[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Diggle, Geoffrey Harber"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ba5 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 {? Aitken} 13. Bb3
Qa5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Re1 Bg6 16. d5 Rad8 17. c4 Rfe8 {? Aitken} 18. Bd2 Qb6 19.
dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nc3 Qd4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nd5 Bh5 23. Qc1 Re2 24. Be3 Qh4 25.
Nf4 Ne5 26. Nxe2 Bxe2 27. Bf4 Nd3 28. Bg3 Qd4 29. Qb1 f5 30. Bd1 f4 {? Aitken}
31. Bxe2 fxg3 32. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, Harold"]
[Black "Hayley, Robert E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. O-O Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 7. b3 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rf8
15. Qh5 h6 16. Nxf7 Bb7 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qxe6+ Kh8
21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. e6+ Ne5 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxe5 Qh7 26. Qg5+ {
Source: BCM, December 1945, p287. Probably Robert Evelyn Hayley (1920-1996)
but there's an outside chance he could be Ronald Edwin Hayley (1923-2007).} 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Distler, Alexander"]
[Black "Truscott, Alan Fraser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2k2/8/4p1Qp/1p6/rPn5/2R3P1/3q1b1P/1BR4K w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Qf7+ Kd6 36. Rd3+ Qxd3 37. Bxd3 Ne5 38. Qf4 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1
Nxd3 40. Qxh6 Kd5 41. Qh7 Kc4 42. Qe4+ Bd4 43. Qxe6+ Kxb4 44. Qd6+ Kc4 45. Qe6+
Kb4 46. Qd6+ Ka5 47. Qd8+ Ka6 48. Qd6+ {Source: BCM, December 1945, p286}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Ne2 f6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Ng3 Ne7 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. d3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Bd6 13. c4 Ng6 14. Nh5 Nf4
15. Nxf4 exf4 16. Bd4 Be7 17. Rad1 g5 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rhg8 20. Nh2 Rdf8
21. f3 h5 22. Rfe1 Rg6 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. d4 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. c5 g3 27. cxd6
Qh7 28. Ng4 Rh8 {Source: BCM, December 1945, p284} 0-1

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brierley, William Leonard"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bb1 Nd5 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qd1 Qc7 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Rxe5 Qb8 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. f4 b6 25. Nb3 Bd6 26. f5 Nb5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qg4
Bxe5 29. Bxg6 f5 30. Bxf5+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ Bxg7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe8+ Bf8 34.
Rxc8 {Source: BCM, December 1945, p284} 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedman, Otto"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
Ne8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 Nd6 13. Bb3 b6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Qa4 Bb5 20. Qa3 c5 21.
Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxb5 Qf4 23. Rf1 Qxe4 24. Qxa7 c4 25. Qa4 Qe5 26. Qxc4 Qxb2 27.
Qc7 Qf6 28. Qg3 h6 29. Nc3 Rd4 30. Nd5 Qe6 31. Nf4 Qf5 32. Ng6 Re8 33. Nh4 Qh5
34. Nf3 Rde4 35. h3 Qc5 36. Rd1 Re2 37. Rd7 R8e7 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd5 Qc1+ 40.
Kh2 R7e6 41. Rd1 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p62} 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Black "Diggle, Geoffrey Harber"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qd4+ Kg8 15. b3 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Qg5 Qd4 19. Re3 h5 20. Qxe7
Rfe8 21. Qh4 Qe5 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rd1 Ba6 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 Re6 26. Re3 Kf6
27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. e5+ Ke6 29. exd6+ Kxd6 30. Ne4+ Kc7 31. Ng5 Rd8 32. Nxf7 Rd1+
33. Kh2 Rd2 34. Rc3 Rxf2 35. Ne5 Rf6 36. Kg3 Bc8 37. h4 Bf5 38. b4 Kb6 39. Rc5
Bc8 40. a4 Bf5 41. c4 Bc8 42. a5+ Kb7 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Kb8 45. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Distler, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Qe1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bd7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Be5 Qc8 19. c4 Bf5 20. Qc3 Nh5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Rd5 Qg4 24. f3 Qf4 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Re4 Qc7 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. Rexd4 Red8 29. Qd3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 Qb4 32. h4 h5 33. Rb5
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 b6 35. a3 f6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rxc5 Kg7 38. b4 Rd8 {Looking for a
perpetual check 39.Qxd8 Qxh4+ etc. (G.C.)} 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. fxe4 Rd4 41. Rc7
Rxe4 42. Rxa7 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rg4+ 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. b5 Ke6 46. b6 Kd6 47. Rxe7 Kc6
{?? Aitken} (47... Rc4 48. b7 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rb3) 48. b7 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brown, Harold"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8.
fxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Qh4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 h5 13. Ne2 Rdg8 14. g3
Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Ne4 16. Rf5 Nxd2 17. Kg2 f6 18. Rxh5 Rxh5 19. Qxh5 Qe7 20. Bd4
Qe4+ 21. Kh3 c5 22. Bc3 Nf3 23. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Nxh2+ 25. Kf5 Re8 26. Nf4
Rxe3 27. Nxd5 Re2 28. g4 Kd7 29. g5 Be5 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. gxf6 Rf2+ 32. Kg6 gxf6
33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Nxf6+ Kc6 35. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Truscott, Alan Fraser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[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 f5 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qc1 a5
15. Be5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qf4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qg5 {?? Aitken} 19. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedman, Otto"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e4 5. Nh3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Qb3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
d6 9. Nf4 c6 10. h4 Qb6 11. Qa3 Qc7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. d5 c5 14. b3 Na6 15. Qb2
Nc7 16. a4 Bd7 17. O-O-O a6 18. a5 Rab8 19. h5 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Ba5 Rb7 22.
Rh3 Ba4 23. Rdh1 Rxb3 24. Ng6 Qf7 25. Qa2 Rfb8 26. Qxa4 Rb1+ 27. Kc2 R8b2+ 28.
Kc3 Nfxd5+ 29. cxd5 Nxd5+ 30. Kc4 Nb6+ {Source: BCM, December 1945, p285} 0-1

