[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qb1 Qd8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4
c5 16. N4b3 Qc7 17. Qa1 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxf6
Rae8 22. O-O Nc8 23. e3 Be6 24. h4 Nb6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Na5 Bc8 28.
Rd2 Nd7 29. Nb3 Ne5 30. Rcd1 f6 31. Bd5 g5 32. Qe4 Bg4 33. Qg2 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 b6
35. f4 Ng4 36. Qe2 f5 37. e4 Qe7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Re1 gxf4 40. gxf4 Qh4 41.
exf5 Qg3+ 42. Bg2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Bd6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 b5 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Qf3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Ne4 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Bb7 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Kc2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rd8 21.
f3 Qb4 22. Kb1 Qxc4 23. b3 Nd2+ 24. Kb2 Nxb3 25. Qc3 Qxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Nc5 27. e3
Nd7 28. Bg3 Nf6 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Bc4 Ra3+ 32. Kb4 Rxe3 33. Bf4 c5+
34. Kxc5 Rc3 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Bxc4 37. Kxc4 Kf7 38. Kd4 Nd7 39. Bd2 Kf6
40. Ba5 Nb8 41. Kc5 Nd7+ 42. Kd6 Nf8 43. Bc3+ Kf7 44. g3 Nh7 45. h4 Nf6 46. Be5
Nd5 47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Kxe6 f4 49. g4 Ne3 50. Ke5 Nxg4+ 51. Kxf4 Nf6 52. Kf5 Kf7
53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. Kf2 h5 57. Kg2 Nh7 58. Kf2 Nf8 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. e4 Rac8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Be8 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ne7 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Qf4 Ne7 21. Qe4
g6 22. Qf4 Kh7 23. h4 Nd5 24. Qg3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kh2
Rc3 28. Be4 Kg7 29. h5 Ne7 30. Qh4 Kf8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Ng5 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. h3 h5 12. g5 Nc6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. O-O-O Be6
15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Bd6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Bxg7 Nf4
21. Bf1 Rhg8 22. Be5 Kd7 23. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 24. Kb1 b5 25. Bh3 Kc6 26. Rxe6+ Rd6
27. Rxd6+ Bxd6 28. Be6 Rf8 29. Bxd5+ Kc5 30. g6 Be5 31. Bf7 Bd4 32. b4+ 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14.
Bg5 Bc5 15. Rae1 Qh3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Qxf6 Rhg8 19. Ng5 Qg4 20.
Nxf7 Rdf8 21. Re7 h5 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Qh6 h4 24. f3 Qf5 25. Nd6+ cxd6 26. Qxd6
Qxc2+ 27. Kh3 Qc6 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qd6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14.
Bxf4 c6 15. f3 Be6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Nb6 19. a5 Na4 20. Bb4 Reb8
21. Ra1 Nb2 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Bf4 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bf5 26. Rfd1 Rb7 27.
g4 Bg6 28. Kf2 Rb3 29. Be5 f6 30. Bd4 c5 31. Bxc5 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d6 8. Be2
e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Ng4 15.
h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Qf3 Qg5 18. b4 a5 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Nc3 Qg5
22. Rdb1 b6 23. Nce2 f5 24. Nc1 Qf4 25. Qe2 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Bg7 27. Nd3 Qh4 28.
f3 Bf5 29. Ndf2 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 d6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nf4 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bb5 Be6 15.
Qd1 a6 16. Bf1 Bd5 17. Nbd2 e5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh2 f5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nc4
Rad8 22. Qe2 f4 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. Nh4 Qe7 25. Nxg6 Kxg6 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4+
Rf5 28. Qxd5 Nf6 29. Qd6 Kf7 30. Bd3 Rh5 31. Bxf4 Qxd6 32. Nxd6+ Ke6 33. Nxb7
Nd5 34. Bc4 Nce7 35. g4 Rxh3 36. Bg3 h5 37. g5 h4 38. Kg2 hxg3 39. Kxh3 gxf2
40. Rf1 Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kxg5 42. Rxf2 Nf4+ 43. Kg3 Neg6 44. Bxa6 Bf8 45. Ne4+ Kf5
46. Bd3 Ne7 47. a4 Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kd7 49. Rd2+ Kc7 50. Nf6 Nf5+ 51. Kf3 Nd6 52.
Nd5+ Kb7 53. Nxf4 Nxc4 54. Rd7+ Kc6 55. Rf7 Bd6 56. Nd3 Bc7 57. Rf6+ Kb7 58.
