Ronald (Ronnie) Wilson Ives, Yorkshire Chess

[Ingrid Ives]

Thank you all for your comments. I’m posting with no real idea of what’s of particular interest, so the feedback is great.

My parents would have been delighted to know that this material is being so well received by the chess community. My father lived for his beloved chess and I think Mum thought if he was going to spend so much time on it, she might as well join in. The rest is history…..

Thank you for making me feel so welcome here. I had no idea what to expect as a chess numpty. I remember that Mum tried to teach me to play once, but she didn’t really have the time. She had been left with three very young children when my father Ronnie died at 40 years old. I’m sure we were more than a handful and that in terms of available time, teaching us chess would have been a luxury.

[Ingrid Ives]

Chess Club

[Ingrid Ives]

I’ve just found this. I’m surprised that this magazine was still being printed during the war.

[Ingrid Ives]

Chess Club

[Ingrid Ives]

Chess Club

[Ingrid Ives]

Chess Club

[Ingrid Ives]

Memorabilia

[Ingrid Ives]

It seems that Ray Edwards played my father. Ray is described in one of his columns (see attached) as a “20 year old Leeds University accountancy student”.

I haven’t been through all my Dad’s chess columns as there are so many. I just noticed these three as I posted them recently.

[Ingrid Ives]

Some entries from my father’s handwritten score sheets.

[Roger de Coverly]

Some entries from my father’s handwritten score sheets.

I think these would have been postal games.

[Ingrid Ives]

Some entries from my father’s handwritten score sheets.

I think these would have been postal games.

Yes, I think so.

[John Saunders]

I've now digitised most of the games from the Yorkshire Evening Post press cuttings and Ronald Ives scorebooks which Ingrid has posted here so far and present them here in a games viewer... there are 35 of them in total. (The first one appears in the window - if you want to view one of the other 34, click where you see the three dots above the board window.)

I've also added a couple of them to the relevant BritBase files. (Go to the BritBase 'What's New' page to check them out.)

I've not been able to date all the games precisely but the estimated dates won't be out by more than a year or so.

Last but not least, a big thank you to Ingrid for posting all this fascinating material.

