[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "Charterhouse"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Other, AN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Charterhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Haslemere"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5 8.
Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Rd1 e5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. h3
Bh5 15. Nf3 Bg6 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Nh4 f5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 {There's something wrong
with the score in my book. I can only make sense of the remainder of the game
by adding in the next two moves.} 19. e4 Qe8 20. Qb3 b6 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxb6
axb6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxc6 Rf6 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxe5 Qd2 28.
Re8+ Kh7 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. h4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qh6 32. Re6 Qh5 33. Qe8+ Kh6 34.
Rxf6+ gxf6 35. Qxh5+ Kxh5 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 40.
h5 1-0

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "McCue, DJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Charterhouse"]
[BlackTeam "RAE Farnborough"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. f3 h5 14. e4 Neg4
15. fxg4 hxg4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Qa3 a6 19. Bxa6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 bxa6 21.
Bxe5 g3 22. Bxg3 Ng4 23. Nd1 Bc4 24. Rf4 Rd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd3 26. Rxg4 Qd4 27. Rc1
Kb7 28. Bf2 Qf6 29. Rg3 Qh6 30. h3 Qxc1 31. Rxd3 Qg5 32. Rb3+ Ka8 33. Nc3 Qc1+
34. Bg1 Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Kxb8 36. Na4 Qb1 37. Nc5 Qxa2 38. b4 a5 39. Na6+ Kc8 40.
bxa5 Qxa5 41. Nc5 Qe1 42. Kh2 Kc7 43. h4 Qxh4# 0-1

[Event "Charterhouse v Haslemere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sobey, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Charterhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Haslemere"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rfe1 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Na6 13. e4 Rad8 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nh3 Bc8 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nf2 Nxf2 18. Qxf2 f6 19. Re3 c4 20. f5 Nc5 21. g4
Nd3 22. Qh4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bryant, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Hampton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{My first game for Wimbledon Chess Club. I left Charterhouse in December 1967
and spent 6 months working at the Phoenix Assurance Company as a trainee
actuary in the pensions quotations section before going up to University
College Oxford in October 1968.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qb4 8. Nb3 Qb6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Qc7 12.
h3 Bxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. c4 c5 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5
Ne5 19. O-O Nxd3 20. Qxd3 a5 21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Bd2 b6 23. Bc3 Qd8 24. Re4 Bf6
25. Rae1 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 f6 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Re7 Qf5 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. R1xe6 Rfd8
31. Rb7 Ra6 32. Ree7 Raa8 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. h4 a4 36. h5 Rab8 37.
Rbg7+ Kf8 38. h6 1-0

[Event "Insurance League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1968.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Evans, Wilfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Phoenix Assurance"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

{I left Charterhouse in December 1967, with a place at University College
Oxford in October 1968. From January to July 1968 I worked at the Phoenix
Assurance Company in the pensions department. I joined Wimbledon Chess Club at
the same time. So this season in 1968 was my first experience of proper chess
club matches.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Ndb5 Bd7 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. c5 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5
Qc6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Nc7 Ke7 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxb6 Nbd7 19. Rc7
Qb8 20. Bc5+ Ke8 21. Bd6 Bf8 22. Rxd7 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 {and Black resigned - not
before time!} 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ward, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Sandhurst"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. Be3 Bf3 19. Qf1 f5 20. Nd2 Bg4 21. f4
Rf6 22. Qg2 Qf7 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Re8 25. Bd2 Re4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Qe2 Qe6
28. a4 Qd7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Insurance League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1968.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Abraham, DJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Phoenix Assurance"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. O-O Nxd3 8.
cxd3 f6 9. Re1 fxe5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxe5 Qf6 12. Qxd5 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Qd8#
1-0

[Event "Insurance League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1968.02.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sawyer, Peter AD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Phoenix Assurance"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nxe4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qd7 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O-O 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. Rd3 Bb4 18. Red1 Qxc2 19. Qf5+ Rd7 20.
Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCue, DJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "RAE Farnborough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. f4 Be7 6. Bg2 e5 7. f5 Bd7 8. Nh3 Qb6
9. Na3 g6 10. O-O gxf5 11. exf5 Nf6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Bd5 Rhg8 15.
Bxf7 Rg7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. d3 Ne7 19. Be6 Bxe6 20. fxe6 Rg6 21. Be3
Rdg8 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. Raf1 Qe7 24. c4 Nc7 25. Qf2 Qxe6 26. Rxf6 Qxh3 27. Rf8+
Ne8 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg7 31. Kg2 Kd7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. g4 Nf6
34. h3 h5 35. Rg5 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Rh7 37. Rg6 Rh3+ 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Rg5 e4 40. d4
cxd4 41. Bxd4 e3+ 42. Ke2 Rg3 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. Rh5 a6 45. Rd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baker Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wright, E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
O-O Bd7 9. a3 a6 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Ng5 Bb5 14. Qf3 Nf5
15. c3 Bc6 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. b4 Ba7 18. a4 Qe7 19. b5 Rxh2 20. Kxh2 Qxg5 21.
Bxg5 Rh8+ 22. Kg1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Jovanovic, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Ealing"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nbc3 a5 8. f3
Nc5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bc2 g6 15.
Ne3 Bh6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Ba4 Nd6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. b3 Qe7 21. g3
Rae8 22. Ng2 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Nh4 Nf5 27. Nxf5+
Rxf5 28. d6 Qf8 29. dxc7 Rf7 30. Qd8 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. Nxc5 Rxd8 33. Ne6+
Kf6 34. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 35. Nxd8 Rd7 36. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Clark, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Hammersmith"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. f4 Bd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. f5 O-O-O 15.
Na4 Rde8 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Nxa6 Qa8 19. Nc7 Qa4 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Qa5
Qxa5 22. Bxa5 Nc6 23. Bb6 e5 24. Bc4 f6 25. c3 Nd8 26. Rd5 Bc6 27. Ra5 Bxe4 28.
Ra8+ Kd7 29. Be6+ Kc6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Rd1 Bb6+ 33. Kf1 d5 34.
g4 g6 35. h4 Be3 36. Ke2 Bf4 37. Rf1 g5 38. h5 {Black resigned on adjudication.
} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1968.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Canter, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Harrow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8.
Qd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Qg3
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxe5 Re8 17. Qh5 Be6 18. Bd3 h6 19. c5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Rd5
21. Qf3 Qxc5 22. Rxb7 Rd7 23. Rbb1 Bd5 24. Qf5 Rb7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Rxb7+ Bxb7 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Qxe8 Qd5 30. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Halpin, BJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Ashtead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. Ne3 Bh5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ hxg5 18. Qxh5+ Kg8 19. Qxg5 Rd7 20. Qxd8+
Raxd8 21. Re2 Re8 22. Rae1 Nd8 23. Ng4 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 f6 25. f3 Kf7 26. h4 Ne6
27. g3 g6 28. Nh6+ Ke7 29. a4 Rd8 30. Kg2 f5 31. g4 Kf6 32. g5+ Ke7 33. Kg3 {
and Black resigned on adjudication.} 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kosky, G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Putney"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g4 Bg6 8.
f4 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. d3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. Qe2 Ndxc4 13. dxc4 Qd6 14. Bd2
O-O-O 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. O-O-O e6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. c5 Bxe5 20. fxe5
Qxa2 21. c3 Nc4 22. Bd4 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qxb2+ 24. Kd3 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Nxe5 26. Bxe5
Rhe8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29. Rd4 Rxe5+ 30. Kd3 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.04.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greene, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "West London"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Ne4 5. Nd2 f5 6. Ngf3 Nd7 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bb5 Rb8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6+
Kf7 15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bb4 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. b5 Ne4 21.
Bd2 a5 22. a4 h5 23. Bc1 Rbd8 24. Ba3 Qf6 25. Rad1 h4 26. h3 Rhg8 27. Qb3 Qe6
28. Bc1 g5 29. fxg5 Rxg5 30. Rf4 Ng3 31. Qd3 Rdg8 32. Rxh4 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Rxg2+
34. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf3 Qg5 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Qh5+ 39. Kf4 Qxd1
40. Bxd5+ Kh8 41. Bb2 Qc2 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Ba3 Qf2+ 44. Kg5 Qxe3+ 45. Kxf5
Qxh3+ 46. Ke5 Qh5+ 47. Ke6 Qf7+ 48. Ke5 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Thomas, JA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Surbiton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 d6 12. Na5 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Be3 Ba8
15. Nd2 Qd7 16. f3 c5 17. Nf1 d5 18. Nb3 d4 19. Bg5 Rbc8 20. Ng3 h6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Nf5 Bg5 23. h4 Bf4 24. Ra6 g6 25. g3 gxf5 26. gxf4 Kh7 27. fxe5 Rg8+
28. Kf2 Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Qd2 {agreed drawn on adjudication. Suddenly
white is slightly better!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Careswell, Don"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{First game of 1968-9 season for grading purposes. Provisional grading of 176
per my calculations.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 e6 10. b4 Ne8 11. e3 Nd6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc2
Rc8 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Qb3 Nc4 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. Rc2 Bh6 18. Ne2 Nfd6 19. Rac1 Qe8
20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Na4 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxb2 23. Qxa7 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nbc4 25. Ne1 Rc8
26. Qa4 b5 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. Ra2 Qc7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Nd3 Ne4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Ne5
Ned2 33. Qa2 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qxc2 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Mueller, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
Na5 9. b4 Nc4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nc8 12. c4 Na7 13. Be3 bxc4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7
15. Ba4+ Bd7 16. Rc1 Bb5 17. Rxc4 Be7 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Rc2 Qa8 20. Qe2 O-O
21. O-O Qb7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. h4 Bd8 24. g3 Ra4 25. Qd2 Rca8 26. Kg2 Qc8 27. Rb2
Qg4 28. Qe2 Ra3 29. Rb3 Rxa2 30. Qxb5 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Ra2+ 32. Ke3 Be7 33. Qe8+
Bf8 34. Rxc7 Qg6 35. Ng5 Rg2 36. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Parlby, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. c3 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. c4 c6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15.
f3 Nc5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. Be3 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nd2 Bf7 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Nf5 Nb7 25. Nb6 Qf7 26. Nxa8 Bxb3 27. Qxc6 Bxd1
28. Rxd1 Rxa8 29. Rd7 Nd8 30. Qc7 Ne6 31. Qb7 Qf8 32. Qd5 Qe8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34.
Bc5 {Adjourned. Black resigned without resuming.} 1-0

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Price, RB"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. e5 Bb8 10. c3 Ng6 11. d4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. dxc5 Bc7 14. Nf1 Nge5 15.
Ne3 Rf8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Bxd5 Qxc5+ 20. Be3 Qxd5 21.
Qe2 b5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Bd4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qg4+ Ng6 27.
Rd2 e5 28. Rxe5 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Gunn, JP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c5
O-O 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. a3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. b5 Be8 15. c6
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Nh7 18. Qb3 f6 19. Nf3 Bh5 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 exd4 23. O-O Ng5 24. Qd3 Ne6 25. Rfe1 Nc5 26. Qg6 Qc7 27. Nf5 Kh8 28.
Re7 Qxe7 29. Nxe7 Rae8 30. Nf5 Ne6 31. Re1 Rg8 32. Nxg7 Ng5 33. Qxh6+ Nh7 34.
Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nxe8 a4 36. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hill, FH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{I only needed a draw to be sure of being first in the section and therefore
into the finals.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 Qe7
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Be2 Na5 10. Qd3 c5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3
Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rfd8 19. Rac1
Qd7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 f5 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+
Kxf7 26. Rd1 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Kd5 30. f3 e4+ 31. fxe4+
fxe4+ 32. Kc3 h5 33. g3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rea, GW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 e6 8. f4
Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Be2 Rxb2 13. O-O Be7 14. Bd4 Rb8
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rb7 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bf3 O-O
21. Bxc6 Be7 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rab1 Bc6 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 a6
27. Rb1 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rb6 Bxa2 30. Rxa6 Bd5 31. Ra7 Bd8 32. Bd6 Bb6 33.
Ra6 Be3 34. Ra3 Bc1 35. Ra4 Bc6 36. Rc4 Bd5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. c4 Bb7 39. Rc7 Ba6
40. Rxf7 Kg6 41. Ra7 Bc8 42. c5 Be3 43. Be5 1-0

[Event "Baker Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sweetman, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Qf3 a6 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. e5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh7 15.
h4 O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. hxg5+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 Bh6 21.
Rdg1 Qg5 22. Rxg5 f6 23. Qxh6 fxg5 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Bc5 Ke8 26. Qxg7 Rf1+ 27.
Rxf1 Kd8 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. Bxa7 Ke8 30. Rxd7 b4 31. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Baker Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.07.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Winter, FA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f4 Ng4 14.
Bf2 Bxf4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Be5 17. Rd3 Rb8 18. b3 O-O 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Ne2
Rfe8 21. Kf3 Rb4 22. c4 a5 23. Nd4 Rb6 24. Nc2 c5 25. Ne3 Rbe6 26. Nd5 Be5 27.
Re1 Bd6 28. g4 g6 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Nxe5
Rxe5 34. Rd8 h5 35. Ra8 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Re6 37. Rxa5 Rc6 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. a4 Ke5
40. Rb7 Kd6 41. g5 Rb6 42. Rxb6+ cxb6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Ke4 f5+ 45. gxf6 Kxf6 46.
Kd5 g5 47. a5 bxa5 48. Kxc5 g4 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd4 52. Kf2 Kc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "London Schools"]

{Jon Speelman was only 11 at the time. He went on to be one of the UK's
youngest grandmasters.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6.
Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Be7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Be3
Bd6 13. Nc4 Bb4 14. f3 a5 15. Na4 Ba6 16. b3 Re8 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. Nxa6 Nxe3 19.
Nxc7 Nxf1 20. Nxe8 Ne3 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Nxe3 Bc5 23. Kf2 f5 24. exf5 a4 25.
Re1 axb3 26. axb3 Kg7 27. f4 Ra2 28. Re2 Kf6 29. g4 h6 30. Kf3 Ra8 31. g5+ hxg5
32. Ng4+ Kg7 33. fxg5 Bd4 34. Re4 c5 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nc6 Rxe4 37. Kxe4 Bg1 38.
h4 Bf2 39. h5 Bh4 40. f6+ Kh7 41. Kf5 Kg8 42. g6 Kf8 43. g7+ Ke8 44. g8=Q+ Kd7
45. Ne5+ Kc7 46. Qxf7+ Kb6 47. Nc4+ Kc6 48. Ke6 Kb5 49. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Baker Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bright, F"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8.
h3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Be3 Rd8 12. f4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. a3 Bf6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rf3 Rxb2 21.
Rd1 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rdxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qb5 Rb2 25. Qc4 h5 26. Rd3 Qb6+ 27.
Kh2 Rb1 28. Kg3 Rg1 29. Rf3 Rh1 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Rf3 Qg1 32. Qe2 Rxh3+ 33. Kxh3
Qh1+ 34. Kg3 Bh4# 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup Final"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bynoe, JS"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{This was the first game of the Wernick Cup Final, a three player round robin.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nb6 8.
Nbd2 a5 9. a4 Re8 10. c4 c6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. e3 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qc2 Ba6 15.
Rfc1 Rec8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 c5 18. Raa1 cxd4 19. Qd1 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qb1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nd3+ 25. Kh1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup Final"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Keuneke, Hanno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Bynoe had beaten Keuneke, so I only needed a draw to win the trophy.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Bb7 15. Ng3 a5 16.
Nf5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Qc6 22.
Rad1 Kh8 23. Qf3 Rg8 24. a4 b4 25. Bb3 Rg7 26. Bd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qd7 28. Qxf6
Kg8 29. Nf5 Rg6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. d6+ Qxd6 34. Rxe5+
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1968.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Whittaker, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E79"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Bd7 8. f4
Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bh6
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Bg4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rc3 Qd7 19. Rg3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Bxg4 21.
Rxg4 Rf5 22. Qd3 e5 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Rh4 Bf8 25. Qh3 Rc7 26. g4 Rd5 27. f5 Qe4
28. g5 Qe8 29. Qb3 Bg7 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. fxg6 Qxg6 32. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "20 board simul"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{A win against the British champion, even if only in a simul, is worth
celebrating. I played him 10 years later on top board for Surrey v Essex and
we agreed a short draw.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 ({The main line
of the Mikenas system is} 4. e5 d4 (4... Ne4 {is an interesting line, which
Houdini seems to like} 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 Na6 7. Qxe4 Bd7 8. d4 Bc6 9. Qe3 Nb4
10. Kd2 Qd7 11. a3 Na6 {Vaznonis,V (2356)-Setkauskas,V (2186)/Plunge op 29th
2009 (7)/1-0}) 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10.
Be2 Be7 {Aronian,L (2807)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow Botvinnik Memorial rapid
2011 (6)/1-0 but white has a healthy plus score in it e.g.}) 4... exd5 5. e5
Ne4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Qb3 c5 9. Be2 (9. Bb5+ $142 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11.
dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxc5 13. Qc2 {which Houdini thinks is slightly better for
white}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 (10... c4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd1 O-O {
may be stronger}) 11. Nb5 Bc5 12. Qd1 (12. Qxd5 $142 $1 {but after} Qxd5 13.
Nc7+ Kf8 14. Nxd5 Bf5 {Black is doing fine}) 12... Qb6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Bf4 a6 (
14... O-O $142) ({Rybka wants to play} 14... g5 $5 15. Bg3 O-O 16. a4 a6 17. a5
Nxa5 18. Nbxd4 Rac8) 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. h3 Bh5 18. Re1 Rfd8 (18...
Qxb2 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxf3 21. gxf3) 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 d3 21. Re1
Nd4 22. g4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 dxe2 24. Qxe2 Bg6 25. Re1 Qb4 26. Bg3 h5 27. Ne5 Rxd6
28. gxh5 $2 Bxh5 29. Qf1 Qxe1 {simplest, exchanging pieces into a won ending.}
30. Qxe1 Rd1 31. Qxd1 Bxd1 32. Nc4 Rc8 33. b3 b5 34. Ne3 Bf3 35. Kh2 Rc1 36.
Be5 f6 37. Bd4 b4 38. Kg3 Be4 39. Kf4 Bb1 40. Nd5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.09.28"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Horlock, Peter A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1968.09.68"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. f3 d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5 Bg5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. dxe6 Rd8 14. exf7+
Kf8 15. Nd5 Nb4 16. Nxb6 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 axb6 18. Rd1 Kxf7 19. Bc4+ Ke7 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosse, H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. Bxe4 e5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. Qe1 e4 16. Nfd2 Be6 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Qg3 Nxc2 22. Rac1 b5 23. a4 Rc3 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qf4 g5 26. Qf2 bxa4 27. bxa4
Qe5 28. Nb1 Nxe3 29. Nxc3 Nxf1 30. Qxf1 Rc8 31. Qe1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Kg7 33. h3 f4
34. Kh2 e3 35. Ne2 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qxa4 37. Kg1 Qd7 38. Qc3+ Kg6 39. Qc2+ Kg7 40.
Qc3+ Kg6 41. Qc2+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McQuown, L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Staines"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. e4 d6 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. a3 Na6 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 f6 18. Raf1 Rae8 19. Bg4 Bc8 20. Bh5 Rd8 21. b3
Nb8 22. h3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 fxe5 24. R4f3 g6 25. Rg3 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Nd7 27. Bf3 Nf6
28. Ne3 Kf7 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. hxg4 g5 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. g3 Rb8 33. Rh2 b5 34. cxb5
Rxb5 35. Rb2 a5 36. Kf2 Nd7 37. Ke3 Rb8 38. Kd3 Nb6 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Be2 Rf2 41.
Kd3 Rg2 42. Rb1 Rxg3+ 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Rf1+ Ke7 45. Bf3 Rh3 46. Kc3 h5 47. Kb2
h4 48. Rf2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.12.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stevenson, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 g6 8. Bc4
Bg7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. h4 a5 14. h5 a4 15.
Bd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxd5 Rh8 18. Rh2 h6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rdh1 g5 21. f4
e6 22. Qd4+ Kg6 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. fxg5 e5 26. Rxh6+ Rxh6 27. Rxh6+
Kg7 28. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webber, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Croydon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. d4 Ne4 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 f5 14. g4 h6 15. Nh3
fxg4 16. Bxe4 gxh3 17. e3 Nxd4 18. Bxg6 e5 19. Bg3 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Bg4 21. Qb3+
Kh8 22. Rbd1 Qg5 23. Be4 Rab8 24. Rd6 Nh4 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Qc2 Bf3+ 27. Bxf3
Rxf3 28. Rd2 Rg8 29. Rg1 Rgf8 30. Rf1 Qf6 31. Re2 b5 32. b3 Qb6 33. Qe4 Qf6 34.
Qc2 h5 35. a3 Bh6 36. Qe4 Bg5 {Not sure now what I was doing for the last ten
moves!} 0-1

[Event "Beaumont Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudge, Jeremy F"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "RAE Farnborough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 b5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Nd1 a5 13. Rc1 Na7 14. g4 b4 15. axb4
axb4 16. b3 Nb5 17. Qh4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. Rf3 f5 21. g5 Rf7 22.
Nf2 Bf8 23. Nh1 d5 24. e5 Ng8 25. Qf2 Ra8 26. Ng3 Ra2 27. Be1 Bd7 28. Qd2 h5
29. Ne2 Bc5 30. Rf1 Be8 31. Bf2 Qb6 32. h4 Rfa7 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Kh2 R7a3 35.
Rb1 Ra7 36. Rbc1 {Agreed drawn on adjudication. Black has a slight advantage,
but it's difficult to turn it into anything decisive.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1968.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rickwood, R"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond "]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon "]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nd7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Ndxe5 10. fxe5 f6 11. Qc2 fxe5 12. Nf3 e4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5
15. Qh4 e5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Be4 19. Bd2 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21.
Be1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 exd4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. c4 d3 25. b3 Be5 26. h3 Bf4 27. Nf3
Bxf3 28. gxf3 d2 29. Bxd2 Bxd2 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. Kd1 Nd4 32. f4 a5 33. Kc1 Bd6
34. Kb2 Bxf4 35. a3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.01.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{The first of several games against Ken Norman!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11.
Nd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 Rd8 14. Qe1 a5 15. Qf2 c5 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Nb3 Nd7
18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Nc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxa4 21. Ra1 Bc6 22. Bd1 Bb5 23. c3 Nxc3 24.
bxc3 Bxc4 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Ba4 Qxa4 29. Bxe7 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Beaumont Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wilkinson, RE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Coulsdon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 Nf5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. Ng5 f6 10. Nxh7 Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qxe8 Bd7 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qg5 Qf7 16. Bxf5 Be7 17. Qxg6+ Qxg6 18. Bxg6 Nc6 19. Be3 e5 20. O-O-O Kg7
21. Bh5 exd4 22. Bxd4+ Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bg5+ 24. f4 Bh6 25. Re1 Bc6 26. g4 Kh8 27.
g5 Bg7 28. Rd3 Rd8 29. Bf7 d4 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Ne4
Re7 34. Rh7+ Kxh7 35. Nf6+ Kg6 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mayers, Dan E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Islington"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. d3 Ngf6
8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 c4 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. c3 $2 (17. Bd2) 17... f6 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nh6+
gxh6 20. Qxh5 Bd6 21. Bxh6 Qh7 22. Qd5+ Re6 23. f4 f5 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Re3 Rg6
26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. h4 Ne6 28. g4 Bxf4 29. gxf5 Bxe3+ 30. Kf1 Rxg5 31. fxe6+
Kxe6 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Ke2 Rh8 34. Rg1 Rh2+ 35. Kd1 Bf6 36. Kc1 e3 37. Re1 e2
38. Kd2 Bg5+ 39. Kc2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Ellam Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brunstrom, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Redhill"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 Be6 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. Ng3 Nc6 15.
Be3 Re8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Kh8 18. Bb3 Rf8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxc6 exd4 21. Rad1
d3 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Re3 c6 25. Rexd3 Qa5 26. Nf5 Rce8 27. Kf1 Ne4
28. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Low, RA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Surbiton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. f3 Nc6 (7...
c6 {Oll,L (2610)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2535)/New York op Newark 1995 (5)/1-0}) 8.
Be3 Re8 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bb3 a6 11. a4 c5 12. Nde2 Be6 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc4
15. Bc1 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6 17. Qd1 (17. Qxb7) 17... d5 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qxd5 Qxd5
20. exd5 Bf6 21. Nc3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Ra4 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rxa6 Nxd5
26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. c3 Bf6 28. Bf4 h6 29. Bxh6 Bxc3 30. bxc3 gxh6 31. Rxh6 Rd3 {
Adjudicated a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Merryweather, DJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Bd6 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. e5 Bc5 11. d4 Bb6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bg5 Qd5 14. Bxh6 gxh6
15. Nc3 Qe6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. c4 Rad8 19. Nh4 Qxc4 20. Qb1 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Burr, DN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Surbiton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 h6 10. Rd1 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 f6 14. d4 b5 15.
Bb3 Nde7 16. dxc5 Na5 17. Be6 Nb7 18. b4 a5 19. Na3 Nd8 20. Bb3 c6 21. Nc2 a4
22. Be3 axb3 23. axb3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Nc7 27. Ra7 Kd7
28. b5 Kc8 29. b6 Nce6 30. Nb4 Kb8 31. Na6+ Kc8 32. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Beaumont Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lund, GW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Banstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 a6 9. h4 h5 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qe2 Ra4 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
b3 Ra5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Ne2 Rc6 24. Bd4 O-O 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Kb2 Rfc8 27. e5 Rb6
28. exd6 exd6 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Rhd1 Rc8 32. Rxd6 {adjudicated a win
for white.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edmonds, GL"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "West London"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Nd5 b6 12. Ba3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd5 Bb7
15. Bd1 Na5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Rc1 Bxe4 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxc4
21. Re7 Nxa3 22. bxa3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Bd5 24. h3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rd3 26. Rcxc7 Rxc7
27. Rxc7 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rd4 30. Kf1 Rxb4 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 Kg7 33.
g4 Rb3+ 34. Kd4 Rxh3 35. Rb7 Rb3 36. Kc4 Rf3 37. Rxb6 Rxf2 38. g5 Rf5 39. Rb5
Rxb5 40. Kxb5 f6 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.03.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Levy, WT"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nf3 Bc6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Rb8 15. b3 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Nd2 g6 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qd7 21.
Nf3 Rbd8 22. e5 Qf5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 f5 25. c4 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxd3 27. Nxd3
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beaumont Cup"]
[Site "Surrey"]
[Date "1969.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bolan, Michael T"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashtead"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8.
Nde2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. fxe4 Re8 14.
Bd3 Nxe4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Rf1 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Birch, GG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. c4 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. O-O-O a6
15. Ne2 b5 16. c5 a5 17. Rhg1 b4 18. Be1 Nxh5 19. g4 Nhf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5
Ne5 22. dxe5 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rfb8 25. Rdg3 g6 26. Rh3 Bf8 27. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, DRT"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8.
d3 Be7 9. c3 d5 $5 ({My view was that the doubled pawns white got from this
helped black, but} 9... dxc3 {Kavalek,L (2590)-Spassky,B (2625)/Bugojno 1982 
(13)/1/2-1/2 has been seen more frequently.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. cxd4 Be6 12.
Nc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Ne4 b5 $6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qc3 Be7 18. f3
f5 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Re2 f4 $6 21. Bf2 Rf5 22. Rae1 Bf8 23. Ne6 a5 24. a3 Re8 $2
25. Nxf4 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Qg6 27. Bg3 h5 $2 28. Nf4 Qg5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Re5 Rxe5
31. dxe5 Qe3+ 32. Bf2 Qe2 33. h3 b4 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Qxb2 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37.
axb4 axb4 38. e6 b3 39. e7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mackintosh, A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 e6
9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Ng4 12. f5 c4 13. Bc2 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Ng3 Qxb2 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxa4 20. Qf1 Nd7 21.
Rb1 Qc2 22. Bd4 Qd2 23. Nge2 b6 24. Qf2 Bc2 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Be3 Qd3 27. Bh6 f5
28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qh4 fxe4 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qf4 Bd1 32. Qf2 Bxe2 33. Nxe2
Qd1+ 34. Ng1 c3 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Turner, JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nc6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 11. Be2 Ne7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. O-O h6
15. Bf3 O-O 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Rc4 24. g3 b5 25. Be2 R4c5 26. a4 bxa4 27.
Ra1 Rb8 28. Rd2 a5 29. Rxa4 Be4 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ra8 32. Kd4 Rcc8 33. c4 Ke7
34. c5 Kd7 35. b3 Rcb8 36. Rb2 Rb4+ 37. Rxb4 axb4 38. Bb5+ Kc7 39. Ba4 Ra5 40.
Rf2 Bf5 41. Rf1 Bg4 42. Rc1 Be2 43. h3 Bb5 44. Bxb5 Rxb5 45. Ra1 Rb7 46. Ra6 g6
47. g4 Kb8 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Ra7 50. fxe6 fxe6 51. Rxe6 Rf7 52. Kxd5 Rf3 53.
Rb6+ Kc7 54. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mabbs, David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g4 Nxg4 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 e5 6. h3 Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Nf3 Ne8 13. Bxe7+ Kxe7
14. Nxe5 Be6 15. Bxg6 Kf6 16. Bxe8 Rxe8 17. f4 c6 18. Rhg1 Na6 19. Nd7+ Bxd7
20. Rxd7 Nc5 21. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Polley, Ronald HW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Nxe5 O-O 9. O-O Qd5 10. d4 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Nd3 Qxd4 14.
Bxd4 Rad8 15. Rae1 Bc4 16. Rxe7 Rxd4 17. Rxc7 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rb4 19. b3 Rd8 20.
Rc4 Rb5 21. d4 Rbd5 22. Ne2 b5 23. Rc7 a5 24. Rfc1 Re8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+
Kf7 27. f3 Ne8 28. Kf2 b4 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Ke6 31. Nf4+ Ke5 32. Ke3 g5 33.
Nd3+ Kd5 34. Nf2 Kxc5 35. Ne4+ Kd5 36. Nxg5 h6 37. Ne4 Ng7 38. g4 Ne6 39. h4
Nd4 40. Nf6+ Kc5 41. g5 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Easter Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neviazsky, Abraham"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1969.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. bxc6 bxc6 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. c4 Ne7
9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. a4 Rf6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rh6 19. Nb3 Nf5 20. Qd2 Rxh2 21. Kxh2
Qh4+ 22. Kg1 g3 23. Rb1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bg4 25. Ne2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.04.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lewis, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hammersmith"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Qc2 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. b4 Ne6 12. Nb3 Nh5 13. b5 c5 14. Nd5 Nc7 15.
Bd2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rb8 17. a4 Kh8 $4 ({A hallucination! I wanted to break the
pin to allow f5, but forgot he could just take the f-pawn!} 17... Bg4 {is equal
}) 18. Bxf7 Rf8 19. Bd5 Bh3 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf4+ $6 {If I just played
normally, he'd sit on the pawn-plus and wait for adjudication.} 22. gxf4 Qh4
23. f3 Rf5 24. Rh1 exf4 25. Rbg1 Re8 26. Bc3 Re3 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nc1 h5 29.
Qb2+ Kf7 30. Kf1 Rfe5 {We agreed a draw, but actually white is winning!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.04.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Gakovic, Zarko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. e3 e5 8. Qb3
Nh5 9. e4 Kh8 10. Nh4 Qe8 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ndf3 h6 14. Bh3 e4 15.
Ne1 Ndf6 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qd7 18. Nh4 Qh3 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. f4 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Qg2 Qxh4 23. f5 d5 24. Rf4 Qxe1+ 25. Rf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "SCCU v NCCU"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rushton, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "SCCU"]
[BlackTeam "NCCU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of the 1969-70 season. According to my notebook calculations, my
new grade was 180.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Kf8 $2 ({Uhlmann in ECO pp72-74 gives} 9...
Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bb4 ({Psakhis pp152-153
prefers} 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h4 {Kasparov,G (2795)-Short,N (2690)/
Novgorod 1997 (4)/1-0}) 14... Rf7 {Hort,V-Petrosian,T/ EU-chT (Men) 04th 1970 
(1.1)/0-1}) 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nge7 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. h4 Qd8 15. h5
Qe8 16. Qh4 Rc7 $2 17. h6 g6 $4 (17... Qg6 18. hxg7+ Kxg7 19. g3 Ng8 20. Kg2
Qg4 21. Rh1 h6 22. Rab1 b6 23. Bf4 Qxh4 24. Rxh4) 18. Qf6+ Qf7 19. Qxh8+ Ng8
20. Ng5 Qe8 21. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.07.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Manning, Frederick C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. a4 b4 12. Rd1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Rd8 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a5 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. f4 g6 21. Qa7
Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Bxb3 c5 25. Rd2 d4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. g3 d3
28. Rb1 c4 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Rdb2 Rxb2+ 31. Rxb2 Rd8 32. Ke1 Rd7 33. Kd2 h6 34.
Rb5 Rd5 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rc8 g5 37. Rxc4 Kg6 38. Rd4 gxf4 39. Rxd5 exd5 40.
gxf4 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.07.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brugger, Trevor O"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Ne2 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nc6 11. a3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Nb4
15. Kd1 Qa4 16. axb4 d3 17. Bxd3 Bxb4 18. Qe3 Bc5 19. Qxc5 Rxd3+ 20. Ke2 b6 21.
Qc7 Rd7 22. Qc3 Qb5+ 23. Kf3 Rd4 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Rhe1 O-O 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Rbe1
Kh8 28. R1e2 h5 29. Kg3 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 Qd7 31. Rf3 Rg4 32. Nxf6 Rh4+ 33. Kg3 Qd8
34. Rxe5 Qg8+ 35. Nxg8 Rdg4# 0-1