Nc5+ Ka7 59. b4 Bd6 60. Rf7+ Kb8 61. Na6+ Ka8 62. b5 Ba3 63. Nb4 e4+ 64. Ke2
Kb8 65. Nc6+ Kc8 66. a5 Nd6 67. Rf8+ Kc7 68. Nd4 Nc4 69. b6+ Kb7 70. Rf7+ Ka6
71. Ra7# 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Curriah, Malik"]
[Black "Davy, Damion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. a4 Bb7 11. Bc2 Nbd7 12. d4 c5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Nbd2
Bf8 16. b4 cxb3 17. Bxb3 h6 18. Nh4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxe4 20. Qh5 Ng5 21. Ne4 Ne6
22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Qf5 Nxd4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Bb2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Qxh4
28. g3 Bxe4 29. Qxe8 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Black "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Nc3 f5 10. d3 f4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. d4 f3 14. dxe5 fxg2 15.
Kxg2 g4 16. f3 c6 17. fxg4 Rxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21.
Kg2 Bxg4 22. Rf1 dxe5 23. Rf7 Qg5 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ Kg6 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27.
Qd5+ Ke8 28. Qb5+ Bd7 29. Qxb7 Rc8 30. Bf4 Qa5 31. a4 h5 32. Kf2 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Christie, Joshua"]
[Black "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 O-O 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. d5 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc7 Qb7 21.
Bxd8 Bxd8 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Nf3 g6 24. h3 Bc4 25. Qd1 Nd5 26. Rc1 Bf6 27. b3 Nc3
28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Ba2 Qb2 31. Bxc4 Qxa3 32. g3 Bf6 33. Kg2 a5 34.
Bb5 Kg7 35. Qa4 Qc3 36. Be8 e5 37. g4 h6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bc6 Bd8
41. Bd5 Qc7 42. Qe4 f6 43. Bb3 Kf8 44. Qd5 Ke7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Nd2 a4 47. Bxa4
Qe7 48. Qd5 Kg7 49. Bb3 Qf8 50. Ne4 Be7 51. Ng3 Kg6 52. Qe4+ Kg7 53. Nf5+ Kh8
54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Brown, Akeem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. h4 h5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nc5 Qb6 15.
Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Rh3 Qd8 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Ra1 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21. Bb5
Rhc8 22. Rc1 Nf5 23. Ke2 Kd8 24. Rhh1 Rc7 25. g3 Rac8 26. Kd3 Na7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. a4 Nxb5 29. axb5 b6 30. Ng5 Ke8 31. Nh7 Nh6 32. f3 Nf5 33. Rg1 Kd8 34. Rg2
Ra7 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 a4 37. bxa4 Rxa4 38. Bc3 Ra3 39. g4 Ng7 0-1


[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Nc7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. a3 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. c4 Qe7 15.
Qb3 Na8 16. a4 Qa7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. e3 Bd7 19. Nb1 Bxa4 20. Qb2 Bc6 21. Nc3
Nc7 22. Rfb1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Nb3 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27. Qa2
Qxa2 28. Nxa2 b4 29. Nac1 f5 30. Bf3 Bb5 31. Bd1 Kf8 32. Bc2 g6 33. Nd3 Ke7 34.
Kf1 Bc4 35. Ke2 Nb5 36. Kd2 Na3 37. Bd1 Nb1+ 38. Kc2 Nc3 39. Bf3 Ne4 40. Bxe4
fxe4 41. Nb2 Ke6 42. Na5 Bb5 43. Nb7 Bc4 44. Na5 Ba2 45. Nb3 h5 46. h3 h4 47.
gxh4 Be7 48. Nd1 Bxh4 49. Kb2 Bxb3 50. Kxb3 Be7 51. Nb2 Kd7 52. Ka4 Kc6 53. Ka5
f5 54. Ka4 g5 55. Ka5 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57. Ka4 Kb6 58. Kb3 Kb5 59. Kc2 Bh4 60.
