Suetin in Scotland - 1968

Grandmaster Alexey Suetin had played in the Hastings 1967/68 tournament, along with his compatriot Stein. After the tournament, both GM's visited Glasgow to give simultaneous displays. Stein's visit is covered in a separate report.

From the Scottish Chess Bulletin Nr. 25:

On Monday 15th January, A. S. Suetin (USSR) gave a simultaneous display in the Debating Hall of Glasgow University Union.  In three hours, he scored P24, W15, D6, L3 to P. M. George, D. B. A. Hunter and P. M. Jamieson.

Thanks are due to John Glendinning for supplying the above report (he notes that no games were featured). Thanks also to Bryan Hunter for his comments about the display. Despite being one of those who defeated the Grandmaster, Bryan has not retained the score of his game.

Ken Stewart has kindly supplied his game.

A. Suetin - Ken Stewart [B92] Simultaneous Display, Glasgow.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0 Qc7 9.Be3 0–0 10.f3 b5 11.Qd2 Be6 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Rac1 a5 16.c4 Na6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bf1 Bd7 19.Ra1 Bf5 20.Qf2 Nc5 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.Bd3 Bd7 23.b3 Bd6 24.Qh4 g6 25.Bg5 Re8 26.Bf6 Bc8 27.Re1 Bb7 28.Re4 Ra6 29.Rae1 (29. Qxh7+ and mates) Bc8 30.Qh6 (He misses the Qxh7 move again) 30...Bf8 31.Qg5 h6 32.Bxe5 Qb7 33.Qg3 1–0

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland