[Event "NCCC Continuous tourney"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Young, Archibald Victor W"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 cxb5 9. Qxa8 Bc5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Qxb5
Bb6 15. d3 Re6 16. Kh1 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qa8+ {Source: BCM, November 1945, p258.
Biographical note: Archibald Victor Wilde Young (1887, South Africa - 1965)
lived at Boars Hill, Oxford, and played chess for Oxfordshire. He and Leonard
Barden played on the same Oxfordshire team in at least one match in 1950.
Young fought in WW1 (rank Captain) and lost his eldest son Christopher John
Victor Young in WW2, 1941.} 0-1

[Event "BCCA jun-ch"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wall, John Anthony"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BCCA"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nd2 Nf6
8. c4 Qa5 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Re2
Be7 15. Qf5 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Re3 e4 19. Be2 c5 20. Nd2 Bf6 21.
Ra3 Qb6 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Be3 Be7 24. Ra5 Nd7 25. Rd1 f4 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Rb5 Qc7
28. Bc3 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Bg4 Nb6 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Na5 Ba8 33. Rb3 Qe7 34.
Bh3 Qh4 35. Be6 Re8 36. g3 fxg3 37. fxg3 Qh5 38. g4 Qh4 39. Bf7 Qxg4+ 40. Qg2
Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Bxh2+ 42. Kg2 e3+ {Source: BCCA Yearbook 1945 p29. Contributed by
Tim Harding, 27 May 2023} 0-1

[Event "BCCA jun-ch"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipton, S"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Be4 O-O-O 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 c4 19. Qe2 exd5 20. O-O-O d4 21.
Nb1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bb4 23. f5 Rhe8 24. Qg2 d3 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Bd6 27.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 28. Qf3 Re3 29. Qf4+ Kc6 30. Nc3 d2+ 31. Kd1 Rde8 32. Kxd2 Qd8+ {
Source: BCM, January 1947, p16} 0-1

[Event "BCF Boys Championship Prelim"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1946.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Dent, JE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1946.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
f4 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. h3 Bc6 14. e5 dxe5
15. Qc4 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Nxf7 Kf8 18. Nh6 Nd5 19. Rxd5 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 gxh6
21. Rg8+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ Kc6 24. Rgxe8 {Sources: BCM, May 1946, p141;
Staffordshire Advertiser, 4 May 1946; Glasgow Herald, 21 June 1946} 1-0

[Event "BCCA v Whitgift School"]
[Site "Croydon"]
[Date "1946.11.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smith, Arthur Eric"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1946.11.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BCCA"]
[BlackTeam "Whitgift School, Croydon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb4 20. Rfd1 c5
21. Qb7 Qxb2 22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. dxc5 Qe2 24. Re1 Rxc5 25. Qe7 Rdc8 26. Rcd1 Rd5
{Adjudicated (Source: BCM, March 1947, p84 - note this was NOT a
correspondence game, despite BCCA being a correspondence chess organisation)
Biographical note: Rev (later Canon) (Arthur) Eric Smith (1908-94) was a
Sussex player. See EC Forum, https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.
php?t=8756#p191101} (26... Rd5 27. Ra1 Qg4 28. Rxa6 Rcd8 29. Raa1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nat Corr CC Premier 1946/47"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Ault, JK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qa4 b6 12. Ba3 Nb7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rfe1+
Kf8 15. Qd4 d6 16. Re2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bg4 18. Rae1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Bc1 Qb5
21. Qxf6 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 gxf6 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Re3 {Source: BCM, Jan 1949, p10}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1947.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1947.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 b5 8.
Bxb5 Nxb5 9. Nxb5 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. d4 exd3 14.
Qxd3 Bf5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rab8 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. b3 Ng4 20. Rfe1
Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Rbd8 22. c3 c5 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. h3 Kf8
27. Kh2 f6 28. Kg3 Bf7 29. Re4 c4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Ke7 32. b4 Kd7 33. Kf4
Bd5 34. g4 a6 35. h4 Bg2 36. a4 g6 37. g5 Ke7 38. f3 Bh3 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40. Ke4
Bd7 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 g5 43. h5 Be8 44. b6 {Source: BCM, June 1947, p182}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1947.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1k6/7p/1PB3bP/2K5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1947.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Adjournment position: RC Griffith writes, "Penrose should have played} 1. Kd3
Kc5 2. Ke4 Kb5 3. Kf5 Kc5 4. Kg4 Kb5 5. Bf6 Kb4 6. Bxh4 Be5 (6... Bxh4 7. Kxh4
{evidently loses}) 7. Kg5 Kxb3 8. Kf5 {, which wins. But he exchanged Bishops
before taking the K R P and so was a move behind, allowing Black to draw." 
[Annoyingly, Griffith doesn't give us the actual moves played! JS] Source: BCM,
June 1947, p180} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch U18"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1947.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/5pbp/2p1b1p1/8/p3P3/P3BP2/1P1R2PP/1K3B1R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1947.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Be2 Rb3 2. Bf4 f5 3. Bd6 Rd8 4. Rhd1 fxe4 5. fxe4 Bh6 6. Rc2 {... game
continued. See later position. Source: BCM, June 1947, p180} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch U18 play-off"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1947.04.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. O-O gxf6 14. Qe2 Bg7 15.
Bf4 Ba6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bc7 Qa7 18. Bd6 Rfc8 19. Bxb5 Qb7 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.
Nxd4 f5 22. Nc6 Qb7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Ba3 Bf6 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Qd8+
Kg7 28. Qg8+ Kh6 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. Bf8+ Kh5 31. Qxh7+ Kg4 32. Qh3+ Kf4 33.
Qe3+ {Source: BCM, June 1947, p202} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 play-off"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1947.04.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O-O b6 12. d5 Bb7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+
hxg6 15. Qxd7+ Kf8 16. Qxb7 Re8 17. Rhe1 Rh5 18. Kb1 Rf5 19. Qc6 g5 20. h3 Rf4
21. Ne5 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Rxf2 23. Nd3 {Source: BCM, June 1947, p202} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch U18 play-off"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1947.04.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 cxd4 6. Nb5 Ne4 7. Nbxd4 e6 8. c3
Bc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 f5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be3 f4 15.
Bc1 Ng5 16. Qg4 Be7 17. Bxf4 h5 18. Qg3 c5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nf3 Bf4 21. Qg6
Bh6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 Rf4 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. Qg6 Qf8 27. a3 Rb8
28. b4 c4 29. Bc2 Rb6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Qf4 32. Nf3 Kf8 33. Qg3 Qf7 34. a4
Bf4 35. Qg4 Bh6 36. Rd1 a5 37. b5 Qe7 38. Nh4 Qa3 39. Qf3+ Ke8 40. Ng6 Bc8 41.
h4 Rb7 42. Nh8 Re7 43. Bg6+ Kd7 44. Nf7 Bb7 45. Nd6 Kc7 46. Qf8 {Source: BCM,
June 1947, p182} 1-0

[Event "Max Blumich Memorial-A 4850"]
[Site "corr BdF"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rothamel, W"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Fernschach"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 e5 8. O-O
h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 a5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. c5 Qc8 18. Kh2 g5 19. g4 Ng6 20. Rg1 b5 $2 21. Nxb5 $1
Bc6 22. Nd2 $1 Nxe4 23. Bf3 $1 f5 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27.
Nxc7 Nh4 28. Qb1 $1 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Nxg1 31. Kxg1 Kg6 32. Nxe8 Rxe8
33. b4 axb4 34. Rxb4 Rc8 35. a4 Bf6 36. a5 {Source: Fernschach 2/1951 p.26.
Contributed by Tim Harding, 27 May 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Max Blumich Memorial-A 4850"]
[Site "corr BdF"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Schmid, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Fernschach"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4 O-O 8. Nge2
Re8 9. Qd1 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. c5 Qe7
15. Bh6 Bh8 16. cxb6 Qxe4 17. Nf4 axb6 18. Qc1 Qc6 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. Rc1 Qf3 21.
Rxc7 Qd1+ 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Bf5 25. Nb4 Bc5 26. Bd2 h5 27. Kf3
Re8 {Source: Fernschach 5/1952 pp72-73 with notes by Ahues. Contributed by Tim
Harding, 27 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Max Blumich Memorial-A 4850"]
[Site "corr BdF"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Apking, JC"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "BCCA"]
[Source "Tim Harding"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.21"]
[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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Nf1 g6 15. g4
Bg7 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Nh2 Nb7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 f6 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. h4 Rae8 22.
h5 g5 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Qd2 Nf7 25. b3 c4 26. Bc2 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28. Qf2 Rb8
29. Rxa5 f5 30. Bd4 fxg4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Ne5 34. Qxg5+ Kh8
35. Re3 Nbc4 36. bxc4 Qxa5 37. h6 Rf7 38. c5 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qc1 {Source: BCCA
Magazine 4 p10, with profile of Barden and his notes to the game. Contributed
by Tim Harding, 27 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 35th Premier"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O c5 13. a4 c4 14. Bb1 Qb6 15. Ne5
Rd8 16. f4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. f5 Bd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. fxe6
Bxe6 22. Qc2 Rdd8 23. d5 Bd7 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Rcd1 Qe5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Nd5 g6 29. Rxf6 {Source: BCM, Oct 1948, p346} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2r5/B3p1P1/8/3k2K1/8/8 b - - 0 56"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

56... Rc4 57. Be1 Ke2 58. Ba5 Ra4 59. Bc7 e4 60. g6 e3 61. g7 Ra8 62. Kf4 Rg8
63. Be5 Kd2 {Source: BCM, March 1949, p78} 0-1

[Event "Whitgift School v BCCA"]
[Site "Croydon, Whitgift School"]
[Date "1949.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Smith, Arthur Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1949.03.19"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Whitgift School"]
[BlackTeam "BCCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Rc1
e6 9. Qa4 Nd7 10. Ne5 Ncxe5 11. dxe5 b5 12. Qd1 Qb8 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bb4+
15. Ke2 Ne5 16. exf7+ Kf8 17. Qxd5 Bd3+ 18. Kd1 Qd8 19. Qd4 Bxf1 20. Bxe5 Bc4
21. Bxg7+ Kxf7 22. Bxh8 Qxh8 23. Qxh8 Rxh8 24. Kc2 Rc8 25. Kb1 Bd2 26. Rcd1
Bd3+ 27. Ka1 Rc2 28. Rb1 b4 29. h4 a5 30. Rh3 a4 31. e4 Bc4 32. a3 bxa3 33.
Rxa3 Bb3 34. g3 Bb4 35. Rxb3 axb3 36. f4 Bc3 37. g4 Re2 38. h5 Bd2 {Source:
Canon A E Smith. Contributed by Brian Denman, 8 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Mem SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1949.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1949.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ne1 a5 11. f3 Nh5 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Rf8 14. b4 Nb7 15. Nd3 f5
16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. c5 f4 19. Ne2 fxg3 20. hxg3 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24. Rfxc1 Ba6 25. Ra2 c4 26. Nc3 Rfb8 27. Bh3 Rb3 28.
Kg2 Rab8 29. Bd7 Bf8 30. a4 Rb2 31. Rc2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rb3 33. Rc2 Bb4 34. Be1
Nf6 35. Bc6 Kf8 36. Bd2 Ke7 37. Kf2 g5 38. g4 h6 39. Ke2 Nh7 40. Bb5 Bxb5 41.
Nxb5 Bxd2 42. Rxd2 Kd7 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Na3 Rxa4 45. Nxc4 Nf8 46. Nxe5+ Kc8 47.
d6 Ne6 48. d7+ Kd8 49. Rd2 c5 50. Rd6 Nf4+ 51. Ke1 Ra1+ 52. Kd2 Ra2+ 53. Kd1
Ra1+ 54. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Mem SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1949.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1949.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. Nf1 O-O 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Ne3 d6 11. O-O Ra7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a3 Re8
15. d5 Nb8 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. g3 Nc5 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. N3h4 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxe4 21.
Nxh6+ Qxh6 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Rc4 Re7 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. Re1 Ra5 26. Rd1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stevenson Mem SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1949.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1949.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Be2 Nf5 8. b3
Bb4+ 9. Kf1 O-O 10. g4 Nfe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bb2 f6 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bb6 15.
Nbd2 Bd7 16. Qb1 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 Ne7 19. Qg5 Rc8 20. Kg2 Qe8 21. Bd4
Ng6 22. Bxb6 Nf4+ 23. Kg3 axb6 24. h4 Rc3 25. Kh2 d4 26. Ne4 Rxf3 27. Nf6+ Rxf6
28. exf6 Qg6 29. Qxg6 Nxg6 30. h5 Nf4 31. fxg7 Bc6 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Rxf2+
34. Kh3 Bxh1 35. Rxh1 Kxg7 36. g5 d3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hunter, Charles Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/pp2q1np/4B3/5p2/2PQ4/1P4P1/P3R2P/6K1 w - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bd3 {... etc. Source (moves
1-19w): The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949 (Leonard Barden opening
survey)} a4 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Na1 Ne8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bxb5 Nh5 25.
Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc7 Rfb8 27. Qc2 Qd8 28. Rc1 Nc5 29. Rc6 Nf4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Kh2
Rb4 32. Ng1 Rab8 33. b3 g5 $4 {Aitken} 34. Qxc5 Ng6 35. Qe3 Rd4 36. Rdc1 Rbb4
37. f3 Nf4 38. Nc2 Rd3 39. Qe1 Rb8 40. Nb4 Rd4 41. Rc8+ Rxc8 42. Rxc8+ Kg7 43.
Nc2 Rd3 44. g3 axb3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. gxf4 Qxf4+ 47. Kg2 h5 48. Rc3 Rb2 49. Ne2
Qf6 50. Qg3 {Source: Aitken Book 10} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/1p4pp/pP1bpn2/P2q4/b1pB4/2P2NN1/3RQPPP/5RK1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Match Barden-Fuller"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1949.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1949.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 d6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Ng3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. f4 Qf6 13. Ra2 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Bb5 Re7 19. c4 Qg6 20. Kf2 Re4 21.
Bc3 a6 22. Bxa5 axb5 23. Bxb6 Rfe8 24. cxb5 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Bxd5
27. Raf2 Qxg3+ 28. Kd2 Bxg2 {Sources: BCM, March 1950, p103; Phillips Book 2003
} 0-1

[Event "Sheffield Univ v Oxford Univ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Noble, F"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sheffield University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qh5 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8.
Be2 O-O-O 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 Rhe8 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Nh4 Rxd4 14.
Bxg4+ Rxg4 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxh4 17. Qd5 Rf4 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qe3+
20. Rf2 f6 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Qxh7 Qc1+ 23. Kh2 Qxb2 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Ne4 Qe5+ 26.
Ng3 Qg5 27. Nf5 g6 28. Ne7 Nxe7 29. Qxe7 Qh4+ {Source: Star Green 'un -
Saturday 15 July 1950} 0-1

[Event "Combined Univs v Hampstead"]
[Site "Hampstead"]
[Date "1950.03.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1950.03.21"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Combined Univs"]
[BlackTeam "Hampstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 d6 $2 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe6 $1
Bxb5 8. Qh5 $1 (8. exf7+ $2 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke7 $13) 8... Bb4+ 9. c3 $2 (9. Bd2 $1
$18) 9... g6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Nf6 12. cxb4 $16 {"and White won by
virtue of his extra pawn" Source: The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 No.s 16 & 17, 22
April 1950} 1-0

[Event "Combined Univs v Civil Service"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1950.03.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1950.03.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Combined Universities"]
[BlackTeam "Civil Service"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 (11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 cxd4 13. Nf3 Qa5 14.
O-O Qxc3 15. Rb1 b6 {Richter-Duerssen, Saarow 1937}) 11... cxd4 12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Qxe4 Qa5 14. f4 dxc3 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qd4 Nd5 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. Nxc3 Nxc3 19.
Rxc3 Bc6 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. Bd6 Qd5 22. Qf2 (22. Qxd5 exd5) 22... g5 23. Re1 (23.
Rg3 $6 gxf4 24. Rg7 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qe5) 23... f5 24. Qe2 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 $2 g4 (
25... Qxc3 $4 26. Qh5+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Kc8 28. Qc7#) (25... Bxg2+ $1 26. Kxg2 Qxc3
27. Qh5+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Kc8 29. Qxe6+ Rd7 $19) 26. Rc4 Qd5 27. Rc5 Qxa2 (27...
Qd4 28. Rc4 $11 (28. c3 $6 Qxf4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qa6 Qd2)) 28. Qf2 Rd7 29. Qh4
Rf7 30. Rd1 Kd7 31. Qh5 Ke8 32. Bc7 Bd7 (32... Bd5 33. Rcxd5 exd5 34. e6) 33.
Bd8 Qa4 34. Bf6 Kf8 35. Bxh8 Qxf4 36. Bf6 {Source: BCM, June 1950, p200} 1-0

[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "West London CC"]
[Date "1950.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1950.03.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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
d6 9. h3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. d4 exd4 (11... bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 {is usual.}) 12.
cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Rc1
Qd7 19. Bc2 Ra6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rb6 22. b3 Nd8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rg6
25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Re2 Rc8 28. Rec2 Qd7 29. Rc6 (29. Nh4 $18 {
Stockfish}) 29... Nf4 30. Rxg6 Nxg6 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. Qc1 Ra7 33. Rb5 Qd8 34. Qc6
Nf4 35. Kh2 (35. Qd7 $1 $18 {/\ g3, xd5 Stockfish}) 35... Qc8 36. Qc5 ({Still} 
36. Qd7) 36... Qa8 37. Qc1 $2 Ne6 38. Ng5 Nxd4 39. Qf4 Nxb5 $2 ({After} 39...
c6 {Ritson Morry says} 40. e6 {wins but then} cxb5 41. exf7+ Rxf7 42. Qxf7+ Kh8
{and engines can't find a win for White.}) 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Qf5 Kg8 42. Qe6+
Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nd8+ {Sources: The Times, 27 Mar 1950, p8; The Chess
Bulletin, Vol.1 No.s 16 & 17, 22 April 1950; BCM, May 1950, p150} 1-0

[Event "Leinster Selection v Oxfordshire m"]
[Site "Dublin, Trinity College"]
[Date "1950.04.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Donal J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1950.04.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leinster Selection"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qxb2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4
Rd8 15. Ncd5 Qa3 16. Bxe5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 {Sources: Sunday Independent, April 16, 1950 p8; irlchess.
com (Sean Coffey). Source of match info: Irish Independent, April 10, 1950 p8.
Other Oxford players were H. Williams, W. H. Howland, S. W. Bayliss, A. H.
Banbury, P. F. Bradley, Dr. H. G. Schenk, and H. Booth.} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Mem 2nd / SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1950.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1950.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Neg5 g6
15. e4 Nf6 16. Bc3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be8 21.
Rb1 Qc7 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qa4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stevenson Mem 2nd / SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1950.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1950.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Rc1 b6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 d4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. b4 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qxd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxa2
21. Ra1 Qxe2 22. Qxf6 Qd2 23. Qa6 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stevenson Mem 2nd / SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1950.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Aitken Book 10"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1950.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 e4 10. Ng5 Bd6 11. d4 Na5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5
15. Re3 Qh4 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be4 18. Qg4 Qh6 {Aitken} 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qe2 Bf4
21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qc2 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Qd6 24. c4 Rf6 {Source: Aitken Book 10}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Stevenson Mem 2nd / SCCU ch"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1950.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1950.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Re7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8
15. Rc1 Re6 16. Be1 Nf8 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. f3 b5 19. Bxb5 Qb7 20. Ba4 Qxb2 21. Rc2
Qb6 22. Bg3 Rb7 23. Rfc1 Ne8 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Bxd5 Rg6 26. Bxc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7
Ne6 28. Rc8+ {Source: BCM, May 1950, p145} 1-0

[Event "Oxford Univ v Metropolitan"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1950.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Trott, Arthur Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1950.05.27"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford University"]
[BlackTeam "Metropolitan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 (11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 c4 13. Bc2 Qxb2 14.
Qd2 Qa3 $15 {Trevenen-Trott, Southsea 1950}) 11... Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7
(13... Qd8 14. b5 Na5 15. Bd4 $14 {Broadbent-Barden, British Championship,
Felixstowe 1949}) 14. Ned4 a6 15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. f4
O-O 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. Rcf1 Rac8 23. Qb1 Kg7 24. Rg3 Rh8
25. Kg1 Rc3 26. Bd2 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 h6 28. Nh3 Bb5 29. a3 Ne4 30. Be3 Rc8 31. Rc1
Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Qc7 34. Be3 Qc3 35. Nf2 Qe1+ {Source: BCM, July
1950, p239} 0-1

[Event "British Universities (BUCA) Indiv ch01"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1950.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/5kN1/1p5p/1b3P1P/4KPP1/8/8 w - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1950.07.17"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

46. f5 Be1 47. Nf4 b4 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Nd5+ Kxf5 50. Nxc3 bxc3 51. Kd3 {Source:
University Chess Annual, 1st issue, Nov 1950, p7. (Originally posted in error
as Barden 1-0 O.Penrose - corrected 29 May 2023)} 1-0

[Event "British Universities (BUCA) Indiv ch01"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1950.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cannon, L John"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1950.07.17"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Qf1 Bb4+ 13. c3 Be7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Be3 Nd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. N1d2 Ne5 18. Qg2 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Bh4 20. Nc5 Bxf2 21.
Ncxe4 Bxe3 22. Kxd3 Bb6 23. Kc2 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. b3 Re8 26. Kb2 Qd3 27.
Rhe1 Be3 28. Qf3 Rxe4 {Sources: Illustrated London News, 12 August 1950;
Western Morning News, 7 October 1950; BCM, Sept 1950, p279; Universities Chess
Annual, 1st Issue, Nov 1950} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Klein, Ernst Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Be2 f6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Rd2
Nc8 15. Rhd1 Nb6 16. Rd6 h5 17. a4 Nbd7 18. a5 a6 19. Na4 Rh7 20. b3 Re7 21.
Nb2 Kf7 22. Nc4 Kg7 23. R6d2 Nh7 24. Nd6 Ndf8 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. g3 Rc8 27. Nd6
Rb8 28. Nc4 Rc8 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Ndf8 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Ba3 Ra8 33. e5 fxe5
34. Bb2 Kh6 35. Nxe5 Rf2 36. Bf3 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Ng5 38. Bg2 Nf7 39. Nd3 Nd7 40.
Re2 Re8 41. Nf4 Ng5 42. h4 Bf7 43. hxg5+ {and 1-0 in 53 moves. Sources:
Manchester Guardian, 29 Aug 1950; BCM, October 1950, p343; CHESS, September
1950, Vol.15/180, p234} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Isles, Edward A"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
g5 9. Nxe4 gxf4 10. Ned2 fxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Kf2 f5 14. Rac1 O-O
15. g3 Qe8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Rc5 Ba6 19. Rhc1 Qh5 20. Ndf3 Bg5 21.
Rc7 Bd8 22. Rc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Qh3 24. Qd1 Ba5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nd7+ Ke7 27.
Nc5 Bc7 28. Nxe6 Bd6 29. Nc5 h5 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Qf1 Qg4 32. Qxa6 h4 33. Nxh4
Qh3 34. Nf3 {Source: BCM, Oct 1950, p315} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. f4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 {
, etc... Source: BCM, Oct 1950, p329} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Bb3 Nc5 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Nc3 {("with a strong bind for White" Barden)} O-O 11.
Ne4 Ne6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Ncd4 14. Bxb7 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxb7 16. Rad1 c6 17.
f4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Ng7 21. Bc5 Ne6 22. Ba3 Re8 23. Kh1
Qb8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. b3 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rg8 27. Re1 h5 28. Bb2 Kh7 29. f5 Nf4 30.
Bxf6 Nd5 31. Ba1 b4 32. f6 Kg6 33. Bd4 Kf7 34. Re5 Rg4 35. Bb2 Nf4 36. Re7+ Kf8
37. Bc1 Rb5 38. Rdxd7 Rd5 39. Rxd5 cxd5 40. c3 Rh4 {Source: BCM, November 1950,
p380; CHESS, September 1950, Vol.15/180, p236} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 Ne7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ng6 15.
Kh2 Rf8 16. Re1 h6 17. Nfd2 Nh7 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Ne3 Ng5
22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. f3 h5 24. Qc1 Qf4+ 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. Re2 Rae8 27. Nc4 Qg3 28.
Qe1 Qg5 29. Qd2 Qg3 30. Qe1 Qxe1 31. Rexe1 f5 32. Nd2 f4 33. b4 g5 34. Be2 Kf7
35. c4 Rg8 36. Rg1 g4 37. Kh2 Rg7 38. Raf1 Ke7 39. g3 Ng6 40. fxg4 fxg3+ 41.
Rxg3 Nf4 42. Bf3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 Rhg8 45. a3 Bxg4 46. Kf2 Bxf3 47.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 48. Kxf3 b6 49. Ke3 a5 50. b5 Rg2 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Kxf2 Nd3+ 53. Ke2
Nc5 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Kh4 Kh6 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kh4 Na4 59. Kg4 Nb2 60.
Kh4 Nd1 61. Nf3 Ne3 62. Nd2 Nc2 63. Nb1 Kh6 64. Kh3 Kg5 65. Kg3 Kg6 66. Kh2 Kh6
67. Kh3 Kh5 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. Kf3 Kh4 70. Ke2 Kg3 71. Kd3 Ne1+ 72. Ke2 Nf3 73.
Ke3 Nd4 74. Kd3 Kf4 75. Nd2 Nf3 76. Nb1 Ng5 77. Nc3 Kf3 78. a4 Nh3 79. c5 Nf2+
80. Kc2 Nxe4 {Source: (moves 58-end) BCM, Oct 1950, p319} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc1
Na6 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qh4 h6 11. b5 cxb5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 e5 14. Nf3 e4 15. Ne5
Bf5 16. d4 Rc8 17. Na3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh4 Bxg4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bc2
Bxe2 22. Rf2 b4 23. Nb1 Bd3 24. Bd1 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bf6 27. h5 Rfe8
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Nf3 Bc2 30. Be2 Re4 31. Rc1 Ree8 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Bc4+ Kg7 34.
d5 a6 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. d6 Bxe5 37. d7 Bxb2 38. dxe8=Q Rxe8 {"and Black won" (41
moves). Source: CHESS, September 1950, Vol.15/180, p237} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 37th"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1950.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. f4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 c6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. g4 b5 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. Be3 Qb6 15.
Rae1 Rad8 16. Nd1 Rd7 17. Kh1 a5 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rfd8 21.
Qf3 c5 22. c4 h6 23. h4 Qe6 24. Rg1 b4 25. g5 Nh7 26. Nf2 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nf8 28.
Qh5 Ng6 29. Rh3 Kf8 30. Qf3 Nf4 31. Rhg3 Nxd3 32. Nxd3 Rxd3 33. Qf2 Qg6 34.
Qxc5+ Kg8 35. Rxd3 Qxe4+ 36. Kh2 Rxd3 {Source: BCM, October 1950, p337; CHESS,
September 1950, Vol.15/180, p238} 0-1

[Event "Lud Eagle v Oxford University"]
[Site "Oxford?"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lud Eagle"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. Bf3 a4 12. Nc1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8
15. c4 Na6 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Qc7 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Qd3 Nac5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfb1 Qc8 23. Rb5 Bd8 24. c5 $2 {Aitken} dxc5 25. Rab1 b6 26. Qb3
Qf5 27. Bc4 Qe4 28. Rd1 Ra5 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. Qb5 Qc2 31. Rf1 Be7 32. Bd3 Qc3
33. a4 Bd6 34. Bf5 e4 35. Bxe4 $2 {Aitken} Qe5 36. Re1 f5 0-1

[Event "NED-GBR Universities"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "1950.12.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1950.12.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O Nh5 10. Ng3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Qg5 12. Be4 O-O 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bd5 Na5 18. e4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Rf2
Nb7 22. Rbf1 Nd6 23. Qg4 Re8 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Qh4 a5 26. Bf6 Ra7 27. a4 Rb7 28.
c4 Ra7 29. Rf3 Rd7 30. Re1 Nxc4 31. g4 h5 32. g5 Rd6 33. g4 Nd2 34. Rf2 Nxe4
35. Rxe4 Rxd5 36. gxh5 {Source: Universities Chess Annual, November 1951, p2}
1-0

[Event "NED-GBR Universities"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "1950.12.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1950.12.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rab1 O-O-O 17. Rb3 Na5 18. Ra3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nd2 Kc7
21. Nxc4 Bc6 22. Nd6 Rd7 23. Rb1 a5 24. h3 Rxd6 25. cxd6+ Kd7 26. c4 g5 27.
Rxa4 Bxa4 28. Rxb7+ Kc8 29. Rxf7 Rd8 30. Ra7 Rd7 31. Rxa5 Bc6 32. Ra6 {Sources:
CHESS, January 1951, p83; Universities Chess Annual, November 1951, p3} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1950.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. f5 h6 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. a3 Qb7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. b4 Nb6 20. Bc1 Nc4 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Bg5 23. Rfe1 Qe7 24. Be4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 h5 26. Qg3 hxg4 27. Qxg4 Qf6
28. Bd3 Rh4 29. Qg3 Nb6 30. Re4 Rh5 31. Rg4 Nxd5 32. Rxg7 Nf4 33. Rg8+ Kd7 34.
Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Qg8+ Kb7 36. Kh1 Qh6 37. Qg1 Nxd3 38. cxd3 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1950.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qd3 exd5 14. exd5 Bf6
15. Ba3 Bxa1 16. Bxf8 Bb2 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 Bf6 19. Rd1 Na5 20. Bb4 g6 21.
Nd4 Bb7 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Ba6 25. Ra3 Bc4 26. c7 Rc8 27. Bd6
Re8 28. Re3 {Sources: bulletin; The Times, 2 Jan 1951} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1950.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Adams, Weaver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Of considerable interest theoretically was Barden's win over the United
States master Adams. The opening was a line recommended by Adams himself in a
book on the subject, but Barden improved on the analysis and obtained an
overwhelming attack." (The Times, 1 January 1951)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10.
Qe4 $1 {"When I had shown this position to my Oxford friends, one of them,
Peter Keffler, suggested a new move, 10 Qe4, which we soon found completely
ties up the Black pieces. Of course, 10 Qe4 wasn't mentioned in Weaver's book,
so I played it with a great thump and went off to celebrate with a cup of tea..
." Leonard Barden, 'Chess Treasury of the Air', Ed. Terence Tiller, Penguin
Books, 1966, p235. ([Y] Peter [A G] Keffler, 1923-2015)} Bf8 11. O-O Nce7 12.
f4 c6 13. fxe5 Kd7 14. Be2 Ke8 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rc8
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 23. e6 Bb5 24. Qf4 Kd8 25.
Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 a3 11. b3 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Bf3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Bg4 16. Nca4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. c4 Nh5 19. Nd5 Bh4 20. Kh1 f5 21. Rg1
fxe4 22. fxe4 Qd7 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. Qg4 Qf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rbf8 27. Rgf1
Nd4 28. Rad1 R8f7 29. Nac3 g5 30. Rd2 g4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Nb5 g3 33. hxg3 Nxg3
34. Re1 Nh5 35. Rf1 Ng3 36. Re1 Nh5 37. Rf1 Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nf6 15.
e4 h6 16. h3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ra8 21. Bd2 c6
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. a6 Qb6 24. axb7 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qxb7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rc2 Nd7
28. Nd3 Be7 29. b3 Ra8 30. Qc3 Ra3 31. e5 Nb8 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. Qxb4 Qa7 34. Be4
g6 35. Rc1 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 37. Kg2 Qa7 38. Qd6 Qb7 39. h4 Qc8 40. Qe7 Qf8
41. Qxf8+ Kxf8 42. h5 g5 43. f4 gxf4 44. g4 f6 45. exf6 Kf7 46. Kf3 Kxf6 47.
Kxf4 b4 48. Bf3 Nd7 49. Bxc6 Nb6 50. Ke4 Nc8 51. Bd7 Nd6+ 52. Kf4 Nf7 53. Bc6
Nd6 54. Bd7 Nf7 55. Be8 Nd6 56. Bg6 Nb5 57. Ke4 Nd6+ 58. Kf4 Nb5 59. Ke3 Nd6
60. Bh7 Kg7 61. Bd3 Kf6 62. Be2 Kg5 63. Bc4 Kf6 64. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4
8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 Qg5 12. Nxc6 Qxg2 13. Rf1 bxc6 14. Qd2
Nxe4 $2 (14... Nd5 $1 {Unzicker}) 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. O-O-O Bxe2 17. Rg1 Qxe4 18.
Rxg7+ Kf8 19. Rdg1 Qf5 20. R7g5 {Sources: bulletin; The Times, 6 Jan 1951;
CHESS, Vol.16, no.184, January 1951, p77} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb3 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Bd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. c4 bxc4
15. dxc4 Qb8 16. Rb1 Qb6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Kh2 f5 19. Nd2 a5 20. Rfc1 e4 21. Qc3
Qb4 22. a3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 c5 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. c5 d5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2
28. Nf1 f4 29. exf4 d4 30. Rg3 Rb8 31. b5 Ra5 32. Rgb3 Na7 33. b6 Nc6 34. Rb5
Rxb5 35. Rxb5 e3 36. Rb2 Re8 37. Re2 Nb8 38. b7 Re7 39. c6 Nxc6 40. Nxe3 Rxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. c3 Nd7 8.
d4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Qg3 Ne4 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Qg3 Ne4 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bd3
Bd6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. O-O Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1950/51 26th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Castaldi, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 e5 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Bc6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Qa4 18. c4 b5 19. Qc2 bxc4 20. Bxc4
Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Rdc8 22. Kb1 Bb7 23. Bb3 Bd8 24. Rc1 Ba5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1
Rd8 27. a3 Kg8 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. b4 Bb6 30. Kb2 Bd4+ 31. Kb3 Rc8 32. Re1 f6 33.
a4 Bxd5 34. exd5 Ke7 35. a5 Kd6 36. b5 Kc5 37. Re2 Rc7 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. Kb4 Bc5+
40. Kc3 Bd4+ 41. Kd3 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rc7 43. g4 Kc5 44. Ra4 Kd6 45. Ke4 Rc8 46. h4
Bf2 47. Bd3 h6 48. b6 axb6 49. a6 Ra8 50. Bb5 Ra7 51. Rc4 Bc5 52. Rc2 Ra8 53.
Ra2 Ra7 54. Bc6 b5 55. Bxb5 Rc7 56. Bc6 Ba7 57. Rb2 Kc5 58. Rb1 Kd6 59. Rb5 Re7
60. Rb2 Rc7 61. Rg2 Bd4 62. g5 hxg5 63. hxg5 Re7 64. gxf6 gxf6 65. Rg6 Rf7 66.
Rg8 Bc5 67. Re8 Kc7 68. Bb7 Rf8 69. Re6 Kd7 70. d6 1-0

[Event "Oxford Univ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Youston, David John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1951.02.??"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. Qe1 $1 {(N Assiac)} Nc4 12. Bd4 Rc8 13. f5
Bd7 14. g4 Nxb2 15. g5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 e6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+
Kxf8 20. Qf2+ Kg8 21. Rf1 $1 Qxg5+ 22. Kh1 {Source: The Delights of Chess by
Assiac [Heinrich Fraenkel], Dover, 1974, p176. (n.b. date not known beyond the
year - I have included an arbitrary month of Feb to avoid the game appearing
amidst the Hastings tournament in sorted lists - JS)} 1-0

