[Event "GBR-ch57 U18"]
[Site "Coventry"]
[Date "1970.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1970.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. d4 fxg2 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. h3 Be2 17. Qf5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Bh5 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Re8 23. a4 Rb8 24. b4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Be2 26. Kxg2 Bb5 27. Ra5 Rb6 28. c4 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rc5 Rb6 31. Rxc7 Rxb4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. d5 Rb3 34. d6 Rd3 35. Rd8 a5 36. c5 Rc3 37. Rc8 Rd3 38. Rd8 Rc3 39. d7 Rxc5 40. Rc8 {Sources: BCM, November 1970, p341; John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "Lewisham Club Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "McSheehy, Chris J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 d5 15. fxe7 Qxf4+ 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. Rhe1 Ra7 18. Nf5 Qb8 19. Nxd5 f6 20. Nxg7+ Kf7 21. Nxe6 h5 22. Bxh5+ Rxh5 23. Nd8+ {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "County m Hampshire-Kent"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1970.01.10"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Piggott, Brian AM"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.01.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hampshire"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bd4 Bb7 12. Qc4 O-O 13. f3 (13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qb4 Qc7) 13... d6 (13... Rc8 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Be2 $14) 14. e6 $2 Bxd4 $2 (14... Rc8 $1) 15. Qxd4 (15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxd4 e5 $44) 15... fxe6 16. Bc4 (16. Qxa7 $14) 16... d5 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. Rd1 (18. O-O $16) 18... Rf4 $6 (18... a5 $142) 19. Qe3 (19. Qxa7 Ba6 20. Rd2 $16) 19... Ba6 20. Kf2 (20. Qxa7 Qe5+ (20... d4 $1 21. c3 Rb7 $19) 21. Kf2 Qe2+ 22. Kg3 Rbf8 $19) 20... Rbf8 21. Rhe1 $2 (21. Qxa7 $1 g5 22. Rd4 g4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qe3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Kf7 26. c3 $16) 21... Rxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Qxh2 24. c3 (24. Rxe6 Qh5+ 25. g4 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Qxg4 27. Bxd5 Kf8 $19) 24... g5 25. Rd4 Kf7 26. c4 e5 27. cxd5 exd4 28. d6+ e6 29. Bxe6+ Kf6 30. g3 Bb7+ {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 0-1

[Event "County m Kent-London Univ"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Kay, Robert Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1970.12.05"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bc5 Nc6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f4 g6 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Qf2 Nb3 20. Rb1 Kg7 21. Qg3 Na5 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxd5 Be6 24. Nf6 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rhd8 26. Be2 Qb6 27. Qg5 Bb3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Nf6 Rg7 32. Nxh7 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "London U21 Ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1970.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. f4 Nd7 12. f5 Nd4 13. Ne2 b5 14. c3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b4 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Qd2 Rb6 20. Rab1 Rfb8 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Kh2 Qb2 24. Qg5 Qxa2 25. Qc1 Rb2 26. Rg1 Ne5 27. Qd1 Rd2 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 0-1

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. e4 e6 11. a3 Na6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1 Qe7 15. b3 Rd8 16. a4 Bg4 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Nh4 g5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rfd1 Nb4 24. Qe4 a5 25. Rac1 Rd7 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. d6 Qxb3 28. dxc7 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qxe3 30. Nxe3 Re8 31. Bxb7 Nc8 32. Rd1 Na7 33. Rd8 Re7 34. c8=Q {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "Lewisham Club Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Milnes, Anthony CP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qa6 10. Qd1 Ne7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. c4 Bc7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Bb2 O-O 16. a4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Bc3 b6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Ng6 21. b5 Qb7 22. c6 Qb8 23. d7 Rc7 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng5 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup (Team U18)"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1971.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Itcovitz, David"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1971.08.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qh5 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qd4 13. Bd3 Qe5 14. Qe2 Rab8 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rb7 17. f5 Bc8 18. Qh5 e6 19. Rf3 exf5 20. exf5 d5 21. Rbf1 Re8 22. Ba6 Rbe7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qh4 Rce8 25. Qf2 Qb4 26. Nd1 Re2 27. Qxa7 Qd2 28. R3f2 Re1 29. Rxd2 Rxf1+ 30. Qg1 Ree1 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 0-1

[Event "School Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Potts, Alan W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. O-O O-O 14. f5 Ne5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxa2 22. Rbf1 a4 23. Nd4 a3 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. R6xf3 Qb2 26. Rf7 Rg7 27. e5 Qxe5 28. Qh6 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "School Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Brown, Geoffrey M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O Qb4 14. f5 Ne5 15. a3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Ne2 h5 18. Nbd4 Qc7 19. Nf4 Ke7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nf5+ Kf7 22. Rxb7 Qc6 23. Nxe6 Bf8 24. Qf4 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "West European U20 Team Ch"]
[Site "Doesburg"]
[Date "1973.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Corbat, Philippe"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1973.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Qe1 Qe8 13. Nh2 Bh4 14. Ndf3 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Nc5 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Qe3 Nf4 19. g3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Qd3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Qh5+ 25. Nh2 f3 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Qxd6 Be5 28. Qe6+ Kh8 {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 0-1

[Event "Central London Open 1st"]
[Site "London, Mary Ward Centre"]
[Date "1973.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1973.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nf3 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxa6 13. a3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Ne1 c4 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. g3 Rac8 21. Kg2 Rc2 22. Qd1 Rfc8 23. Qxd3 Rxc1 24. Qxd7 Qa8+ {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 0-1

[Event "Central London Open 1st"]
[Site "London, Mary Ward Centre"]
[Date "1973.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Franks, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. a3 Nc6 14. f4 g6 15. b4 Qd8 16. Bb2 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. b5 a5 19. Na4 b6 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Qf2 Nc8 22. g4 O-O 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. e6+ f6 31. Bxf6+ {Source: John G Nicholson, 24 August 2024} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch61 U21"]
[Site "Clacton"]
[Date "1974.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Kinlay, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 ({John Nicholson's own record of this game has the move
order} 2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6) 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5
Bc5 8. d3 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e3 Nb5 13. Qh5+ Kg8
14. Be4 h6 15. Qg6 Nd6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bg6 Nf7 18. e4 d6 19. f4 Bf6 20. fxe5
Rxe5 21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxh6 Qf8 23. Rxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rf1+ Bf5 25. Rxf5+ Rxf5 26.
Qxf5+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Ke8 28. Qe6+ {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson; Dragon 
(Cambridge University bulletin), October 1974} 1-0

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Alexander Aird"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Be6 11. f3 a4 12. Nc1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bb6 Na5 18. Na2 Rfc8 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. Rd2 h6 22. Nb5 Rc6 23. Be3 f5 24. Nc3 Rac8 25. Nxa4 Rxc2 26. Nc3 R8xc3 27.
bxc3 Rxc3 28. Ba7 Bxa3 29. Rb1 Bc4 30. Rxb7 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Kg3 f4+ 33.
Kh4 Rh1 34. h3 Bf8 35. Rdd7 Be6 36. Rdc7 e4 37. Bc5 exf3 38. Bxf8 fxg2 {
Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "County m Cambs-Essex"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1975.03.01"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1975.03.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridgeshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f4 Qa5 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nh5 12. Rae1 O-O-O 13. e6 fxe6 14. Rxe6 Ng7
15. Ree1 Qb4 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Nxb5 e5 18. c3 Qa5 19. Na7+ Kb8 20. Nxc6+ Bxc6 21.
Nxe5 Kb7 22. Nxc6 Kxc6 23. Re6+ Kb7 24. Bxa6+ Ka7 25. Bg5 Nc5 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27.