[Event "Appleby Frodingham 6th"] [Site "Scunthorpe"] [Date "1958.05.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Beaty, John H"] [Black "Edwards, Raymond Brunton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Annotator "Ives, Ronald W"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "1958.05.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. Nf3 f5 {Black plays an aggressive opening, his choice being influ­enced by the state of the tourna­ment score. As it happened he had not played this opening in a serious game before.} 2. e4 {Clearly, White, too, intends to make a fight of it by offering a gambit.} fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 $2 ({This acceptance of the pawn loses by force. Best was} 4... d5 5. dxe4 h6 $1 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 Be6 {, with slight advantage to Black.}) 5. Bxd3 g6 ( {Already Black "feels the draught"! For, if} 5... d5 $2 6. Bxh7 $1) 6. h4 d5 7. h5 Rg8 ({This loses without a struggle. His best line is to play} 7... Bg4 8. f3 Bxh5 9. g4 Qd6 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 12. f4 Qf6 13. Qxh5+ Kd7 14. Nf7 Rg8 15. Qxd5+ {For a de­tailed analysis see “ Chess,” Vol. 20 p.320, but it is clear that in every line Black faces defeat.}) 8. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 9. Bxg6+ Rxg6 10. hxg6 Nf6 11. Rh8 Qd6 12. g7 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Qh2 14. Rxf8+ { White’s last few moves were hammer blows. Beaty had only taken ten minutes for his moves while his opponent had thought for well over an hour. At the “ post mortem” White con­fessed that he had specially pre­pared this line for an unsuspect­ing opponent. Black’s only conso­lation was to learn that Beaty himself had been defeated in summary fashion when the same line was sprung on him in the British Championship last year! No Harrogate player, at any rate, should now get himself en­tangled in this variation, and I am grateful to Mr. Edwards for his notes on the game . (Source: RW Ives column in Yorkshire Evening Post (undated) - viewtopic. php?f=27&t=13297&p=293550#p293550)} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 45th"] [Site "Leamington"] [Date "1958.08.28"] [Round "10.8"] [White "Gibbs, Peter Campbell"] [Black "Holmes, Richard Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1958.08.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5 Bc5 12. c4 Qxc4 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. Nxc5 O-O 15. Nxd4 Qxb2 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Re2 Qb5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be7 Rf7 20. Bc5 Rf5 21. Rec2 Rd5 22. Qg4 e5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. h3 h6 25. Be7 Re8 26. Qf7 { Source: press cutting, R W Ives (viewtopic. php?f=27&t=13297&p=293632&sid=823e5225e5b92cd972856e7358d5a240#p293632); British Championship Leamington 1958 edited by Eric Fisher} 1-0 [Event "National Club m"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Beaty, John H"] [Black "Sanderson, Peter Darrell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. dxc5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Ba6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 f6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Re3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rf5 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxd5 Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rde1 Rc7 26. Qg6 Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxd3 30. h4 Rd7 31. R1e3 Bc2 32. Rg3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. Rxe7+ Qxe7 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rg7 {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated) - viewtopic. php?f=27&t=13297#p293632 - n.b. year played has been deduced from a number of clues - about 80% sure it is correct - JS} 1-0 [Event "Yorkshire Championship 1958/59"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Edwards, Raymond Brunton"] [Black "Gibbs, Peter Campbell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 {Gibbs considers that 5... b5 was a mistake, although he had seen this move before this game. Attempts to defend this pawn lead to his subsequent difficulties. (RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post)} 6. e4 $5 (6. Bg5 {(!) - Gipslis/ECO}) 6... Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nd6 8. O-O c4 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc2 $44 Na6 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d6 $8 16. Nd4 g6 $2 (16... Bd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 g6 19. Be6+ $44) 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Bf5 $1 {Sources: CHESS, Vol.24, No.337-8, 25 April 1959, p216 (note, letter on page 226 correcting names); RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post column (viewtopic. php?f=27&t=13297&start=15#p293669)} 1-0 [Event "NN"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Beaumont, Kenneth"] [Black "Hempson, Peter W"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B70"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxa4 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Nb5 22. Bd1 f6 23. Rh3 Rf7 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Rf2 gxf5 26. Bh5 Rg7 27. Bg6 e6 28. Qf6 Bc8 {Source: RW Ives column (viewtopic. php?f=27&t=13297&start=15#p293669) - year not certain but it references a Barden simul on 21 May at 3pm - assuming that was a Saturday, it would probably be 1960.} ({White announced mate in five moves by} 28... Bc8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Qf8+ Rg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 33. Qxh7#) 1-0 [Event "Yorkshire League York-Harrogate"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Myers, JM."] [Black "Edwards, Raymond Brunton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C73"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] [WhiteTeam "York"] [BlackTeam "Harrogate"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. g4 Qc8 13. Rdg1 Rb8 14. Nd1 Be6 15. Rg3 Bxa2 16. b3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Rxb3 18. Qa2 Qb7 19. Kc2 Rb4 20. Bd2 Rb5 21. Nc3 Rb4 22. Nb1 c5 23. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 24. Kd1 cxb4 25. Qa4+ c6 26. Qxb4 O-O 27. Qb3+ d5 28. Re1 Qf4 29. Nbd2 exd4 30. Re4 Qc7 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Ra4 Nf4 33. Nd4 Re8 34. Re3 Rb8 35. Qc2 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 c5 37. Rf3 Ne6 38. Rxd5 Qb7 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Rb3 {Source: RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post column, undated cutting but alongside several others from 1960, hence estimated date} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 47th"] [Site "Leicester"] [Date "1960.08.20"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Abrahams, Gerald"] [Black "Haygarth, Michael John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E18"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1960.08.