Games of John Hurt (1915-1993)
"Push that Pawn" said John Hurt with special emphasis on puuuussssshhh!
John F. Hurt came to Memphis in 1960 from West Viginia.  From that point on he became the "Godfather of Chess" by becoming President of the club, setting up a high school league through the Optimist Club,  and creating large weekend touraments like the Mid-South Open.  He was a great student of the game by publishing at least 3 books:  "Center Gambits", "Sicilian Wing Gambit", and "The Games of John Hurt".  In the first 20 moves or opening, John was extremely deadly.  Many of the club players believed if they could get by the opening with John that they may have a chance, but this hardly ever happened.  His opening repertoire included the Scotch Goring Gambit, Danish Gambit, and of course the Sicilian Wing Gambit (sometimes 1. e4 c5 2. a3!?).  As Black he always played the French Defence: 1. e4 e6.  "Schwartz Franzosisch" or "Schwartz French" was his main bible for the French.  "The Blue Book of Charts to Winning Chess" (1969) by Arthur Stevens was John's main opeining book.  He claimed that Goring Gambit was a win per the winning percentage given White (somewhere in the 70% range!). 
 Enjoy John's games!

Hurt - Wright, Club Ladder Game, 1965
Sicilian: wing gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. bxc5 Bxe4 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxb6 axb6 7. d4 d5
8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Ne2
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxc2 15. Be3 Ra6 16. Nd4 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 Rxa2+ 18. Rxa2 Qc4+ 19.
Kf3 Qxa2 1-0

Vix - Hurt, Music City Summer, 1971
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6
14. O-O Na5 15. Qc3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 c5 19. dxc5 Rd5
20. Qa3 b6 21. Nd4 Rdxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. a4 Bd7 25. Nb3 Rc3 0-1

Hurt - Berry, Arkansas Open 1961
Sicilian: wing gambit, Carlsbad variation

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nxa3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Qd8
8. d4 Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nfd4 Bd7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Qe2 axb5 13. Nxb5 Rxa1 14.
Nd6# 1-0

Dyer - Hurt , Tenn. Postal Championship 1970
French Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. h4
Nf5 15. h5 Nce7 16. Rb3 Bc6 17. Rxc3 d4 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Nb5 Qa5 20. Nd6+
Nxd6 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxc3+ 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

Hurt - Wright, Delta Invitational 1961
Sicilian: wing gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 Nc6 4. axb4 d5 5. exd5 Nxb4 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. c4 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Nxc1 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qa4+ Kd8 13. Nxf7+ Kc8
14. Qe8+ Qd8 15. Qxd8# 1-0

Sprague - Hurt, City Championship 1976
French: Exchange Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
c3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. b4 Rde8 11. Nb3 f6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd8 14. Rb1
g5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Ba6 Qg4 17. Bxb7+ Nxb7 18. Qxb7+ Kd7 19. Qb5+ Nc6 20. g3
Rxe1+ 0-1

Hurt - Goode, City Championship 1968
French

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nd6+
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. Ne2 g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qf3+ 1-0

Hurt - Lahde, Mid-South Open 1965
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8.
Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. g4 Qc7 11. Ne2 Nh6 12. Qxh5 Nd7 13. g5 Qxe5 14. Bf4
Nf6 15. Qh3 1-0

Hurt - Estes, Memphis-Nashville Match 1965
Caro-Kann: Tartakower (fantasy) variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Qxe5 11. Qc8+ Kf7 12. Qxb7+ Be7 13. O-O+
Nf6 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Qxa8 d3+ 16. Kh1 Nxe4 17. Ng5+ 1-0

Hurt - Manney, Tennessee Open 1965
Scotch Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2
O-O-O 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. O-O Bb4 11. Qb3 Rd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. a3 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Rab1 Nd8 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. Bxf5
Qxf5 20. d5 Rd6 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qd4 Re4 23. Qa7 Rg6 24. d6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 cxd6
26. Rb6 Qc5+ 27. Nd4 Qxa3 28. Qa8+ Kd7 29. Rxb7+ Ke8 30. Rb1 Re7 31. Kh1 Qc5
32. Rb8 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. g3 Qf6 35. Nf5 Kd7 36. Qxa6 Re2+ 37. Qxe2 Qxf5
38. Qb5+ Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Kc6 40. Rh5 h6 41. Kg2 Ne6 42. Kf3 d5 43. Ke3 Kc5 44.
Kd3 Ng5 45. h4 Ne4 46. Rf5 Nd6 47. Re5 Nc4 48. Re7 Kd6 49. Re8 Ne5+ 50. Ke3
Ng4+ 1-0

Horowitz - Hurt, West Virginia 1947
French: Winawer, Alekhine gambit

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7
8. Nxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O b6 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14.
Qf3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. Qg3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20.
Rad1 Rcd5 21. Rc1 Nh5 22. Qe3 Qg5 1/2-1/2

