[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins, John G"]
[Black "Nederkoorn, Kees"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d5 10. d3 Bg4 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 d4 13. Ba4 Nxa5 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. d4 Nh5 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Nd2 Rab8 22. Bd7 Rb6 23. Bg4 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rh6+ {Source: The Times, 1 August 1963} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davis, Michael E"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. f4 c6 10. O-O e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qd4 d5 14. cxd5 Bc5 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Hempson, Peter W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Wood, BH"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Towards the close of the Northern Open Championship at Whitby, I asked round among the players which was their most interesting game. Here is one of those which were nominated; I need not say who by.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 {It must be extremely rare for Black to castle queen’s side in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Here, of course, the move holds a direct threat. Golombek in his report to The Times, ascribed his loss to trying to avoid a draw. Our readers might like to play the sleuth and try to find out which juncture of the game he was referring to.} 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. g3 Neg4 15. h3 O-O-O 16. hxg4 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Bd4 ({It is suddenly apparent that White has gone astray . . . Black just keeps on capturing; for instance,} 20. f3 {, on which Golombek had probably relied as an answer to this, would let in} Qxg3+ {with far too much play for Black.}) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. Bc2 Nd6 23. Bd3 a5 24. g5 h6 25. g6 fxg6 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. f4 Bd5 28. Bxg6 Nf5 29. Qd3 Bc5 30. Qc3 Rf6 31. Bh5 Kd7 32. Qd3 g6 33. Bd1 Nd6 34. Bg4 Ke7 35. Qa6 Bb7 36. Qa7 Rf8 {Source: Illustrated London News, 31 August 1963} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wood, Christopher Baruch"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. b4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Ne6 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. g3 Qf6 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Nh2 c5 18. Ng4 Qg6 19. a3 b5 20. Qe3 c4 21. Bc2 Ng5 22. f4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 exf4 24. gxf4 Ne6 25. f5 Qg5 26. Qh3 h6 27. fxe6 Rf4 28. Rg1 Raf8 29. Qh5 Rxe4+ 30. Kd1 Qe3 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ {Source: The Times, 2 August 1963 - n.b. the score looks very unlikely} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Black "Sunnucks, Patricia Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bd6 Qa5 15. c4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. e5 Qc3 18. Re1 Ra4 19. Be4 g6 20. Re3 Qa5 21. h4 Bb7 22. h5 Rd4 23. Qf3 Rxd6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. exd6 Nd4 26. Qd1 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 e5 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rae1 Qb4 32. R1e2 Qxd6 33. Rxh7 Qc5 34. Rxd7 b4 35. Rd2 Ke5 36. f4+ Ke4 37. Re7+ Kf3 38. Rf2+ Kxg3 39. Re5 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Basman, Michael John"]
[Black "Nederkoorn, Kees"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 f6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 fxe5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. Nxe5 N8d7 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. b4 Bg4 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qe5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Rc1 Nf8 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Nxg7 Kf6 28. Nh5+ {Source: The Times, 5 August 1963} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Ngf3 h5 8. Qc2 f5 9. O-O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Rxd2 d6 12. h4 Nd7 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. e3 Nf6 15. Bh4 Qg6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. g3 h4 18. Rxh4 Rxh4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Bg2 Rb8 22. f4 Ke7 23. Qe2 c6 24. Qf2 Qh7 25. Rd1 {Source: Schach Echo 1963, 267. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 30 August 2024.