[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Ingram, RA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 exd5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Be3 Ne4 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nd4
Qa5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Qb2 Qb4 17. Qa1 Qa4 18. Rb1 Na5 19. Nb3 Bc6 20. Bd4 Nxb3
21. Rxb3 f6 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rxe2 24. Rb2 Rae8 25. Bf1 Rxb2 26. Bxb2 Qc2
27. Bd4 Qg6 28. g4 h5 29. Qb1 Qg5 30. Qf5 hxg4 31. Qxg5 fxg5 32. fxg4 Re4 33.
Bg2 Rxg4 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Bf3 Rf4 36. Ke3 Rh4 37. Rg1 Rh2 38. Rg2 Rxg2 39. Bxg2
g6 40. Bh3 Ke7 41. Be5 b6 42. Kd4 bxc5+ 43. Kxc5 {adjudicated a win for White.
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. a3 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 Bxb4 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Qxb7 Nbd7 10. Qb2 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. d3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Na4
15. Ra2 c5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 d4 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Nh4 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4
f6 22. Bd2 Bf7 23. f4 Qa4 24. Qc4 Ra6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qc1 c4 27. Nf5 Bxa3 28.
Qa1 c3 29. Bc1 Rb3 30. Bxa3 Be6 31. Nxg7 Bd7 32. Nh5 Bxg4 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34.
Be7 Qc6 35. Bxf6 Bxh3 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Bxd4 Qg6+ 38. Kf2 Qg2+ 39. Ke3 Bd7 40.
Rf3 c2 41. Bh8 Qg6 {adjudicated a win for White. Source: bulletin. Contributed
by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Keaveney, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 N8d7 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Nbd5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bb2 Qd6
15. Ng5 Nc7 16. Ne4 Qe6 17. c4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Na6 19. Rdb1 Rd8 20. Ra2 Qd7 21.
Qa3 f5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. c5 Rd4 26. a6 Rd7 27. axb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Rb2 Ba6 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. Bb7 Bxb7 32. Rxb7 Rxc5 33. Rxe7
a5 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Kf3 a4 36. Ra7 Ra2 37. h4 h6 38. h5 g5 39. Ra6 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Singh, A"]
[Black "Beach, Richard A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3
b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nd5 Nxb3 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. axb3 O-O 13. c4 Be7 14. Qd2 f5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Rc1 c5 19. b4 c4 20. Nd2 d5 21.
dxc4 d4 22. c5 dxe3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Nf3 fxe4 26. Nxe5 Qf5 27. f4
exf3 28. Nxf3 Bf6 29. c6 Bc8 30. c7 Rf8 31. Rf1 Qd7 32. Qc5 Be7 33. Qc2 Bxb4
34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Rd5 Bd6 36. Rh5 h6 37. Qc3 Rf6 38. Rxb5 Qxc7 39. Qxc7 Bxc7 40.
Kh1 Rc6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Hill, AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Nf5
d6 9. Bg5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bd5 Nd4
15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Bb3 Qa7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qc5 20. b4 Qc6 21.
Rfe1 Rbc8 22. Re4 Qe8 23. Rg4 Qd8 24. Rd1 b5 25. g3 h5 26. Re4 Rc6 27. h4 Bh6
28. f6 gxf6 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. Qxh5 Re8 31. Ne3 Qd7 32. Rg4 Rc4 33. Nf5 Kf8 34.
Rxg7 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Black "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. b4 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Rd3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Rd1
Bc4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bf3 Rd4 24. Be1 Bd6 25. Bf2 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Be6 27. c3 Qc4
28. Qg5 Bc7 29. Qe3 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Bg3 Nd7 32. Be2 Qb3 33. Qc1 Bb6 34. Bh2
f6 35. Bg1 Bxg1 36. Kxg1 Nb6 37. Bd3 Qa2 38. Bb1 Qe2 39. Nf2 Bc4 40. Bc2 Kh8 {
adjudicated a win for Black. Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Black "Maullin, Robert E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Rc1 Bd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3
Bg4 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nc7 Rac8 14. Be2
Rfd8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. Rc3 Nd7 18. Nb5 Bf8 19. Bc7 Re8 20. Kd2 Na5
21. Rhc1 Nc4+ 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Bxb7 Rxc7 24. Nxc7 Rb8 25. Ba6 Bd6 26. Nb5 Be7
27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Rc7 Bg5 29. Kc2 Nf6 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Nd6 Nd5 32. Bc4 Ne7 33.
Rc7 Kf8 34. Ne4 Bh6 35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Nxh7+ Kg7 37. Rxe7 Kxh7 38. Rxf7+ Kh8 39.
Bxe6 Rd6 40. d5 Rd8 41. f4 Bg7 42. e4 Rb8 43. h4 Rd8 44. g4 Bd4 45. g5 Bf2 46.
h5 gxh5 47. g6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 14. f5
Ne5 15. O-O Rg8 16. Qa4+ Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kg7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Qc4 20. Qb3
Qxb3 21. cxb3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Black "Deighton, AD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Nb8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Re8 14. Nce2 c5
15. Nf3 Bf8 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. Bg5 Qb8 19. b3 c6 20. Nc1 h6 21. Bd2
Bf5 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bf4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qb4 27. h4
Kh7 28. Be3 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qxd3 30. Qf4 Qf5 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rxc5 Qf6 33. Rxc6
Qxc6 34. Bd4 f6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Bc5+ Re7 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+
Re8 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wheeler, Darren P"]
[Black "Robinson, CB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 f6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Kxd7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be3
b6 15. Rad1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Kc8 17. e5 c5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Kf2
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h5 22. Rd6 Rf8 23. Rd5 f5 24. Kg3 Rg8+ 25. Kf2 Rf8 26. c4 h4 27.
Rd6 Rh8 28. Rf6 Rh5 29. Ke3 Rg5 30. Kf2 Rh5 31. Rf7 Kb8 32. a3 a6 33. b4 cxb4
34. axb4 h3 35. g4 fxg4 36. fxg4 Re5 37. Kg3 Re4 38. Rf4 Re3+ 39. Rf3 Re4 40.
Rc3 b5 41. cxb5 axb5 42. Rb3 Kc7 43. Kxh3 Kd7 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. Kf3 Rc4 46. h4
Kf6 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Rd3 Rxb4 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. Rb6 Rb1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Kg5 Rf8
53. Rxb5 Rh8 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. Rxh8 Kxh8 57. Kf6 Kh7 58. g5 Kh8 59.
g6 Kg8 60. g7 Kh7 61. Kf7 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Symonds, JS"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bf5 Nc6 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6+ Nxe6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14.
