[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bytham, Frederick William"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Qc3 c6 11. N4b3 Bb6 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Kh1 Bc7 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Be6 17. d4 Bb6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qf5 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Rd3 22. f3 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rad8 24. Re1 Rd1 25. Rce4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 R8d3 27. e6 fxe6 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. g3 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. Kh3 Bg1 32. Nc1 Rxh2+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kf4 Be3+ 35. Ke5 Bxc1 36. Qe8 Rxg3 37. Kxe6 Bxb2 38. Kd7 Rg5 39. Qf8 Bf6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilmorton"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qc4 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Ne2 e5 13. Rc1 Qb5 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qa6 19. Nf5 Nd5 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. h4 Re8 22. Rh3 Qxa3 23. Kf1 Qxb4 24. Bc5 Qb5+ 25. Kg1 Rf6 26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Qa2 Rfe7 28. Kh2 Nf4 29. Rf3 Ne2 30. Rd1 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Qe5+ 32. Rff4 c5 33. Rc4 Kb8 34. g3 Qd5 35. Rfd4 cxd4 36. Rc8+ Kxc8 37. Qxd5 Rd7 38. Qc5+ Kb8 {Source: Russ scorebook. After his opponent's name Russ has written 'Slater & Richardson' in brackets, which might be the name of a financial company which he was representing.} 0-1

[Event "Leicester v Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham, Midland Institute"]
[Date "1947.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1947.09.27"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Birmingham"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Na3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nh4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Be6 19. Nc7 Rad8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg4 Nc5 22. Ba3 Nb4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ncd3 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Bc2 Nc1 28. Nf3 Nxa2 29. Kf2 Bf6 30. g4 Nc3 31. g5 Bg7 32. e4 Kf7 33. Ne1 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Nd3 Bf8 36. Nxe5+ Kd6 37. Nd3 Kc6 38. Ne5+ Kd6 39. Ng4 e5 40. Nf6 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 {Adjudicated (Source: Russ scorebook, which dates it to October 1947, but CHESS, December 1947, Vol.13/147, p63, gives the date as 27.09.1947, with Leicester CC beating Birmingham by 10.5-9.5.)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hunter, John"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1947.10.18"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. h3 h6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. c3 b4 17. Nd4 $4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxb3 $19 20. Nxb3 Rxb3 21. Qc2 Rfb8 22. Ra7 Bd8 23. Bc1 Qb5 24. Ba3 Rb1 25. Bc1 c6 26. Kh2 Bb6 27. Ra3 Bxd4 28. Rg3 Rxc1 $1 29. Rxc1 Bxe5 30. Qxc6 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qd3+ 32. Kh2 Rc8 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "County m Leics-Warws"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Forsling, Bengt Erik Gustaf"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Russ, Victor"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1947.10.25"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwickshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 d6 6. Nf3 h6 7. d3 Be6 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. d4 ({If} 10. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Nh7 {followed by ...Qf6 prevents any attack (Russ)}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 Rfe8 15. O-O ({Better} 15. O-O-O {(Stockfish 17 thinks 15 0-0 is best, with a significant advantage to White)}) ({If} 15. f4 Ned7) 15... Ned7 16. Nd5 $2 (16. Bd3 $16 {Stockfish 17}) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne4 18. Qc2 $2 (18. Qd3 $11) 18... Nxf2 $17 19. Rxf2 $2 (19. Bxf2 Qxe2 20. Qf5 $15) 19... Qxe3 $19 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. Raf1 Re5 (21... Ne4 {should be played:} 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxc7 Rf8 24. Bf3 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Qb6 $19 {Russ}) 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Bd1 Re3 25. Qc2 Qd4 26. Bf3 R8e7 27. Rd1 Qe5+ 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Qf2 a5 32. Kh2 Kf8 33. Qg3 Re5 34. Bd1 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Ne4+ 36. Kh2 Ke7 37. a3 g6 38. Bc2 f5 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. Rf3 Kf6 {"and wins." Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leicester v NALGO"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Chapman, Edwin Breckon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.10.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "NALGO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qa3 Qd6 16. O-O c4 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Rb1 Na6 20. e5 Nc5 21. Bxc4 Ne4 22. Rxb7 Rxc4 23. Rxd7 Nxc3 24. Be3 Nxd5 25. exd6 Nf6 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Ne5+ Ke6 28. Nxc4 Rc8 29. Rc1 a6 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. f3 Kf5 32. Ne3+ Kxf4 33. Rxc8 Kxe3 34. Rd8 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Southsea Weekend Major 3"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1947.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Heneage, Hugh Windsor Fiesch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1947.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Qd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qc8 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qa8 22. Bg5 Rfd8 23. Ng3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. h4 h6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. Qe4 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qc1 31. Ne2 Qxb2 32. a4 Qb4 33. Qxb4 Nxb4 34. f4 Nd5 35. Kg3 a6 36. Kf3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ke4 h5 39. f5 b4 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Nd4 Kf7 42. Nb3 Ke7 43. g3 Kf7 44. Nc5 Ne7 45. Nb3 Nf5 46. Kf3 Nh6 47. Ke4 Ng4 48. Nc5 g6 49. Nb3 Ke7 50. Nc5 Nh6 51. Nb3 Nf7 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Nd4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southsea Weekend Major 3"]
[Site "Southsea"]
[Date "1947.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greenleaf, James Walter F"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1947.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. f4 Bc7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. e4 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Nxe4 20. Ne5 Bb6+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qc3 f6 25. Qxc6 Rd8 26. Qc2 Be3 27. Rd1 Bxf4 28. Bd4 Qd7 29. Kg1 Be5 30. Kf1 Bxd4 31. Qc4 Qd5 32. Qc7 Qf5+ {Source: Russ scorebook. This was a four-player all-play-all. In his 3rd (missing) game Russ must have drawn with L Derby. Scores: (1-3) L Derby (Middlesex), HWF Heneage (Sussex), VJA Russ (Leicester) 2/3; (4) J W F Greenleaf 0.} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1947.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bb5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15. Be3 b5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 c4 19. Rd7 Bf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc7 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Rd6 Nc5 24. f3 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Nd3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nd5 Kf8 28. Nb4 Ke8 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ke3 Rc6 {(possibly a sealed move as the score from this move forwarded is in pencil while the earlier part was in ink)} 32. Rxd3 Rg6 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. e5 f6 36. f4 fxe5 37. fxe5 Rb6 38. b4 Rh6 39. a3 Rg6 40. Kf4 Rb6 41. g4 Re6 42. Ke4 Rb6 43. Kd5 Rh6 44. Rc3 g5 45. Re3 Re6 46. Rf3 Ke7 47. Rc3 Rh6 48. Ke4 Kd7 49. Kf5 Rg6 50. Re3 Ke7 51. Rc3 Ke8 52. e6 Rh6 53. Ke5 Kd8 54. Kd6 Rf6 55. Rc6 Rh6 56. Rxa6 Kc8 57. Rc6+ Kd8 58. Rc5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester?"]
[Date "1947.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denley"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. d5 Nf6 11. dxe6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. Bf3 Ra6 16. O-O b4 17. Be1 Bg4 18. Ra1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc8 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. e4 Ne7 22. Rfc1 h6 23. Kf1 Kh7 24. Ke2 Rd6 25. Nb5 Rd3 26. Na7 Rcd8 27. Be3 Rb3 28. Ra2 Nbc6 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc4 Ne5 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Rc5 f6 33. Bd4 Nxf3 34. Be3 Ne5 35. f4 Nd3 36. Rcxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Nxb2 38. Rb5 Nc4 39. Bc5 Rb2+ 40. Kd3 Nd2 41. Rxb4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leicester v Hinckley"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Osborne, Walter Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1947.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Hinckley"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Rh3 c5 11. Rg3 g6 12. Qf4 Kg7 13. h5 g5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. Nf3 Nxc5 16. O-O-O Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bd7 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh7 20. Ne4 Qxg5 21. Nxg5+ {Source: Russ scorebook. Biographical note: Walter Edwin Osborne (1909-1978) was the father of another chess player, William Keith Osborne (born 1937)} 1-0

[Event "County m Leics-Oxford"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1947.11.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1947.11.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 O-O 15. Kg1 f6 16. Ra6 Qd7 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Bxb3 20. Rxc6 Rf7 21. Qd4 exf3 22. gxf3 Rbf8 23. Be3 Rxf3 24. Rxc7 R3f6 25. h4 Rg6+ 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Qe5 Rf5 28. Qd6 Rf3 29. Qd8+ Rf8 30. Qe7 Rf3 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qc6 Bc4 33. Qe4 Be6 34. Bd4 Re8 35. Qb7 Kf8 36. Rxg7 {Source: Russ scorebook. Oxfordshire beat Leicestershire by 11-9. Top two boards (Oxford names first): (1) TH Tylor 1-0 A Lenton; (2) Dr. H Schenk draw Dr. KA Hirsch (adjudicated by HE Atkins)} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.11.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rowley, George Allen"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1947.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. g3 h5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nbd5 19. Re1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. c4 Rcd8 22. Re2 Qf6 23. Ne1 Qf5 24. Rg2 Re6 25. Qe2 Ng5 $19 26. h4 Ne4 27. Kh2 $2 (27. g4 $1 {Russ}) 27... Nxg3 28. Rxg3 Bxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Rxd4 30. Qf3 Rg4+ 31. Kf2 Qe5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leicester Lge Leicester-BUSM"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavord, Vincent Dwelly"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.11.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "BUSM"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Rf3 g6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Rh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Qf1 Bg5 19. Rf3 Qa5 20. Qf2 Be8 21. Nf1 Qxa2 22. h4 Be7 23. h5 Rac8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh2 Bg5 26. Rh3 Rc7 27. Kh1 Qb3 28. Qd2 Rdc8 29. Kg2 Rc2 30. Bxg6 Bxg6 {Source: Russ scorebook. B.U.S.M. was the name of a Leicester League chess club and in all probability stood for British United Shoe Machinery Ltd, which was the biggest employer in the Leicester area. Biographical note: Vincent Dwelly Pavord (1873-1951) was an engineering inspector. He took part in a simul played by J H Blackburne on 12 October 1910 in Leicester.} 0-1

[Event "Leicester v Manchester"]
[Site "Matlock"]
[Date "1947.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Storrs, Thomas Entwistle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1947.11.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Manchester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Bh6 Bxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Nxb3 17. axb3 b5 18. Qd4 f6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bxb5 Nc5 21. Bc4 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rab8 23. Ra3 a5 24. h3 Qc7 25. Rfa1 Rb4 26. Qe3 a4 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29. b3 Nc5 {Adjudicated win for White. Source: Russ scorebook. Match drawn 5-5} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1947.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Stevens, Orson Neville Hecto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1947.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. Ne5 c5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Qc7 (12... Ne8 $15) 13. Qe2 h6 $6 14. Bd2 Ba3 $2 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. Bc1 (16. g4 $16) 16... Qe7 $2 (16... Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qb6 $11) 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. g4 $16 Qe7 19. Qg2 (19. g5 $1 $16) 19... Rc7 20. Rg1 Nh7 21. g5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Rfc8 $4 (23... Qxg5 $1 $11 24. Qxg5 $140 $2 (24. Qf3 $1 Qh4 $11) 24... Nxg5 25. Rxg5 f6 $17) 24. g6 $18 fxg6 25. Nxg6 Qf6 26. Raf1 $6 (26. Qh3) 26... Qxd4 27. Qh3 Re8 28. Rf4 $2 Qb2 29. Rgf1 Rc1 $4 (29... e5 $11) 30. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 31. Qxe6+ Rf7 32. Qxf7# {Source: Russ scorebook, which doesn't specify the event but we know Russ defeated Orson Neville Hector Stevens (1904-1957) in the 1947/48 Leicestershire Championship. However, this game was played on a Monday whereas other Leics Ch'ship games were played on Saturdays.} 1-0

[Event "County m Leics-Warws"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1947.12.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Aldis, Ralph Lancelot"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.12.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwickshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. f4 O-O 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nxa4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qxa4 Bb5 20. Qc2 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 a4 23. Qa2 Nf5 24. Bd2 Ra5 25. Rb4 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Rf2 Nd6 28. Ng4 Ne4 29. Be3 Qd6 30. Bd4 Nxf2 31. Nxf2 Qxf4 32. h3 Bc6 33. Qxc4 Bd5 34. Qe2 Qg3 35. Ng4 a3 36. c4 a2 37. Ba1 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 h5 40. Nf2 Rd8 41. Kg3 {adjudicated (Source: Russ scorebook) Match drawn 8.5-8.5} 0-1

[Event "Not Leics Champ?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.01.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osborne, Walter Edwin"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 h6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne5 $4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 $19 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Rg3 Rd1+ 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. b3 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Bxa7 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kg3 Ra1 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. b4 Bd5 29. f3 Rb2 30. h4 h5 31. Kh3 b6 32. Bd6 Rc2 33. Kg3 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Kf4 c4 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Rf3+ 39. Kh2 c3 40. Ba3 c2 {Source: Russ scorebook. This was the first of two games that Russ won against Osborne in the 1947/48 season, but this one was probably not their game from the county championship. Biographical note: Walter Edwin Osborne (1909-78), father of another Hinckley-born chess player, William Keith Osborne (born 1937).} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geary, CS"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1948.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. b3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b4 10. Bb2 c3 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. e4 h6 15. O-O c5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Rfd1 Bb7 24. Rac1 Bd5 25. Rd4 Nf6 26. Rb1 Rac8 27. Bc1 e5 28. Rh4 Rfd8 29. Rh3 Bxb3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "County m Notts-Leics"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.01.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1948.01.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Nottinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qb3 c5 15. Nc3 c4 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qxd5 Nxc3 18. Qxd8 Ne2+ 19. Kf2 Rfxd8 20. Kxe2 Bd3+ 21. Kf2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ba7 23. Rd1 Rd5 24. Ng1 b5 25. Ne2 b4 $2 (25... Rad8 {Russ (but Stockfish 17 disagrees, preferring the move played)}) 26. a3 a5 ({Stockfish 17:} 26... bxa3 27. bxa3 Ra5 $17) 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ra1 Rd7 $2 (28... Rdd8 $11) 29. Kf3 Rb8 30. Ke4 $16 Kf8 31. f5 Ke7 32. Nf4 Rb5 $2 33. d5 $2 (33. Rc1 $1 $18) 33... Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Rdb7 (34... c3 $11) 35. Kd4 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Kxc3 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Rb2+ $2 (38... f6 $11) 39. Ke3 R2b3+ 40. Nd3 Kd8 $4 (40... f6 $1 41. e6 $11) 41. Ra8+ (41. d6 $18) 41... Rb8 42. Ra4 Rc8 43. Kd4 $18 Rb1 44. e6 f6 45. Ra7 Rc7 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra6 Rcb7 48. d6+ Kd8 49. Nc5 Rb8 50. Ra7 Rd1+ 51. Nd3 Ke8 52. Rxg7 Kf8 53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. d7 Rd2 55. g4 Rxh2 56. g5 fxg5 57. f6 Re2 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59. Ne5 {Source: Russ scorebook. Judging from scorebook markings, it appears that time controls occurred at moves 36, 42, 48 in this game.} 1-0

