CANBASE
Player / Joueur
Spears, Nicholas
81 games / 81 parties
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2008.03.02
Leap Year op
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| 176141 | Pearse, Andrew (1950) | Spears, Nicholas (2157) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd2 14. dxc6 Ba5 15. cxd7 Bxd7 16. Ng5 f5 17. b4 Bd8 18. Nh3 Ba4 19. Bxb7 Bxc2 20. Bxa6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Be7 22. Bb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 Red8 24. b5 Rd6 25. f4 Bd8 26. e3 Bb6 27. Nf2 Rbd8 28. a4 h6 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rd3 Kf6 32. Nd1 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rg8 34. Kf2 Rg4 35. Bf3 Rg7 36. Rc3 Bxd4 37. exd4 Rxd4 38. a5 Rxf4 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Rb4 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Ne3 Ke7 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Bxb7 Rxb6 45. Bc8+ Kf7 46. Bxf5 h5 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Kf4 Rxe3 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2008.03.02
Leap Year op
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| 176133 | Spears, Nicholas (2157) | Li, Changhe (1887) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Bg6 13. f4 Qh4 14. Be3 Nb6 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Bc2 Bh5 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bd1 b6 20. Kh1 Nxe3 0-1 | ||||
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2008.03.01
Leap Year op
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| 176126 | Daswani, Benedict (2053) | Spears, Nicholas (2157) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Ne2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Qd3 Nc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nf4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. c3 Bf5 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Qd2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. f3 Qe7 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2008.03.01
Leap Year op
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| 176121 | Spears, Nicholas (2157) | Cheng, Jack (1894) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne8 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. b3 e4 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 f5 18. f3 c5 19. Rd2 exf3 20. exf3 Nf6 21. Re1 Rbe8 22. Rde2 1-0 | ||||
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2004.07.18
Western Canadian op
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| 159438 | Sullivan, Brian (1629) | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. c3 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Ne3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. g3 Rf6 20. Bf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Qh3 Bd6 23. Qg2 Re8 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. Rae1 Bf4 26. c4 Re6 27. cxd5 Rg6 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Re6 Rxg2 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.17
Western Canadian op
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| 159406 | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | Kazmaier, Daniel (1974) | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 c6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Rac1 g5 18. Rd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rcd1 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. Nd5 Be5 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Qxc5 Re8 25. Ne3 f4 26. Bf3 Nf6 27. Nc2 g4 28. Bg2 Bc7 29. gxf4 Bb6 30. Qe5 Qf7 31. Qf5 Rxe2 32. Ne3 Qe7 33. Be4 Bd8 34. Kf1 Nxe4 35. Rd7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Nd6 37. Rxe7 Nxf5 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Kxf2 Bb6 40. Ke2 Nxe3 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rxe3 Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Kf5 44. b4 h5 45. a4 b6 46. a5 c5 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.16
Western Canadian op
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| 159376 | Mandic, Slaven (1979) | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. f4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. a4 O-O-O 11. Na3 a6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. c4 Bc7 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nc4 Ne4 17. d4 f6 18. Qc2 g5 19. dxc5 gxf4 20. exf4 Rhg8 21. Ne3 Qc6 22. Rcd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Nxc5 24. Bxf6 Nxb3 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Nc3 Nd2 27. Rd1 Bxf4 28. g3 Bh6 29. Kg2 Kc8 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Rxe6 Kd7 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. Bh4 Nf3 34. Ne4+ Kd5 35. Nf6+ Kd6 36. Ne4+ Kd5 37. Nf6+ Kd6 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2004.07.15
Western Canadian op
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| 159340 | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | Yoos, John (2449) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Rfd1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Kf1 Bg4 19. Re1 Qh6 20. e3 Qxh2 21. exd4 exd4 22. Nf3 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 dxc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxc3 Bd7 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nb5 Re1 28. b3 g5 29. bxa4 Bc6+ 30. f3 Re2+ 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Re5 Kg6 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 h5 36. Rxc5 h4 37. Nc3 h3 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rg3 Bd7 40. Kg1 Kh5 41. Rg8 Bc6 42. Nd5 Kh4 43. Rh8+ Kg3 44. Rg8+ Kf3 45. Rh8 Bd7 46. a5 Bg4 47. Rg8 f5 48. Rg7 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rc2 50. Rxb7 Kg3 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.14
Western Canadian op
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| 159308 | Harper, Bruce (2326) | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | 1-0 | |
| 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. d3 Bd6 10. f4 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Qh5 f6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e4 Bc7 15. e5 Rd7 16. Qe2 Rg8 17. Nf3 d4 18. Kh1 Qd5 19. Rae1 Ba5 20. Rc1 g5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ne4 Ng4 24. Rf3 Bd8 25. c3 Rc7 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. h3 Ne3 29. Nf6 Rxg2 30. Qxg2 Qf5 31. Qg8+ Bd8 32. Ne4 Kc7 33. Bxd4 Nc2 34. Be5+ Kd7 35. Nd6 Qh5 36. Qf7+ 1-0 | ||||
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2004.07.13
Western Canadian op
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| 159278 | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | Lane, Travis (1895) | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Rb8 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bb2 bxc4 15. Rxd6 cxb3 16. axb3 c4 17. Nd2 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Qe7 19. Ba3 Qe5 20. Rd3 Rb6 21. Rad1 Qb8 22. Na5 Rbe6 23. Bd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Nc6 Qc5 26. Qd3 Ng4 27. Qf3 Bxc3 28. Qxg4 Nf6 29. Qf4 Nh5 30. Qf3 Be6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Bb3 33. Rc1 1-0 | ||||
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2004.07.12
Western Canadian op
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| 159251 | Lister, Curtis (1964) | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 a6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Rxb7 Na5 12. Rb2 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Rb8 14. Rb3 O-O 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh2 Rxb3 18. cxb3 Bg5 19. Nd5 c6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rg1 Qh4 22. Rg4 Qxf2+ 23. Rg2 Qa7 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Rd8 26. Rd2 Nf4 27. Nf5 Kf8 28. Nxd6 Ne6 29. Kg3 c5 30. Rd5 Nf4 31. Nb7 Nxd5 32. Nxd8 Nb4 33. Nb7 Nd3 34. Kg2 Ke7 35. Kf1 Kd7 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Ne6 38. a3 Kc7 39. Na5 Ng5 40. Ke3 Nxh3 41. b4 cxb4 42. axb4 Nf4 43. Nb3 Ne6 44. Nc1 f6 45. Nd3 Kc6 46. f4 exf4+ 47. Nxf4 Nxf4 48. Kxf4 Kd6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 h5 51. Kf3 g5 52. Ke3 g4 53. c5 f5 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.11