Rf7+ Ka8 28. Qe2 Bd6 29. Qf3+ Kb8 30. Rb7+ Kc8 31. Ra7+ Kb8 32. Qa8# {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ralston, David J"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc5
Be6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. Kb1 f5 18. Rd6 Bd5 19. Rd1 Be4 20. R1d2 f4
21. f3 Bc6 22. Na5 e4 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. fxe4 Ne5 25. h3 f3 26. Bf1 Nc4 27.
Bxc4+ Rxc4 28. Rf2 Rxe4 29. Kc1 h5 30. Rd3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ref4 32. Kd2 Kh7 33.
Rd7 Rxg4 34. Rxb7 Kh6 35. Rxa7 Rg2 36. Ke3 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 g5 38. Ra3 g4 39. Ra5
g3+ 40. Kxg3 f2 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Ra4 f1=Q 43. Rg4+ Kh6 {Source: John Nicholson}
0-1

[Event "Cambridge Univ v Civil Service"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Civil Service"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
g6 9. O-O dxc3 10. Nxc3 Bg7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bg3 Qd8 13. Rad1 d5 14. exd6 exd6
15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Be5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Rd5 21.
Nc3 Rd4 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Bf3 Qxa2 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 27.
Bxb7 Qxb2 28. Qe7 Qb6 29. Rd1 Ne6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bd5 Ne6 33.
f5 gxf5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1 Kf6 36. Kd2 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Greater Manchester Open"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 Bg7 10. e5 Bg4 11. exf6 Bxd1 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Rxd1 Qb6+ 14. Kh1
Rxg7 15. Re1 d5 16. Bb3 f6 17. Re6 O-O-O 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Bc5 d4 20. Ne2 Qb5 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. a4 Qa5 24. Rc6+ Kd7 25. Rxc5 Qd2 26. Bc3 {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Borehamwood Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Basman, Michael John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qc8 12. Nbd2 Qf5 13. Bg3 Rac8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 e6 16. Bc2 Qh5 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Re4 g5 20. Qe2 h6 21. h4
Rbd8 22. Re1 Rd7 23. Bh2 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxe6 gxh4 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Qe4 Nd8
28. Re5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qh7# {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Borehamwood Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxb5 11. axb5 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na5 e6 14. O-O Qd7
15. Nc6 Rfe8 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Ne4 Rxc6 20. bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qc2 Qb5 22. Rd1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Nb4 24. Qd2 N6d5 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qh6 Qb3 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Ra3 Qc4 30. b3 Qb5 31. h3 Re2 32. Qg5 Qe8 33. Bd2 Nd3
34. Rf1 Qb8 35. f4 Rxd2 36. f5 Nf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rd1+ {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1978.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1978.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qe1 b4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rf1 O-O-O 18. c3 bxc3 19. Qxc3+ Kb7 20. Be4 f5
21. Bxf5 Bg7 22. Rf3 e4 23. Qc6+ Qxc6 24. dxc6+ Kxc6 25. Bxe4+ d5 26. Rfd3 Rhe8
27. Bxd5+ Kb6 28. Bf3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Re7 30. Rd6+ Kc5 31. Rc6+ Kb5 32. a4+ Kxa4
33. Rb6 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Barratt, DA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Rc8 15. g4
Bg6 16. Ng3 b4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 bxc3 19. bxc3 c4 20. g5 f6 21. g6 h6 22.
Nh2 Re8 23. Qh5 Bf8 24. Ng4 Nc5 25. Kh2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rg1 Re7 28. Bxh6
gxh6 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. g7+ Bxg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg6+ {Source: John Nicholson}
1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Ne5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. h4 Nf8 14. h5 Bg4 15.
hxg6 Nxg6 16. Nf5 h5 17. Be2 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe7 20. Rd3 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxe2 22. Rdh3 Qe4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Kb1 Kg7 25. Rxh5 Rh8 26. f6+ Kg6 27.
Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Nf3 29. Bc1 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London, Cumberland Hotel"]
[Date "1978.08.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1978.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. h3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8 19. Re3 Bc8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Ne4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Ref7 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nxe4
Bb7 28. Rd1 h6 29. f3 Bc6 30. Nc3 Bd7 31. Rd4 Kg8 32. Rc4 Rf4 33. Rc7 Rd8 34.
Re4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 e5 36. Rb7 Bc6 37. Rxb6 Rxd6 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Rxa5 Rd2 40. Rc5
Be8 41. b4 g5 42. Rxe5 Rd4 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Aaronson op 2nd"]
[Site "Harrow"]
[Date "1978.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Hill, Clive E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1978.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 Qe7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. a4 a5 11. d5 Be8 12. Nb1 Kd7 13. c4 Ra8 14. b4 axb4
15. Qb3 b6 16. Qxb4 g6 17. a5 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Qb5+ Kd8 20. Qb8+ Kd7 21.
c5 Qd8 22. Nxe5+ Ke7 23. cxd6+ cxd6 24. Qb7+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Aaronson op 2nd"]
[Site "Harrow"]
[Date "1978.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Holland, Christopher KD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1978.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 g6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Bf1
e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. c4 a5 11. b3 Nh5 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. a3 f5 14. b4 f4 15. Ng5 Ndf6
16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 h6 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Bc3 a4 22. Rb1
Qc8 23. Bb4 Ba6 24. cxd6 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxd6 26. Ba2 Nf6 27. f3 Nfe8 28. Rc1 Qd7
29. Rc6 Bf6 30. Nxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bb1 Bh4 33. Re2 Rac8 34. Rc2 Nc4
35. d6 Ncxd6 36. Bxd6 Nxd6 37. Qxd6 Rxc2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxg6+ {Source: John
Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Century, Jonathan Isaac"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 Be7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. c3 Rdg8 14. d4 g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. N3h2 Ne7 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. a4 Be7 21. a5
Nf6 22. axb6 axb6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b4 Nh4 25. Nxf6 Nxg2 26. Qg4 Bxf6 27. Qxe6+
Qd7 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Kxg2 d4+ 30. f3 dxe3 31. Rxe3 g4 32. Nd2 gxf3+ 33. Nxf3
Bh4 34. Ra7 Kc8 35. Kf2 Bxg3+ 36. Ke2 Kb8 37. Ra5 Bf4 38. Re7 Re8 39. Rxe8+
Rxe8+ 40. Kd3 Bxf3 41. Rxc5 Rd8+ 42. Kc2 Bd1+ 43. Kb2 Rd2+ 44. Ka1 Bb3 45. Rf5
Rf2 46. Rc5 Bc1 47. Rh5 Bb2+ 48. Kb1 Bxc3 49. Rh1 Ra2 {Sources: bulletin; John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Charlton op"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1979.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1979.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 h6 18. Nh2 Bf8 19. Nh5 Re6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Ng4
Rg6 22. Qd5 Bb7 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. b3 Nb6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Ne3 Re6 27. c4 Bd7
28. Bd2 Bc8 29. Ba5 Rb8 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Re7 32. b4 Reb7 33. Ba4 Be7 34.
Bc6 Ra7 35. b5 axb5 36. cxb5 Bf5 37. Bd2 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Bd3 39. Ba5 Rxb5 40.
