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Glasgow International Tournament 1953
Success for a young Jonathan Penrose
This interesting event, organized under the auspices of the Scottish Chess Association, was held from July 27 - August 5, in the Magistrates Room, 40 John St., Glasgow, with the following competitors:- Dr J.M. Aitken, W.A. Fairhurst, N.A. Macleod and E. Knopfler, Scotland; R.G. Wade, New Zealand; D.A. Yanofsky, Canada; and H. Golombek and J. Penrose, England. Play was scheduled to take place from 9am to 1pm and 5.30pm to 7.30pm, with Friday 31 July reserved (10am to 1pm) for unfinished games.
Pts 1. Penrose, J. 5 2. Fairhurst, W.A. 4½ 3. Golombek, H. 4½ 4. Wade, R.G. 4½ 5. Yanofsky, D.A. 4½ 6. Aitken, Dr J.M. 2½ 7. Macleod, N.A. 2½ 8. Knopfler, E. 0 This was a fine success for the young English representative. Penrose, who was only a few months shy of his 20th birthday, would go on to win the British championship a record ten times.
Four players shared 2nd-5th places, a half-point behind the winner. Fairhurst, Scotland's leading representative, lost only to Yanofsky as a result of a blunder which cost a pawn; thereafter, he could do nothing against Yanofsky's powerful endgame play.
Golombek and Wade, regular visitors to Scotland during their long playing careers, were both very active international players and both were great popularisers of the game. Wade was the only one to win against Penrose.The Canadian Yanofsky, who had represented Canada at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad when he was 14 years of age, had been studying at Oxford University since 1951. He went on to score a major success later in the year by winning the British championship. He also gained first-class honours in his Bachelor of Civil Law examinations and then headed back to Canada where he had a successful career in law, as well as being very active in civic politics. He became Canada's first Grandmaster in 1964.
Aitken, who won the Scottish championship in April of this year, was normally more reliable, but he lost too many games to be successful in such a short event.
Norman Macleod was a better player than his score suggested, but he suffered from a lack of regular, strong practice. He was a runner-up to Aitken in the 1953 Scottish Championship, held a few months before this event, and he did go on to represent Scotland at the Munich 1958 Olympiad. Shortly after the end of this event Macleod, who worked for the Foreign Office, left for Washington D.C., where his duties were expected to keep him for about two years. Macleod became highly respected in the area of chess problem composition and FIDE awarded him the title of International Grandmaster of Chess Composition posthumously in 1994.Erwin Knopfler was strong enough to play on board two for Glasgow CC, behind Fairhurst, and he had also been a runner-up to Aitken in the 1953 Scottish Championship. (He also participated in the 1952 and 1954 events.) This would have justified his being given a place in this event, but, like Macleod, all his opponents had much more experience of playing high-level tournament chess. (According to Chess, September 1953, p 225, Knopfler lost his games against Penrose, Golombek and Yanofsky by default.) Knopfler, who died in 1993, aged 84, was the father of Mark and David Knopfler of Dire Straits fame, as pointed out by Douglas Bryson in his Scotland on Sunday column of November 27, 2005.
