[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nh3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. f3 h6 13. fxe4 hxg5 14. e5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rxd5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Qf5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne6
21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nf2 Qc5 23. Kg2 Rf8 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Kh3 Qxa2 26. Rf2 a5 27.
Nd6 Nc5 28. Qxg5 Qe6+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 Ne6 31. Qf5 Nc5 32. g4 a4 33. e4 Qb3
34. Kh4 Qxc3 35. Nxf7 Nd7 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Qxd7 Qe3 39. Qe6 Qxf2+
40. Kg5 Rxf7 41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Qe6+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Webb, Richard"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Be6
8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ledger, David"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. h4 e4 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Bf4
Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+ Nd5 21.
Bxe4 Qf6 22. f4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re7 Kh8 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rde1 Rxe2 27.
Rxe2 Bxb2 28. Ne6 Rg8 29. Qb3 Bf6 30. Kh2 Qg4 31. Qd3 Re8 32. f5 b5 33. Rf2 Rg8
34. a3 Bxh4 35. gxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Qc1
Rfd8 15. Rd1 Qc5 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qxe4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qxb7 Qxe5 20. Bf3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Qxa7 {(Draw offer)} 22... Bb3 23. Rf1 Bc4 24. g3 Bxf1
25. Kxf1 g5 26. a4 Qf5 27. Qb7 g4 28. Bd5 Rd8 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Kg2 Qh5 31. Qb3
Qe5 32. Qb7 Re8 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Qb5 h5 35. a5 h4 36. gxh4 Rd8 37. a6 Rd6 38.
Qb7 Rd7 39. a7 Rxb7 40. a8=Q+ Kg7 41. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Waters, Clive"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Ne4 13. Qh5 f6 14. Ng4 Qe8
15. Qh3 Bc8 16. f3 f5 17. fxe4 fxg4 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Be6
21. e5 Bb4 22. Qg5 Be7 23. Qf4 Qh5 24. Bd2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Rf1 Bxd3 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qxd3 g6 29. a3 a5 30. g3 Qf5 31. Qxf5+ gxf5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke2
h5 34. Bf4 Ke6 35. Ke3 h4 36. Bh6 h3 37. Kd3 b5 38. Bd2 Bd8 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. Kd3
Kd7 41. Bg5 Ke6 42. b3 a4 43. b4 Bc7 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Bh4 Bb6 46. Bg5 Bc7 47.
Bh4 Ke6 48. Bg5 Bb6 49. Bh4 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Black "Dighton, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. c4 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. cxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Nxf2 19. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pattinson, T."]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
f5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bg3 f4 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Qg6 Qe8 20. Qxg5 e6 21.
Rfe1 Rf5 22. Qg4 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Rxh5 24. f3 Kf7 25. g4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rah8 27. f4
Rh1+ 28. Kf2 R1h2+ 29. Kf3 Rxb2 30. Reb1 Rhh2 31. a4 Bf8 32. Rc1 Bc5 33. Kg4
Rbg2 34. Rh1 a5 35. Raf1 Kg6 36. Rxh2 Rxh2 37. f5+ exf5+ 38. Rxf5 Rf2 39. Rg5+
Kf7 40. Kh5 Be3 41. Rg4 Rh2+ 42. Rh4 Rxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Bd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Barnes, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1288"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qg5 14.
Re3 Be6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Rg3 g6 19. h3 c5 20. Re5 c4
21. Be4 b6 22. Kh2 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. f4 Rfd8 25. f5 Bd5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxd5 R8xd5 {(Draw offer)} 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 a6 30. Rc3 b5 31. Kg3 Kf8 32.
Kf4 Ke7 33. g4 Kd6 34. h4 f6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. Rh3 Rd4+ 38. Kf3 Rd2
39. h5 Rxc2 40. hxg6 Rxb2 41. g7 c3 42. g8=Q c2 43. Qc8+ Kb4 44. Ke4 Rb3 45.
Rxb3+ Kxb3 46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 c6 7. c4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
f5 9. Ba3 Ndf6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. Bg2 Nf7 13. Qc2 h5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rac1 Kd7 16. Qd3 a6 17. b4 h4 18. Nb3 h3 19. Nc5+ Ke7 20. Bh1 Ra7 21. f3 b6
22. Nxa6 f4 23. g4 b5 24. Nc5 Rxa2 25. Ra1 Rha8 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Qxb5 Qc7 28.
Rc1 Qa7 29. Kf1 Ra1 30. Nb3 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Qxd4 32. Qc5+ Qxc5 33. bxc5 d4 34.
Nd3 Nd5 35. Ke1 e5 36. Kd2 Ne3 37. Nf2 Ng5 38. Nd3 Ke6 39. c6 Kd6 40. c7 Nc4+
41. Kc2 Kxc7 42. Kb3 Nd2+ 43. Kc2 Nf1 44. Nxe5 Nxh2 45. Nd3 Ne6 46. Nf2 Kd6 47.
Nxh3 Nf1 48. Nf2 Kd5 49. Nd3 Ng3 50. Bg2 Nxe2 51. Kd2 Nc3 52. g5 Na4 53. Bh3
Nac5 54. Bxe6+ Nxe6 55. Kc2 Nxg5 56. Nxf4+ Ke5 57. Nh5 g6 58. f4+ Kf5 59. Ng7+
Kxf4 60. Kd3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. f3 c5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Qf2 Be6 14. g4 Nd7
15. Bf4 a6 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Kh1 Na5 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. b3 Na5 21. Nce2
Nc6 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. Nd3 Nb4 24. Nef4 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 b6 26. Rfe1 a5 27. Kg2 Qc7
28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Qd2 Ng6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Bd7 33. Qe3 f6 34.
a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Morris, Charles"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 {(Draw offer)} 6...
Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 f6 13.
Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rab1 e5 16. Bg3 Rab8 17. Rb3 Rb6 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. e4
Rf7 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Qa8+ Rf8 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5
e4 26. Bc7 Ra8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxd8 b5 29. Ba5 Kf7 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke2 Kd5
32. Kd2 h5 33. Kc2 Kc4 34. h3 Bf6 35. Kd2 Bg5+ 36. Kc2 Bf6 37. Kd2 Bg5+ 38. Kc2
Bf6 39. Kd2 Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Qd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Bf4 Qb4+ 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. Re1 f6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. Qf3 c6 19. Re3 Kg8 20. Bxg6 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Rc8 22. g5 Rc5 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. Qg4 Qb6 25. d6 e5 26. Qe6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qf6 11. O-O a5 12. b3 d6 13. Ng5 Qg6 14. c5 Bd5 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. f3 exf3 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf3 Nc6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. e3 a4 23. b4 Na7 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. e4 dxe4 26. d5 Nb5 27. Kf2 Nc3
28. Ke3 Nxd5+ 29. Kxe4 Nc3+ 30. Kd3 Nb5 31. Be3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rb8 33. Rc6 Kf7
34. Bc1 Rb7 35. Kc4 Na7 36. b5 Ke6 37. Be3 Nxc6 38. bxc6 Rc7 39. Kb4 Rxc6 40.
Kxa4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Barnes, Michael"]
[Black "Spice, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a5 7. O-O Na7 8. Bd3
c5 9. c4 Be7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nf1 c4 13. Bb1 Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 b5 17. Ne2 Bc8 18. Nf4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qc1 Qb6 21. Qf4 Kd7
22. Rd1 Rhc8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 b4 25. Qf6 Qd8 26. Qf4 Qf8 27. Be4 Ne7 28.
Bf3 h5 29. Rac1 a4 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. d5 Kc7 33. dxe6 Rd8 34. Bxd8+
Rxd8 35. Qf4 fxe6 36. Qxc4 Qxf3 37. Rxd8 Qf5 38. Rd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Saunders, John"]
[Black "Grinsell, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. h3 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bd7
15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Bc4 Nd8 17. Qb3 Re8 18. a4 h6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Kh8 21.
Be2 Qf7 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxd5 Qe6 27.
c4 Qxd5 28. cxd5 Rc8 29. Bb4 Rc7 30. Re1 Rd7 31. d6 Nc6 32. Re7 Rd8 33. Rxb7
Nxb4 34. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Regan, Natasha"]
[Black "Richmond, Jane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nb5 Bf8 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 a6 13. Nbxd4 Qc7 14. Qe1 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qf7 16. c4 Bd7 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Qh5 19. Be2 Qh4 20. Qe1 Qh6 21.
Rc1 Ne4 22. f5 exf5 23. cxd5 f4 24. Kg1 Qb6 25. Qd1 Rad8 26. b3 Bb5 27. Bxb5
axb5 28. Kh1 Rf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. N1f3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3
8. Bxf3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. g3 Ne7 11. b3 O-O 12. c4 Qa5 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nf5
15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Bb8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qb2 Rd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfd8 21.
c5 Qc7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Bxg7 Qxc5 25. Bf6 Re8 26. Rac1 Qb5 27. Re1
Rd6 28. Qd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re6 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qh4
Qe8 34. Qh6 Qg6 35. Qh4 f4 36. Bd4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qxd4 39. Qd8+ Kf7
40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kf5 42. Qxb8 Qxf2 43. Qxb7 f3 44. Qxh7+ Ke5 45. Qg7+ Ke4
46. Qh7+ Ke3 47. Qxa7+ d4 48. Qc5 Kd2 49. Qb4+ Ke2 50. Qc4+ d3 51. b4 Qe3 52.
b5 f2 53. Qg4+ Ke1 54. Qb4+ d2 55. Qb1+ d1=Q 56. Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gormally, Danny"]
[Black "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bc8 15.
Be3 f5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rad1 f4 18. Bf2 Be5 19. Nce2 Qf6 20. Rd2 Nd8 21. c5 dxc5
22. Qxc5 Nf7 23. Rfd1 g5 24. b5 cxb5 25. Nc3 a6 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. Nf5 Qxc5 28.
Bxc5 Bxf5 29. Bxf8 Bxe4 30. Bc5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Be7 Rc2 33. a3 h6 34. Rd7
Bc7 35. h4 Ne5 36. R7d2 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Bb6+ 38. Kh1 Kf7 39. Bb4 a5 40. Bc3 Ke6
41. Rb2 b4 42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. axb4 a4 44. Ra2 gxh4 45. Kh2 Kd5 46. Rxa4 Kc4 47.
Ra8 Be3 48. Kh3 b5 49. Kxh4 Kxb4 50. Kg4 Kc3 51. Rc8+ Kb3 52. Kf5 h5 53. Ke4 h4
54. Rh8 b4 55. Rxh4 Kc3 56. Rh7 b3 57. Rc7+ Kd2 58. Rb7 Kc3 59. g4 Bc5 60. g5
Bb4 61. Rh7 b2 62. Rh1 Kc2 63. g6 Bc3 64. Kxf4 Bd2+ 65. Kg4 Bc1 66. g7 b1=Q 67.
g8=Q Qb4+ 68. Kh3 Bf4 69. Qc8+ Kd3 70. Qe6 Qf8 71. Rd1+ Kc3 72. Qc6+ Kb2 73.
Qb5+ Ka2 74. Qb1+ Ka3 75. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wall, Tim"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15.
Ng5 d5 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qh4 b3 18. c3 dxe4 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. dxe4 Ba6 21. Bf1 Rbd8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Nd2 h5 26. Nc1 Bxf1 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28.
Kxf1 Na5 29. Kg2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Nc4 31. Bg5 Qc6 32. Rc8 Qxc8 33. Bxf6 Bh6 34.
Nxb3 Qb7 35. Nxc5 Qxb2 36. Bg5 Ne3+ 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Nd3 Qxc3 39. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vigus, James"]
[Black "Giddins, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 Nd5 10. Qa4 Nb6 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. b3 Bf6 19. bxc4 Bxd4 20. Be3 c5
21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Bd5 Qg4 23. Qa4 Rb6 24. c5 Rf6 25. Qxd4 Qf5 26. Be4 Qh3 27.
c6 Re8 28. Re1 Rfe6 29. Re3 Kh8 30. Qxa7 Bc8 31. Rae1 R6e7 32. Bg2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Harari, Zaki"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. Qe3 g5 8. Bg3
Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. O-O Nxg3 15.
fxg3 Qc7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. a4 h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Be4 g4 20. hxg4 Rhh8 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Nc4 Kb8 23. Rad1 e6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Ncd2 Qg3 26. g5 d4 27. Qe2 dxc3
28. bxc3 Qg4 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Qf4+ Ka8 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. Nf6 Qa5 33. Rf2 Qxc3 34.
Qd2 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Ng5 Qa1+ 37. Rf1 Qxa4 38. Nxf7 Rg8 39. Nh6 Rd8 40.
Qg5 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 a5 42. Rf4 Qd2 43. Qf6 Ka7 44. Nf7 Rd5 45. Kh2 Rh5+ 46. Kg3
Qe1+ 47. Kg4 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Rd5 49. Ng5 Rd2 50. Rf2 Qe1 51. Qf4 Re2 52. Nh3 Kb6
53. Qf7 a4 54. Kh2 Rxf2 55. Nxf2 Qe5+ 56. g3 Qb2 57. Kh3 a3 58. Nd3 Qh8+ 59.
Kg2 Qc3 60. Qf2+ Kb5 61. Qf5+ Kc4 62. Nf4 Qd2+ 63. Kh3 a2 64. Qe4+ Kb3 65. Qe6+
Kb2 66. Qf6+ Qd4 67. Nd3+ Kc3 68. Qf1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Friedgood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxg4 Nxg4 9. Bb5+ Qd7 10. a4 O-O-O 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nd2 e6 13. h3 Nf6 14. c4
exd5 15. cxd5 c4 16. Nxc4 Nxe4 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nxe5+ Ke7 19. Bxc5+ Nxc5 20. O-O
f6 21. Nc4 Rxd5 22. Ne3 Rd7 23. a5 {(Draw offer)} 23... Nd3 24. Rfd1 Rhd8 25.
Rd2 g6 26. Nc4 Rd4 27. Ra3 Rxc4 28. Rdxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rb4 30. b3 a6 31. Kf1
Rb5 32. Ke2 Rxa5 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. g3 Re5+ 35. Kf3 a5 36. h4 b5 37. Rd4 Rc5 38.
Rd3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Kf4 Ra5 42. Ra3 h6 43. f3 Kd6 44. g4 fxg4
45. fxg4 Kc5 46. Ra1 Kb4 47. Rb1+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lyell, Mark"]
[Black "Griffiths, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 f6 11. Bg2 fxe5 12. O-O g6 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Qa5 Kb7
15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Nc3 d5 18. Rac1 e4 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qc8 22. Re7+ Kb8 23. Rxg7 h5 24. h4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6
9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Nf5 11. Bf2 Qb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O e6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4
Qb4 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qd3 c5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Nf5 21. a4 Qxf4
22. Rce1 Qb4 23. Na6 Qc3 24. Qb5 Bxe5 25. g4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rc2 28.
Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Rc8 30. Qf3 f6 31. Rf2 Rc6 32. Qe2 Rxa6 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4
dxe4 35. Re2 f5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h3 Rb6 38. Re3 Rb4 39. h4 f4 40. Rh3 f3+ 41.
Kf2 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. h4 a5 11. Nf1 b4 12. N1h2 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15. Bg5
Ba6 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h5 h6 20. Qf4 Rb2 21. Rab1 Rxb1
22. Rxb1 c4 23. Rb6 Qc5 24. Rxa6 Nxa6 25. Nxh6 f5 26. dxc4 Nc7 27. Nh4 Kh7 28.
cxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Ng6 Rb8 31. Kh2 gxh6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 Nce5 14. Nxg5
Bh6 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. g3 e5 17. Bc4 exf4 18. Nxf7 N4e5 19. Qxd6 Bf8 20. Qd5 Qf6
21. Nxh8 Nxh8 22. gxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 O-O-O 24. Rhf1 Qg5 25. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nge2 d6 8. h4 b6
9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Bd7 11. Ne4 Bxe5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15.
O-O Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Rad1 Qd4 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Rc7 21. Bf3
f6 22. Bg4 Kf7 23. Kg2 h5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Qxh5+ Kf8 26. Re4 Qd7 27. Qh6+ Kf7
28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Qc6 30. Qxf6 Rd4 31. Qxe5 Rcd7 32. Rde1 Rxe4 33. dxe4 Kd8
34. h5 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. g4 Ke8 37. Re2 Kf7 38. f4 Rd4 39. g5 Rd3 40. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Bg2 a5 14. Be3 c6 15.
Qd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qf7 17. Rfe1 a4 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 exf6 21.
Ne6 Bb5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Re6 g5 25. Qd4 Rdc8 26. h3 Bc4 27. b3
axb3 28. axb3 Qg6 29. Rb2 Bd3 30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rxf6 Qg7 33. d6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Kh8 10. b4 f5 11. Nb3 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Na5 f4 14. d4 Nxa5 15.
Rxa5 Qb6 16. Qd3 a6 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. Ra3 exd4 19. cxd4 Bg4 20. Qd2 fxg3 21. hxg3
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxd4 23. Rd3 Nc6 24. Rxd6 Rac8 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kh6 27. e5
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rf8 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bc7 Qc8 14. Qxc8
Rfxc8 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rab8 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Bb5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20.
Rfc1 a4 21. b3 Rc7 22. bxa4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 e6 24. a5 Rxc3 25. Rb8+ Bf8 26. Ne5
Kg7 27. Rb7 Ra3 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Ra7 Rxa2 30. a6 Bd6 31. Nc6 Rc2 32. Ra8+ Kg7
33. a7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c5 8. b3
Nbc6 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. d3 a6 11. Qd2 b5 12. f4 Be6 13. Nd5 f5 14. Nec3 Qd7 15.
Rfd1 h6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Rac1 Rf7 19. Kh1 g5 20. Qe2 g4 21. fxe5
Bxe5 22. cxb5 Bxd5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. e4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Be6 26. Rc2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Thompson, Tracey"]
[Black "Bates, Ruth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Nd2 e5 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Ne2 exf4 13. Nxf4 g5 14. Nd3 g4 15.
Bxg4 Nxe4 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Bf2 Bg4 20. Qg3 Re8 21.
Rfe1 f5 22. h3 Bh5 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. c3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27.
Bxe1 Bxa2 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. Qxd6 Bd5 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Na3 Bg7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. h3 Be6 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Be5 Nbd5
15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Bf3 e6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Qa3 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 h6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Re3 Rfd8 27.
Rb1 a6 28. Rb4 b5 29. Qb2 Rd5 30. Qa1 a5 31. Rb1 Qc4 32. Qb2 h5 33. h4 Rf5 34.
g3 Rd5 35. Qa3 Qc7 36. Qb2 Qc4 37. Qa3 Qc7 38. Qb2 Qc4 39. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mah, Karl"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nfg4 14. Nc2 f5 15.
h3 Nf6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Qa5 18. Qb3 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxc3 21.
Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Ra3 Bf6 23. Na5 Ne5 24. Bg2 Bd8 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Ra2 Bf6 27. e3
Bd7 28. Nd2 Rac8 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. a5 Rec8 31. Bd2 Bc3 32. Rb1 Bxd2 33. Rxd2
Rc1+ 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Kf7 36. Rb1 Bb5 37. g4 Kf6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rb4
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. Rh4 Kg7 42. Rf4 Rxa5 43. Rxf5 Ra2 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rg8 a5
46. Rb8 Ba6 47. Re8 a4 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rxd6 Rxf2 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rc7 a3 52.
Kg3 a2 53. Rc1 Rc2 54. Ra1 Bc4 55. Be4 Rd2 56. Kf4 b5 57. Ke5 b4 58. Ke6 b3 59.
Rg1 Kf8 60. Rc1 Bxd5+ 61. Bxd5 Rxd5 62. Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Qe2 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. f4 Nc6
15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Nxc6 Nxd3 17. Nxd8 Nxe1 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxe1
Bxc3 21. Rd1 a6 22. Bd4 Ba5 23. c3 Bc7 24. Kf2 Bc6 25. Re1 Bd5 26. a3 e6 27. g4
Bc4 28. Kg3 Bd5 29. g5 Bc4 30. Re3 Bb3 31. h4 Ke7 32. Re1 Kd7 33. h5 Kc6 34. f5
e5 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. h6 Bg8 37. Be3 Bd8 38. Rh1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 d6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. a5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na7 15. d4
Bd7 16. h3 c5 17. Qe2 Nb5 18. Qa2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Poulton, James"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. e4
c6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 b5 11. dxc6 b4 12. Nd5 Nxc6 13. h3 Nxd5 14. hxg4 Nb6 15.
a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qc8 17. g5 Qe6 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf4
Qe6 22. Rda1 Rc7 23. Be3 Nc8 24. Qb5 Qe5 25. Qb4 Qe6 26. Ra6 Qd7 27. Bb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 d6
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a5 13. Ne1 Nb4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Bxd3 Nf6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. d5 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxa4 21.
Rxa4 b5 22. Rxa5 bxc4 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 h6 26. Ra7 Bf8 27. f3
Rb4 28. Na5 Nxd5 29. e4 Ne3 30. Bf4 Nc4 31. Nc6 Rxb2 32. Nxe7+ Bxe7 33. Rxe7 g5
34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Bg3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Nd2 37. Bxd6 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 f5 39. exf5 Ne3+ 40.
Kf2 Nxf5 41. Be5 Rb5 42. Bc3 Nd6 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rg6 Nf5 45. g4 Rb3 46. gxf5
Rxc3 47. Rxh6 Rc5 48. Rh5 Rxf5 49. h4 Kf7 50. Rxg5 Rf4 51. Kg3 Ra4 52. f4 Ra1
53. Kg4 Rh1 54. Ra5 Kg7 55. h5 Kh6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kf5 Rb1 59.
h6+ Kh7 60. Kg5 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Rb1 62. Re6 Rb5+ 63. Re5 Rb1 64. Re6 Rb5+ 65. Kf6
Kxh6 66. f5 Kh7 67. Re5 Rb8 68. Kf7 Ra8 69. f6 Ra7+ 70. Re7 Ra8 71. Rd7 Rb8 72.
Ke6+ Kg8 73. Ke7 Ra8 74. Ke6 Ra6+ 75. Ke7 Ra8 76. Rb7 Rc8 77. Ke6 Rc6+ 78. Ke7
Rc8 79. f7+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Law, Andrew"]
[Black "Collier, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3
Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. c5 b6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. O-O h5 14. f3 Nbd7 15. a4
h4 16. Bf2 e4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. a5 h3 19. gxh3 Rxh3 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qe1 g4
22. Bg3 O-O-O 23. Rxa7 Kb8 24. Rxb7+ Qxb7 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Nf4 Rh6 27. c4 Kc8
28. c5 dxc5 29. dxc5 Nc4 30. Ng2 Ne5 31. Qa5 Re6 32. Ra1 Rd2 33. Qxd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shah, Arpi"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Qb6 8.
Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Na3 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc2 Bd6 14. Bb5
Kd7 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Kd2 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Ne7 18. Ne1 Rhc8 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Rac1 a5
21. Ra1 Ra6 22. h3 Rcc6 23. Ra2 Rcb6 24. Rha1 Rxb3 25. Rxa5 Rbb6 26. Rxa6 bxa6
27. b4 Rc6 28. Nc5+ Bxc5 29. dxc5 Ne7 30. Kd3 Kc7 31. Rg1 Nf5 32. Ra1 Kb7 33.
c4 dxc4+ 34. Kxc4 Rc7 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. Ra1 Kb7 37. Rd1 Kc6 38. Ra1 Kb7 39. Rd1
Kc6 40. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tebb, David"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Re1 e6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 {(Draw offer)} 15... Bc5 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.
Rad1 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Ke7 21. Red3 Rhd8 22. Kf1 Bb6 23. Ke2 g6 24. f4 Rc4 25. b3
Rc5 26. Nf3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bc7 28. g3 b5 29. Kd2 h6 30. Rd4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32.
a4 Bb6 33. Rg4 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rb5 35. b4 Rf5 36. Ke2 g4 37. Nd4 Rh5 38. Nc6+ Kd7
39. Nxa7 Rxh2+ 40. Kd3 Rg2 41. c4 Rxg3+ 42. Ke2 Re3+ 43. Kf1 Re4 44. Ra6 Bc7
45. b5 Rxc4 46. b6 Bb8 47. Ra1 Rb4 48. Rd1+ Bd6 49. Nc8 Kxc8 50. Rxd6 Rf4+ 51.
Kg2 Rf3 52. Rd4 f5 53. Rd6 e5 54. Re6 e4 55. Re7 e3 56. Kg1 f4 57. Kg2 Rf2+ 58.
Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. Bf1 Bxd4+
15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Rac1 Bxc4 17. h4 Qg3 18. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
h3 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. g4 Rc8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5
Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3+ 16. Kd2 Bb5 17. Qe3 O-O 18. Rhg1 Rc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rg3
d5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. Ng5 Rxd5+ 23. Ke1 Qxa2 24. Qe4 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qb1+ 26. Kd2
Qf1 27. Qf5 Bd7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rd3 Bg5+ 32. Nxg5
Qxf2+ 33. Kc1 Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qb6+ 35. Kc1 Qg1+ 36. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Panczyk, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Lund, Brett"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 Qe8
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nc4 e6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rad1 a4 14. b4 d5 15. Ncd2
Ne7 16. c4 Nc8 17. Rfe1 Ncd6 18. Bf1 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 b5 20. c5 Nf7 21. Bg2 c6 22.
f4 g5 23. h3 h6 24. Kh2 Qe7 25. Rg1 Nh8 26. Bf3 Bf6 27. Rg2 Rf7 28. Bh5 Rg7 29.
Nf3 Be8 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Ne5 Ng6 32. Rdg1 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Be7 34. g4 fxg4 35.
Rxg4 Qg6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. e4 dxe4 38. Qxe4 Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd8 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41.
Bxd4 Kf7 42. Be3 Kg6 43. Rd1 Kf5 44. Bf2 Ke4 45. Bg3 Bf8 46. Rd8 Rf7 47. Kg2
Rf3 48. Rc8 Bg7 49. Rg8 Bf8 50. Bf2 Rf5 51. Bg3 {(Draw offer)} 51... Kd5 52.
Rg6 Be7 53. Rg7 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "James, Dale"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. N1d2 b6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Bb1 a5 14. Qc4 Nc6 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Qe2 Na7 18. Nxa7 Rxa7 19. Nc4 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Black "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Rg6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 e5
15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Rfe1 Ng4 17. Qe2 f5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf4 Rc6 20. a5 Re8 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Bb4 Qg7 23. Ra7 Qh6 24. h3 Nge5 25. Qb5 Rc4 26. Nd5 c5 27. Ne3
Qe6 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rd1 Nde5 31. Ba3 Kb8 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33. Bc1
Kc6 34. g4 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 exf3 36. gxf5 Rf8 37. Kh2 Rxf5 38. Kg3 Nd6 39. Re1 Kd5
40. Bf4 Ne4+ 41. Kg4 Rf7 42. c4+ Kd4 43. c3+ Nxc3 44. Be5+ Kxc4 45. Rc1 Kd5 46.
Bxc3 b5 47. Rb1 Kc4 48. Bd2 b4 49. Bf4 Kd3 50. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Kc2 52. Rg1
c4 53. Ke3 c3 54. f4 b3 55. f5 b2 56. Kd4 Kb3 57. f6 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. a4 Bb7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Ngf3 b4 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Qe2 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nce5 O-O 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Rae1 Kh8
15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. Ng5 Kg8 18. f4 Bd6 19. f5 h6 20. fxe6 hxg5 21. exd7
Qe6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxc6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe8 Qd6+ 27.
Re5 Kh7 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxg5 Bf7 30. Qxf8 Qxf8 31. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Slough"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Giblin, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. h3 d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nb6 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. Bb3 Nd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. c5 Bb8 18. Re7 Qc8 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 b5 22. Qd6 a5 23. a4 Bxh3 24. e6 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bf5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+
Kh8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Povah, Nigel"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. f5 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Nb1 Kb8 14. Qc3 Bd6
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a4 Bc8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nbd2 Nf6 19. Bc4 g6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bf7
Ng4 22. Rhf1 Bc5 23. Rde1 Ne3 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxf7 26. Nxe5 Qa2 27. Nxg6
Rhg8 28. Qxh6 Rd6 29. h5 Rgd8 30. Qf4 Ka8 31. Nb1 Qxa5 32. g4 Be6 33. b3 Qc5
34. Kb2 a5 35. Nc3 Bxb3 36. Qe5 Qb4 37. Ra1 Bxc2+ 38. Kc1 Rd1+ 39. Nxd1 Qd2+
0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rb1 e6 14. Qd2
b6 15. Bh6 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qxd4 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. h4 Rac8 20. Qf4
h5 21. Re2 Rc3 22. Kh2 Kg7 23. Rb5 a6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 exf4 6. e5 Nh5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. g4 fxg3 10. Nd5 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Nf4 12. Qe4 g2 13. Bxg2 Nxg2+ 14. Kf2 cxb4
15. Kxg2 d5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Rhg1 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Kf3 Bc5 21.
d3 f6 22. e6 Rfe8 23. Rge1 Rac8 24. Rac1 a6 25. h4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rc6 27. Kg4
h5+ 28. Kf4 Rexe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Rg2 Re1 32. Bc5 Ra1 33. Bxb4
Rxa2 34. Ke3 Bf5 35. Kd4 Be6 36. Bc3 Bg4 37. Bb4 Bd1 38. Kc3 b5 39. Rd2 Bg4 40.
Kd4 Be6 41. Rh2 Bg4 42. Bd6 Bd1 43. Kxd5 Bxc2 44. b4 Bxd3 45. Rxa2 Bc4+ 46. Ke4
Bxa2 47. Kf4 a5 48. bxa5 Bd5 49. a6 Ke6 50. Bf8 g6 51. Bb4 Bc6 52. Bc3 Bg2 53.
a7 Bc6 54. Bb4 Kd5 55. Bc3 Kc4 56. Bxf6 b4 57. Ke3 Bd5 58. Kd2 Kb5 59. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Burgess, Graham"]
[Black "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qd2 Rab8 15.
a5 Rfc8 16. Na4 h5 17. Ra3 Ne8 18. Bh6 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Be2 Nc7 23. Bxh5 Rh8 24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxc5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Mah, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nf3 e4 8.
Ng5 Ke8 9. h4 Bd6 10. Nb5 Be5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Na6 13. e3 h6 14. Nh3 c6
15. Nd4 Kf7 16. Ng1 Rd8 17. a3 c5 18. Nb5 Be6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 b6 21. Kc2
Bd7 22. Bh3 g6 23. Ne2 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nc7 25. Nc3 h5 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. a4 Ng4 28.
Rd2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Kb3 Ke7 32. a5 Ke6 33. Kc4 Ne8 34. axb6
axb6 35. Na4 Nd6+ 36. Kb3 Nxb5 37. Nxb6 Nd4+ 38. Kc3 Ne2+ 39. Kc2 Ng1 40. Na4
Kd6 41. Nc3 Nf3 42. Nd1 Nxh4 43. Kc3 Nf3 44. b4 cxb4+ 45. Kxb4 Ne1 46. Kc4 Nd3
47. Kd4 Kc7 48. Kd5 Kd7 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Kc3 Kb5 52. Kb3 Kc5 53. Kc3
Nb4 54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Nc3 Nd3 56. Na4 Nxf2 57. Nb6+ Kb3 58. Nd5 g3 59. Ke2 Ng4
60. Kf1 Kc4 61. Ne7 Nxe3+ 62. Kg1 Kd3 63. Nxg6 Ke2 64. Nh4 g2 65. Ng6 Kf3 66.
Ne7 Kxf4 67. Nc6 Kg5 68. Nd4 f4 69. Ne6+ Kg4 70. Nc5 Kf5 71. Nb3 f3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 O-O
9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Bg5 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. e4 Rae8 20. Rf5 Bh6 21.
Ref1 Qe7 22. Kg2 f6 23. R5f3 Qe6 24. a4 a6 25. b5 a5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Ba3 Rfc8
28. Qf2 Kg8 29. Rf5 Rc7 30. Qe2 Rbb7 31. Bb2 Rb8 32. Bc3 Re7 33. Be1 Bc1 34.
Bxa5 Ba3 35. Bd2 Bc5 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Rea7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40.
Be3 Qc8 41. Rf2 Ra4 42. Bxc5 Qxc5 43. Qg4 Kf8 44. Qd7 Ra3 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. b6
Rb3 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Rf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Singleton, Michael"]
[Black "Collier, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Ba2 b6 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Re1 Ba6
15. Qf3 Na5 16. Nd3 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Qh3 Nd5 20. Ng4 f5 21.
Bxh6 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Nd6 26. Re3 Nf5 27. Rd3
Nh7 28. Re1 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Qb7 Qe7 31. Qe4 Qh4 32. Qb7 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Ra7 14. Na4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rae1 Re7 17. f4 Qb4 18. b3 a5 19. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. b4 Nce4 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 Rfd8
15. Bd2 Rxd5 16. Qb2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. h3 Qc1 24. Kh2 Bd5 25. Ne5 Ne4 26. Bf3 Nd2
27. Nd3 Qc7+ 28. Qe5 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qc2 30. Qd4 Bc4 31. Ne5 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf1+
33. Kh2 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Bf1 35. Qg4 Qxe3 36. f4 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Bxc3 9. dxc6 Ba5 10. Nd4 d5 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. a4 dxc4 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. a5 Bc7 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21. e3
Rb4 22. Bf1 Rfb8 23. Ra2 Be5 24. Rb1 Bb7 25. Nd2 c3 26. bxc3 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Qc7
28. Nd2 Qc6 29. f3 Ba8 30. Be2 Qd5 31. Bc4 Qd6 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Be2 Qe7 34. Bd3
Qd7 35. Be4 Bd5 36. c4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Qc7 38. Ke2 f5 39. Nf2 Qd6 40. Ra3 Qc7 41.
a6 Rd6 42. Qa4 Qc8 43. Nd3 Bf6 44. Qb5 Rb6 45. Qxc5 Qxc5 46. Nxc5 Be7 47. Ra5
Bxc5 48. Rxc5 Rxa6 49. Rc7 Ra1 50. Kd3 a5 51. f4 a4 52. Ra7 a3 53. Kd4 a2 54.
Ke5 Rc1 55. Rxa2 Rxc4 56. Kxe6 Re4+ 57. Kxf5 Rxe3 58. g4 Rb3 59. Ra5 Kh7 60. h4
g6+ 61. Ke5 Rb7 62. Ra6 Kg7 63. f5 gxf5 64. gxf5 h5 65. Kf4 Rc7 66. Kg5 Rb7 67.
Rg6+ Kh7 68. Rh6+ Kg8 69. Kxh5 Ra7 70. Rb6 Kh7 71. Kg5 Rc7 72. Kf6 Ra7 73. Re6
Kh6 74. Re7 Ra6+ 75. Kf7 Ra1 76. f6 Rf1 77. Re8 Kh7 78. Re5 Kh6 79. Ke7 Ra1 80.
f7 Ra7+ 81. Kf6 Ra6+ 82. Re6 Ra8 83. Re8 Ra6+ 84. Ke5 Ra5+ 85. Kd4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bg7 8. Bc4
e6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qe2 f5 12. O-O-O Ndf6 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. f3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 d5 16. Bb3 e5 17. Qf2 e4 18. Nc2 O-O-O 19. c4 c6 20. a4 Kb8 21. a5 Bc8 22.
Ba4 c5 23. Rhe1 a6 24. Qf1 Qc7 25. Nb3 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Nd7 27. Rxd5 Ne5 28. Rxe5
Qxe5 29. Ncd4 exf3 30. gxf3 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. c5 fxe3 33. c6 Rxd4 34. Nxd4
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 h6 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 f5 13. g3 Nh5 14. c5 Nf6 15. Bg2
f4 16. Nc4 g5 17. a4 Ng6 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. b5 Bf8 20. b6 axb6 21. cxb6 cxb6 22.
Qb3 Nd7 23. Ra2 Qf6 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Bh3
Nh4 29. Bxc8 fxg3 30. hxg3 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Rg7 32. Re3 g4 33. Kg2 Nd4 34. Qd1 h5
35. Qh1 Qh6 36. Qd1 Kh8 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Re1 Rg5 39. Rb2 Qf6 40. Qd3 c4 41.
Qxc4 h4 42. Qd3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dighton, Simon"]
[Black "Poulton, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. O-O f6 10. Nf4 Nxd4 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. exf6+ Kxf6 14. Qxh8
Kf7 15. Qh4 Bd6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qxb3 18. Bb1 Ne5 19. Ra4 Bd7 20. Rg4 Nxg4
21. Qxg4 Rh8 22. Bxg6+ Kg8 23. h3 Qb5 24. Qg5 Qb6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Bd4 Bc6 27.
Re1 Qe7 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. Rxe6 Kf8 30. Re3 Rh6 31. Rf3+ Bf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33.
Bf5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sowray, Peter"]
[Black "Waters, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 f5 10. d5 N8d7 11. Nf3 f4 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. O-O Qa5 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Qd8 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra4
22. Qb3 Rca8 23. c5 Ra3 24. Qc4 h6 25. Rfd1 Kh8 26. d6 e6 27. Bb1 g5 28. Nfd2
g4 29. b5 R8a4 30. Qf1 Rb4 31. c6 bxc6 32. bxc6 Nb6 33. c7 Qd7 34. Nc4 Rxb1 35.
Nxb6 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qf7 37. c8=Q+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Qh5 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Barnes, Lara"]
[Black "Law, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Ne7 13. Bd2 O-O-O
14. Be3 Rhe8 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Rac1 Re5 19. Kf3 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Rd3 21. Rhe1 Rxc5 22. c4 Ra5 23. Re2 Kd7 24. Ke4 Rda3 25. Rd2+ Ke6 26. Rd5
Rxa2 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Rb1 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rg5 31. Kf4 Rc5 32. Ra1 a5
33. Ra4 f6 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. Kd3 Rg5 36. Ke2 Kc6 37. Kf3 Re5 38. Kf4 Rc5 39. e4
Kd6 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Ke3 g5 42. Ra1 Rxc4 43. Rxa5+ c5 44. Kd3 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Rxe4
46. Rxc5+ Kf4 47. Rf5+ Kxg4 48. Rxf6 Kg3 49. Kd3 Re8 50. Kd2 g4 51. Rf5 Kg2 52.
Rf4 g3 53. Rf5 Kg1 54. Rf4 g2 55. Rf3 Kh2 56. Rf6 g1=Q 57. Rh6+ Kg2 58. Rg6+
Kf1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Shah, Arpi"]
[Black "Pattinson, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. g4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nxg4 10. O-O-O Nge5 11. Bb3 Nxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. Kb1
Be6 15. Rhg1 Bxb3 16. axb3 g6 17. d4 Nd7 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. Rgf1 Bg7 20. h4 Nf8
21. e5 Qd7 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. h5 g5 26. Rd3 h6 27. Rdf3
Nxd4 28. Rxf7 Qe6 29. Qd3 Qg4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Qd1+ 33. Ka2
Qxc2 34. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 b6 11. Nf1 dxe4 12. dxe4 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15.
Rd1 Rxd1 16. Qxd1 Rd8 17. N1d2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Qh5 21.
f3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Bd2 f4 25. g4 Qg6 26. Qb1 Kf7 27. Qe4 h5
28. h3 hxg4 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 30. hxg4 e5 31. Kg2 Ne7 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Bc1 Rd5 34.
Rh1 Bf6 35. Rh5 Rd1 36. Rh1 Rd5 37. Kf2 Rd7 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Rh5 Re8 40. Kd3
Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Re8 42. Rh2 Rd8 43. Re2 Rd5 44. Bd2 Kf7 45. Rh2 Kg6 46. Rh5 Ne7
47. Nxb6 Rd8 48. Nc4 Nc6 49. Rh2 Rd7 50. Be1 e4 51. fxe4 f3 52. Rh3 Re7 53. Kd3
Rd7+ 54. Ke3 Rd1 55. Bh4 Ne5 56. Nxe5+ Bxe5 57. Rxf3 c4 58. Rf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 c5
9. h4 h5 10. Nf1 Nh7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Qc1 Nc7 13. Bh6 a6 14. a4 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Ne3 b4 17. Ncd1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5+ Rxf5 20. g3 Qf6 21. b3 Rf8 22.
Qe3 e4 23. Ra2 Qe5 24. Kf1 Nf6 25. Kg2 Ncxd5 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Qc1 Nc3 28. Rc2
d5 29. Bxa6 d4 30. Nxc3 bxc3 31. Re1 e3 32. fxe3 d3 33. Bxd3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. c5 Qc7 12. Na4 bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Rfb8 15.
Qc2 a5 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. e4 Ba6 18. exd5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 cxd5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rb4 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. Rab1 Qb5 26. Rfc1 Rxb2 27.
Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. c6 Rb8 30. Rc5 Rc8 31. g4 Kf8 32. g5 Ke7 33. Rxa5
Rc7 34. Ra8 Kd6 35. Rh8 Rxc6 36. Rxh7 Ke7 37. Rh3 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke1
Rxa2 40. Rh7 Ra4 41. f5 exf5 42. Ke2 Rg4 43. h4 Rg3 44. Rh8 Rh3 45. Kf2 d4 46.
Kg2 d3 47. Kf2 Rh2+ 48. Ke1 f4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Morris, Charles"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nge2
O-O 9. d3 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Rb8 12. a4 e6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb5 Nxb5 16. axb5 b6 17. b4 axb4 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Qxb4 Re8 20. Nc1 f5 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Re1 e5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Qd1 d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qh5 Rf8
28. Nb3 Rbc8 29. Nd2 Rc3 30. Nf3 Rxd3 31. Ng5 h6 32. Ra1 Kg8 33. Ra7 hxg5 34.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Saunders, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. f3 Bd7 14. b3 Qc8 15. a3 g5
16. Bf2 g4 17. Qb1 gxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc5 19. Ra2 Bg4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa2 22.
Nxa2 Nd7 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 f5 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Nc3 f4 27. Ne6 Rf7 28. Nb5 Ne8
29. c5 Qd7 30. Qd3 c6 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Qxd6 33. Ra1 Kh8 34. Ra8+ Ng8 35.
Bc5 Qd7 36. Rd8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Spice, Alan"]
[Black "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Ngf6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kg8 7. Ne6
Qe8 8. Nxc7 Qd8 9. Nxa8 e5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nf3 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 Qe7 14. Nf4
Kh7 15. Be3 b6 16. c3 Bb7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. O-O Rf8 19. b3 Bc8 20. h3 Nfd5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. c4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. c5 Bb8 25. Re1 Bxh3 26. Re3 Bg4 27. Qc2
Bf5 28. d5 Be5 29. Rd1 Qg5 30. d6 Qh5 31. g3 Rf3 32. d7 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Rxe3 34.
d8=Q Rxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Ngf3 Nf7 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Qb3 d5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b3 f4 14. Bb2 fxg3
15. hxg3 Qh5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bc3 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Ne4 Nd6
21. Neg5 Ne4 22. Qc1 h6 23. Nh3 g5 24. Nd4 Nexf2 25. Rxf2 Rxf2 26. Nxf2 Qh2+
27. Kf1 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Bh3 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Rf8+ 31. Nf3 g4 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33.
Qe4 gxf3 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39.
exf3 Bxg2 40. Rxg2 Qh1 41. Qh4+ Qxh4 42. gxh4 Kh7 43. Ke3 Kh6 44. f4 Rf7 45.
Ke4 Kh5 46. f5 Re7+ 47. Kf4 Kh6 48. f6 Re1 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Richmond, Jane"]
[Black "Bates, Ruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Rd2 Re8 14. Ng5 Re7
15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne8 18. e5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nc7 20. Nd6 Nce6 21. Bg3
Bc8 22. Rdf2 Bd7 23. Nd2 Nd8 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kh8 27. Ne4
Bf5 28. Nd6 Be6 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxe6 Be7 31. Nc8 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 a6
34. Kd3 b5 35. Bd7 Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Bxc6 Rd8 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bxb5 g5 40.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Bc6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bf3
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. Bh5 Na6 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Qb4 Nd3 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. g3 Rd7 22. f4 Rfd8 23. h4 g6 24. Be2 h5 25. b3 Be4 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Be1 b5 29. Kf2 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gormally, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O Qd6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Ng4 14. Bg1 Nc5 15.
Be2 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. a3 b6 18. b4 Nd3 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Ba6 Rb8 21. a4 Qe7
22. Rad1 Bg4 23. Nf3 Ne8 24. Nb5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Bb5 Rbc8 28.
Be3 Nh5 29. Nd2 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qd7 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Qc4 Ng4 34. Qc6
Qd8 35. Bg1 Bh6 36. Rd1 Bxd2 37. Rxd2 Qh4 38. g3 Qg5 39. Re2 Qh5 40. d6 Nxh2
41. Rxh2 Qf3+ 42. Rg2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 b6 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bb7 13. c3 f5 14. g4 Qd7 15.
Ng3 d5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. e5 d4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qb3+ Qd5 21.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bxd4 Bh6 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Bc3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd3 26. Rfd1 Rad8
27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Rb2 Be3 31. c4 Bc5 32. Rb3 Rd8 33.
Kf1 Rd2 34. a4 Kf7 35. a5 h5 36. a6 Ra2 37. Rd3 Ke8 38. Rg3 h4 39. Rxg6 Ra1+
40. Kg2 Re1 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rc8 Rxe2+ 43. Kf1 Rxh2 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7 Rf2+
46. Ke1 h3 47. Ra8 h2 48. Rh8 Ra2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Qh4 Rad8 14. b3 b5 15.
Bb2 Qa7 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qg5 Nxe3 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd3 Bb6 24. fxe3 axb5 25. Rc6 Ba7 26. Rxf6 Rfe8 27.
Kf2 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Re8 29. Kf1 Bxe3 30. Rd6 Ra8 31. Ke2 d4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33.
Rxd4 Rxa2+ 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. Rb4 Rc5 36. Ke4 Rg5 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. h4 Re5 39. Kf4
Rc5 40. g4 h6 41. Re4 Rd5 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Rd4 Re5+ 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Ke4 Kg6 46.
Rd6+ f6 47. Rb6 Kf7 48. Kd4 Re5 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kg5 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52. Rg6
Rg5 53. Rxh6 Rxg4+ 54. Kc5 Rg5+ 55. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nd2 Bf5 9. Bc7 Kd7 10. Bxb6 Ra6 11. Bc5 b6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bd3
15. Bxd3 bxc5 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Ra4 18. Bb5 Ra5 19. a4 cxd4 20. O-O-O Kc7
21. Bxc6 Kxc6 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rc4+ Rc5 24. Rxc5+ Bxc5 25. Re1 Bd6 26. Kc2 Ra8
27. b3 f5 28. g3 h5 29. Re2 g5 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. Rd2 g4 32. Ke3+ Ke6 33. Ra2 gxf3
34. Kxf3 e4+ 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Rc2 Rc8 37. c4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxf6 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 exf6 13. O-O Qd7 14. a4
Rfd8 15. d6 Nc8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rac1 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. d5 Rc5 22. Ne1 a6 23. Nc2 Bf8 24. Ne3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd3 f5 27.
b4 Rc8 28. Qxb5 f4 29. Nc4 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. Kf1
h6 34. Ke2 g5 35. Nd2 Kf6 36. Kd3 Rd8 37. Nc4 Bc5 38. Ke2 Bd6 39. Ra1 Rd7 40.
Ra6 Ke7 41. Rc6 Rd8 42. Kd3 Bb4 43. Kd4 Be1 44. Rxh6 Bxf2+ 45. Ke4 Bc5 46. h3
f6 47. Rh7+ Ke8 48. Na5 Rd7 49. Rxd7 Kxd7 50. Nb3 Be3 51. Nd4 Kd6 52. Nf5+ Kc5
53. Nh6 Kd6 54. Ng4 f5+ 55. Kxf5 Kxd5 56. Kxg5 Ke4 57. Nf6+ Ke5 58. Kg6 Bd4 59.
h4 Ke6 60. Nh5 Be5 61. Ng7+ Ke7 62. h5 Kf8 63. h6 Kg8 64. h7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Harakis, Alexis"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8.
a3 Be7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. b4 d5 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Nd3 Rc8 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. Nb4 Nb8 19. Nd1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+
Bxc8 22. Qc3 Bb7 23. Nf2 Bd8 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. g4 Bd6 27. Nfd3 a6
28. a4 axb5 29. axb5 Nd7 30. g5 h6 31. h4 Nf8 32. f5 hxg5 33. hxg5 g6 34. fxe6
fxe6 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Nh7 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. bxc6 Nxg5 39. Nb4 Ke7 40. Na6 Kd8
41. Kf1 e5 42. Ke2 exd4 43. exd4 Ne4 44. Be6 Nf6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Kf3 b5 47. Bf5
g4+ 48. Kg2 g3 49. Bd3 b4 50. c7+ Bxc7 51. Nxb4 Ke7 52. Bf5 Bd6 53. Nc6+ Kf8
54. Ne5 Nh5 55. Bg4 Nf4+ 56. Kxg3 Ng6 57. Be6 Bxe5+ 58. dxe5 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Barnes, Michael"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxd2 8. Bxd2
Qb6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qa4+ Qc6 16. Qf4 Ke8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rc2 Be7 19. Rfc1 g5 20. Qf3 b6
21. Rc7 Qd8 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. exf6 Qe8 25. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f4 Ne6 14. fxe5 fxe5
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nc4 Be8 18. Rf2 Nc7 19. a4 Na6 20. Raf1 Nb4 21.
Nc1 Rg8 22. Qe3 b5 23. Na3 Na6 24. Nb3 g5 25. Rf5 g4 26. Qg3 Bd7 27. Rf7 Qd6
28. R1f6 gxh3 29. Qe3 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Be6 31. axb5 Rdg8 32. Nc4 Qd8 33. Rxe6 Rg1+
34. Kh2 R8g2+ 35. Kxh3 Rh2+ 36. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Black "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nh3 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf4 Na6 8. h4 e5
9. dxe6 Nc5 10. h5 Nxh5 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. Rxh5 Bxe6 13. Nc3 Bxc4 14. Bd5+ Bxd5
15. Qxd5+ Rf7 16. Rxf5 Qe8 17. Be3 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O-O
Rd8 21. f4 a6 22. g4 Nf8 23. Rd3 Ng6 24. Ne4 b6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Ne6 Rd7 27.
Ra3 a5 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Bd4 Re7 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Rh3 Kg8 32. Re3 Kf7 33. f5 Ne5
34. Rh3 Kg8 35. f6 Rf7 36. Kd2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 d6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. h3 Nxe5 10. Qd5+ Nf7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Qf6 13. Qxf6+ Kxf6 14. Nc3
c6 15. e4 a6 16. a4 Nd7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 cxb5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Nd5+ Kg7 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Nxb5 Bd7 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Nb6 f4 26. Ra7 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Be8 28. Bd5 Bg6 29. Na4 Kh6 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. g4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2
Ng5 34. Nxc5 Bxc2 35. h4 b6 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Ne4+ Bxe4+ 38. Bxe4 Kxg4 39.
Bxh7 Rd6 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. Bd3 Rh6 43. Kd2 Rc6 44. Rh7 Rf6 45. Kc3
Rc6+ 46. Kb4 Rd6 47. Ba6 Kd4 48. Kb5 Ke5 49. Bb7 Kd4 50. Bc6 Kc3 51. Kxb6 Kc4
52. Ra7 Kd4 53. Ra4+ Ke5 54. Kc5 Rd1 55. Re4+ Kf5 56. Re2 Kf4 57. Bd5 Kf5 58.
Kd6 Rd4 59. Re5+ Kf4 60. Re8 Rd2 61. Rf8+ Ke3 62. Ke5 Rf2 63. Rh8 Rb2 64. Rh3+
Kd2 65. Kd4 Rb4+ 66. Bc4 Rb8 67. Rh2+ Ke1 68. Bd3 Rg8 69. Rb2 Rg3 70. Kc3 Re3
71. Rg2 Re8 72. Kd4 Rh8 73. Be4 Rh3 74. Bf5 Rb3 75. Bd3 Rb8 76. Ke3 Re8+ 77.
Be4 Kf1 78. Rh2 Rg8 79. Ra2 Rg3+ 80. Bf3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giddins, Steve"]
[Black "Panczyk, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Bg4 14. Nd2 Be7
15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Bd6 17. g3 a6 18. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Lyell, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8. b4
d6 9. Qb3+ Kh8 10. Re1 e5 11. b5 Be6 12. c4 Nd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 Rg8 15.
Nxe5 a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rab1 Qa4 18. Be7 Qxa2 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bf5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Qe7 Bf6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qxc7 Rc8 27.
Qxb7 Ra7 28. Qf3 Ra5 29. e4 Bg7 30. exf5 Bxh6 31. Qc3+ Bg7 32. f6 Bh6 33. f7+
Bg7 34. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Friedgood, David"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a4 Qxa5 13. Qc2 d5 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe7 20. Nd5 Ree8
21. Rfc1 Nc5 22. Qc4 e4 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. Rab1 Qxg5 25. Qxc5 Rxa4 26. Qc6 Raa8
27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxe8 Be5 30. Rc8 Qf4 31. g3 Qd2 32. Nd6+ Kg7
33. Nxe4 Qe2 34. Ng5 Qg4 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd6 38. Rb6+ Kc7
39. Rb1 Bd4 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rf7 g5 42. Re1 h5 43. Kg2 Qc8 44. h3 Qc6+ 45. Kh2
Qc2 46. Kg2 Qg6 47. Rf8 Kd7 48. Re2 Bc5 49. Rd2+ Kc7 50. Rfd8 Qe4+ 51. Kg1 Qf3
0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Harari, Zaki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Rfd1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. h3 Bb8 18. Rac1 h6 19. Bg3 a5 20. Nd3 Qg5 21.
Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Qf4 24. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-BCM"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Bellin, Jana"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
h6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nf3 e5 15. g3
exf4 16. exf4 g5 17. c5 Be7 18. Ne1 f5 19. Nd3 Bf6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Ne5 gxf4
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxf4 Bg5 24. Qf2 f4 25. Bh5 Rd8 26. Bf3 Bd3 27. Be2 Be4 28.
Bf3 Bd3 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Bc1 Qg7 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. gxf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. b4 axb4
9. axb4 O-O 10. b5 Ne7 11. Bb2 Nh5 12. Nf3 f5 13. O-O h6 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Ra1
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 g5 17. Qa8 b6 18. Ra1 f4 19. Nde4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nf5 21. Nd5 Nf4
22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Qb8 Qe8 24. Ra8 Qg6 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Rxc7 h5
28. Kf1 Kh6 29. Bh3 h4 30. Rd7 Kh5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Rxg7 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 f3 34.
Bc1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 a5 11. c4 bxc4 12. dxc4 Ba6 13. Qd1 dxc4 14. Bf1 Nb6 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nfxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qd2 Nde7 21. Qe3
Rd4 22. Qa3 Rd5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rec1 Nf5 27. Nxc5
Rd8 28. Qb3 Qa7 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Rd2 31. R1c2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Duncan, Chris"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. Qc2 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd7 18. Rbc1 a6 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. e4 Nf4 21.
gxf4 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 23. f5 Rad8 24. Qe3 Qh5 25. Kg2 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. f3
c6 28. Rc4 Red8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc1 Qf7 31. Qd2 Qd7 32. Rc3 Kg8 33. Kf2 Kf7
34. Ke3 g6 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Qe1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Qe6 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. Qe2 Qd7 40.
Kg2 Rh8 41. Qf2 g5 42. Kh1 Rh4 43. d4 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 exd4 45. Rd3 Rh3 46. Kg2 g4
47. Rxd4 Rxf3 48. Rd7+ Kg6 49. Rxb7 Rxa3 50. Rb6 Re3 51. Rxc6 Rxe4 52. h3 gxh3+
53. Kxh3 Re3+ 54. Kg4 Ra3 55. Rb6 Ra4 56. Kf3 Kg5 57. b5 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Ra2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "James, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Nge2 f5 10. O-O Nf6 11. b4 Re8 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. d5 Ne4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rad1 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Ne2 Red8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. b5 cxb5 21.
cxb5 Rc3 22. Qd5 Bc8 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Be6 25. Qd2 Rd7 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. a4 Qb6
28. Qd3 h5 29. h4 Bf6 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rc1 c4 34. a5
Bb2 35. Rc2 c3 36. Nd4 Ba2 37. Bc6 Rd8 38. b6 axb6 39. a6 Bb1 40. a7 Bxc2 41.
Nxc2 b5 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Bxa8 Ba3 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Ke2 b4 46. Bd5 Kf8 47. Kd3
Ke7 48. Bb3 f6 49. Kc4 g5 50. Nxb4 f4 51. exf4 gxf4 52. gxf4 Ke6 53. Bc2 Bxf4
54. Kxc3 Be5+ 55. Kc4 f5 56. Nd5 Bh2 57. Bd1 Ke5 58. Bxh5 Bg1 59. f4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc7 9. Be2 d6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. exd6 exd6 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Be3 d5 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Qd6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Bxd5 Nexd4 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qe3 Qc5 21.
Qe4 Nb4 22. Be3 Nxd5 23. Bxd4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qc4 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rb1 Bxd4 27.
cxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Black "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Be3 b5 15.
h3 Bb7 16. Kh2 Rac8 17. f4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxc3 21.
Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxd6 Rxc2 23. Kg1 Rfc8 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. Rb6 R8c7 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27.
Rb8 Bc8 28. e5 Rxa2 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Rxa2 Bd7 33. Kf2
h6 34. Bd3 b4 35. Ke3 Bc6 36. Rb2 Rb7 37. Kd4 Kd7 38. Bc4 Ba4 39. Ra2 Bc6 40.
Rb2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Giblin, William"]
[Black "Lang, Heather"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qf3 Qd7 8.
Nge2 Nb4 9. Nf4 Nxd3+ 10. Nxd3 b6 11. O-O c6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. f4 O-O 14. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nd3 Bg4 14. Qxg4 Nxd3
15. Be4 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Nd7 17. Qe2 a6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Povah, Nigel"]
[Black "Cooper, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 f5 8. c4
Nd7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Qd3 f4
15. Nxf4 Bf5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. c5 Rxc5 18. Rfe1 Rc4 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Nfe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Morris, Charles"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 a6
9. Nf3 b5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Ne8 13. Nd1 Nb4 14. Rh2 Bb7 15. Nc3
bxc4 16. bxc4 e6 17. Kf2 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Kg1 Nf6 20. Ng5 Rbe8 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Bg2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Saunders, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bh6 Nc6 12. Rad1 Be5 13. Qe3 b5 14. Bd5
Bb7 15. f4 Bb8 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ba7
21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Qe5 Qb6 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 d6 26. Qf6 Qd8 27. Qxd8+
Rxd8 28. Bxd8 Kxd8 29. Rc6 Bc5 30. Rxa6 Ke7 31. a3 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rb6 Bc5
34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. b4 Be3 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. g3 Ra8 38. Rb1 Ra2 39. Rb3 Bd4 40. b5
Kf5 41. Re7 Kg4 42. h3+ Kxh3 43. g4+ Kxg4 44. Rxe6 Kxf4 45. Rb4 Kf5 46. Rxd6
Be5 47. Rd8 h5 48. b6 h4 49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Rb5 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 Kg4 53.
Rxe5 Rb2 54. Rf6 g5 55. Rg6 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. Rexg5 Rb2+ 58. Kg1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Richmond, Peter"]
[Black "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. O-O Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qxg7 O-O-O 13. Be3 d4 14. Bf2 h5
15. Be4 f5 16. exf6 Rdg8 17. Qf7 Rf8 18. Qg7 Rfg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "James, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 Nh5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Be6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Nb5
h5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nexd4 hxg4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nxc7 Qf5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Bb2
g3 22. Bg2 Rac8 23. Nd5 Rce8 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qb2+ Kh6 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Qg2 Nb4 29. Rbd1 b5 30. Qxg3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Ne3 Qc5 33. Kh2
Rc3 34. Qh4+ Qh5 35. Ng4+ Kg7 36. Qxh5 gxh5 37. Nf2 Rxf4 38. Rxd6 Rc2 39. Kg3
Rf7 40. a3 Rc3+ 41. Kh2 Rxa3 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. Rd8+ Ke7 44. Rd2 Re3 45. Rg5 a4
46. Rxh5 a3 47. Ra5 Rb3 48. Ra4 Rf4 49. Nd1 Rh4 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. Re2+ Kd6 52.
Re3 Rb1 53. Nc3 Rb2+ 54. Kg3 Rh8 55. Ne4+ Ke5 56. Nf2+ Kf6 57. Rexa3 Nd5 58.
Rf3+ Kg6 59. Rg4+ Kh6 60. Ne4 Rhb8 61. Kh4 R2b5 62. Nd6 Rb4 63. Nf5+ Kh7 64.
Nd4 R8b6 65. Rf7+ Kh8 66. Rf5 Nf6 67. Rgf4 Rd6 68. Ne2 Rxf4+ 69. Nxf4 Kh7 70.
Ra5 Kh6 71. Kg3 Rb6 72. Ra3 Nh5+ 73. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Black "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 g5 11. Nxg5 Qxe5 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Nb3 b6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. Ngf3 N5g6 17. h4 e5 18. Nb3 Nc6 19. c3 e4 20. Nfd4 Nce5 21. Bf1
Bg4 22. Nd2 Rac8 23. a4 a5 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. c4 Be6 28.
f4 f5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Nb1 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Rc2 32. Rd1 Rfc8 33. Nc3 Bf7 34. Rxd4
Rxc1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Bd7 Rd8 37. Nb5 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 Ne7 39. Bxf5 Rxd4 40. Nxd4
Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Rxb2 42. Rc3 Be6 43. Nd6 Rb3 44. Nxe4 Rb4 45. Re3 Rxa4 46. Nf6+
Kf7 47. Nxh7 Bg4 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Rb3 Rb4 50. Rxb4 axb4 51. Kd2 Bf5 52. Kc1 Kh5
53. Nf7 Be6 54. Ne5 Bf5 55. Kb2 Be6 56. Kc2 Bd5 57. Kd3 Be6 58. Kd2 Bf5 59. Nc4
b5 60. Nd6 Be6 61. f5 Bd5 62. f6 Kg6 63. f7 Kg7 64. h5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Cast, Abigail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bf5 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Re8 12. h3 a5 13. Rfe1 a4 14. Bg3 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nbd5 17. Ne5 a3 18. Rb1 axb2 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxb2 Nb4
21. Qd2 Ra4 22. a3 Rxa3 23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qa8 25. Rb1 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+
27. Kh2 Qa6 28. Qd6 Qa8 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. Nc4 Qc8 31. Qb6 Qa8 32. Na5 Qa6 33. Qc7
Ra8 34. Nxb7 Qf1 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. Qxc6 Qd3 37. Ne8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bf4 Ndc5 14. Nd4 Qb6
15. f3 Rd8 16. Be3 Bxe5 17. fxe4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bf2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qc6 21.
Rc1 O-O 22. Rxc5 Qxe4 23. Nc3 Qc2 24. Nd1 Qf5 25. Ne3 Qe6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nc4
Rc8 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Rd1 h5 30. Rd6 Qf4 31. Rd4 Qc1 32. Nd6 Rc2 33. Re8+ Kg7
34. Re1 Qxb2 35. Rf4 f6 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Qc1 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40.
Nf7+ Kg7 41. Ne5+ Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nd3 Qc6 44. Bd4 a3 45. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
a6 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Qg3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Be2 Kh8 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qh4 Be6 20. Qxf6+ Kg8
21. Rf1 Rad8 22. Bh5 Qe7 23. Qxe5 Qh4 24. g3 Qe7 25. Qf4 Rd4 26. Bg4 Bc4 27.
Rf2 Qe5 28. Qe3 Be6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Rf4 b5 33. Qf2
Rd7 34. a3 Qd4 35. Qf3 Re6 36. h4 Kf8 37. Nd5 Qxb2 38. Qf2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc6 40.
Qd4 Rxc2+ 41. Kh3 Qb2 42. Qb6 h5 43. Qh6+ Ke8 44. Nf6+ Kd8 45. Nxh5 Qxa3 46.
Nf6 Rc3 47. Rg4 Qa1 48. Rg8+ Kc7 49. Qf4+ Kb6 50. Nxd7+ Ka5 51. Nf6 b4 52. Nd5
Rc4 53. Re8 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qd1+ 55. Kg5 b3 56. Qd6 Qd2+ 57. Kh5 Rb4 58. Qc5+ Ka4
59. Nc3+ Ka3 60. Nb1+ Ka4 61. Nxd2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Bc5 6. d4 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. Bd3 Nxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rb1 a5
15. Nh5 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd2 Qb4 18. Qe2 Be7 19. a3 Qa4 20. Ne5 Rxf4 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Rbc1 c5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Qd4 27.
Rb6 c4 28. Rc6 Bd7 29. dxc4 Bb4 30. Rf1 Bxc6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Rd8 33.
cxd5 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Rb1 Rd4 36. g3 h6 37. h4 Bc5 38. Rb2 Kh7 39. Kg2
Kg6 40. Kh3 Kf6 41. Rc2 Rd5 42. Rb2 Kf5 43. Rb7 Bd4 44. Rf7+ Bf6 45. Rf8 Rd2
46. Kg2 Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Re4 Bd4 49. Rf4+ Ke6 50. Rf8 Kd5 51. Rf7 Ke4 52.
Rf3 Re2 53. Rf7 Kd3 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. Rf4 Ra6 56. Rf3+ Kd2 57. Rf4 Kd3 58. Rf3+
Kc4 59. Rf7 Rf6 60. Rc7+ Kd3 61. f4 Ra6 62. Kg2 Ke4 63. Re7+ Kf5 64. Kh3 Ra3
65. Rd7 Ke4 66. h5 Rb3 67. Kh4 Bf2 68. Rxg7 Kf3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Mah, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. h4 Bf6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. b4 Kg7 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bf2 d5 21. c5
Qc7 22. Qe1 Rh8 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Qd2 Rh5 25. Be5 Rah8 26. Qe3 Qe6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 e6 30. Rd4 Rh4 31. Rfd1 Bc2 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 33. Rc1 Ba4 34.
b5 Rh8 35. c6 bxc6 36. bxc6 d4 37. Ba6 Kg6 38. Rc4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Burgess, Graham"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bc3 e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nec3 Nf6 14. Bd3 O-O
15. O-O Ne6 16. f4 Nd4 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Bc6 19. f5 Rae8 20. Re3 a6 21. Rh3
b5 22. Qh6 bxa4 23. g4 Re5 24. g5 Nh5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. exd5 f5 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qg7+ 31. Rg6 Rg5+ 32. Rxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Nxg5
34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Kg3 Nf7 36. Kh4 Kh6 37. Be2 Ne5 38. b3 axb3 39. axb3 Ng6+
40. Kg3 Kg5 41. Bd3 h4+ 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 {#} 43... Nxd3 44. Kxd3 Kg4 45. b4
Kf5 46. b5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qxc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Qh5 11. h3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qh5
15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 h6 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21.
Nxb7 Rdb8 22. Na5 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rc8 24. c5 Nc6 {(Draw offer)} 25. Ba6 Nxa5 26.
Bxc8 Rxc8 27. bxa5 Bc3 28. Rb7 a6 29. Rxe7 Bxa5 30. Ra7 Rc6 31. Bd4 f6 32. Kf1
Bc7 33. Ke2 Be5 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Kc4 e4 37. Kd5 Rf6 38. c6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Copeland, Graham"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 Ba8 12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qe2
Ne8 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rac1 Ng7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba6 21. a4 Nf5
22. Qd2 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qb8 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Nf3 Bd8 26. Bg5 Nb8 27. Rc3 Bxg5 28.
hxg5 Rc8 29. Qc2 Ne7 30. Nh2 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qc8 32. Qxc8+ Nxc8 33. Ng4 Ne7 34.
Nf6+ Kg7 35. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Bates, Ruth"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nd2 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. c3 c6 8.
Ne2 Bg7 9. e4 Nc7 10. Nf4 Ne6 11. Nd3 d5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Kf2 Bh6 17. Nb3 Rhe8 18. g3 Nc7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Nbc1 Nd6 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. f4 Nd6 25. Ke3 f5 26. Ng1 f6 27. Nf3
Bf8 28. Nd2 Ne4 29. Nf2 Kc6 30. Nd1 a5 31. a4 Be7 32. Nb1 b5 33. axb5+ Kxb5 34.
Kd3 a4 35. Na3+ Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. h3 Ng7 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nf3
O-O-O 15. Qb3 Ne8 16. a4 Be6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. Be2 Nc7 20. Rc1 h5 21.
g5 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Rhe8 23. b3 Nd6 24. a6 Nxa6 25. Ne5 Nb8 26. Qxa7 Qxf2 27. Na4
Qxe2 28. Nb6+ Kc7 29. Na8+ Kc8 30. Nb6+ Kc7 31. Na8+ Kc8 32. Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qb1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5
c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Bc8 18. b4 Nb7 19. c4 Bd7 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Nb3 Rb5 26. Nfd2 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5
28. Rec1 Nd7 29. Nb3 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Qb8 31. Rc6 Qb4 32. Nd2 Rd8 33. Nc4 Nb8 34.
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d3 Bb6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. c4 Nd4 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15.
Rb2 Ba5 16. f4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. f5 Bc3 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Bxc5 Bd4+ 21. Bxd4
Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rf2 Red8 24. Bf1 Nc6 25. c3 Kf8 26. c5 Rd7 27. Bc4 Nd8
28. Rb5 Rc8 29. Rfb2 a6 30. Ra5 Nc6 31. Ra4 Nd8 32. Ra5 Nc6 33. Ra3 Nd8 34. Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Levitt, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. d5 c5
9. Nc3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 h6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfe1 g5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bf5 18. Re3 Qd7 19. h4 g4 20. Ne1 Rf7 21. Be4 Rg7
22. Nd3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Qf6 Nd4 26. Nf4 Re8 27. Rxd4 cxd4
28. Qxd4 Qf5 29. Qxd6 Qe5 30. Rd1 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. Nh5 Rc7
34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxg4 Rxb3 36. Ne5 h5 37. Rh6 Ra3 38. Rxh5 Rxa4 39. Rf5+ Kg8
40. h5 a5 41. g4 Ra1 42. g5 a4 43. g6 a3 44. h6 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. c5 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nc7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Bd3 f5 16. O-O-O b6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Kb1 Qe7 19. Rc1 Rab8 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Qxe6 22. Rhe1 Qf6 23. Qa4 Rb7 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. b3 Qg5 26. Ba6 Rbb8 27. Rf2 Qg3
28. Re2 f4 29. Bd3 fxe3 30. Bxe3 Rbe8 31. cxb6 Rxe3 32. bxa7 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Bf5+
34. Kb2 Qe3 35. a8=Q Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Collinson, Adam"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Na3 Nd7 8. b4
a6 9. Nc2 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Rb1 f5 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4+ Kh7 17. Ba3 Bf6 18. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Sowray, Peter"]
[Black "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Nd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Be3 O-O 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Rxc1
15. Qxc1 Nb6 16. Qc3 Qb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 h6 19. h3 Be4 20. Qe1 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bg6 24. Nf1 b5 25. Qc6 b4 26. a4 b3 27. Nd2 Bc2 28.
a5 Bb4 29. a6 Ba5 30. f3 Qb6 31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. axb7 Bc7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7
35. Nf1 Kd7 36. Bd2 Kc6 37. Bb4 Kxb7 38. Kd2 a5 39. Bf8 a4 40. Bxg7 Ba5+ 41.
Kc1 Bb6 42. Bxh6 Bxd4 43. Bf4 Bd3 44. Nd2 a3 45. bxa3 b2+ 46. Kd1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Barnes, Michael"]
[Black "Law, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nh4 Bc8 15.
Qf3 Ra7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 b5 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Rfa1 Nh7 20. Qe3 Qxe3 {
(Draw offer)} 21. fxe3 Rc7 22. Nhf3 Nf6 23. Bc2 Nd7 24. b4 Nb6 25. Bd3 Bb7 26.
Nxe5 dxe5 27. d6 Rd7 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Nb3 Na4 30. Rxa4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rd8 32.
Nc5 Rc7 33. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nc3 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. c5 Bb8 17. Qd4 {#} 17... Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 e5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxb4
Be6 21. Rfe1 Ba7 22. Qa3 a5 23. Rac1 Qc7 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Be4 h6 26. Nf3 Bh3 27.
Nd4 Rfe8 28. Qf3 Rac8 29. g4 Qe5 30. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Crouch, Colin"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 c5 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Be1
Qg5 15. f4 Qh6 16. Rd1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Rg3 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rae8
21. h3 Bc8 22. Re2 c4 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qh5 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Rg4 Qf5 27. Qd1
Rf7 28. Qd4 Nf6 29. Rg3 Qd3 30. Rd2 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rfe7 32. Bf2 Kf7 33. Rf3 b5
34. g4 Rd7 35. Be1 Ne4 36. Bb4 Ra8 37. Rf1 a5 38. Bc3 Nc5 39. f5 Nd3 40. e4 b4
41. Bd2 Re8 42. axb4 axb4 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. exd5 Re2 45. Bg5 h6 46. Bh4 c3 47.
bxc3 b3 48. d6 Ke8 49. f6 gxf6 50. Bxf6 Re6 51. c4 Rxd6 52. Bc3 Rc6 53. Rb1 b2
54. Rxb2 Nxb2 55. Bxb2 Rxc4 56. Bg7 Rc6 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Be5 Ke6 59. Bf4 Kd5 60.
Kf3 Rc3+ 61. Kg2 Rc6 62. Kf3 Re6 63. Bc1 Rf6+ 64. Kg3 Rc6 65. Bd2 Ke4 66. Kh4
Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Qxb6 axb6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bf4 Bd7 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O Nh5 12. a3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nc7 14. Ne5 g6
15. Rac1 Bd6 16. g3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Duncan, Chris"]
[Black "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e5 Ng8 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Ne4 Qd5 12. Re1 Nf6 13. c4 Qd8 14. Qa4+ b5
15. cxb5 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bd7 17. Rxd4 axb5 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bf4 Ra4 20. Rad1 Rxd4
21. Nxd4 Qb6 22. Qd5 e5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5+ Be7 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Qb8+ Kf7
27. Qxh8 Qxd4 28. Qxh7 Qxb2 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Qf3+ Qf6
33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qd5+ Be6 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36. h3 b4 37. Qh8+ Bg8 38. Re3 Qa1+ 39.
Kh2 Bf6 40. Qh5 Bf7 41. Qc5+ Kg8 42. Qxb4 Qxa2 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qf4 Bg6 45. h4
Qd2 46. h5 Bc2 47. h6 Bd4 48. Qf7 Bg6 49. Qf8 Bf6 50. hxg7 Bxg7 51. Rh3+ Bh6
52. f4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. Be3 a6 9. O-O-O+ Bd6 10. Nge2 Ke7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nb1 Na5 13. b3 h6 14. Rd3
Rac8 15. Rhd1 b5 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Be3 c5 18. c4 b4 19. Nd2 Rhf8 20. h4 Nh5 21.
Nf1 Rcd8 22. Kc2 a5 23. g4 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bf2 g5 26. Nd2 Be5 27. Nb1
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Ra8 29. a4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 {#} 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nd2 Kd7 33.
Kd3 Kd6 34. Bg1 Nd8 35. Bf2 Nc6 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. e5+ Kxe5 38. Ne4 Bxf2 39. Kxf2
Kd4 40. Ke2 Ne5 41. Nxg5 Kc3 42. Nxe6 Kxb3 43. Nxc5+ Kc2 44. Ne6 b3 45. Nd4+
Kc3 46. Nb5+ Kxc4 47. Kd2 Nxf3+ 48. Kc1 Ne5 49. g5 f3 50. Nd6+ Kd3 51. Nf5 Kc3
52. Ne3 b2+ 53. Kb1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Plueg, Andreas"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 h6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f3 Bh5 12. Nd3 g5 13. c5 Qc7 14. b4 Ne8 15. Qc2
Ng7 16. Qc3 Bg6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Rae1 Nhf6 19. Ne5 Bh7 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nf6 24. Re2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. h4 Bd8 28.
Bc1 f5 29. Qh5 Rf6 30. Bg5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rf7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 {#} 33. g6 Rf8 34.
Rh2 Bf6 35. Nf7 Rxf7 36. gxf7+ Qxf7 37. Qd2 Qg7 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rg8 40. Rh3
Qg4 41. Rh7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Bowden, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne2
Qb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a5 Qb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Ba3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qa4 Rf6 20. c4 Nf8 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Qh4 Rf4 23. Qg5 Be6 24. Rae1 Nd7 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. f4 Qxb3 27. Bd6 e4
28. f5 Bxf5 29. g4 Qh3 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. gxf5 Qxh5 32. Qe7 Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Rf8 34.
Qxd7 Rxf5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qd6 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Qxa6 d4 40. Qe2
Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kf2 Rxa5 43. Kxf3 Kg5 44. Re5+ Rxe5 45. Bxe5 Kh4 46.