[Event "Lightning Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marriott, A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8. h3
Ne8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bc2 e4 15.
Nfd2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Qh4 20. Kh2 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Nc1 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rxd2 26. Ne2 Nxf3+ 27.
Kg3 Nh5+ 28. Kg2 Nd4+ 29. Kf1 Nxc2 30. Qh4 Nxe3+ 31. Ke1 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bzowski, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. O-O h6 14. Bd2
Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 d3 19. b3 a6 20. Rfc1 Bb2
21. R1c4 b5 22. R4c6 Be5 23. Re7 Rac8 24. Rexe6 Bc3 25. Rxg6+ Kf7 26. Bxc3 Rxc6
27. Rxc6 d2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. g3 Rxa2 30. Rxh6 a5 31. Rb6 b4 32. h4 Rb2 33. Rb5
Rxb3 34. Rxa5 Rb2 35. Ra6 Re2 36. Rb6 Rxe4 37. Kg2 Rc4 38. h5 Kg7 39. Kh3 Rc2
40. f4 Rb2 41. Kh4 b3 42. Kg5 Rb1 43. g4 b2 44. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Montaut, Laurence AL"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Qc7
9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 c5 13. Ba3 Nb6 14. d3 Bf5 15. Nh4
Be6 16. f4 c4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qd2 Re8 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. Nd1 Rad8
22. Qc2 Nfd5 23. e4 Nb4 24. f6 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith August Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barton, R Alan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1969.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
d4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 O-O 11. Rhf1 Ne7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bd3 Be6
15. Nd1 a5 16. b5 c6 17. a4 Rc8 18. c3 c5 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. g3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qe7
22. Rfb1 Qd7 23. h4 Bg4 24. Nc2 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Rf1 Rcf8 27. Ne5 Bxe2 28.
Nxd7 Rxf1 29. Bxe2 Rxa1 30. Nxb6 Ra2 31. Nxd5 Rd8 32. Bc4 Rxa4 33. Nb6+ Rxc4
34. Nxc4 a4 35. Kc3 Ne7 36. Nb6 Nd5+ 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Kc4 Rf5 39. Kb4 Rf3 40.
g4 Rf4 41. g5 Rxh4 42. Kxa4 Rg4 43. Ka5 Rxg5 44. Ne3 h5 45. Kb6 h4 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith August Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hubbard, Michael P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1969.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd8 $2 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Rac1
Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Be7 17. Qd5 O-O 18. Na4 $2 Bg4 19. Rd3 $2 b5 $1 20.
Rdc3 bxa4 $2 (20... Nd4) 21. Qxa5 $2 Nxa5 22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Nxe5 Be6 24. Rd3
Bxd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Rfe8 (27... Rfe8 {and white resigned
before I could play} 28. Rd1) 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith August Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pruchnicki, T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1969.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Bd3 a5 8. c5
dxc5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxa5 Ngf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc3 Nh5
15. g3 Nb6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7 18. a4 Qd6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Bb5 c6 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Bxe5 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Qf2+ 27. Kxh3
g5 28. Rf1 g4+ 29. Kxg4 h5+ 30. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith August Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sherman, David"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc1 c6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nfd2 Nh5 13. c5 f5 14. Nc4 e4 15.
Nd6 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Re6 17. b4 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. f3 e3 21. N2c4
Nxc4 22. Qxc4 a5 23. a3 Re7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. f4 axb4 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qxd5+
Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. axb4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Re4 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Kf3
Kg7 34. b5 Rc4 35. c6 b6 36. Kxe3 Kh6 37. Rb3 Kh5 38. h3 g5 39. fxg5 Kxg5 40.
Kd3 Rc5 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith August Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1969.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1969.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 {I needed a win,
John a draw to get in the prizes. I played this, "au Lasker v Capablanca" to
avoid the Marshall Gambit and get a position where he might be tempted just to
try swapping off pieces into a lost endgame.} dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Nc3 Qf8 15. Rd1
Re8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Qc4+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Re3 21. Ne4
Bd6 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 b6 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. g3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. f4 Kf7 29. Kf3 Ke6 30. Nc3 (30. Nf2 Kd5 31. Ng4 g6 32. c3 c5 33. Ne3+
Ke6 34. Ke4 $14) 30... b5 31. Ke4 c5 32. g4 h6 33. Nd5 c6 34. Ne3 $2 (34. f5+
$142 Kd6 35. Nf4 Bf6 36. b3 $16) 34... c4 35. Nf5 Bf6 36. c3 c5 37. h4 b4 38.
cxb4 cxb4 39. Nd4+ Kd6 $4 (39... Kf7 40. g5 Be7 41. Nf3 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 43.
Ne5+ Ke6 44. f5+ Kd6 45. Nf7+ Kd7 46. Kd3 hxg5 47. hxg5 Ke8 48. g6 Bf6 $11) 40.
g5 {We were now into a ten minute play-off.} hxg5 41. hxg5 Bxd4 42. Kxd4 Ke6
43. Kxc4 Kf5 44. Kxb4 Kxf4 45. g6 Kf5 46. Ka5 Kxg6 47. Kxa6 Kf5 48. b4 $2 ({
Missing a clever win, which I only found on the way home after the game. I
showed it to John Nunn a week later and he subsequently included it in his
book Tactical Chess Endings.} 48. Kb5 $1 g5 49. Kc4 Ke4 (49... g4 50. Kd3 Kf4
51. a4 Kf3 52. a5 g3 53. a6 g2 54. a7 g1=Q 55. a8=Q+ Kf4 56. Qe4+ Kg5 57. Qe3+
$18) 50. a4 g4 51. a5 g3 52. a6 g2 53. a7 g1=Q 54. a8=Q+ Kf4 55. Qf8+ Ke4 56.
Qe7+ Kf4 57. Qd6+ Ke4 58. Qd5+ Kf4 59. Qd4+ $18) 48... g5 49. b5 g4 50. b6 g3
51. b7 g2 52. b8=Q g1=Q 53. a4 Qd4 54. a5 Kg4 {Agreed drawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stainton, John Godfrey R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Willesden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
d4 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Rd1 Qh5 12. Nc4 a5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ncd2 Bd6
15. Rfe1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6 17. Nf1 b4 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5
21. Qf4 g5 22. Qe3 Ng4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qe6 Rd6 25. Qf5 Re8 26. e5 Rde6 27. Re4
Nh6 28. Qh3 $4 ({Missing a beautiful win in time trouble} 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29.
exf6 $18 {, e.g.} Nf7 30. Rxe6 h6 31. Rde1 Bc4 32. Rxc6 Bd5 33. Rxc7 a4 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Rcc8 Qg4 36. Rg8) 28... Qxh3 29. gxh3 Kg8 30. Rde1 Nf7 31. R4e3 f5
32. a3 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Re4 Rg6+ 35. Kh2 c5 36. Bxc5 Bb7 37. Rxf4 Bxf3 38.
Rxf3 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. axb4 axb4 41. Bxb4 Re2 42. Bc3 Rxc2 43. Rf4 c6 44.
Rf3 Rc1 45. Rg3 Kf7 46. Rxg6 hxg6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Kf4 Rh1 49. Kg4 c5 50. f4
Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Be5 c4 53. Bd6 Rh1 54. Kg3 Rd1 55. Bc7 Rd3+ 56. Kh4 Rd2
57. Be5 g5+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazitis, Arnolds"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Islington"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 $6 c5 7. d5 e6 8. g5
Ne8 9. h4 Nc7 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 a6 ({Too slow. I should have played} 11...
b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd7 {aiming for quick development and attacking
white's centre}) 12. h5 Bd7 13. a4 Bf5 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bd3 Bg4 (17... Bxd3 $142 18. Qxd3 b5 19. O-O-O bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd7 {with
some advantage. White can't threaten anything easily on the king's side e.g.}
21. hxg6 fxg6 {stops any white play on the h-file.}) 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bg4
20. Be2 Bf5 {draw by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ellis, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 b6 14. Rb1
Bd7 15. Bb4 Rc8 16. Kd2 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 O-O 18. Ra1 Rc7 19. a5 Rfc8 20. Ne1 b5
21. Ra2 Rc4 22. Rab2 Rc3 23. Nd3 Ra3 24. Nc5 Be8 25. a6 g5 26. R4b3 Ra1 27. Rb1
Ra2 28. Kc3 Rxa6 29. Kb4 Ra2 30. R3b2 a5+ 31. Kb3 Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 {adjudicated
a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lane, JF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 a6 9. Nd4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. O-O Bd6 13. f4 Bc5 14. e5 Qa7 15.
exf6 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxf6 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Bd3 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Qc5 22. Be2 Qd5 23. Bf3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 d5 26. Rd4 Rc4 27.
Kg1 Rfc8 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. f5 Ra4 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rxa2 33.
Re2 a5 34. Ke3 a4 35. Kd4 a3 36. Kc5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "BPCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cook, Percy Baldwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
(8. Bb3 d6 (8... O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 {Emerson,R (2242) -Harakis,A (2298)/
4NCL Sunningdale (6.6)/1/2-1/2}) 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. a4
Bg4 {Radulski,J (2552)-Mastrovasilis,D (2631)/13th EICC Plovdiv BUL 2012 (9.48)
/0-1 has scored well for black.}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 bxa4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bg5
Rb8 12. Nc3 Rb4 13. Qe3 Rb6 14. Nxa4 Re6 15. Qf3 Ne8 16. Bd2 d5 17. Nd3 Nf6 18.
Nac5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Ne4
24. Nd3 Kf8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. Bd4 Ke7 28. Kf2 g5 29. Be5 c6 30. Ke3
Nd7 31. Kd4 Ke6 32. Bc7 f6 33. Nc5+ Ke7 34. b4 Nf8 35. Bg3 Ne6+ 36. Nxe6 Bxe6
37. Kc5 Kd7 38. Bf2 Bf5 39. Bd4 Bxc2 40. Bxf6 h6 41. Kb6 Bd3 42. g4 Be2 43. Bg7
Bxf3 44. Bxh6 Bxg4 45. Kxa6 Be2+ 46. Kb6 g4 47. a4 d4 48. a5 (48. a5 {
Adjudicated a draw, although white has the advantage.} Bf3 49. a6 Kc8 50. a7 c5
51. bxc5 Kd7 52. Bd2 Bc6 {draws}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BPCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cook, Percy Baldwin"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. d4 d5 8.
exd5 e4 9. Qe2 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. f3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bg5
exf3 15. Rxf3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 f5 18. Raf1 Qd7 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Re3
Qd5 21. b3 Rae8 22. g3 b5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qh5 Rc6 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qf4 Rfc8 27.
Rf1 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxf5 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rc5 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Re1 Re5 33.
Qg4 Qf2 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Rd2 g5 39. b4 Rc3
40. Rd5+ Kg4 41. Rxb5 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Rxa2 43. h4 Ra3+ 44. Kxe4 Rxg3 45. hxg5 hxg5
46. Ra5 Rb3 47. b5 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1969.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roberts, G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{I think this was my first game for Oxfordshire, so they put me on bottom
board.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Re3 Nbd7 14. Bg3 Ne8
15. Qc2 f5 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bh6 19. Re6 Bxg5 20. Rg6+ Ng7 21.
Rxg5 Qd8 22. Rg6 Ne5 23. Rh6 Rf6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 b5 27. b3
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1969.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bednarski, Kazimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford University"]
[BlackTeam "Swindon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. g3
c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb4 12. Nb3 O-O 13. a3 Qe7 14. O-O f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Kh1 b6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxd5
Rb8 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rad1 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1969.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berry, CR"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Berkshire"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Qh5 Qd7 11. Bg5 g6 12. Qh4 Bg7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Bf4 g5 16. Qg3 gxf4 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qe5 Rhg8 19. Qe4 Qg5 20. g3
fxg3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Willmets, David P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Bc4 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Rad1 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ng3 Nd6 14. Bb3
Bc6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfe8 19. f3 Qe6 20. fxe4
Qxd5 21. exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Kf2 Rde8 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd7 R1e7 25. Qg4 Ne4+ {Maybe
black has a slight edge, but I was happy to take a draw.} 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd7
R4e7 28. Qg4 Re4 29. Qd7 R4e7 30. Qg4 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chimielowiec, M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "West London"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 b5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bh3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Qh6 b4 20. Rd4 Rf7 21. Ne2
e5 22. Rdd1 Rxf2 23. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Be6 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 Rf8 27. Qe6+
Qf7 28. Qh3 Ne3 29. b3 h5 30. Kb2 Ng4 31. Qg2 Qb7 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Qxf1 Qxe4
34. Nc1 Qxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Ne3+ 36. Kd3 Nxf1 37. Ne2 d5 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johannes, Ronald Leslie"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 c5 12. Rb1 a6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rb8 15. Qc2
Nh5 16. Be3 b6 17. b4 Rf8 18. Kh2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ng5 Ndf6 21. f4 exf4 22.
gxf4 h6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 d5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 28.
Kh1 Qd6 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. e7 Rfe8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qxf5 Qd6 33. Re6 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1969.12.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Dennis John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Acton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Na4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. e3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qe8 11. Nac3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Rc1 c5
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. O-O d5 17. Rc2 Qe6 18. Nc3 Rfc8 19. a3 a6 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Na2
e4 22. d4 Ne8 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Rc4 (24... Rc4 {Draw agreed. White could
have played} 25. Qb3 Rac8 26. Bf1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Kf7 29. b3 g6 30.
a4 Qd7 31. Qc5 Nc7 32. Qa7 {with a slight edge, but not enough to win.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1969.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fairbrother, Edward Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Slough"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. e5 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qxe4 14. exd6
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 16. Kb1 Qg5 17. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.01.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watkins, WF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hampstead II"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 c6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Qc1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Re1
Bb4 15. Re2 O-O 16. a3 Qa6 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nd2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc6 21.
Qe1 Re6 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harris, NH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hammersmith"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3
b5 16. cxb5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. f3
Be6 22. Bf2 c4 23. Bf5 Qxb5 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 d5 27. Bd4
Qa5 28. Re7 a6 ({Short of time, I missed} 28... Ne4 $1) 29. Qe2 Ne4 30. Qe3
Bxd4 31. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.01.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Forster, A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Qg3 Ne7
8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qg5 12. Bb3 f6 13. Qf2 d6 14. d4 Bd7
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 b6 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Rd6 Bg4 19. Qd2 Kc7 20. Rd3 h5 21.
Kh1 g6 22. h3 Qh4 23. Kg1 Qg3 $5 24. Kh1 f5 25. Be6 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Rxd3 27. cxd3
Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Qg2 $6 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kh2
{Agreed drawn, as we'd won the match. Black has a slight advantage e.g.} Qxd3
33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nc3 Rd8 35. Qg7 Qd6 36. Qf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Walton-on-Thames"]
[Date "1970.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCue, DJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nf6 8. f3
d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Bxa5 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Bb6 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
O-O Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Ra5 c5 20. Rfa1 c4 21. b3
cxb3 22. Nxb3 Rb8 23. Nd4 Rb2 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Nc5 26. Rc6 Nb3 27. Rb6
Nxa1 28. Rxb2 Ra8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Ra3 31. Kd2 Kg7 32. g4 h6 33. h4 Kh7 34.
h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Kg8 36. Kd3 Kh7 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. f5 exf5 39. Nxf5 Nb3 40. Rb6
Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Ne6+ 42. Kxd5 Rxc3 43. Nxh6+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kh7 45. Rb7 Rc7 46. Rxc7
Nxc7+ 47. Kd6 Ne6 48. Ke7 Nf4 49. Kxf7 Nxh5 50. e6 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, DR"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
Nh5 9. b4 h6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bb2 Nhf6 12. e3 Re8 13. e4 Nf8 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Rfe1 Ng6 16. Nd2 c6 17. b5 Bd7 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qb7
Qxb7 22. Rxb7 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. Rxa7 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ndb1
e4 28. dxe4 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Rxa3 30. exf5 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32. fxe6 Ne7 33. f4
Kg7 34. g4 Kf6 35. f5 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Kg5 37. h3 Kf4 38. a4 Ke5 39. Ke2 Kd6 40.
Kd3 Kc5 41. Bf3 Bf6 42. Be4 Kb4 43. Bf3 c5 44. a5 c4+ 45. Ke3 Kxa5 46. Kf4 c3
47. Be4 Nd5+ 48. Kf3 Kb6 49. Ke2 Nb4 50. Kd1 Kc5 51. Bc2 Kd4 52. Ba4 Ke3 53.
Bc2 Kf2 54. Bb3 Kg3 55. Kc1 Kxh3 56. Bd1 c2 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Gilliam, Clive D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. Be2 Be7 12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15.
O-O Nxe5 16. Rxf5 Qxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Nbd7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Ne3 Nc6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8
27. Bf3 b6 28. b4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bracher, Alan R"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 c5 11. Rb1 a6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Be3 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. b3 f5
16. Rbc1 Nf6 17. Ng5 (17. Ng5 {He offered a draw which I accepted. We both
thought that} Qe7 {was fine for Black, althoough Rybka assesses it as
advantageous to White.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Elwell, Robert GW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qf6 14. Qh5
h6 15. f4 Re8 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf5 20. Rae1 Rad8
21. Re5 g6 22. Rfe1 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qb6 $4 24. Ba5 Qd6 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. g4 Ng7
27. Re4 Qc7 28. f5 g5 29. Rxd4 Qb6 30. Kf1 Qc6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd6 $2 {
and black resigned, in disgust I think!} (32. f6+) 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig William"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8.
c3 Ng4 9. h3 Ne5 10. d3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Be7 13. Bf4 Be6 14. b3 g5
15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Qd4 Rg8 17. Rad1 g4 18. h4 b6 19. Bxd6 O-O-O 20. c5 Kb7 21. e5
Bxh4 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qb4 c5 24. Bxc5 Qc6 25. Bd6 Bg5 26. Ne4 g3 27. fxg3 Ra8
28. a4 Qc2 29. Nc5+ Ka7 30. a5 Be3+ 31. Rxe3 Qxd1+ 32. Re1 Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1 bxc5
34. Bxc5+ Ka6 35. Qe2+ Kxa5 36. Qe4 Kb5 37. Qb4+ Kc6 38. Qb6+ Kd5 39. Qd6+ Ke4
40. Qd4+ Kf5 41. Qf4+ Kg6 42. Qf6+ Kh5 43. Be3 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Swift, Anthony K"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4
c6 9. h3 Nc5 10. f5 Qb6 11. Kh2 gxf5 12. exf5 h5 13. d3 Kh7 14. Rb1 a5 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Qd2 Rh8 17. Ne4 Kg8 18. N2c3 Ncxe4 19. dxe4 Kf8 20. Rbd1 Ke7 21. Kg1
Bd7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. Qg5 Rg8 25. Na4 Ra6 26. Rf2 b5 27. Bd6 Bf8
28. Qxf6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 bxa4 30. Rfd2 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Horrocks, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Nd2
b6 15. O-O Nc5 16. b4 Nb7 17. a3 a5 18. Nc4 axb4 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. axb4 Ra4 21.
Rxc7 Rxb4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Raa7 Ne8 25. Rf7 g5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Rfb7
Rb3 28. Bxb6 Rc8 29. Ba5 Ra3 30. Bb4 Rd3 31. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ripley, John M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. e5 Bxd3
15. cxd3 Ne8 16. f4 g6 17. g4 Ng7 18. f5 Bc5 19. f6 Ne8 20. Nf3 Be3 21. Bc1
Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Qxb3 23. Qd2 Qxa3 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qh4 Rdc8 26. Ng5 h6 27. Rf3 a4
28. Rh3 a3 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Qxh6 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Na5 8.
Qd3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Rfe1 Bd6
15. g3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Be5 18. Nb1 c5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qe5 21.
Qe3 h6 22. Rd3 $6 (22. Bg2 $142 Ng4 23. Qf3 h5 24. Ne2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nf6 26.
Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 b4 28. e5 $11) 22... Rxd3 23. Qxd3 c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Re3
Rd4 26. Qe2 b4 27. Nb1 Qc7 $6 (27... Nxe4 $142) 28. c3 Rc4 29. Qe1 a5 30. h3 e5
31. Kh2 a4 $2 (31... Qc5) 32. cxb4 Rc1 33. Rc3 Rxe1 34. Rxc7 Bxe4 35. Nd2 ({
Rybka prefers} 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Na3 {with white's QNP a threat that stops
black from taking the f-pawn.}) 35... Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Re2 37. Kg1 e4 38. Ne5 Rxa2
39. Ra7 Nd5 40. b5 f5 41. Nc4 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. b6 Nxb6 44. Nxb6 Rxb6 45.
Rxa4 Rb2 {This ending is covered by Fine pp376-378. See Mikenas,V-Alekhine,A/
Warsaw ol (Men) 1935 (1)/1/2-1/2} 46. Kg1 Rb6 47. Ra5 Rf6 48. h4 {A key move.
Allowing black's h pawn to advance to h4 is dangerous. See Capablanca,J-Yates,
F/Hastings 3031 1930 (2)/1-0} Kf7 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Ra7 Rf7 51. Ra6+ Kh5 52. Re6
Ra7 53. Re5 Kg4 54. Re6 Kh5 55. Re5 g6 56. Kh3 Ra3 57. Re6 Rf3 58. Kg2 g5 59.
hxg5 hxg5 60. Re7 Kg4 61. Re8 Ra3 62. Re7 Ra5 63. Re8 {Agreed drawn. Although
Rybka is showing a decisive plus to black, even after an hour's thought, it's
actually a book draw!... and has been since move 45.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1970.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Angel, HB"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. f3 e5 6. d5 exf3 7. Nxf3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 f5 11. Nd2 e4 12. Bc4 Qh4 13. g3 Bxg3 14. Qe2 Bd6 15.
Qg2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Bd4 Qg4 18. Rg1 Qxg2+ 19. Rxg2 Bd7 20. Rag1 g5 21. Bb3
Rae8 22. c4 b6 23. Bc2 a5 24. a3 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 f4 28.
Re2 Rfe8 29. Rge1 Bg4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Walton-on-Thames"]
[Date "1970.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brunstrom, G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nce2
Bb7 9. b4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Qb3 Be7 15.
Nd4 $2 O-O $2 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Nxc6 Nxg2+ 19. Bxg2 Qxc6 20. O-O bxc4
21. Qxc4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bb2 23. Rb1 Rd2 24. Qb3 Qd4 25. f4 Rd8 26. a4 Rc8 27. Qf3
Qxb4 {and white lost on time} 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bush, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Acton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. f4 e5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c3
Bd7 9. Bc4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 c5 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bc6 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Bf2 Qb7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 c4 19. Bxc4 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21. Bd4
Bxa4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Nb3 a4 25. Nd4 Rfb8 26. g3 Nc6 27. e5 dxe5
28. fxe5 Na5 29. Bd5 c5 30. e6 cxd4 31. exd7 dxc3 32. Rxa4 c2 33. Rf4 f5 34.
Re7+ Kh6 35. Kg2 c1=Q+ 36. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.04.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Greaves, RG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rae1 Rfd8
15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 exf5 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Ng3 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21.
Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Ne7 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Ng5 h6 26. g4 hxg5 27. gxf5
g4 28. Qh6 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rc6 30. Qg5+ Rg6 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7 g3 33. Rxf7+
Kh8 34. Qd8+ Rg8 35. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lauder, Joseph John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{First game of 1970-71 season. New grade 182 per CHESS p384.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3
g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. exf3 Na5
10. Qd3 c5 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Nd7 14. Nd1 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Rb8 16.
Rab1 Rb4 17. f4 Qb8 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. f5
Nbxc4 23. fxg6 Rxb2 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Rbd1 Ne5 27. Bf5 Qb4 28. Qe3
Nac4 29. Qh6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manning, Frederick C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O e5 9. b3 Qd4 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. h3 O-O-O 14. hxg4 Qxd3
15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Nf3 Nxg4 17. Bxe5 Re8 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Ne5 Rg3 20. Nxg4 Rxg7
21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 R2g3 24. Rf2 Rxe3 25. Raf1 Rxe4 26. Rf4
Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Kd7 28. Kh2 Ke6 29. Kh3 f5 30. Kh4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.07.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Montaut, Laurence AL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1
Bd7 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nb4 11. h5 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Ne7 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Ne7 15.
Bd2 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Ne2 h6 20. Na5 Bg5 21. Qb4 Be7
22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. d4 O-O 25. Qa4 Rfc8 26. Rc2 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28.
Rec1 Ne7 29. Rc5 Rab8 30. b4 Rb5 31. a3 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc7 33. Qc2 Nf5 34. Qc1
f6 35. f4 g4 36. Qc3 Qf7 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 Qxh5 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qxd5 g3
41. Qe4 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ng1 Qh5 44. Ke1 Kg8 45. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boycott, RJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. f3 Nf6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Rac8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. d6 Bd8 18. O-O Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rc6 20. a4 Ba5 21. Rdd1
bxa4 22. Ra1 Rxd6 23. Rxa4 Bb6 24. Kf2 Rb8 25. Rc1 g6 26. Rb1 Bxe3+ 27. Kxe3
Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.09.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cotterell, JD"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Muswell Hill"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 Nd4 7. d3 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Qxd5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Qxf3 11. Ngxf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Ne4
Nb4 15. Re2 h6 16. Ne1 Be7 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Be3 f5 19. Nc3 a6 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. c4
f4 22. c5 fxe3 23. cxd6 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 cxd6 26. Rc1 Rf8+ 27. Kg1
Nd4 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Rc2 Nxc2 30. Nxc2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1970.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gammon, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Bedfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Bb4 8.
c3 Nxe4 9. cxb4 Qxg5 10. Qxg5 Nxg5 11. Nc3 f6 12. b5 O-O 13. h4 Nf7 14. Rh3 d5
15. g4 axb5 16. Ndxb5 Na6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. a3 Rac8 19. Kd2 Rfd8 20. Nd4 e5 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nd6 23. Rf3 d4 24. Na2 Nc5 25. Nb4 e4 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1970.11.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cohen, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 dxe4 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Qd7 Qxb2 18. Qxc6 Qb6 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20.
Qd4 Rxe3 21. Qxb6 cxb6 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 g6 24. Rd7 a5 25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Rc6
Rd2 27. a3 b5 28. Rc5 b4 29. a4 h5 30. Rxa5 Rxc2 31. Rb5 Rb2 32. a5 Kg7 33. a6
Ra2 34. Rxb4 Rxa6 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1970.11.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drake, JE"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Bxd4
Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bf3 Nxe4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bxg7 Nf6+ 13. Ne2 Kxg7 14. Qc3 Nbd7
15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Nd4 c6 17. Ne3 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 Kg8 19. h4 Ne4 20. Qc2 Qf6 21.
h5 Bd7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh4 Bf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rdh1 d5 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27.
R8h7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "County m Oxford-Bucks"]
[Site "Bicester"]
[Date "1970.12.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Evans, Wilfred"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.12.05"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 (5. g3 {Wegemund,O-Kruger,P/
DSB-18.Kongress-C 1912/1-0 is an old line which has been resurrected in the
computer age. After} g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. c3 {
Rendle,T (2370)-Kotronias,V (2585)/Gibraltar Masters 2005 (1)/ 0-1 white has a
preponderance of pawns in the centre, which carry the hope of a long term
advantage. This line has been played several times by Tom Rendle. Although he
lost to his strongest opponent, that was not the fault of the opening}) 5... g4
6. Ng5 f5 7. e4 h6 8. e5 Be7 9. Nh3 gxh3 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Bc4 Rh7 12. Bxg8 ({If
} 12. Qg6 Rg7 13. Bxh6 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nxh6 15. Qxh6 Qg5 $17 {Lansing-Geula,F/
Michigan op 1973/0-1}) 12... Kxg8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Nd2 hxg2 15. Rg1 Bd7 (15...
Nc6 $142 16. Rxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Be6 $19) 16. Rxg2 Rg7 17. Nf3 Bxc1
$2 (17... Be8 18. Qh3 f4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Bg5 22. h4 Qd5
23. hxg5 h5 $17) 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxc1 Qe8 20. Qh4 Nc6 $4 ({Black must play} 
20... a5 {to swing his rook over to the king's side} 21. Kf2 Ra6 22. Rg1+ Rg6)
21. Kf2 Qf8 22. Rg1+ Kh7 $4 (22... Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. d5 Na5 25. e6 Bb5 26.
Qh4+ Ke8 27. e7 Qh8 28. Rg6 {is winning as well}) 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. e6 Be8 25.
Nf7+ $4 (25. e7 $1 Nxe7 26. Ne6 $18) 25... Bxf7 26. exf7 $2 (26. Qf6+ Kh7 27.
exf7 Ne7 {transposes to the game, but}) 26... Ne7 $2 ({I should have played} 
26... Qd6 27. Re1 Rf8 28. d5 Nd8 29. Re6 $1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Nxf7 31. Rxh6+ {draws}
) 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Re1 Ng6 29. Qxf5 $4 (29. Re6 Nh8 30. Qe5 Nxf7 31. Qxf5+ Kh8
32. Rf6 Kg8 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qg6 $18) 29... Kg7 30. Kf3 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Stock Exchange"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
(8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 {is the usual line,
generally for no better than a draw e.g. Flohr,S-Bronstein,D/Candidates
Tournament 1950 (4)/1/2-1/2}) 8... c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 (9... Qc7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3
Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 {would be similar to the game e.g. Napolitano,M-Palmiotto,F/
ITA-ch 19th Reggio Emilia 1957 (2)/1-0}) 10. b3 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nf8 $4
(12... Bf8 {was of course correct, but I'd just gone to sleep.} 13. Bxf8 Nxf8
14. c5 Bg4 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. b4 {Yapici,K (1905) -Severcan,S (2006)
/ch-TUR Kemer-Antalya TUR 2011 (3)/0-1}) 13. Bd6 Qa5 14. b4 {and white won in
22 moves} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1970.12.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szeri, L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Willesden"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Ne7 8.
d3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Qd2 Qg6 12. f4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Na3 f4 17. Bd1 Be6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Nc2 g5 21. d4
Rg8 22. g4 Ng6 23. d5 Bc8 24. c4 Nh4 25. Ne1 h5 26. h3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Kg7 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Rg1 Rh2+ 31. Rg2 Rdh8 32. Rc1 Qh6 33. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 34.
Ng2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1970.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Inwood, Kenneth FH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Nd2 f5 11. b4 Bb6 12. f3 f4 13. Bb3 c5 14. Qe1 Ng6 15. Bd1
Ne5 16. Be2 g5 17. g4 h5 18. h3 Kg7 19. Kg2 Rh8 20. Rh1 Be6 21. Bb2 Qf6 22. Qf2
Rh6 23. Rh2 hxg4 24. fxg4 f3+ 25. Nxf3 Rf8 26. Qg3 Ng6 27. Bc1 Nf4+ 28. Bxf4
gxf4 29. g5 fxg3 30. gxf6+ Rfxf6 31. Rhh1 Bd8 32. Raf1 Rf8 {agreed drawn on
adjudication} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.01.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beavis, B"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Finchley"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qf4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Qxa2 16. Bf6 Bxe4 17. Bxg7 Qb1+ 18. Kd2 Qc2+ 19. Ke1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rfe8+
21. Be2 Kxg7 22. Rxd6 Qxb2 23. Rf1 Re7 24. Rf6 Qa1+ 25. Kf2 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1971.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Peters, A John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Hampshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Bd6 8.
d4 Qe7 9. b3 Bg4 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Ba3 c5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3
b6 15. f3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Nf4 Bc8 22. Bb2 Ne8 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Ne3 Kd7 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 c6 27.
Kf3 Ke7 28. f5 Bf7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Bxe5 g6 31. Kf4 gxf5 32. Nxf5+ Ke6 33. g4
Bg6 34. Ne3 b5 35. h4 Nf6 36. h5 Be8 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Nf5 Bd7 39. g5+ Kf7 40.
Ke5 a5 41. Nh6+ Kg7 42. Kd6 Be8 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nh4 Kg7 45. h6+ Kf7 46. Kxc5
Bd7 47. Kd6 Be8 48. a3 b4 49. a4 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1971.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Doye, Peter C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Nd2 c4 15.
Qh3 Rfe8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. f4 Reb7 19. g4 Ne7 20. f5 b5 21. h4 bxa4
22. f6 Nc6 23. h5 Kh7 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxe4+ Kxg7 27. Qxc6 Qd5
$2 ({better is} 27... Rc7 28. Qf3 a3 {but white still has a slight advantage
after} 29. Ra2 Qa4 30. Rfa1 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Rxa4 b1=Q 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qf2) 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Rxa4 Kh7 30. Rf4 Rg7 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. Kf2
Rg8 33. Kg3 a5 34. Ra4 Ra7 35. Rf6 Rb8 (35... Rb8 {Black resigned on
adjournment. After} 36. Rd6 {Black can't play aggressively, because} Rb2 37.
Rxd5 Rxc2 38. Rxc4 a4 39. Rd8 Kg7 40. Rcc8 {creates a mating net.}) 1-0

[Event "Oxford College League"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1971.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haigh, Geoffrey Thomas"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Christ Church"]
[BlackTeam "University College"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bf1 e4 8.
d3 Bg4 9. Be2 (9. f3 exf3 10. gxf3 {Polyansky,V (2076)-Tkachenko,V (2223)/
Voronezh op-B 2008 (6)/1-0} h6 11. Qe2+ Kd7 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. Qd1
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 17. O-O $11) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd1
$4 ({Houdini comes up with} 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qd2 (12. dxe4 {(Robertson)} Nxe2
13. exd5 Nxc3 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rhe8+ 18. Kf1
Rxd5) 12... Qe5 13. Kf1 (13. O-O Ng4 14. f4 (14. g3 h6) 14... Qc5 15. Kh1 e3
16. Qe1 (16. Qd1) 16... e2) 13... O-O 14. a3 {as a defence}) (11. dxe4 {
(Giddins)} Qc6 {(Robertson!)}) 11... exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxg2 13. Rf1 O-O-O 14. c3
Bb4 $1 (14... Nc2+ 15. Qxc2 Re8+ 16. Kd2 Qxf1 17. Qf5+) 15. Qa6+ Kb8 16. Qa4 (
16. Na3 Rhe8+ 17. Be3 Rxe3+ 18. fxe3 Nc2+ 19. Nxc2 Qd2#) 16... Rhe8+ 17. Be3
Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1971.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rodford, PE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Na5 8.
Nf3 a6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bf4 e6 11. d6 Bd7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 15.
Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qc5 Nc6 17. Qb6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rac8 19. Qb7+ Kd8 20. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellis, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe4 11. Qxe4+ Nxe4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O-O 14. a3
Be7 15. Ke2 Rhe8 16. Kd3 Kd7 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rotherham, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Hampstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Kh1 e6 10. Ne2 b6 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Qd5 14. c4 Qd7 15.
Bg5 Ng4 16. Be4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 h6 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. fxg6 Nxe4 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Nxe4 Re7 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Rfe1 Rbf7 25. h3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27.
Kg1 Rf2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Rd8 30. Kf2 h5 31. b3 Kf7 32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Ke2 Rf8
34. Re1 Rf5 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. Re2 Rf1 37. Be1 Kf5 38. Rf2+ Rxf2 39. Bxf2 Kf4 40.
b4 Be7 41. a3 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. a4 Bd8 44. c5 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Alan H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Na4 Bb5 15.
c4 Bxa4 16. bxa4 e5 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Rac8 19. f4 Ne8 20. Qf3 f6 21. h4 Qe7
22. Bh3 Rb8 23. h5 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. axb5 Qb7 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
Bg2 Nd6 29. a4 Ra8 30. Rd5 Qb6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stewart, NM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Metropolitan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bg6 ({See Eales and Williams
pp22-24. The critical line is} 12... Bd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+
16. g3 Bxh1 17. O-O-O {Williams,A-Cafferty,B (2440)/ BCF-ch Blackpool 1971 (10)
/1-0 e.g.}) 13. Bb5+ c6 ({White has a huge plus score against} 13... Kf8 14.
O-O Kg8 {Ovetchkin,R (2558)-Shutukov,S (2360)/ Sukhumi op 2008 (9)/1/2-1/2
although the highest rated game in the database is a draw.}) 14. dxc6 O-O 15.
cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc6 $2 (16. a3 N6d5 (16... N4d5 17. Nc6 {Strenzwilk,D-Gauntt,R/
USA-72ch Ventura 1971 (2)/1-0}) 17. Bf2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 {wins}) 16... Nxc6 17.
Bxc6 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qxe5 $2 ({The only game on the database goes} 18... Nc4 {
Serra Olives,T (2114)-Zoltek,T (2223)/Calvia Veterans op 4th 2007 (2)/0-1}) 19.
O-O Bc5 20. Nd5 $2 (20. Bf2 $142) 20... Bxe3+ (20... Be4 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Bxe4
f5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Bf2 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxb7 $11) 21. Qxe3 Qxe3+
22. Nxe3 Bd3 23. a4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nd7 25. Bxd7 Rxb7 26. Bb5 a6 27. Bxa6 Rxb2
28. Rc1 Ra2 29. Bb5 g6 30. Rc2 Ra3 31. Nc4 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rd2 {The game
was adjourned here in a winning position for me, but we agreed a draw as I was
going back to Oxford.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.04.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Mitchell, Graham Russell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Graham Mitchell was Deputy to Roger Hollis at MI6.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8. Re1 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.
Rxe5+ Ne6 11. axb5 Bd6 12. Re4 O-O 13. Rea4 Rd8 14. Be3 a5 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Nb3
Bb7 17. Nfd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. c3 Rd5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Rad8 22. g3
Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rc5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc6 26. b4 Kf8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5
Rc2 29. Re5 f6 30. Re4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borland, RE"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{First game of 1971-2 season. New grade 187 per CHESS 36 p 384.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Bd3 b5 9. Nge2 Nbd7
10. O-O h5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. Nc1 h4 14. Nb3 Qh5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Bxh6
Qxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Nf2 c5 19. d5 g5 20. Nd3 Nh5 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 gxf4
23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Nc1 Bd7 25. b3 f6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Kf7 28. Be2 Rg8 29.
Kf2 Rg5 30. Bf3 e5 31. dxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manning, Frederick C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qg4
Nxc3 9. Qxg7 Ne4+ 10. Ke2 Rf8 11. f3 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Kd3 Nc6 14. fxe4 Bxd4
15. Bh6 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Careswell, Don"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Qc2 c6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 a4 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. b6 Qxb6 15. Be3
Nfd7 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rd2 Re8 18. Rbd1 Bf8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Rd6 Ne6
22. Nf3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxa4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxa4
28. Qh4 f5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rc1 Be6 31. c5 Qf7 32. Rd1 Rxa2 33. Bf1 Rea8 34.
Qh3 R2a3 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxa3 Rd1 37. Bh6 Qd7 38. Qa8+ Qd8 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lauder, Joseph John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{A baffling game. On review, moves 25-35 seem absurd.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be4 f5 10.
Bd5+ e6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 f4 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 Ba6
17. b3 Rd8 18. Qa5 Qg6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. O-O-O Rf7 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Nde4 a6 23.
Qe1 Be7 24. Qe2 f3 25. gxf3 Nf4 26. Qc4 Nd5 27. Nd2 a5 28. Kb2 Rdf8 29. h4 g4
30. Rhg1 h5 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. h5 Qxh5 33. Qe2 Rg7 34. Be3 Bxc5 35. Rh1 Qf5 36.
Rdf1 Ba6 37. c4 Bxd4+ 38. Bxd4 Nf4 39. Qe3 Nd3+ 40. Ka1 Qg6 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 42.
Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Ne4 Nb4 44. Nf6+ Qxf6 45. exf6 Nc2+ 46. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harris, J Leonard"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nd2 a5 13. a4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 e4
15. Qe2 Bg4 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxe7 f2+ 18. Kxf2 Qf5+ 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Bxf6 Bd1+
21. Kg1 Bxb3 22. Bd4 Qxd3 $4 23. Re3 Qa6 24. Rg3 g6 25. Re1 $4 (25. Rh3 h5 26.
Qg5 Bc2 27. Rxh5) 25... Qc6 $4 (25... f6 26. Re6 Rae8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+
Kf7 29. Rge3 Qd6 $16) 26. Re6 $4 (26. Qh4 f6 27. Re7 $18) 26... Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brugger, Trevor O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bb6 Qg5 14. O-O e5
15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Re1 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.09.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "O'Connell, Kevin J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Waltham Forest"]

{My first competitive game after coming down from Oxford and before joining
Cooper Brothers on 4 October 1971.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12.
b3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. c4 Nh7 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Rc1
f6 19. O-O Nf8 20. Ne4 Ng6 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qb6 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Qd3 Nf4
25. Qf5+ Ke7 26. d6+ Qxd6 27. Rfd1 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Qg6 Rag8 30. Bxb7 Rxh3
31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Qc2 Rgh8 34. Be4 Rh2 $4 (34... Qxe4 {draws.})
35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Qd7 37. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Keen, Kenneth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Slough"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f3 c5 11. a3 f5 12. g4 f4 13. h4 Bf6 14. Ng2 h6 15. Bd2 Bd7
16. Rb1 b6 17. b4 Nc8 18. Be1 Nc7 19. Bf2 Kh7 20. b5 Rf7 21. a4 a5 22. bxa6
Nxa6 23. Qb3 Nb4 24. Ra1 Be8 25. Nb5 Rb7 26. Ra3 Na6 27. Rfa1 Nc7 28. Qa2 Nxb5
29. cxb5 Bd7 30. Qb1 Qe8 {agreed drawn once we'd got to the time control}
1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Jackson, John K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. b3 c5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nd5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe3 Qd7 23. h4 Kf8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27.
Qe3+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. h5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5 32. Qxe5+ fxe5 33. g4
c6 34. Kg3 d5 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Blaine, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Hampstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Bxb8 Nxb8
15. Rab1 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ra6 17. Qb5 Rc8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Qa7 20. cxb6 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Nxb6 22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. Ne5 Rxa4 24. Nc6 Qd7 25. Qb8 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pethybridge, W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nd2 a5 10. e3 c6 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nd6 Nc5 14. Nxc8 Rxc8
15. b3 e4 16. Rb1 Nd3 17. Bd2 Rf7 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Rbd1 b6 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Qc2
Rcd8 22. Rd2 c5 23. Rfd1 Bf6 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. Qb1 Bc3 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Be2
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qd7 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Bb2 Qd2 31. Bxc3+ Qxc3 32. g4 Nd3 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Qf1 Nb4 35. Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eastwood, Peter L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Battersea"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne8 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 exf4 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Rae1 Ne5 17. Bd3 Kh8 18. Ne2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxb2 20. Nxf4 Qf6
21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Nfg5 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Re7 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Qxf5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxf5
27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Nxf5 Ree8 29. Nxd6 Re7 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. exf7 Rf8 32. Re8 Kg7
33. Re7 b6 34. Rxa7 Be5 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Nh4+ Kg7 37. Nf3 Bf6 {adjudicated
drawn. A lucky escape!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.10.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Morphy, H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3 c6 10. Qe1 h6 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Nf6 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Nh4 g5 15. Ng6
Nxg6 16. Bxg6 Ng4 17. h3 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Nxe3 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qf3
Qe6 22. Bf7 Qf5 23. Qh5 g4 24. Rxe3 Qxh5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bxh5 Bxd4+ 27. Kh2
gxh3 28. gxh3 Be5+ 29. Kg2 b5 30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. Rxa8 Bf5 32. Rxa6 bxa4 33. Rxc6
Bxc2 34. Rc4 Bb3 35. Rb4 Kg6 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Ke2 Bf6 38. Nd1 Be5 39. Kd2 Kg5
40. Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rb4 Kg5 42. h4+ Kh5 43. Nc3 Bf6 44. Ke2 d5 45. Kf3 Bxc3 46.
bxc3 Bc4 47. Kg3 a3 48. Ra4 a2 49. Ra3 Kg6 50. Kg4 Be2+ 51. Kf4 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stratton, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Hammersmith"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 $2 5. Bxc6 bxc6 ({There are,
amazingly, over 100 games on the database with} 5... dxc6 {including Kan,
V-Alekhine,A/Moscow Autumn 1909/0-1:} 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3) 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 $4 7.
Re1 d5 8. d3 {Really the game is over already! Black has lost a piece} Bd6 (
8... Nxf2 {Reubrez,C-Cordier,D/Paris Department-ch 2003 (5)/1-0} 9. Qf3) 9.
dxe4 Bxe5 10. exd5 Qd6 11. f4 f6 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxe5+ Qxe5 15.
Rxe5+ Kd7 16. Nc3 cxd5 17. Rxd5+ Kc6 18. Be3 Re8 19. Rc5+ Kb7 20. Bf4 c6 21.
Re5 Bf5 22. Rae1 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxc2 24. Re7+ Kb6 25. Be3+ c5 26. b4 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Careswell, Don"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Nxg5
hxg5 9. Bxg5 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. h4 Nh7 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Ne5 16. Be2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 c4 19. Rd1 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. f4 Ng4
22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rc1 Rxb2 24. f5 Qb6 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. h5 Kh7 27. Rf1 Rxg2 28.
Rf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rb8 31. Ke3 Bxh5 32. Kd4 Kh6 33. Kxc4 Nxe4 34.
Kd4 Nxc3 35. Rxc3 Rb4+ 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Rc7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brugger, Trevor O"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. f3 c6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 a5 7. Be3 Na6 8. Nge2 Nf6
9. Nc1 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd3 e5 13. d5 f5 14. Qb3 f4 15. Bf2 c5
16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 g5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 g4 21. c5 g3 22.
h3 Nh5 23. Rfd1 Qh4 24. Bf1 Rf6 25. Qc4 Rg6 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Nc7 Rb8 28. d6 Bxh3
29. gxh3 g2 30. Rxg2 Ng3 31. Rd1 Qxh3 32. d7 Bf6 33. Ne6 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Nxe4+ 35.
fxe4 Rxg2+ 36. Bxg2 Qxd1 37. Qe2 Bh4+ 38. Kf3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wheeler, G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Islington"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c6 5. f3 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qd2
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qxa2 15. Rxb2 Qxb2 16. Qxa8 O-O 17. Qa5 Nc5 18. Qc3 Qb1+ 19. Nc1 Be6 20. Bh6 f6
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Kf2 b4 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rogers, Dennis John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Acton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Rh8 12. Qd3 Nbc6 ({So far we've followed
a line in an article by David Levy in CHESS 34 p65. Levy only mentions} 12...
Bf6 13. Bf4 {Nezhmetdinov,R-Aramanovich,I/URS-ch sf Tbilisi 1949 (14)/1-0 as
winning}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 N7g6 $146 (14... f6 15. Qg7 {Zunker,R (2253)
-Vogel,A (2026)/GER-chA Seniors 16th 2004 (1)/1-0}) 15. Bb2 ({Rybka suggests} 
15. h4 a6 16. h5 f6 17. Nxd4) 15... a6 16. Bxd4 $6 (16. Nxd4 $142 Rh4 17. Be2
Bd7 18. O-O {with a good pawn plus}) 16... Rh4 17. O-O-O axb5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19.
Qxe5 Rxa3 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. Qb2 Qg5+ $6 (21... Ra8) 22. Kb1 Ra8 23. g3 Rh3 24.
f4 (24. Bf1 $142 Rh5 25. h4) 24... Qh5 25. g4 $6 (25. Qe5 Qf3 26. Be2 Qa3 27.
Qb2 $14) 25... Qh4 26. g5 Rha3 27. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1971.11.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furmston, Michael Philip"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 Qf6 ({Much more
usual now is} 6... a6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Ba7 {Rublevsky,S (2686) -Svidler,P 
(2727)/Dortmund Gr-A 2004 (4)/1/2-1/2 e.g.}) 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Nd5 Nxd5
10. exd5+ Ne7 11. a5 Ba7 12. h4 h6 13. Ra4 O-O 14. d6 ({A more dangerous line
perhaps is} 14. g4 Nxd5 15. g5 {Totsky,L (2430)-Gross,D (2270)/ Ceske
Budejovice op 1993 (2)/0-1}) 14... Nd5 15. c4 {White was a postal chess IM.
Apparently this had all been played before in one of his postal games, but I
found a better move over the board. Rybka likes 15...Nf4 better, but my move
stops white's attacking threats.} b5 16. cxb5 ({better is} 16. axb6 Nxb6 17.
Ra3 cxd6 18. Na5 d5 19. c5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Bb7 {but Black ends up
with a very strong bishop pair.}) 16... axb5 17. Re4 Bb7 18. dxc7 Nc3 19. bxc3
Bxe4 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. Be3 b4 ({stronger is} 21... Bxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Bxd4 Qf4
23. Be3 Qxc7) 22... Rxa5) 22. Qc4 bxc3 23. Be2 Bxd4 (23... Bxg2 $142 24. Rg1
Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxd4 27. Rxg2 Qb4) 24. Bxd4 Qg6 25. Qxc3 Bxg2 26.
Rh2 Qe4 (26... Qb1+ $142 27. Kd2 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qxe2) 27. Be3 d5 28. Bd3 Qg4 29.
Kd2 Bf3 30. Bb5 Rec8 31. Bb6 Qf4+ 32. Qe3 Qxh2 33. Qxf3 Qd6 (33... Rxc7) 34.
Bf1 d4 35. Bh3 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.11.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Mattingly, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Sutton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nxd4
$2 8. Qxb7 Rd8 9. Bb5+ Nxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nxb5 e5 12. Nxc7+ Kd7 13. Nd5
Kc6 14. c4 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Be3 f5 17. Rd1 f4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Ke2 Bc5 20.
f3 Bd4 21. Rd3 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Bd2 Ra6 24. a4 Rb8 25. a5 Kc5 26. Rc1 Re6 27.
b4+ Rxb4 28. Bxb4+ Kxb4 29. Rdd1 Kxa5 30. Kd3 Kb6 31. Rb1+ Kc6 (31... Kc6 {
Adjudicated a win for white.} 32. Rb8 Re7 33. Rdb1 Bb6 34. Rc8+ Kd7 35. Rg8 {
and white starts to win black's king's side pawns.}) 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raines, William G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. e5 d5 8.
exf6 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxg7
14. Rhe1+ Be6 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 fxe6 19. g3
Kd7 20. Re4 b5 21. Rf4 c6 22. Rf8 Kd6 23. Rd8+ Rd7 24. Re8 a5 25. a3 e5 26. Ke2
Kd5 27. Ra8 Kc5 28. Rxa5 Rd3 29. Ra7 Rxc3 30. Rxh7 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellis, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. Na4 a6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. c4 Bxa4 12. bxa4 c6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O Ng6 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Be2 Qd5 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Qb3 Rfc8 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. axb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 axb5 24. Bxb5 Rxa2 25. Nxe4 Nb6 26. Nc3 Rb2
27. Bc6 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1971.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Tinworth, Frederick Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 b6 8. Be3 Bb7
9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Qf2 Rc8 12. g4 c5 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Nh4
cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Rc6 20. Nxd5 Rd6 21. Bxb6
1-0

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.12.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fallows, Charles William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 h5
15. Qxg6 Bh6 16. Bd2 e4 17. Bb4 exd3+ 18. Kf1 f3 19. gxf3 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 Qe2+
21. Kg1 Ne4 22. Qg2 d2 23. Nxd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Nxd2 25. Qg5+ Kc8 26. Qf4 Nf3+
27. Kg2 Bxa8 28. Kh3 Re8 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Re4 31. Ba6+ Kc7 32. Kg2 Ra4
33. Bb5 Nd4+ 34. f3 Nxb5 35. c3 Rf4 36. Rh3 Nd6 37. Kf2 Nc4 38. b3 Ne5 39. Ke3
Rxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Bxf3 41. Kf4 d6 42. Kg3 Bd5 43. Rf1 Bf7 {adjudicated a draw}
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fallows, Charles William"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Bc5 6. Qg3 Qf6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
d3 Ne7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. Bb3 d6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. c3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6
15. f4 Qxb3 16. O-O Qb6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Rae8 19. Ra3 Nd5 20. Qf3 Qxb2 21.
Rb3 Qc2 22. Ng3 Nxf4 23. Rxb7 Ng6 24. Rxf7 Qc4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nf5 Qe6 27.
h4 Kh8 28. Qg4 Rf7 29. Rb1 h6 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. h5 Ne7 32. Re8 d5 33. Qh4 dxe4
34. Nxe7 Rf6 35. Qg3 {Some background info on CW Fallows: https://www.ecforum.
org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=8256 (JS)} 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1971.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raeburn, David"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mitcham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6
8. Qf3 e4 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Qf7 e3 14. Bxe3
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rxg5 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. O-O Rg6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd5+ Ke7 20. Qxa8
Bf3 21. Nd5+ Kf7 22. Qe8+ Kxe8 23. Nxf6+ Ke7 24. Kf2 Bc6 25. Nh5 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1
Rxh2 27. Ng3 Rxc2 28. Nf5+ Kf6 29. Nd4 Rh2 30. Re1 Be4 31. b4 h5 {adjudicated
a win for black} 0-1

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.01.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Jones, Chris S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Qd2 Qxc5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ne2 Qf2 13. Ned4 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Re1 g6 18. c3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. b4 Rc4
21. Kb2 Kd7 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. a3 Ke7 27. Rd2 Be8
28. Nc5 Bc6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Nxa4 Bb5 31. Nc5 Rca7 32. Ra5 Kd8 33. Ne4 Ke7 34.
Nd6 Bd7 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Kc2 Rc7 37. Rxa6 Rxb4 38. Rda1 d4 39. c4 Bb5 40. Ra7
Rxa7 41. Rxa7+ Bd7 42. c5 Ra4 43. Rxa4 Bxa4+ 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. Kxd4 f5 46. Kc4
Kd7 47. Kb4 Kc7 48. Nb5+ Kb7 49. Ka5 Bd7 50. Nd4 Kc7 51. c6 Bxc6 52. Nxe6+ Kb7
53. Kb4 Kb6 54. Kc4 Be8 55. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Keen, Kenneth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Slough"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Ne4
c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Be3 c4 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Neg5 Nd5 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nh3 Bxh3 15.
gxh3 e6 16. Rg1 Qe7 17. Qe2 b5 18. Be4 Nec7 19. Qg2 a5 20. Qg3 Ra7 21. Nh4 Rb8
22. f5 dxe5 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. O-O-O Ne7 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Qe3 Ra6 27. Qxh6 Bg7
28. Qf4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bd6 {agreed drawn on adjudication} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Williams, RH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Nbc6 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Bg5 N5g6 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Ba4 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Ra2 Rxg2 19. Ng5 Qb6 20. Ke2 Kd7
21. Kf3 Rg4 22. h3 Rxd4 23. Re1 Re4 24. Bxe4 fxe4+ 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. c3 Qb3 27.
Qh6 Rg8 28. Qxe6+ Kd8 29. Rxe4 Rxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Jones, Chris S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. c3 Qe7 10. Bc4 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. a4 b6 14. Ne5
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Qf6 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Re1 g6 18. b4 h5 19. Qd3 Rd6 20. Qg3 Kh7 21.
h4 Rad8 22. Rg5 Kh8 23. Ree5 Rc6 24. Be2 Rd5 25. Bxh5 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qg7 27. Qd3
Qh6 28. Bf3 Qxh4 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Rxg6+ Kxg6 31. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Anthony C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "London University"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Bc5 6. d3 Qf6 7. Be3 Bb6 8.
Nd2 c6 9. Bb3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f6 12. d4 d6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rd2
Ne7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxd7 Rab8 18. Rhd1 g5 19. Rc7 Rhc8 20. Rcd7
c5 21. Ng1 a6 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. Ng3 Ke6 24. Nh5 Kf7 25. Ng7 Kxg7 26. Rxe7+ Kg6
27. Rdd7 Kh5 28. Rxh7+ Kg4 29. Rh3 f5 30. Rg3+ Kh5 31. exf5 g4 32. h3 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Escott, Keith L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Bg4 6. d4 Be7 7. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 8. g3
g5 9. gxh4 gxf4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bh5 14. O-O-O Ng4
15. Rde1 Ne3 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Ng1 Bg4 18. Ne2 f3 19. Ng1 Ng2 20. Rf1 Nf4 21. Qc2
Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 f2 23. Nh3 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 O-O-O 25. Rxf2 Rhg8 26. Rg3 Rg4 27.
Rxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxf7 Qxh4 29. Qf1 Nd7 30. Qf5 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Rg7 Re8 33.
Rxg5 Nf6 34. e5 dxe5 35. dxe5 Nd7 36. Nf3 Nc5 37. Rf5 Ne6 38. Kd2 Kd7 39. Rf7+
Kd8 40. Ke3 Nc5 {adjudicated win for white.} 1-0