Coveyou - Hurt, Match 1964
Réti accepted

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Be8 19. Qf3 Rc8 20.
Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Qh3 h6 22. Bd4 Nd7 23. Qf3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc6 25. Be4 Bxe4 26.
Qxe4 f6 27. Bd4 Qd7 28. g3 e5 29. Bb2 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Nd6 31. Qg6 Qd5+ 32. Kg1
Qb3 0-1

Hurt-Stearns, Memphis - Nashville Match 1976
Wing Gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7
8. Na3 Bd7 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Qb7 11. Qb3 a5 12. Ne5 b4 13. Be2 Ra7 14. Bf3
Qb5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c4 Qb6 17. d4 Qxd4 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Bxg7 Nc5 20. Qb1
Bf6 21. Bxh8 Bxh8 22. Qxh7 Bxa1 23. Qxg8+ Ke7 24. O-O Bc3 25. Bh5 Rd7 26.
Qxf7+ Kd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 b3 29. Qg6 Qd6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32.
Qf7+ Kc6 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qb8+ Kc6 35. Qc8+ Kd6 36. Qc7# 1-0

Maclin - Hurt, City Championship 1977
Réti opening

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. f4 Rb8 10. d3 a5 11. Nd2 a4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qg4 f6 14. Rf3
Qf7 15. e4 h5 16. Qh3 Qg6 17. f5 Qg4 18. Qxg4 hxg4 19. Re3 exf5 20. exd5+
Kd8 21. dxc6 Bd6 22. Rae1 Bxh2+ 23. Kf2 f4 24. Re7 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 Bxe1 26.
Rxg7 Bxd2 27. c7+ Ke8 28. cxb8=Q Be3+ 29. Kf1 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 f3+ 31. Kxe3 Re1+
32. Kf4 1-0

Flickinger - Hurt, City Championship 1977
French: Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. f4 Nbc6 8.
Nf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Be2 Qa4 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nh4 Rdf8 14. Bg4
h5 15. Bh3 f5 16. Rf3 Be8 17. Rg3 Rh7 18. Nf3 h4 19. Ng5 Rh6 20. Re3 Bh5 21.
Qb1 Nd8 22. Qb2 Bg4 23. Be1 Ng6 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. g3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rfh8 27.
Re2 Ne7 28. Rg2 Nf5 29. Rb1 b6 30. Kf2 Rh2 31. Bd2 Qe8 32. Rg1 Qh5 33. Qc1
Nxg3 34. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 35. Rg2 Nh1+ 36. Kf1 Qh5 37. Be1 g3 38. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 39.
Rxg3 Qg6 40. Kg2 Nc6 41. Qd2 Ne7 42. Qe2 Nf5 43. Rh3 Rxh3 44. Kxh3 Qh6+ 45.
Kg2 Kd7 46. Qf2 Qh5 47. Nh3 Qg4+ 48. Kh2 Qh5 49. Qg2 Kc6 50. Qd2 Qg4 51. Qf2
Qh5 52. Qd2 Qf3 53. Ng5 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Kd7 55. Nf7 Ne3 0-1

Hurt - Olsen, City Championship 1977
French: Rubinstein variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6
Nxf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. c3 Qd5 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Bd7 12. c4 Qa5 13. Ne5 Rad8 14.
b4 Qb6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qc3 Bb5 17. c5 Qa6 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. f4 Bxe5 20.
fxe5 Qd7 21. Rf4 Qe7 22. Rf6 Qd7 23. Rd1 Qd5 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Rf4 Rh8 26. Rh4
Kg8 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Rg4 c6 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. Qh4 h6 31. Qf6 Kh7 32. Qf4 Kg7
33. Rf3 Rh7 34. Rxg6+ 1-0

Hood - Hurt, City Championship 1977
Bird's opening

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. g4 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rfd8 12. Ng3 d4 13. Qd2 dxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd5
15. Qf2 Nxf4 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. gxh5 e5 18. O-O-O Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rhg1
Rac8 21. Rd2 Bb4 0-1

Senn - Hurt, City Championship 1977
QGD semi-Slav: Bogolyubov variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4
O-O 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Rfd1 g6 18. g3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd5 20. f3
Rxc3 21. Kg2 Qc5 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rc8 25. Kh3 Qc2 26. Rd3
Kg7 27. f4 Rd8 28. Re3 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd2 30. a4 Rd3 31. axb5 axb5 32. Re2
Rxb3 0-1

Hurt - Rackley, City Championship 1977
Sicilian: closed, 2...Nc6

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 d4 6. Nce2 e5 7. f4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 Bg4 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd7 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ng8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Nh6 20. Rae1
Qd6 21. Nc5+ 1-0

