[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Bxb5 11. axb5 a5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. Be3 h6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. Ra1 O-O 18. h3 Rc8 19. Ne1 Nf5 20. Ra3 Ne7 21. f3 cxd4 22. cxd4 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Ra6 Qg3 25. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nd5 b5 11. h3 e6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 b4 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Be3 Rec8 22. Rec2 h5 23. Bd4 Bg5 24. f4 Bh6 25. Rf1 e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bf2 a5 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Qe2 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Nxd2 31. Rd1 Rb2 32. Qd3 Rxa2 33. Kh1 Nc4 34. Bg1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Nxd2 36. Bf2 Kg7 37. Be1 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Nxc4 39. Bf1 Bd2 40. Bxc4 Bxe1 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 a4 43. Kg2 a3 44. Kf3 Bxc3 45. Ke3 f6 46. Ba2 Kh6 47. Kf3 Kg5 48. Bb1 Bd4 49. Ba2 Kh4 50. Be6 Bc5 51. Kg2 Be7 52. Kh2 Bc5 53. Kg2 Bd4 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Ba2 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. exf5 Kxf5 58. Bb1+ Kg5 59. Ba2 Kh4 60. Be6 Bc3 61. Kf2 Bb2 62. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 e5 14. c4 d4 15. c3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf5 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Qb1 Qf7 20. Ra2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxf6 Rd3 23. Rc2 Nfd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Ne4 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Re1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 b6 30. f3 Kb7 31. Kf2 Rd4 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Ke3 Ka6 34. Nc3 Na5 35. Rd1 Nb3 36. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rd3 a5 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Ne8 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Ne3 Ra6 21. Bc3 Rb8 22. Rb1 Qa8 23. Nc2 d5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Rf3 cxb3 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Nd4 Re4 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Bxa5 Rxa4 30. Qd7 Qxf3 31. exf3 Rxa5 32. Nd4 b2 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Qf5 Nd6 35. Qd3 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qxd4 Ng5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qd8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O-O d6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qxd6 Qa5 16. Qd5 Qb6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Qd4 Rc5 22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Qe5 Nxa2 24. Rd3 Nc3+ 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. d6 Re3 27. d7 Rd8 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 a6 30. Rc1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nbd2 Nc6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nh2 Bd6 23. f4 f6 24. Nhf1 Qb8 25. Qf3 c4 26. Ng3 Bc5 27. Ndf1 Ra1 28. Rd1 Bxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Nc5 30. Ngf5 Ncd3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. N3d5 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Nxb2 34. Rf1 Qa7+ 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Qf2 Nd3 37. Qxa7 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. b4 a6 8. O-O g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Re8 14. Qe2 h5 15. h3 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17. Ne4 axb5 18. axb5 Qd7 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Bb2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 b6 22. Na6 Bxh3 23. Rxc7 Qf5 24. e4 Qe6 25. Bc3 h4 26. gxh4 Bf6 27. Rc6 Nxc6 28. Nc7 Qe7 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Bxh3 Na7 31. Bf1 Bxh4 32. f4 Bf6 33. Qc4 Bg7 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. d4 Bf4 36. Qd5 Qc8 37. Bg2 Qxc3 38. Qa8+ Nc8 39. e5 Qxd4+ 40. Kf1 Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nhf6 14. Be2 Rae8 15. f4 e6 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Nb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 R6e7 21. Rfe1 Nd7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. b3 b6 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd3 a5 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nf6 32. g5 Nh5 33. Kg2 Ng7 34. Kh3 Nf5 35. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qa4 c5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. e4 Nb4 12. d4 O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Qb3 a5 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Be3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxa2 22. Rd6 Ba8 23. f3 Na4 24. Nxb6 N4xc3 25. Bf1 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nca2 27. Bc4 Bb7 28. Rd7 Ba6 29. Bxe6 Bb5 30. Rc7 Nc6 31. Bxa2 Nxd4 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Nd5 Ne5 34. f4 Ng6 35. Ra7 a4 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. Ke3 a3 38. Ra6 Bb7 39. Rb6 Bc8 40. Nb5 Re8 41. Nd6 Rf8 42. f5 Ne5 43. Rb5 Nc6 44. Rb3 g6 45. Rxa3 Kg7 46. Ra8 Bd7 47. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. g3 a5 5. c4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Qe8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 d5 11. e3 Qh5 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nf4 Qh6 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. f3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Nf6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. Qd2 a4 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Nxb4 Ra7 22. c5 Rfa8 23. Nc2 axb3 24. axb3 Qg6 25. Qc3 Qe8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Ra1 Qa8 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Qa1 Qxa1+ 30. Nxa1 {(from here on, score given in BCM, Feb 1977, p62)} Kf7 31. b4 Ke7 32. Nb3 Kd8 33. Nd2 Be8 34. h3 Bg6 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Bd3 38. g5 Nd7 39. e4 e5 40. Ke3 Bc2 41. exd5 cxd5 42. f4 e4 43. Bh3 Nf8 44. Nf1 Ba4 45. f5 Be8 46. Kf4 Bf7 47. Ne3 b6 48. cxb6+ Kxb6 49. Ke5 Kc6 50. b5+ Kxb5 51. Kd6 Bh5 52. Ke7 Ng6+ 53. fxg6 Bxg6 54. Kd6 Kb4 55. Nxd5+ Kc4 56. Ke5 Kd3 57. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. g4 Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 d5 19. Qg4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. fxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Bc8 24. Nxc7 Bxg4 25. Nxa8 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxa8 27. Rd4 Kg8 28. Rxe4 Kf7 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 31. Kc2 g6 32. c4 Ke8 33. Kc3 Kd7 34. Bd4 Bd6 35. Be5 Bc5 36. Rf4 Re8 37. Bd4 Bd6 38. Rf7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Bf2 Kd7 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Kg4 Be5 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Bf4 47. Kg4 Bd2 48. Bd4 Bc1 49. Kf5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Rb8 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. f4 Bc6 14. Re1 h5 15. h3 h4 16. g4 Nf6 17. b3 e5 18. g5 Nh5 19. f5 Ng3 20. Qg4 f6 21. g6 Bd8 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nd5 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 a6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 c5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd2 Nhf6 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. f4 b6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Rac1 b5 20. b3 Qa5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 Bxd5 23. Rcd1 Be6 24. Nd6 Qb6 25. a5 Qa7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 c4+ 28. Kh1 cxb3 29. Qe4 Nc5 30. Qg4 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 e4 32. Bh5 Re5 33. Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Qf6 Nd3 35. Bxb3 h6 36. Rxd3 exd3 37. Qd6 Rxg5 38. Rf7 Qe3 39. Re7 Re5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Rab1 Be6 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Rd4 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. h4 h5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. b4 Re6 25. b5 c5 26. Rd3 Re7 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Kg7 29. Bf3 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 b6 31. Ra3 Rd7 32. Kd2 Re7 33. Rd3 Be6 34. Kc3 Bf5 35. Bd5 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Re1 37. Be4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qa6 Nf8 17. a4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nf3 h4 21. Be5 Be7 22. Bh2 Ra8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 c5 25. a5 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. e4 Qe7 15. Ne1 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. a3 Be7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Rc7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nf4 20. Qc2 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. dxe5 g6 23. Rfd1 Qa8 24. Rd4 Bg5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Kxh7 27. Qc6 Rc8 28. Qxc8 Qxe4 29. Qc6 Qxe5 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. g3 Nd5 32. Qc2 Bf6 33. b3 Nc3 34. Qd3 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. b4 b5 37. Rd1 Qd5+ 38. f3 Qc6 39. Rd2 a6 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 Kf8 42. h4 Ke7 43. g4 Nc6 44. Rc2 Kd6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bg5 47. Rc3 Bh6 48. Kf2 Ne5 49. Rc8 Nc4 50. Ra8 Ke5 51. Rxa6 Kxe4 52. a4 bxa4 53. Rxa4 Nb2 54. Ra2 Nd3+ 55. Kf1 Kd4 56. Ra7 Nxb4 57. Rxf7 Nd5 58. Rh7 Ne3+ 59. Kf2 Nf5 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Rf7 Bg7 62. Kf2 Bf6 63. Kf3 Nh6 64. Rf8 Kf5 65. Ke3 Kg5 66. Ke4 Bg7 67. Re8 Kf6 68. Ra8 Nf7 69. Ra6 Bh6 70. Rb6 Ne5 71. Rb7 Nc4 72. Rd7 Ne3 73. Kf3 Nf5 74. Kg4 Bg5 75. Kf3 Ke5 76. Ra7 Nh6 77. Ra8 Kf5 78. Rf8+ Bf6 79. Ke3 Ke5 80. Kf3 Be7 81. Ra8 Kf5 82. Re8 Bd6 83. Ra8 Nf7 84. Ra5+ e5 85. Ke3 Bf8 86. Ra8 Bh6+ 87. Kd3 Bf4 88. Rf8 Ke6 89. Rg8 Bh6 90. Ra8 Kf5 91. Ra7 Ng5 92. Ra6 Ne6 93. Kc4 Bd2 94. Rb6 e4 95. Rb5+ Kf6 96. Rb6 Kf5 97. Rb5+ Kg4 98. Re5 Ng5 99. h6 Kf3 100. Rf5+ Bf4 101. Kd4 e3 102. Kd3 Nh7 103. Rf7 Ng5 104. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bg4 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nxa7 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ra8 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Nb5 Rxa2 21. Rc7 Qf5 22. Qe7 Ra1+ 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Qe4 Be5+ 25. g3 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc5 27. Bg2 g5 28. b4 Nd3 29. Rd7 Ra2 30. Nxd6 Rxf2 31. Nc4 Ne1 32. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Re2 34. Nxf7 Nf3 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qb6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rfc8 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rc2 Be8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. b3 Ba3 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Nb1 Rxc2 20. Bxc2 Bd6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd2 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Nc8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. a4 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 b5 28. Qa3 bxa4 29. bxa4 Qc7 30. Nc3 h5 31. Qb4 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Bc6 36. Kc2 Kd8 37. Kb3 Kc7 38. Kb4 Bd7 39. Be2 Bc6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 Bd7 42. Be2 Nf5 43. g4 Ne7 44. Nb5+ Kd8 45. g5 Nc6+ 46. Ka3 Ke7 47. Nc7 Na7 48. Na8 Nc8 49. Ba6 Bc6 50. Bxc8 Bxa8 51. Kb4 Bc6 52. Ba6 Kd6 53. Bb5 Ba8 54. a5 bxa5+ 55. Kxa5 Bb7 56. Kb6 Bc8 57. f4 Bd7 58. Bxd7 Kxd7 59. Kb7 Kd8 60. Kc6 Kc8 61. Kd6 Kd8 62. f5 exf5 63. Kxd5 Kd7 64. Ke5 Ke7 65. d5 Kd7 66. Kf6 Kd6 67. Kxf7 Kxd5 68. Kxg6 Ke5 69. Kf7 Ke4 70. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Rae1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Bd7 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qxd4 Qxc2 21. h3 Bc6 22. Qd2 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Bxa7 Qf5 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd2 28. Bf2 Rxb2 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Rg3 g6 31. h4 Rc2 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rg5 Ra2 34. Rxh5 Rxa3 35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Re7 Ra2 37. Re5 Rd2 38. g4 Ra2 39. Kf1 Bf3 40. Be3 Ra4 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Rh5+ Kg7 43. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e4 O-O 6. d3 Nbc6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf4 c6 13. b4 Be5 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Rb1 a6 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Rb2 b5 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. c5 a5 20. cxd6 axb4 21. Qc1 Ra3 22. Bd2 Rxd3 23. Bxb4 Nh4 24. gxh4 Bxh3 25. Qxc6 Bd7 26. Qc7 Bxh4 27. Rbe2 Rc3 28. Bxc3 dxc3 29. Qxc3+ Bf6 30. Qc7 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. Rxd4 Bxe2 33. Rf4 Re8 34. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bc2 a6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bg5 Nf8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Bb3 b5 19. a4 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Ng6 24. Qxb5 Ndf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Bd1 Bd5 27. Re3 Rb8 28. Qa4 Ra8 29. Qb5 Reb8 30. Qc5 Qd8 31. c4 Ra5 32. cxd5 Rxc5 33. dxc5 Nxd5 34. Rd3 Qf6 35. Rd4 g5 36. g3 Rb4 37. Rxb4 Nxb4 38. c6 Qb2 39. Rc4 Nxc6 40. Rxc6 {time} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c4 c5 14. b3 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rbd8 17. f4 Bc6 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. g4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 e5 21. f5 f6 22. Rd3 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Rd7 24. Qe1 Nc8 25. Bd2 Bb7 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. a3 Ne7 28. b4 Nc6 29. bxc5 Nd4 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Bb4 Qb6 32. c5 Qc6 33. Kh1 Rc8 34. Qf2 Qa4 35. Bc3 Rxc5 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kh2 Rc8 40. Qb6 Bd5 41. exd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 f6 8. c4 Be6 9. cxb5 Nxb3 10. axb3 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Qd3 c6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Qc8 16. Rc1 g5 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Nbd2 Kf7 20. Nf1 g4 21. Ne1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Ng3 Be6 26. f3 Rd1 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. fxg4 Bxg4 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Nd5 31. Bf2 Rd2 32. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe1 Qe7 15. Qg3 Kh7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb2 Kh8 20. h3 Rae8 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Qf3 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf5 26. Qh4 Qg6 27. Kh2 Re8 28. Re1 Be4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 g5 31. h4 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 Kg7 33. Bf4 Kf7 34. Bxd6 Bxg2 35. Rd1 Re3 36. Rd2 Be4 37. Rf2+ Kg6 38. Kg4 Rxc3 39. Be5 Rxc4 40. Rf6+ Kh7 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. d6 Bc2+ 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Re7 Re3+ 46. Kf4 Rd3 47. Rxa7 Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rb7 Ba4 50. Rxb6 Bd7 51. Rb8+ Bc8 52. Ra8 c4 53. Ra7 Bd7 54. Ke4 Rd2 55. a4 c3 56. Bxc3 Rxd6 57. a5 Rc6 58. Bd4 Ke7 59. a6 Ke6 60. Ra8 Rc8 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. a4 Ba8 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. Be4 g6 16. c3 Bg7 17. Qb3 e5 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. f4 f5 20. Bg2 Qxd3 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rad1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxe5 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rf7 29. a5 Rxc3 30. axb6 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 axb6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 Rb2 34. Re6 Rd7 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Rexb6 Rh3 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rd7 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rg2 41. R6b7+ Kh6 42. Rh8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Qc2 Bd4 16. a3 Qb5 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Nc5 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Rab8 20. Bd2 c5 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. e4 Nb6 23. Bf4 Ra8 24. Nxc5 Qxb2 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 h6 28. Na5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Bc3 31. Nb7 Na4 32. Nd6 Rc6 33. e5 Rb6 34. Ne4 Rb3 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. h4 Bb2 37. Rd7 Ra8 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. Rb3 a5 40. Nd6 Ra8 41. Nc4 Bd4 42. Rd3 Bc3 43. h5 Rc8 44. Nd6 Rd8 45. Rf3 f6 46. exf6 Bxf6 47. Ne4 Bd4 48. Bc7 Rd5 49. g4 Nc5 50. Nxc5 Rxc5 51. Bd6 Rd5 52. Be7 Rd7 53. Rf8+ Kh7 54. Rd8 Rxd8 55. Bxd8 a4 56. Be7 Kg8 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Bb4 Kf6 59. f4 e5 60. Kf3 exf4 61. Kxf4 Bb2 62. Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rac1 Ba6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Rc2 c6 15. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Qe2 f5 8. dxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 {n.b. this game was postponed for some days and probably played on 7 January (rest day)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Bd7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Qc5 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. Be2 Rhg8 16. Bh5 Rg7 17. Rhf1 Kb8 18. g4 Bf8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 Be7 21. Rf3 Bc6 22. a3 Qe5 23. Qf2 Rgg8 24. h4 Rdf8 25. Rdd3 h6 26. Qe2 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
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1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 c6 5. Be2 a6 6. a4 a5 7. Nf3 Na6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bh6 e5 16. d5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nc5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Bd1 Nfd7 20. Bc2 Nb6 21. b3 Na8 22. Red1 Nc7 23. Qe3 N7a6 24. Na2 Qc7 25. Qc3 Rd7 26. g3 Rfd8 27. f4 f6 28. Rf2 Rf7 29. Rdf1 Rff8 30. Kg2 cxd5 31. exd5 Rde8 32. h4 f5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. h5 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rf4 Qe7 38. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 39. Kg1 Re8 40. Qf6 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qh6 42. Nc3 Nc5 43. Qxd6 Nd3 44. Rxf5 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qh6+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Qh6+ 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
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[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Nf3 f6 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. Rhb1 Na4 17. Rxb7 Bd6 18. Kd3 Rfd8 19. Kc2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc7 Bxf2 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Bb6 24. Rb7 Rc8 25. Kd2 Rc4 26. Kd3 Ra4 27. Rb8+ Kf7 28. Rb7+ Kg6 29. Nh4+ Kg5 30. g3 g6 31. Rxh7 f5 32. Nf3+ Kf6 33. Nd2 Rxa2 34. h4 Bf2 35. h5 Bxg3 36. hxg6 Bf4 37. Nf3 Kxg6 38. Rc7 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Re2+ 40. Kd5 a5 41. Rc5 {(sealed)} Re3 42. Nh4+ ({When he sealed, Miles had intended} 42. Nd4 exd4 43. Kxd4 {, thinking he could win the a-pawn, but during dinner he suddenly thought of} Re5 $3 44. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 45. Kxe5 a4 {and the pawn cannot be stopped.}) 42... Kf6 43. Rxa5 Rxc3 44. Ra6+ Kg5 45. Ng6 Rd3+ 46. Kc4 e4 47. Re6 Rf3 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b4 c6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb2 Qb6 17. a3 Kg8 18. Rac1 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Rc4 f5 21. Nc5 Nc3 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qxc3+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. h3 Bh5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qxg4 a5 32. Bf3 axb4 33. axb4 Qb5 34. Kg2 b6 35. Ne6 Rc8 36. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qg3 Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. O-O Bc5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Rae1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Bc6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qh4 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Rxh5 20. Ne2 Ke7 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. c3 Bd7 23. f3 g5 24. Bf2 a5 25. Rb1 a4 26. b4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Bb5 28. Re3 f5 29. a3 f4 30. Ree1 Bd3 31. Rbd1 Bf5 32. h3 Rch8 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Bc5+ Kf7 35. Ke2 Rhh8 36. Bd4 Bc2 37. Rc1 Bb3 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. Rh1 Rh5 40. Rhg1 Bc4 41. Rce1 Rch8 42. Rc1 R5h7 43. Rce1 g4 44. hxg4 Rh2 45. Kc1 R8h4 46. Kb1 Kg5 47. Kc1 Bd3 48. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. g3 d5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. d3 Ne7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bh6 Bg7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qa4 c6 13. Qd4+ f6 14. Qf2 Qb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. Re1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd5 19. Na3 f5 20. Re2 f4 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nc4 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf2 fxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rf8+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. Bd3 f5 7. g3 Qh5 8. Be2 Qf7 9. f3 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nf6 11. d5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qg6 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. O-O Na6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc5 17. Be3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Qxf3 22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Qd2 Bc4 24. Bf4 d6 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kh2 Be2 27. Rg1 Re8 28. Rg2 Bc4 29. Rf2 Qe4 30. Qd4 Bxd5 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. h5 h6 33. g4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nf5 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bf5 19. g4 Bh7 20. Qc4+ Kg7 21. Nd3 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Ne4 Rfe8 24. f3 Re6 25. Ndf2 Rde8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Re2 b6 28. Red2 Bf4 29. Rd7+ R6e7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Kf2 Re6 34. c4 Bf8 35. Ke3 Re8 36. Kd2 Rd8 37. Kc2 Bg7 38. b3 a4 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Ndf2 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Ke6 42. Nd3 a3 43. Kd2 c5 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. g3 c6 46. f4 Kc7 47. Nd1 Bf8 48. Ne3 b5 49. Nc2 b4 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Nce1 Bg8 52. Nf3 Bg7 53. Nd2 Bc3 54. Ne4+ Kc7 55. Ndxc5 Be1 56. Nd3 Bc3 57. Nxc3 bxc3 58. Kd4 c2 59. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bb3 h6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. a4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Qe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. h3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Qc2 b5 13. a4 Bxc3 14. axb5 Qxb5 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Rfc1 a5 19. e3 Bf5 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Ra4 h6 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Nb4 26. Rd1 Rb5 27. d6 Rd8 28. Rd4 Nc6 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. d7 Nd5 31. Bxa5 Rxd7 32. Be1 Re7 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. Bxa5 Nf6 35. h3 Re5 36. Bc3 Rg5 37. Kg2 h5 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. Kf4 Rxg4+ 42. Kxf5 Rh4 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Rg4 Rh2 45. Rf4 Rh5+ 46. Kxe4 Ke7 47. Rf5 Rh6 48. Re5+ Kd7 49. Kf5 Ra6 50. f4 Kd8 51. e4 Kd7 52. Rb5 Ke7 53. Rb8 Rf6+ 54. Kg5 Rg6+ 55. Kh5 Re6 56. e5 Ra6 57. f5 Ra5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. d4 Re8 14. O-O c5 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qh4 Ne5 19. Bd2 Ng6 20. Qd4 Ne4 21. Bc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Rad1 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Kg1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Rc1 h5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 h4 15. e4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 dxe4 18. dxe4 Ng4 19. Rcd1 Qg5 20. Bh3 Nf6 21. Kg2 Nh5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Be5 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Ng7 28. f3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Re2 Kf7 31. Nd1 Bxb2 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. Nxb2 Nd6 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Nd3 Nd5 36. Bf1 a5 37. a3 b6 38. Ne1 Ke5 39. Nc2 c5 40. Bc4 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 a6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd5 Qxa2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. O-O Ne8 16. Bd4 Qa4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. f4 Qd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Qb4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. e5 Nd7 27. e6 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. g4 fxe6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. g5 Ne4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Nc5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Bd5 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Nd3+ 38. Kf3 h5 39. Bc4 Nc5 40. b4 Ne4 41. Bd3 Nd2+ 42. Kf2 Re6 43. Rb6 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kg2 h4 46. Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Kf3 Nd2+ 48. Kg4 Ne4 49. Kxh4 Nf2 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. f5 gxf5 52. Bxf5 Re5 53. Bh7 Rb5 54. Rxb5 axb5 55. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Na4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qc3 Ne8 21. Ne4 Bc7 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 f6 24. Bc3 b6 25. Bh5 Bb7 26. cxb6 Bxb6 27. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d4 Nd7 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Na5 15. c5 b5 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 Nec4 18. Bd4 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b4 bxa4 21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. Rc1 a3 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Qc3+ Kh6 25. Nf6 g5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rae1 Bd7 11. Qd1 Qb8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 b5 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Ra1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 e6 18. Nd3 Ra3 19. e4 Ne7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Bd1 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Rb4 30. f3 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Kf2 Ra7 33. Ke3 Nc6 34. Rc4 Rab7 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Na5 38. Kd2 d5 39. Bd1 h6 40. Kc3 Kd6 41. Rb2 d4+ 42. Kc2 Ke5 43. Be2 Ke4 44. Rb1 e5 45. h4 Kf4 46. Rf1+ Ke3 47. Bd3 Rxb3 48. Re1+ Kf4 49. Re4+ Kf3 50. Rxe5 Rc3+ 51. Kb2 Rxd3 52. Rxc5 Nb3 53. Rh5 Nd2 54. Rxh6 Nc4+ 55. Kb1 Rb3+ 56. Kc2 Rc3+ 57. Kd1 d3 0-1