GAMES
Knopfler - Fairhurst
Glasgow International 1953 (1)
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Qc2 0-0 8.0-0 e5 9.e4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nh4 Re8 12.a3 Qd7 13.Bf1 a6 14.Ndf3 Rac8 15.Ng5 Rcd8 16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 d4 18.Bh3 Qc7 19.f4 Nxb4 20.Qb1 Qxc3 21.Bd2 Qxd2 22.Ngf3 Qxd3 23.Qxb4 exf4 24.Bf1 Qc3 25.Qxb6 Bxe4 26.Rac1 Qa3 27.Ne5 fxg3 28.Qc7 gxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qe7 30.Nxf7 Qxf7 31.Bc4 Bd5 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 0-1Macleod - Yanofsky
Glasgow International 1953 (1)
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Nb5 f6 8.Bd3 a6 9.Qh5+ Kf8 10.Bh6 cxd4 11.Rh3 Nxe5 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7 13.Rg3+ Kf8 14.Nxd4 Nbc6 15.Ngf3 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qb4 19.Qg4 Ke8 20.Re1 e5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Kd8 23.f4 Rc8 24.Rg7 Rf8 25.Qxh7 Rc7 26.Rg8 Qd4 27.fxe5 Rc2 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.Qf5 Bc5 0-1Penrose - Macleod
Glasgow International 1953 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nd5 Na5 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.d4 Nxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Re1 c5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Qe2 0-0 16.f3 Nh5 17.Nf1 Qf6 18.Qf2 Rac8 19.Be3 c4 20.bxc4 Rxc4 21.Bc5 Rc8 22.b4 Qc6 23.Ne3 Rxc5 24.bxc5 Qxc5 25.Red1 Nf4 26.Rd7 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Qd2 Qc5 29.Kh1 b4 30.Nf5 a5 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Ne7 h5 33.Qg8+ Kh6 34.Nf5+ Kg5 35.Qxg7+ Ng6 36.h4+ Kf4 37.Qh6# 1-0Penrose - Aitken
Glasgow International 1953 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Bc5 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bb3 Na5 9.c3 d3 10.Ng5 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qf7+ Kd7 14.b4 Bb6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Qc4 Ke8 17.Bf4 h6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.Rxe6 Qf7 20.Nd2 Kf8 21.Rae1 Ng6 22.h4 Nxf4 23.Qxf4 Kg8 24.Re7 Qf6 25.Qc4+ Kh7 26.R1e6 Qf8 27.Qxd3 Rd8 28.Qg3 Rg8 29.Rxh6+ Kxh6 30.Qg5+ Kh7 31.Qh5# 1-0Aitken - Fairhurst
Glasgow International 1953 (6)
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.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Ne5 11.Bf4 c6 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Bd3 Bb4 14.Rxe5 Qd4 15.Re2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Qe1 Qxe1+ 18.Raxe1 Rfe8 19.Bc4 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Re8 21.Kf1 Rxe2 22.Kxe2 Kf8 23.Ke3 Ke7 24.Kd4 Nd7 25.a4 a5 26.Bd3 Kd6 27.Bc4 f6 28.Bb3 h6 29.Bc4 Nc5 30.Bb3 b5 31.axb5 Nxb3+ 32.cxb3 cxb5 33.h4 Kc6 34.f4 Kd6 35.g4 Kc6 36.h5 Kd6 37.g5 Kc6 0-1Wade - Penrose
Glasgow International 1953 (6)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 b6 14.b4 Nf6 15.c5 Rf7 16.Rc1 Kh8 17.Qb3 Ng6 18.Rc2 h5 19.Rfc1 g4 20.Nb5 Ne8 21.a4 a6 22.Na3 Rb8 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.b5 a5 25.Rc6 Ne7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.fxg4 hxg4 29.Bxg4 Rc7 30.Nc4 Qg5 31.Bxc8 Rxc8 32.Nxb6 Rc1+ 33.Ne1 Nf6 34.Qa3 Rb1 35.Qd3 Rb4 36.Nc4 Qg6 37.Nxd6 Bf8 38.Qh3+ Nh7 39.Nf5 Rxe4 40.Nh4 Qf6 41.Qc8 Rb4 42.g3 Kg8 43.Qg4+ Kf7 44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Qg4+ Kf7 46.Nd3 fxg3 47.Qxg3 Rxa4 48.Nxe5+ Ke8 49.Qc3 Qg5+ 50.Bg3 Qd8 51.Qc6+ 1-0Fairhurst - Golombek
