[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/5qp1/p1ppb2p/2p4n/4Q3/4B3/PPPN1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6... ... risky variation of the Steinitz Def
(after transposing from Steinitz deferred), early ...c7-c5 ... Black's last
move was 22...Qf7.} 23. Qxc6 $4 Bd5 24. Qxd6 Rxe3 $1 $19 {(Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949)} 25. f3 Rfe8 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. c4 Re2 28.
Rd1 Bb7 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qd6 Nf4 31. Qxc5 Qg6 32. g3 Qc2 {Source: CHESS, Vol.
15, no.169, October 1949, p17} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp2qp1p/3bbnp1/3np1Q1/7N/1P4P1/PBN1PPBP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 [6...
Nb6! 7.Nxc4 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6= Alatortsev-Keres, USSR ch 1948 (Barden)
] 7.Nxc4 0–0 8.0–0 c5 9.b3 Nb6 10.Nce5 [... 45 moves. Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)]} 19...
Nc3 $6 (19... Rfd8 $11) 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Ne3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nd7 $2 23. Qxe7
Bxe7 24. Bxb7 $16 {... 45 moves. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3
Sept 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 10"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qc3 Qe6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Bc3
b5 $1 {Aitken} 15. cxb5 Qxb3 16. axb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. b4 Nb8 $2 {Aitken}
19. Na3 c6 20. Rd1 Nd7 21. Nc2 g6 22. Nd4 Ra6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Bf6 25. Ne2
Ke7 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Nd4 d5 $2 {Aitken} 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Nxb5 Rb6 30. Nd4 {
The move Oliver Penrose missed when playing 27....d5 GC.} Ne8 31. Ke3 Nc7 32.
Kd3 Kd6 33. Kc3 Nb5+ 34. Nxb5+ Rxb5 35. Ra1 Rb7 36. Ra6+ Kd7 37. Kb3 h5 38. f4
Ke7 39. g3 Rc7 40. b5 Rc1 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Kb4 Rc4+ 43. Ka5 Rc2 44. b4 Ra2+ 45.
Kb6 Rb2 46. Ra6 Rc2 47. Ka7+ Kf5 48. b6 Rc4 49. Ra4 {Source: Aitken Book 10}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Stone, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Qb2
Bf5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfc1 {... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1,
3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Israel, Harold"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 Rg8 13. g3 Nc6 14. c3
(14. Nc3 $1 O-O-O+ 15. Nd5 {Barden}) 14... O-O-O+ 15. Ke2 Ne7 {... etc. Source:
The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r2/ppp1n1kp/6p1/3Pp3/2P5/6Pq/PP1QN2P/R4RK1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

20. Qc3 Qd7 21. Qxe5+ Kg8 22. Nd4 Nf5 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26.
Rf1 Qe7 27. c5 Nc4 28. Qc3 b5 29. b3 Na3 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. d6 cxd6 32. cxd6 Qd7
33. Qf6 {Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p294} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/pp2q1np/4B3/5p2/2PQ4/1P4P1/P3R2P/6K1 w - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening 1 Nf3 - White won a pawn but made a mistake in time trouble...} 30.
Qb2 (30. c5 $18) 30... Qc5+ 31. Kh1 f4 32. Qe5 $4 (32. Bd5 $18) 32... Qxe5 33.
Rxe5 Re8 $19 {... 40 moves. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept
1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nc6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bf5 20. Qc4 Nd8 21. a4
Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf7 23. Qe3 Qb4 24. h4 Nh6 25. Nd2 Ng4 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. Qe3 Ng4 28.
Qe2 {Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Be3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. f4 Nd4 10. O-O O-O 11. Rf2 Qd7 12. Raf1 Rac8 13. Nd1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2
exf4 15. Rxf4 d5 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 b6 18. b3 Nc6 19. R4f2 Rcd8 20. Qe1 Ne5
21. Rd2 Qc8 22. Nf2 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc1 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd7 26. Bc3 Rd8 27.
e5 Bh3 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Qf4 Bh6 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Qd5
Qg5 34. Rd7 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Qg2 Qf5+ {Source: Parr scorebook
} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Nd2 f5 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a4 Qb8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bf4 Qa7
22. d6 ({BCM and CHESS give a different version of the game score:} 22. Nb5 Qb7
23. d6 Re4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ne5 h6 26. Qf7 {1-0 Sources: BCM, Sept 1949, p294;
CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p18}) 22... Re4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Ne5 h6
25. Qf7 {Source: Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq2k1/5pp1/p3rb2/2p2b1p/1nNp1Q1P/1P3BP1/PB2PP2/R2R2K1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 (or
at least the Rubinstein variation of the Tarrasch Defence)...} 24... Bc2 25.
Bxh5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Bg4 Re4 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. a3 g6 30. Qf3 Nd5 31. Nd2
Rxg4 32. Qxg4 Nc3 33. Re1 d3 34. Kh2 Nxe2 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Qf3
Qe6 38. Qe3 Qd5+ 39. Qf3 {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept
1949} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Black "Derby, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qb3 dxe5 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. Qc6 a6 12. Nf3 Ra7 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Bc4 {
Sources: Manchester Guardian, 12 Aug 1949; BCM, Sept 1949, p295; CHESS, Vol.15,
no.169, October 1949, p17} (14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Rxd7 Bb5 16. Rd8+ Kxd8 17. Nf7#)
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
Nh5 9. Bf4 Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. dxc5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. b4 Qxf4 14. Bd3 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Bf6 18. Rac1 axb4 19. axb4 Rd8 20. Ne4 Be7
21. Bf3 Bd7 22. Nd2 Ba4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Qb1 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bg5 26. Rc2 Bf6 27.
Rcc1 Ra1 28. Qc2 Ba4 29. Qe2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd4 31. Qe1 Qf4 32. Nb6 Bc6 33. Bxc6
bxc6 34. g3 Qf3 35. b5 g6 36. bxc6 Qxc6 {Source: Fairhurst game collection 
(Alan McGowan)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Bf4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 c5 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. c4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Rc3 f6
21. Nf3 Re8 22. Nd4 Rd7 23. Rdd3 Bb7 24. Qe3 e5 25. Nb5 Red8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Qe2 a4 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Ke1 Qc6 30. f3 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qc6 32. Qe2 Kf8 33. Rd3 Qxc4
34. Rxd7 Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Bxb5+ 36. Rd3 Ke7 {Sources: The Times, 12 Aug 1949;
BCM, Sept 1949, p296} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Hooper, David V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Ne5
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 O-O 14. b3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. cxd5 cxd5
21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Ng4 24. Qc5 d4 $5 {A swindle in a lost
position.} 25. Qxd4 (25. exd4 Ne3) (25. Nxd4 Nxe3) 25... Rc8 26. Re1 Rc2 27.
Rd1 Qd5 28. Qxd5 (28. Qa1 Rxa2 29. Qb1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxd1 31. Qxd1 Nxe3+)
28... exd5 29. Re1 Rxa2 30. h3 Nf6 31. Nd4 a5 {Sources: Parr scorebook; David
Hooper scorebook (via Kevin Thurlow).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 {... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin,
Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Riley, Douglas Eric Arnold"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/5PPP/4n2K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 68"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

68. h7+ (68. f7+ $1 Nxf7 69. h7+ Kg7 70. gxf7 Kxh7 71. f8=R $18) 68... Kh8 69.
f7 Nxg6 $1 {Sources: BCM, Sept 1949, p296; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1,
3 Sept 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6kr/5pp1/p3p2p/Pp1bP3/5P2/2B1K3/2P3PP/3R4 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opening moves (source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 no. 13, 18 Feb 1950)
were 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nge2 c5
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.a4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.dxc5 Qxc5...} 26.
g3 Kh7 27. Be1 Rc8 28. c3 Kg6 29. Rd4 Kf5 30. h3 h5 31. Kd3 Rc7 32. Bd2 Ra7 33.
Be3 Rc7 34. Bd2 Bg2 35. Rd6 Bxh3 36. Rxa6 Kg4 37. Be1 b4 {(Time scramble...)}
38. cxb4 $4 Bf1+ {"and wins". Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 4, 1 Oct
1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Friedman, Otto"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nb6
15. Bb2 Nbxd5 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 Qa5 20. Bc4 Nb6 21.
Qxb7 Re8 22. Bf1 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Rc8 $5 24. Ra1 Rxc3 25. Rxa2 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Rc1
27. Qa6 Be6 $1 28. Rd2 $2 (28. h4 $1 $11 {Stockfish 10} Bxb3 29. Rd2 Bc4 30.
Qxa7 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Rxf3 $11) 28... Bxb3 $2 (28... Bc4 $1 $19) (
28... Nc4 $1 $19) 29. Rxd4 $2 (29. h4 $1 $11 Bc4 30. Qxa7 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+
32. g3 Rxf3 {, etc.}) 29... Bc4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qxb6 axb6 {Sources: The Times,
12 August 1949; Western Morning News, 27 August 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169,
October 1949, p18; Ron Bruce scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p3kpbp/qp1p2p1/Pb1P4/1Pn1QNP1/4B2P/5PB1/7K b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