Western Canadian op
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| 159216 | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | Fuentebella, Mayo (2348) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 Nf5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. e3 Nf6 14. Rac1 Nd6 15. c5 Nf5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Rd2 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qa5 22. Rcd1 Ne7 23. b4 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa2 25. f4 Nd5 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxa7 exf4 29. gxf4 d4 30. Bxd4 Rd8 31. Rxb7 Bxd4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Qb2 Kh6 35. Re8 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.10
Western Canadian op
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| 159201 | Palmer, Jordan (1915) | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. h3 Ne8 11. g4 g6 12. O-O-O f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Bh6 Rf6 15. Rdg1+ Kh8 16. Ng5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bh5 Qe7 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 h6 23. h4 Bd7 24. Nxc7 Rac8 25. Qd2 Rxc7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Rg6 Nf4 28. Rhg1 Nxg6 29. Rxg6 Rf4 30. b3 Qxh4 31. Rg1 Qf2 0-1 | ||||
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2004.07.09
Western Canadian op
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| 159168 | Spears, Nicholas (2186) | Jung, William (1667) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 e6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bxd6 1-0 | ||||
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2003.08.03
BC-op
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| 176935 | Yoos, John | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. d3 Nc5 5. fxe5 d6 6. d4 Ne6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Ne4 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Qh5 f6 15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Re1 g6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh6 Qg7 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Kg7 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. Nxd5 Bc6 26. Ne7 1-0 | ||||
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2003.05.19
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177119 | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | Neufahrt, Gerhard (2044) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 g6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 h5 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. h4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qa5 12. Qb3 O-O-O 13. Ne4 h4 14. Qe3 f5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nc3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxa7 e4 19. Qa8+ Nb8 20. Nxe4 Ne7 21. Nc5 hxg3 22. Rfd1 gxf2+ 23. Kf1 b6 24. Na6 Qb7 25. Qxb8+ Qxb8 26. Nxb8 Kxb8 27. Kxf2 Kc7 28. Kg3 Nc8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Ne7 31. Rab1 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Rb6 Ra8 35. Rxg6 Rxa2 36. Re6 Ra4 37. g6 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 d4 39. Rf6 Kc8 40. Rxf5 Rxg6 41. Rd5 Rf6+ 42. Ke4 Rf2 43. Kd3 Kc7 44. Rxd4 Kc6 45. Rc4 Rf5 46. Rc2 Rf8 47. e4 Rd8+ 48. Kc4 Re8 49. Re2 Re5 50. Kd4 Rxc5 51. e5 Rd5+ 52. Ke4 Rd1 53. Re3 Kd7 54. Rf3 Ke6 55. Rf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2003.05.19
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177140 | Schuetzhold, Ralf (2038) | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe4 7. f3 Qd5 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 exf3 12. Bxf3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nb6 15. Nf4 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rhe1+ Be6 18. Bg3 Kd7 19. Be5 Nc4+ 20. Kc1 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Kd6 22. c3 Rac8 23. Kd2 Rc4 24. Ree1 Rhc8 25. Rec1 R8c6 26. Be2 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2003.05.18
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177076 | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | Bouvier, Jesse (2081) | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. c4 c6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 h5 15. e4 d4 16. c5 hxg4 17. Bg5 Rh5 18. Be3 dxe3 19. Rxd7 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxd7 21. Rd1 Nc8 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Qd4+ Kc7 24. b4 Be7 25. Ne2 Rxh2 26. Kg3 Rh6 27. Nf4 Bg5 28. Kxg4 Bxf4 29. Kxf4 Rh8 30. a4 Rd8 31. Qb2 Na7 32. Bf1 Rh8 33. Qf2 Rd8 34. Bc4 Rd1 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Qg1 Re8 37. Qg5 Kd7 38. Qg4 Kc7 39. Qg2 Re7 40. Qe2 Rd7 41. Ke3 Rd8 42. Bxa6 bxa6 43. Qxa6 Nc8 44. b5 cxb5 45. axb5 1-0 | ||||
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2003.05.18
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177083 | Balbutin, Nelson (1968) | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 f5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rb5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qb3 Re8 20. Kf1 Kh8 21. Ne5 Bxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd5 Rd6 25. Qxe5 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Qc4+ 27. Qe2 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Qxc3+ 29. Qd2 1-0 | ||||
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2003.05.17
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177030 | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | Leblanc, Paul (2000) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 12. exf4 bxc6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qa3 c4 16. Bb1 Qb6 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Qh3 Ba4 20. Rxc4 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxd4 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Bxe4 Qxe3 27. fxe3 dxe4 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. Kd1 e5 31. fxe5 Ke6 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Kxe5 34. b4 g5 35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 Kxf5 37. a4 Ke5 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Kd5 40. Kc3 Kc5 41. b6 Kxb6 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kxe4 Kd6 44. Kf5 h6 45. Kg6 Ke5 46. Kxh6 Kf5 47. Kh5 g4 48. Kh4 Ke4 49. Kxg4 Kxe3 50. h4 Ke4 51. h5 Ke5 52. Kg5 Ke6 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kg7 1-0 | ||||
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2003.05.17
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 177053 | Pacheco, Sigfrido (2115) | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. c3 Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Nd2 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14. O-O-O h6 15. Rhe1 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. Nf3 Bc4 18. b3 Bd5 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. h4 g4 23. Nh2 h5 24. f3 Re6 25. Re2 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Rg6 27. Ng5 Ke7 28. Rf2 Be8 29. Bf4 Rc6 30. Ne4 b5 31. Kd3 bxc4+ 32. bxc4 Ra6 33. Kd4 Ra5 34. Bg5+ Kf8 35. Nf6 Bc6 36. Rb2 Bxf6 37. exf6 Kg8 38. g3 Kh7 39. Bf4 Rf5 40. Be5 Bh1 41. Rb5 Kg6 42. Rc5 c6 43. Ra5 Bg2 44. c5 Rf1 45. Rxa7 Kf5 46. Bd6 Kxf6 47. a4 Ra1 48. Kc3 Bd5 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Ka5 Bf3 51. Ra6 Ke6 52. Rb6 Ra1 53. Rb4 Bd1 54. Rf4 f5 55. Rf1 Kd7 56. Rf4 Ke6 57. Rd4 Bc2 58. Bf4 Ke7 59. Bg5+ Ke8 60. Rd8+ Kf7 61. Rd7+ Ke8 62. Rd4 Kf7 63. Bd2 Ra3 64. Rc4 Bd1 65. Rc3 Ra2 66. Bf4 Bxa4 67. Kb6 Rb2+ 68. Kc7 Re2 69. Be3 Ke6 70. Bf4 Re4 71. Rd3 Ke7 72. Bg5+ Ke8 73. Rd8+ Kf7 74. Rh8 Bd1 75. Kxc6 Bf3 76. Kb5 Re5 77. Rh6 Re6 78. Rh7+ Ke8 79. Rc7 Be2+ 80. Ka5 Ra6+ 81. Kb4 Re6 82. c6 Bf3 83. Kc5 Re5+ 84. Kd6 Re1 85. Rc8+ Kf7 86. c7 Re6+ 87. Kc5 Rc6+ 88. Kd4 1-0 | ||||