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bg5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. h3 gxf4 15. hxg4 fxg3 16. f4 Bc5+ {Source: RW Ives press cutting (1960, undated)} 0-1 [Event "Durham v York m"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Clark, EJ."] [Black "Borwell, Alan Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] [WhiteTeam "Durham"] [BlackTeam "York"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O d6 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. f3 Ng5 13. e4 Rf6 14. g3 Qh5 15. Qd1 Rh6 16. Qe2 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 f4 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qg2 Nd7 20. Rb1 Rf8 21. Rb5 e5 22. Rb2 Rg6 23. Nb1 h5 24. Bd2 hxg4 25. Be1 g3 26. hxg3 {and resigns. Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated). Year possibly 1960.} 0-1 [Event "Kowloon champ"] [Site "Kowloon"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "To Yu-Lau"] [Black "Haigh, MA."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "HKG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. c4 Qd7 9. Qe3 O-O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Nc3 e4 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Nb5 Ne6 15. Qc3 Be2 16. b4 Bxf1 17. bxc5 Kb8 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. Nc2 f4 20. Qa3 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Qxf2 22. Qh3 f3 23. Ne3 Bxg2+ 24. Nxg2 Qf1# {Source: RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated). Year is a guess.} 0-1 [Event "Doncaster v Wakefield m"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ferns, JL."] [Black "Brunt, PH."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A85"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] [WhiteTeam "Doncaster"] [BlackTeam "Wakefield"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bd3 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. O-O c5 19. Bxb5 cxd4 20. Qxc8 Qxe5 21. exd4 Qxb5 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Ng8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rd1 Ngf6 27. f3 Ng5 28. Qc3 Nd5 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Nf6 31. c6 Ne6 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Rxe6 { Source: RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated but probably 1960)} 1-0 [Event "Yorkshire ch 1958/59"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petkevitch, B."] [Black "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4rr2/p5kp/2q3p1/1p1bpp2/8/2PP2NP/P2Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 23"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 23. c4 Bxg2 24. cxb5 Qb7 25. Kh2 f4 26. Rg1 {... more moves in the next (unavailable) column. Source: Stanley Wilkinson, Yorkshire Evening Post column, undated but probably 1964} 0-1 [Event "County m Durham-Yorks"] [Site "Stockton"] [Date "1961.02.11"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Winscom, William Sidney"] [Black "Goldberg, I."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A52"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "1961.02.11"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] [WhiteTeam "Durham"] [BlackTeam "Yorkshire"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. b3 Bb4 8. Bb2 Qf6 9. e4 $2 Ng4 $2 (9... Nxc4 $1) 10. Qd2 Nxf2 $2 11. Bd3 $4 (11. e5 $1 Qxe5+ 12. Kxf2 Bc5+ {when} 13. Kf3 {is an only move which looks scary, but turns out to be quite safe.}) 11... Nxh1 {"and White soon resigned." Source: R W Ives column, February 1961.} 0-1 [Event "Kowloon champ"] [Site "Kowloon"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Haigh, MA."] [Black "Rees, JG."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "HKG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 b6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Bb7 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O Nc7 12. g4 Kh8 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Ng8 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Ng3 a6 19. a4 Ra7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxa5 Ng7 22. Rfa1 Qc8 23. b4 Bd8 24. R5a4 f6 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. bxc5 gxf5 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. cxd6 Ra8 29. Bxf5 Qb7 30. c5 Rf7 31. Rb4 Qa7 32. c6 {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated)} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 48th"] [Site "Aberystwyth"] [Date "1961.08.19"] [Round "6.16"] [White "Reuben, Stewart"] [Black "Edwards, Raymond Brunton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [Annotator "Ives, Ronald W"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1961.08.14"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 Bd6 $2 9. Qa4+ Kf8 ({Edwards remarks that 9...Kf8 was forced because if} 9... Bd7 10. Qe4+) 10. Bxd6+ Qxd6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Rc1 $16 b6 13. Nf2 $2 ({ 13 Nf2 is a poor move, and was played after half an hour’s thought. However, } 13. Nxc5 $2 bxc5 14. Bxa8 {does not seem to be quite good enough.}) ({ Stockfish 15:} 13. b4 $1 $16) 13... Bd7 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. O-O $2 g6 $2 17. Ne4 Kg7 18. Nfd2 $4 (18. Qc3+ f6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Nd4+ $11) 18... f5 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Qb1 ({20 Qb1 is a blunder in a lost position. If } 20. Qd1 {Black would get a winning ending after} Nxe2+ {followed by the exchange of queens.}) 20... Qe3+ {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post 1961. Contributed by Ingrid Ives via the English Chess Forum, 26 April 2023.} 0-1 [Event "Yorkshire"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Crookes, S."] [Black "Wrigley, J (Dr)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1961.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 c4 13. Be2 Rb8 14. h4 Bd7 15. Qf4 Kf8 16. g4 Kg7 17. g5 h5 18. Qf6+ Qxf6 19. gxf6+ Kh6 20. Ng5 Rhf8 21. a4 b6 22. Rg1 {n.b. at this point Black's next move is missing from the score - in all probability it was...} Be8 {... and we continue...} 23. Nh3 Na5 24. Nf4 Rh8 25. Bxh5 Bc6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Rg7+ Kh6 29. Rag1 Be8 30. f7 Bxf7 31. Rxf7 Rhg8 32. Rf6+ Kh7 33. Rg5 Rxg5 34. hxg5 Rg8 35. Nxe6 {Source: RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated). The game won the 1961 IM Brown Brilliancy Prize.} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 49th"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1962.08.20"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Footner, John Kenneth"] [Black "Penrose, Jonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A55"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1962.08.