[Event "Event unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.01.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Gould, Donald O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1948.01.22"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. O-O Ne8 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Kh2 Rc8 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. Be4 Bd7 20. c4 b5 21. b4 f5 22. Bf3 bxc4 23. dxc4 e4 24. Be2 Bd4 25. b5 Re8 26. a4 Rb8 27. Rb3 h5 28. h4 Be5 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Bg5 Qf7 31. Qd2 Rec8 32. a5 Rb7 33. Rfb1 Rcb8 {adjudicated a draw. Source: Russ scorebook. Not the Leics Ch'ship 1947/48 as in that competition Russ beat Gould. A club game?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Hirsch, Kurt August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 Ne7 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 Qc7 10. Qd2 b6 11. d4 d5 12. e5 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O Nf5 17. Rfe1 h5 18. f4 h4 19. g4 h3 20. gxf5 hxg2 21. f6 Bh6 22. Kxg2 Qd8 23. h4 c4 24. Rh1 Kd7 25. Qc2 Kc6 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 Rc7 28. Ra1 Bc8 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Kb7 31. Qa4 Ka8 32. d5 {Source: Russ scorebook (played at Hirsch's home, 22 Northcote Rd [Leicester?])} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Donald"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1948.01.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qg5 O-O 9. c5 Qc7 10. e3 b6 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 bxc5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 15. Rh4 c5 16. O-O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. f3 Kf8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxd5+ Nxd5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James, George Edwin"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1948.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nc3 Qc4 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Rac8 17. Be3 c5 18. Bg5 d4 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. b3 Be6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Be4 Bxb3 24. Nb2 Ba2 25. Na4 Bxb1 26. Bxb1 c4 27. Rd1 Bxa3 28. Bf5 Rfd8 29. Kg2 Rd5 30. e4 dxe3 {Source: Russ scorebook (played at James's home, 10 Lyncote Rd, [Leicester?])} 0-1

[Event "Leicester v Loughborough"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Main, George Peet"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1948.02.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Loughborough"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. a3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Ba2 d6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. O-O-O b4 17. a4 Qc6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd4 22. g3 Rf8 23. h4 f5 24. h5 fxe4 25. Qg2 Ne7 26. dxe4 Qd7 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Kb1 Rxf2 29. Qh3 Qxe4 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Qg6+ Qxg6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Kb2 e4 35. Bb1 Nc3 36. Re1 e3 37. Kc1 e2 38. Kd2 Rf1 39. Ba2 Rxe1 {"and wins." Source: Russ scorebook. Russ notes against his opponent's name "82 years old". George Peet Main (1866 - 2 March 1953), occ. motor agent.} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Hinckley"]
[Date "1948.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Osborne, Walter Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Re8 10. Bd3 g6 11. c3 Bf6 12. f4 $5 Bxe5 $6 (12... b6 $5 $15) 13. fxe5 Nf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qh5 Re6 16. Nd2 (16. Bg5 $5) 16... d6 17. Nf3 Qf8 (17... f6 $1 $17) 18. Nh4 Rg6 $6 (18... dxe5 $15) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 $4 (19... fxg6 20. Qh4 $16) 20. Qg5 $2 (20. Qh4 $1 Qg7 21. Bh6 Qh8 22. Qd8+ Kh7 23. Bf8 $1 $18) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Be3 Qd8 23. Qh6 Qf8 (23... Qd5) 24. Qh4 Qg7 25. Bg5 Qh7 26. Qd4 $18 Qh5 27. Bf6 Qg4 28. Qd2 Qh5 29. Rd1 a6 30. Rf1 b5 31. Rf3 f4 32. Rxf4 g5 33. Rd4 g4 34. h3 c6 35. hxg4 {Source: Russ scorebook. The second of two wins against W E Osborne in the season, one of which is probably their game from the Leicester County Championship. Probably this one as Russ makes a note in the back of his scorebook of the address where it was played - 188 Tudor Rd, Hinckley.} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Castle, Allan Albert"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1948.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Bc3 f5 13. Bc2 e4 14. Ne5 Re8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f3 Qh4 17. g3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Re6 21. Kf2 Qh2+ {Source: Russ scorebook. This game is written into a page in the scorebook between games played 08.12.1947 and 06.01.1948, and the opponent's name D. Smith has been crossed out. It may signify that their Leics Ch'ship game scheduled for between those dates had been postponed until later in the season (it seems to have been played on 31.01.1948). Allan Albert Castle (1922-2016)} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thornton, CH"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1948.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Bd2 a5 7. e3 b5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 f5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. O-O Qc7 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rfd1 a4 22. Bc1 b3 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. c5 Nd5 25. Bb2 a3 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qd2 axb2 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxb2 Qb5 30. exf5 Ra2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Chapman, Edwin Breckon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1948.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Qf3 e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15. O-O Bg7 16. a4 O-O 17. Ra2 Bf5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Be3 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. h3 h5 22. Re2 e6 23. Re5 Rbd8 24. Rc5 Rd2 25. Rc1 Rb2 26. Rc7 Rdd2 27. Bf1 Be4 28. Rxa7 Bxg2 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rcc7 Rb1 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Raf7+ Ke8 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Kxg2 Rxb3 38. h4 Ke7 39. a5 Kf6 40. a6 Ra3 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. Bh3+ Kxf4 43. Bxe6 Rxa6 44. Bc8 Ra3 45. Bd7 Rg3 46. Bc8 Rg4 47. Kh3 Kf3 48. Be6 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Kf2 50. Bd7 Re3 51. Bc6 Re2 52. Bd5 Kf1+ 53. Kg3 Kg1 54. Bc6 Re3+ 55. Kf4 Kf2 56. Bd7 Rf3+ 57. Kg5 Kg3 58. Be8 Rf5+ 59. Kxg6 Ra5 60. Kh6 Kxh4 61. Kg6 Kg3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "County m Leics-Derbyshire"]
[Site "Derby"]
[Date "1948.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Lord, Herbert Vernon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1948.03.20"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Derbyshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nfd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd8 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Nb6 Bc6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. c4 Qd7 21. Rab1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Kh2 Rf8 24. h4 Qc7 25. Rb6 Kh8 26. Qb4 Rc8 27. c5 dxc5 28. Bxc5 Ree8 29. Bd6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. d4 exd4 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Rc1 Rcd8 34. Qc5 Rfe8 35. f4 Rd2 36. Kg1 Qd7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ? 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Weiss, Oswald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1948.04.24"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 h6 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. b3 Nxd5 $5 16. Bb2 $4 (16. exd5 $1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bxa1 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Ne4 $44) 16... Nf4 $19 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Kh2 Nc6 20. g3 Ng6 21. Ng1 Nd8 22. f4 Rc8 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Qh5 Nec6 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Rce1 Qxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Qxc5 Rd1 $2 (30... Rd7 $19) 31. Ne4 $4 (31. Ngf3 $13) 31... Rxd3 32. h4 Ne6 33. Qh5 Ne7 34. Nf2 Rc2 35. Ngh3 Bf3 36. Qe5 Rd1 37. g4 Bc6 38. Kg3 Rdd2 39. a3 Ng6 40. Qe3 Re2 41. Qd3 Ne5 42. Qf5 Re3+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Nfd4+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1948.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Qxb7 Qc6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Be3 Nge7 15. a3 O-O 16. b4 $16 Nxb4 $4 {Hard to believe a player of Russ's strength could play this incomprehensible move but there does not appear to be any error in the score - JS} 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Rxa7 Qc6 19. Qa2 {A good way to sidestep the pin on the c-file but White could adequately defend the c3 knight anyway, so it is still hard to explain Black's 16th move aberration - JS} d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bg5 Qxc3 22. Bxe7 Rc4 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Qe2 Re4 25. Qd2 Qxd2 {Resignation is already long overdue - JS} 26. Nxd2 Re2 27. Nf3 c5 28. Rc7 d4 29. Rd1 Bd6 30. Rc6 Bf8 31. Rc1 Ra2 32. Ng5 Be7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc7 Kf6 35. Ne4+ Ke6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1947/48"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Gould, Donald O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1948.05.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nxa3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bb2 Qe4+ $2 7. Be2 Bd7 (7... Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qg6 9. Nb5 $16) 8. Nf3 $16 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 (9... Qc6 10. Nce5 Qc7 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Bh5 g6 13. Nxd7 $18) 10. Nb6 $18 axb6 11. Rxa8 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 Bc6 14. c4 Bb4 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nh5 17. Re3 Qf5 18. Re5 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Rxh5 g6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Re3 Kg7 24. d5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "County m Notts-Leics"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1948.05.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Beadles, Francis Eric"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Nottinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bd2 a5 9. b3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b4 11. Bb2 c3 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nd3 Na6 17. e4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qf2 Qe5 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Rd2 22. Qc1 Rad8 23. Be2 Nxe4 24. O-O Ng3 25. hxg3 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2 Rxe2 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 {"and wins." Source: Russ scorebook. Biog. Data: Francis Eric Beadles (1909-1965)} 0-1

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1948.06.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. e4 a6 9. a4 Bb4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 cxd4 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qxd5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5+ Be6 21. Nf5+ Kd7 22. Rfd1+ Ke8 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxh8+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1948.07.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Ng5 Ne5 10. Be2 Nfd7 11. f4 Bxg5 12. fxg5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Be3 Nxg5 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Nd5 c6 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qb3 Nxf4 21. Qxb6 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 axb6 23. Nxg4 Rxa2 24. Rxd6 Rxb2 25. e5 h5 26. Ne3 b5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Rd7 Rxe5 29. g3 b4 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Rxb7 c5 32. Nf5 Nd4 33. Rxf7 Rxf5 34. R7xf5 Nxf5 35. Rxf5 c4 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. g4 c3 38. h4 c2 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. Rc5 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 c1=Q {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1948.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. e5 Ne4 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Ba6 14. Re1 Nb7 15. b4 Qe8 16. d6 cxd6 17. b5 Bxb5 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxb5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Bb2 d6 22. Qd5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Bxb2 24. Rxe8 Raxe8 25. Nbd2 Bxa1 26. g3 Rf6 27. Ng5 h6 28. Ngf3 Rfe6 29. h4 Bf6 30. Nc4 Ne4 31. Qh5 Nc3 32. Nxd6 R8e7 33. Nf5 Rd7 34. Nxh6 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qf5 Rc6 38. h5 Rgc7 39. g4 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Be7 41. Kg2 Rf6 42. Qe5 Nf4+ 43. Kg3 Bd6 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qb5 Nxh5+ 46. Kh4 Ng7 47. Ng5+ Kg8 48. Qd5+ Kh8 49. Ne4 Rh6+ 50. Kg5 Ne6+ 51. Kxh6 Rh7+ 52. Kg6 Nf4+ 53. Kf5 Nxd5 54. Nxd6 Rh2 55. f4 Rxa2 56. Ke5 Nc3 57. f5 b5 58. f6 b4 59. Nf7+ Kg8 60. Ng5 Ra5+ 61. Kf4 {Source: Russ scorebook. Lots of mistakes but very entertaining - JS} 0-1