Nd1 Ka4 61. Kb2 Be7 62. Ka2 b3+ 63. Kb2 Bb4 64. Kb1 Ka3 65. Ka1 b2+ 66. Kb1 Be1
67. Kc2 Bxf2 68. Nxf2 Ka2 69. Nxg4 b1=Q+ 70. Kd2 Qg1 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Rowe, Duane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15. d6
Qb6 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxb2 18. Rxc5 Nbd7 19. Rc7 Re8 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. h3
Bf8 22. Rbxb7 Re6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxd7 Nxd6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Rc1
Qe5 28. Bf3 Qf4 29. g3 Qh6 30. Kg2 Qg5 31. h4 Qf6 32. Rc6 Re6 33. Bd5 Ne4 34.
Bxe4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Bb4 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. g4 h6 40.
h5 Kf6 41. Ke4 a5 42. f4 Kg7 43. Rb5 f5+ 44. Kf3 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5
Bd2 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Kf5 h5 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Rg2 Be1 52. Kg5 h4 53.
Re2 Bg3 54. Re7+ Kg8 55. Kg4 Kf8 56. Ra7 Be1 57. f5 Ke8 58. Rh7 Kf8 59. Kg5 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 Nbc6 12. h4 Na5 13. Bg5 Nec6 14. h5 Nc4 15.
h6 g6 16. Bf6 Rxf6 17. exf6 Qxg3 18. Nxg3 N6a5 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nf1 Kf7 21.
Nd2 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 b6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rag1 e5 25. dxe5 Bf5 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Re1
Bf3 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. Kf4 Ke6 30. Re3 Rc4+ 31. Kg5 Rc7 32. Rxg4 Bxg4 33. Kxg4
Rc4+ 34. f4 Ra4 35. Rf3 Rc4 36. Kg5 Rc8 37. f5+ gxf5 38. Rxf5 Rg8+ 39. Kf4 Rg1
40. Rg5 Rf1+ 41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kd3 a5 43. c4 dxc4+ 44. Kxc4 Re3 45. Kb5 Rxa3 46.
Rf5 Rb3+ 47. Ka6 Kf7 48. e6+ Kxe6 49. f7 Kxf5 50. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 Nd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Be2 f5 12. a4 a5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 d5 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Bb6 Qe5 16. Bd4 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Bh4+ 18. g3 Bxg3+ 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kd1 Qxe3
21. Bxe3 Ng3 22. Rg1 Nxf5 23. Bf2 e5 24. Rb6 Ne7 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Bd3 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4 f5 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Rf6 30. c4 h6 31. Kc2 Kh7 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rxa6
f4 34. Ra7 Rc8 35. Rg1 Rg6 36. Kd3 e4+ 37. Kxe4 Rxc4+ 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rxg6 Kxg6
40. a4 Kf5 41. Rf7+ Ke5 42. a5 Ra4 43. Rxg7 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 d5 45. Re7+ Kf5 46.
Ra7 Kg4 47. Rg7+ Kf5 48. Be1 h4 49. Rh7 f3+ 50. Kf1 Kf4 51. Rxh4+ Kf5 52. Kf2
Ke6 53. a6 Kd7 54. a7 Kc6 55. Rh7 Kb6 56. Bb4 Ra4 57. Kxf3 Ra2 58. Ke3 Ra4 59.
Kd3 Ra2 60. Kd4 Ra4 61. Kxd5 Ra1 62. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "James, Stuart"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O O-O-O 14.