37... Kd7 $2 (37... Kf8 $15) 38. Ne6 $1 Nxe3 $2 (38... fxe6 39. dxe6+ Kc7 40.
Bg5 Qc8 41. Qd5 $44) 39. Nxg7 $18 Nxg2 40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Qxf7+ Kb8 42. Ne6 (42.
Ne8 $5 Bxe8 43. Qxe8+ Qc8 44. Qxc8+ Kxc8 45. Kxg2 $18) 42... Qc8 43. Kxg2 bxa5
44. bxa5 Bd7 45. Qe7 Bxe6 46. Qxd6+ {Sources: BCM, Sept 1949, p297; The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 4, 1 Oct 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Bc6 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Re1 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bd6 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Qf3 c4 21. c3
Rae8 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Qd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Kh2 b5 26. Nd4 Qg5 27. Re1 h5
28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 h4 30. Ne2 hxg3+ 31. Nxg3 f5 32. Re1 Rf6 33. Bf3 Rg6 34.
Rg1 Rxg3 35. Rxg3 g5 36. Bd1 Kf7 37. b3 Kf6 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Be2 Bb5 40. Kg2
Bxg3 41. Kxg3 Ke5 42. Bf3 Bd7 {Source: Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan)
; (Move 26-end) BCM, Sept 1949, p298} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Black "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pppb2pp/3p2n1/PP1Pp2q/2P5/2B3PP/3QP1BK/R4R2 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

23... Bg4 24. Rae1 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 Rf8 26. e4 Nh4 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. Kg1 Qg3+ $4 (
28... Bxh3 $1 $19) 29. Bg2 $18 Bxh3 30. Re3 {"and White was able to keep his
piece and win" Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 h6
9. e4 Kh7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh4 Bf6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. Nh4 Ng8
16. Kh2 b6 17. Qe1 Bf6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Ng1 Bg7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. f4 Ba6 22. b3
Qe7 23. Rc1 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nf6 25. Rf1 Nd7 26. Nf3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Qe3 Bc8
29. Rce1 Bd7 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Ne2 a4 32. Rb1 axb3 33. Rxb3 Ra4 34. Qc2 Rfa8 35.
Nc1 Bc8 36. Rf2 Bd4 37. Rd2 Be5 38. Bf1 Qg5 39. Kg2 Bf4 40. Rd1 Bxc1 41. Rxc1
Rxa2 42. Rb2 R2a3 43. g4 h5 44. Qd2 Qh4 45. Rc3 hxg4 46. Rxa3 gxh3+ 47. Kh2
Rxa3 48. Rb8 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Bg4 {Source: Parr scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3bk1p1/8/3P3P/p1p1K1p1/P1P3N1/8/8 b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening: Ruy Lopez Exchange variation} 45... Kf6 46. Kf4 Bc8 47. Ne4+ Ke7 48.
Ke5 Bd7 {(From here also) Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p297} 49. Kd4 $2 (49. d6+ $18
) 49... Bf5 50. Ng3 Bd3 51. Kc5 $2 (51. Ke5 $1) 51... Kd7 52. Kb5 $2 Kd6 $19
53. Kxa4 Kxd5 54. Kb5 Ke5 55. a4 Kf4 56. h6 gxh6 57. Nh5+ Kf3 58. a5 g3 59. a6
g2 {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. d5 Na5 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. a4 b6 10. Ne1 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qg4 12. f3 Qd7 13. Nd3 O-O 14. b3 c6 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Be3 d5 17. Rd1 dxe4 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd2 Nd5 21.
Bd4 Qxc2 22. Rac1 Qd3 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 {Sources: Aitken Scorebook 10; 
(moves 16b-end) BCM, Sept 1949, p297} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1pn1q3/1Np1p2p/2PpPppQ/1P3P2/4P3/6PP/R5K1 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was a QGD...} 28... gxf4 29. Qxh6 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Na6 31. Qf4 Rf7 32.
Nc8 Qd8 33. Nd6 Rg7 34. Qh6 Qg5 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Qxf5+ Qxf5 37. Nxf5 Rg5 38.
Rf1 Nxb4 39. e6 Na6 40. e7 Nc7 41. h4 Rg4 42. Rb1 Ne8 43. Rxb7 Rg8 44. h5 d4
45. Rd7 Rg5 46. Nd6 Rg8 47. Rd8 d3 48. Nxe8 d2 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Rxg8+ {Source:
CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p19} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Derby, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k1r3/pp6/2pb4/3p1qpp/3P1n2/2P2N1P/PP1N1PP1/K2R1Q2 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

