[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. e4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nge5 13. Bh6 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. f4 Nf7 18. Rad1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 g5 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Bb1 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nh6 27. Re6 Ng4 28. Qg2 Qd4 29. Qxg4 Rg8 30. Rg6 Rxg6 31. Bxg6 Qxd5+ 32. Kg1 hxg6 33. Qxg6 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2+ 35. Kf3 Qc3+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Kf3 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qxh2+ 41. Ke3 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qh7 45. Qxd6 Qe4+ 46. Kd2 Kg7 47. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 48. Kc2 Qe4+ 49. Kb2 a6 50. Qc7+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kf5 52. Qf8+ Kg4 53. Qh8 Kg3 54. a3 Kg2 55. Kc3 Qf3+ 56. Kb4 Qf4+ 57. Kb3 Kf2 58. Qc8 Qe4 59. Qc5+ Ke2 60. Kb2 b5 61. Qb6 Qe5+ 62. Kc2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. Rfc1 Re8 13. Rc2 Bd6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qh3 Kg7 17. Bg5 h5 18. Rbc1 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nd2 e3 22. fxe3 Nd5 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. e4 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 26. Rb3 b5 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Nd2 Bb6 29. Nf3 Rac8 30. e5+ Kf5 31. Kf2 Ke4 32. Re3+ Kd5 33. Rd3 Rf8 34. Ke3 Rf5 35. h4 Rcf8 36. Rd2 Rf4 37. Rc5+ Bxc5 38. dxc5+ Kxc5 39. Ng5 Kb6 40. Nxe6 R4f5 41. Nxf8 Rxf8 42. Rd6 Rf5 43. Rxg6 Rxe5+ 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg3 Rd5 46. Rg5 Rd2 47. Rxh5 Rxb2 48. Rh8 Rxa2 49. h5 Ra1 50. Kh2 Rd1 51. g4 a4 52. h6 Rd7 53. g5 a3 54. Ra8 Rd2+ 55. Kg3 Rd3+ 56. Kg4 Rd4+ 57. Kf5 b4 58. h7 Rh4 59. g6 {Source: (moves 36-end) BCM, March 1980, p108} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bg7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Nh5 Bh6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Qf3 Qd2 22. Qf6+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qf6+ {n.b. game postponed because of the later arrival of the two Soviet players - the date shown is the scheduled date, not the actual date of play} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na4 f5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Qd7 16. Qd3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qg4 Bf6 21. c3 Rae8 22. Rd2 Rf7 23. Re1 Rd7 24. f4 e5 25. Bd4 Rde7 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kg2 Bxd4 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxd4 Re4 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rd7 h5 34. Ke4 Kh7 35. c4 Kg6 36. Ke5 Rxh2 37. Rxb7 Rg2 38. Rb3 Rc2 39. Kd5 Kf5 40. c5 g5 41. c6 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kd6 Kg4 44. c7 h3 45. Rb8 h2 46. Rh8 Kg3 47. Kd7 Rd2+ 48. Kc6 Rc2+ 49. Kb7 Rb2+ 50. Kxa6 Rc2 51. Kb7 Rb2+ 52. Kc8 Ra2 53. a6 Ra1 54. Kb7 Rb1+ 55. Kc6 Rc1+ 56. Kb6 Rb1+ 57. Ka5 Ra1+ 58. Kb4 Rb1+ 59. Ka3 Rc1 60. a7 {Source: Informator 29/350} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 c5 12. a3 Rf8 13. Be3 a6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Na4 b6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Rec1 Kh8 19. Rb3 Rb7 20. Rcb1 h6 21. Nh4 Kh7 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Nf5 cxb4 24. axb4 Nf4 25. gxf4 gxf5 26. Qh5 Bg7 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. exf5 Rg8 29. f6 Bf8 30. Kh1 Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Qxc4 32. Nxb6 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Ng6 36. Be3 Bd7 37. R1b2 Qd1 38. Ra3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Bb5 40. Qg4 Ne5 41. Qe4+ Ng6 42. Bd4 Qc1 43. Re3 Bd7 44. Rg2 h5 45. Rc3 Qf1 46. Rc7 Bh6 47. Rxd7 {n.b. game postponed because of the late arrival of the players - the date shown is the scheduled date, not the actual date of play} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nge2 Ngf6 8. f3 Nb6 9. g4 Be6 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O h5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. b3 Nd6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rc1 h4 19. Nge2 a6 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. g6 f6 22. Rhe1 Bc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Nb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. d5 b4 27. Qf2 bxc3 28. Qxb6 Qd6 29. Qf2 cxd5 30. Nxd5 Qe5 31. Nxc3 Be6 32. Rc2 Rc8 33. Na4 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Rc8 35. Qd2 f5 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. Nd5 fxe4 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. Nxf4 Bf5 40. Kb2 Bxg6 41. Rg1 Bf5 42. Rxg7 e3 43. Rg2 Be4 44. Re2 Rf6 45. Nh3 Rf3 46. Ng1 Rf2 47. Kc3 Bc6 48. a4 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kb6 50. b4 Rf1 51. Nh3 Ra1 52. Rxe3 Rxa4 53. Kc4 Ra2 54. Nf4 Rc2+ 55. Kd4 Rxh2 56. Re5 Rb2 57. Nd3 Rg2 58. Rh5 Rg4+ 59. Kc3 Bg2 60. Ne5 Rg3+ 61. Kd4 h3 62. Nc4+ Kc7 63. b5 Rg4+ 64. Kc5 Kd8 65. Nd6 Ke7 66. Rh6 Kf8 67. Kb6 Rf4 68. Nxb7 Kg7 69. Rxh3 Bxh3 70. Nd6 Kf6 71. Kc7 Rh4 72. b6 Rh7+ 73. Kb8 Ke5 74. Ne8 Bg2 75. Nc7 Kd6 76. Ka7 Kc6 77. Ka6 Rh1 {Source: Informator 29/433} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 c5 8. O-O e5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd6 Re6 16. c5 Qa5 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc4 Qa4 19. Qd5 f5 20. Bc4 Nb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb7 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p108} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 b4 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. e3 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qb5 Nc6 23. Qa4 a5 24. Qb5 g6 25. Ne1 Be7 26. Nd3 Kg7 27. b3 Na7 28. Qa6 Bd6 29. Nb2 h5 30. Na4 Be7 31. h4 Kf8 32. Bh3 Kg7 33. Bf1 Kg8 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bd3 Kg8 36. e4 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Nc8 38. d5 exd5 39. Bxd5 Kg7 40. Bf3 Bf6 41. Qb5 Bd4 42. Qe2 Qe5 43. Qxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nf3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Qb8 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. h3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Be2 c5 8. f4 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Rf1 Be7 12. Rh1 Nh6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. c3 Ng4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Rf1 Ncxe5 18. Nb3 Bf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Ndxf2 22. Bd2 e5 23. fxe5 Rae8 24. Bg5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. a3 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Qf1 Re7 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Rbd1 Bg4 19. Nb5 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qh5 21. f3 Be6 22. Bh1 Nd5 23. Qf2 g5 24. Ng2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. f4 Rae8 27. f5 Bd7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Rxe7 Ng4 31. Nf4 gxf4 32. Bf3 Qg5 33. Qe2 Nxh2 34. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Bg2 Bc6 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Re4 Bxe4 40. Qxe4 Qg4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. h3 a6 12. a4 g5 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. Ra3 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 ({BCM gives} 3. Nc3) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. a4 Qc7 16. b5 c5 17. a5 e5 18. Bf3 f5 19. b6 axb6 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qc1 f4 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rg6 26. Rxf4 Qe6 27. Qa3 Rdg8 28. Qxc5+ Kb8 29. Qa5 Nd5 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p109} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Be2 d4 10. Qb1 Bf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Bd3 g6 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Be4 Rc8 17. d3 Re8 18. Rc4 b5 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Qd1 Nb4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. a3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. d4 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Bd2 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Ng3 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nc8 20. Qd3 f5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bb4 g6 23. Bc3 f6 24. g5 fxg5 25. d5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qe3 f4 28. Qb6 c5 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Bf6 g4 32. Bg5 f3 33. gxf3 gxf3 34. Re3 Bf7 35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Be7 Bf7 37. Bxc5 Bd5 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Bd4+ Kg5 41. b4 h5 42. Be3+ Kf6 43. Kh4 Bf7 44. Bd4+ Ke7 45. Be4 Be8 46. Bxf3 Kd6 47. Kg5 Ke6 48. Be4 Kd6 49. f4 {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p109; BCM, April 1980, p176; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p200} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxa8 Qxd4 10. Ne4 Qa7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bg2 Bc5 13. b3 h5 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. e3 cxb3 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
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[BlackElo "2485"]
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[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Nge2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Ne7 11. Ne2 c6 12. c4 Rae8 13. Rc1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Rxc4 f5 16. Nf4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rfc1 Re6 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Rfe8 21. g3 Rf6 22. h4 Kh7 23. Rc5 Re4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Rd6 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qc2 Ree6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxf5 Kh6 30. Ra5 g6 31. Qb2 Rd5 32. Ra8 Rf6 33. Qb8 Qh3 34. e4 Rb5 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qd8 Rb3 37. Ra2 Rbf3 38. Rxc6 Kh6 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. Rxf6 Rd3 41. Rf5+ 1-0

