7 Ra5 26. Rfc1 Ra1 27. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 28. Kg2 Qa6 29. Qc3 e5 30. Qxe5 Qh6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Qe7 Qf6 33. Qxf6
gxf6 34. Rxa7 {Source: Ken Norman (18 April 2021)} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Pratten, Wilfred Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3
Nh6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. f3 Nf7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 c6
15. Qd2 Qe6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Nd8 21.
Qe2 Qf7 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. b4 Rfd8 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 h5 27. Nc3 h4
28. h3 Rf8 29. Nd5 Nf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bf2 g5 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Be5 34.
Rbd1 Rc7 35. Bd4 Re8 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rc1 Kf7 38. c5 Rxc5 39. Rcxc5 bxc5 40.
Rxc5 Kf6 41. Kf2 Re6 {Source: Wilfred Henry Pratten by Roger Leslie Paige}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pattle, James Ernest"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. a3 Nfxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bf5 19. Rb1 b6 20. c3 Ne2+
21. Bxe2 Bxe4 22. Rb4 Bc6 23. Ba6 Rad8 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Rd7 26. Rb1 Rfd8
27. Kh2 e6 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Rba1 Rxc3 30. Rxa7 Rd2 31. R1a2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rc8
0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Willey, R"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5
Nd4 9. d6 Nxb3 10. dxc7 Qd5 11. axb3 Qxg2 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Bb7 14. Nbd2
Bd6 15. Rg1 O-O 16. Ng5 Bxc7 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bxe4 20. dxe4
Rfd8 21. O-O-O Bb6 22. Rgf1 Rd4 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 h5 26. h4
Kh7 27. Rd5 f6 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rc8 30. b3 Rc6 31. Kd2 Kh6 32. Kc3 g5 33.
hxg5+ Kxg5 34. b4 h4 35. Rd8 f5 36. exf5 Kxf5 37. c5 Rh6 38. Rf8+ Ke4 {First
time control} 39. Kd2 h3 40. c6 h2 41. Rf1 Rd6+ 42. Ke2 Rxc6 43. Kd2 Rh6 44.
Rh1 Kf3 {Source: Aitken Book 37} 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Dean, Paul (Dr)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4 b6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nf5 14. Qf2 h5 15. Bd3
Bxf3 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf3 d5 18. Ne2 h4 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. c4 c5 21. cxd5 Qxd5
22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Kf1 Kd7 24. b3 Rc8 25. a5 b5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Rd1 Ke6 28.
Rd3 Rhd8 29. Rad1 Ba7 30. R1d2 Rd7 31. Nc3 Rcd8 32. Na2 Rc7 33. Nb4 Rc1+ 34.
Rd1 Be3 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 36. Nc6 Rc8 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. Ne2 Ke6 {First time control}
39. Nd4+ {Source: Aitken Book 37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Barton, Arthur C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qxe5 f6 9. Qb5+ c6 10. Qb3 Kf8 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bh6+ Rg7 13. O-O Qd6 14. Nd2
b5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qg3 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nf5+
Bxf5 21. exf5 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qf3 Qc8 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Rd1 g5 26. Qe6 Qe5
27. Rd7 Qxe6 28. fxe6 Kf8 29. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hosking, Anthony Lewarne"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
c4 Qe6+ 9. Qe2 c6 10. Qxe6+ Bxe6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. c5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. cxd6
Be6 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. b3 Re8 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 c5 20. Rae1 Kf8
21. Kd3 cxd4 22. Kxd4 Rac8 23. Be5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxc4+ 25. Kxc4 Rxe5 26. Rb1 b6
27. Kd4 f6 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. Rxa7 Kxd6 31. Rxg7 Ra5 32. Rg6 Ke6 33.
Rxh6 Rxa2 34. Rg6 Kf7 35. Rg3 Rc2 36. h4 b5 37. Kd3 Rc4 38. Rh3 Rg4 {First
time control} 39. g3 Kg6 40. Ke3 Ra4 $2 {Aitken} 41. Rh1 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 Ra4+ 43.