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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. e3 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Qc2 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Nde7 19. Rbd2 Nf5 20. Nec3 Nd6 21. f4 Ne7 22. e4 Bc6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Bxa4 26. Nxa4 b5 27. Nb2 Qa7+ 28. d4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qc3 Nc6 31. Kh1 Qa5 32. Qxc4 Nxd4 33. Qf1 Nc2 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qe2 Qd4 37. Bf3 Ne3 38. h3 Qc3 39. Kh2 Nc2 40. Bg2 Nd4 41. Qf2 Qd3 42. Bh1 Qc3 43. Bg2 Nb3 44. Bh1 Nc5 45. Bg2 e5 46. fxe5 Qxe5 47. Qf4 Qb2 48. Qe3 Nd7 49. Kg1 Kg7 50. Qf2 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Ne5 52. Qd2 Nc4 53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qd2 h6 55. Qe2 Qc3 56. Bh1 g5 57. Bg2 Qd4 58. Bf3 Nc6 59. Bh5 Ne5 60. Bf3 Nd7 61. Kg2 Qe5 62. Bg4 Nf6 63. Bf3 Kg6 64. Qe1 h5 65. Qe3 Nd7 66. Qf2 Qe7 67. Qe2 h4 68. Bg4 Ne5 69. Bf5+ Kh6 70. gxh4 gxh4 71. Qe3+ Kg7 72. Kf1 Qf6 73. Qg1+ Kh8 74. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
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[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
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[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. e4 bxc4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Ng6 14. g3 O-O 15. Qa6 Bc8 16. Qc6 Bh3 17. Nd2 Qb8 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Qa6 Ne8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. Rb1 Nc8 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nb6 25. Bc3 Qd8 26. Nf3 f5 27. e5 Nxd5 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Ba5 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Ng5 Rxc4 32. Nxe6 Nxf4 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. exd6 Nxd6 35. Bb4 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Nxb4 37. Rxb4 Rc7 38. Rd4 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Rgd1 Ke6 41. Rd8 Nf6 42. Kf4 g6 43. R8d6+ Ke7 44. Ra6 Rc4+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 Rc4+ 47. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
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[Black "Zwaig, Arne"]
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[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. b3 Be6 9. Ba3 Nh6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf7 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 b5 16. f4 Qb6 17. Kh1 Re7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 b4 20. Nce2 Ra5 21. Ng3 Nh6 22. Rae1 Rc5 23. Ndf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qc7 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. fxe6 f5 28. Re1 Qe7 29. Qd4 h5 30. Qxb4 Rc2 31. h3 Kh7 32. Qd4 Ra2 33. Qd3 g6 34. Qg3 Rb2 35. Qg5 Qe8 36. e7 Rxb3 37. Re6 Rb8 38. Rxd6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Re1 40. a5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. h3 Qe7 14. c4 b6 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qb7 20. Qc2 a5 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Rb1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne4 25. Bh2 Qa2 26. Rf1 b5 27. cxb5 c4 28. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
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[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Ba6 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b4 c4 18. Nbd4 Ba4 19. Bb7 Bc7 20. Nc2 Rad8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bd4 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxb4 26. Ng5 g6 27. Ne4 h5 28. g3 Rc8 29. Bc5 Qa5 30. Bxb6 Bxb6 31. Nd6 Rc6 32. Nxc4 Qd5 33. Qe2 h4 34. e4 Qg5 35. Rf1 Qb5 36. Rc1 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qg5 38. Rc2 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qa1 42. a3 Ba5+ 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Qd3 Bc7 45. Ke2 Qh1 46. Qd4 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qh5+ 49. Kd2 Qg5+ 50. Kc3 Ba5+ 51. Kb2 Bc7 52. Ka2 a6 53. Qd7 Bf4 54. e5 Bxe5 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qxe5 Rf5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
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[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. Kb1 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. h4 Nb4 19. Bxg6 Nxc2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Bxc2 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bd5 24. h5 Rc8 25. b3 Rc7 26. h6 f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Be3 Rb7 29. f4 a5 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Bd6 a4 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. fxe5 axb3 34. axb3 Rbc7 35. Rg3 Rf8 36. Nh3 b4 37. Kb2 Rc3 38. Rxc3 bxc3+ 39. Ka3 Rf3 40. Ng5 Rf2 41. Bg6 c2 42. Kb2 Bxb3 43. Nf7+ Rxf7 44. Bxf7 Kh7 45. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
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[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Na5 11. Bd3 e5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rc1 c6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf5 17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rae8 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Kd2 Rf5 22. Kd3 Ra5 23. Rc2 Nb4+ 24. cxb4 Ra3+ 25. Kd2 Raxe3 26. d5 R3e7 27. Ne6 Rd7 28. Kc1 Bf8 29. a3 a5 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Kb2 axb4 32. axb4 Re4 33. Kb3 Rd4 34. Rc6 b5 35. Rc5 Rd3+ 36. Kc2 R3xd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxh7 Rg5 39. Rb7 Rxg2+ 40. Kd3 Rg5 41. Ke3 Ke8 42. Kf4 Rh5 43. Rg7 Rh4+ 44. Kg5 Rxb4 45. Rxg6 Kd7 46. Kf5 Kc7 47. Ke5 Rc4 48. Kd5 Kb7 49. Rh6 Ka7 50. Rg6 Rc7 51. Kd4 b4 52. Kd3 b3 53. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
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[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Qa4+ Kf8 9. f4 a6 10. Qb3 b5 11. d3 Qb6 12. e3 d4 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bd2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. a4 Qd5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Ke7 22. Bb4+ Bd6 23. Bxd6+ Kxd6 24. Nxd4 Kc5 25. Nf3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. d4+ Kd5 28. Ne5 Rb8 29. Ra5 Rb7 30. Nc6 Ke4 31. Nd8 Rd7 32. Nc6 Nd5 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Nd8 Rc7 35. Nc6 h5 36. Ra7 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 Kxd4 38. Nc6+ Kc5 39. Nd8 Kxb5 40. Nxf7 Kc4 41. Ng5 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
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[Black "Webb, Simon"]
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[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. d5 Nb8 8. d6 cxd6 9. O-O d5 10. Bxd5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Nd6 Bc7 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Bc4 Nd8 18. Rad1 d6 19. g3 Ne6 20. Nh4 g6 21. Ng2 Kg7 22. Ne3 a6 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Rd2 b5 25. Bb3 Rb7 26. Nxc7 Nxc7 27. Rfd1 Rb6 28. Qe3 Rc6 29. f4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rxd6 Rfc8 35. R6d4 Ke5 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ke3 Rf8 38. Rd8 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Rd7 Rc4 41. Rd4 Rc5 42. a4 a5 43. Kd3 h5 44. Ke3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kd3 bxa4 47. Rxa4 h3 48. Ra2 Kf4 49. b4 axb4 50. cxb4 Rb5 51. Rf2+ Ke5 52. Rb2 Kf4 53. Rb3 Rb8 54. b5 Rd8+ 55. Kc4 Rh8 56. b6 Kxe4 57. b7 Rb8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
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[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
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[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Bg7 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. b3 Re7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bf4 Rae8 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rec1 Qb6 24. Bd3 Ng8 25. b4 c4 26. a5 Qc7 27. Bc2 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. f4 R5e7 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Qd4 Rd7 33. Rf3 Qf6 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qb2 36. Rb1 Qf6 37. Rf1 Qb2 38. f5 Kh8 39. Rb1 Qe5 40. Rf1 c3 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Ne2 Bxd5 43. Nf4 Bxe4 44. Re3 Qd4 45. Rd1 Qxb4 46. Bxe4 g5 47. Bc2 Rxe3 48. Ng6+ Kh7 49. Qxe3 Kg7 50. Ne5 Rc7 51. Qd3 Kh8 52. Qxd6 Qxd6 53. Rxd6 b4 54. Rb6 Rc5 55. Rb7 Nf6 56. Ng6+ Kg8 57. Bb3+ Nd5 58. Ne7+ Kf8 59. Nxd5 c2 60. Bxc2 1-0

