[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anstead, Jeremy A"]
[Black "Argyris, Nicholas JC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 b5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. cxb5 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Qa5 10. exf6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxf6 13. f3 e5 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Rc1 c4 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nh3 a6 18. b6 Nd7 19. Be3 h6 20. Rb1 d4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Rae8 23. Nf2 Bd5 24. Rb2 Ne5 25. O-O Ng6 26. Rfb1 Nf4 27. Bf1 Qg6 28. b7 Bxf3 29. b8=Q Rxb8 30. Rxb8 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxd4 32. Bxc4+ Kh7 33. Bd3 Bxg2+ 34. Kg1 Be4+ (34... Nf3#) 35. Kf1 Bxd3+ 36. Ke1 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Murphy, Ross C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Basman, Michael John"]
[Black "Cooper, Neill S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. h3 Na5 12. Nd4 Rxc3 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. bxc3 a6 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Qg5 Qxc3 21. Rb1 Kf7 22. h4 Qa3 23. h5 Rg8 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxe5 g5 26. Re1 Qxa2 27. c4 Nc6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Be4 Qa3 30. Bd5 {Source: Basman scoresheet (https://michael-basman-legacy.github.io/scoresheets/1972/Hexagon%20North%20Devon%20Congress%2020-10-72.pdf) - this is a slightly longer version of the game than the one published previously - JS} 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berry, Stephen H"]
[Black "Brangham, Godfrey V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 Na5 8. Bg2 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Qh5 b4 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Rd2 Bxb2 21. Rfd1 Rb5 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. e5 d5 24. Qh5 Qe7 25. g4 g6 26. Qh3 a5 27. Bf2 Qf8 28. Bh4 Rd7 29. Bf6 Rc7 30. Rd3 Nb8 31. Qh4 Nd7 32. Rh3 Nxf6 33. exf6 h6 34. Qxh6 Qxh6 35. Rxh6 Bxf6 36. f5 Bg7 37. Rh4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rxc2 39. Ng3 Rbc5 40. Nh5 Rc1 41. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Be5 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Ng3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruce, Rowena Mary"]
[Black "White, WL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxb2 15. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burrows, L"]
[Black "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bd1 Nb3 13. Bxb3 cxb3 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rc2 19. Rxc2 bxc2 20. Ne1 Qb3 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 e5 23. g4 exd4 24. gxf5 dxe3 25. Nxc2 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bxc3 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 b5 30. Ke4 Bb2 31. Nc2 f5+ 32. Kf3 a5 33. h3 Be5 34. Ke2 Kh6 35. Ne1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Nd3 b3 38. Kd1 Bd4 39. Kc1 f4 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dennis, Nigel W"]
[Black "Ditmas, Hugh G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[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. h3 Kh8 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. d4 Bd6 15. Re1 Qh4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qf1 Bd3 20. Rxe8 Bxf1 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Kxf1 Qh5 23. Nf3 f6 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Bg3 Kg8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Re2 Qb1+ 28. Ne1 Qxa2 29. Nd3 Qb1+ 30. Ne1 b4 31. c4 dxc4 32. d5 Qd1 33. Re6 a5 34. Bc7 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dewdney, MJR"]
[Black "Gregory, RJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. Bxb4 Rc8 12. Nd6 Rc7 13. Qc2 (13. d5) 13... a5 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne5 b5 17. Bf3 d5 18. b3 Ne4 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng4 bxc4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Rxe6 c3 26. Rae1 Nb4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Re1 Re7 31. Kf1 Re4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. f4 exf3+ 35. gxf3 Kd5 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. f4 Kd5 38. a4 bxa3 39. Kxc3 Ke4 40. b4 a2 41. Kb2 Kxd4 42. b5 Kc5 43. f5 Kd5 44. Kxa2 Ke5 45. b6 Kxf5 46. b7 Kg5 47. b8=Q h5 48. Qd6 h4 49. Kb3 h6 50. Kc3 Kh5 51. h3 Kg5 52. Qe6 h5 53. Kd4 Kf4 54. Qe5+ Kf3 55. Qxh5+ Kg3 56. Qg4+ Kh2 57. Ke3 Kh1 58. Kf2 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garrett, GR"]
[Black "Boyce, James R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc5 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Nb5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 a6 23. Nd6 Bc7 24. Nexf7 Bd5 25. f3 e5 26. Nxe5 Bxd6 27. Nd3 Bc4 28. Nb2 Bb5 29. e4 Be5 30. h3 Nh5 31. Kf2 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Bxb2 33. Bd2 Bxa3 34. Ke3 Bb2 35. f4 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. Kf3 Ba4 38. e5 Ke6 39. Be3 Bc3 40. Bxb6 Bxb4 41. g3 Be1 42. Bd4 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jarrett, David C"]
[Black "Kay, AC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qxd4 8. c3 Qb6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. a4 Nd5 17. a5 Qxb2 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rab1 Qa2 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Rxb7 Qxa5 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lemon, Richard C"]