Bxd4 Kh3 47. Be5 g5 48. Ke4 h5 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kg5 h4 51. Bf4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Black "Armstrong, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Qc7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc4 Rd8 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. a4 Na6 12. b3 f6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 Bc5+
15. Kh1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qe7 17. e5 f5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Bg5 Re8 22. Rad1 Be7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Bd7 25. Be7 Rac8 26. Nf3 Nb4 27. Ne5
Nxc2 28. Bxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxd7 Rfd8 30. Nc5 Ne3 31. Nxb7 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. Qb1 f5 14. f3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. b4 Rb8 17. b5 Nc7 18. a4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ne6 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. O-O Be6 22. Qd3
c5 23. Nd2 Qd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nf6 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nc4 Ng4 28. Bxg4
Qxg4 29. Nxd6 h5 30. Nc4 Rbe8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. b6 h4 33. h3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "James, Dale"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nh2 Rb8 10. f4 f5 11. g4 b5 12. Ne2 b4 13. h4 c4 14. Be3 Bxb2 15. d4
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Bf2 Nce7 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. h5 Qd7 21. Bh4
gxh5 22. Ng3 hxg4 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nh5 Qe8 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Black "Lund, Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bc2
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd1 h6 11. O-O d6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. Bd2 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Rac1 g5 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b4 Bd4 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Rfxd1
Kg7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Nf4 24. Nf5+ Kh7 25. Qe3 Rc6 26. g3 Ne6 27. c5 Qc7
28. cxd6 Qd7 29. Qf3 Nd8 30. Qh5 Qe6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. d7 Nd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34.
Rxd4 Qxa2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 g6
8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Nd4 Rfc8 12. Rhe1 Ne5 {#} 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Rc5 15. f4 Rxd5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf2 exd4 18. Rxe7 Rf5 19. Qh4 Rxg5
20. Rde1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giddins, Steve"]
[Black "Smith, Alan A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Qd5 17. Nf3 Bc3 18. Be5 Rac8 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. h3 f6
21. Bh2 Rfd8 22. Qf4 Ng5 23. Be2 Nf7 24. Bd3 Qxa2 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27.
Qe3 Qc4 28. Rb3 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qc2 Nxc4 10. Nb5 a6 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Ne4 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe6 c6
15. Qc4 Qe7 16. Nd4 d5 17. Qc2 Bxe6 18. a4 Bf7 19. Nb3 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Qb4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc1 Qc4 23. Qd1 Nc5 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxa4 27.
Rb3 Qe7 28. Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lyell, Mark"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O cxd4
9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qg4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qh4 Be7 15.
Be3 Qd8 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Bd3 e5 19. Bg5 e4 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Rad1
Rc7 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Nf4 Rd7 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bh3 Nd7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qh5+ g6
28. Qh6 Ne5 29. Bg2 g5 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Bxe4 Rh6 32. Ne6+ Rxe6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Ilecki, Wojtech"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 f6 8. Nf4 Bf7
9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. g5 cxd4 12. gxf6 dxc3 13. Bh3 Bb4 14. Kf1 gxf6 15.
Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Nc6 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Qh5+ Ng6 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
Nc7+ Kd7 22. Nxd5 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. h5 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rxb7+ Ke6 27. Rh2
a5 28. Re2+ Kf5 29. Rb5+ Kg4 30. Re6 Bb4 31. Rxf6 Rhd8 32. Ke2 Rac8 33. Rg5+
Kh4 34. Kf3 Rxc2 35. Be3 Rd3 36. Re6 Rxa2 37. Rg4+ Kh3 38. f5 a4 39. f6 a3 40.
Rxb4 Rb2 41. Rxb2 axb2 42. Rb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jon"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 Nd7 8.
h4 c6 9. h5 Bxd3 10. cxd3 f5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Rg8 14. Kf1 Bxf4
15. gxf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne2 Qa5 18. a3 O-O-O 19. Nd4 Kb8 20. Ke2 Rg4 21.
Rc1 Nb6 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Rcg8 24. Nf3 Rg2 25. Rc2 f6 26. Rhc1 {#} 26... e5
27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rc5 Qa6 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Qxd5 Qa4 31. Qxg2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. O-O
Nf6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Re1 Nxc4 14. Qb3 d5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxc4 c6 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Bc1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Qb3 Nb6 22. Be3 c5 23. Nc2 Ba4 24. Qd3 c4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. Ba3 Kg8 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15.
c4 Nf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. Rb5 Qxa4 19. Bxc5 Nfg6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Rb7 Nf5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 dxc4 24. Rxa7 Qc6 25. Qf4 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
dxc4 Kh7 28. Qe4+ g6 29. h4 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. h5 Qg5 32. hxg6+ Qxg6 33. Qf3
Kg7 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. f4 Qd8 36. Qf2 Qd3 37. c5 Qd5 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rc3 Rc6 40.
Qh4 Qe4 41. Rh3 Qg6 42. Rg3 Qf5 43. Qd8 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Rc8 45. Qxc8 Qd1+ 46. Kh2
Qh5+ 47. Rh3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Be6 7. Ne5 c5 8. a5
cxd4 9. exd4 Rc8 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Be3 Nc7 12. a6 Nxa6 13. d5 Bf5 14. Bxc4 Nac5
15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qxa7 e6 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 18. Bb5+ Rxb5 19. Qxb5+ Ke7 20. O-O Kf6
21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Ra6 Qc5 24. Qe8 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Ne4+ Bxe4
27. Qxe6+ Kg5 28. Qxe4 {#} 28... Nf6 29. Ra5+ Kh6 30. Qe5 g6 31. Rda1 Rg8 32.
Qb5 Bd6 33. Qg5+ Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh8 35. Rf7 Qxb2 36. Qxf6+ Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gormally, Danny"]
[Black "Pert, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. O-O f5 13. Qb3 exd4 14. exd4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 c5 16. f3 e3 17. f4 Re8 18. Bh5 g6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Rae1 Kg7 21. Bg3
Nb6 22. Qb5 Be6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc4 25. Re2 Nd2 26. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Kf7 28. a3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nb5 Ra5 9. a4 Bf5 10. Bc7 Bc2 11. Bxb6 Rxa4 12. Rxa4 Bxa4 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Ne5+
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng8 16. e4 Kc6 17. Na8 e6 18. Be2 Bc5 19. exd5+ exd5 20. Bxc5
Kxc5 21. Nc7 Ne7 22. O-O Kc6 23. Nxd5 Kxd5 24. f4 b5 25. g4 Nc6 26. Bf3+ Kc5
27. Re1 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rxb2 30. f5 b4 31. cxb4+ Kxb4 32. g5 Rb3 33.
Kf4 c3 34. Bd1 Ra3 35. Re4+ Ka5 36. Rc4 Bxd1 37. Rxc6 c2 38. f6 gxf6 39. gxf6
Kb4 40. Rc7 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Dickenson, Neil"]
[Black "Dighton, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Rc1 h5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg3 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 Bd7 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Qxc7 e3 20. f4 Bg4
21. Bd3 Rfe8 22. Bb5 Rac8 23. Qxa7 Rxc3 24. O-O Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Re4 26. Bd3 Rd4
27. Rc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Rxd3 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 31. c7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 e2 33.
c8=Q+ Bxc8 34. Qxe2 Bg4 35. Qb2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rd5 37. a4 Bd1 38. a5 Rxa5 39.
Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Ford, Elise"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qf3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O Bxc3
8. Qxc3 O-O 9. Qg3 Ne4 10. Bxd8 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Rxd8 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Nf3 h6 14.
Rde1 Be6 15. Ne5 b6 16. Ba6 Rd6 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. Bc6 b5 19. f3 Nh7 20. c4 bxc4
21. Ba4 Ra6 22. b3 Nf6 23. g4 Rb4 24. Nc6 Rbxa4 25. bxa4 Rxc6 26. Re2 Ra6 27.
Rb2 Nd7 28. Rb7 Rxa4 29. Kb2 c5 30. g5 Kh7 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. g4 Kg6 33. f4 f5
34. gxf5+ Bxf5 35. dxc5 Nxc5 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. Rb8 Nd3+ 38. Ka1 Nb4 39. Rf8+ Ke6
40. Re1+ Be4 41. f5+ Ke7 42. Rxe4+ dxe4 43. Rc8 Rxa2+ 44. Kb1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 g6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. Ne5 a5 13. Qf3 a4 14. a3 Ra5
15. g4 Qe7 16. Kb1 c5 17. g5 Nh5 18. gxh6 Qxh4 19. hxg7 Nxg7 20. d5 b5 21. dxe6
Nxe6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Rhg1 Raa8 24. Qd3 c4 25. Rxg6+ Kh7 26. Rg4+ cxd3 27.
Rxh4+ Kg7 28. Nxd3 Rh8 29. Rg1+ Kf6 30. Rf4+ Ke7 31. h4 Rh5 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Kc1
Rg2 34. Rfe4 Rh2 35. Nf4 R5xh4 36. Nxe6 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 fxe6 38. f4 Kd6 39. Re5
Rf2 40. Rxb5 Rxf4 41. Rb4 Rf2 42. Rxa4 e5 43. b3 Kd5 44. Rc4 e4 45. a4 Rh2 46.
a5 Rh1+ 47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Kf2 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52.
Kc3 Rh3+ 53. Kb2 Rh8 54. Ra4 e3 55. Kc3 Re8 56. Ra1 Ke4 57. b4 Rc8+ 58. Kb3 e2
59. Re1 Ke3 60. a6 Kd2 61. Rxe2+ Kxe2 62. b5 Ra8 63. Kb4 Ke3 64. Ka5 Rc8 65.
Kb6 Kd4 66. Ka7 Rc7+ 67. Kb8 Rh7 68. a7 Kc5 69. a8=Q Rh8+ 70. Ka7 Rxa8+ 71.
Kxa8 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Nb3 b4 13. Na4 Rb8 14. e5 Na5 15.
exd6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Ba7 Rb5 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Qd4 Rf5 20. Re5 Rxe5 21.
fxe5 Ng4 22. Qe4 f5 23. exf6 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 gxf6 25. Nc5 f5 26. Qb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne2 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. O-O Bd7
15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Qe3 Bb5 19. a3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qa6 21.
Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ng5 Nc7 24. g3 e3 25. Rfe1 Nd5 26. Nxe6 Rfe8 27. f5
Rac8 28. Rec1 g6 29. g4 gxf5 30. gxf5 Kf7 31. Be1 Kf6 32. Bh4+ Kxf5 33. Ng7+
Ke4 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rg1 Rc8 36. Rac1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nf4 38. Rc8 e2 39. Re8+
Kf3 40. Bg3 b5 41. Rd8 Be7 42. Rd7 Bf6 43. Rf7 Nd5 44. Rd7 Ke4 45. Rxa7 Bxd4
46. Rb7 Be5 47. Bh4 Bxb2 48. Rxb5 Bxa3 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kf2 e1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Bowden, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Bb7 15.
Qb1 Qb8 16. a3 Bf8 17. d5 Bc8 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Na2 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Nb3 Bd7
22. Na5 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxc8+
Bxc8 28. Qc2 Bd7 29. Nc1 Qd8 30. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Gormally, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 b6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Re8 13. Nf3 Bf8 14. Qh3 Bg7 15.
Qg3 Bb7 16. h4 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Nd6 Qxg2 21. Qxg2
Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. O-O-O Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rge1 Bf4+ 27.
Kc2 f5 28. Kb3 Kf7 29. a4 Re7 30. Bc4 Bc7 31. Bb5 Bd5+ 32. Bc4 Bc6 33. Ka3 Kf6
34. b4 h6 35. Bb5 Bd5 36. c4 Bb7 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 Bd5 39. Kb4 a5+ 40. Ka3
Be5 41. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxc5 7. c4 e6 8.
e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. O-O a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. Bg3 Bf6
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Nbd4 Ncxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Qa4 Re8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. h3 Qe7 21.
a3 h6 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. Rfe1 Qf8 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Be5 Be7 26. Bf1 Rc6 27. Rc1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bg5 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 30. Qxb6 Bc8 31. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3 O-O-O
15. Ra3 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bd2 Rde8 18. b5 axb5 19. Rfa1 Nb8 20. Ra7 Na6 21.
Ba5 Bb8 22. Ra8 Nc7 23. Bxc7 Kxc7 24. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15. Qe4
Rd8 16. Rad1 e6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. Qc6+
Qd7 22. Re1+ Ne6 23. Qa8+ Nc8 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Nd5 Nxc2 27. Re7 Qf5
28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6
Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. c7 Qxc7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 d4 19. f3 Bg6 20. e4 dxe3
21. Qc3 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Rb8 23. Bb5 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Rxb5 25. Qe5 h6 26. Qxe3 Rb2 27.
h4 c4 28. Kg1 Bd3 29. Rh3 Re2 30. Qd4 Qc7 31. Rc1 h5 32. Rd1 Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6
34. Rc1 Ra2 35. Rc3 b5 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 f6 38. Rh2 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke3
Rg1 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Ng5 g6
15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Be7 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Rd5 22. Qxf7 Bd7 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qf8+ Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 27.
Rxa7 Rf5 28. Ra8+ Bc8 29. Qd8+ Rg8 30. Qe7 Rg7 31. Qd6 Rc7 32. c4 Kg7 33. h3 b6
34. Rb8 Bb7 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Ndb5
Nb6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh3 Nec4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qd3 Nxb2 14. Qd4 e5
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5+ Be6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 20. Nxd1
Rg8 21. Ne3 a6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Rf8 24. f4 Rd8 25. Qb6 Rd7 26. a4 Rg8 27.
h4 Kf8 28. f5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Levitt, Jon"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Nd5
15. Qd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc3 17. Bb1 f5 18. Qxc3 Nxc3 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Rc7 21.
Rfc1 Rac8 22. h4 b5 23. Kf2 a6 24. Ke1 Na4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1
Bd5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Bc4 31. Bc2 Nb6 32. Bd2 Nc8 33. Ke3 Ne7
34. Bd3 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Ke8 36. Bb4 Ng8 37. d5 exd5 38. exd5 Kd7 39. Kd4 Nf6 40.
Ke5 Kc7 41. d6+ Kb7 42. Ba5 h5 43. Bb4 Nd7+ 44. Kd4 Nb6 45. Bc3 g6 46. Ke5 {
(Only one scoresheet, unreadable from here)} 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wall, Tim"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Kh1 Rb8 12. Bd2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nd4
15. a4 Nxb5 16. axb5 d5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. exd5 exd5 19. b4 d4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Na4 Ne4 22. Qd3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Rg1 c4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "Giddins, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. b4 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Be1 b5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nb6 15.
Nc5 Nd6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. f3 Nf5 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Qd3 a5
22. a4 Nb2 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Nb2 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Lyell, Mark"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Qe1 Qb8 12. Bc1 b5 13. a3 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Qb7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxd5 Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Bxd5 22. f3 Bc4 23. Rh1 Rfe8 24. Qh4 Re2 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kg7
27. b3 Qxf3 28. Bh6+ Kxh6 29. Kg1+ Qh5 30. Qf8+ Kg5 31. Rxh5+ Kxh5 32. bxc4
bxc4 33. Qxf7 Rxc2 34. Qxh7+ Kg5 35. Qxa7 c3 36. Qc5+ Kf4 37. Qd4+ Kg5 38. Kh2
Kh6 39. Kg3 Kh7 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Law, Andrew"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 b6 5. f3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc6 14. Rad1
Qd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf5 Ne7 17. Qh5 Rad8 18. f4 f5 19. Rd3 Kh8 20. Re1 Qg6
21. Qh4 Ng8 22. Re5 f6 23. Rxd5 Ne7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. d5 Qf7 26. Qf2 Nc8 27.
Re3 Ne7 28. Rd3 Nc8 29. Qd4 Nd6 30. Re3 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. h3 Nd6 33. Kh2
Kg7 34. Qa4 Qe7 35. Qc6 h5 36. a4 h4 37. Nb5 Qe3 38. Qxd6 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Bd3 e5 7. O-O d6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. f4 Nf6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "Lund, Brett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qd3 c5 5. g4 cxd4 6. Nb5 d5 7. O-O-O h6 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Na3 e5 11. Nh4 Qf6 12. Ng2 fxg4 13. e3 Nc6 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
c3 Bf5 16. Qg3 Nf3 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 h5 21. Qa4+
b5 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Be2 Bh6 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Rf1 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nf5 27. Qd7+
Kf8 28. Nc2 Rd8 29. Qa7 Kg8 30. Qxa6 Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Rh7 32. a4 d4 33. Bc4+ Kh8
34. cxd4 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 36. Kc3 Rc7 37. b3 Kg7 38. Rf2 Rf4 39. Re2 Kf6 40.
a5 g5 41. Kb4 g4 42. a6 e4 43. Kb5 Ke5 44. Ra2 Rc8 45. a7 Rff8 46. Kb6 Rf6+ 47.
Kb7 Rh8 48. Ra5+ Kf4 49. a8=N h4 50. Nc7 Rh7 51. Ra8 g3 52. hxg3+ hxg3 53. Rg8
Rd6 54. Bb5 e3 55. b4 Kf3 56. Rf8+ Kg4 57. Be2+ Kh3 58. Rg8 Kh2 59. b5 g2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Tebb, David"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd3 c6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Qb4 14. a3 Qf8
15. Qd2 Nb6 16. b4 Bf6 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Nf3 g5 20. g3 Nxh3+ 21. Bxh3
Bxh3 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ng5 Bg4 26. Rd3 Rad8 27. f3
Bc8 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. Nb1 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nb2 31. f4 Nxd3 32. Re3 Rd8 33. f5 f6 34.
Nf3 b6 35. Nc3 Ba6 36. Re2 Nxb4 37. axb4 Bxe2 38. Nxe2 Rd3 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Nd2
Rxb4 41. Ke3 a5 42. Kd3 a4 43. Kc3 c5 44. Nc1 a3 45. Nc4 b5 46. Nxa3 Rxe4 47.
Nxb5 Re3+ 48. Kc4 Rxg3 49. Nd6 h5 50. Ne4 Re3 51. Nxc5 h4 52. N1d3 Rf3 53. Ne4
h3 54. Ndf2 h2 55. Kd5 Rxf5 56. Nh1 Rf4 57. Neg3 Kg6 58. Ne2 Rf1 59. Neg3 Re1
60. Kc4 f5 61. Nf2 f4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mah, Karl"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 c5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qa5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Be5 Nfe4 19. Nd4 f6 20. Bh2 Nd6 21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Nxe6 Rxb5 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Bxd6 Rg5 25. Bg3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. d5 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bg4 Nxe4 14. Ndxe4 f5 15.
Bf3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 g4 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. f3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 e4 21.
Bxe4 Bg4 22. Qc2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe2 24. Rfe1 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 Rae8 26. h3 Be2 27.
Bg6 Re3 28. Bh5 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Rxg3 30. Rxe2 Be5 31. Bf3 b6 32. Rb3 Rf4 33. Re4
Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "James, Dale"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
h5 9. f3 Bd7 10. O-O h4 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Nd5 h3 13. g3 Bc6 14. b4 O-O 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Nc8 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Rxc6 Rb8
22. a3 a5 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bg7 25. Rfc1 Qe7 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qb7 28.
Rc7 Qa6 29. R1c6 Qa4 30. Qc3 Rxb4 31. Rxc8 Qa7+ 32. Kf1 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Qa2+ 34.
Qd2 Rb2 35. Rc2 Qa6+ 36. Qd3 Rxc8 37. Rxb2 Qa7 38. Qe3 Qa1 39. Rd2 Rc1 40. Qd4
Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rf1+ 42. Ke3 Qa3+ 43. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Smith, Alan A"]
[Black "Moskovic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c4 g6 8.
e5 cxd4 9. exd6 e5 10. Re1 Bxd6 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. Nxd4 f5 13. Nc3 Nb8 14. Nf3 Bd7
15. Bg5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Black "Ilecki, Wojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Ne4 e6 8.
Be3 Nd4 9. Ne2 Be7 10. c3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Ba4 O-O
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. h4 Rb8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 b5 21.
Bc2 Bb7 22. f3 Bd5 23. b3 c4 24. d4 b4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bb3 Rdc8 27. Bxc4 Rxc4
28. Ne2 bxc3 29. Kc2 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 c2 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. g3 a5 33. Rh2 Rxa2 34. Nc3
Ra3 35. Rhxc2 Bb4 36. d5 exd5 37. Kd4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Bg5 c4 12. Bxc4 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Ba6
15. a4 Nbd7 16. Nd2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Qd1 Nxd5 19. Kg1 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5
21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb2 23. Rxa7 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Kh2 Bd4 26. Bh6 Nb4
27. Re1 Rc8 28. Rc7 Ra8 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. f4 Nd5 32. Rd7 Ne3 33. Re7
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Povah, Nigel"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. c3 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nc6 10. Qe3 b6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Nbd2 d6
15. Nxg5 dxe5 16. Nh3 Rg8 17. O-O-O Bc5 18. Qe2 Rxg3 19. Nf1 Rgg8 20. f5 Nd4
21. cxd4 Rxg2 22. Nf2 Bxd4+ 23. Qc2 Qxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Nc7 12. Na5 Bf5 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Ne5 Nb5
15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nec4 Nb6 17. Rfd1 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd7 19. a4 Nc7 20. e4 Bg4 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rfd8 24. Bc3 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rd8 26. Be3 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bxd1 28. a5 Na6 29. Bd2 Be2 30. f4 c5 31. Kf2 Bb5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Ke3
Kf8 34. f5 b6 35. Bb4 Ke8 36. Ba3 Bc6 37. g4 Nb3 38. axb6 axb6 39. Bf3 Nc5 40.
h4 gxf5 41. gxf5 e6 42. f6 Kf8 43. Kd4 Kg8 44. Bxc5 bxc5+ 45. Kxc5 Ba4 46. Kd6
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 Qc7 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. bxa5 c4 18. Qf3 Nc6 19. Bc3 Nxa5 20. Rcb1 Nc6 21. Qe3
Ra6 22. Bb4 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Kf2 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. c3 Kf7 27. Rd1 Ne7
28. Nd4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Re1 Ra6 31. Ra2 Rca5 32. a4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4
34. Rxe6 Nf5 35. Rc6 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Rd2 38. f5 h5 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40.
Rc6 Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rf7 Rxd4 43. Rxf6+ Ke5 44. Rf8 Rf4+ 45. Ke2 Rxf5 46.
Rc8 Kd4 47. Rg8 c3 48. g4 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Black "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 Ne8 13. c5 a5 14. Ba3 Kh8 15. b5
dxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qe8 20. exf5 Rd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxf5 23. Rc1 e4 24. Rxc7 Nxb5 25. Re7 Qg8 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. e7
Re8 28. Bc6 Nxa3 29. Bxe8 Qxe7 30. Bc6 Qc5 31. Bxe4 Rxf2 32. Kh1 Nb5 33. Bd5
Rf8 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qxd5 36. Qf8+ Qg8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nd2 e5 5. c4 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Ngf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 c6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 g6
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. h4 h5 24. Be4 Nd7 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Kf8 27.
f4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Ke1 b5 30. Kd2 a5 31. Nd1 Kc5 32. Kc3 Nb6 33. e4 b4+ 34.
Kd2 a4 35. Bc2 axb3 36. axb3 Kd4 37. Ne3 c5 38. f5 gxf5 39. exf5 Bd5 40. Bd1 f6
41. Nxd5 Nxd5 42. Bxh5 Ne3 43. g4 c4 44. g5 cxb3 45. Bf7 b2 46. Ba2 b3 47. Bb1
Nc4+ 48. Ke1 Na3 49. gxf6 Nxb1 50. f7 Nc3 51. f8=Q b1=Q+ 52. Kf2 Ne4+ 53. Kf3
Qd3+ 54. Kg4 Nf2+ 55. Kh5 Qf3+ 56. Kg6 Qg4+ 57. Kf6 Qxh4+ 58. Kf7 Nd3 59. Qd6+
Kc3 60. f6 b2 61. Qa3+ Kc2 62. Qa2 Nc1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Mason, Donald"]
[Black "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2
b4 9. Nd1 Nd4 10. O-O e6 11. Nc1 Qa5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. axb4 Qxb4 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Rxa7 Nf6 17. d4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ned7 19. Nc3 d5 20. Rfa1 O-O 21. f4
Bb7 22. Na4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rfc8 24. c3 Bc6 25. b3 Ne8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. c4 Nef6
28. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Barnes, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 d5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ke2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rac8
20. Rd1+ Ke7 21. Nf3 Rc2+ 22. Rd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Nd3 25. g3 b6 26.
b3 Nc5 27. Nd2 Rd4 28. Rc1 h5 29. Ke3 Rd3+ 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Ke3 h4 32. b4 Nd3
33. Rb1 hxg3 34. hxg3 Ne5 35. Rb3 Ke6 36. Rc3 b5 37. Nb3 Kf6 38. Nc5 Rd1 39.
Na6 Nc4+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Rc2 Ke5 43. Nc5 Rg1 44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Re2
Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Na6 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Rf2 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Nd1+ 51. Kf3
Nc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O dxc4 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. a4 Nd5 10. a5 Bf6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Rd1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
Rdc1 b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Na5 Ne7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Bd7 20. Ra7 Bxc6 21.
Rxc6 Be5 22. Qb5 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Rdc7 h6 27. Bf4
Ra8 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. b4 g5 31. Bb8 Be7 32. b5 Kg7 33. Bc7 Bc5
34. Rd8 Re7 35. Bd6 Rb7 36. g4 Kf6 37. Bf8 Bxf8 38. Rxf8 Rd7 39. Rh8 Kg7 40.
Rc8 Rd6 41. Rc7 Kf6 42. Rb7 Ke6 43. Kg2 f5 44. h3 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ke5 46. Kg3 Rf6
47. Rb8 Re6 48. e3 dxe3 49. fxe3 Rf6 50. Rb7 Re6 51. Kf3 Rf6+ 52. Kg3 Re6 53.
Kf3 Rf6+ 54. Ke2 d4 55. Rd7 dxe3 56. Kxe3 Rf4 57. d4+ Ke6 58. Rb7 Rxg4 59.
Rxb6+ Kd5 60. Rxh6 Re4+ 61. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pert, Richard"]
[Black "Cooper, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Re1 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. c4 Nf6
15. Bd3 c5 16. b4 cxd4 17. Rc1 Bxb4 18. c5 bxc5 19. Re2 Kb8 20. Nxd4 Ng4 21. g3
e5 22. a3 Ba5 23. Rec2 Qd7 24. Rxc5 Bb6 25. Bb5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qh3 27. Nc6+ Ka8
28. Qc2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 Rd2 30. Qc4 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 Rxb2 32. Kh5 g6+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. b3 d6 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Nfd4 Nf6 20. f4 a6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. f5 e5 25. Nf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Ng4 27. Rd2 Nf2+
28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. b4 b5 30. c5 dxc5 31. Re2 Bxe4 32. Qa1 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+
34. Kg1 Bxe2 35. Bxe2 c4 36. Qc3 Rd4 37. Kf2 Rcd8 38. Ke1 e4 39. a4 R4d5 40.
axb5 axb5 41. f6 g5 42. Qe3 R5d6 43. h4 Rd5 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Qxe4 Rg1+ 46. Kf2
Rg6 47. Qe7 Rf8 48. Bd1 c3 49. Bc2 Rg5 50. Bh7+ Kxh7 51. Qxf8 Rf5+ 52. Ke3 Rxf6
53. Qc5 c2 54. Qxc2+ Rg6 55. Qf5 Kg7 56. Qxb5 Rg5 57. Qd7 h5 58. b5 h4 59. b6
Rg3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. b7 h3 62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Morris, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Bf4 f6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Nc3 exf3 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. Nd5 e5 11. Nb6 Nd4 12. Be3 Bxc5 13. Nxa8 Ne7 14. c3
Nef5 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ba7 18. Kb2 Kc8 19. b5 fxg2 20. Bxg2
Bxb5 21. Ra1 Kb8 22. Ra5 Ba6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. Rd5 Bc4 26. Bh3+
1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nh6 7. d3 Rb8 8.
Nbd2 Nf5 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 d5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. g4 c4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd2 Nh6
15. h3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. b3 c5 19. Nc2 f5 20. g5 Nf7 21. f4 Rfd8
22. Ne3 Ba8 23. Ndxc4 Qc6 24. Kh2 h6 25. h4 hxg5 26. hxg5 Kh7 27. Na5 Qe4 28.
Nec4 Rd3 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Be3 Rh8 31. Rad1 Rxc3 32. Rc1 Rd3 33. Red1 Kg8+ 34.
Kg3 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe3+ 36. Nxe3 Bxe5+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rh2+
40. Kf1 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ledger, David"]
[Black "Richmond, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qg3 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Bd7 8.
Be2 Qe7 9. a3 a5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 f6 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nxc7+ Kd8
15. Be3 Na4 16. Nb5 e5 17. Rd1 Qe6 18. O-O Rg8 19. Ng5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Saunders, John"]
[Black "Dighton, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ng3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rc7 b6 21.
Bb5 Bf5 22. Bc6 Rad8 23. Qb5 d4 24. Rxa7 d3 25. Bf3 d2 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Qb4 Rd4
28. Qc3 Re8 29. Rc7 Qd8 30. Rc6 Re6 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32. b3 Qd6 33. Qc2 Qe5 34.
Qg6 Bf5 35. Qf7 Bc2 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Bg4 {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ford, Elise"]
[Black "Cast, Abigail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. f4 e6 8. c3
Rc8 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nge7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qd3 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nd2
Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Qg3 g6 17. Nb3 b6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qe3 Ne7
21. g4 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Rc8 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. b3 Qb5 25. Ng3 Qc6 26. f5 gxf5 27.
gxf5 Qc3 28. Qf4 Qb2 29. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2
e5 9. O-O Bxd6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. Re1 f6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Qh3 Kf7 15.
Nd2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Ne4 Bb4 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rd1
Bf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd5 Kg6 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. f4 fxe5 26. Bc2 Rf8 27. Ng5+
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. d5 a5 5. Nd4 Nc5 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. Be3 Qc8 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 O-O 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rd1 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. b3 Nfd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ne5 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. O-O
Rae8 22. Qd4 Nf7 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Bf3 Bc3 25. Bd2 Bb4 26. e3 Re6 27. Bc1 Ne5
28. Bg2 Bc5 29. Bb2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Bd4 Bb4 33. Rd3 Kf7 34.
f4 d5 35. Kf3 dxc4 36. bxc4 g5 37. Kg4 Kg6 38. Rdd1 Bd6 39. Kf3 gxf4 40. Rg1+
Kf7 41. Kg4 Kg6 42. Kh4+ Kf7 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. Kh4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Qc4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qe7 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf3 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Kh7 20. Rd8 Be6 21. g4
g6 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Rfd1 Rg8 24. Kh1 Nc7 25. Rxg8 Kxg8 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. f4
Nba6 28. Rxa8 Nxa8 29. Bh3 Nb4 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Nd3 32. Ne2 Nc7 33. Kg2
Nxb2 34. Nd6+ Ke6 35. Nxb7 Nd3 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Nd6 h5 38. Nf5 c5 39. Ne3+ Ke6
40. h4 Nb5 41. a4 Na3 42. Nc3 c4 43. Ne2 Nc5 44. Nd4+ Kd7 45. f5 c3 46. f6 Ne6
47. Ndc2 Nb1 48. Nd5 Nd2+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Ke4 Nd2+ 51. Kf5 Nf3 52. f7 Nxh4+
53. Kf6 Nf3 54. Nc7 Kxc7 55. Kxe6 Ng5+ 56. Kf6 Nxf7 57. Kxf7 h4 58. e6 h3 59.
e7 h2 60. e8=Q h1=Q 61. Qe7+ Kc8 62. Qc5+ Kb7 63. Qb4+ Kc7 64. Qxc3+ Qc6 65.
Qb3 Qe4 66. Ne3 Qh7+ 67. Kf6 Qh8+ 68. Kf5 Qh7+ 69. Ke5 Qg7+ 70. Ke4 Qg6+ 71.
Kd4 Qf6+ 72. Kd3 Qg6+ 73. Kd2 Qh6 74. Qc4+ Kb6 75. Qb5+ Kc7 76. Qe5+ Kb7 77.
Qe4+ Kb6 78. Kc3 Qg7+ 79. Kb3 Qg3 80. Qd4+ Kb7 81. Qb4+ Kc7 82. Qc3+ Kb7 83.
Nd5 Qg8 84. Qc7+ Ka8 85. Kb4 Qg4+ 86. Ka5 Qf5 87. Qc6+ Kb8 88. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. f4 O-O 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. c3 Ne6
15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Ncd8 17. Rf3 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bh4 Rae8 20. Qb3 Nf4 21.
Bg3 Kh8 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Ne3 a6 24. Qb3 Nxd3 25. Nd5 Qc6 26. Qc4 Nf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Rxf4 f5 29. exf5 Re5 30. f6 Bh6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Johnstone, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. h4 h6 11. Kf1 Be7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nf4 g6 14. g3 O-O-O
15. Kg2 Kb8 16. Ne2 Rdg8 17. b3 Qd8 18. Qd2 Rg7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5 Rg6 21. Nf6
f4 22. h5 Rg7 23. g4 Bxf6 24. exf6 Rgg8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxg4 27. Ba3 Qd7
28. Bd6+ Ka8 29. Rac1 Bxh5 30. f3 Bg6 31. Rc7 Qb5 32. Rhc1 g4 33. fxg4 Bf5 34.
Kh2 Rxg4 35. e6 Rh4+ 36. Kg1 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Bxe6 38. Bxf4 Rhg4 39. Kf3 d4 40.
Qxd4 Bd5+ 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Qd6 Qb6+ 43. Qxb6 axb6 44. b4 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. d5 c5 10. a5 bxa5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15.
Nxa5 f5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc6 Ra8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Bh4 20. Qh5 Bf6 21. f4
Bb7 22. Qxf5 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. b3 exf4 26. Qd5 Qe8 27. Bxf4
Bd4+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qg6 30. Ra1 Qf6 31. Rae1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc1 Bd7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. f4 a5 14. Qf2 a4 15. Nc1
a3 16. Nd1 axb2 17. Nxb2 Qb6 18. c3 Nb5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. e5 Nf5 21. exd6 Nfxd6
22. Nxd6+ Nxd6 23. Bxc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxc3 25. Rb6 Nc8 26. Rb3 Bg7 27. d4 Qc6+
28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Rfxf3 b6 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Rxb6 Bxd4 32. Rb7 O-O 33. Rd3 Bf6
34. Rdd7 Rac8 35. Rbc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Ra8 37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Nb3 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke8
40. Kd3 Ba3 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Nd4 Bd6 43. Rb2 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Bc5 45. Nb3 Bd6 46.
Rc2 f6 47. Kd3 e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bates, Ruth"]
[Black "Armstrong, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. h3
c5 9. c3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a4 a5 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. Nf1 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nh2 Qc7 21. f4 Rg8 22.
Qh5 Qg7 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Qe2 gxf4 25. exf4 Qg3 26. Qf3 Qh4 27. Nf1 Ra7 28. g3
Rag7 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qf2 Qe8 31. g4 Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Ne3 Qh5
35. Rad1 Rg3 36. Qxg3 Rxg3 37. Kxg3 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qxe3 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rg1
Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 O-O 7. Qg4 f5 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qg5 Qb4 10. O-O-O c5 11. Qe7 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxc5
Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nxc5 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Rhf1 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. f3 Nc5
21. b3 Kf7 22. Kd2 Ke7 23. g4 fxg4 24. fxg4 h6 25. Ke3 Bc6 26. Ne2 Rxf1 27.
Rxf1 Be8 28. h5 Nd7 29. Nd4 Nxe5 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Kf4 Nxd3+ 32. cxd3 Kd6 33. Ke3
e5 34. Nf5+ Bxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rg1 Rxf5 37. Rxg7 Rxh5 38. Rxb7 Rh3+ 39. Kd2
Rh2+ 40. Kc3 Rxa2 41. Rh7 d4+ 42. Kc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb4 Rc3 44. Rxh6+ Ke7 45. Ra6
Rxd3 46. Kc4 e4 47. b4 Rd1 48. b5 e3 49. Kd5 Kf7 50. Rxa7+ Kf6 51. Ra6+ Kf5 52.
Re6 Kf4 53. b6 d3 54. Kd4 d2 55. Rxe3 Rb1 56. Rd3 d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 58. Kc5
Ke5 59. b7 Rb1 60. Kc6 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. d3 c5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15.
Qd1 Rad8 16. Qa1 Bf8 17. Re2 g6 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Nf1 bxc4 20. bxc4 Bg7 21. N1d2
Re7 22. Nb1 Ne8 23. Nc3 Nd6 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nb5 27. Rc1 Nd4
28. Ree1 Na4 29. Nb3 Nxb2 30. Qxb2 Qb6 31. Qa3 Nxb3 32. axb3 Rc7 33. Bf1 a5 34.
Rc4 Bf8 35. Qa2 Rb8 36. Rb1 Ra7 37. Ra4 Qc7 38. Ra1 Rb4 39. Bc4 Rxa4 40. Qxa4
Bd6 41. Kg2 Kf8 42. h4 h5 43. Qa2 Qd8 44. Qd2 Kg7 45. Ra4 Kg8 46. Qh6 Rb7 47.
Qd2 Ra7 48. Ra2 Qc7 49. Qc3 Ra8 50. Bb5 Qd8 51. Bc6 Rb8 52. Qxa5 Qxa5 53. Rxa5
Rxb3 54. Ra7 c4 55. Rd7 c3 56. Ba4 Ra3 57. Bc2 Ra6 58. Rd8+ Kg7 59. Rc8 Bb4 60.
Rc4 Rb6 61. Kf3 Ba5 62. Rc5 Rf6+ 63. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Ne2 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O-O 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7 14.
Qf3 f5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Kc2 Rc7 19. Kd3 Kd7 20. Rde1
Re8 21. Bd2 Re4 {(Draw offer)} 22. f3 Re6 23. a4 Rc6 24. b3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rb6
26. Kc2 h5 27. h3 Bg3 28. Rb1 Ra6 29. Kd3 Kc7 30. Be1 Bf4 31. Rb2 Rb6 32. Bd2
Bg3 33. a5 Rb5 34. b4 a6 35. Bg5 b6 36. Re2 bxa5 37. bxa5 Bd6 38. Ra2 {
(Draw offer)} 38... Kc6 39. Bd2 Bc7 40. c4 Rb3+ 41. Bc3 h4 42. Ra1 g5 43. Ra2
Bd6 44. c5 Bc7 45. Kc2 Rb8 46. Ra1 Bg3 47. Kd3 Rb7 48. Bd2 f6 49. Bc3 Re7 50.
Rb1 Bc7 51. Re1 {(Draw offer)} 51... Rxe1 52. Bxe1 Kb5 53. Bd2 Ka4 54. Be1 Kb5
55. Bd2 Bg3 56. Bc3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Ned2 Nb4 16. Qb1 c5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qa1 Nd5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Rce1
Bd6 22. Ndc4 Bb8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. e3 Nxd3 25. Rd1 b5 26. Nd2 Be5 27. Qb1 Nb2
28. Ne4 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. f4 Bb8 31. Re1 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd1 Bc7 34.
Qxb5 Rxe4 35. Rd7 Qa3 36. Rxc7 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Rxf4 38. Rc2 Kh7 39. Kh2 Rf6 40.
Qb1 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4
exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Na6 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Qd3 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxe7 Rb8 20. Rad1 Ne6
21. Qb4 a5 22. Qb3 Nc7 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26. Qb5 b6 27.
Rd7 Qc5 28. g3 Qxb5 29. axb5 Rbd8 30. Ree7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 g6 32. Rd6 a4 33. Rd4
Ra8 34. Rd6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Webster, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Bd3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. a4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Qb4 20. Qe3
c5 21. Qg5 Rf8 22. Re4 c4 23. Rh4 Bf6 24. Rxb4 Bxg5 25. Rhxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 b6
27. Bb3 Rd8 28. a5 Be7 29. Re4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6+ 31. g3 bxa5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. h4
Rd2 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rc4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. Rc8 Rd4 39. Re8+ Kf6
40. Re6+ Kg7 41. h5 a4 42. Bxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. f4 Kh8 12. Kh1 Nf6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng1 Nd6 20. Nf3 Nf7 21. Qe2
Qe8 22. Nh4 Rc8 23. Rce1 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Rf2 Rc5 26. Qh5 Qc8 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28.
Ne7 Qf8 29. Nxf5 Ng5 30. Ne4 Rxf5 31. Nxg5+ Rxg5 32. Be4+ Bf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34.
Bxf5+ Kh8 35. Qg6 Qg8 36. Rxe5 Rc8 37. Bxc8 Bxe5 38. Qxh6+ Qh7 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7
40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Bd6 42. Bd7 Bxb4 43. Bxb5 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kf3 Ke5 46.
Bc6 Be7 47. h4 Bf6 48. Kg4 Be7 49. Kh5 Kf6 50. g4 Kg7 51. g5 Kf7 52. Kg4 Bb4
53. h5 Bc5 54. h6 Bd6 55. Kf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Slough"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. d3 Bf5 7. Bf4 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Ne4
Nbd5 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. Rab1 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Nf6 18. f3 a5 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. a4 b5 21.
f4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Nd7 23. Bb3 a4 24. Ba2 a3 25. Bb3 axb2 26. Bxb2 Qa7 27. f5 e5
28. Qc4 Rf8 29. Qxc6 Rac8 30. Qd5 Rc5 31. Qd3 Rc7 32. Ra1 Qb8 33. Qd5 Nb6 34.
Qb5 Rc5 35. Qa6 Rc6 36. Qa7 Qe8 37. Qb7 Bc5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxc6 Bd6 40. g3
Rc8 41. Qb7 Rc7 42. Ra8+ Nxa8 43. Qxa8+ Bf8 44. Qd5 Qe7 45. Rd1 h6 46. Kg2 Rc5
47. Qd4 Kh7 48. Rd2 Re5 49. Bd5 Kg8 50. Rd3 Qf6 51. Qc4 Re7 52. Rb3 Qe5 53. Rb6
Ra7 54. Rc6 h5 55. Rc8 Qe7 56. Qb3 h4 57. Qb8 Rd7 58. c4 hxg3 59. hxg3 Rd6 60.
Re8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 Qd6 12. c3 Ng4 13. g3 Ba5 14. Re1 Bd8
15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Qe2 g5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 Nd7 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. a3
Ra4 28. Bd4 h6 29. h3 Kg6 30. g4 b5 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rde1 d4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34.
Rc1 Rb6 35. Rc5 Rd7 36. Rec2 Ke7 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40.
Rxh6 Ra2 41. Ra6 f6 42. Ra5 Kf7 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Kf4
Kg6 47. Ra6 Rc2 48. Ke4 b4 49. axb4 Rc4+ 50. Ke3 Rxb4 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3
53. Ra5 Rc3 54. Rf5 Ra3 55. Rd5 Rb3 56. Kf4 Ra3 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Rd4 Rxd4+ 59.
Kxd4 f5 60. gxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. g4 b5 14. h5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Qg5 Qb6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg7 Bxg7 21.
Nxg7 Reb8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. gxh5 Be8 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rb7 27.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Rc8 29. Rh2 gxh5 30. Rg2+ Bg6 31. Rxd6 Qe3+ 32. Rgd2 Rf8
33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36. Rxd4 h4 37. Kd2 h3 38. Ke3 Kh6 39.
Kf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
N1f3 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O b6 13. Qh4 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bd2 c5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 c4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21.
a4 Rc8 22. Ra3 Qd8 23. Qd4 a6 24. h4 Kg8 25. h5 Ne7 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bb4 Nd5
28. Bd6 c3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. Re4 Nxc3 31. Rg4 Kh7 32. Kf1 Rhd8 33. Rb3 Rc6 34.
Ke1 Rdc8 35. Ba3 b5 36. a5 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Bd6 Nd5 39. Kd2 Rf4 40. f3 g6
41. hxg6+ fxg6 42. Bc5 Rc4 43. Bb6 h5 44. Rb1 g5 45. Re1 Kg6 46. Re4 Kf5 47.
Rxc4 bxc4 48. Bd4 g4 49. fxg4+ Kxg4 50. Ke2 Kg3 51. Kf1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Levitt, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nce2 Nf6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. N1e2 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. O-O Bg6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. b4 a5 16. Bf4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Bd7 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. b4
Nd4 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxd7 18. Kg2 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Rb1
Ra2 22. c4 Qa4 23. Rd2 d4 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Rb2 Qa3 27. Qc2 Nd7 28.
Ne2 h5 29. Nc1 Qa4 30. Nb3 b6 31. b5 Qa3 32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Nc1 Qf6 34. Ne2 Bh6
35. Bxh6 Kxh6 36. Qd2+ Kh7 37. f4 Ra3 38. Rd1 Qe7 39. Nc1 Nc5 40. f3 f6 41. Kh2
Ne6 42. Ne2 exf4 43. Qb2 Qc5 44. Nc1 Rc3 45. Ne2 Qa3 46. Qxa3 Rxa3 47. Kg2 g5
48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Nc1 Ke7 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Rb2 Nc5 53. Ra2 Ra5 54. Rc2
Ra1 55. Kd2 Ke5 56. Ke2 f5 57. exf5 Kxf5 58. Na2 Rh1 59. Nb4 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Dickenson, Neil"]
[Black "Poulton, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Ra7 13. Re1 Qa8 14. Re2 Rb8
15. Rb1 Ng4 16. hxg4 Bxc3 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. a3 Rab7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. g5 Nd7 21.
Rc2 Qa4 22. Qe2 Rb3 23. e5 Qg4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. e6 Nb6 26. Nd2 Qxd5+ 27. Kg1 Rd3
28. exf7+ Kg7 29. Qxe7 Qxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. b4 Rc8 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rec1
Rxa3 34. Rxc5 Raa8 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Ne4 Rxc7 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Rxc7+ Kf8 39.
Nxh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Rc6 Nc8 42. Nd7+ Kg7 43. Ne5 Ne7 44. Rf6 Ra7 45. Kg2
Rc7 46. Rd6 Rc5 47. f4 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Rd3 Rc7 50. Rd7 Rc3+ 51. Ke4 Kf8
52. g4 Ra3 53. Rd4 Ra1 54. Nd3 Rg1 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Rd7 Kf7 57. Ke5 Rg3 58. Nc5
Rg1 59. Ne4 Ra1 60. Nd6+ Kf8 61. f5 Re1+ 62. Ne4 Nc6+ 63. Kf4 gxf5 64. Kxf5
Rf1+ 65. Ke6 Re1 66. Rf7+ Kg8 67. Rf4 Kg7 68. Kd6 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Law, Andrew"]
[Black "Berend, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nf3 e5
9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 e4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. f4 exf3 14. gxf3 Re8 15.
Bf2 Ne5 16. Rg1 a6 17. Be2 b5 18. Rg2 Bh3 19. Rg3 Bf5 20. Rdg1 Nh5 21. R3g2 b4
22. Qb3 Ng6 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. f4 Nd7 27. Bf3 Nxf4 28.
Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. exf4 Qxf4+ 32. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 33. Bxe3
Ne5 34. Be2 Rh8 35. Bf4 Ng6 36. Bg3 h5 37. h3 h4 38. Bh2 Rh6 39. Bd3 Ne5 40.
Bxe5 dxe5 41. Kd2 Rh5 42. Ke3 f5 43. Rg6 Kf7 44. Re6 e4 45. Be2 Rg5 46. Kf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sakhatova Berend, Elvira"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. d4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Re1 Bh6 14. Bf3 Qe7
15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Rfe8 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Kg7 19. Qc2 b6 20. Rad1 Qe6 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bf1 h5 23. b3 h4 24. f3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nh7 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1
Ng5 28. Qd3 f5 29. Bg2 Nf7 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Ne3 f4 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Nh4 fxg3
34. c4 Kg5 35. Qh7 Nh6 36. Bh3 Qd6 37. Nf5 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 g6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nh4 Ng7 14. Bh3 Bc8 15.
Rab1 Nf6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ng2 Nd7 18. Rbe1 c6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd3 Ne6 21. f4
Nd4 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 exf4 24. gxf4 Re8 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Rd3 Qxd4+ 27. Rxd4
Nf6 28. Kf2 a6 29. Kf3 b5 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Nh5 32. c5 f6 33. Rd6 Re6 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Ke4 fxe5 36. Kxe5 Kf7 37. Kd5 Rc8 38. c6 Nf6+ 39. Kc5 Ne8 40. Nf4
Nc7 41. Kb6 g5 42. Kb7 Re8 43. Rf1 Na8 44. Nd5+ Kg6 45. Rf2 h5 46. Nb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Crouch, Colin"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Re8 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Nxe5 16. Bxe8 b6 17. f4 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 Qe7 20. Kxf3 Qxe8 21.
Rhd1 Bb7+ 22. Kf2 Qb5 23. e4 Qh5 24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Re1 Ba8 26. b4 Qg4 27. Qd7 g5
28. Rc8 gxf4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd6+ Kg7 31. Qxf4 Qg6 32. Qb8 Bc6 33. b5 Bd7
34. Qxa7 Bxb5 35. Qxb6 Qg5 36. Qd4+ Kg6 37. Kf2 h5 38. h4 Qe7 39. Rb1 Bc6 40.
Rb6 Ba8 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Pert, Richard"]
[Black "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be3 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 a6
9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Qe2
g6 16. Ne1 Qe7 17. Nd3 Bb7 18. b4 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 axb4 21. axb4 Qe6 22.
e5 Qc4 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qf2 Bg7 26. Bg5 Rf8 27. Be7 Nxe5 28. Nxe5
Bxe5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Kh1 Rxc2 33. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 34.
Rxd5 f6 35. Rf3 g5 36. Rxb5 Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Rd3 h5 39. Rdd7 hxg4 40. hxg4
Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rh8 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rgf7 Kg6 44. b5 Bf4 45. Kg2 Be3 46. Kf3 Bc5
47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rgc7 Bd6 49. Rd7 Bf4 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Duncan, Chris"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nh5 9. O-O f5 10. b5 Ne7 11. d4 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3
f4 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nf2 Ng6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qd3 Nh4 21. Bd2 Qg6
22. Qxg6 Nxg6 23. Nd3 Be6 24. Rb4 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nb6 26. d5 Bf7 27. Bc3 a5 28.
bxa6 Rxa6 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nec1 Ra3 31. Rb3 Ra4 32. c5 dxc5 33. Nxc5 Rc4 34.
N1d3 Bxd5 35. Rb2 Rc3 36. Bf1 Nh4 37. Be2 Nc4 38. Rb5 Nxf3+ 39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Rb4
Rc2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Bowden, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Bg3 e4 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. c4 h5 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. b4 Nd8 15.
Rac1 h4 16. Bh2 Ne6 17. d5 Ng5 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. c5 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nb5
Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qd7 23. Qd1 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. Rh1 h3+ 26. Kg1 Rad8 27. c6
bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qf5 29. Nxc7 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Rg1 g5 33. Rg3 g4
34. Rc4 e4 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 f5 38. Rd4 Rf6 39. Ne6 Rd6 40.
Nf4+ Kf7 41. a4 Rh6 42. Rc4 Rd7 43. e4 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. Rxh6 Kxh6 46. e5
Rb7 47. e6 Kg7 48. d6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Black "Dighton, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 c5 14. Be5
d4 15. Na4 Ng4 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qd5 18. c4 Qh5 19. Re4 Bb7 20. Nxc5 Bxe4
21. Nxe4 Rad8 22. Neg5 e5 23. Nh3 Qf5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. b4 e4 27.
Nxd4 Qe5 28. Rd1 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Nf2 Ne4 32. Nc2 Rxd1+ 33.
Nxd1 Rd3 34. Nde3 Nxg3 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Nce3 Nf6 39.
Nc7 Rd7 40. Nb5 Ke6 41. c5 a6 42. Nd6 Nd5 43. a3 {(Draw offer)} 43... Nxe3 44.
Kxe3 Kd5 45. Kf4 Rd8 46. g4 Rf8+ 47. Kg5 Rf3 48. Nf5 g6 49. Ne7+ Ke6 50. Ng8
Kf7 51. Nh6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Black "Ford, Elise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Na4 Nd7 7. c3 Qf6 8. Nxc5
Nxc5 9. Be3 Qg6 10. Ne2 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. exf5 Qxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Qe6 15.
Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Ng6+ hxg6
21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Re1 Ne5 23. d4 Nd7 24. Rd8 Nf6 25. Bg2 a5 26. b5 g5 27. Rxd6
Bf5 28. Re7 Kg6 29. Rxb6 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Re1 Rc4 32. Rc1 Bc8 33. Rd6 Kh5
34. Bf1 Rc7 35. Be2+ g4 36. Bd3 Re7 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Re1 Rf7 39. Re5+ Kh6 40.
Ke2 g6 41. b6 Bd7 42. c4 Rf8 43. Re7 Bc8 44. c5 Rg8 45. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 Nb4 15.
f6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7
15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Qe2 f5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 b6 23. a5 b5 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Qe3 c4 26. Qd4+ Rf6 27. Kh1 Rd8
28. Rae1 Re8 29. g4 Kf7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. g5 Rf5 32. d6 Qc6+ 33. Kh2 Rd5 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Webb, Richard"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5 8. Na3
O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Qe1 Kh7 14. Qg3 Be6 15.
Kh1 Qe8 16. Rg1 Qf7 17. Bf3 d5 18. Nb5 Rad8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxc5 Nxf4 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qxf4 g5 23. Qc7 Bd7 24. Nd6 Qe6 25. Rae1 Be5 26. Bxc6 Rf7 27. Bf3
Bxd6 28. Rxe6 Bxc7 29. Re2 gxh4 30. Bd5 h3 31. Rge1 Rg7 32. Re7 Bd6 33. Rxg7+
Kxg7 34. Bxb7 f4 35. Bf3 h5 36. d4 Bg4 37. Rf1 Kg6 38. Kg1 Kf5 39. Kf2 Be7 40.
Ke2 Bh4 41. d5 Kg5 42. d6 Be6 43. Rg1+ Kf5 44. b3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Qf3 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Nc4 Qf6
15. a4 Ba6 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rhf1 Rde8 20. Rde1 Re7
21. f4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rhe8 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Kb1 Qb3 25. Rh1 Qxa4 26. Rxh6 f5 27.
e5 dxe5 28. Bxf5+ Kb8 29. Bg6 Rf8 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Rh5 Rfe8 32. Bg6 Rg8 33.
Rhxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Qf1+ 35. Re1 Qf2 36. Qxf2 Bxf2 37. Rf1 Bxg3 38. Bh5 Bh4 39.
f5 Bf6 40. Kc2 g3 41. Re1 Bg5 42. Bf3 Rf8 43. Re5 Rf6 44. Rxa5 Kc8 45. Be4 Kd7
46. Ra8 Bf4 47. Rg8 Be5 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Rh7 Rf8 50. Kd3 Rh8 51. Rf7 Rh1 52.
Ke2 Rh4 53. Bf3 Rh6 54. Bg4 Rh4 55. Bf3 Rh6 56. Be4 Rh4 57. Ke3 Rh1 58. Rf8 {
# Diagram} 58... Re1+ 59. Kd3 Rb1 60. Re8 Bf4 61. f6 Rd1+ 62. Kc4 Rf1 63. f7
Bh6 64. Bf3 Rxf3 65. gxf3 g2 66. Rg8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Nec4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a6 17. Ne6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Bb5 19. Rxd8 Bxe2 20. Rfxf8+
Bxf8 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Nxe2 Bg7 23. Bd5 Nd6 24. b3 b6 25. e4 Nb5 26. a4 Nc3 27.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. f4
O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qg3 Bxc5 11. Nf3 a6 12. h4 Nh8 13. h5 b5 14. Qh3 Nb4 15. g4
d4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 18. Kf2 Be4 19. gxf5 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rxf5 21. Nh4
Rf7 22. Qxe6 Rb8 23. Nf3 Kf8 24. Rac1 Re7 25. Qf5+ Nf7 26. Rc6 Kg8 27. Rhc1 Re8
28. Ng3 Nh6 29. Rxh6 gxh6 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Qf7 Bh4+ 33. Ke2 {time}
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Kh1 a5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bh3 Re8 13. Re1 Na6 14. Nf1 Nac5 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Bg4 b6 17. h4 Bf8 18. Bf4 a4 19. a3 Nb7 20. N3d2 Na5 21. Qe3 b5 22.
Bd1 Qb7 23. c3 Nc5 24. Bc2 Nc4 25. dxc4 Bxc2 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Kh2 Bh7 28. Nf3
Nb3 29. Ra2 Bc5 30. Qe2 Red8 31. N1d2 d4 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Nf3
Qd5 35. Raa1 Bxb2 36. Rad1 Qb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Norman, Dinah"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Bg3 Be8 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Kh8 17. a3 Qf4 18. Be2 Bg6 19. Rc1 h5 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Ne5
Be8 22. Nxh5 Qh6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Ng4 Qg7 25. Qb3 Bd7 26. Qh3+ Qh7 27. Qe3 Kg7
28. Bd3 Qh4 29. f3 Rh8 30. g3 Qh5 31. Qf4 Raf8 32. h4 Qe8 33. Qc7 Rf7 34. Qxa7
e5 35. Qc5 e4 36. Be2 Qb8 37. f4 Qxb2 38. Rf2 Ra8 39. Ne3 Qxa3 40. Nf1 Qxc5 41.
dxc5 Ra1 42. Bh5 Re7 43. Kg2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bh6
b4 9. Ne2 a5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Ng5 e5 13. h3 Bc8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
f4 Qd6 16. f5 Nbd7 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qe3 h6 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxe5
Re8 22. Nf3 Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. O-O Bb7 25. a3 c5 26. Rfe1 Nd6 27. axb4
axb4 28. Rxa8 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Bxa8 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ke3 g5 32. c3 b3 33. g3 Bd5
34. h4 c4 35. Bb1 gxh4 36. gxh4 Nf5+ 37. Bxf5 Kxf5 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Ke3 h5 40.
Kd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Qf3 Qe7+ 7. Nge2 Qe4 8.
Bxf6 Qxf3 9. gxf3 gxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Be6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Kd7 14.
O-O-O Rag8 15. Rdg1 Ne7 16. Nf4 Rg5 17. Rg3 Ng6 18. Ne2 Nh4 19. f4 Rh5 20. Rg7
f5 21. Rg3 Ng6 22. Kd2 Kd6 23. c3 Rh4 24. Rf3 Re8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rg1 h6 27. b3
b6 28. c4 c6 29. Rc1 Re7 30. c5+ Kc7 31. b4 Re8 32. a4 Rb8 33. b5 bxc5 34. Rxc5
Kd6 35. bxc6 Bxc6 36. Ra5 Rb2+ 37. Bc2 Rb7 38. Bxf5 Ne7 39. Bc2 Nc8 40. Ra6 Rb2
41. a5 Kd7 42. Nc3 Kc7 43. Kc1 Rb4 44. Ba4 Rxa4 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6 46. Nxa4 Kb5 47.
Nc3+ Kc4 48. Ne2 Nd6 49. Rc3+ Kb4 50. Rc5 Rxh3 51. Rxd5 Ne4 52. Rd7 a6 53. Rxf7
Kxa5 54. Kc2 h5 55. f3 Rxf3 56. Rf5+ Kb4 57. Rxh5 Ng3 58. Nxg3 Rxg3 59. Rc5 Rg4
60. Kd3 Rxf4 61. Rc8 Rf3+ 62. Ke4 Rf1 63. d5 a5 64. d6 Rd1 65. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Ngf3 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. O-O Rhe8 11. Qb3 Qf6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd2 Qh6 14. g3
Qh3 15. Bc3 Re6 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Rd2 g4 18. Nh4 Rh6 19. f4 gxf3 20. Bf1 Qg4 21.
Rxd6 Rdxd6 22. c5 Rxh4 23. cxd6 f2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 25. Ke1 Qxg3+ 26. Kd1 Qf3+
27. Kc1 Qxf1+ 28. Qd1 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 Qxd1+ 30. Ka2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Friedgood, David"]
[Black "Mah, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 f5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxf6 11. c5 Qe7+ 12. Be3 Qe4 13. Bc4 Qxd4 14.
Bxd4 b6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Rhe1+ Kd8 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. Be6 d6 19. cxd6 Bxg2 20.
Rg1 Bf3 21. Rg7 {#Diagram} 21... Bxd1 22. dxc7+ Ke8 23. Kxd1 Kf8 24. Rf7+ Ke8
25. Ke2 h5 26. h4 f5 27. Rg7 Kf8 28. Rd7 Ke8 29. Bxf5 Rh6 30. Rd4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "Lyell, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 h6
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. d5 c5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Rae1 Be2 18. Ne4 Bxf1 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf1 Ng4 21.
h3 Ne5 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. Qc3 Qg6 24. Re2 Rf7 25. Be4 Qg7 26. Qa5 a6 27. Qb6 Ng6
28. Bxg6 Qxg6 29. Qxb7 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qe6 Qd4 33. Qe3 Qf6
34. a3 Qa1 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Qb1 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. c5 Qd1 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40.
Rxd2 dxc5 41. bxc5 Rf8 42. c6 Kg7 43. Re2 Kf7 44. Ra2 Ra8 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4
Ra7 47. Kd4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bellin, Jana"]
[Black "Copeland, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 14.
Qxd2 dxc6 15. Rd1 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Anderton, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Na4 Bh3 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. Rc1 h6 17. f3 Ng5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rf2 Re5 21.
Qc3 Rae8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Re1 Re3 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Kf1
d4 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. a3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-BCM"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Wareing, John"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. h3 Be7 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 c5 14. Ndf5 Bxf5
15. Nxf5 d5 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Be5 Ne8 18. Qf4 f6 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Bg3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nd6 23. Rfe1 Nf7 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nc6 26. f3 Nd4 27. Qc4+
Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Be3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Kf1
Ke6 34. Ke2 Nc6 35. Kd2 a6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Bf4+ Ne5 38. Bg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 O-O 16. Rd1 {(Draw offer)} 16... Qc7 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. c4
a6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. c5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rab1 Rb5 25. Qg4+
Kh8 26. Qh4 e5 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. b3
c5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 g4 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Bd6 Qf7 20. Rac1 Bd7 21.
Rc7 e5 22. Rfc1 Bh6 23. Rxa7 Rd8 24. Ra8 Qd5 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qb4 Qb5 27. Qa3
Qd5 28. Be7+ Ke8 29. Bxf6 Bf8 30. Qa7 Rg8 31. Re1 Bc5 32. Qc7 Bd6 33. Qc2 d3
34. Qc3 Kf7 35. Bxe5 Re8 36. Nc4 d2 37. Nxd6+ Qxd6 {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. h3 d4
9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nce5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15.
e4 Nb6 16. Rb1 a6 17. c4 Nd7 18. Ng4 Nf6 19. Ne3 e6 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. Be5 Qe7 22.
Qc3 Rac8 23. Ng4 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. f5 Qd6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28.
Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. e5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 bxc4 33. dxc4 Rd8
34. g4 d3 35. Rd1 Kg8 36. Rf3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Morris, Charles"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. h3
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Na4 11. Kc2 f5 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nb4+
15. Kd1 Rd8+ 16. Nd2 Ncd3 17. f4 Nxb2+ 18. Ke2 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Be6
21. Bxb7 Rd3+ 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Rc2 Rxg3 24. Bf3 Nd3 25. Ke3 Bh6 26. Ne2 Nb4 27.
Rb2 Rd3+ 28. Kf2 Rgxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bd5 30. Rxb4 Rxf3+ 31. Ke1 Bxa2 32. Ra4 Bd5
33. Rh2 Kf7 34. h4 Be4 35. Rf2 Rh3 36. Rxa7 Rxh4 37. Kd2 Rh3 38. Nd4 Rd3+ 39.
Ke2 Rxd4 40. Rh2 Bg7 41. Rxh7 Bd5 42. Ra5 Bc4+ 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Be2+ 45.
Kg3 g5 46. fxg5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 d6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Rae1 Qf6 14. e4 c5
15. Kh1 f4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg6 20. Qa4 Rad8 21.
Rfe1 cxd4 22. Qxa7 Nf6 23. Rxe5 Ra8 24. Qxb6 Nd7 25. Rxe6 Nxb6 26. Rxg6 Nxc4
27. Bc1 d3 28. Rd1 Rxa2 29. Rxd3 Ra1 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Rc6 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Ne3 Rac8 14. Be2 a6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nfd7 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Bd3 f4 21. Qe2 Qb6
22. g4 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Ke2 Nc5 26. Qd1 b4 27. Bd2 Qb5+
28. Kf2 Nd3+ 29. Kg2 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Giblin, William"]
[Black "Spice, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Qg6 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. c5 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.
c4 Bd7 16. a4 Rc8 17. a5 Qh5 18. Bf3 Qf7 19. Qb3 {(Draw offer)} 19... Kh8 20.
Ba3 Rc7 21. Qe3 e4 22. Bg2 f4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. e3 Rg4 26. Nxe4
Rxc4 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rg6 29. Bg3 h5 30. Rec1 Rb4 31. h4 Bf5 32. e4 Bxe4
33. Rc8 Bxg2 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Kxg2 Rxh4 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Kxh1 h4 38. Be5 Rg5
39. f4 Rg3 40. d6 g5 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rxg5 Ra3 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45.
Re7+ Kf5 46. d7 Rd3 47. Bc7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Richmond, Jane"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bd6 16. f4 Na5 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Bxa4 Re6 22. Bb3 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 a5 25. Re2 Rb8 26. Bc2 Qg4 27. Qxg4
Rxg4 28. Rxa5 g6 29. c4 Bb4 30. Ra7 c5 31. d5 Rd8 32. Bd1 Rh4 33. Rea2 Kg7 34.
Re7 Bc3 35. Raa7 Rf8 36. d6 Bf6 37. Ba4 g5 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. Bb5 Rh6 40. Re5
Bd8 41. Ra6 Re6 42. Rxc5 Rxe3 43. Ra1 f5 44. Rc8 f4 45. c5 f3 46. c6 f2 47. Rf1
Re6 {#Diagram} 48. c7 Rxd6 49. cxd8=Q Rdxd8 50. Rxd8 Rxd8 51. Rxf2 Rd5 52. Be2
Rd7 53. Kg2 Ra7 54. Bf3 Rc7 55. Kg3 Ra7 56. Rb2 Rc7 57. Kf4 Rf7+ 58. Kg4 Re7
59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Be4 Rf7 61. Kg5 Rc7 62. h4 Re7 63. Bf5 Rf7 64. Ra6 Rf8 65. Be4
Rf1 66. Rh6 Rg1+ 67. Kh5 Re1 68. Rxh7+ Kg8 69. Bg6 Re8 70. Kh6 Rf8 71. Ra7 Kh8
72. Bf7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 e6 8. Be2
exd5 9. cxd5 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nge4 Bg7 17. f5 {#Diagram} 17... Qd7 18. g4 a6 19. fxg6 fxg6
20. Rf6 b5 21. Raf1 b4 22. Rxg6 Kh8 23. Nf6 Qf7 24. Rxg7 Qxg7 25. Nxe8 Qe7 26.
Ne4 Qxe8 27. Rf6 Nd7 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Ne6 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Nd5 Bd7 18. a5 Nc7 19. Nb6 Na8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. e5
dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Rfd1 b6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. c5 Rxb2 27. Rd7
Ne6 28. Rc1 Reb8 29. c6 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Rxe7 Kg7 33. Ra7 Rc5
34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 e6 5. Nf4 d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 Bb4
9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 Bd7 11. Nce2 Ne7 12. c4 c6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Ne5 g5 15. f3 Be8
16. Nc1 Ng6 17. Ncd3 Qe7 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. a4 Qg7 20. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 e5
9. Nc4 h6 10. c3 Be6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Kh7 15. Bc1
b6 16. Qe2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qf1 a6 19. Nh4 Re7 20. f4 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 e4 22.
dxe4 Rxe4 23. Ne3 Na5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Nf1 Qxa4 27. Rd8 Re1 28.
Bd2 Rb1 29. f5 Qe4 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Nc4 33. Nf3 Ne3 34. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxb4 37. Ne3 a5 38. Nd2 a4 39. h4 b5 40. Ra8 Rb2
41. Ke1 Nh5 42. g4 Bc3 43. gxh5 Bxd2+ 44. Ke2 Bxe3+ 45. Kxe3 gxh5 46. Kf4 Kg6
47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Rd2 50. Kxh5 Rd5+ 51. Kg4 Rd6 52. Ra5 Rb6 53.
Kf4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kd3 Kb4 56. Ra8 Kb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Black "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bg5 Nxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Re1 h6 15. c4
Bg6 16. c5 Nc8 17. h4 g4 18. Nfd2 h5 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22.
exd6 Nxd6 23. Rxa7 Nf5 24. Qxd8 Rbxd8 25. Rxb7 Nxg3 26. fxg3 f5 27. Rxc7 {
#Diagram} 27... Bxd4+ 28. Kh2 f4 29. gxf4 Bf2 30. Rec1 g3+ 31. Kh1 Bxb1 32. Nf1
Rxf4 33. R7c4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Webster, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 Na5 11. Qd1 Bd7 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Nf4 Rfc8 15.
Nd3 Rc7 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Bf1 Qa3 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Be7
22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Qg2 h5 24. g5 Ng8 25. f3 b5 26. Rc2 Nb7 27. Rec1 Ne7 28. e4 Qa6
29. b4 Qb6 30. Qf2 Nc6 31. Nc5 {#Diagram} 31... Nxb4 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Nxd5
exd5 34. Rxc8 Nxa2 35. R1c6 Bg3 36. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 37. Qf2 dxe4 38. Qxd4+ Rxd4 39.
Rc2 Nd6 40. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Regan, Natasha"]
[Black "Norman, Dinah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1776"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Ne7 10. f4 h5 11. Bh3 hxg4 12. Bxg4 Nf5 13. Bf2 Nh6 14. Be2 Bf5
15. Rg1 g6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Qe1 Ng8 19. Rg5 O-O-O 20. Bh4 f6 21.
exf6 Ngxf6 22. Rg2 Qh7 23. Bg5 Qh3 24. Bf1 Qh7 25. Bd3 Rde8 26. Kb1 Qf7 27. Na4
Ne4 28. Qa5 Kb8 29. Qb4 Qf8 30. Qb3 Qd6 31. Ba6 Qc7 32. Ka2 Ka8 33. Bd3 Rh3 34.
Qb4 Nxg5 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Rxg5 Qxf4 37. Rxg6 Rxh2 38. Rg7 Nb6 39. Re1 Rhh8 40.
Ree7 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Qf1 42. Nc5 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 44. Rxb7 Rb8 45. Rxb8+ Kxb8
46. b3 Nd2 47. Nd3 Kc7 48. Kb2 Ne4 49. c3 Nd6 50. Kc2 Ne4 51. Nf4 Nd6 52. Kd3
Ne4 53. Ne2 Kd6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. b4 Nd6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. a4 a6 58. a5 Ne4 59. Ke3
Kg5 60. Kf3 Nd2+ 61. Ke3 Nc4+ 62. Kf2 Kg4 63. Nc1 Nd6 64. Nd3 Ne4+ 65. Kf1 Nxc3
66. Nc5 Nb5 67. Nxa6 Kf3 68. Nb8 Na7 69. a6 Ke4 70. Nxc6 Nb5 71. Ke2 f4 72. Kf2
f3 73. Nd8 Kxd4 74. Nb7 Kc4 75. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. dxc3 d6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 h6 13. Bc1 g5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15.
Nd2 h5 16. Nf1 O-O-O 17. Ne3 e6 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bh4 20. Rf1 Rdg8 21. Kh1
Nf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Nd5 exd5 25. cxd5 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Qxf2
Qxe5 28. c4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qf5 30. Qf3 Rhg8 31. Bh3 Rg4 32. Rg1 Qe4 33. Bxg4+ hxg4
34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxg4 Rxc4 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Be5 Bxd5+ 38. Kg1 Re4 39. Bg3 Re2
40. a4 Rxb2 41. a5 c4 42. Be5 Re2 43. Bd4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Cooper, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Bb3 e5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bc2 e4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. c4
Rae8 22. Bb3 e3 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 e2 25. Qf2 Ng4 26. fxg4 fxg4 27. d5 Qf6 28.
Be3 Qe5 29. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dineley, Richard"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Nce3 Be6 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Qh5 b4 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 d5 25. c4 d4 26. Rb7 Qe8 27.
Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Nd5 e4 29. Nc7 Re7 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Bh3 Kg6 33. Rd8
e3 34. Kf1 e2+ 35. Ke1 Bh6 {#Diagram} 36. Rd5 Bd2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Flear, Glenn"]
[Black "Morris, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6
9. h3 h6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 g5 12. Na2 Ne4 13. Bb4 c5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Qd1
dxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. O-O Qf6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 {
(Draw offer)} 21. Qg4 Qg6 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Qe2 {#Diagram} 23... g4 24. hxg4 hxg4
25. Nxe6 Bf3 26. Nxd8 Bxe2 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Bf8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Bxc5
Bxc5 31. Rd2 g3 32. Rxe2 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kxh6 34. Rc2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Bc5 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Bf1 Qd6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 h6 18. b5 Qc5 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nb3 Qd6
22. c4 Qb4 23. Rb1 d3 24. Bxd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxe4 26. Qb2 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf8 28.
Nd4 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Nf3 Nf1+ 31. Kh1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Berend, Fred"]
[Black "James, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rab8 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Qb3 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. exf4 Ng6 19. Be3 b6 20. d4 exf4 21. Nxf4
Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Qf7 23. d5 Bd7 24. Rbf1 Rbe8 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Qe7 27. Rf3
Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Re7 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Bd3 Qg7 32. Qc2 Re3 33. Rf4 Rf8
34. Rdf1 Qe5 35. R1f2 Kg7 36. g4 Bxb5 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. cxb5 Rg8+ 39. Kh1 Re1+
40. Rf1 Qxd5+ 41. Be4 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxb5 43. Bg2 Qe5 44. Qc4 Rg5 45. Qh4 h5
46. Re1 Qc3 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. h3 Qd2 49. Qe4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Spice, Alan"]
[Black "Sakhatova Berend, Elvira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 e5 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. c3 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. d3 Ne7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rc1 a5 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne1
O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. Rb5 Qf4
21. g3 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nb4 23. a3 Rac8 24. Rbc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc6 26. Ng2 Qf2 27.
Rc2 Qf6 28. Nf4 Qd6 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Qb6 Nc6
34. Nd5 f5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 fxe4 37. dxe4 Kh6 {#Diagram} 38. Rf4 Ra8 39.
Qc5 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Qd8 43. Nc7 Ra1+ 44. Kd2 Ra2+ 45.
Kc1 Qg8 46. Qd5 Qxd5 47. exd5 Nxb4 48. Rxd4 Rc2+ 49. Kb1 Rxc7 50. Rxb4 Kg5 51.
Rf4 Rd7 52. h4+ Kh6 53. Rd4 Kg7 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Kc3 Ke5 56. Rb4 Kxd5 57. h5
gxh5 58. Rh4 Rg7 59. Rxh5+ Ke4 60. g4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Vigus, James"]
[Black "Richmond, Jane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 d6 5. e3 h5 6. h4 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. c4
f5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Be2 b6 13. Nf4 Ba6 14. Nxh5 Rxh5 15.
Bxh5 Bxc4 16. Be2 Bxd5 17. O-O Bc6 18. a3 c4 19. Qxf5 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxf5 21.
Bxc6+ Kf8 22. Bxa8 Bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 24. Rad1 e6 25. e4 Qxe4 26. Bc6 Qxh4 27.
Ba4 Qe7 28. Ra1 Qf6 29. Rfc1 Qe5 30. g3 Qe2 31. Bd1 Qd2 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kg2 Kd6
34. Rc2 Qd3 35. Rac1 Kc5 36. Bh5 Qe4+ 37. Bf3 Qd3 38. Rb2 a6 39. g4 Kc6 40. Rb4
Kc5 41. Rb2 Kc6 42. Rcb1 b5 43. axb5+ axb5 44. Rxb5 Qxc3 45. Rb6+ Kc5 46. Rb7
Qd3 47. Rc7+ Kd6 48. Rd1 Qb3 49. Rxf7 c3 50. Re1 c2 51. Rf6 d4 52. Be4 Qc3 53.
Rc1 d3 54. Rf3 Qb2 55. Rxd3+ Ke5 56. Rxc2 Qxc2 57. Re3 Qd2 58. Bf5+ Kf4 59.
Rxe6 Qd5+ 60. Re4+ Kg5 61. Kg3 Qd3+ 62. f3 Qc3 63. Re7 Qd4 64. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 b6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nf6+ Kf8 14. Ne4
h6 15. b4 Kg8 16. Qc1 Bg4 17. Ned2 Kh7 18. Re4 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 c5 20. e6 f6 21.
Qd2 Qd5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa5 f5 24. Ree1 Rhb8 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Qxe6 27.
Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qxa7 Rxc2 29. Nxd4 Rb2 30. Rf1 Rxa2 31. Nxe6 Rxa7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7
33. f4 Ra2 34. Rf2 Ra1+ 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Rf2 Ra1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Kf6 39.