Qe1 Bc5 15. Re2 Nd4 16. Nc3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rxf2 18. Qd3 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Longden, Stephen"]
[Black "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5 9. Bxb5 axb5 10. Ndxb5 Ra6 11. f4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nxd6
Rxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxd6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. h3
Bd4+ 21. Be3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qe5 23. Qe1 Nd5 24. Bd4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc8 26. Rb1
Ba6 27. a4 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. a5 Kf8 31. a6 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 Rxc2
33. Ra7 Rd2 34. Kh2 Ke8 35. Kg3 Rd7 36. Ra4 Ke7 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. g3 Rd5 39. Ra7
e5+ 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. g4 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 h6 43. Ra6+ Rd6 44. Ra8 Rb6 45. Re8+ Kf6
46. h4 Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Rh3 48. h5 Rd3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Black "Clark, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Nd2 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. b3 Rc5 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mellor, PL"]
[Black "Crump, John E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8.
gxf3 Bd7 9. Qd2 c6 10. O-O-O c5 11. h4 a6 12. h5 b5 13. h6 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Qe3 a5 18. Kd2 b4 19. Nb1 Rfe8 20. Bc4 Rab8 21. Ke2 Bb5
22. Qd3 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc4+ 24. Qxc4 Bxg5 25. a4 Qc6 26. b3 Qd7 27. Reg1 Bf4
28. Nd2 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Qe6 30. Qa6 Ra8 31. Qf1 d5 32. Rg4 c4 33. bxc4 dxc4 34.
Qg2 c3+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spearman, JS"]
[Black "Blore, John D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3 d6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 Nd8 14. Qf3 Qg5 15.
Ng2 h5 16. Ne3 Ne6 17. Kh2 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Qf4+ 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Nd5 Qxg3+ 21.
fxg3 c6 22. Ne7 Rae8 23. Nxg6 Kxg6 24. Rad1 b5 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. d4 exd4 27.
Rxd4 c5 28. Rd5 Rd8 29. Re1 Re5 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. Kf3 Rxd5 32. exd5 Rh8 33. h4
Rh5 34. Re4 Rxd5 35. c4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd2 37. Ke3 Rg2 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rd1
40. Ra4 Rc1 41. Kd3 Rg1 42. g4 Rg3+ 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. g5 g6 45. Kd2 Rh3 46. Ke2
a5 47. Rxa5 Rxh4 48. Ra8 Kd5 49. Ra7 Rf4 50. Ke3 Rf5 51. Rd7 Rxg5 52. Rxf7 Rg3+
53. Rf3 Rxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Kc4 55. Kf4 Kb5 56. Kg5 Ka4 57. Kxg6 Kxa3 58. Kf5 Kb2
59. Ke6 Kxc2 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Black "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qf5 14. Qd2 Rb4
15. Bg3 h5 16. a3 Rb6 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Na4 Rb8 19. e6 Bb7 20. Nb6 h4 21. Nd7
hxg3 22. Nxb8 gxh2+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Nbxc6 Bd6 25. e7 Re8 26. Re2 Ne4 27. Qe1
Bc5 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Ndf3 Rxe7 30. Nd3 Bxf2 31. Rxf2 Ng3+ 32. Kxh2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Ne4 34. Rfe2 Qh6+ 35. Kg1 Qb6+ 36. Re3 f5 37. b4 g5 38. Nc5 f4 39. R3e2 g4 40.
Nd4 g3 41. c4 Qh6 42. Nf3 Bc6 43. cxd5 Nf2 44. Rxf2 gxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Bxd5 46. Ne4
Qb6+ 47. Nc5 a5 48. Rb1 Qg6 49. Rg1 Qc2+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crump, John E"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O c5 8. c3 c4
9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Na3 Qc8 11. Nc2 Bh6 12. Qe2 Na6 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. a4 Ne6 15. Ng5
Bxg5 16. fxg5 Neg7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qb5+ Qd7 19. Qxb3 Rc8 20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nd3
Ne6 22. Rfb1 b6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 O-O 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Rfc8 27. Raxa7
Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Rbb8 Nxg5 31. Rg8+ Kh6 32. Rh8+ Nh7 33. Nf4
Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Nxd4 36. Nxd5 Rc5 37. Nxe7 Rxe5 38. Rae8 Ne6 39. Nc6
Rf5 40. Nd8 Nxd8 41. Rxd8 h4 42. Rd3 Kg7 43. Rhd8 Nf6 44. R8d4 g5 45. g3 hxg3
46. hxg3 Ra5 47. Kg2 Re5 48. Kf3 Re1 49. Rd1 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. g4
Bb7 9. c3 e5 10. Nh2 Ne4 11. Qe1 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Be2 exf4 15.
exf4 Re8 16. g5 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Ne4 18. Rd1 Ng3 19. Qxg3 Rxe2 20. Rf2 Rxf2 21.
Qxf2 Qd5 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Re1 Qh1+ 24. Qg1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bg2+ 26. Kf2 Qxg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Bxh3 28. Nf3 Be6 29. a3 h6 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. Ng5 Bd5 32. Bg3 f6 33. Nh3
Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. Nf2 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5+ 38. Kd3 Bb3 39. Bb8 c4+
40. Kd4 a6 41. Bc7 b5 42. Ne4 Bc1 43. Nc5 Bxb2 44. Nxa6 Bxa3 45. Ke3 Kg4 46.
Bd8 f5 47. Kf2 f4 48. Bb6 Kf5 49. Bd4 Ke4 50. Nc5+ Kf5 51. Na6 Bb2 52. Nc7 b4
53. Bc5 Ke4 54. Bxb4 Bc1 55. Bc5 Bd2 56. Bd4 Bd1 57. Nb5 Bh5 58. Kf1 Bg4 59.
Nd6+ Kd3 60. Nb5 Be3 61. Be5 Kd2 62. Kg2 f3+ 63. Kg3 f2 64. Kg2 Be2 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deighton, AD"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. b3 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nf3 bxc3 13. a5 Qb7 14. Nxc3 cxd4 15.
Ne2 Be7 16. Nexd4 O-O 17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Nc2 Ndc5 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21.
Nfd4 Ne4 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Ra1 Nc3 24. Qd2 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27.
b4 Rc4 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beach, Richard A"]
[Black "Wheeler, Darren P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qg5 Nf5 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. e3 O-O 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Na4 Rc8 19. b4 Rb7 20. a3 e4
21. Nc5 Rb6 22. Bf1 Nc6 23. Na4 Rbb8 24. Ba6 Rd8 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Rc7 Rd7 27.
Rac1 Rbd8 28. Bb5 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Nc8 30. Nc5 Nd6 31. Bf1 Ra8 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33.
Bh3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Rd7 a5 36. b5 a4 37. Rxd5 g6 38. Rd4 Rb8 39. Rb4 Kg7
40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. b6 Kc5 44. Kc3 Rb7 45. h3 h5 46. h4 Kd5
47. Rb5+ Kc6 48. Kb4 Rxb6 49. Rxb6+ Kxb6 50. Kxa4 Kc6 51. Kb4 Kb6 52. Kc4 Kc6
53. Kd4 Kb5 54. Ke5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Black "Blore, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nge2 d6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Bc5 11. Kh1 g5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. c3 h5 14. Qa4
Kd7 15. d4 Bb6 16. d5 h4 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. f3 Qg6 19. Qc4 f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21.
h3 Rhf8 22. Rae1 Kd8 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rb8 25. b3 Kd7 26. Ng1 Bxg1 27. Kxg1
a5 28. Re4 Rb5 29. c4 Rb4 30. c5 Rf4 31. Rfe1 Rfxe4 32. c6+ Ke7 33. fxe4 Rd4
34. Kf2 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Re2 Ra3 37. Rb2 Kd8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb2 Kd8 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5
Qc7 9. Qd2 g6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Ne3 Bb4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxf6
15. O-O Qc6 16. Qf2 Nxe4 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rad1+ {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clark, William"]
[Black "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nb5 Nh5 7. Nc7+ Kd7 8.