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
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[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
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[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Nc3 N8c6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. a3 Nc6 14. e5 Bb7 15. Be3 Qb8 16. f4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxd4 20. Rad1 Qb7+ 21. Qf3 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 g5 26. f5 exf5 27. Ne3 f4 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Nf5 Bc5 30. Kxf4 a5 31. a4 Bb4 32. Ke4 h5 33. Ne3 Kg7 34. Kf5 Be1 35. Nd5 Bf2 36. h3 h4 37. b3 Bg1 38. Kg5 Bf2 39. Ne7 Kf8 40. Nf5 Be1 41. Nxh4 f6+ 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Ng6 Bc3 44. Kf5 Bxf6 45. h4 Kg7 46. h5 Bc3 47. Ne7 Be1 48. Nd5 Bf2 49. Ke6 Kh6 50. Kd6 Kxh5 51. Kc6 Kg5 52. Nxb6 Kf5 53. Nc4 Ke4 54. Nxa5 Kd4 55. b4 Kc3 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 e4 14. O-O Nd3 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nf5 exf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. f4 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Nxc4 22. Qg2 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rac8 25. Kf3 Rc2 26. Re7 Rxb2 27. a4 Rb3+ 28. Ke2 Rb4 29. Rxb7 Nxf4+ 30. Kd2 Nxd5 31. Ra7 Rd4+ 32. Ke1 Nc3 33. Bc6 Nxa4 34. Rxa5 Nc5 35. Ra7 g5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. gxf5 Nf6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Rhg1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxf5 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. h4 Re2 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ {Source: Informator 29/319} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Nge2 b5 8. Qd2 Nd4 9. h3 Qa5 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. g4 f5 14. a3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nf2 a6 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4 21. Ra2 Rd8 22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rb6 24. d4 Bd7 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Rea1 Bb5 27. Rb2 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nd1 Rb7 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Ng3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Bxd4+ 33. Kf3 Re3+ 34. Kg2 Bxc3 35. Rab1 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 d4 37. Rb4 Bc6+ 38. Kh2 d3 39. Rb2 a5 40. Ra2 a4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
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[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
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1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. e3 Nh6 7. Nge2 Nf5 8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 h5 10. h3 e5 11. Bb2 h4 12. g4 Nfe7 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. d5 Nb8 16. b4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rg1 Na6 19. Ba1 axb4 20. axb4 Rf6 21. f4 Ng6 22. Bf3 Kh7 23. Bh5 Bh6 24. Bxg6+ Rxg6 25. Rxg6 Kxg6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. d6 Be6 28. b5 Nc5 29. Nd5 Ra3 30. Bc3 Qg5 31. Ra1 Qg2 32. Rxa3 Qh1+ 33. Ng1 Qxg1+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Ke2 Ne4 37. Qd3 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qg1+ 40. Qf1 Qe3+ {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p111; Informator 29/96; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p202} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
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[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Nf6 9. Bh3 Nc6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. O-O Rhe8 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Bb4 16. Nb5 Ba5 17. c3 Kg8 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 Bb6 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rae1 Qe7 24. Qd1 Qd7 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qd1 c6 28. Re1 Qg4 29. Re7 Bc5 30. Rxb7 Re8 31. Qd3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Nd4 e3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rxd4 38. Rxa7 c5 39. b3 Re4+ 40. Kd3 Rd4+ 41. Kc3 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p110} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. b3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. Qe4 Qc5 18. Kg2 Rc7 19. e3 Rfc8 20. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
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[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
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[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 f5 10. a3 a5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Na2 Ndf6 13. Nc1 Ne4 14. Be1 g5 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. Nfe5 Be8 17. b4 a4 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Bd2 f4 21. g4 Ng7 22. e3 dxc4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Qxc4 Nd5 25. Rae1 Kh8 26. Rf2 Bf7 27. Bf1 Bg8 28. Qc1 Rad8 29. Ncd3 Bb8 30. Re4 Ba7 31. Kg2 Ne8 32. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Bxd4 35. Rd2 Nf6 36. Nc4 c5 37. bxc5 Kg7 38. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
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[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Nce5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf4 15. Bc2 Qg5 16. Qf3 Bb8 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. Nxg4 Bb7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rd2 Nxg2 22. Bd1 Nf4 23. Nxf7 Bxe4 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rd4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Rf8 28. Rd2 Rf5 29. Rc1 Raf8 30. Bd4 Bd5 31. Rc7 Rg5 32. Ke2 Bc4+ 33. Ke3 Nf4 34. Bf3 Bd5 35. Bd1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
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[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 Nf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O d5 12. Bc5 Bb7 13. Bb3 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nxa4 Nxe4 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. f3 Ba6 18. Qe3 Nd6 19. Bc5 Nc4 20. Qf2 Re8 21. Ne2 d4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nc5 Qb5 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nc1 f5 27. Rd3 e4 28. Rb3 c5 29. g4 Rf7 30. Qg2 e3 31. f4 Raf8 32. Nd3 fxg4 33. Rb6 Rf5 34. b3 Qd5 35. Rg1 Qxg2 36. Rxg2 Bh6 37. Rc6 Re8 38. Re2 Bxf4 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Nxc5 g3 41. hxg3 Bxg3 42. Nd3 h5 43. Rg2 h4 44. Nc1 h3 45. Rxg3 h2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
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[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
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[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxb5 12. Bc4 Qxb2 13. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
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[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc7 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne8 15. Ba5 b6 16. Bc3 a6 17. Nd4 Nc7 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Nf5 Nd5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qg4 Rfc8 23. Bb4 Qc7 24. Bc3 Qb7 25. Rfd1 Rc4 26. Rd4 Rac8 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. a3 b5 30. h3 a5 31. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
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[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 e6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. h4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. a3 h5 11. g3 Qb6 12. Bh3 Na5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nf4 Be6 16. O-O Be7 17. Nd3 a5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rb1 Qa7 21. Nxg5 b6 22. Nf4 Kd7 23. Nxh5 Rxa3 24. Nxg7 Qa5 25. Nh5 Nd2 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Nh3 b5 29. Nf4 b4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. d5 Qc5 32. dxe6 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 Rd3 34. Nxd3 cxd3 35. f4 Qc2+ 36. Qxc2 dxc2 37. Nd5+ Kxe6 38. Nxb4 Rxh4+ 39. Kg3 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 f6 41. exf6 Rh4 42. Nxc2 Rh3+ 43. Ke2 {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p111; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p207; CHESS, February 1980, Vol.45/831-2, p76; Informator 29/174. This game was awarded the tournament brilliancy prize.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. d5 c5 8. Be3 Ng6 9. g3 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. h4 Qa5 13. a4 Bd8 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nd1 b6 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. h5 Ne7 21. Ng4 Nc8 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Bd4 24. Rg3 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Rhg1 g6 28. hxg6 Bxc3+ 29. Qxc3 fxg6 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rg4 Qf8 33. Rh4+ {Source: BCM, March 1980, p112} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Qb3 15. Qc1 Qa4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Bc3 b5 21. Qb1 Rd8 22. Bd1 Qh4 23. Bxa5 Rd7 24. Bf3 Qa4 25. Bc3 g6 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Rxd7 Bxb1 28. Rxe7 b4 29. Bxf6+ Kg8 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. b3 Qa6 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Kh2 Nd7 16. f4 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Bf1 Qb8 22. Qf2 a5 23. b5 Nc5 24. Rcd1 Be7 25. g4 h6 26. h4 Kh7 27. Bh3 Rc7 28. Re3 Rh8 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. e5 Rd7 31. g5 dxe5 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Qc2+ g6 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. h5 Nc5 36. hxg6+ fxg6 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 38. Rh3 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Nxf4 40. Rxh6+ Kg8 {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p113; Informator 29/77} 0-1

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[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
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[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
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[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. Rac1 Bf6 13. b3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. Bxc6 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Rc8 17. Be4 g6 18. Qd2 Bg5 19. e3 Be7 20. Rc2 a5 21. a3 Qd7 22. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
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[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Re2 Ng3 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Re2 Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
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[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Re1 d5 8. c4 Ne4 9. e3 Kh8 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Qe8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Nf1 Be8 15. Rec1 Rd8 16. Ne1 g5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Nc5 Qf7 20. Rd1 f4 21. Bh3 a4 22. Nxe6 axb3 23. Qxb3 Na5 24. Qc2 Naxc4 25. Bc1 Ra8 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Qf2 Ba4 28. Rd3 c5 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Qxd4+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re1 Re8 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Ne3 Nxa3 37. Nxd5 Bc6 38. Be6 Nb5 39. Kf2 Nbd6 40. Ke3 Nf7 41. Nb4 Bb5 42. g4 Ned6 43. h4 Kf6 44. Bb3 Bc4 45. Bc2 Kg7 46. h5 h6 47. Bg3 Be6 48. Bd3 Nc4+ 49. Kd4 Nd2 50. Be2 Nb3+ 51. Ke3 Nc1 52. Bd1 Bb3 53. Bxb3 Nxb3 54. Be1 Nd6 55. Kf4 Nb5 56. Nd5 Nc5 57. Ba5 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Ke4 Nd7 60. Bb4 Na7 61. Ne7 Nf6+ 62. Kd3 Kh7 63. Bc3 Ne8 64. Kc4 Nd6+ 65. Kc5 Nf7 66. Bf6 b6+ 67. Kxb6 Nb5 68. Kxb5 Ne5 69. g5 1-0

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 Ke7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 a6 15. d5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5+ Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Be5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Rxe6+ Kd7 22. g3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Rc1 24. Rexd6+ {Source: Informator 29/176} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. c4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nc3 Qb7+ 13. e4 O-O 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rd2 a6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qd3 h6 21. h4 d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxa6 Ra5 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Rc2 Qb7 28. h5 Ra5 29. Qc4 Ra8 30. Kh3 Be7 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rb8 33. Bd4 b5 34. Kg4 b4 35. Kf4 Bd8 36. Nc5 Nc7 37. Ke4 Nd5 38. Na6 Ra8 39. Bc5 Bb6 40. Bxb6 Rxa6 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Bd4 Ra3 43. Rf8 Rxb3 44. Rxf7 Rb1 45. f4 Rh1 46. f5 Re1+ 47. Kd3 exf5 48. e6 Kg8 49. Rxg7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Nc3 51. Bc5+ Ke8 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Bxb4 Rg1 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Bxc3 Rxg3+ 56. Kd2 Rg2+ 57. Kd1 Rg1+ 58. Ke2 Rg4 59. Rd4 Rg5 60. Bb4 f4 61. e7 1-0

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[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
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[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qe3 Bb4 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Be2 e5 15. Bg5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Rd7 b6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Rac8 22. h3 Na5 23. Rxa7 Rxc4 24. Rb1 e4 25. Be2 Rc6 26. Ra6 Nc4 27. Rb4 Rfc8 28. a4 f5 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Kh7 31. Kg2 R8c7 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Raxb6 e3 34. fxe3 Rxc3 35. Kf3 Rf7+ 36. Rf4 Rxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rc4+ 38. e4 Rxa4 39. Kf5 Ra1 40. e5 Rf1+ 41. Ke6 Re1 42. Kf5 Rf1+ 43. Ke6 Re1 44. Kd6 Kg6 45. Rb5 Rd1+ 46. Ke7 Kg5 47. Kf7 Re1 48. Kxg7 Kxg4 49. Kf6 h5 50. e6 h4 51. Re5 Rxe5 52. Kxe5 h3 53. e7 h2 54. e8=Q h1=Q 55. Qg6+ Kh3 56. Qh5+ Kg2 57. Qxh1+ Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
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[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. c4 Bxc5 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Rfd1 e4 19. Be2 c5 20. Bc3 Qe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Qa4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. f4 Kf7 26. g4 g6 27. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Bd5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. e3 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rd5 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qb4 b6 22. Rc7 Rf5 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. Qe7 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. h4 Rd6 27. Qe1 Qxa2 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rfxd5 31. Rxf7 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 Rb4 34. Ra2 Kg6 35. Kf1 Kf5 36. Ke1 Rb3 37. Kd1 Ke4 38. Kc1 Kf3 39. Ra7 Kxf2 40. Rxg7 Rxg3 41. Rh7 Rh3 42. Rxh5 Ke3 43. Rd5 Rxh4 44. Kc2 Ke4 45. Rb5 Rh3 46. b3 Kd4 47. Kb2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Qd3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe5 Qxe5+ 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. O-O-O b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 dxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Rxf6 hxg5 18. Rff1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb7 20. d5 e5 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Qf5 f6 24. d6 Qc6+ 25. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Be2 c4 10. Ng5 f6 11. Bh5+ Ng6 12. Nxh7 Kf7 13. Ng5+ fxg5 14. Qf3+ Ke8 15. Bxg6+ Kd8 16. Qf7 Bd7 17. Qxg7 Kc7 18. Bf7 Rad8 19. Bxe6 Rhe8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qxg5 Ree7 22. O-O Rg7 23. Qe3 Rdf7 24. e6 Rf5 25. Qh6 Re7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Bd6 Ka6 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Qh7 Qc7 30. f4 Qd6 31. Rae1 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p113} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
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[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. d5 e5 9. Ne1 Ne7 10. g3 Bh3 11. Ng2 g6 12. Qf3 h5 13. a4 Bg7 14. Re1 b6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. g4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qh3 Qb7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. f4 exf4 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Raf8 25. Rae1 Nc8 26. Qh4 f3 27. Kf2 Qh7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nb8 8. Re1 c6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Nf1 Nbd7 11. d4 b5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bg5 c5 15. f4 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ng7 18. Rf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Nf3 Ne6 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. b3 Rac8 26. Rcd1 Qe5 27. Qxd6 Qxg5 28. e5 Rfd8 29. Qf6 Qxf6 30. exf6 h6 31. Ne4 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 g5 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. g4 Kg6 35. Ke3 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Kf3 Re8 38. h3 Rg8 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Rg2 Rg8 41. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nd4 8. e3 Ne6 9. Nge2 Nh6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 g5 12. d3 gxf4 13. exf4 Kh8 14. Kh1 a6 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bd7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. Kg1 Ng8 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Rbf1 Qg6 24. Kh2 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ra1 Be8 27. Ra7 c6 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Nf6 32. Ra7 c5 33. Bf3 Ne4 34. dxe4 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Nc1 Qe3 37. Qxe3 dxe3 38. Rc2 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40. Ne2 Rb8 41. Kg2 Rb4 42. Rd7 Rxc4 43. Rxd6 Rc2 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Rc6 Bd4 46. g4 Kg8 47. f5 Rd1 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. h4 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Rf2 52. Kd3 h5 53. gxh5 1/2-1/2