[Black "Foster, JL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Nd2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Ba6 15. Qe2 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Na6 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. h4 Kh7 21. h5 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. g4 Rca7 25. Rc2 Ra3 26. Rd1 Bd4 27. f3 g5 28. Bg3 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxa2 30. e5 Rxc2 31. Qe4+ Kg7 32. Qxc2 Rf8 33. Qe4 Nc8 34. Re1 Qb7 35. exd6 exd6 36. Re3 Rf7 37. Be1 Ne7 38. Bc3+ Kg8 39. Qe6 Qxd5 40. Qxh6 Rh7 41. Qe6+ Rf7 42. Qd7 Ng6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. f4 Nxf4 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Qg8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Mann, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nb5 d3 13. Ng5 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Bg6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6+ Kd7 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 18. Rxf7+ Kc8 19. Rc7+ Qxc7 20. dxc7 N8d7 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Qe6+ Nbd7 23. Re1 a5 24. Qe7 Ra6 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Qe7 Rc6 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Re6 b6 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Rg6 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abadi, R"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Argyris, Nicholas JC"]
[Black "Bloodworth, Kenneth John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 (13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6) 14. Nb3 (14. Qf1) 14... Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g5 (15... Ne5) 16. Qd3 Rf7 (16... Qh6 17. Kg1 (17. Bxg5 Qxh2)) 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 (17... Qg7 18. Re1 Bg4 (18... Bf5 19. Qxd5) (18... Re8 19. Nc5) (18... Ne5 19. Rxe5) 19. Bh4) 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Hatch, CB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. dxc5 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Nc5 Nf5 16. c3 O-O 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Re8+ 19. Kd2 Rae7 20. Rhe1 g5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Ra3 Kf8 23. Rb3 Rc7 24. Rb6 Ke7 25. Nxa6 Bxa6 26. Rxa6 Rb7 27. Rb6 Ra7 28. b4 Kd7 29. Rb8 Ke6 30. Kc3 f6 31. Re8+ Kd6 32. Re2 Kd7 33. Ra2 Kc7 34. b5 cxb5 35. Kb4 Kd6 36. a6 Kc6 37. Ka5 b4 38. Rc2+ Kd6 39. Kb6 Ra8 40. Kb7 Rd8 41. a7 Rd7+ 42. Kb6 Rd8 43. Rb2 Rc8 44. Rxb4 Kd7 45. Ra4 Ra8 46. Kb7 Rxa7+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackstock, Leslie Steven F"]
[Black "Osmond, MD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Nfxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Kh7 17. O-O Qe7 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Bg4 Raf8 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qf7+ 23. Ke1 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qg6 25. Bf2 b6 26. Ke2 h5 27. Qf5 g4 28. Bh4 Bf8 29. Bd8 Qxf5 30. exf5 Kg7 31. a4 Kf7 32. Bxc7 Kf6 33. Bb8 a6 34. Bc7 Kxf5 35. Bxb6 e4 36. b4 Ke5 37. a5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ditmas, Hugh G"]
[Black "Wedderspoon, AD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. d4 fxg2 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qxg2 Bd6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Nd2 Qe2 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd5+ Ke7 21. Qf5 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Bg6 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qd7+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fox, Terry C"]
[Black "Bennett, Gerald H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. e4 Bf4 14. Rb1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. cxd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Qf5 Be5 20. Nb5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nf6 22. Nxa7 Rc5 23. Rc2 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Nd2 Re1+ 27. Nf1 h6 28. f3 Bb7 29. Kf2 Ra1 30. Ne3 Ba6 31. Nc8 Bd3 32. Rd2 Bg6 33. Nxb6 Nh5 34. g3 f5 35. Nbd5 f4 36. Nxf4 Nxf4 37. gxf4 Bb1 38. a4 Bg6 39. Rb2 Kf7 40. f5 Bh7 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Kf4 Bg8 43. Ke5 Re1 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. b4 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gilbert, Colin"]
[Black "Bruce, Rowena Mary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. Re1 Nge7 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 Kh7 9. Nf1 d6 10. Ng3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 (11... gxf5 12. Nh5) 12. Bd5 Nce7 13. Be4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 d5 15. Ng5+ hxg5 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Qxg6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Basman, Michael John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Nf8 9. h3 Ne6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Qd8 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ncd7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Rab1 a5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 a4 23. Bb5 Nb6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa7 27. Bc3 Rcb8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ f6 30. Bc4 Bc8 31. Kh2 Rb6 32. Rd2 Qa5 33. Qe3 Ba6 34. Ba2 Rab8 35. f4 c4 36. Rc2 c3 37. Qxc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Bc4 Bb7 41. Bd3 f5 42. Rc7 Kf6 43. Kg1 e5 44. dxe6 Bxe4 45. e7 Kf7 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Rc4 d5 48. Rd4 Rb5 49. Rxa4 Kxe7 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Ra6 d4 52. Ra4 Rd3 53. Ke2 Kd6 54. Ra5 Rb3 55. Re5 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 e3 57. g4 g5 58. Re4 gxf4 59. Rxd4+ Ke5 60. Rb4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Innes-Reid, John V"]