28... g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Ne1 Ne2 31. Nb3 Ng3 32. Qg1 Ne2 33. Qf1 Ng3 34. Qg1
Ne2 35. Qf1 Ng3 {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Re8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 (14. f3
{was played in Denker-Najdorf, Groningen 1946, but it was afterwards
discovered that the text was stronger.}) 14... Nfxe4 $4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Qxe4 17. Bd2 $1 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bxd4 20. Qe4 Bxb2 (20... Be5) 21.
Qe8+ Kg7 22. Bd2 b6 23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Qxd6 Rb7 25. Bb4 Be6 26. Qf8+ Kf6 27. Qh8+
{(moves from 14 - end, though misnumbered) Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1,
No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15.
Qd3 d6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Qe2 f5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Qd2
Re7 22. Re2 Rf8 23. Qb2 Qa5 24. Rfe1 f4 25. gxf4 exf4 26. f3 Bc8 27. Kf2 g5 28.
Rg1 g4 29. Qd2 Qb6 30. Ke1 Qh6 31. Bh1 Qh3 32. Rf2 Kh8 33. Nxc5 Qh4 34. Kd1 d3
35. Rgf1 Bd4 36. Nxd3 Bxf2 37. Rxf2 Rd8 38. Qc3+ Kg8 39. Kc2 Rxd3 {Sources:
Parr scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser, 27 August 1949; finish given in BCM,
Sept 1949, p298 & CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p20; (complete game)
BCM, Oct 1949, p346} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 10"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 e6 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Qc3 Bb7
15. Nc5 Nb6 16. a4 Qc7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. a6 {... etc. Source: The
Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} Bc8
20. Bd4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Bc5 Bxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Qc7 24. b4 Rb8 25. b5 Bd7 26.
Rab1 Rdc8 27. bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd7 32.
Bd3 Kc7 33. Kd4 Ba4 34. Rb7+ Rxb7 35. axb7 Rb8 36. Ra1 Bc6 37. Rxa7 Kb6 38.
Ra6+ Kc7 39. Ra7 Kb6 40. Ra6+ {Source: Aitken Book 10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Rd1 c6 8. Nf3
a6 9. a3 b5 10. c5 Nh5 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Qc7 13. g3 Re8 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. O-O
f6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Ra1 Bd8 18. Re3 Qf7 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Re1 Rae7 21. Na2 Bc7 22.
a4 b4 23. Ba6 Bd7 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Qa6 Qe8 26. Nc1 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qe2 Qd7
29. Nb3 Ree8 30. Nh4 Kf7 31. Qh5+ g6 32. Qe2 Ra8 33. Nc1 Re7 34. Nd3 Rae8 35.
Nf3 Bb8 36. Kg2 Qc7 37. g4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 f5 40. Nfe5+ Kg8 41. Rh1 Rh7
42. h4 Rc8 43. Nf4 Qg7 44. Qa6 Qb7 45. Qxb7 Rxb7 46. Nfxg6 Nxg6 47. Nxg6 Kf7
48. Ne5+ Bxe5 49. Rxe5 Rg8 50. b3 Re7 51. Re3 Kg6 52. Kg3 Kh5 53. Kf4 Rg6 54.
Rhe1 Re8 55. Re5 {Source: Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan); (move
44-end) BCM, Sept 1949, p299} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Be7 11. e4 Nb4 {... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.
1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2p2r2/p1p1kp2/4p1p1/1BP1P1Pb/1P1P1R2/P2K4/5R2 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Steinitz Deferred, Duras Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.c4... later...} 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Bc5 Ke6 43. d4 exd4+ 44. Bxd4 Rbf8 45. a3
Rd8 46. e5 Bg3 47. Rxf6+ Rxf6 48. Rxf6+ Kd7 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. c5 Rf8 51. Rxc6
Rf3+ 52. Kc4 Rf4 53. Kd5 Rxg4 54. Rxc7+ Kd8 55. Rg7 Bf4 56. c6 Bc1 57. Bb6+ {
Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p299} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4
h5 9. f3 a6 10. Qd2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Ng8 13. f4 Nh6 14. Na4 Bg4 15. Bxg4
Nxg4 16. Bd4 e6 17. Bc5 Bf8 18. O-O-O Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qb6 20. Qd4 Ke7 21. Rh3
Rhb8 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Nb7 Qc7 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Nd6 Rxb3 26. axb3 f6 27. Nc4 Rb8
28. Kb1 f5 29. b4 Nh6 30. c3 Nf7 31. Na5 Rb5 32. Qf8 Nd8 33. Nb3 Kc8 34. Nd4
Rb8 35. Nxe6 Qd7 36. Nxd8 Qxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kxd8 38. Kc2 Ke7 39. Ra1 Rb6 40. Ra5 {
Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Black "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3 O-O 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 
(Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Derby, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2N1k3/K7/1P1R4/8/5n2/8/4r3/8 b - - 0 89"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 e6 7.Qg4 b6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxg7+/-... Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1,
3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)]... Black RESIGNED this position
during the adjournment.} 89... Kf7 {and even then it is not certain that the
game can be held. (Ritson Morry)} (89... Ra2+ 90. Kb7 Kf7 91. Kc6 Ne6 92. Rd7+
Kf6 93. Ne7 $18 {Stockfish 10}) 90. b7 Rb2 91. Rb6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. e4 b6 13. Qe2 Qa3 14. Rab1 Nf6
15. Rb3 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Re1
Raf8 22. c4 Nf4 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Ne5 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Bf3 Qd4 27. Rbe3 Rf5
28. h4 Bc8 29. Qg3 Qd8 30. Re4 Qf6 31. Bg4 Nh5 32. Bxh5 Rxh5 33. Nf3 Rf5 34.
R4e2 {As given in The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949. This differs
from Fairhurst's own incomplete score...} (34. Ng5 Qg7 {No move given in
scorebook. Could have been quite a lot of moves! (Alan McGowan)} 35. Nxe6 Bxe6
36. Rxe6 Qd4 37. Rf1 Qxc4 38. Re7 R5f7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 {Sources: Fairhurst game
collection (Alan McGowan); (moves 24-32) BCM, Sept 1949, p300}) 34... Kg7 35.
Ng5 Kg8 36. Nxe6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Qd4 38. Rf1 Qxc4 39. Re7 R5f7 40. Rxf7 Qxf7 {
Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949. "The reader should be
told that all these moves found the players in acute time trouble. Fairhurst
in particular had to make his last 14 moves in less than a couple of minutes...
(Ritson Morry)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 $4
8. exd5 Qxd5 $4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1 10. Nxb4+ Bd7 11. Rxd1 {Sources: Aitken scorebook
10; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949. "My shortest tournament
win!" (Aitken)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Hooper, David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bd2 Be7 $2 (12... a5 13. Nc1 Be7 14.
Nd3 {or Nb3}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a5 $1 Qxa5 15. Nxb4 Qb6 16. Nd3 O-O (16... Be7
17. Ba5 Qc6 18. Nde5 Qc8 19. Bb5 $18) 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bc3 a6 $2 (18... Kh8
19. Bd4 {wins a-pawn}) (18... a5 {but white has a fine game nevertheless.}) 19.
Ra5 $1 Qc6 20. Rg5 Kh8 21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Rg3 $3 Qc7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Be5 Qe7 25.
Bd6 Qe8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 (26... Rxf8 27. Bxh7 g6 28. Rh3 Kg7 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qc4
Bd5 31. Qc7+ Rf7 32. Qe5) 27. Bxh7 {Sources: David Hooper scorebook (via Kevin
Thurlow); Manchester Guardian, 18 Aug 1949; Western Morning News, 20 August
1949; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949; (moves 14-end) BCM, Sept
1949, p300; (complete game) BCM, Oct 1949, p348; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169,
October 1949, p20} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf4 {etc... 46
moves. (Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p294)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Kh8
9. Nge2 Qe7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Na6 13. h3 Bb7 14. Nf4 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Nxd3+ 16. Nxd3 a5 17. Rhe1 a4 18. g4 axb3 19. axb3 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Qh5 Kg8 26. g6 hxg6 27. Qxg6
Rf8 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Rg5 e5 30. Rxe5 Qf6 31. Re8+ {Source: Parr scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Qc8 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ng4 15.
Nd5 Re8 {... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 
(Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/1bp4p/p2p4/1p4bk/4p3/1BP5/PP3PP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