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
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[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Nd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Be2 f6 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. O-O-O Bf6 14. h4 Be7 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rhd1 Nf6 17. c5 Rf8 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 b6 23. Rb2 bxc5 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rg1 27. Ke3 c4 28. Nd5 Bc5+ 29. Kf3 Bxd5 30. exd5 h6 31. Bxh6 c3 32. Ra2 Ke7 33. Bd3 Kd6 34. Be4 Bd4 35. Ra6+ Kc5 36. Bxg6 Kxd5 37. h5 Nf6 38. Kg3 Ne4+ 39. Kh2 Rf1 40. Ra5+ Nc5 41. Ra2 e4 42. Bg5 Rf2 43. Rxf2 Bxf2 44. h6 c2 45. h7 Bd4 46. Bf7+ Kd6 47. Bg6 Be5+ 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. Kg4 Nd3 50. Kh5 Kd4 51. Bxe4 Kxe4 52. Kg6 Nf4+ 53. Kf7 c1=Q 0-1

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
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[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
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[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rd1 c6 9. e4 b6 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. a3 a5 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Bb1 Nf8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rda8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Ne5 Ra3 23. Qb2 R3a4 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6 Qb8 26. Re3 Ba6 27. Qc2 Ra1 28. d7 Qc7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Nxc6 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nxd7 32. Ra3 Bb7 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8 34. Nd8 Bd5 35. Rc1 Kf8 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. b4 Nh5 12. Be3 Ndf6 13. Bc5 Rd8 14. Qb1 b6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bg5 Re8 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Qb3 h6 19. Be3 Be6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Rd2 Nd7 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Red1 Nf8 24. b5 Nf6 25. Ne1 Ree8 26. Rd6 cxb5 27. Nxb5 Qe7 28. f3 Ne6 29. R6d2 Red8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Kh2 Ne8 35. Nb4 Nxb4 36. Qxb4 Bf8 37. Qc4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
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1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 c3 5. bxc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Nfd7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. d4 Nf6 11. e4 e6 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Ne3 Nbd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. c4 Re8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Re7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kg7 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Qc3+ Kg5 27. Qg7 Qf8 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qd4+ Kh5 30. Qf4 1-0

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na6 9. Qd2 h5 10. f3 Nc5 11. Bd1 a5 12. Bc2 Nh7 13. O-O-O Bf6 14. g3 h4 15. Rf1 Qe7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. e5 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. Rhg1 g5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qh6 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Rxg5 Rxf4 29. Rfg1 Rd4 30. Qg6 1-0

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Nd5 e5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ba6 15. Re1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. c3 g5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd3 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Qe2 b5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 e6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Rfc8 24. g4 Rh8 25. Nxb5 Qb4 26. Na3 Bxf3 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. b3 Qc5 29. g5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Bd3 c5 13. b3 Nc6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 Rac8 19. bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. h3 Bb5 23. Re1 Qc3 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Re2 Qc1 26. Rd2 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. O-O Kh8 16. Qh5 e5 17. Bf7 Bd7 18. Bg6 h6 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Raf1 Qe6 21. h3 Be8 22. Rf5 Bc6 23. Qh4 Kg8 24. b3 Rfc8 25. R1f2 b5 26. Qg4 Bd7 27. Qh5 Qc6 28. R5f3 f5 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Qe8 31. Bg6 Qc6 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Qxe5 Ba3 34. Qh5 Bc1 35. Kh2 Be3 36. Rf3 Kh8 37. Be5 Re8 38. Bxe8 Qxe8 39. Qxe8+ Rxe8 40. Nd6 Re6 41. Bg3 Kg8 42. a4 b4 43. Rf5 g6 44. Rc5 1-0

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Qd2 Re8 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Qe3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 c5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nf1 b5 17. Rd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe2 Nh7 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Bf6 22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. g5 Rh8 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Qg2 Kf8 27. Rf2 Ke8 28. Rgf1 Rf8 29. Rf3 Kd8 30. Nxc4 Rb4 31. Na5 Rb6 32. Qf2 Ke8 33. a3 Bb5 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Nc6 Qd7 36. b4 Rb7 37. bxc5 Qg4 38. Qc2 Qxh4 39. cxd6 Qxg5+ 40. Kb1 Rd7 41. Qc5 Qg4 42. Nxe5 Qxe4+ 43. Nd3 Qc4 44. Re3+ Kd8 45. Qb6+ Kc8 46. Rc1 1-0

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O bxc4 6. Qa4 Bb7 7. Ne5 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 c5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Naxc4 O-O 11. d3 Qc7 12. Bd2 a5 13. f4 d6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Kg1 Rfb8 17. b3 Nd5 18. Rab1 Ncb4 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. Qa3 Ra6 21. Rfc1 Nc7 22. Qa4 Nxd3 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. a3 Nbd5 25. Nxa5 Qb6 26. Kh1 Bc3 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nc3 30. Qd7 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Nd5 32. Rc1 h6 33. Nc6 Rba8 34. Kg2 Qe3 0-1