Farr-Hurt, Memphis - Nashville Match 1978
English: Anglo-Grünfeld, Czech defense

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. d3 e5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Nd4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 c6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 Be6 17. Kg2 Nc4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Na4 Qc8 20. Rh1
h5 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qb3 Qg4 24. Qxd5 Nf5 25. Qxb7+ Kh6 26. Ne4
Qxe2 27. Rhe1 Qg4 28. Kh2 Rab8 29. Qxa7 Rxb2 30. Nxf6 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh4+
32. Kg1 Qxf6 33. Rc7 Qb6 34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Rc5 Rb2 36. Rcxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5
Rxa2 38. Kg2 Rd2 0-1

Smith-Hurt, West Tennessee Championship 1978
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 e5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 Be6 8.
Ng3 Qd7 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Be2 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O h5 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 g5
15. Rf1 h4 16. Nge4 Ng4 17. Rf3 Qc7 18. Rh3 Nge5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. d4 cxd4 22. exd4 Qd7 23. Bc4 Nxc4 0-1

Hurt-Mueller, Norderstedt-Memphis Match 1979
Sicilian: wing gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 e5 3. Nf3 cxb4 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Bc5 8.
Na3 a6 9. Nb5 Rb8 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nd5 Qg6 12. d3 Qxg2 13. Rf1 d6 14. Ne3
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Ra2 Qh3 17. Bxf7 Nh6 18. Bd5 Rf8 19. Raf2 Kd7 20. d4
exd4 21. exd4 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Qh4+ 23. R1f2 Ne7 24. Qa4+ b5 25. Qxa6 Nxd5 26.
exd5 Bxf3 27. Qc6+ Kd8 28. Qxd6+ Kc8 29. Bf4 Rb7 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qxg7+ Kc8
32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Bxh6 Bxd5 34. Kd2 Qe7 35. Qf5+ Be6 36. Qe5 Qa3 37. d5 Qa2+
38. Ke3 Qa7+ 39. Kd3 Qxf2 40. Qxe6+ Kc7 41. d6+ Kc6 42. Qe4+ Kxd6 43. Bf4+ 1-0

Gilley - Hurt, Ralph King Memorial 1968
French defense, Steiner variation

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc5 7. Ne2 O-O
8. d4 Bb6 9. Bg5 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qxd5 14.
Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Nbc3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 f5 17. Nd5 f4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nf6+ Kf7
20. Nxe8 Kxe8 21. Rfe1+ Kd7 22. d5 Na6 23. Re6 Nc5 24. Rxh6 Ne4 25. Re6 Nxf2
26. Kf1 Ng4 27. Ke2 Ne3 28. Rg6 Re8 29. Kf3 Nxd5 30. Rd1 Re5 31. h4 Ke7 32.
Rg5 Re3+ 33. Kg4 Rg3+ 34. Kh5 Nf6+ 35. Kg6 Re3 36. h5 Re6 37. Kf5 Ne8 38.
Rg6 Nd6+ 39. Kg5 Be3 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. Kg6 Nf5 42. Rh1 Ne7+ 43. Kg7 Bd4+
44. Kf8 Kf6 45. Rh3 Nd5 46. h6 Kg6 47. Rh1 Nf6 48. b3 Bc5# 0-1

Hurt - Bock, First Class Flite 1978
Danish gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. cxd4 Qxe4+ 5. Be2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc6 10. c4 d6 11. d5 Qd7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Bb2 Qd8 14.
Ng5 Nb4 15. Qb1 g6 16. Qe1 Nc2 17. Qc3 Nxa1 18. Ne4 1-0

Hurt - Minor, City Championship 1982
Pirc defense

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. h4 Qa5 7. f3 Nh5 8. Kf2
e5 9. g4 Nf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h5 Be6 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Qd6 Kf7 14. Nh3 h6
15. Rad1 Nbd7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qd2 h5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxd7+ Kg8 1-0

Hurt - Pylant, City Championship 1977
Scotch: Göring gambit, Bardeleben variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. O-O d6
8. Nd5 h6 9. Nxb4 Nxb4 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd5 Nbxd5 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Bd2 c6 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. Qa3+ c5 16. Ba5 Qd6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Nd4 Qb4 20.
Qxb4 cxb4 21. Bd6+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rc8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Kf1 Kf7
26. Re5 Nf6 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Bxb4 Rc2 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Rd6 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Rc2+
32. Ke3 Kf5 33. Re5+ Kg6 34. Ree6 Kf5 35. h3 h5 36. Re5+ Kg6 37. Ree6 Kf5
38. g3 Rc1 39. f4 Rg1 40. Re5+ Kg6 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kh7 44.
Re7 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 1-0

Hurt - McDowell, City Championship 1965
French defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 Bxc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 Qc7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Nf3 d6 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3 e5
15. Bg5 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd5 Nc4 20. Bxe7 1:0