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2003.05.16
Paul Keres mem (28th)
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| 176998 | Kerry, James (2016) | Spears, Nicholas (2212) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nb5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. f4 f5 17. c3 Be7 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. Rg1 Bb7 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Rag1 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 Rg8 25. Rxg8 Kxg8 26. Bf2 Kh7 27. Kg1 Qc8 28. h3 Ba6 29. Qd1 Bc5 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Kh2 Bc4 32. a3 a5 33. Bf6 Ba6 34. Qg1 Bf8 35. Qd1 Bc5 36. Qg1 Bf8 37. Qd1 Bc4 38. Bh4 Bc5 39. Bf6 Bb5 40. Qg1 Bf8 41. Qd1 Ba4 42. Qe2 Bd7 43. Qa6 Qb8 44. Qe2 Qc8 45. Qh5 Be8 46. Qe2 Bc5 47. Qg2 Bf8 48. Qe2 Qd7 49. Qa6 Bc5 50. Qd3 Bxd4 51. Qxd4 Qb5 52. Qf2 Qc4 53. Qg3 Qe2+ 54. Qg2 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2002.05.20
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177387 | Boehmer, Kris (2110) | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | 1-0 | |
| 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd6 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rg1 Nh7 19. a3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Ng3 Qd6 24. b4 a6 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Rg2 Rh8 27. Bf5 h5 28. e4 Qf4 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30. Nxh5+ Nxh5 31. gxh5+ Kh6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rg6+ Kxh5 34. Rxe6 Rhg8 35. exd5 Rxd5 36. R6e5+ Rg5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Re5+ Rxe5 39. dxe5 Kg5 40. h4+ Kf5 41. Kg2 Kxe5 42. Kf2 b6 43. Ke2 Kd4 44. h5 Ke5 45. h6 Kf6 46. Kd3 Kg6 47. Ke4 Kxh6 48. Kxf4 c5 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Ke5 Kg5 51. Kd5 Kf4 52. Kxc5 Kxf3 53. Kb6 Ke4 54. Kxa6 Kd5 55. Kb6 Kd6 56. a4 Kd7 57. Kb7 Kd6 58. a5 1-0 | ||||
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2002.05.20
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177410 | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | Chapman, Erik (2055) | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 Qb4+ 7. Nd2 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Ba6 10. a3 Qd6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 f5 15. Nc5 Nf6 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Bc5 Kf7 18. Bd6 Rhe8 19. Rad1 e4 20. f3 Qxb2 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. c5 Qb5 23. Qxb5 cxb5 24. g4 Rac8 25. gxf5 Nxc5 26. Bd5+ Kf6 27. fxg6+ Kxg6 28. Bf7+ Kg5 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxc5 Rxe2 31. Rf2 Re4 32. Rg2+ 1-0 | ||||
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2002.05.19
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177342 | Harper, Bruce (2335) | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. Qc2 h6 9. Nf1 a5 10. g4 Nh7 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Be3 Ng5 14. Nfxg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 Qd5 17. f3 f6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ne7 20. Kf2 Be6 21. a3 Kf7 22. Rah1 Ng6 23. Rh5 Qd6 24. Rh7 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8 Nxh8 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qd7 29. g5 Ng6 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Bg3 c6 32. Qh6 Bf5 33. Qh7+ Ke6 34. Qg8+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ke3 Ne5 37. d4 Nd7 38. c4 Be6 39. a4 Ke7 40. Bc7 b6 41. b3 Bf5 42. Kd2 Be4 43. Kc3 f5 44. b4 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Bc2 46. Bf3 Be4 47. Bd1 Ke6 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Bb3 Ke7 51. Ke3 Bb1 52. Kf4 Bd3 53. Ke3 Be4 54. Bd1 Ke6 55. Bf3 Bxf3 56. Kxf3 Kf6 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Kg5 b5 59. axb5 cxb5 60. d5+ Ke7 61. cxb5 Nf6 62. b6 Ne4+ 63. Kxf5 Nc5 64. Ke5 Kd7 65. Kd4 Nb7 66. Kc4 Na5+ 67. Kb4 Nb7 68. Kb5 Kc8 69. Bg3 Kd7 70. Ka6 Nc5+ 71. Ka7 Kc8 72. d6 Kd7 1-0 | ||||
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2002.05.19
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177367 | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | Tegzes, Laszlo (2381) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfd1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Rac1 b4 15. Nb1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. b3 Bf5 20. g4 Be4 21. Rc4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe7 23. Rxb4 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Nxf2 26. Rf1 Nd1 27. Qd2 Qe4+ 28. Kg3 Qxb1 29. Rxd1 Qe4 30. e3 Be5 31. Kf2 Bxf4 32. exf4 Qa8 33. a4 Qb7 34. Qd3 Qb6+ 35. Kf3 Qc6+ 36. Kf2 Qc5+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. Qd4 Qc6+ 39. Qd5 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Qc3+ 41. Qd3 Qc6+ 42. Qd5 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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2002.05.18
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177308 | Leblanc, Paul (2050) | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Ng4 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 h5 12. e4 h4 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. e5 hxg3 15. exf6 gxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rh1+ 0-1 | ||||
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2002.05.18
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177324 | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | Pacheco, Sigfrido (1944) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne8 12. Ne7+ Nxe7 13. Bxe7 Bxc4 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e3 Rb8 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Ke7 18. Rac1 c6 19. Rd2 Nd6 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. Ng5 f5 22. Nxh7 e4 23. Ng5 Bf6 24. h4 Be5 25. Kg2 a5 26. a4 b5 27. Rc1 bxa4 28. Rxc6 Rd7 29. Rc5 Bg7 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. Rxa4 Bxb2 32. Ra6 Be5 33. Rd5 Kf6 34. Rdxd6+ Bxd6 35. Rxd6+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kh6 37. Nf4 Rg7 38. h5 1-0 | ||||
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2002.05.17
Paul Keres mem (27th)
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| 177287 | Spears, Nicholas (2215) | Ivankovic, Goran | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 Rc8 10. a4 c5 11. Ba3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd4 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Ra2 Rc5 20. Rad2 Rfc8 21. f4 Nf8 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Ba6 Nh4 24. Qh1 Rf8 25. Nf3 Ng4 26. h3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Nf6 28. Bc4 e5 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb7+ Rc7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxb6 Ne4 35. f4 Qc5 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Kf1 Re7 38. Qd8 Ng3+ 39. Kg2 Qxe3 40. Qd5+ Re6 41. Rd3 Qe4+ 42. Kxg3 Qe1+ 43. Kg4 Qe2+ 44. Rf3 h6 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1991.07.07
B.C. - Washington match
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| 178869 | Spears, Nicholas | Salmon, Neil | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Bc2 a5 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Nd5 g6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg7 19. O-O f5 20. Bc2 Bd7 21. Rae1 b6 22. f4 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Qb4 Ra5 26. Rd2 Re7 27. Bd1 Ra8 28. Kh1 Ree8 29. Rg1 h5 30. g3 Kf7 31. h3 Rh8 32. Rh2 Ke7 33. Rgg2 g5 34. fxg5 Qxg5 35. Qc3 Rag8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rxh2+ 38. Rxh2 fxg4 39. Qd4 Qf5 40. Rg2 Qe5 0-1 | ||||
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1991.??.??
Vancouver active
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| 178923 | Sommerfeld, Gilbert (2250) | Spears, Nicholas | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 b6 11. h4 Ba6 12. Nh3 Qe7 13. h5 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Rg8 15. hxg6 Rxg6 16. Qf3 Rg8 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Rh5 Qg7 19. Rah1 Rh8 20. Qh3 Qh7+ 21. Kd2 Nd7 22. Rxh6 Qxh6 23. Qxh6 Rxh6 24. Rxh6 Ke7 25. Rh7 Rg8 26. g3 c5 27. Nh5 b5 28. Ke3 Rg4 29. f4 Rg8 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Nf6 Rxg3+ 32. Kd4 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rh8 e3 35. Kd3 e2+ 36. Kxe2 Rxc3 37. Kd2 Ra3 38. Rb8 a6 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. c3 Kg7 41. f5 exf5 42. e6 Kf6 43. exf7 Kg7 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Kd4 Re2 46. Ra7 Re6 47. Kd5 Rf6 48. Ke5 Rxf7 49. Rxa6 f4 50. Ra2 f3 51. Rf2 Kf8 52. Kd6 Ke8 53. Kc5 Rf5+ 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Ke4 Rf8 56. Rxf3 Rxf3 57. Kxf3 Kc6 58. Ke4 Kc5 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Kd2 Kc4 61. Kc2 b4 62. cxb4 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1991.01.01
BC-ch
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| 183246 | McLaren, Brian | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Ne2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 b6 9. N2c3 Bb7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bc4 f5 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ba6 h5 16. a4 Rdg8 17. a5 b5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. d5 h4 20. Nge2 exd5 21. Nd4 Qg6 22. g3 Bc5 23. Nce2 hxg3 24. fxg3 Qh5 25. Rf2 Ne5 26. Qc3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rg6 28. a6+ Kb8 29. Nxb5 Ng4 30. Nd4 c5 31. Nf3 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 f4 33. Qxc5 fxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rc8 35. Qb4+ Rb6 36. Qf4+ Ka8 37. Qa4 Rxb2 38. Nd4 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Kf4 Qxg3+ 41. Kf5 Qg6+ 42. Ke5 Qe4+ 43. Kd6 Rb6+ 44. Kd7 Qg4+ 45. Ke7 Rc7+ 0-1 | ||||
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1990.12.29
BC-ch
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| 183229 | Spears, Nicholas | Basanta, Gary | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb5 d6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. N1a3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. f3 Bb4+ 14. Kf2 Qb6+ 15. e3 O-O-O 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Bf1 Bd2 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Kg2 Rd2+ 22. Kh3 f5 23. Qxf7 Nd4 24. Qg7 Re8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bc4 e4 27. Qxh7 Rh8 0-1 | ||||
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1990.08.06
Civic Holiday Bonanza
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| 109283 | McLaren, Brian | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Ba6 12. O-O Qd7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. c3 Na5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. Rd3 c5 22. Qd2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rac8 24. Re1 Qc2 25. Qe3 h5 26. a3 Rd5 27. f4 Rb5 28. h3 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 31. Kg3 Rc2 32. Qf3 Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qxd3+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Kf8 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. h4 f5+ 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. a4 a6 40. d5 exd5+ 41. Kxd5 b5 0-1 | ||||
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1990.08.05
Civic Holiday Bonanza
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| 109279 | Badii, Maziar | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Ne1 Ng6 10. Nd3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Rac1 c5 14. a4 Qd8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qa3 Bg5 17. b4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. bxc5 f3 20. Bxf3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 dxc5 22. e5 Qg5 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Nd6 Qg5 25. Re1 Qh6 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 Ne5 28. Rxe5 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 1-0 | ||||
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1990.05.21
Paul Keres mem (15th) U2000
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| 178973 | Herder, David | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Nbd2 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 10. Ng5 g6 11. b3 Nh5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Be3 Kb8 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Qa5 b6 17. Qc3 f5 18. f3 Bh4 19. a4 f4 20. Bf2 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rc8 22. a5 b5 23. Qb2 c6 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. d4 Qe7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nd3 Rhe8 28. b4 a6 29. Rd2 Red8 30. Rad1 Nd7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxe5+ Kb7 35. Qxc5 h5 36. e5 Qd5 37. Qe7+ Kc8 38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Qe7+ Qd7 40. Qc5 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd5 42. Qe7+ Qd7 43. Qf6 Qd4 44. Qf7+ Kd8 45. e6 Qd6 46. Qxg6 Qxb4 47. Qg8+ Ke7 48. Qf7+ Kd6 1-0 | ||||
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1990.??.??
Vancouver
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| 178978 | Salmon, Neil | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Ne7 5. c3 Ng6 6. Bg3 Qe7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O c6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c4 b6 11. Qc2 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Ba6 13. e4 Rac8 14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 e5 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 exd4 19. Nbxd4 Nde5 20. Qc3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qf6 22. f4 c5 23. e5 Qe7 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nd6 Qg4 26. Qc4 Rxd6 27. exd6 Ne5 28. Qe4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qd7 31. Qe7 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Kf8 33. Rxa7 Rd8 34. d7 Ke7 35. Rb7 Ra8 36. a3 c4 37. d8=Q+ Kxd8 38. Rxf7 Ra5 39. Rxg7 Rb5 40. Rxh7 Rxb2 41. f5 c3 42. f6 c2 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. f7 c1=Q 45. f8=Q Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qc2 47. Qd8+ Ke6 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Qd5+ Kf6 50. Re6+ 1-0 | ||||
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1990.??.??
BC-ch
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| 183245 | Spears, Nicholas | Berry, Jonathan (2565) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. e4 Nd7 8. b3 c6 9. Ba3 Nh6 10. Rd1 f6 11. g3 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 13. Bh3 Kc7 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Rd3 Rae8 16. O-O Nf7 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. f3 Ne6 20. b4 Nd4 21. Nb3 Nc2 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. b5 Na3 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd5+ cxd5 26. Rxa3 dxe4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxe4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 f5 30. Nc3 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rxh2 32. Rxa7+ Bb7 33. Ra5 Rc2 34. Kd3 Rg2 35. Rxe5 Kd6 36. Re3 Rxg3 37. Nb5+ Kd7 38. Nd4 f4 39. Ne2 Rg2 40. Nxf4 Rxa2 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. cxd5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Kd6 45. Kf4 h6 46. Ke4 h5 47. Kf4 Kxd5 48. Kg5 Ke6 49. f4 Ke7 50. f5 h4 51. Kxh4 gxf5 52. Kg5 Ke6 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Ke3 f4+ 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. Ke2 f3+ 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Kf1 Ke3 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1990.??.??
BC-ch
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| 183239 | Spears, Nicholas | Badii, Maziar (2320) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. Qa4+ c6 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. dxc6 b5 11. Qc2 g5 12. Kxf1 gxf4 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. Qd3 Nxc6 15. exf4 a6 16. Nc3 Qxd4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Be3 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Kf2 Rb8 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Qc2 O-O 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Qe4 Na5 25. Rhd1 Nc4 26. Rd4 Qxa4 27. Rdxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Bh4+ 29. g3 Rxb2+ 30. Ke1 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 Qd2 0-1 | ||||
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1990.??.??
BC-ch
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| 183233 | Cabanas, Francisco (2090) | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 O-O-O 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 Rdg8 14. g4 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 g5 16. Bxg5 Nd4 17. Qd1 hxg5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. c3 Nf4 23. d4 Ba6 24. Ng3 Kd6 25. Bf3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Rac1 Nd3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Re3 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rc2 31. Be2 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Nxe2 33. Nxe2 Rxb2 34. Nc3 Rd2 35. Nb1 Rxd4 36. Ra3 Rd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 0-1 | ||||
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1989.01.04
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193230 | Perron, Sean (1719) | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ba3 c5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. c4 Ne8 12. Bc1 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 f6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd2 g5 17. a4 Qf7 18. a5 Nd7 19. Rfb1 Nd6 20. Qf1 Rc7 21. f3 b6 22. Ra4 Rfc8 23. Kh2 h5 24. a6 h4 25. Rb2 b5 26. cxb5 Nb6 27. Ra3 c4 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. a7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nxc4 33. Rb4 Qc7 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. c3 Qd6 0-1 | ||||
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1989.01.03
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193227 | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | Gibbons, Michael (1869) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Qb3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rae1 Nh4 15. f3 Nh5 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Qf2 Rc8 18. g3 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. e4 Ngf4 22. Qxc5 Nxd3 23. Qb5 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Qb6+ 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Nb5 Re7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Nc7 Bc6 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Nd5 b5 32. g4 Be6 33. Nc7 Nf4 34. Nxb5 Bd5 35. Nd4 Bc4 36. Nc2 Bd5 37. Ne1 Bc4 38. a4 Kf8 39. Kf2 Nd5 40. a5 g6 41. Ng2 Ke7 42. f4 Kd6 43. Kf3 Kc5 44. Bc1 Kb5 45. Bd2 Bd3 46. g5 Bb1 47. h4 Ne7 48. Ne3 Bd3 49. Ng4 Nf5 50. Ne5 Bc2 51. Be1 Bb3 52. Ke4 Nd6+ 53. Kd3 Be6 54. Nf3 Nf5 55. Ke4 Kc5 56. Ke5 Ne3 57. Bf2 1-0 | ||||
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1989.01.02
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193218 | Huda, Rehan (2340) | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe7 9. a4 b6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. Qb2 Ba6 15. Rfc1 g5 16. Nc2 Rac8 17. Qa3 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Ng4 19. Rac1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. e3 g4 23. Rc7 1-0 | ||||
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1989.??.??