Ne5+ Kxc7 9. Nxc6+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nxd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Qxd5 cxb5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxb5 a6 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Re8+ 14.
Kf2 f6 15. Nf3 Kc7 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. Re1 Nc6 19. g4 Bd7 20. h3 Re8
21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Bc3 Kd6 23. f5 Kd5 24. Ke3 Bd7 25. Kf4 Kd6 26. Nd2 Ke7 27.
Ne4 b6 28. a3 Kd8 29. h4 Ne7 30. Bd4 Kc7 31. c4 h5 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Bxf6 Kd6
34. Bxe7+ Kxe7 35. g5 Kf7 36. Ke5 Ba4 37. b4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kd6 Bc2 40.
f6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mellor, PL"]
[Black "Longden, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfc8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14.
Re3 Nb6 15. Be1 Nc4 16. Rxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 h6 18. Rb1 b6 19. h3 Qc6 20. Qe2 Re8
21. Rb4 Rac8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Kf1 Rc6 26. Rb5 Rd8
27. Bd2 a6 28. Rb3 b5 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Rf6 31. Be3 Rfe6 32. a4 Rb8 33. axb5
axb5 34. Ra3 Kf8 35. Bf4 Rb7 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rc5 g5 39. Rxd5+ Kc6
40. Rc5+ Kb6 41. Be3 Rbe7 42. Rf5 Ka6 43. g4 Rc6 44. Rf3 Rec7 45. Bd2 b4 46.
cxb4 Rxc2 47. Rf5 Kb7 48. b5 Rb2 49. Be3 Kc8 50. Rf6 Rxb5 51. Rxh6 Kd7 52. Rh5
{Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maullin, Robert E"]
[Black "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Qd8
15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Rb8 19. Rb1 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Rfe1 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nxd4 23. Qd1 Ba4 24. Qc1 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Bc6 27.
Kg1 Nh4 28. Qe2 Qf7 29. f4 e5 30. Rf1 e4 31. Bc2 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 d4 33. Bb3+ Kh8
34. h3 Qg3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keaveney, John S"]
[Black "Singh, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Ne1 Nf5
15. d5 Qb6 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Bf5 21.
Nc2 h5 22. Rbd1 Rad8 23. Rd2 Rf6 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. b4 Bd7 26. c5 Ba4 27. Bc4 Kh7
28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hill, AJ"]
[Black "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nd4 Bc4 13. f4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc4
15. Nb3 Nxb2 16. Rf3 Nc4 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Rdd3 Nb2 19. Nd5 f6 20. Bh4 Nxd3 21.
Rxd3 Nh6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Rf7 25. Re3 Kf8 26. Qh5 Qa4 27. Ne6+
Kg8 28. Nxg7 Ng4 29. Rg3 Qd4+ 30. Ne3 Rxg7 31. Rxg4 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Be1
Rxg4 34. Qxg4+ Qg5 35. Qf3 Rc5 36. g4 Rxc2 37. Qb3+ Kg7 38. Qxc2 Qf4+ 39. Bf2
Qxh2 40. Qe4 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Bxa7 Qa3 43. Qxb7 Qxa2+ 44. Kf3 Qh2 45. Qc8+
Kg7 46. Qd7 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Bf2 Qe5+ 49. Kf3 Qd5+ 50. Kg3 Qe5+ 51. Kh3
Qe2 52. Bb6 Qf1+ 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kf3 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 Qb3+ 57. Kh4
Qxb6 58. Qxe7+ Kg8 59. Qxf6 Qf2+ 60. Kh3 Qf3+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Kh1 Qf3+ 63. Kh2
Qf4+ 64. Kh3 Qf3+ 65. Kh2 Qf4+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robinson, CB"]
[Black "Symonds, JS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. f4 Qc6 12. Bf3 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Ne2 Qb6 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bg4 Nc7 18. h4 Rad8 19. d4 c4 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. Raf1 Rdf8
22. h5 Nd8 23. Bf3 Bh6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. g4 Rh7 26. g5 Bg7 27. Ng3 Kf7 28. Rh2
Rfh8 29. Rxh7 Rxh7 30. Rf2 Qc6 31. Rh2 Rxh2 32. Qxh2 Qe8 33. Qh7 Qh8 34. Qxh8
Bxh8 35. Bd1 b5 36. a4 a6 37. axb5 axb5 38. b3 cxb3 39. Bxb3 Nc6 40. Ne2 Na5
41. Ba2 Nc4 42. Bxc4 bxc4 43. Kg2 Ne8 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ingram, RA"]
[Black "Spearman, JS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bf5 9. Be2 Bf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 d5 14. c5 Nc4 15.
b3 N4a5 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Nf3 Nac6 21. Re2
Nf5 22. Rde1 Ng7 23. Nd1 Ne6 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 f6 27. R5e3 Ng7
28. Qe2 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 f5 30. Qf3 c6 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Qd2 Re6 33. Nd1 Rxe1+ 34.
Qxe1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Nb2 Ne6 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Nd3 Nxd4 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Ne5
Qe6 41. Qb8 Qe7 42. g3 Ne6 43. b4 Qc7 44. Qxc7+ Nxc7 45. Kf1 Kf6 46. f4 Ne6 47.
Ke2 h6 48. Nd3 Nd4+ 49. Kd2 g5 50. Ke3 Nb5 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. Nc1 gxf4 53. gxf4 d4
54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Nb3 Nc3 56. a3 Nd1 57. Nxd4 Nf2+ 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. h4 Kxf4 60.
Ne6+ Ke3 61. Ng7 Ne4+ 62. Kc2 Ng3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Beach, Richard A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nef4 Bd7 13. b4 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Qb3 Kh7 16. b5 Be5 17. Ne2 c5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Rae1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nc3
Qd8 22. Nd5 Qa5 23. Re7 Rae8 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxe8 Re6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Be4
Bh3 28. Qd1 Bxf1 29. Qg4 Qc7 30. Qxg6+ Kg8 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. Kxf1 Qd7 33. Qh7
Ke8 34. Qe4+ Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Bxb7 Bf6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Ke4
Ke6 40. Bc8+ Kf6 41. Kd5 Ke7 42. a4 Ba5 43. Kc6 h5 44. Bf5 Kf6 45. Bh3 Ke7 46.
Kb7 Bb6 47. Bg2 Kf6 48. Ka6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. f4 e5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Rd8 15.
Be3 b6 16. b4 Ng4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 axb4 19. axb4 Nb7 20. h3 Nh6 21. Be3 Qc7
22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Ba4 Ra6 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Bb5 Ra8 26. Bc6 Ra6 27. Qe2 Ra3 28. Nb5
Rxe3 29. Qxe3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Na3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bc3 Re8
15. Re1 Nd4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Nc2 Ba4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Qd2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qe5 23. Qe2 Qxd5 24. Be4 Qg5 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Qf3 b6 27. Bb7
a5 28. Bd5 Qf6 29. Qa3 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qd8 31. Qb3 Qc7 32. g3 Bf6 33. Rb1 Bd8 34.
a4 Qc5 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. a5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Crump, John E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bc4 b5 8.
Bb3 d3 9. cxd3 Bf5 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qf3 Qd6 13. Qxf5 g6 14. Qf4 c5
15. Ndf3 Nh5 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. a4 a6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21.