Bxb5 Bxb5 41. Bc7 f5 42. Rb1 Bc4 43. Rb6 Bxd5 44. Bxd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 Bf7 46.
Rb6 e4 47. g3 Bd5 48. Kf1 Kf7 49. Ke2 Be6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd4 Kf6 52. h4 g6 53.
Ra6 h5 54. Rb6 f4 55. Kxe4 fxg3 56. fxg3 Kf7 57. Ke5 Bc4 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Kf6
Bd3 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rxg6 Kh7 62. Rg7+ Kh6 63. Rg8 Kh7 64. Rd8 Be2 65. Kg5 Bg4
66. Rd6 Kg7 67. Rh6 Be2 68. Rxh5 Bd3 69. Rh6 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "National Bank of Dubai op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.07.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase 11May2020"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3
c5 9. d5 d6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bf8 14. Re1 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 a6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. h3 Qc7 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nc4 Bd6 21. g3 Nd7
22. Rf1 f6 23. Rfc1 Red8 24. Nd1 Nf8 25. Nde3 g6 26. b4 cxb4 27. Nxe5 Bc5 28.
N5c4 Ne6 29. Ng4 Qg7 30. a5 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 Nd4 33. Qh5 Ne2+ 34. Kg2
Nxc1 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Rf8 37. Nef7+ {('Nf7+')} Rxf7 38. Nxf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+
Kh8 40. Nf7+ {Sources: Murray Chandler scoresheet; John Nicholson} (40. Nf7+ {
John Nicholson's record of this game has the further moves} Kg8 41. Nh6+ Kh8
42. Nf7+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Bank of Dubai op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Macpherson, Hugh Dugald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxd3 15.
Nxd3 Nc6 16. f4 f6 17. Ne2 Kh8 18. Ng3 Nc4 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Nb4 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. f5 Qb5 24. Qe2 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Rae8 26. e6 Bd6 27. Nh5 d4
28. Rf3 Qc6 29. Ng3 Bxg3 30. Kxg3 Qd5 31. Re1 Qxa2 32. Qe5 Qxb2 33. f6 gxf6 34.
Rxf6 Kg8 35. Rf7 Qb3+ 36. Kh4 Rxf7 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Qxe8+ Qxe8 39. Rxe8+ Kf7
40. Rc8 c6 41. Kg5 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Stebbings, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1979.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 d6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Qg3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 bxa3 18. bxa3 g6 19. Nf2 Rab8 20. Qh3 Rfd8 21.
Re3 d5 22. e5 Nh5 23. Ng4 Bf8 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Bg7 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. exf6
Bf8 28. Bd3 Re8 29. Ref3 Bb5 30. Rf4 Bd7 31. Qf3 Bb5 32. h4 Bxd3 33. cxd3 h6
34. Rg4 Kh7 35. h5 g5 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Be5 Rbc8 38. d4 Bxa3 39. Rg3 Bc1 40. Kh2
a5 41. Rgf3 a4 42. Rxc1 Rxc1 43. Qg6 fxg6 44. f7+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Clark, Gary M"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1979.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Kh1
Be7 9. Qf3 Nc5 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15.
Rac1 Qd7 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Ne2 Ba8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Ned4 g6 22. Na5 Rc8 23. h3 Nh5 24. g4 Ng7 25. Kh2 f5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Qg2 fxe4
28. dxe4 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Bf6 30. Be3 Qe8 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Qc2 Bxe4 33. Qc7 Bd5
34. Qxd6 Qxe3 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London, Lambeth"]
[Date "1979.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Be5 Nbd7 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Bxf6
Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxf6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. c4 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Nf3 a5 23. Qe4 O-O 24. Ne5 Rfc8 25. Rd7 Ra7 26. Rhd1 Qxf2 27.
Nd3 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London, Lambeth"]
[Date "1979.09.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nfg5 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Nxh7 O-O-O 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3
Nd4 15. Qxb7+ Qxb7 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. c3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nxh2 19. Rh1 Ng4 20. Rxh8
Rxh8 21. f3 Ne5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nd3 24. b3 Ne1+ 25. Kf2 Nc2 26. Rb1 Rh1
27. Ke2 Nxd4+ 28. Ke3 Nf5+ 29. Kf4 Rd1 30. Kg4 Nd4 31. Ra1 Nc2 32. Rb1 Ne1 33.
Kh5 Nxf3 34. Kh6 Ne5 35. Kg7 f5 36. Bf4 Rxb1 37. Bxe5 Kc6 {Source: John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Regency Masters A"]
[Site "Ramsgate"]
[Date "1979.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Kaiszauri, Konstanty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 f6
9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. O-O f5 14. Qe1 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 e6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Be3 c4 19. Bf2 Be7 20. Bh4 Bxh4 21. Qxh4
O-O 22. Kh1 cxb3 23. cxb3 Rfc8 24. Nc3 a5 25. h3 a4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27. b3 Rc6 28.
Qe1 Rac8 29. a5 Na8 30. Na4 Qe8 31. Nc5 Qe7 32. b4 b6 33. axb6 Nxb6 34. Rfa3
Nc4 35. Ra7 R8c7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Qh4 Qf7 39. b5 Rc7 40. Qd8 Re7
41. b6 Nd2 42. Qxe7 Qxe7 43. Ra7 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "City of London op 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Cullen, Anthony P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qh4 Nb4 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Bd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qc5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rac8 17. f5 b5 18. a3 a5 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Raf1 b4 21. axb4 axb4
22. Nd1 Qb5 23. Bh6 Rc2 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Ne3 Rcc8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qf2 Qe8
28. Qd2 Qb5 29. Nc2 b3 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Qf2 Nd7 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Nc6 Rxc6 34.
Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. d4 Qxe4 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Rh8 g5 40. Rg8
Qxd4 41. Qxe7 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Borehamwood Open"]
[Site "Borehamwood"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1980.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. h4 Kb8 15.
h5 Be7 16. Bf3 Bc8 17. Qe2 Ng8 18. Qg2 Rh7 19. Bxe7 Ngxe7 20. Qg5 Rdh8 21. Rd2
g6 22. h6 Ng8 23. Rhd1 Rxh6 24. Rxd6 Rh3 25. Bg2 R3h5 26. Qg3 Nge7 27. Qf2 Na5
28. e5 Nf5 29. R6d3 Rh2 30. Ne4 Nh4 31. Rg3 Nxb3+ 32. axb3 Bd7 33. Qg1 Nxg2 34.
Rxg2 Rxg2 35. Qxg2 Bc6 36. Qe2 {Source: John Nicholson} (36. Qe2 Qa5 37. Nc3
Qb4 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Ne2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup Grp 2"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1980.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Qd7
15. Rae1 a5 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nd1 Rae8 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Qh3 Nxf4 21.
Rxf4 e5 22. Rg4 exd4 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Rf1 Re5 25. Qh6 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Kh8 27. Qh3
Ra8 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Qf3 g6 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Qe1 Kg7 32. Bc4 Rf8 33. Rh4 Bd7 34.
h3 Qg5 35. Qf2 f6 36. Rf4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Qxf4 38. Rxf4 Bc6 39. Bd5 Rc8 40. Bxc6
Rxc6 41. Rf2 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup Grp 2"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1980.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Nielsen, Poul Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1980.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 e5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Nh4 g6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bg5 Ne8 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Qe2 d5 20. e5 h5 21. h3 d4 22.
hxg4 dxc3 23. bxc3 h4 24. Be4 Rac8 25. g5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Kg7 27. Nd4 Nxg5 28.
