optimal play: Michael Woodhams finished in a three-way tie for 10th in the 1969 Australian Championship. This win is from round 5...
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1969.01.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Woodhams, Michael V"]
[Black "Niess, Gerd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1968.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.17"]
1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 d5 8. b3 Qe8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Nd1 Bf6 13. Bb2 Nd6 14. Rc1 Be7 15. f3 Qh5 16. N1f2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. e4 Be8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rce1 Bd8 21. Nfd3 Nd7 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Rc8 25. Qb1 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qh5 29. Re1 Rh6 30. Nc4 Qxh2+ 31. Kf2 Bh4 32. Qf4 Ne4+ 33. fxe4 Rf6 34. d5 Rf8 35. e5 g5 36. e6+ Kg8 37. Qe5 Rf6 38. Rh1 f4 39. Rxh2 fxg3+ 40. Ke3 1-0  click for larger view1st Walter Shawn Browne (13/15) [+11/=04/-00]
=2nd Douglas Gibson Hamilton (11/15) [+09/=04/-02] =2nd Alfred Flatow (11/15) [+08/=06/-01]
4th Paul Dozsa (10/15) [+06/=08/-01]
=5th Otto Weber (8½/15) [+06/=05/-04]
=5th Karlis Alexander Ozols (8½/15) [+05/=07/-03] =7th Emanuel Adolph Basta (8/15) [+06/=04/-05]
=7th Willem Johannes Geus (8/15) [+05/=06/-04]
=7th Peter Johnson (8/15) [+04/=08/-03]
=10th Gerd Niess (7½/15) [+06/=03/-06]
=10th John Spencer Purdy (7½/15) [+05/=05/-05]
=10th Michael V Woodhams (7½/15) [+05/=05/-05] |