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Black "Ripley, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. f4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qh3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Be3+ 13. Kb1 Bxf4 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rhe1 Nb4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Rd4 Bh6 18. g4 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qa5 20. a3 Nxc2 21. Kxc2 Bxb5 22. g5 Rxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Re3 Qxa3 25. gxh6 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qb2+ 28. Ke1 Rxc3 29. Ng5 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke1 Ra3 32. Rd1 Ra2 33. Ne4 Ba4 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qf3 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 Qc6 6. Na3 Qxc4 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Bf4 Bb4+ 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. e3 b5 12. Na3 a6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Rhc1 O-O 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxc6 Nb4 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rb6 Bxa2 22. Nc2 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Bc4+ 24. Kd2 d5 25. Nb4 f5 26. g3 g5 27. Nc6 Rde8 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Kh8 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Rg1 a5 32. Rg5 Rg7 33. h4 Rxg5 34. hxg5 Ra8 35. Rb7 a4 36. Nd7 Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kd8 40. g6 Kc8 41. Rh7 {Source: The Times, 5 August 1963} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Holmes, Hugh Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. f4 O-O 8. O-O Qe8 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Rc1 Bd8 11. Nd5 e4 12. Bc3 exd3 13. exd3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Re1 Qg6 16. Qd2 h6 17. b4 Bf6 18. b5 Nd8 19. Qb2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Qb2 a6 24. b6 c6 25. Bg2 Ne6 26. Nf2 Rb8 27. Nd1 c5 28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Nd5 Re8 30. Qd2 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nc6 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. a3 Kh8 34. Qe3 Kh7 35. Bf3 Qf7 36. h3 Nd4 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38. Nxe7 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 g6 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Nd5 Kf7 42. Nc7 Be6 $2 43. Nxa6 Bd7 44. d4 Bc6 45. Nc7 Bg2 46. a4 cxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Bxh3 48. a5 Bg2 49. a6 bxa6 50. Nd5 {Source: Liverpool Daily Post, 10 August 1963} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hempson, Peter W"]
[Black "Scholes, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nf4 Qe5 16. Ra3 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb1 h6 19. Ne2 a5 20. b5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. Qa1 Rce7 25. Ra4 Nc4 26. Ra2 Re1 27. Raf2 Nd2 28. Bxd2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Bc4 30. Rb1 a4 31. Bc2 a3 32. Rb4 Qxb4 33. cxb4 a2 34. Bh7+ Kxh7 35. Nc2 Bxb5 36. Bc3 Bd3 37. Na1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Ne3 39. g4 Nd1 40. Rg2 Bf1 41. Rg3 Re2 42. Bf4 Bh3 {Source: CHESS, 30 September 1963, Vol.29/443-444, p405} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Bxd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. b3 a5 15. a4 Bg6 16. Qc1 Ne4 17. Ba1 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Basman, Michael John"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Basman, Michael J"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{... one article caught my eye, on the Sicilian Morra Gambit. It began: 'The younger Yugoslav masters have been causing havoc among the opposition by the use of a new gambit...', followed by examples including one where Matulovic had mashed up Barcza in about 10 moves or so. This was enough for me, and I proceeded to wreak havoc among my opponents for several years. Now it was BH's turn. The game began} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 $2 ({This is a well-known mistake, as you can check out if you look up the books on the Morra Gambit. Black is meant to play} 6... e6 {here, to blunt the action of the white bishop!}) 7. e5 $1 dxe5 ({Black is in trouble. He can even lose his queen if he falls for} 7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8) 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nb5 {This was about as far as I could remember in the book and I began to wonder what the article had suggested I do after 9...Rb8. Clearly I had a good attack, but how was I to finish Black off? So I went to Paul Durrant (my manager at the time) and asked him to go back to my hotel room and look up the article. Some time later Durrant returned, trailing the slip of paper guiltily in his hand, and tried to give it to me. 'Go and look it up and find out what happens after 9 Nb5,' I hissed. 'That's all it says,' he said, 'just 9 Nb5 with a good attack. The analysis stops there.' Crestfallen, I returned to the board. B.H. Wood was still thinking. After a while he decided not to play 9...Rb8 but} Be6 {, which amounted in effect to the sacrifice of a rook. Despite the material advantage, I gradually lost control of the game as BH centralised all his pieces, including his king, and I was rather relieved when he finally offered me a draw several moves later. (Source: Kingpin No. 20, Spring 1993, p10, article entitled 'Confessions of a Crooked Chess Master' by IM Michael Basman)  "There was some lively chess in the seventh round of the Northern Open Tournament here today, and it seemed that contestants had profited from their weekend rest to produce some interest­ing, if far from flawless, games. This