[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "West London CC"]
[Date "1951.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Penrose, O"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1951.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 {[A bit of a surprise. I think I had always
assumed that this was no good because of 4 Nxe5, but now I realized that Black
can reply Qg5. So I castled, making Nxe5 a real threat]} 4. O-O Nd4 {[Another
surprise, showing me that 4.c3 would have been much better.]} 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6.
c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 {[Surprising me once again, I think I was under the impression
that he would have to play e5xd4]} 8. Ba4 d6 {[By now I must have decided that
my brain was not working properly that day, so I agreed to a draw, either at
his suggestion or by playing for a draw myself by dxe5 and the exchange of
queens, I can't remember which. Notes by Oliver Penrose, from memory, on 8
Sept 2004!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ilford Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1951.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1951.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 e4 15.
Qf5 Be5 16. cxd7 Qc7 17. Bb3 g6 18. Qg5 Kg7 19. f4 exf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Qg2
Nxd7 22. f4 Bf6 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Rac8 25. Be4 Nc5 26. Bd5 Rfd8 27. Ra3 Na6
28. e4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxb2 30. Rac3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 b6 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Kf3 Rc7 34.
Rb3 Rc5 35. Ke3 Ra5 36. Bc6 Rh5 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Bb5 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Nc5 40. Ra3
Rh2 41. Bf1 Rb2 42. Bb5 Kf6 43. Bc6 Ke7 44. Bd5 Rh2 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Kf3 f6 47.
Ke3 Rb2 48. Bc6 Kd6 49. Be8 g5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. a5 Ke5 52. axb6 axb6 53. Bg6
Rb3+ 54. Rxb3 Nxb3 55. Be8 Nd4 56. Kd3 b5 57. Bg6 Ne6 {Source: David Hooper
biography, p20. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 8 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "County Final m Oxfords-Cheshire"]
[Site "Birmingham, Midland Institute"]
[Date "1951.06.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Baumanis, Edgars"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.06.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheshire"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Kh1 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. g4 Bc4 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Rg1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. b3 d5 20. c3 Nd3 21. Rc2 Bc5
22. Qe2 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nc5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qc4 Rd7
28. Re1 Rad8 29. Nf3 Ncd3 30. Rf1 Qg6 31. b4 Qh5 32. bxa5 Qh3 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34.
Kh1 Nh3 35. Nc7 Ndf2+ 36. Rcxf2 Nxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rd1+ 38. Rf1 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Rxf1+
40. Qxf1 Rd1 {Source: CHESS, Vol.16, no.190, July 1951, p214} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.21"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Barden's Pirc Defence (1 e4 d6) gave him a cramped game and in diagram 10 he
gave up a pawn." (the first ten moves not given but they must be the following,
with possible move order differences - JS)} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3
Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bg5 c5 8. Qd2 a6 9. Rfe1 Qa5 10. Rad1 {The
diagram position.} b5 11. Nd5 Qxd2 (11... Qxa2 12. Ra1 {would cost Black a
piece (not the queen, for he has the resource} Nxe4 {)}) (11... Qd8 {seems
just playable:} 12. Bxf6 exf6 (12... Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. dxc5 {would cost
a pawn}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 {and Black lives.}) 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Nxd2 cxd4 14. Bf3
Ne5 15. Nb3 d3 16. cxd3 {It was a doomed pawn. Barden's clock flag dropped
with his fortieth move yet to be made. Source: CHESS, September 1951, p283} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Be7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Nxd2 12. Bxd8 Nxd4 13. Bb6 Nxe2 14. Kxe2 Nc4
15. Na4 Bd7 16. Bd4 Bxa4 17. b3 Na3 18. bxa4 Nxc2 19. Rad1 Nxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ke7
21. Rb1 b5 22. Rbd1 d5 23. Rb1 Rhc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Rb3 Ra4 27.
g3 Re4+ 28. Kd3 b4 29. Rdb2 Rcc4 30. a3 Rcd4+ 31. Kc2 bxa3 {Source: CHESS, Oct
1951, p18} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Klein, Ernst Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 ({
I prefer this to the alternative} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Ng5 $1 Qe8 10. Bc7
$1) 8. Ne5 b6 ({Better, and adequate for equality is} 8... Nh5 {e.g.} 9. cxd5
Nxf4 10. exf4 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qb6 {regaining the pawn - Gligoric-Boleslavsky,
Saltsjobaden 1948}) 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5
dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rc5 Bf8
20. Rdc1 e6 21. R5c2 Be7 22. h3 Qb6 23. Nc5 a5 24. a4 Rab8 $4 ({An oversight
which loses at once, but Black had a very difficult game anyway:} 24... Bxc5
25. Rxc5 Z0 26. Qc2 Z0 27. e4 Z0 28. d5) (24... b4 25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6+
Kf8 27. d5 $1 $18) 25. Nd7 Qd8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxc6 bxa4 28. Qxb8 Qxb8 29.
Rc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Bb4 32. Ra7 g5 33. e4 Kg6 34. g4 f6 35. Kf1 h5
36. Ke2 hxg4 37. hxg4 {Sources: CHESS, Oct 1951, p18; Universities Chess
Annual (2nd issue), Nov 1951; BCM, Oct 1951, p267} 1-0

[Event "GBR-YUG m"]
[Site "London, University College"]
[Date "1951.09.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.09.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bh4 b4 13. Nd5 Qa5 14. Nxb4 Bb7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19. Qxe5 Rc8 20. Qxc5 Bxc5
21. Bd4 Rg4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd4 Rf5 24. Kd2 Rgxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Rg1 Rf2+
27. Be2 a5 28. Ke3 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxg2 {"and the game was soon agreed drawn." 
(Source for moves 12 to end: CHESS, Oct 1951, p5 - moves 1-12(w) are a guess -
JS)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 1st"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1951.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goodman, John Bertram"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O g6 13. f4 f5 14. Ng3 Na5 15. Qe2
Ba6 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. e5 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 exd5 21. Rc3
Rc8 22. Rfc1 Nc4 23. Nf1 Qd7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Nb3 Ne6 26. Nd2 Rc6 27. g3 Rfc8 28.
Nb1 a6 29. Bf2 a5 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Rb3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 1st"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1951.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3
Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. Bf4 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 e6 13. Kf1 Nbd7 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Rh4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ncd7 19. Ba1 Qb5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 O-O 22. Rg4 e5 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Rb4 Qd5 25. Qe2 c5 26. Ra4 a6 27. Qxe5 Nxh5
28. Ra5 Rfe8 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc1 Nf4 31. d4 Rh5 {Source: tournament bulletin}
0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 1st"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1951.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 Bg7 7. Nc4 Bg4 8. c3
Nd7 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qc7 11. f4 Nh6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. f5 a6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
h4 Rab8 16. Bb2 e5 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Ke2 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 21. Qa5
b6 22. Qxa6 exd4 23. cxd4 Qf4 24. f3 Ng4 25. fxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Ke2
Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qf4+ (28... Rxd4 $19 {Barden. BCM, Nov. 1951, p. 295}) 29. Ke2
Qg4+ {Source: tournament bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 1st"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1951.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1951.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Na5 10. c5 Bxf1 11. Nxf1 d5 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. cxb6
cxb6 15. e4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc4 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. Rd3 Ke7 20. Re1
Nf6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Red8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rac8 25. Kc2 Rd5 26. f4 Rc4
27. Kb3 b5 28. Rg3 g6 29. Rh3 h5 30. Rhe3 a6 31. Re2 Kd6 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ba1 Kd7
34. Ra2 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Nd5 36. Rf2 Ke7 37. Rf3 f6 38. exf6+ Nxf6 39. Bb2 e5 40.
dxe5 Nd7 41. Bc1 Ke6 42. Be3 Nxe5 43. Rf8 Nc6 44. Bb6 Ne7 45. Bd4 {Source:
tournament bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 1st"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1951.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 f5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Qe3 Qe8 12. Qf4 Bd8 13. d5 Na6 14. dxe6 dxe6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ba3 Bd6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qe3 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qc6+ 22. f3 Rad8 23. Rac1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Rc3 Qd4 27.
Rd3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Ke7 29. Re5 Kd6 30. f4 g5 31. e4 g4 32. h3 h5 33. h4 Rf7 34.
Kf2 Rf8 35. Ke3 Rf7 36. Kd2 Rf8 37. Kd3 c6 38. exf5 exf5 39. Kd2 Rd8 40. Kc3
Rf8 41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth ch"]
[Site "Oxford, Balliol College"]
[Date "1951.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Berriman, Grant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qc3
a5 15. a4 O-O 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. b3 Qb6 20. Re3 Qb4 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxc6 Rdd8 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Rg3 Rdc8 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Rc1 Rb4 27. h3
Re4 28. Re3 Rb4 29. Qd3 Rd4 30. Qe2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth ch"]
[Site "Oxford, Balliol College"]
[Date "1951.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1951.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O f5 13. Bb1 g5 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. Rxc7 exf3 16. Rxb7 Qe6 17. gxf3 Qh3 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Qc7 Qxf3 20. Qg3 Qh5
21. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth ch"]
[Site "Oxford, Balliol College"]
[Date "1951.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1951.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bc2 e5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. b3
Rd8 21. Rbd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rf8 23. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth ch"]
[Site "Oxford, Balliol College"]
[Date "1951.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1951.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Qa4 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. b4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. c5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be3
Qd5 15. g3 Qc4+ 16. Kg2 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rhd1 Rfb8 21.
Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth ch"]
[Site "Oxford, Balliol College"]
[Date "1951.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1951.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Nf6 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Qf3 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Nd2 g5 12. d4 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd3 Nh5 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. Bd1 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Rd3 Ke6
27. Kf1 Rg8 28. Rh3 Rg6 29. Rh5 b6 30. b3 a6 31. Rh4 Ke5 32. f3 c5 33. Rh5+ Ke6
34. Rf5 Rf6 35. Rd5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rg6 37. Kg1 Rf6 38. Kf1 Rg6 39. a4 Rg5 40. Kf2
f6 41. Kf1 Re5 42. Kg1 Rg5 43. Kh2 Re5 44. Kh3 Rg5 45. Rxg5 hxg5 46. Kg4 Ke6
47. Kh5 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Kg6 b4 50. cxb4 cxb4 51. Kg7 Ke5 52. Kh7 f5 53.
exf5 Kxf5 54. Kh6 g4 55. Kh5 gxf3 56. gxf3 Ke5 57. Kg5 Kd4 58. Kxf4 Kc3 59. Ke5
Kxb3 60. f4 Kc2 61. f5 b3 62. f6 b2 63. f7 b1=Q 64. f8=Q Qe1+ 65. Kd5 Qa5+ 66.
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford Univ v Lud Eagle"]
[Site "Oxford?"]
[Date "1951.11.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.11.18"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford University"]
[BlackTeam "Lud Eagle"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Bxb7 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Bc6 Qc8 12. Na5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 {Aitken}
14. Bxd5 Qc5 15. Bb3 Qxa5+ 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Qxd2+
20. Kxd2 Rhc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc2 Nb6 23. Kc1 f5 24. Kb1 Kf6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26.
Bb3 e4 27. f4 Rd6 28. Bg8 a5 29. Kc2 Rd8 30. Bxh7 Nc4 31. Kb3 Ne3 32. Rc1 Rb8+
33. Ka3 d3 34. exd3 exd3 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Rc3 Nc2+ 37. Ka4 d2 {Recorded, no
doubt illegibly, as 'D.U. v L.G.' by JMA acc. to GC. I have guessed Oxford
University v Lud Eagle. We know that such a match took place thereabouts 
(report, Jan 1952 BCM, p6) - JS} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O b5 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Ne4 h6
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Popel, Stephan A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
Nde2 b6 16. b3 Qc8 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Bd4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qb2 Nd7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nd5+ f6 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. f4 Rae8 25. Re3 Qc6 26. Be2 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qc5
28. Qd3 f5 29. Kh1 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Nf6 32. Qe7+ Rf7 33. Qe6 Qb4 34.
Rf1 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rc1 Re7 37. Kg1 Nc5 38. Rc2 Kf6 39. Kf2 Re4 40. g3 g5
41. Bf3 Nd3+ 42. Kf1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re7 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. Rd2 Re3 46. Bh5 Ke5
47. Bg6 Nc5 48. Bf7 g4 49. Rc2 Kf6 50. Bh5 Kg5 51. Bf7 Re7 52. Bg8 Rg7 53. Be6
Nxe6 54. dxe6 Kf5 55. Re2 Re7 56. Rf2+ Kxe6 57. Rf4 Rg7 58. Kf2 d5 59. Ke3 c5
60. a4 Ke5 61. Kd3 Rg6 62. Ke3 d4+ 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Rf8 Rh6 65. Rf2 Re6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. e3 Kc7 9. a3 a5 10. Be2 Ne8 11. O-O f6 12. Bh4 a4 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nd2 h5 15.
gxh5 Bh3 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Nce4 gxh5 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Rg1 Bf5 21.
Ng3 Bg6 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Bd1 Bd3 26. Bxa4 Bxc4 27.
Rc1 b5 28. Bd1 Be7 29. b3 Bf7 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Bb4 32. Bf3 c5 33. Ne4 c4
34. Nxf6 Be7 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rc1 Rc7 39. Rc3 Kb8
40. Kg2 Ka7 41. Bd1 Kb6 42. Kf3 Kc5 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. Rc1 Kd6 45. Kf5 Be6+ 46.
Kg6 Rd8 47. f4 Rg8+ 48. Kxh5 exf4 49. exf4 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1951.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. h4 Qf6
15. Qg4 Qe6 16. Qh5 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rab1 Kg7 20. d4 Rfd8
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb7 Rdc8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Rd1 Kf6 26. Rd7 a5
27. Rdxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Ra6 29. c4 Rb6 30. c5 Rb2 31. Rxc6+ Ke7 32. Rxg6 Rxa2
33. c3 Rc2 34. Ra6 Rxc3 35. Rxa5 g4 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Ra6+ Kg5 38. g3 Rxc5 39.
Re6 Ra5 40. Kg2 Rc5 41. Re8 Ra5 42. Rg8+ Kh5 43. Rh8+ Kg5 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Rf8
Kg6 46. Rf5 Rb5 47. Kf1 Ra5 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Ke3 Rb5 51. Kd2 Rb2+
52. Kd3 Ra2 53. Kc4 Rd2 54. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1952.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bd3
Nc6 15. Bc2 Na5 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Bc2 Na5 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1952.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3
Re8 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Bf3 f5 14. Re1 d5 15.
Bg5 Qxg5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. h4 Qf4 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxh4 21. g3
Qh5 22. Qxc7 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxa7 Qxd4 26. Rb1 {time}
0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1952.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rad8 16. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1952.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmid, Lothar"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bf5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Qb6 8.
c4 e6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Be7 11. d4 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Na4 Qb7 14. h3 O-O
15. Nh4 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Nh5 21.
Rfd1 Qg3 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Rd2 Rab8 24. Rbd1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ng3 26. Nc5 Nf5 27.
Nb3 Rd7 28. g4 Nd6 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Bb4 Nb7 31. Nb3 Nd6 32. Rc2 Nb7 33. Rd2 Rcd8
34. Red1 a5 35. Bxa5 Nxa5 36. Nxa5 Rxd4 37. Nb3 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1951/52 27th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1952.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 g6 5. Qg3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d3 Kg7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 d6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. f4 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bg4 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Rde1 Bd6 16. Nc3 c6 17. h5 g5 18. Ref1 Qd7 19. Nd1 Nh7 20. Ne3 Be6 21.
Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Rxf5 a5 23. Qg4 Qe7 24. Rhf1 f6 25. R5f3 Rfe8 26. Qf5 Kh8 27. Qg6
Qg7 28. Bf7 Rf8 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bg6 Be7 31. Bc3 g4 32. Rg3 Ng5 33. Rxg4 Bb4
34. Bd2 Bxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Rfd8 36. Bf5 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "West London CC"]
[Date "1952.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1952.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 f6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.
Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. a4 f5 19. Nc4 f4 20. e4 Qe6 21. Bxd4
Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Rc3 g5 24. g4 Rf6 25. h3 Rh6 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Qe2 Qd7 28.
Ra1 Rg6 29. Na3 Bd8 30. Nc2 Rf6 31. f3 Rdd6 32. b4 Rf8 33. Raa3 Rc6 34. b5 Rd6
35. Ra1 h5 36. Na3 Rh6 37. Nc4 hxg4 38. Nxe5 gxh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. Ng4 Qxc3 41.
Nxh6+ Kh7 42. Qf1 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Kxh6 44. Qxh3+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Bf6 46. Ra2 Qe1+ {
Source: CHESS, Vol.17, no.200, May 1952, p164} 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Pilnik, Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f4 Bd7 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. b3 Rc8
15. Rae1 a6 16. f5 Nc6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Nce2 Rf8
21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. c4 Ne5 23. h3 Nf7 24. Qb4 Qc8 25. Qd2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Qc2 Qb7 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Qb4 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33.
Qc8+ Nd8 34. Qc7 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Nxc6 36. Bf4 Be7 37. Nc3 Nd8 38. Nb5 Nb7 39. g4
Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Bg3 Nd8 43. Ke3 Nf7 44. Nd4 Bf6 45. Nf3 Kc6 46.
Kd3 d5 47. h4 e5 48. Nd2 Nd6 49. Bf2 d4 50. Bg3 Nb7 51. Bf2 Kb5 52. Be1 Nc5+
53. Kc2 d3+ 54. Kc3 Bd8 55. Nb3 Nxb3 56. Kxb3 Ba5 57. Bg3 d2 58. Kc2 Bc3 59.
Bf2 Kc4 60. Be3 Ba5 61. Ba7 d1=Q+ 62. Kxd1 Kd3 63. Bb8 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lange, Wilfried"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nc3 Na6 7. h3 d4 8. Nb5
c5 9. a4 Nd5 10. e4 Ndc7 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Ne1 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh3 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rae8 22. Bd2 Ncd5 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Rf2 Nd5 25. Nd3 b6 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Nxe1
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gonzalez de Vega, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Bc5 b6 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. h3 Qe5 19. f4 Qb8 20. g4 Ng6 21. e3 Qd6
22. Rce1 Re7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nh4 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rd7 27. Rd1 Rcd8
28. Qb5 Qe7 29. e4 a6 30. Qxb6 Nxf5 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7
34. exf5 Qxf5 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf3 Qc6+ 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 38. Kf3 Qc2 39. Rf2 Qf5
40. Kg3 Qa5 41. Rfd2 Qxa2 42. R8d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Levy, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. f4 Nf6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Qe1 Nxc4 11. dxc4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Nd2
Bg6 15. Qh4 Ra5 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Nb1 Qe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1
Qxc4 21. Qxf6 Rae5 22. h3 Qe6 23. Qf2 c5 24. Nd5 Rf8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qh4 h5
27. a4 Rh8 28. b3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Re3 h4 31. c4 Qe7 32. Qg4 Qe6 33. Qe2 Rh6
34. Qb2 Bh5 35. Nd5 Kg8 36. Rf4 f5 37. exf5 Qe8 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40.
Rxh4 Kg7 41. Re4 Bd1 42. Rxe5 Bxb3 43. f6+ Kf7 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rxb7 Bxc4 46.
Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Bf4 Kf7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc4 16. Qf3 Qxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Qg3+
Kf7 21. Re3 Re8 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 d5 24. Qa7+ Kg6 25. Re5 h6 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1952.08.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne1 Be6 15.
c3 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nc7 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qd2
Nc7 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Qe2
Qe7 9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ra3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. O-O Rad8 16. Ra4 Ndb4 17. Qf2 Qc5 18. f6 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 b5 20. Ra3 e4 21.
fxg7 Kxg7 22. dxe4 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxc2 25. Ra2 Re8 26. e5 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Bd2 Re7 29. Ra8 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Nf6 32. Bc3 Kg6 33. Kf3
Ne4 34. Rg8+ Kh5 35. Rh8 Nxc3 36. bxc3 c6 37. Rg8 Re1 38. Rg3 Re5 39. Kf4 Rc5
40. Ke4 Rg5 41. Rxg5+ Kxg5 42. Ke5 h5 43. b4 h4 44. Kd6 f5 45. h3 Kf4 46. Ke6
b6 47. Kf6 c5 48. Kg6 c4 49. Kf6 Ke4 50. Kg5 Kd3 51. Kxh4 Kxc3 52. g4 fxg4 53.
Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keller, Hans"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. Kh1 b6 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Rc8 19. g4 Nf6 20. gxf5 Qe8 21. Ng3 Nc7
22. Rg1 Qf7 23. Rcd1 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Rc1 Bb3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Bg5 Bf8 30. Bxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qd3 Ba4 32. Qa6 b5 33. Qxa7 Bh6 34.
Ne2 Rxg1+ 35. Nxg1 Bf4 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qd7 Bc1 39. Nh3 Bxa3 40.
Nf2 Kg5 41. Qxh7 Kf4 42. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Mandelbaum, Albert2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf4
c6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Rc7
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rcc8 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Bh3 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rc7
21. Rfe1 Rcd7 22. Bc1 Qd6 23. Qg5 Qb4 24. Bb2 h6 25. Qc1 Qe7 26. Rd3 Nh7 27. f4
Qd6 28. Rde3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Platz, Hans"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Democratic R"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Ne2 g6
9. a4 b4 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 a5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Qd2
O-O 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qh4 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Be5 19. f4 Bh8 20. g4 Ba6 21. Rbe1 Bxe2
22. Rxe2 c4+ 23. Kh1 Ng7 24. Bf6 b3 25. Rf3 Rab8 26. Rh3 Nh5 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28.
gxh5 Bf6 {time (Source: Universities Chess Annual, 3rd issue, 1952-3)} 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cala, Ugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rad8 17. Qf2 Nh5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. g4 Nf6 21. Rbd1
Rf8 22. Qg3 Ne8 23. Bg2 Rdf7 24. Rd3 Ba6 25. b3 h6 26. Bc1 g5 27. Ba3 Be5 28.
Qh3 Rh7 29. Ne2 c5 30. Bc1 Qg7 31. Ng3 Qg6 32. Rdd1 Nf6 33. Nh5 Nxh5 34. gxh5
Qf6 35. Qg4 Rg7 36. Rf1 Bc8 37. Bh3 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 e5 39. Qg2 Bxh3 40. Qxh3 Kh7
41. Qg4 a6 42. Rd2 b5 43. Rc2 Rb8 44. Bd2 Qf7 45. Bc1 Rf8 46. Bd2 Qd7 47. Qxd7
Rxd7 48. h3 Rb7 49. Kg2 b4 50. Kg3 a5 51. Kg4 a4 52. Bc1 axb3 53. axb3 Ra7 54.
Bd2 Ra3 55. Rb1 Rfa8 56. Bc1 Ra2 57. Rd2 Rxd2 58. Bxd2 Ra2 59. Be1 Rg2+ 60. Kf5
Rg1 61. Rc1 Kg7 62. Rc2 Rxe1 63. Ra2 Ra1 64. Rxa1 Bxa1 65. Ke6 Bd4 66. Ke7 Be3
67. Ke6 Bf2 68. Ke7 Bd4 69. Ke6 Kf8 70. Kxd6 Kf7 71. Kd7 Kf6 72. Kd6 Be3 73.
Kd5 Bd4 74. Kd6 Bf2 75. Kd5 Bg1 76. Kd6 Bd4 77. Kd5 g4 78. hxg4 Kg5 79. Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1952.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c3
Rb8 15. Qc1 Qb5 16. Bxa7 Rb7 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. a4 Qc4 20. a5 Ra8 21.
Re1 Bd3 22. Bb6 e4 23. Bd1 Qd5 24. Ra4 c5 25. b4 c4 26. Ra3 f5 27. Be3 Rf7 28.
a6 f4 29. Bxf4 Raf8 30. Be3 Be5 31. Ra5 Qe6 32. a7 Ra8 33. Bg4 Qf6 34. Rxe5
Qxe5 35. Bd4 Qd5 36. Qe3 h5 37. Qh6 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 25 Sept
1952; BCM, Nov 1952, p320} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1952.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ra2 Ng4 13. b3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qc2 Qb6 16. Nd1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Ne5 18. Ne3 Ng4 19. Nd1 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Qxb3 21.
Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Ra7 Rd8 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. Ne3 Rdb8 25. h3 Kf8 26. g4 Be8 27. Bf3
Nd7 28. Be4 Rb2 29. Bc1 R2b7 30. Ra2 Rb4 31. f4 Bd4 32. Bd3 Nb6 33. Kg2 Bxe3
34. Bxe3 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. f5 Ra4 37. Bh6+ Kg8 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. f6 exf6
40. Rxf6 Rd8 {Source: Fairhurst scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1952.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. f4 Qc8 12. Rf2 Rd8 13. Bf3 Bg4 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Kxg7 17. exd5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. c3 b5 20. Re1
Rd7 21. f5 f6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rh3 g5 $4 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Qf5 Qc7 26. Rh7+ Kf8
27. Qe6 {Sources: BCM, November 1952, p320; Universities Chess Annual 1952/53,
p4} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1952.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Oakley, Peter James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Bf1 exd4 (10... Qc7) 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 d5 $6 13. e5 Nh5 14.
b4 Rxe5 $4 (14... Nd7 15. g4 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Rxe5 17. gxh5 Qh4 {Yanofsky}) 15.
Rxe5 Bxe5 16. bxc5 Qh4 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qd3 dxc4 19. Qe4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21.
Qe5 {Source: BCM, Nov 1952, p321} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 2nd"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1952.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Bf1 Qc7 {... x moves. Source: BCM, November 1952, p321.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 8 May 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County final Middx-Oxfordshire"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1952.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "Du Mont, Julius?"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1952.11.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 {By transposition
we have reached a well-known position in the King's Indian Defence. The usual
development for Black centres round the advance ...e5. The text-move is an
accepted continuation where White has not played the modern g3, though even
then Black must exercise care, lest White obtain preponderance In the centre.}
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 {The advance of White’s d-pawn sets Black a difficult
strategical problem. The retreat ...Ne7 is not available, while after ...
Nb8-d7 the knight has not its usual target c5. With the text-move, Black
commits himself to action on the Q-side and, if It falls, his a5 N will be
sadly out of play.} 9. Qd3 ({Not} 9. b3 Ne4) 9... a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12.
b3 b5 13. e4 ({If} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Bf5) 13... Qb6 14. Rab1 e6 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Be3 b4 ({Black's position is difficult. The
text-move blockades White's b4-pawn and, for what it is worth, threatens ...
Bb5. We would prefer} 18... Qc7 {, leaving the Q-side pawns undisturbed and
then getting the knight back into play as speedily as possible.}) 19. Rfc1 Rfc8
({The usual solution of exchanges when in difficulties will not serve here:} 
19... Qb5 20. Qxb5 Bxb5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxc5 {, etc.}) 20. h4 {A fine
conception. White is sufficiently secure on the Q-side to start aggressive
operations on the opposite wing, where Black will soon feel the effects of
having denuded his King's side.} Bb5 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. h5 Bd7 ({If} 22... gxh5
23. Nh4 {with many threats.}) 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Bf1 Rf8 25. Kg2 Bc3 26. Qc2
Bh3+ {Black appears to have obtained a mark on the f-file, but his opponent
wards off any potential attack with the utmost economy.} 27. Kxh3 Rxf3 28. Kg2
Rbf8 29. Bd3 Be5 30. Rh1 h5 31. Qd2 {Attacking the RP, while guarding against
31...Bxg3 32.fxg3 Rxe3, etc. [this seems an odd comment as White does not
attack a RP. I'm wondering if the annotator had mistakenly pictured the
position with the Q on e2, when the a6-pawn would be attacked, but this cannot
have been played because the d3 bishop presently comes to e2 - JS]} Qd8 32.
Rbf1 Qf6 33. Be2 Nb7 {Much too late.} 34. Qd1 ({Simplest and best.} 34. Bxf3
Qxf3+ {affords Black some counterplay.}) 34... Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qe7 36. Rxf8 Qxf8
37. Bxh5 {Source: Manchester Guardian, 9 July 1953} (37. Bxh5 gxh5 38. Qxh5+
Kg7 39. Qh7+ Kf6 40. Rf1+ {, etc. A very fine game.}) 1-0

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1952.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scafarelli, Francesco"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. d5 c5 11. g3 Nf8 12. Nh4 h6 13. f3 N8h7 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Qd2
Nfh7 16. Bg2 Kh8 17. Rf1 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Ng2 Nf6 21. Qc2 a6
22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. cxb5 Rb8 26. Ne1 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5
28. Nd3 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qa8 30. Qc4 Qb7 31. Rc2 Nd7 32. Bd2 Rb3 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34.
Bxc3 Qa7 35. Qb5 f5 36. Qc6 fxe4 37. fxe4 Nf6 38. Nf2 Qe7 39. b4 cxb4 40. Bxb4
Ne8 41. Qc8 {...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1952.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Post, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Nh6 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bf6 Bg7 $4 (11... Rg8 12. O-O $14) 12. Nxe5 {
(Exact replica of Lipnitzky-Smirnov, USSR 1949, acc. DJ Morgan, Quotes &
Queries, BCM, Sept 1963, p280; also given (but undated) in the Manchester
Guardian, 10 May 1953, p5 & CHESS, Feb 1953, p90} 1-0

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1952.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nievergelt, Erwin"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bd2
Rc8 16. Re1 N5b6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. a3 Nd5 20. Re4 Qb6 21. Qe1 a5
22. Rg4 g5 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rd1 Rhg8 26. h4 f5 27. exf6+ Nxf6 28.
Rc4 g4 29. Ne1 g3 30. Be3 gxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ng4+ 34.
Ke2 Rxc4 35. Bxc4 Ne5 36. Bb5 Bxg2 37. Rd4 b3 38. Ba4 Bd5 39. Rb4 Rg4 40. Rxg4
Nxg4 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. Nc5 Ke5 43. Bxb3 Bxb3 44. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Brown, George Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bb1 Bc6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Rcd1 Bd5 16. Qh3 Nfd7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. f4 Bf6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1953.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Crisovan, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
Bd7 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Nd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rc8
15. f4 Bg4 16. Rd2 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 e5 18. Qg1 exf4 19. Qxg4 Qa5 20. a3 b5 21.
Qxf4 b4 22. Qxd6 bxa3 23. Qxa3 Qxg5 24. h4 Qf4 25. Bd3 Rfd8 26. Rhh2 Qe3 27.
Kb1 Rb8 28. h5 Rdc8 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rdh1 Rcb6 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33.
Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1953.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 (7. e4 dxe4
8. Ng5 Qxd4 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qxd4 (10. Qc2 Bg4) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Nxe6
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxe6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 $17) 7... Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. a3 $1 $146 (9.
Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 $1 (10... Ba5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Bb6 13. e3 Na5 14. Qa2 $1
Be6 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bb4 $16 {Najdorf-Stoltz, Bled 1950}) 11. e4
Bg4 $1 12. e5 (12. exd5 Nxd4) 12... Bc7 {/\ Na5-b3}) (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5
11. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 12. dxc5 Qa5 $10 {Foltys-Stoltz, Munich 1941}) 9... Ba5 (9...
Bd6 10. e4 Bg4 $2 11. exd5 $16) 10. Bg5 $1 f6 (10... O-O 11. b4 $1 cxb3 (11...
Bc7 12. b5 {/\ Bxe7}) 12. Qxb3 {><Pd5}) 11. Bf4 $1 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5
(13... Bf5 14. Nc5 $16) 14. Bd2 Bc7 15. Qc2 Nb6 (15... b5 16. a4 $1) (15... Bf5
16. Nh4) 16. Nc5 Rb8 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Nxb7 $16 (19.
Rad1 $5 $16)) 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Nd2 Qf7 19. Rac1 Na5 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. Bf1 Kh8 22.
Nxc4 Nbxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Bf3 (24... Qxc4 $142) (24... Qh5 25. Ne6 Bf3
26. Qxc7 $18) 25. Ne6 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 (26... b5 27. Qc3 Bb6 28. Bf4) 27. Nxf8
Bd5 28. Qd3 (28. Qc8 $2 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 h5 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kh8 $10) 28...
Rxf8 29. Bf4 Rd8 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qg4 h5 32. Qe2 g5 33. Bd2 Bxd4 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35.
Rxc3 Bc6 36. b5 Re8 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Bxb5 39. Qxa7 Qd5 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41.
Qc7+ Kg8 42. Qe7 Bc6 43. Qe6+ Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Kf7 45. Re3 g4 46. Kf1 Bf3 47. Ke1
{("[Kottnauer] announced his defection at a tournament at Lucerne. I was his
opponent that day and hoped the hullabaloo would distract him, but he crushed
me efficiently." (Barden, Guardian, 9/3/96)} 1-0

[Event "Lucerne Christmas 6th 1952/53"]
[Site "Lucerne"]
[Date "1953.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Benkner, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1952.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qd4 Bb7 14. Rad1
Bc6 15. Nd5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "International Students Team Ch 2nd"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1953.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lundquist, Rolf SWE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.03.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Ng4 17. g3 g5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Nf6 20. Qe2 Re8 21.
Qe5 Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Qe5 h6 24. Rc1 Kg8 25. Rc7 {Source: Universities
Chess Annual, 4th issue, 1953-4} 1-0

[Event "International Students Team Ch 2nd"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1953.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leoni, FRA"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1953.03.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxa8 Bd7 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. Bd5 Rc8 {and Black won (Source: Universities Chess Annual, 4th issue,
1953-4)} 0-1

[Event "International Students Team Ch 2nd"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1953.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Nyren, Bo Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr1b1r/ppp3pp/1n6/1N1Pp3/1q6/1Q2B3/PP4PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1953.03.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Nxa7+ Kb8 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qxb6 Qf4 22. Nb5 $2 (22. Nc6+ Kc8
23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1) 22... Qa4 23. b3 Qa6 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Nc7+ Ka7 27. Nxa6 Kxa6 {and White won (Source: Universities Chess Annual, 4th
issue, 1953-4)} 1-0

[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "National Chess Centre, London"]
[Date "1953.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kruger, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1953.03.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 13. Bxa8 Bd7 14. Nxc5
bxc5 {Only about a week or so previously, Barden had pulled off the same trick
against Leoni of France, in the International Students' Team Tournament in
Brussels, playing for Britain against France. On that occasion he had won.} 15.
Bg2 (15. Bd5 Rc8 {was the continuation in Leoni-Barden, referred to above.})
15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Nfg4 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. h3 Nge5 19. b3 Nd4 20. Rfe1 Nec6 21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. f3 e5 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Kf1 e4 25. f4 a5 26. Red1 a4 27. Rb1 axb3
28. axb3 Rb8 29. b4 Ra8 30. bxc5 Nc2 31. Bc1 Bd4 32. e3 Bxc5 33. Ke2 Nb4 34.
Bb2 Nd3 35. Bd4 Ba4 36. Rd2 Bb4 37. Rxd3 exd3+ 38. Kxd3 Be7 39. Rb7 Kf8 40. g4
f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Rc7 Rd8 43. Kc3 Rd7 44. Rc8+ Rd8 45. Rc7 Rd7 46. Rc8+ Rd8
47. Rc7 Rd7 {Source: The Times, 30 Mar 1953} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Lightning ch play-off"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1953.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1953.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14.
Qf3 Rdf8 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Qe3 Ne6 $4 (17... b6 {BH Wood}) 18. Qa7 Be8
19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 {Sources: BCM, June 1953, p166; CHESS, Vol.18/214, July
1953, p187; Illustrated London News, 27 June 1953. "That this game, probably
one of the best in the tournament, was decided in so poor a fashion,
emphasises, to my mind, the need for a more scientific method of quickening up
chess than the traditional buzz-every-ten-seconds. I felt and wrote this some
weeks before this event and my feelings on the subject have certainly hardened.
A player should be allowed a little extra time at crucial junctures, it being
always understood that this automatically decreases the time at his disposal
later. This is just as in ordinary chess. About a century ago they tried
allocating exactly five minutes to each move in ordinary chess. The absurdity
of the system was realised in a matter of months. Nowa­days, though it is
impossible to purchase a reliable chess clock for less than about £4, no
first-class chess is played without clocks which regulate not the time per
move but the time per so many moves, the allo­cation of the time per move
being at the player’s discretion. If I haven't designed and commissioned a
clock which will do the same for lightning chess by the time my Chess Festival
opens in Cheltenham in August, then my name isn’t Baruch H. Wood."} 1-0