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "List, Paul M (Dr)"]
[Black "Brierley, William Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Nb8
15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. f4 Re8 17. Bb1 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 {
Source: BCM, December 1945, p286} 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hayley, Robert E"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 7"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 07"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. a3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc3+
15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 exd4 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. O-O c5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
b4 Qe7 22. Nb3 c4 23. Bxe4 {No note from Aitken but this is bad. White has
missed the coming attack on g2 and after Bf4 which holds c8 the Bxh3 and Rxe3
ideas. White has to let the b3 Knight go. (G.C.)} Bxe4 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. f3 Bf5
26. f4 Qg3 27. Rf3 cxb3 28. Qb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qg6 {29..Rc8! (G.C.)} 30. Qb2
Be4 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. f5 Qb6 33. Re2 Rxe3 {Probably Robert Evelyn Hayley 
(1920-1996) but there's an outside chance he could be Ronald Edwin Hayley 
(1923-2007).} 0-1

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brown, Harold"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. dxc5 e5 12. e4 Qe7 13. b4 exf4 14. Re1 Ne5 15.
exd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Qf7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. c4 e4 23. Rb1 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Bc3 25. Re2 e3 26. Rb3 Bg7 27. b5 Rc8
28. c6 Rfd8 29. Bb2 b6 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. g3 {! Aitken} fxg3 32. hxg3 f4 33.
gxf4 Rf8 34. Rg2+ Kh8 35. Rxe3 Rxf4+ 36. Rf2 Rxc4 37. d6 Rc1+ 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 e6 6. Bd3 Nxd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 h6 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qb3 c5 20. Bb1 Nf4 21.
f3 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Ng6 23. Qf2 {! Aitken} c4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxa7 Bxe4 26. Qxe7
Nxe7 27. fxe4 Rd2 28. b4 Ng6 29. Rf1 Ne5 30. a4 Kf8 31. h3 h5 32. a5 Nc6 33. e5
{! Aitken} Re2 34. Bg6 Nxe5 35. Bxh5 Ra2 36. Bf3 Ke7 37. Rd1 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Ra3
39. Kf2 Rxc3 40. Ra1 Rd3 41. a6 Rd8 42. b5 c3 43. b6 c2 44. Rc1 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O {? Aitken} 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 Nc5 14.
O-O-O {? Aitken} Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bxf5 16. Rxd8 Bxc2 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bxf6 Bxc3
19. bxc3 gxf6 20. Kxc2 Ke7 21. Rb1 b6 22. c5 {! Aitken} bxc5 23. Rb7+ Ke6 24.
Rc7 Rg8 25. g3 e4 26. Rxc5 e3 27. fxe3 Rxg3 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. Rc4 f5 30. Rd4 h5
31. a4 Rg1 32. c4 Rc1 33. Kd2 Ra1 34. c5 Ra2+ 35. Kc3 Ra3+ 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3
Ra3+ 38. Kb2 Rxe3 39. c6 Re5 40. Rc4 Kd5 {?? Aitken} 41. c7 Kxc4 42. c8=Q+ Rc5
43. Qa6+ Kb4 44. Qxa7 f4 45. Qb6+ Kc4 46. Qb3+ Kd4 47. a5 1-0

