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!). 
Thanks to Dr. John Bunch for helping provide analysis for all of these games.
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 - 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 - 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

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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