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Ne4 g6 17. c3 Na5 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. exd6 Nexd6 20. Bc1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. f3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Qd2 f5 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxc5 Bd4+ 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Bc4 a6 22. a3 Kf7 23. Kf2 Nf6 24. e5 Nh5 25. g3 g5 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27. Kxe2 Ke7 28. Bb3 f4 29. g4 Ng7 30. h4 Rc8 31. Kd3 h6 32. Ke4 Red8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rc1 Rd2 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rc2 Rd1 38. Rc7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Ba4+ Kc7 41. Kd4 b6 42. Bb3 Kd7 43. Bc4 b5 44. Ba2 Kc6 45. b4 Kb6 46. Bb3 Kc6 47. a4 bxa4 48. Bxa4+ Kb6 49. Kc4 a5 50. bxa5+ Kxa5 51. Bb5 1-0

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1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Ne8 12. e5 bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ncd2 Nc7 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bc3 Ra7 18. Nb3 Qa8 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Ra4 22. Rfb1 Nb5 23. Rb4 Rxb4 24. Bxb4 Na3 25. Qc3 Nc4 26. Ne1 f6 27. exf6 exf6 28. Nd3 Bh6 29. a4 Bc8 30. Bc5 Bf5 31. Qc2 Bd2 32. Bf1 Ba5 33. Qd1 Nd2 34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. Nxb4 Re1 36. Qxd2 Rxa1 37. Qc3 Qxa4 38. Kg2 Qd1 0-1

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Nxc6 Re8 1-0

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 f6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 f5 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 Be6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Rad1 c6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. c4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc7 21. Bd2 Na8 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Be3 Kf7 25. a3 Ke8 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Ne1 Bc4 29. Ng2 Kd7 30. Nf4 Kc6 31. Nh5 Bf8 32. Nf4 Be7 33. Nh5 g5 34. Nf6 f4 35. Bd2 fxg3 36. fxg3 gxh4 37. gxh4 h5 38. Kf2 b4 39. Ke3 Bxf6 40. exf6 a5 41. axb4 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3 Bxa6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Rfb8 13. e4 Ne8 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5+ 18. Kg2 Ra4 19. b3 Bxa1 20. bxa4 Qa6 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Rb1 26. Qe2 Qxa4 27. Rxe7 Nxd5 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rc8 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Ne5 Ra5 1/2-1/2

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1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. b4 d4 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. O-O c5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. e3 Rb8 16. c5 Qxc5 17. exd4 Qb6 18. Rb1 e4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Bc3 Bb3 21. Bxa5 Bxd1 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxb6 Be2 24. Re1 exd3 25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Rxe7 Rb8 27. Ba5 Ne4 28. Bb4 Rd8 29. Re6 Bb5 30. f3 Ng5 31. Rd6 Re8 32. h4 Nf7 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. c3 Nxb3 9. axb3 g6 10. d4 f6 11. c4 b4 12. c5 exd4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nbd2 Bg7 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Be3 Re8 18. f3 f5 19. e5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Rc1 Qb5 22. Bg5 Be6 23. Kh1 a5 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. Qf4 Qf7 26. Nd2 Bxb3 27. h4 Bd5 28. Nf1 c6 29. h5 a4 30. h6 Bf8 31. Ne3 a3 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. bxa3 bxa3 34. e6 a2 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Bxe7 Qf7 37. Qd6 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Rxa1 39. Rxa1 Qxe7 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 f6 12. a5 Be6 13. Nfd2 Re8 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. c3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Kg7 17. Ne3 Nc7 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. Ng2 b6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qc2 Nd5 22. f4 f5 23. Ng5 Bg8 24. Nf3 exf4 25. Nxf4 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 g6 6. Nf3 h5 7. Qg3 Nh6 8. Bd3 h4 9. Qf4 Ba6 10. Nb5 Nf5 11. a4 Qd7 12. g4 hxg3 13. fxg3 c6 14. Bxf5 cxb5 15. Bd3 bxa4 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nb4 19. Qf6 Rh7 20. Kd1 Rc8 21. c3 Nd3 22. Bg5 Nxb2+ 23. Kd2 Qc7 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Qf3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. h4 a3 28. g4 Rg3 29. Rhg1 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 b5 31. Kd2 Nc4+ 32. Kc3 a5 33. Kb3 Ke8 34. Rh1 Rg7 35. Bf6 Rg8 36. Bg5 Kd7 37. Rf1 Rg7 38. Rf2 Kc6 39. Bh6 Rh7 40. Bg5 b4 41. Ka4 Nb6+ 0-1

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Nd4 Bd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16. e4 Bf8 17. f3 e6 18. Be3 Ba4 19. Rf2 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Bf1 Rdc8 22. Rb2 b5 23. h3 h5 24. h4 a6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rb4 Bb5 27. a4 Be8 28. Rbxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
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[BlackElo "2505"]
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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Be5 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. h3 b6 14. Kh2 Qb7 15. Qf2 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. g4 Qc7 18. Qg3 f6 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. Nh4 Rf7 21. Ng2 b5 22. Rf2 b4 {(from here on, given in BCM, Feb 1977, p69)} 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. h4 a5 25. Kh3 Kh8 26. Ne5 Rg7 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Nd4 30. Qe3 Qd7 31. Kh2 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Re5 Qd6 34. Ne1 Rdg8 35. Rg2 Qh6 36. Qf2 Nf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Rg3 39. Qf2 Qh3 40. Re2 R3g6 41. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 42. Ng2 Rh6 43. Qxc5 1-0

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc2 d6 12. Ne3 Bf5 13. f4 Ne7 14. g4 Bd7 15. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
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[Round "12"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
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[BlackElo "2480"]
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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 12. a4 c6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nxa5 15. Qa4 b6 16. b4 Nc4 17. dxc6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qd3 19. Qb3 Nxc6 20. Be2 Nd4 21. Bxd3 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

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[Round "13"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bh4 Qd7 16. Qd3 Kh8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rae8 19. Bg3 c6 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. Qd2 Kg8 22. c3 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Qf7 24. f3 Qg6 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. h3 h6 28. Qf4 Qd7 29. Qe5 Kh7 30. Kf2 Qf7 31. b4 Bb1 32. a3 Bc2 33. Qd6 Bf5 34. Be5 Qe6 35. Qb8 Qd7 36. Qf8 Be6 37. Ke3 h5 38. Kd4 b6 39. Ke3 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kf2 d4 42. cxd4 a4 43. Qb4 Bb3 44. Qc3 Kg8 45. Kg3 Qe6 46. Qd3 Bc4 47. Qb1 Ba2 48. Qb7 Qg6+ 49. Kh2 Kh7 50. Qe7 Bc4 51. Qh4 Kg8 52. Qe1 Kh7 53. Qb4 Bf1 54. Qb2 Bc4 55. Qc1 Be2 56. Qd2 Bc4 57. Qf2 Kg8 58. Qb2 Kh7 59. Kg1 Bb3 60. Qd2 Qb1+ 61. Kh2 Qg6 62. Qa5 Kg8 63. d5 cxd5 64. Qd8+ Kh7 65. Qe7 Bc4 66. g4 hxg4 67. hxg4 Kg8 68. Kg3 Bb3 69. Qd8+ Kh7 70. Qd7 Kg8 71. Qe7 Bc4 72. Qd8+ Kh7 73. Qd7 Bb3 74. f4 Bd1 75. g5 Qd3+ 76. Kh4 Qg6 77. Kg3 Qd3+ 78. Kh4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. O-O h5 10. f4 h4 11. Nh1 h3 12. g3 b6 13. Nf2 Bb7 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bf1 Na5 16. Rb1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rb5 Qc6 19. Rb2 O-O-O 20. Rd2 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bg2 22. Qe2 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Red1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 b5 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Ke2 Qg2+ 31. Qf2 Kc7 32. Rd1 Qe4 33. Kf1 Ra8 34. Kg1 Ra1 35. Qe2 Kc6 36. Re1 Kc7 37. Rd1 Kc8 38. Re1 g6 39. Qf1 Qc2 40. e4 Ne3 0-1

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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. O-O a5 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. e4 Re8 14. Rac1 Qc8 15. e5 Qb7 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Ng5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Rcd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Be7 22. Qd2 Qa8 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxc5 Bxg5 27. Bd4 {n.b. played during the morning of 12 January in order for Miles to be able to play his round 14 game in the afternoon (q.v.)} 1/2-1/2

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg3 Ned7 18. N3d2 Bg7 19. Bh2 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nf3 c5 22. Ne3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qh5 Qf8 26. f4 Nf6 27. Qf3 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Rae8 29. Qxf6 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Rf1 Bc8 32. Bg6 Be6 33. Qf4 Re2 34. Bxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Bxf7 37. Qg3+ Bg6 38. Qc7+ Bf7 39. Qxc5 Rxb2 40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. c4 Rxa2 44. c5 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Rc1 46. Qg4+ Kf8 47. Qd7 Be8 48. Qd6+ 1-0

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[Black "Webb, Simon"]
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[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na6 13. e4 Qd6 14. d5 e6 15. Nd2 exd5 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. e5 Qe6 18. f4 f5 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. b4 c4 22. a4 Ne8 23. Nxe8+ Rfxe8 24. Rfd1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
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[Round "13"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
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[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16. c3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Rfc8 18. h4 Bb5 19. h5 a4 20. a3 Rab8 21. f5 gxf5 22. h6 Be5 23. Bh5 Bd7 24. Bd4 f6 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Re1 Rg8 27. Bf7 Rg5 28. Qe3 f4 29. Rxf4 Rxb2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Qb8 32. Qh4 Qf8 33. Be6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Qg8 35. Qf2 Qxe6 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rb1 Kg8 38. Qg3+ Rg5 39. Qd3 Qc8 40. g3 Qc5+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kf2 Rg6 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. Rb4 Qd7 45. Kg2 a5 46. Rb6 Qe6 47. Qf4 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Rg4 0-1

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[Round "13"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 b6 11. e4 a6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Be3 b5 14. b3 bxc4 15. bxc4 Bg4 16. exd6 exd6 17. Ra3 Rb4 18. Na2 Rb8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd2 f5 1/2-1/2

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[Round "14"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
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[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
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[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Be3 e6 9. a3 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