[Event "Richmond Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilcox, Reginald John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nb3 f5 11. Ng5 f4 12. h4 Bf6 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxh6 Bxb2 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxa1 Qxh4 20. f4 Rf8 21.
f5 gxf5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27.
Qf8+ Kc7 28. Qxf5 Ne7 29. Qf7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 {draw agreed, although white may be
winning!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pitt, Michael John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Lewisham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Qd2 Qh4 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. O-O d6 16. f4 f5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rae1 f4 20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bc5
Ne6 22. Bd6 Ra8 23. c5 Qd8 24. Bc4 Bf8 25. Rd1 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Kg7 27. Nc7 Nxc7
28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Qd8 Qxd8 31. Rxd8 b6 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Dennis John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Acton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2
Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Bh6 Nd7 14. O-O
Qa6 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Rfb1 Nxe5 17. Bg7 Rhe8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Qb2
b6 21. Qa3 Qc7 22. Rab1 e6 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. d6 Kxd6 25. Rxb6+ axb6 26. Rxb6+
Ke7 27. Rb7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Qa7 Rd7 30. Rxc7 Rcxc7 31. Qb8 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lancaster, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Mushrooms"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Bxf6
Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Bxf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Nxe6 Qb4 19. c3 Bxc3 20. Nxf8 Kxf8
21. a3 Qb3 22. Bc4 Be4+ 23. Ka1 Qxa3+ 24. Ba2 Bxg2 25. Rhg1 Bf3 26. Qc2 Bxd1
27. Rxd1 Qxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Re8 30. Rd7 Re2+ 31. Kb1 Rxf2 32. Rxa7
g6 33. Rb7 Rf6 34. Kc2 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kd1 Kg7 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxb6 Re7
39. Kd2 Kh7 40. Ra6 Re5 41. Rb6 g4 42. Rb4 Rg5 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sheehan, Michael J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Bh6 14. Bd2 Nd4
15. Qh3 $6 (15. Qg4) 15... e4 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Re1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 19. Bc3
N6b5 20. Bxd4 e2+ 21. Kb1 Nxd4 22. Qg4 $2 (22. h5 $142 Bd2 23. Qh2 Bf4 24. Qh3
Bd2 {draw}) 22... Qf2 23. Nh3 Qxg2 24. Qxd4 Qxh1 25. Qf6+ Kc8 26. Qc3+ Qc6 27.
Nxb6+ $2 (27. Rxe2 Rf8 28. Nxb6+ axb6 29. Qxc6+ Bxc6 30. a3 $14) 27... axb6 28.
Qxc6+ $2 Bxc6 29. Ng1 (29. Ng1 {Agreed drawn before he lost on time!} Rf8 30.
Nxe2 Re8 {wins.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Squires, C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Bc5 6. O-O Qf6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6
8. d3 c6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b4 O-O 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3
d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nxb4 17. Rf2 f6 18. Nd6 b6 19. e4 c5 20. Nb5 Nc6 21.
Nc7 Rac8 22. Nd5 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Nd5 Nb4 25. c4 Rcd8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Kf2
Nxd5 28. cxd5 a5 29. Rc2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Ra7 31. Kd2 Rda8 32. Rca2 Kd6 33. Kc3 b5
34. Kb2 f5 35. Kc3 f4 36. h4 g6 37. Kd2 h6 38. Ke2 a4 39. Rb2 a3 40. Rba2 b4
41. Rg1 Rg7 42. g4 fxg3 43. Rxg3 Rf8 44. Ke3 g5 45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Rxg5 hxg5 47.
Rg2 Ra8 48. Ra2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellis, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. e3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Nbc6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. d3
Bf5 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. h3 Nb4 11. e4 Be6 12. a3 Nbc6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nf4 c6 16. O-O Rab8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. h4 d5 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. bxc4 c5 21. Bh3 b5
22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. a4 Rb6 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc4 Rb4 26. Rac1 Bh6 27. f4 Rcb8 28.
Ba3 Qxa4 29. Bxb4 cxb4 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qb2 Bg7 32. Rc7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naylor, John William"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e4 Bd7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxc4 Bc5 12. O-O Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2
O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg3 a6 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. h3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qb3+ Qe6
21. Qxe6+ Bxe6 22. Ne4 Bxa2 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Rfe8 25. Bh5 Re7 26. Rfd1
Bf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rc1 Nc6 29. Bh4 Rc7 30. Rcd1 Rac8 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Bg3
Rxd7 33. Rxd7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5 minute semi-final"]
[Site "Richmond"]
[Date "1972.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lightfoot, Malcolm J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. c3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne2
Bf6 15. Ng3 a4 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qg4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rab1
a3 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Rd7 25. Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rfxc1
Rad8 27. g3 Rd2 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. Ra7 g6 30. Kf1 Rdd2 31. Rc3 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1
Rfd2 33. Rc1 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxh2 35. Kg1 Rag2+ 36. Kf1 Rh1+ 37. Kxg2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cunliffe, Stephen D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayswater"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
d4 c4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 g4 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. g3 h5 15.
Ng2 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Rdg8 17. Qd2 h4 18. Kg2 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Bg1 f6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Rf2 Qh7 23. Re1 Qh1+ 24. Kf1 Be4 25. Bd1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Roger Rance"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mushrooms"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b3 c6 15. Nc3
g5 16. Bg3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. f3 b5 19. Qb2 b4 20. Nd1 Nxd5 21. exd5 e4 22.
Qb1 f5 23. fxe4 f4 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf2 Qxa1 27. Qxa1 Bxa1 28.
Rxa1 Rc2 29. Rd1 Rxa2 30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Speed, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qf2 d5
15. e5 d4 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. c3 Rfe8 21.
Rd2 Re7 22. Rfd1 Rde8 23. Bf1 a6 24. c4 Re4 25. g3 R8e7 26. b3 Qa5 27. Bg2 Re3
28. Bf3 Qc3 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Qf1 Nc2 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.04.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marks, Laurence D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Croydon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
a5 9. e4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Ne8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd3 f4 15.
Qe2 Qc8 16. Nxc5 Bh3 17. f3 b6 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Ne6 fxg3 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. Qg2
Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxh2+ 23. Qxh2 gxh2 24. Kxh2 Nd6 25. b3 Rf8 26. Kg3 Bd4 27. Rfc1
Rf4 28. Kg2 Rh4 29. Rab1 g5 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Bc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. d6 cxd6
34. Rh1 Rf4 35. Rh6 g4 36. Rxd6 gxf3+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. a3 Rf4 39. b6 Rf8 40.
Rd7 {adjudicated a draw. A lucky escape!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Linton, William Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Bayswater"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of the 1972-3 season. Grade 173 per CHESS, although my
calculations make it 186!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ {
a line suggested to me by C W Hallows} Bd7 6. c4 Nc6 7. Bxc6 (7. Nc3 g6 8. f3 {
Boey,J (2277)-Chernikov,O (2422)/Wch Seniors 16th 2006 (4)/1-0 resembles a
Maroczy bind dragon with the white bishop outside the pawns}) 7... Bxc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. f3 Qa5 12. Qa4 (12. Qd2 $143 Qb4 13. Rc1 Nd7 14.
O-O a5) 12... Qxa4 13. Nxa4 O-O 14. Kf2 Rfb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b3 Ne5 17. Rhd1
c5 18. h3 Rb7 19. Rd2 Nc6 20. Rcd1 (20. f4 $142 Nd4 21. e5 Rc8 22. g4 dxe5 23.
fxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 $14) 20... Nd4 21. f4 e5 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. g4 f5 {Black was typically short of time now} 25.
gxf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Rf7 27. Nc5 Rxf5+ 28. Kg2 Raf8 29. Re2 Bh6 30. Nd7 R8f7 $4 (
30... Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rff5 $15) 31. Nxe5 $16 {Adjudicated a win for white.} 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley E v W"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, DR"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. e3 ({More common is} 6. e4
fxe4 7. dxe4 {Rossetto,H-Guimard,C/La Plata Jockey Club 1944 (14)/1-0 e.g.})
6... a5 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Rb1 Na6 10. a3 c6 11. b4 Nc7 12. b5 c5 13. Bb2
Rb8 14. d4 b6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Nfxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. Rbd1 {
Now we start an amazing series of blunders!} Rbd8 $4 (19... e4 $11) 20. f4 $4 (
20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. d6+ Nd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Rf7 25. dxe7)
20... Bxd5 $4 (20... e4 $11) 21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bxe5 $4 (22. Nc3 $18) 22... Qe6
$2 (22... c4 23. Qxc4 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 $15) 23. Rd3 $2 (23. Nc3 Nxf4 24. Qxe6+
Nxe6 25. Nd5 Bg5 26. h4 Bh6 27. Kg2 $16) 23... Qf7 24. Rfd1 $4 (24. Qc2 $15)
24... Nxe3 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nc3 $4 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, WH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mushrooms"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nd2 d6 6. Ngf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 Rb8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 b4 13. c4 a5 14. h4 Nd4 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. h5 f5 19. f4 Qe8 20. Nf3 gxh5 21. Ng5 Bd7 22.
Bf3 h6 23. Bxh5 Qc8 24. Nf3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Qxc4 26. f5 d5 27. f6 Bxf6 28. Bxh6
Rfd8 29. Qd2 dxe4 30. Nxe5 Qc5 31. Rxe4 Bf5 32. Bf7+ Kh8 33. Qh2 Bh7 34. Rae1
d3+ 35. Be3 Qc2 36. Qh6 Bg7 37. Qh5 d2 38. Bxd2 Qxd2 39. Bg6 Nxg6 40. Nxg6+ Kg8
41. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "5 minute q-final"]
[Site "Richmond"]
[Date "1972.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. c3 d5 8. e5
Ng4 9. cxd4 Qh4 10. h3 h5 11. d3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nh6 13. Bg3 Qxd4 14. Nc3 Be7 15.
Ne2 Qb6 16. Rc1 h4 17. Bh2 O-O-O 18. d4 g5 19. b4 a6 20. Rc3 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4
22. Qc2 Rdg8 23. Bxc6 Kb8 24. Ba4 Nxh2 25. Kxh2 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Qd2 Qd6+
28. Qf4 Qxf4+ 29. Nxf4 Bxd4 30. Rd3 Be5 31. Rf3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Coverly, Roger D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 e5 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe5 Qd6 13. f4 Bb6 14. b4 c5
15. g4 $6 (15. b5 $16) 15... Rd8 16. g5 dxc4 17. Nxf7 Qxd3 18. Nxd8 Bh3 $2 (
18... Bxd8 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra2 Bh3 $11) 19. Nc6 $2 (19. Qxd3 cxd3 20. Nb7
Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ne4 22. bxc5 $16) 19... Qe4 $2 (19... Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Nd5 21. Ne5
Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 cxb4 23. Nxc4 bxa3 $14) 20. Qf3 Bxf1 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Kxf1 Kf8
23. Ra2 Rc8 24. Ne5 cxb4 25. axb4 Ke7 26. Rc2 c3 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Kd3 Kd5 29. h4
a5 30. bxa5 Bxa5 31. h5 $6 (31. Ra2 $142) 31... Nc5+ 32. Ke2 Rb8 (32... Bb4 33.
Nd3 Kc4 34. Nxc5 Bxc5 35. Ra2 Re8 $11) 33. Ba3 Ne4 34. Kd3 Rb1 35. Bf8 Rd1+ 36.
Ke2 Rh1 37. Nf3 $2 {Adjudicated a win for black.} ({By this stage white should
have taken the draw by} 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Ke2) (37. Nf3 $2 Ng3+ 38. Kf2 Nxh5)
0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.10.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wodzianek, Antoni K"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bg5 Bc5 11. Qf3 e5 12. c4 Bd4 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nb3 bxc4 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxc4 Rg8 18. Qxf6 Rg6 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Rf6 22. Qh5 Qb6 23. Qxe5+ Re6 24. Qg3 Qa5+ 25. Ke2 Qh5+ 26. Qf3 Qg6 27.
Rhf1 Kf8 28. Rf2 Rae8 29. Rbf1 R8e7 30. Qf4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Rf3 Rg4 34. Qc7 Rxg2+ 35. R1f2 Re6 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Qf4+ Rg5 38. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neviazsky, Abraham"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 e4
9. Nd4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15.
Nd5 $6 c6 16. Nf4 Be5 17. f3 Nf6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. g3 Rc8 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Bxh5
Rc7 22. bxc6 Qg5 23. g4 Qg7 24. Rab1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 bxc6 27. Rf6
Re6 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Be8 d5 31. Rb6 dxc4 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxc6
a4 $6 34. Kf2 a3 35. Kg3 $4 Nb3 36. Bxe4 Nxd2 37. Kf4 Nb3 (37... Nb3 {White
resigned in view of} 38. Ke5 c3 39. Bb1 Na1 40. Kd4 c2 41. Bxc2 Nxc2+) 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.10.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hassall, Mark Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 {A suggestion of C.
W. Fallows, which isn't really sound. I only tried it a few times.} g6 7. Nc3
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f3 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qe2 Qb7 14.
Nb3 Be6 15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. Nb1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.10.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slaughter, JE"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Charlbury"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8.
cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 exd4 11. Bc6 Bd6 12. O-O Nf4 13. Bxa8 Bg4 14.
Qc6 Re8 15. d3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Qh5 17. g3 Re5 18. Na3 Rc5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.11.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Muldoon, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "West London"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 {A variation
Charlie Fallows suggested to me.} a6 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Nc3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10.
Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. f3 Ne5 13. O-O Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Ne6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. f5 Nc7 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. c5 Nb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23.
Qxd6 exd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd6 Be5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8 gxf5 28. exf5 h5
29. h3 Bg3 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be5 32. g4 Bf6 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kf3 b4 35. Kf4
hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg7 37. g5 Kh7 38. Ke5 Kg7 39. Kd6 Kf8 40. Kd7 Kg7 41. Ke7 Kg8
42. f6 a5 43. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1972.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Marks, Laurence D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxd5 14. cxd5
Rfc8 15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. g3 Rc7 17. Bh3 Ne8 18. b3 Bc3+ 19. Kd3 b5 20. Rc1 b4
21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 Nc7 24. Bf1 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Kb2 d5 27.
a3 a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Kc2 Kf7 30. e5 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. f4 Nb5+
34. Bxb5+ Kxb5 35. g4 Kc6 36. h3 h6 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Ke3 Kc5 40. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, Daryl C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 e5 11. f5 h5 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Bg1 b5 14. a4 b4 15.
Nb1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qe2 a5 19. c3 Bb7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Nb3
Qa7 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Nc5 Rd4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qc2 O-O 26. Qf2 Rd6 27. Rfd1 Rfd8
28. Qf3 Ba8 29. Qg3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Taylor, Daryl C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 b5 12. Bxb5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxb5
15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxd6 Ba6 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. Rhe1 Nd7 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nxe4
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxe4 Bb7 23. Re7 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxa7 Bf6 26. Ra4 Kf8
27. Re4 h5 28. Kc2 Rd6 29. b3 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rutland, George W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Metropolitan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. c3
Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qc1 Kf7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Rd1 Rhd8
15. Nf1 Qe8 16. Qc2 Kg8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. N1xd2 Qf7 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. b4 Nac6 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. c4 Ndc6 27.
b5 axb5 28. cxb5 Nd8 29. Bd2 Nf7 30. Bb4 c5 31. bxc6 Nxc6 32. Bd2 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wilson, AF"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wallington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Ne1 Ncd7 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qc8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 c4 19. b3 Qd7 20. bxc4 Na4 21. Be3 b6
22. f3 Rac8 23. Bf1 Nc5 24. Nd3 Ne8 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. d6 Rd8 27. Bg5 f6 28.
Qd5+ Kh8 29. Be3 Qxd6 30. Qb7 Qc7 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. bxc6 Rc8 33. Rd7 Rxc6 34.
Rcd1 Kg8 35. g4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fuller, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. c4
Nb4 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Nc3 Nd3 17. Rad1 Nxf4 18. Qe3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Qd4 Rd8
21. Rxe6 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Kxh3 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rf5 25. Ne4 Bf6 26. Rd2 Be5
27. c5 Ke7 28. b3 h6 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Rc4 Kd7 31. Ra4 Ra8 32. h4 Kc8 33. Ng3 Kd7
34. f4 Bf6 35. Kh3 Kc8 36. Kg4 Kb7 37. Rb4+ Ka7 38. Re4 Re8 39. h5 a5 40. Kf3
Ka6 41. f5 e5 42. Rg4 Kb5 43. Ne4 Rf8 44. a4+ Ka6 45. Nxf6 gxf6 46. Rg6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trethewey, F"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Battersea"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nce2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3 Nc5
15. b3 Bd7 16. Kh1 h5 17. Rc1 O-O-O 18. c4 Kb8 19. cxd5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb5 21.
Nxb5 Rxd5 22. Qc4 axb5 23. Qb4 Rhd8 24. Qe7 R5d7 25. Qb4 Rd2 26. a4 R2d4 27.
Qe7 R8d7 28. Qf8+ Qd8 29. Qa3 b4 30. Qa1 Rd2 31. Qb1 R7d3 32. Rc2 Qd5 33. Rxd2
Rxd2 34. Rg1 h4 35. Qh7 Qxb3 36. Qxh4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.01.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wodzianek, Antoni K"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 g6 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Nc3 h5 10. Bb5 Ng4 11. Qf3 Qh4 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bxe3 14. Bxe3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 Rhe8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Rd4 c5 20. Ra4
c6 21. b4 Bc4 22. Rb1 Bb5 23. Ra5 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Kb7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Rb1 Kc7 27.
Rab3 Re5 28. a4 Bc4 29. Rb4 d5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. e4 Be6 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rxd7+
Kxd7 34. Re1 Kd6 35. Kf2 Kc5 36. Ke3 Kc4 37. Ne2 Bf5 38. Kd2 Rxe4 {and white
resigned on adjudication} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Massie, David L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. e5 d5 8.
exf6 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Nh4 Nxg7 13. O-O-O Bxc3
14. bxc3 Be6 15. f4 Rd8 16. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Kd7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Re5 f6
20. Rh5 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Qd7 10. Ba3 b6 11. Rb3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qg4 c5 14. Qxg7
Rf8 15. Rbb1 Bb7 16. Qf6 Nc6 17. f4 Qd8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxb7 c4 20. Be2 Qxf6
21. exf6 O-O-O 22. Rfb1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Bh5 Kc7 25. c3 Nb8 26. g4 Nd7 27.
g5 Nc5 28. h4 Ne4 29. f5 exf5 30. Kg2 Nxc3 31. Rf1 Nxa2 32. Ra1 Nb4 33. Bxf7
Kd6 34. Bh5 Nc6 35. Bf3 a5 36. h5 Ke5 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Bd1 Ne6 40.
Kh4 h6 41. g6 Rxf6 42. Ba4 Ng7 43. Rb1 Re6 44. Rb6+ Kc7 45. Rb5 Re4+ 46. Kg3
Nxh5+ 47. Kf3 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 d4+ 49. Kd2 c3+ 50. Kd3 Rg4 51. Rxf5 Nf4+ 52. Kc2
Nxg6 53. Rxa5 Kb6 54. Rb5+ Ka6 55. Rf5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.02.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Neviazsky, Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4
8. Re1 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Nc3 Ba8 14. Ne4
Rxb2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 h6 19. Qd3 g6 20.
Ne7+ Kh7 21. h4 Rxa2 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qb3 Qg5 25. Qg8+ Kf6 26. Qf8#
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, AT"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wanstead"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4 7. c3 d5 8. Bb5
dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Na4 Bb6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rxc6 Rg8 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxg2+
21. Kh1 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Rxg5 23. f4 Rf5 24. Rxh6 Raf8 25. Rd6 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf1+
27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxa7 Kf5 31. Rxh7 Rd2 32. e6 Kxe6 33.
Rh6+ Kf5 34. Rxb6 Rd3+ 35. Kg2 d4 36. a4 Ke4 37. a5 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rd1 39. h4 Ra1
40. b4 d3 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. h5 Rxb4 43. a6 Ra4 44. h6 d2 45. h7 Rxa6 46. Rxd2
Rg6+ 47. Kf2 Rh6 48. Rd7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Drake, JHD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2
Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. d6 O-O 13. Bxc5 e6 14. Bxb7 Rb8
15. Qf3 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Rab1 e4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rfc8
21. Rfc1 f5 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Nb3 a6 24. Na5 Bf4 25. Rd1 Ba4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Bxd1 29. c5 Bxf3 30. d7 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley v Cambridge U."]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1973.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Thames Valley League"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3
(8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Bd3 $14 {is stronger.}) 8... Bb4 9. Nf3 c5 $146 10. a3 cxd4 11.
axb4 dxe3 12. Qxd8+ ({The Cambridge team had analysed a line going} 12. Nb5 O-O
(12... Nc6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 {Mirzoeva,E (2010)-Driamin,D (2225)/Moscow-ch 1996 (6)/
0-1} 14. Be2) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nc7 Nc6 15. Nxa8 Nxb4 16. Nxb6 Nc2+ 17. Ke2
Nxa1 18. Na4 Nc2 {Rybka reckons} 19. Nc5 b5 20. Nb7 Rd7 21. Nd6 bxc4 {is equal.
}) 12... Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ $2 ({Much better is} 13. Nd1 Na6 14. b5 Nb4 15. Nxe3 {
with a roughly equal position.}) ({The database has three games with} 13. c5
N6d7 14. Bb5 Ke7 {Laszlo,I (2182)-Panchenko,A (2402)/ Nyiregyhaza op 2003 (2)/
1/2-1/2 e.g.}) 13... Ke7 14. c5 N6d7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 a5 17. b5 Nxc5 18.
Rxe3 Nbd7 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Kc2 Rhd8 21. Ree1 h6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
Ra1 Rc8 25. Nd2 a4 26. b4 Ncd7 27. Kb2 Nxe5 28. Nxa4 Nd5 29. Nc5 {Although
objectively this might not be best, at least white ends up with a passed pawn
and some threats.} Nxb4 30. Nxb7 Rc2+ 31. Kb3 Rxd2 32. Kxb4 Rxg2 33. Nc5 Rxh2
34. b6 Rb2+ 35. Nb3 Kd6 $6 ({It seems better to give up knight for white's
remaining pawn by} 35... Nc6+ 36. Kc3 Rf2 $19 {than give up the exchange.}) 36.
Kc3 Rxb3+ ({And now} 36... Rg2 37. Na5 Rg3+ 38. Kc2 Rg4 (38... Nc6 39. Rd1+ Kc5
40. b7 Nb4+ 41. Kb2) 39. Rd1+ Kc5 40. b7 Rb4 41. Rd8 Nc6 42. Nxc6 (42. Rc8 Kd5
43. Rxc6 Rxb7 44. Nxb7 Kxc6 45. Nd8+ Kd5 46. Nxf7 {is a draw per Nalimov!})
42... Rxb7 {,again giving up a piece rather than the exchange, may be better.})
37. Kxb3 Kc6 ({If} 37... Nd7 38. Ra7 {may be best} (38. Kb4 Nxb6 39. Ra6 Kc6
40. Ka5 g5 41. Rxb6+ Kc5 {is apparently a black win per 7-piece Nalimov.})
38... g5 (38... f6 39. b7 Nb8) 39. b7 Nb8 40. Ra1) 38. Ra5 Nd7 39. Ra7 Nc5+ 40.
Kc3 Nb7 41. Ra8 Kxb6 ({Houdini prefers} 41... Nd6 $1 42. Rd8 g5 43. Kd4 g4 44.
Ke5 Nf5) 42. Rg8 g6 {Now white's king can infiltrate the black pawns.} (42...
g5 {should win} 43. Kd4 (43. Rh8 Kc5 44. Rxh6 g4 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Rf6 Nd6 47.
Ke2 Ke5 48. Rh6 f5) 43... Nd6 44. Ke5 Kc6 45. Rh8 Nf5) 43. Kd4 Kc6 (43... Nd6
44. Ke5 Kc5 45. Rf8 g5 46. Rd8 Nc4+ 47. Kf6 e5 48. Kf5 f6 49. Rd7) 44. Ke5 h5
45. Kf6 Nd6 46. Rh8 Kc5 ({If} 46... Kd5 47. Ra8 h4 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Ra4+ Nc4
50. Kxf7 g5 51. Kf6 g4 52. Kg5 g3 53. Kxh4 g2 54. Ra1 $11) 47. Rd8 h4 48. Rh8
e5 (48... Kd5 49. Rxh4 e5 50. Rh1 e4 51. Rd1+ Kc5 52. Ke5 e3 53. Rc1+ Nc4+ 54.
Ke4 e2 55. Re1 Nd6+ 56. Kf4) 49. Kxe5 g5 50. Rd8 Nb5 (50... f6+ 51. Kxf6 g4 52.
Kg5 g3 53. Kxh4) 51. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilson, Peter JB"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mushrooms"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. f3 d6 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. Qe1 h5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7
15. Rab1 b5 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Ne2 d5 19. Bd4 dxe4 20. Bxe5 exd3 21.
Rxd3 Nd5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bc6 24. Re1 Bd5 25. Re5 Rc4 26. Bd2 g6 27. Rd4
Rac8 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Re2 Rb8 30. Bc1 Rb1 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Kg1 Ba4 33. Bd2 Rb2
34. Be3 Bxc2 35. Bc5 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Yerbury, Paul D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Bayswater"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Bc1 Bf6 14. b3 Nb6
15. Ba3 Be7 16. Bb2 c5 17. Nf3 c4 18. e5 cxb3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. f4
c5 22. Nde2 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Bxb3 24. Ne4 Kh8 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1
Rfe8 28. Rf3 Qe4 29. Qg3 g6 30. Qg5 Qb1+ 31. Ng1 Be6 32. Qh6 g5 33. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rushbrook, Ronald E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Stock Exchange"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. a3 {Chess Treasury of the Air pp133-156 gives a consultation game Amateurs 
(Rhoden and Rushbrook) v Internationals (Barden & Littlewood) in which White
opens 1.a3.} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. b4 d5 5. e3 d4 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Nb1 d3 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Nd4 11. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. fxg4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Phillips, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Harrow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f3 a5 11. a3 f5 12. g4 f4 13. h4 h6 14. Ng2 Kh7 15. Bd2 c6
16. Rb1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bf6 18. Be1 Ng8 19. Bf2 Be7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 h5 22.
g5 Bh3 23. Kh2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Qxg5+ 26. Kh2 h4 27. Rg1 Qh6 28. Qf1
Ngf6 29. Qh3 g5 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Ra3 33. Rc1 Rf7 34. Rgg1
Rh7 35. Kh3 Nh5 36. Bxh4 {Black resigned on adjournment} 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup Final"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.04.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Alan H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. Rfd1 e4 13. Rxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bxf7+
Kh8 15. h3 exf3 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qg5 fxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Qf4 Be8 20. Bb3 Bg6
21. Re1 Rd3 22. Bc2 Rxc3 23. Bxg6 Rxa3 24. Qxc7 Rf8 25. Qd6 Rd8 26. Qxa3 {
And black resigned. Although I lost, we won the match 6.5-3.5} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sefton, RS"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Metropolitan"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nc6 12. b4 Qf5 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Be2 Rd8
15. b5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. O-O e5 18. Qc2 Rxd4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.04.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Clegg, Chris RA"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {The wrong opening to play against this
opponent, who was just looking for a draw.} 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qf6
7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. d3 Bc5 (8... d5 {Soderborg,B (2138)-Hallerod,R (2164)/SWE-chC
Gothenburg 2005 (4)/0-1 would be more aggressive -}) 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nc3 b5 11.
Bb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. h3 O-O 16. Ng3 h6 17. Be3 {
agreed drawn, although maybe I should have played on as black has a slight
space advantage.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Noble, DE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Chertsey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of 1973-4 season. Grade 198 per Chess vol p19.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 c5 10.
Rh3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 cxd4 13. Rf3 Nc6 14. Qf4 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Nd8 16.
Rb1 Qc7 17. Kf1 f5 18. h5 Nc6 19. Re1 Nb4 20. g4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Ke7 22. gxf5
exf5 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. e6 Qe7 25. Qxd4 Rf8 26. Qa4+ Kd8 27. Qa5+ Ke8 28. Qb5+
Kd8 29. Qxd5+ Ke8 30. Nh3 f4 31. Qb5+ Kd8 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Bxe6 34. Rd4+
1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richardson, Keith B"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayswater"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Qe1+ Be6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qc1 h6 14. Bb3
Re8 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bd1 Ng6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Be2 Bg4 19. h3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3
21. Qd1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Nh2 Be5 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Bf1 Qh4 26. Qg4 Ng6 27.
Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Bg2 Bg3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nf3 Re2 31. Nxh4 Rxd2 32. Nf5 Be5 33.
b4 Rxd3 34. b5 Rc3 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxc6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier 1st week"]
[Site "Teesside"]
[Date "1973.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{I'd gone up to Teesside for a week's chess "holiday" and didn't expect to be
playing a strong IM in the first round! It actually worked out well. We both
won all our remaining games and came equal first.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Bd6
11. f3 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxf6 Bxg2 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Kxg2 {
The stem game on the database is Evans,L-Maccioni Seisdedos,A/Dubrovnik ol 
(Men) 1950 (15)/1-0. My 1965 (10th edition) copy of Modern Chess Openings 
(co-edited by Larry Evans) had this line as giving White a good advantage,
whereas interestingly Houdini thinks it's better for Black! (MCO 10, page 392
- JS)} Nd7 17. Bf4 ({Rybka and Houdini prefer} 17. Qb3 c5 18. d5 {which seems
to me the wrong plan entirely.}) 17... Qe6 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Rf1 Nd5 20. Be5 $6 (
20. Bc1 Rad8 21. Nf4 $14) (20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 22. Qf3 {Kluger,
G-Florian,T/HUN-ch 12th Budapest 1957/1-0 and white went on to win in}) 20...
f6 ({Rybka thinks that} 20... Rad8 {is stronger}) 21. Nf4 $2 (21. Bf4 $142 Nb6
22. Rf2 $14) 21... Qd7 22. Nfxd5 fxe5 ({I had thought only of} 22... cxd5 23.
Bf4) 23. Ne3 (23. Nf6+ $1 {may be best} gxf6 24. Ne4 Rf8 (24... Kg7 25. Nxf6 e4
26. Nxe8+ $11) 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 exd4 {
reaches a drawn ending} 29. Rd6) 23... exd4 24. Nf5 Rad8 25. Ne4 Qe6 (25... Qd5
$142 $5 26. Rf4 Kh8) 26. Rf4 c5 $6 (26... b6 $142 27. Kg1 $11) 27. Nxc5 Qe2+
28. Rf2 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 g6 ({If} 29... Re3 30. Nf4 Re4 31. Rd2 $14) 30. Nh6+ Kg7
31. Ng4 h5 (31... Re7 32. Nge5 $14) 32. Nge5 Rd5 $2 (32... Re7 $14) 33. Rf7+ $4
(33. Nxg6 {!} Rd6 (33... Rb5 34. Nh4 Re3 35. Nf4 $18 Reb3 36. Ne6+ Kh6 37. Nxd4
Rxb2 38. Nxb5 Rxb5 39. Rf5) 34. Nge5 Re7 35. Rf5 Rh6 36. h4 $18 {However, I
was merely intent on getting to a drawn rook and pawn ending. I only noticed
this tactic years later inputting to the computer!}) 33... Kg8 34. Rxb7 Rexe5
35. Nxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxa7 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Rd7 Rxh2 39. Rxd4 Ra2 40. Ra4 Kg7
41. Ra6 Kh6 42. a4 Ra1 43. Ra8 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Ra7+ Kg8 (45... Kh6 46. Ra8
$11) 46. Kf2 {and we agreed a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier 1st week"]
[Site "Teesside"]
[Date "1973.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Langstaffe, JB"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. e5 d5 8.
exf6 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bh6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne6 13. O-O-O Nxg7
14. Rhe1+ Be6 $6 (14... Ne6 $142 {Norris,A (2265)-Formanek,E (2330)/
Philips&Drew Knights 1982 (14)/1/2-1/2} 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nf5 Rxg2 17. Ng7+ Ke7
18. Nf5+ Kd8 $17) 15. Ng5 ({After the game Karaklaic, who had been following
my games after our draw, pointed out the strength of} 15. g4 $142 $1 Rd8 ({
Houdini prefers} 15... Ke7 16. Nd4 Kf6 17. Bf4 {Levy,D (2320)-MacDonald Ross,M
(2280)/SCO-ch83 Dundee 1976 (3)/1-0} Rae8 18. h3 h5 $11) 16. Nd4 Rd5 17. f4 c5
18. Nf5 {Schiffer,K (2300)-Belic,J (2345)/BL2-West 9495 1994 (6.4)/1-0} Rxd1+ (
18... Rxf5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Bg5) 19. Kxd1 Nxf5 20. gxf5 Rg2 21. fxe6 Rxa2 22.
exf7+ Kxf7 23. Bg5 {with advantage}) 15... Nf5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ $2 ({
White needs to leave the weak e-pawn and protect his own king's side pawns.} 
17. g3 Ke7 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Re5 $11) 17... Kf7 18. Rde1 Rxg2 $19 19. Bf4 Rxf2
20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Be7 Nxe7 ({Better is} 21... Ng7 $1 22. R6e4 Re8) 22. Rxe7+ Kf6
23. R1e6+ ({Better is} 23. Rxc7 Rf7 24. Rxc4 $15) 23... Kf5 24. Re5+ Kg6 25. h4
R8f7 {Now black's winning.} 26. R7e6+ Kg7 27. h5 Rh2 28. Rg5+ Kf8 29. Re1 Rxa2
30. Kb1 Raf2 31. Re6 a5 (31... Rf1+ 32. Kb2 R7f2+ 33. Ka3 Rb1 {forces mate e.g.
} 34. h6 Rb3+ 35. Ka4 Ra2#) 32. h6 (32. Re1 {was forced to avoid mate.}) 32...
Rf1+ 33. Kb2 R7f2+ 0-1

[Event "Premier 1st week"]
[Site "Teesside"]
[Date "1973.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Gordon, AR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. g4
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. g5 Nfxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qd5 Qc7 19. Qc6 Ra7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Be3 Rc8 23. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Premier 1st week"]
[Site "Teesside"]
[Date "1973.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brown, BE"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g3 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 e5 10. f5 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. O-O h5 14. h3 b4 15.
Nd1 a5 16. Nf2 Ba6 17. Nd3 c5 18. Qf2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Nf4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Be5 22. Rd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 O-O 0-1

[Event "Premier 1st week"]
[Site "Teesside"]
[Date "1973.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Gregory, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Bf3 Nxe4 13. Ncxe4 f5 14. O-O fxe4
15. Nxe4 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Re7 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Nxc5 Qg7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7
21. Re1 Qf7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Rh8 Nd7 25. Rxh7+ Ke8 26. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley E v W"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.09.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soesan, Joseph Maurice"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nd2 Rae8 14.
Ne4 f5 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. Qd2 h6 18. h4 Bh5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re1
Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bxf3 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. h5 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 c5 26. Bb8
a6 27. Ba7 c4 28. dxc4 Qe4 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. b3 d3 31. cxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+
33. Kf1 Bc3 34. Kg1 Qe5 35. Bb6 f4 36. Bc7 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Qc2 Qe8 39. Qg6
Qe2 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Ilford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nbd7 8.
Bf4 c6 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Be2 Re8 12. a4 Qc8 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Qc4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Qb3 c5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Bc4 Re7 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Qb5 Bd4 24. h4 Qf4 25. Ke2 Rae8 26. Rh3 Qc1 27. Bd3
Qg1 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. h5 Qc1 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rg3 a6 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pearce, Gareth David"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Berkshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. c4 a5 8. d4 Na6
9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Na4 Ra6 15. c5
b5 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. g4 Ne6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. f4 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. e3 Bf6 22.
Rf3 Ng7 23. Kh1 e6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rh3 Bd8 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. Rh6 Rf6 28. Rxf6
Qxf6 29. Nd7 Qe7 30. Ne5 Bc7 31. Qg2 Ra8 32. Qh3 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rg8 34. Bc3 b4
35. Be1 Qf7 36. Bh4 Ne8 37. Bd8 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Ba6 39. Qh6 a4 40. bxa4 Bc4 41.
Ba5 b3 42. axb3 Bxb3 43. Bd8 Bxa4 44. Kf2 Qg6 45. Qf8+ Qg8 46. Bf6+ Nxf6 47.
Qxf6+ Qg7 48. Qd8+ Qg8 49. Qf6+ Qg7 50. Qxe6 Qg5 51. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.10.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Filewood, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Banstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Nde2 Bf8 $6 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bc4 Be7 14. h4 Nd4
$6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bd8 18. f4 b5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rae1 Ba5+
21. b4 Bd8 22. Ne2 f5 23. exf5 $1 Bxd5 24. Nc3+ Kf7 25. Nxd5 Nb6 26. Nxb6 Bxb6
27. Be4 Rae8 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. f6 a5 32. f7 axb4 33.
Re8 (33. Re8 {and black resigned in view of} Rxe8 34. Bc6+) 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hayali, L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Bayswater"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Ne8 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Nd2 f5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. e5 e6 15.
exd6 Na6 16. Nde4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 exd5 18. Nxc5 Qxd6 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. Bd4 Qe6
21. Rae1 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 dxc4 23. Re7 Rf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Rfe1 b6 26. R1e7 Rxe8
27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Rh8 h5 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Rg8 Kf5 31. Rf8+ Ke4 32. Re8+ Kxf4 33.
g3+ Kg5 34. Bg7 Rb8 35. Rf8 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Green, Barry Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Rd1 b6 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
b3 Rae8 22. f3 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Re7 24. Rfe1 Rfe8 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Kg8 27.
Qf2 Qg5 28. h4 Qf4 (28... Qf4 {Draw agreed. We were both short of time. Rybka
reckons} 29. g3 Qf6 30. Kg2 {is advantageous for white, but with opposite
colour bishops I'm not sure how white can push for a win safely.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.10.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tombleson, B"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Coulsdon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bf4
Qa5 $4 ({A horrible blunder.} 14... Qb6 {is fine for black}) 15. Nxd5 Bb4 (
15... Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 {would get two pieces for the queen, but it would
still be hopeless}) 16. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ashby, Terry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Surbiton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd4 Nc4 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxa2
21. Rc1 Rxb2 22. Rxc4 Rxb3 23. Rc7 Rb2 24. Re5 b5 25. Rxb7 b4 26. e4 b3 27. Kg2
Rb1 28. Ree7 b2 29. e5 g6 30. e6 h5 31. Red7 Re1 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. exf7+ Kf8
34. Rxb2 Kxf7 35. Rb6 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wall, JR"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Nf4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Kf1 Rc8 12. Bd2 c4 13. Qe3 h5 14. h4 Nf8 15.
Qe2 Kd7 16. g3 Qe8 17. Ng2 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Bxd6
Kxd6 22. Ne3 Qg8 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Kg1 Rh7 25. Kh2 b5 26. Ng2 b4 27. cxb4 Rxb4
28. Rb1 Rhb7 29. Rhc1 Nge7 30. Ne3 Qg6 31. Rc2 Qe4 32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Re2 a5 34.
Nf1 Nf5 35. Ne3 c3 36. Nc2 Rxb2 37. Na3 Qg4 38. Qd3 Nfxd4 39. Nxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wall, JR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 {
the odd move order (5...e5; before castling and 7.Bg5) has got us out of the
books.} c6 9. Qd2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Ne8 11. O-O-O Kh7 12. Bd3 Na6 13. g4 Bd7 14.
Kb1 Qa5 15. h4 Nec7 16. Nh3 f6 17. Rdg1 b5 18. f4 b4 19. Nd1 Bb5 20. Bxb5 $2
Nxb5 21. f5 Rab8 22. Ka1 Qa4 $2 23. b3 Qa3 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 gxf5 26. gxh6
Bf6 27. Nb2 Rbc8 28. Nc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ng5+ $2 Bxg5 32.
Rxg5 Qc3+ $2 33. Qxc3 bxc3 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. e5 $2 dxe5 36. Rhg1 Rb8 $2 37. h7
d3 $4 (37... c2 38. Rg8+ Kxh7 39. R8g7+ Kh6 40. R7g6+ Kh7 41. Rxa6 d3 42. Ra3 (
42. Rxa7+ Kh6 43. Ra6+ Kh5 44. Ra3 e4 45. d6 f4 46. Ra5+ Kh6 47. Rd5) 42... e4
{might still draw}) 38. d6 d2 39. Rg8+ (39. Rg8+ {and black resigned. It's
mate in} Kxh7 40. R8g3 Rb1+ 41. Rxb1 d1=Q 42. Rxd1 Nb4 43. Rh1#) 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Century, Jonathan I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Islington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne4 Ke7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Rd2 Bg7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 16. Rd6 Be6 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bc8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4
Bg4 21. R1d2 b6 22. Nb3 c5 23. e5 Rhd8 24. Be4 h5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd5 Bh6 27.
Rf2 f6 28. Kc2 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Nd2 Bf4 32. Nf3 Bf5+ 33. Kb3
g5 34. Ka4 g4 35. Nh4 Bd7+ 36. Ka3 Bxh2 37. e6 Be8 38. Nf5 Kg8 39. e7+ Kh8 40.
Bb7 Be5 41. Ba6 Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. Bb5 Bg6 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nh4 Bf7 46. e8=Q
Bxe8 47. Bxe8 Kg5 48. Ng2 h4 49. Bd7 h3 50. Ne3 h2 51. Bc6 Kh4 52. Ka4 a6 53.
b4 Bd4 54. Nf5+ Kh3 55. b5 a5 56. Nxd4 cxd4 57. c5 d3 58. Kb3 d2 59. Kc2 g3 60.
Bd7+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gillman, CD"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Rad1 d5 16. Bxb8 Rdxb8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d4 19. b4 Bf6 20. Nc6 Rc8 21.
b5 Ra4 22. Rc2 Rca8 23. Rdd2 Ra3 24. e4 e5 25. h4 h5 26. Rb2 Kf8 27. Kf1 g6 28.
Ke1 Bg7 29. Kd1 Bh6 30. Re2 d3 31. Red2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 f6 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4
R8a4 35. e5 Rxc4 36. e6 Rxf4 37. Rg2 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1973.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hanreck, Alan E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Lewisham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Bird's Defence has always been my main reply to the Ruy Lopez and over the
years I have had good results with it, although it needed some serious
remedial work after a loss to Craig Pritchett, who utilised some opening
theory from Chess Archives.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3
c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bc5 8. e5 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exf6 Re8 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg5 h6
13. Qxh6 Qxf6 14. d3 dxc3 15. d4 Bf8 16. Qe3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Qg5
19. Bb3 Bh3 20. Rf2 Re8 21. Nd2 Rxe3 22. Raf1 Bd6 23. Bc1 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Bxg2
25. Rxg2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rh3 27. Re2 Rh1+ 28. Kg2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.11.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Nbd7 12. Nd3 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. O-O Ba6
15. Bf4 Rbc8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nd5 18. Bg3 c4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nb4 Nc5 21.
Rad1 d4 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rd5 25. Nxc4 Na4 26. b3 Nc3 27. Rd2
Re8 28. a4 Re2 29. Rd3 Ra2 30. Re1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nf4 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Kf7
34. g3 Nd3 35. Re4 Nc5 36. Rh4 h5 37. Ke2 d3+ 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39. Kd4 Re2 40. Kc3
Rxf2 {Time control reached - draw agreed!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.11.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Mason, AW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Bd7 9. f4 Qc8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Be3 $5 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1
Bg7 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rbc1 Qd8 17. d4 Bb5 18. Rf2 Rc8 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Bh6 c5 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rcf1 Ne7 24. Bf4 Be8 25. d5 f5 26. Ne2 Rc4 27. Bh6 Qc7
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. g4 Qc5 31. Nb3 (31. Nb3 {Adjudicated win for
white e.g.} Qb4 (31... Qc8 32. exf5 {forces} Nxf5 (32... Rf6 33. Qe2) 33. gxf5
Bxf5 34. Qe2 Kg8 35. Bh3 $18) 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qg5+ (33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Qg5+
Ng6 35. Rxf5 {is met by} Rg4 36. Qxg6+ hxg6 37. Rxf8 a5) 33... Ng6 34. exf5 Rg4
35. f6+ Kg8 (35... Kh8 36. Qh6 Rf7 {draws!}) 36. f7+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kh6) 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Howdle, T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O a6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Na4 Qxe2 14. Re1
Qh5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. Qf3 Nd3
{The remaining moves were a total time scramble as we each had less than a
minute left until move 30.} 21. Re3 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Rd1+ 24. Bf1
Qa1 25. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rg1+ 27. Kh3 fxe6 28. Rxe7 Rf8 29. Qe5 Rf7 30. Re8+
Rf8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1973.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Couper, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 c5 7. f3 Ne7 8. Qd2 h6 9.
g4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Nge2 f4 12. Bf2 Ng8 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 Bd7 15. Bh3 b5
16. Rdg1 Bf6 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rg2 bxc4 19. Rhg1 Ne7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Nbc6
22. dxe7 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxe7 24. Nd5 O-O-O 25. Rg6 Nb4 26. Nec3 Bxh4 27. a3 Bf2
28. R1g2 Be3+ 29. Ke2 Nc2 30. Rc6+ Kb8 31. Rb6+ Kc8 32. Ne7+ Kd7 33. Rb7+ Ke6
34. Ncd5 Nd4+ 35. Kf1 Rb8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.01.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, DR"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na4 c4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc3 Rfd8
15. Qd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. f5
Bf7 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rfd1 d4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 b4 26. e4 c3 27. e5 c2 28.
Rc1 b3 29. e6 b2 0-1

[Event "Correspondence Friendly"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1974.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Hara, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 d4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qa4 Qd5 15.
Nfd2 Qxa2 16. Qxa2 Bxa2 17. b3 a5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. cxd6 a4 21.
bxa4 Bd5 22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Ra1 Rdxd6 26. Rfd1 Rdc6 27.
Rxd4 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Kf1 c3 30. Ke1 Rd6 31. e4 c2 (31... c2 {Agreed
drawn. Rybka reckons that} 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. Rxc2 Rxa4 34. f3 {is considerably
better for white, but after} h5 {it's just a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Correspondence Friendly"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1974.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "O'Hara, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8.
f4 Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. a4 $146 ({Estrin on p131 recommends} 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Rf2
Be6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {Freiman,S-Bernstein,O/RUS-ch Vilnius 1912 (1)/0-1
} 14. Qf1 O-O-O 15. Rxf6 {"with a complicated position in which both sides
have chances." My idea is designed to restrict black's queen's side.}) 10...
Be6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f5 Bc8 14. Nb1 Qg5 15. Kh1 c5 16. Bc4 O-O 17.
c3 Bxf5 18. cxd4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 Bxb1 20. Raxb1 cxd4 21. Qe4 Qe7 22. Rf3 Rac8 23.
b3 Rc7 24. Rbf1 Kh8 25. h4 Qd8 26. h5 Rxc4 ({Desperation but how else to stop
the threat of mate?} 26... Qg5 27. Bd3 g6 (27... Qxh5+ 28. Rh3) 28. hxg6 f6 29.
Qd5 {is awful for black}) 27. bxc4 Qc7 28. Qd5 f6 29. Rb1 (29. Rb1 {and black
resigned.} b6 30. a5 Rb8 31. Rfb3 {forces a queen's side breakthrough.}) 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carew, C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Horley"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nb5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Nd6 Rd8 14. Nc4 Qa7 15.
Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Be6 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Kg2 b5 20. Na5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Alan H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nf6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 ({
The alternative, which scores slightly better, is} 13... Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Bxc5 Ne4 16. Ba3 Nd2 17. Qb4 O-O-O {Ljubojevic,L-Stupica,J/ YUG-ch 24th Novi
Travnik 1969 (13)/1/2-1/2}) 14. f4 e4 15. f5 b6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. c4 $6 (17. Rad1
Bb7 18. Bxb7 {Perez Garcia,H (2205)-Plasman,H (2160)/ NED-ch sf Enschede 1998 
(9)/1-0} Rxb7 $17) 17... Bb7 (17... Qd6 $142 18. Bd5 Bb7) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bb2
h5 20. Rae1 h4 (20... Rd7 $142 21. Rf4 Kg8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rfxe4 Qxf5 $17)
21. Rf4 Rh6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rfxe4 Kg8 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Qf3 Rd7 {we were both
short of time by now} 26. Qa8 ({Rybka reckons that it's better to play} 26. h3
{first} Qg5 27. Qa8 Qxf5 28. Rh8+ Kg6 29. Qc6+ Kg5 30. Rxh6 gxh6 {Rybka still
assesses this as better for black, but his king is very exposed, so in
practice it's not easy}) 26... Qxf5 27. Rh8+ Kg6 28. Qc6+ f6 29. Rf8 Rh5 30.
Rf1 Qd3 (30... Qd3 {agreed drawn on account of} 31. R1xf6+ Kh7 32. Rf1 h3 33.
Qe6 Qd4+ 34. R1f2 Qd1+ ({but Rybka reckons that} 34... Re7 {!} 35. Qxe7 Re5 36.
Qxe5 Qxe5 37. R8f3 Qa1+ 38. Rf1 Qd4+ 39. R1f2 Qxc4 40. Rxh3+ Kg8 {is winning
for black})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.01.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mitchell, Graham Russell"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. c3 Be6 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 b5 13. Bb3 f5 14. Nc5 Bf7
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qf3 f4 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Re2 g5 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Re6 Bxe6 21.
Rxe6 Qd8 22. Rxc6 Nf6 23. Ne6 Qa8 24. Nxf8 g4 25. Qxf4 Qxc6 26. d5 (26. Ne6 $18
) 26... Nxd5 27. Qd4+ $4 Bf6 28. Bxd5 Qc1+ {A very lucky win!} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.01.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Tucker, David Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Na4 Rad8 13. Bf4 Qe8 14. Nc5
Nh5 15. Bc7 Rc8 16. Bh2 b6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxe6+
Kh8 21. Rac1 Rf6 22. Qb3 Qd8 23. e5 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. h4 Bh6
27. Ng5 Kg8 28. b3 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kf7 30. g3 Ke6 31. Kg2 Kf5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33.
Rh1 Rh8 34. f3 Rc8 35. Rxh7 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 e6 37. Rf7+ Kxg5 38. f4+ Kh6 39. Rf6
Rd2 40. Rxe6 Kg7 41. Rxb6 Rxa2 42. Rd6 Ra5 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Kg4 Rb5 45. Kg5 Ke8
46. e6 Rxb3 47. Kf6 Re3 48. Ra7 Kd8 49. e7+ Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Rd8+ Kc7 52.
e8=Q 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.02.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Quinn, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Qb6 8.
a4 a6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Ne5 11. Qc2 dxc3 12. dxc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rad1 b6 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Kh2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd5
21. Qd4 Rac8 22. Nf5 Qxd4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxd4 Rc4 25. Nxd5 Rxd4 26. cxd4 exd5
27. Rc1 g6 28. Rc6 Re8 29. Rxb6 Re4 30. Rxa6 Rxd4 31. a5 Ra4 32. b3 Ra3 33. b4
d4 34. Rd6 d3 35. a6 d2 36. b5 Ra5 37. Rxd2 Rxb5 38. a7 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiller, WA"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Bh3 Nb6 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. b3 Ne8 13. Bb2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Kg2 Bf6 16. Ng1 Ng7 17. Nh3 h5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rae1 f4 20. Ng1 Nf5 21. Ne4 Qg7
22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Kh1 fxg3 25. fxg3 Rcf8 26. Qe2 Qg4 27. Nd2 Nxg3+
28. hxg3 Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Rf5 {adjudicated a win for
black} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stuart, E Leslie"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hampstead"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. dxe6 cxd4 7. exf7+ Kxf7
8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qb5 11. b3 Nc6 12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 Qe5 14.
Bc4+ Ke7 15. Qc3 b5 16. Qxe5+ Nxe5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 20.
O-O Rc2 21. Rf2 Rhc8 22. Re1 g5 23. h3 h5 24. f4 Ne4 25. Rff1 gxf4 26. exf4
Rg8+ 27. Kh1 Rgg2 28. Be2 Rgxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hollis, Geoffrey Alan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. Be2
d3 9. exf6 dxe2 10. Qxe2+ Be6 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. d4 Qf6 13. Be3 Rg8 14. Nd2 Bf8
15. g3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. Bf4 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Qxh6 20. Rde1 Bg6
21. Qe3 Qh3 22. Qf4 Qd7 23. Nf1 c5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Qg4 Bf5 26. c6 bxc6 27. Qxd4
Qb7 28. Qf4 Bg6 29. Nd2 Rd5 30. Ne4 Rgd8 31. Rd1 Qa6 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Nc5 Qxa2
34. Qb4 Qb1+ 35. Kd2 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Ne4 Bxe4 {white lost on time} 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. c4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. f3 Nc5 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. b4 b6 19. f4 Re8 20. Qd4 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Re6 24. Kf2 c6 25. Rf5 c5 26. Re3 cxb4 27. Rh5
Rc8 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Rxh7 Rxc4 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rg7 Rexe4 32. Rhh7 Rxf4+ 33.
Kg3 Ke6 34. Rxf7 Rfd4 {and White resigned on adjudication.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goodman, David SC"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
a3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nb5 gxf3 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Qd2 Bf5
15. Qxh6+ Nh7 16. Be5+ Bf6 17. Bxc7 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rg8 19. Rxg8+ Rxg8 20. e3 a6
21. Nc3 b5 22. O-O-O b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rc8 26. Qf4 Qa4 27.
Qxf5 Qa1+ 28. Qb1 Rxc3+ 29. Kd2 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rc2+ 31. Ke1 Ng5 32. Be2 Nh3 33.
Kf1 d4 34. exd4 Nd5 35. Bxa6 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Woolley, JH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Acton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf3 Bd6 9. h3 h5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Bd7 14. Bg5
f6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ {white could try for more
with Rad1 but he was happy to take the draw by perpetual check} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Primett, Alan D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Bc4 exf4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Bg4 7. Nf3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nxd4 9. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11. Kf2 Ng6 12. g3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14.
Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Bc4 Bc5+ 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Rhf1 f6 20. c3
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h5 22. h3 g6 23. a4 a5 24. Rd3 f5 25. Rf3 Rf8 26. Bd3 f4 27. gxf4
exf4 28. h4 Be3 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Ra8 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Rxe3 fxe3 33. Kxe3 Kf6
34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Ke5 36. Bb3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Clegg, Chris RA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 a6 9. Bd3 f6 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. g3 Nxc5 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rae1 Re8 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 b5 19. b4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Ne2 Ne7 23. Ned4 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. c3 a5 26. Rfe1 axb4 27. axb4
Ra8 28. Ra1 Rff8 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. h4 Kf6 31. g4 Rfe8 32. g5+ Kf7 33. b5 Rab8 34.
Ra7 Re7 35. f5 e5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harding, Timothy D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6
8. Ne2 Ne7 9. Qd2 g5 10. Qe3 d6 11. f3 Ng6 12. g3 Be6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Rf1 Qe7
15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 h5 20. f5 Ne7
21. Rh1 Kd7 22. Kf2 a6 23. Rh4 Ng8 24. g4 Nf6 25. gxh5 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 Nxh5 27.
Kf3 Rg8 28. c4 Nf6 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Nc3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Luckin, David Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Croydon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. Bc1 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Nbd2
Rfc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. a5 Na4 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Nc4 Ra7 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7
22. Qxa4 Rb5 23. Nd2 Rab7 24. Nc4 Bd8 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. Qf3 h6 27. h4 Qd7 28. g3
Bc7 29. Qg2 Rb8 30. f3 Kh7 31. g4 {adjudicated a draw, which seemed incorrect
to me at the time. White is a pawn up with attacking chances on the king's
side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trevelyan, John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "RAE Farnborough"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. b5 Rc8 14. bxc6
Rxc6 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Qc7 20. Nb3
g6 21. Ne1 Na4 22. Qc2 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Nc1 Be7 25. Ned3 f6 26. Kf1 Kf7
27. Ke1 Bd6 28. g3 b6 29. Kd2 Nb5 30. Ne2 Nc7 31. Nc3 Ke6 32. Nf4+ Bxf4 33.
gxf4 g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. f3 Kf5 36. h3 h5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. e4 Kd6 39. Ke3 b5
40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 b4 42. e5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup Final"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.05.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malcolm, David"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Qh5 Nf4 14. Qf3
Qg5 15. Ne4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd6 b6 {Agreed
drawn. A reasonable result as black, but the team lost 3.5-6.5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Estall, Michael R"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mitcham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of the 1974-5 season. My new grade was 202, published in CHESS in
October 1974.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Bc5 6. O-O
Qf6 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 d6 11. d3 h5 12. Kh1 g5 13. Be3 Ng6
14. Qd2 Nf4 15. Ne2 h4 16. d4 $2 h3 $1 17. g3 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 exd4 19. Bd2 Qe7
20. f4 g4 21. Rae1 b6 22. Bc4 Rg8 23. c3 Bb7 24. Bd3 dxc3 25. Bxc3 O-O-O 26.
Qd2 Rge8 27. b4 axb4 28. Bxb4 d5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 {and white lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Islington"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 $2 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 $6 15. Rxd7 Ne5 16. Qa4 Nxd7 17. Qxd7 Rfd8 $2 18. Qxb7 g5 19. e3 g4 20.
Nd4 e5 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Nxb6 {My scorebook now gives white's next move as} axb6
23. Bd5 {which doesn't make sense because} exd4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 {is no better
than a draw for white. A mystery! But it's certain that I lost the game!} 1-0