[Event "CHESS Festival Open 1st"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1953.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Minty, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
Bxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 O-O 14. b3 Ncd7 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. dxc6 Qe7 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. Rxf6
{Source: Fatbase 2000} 1-0

[Event "CHESS Festival Open 1st"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1953.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Andric, Dragoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 {Persitz calls this the
'Oxford' variation of the Vienna Game.} Nxc3 (5... Bb4 6. dxe4 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Bg4+ 9. Nf3 dxe4 10. Qd4 Bh5 11. Ke3 Bxf3 12. Bb5+ c6 13. gxf3 cxb5 14.
Ba3 Qh6+ 15. f4 Qh3+ 16. Kxe4 Nc6 17. Qd3 Qg2+ 18. Ke3 g5 19. Rhf1 Qxh2 20. Qf5
Rg8 21. fxg5 Nxe5 22. Rad1 Qg3+ 23. Ke4 Rxg5 24. Qe6+ fxe6 25. Rf8# {
Persitz-Hooper, Ilford 1954}) 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. cxd4 Nxd4 $2 9. c3 Nxf3+
10. Qxf3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd3 c6 13. O-O Be6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qe3
Qd7 17. Rf4 c5 18. Raf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Qf2 Bd8 21. Kh1 Rc3 22. Qe2 a6
23. h4 Bd5 24. Kh2 Qc6 25. R1f2 f5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qg4+ Qg6 28. Rxf5 Be7 29.
Qf4 Rcc8 30. h5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Bf8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Be6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. f4 f6 10. f5 Bf7 11. Qe1 g5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Qg3 c6 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Rab1 Rh5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. b4 Qc7 18. Ng3 Rh7 19. Qe2 Be7 20. a4 Rdh8 21. h3
Nb6 22. a5 Nxc4 23. Bxa7 d5 24. Na4 f5 25. Nb6+ Nxb6 26. Bxb6 Qd7 27. exf5 Bd6
28. a6 bxa6 29. Qxa6+ Qb7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Bc5 Bb8 32. b5 cxb5 33. Rxb5+ Kc6
34. Rfb1 gxf5 35. Nxf5 Bg6 36. Rb6+ Kxc5 37. Rxg6 Ba7 38. Ne3 d4 39. Ng4 e4 40.
Kf2 Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Re2
b5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Ng5 O-O 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rad8 22. Bd3 Qd5 23. f3 Qd4+ 24. Qe3 Qxb2 25. Qe5 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27.
Kf2 Ra4 28. Ke1 Rc8 29. Kd2 Bd5 30. a3 b4 31. Be4 Rd8 32. Kc1 bxa3 33. Bxd5
Rxd5 34. Ra2 Kf8 35. Re3 Rda5 36. Kd2 Rd5+ 37. Kc1 Rda5 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Rd3 Rd5
40. Ke3 Rxd3+ 41. Kxd3 Kd6 42. Kc3 Kc5 43. Kb3 Kb5 44. Kc3 e5 45. Kb3 f5 46.
Kc3 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Kd2 Kc4 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Kd2 Kc4 51. Ke2 Kc3 52. Ke3 g5
53. Ke2 Kc4 54. Ke3 Kc3 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Kd2 h5 57. Ke2 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Kd2
e3+ 60. Kd1 Ke4 61. Ke1 Kf4 62. Ke2 Rd4 63. g3+ Ke4 64. Rxa3 Rd2+ 65. Ke1 Rxc2
66. Rxa6 Rg2 67. Ra4+ Kf3 68. Rf4+ Kxg3 69. Rf8 Rc2 70. Re8 Kf3 71. Rf8+ Kg2
72. Re8 Rc3 73. Ke2 g3 74. Rg8 Rc7 75. Kxe3 Kh2 76. Rh8+ Kg1 77. Rg8 g2 78. Ke2
Rc5 79. Rg7 Rc8 80. Rg6 Re8+ 81. Kd1 Re5 82. Rg8 Kf2 83. Rf8+ Kg3 84. Rg8+ Kf3
85. Kd2 Re4 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. O-O
Be6 15. a4 Rf7 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rab1 c6 18. c4 g6 19. c5 Rcc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Qg4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bg6+ Ke7 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Nh3
Bd7 15. Nf4 Raf8 16. Rhe1 Kd8 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Nh5 Rhf8 19. Nxf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Re7
21. Qxh7 Rxf4 22. Qg8+ Kc7 23. Bf1 Rf2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 d4 26. Ne4 Qd5 27.
Bd3 Qxa2 28. Nd2 Qa1+ 29. Nb1 Qa5 30. Qf8 Qg5+ 31. Rd2 Ne5 32. Qf2 Nxd3+ 33.
cxd3 e5 34. Na3 Be6 35. Kb1 Rf7 36. Rc2+ Kb8 37. Qe1 Qf4 38. Nc4 Qf1 39. Re2
Bxc4 40. dxc4 d3 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Israel, Harold"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 Na6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc7
9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. h4 e5 14. g4 b5 15. h5 Qe7 16.
Ng3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxb2 19. g5 Nfe8 20. Be2 Rb3 21. Kd2 Rb2+ 22.
Kc1 Rb4 23. Kc2 c4 24. Rhb1 a5 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Nd1 c3 27. Ne3 Na8 28. a5 Qd8
29. Nc4 Bb5 30. Rh1 Qc7 31. Kb3 Bxc4+ 32. Bxc4 Qxa5 33. Kc2 Qa3 34. Kd3 Qa7 35.
Rh2 Qd4+ 36. Kc2 Qxc4 37. hxg6 b3+ 38. Kc1 b2+ 39. Kc2 b1=Q+ 40. Kxb1 Qd3+ 41.
Kc1 Qd2+ 42. Rxd2 cxd2+ 43. Kxd2 hxg6 44. Nf5 gxf5 45. exf5 Nac7 46. g6 fxg6
47. Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 g5 13. Nh2 e5 14. Ng4 Bxg4 15.
Bxg4 Nd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Bh5 a6 20. Rac1 a5 21. Kh1 a4
22. Qd1 b4 23. Qg4 Rac8 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rc4 Nb5 26. Bg6 Ra8 27. Bxh6 Bxh6 28.
Be8+ Kh8 29. Bxb5 a3 30. b3 Rg8 31. Qh3 Rg7 32. Rc2 Rag8 33. Rg1 Rg4 34. Bd3
Qg5 35. Re2 Qf6 36. Rc2 Bf4 37. Be2 R4g7 38. g4 Bg5 39. Qf3 Bf4 40. Qh3 Qg5 41.
Rd1 Qg6 42. f3 Be3 43. Rd3 Bd4 44. Bd1 Qg5 45. Rh2 Rh7 46. Rc2 Rgg7 47. Kg2 Qf4
48. Kf1 Rg5 49. Kg2 Kg8 50. Qh2 h3+ 51. Kh1 Rxg4 52. Qxf4 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 exf4 54.
Rxd4 Rg2+ 55. Rxg2+ hxg2+ 56. Kxg2 cxd4 57. Be2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cook, Percy Baldwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 dxc3 11. Qg3 g6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Nxd4
cxd4 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Qxb7 Bxa2 18. Qxa7 Bd5 19. Kg1 Qc8 20. Bh6
Bc5 21. Qa5 Qc6 22. Bg4 Be7 $4 (22... Bb6 $1 $14) 23. Rb1 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25.
Rb6 Qc7 26. Qxd5 Qxb6 27. Qd7# {Source: Universities Chess Annual, 4th issue,
1953-4} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Bxd5 Bb7 16. e4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe5 20. Bh4 Nd6 21. Bg3
Qf6 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Rd3 Qa5 14. Rg3 Kh8
15. f4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Rd3 c4 18. Rdd1 b5 19. e5 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Boxall, Ronald Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. f5 b5 16. g4 Bb7 17. h4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. g5 Be5 20. f6 Bxd5 21. exd5
g6 22. Qf1 h5 23. Rg1 Qd7 24. Qf3 Kh8 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Qd3 Rae8 27. Kb1 Rg8 28.
Be2 Ref8 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Qf3 Rg6 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Rc8 33. Qf5 Kf8 34. h5
d3 35. Qxd3 Rg8 36. Qf5 Rh8 37. h6 Rg8 38. h7 Rh8 39. Rg2 a5 40. Qh3 Ke8 41.
Qh6 Kd7 42. g6 Bxf6 43. g7 Bxg7 44. Qxg7 Rcf8 45. Rf1 Kc8 46. Qxh8 Rxh8 47.
Rg8+ Kb7 48. Rxh8 f6 49. Rh1 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Bf3 Be5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2
Rab8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. b3 Qe5 17. g3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Kg2 Ba3
21. Rcd1 Rbc8 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 c5 24. Rfd1 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Qe2 Qg5
27. Ne4 Qd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. f3 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2
33. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County m Oxford-Herts"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1954.03.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 a6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bc1 Rd8 13. Qg3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 b5
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Bg5 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nf6 21.
Qh4 b4 22. Ne2 Qa5 23. Ng3 Qe5 24. f4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Kf8 26. f5 e5 27. Nh5 Nxh5
28. Qxh5 Kg8 29. f6 gxf6 30. Qh6 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. f6 {Source: CHESS, April
1954, p110} 1-0

[Event "County m Gloucs-Oxford"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1954.03.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gloucestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. O-O Qc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bd4 Qc4 15.
f4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Re4 Qc7 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Rae1 Bf5 21.
R4e3 Rac8 22. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 a6 25. a4 Bc2 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. b3 Qc7
28. c4 Qa5 29. Bh3 Rc7 30. Rc1 Bf5 31. g4 Bc8 32. Ne4 Ng8 33. Ng5 f6 34. Ne6+
Bxe6 35. dxe6 Qb4 36. Qe3 Rc5 37. Rf1 b5 38. Qf3 {Black win after adjudication.
Source: Aitken Book 15} 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1954.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wanner, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Rfd1 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qd3 f5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Na6 20. Qd6
Rfe8 21. b4 g6 22. Nd7 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxe8 Rxd6 25. Nxd6+ {Source: BCM,
June 1954, p196} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1954.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1954.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Rac8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 Rfe8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Rad1 Rcd8 20. g4 Bc6 21. g5
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. Qg4 c4 24. Ng2 Nc5 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. b3 cxb3
28. axb3 Ne6 29. h4 Qa5 30. Bd2 b4 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Be3 Qa2 33. Bd3 Bb5 34.
Bxb5 axb5 35. Bf2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qxb3 37. h5 Qb2 38. Bg3 Bd2 39. Bh4 Bf4+ 40. Bg3
gxh5 41. Qxh5 Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Qxg2+ {Source: CHESS, June 1954, p146} 0-1

[Event "An Tostal 1st"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1954.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k2/5ppp/p2b4/4nP2/4R3/5B2/1P4PP/3R3K b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1954.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

37... Ke7 38. Rf4 Rb8 39. Rfd4 Rb6 40. R1d2 Nxf3 41. gxf3 Be5 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43.
Ra7 Bxb2 44. Rdd7 Kxf5 45. Rxf7+ Bf6 46. Rfb7 Re6 47. Rb3 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49.
Kf1 {Source: Schach Echo 1954, p267. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 8 May 2023.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GB-USSR"]
[Site "London, Caxton Hall"]
[Date "1954.07.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1954.07.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
Qc7 15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. g3 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. h4 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5
27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Nd1 f5 30. c3 Nf3 31. Nf2 Bd5 32. c4 Bc6 33. b4 Nd4
34. Nd1 Kf6 35. Nc3 Ne6 36. b5 Bh1 37. a4 a5 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. cxd5 Nd4 40. Bc4
Ke7 41. Bf1 Kd6 42. Bg2 b6 43. Kd3 Nb3 44. Bh3 Nc5+ 45. Kd2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "GB-USSR"]
[Site "London, Caxton Hall"]
[Date "1954.07.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1954.07.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. h3 f4 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne4 b6 17. N2c3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rhe1 Rh6 20. Re2 Qf8 21.
Rde1 Re8 22. Ba4 Rd6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qc2 Rd6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. d6
cxd6 28. Rd1 Qd8 29. Rd3 Kh8 30. Nc3 Rf8 31. Red2 Rff7 32. Qc6 Bf8 33. Ne4 Qc7
34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rb7 37. Re2 Rfe7 38. Rd5 Rbd7 39. Rexe5
Rxd5 40. Rxe7 Rg5 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Ke1 Re5 44. b3 h5 45. h4 Rxe2+
46. Kxe2 Ke5 47. a4 Kd4 48. Kd2 Ke5 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. g4
fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Ke5 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. f4 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.18"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nc2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. e4 Ne5 12. Be3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Bxe3 14. Nxe3
Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qa6 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qa6
21. Qe2 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Rfe8 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Kg2 Qxa2 25. Qb5 a6 26. Qe2 Ne4 27.
Rd4 Nd6 28. Rc1 b5 29. Qc2 Re7 30. Re1 Qa5 31. Rc1 Nec4 32. b3 Nxe3+ 33. fxe3
Rxe3 34. b4 Qa3 35. Rf1 Rde8 36. Bg4 f5 37. Bf3 g6 38. Rf2 Qa1 39. Rfd2 Nc4 40.
Rd1 Qa3 41. d6 Rc3 42. Rxc4 bxc4 43. Qf2 Rd3 44. Bd5+ Kg7 45. d7 Rd8 46. Qf4
Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Rxd1 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Sept 1954, p14; BCM, Sept 1954,
p283; Kington Times, 14 January 1955} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 a3 11. bxa3 Be6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rb1 Rxa3
15. Rb3 Rxb3 16. cxb3 h6 17. f3 Nh5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Qd2 Nh7 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Rd1 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qe7 27. Qd2 Re8
28. Kh1 Qd7 29. Rg1 Qh3 30. a4 Qf3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nb4 33. Rb1 Nxd5 34.
exd5 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. a5 Bf6 37. b4 Ra2 38. Rc1 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Bc3 40. Rb1
Ra4 41. Rc1 Ra3 42. Rb1 Kf8 43. Bd4 f5+ 44. Kd3 Bxb4+ 45. Kc4 Bxa5 46. Rxb7
Ra4+ 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kc4 Rg3 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Rd7 Rg6 52. Be3 h5
53. Ra7 Be1 54. Kd3 h4 55. Ra1 Bg3 56. Ke2 h3 57. Rh1 h2 58. Kf3 Rg4 59. Bd2
Kf7 60. Be3 Kg6 61. Bd2 Kh5 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nf4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Ba6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 d5 19. g3 Bd6 20. Nh3 Qd7 21. Ng5
Qb7 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc6 Nd7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ng5 Rxc6 27. bxc6 Qxc6
28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. d5 {Source: bulletin; CHESS, Sept 1954, p16; BCM,
Oct 1954, p333} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. c5 Nd7 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nxf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. O-O g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6
Nf8 22. b4 Qd7 23. Qe3+ Ne6 24. Rfe1 Qc7 25. b5 Ncd8 26. Bh6 Rc8 27. Bf3 Rg8
28. c6 bxc6 29. Bxc6+ Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. bxc6 {Source: bulletin; The Times,
25 August 1954; Glasgow Herald, 17 Sep 1954; CHESS, Sept 1954, p17;
Staffordshire Advertiser, 1 October 1954} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1
e6 9. c3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Nc5
Qe7 16. Nd3 Qf7 17. Bg2 fxe5 18. dxe5 a4 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. f4 Nd4 21. Rb1 Bd7 22.
Nf3 Nc6 23. Re2 Rfc8 24. Qe1 b5 25. Qf2 b4 26. g4 Rf8 27. Qg3 b3 28. a3 Bc8 29.
Bf1 Ba6 30. Re1 Rac8 31. h4 Qa7+ 32. Kh1 Nd4 33. Qg1 Nb5 34. Qxa7 Nxa7 35. Nd4
Rfe8 36. Nb4 Bb7 37. Bg2 Bf8 38. Nd3 Kg7 39. Rg1 Nc6 40. Nxc6 Bxc6 41. f5 exf5
42. gxf5 Nxe5 43. Nf4 Bc5 44. Ne6+ Rxe6 45. fxe6 Bxg1 46. Kxg1 Re8 47. Bh3 Nf3+
48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Bd2 Nxe6 50. Bb4 Nf4 51. Bf1 d4 52. Rc1 Bd5 53. Rd1 Re4 54. Re1
Kf6 55. Rc1 Ne6 56. Bd6 Rxh4 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. O-O e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qd3 Qa5 17. Qd6 Re8 18. Bxc6 Qa6 19. Ne5 bxc6 20. f4 Qa3 21.
Qc7 Ba6 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Bf6 Bxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Ng4 h6 26. Qxg6+ {Sources:
bulletin; The Times, 27 August 1954; CHESS, Sept 1954, p19; Manchester
Guardian, 9 Sept 1954; BCM, July 1988, p297} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nd5 f5 18. Bh1 f4 19. Qb3 Kh7 20. b6 c6 21. Nc7 Rb8 22.
Bb2 Nf7 23. Rbd1 Ng5 24. f3 c5 25. Ra1 h5 26. Ra7 h4 27. Na6 Ra8 28. Ra1 hxg3
29. hxg3 Rac8 30. Qb5 Qf7 31. Nc7 fxg3 32. Rxb7 g2 33. Bxg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nxf3
35. Qc6 Nh4+ 36. Kh1 Qf5 37. Qe4 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Rf4 39. Ne6 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qh3+ 41.
Kg1 Rxe4 42. Ng5+ Kh6 43. Nxh3 Rxe2 44. Bc1+ Kh5 45. Rf7 Nf5 {Sources:
bulletin; CHESS, Sept 1954, p20; (moves 32-end) BCM, Oct 1954, p319} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1954.08.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Harris, Geoffrey F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1954.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. e4 Rad8 14. h3 Qa5 15.
Rcd1 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bc8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Rde8 21. Rf3
Nf6 22. Re3 Nh5 23. Kh2 Bd7 24. Bf3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bg4 Re7 27. f5 Nf6 28.
Nxe6 Bxe6 29. fxe6 Nxg4+ 30. hxg4 Rxe6 31. Bxg7+ (31. Rf1 $1 {HG Rhodes,
letter, BCM, Nov 1954, p355} Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Qc8 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qf8+ Qg8 35.
Bxg7#) 31... Kxg7 32. Rxe6 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Qg5 35. Re4 Qc5 36. Red4
Qc6+ 37. Rd5 Qd7 38. R1d4 Qe7 39. Rxd6 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ {Sources: bulletin;
CHESS, Sept 1954, p21; (moves 30-end) BCM, Oct 1954, p320} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bhend, Edwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 h5 7. Bc4 Nd7 8.
Ne2 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 e6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 a4 15.
Ba2 Nc8 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Nf4 Be4 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. Qxb5
cxb5 22. f3 Bf5 23. Kf2 Kd7 24. Rae1 Rag8 25. Bc1 Nc4 26. Re2 Bd6 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. Rg1 Kc6 29. Ke1 Rdg8 30. Kf2 e5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Nxh5 Rxh5 33. g4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kremer, P"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1954.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 e5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bf3 Be6 11. h3 Qc7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. b4 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nxa7 e4 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Rb7 20. b5 Rxa7 21.
Bxa7 Qxa7 22. a4 Qa5 23. f4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qc3 25. f5 Qe3 26. Qe1 Qg5 27. Rf2
Bxf5 28. a5 Rd6 29. b6 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Rh6 31. Kf1 Bxg4 32. Rf3 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2+
34. Kd1 Qxf3+ 35. Kc1 Rh1 36. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 37. Kb2 Bd4+ 38. c3 Bxc3+ 39. Kxc3
Qxa1+ 40. Kb4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Rivera, Carmelo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Columbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 d5 13. Rad1 c6 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. f4 b5 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. c3 Bb7 19. Qc2 c5 20. Qf2 Rac8 21.
Rc1 Qd7 22. f5 d4 23. Bg5 Re8 24. e6 fxe6 25. f6 Qf7 26. cxd4 c4 27. Qf4 g6 28.
Bh6 Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Red8 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. h4 Rcd8 32. Rf4 e5 33. dxe5 Rd3 34. Qe1
Rd2 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qd5 37. Re1 Re8 38. f7+ Qxf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kf2
Rd8 41. Nf1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palmason, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 b6
9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. b3 Bf5 12. d5 Na5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Bh6 a6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. e4 b4 19. e5 bxc3 20. exf6+ exf6 21. Qxc3 Qb6
22. Kh2 Qb4 23. Rfc1 Rfe8 24. Bf3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rb4 26. Rd1 g5 27. Ng2 h5 28.
fxg5 fxg5 29. Bxh5 Rh8 30. g4 Re4 31. Rf1 f5 32. Ne3 f4 33. Ng2 Re2 34. h4 Bxg4
35. Bxg4 Rxh4+ 36. Bh3 g4 37. Rxf4 Rxh3+ 38. Rxh3 gxh3 39. Kxh3 Rxa2 40. b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Matanovic"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 (7. O-O d6
8. d5 Na5 $15) 7... Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5 9. Qa4 $2 (9. b3 d6 (9... Rd8 $6)) (9. Qd3
d6 (9... Ng4 10. Qd5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 Na5 12. e4) (9... Nb4 10. Qd4) 10. e4) 9...
d6 10. Be3 $2 (10. Qb5 Qxb5 11. cxb5 Na5 $1) 10... Qh5 {/\ Ng4, Nce5} 11. h4 (
11. Qb5 e5) 11... Ng4 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nd5 $5 (13. Rab1) 13... Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bg7
15. Rb5 e5 (15... g5 $4 16. Nf4 $1 $18) 16. Nf4 $2 (16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8
18. Bh3 $132) 16... Qf5 17. e4 Qd7 (17... Qxe4 $2 18. Nxe5 Qd4 19. Rd5 $16) 18.
Nd5 Rb8 19. Rbb1 Qd8 20. Rfd1 f5 $1 21. Nb4 Bd7 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Rb3 a5 24. Nxc6
Bxc6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. h5 $1 {/\ Nh4-g6} a4 27. Rb4 (27. Ra3 $2 Qb6) 27... Be4
28. Qc1 f4 $1 29. c5 $1 Bh7 30. gxf4 (30. Nh4 dxc5 $1 31. Qxc5 Qg5 32. Ng6+
Bxg6 33. hxg6 Qh5 $19) 30... e4 $1 31. Bc3 exf3 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxd6 Qh4 34.
Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qc4+ $2 $138 (35. Qxf3 Rbe8 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. fxg3 Re1+ 38. Bf1 Ne3
39. Kf2 Rxf1+ 40. Kxe3 Re8+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kd4 Re4+ 42. Kc3 Rf3+) 41... Rf2+ 42.
Kd1 Rxa2 $19) 35... Rf7 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Nb3 exf4 14. g5 Nh5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rdg1 Ne5 17. Qf2 hxg5 18. Rxg5 Nf6 19. Rg2 Be6 20. Qxf4 Bxd5
21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Qe4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Horberg, Beng Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 b6 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nh3 cxd4 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. cxd4 g5 16. f4 g4 17. Nf2 Na5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. Ne3 h5 21. Ra3 h4
22. Bb2 h3 23. Rf2 hxg2 24. Rxg2 Qd7 25. Qb4 Rh3 26. Nxf5 Rh8 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28.
Nxc8 Kxc8 29. Rc3+ Nc4 30. Ba3 Kb8 31. a5 Qc6 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qd6+ Nxd6 34.
Rxc6 Nc4 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 $1 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Ne2 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. c3
Rfd8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nf4 e5 17. Nd3 a5 18. Bg5 Be6 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS,
Oct 1954, p95} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nxc3 7. a3 $2 (7.
Qxg7 Rf8 (7... Qf6 8. Qxf6 Ne4+ 9. c3 Nxf6 10. Nxc6 $14 {Estrin-Kiseljev, USSR
1965}) 8. a3 Ba5 (8... Nxd4 9. axb4 Nxc2+ 10. Kd2 Nxa1 11. Kxc3 a5 12. Bc4 $10
{Angantysson-Polgar, Dresden 1969}) 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe5+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7
12. Bd2 Bf5 $10 {(Bogoljubov; Alexander-A.Phillips, Ilford 1954)} 13. Bd3 $6
Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd5 $1 $15 {Phillips}) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bf8 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qe4
dxe5 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p95} (10... dxe5 11. Qxe5+ Be7 $1 12.
Qxg7 $2 Bf6 13. Qg3 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Bf5 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 e6 13. e4 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. h3 $142 h4 18. g4) 17... h4 18. Rbd1 hxg3 19.
hxg3 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f3 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nf3 $2 Rxe4 $1 24. Ne5 (24.
Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 24... Rxe2 25. Qxe2 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qg5 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bh3 e5 29.
Rd3 c4 30. Qb2 cxd3 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Qxc7 Rc8 {time - Sources:
bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p95} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. b3 Bf5 12. Qd2 $2 (12. a4 a5 13. Nb5 {/\ Bf4})
12... Rc8 13. Rac1 $2 h6 14. h3 a6 15. Rfd1 Bh7 16. c5 $2 dxc5 17. d5 e5 18. d6
Bf6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 c4 21. Qe4 cxb3 22. axb3 Rc6 23. Qb4 Qb8 24. Ne4 Bd8
25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Nd7 27. Be3 Bf6 $2 (27... Qc8 $142) 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29.
Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rxc6 $2 (30. Qxd7) 30... bxc6 31. Qxd7 Qxb3 32. Re1 Qd5 33. Nh2
Rd8 34. Qf5 Rxd6 35. Ng4 Qe6 $4 (35... Bg7 36. Qc8+ Rd8 $19) 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 37.
Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxe5 Kg7 39. Ra5 c5 $2 (39... Kg6 $5 40. Rxa6 c5 $15) 40. Rxc5
Rb6 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p96} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1
b6 9. Bf1 a5 10. a4 e6 {Phillips has attained his first objec­tive: a solid
opening giving him a slight advantage and avoiding any of the many trappy
lines of play, of which Barden has a terrifyingly encyclopaedic knowledge (BH
Wood)} 11. h3 Ba6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qf7
17. Bh4 h6 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23.
Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Be5 Rc8 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Kf7 29.
Qf4+ Kg7 30. Qe3 Re8 31. b3 b5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. h4 a4 34. bxa4 Qxa4 35. g3
Qa1+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rg5 Qd1 38. Re5 Qa4 39. Rg5 Qd1 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qf4+ Kg7
42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qh7 Qc2 44. Re5 Rb8 $2 45. Qd7 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct
1954, p96; BCM, Dec 1954, p394; Birmingham Daily Post, 2 Nov 1954 (BH Wood
notes)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 $1 13. Nd4 c5 $10 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rb8 (15... Be5 {Alexander-Kluger, Amsterdam 1954}) 16. b3 Rb4
17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 19. Qf3 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p97}
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3
d6 9. Ne1 b6 10. f4 f5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Rf2 Rc8 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. g4 d5
16. gxf5 gxf5 17. e5 d4 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rcd8 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. c4 a5 22.
Be3 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nb4 25. Qh5 Qf7 26. Qe2 {Sources: bulletin;
CHESS, Oct 1954, p97} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10. f4 $6 (10. c4 $142 O-O 11. Nc3) 10... O-O 11. f5 d5 12.
Qd3 Nh4 $1 13. g3 c5 $1 14. gxh4 (14. dxc5 Qa5 $1 15. Bb3 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Nxf5
17. Qxf5 Qe1+ 18. Qf1 Bxc5+ 19. Kg2 Qe4+ $15) 14... c4 $2 (14... b5 $1 $15) 15.
Qf3 b5 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ (19... Qf6 20. Qe5
) 20. hxg3 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rae8 22. Nc5 Bc8 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954,
p97} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Ne5 Ng4 $1 7. Nxg4 Bxg4
8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 (11. Be3 $2 e5 $1 {Donner-Trifunovic,
Amsterdam 1950}) 11... Bc8 12. e3 e6 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. b4 Nf5 15. Ba3 Nd6 16. b5
Re8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb3 f5 19. Na4 b6 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Nb2 Rec8 22. Nd3 Rxc1+
23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. a4 Kf8 27. Qc3 Ke7 28. Bf1 Kd8 {
Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p97} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 41st play-off"]
[Site "London, National Chess Centre"]
[Date "1954.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. Be3 b5 13. Bc2 g6 14. Ng3 Ng7 15. d5
Ne7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. f4 (18. Rf1 $142) 18... Bh4 19. Qf3 f5 20. exf5
Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 (21... Bxe1 $2 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Rxe1 Kxh6 24. fxe5+ Kg7 25.
Bh6+) 22. Bxf5 gxf5 (22... Rxf5 $142 23. g3) 23. Re2 e4 24. Qh5 Ng7 (24... Qf6
$2 25. g3 $18) 25. Qh6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 {Sources: bulletin; CHESS, Oct 1954, p97}
1/2-1/2

[Event "m Barden-Ed.Lasker"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 c5 4. c4 $1 dxc4 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qxc4 f6 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qb3 Ne7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qf7 13. Be3 Nc4 $2 14. Ng5
$1 fxg5 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Bxc4 {Source: The Delights of Chess by Assiac 
[Heinrich Fraenkel], Dover, 1974, p176. Leonard Barden comments: "Venue
Hastings. Game 1 of 4. The match was arranged by Julius du Mont as Lasker
wanted some practice against a decent opponent. I won 2.5-1.5, having prepared
against 2...Nd7 which Lasker had used successfully in a previous tournament 
(1951 Schlechter Memorial) in Vienna but which I thought was too slow that
early. The remaining three games were drawn but Lasker was much better or
winning in all of them."} 1-0

[Event "CHESS Festival 3rd"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1955.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Griffiths, Derek Francis K"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 g6 8. f3
Bg7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15.
Qd3 Rc8 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Be5 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Bd4 Bc6 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qc4+ {Source: CHESS, 20 August 1955, p432} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 42nd"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1955.08.22"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Perkins, Nicholas Anthony"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1955.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. e4 Ne5 12. b3 Qc6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Nf3 O-O 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 f5 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. O-O-O fxe4 20. fxe4 Be5 21.
Bd3 Qe8 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. Rdg1 Rf7 25. Qb2 Kh8 26. Be2 Qh4 27. Qxe5
Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxg7 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Bxg8 31. f3 Rh4 32. Rg2 Bf7 33. Kd2
Rf4 34. Ke3 Rf6 35. e5 Ra6 36. Bd3 Ra3 37. Ke4 a5 38. f4 Be8 39. Rb2 a4 40. f5
axb3 41. axb3 Bc6+ 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Be4 Ra1 44. f6+ Kf7 45. Bd5+ Bxd5 46. cxd5
Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rf5 48. Ke4 Rf1 49. Re2 b5 50. Re3 Rh1 51. h3 Rd1 52. Rd3 Re1+ 53.
Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 c4 55. bxc4 bxc4 56. Rf3 {Source: bulletin; (moves 23-29) BCM,
Oct 1955, p290} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 42nd"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. f4 Qc8 14. f5 Qa6 15.
Be4 Rac8 16. Bd2 Na5 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 Qxc4 20. Qh5 Rf6 21.
Qh7+ Kf8 22. e4 cxd4 23. Bg5 dxc3 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxd7 Rd8 27.
Qh7 c2 28. Rc1 Nc6 29. Rxc2 Bd4+ 30. Rf2+ Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Qg7 33.
Qh5 Ne7 34. Bh7 Rc8 35. Bf5 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 Rc5 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 42nd"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1955.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. f4 Nf6 8. h3 O-O
9. Nge2 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 Ne8 13. f5 Bxb2 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Rb1
Be5 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. O-O Rbc8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rf2 Ba4 21. Nxd4 cxd4
22. g5 Rc6 23. h5 Qc5 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. exf5 e4 28.
Bxe4 Nd6 29. g6 Nxe4 30. dxe4 d3 31. Qxd3 fxg6 32. Qg3 Rcf6 33. hxg6 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Bc6 35. Re1 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Qh4 Rh5 38. Qf4 Rg5+ {time - Source:
bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1955/56"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Pratten, Wilfred Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nb4 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Ned4 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
a4 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Kd2 Rc7 20. a5 Nc8 21.
Rhe1 O-O 22. Re3 Na7 23. Rc3 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Ng5 Rc5 26. g4 Nc6 27. Nxc6
Bxc6 28. Nf3 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. b4 Rc8 33. g5 fxg5
34. fxg5 Rg8 35. Nf3 Ke7 36. h4 Rf8 {Source: WH Pratten book by RL Paige (2004)
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "West London"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Qc7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+
Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 15. Qd2 O-O-O {Barden-Taimanov, GB v USSR 1954 (0-1, 45)})
10. f5 O-O-O 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. g3 $2 (12. Bc4 $16 {Barden}) 12... Be7 13. Bh3
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Kb8 15. Be3 b5 16. Qb6+ Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Rc8 18. Ba5 Rc4 19. b3 Rc6
20. Rd3 Rhc8 (20... h5 $1 {Barden}) 21. Kb1 e5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24.
Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rf3 Nc5 26. Re1 Rd7 27. Rf8+ Kb7 28. Ref1 Nxe4 29. R1f7 Rxf7 30.
Rxf7+ Kb8 31. Rxg7 $16 a5 {(sealed)} 32. Rxh7 ({Barden thought the text was a
mistake and} 32. b4 {better, to get the king out of trouble.}) 32... b4 33. g4
Rc5 34. Nb6 Rc3 35. h4 $4 ({A terrible blunder which loses instantly and all
the more inexcusable because I had seen the awful happening which now ensues
in my adjournment analysis, only to forget all about it when the game was
resumed!} 35. Kb2 {was essential... (Barden)}) 35... Rg3 36. Nd7+ Kc8 37. Nb6+
Kd8 38. Nd5 ({Stockfish 15:} 38. c4 $11) 38... Nc3+ 39. Nxc3 bxc3 40. a3 e4 41.
Rf7 Rg1+ 42. Ka2 e3 {Source: CHESS, Vol.21, No.261, February 1956, p161} 0-1