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.07.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1948.07.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 c6 6. Nf3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nh4 Bxa2 14. Nxa2 O-O $2 15. Nf5 $2 (15. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 16. Qf2 $18) 15... d5 $2 16. Nxh6+ $1 $18 Kh7 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. Qf2 Rg6 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Rf3 Nf8 25. exd5 (25. Rh3 $18) 25... cxd5 26. Nc3 d4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Nd5 Qe6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.08.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nxb5 $2 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nb4 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Bg3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxa3 22. Qd1 Rb3 23. Qc1 Nh5 $6 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Rc2 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Nb4 $2 (26... f6 $19) 27. Rc7 $2 (27. Rc8 $1 $13) 27... Qd5 $2 (27... Na2 $1 $19) 28. Rxf7 $1 $11 Qxd4 29. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 30. Qc8+ Bf8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Bg7 33. Qf5 $5 (33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) 33... h6 $2 (33... Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Bh6 $11) 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Qc8+ {"and wins." Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.08.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1948.08.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bxg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qc2 Qd5 9. Bd3 f5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b3 Ne5 12. Be2 f4 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. f3 Rad8 16. Bxf4 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf2 Rxf4 19. Rac1 Be5 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Rhe1 Bd6 22. Rcd1 Rdf8 23. Rd5 R4f5 24. Rxd6 exd6 25. Re7+ Kh6 26. Rxc7 d5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Event Not Known"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 fxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Ne2 Qg6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Nh4 Qf7 14. Nhf5 Nxe4 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Ng3 Qxf2+ 18. Kh2 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. c3 e4 24. Bd4 Qh6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Qd2 28. Qf2 Qc1 29. Qg3 Qh6 30. Qxc7 Qh4 31. Qb8+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roberts, S"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. Bg3 O-O 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 Na6 14. O-O Bd7 15. e4 Qf4 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nc7 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rae1 Nf4 22. Re5 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc8 25. Qe3 Nd6 26. b3 a4 27. Qg5 Nf7 28. Qd2 Nxe5 29. dxe5 axb3 30. Qb4 Qf7 31. f3 Qf4 32. Qd6 Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Qc3 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. axb4 Rf4 37. Nf1 Rxb4 38. Nd2 c5 39. g3 c4 40. f4 c3 41. Nb1 c2 42. Na3 Re4 43. Rc1 Ra4 44. Nxc2 Rc4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Goodman, John Bertram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 Nc6 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. e6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Kf8 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. exf7 Nh6 16. Bb5 Kxf7 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. f3 Kf5 21. Bg3 Bh5 22. Nxc6 Bf6 23. Nxb8 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 Rxb8 25. Rd5+ Kg6 26. Rc1 Bf6 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf8 29. Rcc5 Nf5 30. Ne6 Bxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rf6 32. Rc7 Kh6 33. Rxa7 g6 34. Kf2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutton, G"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. c5 Bc7 7. f4 b6 8. b4 a5 9. bxa5 bxc5 10. Nf3 Bxa5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qc2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ba6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Be1 cxd4 21. Rb7 Rc7 22. Qb2 Nc3 23. a4 f6 24. Rb6 Qc5 25. Nd3 Qc4 26. Nb4 Nxb4 27. Rxb4 Qc5 28. Bf2 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Rb8+ Rc8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc1 Qa5 34. Ra1 Nc3 35. Qb7 Qa7 36. Qb3 Rb8 37. Qc2 Qb7 38. a5 Ra8 39. Qf5 e4 40. Qe6+ Qf7 41. Qc6 Rf8 42. Rf1 e3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Peach, Herbert (Rev)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nf5 O-O 9. f4 Bxf5 10. exf5 h5 11. h3 d5 12. Bd3 Bc5+ 13. Kh2 a6 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh4+ 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. g5 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. g6 b5 26. Rh1 Qf6 27. Qd5 Bb6 28. gxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Qxf7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Wall, John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Qf6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Bc2 Qg6 9. Nh4 Qg4 10. Nxf5 Qxf5 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Nf6 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. d4 Qh5 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rf5 Qe8 17. Na3 Nd7 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Qc4 g6 21. Rff1 Bg7 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rf1 Nf6 24. d5 Ne7 25. Qh4 Qe8 26. c4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Qe2 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Nb1 Re8 31. Rxf6 Qe3+ 32. Qf2 Bxf6 33. Bxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Bc3 b5 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. b3 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rd1 39. Nd2 Rc1 40. Ba5 Rc2 41. Ke3 Rxa2 42. Bxc7 a5 43. Bxd6 a4 44. c5 a3 45. c6 Rc2 46. Bxa3 Rc3+ 47. Kd4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heath, Christopher Barclay"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 {? Russ} (8... Nc6 $17) 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. O-O $16 Be6 12. Ng5 $6 c5 $2 13. Nxe6 (13. Bd3 $1 g6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Qf3 $18) 13... fxe6 14. Nxd5 (14. Bd3 $1 $18) 14... exd5 15. Bb5 $2 (15. Bh5 $1 $18) 15... Nc6 16. Be3 $2 cxd4 $15 17. Bxc6 $4 dxe3 $1 $19 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Kh1 e2 20. Qxe2 Qxd5 21. Rf5 Rad8 22. Raf1 g6 23. Rg5 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Re1 Be3 $1 26. Rg3 Bf2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Wagstaff, Roy Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Nxd1 exf3 7. Nxf3 Bg4 8. Ne3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd7 10. f4 Bc5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Bh3 f5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O-O Ne4 18. Rhf1 Rad8 19. Bg2 Kg7 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rde1 e3 22. Bxe3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rd4 24. e6 Re8 $2 (24... Kf6 $11) 25. f5 $1 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Re7 27. Rg3+ Kh6 28. Rf6+ Kh5 29. Rf7 (29. Re3 $1) 29... Rxf7 30. exf7 Rf4 31. Rg7 Kh6 32. f8=Q Rxf8 33. Rxb7 $18 Rf1+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kd3 Rxh2 36. Rxa7 Rh3+ 37. Kc4 Rh2 38. Kb3 Rh3+ 39. Kb4 Rh2 40. Kb3 Rh3+ 41. c3 Rf3 42. Rc7 Rf6 43. a4 Kg6 44. a5 h5 45. Rc8 h4 46. a6 Rf7 47. Rxc6+ Kf5 48. Rh6 Kg4 49. Rd6 h3 50. Kc4 $2 (50. Rh6 $18) 50... h2 51. Rd1 Kf5 $2 (51... Rf6 $1 $11) (51... Rf4+ $11) 52. b4 Ke5 53. b5 Rh7 54. b6 Rd7 55. Re1+ Kd6 56. a7 Rh7 57. Rd1+ Ke5 58. a8=Q Rh4+ 59. Kb3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pindar, Arthur Charles S"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 16. b4 c4 17. Ra5 O-O 18. Rda1 Bg4 19. Nd4 Qxe5 20. Nxb5 Qf4 21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Rxa6 Rfe8 23. f3 Bc8 24. R6a3 Bb7 25. Rd1 h5 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Re3 Ra8 28. c3 g6 29. Rde1 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Kg7 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Kf6 33. Re2 Bc8 34. Kf2 Be6 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. f4+ Kd6 37. h3 Bd7 38. Nf3 Bf5 39. Kd4 Bd3 40. Re5 Be4 41. Ng5 Bxg2 42. Nxf7+ Kd7 43. Rg5 Bxh3 44. Rxd5+ Kc7 45. Ng5 Bf1 46. f5 gxf5 47. Rxf5 Be2 48. Re5 Bd3 49. Nh3 h4 50. Rh5 Ra2 51. Rxh4 Rxb2 52. Nf4 Bf1 53. Kc5 Kb7 54. Nd5 Bd3 55. Rf4 Rh2 56. Rf7+ Kb8 57. b5 Rh5 58. Kb6 Rh6+ 59. Rf6 Rh8 60. Rd6 Be4 61. Nf6 Bf5 62. Nd7+ Kc8 63. Ne5 Re8 64. Nxc4 Re4 65. Na5 Bd7 66. c4 Kd8 67. Nb7+ Ke7 68. Rxd7+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Gook, Herbert Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Rxh4 Qxg7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Qh7 Be7 15. Qxg7 Rxg7 16. Rh2 Bf6 17. Bg2 Rdg8 18. Ne2 Kd8 19. c3 Ne7 20. Kc2 Nf5 21. Rdh1 Ke8 22. Nf4 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Rxg3 24. Ne1 Be7 25. Rh8 Kf8 26. Bf3 Rxh8 27. Rxh8+ Rg8 28. Rh1 Bd6 29. Ne2 Bb5 30. Nd3 f6 31. Ndf4 Bd7 32. b3 c6 33. c4 e5 34. dxe5 {('PxP')} fxe5 {('PxP')} 35. Nxd5 Bf5+ 36. Kd1 cxd5 37. Bxd5 Rg7 $4 (37... Rg5 $11) 38. Rf1 $18 Rg5 39. Be4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Castello, Daniel"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. exd5 Nfxd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Re1 f6 14. Bc1 g5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Nd2 g4 17. Nf1 h5 18. d4 e4 19. Qe2 f5 20. c4 Be6 21. c5 f4 22. Rb1 Rf7 23. Bd2 Kg7 24. Qb5 Qf6 25. Qe2 Nh4 26. Kh1 Nxg2 27. Ng3 Rh8 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe1 30. Bxe1 Bxa2 {Source: Russ scorebook (which gives the date as 10.09.48 but I think it should be as given here - JS)} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch35 Major Open B"]
[Site "London, Bishopsgate"]
[Date "1948.09.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Speirs, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1948.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 g6 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Kg2 Bd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Nh7 19. b4 O-O 20. Nc5 Qd8 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. a4 Be8 24. Bh6 f5 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Ne1 Bd8 27. Ned3 Bc6 28. f3 Qc7 29. Rhc1 Qg7 30. Nf4 g5 31. Nfxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Qg6 33. Nxg5 {Source: Russ scorebook (which gives the date as 11.09.48 but I think it should be as given here - JS)} 1-0

[Event "Leicester v Birmingham"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cole, John Osman"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1948.10.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Birmingham"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxe5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Nd2 Nxf2 13. Qh5+ Ng6 14. Rxf2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qd6 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Rdf8 19. Kg1 c5 20. Qg4 Ne7 21. Ng5 Nf5 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Bc2 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Bc1 Rhg8 26. Re1 h5 27. Qh3 g4 28. Qxh5 gxf3 29. Qxf3 Nh4 30. Qh3 Nxg2 31. Qxe6+ Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Nf4+ {Source: Russ scorebook. Leicester won 12-5 v Birmingham. Biographical note: I think Russ's opponent might be John Osman Cole (1894-1954) but could be wrong - JS} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Bc7 Qxc7 13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Nxb6 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Ne1 Bxd4 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. Nf3 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qe6 20. Qb4 Be4 21. Nc7 Qf6 22. Qxe4 e6 23. Qe5 Rfd8 24. g4 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nf4 26. Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Rd7 Nh3+ 29. Kg3 Ng5 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Nxa6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Leicester v Manchester"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.10.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1948.10.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Manchester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Ne5 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. e4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc3 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 Nb6 16. Bh3 f5 17. exf6 Nd5 18. Qb3 gxf6 19. Bh6 Rd8 20. O-O-O Qc7 21. h5 Bf7 22. g5 Qf4+ $2 23. Kb1 e3 24. fxe3 $4 ({Stockfish 17:} 24. g6 $1 $16) 24... Qe4+ 25. Qd3 $2 (25. Ka1 Nxe3 $19) 25... Nc3+ 26. bxc3 Rxd3 27. Kb2 Qxe3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. gxf6 Qe2+ 30. Kc1 Bxh5 31. Rg1+ Bg6 32. Rg2 Qe1+ 33. Kb2 Re8 34. Bd2 Re2 35. Be6+ Kf8 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cordel, Charles"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1948.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 c5 5. e3 c4 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. b3 cxb3 11. cxb3 Rc8 12. Bb2 a6 13. O-O Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. b4 Qb6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 Nc6 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Re7 Rc2 24. Rxb7 Qf6 25. Rf1 Nb5 26. Qe4 Rd2 27. Qg2 Nxa3 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Nc2 30. Be4 Nd4 $11 {(possibly end of first session of play)} 31. Ra1 Re8 32. Bh1 Nc2 33. Rf1 Nd4 34. Rb6 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. Kh3 Re5 37. Bb7 a5 38. bxa5 Rexa5 39. Rd6 R2a3 40. Kg2 Nc3 41. Re1 g5 42. Rd7 Rf5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Bc8 Rf6 45. Ree8 $6 Ra2 46. Re5 $2 (46. Kg1 $1 $11) 46... Rfxf2+ 47. Kh3 Kg6 48. Rd4 Ne2 49. Rb4 Rc2 50. Bb7 Kh6 51. Be4 Rc3 52. Bb1 g4+ 53. Kxg4 Rxh2 54. Re8 Rxg3+ 55. Kf5 Rh5+ 56. Ke4 Rg4+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "County m Warws-Leics"]
[Site "Coventry"]
[Date "1948.11.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bouckley, Norman Milner"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1948.11.13"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwickshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc8 15. Ng5 g6 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Qb3 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Be6 19. d5 Bf5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Qf3 $4 (21. Bf3 $14) 21... Qe6 $1 $19 22. Bd3 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Bd2 Be4 $1 26. Qb3 Bd5 27. Qd3 Rd1 28. Qc2 Ra1 {(adjudicated) Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1948.11.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Gould, Donald O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1948.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 cxd4 6. Nb5 Ne4 7. Nbxd4 a6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. f4 c5 16. Nf3 f5 17. c3 Rb8 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rg8 21. h4 h6 22. g3 Nf8 23. Qf1 a5 24. Qh3 Nh7 25. h5 g5 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Kf2 Qf8 28. Rh1 Qg7 29. Rag1 Kg8 30. Nh4 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Kh8 32. h5 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Qf7 34. Rg6 d4 35. Bd2 Bd5 36. Bf3 Be4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe6 Qxe6 39. Rxe6 e3+ 40. Bxe3 dxe3+ 41. Kxe3 a4 42. bxa4 Ra8 43. Rc6 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 Rxa2 45. Ke4 Nf8 46. Rc8 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Kf5 Rf2 49. Rc6 Rh2 50. Rxh6 Kg7 51. Rc6 Rxh5+ 52. Ke4 Rh4 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Kg5 Rh1 55. f5 Nh7+ 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Ke4 Ng5+ 58. Kd5 Rxf5 59. Kd6 Ne4+ 60. Kd5 Ng5 61. c4 Ke7 62. c5 Nf7 63. Re6+ Kd7 64. c6+ Kc7 65. Re7+ Kc8 66. Kd4 Nxe5 {Source: Russ scorebook. This was the only half-point Russ conceded in the 1948/49 Leicestershire County Championship, winning the other 10 games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "County m Leics-Notts"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allcock, Samuel"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1948.12.11"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Nottinghamshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. exd4 cxd4 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 Nge7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. b4 Qc7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nf1 Bf5 14. N3d2 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Qc2 f5 18. a3 e4 19. dxe4 f4 20. Ngf1 d3 21. Qd1 Ne5 22. Bb2 N7c6 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Nb3 Rxc4 26. Nfd2 Rc3 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. a4 Qd6 29. b5 Qxd4 {Source: Russ scorebook, where the event is given as 'Nottingham'. Probably a friendly county match between Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (two such matches were played during the 1948/49 season), but just possibly a club match between Nottingham and Leicester - JS. Samuel Allcock (born 3rd qtr, 1918) was the twin brother of George Allcock - both played chess in Nottinghamshire: Samuel won the county championship in 1950-51, while George won it in 1947-48 and 1952-53.} 0-1

