(234679) Hanks,John - Curtis,John [A58]
AUS-ch Melbourne (2), 28.12.1971
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 d6 9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.b3 Rfc8 13.Rb1 Ne5 14.Bd2 Bb5 15.a4 Bd7 16.Rb2 Bf5 17.Qc1 Rcb8 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Nb5 Ne4 20.f3 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Bd7 22.Rbb1 Bxb5 23.axb5 Qxb5 24.f4 Nd7 25.Qe3 Bf6 26.g4 Ra2 27.Ng1 Re8 28.Qh3 Rc2 29.Be4 Rc3 30.Bd3 Qb7 31.g5 Bg7 32.f5 Nf8 33.Nf3 Ra8 34.Be4 Rxb3 35.Rxb3 Qxb3 36.Qg2 Qe3 37.Nh4 Ra4 38.f6 Qxe4 39.Qxe4 Rxe4 40.fxg7 Rxh4 41.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 0-1
(275265) Rogers,Ian - Curtis,John [B11]
AUS-ch Sydney (1), 1975
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 e6 4.e5 c5 5.Qg3 Ne7 6.Nf3 a6 7.d3 Nf5 8.Qf4 Nc6 9.Be2 h5 10.Bd1 g6 11.h4 Bh6 12.Qh2 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 b5 14.0-0 Qc7 15.Re1 Bb7 16.Ne2 Qa5 17.Nf4 Qxa2 18.c4 dxc4 19.dxc4 b4 20.Nd3 Qa5 21.Ba4 0-0-0 22.Ra1 Qb6 23.Red1 Ncd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Nf4 Rhd8 0-1
(3304819) Castor,David (2017) - Curtis,John (2328) [C47]
Doeberl Cup 43rd Canberra (1), 25.03.2005
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Bf5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rd5 Bxc2 18.Rxc5 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bb3 Bf5 21.h3 Be6 22.Re1 Rc6 23.Re4 Ra6 24.Kh2 Kg7 25.Rb4 Ra3 26.Rb7 Bxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.f3 Ra2 29.h4 f5 30.Kh3 Kg6 31.Rb6+ Kg7 32.Rb5 Kg6 33.Rb6+ f6 34.f4 Ra3 35.g3 Ra1 36.Rb7 Ra2 37.Ra7 Ra3 38.Rb7 h5 39.Ra7 1/2-1/2
(156) Russell,Michael - Curtis,John [B21]
Gosford District 2009 Hastings (1), 16.06.2009
[,Keith]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 dxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nge2 Bc6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rac1 0-0 13.Rfe1 pressre building on the e4 pawn 13...h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nf4 Qxd4 16.Nxe4?? as it turns out black has prepared the x-ray against white's c-file snd over-worked e-Rook 16...Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 white resigns since Rxe4 is calamatous with ...Rxc1+ 0-1
(157) Curtis,John - Russell,Paul [A21]
Gosford District 2009 Hastings (3), 06.2009
[,Keith]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 Qc7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d5 Nf6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Bxe4? 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.0-0 Raf8 16.Bh6 Rfg8 17.c5 Qa5 18.dxc6 Nb8 19.Qxd6+ Ke8 20.Nf6# 1-0
(158) Curtis,John - Clark,Neil [D53]
Gosford District 2009 Hastings (5), 07.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.e3 0-0 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nd8 10.Be2 h6 11.Nb5 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Rc1 exd5 14.Nxc7 Nc6 15.Nxa8 Be6 16.Ne5 Nf6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.0-0 Rxa8 19.Rxc6 Ne4 20.Qc2 Qg5 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Qc6 Rf8 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.f4 Qh4 25.Qxd5 Nf6 26.Qf3 Nh7 27.Bd3 Qe7 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Bxe4 Nf6 30.Bf3 Re8 31.Re1 h5 32.e4 Kg8 33.e5 Nd7 34.Bxh5 Rf8 35.e6 Nf6 36.e7 a few moves later White won 1-0
(115) Eves,Anthony (1531) - Brown,Phil (1413) [B32]
Gosford vs The Rest Gosford (60 min), 26.07.2005
[notes by Phil - one note by krf]