[Event "Twickenham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wise, Mervyn Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. d4 d6 6. e6 $1 fxe6 7. Bd3 g6 8.
Ng5 Nxd4 9. Nxh7 Nf5 10. Nxf8 Rxf8 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. g4 Bc6 13. Rg1 Ng7 14. Bxg6+
Kd7 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. h4 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Qf8 19. f4 a5 20. Rde1 a4 21.
h5 Ra5 22. Kb1 Rc5 23. Bh4 Bd5 24. Bf2 Nxc4 25. Bxc5 Nxd2+ 26. Qxd2 dxc5 27. g5
Ne8 28. f5 Nd6 29. Rgf1 Qa8 30. Bf7 Rf8 31. fxe6+ Kc6 32. g6 a3 33. b3 c4 34.
Re5 Be4+ 35. Rxe4 Nxe4 36. Qd7+ Kb6 37. Qd4+ c5 38. Qxe4 cxb3 39. Rf3 bxa2+ 40.
Kxa2 Rd8 41. Rb3+ Kc7 42. Qxb7+ Qxb7 43. Rxb7+ Kxb7 44. g7 {Source: "How Good
is Your Chess" by Barden, Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3
a6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nd1 Nc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7
15. O-O Rc8 16. Nc3 g6 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Ne2 Na4 21.
Nd4 Ke7 22. Kf2 Rc7 23. Ke3 h5 24. g3 Rhc8 25. h3 Nc5 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. g4 Nxd3
28. Kxd3 Bb5+ 29. Ke3 Ba4 30. c3 Rcc8 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Bd7 33. f6+ Kd8 34.
Rbd1 Kc7 35. Nf3 Be6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rd4 b5 38. a4 Kc6 39. Ra1 Rhf8 40. axb5+
axb5 41. Rb4 Kb6 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Rb3 Ra8 44. Rba3 Rxa3 45. Rxa3 Rc8 46. Kf4 Re8
47. Nf3 Rc8 48. Kg5 Re8 49. Kh6 Bg4 50. Nd4 Rxe5 51. Ra7 Re4 52. Rxf7 Bd1 53.
Re7 {... etc (x moves). Source: "How Good is Your Chess" by Barden, Routledge
& Kegan Paul 1957. "London League. The game score is incomplete as it was
adjourned at move 40 and I won in the second session due to my dark square
control." (Leonard Barden)} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1956.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8.
O-O c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. f4 Nb4 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. f5 Be7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bf8 21.
b3 Nd6 22. Rac1 a6 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qe3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rg6 26. Ne5 Bh6 27. Nf4
Qd8 28. Nexg6 hxg6 29. g3 Qxf6 30. Rc6 Bg7 31. Rxa6 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1
Bc5 34. Nd3 Be3 35. Ra5 Nc3 36. Ne5 d4 37. Ra7 f6 38. Ng4 Bg5 39. h4 f5 40.
hxg5 fxg4 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 e5 43. a5 e4 44. Rc7 Nd5 45. Rc5 Ne3+ 46. Ke2
Nf5 47. Rxf5 gxf5 48. a6 f4 49. gxf4 g3 50. a7 d3+ 51. Ke3 {Source: CHESS, May
1956, Vol.21 no.267-8, p248} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c6 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. h3 Ne5 13. b3 Qc8 14. b4 Nac4 15.
Kh2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Qc4 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Rd1 Qc2 20. Rb2 Qa4 21. Qe1
Rc7 22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Nb3 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Rac8 25. Rd2 Qxb4 26. h4 a5 27. a3 Qb6
28. a4 Rc3 29. Bh3 R8c7 30. f4 Qxb3 {Source: "How Good is Your Chess" by
Barden, Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957.} 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1956.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1956.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 (5... d5 {is better -
Barden, BCM}) 6. Nc3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. e4 Rb8 11. Re1 e6 12.
dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf3 d5 14. Bf4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. Ngxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6 18.
Qe2 g5 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Bb7 Rxd6 21. Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rad1 Qf8 25. Qe7 Ne6 26. Rxe6 {Source: BCM, June 1956, p174} 1-0

[Event "Match, Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hildebrand, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. c4 Qh5 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Qb3 Bb4 11. O-O Nge7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Bf6 18. b4 Qf5 19. Ra2 Rfc8 20. Qb7 a5 21.
c5 Rcb8 22. Qc7 axb4 23. Re2 Rc8 24. Qb7 bxa3 25. Bxa3 Rcb8 26. Qc7 Rb3 27. Re3
{Source: StarBase 4.56 (where it is wrongly dated and attributed). Leonard
Barden (8 May 2023): "I was on holiday in Sweden in 1956 and played a 4-game
match (serious, not blitz) with Alexander Hildebrand, who was the best player
in Uppsala and wrote a column for the local newspaper. He won +1=3 and
published his win."} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. exf5 exf5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. a3 a5 8. b5
Qxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 a4 14. Ba2 Bd7
15. Nbc3 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. d4 Rhe8 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. g3 Ne4 23. Ne5 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxb5 25. Rcc1 Re7 26. f4 Be8 27. Kf2
c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd7 31. Bb1 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Ba2 Kc8
34. Rc1 b6 35. Bc4 Nxe5 36. fxe5 Bc6+ 37. Kh3 Bd7 38. Kg2 Kb7 39. Re1 Be6 40.
Bb5 Bd5+ 41. Kh3 Bc6 42. Bc4 b5 43. Bg8 Rg7 44. Ba2 Be4 45. e6 Re7 46. Bf6 Re8
47. Bb2 Rd8 48. Bc1 Be7 49. Bg5 Bxg5 50. hxg5 Re8 51. Kh2 Bc2 52. Bd5+ Kb6 53.
e7 Bb3 54. Bf3 Bc4 55. Kg2 Kc7 56. Kf2 Kd6 57. Rd1+ Kxe7 58. Ke3 Rd8 59. Rxd8
Kxd8 60. Kd4 Ke7 61. Bc6 Bf1 62. Ke5 Bd3 63. Kd4 Bc4 64. Kc5 Bf1 65. Kd4 f4 66.
gxf4 h4 67. Ke3 h3 68. Kf2 Bc4 69. Be4 b4 70. axb4 a3 71. Bb1 a2 72. Bxa2 Bxa2
73. f5 gxf5 74. Kg3 Kf7 75. Kxh3 Kg6 76. Kh4 Bc4 {Source: British Championship,
Blackpool 1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Qa4 Rd8 12. f3 Be6 13. Rab1 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Bd2
Qe7 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Bd2 Qe7 24. Be3 {Source: British Championship, Blackpool
1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O a5 9. Be3 a4 10. Nd2 a3 {"Barden advanced a5-a4-a3 which impudent pawn the
South African simply captured" (Heidenfeld himself wrote in BCM)} 11. bxa3 Be6
12. Qb1 Qd7 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qb2 Ne7
18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Bb5 Qxe4 20. Rxd6 Qh4 21. Bd7 Ng6 22. g3 Qe4 23. Bh3 Qa4 24.
Qxb7 Qxc2 25. Rc6 Qd3 26. Rb1 Nf4 27. Bf1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Qd5+ 29. Bg2 Qxa2 30.
Rcb6 e4 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qxe4 Ra4 {("Here Barden offered a draw and
Heidenfeld refused")} 33. Qf5 Qe6 34. Qh5 Nc3 35. Rc1 Rxa3 36. Qc5 Qb3 37. Bh6
Rd8 {"and now, with three moves to make in half a minute, Heidenfeld produced}
38. Qc7 $4 (38. h3 $1 $18) {"There was distant thunder along the beaches of
Blackpool as Barden banged down..."} 38... Rd1+ 39. Bf1 Qd5+ {Sources: CHESS,
October 1956, p23; BCM, October 1956, p262 (with Heidenfeld's own comments)}
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. a4 Bf5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. c4 Qa2 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. cxb5
Qxd5 22. Bb3 Qb7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 hxg5 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Bxg5 Be7 27. Qh5 d5
28. Bc1 Rd8 29. g3 Qxb5 30. Bc2 Qb4 31. Rd1 d4 32. Qf3 Qb6 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Ba4
Rf6 35. Qd5 Qd6 36. Qa8+ Qd8 37. Qxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bb5 Rb6 39. Bc4 Kf8 40. b3 Rb7
41. Bd2 Ra7 42. b4 cxb4 43. Bxb4+ Be7 44. Bd2 Bd6 45. Rb1 Ke7 46. Bg5+ f6 47.
Bd2 Nf8 48. Rb6 Nd7 49. Rb1 Bc5 50. Rb5 Kd6 51. Ra5 Rxa5 52. Bxa5 Nb8 53. g4
Nc6 54. Bd2 Bb4 55. Bc1 Kc5 56. Kf3 Na5 57. Bf7 Nb7 58. g5 f5 59. g6 f4 60. Ke4
Kd6 61. Kf5 Nc5 62. Bc4 Nd7 63. Be6 Nf6 64. Bc4 Nd7 65. Be6 Nc5 66. Bc4 Na4 67.
Bb3 Nc3 68. Bd2 {Source: British Championship, Blackpool 1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Moore, Brian J"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qb3 Ndf6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. b5 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 a6 16. a4 axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 18. Ra1 Rfa8 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Qc2
f6 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bc8 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Be2 Qd7 27. Rc6 Kg7 28.
Bf3 Qd8 29. g3 Bd7 30. Bxd5 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 {Source: British Championship,
Blackpool 1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Martin, Geoffrey J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
Qc7 9. Ba2 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bd4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. f5 Bc8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Bg5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qc5+ 21. Qf2
Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 d5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Bc5 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27.
Nd5 f6 28. c3 {Source: British Championship, Blackpool 1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gibbs, Peter Campbell"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Qc7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4
Re8 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bc4 Qd8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bf4 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 {Source: British Championship, Blackpool 1956 (ed.
Eric Fisher)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bc1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Rfd8
15. Rd3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Bf6 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Bb3 Qc6 20. Qg4 Qd7 21.
Nd1 e5 22. Qh5 d5 23. Ne3 dxe4 24. Ng4 Bd5 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Qxd5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bxf6+ Kf8 33.
Rxh7 Ke8 34. Qg8+ Nf8 35. Qxf8+ {Sources: Sunday Times, 16 Sept 1956; 
(part-game) BCM, Oct 1956, p266} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Nh6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Ra6 d5 16. Bc5 d4 17. Ne2 Qd5 18. Ra5 d3 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Rfa1 Rfd8 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Qc8 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Nxd3 Bh6 25. Qc3 f4 26. Qc4 Qf5 27. Qxc6 {
Source: CHESS, September 1956, p310} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15.
h3 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf5 d5 18. Qe2 d4 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. cxd4 f6 21. Bd2
exd4 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Bd6 24. N3h4 Nb6 25. Qh5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Ne5 27. Ba5
Qb8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. f4 Nd7 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Nf8 33. Nf5
{Source: British Championship, Blackpool 1956 (ed. Eric Fisher)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 43rd"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1956.08.31"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A98"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1956.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. O-O
Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rfe1 a5
15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Ra6 18. f4 Be7 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rb6 21.
Nf2 Bf6 22. Nd3 Kh8 23. Bd5 c5 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Nxc5 d3 26. Na4 Rb4 27. b3 h5
28. Kg2 h4 29. Kf3 Rxa4 30. bxa4 Bc3 31. Red1 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Re8 33. g4 Re2 34.
Rd1 Bc8 35. Rxd3 Rxh2 36. f5 Rh3+ 37. Ke4 Rxd3 38. Kxd3 b6 39. Ke4 g6 40. f6
Bxg4 41. Kf4 Bf5 42. Kg5 Kh7 43. Kxh4 Kh6 44. Kg3 {Source: Peter Parr / Frank
Parr's scorebooks} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHESS Festival 4th"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1956.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1956.09.03"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 c6 7. Ne2 Bh6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Qa3 Kf7 13. Nb3 Rhe8 14. Nc5 Qe7
15. Qa4 Rac8 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxd5 Kg7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxa7+ Kh8 20. Nc3 f4
21. e4 Qg4 22. Qf7 Qxg2 23. Rf1 Rxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kd2 Qxd4+ ({"This
move by Barden reveals clearly that he has yet to attain real greatness. His
calculations are vitiated by slight anxiety about being the exchange down,
whereas the only factor that really matters is the exposed white king.
Unemotionally, almost contentedly, he should have verified that} 25... f3+ {
would now win without appeal..." etc (BH Wood). But in fact Black's move
should win quicker if followed up right.}) 26. Kc2 Qc5+ 27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Ke2
Qe5+ $2 (28... Qh5+ $1 29. f3 Qe5+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qg2#) 29.
Kf3 Qh5+ {Source: Illustrated London News, 22 September 1956 (BH Wood column)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHESS Festival 4th"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1956.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Doye, Peter C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4qr1b/p1nn1kr1/bp1p1ppR/2pP4/2P1PP2/P1NQ1BN1/1P3BK1/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1956.09.03"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e5 fxe5 2. Nge4 Ke7 3. Bh4+ {"and wins" Source: CHESS, October 1956, p17}
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Broadbent, Reginald Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qc5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Qd6 $2 (8... Qb6) 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 e5 11. c3 d3 12. Rxd3 Qc7 13. Re3 $1
Bg4 14. h3 $1 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nf6 16. Rg3 $1 Kf8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rd1 h6 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Rgd3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Nb8 23. Qh5 b5 $2 (23... g6 24. Qf3 Kg7
25. Qxb7 $18) 24. Nd7+ {Source: BCM, December 1961, p343} 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley Premier"]
[Site "Twickenham"]
[Date "1957.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Alexander Aird"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Nb5 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Bc5 Rc8
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Rae1 Nxc2 19. Nxa5 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Nf4
21. Qxe5 Rc1 22. Kh2 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Nxh3 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Nc3 g5 26. Ne4 Qh6+ 27.
Kg1 g4 28. Be2 Rd4 29. b3 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.
22, no.291-2, 17 May 1957, p209} 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley Premier"]
[Site "Twickenham"]
[Date "1957.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pritchard, Elaine"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Qc2 Bh5 14. Bxf4 gxf4
15. Qf5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 e6 17. Qxf4 Qd6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nh4 Ne7 21.
Rd3 Nd5 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Qh5 Qf4 24. Rg4 Qd2 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Ne5 Rdf8 27. Nxf7+
Rxf7 28. Qxf7 Qxc3 29. Rxe6 Qd2 30. Reg6 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, no.291-2, 17
May 1957, p209} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1957.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
Qc7 15. Rd2 Qxf4 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qf2 Ne5 {"Barden played his
first seventeen moves almost instantaneously, then took over an hour on his
eighteenth" (CHESS)} 19. Rhd1 {(The score gives 'R-K1' but it is clearly
incorrect. 19 Rhd1 is the only move that makes sense of the remaining score -
JS)} Rc8 20. Bh5 O-O 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Qa4 23. Rd3 Qxa2 24. Ra3 Qd5 25.
Bf3 Qd7 26. Kb1 Rc4 27. Rd3 Qc7 28. Bg3 Qa5 29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Bxe1 b5 31. b3
Rf4 32. Rd6 e5 33. Bg3 Rd4 34. Bxe5 Rxd6 35. Bxd6 Rd8 36. Bb4 {Source: CHESS,
Vol.22, no.291-2, 17 May 1957, p209} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1957.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O
Rfc8 15. f3 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 {David E Lloyd - Arthur Hall, 1958 
(0-1)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. f3 Rfd8 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nxa5 Nb6
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Kh1 {"and White has an ideal position owing to his control
of d5 and the serious weakness of Black's a-pawn." (Leonard Barden) ... x
moves. Source: Manchester Guardian, 3 April 1958. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm,
7 June 2022.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.19"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. d5 c5 12. g4 Nc7 13. Ng3 Rab8 14. h4 b5 15.
Nxb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxb5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. h5 a5 20. h6 Bh8 21.
Bg5 Rfb8 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Nf1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne3 Ne8 26. Nc4 f6 27. Rc3
Kf7 28. Ra3 Ra8 29. Ra4 g5 30. Rd3 Kg6 31. Rda3 Kxh6 32. Rxa5 Rbxa5 33. Rxa5
Rxa5 34. Nxa5 Kg6 35. Nc4 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. a4 g4 38. fxg4+ Kxg4 39. a5 Kf4
40. a6 $2 (40. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 41. a6 Nc8 42. d6 $18 {Ritson Morry, BCM, Oct 1957,
p254}) 40... Nc7 41. Nxd6 Nxa6 42. Kc2 f5 43. exf5 Nb4+ {Source: BCM, Sep 1957,
p254 (partial)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.21"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O h6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Rfb1 Nd8
15. Bb4 Qc7 16. a5 Bc6 17. Qe3 a6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. g4 f6 20. f4 h5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. g5 Kf7 23. gxf6 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Re1 Rg8+ 26. Kf2 Kxf6 27. Qe5+ Kf7
28. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Nh5 9. g3 g6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Qd2 Bf8 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Nh2 b5 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Qa5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21.
Ng4 Rb4 22. Ne3 Rfb8 23. Rc2 Nb6 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. f3 c4 26. Kc1 Nfd7 27. a3 Nc5
28. Kd2 Rb3 29. Rb1 Nd3 30. Kd1 Qc5 31. Qd2 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Ke2 f4 34.
Nxc4 Qf2+ 35. Kxd3 Qxf3+ 36. Ne3 fxe3 37. Qxe3 e4+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rac8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nd8 14. Bb3 Nd7
15. f4 Nb6 16. f5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bh6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa3 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Qh6+ Ke8 22. Rd4 Rxc3 23. Qc1 Qc5 24. Rhd1 Nc6 25. R4d3 Rc4 26. fxe6 Rxe4 27.
Qb2 Rxe6 28. Qxb7 Nb4 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Ke8 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Ke8 33.
Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 c6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Qe3 b6 19. Bf1 Qd4 20. Qxd4 exd4 21.
Ne2 c5 22. Bg2 g5 23. Bc1 Ne6 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bh6 26. Bf3 Nd7 27. Kg2 Nb8
28. e5 Na6 29. Bd2 c4 30. bxc4 Nac5 31. Bc6 d3 32. cxd3 Nxd3 33. Bc3 Nexf4+ 34.
Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Be4 Bxe5 36. Bxd3 Bxc3 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. Kf4 h6 39. Kf5 Bd4 40. Be4
Kf8 41. Bd5 Ke7 42. Ke4 Bc3 43. Kd3 Bb2 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Kf4 Bc1+ 46. Kg4 Bd2
47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Kd4 Kg5 50. c5 bxc5+ 51. Kxc5 Kh4 52. Be6 f4 53.
Kd4 f3 54. Kd3 Bg5 55. Bd5 Kg3 56. Bc6 h5 57. Bd5 h4 58. Bc6 a5 59. Bd5 Bd8 60.
Bc6 Bb6 61. Bd5 f2 62. Ke2 Kxh3 63. Kf1 Kg3 64. Bc6 h3 65. Bf3 h2 66. Bc6 Kf4
67. Ke2 Ke5 68. Kf1 Kd6 69. Bh1 Bd4 70. Ke2 Kc5 71. Kf1 Kb4 72. Bc6 Bc5 73. Ke2
Bb6 74. Kf1 h1=Q+ 75. Bxh1 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Bd2
Nh5 9. Rb1 f5 10. b4 f4 11. b5 Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. Nd2
Qd7 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. f3 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nf6 20. Qd3 Nh7 21. Rfc1 h5 22.
h3 Bf6 23. Ba5 b6 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Rc6 Bh4 26. Qc3 Bxe1 27. Qxe1 hxg4 28. hxg4
Rad8 29. Rbc1 Rd7 30. Qf2 Ng5 31. Kf1 Rf7 32. Ke1 Rh7 33. Kd2 Rh2 34. R6c3 Qh7
35. Ra3 Nh3 36. Qf1 Ng5 37. Qf2 Qh6 38. Kd3 Nh3 39. Qf1 Ng5 40. Rxa7 Qh4 41.
Rcxc7 Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Qg3 43. Rb7 Nxe4 44. Kxe4 Rxg2 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf8
47. Rh7 Rg1 48. Qh3 Qxh3 49. Rxh3 Rd1 50. e3 Re1 51. Kd3 Rxe3+ 52. Kc4 Ra3 53.
Rh8+ Ke7 54. Rh7+ Kf6 55. Rd7 e4 56. Rxd6+ Kg5 57. fxe4 f3 58. Rd8 Kxg4 59. Rf8
Ra4+ 60. Kd3 Kg3 61. d6 f2 62. d7 Ra3+ 63. Kd4 Rxa2 64. Kd5 g5 65. e5 Rd2+ 66.
Kc6 Rd4 67. Rxf2 Kxf2 68. e6 Re4 69. d8=Q Rxe6+ 70. Kd5 Re3 71. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5 Bd7
15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Rfc1 Ree8 20. Rc5
Rac8 21. Rac1 g5 22. R1c3 a6 23. Nc1 Bd7 24. Nd3 b6 25. Rc7 a5 26. h4 Be6 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. f4 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. fxg5 Ba6 32. Nb2 Bc4 33.
Nxc4 dxc4 34. Kf2 b5 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Kd2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6
dxe5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rd3 f5 19. Rc1 e4 20. Rd7 Bc5
21. Nd1 f4 22. Kf2 b5 23. Rb7 Rcd8 24. Rxb5 Bxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Rd2+ 26. Ke1 fxe3 {
Source: Bernard Cafferty scorebook (input by JS)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.29"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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
d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ne3 g6 14. h3 Bb7 15. a4
c4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bg7 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qh3 Rb8
22. Nf1 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. g5 Qc6 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qh4 Qc8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Be3 Rb8 33. Rd1 Kf8 34.
Be4 Ke8 35. Rd5 Nb7 36. Rd2 Nd8 37. a5 Bf8 38. Bb6 Be7 39. Be3 Rb5 40. Bd5 Bc5
41. Bxc4 Rxa5 42. Bxc5 Rxc5 43. Bxa6 Ne6 44. Kf1 Ra5 45. Bb7 Nxg5 46. c4 Ne6
47. Bc6+ Ke7 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Ke1 Ra6 50. Bd5 Rb6 51. Rb7 Rxb7 52. Bxb7 Nc5 53.
Bf3 e4 54. Be2 Ke5 55. Kd2 Kd4 56. b4 Na6 57. b5 Nc5 58. Kc2 f5 59. Kd2 f4 60.
g3 f3 61. Bf1 h5 62. Bh3 Kxc4 63. b6 Kb5 64. Be6 g5 65. Ke3 Kxb6 66. Bf5 Kc6
67. Bg6 Kd5 68. Bxh5 Nd7 69. Bg6 Nf6 70. Bf5 Ke5 71. g4 Nd5+ 72. Kd2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 44th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Rd1
Bd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bc1 Qb6 11. O-O Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc6 14. Bf3 Be7
15. Rfd1 g5 16. h3 O-O-O 17. b3 Nd7 18. Ba3 Bf6 19. R4d3 Ne5 20. Re3 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Be5 22. Ne2 h5 23. c4 b6 24. Bb4 f5 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bc3 g4 27. f4 Bxc3
28. Nxc3 Rhe8 29. Rde1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 h4 31. Kh2 Kd7 32. Ne2 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8
34. Nd4 Be4 35. Kg1 Bb1 36. a3 Kf7 37. f3 g3 38. b4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Bd3 40. Kg1
Bxc4 41. Kg2 Bd3 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. f4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. e4 Bg4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15.
Qd1 e6 16. Rb1 f5 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Ne2 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5 21. b4 cxb4
22. Rxb4 Qa5 23. Qb1 Nc5 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Bg2 a5 26. Rb5 b6 27. Qa2 e5 28. Nc3
Kh8 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxc5 Ra6 33. Bxf8 Nxg3+ 34. Kg1
Bxf8 35. Qb2 Bd6 36. Rxe5 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 3 January 1958; 
(moves 27-end) BCM, February 1958, p31} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxa4 13. N4b3 Qd6 14. Nc4
Qe6 15. Ne3 Bxb3 16. axb3 {Keres-Filip, being played at the same time, ended
in a draw in this exact position.} Rad8 17. Qc4 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 19. Ne3 Qd7
20. Kf1 h5 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
c4 Nf5 15. d5 Qg6 16. Bf4 Nd4 17. Qd1 Qe4 18. Bxc7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Qxc4 20. d6 $1
{... 1-0 after a few more moves (LWB comment to JS, 2023). Source: Chessman
Quarterly, Vol.3 No.17, March/April 1971, p6.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. Qxd5 Be6 8.
Qxb7 {Black now DIDN'T play Nd7, gave up the rook for next to nothing, and
resigned half a dozen moves later (Barden, "Chess Treasury of the Air",
Penguin, 1966)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Re1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
e6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. g3 Rg8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Blau, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E78"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nbd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bf3 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a5 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Ndb5 Rc8
15. Rf2 Nb6 16. b3 Rc6 17. e5 Qb8 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nd4 Rc7 22. f5 Qd8 23. f6+ Kh8 24. Qe3 Rg8 25. Ndb5 Rc6 26. Rd4 Ne6 27. Rh4 Rc5
28. Ne4 Re5 29. Nbxd6 Rf8 30. Qh6 Rh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "Heidenfeld"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2
Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Kf2 (12. Ke2 $142 {Gallagher})
12... Nxc4 13. b3 Na3 $146 {(Larsen)} 14. Nge2 Nc5 15. Rad1 a5 16. Rhg1 O-O 17.
Kg2 f5 18. Kh1 Nc2 19. Rd2 Nb4 20. Na4 Ncd3 21. Ng3 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 {
Source: BCM, February 1958, p34} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Sterner, Olof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Before the Hastings Tournament, I had written off to a friend in
Finland to obtain the scores of all the games played by Sterner when he won
the Scandinavian title in Helsinki this summer. He had sent back a packet of
French and Slav Defences, and hence I had spent most of the morning before the
game preparing for this move. At lunch I casually mentioned this to Peter
Clarke, who asked me whether I had looked at the line of play which arises
from Black’s 6th and 9th moves in the present game. I had to admit that I
hadn’t and so, generously fore­going my turn to pay for after-lunch coffee,
I went up to my room, got out my copy of Keres book on the French, and did my
neglected homework.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7.
Qg4 Ne7 ({A line of play inferior to Botvinnik’s move} 7... f5) 8. Qxg7 Rg8
9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 (10. Ra2 {and 10 Kd1 have been tried here, but the text
is sounder.}) 10... Nbc6 11. f4 ({Not} 11. cxd4 Nxd4 $1) 11... Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3
13. Be3 ({The obvious} 13. Nxc3 {leaves White with some troubles on the c-file
after} a6 {followed by ...Rc8 and ...Na5. What White in fact has in mind from
now on is an ending in which Black will be left with a bishop obstructed by
its own pawns, and White with a much more active piece, be it the f1-bishop or
the knight. Of course, such an ending is also likely to favour White because
of the passed h-pawn. Black's counter-chances lie in his central pawn majority,
and hence in the possibility of one of the thrusts . ...d4 or ...f6. White
prevents the first as soon as possible by firmly occupying d4, so that the
strategy of the whole game revolves round whether Black can open the centre
before his own king gets into trouble on the queenside.}) 13... Nf5 14. Nd4
Nfxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O-O 16. g3 {Freeing the f1-bishop.} Kb8 ({Black plans some
continuation like} 16... Rdf8 17. Bxc3 d4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxc2 {, which
would at the moment be too dangerous because of the unprotected a-pawn and the
open c-file.}) 17. Be2 Nxd4 ({And here the immediate} 17... Rdf8 {does not
work owing to} 18. Bc5 Nxe5 19. Qxc3 Ng6 20. Bxa7+) 18. Qxd4 Rc8 $2 ({But this
loss of time is difficult to understand, except on the grounds that Black
toyed with the idea of changing his plan and swapping queens by ...Qc5—which
White’s reply at once discourages. The immediate} 18... Rdf8 {is correct.})
19. Kf2 $1 Rg6 ({If} 19... Qc5 20. Ke3 Qxd4+ 21. Kxd4 {, with a won ending for
White, since the c-pawn must soon fall.}) 20. Bd3 Rh6 21. Rab1 Rf8 22. Rb3 f6
23. Ba6 $1 b6 ({23 Ba6 was just in time. Black cannot now play} 23... fxe5 24.
Rxb7+ Qxb7 25. Qxe5+ Qc7 26. Rb1+ {and wins}) (23... Bc8 24. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7 25.
Rhb1 Rxh2+ 26. Kf3 Rfh8 ({if} 26... Rxc2 27. Rxb7+ Qxb7 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qb4+
) 27. Rxb7+ Qxb7 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. exf6 {and the passed f-pawn wins easily.})
24. Rxc3 Qd8 ({I had a moment of terror over the possible reply} 24... Qxe5 {
but then} 25. Qb4 $1 {wins.}) 25. Qb4 {Now there is no salvation for Black.}
Ka8 26. Qd6 fxe5 27. Rc7 Rxf4+ 28. Kg2 $1 ({But not} 28. gxf4 $2 Qh4+ {, with
good chances of perpetual check.}) 28... Qf8 29. Bb7+ ({The crude way; more
elegant was} 29. Qxd7 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 {when Black is defenceless.}) 29... Kb8 30.
Rc8+ {Sources: BCM, February 1958, p52; The Times, 8 January 1958} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 $6 (13. Bf4
O-O 14. c3 Qb6 $10 {ECO/Geller}) 13... Qd5 (13... Bc6 $2 14. Bg5 $1 Qb6 15. c3
Rd8 16. Qe2 Rd5 17. Bf6 $1 $16 {Kavalek-Jansa, CZE-ch 1962}) 14. c3 Qxe5 15.
Bf4 Qxf4 16. Qa4+ Bc6 $2 (16... Kf8 $1 17. Ne6+ fxe6 18. Rf1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1+
Bf5 20. g4 Bf6 21. gxf5 exf5 $17 {ECO/Geller}) 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ fxe6 19.
Qxf4+ Kxe7 20. Qc7+ Bd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qxb7 Rhf8 23. Qxa7 Rf5 24. a4 Be5 25.
a5 Ke8 (25... Bb8 26. Qb7 $1 (26. Rxd7+ $2 Rxd7 27. Qxb8 Rd1#)) 26. a6 Bc6 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qe3 Bc7 29. b4 Re5 30. Qd4+ Kc8 31. c4 Re4 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33.
Qxh7+ Kd8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qf8+ Bd8 37. Qc5 Kd7 38. b5 Ba8 39.
Qa7+ {Sources: BCM, February 1958, p35; CHESS, Vol.23, No.307-8, January 1958,
p120} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. h4 Rc8 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Na4 b6
15. a3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. b5 Na5 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Rfc1 Bxh4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21.
Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Rc1 f4 23. Nc3 Qg5 24. Nxd5 f3 25. Ne3 fxg2 26. Rc7 Bh3 27. Nd5
Qg4 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Rc7 Qxc7 32. Qxh3 Qc4 33. Kxg2
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1957/58 33rd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1957.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. a4 Na5 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bf5 12. Qa2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. Nfd2 Be5
15. cxd6 exd6 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. f4 Nb4 18. Qa1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21.
Ng5 Qf6 22. Qd2 a5 23. Rd1 h6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Nh3 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Rfe8 27. Kf1
Re3 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb3 30. Rxg6 Rb4 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Re6 Rxc4 33. Ng5
Rxa4 34. h4 Rc4 35. h5 Rc7 36. Re5 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 b5 38. Rxf5 Rc6 39. Rf7+ Kg8
40. Ra7 b4 41. Nf3 b3 42. g4 b2 43. Nd2 Rc2 44. Nb1 Rc1 45. Na3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Southend Premier"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1958.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1958.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Qg3 d6 12. f4 f6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f5 Kg7
15. h4 a6 16. Kb1 b5 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. h5 g5 19. h6+ Kh8 20. Rd2 Nb4 21. a3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Bb7 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Qxd6 Rf7 25. c5 Rc8 26. Rhd1 Kg8 27. Qe6 Rcf8 28.
Rd6 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. c6 Bc8 31. Qd5 a5 32. Rxf6 Ba6 33. Rxf7 {Source: BCM,
May 1958, p125. Incorrectly dated on 2022 Mega Database as 1962.} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1958.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersen, Borge"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1958.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 (5... O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5
8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 (9. Kd1 $5) 9... Nxg3 (9... Qe7 {Karpov-Kasparov, World
Championship, Lyon 1990 (1-0)}) 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Ke2 (12. Kf2
Nxc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nge2 Na6 15. Rhg1 f5 {transposes to Spassky-Bronstein,
given below}) 12... Nxc4 13. Rc1 {(Levitt-Martin, Glasgow 1989)} Bd7 14. b3 Nb6
{Levitt-Parker, Hastings 1991/2} (14... Na3 $5 {Gallagher})) 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3
Na6 8. Qd2 ({"Instead of 8.Qd2, White could also try} 8. a3 {followed by a
quick b4 to try to show that the knight committed itself too early" (Joe
Gallagher, The Saemisch King's Indian (Batsford, 1995))}) 8... Qh4+ 9. g3 (9.
Bf2 Qe7 10. Nge2 f5 {Lein,A (2475)-Van der Wiel,J (2515), New Brunswick 1984 
(½-½, 25 moves)}) 9... Nxg3 $5 {Bronstein's novelty.} 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4
Nxe3 12. Kf2 (12. Ke2 $1 {is Joe Gallagher's annotation in The Saemisch King's
Indian (Batsford, 1995) but he gives nothing more than the exclamation mark})
12... Nxc4 13. b3 Na3 $1 ({Suggested by Bronstein after playing} 13... Nb6 {
in the game Spassky-Bronstein, Amsterdam 1956}) 14. Nge2 Nc5 15. Raf1 (15. Rad1
a5 16. Rhg1 O-O 17. Kg2 f5 18. Kh1 Nc2 19. Rd2 Nb4 20. Na4 Ncd3 21. Ng3 Bf6 22.
Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 {½-½, Kluger,G-Barden,L Hastings 1958, three months
previously.}) 15... O-O 16. Rhg1 f5 17. Kg2 Nc2 18. Kh1 Ne3 19. Rc1 Nd3 20. Nd1
$2 (20. Rcf1 $5) (20. Rb1 $4 Bf6 $3 $19) 20... Nxc1 21. Nxc1 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 fxe4
23. fxe4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Rf7 25. Qg3 Raf8 26. Kg2 Bh6 27. h3 Bb5 28. Nc3 Bf1+ {
Sources: CHESS, June 1958, p241; BCM, June 1958, p155; The Delights of Chess
by Assiac [Heinrich Fraenkel], Dover, 1974, p177} (28... Bf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30.
Nb5 Bd2 $1 31. Nxc7 Be1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1958.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dimc, Dragutin"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 Nc5 12. Qe3 a6 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f5 Rfc8 17. Qf4 b5 18. f6 Qf8 19. g5 b4 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nd4
Qc5 22. h5 a5 23. g6 b3 24. axb3 a4 25. fxg7 Ng5 26. Qxg5 a3 27. gxh7+ Kxh7 28.
g8=Q+ {Sources: BCM, June 1958, p156; The Times, 17 April 1958} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1958.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6k/2pb3p/p2p4/3Pp1R1/2p1Br2/5P2/PP5P/2K3R1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1958.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26. Bxh7 Rh4 27. Be4 Rxh2 28. Rg7 Bb5 29. Rxc7 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Bc2 Rh4
32. a4 Be8 33. Rc6 $1 Rh1+ (33... Bxc6 34. dxc6 Kf7 35. c7 Rh8 36. Bf5 $18) 34.
Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Kc3 Rf2 36. Be4 a5 37. Rxd6 Bxa4 38. Re6 Bd1 39. d6 Ba4 40. Rxe5 {
Source: BCM, June 1958, p157} 1-0