[Event "County m Leics-Notts"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.01.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Fuchs, Leopold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.01.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Northamptonshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. f3 Bd6 13. e4 Be6 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Qa4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 exf3 18. Bxf3 N6d7 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. Qe4 Rad8 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Qc2 h6 26. Rcd1 Nd5 27. Qd2 Ngxf4 28. gxf4 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Re4 Qc7 31. Rg1 {Source: Russ scorebook. Undated in the scorebook but the Leicester Evening Mail, 17 January 1949, confirms it was played on 15 January 1949 in Leicester. Leicestershire won 11-4 with one game for adjudication. Leopold Fuchs (1900-1975) was Northamptonshire Champion in 1948 and 1949.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "James, George Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1949.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. a3 h6 9. Bf4 a6 10. h4 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Rb1 b5 18. Qd3 Qd5 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Nf3 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. h5 Re4 24. Be5 Be7 25. a4 Bc6 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Rhe1 Rg4 28. g3 Re4 29. Bf4 Bf6 30. Be3 Rae8 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. Reb1 Re6 $6 (32... g5 $11) 33. Rxb5 $1 $14 axb5 34. Rxb5 Rec6 35. Rb3 Kh7 36. Kd3 g5 37. Nd2 Be7 38. d5 R6c7 39. c4 Ra8 40. Bb6 Rd7 41. Bd4 Ra3 42. Rxa3 Bxa3 43. Bb6 Bb2 44. Nf3 f6 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Nxd4 f4 47. Nf5 fxg3 48. fxg3 Ra7 49. d6 Ra1 50. Kd4 Kg8 51. Nxh6+ Kf8 52. Nf5 Ke8 53. Kd5 Kd7 54. c5 Rc1 55. Nd4 Rd1 56. c6+ Kd8 57. h6 Ke8 58. h7 Rh1 59. d7+ Ke7 60. Ne6 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Hunter, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Rd8 12. O-O a5 13. a4 Ra6 14. Re1 Be4 15. f3 Bd5 16. e4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Bf1 Ra8 20. Qc5 Nd6 21. Rab1 Nc8 22. Qg5 b6 23. e5 h6 24. Qh4 Ra7 25. Bd3 c5 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qh4 $18 h5 28. Bb5 Qd5 29. Re4 Ne7 30. c4 Qb7 31. dxc5 $2 (31. d5 $18) 31... Rd3 32. c6 Nexc6 $2 (32... Nbxc6 $11) 33. Bd6 Ne7 $2 34. Qf6 Nbc6 35. Bxc6 $6 (35. Rf4 $1 $18) 35... Nxc6 36. g4 Nd4 37. Qd8+ $2 (37. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 38. gxh5 $18) 37... Kh7 {Source: Russ scorebook. No result, date or event given. This game appears as the 2nd of two undated games between games dated 29.01.1949 and 11.03.1949. It could be the game that Russ won against John Hunter in the 1948/49 Leicestershire County Championship, although Russ is not winning in the final position after the last move given. However, there was a subsequent Hunter-Russ game which Russ won so that was probably their Leics Ch'ship game.} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rowley, George Allen"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1949.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 e6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nh3 b5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nf4 Qf5 13. g3 g5 14. Bh3 g4 15. Bg2 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. O-O h5 18. Qb4 h4 19. Qd6 Qe6 20. Qf4 Bd7 21. Nb3 Nh5 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qe3 O-O-O 24. Nc5 Qd6 25. a4 Qb8 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Ra5 Rh7 28. Rfa1 Bc6 29. Bf1 hxg3 30. fxg3 Rdh8 31. Be2 f5 32. Qg5 Nxg3 33. Bxg4 Rf7 34. Qg6 Ne2+ 35. Bxe2 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Kxe3 Re7+ 39. Kd3 Qh3+ 40. Kc2 Rh6 41. Qg8+ Re8 42. Qf7 Rxe2+ 43. Kb3 b4 44. Rxa7 Rxb2+ 45. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 46. Kb1 Rh1+ 47. Ka2 Qc2# {Source: Russ scorebook. No date given. This is the first of two undated games between games dated (Saturday) 29.01.1949 and (Friday) 11.03.1949, so probably played in February 1949.} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weiss, Oswald"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1949.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. d5 Nf6 12. bxc4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bb2 (14. Bd4) 14... b4 (14... Qd6) 15. Qa4+ $2 (15. Bd3 $16) 15... Qd7 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... Qxa4 $1 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxa4 Nd7 $44) 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Rd1 a4 20. Qe2 Be4 21. Bd4 Bg6 $2 22. Qe3 $1 $16 Ra5 23. Qf4 (23. Be2 $16) 23... Rf8 24. Nf7 $4 (24. Qe3 $14) 24... e5 $19 25. Qe3 Rxf7 26. Bxe5 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 Rxe5 28. O-O Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Bxd3 31. Rfe1 Be2 32. h3 Qf2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hunter, John"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1949.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 Nxc4 8. dxc4 e4 9. Nd4 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bd6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a3 Bd6 17. g4 Qe7 18. b4 b6 19. Nde2 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bf4 Rfa8 22. a4 Bxa4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. O-O Rc5 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qe2 Qe5 28. Rd1 h5 29. f3 Qg3+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 exf3+ 32. Nxf3 Rxc4 33. Rd3 hxg4 34. Ne5 gxh3+ 35. Kh1 Rf4 36. Nxd7 Nxd7 37. Rxh3+ Kg6 38. Nb5 Rc4 39. c3 Rc5 40. Rg3+ Kf6 41. Rf3+ Ke7 42. Re3+ Kf8 43. c4 Rxc4 44. d6 cxd6 45. Nxd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Nf6 47. Ra3 Nd5 48. Ra7 Rc7 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Nf5+ Kf6 51. Nd6 Ke5 52. Ne8 Rc4 53. Kg3 g5 54. Ra2 f5 55. Ng7 b5 56. Re2+ Re4 57. Rd2 b4 58. Nxf5 Kxf5 59. Rxd5+ Re5 60. Rd3 Ke4 61. Rb3 Rb5 62. Kf2 Kd4 63. Ke2 Kc4 64. Rb1 Kc3 65. Kd1 b3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Castle, Allan Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1949.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. e4 Rb8 13. b3 h6 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. h3 Ba8 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Rd3 Nd7 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Qd1 Nf8 20. Nh2 e5 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Bf3 Ne6 23. Bg4 Qe8 24. Qd2 Ncd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd5 26. exd5 $2 Nxd4 $17 27. f4 $6 f5 $2 28. Bd1 $2 (28. Rxd4 $1 $11) 28... Bf6 $17 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qg2 Rd7 31. b4 Rdb7 32. b5 e4 33. Rd2 g5 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Ra2 Qd8 36. Qd2 Be5 37. Qe3 Bc7 38. Rf2 Qd6 39. Nf1 f4 $19 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Qc3 e3 (41... f3 $19) 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Rg2 f3 44. Bxf3 Nxf3 45. Nxe3 Rg7 46. Qc3 Qe5 $2 (46... Nd4 $19) 47. Qxe5 Bxe5 48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. a4 Bd4 $6 50. Nf5+ Kg6 51. Ne7+ Kg7 52. Nc6 Rb7 $2 (52... Re8 $1 $17) 53. a5 Be5 $4 (53... Nd2 $11) 54. b6 (54. a6 $18) 54... axb6 $4 (54... a6 55. Nd8 Re7 56. Nc6 $16) 55. a6 $18 Rc7 56. a7 Rc8 57. Rxb6 $2 (57. Rf1 $18) 57... Ra8 58. Kg2 Nh4+ 59. Kf1 Ng6 $2 (59... Kf6) 60. Rb7+ Kf6 61. Rd7 $1 $18 Nf4 62. Rd8 Rxa7 63. Nxa7 Nxh3 64. Nc6 Ng5 65. Ke2 Nf7 66. Re8 Bf4 67. Kf3 Bh2 68. Kg2 Bf4 69. Kf3 Bh2 70. Re6+ Kg5 71. Re7 Kf6 72. Re2 Bd6 73. Kg4 Kg7 74. Kf5 Kf8 75. Kg6 Nh8+ 76. Kxh6 Nf7+ 77. Kg6 Nh8+ 78. Kf6 {Source: Russ scorebook. Judging from notes in the scorebook, the game was played over three sessions: (1) 26.03.1949; (2) 21.04.1949; (3) 30.04.1949.} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.04.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapman, Edwin Breckon"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1949.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Re1 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Ne4 14. Rac1 f5 15. Nf1 g5 16. Ne3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Nd3 f4 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. e3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Nxg3 22. Nxg3 Bxd3 23. Qd2 Ba6 24. a4 Nh4 25. Bh1 Qf6 26. Qd1 $2 (26. e4 $11) 26... Rf8 $17 27. Rc2 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Rd2 Raf8 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Nh5+ $2 Kg6 33. Nf4+ $2 (33. Ng3 h5 $19) (33. Rh1 Bd3 $1 $19) 33... gxf4 {Source: Russ scorebook. For reasons best known to himself, Russ began using an idiosyncratic brand of algebraic notation for this game (after using standard English descriptive for earlier games). His score began rather badly: 1 c1-4 e7-6 2 g1-f3 d7-5 3 g7-6 g8-f6 4 f1-g2 c7-6 5 e4xd5... but thankfully improved slightly thereafter - JS} (33... gxf4 34. Kxf3 fxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Re8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Osborne, Walter Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Ne5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd8 11. c5 Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. b4 e5 18. Qb3+ Kg7 19. O-O Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf3 Qd7 23. Rcf1 Rf7 24. Qd3 Raf8 25. a4 Qe6 26. b5 Kh8 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. R1f3 cxb5 {(2nd session played 14.05.1949, probably from this point)} 31. axb5 Rd7 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 a6 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Rf7 37. g4 a5 38. Kxe3 Rf6 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. c6 Ke7 41. Rxf6 Kxf6 {Source: Russ scorebook (Russ reverts to English descriptive, much to the relief of the inputter)} 1-0

[Event "Leics Champ 1948/49"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Lenton, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1949.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{N.B. This was an extremely difficult score to interpret, right from the very first move (and also as regards which player was White and which Black). Russ, perhaps through nerves at facing the previous county champion for the title in the final round, makes a hash of keeping score. I have reconstructed as best I can and the game from move 23 to the end seems to make good sense. I think we can take it as read that this was their Leicester County Championship game though the scorebook doesn't say so. Most baffling of all, Lenton's name appears in the space provided for White but the final position can really only be a win for White, and we know that Russ won their 1948/49 county championship game and that it was played in the last round. Therefore we have to make the assumption that this is the game, Russ was White, and that he has written the name in the wrong space in his scorebook (which I believe he used in lieu of a scoresheet). It is unfortunate that we don't have a 100% reliable score of this significant game. JS} 1. Nf3 ({Maybe the score goes wrong on the first move!? If 1 d4 replaces 1 Nf3, then move 8 suddenly makes sense...} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 Nf6 {(OK, Black has to play this at some point, so we'll have to slot it in now)} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Bf3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Rb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 c4 21. Qd4 Bd7 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Qd2 {and now we've reached the game position, via a slightly more plausible sequence and without having to introduce artificial moves.}) 1... c5 2. d4 {(Russ actually wrote 2 P-Q5 but then wrote P-Q4 over the top of it)} Nf6 {(This move doesn't appear in the score - Russ writes 2...P-K3 - but must have been played for the early part of the game to make sense)} 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nd2 {(The next scoring crisis - Russ writes KKt-K2. I think it must be Nd2: I've tried the less logical Ne2 but it soon becomes impossible)} a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Qd3 {(Around here things go completely haywire, with one move missing, another move with an arrow indicating that it should have been ascribed to White and not Black. I've made a very free interpretation of the moves played, changing the order and interpolating moves)} Rb8 17. Nc1 {(This move doesn't appear in the score but I have been forced to introduce it in order to facilitate a later b2-b4.)} Qb7 18. Bf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 c4 21. Qd2 {(Russ has Q-Q4 in reply to this but I've had to jettison that in order to even up the moves played by each side. Adding to the difficulty is that by now Russ was recording the moves in the wrong column - Black moves on the left, White on the right)} Bd7 22. N1e2 Ra8 23. Ng3 {(Much to my own surprise, having interpreted the previous moves very freely, the rest of the game seems to make sense and no further interpretations were necessary. Given how long the game continues, we can probably assume that this position actually happened, though not all the moves leading up to it may have done.)} Ra6 24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Bd4 Ra8 26. Nge2 Be7 27. Rb1 Ne8 28. Nd1 Bf6 29. Ndc3 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Nh4 31. Kf2 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Qc8 33. Ng3 Ra3 34. Kf2 Qd8 35. Kg1 Qa8 36. Nge2 h6 37. h3 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Qd2 Qd8 40. Qe1 g5 41. Qc1 Rb3 42. fxg5 Qe7 43. Qf4 Qe5 44. Qxe5 dxe5 45. Rxb3 cxb3 46. Nc1 b2 47. Nd3 Kg7 48. g3 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Nd6 50. Nxb2 Kg6 51. h4 f6 52. Nd3 Be8 53. gxf6 Kxf6 54. Nc5 Kg6 55. Ne6 Kh6 56. Nd8 Kg6 57. Nc6 Kf6 58. Kf3 Bh5+ 59. Ke3 Bg6 60. Na7 Be8 61. h5 {Source: Russ scorebook, which indicates a second session took place on 11 June 1949. A newspaper report (Leicester Daily Mercury, 27 June 1949) seems to indicate that the final session took place on Saturday 25 June 1949.} 1-0

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1949.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 cxb5 9. Qxa8 Bc5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. O-O Qf6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qg4 Qc6 15. d3 b4 16. Ne2 f5 17. Qg3 Rf6 18. h4 Rg6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Kh2 hxg5 21. h5 Rh6 22. Qxg5 Rxh5+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.06.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1949.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. f4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 14. c4 Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. c5 Be7 17. Nc3 Kg6 18. Bf4 c6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Re3 h6 21. Rg3+ Kh7 22. Be5 Rhf8 23. Rd1 Be6 24. b4 Nh5 25. Re3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bg4 27. Rf1 Bf6 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Kg6 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Ke3 Kf5 34. Kd4 g5 35. a4 Bd7 36. Ne4 Be6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Bd5 {Source: Russ scorebook. No result given but presumably a win for White. Date not very legible, might be 21.06.49, same as previous game against the same player.} 1-0

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1949.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qe8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qe8 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. exf6 Bf5 17. Qc1 Qd7 18. Qh6 {Source: Russ scorebook. No date given (or result). Assume same date as the previous game.} 1-0

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1949.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Qe2 exd4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxe4+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O c5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd4 19. Nxb7 Rd5 20. c3 Rg5+ 21. Kf1 Nxf3 22. Ke2 Nxh2 23. Rd7 Re8+ 24. Kd3 Nf3 25. Kc2 h5 26. Rad1 Re2+ 27. Kb3 c4+ 28. Ka3 Rxf2 29. Nd6 Ne5 30. Ne4 Nxd7 31. Nxg5 Rf5 32. Ne4 Nb6 33. b4 g5 34. Rd6 Nd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 h4 38. Ne3 h3 39. Nf1 f5 40. Kb2 g4 41. a4 Ke8 42. Kc2 f4 43. Kd2 g3 44. Ke2 h2 {"and wins" Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Event Unknown"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.07.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1949.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Ne4 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nc3 f5 8. Bf4 Bb4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Ne5 g5 14. Bxe4 gxf4 15. Bxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. Bg8 Kf6 19. h4 Rxg8 20. Qxg8 fxg3 21. Rxc8 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxc8 23. Qxc8 Qb6+ 24. Kf3 Qxb2 25. Rd6+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qb5 Nc6 9. e3 Nd5 10. a3 a6 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Bg2 e5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. e4 Qd7 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bd1 f5 18. Be3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb5 20. a4 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qc3+ 22. Bd2 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxb7 Ra3 26. O-O Rd3 27. Be3 Rxd5 28. Rxc7 Rad8 29. Kg2 R8d7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Bb6 e4 32. a5 Bd4 33. Ra8 Bxb6 34. axb6 Rb5 35. Rxa6 Rb7 36. Re1 R5xb6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Rxe4 {"draw eventual" - one report mentioned the game lasting 51 moves. Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.09"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Riley, Douglas Eric Arnold"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/5PPP/4n2K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 68"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Victor Russ's own record of this game is no more than a stub. (It is the only one of his British Championship games that is not given as a complete score in his scorebooks.) After writing his opponent's name, the event ('B. C.') and the date (9.8.49), he gives what appears to be 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c6 4 e3 Nbd7 5 f4 Ngf6 6 Bd3 (he uses a non-standard version of algebraic notation, thus 1 d2-4 d7-5 2 c2-4 e7-6 3 b1-c3 c7-6 4 e7-6 b8-d7 5 f2-4 g8-f6 6 f1-d3 - I presume White's 4th move is an error and should be e2-3 in Russ's notation). There are no further moves nor any indication of the result. However, he does put what is presumably a later position in the game into the diagram, indicating that White is to move, thus:  FEN "8/6p1/2k4p/P1Nn4/5P2/4p1P1/7P/6K1 w - - 0 1"  (Stockfish indicates that White could now win from this position with Ne6)} 68. h7+ (68. f7+ $1 Nxf7 69. h7+ Kg7 70. gxf7 Kxh7 71. f8=R $18) 68... Kh8 69. f7 Nxg6 $1 {Sources: BCM, September 1949, p296; The Chess Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 Sept 1949; CHESS, Vol.15, no.169, October 1949, p18; (moves 1-6w) Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Friedman, Otto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. O-O Ne7 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. b4 Bb7 12. a4 Qd7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nc1 Nec6 15. Nd1 Ne5 16. f3 Ndc6 17. Nf2 Rfd8 18. c3 Nc4 19. dxc4 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2 21. Nb3 Ra2 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23. f4 e5 24. Ncd3 Rxa4 25. Nb4 Na5 26. c5 bxc5 27. Nd5 Be6 28. Rfd1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 exf4 30. Rxc5 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bf8 32. Rd5 Rc8 33. Rbb5 Nc4 34. Rd7 Bc5 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Nd3 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. c4 Rc5 41. Bf1 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. Be2 Rgxg3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bonham, Reginald Walter"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 d5 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. f4 Nf6 10. Qf3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Be4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. f5 Bd6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 f6 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. d4 Bd6 21. Rf3 Qf7 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Re6 Rxe6 24. fxe6 Qg6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Rd8 27. g3 Ba3 28. Rf3 Bd6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rf5 Ke7 31. c4 dxc4 32. Rb5 b6 33. Rh5 h6 34. d5 a5 35. Kf3 Be5 36. Ke4 c3 37. Bc1 b5 38. Rf5 Rc8 39. Rf3 b4 40. Rd3 a4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. d4 exd4 10. Bc2 d3 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Bc2 Bf6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Ne3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Be3 f5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 g5 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Bb3+ Kg7 26. Bd4+ Kh6 27. Re1 fxe4 28. Qg3 Bf6 29. h4 Qg6 30. hxg5+ Bxg5 31. Qh3+ Qh5 32. Bg7+ Kg6 33. Qxh5+ Kxh5 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Rad1 Rf5 36. g4+ {Sources: Russ scorebook; (final two half-moves) The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1 No.1, 3 September 1949. (Russ wrote in his scorebook, "Black should have played on."} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Israel, Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 f6 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O-O N7c6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf7 17. f4 e5 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Be6 20. a3 b5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Nf2 Rac8 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Be2 a5 25. h5 b4 26. a4 b3 27. c3 Bc4 28. Kc1 Qc6 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd5 Qxa4 31. Kd2 Qb5 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 a4 34. h6+ Nxh6 35. Rxd6 Nf7 36. Rd7 Rfd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Kd3 Nd6 40. c4 Nb7 41. Kc3 Nc5 42. Kb4 Rc8 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. Rd5 $2 (44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Rd5 Ke6 $11) 44... exf4 45. gxf4 h5 $17 46. Kc3 $2 h4 47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5 a3 49. bxa3 Rb8 50. Re1 b2 51. Kc2 Kf6 52. Kb1 Na4 53. Kc2 Kf5 54. Nd3 b1=Q+ 55. Rxb1 Rxb1 56. Kxb1 h3 57. Kc2 {Sources: Russ scorebook; (moves 42-end) BCM, September 1949, p302. Russ's scorebook gives a date of 11.8.49 for this game but it is probably just a mistake.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.15"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Penrose, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Ng5 a5 11. b5 Nc5 12. a4 h6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg6 17. e4 Kh8 18. O-O f6 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bc3 Kh7 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Ne3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 b6 25. Qc2 Ne6 26. d4 Kh8 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Rad1 Qf7 29. Ne3 Nc5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rfd8 32. Nd5 Rd6 33. f3 Rbd8 34. Rc4 Qd7 35. Rc1 f5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Qxc5 fxe4 38. fxe4 Re6 39. Nxc7 Rxe4 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Qxc4 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4 Rxd4 43. b6 Rxa4 44. Nd5 Ra3 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Ke2 Rb5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.16"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. h5 Nc5 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Qe2 a4 13. O-O-O Qc8 14. Rh4 Qe8 15. Qe3 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nge2 Bc4 18. Rdh1 Rf7 19. g4 Qb8 20. Bxf6 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Bxf6 22. g5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Nxf2+ 24. Ke1 Rxf3 $4 (24... Nxh1 $19) 25. Rxh7 $18 Nd3+ 26. Kd1 Nxb2+ 27. Kc2 Bd3+ 28. Kc1 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxe4 30. Rff7 Nd3+ 31. Kd1 {Sources: Russ scorebook; (moves 1-14) The Chess Bulletin, Vol.1, No.1, 3 September 1949 (Leonard Barden opening survey); (moves 20-end) CHESS, October 1949, Vol.15/169, p25} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.17"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 exf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 b4 18. Ne2 Be6 19. d4 Bxb3 20. axb3 c5 21. Rf5 cxd4 22. Nf4 Rfc8 23. Nd3 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rc7 25. Ra5 h6 26. g3 Bg5 27. Kg2 Be3 28. Re2 f6 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. h4 g6 31. g4 Rc6 32. Nxb4 Rb6 33. Nd5 Rxb3 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Ra3 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Rb8 37. Rxe3 Ke6 38. Rc3 Kd6 39. Ke3 Rb1 40. Rd3+ Kc5 41. Rd5+ Kc6 42. Ra5 Kb6 43. Rd5 Kc6 44. Ra5 Rb3+ 45. Kd4 Kb6 46. Rd5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.18"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Harris, Peter A"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bf7 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Ng2 a5 14. d4 O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 a4 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Rhf1 Qe6 20. Qf2 b5 21. a3 b4 22. Nb1 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rd6 24. Nc3 Qc4 25. Rd3 Rb8 26. Rf3 Nf5 $2 (26... Rxd4 $16) 27. gxf5 g5 28. Rg1 Kh8 29. h4 Rxd4 30. hxg5 Qc5 31. Ne2 Rb3 32. Qxd4 {('QxKt') Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Felixstowe"]
[Date "1949.08.19"]
[Round "11.15"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1949.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rac8 16. d6 Bxd6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Bc5 22. Qg3 Rd4 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bb4 26. Bxa7 Bxa5 27. Bc5 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nxe4 29. Qb4 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 Ra8 31. Qb6 Qd5 32. Rf1 c5 33. h3 c4 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rc3 Qd7 36. b3 Rc6 37. Qb5 cxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb5 40. Rxb5 Rc7 41. Rxe5 b6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. h4 Rb7 44. Re4 b5 45. Rb4 Kg8 46. Kg3 Kf8 47. Kf4 Ke7 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Kd5 f5 50. g3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ 1949/50"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Hunter, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1949.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. g4 Rb8 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. e3 Ne6 14. f4 Ng7 15. e4 e5 16. f5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 18. Kd1 Qd8 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Bh4 Nxf5 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Qg2 Rb8 28. Kc2 Bg7 29. Raf1 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 b5 31. b3 bxc4 32. dxc4 Kg8 33. Bf6 Qe6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qd5 Qe7 36. Rf2 f5 37. h4 e4 38. Rg2 Kf6 39. Rhg1 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "County m Oxford-Leics"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1949.10.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1949.10.22"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{N.B. score missing from Victor Russ's scorebook. The result appeared in the 1949/50 BCF Yearbook, page 187, showing that Tylor had won (with White) against Russ on top board of the Oxfordshire-Leicestershire match held at Oxford on 22 October 1949. Leonard Barden, on board 2 for Oxfordshire, defeated W Tabakiernik.}  1-0