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.10.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Richard->Chataway, Olive Cecily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Morley College"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Be7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Bf3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6
15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. Rd3 Nh5 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qe7 20. dxc6
Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 bxc6 22. Qa7 Qa5 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kanamori, Akihiro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridgeshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qe4 $2 ({Liubojevic's recommendation, but a mistake!
Better is} 10. Qd5 e4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 $16 {Sigurjonsson,G (2530)-Vogt,L 
(2480)/Capablanca Memorial-A 13th 1976 (6)/1-0}) 10... Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 $15
12. Qe2 e4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qc4 $2 O-O $1 15. Nc7 Nc6 (15... Qc6 $142 16. Qxc6
Nxc6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. h4 h6 19. Nh3 Nb4 20. Rb1 Nxc2+ 21. Kd1 Nb4 $19 {
according to Rybka}) 16. Nxa8 Qb4+ 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Kf2 $2 (18. Rb1 Rxa8 19.
Bd2 Nbd5 20. h4 $17) 18... Nxc2 19. Rb1 Rxa8 20. h4 $2 h6 21. Nh3 Rd8 22. Rf1
Rd3 23. f5 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 e3 25. Nf4 Rd6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. b3 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Ne2 Be5 30. g3 Kg7 31. Bb2 Rd2 32. Bxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rf5 Rxe2 34. Rxe5 Kf6 35.
Re4 e5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. a4 Kd5 39. Rxd4+ exd4 40. Rf5+ Ke4 41. Kf1
d3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boyler, W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Horley"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 d4 8. Ne4
d3 9. N2c3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Ne8 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 cxb4 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Rc1 f5 16. Nec5 b6 17. Nxd3 Qxd3 18. Nb2 Qd8 19. d4 Nf6 20. Nd3 Ba6 21. Qd2 Ne4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qf6 26. Qd2 Rbc8 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "May, Alan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
Qc7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 Nb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Qxd6 Qe3+ 16. Ne2 exf4 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Davis, ME"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8.
exd6 Bxd6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Bxd6+ Qxd6 11. c3 Qc5 12. Nbd2 d3 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qxd4 15. Qf3 Qf6 {This position comes from analysis by Estrin in his book
on the Two Knights Defence, p97, quoting a correspondence game Hristov v Popov
1960-61. My next move is a novelty.} 16. Qg3 h5 17. Bxd3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Be6 19.
Bc4 Rh6 20. h3 h4 21. Qa3+ Kg8 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Re7 Rf8 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Rxf7
1-0

[Event "BCCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davis, ME"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Nd4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb5 Nxe5 16. c5 d3 17. Bxd3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxb2 20. Rcd1 Qh4 21. Bg3
Qc4 22. Nd6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Red8 24. Nxc8 Rxd3 25. Nxa7 Bd4 26. Nb5 Bxc5 27. a4
Bb3 28. a5 Bb4 29. Bc7 Bc4 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Goodman, David SC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nh6 12. g4 Nc6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Qc4 Nb4 16. Rh2 b6 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Rd2 Rxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Qa6
21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Nb5 Nb4 23. Nxa7 Nd5 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. c4 Nc7 26. Nc8 Na8 27.
a4 f6 28. exf6 exf6 29. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Inwood, Kenneth FH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Ke8 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Rfe1 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. c4 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 bxc4 20. Red1 Bd5 21.
f4 g5 22. f5 Bf8 23. Bf2 cxb3 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. axb3 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Kf8 27. f6
Kg8 28. c4 Be4 29. Rd7 a5 30. Rc7 Bg6 31. h3 Kh7 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Kh2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 a6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g4 Nb6 12. a4 Nfd7 13. a5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc4
15. f5 Nde5 16. Bh6 Bd7 17. Qe1 f6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h4 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21.
Kg2 Rc8 22. Nd4 Nxa5 23. Rh1 Nf7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne6 Qxc3 26. Rxa5 Qxc2+ 27.
Kg3 Rc3 {We were both short of time now, with the time control at move 40.} 28.
Rf1 e4 29. Rd5 Bc6 30. Rd2 Qb3 31. Nd4 Qa3 32. Ra2 Qd6+ 33. Kg2 Qxd4 34. Be2
Qe3 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ashby, Alan P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Nge7
15. Nb3 Ng8 16. Rh3 f6 17. Rf3 Kf7 18. O-O-O Nce7 19. Re1 Re8 20. c4 c6 21. g3
Nf5 22. Bd2 a5 23. a4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Nge7 25. Bc3 Nd5 26. Bb2 g5 27. hxg5 fxg5
28. Nd2 b5 29. Qe2 g4 30. Rb3 bxa4 31. Ra3 Rb8 32. Ne4 Rxb2 33. Kxb2 Qb7+ 34.
Ka2 Nb4+ 35. Ka1 Qe7 36. Rc3 Nxd4 37. Nd6+ Kg7 38. Qe4 Nb5 39. Rc5 Rf8 40. Rh1
Rh8 41. Rd1 Nd5 42. Rxc6 Nbc3 43. Qd4 Nxd1 44. Qxd1 Qg5 45. Qe1 Rf8 46. c4 Nb4
47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Qb1 Qxe5+ 49. Qb2 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 Rxf2+ 51. Kc3 Rf3+ 52. Kd4 a3
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. f4 a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5+
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Qd3 $6 ({This frees up the knight on e7.} 16. Ng3 $142 {
Levy,D (2350)-Nilsson,Z/Lugano ol (Men) fin-B 1968 (12)/0-1} Qb2 17. Rc1 Bb5
18. Bxb5+ Qxb5 19. f5 $16 {according to Rybka.}) 16... Nf5 17. Qb3 Qc7 $6 {
Keeping the position complicated. We had both taken about an hour up to here,
but I started to fall behind on the clock.} 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Na6 20. Bxa6
bxa6 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Qb6 $6 Qxc2 23. Rc1 Qe4+ $2 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Qxa6 {I spent
a priceless 8 minutes on this move, leaving me only a couple to get to move 30.
} Rb8 26. Kg1 d3 27. Qa7 Rb2 $6 {Objectively a huge blunder! But played to
make me lose on time, which I obligingly did.} (27... Rd8 28. Rh4 {and white
still has the advantage.}) (27... Rb2 28. Qa8+ Ke7 29. Qxg8 Rxd2 30. Qg5+ {
and mates.}) 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Green, H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. e3 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Qxb2 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 f6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qa4
fxg5 15. Bxc6+ Kf7 16. Bd5+ Kf6 17. Qd7 g4 18. Qf7+ Kg5 19. Qf4+ Kh5 20. f3 g5
21. fxg4+ Kh6 22. Qf7 g6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1974.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Ncxe4 Be7 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nf6 12. Qf3 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14.
O-O-O Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qf6+ 16. d4 O-O-O 17. Qe5 Rd5 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. c4 Rf5 20.
Rd2 Rg8 21. g3 Rf3 22. Rc1 Rg5 23. Rc3 Rgf5 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. Kc2 b5 26. cxb5
cxb5 27. Kd1 Kd7 28. Rc2 Rd3+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rc2 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.12.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Morrell, AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Banstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Qxd4 Nxc4 8.
Qxc4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nge4 Re8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Rfe1
Qd7 15. Qb4 Bxc2 16. Qxd6 Bf5 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. f3 Rad8 19. Kf2 a6 20. Bc7 Rc8
21. Bb6 Rc4 22. a3 Rcc8 23. Rad1 Bf5 24. Rd2 h5 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27.
fxe4 f6 28. Kf3 Rc4 29. Re3 Rec8 30. Rc3 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Kf7 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Bc3
Nb6 34. Ke2 Nc4 35. Rc2 Nd6 36. Kd3 g5 37. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1974.12.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Archer, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Bf4 c6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qxb7 e5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "BPCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hammersley, C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Be3 Qd6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Rae8 21.
Qh5 Bf7 22. Qh4 c5 23. Qg3 Re7 24. Rd2 {Agreed drawn, as (for a reason I now
forget) we had to go to adjudication. Rybka reckons that I have a 0.77
advantage now.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Elwood, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 bxc6
8. Nxd4 cxb5 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Qh3 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Bc5 14.
Rad1 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Qf5 Kc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rb8 20.
Re7 Rd8 21. Rdxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8+ Qd8 23. Qc5+ Kb7 24. Qxb5+ Kc7 25. Qc5+ Kb7 26.
Rxd8 Rbxd8 27. g3 Rd6 28. Qf5 Rh8 29. Qg4 Re8 30. Qg7 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1975.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tennant-Smith, James"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
a5 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qe2 d5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nd8 14. c3 f6 15. Nxe6
Nxe6 16. f4 f5 17. Qb5 c6 18. Qd3 Kh8 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BPCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bowman Smith, G.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. O-O-O c6 14. Bf2 Nf5
15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qd3 Nf4 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. d5 Nd6 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qxc5
Rc8 22. Qd4 Nf5 23. Qa4 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nxe2 25. Qxg4 Nxc3+ 26. Ka1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1
Be3 28. Be1 b5 29. Nh4 Nxh4 30. Qxh4 Qc7 31. Kb2 Bf4 32. Bc3 Kg7 33. Rd3 b4 34.
Bd4 g5 35. Qf2 Rd8 36. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Perkins, Alan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 b5 8. Nb3
Ne5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. f3 d5 13. Ng3 Be7 14. a5 dxe4 15. Bb6
Qc8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 O-O 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. e5 Qc6 20. Rf2 h6 21. Be3 Qd5
22. Bxh6 Qxe5 23. Bxg6 Qxh5 24. Bxh5 gxh6 25. Raf1 f5 26. g4 Kh8 27. Rd1 Bd5
28. gxf5 Bxb3 29. cxb3 Bc5 30. Bg6 exf5 31. Rd5 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Taylor, MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Sutton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd4 Bg7 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Rf8 14. Rf1
h5 15. Rf3 Qg1+ 16. Bf1 Ba6 17. O-O-O Bxf1 18. Rdxf1 Qb6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nxd6+
Qxd6 21. Re3+ Kd8 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Red3 Kc7 24. Rxd7+ Kb6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. R1xd4
a5 27. Re4 Rfe8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kd2 f5 30. Rd6 Rg8 31. Ke3 g5 32. fxg5 Rxg5 {
adjudicated a win for white.} 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Law, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Bb5+
Kf8 9. Nf3 c4 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3+ Kf7 12. Bd6 Qd8 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15.
Qf4 axb5 16. h4 h5 17. Bxb8 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. Kd2 Ng4 21. Bc7
b6 22. f3 a3 23. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Durrant, Paul EO"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Surbiton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Be2
Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. Rc1 Ne5 11. O-O Ng6 12. Qd2 b6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bb7 15.
Nb3 Rab8 16. c5 b5 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Nh5 19. Na5 Ba8 20. b4 Nhf4 21. Bf1 f5
22. exf5 exf5 23. c6 d5 24. g3 Nh5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Qd7 Nf6 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28.
Bh3 Nd5 29. Bc5 Rf7 30. Rd2 Nb6 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. c7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Prizant, Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Mushrooms"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 ({The normal move is} 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bf3 {Ehlvest,J (2660)-Short,
N (2665)/Parnu-A 1996 (10)/0-1 e.g.}) 9... a6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g4 {This is
similar to my game against Max Fuller, on which I was trying to improve - a
miserable failure!} Nb6 12. g5 $6 Nfd7 13. Ne2 $2 Nc4 14. c3 b5 15. f5 Bb7 16.
Nf4 Qb6+ 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Bg4 $2 Nxb2 21. Bxb2 bxc3
22. f6 Nxf6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 cxb2 25. Rf2 bxa1=Q 26. Qxa1 Rc4 27. Ne6
Rxg4+ 28. Kh1 f6 29. Qe1 Rb8 30. Rc2 Qb5 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denman, Brian J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 e5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. d3
Rb8 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. b5 Ne7 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nd5 g5 15. Bb4
Kh8 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa3 g4 18. Bh1 f4 19. Qxa7 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bxb7 Bf5
22. Be4 Qg5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxc5 f3 25. exf3 gxf3 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Kh1 Rbd8
28. Rg1 Rd4 29. c5 Rf5 30. Rgc1 Bf6 31. b6 Bg5 32. bxc7 Qh3 33. c8=Q+ Rd8 34.
Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Woolley, JH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Acton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Nxd5 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Rg8 14. Qd2
Rc8 15. Qh6 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qc3 18. Rc1 Ke7 19. h4 Nd4 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 Nxc2 22. Kf2 Rc7 23. Rb1 Nxa3 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 Rb2+
27. Kf3 Rxa2 28. Rc1 Nc2 29. Bd3 Nb4 30. Be2 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Groom, Malcolm David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. Rb1 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Bf2 Qe7
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Qc2 h4 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxa6 cxb4 21. Bb7 bxc3 22.
Qxc3 Ra4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. O-O f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28.
Rbc1 Rf7 29. Rfe1 Ra2 30. Red1 Bc2 31. Re1 Bd3 32. Rcd1 h3 33. Re3 e4 34. Bc8
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ralph, PD"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Metropolitan"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3
e5 9. e4 Qb6 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Nd3 a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a4
Nb6 16. b3 f5 17. Rae1 Bf6 18. Kh2 Ng7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bf3 Qa5 21. Nb1 Qc7 22.
Nc3 Re8 23. Kg2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. exf5 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Bxf5 29. g4 Bd7 30. Ne4 Rf8 31. Qh6 Bc8 32. Ng5 Ne8 33. Ne6 Bxe6 34. dxe6
Qe7 {Black resigned on adjournment, although Rybka thinks Black has chances to
survive.} 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ball, AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Qf4
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nxc5 11. Bxe7+ Qxe7 12. h5 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3
Bd7 15. Kf1 Qd8 16. Rh3 Be8 17. Re1 h6 18. Rg3 Rh7 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. Ne3 Ne7 21.
Nh4 Bb5 22. Ng4 Ng8 23. Ng6+ Ke8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. b3 a5 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. d4 Qg5
0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Bc5 6. Qg3 Qf6 7. d3 Ne7 8.
O-O h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 ({There are only three games on the database with this line,
all continuing} 9... Bb6 {I (and Rybka!) think my move is better. Nigel had
another game with this line in the British Championships 4 years later, which
he won:} 10. c4 (10. Nc3 {Schallopp, E-Flechsig,E/Leipzig 1877 (2)/1-0}) 10...
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. Nc3 {Povah,N (2325)-Horner,J (2390)/BCF-ch
Chester 1979 (4)/1-0}) 10. fxe3 Qg5 11. Qf2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qg6 (12... Qh5 {
stops white's queen getting to h4.}) 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qh4 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16.
Rf2 (16. Rf3 $142 {because} d6 (16... g4 $142 17. Rf2 Ng6 18. Raf1 Nh8 19. d4
d6 {although it's somewhat uncomfortable for black.}) 17. Raf1 Be6 18. Bxe6
fxe6 19. Rg3 {wins a pawn}) 16... d6 17. Raf1 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf3 {
one tempo too late!} Rxf3 20. Rxf3 Kh7 21. Rg3 Kh6 22. Nb1 Ng8 23. Nd2 Nf6 24.
Nf3 g4 25. Nd2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lambshire, Michael V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Harrow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc8 ({normal is} 5... Bg4 {
and after} 6. f3 Bc8 {Hanstein,W-Von Heydebrand und der L,T/Berlin 1841/0-1})
6. Qf3 Bb7 7. Nc3 b4 8. Ne4 {and we agreed a draw. We were both a bit hung
over!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stebbings, Anthony J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nge2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bb5 Rf8 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. f3 Be6 17. Nd4 a6 18. Bf1 Ncd7 19. Bf2 Rc7 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
Nxb3 Rfc8 22. Bg3 Bc5 23. Kf2 Rc6 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Be5 Na4 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Bd4
b5 28. Rcd1 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Nb6 30. Bd4 Na4 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Ke2 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 f6
34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Law, Andrew P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Richmond"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Na5 13. Nd2 e6 14. Qc2 e5 $2 ({
Now black's king's bishop is bad and his king's side is weak on the white
squares.} 14... exd5 $142 15. Nxd5 Be6 {Cruz,R-Bolbochan,J/ARG-ch Buenos Aires
1960 (17)/1/2-1/2}) 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nce4 Qc7 17. Ng3 a6 18. Qe4 Kh8 19. Bd3 f5
20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Qg4 Qf7 23. Ne4 Rad8 24. Rab1 Kg7 25. b4 cxb4
26. Rxb4 b5 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. e4 Rc8 29. cxb5 Rc3 30. Qe2 axb5 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.04.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryant, Richard BE"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Be4 Rc8 10. h4 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rh3 Ne7 13. d4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nd5 16. Bd2 a6 17. c4 Nb4 18. f4 Bc5 19. Ne2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 dxc6 21. Kd1 Rd8
22. a3 Nd3 23. Kc2 Nf2 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Be3 O-O 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28.
Kc2 Bxa3 29. f5 exf5 30. Nd4 Bc5 {adjudicated a win for Black. I'm a pawn up
but there's plenty of play left in the position. Some time between 1980 and
2010 the rules changed to allow quickplay finishes or adjournments.} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cabourn, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Coulsdon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. b4 Nh5 11. Nb3 c5 12. Na5 a6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 c4 15. Bf1
Bb7 16. d5 Nb6 17. Nd1 h6 18. Be3 Na4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. g4 Nf6 21. g5 Nxe4 22.
Qc2 Nxg5 23. Nxg5+ hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxd5 25. Re3 Rh8 26. Rg3 Be6 27. Bg2 d5 28.
Ne3 e4 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Kg8 31. Bf4 Be5 32. Bg3 Nxc3 33. Re1 Bxg3 34. hxg3
Qe5 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Rg5 Qf6 37. f4 d4 38. Rc5 e3 39. Qb2 d3 40. Rc6 Qd4 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Ilford"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Rc1 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
f4 e4 16. Be3 h6 17. Nh3 Be6 18. Nf2 Qd7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Qb7 21. Rb1 d5
22. Na4 Qc8 23. Nc5 Bf7 24. cxd5 Nfxd5 25. Ba6 Qc7 26. Qc1 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Nd5
28. Qh3 Qxf4 29. Bb7 Rab8 30. Bxc6 Nc3 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Re1 Rd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3
34. Rxe3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Terry"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nb5 Qb8 7. c4 Nf6 8.
N1c3 a6 9. Nd4 Bb4 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. h3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nxc4 13. Qb3 Ne5 14. O-O Nxd3
15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qxd3 Rb8 18. Nb3 Qh5 19. Ba7 b6 20. Bxb8 Bb7 21.
Nxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Rxb8 23. Qa7 Bd6 24. Nd4 Kf8 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Rfd1 Re8 27.
Qxd7 Bc5 {White lost on time!} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{1974-5 was a bad season. My grade dropped to 189.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10.
Be3 Be7 11. Qf3 (11. Qd2 $142 O-O 12. O-O-O {Weinstein,N (2465) -Robatsch,K 
(2455)/Lone Pine op 1975 (9)/1-0 e.g.}) 11... d5 12. O-O-O O-O $146 {At the
time I thought this was a novelty but the database has one earlier game in 1974
} (12... Nf6 13. h3 {Kaplan,J-Mednis,E/Los Angeles 1974 (5)/1/2-1/2}) 13. g4
Bf6 14. Bd4 ({Rybka suggests} 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. a3 Nc5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4)
14... Rb8 (14... Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Rb8 {Tarjan,J-Timman,J/Venice 1974 (2)/0-1}) 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. f5 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. g5 ({Rybka suggests} 18. h3 a5 19. Be2 a4
20. Rhf1 axb3 21. cxb3 {but black looks better.}) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20.
Qe3 Bxf5 21. Bc4 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Rb4 (22... a5 23. Rd4 a4 24. Rhd1 axb3 (24... Ra8
25. R1d2) 25. cxb3 Qa7 26. h4 Rb7 27. a4 Rd7 28. Kb2) 23. Qc3 Ra4 24. Qb2 Qxb2+
25. Kxb2 Rb8 26. Be2 e3 27. c4 Ra5 28. Rhg1 Re8 29. Rd6 Be4 30. Rg3 Rf5 31. h4
$2 (31. Rxe3 Rxg5 32. Bf3 Rge5 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxc6 $11) 31...
Bh1 {Draw agreed, although black has the advantage and maybe should have
continued.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Nb3 b5 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qh3 Qd7
15. g4 g6 16. g5 Ne8 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Bg4 h5 19. gxh6 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bf6 23. a3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxc2 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Re7 1-0

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.05.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norman, Kenneth I"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Thames Valley North"]
[BlackTeam "Thames Valley South"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Nd3 a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a4
Nb6 16. b3 f5 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. f4 Qa5 19. Rc1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nc7 22.
Ra1 Qb6 23. b4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nxb5 25. Nxb5 Bxa1 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxa1 fxe4 28.
Nxc5 Nf6 29. Bd4 Qxd5 30. Qc3 Qf7 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Be6 33. Ra7 Bd7 34.
Bc2 Rbc8 35. Qb2 Qe8 36. Bb3+ Rf7 37. Qa2 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 Qe4+ 40.
Kg1 Qxd4+ 41. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Singleton, Michael PF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 $5 h6 6. Bf4 g5 $5 7. Bg3 ({
It's probably better to play} 7. Be3 {allowing the bishop to retreat to d2 or
c1 if needed}) 7... c5 8. d5 Qa5 9. f3 a6 10. a4 $6 (10. Qd2 $142 Nh5 11. Bd3
Nd7 12. Nge2 $15) 10... O-O 11. Nge2 Nh5 12. Bf2 Nd7 13. g3 $2 (13. Qd2 Ne5 14.
Ng3 Nf4 15. Be3 Nfg6 16. Nb1 $15) 13... Ne5 14. Nc1 $2 (14. Bg2 $17) 14... Nxc4
$1 $19 15. Qc2 Nxb2 16. Kd2 Qxc3+ (16... Qxc3+ {and white resigned in view of}
17. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 Nd1+ 19. Kd2 Nxf2) 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Andrew, DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Nf4 Ne7 15.
h4 Qa6 16. Qg4 O-O 17. h5 g5 18. Ng6 Nxg6 19. hxg6 Rf5 20. Rh3 Raf8 21. f3 Be8
22. Qh5 Qb6 23. Ke2 Qb2 24. Rc1 Bxa4 25. g4 Rf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Kd2 Rxd4+ 28.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Ke2 c3 30. Rd1 Bb5+ 31. Rd3 Qf4 32. Rh2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34.
Kg2 Qxc2+ 35. Kg3 Qxd3 36. Ra2 a6 37. Qh1 Qxg6 38. Qg1 Qe8 39. Rc2 Qc6 40. Qe3
Qc4 41. Rxc3 Qf4+ 42. Qxf4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Bc4 44. Ra3 g5+ 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Kd4
b6 47. f4 gxf4 48. Rf3 a5 49. Rxf4 a4 50. Rf6 a3 51. Rxe6 a2 52. Re7+ Kg6 53.
Ra7 Kg5 54. e6 Kf6 55. e7 Kf7 56. Ke5 a1=Q+ 57. Rxa1 Kxe7 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Rh7
Be2 60. Kf4 d4 61. Rxh6 d3 62. Rd6 b5 63. g5 b4 64. g6 b3 65. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lightfoot, Malcolm J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. a3 Rad8 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
Nd3 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Bg5 17. b5 Na5 18. c6 Qe7 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. c7 Rd6
22. c8=Q Bxc8 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Bxd4 Rg6 25. Be5 Qh3 26. Qf3 Nd2 27. Qd5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Prizant, Alan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. a3 Rad8 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
Nd3 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Bg5 17. b5 Na5 18. c6 Qe7 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. c7 Rd6
22. c8=Q Bxc8 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Bxd4 Rg6 25. Be5 Qh3 26. Qf3 Nd2 27. Qd5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Friendly match"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nb5 Qh4 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5
Qxe4 15. f3 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qf6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bb3 Bb7 21.
Rfe1 Rd7 22. Bg3 Qb6+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 f6 25. Rc3 Bf8 26. d6+ Kg7 27. Be6
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rxd6 29. Rc7+ Kh6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Rd7 Bc5+ 32. Kg2 Bd4 33. Be1
f5 34. Bd2+ f4 35. Bxf4+ exf4 36. Rxd4 Re8 37. Rd6 a5 38. Kf2 b4 39. Ke2 Kg5
40. Kd2 Kh4 41. Kc2 g5 42. Bg4 {Black resigned on adjudication.} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashby, Anthony C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 ({
I used to put the QN on d7 regularly, whereas} 7... Nc6 {is probably better.})
8. d3 Nh5 9. e4 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 Bd7 (12... Nhf4 $1 {exhanging
off white's KB, gives black some advantage, e.g.} 13. Nf3 Nxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15.
Nc3 f4 16. h3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nd4 $15) 13. Nf5 gxf5 14. Qxh5 f4 15.
Nd2 Qf6 16. Bh3 Ba4 (16... Bh6 17. Qe2 (17. Nf3 Ng7 $19) 17... Nd4 18. Qh5 Bxh3
19. Qxh3 fxg3 20. fxg3 Be3+ 21. Kg2 Qg6 22. Nf3 Nc2 $15) 17. Nf3 axb4 18. axb4
Qh6 19. Qxh6 Bxh6 20. Ra3 Bc2 21. Rfa1 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Bd1 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Nh4
fxg3 25. hxg3 Bd2 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Ra8 28. Nf5 Ra1 29. Kh2 Nd4 ({Best to
keep the knight on e6 to guard c5.} 29... Ra2 30. Kg1 Be2 31. Bf1 Ra1 32. Ne3
Rb1 33. b5 Nc5 34. Kg2 Bxf1+ 35. Nxf1 Rd1 $15) 30. Ne3 Be2 31. c5 Nb5 (31...
Ra2 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Kg1 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 $11) 32. cxd6
$1 Nxc3 33. dxc7 Ra8 34. Bh3 Bxd3 (34... Bxd3 {Agreed drawn in the light of}
35. f3 b5 36. c8=Q+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Na2 38. Ng4 {preserving material equality.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brogden, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Be3 f6 8.
Nc3 Na5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nd2 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. b5 c5 14. Bc4 Kf7 15.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. Nc4 Ne7 17. O-O-O Bc7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8
21. a4 Rxd3 22. cxd3 h6 23. Kc2 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Kb3 Ng6 26. g3 Nf8 27. g4
Ne6 28. Ne2 Nd4+ 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bd2 Ke6 31. h3 Bh2 32. f4 g5 33. f5+ Ke5 34.
Kc4 Bg3 35. Kb3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.07.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Groom, Malcolm David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb5 Bc5 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Bf4 a6 10. Bxe5 axb5 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nxf2 13. Qc2 Ne4+ 14. Kh1
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd4 16. Qc2 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gluckman, Timothy J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. b3 Re8 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Qd2 c6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Ng3 b5 12. h4 h5 13. Nge4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15.
Ba3 Bf8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Be6
21. Qc3 Rab8 22. Rd2 Rb7 23. Rb2 Rfb8 24. Rb3 a5 25. Rd1 Rb4 26. Bd3 Qb6 27.
Kc2 c5 28. Rdb1 Qd6 29. a3 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 Rd8 31. e4 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. fxe4 Bd7
34. Qxa5 Bc6 35. Rc3 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Qd2+ 37. Kb3 Rb8+ 38. Qb5 Rxb5+ 39. cxb5
Qd1+ 40. Kc4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stewardson, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Ba4 Ng6 9. Kh1 Bd6 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Bb3 Nce7 13. Qd3 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Rxf4 17. Rxf4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qe5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Nxe6
Nf5 21. Nc7+ Kg7 22. Nxa8 b5 23. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Linton, William Anthony"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ $5 {Played to get him out of the book and induce him to
his usual habit of taking too long on the opening.} 3. g3 Qe7 4. Nc3 exf4 5.
Bc4 (5. d4 fxg3 6. hxg3 d5 7. Bf4 {has been played more often, with wins for
white and black and hardly any draws! e.g. Gallagher,J (2500)-Berezovsky,I/
Bern op 1993 (8)/1-0}) 5... fxg3 6. Nf3 {Around here and the next few moves,
white should probably have taken on g3 and, if not, black should have taken on
h2.} (6. hxg3 c6 {Morawietz,M-Busch,A/PF-op Bellheim 1994/1-0}) 6... c6 7. O-O
d6 8. d4 Bh3 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. e5 d5 13. Nxd5 $5 {
White needs to do something. Otherwise black will just consolidate a pawn up.
But by now white had used up an hour and forty five minutes to black's 40
minutes, so had 15 minutes left for the next 35 moves!} cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 h6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Re3 g5 $2 (17... Bxf3) ({Houdini 3 Pro thinks that
best is} 17... Nd5) 18. Rc3 Bc5 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Nd7 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. Bd4 {Now white has a sizeable advantage, but he had
less than two minutes on the clock.} Be6 25. Nd2 Nc6 26. c3 Ndxe5 27. Bxe6+
fxe6 28. Re1 $2 (28. Nc4 Nxd4 29. Nxe5 Nf5 30. g4 Ne3 31. Rf6 $16) 28... Rd8
29. Bxe5 Rxd2 30. Bg7 Rxb2 31. Rxe6 h5 $2 ({Eliminating all the king's side
pawns ensures a draw, but makes it easier for white to find moves in severe
time trouble.} 31... Rxa2 32. Bxh6 a5 33. Bxg5 Rc2 34. Bf4 Rxc3 35. Kf2 Rxc5
$17) 32. a4 h4 33. gxh4 gxh4 34. Rh6 Kd7 35. Rxh4 Ne7 $2 {makes white's moves
easier to find.} 36. Rb4 Rxb4 37. cxb4 Kc6 38. Bd4 a6 39. Kf2 Nd5 40. b5+ axb5
41. axb5+ Kxb5 42. Ke2 Kc4 43. Bg1 Nc3+ 44. Kd2 Ne4+ 45. Kc2 Nxc5 46. Kb2 Nd3+
47. Kc2 b5 48. Be3 (48. Be3 {Since white had survived to the time control we
agreed a draw.} b4 49. Bd2 b3+ 50. Kb1 {and black can't make progress.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burn, Malcolm"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qd4 Rac8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Nc5 Rb5 19. Nd3 a5 20. a4 Rb6 21.
bxa5 Ra6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Rda8 24. Rb1 Qa7 25. Qc3 Rb8 26. Rb4 h5 27. h4
Ra8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Qxa5 30. Qb5 g6 31. e3 Qd8 32. Rd4 Ra5 33. Qb3 Qd6
34. Bf3 Qa6 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qb4 Qa7 37. Be2 Rc5 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Kg2 Rc2 40.
Rd2 Rc1 41. a5 Ra1 42. a6 Bc8 43. Qb2 Ra5 44. Qf6 Qd7 45. Rc2 d4 46. Qxd4 Qh3+
47. Kg1 Bxa6 48. Qf6 Qd7 49. Bxa6 Rxa6 50. Qxa6 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qxc2 52. Qf6 Qc4
53. Qf4 Qe6 54. e4 Kg8 55. e5 Qd5+ 56. Kh2 Qe6 57. Qf6 Qc4 58. e6 Qxe6 59. Qxe6
fxe6 60. Kg2 Kf7 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Kf4 e5+ 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. f3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lester, Malcolm J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Bc5 Re8 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Be2
Rb7 15. Qd6 Ng6 16. Qxe6 dxe6 17. Rd6 Nb8 18. Rhd1 Rd7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4
Red8 21. Nb6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. b4 Bb7 24. f3 Ne7 25. c3 Nec6 26. Nd7 Bc8
27. Nxb8 Nxb8 28. Bd1 Bd7 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Kb2 a5 31. Ba7 1-0

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Rb1 a6 13. Be3 Qxc3 14. Qf2 Qa5 15.
Nd2 Nd4 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Rd2 b6 19. h3 Bf5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Rab8 22. Rbd1 e6 23. Rd3 Rdc8 24. f5 Bxe5 25. c3 Nb5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7 Rf8
28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Qe7 Qxc3 30. Bh6 Qg3+ 31. Bg2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf7 33. Qh4 g5 34.
Rxf7 gxh4 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sams, Richard John Fairfax"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. b3 Qh4 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Bb1
Bd7 16. a3 Re7 17. Bc2 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. O-O-O Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. e4 g5 22.
Bd3 Rb8 23. Kc2 Nc7 24. Rb1 b5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. Nc3 Bxd3+ 28.
Qxd3 Qxc3+ 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Kxc3 Rxe4 31. Rhe1 Rbe8 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Kd3 Rd4+
0-1

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {An early sighting of the Kalashnikov!
} 5. Nb3 Be6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qe1
Ne5 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Nd4 a6 15. Ba4 Qa5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Bd7 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. bxc3 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rf8 23. Qe1 Qb5
24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. h3 b5 27. Qg3 Qd8 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rb7 Qf6 30. Ra7
h5 31. Rxa6 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. gxf3 Rxf3 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. e5 Rxg3 36. Kxg3
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coward, MJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Nce2 h5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rc8
15. Rac1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qxc4 {From here on white was clearly just
playing for a draw. [Nominative determinism - ed.]} 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nd3 d6 20.
c4 O-O 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. Qg5 Rc7 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. Nxc5
Rxc5 27. Qd4 R5c6 ({It's difficult for black to play for a win here.} 27... b5
28. cxb5 axb5 29. Red1 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qg1 {looks very
drawn}) 28. Nc3 Qg5 29. Rc2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Na4 R5c6 32. Nb2 Kf8 33. Kg1
Ke7 34. Kf2 b5 35. Rd2 Rc5 36. Red1 bxc4 37. Nxc4 d5 38. exd5 (38. exd5 {
Agreed drawn. If} Rxd5 39. Nb6 Rxd2+ 40. Rxd2 Rc7 {leaves nothing much to play
for.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cooper, Neill S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc2 Rc7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne8 16. Ba6 Ba8 17. a3 Nc5 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Bb5 Nd3 20. Rd1 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rd5 22. Be3 Bg5 23. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Enfield Open"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1975.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellinger, Robin George"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1975.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. d3 Ne7 7. O-O c6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. c4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nf5 14. Qd2
Nde7 15. Rd1 Be6 16. b3 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rad8 18. Bc3 b6 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. Nh3 Bb7
21. Nf4 Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Kf1 f6 25. Bf3 Kf7 26. Rac1 Ne7 27.
a4 Bc8 28. Kg2 Be6 29. a5 b5 30. Bd4 Rd7 31. Bc5 Red8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Bxe7
Rxe7 34. cxb5 cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Qd2 ({
The most popular line on the database, which I have played twice without
eventual success, is} 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. cxd5 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11.
Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Na5 {was Murray Chandler's later improvement in Shamkovich,L 
(2500)-Chandler,M (2530)/Lloyds Bank op 05th 1981 (3)/1/2-1/2} (12... Bf5 13.
O-O Na5 ({An improvement on} 13... b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qa2 {Emerson,R-Wade,R 
(2410)/London League [2]/0-1 in a game where I got a winning advantage and
then mucked it up}) 14. Qb2 {Emerson,R-Chandler,M (2282)/ Surrey Open (4)/0-1
and we reached a drawn ending which I again managed to muck up})) 7... dxc4 ({
In ECO Botvinnik gives} 7... e5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Bh6+ 11.
Kc3 ({I prefer} 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 $14 {Mukharev,I (2256)-Khabibullin,A/
RUS-Cup Tomsk 1999 (2)/1-0}) 11... exd4+ 12. Kb3 O-O {Fuchs,R-Packroff,H/
DDR-ch 17th Weimar 1968 (16)/1-0} 13. Bd3 {with a slight advantage to white,
whereas Rybka assesses it as slighly better for black!}) 8. d5 ({Botvinnik and
Rybka both prefer} 8. Bxc4 {and then Rybka suggests} Bg4 (8... e5 9. d5 Nd4 10.
f4 {was Keres v Czerniak 1939}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nge2 e6 $11) 8... Ne5 9. Qd4 Nd3+
10. Bxd3 cxd3 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 ({Rybka recommends} 13... Rd8
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rfe1 Rg8 16. Qxf6 Rxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Re3 e6 {which it
assesses as equal.}) 14. Rfe1 Bg7 15. Qe5 O-O 16. Qxf5 gxh4 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18.
Rad1 e6 19. d6 h3 20. Re5 Qb6 21. gxh3 Nd5 (21... Nd7 $142 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. Rh5
Rc8 $14) 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qxb2 24. Nd4 ({Time trouble. better is} 24. Rb1
Qxa2 25. Rxb7 a5 26. d7 {with a winning advantage}) (24. Rh5 Qxa2 25. Ng5 f5
26. Rd2 Qa1+ 27. Rd1 $11) (24. a3 Rd7 25. Nh4 Kh8 26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Kf1) 24...
Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. R1xd4 Rd7 27. Kg2 f5 $2 28. Rc4 $2 ({Again, better is} 
28. Kf3 Rf6 29. Kf4 Kg7 30. h4 Kg6 (30... Rg6 31. Kxf5 Rf6+ 32. Ke5 Rxf2 33.
Ke6 Rff7 34. Rf5) 31. Ke5 Kf7 32. h5 b6 33. f4 {and wait for black to run out
of pawn moves} a6 34. Rd2 b5 35. Rd1 {before playing} Re6+ ({or} 35... Kg7 36.
Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rg6) 36. Kxf5 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. a3 Kf7 40. f5)
28... Rf6 29. Rc7 $2 (29. Rcd4 $142 Kg7 30. Kf3 Re6 31. Kf4 Kg6 32. f3 Re2 33.
Re5 Rxa2 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Kxf5) 29... Rdxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Branford, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. f4
Bxc5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qg3 Nb4 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. a3 Nxc2 14. Kxc2 d4 15.
Ng5 $4 (15. Ne4) 15... dxc3 16. Bxc3 Ba4+ 17. b3 Bxb3+ 18. Kxb3 Qxd1+ 19. Kb2
Qa4 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lightfoot, Malcolm J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Chertsey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. f4 Bb7
15. Rhf1 Nc5 16. f5 e5 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 f6 20. Bb6 Qxb6 21.
Qxe4 Rc8 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rfd1 Be7 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nh4 Qf2 26. Nf5 Qf4+ 27.
Qxf4 exf4 28. Re1 Rc7 29. Rxd6 Kf7 30. Rxa6 Bc5 31. Ree6 Re8 {Agreed drawn as
I did not have time to play off the adjourned game.} (31... Kg6 32. Rxf6+ Kg5
33. b4 Bxb4 34. Nd4 $14) (31... Re8 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Rxf6+ Kg7 34. c3 {would
give White some advantage, although nowhere near a winning one.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quinn, John M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nde4 Nd4 14. Qd3 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. e3 Nf5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 a6 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Qc7 24. Nd5 Qa5 25. Qb3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Bf1
c4 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Nxb4 c3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Nd5 Bxd2 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxe8
Nxe3 34. Rxd2 Nxf1 35. Rxd6 Kxe8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bower, John A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bd7 14.
Re1 Bc6 15. f3 Bc5 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Red1 Kh8 18. Ne2 Rg8 19. g3 Bb6 20. Nc3 Rad8
21. Bb5 Kg7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Kd2 Bb6 26. Ne2 e5
27. Kd3 Kf6 28. b4 h5 29. c4 Bf2 30. a4 Ke6 31. c5 h4 32. Kc4 hxg3 33. Nxg3 Bg1
34. h3 Bf2 35. Ne2 a6 36. Nc3 Kd7 37. Nd1 Be1 38. Ne3 Ke6 39. Nc2 Bf2 40. b5
axb5+ 41. axb5 cxb5+ 42. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thames Valley League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.10.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Verling, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Maidenhead"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 b6 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxb4 19. Rd7 Bxf3 20. axb4 Bf6
21. Ba6 Bc6 22. Rxa7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Rxa6 25. Rxc6 Ra1+ 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Kf8 28. Be3 b5 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Bc3 31. Bc5+ Ke6 32. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Dubey, Mark J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 c6 10. c3 cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. cxd4 Rxc4 13. dxe6 Rxd4 14.
exf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Kg6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 b6 18. Rc4 Qd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qc2+
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.10.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Islington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nc5 13. f4 b5 14. f5 b4 15.
Na4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 exf5 17. Qh5 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Be6 19. e5 Rfc8 20. c3 bxc3 21.
Nxc3 g6 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 dxe5 24. Rd3 Qb7 25. Rhd1 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Durrant, Paul EO"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surbiton"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O b6 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qa2 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. c4 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Re8
21. Be3 h6 22. d5 exd5 23. c5 Qe6 24. Bf3 bxc5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb3 27.
Rc3 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 c4 29. Rd7 a5 30. h3 Re4 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Rb5 Na4
34. Rc2 Ra8 {Agreed drawn on adjudication} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "RAE Farnborough"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nh5 Rdf8 15.
Qd1 Rhg8 16. g3 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh3 e5 19. O-O Kb8 20. Re1 Ne3 21. Rxe3
Bxh3 22. f3 Rg5 23. g4 Rxh5 24. gxh5 Rg8+ 25. Kf2 Rg2+ 26. Ke1 Qd8 27. f4 Rg1+
28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bg4 30. Rg1 exd4 31. Reg3 Be6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Bf4+ Kc8 34.
Rg7 Bxh5 35. Rg8 Be8 0-1

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hindle, Owen Mark"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{The first round, accelerated pairings - top against second quartile.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4
{Brian Denman had shown me the Karaklajic game a few months before. I'm not
sure that Hindle was aware of it. So different from today's databases!} 9. Qb3
Bxf3 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kg2 Nh4+ 15. Kh1
Qd7 16. f5 (16. c4 {was a subsequent improvement}) ({but Rybka thinks that} 16.
f3 Qh3 ({or} 16... Qc6 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Be1 Nxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxe4 20. Kg1 g6 21.
Rb1 b6) 17. Rf2 {is even stronger}) (16. Rg1 Qc6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qc2 {and now
Houdini suggests} Ke7 {getting the black king over to the queen's side before
assaulting white's king.}) (16. Qd1 Qh3 17. Rg1 Nf3 18. Rg2 Re8) 16... Qc6 17.
f3 Re8 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rb1 ({So far we were following Ciocaltea,V-Karaklajic,N/
Smederevska Palanka 1971/0-1:} 19. fxg6 Nxg6 20. Bh6+ Ke7) 19... b6 ({A waste
of time.} 19... g4 $142) 20. Rb4 g4 21. Bh6+ Ke7 $2 22. f6+ $2 (22. fxg4 Rxg4
23. Qe2 Rgg8 24. Rc4 Qb7 25. f6+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Ng6 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxc7+ Ke6
29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. f7 $18) 22... Kf7 23. Qb3+ Re6 24. Rc4 Qb7 25. Qb5 $2 (25.
f4 $142 Nf5 26. Bg5 d5 27. Rc5 $1 Rxe4 28. Rxd5 Kg6 $15) 25... c5 26. Ra4 Nxf3
27. Bg7 Ng5 (27... Rxe4 $142 28. Qa6 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. Rxf3 gxf3 31. Kg1
Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Ra8 $19) 28. Qa6 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 Ra8 30. Rb1 d5 (30... Nxe4 31.
Rbxb6 axb6 32. Rxa8 Nxc3 33. Ra7+ Kg6 $19) 31. exd5 Re2 32. Bh6 Nf3 33. Bf4 h5
34. Rbxb6 $2 (34. Bc7 Rf2 35. Ra4 Kxf6 {is winning, but there's still work to
do.}) 34... axb6 35. Rxa8 h4 {Now white is in a mating net.} 36. Bd6 h3 37.
Rf8+ Kg6 38. Bg3 Rg2 39. Rg8+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Newman, RC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 e5 11. Qh4 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh4
Nh5 15. Nd5 Be6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nc7 Bd7 19. Be3 b6 20. Nd5 Kh8
21. a4 f5 22. a5 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bb5+ 25. Kg1 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27.
Nc3 Nf6 28. Bb7 Ng4 29. Bb6 e4 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Bxd8 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33.
Bxe4 Bxb4 34. h3 Ne3+ 35. Ke2 Nc4 36. Bd5 Kg7 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4
Ke6 40. Kxc4 Bd6 41. Kd4 Be5+ 42. Ke4 Bc3 43. Bc7 h5 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. c4 Kd7 46.
Bf4 Kc6 47. Be3 g5 48. Ke4 Be7 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wright, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f3
f5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Qd2 e6 14. O-O-O
Qe7 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 d5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Qxh4 19. Be2 Bd7 20. f4 Qf6 21. g5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Qxf4 23. Rh7 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rf5 25. Rdh1 Nh5 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27.
Rxd7 Rxg5 28. Re1 dxc4 29. Rxb7 e5 30. Re7 Rd8+ 31. Kc3 Rg4 32. R7xe5 Rd3+ 33.
Kc2 h4 34. R5e4 Rg2+ 35. R1e2 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Rd4 37. Re5 Kf7 38. Kc3 Rg4 39.
Rh5 Kg6 40. Rh8 Kg5 41. Kb4 Rf4 42. Rh7 a6 43. Rg7+ Kf5 44. Ka5 h3 45. Rh7 Kg4
46. Kxa6 Kg3 47. Kb5 Rh4 48. Rd7 h2 49. Rd1 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Rxh1 51. Kxc4 Ra1 52.
b4 Rxa2 53. b5 Kf4 54. Kd5 Rd2+ 55. Kc6 Rc2+ 56. Kd6 Rb2 57. Kc6 Ke5 58. b6 Ke6
59. b7 Ke7 60. Kc7 Rc2+ 61. Kb6 Rb2+ 62. Kc7 Rxb7+ 63. Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lee, Peter J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. h3 Bd7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. b3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd7 (14...
Qa5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Rfd1 a6 {and white has a slight pull, but it's about
equal.}) 15. Rad1 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd6 (17. Qc2 {is stronger, ganging
up against black's q-pawn more slowly.}) 17... Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Bxc3
20. Bxc5 Rfc8 (20... Rfc8 {Agreed drawn. Black is now actually slightly better,
but there's not much in it. The game could proceed} 21. Be3 Bb4 22. c5 Bxc5 23.
Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd2 Rac8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Newing, PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bf4 Bb7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Qd2
Nge7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a6 11. Bd3 Na7 12. O-O Rc8 13. b4 Nb5 14. Qd2 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 cxd3 18. bxa6 Bc6 19. cxd3 Ba4 20. Nd4 Ra8 21. Ra3
O-O 22. Rfa1 Nc6 23. Rxa4 Nxd4 24. Qb2 Nb5 25. Ra5 d4 26. Rc1 Nc3 27. Kf1 Rfb8
28. Bd2 Nb5 29. Qc2 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Qxc3 Rc8 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Rxa6
34. c6 Qc7 35. Qd4 Ra8 36. Qd7 Rc8 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40.
Kd4 Kd8 41. Kc5 Kc8 42. Ra1 1-0

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perkins, Alan H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1975.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nf8 10. O-O Ne6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 O-O 13. Rc1 a6 14. a4 Bd7
15. a5 Be7 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Na4 Bc7 18. Bc2 f5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Nc1 Rae8 21. f4
Nd8 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Nd3 Bc8 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. Kh1 Re7 26. Nc5 Rfe8 27. Bd1 g6 28.
Rg1 Rg7 29. g4 Ree7 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Nf7 32. Nxf7 Rexf7 33. Nd3 Re7 34. Bf3
Rh7 35. Rbg1 Reg7 36. Ne5 Rh6 37. Qg2 Bxe5 38. dxe5 Qf7 39. Qc2 Qf8 40. Qc5
Qxc5 41. bxc5 Kf7 42. R1g2 Rh4 43. R5g3 Be6 44. Rb2 Ke8 45. Bg2 Kd8 46. Rh3
Rxh3 47. Bxh3 Ke8 48. Bg2 Bc8 49. Bf3 Kf8 50. h4 Rh7 51. Rh2 Kg7 52. Kg2 Be6
53. Kg3 Rh6 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxh5 Rxh5 56. Bxh5 Kh6 57. Be8 Kh7 58. Kh3 Kg7 59.
Kh4 Kh6 60. Bh5 Bg8 61. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levy, David NL"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hampstead"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Not a very distinguished game, but any win against an IM is worth celebrating!
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Nde2 Qc7 12. f4 d6 13. Kh1 b5 14. Bxb5 $5 (
{Approved by Houdini!} 14. a3 {was played in Mamedov,N (2446)-Klimov,S (2509)/
Moscow Aeroflot op-B 2005 (2)/1-0 after which Black should just play} O-O {
. Instead Klimov allowed white to sac on b5.}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qe7 $6 ({
Houdini thinks that best is the unnatural looking} 15... Qd7 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17.
e5 Ne8 18. Qe1 Nxd6 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. exd6+ Kf8) 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nc3
Bb7 19. Ncb5 Rd8 20. Qf3 Ba8 21. Qc3 g6 ({Houdini thinks that} 21... Na7 22.
Nxa7 Qxa7 23. Rad1 Kg8 {as equal}) 22. b4 $14 Ng7 23. a4 Nf5 24. Nxf5 $2 {
Better to ignore the knight and push on with the queen's side pawns.} gxf5 25.
Nd6 Rg8 26. Rf3 Rg6 $2 (26... Nd4 $1) 27. Kh2 Nxb4 $1 28. Qxb4 Bxf3 29. gxf3
Kg8 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. c4 Rb8 $2 (31... Qc5 32. Rd1 Ra8 33. Rd2 Rxa4 $19) 32. Qf2
Qc6 33. Ra2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Rb4 35. Rg2 $2 ({Houdini reckons that best is} 35. a5)
35... Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Qxa4 38. Kh4 Qc2 39. Ne8+ Kg6 40. Qg1+ Qg2
41. Qxg2+ Rxg2 42. Nd6 Rc2 43. Kg3 h6 44. Kh4 Kg7 45. Ne8+ Kf8 46. Nd6 Rc3 47.
Kg3 Ke7 48. Nc8+ Kd7 49. Nd6 f6 50. Nf7 fxe5 $2 (50... Ke7 51. Nd6 h5 52. h4
Kd7 53. Nf7 fxe5 54. Nxe5+ Kd6 55. Kf2 Kc5 {wins. If} 56. Ke2 Rc2+ 57. Kd3 Rh2
58. Ng6 Rh3) 51. fxe5 $4 (51. Nxe5+ $17 {The difference is that white can win
black's h-pawn.}) 51... h5 52. Nd6 h4+ 53. Kxh4 Rxf3 54. c5 Re3 55. Nf7 Ke7 56.
Nh8 Kf8 57. Ng6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kerr, Duncan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. c4
e5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Ne5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qd4 a5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bh3 f5 20. e4 Qf6 21.
Rfd1 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Kg7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. g4 Nc5 25. gxf5 Rce8 26. Kf2 Re7 27.
Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Kf6 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Bf1 Kxf5 31. Bd3+ Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Re4 33.
Rc3 Rxf4+ 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Rc4 {How did I lose from here??} Ke5 37.
Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Kg7 39. Ra4 b6 40. Rc4 Kf8 41. b4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Ke8 43. a4
Re1 44. Rh4 Re5 45. Rxh7 Kd8 46. h4 Rxd5 47. h5 Ra5 48. h6 Rxa4 49. Rg7 Rh4 50.
h7 d5 51. Rg8+ Kd7 52. h8=Q Rxh8 53. Rxh8 Kd6 54. Ke3 c5 55. Kd3 b5 56. Rh6+
Kc7 57. Kc3 Kb7 58. Rd6 Kc7 59. Rxd5 Kc6 60. Rh5 Kd6 61. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ashby, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. cxd5 Bxf5 8.
exf5 Nd4 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Be4 Nb4 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Qh5 Be7 14. Nd5
Bf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Bh4 Ne7 20. Bxb7
Rb8 21. Bg3 Rxb7 22. Bxe5 Qb4 23. Bxd4 Rd7 24. Bc3 Qb7 25. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.11.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Tucker, David Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Berkshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qxf6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qxc5 Rhf8 13. Rf1 Qf5 14.
Qxc4 Rf6 15. Nd2 Rg6 16. Qd3 Rf8 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. Nb3 e5 19. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birch, GG"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. f3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Qd6 Bc7 9. Qd1 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Be2 Qd6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bf4 Bb6+
15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Re1 Bf2 17. g4 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Rfe8 19. Nc3 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bd3 Qf6 22. Bxe4 Qxf4 23. Nc5 f5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Qd6 26. Qxh3 Qxd5 27. Nd3
Re3 28. Rf1 fxg4 29. Qxg4 Rf8 30. Nf4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.11.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hall, MJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayswater"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e4
$6 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. h3 $2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxh3 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Ne8 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5 f4 18. f3 Rf6 19. Kf2 Rh6 20. Qg5 Qh3 $2
21. Bxf4 $2 Rg6 22. Rh1 Rxg5 23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. Rag1 Kh8 25. Nd1 Bf6 26. Bh6 Ng7
27. Rg4 Rf8 28. Ne3 Rf7 29. Rhg1 Qe8 30. b4 Qa4 31. Nf5 Qxa2+ 32. Ke1 (32. Ke1
{Adjudicated a win for black. I'd made heavy weather of it, but it's a clear
win:} Qxc4 33. Nxg7 Qxb4+ 34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Ke1 Bh4+ 36. Rxh4 Rxf3 37. Bd2 Qa1+
38. Ke2 Qxg1 39. Kxf3 Qd1+ 40. Ke3 Kxg7) 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Wimbledon"]
[Date "1975.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Mitchell, Graham Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. b3 h6 13. Ba3 Be6 14. d4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Bxa3 17. Nxg7+ Ke7 18. Nxa3 Rd5 19. Nc4 Rhd8 20. Ne3
Rd2 21. Nef5+ Kf8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6+ Ke8 24. Nxd8 Kxd8 25. Ne3 Ne4 26. Rd1
1-0

