[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BCM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e4 Qh5 12. g4 Qg6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. h4 c5 15.
O-O-O cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Qb5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rac8
21. Kb2 Rc5 22. Qa4 Ra5 23. Qb4 Rc5 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Rd8+ Kg7
27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 Qe8 29. Kc2 Qa8 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qd4 Qh2+ 32. Kd3 Qxh4 33.
Rd8+ {Sources: The Times, 6 September 1938; Manchester Guardian, 18 September
1938; Glasgow Herald, 30 Sept 1938; BCM, Nov 1938, p518} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Bb1 b5 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Rc5 Qe4
21. Qd6 Ra8 22. Re1 Rfd8 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qb6 Qb7 {Source: Plymouth 1938 /
Bournemouth 1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
e5 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Qf2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ne5 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Nd1 f5 18. Nd4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rae8 20. Be3 fxe4 21.
f4 Ne5 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Qb3 Bxd4 {Sources: The Times, 6 September
1938; Sunday Times, 11 September 1938; BCM, October 1938, p470} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
h6 9. h3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Rae1 Nfd7 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Re3 Ne6 17. Nde2 a6 18. Kh2 b5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
Nef8 22. Qc3 c6 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc2 bxc4 25. Qxc4 d5 26. exd5 Ba6 27. Rxe8 Qxe8
28. Qxc6 Bxe2 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Nd4 Rxc6 31. dxc6 Nb6 32. Rxe2 Qd8 33. Nb5 Qd3
34. Re5 Ne6 35. c7 Qd7 36. a4 f6 37. Rd5 Nxd5 38. Bxd5 Kf8 {Source: Plymouth
1938 / Bournemouth 1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "List, Paul M"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BCM"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Qe2 Ngf6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Qa5 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nb3
Qd5 15. Qe2 Nc4 16. Be3 Qe4 17. Rae1 Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Be7 20. Kf2
Rd5 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. Rd3 f6 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. c4 Rd8 25. Rf3 c5 26. Rh3 fxe5
27. fxe5 h6 28. Rg3 Rg8 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. Nf3 Bc1 31. b3 g5 32. Ne1 Bf4 33. Rh3
g4 34. Rh5 Bg5 35. Nd3 b6 36. Nf2 Bc1 37. g3 Rd8 38. a4 Rd2+ 39. Ke1 Rd4 40.
Rh4 Be3 41. Ke2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 Rd3 43. Rxh6 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rxb3 45. Rg6 Rb2+ 46.
Kg1 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Rxe6 Rc2 50. Kf4 Rxc4+ 51. Kf5 Rd4 52.
a5 ({Sealed. Better is} 52. Rg6 {Alekhine}) 52... Kc7 53. Rg6 c4 54. Rg7+ Kc6
55. Rxa7 c3 56. axb6 Kxb6 57. Ra1 c2 58. Rc1 Rd2 59. Kxg4 Kc5 60. Kf3 Kd5 {
Sources: Manchester Guardian, 10 September 1938; BCM, Oct 1938, p468} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Nhf3 Ngf6 13. h3 c5 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Rac1 b5 18. Qd1 f5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Ne4 24. Rc2 e5 25. Qe2 Rac8 26. Rfc1 Rxc2 27.
