GM Aleksandr Tolush - J.C. Thompson
Simultaneous Exhibition

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Nh6 3.Nc3 f6 4.Bc4 Nf7 5.Nf3 Bg7 
6.h4 h5 7.Qd3 d6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 
11.Nd2 Bd7 12.f4 Bg4 13.Nf3 Qd7 14.e5 d5 15.Rde1 Rhe8 
16.Nd2 b6 17.Rhf1 Bf5 18.Qa6 c6 19.Ne2 Qc7 20.Ng3 Bc8 
21.Qd3 f5 22.Nf3 Nc4 23.Ng5+ Kg8 24.e6 Nd6 25.Qe2 a5 
26.Nxh5 Ba6 27.Qd1 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Rf8 29.Ng3 Nc4 30.Bg1 Qd6 
31.h5 Qb4 32.Qd3 Nxb2 33.Qf3 Nc4 34.Qd3 Nb2 35.Qb3 Nc4 
36.Qd3 c5 37.hxg6 Qb2+ 38.Kd1 cxd4 39.Nxf5 Rxf5 40.Qxf5 Rf8 
41.Nf7 Ne3+ 42.Bxe3 dxe3 43.Ke2 d4 44.Rh1 Qc3 45.Qd3 Qc6 
46.Rg1 Qxe6 47.g4 Qxa2 48.f5 Rc8 49.Rc1 Qd5 50.Rg1 Rc3 
51.Qa6 Rxc2+ 52.Kd1 Rd2+ 53.Ke1 Qc6 (0-1)


J.C. Thompson - GM Dr. Savielly Tartakover
Stevenson Memorial, 1955

1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f3 h5 4.Nf2 h4 5.g4 f5 
6.h3 Bd6 7.d3 Be6 8.e3 Qe7 9.Be2 Nd7 10.c3 O-O-O 
11.Qc2 Ngf6 12.a4 d4 13.e4 fxe4 14.fxe4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Nc5 
16.Nd2 Nh7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nd7 19.e5 Bb4 20.Nd3 Nb6 
21.Nxb4 Qxb4 22.Bb2 Nd5 23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.Nxb3 Nf4 25.Nc5 Bd5 
26.Rh2 Ng5 27.Ra3 Rdf8 28.Nd3 Nxe2 29.Rxe2 Nxh3 30.Nb4 Nf4 
31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Bc1 Nf4 33.Rh2 g5 34.Re3 Kd7 35.Ba3 Re8 
36.Kd2 Rh6 37.Bb2 Rb6 38.Kc2 Rb4 39.Ra3 Rb6 40.Rf3 Rc6+ 
41.Kd2 Ke6 42.Kd1 Kd5 43.Kd2 Rc4 44.a5 Re6 45.Rc3 Rxd4+ 
46.Kc2 c5 47.Re3 Rc4+ 48.Kb1 Kc6 49.Rd2 Ng6 50.Rd8 Rxg4 
51.Rg8 Rg3 52.Bc1 Kb5 53.Rxg3 hxg3 54.Bxg5 g2 55.Be3 Rxe5 
56.Rxg6 Rxe3 57.Rxg2 Kxa5 58.Rc2 Kb4 59.Ka2 c4 60.Rb2+ Rb3 
61.Rf2 b5 62.Rf7 a5 63.Rf4 a4 64.Rg4 a3 65.Rf4 Rb2+ 
66.Ka1 Rh2 67.Rf1 Ka4 68.Rc1 Re2 69.Kb1 Kb3 70.Ka1 c3 
71.Kb1 c2+ 72.Ka1 Rd2 (0-1)


J.C. Thompson - R.C. Griffiths
Kent v. Sussex, 1955

1.Nh3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.d3 Nf6 5.e4 e5 
6.Nf2 Nc6 7.c3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne8 9.h4 h6 10.Be3 Ne7 
11.Nd2 d5 12.Nf1 d4 13.Bd2 c5 14.g4 f5 15.Qc1 f4 
16.Qc2 Be6 17.b3 Nc6 18.h5 dxc3 19.Qxc3 g5 20.Qxc5 Nd4 
21.Bd1 b6 22.Qa3 Rf7 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Qb2 Rfc7 25.Nh2 Bf8 
26.O-O Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Nd6 28.a4 a5 29.Bd2 Qc7 30.Re1 Nb7 
31.Kh1 Bb4 32.Bxb4 axb4 33.Nf1 Qc3 34.Qd2 Nxb3 35.Bxb3 Bxb3 
36.Qxc3 bxc3 37.Rc1 Rc5 38.Nd1 Bxd1 39.Rxd1 Na5 40.Rc1 Nb3 
41.Rc2 Nd4 42.Rc1 c2 43.Nd2 Rc3 44.Kg2 Rxd3 45.Nc4 Nxf3 
46.Nxb6 (1-0)