Ke2 Ke6 40. h4 Kd5 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. Ke2 Kb4 43. Kf2 Kb3 44. Kf3 Kb2 45. Kf2 Kb1
46. Kf1 Ka2 47. Ke2 Kb3 48. Kf3 Kc2 49. Ke2 h5 50. g3 Kb3 51. Kf3 Kb4 52. Kf2
Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. Qa4 Be5 14. Qxa7
Qb6 15. Qxb6 Rxb6 16. Nc5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. Rxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb3 Be5 20. f4 Bf6
21. Bxc6 Ba6 22. Kf2 Rc8 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Bb1 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Rd1 g6 28. Bd3 Bb7 29. e4 Bc6 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Kf8 32. Ke3 Bb2 33. Nb3 Ke7
34. Nd4 Ba4 35. Nf3 h6 36. Bc4 Kd6 37. Bb3 Bc6 38. Nd4 Bb7 39. a4 Kc5 40. Nf3
Kb4 41. Bc2 Bc6 42. Nd4 Bd7 {(Draw offer)} 43. e5 Kc5 44. Nb3+ Kb4 45. Nd4 Bc3
46. Be4 Bxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Bxa4 48. g4 Bd1 49. f5 Bxg4 50. fxg6 fxg6 51. Bxg6 Kb5
52. Be8+ Kb6 53. Ke4 Kc5 54. Kf4 Bf5 55. Ba4 Kd4 56. Bb3 Bh3 57. Ba2 Bf5 58.
Bb3 Bh3 59. Ba2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Webb, Richard"]
[Black "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Nd5 Bd6 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nef4 O-O 10. d3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Nf4 Nb4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qxb7 Nxc2 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. h4
Nc6 21. Qb5 Re5 22. Qc4 h6 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Qxc5 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Ne5
27. f3 {#Diagram} 27... Qf2 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Levitt, Jon"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qf4 Na5 14. Be2 Qxb6
15. O-O Qf6 16. Qd2 Bd8 17. e5 Qf5 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. b3 Nb7 20. Bb2 Ba5 21. Qh6
Qh5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Nh4 Rfe8 24. Bxh5 Bc7 25. f4 a5 26. Nf5 Re6 27. Rd3 Kf8
28. Rg3 Be4 29. Bg4 Rea6 30. Re1 Bc2 31. Ne3 Be4 32. Bxd7 Rd8 33. Bb5 Rb6 34.
a4 Bd3 35. Nc4 Rg6 36. Rge3 Rg4 37. g3 h5 38. Bc6 Bxc4 39. bxc4 Rd2 40. Bc3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Ng3
cxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Bc6 18. Nf5 Nb7 19. Nd2 Ndc5 20. Qg3 g6 21. a5 Bg5
22. Ne3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd5 Bf5 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Rad1 Bf4 27. Qf3 Qg5 28.
Nd5 Bc2 29. Ra1 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. g3 Bd2 32. Re2 e4 33. Qf6 {#Diagram}
33... Rb7 34. Qxg5 Bxg5 35. Rxc2 Rfb8 36. Nb6 Bd8 37. Bd5 Re7 38. Rb1 Kg7 39.
Rcb2 e3 40. Re2 Re5 41. c4 exf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rf5+ 43. Kg2 Bf6 44. Rf1 Rxf1 45.
Kxf1 Rd8 46. Rf2 h5 47. h4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sowray, Peter"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Qc2 Nf8
15. Ne5 N6d7 16. Rac1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Bd3 a6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Qh3 Red8 23. Qxh6+ Ke8 24. Bf5 Nf8 25. e4 Rd6 26. Qg7 Rf6 27.
Qg4 Ne6 28. e5 Rh6 29. Qg8+ Bf8 30. Ne2 Qd8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nf4 Qe7 33. Rd3
Qg7 34. Qxg7 Bxg7 35. g4 Kd7 36. Nh5 Rg6 37. Rg3 Rf8 38. f4 Bh8 39. g5 a5 40.
Kg2 Rf7 41. Rh3 Bg7 42. Kg3 b4 43. a4 Bf8 44. Nf6+ Kc7 45. Kg4 Ba6 46. Re3 {
#Diagram} 46... b3 47. Kh5 Rgxf6 48. exf6 Rh7+ 49. Kg6 Rxh2 50. Rxb3 Be2 51.
Kf7 Bd6 52. g6 Bh5 53. Rg1 Bxf4 54. Kg8 Bd6 55. f7 Rf2 56. Rh3 Rxb2 57. Rxh5
Rb8+ 58. Kh7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Abayasekera, Roger"]
[Black "Law, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Bg2 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Poulton, James"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Ne4 13. Qb2 Ndf6 14. Nb5 Qe7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Nb5 Rfc8 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Bh3 Re8 21.
Rc2 Ng5 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. e3 Rec8 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Qe5
Rc6 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Rc8 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Nxd6
Rc6 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 35. Nb5 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. h4 Ra8 39. Rd2+ Ke7
40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Rc8 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Nc4 Nc7 44. h5 f5 45. Rd6 Ne6 46. Rd5
Kf6 47. Ne5 Rc8 48. f4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Qe3 b4 15.
Bh6 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21.
Rxb8 Qxb8 22. e5 Nd7 23. e6 Nf6 24. exf7 Kxf7 25. g4 Qc7 26. Bg2 Nd8 27. Qf3
Ne6 28. Qa8 Nf4 29. g5 N6h5 {#Diagram} 30. Nxa5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Nf4+ 32. Kh1 Qd7
33. Qf3 Qxh3+ 34. Qxh3 Nxh3 35. Kg2 Nxg5 36. a4 Ke6 37. Nc4 Kd7 38. Nb6+ Kc6
39. Nc8 Kd7 40. Nb6+ Kc6 41. Nc8 e6 42. a5 Kc7 43. Na7 Nf7 44. Nb5+ Kb7 45. a6+
Kxa6 46. Nc7+ Ka5 47. Nxe6 Ka4 48. Kf3 Kb3 49. c4 Kc3 50. Ke4 h5 51. Nf4 Ne5
52. Kd5 h4 53. Kxd6 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. Rac1 Re8 13. d5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nb3
Nfd7 16. Bg4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Ra1 Rf8 20. Ra3 f5 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Qd2 Rf7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb7 26. Rxa5 Nxb3 27. Ra2
e4 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Ne2 c5 30. Nc3 Kf7 31. Nb5 Rxb5 32. cxb5 Rb8 33. Kf1 Rxb5
34. f3 Rb4 35. Be1 Rb6 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Ra4 Rf6 40.
Rf1 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 e3 42. Ra6 Ke4 43. Rxh6 Kd3 44. Ke1 Kc2 45. Rd6 Bxc3+ 46.
bxc3 Kxc3 47. h4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Nde2 Be8 14. f4 b5 15.
f5 b4 16. Nb1 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. c4
Rab8 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rde1 Bg6 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Rxe7 Nxf4 27. gxf4
Bxe7 28. Nc6 Bd6 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Nd2 Re8 31. Kg3 Bd3 32. Rf3 Be2 33. Ne4 Bxf3
34. Nxd6 Bxd5 35. Nxe8 Bxc4 36. a3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Kg8 38. Nd6 Bd5 39. f5 Kf8 40.
Kf4 Ke7 41. Ke5 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. h3
Nc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nc4
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 e6 18. Re1 Rxc1 19. Raxc1 Qxg5 20. g4 Nf4 21.
h4 Qxh4 22. gxf5 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Qxf5 24. Be4 Qxe5 25. Bxg6 Qxb2 26. Be4 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Bd4 28. Red1 e5 29. Bxb7 Kg7 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Bxc8 h5 32. Rd2 Kg6 33. Kg1
Kg5 34. Kh2 Ng6 35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kg2 f5 37. Rc2 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nd3 39. f4+ Kxf4
40. Rc7 Kf3 41. Bxf5 Nf4 42. Rh7 Nd5 43. Bc8 Ne3+ 44. Kg1 e4 45. Bb7 Nc4+ 46.
Kh1 Nd2 47. Rxh4 Ke3 48. Rh2 Nf3 49. Ra2 Bb6 50. Kg2 Nd4 51. Ra1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mah, Karl"]
[Black "Houska, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a5 g6 12. Bc2 Bg7 13. Nc4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 cxd5 17. Ne3 Nf8 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Bb4 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 N8d7 23. Ne5 Bh6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nb8 27.
Bd2 Nc6 28. Qc3 a6 29. Ba4 Bd7 30. Qc5 Bf5 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qxc6 Bd3 33. Bh6
Bb5 34. Qb7 Qd7 35. Qa8+ Qe8 36. Qxd5 Qe6 37. Qd8+ Be8 38. d5 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+
40. f4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Copeland, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 b5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Re8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Nd3 Ba6 19. Rd1 Bb5 20. Ra1 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 a4 22. Bf4 Rec8 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. Ke2 e6 25. Ra2 Be7 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Kc2
Ke8 28. Rd1 a3 29. b3 Rc6 30. Kd3 Rb6 31. b4 Kd7 32. Kc2 Kc6 33. Kb3 Kb5 34. g4
Rba6 35. Rd3 Rh8 36. g5 Bd8 37. Bc1 {#Diagram} 37... h5 38. gxh6 g5 39. Rh3 g4
40. Rh5 f5 41. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 42. Bxa3 Rh7 43. Bc1 Bf6 44. h3 gxh3 45. Rxh3 Bh8 46.
Bf4 Kc6 47. Rh1 Re7 48. h7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bd2 e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 f4 15. bxc5
dxc5 16. f3 Nbd6 17. Nf2 h5 18. a4 g5 19. a5 Rb8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Rf6 22.
g4 hxg4 23. fxg4 Rh6 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. h3 f3+ 26. Bxf3 Nxc4 27. Bc1 b5 28. Be2
Ncd6 29. Nh1 Qg6 30. Ng3 b4 31. Na4 Qh7 32. Nxc5 Rxh3 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Qxh1
Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 b3 36. Bb2 Nb5 37. Ra5 Nd4 38. Bd1 Nc2 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. gxf5 Nd6
41. Be2 Ne3 42. Ra4 Rc8 43. Nxb3 Rc2 44. Ba3 Ndxf5 45. exf5 Rxe2 46. Bc1 Nxf5
47. Bxg5 Rb2 48. Nc5 Nd4 49. Ra3 Rb5 50. Rc3 Bf8 51. Nd7 Bd6 52. Rh3 Kg7 53.
Nf6 Kg6 54. Ne4 Rxd5 55. Rh6+ Kf5 56. Rxd6 Kxe4 57. Rxd5 Kxd5 58. Kg2 Ke4 59.
Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Slough"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Kc8 8. f4 exf4 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Be2 Be7 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nb4 16. Rd2 Ne6 17. Be3 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Bc5 21. Bg4+ Kb8 22. Rc4 Bxe3 23. Rxb4 Ka7 24. Rf1 Rhf8 25. Re4 Bg5 26.
Rd4 Rae8 27. Rf5 h6 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. c3 Kb6 31. Kc2 f6 32. e6 Rd8
33. Bh5 c6 34. Rf3 Rd5 35. Bf7 Kc7 36. Rg3 Rg5 37. Rxg5 fxg5 38. Kd3 Kd6 39.
Ke4 Bf6 40. Kf5 b5 41. Bh5 a5 42. Be2 a4 43. Bd3 a3 44. bxa3 Bxc3 45. Bc2 Bf6
46. a4 bxa4 47. Bxa4 c5 48. Bb3 h5 49. Kg6 h4 {(Draw offer)} 50. Kf7 Bd8 51.
Kxg7 Be7 52. Kf7 Bd8 53. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Na4 Be7 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nc5 Qb5 16. Nd3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Rad8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Ne4 Re7 21.
Qd2 Kf8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Nf4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg5 25. Bg2 Qf6 26. Red1 b5 27. Rc5
Nc4 28. Qd3 Bxf4 {#Diagram} 29. Qxh7 Qh6 30. Qf5 Be5 31. f4 Ne3 32. Qd3 Nxd1
0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qe3 a6 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. Nf3 Nf8 19. g4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. h5 Be7
22. Kh1 Nh7 23. Rg1 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Bg3 Qc7 26. f4 Bd8 27. Qe3 Qb6 28. b3
Kf8 29. g5 Ke7 30. g6 fxg6 31. a5 Qb5 32. Bh4+ Kd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Rxg6 Re7
35. f5 exf5 36. Rb6 Qe8 37. Qf3 Qf7 38. Rd6+ Ke8 39. Rf1 f4 40. Kg1 Rc6 41.
Rxc6 bxc6 42. Qg4 Qe6 43. Rxf4 Qxg4+ 44. Rxg4 c5 45. dxc5 Rxe5 46. Kf2 Rxh5 47.
Rxg7 Rh3 48. b4 Rb3 49. Rb7 Kd8 50. Ke2 d4 51. Kd2 h5 52. Kc2 Rc3+ 53. Kb2 Rc4
54. Rb6 Kc7 55. Kb3 Rc3+ 56. Ka4 h4 57. Rxa6 h3 58. Ra7+ Kb8 59. Rh7 d3 60.
Rxh3 d2 61. Rh8+ Kc7 62. Rh7+ Kc8 63. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Knott, Simon"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d5
Ne5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 a6 11. Nf4 Rb8 12. a4 g5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qe8 15. e3
Kh8 16. Ra2 Qg6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 f4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Kg2 b6 21. Qe2 Rf6
22. f3 a5 23. exf4 gxf4 24. g4 Qg5 25. Kh1 Rh6 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. Rg2 Rg6 28. Qe1
Rh6 29. Qe4 Rg6 30. Qe1 Bf6 31. Be4 Rh6 32. Bf5 Be5 33. Qe4 Rb8 34. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Lyell, Mark"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nb6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rhe1 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
f4 Be6 15. Rxe5 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qe2 h6 18. g3 Qd7 19. b3 b6 20. Kb2 c5
21. h4 Qc6 22. f5 Bc8 {#Diagram} 23. f6 Qxf6 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26.
Qe4+ g6 27. h5 Bf5 28. hxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qc7 a5 31. Qf4 h5 32. a4 Qe6
33. Qf2 Qe5 34. Qf3 Be6 35. Ka2 c4 36. Ne4 cxb3+ 37. cxb3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bowden, Karl"]
[Black "Friedgood, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Be2 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4
Qd7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 {(Draw offer)} 16. hxg3 Nf5 17. Qd2 Re7 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Rxe7
Ncxe7 20. gxf3 Rd8 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Rd6 24. f4 b6 25. Bc2 Re6
26. Qf3 g6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Re1 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32.
Qg4 Kf8 33. Qd7 a5 34. Bd1 Qe6 35. Bg4 Qe4+ 36. Bf3 Qe6 37. Qa4 f5 38. Qd4 Kf7
39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Bg2 Kh7 41. Bf1 Kg6 42. Bd3 Qf6 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. Kg2 f4 45. Qf3
Ke6 46. Qg4+ Kd6 47. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Bellin, Jana"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nd5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxc6 Qd7 8.
Qb5 a6 9. Qc5 e6 10. Ne5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Anderton, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Qxc5 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 f5
8. c3 Nc6 9. Nh3 e5 10. e4 f4 11. Qh5 fxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. O-O b6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 d6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. f4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 O-O-O 20. f5 f6 21. c4
Kb8 22. Rec1 Bc8 23. a4 Bd7 24. b4 Be8 25. Qf3 h5 26. a5 Bh6 27. Rc3 Bg5 28.
axb6 axb6 29. c5 Rh7 30. Rca3 Qb7 31. c6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-BCM"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Wareing, John"]
[Black "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 e6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 dxe5 10. Qd6 Nc6 11. Be3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qa5 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. b3 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Ng5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxc5 19. Qg3 Bg7 20. Rae1 Nd4
21. Be3 Qe7 22. Ne4 Nf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Bxf8 fxe4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Qf3 Qb2 32. Bd3 Be6 33.
a4 Qd4 34. h3 h6 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 f5 37. a5 g5 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. a6 h5 40.
b4 h4 41. b5 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Re2 Kd6 46. Kg1 Rc7
47. Kf2 g3+ 48. Ke3 h3 49. gxh3 Bxh3 50. Be4 Kc5 51. Kf4 Bf1 52. Re3 Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. d5 Nd6 8. Bd3
Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Re1 f6 12. Bf4 Kf7 13. Na3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15.
Qf3 Ne8 16. h4 f5 17. h5 Rf8 18. Nc4 d6 19. Ne3 Kg8 20. Qg3 {#Diagram} 20...
Nf6 21. hxg6 Nh5 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qf3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 e5 25. dxe6 Be5 26. Qh6
Rf6 27. Qh5 Rxe6 28. Bxf5 Re7 29. Ng4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 bxc4 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Nd5 Nbxd5
15. exd5 Rb8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxc4 Rxb2 19. Rd2 e4 20. Qxe4 Bf5
21. Qe2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Be4 23. Rc6 Qd8 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Qd7 26. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Tebb, David"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. Nf3
Bxc5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qg3 Qb8 12. Re1 Nce7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ng5 b4 15.
Nd1 Qb6 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 Rf8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Qxh5 Bd5 20. Be4 Qa6 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Kb1 d3 23. Qf3 dxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3+ 26. Kxb3 Rc8 27. h5
Ngf4 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Re4 Nd3 30. Rh3 Nc1+ 31. Ka4 Be7 32. f4 Rc6 33. Nf2 Kd7
34. Nd3 Ra6+ 35. Kb5 Rb6+ 36. Ka4 Ra6+ 37. Kb5 Rb6+ 38. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ledger, David"]
[Black "Lund, Brett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 h5 7. f4 d5 8. O-O b4 9.
Ne2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Be3 Ngf6 13. Nf2 e5 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nxg4
hxg4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ra5 Rc8 18. fxe5 Rxc2 19. Nd4 Rxb2 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Raxc5
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb1+ 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Kd7 25. Bf1 Bxe4 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27.
Bb5+ Kc7 28. Bf4 Kb6 29. Be3 b3 30. Nxb3+ Kxb5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Nd4+ Kc4 33.
Nxe6 Kd3 34. Bb6 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Ba8 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. Nxg7 Ke4 39.
Ne6 Rh6 40. Ng5+ Kf5 41. Be3 Rf6 42. Bf4 Bd5 43. Kf2 Rg6 44. Nh7 Rg7 45. Nf8
Rf7 46. Bd6 Kf6 47. Ke3 Kg7 48. Kd4 Ba2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Pert, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bb1 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6
15. Re1 h6 16. Bxg6 hxg5 17. Bc2 Bd6 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Kg2 Rd7 21.
Rc2 Bb4 22. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Giblin, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 d6
9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Bh2 Bf8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Black "Dighton, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Qg7 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Be8 21. Be2
Nf4 22. Bf6 Rxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rc3 d4 25. Rc5 Qd8 26. Qb3 d3 27. Bg4 Bf7
28. Nc4 Qd4 29. Qb6 Nd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. b3 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Ford, Elise"]
[Black "Richards, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1256"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8.
Na4 Be7 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe2 Be6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Bxc4
15. dxc4 Qd6 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nd5 Qh5
21. c3 Nd8 22. b4 Ba7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Bb8 25. Nb6 Ne6 26. Nd5 h6 27. Nd4
Qxe2 28. Nxe2 Ng5 29. Ng3 f6 30. Ne7 Re8 31. h4 Ne6 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Rd7 Rc8
1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. h3
Nf6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nf8 14. Nh2 f6
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qe5 17. Raf1 Qxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. R4f2 Be6 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Nhf3 Ng6 22. Ng5 f4 23. Nde4 Bd5 24. c4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 b6 26. g3 fxg3 27.
Rf7+ Kh6 28. Nf6 Re7 29. Ng4+ Kg5 30. R1f5+ Kh4 31. Nf6 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33.
Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Rxf2 gxf2 35. Rxh7+ Kg5 36. Ne4+ Kf4 37. Kxf2 Ne5 38. Rh4+ Kf5 39.
Rh5+ Kf4 40. Ng3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 a5 7. d3 Nc6 8. e4
fxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nd5 Bc5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxc5 d6 14. Qe3 Bg4
15. Ne1 Nd4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. b3 a4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3 b5 21. cxb5
Bxb3 22. Rf2 Bc4 23. Qe3 Bxb5 24. Nc2 c5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qd2 Bc4 27. Bf1 d5
28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qg5 Ra5 30. Bf4 h6 31. Qd5 c3 32. Be5 c2 33. Rxc2 Qxf3 34.
Re1 Ra3 35. Bf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wall, Tim"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 f6 11. h3 Nf7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Nd2 Qb4
15. b3 f5 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rae8 18. Re2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qb5 21.
Bc3 d5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 e6 24. Bd4 Ra8 25. Qd2 a5 26. h4 Qb4 27. Qe3 Rfc8
28. h5 Bf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rec2 Qe7 31. Bc5 Qh4 32. Rd1 Qh6 33. Qxh6 Bxh6 34.
Ne2 Bg7 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Rdc1 Ra6 37. Nd4 Bh6 38. Rd1 Bg7 39. Nf3 Bh6 40. Bc5
Raa8 41. Rd4 Rab8 42. Ra4 Ra8 43. g3 Ra6 44. Kg2 Be8 45. Rh4 Kg7 46. Be7 g5 47.
Bf8+ Kxf8 48. Rxh6 Kg7 49. Rxe6 Bg6 50. Rc3 Be4 51. Kf1 Bxf3 52. Rxf3 Rf8 53.
Rc3 a4 54. b4 a3 55. b5 Rb6 56. bxc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Black "Friedgood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 Qb6 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 f5 12. e5 Nf7 13. Bb2 Nd8 14. Qh4 Qc7 15. exd6
exd6 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Nd5 Bxh4 18. Nxc7 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Rb8 20. Ne8 Ne6 21. Nxd6
Bd7 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. fxg5 Rfd8 24. Bf6 Re8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Be7
c4 28. dxc4 Kf7 29. Bc5 a6 30. g3 Ke6 31. Bd4 f4 32. gxf4 Kf5 33. Be5 Ke4 34.
Kg2 Ke3 35. c3 Kd3 36. Kf3 Bf7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Kf4 Bg6 39. a4 Kc2 40. b4 Be8
41. Kxf5 Kb3 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 a5 44. Kf6 Kxa4 45. b6 Bc6 46. Kg7 Be4 47. b7
Bxb7 48. Kxh7 Kb3 49. g6 Be4 50. Kg7 Kc4 51. Kf6 a4 52. Bd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "James, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15.
Red1 Qb8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Rcd1 Re8 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Qa8 20. Rde2 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Spice, Alan"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qd2 f6
15. Rad1 Qb6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 Qa7 18. c4 c5 19. Qd6 Bd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21.
Rd1 Rf7 22. Rxd4 Bb7 23. c5 Rbf8 24. f3 Qb8 25. Nb6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bc6 27. Bxe6
dxe6 28. Rxc6 e5 29. Re6 Rd8 30. Rxe5 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. b4 Ra1 33. Re2 a5
34. Nd5 Rd7 35. Rd2 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxa2+ 37. Ke3 axb4 38. Rd4 Rc2 39. Rxb4 Rxc5
40. Rb2 Rc4 41. g4 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. h4 h6 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Rd6 Ra4 46. Rd4
Ra5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Ra4+ 50. Kf5 Ra7 51. h5 Rb7 52. Ra5 Rc7
53. f4 Rb7 54. Ke5 Re7+ 55. Kd4 Rd7+ 56. Rd5 Ra7 57. g5 hxg5 58. fxg5 Ke6 59.
Re5+ Kf7 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Kf5 g6+ 62. hxg6+ Kf8 63. Rb5 Ra7 64. Kg4 Ra1 65. Rb7
Rg1+ 66. Kf5 Rf1+ 67. Ke5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Anderton, David"]
[Black "Saunders, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. g4 exd4 12. Bxd4 h6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Qd2 b6 15.
Rad1 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Qf2 Re7 19. e5 Ne8 20. exd6 Rxd6 21.
Bxg7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxg7 23. f5 Qd8 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rd4 26. fxg6 fxg6
27. Qf4 g5 28. Qe5 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxc2 31. Qf6 Bd3 32. Nf2 Bg6 {
(Draw offer)} 33. Bxc6 Kh7 34. Bd5 Qc7+ 35. Kg2 Qc5 36. Qd8 Ne8 37. Qd7+ Ng7
38. b3 Be8 39. Be4+ Bg6 40. Qd3 Bxe4+ 41. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Richmond, Jane"]
[Black "Edwards, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O c5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 Re8 12. Bc2 b6 13. Ba4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rad8
15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc2 a5
21. f3 e5 22. Bd3 g6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rad1 f5 25. Bc2 Qd6 26. b3 e4 27. fxe4
fxe4 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Qg5 d3 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Bb1 Bc8 32. Rd2 Bf5 33. Rf2 Qc3 34.
Rc1 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Rf4 Ne6 37. Rff1 e3 38. Bxd3 Bxd3 39. Rfe1 e2 40. Kf2
Nc5 41. Ke3 Rd6 42. Rc3 Kg7 43. a3 Re6+ 44. Kd2 Ne4+ 45. Kxd3 Nxc3 46. Kxc3
Re3+ 47. Kd4 Rxb3 48. Rxe2 Rxa3 49. Rb2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. d3
Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Bg3 g6 14. Ne3 Bf6 15.
Bd5 Rb8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Bh4 f5 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Qc2 c6 23. Rfe1 Nf4 24. Nf1 Qf6 25. Re3 Rbf7 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 fxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d4 c5 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bb4
15. Qb1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Neg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qb7 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4
21. Be1 Rfd8 {(Draw offer)} 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. b4 e5 25. bxc5 exd4
26. h3 Nf6 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Bc3 Rc4 29. Bxf6 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 gxf6 31. c6 Qc8
32. c7 Kf8 33. Qc6 Ke7 34. a4 Kf8 35. g4 Ke7 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. f4 Kf8
39. Kh4 Ke7 40. Kh5 h6 41. f5 Qg8 42. c8=N+ Kd8 43. h4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Burgess, Graham"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Bf3 Nd5 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Bxd5 exd5 15.
Qxd5+ Ke7 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. e4 Bb7 18. Bg5+ Nf6 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qxb4+ Kf7 21. Qe1
Nxe4 22. Bh4 g5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 gxh4 25. fxe4 Qg4 26. Nd2 Rhg8 27. Qf1+ Ke7
28. h3 Qg3 29. Nf3 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. Rd2 Bxe4 33. Qxc4 Bxf3
34. Qxc5+ Kb8 35. Qb6+ Bb7 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Bc8 38. Qb6+ Ka8 39. b4 Qe1+
40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kh1 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qxa4 43. Qd4 Qd7 44. Qxh4 Qd6+ 45. Kg1 h6 46.
Qc4 Bd7 47. Kf2 Kb7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Webster, Andrew"]
[Black "Copeland, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. b3 c6 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Ng6 16. d4 Bf7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Rf2 Rfe8 19. d5 c5 20. b4 b6 21. Rb1 Nh4
22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Nb5 Qh6 25. Bc1 Rae8 26. Nbc3 Nf6 27. Kg1 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qe3 Nf5 30. Qa3 Bh5 31. Be3 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Bd4 34.
Rf1 Rf8 35. Kh2 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Rfe8 37. Re1 Qf6 38. Qg3+ Kh8 39. Re3 Qd4 40. f5
Qf6 41. Qf4 Qe5 42. Qg3 Rg8 43. Qxe5+ Rxe5 44. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bg5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 f5
15. Rac1 Bd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. e3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Nxc6 Kf6 22. a3 Rfc8 23. Rc5 Rc7 24. Rec1 Rac8 25. b4 f4 26. exf4 exf4 27.
gxf4 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Rd7 29. Ke2 Bg4+ 30. Ke3 Bf5 31. Ne5 Re8 32. Rc7 Rde7 33.
Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rc6+ Kg7 35. Kd2 h5 36. Nc4 h4 37. Ne3 Be4 38. Rc5 Rd7+ 39. Ke2
Bg6 40. f5 Bh5+ 41. f3 Rd4 42. f6+ Kg6 43. Nd5 Kh6 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Nf4 Bg6 46.
Ra5 Rd7 47. Ng2 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 h3 49. Nf4 Rb3 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Collier, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 11. Be5 b6 12. f3 Ke7 13. Bd6+ Kd8 14. b3
Nc5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Be5 Ke7 17. e4 d6 18. Bb2 e5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 a5 21. Nd5+
Bxd5 22. cxd5 axb4 23. axb4 Rhc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ra1 26. Kd2 Rb1 27. Ba6
Nd8 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Bd3 Ra1 30. Kb2 Ra8 31. Be3 Kc7 32. Rc1+ Kb7 33. Bb5 Rb8
34. Kb3 Ng8 35. Bc6+ Kc7 36. Ka4 Ne7 37. Be8+ Kb7 38. Bd7 Ka6 39. f4 Rb7 40.
Bb5+ Ka7 41. fxe5 dxe5 42. d6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Barnes, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. d5 Nh5 11. Ne1 Nf4 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Bf2 Qg6 15. Nxf4
exf4 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Nb5 Rf7 20. Nd4 Qd3 21. Rc1 a5
22. b3 Re8 23. Nb5 Re2 24. Bxc5 Rd2 25. Qe1 dxc5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qg6 28.
Re1 c6 29. Re6 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Nd6 Qb2 33. Nf5 Qxa2 34.
Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc6 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 a4 37. bxa4 Qxc4 38. h3 Ke6 39. a5 Kd6 40. Nxd4
cxd4 41. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Regan, Natasha"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. Ba2 a6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 b5 13. b4 Nc7 14. Qe2 d5 15. Rab1
dxe4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Nxe4 Qc7 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Qg4 Ng6 21. Ng5 c5
22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qh5 h6 25. Nxf7 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 b6
9. Rb1 O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Ne1 Nd4 12. Nc2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 f5 16. Bd2 f4 17. f3 g5 18. a4 h5 19. Na3 g4 20. Nc4 Rf6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
Na5 Rg6 23. Nc6 Qg5 24. Rb2 Kh7 25. Ra1 Bf6 26. Raa2 h4 27. fxg4 Bxg4 28. Rb7+
Rg7 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qf1 Rg8 31. Rb2 h3 32. Be1 Bc8 33. Kh1 Bg5 34. g3 Rf8
35. Rf2 Bg4 36. a5 a6 37. Bc3 Qh6 38. gxf4 Bh4 39. Rb2 Rxf4 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41.
Qg1 Kh5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3
a6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. f4 Rfe8 15.
Qc2 b6 16. Rd1 Qb7 17. b3 Rac8 18. h4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Nxd5 21. Rh3
N7b6 22. f5 Qd7 23. h5 c4 24. hxg6 Qxb5 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6
Kxf6 28. Qxh7 Qe5 29. Rg3 Rg8 30. Qh4+ Kf7 31. Bh5+ Ke6 32. Rg5 Qb2 33. Qf4 d5
34. Qf7+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qb6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
Nd5 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 g5 11. Nc3 Nxg2 12. Kxg2 g4 13. Ne4 gxf3+ 14. Kh1 b6 15.
d3 Be7 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Qf4 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21.
Bb2 Rf8 22. Nf6 Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Kb8 24. Be5 Ka7 25. Rae1 Bxe5 26. Qxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rxe5 Rxd3 28. Re7+ Bb7 29. h3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rc1 e6 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g3 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Bd5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 Nc6
21. Nf4 Nxd4 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bh5 Rac8 24. Bf4 Rc4 25. Re7 Nc6 26. Rc7 Rxc1
27. Kxc1 Na5 28. Rxa7 Nc4 29. Bf3 Rd8 30. Rb7 Be5 31. Bxh6 d4 32. Ra7 d3 33.
Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Bc3 35. Bd5+ Kh7 36. Bxc4 Kxh6 37. Bxd3 Bd4 38. Bxf5 Bxf2 39.
Kd1 Bg1 40. Ke2 Kg5 41. Bd7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Granat, Russell"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. a3 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Rad1 b5 14. Kh1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 18. f5 Rad8 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Qh3 f6 21. Bg3
Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 e5 23. Rde1 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ra1 a5 26. Ne2 a4 27. Qg4 Rd6
28. Ba6 Qb6 29. Bd3 Qb7 30. Ba6 Qxa6 31. Qxb4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nd2 Bxc5 5. e3 d5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. e4
Bg4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c3 Rg8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. b4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Be7 16. Nh4 O-O-O 17. Nf5 Rd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. O-O h5 20. Rfd1 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Rgd8 22. Nce3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kb8 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. b5 Na5 26. Nfxe7 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qxb5 28. Rb1 Qc5 29. a4 Rd7 30. Rb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. b4 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. bxa5
Qxa5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Bc3 Qa4 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1
d5 22. Qb2 d4 23. exd4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 exd4 25. Qc6 Bg8 26. Nf4 Qa5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Bxd5 f4 29. Re1 Rf8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Lang, Heather"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Re1 c5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4
Qd5 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rac8 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Ree1 b5 19. a3 a5 20. Rad1 Qa2
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re2 g6 23. h3 Qa1+ 24. Re1 Qa2 25. Re2 Qc4 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Kg7 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Nd4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ne2 Qa2 32. cxb4 Qxb2 33. Qe4
Be5 34. g3 Bd6 35. Nd4 Qxb4 36. Qd3 Bc5 37. Nf3 Qb2 38. Nd2 Bd4 39. Ne4 f5 40.
Nd2 Qb6 41. Qe2 Qd6 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. h4 e5 44. h5 gxh5 45. Nf1 h4 46. Qh5 Qc6+
47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Kg1 f4 49. gxf4 exf4 50. Qf3 Qf5 51. Nh2 h5 52. Kg2 Kh6 53. Qa3
Qg6+ 54. Kh3 Qe4 55. Qf3 Qd4 56. Kg2 Kg5 57. Qe2 Qc3 58. Nf3+ Kh6 59. Qe4 Qc1
60. Qf5 h3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jon"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Nb3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bd7 12. a4 Bg4+ 13. Be2 Rfd8+ 14. Bd2
Rd3 15. Nc1 Bxb2 16. Nxd3 Bxe2+ 17. Kxe2 exd3+ 18. Kxd3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxc5+ 20.
Kc2 Rc8 21. Bb4 Nd7 22. Bxe7 Rxc4+ 23. Kb3 Re4 24. Ba3 Ne5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Bb2
f5 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rd5 Kf7 29. Ba3 Rc7 30. h4 Ke6 31. Rd6+ Ke5 32. Rd2 Na5+ 33.
Kb4 Nc4 34. Bb2+ Nxb2 35. Rxb2 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O
Qe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Rb5 Qe2 20. Re5 Qa2
21. Qc6 Rhc8 22. Qb7+ Kf8 23. Rh5 h6 24. h3 Qe2 25. g4 Qc4 26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Be5
Qc6 28. Qe7 Bxc3 29. Rc1 Bb4 30. Qd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxc6 Bxa3 32. g5 hxg5 33. Rxg5
Bf8 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Rcg4 g6 36. h4 Bg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxa4 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfb1 b5 15.
Ra2 O-O-O 16. Bf1 h6 17. h4 Rdg8 18. h5 g6 19. Be1 Nce7 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nb3
gxh5 22. Qxh5 Nc6 23. Nc5 Rg5 24. Qh3 h5 25. Nxa4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rhg8 27. Rb5 a5
28. Rc5 Rg4 29. f3 R4g5 30. Bd2 R5g6 31. Bf4 h4 32. g4 hxg3 33. Bxc4 Qb6 34.
Bb5 Kd8 35. Qf1 g2 36. Qe1 Ncxd4 37. cxd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc5 39. Qf2 Rh8 40.
Bh2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexei"]
[Black "James, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Qe1 Be7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Na4 Nd7 12. c4 d4 13. Qg3 g6 14. Ba3 f6 15. Rae1
g5 16. e5 Rg8 17. Qh3 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rg7 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Nxg5 Rg6 21. Qxh7 Rxg5
22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bxc5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Tebb, David"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Ne7 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 {(Draw offer)} 17... Ke7 18. Rc1 Rhd8 19.
Ne2 d4 20. Ng3 Kf8 21. Rf3 Rac8 22. Qd2 h5 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 d3 25. Nd6 Rc7
26. Qf4 dxc2 27. Rc3 Qb6 28. Qg5 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rd7 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Nc8 Qb1 32.
Qxe7+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Kg1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 36. Ke2 Qxc3 37. Ne7 Qxe5+
38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qc4+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qc5+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 f6 44.
h4 Qe6 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. g3 Qe2+ 47. Kh3 Bf7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Gormally, Danny"]
[Black "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Nbd7
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. d6 Qd7 17. Qb3 Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Rad1 Nd3 20. Kh1 Rd7 21.
Qc8+ Rd8 22. Qb7 Qd4 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Rd1 Re8 25. h3 Qe3 26. Qxa7 h5 27. Rf1
Qe5 28. Be2 Bf8 29. Bc4 Re7 30. Qb6 Kg7 31. Qxf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Nd5+
Ke6 34. Nxe7+ Kxe7 35. a4 Bg7 36. a5 Be5 37. a6 Bb8 38. g3 f6 39. Kg2 g5 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd6 42. Kf3 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kb6 44. Kd5 Be5 45. b3 Bc3 46. Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Flear, Christine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. Nxd5
Be7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nb6 Nxe4 11. Nxa8 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nc6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qxb7 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nd2+ 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Re1 Qf4 18. Bd5 Nd4 19. Qxe7 Qf5 20. Qe4 Qh3+
21. Kg1 Qh5 22. h4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lawton, Geoff"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. a5 h5
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g4 18. Kh1 h4 19. fxg4 Nxe4 20. Bd3 Ng3+ 21. Bxg3 fxg3
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Qe4 Qe7 25. h3 Bd7 26. Nc3 Bh6 27. Nf3 Rf8 28.
g5 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Bg7 30. Ne4 Rf4 31. Rc1 Bf5 32. Nfd2 Qxg5 33. Rc8+ Bf8 34. Rc4
Qg6 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. Nc3 Bg6 37. Nf3 Bh5 38. Rxf4 Qxf4 39. Qe4 Qc1+ 40. Ng1 Qg5
0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1
e5 9. b3 Bc5 10. Qc2 d4 11. Bb2 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rad8 17. Bf1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 c6 21. Be2 h6
22. Rec1 Qc7 23. Ra5 Qb6 24. Bd1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qd4 26. Be2 Re7 27. b5 Qxc3 28.
Rxc3 cxb5 29. Rxb5 Ne8 30. Rcb3 Nd6 31. Rd5 f6 32. Rb6 Nf7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.
Bd1 Rd7 35. Bb3+ Kf8 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. g3 Rd6 38. Rb3 b6 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Bxe6
Kxe6 41. Ke2 {(Draw offer)} 41... Kd7 42. f4 Kc6 43. Rc3+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 exf5 7. c5 bxc5 8. a3
c4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. h4 a6 15.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Be1 a5 17. d5 Ne7 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. h5 Bxd5 21. h6 g6
22. Kg1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Ned5 24. Bc3 Qa6 25. Qa2 Qe6 26. Ng5 Nxc3 27. Nxe6 Nxa2
28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Ra1 Re8 30. Kf1 Ne4 31. Rxa2 Nd2+ 32. Kg1 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rxh1+
34. Kxh1 Nb3 35. a4 c5 36. Kg1 d5 37. Ra3 c4 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Ke3
Kc5 41. Ke2 Kb4 42. Kd1 d4 43. Ra2 d3 44. g3 g5 45. Ke1 Nd4 46. f4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. O-O Kh8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. e4
Qd7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc4 f6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. a3 Qe6 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21.
gxf5 Qb6+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bh5 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27.
Rd2 Kg7 28. d5 Rfe8 29. Re1 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Re7 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Rg3 Rh4 33. Re2
Kh6 34. b3 g5 35. e5 Rxe5 36. Rc2 Re7 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. bxc4 f5 39. Rg2 Re4 40.
Rc2 Rd4 41. Rc3 Kg6 42. Ke3 Rh4 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. c5 Rd4 45. c6 b6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Pert, Richard"]
[Black "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. Ba3 Nd7 6. d4 c5 7. e6 fxe6 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Bb2 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 O-O 12. hxg6 h6 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ng1 cxd4 17. Ne2 Rxf2 18. cxd4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 e5 20. dxe5 Bg4 21.
Rae1 Rc8 22. c3 h5 23. Ke3 Rxg2 24. Bc1 Bxe5 25. Kxe4 Bf6 26. Nf4 Rxa2 27. Nxh5
Ra4+ 28. Ke3 Rxc3+ 29. Kf2 Ra2+ 30. Kf1 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. h3 f5
9. f4 Nf6 10. Nd5 e4 11. Nec3 O-O 12. O-O Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15.
dxe4 fxe4 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. b3 Rae8 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qb5 21. Rc2
Re7 22. Rc4 a5 23. Rfc1 Qb6 24. Rd4 Qa7 25. Rc3 b5 26. Bf1 Rb8 27. Rc2 b4 28.
Rcc4 Qb7 29. Bg2 Rbe8 30. Kh2 Qa8 31. h4 Qb7 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Qd1 Qa8 34. g4 a4
35. bxa4 Qxa4 36. Qxa4 Nxa4 37. Rxb4 Nc5 38. Bf1 Ra8 39. a4 Kf7 40. Bb5 Kf6 41.
g5+ Kg7 42. Kg3 h6 43. Bc6 Ra7 44. Rd2 hxg5 45. hxg5 Rf7 46. Rh2 Rf8 47. Kg4
Ra6 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. Rxh8 Kxh8 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Kg7 52. Rb8 Nxa4 53. Rb7
Nc5 54. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Dighton, Simon"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 f6 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. b3 Qb6 13. Kh1 Nf5 14. Bg4 Rae8 15. Bxf5
gxf5 16. Bb2 Kh8 17. Ng3 Qd8 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Rf3 Bf8 20. Re1 Rg6 21. Rfe3 Bh6
22. Rf1 Reg8 23. Kh2 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qb6 25. Qe2 Qb4 26. a3 Qe7 27. Nh1 Rxg2+ 28.
Qxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qh4 30. Ref3 Nf8 31. Bc1 Ng6 32. Ng3 Qe7 33. Kh1 Qc5 34. c3
Nh4 35. Re3 d4 36. cxd4 Qd5+ 37. Ne4 fxe4 38. Rg1 Bxf4 39. Rg4 Bxe3 40. Bxe3
Nf5 41. Bg5 h5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Bates, Ruth"]
[Black "Ford, Elise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. d5 Nd8 13. Re1 O-O 14. dxe6 dxe6 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21.
Nf3 Qc6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 f4 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Bxf4 Ref8 26. Qe6 Qf3 27. Qd5
Qg4 28. Qg2 g5 29. Be3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. Ne2 a4 13. c4 h5 14. Bc3 Be7
15. Rfd1 c5 16. Nf4 Be6 17. h3 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. g3 Be7 21.
Kg2 Kf7 22. Kf3 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Ke4 Be7 25. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bd3 f6 7. Ne2 Nf7 8. exd5
cxd5 9. c4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 e4 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Ba3 20. Bc4 Bd6
21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. g4 Bd7 23. Be7 Bxe7 24. d6+ Kg7 25. dxe7 Rfe8 26. Rxe4 Bc6 27.
Re5 Rec8 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Rd4 b5 30. Bb3 Rec8 31. Rc5 Bf3 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rd8
Rc1+ 34. Kh2 g5 35. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Qc2 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qc2
Ne7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Na3 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Rd1 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qh4
21. f3 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Be1 Qe7 24. Bf2 c5 25. Rd3 Kh7 26. Rb3 Rf8 27. f4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Nfe5 f5 13. Nxc6 Qe8 14. b3 b5 15.
Nd2 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qxb5 Bd5 20. Bd2 Qf6 21.
Qd3 Qg6 22. Bf4 Qf7 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Be5 Qb7 25. Qe3 h6 26. h4 Qb4 27. Re1 a5
28. g4 a4 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. dxc5 axb3 32. axb3 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Bxb3
34. c6 Kf7 35. c7 Rc8 36. Rb1 Ke6 37. f4 Bd5 38. Rb8 Kd7 39. Bf1 Nd6 40. Bxd6
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Bb6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. d4 Bg4 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 Qf6 15.
Rb4 Bf5 16. Qe2 e4 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Ra4 e3 19. f4 Qxc3 20. Bb4 Qc4 21. Bf1 Bxc2
22. Rxa5 Qxb4 23. Rb5 Qd2 24. Rb2 Bd3 25. Qxd3 e2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. O-O a6 10. d3 O-O 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Ne4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Rad1 Ra8 19. Ba1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. f4
Nf5 22. g4 Ne3 23. f5 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 d5 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. Ne2 Qa5 27. Qd3 Qxa2 28.
Bxd5 Rae8 29. Nxd4 Qa6 30. Qf3 Qb6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. g5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qxf5 Qg6 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rf1 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Rf5 Kg7 40.
Kg2 b4 41. h4 f6 42. Kh3 fxg5 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. Bc4 Rb8 45. Rc5 Rbb6 46. Rc7 h6
47. Kg4 Rdc6 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Rf5+ Kd4 50. Rf4+ Kc3 51. Rf3+ Kb2 52. Rf5 Rxc4+
53. bxc4 b3 54. c5 Rc6 55. Rd5 Kc3 56. Rd6 Rxc5 57. Rxh6 b2 58. Rb6 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Law, Andrew"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Be2 e5
15. Bd2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Nbd5 19. Ne4 Bb4 20. Nc5 Qc7 21.
a5 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd6 23. Bf3 Rfd8 24. a6 bxa6 25. Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Slough"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Poulton, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. Re1 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Ng5 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nh3 Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2 Qxf4 20. Ng4 Qf7 21.
Qxf7 Rxf7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 a5 24. Raa1 Rb8 25. Re2 Bc8 26. h3 Kh7 27. Nf1
Rfb7 28. Ra2 Bd7 29. Ng3 a4 30. Nh5 Nd8 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Nf4 g5 33. Nfd3 Bb5 34.
Rf2 Bxd3 35. Nxd3 Ra7 36. Nc5 Kg7 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Nxa4 Ra8 39. Nc5 Ra1+ 40.
Kh2 Rb1 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nc5 Kd6 44. Nd3 Nc6 45. Rf2 Rd1 46. Nb4
Nxb4 47. cxb4 Rd4 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. b5 Rb4 50. Re2 Kf6 51. Rf2+ Ke7 52. Rd2 h5
53. Kf3 Rxb5 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Kd6 56. Kd1 e5 57. Kc2 Rb8 58. Rf2 Ke6 59.
Kc3 h4 60. Kd3 e4+ 61. Kd4 Rb3 62. Rf8 Rxb2 63. Re8+ Kf7 64. Ra8 Rd2+ 65. Ke5
e3 66. Ra7+ Kg6 67. Ra6+ Kh5 68. Kf6 Rxg2 69. Rd6 Rg3 70. Rxd5 Rf3+ 71. Ke6
Rxh3 72. Kf5 Rf3+ 73. Ke4 e2 74. Kxf3 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Qe7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7
15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 f5 18. Nd2 bxa5 19. Bc3 Rd7 20. c5 Qf7 21. Nc4
f4 22. Bxa5 Bb8 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Na5 f3 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Bd3 g6 27. Be4 Nd5 28.
Bd2 e5 29. b4 Rc8 30. Ra3 exd4 31. Rxf3 Qg7 32. b5 cxb5 33. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Burgess, Graham"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Qd2 g5 14. Ne2 Ndf6 15. Ng3 Nf4
16. h4 gxh4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Nxf4 Qf6 20. Ra2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5
22. Ne2 f5 23. f4 Qe7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf4 Bd7 27. Kh1 Rae8 28.
Ng6 Qg3 29. Nf4 Re3 30. Bc2 Be5 31. Qf2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re4 34. Bxe4
fxe4 35. g3 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 h5 37. b3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Copeland, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ne2 Ndf6 6. N2c3 Bg4 7. Qg3 Qb8
8. Qh4 Qe5 9. d3 g6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be2 Nd5
15. Nce4 Qb6 16. O-O h6 17. c4 Ndf6 18. Qf4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 O-O-O 20. Bc3 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Bf5 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Qe3 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Kb8 25. Rb3 c5 26. Rfb1 b6 27.
e5 f5 28. a4 e6 29. a5 Rh7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bf3 Kc8 32. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Rb1 Ra7 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc8 13. d5 Ba8 14. Bf4 Rb7 15.
Qd3 a5 16. Na4 Na6 17. Nb6 Rxb6 18. Rxb6 Nb4 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. a3 Na6 21. Rfb1
Nc5 22. Be3 Nfe4 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 Ba6 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. Ne3 Na4 27. Rb8 Qxb8
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. h4 h6 30. Ng4 Be7 31. dxe6 dxe6 32. Qe5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Nc5 34.
Qc7 Bf8 35. Qxa5 Bxc4 36. Ne5 Ba2 37. Qd2 Rb8 38. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Crouch, Colin"]
[Black "Moskovic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd3 Qxc5 10. Bf2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rac8
15. Rc1 Nd7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Kf2 Rcd8 19. a3 e6 20. Rcd1 a6 21. Qc1
Qc7 22. Nd5 exd5 23. cxd5 Rc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd2 Nh5 27. Bd1
f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Bc2 Rf6 30. Be4 Rc7 31. Rd4 Rcf7 32. Rb4 Nxf4 33. h5 d5
34. hxg6+ Nxg6 35. Bxd5 Rd7 36. Bxb7 Ne5 37. Be4+ Kg8 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Rc4 Na5
40. Rc5 Nb7 41. Rch5 Nd6 42. Bxh6 Nxe4 43. fxe4 Rg6 44. Bxg7 Rg2+ 45. Ke3 Rdxg7
46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rf1+ Ke7 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Collier, David"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. b3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 Nh5
9. O-O e6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. b5 Na5 13. Be5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Nd4
Rc8 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. a4 Qc5 19. N4f3 O-O 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qc7
22. e4 Be8 23. h3 Nd7 24. e5 Nf8 25. Ne4 Rd5 26. Qe3 a6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6
g5 29. Be5 Qc5 30. Rxd5 Qxe3 31. fxe3 exd5 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. a5 Rc5 34. Rb1 Rb5
35. Rxb5 Bxb5 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Nc2 Bc8 38. Kf2 {(Draw offer)} 38... Kh7 39. Bd4
Kg6 40. Nb4 Bb7 41. Nc2 h5 42. e4 dxe4 43. Ne3 Ne6 44. Be5 Nf4 45. Bd4 Bd5 46.
g3 Nd3+ 47. Ke2 Be6 48. Nc2 Bxh3 49. Ke3 Nc1 50. Nb4 Nb3 51. Nxa6 Nxa5 52. Kxe4
Nc6 53. Bf2 Bg2+ 54. Ke3 Kxf6 55. Ke2 Kf5 56. Nb4 Ne7 57. Nc2 Bd5 58. Bc5 Ng6
59. Ne3+ Ke4 60. Bd4 f5 61. Bf6 f4 62. Nxd5 Kxd5 63. Bxg5 fxg3 64. Kf3 h4 65.
Be3 Ke5 66. Kg4 Ke4 67. Bd4 Ne5+ 68. Kh3 Nf3 69. Bf6 Kf4 70. Bd8 Ng5+ 71. Kxh4
g2 72. Bc7+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nf5
15. Bg4 Nd4 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. Ng5 Be5 20. c5 Qf5 21.
Ne6 Rfe8 22. c6 b6 23. b5 Re7 24. Rc4 g5 25. h3 Bf6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rexe4 Kf7
28. Ra4 Ra8 29. Ra6 h6 30. Rea4 Bc3 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Kf6 34.
Rc8 Ke5 35. Rxc7 Re8 36. Rd7 Rc8 37. c7 Kxd5 38. Rd8 Kxe6 39. Rxc8 Kd7 40. Rg8
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Black "Lang, Heather"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nd2 O-O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. b3 Ng6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. O-O-O f5 13. f3 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nh4 15. Rhg1 Nf5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Rge1 Rg8 20.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Re1 Kd7 22. Kd2 Bf7 23. Ne4 Be7 {(Draw offer)} 24. Be5 c4 25.
Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. e4 c5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qe3 a4 17. Nf3 Qa5 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 Qb4 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Qh6
Ra5 22. Qxh3 Qc3 23. Kg2 Qd3 24. Qh4 Ne5 25. Qf4 f5 26. Ng5 fxe4 27. Qh4 h5 28.
Qxe4 Ra2 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Nh3 Rc2 31. Ra1 Rc3 32. Rfb1 g5 33. Ra2 Rf5 34. Ng1
Nc1 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Rb8 g4 37. Rb2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Flear, Glenn"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. Bg2 b5 13. Qb3 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. a4
Re8 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Bd2 Ne4 {(Draw offer)} 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rae1
Nd7 21. b3 Nb6 22. Kh2 Rae8 23. Qd3 Bd4 24. Nc2 Bg7 25. Ne3 Bd4 26. Nc2 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Webb, Richard"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 c4 12. Nbd2 c3 13. Ne4 cxb2 14. Bxb2 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Na5 16. Nfd2 Qd7 17. Qf3 Bh6 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Ra1 Rc7 21. Red1
Qb5 22. Rdb1 Be2 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rxc2 25. Rxa7 Bd3 26. Rd1 Rxb2 27. Rxd3
Rc8 28. Rf3 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Nb5 33. Rd3 Bg7
34. d5 Be5 35. Nd2 Rc1 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Bh3 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Kg7 40. f4
Nd4 41. Bg4 Bd6 42. Bd1 Bb4 43. Nc4 b5 44. Ne5 Nf5 45. Bc2 Nd4 46. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Qd3 Na6 5. e4 Nb4 6. Qe2 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. Qd2
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Bxf1 11. Qxc2 O-O-O 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 Qb5 14. Be3 e6
15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Ke1 Bd3 17. Qd2 g5 18. Nf2 Bg6 19. h4 Bg7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rd1 Qc4 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Kf1 f5 25. Bxg5 Bd4 26. Nb5 Qc4+ 27.
Qd3 Qxd3+ 28. Nxd3 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rh2 30. Nf4 Bxb2 31. Kf2 Bh7 32. Kg3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14.
Rfe1 Bd6 15. h3 O-O 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Re4 Be7 18. Kf1 Rd5 19. Ke2 g6 20. Rd1 Rh5
21. Re5 Rxh3 22. Ra5 h5 23. Ra6 h4 24. Rxc6 Bd6 25. Bd2 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. f4
Bd6 28. Be3 Re8 29. Rc4 f5 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Kf1 Rh2 32. Rg2 Rh1+ 33. Rg1 Rxg1+
34. Kxg1 a6 35. Rc6 Ra8 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Rc4 a5 38. b5 a4 39. Rd4 a3 40. Rc4 Rb8
41. b6 cxb6 42. Kh3 b5 43. Rd4 Rc8 44. Rd2 Be7 45. Bd4 Rc4 46. c3 Bd6 47. Re2+
Kf7 48. Be5 Bxe5 49. Rxe5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gormally, Danny"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3 Nc6 8.
Bc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 10. Bg2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. e3 Nd6 16. Nd2 Nb8 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd7 21.
Rfe1 Nf6 22. Qf3 c6 23. Re5 Nd7 24. Re2 Qf6 25. Qe3 Qf5 26. Rce1 Nf6 27. Qc3 c5
28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd2 Rdc8 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Ne4 33. Rd4 Ng5
34. Rd3 f6 35. Bb2 a4 36. Rd6 axb3 37. Rxb6 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Bc1 Nxc4 40.
Rxb3 Na5 41. Rb1 Rc2 42. Be3 Nc4 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Bc5 Ne5 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Bf8
Nd3 47. Kf3 Ne1+ 48. Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Ke4 Rxf2 50. Rxg7+ Kh5 51. h3 h6 52. Rh7 Kg6
53. Rxh6+ Kf7 54. Bc5 f5+ 55. Ke5 Re2+ 56. Kd6 Rd2+ 57. Kc6 f4 58. gxf4 Nxf4
59. Bd6 Nd5 60. Be5 Ra2 61. Rh7+ Kg6 62. Ra7 Kf5 63. Kd6 Nb6 64. Rf7+ Ke4 65.
Rf4+ Ke3 66. Rg4 Kf3 67. Kxe6 Rc2 68. Rg3+ Ke4 69. Rc3 Rg2 70. Rc6 Rg6+ 71. Bf6
Nd5 72. Rc4+ Ke3 73. Kxd5 Rxf6 74. a4 Kd3 75. Rg4 Rf5+ 76. Ke6 Rh5 77. h4 Ke3
78. Kf6 Kf3 79. Rb4 Ra5 80. Ke6 Ke3 81. Kd6 Kd3 82. Rg4 Rh5 83. Kc6 Kc3 84. Kd7
Kd3 85. Ke7 Ke3 86. Kf7 Kf3 87. Rc4 Ra5 88. Rb4 Ke3 89. Kg6 Ra6+ 90. Kg5 Kf3
91. h5 Ra5+ 92. Kg6 Ra6+ 93. Kf7 Ra7+ 94. Ke6 Ra5 95. h6 Ra6+ 96. Kd7 Rxh6 97.
a5 Ke3 98. Rb6 Rh7+ 99. Kc6 Rh6+ 100. Kb5 Rh5+ 101. Ka4 Rh4+ 102. Rb4 Rh6 103.
Kb5 Rh5+ 104. Kb6 Rh6+ 105. Ka7 Rh7+ 106. Rb7 Rh6 107. Rd7 Rh1 108. a6 Ke4 109.
Kb8 Rb1+ 110. Rb7 Rh1 111. a7 Rh8+ 112. Kc7 Rh7+ 113. Kb6 Rh6+ 114. Kb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 d5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Bb5 Qe7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Qf4 Rhg8 15. g3 Rde8 16. Rd3 Qg7 17. Rde3 Bd7 18. Rc3 Bc6 19. Rce3 Bd7 20. Rc3
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Flear, Christine"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Nd3 c6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nb4 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc2 Red8 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Clarke, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Ne1 Nc6 12. f3 Bc8 13. Nc2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Qxd4 Qe5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 Nd7 18. f4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 f6 20. Nb5 Rec8 21.
Rd2 a6 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. b4 Re8 25. Nc2 Nf8 26. Ne3 Bh5 27. Nd5 Rbc8
28. a4 Bg6 29. Bh3 Rcd8 30. Nxc7 Rxe4 31. Bg2 Re7 32. Nd5 Ree8 33. Nc7 Re7 34.
Nd5 Ree8 35. Nb6 Ne6 36. a5 Re7 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Rde2 Rde8 39. Nd5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. a3 b6 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Ba2 Rc8 18. Qd3 b5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bb1
g6 22. Qe3 a5 23. bxa5 Nxa5 24. Ne5 Nb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Black "Lund, Brett"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 e5 10. f5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 h5 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Nd1 Qh4
15. h3 b6 16. Rb1 a5 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Bd4 20. Bc3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Bf4 Nge7 8.
O-O Ng6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Qg5 Ba6 15.
Qh5 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qg4 Qb6 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 h6 21. Re2
Rac8 22. Bf4 Kh7 23. Ne3 Rc7 24. Qf3 Qb5 25. Rd1 a4 26. g4 b3 27. a3 Ng8 28.
Qg3 Rfc8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Nf1 Rd1 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34.
Bxd2 Bxb2 35. h6 g6 36. Qf4 Qd7 37. Nh2 Bxa3 38. Nf3 Kh8 39. Ng5 Nxh6 40. Qh4
Bf8 41. Bb4 Qe8 42. Bxf8 Qxf8 43. Qxa4 Qe7 44. Nf3 Qb7 45. Qh4 Kh7 46. Qd8 Ng8
0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Webster, Andrew"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a4 Bd7 11. h3 Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc8 15.
Kh2 Ne6 16. Nde2 Nb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. a5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. b4
Bxb1 22. Qxb1 Nd7 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Qxc8 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Nd7 30. Bf3 h5 31. Qb1 Kf7 32. Be4 Nf8 33. h4 Qc7 34.
Qb5 Qc8 35. Bg2 Bf6 36. Bh3 Qa8 37. Qb4 Bg7 38. Bb6 Bf6 39. Qc4 Be5 40. Kg1 Qe8
41. Qc8 Qb5 42. Qxb7 Qb1+ 43. Bf1 Nh7 44. a6 Nf6 45. a7 Ne4 46. a8=Q Nd2 47.
Qaa6 Nf3+ 48. Kh1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Black "Collinson, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. g3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Qd3 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 c5 11. e3 a6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Rbc8 16. Ne4 Qb8 17. a4 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Regan, Natasha"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. f4 Nbc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3
a6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qg4 g6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Rhe1 b4 18. Ne2 Bf2 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. g4 a5 21. Rc1 a4
22. f5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Bd6 25. Qh6 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Be5 27. fxe6 Bxe6
28. d4 Bf6 29. Qf4 O-O 30. Bxb4 Qxb4 31. Qxf6 a3 32. b3 Qd2 33. Rc2 Qd3 34. Nf4
Qe4 35. Qe5 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "James, Dale"]
[Black "Barnes, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. Bb3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5
15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Qf6 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Bc2 a3 21. bxa3
Rxa3 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. c4 Ng6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rac1 Nf4 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Rc7 Raa8
28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 g4 30. f4 Rae8 31. a4 Ba6 32. Bxd5 Qb2 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34.
Qe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd8 36. Bd5 Rd6 37. Ree7 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nb3 d5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 O-O 13. e3 Rd8 14. Nb3 b6
15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. h3 h6 19. f4 Ned7 20. a5 b5 21. Nb3
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd2 Ne8 24. Nd1 Nd6 25. c3 b4 26. Rd4 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nf5
28. Rd3 Nxg3 29. Qf2 Nf5 30. Rad1 Qxa5 31. e4 dxe4 32. b4 Qc7 33. Nxe4 Rxd3 34.
Rxd3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Nd2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. Qc2 Nd7 7. Nxc4 Bd5 8.
e4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. b3 Ngf6 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Na3 O-O 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Nc4 Bc7 16. d3 Qe7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qe6 19. a4 b6 20. Bc1 Nf8 21. Bb2
N6d7 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. Bh3 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. f5 Qc6 26. g4 a6 27. g5 b5 28.
Ne3 Nb6 29. Rh3 c4 30. Qh5 h6 31. gxh6 g6 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Qf3 Re7 34. dxc4 bxc4
35. a5 Rd3 36. fxg6+ fxg6 37. Rhg3 Nd7 38. Ba3 Rxe3 39. Qxe3 Rf7 40. Rxg6 Qxg6
41. Rxg6 Kxg6 42. b4 Nf6 43. Bc1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bb2
d5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bb4+ 14. c3 Bd6 15.
Qe2 Qe7 16. O-O-O Ba3 17. Ne5 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 c5 19. h4 Nc6 20. h5 g5 21. f4
cxd4 22. exd4 gxf4 23. Ng6 Qd6 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. g5 f3 26. Qc2 Ne4 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf4 29. Qe3 Ne7 30. Rhf1 Nf5 31. Qf2 b5 32. Rd3 b4 33. Rxf3 bxc3+
34. Kxc3 Rxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 36. Kc2 Ne3+ 37. Kb1 Qd3+ 38. Kb2 Qd2+ 39. Ka3
Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Pert, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 e5 12. Qd3 f5 13. c5 Bb8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21.
Qa6 Rxc5 22. Qxa7 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ledger, David"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O Nf6 10. f3 Qd7 11. Rae1 O-O 12. Nc1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15.
Qd1 f6 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nh6 19. c3 Ndf5 20. Nb3 b6 21. Qc1
Nf7 22. Na1 N5d6 23. c4 a5 24. b3 f5 25. Nc2 Rfe8 26. Bc3 Re7 27. a3 Qc7 28.
Kh1 Rde8 29. Re2 b5 30. Qd2 a4 31. cxb5 axb3 32. Na1 Nxb5 33. Nxb3 Nfd6 34. a4
Bh6 35. Qb2 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 c4 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. dxc4 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 Rxc4 40. Rxc4
Nxc4 41. Ra1 e4 42. Bf1 Nd6 43. a5 Be3 44. a6 g5 45. Na5 f4 46. Nc6 Re8 47.
gxf4 gxf4 48. Rb1 f3 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Nxa7 e3 51. Re1 Nf5 52. Nc6 e2 53. Kg1
exf1=Q+ 54. Kxf1 Ne3+ 55. Kg1 f2+ 56. Kxf2 Ng4+ 57. Kf1 Nxh2+ 58. Kf2 Ng4+ 59.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Bf2 g6 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. b4 Bg5 20. bxc5 Bxc1 21. c6
Bxc6 22. d6 Ba4 23. dxc7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. Bxb6
Be3+ 28. Bxe3 Rxc7 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Dighton, Simon"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Bc2 Nac4 13. b3 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Bg4 15. Be4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Na4 f5 20. Nxb6
axb6 21. Bf3 e5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 exd4 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Qe7 Qc7 26. Qe6+ Kh8
27. Rf7 Qc5 28. b4 Qg5 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 h5 32. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Slough"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Ford, Elise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. O-O f6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b4
Kb8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rac1 Nc8 17. Qc2 g5 18. Nd2 Ba3 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qd3 Be7 23. d5 Qxd5 24. Qc3 g4 25. a4 h5 26. a5 Nc8 27. Rfd1 Qe6
28. Bc4 Bf6 29. Qc2 Qe5 30. b6 f4 31. Rb5 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qa1 33. bxc7+ Ka8 34.
Qxa1 Bxa1 35. Bxf4 Re8 36. Rb1 Bc3 37. Kf1 Bxa5 38. Bd5 Nb6 39. Bf7 Rf8 40. Be6
Re8 41. Rxb6 Bxb6 42. c8=Q+ Rxc8 43. Bxc8 Bd4 44. Be6 a5 45. Ke2 a4 46. Be3 Be5
47. Bb6 a3 48. h3 Kb8 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Ke3 g3 51. f4 Bc3 52. Kf3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nge7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Bd3 Bg4
15. Rf1 Nec6 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Bxc2 Nd4 18. Bd1 Qh4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. f3 Qe6 21.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rfc8 23. a4 Rc6 24. Rfd1 Qc8 25. Rd5 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rb8 27. Rc3
h6 28. h3 Qb6 29. b3 Qb4 30. Re3 Qb6 31. Red3 Qb4 32. Qd2 Qa3 33. Kh2 Re8 34.
b4 Qxa4 35. Ra5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Nde2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Nd5 Rfc8 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. b3
Be8 15. a4 Nd7 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. c4 a5 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Bd7 22. Re3 Qf8 23. Nd4 Re8 24. h4 h5 25. Qa1 Qg7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qd1 Qe5 30. Qd2 Bd7 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Qxa5
Nxb3 34. Qb6 Nc5 35. a5 Bg4 36. Ng5 Bc8 37. f4 Bf5 38. Qc7 Bd3 39. Ne6+ Nxe6
40. dxe6 Qxe6 41. Qxb7 Qxc4 42. Qd5 Qa6 43. Qd4+ Kh7 44. Qb6 Qc8 45. Qxd6 Qc2
46. Qd7 Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe1 Ba6 49. Kh1 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Ng5 exd3 10. exd3 d6 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Ne4 h6 14. f4 Kh8 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Rf4 c6 17. Qf1 d5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. d4
Nc6 22. Rf2 b5 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Bg2 b4 26. d5 bxc3 27. dxc6 Ba6 28.
Be5 Qg5 29. h4 Qd2 30. Rxd2 cxd2 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rd1 Bxf1 33. Bxf1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Friedgood, David"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. h4 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bh6 Qa5 8. Qc2
d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. e4 Qa6 18. Qe2 Qa3 19. Qd3 f5 20. O-O fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Rfe1 Kb8 23. Qd2 Qa4 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Qe2 h6 26. Ne6 Re7 27. Nxc5
Rxe2 28. Nxa4 Rge8 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. c5 Bc2 31. Nb2 Be4 32. Nd1 g3 33. Kf1 Bd3
34. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Ng6 7. Qg4 Nc6 8. f4
Bxc5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. h4 h5 12. Qg5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Qb6 14. f5 Ne7 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qh7 Rxg2 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ Rxg5 21.
Qf6+ Ke8 22. hxg5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nf5 24. g6 Ne3 25. g7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bellin, Jana"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Bd4 e5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Qc3 f4 20. exf4 Rxf4
21. Rae1 Qf7 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Anderton, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. e4 d4 14. Qh5+ Kf8
15. Ne2 Qe8 16. Qb5 Kg8 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Nxd4 Nf7 21.
Rfe1 Rd2 22. Rxe6 Qf8 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Qa8+ Nd8 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27.
Qa7+ Kg6 28. Be4+ f5 29. Nxf5 Qe5 30. Rb6+ Ne6 31. Rxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-BCM"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Edwards, Ray"]
[Black "Bates, Ruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. a4 a5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Kh2 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15.
f4 Bd7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb6 exf4 18. gxf4 Qb4 19. Qe3 Ne6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Rxd7
Nhxf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf7 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Kg8 25. e6 Qxb2 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Qe5+ Kh7 28. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qd1 Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Re8 15. a5
Rc8 16. Ra4 c4 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. e5 dxe5 23. f5 Qd7 24. Qe4 Rec8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Kh1 b5 28. axb6
Qxb6 29. Qe2 a5 30. Raa1 Rc4 31. Ne4 Qb4 32. Nc3 Rd4 33. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1
Qxb2 35. d6 Rxc3 36. d7 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Qxe5 38. d8=Q Qe4+ 39. Kg1 a4 40. Kh2 a3
41. Rd2 h5 42. Qb8 Qe3 43. Rd8 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qxf6 47.
Rxf8+ Kg7 48. Rh8 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qd2+ 52. Kh1 Qd5+ 53.
Kh2 Qd2+ 54. Kh1 a2 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Qb6+ Kf5 59.
Qb5+ Kf4 60. Qa4+ Kg3 61. Qa3+ Kf2 62. Qa7+ Kg3 63. Qa3+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. g4 Be6 16. Kb1 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Bb5 20. Bf5 Bd7
21. Rhe1 Bf8 22. Qh4 h6 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Rd6 27.
Rg1 Rg6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. h4 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 a6 32. a3 Re8 33. h5 Qh3
34. Rg5 Re1+ 35. Ka2 Qe6 36. Qc3 f6 37. Rg6 Rh1 38. Qb3 Rxh5 39. Qxb7 Rh4 40.
c3 Qf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rg2 Bd6 43. Kb3 Be5 44. Rd2 Bxd4 45. cxd4 g5 46. Kb4
Rh3 47. Rf2 Rh4 48. Rd2 Rh3 49. Rf2 Rh4 50. Kc5 Rf4 51. Kxd5 g4 52. Rg2 gxf3
53. Rf2 Kg6 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. d5 Ke4 56. d6 Rg4 57. d7 Rg8 58. Rf1 Rd8 59. Kd6
Ke3 60. Ke7 Rxd7+ 61. Kxd7 Ke2 62. Rh1 f2 63. Ke6 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Kxf1 65. b4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Qb2 Nd7 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Rfe8
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bg4 17. Rfc1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd6 20. d5 Rad8
21. Be2 Nf6 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qxa7 Nxd5 24. Qa6 Qe5 25. Bf1 Rd6 26. Kh1 Rg6 27.
Qd3 Qh5 28. Bg2 Ree6 29. Rg1 Rd6 30. Qc4 Ne7 31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qg4
Qxg4 34. fxg4 Nh4 35. Be4 Rd2 36. f3 Re2 37. Rd1 g5 38. Kg1 Rxe3 39. Rb1 Nxf3+
40. Bxf3 Rxf3 41. Rxb6 Rxa3 42. Rxh6 Re3 43. Rc6 Re5 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. h4 gxh4
46. Kh3 Ke7 47. Kxh4 Kd7 48. Rf6 Re7 49. g5 Kd8 50. g6 fxg6 51. Rxg6 Kd7 52.
Kg3 Re6 53. Rg5 Kc6 54. Kf3 Kb5 55. Rg8 c4 56. Rb8+ Ka4 57. Rc8 Kb3 58. Rb8+
Kc2 59. Rc8 c3 60. Rc7 Kb2 61. Rb7+ Kc1 62. Rc7 c2 63. Rc8 Rb6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne2 Bf6 10. c4 Qe7 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bh2 h5 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 g4 15.
Nf4 Rg8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 g3 18. fxe4 gxh2+ 19. Kxh2 fxe4 20. Qxh5+ Kd8 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. e6 Nf6 23. Rfd1+ Kc7 24. Qe5+ Kb6 25. b4 a6 26. a4 Ka7 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Rbc1 Rg7 30. Rd6 Rb8 31. Rdc6 Qf8 32. Rc7+ Bb7 33. bxa6
Qh8 34. axb7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Rxb7 37. Qc3 Ne5 38. Ra1+ Kb8 39. Qa3
Qg7 40. Qa8+ Kc7 41. Rc1+ Nc6 42. e7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Saunders, John"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. b3 a6
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. h3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bb1 d5 20. Nxd4 Bc8 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. Rfe1 Ra7 23. Qb4 Rd7 24. Be4 Qh5 25. Nf3 Ra7 26. Re2 Be6 27. Red2
Bf6 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Qf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Poulton, James"]
[Black "Spice, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8.
O-O h5 9. b4 Bxb4 10. Qa4 Bh3 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Rb1 Bh3 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7+
Kxb7 15. Qxb4+ Kc6 16. Ba3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Richmond, Jane"]
[Black "Law, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8.
Ne2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. c4 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nd5 Qd7
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 e6 17. c3 exd5 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 dxc4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
dxc4 Rad8 22. c5 Qd5 23. Be3 bxc5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Rb7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Black "Cast, Abigail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

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. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Ng4
15. Bh4 g6 16. Bf1 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxh2 18. Qd3 Rf8 19. Be2 Nxd4 20. Rad1 Nf5 21.
Bg5 Bg3 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Qd6 25. e4 Qf4 26. Qd4 Qg3 27. Rd1
Ng4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. exd5 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 exd5 31. Nxd5 Be6 32. a3 Kg7 33. Nc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Waters, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h3 b5 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
b3 Qc7 16. g4 Nb7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Na4 19. bxa4 bxa4+ 20. Ka1 hxg4 21. hxg4
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 a3 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Kxb1 Qc4 25. Nb3 Bb5 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4
Ba4 28. f5 Qf1+ 29. Bd1 gxf5 30. gxf5 Qc4 31. Nb3 Qf1 32. Qd3 Qe1 33. f6 Bb5
34. Qd4 Be2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 b5 8.
cxb6 axb6 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 d3 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Nd4 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bxd3
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Ncb5 Re8 17. O-O Re5 18. a4 Bb7 19. f3 Nd5 20. e4 Nf4
21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Nf5 Ne6 23. Nbd6 Ba6 24. f4 Rc5 25. e5 Qd8 26. b4 Rc7 27. Rfd1
h5 28. b5 Bb7 29. Nxb7 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxb7 31. g3 Nc5 32. Rc2 Rba7 33. Ne3 Nb3
34. Ra3 Nd4 35. Rc4 Rd7 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ra2 Kf8 38. Rc6 Nd4 39. Rxb6 Rc8 40.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Ba3 b6 13. Nf1 Nd8 14. Ne3 Nb7 15.
f4 Nh5 16. fxe5 Nxg3 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qf2 f5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. e5
Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. exd6 Re8+ 24. Ne7+ Rxe7+ 25. dxe7 Qxe7+ 26. Kf1 Rf8 27.
Re1 Qf6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 f4 30. Be6 f3 31. Bxd7 f2 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Re8
fxg1=Q+ 34. Kxg1 Qxe8 35. Bxe8 Nf4 36. c5 Kg8 37. c6 Ne6 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Bd7
Nc7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. c4 a5 42. d4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Pert, Richard"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Bf2 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxb2
15. Bxg3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Ne2 d4 20. Qd3 a6
21. Ba4 Rd8 22. Rad1 b5 23. Bb3 Bb7 24. Nxd4 Rac8 25. h4 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Kxe3 Rc3+ 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Rh3 e5 30. Ne2 Rxd1 31. Nxc3 Rd3 32. Ne2 a5 33. Rg3
a4 34. Bc2 Rd2 35. Bb1 b4 36. Rg4 Rb2 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. a3 Rb3 39. Be4 Be6 40.
Rg1 Rxa3 41. Rb1 Rb3 42. Ra1 a3 43. Ng3 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 a2 45. Bd3 Rg2 46. Ne4+
Ke7 47. Nc5 Bd5 48. Na4 b3 49. Be2 Rh2 50. Nb2 Rxh4 51. Kd3 Rh2 52. Ke3 g5 53.
Rc1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Nc5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd4 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rb8 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Nbd2 f6 17. Qa7 c6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. e6 Be8 21. f4 Rc8
22. Rc5 Bg6 23. Rac1 Bd3 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 g5 27. g3 gxf4
28. gxf4 Rd8 29. Nf3 Bb5 30. Rb6 d4 31. e7 Rd5 32. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Dighton, Simon"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. b3 e6 12. Qd2 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. Rab1
N8e7 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ra4 20. g4 Nfxd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bg2 Qe7 23. Rb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc2 25. Qb6 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rc8 27. e4 d4
28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. cxd6 Be5 30. Rb1 Bxd6 31. e5 Bxe5 32. Bxb7 Rc2 33. a4 Bxh2+
34. Kf1 Ra2 35. Bc6 Bf4 36. Rb7 Be3 37. Be8 Rf2+ 38. Ke1 d3 39. Rd7 d2+ 40. Kd1
Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Edwards, Ray"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qb6 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Qc2 Nc7 15.