[Black "Damant, Charles Ambrose S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. O-O Bc5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Bg4 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Nh2 a5 15. f4 Bxa2 16. f5 Nh8 17. Ng4 Bf7 18. Rf3 Bh5 19. Rg3 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Nf7 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Kh1 Nd6 24. Qg3 a4 25. Rh4 Nf7 26. Qe3 Ng5 27. d4 exd4 28. Nf4 Qf7 29. Qxd4 Rgd8 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qd4 Red8 32. Qb4 Kg8 33. Rg4 b5 34. h4 h5 35. Rg3 Nh7 36. Ne6 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. cxd3 g4 41. Qd2 Qf6 42. Qf2 Qg5 43. g3 Qd8 44. d4 Ng5 45. Rc1 Nxe4 46. Qe3 Qd5 47. Kh2 h4 48. gxh4 g3+ 49. Kg1 Qxf5 50. Kg2 Qd5 51. Re1 Nd6+ 52. Qf3 Qxd4 53. Qxg3+ Qg7 54. Qxg7+ Kxg7 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Rxc7 Nc4 57. Rxc6 Nxb2 58. Rb6 Nc4 59. Rxb5 a3 60. Rb8+ Kh7 61. Ra8 Kh6 62. Ra4 Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Nc2 64. Kg4 Ne3+ 65. Kh3 Nc2 66. Ra5 Kg6 67. h5+ Kh6 68. Kh4 Nd4 69. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patterson, MG"]
[Black "Newman, Ralph Herbert Thoma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Rb1 c6 9. b4 Qc7 10. b5 d5 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. cxd5 e4 15. Ncxe4 Ncxe4 16. dxe4 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Rd1 Be6 20. e4 Qc8 21. exd5 Bg4 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Be4 Re8 24. Bf4 Qa6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+ Bf8 31. Qe8 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomlinson, PG"]
[Black "Imlach, RF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. e4 Be6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Nd4 17. Qd1 b6 18. Nd5 Rxa2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bb2 Qd8 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qb3 Ra5 23. c5 Rxc5 24. Bxe6+ Kg7 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. Rfc1 g5 27. h3 h5 28. Be6 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Be5 30. Bf5 c5 31. Ra1 Rf7 32. Qe6 Bf6 33. f4 Qe7 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Ra8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "White, WL"]
[Black "Yu, NC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e5 6. d3 d4 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 Bf5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bxc5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e4 12. Qe3 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Gilbert, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Basman, Michael John"]
[Black "Burton, Colin G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bf4 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Qf3 e5 16. Nc5 Qf5 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 exf4 20. Nxf8 {Source: Basman scoresheet (https://michael-basman-legacy.github.io/scoresheets/1972/Hexagon%20North%20Devon%20Congress%2020-10-72.pdf)} 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Biddick, Edwin Ian Samuel"]
[Black "Hitchcock, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. d4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bf4 a6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 N8d7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rc2 g5 17. g3 Bb8 18. Qe3 Rg8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe3 Bf4 23. Qe2 g4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Ke7 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Rc4 Qf3 29. Qd2 h5 30. Be4 Qf8 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rf4 Qd8 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Qh6+ Kxe5 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bricken, A"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Griffiths, Peter C"]
[Source "Matthew Tapp"]
[SourceDate "2008.02.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bxf3 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. gxf3 Nf6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Na5 f5 15. b3 f4 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. Be5 Bb4 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nb2 Rf7 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. b4 g5 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Nf6 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. Bd4 Re8 27. Rfd1 Ree7 28. a3 h5 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. h3 Re6 32. Bb2 Nb6 33. Bd4 Nc4 34. Re1 Ke8 35. Rb3 Rd7 36. Rd3 Nxa3 37. c3 Nc4 38. Re2 a5 39. bxa5 c5 40. Ra2 Ra6 41. h4 gxh4 42. Kh3 cxd4 43. cxd4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cooper, AJ"]