A.Y. Green - J.C. Thompson
Stevenson Memorial

1.d4 g6 2.e4 f6 3.f4 Nh6 4.Bd3 Nf7 5.h4 d6 
6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f5 Nb4 10.Bb1 Qc7 
11.a3 Na6 12.b4 d5 13.cxd5 Qg3+ 14.Kd2 cxd5 15.Nge2 Qd6 
16.Bd3 Nc7 17.g4 e5 18.Kc2 a6 19.Kb2 b5 20.Qb3 Bc6 
21.Rhd1 gxf5 22.gxf5 Rg8 23.Rac1 a5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 axb4 
26.Rxc7 bxa3+ 27.Ka2 Qxc7 28.Bxb5+ Kd8 29.dxe5 Rb8 30.Rc1 Qb7 
31.Nd4 Rg2+ 32.Ka1 Rb2 33.Ne6+ Ke7 34.Qxa3+ Nd6 35.Qxd6+ Kf7 
36.Nd8+ Kg8 37.Rg1+ (1-0)


J.C. Thompson - W.E.C. Richards
Civil Service Championship, 1956

1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f3 f5 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 
6.Bg2 c6 7.c3 Qb6 8.O-O O-O 9.b4 Bd6 10.Kh1 Be6 
11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Rae8 13.a4 Qc7 14.Nh3 Bf7 15.e3 Bh5 
16.Qc2 e4 17.f4 exd3 18.Qxd3 Ne4 19.Nd4 h6 20.Nf2 Nb6 
21.Bh3 Bg6 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qc2 Qf7 24.g4 fxg4 25.Bxg4 Nd5 
26.Rg1 Re7 27.Bh3 Bh5 28.Rg3 a6 29.Nf5 Qf6 30.Nxe7+ Bxe7 
31.Bd2 Bf3+ 32.Bg2 Bxg2+ 33.Rxg2 Bxb4 34.Rag1 Bxc3 35.Rxg7+ Qxg7 
36.Bxc3 (1-0)

GM Vyacheslav Ragozin - J.C. Thompson
Simultaneous Exhibition, 1956

1.d4 g6 2.c4 f6 3.Nc3 Nh6 4.Nf3 Nf7 5.Bf4 e6 
6.e4 d6 7.Bd3 c6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Qc2 Nf8 
11.Rad1 Bd7 12.e5 f5 13.d5 cxd5 14.cxd5 g5 15.dxe6 Nxe6 
16.exd6 gxf4 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Nd5 Rc8 19.Nxe7 Rxc2 20.Bxc2 Kxe7 
21.Nd4 Kf6 22.Nxf5 Bc6 23.Nd6 Nfg5 24.h4 Nh3+ 25.gxh3 Rg8+ 
26.Kf1 f3 27.Rxe6+ (1-0)

V. Tarnofsky - J.C. Thompson
Essex vs. Kent, 1957

1.d4 g6 2.e4 f6 3.Bc4 Nh6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 c6 
6.a4 Nf7 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 d6 9.Rd1 a5 10.Bb3 Na6 
11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Qc7 13.f4 Kg7 14.g4 b6 15.Qf2 d5 
16.exd5 exd5 17.Qg2 Kh8 18.Rde1 Nh6 19.f5 g5 20.Rf2 Nb4 
21.Rfe2 Bd6 22.Qf3 Ng8 23.Nf1 Ba6 24.Rg2 Rae8 25.Na2 Nxa2 
26.Bxa2 Re7 27.c3 Rfe8 28.Bb1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 Bxh2 30.Kf2 Bd6 
31.Rgg1 Nh6 32.Rh1 Ng8 33.Qh3 Bg3+ 34.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 
36.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Bd3 Kg7 39.Kf3 Nh6 40.Ba6 Re4 
41.Rg1 Rf4+ 42.Ke2 Nxg4 43.Bb7 c5 (0-1)