[Event "ENG-SCO"]
[Site "RAC Club, London"]
[Date "1958.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fallone, Michael"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1958.04.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Nf3 e6
9. Be2 exd5 10. exd5 Qb6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. h3 Re7 15.
Rab1 Rae8 16. a3 h6 17. Bd2 Qb3 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne5 21. Bxh6
Nxc4 22. Qf4 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Nxa3 24. f4 Nxb1 25. f5 Re1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2
gxf5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qxd6+ Kg8 33. Qg3+
Kf8 34. Qd6+ Re7 35. Qd8+ Re8 36. Qd6+ {Sources: Glasgow Herald columns: 25
April; 2 May; 20 June 1958. BCM, June 1958, p159; CHESS, May 20 1958, page 223}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ilford Premier 9th"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1958.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 b6 (5... c5) 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O
O-O 8. f3 c5 (8... d5 $142) 9. d5 Kh8 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $4 11. Bc4) 10.
e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 fxe4 12. fxe4 Ng4 (12... e5 $142 13. Bg5 d6 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15.
Nf5 Qc7 16. Rf3 $40) 13. Bg5 $1 Qe8 (13... Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Qe8 15. Qf4) 14. Qd2
Ne5 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Rf1 Qg8 (16... Qe8 17. Qf4) 17. Be7 Na6 18. Bd6 Nf7 19.
Qf4 (19. Bg3 $6 e5 {/\ d6}) 19... Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Qe8 21. Ng3 Rc8 22. Nh5 Nc7 23.
Nxg7 $1 Qg6 (23... Kxg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Rg3+ Kf7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28.
d6 $18) 24. Rf8+ Kxg7 25. Qe7+ Kh6 26. Rf6 {Source: BCM, July 1958, p196} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.18"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Slade, Ronald Augustus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe7 14.
Re1 b5 15. Qe4 Rb8 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Bb7 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Re3 Bd5 20. Rg3 Rbc8
21. Rf1 Bc4 22. Ne4 Qf4 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qh5 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27.
Nc5 Rfe8 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ne7 30. Kf2 Rc6 31. Ke2 f5 32. Ra1 Rb6 33. Rb1
Rg6 34. Kf2 Rh6 35. h3 Kf7 36. a4 Rb6 37. Nd7 Rb7 38. Nc5 Rb6 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Ra1 Nc6 41. Nd7 Rb7 42. Ra6 Rxd7 43. Rxc6 Rb7 44. Rd6 b4 45. cxb4 Rb5 46. Rd7+
Kf6 47. g4 fxg4 48. hxg4 h6 49. Kf3 g6 50. Rd6+ Kg5 51. Re6 h5 52. Re5+ Kh4 53.
gxh5 gxh5 54. Kf4 Rxb4 55. Rxd5 Rb1 56. Rd8 Rf1+ {Source: British Championship
Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 8 April 2023}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3
c5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Be6 12. b3 Nc6 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nh5
15. f4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Ng7 17. g4 f6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5
21. Rxd5 Ne6 {Source: British Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric
Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 8 April 2023} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. cxb5 d3 13. Qf1 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Be3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nc3 Nxb3 18. Ne1 c6 19. Nxd3 O-O 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21.
Qd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Qf3 Bxd6 26. exd6 c5 27. Qxa8
Rxa8 28. d7 Rd8 29. Rd5 Kf8 30. Rxc5 Rxd7 31. Kf1 Rb7 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6
34. Kd4 f6 35. b4 g6 36. g4 Rb8 37. h4 Rb7 38. f3 Rb8 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Rb7
41. Rf5 Ke6 42. Kc5 Rb8 43. Kc6 Rc8+ 44. Kxb5 Rc3 45. Kb6 h5 46. Rxh5 Rxf3 47.
b5 Rg3 48. Rh4 Kd6 49. Kb7 Rb3 50. b6 Rb4 51. Rh6 Rxg4 52. Rxf6+ Kd7 53. Rf7+
Kd6 54. Rc7 Rg1 55. Rc2 Rb1 56. Ka7 Kd7 57. b7 Ra1+ 58. Kb8 Rb1 59. Ra2 Rb3 60.
Ka8 Kc7 61. Rc2+ {Source: British Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric
Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 8 April 2023} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Rd1 c6 12. Nge2 Qa5 13. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8 14. Qc5 Qxc5
15. Bxc5 Nd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 17. Nb1 Nh5 18. g4 b6 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nd4 Nf4 $3 {
Sources: BCM, October 1958, p252; British Championship Leamington 1958 edited
by Eric Fisher} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 d5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxd4 Bxb4 18. Rd1 Bxd5 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Bg5 Bc3 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Rac1 Bb2 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxb1 26. Bxb1 Qa5 27.
Bd2 Qb5 28. Bc3 Qc6 29. Qh4 Ke7 30. Bf5 Rb8 31. Qg3 Rb5 32. Qxg7 Ne8 33. Re1+
Kd8 34. Qf8 Be6 35. Bf6+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ Kb6 37. Bd4+ {Sources: The Times, 26 Aug
1958; Glasgow Herald, 29 Aug 1958; CHESS, 25 Sept 1958, p356; British
Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
8 April 2023} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Howson, James B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5+ Be6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Be3 O-O 14. h3
Rac8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Nbd4 Bd7 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Ncd4 Bd7 19. Nc2 Be6 {Source:
British Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher. Contributed by
Andy Ansel, 8 April 2023} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe4 O-O 10. Bd2 f6 11. g4 Nh6 12. O-O-O Nxg4 13. Rhg1 Kh8 14. Rg2
Qe8 15. Rdg1 f5 16. Qe1 Qh5 17. Ne2 Qf7 18. Kb1 Be6 19. h3 Bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Bd5 {
Sources: BCM, October 1958, p254; British Championship Leamington 1958 edited
by Eric Fisher} (20... Bd5 21. e6 $5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 d5
15. a3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Bxa6 Ra8 18. Bb5 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qb8 21.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Kc1 Rc8 23. Qh3 Qb5 24. Rhd1 Ke8 25. Be1 Qe2 26. R4d2 Qe4 27.
Qh5 Rxa3 28. Kb1 Qa4 {Sources: Sunday Times, 14 September 1958; British
Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. cxb4 hxg5 14. Qh5
Qxd4 15. Bxg5 Bg4 16. Qh4 Be2 17. Be4 f5 18. Bxc6 f4 19. Bg2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 c3
21. Bxf4 Rae8 22. Qg5 Re6 23. Qd5 Qf6 24. Bh3 {time. Source: British
Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel,
8 April 2023} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. c3 d4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. e5 Rb8 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nc4 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Re4 Qd5 17. Ne3 Qc6 18. Ng4 Rd8 19. Bg5 h5 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Qf3
Rd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. f4 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Ke8 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Rc1 {
Sources: CHESS, 25 September 1958, p357; British Championship Leamington 1958
edited by Eric Fisher} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th"]
[Site "Leamington"]
[Date "1958.08.29"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1958.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bd1 Qa5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. c4 Qc5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Bg4 Rc5 21.
Bf3 b6 22. a4 Bf6 23. Bd5 a5 {Sources: Bernard Cafferty; British Championship
Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-GBR m"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1958.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1958.10.25"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 $2 (6... Nc6) 7.
e5 Nfd7 (7... Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Qxe5 11. O-O-O $32) 8. Nxe6
$5 (8. f4 $1) 8... Bb4+ (8... fxe6 $4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ hxg6 11. Qxg6+ Ke7
12. Bg5+) 9. c3 fxe6 10. cxb4 (10. Qh5+ g6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 13.
Bh6+ Rxh6 14. Qxh6+ Kf7 15. cxb4 Nc6 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Qh7+ Kf6 $2 17. Qh4+)
16. O-O Ndxe5 $17) 10... Nxe5 11. Qh5+ (11. Be2 $142 $5 Nbc6 12. f4 Nf7 13. O-O
O-O (13... Nxb4 14. Nc3 $15) 14. Bd4 Nxb4 (14... e5 15. fxe5 Nfxe5 16. Nc3 {^^}
) 15. Bxg7) 11... Nf7 12. O-O (12. f4 Nc6 13. a3 e5) 12... Nd7 $2 (12... Nc6 $1
13. a3 e5 $17 {[+]}) 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qh4 d4 (14... O-O 15. Nd2) 15. Bf2 b5 16.
Nd2 Bb7 17. Rfe1 O-O (17... Qd5 18. Ne4 $40) 18. Rxe6 Nh6 $2 (18... Qd5 $142
19. Ne4 Nh6 (19... Qxe6 $2 20. Nxf6+) 20. Re5 (20. Rd6 Nf5 21. Rxd5 Nxh4) 20...
Qd7 21. Rc5 Qe7 $132) 19. Rae1 Nd5 (19... Nfg4 $142 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bh4 $16)
20. Qg3 Nxf4 21. Re7 (21. Rxh6 Nxd3) 21... Nh5 22. Qg5 (22. Qe5 $2 Rxf2 $1)
22... Qd5 23. R1e5 Qxa2 24. Rxb7 Qxb2 25. Ree7 Qc1+ 26. Bf1 Nf5 27. Rec7 Qd1
28. Nf3 d3 29. Qxh5 d2 30. Rd7 $138 (30. Rxg7+ $1 Nxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg4+
Kf6 (32... Kh8 33. Bd4+) (32... Kh6 33. Qg5#) 33. Bh4+ Kf7 34. Ne5+) 30... Rad8
31. Qg5 1-0

[Event "NED-GBR m"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1958.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1958.10.25"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a4 a6
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nc4 Nb5 13. e5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Ra3
Bb5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Nb6 c4 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Bf3 Rbe8 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Raa1 Nc8
22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Bh6 Qd8 24. Re4 e5 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxd8 Rxd8
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxb7 Rd2 30. Be4 Re2 31. f3 Rd2 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. f4 e5 34. Ke1
Rd6 35. fxe5+ Kxe5 36. Bf3 Kf4 37. Ke2 Re6+ 38. Kf2 Rd6 39. g3+ Kf5 40. Ke3 Ke5
41. Be2 Rd5 42. Rf1 Ke6 43. Rf4 Re5+ 44. Re4 Kd5 45. Bf3 Rxe4+ 46. Bxe4+ Ke5
47. Bb7 g5 48. g4 h6 49. h3 Kd6 50. Kd4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1958.11.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe5 {
Source: BCM, January 1959, p4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1958.11.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c6
9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. e4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c5 15. e5
O-O-O 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bf5+ Bxf5 18. Qxf5+ Qe6 $2 (18... e6) 19. Qxe6+ fxe6
20. b3 g4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rdf8 23. Nf4 Rf5 24. Rh4 h5 25. Rdh1 Nd7 26.
Rxg4 Nxe5 27. Rgh4 Kd7 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. Rxh5 Rhxh5 30. Rxh5 Ng4 31. f3 Nf6 32.
Rh8 e5 33. Rd8+ Kc6 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 e6 36. Rd8 Rg5 37. g4 e4 38. Ke3 exf3
39. gxf3 Re5+ 40. Kf2 b5 41. Rd2 bxc4 42. bxc4 Rg5 43. Kg3 Rg7 44. Kf4 Rf7+ 45.
Ke4 e5 46. g5 {Source: BCM, January 1959, p3} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 45th playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.11.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nb5 15. Nxb5
Bxb5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ng4 19. Be2 Qh4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. f3 Qh4
22. g3 Qe7 23. Qc2 b5 24. Bd2 b4 25. Ra4 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 f5 27. Re1 fxe4 28. Rxe4
Qf7 29. b3 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Re8 31. Qd3 Qxd5 32. Ra2 Qc6 33. h4 d5 34. Bxb4 Re3
35. Qd1 Qe6 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 d4 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Rc2 d3 {
Source: BCM, January 1959, p4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.11.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. d5 Rd8 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. a3 Qa6 14. Nb3 Nc6
15. Qe1 Na5 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qxc7 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bf5 19. Be3 Bc2 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. bxc4 Bb3 22. Ne4 Bxc4 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rfd1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bh6
Kh8 27. f3 Re8 28. Kf2 f5 29. Rc1 Kg8 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Kg3 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8
33. Be3 a6 34. Bd4 h6 35. Kf4 Kh7 36. Ke5 Kg6 37. Kd6 Be6 38. b4 Bc4 39. Kc7
Bd5 40. Be3 h5 {Source: BCM, January 1959, p5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 45th playoff"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1958.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1958.11.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 d5
15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rf3 d4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rh3 g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rf1+ 21.
Ng1 Qg8 22. Qxc6 Nf6 23. Rg3 Qc8 24. Qb5 Re1 25. Bh6 Rxa1 26. Qxe5 Bd8 27. Bg7+
Kg8 28. Bxf6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Re7+ {Sources: The Guardian,
18 December 1958; Glasgow Herald, 19 December 1958; BCM, January 1959, p5;
Sunday Times, 1 February 1959, p24} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1958/59 34th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1958.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1958.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O Bb6 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxe5 10. Qb3 Qh5 11. Ba3 Ne7 12. e5 Nc6 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Rfe1
d6 15. Nf3 f6 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Qb4 Kc8
21. Bc1 Bc5 {etc. "Gereben later even took the f-pawn; with ...a6 and ...Ra7:
a hazardous method of defence which proved successful through masterly
watchfulness and an unweakened pawn position." (Dr Euwe's research team -
CHESS, vol.24, no.335-6, 21 March 1959, p173} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1958/59 34th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1959.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1958.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nf4 fxe5 11. Nxe6 $2 (11. dxe5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Qh5+ Nf7 15. Bxh7 Qd4) 11... e4 12. Bf4 Nde5 13. dxe5 Bxe6 14. Ng5 Bf5
15. Be2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Bg4 O-O 18. e6 Nd4 19. Bc7 Qxc7 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21.
Rc1 Bxd4 22. Rxc7 Bxg4 23. f3 Be3 {Source: BCM, Feb 1959, p37; CHESS, vol.24,
no.331-2, 28 January 1959, p117} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1958/59 34th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1959.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1958.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Be3 Kh8
15. h3 a6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nf5 19. Bg5 Bb4 20. Qb3 Nd7 21. Re2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Rxb7 a5 26. a3 d4 27. Bh6 Qxh6
28. Rxe5 Bd6 29. Rxe6 Qf4 30. Qd5 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "National Club Ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1959.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1959.01.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Cedars"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O ({"} 8... Bd7 {is correct" (Harding/Botterill, The Italian Game,
Batsford 1977)}) 9. Bxc6 $6 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Nc3
Qg5 13. Qd4 Rae8 14. Bxe8 Rxe8 15. f4 Qg4 16. h3 Qg3+ {1-0, Barden-Janetschek,
Clare Benedict 1960}) 9... bxc6 10. Nxc6 $4 (10. O-O $15) 10... Bxe3 $1 $19 11.
O-O (11. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 12. Kf1 (12. Ke2 Bg4+ 13. Kd3 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Raxd8 $19)
12... Ba6+ 13. Qd3 Bxd3+ 14. cxd3 Raxd8 15. dxe4 Bd4 $19) 11... Qd7 (11... Nxf2
$19) 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxd5 Bd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Re1
Nc5 18. b4 Nd3 19. Re3 Ba6 20. Na3 Rac8 21. b5 Rxc3 22. bxa6 Rxa3 23. Rd1 Rc8
24. f4 Rcc3 25. f5 Kg8 26. e6 Kf8 27. h4 Ke7 28. g4 Nc5 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. exf7
Rg3+ {Source: SCCU Bulletin, May 1959. The match was probably played in
January (rather than February) 1959 - I have put "1959.02" for technical
reasons (to avoid the game appearing in sorted lists in the middle of the
Hastings tournament) - JS. The match was drawn 3-3 with Cedars going through
to round 2 on board count.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.10"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Clough, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{It may sound extravagant but I am prepared to maintain that nobody ever had
such a first week of vicissitudes in the British Championship as Leonard
Barden this year. By the week-end, he must have been feeling rather
punch-drunk. Let the games speak for themselves. (BH Wood, ILN)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6
10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. e4 d4 13. e5 O-O-O 14. exf6 dxc3 15. a4 Rxd1+ 16.
Bxd1 gxf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Bd6 19. bxc3 Rg8 20. Qb1 Qd7 21. Bc2 Ne7 22.
Be4 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rg4 25. Ra8+ Bb8 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Ra6 Re4 28.
Qd3 f5 {At this stage, Barden had left himself with barely four minutes for
his next twelve moves. Clough had about half an hour. As so often happens, it
was Clough whose nerves were the more severely affected. His 33rd move, which
is an outright blunder, lost him twenty minutes of his time. Recovering from
the shock in praiseworthy fashion, he manages to con­jure up a simple trap
into which Barden, now com­pelled to make every move on the instant, tumbles
headlong.} 29. Rf6 c4 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Nd4 Bxh2 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Rh6 Rg4 $4 34.
Nf3 Qd5 35. Nxh2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Re4 37. Nf3 $4 {(In time trouble)} Qxh6 38. Qxe4
fxe4 39. Bxh6 exf3+ 40. Kxf3 Nf5 $2 {Phew! Time control at last. Clough has a
won endgame and more expert readers may enjoy them­selves unearthing a few of
the many winning con­tinuations he missed. Barden, on the other hand,
provides us with the demonstration (for which we have waited rather long!) of
the contrast in tech­nique between a man playing in his 10th British
Championship and one playing in his first.} 41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Kg4 Ke6 43. Kg5 f6+
44. Kg4 Nd6 45. f3 Nf7 46. Be3 Ne5+ 47. Kf4 h5 48. Ke4 h4 49. Bf4 h3 50. Bh2
f5+ 51. Kf4 Nd3+ 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Ke2 f4 54. Kf1 Ke5 55. Bg1 Kf5 56. Bh2 Ne5 57.
Ke2 Nd3 58. Kf1 Ke5 59. Bg1 Kd5 60. Ba7 $2 {For instance, have a look at 60...
Ne1 now. The disappearance of one pawn on each side now raises Barden’s
drawing hopes considerably.} h2 61. Kg2 Ne1+ 62. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. Kf2
Ne5 65. Bd4 Ng4+ 66. Kg2 f3+ 67. Kg3 Ne3 $2 (67... f2 68. Bxf2 Nxf2 69. Kxf2
Kd3 $19) 68. Kf2 Nd1+ 69. Ke1 Nb2 70. Kf2 Nd3+ 71. Kg3 Nc1 72. Kf2 Nb3 73. Bg7
Nd2 74. Bd4 Kd3 75. Bg7 Kc2 $2 76. Ke3 Kd1 77. Kf2 Kc2 78. Ke3 f2 79. Kxf2 Ne4+
80. Ke1 Nxc3 81. Be5 Kd3 {Here a draw was agreed; if Black advances his pawn,
White sacrifices his bishop for it and White’s lone knight can never give
mate (even two can’t). Dear me! Time up. We shall have to defer the next
episode in our tale of wild time-scrambles, won games lost and lost games won,
until next week. (Source: Illustrated London News, 29 August 1959)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Curtis, Donald A"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
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{Leonard Barden's blood, sweat and toil draw with new-comer F. Clough in the
first round of the British Championship earned him as second opponent another
new-comer, D. A. Curtis, the Welsh Chess Union’s nominee, who eventually
finished 31st out of 32. Barden won in the end, but only after surviving the
danger of a draw more than once. Curious transpositions resulted in the
opening’s becoming established as a SICILIAN DEFENCE only on move four:} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Rf3 Nxe4 11. Nxc6 ({One wonders why, having invited this
move, White did not play} 11. Nd5 {now: it would surely have provided him with
more fun than he gets in the game : he sheds a pawn without compensation. Of
course if now 11.Nxe4 then 11.Bxd4.}) 11... Qxc6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. a4 Be6 14. Nb4
Qc8 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Rd1 a5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Nxa4 21. Rb5 Nc5 22. Ra3 a4 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bc6 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 Rb8
27. Bxa4 Rxb2 28. Bb3 Kg7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke1 Nxb3 31. cxb3 Rxg2 32. Kd1 Rxh2
33. Kc1 Rf2 34. b4 Rxf4 35. Rb3 Rc4+ 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. b5 Kd7 38. Kd3 d5 39. b6
Kc8 {Source: Illustrated London News, 5 September 1959} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{Having mulled and messed around and rather luckily collected a point and a
half from two of the weakest players in the tournament, Barden now found
himself paired against the champion J. Penrose, who finally finished equal
first with Golombek and Haygarth. True to his topsy-turvy form, Barden won
brilliantly:} 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 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Ng5 Bd7 15. Nf1 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe2 b4 23. Rxa5 {Both Alexander and I, watching during
the course of our own games, remarked on the fact that Penrose examined the
position for about half an hour before making his reply. This seemed a most
misguided waste of time on his clock, for, unless he is to remain a piece down
without compensation, he must capture the rook. So why not play it at once,
and start looking around after?} Qxa5 24. Qxc4 Rf8 25. Nxf7 Kg7 (25... Rxf7 26.
Bb3) 26. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 27. Bh6+ Kg6 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Nh8+ Kh6 30. Qxc8 Kg7 31.
Qe6 $2 (31. Bb3 {Penrose, BCM}) (31. Qxf5 {Fritz 8}) 31... Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 $2
(32... Qa7 33. Bb3 Qe7 34. Qxe7+ Bxe7 35. Nf7 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nxe4 37. Nxe5 Nxf2
{should draw - Penrose}) 33. Bb3 h5 34. Qf7+ Kxh8 35. Qxf8+ {"The whole attack
was carried through originality bordering on brilliance." (BH Wood) Sources:
Illustrated London News, 5 September 1959; BCM, Oct 1959, p313} (35. Qxf8+ {
the game continued} Kh7 36. Qf7+ {1-0 according to BCM}) 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hallmark, Alfred Maurice"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{Having brilliantly beaten Jonathan Penrose in round three of the British
Championship at York, Barden drew for his next opponent another who was almost
a newcomer, A. M. Hallmark, of Harrogate, had managed to qualify just once
before. So (naturally, in his form of this tournament!) Barden got into a
horrid mess:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2
Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. f4 b4 16. Na4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Bf1 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. a3 g5 21.
axb4 Qd8 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 gxf4 {Faced with the loss of a second pawn (at
least) if he retires the attacked bishop, Barden sacrifices desperately. He
now had about three minutes, Hall­mark about ten, for the next seventeen
moves.} 24. Qxb7 fxg3 25. Nf3 Nxe5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne5 29.
Rxa6 Rfd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. b4 h5 32. b5 h4 33. c6 Rc8 34. Bg5 Ng6 35. Ra4 Be5
36. Rc4 Bc7 37. Be3 Rb8 38. Rb4 Ne5 39. Rxh4 Kg7 40. Ra4 Kf6 {Of course, all
the moves since our last note were made in, probably, less time than you have
taken to make them simply reading from the score! It is therefore rather
pusillanimous to point out that, in trying to save his hazardously advanced
king’s knight’s pawn by playing 32...h4, Barden only flung good money
after bad.} 41. Ra7 Bb6 42. Bxb6 Rxb6 43. c7 {Source: Illustrated London News,
12 September 1959 - BH Wood's notes} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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{The opening of my own game against Leonard Barden in the British Championship
at York one of those happy-go-lucky affairs where the players attack on
opposite wings.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7.
Be3 O-O 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nc1 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. c5
Ng6 15. Nb3 h5 {If anybody is inquisitive about what really goes on inside
that British Championship arena, I will reveal that the game was summed up
here by the Universities’ International R. B. Edwards on the next board in a
sotto voce comment, "Yoicks! Tally ho." It is a pell-mell race of attacks on
opposite wings, in which every move counts.} 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Na5 g4 18. Nb5 g3
19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Bxg3 h4 21. Bh2 Bh6 {The king’s side has got there first
and Barden is in a compromised situation. If the attacked rook moves 
(naturally to c3 to forestall ...Be3+) there comes ...Nh5, ...Ngf4, ...Rg7, ...
Qg5, etc, and White’s king succumbs to an annihilating onslaught. Friends
who freely advise me on how to win the British Championship might well ponder
on the course of this game and revise their estimates of the difficulty of the
process. It is not enough to accom­plish the feat of out-playing Leonard
Barden, one of the world's leading theorists, in the opening—and as Black;
you must follow-up with an impeccable middle-game and end game. For,
perceiving his peril in good time, he lashes out with calculated desperation.}
22. f4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bc4 Bg4 (26... a6 $17 {
Houdini 4 Pro} 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. d6 Qd7) (26... Rg7 $1 $19 {Houdini 4 Pro}) 27.
Qe1 $11 {(Houdini 4 Pro)} Nxd5 28. Nxb7 Qd7 29. Qxe5 Rf5 ({A crucial stage.
The win must be there ; perhaps some reader can find it? I rejected} 29... c6 {
fearing} 30. N5d6 {Perhaps 29...Be6...? Now the tide turns.}) 30. Bxd5+ Qxd5
31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxc7 Rd7 33. Nxa8 Rxb7 34. Rc4 Rf7 35. c6 h3 36. gxh3 ({
Now I am fighting to draw. Now if} 36. c7 {, then} Bc8 {and the knight is dead.
There is a maze of possibilities-in White’s favour-if White is
over-amhitious with 36.g3 Re7!}) 36... Bxh3 37. c7 Rf8 38. Rd4 Bc8 39. Rd8 Kf7
40. b5 Ke7 41. Rxf8 {(sealed)} Kxf8 42. a4 Ke7 43. a5 Kd6 44. a6 Kd7 (44...
Bxa6 45. bxa6 Kd7 46. Kg2 Kc8 47. Kf3 Kd7 48. Kxf4 Kc8 49. Ke5 Kd7 $11) ({Not} 
44... Kc5 {as I had planned, because of} 45. b6 $1 {which wins. Work it out!
It would take ten articles to do justice to this fantastic game. Let me only
confess that I played ten more moves and finally resigned, oblivious
throughout to the fact that ...Bxa6!!, bxa6, ...Kd7 would have secured a draw
because Black can oscillate his king between c8 and d7, any attempt by
White’s king to infiltrate resulting in stalemate.}) 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Kf3 Ke5
$4 (46... Kc5 $11 47. b6 axb6 48. a7 Kd6) 47. Kf2 $4 (47. Nb6 $1 axb6 48. a7
$18) 47... Kd6 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. Kxf4 Kd6 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kd4 Bh3 $4
(52... Bxa6 $3 53. bxa6 Kd7 54. Ke5 Kc8 $11) 53. b6 axb6 54. a7 {Sources:
Illustrated London News, 19 September 1959; (moves 41-end) BCM, Oct 1959, p290}
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. h3 h6
9. Bh4 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15.
Rab1 a6 16. Bg3 Rb8 17. Nd2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Ng3 Rfc8
15. Bg5 Rc7 16. Nf5 Ne8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bf4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1
Rcc8 21. Ne5 Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. f3 Nc7 24. Rd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. g4 Be6 11. Ng3 Na6 12. a3 Nd7 13. Na4 Bf8 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 c5 18. b5 Nc7 19. Kc2 Rxa3 20. Bc1 Ra4 21. Kb3
Rb4+ 22. Kc3 Ne8 23. Ba3 Ra4 24. Kb3 Ra5 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. Bxe5 Nxb5 27. f4 Nd4+
28. Kb2 Bxg4 29. f5 Ra6 30. Bd3 Ra4 31. h3 Rb4+ 32. Ka2 Ra4+ 33. Kb2 Rb4+ 34.
Ka2 Bf3 35. Rf1 Ra4+ 36. Kb2 Rb4+ 37. Ka2 Ra4+ 38. Kb2 Bg2 39. Rf2 Rb4+ 40. Ka2
Ra4+ 41. Kb2 Rb4+ 42. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.19"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nbd2 d3 9. exd3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Nb3 Bf5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf4 Be4 14. Bh3 Ra8
15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa6 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Qxc6 f5 20. Rac1 f4 21.
Be6+ Kh8 22. Bf7 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Rf8 24. Bxf4 Bf6 25. Be6 a5 26. Be5 Bg5 27.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Bf4 Bf6 29. Bd6 Qd8 30. a4 h5 31. Be5 Bg5 32. Qxa8 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Qxa8 34. Rc8+ Qxc8 35. Bxc8 Bc2 36. Nc5 Bc1 37. Be6 Bxb2 38. Bxd5 Ba3 39. Bb3
Bf5 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.20"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Hilton, Clifford George"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qd3
Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. N2b3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Qc2 Bc6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. h3 a4 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Re1 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 Qf2 21. Rf1
Qe2 22. Qd1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Rxe5 Bf6 27. Re2
Re8 28. Rf2 Re1 29. Nf1 Rd8 {Sources: Glasgow Herald, 27 Nov 1959; BCM, Oct
1959, p294} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 46th"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1959.08.21"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1959.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. c5 a5 13. a4 b6 14. O-O bxc5 15.
dxc5 O-O 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nb5 Qf6 18. f4 Ne7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Rc1
Rfd8 22. N3d4 Rac8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nab5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Rcc8 26. Na7 Rc7 27. Nb5
Rcc8 28. Na7 Rc7 29. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1959.10.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Cortlever, Nicolaas"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1959.10.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bg4 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. f3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne5
15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne8 18. Rd3 Ne5 19. Rdd1 Nc4 20. Rd3 Ne5 21.
Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1959.10.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cortlever, Nicolaas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1959.10.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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. e5 Nd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxf6 N7xf6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bg5 Kf7 20. Re2 h6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd3 Ke6 25. g4 Kd6 26. Kg2 Re7 27.
Kf3 b6 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1959/60"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1959.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1959.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Below are given details of the game in which Cafferty gained a valuable, if
lucky, point in his game with L. W. Barden in the Premier Reserves Major
tournament at Hastings, the principal section after the Premier" (BH Wood)} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4 Nf6
9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Re8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Rd1 Qe5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 {
"Barden should now have reconciled himself to the fact that he cannot succeed,
but, even though short of time, tries to fish in troubled waters. He blunders
horribly!" (BH Wood)} 27. Qxc5 Qe2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qd4 $4 (29. Qf5+ $16) 29...
Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Qh5+ {Sources: Bernard Cafferty; Birmingham Post, 6 January 1960,
p12} 0-1

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-07"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1960.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cherta Clos, Pedro"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1960.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. O-O e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ne8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nh2 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 Bf6
16. Bd3 Bh4 17. Kh1 Bxf2 18. Qxf2 Nf6 19. Ne2 g5 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rc3 a6 22. a3
b5 23. b4 bxc4 24. Bb1 cxb4 25. axb4 Nb3 26. Ba2 Nh5 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Nf1 Bb5
29. Kh2 Rf7 30. Bxb3 cxb3 31. Rbxb3 Rfc7 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. Ra3 Qb8
35. Na2 Bb5 36. Rb3 Qc8 37. Rb2 Kg6 38. Kg1 Nf6 39. Qb6 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Rc1+ 41.
Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 43. Kf1 Qxa2 44. Qxd6 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 h5 46. Qe6 g4 47.
hxg4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Qd4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Qxe4 51. d6 Kg5 52. Qe7 Qe3+ 53.
Kf1 Kh4 54. Qc7 Kg3 55. Qc2 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-07"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1960.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bialas, Wolfram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A71"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be2 g5 15.
Bg3 Qe7 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Rab8 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. Qg4 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qxf4 Qe5 25. Qh4 Rfb8 26. Ra3 Qg5 27. Qh3 Qd2
28. Rg3 Ne5 29. Ne3 Ng6 30. f4 Bd4 31. f5 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Ne5 33. f6 Kh7 34. Rg3
Rg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf8 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qg5 39. b3 c4 40. Qd8 cxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-07"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1960.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romani, Elio"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1960.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc1 Nh7 14. h4 Ndf6 15.
Be2 hxg4 16. fxg4 Qa5 17. O-O Qd8 18. a5 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qxh4 20. Bxc8 Qg3+ 21.
Kh1 Qxe3 22. Rf3 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-07"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1960.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Walther, Edgar"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1960.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Qf3 b5 13. g5 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15.
Nxc5 Bxf3 16. Ncxe6 Qb7 17. Rxf3 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Rf7 19. Rg3 Qe4 20. Re1 Bd8 21.
Bf2 Qg6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Re8 Bb6 24. Rxa8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 d5 26. Rf3 Qc6 27.
Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Re8 Qd4+ 29. Kg3 Qxb2 30. f5 Qxc2 31. f6+ Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33. g6
Qxg6+ 34. Rxg6 Kxg6 35. a4 Rxf6 36. Rb3 bxa4 37. Ra3 a5 38. Rxa4 Ra6 39. Kg4
Kf6 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kc4 Ra7 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Ke5 46.
Kc4 h5 47. Kd3 Kf5 48. Kc3 Kg5 49. Kd3 Ra8 50. Kc3 h4 51. Kd3 Ra7 52. Ke3 Re7+
53. Kf3 Re5 54. Kg2 Rb5 55. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clare Benedict Cup-07"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1960.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Janetschek, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1960.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Nc3 Qg5 13. Qd4 Rae8 14.
Bxe8 Rxe8 15. f4 Qg4 16. h3 Qg3+ 17. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1960.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1960.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Kd1 b6 11. h5 h6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Qf4 Nbc6 15.
g4 Qc4 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Kg8 18. Rg1 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxa3 21. Rg3
Qa4 22. Rf3 Rf8 23. Bc3 Nc6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qc4 26. Rg3 Rh7 27. Qg4 b5 28.
Kd2 b4 29. Ba1 Ne7 30. Rcg1 Nf5 31. Rh3 Rc8 32. Qd1 Nxd4 33. Rg4 Nf3+ 34. Qxf3
Qxc2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ {Sources: BCM, June 1960, p173; CHESS, Vol.25, no.363-4,
June 1960, p245} 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1960.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Pritchard, David Brine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1960.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Na6
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nc7 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Ne8 13. Bf4 Rf7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Rad1 e5 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Bd5 Qd7 19. Ne4 b5 20. b3 Rb6 21. Be3 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Qb7 23. Rfd1 bxc4 24. Nxd6 cxb3 25. axb3 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Bf8 28. Rd8 Qe7 29. Qd2 h5 30. Bh6 Qf6 31. f3 Qe6 32. Qc2 Qf6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8
34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Qxc5+ Qe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc5 39. Kd3 a5
40. Kc3 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kd5 43. e3 Kc5 44. f4 e4 45. f5 Kd5 46. f6 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.25, no.363-4, June 1960, p247} 1-0

