** John Watson, IM **



[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diesen Mark C"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 
8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Qb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Be3 exd4 13.Bxd4 Ra6 
14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Qc2 h6 16.Nd2 a4 17.Nf3 c5 18.Be3 Qxc4 19.Bf1 Qe6 
20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Qxa4 Qxh3 22.Rxd6 Re5 23.Qd1 Rh5 24.Nh4 Ng4 25.Qf3
Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Nde5 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.Ke2 Nxf3 29.Nxf3 Qh3 30.Ng1 Qg2 
31.Rxc8 Nxe3 32.Kxe3 Bd4+ 33.Kd3 Qxf2 34.Nge2 Rh2 {} 0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donaldson John W"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 
8.h3 a6 9.a4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Nc5 12.a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Shamkovich Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxc3 
8.bxc3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Na5 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 
Bc6 14.Nd2 Qd5 15.Qg4 g6 16.Be4 Qd7 17.Rac1 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Bd5 19.h4 
Nc6 20.h5 Nb4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Rc3 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe5 24.Qf4 Nc6 25.d5 
f5 26.Rcd3 exd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Nc3 Rd7 30.Qc4 Rf8 
31.Nd5 Bd6 32.Bg5 Be5 33.g3 Rd6 34.Nf4 Rf7 35.Nd3 Bd4 36.Bf4 Rdd7 
37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Qe6+ Rde7 39.Qxg6 Nd8 40.Bg5 Bg7 41.Bxe7 Kxe7 
42.Qg5+ Kd7 43.Qd2 Kc8 44.Qe3 a6 45.Qe8 Bf8 46.Qe5 Bg7 47.Qd5 Bf8 
48.Ne5 Rc7 49.Nc4 Rf7 50.a4 Kc7 51.a5 f4 52.Qe5+ Kc6 53.Qb8 Kb5 
54.Ne5 Nc6 55.Nxc6 Kxc6 56.Qe8+ Rd7 57.Qc8+ Rc7 58.Qxf8 fxg3 
59.Qf6+ Kd7 60.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Denker Arnold S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Qd2 
Be6 8.Nf3 O-O-O 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c5 Bg4 11.a3 e5 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.Be2
Bxc5 14.O-O d4 15.b4 dxc3 16.Qxc3 Bxb4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Qc2 Rd5 
19.Rfc1 Qd6 20.Qa4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rc5 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 
24.Qxa7 Kc7 25.Ra6 Qb5 26.Rf6 Rf8 27.Rfd6 Rc4 28.h3 Ra4 29.Qe3 f6 
30.Qh6 Rf7 31.Qh5 Qb3 32.Qf5 Ra1 33.Rd7+ Kc6 34.Qe4+ Kc5 35.Rd5+ 
Kb6 36.Rxa1 f5 37.Qxe5 Rc7 38.Rd6+ Rc6 39.Qd4+ Kc7 40.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Miles Anthony J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 
8.Nxd4 Qc7 9.Qd3 d6 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Rac1 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Rfd8
14.Bf3 Rab8 15.Qf4 Qa5 16.a3 Qb6 17.b4 Be8 18.g4 h6 19.g5 Nh7 
20.gxh6 Bg5 21.Qg3 Bxh6 22.Ne4 Ba4 23.c5 dxc5 24.Rxc5 f5 25.Rc7 
Bd7 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Qxb8+ Rd8 28.Qg3 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Ng5 30.Bd3 Qc6 
31.Rc1 Qd5 32.Rc4 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qxf3 34.exf3 Rxd3 35.Rc7 Rb3 36.Bd4
b5 37.Rc6 Rxa3 38.Rxe6 Kf7 39.Re4 a5 40.bxa5 Rxa5 41.Bc5 Ra4 
42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rb7 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Rb1 45.Bd4+ Kg6 46.Be3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Tarjan James E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 
8.e3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Re8 10.Rd1 Bd6 11.d4 Qe7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rac1 Rad8 