Bxg5 Bxg5 29. e6 Qe7 30. Rae1 f5 31. Qd5 Rc5 32. Qb3 h3 33. Qxb6 hxg2+ 34. Kxg2
Rxc3 35. Qb2 Qc5 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf5+ {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup Grp 2"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1980.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Berg, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 15.
Rad1 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Qe3 gxh3 18. Nf5 Qxe3 19. Nxe7+ Kh7 20. Rxe3 hxg2 21.
Bxd6 Rfe8 22. Kxg2 Bf8 23. Ncd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Re6 25. Bg3 Rc6 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27.
Rxd7 Rc8 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 b5 30. e5 Rc6 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rf3 a5 33. Re3
a4 34. c4 a3 35. cxb5 a2 36. bxc6 a1=Q 37. c7 Qa8+ 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. e6+ Ke8 40.
e7 Bg7 41. Rd3 Kxe7 42. Rd8 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup Grp 2"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1980.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Fleck, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1980.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. Kh1 O-O
15. g4 Ne7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxc4 Rab8 19. Rad1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxb2
21. g5 Kh8 22. Rd3 f5 23. Rh3 h6 24. Qg6 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson}
1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 04th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.08.23"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Webb, Richard M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1980.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 ({
John Nicholson's record of this game has the move order} 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6
9. Be3) 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2
Rfc8 14. g4 Be8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. g5 Nc5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. f5 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Qg2 Rab8 22. g6 fxg6 23. fxg6 b4 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Ne2 e5 26.
Rdd1 Bb5 27. Rf2 b3 28. Nc3 bxc2 29. Rxc2 Nb3 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Rf2 Rf8 32. Nd5
Qd8 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Rf1 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Nf4 Bxg4 37. Ng6+ Kxh7 38.
Qxg4 Rb5 39. Nxf8+ {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 04th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.08.24"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1980.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({John Nicholson's own record of this game has the move order} 
2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6) 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12.
Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qa5 Qd8 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Qxb7 Be7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rg1 Kh7 18.
Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Rg3 Rfc8 22. b3 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bd3+
g6 25. c4 Ba3+ 26. Kb1 Bb4 27. cxd5 Bxd2 28. Bxd2 Qd7 29. Bc1 a5 30. Bb2 a4 31.
Bc4 a3 32. Bc1 Rxc4 33. bxc4 Qf5+ 34. Ka1 Qc2 {Sources: bulletin; John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Sun Alliance v Sussex Univ"]
[Site "Sussex"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Hepworth, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sun Alliance"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
c5 9. Nd2 Na6 10. a4 Nc7 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Bf4 b5 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15.
Bf1 Nh5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Ra5 Rab8 18. c3 f5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf6 21. Bxf6
exf6 22. Re1 Rb7 23. d6 Qd8 24. Qd5+ Rff7 25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Re7 Qf8 27. Na3
Rxb2 28. Bc4 Nf4 29. Qd1 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Kg7 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Nb5
a6 34. Nc7 a5 35. Qd1 Qd7 36. Ne6+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1981.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Niels Jorgen"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1981.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Ne5 Qc7 9. g4 O-O 10. g5 Nd4 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bxg5 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Ng4
Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Qg1
Bc6+ 21. Ng2 Qh4 22. b4 Re1 23. Bf1 Nf5 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Sun Alliance v Haywards Heath"]
[Site "Sussex"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Nicholas, Ronald William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sun Alliance"]
[BlackTeam "Haywards Heath"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 b5 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Bb3 Nc5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Bd5 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Na5 14. Rg4
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 c6 16. Qd3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qc7 20. Be7 Rf7
21. Bxb4 d5 22. Bc3 Nc4 23. Rh4 g6 24. Qxg6+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Sun Alliance v Brighton College"]
[Site "Sussex"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Charles, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sun Alliance"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton College"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c5 8. Qb3
b6 9. d5 Be7 10. h3 Bf5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15.
Nc3 h6 16. Nge4 Nd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qc8 20. Bf4 Bd8 21.
Re1+ Be6 22. Qb5+ Qd7 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Bh5+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "North London Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Rfc1 Qc6 14. Bf3 Bc4 15.
g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g5 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qg6 21. Ra4
f5 22. h4 e4 23. Be2 Bd6 24. f4 exf3 25. Bxf3 Rd7 26. h5 Qf7 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28.
Rxf4 Nd6 29. Qg3 g6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. c4 Re8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Re7 34. Qf2
Qg7 35. Bg2 Qe5 36. b4 cxb4 37. c5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. d6 e3 40. Qa2+ Re6 41.
d7 Qxg5+ 42. Qg2 e2 43. Qxg5 e1=Q+ 44. Rf1 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "North London Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gertler, David"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1983.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 e4 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nd4 Rd8 13. Ndb5 Na6 14. Bc4 Qe5 15.
f4 exf3 16. Qxf3 Bg4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 Rac8 19. b3 Nc5 20. h3 Re8+ 21. Kd2
Nfe4+ 22. Kc2 Bf5 23. Kb2 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. Bd2 Bd4 27. Rhe1
Red8 28. Rac1 Rxd5 29. Ka2 Rdc5 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. g4 b5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Rc4
34. Kb3 Bf6 35. Na2 Bc2+ {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Lewisham International 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.12.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1983.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd5 h5 14. Nh2 Bh7 15. Na3 Qe7
16. a5 Ba7 17. gxh5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Qxh3 19. Qg4 Qxg4+ 20. Nxg4 gxf6 21. Kh2 Kh8
22. Nxf6 Kg7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. b5 Nxa5 25. bxa6 c6 26. axb7 Rab8 27. Nb5 Bc5
28. Rxa5 cxd5 29. exd5 Rxb7 30. f4 f5 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. d4 Bb6 33. Ra6 e4 34.
c4 e3 35. Kg2 f4 36. Kf3 Rg7 37. Rxb6 Rg3+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kf3 Rg3+ 40. Ke2
Rg2+ 41. Kd3 e2 42. Ra1 f3 43. Nc3 f2 44. Nxe2 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Rxf1 46. Re6 Rd1+
47. Kc3 Ra1 48. d6 Ra7 49. c5 Kg7 50. Rg6+ Rxg6 51. hxg6 Kf6 52. Kc4 Ke6 53.
Nf4+ Kd7 54. g7 Ra8 55. Kd5 Ra5 56. Nh5 {(Second IM norm for John Nicholson,
Lewisham & Sussex) Sources: bulletin; Ian Rogers; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Borehamwood Open"]
[Site "Borehamwood"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosenkiewicz, JR"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Nc4 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Bf3 Ba6
15. Nba3 Nf6 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Bg5 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Ne3 h6 20. Bh4 Ne8 21.
Nf1 g5 22. Bg3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bxb2 24. Qb1 Bc3 25. Rd1 Ng7 26. h4 Nf5 27. h5
Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qd7 29. Rd3 Be5 30. Rb3 Bxg3 31. c4 Be5 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Qxb8+
Kg7 34. Qb5 Qf5 35. Qb3 g4 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Ramat Hasharon"]
[Site "Ramat Hasharon"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iclicki, Willy"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 a5 6. Nc3 Ba6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7
9. Nf3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Nxb6 13. e4 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Nd2
Nce5 16. Bf1 c4 17. Na4 f5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qd1 Rc8 21. Nf3 Nb6 22.
