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The 1951 Durban champion was Malcolm Mackessack, who was also the
joint winner in 1964 with Gerald Boulle and David Isaacson.
Malcolm joined the club in 1946 and was a member for over 30 years,
until he moved to Johannesburg on business in 1978 - Malcolm worked
as a bank official. Malcolm always preferred a quiet positional game,
and liked openings such as the Caro-Kann. As White he was often seen
to fianchetto at least one Bishop.
This game against many times champion John Blackburn helped Malcolm
win the 1964 championship:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5? (brings his Queen out too
soon; better was 4...Nxd5)5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bf5 8.c4!
(tactically exploits 7...Bf5) 8...Qxc4 9.e4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qc6
11.Qb3! Bd7 12.Qxf7+ Kd8 13.Bd2 Be8 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Ne6+ Kc8 16.Rc1 c6
17.Qd5 (threatening 18.Ba5) 17...a5 18.Bh3 Nd7 19.0-0 Kb8
20.Qc4 Bf7 21.Bf4+ Kc8 22.d5 Bxe6 23.Bxe6 Bg7 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rfd1 Rd8
26.Qxc6+ Qxc6 27.Rxc6+ 1-0
(mate is forced)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.b3!? g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Qc2 bxc4 7.bxc4 0-0 8.Nf3 d6
9.e4 Nbd7 10.a4 Rb8 11.Bc3 e6 12.Be2 exd5 13.exd5 Re8 14.0-0 Ne5!? 15.Nxe5
dxe5 16.f3 Nh5 17.Re1 Qd6 18.Nd2 f5 19.Rab1 Rxb1 20.Rxb1 Bh6 21.Re1 Be3+
22.Kh1 (also bad is 22.Kf1 e4 23.Bd1 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Qxh2)
Mackessack,Malcolm - Blackburn,John
Durban championship, 1964
Finally, here is a rather lucky win against the 1973 champion:
Mackessack,Malcolm - Walker, David
Durban championship, 1973