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[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 e4 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. b3 h6 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nh3 b6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. c4 Bf5 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Nf4 e3 19. Qc3 Nh5 20. Nd5 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qg5 22. Qxg7+ Nxg7 23. Bf6 Qd2 24. Bc3 Qc2 25. e4 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Be6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. a4 a6 29. Be5 Rfd8 30. Ke3 Ra7 31. g4 Re7 32. Bc3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5 Rb7 35. Ba5 Rdb8 36. b6 Ne8 37. Nxe8 Rxe8 38. e5 Rbe7 39. Rc1 Bd5 40. Bxd5 Rxe5+ 41. Kd3 Rxd5+ 42. Kc4 Rg5 43. h3 Kg8 44. Rd1 Rge5 45. Rd7 Re3 46. b7 R8e4+ 47. Kxc5 Rxb3 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. b8=Q Rxb8 50. Rxb8 Re5+ 51. Kb6 Re3 52. Rc8 Rxh3 53. Bc3 g5 54. Rh8+ Kg6 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Be5 Re3 58. Rxg5+ Kh7 59. Rf5 Kg6 60. Kc5 Re4 61. Rf6+ Kg5 62. Kd5 Rxg4 63. Rxf7 Ra4 64. Bd4 Kg4 65. Ke4 Rb4 66. Rg7+ Kh4 67. Ke3 Kh5 68. Rg1 Ra4 69. Ke4 Kh4 70. Ke5 Kh3 71. Rh1+ Kg2 72. Rxh6 Kf3 73. Rf6+ Kg4 74. Ke4 Kg5 75. Rf7 Kg4 76. Rg7+ Kh4 77. Ke5 Kh3 78. Rg8 Rb4 79. Bf2 Rg4 80. Rh8+ Kg2 81. Bd4 Kf3 82. Rf8+ Kg3 83. Kd5 Kh4 84. Rf3 Kg5 85. Bf6+ Kg6 86. Ke6 Rg2 87. Rf4 Re2+ 88. Be5 Kg5 89. Rf3 Re4 90. Rf8 Kg4 91. Rg8+ Kf3 92. Kf5 Ra4 93. Rg3+ Kf2 94. Rc3 Ke2 95. Bf4 Ra8 96. Re3+ Kf2 97. Rd3 Ke2 98. Rd4 Kf3 99. Rd3+ Ke2 100. Rc3 Kf2 101. Kg4 Rg8+ 102. Bg5 Ke2 103. Re3+ Kd1 104. Rc3 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. O-O Bd7 9. b4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. f3 Bh6 13. h4 Nh5 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 exf4 16. Ndf3 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. e5 a5 20. b5 b6 21. e6 Be8 22. Bd3 Nc8 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Ng5 Bd7 29. Nxh7+ Kg7 30. Ng5 Kf6 31. Nh7+ Kg7 32. Ng5 Kf6 33. Nh3 f3 34. g3 Ne7 35. Kf2 Rg8 36. Kxf3 Rg7 37. Kf4 Ng8 38. Nf2 Re7 39. Rxe7 Nxe7 40. Be2 Bxb5 41. cxb5 Nxd5+ 42. Kf3 g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Bc4 Ne7 45. Ke3 a4 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. Bd5 Ng6 48. Nd3 Kg5 49. Bf3 a3 50. Kd5 Nf8 51. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. fxe5 Nf4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf1 Qh4 18. Ng3 Rf6 19. Re3 Bh3 20. Nf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Bxg2 22. Rg3 Bh3 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qxb7 Qh6 25. Kh1 Bxf5 26. d6 Nh5 27. Rge3 Nf6 28. f3 e4 29. fxe4 Bc8 30. Qxa7 Ng4 31. R3e2 Qxd6 32. Qg1 Qd3 33. b3 Qf3+ 34. Qg2 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Qh5 37. Re3 Rf2 38. Rxh3 Qf7 39. Rd3 h5 40. Qg3 Bg4 41. Kg1 Rxa2 42. Rf1 {Sources: Informator 29/119; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber &  Faber, 1981), p210} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qh4 Be7 12. Qg3 g5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Re1 h3 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Rad1 b5 18. Nd5 Bb7 19. b4 h2+ 20. Kh1 Qxf2 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Be3 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 d6 24. Bg5+ Kd7 25. Rf1 Bxe4 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kc6 28. Qxe6 Bd5 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Kxh2 Bxa2 31. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. f4 Be7 14. h4 O-O-O 15. f5 Kb8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Bc8 18. Nf4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Ng6 Bb4 21. c3 Rhe8 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Bxd5 Bg4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Nxe7 Bf4 27. Ng6 Bxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Bf3 29. Bxf3 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qg3 31. h5 Rd8 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Rd1 Qe3 34. Bg4 b5 35. Bf5 b4 {Source: Informator 29/358} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 h6 7. Qd5 Qf6 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 d6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxe5+ Kf8 15. Qc5+ Kg8 16. Re2 Rd8 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Qxa7 Rhe8 19. Rf2 Qg6 20. h3 Re4 21. Bd4 Rd5 22. Rd1 Rg5 23. Kf1 Re6 24. g4 Bb5+ 25. Kg1 Rxg4+ 26. Kh2 Rg3 27. Rdd2 Rxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Qh5+ {Source: BCM, March 1980, p115} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Re1 Bf6 9. Nf1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ne3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. a4 Qc8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qc4 a6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. d4 Ne7 19. Ne3 c6 20. b4 Bc7 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Nf1 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qg4 27. Re2 Nc8 28. Rae1 Bd8 29. Qc3 Na7 30. Nh2 Qg6 31. g4 Nb5 32. Qe3 f5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. f4 h5 35. g3 Qe6 36. Rg2 Kf7 37. Qd3 Rh8 38. Nf1 Ke8 39. Ne3 g6 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Rh2 Rh6 42. Be3 Be7 43. g4 hxg4 44. Rxh6 Qxh6 45. Qxf5 Qh3 46. Bf2 Nxd4 47. Qc8+ Bd8 48. Re3 Nf3+ 49. Rxf3 Qxf3 50. e6 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 g3+ 52. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 Qd6 8. Nxc4 Qa6 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nfe5 Be8 11. e3 Nc6 12. Nd3 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. b4 Ba4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa4 e5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Rc5 Rcd8 22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Ng5 Nxe5 26. Rxc7 h6 27. Nh3 g5 28. Rxa7 Rd2 29. b5 g4 30. Nf4 Red8 31. Rf1 Rd1 32. Kg2 R8d2 33. e4 fxe4 34. Nh5 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Kf8 36. Nf6 e3 37. fxe3 h5 38. b6 Nf3 39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nh7+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ {Source: BCM, March 1980, p114} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Rab1 a4 14. Qc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Na6 14. Ke2 Nc7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rhd1 Bxb3 17. axb3 Ne6 18. Be3 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kd3 Re6 21. Nd2 Bh6 22. Nc4 a6 23. Re1 Bf8 24. e5 Bc5 25. f4 Rc8 26. Re2 f6 27. Rc1 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rec6 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd5 Bg7 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Nc4 Rc7 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Rxd4 Bc5 36. Rc4 a5 37. Ke4 b6 38. g4 Kf6 39. h4 Ke6 40. Rc3 Bd6 41. Rxc7 Bxc7 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 b5 44. Nf3 Kf6 45. Ng5 h6 46. Nf3 a4 47. Nd4 axb3 48. Nxb3 Bb6 49. Nd4 Bxd4 50. Kxd4 Kf5 51. Ke3 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p116} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Bb1 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 Ne6 19. g3 Bf6 20. f4 Qe7 21. f5 Nd4 22. Qf2 c5 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qf8 26. Rf1 g5 27. g4 h5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Be4 h4 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. Ba5 Qc8 32. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nfd2 Nc6 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qd7 10. a4 h5 11. Nd2 h4 12. Nc4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Bc5+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Na4 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. d3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b3 Ra7 14. Bb2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. e3 Nh6 7. Nge2 Nf5 8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nb5 Na7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a4 Qb6 15. d4 Rac8 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nec3 Bc6 18. e4 Nh6 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Rbd1 Nc8 21. f4 e5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Rfe1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 e6 14. Nd1 Nbc4 15. c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Ne3 b6 18. Ng4 f6 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Nf1 Re8 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Re3 Bc6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. g4 Ne4 25. N1d2 Qf7 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nd2 g5 28. Bh2 f5 29. Nc4 f4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd7 32. f3 b5 33. Nd2 b4 34. Nc4 Rb8 35. Qc2 Red8 36. Re1 bxc3 37. bxc3 Qb5 38. Nd2 Rbc8 39. Nc4 Rb8 40. Nd2 Rdc8 41. Re4 Qa5 42. Nc4 Rxc4 {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p117; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber &  Faber, 1981), p182 (in the notes)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. c4 Bc6 14. Ba3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. e3 f6 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. Rab1 Kd8 20. c5 Bc7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxb7 Bxd6 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxd4 Kc6 25. Rxd6+ Kxc5 26. Rxe6 a5 27. Re7 g6 28. Rb7 Kc6 29. Rf7 f5 30. a4 Re8 31. Rxh7 Re4 32. Rh4 Rxh4 33. gxh4 Kc5 34. f4 Kb4 35. e4 fxe4 36. Kf2 {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p117; Informator 29/410} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nd3 Re8 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nd3 Rb8 17. e3 Qh6 18. Re1 Ndf6 19. Kh2 Ng5 20. Nf4 Nfe4 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. f3 Ne6 23. Qf2 Nf8 24. Nc3 g5 25. Nd3 Ng6 26. Qf1 Re7 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Bxh3 29. Bxh3 g4 30. e5 Nd7 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Nd6 gxh3 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34. Nd6 Qd2+ 35. Qe2 Qxe2+ 36. Rxe2 f6 37. Rxc6 fxe5 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. Nb4 Rg7 40. d5 h5 41. Ne4 h4 42. Re3 hxg3+ 43. Rxg3 Rf4 44. Rc4 Nc5 45. Rxc5 Rxe4 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Rxh3+ Nh4 48. Nd3 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rd2 50. d6 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Re2+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3+ 53. Kxh4 Re4+ 54. Kg5+ Rxh3 55. d7 Rd3 56. d8=Q Rxd8 57. Rxd8 Re2 58. Rb8 e4 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Kf4 Kf8 61. a4 e3 62. a5 Ke8 63. Kf3 Rd2 64. Kxe3 Rd6 65. Ke4 Kd8 66. Ke5 Rh6 67. Kd4 Kc8 68. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. f4 f5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qh5 c4 13. Bh6 cxd3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd3 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qg4 17. Qxg4+ fxg4 18. Rxf8 Kxf8 19. Rf1+ Kg7 20. Nd5 Bd7 21. Nf6 Be6 22. Be4 Ng8 23. Nxg8 Kxg8 24. a3 Rd8 25. Nf5 Bd5 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Nxg4 Bxe4+ 28. dxe4 Rd4 29. Ne3 Rxe4 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rd4 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Kf5 34. Kf3 e4+ 35. Ke3 Ne5 36. h3 h5 37. Kd4 Nf3+ 38. Kd5 Nd2 39. Ne3+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kf6 41. a4 a5 42. Kd6 Nb3 43. g4 hxg4 44. Nxg4+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kg5 46. h6 Kg6 47. Kd5 b6 48. Kc4 Nc5 49. b3 Kh7 50. Kb5 Kg6 51. Kxb6 Nxb3 52. Kb5 Kf7 53. Kc4 Nc1 54. Kd4 Kg6 55. Kxe4 Nb3 56. Kd5 Kh7 57. Kc4 Nd2+ 58. Kb5 Nb3 59. Ne5 Kxh6 60. Nc6 Kg6 61. Nxa5 Nd4+ 62. Kb6 Kf6 63. Nb7 Nb3 64. Nc5 Nd2 65. Kb5 Nf3 66. a5 Nd4+ 67. Kb6 Nf5 68. a6 Nd6 69. Ne4+ {Source: (move 33-end) BCM, March 1980, p118} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Griffiths, Peter C"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. b3 c6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Bg2 h6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. e3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nh4 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. Nd1 Be6 17. Ne3 Ng4 18. Nhf5 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bb4 20. Re2 Qg5 21. Bf3 Qa5 22. a3 Bf8 23. a4 Rac8 24. c5 Nd5 25. Rae1 Nf6 26. Nc4 Qb4 {Black begins to get into difficulties owing to to his rather restricted position and the awkward placing of his queen. In the sequel he is unable to avoid a serious weakness at e6.} 27. Ne5 Nd7 28. Nd3 Qa5 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Bc3 Qc7 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf7 34. Qe2 Rd8 35. h4 Nd5 36. Ba5 b6 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Bxd5 cxd5 {Now occurs one of the strangest double oversights you are ever likely to see among such strong players.} ({Or} 38... bxa5 39. Rd6) 39. Bxb6 {Black now missed the attack on his rook and now played} Qf5 $4 {and Christiansen, not short of time, mystified the onlookers completely by missing it! He played} ({ChessBase Mega Database 2022 has the move order} 39... Rc8 40. a5 Qf5 {, probably because the inputter couldn't believe his eyes and decided to 'correct' the move order. That said, it is also possible that the BCM writer was working from an inaccurate source and those were the moves actually played. JS}) 40. a5 $4 {and Speelman now quietly moved the rook out of danger.} Rc8 $1 {Of course White has an easy win in any case. The remaining moves were} 41. Re8 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Re3 Ra1 44. Rb3 Qc8 45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. Qc3 Qxc3 47. Rxc3 Bb4 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Ra8 Be1 50. a6 Ra2 51. a7 Bxf2 52. Kf1 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p118} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 ({The game was not published in BCM, CHESS or Informator and I have not seen the bulletin. The move order  may have been} 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 {- JS}) 5... c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h4 c4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 b4 15. Nh2 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Qf3 Nc6 24. f5 Ne7 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. f6 Rg8 28. fxg7 Rxg7 29. Nf6+ Kc8 30. Nf5 exf5 31. Qxf5+ Ne6 32. Ne8 Qg4 33. Nd6+ Kd8 34. Qf6+ Ne7 35. Nxf7+ Kc8 36. Nd6+ Kd7 37. Rb2 Qg3 38. Qxh6 Qxc3 39. Rb7+ Kc6 40. Qxe6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. c3 Be7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rad8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Qb5 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. f3 Nc4 23. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. a4 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b4 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb8 12. Bc3 Bh7 13. Qb2 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ne5 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 b4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qd4 Rb8 21. Ra1 Qc6 22. Nc4 Bg6 23. Ra7 Qc8 24. Na5 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. h3 Rc8 27. Qxb4 Qd1 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Qb8+ Ne8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Nc6 h5 32. h4 Bf5 33. Kg2 Bh3+ 34. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Rad1 Na7 16. f4 b5 17. g4 Qa8 18. Qf3 bxc4 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxc4 Qb8 21. Qg4 Ba8 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Ne3 d5 24. exd5 Bc5 25. Qg3 Nxd5 26. Ncxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qb6 28. Rf3 exd5 29. Kg2 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nb5 31. Red3 Nd6 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 Ne4 34. Rde2 f6 35. Rd3 fxg5 36. fxg5 Rf5 37. h4 Kf7 38. Rf3 Kg6 39. Rxf5 Kxf5 40. Kf3 g6 41. Rg2 a5 42. Ke3 a4 43. b4 a3 44. Bd4 Rb8 45. Bc5 Ke5 46. Rc2 Rb5 47. Kd3 Ke6 48. Rc1 Nxc5+ 49. bxc5 Kd7 50. Rf1 Kc6 51. Rf7 Rb2 52. Rxh7 Rxa2 53. Rg7 Kxc5 54. Rxg6 Rh2 55. Ra6 Rxh4 56. Kc2 Kb4 57. Ra8 Rh2+ 58. Kb1 Rg2 59. Rg8 d4 60. g6 Kc3 61. Ka1 Kd3 62. Rg7 a2 63. Rg8 Kc3 64. Rg7 Kd3 65. Rg8 Kd2 66. Kxa2 d3 67. g7 Kc1+ 68. Kb3 d2 69. Rc8+ Kb1 70. Rd8 Rg3+ 71. Ka4 Kc2 72. Rc8+ Kb2 73. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nge2 e5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. f4 Bf6 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. c4 Bg4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Rf3 Re7 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Be4 Nb8 22. g4 Nd7 23. g5 g6 24. Bg2 Kg7 25. Bh3 h6 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. d3 Kg7 29. Kh1 f6 30. Rg3 Rh8 31. Qf2 b6 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Rfg1 Rh6 34. Qf3 Kh7 35. Qe4 Qf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Rg8 Rh3 38. R8g3 Rh4 39. Rf3 f4 40. Rg2 Rg7 41. b4 Rg5 42. Kg1 Kg6 43. Rxg5+ fxg5 44. h3 Kf5 45. Kf2 Rh8 46. Ke2 a5 47. b5 a4 48. Kf2 Rh6 49. Kg2 g4 50. hxg4+ Kxg4 51. Rf1 Rh3 52. Re1 Rxd3 53. Rxe5 Rxa3 54. d6 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Rd2 56. Rd5 Rxd5 57. cxd5 a3 58. d7 a2 59. d8=Q a1=Q+ 60. Kf2 Qb2+ 61. Ke1 Qc1+ 62. Ke2 Qc2+ 63. Ke1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. a4 Bd5 10. Qd1 c5 11. O-O Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nb6 17. b3 Bb4 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. e5 Qb6 20. Ne4 Red8 21. Qe3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 bxa4 25. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nc3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 c6 9. b4 h6 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 cxb4 12. Qb3+ Kh7 13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qa3 Re8 15. Nf7 Qd4 16. e3 Qd7 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. d4 Ne8 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. Bf1 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Bb2 Qc6 24. Na4 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 Re8 26. Nd3 Rc3 27. Qa5 Ne4 28. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 Bb7 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. f3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qe1 Bf8 15. Rd1 c4 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. d5 g6 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. a3 Bg7 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 dxe5 24. f5 Qc4 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 Rd6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. h6 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 b4 32. Nd1 Rxd5 33. Ne3 Qc5 34. Rdf2 Rdd8 35. Ng4 Rf8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Ne4 Qd4 38. Qxe5+ {Sources: BCM, March 1980, p119; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p213; CHESS, February 1980, Vol.45/831-2, p77; Informator 29/232} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 12. e5 Bxd5 13. exf6 Re8 14. Qxd4 Bxg2 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Kxg2 h6 17. Be3 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Ne3 Be4 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. e3 Re8 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f3 exf3+ 22. Nxf3 Nd7 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rae1 Qe7 25. e4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rf2 b6 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rc2 c6 31. Rxc5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rae8 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Kf3 Rb5 35. e5 Kf8 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. Rd1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 d5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. e3 Nd6 12. c5 Nf7 13. Na4 Bf6 14. Bc3 g5 15. Ne1 g4 16. f3 gxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe8 18. Nb2 Bd8 19. Nd3 Bc7 20. Nfe5 Nf6 21. Rf4 Qe7 22. Raf1 Bd7 23. Rh4 Ne4 24. Bb2 Be8 25. Kh1 Nh8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nf4 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ng6 29. Rh3 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Rd8 31. Rg1+ Bg6 32. Bd4 Rf7 33. Qc3 Qc7 34. Rhg3 Kf8 35. Rg5 Rdd7 36. Qe1 Rg7 37. Qh4 Rde7 38. Qh6 Qd7 39. h4 Be8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Kh2 Rxg5 42. Rxg5+ Rg7 43. a4 Rxg5 44. fxg5 Bh5 45. Kg3 Qe8 46. Bc3 Bd1 47. Bxa5 Bxb3 48. Kf2 Bc4 49. Bc7 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. a4 b4 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. e4 d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nfd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rae1 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. f4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rad8 19. f5 Kh8 20. Rf2 Rg8 21. Ref1 exf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. exf5 Bxg2 24. f6 gxf6 25. Kxg2 d5 26. cxd5 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Rxd5 28. Qh6 Qg6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf6 Rd2 31. R1f2 Rgd8 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Rf2 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 c4 35. bxc4 Rd4 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 Rxc4 38. Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Rb7 Rxc2+ 40. Kh3 Rb2 41. a5 h5 42. a6 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 a6 7. Be2 c4 8. b3 b5 9. bxc4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 d6 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O Nc8 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. f4 Rb8 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Na4 Be8 17. Qd2 d5 18. e5 Be7 19. Nac5 N8a7 20. c3 Nb5 21. Na4 d4 22. cxd4 Bb4 23. Qf2 Nxa5 24. Nxa5 Bxa5 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Bc6 27. Nb6 Bb4 28. Rac1 Qe7 29. Qf3 Be8 30. Qe4 Ba5 31. Nc4 Bb4 32. Nb6 Ba5 33. f5 Qb4 34. Qxb4 Bxb4 35. Bg5 Kf8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Bxb7 Rb8 39. Nd7+ Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Ke8 41. e6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Ne6 12. Nf5 Nd4 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qd1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. Bd2 b6 18. Kh1 c5 19. b3 Rd7 20. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Bb1 Be8 14. Qe2 Bf8 ({Mega Database 2022 gives} 14... Bd8) 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Bg5 Ned5 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bh4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa3 20. Qd3 Be7 21. Ng4 Kf8 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. d5 Rd8 25. Qh7 e5 26. Bf5 Ke7 27. c4 Qc5 28. Qxh6 Ba4 29. Rd2 b6 30. Re1 Qd6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qh4 Bb5 33. f4 Rh8 34. Rxe5+ Qxe5 35. d6+ Qxd6 36. Qe1+ Qe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. f5 e5 39. Qg3 Rhf8 40. Qa3 Rfc8 41. Qb3 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p119} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 c5 9. Nb3 b5 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Rd7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg4 Ra7 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. c3 Rd7 17. Rc1 c4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Rcd1 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Kf1 h6 26. h3 Qd6 27. f3 h5 28. Qf2 g6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Qf6 31. Qe2 h4 32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qc1 Qd8 34. Ke2 Rd7 35. Rf1 Rd6 36. Rf2 Rd3 37. Ke1 Qe7 38. Re2 Qd6 39. Re3 Qc5 40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Qc2 Qe7 42. Ke1 Qd8 43. Re2 Qg5 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Qb1 Qd8 46. Ke1 Qb6 47. Kf1 Qd8 48. Ke1 Qg5 49. Kf1 Qf4 50. Qe1 Kh6 51. Rc2 Kh5 52. Re2 Kg5 53. Rc2 a5 54. Re2 Kf6 55. Rc2 Kg7 56. Re2 Rd7 57. Rc2 Rd6 58. Re2 Rd3 59. Rf2 f5 60. Re2 Kf6 61. Kg1 a4 62. a3 Ke6 63. Kh1 Rd7 64. Kg1 Kf6 65. Kf1 Rd3 66. Kf2 Qh2 67. Re3 Qg3+ 68. Kf1 Qxe1+ 69. Rxe1 Rd2 70. Re2 Rd1+ 71. Kf2 Rh1 72. Ke3 Kg5 73. Rd2 Re1+ 74. Kf2 Rc1 75. Ke3 Rb1 76. exf5 Kxf5 77. Re2 Rg1 78. Rd2 Rb1 79. Re2 Rd1 80. Rd2 Rxd2 81. Kxd2 Kf4 82. Ke2 e4 83. fxe4 Kxe4 84. Kd2 Kf4 85. Ke2 Kg3 86. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 g6 6. dxc5 Nxc3 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. bxc3 f6 9. Ba3 Kc7 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Bb5 Rhb8 16. Ba4 a6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Rd6 Re8 21. Nd3 Bxc3 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Kc6 26. Rhd1 Rac8 27. Kb2 Re4 28. g3 Rb4+ 29. Ka3 Kb5 30. R1d4 Rb1 31. c6+ Kxc6 32. Rxa5 Kb6 33. Rad5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. b3 Bg4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. d3 Bg5 13. Nc3 Qf6 14. Qg4 Rad8 15. Ne2 Qg6 16. g3 h5 17. Qf3 h4 18. Qg2 hxg3 19. fxg3 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Rf5 f6 22. Qf3 Bc5 23. Kg2 Ne6 24. Rh1 Rf8 25. h4 Be7 26. h5 Qh7 27. Qg4 Rf7 28. Rhf1 Rdf8 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxe6 Bf6 32. g4 Qh6 33. Ng1 Kf8 34. Nh3 Re7 35. Qf5 Rf7 36. g5 Qxh5 37. gxf6 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 gxf6 39. Nf2 Ke7 40. Ng4 Rg7 41. Kf3 Rh7 42. Rxf6 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Nf3 a6 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. Qd3 e5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Ng3 Nh7 17. Qc2 b5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qc1 h5 20. Qc2 Rb7 21. Rfc1 Nb6 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Rab1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nxh5 f4 26. Nxg7 Qxg7 27. Bd2 Re7 28. Bc3 Qh6 29. Re1 b4 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Rfe8 32. Nd3 f3 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Ne1 Ng5 35. Qf5 fxg2 36. Qg4 Rg7 37. h4 Nd7 38. Nxg2 Nf7 39. Qe6 Nf6 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Re1 Nd6 43. Qh3 Nfe4 44. Re3 Qf6 45. Rf3 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kh1 Kh7 48. Rf8 Nf7 49. Qf3 Nh6 50. Rf4 Ng4 51. Ne3 Nexf2+ 52. Kg2 Nxe3+ 53. Kxf2 Rg2+ 54. Qxg2 Nxg2 55. Rf3 Nxh4 56. Rd3 Nf5 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p121} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O d5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc6 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. Bf4 Bg5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Kf8 26. Bd1 Qd6 27. Be2 Nb6 28. f4 f6 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qc7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Nd7 33. Qa8+ Nb8 34. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2 Re8 9. h4 Rb8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h5 b5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb5 c6 17. Be2 d5 18. O-O-O Nf7 19. exd5 Nxh6 20. Rxh6 Bg7 21. Rhh1 cxd5 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Bb3 Qa6 24. g4 Rxb3 25. axb3 Bb7 26. g5 Nd7 27. Rhe1 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Kf7 29. Nfxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Ke3 Qe5+ 33. Kf2 Qxg5 34. Qe4 Be5 35. Qg4 Qd8 36. Ne3 Ke7 37. Qh4+ Bf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nb4 9. O-O Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 Qe5 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 c6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf6 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. f3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. exd4 Nd6 20. Bb4 Nf5 21. Rd1 Be6 22. a3 Rd8 23. Bc3 f6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. g4 Nd5 27. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Short, N"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 {A playable system, despite its odd appearance.} Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 {Perhaps this bishop is slightly misplaced here.} Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O {I offered a draw here. Black thought for about 35 minutes and replied...} e5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. a3 b6 13. b4 cxb4 ({Played without hesitation, but it appears anti-positional to me.} 13... Nh5 {is better.}) 14. axb4 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nh5 17. Bd5 {Although I again offered a draw here, I already felt I was gaining the upper hand. Andersson also thought he had the better position.} Rac8 18. c4 Nf4 19. c5 bxc5 $2 ({Now White is clearly better.} 19... b5 $1 {would have taken c4 away from White's knight and prepared ...a5 at a later date.}) 20. bxc5 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nc4 Ne6 23. Qd2 a5 ({Played, probably, through lack of anything constructive to do, for} 23... Ncd4 {loses to} 24. Ncxe5) 24. Ra1 Ncd4 25. Qxa5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nfxe5 Nde6 28. Ra7 Be8 29. Bxc5 (29. Nxf7 {is more exact.}) 29... Nxc5 30. Nxf7 Kf8 31. Ng5 Bd7 32. Rc7 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Nxh7+ Ke7 35. Ng5 {White should find the rest fairly easy, but this was not the case. First I had to reach the time-control at move 40.} Ba6 36. h4 Nd3 37. Nf3 Nf4 38. Ne3 Be2 39. Ne1 Bd4 40. N1c2 Bc5 41. Bc4 Nd3 42. g3 {The sealed move. From now on White, after careful manoeuvring, pushes slowly forward.} Kd6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. f4+ Kf6 45. e5+ Kg7 46. Bd5 Nb2 47. Be4 Ba6 48. g4 Nd3 49. Kg3 Bb5 50. Ng2 Nc1 51. Nce3 Ne2+ 52. Kf2 Ba7 53. g5 Nd4 54. Kg3 Bb8 55. Ng4 Ne2+ 56. Kf3 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Ba7 58. N2e3 Ne2 59. Kf3 Nc3 60. Bb7 Bd3 61. Nf6 Ne2 62. Nfd5 Nd4+ 63. Kg4 Bc5 64. Bc8 Be4 65. Nc3 Bf3+ 66. Kg3 Bc6 67. Bg4 Bb4 68. Ned5 Bc5 69. Ne4 (69. h5 gxh5 70. Bxh5 Nf5+ 71. Kh3 {1-0 is the finish according to Mega Database 2022. JS}) 69... Ba3 70. Nef6 {Finally. Now White cannot be stopped from obtaining three connected passed pawns.} Bc5 71. h5 gxh5 72. Bxh5 Nf5+ 73. Kh3 {The sealed move, but Andersson resigned without resuming. And, as I had drawn against Bellin before this game was resumed, this gave me my international master title. Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p218; CHESS, February 1980, Vol.45/831-2, p78; (moves 1-42) BCM, March 1980, p120; Informator 29/332.} 1-0

