[Event "Unrated Standard: Challenge from John Hamer"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2021.01.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Daryl Fouard"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "464693"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O g5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. g3 Nb4 13. Bb3 Re8 14. a3 Na6 15. gxf4 Bh3 16. Rf3 g4 17. Rg3 h5 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c4 Bh4 22. Rxh3 gxh3 23. Qxh5 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Hermeneutics"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65j"] [WhiteCountry "UKR"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "432545"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. h3 Qe7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ba4 Rad8 11. Nc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 f6 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. Bc2 a6 16. a4 Be6 17. b5 Na7 18. Qb1 axb5 19. axb5 Nac8 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Nh4 Bf7 23. cxd4 Qd7 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Be4 g5 26. Nf3 Bc4 27. Rc1 Bd5 28. Nd2 Qd6 29. Bd3 Rfe8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Ned5 32. Bd2 Re6 33. Bf3 Nf4 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Bxb7 Re2 36. Bf3 Rd2 37. Qg6 Qxd4 38. Be4 Rd7 39. Bc6 Qxf2+= 40. Kh1 Re7 41. Rg1 Rh7 42. Ra3 Qd4 43. Re1 Rd1 44. Qe8+ Kg7= 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Rg7 47. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 48. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.26"] [Round "-"] [White "mikewharvey"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteCountry "GBR"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "432988"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4= 13. Be3 Be5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. a3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Rd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 e6 19. Rad1 Rxa3 20. Rd8 Kf8 21. c4 Rc3 22. R8d4 Rc2 23. e3 e5 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Ra4 b6 27. Ra8 c4 28. Bb7 Bg4 29. Rxe8 Bxd1 30. Rxe5 Rd2 31. Kf1 Be2+ 32. Ke1 c3 33. Be4 Bg4 34. Rb5 Rd1# 0-1 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.10.09"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "Glenn O'Brien"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45s"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "AUS"] [GameID "433465"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 Qxc5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. c3 d5 9. Nb3 Qd6 10. Qc2 g6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe2 e6 18. Nd4 h5 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. g3 Qc7 21. Qf3 e5 22. Nb3 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Bf8 24. a4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd6 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. Be4 Be7 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bd5 f6 30. Be6+ Kb8 31. gxf6 Nxf6 32. Qd3= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.10.09"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "fanfan_la_Tulipe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55m"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "AUT"] [GameID "433376"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. O-O d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Qxf4 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qc6 Bd6 20. Qg2 f5 21. Rad1 fxg4 22. Bd5+= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "DANDYLIONHONEYBADGER"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00g"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [GameID "432546"] 1. Nh3 h6 2. d4 f6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 g5 6. Qh5+ Kd7 7. O-O-O Qe8 8. Qg4+ Kc7 9. Qe2 h5 10. Qc4 a6 11. Nd5+ Kd8 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. f3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Nh6 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Qa5 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.16"] [Round "-"] [White "The Stonewall"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45l"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "432542"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne2 c6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Nef4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Rad8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qa5 g5 21. Nd3 Be6 22. b3 Rd6 23. Qb6 h5 24. Qc5 Red8 25. h3 Bf6 26. Rc2 Kh7= 27. Rcd2 Re8 28. Qb6 Kg8 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Qb4 Qc7 31. Qc4 Rdd8 32. e4 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Qe7 34. d5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Be6 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8= 38. Qb4 b5= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.15"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "Scooter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [GameID "432543"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Qd3 e6 13. e3 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bc3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. cxd5 Rad8 19. e4 cxd5 20. exd5 Bg7 21. g4 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qb6 23. g5 Nf5 24. Rd1 Bd4 25. Qe2 Ng3 26. Qd2 Bc3 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Bxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Nc3 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. e4 b5 33. d6 f6 34. h4 fxg5 35. hxg5 Kf7 36. e5 Ke6 37. Rd3 Nxa2 38. Re3 b4 39. Bh3+ Kd5 40. d7 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.10.04"] [Round "-"] [White "flyinduck"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30a"] [WhiteCountry "CAN"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "433243"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.21"] [Round "-"] [White "David Perna-Fraser"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07m"] [WhiteCountry "CAN"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "432795"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+ Nd7 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Ke7 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bb5 Rhd8 12. Rd3 Nc5 13. Bxf6+ Kxf6 14. Re3 a6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Kb1 Ke7= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: Play only with your brain-Dnieper River Tournament"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.09.15"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "Chessibelle"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00b"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "432544"] 1. f3 e5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. c4 Ne7 5. Nc3 g6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. f4 Bg4 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bxg4 Qd6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Rd7 Rfe8 16. Nd5 Qxd7 17. Bxd7 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: Challenge from John Hamer"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "D O Vaughan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00o"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "WLS"] [GameID "419671"] 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. h3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. a3 Ne5 13. b4 Bf8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bh2 g6 16. b5 Bg7 17. e3 Nc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Bf5 20. Bf1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nb6 22. Rc1 Ng7 23. Nc5 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bf4 Nc4= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.07.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Glenn O'Brien"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C87l"] [WhiteCountry "AUS"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "416164"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ne3 Nxe4 17. Nc4 Qf5 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rxe5 Qg6 20. Rxe7 Nxc4 21. Rxb7 Rad8 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Qf1 Nb5 25. Rxc5 Qb6 26. Qf2 Nc7 27. Be3 Qb3 28. Qe2 Rxe3 29. Qf2 Nxd5 30. Rf1 Rde8 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Rg1 Re2 33. Qg3 Qe3 34. Rc3 Nd3 35. h3 Rxb2 36. Qc7 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Rc6 Qe2 39. Rc5 Nd3 40. Rf5 Qe6 41. Rg5 Qf6 42. Rg3 Ne5 43. Qc1 h5 44. f4 Ng6 45. Rf1 Nh4 46. Rg5 Qb6 47. Kh1 Qb7 48. Qc3 g6 49. Qd3 Rxg2 50. Qd5 Qxd5 51. Rxd5 Re3 52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. Rd3 Rxd3 54. Rf3 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1# 0-1 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.07.07"] [Round "-"] [White "David Perna-Fraser"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55r"] [WhiteCountry "CAN"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "416083"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nd2 Rab8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nb3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Qg5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qd4 Rfd8= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Hermeneutics"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteCountry "UKR"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "415716"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1 Re8 9. a3 a6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 0-1 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.07.04"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "Egdiogel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14l"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "POR"] [GameID "415969"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. Qa4 Ra8 15. Red1 a6 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. Bc7 Qe8 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxb6 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxe4 23. Rc3 Qd7 24. f3 Bd3 25. Kf2 Bg6 26. Ne2 f6 27. Bd6 Rfe8 28. Qxa6 Rxc3 29. bxc3= Rd8 30. Bc5 e5 31. c4 Rc8 32. Qb6 Bd3 33. Qb4 Bxe2 34. Kxe2= Qc7 0-1 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "klagefall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45a"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "GER"] [GameID "415715"] 1. d4 d5 2. f3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. fxe4 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Nd6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Rae1 Nf6 12. Rf2 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. d5 O-O 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qf3 h6 20. Be3 Nde8 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Rff1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 a6 25. Bd4 Qe6 26. Qc5 Qd6 27. Qf5+ g6 28. Qf3 Qxd4 29. Rd1 Qxd1 30. Nxd1 c6 31. Qa3 Kg7 32. Qc3 Rd6 33. Qb4 Rd7 34. Ne3 Nd5 35. Qd4+ f6 36. c4 Nxe3 37. Qxd7+ Rf7 38. Qxe8 Nxf1 39. Qe2 Nxh2 40. Kxh2 h5 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Qe6 Kg7 43. c5 Kf8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qe8 Rf8 46. Qe6 Rf7 47. Kf4 Kf8 48. Qe4 Kg7 49. g3 Rf8 50. Qe7+ Rf7 51. Qd6= 1/2-1/2 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.07.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Wojtek26"] [Black "John Hamer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02h"] [WhiteCountry "POL"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [GameID "415920"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qe5+ 0-1 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.07.06"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "JPT"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "INT"] [GameID "416044"] 1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 Na6 6. Bd3 Nc7 7. O-O g6 8. e5 Bg7 9. Ne4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nxb7 Qe7 13. Bf4 Nce8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6+ Bg7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Be3 Rxb7 20. g4 Nhg7 21. Qc1 d6 22. g5 h6 23. gxf6 a5 24. fxe7+ 1-0 [Event "Unrated Standard: The Tao of Tal"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "-"] [White "John Hamer"] [Black "Thomas Jacob Kelly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30b"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [GameID "415717"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nc2 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxb4 Bxb4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxb4 Bc6 11. Nb5 Ke7 12. e3 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rd2 Rd7 17. f3 a5 18. Qb3 Ra8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rhd1 Ne8 21. f4 f6 22. c5 d5 23. Be4 d4 24. exd4 exd4 25. Qg8 dxc3 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. c6+ 1-0