[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hutchinson, Paul A"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Nd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bf1 Bf6 14. Nd4 e5 15.
Nf3 Be6 16. b4 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nd7 19. Na4 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rc1 Bf5
22. Bf4 b5 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd5 27. Bg3 a5 28.
bxa5 Qxa5 29. Bd6 Rfd8 30. Bc5 Bg5 31. Rc2 Qa4 32. Qb1 h6 33. h4 Bxh4 34. f4
Nf6 35. Re3 Nxg4 36. Rh3 Bf6 37. Rg2 Rxc5 38. Rxg4 Bxd4+ 39. Kh1 Rc6 40. f5 Be5
41. Qe4 Qd1 42. Rg1 Qd6 43. f6 Qxf6 44. Rf3 Qd6 45. Rf5 Bb2 46. Rxb5 Bd4 47.
Rg4 Qxa3 48. Qxc6 c3 49. Rxd4 Rxd4 50. Qc8+ Qf8 51. Qxc3 Qd8 52. Rb2 Qd5+ 53.
Rg2 Rh4+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Qxd4 Rxd4 56. Be2 g6 57. Kf2 Kg7 58. Ke3 Ra4 59. Bd3
h5 60. Be2 Kh6 61. Bb5 Ra3+ 62. Kf4 f6 63. Be8 g5+ 64. Ke4 Ra5 65. Bd7 Re5+ 66.
Kd4 g4 67. Rb2 Kg5 68. Rb8 Re1 69. Rg8+ Kf4 70. Kc3 Re7 71. Bc8 Ke3 72. Bf5
Rc7+ 73. Kb3 Rc5 74. Bd7 Rd5 75. Bc6 Rg5 76. Re8+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. c5 Nc6 6. cxd6 cxd6 7. d3 Nge7 8.
c4 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Qc1 Rfc8
15. Qb2 f6 16. Be2 b5 17. e4 Nc7 18. O-O Qd6 19. Rfc1 Rab8 20. Be3 b4 21. Bc5
Qd7 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Qd2 Nca6 24. Be3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qb7 26. d4 Qxe4 27. dxe5
Qb7 28. Qd6 Qd7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "McLean, Robert"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 a6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. c3 f5 15. Qc1
Ne7 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qf6 19. Qd1 c6 20. Bb3 Nf4 21. Rg1 h5
22. Rg3 Bh6 23. d4 Rad8 24. Qd2 g5 25. Rag1 g4 26. f3 Nh3 27. Rf1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
Qf4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. Bc4 Rdf8 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. Be2 gxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Kh6 34. Be2
Nxe4 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Re3 exd4 37. cxd4 d5 38. Bf3 Kg5 39. Re2 h4 40. Re3 Nd6
41. Re5+ Nf5 42. h3 Rxd4 43. Bg4 Rf4 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Re7 d4 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47.
Rxb7 Rb5 48. Rb6 Ke3 49. b4 d3 50. Rxc6 d2 51. Re6+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jackson, Edward"]
[Black "Pilley, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qb6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. g4 Bg7
15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. a3 g5 19. Kg2 Kf7 20. h4 gxh4 21. Kh3
Nc8 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. Nxh4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. f4 Ne7 26. f5 Bg5 27. Rde1 Bxe3
28. fxe6+ Ke8 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Rf7 Rg8 31. Re4 b5 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Rg5 34.
e7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bak, Christopher"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. d3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Qc7 17. Bxd4 Rad8 18. Bb2 Rxd3 19. Qe2 Red8 20. Nc4 Ne8 21.
Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qd7 23. Rc1 Qd5 24. b4 Qh5 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Kg2 Qd5 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Na5 Bd8 29. Nb3 Nc7 30. Be5 Ne6 31. f4 f6 32. Bd6 Kf7 33. Re1 f5 34.
Kf3 Bf6 35. Be5 Bd8 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 g6 38. Kf3 Bf6 39. a3 Ke7 40. Bxf6+
Kxf6 41. Re5 g5 42. Kg4 h5+ 43. Kf3 Nxf4 44. Re3 Ne6 45. Ke2 g4 46. Kd3 h4 47.
Na5 Rc7 48. Re1 g3 49. hxg3 hxg3 50. Ke3 Ng5 51. Kf4 Ne4 52. Rh1 Kg6 53. Kg4
Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bulford, Michael"]
[Black "Skettos, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Nf4 d6 8. Be2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nfd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Na6 13. b4 c6 14. Nc3 Nc7
15. Bb2 Be6 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 a5 18. b5 cxb5 19. cxb5 Bb3+ 20. Kc1 Rc8 21.
Kb1 Ne6 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Ne4 f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Bd4 b6 26. exf4 Re8 27. Bxc5
Rxe4 28. Bd3 Re8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Rd6 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Kb2 Be6
34. Rc7 Bd5 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rb7 37. Kc3 Kf7 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. f5 Kd7 40.
Kd4 Ke7 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Kd5 g6 43. Kc6 Rb8 44. Kc7 Rg8 45. Kxb6 gxf5 46. Re2
a4 47. Ka7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Hepworth, Peter"]
[Black "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Nbd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
h3 Re8 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Re1 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qh4 21. Re2 f5
22. Kh2 Re6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Re1 g5 25. Ne2 Bh6 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Rg2 Qf7 28. Ng1
Re4 29. Nf3 g4 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Ne1 Bg7 32. Nc2 Re6 33. Kg1 Rae8 34. Rh2 Re4
35. Bd2 Ra8 36. Nb4 Ra3 37. Bc3 Qe6 38. Re1 Rxc3 39. Qxc3 Bxd4 40. Qc2 Ne5 41.
Rd1 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxh2 43. Kxh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Bxe3 45. Qc3+ d4 46. Qd3 Bxf2+ 47.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Re5 51. Nxc6 Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Qh2+ 53.
Kf1 Qh1+ 54. Kf2 Qxc6 55. Rb1 Qf6+ 56. Kg2 Re3 57. Qf1 Qc6+ 58. Kh2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Black "Mesesan, Mircea-Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. b3 Nd8 12. e4 d6 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Nd5 Re8 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bg5 Ncxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxe7 Nc3 20. Qd3 Qh3 21.
f3 Be5 22. Rf2 Nxa2 23. Re1 a5 24. Bxd6 Bg7 25. Re7 Bc6 26. Nd4 Nc1 27. Qe3
Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxb3 29. Qxb6 Ba4 30. Qb7 Qc8 31. Rxf7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Nd4 33. Rfb2
Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 Nxh2 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 Bb3 39. c5
Ke6 40. Rxa5 Nf6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Ra7 h5 43. Rg7 Ba2 44. Kc2 Ke6 45. Rxg6 Bd5
46. Rg5 Be4+ 47. Kc3 Bf3 48. Kd4 Bg4 49. Re5+ Kd7 50. Re7+ Kc8 51. Rc7+ Kd8 52.
Ra7 Ne8 53. Ke5 Bf3 54. Rh7 Kc8 55. Ke6 Kd8 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57. Rf7 Bg4+ 58. Ke7
Nc7 59. Bxc7 Kxc7 60. Rf6 Bh3 61. Rd6 Bf5 62. Kf6 Bh3 63. Kg5 Bg4 64. Rh6 Kd7
65. Rxh5 Bxh5 66. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Cast, Julian"]
[Black "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rfd1 a4 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb5 axb3 14. cxb3 Qb6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a4 Qb7 19. h3 Rfa8 20. Qd3 Rb6 21.
Qc2 Nd7 22. Bc3 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nc6 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Kf1 Rb8 26. Kg1 h6 27. Kf1 Qc7
28. Kg1 R6b7 29. Rdc1 Qd8 30. Ba1 Bd6 31. f4 Bf8 32. Nf3 Rb4 33. Kh1 Qb6 34.
Nd2 Qb7 35. Bc3 Rb6 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Kh2 Ne7 38. Be5 Ng6 39. Bc3 d4 40. exd4
Nxf4 41. Qf1 Nd5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Kh1 Nxc3 44. Rxc3 Bd4 45. Rg3 Qc7 46. Qf3
Rd8 47. Rd1 Be5 48. Rg4 Rbd6 49. Rc4 Qa5 50. Rf1 Rxd2 51. Qxf7+ Kh8 52. Qxe6
Rd1 53. Rc1 Rxc1 54. Rxc1 Qd2 55. Rf1 Qd3 56. Re1 Bg3 57. Rg1 Qd4 58. Qg4 Qe3
59. b4 Rd4 60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qf5+ Kg8 62. Qc8+ Kf7 63. Qf5+ Ke7 64. Qc5+ Bd6 65.
Qa7+ Ke6 66. Rf1 Qf2 67. Qa6 Qc2 68. Qa7 Rf4 69. Re1+ Kf6 70. Qe3 Qc4 71. g3
Rf1+ 72. Rxf1+ Qxf1+ 73. Kh2 Qd1 74. Qc3+ Be5 75. Qc6+ Qd6 76. Qf3+ Ke6 77.
Qg4+ Kd5 78. a5 Bd4 79. b5 Qb4 80. Qd7+ Kc4 81. Qc6+ Qc5 82. a6 Kb4 83. h4 Qxb5
84. Qxb5+ Kxb5 85. Kh3 Kxa6 86. g4 Bf6 87. h5 Kb5 88. Kg3 Kc4 89. Kf4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Denderski, Piotr"]
[Black "Brencher, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nbd7
15. Nf5 Be5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd6 Qe7 20. Nxb7 Rf5 21.
d6 Qe5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rb8 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxf6 Rxb2 27.
Rf2 Rb3 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Rd2 Rxa3 30. Nb6 Rxg3 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Nxd7 Rc3 33. c5
f5 34. Ra2 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Ke7 36. Ra7 Kd8 37. Kf2 f4 38. Nf6 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kc8
40. Rxh7 Rf5 41. Ne4 Kd8 42. Kf3 g5 43. Rg7 Ra5 44. Nxg5 Ke8 45. Kxf4 Kf8 46.
Rb7 Kg8 47. g4 Rc5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Lampard, Alice"]
[Black "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Ne4 14. f3 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 e5 16. c4 exd4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Kf1 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rad1 f6 23. Bc3 Bc6 24. Bb4 Ba4 25. Rb1 Rf7 26. Bd1 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Be2 Be6 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rb4 Ra5 31. Rb3 Re5 32. Rb4 Re3 33. Ra4
a5 34. c5 Bb3 35. Bc4+ Bxc4+ 36. Rxc4 bxc5 37. Ra4 c4 38. Rxa5 Kf7 39. Rc5 Rc3
40. a4 Ke6 41. Ke1 Kd6 42. Rc8 Rc2 43. g3 Kd5 44. Rd8+ Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. a5
Rxh2 47. a6 Ra2 48. Rc7 g5 49. a7 Ke3 50. Kd1 Kxf3 51. Rxc4 Rxa7 52. Rc3+ Kf2
53. g4 Rd7+ 54. Kc1 Rd4 55. Rc6 Rf4 56. Rc7 Rxg4 57. Rxh7 Rd4 58. Rh6 Rd6 59.
Rg6 Kf3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Patel, Keatan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 a5 7. d3 d6 8. O-O Nge7
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. b4 b6 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4
f5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nc2 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 f4 21. Na3 h5
22. Qc2 h4 23. g4 f3 24. h3 Rf4 25. e3 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Nb5 Qc8 28. Qc6
Bf8 29. Rb1 Qa6 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Qxb4 Rc5 32. d4 exd4 33. Nxd4 Qb7 34. Nxf3 Qxd5
35. Nd4 b5 36. Qb3 Qxb3 37. Rxb3 Bg7 38. Nxb5 Be5 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rb4 Rc2 41.
Nd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Ke6 43. g5 Kf5 44. Rxd6 Kxg5 45. Rd5+ Kh6 46. Kf3 g5 47. Rd1
Kg6 48. Rg1 Kf6 49. Ra1 Kg6 50. Ra8 Kh6 51. Rf8 Kg7 52. Rf5 Kg6 53. Kg4 Rc4+
54. f4 gxf4 55. Rxf4 Rc3 56. Re4 Rc5 57. Kxh4 Rh5+ 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Rf4+ Ke5 60.
h4 Rh8 61. Rg4 Ra8 62. h5 Ra1 63. Kh4 Re1 64. h6 Kf6 65. Rg3 Rh1+ 66. Rh3 Ra1
67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kf4 Rg8 69. h7 Rh8 70. Rh6+ Kg7 71. Kg5 Kf8 72. Kf6 Ke8 73.
Kg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Garnett, John S"]
[Black "Senior, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. b3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. f3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bh5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. f4 Rad8
21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rc1 b6 24. Nf5 Kf7 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Ne3 Ke6 27.
Bh3+ Kf7 28. Kg1 a5 29. Bg2 Ke6 30. Nc2 Bb7 31. Nd4+ Kf7 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Bh3
Rd8 34. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Longson, Sarah N"]
[Black "Booth, Steven B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nf4+ Nge7 12. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qd6 14. Nxe7
Nxe7 15. Bg5 Bg3 16. Qxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f4 h5 19. Rf3 h4 20. Nd2 Rae8
21. Nf1 Kd6 22. Nxg3 hxg3+ 23. Kg1 Re2 24. b3 Rhe8 25. Rxg3 g6 26. Kf1 R8e4 27.
a4 a5 28. Rd1 Rb2 29. c4 Rxf4+ 30. Kg1 Re4 31. d5 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Flynn, David"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 a5 8. a4
Nb4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Nd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Kf7
15. O-O Ne7 16. Bf3 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 Nf5 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. c4 Ng6 21. Kh1
gxh4 22. Bh2 Rae8 23. Be4 Re7 24. b3 Rhe8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Nf3 Kf6 27. Kg1 Bc5
28. Rfe1 Bb4 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Ra2 Bc5 31. Kf1 Ne5 32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Nxh4 e4
34. Be2 f4 35. Bd1 Kg5 36. g3 fxg3 37. fxg3 Bh3+ 38. Ke1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Murawski, Jan"]
[Black "Ganti, Shriaansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. c5 Bxc5 8.
dxe5 Ng8 9. Bc4 Ne7 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. O-O Ng6
15. Na4 Bb4 16. Qb3 Ba5 17. Bxf7 Nxe5 18. Be7 Rxf7 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bxe5 Re7 21.
Qg3 Qe8 22. Bd4 b5 23. Nc5 Bb6 24. f3 Qf7 25. a3 a5 26. Rd2 h6 27. Rfd1 Ba7 28.
Qc7 a4 29. Bf2 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Re6 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qc7 Re6 33. h3 Re8 34. Qg3
Kh7 35. Rd6 Re6 36. R6d2 Rg6 37. Qf2 d5 38. exd5 Bxh3 39. Qf1 cxd5 40. Rf2 Bd7
41. Qd3 Bc6 42. Bd4 Rc8 43. Rc1 Kg8 44. Rfc2 Re6 45. Rc5 Qd7 46. Qc3 Kh7 47.
Qc2+ Kg8 48. Rxb5 Bxb5 49. Qxc8+ Qxc8 50. Rc4 Qc7 51. Rxc7 Kh7 52. Kf2 Rg6 53.
Ra7 Bc4 54. g3 Bb3 55. g4 h5 56. gxh5 Rg5 57. h6 Rf5 58. Be3 Bd1 59. Rxg7+ Kh8
60. Bd4 Rxf3+ 61. Ke1 Rd3 62. Bf6 Rf3 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. h7+ Kxf7 65. h8=Q Rxf6
66. Kxd1 Rf4 67. Qe5 Rf1+ 68. Ke2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Bd3 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 Nh6 12. h3 O-O 13. Rad1 f5 14. e5 Nf7 15. Bxc5
Rxc5 16. exd6 exd6 17. Rfe1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Qf2 Rxa3 21. Re7
Ra4 22. c3 Bd5 23. Rde1 Ra2 24. Bc2 b4 25. Re8 Qc7 26. Nxf5 Qc5 27. R1e3 Bc6
28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf2 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Kxf2 gxf5 33. cxb4
Nd8 34. g4 Bb5 35. gxf5 d5 36. Re5 d4 37. f6 Nc6 38. Rd5 Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kxf6 40.
Rxh7 Nxb4 41. Ke1 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 Nxf4 43. Rh4 Kf5 44. Rh8 Bc6 45. Rf8+ Ke4 46.
Rf7 a5 47. h4 a4 48. Ra7 Kd5 49. h5 Kc4 50. h6 Ng6 51. h7 d3 52. Rc7 Kc5 53.
Kxd3 a3 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Rg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Denderski, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nec5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Qb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. c3 Rd8 16. Qc2 f5 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qa4+ Kf7 19. e3 Nb5 20. Rac1 e4 21.
Rfd1 a6 22. Bf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Qd1+ 27.
Qf1 Qc2 28. Qa1 b5 29. b4 e5 30. Qf1 Qc6 31. Qd1 Ke7 32. Kg2 Qc4 33. Qh5 Qe6
34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qb2 Kd6 36. Qb3 Qd5 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Qd1+ Ke7 39. Qb3 Kf8 40.
Qb2 Qc7 41. Qd2 Qc6 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nce2 a5 8. Ng3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. N1e2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. Nc1 Qc7 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nc5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 Qc4 20. Qd2 Nd7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qe3 Nc5 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Rab8 26. Ra2 Nd3 27. Rd1
Nxb2 28. Rb1 Nxa4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. f3 Rb4 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3 Nb6 33. Kd3 a4
34. Nd4 Rb1 35. Kc2 Rg1 36. Kc3 Rc1+ 37. Kd2 Rc5 38. Kd3 e5 39. Ne2 Ra5 40. Nc3
d5 41. exd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. h3 h5 14. d6 e6 15.
Nb5 Nfd5 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Ndf3 Nf4 18. Re4 Bh6 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Bxg5
Bxg5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ Kg7 24. Bxc8 Rdxc8 25. Re6 Qd8 26. Rae1 Bf6 27.
Re7+ Kh6 28. Qf7 Qh8 29. Rxb7 Rf8 30. Qb3 Qg8 31. Re6 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. d4
Rf8 34. Qe3+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Nd7 36. b4 Bd8 37. d5 Qf5 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qe4 Qxe4
40. Rxe4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Qd6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. O-O g6
15. Bd3 Kg7 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Ne2
Nc4 22. Nf3 Bh6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 Be6 26. Qb2 Bd5 27. Nc3 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Qe2 Qh3 32. Rg1 Re6 33. d5 cxd5 34.
Nxd5 Kh7 35. Nc7 Bf4 36. Rg3 Bxg3 37. fxg3 Rc8 38. Qe1 Re5 39. e4 h4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Murawski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Qc2 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Qxb6
Bxb6 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. e3 Ngf6 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nce4 20. Na4 Nd5
21. a3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rd8 23. Rd3 f5 24. Bb2 Rd7 25. Kf1 Nd6 26. Ke2 Nc4 27. Bc1
Kf7 28. Nb2 Ne5 29. Rb3 Bd8 30. Ned3 Bf6 31. Bd2 Rc7 32. Nxe5+ Bxe5 33. Nd3 Bd6
34. Kd1 b5 35. f3 Rc4 36. Nb2 Rc7 37. Nd3 Rc4 38. Nb2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "Bulford, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Kh8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bc2 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne6
15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nef4 17. Qf1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Nf5 Bb5 21.
Bb3 Bxf1 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Kxf1 Bf6 24. Ke2 h5 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rd5 c6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kg7 30. Ne2 Be7 31. Kd2 Bd6 32. b4 f5 33. Kd3 f4 34.
Bb6 Kf6 35. a3 Ke7 36. f3 Kd7 37. Bf2 Kc7 38. Nc1 b6 39. Nb3 Be7 40. a4 b5 41.
axb5 axb5 42. Be1 Nd8 43. c4 Nb7 44. c5 Kd7 45. h4 Ke6 46. Bf2 Nd8 47. Be1 g5
48. hxg5 Bxg5 49. Bf2 Kd7 50. Ke2 Ne6 51. Kd3 Nf8 52. Ke2 Ng6 53. Nd2 Bh4 54.
Nb3 Bg3 55. Be1 Nh4 56. Bxg3 fxg3 57. Kf1 Ng6 58. Nc1 Nf4 59. Ne2 Nd3 60. Nxg3
Nxb4 61. Nxh5 Nd3 62. Ke2 Nxc5 63. g3 Ke7 64. Ke3 b4 65. Kd2 Kf7 66. g4 Ne6 67.
Ng3 Nd4 68. Ke3 c5 69. Ne2 Nb5 70. Kd3 Nd6 71. f4 c4+ 72. Ke3 exf4+ 73. Nxf4 b3
74. Ne2 Nb5 75. Kd2 Kf6 76. Kc1 Nd6 77. Kb2 Nxe4 78. Nd4 Nc5 79. Kc3 Kg5 80.
Nf3+ Kf4 81. Nd2 Ne4+ 82. Kxc4 Nxd2+ 83. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. O-O Qd7
15. a4 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc2
21. Bd3 Rxb2 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Bxb1 Bf8 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Ba2 Kf7 26. Kf1 Rc1+
27. Ke2 Bb4 28. Rb2 Ba3 29. Rd2 Bb4 30. Rb2 Bc3 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Bb1 Re1+ 33.
Kd3 Be5 34. Bf2 Rh1 35. Rxb7 Ke7 36. Bg3 Bxg3 37. hxg3 Rg1 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. Bd3
Kd6 40. Bxa6 Nc5 41. Ra7 Rxg3 42. Bb5 h5 43. Kf2 Rg5 44. Rg7 Ke5 45. Rf7 Kd4
46. Rf8 Kc3 47. Ke3 Kb4 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Be8 h4 50. Rh8 g5+ 51. Ke3 Rg3 52. Bf7
Kxa4 53. Kd4 Rxf3 54. Kc4 Na6 55. Ra8 Ka5 56. Bxe6 Kb6 57. Rg8 Rg3 58. Bf5 h3
59. Rh8 g4 60. Rh4 Rg2 61. Bxg4 h2 62. Bf5 Rc2+ 63. Kd4 Rd2+ 64. Ke3 Ra2 65.
Be6 Rb2 66. Bc4 Nc5 67. Rh6+ Kc7 68. e5 Kd7 69. Kd4 Nb7 70. Rh7+ Ke8 71. Kc3
Rf2 72. Kd4 Rb2 73. Bd5 Nd8 74. Rh8+ Ke7 75. Rh7+ Ke8 76. Ke4 Rf2 77. e6 Re2+
78. Kf5 Nxe6 79. Bxe6 Rf2+ 80. Ke5 Re2+ 81. Kd6 Rd2+ 82. Bd5 Kf8 83. Ke5 Re2+
84. Kf4 Rf2+ 85. Kg3 Rd2 86. Bg2 Kg8 87. Ra7 Rd3+ 88. Kxh2 Rc3 89. Be4 Re3 90.
Bd5+ Kf8 91. Kg2 Rc3 92. Bf3 Rc4 93. Kg3 Rb4 94. Bg4 Rc4 95. Kh4 Rc5 96. Bh5
Re5 97. Rf7+ Kg8 98. Bg6 Re1 99. Rd7 Kf8 100. Kg5 Re7 101. Rd6 Kg7 102. Bf5 Kf7
103. Rh6 Kf8 104. Bg6 Re1 105. Kf6 Rf1+ 106. Bf5 Kg8 107. Rh2 Rf3 108. Ra2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Black "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Qb6 9. Ba4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qa6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 e6 15.
Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 b4 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Qd1 d5 19. Re1 bxc3 20. bxc3 dxe4 21.
dxe4 Rfd8 22. Qc2 c4 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 h5 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Bxa7 Rxc3 27.
Rb8+ Kh7 28. Qb1 Be5 29. Rd8 Qxe4 30. Rd1 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 Ra3 32. Bb8 Bxb8 33.
Rxb8 Rxa2 34. Kf1 c3 35. Rc8 c2 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Rf1 38. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 39. Kd3
Rxg2 40. Ke3 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Rxh3 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Kh2 g5 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Kh2 Kf5
46. Kg2 h4 47. Kh2 g4 48. Rc7 Ra2+ 49. Kh1 f6 50. Rc1 g3 51. Rf1+ Rf2 52. Re1
g2+ 53. Kh2 Rf1 54. Rxf1+ gxf1=N+ 55. Kh3 Kf4 56. Kg2 e5 57. Kh1 e4 58. Kg1 e3
59. Kg2 h3+ 60. Kg1 e2 61. Kf2 h2 62. Ke1 h1=Q 63. Kf2 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Qg3+ 65.
Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Zhu, Yaoyao"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Frankie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 Qa6 11. Qd1 b6 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 Nc6 15.
Bg5 Qa4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. b3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Rac1
f6 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Qf7 24. Nf3 Nxh4 25. Bd6 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3
Rxf3 28. Bxc5 Rf5 29. b4 a6 30. a4 Ne5 31. Re3 Nc4 32. Re2 Re5 33. Rce1 Rxe2
34. Rxe2 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Bd4+ Kf5 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rb8 39. b6 e5 40.
Bc5 Nxb6 41. Bd6 Re8 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Black "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2
Nge7 9. Bd3 Bc7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. c4 Nce7 14. g3 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. h4 Qb8 17. Nf1 b5 18. cxb5 e5 19. h5 Nh8 20. Nh4 Nf7 21. Ne3 Be6
22. Nef5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 25. Qxd5 Qb6 26. Qc6 Ng5 27. Kg2 Rad8
28. Rad1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Black "Doran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nd5
15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Ncxe7 20. Re1 Kg8
21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. g3 Rac8 23. Bb3 g6 24. f4 Kg7 25. a4 a5 26. Kf2 Rd7 27. Ne4 b6
28. Ng5 Rd6 29. Nf3 Rcd8 30. Red1 Nc6 31. h3 h6 32. Bc4 Ncb4 33. R3d2 Rc8 34.
b3 Rcd8 35. Re1 Nc6 36. Rc1 Nf6 37. Ke3 Nb4 38. Ne5 Nc6 39. Rcd1 Nb4 40. g4
Nfd5+ 41. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. Nc4 Rdc6 44. Re1 Rd8 45. Re5 f6 46. Re1
Kf7 47. h4 Ne7 48. Rg1 Rd5 49. Re1 Rd8 50. Rd3 Nd5 51. g5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Rh8 53.
Kg3 Ne7 54. Re4 Nf5+ 55. Kh3 Nd6 56. Rf4 Nxc4 57. Rxf6+ Kg7 58. bxc4 Rxc4 59.
Rdf3 Rc7 60. Rxe6 Rd8 61. Rf4 Rcd7 62. Ree4 Rf7 63. Kg4 Rd5 64. Rxf7+ Kxf7 65.
h5 gxh5+ 66. Kxh5 b5 67. axb5 Rxb5 68. Kh6 a4 69. g6+ Kf6 70. Rf4+ Ke7 71. g7
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Senior, Gary"]
[Black "Latypova, Olga L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. d4 Rd8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Na3 Bg7 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Nf5 21. Nc7
Qxd6 22. Nxe8 Kxe8 23. Rad1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Larchikov, Maksym"]
[Black "Garnett, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. a5 Nbd7 13. a6 Qc7 14. axb7 Qxb7
15. Qc2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. f4 f5 19. Bg6 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Nf6 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Rb1 a5 23. b3 Rd5 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Idle, Oscar J"]
[Black "Pitel, Benedikt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Bd6 15. a6
Bc8 16. Na2 c5 17. Bb5 c4 18. Qa4 Re6 19. Nc3 Be7 20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Rd6 22.
Bg3 Re6 23. Nxd5 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb4 Nf8 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28.
Bc4 Ne6 29. Ne5 Ne4 30. Bd5 Nd2 31. Qa2 Nxf1 32. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Black "Longson, Sarah N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Bf5 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Rad8
15. Rad1 Qe6 16. a3 Qg6 17. Ng3 Bf6 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qe4 Qxe4
21. dxe4 Kf8 22. Ba4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Bb3 Ke7 26. g4 Kd6
27. Kf1 b5 28. Ke2 c5 29. Bd5 Be7 30. b4 b6 31. Kd3 g6 32. c4 cxb4 33. axb4 Ne6
34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Kc3 bxc4 36. Kxc4 f5 37. exf5+ gxf5 38. Kb5 f4 39. Kxb6 Bxb4
40. Ng5+ Kd5 41. f3 h6 42. Ne4 Kd4 43. h4 Ke3 44. g5 hxg5 45. Nxg5 Be1 46. Nf7
e4 47. fxe4 Kxe4 48. Ng5+ Ke3 49. h5 Bh4 50. Nh3 f3 51. Kc5 Ke4 52. h6 Kf5 53.
h7 Bf6 54. Kd5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek A"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc7 10. b3 Bc5 11. Kg1 a6 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nd2 h4 14. N2f3 Nc6 15.
Qd3 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nxc6 e4 18. Qc2 dxc6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qb6 21.
Nd4 Qc7 22. e3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qd7 24. Kf1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qf5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Ke1 Rh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc1 Qxe3+ 30. Kb2 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rxd1
33. Kxd1 f5 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kf4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Booth, Steven B"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 h5 8. b4 b6
9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Rb1 h4 11. h3 Bh6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Nf6 15.
Nxd4 O-O 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Qf3 Nh5 18. O-O f6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. c5 Bb7 21. Bb5 f5
22. cxd6 Ng3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Mesesan, Mircea-Marius"]
[Black "Hutchinson, Paul A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 Qc7 11. c4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Nf1 f5 15. e4 f4
16. b4 h6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. a4 g5 19. h3 Ng6 20. a5 Ba6 21. Qa4 Bf6 22. N1h2 h5
23. Bc3 Rc8 24. Be2 Qh7 25. Nd2 Bd8 26. Reb1 Nf6 27. Rb2 Rf7 28. f3 Nf8 29. Qc2
N8d7 30. Rab1 Rg7 31. Re1 Be7 32. Nb1 g4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. Nxg4 Nxg4 35. Bxg4
Rxg4 36. hxg4 Bh4 37. Na3 Bg3 38. Qa4 Nf6 39. g5 Ng4 40. g6 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Ne3+
42. Rxe3 fxe3 43. Qd7 Rf8+ 44. Ke2 Qxg2+ 45. Kd3 Qf3 46. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Black "Cast, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Rc1
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 O-O 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne1 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Nd7 16. Nd3 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 c5 21. Nb5
Qb6 22. Ra1 Ra6 23. Ra2 Rfa8 24. Rfa1 h6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Ra4 Bg5 27. f4 exf4 28.
gxf4 Bf6 29. R1a2 g5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxa6 bxa6 32. fxg5 Bxg5 33. Qf2 Rc8 34.
Qf5 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Brencher, Paul"]
[Black "McLean, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bf3 Ba6
15. Re1 Rac8 16. Qa4 c5 17. Qd7 Qxd7 18. Nxd7 Rfd8 19. Ne5 g6 20. g3 Kg7 21.
Red1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb3 23. Rab1 Rc3 24. Bg2 f6 25. Nf3 Bd3 26. Rb2 Be4 27. h4
Rdc8 28. Kh2 Na5 29. Ra2 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Rc3 32. Nd2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2
Nc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 b5 37. Kd2 Rb3 38. Kc2 Kf6 39. Rb2 Rxb2+
40. Kxb2 Ke6 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. a4 bxa4 43. Kb4 a5+ 44. Kxa4 Ke4 45. f3+ Kxe3 46.
d5 c3 47. Kb3 Kd3 48. d6 c2 49. d7 c1=Q 50. d8=Q+ Ke2 51. Qf6 Qb1+ 52. Ka3 Qb4+
53. Ka2 a4 54. Qxg6 Qb3+ 55. Ka1 a3 56. Qa6+ Kf2 57. Qa7+ Kg2 58. Qd4 Qb2+ 59.
Qxb2+ axb2+ 60. Kxb2 Kxg3 61. f4 Kxf4 62. Kc2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Pilley, Jack"]
[Black "Lampard, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. h3 Rc8 14. g4 Bd7
15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Kg2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc6 18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qb3 a6 21. a4
bxa4 22. Qxa4 Nb2 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Ra1 Rb6 25. Reb1 Qc6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Qa2 a5
28. Nd2 Qc6 29. Qa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 Ra8 32. c4 dxc4 33. Rxa5 Rc8
34. Bc3 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Ra7 Bf8 37. d5 Bg7 38. Ke4 Rd8 39. Rc7 Bf8 40. f4
Ra8 41. Rxc4 Kd7 42. f5 Bh6 43. e6+ fxe6 44. fxe6+ Kd8 45. Be5 Rc8 46. Ra4 Rc1
47. Ra8+ Rc8 48. Rxc8+ Kxc8 49. Kd4 Bc1 50. Kc5 Kd8 51. d6 exd6+ 52. Bxd6 Ke8
53. Kd5 h5 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Ke5 Bd2 56. Kf5 h4 57. Be5 Be1 58. Bf6 Bf2 59. Kg4
Be1 60. Bxh4 Bc3 61. Kf5 Bb2 62. Bf6 Bc1 63. h4 Kf8 64. Kg6 Ba3 65. h5 Bc1 66.
h6 Bxh6 67. Kxh6 Kg8 68. Kg6 Kf8 69. e7+ Ke8 70. Kg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Patel, Keatan"]
[Black "Bak, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Be3 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8. Nce2
c5 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 f5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f3 fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Nf3 Ne3 15.
Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Bh6 17. Nf4 O-O 18. h3 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Ne3 20. e5 Rxf4 21. e6 b5
22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ba6 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rh2 Rb4 26. Nd2 Qh4 27. Be4 Bxc4 28.
Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Skettos, Nicolas"]
[Black "Flynn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Qa5 12. Qd3 Rad8 13. Nf3 Bc8 14. Ng5 e6 15.
Rad1 h6 16. Nf3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. c3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Be4 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 f5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kh7 25. Qf6 Qc5+ 26. Rd4 Rf8 27. Qh4 b5
28. Kh2 a5 29. Qf2 Rfe8 30. a3 Qc6 31. Rfd1 Rd7 32. Qd2 Red8 33. a4 b4 34. c4
Qc7 35. cxd5 g5 36. d6 Qc6 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Rf8 39. Be6 Rdd8 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Ganti, Shriaansh"]
[Black "Hepworth, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Qxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. Bf4 Ba3 14.
Rab1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Re3 Be7 17. Rc1 g5 18. Bg3 Bd8 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Rxc8
Bxc8 21. e5 f5 22. Rc3 Bb7 23. Nd2 Ba5 24. Rc2 Bb6 25. Nb3 Kd7 26. Bc5 Rc8 27.
Rd2 Bd5 28. Bxb6 Bxb3 29. Bc5 Bc4 30. a3 Kc6 31. f3 Kd5 32. Rb2 a5 33. Kf2 Rb8
34. Rb1 f4 35. g3 Ra8 36. Ra1 h5 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. h4 Rc8 39. Rb1 Bd3 40. Rc1
b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rd1 Bc2 43. Rd2 b3 44. Ba3 Rg8 45. Bb2 Ra8 46. Kg1 Ra2 47.
Bc3 Kc4 48. Re2 Kxc3 49. d5 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jackson, Edward"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Qc2 Nc4 16. Ne1 Qe7 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 f5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
f4 22. exf4 Bxd4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Nec1 Ba5 27. Re2 Rb8
28. g3 Qc3 29. Qd1 Nb2 30. Nxb2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Nd3 Qd4 33. Qe2 Qe4 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35. Ne5 Bc3 36. Nxc6 Kf7 37. f3 exf3 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Kxf3 Kd6 40. Nd8
Ke7 41. Nb7 Bb4 42. Ke4 h5 43. Ke5 Bc3+ 44. Kd5 Bb4 45. Nc5 Bxc5 46. Kxc5 Ke6
47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. Kf2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bh3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 c5 14. e4 Qg6
15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qh5 17. Bg2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rf5 Qg6 20. d5 Qd6 21.
Rf2 Rc7 22. Bh3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rfxc8 25. Raf1 Nb7 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. Nf3
Nd6 28. Nxe5 Qxe4 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rf4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Kf2
Kf8 34. Rc1 Ne5 35. Ke3 Nxc6 36. d6 Rc8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rxc6 Rxd7 39. g4 Ke7 40.
h4 Kd8 41. Rc2 Rc7 42. Rd2+ Ke7 43. Rd4 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 b5 45. Rd2 Rc4+ 46. Kf3
Ra4 47. h5 a5 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. Rf2 b4 50. Rd2 a4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Senior, Gary"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Rd8
15. Qd3 g6 16. Bd2 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Qd1 Bf8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Be3
Rab8 22. Nbd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Bf4 Rbc8 26. Be5 Qh4 27. Qe3
Bg7 28. Nf3 Qc4 29. Qxb6 Qc6 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Qb4 Bc4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re7 Qf6
34. Rae1 Rdb8 35. Qc5 Rxb2 36. Qd4 Rxa4 37. Rc7 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bulford, Michael"]
[Black "Larchikov, Maksym"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bf1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Frankie"]
[Black "Idle, Oscar J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Re1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. b3 h6 18. Be3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Qc2 Be5 21. Rad1
Bf6 22. Rb1 g6 23. Be4 Bg7 24. bxa4 f5 25. Bg2 Qf7 26. Bf1 Ra5 27. Bb6 Ra6 28.
a5 Re7 29. a4 Ra8 30. Rbd1 Rae8 31. Rd2 f4 32. Red1 Bg4 33. Rc1 Bf5 34. Qb3
fxg3 35. hxg3 h5 36. Rd8 Bg4 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rb1 Re7 39. Bc5 Rd7 40. Bg2 Be6
41. a6 bxa6 42. Bxc6 Rc7 43. Qb6 Bxc4 44. Be8 Qxe8 45. Qxc7 Qe4 46. Rb8+ Kh7
47. Rb7 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qa1 49. Bf8 Bd5 50. Qxg7+ Qxg7 51. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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 h6 12. Be3 Ne8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc8 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Kh2 Rb4 17. c5 Qb7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Nb5 Rxa4 21.
Nxd6 exd6 22. Qxd6 Be6 23. f4 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. e5 Rb8 26. Rbd1 Be6 27. Bd4
c5 28. Bc3 Bf8 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Ra2 31. h4 c4 32. Kh3 Rb7 33. Rd8 Bb4 34.
Bd4 Ba5 35. Rc8 Rc7 36. Rb8 Rd7 37. Rd1 g5 38. h5 Bd8 39. f5 Bc7 40. e6 Rxd4
41. Rxd4 g4+ 42. Kxg4 Ra5 43. exf7 Bxb8 44. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Murawski, Jan"]
[Black "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. O-O a6 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Be4 Nb6 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd7 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Nd6
Nb7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Qc6
Qa8 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. a4 Rc8 30. axb5 axb5 31. g3 Kf8 32. Ra7 Rd8 33. Rb7 Rxd6
34. Rxb5 Ke7 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Rb2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Rb3 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Kg6 40.
g4 f5 41. gxf5+ exf5 42. Rb6+ Kh5 43. Rc6 Rd2 44. Rc7 g5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Rh7+
Kg6 47. Rc7 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 g4 49. c4 Kg5 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51. Rf7 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rc2
53. Ra7 Rxc4 54. Ra2 Rc3 55. Kg2 Ke3 56. Ra8 f4 57. Re8+ Kd3 58. Rd8+ Ke2 59.
Re8+ Re3 60. Rf8 f3+ 61. Kg3 Kf1 62. Kxg4 f2 63. h4 Kg2 64. Rxf2+ Kxf2 65. h5
Re4+ 66. Kg5 Re5+ 67. Kg6 Kg3 68. h6 Kg4 69. h7 Re8 70. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Booth, Steven B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. Qxb6
axb6 9. dxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bd4 c5 12. Bc3 Be4 13. Na3 Ngf6 14. Nb5 Rc8
15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bh3 O-O 17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. f3 Bc6 19. e4 Nf8 20. Nd3 Ne8 21. a4
Nd6 22. b3 Bxb5 23. axb5 Ra8 24. Nc1 Bg5 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. Bg2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 f6
28. Rcd1 Rad8 29. f4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. g4 Ng6 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Nf7 34.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Bxb7 Ngxe5 37. Kg3 g5 38. Be4 h6 39. h4 Kd6 40.
Bc2 Nd7 41. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Denderski, Piotr"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Bf2 N8d7
15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg6 Re7 18. e4 e5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Nb6 21.
Ne4 exd4 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd4 Nfd7 24. Bb1 Nf8 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Bd3 Nfd7 27.
Qb4 Qf7 28. Rfe1 Rce8 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. b3 Ne5 31. Bf1 Nc6 32. Qd2 Nxd4 33.
Qxd4 Qe6 34. a4 a5 35. Rd3 Qc6 36. Rc3 Qg6 37. g3 Re6 38. Rc7 Rd6 39. Rxb7 Nd7
40. Rb5 Qf5 41. f4 Qc2 42. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Hepworth, Peter"]
[Black "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 7. O-O-O e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. g3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Qe3 Rxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Nd7 14. f5
Qd6 15. g4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Qxe3+ 17. Nxe3 b5 18. h4 f6 19. Kd2 Bb7 20. Ke2 Rd8 21.
Rg1 Kf7 22. c3 a6 23. Bc2 c5 24. c4 Nb8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nc6 27. g6+ Ke8
28. Nd5 Nb4 29. Nxb4 cxb4 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. Rc1 Kd7 33. Rh1 Kd6 34.
Nd2 Kc7 35. Rh7 Bf8 36. Nf3 Rd7 37. Ne1 Kb6 38. Rh8 Bc5 39. Rg8 Bd4 40. Nc2 Kc5
41. Rc8 Bxb2 42. Nxb4 Kxb4 43. Rxc6 Bd4 44. Rc8 Ra7 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Kd2 Bc3+
47. Ke3 Bd4+ 48. Kd2 Bc3+ 49. Ke3 Bd4+ 50. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Cast, Julian"]
[Black "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. a3 a5
15. Bd2 b5 16. Na2 Rec8 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. Be1 Rcb8 20. Qd3 b4 21.
a4 b3 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. e4 Bb4 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Bf4 Bd6 27. Be5 Rd8
28. Nb5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ne8 30. Qxb3 Rab8 31. Nd4 Nc4 32. Qc3 Nxe5 33. Bd1 Rb4
34. b3 Nd6 35. Nf3 Ng4 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Qxe5 Ne4 38. Rc7 Qe8 39. Re7 Qc6 40.
Rc7 Qf6 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Rbc1 d4 43. Rc8 Rb8 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Rc4 Rd8 46. Rc1
Nc3 47. Kf1 Rb8 48. Ke1 Kg7 49. f3 f5 50. f4 Kf6 51. Kd2 Nxd1 52. Kxd1 Rxb3 53.
Rc6+ Ke7 54. Rc5 Rb2 55. Rxa5 Ke6 56. Re5+ Kd6 57. Re2 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Ra1 59. Kb3
Kc6 60. Ra2 Re1 61. Kc4 Re4 62. a5 Kb7 63. a6+ Ka7 64. Kd3 f6 65. Re2 Rxe2 66.
Kxe2 Kxa6 67. Kd3 Kb5 68. Kxd4 Kc6 69. h4 Kd6 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. Kd4 Kd6 72. Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Longson, Sarah N"]
[Black "Skettos, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Ng3 f6 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5
fxe5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Rad1 Nf4 17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qe4 h6 20. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "McLean, Robert"]
[Black "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. f3 Ke7 8.
Nge2 Be6 9. Bxe6 Kxe6 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Kf2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Na4 Nbd7 14. Rhd1
b5 15. Nc5+ Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bb6 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ke3
Ne8 21. a4 Rxd3+ 22. cxd3 b4 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rc8 25. d4 exd4+ 26. Nxd4+
Kd7 27. Nb3 Nd6 28. Kd4 Rc7 29. e5 Nb7 30. Ra7 Kd8 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Kc4 Ke6 33.
f4 Kf5 34. g3 h5 35. Kxb4 h4 36. Ra7 hxg3 37. hxg3 c5+ 38. Kc3 Kg4 39. Na5 Nd6
40. Rxc7 Nb5+ 41. Kd3 Nxc7 42. Nb7 Kxg3 43. Ke4 Ne6 44. f5 Ng5+ 45. Kd5 Kf4 46.
Nd6 Nh7 47. Kxc5 Kxe5 48. b4 g5 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. b5 Nf6 51. Kc6 Nd5 52. Nf7+
Kd4 53. Ng5 Ne7+ 54. Kd6 Kc4 55. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Black "Pilley, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. c5 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Rad8 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qd3 Bf5 16. Qe3 Bg6 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bc4 Qd4 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Qe5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd4 26. h3 h5 27. Bb3
a5 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Bc2 Qb2 32. Qb3 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 Qa1+
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qf6 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qf5 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Bak, Christopher"]
[Black "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Ndb4 7. Qb1 g6 8.
a3 Nd5 9. Bb5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. e4 Qd6 12. a4 Bg7 13. Ba3 Qf6 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 a6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. O-O Bg4 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. a5 Qxb1 20. Raxb1 O-O-O
21. d5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Rg8 24. Bf6 Rd7 25. Rb3 Bd6 26. Rcb1 c6 27.
dxc6 bxc6 28. Rb6 Kc7 29. Rc1 c5 30. Be5 f5 31. Rxc5+ Kd8 32. Bxd6 Ke8 33. e5
Kf7 34. Rxa6 Rgd8 35. Kg2 h5 36. e6+ Kxe6 37. Bc7+ Ke7 38. Bxd8+ Kxd8 39. Rxg6
Ke7 40. Rg7+ Kd6 41. Rxd7+ Kxc5 42. a6 f4 43. a7 h4 44. a8=Q h3+ 45. Kxh3 Kb6
46. Qb7+ Kc5 47. Rd5+ Kc4 48. Qb5+ Kc3 49. Rd3+ Kc2 50. Qb3+ Kc1 51. Rd1# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Black "Mesesan, Mircea-Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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
Qb6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. Bf4 Re4 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf4 18. exf4 Nh5 19. Rfd1 Nxf4 20. Bf1 Bd4
21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rc2 Re8 23. Qa4 Re5 24. Qd7 Kg7 25. Rc8 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Latypova, Olga L"]
[Black "Zhu, Yaoyao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Ne4 a5 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nfd2 Qe6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 f6 21.
Kf1 Rad8 22. f3 Ne7 23. Ng3 Be6 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Bd2 Red8 26. Ne4 Bd5 27. Be3
Bxe4 28. dxe4 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd2 30. Bb3+ Kf8 31. Re2 Ng6 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ke1
R2d3 34. Kf2 Nf8 35. Bc4 R3d6 36. Rb1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Bb3 Rd6 39. Ke3 Nd7
40. Bc2 Rb6 41. Bd1 Nc5 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Rxd6 Kxd6 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 Na6 46.
b5 Nc5 47. a5 c6 48. bxc6 Kxc6 49. Be2 Kc7 50. Bc4 Kb8 51. Kd2 Ka7 52. Kc3 Nd7
53. Bb5 Nf8 54. Be2 Ne6 55. Kb4 Nd4 56. Bd1 b6 57. axb6+ Kxb6 58. Kc4 Kc6 59.
Kd3 Kc5 60. Ke3 Nc6 61. Ba4 Nd4 62. Bd1 Kc4 63. Ba4 Kc3 64. f4 g5 65. fxe5 fxe5
66. Be8 Nc2+ 67. Kf3 Kd4 68. Bg6 Na3 69. Bf5 Nc4 70. Ke2 Nd6 71. Kf3 Kd3 72.
Bd7 Kd4 73. Bf5 Ne8 74. Bh7 Nf6 75. Bg6 Kd3 76. Bf7 Nd7 77. Be6 Nb6 78. Bf7 Nc4
79. Bg6 Kd4 80. Ke2 Ne3 81. Kf3 Nf1 82. Ke2 Nxg3+ 83. Kf3 Nf1 84. Ke2 Ne3 85.
Bf5 Nc4 86. Bg6 Nd6 87. Kf3 Kd3 88. Bh5 Kd2 89. Bg6 Nb5 90. Bf7 Nd4+ 91. Kf2
Kd3 92. Bg6 Nb3 93. Bf5 Nd2 94. Bg6 Kd4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Doran, Chris"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5+ 14. c3
Rb8 15. b4 Qxb5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Qa4 Rb6 19. b5 Nb8 20. O-O Be7
21. c4 Nd7 22. Qa7 Rb7 23. Qa5+ Rb6 24. Rfd1 Kc7 25. a4 Nc5 26. Qb4 Be6 27. a5
Rbb8 28. b6+ Kc8 29. a6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Pitel, Benedikt"]
[Black "Garnett, John S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O-O 7. c4 Qf5 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qc3 Bd6 14. h3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. g3 f5 17. Nc3 g5 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Nb5 h4 20. Qxg5 hxg3 21. fxg3
Rxh3 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Kg2 Rdh6 24. Qg8+ Kc7 25. d6+ Kb6 26. Re2 Rh2+ 27. Kf1
Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Qd4+ 29. Re3 R6h2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Patel, Keatan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c5 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qg4 f6 19. Bb2 c4+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. f5
e5 22. Qe2 Rfd8 23. g4 cxb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rcd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bf1 a6
28. Qe1 Kh8 29. Bd3 Bg8 30. Qg3 Qd6 31. g5 Bxb3 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Rg1 Bf8 34.
cxb3 Rg7 35. Qf3 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Qb4 37. Qd1 a5 38. Ba1 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Kf1
a3 41. Qc1 Qd6 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Qg1+ Kf7 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Qh7+ Kd8 46. Qb7 Qc5
47. Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qb7+ Kd8 49. Qd5+ Kc7 50. Qxc5+ Bxc5 51. Kd2 Bb4+ 52. Kc2 Kb6
53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Be2 a2 55. Kxa2 Bd2 56. Kb3 Ba5 57. Bc3 Bd8 58. Kc2 Kc6 59. Bd2
Kd7 60. Bxh6 Ke7 61. Bc4 Bb6 62. h4 Bf2 63. h5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Hutchinson, Paul A"]
[Black "Ganti, Shriaansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nb6 11. g6 Qf6 12. gxf7+ Qxf7 13. O-O-O Na6 14. Nh3 Be7
15. Ng5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bxg5 18. Rxg5 Kf7 19. Rhg1 Rh7 20. Kd2 Nd7
21. b4 b5 22. Rb1 Nab8 23. Bc7 Nb6 24. Ne2 N8d7 25. Nf4 Nf6 26. Ng6 Nbd7 27.
Rc1 Rc8 28. Bd6 Ne8 29. Bc5 Ra8 30. Rc3 Rh6 31. Nf4 g6 32. Rg1 a6 33. Nh3 Ng7
34. Ng5+ Ke8 35. e4 Nxc5 36. Rxc5 Rc8 37. Rgc1 Kd7 38. Nf7 Rh7 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40.
Nxc6+ Kf6 41. Ne5 Re8 42. Rc7 Re7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Nxg6+ Kg8 46.
Rc8+ Kf7 47. Ne5+ Ke7 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 Rh6 50. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Lampard, Alice"]
[Black "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14.
Rfd1 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nc4 19. Be2 Nxb2
20. Nxb2 Bxb2 21. Kf1 Kg7 22. Bc4 e6 23. Ke2 Kf6 24. f4 e5 25. g3 Ke7 26. Kd3
f6 27. Bb3 exf4 28. gxf4 Bc1 29. f5 g5 30. Bd1 Kd6 31. Kc2 Bf4 32. h3 Kc5 33.
Kd3 Be5 34. Bb3 h5 35. Bd1 h4 36. Bh5 Kb4 37. Ke3 Kc3 38. Kf3 Kd3 39. Bf7 c5
40. Be8 c4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Flynn, David"]
[Black "Brencher, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Nc3
Bc6 15. a3 O-O 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Rac1 e5
21. Bc3 f5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Rfd1 Rcd8 24. Nf1 e4 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Ba5 Bf6 27. c3
Rd3 28. Nf1 Nc4 29. Bb4 Rfd8 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bg5 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bxe3+ 35. Kh1 Bb6 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. c4 Bd4 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Qxc3+
Qf6 40. Qd2 Qc6 41. Qd4+ Qf6 42. Qd7+ Qf7 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. h3 Qe6 45. Qe3+ g5
46. h4 f4 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Qd4 Qg6 49. Qd5+ Kh4 50. Qd8+ Kg3 51. Kg1 e3 52.
Qd1 Qe4 53. Qe1+ Kg4 54. Qd1+ e2 55. Qd7+ Qf5 56. Qg7+ Kh5 57. Kf2 Qc5+ 58.
Kxe2 Qxc4+ 59. Kf3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Frankie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Rab1 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Nd2 a5 17. bxa5 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb2 Rcxa5 20. Ra1 g5 21.
Ne2 Nc5 22. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne4
8. Be3 O-O 9. g3 d5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nb5
Bf5 15. Bf4 Re7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 Bf5 18. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Nd4
Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. N2f3 Qf6 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd4 Qf5 20. Qg4
Qxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Re2 24. Rab1 Rae8 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Rfe1
R2e4 27. Kf1 Nb6 28. b3 Rc8 29. Rbc1 f6 30. Nd4 Re5 31. Nf3 Re4 32. Re2 Kf7 33.
Ke1 g5 34. Kd2 Rh8 35. Rce1 g4 36. Nd4 Rh2 37. g3 Rxe2+ 38. Rxe2 Rh5 39. Ne6
Rh7 40. Kd3 Kg8 41. Kd4 Rd7 42. Nc5 Rh7 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 Rh2 45. Rxb7+ Kg6
46. Nd3 Nc8 47. Kxd5 Kf5 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Rc7 Nd6 50. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Bulford, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qf6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bxb6 cxb6 11. b5 Nb8 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. d4 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qe6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Ncd2 O-O 18. O-O Rc7 19. c4 Ng6 20. g3 Qf6 21. Kg2
Rfc8 22. Rfe1 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6 24. Rad1 Nc5 25. Ra1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qd5
Rd7 28. Qxe6 Nxe6 29. Ra2 Nc5 30. Re2 Rcd8 31. Nf3 f6 32. Rad2 Nxa4 33. Rxd7
Rxd7 34. Rc2 Nc5 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Nf1 Rd4 38. Ne3 Kd8 39. Nd5 Nxe4
40. Nxb6 Kc7 41. Nd5+ Kd6 42. Ne3 Kc5 43. Ra2 b6 44. h4 Nd6 45. Rc2 h5 46. Ke2
g6 47. Nd5 f5 48. Ne7 Rxc4 49. Rxc4+ Nxc4 50. Nxg6 a4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Longson, Sarah N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteFideId "402320"]
[BlackFideId "2501465"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. a4 b4 15.
Nb1 Na5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Bxa6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nbc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nd2 Rc8 22. Ne4 Qd5 23. Nc5 f5 24. Qe1 Nc6 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Kf2 Rb8
28. Qf3 Kf7 29. g4 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 fxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Ne7 32. Kf3 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3
34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Rxc3 Rxh2 36. a5 Ra2 37. a6 Nd5 38. Rb3 h5 39. e4 Ne7 40. Kg3
h4+ 41. Kxh4 Ng6+ 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Larchikov, Maksym"]
[Black "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O e5 8. d5 a5
9. Be3 Na6 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Nb4 14. b3 b6 15. a3
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f4 17. Bf2 Bf6 18. b4 Bh4 19. Qe2 h5 20. Na4 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qe7
22. Nb2 g5 23. Nd3 Rf7 24. c5 g4 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rac1 Rg7 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Kh1
h4 29. fxg4 Nxg4 30. Nf2 Ne3 31. Rg1 Qg5 32. Qf3 axb4 33. axb4 Ra2 34. Nh3 Qh6
35. Nf2 Rg3 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rd7 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qf8 40. Nh3 Rg2 41.
Rxg2 Nxg2 42. Kxg2 Qg8+ 43. Kf1 Qc8 44. Rxd6+ Kg7 45. Nf2 Qc4+ 46. Kg2 Qxb4 47.
Rc6 Qd2 48. h3 b5 49. Rb6 b4 50. d6 Kf7 51. d7 Ke7 52. Rb5 Qc3 53. Rd5 Kd8 54.
Nd3 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 b3 56. Nxe5 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Murawski, Jan"]
[Black "Denderski, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. Ra2 Ba6 15. Qe2
O-O 16. O-O Re8 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nc4 b3 19. Ra3 Nb4 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qc4 Qa6
22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Nd2 Nd3 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxb3 Nxf4 26. Ne4 Nxd5 27. Nxc5 Rc6
28. Rb5 e4 29. Rd1 Nc7 30. Rxa5 e3 31. Re1 e2 32. Nb3 Rb6 33. Nc5 Bd4+ 34. Kh1
Rf6 35. g3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Black "Bak, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Na3 Bd6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. c3 Nbc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. b4 Ng6 13. b5 Nce7 14. a4 Rfe8
15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Be4 18. Qg5 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. g3 Nd6 21.
Nd2 Bc2 22. a5 Re6 23. Bf1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bh3 Ree8 26. Bc5 b6 27. axb6
axb6 28. Bb4 Nf8 29. Ra7 Bd3 30. Re3 Bxb5 31. Rxc7 Ra8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Bf1
Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Ne6 35. Rb7 g5 36. h3 h5 37. Rxb6 Kg7 38. Rd6 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Nxd8
40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Kd3 g4 42. h4 Nc6 43. Ba3 Ke6 44. c4 Na5 45. c5 Nc6 46. Ke3 Kf5
47. Bb2 Na5 48. Bc3 Nc6 49. f3 Ne7 50. fxg4+ Kxg4 51. Be1 Nc6 52. Bf2 Ne7 53.
Kd3 Kf3 54. Be1 Nc6 55. Kc3 Ke4 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5 Kf5 58. Bh4 g3 59. Bxg3 Kg5
60. Bf2 Kxh5 61. Kb3 Kg4 62. Ka4 Kf5 63. Kb5 Ne7 64. c6 Ke6 65. Kb6 Kd6 66.
Bg3+ Ke6 67. Kb7 f5 68. Bh4 Nxc6 69. Kxc6 f4 70. Be1 f3 71. Bf2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Mesesan, Mircea-Marius"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qe1 Bf4 13. g3 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Qd7 21.
Rfc1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. Nf3 Qd5 24. g4 Ne7 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Qe3 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. dxe5 Nc6 29. b4 Rd5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. f4 Kd7 33. h4 b5 34.
Re4 a5 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Bc3 Nc6 37. a4 Kc7 38. Ke3 Kb6 39. Bb2 b4 40. Rc4 Ra5
41. Ke4 Rxa4 42. Bd4+ Kb7 43. Bc5 b3 44. Rxa4 b2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Booth, Steven B"]
[Black "Senior, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nxe4 16. Ba3 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Qc7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qe5 20. Bb2 Qxd5
21. Qxd5+ Bxd5 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. h3 Rc2 25. Be5 Rc5 26. Bb2 Rb5 27.
Ba1 Bxa2 28. Kh2 d5 29. Ne6 Nf6 30. Rd2 Bb1 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nc7 Rc5 33. Nxd5
Kf7 34. Nf4 Bf5 35. g4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Black "Zhu, Yaoyao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Ra2 Ne7 15. Ne3
Nf4 16. Kh2 Neg6 17. Ng1 Ne7 18. g3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 d5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. e5 Qf5
22. Re1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Black "Hepworth, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 b5
9. c3 Qb6 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 b4 12. O-O Ba6 13. f5 Be7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rf2 O-O
16. Bh3 Nd8 17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd7 Rc7 20. dxc5 Qb7 21. c6 Nxc6 22.
Qxd5+ Kh8 23. e6 Nb8 24. Qxb7 Bxb7 25. Ne5 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28.
Rb1 Rc7 29. Bb6 Rc2 30. Ba7 Na6 31. Rxb7 g5 32. Bb5 Nc7 33. Bc4 Bc5+ 34. Bxc5
Nxe6 35. Be7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Black "Doran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3 a4 11. Nge2 c6 12. Ng3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. h4 Qa5 15. g5
Ne8 16. h5 f5 17. hxg6 f4 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Bxc5 fxg3 20. Be3 Rxf3 21. Be2 g2
22. Bxf3 gxh1=Q+ 23. Bxh1 a3 24. b3 Rc8 25. Na4 Qa6 26. Nb6 Bh3 27. Kf2 Rc7 28.
Bf3 Rf7 29. Kg3 Bf1 30. Bh5 Rf8 31. Nd7 Rf4 32. Bxe8 Bf8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Idle, Oscar J"]
[Black "Cast, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qb5 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bb6 axb5 15.
Bxc7 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfc8 18. Bb6 Bc4 19. Bf5 Rf8 20. Rfe1 Ra6 21. Be3
Rfa8 22. Rac1 Bb5 23. Bb1 Rd8 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. Nb3 Raa8 27. Nxd4
exd4 28. Bf4 Bc6 29. Red1 f6 30. Rc4 d3 31. Rxd3 Rdc8 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Rd1 Re8
34. Be3 Bb5 35. Rcc1 Ra6 36. b3 h5 37. Rd5 Bc6 38. Rxh5 Bd6 39. Rh4 Bb5 40. Rc2
Raa8 41. Rd2 Be5 42. Bd4 Bd6 43. e3 Rac8 44. Bb2 Bf8 45. Rg4 g5 46. h4 Rc5 47.
Bd4 Rc1+ 48. Rd1 Rxd1+ 49. Kxd1 Bc6 50. Ke2 Rc8 51. Bf5 Bb5+ 52. Kd2 Ra8 53.
hxg5 Rxa2+ 54. Bc2 Bd7 55. Rf4 f5 56. Kc1 Bd6 57. Rh4 Ke8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc5 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Red2
Be7 21. Rd7 f6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Ra8 25. Bc1 h6 26. h4 g5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Kf3 f5 29. g4 Ke8 30. Rb7 Kd8 31. Be3 Ke8 32. a4 Bf6 33. gxf5
exf5 34. Bc1 Be7 35. Bb2 Bd6 36. Rh7 Bf8 37. Bf6 Rc8 38. Bxg5 a5 39. Rh8 Rc6
40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Rh1 Rd6 42. Kxf5 Rd3 43. f4 Rxb3 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Kg6 Rd3 46.
f5 Rd6+ 47. f6 Rc6 48. Rh4 Rd6 49. Re4 Rc6 50. Re8 b5 51. Bh6 Rxc4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Garnett, John S"]
[Black "McLean, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. f3 Bd3 16. Qxc6 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qh5 20. Kf2 Qe2+
21. Kg1 Qxd2 22. h4 Qxc3 23. Kh2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Pilley, Jack"]
[Black "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. h3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 Nxb6 9. Be3 Be6 10. f5 Bc4 11. O-O-O Bxf1 12. Rhxf1 Be7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14.
Rd3 O-O 15. Rfd1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Ne1 Nd5 21. Bh2 Bg5+ 22. Kd1 Ne3+ 23. Ke2 Nxf5 24. c3 Bc1 25. b3 g5 26. g4 Ne7
27. Bg1 b6 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Nd5+ 30. Kd4 Nf4 31. c4 Nxh3 32. Kxe4 Nf4 33.
Nf3 Ne6 34. b4 a6 35. Kf5 h6 36. Ke4 Kg7 37. Kf5 c5 38. a3 b5 39. Nd2 cxb4 40.
axb4 bxc4 41. Nxc4 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 Nc6 43. Kf5 Nxb4 44. e6 fxe6+ 45. Kxe6 h5 46.
gxh5 g4 47. Ne3 a5 48. Ke5 a4 49. Kd4 Kh6 50. Nxg4+ Kxh5 51. Ne3 Kg5 52. Kc3
Nc6 53. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne3
c4 15. c3 b5 16. Rad1 Bb6 17. Nd5 f5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. exf5 e4 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Ng5 Rxa2 22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Na5 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Bxh7+ Kh8
27. Nxe6 Nc6 28. Be4 Ne5 29. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Black "Hutchinson, Paul A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. b4 Ba6 15.
Qb3 Bc8 16. a4 Nf8 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Ne6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qc4 Nd7 21. Ra1
c5 22. Nd5 Qc6 23. Reb1 Bb7 24. b5 Qd6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5
28. exd5 Nd4 29. b6 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nc3 31. Rc1 e4 32. Ng5 h6 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. b7 Rb4 36. Ra8 Nb8 37. Rxc5 Rxb7 38. Bf4 Kh7 39. Rc7 Rb1+ 40. Kg2
g5 41. Be3 Nc6 42. Ra6 Nb4 43. Raa7 Nxd5 44. Rxf7 Nxe3+ 45. Kf3 Nf5 46. Rxf5
Rbb8 47. Rff7 Rf8 48. h4 Kg6 49. Rxf8 Rxf8+ 50. Kg2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Bd4+ 52. Kg2
Bxa7 53. g4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Skettos, Nicolas"]
[Black "Latypova, Olga L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 d6 7. O-O-O Be6 8.
Kb1 Qd7 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Bg3 f6 11. h3 Nge5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. Nf3 O-O
15. c3 a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. Bd3 h6 18. Rhf1 Qf7 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
c6 22. Nxb6 Bxb6 23. Rc1 Bc5 24. f5 Bc8 25. Bf2 Re8 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rfe1 Qc7
28. Nh4 Rd8 29. Qe3 b6 30. Ng6 Rd4 31. g4 Ba6 32. e5 fxe5 33. Nxe5 Re8 34. b3
a3 35. Rc3 Qd6 36. Rcc1 Rd2 37. Rc2 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Rc1 Qd6 40. Re1 b5
41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Kc2 Qd5 43. Re2 b4 44. Re1 Bb5 45. h4 Qg2+ 46. Qd2 Qxd2+ 47.