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Branford, John W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. f3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rab1 O-O 13. Bd3 b5 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Rxb5 d6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. f4 Qxc3 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qxe6+ Nf7 22. Rxb7 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qf5 Qf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8
27. Qd7 Rxe4 28. g3 Re2 29. Qc6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.12.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wills, Michael W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Central YMCA"]
[BlackTeam "Charlton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{I was playing as a "hired gun" for Peter Hannan's Charlton team in the
Eastman Cup.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7.
O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qe3 Rac8 21. Bg5 Qb7 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 26.
Qxc1 exd5 27. Qc8+ Qf8 28. Qxa6 Qd8 29. Kf1 g6 30. Qd3 Qd6 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. a4
f6 33. b4 Kg7 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Qa6+ 36. Kg1 Qxa5 37. Qe3 Qc7 38. Qe6 Qc5
39. Kh2 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Lewisham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. d4 d5 8.
exd5 e4 9. Qg3 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Rae8 16. Nc2 Bd8 17. f4 f5 18. Ne3 Re6 19. Qe1 g5 20. Kh1 Rg6
21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 23. Qd1 Qb5 24. b3 Bb6 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 Qd7 27. c5
Bd8 28. d5 Rfg8 29. Qh5 Qg7 30. Nxf5 Qb2 31. Ng3 {Black's worse but not
resignable yet. However, I didn't have time to play the adjourned game.} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1975.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Jeffery, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Coulsdon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Ne4
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ne8 13. Qh5 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Bb3 Kh8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qf3 d4 18. c4 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rxf5 21. Qd5
Re8 22. Qe4 Qf7 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. f3 h6 25. Re2 Bd8 26. Ref2 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5
28. f4 Rf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BPCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Roberts, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Qf6
{A mistake, but recommended by Fischer in 'Sixty Memorable Games'!} 9. hxg4
hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Bd5 Kd7 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxf7 Nxf7 14. Qxg4+ Kd8 15. Bf4
Qe8 16. Qg6 Nce5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Ng5 19. Bxa8 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Nd2 1-0

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Anthony C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8.
Ne1 b5 9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f5 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. c3 d6 14. cxb4 Qxb4 15.
Rc1 Bf6 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. b3 Nd4 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Bb7 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21. Rxc2
Qd8 22. Na4 Bc6 23. Nb2 Qe7 24. Qe2 exf5 25. Rxf5 d5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rfe8
28. h3 g6 29. Rf2 dxe4 30. dxe4 Bxe4 31. Qc4 Rac8 32. Na4 Bc6 33. Re3 Qc7 34.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nc3 Re1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qg3 38. Nd1 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3
40. Qe2 h5 41. Ne3 h4 42. Nf1 Qg5 0-1

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.01.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kerr, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{A non-game in the last round when neither of us could qualify for the
championship} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7.
c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1
Bg3+ 14. Kg1 Bh2+ {There are well over a hundred copies of this game in the
database!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Singleton, Michael PF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. Bxf6 Qxb2 7. Qc1 Qxc1+ 8.
Rxc1 gxf6 9. Ne4 Nd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. dxc5 Be7 12. e3 O-O 13. Nf3 f5 14. Nd6
Nxc5 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bxb5 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c4 e5 14. h3 Be6 15.
Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. f4 Rb7 19. f5 Bc8 20. Rf1 Qb8 21. Rc2 a5
22. g4 Rbd7 23. g5 Ba6 24. f6 Bf8 25. h4 Qb4 26. Bh3 Bxc4 27. Qf2 Be6 28. Bxe6
Nxe6 29. h5 d5 30. a3 Qb7 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bc1 Bc5 33. Be3 d4 34. Qh2 dxe3 35.
Ne2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Westwood, Alan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 e5 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc8 10. Be3 Nd6 11. Bd3 a6 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f5 15.
g3 Nd7 16. Qg2 Nf6 17. Rf2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ndxe4 19. Bxe4 Qa4 20. Bd3 e4 21. Rf4
Bh6 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxh6 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxd3 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rf1
Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lester, Malcolm J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Rac1 Bb4
15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Nxe5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxe4 20. Rdc1 Rad8
21. g4 Qb4 22. Re1 Rd4 23. g5 Nd5 24. Nc6 Nf4 25. Nxb4 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Rxb4 27.
Rd2 Bf5 28. f3 g6 29. a3 Rh4 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. Rc7 Rh5 32. f4 Rh4 33. Rd4 Rh3 34.
Bd1 Rd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd3 36. Kf2 Be4 37. Ke3 Rd8 38. Be2 Bg2 39. Ra7 Ra8 40. Rxa8+
Bxa8 41. Kd4 Kf8 42. Kc5 Ke7 43. Kb6 f5 44. Kxa6 e5 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Kxb5 Kxe5
47. b4 f4 48. Kc5 f3 49. Bf1 Kf4 50. a4 Ke3 51. a5 Kf2 52. Bc4 Ke1 53. a6 f2
54. b5 Bf3 55. a7 f1=Q 56. Bxf1 Kxf1 57. Kb6 Kg2 58. Kc7 Kxh2 59. b6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rothbart, Bernard Maurice"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hendon"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxe5 14. g4 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. b3 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qc7 21.
Qd3 Be7 22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Qc3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Nf3 Bxg4 26. c5 Be7 27. Qc4
Be6 28. Qc3 Nf6 29. Ng3 Nd5 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Ne4 Qb4 32. Bc4 Qa3 33. Nxe5 Nb4
34. Qd1 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Qxa2 36. Nd6 Bf6 37. Nexf7 Qa1 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. Nhf5+
Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Qxa1 Bxa1 42. Nxb7 Kf6 43. Nc8 a6 44. Kf1 Bc3 45. Nb6 Na2
46. Ke2 Ke6 47. Nd8+ Kf5 48. Nxc6 a5 49. Nd4+ Ke5 50. Nb5 Ke6 51. c6 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Malcolm, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Sutton"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12. Be3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5
Bd7 15. Rac1 a6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Bc2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Rc7 21.
Bb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. h3 Qb4 26. f3 Qa3 27. Qc2
Be6 28. Bh4 g5 29. Be1 Bf8 30. h4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd2 Bh6
34. Nc6 Qd6 35. Qc5 Qg3 36. Qxb5 Bd7 37. Qb8+ Qxb8 38. Nxb8 Bb5 39. Bf5 Kf8 40.
Bc8 Ke7 41. Ba6 {Black resigned on adjudication.} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sewell, David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 Rxb5 11. d4 Ra5 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6
15. Re1 Nxe4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nd4
21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. c3 Bb6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc6 25. f4 g6 26. Ke2 Rb6 27. b4
a5 28. bxa5 Ra6 29. Kd3 Rxa5 30. Kd4 Ra4+ 31. Ke5 Kg7 {adjudicated a win for
black} 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scott, David Bernard"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qg3 Ne7 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Bg5 Ng6 16. f4 c4 17. Be4 Bxc3 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. bxc3 h6 20. Bh4 Rab8 21.
Rad1 Qe4 22. Rxd7 Qxc2 23. h3 Rb1 24. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25. Kh2 Nxh4 26. Qxh4 Qxa2 27.
f5 Qe2 28. Qf4 exf5 29. Qxf5 Qe3 30. Rd6 a5 31. Rd5 a4 32. Ra5 Qxc3 33. Rxa4
Qb3 34. Ra7 c3 35. Rc7 Qb4 36. Qf3 f6 37. Rxc3 Qb8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Rc5 Re8 40.
Qd7 fxe5 41. Rc7 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Curnow, David A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 {White spent half an hour on this move!} Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 $5 ({This has a
better percentage in the database than} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 {
Kinnmark,O (2385)-Paoli,E (2270)/Eksjo 03rd 1975 (3)/1/2-1/2 e.g.}) 10. c4 ({
White spent a further half an hour thinking about} 10. dxc5 {after which} Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Bg3 O-O {leaves white with a slight advantage,
because Black finds it difficult to develop his QB.}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Kinnmark,O (2390)-Schneider,L (2365)/
SWE-ch Motala 1976/1/2-1/2}) 13... Bd7 14. Rac1 {By now white had less than 10
minutes for his next 20 moves.} Rac8 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Red1 Qa5 18.
Bd4 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qb4 (19... Qh5 {may be objectively better, but I was playing
on white's time shortage to complicate the game.}) 20. a3 Qxb2 21. Nd5 Qxa3 22.
Rd3 Qa5 $2 ({Dangerous, but} 22... Qd6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxd3 25. Bxd3
Bxf6 {simplifies too much}) 23. Nxf6+ $2 ({White was down to a minute to get
to move 35.} 23. Bb6 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qb4 25. dxc6 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6
bxc6 28. Qe4 {should win.}) 23... Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 gxf6 26. Qh6 $2 (
26. c5 Rd8 27. Be4 Qd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Ra5 {
is best, but black has a big advantage.}) 26... Qg5 $1 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. g3
Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lynn, Robert C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O a6 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Nd2 b5 10. c4 bxc4 11. Rc1 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bd4 Be7 14. Re1
Bg4 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Bb1 O-O 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Nxe6 Bb4 20. Qf3 fxe6
21. Bxf6 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 e5 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brown, Peter AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nd7 6. Be3 a5 7. a3 Ngf6 8. f3 O-O
9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15.
Nc3 b6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf4 19. Qb2 Bh6 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. Ra1
Nh5 22. Qc2 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf6 24. Ra7 Ng7 25. Bh6 Be7 26. Qa4 Qb8 27. Qa6 Rd8
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb7 Qc8 30. Qa7 Rd7 31. Rb8 c5 32. Qxb6 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34.
bxc5 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nh4
O-O 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. c3 Rf7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 Raf8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Re8 19. b3 Qb5 20. d4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Nd3 22. d5 Nxe1 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe1 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bd4 27.
Kh1 Bxe3 28. Qd1 Rc7 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Nxf5 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.02.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Paish, Anthony George C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Insurance"]
[BlackTeam "Charlton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe1 b5 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. e5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f5 f6
15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Ne2 Qxc2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. fxe6 dxe6 19. exf6 Qxe2 20. fxe7 Qxg2+
21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bg5 Bh3 24. Rc1 h6 25. Bf4 Kxe7 26. Be5 Rd8 27.
Bxg7 Rd7 28. Bxh6 Kf6 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. Ke2 b4 31. h4 Rd5 32. Bg5+ Kg6 33. Rc8
Ra5 34. Rc4 Rxa2 35. Rxb4 a5 {White lost on time with one move to make.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Perkins, Alan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Be6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 f6 10. d4 Bd6 11. c4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Rhe8
15. Rac1 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 fxg5 19. Rcd1 Be5 20. Nf3 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qe7
8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Qe4 d5 10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qe4 O-O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Bh4 Rhg8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxa2 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd8
20. c3 Bc5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. g3 Qc6 25. Re1 Qa4 26.
Qe6+ Kb8 27. f3 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bennett, Terence B"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. e5 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb6 Re8 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nbxc5 b6 20. Nd3 Rd8
21. c4 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Re3 Ra7 24. Nf4 Rad7 25. Nh5 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 f5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. b3 Bb7 30. f3 Rd2 31. Nf6 Ke7 32. Ng8+ Kd6 33. Nh6
Ke5 34. Ng8 Kf4 35. Re1 Kg5 36. b4 Rd8 37. Ne7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Speed, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh6 12. Qe4 Nc6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bd2
dxe5 15. fxe5 f5 16. Qc4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Rhf8 18. Rh3 Nf7 19. Nb5 Rxd2 20. Nxd2
Nfxe5 21. Qe6+ Kb8 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Qxe7 Nxc2+ 24. Kd1 Nxa1 25. Qxg7 Rd8 26.
Rxh7 Rd7 27. Qg8+ Rd8 28. Qg7 Rd7 29. Qf8+ Rd8 30. Qe7 Rd7 31. Qf8+ Qd8 32.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Kc1 Nd3+ 34. Kb1 Ne1 35. Nc4 Nac2 36. Na5 Nd4 37. Rxb7+ Kc8 38.
Rxa7 Rd6 39. Re7 Ndf3 40. Nc4 Rd4 41. Re4 Rd3 42. a4 Ng2 43. Re8+ Kc7 44. Nb5+
Kb7 45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Na5 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1976.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Thompson, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge City"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Rad1 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe7 Nxd2 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Bd3 Nxf1 17. Kxf1 Bd7 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Bb5 20. c4
Rd8 21. Ke3 Bd7 22. Nc3 f5 23. b4 g6 24. a4 Kf7 25. a5 {I was hoping that a
demonstration on the queen's side would encourage black to move forward on the
king's side and give me some chances, but at this stage he seemed happy to
wait until adjudication on move 48.} Rc8 26. Kd2 Kf6 27. Ke3 g5 28. Kd2 h6 29.
Na2 Ke5 30. Nc3 g4 31. fxg4 fxg4 32. Ke3 Bc6 33. g3 Rf8 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5
Bg2 36. a6 bxa6 37. bxa6 Rf3+ 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. Ne2+ Kc5 40. Be4 Kb6 41. Nd4 Rf2+
42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Bxg2 Rxg2 44. Nxe6 Rxh2 45. Kf4 h5 46. Kg5 Rh3 47. Nf4 Rxg3 48.
Nxh5 Rg1 49. Kh4 Kxa6 50. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew, DM"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. Ng3 Bg6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 e6 11. d5 O-O 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Be2 c6 15.
f4 Nd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. g5 Kh7 18. Bd3+ f5 19. e4 Nc5 20. O-O-O Qd7 21. Rhg1
Rab8 22. exf5 exf5 23. gxh6 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Bxh6 25. Rdg3 Qe6 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27.
R7g6 Qxg6 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pelling, Tim W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. Rg3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Rg8
15. Rb1 b6 16. Kf1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxc2 18. Bd3 Qxa2 19. Rf3 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Essex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Rg1 Nde5 10. Be2 b5 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 ({The only
game on the database, which reached this position by transposition, went} 13...
Bb7 14. a3 {Damjanovic,M (2320)-Galic,K (2230)/ CRO-chT2 Medulin 1997/1-0}) 14.
Bf3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Be7 ({Rybka suggests,} 16... g6 17. O-O-O h6 18.
h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Bg7 20. Be3 Ke7 {but still with a slight advantage to white.})
17. O-O-O O-O 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Rg3 {draw agreed. A draw with the
many times British champion isn't bad, although I had a slight edge.} (20. Rg3
$14 {The game might proceed} Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6 22. Bg2 Bb7 23. f5 d5 24. f6 Bd6
25. e5 Bc5 26. Bf1 {with a slight advantage to white. Black has difficulty
generating counterplay and is in danger of getting to an ending with a bad
white square bishop, although the position is fairly blocked.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Linton, William Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Mushrooms"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 b5 12. f4 b4 13. e5 Bxg2 14. Qxg2 bxc3 15.
exf6 Rc8 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. b3 d5 18. Rd1 O-O 19. O-O d4 20. Bf2 Qb6 21. Qe4
Rfd8 22. Rd3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Kg2 f5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Kf3 Rcd6 27. Red1 Rb8
$4 28. Re1 $4 ({Time scramble!} 28. Bxd4 Rbd8 29. Ke3 {wins a pawn and should
win the game.}) 28... Rbd8 29. Red1 R8d7 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Shallcross, Douglas George A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8.
Ndb5 Nb6 9. Rg1 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Rg3 g6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. O-O-O e5
15. Nb3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. h4 N8d7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Qh2 a5 21. a3
a4 22. Na1 Ra5 23. Kb1 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Rg4 Qc6 27. c4 Ra5
28. Qh3 Nf8 29. Nc2 Qd7 30. Nb4 b5 31. Qf1 bxc4 32. Rgxc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 d5 34.
Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Bxb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. Ba7 Ne6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. b5 Ke8 40. b6
Rc8 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Bxb8 Kd7 43. Bxe5 Kc6 44. Kc2 Kxb6 45. Kd3 Kb5 46. f4 Kb4
47. Bd6+ Kb3 48. Ba3 Nxf4+ 49. Kd4 Kc2 50. Bd6 Ng2 51. Kxd5 Kxb2 52. Ke5 Nxh4
53. Kf6 Nf3 54. Be7 a3 55. Kxf7 a2 56. Bf6+ Kb1 57. Kg7 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "National Plate"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oliver, S.."]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c3 Be7 12. Bd4 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Re1
Bf6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Re2 Rfc8 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Rd1
Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxc3 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Nd4 g6 25. f3 Nd6 26. b3 Nb5 27.
Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Red2 Rb4 30. Ke1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. g3 a4 33. bxa4
Rxa4 34. Rb1 Ra3 35. Rb4 Rca7 36. Rbb2 h5 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. Rd4 Rca3 39. Rdd2 Rc3
40. Rd4 Raa3 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rd4 Rxf3 44. Rdd2 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Clegg, Chris RA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 f6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd2
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rac8 16. Rae1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. Nb5 Rf6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20.
Nxd4 Rc4 21. Rd1 h6 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Re5 g6 24. Rd2 b4 25. h4 Kf7 26. h5 gxh5
27. Rxh5 a5 28. b3 Rc3 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Re5 Kf7 {Adjudicated a draw. Shows the
stupidity of adjudication at such an early stage.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rowson, David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Nbd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 f6 14. Qc3
dxc5 15. Bxc5 b6 16. Qc4+ Rf7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rc8 20. Qb3
Kg7 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. e6 Rff8 23. Rd7 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Qc5 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. Qf4 b5
27. h4 Qb6 28. Nd4 Rc5 29. Bg2 Rc4 30. h5 a5 31. h6+ Kg8 32. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Martin, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qd2 Qc4 14. b3 Qc7
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Qxc6 dxc6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bb6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Be7
21. g3 c5 22. Rd5 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pierce, PN"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Re1 Be7
15. Nf5 exf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Qxe7 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brown, Simon D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bd3 h5 12. Qf4 Bd7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qg5
Be6 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. O-O b6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qe7 20. Qxg7 Kd7
21. Qg3 Rag8 22. Qd3 Qh4 23. Rb3 Qg4 24. Qb5+ Kc7 25. g3 h4 26. Qa6 Qxd4 27.
Qxa7+ Kd8 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Bb4 Qxb4 31. axb4 hxg3 32. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phillips, Owen S"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Ba5 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 O-O 7. h4 d5 8.
Be2 c5 9. f4 d4 10. Qc2 dxe3 11. dxe3 Re8 12. Kf2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 c4 16. Qe2 Bb6 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Qf6 19. Nxc4 Bc5 20. Rd1 Nb6 21.
Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Rf3 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Nh3 a6 26. g4 Rd8 27. Kg3
Rd2 28. e4 Qc2 29. Qf1 Qxe4 30. Ng5 Qc2 31. Qh1 Rd1 32. Rf1 Qf2+ 33. Rxf2 Bxf2+
34. Kg2 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 Bxh4 36. Ne4 Be7 37. f5 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kd7 40.
g5 g6 41. f6 Bf8 42. Nd2 h6 43. Kg4 hxg5 44. Kxg5 Bc5 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Ne4 Bd4
0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Scott, PR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7
15. f3 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nf1 c4 18. Bc2 Bc5+ 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Qd4 Nh5 25. Qe3 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4
Nf6 28. Qd4 h5 29. gxh5 Nxh5 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Qd7 Nh3+ 32. Qxh3 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Re6
34. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "Hammersmith"]
[Date "1976.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jones, MK"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. cxd4
Bg4 9. Be3 Na5 10. Bc2 Nac4 11. b3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rc8 13. O-O e6 14. Nbd2 Be7
15. a4 Bg5 16. Re1 Rc3 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Be7 21. Bb1
Qc7 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Re2 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Shepstone, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Charlton"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd4 $6 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qe5 15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. O-O-O e6 18. f3 h6 19. Rhg1 Ke7 20. Kd2
Rag8 21. gxh6 Kf6 22. Ke3 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Rxh6 24. h4 Rg6 25. Kf2 Rxg1 26. Kxg1
Kg6 27. Kf2 f5 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Ne2 Be8 31. c4 Kd6 32. b4 b6 33. Nc3
Bc6 34. Ke3 Bd7 35. a3 Bc6 36. Kd3 Bd7 {Adjudicated a draw, but} (36... Bd7 37.
Nd1 (37. Ne2 Be8 38. Ke3 Bg6 39. Nc3) 37... Ba4 (37... a5 38. Nb2 fxe4+ 39.
fxe4 Kc7 (39... axb4 40. axb4 Kc7 41. b5 Kd6 42. Na4 Kc7 43. Kc3 Be8 44. Kb4
Bg6 45. c5 Bxe4 46. Nxb6 Bd5 47. Nc4 e4 48. Kc3 Kb7 49. Kd4 Kc7 50. Nd6 $18)
40. b5 Kd6 41. Kd2 Bc8 42. Na4 Kc7 43. c5 bxc5 44. Kd3 Bd7 45. Kc4 Bc8 46. Kxc5
) (37... Bc6 38. Nb2 Be8 39. Ke3 fxe4 40. fxe4 Bd7 41. Nd3 Be8 42. c5+ bxc5 43.
Nxc5 Bb5 44. a4 Bc4 45. Kd2 Bf1 46. Kc3) (37... Be8) 38. Nb2 $16 Be8 (38... Bc6
39. Ke3 Be8 40. Nd3 fxe4 (40... a5 41. b5 fxe4 42. fxe4 Bd7 43. a4 Bc8 44. c5+
bxc5 45. Nb2 Bd7 46. Nc4+ Kc7 47. Nxa5 Kb6 48. Nc4+ Kb7 49. Nxe5 Be8 50. Kd3
Ka7 51. Kc4 Kb6 52. Nd3 Bf7 53. e5 Bg6 54. Nxc5) 41. fxe4 Ba4 42. c5+ bxc5 43.
Nxc5 Bb5 44. a4 Bc6 (44... Bc4 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Nd3 Kd6 47. Kc3 Ba2 48. Nc5 a5
49. Nb7+ $18) 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Kc3 Kd6 47. Kc4 Be8 48. b5 axb5+ 49. axb5 Bg6 50.
b6 Be8 51. b7 Kc7 52. Nxe6+ Kxb7 53. Kd5 Bc6+ 54. Kxe5 $18) 39. Ke3 fxe4 (39...
Bc6 $2 40. Nd3 (40. c5+ bxc5 41. Nc4+ Ke7 42. Nxe5 Bb5 43. bxc5 fxe4 44. fxe4
Kd8 $18) 40... Ba4 $2 (40... fxe4 41. c5+ Kc7 42. fxe4 bxc5 43. bxc5 Ba4 44.
Nxe5 a5 $18) 41. c5+ bxc5 42. bxc5+ Kc6 43. exf5 exf5 44. Nxe5+ Kxc5 45. Kf4
Bc2 (45... Kd5 46. Kxf5 Bc2+ 47. Kf6 $18) 46. Nd7+ Kc4 (46... Kd6 47. Nf6 $18)
47. Nf6 Kb3 48. Nxh5 Kxa3 (48... Kc4 49. Ng7 Bb3 50. h5 $18) 49. Nf6 {wins}) (
39... Ke7 40. Nd3) (39... Bd7 40. Nd3 Be8 41. c5+ bxc5 42. Nxc5 (42. bxc5+ Kc6
43. exf5 exf5 44. Nxe5+ Kxc5 45. Kf4 Kb5 46. Kxf5 Ka4 47. f4 Kxa3 48. Ke6)
42... Bb5 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 fxe4 45. Nxe4+ Ke7 46. Ng3) 40. fxe4 Ke7 41.
Nd3 $16 (41. a4 Kd6 (41... Bc6 42. a5 bxa5 (42... b5 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Nc5) 43.
bxa5 Kd6 44. Nd3 Ba8 45. c5+ Kc6 46. Nxe5+ Kxc5 47. Nd3+ Kb5 48. Nf4 e5 49.
Nxh5 Kxa5 50. Ng7) 42. b5 (42. Kd3 Bc6 43. b5 Bb7 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. Nd3+ Kxc4 46.
Nxe5+ Kb4 47. bxa6 Bxa6 48. Nd7 Ka5 49. e5) 42... axb5 43. axb5 Kc5 44. Kd3 Kb4
45. Nd1 Bg6 46. Nf2 Kc5 47. Nh3 Be8 48. Ng5 Bg6 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Nf3) 41... Kd6
42. c5+ bxc5 43. Nxc5 Bb5 44. a4 Bc6 45. Kd3 a5 46. Kc4 axb4 47. Kxb4 Be8 48.
a5 Bc6 49. a6 Be8 50. Na4 Bc6 51. Nc3 Kc7 52. Kc5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stockwell, RJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{New season with my grade back up to 201, published in CHESS September 1976.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. c3 (12. c4 $142 $1 dxc4 13. bxc4
Bxc4 14. Qe4 {as in Smyslov - Euwe 1948, where white won in 26 moves. although
Rybka reckons that} Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rd8+ Qxd8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Petrosian,
T-Lilienthal,A/Moscow exh 1957/1-0} 18. Na3 {is equal!}) 12... Be7 13. b4 {
I thought this would create long term pressure against black's queen's side
pawns.} O-O 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nbd2 Re8 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bf5 19.
Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Nb3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf5 22. Kf1 $6 (22. Bd2 $142) 22... Nxe3+ 23.
fxe3 Re5 24. Nc5 Bg5 25. Rxa6 Rae8 26. Nd7 R5e7 27. Rxd5 Bxe3 28. g3 Rf7+ 29.
Kg2 Rf2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 31. Re5 $2 (31. Rxb5 Bg1 32. Re5 Rxh2+ 33. Kg4) 31...
Rxe5 32. Nxe5 h5 33. Rc6 g5 34. Rxc7 Bg1 35. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Plate s-f"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Benjamin, Nicholas R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Central YMCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nf6 11. Bf3 e5 12. Rd1 d6 13. Qa3 c5 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Qxd6 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxa2 17. Bc3 Qc4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Re8 20. O-O
Bb7 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Ra1 Nd7 23. Be2 Re6 24. f3 Kf8 25. Rd3 Bc6 26. Rd2 Bb5 27.
Bxb5 axb5 28. Ra7 b4 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rdxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 f5 32. Rc7 fxe4 33.
fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxc5 Re2 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Rf5+ Ke7 37. Rf2 Rd4 38. Ke1 g5 39. Rd2
Rc4 40. Re2+ Kd6 41. g3 g4 42. Kd2 h5 43. Kd3 Rc7 44. Re4 Rf7 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46.
gxf4 h4 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. c4 Kf5 49. b3 h3 50. c5 g3 51. c6 Ke6 52. f5+ Kd6 53.
f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.05.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Westwood, Alan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Be3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qe2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. h3 c6 10. a4 a5 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bc4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Bf4 d5 16. Rfe1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21.
Rxe2 N5f6 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Red2 Ke7 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. c4 Rfd8 26. b3 Nf6 27. Rd3
Rd6 28. Ne5 Nd7 29. Ke2 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. c5 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kerr, Duncan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c5 8. e3
Qa5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Be7 Re8 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Ng5 f5 14. Bxc4 h6
15. Nf3 Qxc5 16. Ba2 Nc6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Kh8 20. a4 Bc8 21.
Rac1 e5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6
27. Qb1 Qd5 28. g3 e4 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qd4 Qb3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxa5 Qd1+ 33. Kg2
Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.05.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Andrew, DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. b4
a6 16. Rb1 N8e7 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf3
Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qg5 23. Qd3 Qe5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Nd4 Rfe8 26. c6 Qc7 27. cxb7
Qxb7 28. a3 Qb6 29. Nb3 Rd6 30. Nc5 d4 31. Qc4 Qb5 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. e4 h6 34.
a4 Qb8 35. Qc4 Qc8 36. Rc1 Re5 37. Qb3 Rc6 38. Rcf1 a5 39. Nd7 Re8 40. Rf7 Rc3
41. Qd5 Qc4 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. bxa5 Rxa4 44. Nf8 Bxf8 45. Rxf8+ Rxf8 46. Rxf8+
Kg7 47. Rd8 Rxa5 48. Rxd4 Ra2 49. Kh2 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kg5 51. h4+ Kxh4 52. Rxg6
Kh5 53. Rg8 Kh4 54. e5 Re2 55. Re8 Kg5 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCQC"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Parr, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Ng4 9. Bg1 Nd7 10. h3 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 a6 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. f5 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. f6 exf6 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bh2
Qe7 22. Rhg1 Ne8 23. Qh6 Qe6 24. Qxh5 c4 25. Nd4 Qb6 26. Nf5 cxd3 27. Bd6 Qf2
0-1

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Needs, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. g6 hxg6 14. Ndxb5 axb5
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Qg5+ f6 18. Qxg6 Qc7 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. exd5
Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qf7 Qf5 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "King, Andrew J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4
b5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Be4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Re1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Nd3 18. Bxa8 Nxe1 19. Qxe1 Rxa8 20. Qe2 Qd5 21.
a4 Rc8 22. Bh4 b4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rc1 b3 25. Ra1 a5 26. Qe4 Bg5 27. Qxd5 exd5
28. Nf3 Bf4 29. g3 Bd6 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Kf1 f6 33. Ng4 Rd7 34. Ne3
Bc7 35. f3 Kf7 36. Kf2 g6 37. f4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Smart, Leslie J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Rxc3 15.
bxc3 Nc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. g5 c4 19. gxf6 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Qxf6 21.
Rh1 Qg6+ 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 {With the queens off, black has
only a small advantage but makes the mistake of trying too hard, in mutual
time trouble, to win the game. Having played the middle game poorly, I played
the ending very accurately!} cxd3 25. Rh8+ Kd7 26. cxd3 Bxa3 27. Rg8 Bb2 28.
Rxg7+ Kc6 29. Rg6 Bxc3 30. Rxe6+ Kc5 31. f5 b4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Rxf6 b3 34. d4+
Kc4 35. d5 b2 36. Rb6 Bxd5 37. exd5 Kxd5 38. Rxb2 Kc4 39. Kf3 a5 40. Ke3 a4 41.
Kd2 a3 42. Rb8 a2 43. Ra8 Kb3 44. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8.
Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. Kc2 Nd5 11. Bd2 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5
Bxe5 15. Nxf7 Bxh2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Na3 Rf8 18. f3 Be6 19. Rh1 Bf4 20. Rxh7
Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Rd8 22. Ke1 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bxa2 24. Rg7 a6 25. Nc2 Bb1 26. Ne3 Rd7
27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. g3 Nd3+ 29. Kd2 Ne5 30. f4 Nf7 31. Bg2 Nd6 32. Ng4 Nc4+ 33.
Kc1 Bf5 34. Nf2 Kc7 35. g4 Be6 36. Be4 Ne3 37. Bxg6 Nxg4 38. Ne4 b6 39. f5 Ne5
40. Bh7 Bd5 41. Ng5 Kd7 42. f6 Ke8 43. Kd2 Kf8 44. Bf5 Nf3+ 45. Nxf3 Bxf3 46.
Ke3 Bh5 47. Be6 Bg6 48. Kf4 Bf7 49. Bxf7 Kxf7 50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Brown, GM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be6 6. Nd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Nd7 8.
O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Kh1 Qd7 11. f4 Bf5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Kb8 16. Qd2 Rhe8 {A reaction to the previous round against
Chandler.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ilford Open"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1976.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ditmas, Hugh G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1976.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. e5
Nd5 9. cxd4 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
dxe5 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Qc5 Rd7 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Bc5 Rd3
21. Qe2 R3d5 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Qb4 Rxe5 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Bg5 Rb8
27. Qc5 Qf5 28. Qe3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bxc3 32. Kf1 f5
33. Ke2 Bd4 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Bg1 36. g4 Ke6 37. a4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Kd5 39. h4
c5 40. h5 c4+ 41. Kc2 Bd4 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Kb1 c3 44. Ba3 Kc4 45. Kc2 Bb6 46.
Be7 Ba5 47. Bf6 Bb4 48. Be5 a6 49. Bf6 Ba5 50. Bg7 Kb4 51. Bxc3+ Kxa4 52. Bf6
Bb4 53. Kb2 Kb5 54. Kb3 a5 55. Ka2 Kc4 56. Kb2 a4 57. Kc2 Bc5 58. Kb1 Kb3 59.
Be5 Bb4 60. Bf6 a3 61. g5 Bc3 {and white resigned. So with this last round win
I got to shared 9-19th! See BCM p342.} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Anthony C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 c5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. d5 e6 13. Bh6 exd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
exd5 Rae8 16. f4 b5 17. Ng3 Re7 18. f5 bxc4 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bxc4 Re5 21. Nge2
Nb6 22. b3 Nbxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxf6 Bxc4 25. Rxf8 Bxe2 26. Re1 Kxf8 27.
Rxe2 Qe7 28. Rf2+ Kg8 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Qa5 Rf5 31. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pelling, Tim W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 f5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Be6 18. O-O-O Kf7 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3
Rad8 21. Rd3 Rhe8 22. f4 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Kf6 24. f3 Re6 25. a4 $2 {I played the
ending really badly.} Rd6 26. Re3 Rd7 27. Re4 Rd5 28. Re8 Ra5 29. Rf8+ Kg6 30.
Rc8 c6 31. Rc7 Rxa4 32. f5+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rxh4 34. Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 Rf2 36. Rc7
Rxf3+ 37. Kd4 h5 38. c4 h4 39. Rxc6+ Kxf5 40. Rc7 Rf4+ 41. Ke3 g5 42. c5 h3 43.
c6 Kg4 44. Rd7 Kg3 45. Rd5 g4 46. Rd3 Rc4 47. Kd2+ Kf2 48. Rc3 Rd4+ 49. Kc1 Rd8
50. c7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Faulks, Nicholas W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
d6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Na5 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bb4 18. Qe3 Nc8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Nd6+ Kf8 22. Ng5 Be8 23. Qf3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 exf5 26. Qxf5 Ke7 27.
Qf4 a5 28. Ne4 h6 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Nf5+ Ke6 31. Nxg7+ Ke7 32. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lewin, Patrick Thomas C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Nab1 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
e4 15. Be2 Ne7 16. c3 Re8 17. O-O Rc8 18. a4 Rc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Nxd5 21.
Bxb5 Qb6 22. Bc4 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 Nf4 24. Re1 d5 25. f3 Nd3 26. Re2 Nc1 27. Re1
Nxb3 28. Ra3 Rb5 29. fxe4 Nc5 30. b4 Nxe4 31. c4 Rxb4 32. cxd5 Bd4+ 33. Kf1
Rxb1 34. g3 Nd2+ 35. Kg2 Rbxe1 36. d6 R1e2+ 37. Kh3 Nf1 38. d7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4
h5+ 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Kg5 Bf6+ 42. Kxh5 Re5+ 43. Kg4 Nh2+ 44. Kh3 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. d5
Nb8 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 11. Rad1 b5 12. dxc6 (12. a3 $142 a6 13. dxc6 Nxc6
14. Nd5 Rc8 15. c3 {with a slight advantage}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxc6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Nc4 Qc8 16. b3 Qa6 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. f4 Bc3 19. Qf2 Qxa2 20. Rd3 ({
Houdini prefers} 20. e5 {after which it thinks black needs to jettison two
pieces for a rook with} d5 21. Rxd5 Bd4 22. Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxc2 24. Qd7 Re8
) 20... f6 21. e5 dxe5 $2 22. Rxc3 $6 ({Houdini Pro finds} 22. Qc5 {immediately
} Kh8 23. Qd5 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Nd8 25. fxe5 $18) 22... bxc3 23. fxe5 f5 ({This is
actually the losing move! Although even Houdini Pro assesses it the position
as equal. If black had seen the coming combination, he could have played} 23...
Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qa6 $14 25. Nc4 {limiting white to a small advantage.}) 24. Qc5
Qxc2 (24... Qa6 {has some beautiful "unheard melodies". (24...Rc7 is a bit
tougher, but it still loses.)} 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Rg8 27. Nd6 $1 {threat 28.
Qf6+ and 29.Nf7 mate.} Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qc7 {Now the black queen is indirectly
defending f7, so what can white do?} 29. Rf3 $1 Nxe5 ({If} 29... Rac8 30. Rxc3
Nxe5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qe6 exd6 33. Qxd6 {wins, but not so prettily}) ({If} 
29... Qd7 30. Rh3 f4 31. Bf8 Qxh3 32. Qf6+ exf6 33. Nf7# {is another pretty
mate!}) 30. Rh3 Qxd6 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bf8#) 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Rg8 27. Nd6
$1 Raf8 28. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Basman, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. f4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nh3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Na3 b6
({Basman had won two games with this line after black played} 8... e5 {e.g.
Basman,M (2385)-Whiteley,A (2340)/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1973 (6)/ 1-0}) 9. Nf2 Bb7
10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 {This is almost the same position (with
colours reversed) as Fraguela v Keene (CHESS 41 pp297-298).} Rfd8 13. Re1 Na5
14. e5 Ne8 15. g4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc7 {Keene reckons this position is better for
white, although I'm not sure why. Basman's plan is certainly incorrect though.}
17. f5 Nd5 18. c4 $2 (18. Bg5 Nc6 19. e6 gxf5 20. gxf5 Rf8 21. Rad1 fxe6 22.
fxe6 Rad8 $15) 18... Nb4 19. Bg5 Nac6 20. f6 exf6 21. exf6 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23.
fxg7 gxh4 24. Re2 Rd4 25. Nb5 Rxc4 26. Nd6 Rc2 27. Rae1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Kxg7 29.
Nf5+ Kf8 30. a3 Nd5 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Ne4 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Nd3 35. Nxh6
Nxb2 36. Ke4 c4 37. Nb1 {we were both short of time in the last few moves up
to the time control} Ke7 $2 (37... Nd1 $142) 38. Nf5+ Kf6 $2 39. h3 Nd1 40.
Nxh4 Nf2+ $6 41. Kd5 Na5 42. Nf3 $2 Nxh3 43. Nc3 Nf2 $2 (43... Nf4+ 44. Kd4
Ne6+ 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Ne5 Nc7+ 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. Nxc4 Nxc4 49. Kxc4 Ke5 50. Ne2 a6
51. Nd4 f6 52. Nf5 Nb5 53. Kb4 Nd4 54. Ne3 Nc6+ 55. Kc3 b5 56. Kd3 Nb8 57. Ng2
Nd7 58. Kc3 Ke4 {should still win.}) 44. Ne5 Nd3 45. Nxc4 Nxc4 46. Kxc4 Ne5+
47. Kb5 Nxg4 48. Ka6 Ne5 49. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra7 ({After games like
this, black sought new ways of countering the bishop sac. In the post-mortem
afterwards Nigel suggested} 12... Ra4 {and this is now the main line in this
variation} 13. Nbc7+ Kd7 14. O-O Rxe4 {Vitolinsh,A-Sturua,Z/URS Soviet Union
1978/0-1}) ({but Nigel has had success with} 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Qa4 {e.g. Berg,
K-Povah,N/Wijk aan Zee 1979/0-1.}) 13. Nxa7 Nxa7 14. exf5 Bh6 $6 (14... Bxf5
15. Qf3 Be6 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. O-O $16 {Emerson,R-Quinteros,M (2555)/Lloyds Bank
op 01st 1977 (1)/0-1}) 15. O-O Qg5 $2 (15... Nc6 16. f6 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18.
Qe2+ Ne5 19. Qb5+ Bd7 20. Qa6 {is good for white, but at least not losing
immediately}) 16. f4 exf4 17. Qd4 Rg8 18. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{This was the last round. I needed to hold a draw to get a share of first
prize.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 d5
8. e5 Ne8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Na4 h6 14. b3
Bd7 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Kh2 Kg7 20. Ng1 Qb7
21. Ne2 c5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 e6 24. Rec1 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Bc6 26. Nd4 a6 27.
a3 Qd7 28. Qf4 Rc7 29. g4 Qe7 30. Rf3 Rb8 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Be8 33. Rf3 a5
34. Rfc3 Bc6 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Ke3 Rcb7 39. Rf1 Rg8 40.
Kd2 Rbb8 41. Rcf3 Rbe8 42. Kc3 h5 43. b4 axb4+ 44. axb4 Rb8 45. f5 exf5 46.
gxf5 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.06.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lightfoot, Malcolm J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Nf5
exf5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. exf5 Bb7 17. f6 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 gxf6 19. Re1 Rg8 20. gxf6
Nxf6 21. Rf5 Rg6 22. h4 Nd7 23. h5 Re6 24. Rg1 Nf6 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Rg8+ Bf8
27. Bh6+ Qe7 28. Rxf8+ Kd7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rxa8 Rxh6 31. Rxa6 Rxh5 32. Ra5
Rf5 33. Kd1 Rxf2 34. Rxb5 Rh2 35. b4 h5 36. b3 h4 37. Rh5 h3 38. c4 Rh1+ 39.
Ke2 h2 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Rxh2 Rxb3 42. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Linton, William Anthony"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Be2 a6 6. a4 d5 7. e5 Nf5 8. O-O
Be7 9. g4 Nfd4 10. d3 h5 11. g5 g6 12. Rf2 Bd7 13. Bf1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Bc6 19. d4 c4 20. c3 Qa1 21. Rf1
Kd7 22. Qc2 Qa2 23. Bd2 Qa4 24. Qb1 b4 25. Bd1 Qa7 26. Bc2 b3 27. Bd1 Qa2 28.
Bf3 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 Ra8 30. Kf2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Rd3 b4 16. Nb1 Bg5 17. Rcd1 d5 18. h4 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Nxh4 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxh4 Qxh4 22. Rh3 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rh4 f5 26. f3 Bc2 27. Rc1
Bxb1 28. Rxb1 f4 29. Rc1 b3 30. Rh5 Nb7 31. axb3 Nd6 32. Re5 Kf7 33. Rc6 Nf5
34. Rcxe6 Rd8 35. Rxa6 Ne3 36. Re4 g5 37. Rb4 Rd7 38. Rb5 Nd5 39. Rba5 Rd8 40.
Ra8 Rd6 41. R5a7+ Ne7 42. Rh8 1-0