[Black "Foster, JL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Foster"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O (7. Ng5 Nh6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qh5 O-O 10. h3 (10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 (12. Bb3 Ng6) 12... Bxg5) (10. Bxf7+ Rxf7) 10... Nd4 11. f4 b5 12. Bd5 b4) 7... Be7 8. b4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 b6 14. Be3 Nb7 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 17. Be2 Qd8 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qa2 Bf6 21. Ne1 Qe8 22. Nc2 Kh8 23. Nb4 Qf7 24. Bd3 g5 25. Be2 Rg8 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Rg1 f4 28. Bd2 g4 29. Qa3 Ne4 30. Be1 gxh3 31. gxh3 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Qg6 34. Bf3 Bxh3+ 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. Kd1 Bf5 37. Be2 Qg1 38. Nd3 f3 39. Bxf3 Nxd3 40. Qc3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harding, Timothy David"]
[Black "Binks, Michael E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qd7 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qf2 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qd2 b4 18. g4 h6 19. Kg2 d5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. Qf3 f6 23. Rfb1 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rfd8 25. Ra4 Ra7 26. Rba1 Rda8 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Be1 Bxe1 29. Kxe1 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Rc1 Ra6 32. h4 Rc6 33. Qg1 Kc8 34. Ke2 Kb7 35. Kf3 Qe7 36. Qg2 Qf7 37. Rca1 Rc5 38. Qd2 Qe8 39. Rh1 Ra6 40. Raa1 Rac6 41. Rac1 Qf7 42. Rh2 Kc8 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 g6 46. Rh6 gxf5 47. exf5 fxg5 48. Rxd6 cxd6 49. Qxg5 Kb7 50. f6 Rc8 51. Qf5 Rg8+ 52. Kf3 Rg6 53. Qe4+ d5 54. Qh4 Rxf6+ 55. Ke2 Rf4 56. Qg3 Qh5+ 57. Kd2 Rg4 58. Qf2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, John H"]
[Black "Young, Melvyn Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc4 Qc8 11. Kh2 Ne8 12. Ne3 Rb8 13. c3 b5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. Nd2 a5 16. f4 Qc7 17. Ndc4 Kh8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 e6 21. Rf2 Rb7 22. Bg5 Ra7 23. Qh5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bf4 Bg7 26. Bh6 f6 27. Raf1 a4 28. Bxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Rodney Ewan"]
[Black "Krimer, G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 d6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. O-O d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. d4 Rad8 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Qc2 Bh5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bf4 17. e5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lee, Robert Andrew"]
[Black "Heasman, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. g4 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g5 e6 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 Ng4 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Bd4 b5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nf3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4+ Rxc4 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Rh3 Qb7 24. Rd3 b4 25. Na4 Qe4 26. Ka1 Ne3 27. Nb6 Rxd4 28. Nd7 Qxd3 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc8 32. b3 Ng4 33. Rxd6 Nxf6 34. Rxf6+ Ke7 35. Rxa6 Rc1+ 36. Kb2 Re1 37. a4 bxa3+ 38. Rxa3 Re4 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. h5 Nxh5 41. Rxh7 Nxf4 42. Ka3 Re3 43. Rh6 Kg7 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "McCarthy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 (6. e5 Ng4 7. Qd2 dxe5 8. fxe5 c5) 6... c5 7. Qd3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. exf6 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bxa2+ 18. Ka1 Bxd4 19. Nxg5 Be3 20. Kxa2 Bxg5 21. Rd7 Rac8 22. Kb3 Rfe8 23. Bf3 (23. Bc4) 23... Re7 24. Rhd1 Rc7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd4 Kg7 27. Rc4 Rd7 28. Rc8 g5 29. Bg4 Rd4 30. Rc4 Rd5 31. Rc7 Rb5+ 32. Ka2 Bf6 33. c3 Be5 34. Rd7 Kg6 35. h3 h5 36. Be2 Ra5+ 37. Kb3 f5 38. Rxb7 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Rb5 Rxb5+ 41. Bxb5 f4 42. Bc6 Kf5 43. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roberts, FR"]
[Black "Scott, Peter R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Na5 5. Bb5 c6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Be7 8. b4 Nb7 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxb4 14. Bb3 Qd8 15. cxb4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxa1 18. Qxc6+ Kd8 19. Qxb7 Rc8 20. Bxa7 Nd7 21. Qd5 Re8 22. Bb6+ Rc7 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Ne5 25. Qd5 Kf6 26. Rf1+ Kg6 27. Bxc7 Ng4 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qxe8 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. h3 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb1 34. Bf4+ g5 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Bf7+ Kh4 37. g3# 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schofield, Kenneth Stanley"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 e6 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. a3 a5 9. Qc1 Nf5 10. h4 h5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nf3 a4 13. Bc3 e5 14. e3 Nfe7 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Nf5 17. d5 Re8+ 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Bh3 Bd7 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Kg2 Rae8 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Qf4 Qd3 27. Nxa4 Rf5 28. Rhd1 Qb3 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spurgeon, Ronald E"]