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "List, Paul M (Dr)"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Ba2 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Be4
15. Qc3 Rb8 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Ba1 Rfd8 19. f3 Nc6 20. Nb3 Bg6 21. Ke2
e5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 a5 25. Nd2 h6 26. Ke2 Qc7 27. h3 Qe7
28. Bb3 Nd4+ 29. Kf2 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Nh5 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Bxe5 Qd7 33. Qd6 Qa4
34. g4 Nf6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. f4 f5 37. e4 fxg4 38. hxg4 f6 39. Qxf6 Qd7 40. Qc3
Qxg4 41. Qf3 Qh4+ 42. Qg3 Qd8 43. Ke1 Qe7 44. Ke2 Bh5+ 45. Kd3 Bd1 {(sealed
move)} 46. Kc3 h5 47. e5 h4 48. Qd3+ Kh6 49. Ne4 Ba4 50. Nd6 Bd7 51. Qe3 Qg7
52. f5+ Kh7 53. f6 Qg3 54. Kd3 Qg6+ 55. Qe4 h3 56. f7 Qxe4+ 57. Kxe4 h2 58.
f8=Q h1=Q+ 59. Ke3 Qe1+ {Source: BCM, December 1945, p285} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "List, Paul M (Dr)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb7
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 c6 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Nd2 Rd7 19. Ra7 Bf6 20. Qe3 Re8 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne4 {! Aitken} Be7 23. Re1 Qe6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26.
Bxd6 h6 27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Bd4 Ra8 29. f3 Ra2 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rd2 g5 32. g4 Kh7
33. Be5 Bd5 34. Kf2 h5 35. h3 Kg6 36. f4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 Ra1 38. b3 Ra3 {! Aitken
} 39. c4 Be6 40. cxb5 cxb5 41. Rd3 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Bxb3 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Kg3
Kg6 45. Bd2 Kf5 46. Kf3 Ke5 47. h4 Bd1+ 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Kg5 f5 51.
Kf4 Kf6 52. Bc3+ Ke6 53. Bd2 Be2 54. Bc3 Bh5 55. Kg5 Be8 56. h5 Bxh5 57. Kxh5
Kd5 58. Kg5 Ke4 59. Bd2 {Aitken has written R.9 but scored it out and made it
'10' maybe he had a bye in round 9. GC (He did have a bye in round 9 - JS)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Distler, Alexander"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O Ng6 15. Bd3
Rf8 16. b4 Ng5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Be2 Qe7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. Bd4 Ngf3+ 22.
Nxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Qd3 Qg5 25. c5 Qh5 26. Kh1 Qh3 27. Rg1 axb4 28.
axb4 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Qg4 30. Qc3 Rf6 31. c6 bxc6 32. dxc6 Be6 33. Qd4 Rh6 34.
Qxg4 fxg4 35. Bd4 Bc4 36. Bb6 cxb6 37. c7 Be6 38. Ra1 Rh5 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. c8=Q
Bxc8 41. Rxc8 Rd5 42. h3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. hxg4 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Rc6
Rb1 47. Rc2 Rh1+ 48. Rh2 Rxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Kf6 50. Kg1 Kg5 51. e4 Kxg4 {Source:
BCM, April 1946, p127} 0-1