Glasgow International 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bb1 Be7 15.a3 Nd5 16.Qd3 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.Ng3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qf3 Qh4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bd2 Bc6 25.Be4 Ne7 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Bc3 Bxc3 28.Qxc3 Qc4 29.Qe3 Na5 ½-½Fairhurst - Penrose
Glasgow International 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qb3 Bg7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 e6 8.Nge2 b6 9.0-0 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 Qd7 12.a4 Bc4 13.Qd1 a5 14.b3 Ba6 15.Bc1 Rc8 16.Ba3 Ra7 17.Rc1 Rac7 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Nf4 Nb4 ½-½Fairhurst - Wade
Glasgow International 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 b6 13.b4 f4 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.c5 g5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nf2 h5 18.g3 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nh7 20.Kg2 Ng6 21.Rh1 h4 22.Nh3 Kg8 23.Rag1 Qf6 24.g4 Qe7 25.Rc1 Rf7 26.Rhf1 Nf4+ 27.Nxf4 exf4 28.Nb5 Qd8 29.Bc3 Ba6 30.Bxg7 Bxb5 31.Bxb5 Kxg7 32.Ba6 Qf6 33.Rc6 Re8 34.Qc3 Nf8 35.Qxf6+ Rxf6 36.Rc7+ Rf7 37.Rfc1 Ng6 38.R7c3 Ne5 39.a3 Rh8 40.Rh1 Kf6 41.Kh3 Rb8 42.a4 Re7 43.Re1 Rh8 44.Re2 Rhe8 45.Bb5 Rd8 46.Ba6 Nd7 47.Re1 Nb8 48.Bb5 Ke5 49.Rd1 Rb7 50.Rdc1 a6 51.Be2 a5 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.Bb5 Nd7 54.Rc7 Rxc7 55.Rxc7 Nc5 56.Rg7 Kf6 57.Ra7 Nb3 58.Kg2 Rc8 59.Bc6 Rb8 60.Rd7 ½-½Yanofsky - Fairhurst
Glasgow International 1953
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.Re1 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qf3 Re8 11.h3 Qb8 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Bf8 14.Rb1 Qc8 15.Qf3 Qe6 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Qg3 g6 18.f4 Bg7 19.Qf3 Qc4 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.cxd3 Nc5 22.Rbd1 Ne6 23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rd2 Bd4+ 25.Kh2 Nxg5 26.fxg5 Be3 27.Rc2 Bxg5 28.Na4 c5 29.Nc3 Be3 A blunder throwing away a won game. Yanofsky's endgame play is superb. 30.Nd5 Bd4 31.Nxc7 Re7 32.Nd5 Reb7 33.b3 Kg7 34.g4 a5 35.Rc4 Ra7 36.Ra4 g5 37.h4 h6 38.h5 Rbb7 39.Kg2 Rb8 40.Kf3 Rb5 41.Ke2 Rb8 42.Rc1 Kf8 43.Rcc4 Rbb7 44.Kd2 Ke8 45.Rxd4 cxd4 46.Rxd4 Ra6 47.Ne3 Ke7 48.Nf5+ Ke6 49.Nxh6 Rb4 50.Rd5 f6 51.Nf5 a4 52.Kc3 axb3 53.axb3 Rb7 54.b4 Rc6+ 55.Kb3 Rcb6 56.Nd4+ Kf7 57.b5 Rb8 58.Kb4 Ra8 59.Nf5 Ke6 60.Ne3 Rd8 61.Nc4 Rbb8 62.b6 Rd7 63.Kb5 Ra8 64.Na5 Rh7 65.Nc6 Rd7 66.Rd4 Rb7 67.Rb4 Kd7 68.Na5 Rbb8 69.Rc4 Rc8 70.Nc6 Ra1 71.b7 Rxc6 72.b8N+ Ke6 73.Nxc6 Rg1 74.Nd4+ Kd7 75.Nf5 1-0Macleod - Fairhurst
Glasgow International 1953
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qb3 e6 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 h5 10.Bd3 h4 11.Be5 f6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 fxe5 15.Bg6+ Ke7 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Rad1 Kf6 19.Bb1 Bc5 20.Qc2 b6 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.Bd3 Bb7 23.Bc4 Raf8 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Qc2 Be4 26.Qb3 h3 27.f3 hxg2 28.Rhg1 Bxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Qf5+ 30.Kxg2 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Rxh2+ 0-1Compiled by Alan McGowan