Qxc2 Rd8 28. Qc7 d4 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. exd4 exd4 31. Nxd4 g6 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Kf1
a6 34. Nb4 Rb8 {Source: Manchester Guardian, 8 September 1938, p4} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BCM"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 $2 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Bc4 $1 e6 10. Qe2 Nf6 $2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxe6+ {Source: The Times,
9 September 1938; Manchester Guardian, 18 September 1938; BCM, October 1938,
p469. "I lost to the women's world champion in the morning, and to the men's
world champion in the afternoon." (Bruce)} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O
Bb5 9. Nc3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qb4 11. a3 Qg4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Ne7
15. h3 Qg6 16. f4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. g4 Qg6 19. f5 Qh6 20. g5 Qh4 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Rad1 h6 23. g6 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rf7 O-O-O 26. Rxg7 Rhg8 27. Rxg8
Rxg8 28. Re1 Rxg6 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. Nd1 Rh4 31. Nf2 Rf4 32. Re3 Kc7 33. Nd3 Rc4
34. c3 Rh4 {"At this point Black accepted a draw which White had offered some
moves earlier, but it was found that the time limit had been exceeded and
there fore the game must be lost." (Mallison) Source: Source: Plymouth 1938 /
Bournemouth 1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} (34... Rh4 {White has
some advantage by} 35. Rg3 {and if} Re4 36. Rxg5 Re3 37. Rg3 Re4 38. Rg7 {
, etc, and the game should probably be drawn. (Mallison)}) 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Black "List, Paul M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bb6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Qe7 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2
Bd7 9. b4 Nf6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. h3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nh6
15. b5 Na7 16. Rb1 f6 17. O-O Nc8 18. Ne3 Qd6 19. d4 O-O 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Ne7 23. Nd3 Qg3 24. Nd5 Ng6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1
c6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. N5b4 Nh4 30. Ne1 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 N6f5 32. Qxc6 Ng3+ 33. Kd1
h5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Nbd3 Qe3 36. Kc2 Nxg2 37. Nxg2 Qe2+ 38. Kb3 Qxd3 39. Nh4
Qb1+ 40. Ka3 Qxe4 41. Qxe4+ Nxe4 42. Kb4 g5 43. Ng2 Kg6 44. c4 Kf6 45. Kb5 Ke5
46. Kxb6 Kd4 47. a4 Kxc4 48. a5 Nc5 49. Ne3+ Kb4 50. Nc2+ Kc4 51. Ne3+ Kb4 52.
Kc6 Na6 53. Kd6 Kxa5 54. Ke5 Nc5 55. Kf5 g4 56. h4 Nd3 57. Ng2 Kb5 {Source:
The Times, 9 September 1938} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. e4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Ne2 Nec6 11. Nfxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 e5 13. f4 f5 14. Qb3 Kh8 15.
h3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. b3 Qd7 19. Kh2 b5 20. a3 bxc4 21. dxc4
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxh3 23. Rh1 Bf5 24. Kg2 Bxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Kf3 d3 27. Nc3
Nd4+ 28. Ke3 Nxb3 29. Rb1 exf4+ {Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth 1939 by
AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "List, Paul M"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qc2
d5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 c5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bh3 Rc6 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Rad1 c4 19. Bg2 h6 20. Nh3 Bc8 21.
Nf4 Ne4 22. Qc1 Bf5 23. f3 Nf6 24. h4 Bh7 25. Bh3 Qc7 26. Kf2 b5 27. Qd2 a5 28.
Rc1 Qd6 29. g4 b4 30. g5 Nh5 {White lost on time. Sources: Manchester Guardian,
9 September 1938; CHESS, October 1938, p56} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 2.74"]
[Source "Pickard & Son"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.12.15"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Be5 O-O 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. e3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qc7 11. Nd3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Ne5 Be6
15. O-O a6 16. a4 Rd6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Qd8 19. Nf4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Bd7 21.
Rd2 ({Looks like a suspect move order. More likely to be} 21. Qc7 Bxa4 22. Rd2)
21... Bxa4 22. Qc7 Bc6 23. Qxd8+ Rdxd8 24. Nd3 e6 25. Nc5 a5 26. f4 Bf8 27. Bd1
Bd6 28. Bb3 Kf8 29. Rdc2 Ke7 30. Ba4 Bxa4 31. Nxa4 Ra6 32. Kf2 b5 33. Nc5 Rb6
34. b4 a4 35. Ke2 f6 36. g3 Rc8 37. Kd3 Rbc6 38. Rf2 Ra8 39. Kc3 Rcc8 40. Kb2
h6 41. Rcf1 Rf8 42. Ka3 g5 43. f5 e5 44. Rd2 Rac8 45. Rc1 e4 46. Rg2 g4 47. Rh1
Rh8 48. Kb2 Rcg8 49. Kc3 Rg5 50. Rf1 h5 51. Nb7 Bb8 52. Kd2 h4 53. Nc5 hxg3 54.