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[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
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[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rab1 Re8 18. b3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Bd4 Rxe2 22. Re1 Re6 23. Bg7 Nc6 24. h4 Qe7 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Bf6 Qd7 27. h5 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qf3 Rh5 32. g4 Rg5 33. Kg3 Qe6 34. Rd1 f5 35. Qxb7 f4+ 36. Kxf4 Qxg4+ 37. Ke3 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
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1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 a5 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ng4 13. Qxg4 Bxd4 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Qf3 Nc5 16. Bb2 f5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Bc2 f4 19. Nd1 Ne6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qc3 f3 22. g3 Nd4 23. Bd3 Bh3 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Nc2 Rad8 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Rbd1 Qd8 28. Bc2 c5 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qd2 b6 31. Bd3 Qe7 32. Rb1 Bg2 33. Qb2 Qb4 34. a3 Qc3 35. Qxc3 dxc3 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Rxc3 Kf8 38. h4 h5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Ra8 41. Rc1 Ra3 42. Bf1 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Ke7 44. c5 Rb3 45. cxb6 Rxb4 46. Kg1 Rxb6 47. Rc3 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 49. Rxf3 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

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[Round "13"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd5 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qb2 Na5 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 h6 1/2-1/2

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[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 1/2-1/2

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[Round "13"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Nxd4 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Kh1 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rc1 e6 17. f3 f5 18. Qd4 Qb6 19. Qe5 Rac8 20. g4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qd8 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Qe3 b6 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 h5 27. Bg2 Qf7 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Qd3 Qg6 32. Rc7 Rg5 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rxa7 Nf5 35. Rb7 Ne3 36. Bf3 h4 37. Rxb6 Kf5 38. h3 e5 39. Rh6 e4 40. Bh5 Kf4 41. Be8 Nf5 42. Rf6 Ke3 43. a4 d4 44. Rg6 Ng3+ 45. Kg2 Rxg6 46. Bxg6 Nxe2 47. a5 d3 48. Bxe4 Kxe4 49. a6 Nf4+ 50. Kf2 Nd5 51. a7 Nb6 52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Kd1 d2 54. b4 Na8 55. b5 Nb6 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p121} 0-1

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[Round "13"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
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[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Ne5 Nf8 12. O-O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. h4 Qe7 16. Kb1 f6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h5 Qf7 19. Rdg1 Bxh5 20. Nh4 Bg4 21. Rh2 g6 22. Rgh1 Re7 23. Qc5 Rd7 24. f3 Be6 25. g4 Qe7 26. Qc1 Qd6 27. f4 Bxg4 28. Qg1 f5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 30. Nxf5 Qe6 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Ng4 Rc8 33. Ne5 Rg7 34. Ka1 Kg8 35. Qg5 c5 36. dxc5 Rxc5 37. Rd2 Rgc7 38. Rdd1 Rc2 39. Ng4 Kh8 40. a3 Rg2 41. Rhg1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 h5 43. Nf6 Nh7 44. Nxh7 Kxh7 45. Qd8 Rd7 46. Qc8 Re7 47. Qd8 Qxe3 48. Rd1 Rf7 49. Qxd5 Qxf4 50. Qxa5 h4 51. Qd5 Qf3 52. Qd8 Qe4 53. Qc8 Qf5 54. Qc4 g5 55. Rg1 Kh6 56. Qc3 Qf6 57. Qc8 Qf5 58. Qh8+ Rh7 59. Qd8 Rf7 60. Qh8+ Qh7 61. Qd8 Rf5 62. Rd1 Qf7 63. Qh8+ Kg6 64. Qd8 Rf3 65. Qb6+ Kh5 66. Qb5 Re3 67. Rg1 Qf6 68. Qc5 Qe5 69. Qb4 Qe4 70. Qa5 Qe5 71. Qb4 b5 72. Ka2 Re4 73. Qd2 g4 74. Rc1 Re2 75. Qb4 h3 76. a4 bxa4 77. Rc5 Rxb2+ 78. Qxb2 Qxc5 79. Qh8+ Kg5 80. Qg7+ Kf4 81. Qh6+ Qg5 82. Qd6+ Qe5 83. Qd2+ Qe3 84. Qc1 0-1

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxb6 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Qa3 18. Rc1 Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Rxa2 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nd3 Rd2 22. Nc5 e5 23. Rb4 f6 24. h4 Ra8 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Re1 e4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Ra2 29. f3 1/2-1/2

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[Date "1980.01.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
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[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. a4 c5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Rd1 Bf8 15. Be3 Re5 16. Qd2 Nfxd5 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qe7 19. c3 Nc6 20. g3 Re4 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxe4 Qxb3 23. Rd2 Qf7 24. Re1 Rd8 25. f4 d5 26. Qf3 d4 27. Kg2 c4 28. f5 d3 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Re4 Qd5 31. g4 Be7 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Qf4 Nf7 34. Kf1 Bg5 35. Qf3 Nd6 36. Rf4 Qxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Ne4 38. Kg2 Nc5 39. a5 Na4 40. h4 Bxh4 {Source: Informator 29/214} 0-1

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
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[Round "13"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Bxb7 Nd5 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Bd5 Qf6 15. Be3 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. Rb1 a5 19. Rb5 a4 20. Rdb1 Rxb5 21. Rxb5 c6 22. Bxc6 Bxc4 23. Rb4 Bxa2 24. Rxa4 Be6 1/2-1/2

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[Round "14"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
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[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h4 Qd7 12. h5 h6 13. Nh2 b4 14. f4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc4 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Rf3 Rc8 19. Ng3 Nc7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Ne6 22. Kh1 Rc6 23. Qd3 Rb6 24. Rf2 Rg8 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Rf1 Qa8 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Nxg7+ Nxg7 30. Bxh6 Ne6 31. Bxf8 Ng5 32. Nf6+ Kxf8 33. Qg4 Bxf6 34. exf6 Ne6 35. h6 Ke8 36. h7 Kd7 37. Qg8 {Sources: Informator 29/98; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by  David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p187 (in the notes)} 1-0

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. c3 h6 19. Bh4 Nf4 20. Bc4 e5 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Bg3 g5 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. Be1 Qg6 25. Qf2 d3 26. Bd2 Ne2 27. Rb1 g4 28. Qh4 Kh7 29. fxg4 Qxe4 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rf1+ Nf4 33. Rf3 Rh8 34. Qd6 Qd5 35. Bxf4 Qxd6 36. Bxe5+ Ke6 37. Bxd6 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Kxd6 39. Kg2 Kd5 40. Kg3 Rce8 41. h4 Re2 42. h5 d2 0-1

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[Round "14"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Be8 9. Re1 Kh8 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. a4 a5 16. h4 h5 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. f4 exf4 19. Ne2 Nd8 20. Nxf4 c6 21. Qd3 Rh8 22. Re2 f6 23. Nge6+ Nxe6 24. Nxe6+ Kh7 25. Rf1 Nf8 26. e5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Nxe6 28. exf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Nf8 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Qe4 Nd7 32. f7 Rf8 33. Bc2 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p123} 1-0

