[Event "Basingstoke Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "1977.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Ian George"] [Black "D. V.Lofts"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1977.??.??"] {It was only many years later that I found out that my first-round opponent at the Basingstoke Open was a former Cornwall Champion. This is the only game of his that I know of and he told me that it was his first after a long absence from the game.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 cxd4 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. c4 dxc3 14. Nxc3 Qb3 15. Bc2 Qc4 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nf5+ Kf7 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf7 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfd1 Nge7 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Be4 g5 25. Bg3 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rad8 28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. b4 a6 30. a4 Rd3 31. b5 Rxe3 32. bxc6 Nxc6 33. Rab1 Rb8 34. Bf2 Rxe4 35. Rfc1 Rxa4 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Rxb8 Ra1+ 0-1