Chess Scotland

The New Zealand International Master Robert Wade made an extended visit to Scotland in the early months of 1953 to give lectures and simultaneous displays. The visit also included an eight game match with Fairhurst.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Bf1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be6 11.b3 Ng4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Bh4 14.g3 Bf6 15.Rb1 Re8 16.Bg2 c6 17.Qd1 Ne5 18.c4 Qa5 19.Re2 Rad8 20.Bb2 Nd7 21.Qc2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Qe5 23.Rd1 Qxb2 24.Rxb2 Nf6 25.f3 Kf8 26.Rbd2 Ke7 27.f4 h6 28.Bf3 Nh7 29.Kf2 Nf8 30.Bg4 Ne6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.h4 h5 33.Kf3 e5 34.Ke3 Rf8 [Adjourned-resumed Friday 06 February] 35.Rf2 g6 36.Rdf1 Ke6 37.Rd2 Rd7 38.Rfd1 Rfd8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxe5 Kxe5 41.Rg2 d5 ½-½

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.0-0 Nc7 9.Ne1 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Rxb6 13.Nd3 e6 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 Re8 16.h3 Bf5 17.g4 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 h5 19.g5 Nd7 20.f4 Rb4 21.Na4 f5 22.Bd2 Rb8 23.Rae1 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Qf8 26.Ba5 Re8 27.Re2 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 Qe8 29.Bf3 Qxe2 30.Bxe2 Na8 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.Bd3 Bg7 34.Bc2 Bd4 35.Ke2 Bg1 36.b3 Bh2 37.Kf3 Bg1 38.Bc3 Kd8 [Adjourned] 39.Ba5+ Kc8 40.Nc3 Bd4 41.Ne2 Bb2 42.Ng3 Nc7 43.Nxf5 gxf5 44.Bxf5 Ne8 45.Be6 Ng7 46.f5 Bc1 47.h4 Bb2 48.f6 Nxe6 49.dxe6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Bxf6 51.Kg3 Be5+ 52.Kf3 Bf6 53.Be1 Kc7 54.Ke4 Kd8 55.Kf5 Ke7 56.Bg3 Bc3 57.Bf4 a5 58.Bg5+ Kf8 59.Kg6 Be5 60.Bf6 Bd4 61.Bd8 Ke8 62.Bg5 Be5 63.Kxh5 1-0

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bd2 Ba5 9.Qc2 h6 10.Rad1 Re8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 b6 16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.c5 Rad8 19.Nc4 Re7 20.Nd6 Ne8 21.Nxe8 Rexe8 22.f4 Re7 23.Qe4 g6 24.Bc4 Kh7 25.Rd3 Red7 26.b4 bxc5 27.bxc5 Qc8 28.f5 exf5 29.Rxf5 Re8 30.Qh4 Ree7 31.Rf6 Qf8 32.Rdf3 Qg7 33.Qf2 Kg8 34.h4 h5 35.Qg3 Kh7 36.Qg5 Bc8 [Adjourned] 37.Qf4 Rb7 38.Bxf7 Bf5 39.Qg5 Rxf7 40.R3xf5 Rxf6 41.Rxf6 Rf7 42.Rxf7 Qxf7 43.d5 cxd5 44.c6 d4 45.Qd8 Qf4 46.Qe7+ Kh8 47.c7 Qc1+ 48.Kf2 Qd2+ 49.Kg3 Qc3+ 50.Kh2 Qc1 51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.c8Q 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.d5 c6 10.h3 Bc8 11.Ne1 e6 12.Nc3 exd5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Nd3 Nc6 16.Nf4 d4 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Bd2 Qxb3 19.axb3 Bd7 20.b4 Rfe8 21.Rfd1 Nd8 22.Nd3 Bc6 23.Bxc6 Nxc6 24.Bf4 a6 25.Kf1 Bf8 26.Bd2 Rad8 27.Rac1 Rd5 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.bxc5 a5 30.Rc4 f6 31.Bf4 g5 32.Bc7 Re7 33.Bb6 Rde5 34.Rd2 Re1+ 35.Kg2 R1e2 36.Rcxd4 Nxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxb2 38.Rd6 a4 39.Bd8 Ree2 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 b4 7.Na4 Qc7 8.Nd2 g6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 d6 11.a3 a5 12.e4 0-0 13.e5 Nfd7 14.exd6 exd6 15.0-0 Nf6 16.Nf3 Nbd7 17.h3 Rfb8 18.axb4 axb4 19.Ra2 Ba6 20.Be3 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 b3 22.Ra3 Rb4 23.Qc3 Raxa4 24.Rxa4 Rxa4 25.Qxb3 Rb4 26.Qa3 Qb8 27.Nd2 Nb6 28.Qa2 Nfd7 29.b3 Nf6 30.Nc4 Nbxd5 31.Qd2 Nxe3 32.Nxe3 Rxb3 33.Nc4 Bf8 34.Qg5 Bg7 35.Qd2 d5 36.Bxd5 Nxd5 37.Qxd5 Bd4 38.Nd6 Rxg3+ 39.Kh2 Rg5 40.Qxg5 Qxd6+ 41.Qg3 Qf6 42.Kg2 c4 43.Re1 c3 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Rc8 Be5 46.Qe3 h5 47.Rc4 Kh7 48.f4 Bd6 49.Qxc3 Qxc3 50.Rxc3 Bxf4 51.Rf3 g5 52.h4 f6 53.hxg5 fxg5 54.Rxf4 ½-½

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.e5 Ne8 6.Nf3 d6 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Bxd4 11.c5 Bxc5 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Nb5 e5 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Bc4 Qe7 17.h4 Nd4 18.Qe4 Qf6 19.Rh3 Rac8 20.Kb1 Bb6 21.Bd3 Ne6 22.Rf3 Qe7 23.Bc4 Bd4 24.Bd5 Rc5 25.a3 Rb5 26.Rd2 f5 27.Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.Qe2 Rc5 29.Rfd3 Rec8 30.Rd1 Rc2 31.R3d2 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qc4 33.Qxc4+ Rxc4 34.Ka2 Kf7 35.g3 Ke6 36.Bg7 a5 37.Bh6 a4 38.Bg5 Bc5 39.Re2 Rd4 40.f4 e4 41.h5 Rd3 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.g4 Rd1 44.gxf5+ Kxf5 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.f3 g5 9.Bg3 Qa5 10.Bxd6 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc3+ 13.Kf2 Qxa1 14.Be5 Qc1 15.Bxh8 Nc6 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Qxb7 Rc8 18.h4 Nd4 19.Bf6 Nf5 20.g4 Qe3+ 21.Kg2 gxh4 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Rxh4 Kf8 24.Re4 Qa3 25.Bb2 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Qe2 Bc6 13.Rad1 h6 14.Bc1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nbd5 16.Ne4 Qa5 17.Bb1 Rfd8 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qe4 Rac8 20.Rd3 Rc4 21.Rb3 Qc7 22.Be3 b6 23.Rd3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Qc6 25.Qg4 Rc1 26.Rdd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Qb5 28.b3 Qa5 29.Rf1 Bg5 30.Qe4 Bf6 31.Qg4 Kf8 32.Qe2 Qc3 33.Re1 Rc8 34.Kf1 Bg5 35.Bd3 Qc7 36.Kg1 Qd6 37.Bc4 Kg8 38.Rf1 Rc7 39.Qf3 Qc6 40.Qg3 ½-½

W.A. Fairhurst v R.G. Wade 1953