Kf3 Ra3+ {Source: Aitken Book 37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Linton, William A"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e6 8.
Kh1 Ne7 9. d3 Rb8 10. Qe1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nd1 O-O 13. Bc3 f5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. e5 d5 16. c4 Rb4 17. b3 a5 18. Nb2 Ng8 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Qf2 d4 21. Qh4 Rb7
22. Rf2 h6 23. Rg1 h5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Qg5 Kh7 26. Nh4 Rg7 27. Rf3 Bd7 28. Rg3
Be8 29. Qd8 Kg8 30. Qd6 Ng4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Nf3 Rh7+ 33. Nh2 Qg7 34. Qxe6+
Kh8 35. Re1 Qh6 36. Kg1 Qxh2+ 37. Kf2 Rh3 38. Rxh3+ gxh3 39. Rg1 Qxf4+ 40. Ke2
Qe3+ 41. Kf1 h2 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robinson, John K"]
[Black "Pratten, Wilfred Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. Bxd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Bb3 Bg4 9. d4 g5 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rg1 h6
15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Re1 Kf8 17. a4 Ng7 18. Ke2 Nf5 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Rd1 Ne3 21. Rd3
Rg8 22. Bd2 Nf5 23. c4 Nd7 24. c5 Rg6 25. Bc2 Rd8 26. Bc1 Nb8 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
cxd6 c5 29. dxc5 Nc6 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Bb1 Nxd3+ 32. Bxd3 Re6 33. Bxf5 Rxe5 34.
Bd3 Rxc5 35. b3 Rc3 36. Bc4 Rc2+ 37. Be2 Ke8 38. Ba3 Ra2 39. Bb4 Kd7 40. Re1
Re8 41. Kf1 {(sealed)} a6 42. Bd3 Re6 43. Bf5 {"the game lasted another 17
moves" (Source: comment by 'Nosnibor' [J.K. Robinson] on chessgames. com
posted on 5 Sept 2017)} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Pattle, James Ernest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nd7 9. c4 N5f6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
c6 15. Re3 Re8 16. Rh3 g6 17. f4 c5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Ne5 Re7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Qc2
Qc7 22. Bf2 Ree8 23. Rhd3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bc5 25. Qe2 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Red8 27. Qd3
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 b6 29. b4 Kf8 30. g4 h5 31. Nxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxf6+ Qf7 33. Qh8+ Qg8
34. Qf6+ Qf7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. h3 hxg4 {First time
control} 39. hxg4 Qe7 40. Qd2 Qc7 41. Qe2 Qd6 42. Qb2 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Qxg4 44. Qd2
{Aitken adds that 34.Qe5! and the win is quite simple.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Nd2 a6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rab1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 e5 16. e3 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. Rf3 f5 20. Rff1 Qe7 21. Nd1 Rb4
22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. a3 Ba4 24. Qc3 Rxb1 25. Nxb1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Nb7 27. Nd2 Re8
28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Nf3 Qa5 30. Qb2 Nd8 31. Kf2 Nf7 32. Bf1 Nh5 33. Qa1 Qd8 34. Bd3
Qe7 35. Re1 Nf6 36. Qc3 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Ng1 Rb8 39. Re2 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Nh6
41. Qc2 Qe7 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Qc3 Qh4 44. Rg2 Qe7 45. Ne2 Qg7 46. Qc1 Rb3 47. Ng3
Nxe3 48. Re2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
Ndf3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. Qa4 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Re6
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qb4 Qxb4
21. Nxb4 c5 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Re5 Rf5 {Source: Aitken Book 37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gamble, Raymond J"]
[Black "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. h3 h6
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Bb8 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. g3 Nd5 21.
Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Bd2 Rfd8 25. Re2 Be5 26. Nb3 b5 27. Rae1
Bb8 28. Nd4 a6 29. Qh5 Ba7 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. h4 Ne7 32. Bg5 Qf5 33. g4 Qf3 34.