35... Rf5 $2 36. g4+ {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Harris, Peter"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pp3qpp/3B1n2/2P5/1P2p3/8/1PQ3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26. Re3 $2 (26. b5 $14) 26... Nd5 27. Rb3 e3 28. Qc4 $4 (28. Rf1 $11) 28...
Qf2+ 29. Kh1 e2 {Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p301} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Stone, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Nf1 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. b3 Nc6 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. c4 Nc6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qf3 Qb6 26. a4 bxa4 27. bxa4 a5 28.
Rab1 Qd6 29. Bf4 Qa6 30. Rb5 Bd6 31. Bd2 Re8 32. Reb1 Rab8 33. g3 Rxb5 34. axb5
Qc8 35. Kg2 Qd8 36. b6 Nd7 37. Bxa5 Ne5 38. Qe4 g6 39. Re1 Re7 40. Qh4 Nxc4 41.
Qxh6 Be5 42. Bd2 Bg7 43. Qh4 Qxd5+ 44. Be4 Rxe4 45. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 46. Rxe4 Nxb6
47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Rb8 Nc4 49. Bc1 d3 50. Rd8 Bd4 51. Be3 Nxe3+ 52. fxe3 d2 {
Source: BCM, Nov 1949, p384} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Riley, Douglas Eric Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nc3
f5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Be3
Kc6 15. f3 Bd5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rf5 Re8 18. b3 g6 19. Rf6+ Kb5 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Rff1 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Rhd8 23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc4 Bd5 26. Rc2 Bc6 27.
Bh3 Rd5 28. Be6 Bxc5 29. Kf2 Bxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Rd1 31. Bg8 Rd7 32. Rd2 Re7 33. Bd5
Kb4 34. Rd4+ Ka3 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Ra4+ Kb2 37. Kd4 e3 38. Ra6 Kc2 39. Rxc6+
Kd2 40. Rf6 Kxe2 {Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Israel, Harold"]
[Black "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O-O Qb8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Rdf1 {
... etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard
Barden opening survey)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p5R/p4rp1/3b2N1/5p2/2PBnP2/P1P3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3
Bd6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bf4 11.Ne5 Bxc1 12.Raxc1 c5 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Qh5 [, etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard
Barden opening survey)]} 33. g3 $2 Bxf3 34. Rh4 (34. gxf4 $18) 34... Bd5 35.
gxf4 $4 Ng2 $1 {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} (35...
Ng2 36. Re6 $5 {Stockfish 10}) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
Rc8 9. d5 Ne5 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Bd6 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Qf3 $4 Nxf3+ {Source:
Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan). "Fairhurst lost to Fazekas in 13
moves and claimed he had been distracted by taking a different route from his
hotel to the tournament hall" (Leonard Barden, English Forum, 2013)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 a4 14. Nce2 Bd7
15. Nf5 b4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bh4 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 a3 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bc2 axb2 23. Qxb4 Qa6 24. Qxb2 Na4 25. Bxa4 Bxa4 26. Rc1 Reb8 27.
Nb3 Bxb3 28. axb3 Qd3+ {Sources: The Times, 17 Aug 1949; Western Morning News,
19 November 1949; BCM, Sept 1949, p303; BCM, Oct 1949, p350} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 10"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. c5 Be7 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. Bf4
Bf6 {..., etc. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard
Barden opening survey)} 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bg3 $2 {Aitken} Qd7 17. Qa4 Rfb8 18.
Rfd1 Rxb2 19. Rab1 Rb5 20. Qa6 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Bxd4 22. Qb7 Rf8 23. Qb4 Bf6 24.
Re1 Qf5 25. Re2 d4 26. Qe1 d3 $1 {Aitken} 27. Re3 Bd4 28. Bxc7 Qxc5 29. Ba5
Bxe3 30. fxe3 Qc2 {Source: Aitken Book 10} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Israel, Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/6kp/5pp1/2n1p3/p1P1PP2/1pK3P1/1P3N2/R7 w - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Closed Sicilian...} 42. Kb4 Rc8 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. Rd5 exf4 45. gxf4 h5 46. Kc3
h4 47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5 a3 49. bxa3 Rb8 50. Re1 b2 51. Kc2 Kf6 52. Kb1 Na4 53.
Kc2 Kf5 54. Nd3 b1=Q+ 55. Rxb1 Rxb1 56. Kxb1 h3 57. Kc2 {Source: BCM, Sept
1949, p302} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 Qc7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Ng1 Rad8 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 17. f5 d5+ 18. e5 Nxe5 {Sources: The Times, 17 Aug 1949; 
(move 15 - end) The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nc6 {, etc. Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bc4
Qa5+ 9. c3 Nd7 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd4 Nb8 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qf3 Nd6 15.
Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qe4+ Qe7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxf5+ Kg8 19. Bd4 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7
21. Bxa7 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 16 August 1949, p9; CHESS, Vol.15, no.
169, October 1949, p22} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Derby, Leo"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rxd6 Bf5 15.
a3 Qxa3 16. Nb1 Qxb3 17. Qc1 Ne6 18. Rdd1 Rfd8 19. Nbd2 Qb4 20. Nh4 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qc2 a4 24. Nf3 Rxc4 25. Qxf5 a3 26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Ne5
Ra5 28. Qc8+ Bf8 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd8 Rf5 31. Rxb7 Kg7 32. Rb8 Bc5 33. Bf3 Bd4
34. Qf8+ Kg6 35. Qxa3 Bc5 36. Qa8 Rg5 37. Qxc6 h5 38. Rg8+ {Source: Ron Bruce
scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Harris, Peter"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Nd2
Qb4 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. a3 Qe7 17. Qa7 Nb8 {... 57 moves. "At this stage Harris
has clearly a winning attack. From this point Abrahams defended with great
tenacity and, although Harris gained two pawns from his attack, the game
dragged on, rather pointlessly to the 57th move." Source: CHESS, Vol.15, no.
169, October 1949, p22} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe1
Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Ne4 10. Qe2 f5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b3 O-O 13. Rh3 Nf6 14. Kh1 Ng4
15. Nd2 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Qf1 Nc6 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. Rb1 Nxe3 20. Qe2 Nxc4 21.
Nxc4 Rad8 22. Bb2 Bd4 23. Ba3 Rf7 24. Re1 Rfd7 25. Rd3 b5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. fxe5
Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Rde3 Bd6 30. Bb2 Bb4 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd1 33. Rce3
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Kf7 35. h3 Rd2 36. Re5 a6 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rd5 39. Re3 Rd4
40. Ra3 Kf6 41. a5 Rd5 {Source: Parr scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bh2 Bh6 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Qd6 {"the game is fairly even"
Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening
survey)} 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Ne6 17. Nc1 Bf4 18.
Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Be6 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rf1 Qf4 23. Re1 Rc6 24. g3
Qf6 25. h4 Kh8 26. Qe3 Rg8 27. Bf1 Rd6 28. Bg2 b5 29. Bf1 Rb6 30. a3 a6 31. Bd3
a5 32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. Rg5 Kg7 35. Re5 Kh8 36. f4 Qg7 37. Kf2 h5 38.
Bf3 Qh6 39. Qe2 Bg4 40. Bxg4 hxg4 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 {Sources: Western
Morning News, 26 November 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p23;
Hooper's notebook. Contributor: Kevin Thurlow. Awarded best game prize for the
1949 British Championship by Imre Konig.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Nc5 8.
Re1 Be7 9. b4 Ncd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Ned7 13. Bf1 Nb6 14. a4 a5
15. b5 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rbd1 Rfc8 20. Rd3 Be8 21.
e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qc7 23. Rg5 h6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. h3 Bf8 26. Ne4 Nh7 27. Qe3 Qc4
28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Nf3 Qxc2 30. Rb3 f6 31. Nd4 Qc8 32. Qf3 e5 33. Nf5 Bd7 34. Rc3
Qb8 35. Nh4 Be8 36. Ng6+ Bxg6 37. Rxg6 Rd7 {time - Source: Fairhurst game
collection (Alan McGowan)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
Ne8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O f5 11. Qc2 Nd6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rce1 Kh8 15.
e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 e5 19. Kh1 exd4 20. e5 Ng4 21. e6
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne3 23. Qe4 Nxc4 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qf3 dxc3 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p23} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[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
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bd3 {... etc. Source (moves
1-19w): The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening
survey)} a4 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Na1 Ne8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bxb5 Nh5 25.
Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc7 Rfb8 27. Qc2 Qd8 28. Rc1 Nc5 29. Rc6 Nf4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Kh2
Rb4 32. Ng1 Rab8 33. b3 g5 $4 {Aitken} 34. Qxc5 Ng6 35. Qe3 Rd4 36. Rdc1 Rbb4
37. f3 Nf4 38. Nc2 Rd3 39. Qe1 Rb8 40. Nb4 Rd4 41. Rc8+ Rxc8 42. Rxc8+ Kg7 43.
Nc2 Rd3 44. g3 axb3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. gxf4 Qxf4+ 47. Kg2 h5 48. Rc3 Rb2 49. Ne2
Qf6 50. Qg3 {Source: Aitken Book 10} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Stone, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p1p3pp/bqp5/8/3Q4/2P2N2/PP4PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