Kxd2 Rd8+ 48. Ke3 Rd4 49. Rc1 Rd5 50. Nf3 Rd3+ 51. Ke4 Rc3 52. Rxc3 bxc3 53.
Ne1 Be2 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Bd1 56. Kd3 Kf7 57. Kxc3 Bg4 58. f6 gxf6 59. gxf6
Be6 60. Nc2 Kxf6 61. Nxa3 Ke7 62. Nc4 Kd7 63. a4 Kc7 64. Kd3 Bd5 65. Ke3 Kb7
66. Kf4 Bg8 67. Ke5 Kc7 68. Nd2 Kc6 69. Nc4 Kc7 70. a5 Kc6 71. Kf6 Bd5 72. Ke7
Kb5 73. Kd6 Bxc4 74. bxc4+ Kxc4 75. a6 Kd4 76. a7 c4 77. a8=Q c3 78. Qa1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek A"]
[Black "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qa5
15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qh5 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. g3 Nf6 21.
Kg2 Bb8 22. b4 b5 23. Nd2 Ba7 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c5 Bb8 26. Ne1 Rd7 27. Kf3 Nf6
28. Ke2 Rcd8 29. Nf3 Rd5 30. Ra1 R5d7 31. Re1 Nd5 32. Nd2 Ra7 33. Nb3 Bc7 34.
Rec1 f6 35. f4 Re8 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Rf1 Bd8 38. h3 h5 39. Bc3 Bc7 40. Rae1 h4
41. Bd2 hxg3 42. Rf3 Rh8 43. Rg1 Rxh3 44. Rgxg3 Rxg3 45. Rxg3 Bxf4 46. Bxf4
Nxf4+ 47. Ke4 Nd5 48. Na5 Ne7 49. Rh3 Ra8 50. Nb7 Kg8 51. Rh2 Rb8 52. Na5 g5
53. Rh5 Kg7 54. Rh2 Kg6 55. Rh1 Rc8 56. Nb7 Nd5 57. Na5 Nf4 58. Rh2 Nh5 59. Rh1
Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Brencher, Paul"]
[Black "Pitel, Benedikt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. a3 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Ne2
Ne4 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. c3 Nd6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. e4 Red8
21. e5 a6 22. Raf1 Qc7 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rh3 h6 25. g4 Rg8 26. g5 Qe7 27. Kh1 Kh7
28. Rg1 g6 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Rg3 Rh8 31. Rgh3 Rxh6 32. Rxh6 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8
34. h4 Qf8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qxh5+ Kg7 37. g6 Qg8 38. gxf7 Qxf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40.
Qh3+ Kg8 41. Nxe6 Nxb2 42. Ng5 Qe7 43. Qg2 Nc4 44. Qxd5+ Kh8 45. Qxc4 Qd7 46.
Qd4 Qc6+ 47. Kh2 Qh6+ 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. Qe4 Qd7 50. Qh7+ Qxh7 51. Nxh7 Kxh7 52.
Kf3 Kg6 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Kd5 Ke7 55. f5 Kd7 56. e6+ Ke7 57. Ke5 a5 58. f6+ Kd8
59. Kd6 b5 60. e7+ Kc8 61. e8=Q+ Kb7 62. Qc6+ Kb8 63. f7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Patel, Keatan"]
[Black "Flynn, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Qb6 12. a4 Na6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Nc7 15.
Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Ra3 Rb4 17. b3 Rxe4 18. Qd3 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rb6 20. Bc3 Qb7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Rb1 Rb4 23. Nd2 Rd4 24. Qf3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Ganti, Shriaansh"]
[Black "Lampard, Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 O-O 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. c3 Kf8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 Ke7 21. Kc2 Ke6 22. g4 Kd6 23. Kb3 Kc6 24. Ka4 b6 25. c4 a6 26. a3 Kd6
27. Kb3 Kc6 28. a4 a5 29. Kc3 Kd7 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. b3 Kf8 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Kf3
Kg6 34. Kg3 Kg5 35. f3 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Black "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qf3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Qxc5 Na6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qd1
Nc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 18. f3 Re8 19. Kf2 Nd3+ 20. Ke2
Nf4+ 21. Kf2 Nxg2 22. Bd4 Nf4 23. Bxf6 Bf5 24. Bd4 Re6 25. Kg3 Nh5+ 26. Kf2
Rae8 27. a4 Bd3 28. h4 Nf4 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kf2 b6 31. Rh2 Ng7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7
33. a5 Rc8 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra3 Rec6 36. f4 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Ke3 Bf5+
39. Kd4 Rd3+ 40. Kc4 Rg3 41. Ne2 Bd3+ 42. Kd4 Bxe2 43. Rxe2 Rf3 44. Ke4 Rb3 45.
Rh2 Kh6 46. Rd2 Kh5 47. f5 Kxh4 48. Rd7 Rb4+ 49. Ke3 gxf5 50. Rxf7 Kg3 51. Rxf5
Kg4 52. Rf8 Rc4 53. Rb8 Rc6 54. Kd4 Kf5 55. Kd5 Rc5+ 56. Kd6 Rb5 57. Kc6 Rb4
58. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 59. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 a6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Nfd2 Nfd5 14. Nc3 Be5
15. Nce4 Nd7 16. Qa3 Nb4 17. Qa4 f5 18. Nc3 Qf6 19. Nc4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21.
Bb2 Qc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc2 23. Ra5 Nd4 24. e3 Nb5 25. Rc1 Nc7 26. Ba3 Nb5 27. Bb2
Nc7 28. Ba3 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Denderski, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
a6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Ne8 13. Re1 g5 14. Nc4 Bd4 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne5 17. a5 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bg4 Rf4 21. Be6+
Kh8 22. Ne4 Ng7 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Rxe5 Rxf2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Rf8 27. Re1
Qd6 28. Qe3 Nxe6 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Kg7 31. Kh2 Rf7 32. Kg3 Rd7 33. Rb6 c4
34. d6 Kg6 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 h5 37. g3 Kh6 38. Rb4 Rxd6 39. Rxb7 Rd4+ 40.
Kh3 Rd2 41. Rb4 Rc2 42. Rb8 Kg6 43. Rc8 Kg5 44. Rc7 Kg6 45. Rc5 Kh6 46. g4
hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kg6 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rb6 c3 52. bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Senior, Gary"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. Qe2 e5 8.
c3 Ne7 9. d3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Na3 f5 12. Nc2 h6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 a5 15. a3
Ba6 16. Qd2 g5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. g3 Raf8 21. Nd1 Qd7
22. g4 Nf4 23. Re3 e4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Frankie"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne3 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nexd5 cxd5 14. Be3 b4
15. Ne2 Ba6 16. f4 Qb6 17. Rf2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Nc1 e5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Qxe4 Rad8 27.
Nb3 Rd3 28. Qg2 Bb7 29. Qh2 Rfd8 30. Raf1 Rd1 31. g4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bulford, Michael"]
[Black "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. a3
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qc2 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 Rac8 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Qd2 Rec8 23. Rc5 f6 24. Rfc1 Qe4 25. Ne1 h5 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Nd3
Bf5 28. Qd2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 h4 30. h3 f5 31. Qd1 Re7 32. Qb3 Rec7 33. R1c3 g5 34.
Qd1 a6 35. Qf3 Qg6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Rf8 38. Rxd5 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kxf2 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Jackson, Edward"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qf3 c6 18. Bc2 Nb4 19. Be4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qh5
g6 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nc3 Rb2 27. f3 Re6
28. Qd4 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Qf4 Rf6 31. Nxd5 Rxf4 32. Nxf4 Qh4 33. Ne2 Qxh3+
34. Kf2 Qh2+ 35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Rab1 Re5+ 37. Kd3 Qf2 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kf6
0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. h3 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Qc3 Re8 16. e4 c5 17. Nh2 Nh5 18. Ndf1 Bb7 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Rad1 f6 21.
Ng3 Kf7 22. Ne2 g5 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Qd3 Rad8 25. Kf1 Bc6 26. Rd2 Qb7 27. Qe2
g6 28. f3 f5 29. Qd3 Kf6 30. Kf2 Qh7 31. Ke2 Qh5 32. Kd1 Bxe4 33. Qa3 Re7 34.
g4 fxg3 35. Ng4+ fxg4 36. hxg4 Qh3 37. g5+ Kg7 38. fxe4 Qg4+ 39. Kc1 Qxg5 40.
Rg1 Qf4 41. Qd3 Rf7 42. Rxg3 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Qxd3+ 44. Rgxd3 Rfd7 45. Rg3 Rf7 46.
Rgd3 Rfd7 47. a3 Kf6 48. Rf3+ Ke6 49. b4 cxb4 50. axb4 Rf7 51. Rg3 Rf6 52. Kc3
Rdf8 53. Rdd3 Rh8 54. c5 dxc5 55. bxc5 Ke7 56. Kc4 Rc8 57. Rg5 Re6 58. Rdg3
Rcc6 59. Kd5 a6 60. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "McLean, Robert"]
[Black "Idle, Oscar J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6 12. b4 Re8 13. Ra2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
Be3 d5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ng3 c6 18. Rd2 a5 19. d4 axb4 20. cxb4 exd4 21. Rxd4
Qe8 22. a5 Ra8 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nxd5 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ne4 Ngf4 27. Kf1
Ne6 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. g3 Ndc7 30. Ke2 Na6 31. Nc3 Nec7 32. Ne1 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5
34. Nd3 Kf8 35. Ke3 Rb5 36. h4 h5 37. Rd4 Nc7 38. Nf4 g6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4
Na6 41. Nd3 Nc7 42. Nc5 Na6 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Nxb7 Ke7 46. Nc5 Nc7
47. a6 Nb5 48. Ne4 Kd7 49. Kc5 Kc7 50. Ng5 f6 51. Ne6+ Kd7 52. Nd4 Na7 53. Kb6
Nc8+ 54. Kb7 Nd6+ 55. Kb8 c5 56. bxc5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Pilley, Jack"]
[Black "Larchikov, Maksym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Longson, Sarah N"]
[Black "Mesesan, Mircea-Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Qf3 Kh7 15. h4
h5 16. Bd1 Ne7 17. Bg5 Neg8 18. Be2 b5 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. a3 Bb6 21. Rd2 c6 22.
Bd1 a5 23. Qe2 Nh6 24. Bxh6 Kxh6 25. Rc2 Ra7 26. Qd2+ Kh7 27. Nf3 Qd7 28. Ng5+
Kg8 29. Bf3 Ng4 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 a4 32. Rec1 c5 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. Rd1 Qxd2
35. Rcxd2 f6 36. Nh3 Bf7 37. Rd6 Bc7 38. Rc6 c4 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Rd7 Bb8 41.
Rxa7 Bxa7 42. Nf4 Bd4 43. Nf5 Bxb2 44. Nd6 Rb8 45. Rc7 Be5 46. Kf1 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Skettos, Nicolas"]
[Black "Murawski, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 Be6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. b3 g5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ne2 Qg7 20. Ng3 f5 21. Bb5
Ne5 22. Qe2 f4 23. Nh5 f3 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qxa8 Qf7 27. Be8 Qxh5 28.
Bxh5 Rxa8 29. Rfe1 Bxc2 30. Rd2 Nd3 31. Ra1 Nb4 32. a3 c4 33. bxc4 d3 34. axb4
Rd8 35. Bxf3 Rd4 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. Bd5 h5 38. b5 g4 39. b6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Be2 c5
9. e5 Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bd4 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Nd5 e5 21.
Nf6+ Kg7 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. Qg4 Qc5 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. g4 b4 27. Qxa6
bxa3 28. Qxa3 Qxa3 29. bxa3 Be3+ 30. Kb2 Rb8+ 31. Ka2 Rdc8 32. c3 Rc7 33. Rd3
Bf4 34. Rb1 Ra8 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Rb4 Bc1 37. a4 Ra6 38. Rd1 Bf4 39. c4 Rxd6 40.
Rxd6 e4 41. Rd1 e3 42. Rb2 f5 43. Rf1 Be5 44. Re2 f4 45. Rf3 g5 46. Rfxe3 fxe3
47. Rxe3 Kf6 48. Kb3 Rb7+ 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. Ra3 Rxc4+ 51. Kd3 Rf4 52. Ke2 Bd6 53.
Rf3 Ke5 54. Rxf4 Kxf4 55. h4 h6 56. a5 Bc5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Hutchinson, Paul A"]
[Black "Booth, Steven B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. b4 Bb6 11. f4 Nh5 12. Bf2 f5 13. h3 Nhf6 14. Ng1 a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 Bc7 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Bd3 b6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Be2 Bd7 23. c4 Ra7 24. O-O Rea8 25. Rfc1 Be8 26. b5 cxb5 27. cxd5 exd5
28. Bxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Ra5 30. Rb2 Rb8 31. Qc2 Ra7 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Rb5 Qd7 34.
Bh4 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rc8 36. Rxd5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Bxe5+ 38. Rxe5 Rxc6 39. Rxe4 b5 40.
Be7 Rc4 41. Rf4 h6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. d5 Rc2 44. d6 Raa2 45. Kg3 Rxg2+ 46. Kf4
Rgf2+ 47. Ke5 Rxf8 48. Bxf8 Rd2 49. Ke6 Rd3 50. e4 b4 51. d7 b3 52. Ba3 g5 53.
Ke7 h5 54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Kxd8 g4 56. hxg4 h4 57. e5 h3 58. e6 h2 59. e7 h1=Q
60. e8=Q Qa8+ 61. Kd7 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Zhu, Yaoyao"]
[Black "Brencher, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Bc2 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
Bb1 Qb7 16. Ng5 Nc4 17. Qe2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nxh7 Be7 20. Qh5 Qxb2 21. Bxh6
gxh6 22. Qxh6 Rg8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qd2 25. Qh5 Ne3 26. Bg6 Kd8 27. Qh7
Rxg6 28. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc3 30. Qe7+ Kc7 31. Rxc3+ Qxc3 32. f7 Qe5 33.
Rc1+ Nc4 34. Kxg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qf4 36. Rxc4+ Qxc4 37. f8=Q Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc6 39.
Qfd8+ Kb7 40. Qdxd7+ Qxd7 41. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Hepworth, Peter"]
[Black "Garnett, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Bf3
e5 15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Rfd1 Nbd5 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Qa4 Nb6
21. Qb3 Nd5 22. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Cast, Julian"]
[Black "Flynn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 c6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. O-O f5 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Qc2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nf6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. a4 a5 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qb3
Nd5 22. Rae1 Rb8 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Bf3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qc7 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Qd2 Ng6
28. Qg5 Kh8 29. Rc5 Ra8 30. h4 Qe7 31. Rxf5 Qxg5 32. Rxg5 h6 33. Rc5 Nf8 34.
Rh5 Kg7 35. Ree5 f5 36. g4 Ng6 37. Rxe6 Nf4 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Kxf7 40.
Rxf5+ Kg7 41. Rxf4 Rf8 42. Rxf8 Rxf8 43. Kg2 Re8 44. d5 cxd5 45. Bxd5 Re2 46.
b4 Rc2 47. bxa5 Rxc3 48. Bxb7 Rc4 49. Kg3 Rxa4 50. a6 Kf6 51. f4 Ra3+ 52. Kf2
Ke6 53. Bc8+ Kd6 54. g5 hxg5 55. fxg5 Kc7 56. g6 Kxc8 57. g7 Ra2+ 58. Kf3 Ra3+
59. Kf4 Ra4+ 60. Kf5 Ra5+ 61. Kf6 Rxa6+ 62. Kf7 Rh6 63. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Black "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2 f5 5. f3 Nf6 6. fxe4 fxe4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nxe4 Ng4 10. Bg5 Rxf1+ 11. Kxf1 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Ne3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc2 14. Rf1
b6 15. Kd2 Bb7 16. N1f3 h6 17. Nxe6 Be4 18. Ne5 Na6 19. Rf4 Bh7 20. Rg4 g5 21.
Rf1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Rc1 Bf5 25. Rg3 Ne4+ 26. Kxc2 Nxg3+ 27.
Kb3 c5 28. Nc6 Re8 29. hxg3 Be4 30. Nxa7 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Bxg2 32. Rd6 h5 33. Rxb6
Kg7 34. Rd6 h4 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. Nc6 Re1 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 h3 39. a4 Kg6 40.
Rh8 Re6 41. Nd8 Re7 42. Ne6 Rxe6 43. a5 Kg7 44. Rh4 Rh6 45. Rg4+ Kh7 46. a6
Rxa6 47. Kc2 Rh6 48. Kd2 h2 49. Rxg2 h1=Q 50. Re2 Rh2 51. b4 Qd5+ 52. Ke1 Qf5
53. Rxh2+ Kg6 54. bxc5 Qxc5 55. Rc2 Qc4 56. Kd2 Kf5 57. Ke3 Qe4+ 58. Kd2 Kf4
59. c4 Qd4+ 60. Ke1 Qd3 61. Rf2+ Ke3 62. Rb2 Qc3+ 63. Kf1 Qxb2 64. Kg1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Black "Ganti, Shriaansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 g6 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Ba4 Nd7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qg3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 Ne5 15. Nd2
c4 16. dxc4 Nbxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bg5 Nxb2 19. Qh4 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ exf6 21.
Rab1 Nd3 22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Rg3 Kg7 24. a4 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. c4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rxb7 Qe5 30. Qg4 Rxe4 31. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Pitel, Benedikt"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Middleton, Tom"]
[Black "Corcoran, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. d3 b5 12. Nd2 b4 13. c4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Ne8 15.
Nf3 Nc7 16. Rb1 Nce6 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Qd2 Qf8 22. Bd1 h5 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. f4 Rf8 25. Bg4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qh4 27. gxf5
Rxf5 28. Qf2 Qg4 29. Rbe1 Rh5 30. g3 Nf5 31. Qf3 Qh3 32. Qg2 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Bd4
34. Qxh3 Rxh3 35. Kg2 Bxe3 36. Kxh3 Bd4 37. b3 Bf6 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Bd4 40.
Ke4 Bf6 41. Kd5 g5 42. Ke6 Kg6 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. Rf5+ Kg6 45. g4 Bh4 46. Rf7
Bf6 47. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Procter, Colin S"]
[Black "Hall, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. d3 Nxd5 7. O-O Bd6
8. Bd2 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. c3 f5 12. Ng3 Qf6 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Ne2 g5 16. d4 g4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rad1 Rf7 21.
c5 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rfe7 23. Nc1 g3 24. fxg3 fxg3 25. h3 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Qg5 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Ne2 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Bxe3 30. Nxg3 Re5 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7
f4 34. Ne2 Rd5 35. Nc3 Rxc5 36. Ke2 Rg5 37. g4 h5 38. Kf3 Re5 39. Rc7 Re6 40.
Ne4 Bc1 41. b3 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Be3 43. Rd7 a5 44. Rd6 Rxd6 45. Nxd6 Bc5 46. Nc4
Bb4 47. Ne5+ Kg5 48. Nxc6 Bc3 49. Ne7 Bd2 50. Nd5 Bc1 51. Nc3 Kf6 52. Ne2 Bb2
53. Nxf4 Ke7 54. Nd3 Bc3 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Nc5 Bb4 57. Nd3 Bc3 58. a3 Kg5 59. Kf3
Kf6 60. b4 axb4 61. axb4 Ke6 62. b5 Kd5 63. g5 Bd4 64. Nf4+ Ke5 65. g6 Kf6 66.
Ke4 Bf2 67. Kf3 Bg1 68. Kg4 Bd4 69. Kh5 Kf5 70. Nd5 Ke6 71. Nf4+ Kd6 72. Kg5
Bg7 73. Nh5 Bf8 74. Kf6 Kc5 75. Kf7 Bh6 76. Ng3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hymer, Barry J"]
[Black "Siu, Kam Wa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. b4
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 e4 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Qc7
15. f4 exf3 16. Nxf3 Rad8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Ned4 Bg4 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Be6 21.
Rad1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Qe4 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxc4 26. Rfe1 Ng6 27. Nf3
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bb3 29. Rd6 Ba4 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. Bxg7 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qh3 33. Bf6
Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Ke3 h5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Re6 39. Qg5
Qxh2+ 40. Kc3 Rxf6 41. Qxf6 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 Nxe5 43. f4 Ng4 44. Rd7 h4 45. Rxb7
h3 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Re7 h2 48. Re1 Kf5 49. c6 Ne3 50. Rh1 Kxf4 51. Rxh2 Nd5+
52. Kd4 Nc7 53. a4 Na8 54. Rf2+ Kg5 55. Rf7 Nb6 56. c7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Echavarria Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Black "Irving, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nbxd4 Ndxe5 11. Nxc6 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 bxc6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qg3
e4 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Qe3 a5 19. g4 Bd7 20. h4 Rfb8 21.
O-O-O a4 22. g5 Qe7 23. f3 Bf5 24. f4 a3 25. b3 Qd7 26. h5 g6 27. h6 f6 28. Qd4
fxg5 29. fxg5 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. Kc2 c5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Bc4 Qxc4 34. bxc4
Rb2+ 35. Kc1 Rab8 36. Qxc5 Rb1+ 37. Kd2 R8b2+ 38. Ke3 Rxh1 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Qxh7+ Kd6 44. c5+ Kxc5 45. Qc7+ Kd5 46.
c4+ Ke6 47. Qc6+ Ke7 48. Qc7+ Ke6 49. Qc6+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Stokes, Mike R"]
[Black "Williamson, Graham AG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Ne7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 O-O 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4
Bb6 9. f3 e5 10. Qd2 f5 11. dxe5 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Bg4
15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. h3 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. O-O Nc6 19. Bd5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21.
Bd5 c6 22. Bb3 Qc7 23. Nxe4 a5 24. bxa5 Bxe4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxe4 Qxa5 27.
Re1 Ng6 28. a4 Qc5+ 29. Qe3 Qb4 30. Rd1 Nf4 31. Kh2 Qa5 32. Rf1 Qf5 33. a5 h5
34. a6 Qg5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Wilson, Graham J"]
[Black "Mulleady, Peter J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Qc2 Kh8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. b4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Bg5 20. c5 dxc5 21. Rxe5
Bf6 22. Ree1 cxb4 23. axb4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qc5 26. Rxb7 Bxc3 27. Rxd7
Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6 29. Bxf5 Nxd7 30. Bxd7 Qc2 31. Qe3 Rb8 32. Qe7 Qc3 33. Bg4 g6
34. d6 a5 35. d7 h5 36. h4 hxg4 37. Qxf8+ Rxf8 38. Re8 Qf6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Cuaresma, Gerald"]
[Black "Tomlinson, Zak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 d5 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. c4 e6 8. Qb3 b6
9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Be5 Be7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc6 O-O 13. Bxc7 Qc8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15.
Qxd5 Be6 16. Qc6 Qxc7 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Kd1 Bxa2
21. Ba6 Rc7 22. b3 Bb4 23. Ngf3 Rc3 24. Ke2 Rc2 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Rc1 Bxb3 27.
Rc7 Be6 28. Rxa7 Bg4 29. Kf1 Bxd2 30. Nh2 Be6 31. d5 Nf8 32. dxe6 Nxe6 33. Ra8+
Nf8 34. Rb8 g6 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. Rb7 Bc3 38. Nxf7 Kf6 39. Ng5 Be5 40.
Rf7# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Black "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f5 8. Bd3
fxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Qxc4 11. dxe6 Qxe6+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bxf3+ 14.
Nxf3 O-O 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Kd3 Nf4+ 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Re2 Rg4 20. g3
Rf8 21. Re3 Ra4 22. Kc2 Ra5 23. Kd2 Rb5 24. Rc1 Rbf5 25. Ke2 d6 26. Rf1 h6 27.
h4 Ra5 28. Ra1 Kf7 29. Kd3 Re8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Re2 Ne5+ 33.
Nxe5+ Rxe5 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. Rb4 g5 36. a4 c5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Rb1 d5 39. a5
Re6 40. axb6 axb6 41. f3 Ke7 42. Rb2 Kd7 43. Ra2 Kc6 44. Ra8 Rf6 45. Ke3 Kb5
46. Rg8 Rf5 47. Rg6 Kc4 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. gxf4 b5 50. Rc6 Rh5 51. Kf2 d4 52.
cxd4 Kxd4 53. Re6 b4 54. Ke2 b3 55. Kd2 Rh2+ 56. Kc1 Rf2 57. Rh6 Rxf4 58. Kb2
c4 59. Rd6+ Kc5 60. Rd8 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Kb4 62. Rh8 Rf1+ 63. Kb2 c3# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Waters, Andrew C"]
[Black "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 e5
15. dxe5 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Bxe5 17. e4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Ne5
21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Rb1 Rc2 23. Rf2 Rfc8 24. Bb3 Rc1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rc1+
27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Nxa7 Be3 29. Nb5 b6 30. Ke2 Bc5 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Nd5 h6 33. h3
Kf8 34. Ba4 Kg7 35. Bb5 f6 36. a4 h5 37. Nf4 Kh6 38. Ne6 Bd6 39. Ke3 g5 40. Kd4
Kg6 41. Kd5 Bb8 42. Nf8+ Kg7 43. Nd7 Nxd7 44. Bxd7 Bg3 45. Ke6 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Letton, Rob"]
[Black "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 Na5 6. Nf3 Nxc4 7. dxc4 exf4 8.
Bxf4 Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. e5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bg4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 dxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Qd5+ Rf7
21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Re6 Rc6 23. Rde1 Kf8 24. Qe4 g6 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Re7 Qd8 27.
Qe6 Rxe7 28. Qxe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kh6 30. Rxb7 a6 31. Kd2 g5 32. Kd3 Kg6 33. b4
h5 34. c4 Kf5 35. Rf7 Ke5 36. a4 f5 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 Rc1 39. b6 g4 40. fxg4
fxg4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. b7 Rb1 43. a5 g3 44. a6 g2 45. Rg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Black "Cawston, M John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. Nf4 Bd7 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. h4 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Bh6 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Rf7 20. Rfe1 Raf8 21. a3
fxe4 22. Nxe4 h6 23. b4 b6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Re3 Bg4 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rbe1 e6
28. Ne4 Nf5 29. Nf2 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 h5 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Qe2 e5 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34.
Bd5 Qd6 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Qxg4 Qxd3 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. f5 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qd1 40.
Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Re8+ Rxe8 43. Qxe8+ Kg7 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qf6+ Ke8
46. Qe6+ Kd8 47. f6 Qh1+ 48. Kg4 Qd1+ 49. Kg5 Qd2+ 50. Kg6 Qd3+ 51. Kf7 Qh7+
52. Kf8 Qh6+ 53. Kg8 Qg6+ 54. Kh8 Qh6+ 55. Kg8 Qg6+ 56. Kf8 Qh6+ 57. Kf7 Qh7+
58. Kf8 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Hall, David G"]
[Black "Towers, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. f3 d5 6. fxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. c3 Nd7 10. Qb3 Rf8 11. Nh3 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd6 14. Rhf1
Bxh3 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. gxh3 O-O-O 17. Rf1 c6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb3 Qd5 20. h4 h6
21. Be3 Bg7 22. Rf7 Qxb3 23. axb3 Bf6 24. Bxh6 Bxh4 25. Rf4 Bf6 26. Rxe4 Rh8
27. Bf4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Ashcroft, Graham J"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
Qc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 a6 11. d3 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ng6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nxc6 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Qa7 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. Rc7 Qf3 25. Qc3 Qg4 26. Qc6 Nh4 27.
Re8+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Gallagher, Dominic"]
[Black "Kane, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Li, Xiaofan"]
[Black "Tarbuck, Laurence JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b6 7. Be2 a5 8. Nh3 a4
9. a3 Qe7 10. O-O h5 11. Rfe1 b5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Qa7 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Bxb5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Sharkey, Gary"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd5 14. Qf4
Qd6 15. O-O-O Qxf4+ 16. Nxf4 Nbd5 17. Ng2 Nh5 18. Be4 c6 19. c4 Ndf4 20. Nxf4
Nxf4 21. Rd2 e6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Kc2 Rac8 24. Kb1 e5 25. Rhd1 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Rc7 28. Bxc6 Ne6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Webb, Nicholas"]
[Black "Holi, Siefaldin A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 Qc8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 Bh3 15. Nh4
Bxg2 16. Qxg2 exf4 17. gxf4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. dxe4 Bxa1 20. f5 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 g5 22. f6 Kh7 23. Nf5 Bxf6 24. Nxh6 Qe6 25. Nxf7 Rg8 26. Nxg5+ Bxg5 27.
Bxg5 Rg6 28. h4 Nc7 29. Qf3 Ne8 30. Qf7+ Ng7 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Kg2 Nh5 33. Kf3
Re5 34. Rg1 d5 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Re1 Rd7 38. Re3 Ng7 39. Ke4 Ne6
40. Rf3 Kg8 41. Ke5 Ng7 42. Bf6 Nh5 43. Rf5 Nxf6 44. Rxf6 Rh7 45. Rf4 a5 46.
bxa5 Rh5+ 47. Kf6 Rxa5 48. a4 b5 49. axb5 Rxb5 50. Rg4+ Kh7 51. Rg5 Rb6+ 52.
Kf7 Rb7+ 53. Ke6 Kh6 54. Rd5 Rb4 55. h5 Rh4 56. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Stone, Ian C"]
[Black "Dean, Robert A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. a3 Qb6 8. Nb3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nbd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Be6
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Butterworth, Paul"]
[Black "Leigh, Dominic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Qc7 13. e3 Qb8 14. Rfe1 Rfd8
15. a4 a6 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rb8 19. Bc3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Mottram, Paul"]
[Black "Wheeler, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qd8
9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Kenning, Paul H"]
[Black "David, Barry AH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Qd7 9. Nbc3 h6 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Qd2 e5 12. Rad1 Qf5 13. Ng3 Qg6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Qe2 e4 16. h3 Bd6 17. Bc1 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
Be6 21. Bf4 Qh4 22. Bxc7 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd7 24. Bg3 c5 25. b3 Rad8 26. Bf2 Bf5
27. Re5 Bxc2 28. Rc1 Bg6 29. Rexc5 f6 30. b4 a6 31. a4 Be4 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. b5
axb5 34. axb5 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Rb8 36. Bg3 Rxb5 37. Bd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Farahmandpour, Ehsan"]
[Black "May, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Qd2 Nh5 7. Bh6 O-O 8.
O-O-O Nhf6 9. h3 Kh8 10. h4 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Ng4 12. Qd2 h5 13. e5 Nb6 14. Nh2 Kg7
15. f3 Nxh2 16. Rxh2 dxe5 17. g4 Qxd4 18. Qg2 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 hxg4 20. fxg4 Qxg4
21. Qd2 Qf4 22. Qg2 Bg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Rad8 25. Rf1 Qh6 26. Ng3 Kh8 27.
Qxb7 Qf4 28. Qg2 Nc4 29. Rfh1 Ne3 30. Qe2 Qxg3 31. h5 g5 32. a3 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1
Nxd1 34. Rg2 Nc3+ 35. bxc3 Qxc3 36. Rxg5 Rb8+ 37. Kc1 Qxa3+ 38. Kd2 Qb4+ 39.
Kd1 Rd8+ 40. Kc1 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Jones, Neil T"]
[Black "Griffin-Young, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
a5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. h4 Qe7 12. g4 Rd8 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
dxc6 Be6 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. c7 Nxc7 19. Nec3 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 N7e6 21. Qh2
Bh8 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. Rhf1 Nfe6 24. Kb1 Qe8 25. Qd2 Rab8 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. f4 Qc6
28. Bg2 Na4 29. Nxa4 Qxa4 30. Rc1 b5 31. Qd3 b4 32. b3 Qa3 33. Rcd1 a4 34. Bc1
Qxa2+ 35. Kxa2 axb3+ 36. Kb1 exf4 37. Bb2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Nield, Christopher"]
[Black "Macphail, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. O-O-O Ng6 17. Qb4 Qc6 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Qd6+ Kc8 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Rd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qc6+ Kb8 26. Qxa6
Nf4 27. Qxb5+ Kc7 28. b3 Rd5 29. Qc4+ Kd6 30. Nb5+ Ke6 31. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Black "Huxley, Steve DG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h3 Nxg3 12. hxg4 Nxf1 13. Nxf1 Qf6 14. Qe2 Qf4 15.
N3d2 Ne7 16. g3 Qf6 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bc4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 d5 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. Kg2
Kg7 22. Rh1 Rd6 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Bc2 Qe6 25. Re1 f6 26. f3 Rh8 27. Rh1 Rdd8 28.
a3 b5 29. Bb3 Qd6 30. Bc2 a5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. d4 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra1 Qc7
35. Qd3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rc8 37. Ra3 h5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Nf3 Qe3 41.
g5 fxg5 42. Qxe3 fxe3 43. Nxg5 Kf6 44. Nf3 Ra8 45. Rb3 Rhb8 46. Nd4 Rxb3 47.