Coveyou - Hurt, Tennessee Open, 1965 
English: Anglo-Grünfeld defense

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 5. Bc4 Nd3+ 6. Ke2 Ne5 7. d4 Nxc4
8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxc4 Nxd4+ 10. Kf1 e5 11. Nb5 c5 12. Nf3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Qd1+
14. Kg2 Bh3+ 15. Kg3 Qxh1 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Qxf7+ Be7 18. Kxh3 Qf1+ 19. Kg3
Qg1+ 20. Kh3 Qg6 0:1


Hurt - H. Smith, Unknown event and date 
Sicilian: wing gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. c3 f5 8.
O-O Nbc6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nc4 fxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14.
Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd3+ Nf5 16. g4 e5 17. gxf5+ Bxf5 18. Qg3 Kf6 19. Be3 Qc7 20.
dxe5+ Ke7 21. Bc5+ Kd7 22. e6+ 1:0

Wright - Hurt, City Championship 1979  
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Nxc3 a6 14.
Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Ne2 b5 17. h4 Nce7 18. Kd1 d4 19. Rh3 Nd5 20. Rc1
Qc5 21. Ke1 Nfe3 22. Nxd4 Nxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Rxg2 24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Be3 Nxe3 26.
Qxe3 Qd5 27. Rf1 Rc4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Rf2 Rg1+ 30. Rf1 Rg4 31. Qd2 Kf8 32.
Rh1 Bc6 33. Nxc6 Re4+ 34. Kf1 Rexf4+ 35. Ke1 Rg1+ 36. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 37. Ke2
Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxd2+ 39. Rxd2 Qc5 40. Nb4 Qxe5 0:1

Hurt - Flickenger, City Championship 1979 
Pirc defense

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. f3 dxc5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Rd1 Nb8 14.
Nd5 e6 15. Bd2 Nxe2 16. Bxa5 Nxc1 17. Bxd8 exd5 18. Bg5 Bxb2 19. Rxd5 O-O
20. Rxc1 Bxc1 21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Bf4 b6 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Rd7 a5 25. Ke3 b5
26. Kd2 h6 27. Rd5 c4 28. Kc3 Kf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa5 Rb1 31. Kxc4 Rg1 32.
Kd5 Rxg2 33. c4 Rxh2 34. Rxa4 Rd2+ 35. Ke5 Ke7 36. Ra7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7
38. Kf6 Ke8 39. c5 h5 40. c6 h4 41. e5 h3 42. e6 fxe6 43. Kxe6 Kd8 0:1

Hurt - Lowe, 36th Tennessee Open, September 07, 1981  
Center game

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Bc4
d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Ba3 a6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qd7
14. d6 Nec6 15. Qxf7+ 1:0

Hurt - Linxwiler, City Championship 1982  
Sicilian defense

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nh4 f5 11. exf5 Nexf5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14.
Rab1 d5 15. Ne2 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bxd5+ Be6 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6
20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. Re2 Rd4 23. Qe3 Rg4+ 24. Kf1 Kh7 25. Qxc5 b6
26. Qd5 Rd8 27. Qe6 Qd4 28. Re3 Rh4 29. Kg1 Qf4 30. Rg3 Bd4 31. Rf1 Bc5 32.
Nd5 Qd6 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. c4 Bd4 35. Ne7 Rh6 36. Rh3 1:0

Hurt - Brown, City Championship 1982 
King's pawn game

1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 Qe7 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qe4 d6 13. g4 dxe5 14. f5 Nd4
15. f6 Nhf5 16. Bg5 g6 17. O-O-O Ng3 18. Qxe5 Nxf3 19. Qxg3 Nxg5 20. Qh4 Ne6
21. Qh6 1:0

Hurt - Scott  Mid-South Open, 1978
Sicilian: wing gambit

1. e4 c5 2. b4 Qb6 3. bxc5 Qxc5 4. d4 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Be3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. e5 dxe5
15. dxe5 Nxd3 16. exf6 exf6 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Rfe8 20. c5
Qc6 21. Na5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qa4 23. Nxb7 Qxa2 24. Qb3 Qe2 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Re7
Rf8 27. Nd6 h5 28. Nxf7 Kh7 29. Qb7 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Qxa7 Qc1 32. Qc7 1:0

Hurt - Minor  Mid-South Open, 1978
Caro-Kann: Tartakower (fantasy) variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. a3 b5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. c3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O g6 17. Nfd4 Be7 18. g4 f6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Nd4 Qc7 22. gxf5 Rg8+ 23. Kf2 O-O-O 24. Nxe6 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Rde8 26. Qf4 Bd6
27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rg1 Bd7 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. a4 d4 32. cxd4 Rg2+
33. Ke1 exd4 34. Rxd4 Kd7 35. Bf4 1:0