hxg3 Bd6 55. Ke2 Rgh5 56. Ne6 Rh2 57. Rff2 Rxg2 58. Rxg2 Rh1 59. Nf4 Bxf4 60.
gxf4 a3 {Source: StarBase 2.74} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nd6 6. Bb3 e4 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nxe4 O-O 9. Ng3 Bf6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 12. Kh1 a5 13. c3 Bf6 14. Qf3 a4
15. Bc2 Ra5 16. d4 b6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qh3 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
f5 d5 22. Bf4 Ra7 23. Rae1 Qe7 24. Re3 f6 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Rh3 g5 27. fxg6 Qxg6
28. Rhf3 Kh8 29. Be5 c6 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 a3
34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxc6 Rxa2 36. h3 Rb2 37. Kh2 Rb3 38. Kg3 b5 39. Kf4 b4 40.
cxb4 Rxb4 41. Ke5 Kg7 42. Kxd5 Rb2 43. Ke6 Rxg2 44. d5 Rg3 45. d6 Re3+ 46. Kd7
Kf7 47. Kc8 Rd3 48. d7 Ke7 49. Rc7 {Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth 1939
by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega Database 2003"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Be8 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ne3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. Be3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. d5 Nb8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Bf7 21. Kh2
N8d7 22. Qe2 c6 23. c4 a5 24. Bc2 Rfc8 25. Bc3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Nc5 27. Rg1 Nba4
28. Bxa4 Nxa4 29. Qe3 b5 30. a3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Qa7 32. Rge1 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5
34. Re3 Rac8 35. a4 g6 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Ng1 f5 38. f3 f4 39. Re2 Rxc3 40. Rea2
a4 41. Kg2 Be8 42. Ne2 Re3 43. Rc1 a3 44. Rc8 Rb2 45. Rxe8+ Kg7 46. Rxb2 axb2
47. Nc3 Rxc3 48. Rb8 Rc2+ {Source: The Times, 10 September 1938} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nbd7 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne8 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Ndxf6 14. Rae1
Qd7 15. Kh2 Ng7 16. Bd1 f4 17. g3 g5 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Rg2 a6 21. b3
Raf8 22. Nb1 Nge8 23. c4 b6 24. b4 c5 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bb3 Ke7 27. Nc3 Nc7 28.
Nd5+ Ncxd5 29. exd5 Qc7 30. Rc1 g4 31. h4 f3 32. Rgg1 Rc8 33. c5 b5 34. Qf5 Qd8
35. cxd6+ {Source: The Times, 10 September 1938} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega Database 2003"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Nd2 e5 13. f4 e4 14. Be2 d5 15.
g4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 g5 17. fxg5 Nd5 18. Qa3 c5 19. Bg3 Qxg5 20. h4 Qg6 21. Nd6
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfc8+ 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Nxb7 {... game ends according to the
Guardian. Other sources indicate the end after} Nxb7 25. Rxd5 {Source:
Manchester Guardian, 12 September 1938} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
exd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Ba6 {Source: Plymouth 1938 /
Bournemouth 1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "List, Paul M"]
[Black "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 8. Rc1
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rcd1 Na5 14. Bd3 Bc6
15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Bg5 Rc7 17. Rfe1 Qc8 18. Bb1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Qd2 b5 22. Re3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. Rh3 f5 26. Be5 Bf6 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qg5 Rf8 {Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth 1939 by AJ
Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BCM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. O-O
Na5 15. Qc3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Rc2 Qd5 20. Qa3 Bf5
21. Rd2 Be4 22. Ne1 Qd6 23. Qc3 c5 24. d5 Rfe8 25. f3 Bg6 26. g4 h5 27. gxh5
Bxh5 28. e4 Rc7 29. Ng2 f5 30. exf5 Rce7 31. Rf1 b5 32. Qb2 a6 33. a4 c4 34.
