[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Branko Rogulj showed great determination in this game. He flew in from Zagreb
today and had to start late. he then played about 7 hours non-stop. Perhaps
Stuart made a mistake here and should have demanded his entitled adjournment.
Certainly he looked very tired at the end, and I remember grinding him down in
a similar manner in a weekend Swisss, albeit about 4 years ago!} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3
O-O 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a6 15. a4 Ne8 16.
Bf2 Rb8 17. Rab1 Nc7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qd1 Nd7 22. Qd2
Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rfb8 24. Bg3 Bd4+ 25. Bf2 Qh4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Ne2 Nc5 28. Nxd4
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. b3 Nb5 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Rbe1 Rb7 34. Re2 Rc7
35. Ref2 Na7 36. Nxa7 Rxa7 37. Qd4 Rae7 38. Rf4 a5 39. h4 Qe5 40. Qxe5 dxe5 41.
R4f3 Rb8 42. Ra1 Rb4 43. Rxa5 Rxe4 44. h5 Kg7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rd3 Rd7 47. Kf2
Rd6 48. Rc5 Rf4+ 49. Ke2 e4 50. Rd2 Kf6 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd4 e3+ 53. Kxe3 Ke5 54.
Rc4 Rb6 55. Rxf4 Rxb3+ 56. Ke2 Kxf4 57. d6 Rb8 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Kc4 Ke6 60. Kc5
Rc8+ 61. Kb5 Kd7 62. g4 Rc6 63. Rf2 Rxd6 64. Rxf7+ Ke6 65. Rg7 Kf6 66. Kc5 Ra6
67. Rd7 Ke5 68. Rd5+ Kf4 69. Rd4+ Ke3 70. Rb4 Rf6 71. Kd5 Rf4 72. Rb3+ Kf2 73.
Ke5 Kg2 74. Ra3 Kh2 75. Rb3 Rxg4 76. Kf5 Rg1 77. Rb2+ Kh3 78. Rb3+ Kh4 79. Rf3
g4 80. Rf4 Kh3 81. Kg5 Ra1 82. Rb4 g3 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{John already stood worse when he blundered a piece with 28 Ng5. Then Nigel
made the classic blunder of blitzing his opponent, while in time-trouble. So
much so that he made about 4 moves consecutively, without writing down the
score - which incidentally, is against the rules. 32...Nxf4 seems to have been
Black's best chance of winning. After that opportunity passed, he could do
nothing right and Blak seemed to lose any sense of danger. 40...Nf5 may have
held.} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Nh6 6. Nge2 Nf5 7. b3 b6
8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Qb1 O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Nf4 Na5 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nce2 Na5 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d4 Qf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Ne4
Qe5 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 g5 23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. g4 d5 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd4
27. f4 f5 28. Nxg5 h6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. gxf5+ Kxf5 31. Ng3+ Kg4 32. Rae1 Nd4
33. Re7 Rg8 34. Ne4 Nd3 35. Kh1 Kh4 36. f5 Rae8 37. f6 Rxe7 38. fxe7 Re8 39.
Rf7 Nc6 40. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Again Black made much of the running. An exciting game, but perhaps Mark
should have gone really swash-buckling with 14 h4. 27 Be3 would have been much
better than Re5 and White eventually changed those moves around at some cost
in time. Willie felt that life was unfair, in that he won a pawn, played quite
accurately, but never seemed to be winning. 38 b3 would have been a spirited
winning try.} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 e6 7. e5
a6 8. Bc4 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14.
Qf2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Qh4 Nf5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qc6 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Bd2
b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bb3 c4 23. Bc2 cxd3 24. Bb3 Nd6 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4
27. Re5 Ra8 28. Re1 Ra5 29. Be3 Rf5 30. Qh4 f6 31. Ra1 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rd2
Qd5 34. h3 Qf7 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Rxa8+ Bxa8 37. Bh6 Kh8 38. Qd8+ Qg8 39. Qe7 Qf7
40. Qd8+ Qg8 41. Qc7 Qf7 42. Qd6 Qe8 43. Qc7 Qf7 44. Qb8+ Qg8 45. Qb6 Bd5 46.
Rf2 Rxf2 47. Qxf2 Qd8 48. Qa7 Qf6 49. Qb8+ Bg8 50. Be3 Kg7 51. Kg1 h6 52. Qc7+
Bf7 53. h4 Qf5 54. Qd8 Bg8 55. Qe7+ Bf7 56. Qd8 Bg8 57. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Paul Motwani has done little in chess since winning the World u-17
Championship, because he has been concentrating on his studies. His claim to
have once played in England, in Newcastle, was quickly rejected. Here he had
slightly the worse of it and was in terrible time-trouble, but Shaun was
unable to clinch a win. Perhaps 35...a4 was the moment of truth.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 7. Bf4 d5 8. e3 O-O 9. dxc5
bxc5 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. cxd5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2
exd5 16. Ne5 Nf8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nf3 Rab8 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Bf4 Rbd8 21. Ng5 Ng6
22. Nxe4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxe4 24. Qf3 Rde8 25. g3 Qc6 26. h4 h6 27. Kh2 c4 28. b3
Qb5 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Rc2 a5 31. Rdc1 Rd4 32. Rd1 Rd3 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Rd2 Rd8
35. Qe4 Qc5 36. a4 Qb4 37. Qe3 Qxa4 38. Rxd3 Re8 39. Qd2 Qb4 40. Qxb4 axb4 41.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{This game was postponed and played after round 4. As so often happens in
these games, it fizzled out to a draw just when it became interesting. But not
for the usual reasons apparently. Norris was short of time and had just
obtained the better game when he offered a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11.
