Games by CC players

[Event "Newcastle open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korbe H"]
[Black "Curtis John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Be7 
12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nc1 Rb8 15. b3 O-O 16. Qf2 Qa5 
17. Na4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Ne3 
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd6 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rbd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ke2 c3 
27. Nd3 g5 28. Ke3 Kg7 29. g3 a5 30. a4 h6 31. h3 Rd5 32. Ke4 Kf6 
33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Ke4 Rd4+ 37. Kxe5 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Curtis"]
[Black "Jones Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 
7. Be2 Qe8 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Re8 
12. a4 a6 13. a5 e4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qb3 h5 
17. Qc4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 c6 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Qd6 Nd7 21. Qc7 Qe7 
22. Bd6 Qe6 23. Bc4 Qf5 24. f3 Bh6 25. fxe4 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qg5 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "John Curtis, FM."]
[Black "Bolens Johnny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. c3 Be7
 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 
12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 Qd715. h3 Rad8 16. Rd1 Qc6 
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Rd7 19. Bg5 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. a3 Qe6 22. Qe2 c5 23. a4 b4 24. Bd3 a5 25. Bc4 Qd6 
26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Bd5 Qc7 28. Qb5 h6 29. Rc1 Qa7 30. cxb4 cxb4 
31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ra8 Qc7 33. g3 Bd8 34. Kg2 Qd6 35. Ra6 Qe7 
36. Qe2 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. Qh5 Qe7 39. Bxf7 Qf6 40.
Bd5 Bb6 41. Qe2 Bd4 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Qh5+ Kg7 
45. f3 Bxb2 46. Qe8 Bd4 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Be6 Qg7 49. Qc8 Qe7 
50. Qh8+ Qh7 51. Qa8 Qc7 52. Qe8 Kg7 53. Qg8+ Kf6 54. Bd5 Bc5 
55. Qh8+ Qg7 56. Qc8 Qe7 57. Kh3 Bd6 58. Kg4 Bc7 59. Qf5+ Kg7 
60. Qc8 Bd8 61. Bb3 Kh6 62. Be6 Kg7 63. Qc4 Kf6 64. Bf5 Kg7 
65. Qb5 Kh6 66. Qd5 Kg7 67. Qc6 Qf6 68. Qd7+ Be7 69. Qa7 Qf7 
70. Qxa5 b3 71. Qb5 Kh6 72. Qb6+ Bf6 73. Kh3 Qh5+ 74. Kg2 Qf7 
75. Be6 Qe7 76. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Curtis, John"]
[Black "Black, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Ne4 
7. Bh4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 
12. Be5 f6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bf4 Qf5 15. Be3 h5 16. Nb3 e5 
17. Bd3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 e4 19. Bb1 Qg6 20. d5 f5 21. Nd4 O-O
22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. h3 cxd5 26. hxg4 fxg4 
27. Qxd5+ Qf7 28. Rxh5 Qxd5 29. cxd5 Rxf4 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. g3 Rf8 
32. Rg5+ Kh6 33. Rxf8 Kxg5 34. d6 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vanderwal,Fritz"]
[Black "Curtis,John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. b4 Nf7 12. Qb3 Kh8 
13. c5 f5 14. Bc4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxf7 Ne5 17. Bd5 c6 
18. Bc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc5 20. bxc5 Bg7 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Ne2 Be6 
23. Qb4 fxe4 24. Bc3 Qf7 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Rd6 Bxa2 27. Nc3 a5 
28. Qa3 Bc4 29. Rfd1 Bd3 30. Na4 Rf5 31. Nb2 Bb5 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rd8+
Rf8 34. R8d7 Qf6 35. R1d2 e3 36. Qxe3 Rae8 0-1

  