Bd2 e6 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. b3 exd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Be3 Qb4 21.
Qd3 Nd7 22. Bd2 Qb7 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qd3 Nbxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Be1 Re5 27. Kh2
Rf5 28. Nh4 Rh5 29. Ng2 Be5 30. f4 Bd4 31. g4 Rh6 32. Qf3 {#} 32... Nxf4 33.
Qxf4 Be5 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bc3 Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Barnes, Lara"]
[Black "Wilman, Carey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. Ne2 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. Ng3 a5 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Qe2 b6
15. b3 b5 16. a3 c6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. c4 cxd5 19. exd5 b4 20. a4 Rad8 21. Qd3
h5 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bc2 e4 26. g3 Kh7 27. Kh1 Bh6 28.
f4 exf3 29. Qxf3 Re3 30. Qg2 Rde8 31. Bd3 Bg7 32. Qh3 Qe5 33. Qg2 Qc3 34. Qc2
Qxc2 35. Bxc2 Rc3 36. Rf2 Bd4 37. Rfd2 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kf1 Kg5 40. Rb1 Rce3
41. Bd3 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Ree3 43. Be2 Rxb3 44. Rbd1 Rf2+ 45. Kh1 Re3 46. Bf1 Rxd2
47. Rxd2 Re1 48. Kg2 b3 49. h4+ Kf6 50. Bd3 b2 51. Kh3 b1=Q 52. Bxb1 Rxb1 53.
Re2 Be5 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. e5 g4 12. Nh4 Qa5 13. O-O dxe5 14. Re1 f6
15. Ng6 Rh7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nde7 Qd8 18. Qxg4 h5 19. Qc4 Qd4 20. Qe2 Bd7 21.
Rad1 Qxb2 22. h4 Qc3 23. Rd6 Ba4 24. Red1 Bb5 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Bf2
Rxe7 28. Nxe7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jon"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
c4 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Rc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb5 Qxa2 14. Nxc7
Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Ra1 Qxb2 20. Qxd5
Qxe2 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Nb3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Copeland, Graham"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Qb3 f5 14. b5 Kh7 15.
Rac1 Re8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Qa4 c4 21. Be2
Ne4 22. Nc3 Be6 23. f4 Qd6 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rb1 Reb8 26. Qa5 Rb6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6
28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Bd1 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Ba4 Re2 32. Be8 Bxe5 33. fxe5 c3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Collier, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. Bg2 Rb8 8. Nf3 b5
9. d4 b4 10. Ne2 Na5 11. b3 Nf6 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qd3 d5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. O-O Nxc5
16. Qd4 Nd7 17. Qxa7 Qxa7 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nc6 21. c4 dxc4 22.
bxc4 Rc8 23. Rac1 O-O 24. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qd6 7. d5 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Be3 e6 11. c5 Qd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qb3 Nxd5 14. Qxb7 Rd8
15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qb7 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 c6 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19. Rc1 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Bxc5
21. Nd1 Ba7 22. Rxc6 O-O 23. Ke1 Rfd8 24. Rf1 Nh4 25. Rf2 g6 26. b4 Nf5 27. Rf3
Nh4 28. Rg3 Nf5 29. Rh3 Rd2 30. Ra6 R2d7 31. a4 Rb8 32. b5 Bc5 33. Rc6 Bb4+ 34.
Kf2 Nd6 35. Kf3 f5 36. Nf2 Ra7 37. Bd1 Ne4 38. Nxe4 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Kg7 40. Rxe6
Rc8 41. Bb3 Rc3 42. b6 Re7 43. Rxe7+ Bxe7 44. Bd5 Bc5 45. b7 Ba7 46. Ke5 Ra3
47. Bc6 Rd3 48. Bb5 Bb8+ 49. Ke4 Rd2 50. Rg3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Flear, Glenn"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2
Kh7 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 e6 11. Nf3 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. O-O Nc7 14. a4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Na6 16. Rbd1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. b3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qf6 21. Nd4
Nd7 22. f4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qh4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Qd4 Qxf4 27. Rf1
Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Na6 29. Rf3 Nc5 30. Rdf1 Ncd7 31. Nb5 Qe5 32. Qb4 Re7 33. Nxd6 a5
34. Qa3 Kf8 35. Nc4 Qd4 36. e5 Nxe5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Rxf6 Qxd5+ 39. R6f3 Rbe8
40. Bd3 Kg8 41. Bc4 Qe4 42. Qd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Gormally, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Nb6 Nxc4
15. Nxa8 Qc8 16. Qe2 Bb5 17. Nd4 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Qxb5+ Kf8
21. O-O Kg7 22. Rfe1 Rd8 23. c4 Qc8 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Qc5 26. Qa4 Rb8 27.
Re3 Ng4 28. Rf3 Qd4 29. Qa1 Qxe4 30. Rg3 Kf8 31. c5 Qf4 32. c6 Bd8 33. Qd1
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Bristol-Invicta Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Flear, Christine"]
[Black "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Na6 12. b4 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Qb2 b5 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. Rfb1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rc4 18. Qd2 f6 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. exf6 Qb7 21.
Be5 Nb8 22. Bh3 Bd7 23. b5 Re4 24. Qg5 Rxe2 25. Bd4 e5 26. Rxa7 Qxa7 27. Bxa7
Bxh3 28. Qh6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd2 Kd8 13. O-O Nf6 14. f3
Bg6 15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Bb4 f5 18. f4 Bh5 19. Rc2 g5 20. fxg5 h6 21.
g6 Bxg6 22. Be1 f4 23. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Re8 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. a3 c4 15.
d4 d6 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nh4 Bc8 19. Nf5 Nc6 20. b3 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ne7
22. Rff1 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Ng6 24. Nf3 Qc7 25. Rac1 Re7 26. Nd2 Qb6 27. h3 Rc8 28.
Kh1 Qb7 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qf2 b4 31. Bd5 Qa7 32. Nc4 bxc3 33. Qxf6 Rxc4 34.
Bxc4 exd4 35. exd4 Rxe4 36. Rf1 Re7 37. h4 Qc7 38. h5 Qxc4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40.
Ra1 Qe2 {(Highly suspect score - may be some mistakes)} 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nc4 Ngxe5 11. Ncxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14.
Bc4+ Kg7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. f4 e4 18. Rd4 Kf6 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. h3
h5 21. Kf2 h4 22. g3 hxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Re7 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. b4 a6 26. a4 Rh8 27.
Rd8 Rh5 28. Rb8 Reh7 29. Rh1 g5 30. fxg5 Rxg5+ 31. Kf2 Rhg7 32. Rh2 Rd7 33. h4
Rg4 34. Kf1 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rgg1 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Ne5 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 e6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Na3 Be7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Red1
O-O 15. Nc2 Qc8 16. Nb4 Nc7 17. a4 g6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Rd3 Qe6 20. Be3 Qc4 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b6 23. g3 Rdb8 24. Rb5 Qc6 25. Rd1 a6 26. Rb4 b5 27. Ra1 a5
28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qe2 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Knott, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. dxc6 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 bxc6 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Rxc6 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Kf1 Nd4 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Rc5 Rfe8 22. e5 Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe5 25. Nc6 Bxb2 26. Rxb5
Re6 27. Rc5 h5 28. b4 Ba3 29. Rc3 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Bxb4 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Kd3 Be1
33. Rc2 Kg7 34. Ke4 Ba5 35. Ke5 Bd8 36. Kd6 Bg5 37. Kd7 Bf4 38. h3 Be5 39. Ke8
f6 40. Rc8 h4 41. Rd8 f5 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Kf8 g5 44. f3 Bc3 45. Rd5 Ke6 46. Rb5
Bd4 47. Kg8 Kf6 48. Kh7 Be3 49. Kh6 Bc1 50. Kh5 Be3 51. Rb8 Kf7 52. Rh8 Bc1 53.
Rh7+ Kf6 54. Rh6+ Ke5 55. Rg6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Plueg, Andreas"]
[Black "Collinson, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd6
Nxe4 9. dxe7 Re8 10. Kf1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rxe7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qb3
Rae8 15. Nb5 Be6 16. Rc1 Rd7 17. h3 a6 18. Na3 b5 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Kh2 bxc4 21.
Qb4 Qc7 22. g3 Bf8 23. Qa4 Bd5 24. Rhd1 Bc6 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qa5 Nd3 27. Rf1
Nxf2 28. Bxf2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Webster, Andrew"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e4 8. Qc2
Nb4 9. Qb1 d5 10. a3 Nd3 11. cxd5 Bf5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxd3 Nxg3 14. Qc4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Be4 16. Qc4 Qh4 17. h3 Qg5 18. f3 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. b4 Bd6 21.
Bb2 a5 22. Bc3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 b6 25. Kf2 f5 26. Bf1 Kf7 27. Bd3 g6
28. Bb5 Re7 29. h4 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc1 Re7 32. Kg3 h6 33. Bc6 Ke6 34. Kf4
Rg7 35. Bxd5+ Kxd5 36. b5 g5+ 37. hxg5 hxg5+ 38. Kxf5 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Kd6 40. Rc6+
Kd5 41. Rg6 Kc4 42. Rxg5 Rd7 43. d4 Re7 44. Re5 Rg7+ 45. Kf5 Rd7 46. Ke4 c6 47.
bxc6 Rc7 48. d5 b5 49. Re8 b4 50. Ke5 b3 51. Rb8 Rh7 52. d6 Rh5+ 53. Ke4 Rb5
54. c7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Black "Regan, Natasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. c3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 c4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. g4 Bg6
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne8 19. f5 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
fxe6 Nc7 22. e5 Nxe6 23. exf6 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bxf6 25. d5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "James, Dale"]
[Black "King, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. N2b3 Nbd7 11. f4 e5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. O-O Nh5 14. f5 Ng3 15.
Qe1 Nxf1 16. Qxf1 Nf6 17. Bg5 a6 18. Na3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nc4 gxf5 21. exf5
d5 22. Ne3 h5 23. g4 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Ng2 Bh6 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Bxa6 Ba8 29. Bb5 Be3+ 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Qf4 Qh4 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. f6+ Qxf6
34. Qxa8 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 g6 8. e4
d6 9. a4 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Be3 h5 15.
Be2 Ne8 16. O-O e6 17. Qd2 h4 18. Nh1 exd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. b3
Nf6 22. Nf2 Rae8 23. Bc4 Re5 24. Bg5 h3 25. g4 Nh7 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Nxh3 f5 28.
g5 Be8 29. Rae1 Bf7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Re1 Qd8 32. Bb5 Kh8 33. Nf2 Be5 34. h4
Bxd5 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 36. Rd1 Qe7 37. Qxd5 Nxg5 38. hxg5 Qxg5+ 39. Kf1 Qg3 40.
Qd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Tebb, David"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Bf5 5. d4 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Be7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. c5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxc3
15. cxb6 Bf6 16. bxc7 Nd5 17. Ng5 Nxc7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7
21. Rd4 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Qd7 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 Bf8
9. Qg4 Na6 10. Nce2 Nc7 11. c3 Ba6 12. Nf4 Nh6 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Nge2 Nf5 15.
h4 f6 16. Nd3 Kb7 17. Nef4 g5 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. Nh5 Nh4 20. Rxh4 gxh4 21. Nf6
Qf7 22. Nf4 Ne8 23. N4h5 Nxf6 24. Nxf6 Qg6 25. O-O-O Bd3 26. Rh1 b5 27. Bd1 b4
28. cxb4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. axb4 Qg5+ 31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. fxe3 Kc7 33. Bg4
Bg6 34. Bxe6 Ra8 35. Rxh4 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rha8 37. g4 Rxb4 38. Bf5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc3
Raa2 40. Nxh7 Bxf5 41. gxf5 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. Nf4
a6 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 d6 11. d3 b5 12. Qc1 e5 13. Nfd5 b4 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. e3 Ne6
16. Qd2 Bb7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Qf2 h5 19. e4 Nh6 20. N1e3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. f5
gxf5 23. exf5 Qf6 24. Be4 Ng4 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qe2 Kd7 28. Qxg4
Bh6 29. Qf3 Be3 30. Rb2 a5 31. Kf1 Rbg8 32. Rbh2 Qe5 33. g4 f6 34. Ke2 Kc7 35.
Rh3 Rg7 36. Rg3 {(Draw offer)} 36... Rgh7 37. Rgh3 Kb6 38. Kd1 Ra7 39. g5 fxg5
40. hxg5 Rxh3 41. Qxh3 Bxg5 42. Qg4 Rg7 43. Qf3 Bf6 44. Qf2 Bg5 45. Qh2 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 Ba6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nbc3 f5 12. Nxd5 fxe4 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc3
Qg5 15. O-O e3 16. f3 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Rde1 Nf4
21. Qc2 Rc8 22. g3 e2 23. Rf2 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qh6 26. h4 g5 27. Qd2
Kg7 28. Rg1 g4 29. f4 Qg6 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Kg6 33. Kd3 h5
34. a4 Rc7 35. c4 Kf5 36. Rb1 Kg6 37. Rb4 Kf5 38. Rb5 Kg6 39. d5 exd5 40. Rxd5
Kf7 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. f5 Rb7 43. Kd4 Rc7 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rg5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Giblin, William"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Na5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Ng4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qf7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. d5 e5 23. f4 h5 24. fxe5 hxg4 25. exf6 g3 26. Rf1 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 g6 28.
Qg4 Kf8 29. Bc1 Bd6 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. e5 Qxd5 32. f7+ Kd8 33. Bg5+ Kc7 34. exd6+
Kxd6 35. Rf6+ Kc7 36. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Ilecki, Wojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne4 Be5 11. c3 Re8 12. Ne2 b6 13. Qd2 f5 14. N4g3 f4 15.
Nxh5 fxe3 16. Qc2 Qh4+ 17. Nhg3 Ba6 18. O-O-O d6 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Nf5 Qg5 21. h4
Qf6 22. Nxe3 Qf7 23. Nf5 Bc4 24. Ne3 Ba6 25. Ng4 Bc4 26. Ne3 Ba6 27. Qf5 Qxf5+
28. Nxf5 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Bxe2 31. Bxe2 Bxc3 32. Bb5 Bd4 33. Bxd7 Re2
34. b3 h5 35. Nh2 Rxg2 36. Nf1 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 38. Nd2 a6 39. Rde1 b5 40. Re6
Rd8 41. Be8 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Nxc4 Bf6 44. Rhe1 Rb8 45. Rd1 Bxh4 46. Bxg6
Bg5+ 47. Nd2 Ra1+ 48. Kc2 Rc8+ 49. Kb2 Rxd1 50. Ne4 Rxd5 51. Nxd6 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. b3
Nc6 16. Ncb5 Qb8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. h4 g6 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Qe2 Nc6
22. Red1 Bg7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Ne2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nc3 Ba6 27. Nd5 exd5 28.
Rxc6 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Bb7 30. Rb6 d5 31. Bg2 Qc8 32. Rxb5 Qd7 33. a4 Rac8 34. Bd4
Bf8 35. Qf4 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rb6 Bc6 38. a5 Re8 39. b4 Re6 40. Qd4+ Kg8
41. Bh3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
e4 a5 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qa3 O-O 13. Ne1 c6 14. f4 cxd5 15.
fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 f5 19. Nc2 Ra6 20. Rad1 b5 21.
b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ba4 23. Rf2 Rc6 24. Rd4 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd7 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5
gxf5 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. Bxf5 Nxc4+ 32. Kf4 Rc5 33. Bg4
Kg6+ 34. Kg3 Rg5 35. Rcxc4 h5 36. Rxe4 Rd8 37. Rcd4 Kf6 38. d7 Rxg4+ 39. Rxg4
hxg4 40. Kxg4 Ke7 41. a4 Rg8+ 42. Kf5 Kd8 43. h4 Rg1 44. h5 Rh1 45. Kg6 Rg1+
46. Kh7 Rg2 47. h6 Rg1 48. Rd6 Rg4 49. Rg6 Rxa4 50. Kg8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Qc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. O-O
Bd7 9. c4 h5 10. Qh3 dxc4 11. Na3 Nf5 12. Bxc4 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nc3 Ncd4
15. Ng5 Qc7 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Nce4 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qb8 21.
Nc5 Rd5 22. b4 Qd8 23. Ncxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qd7 25. Nf4 Rd6 26. Rc5 g6 27. Bc3
Rh7 28. Rce5 Kd8 29. Bc4 Bf6 30. Nxg6 Rg7 31. Qxh5 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxg2 33. Qh8+
Kc7 34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Bf7 Qxf7 36. Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Morris, Charles"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. a4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Be6 7. f4 Na6 8.
Nf3 Rd8+ 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. h3 Nc5 11. Ke1 f6 12. Be3 fxe5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe5
Be3 15. g3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Nh5 17. Nd1 Bc5 18. e3 Nxg3 19. Rg1 Nf5 20. Ke2 O-O 21.
Rc1 Nd6 22. Nf2 Bd5 23. Rcd1 Nf5 24. Neg4 h5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27.
Bxe4+ Ng7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 c6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. h5 Be4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qf3 Nd6
15. Bf4 f6 16. O-O Re8 17. b4 Qa3 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Rb3 Qa6 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21.
Ra3 Qb6 22. d5 a6 23. dxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Rc3 g5 26. Be3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be3 Ngf6 7. h3 b5 8. a3 Bb7
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Be7 11. Bd3 Qb8 12. b4 Bd8 13. a4 a5 14. Nxb5 axb4 15. Nd2
Ba6 16. O-O Bxb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Rc1 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Rc6
Qb8 22. Nb3 Nh5 23. Qa6 Nf4 24. Bf1 Nf6 25. b6 Nxe4 26. b7 Nxd5 27. Rc8 Nc7 28.
Rxb8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Saunders, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
e5 9. O-O Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 Nc5 13. Qe3 b6 14. a3 Qc7 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bf1 Nh5 19. a4 Nd4 20. axb5 Nxc2 21. Qc5 Be6
22. Ra6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. b6 Nxb4 25. Rxa7 Rexa7 26. bxa7 Bf6 27. Rb1 c5
28. Be3 Be7 29. Na4 Ba2 30. Rb2 c4 31. Nc5 Rxa7 32. Rxb4 c3 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34.
Ne6+ Bxe6 35. Bxa7 c2 36. Be3 Ba3 37. Ng5 c1=Q 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Bxc1 Bxc1 40.
Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Cast, Abigail"]
[Black "Armstrong, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3
Qe8 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Qe7
15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nc4 f6
21. Ne3 c6 22. Nc4 b6 23. Ne3 b5 24. c4 b4 25. c5 Bxc5 26. Rc1 Bd4 27. Rxc6
Bxb2 28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rc6 Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd1 Bd4 32. Nc4 Kf6 33. Rb1
Bc3 34. Nd6 Rc6 35. Nc4 Ra6 36. Nxe5 Rxa2 37. Ng4+ Kg7 38. Rd1 Rd2 39. Rxd2
Bxd2 40. Bc4 h5 41. Ne5 Kf6 42. Nc6 Bc3 43. Nxa7 Ke5 44. Nb5 h4 45. Kf1 Bd2 46.
Bb3 h3 47. Ba2 Ne6 48. Bxe6 Kxe6 49. Nd4+ Kd6 50. Nb3 Bf4 51. Kg1 Kc6 52. Nd4+
Kb6 53. Ne2 g5 54. Nd4 Kc5 55. Nb3+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. f3 e4 6. Qd4 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. fxe4
Nb4 9. Qd1 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Rc1 Kf8 12. Nf3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nxa2 14. Rb3 a5
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rf3 Qe7 17. g3 g6 18. Bg2 Kg7 19. O-O Rhf8 20. Qd2 Nb4 21. Re3
Qg5 22. Nf3 Qh6 23. h4 Rae8 24. Ng5 f6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qe4 fxg5
28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qxd7 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 gxh4 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qxc7+
Ke8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kh8 39. Qd8+
Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ Qg7 42. Qd8+ Qg8 43. Qf6+ Qg7 44. Qd8+ Qg8 45. Qxd6
h5 46. Qe5+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. gxh4 Kf6 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Ke3 Nc2+ 51. Kd3
Nd4 52. Bh3 Nb3 53. Bg2 b6 54. e3 Nc5+ 55. Kc3 Na4+ 56. Kb3 Nc5+ 57. Ka3 Nd3
58. b3 Ne1 59. Bh1 Nd3 60. Bg2 Ne1 61. d6 Kxd6 62. Be4 Ke5 63. Bxg6 Ng2 64.
Bxh5 Kd6 65. Ka4 Kc5 66. Bg6 Nxe3 67. h5 Ng4 68. Bf5 Nh6 69. Be6 Kc6 70. Bh3
Kc5 71. Bd7 Nf7 72. Ka3 Kd4 73. Kb2 Kd3 74. Bf5+ Kd4 75. Kc2 Nh6 76. Bd7 Nf7
77. Kd2 Nh6 78. Ke2 Ng8 79. Be6 Nh6 80. Kf3 Ke5 81. Bd7 Kd6 82. Be8 Ke5 83. Bg6
Ng8 84. Kg4 Kf6 85. Kf4 Ne7 86. Be4 Ng8 87. Bh7 Ne7 88. Ke4 Kg7 89. Bg6 Kf6 90.
Kd4 Nc6+ 91. Kd5 Ne5 92. Bc2 Nf3 93. h6 Ne1 94. Be4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Levitt, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nh5 19. Bc1 Bf4 20. g4 Ng3+
21. fxg3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 b6 23. Bc2+ Kg7 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Rh2 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qb7 {(Draw offer)} 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rh2 Rd3 31. Kg2
Rbd7 32. Re2 b5 33. Rh1 Rd2 34. Kf2 R7d3 35. Rhe1 Kg7 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Re2
Rd3 38. Re3 Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rd3 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Kh3 f6 43. Rc2 e5 44.
c4 bxc4 45. Rxc4 Rd2 46. Rb4 a5 47. Ra4 Rxb2 48. Rxa5 e4 49. Ra7 e3 50. Re7
Rxa2 51. Rxe3 {(Draw offer)} 51... Rb2 52. Rf3 Ra2 53. Re3 Rb2 54. Rf3 Ra2 55.
Rb3 Rc2 56. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Be3 a4 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bc5 Be7 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc3 Ra5 19. Rd5 Rc5 20. e3 b6 21. Red1
e4 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Ne1 Ne5 24. Bf1 Bb7 25. Be2 Bc6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ng2 Rb3 28.
Qd2 Nd3 29. Rb1 Qe5 30. Nf4 Bb7 31. Nxd3 exd3 32. Bxd3 Qd6 33. Rd1 Qe5 34. Bc2
h6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qf8 Kg6 37. Rd7 Be4 38. Qf7+ Kh7 39. Bxb3 axb3 40. h5 f4
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qb8 13. Qa5 Nb6 14. Bxb5+ axb5
15. Qxb5+ Nd7 16. Qc6 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ngf6 18. Ra8 O-O 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. b3 Nb6
21. c4 Nfd7 22. c5 Ra8 23. h3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Martin, Andrew"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 Ne8 8. h4
Na6 9. Nf5 Nac7 10. a4 a6 11. Ra3 Bd7 12. g4 Rb8 13. g5 f6 14. Rg1 fxg5 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Nd1 Kh8 19. Be2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ra7 Rfc8 22. cxb5 c4 23. Nc3 Qg6 24. Rg3 Nh5 25. Bxh5 Qxh5 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27.
Kxe2 Bxb5 28. Be7 Rb6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Nxb5 Rdd7 32. Nxc7 Rxc7
33. Rc3 Rb7 34. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 Kg8 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Rc6 Rb3+ 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. f4 e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nh3 exf4 8. Nxf4
Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. Nfd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Nxe6
Qxe6 15. c3 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra6 Rfc8 20. Qa4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Ne5 22. Bf4 Rb2 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nc4 25. d5 Qg4 26. Rc6 Ne5 27. Rxc8+
Qxc8 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Qa6 Rb1 30. Bf1 h5 31. Rc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxc8+ Kh7 33. Qa6 Nf3
34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kh1 Rb2 36. Bxd6 Nf3 37. Be2 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 39. Kh3 g5 40.
Bxh5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Law, Andrew"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 e5 6. Qc2 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qa6 14. Bf5 b6 15.
Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Kg7 18. Nxd6 Red8 19. f4 e4 20. Qxe4 Bg4 21.
Qe7 Rd7 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8 Qxc4 24. e4 Qxc3 25. Kh1 h5 26. f5 Rd6 27. Rae1
h4 28. Qb8 Qe5 29. h3 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qg3 31. Rg1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Crouch, Colin"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Ne5 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. f4 Bh4+ 14. g3 Be7
15. O-O Bh3 16. Rf2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qd1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qf3 Qd7 21.
Ne2 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qb4 26. a3 Qa5 27.
Kg2 Rd3 28. Qxb7 Rxe3 29. Qxe7 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 h5 31. Qxa7 Rb3 32. Qc7 Qe4 33. Qc2
Rd3 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. e6 Re3 36. exf7+ Kf8 37. Qxh5 Qe4 38. Rd2 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Cooper, John"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. Ne5 g6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 d6 8. Be2
Nf6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bf1 f5 15. h3
Bh5 16. exf5 Nxg2+ 17. Bxg2 Rxf5 18. O-O Qf8 19. Ne4 Rxf3 20. Bxa5 Qf4 21. Qd2
Qxe4 22. Rae1 Qh4 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Qe6 Bd4 25. Re4 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Be1
Raf8 28. Rxf2 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Rxf2 31. Rxe7 Rxa2 32. Rxb7 Bd1 33.
Be4 a5 34. h4 Rb2 35. Rd7 Bxb3 36. Rxd6 Rd2 37. h5 Rd4 38. Re6 Bxc4 39. hxg6
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. c3
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. f4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Ndf3 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. g4 Be7 17. h4 Bd6 18. g5 f5 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21.
Rg6 Kh7 22. Rg3 Qf7 23. O-O-O Rg8 24. Rdg1 Rxg3 25. Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Nxd4 dxc4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ra3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 O-O
15. Re1 f5 16. Ng3 Nd4 17. Ra3 f4 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. d3 f3 20. Nf4 fxg2 21. Ne6
Qd7 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. dxc4 Bf6 24. Nxc5 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Be7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Be3
Ne5 28. Rb3 Nxc4 29. Bd4 b6 30. Nd3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Black "Morris, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Nbd4 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Rh5 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qd4 Qa6 20. Ne5 Nf6
21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Qg4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "James, David J"]
[Black "Plueg, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 a6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 b5 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. h3 Re8 14. Re1 h5 15. e5
dxe5 16. f5 h4 17. Nge4 gxf5 18. Nd6 b4 19. Nb1 f4 20. Nxe8 Nxe8 21. Nd2 Rb6
22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Rg1 Ndf6 24. a3 b3 25. Qxb3 Bf5 26. Nf1 Nh5 27. Bd2 Nd6 28. Re1
Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Qg5 30. Qf3 Nxc4 31. Bc1 Nd6 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34. Bd2 Bd7
35. Rc1 Bh6 36. Rc7 Qf5 37. Qf2 Nde4 38. Qa7 Nf6 39. Qf2 Nfe4 40. Qa7 Nf6 41.
Qf2 e4 42. Bc3 f3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Duncan, Chris"]
[Black "Saunders, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. Qe2 Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 Be4 12. Nf3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 e6
15. Be3 Bd6 16. c4 Nxe3 {(Draw offer)} 17. Qxe3 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Bxe5 19. dxe5
O-O-O 20. a3 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rhd8 22. b4 Qa4 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc1 b6 25. h4 c5
26. b5 Rd4 27. Qf3 Kd8 28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 Qa5 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Qb7+ Rd7 32.
f6+ gxf6 33. exf6+ Ke8 34. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Barbican-SW Dragons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Cast, Abigail"]
[Black "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 e4 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb1 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Qe7 16. Bg2 Ng4 17. e4 O-O 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nc3
Qe5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rf8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. g4 Qxb2 27. Rd1
Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Be5 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxa2 31. Qd3 Qa1+ 32. Ke2 Qb2+ 33. Kf1
Bd4 34. Qf3 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 b5 36. Qe4 Qb2+ 37. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. f4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. f5 Bg8 14. Ng3 a5
15. Qg4 a4 16. Bxa4 Ndb4 17. Nh5 Re7 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rf3 b5 20. Rh3 Ra4 21.
d4 b4 22. cxb4 Qxd4 23. Qd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. b5 Na7 26. Rd3 Qa4 27. Rd8+
Bg8 28. Be3 Qa2 29. Ra8 Qf7 30. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qc2 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxh2+ 10. Nxh2 Qxb5 11. Na3 Qb4 12. Bd2 Qe4 13. Bc3 Qxc2 14.
Nxc2 Ne4 15. Bd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 a5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1+ Be6 19. a3 a4 20. Nb4 h5
21. Re5 O-O-O 22. Rae1 Ng8 23. f4 Ne7 24. Nf3 h4 25. Ng5 Ng6 26. R5e3 Rd7 27.
f5 Bxf5 28. Rf1 Be6 29. Nxe6 Re8 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Nc7 Rxe3 32. Nxd5 Rb3 33.
Rxf7 h3 34. Rxg7 Nh4 35. Nb6+ Kd8 36. d5 hxg2 37. Rg8+ Ke7 38. d6+ Kf7 39. Rg4
Rh3 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Black "Webster, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6
9. Bf2 Nf5 10. Qd2 Bf8 11. a3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nh4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. g3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 b5 16. O-O Nb6 17. b3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. c3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc7
22. Rac1 Kd7 23. Rc2 Bb4 24. Qf3 Rab8 25. Nc1 Na8 26. h3 Qb6 27. Kg2 Nc7 28.
Nd3 Be7 29. Rc3 Na6 30. Rfc1 Nb4 31. Nxb4 Bxb4 32. Rd3 Rbc8 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Qe3 Qa6 38. Qxc5 Qxd3 39. Qa7+ Kc8 40.
Qa8+ Kc7 41. Qxa5+ Kb8 42. Qa7+ Kc8 43. Qa8+ Kc7 44. Qxh8 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qxf4 46.
Qh4 Kd7 47. Qg3 Qe4 48. Qe3 Qxg4+ 49. Kh2 Ke8 50. a5 g5 51. a6 Qh5+ 52. Kg2
Qg4+ 53. Qg3 Qe4+ 54. Qf3 Qxe5 55. a7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wall, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Rad1
Bf5 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nf3 Ng4 {(Draw offer)} 19. Bc5 e4
20. Na6 Rxb2 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Bd4 Rc2 25. Bxf6 Rxc7 26.
Nxe4 h6 27. Bd8 Rb7 28. Nc5 Rbb2 29. Rxd7 Rxf2 30. Bc7 Bc3 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Nd3
Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rbd2 34. Rxf7+ Bg7 35. Be5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 g6 6. h3 Nf6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. g4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc8 14. c5 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Nd7 16. b4 Nf6 17. c4 O-O 18. O-O Be6 19. Ra3 a6 20. Bc7 Rac8 21. Ba5 h6
22. Re3 Rfe8 23. Rd1 g5 24. Kg2 Bh8 25. Kg3 Bg7 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. Nf3 e6 28. Bf1
Kf8 29. Rde1 Re7 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bd7 9. h3 Ne8 10. f4 Nc7 11. f5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh2 Bg7 14. Bg5 Rb8 15.
a4 b6 16. Qd2 a6 17. h4 Bc6 18. h5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7
22. Ra7 f6 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Rfa1 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 gxh5 26. Bf3 Be8 27. Qd1 Kh8 28.
Bxh5 Rg8 29. Be2 Bf8 30. Qa1 Qb6 31. b4 Bf7 32. Kh3 Qb8 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Bf4
Qd8 35. d6 Bb3 36. e5 Qc8 37. d7 Qd8 38. e6 c4 39. Bc7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Edwards, Ray"]
[Black "Collinson, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Ng4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 Bg4
15. Qxd6 Bh6 16. Ree1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rad8 18. Qa3 Nb4 19. Qb3 Rd2 20. Re2 Rd3
21. a3 Na6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rc2 Rxf3 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27.
Ne2 Ne1 28. Rc3 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxe4 30. Kf3 f5 31. Rb3 Re7 32. Rxb6 Rd7 33. a4
Bf8 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. Ke2 Bc5 36. Rb3 g5 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. h3 h5 39. a5 Ke6 40. Ra3
Kd6 41. b4 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. a6 bxa6 44. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Regan, Natasha"]
[Black "Wilman, Carey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. O-O-O Ne6 14. Rhe1
Qh6 15. h3 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nh6 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bf1 O-O 19. Ng5 f6 20. Bc4+ Kh8
21. exf6 exf6 22. Nge4 Nxh3 23. f3 f5 24. Nd6 fxg4 25. Re7 gxf3 26. Nxc8 Raxc8
27. Rdd7 Ng5 28. Ne4 Nhf7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Nxg5 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rf8 32. Rxh7+
Kg8 33. Rh1 Rf5 34. Ne4 g5 35. Nf2 Kg7 36. Re1 Rf7 37. Re4 Kg6 38. Kd2 Kh5 39.
Ke3 b6 40. Rg4 Re7+ 41. Re4 Rf7 42. Ng4 Rf5 43. Kf2 Rc5 44. Ne3 g4 45. Rxg4
Rxc2+ 46. Nxc2 Kxg4 47. Nd4 c5 48. Nxf3 Kf4 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Ng5+ Kd4 51. Kd2 b5
52. Kc2 a5 53. Nf3+ Kd5 54. b3 c4 55. Nd2 cxb3+ 56. Kxb3 Kd4 57. a3 Kc5 58.
Ne4+ Kd4 59. Nf6 Kc5 60. Nd7+ Kc6 61. Nb8+ Kc7 62. Na6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. b3 Nh7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nge2 Ne5 15. Bb1
Qh4+ 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. O-O b4 18. Nce2 Bb5 19. h3 c4 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Qe3 Rfe8
22. Rcd1 Nf6 23. f4 Ned7 24. Qf3 cxb3 25. axb3 Nh5 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. g4 Bxe2
28. Qg3 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rc3 30. Qxc3 Qh4 31. Qe1 Qf6 32. e5 Bxf1 33. Qxf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. c3 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Be5 O-O 14.
Rc1 Qd5 15. f3 Nd7 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Bb5 Qd8 20. b3 a6
21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Ba3 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf8 24. Qd2 Ng6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rd8
27. Bb2 Qb6 28. Qc3 f6 29. Qc2 e5 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6 Qf2 32. Ba3 e4 33.
fxe4 Bc6 34. Qg4 Re8 35. e5 Rxe5 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qf1 Qxa2 38. Ra1 Bxg2+ 39.
Kg1 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. c3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. c5 Qc6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb3 Nd6 {(Draw offer)} 20.
d5 Qxd5 21. Bxb6 Rdc8 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bf4 e5 6. Bxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 d4 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. a3 Be6 12. g3 Rd8 13. Bg2 Qb5 14. O-O Qxb2
15. Ng5 d3 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 dxe2 {#} 18. Qxe2 Qxd2 19. Qg4 Nd4 20. Rxb7 g6
21. Qh4 Bc5 22. Be4 Rf8 23. Qxh7 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Gormally, Danny"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. h5 Nxh5 5. Rxh5 gxh5 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nh4 e6 8.
Qxh5+ Kf8 9. exf5 Nc6 10. c3 Qe8 11. Qf3 exf5+ 12. Be3 Qe4 13. Qxf5+ Qxf5 14.
Nxf5 d5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Bxc7 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 20.
Be5+ Kg6 21. Nd2 h5 22. O-O-O Re6 23. Rg1 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Franklin, Michael"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bf5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd7 13. f4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. b4 f6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Rc2 Qf5 24. Bc1 g5 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Ke6
28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 gxf4 31. gxf4 f5 32. Be3 Rg8 33. Bf2 Rg6 34.
Be3 Be7 35. Bf2 Rc6 36. Ra2 Rc3+ 37. Be3 Rb3 38. Ke2 Bf6 39. Kd2 h5 40. Ke2 b6
41. Kd2 Be7 42. Ke2 Bh4 43. Kd2 Kc6 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. a4+ Kc4 46. a5 b5 47. Rc2+
Rc3 48. Rb2 Be7 49. Bd2 Rxh3 50. Rc2+ Kxd4 51. Rc6 Rh2+ 52. Kd1 h4 53. Re6 Bf8
54. Re8 Bg7 55. Re7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexei"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qd4 Nxc3 8.
Bd2 Nb5 9. Qh4 Qc7 10. Bxb5 a6 11. Ba4 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
Nxc5 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh7 Ne6 18. Qxh6 Rg8 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Rad1 Ra6
21. Bb5 Rb6 22. a4 Nf4 {#} 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. h4 exd6 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Nd5 Ke8 27.
Nxc7+ Nxc7 28. exd6+ Ne6 29. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Richmond"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Flear, Christine"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Lawton, Geoff"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. Ne5 Qe6 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 f6 18. Ng6 Rg8 19. a4 O-O-O 20. a5 Qe4 21. Rg3
Kb8 22. axb6 axb6 23. h3 Rge8 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. b3 Rd6 26. c4 dxc4 27. bxc4 Bb7
28. Qa2 h5 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Ra3 Qc2 31. Qa4 Qxa4 32. Rxa4 Be4 33. Nf4 g5 34.
Nxh5 Bg6 35. Nxf6 Rxf6 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Rxg5 Bd3 39. c5 b5 40. e4
b4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Ledger, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Bg4 7. O-O Nd4 8. fxe5
Bxf3 9. gxf3 dxe5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Kh1 c6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Rg1 Rad8
15. Be5 Qh3 16. Rg3 Qh6 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Qf1 Nd7 19. Bc3 Bd6 20. Rh3 Qg6 21. Qf2
Ng5 22. Rh4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf1 Rd6 25. Ng3 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Rf6 27. Rg1 Nf3
28. Rg4 Nxg1 29. Rxg6 Rxg6 30. Qe3 b6 31. d4 h6 32. Bf1 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34.
Bd3 Rff6 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. c4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nfe5 cxd4 10. Bxb7 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rb8 13. Bf3 Rxb2 14. Nc6
Qd7 15. Be5 Rxa2 16. Qxd4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Re8 18. Rxa7 Qxd4 {(Draw offer)} 19.
Bxd4 Nd7 20. Kg2 Bf6 21. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Cobb, Charles"]
[Black "Pert, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qc3 a5 15.
a3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Re2 f5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rae1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. R4e2 Rad8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Rxf3 27. Re8+
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Be5 Qc5 30. Qc3 a4 31. Kf1 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Ke2 Qd5
34. Qd4 Qb3 35. Qc3 Qe6 36. Kf1 Qd5 37. Kg1 Qe4 38. Kf1 h5 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. Kf1
Qe4 41. Bd4 Kf7 42. Kg1 {(Draw offer)} 42... Bd6 43. Kf1 g6 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Copeland, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bd3
e5 9. e4 h6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. fxg6 exd3 15.
gxf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O Re8 17. Qxd3 Qe7 18. f3 Qe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. Bf4 Rc2 21.
Bxd6 Rxc3 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 b6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Be5 Ke7 27.
a4 Ne8 28. Kf2 a6 29. Ke3 g6 30. g4 g5 31. f4 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Nd6 33. Bxd6+ Kxd6
34. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Collier, David"]
[Black "Waters, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. c3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Bg3 d6 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. a3 Bf8 16. c4 Nde7 17. b4 Nf5 18. Nb3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne7 20. Nfd2 a5
21. b5 a4 22. Na1 e5 23. d5 f5 24. f3 g5 25. Nc2 Bg7 26. g4 e4 27. fxe4 f4 28.
Rf1 Ng6 29. e5 Rxe5 30. Qf2 Nh4 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Qc7 33. Rfe1 Rae8 34.
Kf1 Bc8 35. Qh2 Re3 36. Nxe3 fxe3 37. Qh5 Qe7 38. Qg6 Qe5 39. Re2 Re7 40. Kg2
Qf4 41. Rf1 Kf8 42. Bf5 Bxf5 43. Qxf5+ Qxf5 44. gxf5 Bd4 45. Rd1 Bc5 46. Rh1
Kg7 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Ke5 49. Rxh6 Kd4 50. Re6 Rf7 51. R2xe3 Kxc4 52. R6e4+
Kxb5 53. Rd3 Bf2 54. Kxg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf6 Rh7 56. Kg6 Rh4 57. f6 Rxe4 58. fxe4 Bh4
59. Rh3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. h3 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Qc2 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Qd8 18. d6 Nfd5 19. dxc7 Nxc7 20. Be4 Be6 21. Red1
Qe7 22. Ra7 c4 23. Qe2 Qc5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rfc8 26. Bb7 Re8 27. Bc6 Rec8
28. Bb7 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Northumbria-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Black "Barnes, Lara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f4 f5 11. c3 e5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Be4 Rf8 14. Nf3 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Nf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Nc4 Bf5 21. Na3
Qb6 22. cxd4 Rf7 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Ne2 Qd5 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Raf8 27. Nf4 Qd7
28. Rae1 cxd4 29. Bc1 Bb4 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Bc1 Bh3 32. Nxh3 Qxh3 33. Qg2 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qe6 36. Qg2 Be7 37. a3 h6 38. Qf2 Qd5 39. Qe2 Qd7 40.
Bf4 Bf6 41. Qe4 Kh8 42. Kf2 Qc8 43. Bc1 c5 44. Qd5 Qf8 45. Kg1 Qe7 46. Kf2 Kh7
47. Bf4 Qf8 48. Kg1 Qe7 49. Kf2 Qf8 50. Kg1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. b4 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rb1 Rad8 14. Nb3 b6 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qd3 b5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Rbc1
Rc8 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rec1 Rfc8 24. h4 Nd8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Ne6 29. Qe3 Qc2 30. Bf1 Qb2 31. Be2 Nd4 32. Bd1 h5 33. Qd3 Kg7
34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Qd2 Qa1 37. Kf2 Ne6 38. Qd3 Qb2+ 39. Kg1 Nd4 40.
Qe3 Qa1 41. Qd3 {(Draw offer)} 41... f5 42. Kf2 fxe4 43. Qxe4+ Kf6 44. Qd3 Qb2+
45. Ke1 Nf5 46. Bf3 Qh2 47. Qc3+ Ke7 48. Be4 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qf2+ 50. Kc1 Qxg3 51.
Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kh6 54. Bxf5 Qxf4+ 55. Kd1 Qd4+ 56. Kc2 Qf2+ 57.
Kc3 Qe1+ 58. Kc2 Qe2+ 59. Kc1 Qf1+ 60. Kb2 Qxf5 61. Qxd6 Qf2+ 62. Kb1 Qe1+ 63.
Kb2 Qe2+ 64. Kc1 Qe3+ 65. Kb2 Kg7 66. Qxa6 Qf2+ 67. Kc3 Qxh4 68. Qxb5 Qg3+ 69.
Kc4 Qf4+ 70. Kb3 h4 71. Qc6 Qe3+ 72. Kb2 h3 73. b5 Qf2+ 74. Kb3 h2 75. b6 Qf1
76. Qc3+ Qf6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Levitt, Jon"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. e4 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. e5 Bd8
15. Re1 Nb4 16. Re2 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxe5 19. Bg5 {#} 19... Qxe2 20.
Qxe2 Bxg5 21. Qe5 Bf6 22. Qxc5 Rbb8 23. Qd6 Nc2 24. Rd1 Rxb2 25. Qxa6 d5 26.
Bb3 Nd4 27. Bxd5 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nc3 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Re1 Rf8 31. a4 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 Qb6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. h3 Nc5 11. a3 Ne8 12. d4 Na4 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd6 15.
Nfd2 b5 16. O-O Be6 17. g4 Rfd8 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. f5 Bd5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Nb6 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Rae1 Nc4 24. Bc1 gxf5 25. Bxf5 Rc7 26. Bf4 Nd6 27. Re2 Rd8
28. h4 e6 29. Bb1 Rcd7 30. Rfe1 Nc4 31. g5 Bf8 32. h5 c5 33. g6 cxd4 34. gxh7+
Kh8 35. Rg2 d3 36. Bg5 Be7 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. b3 Nxa3 39. Rg8+ Rxg8+ 40. hxg8=Q+
Kxg8 41. Bxd3 Rd7 42. Re3 Kg7 43. Be2 b4 44. cxb4 Nc2 45. Rg3+ Kh6 46. Rg8 Nxb4
47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rc8 Nd3 49. Rb8 Nf4 50. Kf1 Nxe2 51. Kxe2 f5 52. Ke3 e5 53.
Re8 Kf6 54. Rg8 Rg7 55. Rf8+ Kg5 56. b4 Rc7 57. h6 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rh3 59. Rf7
Rxh6 60. Rxb7 Kf4 61. b5 Rh2+ 62. Kg1 Rb2 63. b6 e4 64. Rb8 Kf3 65. b7 f4 66.
Kh1 e3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "James, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rb3 a6 14. Be2 b5
15. f4 Bg7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ra3 Qb6 18. c4 b4 19. Rd3 Bc3 20. Rxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3
Rg8 22. Qg3 f5 23. e5 Rb8 24. Ba3 Kg7 25. e6 Ba4 26. Qc3+ Kf8 27. Qe3 Rc8 28.
Qc3 Rb8 29. Bd3 Qc7 30. Bb2 g5 31. Bxf5 gxf4 32. Bxh7 Rxb2 33. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nbd7 14. b4 Bh5
15. f3 Nb6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Qh4 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21.
axb4 b5 22. Re2 Nh7 23. Qh2 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. g4 fxg4 26. fxg4 Qd6 27. Qh4
Qg6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bf4 e3 30. Rbe1 Ra3 31. Nd1 Re4 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Sowray, Peter"]
[Black "Giblin, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. d4 c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Re3 Nf6
15. Ne5 h6 16. h4 Rc8 17. g4 Bc3 18. Rc1 Qxd4 19. Rd3 Qb4 20. g5 Nxe4 21. a3
Qb2 22. Rc2 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxe5 24. Qe2 Bxf4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 hxg5 27. Kg2
Rc5 28. Rd7 Ra5 29. a4 Bb8 30. h5 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Qd3 Rd5 33. Rxd5 exd5
34. Qxd5 Bf4 35. Qa5 Ra8 {(Draw offer)} 36. Qa6 Re8 37. Qxa7 Re6 38. Qa8+ Kh7
39. Qf8 Rf6 40. f3 Bd6 41. Qd8 Bf4 42. Kh3 Rh6 43. Kg4 f5+ 44. Kxf5 Rxh5 45.
Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Ilecki, Wojtech"]
[Black "Law, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15.
Qe2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bxe3 {(Draw offer)} 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Qf6 19. Bd5 Ne7 20.
Ra7 c6 21. Bb3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Ng6 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Kh2 b4 26. c4 c5
27. Rda1 Re6 28. Rg1 Qd8 29. Rg4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 exd4
33. Qxf4 h5 34. Rh4 g6 35. Qd2 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxb4 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 d3 39.
Kf1 Qf3 40. Kg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 NW Eagles-Wood Green"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "King, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 a5 15. Bd2
Na6 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bc3 exf4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Bd3 Qe5 21. Rae1 Qg5
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxf4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Kg1 g6 26. g3 Qe7 27. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h3 Na6 8. a4 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. e5 Nd5 15. exd6
Nxe3 16. dxe7 Nxf1 17. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 18. Kxf1 cxd4 19. Nfxd4 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21.
Qe3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Qxa7 Qc6 24. f3 Nc5 25. Ned4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qc7 27. Nb5
Qc6 28. Nd4 Qd6 29. Nb5 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Kg1 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 e4 5. a3 c6 6. axb4 cxd5 7. Nd4 dxc4 8. d3
Qb6 9. dxc4 Qxb4+ 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. Nb5 Ne7 12. Be3 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Nd6+ Kf8
15. Rxa5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 17. Ra4 Ke7 18. c5 Ncb4 19. g4 Ke6 20. Bg2 Rb8 21.
Rc1 g6 22. Rc4 f5 23. Rcxb4 Nxb4 24. Rxb4 Rf8 25. Rb6 Ke5 26. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Povah, Nigel"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Nbc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O d6
15. d5 Ne5 16. cxd6 Qd8 17. Qc1 a6 18. Rd1 Qxd6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Qb1 h5 21. h3
Nc4 22. Rb4 Qc5 23. Rc1 Nd2 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Nf4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qxf2
28. h4 Rb1 29. Qa3 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Nf1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qc2 c5 15.
e3 Rad8 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Rc1 g6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qb3 Nc4 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc4 Red8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Rc7 Qg4 26. Rxa7 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Rxd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 29. Ra4 Qe5 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rf4 Qd5+ 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Qc4 Qxc4
34. Rxc4 Rd6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Rb4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke3 f6 39. Re4+ Kf7 40. Rd4
Re6+ 41. Kd3 g5 42. a4 Kg6 43. b4 Re1 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. Kc4 Re2 46. Kb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Nd5 15. Ne4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Ncxb4 17. a3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd5 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Nc5
Rc7 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 Rdc8 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Nd3 Nc4
27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 e5 31. Nd3 e4 32. Nc1 f5 33.
Ne2 Kf7 34. Ng3 Ke6 35. h4 Kf6 36. a4 a6 37. b3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kg2 b4 40.
Kf2 Bc7 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. h5 f4 43. Nxe4 gxh5 44. gxh5 fxe3 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. Kxe3
Bh2 47. Kd3 Bg1 48. Nc5 Bxd4 49. Na6 Bc3 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. h6 gxh6 52. Kf3 Kf5
53. Kg3 Be1+ 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kh2 Bg3+ 56. Kg2 Bd6 57. Kh1 Kf3 58. Kg1 Ke3 59.
Kg2 Kd4 60. Nxb4 Bxb4 61. Kh1 Ke4 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. Kh2 Kf3 64. Kh1 Kg3 65. Kg1
Bc5+ 66. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bb5 Qf6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Be6
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kg7 19. Nd4 Qc4 20. Rd1 a5
21. a3 c5 22. Nxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rb8 Qc6 24. Rdd8 Nc4 25. g4 Kh6 26. Rd5 Nb6 27.
g5+ Kh5 28. Rh8 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qc7 30. Ne4 f6 31. d6 Qg7 32. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Slough-Guildford"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Ne5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 O-O 10. bxc3 Re8 11. h4 f6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. h5 e5 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
Nb2 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 f5 18. c3 Be6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf6 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Rab1 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nf4 b6 25. Nxg6 c5 26. Rhd1 Rad8 27. Ke1
Kf7 28. Nf4 Rh8 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Kf1 Rh2 31. Bg5 Rdh8 32. Bh4 f4 33. Kg1 fxg3
34. Bxg3 R2h5 35. e3 Bf8 36. Kf1 cxd4 37. cxd4 Bd6 38. Bxd6 Kxd6 39. Rb4 Rc8
40. Rd2 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rhh1 42. Rdb2 Rcd1 43. f4 Rd3 44. R2b3 Rh2+ 45. Ke1 Rdd2
46. Ra3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Qe7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7
14. Ne5 Rhc8 15. Rc1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "Cooper, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Na6 8. d5
Bb4 9. Nh4 c6 10. e4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Qd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. Ba3 exd5
15. exd5 Qd7 16. c4 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qf4 h6 20. h3 Re7 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf3 g5 23. Qd2 Qe4 24. Re1 Qxc4 25. Nxg5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27.
Ne4 Nxd5 28. Nxd6 Be6 29. Re5 Nc3 30. Ra5 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nxe4 33.
Bxe4 Rd2 34. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Bc6 Rxa2 37. Rb7 b3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Dyce, Andrew"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "276"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. b3 e5 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. a3 Qd6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Bxa1 b5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Ba8 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Nd2 Nh3+
22. Kh1 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. Ne4 Ne7 27. Bb2 Bd5 28.
Qc2 Ra8 29. gxh3 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. c4 bxc4 32. dxc4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rd8 34.
b5 Nf5 35. c5 Qg5 36. b6 cxb6 37. cxb6 Qd2 38. Bc1 Qa5 39. b7 Nd6 40. Qe2 e4
41. Bf4 Nxb7 42. Qxe4 Nc5 43. Qe2 Ne6 44. Bg3 h5 45. Rf1 Qb4 46. Qf3 Rf8 47.
Qc6 Nd4 48. Qd5 Nf5 49. Qb7 Qc3 50. Qc6 Nxg3+ 51. hxg3 Qxg3 52. Qf3 Qh4 53. Qe4
Qxe4 54. Bxe4 Rd8 55. Kg2 Be5 56. Rf2 Kg7 57. Bf3 Kh6 58. Re2 Bb8 59. Ra2 Rd4
60. Rb2 Bd6 61. Rf2 f5 62. Re2 Kg5 63. Re1 Rb4 64. Re2 Bc5 65. Rc2 Be3 66. Be2
Rb1 67. Bf3 Bd4 68. Rd2 Rb4 69. Rc2 Kf4 70. Bd5 Rb6 71. Re2 g5 72. Bf7 g4 73.
Bxh5 gxh3+ 74. Kh2 Rh6 75. Bf7 Kf3 76. Ra2 Be5+ 77. Kh1 Rd6 78. Bh5+ Kg3 79.
Rc2 Rb6 80. Rd2 Rb3 81. Be2 Rb1+ 82. Rd1 Rb2 83. Bc4 f4 84. Rg1+ Kh4 85. Re1
Bc7 86. Bd5 Rd2 87. Bc6 Bb6 88. Rf1 Be3 89. Be4 Rd4 90. Bc6 Rd2 91. Be4 Kg4 92.
Bc6 Bf2 93. Be4 f3 94. Bc6 Kf4 95. Bb7 Kg3 96. Bc6 Rb2 97. Bd5 Kf4 98. Bc6 Ke3
99. Kh2 Be1+ 100. Kxh3 f2 101. Kg2 Rb6 102. Bd5 Rg6+ 103. Kh2 Rg5 104. Bb7 Rb5
105. Ba6 Rh5+ 106. Kg2 Rg5+ 107. Kh2 Rg7 108. Rh1 $2 Bc3 $2 109. Rb1 Be5+ 110.
Kh3 Rg3+ 111. Kh4 Rg1 112. Rf1 Bc3 113. Kh3 Be5 114. Kh4 Kf3 115. Bb7+ Ke3 116.
Ba6 Bd4 {(The scoresheet gives "116...Be5" here but it is hard to deduce what
was actually played. It must have been a bishop move as the next recorded move
with the bishop was also Be5. Bd4 seems to make the most sense)} 117. Kh3 Kf3
118. Kh4 $2 Kf4 119. Kh3 Rg3+ 120. Kh2 Rg6 121. Bd3 Rg7 122. Bc4 Kf3 123. Bd5+
Ke3 124. Bc4 Rg5 125. Ba6 Ra5 126. Bb7 Ke2 127. Bg2 Rh5+ 128. Kg3 Be5+ $2 129.
Kg4 Rh2 $2 130. Bh3 Bc3 131. Rb1 Be1 132. Rb2+ Kd3 133. Rb3+ Kc2 134. Rf3 Rh1
135. Bg2 Rh2 136. Bf1 Rh8 137. Rf7 Rg8+ 138. Kf3 Kb2 {(Arbiter's note : "138
moves, 61 of which were made in Buckley's last 5 minutes of the quickplay
finish - during which time Dyce kept an impeccable scoresheet")} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Collier, David"]
[Black "Morris, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qd6 4. c3 Qg6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. h3 Qf7 8. Nbd2
g6 9. c4 e6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15.
O-O-O hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Bxg4 18. Ne1 Nbc8 19. Nb3 a5 20. f3 Bh5 21.
Nc5 b5 22. Nb7 Bg6 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qxa2 25. Rh8 a4 26. Nd6+ Nxd6 27. Bxd6
Qe6 28. Ba3 Kf7 29. Nf3 Ng8 30. e5 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qc4+ 32. Qxc4+ bxc4 33. exf6
Bxa3 34. bxa3 Kxf6 35. Ne5 c5 36. Nxc4 cxd4 37. Kd2 Kg7 38. Rh1 Rb8 39. Kd3 Rd8
40. Nb6 Nf6 41. Rg1 Kg6 42. Nxa4 Nd5 43. Nc5 Nf4+ 44. Kd2 Rh8 45. Ne4 Rh2+ 46.
Kd1 Ne6 47. Rf1 Nf4 48. Rg1 Ng2 49. Nd2 Ne3+ 50. Kc1 Rh3 51. a4 g4 52. Nb3 Kf5
{#} 53. Nxd4+ Ke4 54. Ne2 Kf3 55. Kd2 Kf2 56. a5 Rh6 (56... Nc4+ 57. Kc2 Ne5)
57. Ra1 Rd6+ 58. Kc3 Kxe2 59. a6 Nd5+ 60. Kd4 Nc7+ 61. Ke5 Rg6 62. Kf5 Rg8 63.
Kf4 g3 64. Ra2+ Ke1 65. Kf3 g2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 Rb8 10. b3 Nh5 11. f5 d5 12. g4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Bf4 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Qc8 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. g5 Ng4 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qf4 21.
Rd2 Qxe4 22. Re2 Qf4 23. h3 gxf5 24. Kg2 h5 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 e6 27. hxg4
hxg4 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Nxd2 Kg7 31. Nc4 Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kxg5 33. Nxc6
f4 34. Ne5 f5 35. Nd3 f3+ 36. Kf2 f4 37. c4 Kf5 38. Nxc5 e5 39. b4 e4 40. Nb3
e3+ 41. Kf1 g3 42. Nd4+ Ke4 43. Nc2 f2 0-1

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Easton, Alex"]
[Black "James, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 O-O 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Na4 Rdc8 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Nxb6 Bc3 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Nc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Saunders, John"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. a4 b6 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Na3 a6 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Bxa6 Bb3 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxa4 23. Bd5 Bc6 24. Rd1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 SW Dragons-Bristol"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Buckley, Melanie"]
[Black "Cast, Abigail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Rfe8 17. Qe1 Qxe1+ 18. Raxe1 Kf7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8
Kxe8 21. a3 g6 22. Kf1 Kd7 23. h3 Ke6 24. Ke2 Ne5 25. f3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27.
Kd2 Nd5 28. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "King, Danny"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bh6 14. O-O O-O
15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Qf3 e6 17. Rad1 b5 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bh4 Qd6 21.
c3 Rfc8 22. g4 Ra7 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Re2 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Nb6 26. Bc2 a4 27. Ra1 c5
28. Rd1 c4 29. Ra1 Rca8 30. Be4 Nd5 31. Ra3 Rb7 32. h4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Qxd5 exd5 36. Bd6 Bf6 37. h5 Kh7 38. Kg2 Rb6 39. Bc5 Re6 40. Kf3
Kh6 41. Ra1 Re4 42. Rxe4 fxe4+ 43. Kf4 Bh4 44. f3 Bg5+ 45. Ke5 e3 46. Re1 Re8+
47. Kxd5 e2 48. Bd6 Bh4 49. Bf4+ Kxh5 50. Bd2 Bxe1 51. Bxe1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Kinsman, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Nxc5 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O Ne7 15.
Be3 b6 16. Qh4 Qd7 17. Bg5 Ng8 18. Bf6 Rh7 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Nd4 Nxd3 21. cxd3
Bb5 22. Rac1 Ba6 23. Qg3 Kf7 24. h4 Qe8 25. Qf3 Kf8 26. Ne2 Nxf6 27. exf6 Rf7
28. Nf4 Rxf6 29. Nxd5 Rf7 30. Qf4 Bxd3 31. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Povah, Nigel"]
[Black "Mestel, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nf3
b4 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. c4 bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 Qa3 13. Rc1 c5 14. Rc3 Qa4 15.
Qc2 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bb7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. h3 Nh5 19. O-O Ng3 20. Nxg3 cxd4 21. Rd3
dxe3 22. Nf3 Bh6 23. Nh2 e5 24. Rxd6 exf4 25. Rxd7 Bc8 26. Re7 fxg3 27. Nf3 Rb2
28. Bb3 e2 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Ne1 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Be6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Wall, Tim"]
[Black "Webb, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. b4 Qg6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf5
exf5 15. a4 Qf7 16. f4 Bf6 17. a5 Rhg8 18. Kh1 Kb8 19. Rb1 Be6 20. Nd1 Qg7 21.
c3 Nd5 22. Ne3 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Bg5 25. Rbf1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Rde8 27.
Qf2 Bd7 28. Bf1 Re4 29. Rf3 f4 30. Nd5 Bg4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxf4 Qf7 33. g3
Re8 34. a6 Qe7 35. axb7 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. c4 Rc3 38. Kg1 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rd2
40. Be4 Rxd4 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. Kf2 a5 43. bxa6 c6 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Bf3 Ra1 46. c5
Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Rxa6 48. cxd6 Kxb7 49. Nd3 Ra5 50. g4 Be6 51. Ke3 Bd5 52. Be2 c5
53. Ne5 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 c4 55. Kf5 c3 56. Bd3 Ra2 57. Kf6 Bc6 58. Ke7 c2 59. Bxc2
Rxc2 60. d7 Bxd7 61. Nxd7 Rxh2 62. Nf6 Kc6 63. Ke6 Rh4 64. Kf5 Kd6 65. g5 hxg5
66. Kxg5 Rh1 67. Ng4 Rf1 68. Ne3 Rf3 69. Ng4 Ke6 70. Kg6 Rf5 71. Nh6 Ra5 72.
Ng4 Rb5 73. Nh6 Ke5 74. Ng4+ Kf4 75. Nf6 Rb6 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Nd7 Re6 78. Nf8
Rh6 79. Ke7 Ra6 80. Nd7 Re6+ 81. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Qe2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Ne1 b5
15. f4 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 f5 18. g5 Qd6 19. Nd3 Qxd5 20. Be3 Qxa2 21.
Bxc5 O-O-O 22. Bxe7 Bh5 23. Qxh5 Nxe7 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. Qe3 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 27.
Qc5 Kc7 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Qxf5 Rhf8 30. Qg4 Qxf4+ 31. Qxf4+ Rxf4 32. Ke3 Rfd4 33.
Rhf1 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Re7 35. Rf5 a5 36. Rbf1 Kb6 37. R1f3 Ne5 38. Rg3 Nc4+ 39. Kd1
Ne3+ 40. Rxe3 Rxe3 41. Rf7 Rxh3 42. Rxg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Anderton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na7 9. Be3 c5 10. a4 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
a5 Qb4 16. Ra4 b5 17. Rxb4 cxb4 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. cxb5 Bf5 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qxb4
Rc5 22. Bxd6 Rxb5 23. Bxf8 Rxb4 24. Bxb4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd4
Nxa5 28. g4 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 f5 8. b4 axb4
9. axb4 Nf6 10. b5 Ne7 11. e3 O-O 12. Nge2 Kh8 13. Qb3 Qe8 14. O-O g5 15. f4 h6
16. d4 e4 17. b6 c6 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ba3 c5 20. Nb5 Qh5 21. Rfc1 Ra6 22. Nxd6
Rxb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Ng8 25. Bxc5 Rd8 26. g4 Qh4 27. Rf1 Kh7 28. gxf5
Nf6 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. Bd3 Qg4+ 32. Ng3 gxf4 33. f6+ Kg8 34. f7+
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Guildford-BCM"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Anderton, David"]
[Black "Ashby, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bb3 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bg7 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Ne4 h6 17. Ba3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qd5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6
Qxb3 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b4 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
a5 9. b5 a4 10. Rb1 c6 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. c4 Qa5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 e3 15.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Nxf1 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Ne3 Qa7 19. Nd5 Rd8 20. e3 e6 21. Nc7
Na5 22. Bh3 Nxc4 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bc3 b5 27. Rxb5
d5 28. Qb1 Nd6 29. Rb6 Qe7 30. e5 Qg5 31. Rxd6 Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qh5+
34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. Nb1
O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. O-O Rfe8 12. d3 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. c4 c6 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nexd4 g6 16. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. dxe5
Nd7 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. e6 fxe6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qd6 13. Be2 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Qc3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. N2xf3 Ng4 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. d3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 e6 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. f4
Bd6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Bg2 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. O-O O-O 16. d4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Qf5 Rfe8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc5 g6 21.
Qb1 Qd6 22. b4 Nf6 23. h3 Nd7 24. Rc2 Nf6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 27. Rc6 Qd7
28. Qc4 Nd5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. a4 Rf8 31. Ra1 f5 32. a5 Kh6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb1
f4 35. e4 f3 36. exd5 fxg2 37. Qc1+ Kh5 38. Rc7 Rxf2 39. Kxf2 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Qe8+
41. Kd2 Rf1 42. Qxf1 gxf1=R 43. Rxf1 Qe4 44. Rxh7+ Kg5 45. Rg1+ Kf6 46. Rg4
Qxd5 47. Rh6 Qa2+ 48. Ke3 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qe7+ 50. Kd3 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Gormally, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Nb5 Qd7 15.
a3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. e3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Qg2 Qh5 21. Nd2
Qf7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Ba1 Re8 26. Ne1 Red8 27. Rdc1 Rd5
28. Nc3 R5d7 29. Nb5 Be7 30. Kg1 Bf6 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Qe2 Nc8 33. Nc3 Be7 34.
Qb2 Qg6 35. Qa2 Kh7 36. Ne2 Rf8 37. f4 Qe8 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Bxe5 Bf6 40. d4 c5
41. Nd3 cxd4 42. exd4 Rd5 43. Qc2 c6 44. Re1 Ne7 45. h3 Bxe5 46. fxe5 Ng6 47.
Kh2 Qd7 48. Rc1 Rxd4 49. Nc5 Qd5 50. Nxd4 Qxd4 51. Ne6 Qxe5 52. Nxf8+ Nxf8 53.
Rf1 g6 54. Qd2 Ne6 55. Re1 Qf6 56. Qd7+ Ng7 57. Qd2 Ne6 58. Qe3 Ng7 59. Qe5 Qf7
60. Re3 Qa7 61. a4 Qb6 62. Kg2 Qd8 63. Qc3 Qd5+ 64. Kf2 Qd6 65. Rd3 Qc7 66. Qd4
c5 67. Qd6 Qa7 68. Ke2 c4 69. bxc4 Qb7 70. Qd5 Qb2+ 71. Rd2 Qb3 72. Kf2 f4 73.
gxf4 Qxa4 74. Rb2 Qa3 75. Rb8 Qa2+ 76. Ke1 Qa1+ 77. Kd2 Qa2+ 78. Kd3 Qa3+ 79.
Ke4 Qe7+ 80. Kf3 Qa3+ 81. Ke4 Qe7+ 82. Qe5 Qf7 83. Kd3 Qa7 84. c5 Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
g3 Qd5 9. Bg2 Qe4+ 10. Be3 Qc2 11. Nh4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bg6 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 f5
15. c4 Bh5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. d5 Bc5 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 c5 23. Ra3 Rc7 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. b3 Rb6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Ke3
Ke7 28. Ra5 Nf6 29. Rd3 Ne8 30. Kd2 Nd6 31. Re3 Rb8 32. Re5 Rbc8 33. Ra6 Ne8
34. Kc3 Nf6 35. Ra5 Nd7 36. Re2 Nf6 37. Rb5 Rd8 38. Kc2 Rd4 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40.
Kxd2 Ne4+ 41. Ke3 Nd6 42. Ra5 Kd7 43. h3 h6 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. a3 Kd7 46. g4 fxg4
47. hxg4 f5 48. gxf5 exf5 49. b4 cxb4 50. c5 Ne4 51. axb4 Kc8 52. Bxe4 Rd7+ 53.
Bd5 Rxd5+ 54. Kc4 Rd7 55. c6 Rh7 56. b5 Kb8 57. Kc5 h5 58. b6 axb6+ 59. Kxb6 h4
60. Rxf5 Rh8 61. Rf7 h3 62. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Invicta Kts-Slough"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Flear, Christine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ng6 12. Nf3 e5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Rad1 O-O
15. Bc4 d6 16. g3 Rb8 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Nb3 b6 21. Rd2
Bc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 Ne8 25. Ra1 Nf8 26. Rd3 Ne6 27. Rd5 N6c7
28. Rdd1 Ne6 29. Kf2 g5 30. h3 Rc6 31. Ke3 h6 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Rad1
Rbc8 35. Rc1 Rc4 36. Ra1 R8c6 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Nc1 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 Rxc2+ 40. Rd2
exd4 41. Nb3 d3+ 42. Kxd3 R2c4 43. Nd4 Ng7 44. Nb5 Ke7 45. Ke3 Ne8 46. Rad1
Rxa4 47. Nc3 Rxc3+ 48. bxc3 Rc4 49. Kd3 b5 50. Kc2 Rc6 51. Rd5 Nc7 52. Rf5 Rc5
53. Rxc5 dxc5 54. c4 b4 55. Ra1 Ne6 56. Rxa5 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Nxf3 58. Rxc5 Ng1 59.
h4 gxh4 60. gxh4 Nh3 61. Ke3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. e4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 b6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 Bb7 19. Rc7 Bxe4 20. Bc4 Bg6 21.
Re1 Rac8 22. Ree7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Rd8 24. f4 Rd4 25. g3 a6 26. Bxa6 Rd1+ 27. Kf2
Rd2+ 28. Ke3 Rxb2 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. g4 f5 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. gxf5 Bh5 33. Rc8+ Kf7
34. Bc4+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. h4 Be8 37. Rc8 Ke7 38. Kd4 b5 39. Bd5 Bd7 40. Rg8
Kd6 41. Bb3 Bxf5 42. Rxg7 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Waters, Clive"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. h3
d5 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 dxe4 19. dxe4 c5 20. g5 c4 21. Bd1 hxg5
22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bc1 Red8 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. f4 exf4 26. e5 g5 27. Bh5+ Kg7 28. Bf3
Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Nf5 30. g4 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 33. Red1 fxe5 34. axb5
axb5 35. Nxe5 Rxa1 36. Rxd8 Rb1 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Ke4 Bd2 39. Kf5 Bxc3 40. Rd7+
Kf8 41. Nc6 Rd2 42. Rb7 f3 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Ke6 Re2+ 46. Kd6 f2
47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Nd8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Pert, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Qd6
15. Qb2 Bf6 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. a3 a5 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Bb2 Qg6 21. Ng3
Be6 22. Bh5 Qh6 23. Bf3 f6 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Qxg4 Qg6 27. Qc4 Na7
28. Ne4 b5 29. Qc3 f5 30. Nd2 Nc6 31. a4 b4 32. Qc2 Rc7 33. Nc4 Qe6 34. Qe2
Rcd7 35. Rd2 Bf6 36. Rcd1 Kg8 37. h3 g6 38. Kh2 Bg7 39. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 Nf4 10. c5 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. a4
b4 9. Bb5 Be7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nfxe5 fxe5
15. a5 Rb8 16. Qa4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Bd7 Rb7 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. a6
Be8 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Rfb1 Bg6 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Qa4 Bg5
28. Nf1 Qf7 29. Qa2 Bh4 30. g3 Bg5 31. h4 Bf6 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nd2 g5 34. hxg5
Bxg5 35. Ne4 Qg6 36. Qa4 Rf8 37. Rb1 Rf3 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Rd7 Kh5 40. Rxd6 Qf5
41. Qe8+ Kg4 42. Qe6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Ledger, David"]
[Black "Webster, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 d5 5. Be3 Nh6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf5 8. Ne2
e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxe3 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. fxe3 Bxe5 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14.
Bh3 Rc7 15. b3 Na6 16. a3 h5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. O-O a5 19. a4 Re8 20. Nf3 Bc3 21.
Nd2 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. Re1 Rce7 24. Rde2 Ne4 25. Bg2 Nc3 26. Rd2 Rxe3 27.
Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rc1 33.
Rxa5 Ne4 34. Kg2 Rxc2+ 35. Kg1 Nd2 36. Bg2 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Collinson, Adam"]
[Black "Barnes, Lara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nf8 15.
a3 Bd7 16. Ne1 Be8 17. Be2 Bg6 18. f4 Rac8 19. b4 Ne7 20. g3 Bb8 21. Nf3 Nf5
22. Bf2 Nd6 23. Ne5 Bh7 24. Qb3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Ng6 28.
Rc1 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qf5 30. Bd4 Kh7 31. Qe3 b6 32. g4 Qg6 33. Bf3 Bf5 34. h3 h5
35. Qf2 Rf8 36. Qg3 Bd3 37. Kf2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bc4 39. Bd1 Kg8 40. Bc2 Qh6 41.
Ke3 Kf7 42. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Midland Ms-Northumbria"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Regan, Natasha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. e5 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 d5 14. exd6
Qxd6 15. Qe2 Be7 16. a3 bxa3 17. b3 Qd5 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Re5 Qd6
21. Rea5 Rfd8 22. g3 h6 23. Ra2 Qd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd2 26. Rc5 g5 27.
Rc7 Rad8 28. Rxa6 R8d5 29. g4 R5d4 30. Ra4 e5 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Kf3 d3 33. Ke3
Re2+ 34. Kxd3 Rxf2 35. b4 Rf3+ 36. Kd2 Rf4 37. b5 Rxg4 38. b6 Rb4 39. b7 Kg7
40. c4 Kf6 41. c5 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 dxc4 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14. Nd5 exd5
15. Bxe5 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Bf5 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. Bxc3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nd4 h5 22. f3 Bc8 23. Ne2 b5 24. Nf4 g6 25. e4 Bb7 26. g3 Bc5 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Bf2 29. Be1 Bd4 30. Bc3 Bf2 31. Be1 Bd4 32. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Plueg, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. a4 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Bf1 O-O 13. g3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Be2 f5
16. exf5 Ndf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Bd3 e4 20. Be2 Qe5 21. g4 Ng3 22.
Rg1 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Bd7 24. Ndxe4 Rae8 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rg3 Bh6 27. Qd3 Bf4 28.
Rf3 g5 29. Rf1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. cxb5 Kg7 32. Kd2 Rb8 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4
Qxf4+ 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. h4 gxh4 37. g5 Qd4+ 38. Kc1 Bxb5 39. Qxd4+ cxd4 40. Nxb5
Rxb5 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Rxh4 d3 43. Rd4 Rb3 44. f4 Kf5 45. Kb1 Kg4 46. g6 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Knott, Simon"]
[Black "Levitt, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe7
9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. e6
Bxb2 16. e7 Qc8 17. exf8=R+ Kxf8 18. Rb1 Be5 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rbe1 a5 21. f3 h5
22. Ne7 Qf8 23. fxe4 Qxe7 24. exf5 g5 25. Bxb7 Rh8 26. Kg2 h4 27. g4 h3+ 28.
Kg1 Nf6 29. Bf3 a4 30. Qxg5+ Kf8 31. bxa4 Rg8 32. Qh6+ {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Martin, Andrew"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 c6 12. b4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Be7 14. a3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. c3 b6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. f4
Bd6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qf3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qh5 O-O 16. Rf3 f6 17. Rh3 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxg5+ Kh8 21. Qg6
Rf5 22. Qxe6 Bc8 23. Qxe4 Rf7 24. Rh5 Bg4 25. Rxh7+ Rxh7 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qg6+
Kh8 28. Qxg4 Re7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. f5 Bxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxe3 33. Rf1
Re2 34. Bd1 Rxb2 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Rb1 a6 37. Bb7 Rxc3 38. Bxa6 Rxa3 39. Bxb5 c3
40. Bd3 Nd7 41. Rb7 Nf6 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Kg1 Nd5 44. Rc5 Nf4 45. Bf1 Ra1 46. Kf2
Kg7 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Sowray, Peter"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. e3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qb3 e5 12. a4 Rfe8 13. a5 e4 14. Be2 Rac8 15.
Bb2 h5 16. Rfd1 Nh7 17. Qc2 f5 18. d5 Nhf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Na4
Ne5 22. b5 Red8 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Qb8 25. Rab1 Nfd7 26. c5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5
dxc5 28. Bxe5 Rxd2 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. Bxb8 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxb8 32. Rd7+ Kh6 33.
b7 Bg7 34. Be6 h4 35. Rf7 Re8 36. Rxg7 Rxe6 37. Rc7 Re8 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Wood Green-Barbican"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Black "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e4 a5 11. a4 Bb4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Rfd1
b5 16. Nh4 Be7 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Bc5 21. Nf3 Nb6
22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Qe3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Ra6 {(Draw offer)} 25. c5 Nd7 26. b4 Nc7 27.
Rxa5 Rxa5 28. bxa5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf4 c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Re1 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Nd7 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bf4 h5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qe2 b5 21. axb5 Nb6
22. e5 Bd7 23. exf6 Rxe2 24. fxg7 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 axb5 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Bh6 b4
28. Ne4 Kh7 29. Nf6+ Kxh6 30. Re8 Kxg7 31. Nxh5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Lund, Brett"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
c6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. g4 Re8 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. c3 e4 17. f3 Nf6 18. g5 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bg4 Rc7
22. b3 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rf2 Bh4 25. Rg2 Rf7 26. c4 Bc8 27. d5 Bxg4 28. hxg4
Qf6 29. Rd1 Qd6 30. b4 Rf3 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qd7 33. d6 Re5 34. Qd4 Bg3 35.