Re1 a6 12. e4 Ra7 13. Bd2 Rae7 14. Qc2 b5 15. Rac1 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Na4 a5
18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nc4 Bb5 22. Bf1 Rc7 23. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Nigel shook off any ill-effects of yesterday's catasrophe extremely
effectively. The young Scot never equalised from the opening and was ground
down most efficiently.} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O
Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bf1 b6 12. Nc4 Bb7 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Rac8 15. Rad1 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Rc7 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19.
f3 Nh5 20. Nc4 Rc7 21. Rd2 b5 22. Na5 Rfc8 23. Red1 Bf6 24. Bf2 Be7 25. g3 Nf6
26. Rc2 Rb8 27. a3 Na4 28. b3 Nb6 29. b4 Kg7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4
Rb5 33. Be1 Nd7 34. Bc3 Bf6 35. Rcd2 Nf8 36. Rd6 Ne6 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Nd4
39. Kf2 Rb8 40. f4 Nb5 41. Bxe5 Bxe5 42. Nxe5 Nxa3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rxa7 Nb5
45. Rd7 Nc3 46. Rd4 Rb6 47. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Stuart felt it should be very easy to equalize from such an innocuous openin.
But surely it is just a way of getting the game underway? 14 g4 seemd to be
ill-conceived, a discreet move such as f4 seemd to be called for, White is
pursuing the bishop pair at too great a cost. 26 Rf3 was a simple blunder,
Rad1 was much more satisfactory.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5.
O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. e4 dxc4 12.
Qxc4 Be7 13. g4 Nfd7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. gxh5 Nb6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Be3 Na6 18. Qe2
f4 19. Bxf4 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rd8 21. h6 Qe6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. f4 Kh8
25. Kh1 Nc5 26. Rf3 Nb3 27. Bh3 Qh6 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bf5 Qh5 31.
Qf2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{John Cox seems to have an extremely cavalier attitude towards pieces. So far
in this tournament, his results have justified this atitude. Surely the piece
must have been better than the 3 pawns initially? Still, yet another
uncompromising struggle and also a great rarity in master chess, a round with
all games having positive results.} 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 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Nb2 Qc3 17. Rb1 Ne4 18.
Qh5+ g6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Nd1 Qa5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. O-O e3 23. Rxb7 Qd5 24. Rxd7
Qxd7 25. Nc4 Rac8 26. Ndb2 Qd5 27. Qd3 Rc7 28. h4 Rfc8 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Rd1 Rb4
31. Nxe3 dxe3 32. Qxe3 Qe4 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Nd3 Re2 36. Ne5 Rxa2
37. Re8 Rcc2 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Mark likes clear-cut attacking positions, and is relatively ill at ease when
he has little to do. Shaun achieved this type of game and duly reaped the
rewards 26...Ba8 sacrificing the exchange after 27 c5 looks better. When
material down, it is not uaually best to swap pieces but 39...Qxe1 lands White
in an endgame that looks very drawish. It seems imposssible to push the b-pawn
past b6 without using the bishop - and that would weaken the kingside
excessively.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3
b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Rc8 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Re1 Bh6 14.
Bf1 Nf4 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. Ne3 N4d5 17. Nc2 e6 18. a5 bxa5 19. Na3 Ne8 20. Nc4 Nb6
21. Nxa5 Bd5 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nd2 Ng7 26. c4 Bxd2 27.
Qxd2 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Qb4 Bd5 30. Bxd6 Qg5 31. Bf1 Rb7 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. b4
Ne8 34. Be5 Nf6 35. Rxa7 Nd7 36. Qa5 Rxa7 37. Qxa7 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Qd2 39. Qc7
Ra8 40. Rc1 Qxb4 41. Qd7 Qf8 42. Rc7 Qh6 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. f4 Rf8 45. Qe7 Ra8
46. g3 Rb8 47. h4 Rf8 48. Bb5 Rb8 49. Be8 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Willie sacrificed a pawn enterprisingly early on. Instead of letting the
Oxford undergraduate regain it, John Tisdall hung on grimly, rather than
develop. For example, 16 Be2 hoping to capitalise on the weak d-pawn is better
than the text.} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7.
Nge2 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bc3 Nf6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc3 O-O 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd3 b5 18. cxb5 Qb4 19. Be2 Nxe4
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a3 Qc5 22. Nxe4 Qxc1 23. O-O Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxb3 25. Ra1 d5
0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{After some considerable aimless wandering around, particularly by White,
Black obtained much he better game. Things progressed nicely for him, until in
time-trouble, he blundered with 36...Bd6. Correct is 36...Bc7, which would win
eventually.} 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7.