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Broekhuijse,Paul"]
[Black "Wohl,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 
6. Nc3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Be3 g6 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 
10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bh6 Bf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 
14. g4 Bc8 15. h4 h6 16. h5 g5 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qd6 
19. O-O-O Ne8 20. Rhf1 Qf4 21. Qxf4 gxf4 22. Rd4 e5 
23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rfd1 f3 25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Re1 e5 
27. Rxe5 Bxg4 28. Re7+ Kh8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rdxe4 Bf5 
31. Rf4 Rac8 32. Rxb7 Bh7 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Rxa7 Rf4 
35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. b3 Rh4 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Ra8+ Kg7 
39. Ra7+ Kh8 40. Ra5 Rh2 41. Kd2 Rxf2+ 42. Ke3 Rb2 
43. Kxf3 Bb1 44. a4 Bc2 45. Rb5 Bd1+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 
47. a5 Kg7 48. a6 Ra3 49. Rb7+ Kh8 50. a7 Bxb3 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8
52. Bxb3 Ra5 53. Bf7 Kg7 54. Be8+ Kg8 55. Bg6 Rg5+ 
56. Kf4 Rg1 57. Ke5 Ra1 58. Bf5 Rg1 59. Kf6 Kh8 60. Rh7+ Kg8 
61. Rxh6 Rf1 62. Rg6+ Kh8 63. h6 Rh1 64. Kf7 Rg1 65. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Gosford Open"]
[Site "CCLC"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fell,Lloyd"]
[Black "Crosby,Sandy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nc3 Bg4 
7. Be2 Nh6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf3 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd2 Bxf3 
12. Bxf3 Qb6 13. Be1 Nf5 14. Bf2 Qxb2 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Qc7 
17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nxb6 Rxc1+ 
21. Rxc1 Qxb6 22. Qc3 O-O 23. h3 Qd8 24. Bxb7 Bh6 25. g3 h4 
26. g4 Bxf4 27. Rc2 Qg5 28. Be4 Nh6 29. Qe1 Nxg4 30. Bxh4 Be3+ 
31. Kh1 Qf4 32. Bf2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Duncan Sheild"]
[Site "Newcastle Workers Club"]
[Date "9/12/95"]
[Round "7"]
[White "BELTON Chris "]
[Black "MURRELL Mal "]
[Result "0-1"]

1. a3 Nf6
2. c4 c5
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e5
6. Nb5 d6
7. Bg5 a6
8. N5c3 Be7
9. g3 O-O
10. Bg2 Be6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nd5 Bg5
13. Nbc3 f5
14. O-O Bh6
15. b4 Rb8
16. Qa4 Kh8
17. b5 axb5
18. cxb5 Ne7
19. Rfd1 Rc8
20. Qb4 Rc5
21. Nxe7 Qxe7
22. Na4 Rfc8 {Giving up the exchange for a passed pawn 
supported by a rook and raking bishops}
23. Nxc5 dxc5
24. Qc3 e4
25. e3 Bg5
26. Qc2 Bf6
27. Rab1 c4
28. Rb4 c3
29. f3 Qc5
30. fxe4 Qxe3+
31. Kh1 g6
32. e5 Qxe5
33. Bxb7 Rc5
34. a4 Bd5+
35. Bxd5 Rxd5
36. Rxd5 Qxd5+
37. Kg1 {if 37.  Qg2  Qd1+ 38. Qg1 c2 39 . Rc4
Qd5+ wins the rook}
37... Qc5+
38. Kf1 Qxb4
39. Qd3 Qxa4
40. Qd6 Qc4+ {at this point my opponent played 41 Qf8
and called mate I then informed him that
he was in check.  He then played the
text move I should have made him
interpose his queen but  that would have spoilt my fun }
41. Kg2 Qe4+ 
42. Kh3 Qg4+ 
43. Kg2 Qe2+ 
44. Kh3 Qf1# 
0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murrell,M"]
[Black "Gridassov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
 [PlyCount "99"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c6 4. e3 cxb5 5. Bxb5 a6 
6. Be2 Qb6 7. Qc1 Ne4 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O Nc6 
10. d3 Nd6 11. c4 Nf5 12. Nc3 d4 13. Nd1 dxe3 
14. fxe3 Bd7 15. Rb1 Qa7 16. d4 Be7 17. Ba3 Rc8 
18. Bxe7 Ncxe7 19. Qa3 Bc6 20. Ne5 Be4 21. Qa4+ Nc6 
22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rb4 O-O 24. c5 Nh4 25. g3 Nf5 
26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Ne7 28. e4 f5 29. Nc3 Rc7 
30. Nb5 Qb8 31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. Qb3 Qd7 33. exf5 Nxf5 
34. Qb2 Qd5 35. Qf2 Rf6 36. Rf4 {At this point black
 played Nd3!!! after losing 2 minutes on the clock and 
10 years off his life, White said "Hey you can't do  
that'. Subsequently black had to take the move back and 
move the knight somewhere else.  } 36... Nh6 37. Rxf6 gxf6 
38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Rb2 Nf5 40. Rd2 Qc4 41. Qg4+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kg7 
43. Qe2 Qc1+ 44. Rd1 Qc3 45. Qxe6 Ne3 46. Rb1 Qxd4
47. Rxb7+ Kh6 (47... Kg6 48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qxh7+ Ke5 
50. Re7+ Kd5 51. Rd7+) 48. Qh3+ Kg6 49. Qxh7+ Kg5 
50. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "1991Gosford District Championship"]
[Site "Gosford"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Farrell, K."]
[Black "Mari, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qe7 6. Bg5 f6 
7. Bf4 O-O-O 8. a3 d6 9. Qd2 g6 10. d5 Ne5 11. O-O-O Bg7 
12. Rhe1 Ng4 13. Bg3 Bh6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nxf2 
16. Rd2 h5 17. h3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bb5 Ne4 
20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 e5 22. Qf5+ Kb8 23. Ra4 
{Now I thought I could get back in the game after having cast 
myself adrift in the early middle-game} Nf6 24. Bc6 Rc8 
25. Bxb7 Kxb7 26. Qd3 {now black bottles himself up in the corner} Ra8 
27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Kb1 Nd7 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Nd4 Qg5 31. Nc6+ Kb7 
32. Rb4 a5 33. Rc4 Rhf8 34. Rd1 Rf5 35. Rc3 Qf4 36. Qb5 Ne4 
{I am sometimes tactically suspect but leading up to this I felt 
I had been playing virtually a piece up and right now could just 
about see with clarity all the forcing moves - the clearest example 
I have of such an achievement} 37. Nxa5+ Rxa5 38. Qc6+ Ka6 
39. Qa8+ Kb5 40. Rb3+ Kc4 41. Qc6+ Nc5 42. Rb4# 1-0