Qc4+ Kg7 36. Bd4 Kh6 37. Bxe5 Qxg4 38. Rf1 e3 1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Hinks-Edwards, Tom"]
[Black "Tebb, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Nc2 O-O 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qd2 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rad1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "James, Dale"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. Bf4
Nxf4 9. gxf4 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qg4 Bg7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O fxe5
15. fxe5 Rb8 16. b3 Rf5 17. Re1 Rb7 18. Nbd2 Rbf7 19. Re2 Bh6 20. Kf1 Qf8 21.
Kg2 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bd7 23. Rge1 Rf4 24. Qg3 g5 25. Ng1 g4 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Nd6 Re7
28. Re4 Bh6 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qh4 Rg7 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. exf6 Rg6 33. Ne4 e5 34.
Ne2 Bh6 35. N2g3 Bf8 36. Nd2 Bd6 37. Nde4 Bf8 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. Nde4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd7 12. Nc3 f6 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Qd8 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. Rac1 Bc8 18. Qa4 g5 19. Bb5 Qb6 20. Ne1 g4 21. Ned3 Bg5
22. Nf4 Re8 23. Rc3 Re7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfc1 Kf7 26. Qd1 a5 27. h3 axb4 28.
axb4 Bxf4 29. exf4 h5 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Qe1 Rh8 32. Qh4 Rh6 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. Qg5
Rh7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Nxe6 Ref7 37. Qg6 Bc8 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Ng7+ Kd7 40. e6+
1-0

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Giblin, William"]
[Black "Franklin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. axb6 axb6 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Ilecki, Wojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. c3 Nc6 6. cxd4 Ng5 7. f4 Ne6 8. Nf3
g6 9. Qa4 Bg7 10. d3 Qd7 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qc3 a5 13. Be3 O-O 14. g4 Nb4 15. f5
Nc5 16. Rd1 Na4 17. Qd2 gxf5 18. Bh6 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxh6 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. gxf5
Qxf5 22. Qxb5 Bd7 23. Qd3 Nxb2 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Ra1 Be3 26. Rg2 Nd3+ 27. Kd1
Bh3 28. Rg3 Bxf1 29. Nfg1 Bxg1 30. Nxg1 Nb4 31. a3 Nd5 32. Kd2 Ba6 33. Nf3 Rg8
34. Ng5 Rg7 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rf1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "NCL978 Richmond-NW Eagles"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Richards, Susan"]
[Black "Wilson, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Qc7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bf3 e6 11. g3 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Bg2 Nc4
15. Bc3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. b3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rad1 Qh5 21.
Qxh5 Rxh5 22. Rd3 Nb5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. f4 Rc5 25. c4 Nc7 26. Rd1+ Ke7 27. Kf2
b5 28. Bf1 g5 29. b4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rc1 gxf4 32. Rxc4 fxg3+ 33. hxg3
Kd6 34. Ke3 Nb5 35. a4 Nc7 36. e5+ Kxe5 37. Rxc6 Nd5+ 38. Kf3 Nxb4 39. Rc7 Kf6
40. Rxa7 Nc6 41. Rc7 Ne5+ 42. Ke4 Ng4 43. a5 Nf2+ 44. Kf3 Nd3 45. a6 Ne5+ 46.
Ke4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jones, Iolo"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 h6 5. Bf4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bg3
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qd6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 e5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 Ng4
15. Rf1 Be6 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qd7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rfe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. f4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nf2 e6 7. b3 Bd6 8. g3
e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Smart, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bd3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d6
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Re2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rde1 Nc4 19. Qf4 f6 20. Bh4 g5 21.
Qg4 gxh4 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Nxh4 Nb6 24. Qf5 Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Nf5 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd6 Ra8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Re6 a5 31. g3 Kg8 32. Kg2 a4 33. a3
Kf7 34. f4 Bh6 35. Kf3 Bf8 36. h4 Nc7 37. Rb6 e6 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. g4 Re7 40. g5
f5 41. Rb8 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Morgan, Michael"]
[Black "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. Ne5 Rhf8 16. f4 c5 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Qxe3
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc7 22. g4 Qa5 23. a3 Qb5 24. f5 Qc4 25. b3 Qb5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
Rd6 Qa5 28. Kb2 c4 29. b4 Qb5 30. Qxa7 Rxd6 31. exd6 Kd7 32. Qd4 Rf7 33. Re4
Qc6 34. Qxc4 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Kxd6 36. Kb3 Kd5 37. c3 e5 38. a4 e4 39. Rc5+ Kd6
40. Kc4 Rf4 41. g5 Rf3 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. Kd4 e3 44. Rd5+ Kc6 45. Re5 Rh3 46.
Kd3 e2+ 47. Kxe2 Rxc3 48. Re6+ Kc7 49. Rxh6 Rc4 50. Rh7+ Kc6 51. b5+ Kb6 52.
a5+ Kxa5 53. Rxb7 Rh4 54. Rh7 Kxb5 55. h6 Kc6 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Kg3 Rh1 58. Kg4
Ke6 59. Ra7 Kf6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 {(Draw offer)} 61. Rb6 Rg1+ 62. Kf5 Rf1+ 63. Ke5
Re1+ 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Ke4 Re1+ 66. Kf3 Rh1 67. Kg2 Rh5 68. Kg3 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. b3 Be6 20. Ne2 d5 21.
Qc3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qg5 23. Nxc6 dxe4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Ra6 26. Rc3 f6 27.
Rc5 Rea8 28. Nd8 Rd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Nxe6 dxc5 31. Nxc5 f5 32. c3 Rc8 33. b4
Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Rxc5 37. bxc5+ Kxc5 38. g4 Kc4 39. gxf5
gxf5 40. Kf4 Kb3 41. c4 Kxa4 42. Ke5 Kb4 43. Kd5 a4 44. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Borg, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne6 14. h4 Rc8
15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. g6 hxg6 18. h5 g5 19. h6 g6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rdg1
Qd8 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Kh7 24. Rhg1 Rf6 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. c3 Rcf8
28. R5g3 a6 29. Rf1 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Ng1 d4 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Nh3 Qxb3 34.
Ng5+ Kh8 35. Nh3 dxc3 36. Rxc3 Qe6 37. Rg3 Qf5 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. h7 R6f7 40.
Ng5 Rg7 41. Rfg1 Nd4 42. Re1 f4 43. Rgg1 Rf5 44. Ne4 Rxg1 45. Rxg1 Kxh7 46. Nd6
Rh5 47. Re1 Nf3 48. Rc1 b5 49. Ne4 Rh6 50. Rc3 Nd4 51. Rc5 Nc6 52. Kc1 Kg7 53.
Kd2 Kf8 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. Nc3 Kd6 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58. Ke4 Rd6 59. f3 b4
60. Na4 Rxd5 61. Kxd5 Kb7 62. Kd6 a5 63. Kd5 Kc7 64. Nc5 Kb6 65. Nd3 Kb5 66.
Nc1 a4 67. Ne2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Rd1 Nfe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. d6 Qf6 14. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Rd4 b6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. f3 a6 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Kf2 Rc8 22. c4 e5 23. Rd2 Rc6 24. Rhd1 a5 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 Ba6 27. Rd4
f6 28. Bf3 Rc5 29. Rb1 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. a4 Bc6 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 Rc2+
34. Ke3 Rc3+ 35. Kd2 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Bxf3 37. Ke3 Bg4 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Rxa5 Rxd6
40. f5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Guildfor"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "John, Amanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Black "Mordue, Tyson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. f4 Rc8
15. b3 Qa5 16. Qe1 Na3+ 17. Kb2 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 exf4 20. Rh2 O-O 21.
Bf1 Rfe8 22. Na4 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Nb5 24. Kb1 f3 25. Bb2 d5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Nb6
Bc5 28. Rf1 Bxb6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxf3 Re1+ 31. Kb2 Bd4+ 32. c3 Be5 33. Rd2 b4
34. Rxd5 bxc3+ 35. Kc2 Re2+ 36. Kc1 c2 37. Rf1 Bb2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moskovic, David"]
[Black "Upton, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Bf4 Qc7 8. Qc2 Nge7
9. h4 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Be8 11. Nd2 h6 12. Nh3 Nf5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. g3 Qb6 15. Bg2
f6 16. O-O Bh5 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Bc1 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf6 21. Ree1
Ne7 22. Qe2 Rde8 23. h5 Nc6 24. Nf4 Kb8 25. Qg4 Bg5 26. Re2 Re7 27. Ng6 Bxg6
28. hxg6 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Rhe8 30. Rce1 a6 31. Rxe6 Qxb2 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7
Nxe7 34. Qf4+ Ka7 35. Qf7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Nxg6 37. Bxd5 Qb6 38. Qxg7 Qd6 39. Qxb7#
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. e4 Re8 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Bf1 a6 15. Nc4
Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qf3 b4 22.
Nd1 f5 23. Rc1 Qh4 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Bb7 26. Bc4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Re8 28. Qf3
Ne6 29. b3 Nd4 30. Qf2 Qh5 31. Ne3 Bc8 32. Kh2 Bf6 33. g4 Qh4 34. Qg2 Bg7 35.
Rf1 Qf6 36. Qg3 Qe7 37. h4 Qe4 38. Kg1 Rf8 39. h5 gxh5 40. g5 h4 41. Qg2 Rxf4
42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Bd3 Re8 44. Nc4 Nxb3 45. Bf4 Bh3 46. Rb1 Nd4 47. Bxd6 Bf8 48.
Bf4 Ne2+ 49. Bxe2 Rxe2 50. Ne3 Bg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Cooper, Andrew C"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c5 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Qf4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Bb5+
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Noyce, Robert"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. e4 e5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. b4 h6 10. Bb2 Kh7 11. Nc4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. f4 e4 15. Ne3
Ne7 16. Bh3 Nfg8 17. Qe2 d5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Kh1 a5 20. b5 cxb5 21. dxe4 fxe4
22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nxd5 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Nxe7 Nxe7 26. Ba3 Rf7 27. Rd7 Re8
28. Re1 b5 29. Rxe4 Nd5 30. Rxf7 Rxe4 31. Rd7 b4 32. Rxd5 bxa3 33. Rd7 Kg8 34.
Nf5 Bxc3 35. Rc7 Bb4 36. Nxh6+ Kf8 37. f5 Bd2 38. Nf7 Re7 39. Rxc4 Kxf7 40. Kg2
Rb7 41. h4 Rb2 42. g4 Rxa2 43. Kh3 Rb2 44. g5 a2 45. Ra4 Bc3 46. h5 Re2 47. h6
a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Humphreys, Jerry"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O-O O-O
8. Qg3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxe4 10. Bd3 Bxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Qe6 12. Qh4 h6 13. Ne2 d6 14.
Nc3 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Rac8 17. Bb5 Rfe8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb4 c5 20.
Nd5 Kf8 21. Rd3 Be6 22. Ne3 Re7 23. Rhd1 Rd7 24. f4 f5 25. c4 Rb8 26. b3 Re7
27. R1d2 Kf7 28. Nd1 Kf6 29. Rh3 Bd7 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Rg3 Rbe8 32. Rd1 g5 33.
fxg5+ hxg5 34. Rd2 Rh8 35. h3 Rhe8 36. Kc2 Re3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39.
cxb5 Ke5 40. a4 d5 41. a5 Re4 42. g3 Rb4 43. Re2+ Re4 44. Rh2 f4 45. gxf4+ Rxf4
46. Re2+ Re4 47. Rf2 Rb4 48. Rf7 Rxb5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rxc7 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Rxa6 52.
Rxc5 Rh6 53. Rc7 Rxh3+ 54. Kc2 Rh2+ 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kc2 Kd4 57. Rxa7 Rh2+ 58.
Kd1 Kd3 59. Ke1 g4 60. b4 Rb2 61. Ra3+ Ke4 62. Rg3 Kf4 63. Rd3 Ke5 64. Re3+ Kd6
65. Re8 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Black "Sellars, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 Qd8 7. d5 Na5 8. Ne5
Nf6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Bd4 Nf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qxb4 O-O 15.
Nc3 b6 16. Be2 e6 17. O-O Re8 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bf1 exd5 20. cxd5 Bg4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxg4 Rxc3 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Rab1 Nb7 25. Bc6 Nd6 26. Rbc1 Kg7 27. Rxc3
Bxc3 28. Rd3 Qf6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nf5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. h3 h5 33. Qa4 Qe7
34. Qc4 Nd6 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rd3 Ke5 38. Kf1 f5 39. Ke2 f4 40.
f3 g5 41. Ra3 a5 42. Kd3 Nf5 43. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Black "Howard, Emily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 h6 7. Nf4 Bh7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nfe2 Ng6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bd2 b5 14. a3 Qb6
15. f4 a5 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Ne7 18. e6 fxe6 19. fxe6 Nf6 20. a4 b4 21. Na2
Rb8 22. b3 Ne4 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Rb7 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Rhf1 Ng5 27. Qh5+ Kd8
28. Nf4 Kc8 29. h4 Ne4 30. Ng6 Nxg6 31. Qxg6 Qd8 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. exf7 Nf6 34.
Re1 h5 35. Bf4 Qd7 36. Re8+ Kb7 37. Be5 Rh6 38. Rxf8 Rxg6 39. Rb8+ Ka7 40. f8=Q
Rg1+ 41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 d6
9. e4 Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. a4 e5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. g4 Na6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Kh8
16. Ng2 a6 17. h4 Bc8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5 f4 22. Bf2 Rg8
23. Ne4 Bf8 24. Rh1 Be7 25. Ne1 Qe8 26. Nd3 a5 27. Rag1 Nf8 28. Nxb4 axb4 29.
b3 Qh5 30. Kg2 h6 31. Kf1 Nh7 32. Bd1 hxg5 33. hxg5 Bh3+ 34. Ke1 Nxg5 35. Qe2
Rg6 36. Nxg5 Bxg5 37. Bc2 Rh6 38. Kd2 Rg7 39. Rh2 Qf7 40. Rgh1 Qd7 41. Be4 Rf7
42. Qe1 Kg7 43. Qa1 Kf6 44. a5 bxa5 45. Qxa5 Kg7 46. Qa8 Rf8 47. Qc6 Qxc6 48.
dxc6 Bf5 49. Bxf5 Rxh2 50. Rxh2 Rxf5 51. Rg2 Kh6 52. Kd3 e4+ 53. fxe4 Rf8 54.
e5 dxe5 55. Bxc5 Rc8 56. Bxb4 Rxc6 57. c5 Rc8 58. Ba3 Ra8 59. Bb2 Rb8 60. Kc4
e4 61. b4 f3 62. Rh2+ Kg6 63. Be5 Re8 64. Bd4 e3 65. c6 e2 66. Bf2 Be3 67. Be1
Bg1 68. Rh1 f2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Bg3
Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 {(Draw offer)} 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Nc5
Rcd8 20. Be4 Bc8 21. Re3 Qf6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rde8 25. Rce1
Re7 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qe4 c6 29. Re3 Kg8 30. g4 Kh7 31. b3 Kg8 32.
Qd4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 cxd5 34. f4 Kf8 35. f5 Rc7 {(Draw offer)} 36. Rd3 Rc5 37. Kf2
Ke7 38. Ke3 h5 39. Kd4 b6 40. gxh5 gxf5 41. Rg3 Kxe6 42. Rxg7 Kf6 43. Rxa7 Rc2
44. Kxd5 Rxg2 45. Ra6 Kg5 46. a4 Rd2+ 47. Kc6 f4 48. Rxb6 f3 49. Rb5+ Kf6 50.
Rb8 f2 51. Rf8+ Ke7 52. Rf3 Rd6+ 53. Kc5 Rf6 54. Rxf2 Rxf2 55. a5 Kd7 56. Kb6
Rb2 57. a6 Rxb3+ 58. Ka7 Kc6 59. h6 Rh3 60. Kb8 Rxh6 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Twyble, Michael"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 Bd7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd5+ Qxd5 19. cxd5 Rab8 20. Be3
a5 21. a4 Bb2 22. Bd2 Rb3 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24. Bc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb2 Rxa4 26. Rd1 Kf7
27. Kg2 Kf6 28. f4 exf3+ 29. exf3 Raa3 30. f4 Rd3 31. Rbd2 Ra2 32. Rxa2 Rxd1
33. Ra5 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 h6 35. Rb5 Rc2 36. Rb1 Rd2 37. Rb5 g5 38. fxg5+ hxg5 39.
Ra5 Re2 40. Ra1 Ke5 41. Ra7 Kf5 42. g4+ Kf4 43. Ra4+ Re4 44. Ra2 Ke5 45. Kg3
Re1 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. Re2+ Kf6 48. Ra2 Rh1 49. Kg3 Re1 50. Ra8 Ke5 51. Kf2 Re4
52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Kxd5 54. Ra5+ Ke4 55. Rxg5 e5 56. h4 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 Rf8 58.
h5 d5 59. h6 d4 60. h7 Rh8 61. Rg7 d3 62. Rd7 Kf4 63. Rxd3 Rxh7 64. Ra3 Kxg4
65. Ra4+ Kf5 66. Kf3 Rh3+ 67. Kf2 Rb3 68. Ke2 Rb1 69. Kf2 e4 70. Ra5+ Kf4 71.
Ke2 Rb2+ 72. Ke1 Rc2 73. Kf1 {
(Probably many score errors - both score-sheets illegible)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Black, Richard"]
[Black "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a6 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. fxe5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg4 Bd5 17. Rad1 e6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qf3 Qc7 21.
Bd6 Qa7+ 22. Kh1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tucker, Alex"]
[Black "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

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 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Be2 a6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. a5 Re8 15.
Qc2 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ra2 Nb5 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qe7 21. e5
Nxd5 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc5 Bg4 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxa6 Ne4 26. Bc3 Nexc3 27.
bxc3 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Bc4 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Kf8 31. Ra7 Re7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 {
(41 moves - both score sheets illegible)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Tozer, Philip"]
[Black "Williamson, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxc5 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 Rc5 19. h3 Ne4 20. Be2 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 b6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Bautista, Marc"]
[Black "Martin, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Be7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Rh5 O-O-O
15. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Thompson, Tracey"]
[Black "Houska, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wilson, Jon"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. a4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4
9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15.
Nce4 Nd6 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lane, Gary"]
[Black "Harley, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Nce5 Rd8 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bc7 Rdc8
15. Bb6 Qd5 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Be3 Bd8 19. Nd6 Rcb8 20. c4 Qh5 21.
Be2 Qe5 22. Qd2 Ne8 23. Nxf7 Qf6 24. Nxd8 Qxd8 25. Rad1 Nf6 26. Nc5 Be8 27.
Nxe6 Qe7 28. Nf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adelaja, Abimbola"]
[Black "Potts, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 Nfd7 14. Kb1 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. g5 b5 17. Rhg1 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
O-O 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Rg2 Rfe8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nd4 a5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nc6 Bd6
28. Rh1 e4 29. g6 fxg6 30. hxg6 h6 31. Qd4 Be5 32. Qxe4 Bxb2 33. Qc4 Qd6 34.
Kxb2 Re5 35. Kb1 Kh8 36. Rgg1 Rxd5 37. Rf1 Rc5 38. Qe4 R5xc6 39. Rf7 Qxg6 40.
Qxg6 Rxg6 41. Rf5 a4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "White, Mark"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bxb5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 12. Kf2 Nd7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Kg1
Bb7 15. Rxe7 Bxd5 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Kf2 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Ke1 Nb4 24. Ke2 Nc2 25. Rg1 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qc7 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 b6 11. f5 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Ba6 13. Rf2 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15.
Qe1 Nf6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 e6 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Rfd2 e5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc1
Nf6 22. Bf1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Nh7 26. Nxh7 {(Draw offer)}
26... Kxh7 27. Qe2 b5 28. c4 a6 29. Be3 Bf8 30. b3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gayson, Peter"]
[Black "Coathup, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. h3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Nb3 d5 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Re1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. c4 Ne7 18. Be5 Qd8 19. Qc3 f6 20. Rad1 Qe8
21. Bd6 Qf7 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Na4 Nc6 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Bc5 e5 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27.
Bxa7 Nxa7 28. Qb3 Nc6 29. c5 Nd4 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rb1 Rc7 32. Kf1 Ne6 33.
Rec1 Nxc5 34. a4 Ke7 35. Rb2 Kd6 36. Rd2+ Ke6 37. Rdc2 Kd6 38. a5 Ne6 39. Rxc7
Nxc7 40. Ke2 Nb5 {(Draw offer)} 41. Kd3 Nd4 42. Rc8 Nc6 43. Rg8 g6 44. Rg7 Nxa5
45. Rxh7 Nb3 46. h4 a5 47. Kc4 Nc5 48. g4 Ne4 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Nxf2 51. Rg7
e4 52. h6 e3 53. h7 e2 54. h8=Q e1=Q 55. Qd8+ Kc6 56. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bb3 d3 8. Qe4
e6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Nbd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 13. Qxd3 d5 14. O-O Be7 15.
Nd4 a6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. f4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Qc8 19. N2f3 f5 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. b4 Be7
22. b3 Qc7 23. Qe3 h6 24. h4 Rac8 25. Bf2 Na8 26. Qe1 Qb8 27. Rc2 Rfe8 28. Rac1
Bf8 29. c4 Nc7 30. Nh2 Kh8 31. Be3 Rcd8 32. Bd2 dxc4 33. bxc4 Ba4 34. Ra2 Rxd4
35. Rxa4 Red8 36. Nf3 Rd3 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Bxc3 b5 39. cxb5 Qxb5 40. Ra5 Qb6
41. Qg1 Qc6 42. Qc1 Bxb4 43. Ra2 Bxc3 44. Rc2 Nb5 45. Nd2 Rd3 46. Kh2 Nd4 47.
Nb1 Nxc2 48. Qxc2 Qc5 49. Qc1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. g4 h6 12. h4 c6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15.
Ndxe4 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. O-O-O Nf8 18. Rdg1 Qe7 19. Bd3 a6 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Rg3 b5 22. f4 Rec8 23. Qh2 f5 24. Kb1 Rab8 25. Rhg1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 cxd5 27.
Bxd5+ Be6 28. Rxg6 Nxg6 29. Rxg6 Bxd5 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Nxd5 Qb7 32. Qh8+ Kf7
33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qxd6+ Kf7 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Ba3+ Kg7
39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qxf5+ Kg7 41. Bb2+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Walsh, Chris"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15.
Qf3 Bxd5 16. exd5 d6 17. Bc2 Rf8 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Ra8 23. Ree1 Qc8 24. Bb3 Qb7 25. Rab1 Ra3 26. g3 Rfa8 27. Qg2
R8a7 28. Kh2 Qa8 29. Qh1 Qd8 30. Qf3 Nh7 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qe4 Qf6 33. Qe3 Ng5 34.
Kg2 Kg7 35. h4 Nh7 36. Qe4 Qd8 37. Qe3 Nf6 38. d4 e4 39. f3 exf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qd7
41. Rf1 Ng4 42. Kg1 h5 43. Bc2 Ra8 44. Rbe1 Re8 45. Bd1 Ra2 46. Re2 Raxe2 47.
Bxe2 Re3 48. Qg2 Rxc3 49. Qh3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Black "Long, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Evans, DK."]
[Black "Pearce, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Bc2 Ba6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qe2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ng3 Rb8 14. Bf4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb2 16. Bc1 Rb8 17. Ba4 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. d4 Rb6 20. d5 Na5 21. Bf4
Qb7 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. e5 Nd5 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Qc2 Rb6 27. Ng5 g6
28. Rab1 Nf4 29. Qe4 Qe7 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Qe5 Nc4 33. Qxf6 Rxf6
34. Ne4 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Rf4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Nxc5 bxc5 39. Kxh3 Rf5
40. Re7 e5 41. Kh4 g5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Black "Johnston, Dafydd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Rc1 b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nc6 19. Nc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. O-O cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bf6 15. Ba3 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re1 Qd6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rac1
h6 21. h3 Rb6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxc8+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ g6 25. Qe8 Qxe8 26. Rexe8
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Morris, Gareth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Wilson, Julie"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Black "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nfd4 Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. c3 Bd7
15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nf3 f6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. Qc2 Bg6 21.
Qb3 Kh8 22. Rad1 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bh5 Re7 25. Bb6 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. f4
Bd6 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Bf3 h6 31. a4 g5 32. a5 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Bc8 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Ke3 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Bxc4 Ke7 40.
Bd3 Bd7 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Headlong, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nfd2 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bd3 d5 12. f5 dxe4 13. fxe6 exd3 14. exf7+
Rxf7 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. d4 e6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Griffiths, Paul V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 Na5 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Kh1 d5 11. exd5 Re8 12. dxc6 Nxc4 13. c7 Qd7 14. dxc4 Bc5
15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rac8 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Re5 Rxc7 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. b3 Nd6 26. Nd4 Rd7 27.
c3 f5 28. c5 Ne4 29. Nxf5 Nxc5 30. Nd4 Nd3 31. Re3 Nc1 32. a4 Nxb3 33. Rd3 Nxd4
34. cxd4 Ke7 35. Kg1 Kd6 36. Kf2 Kd5 37. Ke3 Re7+ 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Rh3 h6 40.
Rh4 b6 41. Rf4 a6 42. h4 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. h5 Rb7 45. Kc2 b4 46. Rg4 Re7 47.
d5+ Kxd5 48. Rxb4 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Rxg2 50. Ke3 Rg5 51. Kf3 Ke5 52. Rh4 Rf5+ 53.
Kg3 Kf6 54. Kg4 Ra5 55. Rh1 Ra4+ 56. Kh3 Ra7 57. Rg1 Rb7 58. Kh4 Rb4+ 59. Kh3
Rb5 60. Kh4 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Howell, Chris"]
[Black "Haydon, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf8 15.
h4 h5 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. Bh3 Ncd4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Be3 Kh7 20. Nd5 Ra3 21. Bc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Black "Fenn, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. a4 Qc8 10. a5 a6 11. d5 Nd8 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 Rg8 15. Kh2
Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. h4 Nh7 18. g4 f6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Qd2 g5 21. h5 Kg7 22.
Qf2 Qd8 23. b4 Qe7 24. Na4 Rgb8 25. Bb3 Nf8 26. c4 Be8 27. Rfc1 Nd8 28. Ra2 Bf7
29. Rac2 Nd7 30. Qe3 b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 c6 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Rd2 Qa3 35.
Rc3 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Qxa4 37. Ra3 Qb5 38. dxc6 Qxc6 39. Rc3 Qa4 40. Rc7 Be8 41.
Rdxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Noakes, Matthew"]
[Black "Elliott, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Bb2 Qd6
15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. g3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Moxley, Carl"]
[Black "Kissoon, Alvin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. c3 c5 10. Ne5 Nb8 11. f4 Qe8 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ndf3 Qe8
15. g4 f6 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. h4 f5 18. g5 Nf8 19. Nge5 Re7 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Kh1
Kh7 22. Rg1 Nbd7 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. Qh3 c4 25. Bc2 Rb8 26. Rg2 Rbb7 27. Rag1 Rg7
28. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Howell, Susan"]
[Black "Smith, Lucy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bg3 Bb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 a4 15.
Qd1 b5 16. Bd3 b4 17. Rc1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bb7 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rc4 Ba6
22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 f6 24. Nc4 Rxd4 25. Rd1 Bb5 26. Nb6 Rxb4 27. Nxa8 Rd4
28. Bc2 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Na6 30. f3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Be2 Kd6 33. Nb6 Nc5 34.
Nc4+ Bxc4 35. Bxc4 e5 36. Ke3 Nb7 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Bg8 Nd6 39. Kc3 Nb5+ 40. Kd3
Nd6 41. g4 Nb5 42. g3 Nd4 43. f4 g5 44. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Granat, Russell"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a6 10. f5 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb7 14. Be3 a5 15.
Qd2 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qf2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nd3 Ba6 21. Rad1 Qb6
22. Kh1 Rac8 23. e5 {#} 23... Bxd3 24. f6 Bg6 25. fxe7 Rfe8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Be4
Rxe7 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxd4 e5 30. Rc4 Qb7 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. h3 Qe6 33. Qf8+
Kh7 34. Qb8 e4 35. Qxb4 e3 36. Qe1 e2 37. Rf3 Qe4 38. c4 g5 39. Rf2 Qd3 40. Kh2
Qd1 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "James, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 {#} 10... g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qxg5
14. Ng3 Be6 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Ng6 17. Ne2 Nf4 18. Nxf4 Qxf4 19. O-O Kg7 20.
Bd5 Bg4 21. Rd2 c6 22. Bb3 Rh8 23. g3 Qh6 24. h4 Rad8 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. f4 f5 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. Qc2 Rxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qc1 f4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Norman, Ken"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Qe8 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 h6 15.
Nd4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Qf7 18. e3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Qa2 20. Rb1 Rc4 21. Rc1
Rfc8 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe2 Rb4 24. Ba1 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxa4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rb1 g5 29. b6 axb6 30. Rxb6 Bg4 31. Nc3 Rc4 32. Rb3 Bf3 33. Kf1
Kf6 34. Ke1 Rc5 35. Kd2 d5 36. Rb6+ e6 37. Ra6 Bg4 38. Rb6 Ke5 39. Nb5 Rc8 40.
Nc3 Rf8 41. Ke1 Ra8 42. Rb1 Ra6 43. Kd2 Bf3 44. Ke1 Kf5 45. Ne2 Bxe2 46. Kxe2
Kg4 47. Rb8 Kh3 48. Rh8 e5 49. Rd8 Kxh2 50. Rxd5 Kg2 51. Rxe5 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Ra1+
53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Rxf2 55. g4 Rf1+ 56. Ke2 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 Kg3 58. Rxe4 Rh2 59.
Rb4 Kf3 60. e4 Kxg4 61. e5+ Kf5 62. Rb5 Rh4 63. Kf2 Re4 64. e6+ Kf6 65. e7 Rxe7
66. Kg3 h5 67. Ra5 Re3+ 68. Kg2 Re5 69. Ra6+ Kf5 70. Ra4 Re4 71. Ra3 h4 72.
Rf3+ Kg4 73. Rf2 h3+ 74. Kh2 Kh4 75. Ra2 g4 76. Ra1 g3+ 77. Kg1 h2+ 78. Kh1 Kh3
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Black, Richard"]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Rg8 13. exf5 Rb8 14. Nc2 Qg5
15. Nce3 Ne7 16. h4 Qh6 17. g4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bb7 19. g5 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Qxh1 21.
Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qd3 Bf3 23. a4 bxa4 24. b4 e4 25. Qxa6 e3 26. Qa5+ Kc8 27. Qxa4
Bc6 28. Qa6+ Kd8 29. Qa5+ Kc8 30. O-O-O Bb7 31. Bb5 Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Ra8 33. Bd7+
Kb8 34. Qd8+ Ka7 35. Qa5+ Kb8 36. Qxa8+ Kxa8 37. fxe3 h6 38. Nh7 Be7 39. f6 Bd8
40. g6 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Punnett, Alan"]
[Black "Tozer, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. h4 d6 8. Bd3
Be6 9. h5 Bf7 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nf4 c6 14. Nge2 d5 15.
Qh3 Re8 16. cxd5 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 cxd5 18. g3 Rac8 19. Kg2 Rc6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. b4
Qb6 22. a4 Rec8 23. b5 R6c7 24. g4 fxg4 25. a5 Qd6 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Nxg6+ Bxg6
28. Qxg6 Qd7 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Rh5 Qf7 31. Qxg4 Re4 32. Rah1 Rc2 33. Rh8+ Bxh8
34. Rxh8+ Ke7 35. Ng6+ Kd6 36. Rd8+ Kc7 37. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Christopher, Sarah"]
[Black "Shepley, Julien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O
8. c3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Qxg2 14.
Rf1 Be7 15. Qc4 Rhe8 16. Rd1 Qg6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Ke2 Qh5+ 19. f3 Qxh2+ 20.
Bf2 f5 21. Qe6+ Rd7 22. Rd1 Bd6 23. Qxf5 Kc7 24. Rd3 Re7+ 25. Re3 Rxe3+ 26.
Kxe3 Qe5+ 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Ke4 Kd6 29. f4 Bf6 30. Bg3 b5 31. f5+ Kc6 32. Be1
a5 33. Bd2 c4 34. Be1 h5 35. Bg3 h4 36. Bf4 b4 37. Bd2 bxc3 38. bxc3 a4 39. Be1
h3 40. Kf3 Be5 41. Kf2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Stimpson, Phil"]
[Black "Martin, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxc5 Ng6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. Nfg5 h6 14. Qh5 Nh8
15. f4 Rxb2 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Nxe6 Qe8 18. Qe5 dxe6 19. Qxb2 Qg6 20. Nd6 Nf7 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb7 Re8 23. f5 exf5 24. Qd7 Ne5 25. Qxf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Bf6 27.
Bxh6 Ng4 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 Nf6 30. Rf5 Rf8 31. Rb1 Ne4 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.
Rb6 Nxc5 34. Rxc6 Ne4 35. Rxa6 Nf6 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. a4 Kh7 38. a5 Nd5 39. a6 Nb6
40. Rb7 Nc8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Houska, Mario"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Bg7 5. e3 Nd7 6. c3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. Ne2
Bg4 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. a5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Nxg3 15.
fxg3 Qd6 16. O-O Qxg3 17. Rf3 Qh4 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Rf1+ Bf6 21. Nf3
Qg3 22. Ne5+ Kf8 23. Qg6 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. dxe5 hxg4 26. exf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Wilson, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Rb1 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bd2 g6 8. e4 d6
9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Bxg6+ Kd8 14. Nge2 Qc6 15.
f3 Rg8 16. Bf7 Rxg2 17. Nf4 Rg7 18. Bc4 e5 19. Nfd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qe8 21. Bxh6
Rg2 22. Be3 Qg6 23. Ne4 Bh6 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Bc4 Kc7 26. Bf1 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Nb6
28. c4 Bf5 29. Bd3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Qg5 31. Qd3 Rg8 32. Rbg1 Qh4+ 33. Ke2 Rxg1 34.
Rxg1 Qxh3 35. Rf1 Qg2+ 36. Rf2 Qg1 37. Rf1 Qg2+ 38. Rf2 Qg1 39. Qd1 Qg5 40. b3
Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Bg5 42. Rh2 Bh6 43. Rh5 d5 44. cxd5 Kd6 45. Rf5 Nd7 46. Qe1 Qd4
47. Rf7 Bd2 48. Qh4 Qa1+ 49. Kg2 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Harley, Andrew"]
[Black "Walsh, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

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 Nbc6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Rb1
Nf5 15. Bd2 d4 16. Qd3 a6 17. Kf2 b5 18. Rg1 Qa7 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Rg3 Nd5 21. h3
Qc5 22. Kg2 Nb6 23. Kh2 Nc4 24. Bb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Qb6 26. Qxd4 Qb7 27. Bd3 Bc6
28. Ng5 Nd2 29. Rd1 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 Bxf3 31. Rd2 Bd5 32. Bf1 Ke7 33. f5 Rgd8 34.
f6+ Ke8 35. Qf4 Be4 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Rgxg2 Rd5 38. Qg5 Kd7 39. Rxd5+ exd5 40.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Long, Matthew"]
[Black "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 a5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 N8d7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. c5 Nc8 16. a3 Bf6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Qd2 h5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nf5 21. Bf2 b6
22. Rab1 Ra3 23. Rfc1 Rb8 24. g3 Ra7 25. b5 g6 26. c6 Qe7 27. h3 Nd6 28. Qd3
Rba8 29. Re1 Ra3 30. Qc2 Qf8 31. Rb3 R3a5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Qg7 34. Qd3 R5a7
35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Re1 Ra1 37. Rbb1 R1a3 38. Red1 Bd8 39. Bg3 Bc7 40. Rb4 Qh6 41.
Qf3 g5 42. fxg5 Qh3 43. Rd3 Rxc3 44. Rxc4 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Moore, Gerald"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 d5 8. c3
Nxe2 9. Nxe2 d4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Bc3 Ne7 13. d4 O-O 14. dxe5 Qc7
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. exd6 Nc6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. e5 Ne3 21.
Ba5 Bg4 22. Bxd8 Nxd1 23. Bc7 Bxe2 24. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Musson, Adam"]
[Black "Hammond, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd4
Qe8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 c5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nc7 16. f4 b5 17. f5 bxc4 18. fxg6 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 d5 20. Qh5 h6 21.
Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qf8+ 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 24. Ke2 dxe4 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Rc2 Nxe6
27. Ke3 Kg7 28. Kxe4 Kxg6 29. Kd5 Rb6 30. Kxc4 Rd6 31. Re2 a6 32. b3 Rd4+ 33.
Kc3 Nc7 34. a3 a5 35. Kb2 Nd5 36. Rc2 e5 37. Rxc5 e4 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. h3 e3 40.
Kc1 Ke4 41. Rc8 e2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Adelaja, Abimbola"]
[Black "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bh6 e5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 b5 14. Nxe5 Ncxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe5 16. d6 Ng4 17. Qe1 Bf5 18. f3 Nh6 19. Qc3 cxd6 20. Nxd6 Qe7 21.
g4 Rac8 22. Nxf5+ Nxf5 23. Qe1 Qc5 24. Rd2 Nd4 25. Qf2 Qd5 26. b3 Rc3 27. Bd3
Rfc8 28. Kb2 Nxf3 29. Rdd1 Nd4 30. h5 Qf3 31. Qxf3 Nxf3 32. Rdf1 Ng5 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Re1 e4 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 37. Ka3 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Fish, Andrew"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nc6 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 O-O 14. Qe3 Kh7
15. O-O Rb8 16. b3 f5 17. Bg3 Qe8 18. f4 Qc6 19. Rd4 a5 20. Rc4 Rb4 21. Qd4
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Rb8 23. a3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Rd5 c5 26. Na4 Nc7 27. Rd1 Qc6 28.
Nc3 dxe5 29. fxe5 Ne6 30. Ne2 g5 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Qd3 Qc8 34. Nc3
e6 35. Nb5 c4 36. Qc3 Nf7 37. Qxa5 cxb3 38. cxb3 Nxe5 39. Nd6 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 f4
41. Be1 f3 42. Qb4 fxg2 43. Kxg2 Ng6 44. Bd2 Qd1 45. Ne4 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qh5 Qc7 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbc6 11. f4 Nf5 12. Qf3 d4 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. g4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qd3 Bxh1 17. gxf5 Qxe5 18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Bc3 Qh6
21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Be4 23. Rh3 Rad8 24. Rxh6 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 gxh6 26. c3 a6 27.
Kf2 Bd3 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Bg2 Re7 30. Ng3 Kg6 31. Bf3 f5 32. Bh5+ Kf6 33. Bxh6
Re6 34. Be3 b5 35. h4 Rc6 36. Bd4+ Ke6 37. Bf3 Rc7 38. Nh5 Rf7 39. Nf4+ Kd7 40.
Nxd3 Re7 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nxa6 Rf7 43. Nb4 Rf8 44. Nd3 Rg8 45. Bc5+ Ke6 46. Bb4
Rd8 47. Ke3 Rc8 48. h5 h6 49. Nf4+ Ke5 50. Ne2 Rd8 51. Nd4 f4+ 52. Kf2 Rd7 53.
Bc6 Rd8 54. Bxb5 Ke4 55. Bc6+ Ke5 56. Bf3 Kf6 57. a4 Re8 58. a5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Re8
15. Nd2 Na7 16. Ba3 Bc6 {#} 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 e5 19. Bxa6 exd4 20. e4 Qd7 21.
Bd3 Bxa4 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 b5 24. f4 Rbc8 25. e5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. d3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. b4 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Ne1 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15.
Na3 Rc8 16. Nec2 Be6 17. b5 Qd7 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Rd1 h5 20. Qe3 d4 21. Qe2 Na4
22. h3 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. a4 Bb3 26. Nba3 Rdc8 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28.
dxc4 Rxc4 29. Ne3 Rc3 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qe7 32. Nf1 Kg8 33. Kg2 Nh7 34. Qd2
Ng5 35. Nh2 Qf6 36. Qe2 Qf4 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Rc3 39. Qe2 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Borg, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Nf5 Bc5 14. Be2 Ba7 15.
Ne7+ Kh8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. a4 Nc5 19. b4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. f3 O-O 12. Kb1 a6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Nd5 Rb8 16. h4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qe8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Be2 c4 20. Bxc4 Rxf3 21. h5
Nc5 22. Rde1 d3 23. e5 Bxe5 24. hxg6 Qxg6 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Be7 Qe4
28. b3 b5 29. Re1 bxc4 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qa5 Rf1+ 32. Kb2 c3+ 33. Ka3 Rb5 34.
Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qc7 Rc5 36. Bf8+ Kxf8 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. d7 Rf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40.
d8=Q+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bb4 8. e5
Ne4 9. Ngf3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. g3
Bb7 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Ke2 Nb8 {(Draw offer)} 17. Rhd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Be4 Nd7 21. Ke3 h6 22. h4 Kc7 23. g4 c5 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. h5 Kc6
26. f4 Nf8 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Nh7 29. Kf4 g6 30. h6 Nf8 31. Bc1 Nh7 32. Bd2
Nf8 33. b4 Nh7 34. a3 a6 35. Ke4 b5 36. cxb5+ axb5 37. bxc5 Kxc5 38. Bb4+ Kc6
39. Be7 Kd7 40. Bf6 Kc6 41. Kd4 Nf8 42. Kc3 Kc7 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. Ka5 Nh7 45. Ka6
Nf8 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. Be7 Nh7 48. Ka6 Kc6 49. Ka5 Kd7 50. Bf6 Kc6 51. Kb4 Nf8 52.
Kc3 Kd7 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Bd8 Nh7 55. Ke4 Kd7 56. Bf6 Kc6 57. Kd4 Nf8 58. Kc3 Kd7
59. Kb3 Kc7 60. a4 bxa4+ 61. Kxa4 Kd7 62. Kb5 Nh7 63. Kb6 Nf8 64. Kc5 Nh7 65.
Kd4 Nf8 66. Ke4 Nh7 67. Kf4 Ke8 68. Bg7 Kd7 69. Bh8 Ke8 70. Bf6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Fletcher, John"]
[Black "Williamson, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Qf3 Nd5 10. Bd3 Qh4+ 11. Kd1 Qf6 12. Qg2 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qd8 14. Nxf7
Kxf7 15. Rf1+ Kg8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Bautista, Marc"]
[Black "Brown, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Rfd8
15. Ng3 Bg6 16. f4 Nb6 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Re8 20. Qf2 Rad8 21.
Qf3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Roberts, Lynda"]
[Black "Lang, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Re1 Bc5 11. N2b3 Bb6 12. c4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14.
Nc2 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re1 Bxc2 17. Be3 b6 18. Rac1 Bd3 19. f3 Rhe8 20. Kf2
Kb7 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. Bc1 Be6 23. b3 a5 24. Rce3 Rd7 25. Bb2 Rd2+ 26. R3e2 Rxe2+
27. Rxe2 g6 28. Ke1 h5 29. h4 a4 30. Bf6 axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. Rb2 c6 33. Kd2
Kc7 34. Be5+ Kd7 35. Kc3 Bf5 36. Rd2+ Ke6 37. Bc7 b5 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rxc6 b4+
40. Kb2 Re8 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Moskovic, David"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
Be7 9. a4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Nc4 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Farndon, David"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Na6 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. g3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. c3 Qb7
16. Nc4 Rd8 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. f3 Rb8 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Na3 Ra8 22. Kg2
Re8 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 f5 26. Qc2 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Bb5 28. Nc6 c4
29. Qd2 Qb6 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Rhd1 Bf6 33. Ne6 Rab8 34. Rd2 Be5 35.
Qf1 Bb5 36. Qf2 Bd7 37. Qf1 Bb5 38. Qe2 Qe7 39. Qf2 Rb7 40. h4 Reb8 41. Rh1 a5
42. Rh2 Bd7 43. h5 g5 44. Bf5 a4 45. Qe2 a3 46. bxa3 Bxc3 47. Rc2 Be5 48. Qxc4
Bb5 49. Qb4 {#} 49... Bf1+ 50. Kxf1 Rxb4 51. axb4 Qa7 52. Nxg5 h6 53. Ne6 Qa1+
54. Kg2 Rxb4 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Helbig, Paul"]
[Black "Taylor, Peter P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nd6 14. c3 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. e5 Qb5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Rfd1 c4 20. Qxb5 Bxb5 21.
Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bf3 Ba4 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Bxb3 27.
Rxa7 f6 28. Bd4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Bd5 30. Kg2 g5 31. g4 h6 32. Rc7 Bb3 33. Ra7 Bd5
34. h3 Bc4 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Ke3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke4 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 h5 40.
c4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. c5 Rf4 43. c6 Rf8 44. Rd7 Rc8 45. c7 Kh7 46. Bb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "Easton, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rab1 Rc8
15. Ng3 Rg4 16. Nh5 Ng8 17. Ng7+ Kd8 18. Bg5+ Rxg5 19. Qxg5+ Ne7 20. Nh5 Nfg6
21. Qf6 Qxe5 22. Bxg6 Qxf6 23. Nxf6 hxg6 24. Rxb7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Kxc7 26. g4 Ba4
27. h4 d4 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxh5 Ke5 31. Ng4+ Kf4 32. f3 f5 33. Nf2
Kg5 34. Nd3 Nd5 35. Kf2 Kxh5 36. Nc5 Be8 37. Nxe6 Kg6 38. Nxd4 Kf6 39. Re1 Bd7
40. Kg3 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Black "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. d5 Be7 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd4 Bf8 12. Re1 g6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 a6 15.
b4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. h3 b5 18. Rc1 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Re5 23. Bd4 Rae8 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qc2 a5 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6
axb4 28. Bxb5 Rc8 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Rxe5 Bd6 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. Ba6
Ra8 34. Bb7 Ra5 35. g3 Rc5 36. Ra1 Nd5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 Bb6 39. Rb2 Bc7 40.
Rd2 Bb6 41. Re8 Kf6 42. Kg2 Nc7 43. Ree2 Ne6 44. Rc2 Ra5 45. Rxe6+ fxe6 46. c7
Bxc7 47. Rxc7 Ra7 48. Rd7 h5 49. Bc6 Ra5 50. Rd4 Rc5 51. Bf3 Ra5 52. h4 Rc5 53.
Be2 Rc6 54. Rf4+ Kg7 55. Ra4 Kf6 56. Ra5 Rc3 57. Bxh5 gxh5 58. Rxh5 e5 59. Rh8
Rb3 60. Rf8+ Kg6 61. g4 Rb4 62. Kg3 Rb3+ 63. Rf3 Rb1 64. h5+ Kh6 65. Rf6+ Kg7
66. Re6 Re1 67. Kh4 Kf7 68. Ra6 Rf1 69. Kg5 Rxf2 70. Ra7+ Kg8 71. Kg6 Rf8 72.
Re7 Rb8 73. Rxe5 Rb6+ 74. Kf5 Kg7 75. Re7+ Kf8 76. Re6 Rb4 77. g5 Kf7 78. g6+
Kg7 79. Re7+ Kg8 80. h6 Rb8 81. h7+ Kh8 82. Re5 Kg7 83. Kg5 Re8 84. Rf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Appleton, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. Rd1
Qe6 15. Qxb7 Bc6 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qc5 e3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Qc5 Rad8 20. Be2 Bxg2
21. Rg1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bd5 23. a3 Nf5 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Qc7 Re8 26. Rg3 h5 27.
Bh3 g6 28. Rd3 Be4 29. Rd8 Kh7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qc4 Bf3 32. Qd3 Bg4 33. Bxg4
hxg4 34. Qe4 Qb5 35. Qxg4 Qd5 36. Qe2 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Qxh2 38. Kc2 Qf4 39. Kb1 Qh4
40. Qf3 Qc4 41. Qh3+ Kg7 42. Qh1 Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Nd4 44. Bxd4 Qxd4 45. Qe1 g5 46.
e6 fxe6 47. Qc3 Qxc3 48. bxc3 Kf6 49. Kb2 e5 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Kd3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Richards, John"]
[Black "Fenn, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Rad1 Qe8 10. a3 a6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne1 Nbd7 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nd3 Nb6 15. b3
Bg6 16. Na2 Nfd7 17. c4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nc3 Qg6 20. Nf2 Bc2 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Nf6 {(Draw offer)} 24. Nf2 Nbd7 25. Nfe4 Rad8 26. Nxf6+
Bxf6 27. Ne4 Be7 28. b4 b6 29. Rd2 Nf6 30. Rdf2 Rf7 {(Draw offer)} 31. Rd1 Kf8
32. Rdf1 Kg8 33. g3 Bf8 34. g4 Be7 35. Ng3 b5 36. g5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Nxd5 38.
Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Rc2 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Nd5 41. Rc6 Ra8 42. Ne4 a5 43. b5 Rb8 44. a4
Nb4 45. Rc3 Rd8 46. Ng5 Re7 47. Rfc1 Rdd7 48. b6 c6 49. Rd1 Re8 50. Ne4 Red8
51. Kg2 Nd5 52. Rb3 Rb7 53. Rdb1 Nb4 54. Rxb4 axb4 55. Rxb4 c5 56. Rb5 Ra8 57.
a5 Rxa5 58. Rxa5 Rxb6 59. Ra7 c4 60. Rd7 Rc6 61. Nc3 Kf8 62. Kf2 Rb6 63. Rc7
Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Rc2 65. Rxc4 d5 66. Rc5 d4 67. Ne4 Rxc5 68. Nxc5 Ke7 69. Kg4 Kd6
70. Ne4+ Kd5 71. Kf5 d3 72. Kg6 Kd4 73. Kxg7 Ke3 74. h4 Kxf3 75. Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Invicta Kts2"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Howell, Susan"]
[Black "Alston, Joanne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2
Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Qa4 d6 14. Qxa7 Rb8 15.
dxc5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxc5 17. Qxb6 N7a6 18. Qxd8 Rbxd8 19. Rfd1 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Black "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 Qc8 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nef4 Bd7 12. O-O Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. g4 Ba4
15. b3 Bb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Be3 f5 18. g5 Nf7 19. h4 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Ne5 21. Bd4
Qc7 22. Re1 b5 23. c5 a5 24. a3 a4 25. b4 Rae8 26. Qd1 Ng4 27. c6 e5 28. dxe6
Bxc6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Re7 31. Qd3 f4 32. Qxb5 Qc2 33. Qe2 Qf5 34. Qe4 Ne5
35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd1 h6 37. gxh6 Kh7 38. b5 Ng4 39. Bg7 Nxh6 40. Bxh6 Kxh6 41.
b6 Kg7 42. Rd4 Rh5 43. b7 Rh8 44. Rxa4 Kf6 45. Ra8 Ree8 46. a4 Rb8 47. a5 Ke5
48. Bc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qc1
a5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bf4 Rb7 17. Be5 Bd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Be2 Qc5 20. c4 Be6 21.
Qc3+ Kg8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yeo, Michael"]
[Black "Rose, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ncb5 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Nfd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3
Kf7 15. f5 Nxe5 16. fxe6+ Kg8 17. e7 Bxe7 18. Qe6+ Nf7 19. Bxe7 Bc8 20. Qd5 Qb7
21. Bc4 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Bb7 23. Be6 Be4 24. Rhf1 Bg6 25. Rxd6 Na6 26. Bd5 Nc7 27.
Bxa8 Nxa8 28. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Haydon, Richard"]
[Black "Noyce, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Re8 10. d5 Nc5 11. Ne1 a5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15.
Rae1 Bd7 16. Kh2 Rf8 17. Qd2 Ne8 18. Bg5 f6 {(Draw offer)} 19. Be3 b6 20. f4
Nc7 21. a4 Bh6 22. Qd1 Bg7 23. f5 Na6 24. h4 Nc7 25. Bh3 Rab8 26. b3 g5 27. Qd2
h6 28. Bg4 Be8 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Bf3 Qe7 31. Kg2 Bf7 32. Rh1 Rfd8 33. Ref1 Kf8
34. hxg5 fxg5 {#} 35. f6 Bxf6 36. Rxh6 Kg7 37. Rhh1 Rh8 38. Bg4 Rxh1 39. Rxh1
Rh8 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41. Bf5 Kg7 42. Qg4 Be8 43. Nd1 Na6 44. Bd2 Nb4 45. Ne3 Bf7
46. Qh3 Kf8 47. Bh7 Ke8 48. Qh6 Qd8 49. Ng4 Be7 50. Bf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Neil, David"]
[Black "Churm, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Nd5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. a3 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. b4
h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Bd3 Bd4 19. Nf3 Ne8 20. Nxd4 Rxd4
21. h4 Bd7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Be5 Rh4 24. Rxh4 gxh4 25. Rh1 Bc6 26. f3 Rd8 27.
Kc2 b6 28. Rxh4 Nf6 29. Rh6 Nd7 30. Bb2 Rg8 31. Bf1 Bb7 32. Kb3 e5 33. Rh3 Rg6
34. Bc3 Kd6 35. Bd2 Nf8 36. Rh6 Rxh6 37. Bxh6 Ne6 38. Kc3 f5 39. Be3 f4 40. Bf2
e4 41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. a4 Kc6 43. Kb3 a5 44. Kc3 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Nc7 46. Bd4 Na6+
47. Kc3 Nc5 48. Be5 Ne6 49. Kb4 Nc5 50. Bxf4 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Black "Simons, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6 Nf6 7. Qe5+ Be7 8.
Nxe7 Qxe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Bf1 Nc6 11. b3 Bf5 12. Bb2 Rhg8 13. g3 Ke6 14. Bg2
Nb4 15. Na3 Raf8 16. O-O h5 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ne4 19. d3 Ng5 20. Re1+ Kd7
21. Rfe3 Nh3+ 22. Bxh3 Bxh3 23. Re7+ Kd8 24. Rh7 Rg5 25. Rh8 Rgf5 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. Be5 a6 28. Bf4 Nxa2 {(Draw offer)} 29. Re5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Black "Jones, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. f5 Nf6 8. Bc4 Bd6
9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. h3 Qd7 13. b3 Na5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Ba3 O-O
16. Nh2 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rf3 Qh4 21. Raf1 Bc7
22. Kh2 Bd8 {#} 23. f6 g6 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Bc8 26. g3 Bxf5 27. gxh4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Witney"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Smith, Lucy"]
[Black "Howard, Emily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Ne8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15.
Bb1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Kf2
Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Nb1 Rdc7 24. Na3 Kf8 25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 a6 27. Bd3 b5
28. Re2 c4 29. Bb1 Re8 30. e4 Rce7 31. Rce1 Bc8 32. g4 Bb7 33. e5 a5 34. a3 Bc6
35. f4 Rb7 36. f5 Kg8 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Bg6 Rf8+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Pearce, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. c3 O-O 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. a3 Rb8 {(Draw offer)} 13. Qe2 Qc7
14. Rae1 Qb7 15. Qf2 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bc5 Rd8 19. Ng5 f5 20.
exf6 Nxf6 21. Nde4 Ng4 22. Qh4 h5 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Nce5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26.
Bxg6 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Bb7 28. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Ne4 10. O-O {(Draw offer)} 10... Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxd7
Nbxd7 13. Na3 Re8 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Nc2 Nfe4 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Nb4 Rad8 18. Rb1 Ne6
19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. a3 Nf4 23. Rfe1 Ne4 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25.
Rxe4 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Qb3 Nc7 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rc2 Nb5 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 a5 21. bxa5
Qxa5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nb7 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ba4 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3
Nh5 28. Rc7 Bxa3 29. Nxf7 Nxf4 30. exf4 Bb2 31. Ng5 Bxd4 32. Nxe6 Bb2 33. Nd6
Rb8 34. Nf5 Be8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxd5 b5 37. g4 h6 38. Kg3 Kg8 39. Nb4 Bf7 40.
Nc5 Bc4 41. h4 Rd8 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Bc3 44. Nc6 Rf8 45. Ne4 Bb2 46. Ne7+
Kf7 47. Kg4 Ke6 48. f3 Re8 49. f5+ Ke5 50. Rd7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "White, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Ne5 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 d5 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qc7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nd4 a6 17. g3 b5 18. Be2 c5 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Ne5 21.
Rac1 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Qf5 Bb8 25. Nf3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27.
Kg2 f6 28. a4 c4 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. axb5 axb5 32. bxc4 bxc4 33.
Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4+ Kh8 35. h4 Nf6 36. Bf7 Rf8 37. Be6 Re8 38. Bh3 g6 39. g4
Re7 40. g5 Ne4 41. f3 Nc5 42. Rd5 Na4 43. Kf2 Kg8 44. Bf1 Nb6 45. Rd6 Nd7 46.
Bb5 Nf8 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Kd3 h6 49. Bc6 hxg5 50. hxg5 Re6 51. Rxe6 Nxe6 52. Ke4
Nxg5+ 53. Kxe5 Nf7+ 54. Ke6 Nd8+ 55. Kd6 Nf7+ 56. Ke7 Ne5 57. Bd5 Nd3 58. f4
Nc5 59. Kd6 Nd3 60. Bf3 Kf6 61. Be4 Nxf4 62. exf4 g5 63. f5 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. f3 h6 {(Draw offer)} 12. Bc2 a6 13. Qd3 Ne7
14. g4 Qc7 15. Rf2 Qc4 16. Qd1 Bd7 17. Rg2 Qc7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nh5 20.
Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Qd3 f5 22. Nxd5 Qd6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bg5 25. Ne3 Bxe3+ 26.
Qxe3 Rfe8 27. Bb3+ Be6 28. Re1 Bd5 29. Bxd5+ Qxd5 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7
32. Re3 Qxd4 33. Rge2 g5 34. Kg2 Qd6 35. Rb3 Qd5 36. Rc3 g4 37. Rf2 Kg6 38. Re3
Kg5 39. Kh2 Qd4 {(Draw offer)} 40. Ree2 f4 41. fxg4 fxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. f5
O-O 9. d3 exf5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 d6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Nd5 Nec6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
c3 Ndc6 16. Qe1 Na5 17. Qg3 Naxc4 18. dxc4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nd2 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 g5 22. Qh3 Qd7 23. a5 Qf7 24. c4 Qg6 25. a6 b6 26. Kh1 Ng4 27. Rab1 Rae8
28. Bg1 Ne5 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 f4 31. Qa3 Qd3 32. Qc1 Rc8 33. Rb3 Qg6 34. h3
g4 35. Ra3 f3 36. gxf3 gxh3 37. Rf2 Nd3 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 39. Bh2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Black "Osborne, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d5 7. Nbd2 a5 8. O-O
c6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. c4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qc2 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. e3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. h4 Qf7 19. Bxe4 Bc6 20. Bc2 g6 21. f4
Bc5 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Bb7 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Kg2 Rc3 27. h5 Kg7
28. Qg5 Ba8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Bxg6 Qg7 33. Rh1+ Kg8
34. Qd8+ Qf8 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd3"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Chalk, Selena"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1776"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.10.22"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. h4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bg3 e4 13. Bb5 Re7 14. Nh2 Nh5 15. Bf4
a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2 f5 18. g4 Nxf4 19. exf4 Qe8 20. Re3 Bf6 21. g5 Bg7 22. f3
Bb7 23. fxe4 Bxd5 24. Qf3 h5 25. Rae1 Bb7 26. Qf2 Qc6 27. Nhf3 Qd7 28. Nf1 fxe4
29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc6 32. Ng3 Rf8 33. Qd2 d5 34. Kg2 Rf7 35.
Re1 d4 36. Rd1 Kh8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Nxh5 dxc3 39. Qc2 Nb4 40. Rxd7 Nxc2 41. Rd8+
Kh7 42. bxc3 Bxc3 43. Nf4 Rb7 44. Rd5 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Nxd5 46. Nxd5 b4 47. Ne3 f4
48. Nd5 b3 49. Nxc3 bxa2 50. Nxa2 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Rxa2 52. Ne5 a5 53. Nd3 a4 54.
Nxf4 a3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bg5 Qb4 12. Nb1 Nh7 13. Qxb4 cxb4 14. Bxe7 Re8 15.
Bxd6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxb2 17. Na3 Bxa1 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bxb4 a6 20. Nd6 Rd8 21.
c5 a5 22. Ba3 Bxd6 23. cxd6 h4 24. Ne2 b5 25. Bc5 Bd7 26. Bf2 Rdc8 27. Kd2 b4
28. Nd4 a4 29. Bd3 h3 30. e5 Nf8 31. Nc6 Rxc6 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Rb1 b3 34. axb3
axb3 35. Rxb3 Bxf3 36. Bc4 Bg4 37. Rb7 Be6 38. Bb5 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Bc6 Rc2
41. Rc7 Bf5 42. Bb7 Ra2 43. Bc8 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ne6 45. Bxe6 Bxe6 46. d7 Ra8 47.
Bh4 g5 48. Bxg5 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Bxd7 50. Rxd7 Rxh2 51. Bf6 Rh1 52. Kg3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Plueg, Andreas"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4
c5 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Nf6 15.
Bb5 Rf8 16. f5 Qd6 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rc3 e5 25. Qc2 Rxc3 26. bxc3 exd4 27.
cxd4 Bd5 28. Kf2 Qb4 29. Ba4 b5 30. Bb3 Bxb3 31. axb3 Qe7 32. Qc5 Qh4+ 33. Kf1
Qg3 34. d5 Qe5 35. Qxb5 Qa1+ 36. Kf2 Qb2+ 37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Qe2
Qxb3 40. Qd2 Qd3 41. Qxd3 exd3 42. e4 Kf6 43. g4 Ke5 44. g5 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46.
Kxd3 Kb5 47. Kd4 Kb6 48. Kc4 a5 49. e5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. Bxb5 h5 16. Qc4 h4 17. Qxc7+ Bxc7 18. Be2 Bb6 19. g4 Ne4 20. Bf4 g5
21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd2 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne5 27.
Be2 Rd8 28. Rd4 Nc6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Bf3 Kc7 31. Be4 Ne5 32. h3 b6 33. Kf2 a5
34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Bc2 Nc6 36. a3 Ne5 37. Be4 Nc4 38. a4 Ne5 39. Bc2 Nc6 40. bxa5
Nxa5 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Bd1 Kd5 43. Bf3+ Kc5 44. Be2 Nc4 45. Ke4 f6 46. Bd1 f5+
47. gxf5 exf5+ 48. Kf3 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Kc4 50. Kd2 g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Be2+ Kb3
53. e4 h3 54. Bf1 h2 55. Bg2 Nf3+ 56. Ke3 Ne1 57. Kf2 Nd3+ 58. Kg3 Kxc3 59.
Kxg4 Nf2+ 60. Kf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Haydon, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd5 Nc5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rad1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rfe1 Ncd4 17. Qc3 c6 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nc2 c5 20. g3 Nxc2
21. Qxc2 Nd4 22. Qc3 a4 23. Bg2 Rab8 24. f4 Qg4 25. Rd2 f6 26. Qa5 b6 27. Qxa4
Ra8 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Rxa2 30. b4 Rfa8 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Rb1
g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Rb7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hackett, David"]
[Black "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3
Nd4 9. O-O Nec6 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O
15. Nd1 Rc8 16. c3 Nc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 exf4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qxf4 e5 21.
Qf2 Be6 22. Ne3 Qd8 23. h4 Qxd3 24. Rd1 Qa6 25. Nd5 Qxa2 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6
Qc4 28. Rde1 Bf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qxf5 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33.
Rxe5 Rc4 34. Rxe6 Rxh4 35. Re7 b5 36. Rxa7 Rg4+ 37. Kh2 Rxg5 38. Rb7 Kf8 39.
Kh3 Ke8 40. Kh4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Williamson, Paul"]
[Black "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Rb1 e5 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. b4 Nd3 17. b5 Ne7 18. e4 Qxe4 19. Rb3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nf5
21. Rd1 Nxe3 22. Rbxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc4 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. h3 e4
27. Rxc4 exf3 28. gxf3 Rd3 29. Ra4 Rxf3 30. Rxa7 Rxh3 31. a4 Ra3 32. a5 g5 33.
b6 f6 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. Ra8 Kg6 36. a6 bxa6 37. b7 Rb3 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Rxb8 g4
40. Ra8 Kg5 41. Rxa6 f5 42. Ra7 g6 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kg2 Kh4 45. Ra5 g5 46. Ra6
Kh5 47. Rb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Jones, Nicholas"]
[Black "Bautista, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 d4 6. Ne2 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d3 c5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Bd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O-O 14. Ba5 Bc7 15.
Qd2 Ne7 16. Ng5 Nc6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. f4 h6 19. Nf3 f6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 g6
22. Ng3 Rdf8 23. Rae1 Ne7 24. b4 f5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. b4 Qd6 27. c4 dxc3 28.
Qxc3+ Nc6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxb4 31. Ne7+ Kd7 32. Ne5+ Ke8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8
34. Qxb4 Nxb4 35. N7g6 Rg8 36. Nc6+ Kd7 37. Nge5+ Kd6 38. Nxb4 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1
Rb2 40. Nf7+ Kd7 41. Nxa6 Bxa6 42. Nxh6 b4 43. Rd1 b3 44. Ng4 Ke6 45. Ke1 Rg2
46. Ne3 Rxh2 47. Nf1 Rg2 48. Ne3 Rh2 49. Nf1 Rh3 50. Rb1 Rxd3 51. Nd2 Re3+ 52.
Kd1 Be2+ 53. Kc1 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc2+ 55. Kxb3 Rxd2 56. Re1 Kd5 57. Kc3 Ra2 58.
Rg1 Ra3+ 59. Kd2 Bf3 60. Rg7 Kd4 61. Rd7+ Bd5 62. Kd1 Ra2 63. Rd8 Ke5 64. Re8+
Kf4 65. Kc1 Be4 66. Rh8 Ke3 67. Rh3+ Kd4 68. Rh8 Bd3 69. Kd1 Kc3 70. Rc8+ Bc4
71. Ke1 Re2+ 72. Kd1 Re7 73. Rc5 Ra7 74. Ke1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Lang, Heather"]
[Black "Smith, Lucy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O a6
9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Nh7 11. Qe1 Bf6 12. g4 Nd4 13. Qf2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxc5 Qc7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. d4 Qc7 21. d5
exd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. Bxd5 Ng5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. h4 Qd7 27. Bxe6 Nxe6
28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qf2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Qf4 Ne6 33. Qf5 Qd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qd7 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. Qf2 g5 37. Nd5 Qf8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kg8 40. Qf5
Nf4 41. Nxf4 gxf4 42. Qxf4 Qe7 43. Qf2 Qe4+ 44. Qg2 Qe7 45. Qg3 Qe4+ 46. Qg2
Qe7 47. h5 Kg7 48. Qf3 Rc8 49. Qf5 Rc7 50. c3 Qe2 51. Rf1 Qe7 52. Rd1 Qe2 53.
Qd5 Qe7 54. Qd4+ Kh7 55. Rg1 Rd7 56. Qf4 Qh4+ 57. Kg2 Qe7 58. Rf1 Kg7 59. Rf3
Qe6 60. Rf2 Qd5+ 61. Qf3 Qe6 62. Re2 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Granat, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc5 9. Qc2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxa2 13. O-O Qb3 14.
Rfc1 Nf6 15. Rc3 Qb6 16. Qc2 O-O 17. e4 h6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rb3 Nb4 20. Qd2 a5
21. Re1 Rad8 22. Re4 c5 23. Rh4 f5 24. g4 cxd4 25. g5 d3 26. gxh6 Rd7 27. Rh5
Qc6 28. h7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. h8=N+ Kxh5 32. Nh7 f4 33. Nxf8 Qf3
34. Nxd7 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qf3 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Qe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nxb2 39. Nb6 a4
40. Kd2 a3 41. Kc2 Nd3 42. Kb3 Nxe5 43. Kxa3 Kh6 44. Kb4 Kh7 45. Kc5 Kxh8 46.
Kd6 Nd3 47. Kxe6 Nxf2 48. Kf5 f3 49. Kf4 Ng4 50. Kxf3 Nxh2+ 51. Kg3 Nf1+ 52.
Kf4 Kh7 53. Kg5 Nd2 54. Kf5 Kh6 55. Kg4 g6 56. Kh4 Ne4 57. Nd5 b5 58. Kg4 Nf2+
59. Kf3 Nd3 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Kd4 Ne6+ 62. Ke5 Ng7 63. Ne3 Kg5 64. Kd4 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Easton, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rae1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rae8 14. a3 a6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Be5 g6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Bg3 e5 20. c4 e4 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Nc3 Qf7 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxf3 27. gxf3
Rd8 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Re6 Ba7 30. Rc1 Rxf3 31. Re7 Rdf8 32. Rcc7 R8f7 33. Rxb7
Bxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxf2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Ra8 Rf6 38. Ra7+ Kh6 39.
Rb7 g5 40. a4 Rf4 41. a5 Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kh5 43. Kg2 Kg4 44. Rxa6 Rxb4 45. h3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Helbig, Paul"]
[Black "Norman, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bc4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1 Nbd7 12. Kh1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g5 14. Rg1 h6
15. Qh4 Kg7 16. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Singleton, Michael"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D69"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qf6 16. f5 b5 17. Bb3 b4 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Rd6 Qe7 20. f6 Qxe3+ 21.
Rf2 gxf6 22. h3 Bb5 23. Rdxf6 Rad8 24. Qh5 Qd4 25. Kh2 Rd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
R2f5 Qd7 28. Rh6 f6 29. Rhxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qc7+ 31. g3 Qe7 32. Rf5 Bc4 33.
Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grossett, D."]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
a5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Na4 Bxb2
15. Rxb2 Qe7 16. Qc3 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rc1 Rae8 19. Bf1 d4 20. h3 Nd5 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Rc5 h6 24. Nd2 Rh5 25. h4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "Richards, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. f4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ndf6 6. Nf2 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
g3 Ne7 9. b3 Ned5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. a3 Bd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Nfe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. d4 Qc7 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bd4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Appleton, Fred"]
[Black "Morgan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Qd2 a6 10. g4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nd1 c5 13. Ng3 Ne8 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bh6 f5
16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Nh5 Ra7 18. Qg5 Rf7 19. Rg1 Qa5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nxg7 Ng6
22. Nxf5 b3+ 23. Nc3 Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rxg6 hxg6 26. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Lusher, Claire"]
[Black "Alston, Joanne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
d5 9. exd6 Nf5 10. Ne4 b6 11. c3 Nxd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Rb8 15.
Ng5 Na5 16. Bb3 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Rb1 b3 21. axb3 Nxb3
22. Ne4 Nxc1 23. Rdxc1 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qd4 27. Rb8 Qa7
28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Qf3 Bb5 30. Nf2 Qc7 31. Bb3 Qc3 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 Qxc4 34.
g3 a5 35. Qa3 Bd4 36. Qxa5 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40.
Kg4 Qxb1 41. Qa8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f3 O-O 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxg4 15.
Be2 Bxh5 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bh6 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxh6+
21. Rxh6 Qg5+ 22. Kb2 Qxh6 23. Qxe7 Qh5 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Qf6 a5 26. Re7 a4 27.
a3 Rc8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Ngf6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
N7f6 9. Qb1 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bc4 c5 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. a4 Qg4 15.
O-O b6 16. Qe1 a6 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Be5 Qd7 20. Rc2 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Be2 Rdc8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nh5 Bd5 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qh4 Qc6 27. b4 c4 28.
Bg4 Be6 29. f5 Bd5 30. Rcc1 Kh8 31. Ra1 Qd6 32. Bh5 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Qe5 34. Ra7
Ra8 35. Bg6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Yeo, Michael"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 b6 7. Nh3 Bb7 8.
fxe4 Bxe4 9. Ng5 Bg6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. cxd3 h6 13. Nf3 Qd5 14. Qe1
O-O 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Nhf6 18. c4 Qd6 19. Bb2 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Rae1 Rb3 23. Rf3 Rfb8 24. Ba1 Rb1 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Bc3 R8b3
27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 f6 30. Qf3 a6 31. Qe4 Ne5 32. Qa8+ Kh7
33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rb8
15. e3 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Ra1 Ng5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Red1 Bf5 22. Qc3+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rd4 a5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Kf1 Re5 27. Ke2
Rbe8 28. Kd2 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Noyce, Robert"]
[Black "Pearce, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Black "Simons, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. e5 Be6 6. d4 Qd7 7. c3 O-O-O 8.
Qa4 Kb8 9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Nd2 g5 12. f3 Nh6 13. b4 f4 14. Bf2 Nf5 15.
Ne4 Ne3 16. Bxe3 fxe3 17. O-O Ka7 18. Qd1 h5 19. Qd3 g4 20. Qxe3 Bd5 21. f4
Rdf8 22. a4 h4 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Rab1 Rd8 25. c4 Bxe4 26. d5+ Bc5 27. bxc5 Bxd3
28. e6 Qe7 29. Qxd3 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qb3 b6 32. Rbd1 h3 33. gxh3 gxh3 34.
f5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Ree8 36. f6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Qc6+ 38. Rf3 Qe4 39. e7 Qe2 40. Rxh3
Rd2 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Black "Osborne, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h3 e5 14. Qd3 b5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Chalk, Selena"]
[Black "Howard, Emily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ba6 8. Re1
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. h3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Qc6 13. a3 h6 14. Kf1 Bd6 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7 17. Bg3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nhf8 19. Qg4 Qb5+ 20. c4 Qxb2 21.
Nf3 Qxa3 22. cxd5 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Qxd5 24. Rcd1 Qb7 25. Rd6 Rdc8 26. Red1 c4 27.
Bf4 Qe4 28. h4 Qg6 29. Qh3 Nc5 30. h5 Qh7 31. Ne1 Nb7 32. R6d4 Rd8 33. Qf3 Rxd4
34. exd4 Rb8 35. Rc1 Na5 36. Qg4 Qe4 37. Nc2 Nb3 38. f3 Qh7 39. Na3 Nxc1 40.
Bxc1 b5 41. Qg3 b4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Black "Potts, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2 e5 8. Bg3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O g6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rab1 Ng4 13. b4 Qd8 14. Bg3 Bf8 15.
h3 Nh6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Be4 Re6 21. b5
Qc7 22. bxc6 Nc5 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Bd5 f6 25. c7 Ra4 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd8 Kg7
28. Rbd1 Nf5 29. Rxc8 Rxa2 30. Qb1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gayson, Peter"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. b3 Ng6 8. c4 Nh4
9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. f4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Be4 16. Bf2 f5 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Be1 Rfc8 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qxa3 21. c5
Qa2 22. Re3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Griffiths, Paul V"]
[Black "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Be7 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nb3 Qf5 14. Nfd4
Qg6 15. f3 e5 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. Qe1 Rd3 18. Qf2 Rad8 19. Bxa7 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf3
21. Rxf3 Qc2 22. Re1 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kf2 Nf6 25. Nbc1 Ne4+ 26. Ke3 Qd5
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "White, Mark"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Re1 Bg4
15. c3 Qa5 16. a3 Qh5 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rad8 20. Bc4 Nd5 21.
Re2 e6 22. Rbe1 Bf6 23. Bb3 h5 24. Be5 Kg7 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Re4 Ne7 27. Kg2
Nf5 28. R1e2 Rh8 29. Re1 h4 30. Kf1 Rh5 31. Ke2 Rdh8 32. Rg1 Nd6 33. Rf4+ Kg7
34. a4 f5 35. d5 exd5 36. Rb4 Kf6 37. Kd3 c5 38. Bxd5 cxb4 39. cxb4 Re8 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nb5 O-O-O 9. Nbxd4 e5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qc2 Bc5 12. O-O Rhe8 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Qf5+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. b4 Bb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. c4 e4 20. Nb3 Be5
21. Rb1 e3 22. Bxe3 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Rxe2 25. Na5 Nb8 26. a4 Nc6 27.
Nxc6 bxc6 28. b5 Re4 29. Be3 Rxc4 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxa7 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tan, Desmond"]
[Black "Taylor, Peter P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Re1 Nc5 9. b4 Ncd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Kf7 14.
Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qh5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Fenn, Paul"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Na3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Bd7 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Howell, Susan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qd8 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bxc5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nf6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bg7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. Rad1 Re7 21.
b3 Rae8 22. h4 h5 23. Rd2 b6 24. Rde2 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Harley, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Nc5 9. Ngxe4 Nfxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nb3 Rad8 14.
Bf4 Qc6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb5 Rd7 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20.