Be3 Ng7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rac1 Nf5 24. Qxc5 Qd7 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxb2 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rb1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bc1 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Bxe3 32. Rxb5 h5 33.
Rb7 Re2 34. Bxf7+ Kg7 35. Bd5+ Kh6 36. Be4 Bc5 37. h4 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blore, John D"]
[Black "Clark, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Ne7 6. d4 e4 7. f3 d5 8. cxd5
Nexd5 9. fxe4 fxe4 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. g4 Qe8 16. Bd2 Qg6 17. Qb5 c6 18. Qf5 Qe8 19. Be1 Nd5 20. Qxe4 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 22. Kg1 Nxg2 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kxg2 Re2+ 25. Kf3 Rc2 26. a4 b6
27. a5 b5 28. Ke4 a6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. d5 c5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Ke7 33. Kd3
Bc7 34. c4 b4 35. Be3 Bd6 36. Bg5+ Kd7 37. Be3 Be7 38. Bf4 Bd8 39. Be3 Kd6 40.
Bf4+ Kd7 41. Be3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Black "Deighton, AD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Bb3 Re7 19. Qc2 c5 20. Qb1 Qb6 21. d5 c4 22.
Bc2 a5 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Nc5 25. Be3 Qc7 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Qxb4
Qb6 29. Rb1 Rb7 30. Nxe5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bxe5 32. Ne4 Rc7 33. c4 f5 34. Nxc5 dxc5
35. Qxb5 Qd6 36. Qb8 Qa6 37. Qe8 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Black "Mellor, PL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Be3 a5 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Ba6 15.
b4 a4 16. h4 Rb8 17. f4 Rb6 18. g4 Qd7 19. f5 Bc8 20. Bh3 Qc6 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22.
Qxh6 Qxc3 23. f6 exf6 24. Bg2 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxg4 26. Rac1 Qxe5 27. Rfe1 Qd6 28.
Re3 Ne8 29. Rce1 Ng7 30. Rd3 Be6 31. Qd2 Nf5 32. Bh3 Ng3+ 33. Kg2 Bxh3+ 34.
Kxh3 Nh5 35. Rf1 Qd7+ 36. Kh2 Rd6 37. Qe2 Re8 38. Qf3 Qe6 39. Rg1 Qe2+ 40. Rg2
Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Re4 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bxf4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bg5
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bc4 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Qe2+ Kf8 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Rxf3 Nbd7 16. Raf1 Qe8 17. Qf2 Qe6 18. Re3 Qf7 19. Ne4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6+ Kg7 24. Rd6 Rab8 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Rdd7 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spearman, JS"]
[Black "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Nc5 Qb6
15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. Nf4 Qc5 17. Re1 Rd6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bh3 Nd8 21.
Re3 d4 22. cxd4 Qxc2 23. Re2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rc7 25. Bg2 Nc6 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Kf1
Ke7 28. Ke2 Nxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rxc1 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Bxb7 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. h4
a5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Black "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxe5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 g6 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd2 Qf6 20. Qb3 b6
21. Bc4 e5 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Qb5 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8
27. Qxe5+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. cxd4 Kf6 31. f3 Ke7 32. g4 Be6 33.
Bxe6 Kxe6 34. f4 b5 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Kd6 39. Ke4 Ke7
40. d5 Kd6 41. f6 Kd7 42. Kd4 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Symonds, JS"]
[Black "Hill, AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Kh1
h6 16. Rg1 Qd7 17. Nf1 Nh7 18. N1h2 Qc8 19. Qd2 f6 20. g4 Be8 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22.
Qxh6 Rf7 23. Rg3 Bf8 24. Qh4 Rg7 25. Rag1 Raa7 26. g5 fxg5 27. Nxg5 Nxg5 28.
Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Rxg5+ Rg7 30. Ng4 Rxg5 31. Qxg5+ Bg7 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. Nf5 Qd7 34.
Bd1 Bg6 35. Bg4 Qf7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Nxd6 Qf6 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Kg3
Be7 41. Nf5 Bxf5 42. Bxf5 a5 43. b3 Na6 44. Bd7 Nc7 45. f4 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 Bf6
47. d6 Ne8 48. Bxe8 Kxe8 49. e5 Bg7 50. Kf5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Black "Keaveney, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 14. f5
Ne5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qh4 gxf5 17. Ng7+ Kf7 18. Nxf5 Ne5 19. Nxd6+ {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Singh, A"]
[Black "Robinson, CB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nc6 3. a3 Qh4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qg4 6. h3 Qg6 7. Bd3 Qxg2 8. Rh2
Qxh2 9. Nxh2 Nxd4 10. e5 Ng8 11. Qg4 Nc6 12. Nf3 d5 13. Nb5 Kd7 14. Qf4 Nd8 15.
c4 c6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Ng5 f5 18. exf6 g6 19. fxe7 Bxe7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Be3
Rf8 22. Qa4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. O-O-O Kd6 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Qb4+ Kd7 27. Qxb7+
Kd6 28. f4 Rfb8 29. Ne4# {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Longden, Stephen"]
[Black "Ingram, RA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qd3 a5 12. Rf1 Ba6 13. Qb3 Bb4+ 14. c3
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qa6+ 16. Kf2 Be7 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qa4 Rfb8 19. b3 Rb7 20. Rfd1 Rc7
21. Bd4 Rac8 22. b4 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rac1 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. a4 Kf8 28. a5 Bc5 29. a6 Ba7 30. Rb1 b3 31. Rdc1 Rc4 32. g3 Ke8 33. Ke2 Kd8
34. Kd3 Kc7 35. Rxc4+ dxc4+ 36. Kxc4 Kb6 37. Rxb3+ Kxa6 38. Kd3 (38. Ra3+ Kb7
39. Rxa7+ Kxa7 40. Kc5 d5 $1) 38... Bg1 39. h3 Bf2 40. Ke4 Bb6 41. Rd3 d5+ 42.
exd6 Bd8 43. d7 Kb7 44. Rc3 Bc7 45. g4 Kb6 46. f5 exf5+ 47. Kxf5 h6 48. Ke4 Kb7
49. Kd5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 e5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Ba3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Rec1 Re7 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Rae8 20. g4 e4 21. dxe4 Bg6
22. b5 Na5 23. Nh4 Nd7 24. Re1 Nc5 25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qf3 Qe5 28.
Bf1 b6 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 g5 32. Nf3 Nb3 33. Bd3 Nbc5 34. Bc2
Rd7 35. Ne5 Rd6 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Bxd3 Nc5 38. e5 Rdd8 39. Rd2 g6 40. h4 gxh4+
41. Kxh4 Ne6 42. Be4 g5+ 43. Kg3 Nf4 44. Bc6 Re6 45. Bd5 Rh6 46. Rh1 Rxh1 47.
Bxh1 d3 48. Be4 Rd4 49. Kf3 Rxc4 50. Bxd3 Rc3 51. Ke4 Rxa3 52. Bc2 Ne6 53. Kd5
Rc3 54. Bf5 Rc5+ 55. Kd6 Nc7 56. e6 fxe6 57. Bxe6+ Kf8 58. Bd7 Nxb5+ 59. Bxb5
Rxb5 60. Ke6 a5 61. Kf6 Ke8 62. Re2+ Kd7 63. f4 gxf4 64. g5 Rb1 65. g6 Rg1 66.
g7 a4 67. Kf7 Rxg7+ 68. Kxg7 b5 69. Kf6 Kd6 70. Kf5 f3 71. Rd2+ Kc5 72. Ke4 Kc4
73. Kxf3 a3 74. Ke3 b4 75. Rc2+ Kb3 76. Kd2 a2 77. Rc1 Kb2 78. Rc2+ Ka3 79. Rc1
b3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. e4
d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15.