Qc2 a5 8. a4 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Rd1 Qc8 14.
Nd2 Rd8 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qd7 20. Rad1
Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Bf1 Rdd8 23. Bc1 Bb3 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Ne3 Bxa4 26. Nd5
Bd6 27. Be3 Bb3 28. f4 a4 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bc5 Ne6 31. Ba3 Rd8 32. Ne3 Ng5 33.
Bg2 Rd2 34. Kf1 c6 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Ng4 Bd6 37. Nf2 Bc4 38. Nxd3 Bxa3 39. Rd2
Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Bxd3+ 41. Kf2 b5 42. e5 c5 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bf1 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Nc7
46. Ke2 Kf8 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Rd2 a3 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rc6 Kd7 52.
Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rc6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Norris, Alan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Without detracting from Alan's achievement, John played atrociously. 11 0-0
was essential. 12 h3 is most unappetizing, but the position was already far
gone. 20 minutes to find the 15th move?} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
5. e4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. c4 Nf6 12.
h3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Qd3 exf4 15. gxf4 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{White's opening leaves a great deal to be desired. 10 f4 was extremely
premature. The second game in a row in which White has left his kingside
under-developed. In fact it has been a feature of his tournament so far that
Black has been coming out of the opening exceptionally well. This has been
commented on regarding British chess before. Black's atttractive pawn
sacrifice did not appear to lead anywhere. 17...Qe7 looks better, answering 18
d6 with 18...Bxc3. At least Black can equalize fully then. White did well not
to try to hand on to his extra pawn with 26 dxc6 as then the bishops become
extremely strong. Black seemed to haed blithely or a bishops of opposite
colour ending which was extremely difficult for him. It is not clear whether
he could have held it but there was some time wasted in the move in the late
30s. One revealing comment by Mark Hebden when Nigel Davies was examining one
onvoluted line: "Oh, I only looked at the variation we actually played". But
46...f5 was the last straw, fixing the pawn on a white square. A much-flawed
but interesting game.} 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nge2 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3
e5 7. h3 Nge7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 O-O 10. f4 N5c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nf5 14. Bf2 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19.
Kxe1 b5 20. Bb3 b4 21. Nd1 Qh4+ 22. Qf2 Qe7+ 23. Kd2 Bb7 24. Kc1 Qd6 25. Qf3 c6
26. Nf2 cxd5 27. Re1 a5 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Qe2 Ba6 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bxd3 32.
cxd3 Bd4 33. Kb1 Rd6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Re6 36. Bxd5 Re2 37. b3 Bc3 38. d4
Rd2 39. Rxa5 Bxd4 40. Rb5 Bc3 41. a5 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 Ra2 43. Bb7 Kf6 44. a6 Ke7
45. Rd5 Ke6 46. g4 f5 47. gxf5+ gxf5 48. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A76"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Perhaps 10...Bg4 followed by Nd7 is a little more accurate. The first pawn
sacrifice with 12...c4 may be sound, but then Black's queenside became too
weak so that more pawns had to be shed. There was never enough play on the
queenside to justify this.} 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. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bf4 c4
13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Bg3 Be5 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Ne2 Bxb2
19. Rab1 Be5 20. Rb7 Rec8 21. Kg2 g5 22. Qxa6 Rc2 23. Rxa7 Rac8 24. Ra8 Rxa8
25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Qa4 Rb2 27. Qc4 Kh6 28. a4 Rb8 29. a5 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31.
Qc7 Rb3 32. Qc8 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Rxf3 34. Rg1 Rg3 35. Nxg3 fxg3 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37.
Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Perhaps better subtitled "How not to influence people and win friends". I
suppose Shaun Taulbut should be applauded for equalizing so completely in 11
moves.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6
8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Ba7 11. Bg5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Both players took a considerable amount of time reaching the position where
Conquest was able to play his TN on move 20. Play was reasonably evenly
balanced until move 32, when best must have been 32 f4. The game would then be
decided around whether Black could increase his bishop's scope by playing c5.
Stuart simply overlooked that the b2 pawn was en prise.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. e4
dxe4 11. Qh5 g6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qe5+ Qe7 14. Qxh8 Nd7 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Kf7
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. a4 Ke7 20. Bg2 Kd6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. axb5 axb5
23. Ra7 Bd5 24. Ra6+ c6 25. Ra7 h5 26. Kf1 Bh6 27. Bh3 Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29.
Ke2 Bg5 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. f3 Re8 32. d5 exf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bxb2 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. dxc6+
Kc5 36. Ke4 Re8+ 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Ke4 Re8+ 39. Kf3 c3 40. c7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{White's opening choice never really impresses. Black obtained a significant
plus but ran short of time. Davies, probably somewhat relieved at getting away
with it, accepted Watson's draw offer with alacrity. However, it is by no
means clear who stands better in the final position. I think that I eventually
convinced the players in the post-mortem that 28...Qxb5, or perhaps 27...Rc7,
preventing the White queen getting among the pigeons at d7, was more discreet.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.