[Black "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rde1 e5 13. f5 Rb8 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nd1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxg5 17. Bxc6 Bf6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Re3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfd8 21. Rb3 Qc5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne3 Qb5 24. b3 Qe2 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 g6 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. g3 Kg7 30. h4 Bf6 31. Ne3 g5 32. h5 d5 33. Ng4 h6 34. Re1 Re8 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Ng4 Re8 37. Ne3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Argyris, Nicholas JC"]
[Black "Parr, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Argyris"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qb6 7. Be2 (7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Qd3) 7... e5 8. Nb3 (8. Nf3 Ng4) 8... Nc6 9. f5 h6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Bc4 Be7 (11... Qc7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Qc5) 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Rb1 Qc5 (16... d3) 17. Bxh6 Re8 18. Kd1 Re5 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bb5 (21... Rc7 22. Rf2 (22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Bxg7 Be8 25. Qxf6 Rxg7)) 22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. f6 Kf8 24. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Innes-Reid, John V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qg3 Bc5 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 g5 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Rad1 b6 14. d4 O-O-O 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe2 Kb7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Qe2 Qd4 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 c5 24. c3 Kc6 25. Kf1 Kd5 26. Nd2 b5 27. Ke2 Nh4 28. g3 Ng6 29. Ke3 h5 30. Ne4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Nf6+ Kc4 33. Nxg4 b4 34. Ke4 bxc3 35. Ne3+ Kb5 36. bxc3 c6 37. f4 Ka4 38. f5 Nf8 39. g4 Ka3 40. g5 Kxa2 41. g6 a5 42. g7 Nh7 43. Ng4 Ng5+ 44. Kd3 c4+ 45. Kxc4 a4 46. g8=Q a3 47. Kd3+ Kb2 48. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Binks, Michael E"]
[Black "Basman, Michael John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Golombek, H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 ({A time-wasting manoeuvre for which he had to pay later.} 7... e5 {was correct.}) 8. f4 Qb6 9. Be3 f5 ({Part of the idea behind his 7th move; but it is a bad idea. He should have continued his development by} 9... Bg4) 10. e5 Qxb2 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Rf3 {Threatening d5; hence Black's next move, which also costs time.} Qd8 13. Raf1 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. h4 h5 ({Another weak move; better was} 15... c5) 16. Rg3 Kh7 17. Rff3 Qe8 18. Ne4 d5 ({Not relishing the fierce attack to which he would be subjected after} 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4) 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Ne6 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe6 23. Bd2 Kh8 24. Bc4 Rg8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nf4 Bf8 ({Or} 26... Bxf3 27. Nxg6+ Kh7 (27... Qxg6 28. Rxg6 Bg4 29. Qb3) 28. Qxf5 Bg4 29. Nf8+ Kh8 30. Qh7#) 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. Qd1 e6 29. Nxg6+ Rxg6 30. Qxh5+ Rh6 ({If} 30... Kg7 31. Qh6+) 31. Qg5 Rg6 32. Qxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxg6 {game end - Source: Basman scoresheet (https://michael-basman-legacy.github.io/scoresheets/1972/Hexagon%20North%20Devon%20Congress%2020-10-72.pdf) - presumably Black stopped scoring as he saw the inevitable finish} Bb4 34. Rh6+ {Source: The Times, 28 October 1972} (34. Rh6+ {Since if} Kg7 35. Rg3+) 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackstock, Leslie Steven F"]
[Black "Fox, Terry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. f4 Ned7 14. Rae1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Ne4 b6 19. Nd6 Nb8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Be4 Bd7 22. c3 Ra7 23. Rd1 g6 24. g3 h5 25. Kf2 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Kg2 h4 28. gxh4 Rxf4 29. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 30. Kg3 Rf6 31. Rde1 Rd7 32. Nc4 Bb7 33. Rxe6 Rd3+ 34. R1e3 Rxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Bd5 36. b3 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Rd6 38. Kg4 Kf7 39. Re2 Rd1 40. Rb2 Rd6 41. h5 gxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Rd3 43. h4 Rxc3 44. Rxb6 Rxc4 45. Rxa6 Rb4 46. Kg5 Rb1 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. h5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boniface, Stephen Robert"]
[Black "Sanders, DA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. e5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Na3 Nb6 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qxc7+ Rxc7 14. Nb5 Rb7 15. a4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxb5 17. O-O g6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rfxf4 f6 20. d4 Bg7 21. Ra7+ Kc6 22. d5+ Kb6 23. Rfa4 Rb3 24. c4 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooper, Neill S"]