Qd2 Qb8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Nc2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qa8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc4 Nc5 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Nc4 Rd8 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qb4 e5 9. c5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Qd7 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Rc8 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Na4 b5 17. cxb6 Rc4 18. Bxf6 Rxa4 19. b3 Ra6 20. Bc3
axb6 21. a4 Rg8 22. Ke2 Bd6 23. h3 Re8+ 24. Kd3 Be5 25. Rhg1 g6 26. Rge1 Bxc3
27. Kxc3 Raa8 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. f4 f6 30. Re3 Rac8 31. Kd3 f5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33.
f3 Kc5 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5+ Kb6 36. Rxd5 Re1 37. Kc4 Rc1+ 38. Kb4 Rh1 39. Rd6+
Kc7 40. Rf6 Rxh3 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. b4 Ke7 43. Rd6 Rxf3 44. Rd4 Rc3+ 45. Kb6 h6
46. b5 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Ra4 f4 49. Ka7 Rb3 50. b6 f3 51. Ra5 Kf6 52. b7 f2
53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kg4 55. Ra1 Kh3 56. b8=Q Rxb8 57. Kxb8 g4 58. Rh1+ Kg2
59. Rh4 g3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clark, William"]
[Black "Mellor, PL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bb4+ 8.
Nd2 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. e4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Kh1 Rd7 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qg4
Rf8 22. Re1 Nc7 23. Re3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bb3 Nbd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nb3 Bg5
28. Re2 Bxc1 29. Bxc1 Rdf5 30. Bh6 R8f7 31. Qg3 Qd8 32. f3 Qf6 33. h4 Qd8 34.
Re4 Qd5 35. Nc5 b6 36. Nd3 Qb3 37. Ne5 Rxe5 38. dxe5 Qd5 39. h5 Rf5 40. hxg6
Rh5+ 41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. Qxh4 hxg6 43. Qf6 Qd7 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 45. Bg5 Qh7+ 46.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 47. Bd2 Kg6 48. g4 Nd5 49. Kg2 a6 50. Kf2 b5 51. Ke2 Nb6 52. f4 Nc4
53. Bc1 a5 54. Kd3 axb4 55. axb4 Nb6 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Be3 Kf7 58. Ke4 Kg6 59.
f5+ exf5+ 60. gxf5+ Kg7 61. Bd4 Kf8 62. e6 Nb8 63. Bc5+ Ke8 64. f6 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beach, Richard A"]
[Black "Blore, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 a5 13. h4 h6 14. c4 Nb4 15.
a3 Na6 16. b3 Ndc5 17. Rd4 Qb6 18. Rb1 O-O 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rfd8 21. Ba3
Ne4 22. c5 Qc7 23. Qe1 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Bc1 Qc8 27. Qxe7 Re8
28. Qf7 Qf5 29. Qb3 Nc7 30. Rf4 Qd7 31. Qc2+ Kh8 32. Bb2 Nfd5 33. Rc4 Na6 34.
Qg6 Re6 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bf6+ Kf8 37. Qxh6+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Black "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
O-O 9. Ng5 g6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Qc3 Nc7 12. O-O a5 13. Qe5 Nce8 14. Ne4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qb5 17. Qc3 Kg7 18. Na3 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Nxc4 Be7 21.
Nb6 Nc7 22. g4 h6 23. f4 Ncd5 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxc8 gxf4 26. Nxe7 Ra8 27. Nxd5
Rxa1 28. Ndxf6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Symonds, JS"]
[Black "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Rf2 Rxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qe3
Nxf2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kxf2 Qa5 17. a3 Rc8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rc1 Rc3
21. a4 Bb3 22. a5 bxa5 23. bxa5 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Bf3 Bd3 26. Bxb7 e5 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. a6 Bxa6 29. Bxa6 f5 30. Ke3 g5 31. g3 h5 32. Be2 h4 33. g4 fxg4
34. Bxg4 Kg6 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. Bf3 g4 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Black "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Qh4 14. f5 Nf6
15. Bd2 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ra4 18. Bc3 Re8 19. a3 c5 20. Kh2 Qf4+ 21.
Qxf4 exf4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf4 Rd4 24. Kg3 Kg7 25. Re2 h5 26. Kf3 Kh6 27. Ke3
Kg5 28. h4+ Kh6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Rd1 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Kf3 Kh5 33. Rg7 Rf1+
34. Kg3 Kh6 35. Rxf7 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rgg1 37. Rxf6+ Kh5 38. Rg2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Re1
40. Rf8 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Crump, John E"]
[Black "Singh, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Be6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 g6 8. d4 e4
9. d5 Bg8 10. Nd4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. h3 a6 13. O-O Bh6 14. Rfe1 Bf7 15. a4 O-O
16. Nf1 Rac8 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 a5 20. Bc3 b6 21. Bf1 h5 22. Qb2
h4 23. Nge2 Nxc4 24. Qa2 Nxd5 25. Qxc4 Nb4 26. Nf4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh7 28. Be6
Qe7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nd5 Qe8 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Rc1 Bxd4 33. exd4 Qa8 34. Rxc7+
Kh6 35. Nxb6 Qa5 36. Rc6 b3 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Nc4 Qxa4 39. Nxd6 Qa2 40. Rcc1 b2
41. Rd1 Qd5 42. Nxf5+ gxf5 43. Rxb2 Rxb5 44. Rbd2 f4 45. Kf1 f3 46. Kg1 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deighton, AD"]
[Black "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5
Qc7 9. Qd2 g6 10. Ne3 h6 11. Ned5 Qd8 12. Bh4 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f5 Nc5 15.
fxg6 fxg6 16. Bc4 Kh7 17. Rhe1 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 $2 (20.
Bxd8 Nxd2 21. Be7) 20... Qxh4 21. Nxd6 Rad8 22. Nc4 $4 Qxc4 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Black "Spearman, JS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Rf3 Ncxe5 11. fxe5 f5 12. Rh3 Rf7 13. Be2 g5 14. Bd2 Nf8 15.
g4 Ng6 16. Rh5 f4 17. Bd3 Rg7 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. Be1 Qf7 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nf3 Nf8
22. Bd2 Bd8 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Rh6 Be8 25. c4 Rc8 26. Qb3 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Bg6 28.
Bb4 Qc7 29. Bxf8 Qxc4 30. Bxg7 Qxb3 31. axb3 Kxg7 32. Rh3 Bb6 33. Rd1 h6 34.
Rd2 Ba5 35. Rd1 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Be4 37. Ne1 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hill, AJ"]
[Black "Maullin, Robert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 Nge7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxd4 N5g6 13. Qh5 Bd7 14. g3
Rh8 15. Qe2 a6 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Nf5 18. a4 f6 19. O-O e5 20. Rfb1 Bc6 21.