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[Date "1977.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
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[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxf3 9. gxf3 fxe5 10. Be3 Ne7 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Nh4 13. Nd2 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Milan"]
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[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. cxb5 Ndxe5 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nh6 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 f5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. d6 e4 18. Qg3 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rf3 20. Qg1 Nxg4 21. Bxc5 Qg5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ Nf6 24. Be2 Re3 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. Nd5 Qg3+ 27. Kd1 Qxd6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Rf8 30. Kd2 Rg3 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Nh5 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Bf1 f4 35. Kf2 Rg4 36. Nf6 e3+ 37. Kf3 Rg1 38. Rc1 Rh1 39. Ng4 h5 40. Ne5 Rd2 41. Ng6+ Kg7 42. Nxf4 Rf2+ 43. Kxe3 Rhxf1 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
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[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
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[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. a4 b5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Na3 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rfd8 17. e3 Qc7 18. Rdc1 bxa4 19. Qxa4 c5 20. Nc4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc5 23. Qa3 e5 24. Nf3 e4 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Rc2 Ra8 27. h3 h6 28. Na5 Qd7 29. Rc6 Ne5 30. Rb6 Nd5 31. Rb3 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Nab3 Nf3 34. Qxa6 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rb2 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. Nxc6 Nb4 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nc4 Rc2 41. Nd6 Nd3 42. Rf1 Nc5 43. g4 Kg6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Rd5 hxg4 46. hxg4 Nd3 47. Nxe4 Ne5 48. g5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
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[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e5 b6 5. h4 Ba6 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Rh3 h6 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. h5 Nf5 13. Qf4 Be7 14. g4 Bg5 15. Qf3 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nfxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxf1 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rg3 g5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh1 Ba6 22. Rh3 Qc4 23. Ne2 Qxg4 24. Rh4 Qg5 25. Nd4 Rde8 26. f4 Qg3 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. Qxh6 Kb7 29. Qh2 Qe3 30. Qg2 Qxf4 31. Qxg6 Rh8 32. c3 Rh2 33. Nb3 Bc4 34. Qg1 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 a5 9. e3 dxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. d4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Qe2 e5 16. h3 exd4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Qe5 Bxf3 20. Bxd4 f6 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bb6 Re8 23. Bxd8 Rxe6 24. Bxf3 Rxd8 25. Na3 f5 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 g6 28. Nb5 b6 29. Nc7 Re1+ {(The move given in the bulletin)} ({Previously the BritBase version of the game was} 29... Re5 30. Kf2 a4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nd5 Ba5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Nf6 a3 35. Rxh7+ Kg5 36. Rf7 a2 37. Nh7+ Kh6 38. Nf8 a1=Q {0-1}) 30. Kf2 a4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nd5 Ba5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Nf6 a3 35. Rxh7+ Kg5 36. Rf7 a2 37. Nh7+ Kh6 38. Nf8 a1=Q {Source for game correction: Han Bukulmez and Rainer Knaak} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d4 Qd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. h4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Qd3 Nd6 16. Bh3 g6 17. a4 Nfe8 18. Bf1 Nc4 19. Reb1 Ned6 20. Qd1 Qc6 21. Rb3 a5 22. Bd3 Kd7 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Kg2 b6 25. Kh3 f5 26. g4 hxg4+ 27. fxg4 Ne4 28. g5 Qd6 29. Bg3 Nxg3 {Played a day earlier in order to allow Miles to finish his programme (he had a bye in round 15) and leave for Wijk aan Zee} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Zwaig, Arne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Rf6 14. Nd3 Bxf4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxf4 Rxf4 17. Rxe6 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 c6 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Rd6 h6 13. Rhd1 Be6 14. Be3 Bf6 15. h3 Nc8 16. R6d2 Nb6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bg4 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Bxg4 20. hxg4 h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Na4 Nc8 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Nc5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nd5 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ndb4 11. Qe2 Nd3 12. Be3 a6 13. b3 b5 14. Rab1 Ba3 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. e5 Bd7 17. Ng5 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nce4 Qg6 20. Qc2 h6 21. Qxc4 Nb2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Nc5 Na5 24. Qb4 Qc2 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Bc6 27. Ngxe6 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nc4 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Bf4 c6 31. Nxa6 g5 32. Bc1 Ra8 33. Nb4 Bc3 34. Nxc6 Rxa2 35. d5 Rc2 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxc1 38. Rxh6 Kf7 39. Rd6 Bf6 40. Nd4 Rc4 41. Nf5 Ra4 42. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 e5 11. e4 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 d6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Na5 Bh6 20. h3 d5 21. e5 Bg7 22. Nf4 Bxe5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe2 Bg7 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. a4 Bc7 14. Nc4 Nc8 15. f4 f6 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Nxe5 Be8 20. Bg5 Bh5 21. Rf1 Qe8 22. Nc4 h6 23. Bf4 Nxc4 24. d6 Kh8 25. Bxc4 Bb6 26. e5 Bg4 27. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vukcevic, Milan"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. Ba1 g6 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxa6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 c5 26. Nc2 cxb4 27. Qxd6 b3 28. Ne3 Re6 29. Qd4 Rxa6 30. Red1 Rxa5 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. Nxf7 Qf6 34. Qxd7 Rb7 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. Qc8 Kxg5 37. Qc1+ Qf4 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Qc3 Qb4 40. Qf3+ Kxh4 41. Qg3# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1976/77 52nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e3 d5 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. cxd5 Bg6 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rd2 Re8+ 20. Be2 Nh5 21. Na4 Rc8 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. O-O b5 24. Ne3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qb6 26. Kh2 Rcc8 27. Nd1 Rc1 28. Qxb5 Qd8 29. Nc3 a6 30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxc1 Qe3 32. Rcd1 Bf5 33. f4 g5 34. fxg5 f6 35. d6 Bd7 36. Nd5 Qxg5 37. Rd4 Be6 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Rxd7 Qh6+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qxg3 43. Nc6 Qf4+ 44. Bf3 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 Qc5+ 46. R7d4 h5 47. R1d2 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Rh4 f5 50. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keller, Manfred"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 d5 6. e5 Nge7 7. g3 Nf5 8. Bg2 Qa5 9. O-O h5 10. d3 b5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 c4+ 15. d4 Na5 16. h3 Nb3 17. Ra2 Be7 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Nh2 g6 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Rb1 Bxa4 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxh6 Rxh6 26. gxf5 Nxd4 27. Qc1 Nxf5 28. Rba1 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Bb3 {Source: CHESS, February 1977, p157} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Langhanke, Guenther"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. e5 Qg6 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Qf3 c5 11. Nb3 Bc6 12. Qh3+ Bd7 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Nh6 15. f3 Be6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. N1d2 c4 18. Na5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Ne4 Rxh2+ {Sources: The Field, 27 January 1977 (Leonard Barden); Leicester Daily Mercury, 22 January 1977; (move 18-end) CHESS, February 1977, ppn 141/148} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobo, Richard C"]
[Black "Huisl, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. h3 c5 12. Nbd2 Kc8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Rad1 Kb7 15. c4 g5 16. g4 Ne7 17. Nf6 Ng6 18. Kh2 Be7 19. Nd5 h5 20. Kg3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nf4 23. Rh1 b5 24. Bc1 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 28. Rd1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Kg2 Kb6 31. Rc1 Rxd5 32. Rxc4 c5 33. Ra4 a5 34. Re4 Rd1 35. Ne1 Rd2 36. a4 Kc6 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. Ng2 Rxf2+ {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parr, David"]
[Black "Keller, T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bd2 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. c5 Qf7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb4 Bf5 20. Rc4 Nc8 21. Qe3 Nb6 22. Rcc1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Nh4 e4 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Bxe4 Qd7 27. Rd1 Be7 28. Bc2 Kh8 29. Rd5 Rf6 30. Rh5 g6 31. Bc3 gxh5 32. Qh6 Bd8 33. Qf8# {Source: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/8} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pickard, Charles W"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Ne5 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. Rac1 Qe8 14. f3 Nd7 15. e4 Nxe5 16. exd5 exd5 17. dxe5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxe5 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Kh8 21. Qc4 Bb6 22. Nxb6 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxb6 24. b3 Rad8 25. Qc5 Qa6 26. Rf2 h6 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe5 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qg6 31. Qe7 Rd1 32. Re2 {Adjourned} Kh7 33. Qe3 Rh1 34. Qf3 Rg1 35. Rd2 Qf7 36. Rg2 Rc1 37. Re2 Rc3 38. Qxc3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qxe2+ 40. Kh3 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Qf6 Qf1# {Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huisl, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1r1/1q1n1n1k/pp2N1pp/5p2/2P2P2/1PQ4P/P5P1/B2RR2K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Ng5+ Nxg5 2. Rxe8 Ne4 3. Re7+ {Source: CHESS, February 1977, p140 (not clear how the game actually finished from the context)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Parr, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nb3 Nc7 15. Qd2 a5 16. h4 Na6 17. h5 a4 18. Nc1 Nab4 19. Bb1 a3 20. b3 $2 (20. bxa3 Rxa3 21. Nb3) 20... Qa5 21. Ne2 Na6 22. Nc3 Nc7 23. Bd3 Nb4 24. Bb1 (24. Be2) 24... Nc6 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Ng5 Ne6 27. Qe2 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Rae8 29. Bf4 (29. Be3) 29... Qb6 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Be3 Qa5 $2 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. h6 Bh8 34. Nxd5 Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Rfe8 36. Be3 e6 37. Nc7 Rec8 38. Na6 Ra8 39. Bxb5 $4 Nxe5 40. dxe5 Bxb5 41. Nc7 Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Bxe5 43. Rac1 (43. Rc5 {should win too}) 43... Bxc7 44. Rxc7 Bd3 45. Bc5 Bb1 46. Bxa3 Bxa2 47. Rb7 e5 48. Be7 Bb1 49. b4 Be4 50. Rc7 Bf5 51. b5 Rb8 52. Ra7 Bc8 $2 (52... Be4) 53. Kh2 f5 54. Bd6 Rxb5 55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Rf7 Be6 57. Rf8+ Bg8 58. Be7 Rb6 59. Bf6+ Rxf6 60. Rxf6 e4 61. Kg3 Bb3 62. Rf8+ Bg8 63. Kf4 {Black resigned as he finds himself in total zugzwang. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rajna, George"]
[Black "Jacoby, Gisbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 h6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qd2 d5 12. e5 Nh5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng7 15. h4 Rf5 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Kb1 Rh5 18. Qd2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. g4 Qd7 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. Nh3 Qa4 24. g5 Kg6 $2 25. Qh2 Ref5 26. h5+ Kh7 27. h6 Nh5 28. Rdg1 Qh4 29. a3 {Source: Hamburger Schachklub newsletter. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 17 February 2025.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Rc1 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bb5 Bxf4 9. exf4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. O-O f6 14. Nd3 Kh8 15. Qe1 Qe7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Ndc5 Rfe8 18. Na5 Nf7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Qe3 Nd8 21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. Nab3 Qd6 23. Kg2 h6 24. Re2 f5 25. Nd3 fxg4 26. fxg4 Rf8 27. Nbc5 Nb7 28. Ne5 Bh7 29. Ncd7 Be4+ 30. Kg1 Rbd8 31. Nxf8 {"and wins" (Source: CHESS, February 1977, p157)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Baarle, Johann H"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Hebden, Mark"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 Bg4 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe4 $1 $17 {and if} 12. Bd5 Rd8) 10. Nbd2 dxe4 (10... h6 {or 10...Re8, with compensation.}) 11. dxe4 (11. Nxe4 $6 h6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 $15 {Bisson-Levy, Siegen Olympiad 1970.}) 11... Qd7 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qe8 $1 14. Bd5 $1 Bxf3 (14... Bd6 {or 14...Nf6} 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxe5 $1 $16) 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Nf5 $2 ({Stockfish 17:} 17. Bh6 $1 Nxd5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Bxf8 $18) 17... Nxd5 $11 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg6 $1 (20... Kxh6 21. Qf6+ Ng6 22. Re4 $1 Kh5 23. g4+ Kh6 24. g5+ Kh5 25. h4 {and 26 Qf3 mate.}) 21. Re4 (21. Qg3+ Kxh6 22. Re4 Ng6 $19) 21... f5 $1 22. Qg3+ Kxh6 23. Rh4+ Qh5 24. Rxh5+ Kxh5 25. Qg7 Rh8 26. Re1 Ng6 $1 27. Re3 f4 28. Rh3+ Kg5 29. f3 ({Stockfish 17:} 29. Rh6 $1 $16) 29... h5 $1 {Now Black has consolidated, and the rest is simple.} 30. Kf1 ({Stockfish 17:} 30. Rg3+ $3 fxg3 31. h4+ Kf4 32. Qxg6 Ke3 33. Qc2 $1 $11) 30... Rae8 31. Qd7 (31. Rg3+ {still works.}) 31... Re7 32. Qc6 e4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. g4 Ne5 35. Qxa6 Kxg4 $1 36. Qa7 Kxh3 37. Qf2 Rg8 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benesch, Walter"]
[Black "Pioch, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[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 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nf4 15. d4 Nxg2 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Rxb5 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qf6 19. Bc2 Ne3+ {Sources: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/8} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deppe, Arne"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Na5 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. h4 b5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Qg5 e6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 a6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxe6 Kh8 20. Qh6 Qe7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rf6 23. Rh4 Bf5 24. Rdh1 g5 25. Qxg5 Bg6 26. Kb1 Re8 27. a3 Nc4 28. Be4 Rg8 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxh7+ Bxh7 31. Rxh7# {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bb3 b6 9. Qd2 Na5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qf2 Qe7 13. h4 h5 14. Rhg1 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rfd8 17. g4 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Nf8 19. Rdg1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. h5 Rd5 23. Rxg6 Nxg6 24. Rxg6 Qh4 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bf2 Qh2 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bd4+ Kf8 30. Qxa8+ Ke7 31. Qf3 c5 32. Qe4+ Kd7 33. Qb7+ Ke6 34. Qe4+ Kd7 35. Qd5+ Ke7 36. Be3 Qe2 37. Bxc5+ bxc5 38. Qe5+ {Black resigned as the king and pawn ending is completely hopeless for him. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matzner, Stephen"]