Nc3 Nc4 23. Ng5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Rf1 Nxb2 26. Bxb2 Qxb2 27. Na4 Qxa1 28.
Qxa1 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 d2 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Regency Masters 6th"]
[Site "Ramsgate"]
[Date "1984.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "King, Daniel John"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1984.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Nc4 Rb4 14. f3 Nd7 15.
Qd2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 Nb5 20. Na4 Rc6 21. Bh6
Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Nd4 23. Bd1 c4 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. f4 Rb8 26. Rb2 c3 27. Ra2 Bxb3 28.
cxb3 c2 29. Bxc2 Nxc2 30. Qf2 Nd4 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Raxf2 Rxb3 34.
Rf6 Ne6 35. R6f3 Rb4 36. Rc3 Rcc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Nb6 Rc6 39. Nd5 Kg7 40. Nf6
Nc7 41. Ne4 Re6 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Rc1 Nb5 44. Rf1 Nxd6 45. exd6 Rd7 46. Rd1 Kf6 {
Source: bulletin; John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "TBD"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[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 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 b6 13. O-O Nf8 14. Nb2 Bd7 15. a4
h6 16. Qe1 Nh7 17. Nd1 O-O-O 18. Bc1 Rdg8 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. f5 e5
22. b5 Na5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Kh1 Qb7 25. Nd4 g6 26. e6 Be8 27. Bg2 gxf5 28. Rxf5
Bg6 29. Nxd5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 {Source: John Nicholson. Not clear which Hastings
tournament this was played in - look up later} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Barber, Haydn J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Annotator "TBD"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 a6 8.
Qd2 Rc8 9. Nb3 e6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Be7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f5 Ne5
15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Nc4 17. Qf4 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nd4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qa5 21.
Nc6 Rxc6 22. dxc6 f5 23. Rhe1 Kf8 24. Bd5 Qb4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Qd4 Rg8 27. c7
Qb7 28. Rxe7 {Source: John Nicholson. Not clear which Hastings this was played
in - look up later} 1-0

[Event "Lugano op 10th"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5
Qb6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng3 Bxg2 14. N1e2 Bxh1
15. Nxh1 Be7 16. a4 O-O 17. Nhg3 Nc6 18. Bc3 d5 19. Qe3 Nd8 20. Nh5 d4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qb7 23. Bxg7 Qh1+ 24. Bf1 f4 25. Qe2 Rf5 26. O-O-O Qc6+ 27. Bc3
f3 28. Qd3 Qxa4 29. Ng3 Rd5 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Berlin Summer op"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1985.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1985.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 Ngf6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. b4 Kb8 14. Ng5
Nb6 15. Qb3 Rd7 16. Bb2 Ka8 17. a4 Bf4 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. a5 Nc8 20. b5 cxb5 21.
cxb5 Rd5 22. Bc1 g5 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. b6 Qc4 26. Qa3 Qa6 27. h3 Nf6
28. N1d2 Nd7 29. Rec1 axb6 30. axb6 Qxa3 31. Rxa3+ Kb8 32. Nb3 Nxb6 33. Nc5
Ndc8 34. Ne5 Rxd4 35. Na6+ bxa6 36. Nc6+ Kb7 {Source: John Nicholson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARC Young Masters 6th"]
[Site "Uppingham"]
[Date "1986.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qc7 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Ne2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. O-O a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O-O 12. Qe1 e5 13. Nb3 Rg8 14.
Be3 Bd6 15. Qa5 Bh3 16. Qxc7+ Bxc7 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Bd4 Rg6 19. Kh1 Be6 20. c3
Rdg8 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. Rdd2 f3 23. g3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rh6+ 25. Kg1 Rxg3+ {Source:
John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "GLC Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Knott, Simon John Bradley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1986.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Be2 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. Nf4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Bg4 e5 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Nh5 Rd6 18. O-O Qd8 19. Bc1 Rg8 20. Ng3 exd4 21.
cxd4 f5 22. Re1 Rdg6 23. a5 Rg4 24. a6 b6 25. f3 R4g7 26. c3 h5 27. Ra2 Rh7 28.
Qe2 Qd7 29. Qe6 Rg6 30. Qe3 h4 31. Ne2 Re6 32. Qf2 h3 33. Nf4 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
hxg2 35. Rxg2 Nd8 36. Ba3 Nec6 37. Kh1 Rh8 38. Qg1 Rh7 39. Rg6 Ne7 40. Rg7 Rxg7
41. Qxg7 Ndc6 42. Qf7 b5 43. Ne6 Kb8 44. Qf8+ Nc8 45. Qxf5 Ka8 46. Qxd5 Qxd5
47. Nc7+ Kb8 48. Nxd5 Nb6 49. Bd6+ Kc8 50. Nxb6+ axb6 51. d5 Nd8 52. Kg2 Nf7
53. Bf4 b4 54. cxb4 c3 55. Kf2 c2 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. b5 {Sources: bulletin; John
Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Upminster Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Wood, SJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "TBD"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nc6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Bd3
g6 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Rh8 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Re3 {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Bayswater Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Chin, Francis CW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
Nbc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bd2 Rfc8 14. Qc1 Qd8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bf1 dxc4 18. Re4 Bc6 19. Rg4 Ng6 20. Bxc4 Bxf3 21.
Rxg6 Be4 22. Rg3 Qd4 23. Bxh6 Qxc4 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Qf6 Nd5 27.
Rxg8+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1986.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. a3 Na6 8. Bd3 g6
9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nb3 bxa3 12. bxa3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Rab8
15. Na5 Bd8 16. Ne1 Bxa5 17. Bxa5 Ba4 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Ng2 Rb7 20. Ne3 Reb8 21.
Nd1 Nc7 22. Nc3 Be8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Nb5 Rcb7 26. Nxd6 Rb6 27. Nb5
a6 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bc2 exf4 31. gxf4 Rb2 32. Rf2 Nf6 33. e5 Ng4
34. Re2 Ne3 35. Bd3 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 g5 37. Kf2 gxf4 38. Rg1+ Kf8 39. Rg5 f6 40.
exf6 Kf7 41. Rh5 Kxf6 42. Rxh7 Ke5 43. h4 Rg8 44. Bf1 Ng4+ 45. Ke1 Rb8 46. Bd3
Kd4 47. Rg7 Kxd3 48. Rxg4 Ke3 49. Kf1 f3 50. Kg1 Rb1+ {(the bulletin score
ends here)} 51. Kh2 f2 {Source: bulletin; John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Condie, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Bg4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Bd3 Rae8
15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxd1 17. Rexd1 g6 18. Ne4 Re7 19. Rxb7 f5 20. Nxd6 cxd6
21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. c4 Kf7 24. Kf1 Kf6 25. Rd2 Rc7 26. Ke2 Nc8 27.