UBC tournaments
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| 179087 | Spears, Nicholas | Seid, Hee | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nb5 Ne5 11. Bf4 Qb8 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Qc3 Nbd7 14. N1a3 Be7 15. Nd4 Bxe4 16. Bb5 Bd6 17. Qg3 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxf4 19. Qxg7 Ke7 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qc3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Qb4+ Bd6 24. Qe1 Ne5 25. fxe4 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Nf3 27. Qb4+ Qd6 28. exf5 Qxb4 29. axb4 Kf6 30. Rfd1 Rg5 31. Rd6+ Ke5 32. Rd3 Ke4 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Re3+ Kf4 35. Rxf3+ Kxf3 36. Rxc8 Rxf5 37. Rc5 Rf4 38. Kg1 Rxb4 39. Rc3+ 1-0 | ||||
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1988.12.29
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193217 | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | Purdy, Brian (2002) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Qb6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Kh1 e6 12. Qd3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. a4 Bd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bc6 17. Qf4 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rd7 19. e3 Rc8 20. Rf2 Rc4 21. e4 Qxd4 22. Rd2 Qxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxe4 25. Bc3 Bxe5 26. Kf3 f5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rc1 Re4 29. Rc7 Rb4 30. h4 e5 31. Rc2 Kf7 32. a5 a6 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd3 Rb5 35. Rc7 Rxb2 36. Rxh7 Rb5 37. Kc4 f4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Kd3 Kf5 40. h5 gxh5 0-1 | ||||
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1988.12.28
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193210 | Odachowski, Arthur (2022) | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 f6 10. Rc1 Ne6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. a3 Be8 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bc3 Bf7 17. Qc2 Ncd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qb5 23. Nd2 Be6 24. h4 Rc7 25. Nc4 Qa6 26. a4 Qc8 27. Bf3 Rcd7 28. b3 Qc7 29. Bg2 a6 30. Ra1 Qb8 31. Kh2 Ra7 32. Bh3 Bf7 33. Qb2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Ra1 Qc7 37. Ne3 g6 38. Ng4 Kg7 39. Qd2 h5 40. Ne3 Bxb3 41. Qb2 Ba4 42. Qa2 Qd6 43. Bg2 f5 44. Nd5 Bxh4 45. Nc3 Bf6 46. Nxa4 bxa4 47. Qxa4 e4 48. Rb1 exd3 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Qa7 f4 51. exd3 fxg3+ 52. fxg3 Kg5 53. Qa4 Be5 54. Qh4+ Kh6 55. Be4 Rh8 56. Qe7 Bxg3+ 57. Kg2 Be5 58. Rd7 Qxe7 59. Rxe7 Bd4 60. Re6 Rg8 61. Kg3 Kg5 62. Kh3 h4 63. Rc6 Bf2 64. Re6 Bg3 65. Rc6 Kf4 66. Rxg6 Re8 67. Rc6 Re5 68. Kg2 Ke3 69. Kh3 Kf2 70. Rf6+ Ke2 71. Rf5 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1988.12.27
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193207 | Spears, Nicholas (2129) | Southam, Todd (2302) | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Re8 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Re1 Rxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Na5 Bd7 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Ne4 20. Nf5 Nxd2 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Bxe3+ 24. Kg2 d4 25. Bf5 Nc6 26. Bb1 g6 27. Rh1 h5 28. Rh4 f5 29. Rhh1 Kg7 30. Rhf1 Kf6 31. Bd3 Nb4 32. Ra1 a6 33. Rfd1 Bh6 34. Kf2 Re3 35. Bc4 Ke5 36. Bf7 Kf6 37. Bc4 Ke5 38. Bf7 g5 39. Rh1 h4 40. gxh4 g4 41. Rhg1 d3 42. Rae1 Nc2 43. exd3 Nxe1 44. Rxe1 g3+ 0-1 | ||||
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1988.10.10
BC op
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| 179118 | Spears, Nicholas | Pupols, Viktors | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxf5 Nc6 14. e3 g6 15. exf4 gxf5 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. Bb5 Nh5 18. g3 Ng7 19. Nxd5 Rxa2 20. Nc3 Ra1+ 21. Kc2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. d5 Nb4+ 24. Kb3 Na6 25. Re1 Nc7 26. Kc4 Nge8 27. Bxe8 Nxe8 28. Nb5 Kg7 29. Re7 Rb8 30. Rd7 Rc8+ 31. Kd4 Rc5 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Nd6 34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. Kc5 Ne8 36. b4 f6 37. Kd4 Nd6 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. b5 Ke8 40. b6 Rd7 41. Na4 Rd8 42. Rc7 Ra8 43. Kc5 1-0 | ||||
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1988.08.01
Fraser Valley op
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| 108117 | O'Donnell, Tom | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Re1 Nd8 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. exf6 Bb4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 Bd2 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qxh6 Qd7 20. Rd1 Bxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kh7 22. Rd4 1-0 | ||||
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1988.07.31
Fraser Valley op
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| 108115 | Spears, Nicholas | Joyner, Lionel | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 Re8 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. b3 Nf8 12. Bb2 c6 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qd3 Qg5 18. Kh1 f4 19. e4 Be6 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Bc1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qh4 23. f3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bd2 c5 26. b4 b6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Qa5 Qd4 29. Bc3 Qe3 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qd1 Ke7 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Bxe2 Kd6 35. g3 Ba4 36. Kg1 fxg3 37. hxg3 Ne7 38. f4 Nc6 39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Bd3 Bd7 41. Bd2 Ne6 42. Ke3 Nd4 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1988.07.03
Vancouver op
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| 179135 | Hergott, Deen | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. e3 e4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nd2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Bb4 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4+ Kd8 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ke7 19. c4 Qa6 20. c5 Qf6 21. Qe4+ Qe6 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. e4 Rhd8 24. Qa3 Kf8 25. c6+ Qd6 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. e5 Rxc6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rac1 Ra6 30. Rc2 Rb4 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Rcd2 Ke7 33. g3 a6 34. Kg2 Ke6 35. Re1+ Kd5 36. Re7 Rf6 37. Rd7+ Kc6 38. Ra7 Kb6 39. Re7 Kc6 40. Ra7 Ra4 41. d5+ Kd6 42. Rb7 Kc5 43. d6 Rxd6 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Rxf7 g6 46. Rxh7 Ke6 47. h4 Rxa2 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 a5 50. g4 a4 51. Ra5 a3 52. Kg3 Ra1 53. Kf4 a2 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. f4 Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. f5 1-0 | ||||
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1988.05.21
Paul Keres mem (13th)
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| 179194 | Spears, Nicholas | Ross, Dave | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rb1 a6 10. b4 b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 a5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nf8 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Nhf4 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. Ne2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bg5 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Rd6 axb4 24. axb4 Bg5 25. Bh3 Rad8 26. Rbd1 Be7 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qb8 29. Qa2 Kf8 30. Qa6 Qa8 31. Ra7 Qd8 32. Bd7 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1988.01.03
BC-ch