Rfd1 f6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bg3 h5 17. Qe3 h4 18. Bf2 Bd6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 c5
21. b4 b6 1/2-1/2


[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ngxe5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O
Re8 9.Nd5 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 a5 12.b3 Ra6 13.Bb2 Rh6 14.g3 d6 15.Re1
Bh3 16.Bd4 c6 17.Bxc5 cxd5 18.Bd4 dxc4 19.f4 Nd3 20.bxc4 Nxe1 21.Qxe1 Ree6
22.Bf3 Reg6 23.Bxb7 Qh4   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Curriah, Malik"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.h3 O-O
9.Re1 Na5 10.Nbd2 h6 11.c3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bb6 13.b4 Nh5 14.Nb3 Qf6 15.Be3
Nf4 16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Kh2 Qg6 18.Rg1 Qh5 19.Ne1 Qh4 20.Qf3 f5 21.Qg3 Qh5
22.Qe3 fxe4 23.dxe4 Be6 24.Nd2 Bg4 25.Nd3 Nxh3 26.gxh3 Rf3 27.Qxf3 Bxf3
28.Rg3 Be2 29.Rag1 Bxd3 30.Rxd3 Rf8 31.f3 Rf6 32.Rg3 Rg6 33.Rxg6 Qxg6 34.Nf1
Qe6 35.Ne3 Qb3 36.Rd2 a5 37.Nd5 axb4 38.Nxb4 Kf8 39.Kg2 Qc4 40.Kf2 Kf7
41.Nd5   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Black "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4
f5 9.c3 fxe4 10.Bxe4 d5 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Qxd5 Be6 14.Qd1 Rfd8 15.Qc2
Ne5 16.N1d2 Bh6 17.Be2 Bf5 18.Ne4 Qc6 19.f3 Ng4 20.Bd3 Ne3 21.Qe2 Nxf1
22.Kxf1 Bg7 23.Nbd2 Rac8 24.Re1 a6 25.g4 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Qc7 27.Kg2 Qf4 28.Nf1
Re8 29.Qf2 Rc7 30.Ne3 Qe5 31.Rd1 Qa5 32.Nd5 Rcc8 33.Nb4 Rcd8 34.Re1 Qg5
35.h4 Qe5 36.Kf1 Qb5+ 37.Kg2 a5 38.a4 Qe5 39.Nc2 Qc7 40.Ne3 Qb6 41.Qc2
Qf6 42.Qf2 Qb6 43.Re2 Qb3 44.Qe1 Re5 45.Qc1 Qxa4 46.c4 Qd7 47.Qe1 Qd4 48.b3
Rxe4 49.fxe4 Qxe4+ 50.Kf1 Qh1+ 51.Kf2 Qxh4+ 52.Kg2 Qg5 53.Qg3 Re8 54.Qf3
h5 55.Kh3 Bd4 56.Qxb7 Rxe3+ 57.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 58.Kg2 Qf2+ 59.Kh3 hxg4+ 60.Kxg4
f5+ 61.Kh3 Qe3+ 62.Kg2 Qe4+ 63.Qxe4 fxe4 64.Kg3 e3 65.Kf3 g5   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Christie, Joshua"]
[Black "Davy, Damion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[ECO "E51"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bd3
Qc7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh7 Nxh7 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Bd3 dxc4 14.Be4 Bb7
15.dxc5 Nd7 16.cxb6 axb6 17.O-O Nc5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qe2 b5 20.Rb1 Qc6 21.Re1
Rfd8 22.e4 Qxe4 23.Be3 Nb3 24.Rbd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxa3 26.Qh5 Ra1 27.Rxa1
Nxa1 28.Qxb5 Nc2 29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Qf4 Qd3 31.Bd2 f6 32.g4 Kg8 33.Qb8+ Kf7
34.Qb7+ Kg6 35.Bf4 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qxg4+ 37.Bg3 Qf5 38.Qc8 Qe4+ 39.Kf1 f5 40.Qc7
Qh1+ 41.Ke2 Qe1+ 42.Kf3 Qe4#   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bf4
Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Rfd1 Qb8 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Qg3 b5 14.Rac1 Ra7 15.a4