Bxb3 Rb8 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Nxf5 Rxb3 50. Nxe3 Rxc3 51. Kf4 Rxe3 52. Kxe3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kane, Robert"]
[Black "Middleton, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 dxe4 12. Qc3 Be6 13. O-O f5 14. exf6
exf6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Li, Xiaofan"]
[Black "Hymer, Barry J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Nbd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Ba4 Kc7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Bh4 Bb4 13. Nge2 b5 14.
f3 Bc5 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Kb1 f6 17. Nc1 h5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Rhf1 h4 20. Bf2 a5 21.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bxb6 a4 23. Nc5+ Ke7 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Black "Stokes, Mike R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbc3 Qxc5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. h3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Nc6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Bd4 O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Rad1 Qh5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Kg1 fxe4 19. Nf4 Qe5 20. Nfe2 Rad8 21.
Bh6 Bf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bg6 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 e5 27.
Rh4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Re3 d5 30. Rb3 Rf7 31. Kg2 Rfd7 32. Rf1 Kg6 33. h4 Na5
34. Rbf3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mulleady, Peter J"]
[Black "Jones, Neil T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 h6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qf5 Qd7 20. Qb1 Qc8 21.
Qc1 Qf5 22. Qb1 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Bc7 24. Kf1 Nh5 25. Rbd1 Re6 26. Rd2 Bf4 27. Bxf4
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Nxf4 29. Nc2 Ne6 30. g3 h5 31. h4 g6 32. f3 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34.
Nd4 Rd6 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Re2 Rb6 38. Nb3 Kd6 39. Kc2 Rc6 40. Rd2 b6
41. Kd1 Rc4 42. Rd3 Nc5 43. Re3 Ne6 44. Rd3 Nc5 45. Rd2 Ne6 46. Ke2 a5 47. a3
a4 48. Nd4 Nxd4+ 49. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "May, Paul"]
[Black "Cuaresma, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nc6 15.
O-O Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxc5 Qc8 18. Bf2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4+ Nxc4 20. Qd5+ Kh7
21. Rac1 Re5 22. Qf7 Rf5 23. Qe7 Re5 24. Qf7 Nd6 25. Qf4 Qe6 26. Bg3 Nf5 27.
Bf2 Re8 28. g4 Ne3 29. Rfe1 Nxg4 30. Bg3 Rf8 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qe4 Qb6+ 33. Kg2
Ng4 34. Qxg4 Qxb2+ 35. Ne2 Re8 36. Re1 Qxa2 37. Kg1 h5 38. Qf3 Qd2 39. Qf1 Rf8
40. Qg2 Re8 41. Qf1 b5 42. Qg2 a5 43. Qf1 b4 44. Bf4 Qd5 45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2
a4 47. Kf2 b3 48. Rb1 b2 49. Bd2 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2 a3 51. Bc1 a2 52. Rxb2 a1=Q 53.
Rc2 Qe5+ 54. Kd3 Qd4+ 55. Ke2 Qe4+ 56. Kd1 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qxh2+ 58. Kd3 Qg3+ 59.
Ke2 h4 60. Be3 h3 61. Bf2 Qg2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Black "Procter, Colin S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. a4 a5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. g4 Ng8 14. Ng3 Re8 15. f4
Nb6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qxf7 Rf8 20. Qc4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Qxg3 23. Rxf8 Nxf8 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Ne2 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Ne6 27. Rd3
Qc5 28. Qxg6 b6 29. Rf3 Qg5 30. Qe8 Qe7 31. Qxc6 Bb7 32. Qc3+ Qg7 33. Qe3 Nc5
34. Ng3 Re8 35. Rf5 Ne7 36. Rh5 Kh7 37. g5 Nd5 38. Qd2 Nc3 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 40.
Nh5 N3xe4 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Nf6+ Qxf6+ 43. Rxf6 Nxd2+ 44. Kg1 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Rf1+
46. Ke3 Rxf6 47. gxf6 Ne4 48. Kd4 Nxf6 49. c3 Bc6 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. Kd6 Be8 52.
Kc7 Nd5+ 53. Kb7 b5 54. axb5 a4 55. bxa4 Nxc3 56. a5 Bxb5 57. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Letton, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 Qc7 4. e4 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Bh6 Nbd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Rad1 Re7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rae8 19. b3 Ned7 20. Bf3 Nb6 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Kf1 Nbd7 23. g3 Qd8 24. Re1 Re5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Bg2 c4 27. f4
Ned7 28. bxc4 Qc8 29. Qd4 Nc5 30. g4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Huxley, Steve DG"]
[Black "Ashcroft, Graham J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Ne2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nec3 Nc6 10. a3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qc2 e4 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Nb5 Rd7 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. h3 Nd7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Qe5 23. Ra2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Ne5 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Kf6 27. f4
exf3 28. gxf3 b6 29. f4 Nf7 30. h4 Nd6 31. Bd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Elgar, Tim"]
[Black "Nield, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rfd1 e4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxe4
Bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. Bg2 O-O 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rd3 Rc5
21. Rad1 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke1 g6 24. R1d2 Rb5 25. e3 Rc5 26. Bf3 h5 27. Rb2
Rdc7 28. Kd2 Bf7 29. Rb3 Ke6 30. Rd4 Be8 31. Be2 Ra5 32. Rb2 Rac5 33. Rc2 Bb5
34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Rb4 Rbc5 36. Ra4 a5 37. Ra3 R7c6 38. Rb2 Ra6 39. Rb8 Rc7 40.
Rab3 Rcc6 41. R3b7 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Rb5+ Kd6 44. Rd8+ Ke6 45. Rdxd5 Rd6 46.
Kd4 Rxd5+ 47. Rxd5 Rd6 48. Rxd6+ Kxd6 49. c4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Irving, Neil"]
[Black "Rughani, Mahin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. e4 Bg6 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd3 18. Bxb7 Rae8 19. Rfd1 Bc2 20. Rd2
Bg5 21. f4 Rxe5 22. fxg5 Bg6 23. h4 Re7 24. Bf3 h6 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Rad1 Rc8
27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Rb8 a6 30. Kf2 Bd3 31. Rd8 Bb1 32. a3 Rc7 33.
Rd2 Rc5 34. b4 Rc3 35. Rb2 Bf5 36. a4 Kf6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rc8 39. b6 Ke7
40. b7 Rb8 41. Ra2 Kd7 42. Ra8 Kc7 43. Rxb8 Kxb8 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. Kd4 f6 46. Kc5
Bh3 47. Kd6 f5 48. Ke5 Bg4 49. Bxg4 fxg4 50. Kf4 Kxb7 51. Kxg4 Kc8 52. Kh5 Kd8
53. Kxh6 Ke7 54. Kg7 Ke6 55. h5 Kf5 56. h6 Kg4 57. h7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Patrick, David A"]
[Black "Flint, Martina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg1
b5 9. a3 a6 10. h3 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nc6 15.
Be3 h5 16. O-O Be6 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qe2 O-O 19. c3 Bh6 20. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Qxe6 22. Qg5 Kg7 23. Rf3 Kh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5 Nd8 26. Rf4 Rh8 27. Bf5 Qb6
28. Qxe7 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rh6 30. Raf1 Qe6 31. Qc7 Rg6 32. Rf6 Rxf6 33. exf6+ Kf8
34. Qg3 Qe4 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qxd8 Qb1+
40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qd6 Kg6 42. Qe5 Qc2 43. h4 Qd2 44. Qg5+ Qxg5 45. hxg5 Kxg5 46.
Kg3 Kxf6 47. Kf4 a5 48. b3 Ke6 49. g4 a4 50. b4 Kf6 51. g5+ Kg6 52. Kg4 f6 53.
gxf6 Kxf6 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kg5 Kd7 56. Kf5 Kd6 57. Kf6 Kd7 58. Ke5 Kc6 59. Ke6
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Cawston, M John"]
[Black "Waters, Andrew C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 e5 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Ng5 Bc8 10. Qb3 c6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Nf3 Be6 16. Qd2 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 d5 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rac1 Nf6 22. Nb3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Qc4+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Rdc2 g5 28. Bd4 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd1 Rae8 31. Rd7+ R8e7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.
f3 Nf6 34. Kf2 f4 35. Nc5 fxg3+ 36. hxg3 b6 37. Nd3 Re6 38. Nb4 c5 39. Nd3 Rd6
40. Rc4 Ke6 41. b3 h5 42. Ra4 a5 43. Rc4 Rd8 44. Ke3 Rh8 45. Kf2 g4 46. Nf4+
Kd6 47. Nd3 Rf8 48. Rf4 gxf3 49. exf3 Ke6 50. Rc4 Ng4+ 51. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Black "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Be3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 b4
15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Ne2 Bg6 18. Ne5 Bxc2 19. Rc1 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Qe3 Nd6 22. Qf3 Nb5 23. Qg4 Nxd4 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxc7 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qb7
27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Rcd1 Bb6 29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qe4 a5 32. Rcd1 Qe7 33.
Rde1 Rf6 34. Rc1 Qf8 35. Qe2 g6 36. Rcd1 Qf7 37. Rd6 Bc5 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rc8
Bb6 40. Qd2 Nd5 41. Rc4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nezis, Anastasios"]
[Black "Echavarria Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bf2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bg4 13. h3 Bc8 14. e5 Nd4 15.
Be4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Rb8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Rfd2 f5 19. Bb7 e6 20. Rxd7 Qh4 21. Kh2
g5 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kxg3 gxf4+ 24. Kxf4 Bh6+ 25. Kf3 Bg7 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Bc4 Rd2 30. Bd3 c4 31. Nb1 cxd3 32. Nxd2 Bh6 33. cxd3 Bxd2
34. Re2 Bg5 35. Rc2 Bd8 36. Rc8 Ke8 37. Ra8 a5 38. a4 h5 39. Ra7 h4 40. Rh7 Be7
41. g3 hxg3 42. Kxg3 Bc5 43. Kf4 Bd4 44. b3 Bg1 45. Kg5 Bd4 46. Kf6 f4 47. Kxe6
Bxe5 48. Kxe5 f3 49. Rh4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Vickery, Jim E"]
[Black "Winter, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Nc5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. b3 b6 14. a3 Ne8 15. b4 Nb7
16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Nf6 19. Qf5 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Salisbury, Paul"]
[Black "Billenness, Greg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. O-O-O d6 8.
Qg3 a5 9. f4 Nh5 10. Qe1 Be6 11. f5 Bc8 12. g4 Nf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. f6 Nxf6 15.
gxf6 Qxf6 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Qf1 Qe5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Rg1 Bg4 20. Be2 a4 21. a3 b5
22. Ng5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxe2 24. Qf6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne5 26. Bf4 h6 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Nf3 Rfe8 29. Nd2 Re6 30. Qf1 Rd6 31. Qxb5 Rad8 32. Qf1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Holi, Siefaldin A"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. d3 d5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. c3 h6 8. Bd2
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Na3 e4 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
gxf5 O-O 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Rad1 Qxf5 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Ne3 Qh5 20. f3 Bd6 21.
fxe4 Qxe2 22. Rf2 Qh5 23. Rf5 Qg6 24. Be1 Nxe4 25. Qd5 Ng3 26. Rf3 Rbd8 27. Qb3
Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nf4 29. Bf1 Nh5 30. Ng4 Bg3+ 31. Rxg3 Nxg3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bc4
h5 34. Ne3 Ne4+ 35. Ke2 Na5 36. Qb5 Nxc4 37. Qxc4 b6 38. Qa6 Qg1 39. h4 Qh2+
40. Kf3 Nd2+ 41. Bxd2 Qxd2 42. Qxa7 Re8 43. Nf1 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Re2+
46. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Howorth, Jack"]
[Black "Webb, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 Bd7 10. g4 h6 11. Kb1 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 b4 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxa6 Rh3
21. Be2 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ra8 23. Rd3 Ra4 24. Qc3 Qa7 25. b3 Qb6 26. Rhd1 d5 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Re3 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rc5 30. Rxd5 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxe3 32. Qc5+ Qxc5 33. Rxc5
Rxh2 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Rxf7 Ke5 36. Rc7 Rf2 37. Rc3 f5 38. b4 Kd5 39. b5 Rg2 40.
Kb2 Rg8 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Rd3+ Kc5 43. c4 Ra8 44. Re3 Re8 45. Re5+ Kd4 46. f4 Rc8
47. Kb4 Rxc4+ 48. Ka5 Rc8 49. b6 Ra8+ 50. Kb5 Rb8 51. Kc6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Dean, Robert A"]
[Black "Mottram, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Rc1 Bf6
15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Bc5 Qa5 18. a3 Rd7 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bg5 22. Rcd1 b6 23. Bd6 Bb7 24. Be4 Rc8 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. g3 Be7
28. Nb5 Bc6 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Nd6 Rcc7 31. f4 f5 32. Bg2 Qd8 33. Rc1 Ne7 34.
Bxc6 Nxc6 35. Rc3 Qe7 36. Rec1 Nd4 37. Qd3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxd6 39. exd6 Qxd6 40.
Rc4 e5 41. fxe5 Qxe5 42. Rxd4 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qc1 44. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Freund, Michael P"]
[Black "Butterworth, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O b6 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 h6 8. c3
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Na5 15.
h4 c4 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Red1 Nd3 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Ne3 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Rac8 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Rxd4 28. Nf3 Rd5 29. Rc1 Bd8 30. Rc2 Kf8 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 f6 33. Kf3
h5 34. Ke4 b5 35. Nb3 Bb6 36. Nd4 Ke7 37. f4 f5+ 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. b4 Bxd4 40.
Kxd4 Kc6 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Kd3 a6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Wheeler, Tim"]
[Black "Stone, Ian C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3
b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. d3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Qd8 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Ne8 21. Kh2
Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nf6 26. Nd2 Nb7 27. Ra1 Rb8
28. Ra6 Nd7 29. Bb1 Kf8 30. Ba2 Ke7 31. Kg2 Nd8 32. Bd5 Nb6 33. b3 Nxd5 34.
exd5 f6 35. Ne4 Nf7 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. h4 g6 38. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Leigh, Dominic"]
[Black "Kenning, Paul H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bd4 Qd6 14. Be2
Rfe8 15. Qb3 b6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxc7 Qg5 18. Kf2 Qe5 19. Rc3 Rad8 20. g3 Qf5
21. Rd1 Qh3 22. Kg1 h6 23. Rcd3 Qc8 24. Kg2 Bg6 25. Rc3 Qb7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bd3 Bh5 28. e4 Bg6 29. Qc2 Rd7 30. Bb5 Re7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6
f6 34. Rc2 Rxe4 35. Bd3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "David, Barry AH"]
[Black "Hall, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Be2 e4 5. Ne5 Qxd5 6. d4 exd3 7. Nxd3 Qxg2 8.
Bf3 Qh3 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. f3 Ba6 13. Bxc7 Nd5 14. Bg3
O-O 15. Nd2 Bc5 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. Qf1 Qf5 18. Bf2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Be3 20. a3 Nf4
21. Bxe3 Nxd3+ 22. Kb1 Rxe3 23. Ne4 Rxf3 24. Ng3 Qd5 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Rhe1 g6
27. Ne4 Qd4 28. Rd2 h6 29. h4 Rb3 30. h5 g5 31. Nc5 Qxc5 32. Qxf3 Qd4 33. Qe2
Qc5 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Ree2 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qc4 37. Kb1 Qc1+ 38. Ka2 Qc4 39. Kb1
Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Black "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 h6 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Nh4 b4 15. Bd2 a5
16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Nf3 Kh7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Rab1 Qf6 23. Nh5 Qf7 24. Ng3 Qf6 25. Kh2 Rg8 26. Nh5 Qf7 27. Ng3 Qf6 28. Nh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Macphail, Kieran"]
[Black "Hall, David G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Ne7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nbc6 11. Re1 Qa5 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
a4 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bh6 Na5 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Bxc4
dxc4 22. Qh4 Nf5 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. g4 Nh6 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Nd4 Qd8 27. Qf3 Qd5
28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd6 Rc6 31. g5 Nf5 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. a5 Rd8 34.
Red1 Kf8 35. f4 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 b5 38. Kd4 Rb8 39. Rdb1 b4 40. h4 Rc7
41. h5 Rcb7 42. Rg1 Rg8 43. Rgb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Ne4 Qc7 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 c5 14. Re1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. b3 Rg8
21. h3 Nd3 22. Re2 Bd6 23. Be3 f5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Kf1 Rg6 26. Bd2 h5 27. Nh4
Rg8 28. Nxf5 Bc7 29. Bc3 Nc5 30. Ng7+ Kd8 31. Nxh5 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1
Kc8 34. Re2 a5 35. Nf6 Rg6 36. Ne4 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Ne5 38. h4 Nc6 39. Ng5 Nd8 40.
Nf3 Rg8 41. Be5 Bxe5 42. Nxe5 Kc7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Nf3 Nc6 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. Ng5
Rg7 47. Ke4 f6 48. Nf3 Rg4+ 49. Ke3 e5 50. Nh2 Rg8 51. Rd5 Nb4 52. Rd2 Nc6 53.
g4 Ke6 54. Ke4 Nd4 55. f3 Rg7 56. f4 Rh7 57. f5+ Ke7 58. h5 Rg7 59. Rg2 Nc6 60.
Nf3 Rh7 61. Nh4 Nd4 62. Ng6+ Kf7 63. Rd2 Ke8 64. Rd3 Kd8 65. Nxe5 fxe5 66. Kxe5
Re7+ 67. Kxd4 Rc7 68. Ke4+ Ke7 69. Kf4 Ra7 70. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Corcoran, Gary"]
[Black "Gallagher, Dominic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
Re1+ Be6 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Ng5 Qd5 11. Rxe6+ fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Qf7+ Be7 14.
Nxh7 Qe5 15. g3 Qe1+ 16. Kg2 Qe4+ 17. Kf1 Qxh7 18. Nd2 Rxg7 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qg2
Qxc2 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Rgf7 23. f4 Ne5 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5
27. Bh6 Rh8 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Re7 30. Ne4 Rf8 31. Rh1 Ng4 32. Ng5 Re1 33.
Rxe1 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Ne3 35. h5 Rxb2 36. h6 Rb6 37. Rxe3 dxe3 38. h7 Rh6+ 39. Kg2
c3 40. Nf7 Rxh7 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Ng4 c2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Siu, Kam Wa"]
[Black "Tarbuck, Laurence JM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c4 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 b5 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng5 Rh4 14. Be2 Nbc6 15. O-O
Nf5 16. Bg4 Nce7 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Rg2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Williamson, Graham AG"]
[Black "Sharkey, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bb3 c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Nh5 14. Rab1 e5 15. Bg5
d5 16. g4 Nhf6 17. h3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. a4 Rad8 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 cxb3 25. Nxb3 Rd5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Qh4
28. Kg2 h5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Bc6 31. Bg3 Qg5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. h4 Qf5 34.
Rd1 Bd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxh5 Qe6 37. Kh2 Qg6 38. Qd5 Qe6 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40.
Qh5+ Qh6 41. Qf5+ Qg6 42. Qd7 Qe6 43. Qxb5 Rc8 44. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Griffin-Young, Sebastian"]
[Black "Wilson, Graham J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 e6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15.
Rc1 Rfc8 16. b3 Bc6 17. f4 e5 18. Be3 Ne8 19. f5 b6 20. Qg4 Qb7 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nd7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Bh6 Nc5 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qg4 a5 28.
Rf3 Rf8 29. Rcf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 Qf5 34. Qh4
g5 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Qh5 Qg6 37. Qg4 e4 38. Qc8 Qxh6 39. Qd8+ Ke5 40. Qxb6 g4 41.
Qd8 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qh6+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Tomlinson, Zak"]
[Black "Farahmandpour, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 b5 11. Ba2 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Nbd5 16. Bb1 Nxc3 17. Bxf6 Be4 18. Qd2 Nxb1 19. Rxc8 Nxd2 20. Rxd8 Bxf6 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nd7+ Ke7 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Rc3 Ke7 26. f3 Bc6 27.
Kf2 Kd6 28. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 g5 30. Kc2 Kd5 31. Rd3 f4 32. Kb3 Ne3 33. Rc3 Kd6
34. Rc5 Bd5+ 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Nf5 38. g4 Nd6 39. Kd3 Nb7 40.
Rc2 Bxf3 41. Rf2 Bxg4 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. d5+ Kb6 45. dxe6 Bxe6 46.
Rxh7 Kc6 47. Rg7 g4 48. Kd4 a5 49. Ke5 axb4 50. axb4 Nd8 51. Rg6 Kd7 52. Rg7+
Ke8 53. Kd6 Kf8 54. Rh7 Nf7+ 55. Kc5 Bc4 56. Kd4 g3 57. Ke3 g2 58. Kf2 Bf1 59.
Rh5 Ke7 60. Rxb5 Bxb5 61. Kxg2 Ke6 62. Kf3 Kd5 63. Ke3 Kc4 64. Ke4 Kxb4 65. Kd4
Bc4 66. Ke4 Kc5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kf4 Nd6 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Ke3 Nf5+ 71. Kf3 Bd3
72. Kg4 Nd4 73. Kg5 Be2 74. Kg6 Ne6 75. Kf7 Kd6 76. Kf6 Bg4 77. Kf7 Bf5 78. Kf6
Be4 79. Kf7 Ke5 80. Ke7 Bg6 81. Kd7 Nd4 82. Kc7 Ke6 83. Kb6 Kd6 84. Kb7 Be4+
85. Kb6 Bd5 86. Ka5 Kc5 87. Ka4 Nc2 88. Ka5 Bb3 89. Ka6 Ne3 90. Kb7 Nd5 91. Kc8
Ba4 92. Kd8 Bb5 93. Kc8 Kc6 94. Kd8 Kd6 95. Kc8 Nb4 96. Kb7 Bd7 97. Kb6 Nd5+
98. Ka5 Kc5 99. Ka6 Nb4+ 100. Ka5 Nd5 101. Ka6 Ba4 102. Ka5 Bc2 103. Ka6 Kc6
104. Ka5 Bd1 105. Ka6 Nf4 106. Ka5 Nd3 107. Ka6 Ne5 108. Ka5 Nd3 109. Ka6 Bf3
110. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stokes, Mike R"]
[Black "Towers, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne2 h6 12. Be3 g5 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Rfd1 Ng6 17. Ra7 Qd6 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Nh7 21.
Qg3 Qf6 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Nd5 Qg7 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7 Be6
27. Nxe5 Kf6 28. Nc6 Rbc8 29. e5+ Kg6 30. Nd4 Ng5 31. f4 Ne4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33.
Rxe6+ Kf5 34. Rb6 Rxc2 35. g4+ Kxf4 36. Rxb5 Kg3 37. Rb3+ Rf3 38. Rxf3+ Kxf3
39. Rd3+ Kf4 40. e6 Ng3 41. g5 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Cuaresma, Gerald"]
[Black "Irving, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 Be6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Qd7 8.
Nd2 Bh3 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nc3
Qe6 15. e4 b5 16. Nd2 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rac8
21. Rc2 Rfe8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. f4 f5 24. e5 Nf6 25. Rec1 Nd5 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27.
Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Na4 29. d5 Nxb2 30. d6 Rd8 31. Nd4 g6 32. Rc7 Na4 33. Nc6
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dean, Robert A"]
[Black "Elgar, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nc3 Bxf4 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qe1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 a6 14. Nc3 Bg4
15. Qf2 b6 16. Qh4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21.
Rf3 Ne5 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Qg4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Rd1 Rd4 26. Rf3 Ne6 27. Bd5
Nc7 28. Be4 g6 29. g4 Ne6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rdf1 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 g5 34.
Rf6 a5 35. R6f5 f6 36. Rb1 Nf4 37. Rxc5 Nxd3 38. Rc7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Rb7+ Ke6 41. Bf5+ Ke5 42. Rb5+ Kf4 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rxa5 Ne5 45. Be6 Nf3 46.
Rd5 Rxd5 47. cxd5 Ke5 48. Kg2 Nd4 49. Bf7 Kd6 50. Kf2 Kc5 51. Ke3 Nb5 52. Bg8
Nd6 53. a4 Kb4 54. Kd4 Nb7 55. Be6 Kxa4 56. Kc4 Ka5 57. Bd7 Kb6 58. Kd4 Nd6 59.
Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Middleton, Tom"]
[Black "Li, Xiaofan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nd5 11. c3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Nf6 13. e4 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5
15. O-O Bg5 16. Ne4 Be3+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. c4 Bxd4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf6+ gxf6
21. Qf5 Rfd8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. exf6 Qg3 24. Qh8+ Qg8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Rae1+ Kd7
27. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Hymer, Barry J"]
[Black "Kane, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 Bb4 6. Nge2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Qd3 Nge7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bh3 Bd7 14. Rhe1 b5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. f4 b4 21. axb4
a5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Qa3 Bxb5 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Ra1+ 27. Kd2
Qxf4+ 28. Ke1 Qh4+ 29. Kd2 Qxg5+ 30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Bf1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qxf1+ 33.
Kd2 Qf4+ 34. Kd1 Ra8 35. c3 Nf5 36. Qb7 Ra1+ 37. Kc2 h5 38. Kb3 Qf3 39. Rd2 Qf1
40. Qc6 Kh7 41. Kb4 Qf4 42. Re2 Qb8+ 43. Qb5 Qc8 44. Qc5 Qa8 45. Qb5 Nd6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Butterworth, Paul"]
[Black "Mulleady, Peter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qb8 12. Bf4 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. a4
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb8 17. Bb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 f6
22. h4 Ne5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bc4 h5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qxh5 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Nh6 28.
Rde1 Qd7 29. Re6 Qe8 30. Qxe8 Rdxe8 31. R6e2 Nf5 32. Bf2 Rb8 33. Nb5 Rfd8 34.
Kh2 Bf8 35. g4 Nh6 36. Kh3 Nf7 37. Bg3 Rb7 38. Bf4 Rdd7 39. g5 fxg5 40. Rg2 Kg7
41. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 42. Rxg5+ Kh7 43. Re6 Bg7 44. h5 Bxb2 45. Be2 Rd8 46. Bg4 Bf6
47. Bf5+ Kh8 48. Rg6 Nxd5 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Kg3 Be5+ 52. Kh4 Bf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Jones, Neil T"]
[Black "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nf3 fxe4 8. Bxe4
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Qe8 11. Ne4 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qd3 Bxg3 15.
fxg3 Ne7 16. Bg5 Be4 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 20. Rae1 h6 21.
Bd2 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bc3 Rfd8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. g4 Rab8 26. Re2 Rb7 27. h4
Rdb8 28. Rff2 e5 29. g3 Nf8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Rxe5 Rxb2 33. Rxg5+
Kf7 34. Nd2+ Ke7 35. Rxc5 Ne6 36. Rh5 Rf8 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. Rf5+ Ke7 39. Rd5
Ra2 40. Rd3 Nc5 41. Re3+ Kf6 42. Nf3 a5 43. Nd4 a4 44. Nb5 Rc2 45. Rc3 Rd2 46.
Re3 Rc2 47. Nc3 Rb2 48. g4 Rb3 49. Kf2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Black "Wheeler, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nge2 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Be3 Nec6 12. f4 f5 13. h3 Ra6 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. Re1
Bd7 16. Bg1 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Rb6 18. d4 Nb8 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Rb3 22. Red1 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Qxa5 Bc6 26. Rd2 b6 27. Nd5 Qg5
28. Nxb6 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Procter, Colin S"]
[Black "Nezis, Anastasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4
Ngf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qe2 e5
15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Bg5 Nef6 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Nxf6 Nxf6
21. a3 Rae8 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Be3 e4 24. Nd2 Ng4 25. Nf1 c4 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bd4
Nd3 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ne3 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Rf1 Nd3 33.
Ng4+ Kg5 34. Rd5+ Rf5 35. Rd6 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 e3 37. Nf6 e2+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Billenness, Greg"]
[Black "Patrick, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bc4 Qa5 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. f3 exf3 8.
Nxf3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. a3 b5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Bxf7 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rae1
Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nf6 16. Be6+ Kb7 17. c3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Rf7 Qg6 22. Rf3 Rh7 23. Rfe3 Rd6 24. Bg3 Rc6 25. Qe2 a6 26. Qg4 Qe8 27. Qf5
Qg6 28. Qd7+ Kb6 29. Qd8+ Kb7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Ashcroft, Graham J"]
[Black "Howorth, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nc3 d4 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. d3 h6 18. a3 Nh7 19. b4 f5 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Rb1 Kh8
22. Bd5 f4 23. h4 Bf6 24. Kg2 fxg3 25. fxg3 Rf8 26. Qh5 Be7 27. Be4 Nf6 28. Qg6
Bxb4 29. axb4 Ne7 30. Re2 Nxg6 31. Bxg6 Qc6+ 32. Be4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf7 34. Rbe1
Rdf8 35. R1e2 Rf5 36. Bc1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Huxley, Steve DG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qf6 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Bc2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Ng5 17. Nh5 Qg6 18. Qg4 Qe6 19. Qg3 f5 20. Bb3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Waters, Andrew C"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Qg3
Qe7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kd1 b6 12. Ba3 Qf7 13. Ng5 Qg6 14. h4 h5 15. Bxb4
cxb4 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. d4 Be7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qf7 21. Qc6 Rb8
22. Qd6 Ra8 23. Rc1 Qe7 24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. Rxh8 Qa3
28. Rh3 g6 29. Rc8 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rhc3 b4 32. R3c7 Qxb3+ 33. Ke1 Qa4 34.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Gallagher, Dominic"]
[Black "Vickery, Jim E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 Qe8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. c3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Winter, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf4 Qb7 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Bc3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Ng2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Kenning, Paul H"]
[Black "Cawston, M John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.
O-O h6 9. Rb1 Bc8 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bg5 13. Ba3 Be7 14. Qf3 Rf8
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Bxb7 Qa3 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qc6 Qxa2
21. d5 Ke7 22. d6+ cxd6 23. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Nield, Christopher"]
[Black "May, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. O-O Nf6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. a3 h6
15. Rac1 Bd6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Be4 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 f5 21. d5
Ne5 22. Nc4 Nd3 23. Rc3 Bc7 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rcxd3 exd3 26. Rxd3 f4 27. Nxd6
fxe3 28. Nxe8 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd7 b5 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rd5
Rb8 34. b4 a4 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Re5+ Kd6 38. Rd5+ Kc6 39. Rc5+ Kb6
40. Re5 Rd8+ 41. Rd5 Rc8 42. Rd6+ Rc6 43. Kd5 Rxd6+ 44. Kxd6 g6 45. g3 g5 46.
g4 Kb7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Kxb5 Kd6 49. Kxa4 Ke5 50. b5 Kd5 51. Ka5 Ke4 52. b6 Kf3
53. b7 Kg3 54. b8=Q+ Kh4 55. Qh8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Letton, Rob"]
[Black "David, Barry AH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. a3 Ne7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nc6 15.
Qg3 g6 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bg7 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bc5 O-O 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Rxc8
Nxc8 22. Bc5 Ne7 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. f4 Ne7 25. Qf2 Nc8 26. Bd4 Bf8 27. g4 Be7 28.
g5 Bf8 29. h4 Ba4 30. Ng3 Qd7 31. Nf1 Bb5 32. Qd2 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Ne7 34. Ne3 Rc8
35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. Bxc3 Qc6 37. Ng4 Nf5 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. h5 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 d4 41.
Bd2 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 Nh4 43. Ne4 Nf5 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Kf2 Be7 46. Ke2 b5 47. Be1
Bd8 48. Bf2 Bb6 49. Kd2 Qc7 50. Nf6 Qc3+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qc3 53. Ke2 Qb2+
54. Kf3 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Flint, Martina"]
[Black "Leigh, Dominic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. d3 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. h3 Ne8 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. f5 Nf6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. Ng4 g5 20. Ne3 c6 21. Kh2
Rad8 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. Rf2 Qc7 24. a3 Bc8 25. c4 Be7 26. b4 Nf6 27. Ng4 Nxg4+ 28.
Bxg4 f6 29. Nf1 Bd7 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Qe2 Bf7 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Rxd8
Rxd8 35. Bh5 Bf8 36. Ng4 Qe7 37. Bg6+ Kg8 38. h4 h5 39. Ne3 g4 40. Rf1 Bh6 41.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 42. Rf2 Bxe3 43. Qxe3 Kg7 44. c5 Rd4 45. cxb6 axb6 46. Rc2 Qd7 47.
Qc3 Rxe4 48. Qxc6 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Hall, James"]
[Black "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Bg5 e6 5. f3 e3 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bxe3 Nd5 8. Nh3
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. c3 Re8 13. Bd3 Qd6 14. Kf2 Be6 15.
Rae1 Nb8 16. Nh5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Bh6 g6 19. Ng7 Red8 20. h4 Nf8 21. h5 c5
22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe3 Rd6 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Qd2 d4
28. c4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Nxg5 31. Re7 b6 32. c5 bxc5 33. f4 Rf8 34.