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 $2 17. Rd2 $2 (17. d6 $1 Bxd6 18. Qd2 $18) 17... Bd6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Be4 c4 21. Bg5 b4 22. Qd1 Nc5 23. Qg4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 {Source: bulletin; BCM, November 1962, p337} 0-1 [Event "GBR-ch 49th"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1962.08.24"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Littlewood, John Eric"] [Black "Abrahams, Gerald"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1962.08.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c4 8. a4 Qa5 9. Qd2 b5 10. g3 bxa4 11. Bg2 Nbc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Kh8 15. f4 Rg8 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. g4 f6 18. f5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rae1 Nxg4 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh4+ {Source: bulletin; (moves 18w-end) BCM, October 1962, p292} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 49th"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1962.08.17"] [Round "5.12"] [White "Wallis, Philip Norman"] [Black "Beaty, John Harold"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1962.08.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Be2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. f3 Nc5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bf2 Be5 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bf4 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. a4 Qg5 21. Bb5 Be5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. Bxa7 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bf1 Qg3 26. Bc4 c5 27. Bb6 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. Ke1 Nxg2+ 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Ke1 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "Simul - Keres 28 bds"] [Site "York"] [Date "1962.11.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Toothill, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D87"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1962.11.28"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Ne5 12. Bd5 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bd4 e6 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc4 Rab8 21. Qc1 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Nxc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 h5 25. Rc1 Nd1 26. Qe2 Rd2 27. Qe1 Nxf2 28. Bxe6 Nd3 29. Qf1 fxe6 30. Rxc6 Qe5 31. Rc8 Nf4 32. Qb1 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rh2+ {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated). Keres scored +17, =5 (JW Atkinson, MG Binks, RJ Still, R Thomas, JL Seppings), -3 (AP Borwell, S Wilkinson, A Toothill) - see BCM, January 1963, p13} 0-1 [Event "Appleby-Frodingham Premier 11th"] [Site "Scunthorpe"] [Date "1963.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hardy, Otto H"] [Black "Beaty, John Harold"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B88"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1963.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qf3 b6 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Rd2 Kh8 16. O-O Qd7 17. g4 g6 18. Ng3 gxf5 19. gxf5 Rg8 20. Kh1 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Rxg3 22. Qxg3 Nxe4 23. Qxe5+ dxe5 24. Rxd7 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nh3# {Source: RW Ives, Yorkshire Evening Post column (undated). Premier: 1-2 MJ Haygarth, OM Hindle 4/ 5; 3 JA Lawrence 3; 4 JH Beaty 2½; 5 DM Denison 1½; 6 OH Hardy 0.} 0-1 [Event "Northern Major Fortnight"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1963.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Van Maarnen, A."] [Black "Crookes, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1963.07.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nf3 Bf2+ 14. Ke2 Qe3# { Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated).} 0-1 [Event "Northern Bank Holiday"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1963.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Seppings, John L"] [Black "Durrant, Paul EO"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1963.08.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Qe2 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. e5 Ne4 19. f6 Nxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated)} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 50th"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.15"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Littlewood, Norman"] [Black "Hilton, Clifford George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 h6 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg5 Bg7 8. Nc3 hxg5 9. Rxh8 Bxh8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 g4 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rf1 g2 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. Nh5 Qg6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qxg2 Nb4 21. Ne2 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Nf6 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Nh5 26. Nxh5+ Qxh5 27. e6 Bc6 28. Qg3 Re8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bd4 Qh6+ 31. Kb1 Re7 32. Qxf5 Bf3 33. Bf6 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 50th"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Littlewood, Norman"] [Black "Wheatcroft, Timothy Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. f4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Re1 g6 14. f5 e5 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Qb3 e4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 a6 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qh4 Nxf4 24. Qh7+ {Source: BCM, October 1963, p290} 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch50 U18w"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sawyer, Rosemary"] [Black "Harman, Elizabeth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 h6 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Nf5 exd4 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. Bxh6 Qe8 10. Bxg7 Nc3+ 11. Kf1 Nxd1 12. Nf6# 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch50 U18w"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pike, Susan"] [Black "Tapper, Heather"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Bc4 Qh4 5. Bxf7+ Kd8 6. d3 Qxf2# {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated)} 0-1 [Event "GBR-ch50 U18"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Parr, David"] [Black "Levene, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A18"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qd1 Rad8 13. Kf1 Rd6 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bg5 Qe4 16. a3 Bc5 17. Bc4 Rd6 18. Qb3 Nxd4 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qf3 Qd3+ 0-1 [Event "GBR-ch 50th"] [Site "Bath"] [Date "1963.08.20"] [Round "8.8"] [White "Haygarth, Michael John"] [Black "Pritchard, David Brine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C75"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1963.08.