b4 16.Nb5 axb5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Bxb5+ Ke7 19.Qd3 Ne8 20.Qe3 Rb7 21.Rd3 Qa7
22.Qd2 f5 23.exf5 exf5 24.Qg5+ Nf6 25.Qxf5 g6 26.Qxe5+ Kf7 27.Rc6 Be7 28.Rf3
Rxb5 29.Rcxf6+ Kg8 30.Rf8+ Bxf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qxh8+   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 g5 4.Bc1 h6 5.f3 Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Be3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.Qd2 b6 12.Nge2 Nc5 13.h3 Nh5 14.g4 Nf4 15.Ng3 Bd7
16.b3 Qf6 17.Rc1 Kf8 18.Nd1 Ng6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.gxf5 Nf4 21.Nf2 h5 22.Kd1
Ke7 23.Kc2 Bh6 24.Nd3 Rag8 25.Nxf4 gxf4 26.Bf2 h4 27.a3 a4 28.b4 Nb3 29.Qc3
Nxc1 30.Kxc1 Rg3 31.Kd1 Qg5 32.Rh2 Rg8 33.Ke2 Kf6 34.Qe1 Qh5 35.Qc3 Qg5
36.Qe1 Kg7 37.Qc3 Kh7 38.Qd3 Rc8 39.b5 Rg8 40.Qc3 Qh5 41.Qd3 f6 42.Qc3
R8g7 43.Qd3 Qe8 44.Qc3 Qg8 45.Qe1 Qf7 46.Qc3 Kg8 47.Qd3 Kf8 48.Qc3 Ke7
49.Qd3 Kd7 50.Qc3 Kc8 51.Qd3 Qg8 52.Qd1   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.c3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nb3
Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Re1 h6 13.Nbd4 a6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.Nb3
Bd6 16.Qc1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd1 Bd7 19.Qf3 Rfe8 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.Rab1 Bxd4
22.cxd4 Qxd4 23.Bc3 Qh4 24.g3 Qh5 25.g4 Qh4 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Qxd5 Bc6 28.Qf5
Qxf5 29.Bxf5 g6 30.Bc2 Rad8 31.Bb3 Kf8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Kh2 Re2 34.Kg3
Ke7 35.h4 f5 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Bc4 Re4 38.Bf1 Rg4+ 39.Kh3 Be4 40.Re1 Kf6
41.Re3 Rg1 42.Bd3 Rh1+ 43.Kg3 Ke5 44.Bxe4 f4+ 45.Kg2 fxe3 46.fxe3 Kxe4
47.Kxh1 Kxe3 48.Kg2 Kf4 49.Kh3 h5 50.b3 a5 51.a3 b5 52.b4 axb4 53.axb4
Kf3 54.Kh2 Kg4 55.Kg2 Kxh4 56.Kf3 Kg5 57.Kg3 h4+ 58.Kh3 Kh5 59.Kh2 Kg4
60.Kg2 Kf4   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "Brown, Akeem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f6 8.Nf3 c4
9.Qg3 Nc6 10.Bf4 f5 11.Bc1 h6 12.h4 Qf7 13.h5 Bd7 14.a4 O-O-O 15.Be2 Nge7
16.Ba3 Rdg8 17.Nh4 Be8 18.Qe3 g6 19.hxg6 Qg7 20.g3 Nxg6 21.Nxg6 Bxg6 22.Bc1
h5 23.Rh4 Ne7 24.a5 Be8 25.a6 b6 26.Qf3 Ng6 27.Rh3 b5 28.Qh1 h4 29.g4 fxg4
30.Bxg4 Nf4 31.Bxe6+ Nxe6 32.Qxd5 Qg1+ 33.Ke2 Bh5+ 34.Rf3 Bxf3+ 35.Qxf3
Qg4 36.d5 Qxf3+ 37.Kxf3 h3 38.Be3 h2 39.Rh1 Nc7 40.d6 Nxa6 41.e6 Rg1 42.Rxh2
Rxh2 43.Ke4 Re1 44.Kd5 Rh5+ 45.Ke4 Nc5+ 46.Kf3 Rxe3+   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Rowe, Duane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Rg8 8.Qd2
f5 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.O-O-O c6 11.Kb1 Nf6 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.h3 Bb4 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.g4
fxg4 16.hxg4 O-O-O 17.Be2 Be8 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Nd5 20.Qf3 f6 21.Nd3 Rg7
22.Nc5 b6 23.Ne4 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Ng5 Qd6 26.Rh4 Bg6 27.Re1 Nc7 28.c3
Re7 29.Qf2 Rde8 30.Nf3 Bf7 31.Ne5 Bd5 32.Bd3 Rf8 33.c4 Bg8 34.c5 Qf6 35.Rh5