22. Re7 Rfd8 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Rxh7 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kg8 26. Rhd7 Be2 27. Kh1 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Qxb2 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Rdd4 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Rgf4+ Kg6 33. h4 Rg8
34. Rg4+ Kh7 {Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p304} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Qb6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Qe2 e6 10. a4 a5 11. Nb5 Nc5 12. e5 Nfe4 {... etc. Source: The
Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Israel, Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qe2 d5 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Ndb5 a6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qa5 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nd4 Bxc3 16. Nb3 Qxa2 17. bxc3 Bg4 {... 28 moves. Source: BCM, Sept
1949, p304} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Riley, Douglas Eric Arnold"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxe4 $1 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 $2 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Bh3 13. Re1 Bxc3
14. Bh6 Qf6 15. Bxa8 Bxe1 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rb1 Ba5 18. Bc6 Rd8 19. Rb5 Bb6 20.
Qe1 Bxf2+ $1 {Sources: Parr scorebook; BCM, Sept 1949, p304; (move 8 - end)
The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 8.
Nc3 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ng4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rad1 Qh5
15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Kh2 h6 18. e5 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxg5+ Qxg5 23. Nxg5 b6 24. Rf2 Rc5 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rdf1 f5 27. Bd5 Rh8
28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. Bxe6 Rxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg4 31. Rf3 {Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks
(Bob Jones)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qd2 d6 9. e4 Bd7 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd1 Qg6 12. Qf4 Be7 13. Ne3 Bg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bd3 Bc8 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. h4 g4 19. O-O-O Qf4 20. Kb1 a5 21. h5
c4 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Ne3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Nd7 26. Nxg4 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rae8
28. Re3 a4 29. Qf5 a3 30. h6 {Sources: The Times, 19 Aug 1949; Manchester
Guardian, 25 Aug 1949; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 3, 17 Sept 1949; Western
Morning News, 29 October 1949; BCM, Oct 1949, p349; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169,
October 1949, p24} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/pp1bqr1p/3n1p2/2pP2pR/4P3/P1N2PP1/4Q1K1/1B5R w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Opening was 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.b4 dxe3 5.fxe3 Nxb4 6.d4 e6 7.Nc3 c5
8.d5 Bd6 [and 9...e5. ... etc]. Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3
Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 29. e5 Bf5 30. exd6 Qxe2+ 31. Nxe2
Bxb1 32. Nc3 Bg6 33. Rh6 Kg8 34. Rc1 b6 35. Rhh1 Rd7 36. Rhe1 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Kf7
38. Ne4 g4 39. a4 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxd6 42. a5 b5 43. Rc1 c4 44.
Kd4 Ke7 $2 45. Rh1 Rd8 46. Rxh7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rc8 48. Rxf6+ {"and White got
away with a draw" Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "Barden"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 e5 9. d5 $2 e4 10. dxc6 exd3 11. Qxd3 dxc6 {... etc. Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Stone, Joseph"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. d4 Bf5 8.
c3 Nc2+ 9. Kf1 Nxa1 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. c6 bxc6 12. g4 Bc2 13. Qd4 Qxa2 14. dxc6
Rd8 15. c7 Qa6+ 16. Ke1 Rxd4 17. cxd4 Qa5+ {Sources: Fairhurst game collection
(Alan McGowan); The Times, 19 Aug 1949; BCM, Sept 1949, p306} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Israel, Harold"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. f4 {
etc... 43 moves. Sources: BCM, Sept 1949, p305; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No.
1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Friedman, Otto"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 10"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 f6 $6 {Aitken}
14. Bh4 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. Qd4 Ne5 18. e4 Rad8 19. Qe3 Be6 20.
Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rfb1 Rd7 22. Rb2 b6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qc5 25. Rf1 Bxc4 26.
Bxc4+ Qxc4 27. Re1 a5 28. h4 h6 29. Re3 Kh7 30. Qd6 Rf6 31. Qxe5 Qxa2 32. Qg3
Rg6 33. Qf4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf1 35. Rg3 Rxg3 36. Qxg3 Qc4 37. Qe3 b5 38. e5 Qxh4+
39. Kg1 Qe7 40. e6 Kg8 41. Qe4 Qe8 42. f4 a4 43. f5 a3 44. e7 a2 45. Qe6+ Kh8
46. Qxa2 Qxe7 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. Qxc6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kg1 Qxf5 51. Qd6 Qb1+
52. Kh2 Qe4 53. Qc5 Qd3 54. Qe5 Qc4 55. Qf5+ Kh8 56. Qe5 {Source: Aitken Book
10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Qb3 Nc7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. Ned2
Bc6 15. Qa3 Nb5 16. Qb4 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Nxd6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Nfd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Rbc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Kf8 24. Ncb3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Nc5+
Kd5 27. Ncb3 f5 28. e3 e4 29. dxe4+ Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Kxe4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4
Kxd4 33. Ke2 g5 34. h3 b5 35. Kd2 g4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. Kd2 Kd4 39.
Ke2 {Source: Parr scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6
15. b3 Rad8 16. Kh2 Qh5 17. f3 g5 18. Ne2 Qg6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bxa7 h5 21. Be3 g4
22. Nf4 Qh7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bg5 Ra8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Rf4 gxh3
28. Bxh3 Be5 29. Rg4+ Rg6 30. Qe2 Kf8 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. Kg2 Rg8 34.
Bf5 Qg5 35. Qf2 Rh8 36. c5 Qh6 37. cxd6+ Bxd6 38. Qg1 b6 39. Kf3 Rg8 40. Ke2
Bc5 41. Qg2 Rh8 42. g4 Qf4 43. Qf3 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 Qe5 45. Ke1 Qa1+ 46. Rd1 Qxa2
47. Bc8 Rh1+ {Sources: Western Morning News, 3 September 1949; Ron Bruce
scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "reconstruction"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. h5 Nc5
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Qe2 a4 13. O-O-O Qc8 14. Rh4 {Source
to here: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden
opening survey)... there is now a gap in the score until the game continuation
in CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p22 picks up the story at move 20 - my
(JS) suggestion for moves 14-19 is as follows:} Rf7 15. Qe3 Qe8 {(Black has to
lose a move somehow and this is the best I can come up with - JS)} 16. Nge2 b5
17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. g4 Bc4 19. Rdh1 Qb8 {reaching the position given in CHESS:
the rest of the game:} 20. Bxf6 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Bxf6 (21... Qxb2 $19) 22. g5 Bxg5
23. Qxg5 Nxf2+ 24. Ke1 Rxf3 $4 25. Rxh7 $18 Nd3+ 26. Kd1 Nxb2+ 27. Kc2 Bd3+ 28.
Kc1 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxe4 30. Rff7 Nd3+ 31. Kd1 {Sources: (moves 1-14) The Chess
Bulletin, Vol.1, no.1, 3 September 1949; (moves 14-19) not known - the moves
given here are just a suggested sequence; (moves 20-end): CHESS, Vol.15, no.
169, October 1949, p25} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bf4 Be6 9. e3 Bc5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 d4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. f3
Bxd4 15. Bxa8 Re8+ 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Bb6 20. Qd5
Qa6 21. Re1 Be6 22. Bb7 {Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p307} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8.
Qb3 Nd7 9. d4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. e6 fxe6 12. cxd4 Kh8 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6
15. Qxe6 Nd5 16. O-O Rf6 17. Qe1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qa4 19. Bb2 Raf8 20. Qd1 Qe8 21.
Qb3 Nf4 22. Rae1 Rb6 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. h4 Qd5+ 27. Kg1
Bxe5 28. hxg5 Qxa2 29. Re2 Bg7 30. Ra1 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxd4 33.
Raa2 Bxb2 34. Rxb2 b6 35. Re2 Re8 36. Rc2 a5 37. Rc7 Ra8 38. Rb7 Ra6 39. Rxe7
a4 {Source: Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Rb8 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Kh1 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15.
b3 Na5 16. Bb2 Rbc8 17. Qg3 Nc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Rd6
Bxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. Rxe6 Bd8 24. Nd5 Qb8 25. Rg1 g6 26. exf6 Qxg3 27. hxg3
Rxc2 28. Ba3 Nc5 29. Rd6 b6 30. Rg2 Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Nb7 32. Rd7 Nc5 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. Ra7 a5 35. f7 Kg7 36. Bb2+ Kh6 37. Be5 Ne6 38. Bd6 Rh8 39. Nf4 {Source:
Parr scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Stone, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 c6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a4 Nc5 12. b3 Bg4 13. Ba3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 b6
15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Rf1 Rd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 c5 19. Nd5 Qe8 20. c3 Rad8 21. Rad1
Nxd5 22. exd5 Nc7 23. c4 Ne6 24. Bb2 Nd4 25. Rd2 Rd6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. Qa3 Qc7 29. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/2nqbppp/4bn2/2Ppp1B1/1P6/2N3P1/3QNPBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. b5 Bxc5 21. b6 Ne8 22. Nxd5 Rab8 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qg5+ Kf8
25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. b7 f6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Be4 Nf8 29. Qxf6 {"and wins". Source:
CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p25} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Riley, Douglas Eric Arnold"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1p5p/1Pb1p3/P4p2/1B3PpP/3k2P1/7K b - - 0 77"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

77... e4 78. fxe4 Ke1 $6 79. e5 f3 80. Bd5 (80. e6 Bd6 (80... f2 $4 81. Bc4
f1=Q+ 82. Bxf1 Kxf1 83. a5 $1 {wins}) 81. Bc4 Kf2 82. Bd5 Ke3 83. Bxf3) 80...
f2 81. Bc4 Kd2 82. a5 $4 {(sealed move) Sources: BCM, Sept 1949, p307; The
Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} (82. Bf1 $1 Kc3 (82... Ke1 $11) 83.
a5 bxa5 84. e6 a4 85. b6 a3 86. b7 a2 87. b8=Q a1=Q {is a draw according to
Koenig in BCM. Engines claim White is winning after} 88. Qe5+ Bd4 89. Qb5 (89.
Qxg3+ $1 {Stockfish 10 in 2019}) 89... Bf6 90. e7 {but Black can give up the Q
with} Qxf1+ $1 91. Qxf1 Bxe7 92. Qc1+ Kd3 {and it is not clear how White can
force a win.}) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq2k1/1pp2p1p/p1p5/2b4r/4PPp1/1BNP2P1/PPP3KP/R2Q1R2 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