Kd3 Nb6 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Rc2 Kf6 30. g3 h6 31. Re2 Kf7 32. d5 Nc8 33. Be8+ Kg7
34. Re6 g5 ({The bulletin gives} 34... h5 {here.}) 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Rf6 Re7 37.
Bc6 f4 38. Rf8 Nb6 39. Rd8 fxg3 40. fxg3 Re1 41. Rxd6 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rd4 43. Bb5
Nxc4 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Kc3 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abramovic, M"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Rhf1 Rfc8 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nd4 a4 19. Ndb5 Qa5 20. f5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxc2 22. Qe1 a3 23. bxa3 d5 24. Nec3 Qxa3 25. Nxa3 Rxa3 26. Rc1 Rb3+ {Source:
John Nicholson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Portsmouth Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dean, Stuart"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e3 axb5 7. Bxb5 Bb7 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Bc4 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Ng3 dxc4 13. Nf3 Qe6+ 14. Be3 Be7
15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Nxc4 Qc6 19. f3 d5 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Qc2
Rfe8 22. a3 g6 23. Bf2 Ba6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Nb1 h4 26. Ne2 h3 27. gxh3 Ne5 28.
Kg2 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 d4+ 30. Kg3 Bb7 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "IBM v Leigh Park"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peters, Arthur John"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. e3 d6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bg4 9. c4 Nd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Ne5
15. Qd1 Rb8 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Rxb2 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Rac1 Qa3 20. Rfe1 Ne2+ {
Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Yorkshire Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ackers, John D"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. a4
Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. a5 Nd7 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra3 Be5 19. Qf2 Rdc8 20. Rfa1 g6 21. g3 Bg7
22. Be2 Qd8 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Bb6 Qg5 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28.
Rd1 Rb4 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Na4 Rxc2 31. Rad3 Bf8 32. Rd8 Rcc8 33. Kf2 Rxd8 34.
Bxd8 Bc4 35. Rd7 Bb5 36. Nb6 Bc5+ {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Yorkshire Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. a4 Na5 15. Bc2
Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bd3 c6 18. Nh2 Bg7 19. Ra2 h5 20. Bg5 Nbd7 21. f4 Qb6 22. a5
Qa7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 Nh7 25. Be3 Rad8 26. Bb1 Qb8 27. Bf2 Nc5 28. Rd2 Ne6
29. d5 cxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. c4 f5 32. Bb6 Rd7 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Rd6 35.
Qc2 Nf8 36. Ng5 Rf6 37. d6 Bh6 38. d7 Nxd7 39. Rxd7 Bxg5 40. Be6+ Nxe6 41. Qh7+
Kf8 42. Qh8# {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "IBM v Fareham A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evans, D"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Nc6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bf2 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 Qa5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qf3 d5 15.
Bd3 Rb8 16. Nd1 Ba6 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Bc5 19. Kh1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bxf2 21.
Qxf2 Rd2 22. Qg3 Rbd8 23. Qh4 R8d4 24. h3 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+
27. Kh2 Qb6 28. Qg4 Qg1+ 29. Kg3 Rd3+ 30. Kh4 Qf2+ 31. g3 {Source: John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Berkshire Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Webster, Andrew A"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
a6 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc8
15. Rac1 Bh3 16. Nf4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7 18. f3 e6 19. Nce2 g5 20. Nd3 g4 21.
Nxc5 gxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qa8 23. Nf4 Ng4 24. Bxg7 f2+ 25. Kf1 Nce5 26. Bxe5 Qf3 {
Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Mitchell, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. h3
Be6 16. Nd2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bf5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rce1
Re6 22. g4 Rg6 23. Rg3 Be6 24. Bc2 Na5 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qe2 Nc4 27. Rf3 Re8
28. Rd3 Rf8 29. f4 h6 30. Bh4 Rxf4 31. Rf1 Re4 32. Qf2 Kh7 33. Rf3 a5 34. Rf8
Re3 35. Rd8 Qc6 36. Qf8 g5 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Rf6+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Barnsdale Young Masters"]
[Site "Uppingham"]
[Date "1989.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Woods, Duncan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1989.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Be6
15. Nh4 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Qd2 Bf5 21.
Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Kg1 Kg7 23. Rf1 Qxd5 24. Nxf6 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27.
Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qxh7 b5 29. Qe4+ Kf6 30. h4 Rfe8 31. Qf4+ Ke6 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Qe4+ Kd6 34. Qd4+ Ke7 35. Qc5+ Kf6 36. Qg5+ Ke6 37. Qxb5 Rab8 38. Qc4+ Kf6 39.
Qf4+ Ke6 40. b4 Rh8 41. d4 f6 42. d5+ Kxd5 43. Qxf6 Kc4 44. Qf4+ Kb5 45. Kh2
Rbf8 46. Qd4 Rc8 47. Kh3 Rhd8 48. Qe5+ Kxb4 49. h5 Rc5 50. Qb2+ Kc4 51. g4 Rd3+
52. Kh4 Kd5 53. h6 Rcc3 54. h7 Rh3+ 55. Kg5 Kc4 56. Qb8 Rb3 57. h8=Q {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1989.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1989.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e3 axb5 7. Bxb5 Bb7 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 e6 12. Bc3 Be7 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Be5 Nc6
15. Bg3 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 Rg4 17. Ne1 Rb4 18. Nd3 Rb3 19. Re1 Na7 20. e4 Nxb5 21.
exd5 Nd4+ 22. Kf1 Qa6 23. Re3 c4 24. Nc1 Rxe3 25. fxe3 c3+ 26. Kf2 cxb2 27.
Qxd4 bxa1=Q 28. Qxa1 Qxa4 29. Qh8+ Bf8 30. dxe6 dxe6 31. Qxh7 Qc4 32. Qb1 Rd8
33. Ne2 Bc5 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Nxc1 Rd1 36. Ne2 f6 37. Kf3 Rd3 38. Bf2 Kf7 39.
Nf4 Rd1 40. h3 e5 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Nd3 Ba7 43. g4 Ke6 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Ne1 Ra2
46. h4 e4+ 47. Kg3 Re2 48. h5 Bxe3 49. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52.
Kf1 e3 53. Nd3 Rd2 54. Ne1 Ke4 55. Kg1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "SCCU Champ"]
[Site "Sutton"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Basman, Michael John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g5 {Mike Basman played the Grob throughout the tournament, scoring 5.5/6
to this point. One opponent played 1 Nf3, to which the reply was 1..h6 and 2...
g5!} 2. d4 h6 3. c3 $1 d6 $1 (3... Bg7 $2 4. h4 $1 gxh4 5. Qg4 $16) 4. Bd3 Nf6
5. Ne2 Rg8 $5 6. O-O h5 7. f4 g4 $8 8. e5 Nd5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bh7 Rh8 11. Be4 c6
12. a3 N4a6 13. Nbc3 Nc7 14. Bd3 $1 d5 $6 {To counter White's 'slight'
development advantage (the consequence of playing Alekhine's Defence as well
as the Grob!) by blocking the centre, but now White has a very strong attack.}
15. f5 Bg7 16. Ng3 $1 (16. Nf4 dxc4 {/\Bxf5}) 16... Nd7 $8 {Otherwise 17 Nxh5
is winning} 17. f6 exf6 18. Nf5 (18. Nxh5 $2 Rxh5 19. Qxg4 Rg5) 18... Bf8 19.
Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Ne6 21. cxd5 Nxd4 22. dxc6 $6 bxc6 23. Bc4 Ne6 {White gave
Black this good square for the knight. Now 24 Kh1 would allow 24...Ne5} 24. Ne4
Ba6 25. Bxa6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qxa6 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Rd8 (28... O-O-O $2 29.