[Event "County m Leics-Notts"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Chaplin, Lawrence Albert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1949.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Nottinghamshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. h3 Qe8 11. g4 b4 12. Ne2 Qa4 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Nc1 a5 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f4 Nc6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf2 c4 19. d4 Ng6 20. e5 Be7 21. Nf3 f6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. d5 Bf7 24. Qe2 c3 25. Nb3 cxb2 26. Kxb2 Qd7 27. Bc5 a4 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nc1 Qc5 30. Qe4 Rfe8 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. h4 Bxd5 34. Rf1 c6 35. Nd3 Re4 36. Qf2 Nxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Rxg4 38. Nd4 Qe5 39. Kb1 Be4 40. Nf3 Bxf3 41. Qxf3 a3 42. c3 h5 43. Re3 Qh2 44. Rf2 Qxh4 45. Rfe2 {... now some unrecorded moves played until 49 Kb1-c1 and the score ends. No information besides the recorded moves and the name 'Mr Chaplin'. However, the position in the scorebook indicates the game was played after 15.10.1949 and before 19.11.1949. The Leicester Evening Mail, 14 November 1949, reports a county match played on 12.11.1949 in Leicester in which Russ (Leicestershire) lost to L A E Chaplin (Nottinghamshire) so in all probability that was the occasion. Biographical note: Lawrence Albert Edward Chaplin (1905-1977), occ. civil engineer, county council (Nottinghamshire)} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1949/50"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James, George Edwin"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1949.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nc5 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Re1 Na7 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nfd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qh3 Bg5 19. f4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qe7 21. Kh1 Nc6 22. Rad1 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Nd2 b4 25. Nf3 $16 Nf8 26. f5 $2 gxf5 27. Bxf5 $2 (27. g4 $5 $11) 27... Qg7 $17 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bc2 Reb8 $6 30. axb4 $2 (30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rc1 $11) 30... cxb4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. Ra1 Nd7 $17 33. Ng5 $2 Nc5 34. Bxh7 Kh6 35. Nxe6 $2 Nxe6 36. Bf5 Ned4 37. g4 Rxb2 38. Re3 Rb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3 40. Re1 a3 41. Bd7 Ne7 {('Kt-Q2')} 42. Rf1 a2 43. Rf6+ Kg7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1949/50"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Smith, Bertram Thomas H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1949.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 h6 {(This move is completely missing from the score, which continues with white moves in the right-hand column and black in the left until Russ notices at move 17 and readjusts. He uses his own version of algebraic for this game and it becomes clear at move 19 ('h6-5') that Black's missing 4th move must have been 4...h6)} 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. c3 Ng6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Ne1 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Rxf4 Bg5 14. Rf1 O-O 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. Rae1 Re7 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nf3 Qh6 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. h3 Bd7 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Nh7 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rfe1 Ng5 27. Kh2 Nh7 28. b3 Kh8 29. Re3 Qg5 30. Nf3 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qh6 32. Nd4 c5 33. Nf3 g6 34. Nd2 {Source: Russ scorebook. No event or result information. We know that Russ beat Bertram Thomas Harrison Smith in the 1949/50 Leicestershire Championship so it is probably that game; but, given that the final position is by no means a win for White, we can probably assume that it went to a further session or sessions and that the further moves are missing. Biographical note: Bertram Thomas Harrison Smith (1912-1982), occ. insurance inspector - JS} 1-0

[Event "County m Leics-Warws"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.12.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.12.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Warwickshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Ba3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. c5 Qe7 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Ng5 Rfe8 14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. d5 Rxe2 17. dxc6 Ba6 18. Bf3 Rc2 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 d5 21. Be7 Ne4 22. c7 Kf7 23. Bd8 Ke6 24. a4 Bc4 25. a5 Kd7 26. Ra1 bxa5 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxa5 Kc8 29. g4 a6 30. Ra1 a5 31. Kg2 a4 32. Be7 Kxc7 33. Bc5 Kc6 34. Bb4 Kb5 35. Bd6 Bb3 36. Ra3 Kc4 37. Be5 g6 38. g5 Kd3 39. h4 Rc8 40. Kf1 Rxc3 {Source: Russ scorebook. Played at Church House, Leicester. Warwickshire won 16.5-13.5. Full results in 1949/50 BCF Yearbook, page 188, where the date is given erroneously as December 3rd 1950 - it was definitely 1949.} 0-1

[Event "Nat Club Ch Leics A-Leics B"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "James, George Edwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.12.05"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester A"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester B"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 e6 7. Qg4 g6 8. b4 d5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. cxb6 axb6 13. a4 {('PQR4' although the 'P' is very faint and I first took it for 'QR4' = Qh4, but that makes no sense when the B goes to h6 next move)} Nd7 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nd4 Nb8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. O-O Kf8 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. h4 Qe8 21. h5 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Bd2 Qf8 24. h6 f5 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Rg8 28. Qe3 c5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rfb1 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 Nc6 32. f4 g5 33. Rxb6 gxf4 34. Bxf4 Rgb8 35. Rxb8 {"left as a draw" (n.b. Stockfish 17 considers it +3.50 in favour of White) Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-Qualifier A"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Collier, Philip Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1949.12.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qd3 c6 7. Nd2 f5 8. f3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. a4 Qc7 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 e5 17. Kh1 exd4 18. cxd4 Bg4 19. Ng5 g6 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ {Source: Russ scorebook. The event was a British Championship county qualifier composed of four players: Russ, Collier, Fuchs and Pavord. Fuchs beat Pavord in the 1st round but lost to Collier in the 2nd (Leicester Evening Mail, 12 December 1949)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-Qualifier A"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavord, Vincent Dwelly"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1949.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8. c3 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Ng5 e5 12. Ngxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 {('BxP K5' is what Russ wrote but this is not consistent with subsequent play)} Bxe4 14. Nxe4 exf4 {(The next three half-moves are recorded as 15 PxP PxP 16 PxP, which is not very helpful! I think I have interpreted correctly - JS)} 15. exf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. g3 Bxd4 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. g4 Nxf4 21. Re4 Ne6 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. f3 Bxc3 25. Qc2 Qb5+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Nat Club Ch Leicester-Coalville"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1949.12.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Taylor, George Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1949.12.31"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Coalville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Bb2 Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7 11. f4 Bb4 12. e4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng6 14. a3 Be7 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rf2 dxc4 18. bxc4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Raf1 Bd7 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. h4 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Rf8 26. Kh2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qb3 28. h5 Nh8 29. c5 Nf7 30. Bc1 Qd1 31. Qb2 Qxh5+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 h6 34. Bh3 {(The score gives BB3 which would simply be en prise, so maybe White played BR3 - JS)} Qd3 {Source: Russ scorebook. No event or date given but the match was reported in the Leicester Daily Mercury, 6 January 1950. Still no date but the previous Saturday was 31 December 1949, so I've assumed that date. Match results (Leicester names first): (1) V Russ draw GS Taylor; (2) W Tabakiernik 1-0 AS Garrett; (3) PN Wallis draw PD Sanderson; (4) J Hunter 1-0 J Glyn; (5) PE Collier 1-0 J Szczerbik; (6) B Vohralik 1-0 C Broomhall - Leicester won 5-1. It was the Leicestershire final of the competition, round 2 overall. Biographical note: George Samuel Taylor (1883-1971) was managing director of a building company and president of Leicestershire Chess Club (Association) as of 1950.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leics Champ 1949/50"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1950.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1950.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nfd2 e5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qe1 d4 13. Nc4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. f3 Be6 18. Qf2 Bc4 19. Rfd1 $4 {(Incredible blunder in a slightly worse position - JS)} Qxd1+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Leics Champ 1949/50"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1950.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weiss, Oswald"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1950.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 Ne8 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nf4 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. b4 Nce4 15. c5 Nf5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bc4 Nc3 19. Rb2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd4 21. Bb3 Nh4 22. Be3 Rd6 23. Rc2 Rad8 24. Rcc1 g5 25. Nh5 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27. Bxg5 Nxb3 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. axb3 Nxf3 30. Kg2 Rd3 31. Rb1 Be5 32. Rc1 f5 33. Rc6 Nh4+ 34. Kf1 Rd6 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. f4 Bd4 {Source: Russ scorebook. No result given, presumably 0-1 (definitely if it is their Leics Ch game)} 0-1