Qxd7 Rxd7 21. e5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kf8 23. Kf3 Ke8 24. Ke2 Rd5 25. c3 Kd7 26. g4
Kc6 27. h4 g6 28. Bg3 Bf8 29. f4 Bg7 30. Bf2 f6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Rc1 h5 33.
gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rg1 Bxh4 35. Rxg6 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Kd5 37. Rg5+ Rxg5 38. fxg5 Ke5
39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Kh4 Kg6 41. Kg4 e5 42. b3 e4 43. Kf4 e3 44. Kxe3 Kxg5 45. b4
Kf5 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Kd4 Kf4 48. Kc5 Ke4 49. Kb5 Kd3 50. Kxa5 Kc4 51. Ka6 Kb3
52. Kb5 Kxc3 53. a5 Kd4 54. Kc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nd2 b6 6. a4 Bb7 7. Ngf3 e6 8. a5
O-O 9. c3 Kh8 10. a6 Bc6 11. b4 Qe8 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Qg3 d5 16. Be2 e5 17. Qh4 c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. O-O Rc8 20. f3 exd4 21. cxd4
exf3 22. Bxf3 Rf5 23. Bg4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rc7 25. Qh3 Nd8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bf4 Re7
28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Wilson, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e5 f6 6. Bb5 fxe5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
fxe5 Nh6 9. d3 Nf5 10. Ne4 Nd4 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. O-O Rf8 14. Bf4
Bf5 15. Qe3 c4 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. dxc4 Qxc4 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Be5
Qb5 21. Rfe1 Qb6 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. h3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 cxd5 26. Kf2
Be4 27. Bd4 b6 28. h4 Kd7 29. g4 Rc6 30. Kg3 Rc8 31. Kf4 Rf8+ 32. Kg5 h5 33.
gxh5 gxh5 34. Bg7 Rf5+ 35. Kh6 e5 36. c4 Ke6 37. cxd5+ Bxd5 38. Ra3 a5 39. Rg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Hammond, Andy"]
[Black "Black, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Na3 Kh7 11. Nc4 b6 12. a4 a5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nfxe5 dxe5 15.
b4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. f3 Ne8 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Bf2 Bc6 21. Be2
Nd6 22. Ne3 Rab8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb7 25. Rb5 c6 26. Rb6 Qc7 27. Kf1 Nc5
28. Rbb1 Kg7 29. Bc4 h5 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Christopher, Sarah"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Rb8 8. Nf4
b5 9. a3 a5 10. Nh5 b4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 d6 14. f4 e5 15. f5
Bg5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Ng1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 f6 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. g4 Nxf3
22. Bxf3 Ra8 23. Rab1 g5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rh1 h6 26. h4 Bc6 27. Rh3 Rg8 28. Rbh1
Kf7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh7+ Rg7 31. Kg3 Ke8 32. R7h6 Kd7 33. Rg6 Rag8 34. Rxg7
Qxg7 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Ra1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adelaja, Abimbola"]
[Black "Tozer, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bf4
h5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. g4 Qe7 11. Be2 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bh6 13. g5 Bg7 14. Rxh8 Bxh8
15. Rh1 Bg7 16. Rh7 Qf8 17. Nd1 Ne7 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Ne3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21.
Qh3 O-O-O 22. Qh5 Nd7 23. a3 Qg8 24. Qh2 Nf8 25. Rh3 Ng6 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Bh5
Bg7 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Bb4 Qf7 30. Rh7 Rg8 31. f4 Qe8 32. Qd2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Qxh8
34. Kb1 Qh5 35. Ka2 Qh8 36. Bd6 b6 37. Qb4 Kb7 38. Be7 Qc8 39. Bf6 Bf8 40. Qc3
Qc7 41. Qh3 Qf7 42. Qh8 Kc7 43. b4 b5 44. Kb3 Kb7 45. Bd8 Qg7 46. Qh3 Qd7 47.
Bf6 Qf7 48. a4 a6 49. Qh1 Qd7 50. a5 Kc7 51. Qh8 Qf7 52. Qh3 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Martin, Barry"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Re1 cxd4 13. exd4 f4 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 Qe8 16. Qe2 Qh5 17. Kg2 g5 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Rh1 fxg3 21. fxg3
Nh5 22. Rxh5 Qxh5 23. Rh1 Qg6 24. Nc4 Qg7 25. Bc1 Rf6 26. Nce5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
Rxc3 28. Bb2 Qxg3# 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Houska, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. b3 c6 8.
Bb2 Ba3 9. Qc1 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 O-O 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Nd1 Ne4 13. b4 Qc7 14. c4 Qf4
15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ng5 17. Be2 Rad8 18. d5 Nf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Nfe4
21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Nxf2 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2
Ng5 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. Rc2 Rd3 29. Ke2 Ra3 30. Kf3 Nc3 31. Kf4 Nxa2 32. b5 cxb5
33. cxb5 Nc3 34. Nc4 Nd5+ 35. Ke4 Ra4 36. Ke5 Kf8 37. Nd6 Ke7 38. Nc8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Borg, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nd2
dxc4 9. Bh4 b5 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nd6+ Kf8
15. exd4 N7f6 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. O-O Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Ne4 Rc8 20. Nc5 Nf4 21.
Qd2 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Kg7 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd5 Qc7 27.
Ne4 a6 28. Ng3 Rd8 29. Qh5 Qf4 30. Qh3 Kh8 31. Nh5 Qg5 32. Rcd1 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Varley, Peter"]
[Black "Long, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

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. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 Nf5 14. h3
d4 15. g4 Nh4 16. Qh7 Nf3+ 17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 19. fxe5 Bc6+ 20. Kf2
Bxh1 21. Qd3 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qe4 23. Qc4+ Qc6 24. Ng3 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Bc6 26. Be5
Ba4 27. Bd3 f6 28. Bf4 Bc6 29. Nh5 e5 30. Bf5+ Kb8 31. Bg3 Rgf8 32. Nxf6 Rxf6
33. Bxe5+ Rfd6 34. h4 b6 35. h5 Kb7 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. Re1 Rf6 38. Re7+ Ka6 39.
Ke1 Ba4 40. Bc8+ Kb5 41. Bd7+ Ka5 42. Bxa4 Kxa4 43. g5 Rf5 44. Rxa7+ Kb5 45.
Rg7 Re5+ 46. Kd1 Rf5 47. h6 Rf1+ 48. Ke2 Rc1 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Ke4 d3 51. cxd3
Kc6 52. h7 Rh1 53. Rg6+ Kc7 54. Rh6 Rxh6 55. gxh6 c2 56. h8=Q c1=Q 57. Qe5+ Kb7
58. Qd5+ Ka7 59. Qf7+ Kb8 60. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Walsh, Chris"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. a4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. Qc4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Qc4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Nh2 Ng6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qb6 24. b3 Qc5 25. Qg3 Qe5 26. Qe3 Nf4 27.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 b6 29. c3 Kf8 30. c4 Re6 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 d5 33. Kf1
Ke7 34. exd5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Kd6 37. Kd3 Rd7 38. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 Bd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. Qh5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 g6
15. Qh6 f6 16. Rdg1 Rf7 17. f4 fxg5 18. fxg5 Bf8 19. Qh4 b5 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Qg3
Ng7 22. Qg2 Rc8 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Nde2 a5 26. Nf4 Bc6 27. Bd4 b4
28. Bf6 Qd7 29. Nd1 a4 30. bxa4 Bxa4 31. Rf2 Bc6 32. Ne3 b3 33. Ng4 Ne8 34. Bc3
e5 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Bg7 37. Qh3 Qe7 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. gxf6 Rxc3 40. Qxc3
Nxf6 41. Qxb3 Ne4 42. Rf3 Qa7 43. c3 Qg1+ 44. Qd1 Qxh2 45. Rf1 Nc5 46. Kb1 e4
47. Qg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. Ng5 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Qf2 Nb4 18. g4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qd6 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Bf3 Qd4 26. Qd2 c4 27. Qb4 Rc7
28. Be4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fletcher, John"]
[Black "Fish, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Bd7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Nh5 Bc6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qg4 Nd7 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qh4
h6 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Black "Brown, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 d5 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. exd4 e6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bxc3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Ne7
15. Rfe1 a6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Qf3 Bc6 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. h5 Ne7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Bb6 Bf6 27. d5
exd5 28. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kg7 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Bc7 b5 33. Bb7
Ne7 34. Bxa6 Nd5 35. Bb8 bxa4 36. bxa4 Nc3 37. a5 Bd8 38. Be5+ f6 39. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Gwent Dragon"]
[Site "Rd4"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Roberts, Lynda"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.11.23"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Black "Collier, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 b6 4. O-O Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Qa4 h6 13. Rcd1 c4 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bd2
Nc7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne6 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Bb2 Bf8 20. Nb5 Ra8 21. e3 Nc7 22.
Rc1 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 a6 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Rec1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28.
Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc2 Be6 30. Bf1 b5 31. Nd3 Bf5 32. Qc1 Ne4 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nd3 h5
35. Nc5 h4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Bg2 Bf5 38. Qc3 h3 39. Bf3 g4 40. Be2 Qe6 41. Bf1
Bh6 42. Bc1 Be4 43. Be2 Kh7 44. Ba3 Bb1 45. Bd3+ Bxd3 46. Qxd3+ Qe4 47. Qxe4+
dxe4 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Ke2 f5 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. Bc1 Bf8 52. Kc2 Ke6 53. Bd2 Bd6 54.
Kb3 Kd5 55. Bb4 Bc7 56. Bd2 Bd6 57. Bb4 Bc7 58. Bd2 Bb6 59. Be1 Bc7 60. Bd2 Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Moskovic, David"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxe3 15. Qd3 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 Be6 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rd4 19. g4 Rad8 20. h4 Rb4
21. b3 a5 22. Qe1 Rc8 23. h5 g5 24. h6 b6 25. Qd2 Rd4 26. Re1 a4 27. Re4 axb3
28. axb3 Rd6 29. f4 b5 30. Qg2 Bd5 31. Kc1 Bc3 32. Kd1 Ra8 33. Ke2 Bxe4 34. Qh3
Bxd3+ 35. cxd3 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Bd4+ 37. Ke4 Re2+ 38. Kf5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Mordue, Tyson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nf3 Bxa3
15. Nxe5 Be7 16. Qh4 Re8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Bc6
21. Rhf1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rbd8 23. g3 Qa5 24. c3 b4 25. Bc6 bxc3 26. Bxe8 cxb2+
27. Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Kxb1 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Qe1 Ng6
15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Be2 Nf4 17. Nd4 Bh3 18. gxh3 exd4 19. Rxd4 Rae8 20. Rxf4 Qxf4
21. Qd1 Re5 22. Bg4 Qg5 23. Kh1 h5 24. Bf3 Kh8 25. Bg2 Rf4 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. f4
Qh6 28. b3 Rce4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxd5 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33.
Qd5+ Kh8 34. Kg2 Qe3 35. Qd4 Qe2+ 36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ 39.
Kh4 Qe6 40. b4 Qe1+ 41. Kg4 Qe6+ 42. Kf4 Qxa2 43. Qxb7 Qxh2+ 44. Kg4 Qg1+ 45.
Kf5 Qf2+ 46. Ke6 Qf6+ 47. Kd7 Qf7+ 48. Kc8 Qf8+ 49. Kc7 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb4 11. Qc2 axb5 12. Bxb5 e6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7 15.
Ne4 Qxb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bc1 exd5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Bg4 20. O-O Rc8 21.
Qe3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Raxc1 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kf2 Rc2+ 26. Kf3 Rc8
27. Qxd5 Re8 28. e6 Bf6 29. h4 Kg7 30. g4 Be7 31. h5 g5 32. Qe5+ Kh6 33. Kg2
Rf8 34. Qc7 Re8 35. b6 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. b4 Rf8 38. Qc7 Re8 39. Kf3 Kg7 40.
Ke2 Kh6 41. Kd3 Na6 42. Qe5 Nb8 43. Kc4 Rc8+ 44. Qc7 Re8 45. Kb5 Kg7 46. Qe5+
Kh6 47. b7 Rd8 48. Qc7 Re8 49. Qc8 Rf8 50. Kb6 Bxb4 51. Ka7 Bd6 52. Qxf8+ Bxf8
53. Kxb8 Bd6+ 54. Kc8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Easton, Alex"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Ra2 f5 13. b4 f4 14. c5 g5 15. f3 h5
16. Nc4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa2 18. Qxa2 Ng6 19. c6 Bc8 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Na5 Bc8
22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Bd2 g4 24. Qa8 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Bg4 26. Nd8 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Nh4 28.
Rf2 Kh8 29. Ne6 Rg8 30. Qd8 Bh6 31. Qxf6+ Nxf6 32. h3 Kh7 33. Nxc7 Rc8 34. N7b5
Rc4 35. Nxd6 Rxb4 36. Kf1 Bf8 37. Nf7 Ng6 38. Re2 Kg8 39. Ng5 h4 40. Re1 Nh5
41. Ke2 {(Draw offer?!)} 41... Ng3+ 42. Kd3 Be7 43. Nf3 Nh5 44. Rb1 Rxb1 45.
Nxb1 Ng7 46. Bc3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Tan, Desmond"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxc5 exf4
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 f3 23. Kg1 fxg2 24. c3 Bg5 25. Bb1 f5 26. Bd3 Kf7 27.
Be3 f4 28. Bd2 e5 29. Nf2 Be7 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Ke6 32. Kxg2 Kf5 33. Nf2 e4
34. Nh3 g5 35. Ng1 g4 36. h3 h5 37. Be1 e3 38. Kf1 f3 39. Bg3 Ke4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. b3 Bxa3 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Varley, Peter"]
[Black "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Bd2 d6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. O-O b5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ba3 17. Qg4 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Rf4 Qxe7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rh4 Rf8 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Headlong, Tim"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Bf2 f4 15. b4 Bd7
16. c5 axb4 17. axb4 dxc5 18. b5 Nb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxc5 Qa3 21. Qc1 Qa5 22.
Nc4 Na2 23. Nxa5 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Powell, J Lloyd"]
[Black "Haydon, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Nh5 12. Rfe1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15.
Qd1 Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. b4 b6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3
Rab8 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Rxe4
Bxg5 28. Rxg4 h6 29. h4 Rf4 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Rxf4 Bxf4 32. g3 Kh8 33. Kh2 Qe7
34. Qh5 Qf6 35. Kh3 Rg8 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Rd3 Qg7 38. Qf3 Qg6 39. Rd2 Qf5+ 40.
Kh2 Rg4 41. Re2 Rxh4+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Re1 Rg1+ 45. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 46.
Kg2 Qe5 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Qg4 Qg5 49. Kf3 Qxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. Na3
Bxd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc7 Qd7 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rd1 Ba4 18. Bxa4 Rxa4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Kd2
Rd8 21. Kc2 Rad5 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. f3 Kf8 24. c4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Ke7
27. Kd2 Bd6 28. h3 Be5 29. b4 Kd6 30. Kd3 Kc6 31. f4 Bf6 32. Nd4+ Kd6 33. Nb5+
Kc6 34. Ke4 Bb2 35. g4 Bc1 36. f5 exf5+ {(Draw offer)} 37. Kxf5 Kd7 38. Ke4 Ke6
39. Nc7+ Kd7 40. Nb5 Ke6 41. a4 Bd2 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Nd5 Ke6 44. Kd3 Be1 45.
Ke2 Bg3 46. Nxb6 f5 47. Ke3 fxg4 48. hxg4 g6 49. Nd5 Ke5 50. a5 Be1 51. Nf4 Bh4
52. Nd3+ Kd6 53. Nc5 Kc6 54. Ne6 Be7 55. b5+ Kd7 56. Nf4 Bb4 57. a6 bxa6 58.
bxa6 Kc6 59. g5 Be7 60. Ne6 Kb6 61. Ke4 Kxa6 62. Kd5 Kb6 63. c5+ Kb7 64. c6+
Kc8 65. Kc4 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vaughan, David"]
[Black "Hackett, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Qf4 a6 13. Nc2 Qb6 14. Qg3 Kf8 15.
Rab1 Qc7 16. Rbe1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 {(Draw offer)} 18... Bg7 19. Kh1
Rg8 20. Qh4 Qd8 21. Qf2 Bf6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Bd3 Rg7 25. Re3 Qh4
26. Rh3 Qe7 27. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Elliott, Sean"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nxc5 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Nd4 Qxc3 13. Rb4 Nxd3 14. cxd3
a5 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 O-O 17. Rxb7 Ng6 18. d4 Rfb8 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Qd2
Qc7 21. Bb2 Rb3 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Rc2 a4 24. Bc1 h6 25. Qa5 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Batey, Richard"]
[Black "Moxley, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Ne5
b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. d3 Nd7 13. d4 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc8 23. Ba3 Qc7 24. Qb5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Kf8 {(Draw offer)}
26. Qb4 a5 27. Qd2 Bc8 28. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Headlong, Fenella"]
[Black "Thompsett, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1095"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Bf6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O h5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qc4
Kf7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. f4 Kg7 17. f5 Nb6 18. Qc5 Nd7 19. Qe3 exf5 20. exf5 Rf8
21. f6+ Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxd7+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Qe6 25. h3 Qxd7 26. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. b3 h6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. c4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. N2f3 Re8 14. Qc2 Bg6
15. Nh4 Bh7 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. e4 a6 18. g4 c5 19. Ne2 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Qb6 21. Kh1
Rac8 22. f4 c4 23. bxc4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Rfb1
Qf6 28. Rg1 Nc5 29. Qe5 Qh4 30. Rg3 Nd3 31. Rxd3 Rxc4 32. Rg1 Qf2 33. Rdg3 Kh8
34. Qe8 Qc5 35. Rxg7 Rc2 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe6 14. Qb4
Qc6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Qd4 Nf5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Be2 O-O 20. O-O Bxa2 21.
Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd6 14. Nf5 Qe6
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. b4 Rd7 18. Qc4 h6 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21.
Ng3 Rad8 22. Re1 Rd1 23. Kf1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Nd7 25. Ke2 Nf8 26. Nf1 Ng6 27. g3
Nh8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Nf7 30. Nc4 g5 31. Na5 Nxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Nxe5 b6
34. Nc6 bxa5 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxc8 Ke8 37. Na7 axb4 38. cxb4 Kd7 39. b5 Nd6 40.
bxa6 c6 41. Kd3 Kc7 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nf7 44. Kd4 e5+ 45. fxe5 Nd8 46. Nxc6
Kxc6 47. a7 Ne6+ 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. Kd5 Nf4+ 50. Kd6 Nxh3 51. e6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Neil, David"]
[Black "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. d3 Ne7
9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 Ndf5 13. a5 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Qe2
Nxf4 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. Nh4 Ne2+ 18. Qxe2 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Nxc5
Rac8 22. Ne4 e5 23. Bd2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. b4 Nd6 26. Nc5 Qd5 27. Rae1 Rc7
28. Re3 Re7 29. Rh3 f5 30. Rxh7 Ref7 31. Rh3 e4 32. Qh4 Bf6 33. Qh6 Rg7 34.
dxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Re1 Qd5 37. Rg3 Kf7 38. Bg5 Qd6 39. Rge3 Kg8 40.
Re6 Bxg5 41. Qxg5 Qd8 42. Qh6 g5 43. Qh5 Qd2 44. Re8 Qd7 45. R1e6 Qf7 46. Qxf7+
Rgxf7 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rxf8 Kxg6 49. Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Kd3
g4 53. h4 gxh3 54. gxh3 Ke5 55. Ke3 f4+ 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. h4 Ke5 58. h5 Kf5 59.
h6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Black, Richard"]
[Black "Noyce, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. d4 a6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. Nf3 N7f6 7. c4 Nb6 8.
c5 Nbd5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 e6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Be7 17. h4 Nb4 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. h5 Be4 20. f3 Bd5 21.
Kd2 Nxa2 22. h6 g6 23. g5 b6 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Nc6+ Kd7 26. Nxb8+ Rxb8 27. Kc3
Bd5 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Kxc4 Rb2 32. d5 Rc2+ 33. Kb5 exd5
34. c6+ Rxc6 35. Rd1 Kd6 36. Kxa5 Rc3 37. f4 Rf3 38. Re1 Rxf4 39. Re8 c5 40.
Rh8 Ke6 41. Rxh7 Rf5 42. Rh8 Rxg5 43. h7 Rh5 44. Re8+ Kf5 45. h8=Q Rxh8 46.
Rxh8 g5 47. Kb5 Kf4 48. Kxc5 g4 49. Kxd5 g3 50. Rf8 g2 51. Rxf7+ Ke3 52. Re7+
Kf2 53. Rf7+ Ke3 54. Rg7 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Simons, Martin"]
[Black "Chan, Nevil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d3 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6
9. Qxd3 Bg4 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Bb3 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qc2 Re7 21.
f3 d5 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nf1 c6 24. Ne3 g6 25. f4 Ng7 26. Rf1 Nf5 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28.
a5 Kg7 29. Rf3 Qe6 30. Rcf1 Rg8 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. Rxg8 Kxg8 33. Kh1 Kg7 34. g4
Re8 35. Qxf5 Qxf5 36. gxf5 Kh7 37. Kg2 f6 38. Kf3 {
(Incomplete score moves 34-39)} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Martin, Barry"]
[Black "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. b3 Qd4 6. Rb1 Qxe5 7. Bb2 Qd6 8.
g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. O-O f6 12. Re1 e5 13. Re3 Qe6 14. Kh1 O-O-O
15. a4 Bc5 16. Re2 e3 17. dxe3 Qxh3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Qa6+ Kb8 21.
a5 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Nxc8 23. Bc3 a6 24. b4 Ba7 25. Be1 Nd6 26. Rb3 Kb7 27. Kg2 e4
28. c3 Nc4 29. h3 Rd1 30. g4 Rhd8 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rb4 Bc5 33. Rb3 R8d3 34. Kg3
g5 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Kg3 Rdd1 37. Kg2 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Rxe1 39. Kh2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Houska, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 e6 10. Qe2 Bg6 11. Nce4 Qc7 12. c3 Be7 13. Bb3 a5 14. O-O O-O
15. f4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Ng3 a4 18. Bc4 b5 {(Draw offer)} 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Rad1 Qd3 25. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Norman, Ken"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 Ne4 7. d5 d6 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 e5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Bc3 Qe8 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. c5 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Kh8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Nc4 Bd7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rfc1 f4 21.
Rc7 Bg4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Qc2 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Manley, Jon"]
[Black "James, Russell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Be2 Qd4
8. O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxe4 10. Bf3 Qh4 11. c3 Be6 12. d4 Rad8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. g3
Qf6 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. Re3 Bd5 17. Qe2 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe6 20. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Nc1 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Nd1 d5 12. c3 Ndc6 13. Bh6 dxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bxe4 Bb7 16. Ne3 f5 17. Bg2 Qd7 18. f4 Rad8 19. Qf2 e5 20. Nc4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Nd5 22. Qf3 b5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ne3 Re5 26. Nc2 Rd8 27. a4 b4
28. a5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Ba6 30. Ne1 c4 31. dxc4 Bxc4 32. Nf3 Re3 33. Rf2 Rd1+ 34.
Kg2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bd2 a5 7. e3 d6 8. Nge2
Be6 9. a3 Bc5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Rb8
15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Rab1 Ned5 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxa5 Rb5
21. b4 Nc3 22. Rbc1 Nfe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxc6 Nd2 25. Qxb5 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Qe4
27. Qc4 Qf5 28. Qf4 Qd5 29. Rfd1 Qb7 30. Rc3 Ng5+ 31. f3 Nh3 32. Qd4 Re8 33.
Qd5 Qd7 34. Rc7 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Punnett, Alan"]
[Black "Williamson, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. a4
Na6 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Be3 Bb3 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qf3 Na2 15.
Nxa2 Bxa2 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd7 19. O-O Nb6 20. Nb3 Qa6 21. Rb4
Nxa4 22. Ra1 b5 23. Nc5 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Nxa4 bxa4 26. Bc3 c5 27. dxc5 Qc7
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Rbxa4 Rfd8 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Rb8 33. Rd1 Rb5
34. Rc1 Rb8 35. c6 Rd8 36. Qc4 a5 37. g3 Rb8 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Qd4+ e5 40. Qd7
Qxd7 41. cxd7 Rd8 42. Rc7 Kf6 43. Ra7 Ke6 44. Kg2 Rxd7 45. Rxa5 Rb7 46. Ra6+
Ke7 47. Ra2 Rb3 48. g4 g5 49. Ra5 Kf6 50. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Tucker, Alex"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Nc5 Qc7 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Bg4 14. b4 Rac8
15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. e4 g5 19. Bc3 Ree8 20. g3 Nbd7 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qb2 Qe6 23. Rce1 Rcd8 24. Bg2 Rd3 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Red8 27.
f5 Qe7 28. e5 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Qg5+ 30. Bg2 Rd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qxd2 33. e6
Be5 34. e7 Qd7 35. f6 h6 36. Kh1 Qe6 37. Rd1 Bxf6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. e8=Q Bxd8
40. Qxd8 Qxa2 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Flower, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Re1 a6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Red1 b5 15.
Nd2 Bc5 16. Nb3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 c5 18. Nd2 c4 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Na2 Rfd8 21. Nb4
Bb7 22. f3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nf1 {(Draw offer)} 25... Kf8 26.
Kf2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ra4 28. c3 Ke8 29. Nd2 Ra5 30. Ke3 Nfd7 31. Nf1 Ke7 32. Ng3
g6 33. h4 Ke6 34. h5 f5 35. f4 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. g4 exf4+
39. Kxf4 Nc5 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Bf3 Ra4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Ke3 Nd3 44. Nxd3 exd3
45. Kd4 Ra2 46. Rd2 Kd6 47. Rh2 {(Draw offer)} 47... Kc6 48. Rg2 Kb6 49. Rh2
Ka5 50. Kc5 Ka4 51. Rg2 Kb3 52. Kxb5 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 h6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Qf1 a6
15. Ne4 Na5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Be2 Ndb4 20. Be3 Nc2
21. Rac1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxa2 23. Qf2 Re7 24. Rc3 Bd5 25. Qe1 Rde8 26. Qd2 Qd6
27. Re1 Qb4 28. Qc1 Bxf3 29. Rc4 Qb6 30. Bxf3 Nxd4 31. Bg4 Nb3 32. Qd1 Rxe3 33.
Rxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qg3 35. Be2 Na5 36. Rg4 Qe5 37. Bd3 Qe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 39.
Kh2 Nc6 40. Rf4 Re7 41. Rf2 Nd4 42. Rd2 c5 43. Bc4 b5 44. Ba2 Kf8 45. Kg1 Re2
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vigus, James"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 d6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4 13. Qg3 g5 14. Be3 Qxe5 15.
Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxc5+ Kg7 17. Bd4 Nbd7 18. Nb5 b6 19. O-O-O a6 20. Nd6 a5 21. Be2
f6 22. Rhe1 Ba6 23. Bf1 Ra7 24. b3 Rc7 25. Kb2 a4 26. g3 Bb7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28.
Bg2 Rc7 29. Re4 g4 30. Bc3 Rhc8 31. Rd6 b5 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rd6 bxc4 34. b4
Nd3+ 35. Kc2 N7e5 36. a3 Rb8 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Rf4 Nd7 39. Rxg4 Rb5 40. Bc6 Ne5
41. Bxb5 Nxg4 42. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Walsh, Chris"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. a5 Qc7 15.
Nc1 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nb3 h6 20. Na5 Be6 21. Qd3
Rb8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rb5 24. Nc6 Rxd5 25. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 d5 27. b4 d4
28. Bd2 Re6 29. b5 e4 30. Qa4 Ng4 31. g3 Rf6 32. Be1 e3 33. f4 Bc5 34. Qc4 Qb6
35. Qe2 h5 36. h3 Nh6 37. c3 dxc3 38. Bxc3 Rg6 39. Be1 Nf5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4
Rxg4+ 42. Qxg4 e2+ 43. Kh2 exd1=Q 44. Qxd1 Qxb5 45. Qf3 Qb2+ 46. Qg2 Qf6 47.
Qf3 Be3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "Long, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nge2 Ba6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O-O 10. a3 Bf8 11. h4 Kb8 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Nc1 Bxf1
15. Rhxf1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxd5 Qb7 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Na4 Ka8 20. Ka2 h6 21.
Bf4 Ne7 22. b3 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Qa6 25. Qd3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Johnston, Dafydd"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Bd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. f4 Na5 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nf5 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxa2+ 19. Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2
Nxe4+ 21. Ke1 Qxc3+ 22. Bd2 Qxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 exf4 25. Rf2 g5 26. h4
f6 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Rh6 Bd5 29. Re2+ Kf7 30. Re5 Bxg2 31. Rxg5 Be4 32. Rg4
Bxc2 33. Rxf4+ Kg7 34. Rb6 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rf4+ Kg7 38. Rg4+
Kf7 39. Rf4+ Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nfxd4 Na6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd6 Ne4 13. Ba3 Bxf2+ 14.
Ke2 Bd7 15. Nd6+ Nxd6 16. Kxf2 Nb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rhd1 Bd7 19. Na5 O-O-O 20.
Nc4 Bc6 21. b4 Nc7 22. Nd6+ Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb5 24. Rxc6+ bxc6 25. Bb2 Rd8 26.
Re1 Rd2+ 27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nd6 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Bxg7 Kd7 31. Kd3 Nb6 32.
Kd4 Nd5 33. Bf8 f6 34. a4 e5+ 35. Kc5 Nc7 36. Bh6 Ne6+ 37. Kc4 a6 38. g4 Kd6
39. Bd2 Ng5 40. Be3 Nf3 41. h3 Ng5 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bf2 Ke7 44. b5 axb5+ 45. axb5
cxb5+ 46. Kxb5 Kf7 47. Kc6 Kg6 48. Kd5 Nf4+ 49. Ke4 h5 50. gxh5+ Nxh5 51. Be1
Ng7 52. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Musson, Adam"]
[Black "Griffiths, Paul V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 a6 11. g4 g6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 Qxg5 15.
e4 Qh4 16. O-O-O Ne7 17. Ne3 c5 18. Nc4 Bf4 19. dxc5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qxf2 21.
Nb6 Rad8 22. b4 Be6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Nc6 25. Nc3 Qd4 26. Rf1 Ne5 27. Qxd4
Rxd4 28. Bc2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Kg7 30. Bb3 Nf6 31. Ke3 Nc6 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Nd5 Re6
34. Nc3 Re7 35. Ke3 Re8 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Bd5 Ne5 38. Kd4 Nf3+ 39. Kc4 Ng5 40.
Kd4 Nxh3 41. a4 Ng5 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Nf3+ 44. Kc4 Ne5+ 45. Kb4 Rc7 46. b6
Re7 47. Kb5 Nfd7 48. Na4 Nb8 49. Nc3 Nbc6 50. Bxc6 Nxc6 51. Rd6 Nb8 52. Rd8 Nc6
53. Rc8 Nd4+ 54. Kc4 Nc6 55. Rc7 Re8 56. Kd3 Na5 57. Nb5 Rd8+ 58. Nd6 Kf6 59.
Kc3 Rb8 60. Rxf7+ Ke6 61. Rxh7 Nc6 62. Nxb7 Ne5 63. Nd6 Nd7 64. c6 Rxb6 65.
cxd7 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Fenn, Paul"]
[Black "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 f5 7. Nh3 a6 8. Bc4
Nf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 13. Ba2 Qd6 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Qe2 g6 16. Ne6 h5 17. Rhe1 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Ng4 19. f3 Ne3 20. fxe4 Nxd1 21. Rxd1
Qe5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Nd3 Qxg3 24. e5 Qe3 25. Qf1 Bg7 26. Re1 Qg5 27. d6 e6 28.
Qf3 Rb8 29. Nf4 Qg4 30. Qc6+ Bd7 31. Qc4 Rc8 32. Qf1 Bh6 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Bxe6
Rb8 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Bxc4 Kd7 37. Bxa6 Ra8 38. Bb5+ Kd8 39. e6 {time} 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Wilson, Julie"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Qc2 a4 15.
Bc4 Bd7 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Nh5 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b5 21. Nd3
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Qa5 24. Qb3 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. Nb2 Bc2 27. f3
Nf4 28. Rf2 Bb3 29. Rd2 f5 30. g3 Ng6 31. Rd3 Ba2 32. a4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rb8 34.
Nd1 Rb1 35. Kf2 Bc4 36. Rd2 Ra1 37. Nc3 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 Rc1 39. Nd1 Bb3 40. Nb2
Ra1 41. Rd3 Bxa4 42. Rc3 Re1+ 43. Kf3 Bb5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Rf1+ 46. Ke3 Bd7
47. Nc4 Ke7 48. Rb7 Rf6 49. Nb6 Nf8 50. h4 Kd8 51. Ra7 h6 52. Nc4 g5 53. hxg5
hxg5 54. Ra6 Ke7 55. Ke2 Bb5 56. Ra7+ Nd7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wilson, Jon"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 8.
axb3 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Ke7 13. Rfc1 Rhc8 14. Nh4
Bg6 15. Nxg6+ hxg6 16. Ra4 a6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxa5
Rc1+ 21. Bf1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nh3 Be6 8. Nf4 Bf7
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Nd7 14. a3 O-O-O
15. b4 Qb6 16. g3 Qh6 17. h4 Bd6 18. Ke2 Kb8 19. Kd2 Nf6 20. Qe2 Ng4 21. Kc2
Be7 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Kb1 Nf6 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Rhg8 26. Be5 Bf6 27. Bxd5
Bxe5 28. Bxg8 Rxg8 29. Qc4 Rc8 30. Rhd1 a5 31. Rd5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hammond, Andy"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 b6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rc8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 d5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. e4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nd6 Bf6 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Okike, David"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qf3
a5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Be3 Nb4 11. O-O-O a4 12. Bxa4 Nxa2+ 13. Nxa2 Rxa4 14. Nc3 Ra6
15. e5 Ne8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Bd4 Bd7 18. Qh5 g6 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. c4
a6 9. cxd5 axb5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nf3 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Ra4 14. O-O Kh8
15. Rfc1 c5 16. b3 Rg4 17. a4 e4 18. Ne1 Nd5 19. Nf1 b4 20. Rd1 Qf7 21. Rd2 Ba6
22. Qd1 Rg5 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Ng3 Nc3 25. Qc2 d5 26. Rc1 h5 27. f4 h4 28. Nh1
Rg4 29. Nf2 Rxf4 30. exf4 e3 31. Nf3 exd2 32. Qxd2 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxc1 34. Qxc1
Qxf4 35. Qxc5 Re8 36. Qc6 Qe3 37. Qxa6 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Black "McGrath, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Qc7 14. b5 a5 15. Na4
Rfd8 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. bxc6 Ne5 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 b5 21. Qc2
bxa4 22. Qxa4 Rb4 23. Qc2 Rdb8 24. Bd2 R4b5 25. Qa4 Bd8 26. Bf1 Re5 27. f4 Rc5
28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Bc3 Qb6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Bb5 Ne8 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Bc4 Rc8 34.
Bb5 Rb8 35. Bc4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Black "Compton, Alastair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. e5 c5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. dxc5 Ng6 8. Nb3
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. h4 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Be3 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Nxe5 17. a3 Qb3 18. Rd1 b6 19. Bd4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa4 21.
Qe5 Rf7 22. Kg1 Ba6 23. Rg3 Qd7 24. h5 Rd8 25. Rh4 Qc7 26. Qxe6 Kf8 27. h6 g6
28. Rc3 Qe7 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rb4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. Ra4 Bb5 34.
Rxa7 Rd7 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Rcc8 Rdd2 37. Rf8+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Ra7+ Bd7 40.
Rxb6 Rxf2 41. Rbb7 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Rhg2+ 44. Kh3 Rge2 45. Bf8+ Kf6
46. Bd6 Re3+ 47. Bg3 f4+ 48. Rxd7 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd5"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Black "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.01.24"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. e4
Nh5 9. d5 Ne7 10. b3 c6 11. c4 f5 12. Ng5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 Nb6 15.
Be3 h6 16. Nh3 Be6 17. Rc1 f4 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bb4 g5 20. Nd2 g4 21. Nxf4 exf4
22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Bxd6 Rfd8 26. e5 Ne8 27. Qd5+ Kh8
28. Rd1 Nxd6 29. exd6 Rac8 30. Rxf4 Rc6 31. Rf7 Qxd6 32. Qxd6 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Kf1 Ra6 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 36. h3 gxh3 37. gxh3 Bd4 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rf3 Rb2
40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rf4 Bb6 42. Rf3 Kg6 43. Kg3 h5 44. Kg2 Kg5 45. Rg3+ Kf4 46.
Rf3+ Ke4 47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kg2 Rxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Kxf2 Kd3 51. Kf3 Kc3 52.
Kg4 Kxb3 53. Kxh4 a5 54. Kg5 a4 55. h4 a3 56. h5 a2 57. h6 a1=Q 58. h7 Qh8 59.
Kg6 Kc4 60. Kh6 Kd5 61. Kg6 Ke6 62. Kh6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. f4 Rac8 15.
f5 e5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bg5 19. Ne3 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 b5 21. Kh1
Qa5 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Ne3 a5 26. Qe1 b4 27. h4 Qd8 28.
Rc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Qc7 30. Ne3 Ba6 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 Qc3 33. Qe2 Nf6 34. Nc4
Qxg3 35. Nxd6 Ng4 36. Qg2 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 d4 11. Nb1 Qc7 12. a3 Rad8 13. e4 dxe3 14. fxe3 e5 15. Qc2
h6 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. e4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nb1 Bc8 21. Rce1 Ng4
22. Bc1 Bd6 23. h3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxg3 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Kh1 Re6 28.
Rf3 Rg6 29. Nd2 Qe7 30. Nf1 Qh4 31. Qe1 Qh5 32. Ne3 Rdd6 33. Nf5 Rxg2 34. Kxg2
Rg6+ 35. Kf2 Bxf5 36. Qh1 Be6 37. Rf1 Qg5 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 40. R1f2
Rg1 41. Rf1 Rxf1 42. Kxf1 Bb2 43. a4 a5 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kf1 Be5 46. Kg2 Kg7 47.
Rf1 h5 48. Rb1 h4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8.
Bd3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxe5 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Nxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Qf3 Rb8
15. Be3 b6 16. Bd4 Qf7 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxe4 c5 20. Re8+ Rf8
21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Rd1 d5 25. Rd2 Kf7 26. Be5 Rd7 27.
f3 g6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Bh2 Be6 30. Ke3 Rb7 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. h4 h6 33. g4 g5+ 34.
Kg3 Rg7 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36. Bg1 Rh7 37. Rh2 Rxh2 38. Bxh2 Bf7 39. Kf2 b5 40. Bd6
c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Neil, David"]
[Black "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 d5 11. Nd1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 13. Qf2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Bd7 15. Nf2 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bc6 19. Qg4 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2
21. Rab1 Qf6 22. Nd3 Rad8 23. Re1 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Bf6 25. Qg3 Be4 26. Be3 Qc4 27.
Nxc5 Bxf5 28. Nxb7 Bh4 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxe1 31. Nxd8 Bh4 32. Nc6 Bxc2 33.
Rb6 Re8 34. h3 Bd3 35. Nb4 Bc4 36. Nxa6 g5 37. Bd6 Bf2 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Nxb8
Bxa2 40. Nc6 f6 41. Nb4 Bc4 42. g3 Kf7 43. Kg2 Bd4 44. Nc2 Bd5+ 45. Kh2 Be5 46.
Bc5 h5 47. Ne3 Bf3 48. Nc4 Bc7 49. Bd6 Bxd6 50. Nxd6+ Ke6 51. Nc4 Kd5 52. Nd2
Be2 53. Kg2 Kd4 54. Kf2 Bd1 55. Nf1 Ke4 56. Nd2+ Kd3 57. Nf1 Bb3 58. Ne3 Be6
59. h4 gxh4 60. gxh4 Ke4 61. Ng2 Bh3 62. Ne3 f5 63. Nc4 Kf4 64. Ne3 Ke5 65.
Nc4+ Ke4 66. Kg3 Bg4 67. Nd6+ Ke3 68. Nc4+ Kd3 69. Ne5+ Ke4 70. Ng6 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gayson, Peter"]
[Black "Noyce, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 N7f6 7. O-O Bg4
8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Rd3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nfd7 16. Rh3 Nxe5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bxh6 Ng6 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Qh7+
Kf8 21. Ba3+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Simons, Martin"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nd2 Nge7 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 exf5 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Re1 Rb8 15.
Ng5 b5 16. Ne3 Qd6 17. c3 h6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nh3 Be6 20. Qc2 Rbd8 21. Rd1 a6
22. Qf2 b4 23. Bd2 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd4 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 f4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qxd4 Ne3 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Re1 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Rxd3 34.
Nf2 Rd2 35. Red1 Rfd8 36. a3 Kg8 37. b4 h5 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Rd1 Bd5+ 40. Kg1
Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1 Kf7 42. Nf2 g5 43. Nd3 Bc4 44. Nc5 g4 45. a4 h4 46. a5 g3 47.
Ne4 Bd5 48. Nc5 f3 49. hxg3 hxg3 50. e6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Kh1 Nc7 11. f3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. b4 Ne5 15. Bc2
f5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. N2g3 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Bh6
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Rb4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qa1 Rd4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qf7 27. Bb3
c4 28. Nxd6 Qf4 29. g3 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Bxc4 Nd2 32. Ba2 Kf6 33. Nb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qe4 Nb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6
21. Nxe6 Qd5 22. Nf4 Qxd4 23. Qg5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bf4 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. a3 Nge7 6. Nf3 Ng6 7. g3 Bg4 8. Bg2
Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. b4 Qf5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ncxe5 13. Be4 Qe6 14. Bxe5
Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Walsh, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 f4 13. Nf2 fxe3 14. Bxe3 Qe7
15. O-O c5 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Nd3 Nbd7 20. Rab1 a6 21. Rb2
Ra7 22. Qc2 Rb7 23. Rfb1 Re8 24. Nf2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Re6 26. Nd3 Ne8 27. f4 e4
28. Nf2 Nef6 29. g4 Ne8 30. Qc2 Bb7 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qb2 Bc6 34.
Qc3 Nc7 35. f5 Bb7 36. Qd2 Qe7 37. Bf4 Ne8 38. Kf1 Ne5 39. Qe3 Nf6 40. g5 Nfd7
41. Nxe4 Qf8 42. Nxc5 Qxf5 43. Nxb7 Ng6 44. Bd3 Qxf4+ 45. Qxf4 Nxf4 46. Be4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Long, Matthew"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. f4 Qb8 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 b5 14. f5 e5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Bf2 b4 17. Nce2 e5 18. Qd3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qb7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21.
Qc4+ Kh8 22. Bh4 Nxe4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Ne6 d5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Johnston, Dafydd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nf4 Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
Bd7 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Qc8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. d3 g5 14. Nfd5 Bxh3 15.
Bxg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f6 18. Bd2 e6 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Rh1 f5 21. Rh2
e5 22. Nh3 f4 23. Ng5 Nd4 24. f3 Qf5 25. Ne4 fxg3 26. Rh3 Qe6 27. Rxg3 Rf5 28.
Kf2 Rh5 29. Qg1 Nf5 30. Rg5 Rh4 31. Qg2 Kh8 32. Rg1 Bh6 33. b5 Bxg5 34. Bxg5
Rxe4 35. fxe4 Nd4 36. Be3 Qf7+ 37. Ke1 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 Nxe3 39. Qg3 Nf1+ 40. Rxf1
Qxf1 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Tucker, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. b3 Kh8 14. Bh4 Bd7 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rae8 17. Bc2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 Bg4 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Re1
Rfe8 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Re3 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Nxf3 25. Qe2 Nh4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Williamson, Paul"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. e3 Na6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Kd7 14. a3 Rha8
15. Bg3 Nc8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nd6 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. f3 Bd3 21.
Rfe1 b5 22. Rac1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 b6 26. Nd2 Ra4 27. Re3
Re8 28. Kf2 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 Ke6 30. Ne4 Ra8 31. Re1 Ra5 32. Kd2 Kd7 33. g4 h5 34.
Nf2 hxg4 35. Nxd3 cxd3 36. fxg4 Rd5 37. Kxd3 Rg5 38. Re4 f5 39. Rf4 fxg4 40. a4
g3 41. b4 Kd6 42. Kc3 Ke6 43. Kc4 b5+ 44. axb5 cxb5+ 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Re4 Kd6
47. Rf4 Kd5 48. Rh4 g6 49. Rf4 Rf5 50. Rg4 Rf1 51. Rg5+ Kc6 52. Rxg6+ Kd5 53.
Rg5+ Kc6 54. Rxg3 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Rb1 56. Rg6+ Kd7 57. Ke5 Rxb4 58. Rg7+ Kc8 59.
Kd5 Rb1 60. Kc6 Kd8 61. Rg8+ Ke7 62. d5 Rc1+ 63. Kxb5 Rb1+ 64. Kc4 Rc1+ 65. Kd4
Rd1+ 66. Ke4 Re1+ 67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Kg4 Rf2 69. g3 Rd2 70. Rg5 Kf6 71. Rf5+ Kg6
72. Re5 Rd4+ 73. Kf3 Kf6 74. Rh5 Kg6 75. g4 Rd1 76. Rf5 Rd4 77. Kg3 Kh6 78. Re5
Kg6 79. g5 Rd1 80. Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Ke3 Rd1 82. Ke4 Rd2 83. Re6+ Kxg5 84. Ke5 Ra2
85. Re7 Re2+ 86. Kd6 Rd2 87. Rf7 Kg6 88. Rf1 Rh2 89. Kc6 Kg5 90. d6 Rh6 91. Kc7
Rh2 92. d7 Rc2+ 93. Kd8 Rd2 94. Re1 Rh2 95. Ke7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Black "Flower, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe2 c6 8. Bb3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. c3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Bd6
15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. g4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Nf8 18. Qg3 Ng6 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Re2 Ne8 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Ne5 b5 25. a3 a5 26. Nd3 Rac8 27. f3
Nb7 28. Kf2 Nd8 29. Nc5 Nc6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Reb2 Nd8 33. Ke3 Nb7
34. Nxb7 Rxb7 35. Kd3 Rba7 36. Kd2 Kf8 37. h4 Ke7 38. g5 Rh8 39. Rh1 f6 40. f4
e5 41. dxe5 fxe5 42. fxe5 Ke6 43. Kd3 Rf7 44. Ra2 Rf3+ 45. Ke2 Rxc3 46. Ra6+
Kxe5 47. Rxg6 Ra8 48. Re1 Ra2+ 49. Kf1+ Kf5 50. Rxg7 Rf3+ 51. Kg1 Rg3+ 52. Kh1
Kg4 53. Rge7 Kxh4 54. g6 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. a4 h6 13. Rb1 g5 14. b4 g4 15.
Nfe1 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qf4 18. Qc2+ Kb8 19. Bxf5 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qxf5 21.
Qxf5 exf5 22. e6 Bxa4 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 24. Nd3 Bc2 25. Rbe1 Bxd3 26. exf7 Be4 27.
f3 Bxb4 28. Re2 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 gxf3 30. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. Nd3 f6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Kh8 14. Rc1 Rb8 15.
Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bg2 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxa7 Qb6 20. Ra1 Rbd8 21.
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. e4 f5 11. b4 f4 12. c5 g5 13. Nc4 g4 14. f3 h5 15. Bd2 Ng6
16. Rc1 fxg3 17. hxg3 h4 18. fxg4 hxg3 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. g5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Qh5 Be7 23. e5 Ng7 24. Qf3 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28.
d6 cxd6 29. Qxb7 Rf8 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Qd5+ Be6 32. Qxd6 Qb2 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34.
Nxd2 Nf5 35. Nf3 Ne3 36. c6 Nxg2 37. Kxg2 Bxa2 38. Ra1 Bd5 39. c7 Rc8 40. Rxa7
Kf7 41. b5 Ke7 42. b6 Kd7 43. b7 Bxb7 44. Rxb7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Powell, J Lloyd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qa5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. exf6 Qg5+ 14. Kb1
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. Nce2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Nc1
Bd4 21. Re2 Rhg8 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. c4 Rg4 24. c5 Bc7 25. Nd2 Rgd4 26. Kc2 Bf4 27.
Nb1 Be4+ 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bd3 Re3 30. Bc4 f5 31. g3 Bc7 32. a3 Rd4 33. b3 f4
34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Bd3 Rf2+ 36. Nd2 Bf4 37. Rd1 Rh3 38. Kc3 Bxd2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bc1 Qc7
15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Bd5 Be6 17. Kg2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Griffiths, Paul V"]
[Black "Vaughan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Nd4 Ne5 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg5 Bxc5 11. h3 Be6 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Bb4
15. O-O h6 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Nce2 Be7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. b3 Rac8 21.
Qe2 Ned7 22. Bg6 Red8 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Nf3 Ncd7 25. Bb1 Re8 26. Rc1 Ba3 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 {(Draw offer)} 28. Nd4 a6 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Rd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32.
Qd1 Ba3 33. Qc2 Bc5 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Nxe6 Bxe3 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. fxe3 Qxe6 38.
Qxb7+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qf4 Ke7 41. Bf5 Qc6 42. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Connolly, Suzanne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qb1 c5 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qb2 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Qb8 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rc2 Kf8 20. Qc1 Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Ne8 25. Nb1 Nd6 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Nd2
Nb8 28. g4 Ba6 29. b5 Bb7 30. f3 Nd7 31. Na2 Nf6 32. Nb4 Kd7 33. Kf2 Nfe8 34.
Kg3 Nf6 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kg3 Nfe8 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Ke2 Kc7 39. Kd1 Kd7 40. Kc2
Kc7 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Nf1 Nf6 43. Ng3 Kd7 44. Be2 Kc7 45. a4 Kd7 46. Nf1 Kc7 47.
Nd2 Kd7 48. Nd3 Nfe8 49. Ne5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Batey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qf6 14. Rf1
Ne5 15. Qg3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 17. c3 Rad8 18. Qc4 Nd6 19. Qxc7 Ne4 20. f3 Qh4
21. Qc4 Rd4 22. cxd4 Ng3 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. hxg3 Qxg3 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Qe4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Thompsett, Heather"]
[Black "Stille, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1094"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. e3 Qxb2 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc1
Qxc1+ 9. Rxc1 d6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Rb1 Na5
15. Bb5 Nd5 16. Rdc1 Nxf4 17. exf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Re1
Bxb5 21. axb5 e6 22. g3 Rc2 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Ne1 Rc7 26. Nef3 Ke7 27.
Ke2 Rc3 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. Ne1 Rxd4 31. h4 Nb3 32. Nxb3 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Black "Moskovic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. Be2 h4 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. Qc2 f5 15. f4
Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rae1 Bh6 20. e5 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bd3
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. d6+ Qf7 24. e6 Qe8 25. d7 Qb8 26. e7+ c4 27. Nxc4 Bxf1 28.
Nb6+ Kh8 29. Nxa8 Qxf4 30. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 31. d8=Q g3 32. hxg3 hxg3 33. Ne4 Ng5
34. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Collier, David"]
[Black "Headlong, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. c3 exd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bxe7
Nxe7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nbd2 Bh5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Nh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Re3 Nc8 18. Rg3 Nd6 19. Qf3 f5 20. Rg6 f4 21. Qh5
Kh7 22. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Haydon, Richard"]
[Black "Mordue, Tyson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8
15. Rb1 Qb4 16. Be3 Rc4 17. a3 Qb3 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 b6 20. Bf1 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Nxe4 22. Rdc1 Rc8 23. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Rose, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 c5 8. d5 Bd4
9. Nh3 Nf6 10. f3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nh5 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Qb3 Bh4+ 14. Kd1 Qd7 15. f4
Na6 16. Ng3 Ng7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Rg1 Kh7 20. Bd3 Qxh3 21. f5 Nb4 22.
Bb1 Bf6 23. fxg6+ fxg6 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Bxg6+ Kh8 26. Qb3 Rf2 27. Qe3 Bd4 28.
Qxh6+ Qxh6 29. Bxh6 Rxb2 30. Bxg7+ Bxg7 31. Nf5 Rxh2 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. a3 Na6
34. Rb1 Kh6 35. Be4 Rf8 36. Rxb7 Rf4 37. Rxe7 Rff2 38. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Hackett, David"]
[Black "Easton, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. a3 h5 14. Bg5 Nh6 15.
Qxh5 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Rf1 Qxc3 18. Bg6 Rf8 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Rf1 Be7 21.
Bxf7+ Kd8 22. Bxe7+ Kc7 23. Bg6 Kb8 24. Qg5 Bb5 25. Rg1 Qc4 26. Bd6+ Ka8 27.
Bh5 Nf5 28. Re1 Qh4 29. Qxh4 Nxh4 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Kg1 g6 32. Be2 Nf5 33. Bb4
Nd4 34. Bd3 Rg8 35. Rf1 Nc6 36. Bd6 g5 37. Rf7 Bc8 38. Bh7 Rh8 39. Rg7 Nd4 40.
Bd3 g4 41. Rxg4 Nb5 42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Rf4 Ka7 44. Bc5+ Ka6 45. Rf8 Rxf8 46.
Bxf8 Kb6 47. Kf2 Kc6 48. Ke3 Bd7 49. g4 Be8 50. h4 Bg6 51. Bb4 Bc2 52. Kf4 d4
53. Kg5 Kd5 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Buckley, Simon"]
[Black "Elliott, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. c4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Nc2
b5 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24. Qd3 Kh7 25. Ne2 Qb7 26. e5 Bxg2 27. exf6 Be4
28. Qc3 Bf8 29. Qb2 b4 30. Nd4 Rc5 31. Qe2 e5 32. Ndc2 Bf3 33. Qd3 d5 34. Nxd5
Bxd5 35. Ne3 Ra5 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Nxd5 Qxh3 38. Rc2 Bc5 39. Qd3 Bd4 40. Re1 Rc5
41. Re4 Rdxd5 42. cxd5 Rxc2 43. Qxc2 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Moxley, Carl"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
b6 9. Qb1 Bb7 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne8 12. Qb2 Nd6 13. Rac1 Nf6 14. Rc2 Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Qb8 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. b5 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Bc8 20. Nc6 Qb7 21. a4
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qb3 e6 24. Bf4 Ne7 25. Qc3 Nc8 26. f3 Bf8 27. e4 Qd7 28.
e5 Ne8 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Nb8 Qc8 32. Qxc8 Nxc8 33. Kf2 f5 34. f4
Kf7 35. Nc6 Nc7 36. Nf3 h6 37. Nb4 Ne7 38. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Black "Headlong, Fenella"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Qe2 d6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. c3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. Rad1 c6 14. e4 Bh6 15.
Qc2 f4 16. gxf4 Bxf4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Nxf4 Qxf4 19. Bc1 Qf6 20. c5 g5 21. Nh2
Qe7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Rd2 Rg8 25. Ng4 Be6 26. Rfd1 Nd7 27. Rc1 Rg7
28. f3 h5 29. Nh2 Nf8 30. Nf1 Ng6 31. Ng3 Nf4 32. Qf1 Rag8 33. Rcc2 Kh7 34. Ne2
Nh8 35. Kh2 Nhg6 36. Qf2 Rf8 37. Ng1 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Qg3 Nh4 40. Bf1 gxh3
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tozer, Richard"]
[Black "McMichael, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Be6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxd5 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. Bxg5 f4 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Ngf6 13. Qh4 hxg5 14. Qxh8
Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Kc7 16. exf4 Nd5 17. Rhd1 Nxf4+ 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. Rac1 g4 20. Ne1
Rd8 21. d5 N4xd5 22. Bc4 Kb8 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qc7 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Qxf8 Qxf8 30. Nd7+ Kc7 31. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. f3
Qc7 9. e4 Bd6 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. O-O-O Be7 15.
Kb1 h4 16. f4 h3 17. Bf3 O-O 18. Rhf1 d6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Bh1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Ndxb5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Qxb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qc2 Qa6 27. Nc3 f5
28. a4 Rfc8 29. Rfe1 d5 30. Qd3 Bb4 31. Re2 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Black, Richard"]
[Black "Okike, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Ba6 8. Nf3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 b5 13. Ne1 a5 14. Qg3 Bf8 15.
f4 g6 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Qf2 h5 18. dxc5 Nf5 19. b4 Nb8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nf3 Be7 22.
Ned4 Nfxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qc6 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb2 Kd7 27. Rb1 Rb8 28.
Bd2 Ra4 29. Rf3 Qa6 30. Bb4 Kc6 31. g3 Qc8 {(Draw offer)} 32. h3 Qh8 33. Rb3
Qc8 34. Qe2 Ra7 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Bc3 Qc8 38. Qd3 Qb7 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Ra4 41. Rxb5 Qxb5 42. Rxb5 Rxb5 43. Bb4 Ra7 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Ba5 46.
fxe6 fxe6 47. Qg6 Re7 48. Qg8 Rbb7 49. Qa8 Bxb4 50. Qa6+ Kc7 51. axb4 Kb8 52.
Qd6+ Kc8 53. b5 Rg7+ 54. Kf1 Rbf7+ 55. Ke1 Kb7 56. Qa6+ Kb8 57. c6 Rh7 58. b6
Rh1+ 59. Kd2 Rf2+ 60. Ke3 Rf3+ 61. Kxf3 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Rh2+ 63. Ke1 Rh1+ 64. Qf1
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Black "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. f5 gxf5 8. d3
a6 9. a4 Nd4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nh4 Be5 14. Qh5 f4 15.
Rae1 b5 16. Nd5+ exd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Bxf7 Rb6 19. c3 Rf8 20. Bd5 Nc2 21. Re2
f3 22. Nxf3 Rbf6 23. Rxc2 Bf4 24. Re2 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qxc5+ d6 27. Qb4
Kd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Chan, Nevil"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bh4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd2 d4 8. Nd1
g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Ng1 e5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Rc1 dxe3 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.
Nxe3 Bh6 16. Bb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rc8 18. Kd2 Be4 19. Ne2 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Bf3 21.
Nc3 Ne7 22. Bh4 Rf8 23. Be6 Rd8+ 24. Ke1 Ng6 25. Bf2 h5 26. h3 f5 27. e4 Nf4
28. Bxf5 Nxh3 29. Rf1 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Nxc2 32. Nd5 Rxf5 33. exf5
Bxd5 34. Kh4 Rh2+ 35. Kg5 g3 36. f6 g2 37. Rg1 h4 38. Rxc2 Rh1 39. Rcc1 Bc6 40.
Kf5 h3 41. Ke6 h2 42. f7+ Kf8 43. Rcd1 hxg1=Q 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. f8=Q+ Kg6 46.
Qf5+ Kh6 47. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Compton, Alastair"]
[Black "Martin, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Re3 g6 12. Ne2 Ng7 13. h4 Ba6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15.
hxg5 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nf5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. Rxg3 Nc6 19. Rh3 Ne7 20. g4 Kg7 21. Qf3
Ng8 22. Bd2 a5 23. Qh1 Re8 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 25. Qf3 Re7 26. Kg2 Rb7 27. Rah1 Qe8
28. Qf6 Rbb8 29. Rh8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Houska, Mario"]
[Black "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. h4
e5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. Nd2 c5 12. f4 Bd6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. O-O-O d4 15.
Nde4 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. h5 Bf5 19. Rde1 dxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Rac8 24. c4 Qd8 25. Qc3+ Ne5 26. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wilson, Jon"]
[Black "Norman, Ken"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nb6 17. d5 Nc4 18. Bd4 Nd2 19. Rb2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qa6
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Rbd2 Rad8 26. Qe4 Kg7
27. d6 exd6 28. exd6 Qc6 29. Rd5 Qc3 30. R1d4 b6 31. h4 h5 32. Qf4 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe6 34. Qd2 Kg8 35. Re4 Qf6 36. Rf4 Qe6 37. Re4 Qf6 38. Rf4 Qe6 39. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Nb6 8. Qe2
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O a6
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Qf3 e6 17. c3 Nb6 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
Rac8 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Kf1 f6 25. Bd6 Kf7 26. f4 Rc6 27. Bb4 Bh6
28. g3 g5 29. f5 g4 30. Kg2 e5 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Rad1 d4 33. Re4 Kf6 34. Rxg4
Kxf5 35. Rh4 Kg6 36. Rg4+ Kf5 37. Rh4 Kg6 38. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Moore, Gerald"]
[Black "Shepley, Julien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ne2+ 14.
Kf1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Be6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Ke1 Rxb3 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Rcd2 Bxd1
20. Kxd1 Rxc5 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Rxa7 Rc6 23. Kc2 Re6 24. Kd3 Rd6+ 25. Kc2 Re6 26.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Singleton, Michael"]
[Black "Hammond, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3
Qb6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qxc3 14. Bb5 O-O
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxf3 17. Rae1 Ng4 18. Rxe7 Nxf2 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Be3 Rf6
21. Qd7 Raf8 22. Bxf2 R6f7 23. c6 Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Qc3 25. c7 h5 26. Ne2 Qc4 27.
Rc1 Qg4+ 28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 Kd7 14. Qe2
Qg8 15. g3 Kc7 16. Ng2 Qf7 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. f4 Bf8 20. Qf3 Bh6
21. Kb1 Nc8 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Nd5+ Kb8 25. Qxf5 Ne7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27.
Qxh7 Qe6 28. Nf2 d5 29. Qh5 Red7 30. Rhe1 dxe4 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Rd1 Qe7 33.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Nxe4 Qd4 35. Qe8+ Ka7 36. a3 Qd1+ 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. Kb1 Qd1+ 39.
Ka2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Erichsen, D."]
[Black "McGrath, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxd5 exd5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. c3 dxe5 10. Bxe5 c6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qb3 b6 13. c4 Be6 14. c5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 f6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Qa3 Qc7 21.
Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Black "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qg4
Bf8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 d5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Be7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. e6 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Rad1 Bf5 21.
Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rae8 23. h4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rg3 Qg6 26. Qd1 Kh7 27. h5
Qf6 28. Qd3+ Kg7 29. Rf3 Qe6 30. Qd4 Rf8 31. Re3 Nd7 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxd5
Qxd5 34. Nxd5 Nf6 35. Nxf6 Rxf6 {(Draw offer)} 36. Rd1 Rb6 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. b3
g4 39. Kh2 Rb4 40. Kg3 b6 41. f4 gxf3 42. Kxf3 a5 {(Draw offer)} 43. g4 a4 44.
bxa4 Rxa4 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. Rxb6 Rxa2 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Ke5 Ra2 50.
Rd6 Re2+ 51. Kf6 Rf2+ 52. Ke7 Rf4 53. Rg6 Ra4 54. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd6"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Lusher, Claire"]
[Black "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.25"]
[Source "4NCL"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 b6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Bxb5 8. Nxb5
a6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qd2 f5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Nbc6
15. Nc4 Nc8 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxc5 Nc4 19. b3 N4a5 20. Bxf8 Bxf8
21. Na4 Nb7 22. c3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1 Ra7 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Rfd3 Ke8 27.
b4 Bf8 28. a3 Rc7 29. c4 h6 30. c5 Ke7 31. Rd6 g5 32. g3 Ke8 33. Rxe6+ Kf7 34.
Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rxf5 gxf4 36. gxf4 Bg7 37. Rd6 Nb8 38. Rb6 Rc8 39. e6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 e5 11. Ng3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. O-O O-O
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd5 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Bg5 Rd5 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. Rfe1 Rb5
21. Qf3 Rf5 22. Qg4 Nxb2 23. Rab1 Qxc2 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Nd3 26. Rxb7 Nc5
27. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. dxe5 Ndb4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na3 Be6
15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Bd3 {(Draw offer)} 17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Bxa2 19. Nc2
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Be3 Bc4 22. Rd7 Be6 23. Rb7 Re4 24. Rb1 Rc4 25. Ne1 Bf5
26. Rd1 Bxb2 27. g4 Be6 28. Nf3 Rcc8 29. Ng5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Ra7 Bd5 32.
h4 h6 33. Nh3 Bf3 34. g5 h5 35. Rxa6 b4 36. Nf4 Bc3 37. Rb6 Be4 38. Ne2 Rd1+
39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. f4 Re1 41. Ng3 Bc7 42. Rxb4 {(Draw offer)} 42... Rxe3 43. Rxe4
Rxe4 44. Nxe4 Bxf4+ 45. Kg2 Be5 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. Nc5 Bc3 48. Nd3 {(Draw offer)}
48... Ke7 49. Nf4 Bd2 50. Ng2 Kd6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Bxg5 53. hxg5 Kf5 54. Ke3
Kxg5 55. Kf3 h4 56. Ne3 f6 57. Nd5 f5 58. Nf4 Kf6 59. Nd5+ Ke5 60. Ne3 g5 61.
Nc4+ Ke6 62. Ne3 h3 63. Nd1 Ke5 64. Nf2 g4+ 65. Kg3 Kd4 66. Kf4 h2 67. Nh1 Kd3
68. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Manley, Jon"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O e6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Ba4 d6 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5
15. Qe1 Bb5 {(Draw offer)} 16. Rd1 Qa6 17. c4 Bd7 18. Qh4 f6 19. Rf3 e5 20. f5
g5 21. Qg4 Be8 22. Rh3 Qc6 23. Nc3 a6 24. a4 Bf7 25. Rf1 Bg8 26. Qe2 Qc7 27.
Qh5 h6 28. Bxg5 Bf7 29. Qg4 fxg5 30. Qxg5 Ng8 31. f6 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Bg6 33. Qxg6
Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 35. Bd1 Qb4 36. d4 exd4 37. e5 dxe5 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. Bc2 dxc3
40. Rf3 Qb2 41. h4 e4 42. Rf2 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Farndon, David"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 b6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qa4 Bc6 14. Bb5 Rfc8
15. O-O a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Black "Taylor, Peter P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nde5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bf4
Nhf7 15. O-O-O+ Ke8 16. Bb5+ axb5 17. Nxb5 Bh6 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Rhf1 Bxg5 20.
Bxg5 h6 21. Bf4 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rxa2 23. Kb1 Ra5 24. g4 Kg8 25. b4 Ra4 26. Bd2
Rh7 27. c4 Nd6 28. c5 Rf7 29. Re1 Nc4 30. Bc3 Rf2 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rxc8 Raa2
33. Nb5 Na3+ 34. Nxa3 Rxa3 35. Re3 Rb3+ 36. Kc1 Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Rbb1 38. Kd3 Rbd1+
39. Kc4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. e3 b5
9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Qf3 Qe7 11. Nde4 Nbd7 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nd6+ Qxd6 14. Qxb7 Qd5
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f3 a6 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Bxg5 b4 22. Na4 a5 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. h4 Nh5 25. e4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rg4 Bd2
28. exd5 Nf6 29. Rg2 c3 30. Nb6 cxb2 31. Rb1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Rab8 33. Nc4 Bxd4 34.
Nxb2 Nxd5 35. Rg5 Nc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Donovan, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. Nb5 O-O 8. Nd6
Qc7 9. Nxc8 Raxc8 10. O-O f5 11. d3 a6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. a4 Na7 19. Qe6 Nxb5 20. axb5 Rfe8 21.
Bc3 Qxb5 22. Qxd6 Rbd8 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qb7 Qxd3 25. Rfd1 Qc4 26. Rd7 Qe6 27.
Ra6 Qf7 28. Ra7 Bf6 29. f4 Rb8 30. Qa6 Rbd8 31. fxe5 Bg7 32. e6 Qf8 33. Qd6
Bxc3 34. bxc3 Qh6 35. Rxd8 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be4 dxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. bxc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxe5 17. Bg5 Bxc3 18. Bxd8 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rxd8 20. Rb1
Na5 21. g3 b6 22. Kg2 Rd3 23. a4 Rd4 24. Ra1 Nb3 25. Ra3 Na5 26. Ra2 Kf8 27.
Ra1 Ke7 28. Be2 Nb3 29. Rb1 Na5 30. Bb5 Nb7 31. Rc1 Nc5 32. a5 Rb4 33. axb6
axb6 34. Be2 e5 35. Ra1 Ra4 36. Rb1 Re4 37. Bf3 Rd4 38. Rxb6 Nd7 39. Rb3 Ke6
40. Bc6 Nc5 41. Rc3 {(Draw offer)} 41... Kd6 42. Be8 Ne4 43. Rc2 Ke7 44. Bc6
Nd6 45. Re2 Kf6 46. Ra2 Rc4 47. Ra6 Ke7 48. Ra7+ {(Draw offer)} 48... Kf8 49.
Ra6 Rd4 50. Ra3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Moskovic, David"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. g4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc5 8.
g5 Ne6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h4 c6 11. Nf3 b5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rg8 14. a4 b4 15.
Qxb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Qa5 17. Qa2 Ne5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. b3 Ng4 20. Rf1 Nh2 21. Rg1 Ba6
22. a5 Qb7 23. Bf4 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Qa6+ 25. Ke3 d5 26. Bxh2 d4+ 27. Kf3 Rd8 28.
Nd1 f5 29. e5 Qb5 30. b4 Kf8 31. Nb2 d3 32. Qc4 Qb7 33. a6 Qa8 34. Nxd3 c5+ 35.
Ke2 f4 36. e6 Rd6 37. bxc5 Rc6 38. Qb5 Qc8 39. Ne5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Easton, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Na5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. dxc5
Rxd1 15. Rfxd1 Qxc5 16. Rd8+ Bf8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Rcd1 Nxb3 19. axb3 b6 20. e5
Bb7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Rd8 Bd5 23. Nd4 a6 24. c4 Be4 25. f3 Bb7 26. Kf1 b5 27.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. b4 Bd5 31. Kf2 Bc4 32. f4 Ke7 33.
Ke3 Kd7 34. g3 Kc7 35. Nf3 h6 36. Nd2 Bd5 37. Kd4 Kc6 38. Nf1 h5 39. Ne3 Bf3
40. h3 Kb6 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kc6 43. Kc3 Be4 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Ke1 Ke7 46. Kf2
f6 47. exf6+ Kxf6 48. g5+ Ke7 49. Nd1 Kd6 50. Ke3 Bc6 51. Kd4 Be8 52. Nf2 Bc6
53. Nd3 Bd7 54. Ne5 Be8 55. Ng4 (55. Ke3 $1 $18) 55... Bd7 56. Nh6 Be8 57. Ng8
Bd7 58. Nf6 Bc6 59. Ne4+ Bxe4 60. Kxe4 Kd7 61. Kd3 Kc6 62. Ke4 Kd7 63. Kd4 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Buckley, Simon"]
[Black "Johnston, Dafydd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. d3 b5 7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3
Nge7 9. Nf4 d6 10. h4 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 b4 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nh3 Ba6 15. Ng4
Kh7 16. h5 bxc3 17. bxc3 gxh5 18. Nxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh5 Ng8 20. g4 Qf6 21. g5 Qg6
22. Qxg6+ fxg6 23. gxh6 Bxd3 24. Rfd1 Rbe8 25. Bf4 e5 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Rxd3
exf4 28. Rxd6 Ne5 29. h7 Nf6 30. Ne6 Rf7 {(Draw offer)} 31. Nxf4 Nxe4 32. Nxg6+
Nxg6 33. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Musson, Adam"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2
Na6 9. h4 c6 10. h5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Rb1 Na4 17. O-O Nc5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nh7 20. Nd1 Qd8 21. Ne3
Qg5 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. f3 b5 24. Rfc1 Na4 25. Nd1 b4 26. b3 Nb6 27. Ne3 Kf8 28.
Bd3 Ke7 29. Ngf1 f6 30. Nd2 Nf7 31. Kf2 Nd8 32. Ndc4 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rcb8 34. Rh1
Be8 35. Rbc1 Nb7 36. Nb6 Nc5 37. Rxc5 dxc5 38. Nxa8 Rxa8 39. Rh7+ Kd6 40. Rb7
Bd7 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. d6+ Ke8 43. Bc4 g5 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. Rb7 Kd8 46. Ke3 Bc6 47.
Rg7 Bxd5 48. exd5 c4 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Fish, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. Qe2
a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Bxc5 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Nd1 Rac8 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Bg5 Na5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bh4 Rf4 19. Bg3 Re4 20. Qd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Ne7 22. c3 Nf5 23. Bf4 Qc4 24. g3 d4 25. f3 Bc6 26. Kg2 Qd3 27. Nd2 dxc3
28. bxc3 Bd5 29. g4 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Humphreys, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. h3 Be7 8. f4 Qc7
9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. g4 Rad8 12. f5 exf5 13. gxf5 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Nd2 Na5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Ne4 cxd3 19. cxd3 Qh6 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. Ng1
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg5 23. Qg4 Nc6 24. Bf3 g6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qf3
Re7 28. Rae1 c5 29. e6 f6 30. Qc6 Ng7 31. Qxc5 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qe7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Richards, John"]
[Black "Sinnett, Glyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. g3 f6
9. Bg2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nh6 12. O-O Nf7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Nf3 O-O-O
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Nh6 {(Draw offer)} 18. Bh3 Rde8 19. a4 a6 20.
b4 cxb3 21. Nxb3 Qc7 22. c4 Kb8 23. Rfc1 Nf7 24. f4 Qb6+ 25. c5 Qxb3 26. a5 Qb5
27. Qe3 Rc8 28. Bf1 Qc6 29. Rab1 Ka8 30. Rb6 Qa4 31. Rcb1 d4 {(Draw offer)} 32.
Qd2 Rxc5 33. Bxa6 Bc6 34. Bxb7+ Bxb7 35. Rxb7 Qc6 36. R7b6 Qc8 37. Qg2+ Rd5 38.
Qd2 Rhd8 39. Qd3 Rxa5 40. Qe4+ Rdd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Wilson, Julie"]
[Black "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. e4 d6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qb3 Nc6
9. Nge2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O a6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Bd7 14. d5 Ne7 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Rhe1 c5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Ne6 Re8 21.
Nc7 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rb8 23. Re8+ Bf8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxb8 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kh7 27.
Qxb7+ Bg7 28. Qc8 Qf7 29. Qe6 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rd7 a5 33.
Rxd6 Kf7 34. Rc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nh3
g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf2 O-O 11. Be2 Rb8 12. a4 Rd8 13. g4 Qc7 14. g5 Ne8 15. Ng4
Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bh3 18. c4 f6 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Be3 fxg5
22. c5 Nf6 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Rg1 Nh5 25. Qxb4 Nf4 26. Rb1 Rab8 27. Qb6 Qc8 28. a5
Bf6 29. a6 bxa6 30. Qxb8 Qxb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Bxa6 g4 33. Rg3 Bh4 34. c6 Ra8
35. Bb7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Nc1+ 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Ke2 Nc1+ 40. Kd1 Bxg3
41. hxg3 Nb3+ 42. Ke2 Nc1+ 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Nc1+ 45. Kd1 Nb3+ 46. Ke2 Nc1+
47. Kf2 Nd3+ 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Haydon, Richard"]
[Black "Swanson, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 Nc7 14. Nf3 b5 15.
Be3 b4 16. d4 Qb5 17. Qf2 Na6 18. g4 Be4 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Qd4 Rac8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Rf2 Qb6 25. Qxb6 {(Draw offer)} 25... axb6 26.
a4 Rc5 27. Rd1 Rfc8 28. Rd4 Rxc2 29. Rxb4 g5 30. f5 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Rc2+ 32. Be2
Nxe5 33. Ke3 exf5 34. gxf5 f6 35. Bd1 Rc3+ 36. Kd2 Rc6 37. Rb5 d4 38. Rd5 d3
39. b4 Kf8 40. h3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Rc1 42. Kd2 Rc6 43. Ke3 Rc4 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Kxd4
Kd6 46. Bh5 d2 47. Bd1 Nc6+ 48. Kc4 h5 49. Kc3 h4 50. b5 Ne7 51. Kxd2 Nxf5 52.
Ke2 Nd4+ 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Kc4 f5 55. a5 bxa5 56. b6 Nc6 57. Kc5 Nd8 58. Kb5 Nb7
59. Kc6 Nd6 60. Kc7 g4 61. hxg4 fxg4 62. Bxg4 a4 63. Kd7 a3 64. Be6 h3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Headlong, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Devereaux, Maxim"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. f3 Nd7
9. Bb5 Bb7 10. c3 c6 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf2 Ngf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1
Rfc8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nd3 c5 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. b3 d5 20. e5 Ne8 21. f4 e6 22.
Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Bf8 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Nc1 Rac8 26. Nd3 Ng7 27. g4 Rc6 28. Bd4
Qa7 29. Rfc1 Be7 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Qd8 33. Qa3 Qf8 34. b4 f6
35. Qe3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qd8 37. Rf1 R6c7 38. b5 Bg5 39. Qf3 Qe8 40. c6 Be7 41. a5
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Rose, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rb1 Nd4 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 Nce6 13. b5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h4 Qc5 19. a4 Bd7 20. Kh2 f5 21. f4
fxe4 {(Draw offer)} 22. Bxe4 e5 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Bxf5 Qc8 26. Be4
Qe8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Bxh7 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Be4 b6 31. Kg2 Bg4 32. Ra1 Rbc8
33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. a5 Be2 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra7+ Rf7 37. Ra2 Bf1+ 38. Kh2 Rf8
39. g4 Rf4 40. Kg3 Rxe4 41. dxe4 Bxc4 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. g5+ Ke6 44. Kf3 d5 45.
g6 dxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Bd5+ 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. g7 Bg8 49. Rb7 Bh7+ 50. Ke2 Bg8 51.
Rxb6+ Kxg7 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. b6 Bc4+ 54. Ke1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Black "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxe5 b4 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Ne4 Qh4 14. h3 Ne3 15.
fxe3 Qxe4 16. d4 Bb6 17. Qh5 Be6 18. Rf4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. c3 c5 23. Kf2 Ke8 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. cxb4
Bb6 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Kc6 30. e4 Kb5 31. b3 Bd4 32. Ke2 Bxe5 33. Kd3 Bd6
34. Bc3 e5 35. g4 g5 {(Draw offer)} 36. Ke2 c6 37. Kd3 Bc7 38. Ke3 Bd6 39. Kd3
Bc7 40. Ke2 Bd6 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Churm, Rohan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nxd4 Nbc6 10. Ngf3 Bd7 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15.
cxd4 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Bb2 Kd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21.
dxc5 Qa6 22. g4 g6 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Nxf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27.