Rb4 Qh7 22. h4 Nd6 23. Rab1 Rdg8 24. Rb6 Qc7 25. a5 Nc4 26. Be3 Nxb6 27. Bxb6
Qd7 28. Kh2 Qd6 29. Bh3+ Kb8 30. Qe3 Qf8 31. Bc5 Qh6 32. Qd3 Ka8 33. Rb6 Bb5
34. Qxd5 Qg7 35. c4 Rd8 36. Qe4 Bc6 37. Qe2 Qc7 38. Bg2 e4 39. Nd4 {White lost
on time. Bulletin states that after move 29 scores were unreadable as scores
were not properly completed. "The reconstructed score appears to be correct,
but this cannot be absolutely guaranteed." Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robinson, CB"]
[Black "Longden, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Be3 e5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. d4
Bd6 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. c4 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 N7f6 15.
Nc3 Nf4 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. g3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qf3 Bh3 20. Qxb7 Bc7 21. Nb5
Bb6 22. Nb3 Rb8 23. Qf3 a6 24. Rg1 Bg4 25. Qf4 axb5 26. Kd2 Re4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4+
28. Kxd3 Bf5 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Rc6 Nd5 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Rc1 Qe6 34.
h4 Qe4 35. Re1 h5 36. Kf1 Bh3+ 37. Ke2 Bg4+ 38. Kd2 Nb4 39. Re2 Qc2+ {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Black "Keaveney, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nbd5 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. Rb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 b6 18. Qa4 Qd5+ 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Rc7
21. e3 Rac8 22. Rec1 Qb7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Qc8 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc6 Qb8
27. e4 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Nc6 Ba3 30. Nxa7 Bb2 31. Nb5 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33.
Ke2 Ne8 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. Bb4 {The bulletin states that this game was more of a
guesswork than the earlier one. Only one score (and a carbon at that) was
turned in. Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Black "Clark, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3
Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. cxd4 Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Be3 a5 15.
Nf4 Nb6 16. Bc2 c5 17. Rb1 c4 18. d5 Nd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bc8
22. Kh1 Bd7 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bg1 Bf8 25. Nf3 Ra6 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rbc1 f6 28. h3
Nh6 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Qd7 32. b3 Raa8 33. Rec1 Rec8 34. Rc6
Be7 35. Qc4 Rd8 36. Nd4 f5 37. Ne6 Rdb8 38. Rc7 Qe8 39. Qd4 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Beach, Richard A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Nh4 Nb6 15.
Nf5 Rf7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. h4 g6 18. Nh6 Rg7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Nf1 Ra7 21. h5 Rd7
22. g3 c4 23. Ne3 Bf8 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Rh1 Nc5 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Nef5 Nd3 28.
Nh4 Rxh6 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. Rxh6+ Rh7 33. Rxg6 Bh3+
$2 (33... Nc4) 34. Kg1 f5 35. exf5 d2 36. Rd1 Nc4 37. b3 Nb6 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. f3
Bxf5 40. Rxb6 Rg7 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Kg2 e4 44. Qxd2 exf3+ 45. Kf2
Qc5+ 46. Qd4 Qc7 47. Qd5+ Be6 48. Rb7 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Ra3 Rb4 14. Bd2 Rxb2 15.
Nd1 Rb4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Na5
Qc7 22. Bxa6 Qxa5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qg4 Rcb8 25. Qd7 Bf6 26. f4 Rd8 27. Qc6
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rf8 29. Ra2 Qb6 30. Bxb4 Qxb4 31. Rae2 Bf2 32. Rf1 Bg3 33. Qb5 Qa3
34. Rb2 c4 35. Rf3 c3 36. Rc2 Be1 37. Qd3 Qxa4 38. e5 Bd2 39. g3 Rb8 40. Kg2
Rb2 41. Rxb2 cxb2 42. Rf1 Bc1 43. exd6 exd6 44. Re1 Qa2 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Qc3+
Kh6 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 f6 6. d3 Nc5 7. b4 Ncd7 8. d4
Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Nf4 Nf8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nh5 Rg8 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Bh6 Ng6 16. Re1 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Bf5 exf5 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21.
Nxd5 Qd6 22. Nxe7 Ngxe7 23. Bg5 b6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Ne5+ Kf8 26. Qe2 Be6 27.
Rb5 Re8 28. Nxc4 Qc6 29. Ne3 Bd7 30. Re5 f4 31. d5 Qg6 32. Qf3 Nf5 33. Rxe8+
Bxe8 34. Qxf4 Bd7 35. g4 Qd6 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Kh1 Qxc3 38. Rd1 Ke8 39. gxf5 Rf8
40. Qh5+ Kd8 41. Qh4+ Kc8 42. Qxh7 Bxf5 43. Qe7 Rh8 44. Rg1 Qd4 45. Rg7 Qf4 46.
Nf1 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qxe7 48. Rxe7 a5 49. Ne3 Bb1 50. a3 Rh4 51. d6 Rd4 52. Rc7+
Kd8 53. Rc6 b5 54. Rc5 Bd3 55. f3 Rxd6 56. Kf2 Kd7 57. h4 Rd4 58. h5 Ke6 59.
Ng4 Ra4 60. h6 Rxa3 61. Rxb5 a4 62. Rb6+ Kd5 63. Rb7 Rb3 64. Rd7+ Kc5 65. Nf6
a3 66. Rxd3 a2 67. Ne4+ Kc6 68. Rd6+ Kb5 69. Rd1 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Singh, A"]
[Black "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. a3 a5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. h3 a4 9.
Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Kh2 Qc7 14. g3 g6 15. Rg1 Bc6
16. Rb1 Nd7 17. d4 c4 18. Qf1 O-O-O 19. Ne1 Rdg8 20. Nc2 h6 21. Nb4 Kb8 22.
Nxc6+ Nxc6 23. Bd1 Nb6 24. Bc2 Na5 25. Qd1 Nb3 26. Qf3 h5 27. h4 Bd8 28. Qe2
Nc8 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Nf5 31. Rbd1 Be7 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. fxg5 Qc6 34. Bxf5
gxf5 35. Be3 Kc8 36. Bf4 Kd7 37. Be3 Ra8 38. Rg2 Ra5 39. Rf1 Rh7 40. Qd1 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Black "Maullin, Robert E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Qc7 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. a3 Be7 15.
b4 Kb8 16. Bd2 Nc8 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Rhb1 f6 20. Kg2 Rdf8 21. a4 N6a7
22. Nc3 g5 23. a5 Qc7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 Na7 28.
Qb6 Nc6 29. a6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 gxf4 31. Bxf4 f5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Bg3 Rhf8 34.
Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Ng1 Bg5 36. Ne2 Be3 37. Rd1 Bf2 38. Rb6 Bxg3 39. Rxc6 Bxe5 40.
dxe5 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Rxe2 42. Rxe6 Rg8+ 43. Kf4 Rxh2 44. Rxd5 Rh5 45. Rdd6 Rh4+
46. Kf3 Rh3+ 47. Ke4 Rg4+ 48. Kd5 Rd3+ 49. Kc6 Rc3+ 50. Kd7 h5 51. Rc6 Rg7+ 52.
Ke8 Re3 53. Kf8 Rh7 54. Kg8 Rd7 55. Red6 Re7 56. e6 Rf3 57. Rc8+ Ka7 58. Rd7+
Rxd7 59. exd7 Rg3+ 60. Kh7 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mellor, PL"]
[Black "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. Qc1 b5 10. Ba2 Rd8 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxd5
15. Bf4 e5 16. Nc3 Rd7 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Ne1 Bc6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21.