Bc4+ Nf7 35. Ke2 Rdd8 36. Kd3 Rde8 37. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Hall, David G"]
[Black "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 h6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Bf6 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. c5 Bxe5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. dxe5 c5 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rfd8 22. Rd6 Nb8 23. Rcd1 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg6 Nc6 27.
Bxg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Webb, Nicholas"]
[Black "Salisbury, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 Ng6 8.
Be3 Nd4 9. a4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Qf2 a6
15. Bc4 Nd4 16. f5 Bd6 17. g3 O-O 18. f6 g6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rfc8 21. Qh4
Qd8 22. Rae1 h5 23. Re3 Qf8 24. Rg3 Qh6 25. Rf2 Kh7 26. Rg5 Rg8 27. Rxc5 Bc6
28. Rg5 Raf8 29. Ne2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rd8 31. a5 Rd6 32. Reg2 Be8 33. Qf2 Bc6 34.
h4 Rd7 35. R2g3 Qf8 36. Qe2 Qh6 37. f5 exf5 38. exf5 Rdd8 39. Bxf7 Be8 40.
fxg6+ Kh8 41. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Tarbuck, Laurence JM"]
[Black "Macphail, Kieran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. c3 Rb8 10. a4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nfd2 Rfd8 14. Ne3 Rd7 15.
Rd1 Rbd8 16. Ndf1 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 Na5 18. Nde3 Nb3 19. Rb1 c4 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Be1
Qxa4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nxc4 f6 27. Ne3
Qe4 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nc5 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Nxd5 Kf7 32. b4 Nd3 33. Bd2 Bd8
34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Ne3 e4 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. c4 Nf3 38. h4 h5 39. Bc3 g5 40. Nd5 gxh4
41. gxh4 Nxh4 42. Nf4+ Kf5 43. Nxh5 Ng2 44. Bd4 b6 45. Ng7+ Kg6 46. Ne8 f5 47.
Nd6 Nf4+ 48. Kd2 Nd3 49. b5 Bg5+ 50. Be3 Nxf2 51. Bxg5 Kxg5 52. Nc8 Nd3 53.
Nxa7 Nc5 54. Nc6 Na4 55. Nd8 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Nf7+ Kf6 58. Nd6 Ke6 59. Ne8
Ke5 60. Nc7 f4+ 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Ne6+ Kxc4 63. Nxf4 Kxb5 64. Ke3 Nc5 65. Kd4 Nd3
66. Nd5 Nc5 67. Nc3+ Kc6 68. Nxe4 Nxe4 69. Kxe4 Kc5 70. Kd3 Kb4 71. Kc2 Ka3 72.
Kb1 Kb3 73. Ka1 b5 74. Kb1 b4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Rughani, Mahin"]
[Black "Sharkey, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Nbd7 7. f3 c5 8. d5
a6 9. Bh6 b5 10. h4 Qa5 11. g4 c4 12. Nge2 b4 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g5
Nh5 16. f4 c3 17. Qd4 Qxa2 18. bxc3 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qxb4 Bd7 21. Qa3 Qc4
22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Bg2 Bg4 24. Bf1 Rac8 25. c4 Qb6 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. Nb3 a5 28. Kd2
Rf3 29. Bh3 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Bxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Ng3+ 32. Kf3 Nxh1 33. Rxh1 Rf8+ 34.
Bf5 gxf5 35. c5 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 dxc5 38. Kd2 c4 39. Nc1 Qd4+ 40.
Ke1 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qxh1 42. Ne2 Rf2 43. d6 Qd5+ 44. Ke3 Qf3+ 45. Kd2 Rxe2+ 46.
Kd1 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Stone, Ian C"]
[Black "Siu, Kam Wa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Na3 Bf5 8.
Nc2 Bd3 9. Ne3 Qd7 10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. Rb1 Nf6 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 14. b4
cxb4 15. cxb4 Nd5 16. Ne1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rd7 18. b5 Ne5 19. Rb4 f5 20. d4 Rc7
21. dxe5 Rxc1 22. Nf3 Rc5 23. Rd1 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rc4+ Kb8 26. a4 Rxe3
27. Kf2 Re5 28. Rdc1 Rd8 29. R1c2 Red5 30. Ke3 e5 31. h3 b6 32. Ke2 R8d7 33.
Rc8+ Kb7 34. Rh8 Rc5 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Rd5+ 37. Ke3 Rd7 38. Re8 e4 39. Kf4
Kc7 40. Ra8 Kd6 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Kd5 43. Ke3 Kc4 44. Re8 Rd3+ 45. Kxe4 Ra3
46. Re7 Rxa4 47. Rxh7 Kxb5+ 48. Kf3 a5 49. Rg7 Rc4 50. Rxg6 a4 51. Re6 a3 52.
g5 a2 53. Re1 Kb4 54. g6 Rc6 55. Rg1 Rxg6 56. Rxg6 a1=Q 57. Rxb6+ Kc5 58. Rb8
Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Kd6 61. Rd8+ Ke7 62. Rc8 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Echavarria Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Black "Holi, Siefaldin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bh6 Rf6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bb3 b4 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. c3 a5 21. Re1
Rc5 22. Ne3 e6 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Qd2 f4 25. Ng4 Bb7 26. Rac1 Raa5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5
28. Nxe5 Nh5 29. Qxb4 Kg7 30. Nd3 Rg5 31. Rxe6 Bxg2 32. Re7+ Kf6 33. Re6+ Kf5
34. Qf8+ Kg4 35. Kxg2 Qb7+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxh2 38. Kd2 Rf5 39. Bd1+ f3
40. Re4+ Nf4 41. Bxf3+ Kg5 42. Qd8+ Kg6 43. Qd6+ Rf6 44. Nxf4+ Kg5 45. Ne6+
Rxe6 46. Qxh2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Farahmandpour, Ehsan"]
[Black "Williamson, Graham AG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h4 d5 5. h5 c6 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. c4
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Bf6 11. Qb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be2 Be6
15. Qa4 O-O 16. f3 b5 17. Qa5 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Nb3 Bxc4 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21.
Qa3 b4 22. Qa5 Rd5 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd4 c5 27. f4
Rd5 28. b3 Ba6 29. Nc6 Kf8 30. Ne5 Rc8 31. Rhd1 Rcd8 32. Kb2 Bb5 33. a4 bxa3+
34. Kxa3 a6 35. Kb2 Ke7 36. Kc3 a5 37. Nxd3 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Ke6 39. Kc4 Rxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Kxd3 Kd5 42. Kc3 Ke4 43. Kc4 Kxe3 44. Kxc5 Kxf4 45. Kb5 Kg3 46.
Kxa5 Kxg2 47. b4 f4 48. b5 f3 49. b6 f2 50. b7 f1=Q 51. Kb6 Qb1+ 52. Kc7 g5 53.
b8=Q Qxb8+ 54. Kxb8 Kh3 55. Kc7 Kh4 56. h6 Kh5 57. Kd6 g4 58. Ke5 g3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Wilson, Graham J"]
[Black "Freund, Michael P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Bc5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 c6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be5 17. c3 h6 18. Be3 c5 19. Nd2 a6 20. Nc4 Qc6 21.
Rf5 Rfe8 22. Rdf1 Bc7 23. Nd2 Re5 24. Qf2 Rxf5 25. exf5 Ne5 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Bf3
Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Mottram, Paul"]
[Black "Tomlinson, Zak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qd6 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Rc1 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+
21. Kg1 Qxc4 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Kg2 Ng6 24. Kh2 Nh4 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27.
hxg4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxg3 29. Kxg3 Ng5 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. e4 Rd8 32. d5 Nc5 33. Rc4
g6 34. Bf6 Rd7 35. f4 Kf8 36. g5 Rd6 37. Kf3 h5 38. Bd4 Nd7 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40.
Be5 Nxe5+ 41. fxe5 Rd7 42. d6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Black "Griffin-Young, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nh5 9. Be3 Ndf6 10. b4 Nf4 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. Rc1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15.
Ng3 Bd3 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nd3 18. Bg5 Ndxf2 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Qe2 Qe8 21.
Kxf2 h6 22. Bd2 g5 23. Kg1 Qg6 24. Qe4 Kh7 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. h3 Raf8 27. Be3 Qxe4
28. Nxe4 Rf5 29. Nfd2 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Kg6 31. Nfd2 c6 32. a4 a6 33. Nf3 Bf6 34.
g4 Be7 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Nfd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Black "Corcoran, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Rb1 f5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Bd4+
15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 e5 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Rbe1 Be6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe5 Bd5+
21. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 22. Qxd5+ cxd5 23. Re5 Rab8 24. b3 Rbc8 25. Rf2 Rc3 26. Kg2 Rfc8
27. Ree2 Kf7 28. Kf1 Kf6 29. Ke1 R3c6 30. Kd1 Re6 31. c4 dxc4 32. dxc4 Rd8+ 33.
Kc2 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 g5 35. b4 Rd4 36. Kc3 Rd1 37. c5 h5 38. Rd2 Rf1 39. a4 f4
40. gxf4 gxf4 41. b5 f3 42. b6 f2 43. Kd3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cuaresma, Gerald"]
[Black "Stokes, Mike R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 Be6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 f5 8. b3
Nd7 9. Nd2 g5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bd3
Qe7 16. Na4 h5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Be2 Qf6 19. h3 h4 20. g4 Qe7 21. Rg1 Rf8 22.
O-O-O f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 Bd8 26. Rdg1 Qf7 27. R1g2 Qf3 28.
Nc3 Rc7 29. Rh2 Rcf7 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. Ng1 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Bxh2 33. Nh3 Rf3 34.
Nxg5 Rxf2 35. Qc3 Rg2 36. Qe1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Black "Billenness, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d3 c6 6. a3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Qc2 Re8 12. e4 Nf8 13. c5 N6d7 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Kh1 Rbd8 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bc4 26. Kg1 a5 27.
Qd6 Nd3 28. Qf6 Be6 29. Bf1 Nc1 30. Qc3 Nb3 31. Nc4 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nd4 33. bxa5
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxe4+ 35. f3 Qc2+ 36. Qxc2 Nxc2 37. Kf2 Nxa3 38. Bd3 Nb5 39. Bxb5
cxb5 40. Ke3 b4 41. Kd4 b3 42. Kc3 b2 43. Kxb2 Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kc4 Kd6 46.
Kb5 Kc7 47. h3 h6 48. h4 f6 49. g4 f5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. f4 h5 52. Kc5 Kb8 53.
Kb6 Kc8 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. Kc5 Kb8 56. Kd5 Ka7 57. Ke5 Ka6 58. Kxf5 Kxa5 59. Kg5
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kane, Robert"]
[Black "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Qa4 e4 8. f4 Be6
9. Nh3 h6 10. Nf2 Bd6 11. g4 g6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bf1 a6 14. Qd1 Qe7 15. Be2
O-O-O 16. Qa4 Qf7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Bxa6 b2 19. Bxb2 Nb8 20. Be2 Bb3 21. Qa8 Rhg8
22. a4 Bc4 23. a5 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Ng4 25. a6 bxa6 26. Nd4 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Kd7 28.
Rxa6 Nxa6 29. Qxa6 Qh5 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Qa6+ Kd7 32. Qb5+ Ke7 33. h4 Rdf8 34.
Nc6+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ Kg6 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Rxg8 Rxg8 38. Nd4 Qxh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40.
Kf2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nezis, Anastasios"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. g5 Nh5
15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc5 19. Bh3 b5 20. Re1 Rb7
21. Re3 Rbc7 22. Rb3 Nh5 23. Rb4 a5 24. Rbd4 Kf8 25. Bg4 Ng7 26. h4 Rc4 27. b3
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Ke8 29. Kb2 Rc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rc7 32. Rd3 Rc4 33. Kb3 Nh5
34. Rd1 f5 35. gxf6 Nxf6 36. Be6 Rxh4 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ra7 Kf8 40.
Rb7 Rf4 41. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 42. c3 g5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Howorth, Jack"]
[Black "Waters, Andrew C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nde5 15. Qd5 e6 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Rab1
Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxc3 22. Rxb7 a5 23. Rc1 Be5 24. c6 Rac8 25. a4 Rfd8 26. c7 Re8
27. Bb6 Kg7 28. Bxa5 Red8 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Ra1 32. Rb8 Rxc7
33. Rxc7 Rxa4 34. Rbb7 Rf4 35. Kg3 g5 36. f3 h6 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. g3 Rf5 39. Rc4
Ra5 40. Rb2 h5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxh4 f6 43. Rb6 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ra2+
46. Kh3 Rf2 47. Rxe6 Rxf3 48. Rf4 Ra3 49. Rfxf6+ Kg5 50. Rf4 h4 51. Re5+ Kg6
52. Kxh4 Ra8 53. Re6+ Kg7 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Elgar, Tim"]
[Black "Butterworth, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. a3 b4 13. h5 h6 14. N1h2 Qc7 15. Bf4 bxa3
16. bxa3 Re8 17. Ng4 Bf8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Rxb1 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxb1 f5 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. Nc4 Ba6 27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Kh2
Nb5 29. Qc1 Nxd6 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Bxh6 Kh7 32. Bg5 Rg8 33. Rd1 Bb7 34. Be3
Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qc6+ 36. Kf1 Qf3 37. Ke1 Bxg3 38. fxg3 Rxg3 39. Bxc5 Rg2 40. Rd2
Qg3+ 41. Kd1 Qf3+ 42. Kc2 Rg8 43. Qd1 Qd5 44. d4 Rb8 45. Bb4 Qb3+ 46. Kc1 Qe3
47. Kb2 Rc8 48. Rd3 Qf4 49. Qd2 Qf1 50. d5 exd5 51. Rxd5 Qc4 52. Rd3 Qe4 53.
Rd4 Qf3 54. Rd3 Qe4 55. h6 f4 56. Rd4 Qe5 57. Qxf4 Qe2+ 58. Rd2 Qe6 59. Qf3 Rg8
60. Qd3+ Rg6 61. Re2 Qb6 62. Qc2 Qf6+ 63. Ka2 Qf3 64. Rd2 Kxh6 65. Rh2+ Kg5 66.
Qc5+ Kg4 67. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Mulleady, Peter J"]
[Black "Kenning, Paul H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. O-O-O Bd6 9. Nb5 Kc8 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Kb1 f6 14.
Bh4 Kd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. Rhe1 Rac8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. f4 Ke6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 22. Re3 Rhd8 23. Rde1 Rd7 24. b3 Rc6 25. Bg3 Ng6 26. Kb2
Re7 27. c4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Ne7 29. Rd3 Ke6 30. Kc3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Nield, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h4 d5 6. Be2 c6 7. h5 Nbd7 8. hxg6
fxg6 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Nf3
Neg4 15. Rdf1 h6 16. Nh2 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf3 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Bg4 20. Kd2
Rad8 21. Ne2 c5 22. c3 Ne4+ 23. Ke1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxf3 25. Nf4 Ng5 26. Rfg1
Rxf4 27. exf4 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Nxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Rf8 30. Rd1 Rf5 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. b3 g5
33. fxg5+ hxg5 34. f3 Ke5 35. Rd2 d4+ 36. cxd4+ cxd4+ 37. Kf2 g4 38. Rd3 Rxf3+
39. Rxf3 gxf3 40. Kxf3 Kf5 41. b4 a6 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. Kd2 d3 44. Kd1 Ke3 45. Ke1
d2+ 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. a4 bxa4 48. b5 a3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Leigh, Dominic"]
[Black "Dean, Robert A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 fxe6 19. b3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
bxc4 bxc4 22. Rab1 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. Qe4 Rgh8 26. Qb7+ Kd8 27.
Rbd1 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Qxh1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Hall, James"]
[Black "Echavarria Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Nfd7
8. Nd5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Bf6 13. Bc4 Re8+
14. Kf1 Re7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Bb5 Bxb2 17. g3 h6 18. Kg2 Bc3 19. Rd3 Ba5 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rb1 Ke8 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Re3 c5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nc6 Re2 26. Nxa5 Rxc2
27. Nc6 Ra2 28. Rb8 Kd7 29. Ne5+ Ke6 30. Rxc8 Kxe5 31. Rxc5+ Kd6 32. Ra5 Kc6
33. Rxa7 h5 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Ra7 Kc6 36. a5 f5 37. h4 Ra3 38. a6 Ra4 39. Rg7
Rxa6 40. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Williamson, Graham AG"]
[Black "Hymer, Barry J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Bh2 e5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Nhf6 16. Qb3 e4 17. Ne1 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Irving, Neil"]
[Black "Procter, Colin S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. h3 Ngf6 11. g4 g5 12. Bg3 Qa5 13. Qc2 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5
Nc5 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. b4 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 b5 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Rac1 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb5 27. Rc6
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxa5 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Ke2 Rxa2+ 31. Kd3 Ra4 32. Ke3 e4 33. Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Vickery, Jim E"]
[Black "Letton, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Rfc1 Nc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. e4 Ke7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Rcb1 b6 20. a4 Bc6
21. f3 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Rb4 Bd5 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rc7 26. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Siu, Kam Wa"]
[Black "Ashcroft, Graham J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. d3 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. Nc3 axb3 13. cxb3 Ba3 14. d4 Nd5 15.
Kb1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ncb4 17. a3 Nxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Nd5 19. Qb2 Qd6 20. a4 Ra7 21.
Rhg1 Qb4 22. Rc1 b5 23. Nd2 bxa4 24. Rc4 Qb5 25. bxa4 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rfa8 27.
Nb3 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rc1 Rb4 30. Ka3 Rb6 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33.
Nd7 Ra6+ 34. Kb4 c6 35. Rc2 f6 36. Kc5 Kf7 37. Kd6 c5+ 38. Kc7 cxd4 39. Nb6 Ra2
40. Rc5 Bf3 41. Kd6 d3 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Nd7 d2 44. Nf8+ Kh6 45. Kxe6 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Sharkey, Gary"]
[Black "Li, Xiaofan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Nf6 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. Qxf5 Nd5
8. Bd3 e6 9. Qf2 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nb4 11. O-O Nf6 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bf3
Nxc2 15. Rb1 Be7 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. Rbc1 O-O 19. b3 Bd6 20. Kh1 a5
21. Bc6 Qd8 22. h3 Nh5 23. g4 Nf6 24. Nc3 Be7 25. Rcd1 Qd6 26. Bf3 Nd5 27. Ne4
Qf4 28. Rd3 Qh6 29. Be2 a4 30. Rg3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Black "Hall, David G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 c6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
c5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Bh6 Nd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rec1 h6
21. Qb4 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qc6 25. Qd2 b5 26. b3 Qc7 27.
a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Qc4 29. a5 a6 30. Qb2 g5 31. Qb6 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1
Qc1+ 34. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "David, Barry AH"]
[Black "Webb, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bd2 f6 13. a3 Be7 14. Ne4 Qb6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rb1 e5 18. Bb4 Re8 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rf1 Bg6 21.
Bh5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 a5 23. Bd2 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bh4+ 25. g3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27.
Kg2 Bf6 28. b3 e4 29. Bf4 c5 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. a4 Re8 32. Kg1 d4 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34.
Re1 e3 35. Qe2 g5 36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. Qh5 Qg6 38. Qf3 Bh6 39. Re2 Rf8 40. Qd5 Qf5
0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Wheeler, Tim"]
[Black "Winter, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8.
exd5 Bc5 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Kd2 Qxe3+ 11. Qxe3+ Bxe3+ 12. Kxe3 cxd5 13. Kd4 O-O 14.
a4 a6 15. Bd3 Nb8 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. h3 Nc6+ 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kc5 d4 20. Ne4 Rd5+
21. Kxc6 Be6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. f5 Rc8+ 24. Kb7 Rdc5 25. Be4 Bd7 26. Kb6 Re5
27. Bb7 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Huxley, Steve DG"]
[Black "Jones, Neil T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h3 b5 13. d5 c5 14. Bxb5 Re7
15. c4 Ng6 16. Rde1 a6 17. Ba4 f5 18. g3 Rb8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Bd2 g6 21. Re3 Bd7
22. Rhe1 h4 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. b3 Rbe8 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. Kc2 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Qd7 28.
Qa1 Qc7 29. Bc3 Nc6 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Bh8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Macphail, Kieran"]
[Black "Gallagher, Dominic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. b3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. c4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 g5 20. Ne2 Re8
21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rd1 Re7 24. Rd6 f5 25. Nd4 Kf7 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rxc6 Rd7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Rh6 h4 30. Rh7+ Ke6 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Ke3 Kc6 33. f3
exf3 34. Kxf3 Kc5 35. Ke3 a6 36. Kd3 a5 37. a3 g4 38. Ke3 a4 39. bxa4 Kxc4 40.
Kf4 gxh3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Patrick, David A"]
[Black "Mottram, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Bg6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Be2 h6 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nh2 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. a3
Qc7 22. Ng4 Rab8 23. Re3 h5 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Qe2 g6 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Kg7 28.
Rh3 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 f6 33. Nd3 Qc8 34. Kg2
Qh8 35. Qe3 Qh4 36. Qh3 Qg5 37. f4 Qh6 38. Qxh6+ Kxh6 39. Nc5 f5 40. gxf5 exf5
41. Nxa6 g5 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Nc7 Kg4 44. Nxd5 f4 45. Kg1 Kg3 46. Kf1 Nd2+ 47.
Ke2 Nc4 48. Nxf4 Kxf4 49. b3 Nxa3 50. Kd3 Kf5 51. Kd2 Ke4 52. Kc1 b4 53. cxb4
Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "May, Paul"]
[Black "Freund, Michael P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Nf8 13. Be3 Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 b6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rhg1 Qe7 18. Nf3 g6 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bh6 Qf6
21. Bxf8 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Kxf8 23. Bxg6 c5 24. f3 cxd4 25. Nxf7 Bxf3 26. Rdf1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Griffin-Young, Sebastian"]
[Black "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ne4 13. e3 Rf6 14. Qe2 Rh6
15. Ne5 Qh4 16. h3 Ndf6 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qf1
Qh5 22. Nd3 Rf8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Nd3 Kh8 25. Ne2 g5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Ne5 Qg7 28.
Ne2 Rg8 29. Kf2 g4 30. Qh1 gxf3 31. Bxf3 Nfe4+ 32. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Kf3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Cawston, M John"]
[Black "Wilson, Graham J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Re8 8. d3 a5
9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15.
b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 d5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Qd2
Bxb1 22. Bxf6 Bg6 23. Nxd5 Qb8 24. Qd4 Bf8 25. e4 Ra6 26. Bg5 Rc6 27. f4 f6 28.
Bh4 Bc5 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Ncb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4
Bd7 15. Nd5 O-O 16. g3 Bc8 17. h4 Bh6 18. Be2 a5 19. O-O Be6 20. Bg4 Qd7 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rbf8 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Salisbury, Paul"]
[Black "Flint, Martina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8. Rxh3
Nf6 9. f3 Qc7 10. Qf2 b4 11. Nd1 Nbd7 12. Be2 a5 13. c3 Rb8 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Rxg3 Nd7 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Rh3 e6 21. Nf2
Ke7 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. f4 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. Rd1 Rbd8 27. Ke2 Rd7 28.
e5 Ng4 29. Bc6 Rdd8 30. Rhh1 Ne3 31. Rdg1 Nf5 32. g3 Bxg1 33. Rxg1 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Black "Stone, Ian C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. Kh1 Bc6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rae1 b5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Qd3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Qxd5 c6 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. b3 Ra5 24. Ra1 Rea8 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Be3 d5 27. e5
Qa6 28. Rd1 Ra1 29. Qxa6 Rxa6 30. g4 Ra2 31. Rd2 h6 32. Kg2 Bh4 33. Bc5 Be1 34.
Re2 Bc3 35. Kf3 g6 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Ra1 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Re1 40. Rxe1
Bxe1 41. Kf4 Bc3 42. Kf5 Kg7 43. Bd6 Bd2 44. h4 Be1 45. h5 Bd2 46. Be7 Bc3 47.
Bc5 Kg8 48. Kg6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Tarbuck, Laurence JM"]
[Black "Rughani, Mahin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Nh4 Bg4 8.
Qe1 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 Be6 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rf2 a5 17. c3 c5 18. c4 a4 19. Qc3 axb3 20. axb3 Ra3 21.
Bc1 Raa8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rfd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Ne3 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd6 27.
Nd5 Nd7 28. Qa5 Nb8 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Black "Farahmandpour, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bxc5 14. b4 Nxb4
15. O-O Na6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc5 20. Qc3 b6 21.
a4 Rac8 22. a5 Ne4 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rb2 Rfc8 26. Nd4 h6 27. f3
Bc5 28. Be3 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Nd2 30. c3 Nc4 31. Rb3 Rb7 32. Kf2 Nd2 33. Rb2 Nc4
34. Rb3 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Ra6 Rcb8 38. Rb1 Kc6 39. Ra4 Kd7 40.
Ra6 Ke7 41. f4 Kd7 42. Rb3 g5 43. g3 Kc6 44. Ra1 gxf4 45. gxf4 Rg8 46. Rg1 Rxg1
47. Bxg1 Rb8 48. Be3 Rg8 49. Rb1 Rg2 50. Rh1 h5 51. Bc1 Kc5 52. Be3+ Nxe3 53.
Kxe3 Kc4 54. Rb1 b5 55. Rb4+ Kc5 56. Kd3 Rxh2 57. Rb1 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 h4 59. Kc2
Rf3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Holi, Siefaldin A"]
[Black "Corcoran, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d3 f5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. b4 e4 8. Nd4
Nxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. e3 a6 14. Nc3 g5 15.
Re1 Qf7 16. Ne2 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qg7 20. Re3 Rg6 21. Rg3
Rxg3 22. hxg3 Bg4 23. Qe1 exd3 24. Qe5 Rf8 25. f3 Bf5 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd1
Re8 28. Bf1 d2 29. Rxd2 Re1 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Kf6 33. Re3 Kf7
34. g4 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 Ra1 36. Rd3 Re1 37. f5 Kf6 38. Kf4 h6 39. Rd2 Ra1 40. Rh2
Rxa3 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. g5 c5 43. bxc5 a5 44. Rb6 a4 45. Rxb7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stokes, Mike R"]
[Black "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 dxe5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8
8. bxc3 Bg4 9. Nd4 Ne6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. f3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Be3 Bxc2 14.
Rb2 Ba4 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 e6 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rhb1 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Be7 20. g4
h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Bf4 Rh8 23. Ke3 Rd8 24. Ke4 b6 25. Rb2 Rd5 26. Be3 Kb7 27.
f4 g6 28. Rf2 Ra5 29. h4 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rh2 Rc4+ 33. Kf3 b5
34. h5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 a5 36. Rh7 Rc7 37. f5 b4 38. Kf4 Kc6 39. Rh8 a4 40. Re8
exf5 41. Kxf5 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Rb8 Rb7 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45. Rc1 b2 46. Rb1 Ke7
47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Rb8 49. Kc3 Kxe5 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 51. Kxb2 Kd4 52. Kc1 Ke3 53.
Kd1 Kf2 54. Kd2 f5 55. Kd3 f4 56. Kd2 f3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Obi, Okwose Marc"]
[Black "Howorth, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O e5 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rd7 14. Be3 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Ne8 19. Kh2 Nc7 20. Qd2 Qxd2
21. Bxd2 Bc5 22. Be3 Bd4 23. f4 f6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Kg1 b5 26. Bf1 a6 27. Kf2 Kf7
28. b4 g6 29. g4 a5 30. cxb5 axb4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. b6 Bc8 33. bxc7 Ke7 34. Bc4
Kd6 35. Be6 Kxc7 36. Bxc8 Kxc8 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Kd3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Elgar, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be2 a5 12. Na4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bh6 Nc5 15.
Nbxc5 bxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nd4 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Nc3 a4 21. Ne2
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bb7 24. f5 Rf6 25. Rf3 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 gxf5 27. Qg5+
Rg6 28. Qxf5 e5 29. Rh4 Qe7 30. Rfh3 Kg8 31. Rg4 Qe8 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Qf6 Rh7
34. Rg3 Rg7 35. Qxd6 e4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qd2 g5 38. h4 g4 39. Qf4 Qe6 40. h5
Qxc4 41. h6 Rg6 42. Kh2 Qe6 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Kg1 e3 45. Qxc5 e2 46. Qc7+ Kxh6
47. Qc1+ Kh5 48. Re3 Qb6 49. Kh2 Re6 50. Rxe6 Qxe6 51. Qc5+ Kg6 52. Qc2+ Kf6
53. Qxa4 Qe5+ 54. g3 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Leigh, Dominic"]
[Black "Middleton, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Kh2 Re8 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qe2 c6 15.
Rad1 a4 16. f4 Ned7 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Nce2 Nf6 19. Nc3 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nield, Christopher"]
[Black "Cuaresma, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Be3 b5 8. Bxb5
Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. Rab1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 e6 19. Bd3 Qc6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Bxf5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mulleady, Peter J"]
[Black "Nezis, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Webb, Nicholas"]
[Black "Hall, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 Nc6 3. Nxc6 dxc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. c3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 O-O-O 9. e4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 Re8 11. f3 f5 12. Bd3 fxe4 13. fxe4 c5 14. O-O
cxd4 15. e5 Nh6 16. Qb3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Rf6 Ng4 19. Rf7 Qd6 20. g3 Qh6
21. Rxh7 Qf6 22. Rf1 Re1 23. Rxh8+ Qxh8 24. Bf5+ Kb8 25. Bxg4 Qe8 26. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kh3 a6 29. Bf3 c6 30. Bxc6 g4+ 31. Kxg4 b5 32. Qf7 Qe2+
33. Bf3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Macphail, Kieran"]
[Black "Vickery, Jim E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 Nc8 14. O-O N8e7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rfd1 Rff8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Billenness, Greg"]
[Black "Kane, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Bf2 Nxc3 14. Nxc3
Nd5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. O-O c6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Kh1 Bg6 20. Nc5 b6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Bf7 23. Qxe7 Bxa2 24. Bg3 Rfe8 25. Qc7 Qb5 26. Be5 Bf7 27.
Rde1 Nd5 28. Qd7 Rad8 29. Qg4 Bg6 30. f4 c5 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qg5 Qf5 33. Qg3 c4
34. Kg1 h5 35. Rf3 Kh7 36. Qf2 Qxc2 37. Re2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Rg3 Nf6 40.
Qe1 Ng4+ 41. Kh1 Qb1 42. Rf3 Qxe1+ 43. Rxe1 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Dean, Robert A"]
[Black "Huxley, Steve DG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nf3 d5 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Nd2 Be2 16. Rfe1 Bd3 17. Qa4 Qe6 18. f3 Rf6 19. Bf2 Raf8 20. Bg3 Rg6
21. Qd4 c5 22. Qxc5 Rb8 23. b3 Qd7 24. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Waters, Andrew C"]
[Black "May, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. O-O Nf6 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. c3 Be7 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. h3
a5 15. Na3 Rfb8 16. d4 Bxa3 17. Bxa3 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Bb2 b3 20. Nd2 Na5
21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Rc3 h6 23. Nxb3 Nc4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc1 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Ne4
27. Rd3 Rb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. f3 Ng3 30. Nc5 Nf5 31. Ne4 Qa5 32. Qc1 Kg7 33. Nc5
Qa2 34. Qf4 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qa1 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Rd1 fxe6 38. Rxb1 Qxb1 39. Qe5
Qb3 40. Qf6 Kh7 41. Qf7+ Ng7 42. h4 Qd5 43. g4 Qxd4 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Qh4+
46. Kg2 Qxh5 47. Qb7 Qg5+ 48. Kf2 h5 49. Qb1+ Qg6 50. Qc1 h4 51. Qf4 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Black "Towers, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nd4 6. h3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Qh5 Rb8 16. f4 b6 17. f5 Bb7 18. f6 Bxd5 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Bg5 21. Rf3
Rbe8 22. h4 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Re5 24. Bf1 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Mottram, Paul"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Qd1 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Butterworth, Paul"]
[Black "Patrick, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
c5 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd2 c4 12. Bc2 a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. e4 Nb6 15. e5
Ne8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Qf3 Re8 20. g4 Qe7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. Be4 Bb7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qb4 26. Rc2 Rad8 27. Qf3 Qa4
28. b3 Qb4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. d5 c3 31. h3 Qe4 32. Rxc3 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34.