17... Qf6 18. Qe2 Rxh2+ {"Your attack had a little more life than I realised,"
ruefully commented my teen-aged opponent, whose record series of championship
wins had yet to begin." (Sources: 'Chess for the Love of It' by A. R. B.
Thomas, Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973, p62; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949,
p22, which pointed out that Oliver Penrose pulled off the same tactical finish
against Walsh nine days later in the London-Sydney radio match.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 e5 8. exd4
exd4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. a3 f5 16. Ned2 f4 17. Qb5 Rad8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21.
Bxd5+ Kh8 22. b4 c6 23. Be6 Bh5 24. Bf5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bg5 26. f4 Bxf4 27. gxf4
Rxf5 28. Re7 Rxf4 29. Rxb7 Rdf8 30. Ne4 Be2 31. Nc5 Rg4+ 32. Kh1 Rf5 {Source:
Ron Bruce scorebooks (Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r4/p3npk1/1pp1n1p1/4N2p/3P3P/2N5/PP1R1PP1/2K1R3 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

29. Nxc6 $2 Nxc6 30. d5 Nb4 (30... Nc5 31. dxc6 Nd3+ $19) 31. Re4 Nxd5 (31...
Nd3+ 32. Rxd3 Nc5 $17) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Rc8+ 34. Nc3 Rc7 {Sources: BCM,
Sept 1949, p307; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949; CHESS, Vol.15,
no.169, October 1949, p25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p1n1ppp/p1r2n2/q2p1BB1/1Q6/2P5/P1PR1PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

19... Qc7 20. Bf4 a5 $4 21. Qxf8+ Nxf8 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 {Source: CHESS, Vol.15,
no.169, October 1949, p26} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qd1 Nc4 14. b3 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 e6 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qa6 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxc3
21. Rxc3 f6 22. a4 Bf8 23. g3 Bb4 24. Rc2 Kf8 25. Nh4 Ke7 26. Kh1 Rb8 27. Qb5
Bd6 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qh5 Qg8 31. Ng2 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nf4 {
Source: Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/1p4pp/pP1bpn2/P2q4/b1pB4/2P2NN1/3RQPPP/5RK1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6 9.
exf6 Nxf6 10.0–0 Bd6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Bd6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.b5 Na5 15.Bd4... 
(these moves included in the notes to the game Trott-Barden, published in BCM,
July 1950, p239)...} 26... Bxg3 27. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30.
Rxd8 Bc7+ 31. Kg1 Bxd8 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Ne5 Be4 $2 {(Both players in time
trouble)} 34. f3 Bf5 35. Qxc4 Bf6 36. Re1 Bg6 37. Qc5 Re8 38. g4 Qg5 39. f4 (
39. Nf7+ Bxf7 40. Rxe8+ {wins}) 39... Qh6 40. f5 (40. Nf7+ {still wins}) 40...
Bh5 41. gxh5 $2 (41. Nf7+ {still wins}) 41... Qg5+ {Sources: BCM, Sept 1949,
p308; (move 40 - end) The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp3p2/3p2pb/PbnPp2p/1B2P3/5P2/1PB2NPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

49. Bd1 Na6 50. Bc3 Rxc3 51. bxc3 Bd2 52. Re2 Bxe2 53. Bxe2 Bxc3 54. Bxa6 bxa6
55. Kf1 Bxa5 {... 67 moves. Source: BCM, Sept 1949, p308} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. b3 Bf5 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Bb2 Rb8 16. Rac1 Qa6 17. Na4 Bg6 18. Be5 Ba3 19. Bxb8 Bxc1 20. Rxc1
Rxb8 21. Nc5 Qa3 22. Na4 Qd6 23. Qa5 Rb7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Re7 26. e3 Nd7
27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bd3+ 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. Kc3 Be4 33.
Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rc4 f5 35. Rd4 Rc7+ 36. Kb2 Ke6 37. h4 g6 38. b4 Ke5 39. Rd2 h6
40. Kb3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Ka4 f4 43. gxf4+ gxf4 44. exf4+ Kxf4 45. Kb5 Kf3
46. Ka6 Rh7 47. a4 Rh2 48. Rd7 Rxf2 49. Rxa7 Rb2 50. b5 Rb4 51. Ka5 Rd4 52.
Rf7+ Kg2 53. Re7 Kf3 54. b6 Rd5+ 55. Ka6 Rd6 56. a5 e3 57. Ka7 e2 58. Rxe2 Kxe2
59. b7 Rd7 60. a6 {Source: Parr scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Friedman, Otto"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r5k/6pp/p5r1/2pN1pq1/2P1p3/Q3PnP1/P4PKP/2RR4 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

28... Nxh2 $2 (28... Qh5 $11) 29. Nf4 Rh6 30. Rh1 $2 (30. Rb1 $1 $18) 30... Ng4
$2 (30... Qg4 $1 $19) 31. Qxc5 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 h6 33. Rh5 Qd8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35.
Qxf5 $18 Nxe3+ 36. fxe3 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qd1 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Rxh6+ gxh6 40. Qf6+
Kh7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qxh6# {Source: CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p26}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe8
9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. e3 b6 13. f3 Nd6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf7 19. Rc2 g6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. e4 dxe4
22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bb4 24. Rf1 Qe6 25. Ng5 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qd5 27. Qe3 Kh8
28. Bg2 Qg8 29. Bxc6 Re8 30. Qf3 Qg7 31. Qd5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Qc4 Qe7 34.
Nf7+ Kg7 35. Ne5 Bd6 36. Qc3 Bb4 37. Qf3 Qd6 38. Nd3 Re7 39. Rc4 Bd2 40. Rc2
Bh6 41. d5 Re3 42. Qd1 Nxd5 43. Nb2 Rxg3+ 44. Kh1 Rg5 45. Bb7 Qf4 46. Rc4 Qf2
47. Qd4+ Qxd4 48. Rxd4 Nf6 49. Nc4 Kf7 50. Nd6+ Ke6 51. Nc8 Ra5 52. a4 Bf8 53.
Bc6 Rc5 54. Nxa7 Rc3 55. b4 Rb3 56. b5 Rb2 57. Nc8 Bc5 58. Rc4 Be3 59. Bb7 Rd2
60. Na7 h5 61. Nc6 Ng4 62. Rxg4 hxg4 63. a5 Rd1+ {Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks
(Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Black "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/2qn2b1/p2nB1p1/3Pp2p/Pp2P2P/1Pp1Q1P1/5B1N/2R2RK1 b - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

39... Nf6 40. Qg5 Kh7 41. Rc2 Nfxe4 42. Qe3 Nxf2 43. Rfxf2 Bh6 44. Qxe5 Qc5 45.
Kg2 Rxf2+ 46. Rxf2 c2 47. Bf7 Qxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Nxf7 {Sources: BCM, Sept 1949,
p308; (from 44 - end) The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.16"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nbd7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nd2 f5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 exd5 13. O-O Kh8 14. c4
dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qc5 Be6 17. Ba5 Bd5 18. f3 Qg5 19. Rae1 Rf6 20. Qe7 Qh5
21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxb7 Rg8 23. Qxb6 g5 24. e4 g4 25. fxg4 Qxg4 26. Qb2 Rh6 27.
g3 f4 28. Qe2 Qg7 29. exd5 Qxd4+ 30. Qf2 Qxd3 31. Qb2+ {Sources: Manchester
Guardian, 22 Sept 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p26; 'A History
of Lancashire Chess From 1871 to 2009' by Mike Conroy.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Ne2 Bf5 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Na6 11. c3 Qb6 12. b3 Nc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qa5
15. Qd2 Nb5 16. d5 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rc8
21. Nd5 Kf8 22. Nxc3 Rxc6 23. Re3 Be6 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Kd6 26. Kd2 Kc5 27.
Re4 a6 28. b4+ Kb6 29. Rd4 Kc7 30. a4 Bf5 31. a5 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Ke3 Kc6
34. Kd4 Bh3 {Sources: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1, 3 Sept 1949; (moves
1-6 and 15-end) BCM, Sept 1949, p309} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "reconstruction"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8.
d4 e6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 {... etc. Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey)... my
suggested continuation in order to get us to the next known position...} O-O
13. Bxb6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxb6 15. Qb3 Qc5 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rd2 Qe7
19. Rad1 e5 20. Rd6 a5 {(The last two half-moves look unconvincing but I am at
a loss as to how to improve them - JS)} 21. Qb6 {and now we have the position
as given in CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p27... the game continues...}
Bg4 22. R1d2 a4 23. c5 $2 e4 24. h3 e3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Bf5 27. Rd8 Rbxd8
28. Rxd8 h5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxb7 $2 (30. Qd8+ Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Kxe8 32. a3 $1
$16) 30... a3 31. Qb4 $2 g5 (31... Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qxa2 $5) 32. h4 (32. c6+ Kg8
33. c7 h4 $11) 32... Qd2+ 33. Bg2 gxh4 34. c6+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ $2 (
36. Qb4+ $11) 36... Be6 $19 37. gxh4 Qd6 {Sources (moves 1-12) The Chess
Bulletin, Vol.1, No.1, 3 September 1949; (moves 12-21) moves not known -
possible sequence suggested by JS; (moves 21-end): CHESS, Vol.15, no.169,
October 1949, p27} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q4/1p4k1/1Pp2p2/2PrpPp1/P1QnR1Pp/7P/5PK1/B7 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