axb5 Rb8 35. b6 Rxb6 36. Qd4 Rb4 37. Rc2 Rc7 38. Rc3 Rc5 39. Nf4 Rb2 40. Rf2
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Bf7 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Qxc4 Qf6 44. Ne6 Rd1 45. Qxa6 Bxe6 46. Qxe6+
Kh7 47. Qxf6 gxf6 48. Kg3 Rxd5 49. Kf4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Ra4 51. Rd2 Kh6 52. Rd4 Ra2
53. h4 Ra5 54. Kf4 Ra7 55. Rc4 Ra2 56. Rc6 Kg7 57. h5 Ra7 58. h6+ Kxh6 59.
Rxf6+ Kg7 60. Rd6 Ra1 61. Rb6 Kf7 62. Rb3 Kf6 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf2
Ra1 66. f4 Ra5 67. f6 Rf5 68. Kf3 Rxf6 69. Rb7+ Kg6 70. Kg4 Ra6 {Source: BCM,
Oct 1938, p469} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "List, Paul M"]
[Black "Bruce, Ronald Mackay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2
Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Qc2 a6 18. g3 Rac8 19. Bg4 Ra8 20. h4 Bf6
21. Qe2 Na5 22. b3 Re8 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rc5 Nc6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb4 27.
Qc4 Nxa2 28. d5 Qb4 29. d6 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Bd8 31. c5 Re4 32. Bf3 Rb4 33. Re1 Kf8
34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. c6 Rb2 36. c7 {Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth 1939 by
AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mallison, Harold Vincent"]
[Black "Wheatcroft, George Shorrock A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rb8 14. b3
Bc8 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Qxe3 17. Rxe3 {Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth
1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Jubilee"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega Database 2003"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
O-O 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Ng3 Ng5 16. Kg2 Rb8 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qd2 f6 20. b4 Bf7 21. Nf5
Rfe8 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Kh2 g6 24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. Ne3 a5 26. a3 d5 27. Rab1 a4 28.
Rd2 Red8 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Re1 c5 32. c4 Rd7 33. Rxe5 cxb4 34.
axb4 Rxb4 {Sources: Manchester Guardian, 12 September 1938; CHESS, October
1938, p54} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Bc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nh3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Nc3 Bxc1
15. Raxc1 Qe7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. f4 Qb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. b3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 c6 21.
Bd3 Nd7 22. Bf5 Rfd8 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc5 Kf8 25. f5 Ke7 26. Kf2 g6 27. f6+
Ke6 28. Ke3 Rc7 29. a5 Kd7 30. Rfc1 Ra6 31. Kf4 h6 32. g4 Ra8 33. h4 Rcc8 34.
Rh1 Ra6 35. h5 g5+ 36. Kf5 Re8 37. Ra1 b5 38. e6+ Rxe6 39. Rcc1 Re4 40. Rf1 c5
41. Rae1 Rae6 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. dxc5 Kc6 44. Rc1 Rf4+ 45. Ke5 Rxg4 46. a6 Re4+
47. Kf5 Re2 48. Ra1 Re8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Re1 Rxa7 51. Re7 Rd7 52. Re2 d4 53. Ke4
d3 54. Rd2 Kxc5 55. Ke3 Rd6 56. Ke4 Re6+ 57. Kf5 Kd4 {Source: De Locomotief,
24 September 1938. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 3 July 2022.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander, Frederick Forrest L"]
[Black "Pollitt, John H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nge2 a5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 b4 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qxa6 Bxa4 15.
axb4 Ra8 16. Qc4 axb4 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Bxb4 Rab8 19. Nc3 Rfc8 20. Bc5 Bb3 21.
Qa6 Nd5 22. Be4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 e5 24. Rfb1 exd4 25. exd4 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc3 27.
Ra3 Bb2 28. Rxb2 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bc4+ 31. Re2 Rb2 32. Bd3 {Source:
Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 28 September 1938} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saunders, Harold"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Qe2 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qf7 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 Qg6 14. Bg3 Nf7 15.