Rxf7 $18) 29. Bf4 {/\ Qb3} Qc4 $1 30. Qd2 h4 31. Rc1 Qd5 {/\ 32...h3} 32. Qc3
$1 Rh5 $2 ({In mutual time shortage, Black goes astray. After} 32... Rh7 33.
Qxc6+ Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Rh5 $1 {Black is a pawn down but still in the game.}) 33.
Rxe6+ fxe6 (33... Qxe6 34. Re1) 34. Qg7 $18 Rxd6 35. Bxd6 Qg5 36. Qxg5 ({
Quicker was} 36. Qf8+ {and 27 Rd1.}) 36... Rxg5 37. Rc5 Rg8 38. Kg1 Kd7 39. Be5
Rf8 40. Ra5 Ra8 41. Ra4 h3 42. Rxg4 c5 43. gxh3 Kc6 44. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Bayswater Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Page, M"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nd4 Rfd8 14. Re3
Rac8 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rg3 b5 17. Qd4 Kf8 18. Qb4 a6 19. Qa5 h6 20. Be3 d5 21.
Bb6 Rd6 22. Be3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bd4 e5 25. Rc3 Qd7 {Source: John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Aarhus op"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Nielsen, Poul Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 a6 8. a4
Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Nd5 b5 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bd4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb8 18. Ra3 Re8 19. Raf3 Re4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. f5 f6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. Qf3+ Ke5 26. Qf7 Kd4
27. c3+ Kd3 28. Qf3+ Re3 29. Qd1+ {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.07.31"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Watson, William Nicholas"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bh3 Ne5 15.
Qf2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. f4 b4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ba7 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Rb7 21. Be3 Rc8
22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Rhd3 d5 24. Ng3 Bc5 25. Qg2 exf4 26. Nh5 Be3 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28.
Nxd5 f3 29. Nxc7 fxg2 30. Bxe3 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.07"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan Kathryn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Nce2 cxd5 8. Bd2
a5 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nc6 11. Nf3 e6 12. Ba4 Nge7 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 Ba6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc1 Rc8 17. Bh6 Nf5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. g4 Bxe2 21.
Kxe2 Qc8 22. Kd1 Nd6 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Rah3 Kf6 25. Rh7 Ne4 26. Qf4+ Ke7 27.
Nxg6+ Kd8 28. Rh8 {Sources: bulletin; John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.09"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Nf4 Kc8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4
Rd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rad1 Rf8 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 b6 19. g4 Ne7 20. f4 Kb7
21. c4 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh8 24. Kg2 Rh4 25. Kf3 Rh3+ 26. Ke4 Rg3 27. Rg1
Rxb3 28. f5 c5 29. Be3 exf5+ 30. gxf5 Rh8 31. Rd7 Rh4+ 32. Bf4 Rb4 33. Rxe7
Rxc4+ 34. Kd5 Rhxf4 35. Rgxg7 Rxa4 36. Rxc7+ Ka6 37. Kc6 {Sources: bulletin;
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Didier, Michel"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a5 c5 13. f3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Bf1 d4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 c4 21.
b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rd7 23. e5 d3 24. Rac1 Qg6 25. Bg3 Rad8 26. Kh1 h5 27. Rc4 Bd5
28. Qc3 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Bf2 Rc8 32. Bb6 Rc3 33. g3 Bd8 34.
b4 Be7 35. Be3 Bxb4 36. Bd2 Rb3 37. Bxb4 Rxb4 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Ra4 40.
Bxa6 Rxa5 41. Bc8 Rxe5 42. Bxg4 Rb5 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Rf2 45. Bd1 f5 46. Kh4
Rxh2+ 47. Kg5 Rg2 48. Kxf5 Rxg3 49. Bh5 Kh7 50. Kf4 Rg1 51. Be8 g6 52. Bb5 Kg7
53. Be2 Kf6 54. Bg4 Rb1 55. Be2 Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Bd1 Rc4 58. Kg2 Kf4 59.
Bb3 Rb4 60. Bf7 Rb2+ 61. Kh3 g5 62. Be6 g4+ 63. Bxg4 Rb3+ 64. Kh4 Rb8 {Sources:
bulletin; John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 6th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1990.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richter, Gerald"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. g4
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Bd2 Be6 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Be1 Rc8 16. Bh4 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qb6 18. Rd4 Qc5 19. Nd1 Nfxg4 20. Kb1 Qa3 21.
c4 Qb4+ 22. Kc1 Qc5 23. Rd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. Qg3 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27.
Qxd6 Qxa2 28. h3 Bh6+ {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 6th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1990.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Budimtschitsch, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
Qc7 9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. h5 e5 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. g6 h6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Nxe7
Kxe7 22. Rhg1 Rf7 23. Rg6 Rd8 24. Bf5 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd6 Rxf3 27. Rd7+
Kf6 28. Qg2 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Rg3 30. Qh2 Rc6 31. R7d3 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Hull"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wall, Timothy P"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Bh3 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. Ng5 Bxg2+ 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. Re1 e6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nce4 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nd4 18. Rac1 f5 19. Qe3 Qd5+ 20. f3 Rae8
21. c3 Nc6 22. c4 Qd7 23. Qf2 e5 24. Rcd1 f4 25. Bh4 Nd4 $2 26. g4 Re6 27. h3
Rfe8 28. Re4 h5 29. Kf1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh6 31. Kg2 Ree6 32. Rh1 Rhg6 33. Kf1 Nc6
34. Ke2 Rd6 35. Rd1 Nb4 36. d4 exd4 37. a3 Nc2 38. Rh1 Ne3 39. b3 Rde6 40. Kd3
Rxe4 41. fxe4 Rxg4 42. Qh2 b5 43. Bf2 bxc4+ 44. Ke2 d3+ 45. Kd2 c3+ {Source:
John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Discendo Discimus v Keres I (Utrecht)"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "De Beer, Dirk M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5
15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nbd4 b3 18. axb3 Nb4 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. g6 h6 21. gxf7+
Rxf7 22. Bc4 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bb7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rd1
Nf6 28. Nd6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Nf4 Bc8 31. Qc4 Bg4 32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. f3 Bxh5
34. Nxh5 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "De Jager, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Bc6
15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Rb5 c4 17. Bd6 Rxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rxa5 cxd3 20. cxd3 Nc6
21. Rb5 Ba6 22. Rb2 f6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Rd8 26. Qe2 a6 27.
Rbb1 Re8 28. c4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Rd8 30. c5 Qc6 31. Rb6 Qxc5 32. Qxa6+ Kd7 33.