Re3 Re6 35. Qf4 Rc6 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Rc2 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rc4 40. Ra3
g5 41. f3 Kf8 42. h4 gxh4 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kh3 h5 45. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Hall, David G"]
[Black "Wheeler, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rad1 c6 13. Rd2 h6 14. Be3 Be6
15. b3 Bf8 16. h3 Bb4 17. Rc2 Kg7 18. Rcc1 Nd7 19. g4 a5 20. Rfd1 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Jones, Neil T"]
[Black "Cawston, M John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Rae8 16. h3 Kh8 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. Re2 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. a4 Bc6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qxe5 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Flint, Martina"]
[Black "Holi, Siefaldin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7
9. e4 Na6 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. Kh2 Nc7 12. Na3 b5 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Qd2 a5 15. Nc2 c5
16. d4 Ra6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 c4 19. a3 f5 20. Nf2 dxe5 21. dxe5 Bc6 22. Nd4
Bb7 23. Nxb5 Rd8 24. Nd4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 e6 27. g4 Kf8 28. Ne4 Bxe5+
29. Kh1 Ne7 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5+ Bf6 33. Rxf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxf6+
Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Bg5 Ne8 37. Rf1 Ng7 38. Bf6 Rd7 39. Bxg7+ Rxg7 40. Qh6+
Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kf7 42. Nh5+ Ke8 43. Nxg7+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Farahmandpour, Ehsan"]
[Black "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 cxd4 8. exd4
a6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 b5 12. a3 Na5 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. Rb1 Qb6 15. Ndf3
Rc8 16. Qe2 a5 17. Bh2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. a4 O-O 21. Nxd7 Nxd7
22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Re2 Rc7 27. Qe3 Rfc8 28.
f4 g6 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. g4 Rc2 31. Bd3 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qa7 33. f5 Qxa4 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Qxe6 Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Qxd5 Qd7 38. Bc4 Qe8 39. Ra1 Qf8 40. Ra8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Black "Siu, Kam Wa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 b6 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bb7 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Rfd1
O-O-O 15. Qc3 f6 16. h3 Rdg8 17. Rac1 c5 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 d6 20. b4 h4 21.
bxc5 dxc5 22. Bh2 g4 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxg4+ Kc7 25. Qd3 Rxg4 26. hxg4 h3 27.
f4 Qb2 28. Qc2 Qxa3 29. Qc3 Qa2 30. Rc2 Qxd5 31. Rd2 Qe4 32. Qb3 c4 33. Qc3 h2+
34. Kf2 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Echavarria Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Black "Sharkey, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. f4 Nxd3+ 12. Bxd3 Rxd3 13. Qe2 Re8 14.
O-O Ng4 15. Nc3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Re3 17. Qd1 R8xe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. g3 Be4+ 20.
Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Kg1 Re2 22. Qd5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Letton, Rob"]
[Black "Wilson, Graham J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qc2 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 h6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. c4 O-O
15. c5 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Bxd4 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. a3 e5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. b4
a5 22. Qf5 e4 23. Nd4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ra4 26. f3 Rxb4 27. Qxd7 Qxd7
28. Rxb4 f5 29. f4 Qa7 30. Reb1 e3 31. Rb6 Qa2 32. R6b2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Rughani, Mahin"]
[Black "Griffin-Young, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Re8 7. f3 Nbd7 8.
Bh6 Bh8 9. e5 Nh5 10. g4 Ng7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. h4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Ne6 14. Nge2 Qc7
15. Be4 a6 16. h5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qxc4 e6 20. Nc7 d5 21. Qc3
dxe4 22. Nxa8 Bd7 23. Nc7 Re7 24. fxe4 Bc6 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nxe6
Rxe6 28. Qb3 Bd7 29. Rdf1 Qe8 30. Nf4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Meredith, Daniel"]
[Black "Salisbury, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Nfd2 Bxf5 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qa4+
Kf7 15. O-O a6 16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Bc2 e3 19. Bxf5 exf2+ 20. Kxf2
Qxf5+ 21. Kg1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kg6 23. Rf1 Qe5 24. Qc2+ Kg5 25. Ne4+ Kh4 26. Qf2+
Kh5 27. Qf7+ g6 28. Qf3+ Kh4 29. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Berry, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. a4 b4 9.
O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Bf4
Rad8 16. Nbd2 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Nxc5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Ne5
22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. b3 Bg7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc1 Rde8 27. Qd3 f5
28. f3 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qf2 31. Rf1 Qh4 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Rce1 a5 34.
Qf6 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxd6 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 Rxe5
40. Rd1 Kf7 41. d6 Ke8 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Kf4 Rxb3 44. Rd5 Ra3 45. Rxa5 b3 46.
Ke5 b2 47. Rb5 Re3+ 48. Kf6 Re2 49. Rb7 Rxg2 50. a5 Rd2 51. Kg7 Rxd6 52. Rxb2
Rd7+ 53. Kf6 Ra7 54. Rb5 Kd7 55. h4 Kc6 56. Re5 Rd7 57. Re7 Rd6+ 58. Re6 h6 59.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 60. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Butterworth, Brian"]
[Black "Quaite, Toby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bc2 g5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Rf1 Qe8 15. b4
Qg6 16. Bd1 g4 17. Bb2 h5 18. d5 e5 19. Bc2 Rf7 20. Bb3 Raf8 21. Rac1 Nh7 22.
c5 Ng5 23. Kh1 Rf5 24. cxb6 Qf7 25. Kg1 cxb6 26. Rc7 Bc8 27. Nc4 Ba6 28. Qe1
Qg6 29. Rxe7 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Black "Oliver, Peter J R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8.
h3 O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd2 e6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd5
15. Re2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qe1 Rd7 20. a4 b5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. Re5 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qd2 c4 27.
dxc4 dxc4 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. c3 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. cxd4 Kf6 32. Re1 b4 33. d5
Rb6 34. f4 b3 35. Rb1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Black "Pearce, Neville R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Nd2 Qd7 16. b4 Rc7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Ba8 19. Bb6 Rcc8 20. Nde4 Qb7 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc4 24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Rfd1 Qc7 26. Ne2 Qb7 27. Nc3 h6
28. Qe3 R8c7 29. Qd3 Qc8 30. Qf3 Bb7 31. Kh1 Qd7 32. Kh2 Bc8 33. Qe3 Kf8 34.
Ne2 Rxc1 35. Nxc1 Rc4 36. Ne2 Qf5 37. Nd4 Qd7 38. Ne2 Bb7 39. Nf4 Qf5 40. Kh1
Qxf4 41. Qb6 Rc1 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Black "Tunnacliffe, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1
d5 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Qg3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nec6 12. Be3 b5 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. Bf2 Bb7 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. e5 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Ba2 Rac8 20. Rd2 b4 21. Rfd1
bxa3 22. bxa3 Rfd8 23. Qd3 Bh6 24. g3 g5 25. h3 gxf4 26. gxf4 Kh8 27. Kh2 Rg8
28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Nxe5 31. Qxd4 Bg2+ 32. Ke1 f6 33. fxe5 fxe5
34. Qd3 Bxd2+ 35. Qxd2 Bxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Johnson, Elaine"]
[Black "Boustred, Noel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1514"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd4 7. Qxe5+
Qxe5+ 8. fxe5 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. c3 Rd3 13. O-O
Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g5 15. Ne1 Rh3 16. d4 Be7 17. Kg1 Rh4 18. Rxf7 Kd8 19. Rf5 Rg4 20.
Rf2 h5 21. h3 Rg3 22. Bd2 h4 23. Nf3 g4 24. Ng5 Rg8 25. Bf4 Bxg5 26. Bxg3 hxg3
27. Re2 gxh3 28. gxh3 Rh8 29. c4 Bf3 30. Rg2 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Black "Tate, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 Bf5 9. c3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 c6 14. Rfe1
Rf7 15. Re2 Ndf8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nh2 Re7 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Ndf3 Re8 20. g4
Neg6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. g3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. Nxe4 Ke6 26. Nc5+
Kd5 27. Nxb7 Ne6 28. f4 Ne7 29. Kf2 Ke4 30. Ke2 Nd5 31. f5 Ng5 32. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dee, Neil"]
[Black "Pointon, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Ba1 Bf6 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Ng6 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Ne2 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 d5 22. Rac1 dxe4 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Qxe4 Red8 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. h3 Rcd8 27.
Nf3 Rd3 28. Qe4 Qd7 29. c5 Rd5 30. Qe3 Qb5 31. Qe2 Qc6 32. Red1 h6 33. Rxd5
Qxd5 34. b4 Nf4 35. Qc2 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Nf4 37. Qc4 Qxc4+ 38. Rxc4 Rd1+ 39. Ne1
Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Rxe1 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Re5 43. Rxa6 Rb5 44. a3 Kf8 45. Ra5 Rb7
46. b5 Ke7 47. a4 Kd6 48. Ra6+ Kc5 49. Rc6+ Kb4 50. b6 Kxa4 51. Rc7 Rxb6 52.
Rxf7 g5 53. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "White, Nicholas E"]
[Black "Fletcher, Ben J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bd7 6. Nb5 Bxb5 7. Bxb5+ Nbd7 8.
c3 cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15.
O-O Nb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 Re8 18. a4 Qd7 19. a5 Nc4 20. b3 Nd6 21. Nf4 Rac8
22. Nh5 Qd8 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Nh5 Qd8 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rac1 Qf5 27. Qd2 Qf6 28.
f4 Qd8 29. g4 Qxa5 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Kf8 32. Qf4 Red8 33. Bg6 Rc7 34. Rf3
Nf5 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Qxf5 Rdd7 37. Qh7 b4 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Qf8+
Re7 41. Rce1 Qa2 42. Rxe7 Qd2 43. R7e2+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Wainwright, Charlie"]
[Black "Carey, Con"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nge2 Nxe2 8. Bxe2
Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. f4 f5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Bg5 f4 14. Qd2 Bd4+ 15.
Kh1 Be3 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Nd1 Bd4 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. Be3 Be5 20. Nc3 Ng8 21. Qf2
Rf8 22. Qxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg7 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. b3 Nf6 27. Ne2
Re8 28. Bc3 Ng4 29. h3 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 Ne5 31. Bc2 Re7 32. Nb1 Rf7 33. Kg1 g5 34.
Nd2 h6 35. b4 b6 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Bd3 g4 40. Be2 gxh3
41. gxh3 Kg5 42. Bf1 Kh4 43. Nf3+ Nxf3 44. Kxf3 Bxh3 45. Bxh3 Kxh3 46. c5 Kh4
47. Kf4 dxc5 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. e5 c4 50. d6 cxd6 51. exd6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Jackson, Malcolm"]
[Black "Webster, Vivien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Re1 Na6 10. d3 Nc7 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Rf6 13. Ne2 Rg6 14. Ng3 Nb5 15.
c4 Nc7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. a3 Rf8 19. b4 b6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 e5 23. Nf5 Qg5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Zigmond, Andrew"]
[Black "Brown, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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. Bg5 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nc4 Nxg3 21.
Nxb6 Nxb6 22. fxg3 Kg7 23. Ra7 Bd7 24. Qd3 Qb8 25. Ra1 Qe8 26. Bc2 Bf5 27. Qd2
Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Nxd5 29. Qe4 Nb6 30. Re1 Qa8 31. Qc2 Qd5 32. h4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 g4
34. Nd2 Rf2 35. Qd1 Qd5 36. Qxg4+ Kh7 37. Ne4 Rxb2 38. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Black "Baxter, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. cxd4 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Bb7 14. Qd3
a5 15. Rfd1 Ba6 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Bxg7 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Matthews, Graham W"]
[Black "Scorer, David M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 c5 14. Nb3 c4
15. Nd2 b5 16. a3 a5 17. f4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nf3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. Qb2
Rfb8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 g6 24. g4 Kg7 25. g5 Qa7 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Kf2 Rb7 28.
Ke2 Qb8 29. Nd2 Kf8 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qb1 Qxb1 32. Nxb1 Ke8 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Kc2
Kc6 35. Kb2 Bf8 36. Na3 Be7 37. Nc2 Bf8 38. Ne3 h5 39. h3 Be7 40. Ka2 Kb5 41.
Nd1 Bd8 42. Ka3 Be7+ 43. Kb2 Ka4 44. Ka2 Kb5 45. Ne3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Craig, Ian"]
[Black "Clare, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. c3 Qd7 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. Be3 g5 11. a3 h5 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. d5 Rg8
15. Qe4 Qg4 16. Qe6+ Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Na5 18. Nbd2 b6 19. b4 Nb7 20. Nd4 Rd6 21.
Rae1 Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Bh6 23. Nf3 Kd7 24. Nfd4 Nd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Nc6 Re8 27.
Nxa7 e6 28. dxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Smith, Jacob"]
[Black "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Bf6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Bb5 g5 14. Bg3 g4
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 h5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Re2 Qd6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qf4 f5 23. Re7 Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxf5+ Kb8
27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Kc8 29. f4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Kd7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. f4 c5 33.
Ke3 b5 34. b4 c4 35. Kd4 a6 36. c3 h4 37. h3 Kf5 38. Kxd5 Kxf4 39. e6 Kg3 40.
e7 Kxh3 41. e8=Q Kh2 42. Qe1 h3 43. Qf1 Kg3 44. Qh1 h2 45. Ke4 Kh3 46. Kf4 a5
47. bxa5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Wright, George A"]
[Black "Buckell, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1405"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Re7 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rae8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qxd4 20. Nf3
Qf4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Be6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. g3 Ke7
27. Ke2 a5 28. a3 a4 29. Kd3 f5 30. f4 Kd6 31. Kc3 Kd5 32. Kd3 Nc5+ 33. Ke3 Ne4
34. Nxe4 fxe4 35. g4 c5 36. h4 b4 37. h5 bxa3 38. bxa3 Kc4 39. h6 g6 40. Kxe4
Kb3 41. f5 gxf5+ 42. gxf5 c4 43. f6 c3 44. f7 c2 45. f8=Q c1=Q 46. Qb4+ Ka2 47.
Qxa4 Qe1+ 48. Kd3 Qg3+ 49. Kd2 Qf2+ 50. Kd3 Qf3+ 51. Kd2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Singhal, Saket"]
[Black "Morgan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc1 h6 21. Nf3
Kh7 22. Rc6 Nb8 23. Rc7 Bd7 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Bd6 Nc6 26. Qc3 Qh8 27. Qc5 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 exd4 29. Qa7 Qe8 30. e5 h5 31. Qxd4 Bc6 32. Qh4 Kh6 33. g4 Rxc7 34. g5+
Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Bxg6 Qxg6 37. Qxg6 Bd5 38. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Shortt, John"]
[Black "Neil, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be2
Qc7 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qc7 14. Nd2 dxc4
15. bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
21. Qf3 f6 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Qg3 Rd5 24. f4 Ra5 25. Nb2 Qd7 26. Rfb1 Rc8 27. Qe1
Qd5 28. Qd2 Qe4 29. Nc4 Rd5 30. Na5 Rxa5 31. Rf1 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Rf2 Bb5
34. Qb2 Ba6 35. h3 Qxe3 36. Kh2 Rc3 37. Rf3 Qxd4 38. Qxc3 Qd7 39. Rf2 Bb5 40.
Rd2 Qc6 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. Qa1 a6 43. Qb2 Qc4 44. Rd4 Qc5 45. Qd2 Bc6 46. h4 e5
47. fxe5 Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qf5 49. Rf4 Qb1 50. Kh3 h5 51. Rf2 Qh1+ 52. Rh2 Qf3 53.
Qe2 Bd7+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Mitchell, Ian"]
[Black "Robinson, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. c3 h6 6. h3 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Bh2
Bg7 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qb6 14. f4 e6
15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bxe6 Ke7 17. Bf5 c5 18. O-O-O Qc6 19. dxc5 Ne8 20. cxd6+ Kf8
21. d7 Bf6 22. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxh3 25. Bd6+ Kg7 26. Rxh3
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Nf3
d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Rb1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rad8 17. d5 e5 18. e4 Qd7 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. Rfe1
Qe7 22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Kh1 Rdf8 25. Qe3 Ng6 26. Rb2 Qh4 27. Ng3 R5f7
28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Ng5 Rf6 30. Ne6 R8f7 31. Ng5 Rf8 32. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Maher, Mike P"]
[Black "Jones, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 a6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3
Nfd7 9. Be3 h6 10. f4 Bf6 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. g4 Ng6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 e5 19. f5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Rd2 Nh7 25. Qg3 f6 26. Ne2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Bc8
28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Qc7 30. h4 Re7 31. Be2 g5 32. fxg6 Rg7 33. h5 Ng5 34.
Qxd6 Nxe4 35. Qxc7 Nxd2 36. Qf7+ Rgxf7 37. exf7+ Kg7 38. Rd1 Ne4 39. Rd7 Ng5
40. Kf2 Ne6 41. Re7 Ng5 42. Re8 Nxf7 43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. gxf7 Kxf7 45. Ke3 Ke6
46. Kf4 b5 47. b3 b4 48. a4 a5 49. Bg4+ Kf7 50. Kf5 Kg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Collins, Steve"]
[Black "Edgar, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qe2 f5 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. h4 Qb6 12. Ng5 c5 13. c3 f6 14. f4 fxg5
15. hxg5 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Qb5 Qc6 19. Qb3 e6 20. Kb1 Qb6 21.
Qc2 a6 22. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Weller, Colin"]
[Black "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nh2
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bg4 Nd7 11. Ne4 Bxg4 12. Nxg4 Nef6 13. Nexf6+ Nxf6 14. Bg5
Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Butler, Rene"]
[Black "Smith, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Qb6 9. d3 Rd8 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nhf3 Be7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. bxc5 Bxc5
15. d4 Bd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bc7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Qxb6 Bxb6
21. Rbd1 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Be4 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rd3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc2
27. Ba1 Rec8 28. f3 Nd2 29. Re1 Nc4 30. Rb3 b6 31. h3 h6 32. Kh2 Nd2 33. Rb2
Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Halpin, David"]
[Black "De Block, Gert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1179"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Nc6 5. a3 Be6 6. c5 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Qd7
9. h3 h6 10. Nge2 a5 11. Qd2 b6 12. cxb6 cxb6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Nc4 15. b3
Bc5 16. Qd1 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Na4 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Bf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. g4 Qd7
22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qc2 Nh4 24. O-O Nxg2 25. Qxg2 Qb5 26. Rb1 Rad8 27. g5 hxg5
28. fxg5 Ne4 29. g6 Rd7 30. Rf5 Re6 31. gxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxd5 Rff6 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Bd2 Rg6 35. Rf1 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Black "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. d3
Nb6 9. Be3 Nbd5 10. Bf2 Ng4 11. Qb3 e6 12. e4 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. h3 Nxf2 15.
Rxf2 Ba4 16. Qa3 Qd7 17. Raf1 Bb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Qc7 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Rfe1 b6 25. Qd2 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Ng5 Qxg3
28. Ne4 Qe5 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxe6 Qd4+ 31. R1e3 Bh6 32. Bd5 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3+
Kh8 34. Kh1 Qf6 35. Rf3 Qd4 36. Qg5 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Nxf8 38. Qd2 Qf6 39. Qc3 Qxc3
40. bxc3 Kg7 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. d4 cxd4 43. cxd4 Ne6 44. Bxe6 Kxe6 45. Kf3 g5 46.
Kg4 h6 47. h4 gxh4 48. Kxh4 Kd6 49. a4 a5 50. Kh5 Kc6 51. Kxh6 Kd6 52. Kg6 Kc6
53. Kf6 Kd6 54. Kf5 Kc6 55. Ke6 Kb7 56. Kd7 b5 57. cxb5 Kb6 58. Kc8 Ka7 59. d5
Kb6 60. d6 Ka7 61. d7 Kb6 62. d8=Q+ Ka7 63. Qxa5# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Hutchinson, Stephen A"]
[Black "Cox, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1151"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Qa5+ 3. Nd2 Qxc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 Qh5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd2 d6 11. Re1 a6 12. Nfd4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Nxd4 14. exd4
e6 15. Bg5 b5 16. Na5 Re8 17. Nc6 Bb7 18. Na5 Bd5 19. a3 Ra7 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kh1
Bxd4 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Bxb2 24. Nc6 Rc7 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Rf1 f6 27. Bh4
Rxe7 28. Rd2 Rf7 29. Rxd6 Nc5 30. Bg3 Nxe4 31. Rxe6 Nxg3+ 32. Kg1 Nxf1 33. Kxf1
Bxa3 34. Rxa6 b4 35. Ke1 Rxc2 36. Kd1 Rxg2 37. Ra4 Rh2 38. Ke1 Rc7 39. Kf1 Rc1#
0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Merrifield, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1121"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. f3 Bc5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Bg5 Bf8
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 d5 17. exd5 Rad8 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Bd6
21. Rf3 Rf8 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rfd3 Bc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxa6
Bg5 27. a4 Bc1 28. b4 Bb2 29. b5 Bd7 30. Nd5 Ba3 31. c4 Bd6 32. a5 f6 33. Kg1
Kf7 34. h3 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Bf5 36. b6 Bd6 37. b7 Ke6 38. c5 Bb8 39. Bc4 Bd3+ 40.
Bxd3 Kxd5 41. Bxh7 Kxc5 42. Bd3 Kc6 43. a6 Kc7 44. Kf2 Ba7+ 45. Kf3 Bb8 46. Kf4
Kb6+ 47. Kf5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Black "Jackson, Paul Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1096"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 c5
9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc2 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Qa4 Be7
15. Be3 O-O 16. Qd4 Bc5 17. Qf4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21.
Ne2 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxc8 25. a4 Kf8 26. Nf4 Rc3 27.
Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke2 Kc5 32. Kd3 e5 33. Kc3
a5 34. f4 exf4 35. exf4 d4+ 36. Kd3 Kb4 37. Kxd4 Kxb3 38. Kc5 Kxa4 39. Kc4 b5+
40. Kc3 Ka3 41. h4 b4+ 42. Kc2 Ka2 43. Kc1 b3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Dearden, Phil"]
[Black "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. c5 Nb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Nxc6 Qd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ne5 Qxb5 12. Qxb5+ axb5 13. b4 O-O 14. O-O Bxb1
15. Rfxb1 c6 16. a3 h6 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Ra2 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. f3
Ng5 22. Kg2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bc7 Rdc8 25. Bb6 e5 26. Rca1 e4 27. f4 Nf3 28.
a4 Rcb8 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bb6 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Nd2 33. Ra7 Nc4 34.
Rxb7 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Bxc7 Nxd4 38. Ba5 Nb3 39. Bb6 d4 40. b5
e3+ 41. Ke2 Nc1+ 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. bxc6 Ke7 44. c7 Kd7 45. c6+ Kc8 46. Bxd4 Kxc7
47. Bxe3 Nd3+ 48. Ke2 Nb4 49. Kf3 Nd5 50. Bd4 Kxc6 51. Bb2 Ne7 52. Ba3 Kd7 53.
Kg4 Ke8 54. h4 Kf7 55. f5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Neil, Graham"]
[Black "Fisher, Neal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Be7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 a6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. g5 Nh7 14. Rg1 Nhf8 15.
h4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. c4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne6 20. O-O-O b5 21.
Qc2 c5 22. Ne5 Nf8 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. Rd2 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Rc2 Qd6 27. Rd1 Qe6
28. Qf4 c3 29. Qa4+ Nd7 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 O-O 32. Nxd7 Ra8 33. Rc6 Qf5 34.
Rd2 a5 35. Rb6 Rc8+ 36. Rc6 Rxc6+ 37. Qxc6 Ba3+ 38. Kd1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Nf8+ Bxf8 42. Qxf8 Qb5+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Rd1 Qxa2 45. Qc5 Qa4 46.
Qd4 Qc6 47. Ke2 a4 48. Qb4 Qa6+ 49. Rd3 Qc6 50. Rc3 Qd7 51. Rc4 a3 52. Qxa3 Qb5
53. Qd3 Qb2+ 54. Rc2 Qb4 55. e4 Qb1 56. e5 Qh1 57. Rc4 Qh2 58. Re4 Qh1 59. Rf4
Qb7 60. h5 Qb2+ 61. Kf3 Qxe5 62. hxg6+ fxg6 63. Rh4+ Kg8 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. Rf4+
Ke6 66. Re4 Qxe4+ 67. Kxe4 Kf7 68. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Quaite, Toby"]
[Black "Mitchell, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 Nf6 3. exf5 d5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 h6 6. Bf4 Bd7 7. Nd2 Qc8 8. Qc2
e6 9. fxe6 Bxe6 10. Ngf3 Ne7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rfe1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Kd8 14. Ne5 Ke8
15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Re2 Kf7 17. Ne5+ Ke8 18. Rae1 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nxg3 21.
Qf7+ Kd8 22. hxg3 Qf5 23. Nc6+ bxc6 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. Re8+ Kd7 26. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pearce, Neville R"]
[Black "Maher, Mike P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 f5
15. Nc4 Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Nf6 17. Re1 h6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5
21. a3 a4 22. b4 Re8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Ke7 26. f4 Rd8 27. Bd4 Ke6
28. Bb2 b5 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Boustred, Noel J"]
[Black "White, Nicholas E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1675"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c3 c6 2. f4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. a4 a5 7. Na3 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Qc7 10. d3 h5 11. Nc2 c5 12. Ng5 Nh7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6 15.
Nxh7 Bxh7 16. Na3 O-O-O 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nc7 21. Qe2
Rd7 22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qe2 Rhd8 24. b4 Rd2 25. Qe3 R8d3 26. bxc5 Rxf2 27. Qxd3
Bxc5 28. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bc5 30. Rd1 Nxb5 31. Qd7+ Kb8 32. axb5 Qc7 33. e5
a4 34. Qe8+ Ka7 35. Rd7 Kb6 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Qxf7+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Smith, Adam"]
[Black "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b4 a6 8. Ba2
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 h6 11. c3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. d4 Bg6 14. dxe5 Ncxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. f4 Bh4+ 18. Kf1 f5 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 fxe4 21. Qc1
exf3 22. Rh2 Bg3 23. c4 Bxh2 24. Qc3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "De Block, Gert"]
[Black "Wainwright, Charlie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Re1 b6 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Bxa5 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15.
Nd4 Qc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 19. Bb1 Ra8 20. Rxe6 Nxc5 21.
Re7 Ncd7 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Webster, Vivien"]
[Black "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 c6 5. d4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Nxh7 Ng3 12. Nxf8 Nxf1 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Qxf1
Bf5 15. Nd2 Rf8 16. Nf3 e6 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bd2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7
21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Bc4+ Rf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. e6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+ Kd5
27. Qe7 Bxd4+ 28. cxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qxb2 30. Qxd7+ Kc4 31. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Cox, Kevin"]
[Black "Zigmond, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. a4 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15.
axb5 e6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ng5 d5 18. Ndf3 Nd6 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Bb2 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Nfe4 22. Ra3 Rc7 23. Rea1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Ra6 Rb7 26. Kf1 Nd6 27. Nd2 Bh6
28. f4 g5 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Nf3 Bd8 31. Ne5 Nxb5 32. Nxc4 Rc8 33. Ne5 Nxc3 34.
Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Nd5 36. Nxf7 Nxb4 37. Nh6+ Kf8 38. Rxh7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Bxc7
40. Ba3 Bd6 41. Ng4 Ke7 42. Ne5 Nc2 43. Bxd6+ Kxd6 44. Nf3 b5 45. Ke2 b4 46.
Kd3 b3 47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Kb2 Nxd4 49. Nxd4 Kxd4 50. Kxb3 Ke3 51. h4 e5 52. h5 e4
53. h6 Kf2 54. h7 e3 55. h8=Q e2 56. Qe5 e1=Q 57. Qxe1+ Kxe1 58. g4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Fletcher, Ben J"]
[Black "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. a4 Qb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nb3 Na6 13. Bd2 Bc6 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Ra1 Nc8 16. Ra5 Nc7 17. Ra1 Na7 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Qc2 Na8 20. Bb4 Be7 21. Na5
Qb8 22. Nb3 g6 23. e5 O-O 24. exd6 Rc8 25. Qd1 Bf8 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28.
d7 Nb6 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Jackson, Paul Robert"]
[Black "Smith, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. d5
b6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nd7 13. b3 f5 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. e5
Ne8 16. e6 Nf6 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Ne8 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nf6 21. Ng5 h6
22. Nf7 Rxf7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. g5 Ng4 25. gxh6 Nxh6 26. Bd3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Nxf5
28. Rae1 Qh8 29. Qxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Oliver, Peter J R"]
[Black "Singhal, Saket"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. e3 c6 4. Be2 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. h3
h5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bxh3 11. gxh3 g5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxg5 Rg8 14. h4 f6 15.
Bxh5+ Ke7 16. Qg4 fxg5 17. hxg5 Bh6 18. g6 Nf6 19. Qh4 b6 20. d5 e5 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. d6+ Rxd6 23. Bxe5 Rgd8 24. Qxf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxc7 Rdf8 26. Bg3 Rf5 27.
Be2 Rg5 28. Rd4 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 Bxd4 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Kf6 33.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Cuaresma, Bien"]
[Black "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Nf1
Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Ng3 Qf6 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. Bc3 Re8 15.
O-O Qe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne4+ 19. Kf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd4 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 fxe4+ 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. a4 b5 27.
axb5 cxb5 28. cxd5 b4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. cxb4 Bb5+ 31. Kd2 a4 32. Bc2 exd5 33.
Rc1 a3 34. Ra1 Ke7 35. Kc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Pitel, Dominik"]
[Black "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 a5 8. a3
Bc5 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. h4 Ngxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Ng5 g6 16. Qe4 Rab8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qc2 Qe3 19. Rd3 Qxf4 20. Rf3 Qe5 21. Ne4
Be7 22. h5 Rbd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rfh3 Rf7 25. Nf2 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. g4
fxg4 28. Nxg4 Bg5 29. Rh5 Rg7 30. Nf2 Re8 31. Nd3 Ne5 32. Kd1 Nxc4 33. a4 h6
34. b3 Ne3+ 35. Ke1 b6 36. R1h3 Rf7 37. Rh1 Nf5 38. Rg1 Ne3 39. Rgh1 Nxf1 40.
Rxf1 Bd2+ 41. Kxd2 Rxf1 42. Rxh6 Kg7 43. Rc6 Re7 44. Rc4 c5 45. Nxc5 bxc5 46.
Rxc5 Rf2 47. Kd3 Rfxe2 48. Rxa5 R2e3+ 49. Kxd4 Rxb3 50. Kc4 Reb7 51. Rb5 Rb1
52. Rxb7+ Rxb7 53. a5 Rb1 54. a6 Kf7 55. Kc5 Ke7 56. a7 Ra1 57. Kb6 Rxa7 58.
Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Pointon, Mike"]
[Black "Dearden, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4 Nexg4 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Bxg4
Nxg4 15. h5 Qa5 16. hxg6 Rxc3 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 Qxa2 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
Rc8 21. Rdg1 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Kxc3 a6 25. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Baxter, Martin"]
[Black "Dee, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Be3 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Kg2 Bf4 17. Rde1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Re6 19. Nh4 Rbe8 20. c4 Kf8
21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Re5 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Qa3+ Qb4 26. Qxb4+ Rxb4
27. b3 Rxe3 28. d6 Re2+ 29. Kg3 Nb6 30. Rc7 Ke8 31. Rd1 Re6 32. d7+ Kd8 33.
Rxb7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Tunnacliffe, Alan"]
[Black "Gillett, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ba6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. h4 a5 13. Bf4 Na6 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 h6 16. Ne4 Ndc5 17. Nbc3 Qc6 18. Kh2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21.
Qh5 Ne4 22. Bxh6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bg5+ Kg8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd4 f5 27.
Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Black "Matthews, Graham W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. c3 e6 8. Re1
Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. N2f3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 e5 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qf2
Rf8 22. Ngf3 Bc5 23. Re3 f5 24. Ne6 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc8 26. Nxf8 Nxf8 27. Qxe5
Nd7 28. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Clare, Steve"]
[Black "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nge7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. f4 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. Bc2
Nd5 15. Rf3 b6 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qf6 19. Bb2 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Scorer, David M"]
[Black "Egan, William J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c6 6. e3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. O-O O-O
15. h3 Re8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. Qxe4 Re8 22. Qd4 Bc8 23. Qd2 c5 24. c4 Qc6 25. b3 Bxh3 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27.
Qxe1 Be6 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke3
h5 34. g3 Kf5 35. Kf2 g5 36. a3 a5 37. Kg2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Buckell, David J"]
[Black "Craig, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. Qc2 e3 6. dxe3 h6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. g3
Qd8 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qf5 Ne4 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21.
Bb2 Ng5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Ba1 Re7 24. Rfd1 f6 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. f3 Ne6 27. e4 Rd8
28. h4 h5 29. Bc3 a6 30. Be1 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Bc3 Kg6 33. Rh1 Rh7 34. Bd2
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Wright, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1405"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nd2 Nge7 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Qd2
Qf4 15. Bxg6 Qxd2 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Nf3 f6 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Re3
Nf4 21. Ne2 g5 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Rd3 Bb5 24. Rd2 Rg8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Rd3 Rce8
27. Nd2 Kg7 28. Nb3 b6 29. Nc1 Kf7 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Rh6 Reg8 32. g3 Rg6 33. Rxg6
Rxg6 34. Ne2 e5 35. f3 Bb5 36. Kf2 Bxe2 37. Rxe2 fxg3+ 38. hxg3 Ke6 39. g4 a6
40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Rh2 e4 42. fxe4 dxe4 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. b3 b5 45. Re2 Re8 46. Kf5
Re6 47. c4+ bxc4 48. bxc4+ Kd6 49. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Edgar, Barry"]
[Black "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1
e6 9. b3 b5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
a4 Qc6 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. bxc4 Qd7 18. O-O O-O 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Rfb8 21.