[Black "Abadi, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qd5+ e6 6. Qxe4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Qf4+ Ke8 9. O-O Rf8 10. Qe3 Kf7 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. d3 Nc6 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh3 d4 17. c4 Rf5 18. f4 Nc6 19. g4 Rf7 20. Nd2 Qf8 21. Ne4 h6 22. a3 Na5 23. g5 h5 24. Ng3 Qg8 25. f5 Be5 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28. Nxh5 Rh7 29. Bxe5+ Nxe5 30. Qg3 Nxd3 31. Nf6 Re7 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qxd4 Re5 34. h4 Rf8 35. Rad1 c5 36. Qxd3 Rxg5+ 37. hxg5 Qxg5+ 38. Kh2 Rh8+ 39. Qh3 Qe5+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2+ 41. Rf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxh3 43. Ne8+ Kf8 44. Nd6 Rxa3 45. Nxb7 Rc3 46. Nd6 Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Ne3 Ra3 49. Rd5 Ra5 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 a6 52. Ng4 Ra4 53. Rxc5 Kd6 54. Rd5+ Kc6 55. Ne5+ Kc7 56. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Anderton, David William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. f4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Bxc7 dxc3 21. bxc3 Rbc8 22. d6 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Rad1 Rxc7 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Bb5 Ne4 27. c4 Kg7 28. g3 Bc5+ 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. Re1 h5 31. h3 a5 32. Kf3 Bb4 33. Re5 Bc3 34. Re3 Bb4 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Rc5 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Kf3 Rc7 39. Re5 Kg6 40. Ba6 Be7 41. Rc8 Ra7 42. Rc6 Bc5 43. Rf5 Bd4 44. Rd6 Bc3 45. Rxb6 Rd7 46. c5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Black "Lemon, Richard C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rae1 Ne8 14. e4 e5 15. Nd1 f5 16. f4 Qc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bh3 e4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne3 Nd6 23. Rc1 Nab7 24. Rf4 Rf6 25. Qc3 Kg6 26. Ng4 Rbf8 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. g4 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. Nf3 Qb2 32. Nh4+ Kg7 33. g5 Rf7 34. Nxf5+ Nxf5 35. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potts, Alan W"]
[Black "Ballantyne, PR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. f4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Be2 Rc8 9. O-O Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. d3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Ng4 13. Qc1 c5 14. b5 d5 15. h3 Nh6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Bd1 Ng3 21. Rf2 c4 22. d4 Re7 23. Bc3 Qe8 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. Ne5 Bh4 26. Rc2 f6 27. Nf3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kh1 Qxf4 31. Qb4 Re8 32. Kg1 Ne3 (32... Qe3+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kxf1 Qd3+ 34. Be2 Qxc2) 33... Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Ne4) 33. Re2 Qe4 34. Bd2 Bf2+ 35. Kh1 Bc8 36. Bxe3 Bxe3 37. Re1 Qg6 38. Qd6 Qf7 39. Bc2 Qd7 40. Qg3 Bh6 41. a4 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Qe6 43. Qg3 g6 44. Nh4 Qe3 45. Qf3 Qxf3 46. Nxf3 Be3 47. g4 f5 48. g5 f4 49. Kg2 c3 50. h4 Kf7 51. Ne5+ Ke6 52. Nc6 a5 53. Kf3 Kd6 54. h5 Bf5 55. hxg6 hxg6 56. Bxf5 gxf5 57. g6 c2 58. g7 c1=Q 59. g8=Q Qf1# 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rigby, J"]
[Black "Emanuel, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Bxd8 Nxc3 9. Bc7 Ne4 10. Bd6 Nb4 11. Rc1 Nxa2 12. Ra1 Nb4 13. Rc1 b6 14. Be5 f6 15. Bc3 Na2 16. Ra1 Naxc3 17. cxb6 Nd1 18. Rxd1 axb6 19. f3 Nc5 20. e4 Ke7 21. Ne2 Ba6 22. Nc3 Nb3 23. Be2 Rhc8 24. Na4 Rab8 25. O-O Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nc3 b5 28. Rd3 Nc5 29. Rd2 b4 30. Na2 Nb3 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. Rxb3 Rxa2 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rbd3 Raxb2 35. Rxd7+ Kf8 36. h4 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rbf2+ 38. Ke1 Rxf3 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. R1d7+ Kg6 41. Rg8 Kh5 42. Rh8 h6 43. Rb8 b3 44. Rb5+ e5 45. Rd2 Re3+ 46. Re2 Rexe2+ 47. Kf1 b2 48. Rxe5+ Kxh4 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speigel, Jack Alfred"]
[Black "Berry, Stephen H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nh5 15. Qf2 b5 16. fxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 bxc4 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Rhg1 Rae8 20. Rdf1 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Kh7 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4+ Rxe4 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. exf4 Re8 26. f5 Re4 27. Kd2 h5 28. Re1 Rf4 29. Re7 Rxf5 30. Rxc7 Rxd5+ 31. Ke3 Rd3+ 32. Kf4 Rxh3 33. Rxf7 Kh6 34. Rxa7 g5+ 35. Ke5 g4 36. Kf5 Rf3+ 37. Ke4 Rf2 38. Rb7 g3 39. Ke3 Rf1 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb8 Kh4 42. Rg8 Kh3 43. Kd4 g2 44. Kxc4 Rf4+ 45. Kd5 Rg4 46. Rh8 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thynne, Trefor F"]
[Black "Biddick, Edwin Ian Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ne2 Rac8 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Kh2 f5 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15. Nh4 e6 16. Rg1 Ne7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Rg2 Bh6 20. Rag1 Kh7 21. Qc3 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qxe5 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Nf3 Ne6 28. Ne5 (28. Ne5 Nd8 29. Rfg1) 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Basman, Michael John"]