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Qf3 Bxd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bh3 Ra8 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Be5 Re8 19. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
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[Round "14"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
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[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. exd6 exd6 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Nf6 12. h3 b6 13. Bc4 a6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be2 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Na6 19. Rb1 b4 20. Bxa6 bxc3 21. Bc4 Qc7 22. Bb3 Rfe8 23. Kh2 Qc5 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Bf5 26. Nd3 Qd4 27. Qf3 Be4 28. Qf2 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Be3 Bxd3 31. Rd1 Ra2 32. Kg1 Qb5 33. Rxd3 Qb1+ 34. Qf1 Qxc2 35. Rxd6 h5 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. Bc1 Re2 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p122} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. b4 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. e4 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qc1 Rc8 14. Qa3 a6 15. b5 axb5 16. cxb5 Nd8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rfe1 Ra8 21. Qb4 Nd7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc8 24. Qc4 b6 25. Be3 Ra3 26. Bc1 Ra7 27. Be3 Ra3 28. Bc1 Ra7 29. Be3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Re2 Bd4 32. a4 Qd8 33. Bf3 Qd6 34. Kg2 Rfa8 35. Ra2 Re8 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Ra8 38. Bf3 Re8 39. Qf1 Re5 40. h4 Rf5 41. Qd3 h5 42. Re1 Qf6 43. Rc1 Kf8 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. Rd2 Kf8 46. Rc2 Re5 47. Re2 Rxe2 48. Qxe2 Bc3 49. Qe4 Bd4 50. Qe2 Be5 51. Be4 Bd6 52. Bd3 Qd4 53. Bc4 Kg7 54. Qd3 Qa1 55. Bb3 Qe1 56. Qf3 Qb4 57. Qe3 Kf8 58. Qd3 Qe1 59. Qf3 Ke7 60. Qd3 Qe5 61. Kf3 Qf6+ 62. Kg2 Be5 63. Qe4 Kf8 64. Qf3 Qd6 65. Bc4 Kg7 66. Qe2 Kg8 67. Qe1 Qf6 68. Qe4 Bd6 69. Qf3 Qd4 70. Qd3 Qg4 71. Qe2 Qf5 72. Qd3 Qf6 73. Qf3 Qa1 74. Bb3 Qc1 75. Qd3 Kg7 76. Bc4 Qb2 77. Bb3 Be5 78. d6 Bxd6 79. Qd5 Qf6 80. f4 Qe7 81. Bc4 Qf8 82. Kh2 f6 83. Kg2 Kh6 84. Kf2 Be7 85. Kg2 Qd8 86. Qf7 Qd2+ 87. Kf3 Qc3+ 88. Kg2 Qd2+ 89. Kf3 Qd8 90. Kg2 Qf8 91. Qe6 Bd6 92. Kf2 Qe7 93. Qg8 Qg7 94. Qe6 f5 95. Qg8 Qf6 96. Bf7 Be7 97. Kg2 Qg7 98. Qxg7+ Kxg7 99. Bc4 Bf6 100. Kf3 Bd4 101. Kg2 Kf6 102. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Ng5 Bc6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 Qd7 17. a4 h6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bf4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 a6 21. Rae1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rb1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. c4 Nf6 26. Ree1 O-O 27. Bf4 Rbd8 28. d5 Nh5 29. Be3 bxc4 30. dxe6 Qxd3 31. e7 c3 32. Qf3 Qc4 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 35. g3 c2 36. Rb7 Ng7 37. Kg2 Nf5 38. Bc1 Nd4 39. Qg4 h5 40. Qd7 h4 41. Re4 Rd8 42. Qxd8 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45. Kh3 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p123} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. e3 Qg6 9. Qb1 Qxb1+ 10. Rxb1 d5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nb3 Ke7 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. a3 Rhc8 15. Kd2 a5 16. a4 b6 17. Rc2 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 f6 19. Rc1 Be8 20. Ke2 Kd6 21. Rhd1 Bh5 22. Nbd2 Na7 23. Ba6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Be8 25. b3 b5 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. axb5 Nxb5 28. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 29. Kd1 Rc8 30. Ne1 e5 31. Rc1 Be2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qd3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 a6 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 b5 19. Qd2 Qc5 20. a3 Nc6 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qd6 Qxb3 25. Rdc1 Qb7 26. Rab1 Qa8 27. Rb6 Ne7 28. Rcb1 Nf5 29. Qf4 Rcd8 30. Kg1 a5 31. Qa4 Nd6 32. Rc6 h6 33. Rc5 Qa6 34. Rb2 Rb8 35. Rc6 Qa7 ({Database sources differ as to whether Black played} 35... Qa8 {or the text, but it makes no difference. BCM gives 35...Qa7.}) 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qxa5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Qa4 Rd8 40. Rc4 Nd2 41. Nxd2 Rxd2 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxf7 Rxe2 44. Rg4 Qb2 45. Qf3 Qe5 46. Qd3+ Kg8 47. Rd4 Re1 48. h4 h5 49. a4 Qe2 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qxe2 Rxe2 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Ra7 Kh7 55. Ra6 Kg8 56. Ra7 Kh7 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. a5 e5 60. Rxh5 Rxa5 61. Rh8 Ra3+ 62. Kg4 Ra4+ 63. Kh5 Kf7 64. Rb8 Ra2 65. Rb7+ Kf6 66. g4 Rxf2 67. g5+ Ke6 68. Rxg7 e4 69. Rg8 Kf7 70. Rb8 e3 71. Rb3 e2 72. Re3 Rg2 73. Kh6 Rh2 74. h5 Rg2 75. g6+ Kf6 76. Re8 Rh2 77. g7 {Source: BCM, March 1980, p124} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Kf1 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Qc5 21. Rd1 h5 22. Qd4 Re1+ 23. Nf1 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc5 25. Rc4 Bb6 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nd7 28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Rf4 g5 30. Rf5 Bd8 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Ng3 Re1 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Nd2 Kf8 35. Nc4 Ke8 36. Ne3 Bc5 37. Nd1 Bd4 38. a4 a5 39. Kh2 Kd7 40. Kg2 Kd6 41. c3 Be5 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf2 h6 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 d4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne7 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. O-O-O Nf5 21. Rd3 Rd5 22. g4 Ne3 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Rh2 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. Rd2 Nxg4 27. h5 Ne3 28. Kb2 Kc7 29. c3 Kc8 30. Kb3 Nd5 31. Rc2 Kd7 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxf5 Ke6 34. Nxg7+ Kxe5 35. Re2+ Re4 36. Rf2 f6 37. Nf5 Rc4 38. Nxh6 Rxc3+ 39. Kb2 Rh3 40. Ng4+ Ke6 41. Rc2 Rxh5 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Nxf6 Nxf6 44. Rxa6 Rh2+ 45. Kb3 Rh3+ 46. Kb2 Nd5 47. a4 Nxb4 48. Ra5 Nd3+ 49. Kc2 Ke4 50. Rxb5 Rh2+ 51. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qd3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rad1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 h6 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a6 9. e3 d6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf8 14. Qd2 g6 15. d5 e5 16. Ne1 a5 17. Nc2 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Santoy, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{n.b. colours not known}  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cordes, Hans-Joerg"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Qd3 b6 8. d5 Ba6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd2 exd5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be2 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Nxc4 Qc7 (15... Rxe2+ {is more decisive - BC}) 16. Ne3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Qxa1 18. Kg2 Qe5 {Source: Bernard Cafferty} ({The final move is given as} 18... Qd4 {in the tournament bulletin, Birmingham Post, 16 February 1980 and CHESS, Vol. 45/841-2, August-September 1980, p254}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Zivanovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jacoby, Gisbert"]
[Black "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh3 g6 12. Bh6 Nxe5 13. Bxf8 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bxf8 15. O-O-O c5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Qh4 Qe8 18. d4 Rc8 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Rhe1 Bc4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. b3 Bg7 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe4 cxd4 25. exd4 Qb5+ 26. Kc1 c3 27. Re2 Bf8 28. Rde1 Ba3+ 29. Kc2 Qb2+ 30. Kd3 c2 31. Qb7 {Source: BrasilBase} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Aristegui, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 Bf6 12. d4 c5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qe4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfd8 22. a4 Rac8 23. a5 Kf8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rb5 Rc6 26. Ra6 Rdd6 27. Ra7 g6 28. Rb7 Kg7 29. f4 Kf6 30. Rb4 e5 31. fxe5+ Kxe5 32. Rxf7 h6 33. Rb5+ Kd4 34. Rf4+ Kc3 35. Rf3+ Kb2 36. Rf2+ Ka3 37. Rf7 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Rdd6 39. Rb7 Re6 40. b4 Ka4 41. Ra7+ Kb3 42. c5 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miltner, Arndt"]
[Black "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 f6 7. Nc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 g6 12. c3 Re8 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. e5 f5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 b6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Nf3 c5 22. c4 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 Re8 25. h5 Qc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Nh4 Kh7 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Bf4 Re6 31. Re3 Qe8 32. Rh3 Kg8 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. Nxf5 $5 gxf5 $2 (34... Bxe5 $5) 35. Rd8 Qc6 36. Qxf5+ Rf6 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qg4+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.45/841-2, Aug-Sept 1980, p257} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlenker, Rainer"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Bd2 d5 3. Qc1 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bh6 O-O 8. h4 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qa5 10. Kf1 d4 11. Nd5 Ng4 12. Qc1 e6 13. Nf4 h6 14. Ngh3 Kg7 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bf3 e5 17. Nd5 f6 18. a3 Qd8 19. b4 b6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. h5 g5 22. Bg2 Be6 23. Kg1 Ne7 24. Bf3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. bxc5 Rc8 27. e4 dxe3 28. Bxg4 f5 29. Be2 Bxh1 30. Kxh1 g4 31. Qxe3 Qd5+ 32. f3 gxh3 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Rxb6 f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Qg1+ Kf8 37. Rxh6 Rxf3 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Qa7+ Kf6 40. Rh6+ Kg5 41. Qg7+ Kh4 {Source: Schach-Echo, 1980/3, p43} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Van Antwerpen, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Miltner, Arndt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljic, Milan"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "King, Daniel John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne1 Be6 11. b3 Qg6 12. Nc2 f5 13. Ne3 f4 14. Nd5 Rf7 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. exd3 f3 17. Bxf3 Rxf3 18. Nxc7 Rc8 19. Nxe6 Rxd3 20. Rad1 Rxc3 21. Rxd6 Re8 22. Nc5 Nd4 23. Nxb7 Rc2 24. Ra6 e4 25. Rd6 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nd2 {Source: BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reid, Alan"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... Bd6) (4... c6) 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. Qe2+ $1 Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Kxe7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. O-O Nh5 12. Ne2 a5 13. a4 Kf8 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rf5 c6 20. Re1 f6 21. Rf2 Rd8 22. Rfe2 g6 23. c4 Nf4 24. Re7 Nd3 25. R1e6 Nf4 26. Re3 b5 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Rg8 31. Nf3 Nf7 32. Ra7 g5 33. Ree7 Rg7 34. b6 g4 35. Nh4 Rxd4 36. Nf5 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Nd6 38. Ra8+ {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sandmeier, Toni"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rc1 Qe6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Ng6 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Rc7 {Source: CHESS, Vol.45/841-2, Aug-Sept 1980, p262} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Silva Morales, Marco A"]
[Black "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Da Silva, Luiz Tavares"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[Annotator "Cafferty, B"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 g6 $2 (5... Be7) 6. d4 Bg7 $4 7. g4 $1 c5 ({Looks crazy, but if} 7... fxg3 8. Bg5 {wins at least a piece:} f6 $2 9. exf6+ {and wins the queen.}) 8. gxh5 g5 9. Rg1 h6 10. Bxf4 cxd4 11. Nbd2 Qa5 12. Qb5 Qc7 {Black could resign. White makes brutal use of the threat to exchange queens.} 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Nc4 a6 15. Qb6 Kd8 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5+ f6 18. exf6 Bf8 19. f7+ Be7 20. Bxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qf6 {Sources: Birmingham Mail, 5 January 1980; (part-game) CHESS, March 1980, Vol.45/833-4, p100/p132} (21. Qf6 Rf8 22. Rg8) 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hofman, Ron"]
[Black "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Kh2 e6 16. e4 Nb6 17. b3 exd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Be4 Bd7 20. Bd3 Qc8 21. h4 Ne8 22. Nde4 Bf5 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Bxd6 Ne5 25. Bxf8 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Bxe4 {Source: BrasilBase} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Grupe, Hans Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd3 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. a3 Rad8 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qb6 Qc8 17. e3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 g5 $1 19. Bxg5 Nd7 20. Qb3 Bxg5 21. Nxd5 Rde8 22. Bg4 Nc5 23. Qd1 f5 24. Bh5 Re6 25. h4 Bh6 26. Rc1 Ne4 27. Nb6 Qc7 28. Qb3 Nd4 $1 29. Qxe6+ Nxe6 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Rd7 Rf6 32. Nc8 $1 Ne6 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Bf8 35. Nd5 Rh6 36. Be2 N6c5 37. Rf7 Bg7 38. b4 Na4 39. Rc7 (39. Ra7 $16) 39... Bb2 40. Ne7 Rf6 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Bc4 Bxa3 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. g4 $1 fxg4 45. Rxg4 Rxf2 $2 46. Ng8+ Kh5 47. Rxe4 $18 Rf8 48. Be2+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kg7 50. Bxa6 Nc3 51. Rc4 Nd1 52. Nd5 Bb2 53. Bc8 (53. b5 $18) 53... Be5 54. b5 Rf2 55. Rg4+ Kh6 56. Rg5 (56. Rg2) 56... Bh2+ 57. Kh1 Bd6 58. b6 Rh2+ 59. Kg1 Rxh4 60. Rg2 $2 (60. Rg8 $18) 60... Nxe3 $1 61. Nxe3 Bc5 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Cafferty, Bernard"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 $6 7. e6 Bxe6 $2 8. d5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qxd5 Bg7 11. O-O (11. Nc3 $142) 11... O-O 12. c3 e6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Na3 d5 16. Bf4 f6 17. b4 Nc6 18. bxc5 e5 19. Bc1 f5 20. Rb1 f4 21. Rd1 e4 22. Ne1 f3 23. gxf3 Qh4 24. f4 Ne5 25. Rxd5 Ng4 26. Rg5 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Nh2 29. Bd2 Qf1+ 30. Kd1 Nf3 31. Rd5 Qxf2 32. Qxe4 Rae8 33. Re5 $2 {(clocks 2.27 - 2.18)} Qxd2# {Source: Bernard Cafferty} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tagnon, Nicole"]
[Black "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Antwerpen, B."]
[Black "Kiefer, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Qg3 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Qe3 b5 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. exf6 Bd6 20. Qh6 Bxh2+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.45/841-2, Aug-Sept 1980, p262} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Laven, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burbach, Reinhold"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[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. d3 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Rxe5 Qd7 15. a4 c5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rh5 f5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Rh5 Qf4 21. Rh3 Rh8 22. Rg3+ Kf7 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. Qe2 Ra6 28. Qb2+ Qe5 29. Nh7+ Rxh7 30. Rg6+ Kxg6 31. Qxe5 Bc6 32. Qe6+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kxf4 34. Qe3+ Kg4 35. Qd4+ Be4 36. dxe4 {Sources: BrasilBase; StarBase 4.56} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Upton, Timothy J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiefer, Gerhard"]