Nc4 O-O 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
cxd4 15. Na3 Ng4 16. Qh4 a6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxg4 Be6 19. Qh4 f6 20. f4 Qc5 21.
Re2 Qb4 22. b3 b5 23. f5 Bf7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nb1 Kg7 26. h3 Rh8 27. Qg4 Rc5
28. axb5 Rg5 29. Qd7 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{A game replete with tactical errors. Some have complained about the heat in
the tournament hall, which does leave a great deal to be desired. 21...a5
would have avoided the loss of material. Even 22...Rfc8 would have helped in
that way, although it is an extremely ugly move. 50 h4 is an elementary error.
50...Kd5 leaves the issue in no doubt whatsoever. A pity. We had high hopes of
this Scottish derby.} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1
Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Bg4 9. Qd2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxa2 15. O-O f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3
f5 20. Nb4 Qe6 21. Rbe1 Nd7 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bc5 Qf7 25. Bxf8 Bxf8
26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Kf7 28. Ra1 a5 29. Rfd1 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Kxf6
32. Rd7 h5 33. Rad1 Re8 34. Re1 Ra8 35. Rc7 a4 36. Rc6+ Kf7 37. Ree6 a3 38.
Rf6+ Ke7 39. Rce6+ Kd7 40. bxa3 Rxa3 41. Rxg6 Rxc3 42. Re5 b5 43. Rxf5 b4 44.
Rf7+ Be7 45. Rgg7 Re3 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Rxe7+ Rxe7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50.
h4 $2 (50. Kd4 $18) 50... Kd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2 Kd5 53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Probably the best game of the tournament to date. I would be extremely
reluctant to comment on the tactics in the middlegame, except to say that
Blacl always seemed to have compensation for hgis various pawns sacrificed.
Although White had the outside passed pawn in the endame reached, Black stood
better because the e3 pawn was weak. The sealed move 44.Nc8 seems strange, but
White feared the position resulting after 44 Nc4 Qe6 45 Qxe6 fxe6. A game too
long to find its way into newspaper columns, but nonetheless one that makes
these events worthwhile..} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. c3 d5 12. cxb4 Re8 13.
b5 axb5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxb5 c6 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. exd5
Bxd3 20. dxc6 e4 21. Nd2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxc6 23. Qh5 Qf6 24. Re3 Ra5 25. Qd1 Rc5
26. Bc2 Rxc3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Rc1 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qg6 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. Qf1 Qe6
32. a5 Nb4 33. Ra1 Nd3 34. Nb6 Qc6 35. Qf5 g6 36. Qf1 Qc5 37. Qe2 Nb4 38. h3
Rd3 39. Kh1 Rxe3 40. Qd2 Rd3 41. Qf4 e3 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Nc8 Qc5 45.
Qb7 Qc4 46. Nb6 e2 47. Re1 Qf4 48. Qe7 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qxe1 50. Qe5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Although the opening system is perfectly satisfactory for Black, he must
always be careful and precise about his development. Developing the knight
from b8-d7-b6 is rather awkeard. Possibly 9...Nb8 is better than the text!
Aiming to play e5 somewhat over-extended Black's centre. 29...Bb4 was a bad
blunder, but it did not matter, as Black was lost by then.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. b3 Nb6 10.
Ba3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qe1 Nd6 14. Bb4 f6 15. Nd3 e5 16. Bc5 Re8
17. Bxb6 axb6 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nf4 fxe5 20. Nfxd5 Qg5 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bf8
23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qe2 e4 25. Nb5 Bg4 26. Qe1 h5 27. a4 h4 28. Be2 h3 29. gxh3
Bb4 30. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Harry Golombek said that the only way to comment on John Cox's games in this
tournament was to wait until he had finished and then look at the result. In
fact, White obtained the better of the opening but later Black got the upper
hand. 39...Be2 would have been a good winning try.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3
d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 Qc7
11. Rad1 Bf8 12. Ng5 b5 13. Nge4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bb7 18. h4 c5 19. Qf5 Bc6 20. h5 Qe7 21. Rd2 e4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Bg4
Rxd2 24. Rxd2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qb7 26. a3 Qb3 27. Be2 Qa2 28. Qg4 Qb1+ 29. Bf1 Ba4
30. Qe2 Re6 31. g3 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Qd2 Bc7 34. Kg2 Qd1 35. Qe2 Ba5 36.
Kh2 Be1 37. Kg1 f6 38. Qxd1 Bxd1 39. Bg2 Bc2 40. Bh3 Kf7 41. Bc8 Bd1 42. Bb7
Be2 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Kg2 Kd6 45. Kg1 Kc7 46. Kg2 Kb6 47. Bxe4 Bxc4 48. Bc2 Be2
49. f3 Kc6 50. g4 Kd6 51. Ba1 Ke7 52. Bb2 Kd6 53. Ba1 Ke7 54. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Norris, Alan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Mark's ames are seldom dull and this was no exception. Does he play f4 in all
his games? Black's play was particularly enterprising and the opening is most
intriguing. That's an uninformative comment for you! 12 Qc3 is another
tactical possibility. Clearly Black stood considerably better but White still
has a wide range of choices at move 26. Probably Bh3 is best but Nd6 is also
possible. However, Rc1 would leave White with an unpleasant heterogeneous
position.Black lost his way with the cautious 28...b6, 28...Ng4 is almost
impossible to answer. Once again, mark wriggles out of his difficulties by
active defence.} 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7.