[Black "Damant, Charles Ambrose S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Be7 6. Bxf4 Bg5 7. g3 Bxf4 8. gxf4 Qh4+ 9. Qf2 Qxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rhf1 f6 15. Ke3 g6 16. Ng3 Ng7 17. Kf2 Bh3 18. Rfe1 g5 19. fxg5 fxg5+ 20. Kg1 Rae8 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ke3 Kg6 27. b4 a6 28. a3 h5 29. h3 h4 30. Ne2 Nh5 31. Nf3 Nf6 32. c4 Kh5 33. e5 dxe5 34. dxe5 Ne8 35. Ke4 Kg6 36. Nc3 Ne7 37. Nd4 Kh5 38. Nf5 Ng8 39. Kf3 Nh6 40. Nxh6 Kxh6 41. Kg4 Ng7 42. Ne4 Ne6 43. Kf5 Ng7+ 44. Kf6 Nh5+ 45. Kf7 Ng3 46. Nf6 Nf5 47. Ng4+ Kh7 48. e6 {Source: Basman scoresheet (https://michael-basman-legacy.github.io/scoresheets/1972/Hexagon%20North%20Devon%20Congress%2020-10-72.pdf)} 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berry, Stephen H"]
[Black "Murphy, Ross C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Qc7 9. Qe1 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. a4 b6 12. Qg3 g6 13. f5 exf5 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h6 16. Qh4 d4 17. Ne2 Bb7 18. Rf2 f6 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. Re1+ Ne5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5+ Kd7 24. Rfe2 g5 25. Qe1 Rae8 26. Ne6 Bc6 27. a5 b5 28. Nxc5+ Kc7 29. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Binks, Michael E"]
[Black "Blackstock, Leslie Steven F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. b3 d5 10. Qd3 Na6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. c5 Nc7 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. e3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rf8 18. Nh4 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. f4 Ne8 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Qe2 Ne4 23. Be1 f6 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 e5 26. Bf2 Rae8 27. Rae1 Qf5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. e4 dxe4 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxe4 Rd8 34. Rfe1 Rd3 35. R4e3 Rd2 36. R1e2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. b4 Kf7 39. g4 Ke6 40. Bg3 Rd5 41. Be1 a5 42. Bc3 Rc6 43. Rh3 h6 44. Bd2 axb4 45. axb4 Rd4 46. Rg3 Rc4 47. Bc3 b6 48. cxb6 Rxb6 49. h3 Rb5 50. Rge3 Rc6 51. Ra2 Bf6 52. Rae2 Rd6 53. Re4 Rdd5 54. Rc4 Be7 55. Ra2 Bd6 56. Ra6 Rd3 57. Rc5 Rxc5 58. bxc5 Rxc3 59. Rxd6+ Kf7 60. c6 h5 61. g5 h4 62. Rf6+ Kg7 63. Rd6 Kf7 64. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brisk, M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 cxd4 9. cxd4 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Qg5 15. e3 Rf6 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qf5 18. Qe2 Raf8 19. Rf1 Qg4 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. b5 Nf5 22. Ne5 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Bh3 Bxe5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. dxe5 Rff8 27. Bd4 Rc4 28. Rb2 g6 29. Rfb1 Rfc8 30. h4 h5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Kf3 R8c7 33. Kf4 Bc8 34. Ra1 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Rb3 Ke6 38. Rc3 Bd7 39. Rb3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comben, Gordon L"]
[Black "Mann, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e4 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 Qc7 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O fxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Bf8 18. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fox, Terry C"]
[Black "Young, Melvyn Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heasman, Richard"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Bb5 h5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O c5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Rf2 O-O 16. Qd3 a5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Be3 d4 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Re2 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Ba6 26. Rce1 Rfd8 27. Qf3 Bxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Rc8+ 33. Kd3 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hill, DM"]
[Black "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. a3 Na6 9. h3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Be3 Ng2+ 13. Kd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 a4 15. Raf1 Nb3+ 16. Ke1 Bd7 17. Bd1 Qb8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Rfg1 b5 20. Rg2 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Kf1 Rfb8 23. Na2 Qa5 24. Qc2 Rb3 25. Qb1 Rxe3 26. Nc3 a3 27. b4 Qa6 28. bxc5 Qxc4+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Black "Patterson, MG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. c5 Qc7 10. h3 d6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxe4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Bg2 d5 20. e4 d4 21. Qb3 Rd6 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 d3 24. Rb6 Be5 25. Rxa6 Nb4 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Rd1 Nxa2 28. Rxd3 Be7 29. Rd7 Kf7 30. f4 Nc3 31. e5 Ke8 32. Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Be4 Kf7 35. h4 Nf5 36. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jarrett, David C"]
[Black "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 f6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. c3 c5 11. Qc2 Bf7 12. a3 O-O 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. Rad1 g5 16. Nf3 Bh5 17. d4 Bxf3 18. dxc5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nb6 Kg7 22. Qe2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Kh2 Qd7 28. Qe4 h6 29. h4 Qd5 30. Qf5 Qf7 31. Qe4 Re8 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krimer, G"]