[Event "County m Oxford-Leics"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1951.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.03.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Ndxe4 Be7 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Bh3 Re8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. d5 c5 19. dxe6 Qc6 20. f3 fxe6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxf3 24. Rd3 Bg4 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Ra3 Ra8 28. Rae3 a6 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg5 Rd8 31. h3 Bf5 32. Re5 Kg6 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. cxd5 g6 36. d6 Bd7 37. Re7 Bc6+ 38. Kf2 b5 39. Rc7 Be4 40. Rxc5 Ke6 41. Re5+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Nat Club Ch Liverpool-Leicester"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1951.07.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hoad, Philip Charles"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.07.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liverpool"]
[BlackTeam "Leicester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Ne5 Qf5 14. Qd4 Nfe4 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Rxe4 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qg6 18. f4 f6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Bxa5 Qf5 21. Bc7 g5 22. Rf1 g4 23. b4 b5 24. c5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Kf2 Bf5 28. Bd6 Ra8 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rc7 Rxa2+ 31. Kg3 Be4 32. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 33. Kh3 d4 34. Bf8 Kf5 35. Rxh7 Rg1 36. Be7 d3 37. Rh6 Rg6 38. Rh5+ Kxf4 {time (Source: Russ scorebook). Match scores (Leicester names first): (1) PN Wallis 0-1 Dr. Nairn; (2) VJA Russ 1-0 PC Hoad; (3) W Tabakiernik 1-0 G Walley; (4) J Hunter 1-0 V Soanes; (5) PE Collier drew H Temkin; (6) C Cordel 0-1 G Hutchings - Leicester won 3.5-2.5.} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.20"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Ursell, Philip Ashby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. Bf4 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. b4 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Qf6 $4 ({CHESS Magazine gives} 15... Qh4 {as being played here, but Russ's scorebook has ...Qf6. Both are errors.}) (15... Nd7 $1 {and if} 16. Ne6 Qf6 $11) 16. Rxc5 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Qg1 Qd2 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Ng5 Rae8 21. h3 b6 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Ngf3 Re4 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Re3 Rf4 26. g3 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxh3 28. Rf4 Bf5 29. Nh2 Qd6 30. Qf1 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 g5 32. Rf2 h5 33. Ref3 {Sources: Russ scorebook; (moves 13-18) CHESS, September 1951, p282} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 cxb5 9. Qxa8 Bc5 10. O-O Nb7 11. d4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Nb3 a5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 a4 22. Nbd2 Qc5 23. Rfe1 f6 24. c4 Bc6 25. Kh1 Nd6 26. b3 a3 27. Re2 Nf5 28. Nf1 g5 29. e4 Nd6 30. Rce1 Kg7 31. N1d2 Qb4 32. Nb1 Nb7 33. Re3 Nc5 34. R1e2 h5 35. Ne1 Qb7 36. Nc3 Ne6 37. Nc2 Nd4 38. Rd2 Qb6 39. Red3 Nxc2 40. Rxc2 Qc5 41. Re2 Kg6 42. Kh2 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. Rde3 e4 45. Nxe4 Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Qd6+ 47. g3 Qb4 48. Re6 Qc3 49. g4+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.22"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Milner-Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 d6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qc3 a5 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. a3 g5 16. Kh1 g4 17. Ng1 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Ne2 hxg3 20. Nxg3 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qh4 22. Raf1 Neg7 23. Kg1 Bd7 24. Nde4 Rae8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Re5 27. h3 gxh3 28. Rxh4 hxg2 29. Rff4 {Sources: Russ scorebook; Manchester Guardian, 28 August 1951; CHESS, September 1951, p285} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hallmark, Alfred Maurice"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Be3 a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nde2 Qc8 15. Rc1 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Qd2 Qa8 18. h3 Qa6 19. f4 Nd8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Re7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nf4 Qb6+ 27. c5 Qb5 28. Qb2 {Sources: Russ scorebook; BCM, October 1951, p265; CHESS, September 1951, p286} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.24"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Blaine, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. a4 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxc5 b6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. b3 f6 20. Nb2 Qd6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. b4 Qe7 23. Nd3 g6 24. a5 b5 25. Qxc6 Rc7 26. Bc5 Rxc6 27. Bxe7 Rd7 28. Bc5 Kg7 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Rc1 f5 32. f3 Rc8 33. Nb2 Rcd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rd7 37. a6 Rc7 38. Nc3 Rc6 39. Nxb5 Kd7 40. Nxa7 Rxa6 41. b5 Ra4 42. Kd3 Ra5 43. g4 Ra1 44. Nc6 Rb1 45. Nxe5+ Ke6 46. Nc6 Kd7 47. Kc4 Rh1 48. Kd5 Rxh3 49. b6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nh5 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qc1 c6 15. Bg5 Qf8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Qf4 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Nc3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rad8 23. Ne4 f5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nf2 Nf6 26. e4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bf6 29. Qd3 Kh8 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Bf3 Bg7 32. Rf2 Qf6 33. Re2 Re7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Nxd2 12. Bxd8 Nxd4 13. Bb6 Nxe2 14. Kxe2 Nc4 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Bd4 Bxa4 17. b3 Na3 18. bxa4 Nxc2 19. Rad1 Nxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ke7 21. Rb1 b5 22. Rbd1 d5 23. Rb1 Rhc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Rb3 Ra4 27. g3 Re4+ 28. Kd3 b4 29. Rdb2 Rcc4 30. a3 Rcd4+ 31. Kc2 bxa3 {Sources: Russ scorebook; CHESS, October 1951, p18} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.28"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Qxg2 9. Bf3 Qg6 10. Qd6 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Qe5 13. Qd3 Ngf6 14. Nh3 c5 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Qe3 Rg8 18. Nf4 Kf8 19. Rge1 e5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rg7 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Re8 26. Qh4 Qb6 27. Re3 h5 28. Rde1 Rge7 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Bd2 Kh8 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Qd8 33. Qh6+ Rh7 34. Rxe8+ {Sources: Russ scorebook; Manchester Guardian, 6 September 1951} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.29"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Scott, David Bernard"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nd4 Nb6 13. Rde1 O-O 14. Bf3 Bd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. h4 Nc8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bh5 Rf8 23. Re1 Bb6 24. c3 Kh7 25. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.30"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Ansell, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rb8 15. Bf4 Rb6 16. Rhc1 {(Russ wrote 'QRQB1' in his scorebook but it has to be the h1 rook that moves otherwise the subsequent 24 Kf1 would leave a whole rook en prise - JS)} Bb7 17. Qh3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bd6 ({Russ noted the variation} 18... Qg5 $1 {in his scorebook}) 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. Ne5 Qf6 22. Ng4 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Kf1 h6 25. Bxb5+ Ke7 26. a4 f5 27. h3 fxg4 28. a5 Rf8 29. Rc2 Qf5 ({Russ noted the variation} 29... g6 {in his scorebook}) 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. axb6 Rxb5 32. Rd2 gxh3 33. gxh3 e5 34. f4 exf4 35. Rxd4 Rxb6 36. Re1+ Kf6 37. b4 g5 38. Re8 Kf5 39. b5 Bc5 40. Rd7 Rxb5 41. Rh7 f3 42. Rxh6 Rb1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 f2+ 45. Kf1 Bd5 46. Rh4 gxh4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1951.08.31"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Hooper, David Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1951.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Nc3 Qe7+ 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nb5 14. Qc4 Nd4 15. O-O Qc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Bc4 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Rd4 19. Bb3 Rxf4 20. Bxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 Rd8 22. g3 Rf5 23. Rfc1 c6 24. Kg2 Bd4 25. Ne4 Rfd5 26. a3 Bb6 27. g4 Rd1 28. h4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd3 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Kd7 32. f4 Ke6 33. c4 Bd4 34. a4 b6 35. Kf3 a6 36. Nd2 b5 37. Ke4 Bf2 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nb3 Kd6 41. h5 Bb6 42. f5 h6 43. Na1 Kc5 44. Nc2 Kc4 45. Na3+ Kb4 46. Nb1 Bc5 $6 (46... Kb3 $19) 47. Kd5 Be3 48. Ke4 Bc1 49. Kd3 Kb3 50. Nc3 b4 $19 51. Ne2 Bb2 52. Nf4 Ka2 53. Ne2 b3 54. Kc4 Ba3 $2 (54... Ka3 $19) 55. Nc3+ $1 $11 Kb2 56. Ne2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Ch f Lud Eagle-Leicester"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1951.09.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1951.09.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Aitken Book 11"]
[Source "Geoff Chandler"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Lud Eagle"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Date could 29/9/1951 - have two games played on same day according to Aitken and neither month is clear - the 29th is. See Fazekas game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nxe5 Bf6 8. O-O Bxe5 9. Qxe5 Nc6 10. Qf4 Na5 11. Bd5 Ne8 12. d4 c6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bd3 d5 15. b3 b5 16. Ba3 Rf7 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Re5 Qb8 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. f3 Nab7 21. Rfe1 a5 22. Qg5 Qa7 23. Be3 Raf8 24. Ne2 Qb6 25. Nf4 Qd8 26. Ne6 $2 {Aitken} Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Qd7 $1 {Aitken} 28. Re5 Rf6 29. Qh4 Nf7 30. Bg5 Nxe5 31. Bxf6 Ng6 32. Re7 Nxe7 33. Bxe7 Re8 34. Bg5 Qe6 35. Bd2 b4 36. g4 Nd6 37. Bf4 Nf7 38. Kf1 fxg4 39. Qxh7+ Kf8 40. fxg4 Qxg4 41. Bg3 Re6 42. Kg2 Rf6 43. h3 Qxd4 44. Qh5 Qe3 45. Qg4 {...and white resigned.} 0-1