Qxf5+ Qe6 28. Qxh7 Qg4 29. Qxf7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Witney"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Smith, Lucy"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 c5 13. Be2 Kb8 14.
h4 h5 15. Qa5 Rc8 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc4 Rhd8 20. b3
g6 21. Kb2 Nd7 22. f4 Nb6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. a3 Ne7 25. e4 Kc7 26. b4 Nc6 27. Rh3
Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29. Kc1 Rd4 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Be2 f5 32. f3 a5 33. b5 Nb8 34.
Kc2 Nd7 35. Kc3 Ra4 36. Kb2 Nc5 37. Bd3 fxe4 38. fxe4 Rd4 39. Bb1 Rd2+ 40. Kc3
Rh2 41. e5+ Ke7 42. Bxg6 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Shepley, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Ne4 4. Qf3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Qg3 c5 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Ng5 g6 12. Qf4 O-O-O 13. Qxf7 c4 14. Nxe6
Qb6 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Qf6 Re8 19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 Rde7
21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Rxa7 Nxe5 24. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Punnett, Alan"]
[Black "Upton, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2
Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Na6 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 Nc5
15. b4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Be6 18. O-O Qf7 19. Rac1 f4 20. Bf2 Rd7 21.
b5 Rc7 22. Qa4 Qe8 23. Qb4 a6 24. Bb6 Rcc8 25. a4 Kg7 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. a5 Kh6
28. Qd6 Qe7 29. Rfd1 Re8 30. Rc2 Qg7 31. Nc1 Raa8 32. Nd3 Bg8 33. Nf2 Be6 34.
Rcd2 Qf7 35. Qc5 Kg7 36. Qb4 Rac8 37. Rc1 h5 38. Nd3 Rg8 39. Nc5 Ra8 40. Nxe6+
Qxe6 41. Bc5 Kh6 42. Qxb7 Rad8 43. Rxd8 Rxd8 44. a6 Bh4 45. a7 Qxc4 46. Bf8+
Kg5 47. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Yeo, Michael"]
[Black "Morgan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. g4 Rfc8 14. gxh5 Nxh5
15. Bh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. exf5 Nxf3 20. Qd5
Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Ne5 22. fxg6 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Rxc3 24. gxf7 Nc4 25. f8=Q+ Kxf8 26.
Qc8+ Kg7 27. Rhg1+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Erichsen, D."]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 d6 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. a4 a6 11. b4 Bb6 12. b5 a5 13. Ba2 O-O 14. Kh1 Ng4 15.
Nc4 Bc5 16. f4 Qh6 17. Bg1 Be6 18. f5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. f6
gxf6 22. Rf3 Qxe4 23. Bd3 Qe5 24. Rh3 Ng6 25. Nf5 Qxc3 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Bxg6
Qxh3 28. gxh3 fxg6 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. h4 Re8 31. h5 Re5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Ra2 c6
34. Nc3 Bb4 35. Rc2 Rfe7 36. Kg2 Rg5+ 37. Kh1 Rge5 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Noyce, Robert"]
[Black "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3
Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Kh1 Nh6
15. b3 Nf5 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. c3 Qa5 19. Ne4 f6 20. exf6 exf6 21.
Naxc5 Rae8 22. Nd7 Rxe4 23. dxe4 Re8 24. Rbe1 Rxe4 25. Qd2 h5 26. c4 Qxd2 27.
Bxd2 Rd4 28. Bc3 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxd7 30. Re6 Rd3 31. Rc1 Bh6 32. Rc2 Ne3+ 33.
Rxe3 Bxe3 34. Bxf6 Rd2+ 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Bd4 a6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39.
Bb6 Be1 40. Bc5 Bc3 41. b4 g5 42. a4 g4 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. axb5 Be5
46. Bg1 h4 47. b6 h3 48. b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Jones, H Trevor"]
[Black "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rad1 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Bh3 16. Qd3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6 18. Qd5 Rfe8 19. f3 Re5 20. Qxc6 bxc6
21. Rf2 a5 22. Re2 f5 23. Rde1 Rae8 24. Kf2 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. fxe4 c5 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. Kf3 Ke5 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Kf3
Kg5 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kf4 h6 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Ke3 Ke5 40.
Kd3 h5 41. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Bg5 Re8 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. f3 Kc8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6+ Rxe6 13. Rd3 b6
14. Rhd1 Bd6 15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Kb7 17. Ne2 c5 18. Bf4 Bxf4+ 19. Nxf4 Re5 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Re7 22. Rd7 Rae8 23. R1d2 Kc8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jones, Iolo"]
[Black "Berry, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O g6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Ne1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. f4 Nc6
15. f5 O-O 16. Nef3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nfxe5 dxe5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Na5 Bc8
21. Bc4 Bd7 22. Qd2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bf8 24. Rd1 Be8 25. Bb3 Kh7 26. Qd3 Rb8 27.
Qa6 Rb6 28. Qc8 Bg7 29. Nc4 Rc6 30. Qd8 Rc7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Rd6 h5 33. g3 g5
34. Nd2 Bf7 35. h3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Bd1 Bh5 38. Nc4 Kg6 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Rc6
Rd7 41. Ba4 Rd3 42. Rxc5 Bf8 43. Rc8 Bh6 44. Bc2 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Bg6 46. Rg8 Bg7
47. Nd2 Re3 48. Kf2 Bh6 49. c4 Kf7 50. Rh8 Bf4 51. c5 Ke7 52. c6 Be8 53. c7 Bb5
54. Bd1 Rd3 55. gxf4 g3+ 56. Kg1 Bd7 57. Ba4 Rxd2 58. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Na6 10. O-O Nxc5 11. h3 Be6 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bh2 a6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Rd2 Rxd2 {(Draw offer)} 19. Qxd2
Qf5 20. Bb8 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. b3 Bf6 23. Ba7 Qc6 24. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Borg, Andy"]
[Black "Okike, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qh5
15. h3 Qh4 16. Be1 Qh6 17. Nd5 Re8 18. f5 Ne3 19. Rf3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 a6 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bd7 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. e5 b5 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Bc6 27. Rg3 Kh8
28. fxg6 Rg8 29. Rf1 hxg6 30. Rf7 Rbe8 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Rg4 Ref8 33. Rxf8 Qxf8
34. Bxg6 Qf6 35. Bf7 Rxg4 36. Qxg4 Kh7 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qxd5 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+
40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qc5+ 45. Qd4+ Qxd4+
46. cxd4 Kf6 47. Kf2 d5 48. Ke3 Kf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 d5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe1
Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Qb6 10. Be2 d4 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Rh3 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxb5 Rad8 17. Bd3 Qg5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Rf1 g6 20. e4 Nh5 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Bc1 Bd6 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Rg3 Qh5 25. Rg4 e5 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Ng5 28.
Qd1 Be7 29. Be2 Qh3 30. d3 f6 31. Rf2 h5 32. Rh4 Qd7 33. g4 hxg4 34. Bxg4 f5
35. exf5 gxf5 36. Bh3 Qc6+ 37. Rg2 Rf7 38. Qh5 Rg7 39. Bxf5 Qf3 40. Qxf3 Nxf3
41. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Black "Pearce, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 {(0.56)} 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. O-O d5 9. Re1 d4 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ne7 14.
Be3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Qg4 Rfd8 18. f4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nf8 23. Ba4 Bc8 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Bc6 Nb8 26.
Ba8 Bd7 27. b3 Kf8 28. e5 Nc6 29. Na4 Nd4 30. Nb6 Bb5 31. Nc8 Nc2 32. Nxe7 Nxe3
33. Kxe3 {(Draw offer)} 33... Kxe7 34. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe1 Bg6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 Rad8 13. Rd2 Nf8 14. Qa1 d4 15.
Na4 c5 16. b4 b6 17. Bc1 e5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nh4 Bd6 20. Nxg6 Nxg6 21. Qb1 {
(Draw offer)} 21... Rb8 22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Nxb2 h6 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. e4 Qc7 26. Bd2
Rb8 27. Na4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Walden-Jones, Andrew"]
[Black "Compton, Alastair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nb5 Qb8 8. Nd6+
Kf8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bf4 Nge7 11. Ng5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ngf7 Nd5 14. Bh6+ Kg8
15. O-O-O Nd8 16. Nxh8 Qxd6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg4 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf7 20. Bf4 e5
21. Bd2 Bg7 22. h4 Qd5 23. Kb1 d6 24. Qe2 Be6 25. b3 Qc5 26. h5 g5 27. f4 g4
28. Rdf1 Rc8 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. Bxf5 Rc6 32. Qxg4 d3 33. Bxd3 e4 34.
Qxe4 Rc8 35. h6 Bh8 36. Rf1 Qh5 37. Qe6 Rf8 38. Bg6 Qh2 39. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Kings He"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Chalk, Selena"]
[Black "Powell, Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nb8 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Bg3 Rd8 14. Bh7+ Kf8 15.
Ng4 Nf6 16. Nge5 Bd7 17. Bf4 Be8 18. g4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd7 20. Nf3 Rdc8 21. Kh1
Qd8 22. Rg1 g5 23. Bg3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Kg7 25. Bd3 c4 26. Be2 Ne4 27. Rg2 f6 28.
Nf3 Bg6 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Qc1 Qc6 31. Ng1 b5 32. a3 a5 33. f3 Nd6 34. Bd1 Nf7 35.
h4 Nh8 36. h5 Be8 37. Bc2 b4 38. e4 Ra6 39. exd5 exd5 40. Qe3 Qe6 41. Qxe6 Rxe6
42. Bf5 Rec6 43. Bxc8 Rxc8 44. Re2 Bf8 45. Re6 bxc3 46. bxc3 a4 47. Bd6 Kf7 48.
Rae1 Rc6 49. Rxf6+ Kxf6 50. Bxf8 Kf7 51. Bb4 Re6 52. Rxe6 Kxe6 53. Ne2 Bc6 54.
Ng3 Kf7 55. Nf5 Bd7 56. Ne3 Be6 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Kg3 Nf7 59. f4 gxf4+ 60. Kxf4
Ng5 61. Nf5+ Bxf5 62. Kxf5 Ne4 63. Ke5 Nf6 64. Bd6 Kf7 65. Kf5 Ne4 66. Bb4 Kg7
67. Ba5 Kf7 68. Ke5 Nf6 69. Bc7 Nxg4+ 70. Kxd5 Ne3+ 71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Na3 e5 8. Nc4
exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Bg5 Qxd5 12. Rc1 c6 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. b3 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Nce5 Qe7 18. Ng4 Nbd5 19. Re2 Qf8 20. Nge5 h6 21.
Bh4 g5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Nb4 24. Bb1 Rxd4 25. Rce1 Nbd5 26. Nf3 Rb4 27.
Bg3 Nc3 28. Rd2 Nxb1 29. Bd6 Nxd2 30. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rxf8 32. Kh2 Rb5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne1
b5 9. f4 c4 10. e5 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nd7 12. Nef3 cxd3 13. cxd3 a5 14. h4 b4 15. Re1
Ba6 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. d4 Ba7 20. Ne3 Qb6 21. Nc2 b3 22.
axb3 Qxb3 23. Rb1 a4 24. Re3 Qb6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Qxf1 Rfc8 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qd2
Na5 29. Rc3 Nb3 30. Qe3 Rc7 31. f5 exf5 32. Qh6 Rxc3 33. bxc3 f6 34. Nb4 Rd8
35. Re1 Bb8 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Ng5 Bxg3 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qh7+ Kf8
41. Ne6+ Ke8 42. Re2 Nc1 43. Nxd5 Qxh4+ 44. Qxh4 Bxh4 45. Rc2 Rxd5 46. Nc7+ Kf7
47. Nxd5 Bg5 48. Nb4 a3 49. d5 Be3 50. Kg2 f4 51. Kf3 g5 52. Rh2 Kf6 53. Kg4
Ke7 54. Rh7+ Kd6 55. Rh6+ Kc5 56. d6 Kb6 57. Rh8 a2 58. Nxa2 Nd3 59. Nb4 Ne5+
60. Kf5 Nf7 61. d7 Kc7 62. Rh7 Nd6+ 63. Ke6 Nb7 64. d8=Q+ Kxd8 65. Rxb7 f3 66.
Nd5 Kc8 67. Rf7 g4 68. Nxe3 g3 69. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5 c6 6. h6 Bf8 7. Bg5 e6 8. d5 Bc5
9. Nh3 e5 10. d6 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Na4 Na6 13. b4 Bd4 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 b5
16. e3 bxa4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rb8 19. c5 Qe8+ 20. Kd1 Qf7 21. Bc4 Nd5 22.
Re1 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Re8 24. Re7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7 f4 26. Qd4 Ba6 27. Ng5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. Bc2 b6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ba2 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Rfe1 Bf6 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. b4 Nc6 27. h3
Nce7 28. Bg5 Rd8 29. Qg3 Qa4 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Qh4 h5 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Bxd5 exd5
34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Rxd5 Qxa3 36. Qxg6+ Rf7 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. a4 Ne8 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15.
Qc2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Rf1 Bg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 g6 20. Bh2 Bc8 21. e5
Ba6 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxa6 c4 24. a5 Nf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bxc4 Be3+ 27. Kh1
Qg5 28. Rf1 f4 29. Qe4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Rac8 33. d6
Kg7 34. a6 g5 35. Re4 Rc5 36. Kg1 Re8 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rexe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5+
40. Kd4 f6 41. Bd5 Re1 42. Kc5 Ke8 43. Kc6 Kd8 44. c4 Rb1 45. c5 f5 46. Be6 f4
47. Bg4 Rb2 48. Bf3 Rb3 49. Kd5 Rd3+ 50. Kc4 Rd2 51. Kc3 Ra2 52. c6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Black, Richard"]
[Black "White, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. f4 d4 12. Nd5 Bxd2 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd2
Bd7 15. f5 c5 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. g4 h6 19. Rg1 Qg5 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. h4
Qf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rgf1 Re8 24. Rxf4 Re5 25. Kg2 Rae8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27. g5
hxg5 28. hxg5 Ke7 29. Rh1 f6 30. g6 Kd6 31. Rh7 R5e7 32. Rfh4 Ke5 33. Bc4 Kd6
34. Be6 Rf8 35. Kf4 Be8 36. Bd5 Rc7 37. Rh8 Rxh8 38. Rxh8 Re7 39. Rf8 Kd7 40.
Bc4 Kd6 41. Bb5 Bd7 42. Rd8 Kc7 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. Bxd7 Kxd7 45. e5 fxe5+ 46.
Kxe5 Ke7 47. f6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Tan, Desmond"]
[Black "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. h3 Na5 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxb3
15. cxb3 d5 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Rfe1 d4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxe4 f6 22. Rc4 Rfe8 23. Rec1 Rd7 24. Rc8 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 h6
27. Kf1 Re7 28. f3 Qd5 29. Qc4 Qxc4+ 30. Rxc4 g6 31. fxg6 Kg7 32. Ke2 Kxg6 33.
Rc8 h5 34. b4 Kf5 35. Rh8 Kg5 36. Rg8+ Kf5 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Rc8 h4 39. Kd3 Kf5
40. Rg8 Rc7 41. Rg4 Rh7 42. Rg8 Ke6 43. f4 Kf5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Rf8+ Ke6 46.
Ke4 Rg7 47. Re8+ Kf6 48. Rxe5 Rxg2 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52.
Rd5 Rxb2 53. Rxd4 Rb3 54. Kf4 Rxh3 {(Draw offer)} 55. Rd6+ Kh5 56. Rd5+ Kg6 57.
Rd6+ Kh5 58. Rb6 Ra3 59. a5 h3 60. Rxb7 Rb3 61. Kf5 Rf3+ 62. Ke4 Rf6 63. Rh7+
Kg4 64. Rg7+ {(Draw offer)} 64... Kh4 65. Ke5 Rf1 66. Rg6 h2 67. Rxa6 Kg5 68.
Ra8 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd7"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Chan, Nevil"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. c3 c5
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nc4 a6 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Ne3 Na5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Qd1 e6 17. Qc2 c4 18. axb5 Nb3 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. bxa6 d5 21. exd6 Nxd6
22. Ng5 Rae8 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 Nc5 27. a7 Qxa7
28. Qf2 Qa1+ 29. Bf1 Nd3 30. Qg2 Qxb2 31. Qh3 h6 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Nf3 Qxc3 34.
Qg6 Qf6 35. Qh5 Ne5 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jones, Iolo"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rad1 b5 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. e4
cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Bd3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qe2
Nd5 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Qe4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Bf4 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bf6 27. Qc2
Nb4 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Qxb4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. a4
Nd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bh6 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 f6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Rxc4 Nd7 17. Nd2 Qh6 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. e5 Bf5 20. g4 Nxe5 21.
gxf5 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Kh8 23. d6 exd6 24. Nxd6 Rf8 25. Bxb7 gxf5 26. Bd5 f4 27.
Kh1 Qh5 28. Qe6 f3 29. Nf5 Qh3 30. Ne3 Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Rb8 32. h4 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rb4
34. a5 Rxh4 35. a6 Ra4 36. Bc4 f5 37. Bf1 f4 38. Nc4 Rxa6 39. Ne5 Ra3 40. Bc4
Kg7 41. Kh2 Rc3 42. Bd5 a5 43. Nxf3 a4 44. Ng5 a3 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Nxf4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Borg, Andy"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8.
Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. c4 Nac6
15. d5 Nd8 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. a4 Rf6 18. Be1 Rh6 19. f4 {(Draw offer)} 19... exf4
20. exf4 Nf7 21. Qf3 Re8 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Bc3 Nd6 24. Ng3 Ng8 25. Nh5 Nf6 26.
Nxf6 gxf6 27. Rfe1 Kg7 28. a5 Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Re1 Bf7 31. Qe3 b5 32.
axb6 axb6 33. Rb1 Ne4 34. Be1 Bg6 {(Draw offer)} 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Bg3 f5 37.
Qc3 Bh5 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Ra1 Be2 40. Ra8 Bxc4 41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Neil, David"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. a4 Bd7 8. O-O Be7
9. h3 Rb8 10. c3 a6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5
Nd5 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Ndb4 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc2 23. Ra7 Bc5 24. Rxc7 Bxd4 25. Nb5 Bxe5 26. Rd7 h6 27. Rf2 Nb4
28. b3 Rbd8 29. Rfd2 Nc6 30. Ba3 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Ra8 32. Rd3 Bf6 33. Bd6 Ra2+ 34.
Kg3 Rb2 35. Ba3 Be5+ 36. Kf3 Rb1 37. Ke4 Bf6 38. Nd6 Ne5 39. Re3 Nc6 40. c5 Bd4
41. Rg3 Bf2 42. Rc3 Bd4 43. Rg3 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Black "Upton, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Rc8 8. Nc2
Nf5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Bd3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Ng5 Rh8
15. Qf3 Nd8 16. a4 Nf5 17. a5 Qb3 18. Bxf5 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 exf5 20. Ne3 Rh6 21.
Ng2 Rg6 22. Kh1 Rgc6 23. Bd2 Be6 24. Bc3 Be7 25. h4 Bd7 26. Kh2 Rh6 27. Rh1 Bb5
28. Bd2 Rh8 29. Kg3 Ne6 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. Kxf4 Rc2 32. Rac1 Rxb2 33. Kxf5 Kd7
34. Kf4 Bd3 35. Ke3 Be4 36. e6+ Kxe6 37. Rhg1 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 Rxd2 39. Rc7 Bf6
40. Re1+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Noyce, Robert"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd4 a6
15. Qe2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. d3 h6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Bb3
Qd6 22. Rbd1 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bb5 27. Bd3
Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qe6 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30. Re1 f5 31. e5 Red8 32. Qb2 Qd5 33. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Walden-Jones, Andrew"]
[Black "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nb6 6. Bb3 c5 7. d3 Bd7 8.
Bf4 Bc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 N8d7 12. a4 Nf6 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Nce4
Qe7 15. c3 Rd8 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Qc2 h5 18. Ne2 h4 19. f3 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Nxe4 21.
dxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ke7 23. Qc1 f6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Nd3 Rh5 27. f4
c4 28. Nb4 Qc5 29. Kf2 Bxe4 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. a6 b6 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rd4 Bc6 34.
g3 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 g6 36. Ke3 Ba8 37. g4 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rh8 39. Kd4 Rd8+ 40. Ke3
Rxd2 41. Kxd2 Kd6 42. Ke3 e5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Nc2 Bc6 45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Nf3+
Kd5 47. Nd4 Bxg4 48. Nb5 Bc8 49. Nc7+ Kc6 50. Ne8 f5 51. Kf4 Bxa6 52. Kg5 Bc8
53. Nf6 Kb5 54. Kxg6 Ka4 55. Nd5 Kb3 56. Kg5 Kxb2 57. Kf4 Bb7 58. Nc7 Bc6 59.
Kxf5 Kxc3 60. Ke5 Kb2 61. Kd6 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Powell, Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ne7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Na3 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bc3
Bc5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Nf3
Rc7 21. Qf4 Rd7 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qh6 g5 26. f4 f6 27. f5
Qa6 28. Rg1 fxe5 29. Nxe6 Rf7 30. Bxe5 d4 31. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Shepley, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. O-O Ne5
15. e4 Nfg4 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh5 Nh6 21.
Nh4 Bd4 22. Nd5 Qxe4 23. Bf3 Qc2 24. Rad1 Bxb2 25. Nb6 Nxh4 26. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 27.
Qxf3 Qxc8 28. Qb3+ Nf7 29. Qxb2 Bc6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 a4 32. Re1 Qf5 33. h3
h6 34. Re7 Ng5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qc7 Qg6 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. f3 Nd2 39. Re1 Qd3 40.
Qd6 Qc2 41. Kg1 Qc3 42. Rd1 Nc4 43. Qd3+ Qxd3 44. Rxd3 b5 45. Bd6 Be8 46. Bb4
Bf7 47. f4 f5 48. Rd7 Be8 49. Re7 Bc6 50. Bc3 Be4 51. Rxg7+ Kh8 52. Bd4 Bc2 53.
Kh2 Bb3 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Bc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Punnett, Alan"]
[Black "Morris, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 c5 2. e4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Bg5 Nb4 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Ne3 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6
Ncd5 15. O-O-O Na2+ 16. Kb1 Nac3+ 17. bxc3 Nxc3+ 18. Kc1 Nxd1 19. Nxd1 Re8 20.
g3 Bd7 21. Bg2 Re6 22. Ba3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne3 f6 25. Rd1 Rac8 26. Rd2
Re8 27. Rd7 b6 28. Nd5 Kh8 29. Kb2 a5 30. Kb3 Rec8 31. c3 h5 32. Rb7 Rd8 33.
Rxb6 Rxb6+ 34. Nxb6 Rd2 35. Bc5 Kg8 36. h4 Kf7 37. Nc4 Rd5 38. Bb6 g5 39. Bxa5
gxh4 40. gxh4 f5 41. Bb6 Ke6 42. Kb4 f4 43. a5 Kd7 44. a6 Kc6 45. a7 Kb7 46.
Bc5 Rd1 47. Nxe5 Rh1 48. Ng6 Rg1 49. Nxf4 Rg4 50. Be3 Rxh4 51. Kb5 Rh1 52. Nd5
Rb1+ 53. Kc4 Ra1 54. Kd3 h4 55. Nf4 Rh1 56. Ke4 h3 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Johnston, Dafydd"]
[Black "Stimpson, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Ng8 6. c3 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. exd6
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Bb1 b5 15.
Qd2 Ng4 16. a3 Bb7 17. axb4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxh2 19. Kg2 f5 20. Bf4 Nxf1 21. Kxf1
Bxb4 22. Ba2 Rf6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. d5 Qb7 25. dxe6 Qxf3 26. e7+ Kh7 27. Bd5 Qh3+
28. Bg2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Morgan, Michael"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. h4 h5 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Ng5 e6 10. Bf4 a6 11. f3 Nge5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
Qe7 16. c3 Bh6 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Qf2 O-O 21. g4 Ne5
22. Ke2 Nxg4 23. Qg3 bxc3 24. Rh4 Rb8 25. Bc2 Rxb2 26. Rc1 e5 27. Rxh5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fish, Andrew"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. a4 Qc4 12. Qxc4 bxc4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Rfb1
a6 15. Rb2 O-O 16. Nf1 Rab8 17. Rab1 Nc6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Ne3 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Nxe3
21. Bxe3 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Bxc7 Nf6 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. Ba5 f5 27.
Ke2 Kf7 28. Kd2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Re8 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Qe1 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15.
Qg3 Nd7 16. e5 Rb8 17. Bd4 d5 18. f5 Bf8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bf5 Rb4
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rf4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. c3 Rxb2 26. Raf1 Reb8 27. Qh3 Qc4
28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. Qe7 R2b7 31. Qd6 g5 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. Qxb8+ Rf8 34.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qe8 Qf1+ 36. Bg1 Qf5 37. Bd4 g4 38. Kg1 e3 39. Bxe3 Qxe5 40. Kf2
Qf5+ 41. Kg3 h5 42. Kh4 e5 {(Draw offer)} 43. Bg5 Kg7 44. Qc6 Kf7 45. Kxh5 Be7
46. Qd5+ Kg7 47. Qd2 e4 48. Qd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Sinnett, Glyn"]
[Black "Jones, H Trevor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Rac8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf2 f5 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Ke2 Ba6+ 26. Kd2 f6
27. Bc6 e5 28. Kc3 {(Draw offer)} 28... Bf1 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Ke1 Bd3 31. Kf2 Kf7
32. Ke1 Ke6 33. Kd2 Be4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. g4 exf4 36. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Lusher, Claire"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Nd7 7. Re1+ Ne7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bf7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qa4+ Kf8
15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Nbd2 a6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Nbd4 g6 21. Re2
Nc6 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Nb4 24. Qe2 Nxd3 25. Rxf6+ Kg7 26. Qe6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1
Nf4 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Nc6 9. c5 Nd5 10. Nc3 e5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. Qb3 Qf5
15. Be3 b6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Qa4 bxc5 {(Draw offer)} 19. Qxa7 Rb6
20. Rfe1 Ra6 21. Bxc5 Rxa7 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxa7 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Be5 25. a4 Rd8
26. a5 Ba6 27. Be3 Rb8 28. g3 h5 29. Rc6 Bb7 30. a6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Black "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Rb8 12. Ne2 e5 13. f3 d6 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Rab1 Be6 16. f4 Ne8 17. f5 Bd7 18. f6 Qb3 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 f5 21. Ng3 e4
22. Nh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Headlong, Tim"]
[Black "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rd2 Bf8
15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Ne2 Bb4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ng3 Bc5 20. Qb3 Bd4 21.
Kh2 Kg7 22. a3 Nc5 23. Qc2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ne6 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qc3 Qd6 27. b4
b6 28. Be2 h5 29. Bd3 c5 30. b5 h4 31. Nh1 Ng5 32. Nf2 Kg8 33. a4 Nd7 34. Kg1
Nf6 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Kg1 Nh5 37. Qc2 Ng3 38. Qb3 Kg7 39. Qc2 Kh7 40. Qb3 f6 41.
Qc2 Kg7 42. Qb1 Qe6 43. Nh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Devereaux, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. exd6 exd6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bf4 a6
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Rb6 Rac8 19. Qb1 Nd8 20. Rc1 Qa4 21.
Rd6 Ne6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qa3 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxg6 Rf6 26. Ne5 b5 27. Rf1
Qxc3 28. Qd1 Rc7 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qxe6 Qxd4 32. Qh6 Rf5 33. Nf3
Rxf3 34. gxf3 Rg7+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 b4 12. Nd1 Nd4 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bb7
15. f4 d6 16. Ne3 f5 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. exf5 exf5 20. Nc4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Nc6 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Nd4 25. Rxd6 Nxc2 26. Ra5 Rfd8 27.
Kf2 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. e4
d6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 a5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Be3 g6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Ncd7 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qb2 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 h5 21. f3 h4
22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Nf1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Qxa8 25. Bb5 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bd8 27. Bg5 h3 28.
Qc8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Jones, Nicholas"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nce2 Bb7 10. Ng3 h5 11. Re1 h4 12. Nf1 h3 13. g3 d6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Nb5
Qd8 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbd7 18. b4 d5 19. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Smith, Lucy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Qc7 9. d4 Rd8 10. Be3 Na5 11. Rb1 Nc4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 Nb6 15.
Nb5 Qd7 16. Na3 Qe8 17. c3 Be7 18. Qe3 c4 19. Rbe1 Bd7 20. Nb1 Bc6 21. f4 Rac8
22. Kh2 Rc7 23. Nd2 e5 24. d5 Bb5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Kh1 Na4 27. Rb1 Nc5 28. fxe5
Bxe5 29. Ned4 Ba6 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Nf5 b6 32. g4 Nd3 33. h4 Nf4 34. h5 f6 35.
Rf2 Bc8 36. d6 Rcd7 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. dxe7 Qxe7 39. Bf3 Nd3 40. Rd2 Ba6 41.
Rbd1 Qd7 42. Be2 Qb5 43. b3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Berry, Steve"]
[Black "Cooper, Andrew C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Bc6 12. Rd1 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 Nc7 15. h5
Qd7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. a4 Nc4
22. Bc2 Rf7 23. b3 Nb6 24. Be3 Raf8 25. Rac1 a6 26. Bd3 Ra8 27. Rf1 Nd7 28. f4
Raf8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nh5 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. e6 Rf6 33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. Bxf5
Qh4 35. Qe5 Qh6 36. Rc3 Qd2 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Bxh7 Kxh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qh3+
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Easton, Alex"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D69"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 b5 17. Bb3 b4 18. f6 gxf6 19. Rxc6 Bb7 20. Rcxf6 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qe1 Qg5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 {(Draw offer)} 24. hxg3 Rad8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7
26. Rxf7 Be4 27. Kg1 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Kg7 30. Ke3 Bxg2 31. Kd4 Kf6 32.
Kc5 Kg5 33. Bd1 Bh3 34. Kxb4 Bg4 35. Ba4 Be6 36. Bd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. d4
Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O-O c6 11. h3 Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. Rdg1 Nf8 14. Ba3 e4 15.
Nd2 a6 16. h4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh3 b5 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Qxe4 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. Rgh1 d5 24. f4 bxc4 25. Qh2 Ng6 26. Bc2 gxf4 27. exf4 Qe2
28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxb8 Bxg4 32. Rb7+ Kg8 33. bxc4
dxc4 34. Bc3 c5 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. dxc5+ Kf7 37. c6 Re8 38. Be5 Rc8 39. c7 Ke6
40. Kd2 Kd5 41. Kc3 Bf5 42. Rh2 Kc5 43. Rb2 a5 44. Rb7 Kc6 45. Rb8 Kc5 46. Bd4+
Kc6 47. Bb6 Kb5 {(Draw offer)} 48. a3 a4 49. Bd4+ Kc6 50. Be5 Kd5 51. Rb5+ Ke6
52. Kxc4 Bc2 53. Kd4 Ke7 54. Rb4 Kd7 55. Kc5 Re8 56. Rb8 Rc8 57. Kd4 Bd1 58.
Ke3 Bc2 59. Kf3 Bd1+ 60. Kg3 Bc2 61. Kh4 Bf5 62. Kg5 Bc2 63. Rb6 Rf8 64. Rd6+
Kc8 65. Rc6 Bd3 66. Rc5 Rf5+ 67. Kh6 Rf8 68. Ra5 Be4 69. Rxa4 Bc6 70. Rb4 Bb7
71. Kxg6 Rg8+ 72. Kf6 Rf8+ 73. Ke7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Pearce, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O {
(Draw offer)} 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf4 Qd7 13.
Re1 Na5 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nac6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Okike, David"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. f3 b6 13. Nb5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2
Ne8 15. Be3 Bb7 16. c4 Ba6 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rc1 h6 20. g3 Kf8 21. f4
Ke7 {(Draw offer)} 22. Nd1 Nc7 23. Nf2 Bb7 24. Bf3 Ke8 25. Rcd1 Be7 26. Bd4 Bf8
27. a4 Na6 28. Kb2 Nc5 29. Re2 f5 30. Bh5+ Kd7 31. exf5 exf5 32. Re3 Ne4 33.
Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bf7 Rc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. Be6 g6 37. Bf6 Bg7 38. Bd5+ Bxd5 39. cxd5+
Kb7 40. Bxg7 Rxg7 41. Rg1 fxg4 42. Rxg4 g5 43. h4 Rf8 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. fxg5
Rf5 46. g6 Rxd5 47. b4 Rf5 48. b5 Rf6 49. Reg3 a6 50. Kb3 axb5 51. axb5 Re6 52.
Kc4 Kc7 53. Rg5 Kd7 54. Kd5 Rf6 55. Ra3 Rgxg6 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. Rxg6 Rxg6 58.
Kc6 d5+ 59. Kxd5 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Humphreys, Jerry"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Nbxd4 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 a6 11. c3 Bg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qc2
Qc7 15. h3 h6 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. Rae1 Qf4 19. Bd3 g6 20. g3 Qg5 21.
h4 Qh5 22. Ne3 d4 23. Be2 Qa5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Nxg4 Bg7 26. Qd2 dxc3 27. bxc3
h5 28. Ne3 Rfe8 29. Nd1 Red8 30. Qc2 Rd7 31. Re2 Rad8 32. Rfe1 Kf8 33. Re4 Qf5
34. Qe2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Compton, Alastair"]
[Black "Richards, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Qd2 Nc6 10. f4 Bh7 11. Na4 Qb4 12. Nxc5 Qxb2 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 Bxc5 15.
dxc5 Nb4 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Bb5+ Nbc6 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Kd2 Be4 20. Rhg1 Rab8 21. h5
a6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb6 d4 25. Bxd4 Rfd8 26. Ke3 Bxc2 27. Rg2
Ba4 28. Rgb2 Rxb6 29. cxb6 c5 30. Bxc5 Bc6 31. Bd6 Rd7 32. Rc2 Bb7 33. Kd4 f6
34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. bxc7 Kf7 36. Kc5 g5 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Be5+ Ke7 39. fxg5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Black "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. a3 f6 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 Qc7
9. Bf4 Qb6 10. b5 Na5 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Qa4 Bd8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. O-O
a6 16. Rab1 Be7 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rxb5 Qd8 21. Rd5+
Nd7 22. Rxd7 Qb6 23. Rd8+ Kxd8 24. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 e5 11. Bxb6 d5 12. e4 Be6 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bf2 d4
15. Nc1 dxc3 16. bxc3 Ba3 17. Nge2 Ra5 18. c4 Bb4+ 19. Kd1 Ra3 20. Kc2 O-O 21.
Nb3 Rfa8 22. Kb2 Na5 23. Nxa5 R3xa5 24. a4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rhd1 Kf8 27.
Kb3 Ke7 28. Nc3 f6 29. Nd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 b6 31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Rad1 R5a7 33. Bc6
Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Ra5 35. Bd5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Qd2 f5 8. f3 Nf6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O-O fxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Nh3 Kh8
15. Bxg7+ Qxg7 16. g3 Bd7 17. Nf2 a6 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 c5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
Rhe1 Rad8 22. Rd2 d5 23. Nfd1 Rd7 24. Ne3 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Black "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd1
Bd7 16. Nec3 Nh7 17. Be2 Qh4+ 18. Nf2 b5 19. O-O b4 20. Ncd1 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22.
exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne3 Nh6 24. g3 Qf6 25. a5 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Re7 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Bd3
Bb5 29. Nc4 Rae8 30. b3 Ng4 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Nxf2 34. Qxf2
Qc3 35. Qb2 Nf6 36. Qxc3 bxc3 37. Bc2 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Ng4 {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Wooldridge, Leon"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4 f6
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. a3 Qxd4 14. axb4 Ndxe5
15. Be2 Qxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Nxb4 17. Be3 b6 18. Bd4 Nec6 19. Bc3 e5 20. Bb3 a5 21.
Ke2 Ba6+ 22. Kd2 Kh8 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Nh3 Rae8 25. Rad1 e4 26. Nd4 e3+ 27. Ke1
Nd3+ 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Bxd5 Rc8 30. Bb3 Rc1+ 31. Bd1 Re8 32. Nf4 Re4 33. Nfe2
Rb1 34. b3 h6 35. Rf1 Kh7 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. Nxf4 Ba6 38. Nd5 Bb7 39. Nxe3 Be4
40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nexc2 Rb1 43. Kd3 Rh1 44. Nf3 Kg6 {
etc (77 moves) - illegible} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3
d6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a3 Qb7 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 cxb4 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qxb4 Qxb4
15. Bxb4 Ba4 16. Nb6 Bb3 17. Bb5+ Nfd7 18. Ne2 e6 19. Nd4 Ba2 20. O-O g6 21.
Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ra1 Bg7 23. Nc6 O-O 24. Rxa2 Nb8 25. Bxd6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Rd8 27.
c7 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rxd6 29. c8=Q+ Kg7 30. Qc7 Be5 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. g3 h5 33. Bd3
f5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Re1 g5 13. Rxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxg5 Qd7
15. Qd2 f6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qf4 Bxd3 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Nd5 Qf5 20. Qd2 Bxc4 21.
Nxd4 Qe5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Nb6 Be6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Re1 Qf5 26. h3 Bxa2 27.
Bxg7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 10. O-O-O e5 11. g4 Bxg4 12. fxg4 Nxg4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 c6 17. Rd2 cxd5 18. cxd5 h5 19. Kb1 a5 20. Bd3 Qe7 21.
Rc2 a4 22. Qc1 a3 23. bxa3 b4 24. a4 b3 25. Rc7 Qe5 26. axb3 Rxb3+ 27. Kc2 Rc3+
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tozer, Richard"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd3 b6 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Re2 Nh5 18. Bc2 f6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rd1
Qd6 22. Re3 Rab8 23. Rde1 e4 24. g3 Qf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Kg2 Red8 27. f3
exf3+ 28. Rxf3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Re3+ Kf7 31. Kf3 Nf6 {(Draw offer)} 32.
Bd3 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. h4 Nd6 35. b3 h6 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Ne2 g5 38. hxg5+
hxg5 39. Ng1 a5 40. Nf3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Taylor, Peter P"]
[Black "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 e5 11. f5 h5 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. Qe2 Qd8 14. Bc2 Nxh2
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Howell, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Be3 Na6 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5
Rac8 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rd1 Bh6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. g3 Be4 19. Rf1 e6 20. Ke2 Bf8
21. Ke3 Bxf3 22. Kxf3 Rd2 23. Rf2 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bc5+ 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. c3 Ke7
27. Bc2 Kd8 28. Be4 Kc7 29. a4 Bf8 30. h4 h6 31. Bf3 Be7 32. h5 g5 33. Be4 f5
34. exf6 Bxf6 35. f5 exf5 36. Bxf5 b5 37. axb5 Kb6 38. g4 Kxb5 39. Kd3 Kc5 40.
Ke4 b5 41. Be6 b4 42. cxb4+ Kd6 43. Bd5 Bxb2 44. b5 Bc1 45. b6 Bf4 46. b7 Kc5
47. Be6 Kb6 48. Bc8 Kc7 49. Kf5 Kd8 50. Be6 Ke7 51. Bd5 Bb8 52. Kg6 Kd6 53. Bf3
Ke5 54. Kxh6 Kf6 55. Bd5 Bd6 56. Kh7 Ke5 57. Bf3 Kf4 58. Bd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Donovan, Nigel"]
[Black "Black, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nf6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bb3 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. c3 Rad8 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Qf2 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. a3 Qb3
21. Qe2 e6 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bf6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qe2 h5 27.
Be3 Rd5 28. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

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 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 c4 13. Be2 Qe7 14. a4 Na5 15.
h4 Bd7 16. Qf4 O-O-O 17. Nh2 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg3 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng4
Qe7 22. Ne5 Rhg8 23. Bg4 Qf6 24. Re1 Rde8 25. Re3 Qf4 26. Rh1 Re7 27. Rh6 Qxg3
28. Rxg3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Rg8 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. Re3 Rge8 32. Re5 Nc6 33. Rxd5+ Kc7
34. Rxg5 b6 35. Rgg6 Nd8 36. f4 Kb7 37. Bf3+ Ka6 38. Rh5 Rf8 39. Ke3 Rf5 40. g4
Rxh5 41. gxh5 Ka5 42. h6 Kxa4 43. Rg7 Nf7 44. h7 a5 45. Rxf7 Rxf7 46. h8=Q Ka3
47. Qb8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd8"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Stille, Alex"]
[Black "Chan, Nevil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.22"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ng1
Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O Na5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nd7 15.
f5 Nf6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Bd4 Nd8 20. Qe2 Kf7 21. Nd3
Nc6 22. Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rac8 24. b4 Bd8 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rae1 Re8 27. Rf3 Kg8
28. Rfe3 Bc7 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qg6 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Nb5 a6 33. Nxc7 Rxc7 34.
a4 Ne4 35. c4 g5 36. cxd5 exd5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Red3 a5 39. Bc3 axb4 40. Bxb4
Nxc5 41. Rxd5 Ne4 42. Rb5 h5 43. Ba5 Rc4 44. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Berry, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
c3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 c5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf1 Rac8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rad1 a6
15. a4 Rfd8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. c4 Nd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Bf6 22. b3 Nf8 23. Qf5 Ng6 24. Ne4 Be5 25. h4 Rb8 26. Ng3 Bc3 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. h5 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7
34. Nxc5 Rc7 35. Nd3 Bf6 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. f4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Re4 bxc4 40.
bxc4 Bc3 41. Kf3 g6 42. Nf2 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kg7 44. f5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b6 10. Rfe1 Bb7 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Ba6 13. c6 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. f4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. a4 Qb4 18. b3 d4 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 h6 21. Rc4
Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qxa4 23. Nf3 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Ra1 d3 26. exd3 Rdxd3 27. Ne5
Rd2 28. g4 a4 29. Rxa4 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Rdd1 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. h3 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Ne4
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "McMichael, Rick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3
Nb6 15. Ka2 Na4 16. Bd2 b5 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Kb3 O-O
21. Re3 Rfc8 22. Rh3 g6 23. Bf1 d4 24. Be1 dxc3 25. Ka2 R6c7 26. Rd4 Bc6 27.
Rdh4 Bd5+ 28. Kb1 f5 29. exf6 Rf8 30. Rd4 Rxf6 31. Rdd3 Rf4 32. Rhe3 b4 33. g3
Rfc4 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. axb4 Rxb4+ 37. Kc1 d4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. f4
Nc5 40. Rd8 Ra4 41. Kb1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 d6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. Be2
O-O-O 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. e4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2
Bg5 15. Bc1 Rd6 16. Bc4 f5 17. Bd5 Qc3 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. O-O Qxc1 20. Nc4 Qc3 21.
Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Qh5 h6 23. h4 Bf4 24. Qg6 h5 25. Qxd6 Rh6 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27. Qe7+
Kc8 28. exf5 Qd3 29. Be6+ Nxe6 30. fxe6 Rg6 31. Qc5+ Kb8 32. e7 Qd7 33. g3 e4
34. Rc2 Rc6 35. Qxh5 Rxc2 36. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Tuddenham, David"]
[Black "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Re1 Rad8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Qe3 Rd6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Nxc6
Rxc6 21. Rc1 {(Draw offer)} 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 c6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Rc4 Rd5 25.
Qb3 Rb5 26. Rb4 Qf5 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Qc3 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. f3 Qe2+ 31. Kh3
Qc4 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Qe5 a6 35. b4 h6 36. g4 Qc6 37. Qe4 Qc7 38. f4
Qc3+ 39. Kh4 Qc6 40. Qxc6 bxc6 41. g5 Kh7 42. gxh6 (42. Kh5 $18) 42... Kxh6 43.
Kg4 Kg6 44. h4 Kf7 45. f5 exf5+ 46. Kxf5 g6+ 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Okike, David"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Ne2 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. c5
Rfe8 15. Nbc3 Re7 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. Rad1 b4 18. Nce2 Nd5 19. Nf4 Nc3 20. Rde1
Rd8 21. Nfe2 Kf8 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxd4 25. Qa5 Qd2 26. Qa3
Bc4 {#} 27. c6 Rd6 28. Ne4 Bxf1 29. Nxd2 Rxe1 30. h3 Bxg2+ 31. Kh2 Ke8 32. Kxg2
Rxd2+ 33. Kg3 Rg1+ 34. Kf4 Rgg2 35. Qxa6 Ke7 36. Qc8 g5+ 37. Kf5 Kd6 38. Qd7+
Kc5 39. Qxc7 Rd5+ 40. Kf6 Rd6+ 41. Kxf7 Rxc6 42. Qa5+ Kd6 43. b4 Rgc2 44. a4
R2c4 45. Kf6 Rf4+ 46. Kxg5 Rxf3 47. Qd8+ Ke6 48. Qg8+ Ke5 49. Qxh7 Rg3+ 50. Kh4
Rg1 51. Qe7+ Kf5 52. Qd7+ Re6 53. Qd5+ Re5 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. b5 Reg5 56. Qc4+
Kf5 57. b6 Rg8 58. Qd5+ Kf6 59. Qd4+ Kf7 60. b7 R1g6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. b8=Q Rh6+
63. Qxh6+ Kxh6 64. Qd6+ Kh7 65. a5 Kh8 66. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Compton, Alastair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Ng3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. d3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Rdg1 Qa6 13. Kb1 Rab8 14. h3
{#} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bxc4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Bc3 Rfd8 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. h3 Nxc3
15. Nxc3 Na5 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Bd3 18. Rd1 Bxc4 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bd5
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Qb3 b6 27.
Rc4 Qg5+ 28. Kh2 h6 29. Qc3 h5 30. Rc7 Qd5 31. Kg2 Qa2 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4
Rd7 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. h4 Kd8 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Kc7 39. Ke3 Kc6 40.
Kd3 Kd5 41. Kc3 a6 42. Kd3 b5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
Re8 9. b4 h6 10. e4 Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. Qd2 Nhg5 14. Nh2 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Nh7 18. Kh1 c6 19. d4 Qf6 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nef8
22. c5 Ng6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qe6 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. d5 {#} 27...
Qxe5 28. Bd4 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Rg2 Bxd4 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ng5 33.
h4 Ne6 $2 (33... Ne4) 34. Rbg1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Qc2
Rb8 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 h6 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Be2 Be6 15.
O-O b6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. c5 b5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Na5 Nxa5 21. Qxa5 c6
22. Nb4 Ra8 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Nd3 Qb8 25. b3 Be7 26. f4 f6 27. Qe1 a5 28. Qg3
Rf8 $2 29. f5 $1 {#} 29... gxf5 30. Qh3 Rf7 31. Bh5 Rg7 32. exf5 Bd5 33. Bg6+
Kg8 34. Bxh6 Nf8 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Nf2 $2 Nxg6 37. fxg6 Qh8 38. Qd7 Qe8 39.
Qxe8 Rxe8 40. Ng4 Kxg6 41. Ne3 Be6 42. g4 Kg5 43. Kf2 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Rc2
Kf4 46. h3 Rb8 47. Ng2+ Kg5 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. Ne3 Re4 50. Nf5 Bxf5 51. gxf5 Kxf5
52. Rd7 Bf8 53. Rc7 Bh6 54. Rxc6 Bf4+ 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Ra6 Rg3+ 57. Kf1 Rxh3 58.
Rxa4 Rh1+ 59. Ke2 Rh2+ 60. Kd3 e4+ 61. Kc3 Be5+ 62. Kb3 Rh8 63. Re2 Rh3+ 64.
Kc4 Rc3+ 65. Kb5 e3 66. Rc4 Rxc4 67. Kxc4 Ke4 68. a4 Bc7 69. Ra2 f5 70. a5 f4
71. a6 Bb8 72. c6 f3 73. c7 f2 74. Ra1 e2 75. cxb8=Q f1=Q 76. Qe8+ Kf3 77. Qf7+
Kg2 78. Qxf1+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Devereaux, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. O-O N8d7 12. Re1 Be7 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Rxd5 Rfd8
{(Draw offer)} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Be5 f6 25. Bc3 Kf7
26. g3 b5 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Ra4 29. Rd1 Rc4 30. Kg2 Ke6 31. b3 Rc2 32. Ra1
Kd5 33. Ra7 Bd6 34. Be3 Rc7 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. Rc8 Ke4 38. h4 g6 39.
Rc6 Be5 40. Rb6 Rd5 41. Rb7 h5 42. Rg7 Kf5 43. Rb7 Ke4 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Rb7 Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Headlong, Tim"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. c4 c5
9. e3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Qe8 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bc6 14. d5 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Bd7 16. f4 Nc7 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Qe2 e6 21. dxe6
Nxe6 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Qd2 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Rxe8+
Kxe8 28. Ne1 Bc6 29. Bxc6+ Nxc6 30. Nf3 Kd7 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Haydon, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 Bxb2 10. exd7 Bxd7 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. O-O c6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nc5 Bc8
15. Be2 Re8 16. b4 Qe7 17. Rb3 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Nd3 Nf6 21. Nf4
Bb7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne4 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. h4 b5 26. Bd3 c5 27. bxc5 Rxc5
28. Qa2 Nc3 29. Qa5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qxh4 31. Ng2 Qh3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Bf4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nc4 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Bc2 N7f6
15. a5 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Re1 g6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 {#} 19. Rxe6 Rc5 20. Re1 Rxa5
21. Rb1 N5f6 22. b4 Rh5 23. Qf3 Qc8 24. Bb3 Nb8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxf6 Qe8 27.
Rf1 Nd7 28. Qd6 Ne5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. f5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. h3
Re4 34. Bf2 f4 35. Bc2 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Re2 37. Qxf4 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Bd4 Re2
40. Bd3 Rd2 41. Bxa6 f5 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Chan, Nevil"]
[Black "Elliott, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. d3 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qh3 d4 14. e4 b5 15. Ndf3
h6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Qd6 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ra7 Rc7 23. Bc1 g6 24. Ne5 Qb6 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Ng4 f6 27. gxf6 Bd8 28.
Nh6+ (28. Qh6 $18) 28... Kh8 29. Ng4+ (29. f7 $18) 29... Kg8 30. f7+ Rbxf7 31.
Nh6+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. Qxg6+ Kd7 36. Qf7+ Kc8
37. Kg2 Bc7 38. h4 Qd6 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qxb5+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Witney"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Headlong, Fenella"]
[Black "Houska, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Nge2 c6 8.
O-O e6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Bh5 {(Draw offer)} 13. Nxh5
Qxh5 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nhf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6
Bd6 20. Re1+ Be7 21. Rf3 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. dxc5 Ne5 24. Rc3 Rc8 25. Bf4 h5 26.
Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf8 28. Rf5 f6 29. c6 Rd8 30. g3 h4 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32. Rf2
Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 b4 35. c7 bxc3 36. c8=Q+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38.
Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxc3 Bc5+ 40. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bg7 14. Ne4 Be6 15.
Qe2 b6 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. c4 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. e4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Walsh, Chris"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Ne4 Nc7 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. c3 c5 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Qxb7 Qb6
15. Qxa8 Bxe5 16. Qd5 Bf6 17. Bxg5 Rd8 18. dxc5 Qa5 19. Qb7 Bxg5 20. Rad1 Re8
21. Rd5 Bf4 22. g3 e6 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Rd4 Be5 26. Rd3 Bf6 27. b4
Nc6 28. Qa6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Bennett, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. a3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. c4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Qc7 Re8
15. Bf3 Qh3 16. Bb2 h5 17. Bg2 Qf5 18. e4 Qg4 19. Na4 e5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. f3 Qe6
22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Nxd7 Qb3 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qc3 Qe6 26. Qc4 Qb6+ 27. Qc5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8.
Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bc1 Be6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Bc2 Qe8
15. c4 exd4 16. exd4 Bd7 17. Qa3 Ng6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qc3 f4 20. Bxg6 fxe3 21.
Bd3 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bg4 24. Re1 Qf6+ 25. Ke3 Qh6+ 26. Nf4 Re8+ 27.
Be4 Qxh2 28. Qd2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Upton, Ian"]
[Black "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Ke7 11. Ne1 Rhf8 12. f3 Rad8 13. Nc4 h6 14. Nd3
Nd7 15. Rf2 Nb6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rd2 Nd4 19. Ne1 Nc6 20. c4 Rfd8
21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Nc2 Rcd8 23. Kf2 Nc8 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Rd3 N6e7 26. Nb4 Ng6 27.
g3 Nf8 28. Ke2 Nh7 29. c5 Nf6 30. cxd6 a5 31. Nc2 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Nxd6 34. Bb6 a4 35. bxa4 Nd7 36. Bc7 Nc4 37. Ne3 Nb2 38. Ng4 Nxa4 39. Nxe5+
Nxe5 40. Bxe5 g6 41. Bd4 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. f4 Nc5+ 44. Bxc5+ Kxc5 45. Kc3 h5
46. a4 Kb6 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. h3 Kd6 49. g4 h4 50. Kb5 g5 51. fxg5 Ke5 52. Kb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Musson, Adam"]
[Black "Noyce, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bf4 Ne7
9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15.
Re2 Qc7 16. Rae1 h6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 g5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. Bb5 Rd5 23. Bxc6+ bxc6 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Re4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Qc4 e6 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Qd4 Bg7 16. Qxa7 f5 17. exf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Kc7 19. Qa5+ Kd7 20. Rhe1
d5 21. c4 Qxc4 22. fxe6+ fxe6 23. Qb6 Qc6 24. Qxc6+ bxc6 25. Rd3 Rhg8 26. g3
Kd6 27. Rde3 Rg6 28. f4 Rb8+ 29. Kc1 Ra8 30. a3 Ra4 31. R1e2 c5 32. Kb2 c4 33.
Re5 Rf6 34. Re1 Ra6 35. Rh5 Kc5 36. Ka2 Kd4 37. Rhe5 c3 38. Rd1+ Kc4 {#} 39.
Rd3 $4 Rf7 40. Ree3 Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Wilson, Julie"]
[Black "Howard, Emily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc8 14. Nb5 Nc5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Bc6 19. Ne1 Be5 20. Nb5 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nb3+ 23. Kd1 Nxd2 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Kxd2 Rd8+ 26. Nd3
Kf8 27. h3 Ke7 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. f4 f6 30. Kf3 Rc8 31. g4 Rc2 32. e4 Bc5 33. e5
Bd4 34. exf6+ gxf6 35. b3 Rh2 36. Kg3 Re2 37. Bc4 Re3+ 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. a4 e5
40. h4 e4 41. Nb4 Rf3 42. f5 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 e3 44. Ba6 Be5+ 45. Kh3 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dickenson, Neil"]
[Black "Pigott, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Be5
f6 9. Qc2 fxe5 10. Qg6+ Ke7 11. Qxh5 exd4 12. Nb5 Bg7 13. h4 Bxf3 14. exf3 a6
15. Qg6 Rg8 16. hxg5 axb5 17. gxh6 Bf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qxe6 dxc4
21. h7 Rh8 22. O-O-O Qd6 23. Qc8+ Kf7 24. Qf5 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Qd6 13. Qg5 O-O 14. g4
Bg6 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Be8 17. h6 g6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Bc4 Nd7 20. Ne2 Nb6 21.
Bb3 Bc6 22. Rhf1 Nd5 23. c4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Nc3 Nxg4 27. c5 e3
28. Qe2 Nf2 29. dxe6 Bc6 30. Rd4 Rf5 31. Qxe3 Ng4 32. Qe1 Rxf1 33. Qxf1 Nxh6
34. Kb1 Nf5 35. Nd5 Qxc5 36. Rd1 Kg7 37. Qe1 {#} 37... Qd6 38. Nb6 (38. Qc3+)
38... Qxd1+ 39. Bxd1 axb6 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. e7 Nd6 42. Bb3+ Nf7 43. Qf4 Be8 44.
Qxc7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Black "Harley, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. f4 exf4 8.
Bxf4 Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. O-O Qc8 14. Ne4
O-O 15. Be3 Be8 16. Qc4 Qc7 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4
21. a3 Rb5 22. Bxd4 Rh5 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. Qc3 f6 25. b4 Bf7 26. Rf4 Bd5 27. Raf1
Qd7 28. R1f2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Swanson, Stephen"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nd4 Rac8 14. f3 a5
15. g4 a4 16. h4 Bd7 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Nce2 Rc4 19. Ng3 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rc1
a3 22. b3 Rc3 23. Nde2 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 d5 25. exd5 Bc5 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Nf4 Bf2
28. Ne4 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 e5 30. Nh5 Qg6 31. Nhg3 h5 32. d6 Rc6 33. Rd1 Kh8 34. Qd5
f5 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Qa5 Rc8 37. Qxa3 Ng7 38. Qa7 Ne6 39. Qxb7 Nc5 40. Nxc5
Rxc5 41. Ne4 Bf5 42. d7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Farndon, David"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 b6 8.
g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Ng4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. exf3 Ngxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 g5 20. Qd3 g4 21.
h4 Rae8 22. Bxf3 gxf3 23. Rfe1 Qg4 24. Kh2 Kf7 25. b4 Re2 26. Rxe2 fxe2 27. Re1
Re8 28. Kg2 Re6 29. f3 Qg6 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Qf6 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Kh3 h5
34. Kg2 c6 35. a4 Qe6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. b5 cxb5 38. axb5 d5 39. c5 d4 40. c6 Qe3+
41. Kg2 d3 42. Qa2+ Kf6 43. Qf2 Qc5 44. Qxc5 bxc5 45. c7 d2 46. c8=Q d1=Q 47.
Qc6+ Kf7 48. Qxc5 Qe2+ 49. Qf2 Qxb5 50. Qxa7+ Kg6 51. Qa2 Kf6 52. Qd2 Qb1 53.
Qe2 Kf7 54. Kh2 Qc1 55. Kg2 Qc8 56. Qb2 Qc4 57. Qd2 Qc6 58. Qe2 Qd5 59. Kh2 Qd4
60. Qc2 Kf6 61. Kg2 Qe3 62. Qc6+ Kf7 63. Qd5+ Kg6 64. Qg8+ Kf6 65. Qh8+ Kg6 66.
Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg5+ Ke6 68. Qg6+ Ke7 69. Qg7+ Kd8 70. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Moore, Gerald"]
[Black "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bg5 Nc5 14. Rd6 Qe7
15. Rad1 Ncxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Rfb8 19. Ng5 f6 20. Ne6 a5
21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Bf6+ Kf8 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nh7+ Ke8 26. Rd6 e4 27. h4
Ra6 28. Be5 Rd8 29. Rxg6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 c5 31. Rg7 Rd2 32. Kg3 Re6 33. Bc3 f4+
34. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 36. Rxb7 Rxg2 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Bxa5+ Kc8 39. Rc7+
Kb8 40. Nd7+ Ka8 41. Nxc5 Reg6 42. Bc3 Rh2 43. Kxe4 Rxh4+ 44. Kd5 Rh1 45. a4 h5
46. a5 h4 47. Be5 h3 48. Rh7 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 Rh1 50. Kb5 h2 51. Rh8+ Ka7 52. Bb8+
Ka8 53. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Fenn, Paul"]
[Black "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. f4 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Qxd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfe1 Bh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Rxe5 Rfd8 22. Re7 g6 23. Ra5 Re8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Re1 Ra2
27. Rb1 f5 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Nf1 b5 30. Ne3 Bc6 31. Nd1 b4 32. Ne3 g5 33. Ke2 f4
34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Nc4 Bd5 36. Rf1 Kg5 37. Kd2 h5 38. Nb6 {(Draw offer)} 38...
Bg2 39. Rg1 f3 40. Nc4 Kh4 41. Ke3 Kxh3 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Ne3+ Kf4 44. Nxg2+ fxg2
45. Rxg2 Rxb2 46. Ke1 h4 47. Kd2 Rb1 48. Rf2+ Kg3 {#} 49. Rf5 h3 50. Rg5+ Kh4
51. Rg8 h2 52. Rh8+ Kg3 53. Rg8+ Kf4 54. Rf8+ Kg5 55. Rg8+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qb3 O-O
15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rd2 Ba4 18. Bd1 Bxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rd5 20. Kf1 Rxe5
21. g3 g6 22. Re1 f5 23. f4 Rd5 24. g4 Rcd8 25. Red1 Bc7 26. c4 R5d6 27. gxf5
exf5 28. Ke2 Ba5 29. c5 Rd5 30. Nb3 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Rxc5 32. Nxe4 Re8 33. Kf3
fxe4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Easton, Alex"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rac1 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 Ng6 15.
b4 Bf8 16. Qb1 Qe7 17. d5 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qc7 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5
22. d6 Nd7 23. Qb3 h6 24. Bc4 Nh8 25. Ra1 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27. Kh2 Ra8 28.
Na4 b5 29. cxb6 Rb8 30. Qb4 Rd8 31. Nd2 c5 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxd6 34. Qa5
Bd7 35. Bd5 Bxa4 {(Draw offer)} 36. Qxa4 Rxb6 37. Nc4 Rbb8 38. Qc6 Rbc8 39. Qa6
Bb8 40. g3 Kh7 41. h4 h5 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Ne3 Rcd8 44. Qb7 Kg8 45. Nf5 Bd6 46.
Qb6 Bf8 47. Qa7 Rc8 48. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Varley, Peter"]
[Black "Cooper, Andrew C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 c4
9. Nbd2 cxd3 10. Bxd3 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nb3 e5 {(Draw offer)} 14.
fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bc5 Rfd8 18. a5 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qg4 20.
Qxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be7 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Player, Edmund"]
[Black "Borg, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 b5 8. O-O e6
9. g4 Nge7 10. f5 exf5 11. gxf5 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Rb6 15. Ng3
dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 {(Draw offer)} 19. Be3 Rc6 20.
Rd2 O-O 21. Rad1 gxf5 22. exf5 Bh6 23. Re1 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rc7 25. Rxe5 Nxf5 26.
Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28. Rf2 Bg6 29. Rfe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Powell, J Lloyd"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Ra2 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 b6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Be3
f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Rf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nb7 Qc8 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nxc5 Qc8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bb5 Qd8 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Qb3 Rf7 28.
Ra1 Ng6 29. Qb7 Bf8 30. Ra8 Qd7 31. h3 Kg7 32. Na4 h5 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. Bxc5 g4
35. Qb8 gxf3 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Ra6 f2+ 38. Kxf2 c6 39. Rxc6 Rg7 {#} 40. Bf8 Qa7+
41. Kf1 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Richards, John"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxe4 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Rxe5 g6 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Re2
h6 15. Qd4 Rg8 16. Qxa7 Qg4 17. Rc2+ Kd7 18. f3 Qxg5 19. Nc3 e6 20. dxe6+ fxe6
21. Rd1 Ke8 22. Re2 Kf7 23. f4 Qf6 24. Rde1 Be7 25. Qe3 Rge8 26. g4 Nc4 27. Qc1
Qh4 28. Ne4 Nd6 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 Rc6 33. Rg2 Qf5
34. Qf3 Qd5 35. Qg4 Rg8 36. Rd1 Qf5 37. Qf3 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Qd1 Qd5 40.
Qxd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vaughan, David"]
[Black "Grossett, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Nxd5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Rd1 {(Draw offer)
} 13... Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Qc5 Nxe5 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxc7 gxf4 18. Re1 Rc8 19.
Qxa7 O-O 20. Qxe7 f3 21. Qg5 {(Draw offer)} 21... h6 22. Qg3 Rxc4 23. Rxe5 Rg4
{#} 24. Qxg4 (24. Qxf3 Bxe5 25. Re1) 24... Bxg4 25. Re4 Be6 26. Rb4 Rd8 27. a4
Rd2 28. gxf3 Bh3 29. Rh4 Be6 30. a5 Bxb2 31. Raa4 Bd5 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Rhg4+ Kf8
34. Rg3 Bb3 35. Rb4 Be5 36. Rh3 Be6 37. Rxh6 Ra3 38. Rh5 Rxa5 39. h3 Rd5 40. f4
{time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Sellars, Martyn"]
[Black "Walden-Jones, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Nh4 Rb8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. Nf3 f5 15.
Nd2 e4 16. d4 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Nc5 Bc4 20. Re1 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22.
Rb1 bxc3 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Nb3 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28.
Qh5 Kg7 29. g4 e3 30. f4 fxg4 31. f5 Rh8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. hxg4 Qf6 34. Qh5 e2+
35. Kh1 c2 36. Bf3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Powell, Ann"]
[Black "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nbxd4 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. c3 Qb6 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bb5
Rc2 15. Nf3 Rxe2 16. Nxd4 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Rc2 19. Nb5 Be7 20. Rd1 Nf6
21. Nc3 O-O 22. Rb1 Bc5 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Rd8 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Be3 a6 27.
Bb6 Rd2 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Rd1 e5 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Nd5 35. a3 Nxe3 36. Nxe3 Bc5 37. Nc2 f5 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. b3 e4 41. f3 g5 42. b4 Ba7 43. h3 h5 44. Na1 e3 45. Nb3 Kd5 46. Kd3 f4 47.
Nc1 Bd4 48. Ne2 Bb2 49. a4 Ke5 50. Kc4 Kf5 51. Kd5 Bf6 52. b5 g4 53. hxg4+ hxg4
54. Kd6 gxf3 55. gxf3 axb5 56. axb5 Bd8 57. Kd7 {(Draw offer)} 57... Ba5 58.
Kd6 Kg5 59. Kd5 Bc7 60. Ke4 Kh4 61. Kd3 {(Draw offer)} 61... Kh3 62. Nc1 Kg3
63. Ke2 b6 64. Na2 {(Draw offer)} 64... Be5 65. Nb4 Bd4 66. Nd3 {(Draw offer)}
66... Bf6 67. Nb4 {(Draw offer)} 67... Bg5 68. Nd5 Bd8 69. Nb4 Kh4 70. Nd5 {
(Draw offer)} 70... Kg5 71. Nb4 Kf5 72. Nc2 Ke5 73. Kd3 {(Draw offer)} 73...
Kd5 74. Nd4 {(Draw offer)} 74... Bf6 75. Nc2 Kc5 76. Ke4 Bh4 77. Nd4 Kc4 78.
Ne2 {(Draw offer)} 78... Bg5 79. Nd4 Kc3 80. Ne2+ Kd2 81. Nd4 e2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Black "Bowden, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. e4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qb5 Nc6 12. Nf3 a6 13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Re8
15. a3 Nc6 16. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 Ne7 10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 e5 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. h3 Qh5
15. Nxe5 {#} 15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 fxe5 17. Rxe5 Nf5 18. g4 Nd6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Rxd6 Nc7 21. Re7 Ne6 22. g5 Rg8 23. f4 Kg6 24. Kf2 Kh5 25. Kg3 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Nxd8 27. Rxg7 Be6 28. Bf6 Nf7 29. f5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 c6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Ba3 cxd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. O-O e4 14. Qxb7
Rb8 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Bb5 Qxd5 18. Bxe8 Qxd2 19. Bc1 Qd8 20. Bf4 Nd3
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxa7+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ {(Draw offer)} 23... Nxd7 24. Be3 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. c4 Rb8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Qd2 b6 15. h3
Ne8 16. Rfd1 Qa7 17. Qe3 h6 18. Kh2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. f4 Qb7 21. Bb2 Bf6
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Qf3 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Rb7
28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Rcd1 Ke7 31. Bc3 a5 32. a4 Nd6 33. Rh8 Nf5 34.
Rdd8 Rd7 35. Rhe8+ Kd6 36. Be5+ Kc5 37. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. Nxd4 Qf6
8. Qe2+ Be7 9. d6 cxd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O b6 12. h4 Qe5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rh3
Bb7 15. g4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. f4 Qa5 {(Draw offer)} 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nb5 a6
20. Bxb6 Nc4 21. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nc2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qd2 d6 11. O-O Qb8 12. b3 Rd8 13. f4 Rd7 14. Rad1 Qf8 15.
Bf3 Rb8 16. g4 Rdd8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bg2 a6 19. Nd5 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. f5 Be5
22. Qe2 b4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Ncxb4 Nxb4 25. Nxb4 Nc5 {#} 26. Nd5 Ba6 27. Qd2
Bxf1 28. Rxf1 e6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. Bh6 Ne4 33. Qf4
Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Rb4 35. Bg7 g5 36. Qf3 Nd2 37. Qh5 Rh4 38. Qxg5 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2
Nxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qg6 42. Qxg6 fxg6 43. a4 d4 44. Bd3 Kh7 45. a5 Rb8
46. Bc4 d3 47. Kf2 d2 48. Ke2 Rd8 49. Kd1 g5 50. Be2 Kg6 51. a6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Tan, Desmond"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b6 12. f4 O-O 13. g4 Re8 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rf3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bb7 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh4 Bg7 21. Rh3
Nf8 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Qh4 Nf8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Qh4 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b White Rose-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd9"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Thompson, Tracey"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Bd6 8. h3
Bf4 9. Bxf4 Qxf4 10. Nc3 d6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc5 14. Bb1 e5
15. Rfd1 Ke7 16. Rd2 Be6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rcd1 Rhd8 21.
f3 Ne8 22. Bd3 g5 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Na4 h5 25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. h4 gxh4
28. Rh1 Nf6 29. Rxh4 Rf8 30. Ke3 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. cxd5 Nxd5+ 33. Kf2 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vigus, James"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Qa5 8. Qxc4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Ne8 16. e4 h6 17. h4 Kf8 18. a3 b6 19. e5 Rb8 20. Ne1 Na5 21. b4
Nc4 22. Rd4 b5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Ba6 25. Rc1 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Be3 Rxe5
28. Bxa7 g4 29. Nc2 Bg5 30. Be3 Nf6 31. Bxg5 Rxg5 32. Ne3 Bb5 33. Rc7 Nd7 34.
Ra7 Ne5 35. a4 Be2 36. b5 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 Bxf3 38. b6 Rh5 39. Ng2 Rd5 40. Rc7
Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. a5 Rb1 43. Rc2 Ra1 44. Rb2 Bb7 45. Rb4 f5 46. Rc4 Kf6 47.
Rc7 Bxg2 48. Kxg2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. Ne2 e5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nf6
8. Bc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 h6 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qe1 exf4 14. Bxf4 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. h4 Rc8
15. c3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17. Qxh7 Rg7 18. Qh8 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxg4 Rf7 21.
g5 b4 22. g6 Rg7 23. O-O Kd7 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Ncb6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Tuddenham, David"]
[Black "Bibby, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Bf5 9. Bg5 c6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Nh4 Be6 13. h3 b5 14. Bd3
g6 15. f4 b4 16. Nb1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Kg7 19. f5 gxf5 20. Re2 Bg3 21.
Nf3 Bc4 22. Re7 Be6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Nxe6+ Nxe6 26. Bd2 a5 27. c3 d4
28. Rf1 Kf6 29. Rd7 Rfc8 30. Kd1 dxc3 31. bxc3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc2 Rc8
34. Kd1 Rc4 35. Rf3 Be5 36. cxb4 axb4 37. a3 bxa3 38. Rxa3 h5 39. Ke2 Rc2 40.
Kd3 Rb2 41. Nc3 Bf4 42. Nd5+ Kg5 43. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 44. Kc3 Rxd2 45. Kxd2 h4 46.
Ra8 Kf6 47. Rg8 Ng6 48. Ke3 Kg5 49. Rg7 Kf6 50. Rg8 Kg5 51. Ra8 Kf6 52. Ra6+
Kg5 53. Rb6 Nf4 54. Kf3 Nh5 55. Rb7 Kg6 56. Ra7 Kf6 57. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Black "Stimpson, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ba6 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c4 17. Rfc1 Rfb8 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 Qb4 20. R3c2 Rb6 21.
Qa2 Rxb5 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. e4 Ra5 24. Qb1 Rd8 25. exd5 Raxd5 26. Nxc4 Rxd4 27.
Ne5 Qd6 28. Nf3 Rd1+ 29. Ne1 Qd4 30. Re2 Qd3 $4 {#} 31. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Erichsen, D."]
[Black "Fenn, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nb8 7. c4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b4 Kh8 11. Rc1 Ng8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 Bg6 15. c5
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Ndf6 18. Qc2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qc4
Nh5 22. Rfe1 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bd3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bd2 g5 13. Qe4 Na5 14. Nd4 Nf4 15.
Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. Bb5 Rd5 20. Qe8+ Kg7 21.
Qxe7 Rxb5 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Nc3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rfd1 Qc7 26. Rac1 Kh7 27.
h4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rg8 29. h5 g4 30. Qf4 Rg5 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. b4 Rf5 33. Qxg4 Qd2
34. Rf1 Qc3 35. Qg3 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Rd7 a5 39. Rb7 axb4 40.
axb4 Rxh5 41. Kf1 Rh1+ {(Draw offer)} 42. Ke2 Rb1 43. Kd3 Rb2 44. Ke3 Kf6 45.
g4 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Guildford2"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Lusher, Claire"]
[Black "Stille, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. c4 Ne5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Ng4
$4 {#} 15. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Buckley, Simon"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nb1 Qb6 14. Rhf1 O-O
15. h3 Ngf6 16. Nh2 Nc5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Ba6 20. Qh3 Bxf1
21. Rxf1 f6 22. Nd2 Rad8 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nf3 g4 25. Qxg4 Rd6 26. Qh4 Qa6 27.
Rh1 Rf7 28. Nxe5 Qxa2 29. Nd3 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Easton, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
Be7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. Ne2 a5 11. a4 Kh8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. Kh1 Ndb8 15.
g4 Na6 16. Nc3 Nab4 17. Rg1 Bd7 18. Be3 Be8 19. Qd2 Bg6 20. Rg3 Qa6 21. Nb5
Rac8 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rag1 Rg8 25. Ng5 g6 26. Nxh7 {#} 26...
Kxh7 27. Qg2 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qe6 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30. Rxg6+ Qxg6 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32.
Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 h5 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Bd2 g5
9. Nd5 f5 10. h4 g4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. b4 Ne7 13. b5 Kh8 14. Rc1 a6 15. a4 Ra7 16.
a5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bd7 18. bxa6 c6 19. Bg2 Rxa6 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. Bc3 f4 22. exf4
exf4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. gxf4 Qxa5+ 25. Kf1 Rxf4 26. Qe2 Qe5 27. Qd2 Nf5 28. Re1
Ra1 29. Be4 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Nxh1 32. Kxh1 d5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Tozer, Richard"]
[Black "Player, Edmund"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Bd5 13. Bc2 Nbc6 14. Rc1 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe4 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Bd3 Nef5
21. Rxc7 O-O 22. Nb6 Ra5 23. Bb1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rxe5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Bxf5 Rxb6 $4
27. Rdxd4 Rxd4 28. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb4
15. Bd2 a5 16. a3 Be7 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Na2 Rfd8 20. Nc1 Bd4 21. c3
Bb6 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Be3 Nf8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ne6 26. Be3 h6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Ng5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qd2 f6 32. Qe3 Bf7 33. Bd1 Qd6 34.
Bc2 c5 35. Qe2 c4 36. Qd1 Qb6 37. Qc1 Be6 38. Bd1 Qc6 39. Qc2 Qd7 40. Be2 g6
41. Qd1 Qc7 42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Be2 Qc6 45. Qc2 Kd6 46. Qd2+ Kc7 47.
Qc2 f5 48. Bf3 f4 49. Be2 Bd7 50. Bd1 b6 51. Ke1 b5 52. axb5 Qxb5 53. Be2 Bc6
54. Bg4 Qb3 55. Bd1 Qa2 56. Kd2 a4 57. Bf3 a3 58. bxa3 Qxa3 59. Bd1 Qa1 60. f3
Qa7 61. Kc1 Qa1+ 62. Kd2 Bb5 63. Ke1 Qa7 64. Qf2 Qa6 65. Qc2 Kd6 66. Qd2+ Ke7
67. Qc2 Kf7 68. Kf1 Kg7 69. Ke1 Qa1 70. Kf1 Be8 71. Ke1 Bf7 72. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Black "Grossett, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. Be4 Qd6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. b4 Qc3 18. Qe4 Bd6 19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Qxc6
Rab8 21. a3 Rfd8 22. c4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qh6+ 25. Kg1 Qxd2 26. Kf1
Qd3+ 27. Kg1 Qxa3 28. Qxc7 Qxb4 29. Ra1 Qb6 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 h5 32. g3
Rc8 33. Ra5 g6 34. c5 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 f5 37. Ke3 g5 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kd4
Rd8+ 40. Kc4 gxf4 41. gxf4 h4 42. c6 Ke7 43. Ra3 Kd6 44. Rd3+ Kc7 45. Rh3 Kxc6
46. Rxh4 Rd1 47. Rh8 Rf1 48. Rh4 Re1 49. Kd3 Re4 50. Rh6 Kd5 51. Rh4 Ra4 52.
Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Kf2 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 Rxf4 56. Rh3 Ke5 57. Ra3 Rb4 58. Ke3
f4+ 59. Kf3 Kf5 60. Ra8 Rb3+ 61. Kf2 e5 62. Rf8+ Ke4 63. Ra8 Rb2+ 64. Ke1 f3
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Sellars, Martyn"]
[Black "Chan, Nevil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 c6
9. Nd4 Qe7 10. Bg5 g6 11. e4 Be5 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. exf5 exf5 14. Re1 Na6 15. dxc6
dxc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. Re6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Houska, Mario"]
[Black "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 e5 5. c4 c6 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne2 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Bg7 13. b4 Qd8 14. a3 d4
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. exd4 exd4 17. Na4 Bc4 18. Re1 O-O 19. Qd2 a5 20. Nc5 d3 21.