Momic(2290) - Hurt  Birmingham Open, 1964
English: Anglo-Grünfeld defense

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 7. e3 g6
8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. h4 h5 11. Ng5 e6 12. Ba3 Nd5 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qg3 Kg7 18. O-O Re8 19. f4 Ng4 20. e5 Nh6
21. Qf3 Nf5 22. g3 b6 23. Kh2 Bb7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rcd1 Red8
27. Kh3 a5 28. Bc2 c5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 cxd4 31. Nf6 Rc7 32. cxd4 Qb4
33. d5 Rc3 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 exd5 36. Nxh5+ gxh5 37. Qxh5 Qe4 38. Rd2
Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Ne3+ 40. Kg5 Qe4 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. g4 Re8 43. Qh5 Rxe5+ 0:1

Hurt - Wright  Memphis City Championship, 1964 
Scotch: Göring gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 6. Bxb2 d5 7. Bxd5 Nf6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ne5 Ke8 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. O-O-O Rb6 13. Rd2
Bb4 14. Rhd1 Ke7 15. Nd3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rd8 17. Bb4+ Ke8 18. Ba5 Rb7 19. e5
Nd5 20. Nb4 Bf5 21. Rd4 Rdb8 22. Nxc6 Rb1+ 23. Kd2 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rb1+ 25.
Ke2 Rb5 26. Bd2 Kd7 27. a4 Rc5 28. Nb4 Ke6 29. g4 Bb1 30. f4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4
Bc2 32. Be3 Ra5 33. Rc4 Bxa4 34. Rxc7 a6 35. f5+ Kxe5 36. Rxf7 Bb5+ 37. Kf3
Ra3 38. Rxg7 Bc6+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 h5 41. Re7+ Kd6 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. g5
Ra5 44. Bf4 Bb5 45. g6 Bc4 46. g7 1:0

Hurt - Chressanthis  ???, 1960 
Scotch: Göring gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b6
14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Rb5 Qd8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rh5 1:0

Hurt - Mitchell  Club Ladder game, 1973 
Sicilian: wing gambit, Marshall variation

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 bxa3 6. c3 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Nxe5+ Ke6 9. Qg4+ Kxe5 10. Qf5+ Kd6 11. Bxa3+ Kc6 12. Bxf8 Ne7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Rxa5 Kc7 15. Rc5+ Kd8 16. Rd5 d6 17. Qf4 Rf8 18. Qxd6+ 1:0

Hurt - Rackley  Summer Rating Tourney, 1975 
Sicilian: wing gambit, Marshall variation

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. axb4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8
8. b5 Nb4 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ne5
Bd6 15. b6 Qxb6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nfd5 19. Rab1 a6 20. Nd6
Qa5 21. Qf3 Nxc2 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Ne8 1:0

Hurt - Appleberry  Mid-South Open, 1973 
Sicilian Defence

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nh2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. f3 Qd7 17. Ng4 f6 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Nc4 e5 20. Be3 Qd8
21. Na5 Bd5 22. c4 Bf7 23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. Na5 Rfd8 25. Qc3 Bg6 26. Rad1 Rd7
27. Nb3 Rad8 28. Nc1 Qc7 29. Qa3 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxa6 Bc6 32. Bf4 Bd6
33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Qa5 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxb2 36. Qd2 Qd4 37. Qe3 Ba4 38. Qe6+ Kf8
39. Re4 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Bxd1 41. Qxh7 Re7 42. Qh8+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright City Championship, 1965 
Sicilian: 2 c3

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxf7 Kxf7
8. Qf3+ Ke6 9. d4 cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nb3 b6 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. dxe5 Raf8 17. Nd4+ Kxe5 18. Rfe1+ Kxd4 19. Rad1+
Kc5 20. Qa3+ Kc6 21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Rc1+ Kb5 23. Re4 1-0

Hurt - Gilley Club Ladder game, 1965 
Caro-Kann: Tartakower (fantasy) variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. b4
Ncd7 9. Rb1 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be3 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5
15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. c4 d4 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. O-O Nd7 19. Qe1 O-O 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Qg3 Qb6 1:0

Garner - Hurt  Memphis City Tourney, 1966 
English: Neo-Catalan accepted

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. O-O Bd5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qb1 Be7 11. a3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb3 13. Re1 e5 14. e4
Qd7 15. d3 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bh3 0:1

Long - Hurt   Tennessee Open, 1969 
French: Winawer, fingerslip variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. Nf3 h5 7. Qxe6+ Bxe6
8. Nxd4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Bxg4 hxg4
14. O-O Rh5 15. Nd4 Rah8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. Ne2 Rxh2 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Ng3 g5
20. Rd5 Ne6 21. Nxe4+ Kg6 22. f3 gxf3 0:1