I spoke to Tony after the game - saying that I thought you too would be a pretty good pairing, Tony being an opening enthusiast when he said that he had not seen a game like it "definitely not 'book' " krf 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Not sure what he's up to, but i'll head for an accelerated dragon. 3...Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 [5...Nxe5 thought about this, because of Qa5+, but talked myself out of it on account of Bxf7+, which on analysis doesn't work 6.Nxe5 (6.Bxf7+ Nxf7 missed this option entirely.) 6...Qa5+ 7.c3 Qxe5+] 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Qxe5+ 10.Nde4 Fritz agrees that it's the best move, but it's not a great choice to have to make. 10...d5 11.Qf3 Bf5 Diagram
According to Fritz 8 -.34 while Junior 8 +.21 depth 17/20 --krf---
[this was better, it forces queens off and grabs another pawn. 11...Qf5 12.Qxf5 Bxf5 13.Ng3 Bxc2 14.Kd2 Bg6 15.Ne6 Bf7 16.Re1 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Kf7 18.Re2 e5 19.f3 Rc8] 12.g4 Bg6 according to Junior 8 its way to close -.07 krf [12...Be6; 12...e6 13.gxf5 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 15.Nxe4 exf5 16.Ng3 Re8+] 13.0-0 although now BOTH heavily favour black with Junior -1.76 krf 13...dxe4 14.Qb3+ didn't see this until it happened, fortunately there is an adequate response. 14...e6 15.Qxb7 Re8 [15...Rd8 this is better, it avoids the white queens attack after Qxc6 and so keeps the bishop on g6 free, and it places the rook on a soon to be open file. 16.Qxc6 Bd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5] 16.Qxc6 Bd6 [16...h5 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.g5] 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5 19.Qd7 d3+ 20.Kh1 Qd5 [20...dxc2 better, puts awful pressure on d1] 21.cxd3 [21.c4 this would have spoilt my plans] 21...Rf8 22.Kg2 Bxd3 23.Be3 Be4 24.Bd4 Bxf3+ 25.Kh3 Bg2+ [missed the mate in 6, went for the huge material advantage. i had 25 mins left, tony only had 11. 25...Bxg4+ 26.Kxg4 Qg2+ 27.Kh4 Qxh2+ 28.Kg4 h5+ 29.Kg5 Qg3#] 26.Kh4 Bg3+ 0-1
(113) Murrell,Mal - Nutter,John [A01]
Central Coast District CCLC, 05.07.2005
[,keith]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Diagram
4...Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 [5...Nxe5 6.Nxe5 (6.Bxf7+ Nxf7) 6...Qa5+ 7.c3 Qxe5+] 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Qxe5+ 10.Nde4 d5 11.Qf3 Bf5 [11...Qf5 12.Qxf5 Bxf5 13.Ng3 Bxc2 14.Kd2 Bg6 15.Ne6 Bf7 16.Re1 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Kf7 18.Re2 e5 19.f3 Rc8] 12.g4 Bg6 [12...Be6; 12...e6 13.gxf5 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 15.Nxe4 exf5 16.Ng3 Re8+] 13.0-0 dxe4 14.Qb3+ e6 15.Qxb7 Re8 [15...Rd8 16.Qxc6 Bd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5] 16.Qxc6 Bd6 [16...h5 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.g5 Diagram ] 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qc5 19.Qd7 d3+ 20.Kh1 Qd5 [20...dxc2] 21.cxd3 [21.c4] 21...Rf8 22.Kg2 Bxd3 23.Be3 Be4 24.Bd4 Bxf3+ 25.Kh3 Bg2+ [25...Bxg4+ 26.Kxg4 Qg2+ 27.Kh4 Qxh2+ 28.Kg4 h5+ 29.Kg5 Qg3#] 26.Kh4 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2
(111) Murrell,Mal - Nutter,John [A01]
Central Coast District CCLC, 05.07.2005
[,keith]
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Diagram
4...Be7 5.Be2 b6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 0-0 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Na6 11.a3 Nc5 12.Nc3 a5 13.d4 Nce4 14.Bd3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 a4 16.bxa4 Ra7 17.a5 Qa8 18.Be2 Be4 19.Qd2 bxa5 20.0-0 Rb8 21.Rfc1 Rb3 22.a4 Nd5 23.Bc4 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qxf3 27.Bf1 c5 28.Bg2 Qf5 29.Qb3 Rd7 30.Qb5 e5 31.dxc5 Rd2 32.Rf1 Bh4 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qc6 Bxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qg5 36.Qe4+ Diagram 36...f5 37.Qxe5 Bxe3 38.Qxf5+ Qxf5 39.Rxf5 Rd1+ 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Bxf1 Bxc5 42.Bb5 Bd6 43.h3 Kg6 44.Kg2 Kg5 45.Bd7 Kf4 46.Bb5 h5 47.Bc6 g5 48.Bb5 g4 49.hxg4 hxg4 1/2-1/2