J.C. Thompson - G.B. Lewis
Civil Service Championship, 1957

1.f3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.Nh3 h5 4.e3 h4 5.g4 Nc6 
6.c3 Bd6 7.d3 Be6 8.Bg2 f5 9.Nf2 fxg4 10.fxg4 Nh6 
11.O-O Qd7 12.h3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Rhf8 14.Nf3 e4 15.Ng5 exd3 
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Nxd3 g5 18.b4 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Rf8 20.Qe2 Ne5 
21.Nc5 Qf7 22.Bd2 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 c6 25.Rf1 Qe7 
26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Nd3 Bc7 28.Ne1 Qd6 29.Nf3 Nf7 30.Qf2 Qf6 
31.Qd2 Nd6 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.Nxd4 Bd8 34.Kg1 Bf6 35.Kf2 Nb5 
36.Nxb5 cxb5 37.Bxd5 Bxc3 38.e4 Bxb4 39.e5 Bc3 40.e6 Bf6 
41.Ke3 b6 42.Ke4 Kc7 43.Kf5 Bd8 44.Ke5 b4 45.Be4 a5 
46.Kd5 Be7 47.Bd3 a4 48.Bc2 b5 49.Bb1 Kb6 50.Bc2 b3 
51.axb3 a3 52.Bb1 Ka5 53.Ba2 Kb4 54.Kd4 Bf6+ 55.Kd3 Kc5 
56.Ke4 b4 57.Bb1 Kd6 58.Kf5 Be7 59.Ke4 Kxe6 (1/2-1/2)

J.V. Morgan - J.C. Thompson
London Univ. vs. Civil Service, 1957

1.Nf3 f6 2.c4 Nh6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nf7 
6.d4 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.d5 e5 9.e4 Nd7 10.Be3 Nf8 
11.Nd2 h5 12.f4 Bg4 13.Bf3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 g5 
16.b3 Bxf3+ 17.Qxf3 gxf4 18.Qxf4 Ne5 19.Ne2 c5 20.Qf5 Qc7 
21.Nf4 Qd7 22.Ne6 Nxe6 23.dxe6 Qc6 24.Nf3 O-O-O 25.Nh4 Rdg8 
26.Rae1 Rg5 27.Qh3 Kd8 28.Nf5 Ng4 29.Rf4 Nh6 30.Ne3 Rf8 
31.Nd5 f5 32.e5 dxe5 33.Rxe5 Ng4 34.Re2 Rf6 35.Qh4 Rxe6 
36.Rxe6 Qxe6 37.Qh3 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 Bd6 39.Rf3 Qe2+ (0-1)

J.C. Thompson - D. Le B. Jones
Govt. Lab vs. Fuel & Power, 1957

1.f3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.Nh3 c5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf2 Nc6 
6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 Be6 8.Nd2 Qd7 9.c3 d4 10.e4 dxc3 
11.bxc3 g5 12.Nf1 h6 13.g4 a6 14.Ne3 b5 15.h3 b4 
16.Bd2 a5 17.Qa4 Nd8 18.Bd1 Nc6 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Nf5 Bxf5 
21.gxf5 Nh5 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Rg1 Kh7 24.Qb3 Bf8 25.Be2 a4 
26.Qc2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.Ng4 Be7 29.Bf1 h5 30.Qg2 Rg8 
31.Qh2 hxg4 32.hxg4+ Kg7 33.g5 Rh8 34.Qg2 Rag8 35.f6+ Bxf6 
36.gxf6+ Kxf6 (1/2-1/2)

GM Paul Keres - J.C. Thompson
Simultaneous Exhbition, 1956

1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 f6 5.h3 Nf7 
6.Be3 e6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O Nd7 10.d5 e5 
11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.h4 Bg4 15.Qe2 h5 
16.Qa6 Bc8 17.Qa5 Nd5 18.Qxc7 Nxc7 19.Nd2 Ne6 20.Nc4 O-O 
21.f3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Na5 Ba6 24.Nxc6 Bd8 25.Bd5 Rc8 
26.g4 Kg7 27.gxh5 Bb6 28.Rhg1 g5 29.Ne7 c4 30.Nxc8 Be3+ 
31.Kb1 Bxc8 32.Rg2 Nd6 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Re1 Rxf3 35.a4 Bh3 
36.Rge2 Bd4 37.Nd1 Bg4 38.Rg2 Rf4 39.Ne3 Bxh5 40.Rxg5+ Kh6 
41.Rg8 Bxe3 42.Rxe3 Kh7 43.Rh3 Nf7 44.Bxf7 Rxf7 45.Rg5 (1-0)