[Event "Ilford Premier 11th"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1960.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1960.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 ({This is not
so popular as} 6... e6 {, but it is solid enough. The deluge of analysis which
followed the repeated adoption of 6...e6 in the Candidates' Tournament seems
to have established the following as the best continuation for both sides:} 7.
f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Bb7 {
(so far Gligoric-Fischer, Bled 1959). This game continued} 14. Bh3 ({Gligoric
himself attempted a further refinement of White's play in his game with Bertok
in the 1960 Yugoslav Championship, continuing} 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. f5
e5 17. f6 gxf6 18. Nf5 {, with the initiative; but Black's strategy could also
be improved here by utilising Matanovic's [b4] idea.}) 14... O-O-O ({In the
zonal tournament at Budapest, Matanovic against Kostro improved Black's play
by the temporary pawn sacrifice} 14... b4 $1 15. axb4 Qc4 16. Rhg1 Qxb4 17. f5
Ne5 {with satisfactory counter-chances for Black on the queenside.}) 15. f5 $1
Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 e5 17. Ndxb5 $1 {and White's attack was soon decisive.}) 7. Bc4 (
7. f4 {is inferior here because of} Qb6 8. Qd2 ({or} 8. Nb3 Qe3+) 8... Qxb2 9.
Rb1 Qa3 {; and in contrast to the similar variation after 6...e6, White does
not have the attack 10 e5 available.}) 7... e6 ({Black has to be on guard
during the next few moves against the possibility of the sacrifice Bxe6.
Consequently, most masters prefer first} 7... Qa5 8. Qd2 {, and only now} e6 {
. The last word now is still the game Tal-Petrosian, Belgrade 1960, which
continued:} 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Nxg3 14.
fxg3 Ne5 15. Rxf8+ (15. Nxf8 Qc5+) 15... Rxf8 16. Qxd6 {, with wild
complications which eventually ended in perpetual check.}) 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Ne5
({Uncovering additional protection for the e-pawn and preparing to occupy c4.
If} 9... Qc7 {the sacrifice at e6 is very strong.}) 10. Bb3 Qc7 {An
enterprising and risky plan which is characteristic of Kottnauer's liking for
an active position even at the cost of some pawn weaknesses. Black is prepared
to barter his pawn chain for the two bishops after Bxf6.} 11. Qe2 {White
prefers to entice a different kind of weakness, expecting that Black will
secure his knight on e5 by 11...g5.} Be7 ({It is very risky to lose further
time with his knight in view of his retarded queen's wing development.
Preferable is} 11... g5 12. Bg3 Be7 {, although White maintains the freer
position by} 13. f4) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qc5 {White had quite failed to realise
that this move virtually forces a piece sacrifice, since if 14 Bf2 Nxf4 or 14
Qe3 Ng4. In retrospect, however, it is not surprising that a sacrificial line
should be available in view of Black's loss of time with his queen and queen's
knight.} 14. Rad1 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bf2 $2 ({The right idea, but the wrong
method. Correct is} 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Bf2 {. This disposes of the resource 17...
Nf4 (18 Qc4) and also makes a similar continuation to the game still better
for White, e.g.} exd4 18. Bxd4 Bg4 ({Finally, if} 18... Qb8 {there is the neat
variation} 19. e5 Bg4 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. exf6 Bxe2 22. fxg7#) 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20.
Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Bxg6+ Kg8 22. Bxa7 {, winning easily.}) 16... exd4 ({An
alternative and quite playable defence is} 16... Nf4 17. Qd2 Qc7 {, when it is
quite hard for White to capitalise on his lead in development, whereas the
knight on f4 is quite well posted.}) 17. Bxd4 Bg4 $2 ({The decisive mistake:
Black intends simplification, not realising that his king faces dangers even
in the ending. Much better is} 17... Qg5 18. e5 Bg4 19. Qe1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxd1
21. Bxf6 ({Stockfish 15:} 21. Bd6 $11) 21... Qc5+ ({Stockfish 15:} 21... gxf6
$17) 22. Kh1 gxf6 23. Qxd1 Rd8 {, when Black remains the exchange up, although
his exposed king may still cause him trouble.}) ({Not} 17... Qh5 18. Bxf7+) 18.
Bxf7+ ({Still simpler is the immediate} 18. Qxg4) 18... Kf8 ({If} 18... Kxf7
19. Qxg4 Qa5 ({Stockfish 15:} 19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. e5 $16) 20. e5 ({
Stockfish 15:} 20. Nd5 $18) 20... Nxe5 21. Qh5+ {, regaining the piece with
the better game; nevertheless this was the best chance.}) 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20.
Bxg6+ Kg8 21. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 ({No better is} 22... Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Bxf2
24. g4) 23. g4 $1 {The winning move, for Black is prevented from developing
his h8-rook via h6-h5 and Rh6. The remainder of the game is easy for White;
for the black forces, totally paralysed, are reduced to helpless shuffling
while the white king strolls over and picks up the queenside pawns.} Nxf1 24.
Rxf1 Rf8 ({Losing more quickly than necessary, but if} 24... Rd8 25. Nd5 {and}
Bd4 {is unplayable because of} 26. Ne7#) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nd5 Bd6 27. Kg2 Be5
28. b3 Bd6 29. h4 h5 30. gxh5 Rh6 31. Kf3 Rh8 32. Kg4 Rh6 33. Kf5 Bg3 34. Ke6
Bxh4 35. c4 Bg3 36. Kd7 Be5 37. Kc8 {Source: BCM, July 1960, p213} 1-0

[Event "Ilford Premier 11th"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1960.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2krb3/p3np1Q/Pp2pB2/n1qpP1N1/4r3/P1pB2PP/2P2P2/R2K1R2 b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1960.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Position after 20.Rf1...} 20... Qd4 $1 21. Nxe6 (21. Bxe7 Ba4 22. Kc1 Nb3+ $13
) 21... Qxd3+ $1 22. cxd3 Ba4+ 23. Kc1 Nb3+ 24. Kc2 $2 (24. Kb1 Nd2+ 25. Kc1 {
"draws, but naturally enough White wanted to win" (PH Clarke in BCM, who also
tells us that "Barden was already very short of time")}) 24... Re2+ 25. Kxc3
d4+ 26. Kb4 b5 $2 ({PH Clarke: "looking at the game again a couple of days
later to see whether there was anything else Black could have done, I
discovered} 26... Nc6+ 27. Kxa4 Rb2 $1 {threatening 28...Nc5+ 29.Nxc5 b5 mate."
} 28. Rac1 Nxc1 29. Nc7 Nb3 {is Clarke's analysis and he goes on to work out a
winning line for Black. "When I (PHC) asked Barden whether he had thought of
this, he said he had but in his haste had noticed that White's knight
prevented ...Nc5 mate and had seen no further. What a pity, for I believe that
White has no satisfactory defence against all the threats to his king... if
this is correct and had Barden so gained a great victory, it must surely have
been regarded as an immortal game." However, engines give} 30. Rc1 $1 Nxc1 31.
Bxd8 Nb3 32. Qf5+ Kxd8 33. Ne6+ Ke8 34. Ng7+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kxg7 36. Qg4+ {
with perpetual.}) ({Despite overlooking the defensive strength of 30.Rc1,
Clarke's instincts were right. Analysis engines find the right way to
immortality for Black using a different move order:} 26... Rb2 $3 {when Black
does indeed win:} 27. Nxd8 Nd5+ 28. Kc4 Nc3 29. Qf5+ Kc7 30. Ne6+ fxe6 31. Qh7+
Bd7 {, etc.}) 27. Rac1+ Nxc1 28. Rxc1+ {Source: BCM, July 1960, p190} 1-0

[Event "Ilford Premier 11th"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1960.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1960.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 {A favourite move of Milner-Barry's, with which he has obtained
several convincing wins. Black's choice of reply lies between 2...Nf6, 2...d5,
2...g6 and the move selected.} e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bd7 ({If} 5... cxd4
6. cxd4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 {, Milner-Barry would have played a gambit continuation
of his own making:} 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 {. If Black accepts the
second pawn by} Qxe5 ({while if} 10... Qb6 11. Qg4 {and it is difficult for
Black to complete his development}) 11. Re1 Qd6 (11... Qb8 12. Nxd5) 12. Nb5
Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Kd8 14. Qh5 {, White has a powerful and possibly decisive attack
}) 6. dxc5 ({Here} 6. Nf3 Bb5 7. O-O Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qa6 {has proved to be quite
good for Black, since the exchange of the light-squared bishops takes the
sting from White's attack on the kingside.}) 6... Bxc5 7. Qe2 a5 {Otherwise
White gains a lot of territory by 8.b4 followed by Be3.} 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6
({This apparently logical attack on the e-pawn fails to White's energetic
reply. Better is} 9... a4 10. b4 axb3 11. Nxb3 Ba4 {(Milner-Barry-Clarke,
Ilford 1953), with about equal chances. White has some advantage in space but
his a-pawn and c-pawn are weak.}) 10. Nb3 Be7 11. h4 f6 {Hoping for
counterplay with the central pawn mass.} ({The late grandmaster Nimzovitch, a
specialist in the opening, showed on many occasions that the advance of the
h-pawn to h6 can effectively disorganise Black's position. For instance, if} 
11... Nc6 12. h5 Nf8 13. h6 g6 14. Bg5 {, and White has excellent chances of
exploiting the weaknesses on the black squares.}) 12. h5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14.
h6 {Very powerful, for the pawn acts as a permanent thorn in Black's flesh.} g6
({If now} 14... e4 15. hxg7) 15. Qxe5 Rg8 (15... Rf8 {would be met by the
elegant queening combination} 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Qxd6 ({Engines dislike this and
give} 17. Qg7 $1 $18 {, which was the move which Milner-Barry gave in his note
in BCM - JS}) 17... Bxd6 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. h7 Be5 20. Bd4 {- an illustration
of how strong White's h-pawn has already become. [but engines continue} Bxd4
21. Nxd4 Rh8 {and consider that Black is winning - JS}) 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Bxg6+ (
{A quieter line which is also very strong is} 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. f4 {, but
Milner-Barry revels in complications.}) 17... Rxg6 18. Qh8+ Bf8 19. Qxh7 e5 ({
Black has no time for} 19... Rxg2 20. Qd3 Rg8 21. h7 Rh8 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Bg5+)
20. O-O-O ({Continuing the attack with the threat of Rxd5 and bringing his
last piece into play. If instead} 20. Qh8 Nc6 21. h7 O-O-O 22. Qg8 Be7 {
and Black escapes.}) 20... Bc6 21. Bc5 Rxh6 ({The only hope, for if} 21... Qf6
22. Bxf8 Kxf8 {, White wins neatly by} 23. Qxg6 Qxg6 24. h7) 22. Qg8 ({Not} 22.
Bxd6 Rxh7 23. Rxh7 Bxd6 {, when Black's two bishops come into the game and it
is he who has the winning chances.}) 22... Rg6 23. Qh8 Qf6 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 $2 ({
After defending well, Black falters and exposes his king to the full crossfire
of White's pieces. He should try} 24... Qxh8 25. Rxh8 Kf7 {when the ending is
very difficult to win because of the bishops of opposite colours and Black's
useful centre.}) 25. Qxe5+ Kd8 26. Rh8 Rg8 27. Nc5 Bd7 {Despair, but the
threat of Ne6+ is deadly. Black could resign here, but plays on to the time
control at move 36.} 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd5 Kc7 30. Qxd7+ Kb6 31. Qd4+ Ka6 32.
Qd6+ Qxd6 33. Rxd6+ b6 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. g3 Rh8 36. Kc2 {Sources: Manchester
Guardian, 16 June 1960, p6; BCM, July 1960, p215; CHESS, Vol.25, no.365-6,
July 1960, p276} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.15"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bennett, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. f4 a6 10. Nf3 Ne8 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14. Bb1 Nb6 15.
e5 Rb7 16. h3 Qc7 17. g4 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg6 d5 20. f5 d4 21. Nd1 exf5
22. e6 fxg4 23. e7 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 gxf3 25. Bxe8 Bf6 26. Bf7+ Kh7 27. Bg8+ Kxg8
28. e8=Q+ Kh7 29. Bxf6 Qg3+ {end of game: Source: British Championship 1960
booklet (Eric Fisher). Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024. BritBase
has one more half-move...} 30. Kh1 {added 8 May 2023} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beaty, John Harold"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Kh1 Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qb8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. f5 dxe5
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 b6 21.
Rd1 Bc7 22. Qc4 Bd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Nfg5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Nd6 27.
Qd3 Qg8 28. Qh3 $4 (28. Qg6 $1 $18) 28... Qc8 29. Ne6 Kg8 30. Qg4 Qd7 31. h3
Re8 32. Nxc7 Qxc7 {Source: British Championship 1960 booklet (Eric Fisher).
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg3
Re8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. f4 Neg4 20. Qf3 Ne3 21. Qxe3 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. fxg5 Re6 25. gxh6 Rc8 26. h7+ Kxh7 27. Bd3 Rc6
28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Raf1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Kxf7 31. Bf2 Qg5 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. Bc4 Kh7
34. Bxd4 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rg6 37. Rf2 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 Qd1 39. Bc3 Qxb3
40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rf3 Qb7 42. h4 Kh7 43. Rf8 Qa7+ 44. Kh1 {Sources: Manchester
Guardian, 15 September 1960; (moves 20b-27w) BCM, Oct 1960, p280} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4
15. f5 Bf6 16. Rad1 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 d5 18. c3 Qg5 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Bc2 exf5 21.
Qd3 Re5 22. Bb3 {Source: British Championship 1960 booklet (Eric Fisher).
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lloyd, Kenneth William"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1
Nh5 9. b4 Ne7 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Bb2 f5 12. Rfd1 c6 13. Ne1 f4 14. Nc2 fxg3 15.
fxg3 Bg4 16. d4 Qc7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ne4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bf3 Qe8 26. Qd1 Nf6 27.
Qd6 Ng4 28. Qc7 b6 29. Bxc6 Qf8 30. Nd3 f4 31. gxf4 Bf5 32. Nxe5 Nh6 33. Bd5
Qe8 34. Qxa7 Bh3 35. Qa8 Qxa8 36. Bxa8 Kg8 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. a4 Nf5 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Bxg7 {Source: CHESS, 1 October 1960, p33 (with KW Lloyd's comments)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hollis, Adrian Swayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. f4 O-O 12. h3 Rac8 13. Bd3 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Nb1
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Bb5 18. Qf3 d5 19. Bxb5 dxe4 20. Qe2 axb5 21. g5 exf4
22. gxf6 f3 23. Qh2 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxc2+ (24... Bxf6 $19) 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26.
Nxd2 Bxf6 27. Nxe4 Bxb2 28. Kg3 Ra8 29. Rf2 f5 30. Rxb2 fxe4 31. Kf4 Ra4 32.
Bc5 g5+ 33. Kxg5 b3 34. axb3 Ra1 35. Kf4 Rh1 36. Kxe4 Rxh3 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Rf2
Ke6 39. Rxf3 Rh1 40. Bd4 Re1+ 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Kc3 {Source: British
Championship 1960 booklet (Eric Fisher). Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February
2024.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hindle, Owen Mark"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Na5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. f3 Bd7 14. a4 Nxb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Nb1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg1 Nf4 19. Qe4 f5 20. Nxf5 Bf6 21. Nd6
Bc6 22. Rc1 Bc3 23. Qc2 Qxd6 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rfc8 26. Bc5 Qd5 27. Rd1
Qg5 28. Rd2 Bd5 29. b4 Rc6 30. Re1 Rac8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qe3 a5 33. g3 axb4 34.
gxf4 Rxc5 35. f5 Bxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qxe5 {Source: British Championship 1960
booklet (Eric Fisher). Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. f3 gxf3 15.
Nxf3 h6 16. Be3 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. d6 cxd6
22. Bxd6 Kh7 23. Qb3 Rf6 {Source: British Championship 1960 booklet (Eric
Fisher). Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Clarke, Peter H"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe3 b6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Be4 Be6 19. Rc2 Kg7 20. Rcd2 Rcd8
21. Bg2 f6 22. Rd3 Rd7 {Source: British Championship 1960 booklet (Eric Fisher)
. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Ncxd5 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Ne3 Be4
15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Rxe4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Qc7 19. g3 Rad8 20. Qh5 Rd4
21. Rxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd5 {Source: British Championship 1960 booklet (Eric Fisher).
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 3 February 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 47th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1960.08.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1960.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Rd1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Bc6 12. O-O Qb8 13. Bf3 b5 14. Bg5 Rd8
15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bc1 Nd7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
a3 Nd7 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bf1 g6 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. Nd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rdd1 Kg7
28. Re3 f5 29. b4 Ne6 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. Bd3 f4 32. Ree1 Kf6 33. Bf1 g5 34. Rd3
Ra7 35. Red1 Rad7 36. Bc3 h5 37. Be1 h4 $4 (37... Ke7 $16) 38. Bf2 Nd4 39. c3
Nc2 40. Bxb6 Rc8 41. Rxd6+ Rxd6 42. Rxd6+ Kf7 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Bxd8 Kg6 45. c4
Nxa3 46. cxb5 Nxb5 47. Bc4 Nd4 48. Bb6 Nb5 49. Be6 Kf6 50. Bf5 Ke7 51. Bc5+ Kf7
52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Ke2 Nc7 54. Bc8 Bb5+ 55. Kf2 Ne8 56. g3 hxg3+ 57. hxg3 Ng7 58.
Bb6 Ne8 59. Bd8+ Kg6 60. Bf5+ Kh6 61. Be7 Bc6 62. Bf8+ Ng7 63. gxf4 gxf4 64.
Ke2 Bb5+ 65. Kd2 Ba4 66. Kc3 Bb5 67. Kd2 Ba4 68. Ke2 Bb5+ 69. Kf2 Ba4 70. Be6
Bb5 71. Bf7 Ba6 72. Bd6 Kg5 73. Bxe5 {Source: BCM, November 1960, p334} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. g4 h5 13. h3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Bh4 15. Be1
Bxe1 16. Qxe1 g5 17. Kf2 Rf6 18. Rh1 Rh6 19. Qg1 Ng6 20. Ke1 Bd7 21. Kd2 Nf6
22. Qf2 Kf7 23. Rag1 Qh8 24. Qe1 Rg8 25. Nf2 Rg7 26. Nb5 Qb8 27. Kc2 a6 28. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bowen, Alfred William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
b5 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. a4 Nc4 13. axb5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. bxa6 Be7 17. c4 O-O 18. Rfc1 Rb8 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. b4 d5 21. Nd4
Qd7 22. c5 Bf6 23. a7 Ra8 24. c6 Qe7 25. b5 e5 26. b6 exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxg2 28.
Bxf6 Qe4 29. Qxg2 {Source: BCM, Oct 1960, p298} 1-0

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Qe2 Bg4 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Qe4 Qe6 12. Qf4 Bd6 13. Qa4 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Bc5 15. Rhe1 Rd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxe6 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matchett, Harry Gethin Thorp"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. e4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15.
Rd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Nd4 a4 19. Bf1 axb3 20. axb3 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Bxe6 22. Kg2 Qb6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Na4 Qb4 25. Nb2 Ra2 26. Qd3 Be7 27. Na4
Rxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qxb3 29. Nb2 Bc5 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Nc1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Nb3
Ra8 34. g4 Ra3 35. Nc1 Kg7 36. Ne2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Harris, Peter A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5
Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Ra3 Rfe8 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Raf3 a6 27. b3 Rae8 28. Bb2
Nxd5 29. Rd3 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 R1e2 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb2 34. Rd7
Re3 35. Rf2 Rg3+ 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Rd2
Nxf4+ 41. Rxf4 Rg2+ 42. Ke3 Rgxd2 43. Bxf7+ Kf8 44. Bxg6+ Ke7 45. Rf7+ Ke6 46.
Rxb7 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 e4 13. Nf2 Ng6 14. Be3 Nf6 15.
g3 Qe7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Rc1 b6 20. b3 Kh8 21. Kh1 Qf7 22.
Rg1 Rg8 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Nh4 27. Rcf1 h5 28. Nf2
Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Rg5 Bh6 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Rxg8 Qxg8 33. Qf6 Qg6 34. Qxg6+
Kxg6 35. Kg2 Rg8 36. Rg1 Kf6+ 37. Kf1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Bg6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Nh3 h4
41. Kf2 Bh5 42. Ke1 Kg4 43. Ng5 Bxg5 44. fxg5 Kh3 45. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton Premier 10th"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "1960.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Girling, Clive F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1960.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 e5 8. f3 h6
9. Be3 Kh7 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5+ Rxf5 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Ke2 Na6 18. Nh3 Rb8 19. a4 Nb4 20. Qb1 Rf7 21. Nhf2 Qf5
22. Rh3 Rd8 23. Rg3 Rdd7 24. Kd2 a5 25. Ng4 Qh7 26. h5 Rf8 27. Ke2 Rdf7 28. Ra3
Qf5 29. Rh3 Rg8 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Nxh6 Rg2+ {Time} 0-1

[Event "NED-ENG m"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1960.10.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Cortlever, Nicolaas"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1960.10.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. c4 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Bc3 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Ra2 h6 15. Nh3
Nc6 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe7 21. Nc3
Rbd8 22. Nd5 Qe5 23. e3 Ne7 24. Qf3 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc3 26. e4 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 f5
28. exf5 Rxf5+ 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. Kf4 Ke6 32. Rd5 Rf8 33. a5 b6 34.
axb6 Rb8 35. Rxf5 Rxb6 36. Rh5 Rxb3 37. Rxh6+ Kd7 38. Rh7+ Kc6 39. h4 Rc3 40.
h5 Rxc4+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 c4 43. h6 Rb3 44. Rg7 Rb8 45. h7 Rh8 46. Kf3 d5
47. g4 d4 48. g5 c3 49. Ke2 Kd6 50. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Preliminaries C"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Mendivil Salinas, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Bolivia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BOL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Nf8 13. O-O Ng6 14. Ne1 Bf5
15. Qd1 Qd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. g4 Be6 18. Nd3 b6 19. b3 f6 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Be1 Rac8
22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Qd2 Nb7 24. Qb4 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bg3 Bd7 27. Kf2 Nf8 28.
Rc3 Ne6 29. Rfc1 Ree8 30. Nb4 Na5 31. f4 g6 32. h4 h6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Nd3 Nc7
35. a4 a6 36. g5 b5 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Ne5 Bf5 39. Nxc6 Nxc6 40. Rxc6+ Ne6 41.
Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Preliminaries C"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blom, Kaj"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1960.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Nc1 Nh5 11. Nd3 f5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Be2 Ndf6 14. O-O fxe4
15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Qg5 Nxd5
21. Qh6 Nxc3 22. Bxh5 Qh4 23. bxc3 Qxh5 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. Qb6 Qe7 26. Rb1 a5 27.
Nf2 Ra6 28. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Preliminaries C"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Gunnar K"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nh7 12. gxh5 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qxh5 14. Ng3 Qg5 15.
h4 Qd8 16. h5 Bf6 17. Qd2 Bg5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qh2 Ndf6 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Rg1 Qe3+ 23. Nge2 Ng5 24. Bg2 Qxf3 25. O-O-O Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Bg4 27. Rde1
Kg7 28. Nc1 Qf4 29. Rh1 Qxh2 30. Rxh2 Rh8 31. Reh1 Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Nf3 33. Rh1 g5
34. Kc2 Nh4 35. Bh3 Bf3 36. Re1 g4 37. Bf1 g3 38. Bd3 g2 39. N1e2 Kh6 40. Ng1
Rg8 41. Kd2 Kg5 42. b4 0-1

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Preliminaries C"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paidoussis, Aristidis"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1960.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e4 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bb5 13. c4 Bc6 14. Nb3 Qd3 15.
Qxd3 Nxd3 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc4 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. b3 Nd2 21.
Bxd2 Rxd2 22. a3 Ng4 23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bb2 26. Rc4 Bxa3 27.
Rxg4 Bxc5 28. Rc4 Bd6 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Rc3 Kg7 31. Kf1 Rb5 32. Ke2 Rc5 33. Rxc5
Bxc5 34. Nd2 h5 35. f3 f5 36. Kd3 e5 37. h3 Kf6 38. Nf1 Bf2 39. Ke2 Bc5 40. Kd3
Ke6 41. Nd2 Kd5 42. g4 Bb4 43. Nf1 e4+ 44. fxe4+ fxe4+ 45. Ke2 h4 46. Ne3+ Kd4
47. Nd1 a5 48. Nf2 Kc3 49. Nxe4+ Kxb3 50. Nf2 a4 0-1

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Ng4 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bxg4 Bg7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bc3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qc1 d6
15. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bazan, Osvaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bb5 15.
a4 Be8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Ndb6 18. f5 f6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. g6 h6 21. Qh5 Bc8 22.
fxe6 Bd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 b5 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Kozma, Julius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 b5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f4 e5
15. a4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qe5 19. Rh4 c5 20. c3 c4 21.
Bc2 Rfe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rd1 Rcd8 24. Rd4 h6 25. Rh3 Ra8 26. Qc1 Red8 27. Qd1
Re8 28. Rf3 Ng4 29. g3 Qh5 30. Rf2 Qg5 31. Rf4 h5 32. Rd5 Re5 33. Rd7 Nf6 34.
Rd4 Rae8 35. Kg2 Ng4 36. Qd2 Qg6 37. b3 cxb3 38. Bxb3 Nf6 39. Qa2 Rxe4 40.
Rdxe4 Rxe4 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Bxf7 Nxc3 45. Bxh5 b4
46. Bf7 Ne4 47. Be6 Kg6 48. g4 Kf6 49. Bf5 Nd6 50. Bc2 Ke5 51. Kf3 g5 52. h4
gxh4 53. g5 Nf5 54. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Szabo, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Rb5 Qa4 13. Rxc5 O-O 14. Bc2 Qa6
15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. Bc2 Qa6 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. O-O Na5 20. Bc2 Nac4 21.
Qd3 Qa6 22. e5 g6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Ng3 Bb5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qh4 Rd7 27. a4 Nxa4
28. Ra1 Nxc5 29. Rxa6 Nxa6 30. Bb3 Nc7 31. Qg5 Nd5 32. h4 Kh8 33. Ne2 a5 34.
Kf2 a4 35. Ba2 Nce3 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Qc1 Rc8 38. Qa3 Bxe2 39. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 40.
Kf2 b5 41. Bf8 Kg8 42. Bc5 Nd5 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Rf7+ 45. Kg3 Rcc7 46. Qd3
Rb7 47. Bd6 Kg7 48. Qc2 Rf4 49. Qc8 Rbf7 50. h5 Ne3 51. Qxe6 Rf3+ 52. Kh2 Rf2+
53. Kh1 Rf1+ 54. Kh2 R7f2+ 55. Kh3 Rf3+ 56. Kh2 R1f2+ 0-1

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bb2 Qh6
15. Bc1 Qh4 16. Qb2 b6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rfc1 Qf7 19. Ba6 Rab8 20. a4 h6 21. Bc4
Nce7 22. Qa3 Rbc8 23. Ba6 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Qf6 25. f4 g5 26. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne2 b5 13. Nbd4 b4 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nd4 Qb6 16. Be3 a5 17. Qd2 Bc5 18. Rae1 a4 19. g4 Bb7 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Bg1 Rac8
22. Rd1 Qa6 23. Rfe1 Bf8 24. Bf1 Qa5 25. Bb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 d4+ 27. Qg2 Bxg2+
28. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 29. Kf3 Rxb2 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Nb6 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Bxd4 Nc4
34. Na6 Rd7 35. Bc5 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Kc1 g5 40.
fxg5 Nxe5 41. Kb2 Nxg4 42. h3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "BBC Consultation Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1960.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden/Fischer,R"]
[Black "Clarke,P/Penrose,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.11.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 e5 21.
Be3 Nc5 22. f3 b6 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bf1 f6 25. h5 Be8 26. Kb2 Bf7 27. a4 Rb8 28.
a5 Nc5 29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Kc3 bxa5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxa5 Rc7 33. Rea1 Rbb7 34.
Rb1 Be8 35. b4 cxb4+ 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Kxb4 Rb7+ 38. Kc3 Bf7 39. Bd3 Kd7 40. c5
Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rb7 42. Bb5+ Kd8 43. Bc6 Rc7 44. Bd5 Be8 45. Kb3 Bd7 46. Kc4 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1960.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 a6
9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. b3 Rfb8 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Rab6
15. Bd2 Rb4 16. Rbc1 Qb7 17. Ne1 Ra8 18. Nc2 Rb6 19. Ne3 Qa6 20. Nc4 Rbb8 21.
Rfe1 Ne8 22. Rc2 Nc7 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nb5 26. Qe3 Nb6 27. Nxb6
Qxb6 28. Ba1 Ra3 29. e5 Nd4 30. Rd2 Nf5 31. Qf2 Qb4 32. e6 f6 33. Kg1 c4 34.
bxc4 Qxc4 35. g3 Rba8 36. Qe2 Qc5+ 37. Qf2 Re3 38. Rxe3 Nxe3 39. Re2 Ra3 (39...
Rxa2 $1 $19) 40. h4 Rd3 41. Re1 h5 42. Bb2 Nxd5 43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. Kf2 c4 45.
Re2 c3 46. Bc1 f5 47. a4 Nf6 $2 (47... Nb4 $19) 48. Ra2 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 Rd1 50. a5
Rxc1 51. a6 c2 52. a7 Rg1+ 53. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 54. Kg2 Qe3 55. a8=Q+ Kg7 56. Qa3
Qxa3 57. Rxa3 Kf6 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Rc6 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1960.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc8
15. Rad1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rf2 d5 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nce2 Ba6 23. c3 Nf6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Ra1 Ng4 26. Rxa6 Nxe3 27.
Rxa7+ Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Bxc7 29. Nd3 Kf6 30. h3 Be5 31. Ne2 h5 32. Kf2 Nd1+ 33. Kf3
g5 34. Nd4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Kf5 36. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1960.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Nd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bc3 d6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bb5+
Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Rd3 Rhg8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. a4
Qf8 21. Qf3 Qg7 22. Nc4 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg5 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6
Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. Rd2 Ra5 29. b3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Ke3 Kc7
33. Kd4 Kc6 34. Kc3 Rh1 35. h3 Rg1 36. Kb4 h5 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rd8 Rxh4 39. Rc8+
Kd7 40. Rc5 f5 41. g3 Rh3 42. exf5 e5 43. Rxe5 Rxg3 44. f6 h4 45. Kxb5 Rxf3 46.
Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rc3 48. Rh7 Rxc2 49. Rxh4 Rf2 50. Rh6 Rf5+ 51. Kb4 Rf4+ 52.
Ka3 Kc5 53. Rh5+ Kb6 54. Rh6 Kb5 55. Kb2 Kc5 56. Ka3 Kb5 57. Kb2 Kc5 58. Kc2
Rf3 59. Rg6 Kd5 60. Rg5+ Kc6 61. Rg6 Kd5 62. b4 Ke6 63. b5 Kd5 64. Kd2 Ke6 65.
b6 Kf7 66. Rh6 Rb3 67. b7 Kg8 68. f7+ Kxf7 69. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1960.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd3 e5
9. d5 Nh5 10. Nd2 Qd8 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 e4 14. Bxe4 gxf5 15. Qxh5
fxe4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Ncxe4 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxb2 19. g4 Qe7 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5
b5 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. Nxd6 Bxd5 24. f3 c4 25. Rac1 Nd3 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. N2xc4
Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rd1 Rfb8 30. a4 a6 31. Nc4 axb5 32. Nxe5 bxa4 33. Bf6 a3
34. Rd7 Rb6 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lloyd, Kenneth William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. g4 Nc5 8. Bf3 a5
9. g5 Nh5 10. Nge2 Bh3 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. f3 h4 14. fxg4 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Qd7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qf3 h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Bxh6 21.
Ke2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Rg6 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rh8+ Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Ned7 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Nd4 Re8
15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. h3 g6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Bf3
a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Nf8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Rfe1 Rc8
28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Qb2 c6 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Na7 Rc7 33. Nxc6 Rxc6
34. Bxc6 Ne6 35. b5 Qb6+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 Bxc3 39. Rb1 Bd4+
40. Kf3 Bb6 41. f5 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e5
9. Nge2 a6 10. f3 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. a3 Ndf6 14. b4 b6 15. Rfb1
Ng5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bf2 f5 18. Nec3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 b5 21. Nc3 bxc4
22. Bxg6 Qd8 23. Ne4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Nc5 25. Rxc4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd7 27. Rb4 Rc8
28. Qd3 Bb5 29. Qb3 Rf7 30. a4 Rfc7 31. Qb2 Qg5 32. h4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. g3
Rxa1 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 $6 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne3 Bc8 13. g3 Bg5 14. Nf5 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Qf6 16. N3h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 b5 $6 (17... g6) 18. Bc2 g5 $2 19. Ng2 Nd7
20. Ne3 Qg6 21. Nf5 Re8 22. a4 Nf6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qd3 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qh6 26.
Kg2 Reb8 27. Ra1 Qf8 28. b4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Ra5 Rxa5 31. bxa5 Qa8 32.
Qxb5 Nxd5 33. Be4 Nf4+ 34. gxf4 Qxe4+ 35. Kg1 exf4 36. f6 h6 37. a6 f3 38. a7
Qe1+ 39. Qf1 Qe4 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Qf1 Qe4 42. h3 Qa4 43. Qe1 g4 44. Kh2 c5 45.
hxg4 h5 46. Qc1 {Source: BCM, April 1961, p119} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1960/61 36th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1960.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. a4 Qa5 13. Nge2 b5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxb2 20. Qh3 Qb4 21.
f5 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Nd3 24. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Jun Simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1961.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Edwards, CB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. e4 Nf6 10. Ne2 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Qf4 Nf6
15. Rd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. d5 Nh7 20. Qh6 Ne5 21.
Ng3 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Nxf6 23. Ne4 Nxd5 24. Kf2 Bd7 25. Ba6 Rad8 26. h4 Nc7 27. Be2
Bb5 28. h5 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 a5 30. h6 Rg8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nf6 Nd5 {Source: SCCU
Bulletin No.16, Jan 1961 (probably played after Hastings? The precise date
given should be ignored - it's to avoid games appearing in the middle of
Hastings in sorted lists - JS)} 0-1

[Event "London Jun Simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1961.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Adams, James Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Be3 b6
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Nd4 e6 19. dxe6 Bxe4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Bh3 Rcc7 22. Rac1 Qe8 23. Bf4 Rce7 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Qf4 Rxd6 27.
Qxd6 Be5 28. Nb5 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Qe6 30. Rd4 Bf3 31. Nc4 Bd5 32. Ne3 Bxa2 33. Re1
Qf6 34. Nc2 Bf7 35. Rf4 Qc3 {Source: SCCU Bulletin No.16, Jan 1961 (probably
played after Hastings? The precise date given should be ignored - it's to
avoid games appearing in the middle of Hastings in sorted lists - JS)} 0-1

[Event "Leicestershire Centenary"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1961.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1961.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bxd5 13. Be7 Re8 14.
Bxd6 Be6 15. Bxc5 Nd7 16. Be3 Rec8 17. b3 b5 18. Be2 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Ne5 20. Rd6
Nxc4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 23. Kd1 Rb8 24. Ke2 Rc2+ 25. Kd3 Rxa2 26. Rc1
a5 27. Rd7 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Ra7 Rd8+ 30. Kc4 Rc8+ 31. Kb3 Bc3 32. g4 Bb4
33. Bh6 Be1 34. Be3 Bc3 35. Ra6 Kg7 36. g5 Be1 37. Bd4+ Kf8 38. Bf6 Bb4 39. Ra7
Ke8 40. Kb2 Rc6 41. Kb3 h5 42. Ka4 Rc2 43. Bd4 Rc4 44. Bb6 Rh4 45. Kb5 Rxh2 46.
Kc6 Rh1 47. Bxa5 Bxa5 48. Rxa5 Rf1 49. Kd6 Kf8 50. Ra2 h4 51. Ke5 h3 52. f4
Re1+ 53. Kd4 Rg1 54. Ke4 Rg2 55. Ra3 h2 56. Rh3 Ke7 57. Rh8 Ke6 58. Re8+ Kd6
59. Rd8+ Ke7 60. Rh8 Ra2 61. Kf3 Ke6 62. Re8+ Kd5 63. Rh8 Rb2 64. Kg3 Ke4 65.
Re8+ Kd4 66. Rd8+ Ke3 67. Re8+ Kd3 68. Rh8 Ke4 69. Re8+ Kd5 70. Rh8 Rb3+ 71.
Kg4 Rb2 72. Kg3 Rb3+ 73. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leicestershire Centenary"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1961.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1961.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Nc1 Nc5 14. Ra2 Bd7 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Nb5 Qb1 18. Nxd6 hxg4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. hxg4 Nfxe4 21.
Bc4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Qxc1+ 24. Qd1 Qe3+ 25. Re2 Qxf3 26. Be4 Qf4 27.
Rf1 Qg3+ 28. Ref2 Rc3 29. Qb1 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Bxa4+ 31. Bc2 Rd3+ {Source: CHESS,
Vol.27, no.379, February 1961, p176 (notes by Gligoric)} 0-1