14.Nh4 g6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 e5 19.Nf3 
exd4 20.Qxd4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 {} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Day Lawrence A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 Bd7 6.Qd2 a6 7.b3 h5 
8.h3 Rb8 9.Bb2 e5 10.Nf3 Nd4 11.Ng1 Ne6 12.e3 b5 13.Nge2 Ne7 
14.Nd5 Nc8 15.Nb4 Rb6 16.cxb5 axb5 17.d4 Ne7 18.Rd1 f5 19.Bc3 Rh7 
20.Qb2 e4 21.d5 Bxc3+ 22.Qxc3 Nc5 23.Qf6 Rf7 24.Qd4 Ng8 25.O-O Qf6
26.Qd2 h4 27.Nd4 g5 28.Nbc6 Bxc6 29.dxc6 g4 30.Qa5 Kf8 31.b4 Nd3 
32.Rxd3 exd3 33.Bd5 hxg3 34.Ne6+ Ke7 35.Qa8 Rf8 36.Qa7 Rfb8 
37.Nxc7 gxf2+ 38.Rxf2 Ra6 39.Nxa6+ Kf8 40.Qd7 Rd8 41.Qxf5 Qxf5 
42.Rxf5+ Kg7 43.c7 {} 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Yermolinsky Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.Bb5+ c6
8.Ba4 Bg7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd1 Ba6 
14.c3 Nd7 15.Ne3 bxc3 16.bxc3 Rfb8 17.Ba2 Ra7 18.Rab1 Rxb1 19.Rxb1
d5 20.e5 Qd8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Rd1 c5 23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 cxd4 
25.Qxd4 Qc7 26.Nc3 Ra8 27.Nb5 Qc5 28.Qe4 Rc8 29.Nxa5 Nxe5 30.h4 f5
31.Qe2 Qc2 32.Qxc2 Rxc2 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Nd4 Ra2 35.Nxe6 Rxa4 
36.Nxg7 Kxg7 37.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov Alexander"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e4 e5 7.d5 Nh5 
8.Nh2 a5 9.Be2 Nf4 10.Bf3 Na6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.O-O Nbd3 13.Qc2 f5 
14.Kh1 b6 15.a3 Nc5 16.b4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Qh4 19.c5 bxc5
20.bxc5 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qe4 Qe7 23.Rad1 Qf7 24.cxd6 cxd6 
25.Qc4 e4 26.Qc6 Re8 27.Qxd6 Nxd5 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 h5 30.Re1 e3
31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.Qc6 Rf6 33.Qc3 Rfe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Orlov Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 c5 
8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qc7 
14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Ng5 Bd6 16.Ndf3 h6 17.Nh3 Bf8 18.Ne5 dxc4 19.bxc4 
Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.Nf4 Nc5 22.Bb1 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 Qd8 24.Qe2 g6 
25.Rd1 Qg5 26.Bc1 Bg7 27.Nd5 Qxe5 28.Ne7+ Kh7 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Nxc8
Bxc8 31.Be3 Nd7 32.Be4 Nf6 33.Bc6 Kg7 34.h3 Bc7 35.g3 e5 36.g4 h5 
37.f3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Kf8 39.Bg5 Ke7 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.a4 Bd6 42.Be3 Ke7 
43.a5 Be6 44.g5 Nh7 45.axb6 axb6 46.Bd5 Bc5 47.Bxe6 Kxe6 48.Bxc5 
bxc5 49.Rd5 Nxg5 50.Rxc5 Nh3+ 51.Ke3 Nf4 52.Rc6+ Kd7 53.Rf6 Ke7 
54.Ra6 f5 55.Rb6 Ne6 56.Rb1 g5 57.Rb5 Kf6 58.Rd5 Nf4 59.Rd6+ Ke7 
60.Rd2 Ke6 61.Kf2 Ke7 62.c5 Ne6 63.Rd5 f4 64.Rxe5 Kd7 65.Kg2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "New York, NY"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz John P"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 
8.Qd2 Qa5 9.a4 exd5 10.cxd5 Na6 11.Nge2 Re8 12.Nc1 Bd7 13.Be2 Qb4 
14.Nd3 Qa5 15.O-O c4 16.Nf2 Qb4 17.Ra3 Nc5 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Rd1 a6 
20.Be3 Re7 21.a5 Ne8 22.Bg5 f6 23.Be3 f5 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Nb3 
26.Rd1 Nxa5 27.Qd2 Nb3 28.Qg5 Rf7 29.exf5 Rxf5 30.Qg4 Nc5 31.Ra2 
Rf7 32.Rd4 Nb3 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Qxc4 Qb6 35.Ne4 Bf5 36.Ng3 Rc7 
37.Qa4 Rc1+ 38.Bf1 Nf6 39.Ra3 Nd2 40.Ra1 Rxa1 41.Qxa1 Nxd5 42.Nxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henley Ron W"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nb3 dxc4