Bxe7 Rc4 35. Bxd8 Rxg4+ 36. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 37. Kh2 Bxd8 38. Re4 Bc7+ 39. f4 Bxf4+
40. Kh1 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Bh2+ {Source: Ken Norman, 2 December 2023} 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15.
Be2 Qc7 16. f4 c4 17. Rac1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bf2 Rab8 20. Bf3 Nh7 21. Ra1
Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Ra8 24. Rfe1 b4 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Be2 Rec8 27. Rec1 b3
28. Bxc4 bxc2 29. Bxb5 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Rxa1 31. Nd3 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p2p/5k2/8/p1p3K1/PpP2P2/1P5P/8 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

41. Kf4 h5 42. h4 e5+ 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. f4 exf4 45. Kxf4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4
Kf5 48. Kxc4 Kg4 $2 (48... Ke4 $11) 49. Kb5 Kxh4 50. c4 Kg3 51. c5 h4 52. c6 h3
53. c7 h2 54. c8=Q h1=Q 55. Qc7+ Kf2 56. Qf4+ $2 Ke2 57. Qc4+ Kd2 58. Kxa4 Qf3
$1 59. Kb4 Qb7+ 60. Ka4 Qf3 61. Qxb3 $2 (61. Qc5 $18) 61... Qa8+ 62. Kb4 Qb7+
63. Kc4 Qf7+ {Source: BCM, November 1974, p402} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hempson, Peter W"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. c5 f5
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nge2 Ndf6 12. Nc1 fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. g3 Rf3 15.
Bg1 Bh6 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Bh3 Qg5 19. Nd1 Nxh2 20. Qxh2 Qxg3+ 21.
Qxg3 Nxg3 22. Bg2 Nxh1 23. Bxh1 Bb5 24. N1f2 Be3 25. a4 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Bxg1 27.
Ke2 Bd4 28. Bf3 h5 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Rh3 Bxb2 31. Rg3 Kh7 32. Rh3 Bd4 33. Nb4 Rc3
{Source: BCM, November 1974, p402} 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perkins, Nicholas Anthony"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 Be6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Qe8 14. Qc2 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Rac1 f6 17. d4 Qf7 18. Qc3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 c6 21.
e4 Be6 22. Rcd1 Bc7 23. Rxd8 {Source: Aitken Book 37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 24th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stevenson, Michael A"]
[Black "Kemp, Paul R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bh7+ Kf8
15. b3 Be6 16. Ba3+ Be7 17. Nxf7 Qc8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qxc8+ Bxc8 20. Ne5 Rc7
21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nd7 23. Rc7 Ke7 24. Bf5 Kd6 25. Rc6+ Ke7 26. Bxd7 Bxd7
27. Rc7 {Source: BCM, November 1974, p402} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Charvill, John F T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bf4 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qc2 g5 15.
Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Nd4 Ba5 20. Nde2 Rfd8 21.
Rd3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 b5 23. Rfd1 b4 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc1+ 27.
Kg2 Ra1 28. Ra5 b3 29. a4 Ra2 30. Rxa6 Rxb2 31. Rb6 Ra2 32. Rxb3 Rxa4 33. Rb7
Kh7 34. Rf7 Kg8 35. Rf5 Ra2 36. Kg3 Ra3 37. Rf3 Ra4 38. Rf5 Ra3 39. Rb5 Kf7 40.
Rb6 Rc3 41. h4 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Ra3 43. Kg3 Rc3 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rg6 Kf7 46. Ra6
Rb3 47. Rc6 Ra3 48. Rc4 Rb3 49. Re4 Kf6 50. f4 Rb5 51. f5 Rb7 52. Re6+ Kf7 53.