[Event "National Plate Final"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.07.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Turner, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Letchworth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Be3 Nf6
8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14.
Bxg5 Nb6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Bxb6 Rxb6 17. b3 Ke7 18. Na4 Rb5 19. c4 Rb4 20. Nc5 a5
21. a3 Rb6 22. Kc2 Rhb8 23. Kc3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. b4 axb4+ 26. axb4 Rb8 27.
Ra1 Ke7 28. Ra7 Kd6 29. Na6 Rc8 30. Rb7 h5 31. c5+ Kd7 32. Nb8+ Ke8 33. Nxc6 f6
34. Na7 Rd8 35. Nb5 c6 36. Nc7+ Kf7 37. Nxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barton, R Alan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bh4 h6 12. h3 a6 13. a3 b5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bg3 Nh5
16. Bh2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Be2 Qd8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh5 Bxh2+
22. Kxh2 gxh5 23. Ne2 Qd6+ 24. Nf4 Re5 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Qc5 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qd6 28.
Qc5 Qf6 29. Qb6 Qd6 30. Rfd1 Kh7 31. Rc5 Qb8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rdc1 Rb5 34. Ne2
Rf5 35. Kg1 Rf6 36. Nd4 Rb6 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. f3 Kf8 39. Ke1 h4 40. R1c2 Rg6 41.
Kd1 Ke7 42. Kc1 Kd6 43. Kb2 Rb8 44. Nxc6 Rbg8 45. e4 Rxg2 46. e5+ Ke6 47. f4
Rxc2+ 48. Kxc2 Rg3 49. Rc3 Kf5 50. Nd4+ Ke4 51. Rc7 Bxh3 52. Nb3 Rg2+ 53. Kc1
Be6 54. Nc5+ Kf5 55. Nxe6 fxe6 56. Rf7+ Ke4 57. f5 Kxe5 58. fxe6 Kxe6 59. Rf3
h5 60. a4 Rg3 61. Rf1 Rg4 62. Re1+ Kd6 63. Rf1 h3 64. Rf6+ Ke5 65. Rh6 Rh4 66.
b5 axb5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Primett, Arthur Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14.
Be4 Nxa1 15. Nc3 Bh3 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be3 Rxe5 19. Rxa1 Rae8 20.
Bxb7 f6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Bc6 R8e7 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 c6 25. Rd6 Rb7 26. Bd4
Rf5 27. Ne4 Rb4 28. Ng3 Rd5 29. Bxf6+ Kf7 30. Rxc6 Rb6 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Bc3
Ke6 33. Nf1 h5 34. Ne3 Rd7 35. a4 {Black resigned - a little prematurely.
White still has to work a bit.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matthewson, Edward"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxb4 Qxb4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nc3
O-O 15. e4 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Ne2
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bf5 22. Nd4 h6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qd4 Qd7 25. b4 Qa4 26. Rc3 Qd7
27. Rc5 Re8 28. Kf1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bocker, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 c5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. f4 e6 11. Ng3 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Kf2 Ng4+ 14. Qxg4 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Rxe3 17. Qd2 Bd4 18. Kf1 Qh4 19. Nce2 Nxh2+ 20. Ke1 Qxg3+ 21.
Kd1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Farrand, Julian T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 Bb4 {Prof
Farrand's patent opening.} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
Nd5 Qg6 12. Qd3 d6 13. O-O-O Kh8 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Qxd6 Be6 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Nb5
Rfd8 18. Qe3 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 a6 20. Bd3 b5 21. f4 Bg4 22. f5 Qc6 23. Rdf1 f6 24.
h3 Bh5 25. g4 Bf7 26. h4 b4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. g5 Bc4 29. Rd1 Qa4 30. gxh6 Bxd3
31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. cxd3 Rc8+ 33. Kd2 Rxb2+ 34. Ke1 Qc2 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Rg6 Rb1
37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cook, Michael P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 b5 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nc5 15.
f4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Na4 Bc6 19. f5 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. g6
hxg6 22. fxe6 Bf6 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Bf4 Rc8 25. Bxd6+ Kxf7 26. e5 Rhe8 27. Qg2
Qc6 28. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Byway, Paul V"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. Na3
a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. d3 b5 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qd6 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16. b3 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. Ba3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21.
Rc1 Ne6 22. c4 Bh6 23. Rc2 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nd4 25. Rd1 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh3
Rxd1 28. Kxh4 Bf4 29. Kh3 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. Be7 Bh6 33. g5
Bf8 34. Bf6 Bd6 35. Kg4 Kf8 36. f4 exf4 37. e5 Be7 38. Kxf4 Bxf6 39. exf6 b4
40. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "James, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nge7 8.
Bd6 Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Rc1 Qd4 14.
Bxf8 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Kxf8 16. Bb5 Ke7 17. Rd2 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb2 Kd6 20.
Rd1+ Kc7 21. e5 f6 22. f4 a5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rd3 d5 25. Rh3 c5 26. Rxh7+ Kc6
27. Rh8 c4 28. g4 Kd6 29. g5 fxg5 30. fxg5 Ke7 31. Rf2 e5 32. g6 Bf5 33. g7 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wernitz, Albert"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2
d6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. f4 f6 11. Bh4 exf4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nf3 g5 14. Be1 N7g6 15. Ba4
h5 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 f5 19. Rf1 g4 20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Qe2 Be5
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Qe4 gxh3 24. Qxf5 hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxf5 26. Kf3 a6 27. Rg1 Kf7
28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Rf1 d5 30. Na4 Re8 31. Bf2 Ne5+ 32. Kg2 f3+ 33. Kh3 Bxf2 34.
Rxf2 Ng4 35. Rff1 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Curnow, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Kh1 Bc6 14. Bf3 Rad8
15. Qe1 Qb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qf4 Qxb2 21.
Bd4 c5 22. Qxh4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nb6 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Rab1 Qxb1 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Rxb1 Nd7 28. Rb3 Nxe5 29. Kg1 Rc7 30. h3 f5 31. Ne2 Nd7 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Re3 Nf8
34. Ra3 Kf6 35. c3 e5 36. Ne2 a5 37. Rb3 Rc4 38. Nc1 Rxa4 39. Rb6+ Ne6 40. Nb3
Rc4 41. Nxa5 Rxc3 42. Nb7 Ke7 43. Nd6 Nd4 44. Nb7 Rb3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch63 Major Open"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1976.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kerr, Duncan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ba2 Qc7 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Ng5 g6 19. h5 Qxc3 20. Qe2 Qc2 21. Qg4
gxh5 22. Qxh5 Qg6 23. Qh4 h6 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng3 Rce8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Re1 Rfe8
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Qf7 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Bxe6 Kf6 33. Bxf5 Nb3
{See http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/197608bcf-viewer.html for the final
results table. My loss and draw in the last two rounds dropped me to 3rd place.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.08.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 d5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. c3 Nc6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qd4 Bf6 21.
Qxe4 Bd7 22. Rcd1 Bc6 23. Qf5 Ra6 24. Bg3 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Re6 26. Bc4 Re7 27. Bd3
1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pierce, PN"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Kh7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bf5 15. a3
Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Na6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. O-O Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nd2
Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Kf1 g5 24. h4 Kg6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. b4 g4 28.
Nd2 cxb4 29. axb4 Bg5 30. c5 {Agreed drawn, although black is now slightly
better.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harman, Ronald FA"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Cavendish"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 c5 13. c4 Ba6 14. Bf4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb5 Nd5 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Bd2 Rxb5 20. axb5 Qb8 21.
Nxa5 Qxb5 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rac1 Qe2 24. Nc4 Nf4 25. h3 Nd3 26. Ra1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2
Nf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kh1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 h5 31. Rd7 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Bg5 33. g3 h4
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Acton, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Hampstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Qb6
9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bh6 Bf5 13. g4 Be4 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Ng5 c5 17. c3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxa5
Rd5 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Qb3 Rxe5 24. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Vivian, Peter Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Norfolk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. h3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. N1d2 Na4 16. Rab1 b5 17. Nf3 g6 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. g4 ({
Premature.} 20. c3 $142) 20... Nc5 21. Rf2 h5 22. Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ke7 24. Kg3
Rh7 25. Rh2 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Rh8+ 27. Kg3 f5 $6 {Black should play passively and
make it difficult for White to find openings for his rook and knight} 28. exf6+
Kxf6 29. Nf3 Nxd3 $2 30. g5+ Kg7 31. cxd3 Rc8 32. Nd4 {From here on, although
Rybka only gives white a slight plus, I think it's a technical win for white.}
b4 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke3 Rc7 37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39.
Kxc1 Kf7 (39... Kf7 {Adjudicated a win for white, in view of} 40. Nb3 a4 41.
Nc5 Ke7 42. d4 Kd6 43. a3 bxa3 (43... Bb5 44. axb4 Be8 45. Kb1 Ke7 46. Ka2 Kd6
47. Ka3) 44. bxa3 {followed by K-b2-c3-b4 and N:a4}) 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Redhill"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Nge2 c5 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. Qd2 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Ng3 e6 13. Be2 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. O-O Nc6 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfe1 Nd4 21.
Bd3 Qe7 22. e5 Bb7 23. exd6 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxd6 26. Ne4 Rdd8 27.
Ba6 Rb8 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Nc3 Kf8 30. Bd3 b5 31. Rc1 Rbc8 32. Nxb5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5
Rxd5 34. Rc2 Rcd8 35. Ke2 Rh5 36. h3 Re5+ 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. f4 Red5 39. Re2+ Kf6
40. Kf3 Rd2 41. Re5 {adjudicated a win for Black.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.10.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hannan, JP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Charlton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bh5 14. Ne2 $6
Ne4 15. Qe3 $6 Re8 16. Qh3 $2 Bg6 $2 17. Kh1 {I was very tired and playing
badly so I offered a draw, which luckily he accepted!} (17. Kh1 $2 {After} Qf6
{black has a clear advantage}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "LARA Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hyslop, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1976.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Kh8 13. Nd4 Rac8 14. f4 b5
15. e5 b4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 bxc3 19. Bxf6+ Kg8 20. Re3 Rb8
21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 d5 24. Rd3 f6 25. f5 Kf7 26. fxe6+ Kxe6
27. Re3+ Kf7 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Bd4 a5 30. a4 Bd6 31. Rf3 Be7 32. Bc3 Bd8 33. Rf5
Ke6 34. g4 Rg8 35. h3 Rg6 36. Rh5 Rg7 37. g5 $4 {A hallucination in time
trouble. I'd forgotten the rook could take the pawn.} Rxg5 38. Rxh7 Rg1+ 39.
Ka2 Bb6 40. Rb7 Bd8 41. Ra7 Rg3 42. Ra6+ Kf5 43. Bxa5 Bxa5 44. Rxa5 Ke4 45. Ra6
Ke5 46. Ra5 Rxh3 47. c4 f5 48. Rxd5+ Ke4 49. a5 f4 50. Rd7 f3 51. Rf7 Rh5 52.
b4 Rf5 53. Re7+ Kd4 54. Re1 Kxc4 55. Ka3 f2 56. Rf1 Kb5 57. Kb3 Rf3+ 58. Kc2
Kxb4 59. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor, GC"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{I retired from the LARA open after the first round on Friday evening, being
so tired I couldn't face an early morning start. I went up to St Brides to
watch the county match and got called on as a substitute with nearly an hour
gone on the clock. So I was very pleased with this game!} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5
3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 $6 ({The standard line is} 7.
c4) 7... Nc6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. c5 $2 (11. Be3 {gets to a
standard position where it's normally white to move!}) 11... dxc5 12. dxc5 Qxd1
13. Rfxd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na4 15. h3 $2 Nxc3 16. hxg4 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. Rd7
f6 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Rxe7 Nd5 22. Re6 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Nxg4 24. Rb1
Rfc8 25. Rb5 a6 26. Ra5 Re8 27. c6 Rxe6 28. Nxe6 bxc6 29. Rxa6 Rb2 30. e4 Ne3+
31. Kg1 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rc2 33. a4 g5 34. a5 g4 35. Ra7 h5 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rg6
h4 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rxh4 g3 0-1

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wicker, Kevin J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Lewisham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+ 14.
Kg1 Bh2+ {Nearly two hundred identical games on the database, including
Adorjan,A-Karpov,A/EU-ch U18 sf 6768 1967 (3)/1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denman, Brian J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Bg4 Ne7
15. Nce3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Bb7 17. Bf3 g6 18. a4 f5 19. exf5 e4 20. Be2 gxf5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 f4 23. Nc2 Ng6 24. Qh5 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. h4 Rxb5 27. Nxb5
Qb6 28. Nd4 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 Nxf2+ 30. Kc2 Bc4 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qe7 Qb8 33. Rhg1
Rf7 34. Qg5 e3 35. b4 Qe8 36. Ra5 e2 37. Nf3 Rg7 38. Qf6 Qe4+ 39. Kb2 Nd1+ 40.
Kc1 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 e1=N+ 42. Rxe1 Qf2+ 43. Nd2 Ne3+ 44. Rxe3 fxe3 45. Ra8+ Bg8
46. Qxf2 exf2 47. Rf8 Rxg2 48. Kd3 Kg7 49. Rf4 Bf7 50. Ke3 Rg3+ 51. Kxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.11.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, John H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Berkshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Be2 Nge7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxe5 12. Be2 Nd5 13. g3 Be7 14. Kc2
Rhe8 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Re1 {White offered a draw and I accepted. It's slightly
better for white.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lexton, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Coulsdon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 O-O 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Qxd5 Ra7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Rad7 17. Bb6 Rf8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be6 20.
b3 Rb8 21. Be3 a5 22. h3 Kf8 23. Rc1 Ke8 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bc6+ Kf8
27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Bb5 Rd5 29. Bc4 Rd4 30. Be3 Re4 {Adjudicated: win for white}
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Athenaeum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
cxd5 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O b5 14. a4 a6
15. Qa2 Qxa2 16. Rxa2 b4 17. d5 b3 18. Rb2 Na5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c4 Rab8 21. c5
Bxa4 22. c6 Rb4 23. Nf5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ne3 Rc3 26. g3 Rb8 27. Ra1 Bb5
28. Ra3 Bd3 29. Nd1 $4 {It doesn't work if the king can only go to g2.} Rc1 30.
Raxb3 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Bf1+ 32. Kf3 Rxb3+ 33. Rxb3 Rd3+ 34. Rxd3 Bxd3 35. Ke3 Bb5
36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Kc5 Ke7 38. d6+ Kd8 39. Kb6 Bxc6 40. Kxc6 a5 41. Kb5 Kd7 42.
Kxa5 Kxd6 43. Kb4 Kd5 44. Kc3 Ke4 45. Kd2 Kf3 46. Ke1 Kg2 47. h4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pountney, Ian M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bf3 a5 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Bc1 Qh4 15.
Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Ndb5 Ne6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nd4 c6 21. Nde2
Bf8 22. Bb6 Ra8 23. Bf2 Qh5 24. f4 a4 25. e5 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. N2g3 Qg4 28.
Nxd6 Bc8 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Qe3 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Bxe5 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7
34. Nxf7 Bxb2 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Nd6 b4 39. Ba5 b3 40.
axb3 a3 41. Nxc8 a2 42. Bb4 a1=Q+ 43. Kf2 Bd4+ 44. Ke2 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Law, Andrew P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. Qd2 N8d7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 d5 13. exd5 Bxa3+ 14. Kb1 Bb7
15. Ndxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. Qd4 Nxd5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Nxe3 20. fxe3
Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Be7 22. Qe4 Qa5 23. Na4 Rb8 24. Bc6 Bxg5 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Qf4 Qe5
27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc5 Ke7 29. Nd7 Bxh2 30. Nxb8 Bxb8 31. b4 h5 32. c4 Ba7 33.
e4 h4 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rh1 g5 36. Kc2 Bf2 37. Rf1 Bd4 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. Kd3 e5 40.
Ke2 g4 41. c5 h3 0-1

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 ({If black is playing for a win, then} 3... Nf6 {
might be best. Either that or accept the Morra gambit}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4
Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 ({The alternative is} 6... Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nc3 {Perlis,
J-Tartakower,S/Ostend-B 1907 (3)/0-1 e.g.}) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Be2 ({or} 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe6 14. Rd1 O-O
15. Rd6 Qf5 {Kuznetsov,V-Krutyanski,A/Moscow-Leningrad m 1960 (1.29)/1/2-1/2})
12... O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qa4 Bd7 (14... Qe6 15. Rfd1 {Lammers,M (2397)
-Kostic,V (2433)/31st Munich OIS A 2011 (9.4)/1-0 doesn't have a good score
for black e.g.}) (14... Qc6 {Jonkman,H (2456)-Afek,Y (2344)/Leuven op 14th
2002 (6)/1/2-1/2 does better e.g.}) 15. Qa3 Qe6 16. Bc4 Qxc4 17. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "McSheehy, Nigel A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Be3 ({Theory is} 6. Bg5
Be7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. O-O-O Bc7 11. Bc4 $14 {Karaklajic,
N (2380)-Trifunovic,D/Wch Seniors 05th 1995 (9)/1-0}) 6... Be6 7. Qd4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Qc3 Ne6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nc4 $14 {White has a
slight advantage, arising from black's shattered pawn structure on the king's
side and the fact that knight and rook can operate well against rook and
bishop.} Rad8 19. Ne3 (19. Na5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Kd2 {
weakens black's pawn structure further, but I wanted to keep R+N v R+B.}) 19...
Rd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be6 22. Rd4 Re8 23. b3 Re7 24. c4 c6 25. Kc2 Rd7 26.
Kc3 {Now with d6 weakened, it's OK for white to exchange rooks.} Rxd4 27. Kxd4
Kf8 28. f4 Ke7 29. c5 b5 30. f5 Bd7 {White's plan now is to fix the Q-side
pawns, then move K to h5 to force h6, then exchange king's side pawns to gain
an entry at e5.} 31. b4 Bc8 32. Ke4 Bd7 33. Kf4 Kf8 34. Kg4 Kg7 35. Kh5 Bc8 36.
g4 Bd7 37. Nd1 Be8 38. Nc3 Bd7 39. Ne4 Be8 40. Nd6 Bd7 41. a3 a6 42. h3 {
Zugzwang - Black is forced into ...} h6 {Now the white king retraces steps to
f4 and prepares g5.} 43. Kh4 Kf8 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ne4 Kg7 47. h4 Be8
48. g5 fxg5+ 49. hxg5 hxg5+ 50. Kxg5 Bd7 51. f6+ Kf8 {In the final phase the
king penetrates to d6.} 52. Kf4 Be6 53. Ke5 Ke8 54. Kd6 Bd5 55. Nf2 Kd8 56. Nd3
{Black resigned. His QBP will fall.} 1-0

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gluckman, Timothy J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Qd2
Nfg8 16. Bg2 Rf7 17. f4 Qd7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. g4 Raf8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. gxf5
Nxf5 22. Ne4 h6 23. Bf4 Bg7 24. Rbe1 Nge7 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. Bxg3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nf5 29. Bf2 Qe8 30. Qf4 Qg6+ 31. Kh1 Be5 32. Qf3 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1976.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Borcherds, Richard E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc5 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Bg4 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Bxf3
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf3 d4 17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Qxe3 Re8 20. Qd2 Qd4
21. Qf2 Rad8 22. Kg1 Re2 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Rxd3 26. Ke2 Rd5
27. Rc1 f5 28. Rc7 b5 29. Ra7 Rd6 30. a3 Kg7 31. Ke3 b4 32. axb4 Rb6 33. h3
Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxb2 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 h6 37. Ra5 Rb6 38. h4 Kf6 39. g3 Ke6
40. Re5+ Kd6 41. Ra5 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rc3 44. Ra7 Rc7 45. Ra5 Rc5 46.
Ra7 {Rybka is still showing it as a 0.65 advantage to black here, but in
reality it's dead drawn and black should just have accepted it.} Kd5 47. Rxf7
Rc6 48. h5 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. hxg6 Rc5 52. g4 fxg4 53. f5+ Ke5
54. g7 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 g3 56. g8=Q Kf4 57. Qb8+ Kf3 58. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kitchlew, Andrew"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd3 Qxc5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nc7 Ng4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Bxa5 Bd7
15. Bc3 e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nb5 Ne3 18. Kd2 Nxf1+ 19. Rhxf1 Bxb5 20. Rfd1 Rbc8
21. a4 Bc6 22. Ke3 Rfd8 23. b3 Kf8 24. g4 Ke7 25. c4 f6 26. Nd4 a6 27. f5 Bd7
28. h4 Rg8 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Rd5 Rc6 32. Rad1 Rgc8 33. b4 R8c7
34. b5 Rxc4 35. Rxd6+ Ke7 36. b6 Rc3+ 37. Kf4 {and Black resigned on
adjudication} 1-0

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonard, P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 $5 6. dxe5 (6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 $11 {Cooley,C (2234)-Emerson,R/London League 
[2]/1-0}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Kc2 Nd5 $5 ({Chandler v
Emerson went} 9... O-O-O 10. Bd3 Nd5 $15 {although I eventually lost.}) 10. Bg3
Bf5+ 11. Kc1 g6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. h4 O-O 14. Ng5 Rae8 15. f4 Rc8 16. Nc4 f6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rff8 20. b3 {Hereabouts white starts going
wrong. He was clearly looking to move his king and free the queen's rook} ({on
} 20. Bc4 {I was planning} Be6 21. Rd1 Rcd8 22. Rd2 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rf5 {but
maybe something like b6 is stronger. White's king's side pawns are weak.})
20... Be6 21. Bd3 Bxg5+ 22. hxg5 Nxc3 23. Kb2 c4 $1 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Kxc3 Be6+
26. Kb2 Rf5 27. Rhf1 $2 (27. Bh4) 27... Rxg5 28. Rf3 Bf5 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Kxc1
h5 31. Kd2 Be4 32. Re3 Bd5 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bf2 Rxg2 36. Kf1 a6 37.
a4 (37. a4 {adjudicated. Even with opposite colour bishops, it's a win for
black.} g5 38. Rg3 Rxg3 39. Bxg3 h4 40. Be1 Bxb3 41. a5 Kxe5) 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.01.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Law, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Rad1 e5 13. b4 Bg4 14. b5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Be7 16. Qe3 {Agreed drawn. Andrew, as captain, was having difficulty with
one of his players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lea, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8.
f4 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. a4 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Nxc2+ 12. Kh1 Nxa1 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bxd6
Qxb2 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 17. Qxe8+ Kxd6 18. Qxe5+ Kd7 19. Rd1+ Qd2 20.
Rxd2# 1-0

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Howorth, Peter JN"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qc2 Na6
9. O-O Nc5 10. h3 Nfd7 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ne1 f4 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qh4 17. f3 e4 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rae8 20. Rd1 Rf7 21. Ne2
Bxb2 22. g3 fxg3+ 23. Nxg3 e3+ 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Nf5 Nc3+ 26. Kd3 e2 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Westwood, Alan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d5 Ne7 5. Bd3 Ng6 6. O-O Bc5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Ng5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f4 14. Qh5 h6 15. Qxg6
hxg5 16. b4 Bb6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc4 Rf6 19. Qxg5 Qe8 20. d6+ Kh8 21. Nd5 Rh6
22. Bb2 cxd6 23. Nxb6 Rh5 24. Bb5 Qf7 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Be8 Qf8 27. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Chris S"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. d3 a5 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e4 Nc5 12. d4 Nd7 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Nf1 Nhf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Bf8 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. Rc1 b5 20. b4 Qa7 21. Re2
axb4 22. Bxb4 Nb8 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Qc3 Nfd7 25. Ne3 Na6 26. Nd3 Bg7 27. Rd2 Qb7
28. Rb1 Nxb4 29. Nxb4 Bf8 30. Nd3 Bxa2 31. Rbb2 Be6 32. Rbc2 Qc7 33. Rc1 Ra7
34. Nc2 Rea8 35. Ncb4 Bc4 36. Bh3 Bxc5 37. Bxd7 Bd4 38. Qc2 c5 39. Bxb5 Bxb5
40. Nd5 Qa5 41. Ne1 Bc6 42. Nf3 Bxd5 43. exd5 Rd8 44. Qc4 Rad7 45. d6 Rxd6 46.
Ra2 Qb4 47. Qe2 Qb3 48. Ra7 Qd5 49. Ng5 R6d7 50. Ne4 Kg7 51. Ra6 {draw agreed 
(before I lost on time!)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "White, Steven A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Na3 Nf6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 b6 15.
Qc2 Nc6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qxf5 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Bc7 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qe2
Nxg3 28. hxg3 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3
Bf5 ({Much more usual is} 8... e5 9. d3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 {with
nearly 1000 games on the database and a near 50% overall score for black,
including some good wins, e.g. Polugaevsky,L-Kortschnoj,V/URS Soviet Union
1975/0-1}) 9. d3 Qd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bh3 12. b5 Nd8 13. e3 (13. Bb2 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 e5 {Minasian,A (2555)-Fedorov,A (2604)/Dubai op 5th 2003 (5)/ 1-0})
13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Kg1 $15 Nh5 17. Qf3 $2 Nc5 $2 (17... e4
$1 18. Ndxe4 ({or} 18. Ncxe4 f5) 18... f5 $17 {wins a piece}) 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19.
Rxb3 b6 20. Ra3 Rxa3 21. Bxa3 f5 {I had already envisaged the idea of d6-d5
here} 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. bxc6 Ra8 24. Ra1 e4 25. d4 Nf6 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. Bb2 Rxa1+
28. Bxa1 Kf7 29. Kf1 d5 30. cxd5 Bf8 31. Bc3 Bd6 32. Nxd6+ $2 (32. Be1) 32...
cxd6 $1 33. Bb4 ({As recommended by Rybka. If} 33. Kg2 Nc7 34. Kh3 Nxd5 35. Kh4
h6 36. g4 g5+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. exf4 gxf4+ 39. Kg2 Ke6 $17 {It takes a while for
Rybka (and my opponent) to recognise the strength of black's position now})
33... Ke7 34. Ke2 Nc7 35. Kd2 Nxd5 36. Ba3 Ke6 37. Kc2 Nc7 38. Kb3 Kd5 39. Bb4
Kxc6 40. Ba3 Ne6 {and white resigned on adjudication} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Islington"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O f5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rae8
15. Qd2 g5 16. Rad1 f4 17. exf4 exf4 18. Nc3 Qe6 19. Kh2 Qh6 20. g4 f3 21. Bc1
Rf4 22. Qd3 Ne5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Ne2 Rxg4+ 25. Ng3 Qxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Inwood, Kenneth FH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O-O h6 14.
Bd2 Kc7 15. Ba5+ Kb7 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Rb3+ Ka8 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rxb3 20. axb3
h5 21. Kb1 Bh6 22. Rf1 Be3 23. Ba5 Bb6 24. Bb4 Bd8 25. Rd1 Bc7 26. Re1 Bd8 27.
Bc5 Kb8 28. b4 Bf5 29. h3 h4 30. Bd3 Rh5 31. Be2 Rg5 32. Bf3 Be4 33. Be3 Rxg2
34. Bxg2 Bxg2 35. Bg5 Bxh3 36. Bxh4 {Adjudicated win for white} 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brown, Peter AJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3
Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 e5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg4 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Nd2 Rfb8 16. f3 Bh3 17. e3 Ne6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Nc4 b6 21. Bb2 Ra4
22. Ba3 Rba8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 Be6 25. f4 R8a7 26. Bc6 Qd8 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28.
Rc1 exf4 29. gxf4 h5 30. Qf3 Qd8 31. Kh1 Ra2 32. e4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 Qd2 34. Qg3
R7a3 35. Rcd1 Qb2 36. Rb1 Qd4 37. Rb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Qd2 39. Qg3 h4 40. Qg1 Bd4
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delnon, Robert J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "London University"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nde4 Ne8 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. b4 Nxc4 15. a4
Qa6 16. Qxc4 f5 17. Nexd6 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. bxc5 Qf6 20. Bb2 f4 21. gxf4
Qxf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. a5 Bb5 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Rfc1 h5 27. h4 Rf5
28. Rab1 a6 29. Be4 Re5 30. f3 Rc7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. e3 fxe3+ 33. Kxe3 g5 34.
hxg5+ Rxg5 35. Rb2 Rcg7 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd8 38. Rh4 Kc7 39. Rf4 Kb8 40.
Rf8+ Ka7 41. Rh2 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Cheltenham"]
[Date "1977.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Cheltenham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 Ne5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Kf1 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nc4 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14.
Nd2 Bd7 15. Ngf3 Nf5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Rf4 Bxf3 20.
Rxf3 g6 21. Rd1 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Bd5 Rac8 24. Be4 Nd6 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. b3 Ne5
27. Rf4 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Rc2 29. Rxd4 Rxa2 30. Rxh4 Rb2 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. Rc4 Re8
33. b4 Ree2 34. Rf4 Rec2 35. h4 Kg7 36. g3 b6 37. Re1 Rc7 38. Ree4 Rd7 39. Rd4
Re7 40. Rd6 Re6 41. Rd7 Rf6 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. Rxa7 Rxb4 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Rb7 {
adjudicated} 1-0

[Event "NPCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 e4 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qe3 Bg7
15. c3 O-O 16. Bb1 Be6 17. Nf4 b4 18. cxb4 d5 19. Nc2 Nf5 20. Qb3 Be5 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. a4 Qf6 23. O-O Qh4 24. g3 Qh3 25. f4 exf3 0-1

[Event "NPCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Smith, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf6 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. e5
Be7 22. Nf5 Ne6 23. exd6 Bf6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Qe5 Bf6 27. Qxf6 Nxd4
28. Qxd4 Qd7 29. Re7 Qc8 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Howson, James B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Essex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qe2 Bg5 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. O-O-O Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nh6 14. g4 Qf6
15. Qe3 Qf4 16. Nxg5 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Nf8 18. Nf3 Ke7 19. Rdg1 Nd7 20. h4 Ng8 21.
g5 g6 22. h5 Rxh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Rh1 Nf8 25. Nh4 Kd7 26. Nf5 a6 27. Rxh5 Ng6
28. Rh7 Ke8 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bh5 Rd7 31. Ng7+ Ke7 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Ne6+ Ke8 34.
Nxc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bruzzi, Stefano"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mitcham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{The cut-off for grading was 31 March, so my new grade for 1977-8 was 203.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Qf3 Qe6 10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. cxd4 a6 13. Ba4 Qc4 14. Bb3 Qb4+
15. Kf1 Be6 16. d5 Bg4 17. Qf4 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Qxf4 19. exf4 Nd4+ 20. Kd3 Nf5
21. Bg3 Bg7 22. Rac1 Kd7 23. f3 Rhc8 24. Bf2 Bb2 25. Rb1 Ba3 26. Bb6 Bc5 27.
Ba4+ Kd6 28. Rhc1 Ba3 29. Bc7+ Rxc7 30. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.04.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Berry, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Hendon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nb4 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. d6 Bxd6 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. Na3 Kd7 13. O-O $11 Rhe8
14. Nf3 d3 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. c3 Nbd5 17. Bd2 Re7 18. Nc4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20.
Ne3 a6 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Nef5 Ree8 24. h4 Nge4 25. Nxg7 $14 c5 $2 26.
Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Ba4+ b5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxb5+ Kc7 30. Bxe8 Bxe8 31. f3 Nd6 32.
Rad1 c4 33. Rfe1 Nd5 34. Re5 Bc6 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Rd2 Nf7 37. Re1 ({The first
of a series of increasingly bad moves in time shortage} 37. Rh5 Nf6 38. Ra5 Kd6
39. b3 $18) 37... Kd6 38. Re4 $2 Ne5 39. b3 $4 Nxf3 40. Kxf3 Nxc3 41. bxc4
Bxe4+ 42. Ke3 h5 $2 ({Now black starts to go wrong!} 42... Ke5 {should lead to
a draw.}) 43. Kd4 $16 Nb1 44. Rxd3 Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Na3 46. Ke4 Nxc4 47. Kf4 Ke6
$4 (47... Nd2) 48. Kg5 Ne5 49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. a4 Ng4 51. a5 Nf6+ 52. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup Final"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.05.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malcolm, David"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Sutton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bh6 Qd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Nd4 13. f5 gxf5 14. Qg5+ Ng6 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. exf5 dxc3 17. fxe6 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. bxc3 fxe6 20. Rxf8 Rxf8
21. Rf1 Rc8 22. c4 Nf5 23. Bh3 Kg6 24. Bxf5+ exf5 25. Rb1 b6 26. Rb5 Kf6 27.
Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke3 h5 29. a4 Kd7 30. a5 Kc6 31. axb6 axb6 32. c3 Ra8 33. Rb2 h4
34. Rf2 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rg8 36. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.06.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ripley, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Atticus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{This was the semi-final, which we drew 3-3 but lost on board count, our board
4 throwing away a win in time trouble.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 Qc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 a6
12. a5 Nb4 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Qf3 g6 16. g4 Bc6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Be3 f5
19. Bc4 Nxc2 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bf2 Nc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4+ cxd4
25. Nxe7 Bxe4 26. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pyrich, George D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{I played this game on the Friday evening, completely drunk after a long
session at Balls Brothers to recruit Belinda Bridgen to the tax department. In
the circumstances I think this was a masterpiece! A pity I never got to play
my planned improvement on Fischer's play in the 1970 Olympiad. Nobody ever
played this line against my Grunfeld again.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7
11. Rc1 Rd8 12. h3 ({Modern theory prefers} 12. Bf4 {in response to which} Be5
$5 {Cheparinov,I (2696)-Ivanchuk,V (2786)/Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A rapid 2008 (4)/
0-1 is interesting.}) ({or} 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bh6 {Ponomariov,R (2739)-Aronian,L 
(2786)/Moscow Tal Memorial 4th 2009 (2)/1/2-1/2}) 12... Na5 (12... b6 13. f4 e6
14. Qe1 Na5 15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Siegen ol (Men) fin-A 1970 
(6)/1-0 is the famous game}) 13. Bd3 b6 14. f4 e6 (14... f5 {has a good score
in practice (from a limited number of lower strength games) but it doesn't
look right to me} 15. exf5 gxf5 {Muender,M (2280)-Stelting,T/Hamburg HSG/BUE
1986/0-1} 16. Ng3 e6 17. Qe2 $14) 15. f5 ({If} 15. Qe1 {I was intending} Bb7
$146 (15... f5 16. g4 {would transpose into Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Siegen ol (Men)
fin-A 1970 (6)/1-0}) 16. g4 Qe7 {to avoid what I see as the weakening ....f5})
15... exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Qe1 $6 ({The start of a faulty plan.} 17. Bg5 Re8
18. f6 Qd7 $11) 17... Re8 (17... Qe7 {may be more precise to stop} 18. Bg5) ({
In any event my move is better than} 17... Qc6 18. Qg3 {Wilen,E-Koskinen,V/
Helsinki op2 2001 (4)/1-0}) 18. Qf2 $2 c4 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. f6 Qxe3 21. fxg7
Qxf2+ ({Even stronger is} 21... Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 Qxe2) 22. Rxf2 Re7 23. Nf4
Rae8 24. Bc2 Kxg7 25. Ba4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Re4 28. g3 $2 (28. Ne2
Bc6 29. Bd1 Nb7 $17) 28... Re3 29. Ne2 Bf3 30. Ng1 Bd5 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Ne2 g5
33. Bc2 Rf3+ 34. Kg1 Nb7 35. Rf1 Nd6 36. Rxf3 Bxf3 37. Kf2 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 f5 39.
Ke3 Kf6 40. h4 h6 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Kf3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bowmer, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Played on the Saturday morning, with a huge hangover from Friday's mammoth
session at the wine bar to recruit Belinda Bridgen to the tax department} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9.
fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qxe5 13. Bxb5 {All established
theory. At the time the text was the most popular, but now 13. Be2 seems to
have overtaken it.} axb5 14. Rhe1 h5 15. Qh4 Qc5 16. Qg3 {This and the next
two moves are a suggestion of John Nunn.} Bc6 ({if} 16... Na6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rxd7+ Kxe6 20. Rxb7 Bd6 21. Bf4 $1 (21. Qh3+ Qf5 22. Qe3+ Qe5 {
Nunn,J (2375)-Stean,M (2370)/Hastings 7576 1975 (9)/ 1/2-1/2}) 21... Nc7 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rb6 $1 {Stean,M (2420)-Ungureanu,E (2350) /Netanya 13th 1976 (7)/
1-0}) ({for} 16... h4 17. Qg4 {see my game against J.J. Ady}) 17. h4 $5 Na6 18.
Qd3 Nb4 $2 ({Rybka reckons that best is} 18... Nf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Ke7
21. Rf1 Qe5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Bg5 {with a draw by repetition.}) 19. Qh3 (19.
Rxe6+ $1 {is even stronger}) 19... Nxa2+ $2 (19... Nf6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+
Be7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd6 Ra7 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. a3) 20. Nxa2 Rxa2 21. Rxe6+ $1
fxe6 (21... Be7 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Nf6 26.
Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Qxh8+ Qf8 29. Qe5+ Kd7 30. Qe6+ Kc7 31. Qxc6+) 22.
Qxe6+ Be7 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Bxe7+ $1 Kxe7 25. Qxg7+ Kd6 ({Now it's mate in 6,
but} 25... Ke8 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Ne6+ Kc8 28. Qxh8+ Kb7 29. Nxc5+ $18 {is a
total win for white anyway.}) 26. Nxb5+ Ke6 27. Nc7+ Kf5 28. Qg5+ Ke4 29. Re1+
(29. Re1+ Kd4 30. Qe3+ Kc4 31. Qc3#) 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonafont, Philip"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 c5
9. d5 e6 10. a4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. O-O Qc7 15. b3
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rac1 Qd8 21.
Rfd1 Nc5 22. Bc4 Qg5 23. Rc2 Re8 24. Kf1 Qh4 25. Kg1 f5 26. Rcd2 d3 27. Bxd3
Nxb3 28. Ra2 Nc5 29. Bf1 Nxa4 30. Ne2 b5 31. Rc2 Nc5 32. Nd4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marberry, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Qf3 O-O 9. e5 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb7 Nb8 14. Qxa7 Nc6
15. Qa4 cxd4 16. cxd4 b5 17. Qa3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb2 b4 20. Bxd4 bxa3
21. Rac1 Bh6 22. Rc5 Rfd8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 Rc4 25. Bb6 Bf4 26. Re1 Rc2 27.
g3 Bd2 28. Re2 Rxa2 29. Bd4 Rc2 30. Kf2 a2 31. Ba1 g5 32. f4 g4 33. Bd4 e6 34.
Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Kg2 Kd7 37. h3 h5 38. h4 Kc6 39. Ba1 Kd5 40. Rf2 Kc4
41. Re2 Kd3 42. Rf2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{At this stage Pritchett and I were in the joint lead on 4/4 with two rounds
to go.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7
8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h4 N8d7 11. h5 {I hadn't prepared this at all, but
Andrew Law (who was a Scheveningen expert) suggested this as the most
dangerous line for white.} Bb7 (11... Ne5 12. f4 Nec4 13. Bc1 Qc7 14. Qd3 {
Bolacky,J (2267)-Didi,J (2131)/ Orlova op 2005 (7)/1-0}) 12. Rh3 $146 {A
novelty found over the board!Craig Pritchett's recently published book on this
opening only gave 12.Rg1. The database gives a game from December 1977. The
point is that black can't now play g6} ({Another novelty, played a few years
later, was} 12. g6 hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Qf6 (15... Nf6
16. Qxh1 {Svidler,P (2650) -Nepomniashchy,M (2480)/St Petersburg-ch 1996 (3)/
1-0}) 16. Qxh1 Nc5 $14 (16... Ne5 17. Nxe6 {Adams,M (2600)-Hansen,C (2565)/
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1991 (7)/ 1-0}) 17. O-O-O {Adams,M (2600)-Hansen,C 
(2565)/Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1991 (7) /1-0}) 12... Qe7 (12... Be7 13. g6 {
Kotronias,V (2500)-Topalov,V (2495)/ Balkaniad Kavala 1990 (4)/1-0}) (12... Ne5
{De Firmian,N (2625)-Winslow,E (2475)/CalChess Masters 1983 (8)/1-0}) (12...
Nc5 {Emerson v Nicholson J. Hereford Open 1978}) (12... d5 13. g6 e5 14. Nf5
hxg6 15. hxg6 Rxh3 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxh3 $16 {Yakovich,Y (2440)-Espig,L 
(2395)/Leipzig DSV 1986 (5)/1-0}) 13. g6 O-O-O $2 14. gxf7 Qxf7 15. Qg4 $6 (15.
Rf3 $142 $5) 15... Re8 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rxf7 Nxg4 18. Bh3 (18. Nxe6 $142 $1)
18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Kb8 20. Bxe6 g6 21. Nd5 ({Here I start to let the
advantage slip away} 21. Ke2 $142 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Raf1 $18) 21... Nxd5
22. exd5 Re7 23. Ke2 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Bg7 25. Rg1 (25. Kd3 $142 gxh5 26. Rh1 Rf8
27. Be6 $16) 25... Bxd4 26. exd4 gxh5 27. Rg8+ $2 (27. Be6 $142 h4 28. Rg4 h3
29. Rh4 h5 30. Rxh3 $16) 27... Rxg8 28. Bxg8 Kc7 29. Kf3 h4 30. Kg4 Bc8+ 31.
Kxh4 Bf5 32. c3 Be4 33. Kg5 a5 34. Kh6 a4 ({Houdini thinks that black should
play} 34... Kd8 35. Bxh7 Bxd5 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Kg6 Ke7 {to keep the white king
at bay}) 35. Bxh7 Bxd5 36. Kg5 $2 ({Rybka assesses this as +1.36 for white,
but in reality it should be a draw. The alternative to the text is} 36. Bd3 {
The plan is first to tie black's king or bishop to the defence of the pawn on
b5 and then try to infiltrate the white king round the back of black's
position.}) 36... Bc4 37. Kf6 Be2 38. Ke7 Bc4 39. Bf5 Be2 40. Be6 Bd3 41. b3 (
41. Bd5 {is given +- by Rybka, but after} Be2 42. Kf6 Kd7 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. Kf4
Bd3 45. Ke3 Bf1 46. Kd2 Bc4 {white's king can't get to support b2-b3}) 41...
axb3 42. Bxb3 Be2 43. a4 ({Houdini gets all excited about} 43. Bf7 Bd3 44. Be8
Be2 {but then can't get anywhere}) (43. d5 Bf3 44. Ba2 Be2 45. a4 {fails by a
tempo} bxa4 46. c4 Bg4 47. c5 dxc5 48. d6+ Kc6 49. Be6 Bxe6 50. Kxe6 a3 51. d7
a2 52. d8=Q a1=Q) 43... bxa4 44. Bxa4 Bc4 45. Bd7 Bd5 $4 ({A blunder in time
trouble, coming up to the control on move 48.} 45... Ba2 46. Be6 d5 47. Bd7 (
47. Bf7 Kc6 48. Ke6 Bb3 49. Be8+ Kc7 50. Ke5 Bc4 51. Ba4 Ba2 $11) 47... Bb3 48.
Ke6 Bc4 49. Ba4 Ba2 50. Bb5 Kb6 51. Bd3 Kc6 {draws}) 46. Be6 $18 Bc6 47. c4 Be4
48. d5 (48. d5 Bf3 49. c5 dxc5 50. d6+ {and the pawn queens}) 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1977.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goodman, David SC"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1977.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{This was the last round. I just needed to draw to get first place, having
beaten Craig Pritchett in the previous round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bxf4
exf4 12. Rc1 f5 $6 (12... a5 {Kamsky,G (2695)-Kasparov,G (2815)/PCA/Intel-GP
rapid 1994 (1)/0-1 or}) (12... h6 {Goodman,D-Duer,A/Wch U20 Innsbruck 1977 (13)
/0-1 is better. The text was given as a main line in MCO, without mentioning
David Goodman's reply.}) 13. e5 $1 $146 dxe5 14. d6 cxd6 15. cxd6 Nc6 16. Qd5+
Kh8 17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxe5 Be6 $2 (18... Qe8 $1 19. Qxd4 {Johansson,V (2155)
-Rajcsanyi,Z (2145)/Wch U20 Girls 1992/1/2-1/2} Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfd1 Rd8
$11) 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxf4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24.
Bc4 $16 Bf6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qb4 Be5 27. Qc5 Bxd6 28. Qxa7 Qe5 29. g3 Bc5 30.
Qa4 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. Ne2 Bb6 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rd8 36.
Rc2 Rd5 37. a4 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Rc4 Ra2 40. Kf3 g5 41. Nd4 Kf6 42. Nc2 Ke5
43. Ke2 $2 Rb2 44. f4+ gxf4 45. gxf4+ Kd5 {Now white only has a slight
advantage...} 46. Rc8 Ra2 47. Kd3 Rxa4 48. Rb8 Rxf4 {which has now disappeared.
} 49. Rxb7 Rf3+ {Now we'd reached the time control, we agreed a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1977.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 Ne5 6. Qxd4 Nxc4 7. Qxc4 d5 8.
exd5 Qe7+ 9. Kd1 Bg4+ 10. f3 O-O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bd2 exd5 14.
Rxe7 dxc4 15. Re2 Nd5 16. Ke1 Bd6 17. g3 Rhe8 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Rxe8
Rxe8+ 21. Ne4 Bc5 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Kf2 h6 25. g4 b5 26. Ke3 c5 27.
c3 Nc6 28. Rd1 Kc7 29. Rd5 Re5 30. Rxc5 Kb6 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Nf2 a5 33. f4 Nd7
34. Ne4 Kc6 35. Kd4 Nf8 36. f5 Nd7 37. h4 Nf6 38. Nxf6 gxf6 39. a4 1-0