[Black "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Qa5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa3 Qc7 14. Re1 a6 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bh4 Na5 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Be5 Bc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qb4 Rc8 23. Qxb7 Qd6 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Qa2 Qa5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qa2 Qa5 28. Qb3 Qc7 {Source: BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Antwerpen, B."]
[Black "Brito, Luismar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[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 Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Nd4 Rfe8 14. Qe1 Rac8 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Bc1 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qb4 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. Rf1 Rec8 21. Bd2 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qc2 24. Rxb7 Bf8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 R5c7 27. Rxf7 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zivanovic, Ivan"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 Nh5 9. Nc4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bd7 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Kh2 h6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Qd2 g5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ncxe5 Ba4 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. c4 b6 23. Nxf7 $2 (23. Rd2 $14) 23... Kxf7 24. Re6 Qc5 25. Rde1 Kf8 26. b4 Qxb4 27. Ne5 Qxe1 28. Nd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxe1 Ng8 30. Qf5+ Nf6 31. Re6 Rf7 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qe6+ Re7 35. Qc6 Kf7 36. Qxc7 f3+ 37. Kf1 Bc3 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Black "Dubeck, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gralka, Julian"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Behrhorst, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Nec3 Bf5 12. d3 Bh3 13. b4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. e4 Ne6 19. Be3 f5 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. f3 Nc7 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norris, Alan J"]
[Black "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Be3 Bxg4 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rhg1 Rg8 17. Rdf1 axb5 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Nd5 Qc4 21. Nxf6+ Kd8 22. Nd5 Rxa2 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Rxg4 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Qd4+ 27. Ke2 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qxg4 29. Qxd6 Qg2+ 30. Ke3 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Rg2# {Source: BrasilBase} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Schlenker, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d5 Nce7 7. c5 f5 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6+ Bxe6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. O-O Kg8 15. Qe2 Kh7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bb3 d4 19. Bc1 d3 20. Qe1 Qd4 21. Be3 Qd6 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 e4 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxe4 Qe5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rxd3 Rad8 28. Qd1 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rf8 30. Bd4 Qf4 31. Be3 Qf6 32. Bd4 {Sources: StarBase 4.56; BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wallace, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Mueller, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Bajovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiefer, Gerhard"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Nf1 Qd7 10. g4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nh7 12. Ng3 Ng5 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nf5 Nf7 15. Nf1 Rfd8 16. N1g3 Kh7 17. Be3 g6 18. h4 $1 Qe8 19. g5 gxf5 20. g6+ $1 Kh8 21. gxf7 Qxf7 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd5 24. f3 Kh7 25. Qe4 h5 26. Bc4 Qa5 27. Rg1 Bc5 28. Rg6 $18 Qb6 29. Rh6+ Kg7 30. Rg6+ Kh7 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Qe2 Ne7 33. f4 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "Brito, Luismar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O b5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Kh1 Ne4 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 g6 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qa5 20. a3 Qa4 21. Rcc1 Rfe8 22. Bd1 Qc4 23. Be2 Qb3 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Rc5 26. Rcd1 Bg7 27. Rfe1 a5 28. h3 Rb8 29. Bf1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qf2 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Qa7 Qb7 34. Qa2 Rb3 35. Bh2 g5 36. Qc2 f4 37. Qf5 Qe7 38. Rc1 Rf8 39. Rc8 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Bd3 h6 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Bf5 Qf6 44. Be6 Ke7 45. Qc2 Qf8 46. Ra1 Nc6 47. Rf1 Nd4 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qc3 Ke7 50. Qc7+ Kf6 {Source: BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van't Hof, Arnold"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wolf, Walter"]
[Black "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Da Silva, Luiz T"]
[Black "Kerridge, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Black "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Wolf, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hofman, A."]
[Black "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Van't Hof, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Nf4 Nb6 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 Bf5 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg4 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d3 Qe7 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. O-O c5 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Nh4 e5 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ng4 17. d4 f6 18. h3 Nh6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Rd1 Qb7 22. Rd2 Nf7 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Rd8 25. Nb1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qc2 Nd6 28. Nc3 Kf7 29. Nd5 Nf5 30. b4 cxb4 31. axb4 Ne7 32. Nc3 h6 33. c5 Ne6 34. Ba3 Qc8 35. Ne4 Qd7 36. Qb3 Kg6 37. Qc2 Kf7 38. Nd6+ Kg8 39. Kh2 Nc8 40. Ne4 Kh8 41. Kg1 Ng5 42. Ng3 Kg8 43. h4 Ne6 44. Ne4 Qd8 45. h5 Ne7 46. Kf1 Ng5 47. Nxg5 hxg5 48. Ke2 Nc8 49. Qd3 Qe8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. g4 g6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Qe4+ Kg7 54. Qb7+ Kh6 55. f3 Kg6 56. Qd5 Qh8 57. Qd3+ Kg7 58. Qd7+ Kg6 59. Kd2 Qg8 {... drawn on move 72. Source: BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Cafferty, Bernard"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Ne6 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Na5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. b4 Kh8 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 Rg8 22. Kf1 Nef8 23. Bd3 e6 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. b5 Be8 26. Be2 Ne7 27. c5 d5 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Ra7 30. Be2 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. a4 Qe8 33. a5 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Bd4 Rga8 36. Ra1 Bxd4 37. Qxd4+ Kg8 38. Reb1 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rb6 Rc7 41. a6 d4 42. Bb5 {(sealed)} Bxb5+ 43. Rxb5 {Source: Bernard Cafferty} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 h6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 g6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qc2 Nxe5 16. h4 Nh7 17. Re1 Nd3 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 21. g3 Qd8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rh1 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Rxh4 26. gxh4 Qxh4 27. Qd1 Kg7 28. Nd2 Rh8 29. Nf1 Rh5 30. Qe1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rg5 32. Nd2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Re2+ 34. Qxe2 Qxa1 35. Kxd3 Qxb2 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. a4 Qb6 38. Qf6 Kg8 39. Qe7 Qa6+ 40. Ke3 Qxa4 41. Qxb7 a5 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 {Source: BrasilBase} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kerridge, Michael"]
[Black "Pioch, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lentze, Ingo"]
[Black "Wicker, Kevin J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Nf7# {Source: Sandwell Evening Mail / Birmingham Mail, 12 January 1980} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mueller, Hans"]
[Black "Norris, Alan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2q1k1/2R2p1p/Q5p1/8/1p2n3/1P3NP1/Pb4BP/3n2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1... Nc5 2. Qf1 Qe3+ 3. Kh1 Nf2+ 4. Kg1 Nce4 {followed by ...Nh3+ and ...Nef2+. Source: CHESS, March 1980, Vol.45/833-4, p100} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandmeier, Toni"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qc7 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qxc7 15. Rxc7 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Bh6 17. e3 Rxc7 18. Rxc7 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Ba3 e6 21. Bc5 Bd7 22. Bf1 Nc8 23. Bd3 b6 24. Ba3 f6 25. Nf3 Kf7 26. Kf1 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Ke2 Nd6 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Westphal, Roland"]
[Black "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brito, Luismar"]
[Black "Miltner, Arndt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bxd5 dxe5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qd5 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Nf3 Kf6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qc7 Bxc5 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Bg5+ Kg6 18. Qc2+ f5 19. Rad1 Nb8 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxd4 Rac8 23. Qe2 Rhe8 24. Nxf5 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxf5 26. Qg3+ Qg5 27. Qxg5+ Kxg5 28. Rd7 Rc2 29. Rxg7+ Kh6 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. Ra3 Rd8 32. Rh3+ Kg6 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. Rf3+ Kg7 35. a3 e5 36. h3 e4 37. Re3 Rd4 38. Rfe1 Rdd2 39. Rxe4 Rxf2 40. Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Ra2 43. Ra4 Kg5 44. Kg1 h6 45. Kh2 Rb2 46. Ra8 Ra2 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Enklaar, Bert F"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Black "Shutler, Stephen J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Mueller, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Black "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nd1 Qc6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Qg5 Qc7 19. Ne3 h6 20. Qf6 Rh7 21. b4 $1 Na4 22. Nxd5 $1 exd5 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Rae1 Qc3 27. Re7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Kc8 29. Qe6+ Kb8 30. Bg3+ {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Qf5 14. Rab1 Rc8 15. Rxb6 h6 16. Bh4 Qd3 17. Rb7 c5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxc4 21. Qa3 Nc6 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Rc5 Qe4 24. Qc3 Nd8 25. Re7 Rxc5 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. dxc5 Rb8 28. Kh2 f6 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 e5 31. Nb3 Nc6 32. Rxb8 Nxb8 33. Na5 Kg8 34. c6 Na6 35. g4 Kf7 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. Ke3 g6 39. f3 Kd6 40. g3 Nb4 41. Nc4+ Kxc6 42. a3 Kd5 43. Nxe5 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Kxe5 45. Kxc2 Kd4 46. Kd2 a5 47. Ke2 Kc3 48. Ke3 Kb3 49. Kd3 Kxa3 50. Kc3 f5 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. f4 h5 {Source: BrasilBase} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santoy, Claude"]
[Black "Kerridge, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Upton, Timothy J"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "Cafferty, B"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b4r/2P2kpp/2Q5/5p2/4pP2/1q2B3/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{White only drew after} 1. Qd5+ {, etc. Source: CHESS, March 1980, Vol.45/833-4, p100} (1. Rd7+ Bxd7 2. Qxd7+ Kg6 3. Bd4 $1 Qd1+ 4. Kf2 e3+ 5. Kxe3 Qe1+ 6. Kf3 Qe4+ 7. Kg3 Kh5 8. h3 $1 {wins. Cafferty}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ardin, Mark Stephen"]
[Black "Garcia Olasagasti, Leontxo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dietrich, Alexander"]
[Black "James, Geoffrey H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Denman Collection"]
[Source "Brian Denman"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qe2 b5 $6 6. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 $4 (6... d5 $11) 7. Bd5 a5 8. Bxa8 e6 9. Qxb5+ Bd7 10. Qd3 a4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 Bb5 13. Qg3 Qa6 14. d5 Nf6 15. Qf3 e5 16. Bc6+ Nxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne2 Nxe4 19. O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 d5 21. Rad1 f5 22. Bb4 Rd8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe8 25. Qc5 d4 26. Qe7 $2 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 Rc8 28. f4 Rxc2 29. fxe5 d3 30. Bb4 Rxb2 31. a3 Re2 32. Rxe2 dxe2 33. Rd5 Bc4 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 Bxe5 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Ke1 Bb5 38. Ra5 Bc6 39. Kxe2 Ke6 40. Ra6 Kd5 41. Kd2 f4 42. Kc2 Bg1 43. h4 h5 44. Kd1 Bf2 {Source: G H James (Denman Collection)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Lucena, Lincoln"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Qb3 Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Ra3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Na6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. e4 Rb8 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Rxb3 17. Rxb3 Nd7 18. Ra1 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb7 20. Nbd4 Qa8 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Bc3 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Rb5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb6 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Nb3 Nc4 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Nc6 Re8 30. f3 f5 31. exf5 Re2 32. Nd8 Ne3 33. Ne6+ Kh6 34. Nf4 Rb2 35. Nxc5 {Source: BrasilBase} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schlenker, Rainer"]
[Black "Finlayson, Shaun G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Ng5 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d5 8. Qf3 Qd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bxc7 Na6 13. Bg3 Qf7 14. Qb3 e6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Nd2 a5 18. Rad1 Ra6 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Qf3 Bf6 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qh6 Ne4 24. Ng4 Bxb2 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qc7 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Nd7 Rd6 29. Nf6+ Kf7 {Sources: StarBase 4.56; BrasilBase} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Xmas A 1979/80"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nolden, Hans Dieter"]
[Black "Barnard, Paul E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 b6 13. Rab1 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bd3 15. Rbd1 Bxe4 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Be2 c4 20. Qc2 Qxd5 21. Qa4 Qb7 22. Bf4 b5 23. Qb4 a6 24. Bf1 Nf3+ {Source: Reading Evening Post, 5 January 1980} 0-1