[Event "County m Oxford-Leics"]
[Site "Oxford, Christ Church College"]
[Date "1952.03.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1952.03.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxfordshire"]
[BlackTeam "Leicestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 Qd6 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qe6 16. Qf2 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. Bxg3 g6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Re7 Nb6 26. Rc7 f5 27. Be5 Rf7 28. Rxc6 Re8 29. Bd4 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Rb7 {('Rb8' is recorded - unusually, Russ was using algebraic notation)} 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Ng5 Nc8 34. Kf3 Rb2 {and now Russ records "35 Rg7+ wins." Source: Russ scorebook. This was the final of the MCCU County Championship - Oxfordshire won 16-11.} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Bd2 a5 7. e3 b5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne5 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. f3 Nxc4 19. fxe4 Nxe3 20. Qf3 Nxf1 21. Qxf1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Rfd8 23. e5 Qc6 24. Qf4 Rdb8 25. Qg3 Qb5 26. Kf2 h6 27. h3 Rc8 28. Ke3 Qc6 29. Kf2 Qb5 30. Ke1 Ra7 31. Qh4 Qc4 32. Rd1 Qd5 33. Rd2 Kh7 34. Qf2 Kg8 35. Qh4 Kh7 36. Kd1 Kg8 37. Qg4 {('QN5')} Rca8 38. Ba1 Rc8 39. Qh5 Qc4 40. Ke1 Qc1+ 41. Qd1 Qc4 42. Qc2 Qd5 43. Qa4 Rb8 44. Bb2 Kh7 45. Kd1 f6 46. exf6 Rf8 47. Qc2+ Kg8 48. Re2 Rxf6 49. Ke1 Raf7 50. Nxe6 a4 51. h4 a3 52. Bc1 a2 53. Bb2 b3 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Kd2 Rf2 56. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 57. Ke3 Qf5 58. d5 Rf1 59. Qc3 Qf2+ 60. Kd3 Qxg2 61. Kc4 Rf7 62. Qd3+ Kg8 63. Qxb3 Qf1+ 64. Kc5 a1=Q 65. Bxa1 Qxa1 66. Qb8+ Kh7 67. Qb6 Qc3+ 68. Kd6 Qg3+ 69. Kc6 Qxh4 70. Qb1+ g6 71. Qb3 Qe7 72. Qb6 Qd7+ 73. Kc5 Rf5 74. Qb3 Qxe6 {Sources: Russ scorebook; (moves 18-24) CHESS, October 1952, p3 & A History of Lancashire Chess by MJ Conroy, p301} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Israel, Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qb8 20. Qe2 Qa8 21. Red1 Nb6 22. Qd3 Rc5 23. Ne1 Nxd5 24. b4 Nf4 25. Qf1 Rcc8 26. g3 Ne6 27. Bb3 Ng5 28. Rd3 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Rc8 30. Bb2 Nf3+ 31. Nxf3 Bxf3 32. Kh2 Qb7 33. Bd1 Bc6 34. Qe1 f6 35. Bg4 Rd8 36. Be6+ Kf8 37. Qd1 d5 38. Bc1 Rd6 39. Qg4 Bd7 40. Bxd7 Qxd7 41. Qd1 d4 42. Bb2 f5 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 Bf6 45. a4 Rd5 46. Qb3 g6 47. Rd2 Qd6 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Rd3 Qe6 50. Qd1 Qe4 51. Qf1 Rd7 52. Bc1 Rc7 {"and wins." Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Harris, Peter A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bh7 12. Qb3 b5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qc3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a5 19. f4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qe8 22. Qd3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Ra7 Qf7 25. Bxf6 Rc8 26. Be5 Kf8 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. h3 Kh8 29. Qa3 Kh7 30. g4 Kg7 31. Qa1+ Kh7 32. Qe5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Rb8 9. Qd3 e5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. cxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Rxb5 15. Re1 Qb8 16. e4 Rc8 17. a3 d5 18. Qc3 c5 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Qb3 Rc3 21. Qb2 Qc7 22. e5 Ng4 23. Nb3 a5 24. Bd2 Qc4 25. Bf1 Rxb3 26. Bxc4 Rxb2 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Rxa5 Be8 29. Ra8 Kf8 30. Re2 Ke7 31. Rb8 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 b3 33. Bb4+ Kd7 34. h3 Nh6 35. Bc3 Nf5 36. g4 Ne7 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. R8xb3 Nc6 39. Rd2 h6 40. Bb2 Rc4 41. Rb5 Nb4 42. Ba3 Nc2 43. Rxd5+ Kc7 44. Rc5+ Rxc5 45. Bxc5 Ne3+ 46. Kf3 Nc4 47. Ra2 Bc6+ 48. Kf2 Bd5 49. Bf8 g6 50. Bxh6 Nxe5 51. Rc2+ Nc4 52. h4 Kd7 53. Bf8 Ke8 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 Ke6 57. h6 Kf6 58. f5 Na5 59. Be7+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Wallis, Philip Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 e5 9. e3 exd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nfd5 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Qe6 19. Bf2 Qb3 20. Ne4 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 f5 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. b3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Bf1 Red8 27. Bg2 Bc6 28. f4 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 c6 30. Rc4 Rd5 31. b4 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. h3 Kd6 34. Rdc3 Kc7 35. Rc5 Rxd4 36. Re3 R4d5 37. Rb3 Rd3+ 38. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Ke2 Rxa3 40. Rxf5 b6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Rh5 h6 43. g4 Ke6 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Be5 46. Rh8 a5 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. Be1 a4 49. Ra8 Ra1 50. Re8+ Kd6 51. Bb4+ c5 52. Bxc5+ Kxc5 53. Rxe5+ Kb6 54. Re6+ Kc5 55. Re5+ Kd6 56. Ra5 a3 57. Kf2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boxall, Ronald Frank"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d4 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd4 Ng4 13. e3 Qf6 14. Qe2 Qh6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nb5 Bxh3 17. Bxf6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxf6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Red1 c5 23. Rd5 Qf6 24. Qg4 Rde8 25. Rxc5 b6 26. Rc4 Qb2 27. a4 f5 28. Qg5 Qe5 29. Rd7 Rf7 30. Rcd4 g6 31. c4 Qg7 32. Rd8 Ref8 33. R4d6 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Rf8 35. a5 bxa5 36. c5 Qb7 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. c6 Qxb3 40. c7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qe4 Nc7 12. c3 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nd5 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Qh4 g6 19. Nd2 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne4 b6 22. a3 Kg7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. f3 Bc4 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Ne4 Bc4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, John Edwin"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3 a6 13. Bc2 Nf8 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Be5 b6 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb7 19. c5 Nd7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ne5 Red8 22. b4 a5 23. Bd3 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. f4 Nf6 26. f5 Bc8 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 exf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Re8 31. Qf3 Ra4 32. d5 cxd5 33. Rfxd5 Rxb4 34. Rd7 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Rb7 Rxg4 37. Rdd7 Rc8 38. Rxb5 Rg5 39. Rbb7 f6 {White lost on time. Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. e3 Qf6 11. Qc2 Qh6 12. Ne5 Ndf6 13. Rae1 g5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f4 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bf3 Ne3 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Bd4 Kh8 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Raf8 27. Kg2 c5 28. Rd2 Bc6 29. Kg3 Rg7+ 30. Kf2 Rg5 31. Ree2 Rxe5 32. Ke3 Rg5 33. Rd6 Rf6 34. a4 Kg7 35. Red2 Rg1 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rh6 38. Rd2 Kf6 39. Rg2 Rh3 40. Kf4 Rh4+ 41. Kg3 Kg5 42. Re2 e5 43. h3 Rf4 44. Re1 Kf6 45. Kf2 Bd7 46. Kg3 Be8 47. Re3 Kg5 48. Rd3 Bc6 49. Re3 h5 50. Re1 Rh4 51. Re2 Rf4 52. Re1 h4+ 53. Kf2 Bd7 54. Rh1 Rf6 55. Ke3 Rb6 56. Bd1 a5 57. Rg1+ Kh6 58. Rg8 Bxh3 59. Rh8+ Kg5 60. Rh5+ Kg6 61. Rxh4 Bd7 62. Rh8 Rd6 63. Be2 Bc6 64. Ra8 b6 65. Rf8 Rf6 66. Rg8+ Kf7 67. Rg5 Ke6 68. Bg4+ Kd6 69. Be2 Rh6 70. Bf3 Bd7 71. Rg3 Be6 72. Rg7 Bd7 73. Kd2 Rh2+ 74. Kd3 Rb2 75. Bd1 Rf2 76. Bg4 Bxg4 77. Rxg4 Rf3+ 78. Kc2 Ke6 79. Rg8 Kf7 80. Rb8 Rf6 {"eventual draw" Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. d5 Nf6 12. bxc4 b4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 h5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. dxe6 Qxa4 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Nb3 Be4 20. Kd2 Rhd8 21. Kc1 Ne5 22. Nd4 Rdc8 23. Kb2 Nxc4+ 24. Bxc4+ Rxc4 25. Rha1 Rc5 26. f3 Bd5 27. e4 Bb7 28. Nb3 Rc3 29. Rxa5 Rac8 30. Ra7 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Rxg2 32. Rxb7+ Kg6 33. Rxb4 Rcc2 34. Nc1 Rcf2 35. Ra2 Rxh2 36. Rb5 h4 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Nd3 Rxf3 39. Kc2 h3 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Rf5 Rxf5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Nf2 h2 44. Ke3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch39"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1952.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 h6 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nc1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Nb2 Qf6 21. Bg2 Qg6 22. Rc1 Qh5 23. f3 Ng6 24. Nd3 Ne5 25. Nf2 Nc4 26. Rc3 Qg6 27. e4 Be6 28. f4 f5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5+ cxd5 31. Be5 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Qf7 33. Qd4 Ra6 34. Rce3 Rg6 35. Kh1 Rge6 36. Nd3 g5 37. Qxd5 Rd8 38. Qxb7 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Nxf4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Cook, Percy Baldwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. d3 O-O 10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. d4 Qc7 13. Na3 Bb7 14. d5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc4 16. bxc4 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nc2 Raf8 19. Ra3 Qd8 20. Re2 Bc8 21. Nce1 Nb6 22. Qb3 a5 23. Bd2 a4 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. b3 Qe8 26. bxa4 Bxa4 27. Qa2 Bd1 28. Re4 Nd7 29. Qb1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nf6 31. Re2 Nh5 32. Qe1 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rae3 Qg6 35. Nd2 Qc2 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rb8 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Nf3 Qxf2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Ne1 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. h4 g6 45. Ke2 Bd8 46. Nd3 Ba5 47. Nf2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Bc3 49. Re2 Rxe2 50. Kxe2 Ba5 51. Ne4 Ke7 52. Kf3 h6 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. h5 Kf7 55. hxg6+ Kxg6 56. Ng3 Bd8 57. Ne4 Be7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goodman, John Bertram"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. O-O-O g6 15. Nh4 Be7 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Qd1 Qd6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Qa4 Qf6 26. Rhf1 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Bf5 28. Qc2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 30. Rcc1 Rhe8 31. Qc2 Re4 32. Rh1 Rde8 33. Rh3 R8e6 34. Rch1 Qg5 35. Rh4 Qe7 36. a3 Qd8 37. Qc5 b6 38. Qc3 Kb7 39. Ka2 Qf6 40. Qc2 Qd8 41. Qc3 Qf6 42. Qc2 a5 43. Qd2 Re8 44. Qc2 Qd6 45. Rc1 f5 46. Ka1 Rc8 47. Qd2 Qe7 48. Rhh1 Qf7 49. Qd1 Rh8 50. Qa4 Qe8 51. Rc3 Re6 52. Rb3 Ka6 53. Rc3 Qd7 54. b4 b5 55. Qc2 a4 56. Rc1 Kb7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Qxe4+ Qe7 9. O-O-O Qxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Rhe1 Bf6 16. Ne2 b6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ned4 Rfe8 19. Re2 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Re8 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Nc2 b5 23. b3 Bc3 24. Ncd4 Ne4 25. Ne2 Bb4 26. Rf1 Nc5 27. Kc2 Re3 28. Nc1 Ba3 29. Ne5 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 Re2+ 32. Kc3 Rxg2 33. Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 bxc4 35. bxc4 d6 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. Kd4 Kf6 38. c5 dxc5+ 39. Kxc5 g5 40. d6 cxd6+ 41. Kxd6 g4 42. Kc5 h5 43. Kd4 h4 44. Ke3 Be4 45. Nc5 g3 46. h3 Bg2 47. Nxa6 Bxh3 48. Kf3 Bf1 49. Nb4 Bb5 50. Nd5+ Kf7 51. Nb4 Kg6 52. Kg2 Kh5 53. Nc2 Kg4 54. Ne3+ Kxf4 55. Nd5+ Kg4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Newman, Richard Hilary"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. e4 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. f3 Qe7 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. c5 Bxd3 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. a4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. d5 Nf6 23. Ng3 Qf8 24. Bd4 Ne8 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Ba1 Ng7 27. e5 Qe7 28. Ne4 Ne8 29. Ng3 Ng7 30. Ne4 Ne8 31. d6 cxd6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. exd6 Qd7 34. Qb2 f6 35. Nxf6+ Nxf6 36. Qxf6 Kh7 37. Re1 Nd5 38. Re7+ Qxe7 39. Qf5+ {Source: Russ scorebook (according to Russ, Black resigned after playing 38...Qxe7)} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d4 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Be6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne1 b5 11. Na3 a6 12. f4 f6 13. Nb1 Bd6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Kh1 Nge7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. f5 Bf7 19. g4 c4 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. g5 Bh5 22. Qe1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Ng8 25. Nd2 Nb4 26. Qb1 Nf6 27. Rg2 Qf7 28. Be2 Rfc8 29. Qd1 cxd3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Ra8 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. Nxb3 Be7 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Kh2 Kg8 37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Nf3 Rac7 39. Rbg1 Kf7 40. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 41. Rg2 Rc1 42. Rg1 Rc7 43. Rg2 Ke7 44. Nd2 Kd6 45. Nb3 Bh4 46. Kg1 Bf6 47. Kf1 Kd7 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rxg2 50. Kxg2 Bg5 51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Ke2 Kd6 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Kg4 Be3 55. Kf3 {Source: Russ scorebook (according to Russ, the draw was agreed after 54...Be3)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxg4 exd4 16. c5 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nxc5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Qc2 a4 21. Nf5 axb3 22. axb3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Ne6 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Be2 g6 27. Nd6 Nd4 28. Nc4 Qe6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davey, Stanley Clifford"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 a6 9. Bf4 d4 10. Nd1 Nh5 11. Bd2 e5 12. e3 c5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Ng5 Be7 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 Ndf6 18. Nf2 Rb8 19. Re2 Bd6 20. Rae1 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ng4 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 g5 26. Rf2 Qb6 27. Ref1 Be6 28. Qd1 Ng7 29. h4 Qc7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 Qxg3 33. fxg7 Kxg7 34. Qh5 f6 35. Rf3 Qg4 36. Qh2 Rb2 37. Rg3 Qxg3 38. Qxg3 Rxd2 39. Qc7+ Rf7 40. Qd6 Bg4 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Woolverton, Harry Ivor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. c4 Be6 12. c5 c6 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. Nd2 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb3 Ra7 18. a4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Bb2 Rfa8 22. Ra2 Nf4 23. Qd4 Qg4 24. g3 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Qd1 Rxa4 28. Rc1 Qg4 29. f3 Qg6 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Nb3 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qd3 33. Nd4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Pollitt, John H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. f3 e5 7. d5 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Qf6 11. g3 g5 12. O-O-O b6 13. Rf1 Nc5 14. f4 g4 15. f5 Qd8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bxg4 Nf6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. g4 b5 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Nge2 Rc8 24. Kb1 Nd7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nb6 28. f6 Nxc4 29. Qc1 Bf8 30. Rh7 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Bd7 32. g6 Qc4 33. g7 Bxg7 34. fxg7 f5 35. Qg5 Qd3+ 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hemingway, Thomas Keith"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A93"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nfd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bf6 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 c5 17. e3 Qc6 18. Rac1 b6 19. Rf2 Bb7 20. Rcf1 dxc4 21. bxc4 cxd4 22. exd4 Rac8 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nh4 Qd4 26. Nf5 Qc5 27. cxd5 Rf6 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 40th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1953.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 {etc} e5 $1 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. a4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. b5 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Qh5 f5 21. g3 Rf6 22. f3 Raf8 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 {} 25. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 26. Nxe4 Qe6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Bxd5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Nxd5 31. Qxe3 Nxe3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. g4 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Nxd4 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Ra7 {Source: (move 25-end) CHESS, October 1953, Vol.19/217, p19} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Univ v Leicester"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Rosselson, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.02.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leicester"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Bg5 e6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Bd6 a6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. a4 axb5 22. axb5 Ng4 23. h4 Bd7 24. Ra7 e5 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 Bf5 27. Nc1 e4 28. Rxb7 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 exd3 30. Re7 d2 31. Nb3 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Nf2+ 33. Kg2 Nxd1 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. c5 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 {Source: Rosselson scoresheet. No result, assume 0-1} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rushton, Robin Humphries"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 c5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. e4 Be7 7. Be2 h6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c3 Qc7 10. d4 Qb6 11. b3 cxd4 12. c4 Nc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb1 Bf5 15. e6 d3 16. exf7+ Kf8 17. Bf1 Bf6 18. Bd6+ Kxf7 19. Bxc5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Busby, Arthur William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Ne5 Qe6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Bc5 Qc4 16. Bf1 Qxc3 17. Bxa6 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qb3 Qc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Qxb6 cxb6 22. Rxc6 Ra4 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Bb3 Rad4 25. Rc7 R8d7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. e5 e6 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. f4 a5 31. Rb8 Rc6 32. Kf2 h6 33. Ke3 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Kd4 Kg6 36. Ba4 Rc5 37. Rxb6 Rd5+ 38. Ke4 Rd2 39. Bb3 Rxh2 40. Ra6 Re2+ 41. Kd4 Rg2 42. Rxa5 Rxg3 43. Bc2+ Kh5 44. Ra8 Rg2 45. Be4 Rb2 46. a4 Kg4 47. Ra7 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Bd3 Kh3 50. Rxf7 Ra3 51. Rf6 g4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Castello, Daniel"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. c4 Nb6 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Ng3 Rd5 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rc1 Bxd3 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qg3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 e4 26. Rc7 R5d7 27. Qb3+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd1 Rxc7 30. Rxd8 Rc2 31. Bd4 Rc4 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rb8 Rb4 34. Ke2 f4 35. a3 Rb3 36. a4 Rb4 37. Kd2 g5 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. Ra7 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 h5 41. a5 Rb5 42. axb6 Rxb6 43. Re7 Kf5 44. Rf7+ Rf6 45. Re7 h4 46. Ra7 Re6 47. Ra5+ Re5 48. Ra8 Rb5 49. Rf8+ Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rd8 Rb1+ 52. Rd1 Rxd1+ 53. Kxd1 g4 54. hxg4 f3 55. gxf3 h3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Nd7 12. a3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. b4 g5 15. b5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qb2 Qg7 19. b6 a5 20. c5 $2 f4 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Qc3 Rcf8 23. Qxa5 Qxe5 24. Qe1 Qb2 25. Qb1 Qd4 26. Ra2 Qxc5 27. a5 Rb4 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 c5 31. Re1 Kg7 32. a6 Rxb6 33. axb7 Rxb7 34. Ra5 c4 35. f3 Rfb8 36. Re2 Kf6 37. Kf2 d4 38. Rd2 Rb2 39. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 40. Kg3 Rbb2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Edge (snr), John"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. c3 O-O 11. f4 g6 12. Qf3 Ng7 13. g4 Be6 14. Be3 Bd5 15. Qe2 b5 16. b3 f6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. c4 Be6 20. h3 h5 21. Nf2 Bb4 22. Rad1 bxc4 23. bxc4 a5 24. Kh2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kf7 26. Kg3 Rh8 27. Rf1 Bxg4 28. Nxg4 Nf5+ 29. Kg2 Nxd4 30. Nb3 Nxe2 31. Rxd7+ Ke6 32. Rxc7 Kf5 33. Kf2 Kxg4 34. Kxe2 Rh3 35. Rg1+ Kf5 36. Nd4+ Ke4 37. Nc2 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rh2+ 39. Bf2 Kxf4+ 40. Kf1 Re6 41. Bg3+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Pattle, James Ernest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. b5 Bb7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bb5+ Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. Na7 Ra8 17. c3 Rxa7 18. cxd4 Qa8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Qxb6 Rxa4 21. Rab1 Rc8 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bd6 25. Nd3 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Nf6 27. Rb5 Rd8 28. Rd1 g5 29. Ne2 Ne4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Kg7 32. f3 Nf6 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. Nf5+ Kg6 35. Ne7+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh6 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Ra3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicolson, James Roderick"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Rc1 f6 20. Nd3 Nb6 21. Rhd1 Nc4 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Rc4 26. a3 Qa7 27. Kb2 Ra8 28. Ra1 Qa4 29. Qe2 Bxb4 {Source: Russ scorebook} (29... Bxb4 {Premature resignation:} 30. axb4 Rxb4+ 31. Kc3 Rc8+ 32. Kd2 Rc2+ 33. Ke1 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Qc2+ 35. Rd2 $11) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Partis, Michael T"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ng4 9. e4 Qb6+ 10. d4 exd4 11. Na4 Qa6 12. Nxd4 Bf6 13. Nf5 Qxc4 14. b3 Qe6 15. Rb1 d5 16. Qxg4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qf6 20. Qg5 Re8 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Nxe4 Ng4 24. Rfe1 Bf5 25. Kg1 Rd4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 h5 30. Nc4 Kf8 31. Ne3 Be4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Rd4 c5 34. Rc4 b5 35. Rxc5 Rxe4 36. Nf5 Re8 37. Rxb5 Kg8 38. Rb7 a6 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nxf7 Re2 41. a4 Kg6 42. Nd6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch44 Major Open A"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1957.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Johnson, J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nbc3 Nc7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. f4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Nc3 Rb3 19. Kc2 Qb6 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. Rhc1 Rb8 22. Kd1 Bd4 23. Ke1 Qb4 24. Kf2 Nb6 25. Qd1 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Nc4+ 27. Kf3 Nxb2 28. Qd2 Qa3 29. Kg4 Nc4 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Qe1 Qb2 32. Bf1 Ne3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 h5+ 35. Kh4 Rxc3 36. Rb1 Rxe3 37. Rxb2 Rxe4 38. g4 Rxf4 39. Re2 Rd4 40. Rxe7 Kg7 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rxd5 {Source: Russ scorebook. N.B. scores of Russ's last two games of this tournament appear to be missing from his scorebooks. In round 10 Russ beat Alan F Stammwitz in 47 moves and so must have drawn in the final round to reach 6/11.} 0-1

[Event "Midland Zonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.05.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1959.05.31"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Cafferty, Bernard"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Nc2 Ne6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bc3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Ne3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qd7 20. Qd3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Re7 22. e4 Rae8 23. Rae1 f6 24. b4 Nd8 25. b5 Nf7 26. Bd2 c6 27. a4 Rc8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Bf4 Rce8 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qa2 Rce8 32. Bg3 h6 33. Qb2 b6 34. Qc3 Rc8 35. Qd3 Rd8 36. Ra1 Rde8 37. Rae1 Ng5 38. h4 Nf7 39. Qd2 c5 40. d5 Ne5 41. Qc3 Qg4 42. Re3 Nf7 43. Qd3 Ne5 44. Bxe5 Rxe5 45. g3 Rh5 46. Kf2 g5 47. Qe2 Qxe2+ 48. Kxe2 gxh4 49. Rh1 h3 50. g4 Rh4 51. Kd3 Rxg4 52. Rhxh3 Kg7 53. Rhg3 Rg5 54. Ke2 Kg6 55. Kf2 Ree5 56. Kf3 h5 {(sealed)} 57. Re2 Rxg3+ 58. Kxg3 Kf7 59. Kf4 f5 60. Ra2 Rxe4+ 61. Kxf5 Rxc4 62. a5 Rd4 63. axb6 Rxd5+ 64. Kf4 axb6 65. Ra6 Ke6 66. Rxb6 c4 67. Rc6 Rc5 68. Ra6 Rxb5 69. Ke4 Rc5 70. Ra2 c3 71. Rc2 d5+ 72. Kd3 Kd6 73. Ke3 Kc6 {Sources: Cafferty scoresheets/scorebooks; Russ scorebook (which ends at move 64, which is the last line available for game entry in the scorebook)} 0-1