8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Na5 Nbd7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Nxc4 Nfd7 12.Rd1 f6 13.Nc3 
Ne6 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Nd6 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Ke7 17.Nxc8+ Raxc8 18.Bxb7 Rb8 
19.Bc6 Nb6 20.Nd5+ Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Rhd8 22.Ra5 Rxb2 23.Rxa7+ Kf8 
24.Kf1 Rdd2 25.Bf3 Rdc2 26.a4 f5 27.Re1 e4 28.Bh1 h6 29.g4 g6 
30.gxf5 gxf5 31.a5 Nc7 32.Bg2 Ke7 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.Bf1 Rc6 35.Rd1 Ke5
36.Rd7 Ne6 37.Rab7 Ra2 38.Rb5+ Nc5 39.Rdb7 Kd5 40.R7b6 Rxa5 
41.Rxc6 Rxb5 42.Rxh6 Ke5 43.h4 Rb2 44.Bh3 Ne6 45.Rh5 Ng7 46.Rg5 
Kf6 47.Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch Great Britain"]
[Site "Southampton (England)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 
Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Nxe5 
13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bd2 Qd5 15.O-O Bd4 16.Bf4 Bxb2 17.Rad1 Qc5 18.c4 
Bd4 19.Bb1 b6 20.Rd3 Bb7 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Qd2 Ng8 
24.Rxg8+ Kxg8 25.Qxh6 f5 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 
29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qg5+ Kh8 31.Ng6+ Kg8 32.Ne5+ Kh8 33.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Georgiev Krum"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Bc2 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.Be3 d5 
8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.Bg5 dxe4 12.dxe4 h6 13.Be3 O-O-O
14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Qc2 Bg6 16.Qb3 Nxe4 17.Nc4 Ng5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 
19.O-O-O Bc7 20.f3 f6 21.Qa3 Kb8 22.b3 Rd5 23.Na5 Qb5 24.Nc4 Rhd8 
25.Rd2 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 b6 27.h4 gxh4 28.Rxh4 Qd7 29.Qa6 Qd3 30.Kb2 
Qe2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bartron P"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 
8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Re1 O-O 13.a3 Kh8 
14.b4 e5 15.dxe5 Ng4 16.Rf1 Bxe5 17.Ra2 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nxh2 19.f4 
Nf3+ 20.Kg2 Nh4+ 21.Kg3 Bf6 22.Qb3 Ne7 23.Rh1 Qe6 24.f3 Nef5+ 
25.Kf2 Qb6+ 26.Kf1 Be6 27.Bxf5 Nxf5 28.Rc2 g6 29.Rc5 Rd8 30.Kg2 d4
31.Qd3 Qd6 32.Kf2 b6 33.Rc2 Kg8 34.Bb2 Ne3 35.Rcc1 Nf5 36.Rhd1 Qe7
37.Qe4 Bg7 38.Rh1 Qf7 39.Qd3 Bd5 40.Ng3 Ne3 41.Rh4 Bf6 42.Rhh1 Bh8
43.Rh4 g5 44.Rh5 gxf4 45.Rg1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sulman Robert M"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 
8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Bc3 Bd7
14.Ng3 Bf4 15.Re1 Kh8 16.Bc2 Rae8 17.b4 Ng4 18.Qd3 g6 19.h3 Nxf2 
20.Kxf2 e5 21.b5 e4 22.Qd1 Bxg3+ 23.Kxg3 Qc7+ 24.Kf2 Rxf3+ 25.gxf3
Qh2+ 26.Ke3 exf3+ 27.Kxf3 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Cup Arnold"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iskov Gert"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.Bf4 
Nf6 8.Qd3 O-O 9.O-O-O Nd5 10.h4 f5 11.Ng5 Rb8 12.g3 b5 13.Bg2 b4 
14.a4 b3 15.c4 Ndb4 16.Qe3 Na5 17.d5 Qe8 18.Nc3 Na2+ 19.Kb1 Nxc3+ 
20.Qxc3 Bb4 21.Qd3 Qxa4 22.dxe6 Nxc4 {} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Estes Park, CO"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weeramantry Sunil"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 
Ne7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 f5 11.f3 exf3 12.gxf3 f4 13.Bf2 e5 
14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Nf5 18.O-O-O Ne3 19.Rdg1