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| 179182 | Fullbrook, Nigel | Spears, Nicholas | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e4 Nc5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. O-O Qe8 11. f4 f5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Bxg3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rf1+ Kg8 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. Rxe4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. c5 Bf7 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. c4 b5 26. cxb5 Bxd5 27. a4 Kf7 28. Bxd6 Ke6 29. Bc5 Bb3 30. a5 Ba4 31. Bxa7 Bxb5 32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Ke3 g6 34. Bb8+ Kd5 35. g4 Kc6 36. g5 Kd5 37. Bg3 Ba6 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Be1 Bb5 40. Kc2 Ba6 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1988.01.02
BC-ch
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| 179179 | Spears, Nicholas | Forbes, Gerry | 0-1 | |
| 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nh6 6. d3 O-O 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. Nc3 d4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11. Kh1 Nf5 12. Rf3 h5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Rh3 Nd6 15. Rg3 h4 16. Rf3 h3 17. Bf1 hxg2+ 18. Bxg2 Bb7 19. Rh3 e6 20. f5 Nxe4 21. dxe4 exf5 22. exf5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Rf3 Rfe8 25. Qh4 Re2+ 26. Kg3 Re1 0-1 | ||||
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1988.01.01
BC-ch
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| 179174 | Neufahrt, Gerhard | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qf6 7. Nd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nf3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nge7 11. Qb5 O-O-O 12. Qa4 Rde8 13. O-O h6 14. b4 Ng6 15. Ng3 Kb8 16. Nh5 Qd8 17. b5 Nce7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. a4 Qd7 21. Ba3 Ngf4 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Ne5 Rhf8 25. Rae1 f6 26. Nf3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc1 Re4 29. g3 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Kc8 31. a5 Re2 32. Nd2 Nb4 33. Kf1 Rde8 34. Nc4 Kd8 35. Ne3 Ra2 36. Rc4 Rb2 37. d5 Kd7 38. Rdd4 Na2 39. d6 cxd6 40. Nf5 Re6 41. Nxg7 Re5 42. Rf4 Rg5 43. Nf5 Rxb5 44. Nxh6 f5 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Rg6 47. Rf7+ Ke6 48. Rh7 Kd5 49. Rc2 Rxa5 50. f4 Ke4 51. f5 Rf6 52. Re2+ Kd3 53. Rf2 Nc3 54. g5 Rf8 55. g6 Nd5 56. g7 Ne3+ 57. Kg1 Ra1+ 58. Kh2 Rc8 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60. Nxg8 Ng4+ 61. Kg3 Nxf2 62. Kxf2 Ra5 63. Nh6 Ke4 64. f6 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 Ra1+ 66. Kd2 Ra2+ 67. Kc1 Ke5 68. f7 Ra1+ 69. Kd2 Rf1 70. Rh8 1-0 | ||||
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1988.??.??
UBC tournaments
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| 179122 | Basanta, Gary | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. Bc4 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6 Nf6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Rd4 O-O 16. Ke2 c5 17. Rd6 Nh5 18. Bg3 Rf6 19. Rhd1 Rcf8 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Bd6 Rc8 22. Be7 Kf7 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Rd7 Rc6 25. Rxb7 Ra6 26. Rc7 Rxa2 27. Rxc5 Rxc2+ 28. Ke3 Ra2 29. g4 a5 30. h4 a4 31. Rf5+ Ke6 32. Kxe4 a3 33. f3 Ra1 34. Ra5 a2 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Kf5 Kd7 37. f4 Ke7 38. Kg6 1-0 | ||||
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1988.??.??
UBC tournaments
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| 179129 | North, Robert | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O a6 12. Bc4 Qb4 13. Qd3 b5 14. Ba2 bxa4 15. Qc2 a3 16. Bd2 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 axb2 18. Rab1 a5 19. Rxb2 Na6 20. Rbb1 Nb4 21. Nb5 0-1 | ||||
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1988.??.??
UBC tournaments
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| 179131 | Van de Ven, Frans | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 f6 5. f4 exf4 6. exf4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qh4 Bf5 10. d3 d4 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 c5 14. g4 Be6 15. f5 g5 16. Qe1 Bd5 17. Nf4+ Kf7 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 h5 21. h4 hxg4 22. hxg5 Rxh1 23. g6+ Kg7 24. Rxh1 Nh6 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Kd3 Re5 27. Bc1 Nxf5 28. Bf4 Nd6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rg1 Kxg6 31. Rxg4+ Kf7 32. Rg5 1-0 | ||||
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1988.??.??
CAN-ch U20 1988-89
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| 193206 | Spears, Nicholas (2139) | Huber, Greg (2123) | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Ne6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 Ncd4 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rce8 20. Rf2 Bc6 21. Qd2 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qd5 23. b4 Rxe2 24. Nf4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 0-1 | ||||
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1987.12.31
BC-ch
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| 179169 | Spears, Nicholas | Macskasy, Elod | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 e4 11. Ng5 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 h6 14. Nh3 Re6 15. Qc7 Qe8 16. Nd6 Qf8 17. Ba3 Ne8 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. Bc5 g5 21. a4 Rc6 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb5 Nf6 24. Ba3 Bd7 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qb4 Bd7 27. Qd2 Rc8 28. Kh1 Rc6 29. Rc1 e3 30. Qxe3 Re6 31. Qd3 Rxe2 32. Bb4 Ng4 33. Bf3 Nxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Rxf2 35. Bxd5 Bf5 36. Re1 Qxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Bxd3 39. Bf2 Bf8 40. Bc4 Bf5 41. a5 Bb4 42. a6 Kf8 43. d5 Bc5 44. Be1 Ke7 45. Bc3 Bd7 46. b4 Be3 47. b5 Kd6 48. Bb4+ Bc5 49. Bc3 Bf5 50. Bb2 Be4 51. Bg7 Ke7 52. Be5 f6 53. Bc3 h5 54. Bb2 f5 55. Bc1 f4 56. gxf4 Bd6 57. Kg3 Bg6 58. Bb2 Bxf4+ 59. Kf2 Kd6 60. Bd4 Kc7 61. Be2 g4 62. Bc4 Bf5 63. Bf6 Be4 0-1 | ||||
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1987.12.30
BC-ch
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| 179161 | Fulker, Chris | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 c6 6. d4 Qc7 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. e4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Bf8 11. Bd2 a6 12. b4 c5 13. b5 a5 14. Qc2 g6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bg7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Rbe1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nc8 21. Nd1 Re7 22. Bc3 Ne8 23. Nf2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 f6 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Re3 Ng7 27. Rfe1 Rde8 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Ne4 Nf5 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Bxe8 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Nxe5 Nd4 35. Nf3 Qf4 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Qd3 Bf7 38. c5 Nd7 39. c6 bxc6 40. dxc6 Nb6 41. Rf1 Qe3+ 42. Qxe3 dxe3 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. c7 Ke7 45. Bh3 Kd6 46. c8=Q Nxc8 47. Bxc8 1-0 | ||||
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1987.12.29
BC-ch
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| 179159 | Spears, Nicholas | McLaren, Brian | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bb7 7. Bg5 Bxd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 Qxb2 10. Rd1 Qc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 a6 13. e4 h5 14. Nf3 Rh6 15. Bc4 axb5 16. Bxb5 Re6 17. e5 Nc6 18. O-O Be7 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. h4 Bd8 21. a4 Bb6 22. Rd6 Nd4 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Rc7 27. Kf3 Rc2 28. Bd3 Ra2 29. Rb1 Bc7 30. Rb7 Kd8 31. Rb5 Rxa4 32. g3 Ra2 33. Bg6 Ba5 34. Ke4 Be1 35. Bxh5 Bxf2 36. Rb3 Be3 37. Bf3 Ra5 38. Rb8+ Kc7 39. Rg8 d5+ 40. exd6+ Kxd6 41. Rxg7 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Bh6 43. Rg6 Re3+ 44. Kxd4 Rxf3 45. Rxh6 Rxg3 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1987.12.28