Nh4 Qh6 16. Kg2 g5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 d5 19. a4 a6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Rfe8
22. Nb3 Qf8 23. f3 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. c4 c6 27. h4 Qe7 28. c5 Bc7
29. Rae1 Rab8 30. Nd4 Qd7 31. Ne6 h6 32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Nxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 Kg7
35. Bg3 e4 36. Bxc7 Qxc7 37. fxe4 dxe4 38. d4 Rb3 39. Rh2 Qf4 40. Kh1 Rg3 41.
Rf1 Rf3 42. Rg1 e3 43. Qxa6 Qe4 44. Rgg2 e2 45. Qxe2 Qxe2 46. Rxe2 Rf1+ {
Source: Plymouth 1938 / Bournemouth 1939 by AJ Gillam, The Chess Player, 2007}
0-1

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. c4 Bxc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5
8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bd2 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Bc3 Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Qe5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qg5 19. h4 Qg4 20. Qxg4
Bxg4 {Source: De Telegraaf, 8 September 1938} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Welch, Cyril"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. h3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ng6 11. g4 Qe7 12. e4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Kd2 Bd7 16. Rag1 a6 17. h4 b5 18. h5 Nf4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nh4 Rab8 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 h6 24. Be2 c4 25. Ke3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qc5+ 27. Kf3 Ra3
28. Qd2 Rfa8 29. Rb2 b4 30. Rc1 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Qxc3 Ra3 33. Rb3 Nxe2
34. Kxe2 Rxa2+ 35. Rb2 Rxb2+ 36. Qxb2 c3 37. Qc2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Qd4+ 39. Ke2 Ke7
40. Ke1 Kd6 41. f3 Qc4 42. Kf2 Kc5 43. Ke1 Kb4 44. Kf2 Qb3 {Source: Het Volk,
24.9.1938. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 3 July 2022.} 0-1

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6
15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. f4 Qb6 19. f5 Nc7 20. Kh1 a5 21.
fxe6 Nxe6 {(The following finish is also given in BCM, Oct 1938, p470)} 22.
Nxf7 Kxf7 23. d5 Nd4 24. d6+ Nxb3 25. Qxe7+ Kg8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 {
Source: Glasgow Herald, 30 September 1938} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Black "Steadman, Anthony Clifford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc5 Nde7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 Bb3 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Bxb6 Rd7 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Bxa5 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Rxa5 22. a4 Nc6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ra8 27.
b4 Rd8+ 28. Nd5+ Ke6 29. Kc2 Rc8 30. b5 Nd4+ 31. Kd3 Rxc4 32. Kxc4 Kd6 33. a5
Nc2 34. Ne3 Na3+ 35. Kb4 {Source: Kikeri, 1 October 1938, p2} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth Premier Reserves B"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp4k1/3p2P1/2pPbP1p/6KP/2P2RN1/P7/6r1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Kxh5 Rxg3 2. f6+ Kf8 3. Rxg3 Bxg3 4. Kh6 Be5 5. g7+ {Sources: 'The
Brilliant Touch' by Walter Korn (Pitman, 1950), p74, attributing it to
'Plymouth 1937'; The Canberra Times, 6 April 1983 (also giving it as Plymouth
1937), but probably from the 1938 Plymouth tournament. Contributed by Ulrich
Tamm, 3 July 2022.} 1-0

[Event "Plymouth First Class C"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1938.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brocklesby, Sydney Hugh"]
[Black "Saunders, Elaine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1938.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. g3 Ng6 8.
Bg2 Ngxe5 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qb3 Nd6 11. Rd1 Qf6 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14.
Nbd2 Rhe8 15. Re1 Re7 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Nfd2 Na5 18. Qb4 $4 (18. Nxd6+ {is so
obvious that one suspects a scoring error. But perhaps absent-mindedness is a
possibility: White intended 18 Nxd6+ Rxd6 and then 19 Qb4 but forgot to play
the capture first.}) 18... Naxc4 {Source: Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 05
October 1938} 0-1