41. f3 Nb3 42. Bc3 Nxc5 43. a5 Nxe4 44. fxe4 Rd1 45. Qe6 Rc1 46. Bd4 exd4 47.
a6 bxa6 48. b7 Rb1 49. Qc8 Qg8 50. Qc7+ Kh6 {Sources: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.
1 no. 4, 1 Oct 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p27} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. O-O b6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Rfe1
Ndf6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. c4 Qf4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. Bg5 Qg4
21. h3 Qh5 22. Re5 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf5 Qg6 26. Qd3 Rxd4
27. Qxd4 Qxf5 28. Nh4 Qg5 29. Re3 Kh8 30. Rg3 Qe5 31. Qd7 Qc7 32. Qg4 {Source:
Fairhurst game collection (Alan McGowan); (moves 26-32) BCM, Sept 1949, p309}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Israel, Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkb1r/pp1b1ppp/8/1B1pP3/Q7/P7/3B1PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

15. Rb1 b6 16. Qg4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qg3 Bc5 19. Qxg7 O-O-O 20. Qg3 Qf5 21.
O-O Rhg8 22. Qf4 Qh3 23. g3 Rg4 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qf3 Rdg8 26. Be3 d4 27. Qc6
R4g6 28. e6 Qxe6 29. Qxc5 dxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 {and White won} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Rb8 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. a4 Nb6 13. b3 Ne8 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
Rd1 Bd7 16. Nde2 Bc6 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Ba3 Be7 20. Nb1 Nc5 21. e5
Nxd3 22. Rxd3 d5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. c4 dxc4 27. bxc4
bxc4 28. Bxc6 {Source: Parr scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1qrk1/1pB3pp/3p4/n2Np3/r3B2b/2P4P/1R3PP1/3QR1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Friedman's pieces are scattered and Newman has little difficulty in turning
this to account. A piquant sidelight, he actually effects a mate, the second
one in this tournament, and it was Friedman himself who, against Sergeant
administered the mate on the previous day:"} 26. Nb6 Rc4 27. Bxd6 {('27 B x
KtP' but this makes no sense at all)} Rf6 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Bd5+ Be6 30. Bxc4
Bxc4 31. Bxe5 Re6 32. Qg4 b5 ({The score gives 'P–Kt4' and I spent some
fruitless time trying to figure out what on earth was happening, with the
further puzzling move/comment/typo '33. Q x P x no mate', until it dawned on
me that Black had probably blundered with 32...b5 and left mate in one en
prise! A reminder of just how annoying descriptive notation is... - JS} 32...
g5 {isn't much better as White plays} 33. Qxc4 {after which Black would surely
resign.}) 33. Qxg7# {Source: CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p27-28} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Derby, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. c4 Nf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. c4 Nb6 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. Ra3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxb4
21. Qe4 Qxa3 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. Qh5+ {Source: BCM, Oct 1949, p350} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.13"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Harris, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qh5 Bf8 14. f4
Nxd3 15. cxd3 g6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Qf2 Qf6 18. Re2 a5 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. g4 Ba6 21.
Rd1 h6 22. Red2 Rab8 23. d4 Rb4 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. b3 Bb7 26. Bf2 c5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. exd5 cxd4 29. Re1 Qd7 30. a3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Rb8 32. a4 Qc8 33. Rd3 Qa6 34.
Bf2 Qb6 35. f5 Be5 36. h4 Qc5 37. Kg2 gxf5 38. gxf5 Kh7 39. f6 Rg8+ 40. Kh3 Rg6
41. h5 Rg5 42. Bh4 Rg8 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. Bg3 Qxd5 45. Bxe5 Qh1+ 46. Bh2 Qg2+ 47.
Kh4 Qxh2+ 48. Rh3 Qg1 49. Rf3 Qe1+ {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 4,
1 Oct 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald MacKay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bb3 e4 10. Qc4 Qd5 11. Qc3 Qd6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Na3 Bxb3 14. axb3
b5 15. O-O a5 16. bxa5 b4 17. Qc4 e6 18. f3 e3 19. dxe3 Nd5 20. Nb5 cxb5 21.
Qc8+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Qc7 23. Qxa8 Nd7 24. Qc6 Bxe5 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27.
e4 Ra8 28. Rfc1 Na6 29. c3 Nc5 30. Rab1 Ncd3 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4
Ra8 34. f4 Nc6 35. g3 Rxa5 36. e5 Nd4 37. Rg2 b3 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. h4 Rxg2 40.
Kxg2 b2 41. g4 Ne2 42. h5 gxh5 43. f5 hxg4 44. f6+ Kf7 45. c5 Nd4 46. Kg3 Nxe5
47. Rxb2 Kxf6 48. Rh2 Kg6 49. Kf4 Nd3+ 50. Kxg4 Nxc5 51. Kf4 e5+ 52. Ke3 Nf5+
53. Kf3 h5 54. Ra2 Nd4+ 55. Kg3 Kg5 56. Ra8 Ne4+ 57. Kh3 Kf4 58. Kh4 Nf6 59.
Rf8 Kf5 60. Rf7 e4 61. Re7 Nf3+ 62. Kg3 Ne5 63. Ra7 e3 64. Ra3 Ke4 65. Ra6 Nd5
66. Ra4+ Kd3 67. Kh4 e2 68. Ra1 Nf6 69. Kg5 Neg4 70. Kf4 Kd2 71. Ra2+ Kd3 72.
Ra1 Nd5+ 73. Kg5 Ngf6 74. Kh4 Nc3 75. Rh1 Kd2 {Source: Ron Bruce scorebooks 
(Bob Jones)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-chW36"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rees, Jane Sadler"]
[Black "Tranmer, Eileen Betsy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd2 exd5
9. cxd5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. O-O-O Rxe4
15. Nf3 Na6 16. Rhe1 Nb4 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Rxe4 Nd3+ 19. Kc2 Qxb3+ 20. Kxb3 fxe4
21. Ng5 c4+ 22. Kc2 Re8 23. Ne6 Bf6 24. Rg1 e3 25. Bxe3 Nb4+ {... [may have
been more moves] Source: Acton Gazette - Friday 26 August 1949. Contributed by
Alan A Smith, 2 October 2023.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-chW36"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Crum, Agnes Margaret"]
[Black "Bruce, Rowena Mary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qc2 Ne8 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
f3 Qh4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qf2 Qh5 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. f4 Rh6 20. g3 e4 21. Bc2 Nf6 22.
Bd1 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qg2 Rb8 25. Nd1 Rb4 26. Rc1 a4 27. Rc2 Bd4 28. Kh1
Be8 29. a3 Rb3 30. Re1 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxd1+ 32. Qg1 Qxc2 {Source: Western
Morning News, 10 September 1949} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch36 Major A"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nield, Alan Edgar"]
[Black "Cole, Henry Holwell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. dxe6 dxe6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Kc7 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. Nh3 Nh6 14. f3 Bc6 15.
Nb5+ Bxb5 16. Bxe5+ Bxe5 17. cxb5 Nf7 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Kb6 20. a4 Ka5 21.
Kc2 Kb4 22. e4 c4 23. Rb1 Rd4 24. bxc4+ Kxc4 25. Rhc1 Rhd8 26. Bf1+ Kc5 27. e5
Rxf4 28. Kb3+ Kb6 29. Ra1 Rxf3+ 30. Kb4 Rd4+ 31. Bc4 a5+ 32. bxa6 Nxe5 33. axb7
Nc6# {Source: H H Cole.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch36 Major B"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heath, Christopher Barclay"]
[Black "Wormald, Robert Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1q2bppp/2n1pn2/1p6/8/1BP2N2/1P1BQPPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