BC-ch
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| 179154 | O'Donnell, Tom | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Qe2 Nc5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Rad1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Qe5 Ne6 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. f4 f6 19. fxg5 fxe5 20. Nd6 Bd7 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bc8 24. Rf7 Rb8 25. g6 h6 26. Nd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 1-0 | ||||
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1987.12.27
BC-ch
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| 179149 | Spears, Nicholas | Burke, Paul | 1-0 | |
| 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. f3 Bh6 13. Rc2 e5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. exf5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 gxf5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f4 24. Bf2 Qg5 25. Rcd2 h5 26. Rxd6 h4 27. h3 Rde8 28. Qe4 Rf6 29. Rd7 Rg6 30. Bxh4 Qh6 31. Rxa7 Rge6 32. Rdd7 Rg6 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Kh8 35. Rac7 Ree6 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rcc7 Kh8 38. Be1 Qg5 39. Rd2 Rd6 40. h4 Qd8 41. Qxg6 1-0 | ||||
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1987.12.13
BC-ch
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| 179142 | Joyner, Lionel | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Rae1 Qf7 13. Bg3 Ne8 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. f4 Ndf6 16. Nf3 Nh5 17. e4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qe2 b5 22. cxb5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 axb5 24. Qxe7 Qxd5 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Re7+ Rf7 27. Rfe1 Nf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. g4 fxg4 30. R1e6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxg4+ Kh7 34. Rxf7+ Qxf7 35. f5 Rb8 36. Nh4 Rg8 37. Qe4 d5 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Kh3 Re8 40. Ng6 Rg8 41. Qc7+ Rg7 42. Qc8 Rf7 43. Nh4 c3 44. Qxc5 d4 45. Qc4 Re7 46. g3 Qe5 47. Qc8 Qf6 0-1 | ||||
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1987.09.18
BC-ch U20
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| 179211 | Basanta, Gary | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nd2 Qe7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nec4 Nc6 9. c3 Bf4 10. Qe2 f5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. f3 b5 14. Na3 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b4 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. fxe4 Na5 18. exf5 bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Bxf5 21. Ne3 Rb2+ 22. Kf3 Bg6 23. h4 Kd7 24. h5 Bd3 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 Re8 27. Rf2 Rb5 28. Ng4 Re6 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Raf1 Rxh5 31. Rxf7+ Kd6 32. Ne5 Reh6 33. R7f6+ Rxf6 34. Rxf6+ Kd5 35. Ra6 Nc4 36. Nxc4 Kxc4 37. Rc6+ Kd3 38. Rxc7 Ra5 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. d5 Ra6 41. Kf4 Rd6 42. Ke5 Rd8 43. d6 a5 44. d7 a4 45. Ke6 a3 46. Ra7 Kxc3 47. Rxa3+ Kb4 48. Rf3 Ra8 49. Ke7 Ra1 50. Rd3 1-0 | ||||
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1987.09.05
Vancouver op
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| 179317 | Forbes, Gerry | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d5 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Qc7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. h3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. O-O Nf8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. b4 Nf4 21. Bf1 e4 22. Nd4 e3 23. b5 cxb5 24. Ncxb5 Qc5 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Kh2 Nxh3 28. gxh3 Ne4 29. Nf3 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Bxh3 31. Qh4 Qg4+ 32. Qxg4 Bxg4 33. Nxa7 Re8 34. Re1 Nd6 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. c5 Ne8 37. Re1 Re6 38. Rxe6 Bxe6 1-0 | ||||
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1987.08.21
Pre-PNE jun op
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| 179212 | Milat, Marcel | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 14. Qe2 d4 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Re8 17. Ne4 Bf8 18. Qh3 Bg7 19. Bf2 f5 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Bh4 Qc7 22. g4 Nb4 23. gxf5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 exf5 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Be7 Be6 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. Nc4 Qxb3 29. Qf3 Qb5 30. Na3 Qxb2 31. Nc4 Qb5 32. Rb1 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Ra1 Bc5 35. Rfb1 Rc8 36. Ra5 Bxc4 37. dxc4 Bb6 38. Rd5 Rxc4 39. e6 Kf8 40. Re1 Rc7 41. Rd7 Ke8 42. Rxc7 Bxc7 43. Rb1 b6 44. Ra1 a5 45. Rc1 Bxf4 46. Rc6 Be3+ 47. Kf1 d3 48. Rc7 h6 49. Rg7 a4 50. Rxg6 a3 51. Rg2 d2 0-1 | ||||
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1987.05.16
Paul Keres mem (12th)
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| 179232 | Lee, Mau Seng | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nb6 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Rc1 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Be6 16. Rc3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rad8 18. Rdc1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. f3 c6 21. Re3 Rfd8 22. Rce1 Rd1 23. Kf2 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Rd5 25. Nc3 Rc5 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Re4 Ke7 28. f4 Rc4 29. Kd3 Rxe4 30. Kxe4 Kd6 31. g3 b6 32. b4 f6 33. Kd4 Bf5 34. Kc4 Bc2 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. Kxe4 f5+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Kc4 h6 40. Kd4 b5 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Kd3 h5 43. Kc3 Ke4 44. Kd2 h4 45. Ke2 hxg3 46. hxg3 Kd4 47. Kd2 c5 48. bxc5 Kxc5 49. Kc3 a5 50. Kd3 b4 51. axb4+ axb4 52. Kc2 Kc4 53. Kb2 b3 54. Kb1 Kc3 55. Kc1 b2+ 56. Kb1 g6 0-1 | ||||
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1986.09.28
BC-ch U20
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| 183355 | Spears, Nicholas (2002) | Basanta, Gary (2249) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc3 Nd5 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. e4 Nf6 12. d5 Nxe4 13. Qd3 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nf6 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Qxc5 O-O 17. Qe3 Nb4 18. Na3 Bc5 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. Re2 Qb6 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qc3 Nxa2 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Ng5 Nxc3 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bh3 Rxf2+ 27. Ke1 Re2+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2# 0-1 | ||||
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1986.09.28
BC-ch U20
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| 183357 | Wu, Howard (1473) | Spears, Nicholas (2002) | 0-1 | |
| 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 Be6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. Nf3 f6 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 f5 9. f3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Nf6 11. Qe1 Qg5 12. g3 exf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qh5 14. Qf1 O-O 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Ke1 Bb4 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. a3 Nxb5+ 19. axb4 f4 20. gxf4 Bg4 21. Qxb5 Bxf3 22. Kd2 Qh4 23. Qxb7 Qf2+ 24. Kc3 Qxe3# 0-1 | ||||