Nc3 Qd4 22. Rac1 axb4 23. axb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. h3 Qh4 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27.
Qxe1 Qd8 28. Nb1 Bb5 29. Nb3 Bf8 30. Qe4 Qg5 31. N1d2 {(Draw offer)} 31... Qg6
32. Qe5 Bxb4 33. Ne4 Qg7 34. Qb8+ Bf8 35. Qf4 Kh8 36. Nbd2 Qg6 37. Qe5+ Qg7 38.
Qf4 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qg7 40. Ng5 Bd6 41. Nxf7+ Qxf7 42. Qxd6 Kg7 43. Ne4 h6 44.
Qd4+ {(Draw offer)} 44... Kg8 45. Nf6+ Kf8 46. Nd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Black "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 d5 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d4 d5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3
Bf5 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 e6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Bf4 a6 15.
Bc2 Bf6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. O-O Kf8 18. g3 Ne7 19. Kg2 Nf5 20. h4 Nc4 21. Rh1 a5
22. a4 Qe7 23. Rh2 Qd8 24. Rah1 Qb6 25. Bc1 Qb3 26. g4 Nfd6 27. g5 Be7 28. h5
gxh5 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 g6 31. Rh7 Ke8 32. Bxg6 Kd7 33. Bc2 Qa2 34. g6 Rg8
35. g7 Bf6 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Ng4 Rxg7 38. Qf3 Nf5 39. Bxf5 exf5 40. Qxf5 Rxh7
41. Qxf6+ Kf8 42. Bh6+ Rxh6 43. Nxh6 Ke8 44. Qxf7+ Kd8 45. Nf5 Qxa4 46. Qxd5+
Qd7 47. Qg8+ Qe8 48. Qxc4 Qe4+ 49. f3 Qxf5 50. Qc5 Qg6+ 51. Kf2 b6 52. Qd5+ Kc8
53. Qa8+ Kc7 54. Qe4 Qh6 55. Qe5+ Kb7 56. Ke2 Qc1 57. Qd5+ Ka7 58. Qb5 Qc2+ 59.
Ke3 Qc1+ 60. Ke4 Qc2+ 61. Ke5 Qh2+ 62. f4 Qh5+ 63. Ke4 Qh1+ 64. Ke3 Qc1+ 65.
Ke2 Qc2+ 66. Kf3 Qd1+ 67. Qe2 Qh1+ 68. Ke3 Qc1+ 69. Kf3 Qh1+ 70. Kg4 Qg1+ 71.
Kf5 Qg7 72. Qe6 Qh7+ 73. Ke5 Qg7+ 74. Kd6 Qh8 75. Kc6 Qa8+ 76. Kb5 Qb7 77. Qc6
Qa6+ 78. Ka4 Qf1 79. d5 Qxf4+ 80. Kb5 Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Pigott, John"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 Nbc6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. f4 Ng6 10. Ng5 f6 11. Bg4 Nge5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Bf3
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxc4 16. Qd4 Qc6 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18. e4 h5 19. Nd5 Ba6 20. Re1 f5
21. Qxh8 fxe4 22. Qxf8 Rxf8 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. Nxc6 exf3 25. gxf3 Kxc6 26. Kg2
Bd3 27. Bh6 Rf7 28. Rac1+ Kb7 29. Bg5 Rf5 30. h4 c5 31. Kg3 c4 32. Bd2 Kc6 33.
Bc3 b5 34. a3 Kb6 35. Bd4+ Ka6 36. Re5 Rf8 37. Rce1 Ka5 38. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Harley, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bb2 c5 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 Nb4
15. Qc3 Bb7 16. e5 Qe7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Rac8 21.
Qb2 Rd3 22. Re3 Rcd8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. b5 Na5 25. Rc1 Nb3 26. Rc3 Nc5 27. Rxd3
Nxd3 28. Qd4 Nc5 29. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Swanson, Stephen"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8.
Qf2 Nc6 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14.
Bh3 Re8 15. Bb2 f4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. d4 Ke6 18. c4 c6 19. Ke2 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rd7
21. Kd3 c5 22. d5+ Kf5 23. Rde1 Rc7 24. Rhg1 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. h5 g5 27. hxg6
h5 28. Rh1 Rxg6 29. Rxh5+ Rg5 30. Rxg5+ Kxg5 31. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Upton, Ian"]
[Black "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Be6 4. Nd2 Nd7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. f3 Qa5 8. Bd3
Bf7 9. Ne2 Ngf6 10. O-O g6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg7 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Nf4 Nf8
15. Nd3 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ne5 Rh7 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bf2 Nd5 21.
Rac1 e6 22. g4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Nb4 25. Rc3 Rhd7 26. Rb3 Nd3 27.
Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxb6 Nd7 29. Rb4 Nxe5 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 R8d2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33.
Kg1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Simons, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. g3 Nd5 14. Nh3
Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rhxf1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 d6 19. Nf2 Be6 20. a3
Rc8 21. Rac1 Ke7 22. Ne4 f6 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. Rh1 h6 25. Rh5 f5 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27.
Nc3 Kf6 28. Rh1 c5 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. e4 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Bc4 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1
g5 34. Nc3 Bb3 35. exf5 Kxf5 36. g4+ Ke5 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Nf2 Bc4 39. Ne4 {
(Draw offer)} 39... Bf7 40. Nc3 Be8 41. Ne4 Bd7 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Nb1 Kd5 44. Nd2
Be8 45. Ne4 Bg6 46. Nf6+ Kc4 47. Nd7 Kb5 48. Ne5 Be8 49. Kd3 Ka4 50. Kc3 h5 51.
gxh5 Bxh5 52. Kc4 Be8 53. Kc3 b5 54. Nd3 b4+ 55. axb4 cxb4+ 56. Nxb4 Bh5 57.
b3+ Kb5 58. Nc2 g4 59. f4 g3 60. Ne1 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Brameld, Arthur"]
[Black "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. dxc6 Nbxc6 8.
Ne4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. d4 Rc8 11. c3 Ng6 12. Be2 Bb8 13. Nfg5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 h6
15. Nh3 Re8 16. Nhf2 Qh4 17. Qf3 f5 18. Nc5 Re2 19. Qxe2 f3 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21.
Nh3 fxg2 22. Rf3 Nce5 23. Rg3 Rxc5 24. dxe5 Rc6 25. Qxf5 Bxe5 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27.
Rh3 Rf6 28. Rxh4+ gxh4 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Kxg2 Bf4 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33.
Qd5+ Kh7 34. Bd2 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Nf4+ 36. Kh1 g5 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Qd7+ Rf7 39. Qg4
Kh6 40. h3 Rf6 41. c4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Wessex-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Vann, Monica"]
[Black "Howard, Emily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 dxe4 5. fxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. b3 Ng4 8. Qe2
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 e5 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. c3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Kh1 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rae1 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Bc4 h6
21. e5 Rae8 22. g3 Re7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 a6 25. a4 Nd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6
Kf8 28. Nh4 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Ke7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Nxg6 Kd6 33. Nf4
Ke5 34. Kf3 Bf6 35. h4 Kd4 36. Kg4 Ke5 37. Kh5 Bg7 38. Kg6 Bf8 39. Nh5 Kd4 40.
Ng7 Kc3 41. Kxh6 Kxb3 42. Kg6 Bb4 43. h5 Bd2 44. Ne6 Kxa4 45. Nc5+ Kb5 46. Nxb7
Kc6 47. Nd8+ Kd5 48. Nb7 Kc6 49. Nd8+ Kd5 50. h6 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Black "Berry, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 f5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qe8 10. Bg5 f4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e5 Nc6 13. Be4 Rf7 14. h4 Raf8
15. Qc2 g6 16. Rad1 Rg7 17. b4 h6 18. Bxg6 Nxb4 19. axb4 Rf5 20. h5 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Rxh5 22. Kf1 Rh2 23. Qe4 c6 24. Ke2 Rg2 25. Rg1 R7xg6 26. Rxg2 Rxg2 27.
Qxf4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 f5 2. f4 b6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bb2 e6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nc5
9. d3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Bc1 Bf6 13. Qc2 a4 14. b4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1
16. Qxc1 d5 17. h3 Bxc3 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Nh2 Bf6 20. Nxg4 Qe7 21. c5 Rad8 22.
Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 bxc5 25. bxc5 Bc6 26. Rb4 h6 27. Qe3 Rf8+ 28.
Kg1 Rf5 29. Rf4 Qg5 30. d4 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. e3
Kf7 35. Bf1 Kg6 36. Bd3+ Kf7 37. Kg3 g6 38. Be2 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Bg4 Bb5 41.
Bd1 Kg7 42. Bc2 Bc6 43. Bd3 Kf7 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Kd2 h5 46. Ke2 Kh6 47. Kf3 g5
48. Kg3 Be8 49. Kh3 Bd7 50. Kg3 Be8 51. f5 exf5 52. Bxf5 Bc6 53. Bc8 Kg7 54.
Be6 Kf8 55. Bf5 Kf7 56. Bd3 Ke7 57. Be2 Be8 58. Bf3 Ke6 59. Bd1 Kf5 60. Bc2+
Ke6 61. Bd3 Ke7 62. Bf5 Bd7 63. Bg6 Be8 64. Bc2 Ke6 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Bd3 Bc6 67.
Ba6 Ke6 68. Bc8+ Ke7 69. Kg3 Kf7 70. Ba6 Ke7 71. Be2 Be8 72. Bf3 Ke6 73. e4
dxe4 74. Bxe4 Bd7 75. c6 Be8 76. Kf3 Ke7 77. d5 Bf7 78. Ke3 h4 79. Kd4 g4 80.
Kc5 h3 81. d6+ Kd8 82. d7 Be6 (82... g3 $19) 83. Kd4 g3 84. Ke3 g2 85. Kf2 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "McMichael, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h4 f5
9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Ne2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4
Rac8 16. Be3 Rc7 17. h5 Nh8 18. Kf1 Nd8 19. Kg2 Bb5 20. Nf4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nhf7
22. Rhc1 Nh6 23. b5 Ng4 24. Bd2 Rd7 25. a4 a6 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. Ra8 h6 28. Rb1
Qc7 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. Rxa6 Bg5 34. Nxg5+
hxg5 35. Ng6 Re8 36. Bxg5 Rc7 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Qb5 Nb7 39. Rc6 Qd7 40. Rb6
Qxb5 41. Rxb5 Nd8 42. Rb6 Nh6 43. Rd6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Okike, David"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bc4
Be7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. a4 Re8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Rxc2 19. Ra7 e4 20. Ng1 Nc5 21.
b4 Nd3 22. Be3 h6 23. Rd7 Qb8 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. h3 Rd8 26. Rb1 Rxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc2+
28. Kh1 Qxb1 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+ Kh7 31. Qxd6 Qxb4 32. Qd7 Be7 33. Qe8 Kg6
34. Qc6+ Qd6 35. Qc4 f5 36. Ne2 Qb4 37. Qc6+ Qd6 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Nd4 Qb4 40.
Nxf5 Qe1+ 41. Bg1 Bc5 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Qxe4+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qxe3 Qxe3 46.
Bxe3 Kg8 47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kf3 Nb2 49. Bc5 Nc4 50. Ke4 Nd2+ 51. Kd3 Nb3 52. Bb4
Nc1+ 53. Ke4 g6 54. Ba3 Nb3 55. Ke5 Nd2 56. Bc5 Nc4+ 57. Kd4 Nd2 58. Bb4 Nf3+
59. Kc5 g5 60. Bc3 gxf4 61. d6 Ng5 62. Kc6 Ne6 63. d7 f3 64. Be1 Kf6 65. Bh4+
Ke5 66. Bf2 h5 67. Bh4 Nd4+ 68. Kc7 Ne6+ 69. Kc6 Nd4+ 70. Kb6 Ne6 71. Kb7 Kd5
72. Bf2 Ke4 73. Kc6 Nd8+ 74. Kd6 Nf7+ 75. Ke7 Ne5 76. Kf6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bd6 {(Draw offer)} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. a3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Kg7 16. Rfc1 Nd8 17. b4 c6 18. Na4 Ne6 19. Rab1 Re7 20. Nb3
Rae8 21. Na5 Nd8 22. Nc3 Bc8 23. Nb3 Ng4 24. g3 h5 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 f6 27.
Nd2 Nh6 28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Black "Tucker, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Bb3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 a5 11. d5 b4 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 bxa3 14. Rxa3 a4 15.
Ba2 Nxe4 16. O-O Nef6 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Rxa4 Rab8 20. Qe2 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. c3 Nd5 23. Nd3 Qc6 24. Rg4 Nf6 25. Nb4 Qb6 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Ng5 d5
28. Rf3 e4 29. Rf5 Bxb4 30. cxb4 Ba6 31. Qd2 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qa6+ 33. Kg1 Qxa2
34. Qf4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 36. Qh4 h6 {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Flower, David"]
[Black "Compton, Alastair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. a3 a5 8. Nd5
d6 9. e3 Bf8 10. Ne2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
b3 Rc8 16. O-O c6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Qb2 c5 20. Ne4 f5 21. b5 Nb4 22.
Bxb4 fxe4 23. Bd2 exd3 24. Rc4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bxd3 Rea8 28.
Qc2 g6 29. Rc3 Ra2 30. Qd1 Bg7 31. Rc2 R8a4 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Bc3 e4 34. Bxg7
exd3 35. Bh6 Bf5 36. Qb3 Qa5 37. f3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Kings Head"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Black "Thompson, Tracey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Bd6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf4 17. Bc3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Re7
21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. a3 Bc7 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. g3 Bb6 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Kg2
Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Qc2 h6 31. Re2 Qd4 32. Rd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Hannon, Mark"]
[Black "Walsh, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2 7. Rg1 Be4 8. a3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bf8 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. d5 Na5 16. b4 Nb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Qg6+ Kd7 21.
fxe5 Bg5+ 22. Kb2 Qg8 23. Qe4 Qh7 24. Qd4 Rhg8 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. c5
bxc5 28. Nxc5+ Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Rgc8 30. Qxa7+ Rc7 31. Qa4+ Kd8 32. Nf4 Bf6+ 33.
Ka2 Rc2+ 34. Kb3 Rb2+ 35. Kc4 Qe4+ 36. Rd4 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 e5
15. d5 e4 {(Draw offer)} 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be1 Ne5 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. exd4 Nxc4
20. Qxc4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb6 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. a5 Nc4 25. Ra4 Nb2 26.
Rb4 Nd3 27. Rb1 f5 28. Kf1 c5 29. dxc5 Rc8 30. Rb7 a6 31. Rb6 Rxc5 32. Rxa6 Rb5
33. Bd2 Rb2 34. Be3 f4 35. Bd4 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Morris, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. cxb5 d5
15. bxa6 O-O 16. O-O fxe4 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 Bxa6 20. Rac1 Bh6
21. Rc3 Kh8 22. Qh5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 e3 24. Nc7 exf2+ 25. Kf1 Qb6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8
27. Qxe5+ Bg7 28. Qxd5 Re8 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 fxe1=Q+ 31. Kxe1 Qg1+ 32. Ke2
Qxg2+ 33. Kd3 Qg6+ 34. Rf5 Qa6+ 35. Qc4 Qd6+ 36. Rd5 Qg6+ 37. Qe4 Qa6+ 38. Kc2
Qc6+ 39. Kb1 Qc8 40. Qd3 Bf6 41. Qf5 Qa6 42. a3 Qb6 43. Rb5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Fish, Andrew"]
[Black "Headlong, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Qd8 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rae1 Ba8 15.
Ne4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. c3 Nd5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Qf2
f6 22. Bc1 Rcd8 23. Bg2 Nc7 24. Re3 e5 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. h4 f5 27. Bh3 Qd6 28.
h5 Nd5 29. Ref3 e4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Qc2 c4 32. Bg2 Rde8 33. R3f2 Qxg3 34. Qd1
Nf6 35. hxg6 hxg6 (35... Ng4) 36. Rf3 Qc7 37. Bf4 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Ng4 39. Bd6 Qc8
40. Qd5+ {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Haydon, Richard"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 {#} 9... Be7 $4 10. e5 Nxd4 11. exf6 Bxg2 12. fxe7 Qxe7 13. Kxg2
Qb7+ 14. f3 Nf5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. b3 h5 18. Qe4 Qd7 19. Ba3 Kg8 20.
Rad1 d5 21. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Bennett, Alan"]
[Black "Rose, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8. b3
Bg7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e6 dxe6 11. bxc4 e5 12. a4 Be6 13. Na3 h6 14. O-O a6 15. Re1
O-O 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. d4 Bg4 18. d5 Na5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. Rb4 Rac8 22.
Bd2 f5 23. Reb1 Kh7 24. h4 e4 25. Qh3 Ne5 26. h5 g5 27. Be3 Nexc4 28. Nxc4 Nxc4
29. Rxb7 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxc3 31. Qd2 Rfc8 32. Bd1 Rd3 33. Qe2 Rxd5 34. R7b6 Rc6
35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Qa2 Be5 37. Bb3 Rc5 38. Bd1 Kg7 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Qb4 Rd5 41.
Qb3 Bd4 42. Be2 Qf4 43. Rf1 e3 44. g3 exf2+ 45. Kg2 Qe5 46. Qb7 g4 47. Bc4 Rd8
48. Qxa6 Qf6 49. Qb7 f4 50. gxf4 Qh4 51. Qb3 Rc8 52. Rd1 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Elliott, Sean"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 Nd7 14. g5 b4 15.
Ne2 a5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. h5 d5 18. Qg2 Qc7 19. Bb5 h6 20. g6 Bf6 21. Rd2 Ke7 22.
gxf7 Rhf8 23. Qg4 Nc5 {#} 24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. Bxc5+ Kxf7 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qf5 Qc7 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rhd1 Qc6 32. Rd8 a4 33. Rxe8+
Qxe8 34. Qe4 Qb5 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Qd8+ Ke6 37. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Witney-Nidum Kts"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Wilson, Julie"]
[Black "Headlong, Fenella"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 {(Draw offer)} 11. Be2 Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bd3
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Qh4 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Qxd5 Bg4 20. h3 Rad8 21. Qa5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 Qxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Jones, Iolo"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Rc1 f5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Ne2 Bd5
15. Nf4 Rfd8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qc4 Rd7 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. g3 Rad8
21. Rf1 Ra5 22. a3 Rd7 23. Rc2 Rb5 24. Rfc1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. Nd4 Nxd3 16. Kxd3 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. f4 b6 19. e5 Ba6+ 20. Kc3 Rac8+
21. Kb2 Kf7 22. Rhd1 Rd5 23. Nf3 h6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Rd1 Bc4 26. Rd2 Bf8 27.
g4 a5 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 a4 30. a3 b5 31. Bd4 b4 32. e6+ Ke8 33. axb4 Bxb4
34. Rc2 a3+ 35. Ka1 Ke7 36. Ne5 Bc5 37. Ng6+ Kd6 38. Be5+ Kc6 39. f6 Kb5 40. f7
d4 {#} 41. Bf4 (41. Nf4 $1 {unclear with the idea} 41... d3 $2 42. Nxd3 $1 {
followed by Rxc5!}) 41... d3 42. Rxc4 Kxc4 43. e7 $4 Kb3 44. Be5 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Borg, Andy"]
[Black "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc5
15. Bb1 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. e5 Qxc4 18. Nd5 Qa4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 e6 21.
b3 Qa6 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.
Kf2 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Ke3 Nc6 30. Kd3 Nb4+ 31. Kc4 Nd5 32. Be4 Ne7 33. Kb5
e5 34. Kxb6 exf4 35. Kxb7 Kf7 36. a4 Ke6 37. Nxf4+ Kd7 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Bxd5
Kd6 40. Bg8 Bc3 41. Bxh7 g5 42. Kb6 Bd4+ 43. Kb5 Bf2 44. Bf5 Bg1 45. h3 Bf2 46.
a5 Be1 47. Kb6 Bf2+ 48. Kb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Gayson, Peter"]
[Black "Powell, J Lloyd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qh4 Rae8 14. f5 e6 15.
fxg6 fxg6 16. Rae1 Nc5 17. Kh1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 e5 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Ng5 h6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Qg7 27.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxb6 Kf6 29. Bd4 Bb3 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Bxh6 Rxd3 32. Kg1 f4 33.
Bf8 Bxa4 34. Bb4 Kf5 35. h4 Bc6 36. h5 Rg3 37. Re2 f3 38. Rf2 Kg5 39. Kf1 fxg2+
40. Kg1 Rh3 41. Bd2+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. Qd3
Na6 9. a3 e5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. b4 Re8 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be3 Nb8 14. Nd2 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nbd7 16. h3 Be6 17. f4 c5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. Rab1 Bf8 21. Nc3 Qa6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 b6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb5 Rab8 26. Rfb1 Rxb5 27. cxb5 Qa4
28. Bf3 Nhf6 29. Bd1 Qa5 30. Nc4 Qd8 31. Bf3 Nb6 32. Nb2 Qd7 33. Kg2 Bg7 34. a4
Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. a5 Nbxd5 37. Rd1 Nc3 38. Rxd6 Nxb5 39. Rc6 Ne4 40. Nc4
Bd4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Nd6 Nxd6 44. Rxd6 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Rd5
Ra3+ 47. Kf2 d3 48. Rxf5 d2 49. Rd5 Rxa5 50. Rxd2 Ra3 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. g4 a5 53.
Rd6 a4 54. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "White, Mark"]
[Black "Vaughan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 12. h4 a4 13. a3 b6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Be4 Ra5 16. Ne5 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 f6 18. g3 Qh6 19. Nc6 Ra6 20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. g4
Qf4 22. g5 f5 23. Bd3 Ra8 24. Rde1 Bb7 25. Rh3 Be4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5
28. Rhe3 b5 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. f3 Rb8 {(White's 20th and Black's draw offer are
equally inexplicable - but both scoresheets match)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Walden-Jones, Andrew"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Kh2
Rfd8 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rae1 e6 23. Re2 a6 24. g3 Rfd5 25. Rff2 b5 26. Rd2 Qd6 27.
Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe5+ {(Draw offer)} 28... Qxe5 29. fxe5 Rd3 30. Re2 h5 31. Kg2 g5
32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Kg2 a5 34. Kh2 a4 35. a3 Rd5 36. g4 Rd3 37. Kg2 h4 38. Kh2 Kg7
39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Kh2 Ke7 41. Kg2 Ke8 42. Kh2 Kd7 43. Kg2 Kc6 44. Rf2 Kd5 45. Re2
Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rf3 47. Kg2 Rf4 48. Kg1 Re4 49. Rf2 Re1+ 50. Kg2 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-White Ro"]
[Site "Rd10"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Black "Powell, Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Bc4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Rad8 14. Qf3
Bc5 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Rc6 18. Rxa7 Rxc2 19. Rxb7 Ra8 20. Bg5 h6
21. Bh4 Qd6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Re3 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rxb2 26. Rc6 Kg7
27. f3 Kg6 28. b4 Kg7 29. b5 Kg6 30. b6 Kg7 31. Rcxc7 Rxc7 32. bxc7 Rc2 33. Kf1
Rc6 34. Ke2 Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. Ke3 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Rc6 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. g3 Kg6 40.
f4 Kg7 41. Kd2 Kg6 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Rb6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vigus, James"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nh3 Qb6 7. Nd2 d5 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Nf4 O-O 10. h4 Bh8 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nd3 Bf6 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Naxc5 15.
Qxb6 axb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Be5 Bb5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Bf1 Kg7 21.
Kg2 Ba4 22. Rdc1 Bc6 23. Nd4 Kf6 24. Rd1 e5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. f3 Nxd3 27. exd3
Nc5 28. d4 exd4 29. cxd4 Ne6 30. b3 Ra3 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Rc1 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5
34. Bb5 Ke7 35. Bc6 d4 36. Bb5 Rc8 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Re1 Nc7 39. b4 Rc3 40. Bb3
Re8 41. Red1 Rd8 42. Re1 Re8 43. Red1 Rd8 44. h5 Nd5 45. Bxd5 {(Draw offer)}
45... Kxd5 46. Kf2 Kc4 47. bxc5 Kxc5 48. Re2 d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Neil, David"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. d3 Ne7
9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Nef5 11. Ne4 Nxd6 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. O-O Bd7
15. Bd2 O-O 16. a5 Rac8 17. Qe1 Rfe8 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Qh4 Bc6 20. Rae1 Qd8 21.
Qxd8 Rexd8 22. Re2 Bd5 23. b3 Rd7 24. Kf2 h5 {(Draw offer)} 25. Ke1 Bf6 26. Kd1
Kg7 27. c3 dxc3 28. Kc2 Rc6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Rd1 {(Draw offer)} 30... h4 31. Rf2
Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Farndon, David"]
[Black "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 a6 15.
a5 Re8 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Rad1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Rc1
Qd6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 {(Draw offer)} 23... Be7 24. Rc2 g6 25. Bg4 Ra7 26.
Rfc1 Rc7 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. h3 f5 30. Bf3 Qe6 31. g4 Rd6 32. Rc5 Bd8
33. R1c2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yeo, Michael"]
[Black "Gurr, Lyndon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 c5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be3 Qe7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rab1
Bc6 15. Bg5 Qf8 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Kg7 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3
Ne4 21. Rb7 Ne5 22. Rf4 Nd6 23. Bf6+ Kg6 {#} 24. Bxe5 Nxb7 25. Rf6+ Kg7 26. Ng5
Nd8 27. Rxe6+ f6 28. Rxf6 h6 29. Re6+ Kf8 30. Bd6+ Kg7 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Nf3 Nf7
33. Bxc5 Rge8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxa7 Nd6 36. Kf1 Nc4 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Bb4 Ra8
39. Ke2 Nxa3 40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Nd4 Nb5 42. Kc4 Nc7 43. Ba5 Rc8 44. Nc6 Ne6 45.
Kd5 Nf4+ 46. Kd6 Re8 47. c4 Nxg2 48. c5 Ne3 49. Bd8 Re4 50. c3 Ng4 51. Ne7+ Kf7
52. c6 Re6+ 53. Kc5 Ne5 54. c7 Nd7+ 55. Kb5 Nb6 56. c4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bibby, Simon"]
[Black "Upton, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. g3
Kb8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nc3 Nf8 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. h4 h5 19. Ne4 Qa6 20. Qb3 Qa5 21.
Ka1 Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. a3 Rc8 24. d5 Rgd8 25. d6 Bf8 26. Nxf6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Bxd6 28. c3 Be7 29. Nxh5 Rh8 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Bc5 32. Re2 Rh6 33. b4 Bd6
34. Ng5 Rxh4 35. Nxf7 Bxf4 36. Rxe6 Bd2 37. Nd6 Bxc3+ 38. Ka2 a6 39. Re2 Rf4
40. Kb3 Bd4 41. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Noyce, Robert"]
[Black "Connolly, Suzanne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 e6 8. Qe2
b6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bf4 c5 13. h4 Nc6 14. N1h2 Rfe8 15.
h5 Ne7 16. Ng4 Nf5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Qc6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Be5
Rec8 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. Qh6 Ne8 24. Kh2 a6 25. Rh1 Ra7 26. Kg1 d4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Re1 Qf3 29. Qg5 Qf5 30. f4 Qxg5 31. fxg5 Rd7 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. b3 Rc6 34.
Re4 Nd6 35. Reh4 Nf5 36. Rxh7 Rxh7 37. f7+ Kxf7 38. Rxh7+ Ke8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40.
Rh7+ Ke8 41. Bf4 b5 42. g4 Ne7 43. Be5 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Bxd4 cxd3 46. cxd3
Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rxa2 49. Rg7 Rd2 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Bc5 Nd5+ 52. Kf3 Rd2
53. Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kd4 Nf4 55. Bd6 e5+ 56. Kc4 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Howell, Susan"]
[Black "Simons, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O
Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nc7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Na4
Qb5 21. Nec3 Qb3 22. Ne4 d6 23. Rfd1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb5 25. Rcd2 Nd4 26. Nac3 d5
27. Ng3 Bg5 28. Rd3 Nc6 29. Na4 c4 30. Rc3 Rb5 31. Ne2 Ra8 32. b3 Rxb3 33. Nc5
Rxc3 34. Nxc3 Kf7 35. a4 Be7 36. Nd7 Bb4 37. Rc1 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxa4 39. g3 Ke7
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Invicta2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Stille, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Bf3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nce4 h6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. c3 Be5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nc5 Bd6 19. Nb3 e5 20. g4 Bg6 21.
g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Rae8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bh5 Kg7 25. Qg4 Rh8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27.
Re3 Rh5 28. Kf1 f5 29. Qg2 f4 30. Rd3 e4 31. Rd4 f3 32. Qg4 c5 33. Rd2 Reh8 34.
Ke1 Rxh3 35. Kd1 R8h4 {(Resigns, but white is not clearly lost after 36.Qe6)}
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Varley, Peter"]
[Black "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 Bg6 6. c4 e6 7. g5 Nh5 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nge2 exd5 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. c5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bd2
Qe6 15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Kf2 b6 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Qc6 Qf5
21. Ng3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxh5 Bxh5 24. Rc5 Rcd8 25. Ra5 f6 26. Bg2 fxg5
27. Bxg5 Rd6 {(Draw offer)} 28. Rd1 a6 29. Rd2 h6 30. Bh4 g5 31. Bg3 Nf4 32.
Bf1 Rdf6 33. Rxa6 c6 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35. Bc4+ Kg7 36. Rxc6 Bxf3 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38.
Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Be4+ 40. Kc3 Rb8 41. d5 Rf3+ 42. Kd4 Bf5 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. Kc5
g4 45. a4 h5 46. a5 h4 47. a6 g3 48. hxg3 hxg3 49. a7 Ra8 50. Kb6 Bh3 51. Kb7
Rff8 52. Rd3 g2 53. Rg3+ Kf7 54. Rh6 Rac8 55. b3 Rg8 56. Rhxh3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harley, Andrew"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 b5 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 b4 18. Qe3 a5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Nb3 a4 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. d4 h6 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Qxb4 Be2 27. Qd2 g5 28.
Re1 Bb5 29. Kg2 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Qg6 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Rd2 Be8 33. Rf2 Rb4 34. Qd2
Rc4 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qxe5 39. Qxh6 f5 40. Qg5+
Kf7 41. Ra2 Qc7 42. Ra8 Qxc5 43. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Borg, Andy"]
[Black "Swanson, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nf3 f6 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O Kc7 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 a4 12. h3 Ne7 13. e4 Nc8 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Rbc1 Bf7 19. Na2 Rd4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Nf1
Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Nd3 23. Rb1 Nxc4 24. Nc3 Ndxb2 25. Bxa4 Rd3 26. Rc1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3
Nxa4 28. Rc1 b5 29. Kf2 Nc5 30. Rc3 Na4 31. Rc1 Nxa3 32. Ne3 b4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O g6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Qe1
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qh4 Nd7 11. f5 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ng4 14. Qh3 Nf6 15.
Ng5 h5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. h3 Kg7 19. Ne2 e5 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. Raf1 Nh7
22. Rf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Ng1 Bd7 27. Nf3 Kg7
28. c3 Rf4 29. Qe1 Bc6 30. Qe3 h4 31. b4 c4 32. b5 Bxb5 33. d4 Nf6 34. dxe5
dxe5 35. Qc5 Bc6 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fletcher, John"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. g4 O-O 8. Be2
Na6 9. h4 Nb4 10. g5 Ne8 11. h5 e6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Bf4 exd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Ncxd5 17. exd5 Nxc2+ 18. Kd2 Qxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1
0-1

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. e3 Ngf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxg5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. b4
Nf8 15. Ne5 Kg8 16. Qd1 Qh4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. b5 Rac8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Nd7
21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc5 Bg4 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. h3 Be2 25. Rfe1 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Re4 27.
Rab1 Rce8 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Ne5 Bf4 31. Qxa7 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rxe5
33. Qa4 Qg6 34. f3 Qg3 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kg7 38. Rb1 c5 39.
Rb5 c4 40. f4 Re6 41. Rxd5 Rb6 42. Rc5 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Rxc4 Ra3 45. Rc5
Kf6 46. g4 Rb3 47. h4 Rb1 48. h5 Kg7 49. hxg6 Kxg6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Rb4 52.
g5 Rb1 53. Kg4 Re1 54. Rd3 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 Rg3 56. Ra3 Rh3 57. Kg4 Rh1 58. e4 Re1
59. Kf5 Rd1 60. Ra7 Rg1 61. e5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Batey, Richard"]
[Black "McGrath, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe1
Ne8 9. Bxg7 Nxg7 10. d3 Qd6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. e4 d4 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Nd5 Ne8 16. Qh4 Be6 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. Rxf6 Kg7 19. Rf2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Gwent Dragons-Coulsdon"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Black "Roberts, Lynda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. a3 Kh8 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. g4 fxg4 7. h3 d6 8. hxg4
Bxg4 9. Bh3 Nf6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Ng5 Nge5 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Qb3 Qa6 16. Ne6 {(Draw offer)} 16... Kd7 17. Rh4 h6 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bxh6 Nf7
20. Bg5 Nxg5 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Nxg5 Rh1+ 23. Kd2 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Qxc4 25. e4 Nxd5
26. exd5 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Morris, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 f6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nh2 Qd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Bh6
15. Rhf1 Qe7 16. Rde1 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Nh4 Qh7 19. Nf5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ne7 21.
hxg4 hxg4 22. Qf4 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rd7 24. Qxg4 Rg8 25. Qf3 Rg5 26. g4 Rg8 27. Re6
Qh6+ 28. Kb1 Kb7 29. Ne4 Nd5 30. g5 Rxg5 31. Nxg5 Qxg5 32. a3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Walsh, Chris"]
[Black "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 e5 10. h3 Be6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. Bc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd3
Qe7 21. b4 h6 22. Qd2 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. a4 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qf6 27.
Qc3 Qf4 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Qc3 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tozer, Richard"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Re8 16. c5 Qc7 17. e4 e5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. c6 Nb6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. dxe5
Nh5 22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. Ba1 Qg5 24. Nf5 Nf4 25. Qf3 Nc8 26. h4 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Nxg2
28. Kxg2 a4 29. Nxg7 Rf8 30. Nf5 f6 31. Kf3 a3 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33. Rg7+ Ke8 34.
Rc7 Kd8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 h5 4. h3 e5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d4 Bc4 8. Bg5
Be7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nc1 h4 12. g4 Nh7 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Bg5 15.
Qe2 a6 16. Nd3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg5 18. Qe2 Nhf8 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Ng6 21.
Ke3 Ke7 22. Ne2 c6 23. c4 cxd5 24. cxd5 Rhc8 25. Rac1 Nb6 26. b3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Ne1 f6 30. Ng2 Kf7 31. Ng1 a5 32. Nf3 a4 33. Nfxh4 Nf4
34. Nxf4 exf4+ 35. Kd3 axb3 36. axb3 g6 37. Nf3 Nb6 38. Nd4 Nd7 39. Ne6 Ne5+
40. Ke2 g5 41. Nd8+ Ke7 42. Nxb7 Kd7 43. Na5 Kc7 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. b4 Nb8 46. Kd3
Na6 47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Nd2 Kc7 49. Nf3 Kb6 50. Nd4 Nc7 51. Kc4 Ka6 52. Nf5 Nb5 53.
h4 gxh4 54. Nxh4 Na3+ 55. Kb3 Nb5 56. Nf5 Kb6 57. Kc4 Na3+ 58. Kd3 Kc7 59. Nd4
Kb6 60. Kc3 Ka6 61. Kb3 Nb1 62. Nf3 Kb5 63. Kb2 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Black "Fish, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Be2 Ba4 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. Rxb5 Nd7 13. a4 a6 14. Rb3 Nc6 15.
O-O O-O 16. Qg5 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qg3 Rc8 19. Bg5 Rf5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfb1
b6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxb6 Nxa4 24. Rxa6 Nxc3 25. Rbb6 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rxg5 27. Nxe6
Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Ne4 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. Rf8+ Ke7 31. Rxf3 Rxc2 32. g3 Rg6 33. Rb3
Rxe6 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rxg7 d4 37. Rxh7 d3 38. Rh6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Black "Chan, Nevil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 c5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rad8 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. e4 Nf8 14. Bh2 Ng6 15.
b4 Bf8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nfd2 Bd6 23. f3 Bc7 24. Rd1 Qa4 25. Kh1 Qxa2 26. Nxc5 Qc2 27.
Ncb3 Bb6 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Qd1 Be3 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 a5 32. Bg1 Bxg1 33. Kxg1
a4 34. Nc5 a3 35. g3 Nd7 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. Nc4 h5 38. Nxa3 h4 39. Kg2 hxg3 40.
Kxg3 Nf4 41. Nc4 f6 42. Ne3 Rd3 43. Ng2 Rxc3 {(Draw offer)} 44. Rxc3 Ne2+ 45.
Kg4 Nxc3 46. Ne3 Kf7 47. h4 g6 48. h5 gxh5+ 49. Kxh5 {(Draw offer)} 49... Ne2
50. Nd5 Nd4 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Ne3 Ne2 53. Ng2 Nd4 54. Nh4 Ne2 55. Ng6 Nd4 56.
Nf8+ Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nc5+ Kf7 59. Nd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-Simpsons"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Houska, Mario"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Bc2 b6 10. Nd4 Ba6 11. N4f3 Nfg4 12. Bf4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 c5 17. Nf3 c4 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. a4 a6 20. Ne2 Be4 21.
O-O Bc5 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Nd4 Rf6 25. f3 Bd3 26. b4 Bd6 27. Bxd6
Qxd6 28. Qf2 Rh6 29. g3 Qf6 30. Rac1 g5 31. b5 a5 32. Nc6 Rh5 33. e4 fxe4 34.
Nd4 Rf8 35. Re3 Qg6 36. Nc6 Rh6 37. Ne7+ {#} 37... Kg7 38. Nxg6 Rxg6 39. Rxd3
cxd3 40. Qd4+ Rgf6 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Qxe4 $2 d2 43. Rd1 Rf1+ 44. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45.
Kxf1 d1=Q+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Qxc3 48. Qe7+ Kg6 {(Draw offer)} 49. Qe8+ Kg7
50. Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qc6+ Qf6 52. g4 Kg7 53. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Easton, Alex"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 h6 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Bd2 Nh5 15. g3 Bg4
16. Ne1 Bh3 17. Ng2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be2 Nef6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Rfe1 e4 22.
Nf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Ng4 24. Nd1 Ne5 25. Rb3 Qe8 26. Qd2 Qg6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. f4
exf3 29. Bxf3 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rae8 31. Nf2 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Re8 33. Qd2 Bg4 34. Bxg4
fxg4 35. h4 Rf8 36. Nd3 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Qg2 Rf3 39. h5 Qf5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Buckley, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Bxd4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. b3
Qc5 15. Qf3 a5 16. Nb1 a4 17. Bh6 axb3 18. axb3 Be6 19. Rd3 Ra8 20. Rhd1 Ra2
21. Nc3 Bxb3 22. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Rxc3 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O f5 7. d3 Nh6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nc3 Kh8 10. Kh1 Nd4 {(Draw offer)} 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. h3 Bd7 14.
c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 e6 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Rac8 20.
Ree1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sands, David"]
[Black "Cooper, Andrew C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Nh3 Ncd7 14. Qd2 Rxc4
15. Bb3 Rc5 16. Qxd6 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. O-O h6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg3 Bd5 21.
Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Player, Edmund"]
[Black "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15.
bxa3 Ba6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bf2 c4 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 cxd3 20. cxd3 Bxd3 21. Rbe1
Nc6 22. Rf2 Nxd4 23. Nexd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxa3 25. Ndc6 {(Draw offer)} 25...
Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Bb5 27. Rb2 Ba4 28. Nc4 Rc3 29. Ne5 Ne3 30. Be4 f6 31. Nf3 Rfc8
32. Rbe2 Ng4 33. h3 f5 34. hxg4 fxe4 35. Ng5 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxg4 37. Rxe4 Bb3
38. Kf3 h5 39. Nxe6 Bd5 40. Ke3 Bxe4 41. Kxe4 Re8 42. Kd5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Williamson, Paul"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Ba3 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Nb4 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nd5 Nc2+
15. Kf2 Nxa3 16. bxa3 b5 17. Nh3 Rac8 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Rc2
21. Rd3 Rxa2 22. Rb1 b4 23. axb4 a4 24. f4 g5 25. fxg5 a3 26. Rbd1 Be5 27. d6
Rb2 28. Rxa3 Rxb4 29. Kf3 Rxd6 30. h4 Bxh2 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Rd3 Be5 33. h5 h6
34. gxh6 Rd4 35. Rb3 Rd7 36. Kg4 Kh7 37. Kf5 Re7 38. Rb5 f6 39. Rd5 Kxh6 40.
Bf3 Kh7 41. Rd8 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grossett, D."]
[Black "Flower, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bc5 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Re6 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Ra1 Ree8 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Nd1
Bf8 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Ne6 26. c3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Qc5 30. Bf5 Qxf5 31. exf5 Rxe1 32. Rfxe1 Rxd2 33. f3 Kg7
34. Re8 Rxb2 35. f6+ Kxf6 36. Rxf8 Rb3 37. Rb8 Bd5 38. Rb6+ Be6 39. Raxa6 Rxc3
40. Rxb5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Rab6 Ra2 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Rb2 Rc8 45. Kf2 Kg7 46.
Rd6 Rc1 47. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Bristol2-Barbican2"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Black "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 d4 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Bf3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. a3 g5 15.
b4 g4 16. Be4 Nf7 17. bxc5 Nxe5 18. Rb1 Nc6 19. Nb3 e5 20. Bd2 Rdf8 21. Qe2 g3
22. fxg3 Bf5 23. Bh6 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf7 25. Qd3 Bf8 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. Na5 Nxa5 28.
Bxa5 Bg7 29. Qe4 Qf5 30. Qe2 Rhf8 31. Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+
34. Kxf1 e4 {#} 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Bd2 Kc6 37. Bb4 Bf8 38. a4 Bxc5 39. Bd2 d3+ 40.
Kd1 e3 41. Bc3 e2+ 42. Ke1 Bg1 43. h3 Kc5 44. g4 Kxc4 45. Bd2 Kb3 46. a5 Kc2
47. Bf4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berry, Steve"]
[Black "Devereaux, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rb8 11. Nc3 d6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rac1 Rfe8
15. b3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rec8 20. Qd3 Nf6 21.
Re2 Rc7 22. Rec2 Rbc8 23. f3 Nd7 24. Na4 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke2 Kd8 27. Bd2
Qh5 28. Qxa6 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 Nc5 30. R6xc5 dxc5 31. Qd3 Ke8 32. Nb6 Rd8 33. Nd5
Rxd5 34. exd5 Qxd5 35. Qe4 Qd7 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qb5+ 38. Kf2 Qa5 39. Rc2
Qb6 40. Kf1 Qa6+ 41. Kg1 Qa5 42. Qe5 Rc6 43. f4 Qc7 44. Qxc7 Rxc7 45. b4 Ra7
46. bxc5 Ra4 47. g3 Kd7 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Ba3 b6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Re5 Nf5 21.
Rbe1 Ne7 22. c4 Qd7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. a5 Rd8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qf3 Ree8 27.
R1e4 f6 28. Rh5 Re7 29. Reh4 g6 30. Rh6 f5 31. Qe3 Rg7 32. Rf4 Qd6 33. h4 Ra8
34. g3 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. h5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 b4 39. Qxd5 exd5 40.
hxg6 hxg6 41. Rfh4 Rd1 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 g5 44. Rh6 Rxd4 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46.
Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "McMichael, Rick"]
[Black "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 c5 8. Bb2
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qg5 12. h4 Qg4 13. Qc2 h5 14. Rh3 Bd6 15.
Rh1 O-O 16. Be2 Qg6 17. O-O-O b5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. h5 Qe6 21. h6
gxh6 22. Rh5 Rfe8 23. Rdh1 Kh7 24. Qxe4+ f5 25. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rose, Matthew"]
[Black "Okike, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Re1 g5 11. Be3 Qg7 12. b4 Ne7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. Qa4 a6 16. b5 Nb6 17. Qa5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rd8 19. c4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21.
Red1 Qc5 22. Qa7 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Bxa3 24. Rd3 Bc5 25. a4 c6 26. a5 Nd7 27. a6 bxa6
28. Rxa6 cxb5 29. cxb5 Nb8 30. Rc3 Kb7 31. Rxc5 Nxa6 32. bxa6+ Kxa6 33. h4 Kb6
34. Rc3 g4 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Kg3 Rd4 37. Rc8 h5 38. Rf8 Rd7 39. Rh8 Rd5 40. Rc8
Rc5 41. Rf8 Rf5 42. Rc8 Kb7 43. Rc4 Ra5 44. Kf4 Rb5 45. Rc2 f6 46. Ke3 Kb6 47.
Rc8 Rc5 48. Rf8 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. g3 Kd6 52. Ra8 Rf3+ 53. Ke2
Rc3 54. Rd8+ Ke7 55. Ra8 Kf7 56. Ra5 Kg6 57. Rb5 Rf3 58. Rb6 e5 59. Rb8 Ra3 60.
Rb6 Kf5 61. Rc6 Ra5 62. Rb6 e4 63. Rb8 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 Ra3+ 65. Ke2 Ra5 66. Ke3
Re5 67. Ra8 Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf7 69. Ra8 Rf5 70. Ra4 Rf3+ 71. Kxe4 Rxf2 72. Ra3
Re2+ 73. Kf4 Kg6 74. Rb3 Re5 75. Ra3 Rf5+ 76. Ke4 Rf1 77. Rb3 Re1+ 78. Kf4 Re6
79. Rb5 Ra6 80. Rb3 Ra4+ 81. Ke3 Kf7 82. Rb7+ Ke6 83. Rb6+ Kf5 84. Rb5+ Kg6 85.
Rb3 Ra6 86. Kf4 f5 87. Ke3 Re6+ 88. Kf2 Kf6 89. Rb8 Ra6 90. Rf8+ Ke5 91. Re8+
Kd4 92. Rd8+ Ke5 93. Rh8 Ra2+ 94. Kg1 Ke4 95. Rxh5 Kf3 96. Rxf5+ Kxg3 97. h5 {
(etc - 113 moves, remaining moves ambiguous)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Churm, Rohan"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 f5 14. Bf3
Rae8 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Kg8 17. h3 Qg7 18. Kh2 Bc8 19. Rg1 Ne7 20. g3 Rd8 21.
Rc2 c6 22. Ne2 d5 23. c5 Kh8 24. Qa5 a6 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rde8 27. Nc1 Ng8
28. Rd1 Nf6 {(Draw offer)} 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Kf2 h6 31. Rd4 g5 32. Bg2 gxf4 33.
Rxf4 Rg8 34. Ne2 Reg7 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Bf3 Nd7 37. Rd4 Ne5 38. Rg1 Nd7 39. Rc1
Ne5 40. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jones, Nicholas"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. cxd4 cxd4 7. Qa4 d3 8. Ned4
Bd7 9. Bxd3 Bc5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qc4 Bb6 12. O-O Ne7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Bb1 O-O
15. Qe2 Bd4 16. Ra3 e5 17. b4 Qb6 18. b5 a6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qh5 Bd7 21. e5 g6
22. Qg5 Qc5 23. Bd3 f6 24. Qh4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Ra1 Qxe5 27. Bb2 Rfd8 28.
Rfe1 Qd6 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Ba3 Qc6 31. Re7 h5 32. Rae1 Re8 33. h3 Rxe7 34. Bxe7
Re8 35. Qxd4 Kf7 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. Qb3+ Be6 38. Qb6 Rxe7 39. Qxa6 Qb7 40. Qd3 Qd7
41. Qa3 Qxd2 42. Ra1 Bd5 43. a5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Compton, Alastair"]
[Black "Short, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rf4 Nb6 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Bg6 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 {(Draw offer)} 18. Nf7 Bxf4+ 19. Qxf4
Qe7 20. Nxh8 Kg7 21. Bd3 Rxh8 22. Qg3+ Kf7 23. Rh3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Witney"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Smith, Lucy"]
[Black "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxd5 Bb4 11. Qe4+ Be6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Nce2 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. a3 Bc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Be4
b6 21. Rac1 Bf8 22. g3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd2 24. Rc2 Rd8 25. Kg2 Be7 26. Kf3 a5 27.
Ke2 Kf8 28. Bf3 e5 29. Be4 Kg8 30. f3 Kf8 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. Bc4+ Kf8 33. Be6 Rd6
34. Bb3 Rd8 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Bc5 37. Rd2 Be7 38. Bc2 Kg7 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40.
e4 Bc7 41. e5 Kf7 42. Bb3+ Ke7 43. Ke3 b5 44. Bg8 h6 45. Ke4 Bb8 46. Bd5 Bc7
47. Bc6 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. b3 Bb6 50. h3 Ba7 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Be3 53.
Bd5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. d5 d6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Qxh4+ g5 19. Qg3 Qc6 20. Red1
d5 21. Nc3 b6 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Re1 Raf8 24. Qe5 Kf7 25. f3 b5 26. Ne2 Rhg8 27.
Ng3 Nd7 28. Qb2 Nb6 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Qc1 e5 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. f4 gxf4 33. exf4 e4
34. Ne3 d4 35. f5 Qc6 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Qf4 e3 38. Rf3 Rg7 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40.
hxg3 Re8 41. g4 Re4 42. Qh2 d3 43. Qh5+ Kf8 44. cxd3 cxd3 45. f6 Qxf6 46. Qxc5+
Kg7 47. Rxe3 d2 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qc2 d1=Q+ 50. Qxd1 Rxe3 51. Qc2+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. e5 Nxe5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Nxe5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bxb5 10. Qb3 dxc3 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. b4 Qxb4 14.
Ba3 Qa5 15. Qf7+ Kd8 {#} 16. Qxf8+ Kc7 17. Qf4 Rf8 18. Nf7+ Kb6 19. Bb4 Qa4 20.
Qd4+ Ka6 21. Rc1 Qxa2 22. Qe3 Qd2+ 23. Qxd2 cxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rxf7 25. Rc8 Rxf2+
26. Ke3 Rf1 27. Rxf1 Bxf1 28. Bc3 h5 29. Bxg7 Rh7 30. Rxg8 Bc4 31. Rc8 Rxg7 32.
Rxc4 Rxg2 33. Rh4 Rg5 34. Re4 Rb5 35. Rxe7 Rb2 36. Re6+ b6 {time} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Singleton, Michael"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Bf4 d6 6. g4 Bg7 7. gxf5 Bxf5 8. Bd3
Qd7 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. c3 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bf1 Qg7 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd3 Rhf8 21.
Bg2 Ne6 22. Ne2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qa3 25. f4 Qxa2 26. Re3 Bxe2 27. Rxe2
Qa5+ 28. Kf1 Rxf4+ 29. Kg1 Qc3 30. Rc1 Qd3 31. Qe1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Stimpson, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. f4 Bg4 5. fxe5 Nc6 6. d3 Nxe5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bf4
Ne7 9. Qd2 N7g6 10. Bg3 c5 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nh4 14. Kf2 O-O
15. f4 f5 16. Bg2 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe8 18. Raf1 Qc6 19. Kh2 fxe4 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21.
f5 Bd5 22. Rhg1 {#} 22... Be5 23. Qd3 Rae8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Ng3 Qxd3 26. cxd3
Rf7 27. b4 Re3 28. bxc5 Rxd3 29. Rf2 Rxa3 30. Nh5 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Ng3 a6
33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Ne4 Kf7 35. Nd6+ Kf6 36. Rxd4 b5 37. c6 Rd8 38. c7 Rf8 39. Re4
Bd5 40. Re8 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tuddenham, David"]
[Black "White, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. f4 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. a4 a6
9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qe1 Nb4 13. Qe2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nd1 d4
16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Kh2 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Nxd4 Bd5 21. Nf3 Rfc8 22.
Nc3 Qc7 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28.
Rdb1 Ne4 29. Qf3 Bc5 30. Qg4 Rb6 31. e6 Nf6 32. exf7+ Qxf7 33. Qf3 Re8 34. Nf5
Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Qe6 36. Ra3 d4 37. Ng2 Qe2 38. Qxe2 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 e5 9. d5 f5 10. Nf3 fxe4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. h3 b6 14. g4 h6 15.
gxf5 gxf5 16. Ne6 f4 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. f3 exf3 19. Bf2 Nd7 20. O-O-O Nf6 21.
Qc2 Re8 22. Qg6 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qxc3 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. d6 Rd7 26. dxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxd7
Qxd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Rd8+ Ne8 30. Bh4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. Qe2
d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rae1 Nbd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. e5 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. exf6 gxf6
15. f5 e5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rf4 Qxb2 18. Bd4 Qa3 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc5 21.
Re3 Qa5 22. Nd5 Ra7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 O-O 25. Bc3 Qa4 26. Qe2 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd1"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Nd4 9. a4 Qd7 10. Kh2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 h5 13. Bg5 Ng4+ 14. Kg2 Nxf2
15. Rxf2 Bxf2 16. Qxf2 f6 17. Be3 a6 18. Nd5 Rf8 19. Rf1 Rc8 20. b3 b5 21. Bg5
bxa4 22. Bxf6 axb3 23. cxb3 Qe6 24. Qa7 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Nxc7+ Rxc7 27.
Qxc7 Qxb3 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nb3
d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 O-O 14. Be2 Rd8 15.
Bg5 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd5 exd5 21.
Rxc4 dxc4 22. e5 Bg7 23. Nc1 Bc6 24. exd6 Rad8 25. Qb4 b5 26. Ne2 Bf8 27. Qc5
Be4 28. Nc3 Bd3 29. Re1 Rxd6 30. Qc7 Bf5 31. h3 Rc8 32. Qb7 Rcd8 33. Re2 Bd3
34. Re5 Bf5 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Kg7 37. Ne7 Be6 38. Qc7 Bxe7 39. Qxe7 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Rd7 41. Qa3 Ra7 42. Qd6 Rd7 43. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Corkett, Anthony"]
[Black "Sands, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3
Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15.
O-O g5 16. d4 Nf8 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. Bc1 Rf8 20. e4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4
22. exd5 exd5 23. Re5 h6 24. a4 Bd6 25. Re3 Rf8 26. Rfe1 Bf4 27. R3e2 Qf6 28.
Ne5 Rad8 29. Ng6 Rfe8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. c4 dxc4 34.
bxc4 Qxd4 35. Ng6+ Kg8 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5
Be6 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. c3 Nc7 14. Na3 Qa5
15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Ne4 Ne6 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rh8
21. f3 Kb8 22. Kb1 Bg7 23. Be1 Ka8 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. d5 cxd5 27.
Rxd5 Qb6 28. Rd1 a6 29. Nc2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Ne3 e6 32. Kc2 Rd8 33. Rxd8+
Bxd8 34. Nc4 Nd7 35. b4 b6 36. Kd3 f6 37. a4 Kb7 38. Nd6+ Ka7 39. Ne8 Kb7 40.
c4 Be7 41. Nd6+ Bxd6 42. Bxd6 Kc6 43. Be7 Kc7 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Kb7 46. Bd6
Kc8 47. Kd4 Kb7 48. f4 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Yeo, Michael"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. h3 e6 8. g3 Nd7 9.
Be2 Bb4 10. Ng5 Be4 11. Rg1 Nf5 12. Kf1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 h4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. g4 Ng3+ 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. c4 Qa4 19. c5 {#} 19... Qxd4 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
c3 Qc5 22. Be1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qe3 24. Bd1 Qxf4 25. Qf2 Qxe5 26. Qxb6 O-O 27. Qe3
Rd3 28. Qh6 Qf6 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf1 31. Qxh4 Rfd8 32. Bf2 Rd2 33. Be2
Qxe2 34. Re1 Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. Rxe4 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Upton, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bf4 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. c4
Nf4 15. Bf1 b6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Be3 Be5 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. g3 Bf3 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Be2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rac8 23. Rc2 Ne7 24. f4 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bb8 26. Nd2 Rfd8 27. Nf3
f6 28. Rd1 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Kf7 32. b3 e5 33. Be3 Rxd1+
34. Kxd1 g4 35. Rd2 Ke6 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Bg1 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Ke3 Rc7 40.
a4 Rd7 41. Rc2 Rd1 42. b4 Rb1 43. c5 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 bxc5 45. bxc5 Rb7 46. Rd2 Rd7
47. Rb2 Rc7 48. Rb5 Rc6 49. Rb7 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Simons, Martin"]
[Black "Twyble, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Nh4 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. c3 Nb5
15. Qh5 Nc7 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Rxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Be3 {#}
20... Ne8 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Noyce, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. b3 Rac8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rad1 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. c5 Ng4 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e6 20. Rd7 Rxc5
21. Qe4 Qxa2 22. Bh3 Qa6 23. Qf4 Be5 24. Qf2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Rd1 Qc6 27.
Bf1 Bb6 28. Bc4 Qe4 29. Rd3 Rc8 30. Qf4 Rxc4 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. bxc4 Qxd3 33.
Qe5+ Kf8 34. c5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Barbican2-Wessex"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Howard, Emily"]
[Black "Kieran, Rosalind"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bf4 d5 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ng5 Qf5
15. Bc1 Nb4 16. Re2 Nd3 17. Nf3 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rac8 19. Qe1 Rc6 20. Rd1 Bh6 21.
Nd2 Rd8 22. f3 Bf4 23. Qh4 Bg5 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. f4 Bh6 26. Rf1 Qf5 27. Qh4 Bf8
28. g4 Qd3 29. Qf2 Qh3 30. g5 h5 31. gxh6 Qxh6 32. Qf3 Bg7 33. Rg2 f6 34. Qg3
fxe5 35. fxe5 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. h3 e6 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qf7+
Bg7 41. Nf3 Nc4 42. Ng5+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "James, Russell"]
[Black "Devereaux, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O h5 12. Nf4 h4 13. gxh4 Bh6 14. e3 O-O-O 15.
Nf3 Rdg8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rxg5 18. Kh1 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e4 Rg7 21.
exf5 e5 22. Ne6 Rgh7 23. h3 Bc6 24. f3 e4 25. Ng5 exf3 26. Nxf3 Ne4 27. Kh2 d5
28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qf4 Rh4 30. Ng4 Rxg4 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. f6 Rg6 33. f7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Bb5+
Nec6 9. b4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Nf3 a5 13. Qd2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+
15. Bxa1 Na6 16. Bc3 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. O-O Rd8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qd3 e5 21.
Qxc4 exd4 22. Bxa6 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 dxc3 24. Bd3 g6 {(Draw offer)} 25. Re1 Kg7 26.
Kf2 Kf6 27. Re3 Bb7 28. b5 Rd4 29. g3 Rd5 30. Re8 Rc5 31. Ke3 Bc8 32. Kd4 {#}
32... Bf5 33. Rb8 Rc7 34. Rxb6+ Ke7 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rc6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Shepley, Julien"]
[Black "Cooksey, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Nc1 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. f4 Qd7 12. Nd1 d5 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Nf2
d4 16. Bd2 f5 17. c4 Nd8 18. Rb1 Nf7 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 g5 21. Nh3 Qc6+ 22.
Kf2 Ng6 23. Qd1 g4 24. Ng1 Qh1 25. Nce2 h5 26. Qa4 Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qg2 28. Qd7
Rae8 29. Qxa7 Qc6 30. Qa3 h4 31. gxh4 Nxh4 32. b4 Ra8 33. Qb3 Ra4 34. bxc5 bxc5
35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 Rc8 37. Nc1 Nd8 38. Kf2 Bf8 39. Kg3 Be7 40. Rf2 Nc6 41.
Rb7 Ng6 42. Rh2 Ra7 43. Rxa7 Nxa7 44. Nb3 Nc6 45. Ne2 Ra8 46. Nec1 Kf7 47. Rh1
Nf8 48. Kf2 Nd7 49. Ke2 Bd8 50. Be1 Bb6 51. Rh2 Kg6 52. Kf1 Kg7 53. Ke2 Ba5 54.
Bh4 Bd8 55. Be1 Be7 56. Kf1 Nb6 57. Bh4 Bxh4 58. Rxh4 Na4 59. Rh2 Nb4 60. Kg2
Nc2 61. Kg3 Ne3 62. Rh1 Kg6 63. Ne2 Rb8 64. Nec1 Rc8 65. Kf2 Nc3 {#} 66. Ke1
Ng2+ 67. Kd2 Nxf4 68. Rf1 Nh5 69. Nxc5 Rxc5 70. Nb3 Rxe5 71. Nxd4 Ng3 72. Ra1
Na4 73. Re1 Rxe1 74. Kxe1 e5 75. Nb3 f4 76. c5 Nf5 77. c6 Ne7 78. c7 Nc3 79. d4
e4 80. Nc5 g3 81. a4 f3 82. Ne6 Kf5 83. Ng7+ Kg4 84. Ne8 f2+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Dickinson, Tim"]
[Black "Singleton, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nbc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 Bd4 13. c5 d6 14. b3 dxc5 15.
Ba3 Nh5 16. g3 Qg5 17. Kh1 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Bxc5 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Bg4 21. h4
Bf3+ 22. Kh2 Qh5 23. Bxd4 {#} 23... g5 24. Bxe5 gxh4 25. gxf4 c5 26. Bh3 Ra6
27. Rg1+ Rg6 28. Nxc5 Re8 29. Nd7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Tuddenham, David"]
[Black "Haydon, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. g4 f5 10. h3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Kh1 fxe4 14. dxe4 d5 15.
Ng5 dxe4 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ngxe4 Nf5 18. Ne2 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ra3 b5 21.
axb5 Rxb5 22. Qg4 Bb7 23. Ng3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rc5 25. Rf2 Qd5+ 26. Kh2 Rfc8 27.
Nxf5 exf5 28. Qd1 Qc6 29. c3 dxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Churm, Rohan"]
[Black "Erichsen, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. d4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bf5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rfd1 f6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
g5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. c5 c6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxe5 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Bg4+ Kc7 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Bf3 Bc6
27. Bxc6 Kxc6 28. b4 Kb5 29. g3 a5 30. bxa5 Kxc5 31. f4 h6 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h4
1-0

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Bimbatti, Gian"]
[Black "Jones, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. a3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
N5f6 9. b4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15.
Ne4 Rad8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nd6 Bxf3 21. Nxf5
exf5 22. Rxe7 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Qd6 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Re8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Guildford2-Witney"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Smith, Lucy"]
[Black "Lusher, Claire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 c6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf5 Nb6 14. Bxc8
Raxc8 15. O-O Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Rfe1 Ne4 18. Re2 c5 19. Qb2 b5 20. dxc5 Qxb2
21. Rxb2 Rxc5 22. Nd4 Rec8 23. g3 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Williams, Leighton"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bf4 d6
9. Nc3 dxe5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Ngf6 12. Nf2 O-O 13. Nfe4 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15.
O-O Nb6 16. Nxc5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 e6 18. Rfd1 Nh5 19. a4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. a5
Qg5 22. N5e4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Potts, Alan"]
[Black "Walsh, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf1 Nh4
15. Ne3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bg4 Bc6 20. Rac1
Rae8 21. Nc2 Nxc2 22. Rxc2 e5 23. Rce2 e4 24. Rd2 g6 25. b4 Kg7 26. Bd1 Rd8 27.
Rd4 Rd7 28. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nexd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxe5 21.
f4 Re6 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf5 Rd6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Bg4
Qf6 28. Bd1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Barrett, Stephen"]
[Black "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. h3 c6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. a4 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Ne3 Ngf4 14. Bf1 Be6
15. Kh2 Ng6 16. g3 a6 17. a5 Rac8 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Bb3 Bd6 21. Qe2
Re8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. f4 Ng6 25. Qd3 h6 26. e5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Nf3 Qe2+ 30. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kg1 Rce8 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Kf1 Nc5
34. Bd1 R2e6 35. Bd2 Ne4 36. Be1 Ng5 37. h4 Ne4 38. Bc2 Rf6 39. Kg2 c5 40. Rd1
Rd6 41. Bf2 Rde6 42. Re1 f5 43. Bb3 Rd8 44. Rd1 Nf6 45. Kf1 {#} 45... c4 46.
Bxc4 Ree8 47. Bb3 Kh7 48. Bd4 Ng4 49. Bb6 Rd6 50. Rxd5 Rxb6 51. axb6 Ne3+ 52.
Kf2 Nxd5 53. Bxd5 Re7 54. Nd4 Kg6 55. Ne6 Kf6 56. Nc5 Ke5 57. c4 g5 58. Nxb7 f4
59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Na5 Rh7 61. gxf4+ Kxf4 62. b7 Rh2+ 63. Bg2 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Jones, Richard S"]
[Black "Gayson, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 a6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 b5
9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. c3 Qb6 12. d4 O-O-O 13. Be3 h6 14. f5 exf5 15. Ne1
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ndxe5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. Bh3+ f5 20. Nxf5 {#} 20... Bc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd4+ Kb8 23. Ne6 Qb6 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qe2 d4 26. Nd3 dxc3
27. bxc3 Rf8 28. Raf1 Ka7 29. Bg2 Ne3 30. Rxf8 Nxg2+ 31. Kh1 Nd4 32. Qxg2 Bxg2+
33. Kxg2 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Qxc3 35. R8f7+ Kb6 36. Nc1 Qe3+ 37. R7f2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Nd2
39. Rf6+ Ka5 40. Nb3+ Nxb3 41. R6f3 Qe4 42. axb3 g5 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. R1f2 Kb4
45. h3 a5 46. Kh2 {(Draw offer)} 46... Ka3 47. Re2 b4 48. Ree3 h5 49. Rd3 Qc5
50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kg1 Qc1+ 52. Kg2 Qc6 53. Kg1 Qb7 54. Rfe3 Qc6 {(Draw offer)}
55. Rd1 Qc5 56. Rdd3 Qc6 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+ 60. Kf3 Qh2 61.
Rd4 Qh3+ 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "White, Mark"]
[Black "Fish, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. O-O Rfe8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c4 a6 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Nc3
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. a3 Bd6 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Rac1 Re4 19. Qc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Musson, Adam"]
[Black "Tan, Desmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. f4 c5 12. e5 Be7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Na6
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. a4 Nc7 19. c4 a6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ra3 b5
22. Rg3 {#} 22... Kh8 23. Bb2 dxe5 24. fxe5 bxc4 25. Nxh6 Qxd5 26. Nxf7+ Kg8
27. Qh4 (27. Rh3) 27... Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rf3+ Kg8 30. Qf4 Re7 31. Qxc4+
Ne6 32. g4 Rb8 33. Ba3 Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. Qc4 Kh7 36. h4 Rd8 37. Bxc5 Nxc5
38. Qxc5 Ree8 39. Qc2+ Kh8 40. Rf5 g6 41. Rg5 Bh6 42. Rxg6 Be3+ 43. Kf1 Rf8+
44. Rf6 Bh6 45. Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 46. Kg2 Bg7 47. Qe4 Re8 48. e6 a5 49. g5 Bc3 50. h5
Bb4 51. Qe5+ Kh7 52. Qf6 Re7 53. g6+ Kh6 54. g7+ Kh7 55. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Nidum Kts-White Rose"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Forbes, Cathy"]
[Black "Wilson, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 f5 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5 Qg5 12. g4 d6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Qa4+ Ke7 15.
Nec4 Nd7 16. Rh2 a6 17. Qc2 d5 18. Na3 Rac8 19. O-O-O e5 20. f3 exd4 21. exd4
Qf4 22. Re2 Kd8 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Nac4 c5 25. Rf1 Qxg4 26. Nxe4 {#} 26... Bxe4
27. Rxe4 Qg6 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Kc7 30. Rxd7+ Kc8 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Varley, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 Rd8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Rc1 Na6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bc8 17. d4 b5 18. Nce5 Bb7 {#} 19. Ng5 Qb6 20. Ngxf7 Rf8
21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. h3
Bb6+ 15. Kh2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxc2 23. Rb3 Bd4 24. Rxb7 Rxb2 25. Nb3 Rd8 26. Rc1 g6
27. Rcc7 Rf2 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Be3 30. d6 Bg5 31. Ra7 Rxa2 32. d7 Rb2 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Nc5 Rd2 35. Ne4 Bf4+ 36. Kg1 Rxd7 37. Rxa6 f5 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Saunders, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Qc7 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. h3 Nd7
9. Bc4 h6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 e5 12. Ne2 Ngf6 13. Ng3 b5 14. Ba2 c5 15. d5 h5
16. Nh4 Nf8 17. f4 N6d7 18. c4 b4 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Bxf4 O-O-O 21. Bb3 Re8 22.
a5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Ba4 Nd7 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28.
Qf4 h4 29. Nh1 Re7 30. Nf2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rae1 Kc7 33. Nd3 Kd8 34. Rxe7
Qxe7 35. Re1 Qf8 36. Nxc5 Bc8 37. Ne6+ Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Kd7 39. Qd4 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 exd4 8. Nb5
Qb6 9. Nbxd4 Nc5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 O-O-O 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nh6 Ne3 20. Nxf7 Nf5
21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rhe8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rhe1 h6 26. Bf6 Ne3
27. Rd2 Nd5 28. Rde2 Nf4 29. Re4 g5 30. b4 Bb6 {#} 31. c4 Nd3+ 32. Kd2 Nxe1 33.
Kxe1 Bd8 34. Bxd8 Kxd8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rf8 37. h4 Ke6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g4
Rf1 40. Kd2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Hennigan, Rita"]
[Black "Fletcher, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. c4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Nb4 16. Be4 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Qe2 Rab8
21. Qe1 Nxa2 22. Rc6 Qa7 23. Bb1 b4 24. Nc4 b3 25. Nxd6 Kf8 26. Nf5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Brickman, Simon"]
[Black "Chan, Nevil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qxf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rae1 Bd7 12. f4 Rae8 13. h3 Bc6
14. Re3 Re7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Martin, Barry"]
[Black "Batey, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 e6 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 {(Draw offer)} 12... Qa5
13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qd3 {(Draw offer)} 14... Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Simpsons-Gwent Dragons"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Roberts, Lynda"]
[Black "Houska, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd2 Qf5 14.
c3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Dunworth, Chris"]
[Black "Player, Edmund"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 Nec6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bf1 g5 13. b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Qd8 15. Nc5
g4 16. Nd2 Bxc5 17. dxc5 h5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Qc7 21. Bg5 Rc8
22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5+ Kf8 25. c6 b6 26. Qb4+ Ke8 27. c4 {#} 27...
Nxc6 28. Qa4 d4 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rb5 Qd7 31. Rxc5 Ne7 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Qb4 Nb6
34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Qxd4 Qd7 36. Qa1 Nd5 37. Qb1 Qc7 38. Rc1 Nc3 39. Rxc3 Qxc3 40.
Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Jones, Chris JA"]
[Black "Harley, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Bc3 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 b5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Rfe1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 h6 19. Re4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Rosen, Daniel"]
[Black "Buckley, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. O-O e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
N8e7 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Rc3 Qc7 20. Qe1 Rad8 21. Qh4 Bg7
22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Qe1 Rfe8 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Qb1 Rxb7 28.
Qxb7 Nxd4 29. exd4 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Qxc3 31. Nb3 a5 32. Qc6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34.
Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Dilleigh, Steven"]
[Black "Moore, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 f5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 a5 11. b3 Qe7 12. O-O e5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 {#} 16... Qe7 17. d5 Nd8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. e4 f4 20. Qc3 Nf7
21. Rxf4 Qg5 22. Rf3 Ra6 23. Rcf1 Rf6 24. Rg3 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qf4 26. Qe3 g6 27.
Rf3 Qh4 28. Bd3 b6 29. Bc1 Bg4 30. Rf1 Nd6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Kf7 34. Be3 Nb7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Bd7 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 c6 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gunter, David"]
[Black "Richards, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. d3 e5 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. e3 Qc7 15.
Ba3 Rd8 16. Nb3 c5 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Nd5 Nc7
22. e4 Ne6 23. Bb2 Bc6 24. Rf1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rfe1 Re8 28.
Be4 f5 29. Bg2 Be5 30. Re2 Re7 31. Rbe1 Rbe8 32. Qd2 Kg7 {(Draw offer)} 33. h4
Bd6 34. Re6 Rxe6 35. dxe6 Rxe6 36. Bd5 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qe7 38. Qd2 f4 39. Kg2
Qe5 40. gxf4 Qf5 41. Qe2 Qxf4 42. Qf3 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Qxh4 44. a4 Qf4 45. Qxf4
Bxf4 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Bb7 h5 48. Bc6 g5 49. Be8 h4 50. Kh3 Bd2 51. Kg4 Ke5 52.
Bc6 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Grossett, D."]
[Black "De Coverly, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e4
Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Re1 a6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bc2 Nxg3 15. Nxg3
g4 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Ndf1 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nf6 20. Re3 Bc8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22.
Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Ng3 h5 24. Nf5 Ng8 25. h3 Nh6 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. Bd3
Bf6 29. Nxh6 Qxh6 30. Bxa6 {#} 30... Rg5 31. Bxc8 Rh5 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Rxd1
34. Rxd1 Bg5 35. Bxg4 Kg8 36. Rh3 Qf6 37. Bf5 Bh6 38. Rdh1 Bg7 39. Rg3 Kf8 40.
Rh7 Bh6 41. c4 Bc1 42. Rgg7 Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. b3 Ba3 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. f3
Kf6 47. Kc3 Kg5 48. b4 Bd4+ 49. Kb3 Kf4 50. Ka4 Ke3 51. Kb5 Kd3 52. a4 f6 53.
a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 Bc5 55. a6 Bb6 56. Kc6 Kxc4 57. Kb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "McGrath, J."]
[Black "Sellars, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. g3 h6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nd5 c5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Red1 Rb6 20. Rc3 b4 21.
Rf3 Qg7 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Be6 24. b3 Ra6 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Coulsdon-Bristol2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Black "Turvey, Syringa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 b4
9. gxf6 bxc3 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Rg1 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qxh2+ 13. Rg2 Qe5 14. bxc3 Bd7
15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rg5 Nxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Qh6 21.
Bg2 {#} 21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qg7 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Qe4 h6 25. Bd4 Qf8 26. Bh3 Rc8
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Bb6+ Rc7 31. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Thomas, Richard"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. e3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8.
Nf3 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Nb8 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nc2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
Re1 Rfd8 16. Ra2 c6 17. Ba3 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21.
Bf1 b4 22. cxb4 cxb4 23. Nd5 Rda7 24. Rea1 Kf8 25. Nxb4 Rb8 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. f4
Rxb3 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Rb4 30. Ra4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bd7 32. Ra2 a4 33. Kf2
Ra5 34. Ke3 Rxe5 35. Kd4 f6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. c5 Bc6 38. Rb2 Kd7 39. Rb6 Re8 40.
Rb2 Kc7 41. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Rb8 7. Bg2 b5 8. Nge2
b4 9. Nd1 h5 10. h3 Nf6 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bf2 e6 13. Ne3 a5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxc5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Kg8 21. Nc6
Rb5 22. O-O-O Rh7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Nd6 Qc5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. d4
Nc4 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd6 f5 31. Kb1 Rf7 32. d5 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Berry, Steve"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 Rad8 12. g3 e5 13. Bg2 Rfe8 14. Rae1 a6
15. f4 Nh5 16. Kh2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 a5 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. Rf2 Re7 23. Rfd2 Ne8 24. Bf3 h6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. h4 Nd7
28. h5 Nc5 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Kg7 32. Bh3 Nf6 33. Rde2 Rbe8 34.
Kf3 Kg8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Bf1 Kg8 37. Bh3 Kg7 38. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "McMichael, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. c3 O-O {(Draw offer)} 13.
Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 15. b4 a5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Mackenzie, Colin"]
[Black "Farndon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Connolly, Suzanne"]
[Black "Gilfillan, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O c6 7. c4 Qa5 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qh5 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Qb3 axb4 20. axb4 Qf5 21.
Bh2 g5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qg6 24. Rb5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Qc2
Qd4 28. Rxb7 Ra3 29. Kh1 g4 30. h4 Rd3 31. Qa4 Rd8 32. Qa7 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+
34. Kh2 Qf1 35. Rd7 Rf8 36. c5 g5 37. Bd6 gxh4 38. c6 h3 39. gxh3 gxh3 40. Kg3
Qg2+ 41. Kf4 Bg5+ {
(White's 38th not given on either scoresheet but text seems most likely)} 0-1

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Compton, Alastair"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 c6 7. Ne2 b5 8. Bb3
c5 9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Be3 Bh4 14. Qg4 Re8 15.
Nxe4 h5 16. Qf4 Nd7 17. Nd6 Rf8 18. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "NCL978b Kings Head-Invicta2"]
[Site "Rd11"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Stille, Alex"]
[Black "Suzuki, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 b6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. a4 h6 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Bh2 Nf6 17. Ba6 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Bd7 22. Qf3 g6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. a5 Kg8 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Ra6 1-0