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. d5 Nb8 10. c4 b5 11. Bb3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Ne4 a5 19. Rfe1 Na6 20. a3 Qe8 21. Rac1 Qg6 22. Rc6 Qf5 23. Nfd2 Qc8 24. Rec1 Qb7 25. b3 Bd8 26. Qh3 Rf7 27. Qe6 Kf8 28. R6c3 Qa7 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. Nxf3 h6 31. Rc3 c5 32. Nxe5 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch 46th Major Open"] [Site "York"] [Date "1959.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Myers, JM."] [Black "Ewart, Brian R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1959.08.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. Qb3 e5 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bb5 Qxf3 15. Qc4 Qxh1+ 16. Ke2 Qxa1 17. Qxc5+ Kb8 18. Qxa7+ Kc7 19. Qc5+ Kb8 20. Qxe5+ Ka8 21. Qc5 Kb8 22. Bf4+ {Source: RW Ives column (undated)} 1-0 [Event "Yorkshire Championship 1957/58"] [Site "Yorkshire"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Beaumont, Kenneth"] [Black "Edwards, Raymond Brunton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C27"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1958.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives column"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Bb3 Qd6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qh6 Rfe8 15. O-O-O c6 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. Rdg1+ Ng4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxh7+ Ke6 21. hxg4 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Re7 23. gxf5+ Kd7 24. Qh3 Kc7 25. dxe4 Rae8 26. f3 d3 27. Rg4 Qxf5 28. cxd3 Qd7 29. Qh2+ Bd6 30. Qd2 Be5 31. a3 Rd8 32. Rd1 Qd4 33. Rg2 Rf7 34. Qa5+ Kc8 35. Rc1 {('R-KB1' is the move given but makes no sense. I am speculating that the rook went to QB1, after which the score at least makes sense - JS)} Bc7 36. Qh5 Qxd3+ 37. Ka2 Qxf3 38. Qg6 Rf6 39. Qg7 Qxe4 40. Rg4 Qd5+ 41. Ka1 Qf7 {Source: RW Ives column, Yorkshire Evening Post (undated)} 0-1 [Event "PCC Premier 3 corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E87"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1952.??.??"] [EventType "tourn (corr)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives scorebook"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O f4 12. Bf2 Nc5 13. h4 Bf6 14. Bh3 Bxh3 15. Nxh3 Ng7 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Rg4 Qe7 18. Rhg1 b6 19. Ng5 Rg8 20. Qd1 Nh5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Ne6 Ng7 23. Nxg7 Rxg7 24. Qf1 a5 25. b5 Rag8 26. Qh3 Qd7 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Qe6 Qxe6 29. dxe6 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. h5 ({"Yes, I really underestimated the power of the P on e6. Thought you had to play} 32. Nd5 { at once. No need to report the result." (BH Wood comment to RW Ives)}) 32... Kh6 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Nxe7 Kxh5 36. Nc6 {Source: RW Ives scorebook} 1-0 [Event "PCC Premier 3 corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Black "Beaty, John Harold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1952.??.??"] [EventType "tourn (corr)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives scorebook"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 Qa5 8. d5 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qxd6 $5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bc3 Be5 14. Bxe5 Ncxe5 15. Nec3 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxf3+ 17. Kf2 Qh5 18. Qxd7 $1 Qe5 19. Qc7 Qd4+ 20. Kxf3 f5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Kg2 fxe4 23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 {Source: RW Ives scorebook} 1-0 [Event "PCC Championship corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1954.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Moses, George W"] [Black "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B55"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1954.06.14"] [EventType "tourn (corr)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives scorebook"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Na3 Bf5 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ndb1 Nd5 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Nc3 Nxa2+ 17. Nxa2 Bxa3 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Be7 {(draw offer recorded - by White?)} 20. Rhd1 Kc7 21. Bxg7 Rhd8 22. Bc3 Nb6 23. Nb4 a5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Na6+ Kb7 26. Nc5+ Kc6 27. Ne4 Rg8 28. g3 f5 29. Nd2 Bc5 30. Re1 b4 31. Bf6 Rg6 32. Bd8 Bxf2 33. Re2 Kd7 34. Bxb6 Bxb6 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Ne5+ Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rh6 38. h4 Rg6 39. Rxa5 Rxg3 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Rxh7 {(draw offered, presumably by White)} f4 42. Rb7 Kc5 43. Kd2 e5 44. Ke2 e4 45. Re7 Kd5 46. Rd7+ Ke5 47. Re7+ Kf5 48. Kf2 e3+ 49. Kf1 Kg4 50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Rd2+ 52. Ke4 e2 53. Rg7+ Kh3 {Source: RW Ives scorebook} 0-1 [Event "PCC Championship corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1954.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Black "Bonner, Denys Pepperell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A94"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1954.06.14"] [EventType "tourn (corr)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives scorebook"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Rf7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ndf3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Nd3 b6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. e3 a6 30. Kf2 Nf7 31. Bf1 Kd6 32. Ke2 b5 33. Kd2 b4 34. Bd3 Ne5 35. h4 h5 36. Be2 Bc8 37. Bf1 {(White offered a draw)} Kc5 38. Be2 a5 39. f4 Nf7 40. Nf3 Bd7 41. Bd3 Nd6 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. Ne5 Be8 44. Bxe4 fxe4 45. g4 Kd6 46. Kd2 Ke6 47. Ke1 hxg4 48. Nxg4 d4 49. exd4 Kf5 50. Ne3+ Kxf4 51. Nd5+ Kf5 52. Kf2 Bf7 53. Ne7+ Ke6 $2 ({Stockfish 15:} 53... Kf4 $11) 54. Nc6 Kd5 55. Ne5 Bg8 56. Ke3 a4 57. Nxg6 (57. bxa4 $18) 57... Kd6 $2 ({ Stockfish 15:} 57... axb3 58. axb3 Kd6 $13) 58. bxa4 Bxa2 59. Ne5 Bd5 60. Ng4 Ke6 ({Stockfish 15:} 60... b3 $1 61. Kd2 b2 62. Kc2 Bb3+ $1) 61. Kd2 Bc6 62. a5 Kd5 63. h5 Be8 64. h6 Bg6 65. a6 {"My break-up of the position was ill-conceived" (Denys Bonner) Source: RW Ives scorebook} 1-0 [Event "PCC Championship corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1954.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Beaty, John Harold"] [Black "Ives, Ronald Wilson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1954.06.14"] [EventType "tourn (corr)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Ronald Ives scorebook"] [SourceDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Ne2 Bc5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Kh1 h5 10. f3 h4 11. gxh4 Nxe4 12. fxg4 Qxh4 13. Nf3 Qf2 14. Ng5 Qg1+ { Source: RW Ives scorebook} 0-1