Rb4 a5 22. Rb5 a4 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. c5 Ne8 25. Ra3 Nc7 26. Rb4 Bc2 27. Rb2 Bf5
28. f4 Kf8 29. Nf3 f6 30. c4 Be4 31. Nd2 Bg6 32. Nb1 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 dxc4 34.
Bxc4 Ke7 35. Rb4 Rcb8 36. Rbxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rc2 40.
h3 f5 41. g4 g6 42. Ra7 Kd8 43. Ra4 Ke7 44. Rb4 Rh2 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Rb7 Kd8 47.
Rb4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Black "Weller, Colin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Be3 Bd6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bd3 Ke7 11. h3 h6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14.
f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rhf1 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 b5 19. b3 Rhd8 20. Re1
g6 21. g4 Rd6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Kb2 Rc5 24. Rfe4 Kd7 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxg4
27. Kc3 h5 28. Re1 Be6 29. Ra1 Kc7 30. a4 Kb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Re1 Kc5 33. Re4
Rb6 34. Re5+ Bd5 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Rg5 b4 37. Ke3 Be6 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Kc5 Rd6 40.
Kxb4 Rd4+ 41. Kc3 Rxh4 42. b4 Rh1 43. b5 Rb1 44. Rg2 Bd7 45. Re2+ Kf6 46. Rf2+
Kg7 47. Bc4 f5 48. Bd3 Bxb5 49. Bxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Kg6 51. Rf3 Be2 52. Rg3+ Bg4
53. Kd4 Rd1+ 54. Ke4 Kg5 55. c4 h4 56. Rg2 h3 57. Rh2 Kh4 58. c5 Kg3 59. Rc2 h2
60. c6 h1=Q+ 61. Ke5 Qd5+ 62. Kf6 Rf1+ 63. Kg6 Qf5+ 64. Kh6 Rh1+ 65. Kg7 Rh7+
66. Kg8 Qf7# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Monk, Carl"]
[Black "Collins, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 exd5
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 c5 17. Qa6 Nf6 18. Re5 Qc7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qd6 21.
bxc5 Qd1+ 22. Qf1 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 bxc5 24. Ke2 Rab8 25. Rc2 c4 26. Rc5 c3 27.
R5xc3 Nd5 28. Ra3 Rb7 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Kf3 a6 31. Ra4 g6 32. a3 Rb6 33. Rc5 Kg7
34. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Hambly, Neil"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Nathaniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1290"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Qg4 g6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qg5 Nxe4 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8.
Qxh8+ Bf8 9. Qe5+ Be7 10. Qxe4 d6 11. Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 13. Nf3 Bg4 14.
d3 Nc6 15. a3 Rd8 16. O-O d5 17. Ba2 Kf8 18. Bh6+ Ke8 19. Rfe1+ Kd7 20. Bxd5
Kc8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re7 Be6 23. Ng5 Rd6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Re1 Rd5 26. Bf4 Kb7
27. Bxc7 Rc5 28. Bxa5+ Kc8 29. b4 Rd5 30. R1xe6 h5 31. Rxc6+ Kb8 32. Rc5 Rd4
33. Bc7+ Ka8 34. Be5 Rd8 35. Ra5# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Nbc3
Rb8 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbc3 b5 11. b3 Bb7 12. d5 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nb2 e6 15. Nf4
exd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Nbd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng4 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bb2 Bc8
22. Rfc1 Bg4 23. h3 Bf3 24. Kh2 Qd7 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Kxg2 Qf5
28. Qb2+ Kg8 29. g4 Qe4+ 30. Kg3 f5 31. Ne6 Rf7 32. Ng5 Qxd5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rf1 Re8 35. Rbe1 Re6 36. Qd2 Rf6 37. Kh2 f4 38. exf4 Rxf4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Re7
Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxe7 42. Re2 Qf7 43. Qxd6 Qf3 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Robinson, Steve"]
[Black "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Nf3 Ne5 7. Bb3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Qxf4 h5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. Bg5
Bd7 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 Rde8+ 18. Kd2 Be6 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20.
Re1 Kd7 21. Rf7+ Kc6 22. g3 a6 23. Re5 Kd6 24. Rg5 Re7 25. Ne4+ Kd7 26. Nf6+
Kd8 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nxh5 Rf8 29. Nf4 Kd6 30. d4 c6 31. Rg6 Re8 32. h5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Berry, Mike"]
[Black "Shortt, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Rd2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Nb7 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Qxc7 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Qd8 20. d6 Ra8 21.
Qc7 Qxc7 22. dxc7 Nxa6 23. Rd7 Rfe8 24. R1d6 Nc5 25. Rxf6 Nxd7 26. Rd6 Nc5 27.
Rxb6 Rec8 28. b4 Ne6 29. Rc6 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Nd2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Jones, Mark"]
[Black "Butterworth, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nb4 7. Be2 d5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. Bd3 c5 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
c3 Ne4 16. Rf3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 c4 18. Bc2 cxb3 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rf4 Qc7 21. Nf1
Bd5 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Kh2 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6
gxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qg5+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Kg1 Kg6 32. Rf1 Rf5 33. Rf4
Kg5 34. Kh2 Rxf4 35. gxf4+ Kg4 36. Kg1 Kg3 37. Kf1 b5 38. Kg1 a5 39. Kf1 h5 40.
Kg1 h4 41. Kf1 Bc4+ 42. Kg1 h3 43. gxh3 Kxh3 44. Kf2 Kh2 45. Ke1 Kg2 46. Bc1
Kf3 47. Kd2 Bd3 48. Bb2 Kf2 49. Bc1 Kf3 50. Bb2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Black "Johnson, Elaine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1167"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Qd5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Ncxd2
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Rfe8
21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Nf5 Bf4 26. Rd1 Kf8
27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Nxg7+ Kf8 30. Nf5 c5 31. Kg2 b5 32. Kf3 Bc7 33.
Ke3 Ke8 34. Kd3 a5 35. Ng7+ Ke7 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. Ke4 Kg5 38. f4+ Bxf4 39. Ne7
Bd6 40. Nd5 Kh4 41. Nf6 Kxh3 42. Kf5 h6 43. Nh5 Be7 44. Nf4+ Kg3 45. Nh5+ Kf3
46. Nf4 Ke3 47. Nd5+ Kd4 48. Nxe7 c4 49. Nc6+ Kd3 50. Ne5+ Kd4 51. Nc6+ Kd3 52.
Ne5+ Kc3 53. Nc6 cxb3 54. axb3 Kxb3 55. Nxa5+ Kc3 56. Kf6 Kd3 57. Kxf7 Ke4 58.
Kg6 Kf4 59. Kxh6 Kxg4 60. Kg6 Kf4 61. Kf6 Ke4 62. Ke6 b4 63. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Tate, John"]
[Black "Butler, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Merrifield, Peter"]
[Black "Jackson, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1121"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qxc4 a6 9. Qd3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bb5 11. Qe3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14.
Qd2 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rd1 e5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Na3 exd4 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. Rd3
Rfe8 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qa3 d3 26. Ncd2 Re2
27. Rf1 b5 28. b4 Ne4 29. Qb2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Brown, Chris"]
[Black "Halpin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1179"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be2 Qc7 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Bb4 c5 11. Ba3 a6 12. c3 b5 13. b4 c4 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bd1
Nc6 16. Bc2 h6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Qf4 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qg3 Ne7 21. Ne5 Qf4
22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Bc1 Rf6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. f4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rf7 27. Rf1 Nf5 28.
Bd2 Bd7 29. Rae1 Raf8 30. Rf2 g5 31. Ref1 Kg7 32. g4 Nh4 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kf2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Black "Hutchinson, Stephen A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1408"]
[BlackElo "1151"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Ne5 b5 6. a4 a6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Qf3
Nd7 9. d5 Nxe5 10. Qe4 Nf6 11. Qxe5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Be7 16. g3 O-O 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Rxa6 Nb4 19. Rb6 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Ne5 21.
Rxb5 f6 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Ra6 Bd6 25. Bb4 Rfd8 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Rbb6
Ke7 28. Bg2 Rc5 29. Bb4 Rcc7 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.
Ra7+ Kd6 34. Rxg7 h6 35. Rh7 Ng4 36. h3 Ne5 37. Kd2 Kc5 38. Kc3 Kb5 39. Rxh6
Ka4 40. Rxf6 Kb5 41. Rxe6 Nd3 42. f4 Nf2 43. Re5+ Ka4 44. Kxc4 Nd1 45. f5 Nxb2+
46. Kd4 Kb4 47. f6 Nc4 48. f7 Nxe5 49. Kxe5 Kc3 50. f8=Q Kd2 51. e4 Ke3 52.
Qf3+ Kd2 53. Kd4 Ke1 54. Qf1+ Kd2 55. Qd3+ Ke1 56. Bf3 Kf2 57. Bg4 Kg1 58. Qe2
Kh1 59. Bf3+ Kg1 60. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Morgan, Peter"]
[Black "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1096"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. c3
Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 a6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Re8
15. f4 Rb8 16. Qf2 Qf6 17. Qh4 Qg7 18. Bd3 h6 19. Ne4 Red8 20. Re2 f5 21. Nf2
g5 22. Qg3 g4 23. Bc4 Re8 24. Qd3 Na5 25. Bb3 b5 26. Bc2 b4 27. Qd1 bxc3 28. b3
g3 29. Nh3 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Nc6 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Rg3 Qf7 33. Rxc3 Rb4 34. Rd3 Rd8
35. a3 Rb5 36. b4 Rd5 37. Bb3 Rd6 38. Rc1 Be8 39. Rc4 Qf6 40. Ba4 Nxd4 41. Bxe8
Kxe8 42. Rxc7 Nf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rxd3 44. Qh5+ Kf8 45. Rh7 R8d7 46. Rxh6 Qd4 47. Qg5
Rg7 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Ke7 50. Qe8+ Kd6 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+
Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kh6 55. Rh8+ Rh7 56. Qxe6+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kg6 58. Qg5+ Kf7 59. Rxh7+
Ke6 60. Qe7+ Kd5 61. Qb7+ Kc4 62. Qxa6+ Kb3 63. Qe6+ Kxa3 64. Ra7+ Qxa7 65.
Qxf5 Rb3 66. Qd5 Rxb4 67. f5 Qc7+ 68. Kg1 Qc1+ 69. Kh2 Qc7+ 70. Kg1 Rb1+ 71.
Kf2 Qc2+ 72. Kg3 Rb3+ 73. Kh2 Qc3 74. Ng1 Qg3+ 75. Kh1 Qh4+ 76. Nh3 Rb1+ 77.
Kh2 Rb3 78. Qa5+ Qa4 79. Qxa4+ Kxa4 80. g4 Kb5 81. g5 Kc6 82. g6 Rb8 83. f6 Kd7
84. g7 Ke6 85. Nf4+ Kxf6 86. Nh5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Webster, Vivien"]
[Black "Quaite, Toby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
d3 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Re8 12. Qd1 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nce2 Bc5
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Nxg3 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. Nxg3 Qxe3+ 20. Qe2 Bg4
21. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Rxf3+ 23. Kg2 Rxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Bf5 25. Rh2 Re8 26. Rf1
Re3+ 27. Rf3 Rxf3+ 28. Kxf3 g5 29. c3 Kg7 30. h4 Be4+ 31. Kg3 f5 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. b4 Bd3 34. a4 Bc4 35. Rh5 f4+ 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Rh8 Bb3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Neil, Graham"]
[Black "Boustred, Noel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 Qd6 7. Qe2 b6 8. Qb5+ c6
9. Qd3 Ba6 10. c4 Qb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. Qd1 h6 15.
Ngf3 Qb4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nh4 Kf7 18. Qf3 e6 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Nhf3 Rc7 21. Ng1
e5 22. Ne2 exd4 23. Nf4 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qc5 25. Nf3 Qb4+ 26. Bd2 Qe4 27. h3 g5
28. Ne2 Nc5 29. Kf1 Bxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qxb3 32. Ne5+ Ke6 33. Bc3 Nfe4
34. Nf3 Bxc3+ 35. bxc3 Qxc3+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Black "De Block, Gert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 h6 6. O-O Be6 7. Re1 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. h3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qc1 Nb4 14. Bxb4
Bxb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Bf4 19. Qb2 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qf4
21. Be2 Ne4 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Qb4 Rc7 26. Kh2 Rfc8 27.
a3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Kg2 Rc2 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Bg4 f5 33. Bf3
b6 34. Qd4 Rc5 35. Qf4 Kh7 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Rc4 38. Qd2 Rxg4+ 39. Bxg4
Qxg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 Qe4 44. Kf1 d4 45. Kg1 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pointon, Mike"]
[Black "Cox, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 g6 6. Be3 Qb4+ 7. N1d2 Bg7 8.
c3 Qd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. f4 e5 12. Bc5 Qc7 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. h3 a6 16. O-O-O b5 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rhe1 b4 21.
Nd4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qa5 23. Kb2 Kg8 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Nd5 26. Rc1 Bf8 27. Qb3
Rc6 28. Ka1 Rb6 29. Qc4 Qa3 30. Rc2 Ne7 31. Ng5 Nd5 32. Qxd5 Qe7 33. Nf3 Bg7
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Baxter, Martin"]
[Black "Monk, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 e5 4. b5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Ng5 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c3 Ne6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Qb3 Ndf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
O-O-O Bd7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. h4 h5 18. Neg5 Rae8 19. Rde1 Nd8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21.
Qc2 Qa5 22. d4 Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Kh8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Bd3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Qb4+ 28. Qb2 Qxe1+ 29. Ka2 Qe5 30. Qb4 Kg8 31. Ndf3 Be6+ 32. Nxe6 Qxe6+
33. Bc4 Qf6 34. Ng5 b6 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nh7+ Kg7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Kb3 Kf5
39. f3 g5 40. hxg5 Kxg5 41. Kc3 Kh4 42. Kd3 Kg3 43. Ke4 Kxg2 44. Kxf4 h4 45.
Kg4 h3 46. f4 h2 47. Bd5+ Kg1 48. Kf5 h1=Q 49. Bxh1 Kxh1 50. Kf6 Kg2 51. f5 Kf3
52. Ke7 Ke4 53. f6 Ke5 54. Kxd8 Kxf6 55. Kc7 Ke6 56. Kb7 f5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Smith, Jacob"]
[Black "Hambly, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1585"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. c3 e5 10. d4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 Bc8 13. a5 Nh5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. Nc4
Bg4 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. Ncd2 f5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 f4 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd4 Qxh3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qf3 Qg4+ 26. Qxg4+ hxg4 27. Ra6
Rfd8 28. Nb3 Ng6 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Nxb5 Nh4 31. e5+ Kg5 32. Re4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 dxe5
34. Nc7 Kf5 35. Rb4 Rab8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. d6 Rd8 38. Nb5 h5 39. Rxa7 h4 40. c4
h3+ 41. Kf1 g3 42. fxg3 fxg3 43. Ra1 g2+ 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. c5 Rf8 46. d7 Ne1+ 47.
Kg1 h2+ 48. Kxh2 Rf1 49. Ra4+ Kh5 50. Rh4+ Kg6 51. Rg4+ Kh5 52. d8=Q Rh1+ 53.
Kg3 g1=Q# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Egan, William J"]
[Black "Jackson, Paul Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Nbd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. c4 Nf6 19. c5 Rfe8 20. Nd4 g6
21. b4 Nd7 22. Nf3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rc2 Qe4 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Rd4 f5 27. Qd2
a6 28. Qd3 Qf6 29. Qd2 Re4 30. Rd3 Rde8 31. g3 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qf6 33. a4 h5 34.
h4 Qe7 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rb2 Kf7 39. Rb3 d4 40. f3
Rxe3 41. Rxe3 dxe3 42. Kf1 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. Kxe3 a5 45. bxa5 Kxc5 46. Kf4
Kb4 47. Kg5 c5 48. Kxg6 c4 49. Kxf5 c3 50. Kg5 c2 51. Kxh5 c1=Q 52. f4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Singhal, Saket"]
[Black "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. c3 c6 12. Na3 Nc7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O
15. Nc2 h6 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. h4 Qa5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21.
Bxe3 b4 22. c4 Qa6 23. b3 Rfc8 24. h5 g5 25. Qg4 f6 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. d5 Re8 28.
Bc5 Qa5 29. Qxc6 Rac8 30. Bxe7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. d6 Rc6 33. d7 Rxe6 34.
dxe8=Q+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Johnson, Elaine"]
[Black "Fletcher, Ben J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1514"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e5 Bf5 8. Na3
a6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bd3 Nge7 11. O-O Nc8 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qd3 Bxa3
15. Bxa3 N8e7 16. c4 O-O 17. Nh4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Re8 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qd3 g6 21.
d5 Nxd5 22. Bb2 Nc7 23. Qg3 Qe7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Ncxe3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Be6 16. h4 Bh6 17. g4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Nb4 20. Be2 a5 21.
a3 Na6 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. Rhc1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Rc2 Kf8 27.
Kc1 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Ke8 29. Kc2 a4 30. Rc6 Rb3 31. Rc3 Rb6 32. b4 Kd7 33. g5 Rb7
34. Kd3 Rc7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kc3 Kb7 37. Kc4 Kb6 38. Kd3 Kc7 39. Ke2 Kb6 40.
Kd2 Kc7 41. Kc2 Kb6 42. Kd3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Maher, Mike P"]
[Black "Oliver, Peter J R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 c6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 Nf7 13. d5 f5 14. b4 f4 15. Bd2 Nf6
16. Nh2 g5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qe7 20. b5 Nh6 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22.
dxe6 Rfe8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rab1 Rab8 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Ke7 27. a6 Kxe6 28. Rb7
Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rb1 Nf7 31. Na4 Nd8 32. c5 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Nxb7 34. cxd6
Nxd6 35. Nc5+ Kf6 36. Bb4 Kg6 37. f3 h5 38. Na6 Nb7 39. Kf2 c5 40. Nxc5 Nxc5
41. Bxc5 a5 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd3 Bf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kc4 Kf7 46. Kb5 Kf6 47.
Kxa5 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kb5 gxf3 50. gxf3 Kg5 51. Kc4 Kh4 52. Kd5 Kg3 53.
Kxe5 Kxf3 54. Kd5 Kg3 55. e5 f3 56. e6 f2 57. e7 f1=Q 58. e8=Q Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Weller, Colin"]
[Black "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Be2 Bd7 8. a3
b6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b5 12. c3 a5 13. d4 a4 14. Bxb5 axb3 15. d5
Ne5 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Rcd1 Qb5 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. f4
e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nxd6 Qc6 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. e5 Nb6 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. Qc4 Ra8
28. Rd6 Qa7 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qe7 Rg8 32. Rb7 Qc8 33. Rxb3 Rb8 34.
Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Bc1 Qb6 36. Be3 Bf8 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. exf6 c4 39. Bd4 Bc5 40.
Bxc5 Rc8 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O O-O 8. exd6
Nxd6 9. Bb3 e6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Bg5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qc7
15. Qd2 Nf6 16. h3 Ne4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Bg3 f5 21.
gxf5 Rxf5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Re3 Raf8 26. Bg3 Rh5 27.
h4 Bf5 28. f3 g5 29. hxg5 Rxg5 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Rh1 Rfg6 32. f4 Be4+ 33. Rxe4
Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 dxe4 36. Rh3 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 R6g2+ 38. Ke3 Re1# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Tate, John"]
[Black "Cuaresma, Bien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Be2 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Bh2 g4 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. hxg4 Bd6 13. f3 Be6 14. Kh1 O-O-O
15. Bd3 Rdg8 16. Rf2 h5 17. g3 h4 18. Kg2 Bc5 19. Re2 Bxg4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21.
Kf3 Nxh2+ 22. Rxh2 Rxg3+ 23. Ke2 Qd7 24. Ke1 h3 25. Bf1 Re3+ 26. Be2 Qg4 27.
Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Nd5 Qg5 29. Bg4+ Kb8 30. Re2 cxd5 31. Ke1 Qxg4 32. Rxe3 Qg1+ 33.
Ke2 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Black "Jackson, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. a3 Rac8 15.
c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qb8 17. b4 b5 18. Ba2 Qa7 19. Bc3 a5 20. bxa5 Bxa3 21. Ra1 b4
22. Bd2 Qxa5 23. Bb3 Qb6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Na5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ba2 b3 28.
Bb1 Nd5 29. Qd3 g6 30. Ne5 Bb5 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Ne4 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Nc5
Ba4 35. Qe2 Bb5 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Nxb3 Rb4 38. Nc5 Be8 39. Bd3 Ne7 40. h4 Nc6
41. Qe3 Rxd4 42. Ne4 Qd8 43. Bb5 Rd1 44. g3 Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Ne7 46. Be2 Bc6 47.
Nd2 Qd5 48. f3 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Wainwright, Charlie"]
[Black "Pitel, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. d5 exf3 8.
dxc6 f2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Ke1 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 bxc6 12. Nf2 e5 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14.
Be2 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 17. Ke3 Be6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Kc7 21. Rac1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Re8 23. Rd1 e4 24. Be2 Rg6 25. g4 Rh6 26. Bf1 Rf6
27. Bg2 h6 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. b3 Rb6 30. Rxe4 Ra6 31. a4 Rb6 32. b4 a6 33. Rec4
Re6+ 34. Be4 f6 35. a5 Rb5 36. Rxc6+ Rxc6 37. Rxc6+ Kd8 38. Rb6 Re5 39. Rxa6 g6
40. Rxf6 Rb5 41. Rb6 Rxb6 42. axb6 Kd7 43. b7 Kc7 44. Bxg6 Kxb7 45. h4 Kc7 46.
g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Kd6 48. Bf7 Ke7 49. b5 Kxf7 50. b6 Kg6 51. Kf4 Kg7 52. b7 Kg6
53. b8=Q Kg7 54. Qe5+ Kf7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Qe7 Kh8 57. Kf5 Kg8 58. Kg6 Kh8 59.
Qf8# 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Zigmond, Andrew"]
[Black "Tunnacliffe, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 f5 15.
h5 f4 16. hxg6 h6 17. Bc5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 f3 19. Ne6 fxe2 20. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Gillett, John"]
[Black "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
Bg4 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. Qc1 Kh7
15. b4 Rfd8 16. a4 Nf8 17. g3 Ne6 18. Ne2 Rd3 19. Be3 Rdd8 20. Bg2 b6 21. f4
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. f5 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nf8 25. c5 bxc5 26. Bxc5 N8d7 27. Be3
Ng4 28. Bc1 Qb6+ 29. Nd4 Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Bh3 h5 32. fxg6+ fxg6 33. Kg2
Nde5 34. Bb2 d3 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Kf3 d2 38. Ke2 d1=Q+ 39. Kxd1
Nf2+ 40. Ke2 Nxe4 41. Kd3 Nd6 42. Kd4 Nf7 43. Kc5 Ne5 44. Kd6 Kf6 45. Kc7 Nd3
46. b5 cxb5 47. axb5 Ke5 48. Kb7 Nc5+ 49. Kxa7 Na4 50. Ka6 Kd4 51. Ka5 Nc5 52.
Kb6 Nd7+ 53. Kb7 Kc5 54. Kc7 Nb6 55. Kd8 Kxb5 56. Ke7 Nc4 57. Kf6 Ne3 58. h3
Kc6 59. Kxg6 h4 60. gxh4 Kd7 61. h5 Ke7 62. h6 Nd5 63. h7 Nf4+ 64. Kg7 Nh5+ 65.
Kh6 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Shortt, John"]
[Black "Clare, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b5 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O b6
9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. a4 a5 12. Ng5 Bd6 13. Nh3 Bb7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. exf4
d4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 h6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nh5 20. Qd2 g5 21. h4 Qg6 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. Bc1 Nf4 25. g3 Rh8 26. f3 Qh5 27. Re2 Nxe2+ 28. Kf2
Qh2+ 29. Ke1 Qxg3+ 30. Kd1 Nc3+ 31. Kc2 Rh2 32. Kb3 Rxd2 33. f4 Qxd3 34. Bxd2
Qxd2 35. Rb1 Qa2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Black "Buckell, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Ndxe4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rc1 Qg5 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Qd3
Rad8 21. a3 Re6 22. Qf5 Qe7 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Rc3 Rf6 25. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Mitchell, Ian"]
[Black "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qc2
c4 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15.
Bxd6 Ne4 16. Bh2 Qh4 17. f4 Ng3 18. Bxg3 Qxg3 19. Rf3 Qh4 20. Raf1 Rcf8 21. Qb1
Nf6 22. Qe1 Qh6 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Nf3 Qf5 26. Ne5 Re7 27. Qf2 Qh5
28. Qc2 Qf5 29. Qe2 b4 30. Rg5 Qe4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rg4 Qf5 33. Rh4 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Ba6 35. g4 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qc2 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Nb4 Rxb4 39. cxb4 c3 40. Qd1
Qe4 41. Re1 Qd3 42. Qc1 c2 43. Rh5 Rb8 44. Re5 Qg6 45. Qd2 Rc8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Craig, Ian"]
[Black "Edgar, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Qe2 a6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxc7 18. Re2 b5 19. Bc1 Rc4 20. Nd5
Nd7 21. b3 Rcc8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc3 26. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Black "Smith, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1096"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qb6 8. Qb3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. Bb5 Bc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Rd1 dxc3 14.
bxc3 Ne7 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Ng6 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Re3 O-O 19. c4 a6 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. Rd1 Rac8 22. Ra1 Rc6 23. b4 Rfc8 24. h3 h6 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rc1+
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rf1 29. Re2 Rb1 30. Kg3 Nf5+ 31. Kh2 Rxb5 32. Rc2 g5 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Kg2 Ne7 35. Rc7 Ng6 36. Kg3 Nxe5 37. f4 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "White, Nicholas E"]
[Black "Robinson, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 c5 7. c3 e6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 a5 14. Qe2 Be7 15.
Qe3 g5 16. Nh2 h5 17. g4 h4 18. f4 Ra6 19. f5 f6 20. fxe6 Nf8 21. exf6 Bxf6 22.
Bf5 Qe7 23. Rae1 Bc8 24. Qf3 Rd6 25. Nb1 b4 26. Bc2 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxf6
Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Ke7 30. Rf2 Rh6 31. Bf5 Bb7 32. Nd2 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb6 34. Ndf3
Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Scorer, David M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. Bd2 c5 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O cxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. b4 Rfe8 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Qa7 20. g3 Qb8 21. h4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. h5 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc7 25. Be3 Ne7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Qe2 Nf5
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qf1 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Dearden, Phil"]
[Black "Jones, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nb5 d6 6. e3 a6 7. Na3 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. h4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. O-O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. e4 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 O-O-O 17. h5 g5 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. Nc4 d5 20. Nxb6+ cxb6
21. Qc2+ Kb8 22. Kb1 dxe4 23. Qb3 Ka7 24. d4 Bd5 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa5 Qd6 27. Rc1
Rc8 28. Nd2 Rc6 29. Nb3 Bxb3 30. Rxc6 Bxa2+ 31. Qxa2 Qxc6 32. Qxf7+ Re7 33. Qg6
Kb7 34. Qxh6 Bxd4 35. Qxg5 Rg7 36. Qd2 Qd5 37. h6 Rxg2 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. h7 Rh2
40. Qxd4 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxh7 42. Rxe4 Rf7 43. Re2 Kb6 44. b4 a5 45. Re6+ Ka7 46.
bxa5 Rxf2 47. Rb6 b4 48. Rxb4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Butterworth, Brian"]
[Black "Collins, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Qe3 Rac8
15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. b4 e5 17. a3 exd4 18. cxd4 Bf6 19. Qb3 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Nxf3+
21. Nxf3 Rxc8 22. Rd1 d4 23. Qa4 h6 24. Nd2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Ne4 Be5 27.
g3 f5 28. Nc5 a5 29. Nd7 Re8 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxd4 axb4 32. axb4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Black "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. a3 Bg4 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Ne1 Bc5+ 13. Kh2 Rae8 14. Rf3 e4
0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Dee, Neil"]
[Black "Halpin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1179"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Nb1 Bg4 5. d3 e5 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. O-O
a5 9. c3 c5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
g5 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Bh5 Nbd7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. h3 Ke7 20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 f6 22.
Qd1 Qf8 23. b3 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Re1 Ke6 26. Qe2 h5 27. Rb1 h4 28. Bh2 Rhg8
29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Rgc8 31. f3 Rc5 32. Kf1 Ra6 33. Bg1 Rd5 34. Ke2 Rc6 35.
Kd2 Rcc5 36. Bf2 Rc7 37. Rh1 Be7 38. g3 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Bf6 40. Rh6 Rc8 41. Rbh1
Kf7 42. R1h5 Bg7 43. Ra6 Nf6 44. Rh1 Rdc5 45. Re1 Nd7 46. Ra7 Kg8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Carey, Con"]
[Black "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a3 Bxf3 15.
Ngxf3 Rfe8 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. f5 Nf2 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6 Nf8 20. Qc2 Nxd1 21.
Qxd1 d5 22. Re1 e6 23. Nb3 Qf7 24. Nc5 Nh7 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Ne5 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Bxe5 28. dxe5 dxe4 29. Bf6 Qg6 30. Re3 Qf5 31. Qe2 Qg4 32. Rg3 Qxg3 33. Qxh5
Qe3+ 34. Kc2 Qf2+ 35. Kb3 Qxf6 36. exf6 Rf8 37. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Mackenzie, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Brown, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. b3
Ba6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Rfd8 13. Re1 Rac8 14. c5 Qb7
15. a3 h6 16. b4 Bd3 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Re3 Bf6 21. Nb3
g5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rae1 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Be4 29. Nd2 Qg7 30. Re6 Qa1+ 31. Nf1 Bd3 32. h3 Qxf1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2 34.
Qb3 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Re1 Rf1 38. Rxf1 Bxf1 39. Qc2 Bd3 40. Qd2
Qf4+ 41. Qxf4 gxf4 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. a4 Bc2 45. b5 Bxa4 46. b6 axb6
47. cxb6 d4 48. b7 d3 49. b8=Q Ke6 50. Qxf4 Bb5 51. Qxh6+ Kd5 52. Ke1 Kc4 53.
Kd2 Kb3 54. g4 c5 55. Qg5 Kb4 56. h4 c4 57. Qf5 Kb3 58. Qe5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Black "Morgan, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Nd2 a6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. f3 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG Yorkshire HG1 2SR."]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Hutchinson, Stephen A"]
[Black "Berry, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1151"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 c4 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Be2 Bxf4 8. exf4
Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfe1
Nxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg4 Bd7 18. Qg5 Raf8 19. f3 Bc8 20. Re3 Qb6
21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Rae1 Re8 23. f4 h6 24. Qh4 Qxf4 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27.
Rxf6 gxf6 28. Bh5 Re7 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. g3 e5 31. h4 g4 32. b3 c3 33. a4 e4 34.
Rf4 e3 35. Bxg4 Bxg4 36. Rxg4+ Kf7 37. Kg2 e2 38. Rd4 e1=Q 39. Rxd5 Qe4+ 40.
Kh3 Qxd5 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. g4 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Quaite, Toby"]
[Black "Boustred, Noel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Ne4 5. a3 Nc6 6. f3 Nd6 7. c5 Nb5 8. a4
Nbxd4 9. e3 Bxc5 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. f4 a5 13. Nbc3 Ra6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Nb5 Bxb2 16. Bxb2 Qxb2 17. O-O Ke7 18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Nxc7 Rd6 20. Qc2 Qd4+
21. Kh1 Qd2 22. Qc5 Kf7 23. Nb5 Rd3 24. Rf2 Qe3 25. Nd6+ Kf6 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27.
Rc2 b5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxc8 b4 30. Kg1 b3 31. Nb6 d5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Nxd5+
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "De Block, Gert"]
[Black "Singhal, Saket"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. c4 Ngf6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 14. a4 Bb4
15. Re2 O-O 16. Qb3 a5 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Rde1 Ng4 21. Bd2
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rce8 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Bd6 Nxc4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Nc5
Nf6 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. f3 b6 30. Ne4 Ndxe4 31. fxe4 Rd8 32. Rxc6 Rxd4 33. Rxb6
Nxe4 34. Rb5 Nxg3 35. Rxa5 Rb4 36. Rb1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a5 Nc6
40. a6 Ra4 41. b3 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Nb4 43. a7 Nd5 44. Rc1 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Rc3
Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Nf1+ 48. Kh3 Kg5 49. Rg8 Rxa7 50. Rxg7+ Kf6 51. Rg4 Ke5 52. Rc5+
Kd6 53. Rc3 Ra5 54. Rh4 Ra1 55. Rxh6 Ne3 56. Rxe6+ fxe6 57. Rxe3 e5 58. Kg4 Kd5
59. Kf5 Rf1+ 60. Rf3 Rg1 61. Rd3+ Kc5 62. g4 e4 63. Re3 Kb4 64. g5 Rf1+ 65.
Kxe4 Rf8 66. g6 Rf6 67. Rg3 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hambly, Neil"]
[Black "Weller, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 h6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 c6 8. a4 a5
9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 N5f6 13. Ng3 Kh7 14. Nf5 Ng8 15.