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andrews, NM"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1977.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Re8 9. d4 e4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nfe2 Nf8 14. b4 Ng6 15. d5
Bg4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. b5 cxb5 19. cxb5 Qd7 20. Nc6 Bf3 21. h3 Ne5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qa4 Rec5 24. Rac1 d5 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Qb3 Qe6
28. Rcd1 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wright, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1977.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 Bf5 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Rd5 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rhd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bf3 R5d6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxd4 Rcd6 20.
Rc1 Bg6 21. Rfe1 Rd5 22. h3 Rc5 23. Nb3 Rc4 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. f3 b6
27. Kf2 Ra4 28. Ra1 Bc2 29. Nd4 Bd3 30. a3 Bg6 31. Rd1 Kc8 32. Ra1 a6 33. Ke3
Kc7 34. g4 Kd6 35. f4 f6 36. Rd1 Kc5 37. Ne6+ Kc4 38. Rd4+ Kb3 39. Rxa4 Kxa4
40. f5 Bf7 41. Nxg7 Kxa3 42. Ne6 a5 43. Nd8 Bg8 44. g5 fxg5 45. f6 a4 46. f7
Bxf7 47. Nxf7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1977.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
cxd5 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb2
Be4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. c4 Qd7 18. Red1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4
Nxc4 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ba6 Nb6 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Rd2 Ra5
27. Bd3 f5 28. Rb2 g6 29. Bb5 Ra3 30. Rc2 Ke6 31. Rd2 f4 32. h3 Kd6 33. Be8 f3+
34. gxf3 Nd5 35. Bxf7 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3 37. Bg8 Rxh3 38. Kg1 h5 39. Rb2 Rf3 40.
Rb7 g5 41. Rxa7 g4 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Rh6 Nh3+ 44. Kg2 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3 Rf3+ 46. Kh4
Nf4 47. Kg5 g3 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Bc4 g2 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rg8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pagden, Michael Ashley"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1977.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 a6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Ba3 axb4
15. Bxb4 b6 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ra3 Qb8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bxa5 Qb7 21. Bb4
Rxa3 22. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ra7 14. Nxa7
Nxa7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. O-O Bg7 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Rad1
Qd7 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qh4+ Kf7 23. Rfe1 Nc6 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Red3 d5
27. Rb3 Bh8 28. Rb7+ Kd6 29. Ng3 e4 30. c3 Rg7 31. Rb5 Rf7 32. Nf1 f4 33. Nd2
Kc7 34. Nb3 Rf5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Nb3 e3 37. Re1 Ba6 38. Rc5 Kd6 39. h4 e2 40.
Nd4 Nxd4 41. cxd4 Bxd4 42. Rc2 Re5 43. Rd2 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Tony M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Rb8 9. Rb1 a5 10. d3 Ne8 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.
a4 Bc6 16. b3 e6 17. Qd2 Rbd8 18. Bh6 b6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2 Kg8 21. f4 f5
22. Rbe1 Qg7 23. exf5 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 gxf5 25. Ne2 Nxb3 26. Qc6 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7
28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rfb2 Rdb7 32. Rb5 Kf7 33. Re1 Kf6 34.
Kf2 h5 35. h4 Ra8 36. Reb1 Ra6 37. c5 dxc5 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. Rxb7 c4 40. dxc4
Rc6 41. Rb5 Rxc4 42. Rxa5 d3 43. Ke3 Rc3 44. Kd2 Rc2+ 45. Kxd3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Rc8 15.
b5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lambert, Glenn EJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. Nd5 Ndxe5 12. Nxc7 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxb2 14.
Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 Rb8 16. Bb5 Be5 17. Nd5 Bd7 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6
Re6 21. e5 Ree8 22. f4 Bf5 23. Ba4 Rec8 24. h4 h5 25. Rhd1 Na5 26. Rd2 a6 27.
Rbd1 Nc4 28. Rd4 Nb2 29. R1d2 Nxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxc2 31. Rad4 Bf5 32. Rd6 Kf8 33.
R2d4 Ra8 34. a4 b5 35. Ke1 Kg8 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39.
Bxd8 Kf8 40. Kd2 Ke8 41. Bg5 b4 42. Kc1 Kd7 43. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Patrick, David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bc5 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Qg3 f5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. h3 Bh5 20. e5 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bf7 22. Red1 Be6 23. Nb1 $5 h6 {He offered a draw, which I should have
accepted.} 24. Nd2 ({I'd originally planned} 24. Qa3 {but after} Qxa3 25. Nxa3
g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kf7 {Black is fine.}) 24... Kf7 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. h4 g6
27. Qh3 Rg7 28. h5 ({The start of a totally wrong plan. Much better is} 28.
R4d2 Kg8 29. a3 Bd5 $14) 28... g5 29. fxg5 $2 hxg5 30. h6 Rg6 31. Qh5 $2 Rh8
32. Rd7 Bxd7 33. e6+ Qxe6 34. Nxg5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells, Ian D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. Qe2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Bc5 15.
Be3 Ne7 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. a4 Ng6 19. g3 Rac8 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. Rd2
c4 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qb6 25. Bb1 Qb3 26. Qc2 Qb6 27. Nd2 Qc6
28. a5 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Nxe4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qb6 Qd5 33. Qe3 Nf6 34.
Qxe5 Qc6 35. Qe2 Nd7 36. Kh2 Qd5 37. Qe4 Qb5 38. h4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. h4 b5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. b3 Qxa3 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Qxd6 b4 20. Rd3 a5 21.
Qd4 a4 22. Qb2 Qxb2+ 23. Kxb2 a3+ 24. Kb1 a2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 Rbc8 27.
Bh3 Rf2 28. g5 Bxh3 29. Rxh3 fxg5 30. hxg5 Rcc2 31. Rh1 Rb2+ 32. Kc1 Rfc2+ 33.
Kd1 Rg2 34. Kc1 Rgc2+ 35. Kd1 Rg2 36. Kc1 Ra2 37. Kb1 Raf2 38. f4 Rxf4 39. Rdh3
Rxg5 40. Rxh7 Rxe4 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. R8h7+ Kf6 43. Rc1 Rge5 44. Rc6+ Re6 45. Rc7
Re7 46. Rc6+ R4e6 47. Rc4 Re4 48. Rc6+ Kg5 49. Rc5+ f5 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peterson, Tony"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Bd3 Bg5 14. O-O Be6
15. Nce3 Ne7 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bb3 Bxe3 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. fxe3 Ng8 20. Nxg8 Kxg8
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Rad1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 f5 12. O-O Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. Ba3 b5 15.
c5 Nf4 16. c6 Qe8 17. Bc1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 f4 19. f3 Qh5 20. Ne4 a5 21. Bd2 a4
22. Qxb5 Ba6 23. Qb6 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qf7 25. Qb5 Rfc8 26. Qc4 Qf8 27. b5 Bd8 28.
Bb4 Bc7 29. Kh1 Rcb8 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Ba3 Rb6 32. Nc3 h5 33. Nxa4 g5 34. Nxb6
Bxb6 35. Bc1 g4 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Bxf4 Rxa2 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Qxe3 Qh4 40. fxg4
1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harding, Timothy D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Nfe2
h6 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Re1 Kh8 18. a4 Rg8 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qb5 Qg4 21.
Qe2 Nd6 22. Be3 Nf5 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Ra4 Bf6 25. Ne4 Rac8 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27.
Rb4 Rc2 28. Kf1 h3 29. Nxh3 Ng4 30. Bf4 Rd8 31. Rxb7 {adjudicated win for
white.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Perkins, Alan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Islington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Qe7 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6
9. d3 h6 10. Nh2 O-O 11. Nd2 Qd8 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. a5 Ba7 14. Ndf3 Ng6 15. Bc1 c6
16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. Qf3 d5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Be6 21. exd5 cxd5 22.
g5 hxg5 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. d4 Bf5 26. Nf3 f6 27. Nh4 Bd3 28. Ng6 Qe8
29. Nxf4 Qxh5 30. Nxh5 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rac8 32. Ra3 Bb8 33. Bd1 f5 34. Ng3 Bxg3
35. fxg3 Rc7 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 Re7 38. Bb3 Kf6 39. Ra2 f4 40. Re2 Rxe2 41.
Kxe2 fxg3 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. c4 Rf8 44. Bd1 dxc4+ 45. Kxc4 Rf2 46. Bg4+ Kd6 47.
Bh3 g4 48. Bxg4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Law, Andrew P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d3 Nh6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nf5 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Qg4 Qc8
15. Qg3 Nf5 16. Qf3 Nd4 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Bh6 Qd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg3 Rad8
1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Freeman, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 a5 11. a4 Bf5 12. Bf4 Bd3 13. d6 exd6 14. O-O Bc4
15. Qa3 d5 16. b3 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Be4 18. Nb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Qd6 Qh3 21.
Bg3 Nbd7 22. Nc7 Rad8 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27.
Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxd4 30. Rab1 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 32. Rd5 Ra8 33.
Ne2 Bf8 34. f3 Nc5 35. Nc3 Rc8 36. Be5 Ne6 37. Rxa5 Bb4 38. Nd5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Law, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Richmond"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 (6... a6 7. g5
Nfd7 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h4 N8d7 11. h5 Ne5 $1 (11... Bb7 12. Rh3 {in my
games with Pritchett and Nicholson}) 12. f4 Nec4 13. Bc1 {Bolacky,J (2267)
-Didi,J (2131)/Orlova op 2005 (7)/1-0}) 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10.
Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 (12... Ne5 13. Rg3 b5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qa5
16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 $14 {Stein v Ciric Sousse 1967]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee, Graham D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d5 $6 ({More normal is} 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O d5 12. c5 Nc4
13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Bd3 {Osnos,V-Suetin,A/URS-ch33 Tallinn 1965 (7)/1/2-1/2
e.g.}) 10... Ne5 ({Better would be} 10... Na5 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. b3 {Schweber,S (2395)-Piza Cortizo,D/Buenos Aires BCA op 1988/0-1} d5
15. c5 Nc6 $15 {I was worried about my queen's knight getting trapped on the
edge of the board.}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd4 Nd7 13. Be2 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 $6 ({The start of an incorrect
plan. I'd missed white's 23rd move. Better is passive defence with} 18... a6
19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 Rf7 {although white still retains some advantage.}) 19. Bg4
Bxg4 20. hxg4 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 d5 23. c5 $1 $16 Rxc5 24. Re7 Rdc8 25.
Rc1 R8c7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Re1 d4 28. Nb5 Rf7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. f3 Nd5 31. Nxd4
Rd7 32. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 33. Ne6+ Kf6 34. Nxd8 b6 35. a4 a5 36. g3 $2 (36. Nc6 Ke6
37. g3 Kd6 38. Nd4 {preserves the advantage.}) 36... Nb4 $1 {trapping white's
knight.} 37. f4 Ke7 38. Nb7 Kd7 {Agreed drawn on adjournment.} (38... Kd7 {
White can play} 39. f5 {and although he loses his knight, he can create a
passed pawn on the queen's side tying down black's king for a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dean, P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wallington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. b3
Nd7 9. Bb2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Rb1 Nde6 14. Nb5
Bxb2 15. Rxb2 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qd7 18. Rd1 Ne6 19. Qd5 c5 20. Bh3 Kg7
21. e4 Rfd8 22. Rbd2 Nf4 23. Bxd7 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd7 25. Rxc5 Rdb7 26. Ra5 Rb6
27. e5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 e6 29. Rd7 Rc6 30. Re3 Ra8 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Kf1 {I
resigned on adjournment} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wright, Daniel"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Cavendish"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
h3 Nc7 9. Nc3 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Ne4 b6 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qc1 Bd5 18. Nh2 f6 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Re2 f5 21. h4
Qd4 22. Nf3 Qd5 23. b3 f4 $1 24. c4 Qd7 25. Bxf4 Bg4 26. e6 Qe8 27. Re4 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Rf5 29. Kg2 Qf8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bf4 Qf6 {the sealed move.} 32. Bg3 Rf8
33. f4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rh1+ Bh6 36. f3 ({So far as I'd analysed on
adjournment. Now I had expected} 36. fxg5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rf1+ 38. Kh2 $1 {
and now the only winning try is} Rxh1+ 39. Qxh1 Qxg5 (39... Bxg5 {but after}
40. Kg2+ Kg6 41. Qd1 Qb2+ 42. Re2 {it's probably a draw.}) 40. Qg2) 36... gxf4
37. Bh4 Rg8+ 38. Kf2 Qg6 39. Rh2 $2 Rh5 40. Qh1 Qg3+ $2 (40... Qg7) 41. Kf1 Qg7
42. Bf2 $2 (42. Be1) 42... Rxh2 43. Qxh2 Qc3 44. Qh5 Qxd3+ 45. Re2 Rg6 46. Qe5
$2 (46. Bh4 a6 47. Be1 (47. Bxe7 Rg3 48. Qf7+ Rg7) 47... Kg8) 46... Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.11.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Powell, DL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qd3
dxc5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 Na6 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. Bxb5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. g3 b6
15. h3 Bb7 16. hxg4 Bxf4+ 17. gxf4 Bxf3 18. Rh2 Bxd1 19. Kxd1 Rfd8+ 20. Kc1 a6
21. Be2 Ra7 22. Bf3 a5 23. a3 Na6 24. Bc6 Nb8 25. Bb5 Rc7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Kxd2
e6 28. Ne4 Kf8 29. Bf2 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. a4 f5 32. exf6 h5 33. g5 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berry, Stephen"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hendon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Ne6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 h6 12. Ne4 b6 13. d3 a5 14. a4 Ra7 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Qe3 f5 17. Ned2 Nc7 18. c4 Ne6 19. Nf1 Rd7 20. Rad1 Ba6 21. Qe2 Nf4
22. Qe3 Nxd3 23. e6 Rd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re2 Rf6 26. Nh4 $2 $19 g5 $2 27. Ng3
Rfxe6 $4 28. Nhxf5+ Kh7 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Bc8 31. Re3 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cooley, Christopher Martin"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Central YMCA"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+
8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bh4
Rae8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bd5 Bg6 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
gxf6 21. Qxa7 Rb8 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. Nh4 Be5 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Re2 Rd8
27. c4 Bf4 28. g3 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Bb3 h5 32. Qa4 Rc1 33. Bc2
Qb7 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Re8 Be7 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Qe8+ Ke6 38. Rd8 Kf5 39. Rd3 Re1
40. Qg8 Re5 41. g4+ hxg4 42. hxg4+ Kf4 43. Kf1 Qb5 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45. Qxg6 e4
46. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.12.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hillyard, Graham D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. Bxf6 Qxb2 7. Qc1 Qxc1+ 8.
Rxc1 gxf6 9. Ne4 Nd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. dxc5 Be7 12. e3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nxc5 14.
Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf3 Ba3 16. Rc2 Kg7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rd1 Ba4 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rd7+
Rf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rc7+ Be7 23. axb3 Rb8 24. Nd4 f5 25. f4 Kf6 26. Nf3 h6
27. Ne5 Rd8 28. Nd7+ Kf7 29. Rxb7 Ke8 30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rc2 33.
Nc4 Kd8 34. Rb5 Be7 35. Rb8+ Kc7 36. Rh8 {Adjudicated win for white} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Groom, Malcolm David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Kh1 b5 15.
axb6 Qxb6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bb5 18. Rf3 Qb7 19. e5 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxb2 21.
Raf1 Nd7 22. Rb3 Qxc2 23. Rc1 Qa2 24. Rh3 Qb2 25. Rb3 Qa2 26. Rd3 Qa4 27. f5
Nb6 28. Bb3 Qb5 29. f6 gxf6 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Rh3 Rg8 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh5+
Kg7 34. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Islington Open"]
[Site "Islington"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1977.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 f4 14. g3 O-O 15.
O-O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxd5 17. f6 Rxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Be4 Rc8 21.
Rd3 b4 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. Rhd1 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rb8 25. Na3 d5 26. Bc2 e4 27. Bb3 $4
Rf5 28. Qxf5+ Nxf5 29. Rxd5 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pelling, Tim W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mushrooms"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. c3 Bg7 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Nce3 Be6 16. Qh5 $146 ({This was prepared especially by the Mushrooms
players Linton, Harris and Pelling for use against Streatham & Brixton.} 16. g4
{was the main move at the time, but} Qh4 17. Bg2 e4 {is very dangerous,
despite Rybka's assessment of advantage to white e.g. Dementiev,O-Majorovas,V/
URS Soviet Union 1977/0-1}) 16... f5 17. Bd3 {There are now over 600 games on
the database with this position} e4 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Nf4 ({The main line now is
} 19. Rd1 b4 20. O-O (20. Nxb4 a5 21. Nbd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rb8 23. Bb3 a4 24.
Bxa4 Rxb2 25. Bb3 {Fressinet,L (2595)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Enghien les Bains 2003 
(4)/0-1}) 20... bxc3 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2684)-Leko,P (2739)/WchT 5th Yerevan
2001 (5.1)/1/2-1/2}) 19... Bf7 20. Qg5 ({Losing control of d5. He played this
after some thought, reckoning on his 22nd move to gain the advantage} 20. Bb3
$142 d5 21. Qg5 b4 (21... Ng6 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 {Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/
Fujitsu Siemens Giants rapid 2000 (5)/1/2-1/2}) 22. O-O (22. cxb4 Kh8 23. O-O
d4 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Nc4 d3 $13) 22... bxc3 23. bxc3 h6 {Zontakh,A (2576)
-Komarov,D (2568)/Niksic 2000/1/2-1/2}) 20... Ng6 21. Qxf5 $2 (21. Qxd8 Raxd8
22. Nxg6 hxg6 $17 {Harris,R/Povah,N from the same match as this}) 21... Bc4 $1
22. Ne6 Bxc3+ $1 23. Kd1 ({if} 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Nxf8 Qxc3+ 25. Kd1 Qxa1+ 26.
Kd2 Qd4+ 27. Kc1 Rxf8 28. Qxe4 Qa1+ 29. Bb1 Bxa2 $19) 23... Rxf5 24. Nxd8 Rxf2
({or} 24... Bxb2 25. Nxf5 Bxa1 26. Nc6 d5 $19) 25. bxc3 Rxd8 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27.
Bxe4 d5 28. Ke1 Rb2 29. Rb1 Rxa2 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rf1 Re8+ 32. Kd1 d4 {
and white resigned. One of my best games I think.} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pelling, Tim W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mitcham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
exd5 Re8 9. Nc4 Rxe2 $5 ({Rybka prefers} 9... Nxd5 10. Bf3 c6 {The text is an
attempt to avoid a sterile draw}) 10. Nxe2 ({Rybka thinks that} 10. Ne3 $1 Rxe3
11. dxe3 Nf5 12. e4 Ne7 13. Qe2 {gives white a slight advantage because of the
central pawns}) 10... Bg4 11. Re1 Nxd5 $2 ({Much stronger is} 11... Ne4 $1) 12.
c3 $2 ({After} 12. h3 Qh4 $1 13. hxg4 Nf3+ $1 14. gxf3 {Black has a draw by
perpetual check or he can try for more with} Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Qh2 16. Ne3 Nxe3+
17. dxe3 Bh4 18. Ng3 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Rd8 22. Bd2 Bxe1
23. Qxe1 Qxf3 {which Rybka assesses as slightly better for black because of
the continuing threats against the white king}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Nf4 14.
Qc2 Nxe2+ 15. Kf1 Qh4 16. d4 Qxh2 17. f3 Bxf3 (17... Bxf3 {Black mates in 10
at most, e.g.} 18. gxf3 Ng3+ 19. Ke1 Re8+ 20. Be3 Qxc2 21. Nd2 Rxe3+ 22. Kf2
Qxd2+ 23. Kxg3 Bd6+ 24. Kh4 Qh2+ 25. Kg4 Qf4+ 26. Kh5 g6#) 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Denman, Brian J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Ndb5
Nb6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O Nbc4 12. Na3 Nxa3 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Bxd6
Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qxg5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. a3 O-O-O 20.
Ke3 Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rg1 g6 23. e5 Kc7 24. Rg4 Kb6 25. Rd4 Bd5 26. Nxd5+
exd5 27. Rf4 Rd7 28. Kd4 Ka5 29. c3 b6 30. Rf6 Ka6 31. Rd6 Rc7 32. Kxd5 Rc5+
33. Ke4 Rc4+ 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rd7 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Rh4 37. Rxf7 Rxh2 38. e6 Rh1 39.
Ke2 Rh5 40. Rf3 Rd5 41. e7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Visser, K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "London University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bg3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa5 19. Bc4 Rh6 20. Rhe1 b5 21.
Bb3 Bd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Qb7 Bc8 25. Qb8 Bd7 26. Qa7 Qb4 27. Bc7
Rc8 28. Ba5 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Bd6 30. Qxa6 e5 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Charlton"]

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 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Rdf1 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qc5 18. e5 N6xe5 19. Kb1 Qe3 20. Qd1 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 Qb6 22. Qe2 Qe3 23. Qd1 Qb6 24. Qe2 Nh6 25. Nd2 Qd4 26. Nc4 b5 27. Ne5 Rf8
28. Nf3 Qb6 29. Ne4 g4 30. Nfg5 O-O-O 31. Nh7 Rh8 32. Nhf6 Nf5 33. Rxf5 exf5
34. Nd5 {Black lost on time} 1-0

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tremayne, D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Qb6 10. d3 Bb7 11. O-O f5 12. e5 Ng6 13. Ng3 Be7 14. Qh5 O-O-O
15. Rf2 Nh4 16. Qe2 h6 17. c3 Bc5 18. Nf1 dxc3 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 cxb2 21.
Rb1 g5 22. Rxb2 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.02.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sugden, John N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 a5 9. Bf3 Na6 10. Nge2 Nb4 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bg5 Bc2 13. Qa3 Bd3 14. Rac1
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nfxd5 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Nc3 e6 18. Qb3 h6 19. Bh4 a4 20. Qa3 Nc6
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rc5 Nxd4 23. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qc6 25. Qe3 Qc4 26. Be7 Rfe8
27. Rd7 Qxa2 28. Rxb7 Bxb2 29. h3 a3 30. Rdd7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a2 32. Qxh6 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Botley, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Lewisham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. a4 b6 14. Kh1 Bb7 15.
Bg1 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. N4f3 Nh5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. b4 Nce6 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Nb1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rf2 Ra8 25. Rfd2 Ra2 26. Be3 h6 27. h4
Nh5 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Bd3 Ra6 31. Bg1 Nxe4 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. Nfd2 e4
34. Bf1 Nd4 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Nb3 Be5+ 37. Kg1 Bc6 38. Na5 Nf5 39. Nxc6 Raxc6
40. Bxb5 Rb6 41. Bd7 Rd8 42. Rcd2 Bf4 43. Ra2 Nxh4 44. Bg4 Rxd1+ 45. Bxd1 Rd6
46. Be2 Nf5 47. Ra6 Rd8 48. b5 Be3+ 49. Kf1 Ng3+ 50. Ke1 Bg1 51. Bc4 Kg7 52.
Ra7 Bxa7 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonald, AT"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 f5 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. Ne2 e6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxd7 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 Bc6 20. Kg2 Rac8
21. Rac1 Red8 22. Be7 Rd7 23. Bb4 g5 24. Kg3 Rcd8 25. Ba5 Rf8 26. Bb4 Rfd8 27.
Ba5 Rf8 28. Bb4 Rff7 29. Rc5 h5 30. h4 gxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Bxf3 32. Re1 Bf6+ 33. Kg3
Bc6 34. Nf4 Rg7+ 35. Kh2 Kf7 {White resigned on adjournment} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Whicher, W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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. O-O f4 13. c3 Bg7 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Ne1 f5 16. Nf3 Bh6 17. Re1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. Bb3 Bg7 21.
Qc2 Rc8 22. Rac1 e4 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg5 26. Qd1 Rf6 27. f3
Rh6 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Rf2 Qh4 30. h3 Qg3 31. Kf1 Bf6 32. Ke2 Bh4 33. Qd4 Qxf2+
34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 Nd3+ 36. Kf1 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Williams, Douglas G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qf3 $6 {played to get out of main
line theory} Nc6 (5... Qe7+ 6. Be2 Nc6 {Galego,L (2390) -Santos,A (2285)/
Lisbon m 1993 (4)/1-0 is perhaps even stronger}) 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. Nge2 Bf5 8. Ba4
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nb8 $6 {very slow. White gets a slight bind on.} 11.
Ng3 Bg6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rfe1 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Qg3 Na6 17. a3
Rfe8 18. f3 Kh8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 {Houdini assesses this
position as equal! Material may be level, but the point is that black's
queen's knight can't get into the game.} Be6 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 $2 ({
He should have kept the queens on with} 23... Qe8 {although after} 24. Bd2 {
white still has the advantage}) 24. Bxd6 Kg8 25. c3 Kf7 26. Bc2 g6 27. f4 Bd7
28. f5 $1 gxf5 (28... Bxf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Bf4 Kd7 32. Kg3 c5 33.
Kh4 Kc6 34. Kh5 Kb5 35. Kh6 cxd4 36. Kxh7 dxc3 (36... Kc4 37. Kg6 d3 38. h4 Nc7
39. Kxf6 {is winning}) 37. bxc3 Nc5 38. h4 Ne6 39. Bd2 {is winning}) 29. Kf2
Ke6 30. Bf4 b5 {adjudicated win for white} (30... b5 31. b4 Be8 32. a4 (32. Bd3
Bg6 33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa6 a3 35. Bc1 a2 36. Bb2) 32... Bh5 (32... bxa4 33. Bxa4
Ke7 (33... Kd7 34. b5 Nc7 35. bxc6+ Kc8 36. Bd6 h6 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. g3 Nd8 39.
Bc2 Nxc6 40. Bxf5+ Bd7 41. Bd3) 34. Bc2 Kd8 35. Bd3 Nc7 36. Bxc7+ Kxc7 37. Ke3
Kb6 38. Bxf5 h6) 33. axb5 cxb5 34. g4 fxg4 (34... Bxg4 35. Bd3 {wins the knight
}) 35. Bxh7 Kd7 36. Bf5+ Kd8 37. Kg3 Nc7 38. Bxc7+ Kxc7 39. Bxg4 Bg6 40. h4 Bc2
41. Kf4 Kd6 42. h5 Ke7 43. Bf5 {wins. White has an outside passed pawn and all
black's pawms are vulnerable.}) 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cooper, Andrew C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 14. Bh3
Na5 15. Rhe1 Nc4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Nd2 Na3+ 18. Ka1 Nb5 19. Ne2 Qxc2 20. Qxc2
Rxc2 21. a4 Na7 22. Nc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Sutton Coldfield"]
[Date "1978.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Carleton, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Atticus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. a4 Qc7
15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Ba3 17. Re1 Na5 18. Ne5 $2 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Bd6 20. Nf3 Nc4
21. Bg5 Rdc8 22. Qb3 h6 23. Be3 Ra5 24. Ra1 Rca8 25. Re2 b5 26. Rea2 Qa7 27.
Nd2 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 bxa4 29. Qc2 Nxd2 30. Bxd2 Qa6 31. Bc1 Qc4 32. g3 a3 33. Qd2
Qb3 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Ra2 Rc4 36. Rc2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cotter, LF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "RAE Farnborough"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. Rb1 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11. gxf4 Be6 12. h3 ({Too slow. White should play} 12. b4
) 12... Qe8 13. Qe1 e4 $1 14. dxe4 Bxc4 15. exf5 Bd3 16. Ra1 Na6 17. Qd1 Nc5
18. Bd2 d5 19. Re1 Bxf5 {Now black has a bind in the centre} 20. Ng3 Qg6 21.
Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Rb1 Rae8 23. b4 Nce4 24. Ne2 Qg6 25. Nd4 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Ne4 27.
Qd1 Nc3 28. f5 Qf6 29. Qc2 Nxb1 30. Qxb1 Bh6 (30... Bh6 {If} 31. Ne6 Qxf5 32.
Nxf8 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qxb1 34. Rxb1 Kxf8 {is winning)}) 0-1

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Teichmann, Erik OMC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 Nh5 8. Kf2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Nd4 13. g4 Nxc2 14. gxh5
Nxa1 15. Rg1 Bxf5 16. h6 Bg6 17. hxg7 Nc2 18. Bg5 e4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne5 Rd2+
21. Be2 e3+ 22. Kf3 Bh5+ $4 (22... Nd4+) 23. Kf4 Bxe2 24. Ne4 Bg4 25. Rxg4 Rf2+
26. Nf3 1-0

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson, AM"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. f4 Na5 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qxd3
15. Rxd3 Re8 16. a4 Nd7 17. a5 Nc5 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. c4
Rac8 22. Ra2 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rec8 25. Rac2 g6 26. g4 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5
28. exf5 exf5 29. Bd4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rd2 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4
34. Rxd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rxf4+ 36. Kg3 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. Rxb7+ Kd6 39. b5 axb5
40. Rxb5 Ke6 41. h3 Ra4 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. a6 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 h4 45. Rb4 Ra2+ 46.
Kf3 Rxa6 47. Rxh4 Ra2 48. Rh8 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ke4 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. Re2 Rg3+ 52.
Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rose, Michael E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Ne7 6. Nxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxc5
8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nd6 f5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Bg5
N7c6 15. exf5 Nd4 16. fxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Nf7 18. O-O-O b6 19. Bc4 Nxd6 20. Rxd6
Kh8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Bc3 Kh7 24. Be5 1-0

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sams, Richard John Fairfax"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Qc2 c5 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Nd5 16. Ba3 b5 17. Rac1 b4 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. Qa6 Qb7 20. Qxb7 Bxb7 21. Bb5
N7b6 22. Ne5 a3 23. Ba1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Kf1 Be6 27. Nb3
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Nc1 Nd5 31. Bc4 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Bxc4+ 33.
Ke1 Bd5 34. g3 g5 35. Kd1 Be4 36. Ke1 Bb1 37. Ke2 h5 38. Kf3 f5 39. exf6 e5 40.
g4 e4+ 41. Kf2 h4 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd1 Kxf6 44. Ne2 Bxa2 45. Nxc3 Be6 46. Nxe4+
Ke5 0-1

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Coates, Kenneth G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. h4 gxh4 19. f4 O-O-O 20. Bh2 Nc6 21.
Rhg1 Rdg8 22. Rg4 Nd4 23. Qg2 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd8 25. Rg1 Qf8 26. e5 f5 27. Qd1
dxe5 28. fxe5 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 Bc6 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Qf1 Bg5 33. Qc4
Rd4 34. Qc5 Be3 35. Rg8+ Kc7 36. Qa3 Rd2 37. Bg1 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 h3 39. b4 h2 40.
Rh1 Rg2 41. Rd1 Rg1 42. b5 Rxd1+ 43. Nxd1 h1=Q 44. Qd6+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "SCCU Championship"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1978.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prizant, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bxf5 gxf5
15. f4 e4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b3 b5 20. Nb1 bxc4 21. bxc4
Qa5 22. Qd2 Qa4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rb8 25. Nc3 Rfc8 26. Ne2 Ba4 27. Rcc1 Bb2
28. Rce1 Rxc4 29. Ng3 Bd7 30. Rb1 Rcb4 31. h3 Kg7 32. Rf2 Kg6 33. Rc2 R8b7 34.
Bd2 R4b5 35. Ne2 Bg7 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Rc7 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackstock, Leslie Steven Frase"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Charlton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nd4 15.
h3 Nf6 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be6 18. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Streatham Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Singleton, Michael PF"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{First game of the 1978-9 season, with a new grade of 204.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6
3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. O-O-O d6 15. Rg3 Qf6 16.
Rdg1 Rf7 17. e4 Nd7 18. exf5 exf5 19. Rg5 c5 20. d5 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. Bxf5
Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. R1g2 Rcc7 25. Ne4 Nxc4 26. R5g3 h6 27. Rg6 Rf3 28. Rxh6
Re7 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Kf8 31. Kc2 Nxa3+ 32. Kb3 Nb5 33. Kc4 Nc7 34. e7+
Kxe7 35. Rxg7+ Kd8 36. Nxd6 b5+ 37. Kb3 c4+ 38. Kc2 Rxf2+ 39. Kc1 a4 40. h4 a3
41. Kb1 Rd2 42. Ne4 Rh2 43. Rh7 Nd5 44. h5 b4 45. cxb4 Nxb4 46. Ra7 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Streatham Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Bennett, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Bb5+
Kf8 9. Nf3 $1 c4 ({This line was a recommendation in a book on the French by
Moles, but I had an improvement for white, first seen in my game against
Andrew Law from 1975} 9... a6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 cxd4 11. O-O dxc3 12. a4 f5 13.
Ba3+ Ne7 14. Qh5 {Kindermann,S (2530)-Mohr,S (2485)/ Altensteig 1989/1-0})
10... cxd4 11. O-O dxc3 12. a4) 10. a4 Qf7 (10... a6 11. Ba3+ Ne7 ({If} 11...
Kf7 {as played in 1975 by Andrew Law (with a severe head cold - he really
shouldn't have been playing)} 12. Ng5+ fxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qf3+ Nf6 15. Qxf6+
Kg8 16. Qf8#) 12. Be8 $1 Kxe8 13. Qxg7 Rf8 (13... Rg8 14. Qxh7 f5 15. Bd6 Qd7
16. h4 Nbc6 17. Ng5 $16) 14. exf6 Rf7 15. Qh8+ Rf8 16. Qxh7 {Svensson,B (2508)
-Ivarsson,S (2297)/SWE-chT 0708 2007 (4)/1-0} ({the stem game on my database
has a game from December 1978 in which they agreed a draw (!) after} 16. Qg7 {
Hayward,K (2106)-Carter,D (2072)/Portland op 1978/1/2-1/2})) 11. Ba3+ Ne7 12.
Qf4 f5 13. Qh4 (13. Ng5 $142 Qg6 14. Qh4 Qh6 15. Nxh7+ Kg8 16. Qxh6 gxh6 17.
Nf6+ Kf7 18. a5 $16) 13... Nbc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Nxh7+ Kg8 17.
Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe7 Kxh7 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Bd6 {Black resigned - somewhat
prematurely. With opposite coloured bishops, there are chances of a draw,
although white's control of the a-file gives him what should be a winning
advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Streatham Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner, P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 a6 6. a3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d3 Ne7
9. Nf3 d5 10. exd5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Nxd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
h3 O-O 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Rae1 h6 20. Ne5 f5 21. Nf2 Bf6
22. Bc3 Nxf4 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxd3 25. Bxg7 Nxe1 26. Nf6+ Kxg7 27. Nh5+
Kf7 28. Rxf5+ exf5 29. Qxf5+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kd6 31. Qxh6+ Kc7 32. Qg7+ Kb8 33.
Qg3+ Qd6 0-1

[Event "Streatham Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qh5 O-O
15. exf5 Bxd5 16. f6 e4 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Be2 Re5 19. Qh6 Rg5 {This line is
analysed in Nigel's co-authored book published in 1978, pp213-219} 20. Nc2 Ne5
21. Ne3 Bc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. O-O Rc8 24. b3 Rc5 25. Rfd1 Nd3 26. Nxc4 Rg6 27.
Qe3 Qh4 28. Rd2 Rh5 29. h3 d5 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Ne5 Rgg5 32. Nd7 Kxg7 33. Rd1
Qe4 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. cxd4 Rxh3 36. f4 Rg6 37. Ne5 Re3 38. Nxg6 Kxg6 39. Kf2
Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rxd3 a5 42. Rc3 Ra3 43. g4 f6 44. Kg3 h5 45. Kh4 a4 46.
gxh5+ Kf5 47. h6 axb3 48. h7 Ra8 49. Rxb3 Rh8 50. Rb7 Kxf4 51. Re7 f5 52. Kh5
Kg3 53. Kg6 f4 54. Kg7 Rd8 55. h8=Q Rxh8 56. Kxh8 f3 57. Kg7 Kf4 58. Kf6 f2 59.
Ke6 Ke4 60. Rf7 Kxd4 61. Rxf2 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.04.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Sewell, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Sutton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Nb3 d6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. f4 b5 14. Qe2 b4
15. f5 e5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qf2 Rc8 18. Rad1 f6 19. Bc2 Rc7 20. Rd2 Kf7 21. Rfd1
Qb7 22. Bxc5 Bc6 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. c5 Bxe4 25. Bb3+ Bd5 26. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.04.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Batchelor, Roy A"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Metropolitan"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O c6
9. f4 Be6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Rac1 Na6 13. a3 e4 14. Na4 exd3 15. Qxd3
Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bc3 a4 21. Rxd7
Qxd7 22. Ba5 axb3 23. Qxb3 Qd3 24. Nd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Miller, AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Acton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 c6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rd8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Re5 Be6 17. Rae1 a6 18. Qa3 b5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5
21. a5 Rad8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Bd5 24. Nd3 Qc8 25. Nc5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Qe3 Qc8 28. h3 Qf5 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. b4 Qb2 31. Nxa6 Kf8 32. Nc7 Be6 33. a6
Qa2 34. d5 Bxd5 35. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Marsh, Roger DW"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "London University"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 Bg7 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qd5 cxd4 12. Qxd7 Bxd7 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
Nf3 e5 15. O-O exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bxd4 19. Rfd1 Bb2 20.
Rc2 Ba4 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxb2 Bxd1 23. Rxb7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Rose, Michael E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Islington"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e5 Ba6 5. Bxa6 Nxa6 6. Qe2 Nb8 7. Nf3 Qd7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 c5 10. a5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 b5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nf5 b4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nb6
Rd8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Be3 Rb5 21. Qg4
g6 22. Bd4 Nh6 23. Qe4 Nxd4 24. Qa8+ Ke7 25. Qxh8 Nxc2 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. Rxd5
exd5 28. Qc8 b3 29. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Ady, Jonathan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "YMCA Juniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Before the start of the game, somebody let slip that they had an opening
innovation prepared against me. What the hell- let's see what they have
prepared!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qxe5 13. Bxb5 axb5
14. Rhe1 h5 15. Qh4 Qc5 16. Qg3 h4 ({I understood at the time that this was a
novelty black had prepared for our game, although the Big Database shows an
earlier game from 1973. Theory is} 16... Bc6 {Black's novelty stops white's
intended h4 protecting his bishop, but it allows white to gang up again on the
vulnerable e6 square. For analysis after 16...Bc6, see Emerson,R-Bowmer,K 
(1994)/Charlton Open 1977 (2)/1-0}) 17. Qg4 Ra6 $146 ({This is the real
novelty! It's stronger than} 17... Nf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bxf6
gxf6 {Helman,A (2256)-Parr,D (2152)/Charlton op 1973 (4)/1/2-1/2} 21. Rd6 $1
Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rh7 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $16) 18. Ncxb5 Bd5 19. Qf4 ({Rybka
suggests} 19. Qf5 f6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Be3 {but Houdini think's it's rubbish!
Houdini thinks my move is best}) ({Stockfish finds} 19. Rd3 f6 20. Rc3 Qb6 21.
Nc7+ Kf7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc6 Nxc6 24. Qe6+ Kg6 25. Qf5+ Kf7 26. Qe6+ {
with a draw by repetition.}) 19... Bd6 $2 ({Both Houdini and Rybka like} 19...
f6 $1 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Nxa6 Nxa6) 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 ({If} 20... Rxd6 21. Be7 $1
Kxe7 22. Nf5+ Kd8 (22... Kf8 23. Qg5 $1) 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. c4 g5 25. Qxg5+ Kc7
26. Kb1 Qxd6 27. cxd5 $18) 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nf5 Ra6 23. Rxd5 Kf8 (23... f6
$142 24. Rd6 (24. Bd2 O-O 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Bb4 Rxe7 $11) 24... O-O
25. Rxa6 Nxa6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Nxh4 $11) 24. Nd6 Nf6 $2 25. Rc5 Rh5 26. Ne4
Nbd7 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. Rd1 $2 ({I misanalysed} 28. Rc7 {but it wins} Kf8 (28...
Kd8 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Bxf6 Rxa2 31. Kb1 $18) 29. a3 Kg8 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rc8+
Kh7 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Rc3 Kg7 34. b4 $18) 28... Rxa2 29. Kb1 Ra5 30. Nxf6 (30.
Bxf6+ $142 gxf6 31. c4) 30... gxf6 31. Rc7 Rd5 ({If} 31... Rhxg5 32. Rdxd7+ Ke8
33. Rxf7 $16 {The next 9 moves were in time shortage for both of us.}) 32. Rxd5
exd5 33. Bf4 Ke6 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Ne5 36. Rb7 Ng6 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Bc7 Ne5
39. Rd6 Rh1+ 40. Ka2 Rd1 41. Bd8 Ng4 (41... d4 42. Rxf6+ Ke4 {still leaves
white with only a slight advantage.}) 42. b4 Ke5 43. Bc7 Rd4 44. b5 Rb4 (44...
Ke4 45. Kb3 Rd1 46. Kb2 Rd4 47. Ba5 Ne3 48. Rxf6 Nc4+ 49. Kc3) 45. c3 $18 Ra4+
46. Kb3 Ra7 47. b6 Rb7 48. Ka4 Ne3 49. Kb5 Nc4 (49... Nc4 {and black resigned
in view of} 50. Rc6+ Kf5 51. Ka6) 1-0

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.05.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Na3 $6 (6. Bg2 a5 7. b5
cxb5 8. cxb5 a4 {Keene, R-Jakobsen,O/WchT U26 fin-A 13th 1966 (3)/1/2-1/2})
6... Qb6 7. Qb3 a5 8. b5 d5 ({Rybka likes} 8... Ne4 9. e3 a4 10. Qc2 Bxb2 11.
Qxb2 d6 $15) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. d4 Qd6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14.
Rac1 a4 15. Qe3 Nfd7 16. Nb1 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 a3 18. Bc3 Ra4 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Nxc4
Rxc4 21. Rb3 ({Rybka suggests} 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. e3 {to organise knocking the
rook out of c4. It analyses this to a draw after} Qc7 23. Rb3 e5 24. Bxd5 exd4
25. Bxc4 dxc3 26. Rbxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Nb6 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30.
Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qd5+ Qf7) 21... Rfc8 22. Rcb1 e6 23. Bb4 Qb6 24. Bc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5
R4xc5 26. Rxa3 Bd4 $1 27. Qf4 e5 28. Qf3 e4 29. Qf4 Rxb5 (29... Rc2 $142 30.
Bf1 Qe6 31. Rd1 Bc5 $17) 30. Rab3 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Qc6 32. e3 Bg7 33. Bf1 h5 {
Now White's queen doesn't have many safe squares.} 34. Bb5 Qe6 35. Kg2 Bf6 $2 (
35... Rc2 36. Rb1 Be5 37. Qg5 Bf6 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Ba4 Rxa2 40. Bb3 Re2 41. Rd1
g5 42. Qc7 Qf5 {wins}) 36. h4 $2 (36. Bd7 $1 {takes away most of black's
advantage.}) 36... Kg7 37. a4 Be7 ({More accurate is} 37... Bd8 38. Be8 Qxe8
39. Qd6 Qc6 40. Qb4 Qf6) 38. Be8 Rxe8 39. Qc7 Rc8 40. Qxb7 Qf5 (40... Qf5 41.
Rb1 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Rf1 Bd6 {and the threat of Bg3 and subsequent mate
can't be stopped.}) 0-1

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{This was the last round. I'd won all my previous games. I was hoping to grind
out a small advantage but misplayed it.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4
exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Qxd4 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. Nbc3 c6 11.
Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Re8+ 16. Be3 Be4 17.
O-O b6 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. f3 Bc2 21. Rd2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rhe8 23. Kf2
Kb7 24. g3 Kc6 25. b4 Be5 26. Red1 Bf6 27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Bd4 Re6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6
30. Rd4 Rfd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup semi-final"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.05.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thurlow, Kevin J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Redhill"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 c6 5. f3 Nd7 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 a5 8. Bd3 Qb6
9. Nge2 e5 10. Bc2 exd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. b3 Be6 15.
Rd1 O-O-O 16. h3 g5 17. Kf2 Ne7 18. Rd2 N7g6 19. Nce2 h5 20. Rhd1 Kc7 21. Ng3
h4 22. Ngf5 Bc8 23. Ne2 Bxf5 24. exf5 Ne7 25. Nd4 Ng8 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Nc3 Rhe8
28. Rd4 Rg8 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Rh8 {We won the match 7.5-2.5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup final"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kitchlew, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Nf3 (6. Nd5 $142 $1 {
1/2-1/2}) 6... Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. h3 b6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Bd5 Rab8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18.
Rad1 Rfe8 19. c3 h6 20. Re3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rd6
Rc7 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. Qd5 Qe7 27. Rd3 h5 28. g3 f6 29. b4 Kh6 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. a4
Kg7 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qxa5 Rdc8 35. Qd5 Kh6 {Adjudicated a win for
white.} ({Rybka thinks that black can create drawing chances with} 35... Qf7
36. Qb5 Qc4 37. Qxc4 (37. Rxd7+ Kh6 38. Qxc4 {transposes}) 37... Rxc4 38. Rxd7+
Kh6 39. Rxa7 Rxc3 40. Rdd7 Rh8 41. b5 h4 $1 42. gxh4 Rxh3 43. b6 Rxh4 44. Rh7+
Kg5 45. Rxh4 Kxh4 46. Rg7 Kg5 47. b7 f5 48. exf5 Kxf5) (35... Kh6 {After} 36.
Rf3 Rf8 37. c4 Kg7 38. c5 Qe8 39. h4 Qe7 40. Kg2 Rf7 ({if} 40... Qe8 41. Rdxf6
Rxf6 42. Rxf6 Rxc5 43. Rxg6+ Qxg6 44. bxc5 Qe8 45. Qb7 {white is winning
another pawn, with a won endgame}) 41. b5 Qf8 42. b6 axb6 43. cxb6 Rc6 44. Rxc6
dxc6 45. Qxc6 {wins}) 1-0

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex League"]
[BlackTeam "London League"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. cxd4 c5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 c4 14. Bc2 g6 {
agreed drawn. Neither of us in the mood for a fight.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lea, Edward G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Qh4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nb4 14. e5 Nxd3 15.
Ng5 dxe5 16. cxd3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc6 18. Be5 h5 19. Qg3 c4 20. Nge4 Ng4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. h3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rf5 24. Rxf5 exf5 25. hxg4 fxe4 26. Nd5 Qxb2 27. Rf1
hxg4 28. Qe3 Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. dxe4 Bc6 31. Nf6 Rd8 32. Qh6+ Kxh6 33. Nxg4+
Kg5 34. Nxe5 Rc8 35. Nf7+ Kh5 36. a5 c3 37. Kh2 Bxe4 38. Nd6 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "King, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. g3
Re8 15. Bb5 e5 $2 16. Bc3 $2 ({I can't remember now why I didn't take the
exchange!} 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Bc3 {, etc, is winning.}) 16... Re6 17. Bc4 d5 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rf8 21. Rd7 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Rxf3 23. Rxb7 e4 24.
Rd1 Re8 25. a4 e3 26. Rbd7 e2 27. Re1 Bf8 28. Ka2 Bc5 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Re4
31. Rh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Re3 33. Bd2 Re4 34. Rb1 Rd4 35. Be1 Rd1 36. b4 Be3 37. b5
Ke8 38. a5 Kd7 39. Kb2 Rd2 40. b6 axb6 41. Bxd2 Bxd2 42. axb6 e1=Q 43. Rxe1
Bxe1 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kc1 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knott, Simon JB"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. a4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qb6+ 19. Nf2 Rf7 20. a5 Qd8 21. Bb4 Bf8 22.
Qa3 Rf6 23. Rc2 a6 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Bd1 Nh4 27. h3 Rg6 28. Na4 Rxc2
29. Rxc2 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Nxg4 Nf6 32. Nb6 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 Rxg4
35. Qh3 Qg5 36. Nd7 Rg3 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Kf1 f3 39. Nxe5 fxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rf3+
41. Nxf3 Qxg2+ 42. Ke1 Nxf3+ 43. Kd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Nb3 Na5 8.
Be3 Nec6 9. a4 Nxb3 10. cxb3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. f3 Nxc4
15. bxc4 Rc8 16. b3 O-O 17. Rfd1 f5 18. e5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Qe3
f4 22. Qf2 Rf5 23. Rd3 Rcf8 24. Qe2 Rh5 25. Re1 Qb8 26. Ne4 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5
28. Qd1 Bb4 29. Re2 Qc7 30. Nc3 Rf5 31. Na2 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 a5 33. Nc3 Rh5 34. Ne4
Be3 35. h3 Qe5 36. Rdxe3 fxe3 37. Rxe3 d5 38. cxd5 exd5 39. Qc1 Rf5 40. Nc3 Qc7
41. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1978.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Last round. We both needed a win to get into the prize money. He played 2.c3
against the Sicilian, so I tried something different.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. Re1 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10.
gxf3 O-O-O 11. Kf1 Be7 12. Ke2 Bg5 13. Rg1 Bh6 14. Na3 Ne7 15. Nc2 Ng6 16. d4
Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rhg8 18. dxe5 Nf4+ 19. Ke3 g5 20. Rcd1 Nxh3 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.
Rh1 Nf4 23. Ne1 Ke7 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Rh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Rg1
f6 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Rd2 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. exf6 Kxf6 34. Rg2
Rxb2 35. Ke3 Rxa2 36. Rh2 Rc2 37. Rxh5 Rxc3+ 38. Kf4 b5 39. e5+ Ke6 40. Rh6+
Kd5 41. f3 b4 42. e6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lambert, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bb3 Bf8 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. g4 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Red1 f6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nb6 23. b4 cxb4 24. cxb4 Nac4 25. Rac1 Qd6 26. Bb3 Na3 27. Nd2
Kh8 28. Rc5 e4 29. Nxe4 Qf4 30. f3 Nd7 31. d6 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Nxc5 33. bxc5 Qg3+
34. Qg2 Qe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxh3 36. Be6 h5 37. Re1 Qc3 38. gxh5 b6 39. cxb6 Rxd6 40.
b7 Qb4 41. Bd5 Nc2 42. Rc1 Rxd5 43. b8=Q+ Qxb8 44. exd5 Nb4 45. d6 Nd3 46. d7
Nxc1 47. Qe3 Nxa2 48. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carter, H"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Qd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Rb5 Qc7 14. Rxc5 b6 15.
Rxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb3 e4 17. Ng1 Ba6 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bb4 Bb5 21. d5
Qd7 22. Nd4 a5 23. Bd6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Britton, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxb5 axb5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Ndxb5 Qb6 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 exd5 17. Rf1 $2 (17. Nd6+ $142) 17... Nc5 18. Qh5 g6
19. Qf3 Qb7 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. e6 Nxe6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Rxe6+ fxe6
25. Qxe6+ Be7 26. Qxg8+ Kd7 27. Qxd5+ Qd6 28. Qb7+ Ke6 29. Bxe7 Qf4+ 30. Kd1
Qd4+ 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Bb4 Kf5+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chapman, GW"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. exf3 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 f5 13. f4 Kh8 14. Rad1 Ng8 15.
b3 a5 16. Rfe1 e4 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Nc5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. Bg1 Qd7 21. Nb5 Nf6
22. Nd4 Nfe4 23. Qc2 Re8 24. a3 Rfe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Ne6 c5 27. Be3 b5 28.
Rb1 b4 29. a4 Qb7 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Rbd1 Qd7 32. Bc1 Kg8 33. Bb2 Bxb2 (33... Bc3
34. Re3 Rxe6 {may be a slightly better way of playing the exchange sacrifice.
I needed to try to unbalance the position as I needed a last-round win for a
chance of a prize.}) 34. Qxb2 Rxe6 35. dxe6 Rxe6 36. Qg2 h5 37. Rd3 Qe7 38.
Rde3 Kf7 39. h4 Qf6 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Qxe4 Qb2+ 43. Kh1 Qxb3 44.
Qd5+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qd5 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qd4 49. Qg8 b3 50. Qf8+
Ke6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Qb7+ Kf6 53. Qxb3 Kf5 54. Qf3 Qxc4 55. g4+ hxg4+ 56. Qxg4+
Kf6 57. Qg5+ Kf7 58. h5 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pinto, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Be2 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. Nf4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. O-O Rdf8 16. Re1 e5 17. Nh5 e4 18. Ra3 Ng6 19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Ne7 21.
Bg4 f5 22. Bh5 Rhg8 23. g3 Qc7 24. Qc1 Qd6 25. Kf1 Be8 26. Qb2 Bxh5 27. Nxh5
Ng6 28. Rb1 Rf7 29. Qb4 Qe6 30. Qc5+ Kb8 31. Rb5 Rd7 32. a5 f4 33. a6 b6 34.
gxf4 Ka8 35. f5 Qxf5 36. Qc6+ Kb8 37. Nf6 Rc7 38. Rxb6+ axb6 39. Qxb6+ Ka8 40.
Qxc7 Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Rb8 42. Qxb8+ Kxb8 43. a7+ Ka8 44. Nxd5 Qxh2 45. Nb6+ Kb7 46.
a8=Q+ Kxb6 47. Qa7+ Kc6 48. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlton Open"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. a3 N4a6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nbc3 a5 12. Be3 Nba6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nd7
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. b5 Nc7 19. Bb6 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxb5
21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ra8 Rc7 24. Nd5 Rc2 25. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Hereford Open"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1978.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crampton, John R"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1978.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qa3 a5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bf3 e5 13. Ndxb5 cxb5 14. Bxa8 axb4
15. Qa7 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. O-O Qd5 19. f3 Ra8 20. Qb6 Bf8 21.
Rfc1 Bc5 22. Qc7 Bd6 23. Qb6 Nd7 24. e4 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe6 26. Qc7 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Hereford Open"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1978.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Naujokas, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 f5 14. f3
fxe4 15. fxe4 Rf6 16. Bc5 Ra8 17. Bd3 Rxd6 18. Bxd6 Bb7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. a4 Nc8
21. Bc5 d6 22. Be3 Nb4 23. axb5 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. bxa6 Bxa6
27. Kd2 Ke8 28. b4 Bb7 29. b5 Ne7 30. Kc2 d5 31. Bc5 dxe4 32. dxe4 Kd7 33. Bxe7
Kxe7 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4 Ba8 36. g3 Bb7 37. Kb4 h6 38. b6 h5 39. h4 Bc6 40.
Nb5+ Ke7 41. Kc5 Bxe4 42. Nd6 Bf3 43. b7 Bxb7 44. Nxb7 Ke6 45. Nd6 g5 46. hxg5
1-0