[Event "County Championship Final"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1962.07.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Morry, William Ritson"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1962.07.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwickshire"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nd4 Nxe5 $6 (12... Qd7) (12... Nxd4) 13. Nxe6 (13. Qh5 $1 $16 Ncd3 14. Qe2 (14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Qe2 Nxc1 16. Qxe5 $18 {Serov-Gawne, corr 2014 (1-0)}) 14... Nf4 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe3 Qg5 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Rxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 $11 {Perunovic-Musat, ROM-chT 2017 (1-0)}) 13... Nxe6 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. f4 Bc5+ (15... Re8 $6 16. f5 Nef4 17. Qg4 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Ngf4 19. g3 d4 20. gxf4 d3 $13) (15... f5 $5) 16. Kh1 Nexf4 $2 17. Rxf4 $18 Qd6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rxf7 $5 (19. Rf5 c6 20. Bf4 $18) 19... Qe6 $2 (19... Kxf7 20. Qxh7 Re2 21. Bd2 $16) 20. Bd2 $1 $18 Qxf7 21. Ng5 Qf2 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qxg6 (23. Bxg6 Re2 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ $18) 23... Re2 24. Nh3 Qf7 25. Qc6 Rxd2 26. Qxa8+ Ke7 27. Qc6 Bd6 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Bf5 Rd1 30. Qa8# {Source: BCM, Sept 1962, p272} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1963.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Stephenson, Frederick Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1963.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 f4 16. Qe2 Bxa8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. O-O-O Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc6 20. Bd5 Bg7 21. Qc3 Kc7 22. f3 Kb7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Rgd1 Rc7 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Qc4 Qc5 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Rc4 Qd6 31. Rd1 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qc6 34. Qd3 Kc7 35. c4 d6 36. b4 Bf8 37. Qc2 Be7 38. a4 Bh4 39. Kd1 Be7 40. Ke2 Kb8 41. Qb3 Qc8 42. a5 Qh3 43. Kd1 e4 44. Qc3 Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 exf3 46. Ke1 Kc7 47. Kf2 Bf6 48. axb6+ axb6 49. Kxf3 Be5 50. b5 Kd7 51. h3 h5 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Ra2 Kf5 54. Ra7 g5 55. Rf7+ Bf6 56. Rf8 g4+ 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rf8 Ke5 61. Rf7 Ke6 62. Rf8 Be5 63. Kf2 Bd4+ 64. Kg2 Ke5 65. Rg8 Kf5 66. Rf8+ Ke4 67. Rg8 g3 68. Re8+ Kd3 69. Kf3 Bf2 70. Re6 Kxc4 71. Rxd6 Kxb5 72. Rg6 Be3 73. Rg7 Kb4 74. Rg8 b5 75. Ke4 Kc3 76. Kf3 b4 77. Rc8+ Kb2 78. Rg8 Kc2 79. Ke2 b3 80. Rc8+ Kb1 81. Rg8 Bc1 82. Kd1 Ba3 83. Rg4 Ka2 {Sources: Norman Stephenson; Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Veauce, Louis"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Ndf3 O-O 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Qxc6 dxc3 $1 $19 13. bxc3 (13. Qxa8 Qb6 $1 14. Qxe4 (14. bxc3 Bb7) 14... cxb2) 13... Rb8 14. Qxe4 Qa5 ({Stockfish 17:} 14... Qh4+ $5 15. g3 Qe7 $19) 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nf3 exf4 17. exf4 $2 (17. O-O $5 $17) 17... Bf5 18. Qd2 Rfe8+ 19. Kf2 Qc5+ 20. Kg3 Re4 21. Qf2 Qxc3 22. Bd2 g5 $1 23. Qe1 gxf4+ 24. Kf2 Bc5+ 25. Be3 fxe3+ 26. Kf1 e2+ 27. Qxe2 Qxa1+ 28. Ne1 Rxe2 (28... Rf4+) 29. Kxe2 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Whitehouse, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a3 f6 9. Re1 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne5 Rae8 15. Bg5 Bc8 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Qc7 19. f4 Ref8 20. g3 Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. h4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd7 24. h5 Be8 25. Rae1 Bf7 26. hxg6 Bxg6 27. Rxe6 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf7 30. Rd6 Rc7 31. Rxd5 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Rxd4 Rb3 35. Ke4 Rxa3 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Rxb7 h5 38. Rd7 Ra4+ 39. d4 Ra3 40. f5+ Kg5 41. Rg7+ Kf6 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rg5 Kf6 44. Rxh5 Rxg3 45. Rh6+ Kf7 46. Ra6 Rg1 47. Rxa7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. Kd5 Rg5 50. Ke5 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Griffiths, Peter Charles"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. f3 d5 9. b4 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O e5 13. Bc2 a6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. e4 b5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Re1 Qb6 19. Kh1 exd4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bxd4 Qc6 22. Bb2 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Be4 Rad8 25. Bb7 Nb6 26. Bxa6 Be2 27. Bb7 Na4 28. Bf6 Rd6 29. Ra2 Rxf6 30. Raxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rb6 32. Re7 Nc3 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Rc7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 {Sources: Russ scorebook; BCM, September 1965, p262} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Jones, E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bh4+ 13. Kf1 exd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Bf3 Re8 16. Qc5 Re6 17. Rd1 Rb8 18. Qb6 Qe7 19. Bc5 Qe8 20. Bd6 Re3 21. Kg2 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qf5 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 Rxd6 29. Qc8+ Nd8 30. Qa8 Rh6 31. Bf3 Bg5+ 32. Kg4 Qh4+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meade, Philip J"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 h5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4 d5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. h3 Nf6 19. f5 Qb7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ndxe6 Nde4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Ng5 Rc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nxe4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Northern Open"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1965.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Welbourne, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1965.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. e4 Nf8 11. e5 N6d7 12. Ne1 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. c5 Qe7 15. Nd3 bxc5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. b4 Reb8 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Rfc1 Rab8 22. a3 Rc7 23. Bf1 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 a6 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. f5 f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Re1 Ne5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. f6 Raa7 34. Bf5 Qf8 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. f7+ {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Main A 1975/76"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1975.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Evans, RE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1975.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 e5 9. Ne2 e4 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Nd8 13. a4 Re8 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. h3 h5 16. O-O-O a6 17. Bb2 d5 18. c5 axb5 19. axb5 Qd7 20. Qb4 Ra7 21. Kd2 Rea8 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 h4 25. Qa5 Nf8 26. Bb2 g5 27. b6 c6 28. Qa1 Ng6 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1975/76"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1975.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Konig, P"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1975.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. Nd2 Qxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. Nc4 f6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 g5 14. Be3 g4 15. f4 Nh6 16. h4 f5 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Bf2 g3 19. Bxg3 Rhg8 20. Kh2 Rg7 21. Ne5 Rdg8 22. Rg1 Bc5 23. Rg2 Bd4 24. Ree2 Bxb2 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Ng5 Bd4 27. Ne6 Rd7 28. Be1 Rg4 29. Kh3 Bf6 30. exf5 Rd5 31. Ng5 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Nxf5 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. Rf8 Be7 35. Rf7 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nxc2 37. Bf2 Ke8 38. Rh7 Rxd3+ 39. Ke2 Rd5 40. Rxh5 Rf5 41. Kf3 Bd6 42. Rh8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kg4 b5 46. Ne6+ Kh6 47. f5 Be5 48. Nd8 Bf6 49. Nxc6 Kg7 50. Kf4 Kh6 51. Kg4 Kg7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Main A 1975/76"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finlayson, Shaun"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1975.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. c4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Nb4 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 c6 16. Nd4 Qc8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Rc3 Rac8 23. Rf3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rh3 f6 26. e6 Qe7 27. Rc3 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nc2 32. Qd7 {Source: Russ scorebook. Victor Russ withdrew after 4 rounds, having scored 2 (his round 3 game is missing).} 1-0

[Event "Harrogate-Huddersfield"]
[Site "Yorkshire"]
[Date "1977.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, R; Russ, VJA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1977.01.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qb8 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nbd2 (13. Bg5 {Russ}) 13... c6 14. c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 cxd5 16. cxd5 (16. exd5 a5 {Van Kemenade}) 16... Nb7 (16... a5 {Van Kemenade}) 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Ba3 Qa8 22. Qb3 (22. Qxa8 {Russ}) 22... Nd7 23. Qb5 Nbc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rb1 f5 26. Re1 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxd5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. Rxe5 Bd6 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. Ne5 Kf8 33. Nc6 $4 {Sources: Rudy van Kemenade, 12 October 2024 (minus White's final move); Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1978.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crabtree, J"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]
[EventType "game (corr)"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. g3 d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 g6 6. f3 Nf6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. Nf4 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10. g4 bxa4 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Harrogate Open"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herriot, Brian J"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nd7 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Nd2 Qg6 13. O-O f5 14. f4 exf4 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. a4 Rae8 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Kh1 Ne4 20. Qc2 Qg5 21. Bf3 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 fxg3 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Nf3 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxf3 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Harrogate Open"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd6 12. O-O Nd5 13. b3 b5 14. Qc2 b4 15. e4 Nde7 16. Bb2 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. d4 Bb7 19. e5 Qd7 20. a4 Nd5 21. Rac1 Nce7 22. Qd3 Ra8 23. Rc5 h6 24. h4 Kh8 25. Qd2 Qe8 26. Kh2 Qh5 27. Ne1 f4 28. Rxc7 fxg3+ 29. fxg3 Nxc7 30. Bxb7 Rab8 31. Bg2 g5 32. Bc1 Ncd5 33. Nd3 Ne3 34. Re1 Nxg2 35. Qxg2 Rf3 36. Nc5 Rbf8 37. Be3 Nf5 38. Bf2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "Harrogate Open"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "1979.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morley, Andrew J"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 6. Kg1 d5 7. Be2 Qf6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qf1 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 f6 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. c3 g5 17. Kf2 h5 18. h4 g4 19. g3 c6 20. Bf4 Nf5 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nf5 24. Rhe1 Rhe8 25. Re2 Re6 26. Rae1 Rde8 27. Nd2 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Harrogate Open"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "1979.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Greensmith, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Rb1 Rae8 11. b4 Nd8 12. b5 c6 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. a4 Bh3 15. Ba3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. e4 f4 18. f3 Ne6 19. g4 h5 20. h3 Bf6 21. Rh1 Rh7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. a5 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rhd1 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Rdc1 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Re8 32. Rb2 Rd7 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Bc5 Be7 35. a6 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Re6 37. Ra5 Ke7 38. Rb7 Red6 39. Re5+ Re6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. g5 Kd6 42. Kh3 $4 (42. Rb8 $11) 42... Rxb7 43. axb7 Kc7 {Source: Russ scorebook} 0-1

[Event "County Corr Ch 1983-84 Yorks-Gloucs"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1983.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garside, Rolf"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.12.08"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yorkshire"]
[BlackTeam "Gloucestershire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxg7 14. Rhe1+ Be6 15. g4 Rd8 16. Nd4 Rd5 17. f4 Kd8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Rxe6 Rxg4 20. Re5 c6 21. Rxd5+ cxd5 22. f5 Kd7 23. Nc2 Rg2 24. Rxd5+ Ke7 25. Rd2 Rg1+ 26. Kb2 Kf6 27. Nd4 h5 28. Ka3 a6 29. Kb4 b5 30. Ka5 Rb1 31. Rf2 Rd1 {Source: Russ scorebook (game ended 28 Feb 1984)} 1-0

[Event "Woodhouse Cup Harrogate-Sheffield"]
[Site "Yorkshire"]
[Date "1984.12.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Black "Ward, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1984.12.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrogate"]
[BlackTeam "Sheffield"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a3 Be7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qa2 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qd5 17. b3 Nf6 18. Bc4 Qh5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f3 Bf5 21. b4 Bg6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. g4 Qh3 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd6 Nb6 28. Bb3 Rcd8 29. Qg3 Qh7 30. Qf2 g5 31. Bc2 Qg8 32. Bd3 Qd5 33. Be3 Rfe8 34. Rfe1 Re7 35. Qg3 Qb3 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qh7+ ({It's possible the game may have ended} 37. Bh7+ Kf7 38. Bg6+ Kxg6 39. Qh5# {but Russ clearly wrote 37 Qh7+ - JS}) 37... Kf8 ({Russ's score now reads} 37... Kf7 38. Bg6+ {KxB (illegal move) 39 Qh5++ - I have interpreted but maybe there is something more plausible? JS.}) 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Bg6+ Kxg6 40. Qh5# {Source: Russ scorebook. Date of match 08/12/1984 according to YCA Bulletin but Russ has written 15/12/1984 in his scorebook.} 1-0

[Event "Woodhouse Cup Harrogate-Bradford Ctral"]
[Site "Yorkshire"]
[Date "1985.01.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Curry, S"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1985.01.26"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bradford Central"]
[BlackTeam "Harrogate"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qxa5 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qd3 Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Qxd5 Rbd8 27. Bxe4 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Qa5 29. Bc4 Rd8 30. Ra1 Qb6 31. Ra6 Qb4 32. Ra7 Rf8 33. Rd1 g6 34. g3 Kg7 35. Rdd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qb1 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kh6 39. Rf4 g5 40. Rd4 Kg7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rg4+ Kf6 43. Rxh4 Kg5 44. Rd4 h5 45. Rd5+ Kh6 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd4 Qa1 48. Rh4 Qd1 {Source: Russ scorebook} 1-0

[Event "Woodhouse Cup Harrogate-Bradford DCA"]
[Site "Yorkshire"]
[Date "1985.02.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bak, George"]
[Black "Russ, Victor John Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1985.02.09"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bradford DCA"]
[BlackTeam "Harrogate"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Ne8 9. Qc2 e5 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Rae1 a6 13. h3 Nc7 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qd2 b5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 f5 18. Bxc5 {(Probably the shock of having left the c-pawn en prise causes Black to omit this and the next half-move from the score. I have assumed 18 Bxc5 Rf7 - JS)} Rf7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. c5 f4 21. c6 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Re2 f3 24. Rh2 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Ne8 26. Qf2 Nd6 27. Rg1 Qc8 28. Rg3 Qf8 29. Rhh3 b4 30. Nb1 Bh6 31. Rxf3 Bf4 32. Bc5 Qd8 33. Bxb4 g5 34. Qg2 Ne8 35. Rf1 Nf6 36. Be2 Rg7 37. Bg4 Qb6 38. Bc3 h5 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Qg1 Qb5 41. Rhf3 Ke7 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Rxf4 {('Rxe')} Rf8 44. Qa7+ {Source: Russ scorebook. This was his last game of which the score exists. The score of this game is confusing as there are moves interpolated in the margin. At first I thought these were attempts to correct missing/mistaken moves but am coming round to the view that they represent Russ's later noted improvements on Black's play. A pair of half-moves are missing at move 18 and a wrong move at 43 but otherwise the score makes sense. The date of the match given by Russ was Friday 08.02.1985 but the YCA Bulletin for February 1985 (no.s 219-220) gives it as Saturday 09.02.1985.} 1-0