[Black "Curnow, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. d6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Qd5 Qb6 17. Rad1 c4+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Nc5 c3 21. Bg5 c2 22. Rde1 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Nd3 26. Rc1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 e5 28. d7 Red8 29. Bxa8 Rxd7 30. Bf3 Rd2 {Source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Stein, Bernd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 $6 O-O 11. Be2 d4 12. Ne4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qe5 $11 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Re1 h6 19. h3 b5 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxc2 23. Ba5 $2 (23. Qxb5) 23... d3 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qd2 Qxb2 $17 26. Rb1 $2 Qxb1 27. Rxb1 Bxb1 $19 28. Kf1 Bc2 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 f6 31. Qd2 Rd5 32. g3 a5 33. Qc3 d2 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Rd7 38. Qc5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Bg6 40. Qd1 Bd3+ 41. Kg1 Be2 42. Qb3+ Kf8 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Matzner, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nf3 h6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Ba3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd5 Nb4 20. Rxc5 Nxc2 21. Ra2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 c6 23. Rxc2 cxb5 24. axb5 f6 25. Rd5 h5 26. c4 h4 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. h3 Rfa8 29. c5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kh7 31. Rxb7 Rd8 32. c6 Rdd1 33. f4 exf4 34. c7 Rd3 35. c8=Q f3+ 36. Kh2 Rdd1 37. Qf5+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ {Source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gralka, Julian"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf8 18. g5 Qd7 19. Nh2 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Rg3 Ng6 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bc2 Nb4 26. h5 Nxc2 27. hxg6 Nxa1 28. Rh3 Rc8 29. gxf7 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 h6 31. Qg6 {Source: Szachy 1977, 95. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 23 December 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick, David Ian"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 dxe5 9. dxe5 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb5 e5 17. Nxd4 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 exd4 19. Rxd4 Qf6 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Rd3 Nd6 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. d5 a5 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 Rae8 {Black offered a draw which White accepted. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1p5k/p4K2/5NP1/2N2n2/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1... Ng5 2. Ne6 $2 (2. Nfd5 $18) 2... Nxe6 3. Kxe6 Kg5 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jansen, Leo B"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 g6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 d6 8. Ng5 e6 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. dxc5 Nd5 11. Nb5 Qh4 12. Nbd6+ Bxd6 13. Nxd6+ Kf8 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bh6+ Ke7 16. h4 Kd7 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Qa4+ Nc6 19. Rd1 Kc7 20. c4 Ndb4 21. a3 Na6 22. Bg5 Qg7 23. Bxc6 Nxc5 24. Qb5 bxc6 25. Qxc5 f6 26. Bd2 Qf8 27. Ba5+ {Sources: Clubmagazine Schakend Dordt, January 1977, contributed by Ron de Haas, 14 October 2020; Schach-Echo 1977/2 (which seems to suggest that the game continued until mate after 27...Kd7 28 Nf5+, etc)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Huisl, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5+ Be7 7. d4 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bxf4 Bb4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Qh4 f6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Qxc3 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Qf2 Bf5 22. Rab1 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Rxe8 Bxb1 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Re7 Ra8 28. a3 a5 29. Ne6 {This is the beginning of a faulty plan} g6 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rc7 Be4 (31... Re8) 32. Rb7 $2 ({Better was simply} 32. Rxc6) 32... h5 33. Nc5 Bf5 34. Kf2 Kg8 {White offered a draw here} 35. g3 g5 {(cannot properly read the scoresheet)} 36. Rb6 Kg7 37. h4 Kg6 38. a4 Bg4 39. Rxc6 Rb8 40. Nd3 Rb3 41. Ne5+ Kf5 42. Nd7 (42. Nxg4) 42... Rf3+ 43. Kg2 gxh4 44. gxh4 Ra3 45. Nxf6 Bf3+ 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. Rd6 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Kg3 (48... Bg4) 49. Ke1 (49. Nxh5+ Bxh5) 49... Re2+ 50. Kf1 Re3 51. Nxh5+ Bxh5 52. Rxd5 Bg4 53. Rg5 Rd3 {Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rothbart, Bernard Maurice"]
[Black "Lim Seng Hoo, Lorens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. f3 Rb8 14. Nf1 a6 15. Rb1 $6 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 $2 Ng4 $1 $17 18. Qd3 $2 Bd4+ 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Qf6 $19 21. Ncd1 Nxd5 22. Kh1 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 c4 24. Qd2 c3 25. Qd3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 d5 27. Rbd1 dxe4 28. Rc1 Bf5 29. Rxc3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Re5 31. Rec1 Rbe8 32. Rc8 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Sources: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/8} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubinraut, Serge"]
[Black "Lambert, Glenn EJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E77"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 Ne8 10. f5 Bxf5 11. O-O Na6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Nac7 14. a4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f5 17. Rae1 a6 18. g4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 fxg4 20. Bxg4 Ng7 21. Bg5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qe8 23. Qg2 Qe5 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Bf6 Qe8 26. Nxd6 Qe3 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf1+ Ke7 30. c5 {Source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stuttard, Terence J"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qd2 e6 11. Rad1 f5 12. Ne1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. exf5 exf5 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Bc4+ d5 18. Be2 Nd7 19. c3 b3 20. Nc1 Rb8 21. Ned3 Qc7 22. f4 c5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh2 Be6 26. Bb5 gxf4 27. gxf4 Qe7 28. Nxb3 Kh8 29. Qf2 Qd6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Rfe1 Bf6 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Re6 Qxa4 34. Nxf5 Qxd1 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, February 1977, p157} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gralka, Julian"]
[Black "Popovych, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qf5 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Nd6 11. c5 Nc4 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. gxf4 N6a5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Rb1 O-O 18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bd4 b5 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rb4 d5 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Be5 Ba6 25. Rd7 Rfd8 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Bf3 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rbd8 29. Rxh7 R1d7 30. Rh6 Bc8 31. Bh5 Rg7+ 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rf6 Rd2 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. Kh4 b5 37. Kg5 Ra7 38. Rf8 Rg7+ 39. Kf6 Bd7 40. Rb8 Bc6 41. h4 Bb7 42. Bf7 {Source: Szachy 1977, 178. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 23 December 2024.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoffmann, Hans"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 b4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Nf2 Rfd8 18. Rab1 Nc6 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qc1 Bf8 22. e5 Qb6 23. Ne4 Na5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bg5 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. c4 Qe6 30. Nd5 Rc8 31. Bf6 Nd8 $4 (31... Na5 $11) 32. Qh6 $1 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinraut, Serge"]
[Black "Bachmann, Karlheinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E77"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. f5 Ng4 14. Bg5 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Qxg5 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Be5 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Nxc5 Qf4 23. g3 Qf2 24. Re3 Rh8 25. h4 Rxh4+ {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/8} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Urankar, Hans-Peter"]
[Black "Nehmert, Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qc2 Ba3 13. Na4 Rb4 {('Rb5' bulletin makes no sense)} 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 {Sources: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/6} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Britton, Richard"]
[Black "Keller, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bg5 a5 13. a4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. e5 Ne8 16. b3 Rc5 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Ndb5 Bf5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qc8 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bxd6 Bh6 24. Qxh6 Rxc2+ 25. Kb1 Qc3 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/3-4} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Na3 h5 10. h3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. dxe5 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Bxe5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxb2 19. O-O O-O 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. Ba3 b5 22. Rc5 b4 23. Bxc6 bxa3 24. Rfc1 Bb2 25. R1c2 Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Rd8 28. Nc3 Rd2 29. Nb5 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Ra6 Rxa2 32. Rxa7 Bc1 33. Kf3 Rb2 34. Nd6 a2 35. Kg2 Be3 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ne4 Bd4 {Source: CHESS, February 1977, p157} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huisl, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gralka, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. Rb1 Bh4 14. f4 Ne7 15. Bd3 g6 16. b4 b6 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qf3 bxc5 20. dxc5 c6 21. b5 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Kg2 f6 24. Bd4 Nd7 25. bxc6 fxe5 26. cxd7 exd4 27. Qxd5 Qf7 28. Rxd4 Bf6 29. Rd3 Bxc3 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 31. d8=Q+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. c6 Ba5 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. cxd7 Kf7 36. Re1 {Sources: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jansen, Leo B"]
[Black "Bajovic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Be2 c5 5. f4 Nc6 6. c3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 8. Ngf3 Qc7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rd2 Bc6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nb8 20. Bc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Kf7 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. a4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bd2 Qd5 27. b3 a6 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. bxa6 Nxa6 30. Kc2 Ke6 31. h4 Nb8 32. b4 d4 33. bxc5 Kd5 34. Bb4 Nc6 35. Ba3 Ke4 36. Nd2+ Kxf4 37. Nc4 Bxh4 38. Nd6 Kxe5 39. Nxb7 Be1 40. Nd6 g6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Ne8 Bb4 43. Nc7+ Ke5 44. Bxb4 Nxb4+ 45. Kc4 Nc6 46. Kd3 f4 47. Nb5 g5 48. a5 Kd5 49. Nc7+ Ke5 50. Nb5 Nxa5 51. Nxd4 Kd5 52. Ne2 Nc6 53. Nc3+ Ke5 54. Nd1 g4 55. Nf2 h5 56. Ke2 Kd5 57. Nd3 Nd4+ 58. Kf2 g3+ 59. Kf1 Ke4 60. Ne1 h4 61. Kg1 f3 62. gxf3+ Nxf3+ 63. Nxf3 Kxf3 64. c6 h3 65. c7 h2+ 66. Kh1 Kf2 67. c8=Q g2+ 68. Kxh2 g1=Q+ 69. Kh3 Qg3# {Source: Clubmagazine Schakend Dordt, January 1977, contributed by Ron de Haas, 14 October 2020.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Pioch, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Na6 8. c4 Rb8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Qg4 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe6 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 fxe6 19. cxd5 e5 20. Rc7 Rf4 21. a3 Rbf8 22. f3 Qg5 23. Qc1 h5 24. Kf2 e4 25. gxf4 Qh4+ 26. Ke3 Qxf4+ 27. Kd4 Qe5+ 28. Kc4 Qxh2 29. Qe3 e6 30. Qh6 Qxe2+ 31. Kc3 Rxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Qxf3+ {Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rajna, George"]
[Black "Patrick, David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 cxd4 15. Ng3 $6 Nde5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxh3 18. f4 Bh4 19. Re3 Nc6 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Nh5 Nd4 22. Bd1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Bf5 (23... Bd7 $17) 24. Kh1 Bg6 25. Rd3 Bxh5 26. Bxh5 Nc2 27. Rb1 Qc5 $2 (27... Ne1 $5) 28. Bg4 f5 $4 (28... Qc4 $1 29. Bxc8 Ne1 30. b3 Qxd3 $17) 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rc3 $1 Rh5 31. Rxc5 Rcxc5 32. Kg1 $1 $18 Bf6 33. Qxd6 (33. e5 $18) 33... Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+ 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Re1+ 38. Kd3 Rd1+ $2 (38... h6 $5) 39. Bd2 Rxb1 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. e5+ Bxe5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Bc3+ Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 {"and White won in 90 moves." Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Stuttard, Terence J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nxe5 {Sources: bulletin; Schach-Echo 1977/2 & 6} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christoffel, Ulrich"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Qh5 11. Nd5 Qe5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd6 Qa6 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Be6 {Source: Birmingham Mail, 5 February 1977} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lobo, Richard C"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Qa5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb4 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Nb6 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. g4 Qh4 17. Bf4 Nc5 (17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qf6 {with an advantage to Black}) 18. Qb4 Nd3 19. Rxd3 c5 20. Qb3 Bxd4 {(cannot properly read the scoresheet) Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parr, David"]
[Black "Popovych, Orest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qf5 9. Qe3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be4 Qh5 14. f4 Re8 15. f5 d5 16. Bf3 Qxf5 17. Bxd5 Qg6 18. Be4 f5 19. Bf3 Nb8 20. Na5 Nd7 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Bxb7+ 24. Nxb7 Be7 25. c5 Ng4 26. Kg2 h6 27. Nd6 Red8 28. Qf4 Rab8 29. Rf3 Kh7 30. Rd3 e5 31. Qc4 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc7 Rxd3 34. exd3 Re8 35. Qxa7 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qxc3 37. Rb1 Qe1+ {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Bachmann, Karlheinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 a6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rh3 Kb8 19. Re3 Nh5 20. Bf3 g6 21. f5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Nf4 23. Qf2 e5 24. Bg4 Qb6 25. Qg3 Rh4 26. Qxh4 Qxe3 27. Qh7 Qg3 28. fxg6 Qxg4 29. Qxf7 Qxg5 30. g7 Nh5 {time (Sources: bulletin; CHESS, February 1977, p157; Schach-Echo 1977/9)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Binks, Michael E"]
[Black "Stein, Bernd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e4 7. Bc2 Qe7 8. Bd2 a5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nce2 Nbd7 13. Bc3 Ne5 14. b3 c6 15. Nf4 Bh7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rd1 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. Nf1 Re8 21. f3 Kh8 22. Kf2 Ng6 23. Nxg6+ Bxg6 24. Ng3 exf3 25. gxf3 Nh5 26. Bxg6 Nxg3 27. Kxg3 fxg6 28. e4 Qe5+ 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Rh2 Rf4 31. Rh3 Re8 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Rdh1 Re5 34. Rg3 Kh7 35. Qe3 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Qxh4 37. Rh3 Qe7 38. Kf2 g5 39. Kg3 g4 40. fxg4 Rxe4 41. Qd3 Kg8 42. Kf3 Rd4 43. Qf5 Rd2 44. Qe6+ Qxe6 45. dxe6 Rd3+ {Source: Hamburger Schachklub newsletter. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 17 February 2025.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Britton, Richard L"]
[Black "Romilly, Peter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b4k/4n1r1/p3p2p/P1N1Pn1P/2PpBB2/3P3K/1r6/4Q3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Na4 {(sealed)} Rb3 2. Nb6 $2 (2. Qc1 $18) 2... Bb7 $1 3. Bxb7 Rxd3+ 4. Kh2 Rg4 5. Be4 Re3 6. Bxe3 Rxe4 $11 7. Qb1 Rxe3 $4 (7... Rh4+ 8. Kg2 dxe3 9. Nd7 Rxc4 $11) 8. Nd7 $1 d3 9. Qb8+ Ng8 10. Nf6 Nfe7 11. Qe8 (11. Nxg8 Nxg8 12. Qd6 $18) 11... d2 12. Qf7 Nxf6 13. exf6 Nf5 14. Qe8+ Kh7 15. f7 $4 (15. Qd7+ $18) 15... Re2+ 16. Kh3 Re3+ 17. Kh2 (17. Kg2 $4 Rg3+ 18. Kf2 d1=Q $1 19. f8=N+ Kg7 $19) 17... Re2+ {Source: CHESS, April 1977, p224} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Stuttard, Terence J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Kh8 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rac1 Qc8 15. d5 Bd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. g4 Bd7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Bxc5 Rfe8 {(Black offered a draw here)} 22. Nh4 Ng6 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Kh2 Qb5 25. Qc2 Be6 26. Re3 a4 27. a3 Rec8 28. Rc3 Rab8 29. Bb4 c5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Qe2 32. Qc2 Qf3 33. Re1 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Re3 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Rd8 37. Qxa4 Qg5+ 38. Rg3 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 f4 40. Rf3 Qb1 41. Qc6 {Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lambert, Glenn EJ"]
[Black "Bruening, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. e5 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Re4 Nc7 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. e6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Qc6 21. Rg4 Nbd5 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 {Sources: bulletin; BCM, March 1977, p111} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matzner, Stephen"]
[Black "Eisenbeiser, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 h5 7. e5 Ng8 8. e6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Nh4 {(Black resigned, slightly prematurely) Source: The Field, 27 January 1977 (Leonard Barden)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rajna, George"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Be6 13. Nc2 Bg7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxb5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bc6 Qa6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Be4 dxc3 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nf5 cxb2 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Re1 Rc5 27. Qh4 Qa5+ 28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Kf3 Qxe1 {Sources: BCM, March 1977, p134; CHESS, February 1977, p157; Schach-Echo 1977/2} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r4/1b5p/2n5/1R2P3/4r3/4B1pP/1qP1Q3/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1... Nd4 2. Rxb2 Nxe2+ 3. Kf1 Rxe3 {Source: CHESS, February 1977, p141/148} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Baarle, Johann H"]