e4 Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rb1 55. Rc6 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 Rg1 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Ke2 Rg1 59. Kf3
Rf1+ 60. Kg2 Rf4 61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. e5 Rxg4+ 63. Kf3 Rg1 64. Ke4 Ra1 65. Rc8+ Kf7
66. Rc7+ Kf8 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Ke6 Rd8 69. f6 Re8+ 70. Kf5 gxf6 71. Kxf6 Kg8 72.
e6 h5 73. Rg7+ Kh8 74. e7 h4 75. Rf7 Kg8 76. Rg7+ Kh8 77. Rg4 Kh7 78. Kf7 {
Source: https://chessimprover.com/paignton-challengers-a-1974-part-1/} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, G"]
[Black "James, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rfd1 Ne8 11. Bh6 f5 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Qh6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Kh8
15. Rd3 Ng8 16. Qh3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Roberts, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Na6
9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Nf6 13. h3 Qc8 14. e5 Nfe8 15. Ne4 Rb8
16. Qe1 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Bc1 Bf5 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Qg3 Qxg3+
22. Nxg3 f5 23. Ne2 Na8 24. Rb1 Nec7 25. Bd2 Rfb8 26. Bc3 R6b7 27. Bc2 Nb6 28.
b3 Nbxd5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Rfe1 Bh6 33. Kg3 Bf8 34.
e6 Bg7 35. Rh1 Bf6 36. Kf2 d5 37. Rhg1 R8b6 38. Bxf5 Kh8 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Rxg6
Kh7 41. f5 Bh4+ 42. Nxh4 Rxh4 43. Kg3 Rh6 44. Rxh6+ Kxh6 45. Nc3 c4 46. Nxd5
Rxb3+ 47. Rxb3 cxb3 48. f6 exf6 49. e7 b2 50. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Southern, KM"]
[Black "James, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. Nb1 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 d5 14. c3 Nf6
15. Bc2 Nfd7 16. b3 e6 17. h4 f5 18. Rdg1 Nf6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Kf7 21.
Bd3 Bh6 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. f5 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nf4 25. Kd2 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Nd7 27. Rh2
Rhg8 28. Rhg2 Nf6 29. fxg6+ Rxg6 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. fxg4 Rh8 33.
Rh1 Re8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Kg7 36. h6+ Kh7 37. Rh5 Re6 38. Re5 Rxh6 39. Re7+
Kg8 40. Rxa7 Rh3+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kb1 Kf8 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Ke8 45. Rc7 Rh6
46. Kb2 Kd8 47. Rg7 c5 48. Rg5 Rh2+ 49. Ka3 cxd4 50. Rxd5+ Kc7 51. cxd4 Kc6 52.
Rc5+ Kd6 53. Kb3 Rh1 54. a5 Rb1+ 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 56. Kb5 Rb1+ 57. Ka6 Rb4 58. Rb5
Rxd4 59. Ka7 Kc6 60. Rb7 Rd8 61. a6 Rh8 62. Rb8 Rh7+ 63. Ka8 Rg7 64. Rh8 Kb6
65. Rh6+ Kc7 66. Ka7 Rg8 67. Rf6 Rh8 68. Rf1 Kc6 69. Rc1+ Kb5 70. Rc7 Rh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Vivian, Peter Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 c6 6. f3 h5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 Be7
9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Nge2 Ng6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 c5 13. Ng3 b6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. O-O-O
Bd7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. Rdg1 Ne7 18. g4 g6 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. g5 Nh7 21. f4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Bf8 23. Qh2 Bg4 24. e5 Bf3 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Bf1 Bg7 27. Bh3 Bg4 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. Na4 Kb7 30. Re1 Rde8 31. Qg2 f5 32. Re6 Qd8 33. Rhe1 Bd4 34. Re7+
Ka8 35. Nxb6+ Qxb6 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gardner, A"]
[Black "James, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e6 7. Re1 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Bg5 e5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Ra1 f6 15. Bh6
d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. N3h2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nf3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Challengers A"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1974.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Stevens, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1974.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. O-O Bg6 14. Rab1
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc8 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. c4 f6 19. cxd5 Nd6 20. Nc4 cxd5
21. Nxd6 Kxd6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. e4 b6 24. Qg3+ Ke6 25. Rc7 1-0