[Event "Leicestershire Centenary"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1961.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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 Na5 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rxd2 Bb7 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Rhc1 Bf6 19. Nec6 Ng7 20. Bf4
Ne8 21. Ne2 Bc8 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Bg7 25. Nf4 Rfe8 26. Nd5 Bf8
27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc7 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rc8 30. Rc2 Bd6 31. Nxa6 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Bxh2
33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Kg7 35. b4 1-0

[Event "Leicestershire Centenary"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1961.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tabakiernik, Wladyslaw"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1961.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bc4 d5
9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc8 12. O-O Qa6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Nc6 15.
Ne5 Qb7 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Qb1 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. Nh4 e6 23. Nf3 Na5 24. Re2 c4 25. Kh2 b5 26. Rg1 f6 27. g4 fxg4
28. Rxg4 Kf7 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Reg1 Rg8 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rh5 Ne7 33. Rg4 Ng6 34.
Nh4 f5 35. Rg3 Nxh4 36. Rxh4 h5 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Be5+ Kg6 39. Bxh8 Rxh8 40.
Rf4 h4 41. Kg2 Kg5 42. Kf3 a5 43. Ke2 b4 44. Kd2 Rg8 45. Rf3 b3 46. a4 Kh5 47.
e4 dxe4 48. Re3 Rg2 49. Re2 Kg5 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. d5 exd5 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. Kc5 f4
54. Rd2 e3 55. Rxd5 exf2 0-1

[Event "Leicestershire Centenary"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1961.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Sanderson, Peter Darrell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1961.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12. Qb1 Ne7 13. exd6 cxd6 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 d5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21.
Qd3 f6 22. Nd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. Bd5 Qe8 14. Nf1 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne6 17. Ng3 Bg5 18. Nf5 Ncd8 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qg4 Nde6 21.
Ra7 g6 22. Re3 Kh8 23. Qh4 f6 24. Nh6 Qe7 {Source: British Championship,
Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May
2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.15"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
d6 9. O-O e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. b3 f5 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Ne2 h5 14. Qc2 h4 15. f4 hxg3
16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Qd3 a6 18. Bh3 Nh6 19. Kg2 b5 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Qe3
b4 23. Bb2 Qc7 24. Nf3 Rbe8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. Rf2 Nb7 28. Rbf1 Nd6
29. exf5 Ndxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qg5 Nf7 32. Qe3 Nh6 33. Qg5 Nf7 34. Qh5 Rh6
35. Qf3 e4 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 Bxb2 38. Nxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Ne5 40. Rg5+ Kh7
41. Nf4 Nf3 {Source: British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric
Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023. This game is given twice in
the booklet - #26 and #28 (Ansel)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bf5
{Source: British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric Fisher.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Bd3 exd5 8. exd5
O-O 9. Nge2 Nfd7 10. f4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qh4+ 12. Kf1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Kg1 Ne4
15. Be1 Qe7 16. Kh2 f5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Rb1 Ndf6 19. Rb2 b6 20. Re2 Ba6 21. Rf1
Qd7 22. Rf3 Nxg3 23. Bxg3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qe8 27. Qxe8+
Nxe8 28. Bh4 {Source: British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric
Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 h5 11. Kh1 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Bg1 g6 14. Qe2 h4 15.
Nd5 $5 exd5 16. exd5 Nf8 $2 (16... Nc5 $5 {wins according to Houdini 4 Pro})
17. Nb5 $1 Qd7 18. Bd4 (18. Qxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 21. Nxb7
N8d7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Nd6 Nxd5 $14 {Houdini 4 Pro}) 18... N8h7 19. Nc3 h3 20.
f5 g5 21. Bc4 Kf8 22. Bxb6 g4 23. Qd2 hxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ng5 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxg5
Nxd5 (26... Qe5 $19) 27. f6 $5 (27. Qxe7+ Nxe7+ 28. Kg1 $13) 27... Nxf6+ 28.
Kg1 g3 $1 29. h4 g2 30. Rxf6 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 gxf1=Q+ 32. Rxf1 Qxh4 33. Qxh4 Rxh4
34. Bc7 Ke7 35. Re1+ Kd7 36. Bb6 Rf4 {Sources: CHESS 26 August 1961, p384; BCM,
November 1961, p323} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.19"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Ansell, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Nd5
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qh6 Qc3 20. Qd2
Qxd2 21. R1xd2 Rfc8 22. e4 Kf8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 e6 25. Re1 b6 26. Red1 Ke7
27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Ke2 a4 31. b4 Na6 32. a3 Nxb4 33.
Kd2 Na6 34. Bc6 Nc5 35. Kc3 e5 36. f3 f5 37. Kb4 g5 38. Kc3 Kc7 39. Bb5 Kd6 40.
Kd2 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 {(adjourned)} 42. Kc3 Ke6 43. Bc6 Kd6 44. Bb5 Kc7 45. Be8
Nd7 46. Bf7 Kd6 47. Bd5 Nf6 48. Bb7 Kc5 49. Kd3 Ne8 50. Bc8 Nd6 51. Be6 h6 52.
Bg8 b5 53. cxb5 Nxb5 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Bc4 Nxa3 56. Bd3 Ke6 57. h3 Kd6 58. Kf5
Kd5 59. Kg6 Kd4 60. Bf5 Nc4 61. Kxh6 a3 62. Bb1 Nd2 {Source: British
Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric Fisher. Contributed by Andy
Ansel, 19 May 2023. (Part-games in both CHESS and BCM)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nde7 11. Qe2 f6 12. Nfd2 e5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Rd1 Qe8
15. Be3 Qg6 16. Bc5 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd6 b6 19. Nb5 Bd8 20. Bd6 Rc8 21. c3
Qf7 22. Na3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. Bh3 f5 25. Bf1 Re8 26. Qc4+ Qxc4 27. Bxc4+
Kh8 28. Ba6 Kg8 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Ba6 Kg8 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Rd7
Kf7 34. Nb5 Ke6 35. Rad1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Nd4 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7+ Kd6 39. cxd4 {
Source: British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric Fisher.
Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. c4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng4 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. b3 Bg5 18. Rc2 Be6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Re2 Rfd8 21.
Ree1 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Be2 Kf8 24. Kg1 Be7 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rd1 Ke7 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Ke1 Kc7 30. Kd2 a5 31. Na4 Bg1 32. h3 g6 33. g4 Kd6
34. a3 {Source: British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric
Fisher. Contributed by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bd3 (8. f4) 8... Ne5 9. h3 a6 (9... d5) 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 O-O
13. Rc1 Qb7 14. g4 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. O-O f6 17. Qg2 Nc7 18. Nce2 fxe5 19. Nc6
Re8 20. Na5 Qb8 21. Nc6 Qb7 22. fxe5 Bd7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Rxf7
Kxf7 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Qc8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qe7 $2 (29. Bf8 Ne8 30. Ng3 $18)
29... d4 30. Rf7 Nd5 31. Qxd7 (31. Qg5 $18) 31... Qxc5 32. Rxg7 Qf8 33. Rxh7+
Kg8 34. Rh5 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Nxd4 Rd8 37. Nxe6 Rxd3 38. Nc5 Rd2 39. b4 Nd5
40. e6 {Sources: Coventry Evening Telegraph, 2 September 1961; Glasgow Herald,
8 September 1961; BCM, Nov 1961, p324} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O g6 10. Qe1 Bg7 11. Qh4 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Kh1 b5 14. Bh6 $1 $146
{Barden} Bb7 15. Ng5 Rae8 16. Rf2 $2 (16. Be2 $1 {Barcza}) 16... Nh5 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. g4 f6 (18... Nhf6) 19. gxh5 fxg5 20. h6+ Kg8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qxg5
Nc5 23. Qe3 Nxd3 $2 24. cxd3 Qf7 25. Kg1 b4 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Kg2 Bg4 28. Ng1 Rc8
29. Rf1 Rc2+ 30. Rf2 b3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Qa7 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf7+ 34. Qxf7+
Kxf7 35. Kg3 Bd1 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 Kg6 38. Kh4 a5 39. Nh3 Bc2 40. Nf2 Kf7 41.
Ng4 {Source: BCM, Dec 1961, p356} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 48th"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "1961.08.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1961.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 c6
9. f3 Qa5 10. Nge2 Qc7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Kh1 Kh7 13. b4 Rg8 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. g3
Bf8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Ng7 19. a5 Qd8 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Ne3 Ne6 22.
Nc3 Rb8 23. Ncd5 Be7 24. a6 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Nc7 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Be3 Qd7 28. Ra2
Qe6 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Nb1 Qe7 31. Bd2 Ne6 32. Ba5 Nc8 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. Nd5 Bd8 35.
f4 Kg7 36. f5 Nd4 37. Qf2 g5 38. f6+ Kh7 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Be2 Nb6 41. Ne3 Rh8
42. Bg4 Qd8 43. Bh5 Kg8 44. h4 Ne6 45. Qe2 Qd7 46. Nf5 Kh7 47. Bg4 h5 48. Bxh5
Nd4 49. Qg4 Nxc4 50. hxg5 Kg8 51. Ne7+ Kf8 52. Qxd7 Rxh5+ 53. Rh2 {Source:
British Championship, Aberystwyth 1961, compiled by Eric Fisher. Contributed
by Andy Ansel, 19 May 2023.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1961.10.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Van de Pol, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.10.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4
d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Bd3 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Qa5 17. Qb4 Qd8 18. f5 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. f6 g6 21. h4
Qg3 22. h5 Rb7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Re3 Rff7 26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4
28. Nf4 Qh6 29. g3 Qf8 30. Nh3 Rb5 31. Ng5 Rfb7 32. Rh1 h6 33. g4 hxg5 34. Reh3
Rxb2+ 35. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Kf7 37. Rh8 Bd7 38. R1h7+ {Source: CHESS, 27/395,
Oct 1961, p16} 1-0

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1961.10.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Van de Pol, Jan"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1961.10.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 f5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e4 e5 7. Nc4 O-O 8. exf5
gxf5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 Ng4 12. Nh3 b5 13. Na3 b4 14. Nb1 Na5 15. c3
Rb8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bb5 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. a4 Nxd2
22. axb5 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8+ 25. Kd2 Bxd4 26. Rab1 Re2+ 27. Kd3
Bb2 28. Bd2 Rxb5 29. Nf4 Nxf2+ 30. Kc2 Rc5+ {Source: CHESS, 27/396, Oct 1961,
p38} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 Nf8 15.
a4 a6 16. Qe1 b5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra3 Bc8 20. Bc2 Ra6 21. Qb4 Qb7
22. b3 Be6 23. Rb1 cxb3 24. Bd3 Rb8 25. Rbxb3 Qc8 26. Rc3 Qe8 {Source: CHESS/
27/401-402 January 1962, p124} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
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1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qc2 Bh6 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 Nxb3 13. axb3 b6 14. Ra1 Rb8
15. Na2 Ne8 16. b4 f5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nc1 Qf6 21.
Nd3 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Rxf4 Ne4 24. Rxa5 Bd7 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Raf1 Ra4 27. Nf2
Nxf2+ 28. R1xf2 Qe5 29. b3 Ra1+ 30. Rf1 Rfa8 31. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bd1
f4 34. Qd2 Bg4 35. h3 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Kf6 38. Qf3 h5 39. g3 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qd2+ {Source: CHESS/27/401-402 January 1962, p127} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nh6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. c3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5
f6 15. Bd2 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qe6 Nh4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Qd5 20. Qh3 Ng6
21. b3 Rad8 22. Qh5 Rfe8 23. c4 Qf7 24. Ba5 Qe7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Re8 27.
Qf5 Qa3 28. Qd7 Rg8 29. Bxc7 Qxa2 30. Nc5 Bxc7 31. Qxc7 Ne5 32. h3 h6 33. Rd8
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38. gxf3 Qxc5 39. Qb7
a5 40. Kg2 {Source: CHESS/27/401-402 January 1962, p133} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was certainly the most exciting game of the event. White's 12th move is
a dubious sacrifice and Barden knew the refutation to past the twentieth move
but Littlewood made things very difficult for him and finally Barden's
habitual time-trouble proved the decisive factor.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 (
10. Qe1 {is an alternative way to threaten 11 e5.}) 10... b5 11. e5 {This
tempting advance is not quite good enough. Sounder is 11 Bd3.} b4 12. exd6 ({
The obvious} 12. exf6 {is favourable to Black after} bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6) 12...
bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bf8 14. f5 Qa5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 {All post
mortems showed Black as standing better here. (CHESS)} Rg8 18. Bc4 Bg7 19. Qh4
{This keeps the black knight defending e7.} Rb8 20. Bb3 Rxb3 ({Stockfish 15:} 
20... Qf5 $17) 21. axb3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Qxh7 Rf8 (23... Bc3+ 24. Ke3 Rxg2
$11) 24. Rhe1 (24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Qh4+ Ke8 26. Qh5+ Rf7 27. Qc5 Rf5 28. Qc4 Ne5
29. Nxe5 Bh6+ {0-1, Larsen-Panno, Mar del Plata 1958.}) (24. Ke2 Ne5 25. Nd4
Bb5+ 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Rhf1 {Holaszek,H-Minaya Molano,J World Junior
Championship 1961 (played four months previous to the current game; ½-½, 39
moves)}) 24... Bc3+ 25. Kd3 ({Littlewood had originally intended} 25. Ke2 {
; it is better but} Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Kd8 {still favours Black. "Barden had
already become horribly short of time—3 minutes for 16 moves. Littlewood had
over half an hour yet played his remaining moves as quickly as Barden." (CHESS)
}) 25... Nb4+ 26. Kc4 Bg7 ({Stockfish 15:} 26... Nc6 $1 $17) 27. Nd4 $5 (27.
Qh5+ Kd8 (27... Rf7 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 $18) 28. Qa5+ Ke8 $11) 27... Nd5 (
27... Nxc2 28. Qg6+ Rf7 29. Rxe6+ $1 Kf8 30. Re7 $18) ({Stockfish 15:} 27...
Na2 $1 $19) 28. Rxe6+ $2 ({After the game Littlewood suggested} 28. Qg6+ Kd8
29. Nxe6+ {when White seems to stand better.}) 28... Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Ne3+ ({
"Cafferty suggested} 29... Nb6+ {but 30 Kd3 saves White." (CHESS) However,
engines support Cafferty's argument:} 30. Kd3 Qc3+ 31. Ke2 Qe5+ 32. Kd3 Qxd6+
33. Ke3 Qxe6+ 34. Qe4 Be5 $19) 30. Kc5 Qc3+ $2 ({With less than a minute on
his clock to reach the 40th move Barden makes the decisive mistake. Black
could have won easily with} 30... Qe5+ 31. Kb6 Qxe6 32. Qxg7 Nxd1 $19) 31. Kb6
Nxd1 (31... Qb4+ 32. Ka7 Nxd1 33. Nxg7+ Kd7 34. Ne8+ Ke6 35. Qe7+ Kd5 36. Qxf8
Qc5+ 37. Kxa6 Qc8+ 38. Ka7 Qxc2 39. Qf3+ Kc5 $18) 32. Nxg7+ $1 Kd7 33. Ne8+ $1
Ke6 (33... Kd8 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. d7+ {wins}) 34. Qe7+ Kd5 35. Nc7+ (35. d7 {
also wins.}) 35... Kd4 36. Qg7+ Ke4 37. Qxf8 Qb4+ 38. Ka7 Qc5+ 39. Kb7 {
Alexander wrote of this game ''A bad game but much more amusing than most good
ones.'' Botvinnik remarked: ''A real English-style game.'' L. Lindheimer's
observation is also worth quoting: ''Littlewood plays the best bad games I
have ever seen.'' Sources: Sunday Times Magazine, 7 January 1962, p38; CHESS/
27/401-402, January 1962, p134; John Littlewood collection (Keith Brown)} (39.
Kb8 {is the final move given previously. Corrected 22.01.2023.}) ({For if} 39.
Kb7 Qb4+ 40. Kc8 {and the d-pawn is decisive.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1961.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 ({I was expecting the normal} 4... Nc6 5.
Nf3 Qb6 {, after which I wanted to play Milner-Barry's gambit idea of} 6. Bd3
cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 {, offering both centre
pawns for a powerful attack. I believe that this sacrifice is sound, and at
least it offers White excellent prospects in practical play. It is interesting
to know that both Botvinnik and Gligoric (against whom I reached the same
opening at Hastings, 1957-58, by transposition from the Sicilian with 2 c3 e6)
believe that Black's traditional development of the queen at b6 in the Advance
Variation of the French is incorrect.}) 5. Nf3 Nf5 ({If} 5... Nbc6 6. Na3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2 Qb6 9. Bd3 {and White consolidates his pawn centre.}) 6.
dxc5 ({Now} 6. Na3 {is not good, because of} cxd4 {and 7...Bxa3, breaking up
White's pawn front}) ({while if} 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3
Be6 {(Barden-Gligoric, Hastings 1957/58) Black has a solid position with two
bishops.}) 6... Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 ({Afterwards I learnt that the World Champion 
(who was tired from his marathon with Gligoric) had seriously considered an
immediate 7...Nh4 for some while, turning it down for the positional reason
that he ought to develop further before moving a piece twice in the opening.
It was only after making his actual move that Botvinnik realised that} 7... Nh4
{loses a piece to} 8. Qa4+) 8. O-O Nh4 ({An interesting idea, threatening both
to win the e-pawn directly by ...Nxg3+ and to build up the pressure by ...Ng6
and ...f6.} 8... O-O {is also quite playable.}) 9. Re1 $2 ({A mistake which
indicates that White remembers too well the Nimzowitsch dictum that the
outpost square at e5 should be overprotected and underestimates the weakness
of his own f2.} 9. Bf4 {is also inferior after} Ng6 10. Bg3 f6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6
12. Qd3 Kf7 {, when Black can eventually force the exchange of the e5-pawn by .
..Bb6-c7 and ...Rh5 and then utilise his own central pawn mass.}) ({Correct is
} 9. Nbd2 {, so that if} O-O ({while if} 9... Ng6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 {(now
there is no longer any danger to f2), after which the natural} Bc7 {fails to} (
{while if} 11... Bd7 12. Nbd4 Bc7 13. Nb5 Ncxe5 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Bf4 f6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qh5+ {, regaining the pawn with advantage.}) 12.
Bg5 Qd7 13. Nc5) 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. Nf3) {Black can, of course, treat the
position more quietly, but then White can maintain the e-pawn with reasonable
prospects of play on the black squares.} 9... Bd7 10. b4 ({This and the next
move form an over-impatient idea. White could still try} 10. Nbd2) 10... Bb6
11. b5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne7 ({Better than} 12... Na5 {, when} 13. Qg3 {is hard
to meet.}) 13. Ba3 $2 ({If} 13. Bg5 {, simply} O-O {, for} 14. Qh3 h6 15. Bxh6
gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nf5 17. Bxf5 {gives White insufficient attacking chances.}) ({
However, White could still maintain a fair game, despite the ragged queen's
wing pawns, by} 13. Nd2 {and if} Rc8 14. c4 Bd4 $2 15. Rb1) 13... Rc8 14. Qg3
Ng6 15. Nd2 ({White now sees that the previously planned} 15. c4 {fails to} Bd4
(15... dxc4 $2 16. Be4 {or even 16 Nd2!?, with a strong attack}) {, when White
has nothing for the exchange after} 16. Nd2 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Qa5) ({The pawn
sacrifice is the only practical chance if White is to avoid a miserable move
like} 15. Bf1) 15... Rxc3 16. Bb4 Rc8 ({Post-mortem analysis established that
a still stronger idea is} 16... Rxd3 $1 17. Qxd3 Qh4 $1 (17... Bxf2+ {and 18...
Qh4+ is unclear}) 18. Ne4 {(the only chance: otherwise Black wins by ...Qxb4
or ...Bxf2+)} dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22. Rd1 Qd4 $1 {
when White has to exchange off into a bishops of opposite colour ending a pawn
down, which should be won for Black. The World Champion saw most of this
variation (I have to admit that I did not consider it all during the game),
but rejected it on the safety-first ground that there is danger of
miscalculation in such sharp tactical lines. By safe play Black has the
advantage in any case, and "I prefer to avoid complications unless I am forced
into them," remarked Botvinnik.}) 17. Nf3 {Necessary to prevent the
simplifying ...Qh4.} Bc5 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Bg5 (19. h4 {was suggested as a
better attacking chance, but then Black continues} f6 $1 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6
Qe8 $1 {and White's attack is over.}) 19... f6 $1 ({A fine conception of a
sort often seen in Botvinnik's games with the French. In return for the
exchange, he obtains a concentration of centre pawns and active pieces which
makes White’s job of finding a constructive plan very difficult.
Positionally, the exchange sacrifice is even forced, for after} 19... Be7 20.
h4 $1 {White would have real attacking chances.}) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bh6 Kf7 $1
22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rac1 $2 ({Here and at the next move, White loses time and
retains the wrong minor piece. Black’s Knight must be prevented from
occupying f4, but the best chance of doing so while restraining Black’s
central advance is} 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Qg4 {As played, White’s bishop
becomes virtually useless.}) 23... e5 24. Nh4 Qh6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rc2 {
Black threatened ...Bxf2+.} b6 27. a4 e4 28. Bf1 f5 {The World Champion excels
in the art of utilising a central pawn phalanx, and hence­forward White is
steadily driven back and deprived of useful squares.} 29. Rec1 f4 30. Qb3 Be6
31. Rxc5 ({The return of the exchange is White's only chance to avoid being
gradually crushed; it is slightly better to preface it with} 31. a5) 31... bxc5
32. b6 c4 $2 ({In his eagerness to blot out the bishop completely, Black
advances too hastily.} 32... axb6 33. Qxb6 Qf8 {should win.}) 33. Qb4 $2 ({
Here I reached out my hand to grasp my b-pawn, intending to play} 33. b7 {
, noticing just as I did so that Black then wins immediately by} Rh8 $1 {
Mr Rhoden, the tournament controller, confirmed that I had not touched the
b-pawn, whereupon I hurriedly moved the queen, thus missing the chance of 33
bxa7!}) (33. bxa7 $1 {In view of the threat of 34 Qb7+ and queening, there are
only two plausible defences for Black.} cxb3 (33... Qf8 34. Qb7+ Kf6 35. Bxc4
$1 dxc4 36. Qxe4 {when White has two pawns for the piece and the black king is
dangerously exposed}) 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. a8=Q Be6 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. Qxb3 {
, after which Black has to struggle for a draw. "If you go through my games at
the Hastings tournament of 1962 you may well expect my greatest error to have
occurred there. I missed a clear winning chance against the world champion,
Botvinnik..." (Barden, p239, "Chess Treasury of the Air," 1966).}) {Brief
tactical lapses like this and similar instances in the games with Robatsch and
Bisguier were the only blemishes in Botvinnik’s performance at Hastings.}
33... axb6 34. Qxb6 Qf8 {Now Black decisively regains his grip the position.}
35. Rb1 Qc5 36. Qb7+ Rc7 37. Qb8 Kg7 38. Rb6 Bf7 39. a5 c3 40. Qd8 Qe7 {
"Resigns" Source: CHESS/27/401-402 January 1962, p137} 41. Qxe7 {(sealed) 
(Source: BCM, March 1962, p85)} ({White sealed the move} 41. Qxe7 {, but
resigned during the adjournment, as the ending is hopeless, e.g.} Rxe7 42. a6
Ra7 43. Rb7 c2) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aaron, Manuel"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 e5 8. Rd1 exd4
9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qxd6 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Re8 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Qd2 b5 14. b3 Ng4 15.
Nb1 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Nge5 17. Ba5 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Ne5 20. c5 Be6 21.
a3 Bb3 22. O-O Nc4 23. Bc7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf8 25. Rc1 Bxc5+ 26. Kf1 Bd6 27. Bxd6
Nxd6 28. Rxc6 Nb5 29. Ne2 Rec8 30. Rb6 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Nf4 Nd4 33. Nc3
Rb3 34. Nfd5 Nb5 35. Nxb5 axb5 36. Nc7 Rb2 37. h4 Kf8 38. Ke1 Ke7 39. Kd1 Kd7
40. Kc1 Rb3 41. Kc2 Rxa3 42. Nxb5 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Rxg2 {Source: CHESS/27/401-402
January 1962, p139} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1962.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Barden, Leonard"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 ({One important aspect of White’s strategy in this variation is
that the f-pawn should only be advanced once Black has developed his queen’s
bishop. If Black plays ...Be6, then White wants to advance f4-f5 and thus gain
a useful tempo for a possible king’s-side attack and for the , struggle for
central squares. If Black places his bishop at b7, then White should safeguard
his e-pawn from attack by f3. This simple point is frequently disregarded even
in tournament practice. It seems particularly inferior for White to advance f4
when Black still has the chance to reply ...Bb7, e.g.} 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11.
Bf3 Nbd7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Qe1 Nb6 14. Kh1 Nc4 15. Nd2 Qd7 {, with clear
advantage to Black (Yanofsky-Bolbochan, Stockholm 1962).}) 9... Qc7 10. a4 ({
A good alternative is the developing} 10. Qd2 {. White then has nothing to
fear from the advance of the b-pawn, e.g.} b5 ({If} 10... Be6 11. f4 exf4 12.
Rxf4 $1 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 {(Geller- Polugaevsky, Moscow, 1961) gives
White a promising attack.}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. c4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na5 {, and White infiltrates on the white squares 
(Geller-Rothstein, Kiev 1959).}) 10... b6 ({He should not allow his queen’s
wing pawns to become fixed by a5, e.g.} 10... Nbd7 11. a5 $1 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6
13. Na5 Be6 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {, with
considerable pressure for White due to the weakness of Black’s a6-pawn and
white squares.}) 11. Qd2 Be6 12. f4 ({More logical than the passive} 12. Rfd1
Rc8 13. Qe1 Qb7 14. Rd2 Nbd7 15. f3 {(see note to move 9 for the disadvantages
of this formation),} d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {, with advantage to
Black (Unzicker- Bronstein, Gothenburg, 1955).}) ({However, a still better
plan may be} 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 {, followed even­tually by Bd3, f4, and
the utilisa­tion of the bishops for a king’s-side attack.}) 12... Rc8 {
Gligoric’s plan is the same as in Unzicker-Bronstein: the preparation of an
early ...d5.} 13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 Qb7 15. Bf3 ({This appeared a very promising
sacrifice at the time, since if Black accepts it directly he is driven into a
hopelessly passive situa­tion after 15 ...Bxf1 16 Rxf1, followed by Nd5, f6,
and most likely a winning king’s-side attack for White. However, the
Yugoslav grandmaster works out a method of taking the exchange while
maintaining active play for the black pieces. A direct} 15. g5 {fails against}
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe2 $1 17. Qxe2 Qxe4) 15... d5 $1 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 e4 $1 {
This second pawn sacrifice is the key to Black’s defence, and a move I had
under­estimated. Any quieter continuation per­mits White to advance g5 and
then sink his knight on e4: while as the game goes, White’s more dangerous
knight is exchanged off and Black has e5 available as a jumping-off square. In
such situations where the struggle for the initiative is acute, square control
and the activity of the pieces outweigh the formal value of pawns.} 18. Nxe4 ({
Unfortunately for White, the more natural} 18. Be2 {(to preserve an extra pair
of minor pieces) is unsatisfactory because of} Bb4 $1 {, when there is no good
defence for the d-pawn.}) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd7 20. Bf4 {Clearly, White must
contest the important central black squares.} Bc5+ 21. Kh1 $2 ({Now Black is
able to regroup his pieces and take control of the important centre files.
Better is} 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Bf3 {, when White’s position is more solid in
the game and should be tenable.}) 21... Re8 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. d6 Qc8 24. Nxc5 $2
({Now this is a mistake, after which Black’s pieces burst into activity.
White may still be able to hold on with Gligoric’s suggestion of} 24. Re1 {
, since in the next few moves the combined influence of the black rooks helps
to give him the upper hand.}) 24... Qxc5 25. b4 {Overlooking the reply, but
otherwise Black cannot be prevented from playing ...Ne5 or ...Nf6-e4, with
great effect.} Qc4 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ne4 29. Qb4 ({White has to
lose the d-pawn or the b-pawn, since both} 29. Qd3 {and 29 Qd1 permit a knight
fork.}) 29... Qxc2 30. Qb3 Qxb3 $2 ({This rather hasty exchange would have
made Black’s win difficult were it not that White had become very short of
time. After the better} 30... Qf2 {White would remain with a weak king’s
position as well as a material deficit.}) 31. Rxb3 Nxd6 32. Bc6 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Ne4 34. Bc7 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 $4 {Sources: BCM, March 1962, p87; CHESS/27/401-402
January 1962, p140} ({A move of a kind which prompted grandmaster Bisguier to
observe, very sensibly, that if one does this sort of thing in time trouble
one’s first consideration in a game should be to keep on reasonable terms
with the clock. After} 35. Kh3 {there is no clear win for Black. White
resigned without waiting for 35 Rf2 mate—a decision prompted more by shock
than any meanness towards the spectators.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Qxb7 Nd5
21. Ne4 Qd4 22. Bf2 Qa4 23. Ba7 Rac8 24. Qxa6 Qxa6 25. Bxa6 Rxc2 26. Bd4 Rd8
27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Nf4 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rd2 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32. Rb1 Kf8
33. a4 Nc5 34. Bb5 Nb3 35. Kg1 h5 36. Re1 g6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 h4 39. Bc4
Nc5 40. a5 Ne4 41. Kf1 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. b4 Nd6 44. Kd3 h3 45. gxh3 Ra3+ 46.
Kd4 f5 47. Rd8 Ne4 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. h4 g5 50. h5 g4 51. h6 Rh3 52. a6 {Source:
CHESS/27/401-402 January 1962, p144} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1961/62 37th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1962.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O Rc8
15. Nd5 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Qb4 Rf7 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Qc3 b6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Qxd4 Bg7 22. Qf2 Be5 23. g3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 g4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxf4 27. Be2
Qf6 28. Rc3 Rc5 29. Bf1 Rh5 30. Bxh3 Rxh3 31. Qg2 Qh4 32. Re2 g3 33. hxg3 Rxg3
34. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 35. Rg2 Qg6 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rf6
40. Rd5 Kg6 41. a4 Kh5 42. a5 {Source: CHESS/27/401-402 January 1962, p146} 1-0

[Event "Simul - Barden 33bds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1962.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Collins, Richard Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "Collins,Richard A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1962.01.20"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {I have never played against this move
before but it didn't worry me particularly.} c5 ({I preferred this to the
alternatives} 4... d5) ({and} 4... h6) 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 {Now we are in a
sort of Benoni position but with bishops on g5 and b4.} 7. e3 Bf5 {Solving the
problem of the awkward light-squared bishop.} 8. Bd3 Bxd3 (8... Bg6 9. Bb5+
Nbd7 10. Qa4 {is a nuisance.}) 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 {My
bishop is no longer any good especially if White were to play 12 Ne4 followed
by a3.} 12. bxc3 ({White gets no play on the b-file after this. I expected} 12.
Qxc3) 12... Qc7 {Unpinning the Knight and threatening 13.....c4} 13. c4 Ne5 14.
Qc2 ({If} 14. Qf5 {I intended} Nxc4 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Ne5 {with
interesting play.}) 14... Nfd7 {Leaving the Bishop stranded and threatening to
win his c-Pawn.} 15. f4 {Leaves the e-pawn weak.} Ng4 (15... Ng6 {is passive.})
16. Rf3 Rfe8 ({Taking advantage of the weak e-pawn & getting a rook into play.
I didn't play} 16... Rae8 {as I might need f8 for the knight.}) 17. Qc3 f6 {
Easing the pressure.} 18. Bh4 Nh6 ({Not...} 18... Nf8 $2 19. Rg3 Nh6 20. Bxf6
$1) 19. Ng3 Qd8 {Bringing the queen back into play and overprotecting the
f-pawn.} 20. Nh5 Nf5 {My position suddenly improves now.} 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Rh3 {
He gets no advantage from the h-file.} g6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. Rb1 b6
26. Qd3 Qe7 27. Kf1 Qe4 28. Qxe4 ({Not} 28. Ke2 $2 Qxf4) 28... Rxe4 29. Rc1 g5
30. Rf3 ({Not} 30. fxg5 $2 fxg5 31. Z0 Ne5) 30... Rae8 31. Rc3 gxf4 32. exf4
Nf8 (32... Re2 {Not as good.}) 33. Rce3 Ng6 (33... Rxe3 {The text is better.})
34. f5 Rxe3 35. Bxe3 (35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 Ne5) 35... Ne5 36. Rg3 Nxc4 37.
Bh6 Re5 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Rxa2 {This was a simultaneous display against all
London Championship prizewinners (33 Bds)} 0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Safvat, Younus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. a4 Qc6
15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qf6 18. Qxh5 Qxf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. f4 Bd6 21.
Nc4 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne3 Qxb2 25. e5 Bf8 26. Ra7 Rxd3 27. Rxc7
Rd2+ 28. Kh1 Qa2 29. Qf3 Qa5 30. Rb7 Red8 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Qe4 Re2 33. Nd5 Qd2
0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Calero, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Qe4 g5 20. Bd2 Ke7 21.
Qc2 Kf8 22. Ba5 Qa7 23. Bd8 Be7 24. Bxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qd3 Qb7 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Qd7
Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Re8 29. Nd4 Nd5 30. f3 b4 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Nb5 Rb8 33. Bxd5 Bxd5
34. Nd6 Ra8 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rc7 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Veizaj, Mendim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 e5 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nd2 h6
9. Bh4 Qd7 10. Be2 Nh7 11. a3 Na6 12. Rb1 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. b4 Nh5 15. Na4 b6
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Nxb8 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 g5 21. Bf2 f4 22.
Nc3 Rf7 23. Bd1 Rb7 24. Ba4 Bd7 25. Kd1 Bf6 26. Kc2 Ng7 27. Nb3 Bd8 28. h4 Ne8
29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Na4 Nb6 32. Na5 Rd7 33. Nxb6 Bxb6 34. Nc6 Rh7
35. Rxh7 Kxh7 36. a4 Kg6 37. Be1 a6 38. Nb8 Nc7 39. a5 Bxa5 40. Bxa5 Ne8 41.
Nxa6 g4 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Bd3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Rf2 Ng4 17. Rg2 c4 18. Bf1 f5 19. Re2 Qd8 20. h3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Ba5 Qd7 24. Qd2 Bb7 25. Bg2 Nxd5 26. Nh2 Ne7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Bc3 Nf5 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Rae1 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Rac8
34. Ne3 Rfe8 35. Kf2 c3 36. bxc3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 39. Ke4 Rxa3
40. Rxd6 Rxg3 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Rxh7 a5 44. Rb7 Rb3 45. Rb6+ Kg7
46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. h4 a4 49. Rxg6 a3 50. Ra6 b4 51. h5 Rh3 52. Ra4
Rh1 53. h6 b3 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kf7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Mohamed, Hasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Re1 a4 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. Ng3 Ng5 15. Nh2
Bf6 16. d5 Na5 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Nf5 f6 22.
h4 Nf7 23. Re3 g6 24. Nfxh6+ Kh7 25. h5 g5 26. Nf5 Nh8 27. Ba3 Nb7 28. Bb4 Nc5
29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Rd3 Qe8 32. Nxe7 Bxe4 33. Rd7 Bxc2 34. Qxc2+ f5
35. Nxe5 Rf7 36. Qxf5+ Rxf5 37. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Varna Olympiad Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Rc1 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. e4 Re8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nbxd7 14. O-O Qb8
15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh4 a5 19. a4 b4 20. Rh3 Qc7 21. f3 Nh7
22. f4 Nhf6 23. Re1 Re7 24. Nc4 Ree8 25. Rhe3 Rac8 26. b3 Nh7 27. e5 dxe5 28.
fxe5 Ra8 29. Bg3 Qa7 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Ndf6 33. e7 Rfb8 34. Qc4+
Kh8 35. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Chalkhasuren, Gonchich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Nf3 Nc4 13. h3 Re8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. g4 a5 16. Rdg1 Bh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. e4 b4 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Ka1 Be6 21. e5
Qg5 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 b3 24. a3 c5 25. Nxc5 Nxa3 26. f4 Nb5 27. Na6 Nxd4
28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. f5 Bc8 30. Rc7 a4 31. Rhc1 Bb7 32. f6 g6 33. Bxg6 a3 34. Rxb7
Ra8 35. Ra7 Rb8 36. Bd3 Nf3 37. Rac7 1-0