M.J. Wilkes - J.C. Thompson
Combined Univs. vs. Civil Service, 1957

1.c4 f6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nh6 5.Bd3 Nf7 
6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.a3 Nf8 
11.b4 b6 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Ng3 Bb7 14.Be3 h5 15.Rac1 Nh6 
16.h3 Bd8 17.Qe2 Qh7 18.e5 f5 19.exd6 a5 20.Ra1 Ng4 
21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Kf2 gxf3 23.Qxf3 Bh4 24.Ke2 c5 25.d5 axb4 
26.axb4 Qg7 27.Rxa8+ Bxa8 28.Rg1 Nd7 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.Kd2 O-O 
31.Ne2 Bd8 32.Qf2 Ba5+ 33.Kc2 exd5 34.Bxc5 Rc8 35.Bd4 (1/2-1/2)

J.C. Thompson - I.M. Ross
Govt. Lab vs. Exchequer, 1956

1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.f3 Nf6 4.d3 c5 5.Nf2 Nc6 
6.c3 Be7 7.e3 b5 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nd2 a5 10.Nf1 Bd7 
11.f4 c4 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3 e5 14.f5 Nh7 15.e4 cxd3 
16.Bxd3 dxe4 17.Bxb5 Bh4 18.Nfxe4 Bxg3+ 19.hxg3 f6 20.Qd5+ Kh8 
21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.Qxc6 (1-0)

Janosevic - J.C. Thompson
Simultaneous Exhibition, 1956

1.Nf3 f6 2.e4 Nh6 3.Bc4 Nf7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 d6 
6.Nc3 c6 7.d5 e5 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Nh4 g6 10.f4 Bg7 
11.f5 g5 12.Qh5 O-O 13.Ng6 d5 14.exd5 hxg6 15.fxg6 Nh6 
16.h4 Bg4 17.dxc6+ Kh8 18.hxg5 Qd4+ 19.Rf2 Bxh5 20.gxh6 Qxc4 
(0-1)

Furman - Spasski
USSR Championship, 1957

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 
6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 f5 9.exf5 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxf5 
11.Bc5 d6 12.Ba3 Nfd4 13.O-O Bf5 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.Nd5 Rf7 
16.b3 Raf8 17.Bb2 e5 18.b4 Be6 19.Bd3 Bg4 20.f3 Bxf3 
21.gxf3 Nxf3+ 22.Kh1 Qh3 23.Rf2 Ne1 (0-1)

Horwitz - Staunton
c. 1850

1.e4 c5 2.c4 e6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nh6 5.Be2 g6 
6.h3 f5 7.e5 Nc6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d3 Qc7 10.Qd2 O-O 
11.O-O Nf7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Kh1 Rb8 =

Petrosian - Spasski
World Championship Match, Moscow, 1966
Game 12

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e6 
6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Qc2 h6 10.Rad1 O-O 
11.d5 e5 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.g3 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bd3 Bc8 
16.Kg2 Nf6 17.Ne4 Nh5 18.Bd2 Bd7 19.Kh1 Ne7 20.Nh4 Bh3 
21.Rg1 Bd7 22.Be3 Qe8 23.Rde1 Qf7 24.Qc2 Kh8 25.Nd2 Nf5 
26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.g4 e4 28.gxh5 f4 29.Rxg7 Qxg7 30.Rg1 Qe5 
31.Nf3 exd3 32.Nxe5 dxc2 33.Bd4 dxe5 34.Bxe5+ Kh7 35.Rg7+ Kh8 
36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rg6+ Kh7 39.Rg7+ (1/2-1/2)

Barczay - Ivkov
Sousse, 1967

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O e6 
6.Bg5 Ne7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nc3 b6 10.Rfe1 Bb7 
11.a4 Nf6 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Bf4 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 O-O 15.exd6 cxd6 
16.Qa3 Nf5 17.c3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 e5 19.Bg3 h5 20.dxe5 dxe5 
21.Kh1 Qg5 (0-1)