[Black "Fisher, JW"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qg3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rf5 Kh8 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Rf5 a6 18. e5 b5 19. Bb3 b4 20. Ne2 Rae8 21. d4 c5 22. exd6 Rxe2 23. dxc5 Ne4 24. Rd5 Rd8 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 f5 27. Rxa6 f4 28. Ra7 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Ng3 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludgate, NR"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Argyris, Nicholas JC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Ne3 Be6 13. f4 Re8 14. b3 Bf8 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Ncd5 Rg5 21. h4 Rg6 22. Qf5 Qxh4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Qg4 25. Rd2 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb6 27. Qf7 h5 28. Qxc7 Re8 29. Rdf2 Re2 30. Ne3 (30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Nh4 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rg4 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. Nf3) 30... Rxe3 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. R8f2 Re2 33. Qb7 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 (35. Rbf2 Nd7 36. Qf3 Nf6 37. Rd1 Qh4 38. Qf4 Ng4 39. Rf3) 35... Qxb2 36. Qe4 Qd4 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Newman, Ralph Herbert Thoma"]
[Black "Cooper, Neill S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb5 Qxc4 13. Qxa5 Ne4 14. Be5 b6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nc6 Rd2 23. Nxe5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxb2 25. f3 Nc5 26. a3 h5 27. e4 Ra2 28. Rc3 Kf6 29. Nc6 a5 30. h3 Ne6 31. g3 a4 32. Nb4 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 b5 34. Nc2 Ra2 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. Rc6 g5 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kg7 39. f5 Ng5 40. e5 Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Rd6 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Osmond, MD"]
[Black "Burton, Colin G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rd7 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Na6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ke2 Nc7 19. Kf2 f5 20. Ne2 Rf8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rhd1 Rf7 23. Rc6 Kh7 24. Rdd6 Ne8 25. Re6 Nf6 26. Ke1 f4 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. Bb4 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Nc3 Nd7 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Bc5 b4 33. Bxb4 Nc4 34. Bc5 Nxb2 35. Kd2 Rd7+ 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Ne4 Rb7 38. Rxa7 Rb2+ 39. Kd3 Ne3 40. Bxe3 fxe3 41. Kxe3 Rxg2 42. Nf6+ Kg6 43. Ne8 Bf8 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Nf6 Rg6 46. Ke4 Rxf6 47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 48. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parr, David"]
[Black "Crombleholme, Alan K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. O-O+ Kg8 15. g6 Rg7 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. Qh7+ Ke8 21. Qg8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith, PJ"]
[Black "Russell, T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. cxd4 Bf5 6. a3 f6 7. Bb5 fxe5 8. dxe5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Re1 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Nbd2 Ng6 16. Qb3 Nh4 17. Nd4 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Qg5 19. Qg3 Qxd2 20. Bc3 Rxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxc3 22. Qg3 Qxd4 23. Ra2 Rf8 24. e6 Bf3+ 25. Kh3 Rf6 26. Qg5 Rh6+ 27. Kg3 Rg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Kxf3 Kf8 30. e7+ Ke8 31. Rae2 Qd3+ 32. Kg2 Bd4 33. Re6 Bf6 34. Rxc6 Qd2+ 35. Kf1 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spurgeon, Ronald E"]
[Black "Mahdavi, Mohamed R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qh3 Nc5 12. Rhe1 b5 13. e5 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qh5 h6 19. h4 Kh7 20. g3 Bd7 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Rg1 Rac8 23. Kb1 b4 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. Qf4 Qa4 26. b3 Qa3 27. g4 Rc5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qxf8 Ra5 30. Qf2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qb2 33. Qd4 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor, W Paul"]
[Black "Evans, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. bxa6 Bxa6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O d6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. e4 Qb6 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. Nc4 Qb7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Be3 Rfb8 18. a3 Na6 19. Rf2 Nc7 20. Raf1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa3 22. f5 Rxc3 23. fxg6 f6 24. Qh5 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rf5 1-0

[Event "North Devon Open 2nd"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1972.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Welbourne, Stephen"]
[Black "Schofield, Kenneth Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1972.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e3 5. Bxe3 e6 6. Qd2 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. f4 b6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qf6 15. Ne2 Qg6 16. Rdg1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. h4 c5 19. h5 Qf6 20. g5 Qf5 21. Rh4 Rac8 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rh3 Rc4 25. Rf1 Re4 26. Kd2 d5 27. Rc3 Nd6 28. b3 Nb5 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Kxe3 Nxa3 31. Kd3 Nb5 32. Ra1 a5 33. h6 gxh6 0-1