Qd3 d5 8. exd5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh6 10. Bh3 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. d5
Na6 14. f5 Rfd8 15. fxg6 Rxd5 16. gxf7+ Nxf7 17. Qe2 Rb5 18. O-O Rxb2 19. Ne4
Nb4 20. Rac1 Nd5 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. f4 Qc6 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. Kh1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2
26. Ng3 Rd8 27. Qe1 Nf6 28. Be3 b6 29. Bf3 Nd6 30. Bd4 Kf8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32.
Bd5 Nf5 33. Qe6 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Ne3 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Rg1 Ng4 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38.
Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Paul seemed annoyed at the aspersions cast on the weakness of his tripled
pawns. After all, he did have an extra baby! 26 Qa1 looks a bizarre
decentralisation. Perhaps 27...f5 weakens the e-pawn too much, but jettisoning
a pawn with 31...Qf6 was unnecessary. Even then it was difficult for White to
win, because his extra pawns were so fragile. Stuart commented that his play
seems to go off in the 5th hour, Harry Golombek questions his endgame
technique. Of course, both technical deficiences are remediable.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. dxc5 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Re1 f6
16. Nd3 a6 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Qc1 Qf7 19. a4 Bc4 20. Qa3 e5 21. Nd3 Rd7 22. Qb4
Nc6 23. Qb2 a5 24. Rbd1 Rfd8 25. Qb1 Ba2 26. Qa1 Be6 27. Nb2 f5 28. Qc1 Bf6 29.
Bg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 h6 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35.
Rxe5 Kf7 36. Nd3 Kf6 37. Re1 g5 38. f3 Bd5 39. Kf2 Rb7 40. Re8 Rb1 41. Rf8+ Ke7
42. Rxf5 Ra1 43. Ne5 Ke6 44. g4 Rxa4 45. c4 Bxc4 46. Nxc6 Ra2 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48.
c6+ Kc7 49. Rc5 Ba6 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd2 Kb6 52. Rc3 Kc7 53. Kc1 Ra1+ 54. Kb2 Rd1
55. Nf5 Bc8 56. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Shaun was most scathing about his own game, claiming errors on nearly every
move. 7 e5 was perhaps a little previous. 8 e6 is questionable pawn sacrifice.
10 h4 seems to be a slow way of proceeding. 12 Bxc5 followed by Bc4 would have
given White a satisfactory game. 13 Nxb5 is a better way to capture. 14 Bxc5
followed by Bc4 is still best. Shaun is perhaps beng over-particular and let
us no take Nigel's triumph away from him. 18 b4 was just one way of going down.
} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. h4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Bc4 Rb4 15.
Qe2 d5 16. Bxc5 Rxc4 17. Nxe6 Qa5 18. b4 Qa3 19. Nb5 Qb2 20. O-O Rxc2 21. Qd1
Rd2 22. Qe1 Re2 23. Rb1 Rxe1 24. Rfxe1 Qxa2 25. Nxg7 Ne4 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Na3
Qc3 28. Nb5 Qd3 29. Nxa7 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{How can an experienced International Master play so badly? Rogulj was lost
possibly as early as move 6. This is most disappointing as we had high hopes
of Branko playing good chess, as he has so often in the past.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e5 3. g3 c6 4. d4 Qa5 5. Bg2 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Kd8 8. Be3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7
10. Rxd6 Nd5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Qxc2 14. Rxd5 Re8 15. Qxg7 b6
16. O-O Qxe2 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. Qxf7 Rb7 19. Bh3 Re7 20. Qf8+ Re8 21. Qf6+ Re7
22. Qh8+ Re8 23. Qxh7 Re7 24. Qg8+ Re8 25. Qg5+ Re7 26. e5 Qxb2 27. e6 Qh8 28.
exd7 Rbxd7 29. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{White seemed to make only one minor error, 7 Qd3 instead of Be2. This allowed
Hebden to create a weakness on the kingside. Now the king had no totally safe
haven. Stuart was quite unable to create any counterplay and was just creamed
on the queenside. Once again showing how important it is not to allow Mark a
strategically straightforward game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6
5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qd3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 c6 9. e4 e6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1
O-O-O 12. Bh3 Kb8 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 g6 15. Ne2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Na4 18.