[Black "Keller, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 $4 ({White intended to play} 6. Be3 {and even wrote that move down on his scoresheet.}) 6... Nxd4 {Source: The Field, 27 January 1977 (Leonard Barden)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Black "Gralka, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nc4 Qg6 19. a4 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Re1 b6 22. Nfd2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Bc2 Qe6 26. Bb3 Qg6 27. Ne3 Bxe4 28. Ng4 h5 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 hxg4 31. Rxe7 Bd6 32. Rxf7 Kh8 33. Rxa7 Be5 34. Re7 Bg7 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Re6 Rb8 38. Ke2 b5 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. Re8+ Bf8 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Bc4 {Source: bulletin; BCM, March 1977, p111} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huisl, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Bachmann, Karlheinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bf4 a5 9. a4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf5 12. O-O e6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qf6 19. Qf3 d5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Rac1 Rhc8 22. Qf4 Kf8 23. Rfe1 Kg8 24. Bd7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rc7 b6 27. Bb5 Rf8 28. f3 Qg6 29. Kf2 h6 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Ke3 Kh7 32. h4 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Qd6 Qf6 35. g3 Qg6 36. Bd7 Bh3 37. g4 Bxg4 38. fxg4 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Qxd4+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2+ 41. Kh3 Qe2 42. Bb5 $2 (42. Qf4 $1 $18) 42... Qf3+ {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lim Seng Hoo, Lorens"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kh1 Rd6 20. Qc3 Nh5 21. Qe5 Bg4 22. e4 f6 23. Qc3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Rd3 25. Bxd3 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. Kf1 Nxd3 {Sources: bulletin; BCM, March 1977, p134; CHESS, February 1977, p157; Schach-Echo 1977/2} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Macpherson, Hugh Dugald"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Be6 8. d3 Qd7 9. Rb1 Bh6 10. Nd5 Nd4 $2 (10... Nce7) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Rh8 14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Qa5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 {Contributed by Andy Ansel, 23 December 2024} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Falkenstein, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe5+ Ke7 7. c3 Ne6 8. d4 Qe8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5+ Nf6 11. Qd4 Kd8 12. O-O h6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nc6+ dxc6 15. dxc6+ Ke7 16. Qxc5+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Qc5+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hughes-Hallett, Richard"]
[Black "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. c4 bxc3 4. Nxc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 d6 7. Rb1 Rb8 8. h3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. d4 Be7 11. Ba3 a6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rfd1+ Ke8 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd5+ Kf8 17. Nc7 g5 18. Rd6 Na5 19. Nxa6 Ra8 20. Nc7 Ke7 21. Rd3 Rb8 22. Nxe5 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Be6 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rhd8 26. d6+ Kf8 27. f3 Nd7 28. Na5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Mattes, H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbd5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Ngf3 Bb4 15. O-O Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. a3 b5 19. g4 Nh7 20. h4 Qf6 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Rc6 Qf4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qc2+ f5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8 fxg4 27. Qxe6 Nf6 28. Ne1 Rc7 29. Ng2 Qxd4 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qf4 Qd6 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. Ne5 Qc8 36. Nd3 Qd7 37. Ne3 h5 38. Ne5 Qc8 39. Qf5 Qb7 40. Rd1 Rc8 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Nd7 Ne4 44. Nd5 Re8 45. Re1 Qa7 46. N5b6 Qb7 47. Qxh5 Re7 48. Rd1 Qc6 49. Qd5+ Qxd5 50. Rxd5 Rf7 51. Re5 Nxf2 52. Re8+ Kh7 53. Ra8 Nd3 54. b4 Rf2 55. Ne5 Rd2 56. Rd8 Nxe5 57. Rxd2 Nf3+ 58. Kg2 Nxd2 59. Kg3 Nc4 60. Nd5 Nxa3 61. Nc7 Nc2 62. Nxa6 Ne3 63. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buse, Detlef"]
[Black "Van der Veen, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. e4 e5 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15. Rbd1 Ne5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Be3 Bg7 18. f4 Ned7 19. Bf2 Nf8 20. Nde2 Nfd7 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Red1 Qb6 23. e5 Qb4 24. exd6 a4 25. Nxa4 Nxa4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. c5 Qc4 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Nc3 Ra3 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Qc4 Qa5 32. Re2 h6 33. Nd2 Rf8 34. Nb3 Qa7 35. Qc2 Nf6 36. Rce1 Bf5 37. Qd2 Be6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxa2 40. Qd3 Qa3 41. Rxf6 Bxf6 42. Qxg6+ Bg7 43. Bd4 Rf7 44. Bxg7 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rxg7 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. d7 Qb2+ 48. Kf1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Rxg3 50. Qe7+ Rg7 51. d8=Q Rxe7+ 52. Qxe7+ Kg6 53. Nd2 Qf5 54. Qe4 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/3-4 (Buse was from Bremen, while van der Veen was from Gladbeck)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Nd3 c5 13. b4 b6 14. a4 f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. g4 fxg3 17. hxg3 Ng6 18. a5 Bd7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qd2 Bh6 21. b5 Qe7 22. Ra6 Rab8 23. Rfa1 Nh5 24. Ra7 Qg7 25. Qe1 Rf7 26. Ra8 Rff8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Ra7 Nf6 29. Qa1 Qf8 30. Qe1 Kh8 31. Qa1 Qg8 32. Be3 Nf4 33. Nf2 g4 34. Nxg4 Nxe2+ 35. Nxe2 Bxe3+ 36. Nxe3 h5 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. exf5 Qg5 39. Qc1 Qxc1+ 40. Nxc1 e4 41. Rf7 Nh7 42. Kf2 exf3 43. Rd7 Ng5 44. f6 Rf8 45. Nd3 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Nxf6 47. Rxd6 Ng4+ 48. Ke4 Nf6+ 49. Ke5 Ng4+ 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Thynne, Trefor F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. Rc1 c5 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qg3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxa3 19. h4 h5 20. Qg5 Nc6 21. Ra1 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxa7 Nf5 24. Bf2 Rc7 25. Rb1 Ng3 26. Rxb6 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Rd6 Rdc8 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Nc3 31. Ra5 b5 32. e6 Kf8 33. Bd4 fxe6 34. dxe6 Ke7 35. Raa6 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Be3 Rc6 38. Raxc6 Rxc6 39. Rd4 Rxe6 40. Rb4 Bd3 41. Bc5+ Kf7 42. Rd4 Bc4 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Bd4 g6 45. Rb7 Kf8 46. Bc3 Ke8 47. Kg1 Re7 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Rb6 Bd3 50. Rf6+ Ke8 51. Rd6 Rd7 52. Rb6 Kd8 53. Kf2 Kc8 54. Be5 Rb7 55. Rc6+ Kd8 56. Rd6+ Rd7 57. Ke3 Rxd6 58. Bxd6 Kd7 59. Bf4 Bf1 60. g3 Ke6 61. Kd4 b4 62. Bd2 {Source: Trefor Thynne (sent 18 June 2020)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Prizant, Alan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. c5 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Be2 Ng4 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rg3 Qd8 18. Rc1 Be6 19. c6 Qb6 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. h3 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gronau, P"]
[Black "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. Bb3 b5 7. c3 Bb7 8. d4 Nxe4 9. d5 c4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. Rxe4 Bxd5 12. Rd4 Nd7 13. Na3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 d5 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Nb5 Be5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 O-O 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Re1 g6 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Qg5 Nh5 23. Qh6 Qd7 24. Rg4 f5 25. Rg5 Qg7 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Qe3 f4 29. Qd4 Rce8 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Re2 33. Rb5 Rfe8 34. h3 Rc2 35. Ne5 a6 36. Rc5 Rxb2 37. Nxc4 Rxa2 38. Rg5+ Kh8 39. Ne5 h6 40. Rxh5 Kg7 41. c4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thynne, Trefor F"]
[Black "Bahe, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 b6 11. Re1 b5 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. h4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. N1h2 Ba6 17. h5 Rfc8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Nb4 20. Qf3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qg4 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rae8 26. Rad1 Nf6 27. Qh4 Nc6 28. Nf5+ gxf5 29. Qh6+ {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/3-4 (Bahe was from Hanover FRG)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Stokes, Geoffrey Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 exf5 17. exf5 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Qc6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Rc7 Ne5 21. f6 Nxd3 22. Nbd2 Bd8 23. Rxb7 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Nxb2 27. fxg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pragua, Christoph P"]
[Black "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Bd3 Rab8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Qe3 Ba8 18. Qf4 Nde5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Rd7 22. Ne2 Rbd8 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qh3 g6 25. Bc1 e5 26. Bd2 Bc6 27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. c5 b5 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Ross, Robert P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 g6 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 Ne7 14. g4 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 a4 17. Kg2 Qc7 18. Ng5 Ng8 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nf4 Nh6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Qh5 O-O-O 24. Nfxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Nxd8 Qxd8 28. Bxf5+ Nxf5 29. Qxf5+ Nd7 30. Rf2 Bd6 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Qe6 Bg3 34. Rxg3 Rxg3 35. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kerr, Duncan"]
[Black "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. c5 O-O 8. b4 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Be2 Kh8 12. O-O f5 13. b5 Na5 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bc1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Rb1 Rae8 21. Ba3 Rf5 22. c6 Qc7 23. cxb7 Qxb7 24. Bc5 e6 25. a4 Bf6 26. Re2 Kg7 27. a5 Bd8 28. b6 a6 29. Qc3 Kf7 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Bc7 32. Rxf5+ exf5 33. Bb4 Bb8 34. Rc1 h5 35. Kf1 Re6 36. Qc8 Qxc8 37. Rxc8 Re8 38. b7 g5 39. Rc6 Re6 40. Bd6 f3 41. gxf3 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/3-4} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stokes, Geoffrey Neil"]
[Black "Robinson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bd7 8. h3 Qc7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. g4 e6 11. Nc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. f5 exf5 14. Nh4 Qg3 15. Qe1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Nde7 18. Nf3 fxg4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bh6 gxh3 21. Bf3 f5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Re2 g5 24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 27. Kh2 g4 28. Re6 h5 29. Rd6 h4 30. Rxd4 Bg2 31. Nd2 g3+ 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Nf1 f4 {Source: Schach-Echo 1977/3-4} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Main A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Hoewel, Karl Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Wells, Ian"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 a6 $2 ({Weak. Correct is} 5... Nge7 {, to avoid doubling the pawns.}) 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Bd6 ({Also not good.} 7... Ne7 {and the fianchettoing of this bishop is preferable.}) 8. d3 Ne7 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. Rb1 h5 $2 {After this, castling is impossible, but it is difficult to specify a better move. The text definitely shows a misjudgment of the position.} 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Qe1 a5 13. Qf2 d4 {Declaration of positional bankruptcy. (n.b. text commentary is translated by Google as I don't know German! JS)} 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nh4 Nxf4 $2 {Desperation, but what else? Black has no chance at all.} 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 g5 18. Nh3 gxh4 19. Ng5 Rb7 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. e5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Kd8 23. Nd6 $2 ({This could be improved with} 23. Nxc5 {but the move is good enough.}) 23... Rd7 24. Rf4 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 h3 26. g3 h4 27. Kf2 Rg7 28. Rg1 Rh7 {With this, Black gives up the important g-file and is now clearly at a loss. The Bc8 is useless. (Schach-Echo editor's note: during this phase of the game, Hoewel complained to his German teammates: “That boy is completely killing me!”).} 29. gxh4 Kc7 30. Rg8 Ba6 31. b3 Rh5 32. Rg5 Rxh4 33. Nxf7 Re7 34. Nd6 a4 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Rgg6 Kd7 37. Ne4 axb3 38. Nxc5+ Kc8 39. axb3 Bb5 40. Nxe6 c5 41. Rg5 Rhe8 42. Nxc5 Rxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxe5 44. Ne4 Bd7 45. Rd6 Re7 46. Kf4 $1 {Prevents the loss of the h-pawn and centralises the king.} Rg7 47. Ng5 Re7 48. Rxd4 Re2 49. Rc4+ Kb7 50. Nf3 {... 57 moves. Source: Schach-Echo 1977/2 (which refers to Black as Karl Heinz Hoewel from Gelsenkirchen, but other references give Karl Adolf Hoewel)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Christmas Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wager, John D"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 c5 10. Nb3 d4 11. Bf4 Bb5 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. N1d2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Qh3+ Qd7 17. Qf3 Qd5 18. Rhe1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Re7 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Rd7 22. Rde1 Ng4 23. h3 Nxf2 24. Nbd2 Kd8 25. R7e6 Rf8 26. b3 Kc7 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Nxh3 29. Nxd4 Nf4 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Nxg2 33. Rc8+ Kb7 34. Rg8 {Source: G H James. Contributed by Brian Denman, 18 November 2020.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Christmas Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Le Blancq, Simon Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. c4 Nb6 12. b3 Nc8 13. O-O d6 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bb2 O-O-O 17. Qf3 $1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. c5 Qa5 23. a3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 $1 Qe7 27. b4 $16 f5 28. Bf3 Qf6 29. h3 e5 $2 30. Qc3 Kd7 31. fxe5 Qe6 32. Qd4+ Kc8 33. Be2 Qh6 34. Bd3 Qg5 35. h4 Qh5 36. Qf4 Qd1+ 37. Qf1 Qb3 38. Bxf5+ Kc7 39. Qf4 Ba6 40. e6+ Kb7 41. exf7 {Source: G H James. Contributed by Brian Denman, 18 November 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Christmas Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gamble, Raymond J"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nf3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bd6 13. Qf3 c6 14. Kh1 f5 15. c4 Be6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Qc4+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxa7 Bxf4 24. g3 Be5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. b3 Bc7 28. Rf1+ Rf6 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Bd4 Rf5 31. Kg2 Ba5 32. Rd3 h5 33. a3 c5 34. Bg7 b5 35. Re3+ Kd5 36. Rd3+ Ke4 37. Rd6 g5 38. Ra6 Bd2 39. Bh6 Be3 40. Re6+ Kd3 41. h4 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Bg7 Be3 45. Re8 Rd5 46. Kf3 Bd4 47. Bh6 Rf5+ 48. Kg2 Rf2+ 49. Kh3 c3 50. a4 Ra2 51. Rd8 Rxa4 52. Kh4 c2 53. Kxh5 Rc4 54. Bc1 Ke2 55. g4 Rc5+ 56. Kg6 {Source: G H James. Contributed by Brian Denman, 18 November 2020.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Christmas Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Farrand, Julian Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Nc4 f6 8. Bd2 b6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Ne7 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 h5 14. a4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. Bc3 Bg7 17. Rae1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rde8 19. Qe4 a5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qd7 22. Qc4+ Qd5 23. e4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Ke7 26. Rb2 Kd7 27. Rfb1 Kc7 28. Kf2 Rhd8 29. Ke2 Bf8 30. Be1 Bd6 31. Bg3 Rb7 32. h3 Rdb8 33. c3 Kd7 34. Bf2 Kc7 35. d4 $1 Kc8 36. Bg3 Kc7 37. dxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5+ fxe5 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Rd2 b5 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Rfd1 a4 44. Rd7+ Kb8 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Rd2 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Rf6 48. Rd5 Rb6 49. Rxc5 a3 50. Rxe5 a2 51. Ra5 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Rxg2 53. f6 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Rxc3 55. Rxa2 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Kg2 {Source: G H James. Contributed by Brian Denman, 18 November 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Christmas Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Pelling, Timothy W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. Nh3 f6 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 f5 15. g3 b6 16. h3 gxh3 17. Nxh3 c5 18. Ng5 Rh6 19. Nh7+ Kf7 20. Rxh6 gxh6 21. Rh1 Kg6 22. Nf6 Ba6 (22... Nd7) 23. Ne8 $1 Bxd3 24. Nc7 Na6 (24... Be4) 25. Nxa8 Bb5 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. Nxb6 $1 $18 axb6 28. Rxb6 Bc8 29. Rc6 Bb7 30. Rxe6+ Kh5 31. Rb6 Bc8 32. Rd6 Bb7 33. Rf6 Bc8 34. a4 Kg4 35. Rxh6 Kf3 36. e6 Nc7 37. e7 Bd7 38. a5 cxd4 39. cxd4 Bb5 40. a6 $1 {Source: G H James. Contributed by Brian Denman, 18 November 2020.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings New Year Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Black "Moore, Peter G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1977.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. a3 Nd4 10. e3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 d6 12. Bg2 c6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bh3 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bxh6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 1-0