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1986.09.27
BC-ch U20
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| 183350 | Spears, Nicholas (2002) | Gardner, David (2045) | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f4 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. Re1 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Bf3 Bb5 16. Nb3 Bc4 17. Ra4 Bb5 18. Ra3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Bc4 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nb5 22. Ra4 Qc7 23. Rc4 b6 24. Na4 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Nd4 26. Re3 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Ra4 Re7 29. Nc4 Qb5 30. Rea3 Rd8 31. Qd3 f5 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Rxd3 37. R3a5 Qb4 38. Ra4 Qb3 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Rh4 Rxe5 41. Bh6+ Kf7 42. Bg5 h5 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Rha4 Nd4 45. R4a6+ Kd5 46. Rd7+ Kc4 0-1 | ||||
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1986.09.27
BC-ch U20
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| 183349 | Gervais, Shawn (1689) | Spears, Nicholas (2002) | 0-1 | |
| 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Bf4 d6 8. c5 e5 9. cxd6 Bxd6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Nb5 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ng5 f4 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nxd6 Nd4 17. Ngf7+ Nxf7 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qd5 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Qxe5 f3 0-1 | ||||
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1986.09.27
BC-ch U20
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| 183345 | Spears, Nicholas (2002) | Johnson, Tyler (2118) | 1-0 | |
| 1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. c5 f5 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bb5 Nf6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Ke2 Rhc8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Kd3 g5 19. Rhf1 Kd8 20. Nb5 Kd7 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. a4 a6 24. Na3 Bf6 25. a5 Bd8 26. Nc4 Rb8 27. Rc3 Bc7 28. Rb3 Nf6 29. h3 Ne7 30. Nfd2 Nc8 31. Nf1 Nh5 32. g3 Ke7 33. Bf2 Kf7 34. Nfe3 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Nf5 Nxc4 37. Rxb8 Bxb8 38. Kxc4 Kg6 39. Bb6 Nf6 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nc6 Nd7 42. Nxb8 Nxb6+ 43. Kb4 g4 1-0 | ||||
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1986.05.19
Paul Keres mem (11th)
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| 179436 | Brodie, Hugh (1937) | Spears, Nicholas (1877) | 1-0 | |
| 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. d4 a6 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. Be3 Nh4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. Rf2 O-O-O 13. c3 Bf4 14. Qe2 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Na3 Rhf8 18. Rg1 Qh6 19. Qg4+ f5 20. Qxf4 g5 21. Qxg5 Qxg5 22. Rxg5 fxe4 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Rg8 Rxg8 25. Bxg8 e3 26. Be6+ Kd8 27. Bg4 Ne7 28. Nc2 Nef5 29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Nxe3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Kg5 34. c4 Kg4 35. b4 b5 36. c5 Kf5 37. h4 c6 38. Kf3 h6 39. h5 Kg5 40. Ke4 Kxh5 41. d5 cxd5+ 42. Kxd5 Kg4 43. c6 h5 44. c7 1-0 | ||||
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1986.05.19
Paul Keres mem (11th)
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| 179432 | Stockhausen, Peter | Spears, Nicholas | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. O-O c6 10. Ne3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 f6 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Nc4 b6 16. a3 Be7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne7 19. Rad1 Kf7 20. Rd7 Ra8 21. f4 Rhc8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rc7 h6 25. Rf1+ Ke6 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxc6+ Kd7 28. Rfc1 Ke8 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kd7 32. Rc3 Kd6 33. b4 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. Ke2 Kc6 36. a4 a6 37. Kd3 b5 38. a5 Kd6 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kf3 h5 1/2-1/2 | ||||
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1985.01.27
UBC tournaments
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| 179543 | Sifton, Noel | Spears, Nicholas | 0-1 | |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. e5 bxc3 8. exf6 Qa5 9. b3 gxf6 10. Bc4 Na6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. O-O Rg8 13. Qd3 e6 14. Nxc3 Nc7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. a4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Qxh7 Bd6 20. Bf4 Nxd5 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rdf8 24. Rec1 Kd8 25. Qf5 Rg5 26. Qf2 d6 27. Bc4 Qe7 28. Rd1 Kc7 29. Rd3 Re5 30. Rf3 Ne3 31. Rxf6 Ng4 0-1 | ||||
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1985.01.27
UBC tournaments
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| 179536 | Spears, Nicholas | Renwick, Garry | 1-0 | |
| 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. e4 Bxf4 13. exf5 Nh5 14. Ne5 Ng3 15. Qg4 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxf5 17. Rae1 d4 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Kc1 b5 20. Nd2 Ne3 21. Rxe3 f5 22. Qg6 Rf6 23. Rxe6 Rxg6 24. Rxg6 Kh7 25. Rg3 Qe7 26. Rf3 g6 27. Rhf1 Kg7 28. g4 Rg8 29. Kb1 fxg4 30. hxg4 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qxg4 32. Rf7+ Kh8 33. Rh7+ 1-0 | ||||
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1984.10.08
BC-ch U20
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| 183405 | Spears, Nicholas | Wong, Hubert | 0-1 | |
| 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bg7 8. b4 Bg4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. d5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxa1 12. Bxc4 e6 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxg5 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re1 Nd4 19. Qxb7+ Kf6 20. f4 Qg4 21. Qa6 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe1 23. h3 Qf5 24. Bb3 Qe4 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 0-1 | ||||
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1984.10.06
BC-ch U20
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| 183400 | Quickfall, Scott | Spears, Nicholas | 1-0 | |
| 1. c4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Re1 Bh6 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rf8 19. Nce2 Bf5 20. Rac1 c5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Na3 g5 24. Qg2 Qg7 25. e4 Bd7 26. f5 Nf4 27. Qxg4 Nd3 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. h4 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Rf7 31. Ng3 Kf8 32. h5 Qd8 33. e5 Re7 34. e6 Qc7 35. Ne4 Ba4 36. d6 Qb6 37. dxe7+ 1-0 | ||||
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1984.10.05
BC-ch U20
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| 183399 | Fairbairn, Stephen | Spears, Nicholas | 1/2-1/2 | |
| 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. e5 Nd7 6. f4 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Ne2 f5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be3 c4 11. Bc2 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Nf8 14. Nf4 Qf7 15. O-O h5 16. g6 Qe8 17. Nxh5 Qxg6 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. h3 Ne7 20. Nxd5 Qh4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qd2 Nh7 23. Bd1 Rdg8 24. Bf3 g5 25. d5 Nf8 26. dxe6 f4 27. Bd4 Nxe6 28. Bg4 Kb8 29. a4 Rd8 30. Rfe1 Bc8 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. a5 f3 33. axb6 axb6 34. Qf2 Rdf8 35. Bxb6 fxg2 36. Ba7+ Kc7 37. Qc5+ Kd7 38. Rad1+ Ke8 39. Qc7 Bd7 40. Qd6 Qxh3 41. Qxd7+ Qxd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. e6+ Ke8 44. Kxg2 Rh7 45. Bc5 Rf6 1/2-1/2 | ||||