c5 20.Ba2 Bh3 21.c3 Rc8 22.Kb1 Bf5+ 23.Kc1 Qd6 24.h4 Nxd5 25.c4 
Ne3 26.h5 Qe5 27.Rh4 Be6 28.b3 a6 29.Bb1 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Qb2 c4
32.Qxd4 cxb3+ 33.Kb2 Nc4+ 34.Kxb3 Nb6+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wiedenkeller Michael"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 dxc3 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Ke1 
Bd7 14.Ng5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Rxg5 16.Bf6 Rg6 17.Bxc3 Rc8 18.h4 e5 
19.Qh8+ Ng8 20.h5 Rg5 21.Bxe5 Rxc2 22.Be2 Bb5 23.Kd1 Rxe2 24.Re1 
Qxf2 {} 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popovych Orest"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 dxc3 12.Ng5 Nxe5 13.f4 
f6 14.fxe5 fxg5 15.Qh5+ Kd8 16.Bxg5 Qc5 17.Qh4 Rxg5 18.Qxg5 Kc7 
19.Bd3 Bd7 20.g4 Rf8 21.Re1 Rf3 22.Kc1 Rxd3 23.cxd3 Qf2 {} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeFirmian Nick E"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7
8.dxc5 Ba4 9.Rb1 Nd7 10.Rxb7 Nxc5 11.Rb4 Qa5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Bd3 Qc7
14.O-O a5 15.Rxa4 Nxa4 16.Qh5 Ng6 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Bd2 Nxd3 19.cxd3 
Rab8 20.d4 Rb2 21.Be1 Nf4 22.Qg5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Qc4 24.Nd2 Rxd2 
25.Qxd2 Ng3+ 26.hxg3 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin Joel"]
[Black "Watson John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 
8.Qd2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Nc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6
14.b4 Raf8 15.b5 Ne7 16.Ne5 Be8 17.g3 Nf5 18.f4 h5 19.a4 Kh8 
20.Kh1 Rh6 21.Rad1 Qd8 22.Ne3 Bg6 23.Bd3 h4 24.Nxf5 exf5 25.Rg1 
Bh5 26.Be2 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Rg8 30.Qg2 Rxg3 
31.Qxg3 Rg6 32.Qd3 Qb6 33.Qd4 Qxd4 34.Rxd4 Rg4 35.h3 Rg3 36.Rxd5 
Rxh3+ 37.Kg2 Ra3 38.Rd7 Rxa4 39.Rxb7 Rxf4 40.Rxa7 Rb4 41.e6 Kg8 
42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.e7 Rb2+ 44.Kf3 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Rb4+ 46.Kf3 Rb3+ 47.Kf4 
Rb4+ 48.Kxf5 Rxb5+ 49.Kf4 {} 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Dreev Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Nf3
O-O 8.Rb1 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 Nd7 11.Rxb7 f5 12.g4 fxg4 13.Ng5 Bc5 
14.d4 exd4 15.Qd3 Qe7+ 16.Be3 Nf6 17.cxd4 g3 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Qxc5 
gxf2+ 20.Kd2 Qxc5 21.dxc5 Rad8+ 22.Kc1 h6 23.Ne6 Rfe8 24.Nxd8 Rxe3 
25.Rf1 Ne4 26.Rb8 Re1+ 27.Kb2 Bf3 28.Bxf3 Rxf1 29.Nc6+ Kh7 
30.Bxe4+ g6 31.Rf8 Kg7 32.Rf3 g5 33.Bd3 {} 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Larsen B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 
8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.a4 c4 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nf1 b4 
14.cxb4 Nc6 15.Ra3 Bg4 16.d5 Nxb4 17.Bb1 Bh5 18.Rc3 Qb7 19.Ng3 Bg6
20.Nh4 Rfc8 21.Nhf5 Bf8 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.Rxc4 Qxa4 24.Bd2 a5 25.Rec1 
Rxc4 26.Qxc4 Nd7 27.Bc2 Qa2 28.Qxa2 Nxa2 29.Ra1 Rc8 30.Ba4 Nc5 
31.Rxa2 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Bxf5 33.Nc3 {} 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Watson John L"]
[Black "Kaidanov Grigory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 
8.dxe5 Be7 9.Be3 Be6 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 
Nxe5 14.Bd4 Nc6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Bd6 18.Nd2 Qf6 
19.Nf3 O-O-O 20.Qd3 Rg4 21.a4 Rdg8 22.g3 Rf4 23.Ne5 Rxf2 24.Rf1 
Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qxe5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qxb5 {} 1/2-1/2