Momic(2290) - Hurt  Southern Open 1963  
French Defence

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 c6 7. Bg2 Qd3 8.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Be6 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nc5 13. Be3 Nd3+ 14.
Kd2 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Ng4 16. Bh3 h5 17. Bxa7 Kc7 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Be3 Bc5 20.
Rad1 Nb4+ 21. cxb4 Bxe3 22. Rd3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. gxf4
Ke7 26. Rg1 Rxh2+ 27. Kc3 Re2 28. Kd3 Rxb2 29. Rxg4 Rxb3+ 30. Kc4 Re3 31.
Kd4 Rb3 32. Kc4 Rf3 33. Kc5 g6 34. Rh4 Kd7 35. Kb6 Rb3 36. Kc5 b6+ 37. Kc4
Rf3 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Kc4 b5+ 40. Kd4 Rb3 41. Kc5 Rc3+ 42. Kb6 Rc4 43. f5+
gxf5 44. exf5+ Kxf5 0:1

Hurt - Appleberry(2210) - Birmingham Open 1967  
Scotch: Göring gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 6. Bxb2 d5 7. Bxd5
Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Qb3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Na5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. a3
Bd6 14. Re1 Qd8 15. Ne4 1:0

Middleton - Hurt - Memphis City Championship 1972 
French: exchange variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7+ 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6
8. Nbd2 Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Bf5 11. Kd1 a5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. h3
Na6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. c3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. fxe4
dxe4 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qe1 b5 23. Nd2 e3 24. Bc2 exd2 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qe2 Rad8
27. Rf1 Bc4 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. Nxf5 Bxf1 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Nc6 Rde8 32. Kxd2
Rf2+ 33. Kd1 Bxg2 0:1

Hurt - Sulcer  - Mid-South Open 1972 
Scotch: Göring gambit, Bardeleben variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. Bg5 Na5 11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Nd5 c6 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Nxf5 cxd5 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. exd5 Qf6 19. dxe6 Bxf2+
20. Kh1 Bxe1 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. exf7 Qxf7 23. Qg4+ Qg6 24. Qd7+ Kh6 25. Rxe1
Rf8 26. Kg1 Rf7 27. Qh3+ Kg7 28. Qc3+ Qf6 29. Rf1 Qxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.
bxc3 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kd5 33. Ke3 Kc4 34. Ke4 b5 35. g4 a5 36. h4 Kxc3 37. g5 Kb2
38. h5 Kxa2 39. g6 1:0

Hurt - Churchill  - Ladder game 1962 
Sicilian defense

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. d4 cxd4 6. c5 Nd5 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8.
b4 Nxb4 9. axb4 Qxa1 10. Qb3 e6 11. Nf3 a5 12. O-O axb4 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Nbd2
Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Qf3 Be7 1:0

Hurt - Berry  - Arkansas Open, 1961 
Sicilian: wing gambit, Carlsbad variation

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nxa3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Qd8
8. d4 Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nfd4 Bd7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Qe2 axb5 13. Nxb5 Rxa1 14.
Nd6# 1:0

Hurt - Aydelott - Tennessee Open, 1961 
Scotch: Göring gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Qe7 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. e5 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. exd6 Qxd6
14. Ba3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Rfe1+ Nge7 17. Rxe7+ Kd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 1:0

Hurt - Pylant  - Memphis City Championship, 1980
Alekhine's defense: exchange variation

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Rc1 Nxc5 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2
dxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne5 16. Be4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rb8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3
Nf6 21. Bf3 Bf5 22. Rd4 Rfc8 23. b4 a5 24. g4 Be6 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Rc7
27. Kf2 Bb3 28. g5 Ne8 29. Nc3 b6 30. c6 Nd6 31. b5 Ra8 32. Re1 Ra5 33. Re5
Be6 34. Bg4 Bc4 35. Be2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Ra3 37. Nd5 Nf5 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. Nxc7 1:0

Weaks - Hurt - Ladder Game, 1962
Queen Pawn Opening

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Qe7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O-O a5
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 c5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Nf4 a4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. a3 b5 21. Qd2
b4 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rab8 25. Rxc5 Rb3 26. Rc4 Rfb8 27. Rb4
Rxc3+ 28. Kb2 Rxb4+ 29. axb4 Rb3+ 30. Ka2 Rxb4 31. Rc1 Rb3 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rc4
g3 34. Rxe4 gxf2 35. Rf4 Rxe3 36. Rxf2 g5 37. Rc2 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rc5 g3
40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Rg4 a3 0:1

Senn - Hurt   Region VII Games, 1979
French: Tarrasch, closed variation, main line

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nb4 9. Bb1 b5 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. b3 Be7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qb1 g6 17. Bh6 Rg8 18. Be3 h5 19. h4 b4 20. a4 Ba6 21. Re1
Ndb8 22. Nf4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Kd7 24. Rac1 Na7 25. Qb1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27.
Nd3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qc6 29. Nc5+ Ke8 30. g3 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 32. Qxc6+ Nxc6
33. Ne1 Bd8 34. f3 Bb6 35. Nc2 Ke7 36. g4 f6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Bg5+ Kf7 39.
Be3 e5 40. dxe5 d4 41. Bf2 hxg4 42. Kg2 d3 43. Bxb6 dxc2 44. Be3 Nd4 45.
fxg4 Nxb3 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Nc5 48. h6 Kg6 49. Kf3 b3 50. Bc1 Nxa4 51. e6
b2 52. Bxb2 Nxb2 53. e7 Kf7 54. e8=Q+ Kxe8 55. h7 c1=Q 56. h8=Q+ Kd7 57.
Qd4+ Kc6 58. Qf6+ Kb5 59. Qe5+ Kb4 60. Qb8+ Ka3 0:1