Nd4 Rc8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rc1 b5 21. Bf1 a6 22. Bd3 Be7 23. c3 Bd8 24. Nd4 Qd7
25. Rhd1 Bb6 26. Bc2 Nc5 27. Qe2 Qe7 28. Ka1 Rc7 29. Rd2 Rhc8 30. Rcd1 Ka7 31.
Bb1 Nb7 32. Rd3 Na5 33. Qe1 Rc4 34. b4 Nc6 35. Nxc6+ R8xc6 36. Qd2 Qh4 37. Rf3
Qg4 38. Rg3 Qxf4 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Now really, there should be a law to protect bulletin editors from games
exceeding 40 moves, especially with Cox's monstrous and illegal scoring. One
comment only, why did White allow his pawn on h4 to become so weak? 47 hxg5 is
obvious.} 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2
Bb7 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Nf4 Na6 10. O-O c6 11. b4 Nc7 12. Qb3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bc4 14. Qc2
a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Bb2 b5 18. Nb4 Bxb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nb6
21. Nd1 Qe7 22. Ne3 Qxb4 23. Ba3 Qa5 24. Nf5 Nc8 25. Qb2 b4 26. Bxb4 Qb6 27.
Qd2 Re8 28. Bc5 Qb7 29. Bf3 Ne6 30. Ba3 f6 31. h4 Kh8 32. Bc1 Qd7 33. Ne3 Bb5
34. Bb2 Nd6 35. Qa5 g6 36. Qa7 Re7 37. Qa8+ Re8 38. Qa7 Re7 39. Qxd7 Rxd7 40.
Bg4 f5 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Nc2 Ne4 43. e3 Rb7 44. Ba3 h6 45. Bxe4 fxe4 46. Bd6 g5
47. Ra8 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Nb4 Kh5 50. Re8 Ng7 51. Re7 Rxe7 52. Bxe7 Nf5 53.
Bd8 Nxh4 54. Bxh4 Kxh4 55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Nc2 h5 57. Ne1 Be2 58. Kh2 h4 59. Kg2
h3+ 60. Kh2 Bd1 61. Kg1 Kh4 62. Kh2 Bg4 63. Nc2 Bd7 64. Ne1 Kg4 65. Kg1 Kf5 66.
Kh2 Kf6 67. Nc2 Ke7 68. Nb4 Kd6 69. Na2 c5 70. dxc5+ Kxc5 71. Nc3 Bg4 72. Nb1
Kc4 73. Na3+ Kb4 74. Nc2+ Kc3 75. Nd4 Kd2 76. Kg1 Bc8 77. Kf1 Ba6+ 78. Kg1 Bc4
79. Ne6 Ke1 80. Nf4 h2+ 81. Kxh2 Kxf2 82. Ng2 Bb5 83. Nf4 Bc6 84. Ng2 Bb7 85.
Kh3 Bc8+ 86. Kh2 Be6 87. Kh1 Kf3 88. Kg1 Bd7 89. Kh2 Bb5 90. Kg1 Bc4 91. Kh2
Bf1 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{It is hard to say where exactly White went wrong, perhaps his pawn sacrifice
was incorrect. It is strange that Black had to sacrifice the exchange in order
to make progress when a sound pawn up. 27...Nh5 instead of checking seems to
win immediately. Willie overlooked that 28 Rh5 allowed mate in one!} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 a6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. h4
e5 10. Nd5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. O-O-O c5 13. h5 Be6 14. g4 Bxd5 15. exd5 b5
16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bd3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rb4 21. b3 Rfb8
22. Rh2 a5 23. Qd2 a4 24. Qe1 Rxc4+ 25. bxc4 Qb7 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. g5 Qb1+ 28.
Kd2 Qb2+ 29. Ke1 Qc3+ 30. Kf2 Nh5 31. Rxh5 Qe3+ 32. Kg3 gxh5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34.
Qe6+ Qxe6 35. dxe6 Re8 36. Re1 Kg7 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. f4 Re7 39. Re2 a3 40. Re1
Kf5 41. Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Rogulj obtained a perfectly good position from the opening, even somewhat the
better of it with e5 affording him more space. Then, when his queenside attack
fizzled out, he was left with a bad bishop ending.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. Qf3
Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Qg3 O-O-O 15. a4 Rde8 16. a5 Bc7
17. f4 f6 18. Qf2 a6 19. Rae1 d4 20. exf6 gxf6 21. c4 f5 22. Qf3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1
Re8 24. Rb1 d3 25. b5 Re2 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Bc3 Rc2 28. Be5 d2 29. Rd1 Rc1 30.
Kf2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qd3 32. Bxc7 Kxc7 33. c5 h5 34. g3 Kd7 35. h3 Kc7 36. Kg2 Kd8
37. Kf2 Kd7 38. g4 Qd4+ 39. Ke2 fxg4 40. hxg4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{My favourite type of game to watch in progress. A swashbuckiling, gory affair
rendered perhaps a little random by time-trouble. Playing such games will lead
these innocents to have a hiarstyle like mine. No real comments for fear of
inaccuracy, but might not 32 Qxf5 have led to a simple advantage? Doesn't 36...
Bf6 win? After White's 39th, his king is amazingly safe.} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3.
c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. dxe6
Rxe6 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. Ne3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nb3 b6 17.
f3 a6 18. Rb1 b5 19. a3 Be6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. f4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. f5 Bd7 24.
Ng4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 d5 26. Qb3 Qh4 27. h3 Kh8 28. exd5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. d6
Rb8 31. Qxf7 Nb5 32. d7 Rf8 33. Qd5 fxg4 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Bg5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1
Nc7 37. Qd6 gxh3 38. Rg1 hxg2+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qxf8+ Bxf8 41. d8=Q Ne6 42. Qf6+
Qxf6 43. Bxf6+ Kg8 44. Kxg2 Bh6 45. Rd1 Be3 46. Bh4 Bh6 47. Kf3 Bg7 48. b4 Kf7
49. Ke4 Nc7 50. a4 Ke6 51. Bf2 Nd5 52. Bxd4 Bxd4 53. Kxd4 Nxb4 54. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{It is very difficult to stop a general slide down in an all-play-all
tournament, so all credit to Rogulj for wnning. But what was Davies thinking
of? Why didn't he try to regain his pawns, which would have been reasonably
easy at first?} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7.
b4 cxb4 8. axb4 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 d5 11. O-O Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nh4 Qd3
14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. d3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20.
Bxd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Nxb4 22. Bf1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Nfd5 24. Ba3 Nc2 25. Bc5 Bd4 26.
Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Rb4 Rd8 29. Kg2 e6 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{White obviously underestimated the weakness of his king in the centre and
should not have played 17 Bxg6 which opens up the position. He would have been
mated had he not given up his queen. Even after that it was a difficult
endgame to win.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. h4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Qa5 13. Qf4
Bd7 14. Rab1 b6 15. h5 O-O-O 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bxg6 Rdg8 18. Bd3 Rxg2 19. Rxh6
Rhg8 20. Rbh1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 R2g4 23. Rh8 Rxd4 24. Rxg8+ Kc7 25.
Rh7 Rf4 26. Rgg7 Qa4 27. Rxd7+ Qxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Ke3 Rh4 30. Bb5+ Ke7 31.
f3 Rh5 32. Kd4 Rf5 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bc6 Kd8 35. c3 Kc7 36. Be4 Rh5 37. a4 a6 38.
Bg6 Rh4+ 39. Be4 Rh5 40. Bg6 Rh4+ 41. Be4 a5 42. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 43. fxe4 Kc6 44.
Kb3 Kc5 45. Kb2 Kc4 46. Kc2 b5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kb3 a4+ 49. Ka3 Kc4 50. Kxa4
Kxc3 51. Kb5 Kd4 52. Kc6 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Jon decided to play a nice, safe, sound line instead of the rather hairy
variations he has chosen in the past against this line. White just decided to
exchange everything off. The final position is very drawn.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Be6
10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Black "Norris, Alan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Black equalised easily enough and then had most of the play, what there was
of it, in the middlegame.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6.
cxd6 exd6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Na3 Bxe5 12.
Nxe5 Rxe5+ 13. Be2 Ne3 14. Kf2 Ng4+ 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nc4 Re2+ 17. Kg3 Nd7 18.
Ne3 Bh5 19. Nd5 Re5 20. c4 Rc8 21. b3 Rc6 22. Bf4 Re2 23. Rhe1 Rce6 24. Rxe2
Rxe2 25. Bg5+ Kc8 26. Nc3 Re6 27. h4 f6 28. Bd2 Nc5 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 g5
31. Bf2 Nd7 32. Bxa7 b6 33. c5 bxc5 34. Na4 c4 35. bxc4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Bf7 37.
Bd4 Bxc4 38. Nc3 Ne5 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Kg5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{The trouble with facing a vigorous attack like Watson's is that the least
slip may well spell disaster. The general feeling was that 21...Qb2 followed
by 22...Bxc3 would have refuted the pawn sacrifices, because it brings the
Black queen into play.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. h4 c5 8. e6 fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 Nf6 11. Rh4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. g5 Nd5 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. g6 hxg6 19.
Qxg6 Nxc3 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. bxc3 d5 22. Ke2 e5 23. Rah1 Ke8 24. Rh8+ Bxh8 25.
Rxh8+ Kd7 26. Qxf7 e4 27. Qe8+ Kd6 28. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{The general feeling is that Stuart should be trying more direct, violent
openings, at this stage of his career. He seemed to lose the thread of the
game. 21 Bf1 looks better than the move played. The whole concept of
manoeuvring the knight to pick up the pawn on a4 was wrong. It wasted too much
time.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 a4 11. b4 Bf5 12. c4 Ne4 13. c5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bg6
15. f3 f5 16. e3 Bh5 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. f4 Bh5 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Rab1 Be8 21. Nf3
Ne4 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Nd3 g5 24. Nb2 Qe7 25. Nxa4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bh4 27. Rf1 Kh8
28. Be1 Rg8 29. Kh1 Bh5 30. Nc3 Rxa3 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe3 33. Bd3 Bxe1
0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{William's game plan was to keep the position simple and the draw in hand. A
case of the operation bein a failure but the patient surviving. 6...c5 is more
normal. 13 e5 was extremely plausible. 15...exf4 16 Bxf4 Ne6 17 Bxd6 Neg5 18
Bxf8 Bxf8 would give considerable compensation for the exchange. 24 Re1 was
much better than c5, White overlooked the force of Qe3.} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3.
g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qc8 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Rc1
Nc7 11. g4 Bd7 12. f4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nf3 Re8 (15... exf4 16. Bxf4
Ne6 17. Bxd6 Nexg5 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nh4 Bg6 19.