[Event "CCWinter Swiss"]
[Site "Gosford"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLoon, M."]
[Black "Sulmowski, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bxf4 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qe1 Qe7
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qh4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nfg5 h6 20. Rf6 Nd5 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxg6 Kh7 23. Rxe6 Qd7 24. Nc5 Qd8 25. Qe4+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Qc8 27.
Re7 Rd8 28. Qg6 Rg8 29. Qf7 Qb8 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "NSW Champs "]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1985.11.3"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Murrell, M."]
[Black "Eleninovski, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Bc4 h6 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "C.C. Summer Swiss"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wheatley, M."]
[Black "Vukelic, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Wheatley,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. c3 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d6 {At this point in the opening I was quite happy with my position.
Whilst I had developed a solid knight and Bishop my opponent had a lonely
Queen looking fairly harmless.} 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {A major blunde
r by White, Black loses his Queen after 11.Qa4+ which I unforgivably failed to
see.  } (11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. Bxf6) 11... Qxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. f4 Ne7
15. e5 (15. Rg1 {Much better, I am sure.}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 (
17. Rg1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 {
White is depressed after not following up on his solid opening.}) 17... Nxe5
18. Be4 O-O-O 19. Rc5 c6 20. Rg1 {FINALLY} 20... g5 21. Ke2 {
Basic knowledge, don't move the King into such a strong centre, suicidal.} (21.
Ra5) 21... Rhe8 22. Bxd5 Nd7+ {The ultimate mistake, White soon after resigns.}
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Under 18 Australian Open 1998"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gareth Charles"]
[Black "David Castor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Wheatley,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qd3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Qf1 Qh5 18. Ne4 Bh3 19. Qd3 f5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Bd2 fxe4
22. fxe4 Nb6 23. e5 Bc7 24. Bd1 Qf5 25. Qe2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Bc2 Rxe2 28.
Bxf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxf5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Bc5 Rf7 33. b3 Nb2 34. Re1
h6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Bh3 37. Bf2 Nd3 0-1

[White "Murrell, Mal"]
[Black "Rowlison, Col"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b5 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. h4 b6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. Bc6 Ne5 14. f4 Neg4 15.
Bf3 g6 16. h5 hxg5 17. Bxg4 e5 18. Bxc8 Rbxc8 19. hxg6 exf4 20. g7 Qe4 21. Qxe4
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chessmaster 4000"]
[Black "Dale, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Nh5 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Be3 Bxh3
15. gxh3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Qe2 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Rh4 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qh6 21.
Kh2 Be5 22. f4 Rfxf4 0-1