Ne4 Rc8 22. Qd2 f5 23. Ng3 g6 24. Rd1 e4 25. f4 e3 26. Qe2 Bh4 27. Nh1 Bb7 28.
g3 Bf6 29. Kh2 h5 30. h4 Qb6 31. Rc1 Rdc7 32. Rg1 a5 33. Kh3 b4 34. axb4 axb4
35. b3 Bd5 36. Rb1 Qb7 37. Kh2 Rc5 38. Rb2 Qa8 39. Rf1 Qa6 40. Rb1 Qa7 41. Rc1
Bxb3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blore, John D"]
[Black "Symonds, JS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "\"\]"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e5 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Nd3 Qa7 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Ra2
Rac8 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. a4 Kh8 18. Rb1 a5 19. f4 Bd6 20. f5 Ng8 21. Bf3 Ndf6 22.
g4 Nh7 23. Qg2 f6 24. h4 Be7 25. Nf2 Ba6 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Bd8 28. Nh3 Qe7
29. Qg3 Rb8 30. Rg2 Rf7 31. Kf2 Nf8 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Nd7 34. gxh6 Nxh6 35.
Bxh6 Qh4 36. Bg5 Qxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Bxg5 38. Nxg5 Rf6 39. Rh3+ Rh6 40. Nf7+ Kh7 41.
Nxh6 gxh6 42. Rb1 Nf6 43. Rg1 Rg8 44. Rxg8 Nxg8 45. Rg3 Ne7 46. d6 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Black "Longden, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b5 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 c5
9. d3 Qc8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qc1 e5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6
Nh7 16. Qe6+ Rf7 17. Bh3 Ndf8 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. e4 Rd8 20. Nd2 Ng5 21. Bg2 f4
22. f3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Nfe6 24. Kf2 Rdf8 25. Ra2 Nd4 26. Ke3 Nge6 27. Ne2 Bg5+
28. Kf2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Nxf3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Black "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nde2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14.
Qxa7 b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. e5 Ra8 17. Qd4 Qa5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Nd5
dxe5 21. Nec3 exf4 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Qd3 Rfb8 24. Nc6 Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Qxc3 26.
Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Nd4 Rbxa2 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qf4 Be7 10. Bd3 Bf6 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 h6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5
15. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Bxg5 Ne5 17. Be7 Rfc8 18. Be2 Nf5 19. Bg5 Nd4 20. Bf4 Ng6
21. Bg3 Nxc2 22. Rac1 Nd4 23. f4 Bxa2 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bh5 Bf7 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27.
Na4 c6 28. Nc5 Nxf4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nxb7 Nfe2+ 31. Kf2 Nxc1 32. Nxd8+ Rxd8
33. Rxc1 Ne6 34. Rxc6 f4 35. Bh4 g5 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 37. Bxg5 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Kf5 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spearman, JS"]
[Black "Crump, John E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 exd4 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nb3 Nxd5 7. Nfxd4 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. a3 b6 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb7 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Nc1 Na5 25. b3 Bf6 26. Bd2 Bb2 27.
Nd3 Bxa3 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Nfe5 Nb8 30. Nf4 f6 31. Ned3 Kf7 32. Nd5 Nc6 33. Nc3
Nd4 34. Nb1 Bb4 35. Nxb4 axb4 36. Nd2 Ke6 37. f3 Ke5 38. Kf2 Nc2 39. Ke2 Kd4
40. Kd1 Ne3+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wheeler, Darren P"]
[Black "Deighton, AD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Ng6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Nb3 h5 14. Qf2 Rde8
15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Qa7 Kd8 17. Qxb7 Bc8 18. Qxc6 Nd7 19. Qc4 g5 20. Nd5 Qg7 21.
fxg5 Ne5 22. Qe2 fxg5 23. Be3 g4 24. Qf2 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robinson, CB"]
[Black "Ingram, RA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nc7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Ba6 8.
Re1 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Rb4 14. Qd2 h5
15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. g3 Bh6 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Ne4 Qb6 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Nd3 Rb8 25. Nc5 d6 26. Na4 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4
28. Rxe4 Bg4 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Nc3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 Rb5 33. Ra4 a5 34.
Ne3 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Bxe5 36. Nc4 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. Kh3 Rb4 40. Rxb4
axb4 41. a4 bxa3 42. Nxa3 Kf5 43. f3 Ke5 44. Nc2 Kd5 45. Kg2 e5 46. Kf2 f5 47.
Ke3 c5 48. Kd3 Bd4 49. Ne3+ Bxe3 50. Kxe3 c4 51. bxc4+ Kxc4 52. g4 hxg4 53.
fxg4 fxg4 54. Kf2 e4 55. Ke2 g3 56. Kf1 e3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keaveney, John S"]
[Black "Hill, AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne8 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Nh2 Ng7 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Qf3 Bxg4 20. hxg4 f6 21. Kh2
Rcf8 22. Rh1 Rf7 23. Ne2 Bf8 24. Qh3 Ne8 25. Be3 h6 26. Kg1 Rh7 27. f4 Nc4 28.
Bc1 g5 29. b3 Nb6 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Be3 c4 32. b4 Nc8 33. a4 Ned6 34. Qf3 Rf7
35. Kf2 Rg6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ng3 Qb7 38. Ra5 Be7 39. Nf5 Rh7 40. Nxe7 Qxe7 41.
Rha1 Rg8 42. Ra6 Qf8 43. Bc5 Re7 44. R1a5 h5 45. Rxb5 hxg4 46. Qxg4 Qe8 47.
Rba5 Nb7 48. Re6 Qg6 49. Raa6 Rf7 50. Qf5 Qg7 51. Qh3+ Qh7 52. Qxh7+ Kxh7 53.
Rxf6 Rxf6+ 54. Rxf6 Nxc5 55. bxc5 Rg6 56. Rxg6 Kxg6 57. d6 Na7 58. Ba4 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be2
Qc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg4 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. Ne1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb5 Nc4 20. Rfd1 Qxb5
21. axb5 a5 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Ba1 Rb8 24. Nd4 Ned2 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Nc6 Rb5
27. f3 Kf8 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Nd4 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Nxb1 32. Kd3 Nba3 33. e4
Ne5+ 34. Ke2 dxe4 35. fxe4 Nac4 36. Nf3 Ke7 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4
f6 40. c4 Nc6+ 41. Kd3 Nb4+ 42. Kc3 Na6 43. Kd4 Nc5 44. Bc3 Ne6+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+
46. Ke3 Nxg2+ 47. Kf3 Nh4+ 48. Kg3 g5 49. Bxf6 a4 50. Kg4 h6 51. Bg7 Ng6 52.
Kf5 Ne7+ 53. Kf6 a3 54. e5+ Kd7 55. Kf7 Nf5 56. e6+ Kc6 57. e7 Nd6+ 58. Kg6 Kd7
59. c5 Ne8 60. Bc3 Kxe7 61. Kxh6 Nf6 62. c6 Ng4+ 63. Kxg5 Nxh2 64. Bb4+ Kd8 {
Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Nd4 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. c5 Nc8 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 Nc6 {Source: bulletin.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beach, Richard A"]
[Black "Tarbuck, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxc5 7. Bc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Bd4 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. a4 e5
15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Be6 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21.