[Event "Hereford Open"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1978.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hutchings, Stuart J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1978.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 a6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. h3 Bc6
15. Rhd1 Be7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. b4 Rh5 19. Bf1 e5 20. Rc4 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Bc5 Nxc3 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rxc3 Rh6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Be4 27. Kb2
Bf5 28. Rf3 Be6 29. c4 Rh4 30. b6 Bf6 31. Kb3 Kc8 32. Kb4 Re4 33. Be3 Be7+ 34.
Kc3 Rh4 35. Rg3 g6 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg5 Bxh3 38. Bxh3+ Rxh3+ 39. Kb4 Rh5 40.
Rg3 Rf5 41. Ra3 Rxf2 42. Kb5 e4 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Rb8 e3 45. Rxb7+ Kc8 46. Re7
e2 47. c5 f6 48. c6 Rf5+ 49. Ka6 Re5 50. b7+ Kd8 51. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hereford Open"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1978.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1978.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Played in the fourth round. We were joint leaders on 3/3 after I had beaten S.
J. Hutchings in my Keres Attack against his Scheveningen.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 a6 10.
O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rfb1 Bc6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nf6 20. Qe1 Kf7 21. g4 fxg4 22. e4 Re8 23.
fxg4 Nxe4 24. Bf3 Qg5 25. Rb2 Qf4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxb5 Kg6 29.
Re5 Bd5 30. Ree1 Ra6 31. Bb4 Rea8 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Rg2+ 35.
Kh3 Rf2 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 38. Kh3 g5 39. Bd6 Rd2 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kh3
Rg1 42. Bc7 Kg6 43. Bd8 h6 44. Be7 Rd1 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hereford Open"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1978.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Nicholson, John G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Half a point ahead of the field, a win would enable me to win the tournament.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h4 N8d7 11. h5 Bb7 12. Rh3 ({My innovation against
Pritchett, but maybe even stronger is} 12. g6 $1 hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14. gxf7+
Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Qf6 16. Qxh1 {Adams,M (2600)-Hansen,C (2565)/ Hoogovens Wijk aan
Zee 1991 (7)/1-0}) 12... Nc5 13. g6 hxg6 (13... Qe7 14. gxf7+ Qxf7 15. Qg4 {
was my game against Pritchett and Idelstein,M (2300)-Barash,D (2240)/Israel
1987/1-0}) 14. hxg6 Rxh3 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bxh3 Nc4 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh7+ Bg7
19. Nxe6 ({More accurate is} 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Kxe6 21. Qxg7 Nxe3) (19.
b4 {(Jon Levitt)} Qh8 $1 20. Qxh8 Rxh8 21. Bg2 (21. bxc5 Rxh3 22. c6 Bxc6)
21... Na4) 19... Nxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21. Qxg7 Nxe3 22. Qxg6+ ({Rybka likes} 22.
Ke2 $1 Ng4 23. Qxb7 Qh4 24. Qd5+ Ke7 25. Qd4 $16 {but the game continuation is
easier on the nerves!}) (22. Ne2 {(Smerdon!)} Nxc2+ 23. Kd2 Bxe4) 22... Qf6 23.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. fxe3 Ke5 25. O-O-O Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Kxe4 27. Rxd6 Kxe3 {Dave
Rumens thought this was a draw, because it's 3 v 2 without a passed pawn (see
Fine p372). But actually it's a win for White because Black's king is cut off
and White can reach the Lucena position - see Fine p291.} 28. b4 Ke4 29. Kb2
Ke5 30. Rb6 Kd5 31. Kb3 Ra7 32. a4 bxa4+ 33. Kxa4 Ra8 34. Ka5 Rc8 35. Kxa6 Rxc2
36. Rb7 Ra2+ 37. Kb6 Kd6 38. b5 Ra1 39. Rb8 Kd7 40. Kb7 Rh1 41. Rc8 Rb1 42.
Rc7+ Kd6 43. b6 Rb2 44. Rc1 Rh2 45. Ka7 Ra2+ 46. Kb8 {We've got to the Lucena
position, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.15"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Flesch, Janos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. g4 d5 12. g5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Ncb4 15.
O-O Nxd3 16. cxd3 Be7 17. Qh3 O-O 18. Rf3 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Rc1 Qd8 22. Bc3 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Bf6 24. Rff1 $2 (24. Be5) 24... Qd3 25. Rce1 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Rf6 27. Qe5 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qc2 29. Rg1 Qf2 30. Nd4 Rg2 31. f5 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.16"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Bb7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nc7 Rc8 12. Bb5 Nh5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxc6 Nxf4
15. Qc2 Nd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rxc7 17. Qc2 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 {Now White
tries too hard to win a drawn game.} 20. Kd2 f6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Kxc1 e6 23.
Kc2 Kf7 24. Ne1 Ke8 25. Nd3 Kd7 26. b5 Bf8 27. h4 Bd6 28. f4 h5 29. a4 Kc7 30.
Kb3 Kd7 31. a5 Kc7 32. Ka4 Kb7 33. g3 Kc7 34. Nf2 f5 35. Nh3 Be7 36. Ng1 Kb7
37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Ne1 Be7 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Kb3 bxa5 41. Ka4 Kb6 42. Ne1 a6 43.
bxa6 Kxa6 44. Nf3 Bb4 45. Ng5 Be1 46. Nxe6 Bxg3 47. Nc7+ Kb7 48. Nxd5 Bxh4 49.
Kxa5 Be1+ 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.16"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Pinto, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 a6 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxg7
Rg8 9. Qxh7 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. f4 Rxg5 13. fxg5 N5g6 14. Bd3 Nf8
15. Qg7 b5 16. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.16"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Cox, John J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 Qxf6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 14. O-O-O Nb6 15.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 16. Nxc6 h5 17. f4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. f5 c3 21. fxe6
Qxe6 22. d5 Qh6+ 23. Kc2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Ba3 25. Nd3 O-O 26. Nxb2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
Qg6 28. Rhe1 Na4 29. Qd4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.17"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Toth, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Into the fifth round and needing two wins from the last two rounds, I was
paired with IM and Petroff expert Bela Toth. No time to prepare, so some
psychology needed! I met the Petroff only a few times and had a good score
against it. This game was particularly memorable.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4
Nxe4 4. dxe5 (4. Bd3 {is the normal move, after which} Nc6 $5 {is interesting}
5. Bxe4 (5. dxe5 Nc5 6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8. Bf4 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bxe5
{Karpatchev,A (2380) -Toth,B (2377)/Baden OL 0102 2001 (7.2)/1/2-1/2} Bg4 11.
Bxc7 Ne6 12. Bg3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 h5) 5... d5 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Bd3 e4 8. O-O exd3 9.
Re1+ Be7 {Hector, L-Nachon Menendez,G/Asturias Preferente op 1997 (1)/0-1} 10.
Qxd3 O-O) 4... d5 ({He looked at me to question if I knew the line or whether
I'd blundered! I played it to get him out of main line theory, although I
didn't know this line very well.} 4... Bc5 5. Be3 (5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kf8 7.
Qd5 Nxh1 8. Bh5 (8. Qxc5+ Kxf7 9. Qd5+ {Simagin,V-Khachaturov,A/Moscow Central
CC-ch 1959/1-0})) 5... Bxe3 6. fxe3 $11 {Kostic,V (2433)-Lampert,J (2188)/15th
OIBM Bad Wiessee GER 2011 (8.26)/1/2-1/2 according to Rybka}) 5. Nbd2 {So my
psychological gamble had paid off! Now we're just in a game and, more
importantly, out of all his theoretical knowledge.} Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O
(7... c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 {Vallejo Pons,F (2696)-Perez Garcia,
R (2426)/ESP-chT Hon Gp1 2009 (2)/1-0}) 8. O-O c5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4
Nc6 12. Re1 Qb6 $5 (12... c4 13. Be2 $14 {I spent some time on my reply,
analysing through to move 17 and beyond.}) 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxd5
Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17. Rxb7 ({Although Houdini likes this, I think on
reflection that} 17. Re3 {might be better} Qc2 18. Rxb7 Nb4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20.
Rxe4 Nc6 21. Bg5 $14) 17... Nd4 18. Re3 Qc1+ 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Qb3
Bf8 $6 (21... Kf8 22. Re1 Qh6 23. h4 Nf4+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Rb1 $14) ({After the
game Toth suggested that} 21... Re8 22. Re1 Qh6 {was good for him, as he could
play g5 and let the queen emerge but} 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Rdd7 {looks very good
for white}) 22. Re1 Qh6 $4 (22... c4 {would keep him in the game} 23. Rxc1 cxb3
24. Rxb3 g5 $14 {but he just hadn't seen the danger.}) 23. g5 Qh5 24. Re4 Rd4
25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rxf7 $1 Re8 (26... Kxf7 27. Rf4+ Kg8 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Rxd4
$18) 27. Rxa7 (27. Rxf8+ $142 $1 Kxf8 28. Rh4 Qxg5 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxe8 Kxe8
31. Qxe6+ {with a winning position}) 27... Qxg5 28. Ra6 Qe7 29. Rxd4 Qf7 30.
Rda4 Bc5 (30... g5 31. Ra8 Re7 32. Rb8 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 {Simplifying the
position to an easy win.} Qxe6 32. Ra8 $1 Kh7 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Ke4
{and won} 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Open"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.17"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{Aldo Haik of France became an IM in 1977. My second IM opponent in a row,
after Bela Toth. Haik and I, and several others, were on 4/5 and needing to
win in this, the last, round to be in the prizes.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 {So I played the sharpest line I could think of} 6. e3 (
6. e4 {can also lead to some double-edged positions} c5 7. dxc5 (7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxd4 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. Bxe6
fxe6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Kb1 Rf8 {Halasz,T (2359)-Stanciu,A (2280)/
HUN-chT2 Maroczy 1011 2010 (6)/ 0-1}) (7. d5 b5 8. d6 Bb7 9. dxe7 Qxe7 10. e5
Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. exf6 Bxe2 13. fxg7 Bxf1+ 14. Bxe7 Rg8 15. O-O-O Kxe7 16.
Rhxf1 Nb6 17. Nxb5 Kf6 18. Rfe1 Kxg7 {Ristic,N (2420)-Horvath,J (2525)/YUG-chT
Niksic 1997 (2)/1/2-1/2})) 6... Be6 7. Ne5 (7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5 Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxc3
10. bxc3 {Petrosian,T-Savon,V/ URS-ch37 Moscow 1969 (5)/1-0 although black
later won a game with the same line} Bxc4 11. Qa4+ {Goldin,A (2611)-Ehlvest,J 
(2587)/Tampa op 2003 (5)/0-1}) 7... Nd5 8. Nxc4 (8. Bxc4 $2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc4
10. Nxc4 Qd5 $19) 8... c5 9. Qa4+ (9. Nb5 $142 $5 f6 10. e4 {although Black is
still better after} Nc7 {Halldorsson,J (2200)-Oral,T (2550)/Selfoss Milk
Masters-B 2nd 2003 (7)/0-1}) 9... Nc6 10. Nxd5 (10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {
has also scored well for Black, e.g. Crouch,C (2388)-Webb,R (2372)/ BCF-chT2
0203 (4NCL) 2002 (1.2)/0-1}) 10... Qxd5 11. Nb6 Qxg5 12. Nxa8 Kd7 $2 (12... O-O
$142 $1 13. Nc7 cxd4 14. Nxe6 (14. Qb5 Qf6 15. e4 Bc8 {Mokos,J (2289)
-Timoscenko,G (2487)/SVK-chT 0708 2007 (3.3)/ 0-1}) 14... fxe6 $17 {After
playing 12....Kd7 I remembered the game G H Bennett - M. Stean 1972, which had
appeared in CHESS in 1972! e.g.} 15. f4 Qf5 16. Be2 Qe4 17. Qc4 Qxg2 18. O-O-O
Kh8 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Rhe1 Rxf4 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. h4 b5 23. Qd3 Rf2) 13. Qb5 Kc8
14. Rc1 Bxd4 $1 {approved by Houdini and Rybka} 15. f4 Qd5 ({According to Rybka
} 15... Qh4+ $142 16. g3 Qh5 17. exd4 Qf3 18. Qxc5 Rd8 19. Rc3 Qxh1 20. Qxe7
Bd7 21. Kf2 Qd5 22. Qf6 Be6 $17) ({Best may be} 15... Qf6 16. exd4 Qxf4 17.
Rxc5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qe4+ 19. Qe2 Qxd4 20. Rc2) 16. exd4 Qe4+ 17. Be2 c4 $5 ({
Rybka is undecided between this and} 17... Kb8 {but after} 18. Rxc5 ({Houdini
reckons that best is} 18. Nc7 Kxc7 19. O-O Bd5 20. Rf2 cxd4 21. Qc5 $14) 18...
Qxg2 19. Rf1 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Kxa8 {I don't think black
has much hope of a win}) 18. O-O Nxd4 19. Qc5+ Kb8 20. Bf3 ({Houdini finds} 20.
Bxc4 Rc8 21. Nc7 $1 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rxc7 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Bxe6+ Nc6 25. Bxf7 $1)
20... Nxf3+ (20... Qe3+ $142 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Qxe7 Nxf3 23. Qd6+ Kxa8 24. gxf3
h5) 21. Rxf3 Kxa8 22. Qxe7 Qd4+ 23. Rf2 h5 24. Re1 a6 25. Qc7 Rd8 26. h3 Rd5
27. Re5 Rd7 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Ra1 31. a3 Ra2 32. Kg3 Ka7 33.
f5 $5 {Now White had about 10 minutes to get move 45. I had about 20 minutes.}
gxf5 34. Kh4 $6 (34. Rc2 b5 35. Re5 c3 36. Rxc3 Rxb2 37. Rec5 h4+ 38. Kxh4 Rxg2
{gets to a similar ending, but where white has his a-pawn instead of the
g-pawn. Slightly better for white.}) 34... b6 35. Re5 c3 36. Ree2 cxb2 37. Rxb2
Rxa3 38. Kxh5 Rg3 39. Rf3 Rg6 40. Rc3 b5 41. Rc6 Kb7 42. Rd6 Rg8 43. h4 Bc4 44.
Kh6 Rh8+ 45. Kg5 a5 46. h5 a4 47. g3 $2 (47. Rb1 $142 a3 48. Ra1 a2 49. Rd2 $11
) 47... a3 48. Rh2 $2 (48. Rb1 $142 $5 a2 (48... Rg8+ 49. Kf6 $15) 49. Ra1 Rg8+
50. Kxf5 b4 $17) 48... a2 49. Rd1 b4 50. h6 b3 51. Re1 Kb6 52. h7 Rxh7 $1 53.
Rxh7 b2 54. Rh6+ Kc5 55. Rhh1 Bd3 56. g4 b1=Q 57. gxf5 a1=Q 58. Rxb1 Bxb1 59.
Re1 Qg7+ 60. Kf4 Qh6+ 61. Kg4 Bxf5+ $1 {and here Haik constructed a neat
self-mate to finish the game prettily.} 62. Kf3 Qh3+ 63. Ke2 Qg2+ 64. Kd1 Qc2#
{Final Tournament standings: 1st V. Hort 5½/6; 2-10th U. Avner, G. Botterill,
R. Emerson, J. Flesch, G. Forintos, B. Kouatly, B. Kurajica, A. Miles, J. Nunn
5; 11-17th B. Rind, M. Pagden, C. Pritchett, D. Lynch, D. Horseman, R. Balinas,
J.M. Hodgson 4½. 18th= on 4 included GM Jansa, IM Tatai, B. Toth, A. Haik, R.
Bellin, P.Sowray, J. Nicholson, S. Knott, P. Jamieson, C. Cooley, D. Cummings,
G. Flear, M. Basman, R. Borngaesser, B. Cafferty [and J. Saunders - ed.
Compiled from BCM, Feb 1979, p70 & JS' own contemporary notes]. I think this
was, at the time, the strongest Open tournament ever held in the UK. Mentioned
in Leonard Barden's Guardian column in typical fashion - "Emerson beat two
International Masters in the final two rounds, but this paled into
insignificance compared with Julian Hodgson's feat at age 13....!" And having
advertised the tournament on its back page for six months, CHESS didn't cover
the tournament at all!!} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cobton, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Hampstead"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bd7 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. Qf4 Nh6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qf6 Rf8 14. Qg7 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O-O 19. Bb4 Rg8 20. Qf6 g5 21.
hxg5 Rg6 22. Qe7 Qxe5 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rxh5 Rdg8 27.
f4 Kc6 28. Rd3 Re8 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Rc3+ Kd7 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Rh8+ Kb7 33. Bf6
a5 34. Kd2 d4 35. b3 a4 36. Kd3 axb3 37. axb3 Bd5 38. Kxd4 Bxg2 39. c4 Be4 40.
b4 Kc6 41. b5+ Kd6 42. Rb8 Kc7 43. Rf8 Kd6 44. Rxf7 Rg8 45. Be5+ Ke6 46. Rf6+
Ke7 47. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Westwood, Alan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. h3 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bc4 Ne8 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. Rae1 Rb8 15. Bd2
Nf6 16. Rb1 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Rbd1 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. Ne2 Qe7 22.
c3 Bc6 23. b3 b5 24. a5 Rfd8 25. b4 Nf8 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bg5 Qe8 28. Bxd8 Qxd8
29. bxc5 Nd7 30. Ned4 Ba8 31. Qe3 Nxc5 32. Nxf5 exf5 33. Qxc5 Ne6 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Moore, Geoffrey R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

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. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. Kh1 O-O
15. g4 Ne7 16. f3 Ng6 17. c4 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Bxa1 21.
Rxa1 bxc4 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Rd1 Rfe8 24. g5 Qe7 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. h4 Rab8 27. Qg4
c3 28. Rc1 Rxe4 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. fxe4 Qc8 31. Qf5 Qc7 32. Qf6+ Kf8 33. Rxc3 Qe7
34. Nf5 Qxe4+ 35. Kg1 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "TV S v N"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. f4 d6 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 Nd4 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Nexf5 13. Be4 Qd7 14. g4 Nh6
15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 Nf5 18. Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd4 20. Nxh7 f5
21. Nxf8 fxe4 22. Ng6 Kf7 23. Nh4 Rh8 24. Rf1+ Ke6 25. Ng6 Rh6 26. Nf8+ Ke7 27.
Nd5+ Kd8 28. dxe4 Nxc2 29. a3 Nd4 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Nxf6 Ke7 32. N8h7 Nf3 33.
Nd5+ Kf7 34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Ng5+ Kg6 36. h4 Nc4 37. Kg3 Nxb2 38. Kg4 Nd3 39. h5+
1-0

[Event "Eastman Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goodman, SP"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Kh1 Bc4 14. Be2 Qc7 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd2 Qc6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Qf3 d5 19. fxe5 d4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. e5
dxe3 22. Nde4 Bxe5 23. Qxe3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rd6 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. c3
Nd5 28. c4 Nc7 29. b3 Ne6 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Rb1 h5 33. Rfd1 c5 34.
Nb5 Ne2 35. Rd5 Nf4 36. Rxc5 Rxg2 37. Rf1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendly"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Other, AN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "London Deaf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 O-O 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Rxe7 Ne6 13. d3 h6 14. Nc3
Rd8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Ng6 Kh7 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Be3 f5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
c3 Rd8 22. Ng3 Rd6 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Ngh5 g5 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Rxg6 27. Rxg6
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Rxh6 Kf7 30. Rh8 Bd7 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Nf6 Bc8 33. Rxc7
Kxf6 34. Rxc8 f4 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Re1 Kg6 37. d4 Kf5 38. c4 Kf6 39. d5 cxd5 40.
cxd5 b5 41. d6 b4 42. d7 b3 43. d8=Q+ Kf5 44. Qd6 Kg4 45. Qd7+ Kh5 46. Qh7+ Kg4
47. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.11.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Moore, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Nb4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 e4 12. O-O Nd3 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Re1+ Be7 16. Qe2 Ra7 17. Bg5 f6 18. d6 1-0

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.11.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sullivan, Peter J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Nf3 f5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1 c6
9. f4 Be6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. e3 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Qe2
a5 16. Nf2 Na6 17. e4 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. e5 Nh5 20. d4 f3 21. Bxf3 Qf7 22.
Bxh5 Bxc4 23. e6 Bxe6 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bg4 Rae8 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd1 d4 28.
Nce4 Nb4 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Qb3 Rb6 31. Ng4 Rxb3 32. Rxf7 Rxb2 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Bxh6+ Kg8 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Ne5 Re2 37. Nc5 Kg7 38. Ncd3 {agreed drawn on
adjudication} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lynch, David P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Hendon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Bd7 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxg7 Ng6 9. Nf3 Bf8 10. Qf6 Be7 11. Qg7 Bf8 12. Qf6 Be7 13. Qg7 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1978.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Williams, Douglas G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Ne1 Be7 9. f4 $6 exf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. e3 Rb8 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. b3 f5 14. Nc3 Bf6
15. Bb2 Be6 16. a3 Nd3 17. Nxd3 Qxd3 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Rb1 Qf7 21.
Ba1 b5 22. b4 c4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. Qg3 Bc6
28. h4 Rd6 29. Bg2 Qf7 30. Kh2 Rg6 31. Qh3 Rg4 $6 (31... Nd5 $142 32. Rg1 Nxc3
33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. dxc3 Rh6 35. Rg5 g6 36. Rd2 Re8 $17) 32. Bxc6 Qf6 $6 33. Ne4
$2 ({Rybka reckons} 33. Bxb5 Rxh4 34. Bxc4+ Kh8 35. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 {
is about equal.}) 33... Qxc6 34. Ng5 Ng6 {White resigned on adjudication.} (
34... Ng6 35. Nf3 h5 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. a4 a6 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ra1 Qe4 {followed
by c4-c3 wins.}) 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staples, Maurice J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Berkshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qf3 d5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Qf2
cxd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. h3 d4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd4 Qe7+ 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. Kf1
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. dxe4 Bd1 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Be3 fxe3 19. Rxd1 Bc5 20. Ke2
Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 Rd2 23. Nf3 Rxg2 24. Rg1 Rf2 25. Ne5 e2 26. Re1 Bd6
27. Nxc6 Rh2 28. e5 Bc5 29. Nd4 Rxh3 30. Rxe2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Kd7 32. d5 Rd3 33.
d6 Ke6 34. Rg2 g6 35. Kc2 Rd5 36. Rf2 h5 37. Rf6+ Kxe5 38. Rxf7 h4 39. Rxa7
Rxd6 40. Rh7 g5 41. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howson, James B"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. O-O Bg5
15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Qg5 19. Qf2 Ne7 20. Rf1 b6 21.
Rf3 Qh6 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Qc2 Qh4 24. Rgf3 Qh6 25. Ba6 c5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe2
c4 28. Na1 Nh4 29. Rc3 b5 30. b4 Bf5 31. Qf2 Rc7 32. g3 Bxh3 33. gxh4 Bxf1 34.
Kxf1 Rc6 35. Nc2 Qc1+ 36. Qe1 Qf4+ 37. Qf2 Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Rg6 39. h5 Rg1 40. Ne1
Qxc3 41. Qxg1 Qb2+ {adjudicated a draw. Rybka assesses it as +.75 for white.
Black is about to win white's queen's side pawns.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keene, Raymond D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bg3 Ng6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rfe8
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb6 17. Rab1 Nc4 18. e4 Qf7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. b3 Nd6 21.
Nd2 Ne7 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Ne4 24. Nexd5 Nxd5 25. Nxe4 Nb4 26. Qb5 Nc6 27. d5
Re5 28. Nc3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Ne5 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Rd1 Qb4 33. Qe3 a6
34. f3 Nf7 35. Ne4 Qe7 {resigned on adjournment, although potentially Black
can hold it.} 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.02.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Trangmar, Alan Garth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bg2 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bd7 14. h3 Be7
15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rxh3 23. Rf5 f6 24. c3 Kd7 25. Kc2 Ke6 26. Rf4 f5 27.
Rc4 Bd6 28. b4 Kd5 29. Rd4+ Kc6 30. b5+ axb5 31. axb5+ Kc7 32. Kb3 Rf3 33. Rd5
g6 34. Kc4 Bg3 35. b6+ Kc6 36. Rc5+ Kd6 37. Rc7 Bxf2 38. Bxf2 Rxf2 39. Rxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.02.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prizant, Michael J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Sutton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. h3
Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Tombleson, B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Coulsdon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Bd5 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Nd2
Qc6 22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rac8 25. Re2 Bb8 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Nf5
Kh7 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Re4 g6 31. Ne3 {adjudicated a draw although
I was starting to get on top} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Byway, Paul V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Hertfordshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qf6
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Rfe1 g5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Re2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qf5 21.
Re4 Kg7 22. Rae1 Rb5 23. b3 Rc5 24. f3 Rc3 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. R4e2 d3+ 27. Bf2 Nd4
28. Re5 Rxc2 29. Qxd3 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qxa3 31. Bd4 Qb4 32. Rxg5+ Kf8 33. Rg8+
Kxg8 34. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Harris, Ronald A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Mitcham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Qg3 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6
15. Kh1 Rac8 16. f5 e5 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Rd3 Bf6 19. Qg4 a5 20. Rh3 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. Nd1 Kh8 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Be3 Bh4 25. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stebbings, Anthony J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Charlton"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Be2 Bg5
15. O-O Be6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Qd3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Be4 g6 20. b4 Be6 21. a4
Ne7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24. Rfa1 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27.
Qd3 Qf5 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Qd3 Rbc8 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxc3 32. Qxe5 Bf6 33.
Qb8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ra2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Lee, Graham D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nh6 9. Re1 Nf7 10. c3 Rg8 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Ng5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. Qh3 Qb6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxh7+ Rg7 18. Qh6 Qxd4 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Bd7
21. Nc3 Qc5 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Qh6 Rgg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8
27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Ne2 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. Nd4 {We now have a
classic good knight v bad bishop ending.} Kd7 32. h4 Rg8 33. Rc3 Rh8 34. g3 Rg8
35. f4 Re8 36. Kg2 Kc7 37. g4 Kb6 38. Kg3 Bd7 39. g5 Rh8 40. b4 Rh7 41. Rc5 Re7
42. h5 gxh5 43. Kh4 Be8 44. Rc8 a5 45. a3 axb4 46. axb4 1-0

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Ng6 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. Kb1 Be8 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bf6 h6 14. g3 gxf6
15. exf6 Qd8 16. Ne4 dxe4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bh3 Be7 19. fxe7 Ncxe7 20. Nh4 Kh7
21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Kc1 Bd5 24. Bf1 a6 25. Qe2 f5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Kb2
b5 28. Qe3 Rf7 29. Qb6 Rc6 30. Qd4 Rfc7 31. Rd2 Rc5 32. Qf6 Ne7 33. Be2 Ng8 34.
Qf8 Rc8 35. Qd6 R5c6 36. Qe5 Rc5 37. Qd4 Kg6 38. h4 Nf6 39. h5+ Kf7 40. Qe3 Kg7
41. g4 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Perkins, Alan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Cavendish"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of the 1979-80 season, with a new grade of 208, published in CHESS
in September 1979 p362.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6.
Nxc6 dxc6 7. f4 ({Premature. Better is first} 7. O-O) 7... e5 8. f5 Nf6 9. Qf3
b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 $6 ({better} 12. Kf2 O-O 13. Rd1) ({or} 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. g4 c5 14. g5) 12... Qe7 13. c3 Bc5 14. Bg5 $6 h6 15. Bh4 Rd8 16.
Nd2 Bb6 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Bc2 Rd6 19. g4 $6 (19. a5 Bc7 20. Nb3 c5 21. Qg3 c4
22. Nc5 $15) 19... g5 20. Bg3 Rfd8 $15 21. a5 Ba7 22. Nb3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1
24. Kxd1 c5 25. Bf2 $2 c4 $1 26. Bxa7 cxb3 27. Bxb3 Bxe4 28. Qe3 Bf3+ ({
Rybka prefers} 28... Qd8+ 29. Ke2 Qxa5 30. Bb8 Qa1 31. Bxe5 Qxb2+ 32. Ke1 Qb1+
33. Kd2 Qxb3 34. Bxf6 Qc2+ {but it's still not straightforward for black to
win.}) 29. Kc1 Bxg4 30. Bc5 Qb7 31. Qxe5 Qh1+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Kh7 34. Qe7
Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qxh2+ 36. Ke1 Bh5 (36... Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4
Nxe4 40. Be7 Bxf5 41. Bxf7 {was the last chance of retaining an advantage, but
white's two bishops make it difficult for black to make meaningful progress.})
37. Bxf7 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 {Draw agreed on adjournment. Black doesn't have better
than perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.04.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Branford, John W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Kingston"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 {The first time I'd played the Caro-Kann!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. c4 e6 10. Qc2 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bc3 Rhg8 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 f5 16. g3 Nf6
17. f3 Be7 18. Rhe1 f4 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Rd7 22. Re5 fxg3 23.
hxg3 Rxg3 24. Rxf5 Ne8 25. Be1 Nd6 26. Rf4 Rg5 27. b3 Rf5 28. Bg3 f6 29. Rg4
Rg5 30. Rxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barasi, Paul Dl"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Qh4 b5 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Bh6 f6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. g4 g5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg3 c4
22. Kg2 Qa5 23. Rh1 b4 24. Nd1 Qxa2 25. Ne3 b3 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Rab1 Qd4 28. Kf3
Rfb8 29. c3 Qxc3 30. Rbc1 Qd4 31. Rxc4 Qb6 32. h4 h6 33. Rcc1 a5 34. d6 Qxd6
35. Rcd1 Qc6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nd5 b2 38. Rb1 Rb3+ 39. Ne3 Qc3 40. Rhe1 Bc6 41.
Qf2 Bxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Qc6+ 43. Nd5 Qc4+ 44. Qd4 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Robinson, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. h3 Qc8 13. g4 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Rhf1 a6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. g5 Kh8 20. Qh5 Qd7 21.
Rd4 f6 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh4+ Kg8 24. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johnstone, Paul Ellis"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Bf2 Qe7
16. Rb1 h4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bf4 19. Kh1 Qg5 20. b5 Nc5 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22.
Qxb3 b6 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Bd1 Nf6 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. Re1 Ra5 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Bc2
Rfa8 29. Qb2 Qg5 30. Rg1 Ne2 31. Rge1 Ra2 32. Qxa2 Rxa2 33. Rxe2 h3 34. g3 Qh5
35. Rb3 Qg5 36. Be3 Qf6 37. Bf2 Qd8 38. Bd3 Qa8 39. Rb1 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 Qa2 41.
Re1 f5 42. Bf1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Best, DJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. Kh1 O-O
15. g4 fxg3 16. Rg1 f5 17. Rxg3 Bf7 18. Qxf5 Bxd5 19. Qg4 Ra7 20. exd5 Nd4 21.
Qh5 Rf4 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Rag1 Qf6 24. Rg6 Qh4 25. Rxg7 Qxh7 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27.
Bxh7 Rh4 28. Bd3 e4 29. Bf1 Nf3 30. Rg2 Ne1 31. Rg3 Rf4 32. Re3 Rxf2 33. Rxe1
1-0

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popham, SJ"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. Nc4 Ngxe5 10. Nfxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8
14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rowson, David J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
f3 Be6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd8 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. Ne2 Nde6 16. Kc2 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Nf1 Rac8 21.
Ne3 Na4 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Kb3 Nb6 24. Nd5+ Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27.
Rd1 b6 28. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Open"]
[Site "Coulsdon"]
[Date "1979.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. Re1
Bd6 ({This is Michael Franklin's preferred treatment, approved by Rybka!} 8...
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 {gets into a sort of Taimanov but where white has attacking
threats e.g.} 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 {Tal,M-Gipslis,A/URS-ch25 Riga 1958/1-0}) (8...
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 {Linton,W-Sugden,J/BCF-ch Blackpool 1971 (7)/1-0}) 9. Bxb5 $6 (9.
Nf3 $142 $5 $14 {and if} Nc6 10. Bxb5) ({Apparently Michael had seen} 9. Qh5
Nc6 (9... Nf6 10. Qh4 {Nikitin,A-Shofman,M/URS-chT Moscow 1966/1-0}) 10. Nxc6
Qxc6 11. Qg5 {in a previous game}) 9... Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Be5 11. f4 $2 (11. Be3)
11... Bxd4 $2 (11... Bxf4 $142 12. Ba4 Bg3 $17) 12. Qxd4 $11 axb5 $4 (12... Nf6
$142 13. Bd3 Nc6 $11) 13. Qxg7 $18 Qd8 14. Be3 {Michael had missed this.} Qf6
15. Bd4 Qxg7 16. Bxg7 Bc6 17. Bxh8 f6 18. e5 f5 19. a4 $1 b4 20. Nb5 Na6 21.
Nd6+ Kf8 22. Bf6 Nc7 23. Bh4 Nd5 24. Rf1 Ne3 25. Rf2 Nh6 26. Re2 Nd5 27. Be1
Nxf4 28. Rf2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Ng4 30. Re2 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. b3 Bc6 33. Nc4 Bb5
34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Re1 Kg6 36. Nb2 f4 $14 37. Nd3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 Kf5 39. d4 Nde3
40. g3 Nc2 $2 (40... h5 $142 $11) 41. Rf1 Nxd4 42. gxf4 $2 (42. Rxf4+ $142 Kxe5
43. Rxg4 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxd2 45. Rxb4 $16) 42... Nxb3 43. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kershaw, GJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 O-O 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bf5 12. d3 Bb4 13. c3 Nc5 14. cxb4
Nxd3 15. Rd1 Nxb4 16. Na3 Rfe8 17. Be3 Nd3 18. Rd2 b6 19. Nh4 Be4 20. f3 Bg6
21. Nxg6 Rxe3 22. Nc2 Re6 23. Rxd3 hxg6 24. Re1 Rd6 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Nb4 c5
27. Nd5 b5 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Kf2 b4 30. Nc7 Kf8 31. Nd5 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rc6 33. Rd8#
1-0

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Linton, William Anthony"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d3 d5 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 b4 8. exd5
exd5 9. Ne2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f5 O-O 14. Nf4 Ne7 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. Nh5 Nc8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Bxc5 Rc8 19. d4 Re8 20. f6 g6 21. Qf4 Re6
22. g5 Ne4 23. Qxh4 Nxc5 24. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. a4 Bf6 14. Ne2 g5 15.
Ne5 g4 16. Bf4 Kh8 17. Qd3 Be8 18. b5 a6 19. c6 axb5 20. axb5 bxc6 21. bxc6 Rc8
22. Ra7 Bxc6 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Kg8 25. Ra7 Qb6 26. Qa3 Bb5 27. Rc1 Bc4 28.
Qa4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Be3 Nd6 31. Nf4 Nb5 32. Ra8+ Kf7 {Agreed drawn. As
I'd lost control I thought it better to agree a draw before things
deteriorated further.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anderson, P"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. exd4
exd4 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Ne2 a6 11. Na3 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ng3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7
15. Re1 f5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. f4 Nf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nc2 Ne6 20. Re1 Bd7 21. b4
Ba7 22. Kh1 Qf7 23. c5 Re8 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxd4 Qe1+ 27. Qg1
Qxg1+ 28. Kxg1 b6 29. cxb6 Bxb6+ 30. Kf1 Be6 31. a3 Bd4 32. Bg5 Bd7 33. Be7 Bb2
34. b5 Bxb5+ 35. Ne2 Kf7 36. Bb4 Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Nc3+ Kc4 39. Nb1 Kd3 40.
Nd2 Bd4+ 41. Ke1 Bc3 42. Bxc3 Kxc3 43. h3 Kb2 44. a4 Bxa4 45. Nc4+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. d4 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. e4 a5 12. Rad1 Rb8 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Rd2 b5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bb7 20. Rc7 Rec8 21.
Rfc1 Nxe4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 Bb7 26. f4 f5
27. fxe5 fxe4 28. Nf6 Ke7 29. Nxh7 Ke6 30. Nf8+ Kxe5 31. Nxg6+ Kd4 32. Kf2 e3+
33. Ke2 b4 34. h4 Ba6+ 35. Ke1 a4 36. h5 axb3 37. axb3 Bd3 38. Nf4 Bc2 39. h6
Kc3 40. Nd5+ Kxb3 41. Ke2 Ka3 42. Kxe3 b3 43. g4 b2 44. Nc3 Kb3 45. Kd2 Bh7 46.
g5 Bg6 {and White resigned unhappily - a comedy of errors in the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Middlesex Team Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.05.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 ({The main line now is} 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 c6 {
Speelman,J (2630)-Akopian,V (2605)/EU-chT (Men) 10th 1992 (9.2)/ 1/2-1/2 e.g.})
10... Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Nc4 a6 15. Na4 ({The
alternative is} 15. a4 Ng6 16. cxd6 cxd6 {Keene,R (2510)-Gligoric,S (2565)/
FRG-ch int 4th 1977 (3)/1/2-1/2 e.g.}) 15... Ng6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nab6 Rb8 18.
a4 Ne5 19. a5 f5 $6 (19... Nxc4 $142 20. Rxc4 Bd7) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bg4 Kg7 23. Rc4 Qf6 24. Nd7 Bxd7 25. Bxd7 f3 $1 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rf7
28. Be6 Re7 29. Rfc1 b6 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kf6 32. Rf7+ Kg6 33. Ra7 bxa5
34. bxa5 Bd4 35. Rxa6 Bc5 36. Rc6 Rb2 37. a6 Ra2 (37... Ra2 38. Bc8 Bxf2+ 39.
Kg2 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Bc5 41. h3 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Rxf3 43. Rc7 h5 44. Re7 Ra3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "v London Deaf"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Other, AN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 O-O 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Rxe7 Ne6 13. d3 h6 14. Nc3
Rd8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Ng6 Kh7 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Be3 f5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
c3 Rd8 22. Ng3 Rd6 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Ngh5 g5 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Rxg6 27. Rxg6
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Rxh6 Kf7 30. Rh8 Bd7 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Nf6 Bc8 33. Rxc7
Kxf6 34. Rxc8 f4 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Re1 Kg6 37. d4 Kf5 38. c4 Kf6 39. d5 cxd5 40.
cxd5 b5 41. d6 b4 42. d7 b3 43. d8=Q+ Kf5 44. Qd6 Kg4 45. Qd7+ Kh5 46. Qh7+ Kg4
47. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silva, M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Wimbledon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nxd5 exd5 5. Qf3 c6 6. c4 Qe7 7. Qe3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 d5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O g6 12. d4 Bg7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Bd2 f6 15.
f4 Rae8 16. a3 b6 17. exf6 $6 (17. f5 $142 gxf5 18. Bb4 c5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20.
Rxf5 cxb4 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. e6 $11) 17... Qxf6 18. Bc3 c5 (18... Bh6 $1) 19.
Ne4 Qxd4 $5 (19... dxe4 $142) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Nd6 Nc5 23. Nxe8
Nxb3 {Agreed drawn, although Black is slightly better.} (23... Nxb3 24. Nc7 Bg4
25. Rae1 d3 26. h3 Be2 27. Nxd5 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Kg7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Ne3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, GW"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Ne2 Bb7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Qf2 Na5
15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rb2 Rac8 19. e5 Qd7 20. f4 Bf8 21.
Ng3 Ba6 22. Rd2 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc6 24. Rcd1 Bb7 25. h4 e6 26. h5 Qc4 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Nf1 Be7 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Nf6 Rh8 32. Rd3 Rh6 33. R1d2 Rch8
34. Qg3 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 R8h2 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Qxg2 38. Qxg2 Bxg2 39. Rd2 Bc6
40. Rf2 Ba3 41. Kd3 Rh3+ {Adjudicated a win for black. His extra pawn and two
bishops will win.} 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.11.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Girdlestone, Paul C"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Buckinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Bg4 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rfd8 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Na4
Nce5 15. Be2 b5 16. Bxb5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 18. Kg2 Nxd2 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. a4
Rd5 21. f3 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Nc4 23. Rxd5 Nxe3+ 24. Kg3 Nxc2 25. Rd7 Nd4 26. Bd3 Rc8
27. Na6 Nc6 28. Be4 Be5+ 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxa7 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Kg7
33. a5 Ra2 34. Nc7 Bxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxa5 36. Rxe7 Ra2 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "v London Deaf"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nabarro, T"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Bc4 Qe4+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Bxa1 19. Kg1 Rac8 20. Kh2
Bf6 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Rc1 23. Be2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1979.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Inwood, Kenneth FH"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c4 Ne7 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Rfe1
Ndxe5 15. Be4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Nf4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Reb1 Bc5 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. Rxb2
Bd4 21. Nf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f6 23. Nd4 Qe5 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hillyard, Graham D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Essex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bb3 Rb7 14. h3
h6 15. Be3 a5 16. Rd2 Nd7 17. Na4 g5 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Rc5 Rb5 20. Nc3 Rxc5 21.
Bxc5 Bxh3 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bd8 Be6 24. Bxa5 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{First game of 1980-81 season. I was cutting down my chess activity so wasn't
playing weekend tournaments any more. New grade 216.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Na4 O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Rd8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. h3 Rxb2 16. Bd4
Rbb8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 Be5 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Qh4 Kf8 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Ke7
23. e5 d6 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Bxh7 Qa7 26. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Streatham"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.09.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Other, AN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Qg4 Nge7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O-O Ng6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Nb4 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Qg4 Kb8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qf4+ Bd6 18. Qxf6 Rde8 19. Qxh8 Qxg5+ 20.
Nxg5 Rxh8 21. Nxe6 Rxh2 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rxd5 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Rxg2 26.
Nb5 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Lewisham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8.
Qxf6 Nxf6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. d3 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15.
Nf3 c6 16. Rb1 d5 17. Ba2 Rab8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Re1 dxe4 20. Ng5 exd3 21. Nxf7
Rd5 22. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxb1 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxb1 d2 26. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 27.
Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 g5 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Ke5 Nd5 32. Be4 Nxc3 33. Bxc6
Ne2 34. Kd5 Nxg3 35. Kc5 Ne2 36. Bb5 Nf4 37. Bf1 Kd7 38. Kb5 Kc7 39. Kxa5 Kb7
40. Kb5 Ka7 41. Kc6 Ne6 42. Kd5 Nf4+ 43. Ke4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones, Chris S"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham II"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O O-O-O 8.
Qa4 e4 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Ne1 Bd6 11. g3 Nge7 12. Nac2 Qh3 13. Ne3 h5 14. N1g2 Bd7
15. Qd1 h4 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 g5 18. fxg5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 exf3 21.
Kh1 Nf5 22. Rg1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tymms, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Stoneleigh"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. f4 d5 11. Be3 Na5 12. Nd2 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Bf5 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Qd7 16. Rc5 f6 17. Ngf3 Be6 18. Qa3 Rc6 19. b4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Rd1
Ra6 22. Qc1 b6 23. Rxc4 Rxa2 24. Rc7 Qd5 25. Rxe7 Bh3 26. Qc7 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Bh8
28. Qb7 Qb3 29. Rg1 Qa2 30. Rd7 Rxg1+ 31. Nxg1 Bxd7 32. Qxd7 fxe5 33. dxe5 Qf7
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leach, Colin D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Cavendish"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. e6 fxe6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Qe2 Na6 13. c4 Ndc7 14. Nxf8 Rxf8
15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Be3 d5 18. O-O-O dxc4 19. d5 cxd5 20. Bxa7 Nb4
21. Kb1 Nd3 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 d4 25. Ne4 Qa6 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27.
Bc5 e5 28. Rc1 Rg7 29. Bd6 Rgd7 30. Bxe5 d3 31. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.10.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Westwood, Alan S"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham III"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. O-O-O c6 7. Ne5 b5 8. f3
Qa5 9. Re1 Be6 10. e4 b4 11. Nb1 g5 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Nd3 Na6 14. e5 Nd7 15. h4
O-O-O 16. Bf2 Kc7 17. f4 g4 18. a3 bxa3 19. Nxa3 Rb8 20. Qc3 Bf5 21. Nc5 Naxc5
22. dxc5 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. g3 Rhb8 25. b3 a5 26. Kd2 e6 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28.
Kxd3 Bf8 29. Bd4 Nxc5+ 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Ref1 a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Nb1 Rd4+ 34.
Kc3 Re4 35. Kd2 Be3+ 36. Kd3 c5 37. Nd2 Bxd2 38. Kxd2 Rd4+ 39. Kc3 Rc4+ 40. Kd3
Rb2 41. Rc1 Ra2 42. Rhf1 Ra3+ 43. c3 Ra2 44. Ra1 Rca4 45. Rxa2 Rxa2 46. f5 Kd7
47. fxe6+ Kxe6 48. Rf6+ Kxe5 49. Rxh6 Rg2 50. Rh8 c4+ 51. Ke3 Rxg3+ 52. Kd2
Rd3+ 53. Kc2 Rh3 54. h5 g3 0-1

[Event "County Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Surrey"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nfg5 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rf5
15. Nh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qxb7 Nxd3 18. Qxa7 Rc2 19. Qa6 b5 20. Be3 Qb8 21.
d5 Rxd5 22. a4 Rc6 23. Qa7 Qxa7 24. Bxa7 Ra6 25. axb5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxb5 27.
Bd4 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rd1 Rxb2 30. f4 Rb3 31. Kf1 d5 32. Ke2 Nc5 33. Nf2 f5
34. h3 Kf7 35. g4 Ne4 36. Nxe4 fxe4 37. Rh1 Rf3 38. f5 exf5 0-1

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stimpson, Philip M"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+
8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Qxe5+ Bxe5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Ne7 14.
Re1 Bf6 15. a4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. a5 Rhd8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Na3 Rd3 20. Nb5
Bc4 21. Na3 Ba6 22. Nc2 Kb7 23. Bf4 Bc4 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Red1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 b5 28. Kf1 Kb6 29. Ke2 Ka5 30. Kd2 Ka4 31. Bd6 c4 32. Ne3 Kb3 {
draw agreed on adjudication. Black has an edge but it shouldn't be enough to
win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alexander Cup"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.10.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Stimson, Andrew F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Battersea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 Ne5 6. Qxd4 Nxc4 7. Qxc4 d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nd2 Bc5
14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 h5 18. g3 Rdg8 19. c4 c6 20. Rd6
h4 21. Kg2 f5 22. Rxe6 f4 23. Nd2 Rg7 24. Ne4 Rhg8 25. Rd1 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bc7
27. Rd3 Rh8 28. b3 fxg3 29. fxg3 Rgh7 30. a4 Rh2+ 31. Kf3 R2h3 32. Rf6 Rh1 33.
Kg4 Rg8+ 34. Kf3 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Nd6+ Kb8 {White still has the advantage
but, at adjudication, not enough to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1980.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giddins, Stephen W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Rainham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Bf4 h6 11. c5 g5 12. Be3 Ne4 13. h3 Qd7 14. Qa4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nxd4 16. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxd7 18. Bd4 e6 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Ne5 Rfc8 21.
g3 Bf8 22. f4 Rc7 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxb7 Bxc5 25. f5 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 exf5 27.
Rd7 Rf6 28. Rf2 Rc8 29. Rxd5 Rc4 30. Rdxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxd4 32. Ra5 Rd7 33.
Kf2 Kg7 34. g4 Kg6 35. Ra6+ f6 36. Kf3 Rf7 37. Ke4 Rd7 38. Kf3 Re7 39. Kf2 Rf7
40. Kg3 h5 41. h4 hxg4 42. Kxg4 gxh4 43. Kxh4 Kf5 44. Ra4 Rg7 45. Rb4 Ke5 {
White resigned on adjudication, although the game isn't lost yet.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrews, Peter G"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hendon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f5 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 Nf6 8. b4 O-O
9. Bb2 e4 10. d5 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Na6 14. Na2 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Qe7 16. Nec3 Nc7 17. O-O Nfxd5 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf1 Rc8 21.
Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Rd4 Ne7 23. Qb1 Qe5 24. b5 Qc5 25. Nb4 d5 26. Kg2 f4 27. gxf4 Nf5
28. Rd2 Nh4+ 29. Kh1 Qc1 30. Rd1 Qa3 31. Nc2 Qc3 32. Nd4 Bg4 33. Re1 Qd2 34.
Ne2 Bxe2 35. Bxe2 Rc2 36. Qd1 Qxd1 37. Bxd1 Rxf2 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. Be2 Nf3+ 40.
Bxf3 exf3 41. Rd1 Rxb5 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Kxf3 Ke6 44. Rd3 Rb4 45. h4 h5 46. Rc3
Rb2 47. Rd3 b5 48. Ra3 b4 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. Rd6 b3 51. Rxd5 Rb1 52. Rb5 b2 53.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Williams, Tony M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. h4 h6 12. b4 Qb6 13. a4 Nxb4 14. a5 Qc5 15. Na3
a6 16. Reb1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qc7 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qd8
22. Nac2 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Ne2 Bc6 25. d4 g5 26. Rb6 Kf7 27. Rab1 Rad8 28.
Qc3 gxh4 29. Nf4 Rxd6 30. Rxb7+ Bxb7 31. Rxb7+ Ke8 32. Qc7 Rd8 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Granat, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wimbledon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Nb8
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qf6 11. Qg3 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. d3 Nd7 14. Na3 f5 15. Bd5
O-O-O 16. Nc4 f4 17. Be6 Ngf6 18. Nxb6+ cxb6 19. Ba3 Kc7 20. d4 Nxe4 21. Rfe1
Nef6 22. f3 g5 23. Rad1 Rh6 24. Bf5 Nd5 25. dxe5 Ne3 26. Bxd6+ Rxd6 27. exd6+
Kb8 28. Bxd7 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd7 30. Rd5 Kc8 31. Kf2 g6 32. Ke2 Kd8 33. Kd3 Ke8
34. Kd4 g4 35. fxg4 Rf7 36. Re5+ Kd8 37. Re7 f3 38. gxf3 Rxf3 39. Rxb7 Rf4+ 40.
Kd5 Rxa4 41. c4 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Upton, Ian J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "BBC"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. Bg4 Qd7 8. Qf3
g6 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. Qxf5 gxf5 11. exd6 e6 12. O-O Bxd6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Bc7
15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Re1 Rdg8 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rg6
21. Bd2 Rhg8 22. g3 h5 23. c4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. h4 Rg4 26. Bg5 Ne4 27. d5 Kd6
28. f4 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. c5+ Kd7 31. dxe6+ fxe6 32. Rc2 Rd5 33. Rxd5+ exd5
34. b4 Ke6 35. Kg2 d4 36. Kf1 Kd5 37. Ke1 Re8 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johnson, J"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Hendon"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
a5 9. b5 cxb5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ba3 a4 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nd3 Bxd3
15. Bxd3 Re8 16. f4 e6 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Rc7 Qd8 21.
Rc3 Qe7 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Nd2 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qb2 Nf6 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. a3
Ne8 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qb4 Qd6 30. Qc3 Qc7 31. Qb4 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pelling, Tim W"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Mitcham"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Qd3 d5 7. exd6 O-O 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Re8 10. Be2 Bf5 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Be4 17. f3 Rad8+ 18. Kc1 Bg6 19. Rd1 Rc8 20.
Bf1 Rxc3+ 21. Kb2 Rc2+ 22. Kb3 Rc6 23. Rd5 h6 24. a4 Re3+ 25. Kb4 f6 26. Bb5
Rc8 27. Rd7 a6 28. Bc4+ Kh7 29. Rxb7 a5+ 30. Kxa5 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Farndon, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Central YMCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Bxf6 Qxb2 8.
Qc1 Ba3 9. Nxd5 Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 gxf6 11. Rc4 b5 12. Rc2 Bf5 13. e4 cxd5 14. exf5
Kd8 15. Bxb5 Rg8 16. Ne2 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rg5 18. h4 Rg8 19. Rh3 Nd7 20. Rb3 Bd6
21. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.11.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simpson, AM"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Ilford"]
[BlackTeam "Streatham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Nf6 7. d4 c5 8. d5
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bxf4 Bg6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bd3 Nbd7
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Qh3 Qe5 18. Nh7 Nxh7 19. Qxd7 Nf6 20. Qa4 Ng4
21. g3 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Parkes, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. h4 Na6 8. Be2 Nc7
9. Be3 a6 10. g4 Rb8 11. g5 Nfe8 12. Bg4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. b3
f5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Ne2 Rb4 20. Qh3 Ng7 21. Ng3 Rf7
22. h5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Bxg5 24. Ng3 Bxe3 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxd8+
Kxd8 28. fxe3 Rf3 29. Nf1 Nf5 30. Ke2 e4 31. Rc1 {there are no more moves in
my book! Rybka reckons it's equal now, so I'll assume we agreed a draw rather
than play on another day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Surrey Trophy"]
[Site "Streatham"]
[Date "1982.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emerson, Roger"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Streatham"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Be3 c5 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4
b5 15. Bb3 Ra7 16. d5 Rad7 17. Ke2 Rb7 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. Nd4 a5 20. a3 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 b4 22. a4 f6 23. Rc5 Kf7 24. Rhc1 e6 25. Rxa5 e5 26. Be3 f5 27. f3 Ke7 28.
d6+ Kf6 29. Rc7 Bc6 30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Ba8 32. Rf7+ Kg5 33. g3 1-0