EDITED the DP Bonner game - the appended comment we now think was made by Bonner and not Ronnie Ives - JS

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Last but not least, a big thank you to Ingrid for posting all this fascinating material."

Yes. Also confirmation that the games labelled "PCC" are from BH Wood's "Postal Chess Club".

[Ingrid Ives]

John, thank you very, very much for all your hard work. My only regret is not having thought about posting here before, when Mum was still alive. She would have been absolutely over the moon to see all this. For years and years, all of Dad's 'Chess Club' columns were loose in a folder and she kept saying they should be in an album so one Christmas, I put them all together into three albums for her. The only snag was that they were not dated so the sequence only worked when the 'Chess Club' columns themselves were numbered. Before and after that, they're in a totally random sequence.

I'm glad you explained how the games viewer works! Obviously the games don't mean much to me but I'm enjoying looking at them nevertheless, and seeing my father's notations and comments from back in the 50s and 60s come to life. This has been an amazing experience for me. I have a few more 'Chess Club' columns that I've picked out to post and after that, I'll loan my collection to you for you to browse at your leisure. Your expert eye to pick out anything of importance will be much more efficient than my guesswork! Please feel free to post or publish anything of my father's that you see fit.

[Ingrid Ives]

"Last but not least, a big thank you to Ingrid for posting all this fascinating material."

Yes. Also confirmation that the games labelled "PCC" are from BH Wood's "Postal Chess Club".

Kevin, does this mean that BH Woods organised the club? Was it an annual event, and how would one qualify for it?