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1964  
Robatsch (modern) defense

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Qd7 12. e5 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Qxg4+ 14. Kf2
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nxe5+ 19. Bxe5 Bxe5
20. Rae1 f6 21. Nd1 Kg7 22. Re4 Rad8 23. Ke2 c5 24. c3 g5 25. Ne3 Bf4 26.
Nf5+ Kf7 27. Re7+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1964  
Robatsch (modern) defense

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 c5 9. Ng5 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bc4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. g4 hxg4
15. fxg4 e5 16. Bg1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. g5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxh5 Qd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. gxf6
Rh7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rxh7+ Qxh7 29. Qe8+ 1:0

Wright - Hurt       Ladder game, 1964  
QGD: Ragozin variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14.
Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Be5 Be6 17. a3 Bc4 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20.
bxc3 Rad8 21. Bf6 Rd5 22. Bxg5 Rb5 23. Kd2 Rb2+ 24. Ke1 Re2+ 25. Kf1 Rxe3+
26. Kg1 Rxc3 27. h4 Rxa3 28. Kh2 b5 29. Ra1 b4 30. Bf4 Rd8 31. Be5 Rd5 0:1

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1964  
French: Albin-Alekhine-Châtard attack, Breyer variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. Nc7 cxd4 10. Nxa8 Nxe5 11. Qxd4 Nbc6 12. Qd2 Qd8 13. f4 Ng4 14.
Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qxa8 16. h5 h6 17. O-O-O Qd8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Rh4 Nf2 20. Rf1
Nxd3 21. cxd3 d4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. g4 b5 26. Qe5 Qc6
27. Nd6 Qg2 28. Rhh1 Nc6 29. Qxb5 Bd7 30. Rhg1 Qe2 31. g5 Rb8 32. gxh6 g6
33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Nc8+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1964  
Alekhine's defense: four pawns attack, 7.Be3

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bb5+ c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4
cxb5 15. Nxf5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nxe3 18. Kxe3 Nc4+ 19. Ke4 a6 20.
Nd5 Bd8 21. b3 Nb6 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Rhf1 Ra7 24. Nxb6 Bxb6 25. Nc8 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1964  
Alekhine's defense: four pawns attack

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Be3 f6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nh4 fxe5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. d5 Na5 14. c5
Nd7 15. b4 f4 16. Bf2 O-O 17. d6 cxd6 18. cxd6 Bh4 19. bxa5 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2
Qxa5 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 e4 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Nc7 e3+ 25. Ke2 Rab8 26. Rhf1
g5 27. Rad1 h6 28. Bb3 b5 29. Rd4 Rb6 30. Ne6 Rf6 31. g3 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Ladder game, 1973  
Alekhine's defense: Sämisch attack

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Nf4 g6 10. h4 c4 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Qxg6 Bxh4 14.
Ba3+ 1:0

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14.
Rb1 d4 15. Qb3 b5 16. g3 Na5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Bg2 a6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Qxc2 21. Be4 Qxb1 0:1

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Nd4 Nbc6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14.
Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nxf7+ Kc7 16. Nd6 Nd4 17. Kd1 Nef5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Qh3 d4 20.
Bd3 Rh8 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qd3 Rag8 23. Qc4+ Kb8 24. Qb4 Qc6 25. Qxd4 Qxg2 0:1

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. h4
Nf5 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bf2 Nxa3 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. Bxd8
Nxb1 21. Nxb1 Kxd8 22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Qb2 Qxc2 24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Qxb7 Rxg2 0:1

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Nxc3 a6 14.
Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Ne2 b5 17. h4 Nce7 18. Kd1 d4 19. Rh3 Nd5 20. Rc1
Qc5 21. Ke1 Nfe3 22. Nxd4 Nxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Rxg2 24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Be3 Nxe3 26.
Qxe3 Qd5 27. Rf1 Rc4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Rf2 Rg1+ 30. Rf1 Rg4 31. Qd2 Kf8 32.
Rh1 Bc6 33. Nxc6 Re4+ 34. Kf1 Rexf4+ 35. Ke1 Rg1+ 36. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 37. Ke2
Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxd2+ 39. Rxd2 Qc5 40. Nb4 Qxe5 0:1