applied in particular to the game between the leader, B. H. Wood, and his young opponent, Basman. The latter caught Wood in an opening trap and soon established a won position, but then missed several opportunities and had to be content witfh a draw." (Golombek in The Times, 6 August 1963)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 f4 16. Qe2 Bxa8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. O-O-O Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc6 20. Bd5 Bg7 21. Qc3 Kc7 22. f3 Kb7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Rgd1 Rc7 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Qc4 Qc5 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Rc4 Qd6 31. Rd1 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qc6 34. Qd3 Kc7 35. c4 d6 36. b4 Bf8 37. Qc2 Be7 38. a4 Bh4 39. Kd1 Be7 40. Ke2 Kb8 41. Qb3 Qc8 42. a5 Qh3 43. Kd1 e4 44. Qc3 Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 exf3 46. Ke1 Kc7 47. Kf2 Bf6 48. axb6+ axb6 49. Kxf3 Be5 50. b5 Kd7 51. h3 h5 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Ra2 Kf5 54. Ra7 g5 55. Rf7+ Bf6 56. Rf8 g4+ 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rf8 Ke5 61. Rf7 Ke6 62. Rf8 Be5 63. Kf2 Bd4+ 64. Kg2 Ke5 65. Rg8 Kf5 66. Rf8+ Ke4 67. Rg8 g3 68. Re8+ Kd3 69. Kf3 Bf2 70. Re6 Kxc4 71. Rxd6 Kxb5 72. Rg6 Be3 73. Rg7 Kb4 74. Rg8 b5 75. Ke4 Kc3 76. Kf3 b4 77. Rc8+ Kb2 78. Rg8 Kc2 79. Ke2 b3 80. Rc8+ Kb1 81. Rg8 Bc1 82. Kd1 Ba3 83. Rg4 Ka2 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. f4 Rac8 13. Qf2 b5 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Rfe1 a5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxc2 26. Rxe6 Bg5 27. Re5 Bf6 28. Rd5 Bxd4+ 29. R5xd4 Rxb2 30. Rd7 Rf3 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. R8d7+ Kg6 33. R7d6+ Rf6 34. R6d4 h5 35. g4 h4 36. g5 Rf3 37. Rxh4 Rg3+ 38. Kh1 Rxa3 39. Rh8 Kxg5 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rf1+ Ke5 42. Re1+ Kd6 43. Rg1 a4 44. Rh5 Rd3 {Source: Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres & Alexander Kotov, London 1964, p22-25} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, Ronald"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. O-O g6 11. b4 Ne6 12. Bh4 Ng7 {Source: Norman Stephenson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Van Perlo, Gerard Cornelis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7 15. Ba3 Qh4 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 e4 18. Be2 Re6 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. d5 Rg6 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. Qd4 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6 24. d6 h5 25. Rb5 Qh6 26. h4 Bd7 27. Rxb7 Bxa4 28. Bf4 {Source: The Times, 9 August 1963} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wood, Christopher Baruch"]
[Black "Van Enk, Dick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qd3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. f3 Rf6 21. Re2 Bxf3 22. Rf2 Bxg3 {Sources: The Times, 9 August 1963; Gloucester Citizen, 17 August 1963} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Holmes, Hugh Douglas"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. c3 Ne6 14. Ne2 Ng5 15. Qe3 Bxg2 16. Nxb6 f4 17. Qc5 axb6 18. Qxb6+ Ke8 19. Qb8+ Qd8 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rg1 f3 22. Bd5 e4 23. Nf4 Bg7 24. Nxg2 Nh3 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bb3 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Be5 28. h3 Nf4 29. d4 exd3 30. Rg5 Nf5 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rg4 g5 33. Bd5 h5 34. Rxf4 gxf4 35. Bxf3 Nd6 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Rxd3 Nc4 38. Rd4 Nxb2 39. Rxf4 Rc8 40. Bxh5 Rxc3 41. Rf3 Rc5 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Be2 Nc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. Rd3 Ra4 46. Rxd7 Rxa2 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Rd1 Rb2 49. Kg3 Rb3+ 50. Kg4 Rb2 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. f4 Rg2+ 53. Kf5 Ra2 54. Rg6+ Kf7 55. Rg3 Ra5+ 56. Kg4 Ra1 57. h4 Kg6 58. h5+ Kf6 59. h6 Kg6 60. Rh3 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Kh7 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf5 Ra1 64. Re3 Kxh6 65. Kf6 Ra6+ 66. Re6 Ra2 67. Kf7+ Kh7 68. f5 Ra7+ 69. Re7 Ra8 70. f6 Kh6 71. Rd7 Kh7 72. Rd1 Ra7+ 73. Ke8 Kg6 74. f7 Ra8+ {Source: Norman Stephenson} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northern Major Fortnight"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Maarnen, A"]
[Black "Crookes, S(tanley?)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nf3 Bf2+ 14. Ke2 Qe3# {Source: Yorkshire Evening Post, 8 August 1963 (Ronnie Ives column)} 0-1

[Event "Northern Bank Holiday"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seppings, John L"]
[Black "Durrant, Paul Eric Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Qe2 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. e5 Ne4 19. f6 Nxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 {Source: Yorkshire Evening Post, 15 September 1963 (Ronnie Ives column)} 1-0