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gebauer, Peter"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. h4 h5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nh2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. f3 Nc7 13. g4 Ng8 14. Ne2 d5
15. Rdg1 O-O-O 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Ng4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ne6 19. c3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Rf8
21. Ng3 Rh7 22. Rf1 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Bxe5 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Rfh8 26. Be3 Rxh4
27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. d5 Nd8 29. dxc6 Rxe4 30. Bxa7 Nxc6 31. Bc5 f5 32. Kd2 Rh4 33.
Rf2 Kd7 34. b3 e5 35. a4 e4 36. b4 Ne5 37. Bd4 f4 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Rg2 f3 40.
Rxg6 e3 41. Rf6 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thorsteinsson, Bjorn"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Ng3 Qb6 17. Rde1 b3 18. cxb3 a4 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Qg5 Ng6 21.
Bc4 axb3 22. Bxb3 Ndf4 23. Kb1 Rfb8 24. Nfd2 Bb5 25. Nc3 Bd3+ 26. Ka1 Bf5 27.
Qg3 Nd3 28. Re3 Nb4 29. Nc4 Qc5 30. Na3 Nc6 31. Rhe1 Nd4 32. Ncb1 Qb4 33. Rc3
Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Ridameya Tatche, Jose Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 f5 17. f4 g5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qg2
Re4 22. fxg5 Kh8 23. a4 Bh3 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Qg2 Bh3 26. Qf3 Bg4 27. Qf2 Rxe3
28. Rxe3 f4 29. Re5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qxg5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Re1 Be6 33. Nf3 fxg3
34. hxg3 Qh5 35. Rf1 Bg4 36. Qc5 Qf7 37. Nh2 Bf5 38. e6 Qg7 39. Qd4 Rf6 40. g4
Rxe6 41. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia, Gilberto"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. g3 g6 5. b3 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Bf5 11. Qc1 a6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nf1 b5 15.
Ne3 Be4 16. h3 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf5 21.
Qd2 Ncd4 22. Bg2 d5 23. Nb2 c4 24. Rac1 c3 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. e3 cxb2 27. Rb1 Nb5
28. Rxb2 Qf6 29. Rc2 Rbc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxd5 Nc3 32. Qd7 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6
34. Rd2 Nd6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Rc2 e5 37. Ke1 e4 38. f3 Nd5 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. Bf1
a5 41. fxe4 Nc3 42. a3 Nxe4 43. Bc4+ Kf6 44. g4 Nb6 45. Bd3 Ng5 46. Bf1 Ke5 47.
Ke2 Ne4 48. Bg2 Nc5 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Na6 51. b5 Nc7 52. Bc6 g5 53. Kd3 h6
54. e4 Ne6 55. Kc3 Nf4 56. Kb4 Kd4 57. Ka5 Kc5 58. e5 Nxh3 59. Ka6 Nf2 60. Bf3
Nd3 61. Kb7 Nxe5 62. Be2 Nec4 0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soderborg, Berndt"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. a3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bc4 Qc7
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Bb3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Rhe1 Nc5 23. f5 Bc6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Rcg8 26. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Barden Simul +13 =6 -6"]
[Site "Hayes & Harlington CC"]
[Date "1963.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Collins, Richard Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Collins,Richard A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1963.09.06"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 {Hoping to transpose but it doesn't turn out too
well.} 4. Nxe4 Nf6 ({Possibly...} 4... Be7 {first was better.}) 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (
{I didn't have time to consider} 5... gxf6 {properly.}) 6. Nf3 Qd8 {A 'safe'
move again made hurriedly} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 c6 {Now it's more like
a Caro-Kann.} 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Bg5 c5 {Trying to get
some air but with more time I wouldn't have played it.} 14. Ba4+ Bd7 $4 15.
Bxf6 ({I considered things like..} 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nxf7 {but didn't get
round to the important line.}) 15... gxf6 16. Nxd7 O-O-O {In an ordinary game
I would have resigned.} 17. Nxf6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 ({Safer} 18. Kf1) 18... Rxd4 19.
Qh5 Bd6 ({I considered} 19... Bg3 {also}) 20. Rad1 Rxc4 ({I considered} 20...
Rf4 {but then...} 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rd7) 21. Bd7+ Kb8 22. Qxf7 $2 {Too greedy.
The queen remains here, out of the game, until the end. His kingside needed
more protection.} Rh4+ 23. Kg1 Bg3 $1 {The only chance.} 24. fxg3 ({Safer was} 
24. Ne4) 24... Qxg3 25. Re4 ({This seems to force the Rooks off leaving me
nothing but I have hidden resources.} 25. Ne4 $4 {loses his Queen}) 25... Qh2+
26. Kf2 Rf4+ 27. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qh6+ {White now picked up his
knight and put it on h5 and was about to let go of it when he stopped, thought
for 15 secs and put it back, remarked that a person giving a simul didn't have
to move a piece he touched & played} 30. Kg1 (30. Nh5 $4 Rf8 $1) 30... Qe3+ 31.
Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Ke2 Qe5+ 33. Kf3 (33. Kd3 c4+) 33... Qf5+ 34. Kg3 Qe5+ 35. Kh4
Qh2+ 36. Kg5 h6+ {Never say die.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1963.11.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Bergsma, Klaas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1963.11.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Britain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. e5 f5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Be7 Rf7 14. Bb4 Qd8 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Qe3 h6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. d5 a5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf4 axb4 21. cxb4
Qg5 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nh3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 g6 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Bc2 Ba4 27. Bd3 c6 28.
h4 Nc7 29. Nh3 Kg7 30. Nf4 Rd8 31. Rae1 d6 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. g3 Kf6 34. c5 bxc5
35. bxc5 Rd4 36. Ne2 Rd8 37. Nc3 Bb3 38. f4 Nd5 39. Nxd5+ Bxd5+ 40. Kg1 Ra7 41.
Bc2 Ra5 42. Rc3 Rb8 43. a4 Rb4 44. Kf2 Rc4 45. Rxc4 {Source: BCM, Jan 1964, p3}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-NED m"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1963.11.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Bergsma, Klaas"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1963.11.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Britain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Be3 b5 11. g4 O-O 12. Qd2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. a4 bxa3 15.
Rxa3 a4 16. Ba2 Qb8 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bc3 Be6 19. O-O Rd8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Ra1 Qb6+
22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. Bc4 Bf8 25. R3a2 Bc6 26. b3 Rda8 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28.
Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Qd5 Be8 31. Ba5 Qe3 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. f4 exf4 34.
Nxf4 Nxf4+ 35. Bxf4 Qc7 36. Qd3 Bc6 37. Bd5 {Source: BCM, Jan 1964, p7} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BBC Radio Consultation Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rhoden, F & Rushbrook, R"]
[Black "Barden,L & Littlewood, J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 e5 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d6 Bxd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8. Qh4
Nc6 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. O-O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bg6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. f4 a6
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bd5 b4 17. Bxa8 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Kd2 Kg7 20. Ne2 Rxa8 21.
f5 Rb8 22. Rb1 Qxa3 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxb8 Qxc3+ 25. Kd1 d3 26. Rc8 Qxc8 27.
fxg6 Qc2+ {Ronald Ernest Rushbrook was born in West Ham in the 4th quarter of
1908 [FreeBMD]} 0-1

[Event "Barden Simul 21 bds"]
[Site "Horsham"]
[Date "1964.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cannon, L John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1964.03.09"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. e4
Nb6 9. Bb3 Bb4 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. h4 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. O-O Bc6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. a3 Ba4 21. Ng5
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 O-O 23. Ne4 b6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Nd6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 f6 27. Qc4 g6
28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 fxe5 30. dxe5 Rf3 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Rxa3 33. Rxe6 a5
34. Re8 a4 35. Ra8 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 a3 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 {
Source: L J Cannon. Leonard Barden score: +16, =4, -1. Contributed by Brian
Denman, 8 May 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 1"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1964.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hindle, Owen Mark"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1964.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. h4 Bxb3 14. cxb3 h5 15.
O-O-O Qc8 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Bg5 Ra6 18. Rhe1 Rb8 19. Ka2 Nh7 20. e5 Nxg5 21. Qxg5
Qf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Rd5 Rc8 25. Rxf5 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rac6 27. Rxc3
Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Kb2 Re3 30. Rxh5 Re2+ 31. Kc3 Rxg2 32. Rxa5 Rf2 33. Rf5
Kf8 34. Kd4 Rh2 35. h5 Rh4+ 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. a5 d5 39. Rxb7 d4+ 40.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 1"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1964.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1964.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Qd4 Bf8 13. Bf3 f5 14. Rfd1
Rg8 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qe5 d6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Qh8 e5 20. c4 Be6 21.
c5 Kf7 22. Bh6 Re8 23. b4 d5 24. Rac1 Rg8 25. Qh7+ Rg7 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Qh4
Rh8 28. Qg3 Rh5 29. a4 Bh6 30. Rb1 Bf4 31. Qa3 Bxh2+ 32. Kf1 Bf4 33. g3 d4 34.
b5 Qe8 35. gxf4 Qh8 36. Qg3 Rh3 37. Qg5 Rh5 38. Qg3 Rh3 39. Qg5 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 1"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1964.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1964.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rac1 Na5 15.
b3 c6 16. Rfd1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh4 b4 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Nf4 e6 21. Nd3 Ne4
22. Qe1 Nc3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Rdc2 Ba6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Re8 28.
Qd2 Bg7 29. Re1 Qc7 30. Nh4 e5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Be3 Red8 33. Qc1 Bd3 34. Rc5
Bf8 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Qd6 37. Bg2 Be7 38. Nf3 Rb5 39. Rd1 Rd5 40. Nd2 e4
41. Re1 Bf6 42. Bf4 Qf8 43. f3 Rc5 44. Qd1 Bd4+ 45. Be3 Bxe3+ 46. Rxe3 f4 47.
Nxe4 fxe3 48. Qxd3 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Kh8 50. Qxe3 Rc2 51. Qd4+ Kg8 52. Nf6+ Kf7 53.
Qf4 Kg7 54. Nh5+ Kg8 55. Qg4+ Kh8 56. Qd4+ Kg8 57. Qe4 1-0

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 1"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1964.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1964.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bb7
15. Qh5 Qd6 16. Bb1 g6 17. Qh6 Nd4 18. Bf4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qg5+ 21.
Qxg5 Bxg5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rfe8 24. Bc3 Rad8 25. f3 Bd2 26. Red1 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 Rc8 28. Rd3 Rc4 29. Rb1 Rec8 30. Rb3 Kg7 31. Kf2 R8c6 32. e5 g5 33. Ke1
R4c5 34. Re3 Re6 35. Rb4 Rcxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 37. Kd2 Rf5 38. Ke3 Kg6 39. Rd4
Re5+ 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Rd7 f6 42. Rxh7 Kf4 43. Rh6 Re6 44. h4 gxh4 45. Rxh4+ Kxf3
46. a4 f5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Rh5 Kg4 49. Rh7 Re5 50. Kd3 f4 51. Rg7+ Kf3 52. Kd4
Re4+ 53. Kd3 Re8 54. Rd7 Kf2 55. Rd5 Rb8 56. Ke4 f3 57. Rf5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 2"]
[Site "London, Acton"]
[Date "1964.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hindle, Owen Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1964.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bc2
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. f4 Nxc4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rf3 g6 15.
f5 Nxe5 16. Rh3 d6 17. Qd2 exf5 18. Qh6 Nf6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf6 Ng4 21. Qh4
f6 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Kg1 Qf7 25. h3 Ne5 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Rge3 Rac8 28.
Bh6 Rg8 29. Qf4 Rg6 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Rcg8 32. Bf4 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Qg6 34.
Qxg6 R8xg6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Bh2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 2"]
[Site "London, Acton"]
[Date "1964.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1964.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qh3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd3 Qd5 20. Be3 Rfc8 21.
Qh4 h6 22. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 2"]
[Site "London, Acton"]
[Date "1964.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1964.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. a4 Bb7 15. b3
Nb6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. d5 g6 18. g4 h5 19. N3h2 hxg4 20. hxg4 Kg7 21. Ne3 Rh8 22.
Nf3 Rag8 23. Kg2 Bc8 24. Rg1 Kf8 25. Bd2 Ke8 26. b4 c4 27. Rh1 Nf8 28. Rxh8
Rxh8 29. Nh2 N6h7 30. Nf3 Nf6 31. Nh2 N8h7 32. Nef1 Ng8 33. Ng3 Bg5 34. Ne2 Qe7
35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Ngf6 37. Qf3 Nd7 38. Rh1 Ne5 39. Qe2 Bf6 40. Nh3 Ng5 41.
Nf2 Kf8 42. Qe3 Kg7 43. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF Olympiad Selection Part 2"]
[Site "London, Acton"]
[Date "1964.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1964.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. O-O
Nf4 9. Bc2 f5 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Nd7 15. f3 Ne5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. b4 Re5 18. c5 Nf6 19. Rae1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. fxe4 Qg5 22. Rf3 b6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rc3 f3 25. Rxf3 Rc8 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27.
Qxc3 Qf4 28. e5 dxe5 29. d6 Qf5 30. h3 e4 31. Qd4 Qd7 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Kf2 Qf7+
34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Kxe4 Kxd6 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. h4 Ke6 40.
Kf4 h6 41. g4 a6 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. a4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow Congress Invitation"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1969.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nye, Valentine A"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1969.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. e4 Ne8
9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bh3 a6 15. a4
Qf7 16. Ne1 Kh8 17. f4 e4 18. Nc2 h6 19. Bh4 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Qxf6 21. Ne3 Qg6 22.
Kh1 Ng7 23. Rae1 h5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Bg2 Bd7 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 axb5
29. Ra1 b4 30. Qb2 Ng4 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Nc2 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Nxf6 34. Ra1 Rxa1+
35. Nxa1 Ng4 36. Nc2 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3 38. h3 h4 39. g4 fxg4 40. Bxe4 Nb2 41.
hxg4 Bxg4 42. Kf1 Nd1 43. Nc1 Nh5 44. Ne2 Kg7 45. Ne1 Nc3 46. Bf3 Bxf3 47. Nxf3
Nxe2 48. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 49. Ke3 Ng6 50. Ng5 Kf6 51. Ne4+ Ke5 52. Ng5 Kf6 53. Ne4+
Ke7 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Kf4 Nd3+ 56. Kg4 Nc1 57. Nd2 Kf6 58. Kxh4 Ke5 59. Kg4 Kd4
60. Kf4 Kd3 (60... Nxb3 61. Nxb3+ Kxc4) 61. Ne4 Nxb3 62. Nxd6 Na5 63. Ne4 Kxc4
64. d6 Kd4 65. d7 Nb7 66. Nd6 Nd8 67. Nf5+ Kd3 68. Ne3 c4 69. Nd5 b3 70. Nb4+
Kd2 {source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow Congress Invitation"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1969.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1969.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6 15.
a3 Na6 16. Nb5 d6 17. Qc3 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. e4 Rg8 20. O-O-O Rb8 21. e5
Nfd5 22. Qa5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd6 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 Qd6 26. Kb1 Qb6 27. Nc4
Qxa5 28. Nxa5 Nxb5 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Bxg4 Nf6 31. Bd1 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Ne4 33. f3
Nd2+ 34. Ka2 N2xf3 35. Rxc5 Ng5 36. Rc7 a6 37. Ra7 Ne4 38. Bh5 Nxg3 39. Bxf7+
Kf8 40. Bg6 e5 41. Nc4 e4 42. Ne5 Rb6 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44. Nxb6+ Kxg6 45. Rxa6 Kg5
46. Nc4 Ngf5 47. Ra8 h5 48. a4 h4 49. Rg8+ Kf4 50. Rh8 e3 51. Nxe3 Kxe3 52. b4
Ke4 53. a5 Kd5 54. a6 Nb5 55. Rh5 Ke6 56. Kb3 Nfd4+ 57. Ka4 Kd6 58. Rxh4 Kc7
59. Ka5 Na7 60. Rh7+ Kb8 61. Kb6 Nc8+ 62. Kc5 Ne6+ 63. Kc6 Nd4+ 64. Kd5 Nf5 65.
b5 Nfd6 {source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Glasgow Congress Invitation"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1969.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pritchard, David Brine"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1969.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 d4 8.
Be2 dxc3 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qxc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qd5 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Rab1
b6 15. a4 Rad8 16. Rbe1 Nd4 17. Bd1 Qd7 18. Qa1 {source: bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow Congress Invitation"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1969.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Levy, David Neil Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1969.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Nge2
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. b4 Qa6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. d5 Bd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 Qb7 15.
axb5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. O-O h5 18. Ra3 Be6 19. Rfa1 Nfd7 20. f4 Bc4 21. Qf2
Qc7 22. Bd4 O-O 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. c4 Rfc8 27. Ra6 Qb7
28. Qd4 Rc7 29. Ne4 Qc8 30. c5 Nbxd5 31. b6 dxc5 32. bxc5 Rd7 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34.
Qc3 $2 (34. Qb4) 34... Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng4 37. R1a2 Qc1+ 38. Ke2
Qxf4 {source: bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow Congress Invitation"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1969.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keene, Raymond Dennis"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1969.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Qc7 9. c3 Nd5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Bd2 Qc6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15.
Rab1 Bd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Qc7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rxb4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rfb1 Ra7 24. Rb6 Qd7 25. Nf2 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. Kg2
Qc8 28. Qb5 Rc5 29. Qb4 Rc7 30. Qd2 Qa8 31. R1b2 Ra1 32. Ng4 Qa4 33. R2b4 Rd1
34. Rxa4 Rxd2 35. Kf3 h5 36. Nf2 h4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Rd1 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40.
Nxf7+ Kh7 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Rg8 Bf6 43. Ne6 Rc6 44. Rxc6 bxc6 45. g4 Rf1+ 46.
Kg2 Re1 47. Nf8 Bg7 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. g5+ Kh5 50. Rxg7 Rxh2+ 51. Kf3 Rh3+ 52. Kg2
Re3 53. Nxg6 h3+ 54. Kf2 h2 55. Ne5 h1=N+ 56. Ke1 Kh4 57. Rh7+ Kg3 58. Rxh1
Kxf4 59. Nxc6 {source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Islington op 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubosh"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1969.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rhe1 $2
h6 15. Bh4 Nxe4 $1 {Source: 1970 Islington bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manchester Open ch"]
[Site "Manchester, Owens Park"]
[Date "1970.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Warren, Eric D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1970.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. g5 Ne8
9. h4 exd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. gxf6 Nxf6 12. h5 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. hxg6 b4 15. d6
Be6 16. Bf3 bxc3 17. Bxa8 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Qb6 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd2 Nbd7 21. Bg2
c4 22. Nh3 Nc5 23. O-O Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Nd3 25. Ba3 Qa6 26. Be6 Qxa3 {and Black
won. Source: CHESS, August 1970, p357 (Vol.35 No.s 609-10)} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow Invitational"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1970.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morgan, Anthony F"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1970.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qd2 d6 8. Be2
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. a3 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qc2 f5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nf6 15.
O-O Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. Qb1 cxb4 {
('PxP')} 21. axb4 Rc7 22. h4 g4 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Ne1 h5 {('P-R5')}
26. Nd3 Bh6 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Bb5 {('B-N5')} 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Rc7 Qxd5 31.
Qc2 Rf7 32. Rd7 Qe6 33. Rd8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qc3 Kf7 36. Kf2 b5 37. Qd3
{('Q-K3')} Qe4 38. Qa3 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc6 {('Q-B7')} 40. Qxa7 Qxg2 41. Qb8 Qh3 {
('Q-R3')} 42. Qh8 Qxh4+ 43. Kd2 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Qf3+ 45. Kd2 Qf2+ 46. Kd3 Qf1+ 47.
Kd2 Qg2+ 48. Kd3 Qe4+ 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Qxh5 Kd5 {('K-K4')} 51. Qe8 Kc4 52. Qc8+
Kb3 {('K-N3')} 53. Qc3+ Ka2 {('K-R2')} 54. Kc1 Qb1+ 55. Kd2 Qb2+ {Source:
bulletin. N.B. the score in the bulletin is riddled with errors, but the final
sequence of moves looks right even if a couple of moves that led to it had to
be guessed at - JS} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow Invitational"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1970.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Montgomery, James M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1970.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxf2 14.
e5 Bg5 15. h4 Bf4 16. Rh3 Qb6 17. Rf3 Be3 18. Ne4 Bh6 19. Qe7 g6 20. Nf6+ Kg7
21. g4 Be3 22. Ne8+ Kg8 23. Qf6 {Source: bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Glasgow Invitational"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1970.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1970.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nge2 a6 12. h3 f4 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. O-O-O b5 15. Rdg1
Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. h4 b4 19. Nd1 a5 20. g4 Nf6 21. h5 Rfb8 22.
hxg6 hxg6 $17 {(Stockfish)} 23. Nxf4 $5 exf4 24. Qxf4 b3 $1 25. axb3 a4 26. b4
Rxb4 27. Be1 Nxd5 28. Qg5 Rxb2+ 29. Nxb2 Rb8 30. Bb3 Rxb3 31. Rg2 Ne3 32. Rgh2
Nd3 33. Bc3 Rxc3 34. Qxe3 Rb3 35. e5 Qb7 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Qd4 Rxb2+ 38. Ka1 Rb3
39. Qxd6 Bxe5+ {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow Invitational"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1970.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wright, Daniel"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1970.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. e4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rae1
Ra7 16. Qd1 Nf6 17. Qe2 Raf7 18. Nd1 f4 19. Nc3 Bh6 20. Bc1 Nb7 21. h3 Bf5 22.
g4 Bg6 23. Bf3 Bg5 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rg7 26. Kh1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf6 28. Kg2
Bh4 29. Rh1 Qf8 30. Re2 Nd8 31. Qd3 Nf7 32. Be4 f3+ 33. Bxf3 Ng5 34. Bxg5 Rxg5
35. Rf1 Rf4 36. Be4 Rg7 37. f3 h6 38. Rb2 a5 39. a3 Ra7 40. Rfb1 Qa8 41. Bf5
Rd4 42. Be6+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd8 44. Kf1 Rf4 45. Qh5 e4 46. Bf5 Qf6 47. Re2 Re7 48.
b4 axb4 49. axb4 cxb4 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Glasgow Invitational"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1970.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Knox, Victor W"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1970.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bg5 Be6 12. f3 Qb6 13. Nb5 Rfd8 14. c4 d5 15.
exd5 Nfxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qc1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Nd2 Rc8 {Source:
bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spalding op 5th"]
[Site "Spalding"]
[Date "1970.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1970.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. f4 Qb8 17. Ndc4 Qa8 {Source: BC scoresheet} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Islington op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Saverymuttu, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1970.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
Rb8 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d5 Ne7 12. h4 h5 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. Ng5 b5 15. g3
b4 16. Nb1 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. exd5 Nexd5 19. b3 Ne7 20. Qxd6 exf4 21. Qxf4 Nf5
22. Bh3 Qa5 23. Rh2 Rbd8 24. Rhd2 Bc8 25. Re1 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qb6 27. Qf4 Kg8 28.
Nd2 Rd8 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Qe3 Qa5 31. Kb2 Re8 32. Qf2 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qc5 34.
Ngf3 Qd6 35. Qe5 Qd3 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxb4 Qc2+ 38. Ka3 Bd7 39. Qc5 Qc3 40. Qe5
Qc1+ 41. Kb4 Qc2 42. a4 Bc6 43. Kc5 Bb7 44. Kb6 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Islington op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lipnowski, Irvin"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1970.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Rc1 e5 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Nf8 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Bf5 14. Qb3 e4 15. Bf4
Qc8 16. Nd2 h5 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. Bd6 Ng5 21. Rfd1 Nf3+
22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Bb5 Nd3 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qb5 27. Qd2 Qa4 28.
Rc3 Nxf2+ (28... Qxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxd1) 29. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 30. Qg1 Qd2
31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Bd7 33. h4 a5 34. Kh2 axb4 35. axb4 Ra2 36. Be5 Ra6 37.
Kg3 f6 38. Bf4 Kf7 39. Rb3 Bb5 40. Rb2 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Be3 Kf5 43. Rc2 Rb3
44. Bd2 Kg4 45. Bh6 g5 0-1

[Event "Islington op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Farrand, Julian Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1970.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. f4
Nf6 9. Qd1 e4 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 h5 15. O-O
Qe8 16. Ncb5 Rc8 17. Qd2 b6 18. Na7 Ra8 19. Nab5 ({Corrected from} 19. Nac6)
19... Rc8 20. Na7 Ra8 21. Nac6 Qg6 22. Nb5 Rg8 23. Nxc7 $2 Ne8 $1 24. Nxa8 Bc3
25. Rf2 Bxd2 26. Bxd2 Qg3 $1 27. Bf1 e3 28. Be1 exf2+ 29. Bxf2 Qxf4 30. Nxb6
Bxc6 31. dxc6 Ne4 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Islington op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marks, Laurence D"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1970.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nh5 12. Qb3 f4 13. Ne4 h6 14. c5+ d5 15. Nc3 Be6
16. b5 Ne7 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qc8 19. Na4 Bh3 20. c6 Bxg2 21. cxb7 Qxb7 22.
Kxg2 Nf5 23. Bc5 e4 24. Nc3 exd3 25. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 26. Nxd5 dxe2 27. Rfe1 Rd8 28.
Nxc7 Rxd2 29. b6 f3+ 30. Kg1 Nd4 31. b7 Nc6 32. Be3 Rdd7 33. b8=Q+ Nxb8 34.
Rxb8+ Kh7 35. Ne6 Rd1 36. Rb1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Islington op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Blaine, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1970.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[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. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 13. a3 b6 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. g4 Bd6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Kb1 b5 18. h4 Ne7 19. Rhg1 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
g5 h5 22. g6 f6 23. Be4 Nd5 24. Ba5 Kf8 25. Nd4 Re8 26. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley Easter op"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1971.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Richard"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1971.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Nh5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 f5 12. Bd2 f4 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ne1 c6 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Nc2 g5 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 g4 19. Qd1 Rf5 20. e4 Rf7 21. Re1 Ng6 22.
Qa1 Bh6 23. Rd1 fxg3 24. fxg3 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Qb6+ 26. d4 Be6 27. Qa8+ Nf8 28.
Qa2 Ra7 29. Qb1 Qxb1+ 30. Nxb1 Bxc4 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rd6 Rc7 33. Nba3 Be6 34.
Kf2 Nf6 35. Nb4 c5 36. Nd3 N6d7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Nf2 Rb7 39. Rd3 Rb2 40. Bf1 Nb6
41. h3 c4 42. Rc3 Na4 43. Rc1 {Nxc4} Rb3+ {Source: Richard James, EC Forum,
2015.} 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley Easter op"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1971.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1971.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. a3 O-O 7. Qc2 d6 8. Bd3 a5
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Ng3 f5 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Be2 e4 13. f4 a4 14. b4 Nb3+ 15. Kb1
Ncd4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Qc1 Nb3 18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Qc1 {Source: BC scoresheet}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayswater Open 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dickinson, Sandys VF"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1971.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Be3 c6 9. g4 Kc7 10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. a3 Nac5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Na4 Nxa4
15. Bxa4 Bf8 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Be6 18. b3 a4 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxa4 Bd4 21.
O-O-O b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nb2 Rxa3 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Rd1 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 h5 28. g5 Ra8 29. e5 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Bayswater Open 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Hershman, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O Ng7 12. Rab1 Bf5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. b5 Rc8 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qa4 O-O 21.
Qxa7 Ra6 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Rxa2 24. Nc4 f4 25. d5 Rc2 26. Nd6 fxe3 27.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. d6 Rd2 31. d7 Kf8 32. Rb5 Ke7 33.
Rxf5 Kxd7 34. Re5 1-0

[Event "Bayswater Open 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackstock, Leslie Steven F"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1971.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. e4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15.
Rae1 Rb7 16. Qd1 Nf6 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Bh3 Rg7 19. Nh4 Ng4 20. Kh1 f4 21. Ne4 Ne3
22. fxe3 Bxh3 23. Qh5 Bxf1 24. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayswater Open 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Burstow, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1971.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O a5 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Qc2 a4
15. Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 a3 17. b3 Qb6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qc7 20. b4 Na6 21. Qa4
Qd7 22. Rxd6 Nc7 1-0

[Event "Bayswater Open 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harman, Ronald FA"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1971.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Na5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rad1 Nxb3
15. Nxb3 Be6 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rc1 b4 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. Nd4
Nxe4 22. Qf3 d5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qg3 Rc4 25. Rcd1 Qc7 26. Qh4 Qe5 27. Kh1 Bxf5
28. b3 Rc3 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Qf2 Qe6 31. Bd4 e3 32. Qg3 Qg6 33. Qf3 Bxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rxc2 35. g4 f4 36. Rxf4 Qd3 37. Re4 Qd2 38. Qg3 e2 39. Rg1 Rc3 40. Qg2 Re3
41. Rxe3 Qxe3 42. Re1 Qxb3 43. Rxe2 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd6+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd6+
47. Kg1 Rd8 48. Qe4 b3 0-1

[Event "North Devon op 2nd"]
[Site "Barnstaple"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Murphy, Ross C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 Bg4 8. exf6
Bxd1 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Nxd1 a6 12. Ba4 Qc7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Be3
Rxg7 15. O-O-O e6 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rd3 Kb8 18. Nb3 Rg8 19. Rhd1 Rgd8 20. Bd4
Ka8 21. Na4 (21. Na4 Qc6 22. Nb6+ Kb8 23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. Be5 Qxg2 25. Bxd6+ Ka8
26. Nc5) 1-0

[Event "North Devon op 2nd"]
[Site "Barnstaple"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abadi, R"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. b3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rac8
15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Bd3 a6 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Kh8 21.
Rd1 Ne5 22. h3 Rfd8 23. g4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 d5 25. d4 Qc2 26. e5 Qxa2 27. Rd3 Rc2
(27... g5) 28. Qg3 Rdc8 29. g5 Re2 30. gxh6 g6 31. Bg5 Qa3 32. Qh4 Rc7 (32...
Bxg5 33. Qxg5 (33. Nxg5 Qe7 34. Nxf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Rc1+) 33... Kh7 34. Qf6
Kxh6 35. Nd2) 33. Bf6+ (33. Bf6+ Kg8 34. h7+ Kf8 35. h8=R#) 1-0

[Event "North Devon op 2nd"]
[Site "Barnstaple"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gilbert, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Be3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. h3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 Be7 14. Qe2
Be6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Re2 c5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 g6 20. Rae1
Red8 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Bc4 Rab8 23. b3 Rb6 24. Bd5 Rbd6 25. c4 a5 26. g3 Qd7 27.
Re7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxd5 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. cxd5 1-0

[Event "North Devon op 2nd"]
[Site "Barnstaple"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludgate, NR"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bg5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nf3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Qd4
h6 15. Bh4 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. Rac1 Rc4 19. Qe5 Bc6 20. f3 Nd7 21.
Qe2 Bf6 22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26. Nxd5 Qxe5 27.
Ne7+ Kh7 28. Rxe5 Ba8 29. Nf5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Kg6 31. Ra5 Rc7 32. c4 Rd8 33. h3
Rd2 34. Kg1 Bd5 35. Ra3 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxc4 37. Rxa7 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Bxa2 39. Kf2
Kf5 40. g3 Bd5 41. Ke3 g5 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Thurlow, Kevin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Kh2 Na6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15.
Rac1 Bc4 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. b3 Ba6 19. a4 Nc8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Nc7
22. Nd4 Nd6 23. Bh6 b6 24. Nc6 Qd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne5 Qf5 27. Ng4 Nce8 28.
Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Re1 Nf5 31. Nh6+ Nxh6 32. Qxh6 Nf6 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34.
Rxe4 f5 35. Re6 Rac8 36. Rcc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Bb7 38. Qf4 Bxc6 39. dxc6 Qd6 40.
Qxd6 exd6 41. Bd5+ Kg7 42. Be6 Kf6 43. Bd7 Ke7 44. f4 Rd8 45. Kg2 Rxd7 46. cxd7
Kxd7 47. Kf3 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. Kd3 Kb4 {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Thurlow, Kevin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 a6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Rab1 Be6 16. c4 Rec8 17. Bc5 Bf6 18. Qa4 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxa6
Rb2 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxc4 23. a4 Bxe2 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4
Rb6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Rb4 Bxa4 29. Rxb6 e6 30. f4 h5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Bd1 33.
Kd4 Be2 34. Kc5 Kf5 35. Kd6 Bc4 36. Ke7 h4 37. Rb4 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ba2 39. Kxf7
e5+ 40. Kg7 exf4 41. Rxf4+ Kg5 42. Rb4 Be6 {Source: Kevin Thurlow} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barden simul, Newbury"]
[Site "Newbury"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bc2 h5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Nf4 Ng7 14. Nh3 Nf5 15. Ne2
d6 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nhxf4 Ncxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Ne2 Qxd3 21.
Bxd3 Nh4 22. f3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nc3 c6 26. b4 Kg7 {Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p36} 0-1

[Event "Barden Simul, Kingston CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Waterton, William Edwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1975.01.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8.
Qxg7 Bf6 9. Qg3 b5 10. e5 Qe7 11. Bf4 $2 d6 12. O-O Bxe5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nc3
bxa4 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Rxe5+ dxe5 18. Qxe5+ Kf8 19. Re1 Bf5 20.
Qd6+ Kg7 21. Qe5+ Kf8 (21... Nf6 $19) 22. Qd6+ Kg7 {Source: http://www.
kingstonchess.org.uk} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Old Whitgiftians v Very Old W"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harris, Ronald A"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Ng3 Rc8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. exf6 Ng6 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Qh6 Nxf6 22. Ng5 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Qe2 24. g4 Rxc2 {(Source: "Chess", Sept.
2002. Barden's 2nd competitive game in 30 years)} 0-1

[Event "Online 15-minute game"]
[Site "InstantChess.com"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.05.02"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 e5 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Bc1 O-O-O 16. h4 Nd7 17. Rh3 Kb8 18. Rc3 Qb6 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5
21. Qxe5+ Qd6 22. Qxd6+ Bxd6 23. Rf3 Rhf8 24. g4 Be7 25. h5 Kc7 26. c4 Bf6 27.
Re3 Bd4 28. Rf3 Bf6 29. Re3 Bg5 30. Rf3 Bf6 {Source: chessgames.com} 1/2-1/2