Qa7+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Albus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
b5 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. h4 Nc5 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nc5 18. g6 b4 19. Nce2 a5 20. Rh1 Kd7 21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. axb3 Ba6 23. gxf7 Qf8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. Nf4 Qf8 26. Ng6 Qxf7 27. Nxe7
Kxe7 28. Bg5+ Kd7 29. Qe3 Kc6 30. Bh4 Rb8 31. Rc1+ Kb5 32. Bf2 Bc8 {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus1 v Utrecht"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deegens, Vincent"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. O-O a6 13. Bb1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b5 15.
b4 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Qe8 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Bd3
Bb5 22. Rfa1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxb4 24. Rxa6 Qb8 25. Ba7 Qb7 26. Rxd6 Ra8 27. Rda6
Rb3 28. Qc4 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Rb2 31. Qe2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Qb2+ 33. Kf1
Bf8 34. R7a2 Qd4 35. Ra4 Qe3 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bb4 39. Rec1 h5
40. R8c2 Qd3+ 41. Re2 h4 42. h3 Ba3 43. Rc6 Bb4 44. Rc1 Kh6 45. Kf2 Kg5 46. Rc7
Qd4+ 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Rc1 Kg3 49. Rce1 Kh2 50. Rf2 Bxe1 51. Kxe1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1
Qc1+ 53. Ke2 Kg1 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Leiden op"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "1995.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Helmond, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Qb6 16. f4 Nb4 17. Kb1 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Qa5 19. Bxe7 Nxa2 20. Qxd6 Nxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Qc7 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Rxh8+ Bxh8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7
27. Kc2 Ke6 28. Kd3 Bg7 29. f5+ Kd6 30. Bg3+ Kc5 31. Bf2+ Kd6 32. Bd4 Bh6 33.
e5+ Kc6 34. Be3 Bg7 35. Ke4 a5 36. c4 Bf8 37. Bd4 b5 38. cxb5+ Kxb5 39. Bc3 a4
40. bxa4+ Kxa4 41. e6 Kb3 42. Bf6 fxe6 43. fxe6 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Kagawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Bakker, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. f3 Bb7 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 a5 11. g4 Ne5 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Kb1 Nb6 15.
Bb5+ Nbd7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 g6 18. f4 Nc4 19. e5 e6 20. f5 gxf5 21. exd6
Nxd6 22. Bf4 Be4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe4 Kf8 27. Nxe6+
fxe6 28. Qxh7 Ne5 29. Rf1+ Nf7 30. Rxd6 Rg7 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Rd7 Qxh2 33. g6 Ne5
34. Rd8+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Clement, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nb3 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
f3 Nf6 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Kb1 Kf7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qc6 24. Rhf1+ Kg8 25. Bxe7 Rc8 26. Rf3 Qxe4 27.
Rg3 Qf4 28. Qd7 Qxg3 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30. Qxe6 Qxg2 31. Bc5 Qg4 32. Qd5 Rc8 33.
Rg1 Qf5 34. Qxb7 Rg8 35. Qxa6 h4 36. Qc4 e4 37. Be3 h3 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Qe1 Qh5
40. Bd4 Rf7 41. Qxe4+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus2 v Tal Club"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Van Bockiel, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 Nge7 8.
Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. a4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. O-O f6 14. h4 h5 15.
Qf4 Rdf8 16. Qh2 Nce7 17. Rfb1 Nh6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qd6 Qd8 21.
a5 Rg8 22. Nd2 Rh7 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Rxb7 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Harst"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rad1 Rd8 11. Qc1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Nde2 Ne5 15.
Ng3 d5 16. Rfe1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Ngxe4 Nc4 19. Kh1 Qc6 20. f3 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 a5 22. Qe2 b4 23. Nb5 bxa3 24. bxa3 a4 25. c4 h6 26. Rb1 Rdc8 27. Rec1 Ba6
28. Qe3 f5 29. Na7 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Bxa3 31. Rc3 fxe4 32. Rxa3 Qxc4 33. Qg1 exf3
34. Rxf3 Qc2 35. Re1 Bb7 36. Ra3 Bd5 37. Raa1 h5 38. h3 Qb3 39. Reb1 Qxh3+ 40.
Qh2 Qg4 41. Rf1 Rc2 42. Rg1 Rc3 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blokhuis, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nc2 Rc8 15.
Ng5 f5 16. f4 Qb6 17. Nf3 Nce7 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Ne3 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. g4 g6 23. gxf5 exf5 24. a4 Qc3 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Bxb5
Ne3 28. Rf2 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Nxf1 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Van der Werve, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[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. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14. d4 Nd7 15.
a4 c6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nh2 Bf6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Bb3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Nf3 c5
22. d5 Nef8 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rdb8 25. a5 Bc8 26. Qc2 h5 27. Ne2 Nh7 28. Nc3
Bf6 29. Na4 Ng5 30. Nd2 h4 31. Bf1 Qf8 32. Nc4 Bd8 33. f4 Nh7 34. Bd3 Qe7 35.
Rf1 g5 36. fxg5 Nxg5 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. Nxd6 c4 39. Nxc4 Nf6 40. Rf3 Nh5 41.
Nab6 Ra7 42. Qf2 Nf4 43. Nxc8 Rxc8 44. Rxf4 Qxf4 45. Qxa7 Bg5 46. Rf1 {Source:
John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Australian Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1997.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Beaumont, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qd7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. Qh3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. f4 c5 14. f5 hxg5 15.
Qxh8 exf5 16. Bxg5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxe5 19. Bf3 Be4 20. Bf4 Qe7 21.
Rad1 Nd7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qh5 Nc5 24. Bd6 Qa7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Qxg7 Rf8 28. Qf6+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vink, Nico"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bg4 Bf8 13. Rf3 Nc6 14. Rh3 g6 15.
Qe1 Bg7 16. Nde2 b5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Qh4
Nf8 $10 22. Nd1 $2 Nxc2 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Rxc7 $17 26. Nf2
Bxb2 27. Rh3 Rc2 28. f5 $2 exf5 29. exf5 Rc1+ 30. Nd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kf2 Re4 32. Qg3
Be5 {Source: John Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Discendo Discimus Knock-Out"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoorweg, Frits PA"]
[Black "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[Annotator "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 $16 Nf6 13. c5 Rf7 14. a4 g5 15. a5
Ng6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g4 18. Bxa7 g3 19. h3 $2 (19. Bb6 $16) 19... Bxh3 20.
gxh3 Qd7 $17 21. Rf2 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 $4 (22. Rg2) 22... gxf2+ $19 23. Kxf2 Qxh3
24. Bf1 Nxe4+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Bg2 Qf2+ 27. Kh2 Ng3 28. Nb5 Rf5 {Source: John
Nicholson} 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 12. Qd3 $5 Rfd8 13. Rad1 Be8 14. Rf2
$1 a6 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 $2 (16... e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qh5 (18... Nh5
19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Be3 Qe5 21. g4 $18) (18... Nd7 19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Qe3 $18) 19. g4
Qh4 20. Qf3 $16) (16... Bc6 17. f5 Re8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bxf6 exf6 (19... Bxf6
20. e5 Qxe5 21. Qxg6+ $18)) 17. Qe3 (17. Bxf6 $16) (17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7
19. Nd5 Nxe5 20. Qe3 $18) 17... Rb8 18. e5 $18 Nd7 (18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20.
Nd5 $18) 19. e6 (19. Nd5 $18) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf6 21. exf7+ Bxf7 22. Bxf7+
(22. Qxe7 Bxb3 23. cxb3 $18) 22... Kxf7 23. f5 Qc7 (23... Re8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25.
fxg6 hxg6 26. Nd5 $18) 24. fxg6+ hxg6 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Re4 $1 Re8 27. Qg5 Qa7
28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qxf6+ Ke8 30. Qf8+ {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Discendo Discimus Club Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Happel, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nb6 15. N1h2
d4 $6 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng4 $1 hxg5 19. hxg5 Bb7 20. Be4 g6 21. Bxg6
fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. g6 Rf7 27. gxf7+
Kxf7 28. e6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Bh6+ Kh8 32. Bf8+ {Source: John
Nicholson} 1-0