[Event "London Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "Book 7"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1945.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 7"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Bb7 {! Aitken} 9. f3 g6 10. c4 {! Aitken} Bg7 11. Nbc3 Ne7 12. Be3 O-O 13.
O-O Rb8 14. Qd2 Bc8 15. Rad1 ({Roger Paige gives} 15. Rfd1 {in his book of Sir
George Thomas's games.}) 15... Be6 16. b3 f5 {? Aitken} 17. Bh6 fxe4 {(Aitken
clearly has 18.Nf4 Qc1 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 here. 18.Nf4?? loses to 18...Bxh6 and is
too simple to miss by two good players, I have given 18.Bxg7 and then Nf4 - GC.
Roger Paige's book has 18 Bxg7 as GC has given here.)} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4
Qc8 20. Nxe4 Nc6 21. Ng5 ({Roger Paige's book, which had an earlier 15 Rfd1,
now has} 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Ng5 {after which the two versions converge - JS})
21... Nd4 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Qc3 Bf7 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Nfe6+ Bxe6 27.
Nxe6+ Kg8 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qe4 Qf8 32. h3 Qf6 33.
Kh2 Qb2 {? Aitken} 34. Qe7 {! Aitken} Qd2 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxc7+ Kh6 {? Aitken}
37. Qf7 Kg5 38. b4 {! Aitken} Qxa2 39. f4+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qg7 h6 42. Qd7
g5 43. Qf7+ Kh4 44. Qg6 {Source: Aitken Scorebook 7 & Times Weekly Edition, 9
January 1946, p19 (as given in The Chess Games of Sir George Alan Thomas by by
Roger L Paige (2005)). (Final table of this tournament is shown in BCM,
December 1945, p284: 1 G Wood 8/10, 2 Dr PM List 7½, 3 Dr O Friedman 7, 4 Sir
G Thomas 6½, 5-6 Dr JM Aitken, WL Brierley 5½, 7-8 H Brown, AF Truscott 5, 9
A Distler 2½, 10 GH Diggle 2, 11 RE Hayley ½.)} 1-0

[Event "London ch preliminary ko"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bowley, EJ."]
[Black "Wenman, Francis Percival"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Bd3 d6 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Nc3
Bc6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 a6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rde1 O-O-O 20. Rh2
Nc5 21. Bf1 Kb8 22. b4 Na4 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Nc5 25. Rb2 Qf7 26. Kb1 Qh5 27.
Bc6 Kc8 28. Rxb7 Qxf3 29. Qb4 Na6 30. Rb8+ Nxb8 31. Qb7# {Source: BCM, January
1946, p22} 1-0

[Event "London ch preliminary ko"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Distler, Alexander"]
[Black "Gilchrist, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qb3 g6 7. Bg5 e6 8. e3
Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Kg7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Ne2 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 f5 16. Rc3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. R3c2 g5 19. Nd2 Rf7 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Rxd2
Na5 22. Qa3 b6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rdc2 Nd6 25. b5 Bb7 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28.
Qc2 Nd6 29. a4 Ne8 30. Kf2 Qd6 31. Qb3 Nf6 32. Bb1 Rc7 33. Rh1 Bc8 34. g4 Qe7
35. Ng3 f4 36. exf4 gxf4 37. Ne2 e5 38. g3 $2 (38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. Qd3 $18) 38...
exd4 $2 (38... e4 39. Nxf4 exf3 $11) 39. gxf4 $18 Rc3 40. Nxc3 Qe3+ 41. Kg2
Nxg4 42. fxg4 Bxg4 43. Qxd5 {Source: BCM, January 1946, p22} 1-0

[Event "London ch preliminary ko"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duke, AJ."]
[Black "Butcher, Cecil George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 c4 6. Bc2 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Nf6
9. O-O b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. g4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Rf2 O-O-O 15. e4 Nxe5
16. fxe5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd5 20. Bg5 Qb7 21. Raf1 Rf8
22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Rd7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Rxf8 Kc6 27. Kf2 Kd5
28. Ke3 Kc6 29. Re8 Rf7 30. Rxe6+ Kc7 31. Rf6 {Source: BCM, January 1946, p21}
1-0

[Event "London ch preliminary ko"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore, JJ."]
[Black "Gordon, AL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Nh4 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nf5 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. h5 Rhe8 14. O-O-O
Bf8 15. Bg3 Qe6 16. f4 Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qf3 a5 20. a3 Rd5 21.
Kb2 Red8 22. Bf2 Qb6 23. Ra1 Qb5 24. Qe2 c5 25. a4 Qb6 26. Qxc4 axb4 27. cxb4
Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. a5 Qc6 30. Qc2 Qb5 31. Ra3 Re4 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Rd2 Qxb4+
{"and wins" Source: BCM, January 1946, p21} 0-1