O-O Ne6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. h4 Nd4 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. c5 d5 25. Nf2
Qe3 26. Qb3 Rab8 27. Rce1 Qf4 28. Ne4 Qxh4 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Bxd5+ cxd5 31. Qxd5+
Kh8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Qxg5+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 Be5 37. Re4
Rf8 38. Qxf8+ Nxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. Re1 Bf6 {Congratulations to William on
winning the tournament with a round to spare, and also on learning how to
write a legible scoresheet. It is noticeable that, since learning to do the
latter, his standard of play has risen remarkably.} 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Paul allowed Mark to reach one of his favourite opening systems, which he
played seemingly effortlessly. It seems that 8 a4 is a better move. Mark felt
comfortable from the very start - and this is something you should always try
to prevent.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4
O-O 8. bxa6 d6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. Rb1 Rc8
14. O-O Qxe2 15. Nxe2 Rxa2 16. Bc3 Ra4 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. f3 Rb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Nc3 Rd4 21. Rfd1 Na6 22. Kf1 Ne5 23. Ne2 Rdb4 24. b3 Nc7 25. Nc3 f5 26. Ke2
fxe4 27. fxe4 Nb5 28. Nxb5 R7xb5 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Ra8 Ng4 31. h3 Nf6 32. Ke3 Rd4
33. Rda1 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxb3+ 35. Kf4 Rxd5 36. R1a7 Rf5+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kh4
Rf4+ 39. g4 Rxe4 40. Re8 hxg4 41. hxg4 0-1

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{A non-event, although it is true that wholesale exchanges are about to occur.
} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Rc1 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Another swashbuckling effort from the American, with both players going for
the jugular (well, one should expect that of a Yugoslav) and time-trouble. It
is amazing how the two queens managed to attack the king via the queenside.
White's kingside was more compact than Black's and the game was already lost
when the grotesque blunder 36...Nf6 came.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3
exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nge2 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Nc1 Rb8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Ra2 Ne5 17. O-O h5 18.
h3 Nh7 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. f4 Nd7 21. f5 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Ndf6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd3
Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Nf4 Qb4 27. Qd3 Bf5 28. Qxa6 c4 29. Ra4 Qb3 30. Bxc4 Qg3
31. Ra3 Qh4 32. Bd3 Be5 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Re3 Nf6 35. Qa7 Ng4 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37.
Rxe4 Nf2+ 38. Rxf2 Qxf2 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{A total non-event, for which it is hard to justify using opening nomenclature.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7
8. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{Apparently after the players agreed a draw after an hour's play, they then
went off and analysed the final position for 2 hours. Harry Golombek tells me
that he once saw two players agree an instant draw and they then went to a
side-room, where they continued playing the game "for real". These 3 draws may
have been in protest at the early start to the last round - beloved of many
organisers, but an anathema to most players. I had opposed this when we set up
the tournament. The games almost never continue endlessly and the event is
arranged for the players, not the controllers. However, he players do have a
responsibility to the sponsors and these instant draws are extremely negative
for public relations.} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Norris, Alan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{If Alan thought that exchanging off the major pieces was a short-cut to a
draw, he must have been rudely awakened, when it became clear that he was
totally lost a few moves later.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3
Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Rd8 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12.
Rh2 b6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rd2 Bb7 15. Rd7 Ng3 16. f6 Bf8 17. Rxc7 Nxf1 18. Kxf1 Bc6
19. Nd5 Bb5+ 20. c4 Ba6 21. b3 Ne6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Nf3
Bxe7 26. fxe7 Re8 27. Rd7 Bxe4 28. Nxe5 Kg7 29. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{When Shaun is at his best he seems better able than most to obtain positions
in which his opponents are ill at ease. He took the initiative away from
Hebden and here keeps the position simple. Black had to safeguard his centre
against the thrust f5 before embarking on any queenside sortie. After it came,
he was practically helpless.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5
Nd7 6. g3 f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Nb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12.
O-O Qe8 13. c3 Bd7 14. Ne1 a5 15. Nd3 a4 16. bxa4 b5 17. f4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4
19. f5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 exf5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. e6 Bc8 23. Qf3 Nd8 24. Qxf5 Qb5 25.
c4 Qb6+ 26. c5 Bxc5+ 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Be4 g6 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bh6 Nxe6 31. Bd5
Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Robert Silk Young Masters"]
[Site "London Barbican"]
[Date "1982.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Reuben, Stewart"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1982.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "5"]

{William clearly wanted to finish the tournament off in quiet comfort. I do
not know whether Paul was otherwise inclined, but he had little opportunity.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