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Na6 13. Nxc3 Nc5 14.
Qf3 a6 15. h4 Rc8 16. Rh3 Bc6 17. Qf2 d4 18. Qxd4 Bxg2 19. Bxg2 Rxg2 20. Ne2
Nf5 21. Qb4 Qc6 22. Rb1 Rxe2+ 0:1

Wright - Hurt
Unknown date 
French: Winawer, advance, positional main line

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 O-O 11. Ng5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nh3 e5 14. Bh6 Rf7
15. Bh5 Ng6 16. dxe5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 fxe5 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. f3 Qh4+ 0:1

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, positional main line

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8.
Qd2 Bd7 9. a4 Bxa4 10. dxc5 Nbc6 11. Nd4 a6 12. Nb3 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14.
h4 Nf5 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. h5 Na5 17. h6 d4 18. h7 Rh8 19. Ne4 Bb5 20. Nf6+ Ke7
21. Nd5+ exd5 22. Qxf5 Qc6 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bb4+ Kd8 25. a4 Bxa4 26. Rxa4
Qxa4 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Bd6+ Kb6 29. Rb3+ Ka7 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Bc5+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Euwe-Gligoric variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+
14. Bc1 d3 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 dxc2+ 17. Kd2 Qd4+ 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Ke2 d4
20. Bf4 Bd7 21. Nf7+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Euwe-Gligoric variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 dxc3 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Ng5 Nxe5 13. f4 Rxg5 14.
fxg5 N5g6 15. h4 e5 16. h5 Bg4+ 17. Ke1 Nf8 18. Bb5+ Nc6 19. Qd3 d4 20. g6
fxg6 21. hxg6 O-O-O 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qg3 Bf5 25. g7 Ne6 26. Bf6
Qe4+ 27. Kf1 Rg8 28. Rh8 Bh7 29. Qxe5 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Euwe-Gligoric variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+
14. Bc1 d3 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 dxc2+ 17. Kd2 d4 18. Bd3 Qc3+ 19. Ke2 Bd7
20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Rc1 Bb5 22. Qxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Bxb5 Rac8 25. Bd3
Rxg2 26. Nf3 e5 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Bxc2 Ke6 29. Be4 Rg7 30. h4 b5 31. h5 Re7
32. h6 Kf6 33. h7 Kg7 34. Kd3 a5 35. Nh4 Re8 36. Nf5+ Kh8 37. Nd6 Rf8 38. f3
b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Kc4 Rf6 41. Kd5 d3 42. Kxe5 Rf8 43. f4 d2 44. Bc2 d1=Q
45. Bxd1 Kxh7 46. f5 Kg7 47. f6+ Kg6 48. Bc2+ 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, 5.a3

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Ne7 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 a6 12. O-O Ba7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. c3 Nxd4
15. cxd4 b5 16. Rc1 h6 17. Qe1 O-O 18. g4 Rc8 19. Qg3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f5 21.
exf6 Rxf6 22. Ne5 Bb8 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nf5 25. Qh3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rg6 27.
Kh1 d4 28. Bf4 Rxg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Rc7 Qd8 31. Rc2 Qe8 32. Kg1 Qg6+ 33.
Rg2 Qf7 34. Rf2 g6 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Qh4 Bc6 37. Qxd4 Be4 38. Rd2 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, 5.a3

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb8 10. Bd3 Nge7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nbxd4 Be6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. c3 Rc8 18. a4 a5 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Qe2 Bb6
21. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 d4 23. Rcd1 c5 24. bxc5 Qxa4 25. cxd4 1:0

Hurt - Wright       Unknown date  
French: Winawer, advance, 5.a3

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ne7
8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. c3 Bd7 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. O-O Na5 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qh3
Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rfxc1 Rc7 17. g4 Nh6 18. Ng3 f6 19. exf6 1:0

Harold Moody(1658) - John Hurt(1831)  December 27, 1975     Jackson Holiday Tornado  
English: Anglo-Grünfeld defense

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qa4 Be6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. e4
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. b4 Bxe4 17. bxc5 Rxa4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Bd1 Ra5 20. Bb3
Rxc5 21. Be3 Rb5 22. Rxb5 Bxb5 23. Rd1 a6 24. Bc5 Bf6 25. a4 Bc6 0-1

The following list was compiled by Dwight Weaver, our club historian.  Just Many of John Hurt's 1st Place Victories:

Charleston, West Virginia City Championship:

1934, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957 

West Virginia State Championship:

1939, 1948, 1952, 1955,

US Navy- USS Samar Championship:

1945

Mississippi State Championship (Open)

1962

Birmingham, Alabama Open

1964, 1967

Huntsville, Alabama Heart of Dixie Open

1965

Middle Tennessee Open

1965, 1966

Tennessee State Championship (Open)

1965, 1973

Millington, Tennessee Naval Air Station Open

1973

Hot Springs, Arkansas Open

1974

Dyersburg, Tennessee Dyer County Winter Open

1974

John won the Memphis City Championship 11 times!





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