Rfe1 Bf6 16. Nd6 Qe7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Qxf7 19. c3 b6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4
c5 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Qd3+ g6 24. Nh2 Ne5 25. Qb5 Qd5 26. f3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28.
Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. Rad1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. b3 Kg6 34. Re1
Kf6 35. c4 Ne7 36. Bd2 Be5 37. Kf2 Ng6 38. g3 Bd4+ 39. Be3 Bxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Ne5
41. Ke2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jackson, Paul Robert"]
[Black "Monk, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. c5 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qa5 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14.
O-O-O Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Rhf1 Qe7 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Qc2 Qe5 19. g3 Qe6 20. h4
Re5 21. Qb3 b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qc2 c5 24. Rd2 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Qb3 Re1+
27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Pearce, Neville R"]
[Black "Mitchell, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. c4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Rd3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 O-O 20. Rd3 Qc7 21.
Kb1 b5 22. Qe5 Rfc8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nd2 Rd7 26. Rh4 Rad8 27.
Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd5 29. g4 e5 30. Kc2 exd4 31. Kd2 f5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Cuaresma, Bien"]
[Black "Maher, Mike P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
g6 15. Bh6 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Re2 Re6 22. Rd1 Rae8 23. Rde1 Nf6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Re5 Nd7 26. Rxe6 Qxe6
27. b3 Nf6 28. c4 Qe4 29. Qd1 Kg7 30. g3 h6 31. Ne1 f4 32. g4 g5 33. Nf3 Ne8
34. d5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Nd6 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Kf6 38. f3 Ke5 39. Nc2 Kxd5 40.
Kf1 f5 41. Ke2 fxg4 42. hxg4 a5 43. Kd3 Nf7 44. Nd4 Ne5+ 45. Kc3 b5 46. Nf5 b4+
47. Kc2 Nxf3 48. Nxh6 Ne5 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Ke2 f3+ 51. Kd2 Kf4 52. Ke1 Nxg4 53.
Nf7 Ne5 54. Nd8 g4 55. Ne6+ Ke3 56. Ng7 g3 57. Nf5+ Kf4 58. Nd4 Nd3+ 59. Kf1
Nc1 60. Nc2 Nxa2 61. Nd4 Ke4 62. Nc6 Nc1 63. Nxa5 Kd3 64. Nc6 Nxb3 65. Nxb4+
Ke3 66. Nd5+ Ke4 67. Nf6+ Kf5 68. Nh5 Nd2+ 69. Ke1 Ne4 70. Kf1 Kg4 71. Ng7 Kh3
0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd2 Ng4 8.
Qe2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxd5 Qd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. g4 O-O-O 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Qb3 Ka8 19. Be3 h6 20. Rd4 b5
21. Qa3 Kb7 22. c4 Ra8 23. Qb3 c5 24. dxc6+ Qxc6 25. Rg1 Kc7 26. Bg2 bxc4 27.
Bxc6 cxb3 28. Bxa8 bxa2 29. Ra4 Rxa8 30. Rxa2 Bf6 31. Kb1 Nc4 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Smith, Adam"]
[Black "Wainwright, Charlie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. a3 Nge7 8. O-O
Nf5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nb3 g5 15.
Bd2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bg4 Ng7 19. Be3 h5 20. Qd4 hxg4 21. Qxg7
Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh7 23. Qe5 f6 24. Qc7 Bc6 25. Ke2 Qc2+ 26. Nd2 d4 27. Bxd4 Bxg2
28. Rec1 Bf3+ 29. Ke3 Qf5 30. b5 Rh3 31. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 32. Ke2 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Rh3
34. Qxb7 Rd8 35. bxa6 Rd5 36. f4 Rh1+ 37. Bg1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Brown, Chris"]
[Black "Fletcher, Ben J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bf4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Ng5 O-O 14.
Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Rad8 18. Red1 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Bd6 f6 22. Nf3 Kf7 23. Nd4 Bb1 24. a3 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Bf8
Kd5 27. Kf1 a5 28. Ke2 Kc4 29. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Cox, Kevin"]
[Black "Webster, Vivien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 d6 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Nh4 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 d5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Ne5 Nf6 21.
Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Ne4 23. Re2 Nf6 24. Qf3 b5 25. a3 a5 26. Rc1 b4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Rec2 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qb6 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Qd3 Rec8 32. f3 Qb3 33. h4 Nd7 34.
Nxd7 Rxd7 35. f4 Rdc7 36. Kf2 g6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Qe3 h5 39. Kf3 Qa3 40. Kf2 Rc4
41. Qe5+ Kf8 42. Qe3 Qe7 43. Qe5 f6 44. Qe3 Kf7 45. Re1 R8c6 46. Qd2 Qc7 47.
Rec1 Qd6 48. Qe3 Ra6 49. Kg2 Rca4 50. Qd2 Ra1 51. Rxa1 Rxa1 52. Ra2 Rxa2 53.
Qxa2 Qb6 54. Qc2 Qb5 55. Kf2 Qc4 56. Kg2 f5 57. Kf2 Ke7 58. Qb2 Kd7 59. Qb7+
Qc7 60. Qb5+ Qc6 61. Qb4 Kc7 62. Qe7+ Kb6 63. Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Black "Zigmond, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. d3
Bd7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 b5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. Raf1 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. e3 a5 16. Nfd2 a4 17. Nc1 a3 18. Nc4 Qb8 19. d4 axb2 20. Qxb2 bxc3 21. Qxc3
cxd4 22. Qe1 dxe3 23. Nxe3 Bd4 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. Kh1 Qa7 26. Re2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3
Qxa2 28. Qc3 Qa6 29. Rc1 Rac8 30. Qe1 e6 31. Ra1 Qb6 32. Nd2 Nd4 33. Rb1 Qd8
34. Rd3 Nc2 35. Qf2 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Ne4 Qa8 38. Kg1 Qa2 39. Rbd1 d5 40.
Nf6+ Kg7 41. Nd7 Rfc8 42. R3d2 Qa3 43. Qe2 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qxe2+ 45. Rxe2 Nb4 46.
Kf3 Rc2 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. h3 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 Nc2 50. Rg1 d4 51. Ne5 d3 52. Kf3 f6
53. Nc4 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Nf5+ 55. Kd2 Ra3 56. Ne3 Ra2+ 57. Kxd3 Ra3+ 58. Kd2 Rxe3
59. g4 Rg3 60. Rxg3 Nxg3 61. Ke3 f5 62. Kf3 Ne4 63. g5 Kf7 64. Ke3 Ke7 65. Kd4
Kd6 66. Kc4 Nf2 67. h4 Nh3 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Gillett, John"]
[Black "White, Nicholas E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Clare, Steve"]
[Black "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Nc6 8. Qa4
a6 9. b4 b5 10. Qb3 Qb8 11. a4 Nd7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Ndb8
15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 f6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. b5 Bc2 19. bxc6 Bxa4 20. c7 Kd7 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 Bg7 23. O-O Bc2 24. c6+ Ke7 25. Ra1 Be4 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rb7 Bf5
28. Rb8 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Kd6 31. Nd7+ Kxc6 32. Rxc8 Bxd7 33. Rb8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Oliver, Peter J R"]
[Black "Neil, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd2 Re8
15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. a3 Qc7 18. g3 Red8 19. Ne5 Bf8 20. b4 Nd7 21. c5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. f4 b6 27. Bd4 b5
28. Kf2 Qd7 29. Be3 Qxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Kh7 31. Kf3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Black "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 e6 3. g3 Nd7 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O f5 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. e4 fxe4 8.
dxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Ne5 10. Ngxe4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qxd1 13. Nxf6+ gxf6
14. Rxd1 Nc4 15. b3 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nf7 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Kg7 20.
h4 Rb8 21. Be7 e5 22. Bc5 b6 23. Be3 Be6 24. Kf1 Nd6 25. Bc6 Nf5 26. Ke2 Nxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Jackson, Malcolm"]
[Black "Baxter, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8.
exf5+ Kf8 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxf5 12. Bg5 Bxc2 13. Qc4 Bxb1
14. Raxb1 c5 15. Re6 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rbe1 Rh7 18. Qh4 Qd7 19. Qxf6+ Qf7
20. Qh4 Kg8 21. Re7 Qg6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. R7e6 Qf7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Black "Smith, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Ng5 Qd6 6. Qf3 c6 7. O-O h6 8.
Nxe6 Qxe6 9. Nc3 Qf6 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Re1 e6 13. d3 Be7 14. Qb5
O-O 15. Qxb7 Nd4 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. Rd1 Nxc2 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Qc7 Rfc8 20. Qd7 Rd8
21. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Egan, William J"]
[Black "Craig, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. c4 g6 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 b5 16. Bb3 Nb8 17. Qc3 Kd7 18. d5 Ra7 19. dxe6+ Ke7 20. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Buckell, David J"]
[Black "Dee, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 f6 8. b5 Nb8
9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. a4 O-O 11. Nb3 Nf7 12. a5 c6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2
Na6 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. e3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Bxa7
Rbc8 22. a6 bxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc4 25. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Edgar, Barry"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Nathaniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1290"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd2 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. Qc1 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. Nd1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Ne3 Qd8
15. g3 Nd7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Kg2 Nhg4 19. Qd3 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Ng4 21.
Qg5 Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. f3 f5 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Rf2 Raf8 27.
Raf1 Rxf2+ 28. Rxf2 g5 29. hxg5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Black "Johnson, Elaine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb3 b6 12. cxd5 Nbxd5 13. Bc4 c6 14. Re1 Ne4 15.
Ne5 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nc6 Rd7 21.
Ne5 Rd5 22. Rac1 f6 23. Rc6 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Nf3 Bxa2 26. Rc1 Bd5 27. Nh4
g6 28. b3 Bxb3 29. Rc6 Be7 30. e4 Ba4 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rc4 b5 33. Rc6 Be7 34.
Rc7 Bd8 35. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Carey, Con"]
[Black "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. f3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bb5 Bd6
9. Ne2 h6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa3 Nd7 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
Nxc5 Nb6 16. b3 e5 17. Qb2 Rab8 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. O-O Qf6 20. Ng3 Qg5 21. Qf2
exd4 22. exd4 Re3 23. h4 Qf4 24. Ne2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxh4 27. Rae1
Kf8 28. Qh2 Qg5 29. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Black "Fisher, Neal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 h6 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Re8 13. Re1 Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15.
Ne2 Be4 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Nh5 Nd7 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ne5 Ng6 21. Nxg6
fxg6 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. f4 Rae8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Qf2
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxe3 29. Rc2 Re4 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Kf3
Ke6 34. h4 Kd6 35. b4 b6 36. g4 c5 37. dxc5+ bxc5 38. bxc5+ Kxc5 39. Rb2 Re7
40. a3 d4 41. Rc2+ Kd5 42. Rb2 d3 43. Rb8 Kd4 44. Rd8+ Kc3 45. Rc8+ Kd2 46. Rd8
Re3+ 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Re4 49. Kg2 Ke2 50. Rb8 d2 51. Rb2 Ke1 52. Rb1+ d1=Q
53. Rxd1+ Kxd1 54. Kf3 Ra4 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Black "Matthews, Graham W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1408"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. a3 c5 10. Nb5 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 a5 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. axb5
d6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Be4 19. Qc3 Qg6 20. Qe5 Ne8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8
22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Qc3 Rf7 24. g3 f4 25. Ne5 fxg3 26. fxg3 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Qf6 28.
Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Rd6 Nd7 30. Rxe6 Bc2 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Re7 Rf7 33. Re8+ Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Wright, George A"]
[Black "Merry, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1405"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. c4 a6 8. a4 Nb4
9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nd5 Nfxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. Ne1 bxa4 15.
bxa4 a5 16. Kh1 Rfb8 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Na2 19. Ba1 Nxc1 20. f4 Bf6 21. Rf3
Nb3 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. h4 Qb3 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Rg8
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Qxd1 Bf4 31. Qg4 Bxg3+ 32. Qxg3 f6 33. h5 g6 34.
h6 g5 35. Qg4 Rg6 36. Kg3 Rxh6 37. Qd7 Rg6 38. Qe7 h5 39. d6 Rg7 40. Qxf6 Kg8
41. Qxe5 Rd8 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Scorer, David M"]
[Black "Dearden, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nd5 f5 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Ne6 Rf7 14. Nxg7 Rxg7
15. Ng5 Nf6 16. f3 f4 17. Bc5 h6 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 g5 20. Rd6 Rg6 21. Rad1
h5 22. b4 a6 23. b5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. R1xd4 Kg7 26. e5 Nh7 27. Rd7+ Kh6 28.
Bd3 g4 29. Bxg6 Kxg6 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. fxg4 axb5 32. h4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Berry, Mike"]
[Black "Merrifield, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1121"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Qc2 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ng5 g6 14. e4 Bd7 15.
f4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rc7 20. f5 Bd8 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. Ne6 Rd7 23. Nxd8 Rdxd8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27.
Rc1 h5 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. h3 g5 30. b3 h4 31. Qe2 Kg6 32. Qf3 Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34.
Rf1 Kg6 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Rf7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Robinson, Steve"]
[Black "Butterworth, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d5 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Bb2 h6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. a4 Qd8 14. f4 Qc8 15.
Qf2 Ba6 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. f5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe8 19. g4 exf5 20. gxf5 Nf6 21. Ba3+
Kg8 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qg2 Qc6 24. Bb2 h5 25. Rg1 Rh7 26. Ra3 Qh6 27. c4 Qf4 28.
cxd5 Qxh4+ 29. Kd1 Qg4+ 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Re3 Nf2+ 32. Ke2 Rh2 33. Ke1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Pitel, Dominik"]
[Black "Shortt, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Ng5 f6 10. Ne6 Qb6 11. Na4 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Tunnacliffe, Alan"]
[Black "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1096"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. c3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. f4 Bd6 13. Be3 Ng6 14. e5 Be7
15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nf3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Kg2 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Kf3 Ke8 23. e6 Be7 24. f5 fxe6 25. fxe6 b5 26. Bf4 g6 27. Bxc7
Bd8 28. Bd6 Bg5 29. Rf7 Bh6 30. Rxh7 Bf8 31. Rh8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Jones, Mark"]
[Black "Tate, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bd7 5. Bb2 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bc7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng8 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 Ng6
15. Qd2 Qe8 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg3 f6
21. Re1 Qg6 22. Qxg6 Nxg6 23. Rxe6 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. g3 a6 26. a4 Kf7 27.
Kg2 Ne5 28. f4 Nc6 29. Kf2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Ke6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Kg3 Rg8 33. h4 h6
34. f5 Ke7 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. fxg6 Rxg6 37. h5 Rg8 38. Kf5 Rg5+ 39. Kf4 Ke6 40.
Be3 f5 41. Kg3 Rxg4+ 42. Kh3 Rg5 43. Kh4 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rg8 45. c3 Rf8 46. Bf4
Rd8 47. Kh4 d4 48. c4 d3 49. Bxh6 d2 50. Bxd2 Rxd2 51. Kg5 Rg2+ 52. Kf4 Rg4+
53. Kf3 Rh4 54. c5 Rxh5 55. c6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Collins, Steve"]
[Black "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nd2 g6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8.
Rb1 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4
O-O 15. Qb3 Kf7 16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Morgan, Peter"]
[Black "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 b5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4
d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 Nb6 13. e4 Qd7 14. Qe2 Na4 15. Ba1
Rac8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Qd2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21. Qe3 h6
22. Nd2 Nb6 23. f4 Rc7 24. Rc3 Rfc8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Qd3 Qc8 28.
Nc5 Rc6 29. Bc3 Nxa3 30. Bd2 Nc4 31. Bc1 Qc7 32. g4 a5 33. f5 axb4 34. f6 Bxc5
35. fxg7 Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Qb6 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Bxh6 Nxe5 39. Rf4 Nc4 40. Rf3 e5
41. Rh3 b3 42. Bc1 b2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire, ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Black "Hutchinson, Stephen A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1167"]
[BlackElo "1151"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 b5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. bxc4 bxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O g6 11. Ba3 Bg7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rac1 Bh6 14. Ne5
Qd5 15. Nxg6 Rg8 16. Nxe7 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Rh8 18. Rxc7 Nbd5 19. Rc6 Kf7 20. Bd6
Nxe7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nc5 Kf7 23. Nxe6 Rhe8 24. Nc7 Nd5 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd6
Nc3 27. Re1 Ra8 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. g3 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Ra6+ Kg5 32. Rxh7 Kf5
33. Rf7+ Ke4 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Ra3 Ne2 36. f3+ Kd5 37. Rd7+ Kc4 38. Rdxa7 Rb1 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "De Block, Gert"]
[Black "Quaite, Toby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. d4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Boustred, Noel J"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1675"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. f4 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Qf3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. Qg3 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Maher, Mike P"]
[Black "Pointon, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 g6 8. a4
Bg7 9. Ra3 O-O 10. Nge2 d6 11. O-O Na6 12. e4 Nb4 13. h4 Rd8 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. h5
Bxb5 16. axb5 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wainwright, Charlie"]
[Black "Weller, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ngf6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. b4 Nxd3+ 8.
Qxd3 Nd7 9. Nge2 b6 10. Be3 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. f4
Bd6 15. Qg3 Qf6 16. Nb5 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 b5 20. Rfc1
bxc4 21. Rxc4 Ba6 22. Rc3 O-O 23. a3 Re8 24. Re1 Ra4 25. Rce3 g6 26. g3 Re5 27.
Kf2 g5 28. Nh5 f5 29. Kg2 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Raxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33.
Nxe4 Ke7 34. Nxg5 h6 35. Ne4 Bb7 36. Nc3 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. Ke3 h5 39. a4 Bc8
40. a5 Bb7 41. h3 Bc8 42. Na4 Ba6 43. Nb6 Kf5 44. Na8 c4 45. Nc7 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Zigmond, Andrew"]
[Black "Hambly, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1585"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. f3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. f4 h5 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. h3 O-O-O
15. Qe2 c4 16. Ng5 Rdf8 17. g4 g6 18. gxh5 gxh5 19. f5 Qc6 20. Rdf1 exf5 21.
Rxf5 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rhf1 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Qg6 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Qxc4+ Nc7 27.
Bb4 Kd8 28. Nf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30. Qd3 Qb5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Monk, Carl"]
[Black "Clare, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 b6 7. Ne5 g6 8. Be2
h5 9. exf5 exf5 10. Bf3 c6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Kd8 13. c4 d6 14. Nb3 Kc7 15.
Nd3 Na6 16. Nf4 Bc8 17. Bxc6 Kb8 18. Qf3 Nc7 19. Nd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Mitchell, Ian"]
[Black "Jackson, Paul Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. a3 c6 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c3 h6 10. Be2 O-O 11. c4 Ne4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O Rac8
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Re1 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2
21. Rb1 Kf8 22. Ne1 Rc7 23. Nd3 Ke7 24. g4 Kd6 25. f4 Rc2 26. Rc1 Re2 27. Re1
Rd2 28. Nf2 Rxb2 29. e4 Rb3 30. e5+ Ke7 31. f5 Rxa3 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rb1 b6
34. h4 a5 35. Kg2 Ra4 36. Rd1 b5 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 b4 39. g6 Nf8 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "White, Nicholas E"]
[Black "Egan, William J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 c6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Ndf3
Ne4 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bxd6 Nxd6 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c4
15. Qd1 O-O 16. f3 b5 17. Re1 Qb7 18. Ng4 a5 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Nf2 f5 21. e4
fxe4 22. fxe4 e5 23. Rad1 exd4 24. Rxd4 Nf5 25. Rdd1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Qb6+ 27. Qf2
Qc6 28. Qc2 Qb6+ 29. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Fletcher, Ben J"]
[Black "Morgan, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Qd2
Rc8 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ngf6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bh6 Nb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. O-O e6 16. Ne1 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Nf3 Rc7 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. e5 Nd5 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qe5+ Qxe5 25. dxe5 Rc2 26. b4 Rc3 27.
Ne4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Webster, Vivien"]
[Black "Oliver, Peter J R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Ne2 O-O 5. Nbc3 d5 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. Be2 e6 10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. a3 Rc8
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 b5 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rfc1 Nc3 21.
Bd3 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Qd6 23. Qf6 Qd8 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxh6 Qe7 32. Qh8+ Rg8 33.
Qh6+ Ke8 34. Bg6+ Kd8 35. Bh7 Rg7 36. Bf5 Rc6 37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Rd1 Rd6 39. Rd4
Rf7 40. Rf4 Rdf6 41. g4 Rf8 42. Qh2 Kb6 43. Rd4 Qd6 44. f4 Rh6 45. Qg3 Rfh8 46.
e4 Rh1+ 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Qe3 Rxc2+ 49. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Neil, Graham"]
[Black "Cox, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bf4 d6 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Bb3 e6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc1 Nd7 15.
Na3 N7f6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ne3 a6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 b5 20. a4 Qb7 21. a5 Nf6
22. Bf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d5 24. Qd2 Nh5 25. Bh2 Rac8 26. Kg2 Red8 27. Bd1 Qc6 28.
f4 Nf6 29. Bf3 Bh6 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qe2 Bg7 32. Bg3 Qc4 33. Bh4 Qxe2 34. Rxe2
Nd7 35. Rae1 Kf8 36. Bg3 Nf6 37. Re3 Red8 38. Bh4 Re8 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. Kg3
Red8 41. Be2 Rc7 42. h4 Kg7 43. Rg1 h6 44. Kh3 Rh8 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Be2 Rd7 47.
h5 g5 48. fxg5 Bxg5 49. Rd3 f6 50. Bg4 Re7 51. Re1 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rhe8 53. f4 f5
54. fxg5 fxg4 55. Rf1+ Kg7 56. g6 Rd7 57. Kxg4 Rde7 58. Rdf3 e5 59. dxe5 Rxe5
60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. R1f5 Re4+ 62. Rf4 Re2 63. Rf2 R2e4+ 64. R2f4 Re2 65. Rf2 R2e5
66. Kh4 Re1 67. Rg2 Rh1+ 68. Kg4 Re5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Carey, Con"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Na3 c6 13. Bb3 b5 14. Nc2 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxg4 Qc7 21.
Bb3 Bf6 22. Qe6 Kg7 23. a4 Rab8 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra6 Bg5 27. Bd5
Kh6 28. g3 Rf8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Bc6 b4 33. cxb4 Be7
34. b5 Bc5 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ke2 h5 37. h4+ Kf6 38. f4 Bd6 39. Kf3 Bc7 40. b3 Bd6
41. Be8 Bc7 42. Bd7 Bd6 43. Be8 Bc7 44. f5 g5 45. Bxh5 gxh4 46. gxh4 Ba5 47.
Bg6 Bb4 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Kd3 Bd4 50. Kc4 Bb2 51. Kd5 Bc1 52. Kd6 Be3 53. Kd7 Bb6
54. h5 Be3 55. Kc6 Bh6 56. Kd7 Be3 57. Kc6 Kg5 58. Kd6 Kf6 59. Kd7 Bd2 60. Kc6
Be3 61. h6 Bxh6 62. b6 axb6 63. Kxb6 Bf8 64. Ka5 Kg5 65. Bf7 Kf4 66. Bd5 Ke3
67. b4 Kd4 68. b5 Kc5 69. Ka6 Bd6 70. b6 Bb8 71. Kb7 Bd6 72. Ka7 Kb5 73. b7
Bc5+ 74. Ka8 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Tunnacliffe, Alan"]
[Black "Pearce, Neville R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rac8 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. Nf1 a5 15.
Qe2 Ba6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Ng5 b4 20. h4 bxc3 21. bxc3
Nxc3 22. Qf3 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nd5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. h5 Nd4 26. Qe4 Nc3 27. Qe3
Nxc2 28. Qxc3 Nxa1 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qxa1 Rd3 31. Qc1 c3 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. Qb3
Bb5 34. Rc1 Ba4 35. Qc4 c2 36. Ne3 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qd2 38. Qf1 Bb5 39. Qe1 Qd3
40. Kh1 Ba4 41. Qxa5 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qh5+ 43. Kg1 Qxe5 44. Kf2 Qe4 45. Qc3 Bc6 46.
Rxc2 Qxg2+ 47. Ke1 Qg1+ 48. Kd2 Be4 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Rc3 Qf2+ 51. Kc1 Qxa2 52.
Qc5 Qb1+ 53. Kd2 Qb2+ 54. Ke1 Qg2 55. Kd1 g5 56. Qd4 g4 57. Rc4 Bf3+ 58. Kc1
Qf1+ 59. Kb2 Qe2+ 60. Ka3 Bd5 61. Rc8 Qa2+ 62. Kb4 Qb3+ 63. Ka5 Qa3+ 64. Kb6
Qb3+ 65. Ka5 Qa3+ 66. Kb6 Qd6+ 67. Ka5 e5 68. Qc3 Be6 69. Rc6 Qd8+ 70. Kb4 Qb8+
71. Ka5 Qa8+ 72. Kb4 Qb7+ 73. Ka3 Bd7 74. Rc7 Qa6+ 75. Kb2 Qb5+ 76. Kc1 Be6 77.
Rc5 Qf1+ 78. Kb2 Qg2+ 79. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Johnson, Elaine"]
[Black "Cuaresma, Bien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1514"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O Bh6 7. Ne1 Qf6 8. c3 c6
9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nf2 Ne5 15. Bc2
Qh5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qe1 Nbd7 18. Nd6 Nc5 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe1 Bd7
22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 e5 27. Rf1 Bf5 28.
Nxb7 Rae8 29. Nd2 e4 30. Nb3 e3 31. Nd4 Bd3 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Qh4 Ref8 34. h3
Qe5 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Black "Scorer, David M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f4 c5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
c4 9. Bc2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Black "Pitel, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Ba2
Rb8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nd5 d6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5 Qe7
15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 Na7 17. Be3 c5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. Nf5
Ne7 22. Ng3 c4 23. dxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Red1 d5 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. Bxe7
Rxe7 28. exd5 Rd7 29. d6 Rbd8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Rxe5 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kh2
Rd3 34. a4 Rxc3 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rb3 37. Rc5 c3 38. Ne2 Ne4 39. Rc7 Nxf2
40. Nxc3 Nd3 41. Ne4 f5 42. Nd6 f4 43. Ne8 Kg8 44. Rd7 Kf8 45. Nc7 Ne1 46. Rd1
Nc2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxf4 Rxb5 49. Rd2 Ne3 50. Re2 Nc4 51. g4 g5 52. Ne6 Ne5
53. Nd4 Rd5 54. Nf5 Nf3+ 55. Kg2 Nh4+ 56. Nxh4 gxh4 57. Re3 Rg5 58. Kf3 Rg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Baxter, Martin"]
[Black "Wright, George A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1405"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa4+ Nd7 7. Qxg4 N7f6
8. Qa4+ c6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. d3 a5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qc2
Rc8 15. Bh3 Nd7 16. Rg1 Bb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxb4 c5
21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. Rxg4 f6 23. Nh4 g6 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Rc1 b4 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Nb5
Rc6 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. e3 f5 32. Nc7 Kf7 33. Nxd5 Rb8
34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Nf4+ Kd6 36. Rxh7 Rc8 37. Kd2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Tate, John"]
[Black "Gillett, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. a3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Nb8 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. dxc5 b6 16. Rc1 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Qc2 Rc7 19. Qc3 Qa4 20. Qb4 Rfc8 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb5 23. Bd1 Qxb4 24. axb4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nc6 26. Bc3 d4 27.
Bb2 Nxb4 28. Bxd4 Nd3 29. Ra1 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. f4 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Smith, Jacob"]
[Black "Jackson, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 h6 4. g3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. e5 Qc7 10. d4 c4 11. O-O b5 12. a3 a5 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Nf8 15. Nh2
O-O-O 16. Ndf3 Nh7 17. b3 Rdf8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bf4 Kd7 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. Qc2
Ng5 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Nhf3 Rxb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Robinson, Steve"]
[Black "Buckell, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. h4 h5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Ng5 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4
e6 9. a3 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Ncxe4 Nce7 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qd3 b6 15.
g4 Nfxe3 16. fxe3 a5 17. gxh5 Ba6 18. c4 Qe7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg4 Kh8 21. h5
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Dee, Neil"]
[Black "Edgar, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3
Rad8 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Rad1 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. b3 Kg7 22. Qf3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Black "Smith, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Black "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 e5 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Be3
Nd5 9. Bf2 exf4 10. c4 fxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. Nc3 h5 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. a4 Kb8 15.
b4 f6 16. Nge4 Bh3 17. a5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc8 19. b5 Qg4 20. b6 cxb6 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qa4 h4 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Nd5+ Kd7 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27.
Ndxf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Qc8 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nfd5 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nd4
15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd2 Ne7 21.
Bh6 f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rb7 Rf7 24. Rxa7 fxe4 25. dxe4 Kf8 26. Qxd6 Re8 27.
Qxc5 Kg8 28. Qxe5 Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Re1 Kg5 33.
f4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Mackenzie, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Berry, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 c4 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qc2 f5 8. b3 cxb3
9. axb3 Nf6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. cxd5 Nxd5+ 14. Nd2 Nxf4
15. exf4 Nxd4 16. Qd3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Qa5+ 18. Ke3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qb5 Qxb5
21. Bxb5 a6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. g3 Bd5 26. b4 Rc8 27.
Rd4 Rc3+ 28. Rd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Kd6 30. Kc3 Kc6 31. h3 Kb5 32. h4 h5 33. Kd4
Kxb4 34. Ke5 a5 35. f3 a4 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. f5 exf5 39. Kxf5 a3 40.
Kg6 a2 41. Kxg7 a1=Q+ 42. Kh6 Qf6+ 43. Kh5 Bf7+ 44. Kxg4 Be6+ 45. Kh5 Bf7+ 46.
Kg4 Qg6+ 47. Kh3 Be6+ 48. Kh2 Qg4 49. h5 Bd5 50. h6 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Matthews, Graham W"]
[Black "Collins, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. c3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 O-O
15. O-O Re8 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Rad1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21.
Ng4 Rd6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. Rxe4 hxg4 24. Rxg4 Qd7 25. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Black "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O
O-O-O 8. d4 f6 9. c4 Qh5 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Bg3 Rhe8 14.
Qc3 Qf7 15. c5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxg3 17. Bxg4+ f5 18. Qxg3 fxg4 19. Qxg4+ Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Craig, Ian"]
[Black "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. d3 e5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc6
15. Ng3 c4 16. d4 Qa4 17. Qb1 Qc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Nf3 Nbd7 21.
Qc1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Nf5 Nh5 25. Rd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 e6 6. Bd2 Nd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Rb1 Rc8 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Qg4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc4 17. b3 h5 18. Qd1 Rc8 19. Na4 Qc7 20. c3 b5 21. Nb2 Ne7
22. Nd3 Nf5 23. Qe2 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. a4 Be7 27. Rbc1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Kd7 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rc8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Kc6
34. Rb4 f6 35. f4 h4 36. Rb8 Rd1 37. Rb4 Re1 38. Rb8 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Black "Jones, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Ne4 Nb4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qe5 Qg6 14. Qc3 O-O
15. a3 Nc6 16. b3 Ne7 17. Bb2 Nf5 18. Qc2 Rd2 19. Qxd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nh4 21.
Qe2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Dearden, Phil"]
[Black "Shortt, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. g5 Ne4 13. Qe3 d5 14. Bg2 Nb6
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 a4 18. h4 b3 19. a3 bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rb8 21.
h5 Bf5 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bh3 e6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rd2 Rfc8 27. Qc5
Qxc5+ 28. dxc5 Rb3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. exd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Black "Brown, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1096"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 a6
9. Bb3 Ba7 10. d4 Re8 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Nf1 Ba7 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxf6 Qe6 21. Qxe6
Rxe6 22. Nf5 Rae8 23. Re2 Bb5 24. Ree1 Bb6 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. g4 Kf8 27. Kg2 Bc6
28. f3 Rg6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Re5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Re1 f6 33. d6 cxd6 34.
Nxd6 Bd4 35. Nxb7 f5 36. Rc1 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Halpin, David"]
[Black "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1179"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a3
a6 9. Ne2 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6
Ng7 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Re3 Bxb2 21. Qd2
Bxa3 22. Rb3 Bb4 23. c3 Ba5 24. Ra3 Bb6 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. f4 Qe7 27. g4 c4 28. d4
d5 29. Qb2 dxe4 30. Nd2 Qh4 31. h3 Qf6 32. Nxe4 Qxf4 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2
Bxe4 35. Rxe4 e5 36. Bb1 exd4 37. Rxe8 d3+ 38. Kg3 Rxe8 39. Ra2 Re3+ 40. Kf4
Rxh3 41. Ke4 Rh1 0-1