23. Ng5 h6 $2 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 {(score gives 'KtxKt')} 25. Qxe6+ Ke8 26. Qf7+ Kd8
27. Bf4+ Kc8 28. Be6+ Nd7 29. Qe8+ {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 No.8, 26
Nov 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch36 Major B"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Wormald, Robert Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 f6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2
Nge7 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Be8 13. Rad1 Bg6 14. Qe2 Qd7
15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nd8 17. Nh4 Rc8 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. c5 Rc6 {
(the score gives 'R-QB2' but this is also given on the next turn - and 'R-B2'
on the turn after that!)} 21. Re3 Rc7 22. f4 Rf7 23. b4 a6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh4
Rf8 26. R1e2 Rf7 27. Qe1 Kf8 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. Kh1 Kf8
32. Qb1 Kg7 33. Qb3 Kg8 34. a4 Qc6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Qd7 37. Ba5 Rc8 38.
Re8+ Kg7 39. h4 h5 40. Kh2 Ra8 41. Qb4 Rc8 42. Qe1 Kh6 43. Rh8+ Rh7 44. Rxh7+
Qxh7 45. Bxd8 Rxd8 46. Re7 Qg8 47. Qg3 Rb8 48. Qg5+ {Source: The Chess
Bulletin, Vol.1 no.8, 26 Nov 1949. This game won the best game prize for its
section, as adjudged by Imre Konig.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch36 Major C"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cook, Percy Baldwin"]
[Black "Woodthorpe, Ralph Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
dxc5 Nec6 9. f4 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 f6 13. d4 Qb6 14. Nd6
fxe5 15. fxe5 Qb4 16. Rc1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bd7 18. Ke3 Rab8 19. Rhf1 h6 20. Nd2
Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Be8 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Rc7 Nf5+ 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Kf4 Bh5
27. e6 Re8 28. Ke5 f4 29. Kxd5 f3 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kd6 Bg4 32. e7 Ra8 33. Nd2
Kf7 34. Nc4 Ke8 35. Kc6 {'and wins.' Source: Ilford Recorder, 18 Aug 1949. The
article lists the Black player as C Woodthorpe, though it is known that R C
Woodthorpe was competing in the Hastings event.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch36 First Class A"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Senneck, Francis Harry"]
[Black "Roycroft, Arthur John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd7 8.
Bxb5 h6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. d3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Qg4 13. h3 Qh5 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Bb2 Nf4 16. Re1 f5 17. Ng3 Nxh3+ 18. Kf1 Qg4 19. Nxe5 Nxf2 20. Nxg4 Nxd1 21.
Ne5 Nxb2 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 Bxg3 24. Reb1 Rf6 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nd5 Re6 27.
Rxb2 Rae8 28. Rbb1 c6 29. Nb4 Be5 30. a4 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 a5 32. Na6 Re2 33. b4
Rxc2 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Re5 36. Rxa5 Rb2 37. Nc7 Rc5 {Source: Western
Morning News, 17 December 1949; The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 no.8, 26 Nov 1949.
This game won the best game prize for its section, as adjudged by Imre Konig.}
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch36 Second Class A"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brogden, John G"]
[Black "Shaw, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8.
d5 O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O h5 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bd3 Kh8 14. b4 g5 15. Nb5
Rg8 16. Qd2 f6 17. h3 Nh6 18. h4 Nf8 19. hxg5 Ng4 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Rfe1 Ng6
22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Rec1 Nxf2 24. Bc2 Rxg2 25. Nxc7 Bh3 26. Nxa8 Qg6 27. Ke1 Nh1
28. Qc3 Re2+ {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 no.8, 26 Nov 1949. This game
won the best game prize for its section, as adjudged by Imre Konig (the score
looks a bit suspicious - for example, it gives 21...Kt-K3 which I am not
prepared to believe - have assumed a misprint for Kt-Kt3. Also White's play
from move 21 onwards looks unfeasibly pointless/bad)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch36 Third Class"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cook, TE."]
[Black "Wigglesworth, AE."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. f5 b6 8. d3
Bb7 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qb8 14. Nd5 Bd8
15. h4 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Qb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Nb4 Bd7 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Rfb1
Qb6+ 22. Kh2 a5 23. Nd5 Qa6 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nd2 Qc8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Be6
28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Nxf6 {Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 no.8, 26 Nov 1949.
This game won the best game prize for its section, as adjudged by Imre Konig.}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barker, Malcolm Neil"]
[Black "Jackson, John Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. d3 Nd6 5. Nxe5 Nxc4 6. Nxc4 d5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8.
d4 c5 9. Be3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qf3 Qxf3
15. Nxf3 Bf5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. a3 c4 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 d3 22. h3 dxc2 23. Rxc2 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rad8 25. Be3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 R8xd4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Re2 a5 29. Kg3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Kf3 Kf8 32. Rc2 Rd3+ {
Source: https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/
the-short-but-extraordinary-chess-career-of-malcolm-barker-part-one} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Morton, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 d6 8. Bc4+
Kg7 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Bxh4+ 14. g3 Nxg3
15. Be5+ Kh7 16. Rxh4 Qxh4 17. Bxg3 Qh1+ 18. Kd2 Qg2+ 19. Kc3 Nc6 20. Bd3+ Kg7
21. Be5+ Kg8 22. Be4 Qh3 23. Qxh3 gxh3 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Bxh8 Bf5 26. Rg7+ {
Source: BCM, June 1949, p175} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Marshall, Ian Ninian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Qe2 f5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rd1 Qg4 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+
15. Qxe3 Qb4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Qa5 18. b4 f4 19. Qf2 Qa3 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21.
Rxd7+ Ne7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qc5+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kh5 26. Qg4+ Kh6
27. Qxf4+ Kg6 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29. f4 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 g6 31. Ne6 {Source: London &
Midland Chess Bulletin, 28 May 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lofts, David V"]
[Black "Hill, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd1 O-O 11. c3 Bd6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7
15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Bg3 f5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nh4 Rf8 19. f3 f4 20. fxe4 fxe3 21.
e5 Qb8 22. Bh7+ {Source: BCM, June 1949, p176} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barker, Malcolm Neil"]
[Black "Hill, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 a6 10. Nxe4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Nxc5 b5 13. Be2 Qb6 14. d4 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bg4 f6 18. Nd3 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Qd7 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne6 Rd5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27.
dxe5 Rxe5 28. Kf2 Rc5 29. Rb2 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 33.
Rxb5 Kf6 34. h4 h6 35. Rb6+ Kg7 36. g3 Ra5 37. e4 Rc5 38. Rd6 Rb5 39. Rd5 Rb6
40. h5 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Kf7 42. Kf4 Rg6 43. g4 Kf6 44. Rb5 Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. e5
Kg8 47. Rd7 Re6 48. Rd6 Kf7 49. Rxe6 Kxe6 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. e6+ Ke7
53. Kg6 Kxe6 54. Kxh6 Kf7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Kg6 Kh8 57. Kf7 {Sources: London
Chess Bulletin, Vo.1 No.9, 6 May 1949; Midland Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 no.13, 14
May 1949} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harris, Peter"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/p1qn1p1p/2n1pbp1/2p1N3/PpPPNP2/3QP2R/1B4PP/6K1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

24. dxc5 (24. Nxd7 $18) 24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Ncxe5 26. Qd4 f6 27. c6 $2 {
and White lost (Source: BCM, June 1949, p176)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch U15 Girls"]
[Site "London, St Brides"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Betts, Molly T"]
[Black "Clements, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1949.04.20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Qb3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bc4 h6 6. Nxe5 Ng4 7. O-O Bxf2+ 8.
Rxf2 Qh4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Qxf7+ Kh7 11. Qg6+ Kg8 12. Rf8+ {Source: CHESS,
July/Aug/Sept 1949, Vol.14/166-167-168, p220. "One of the junior games whose
charm and freshness atones for many faults." (Eileen Tranmer)} 1-0