[Event "Hastings New Year Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, J not USA"]
[Black "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1977.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bh6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. f4 c4 9. Bxc4 Qxe3+ 10. Qe2 Bxf4 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Qxe3 Bxe3 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Ne4 Rg8 15. g3 Rg4 16. Bd3 f5 17. Nf2 Rd4 18. Rd1 Rxd5 19. Ke2 Bxf2 20. Kxf2 e4 21. Bc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bd7 23. Ke3 Rc8 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. c3 Kg7 26. Rd2 Kf6 27. Bd5 Rc7 28. g4 Ke5 29. Bg8 f4+ 30. Ke2 Bxg4+ {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 0-1

[Event "Hastings New Year Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Black "Fishburne, Stewart K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1977.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rxe2 14. Nxa8 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Bc5 16. Re1 Rxg2 17. Re8+ Bf8 18. Qd6 Rxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qxa1+ 20. Kg2 Qxa2+ 21. Kg1 Qa1+ 22. Nf1 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxc8 g6 25. Nc7 b5 26. Rb8 b4 27. Na6 Nc6 28. Rc8 Ne7 29. Rc7 Nd5 30. Rxa7 h5 31. Rb7 Kg7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Nd2 g5 34. Rb5 Nc3 35. Rb6+ Kg7 36. Rb7 Nd1+ 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Kh3 Nf2+ 40. Kxh4 Nd3 41. Ne4 Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Nd6+ Ke5 44. Nxf7+ Kd4 45. Ng5 Be7 46. Kg4 Ne5+ 47. Kf5 Nc4 48. Nf3+ Kc3 49. Rc6 b3 50. Ne5 b2 51. Nxc4 b1=Q+ 52. Ke6 Qg6+ 53. Kd7 Qxc6+ {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings New Year Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gamble, Raymond J"]
[Black "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nb3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bb6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. c4 e5 19. Nf5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Kc7 21. Nxg7 Rhg8 22. Nf5 Rg5 23. Ne7 Nb6 24. Nd5+ Nxd5 25. cxd5 e4 26. Rac1+ Kd6 27. Rd4 Re8 28. Rf1 Re7 29. Rf6+ Ke5 30. Rh6 f5 31. d6 Rd7 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. d7 Rg8 34. d8=Q Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Rc7 36. Rd2 f4 37. Kf2 Rf7 38. exf4+ Rxf4+ 39. Ke3 Rg4 40. g3 b5 41. Rd8 Ke6 42. Ra8 {Source: Kevin Thurlow, 16 November 2023} 1-0

[Event "Hastings New Year Special A 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Black "Booth, Anthony James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1977.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. a3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Rb1 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. exf4 Nd4 13. Re1 c6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rf1 f4 20. c5 Qh6 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. gxf4 Nh5 23. Nb6 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nxa8 f3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Re1 Re3 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Qf7 Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 Bg3+ {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Third-Week Special 1976/77"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brown, WD"]
[Black "Mitchell, Edwin Ferdinand E E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.12.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Bc7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bf6 e5 15. Nc2 Bf5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxc4 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Re4 Qc6 22. Rh4 Qg6 23. Nf5 Bd8 24. Rd1 Bxh4 25. Rxd7 Bf6 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 12 February 1977. Contributed by Brian Denman, 15 October 2020.} 0-1