Nf1 Nfd7 22. b3 Rbe8 23. a5 Nc8 24. Bb2 f5 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Ra4 Ne7 27. c4 g5
28. Rc3 Rd8 29. b4 Qd7 30. Ra1 e4 31. Rc2 Ng6 32. f3 Rfe8 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34.
Bxg7 Qxg7 35. Ra3 Ne5 36. c5 dxc5 37. bxc5 Ng4 38. d6 Qe5 39. Qc1 Qd4+ 40. Ne3
Nxc5 $2 (40... Nxe3 41. Rxe3 Nxc5) 41. Rd2 Qe5 42. Rd5 Qxe3+ 43. Rxe3 Rxe3 44.
Rxc5 Rde8 45. Rc8 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Terleckis, Simon"]
[Black "Singh, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 Ne7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O b5
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Qh4 c5 12. Ne2 c4 13. f5 cxd3 14. Ng3 exf5 15. exf5
Nd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 dxc2 18. Qe4 Qe8 19. Qxc2 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. Ne4 Rc6
22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf3 h6 24. Qa3 N7b6 25. Nxd6 Qe7 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Rfe1 Rc2 28.
Bc3 Qc8 29. Re6 Qc4 30. Qxa6 b4 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. Ne1 bxc3 33. b3 Na3 34. Ra6
Rd2 35. Nf3 Nc2 36. Nxd2 Nxa1 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raynes, Paul C"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 14. Rb1
gxf4 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. O-O Qxa2 20. Nb3
Rc7 21. Rf2 Qa4 22. Rxf4 Rg8 23. Rxd4 Rc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qd6 Qa2 26. Qb8+
Ke7 27. Qxb7+ Kf8 28. Rf1 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18
December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Longden, Stephen"]
[Black "Blore, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Bh4 c6 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O f5
15. f4 g4 16. Bf2 Kh8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bd4 Bg8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Qf6 21.
Rae1 b5 22. Bxd5 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf6 26. Re7+ Rf7
27. Re6 Rd8 28. Rxc6 Re7 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd2 31. Kh1 Rxb2 32. Ra6 h5 33.
Rd1 Rd2 34. Rb1 h4 35. a4 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. axb5 Rde2 38. Raa1 Rc2 39. Re1
Rb7 40. Kg1 Rxc3 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clark, William"]
[Black "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e4 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. O-O dxe4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qf5 14. Rad1 c5
15. f3 Bb7 16. fxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Ba5 Bc6 19. Rd3 Rab8 20. b4 a6 21.
Bf3 cxb4 22. axb4 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Kf1 f5 25. Ke2 Ba4 26. Rc1 Bb5 27. cxb5
Rxc1 28. bxa6 Ra1 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rd7 Ra8 31. a7 Kh7 32. Bb6 Rb1 33. Bc5 Kg6
34. Rb7 Ra1 35. b5 Ra5 36. b6 Rxc5 37. Rb8 Rb5 38. Rxa8 Rxb6 39. Rb8 {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hawthorne, John P"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Rb1 a6 12. b3 b5 13. d4 fxe4 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5
Bf7 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 b4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Nf5 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Bxa8
Qxa8 22. Na4 Nd5 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Nc1 e4 25. Ne2 Bh5 26. Qd2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Be5
28. Qh5 Bxd6 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Bd4+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Crump, John E"]
[Black "Schroeder, Alfons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. b4 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. b5 d5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. bxc6 Bxc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bc7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Ncb5 Bb8
15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. d4 g6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bb2 d4 20. Bf3 Ne4 21. Ng3
f5 22. exd4 Qg7 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. dxc5 Rf8 25. Rfe1 Bd5 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Nd6+
Bxd6 28. Qxd5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maullin, Robert E"]
[Black "Mellor, PL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rb8 11. b3 Ng4 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bb2 Nh6 14. Na4 Re8
15. Bf3 c5 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 f5 20. Rb1 Qd7 21.
exf5 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qa5 Nxf5 24. Nxc7 Re5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Nb5 Nh4 27.
Qd8+ Re8 28. Qxh4 Qxb5 29. f3 {and Black won in 35 moves - remaining moves
made no sense. Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.}
0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ingram, RA"]
[Black "Wheeler, Darren P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd3
Ne7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. e4 Qb6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Rfb1 Qc7 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. Bh3 Ng6 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. d5 Bd7 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Bc1 Nf6 27.
Qf3 Rd7 28. Be3 a6 29. Rb6 Rc4 30. e5 Nd5 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rb3 Nxe3 33. Rxe3
Rdd4 34. Rb3 Rb4 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December
2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Symonds, JS"]
[Black "Teachers, Kevin of the"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Nxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. Bd4 f6 14. Re1 Bxd5
15. Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rg8 17. Qc6+ Kf7 18. Qd5+ Kxf6 19. Qxg8 Qd7 20. Qxh7 Bg7
21. Qh4+ Kf7 22. Re3 Rh8 23. Qe4 Bxb2 24. Rae1 e5 25. c3 Ba3 26. Rg3 Rh6 27.
Ree3 Bc1 28. Rgf3+ Kg7 29. Rd3 Bf4 30. h3 g5 31. g4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Qb7+
Qe7 34. Qxa6 e4 35. Rxf4+ gxf4 36. Rd4 f3+ 37. Kf1 Rxh3 38. Ke1 Rh1+ 39. Kd2
Qg5+ 40. Kc2 Qc1+ 41. Kb3 Qb1+ 42. Ka3 Qc1+ 43. Kb3 Qb1+ 44. Ka3 Rc1 $4 45.
Qb7+ Kf6 46. Rxd6+ Ke5 47. Qe7+ Kf4 48. Rf6+ {Source: bulletin. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keaveney, John S"]
[Black "Spearman, JS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Ne4 h6 13. b3 d5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. c5 Nc8 16. Rb1 N8e7 17. b4 Ng6 18. b5 Na5 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Re2 Nh4 24. Qd3 Rae8 25. Rbe1 Nf5 26. Kf1 Ng3+ 27. Kg1
Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 a6 29. Qb3 axb5 30. Qxd5 c6 31. Qb3 g5 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. a4 bxa4
34. Qxa4 Qe6 35. Rb2 f5 36. g3 Qd5 37. Qd1 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bxf4 Rg7+ 40.
Bg3 h5 41. h4 Rge7 42. Be5 Rxe5 {Source: bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
18 December 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire op"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1981.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deighton, AD"]
[Black "Barnett, Douglas J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1981.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. c3 Qg6 10. Nh4 Qf6 11. Ndf3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Be3 Ne7
15. Ne1 g5 16. Nhf3 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 O-O-O 19. g3 Qf7 20. f4 gxf3 21.
Rxf3 Rdg8 22. Qf2 Rg6 23. Nc2 Bh3 24. Bd2 Rhg8 25. Be1 Qh7 26. Rd1 f5 27. Ne3
f4 28. Nef1 Qg7 29. Bd2 Rg5 30. Kh1 Ng6 31. gxf4 Nxf4 32. Rg3 Bg2+ {Source:
bulletin. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 18 December 2023.} 0-1