Qe6 36.Bc4 Nd5 37.cxb6 axb6 38.Rc1 Kb7 39.Nxc6 Qe4+ 40.Ka1 Rc7 41.Ne5 Nb4
42.Rh3 Ra8 43.a3 b5 44.Rb3 Ra4 45.Qd2 Rxc4 46.Nxc4 Bxc4 47.Rxb4 Rxb4 48.Qxb4
Qxd4 49.Qe7+ Ka6 50.Rh1 Qxf4 51.Rd1 Bd5 52.Qc5   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qb6 8.Ndf3
Bd7 9.Ne2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qb4 12.a3 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Nge7 14.b4
O-O-O 15.Nb3 a6 16.Nc3 Nf5 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.b5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Kb8 20.Nd6 Be6
21.O-O Rxd6 22.exd6 Rd8 23.Rfd1 Rxd6 24.f4 Nd8 25.Nc5 b6 26.Rab1 Ka7 27.Nd3
Nc6 28.Ne5 Na5 29.Re1 Ka6 30.Rb4 Nc4 31.Reb1 f6 32.Nxc4 dxc4 33.d5 Bxd5
34.Rd1 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Ra1 Bc6 37.Rxc4 Bb5 38.Rc7 Rd7 39.Rxd7 Bxd7 40.Kf2
Kb5 41.Ke3 Kc4 42.Kd2 Kd4 43.Re1 Bc6 44.g3 Be4 45.Re3 g5 46.Rc3 gxf4 47.gxf4
Bd5 48.Rh3 Bg8 49.Rg3 Bb3 50.Rg7 h5 51.Re7 a3 52.Kc1 Bd5 53.Rh7 Ke4 54.Rxh5
Kxf4 55.Rh4+ Kg5 56.Ra4 a2 57.Kb2 Bf7 58.Ra7 Be6 59.Rg7+ Kh5 60.Re7 Bd5
61.Rd7 Bg2 62.Rd4 Be4 63.Kxa2 Kg4 64.Kb2 Kh5 65.Rd2 f4 66.Rf2 Kg4 67.Kc3
Bh1 68.h4 Kg3 69.Rf1 Bg2 70.Ra1 Kxh4 71.Ra6 f5 72.Kd2 Kg3 73.Ke1 Bh3 74.Rg6+
Bg4 75.Rb6 f3 76.Rb3 f4 77.Rc3 Kg2 78.Rc2+ Kg1 79.Rf2 Bh5 80.Rd2 Bg6 81.Rf2
Be4 82.Rd2 Bd3   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "James, Stuart"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[ECO "C85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2
Bg4 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Ng5 O-O-O 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Qf3 g6 14.Nc4 Be7
15.Qg3 Bd6 16.Qf3 Be7 17.Qg3 Bd6 18.Qf3   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Bxg3 8.hxg3
Qd6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qa4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bd7 13.Rc1 c5 14.Qa3 O-O
15.O-O Bb5 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Nb3 Rfc8 18.Nxc5 Rc7 19.Rc3 Rac8 20.Rec1 Nb6
21.b3 Be2 22.Qb2 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Ra8 24.Ne4 dxe4 25.Rxc7 exf3 26.Qc2 g6 27.Qc6
Qxc6 28.R1xc6 Rb8 29.e4 a5 30.d5 exd5 31.exd5 Kg7 32.d6 Nd5 33.Ra7 Re8
34.d7 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Nf6 36.Rxf6   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Be3 Na6 7.g4 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.Bf3 a5 10.h4 Qd7 11.g5 Ng4 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.h5 gxh5 14.Rxh5 f5 15.Rh4
Qe7 16.exf5 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Bxf5 18.Ne4 h6 19.d6 cxd6 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Nxd6
hxg5 22.Bd5+ Be6+ 23.Ke3 Bxd5 24.Rg4 Be6 25.Rxg5 Kh7 26.Nf3 Bh6 27.Rh1
Ra6 28.Ne4 Bxc4 29.Nxe5 Rf1 30.Rxh6+ Kxh6 31.Nxc4 Re1+ 32.Kd3 Rxe4 33.Rxc5
Re7 34.Rxa5 Rxa5 35.Nxa5 Kg6 36.a4 Kf7 37.Kc4 Ke8 38.Kb5 Kd8 39.Kb6 Kc8
40.Nc4   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.d4 c6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bb2 Re8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Rxe5 14.Nc4 Re8
15.e4 Nc3 16.Qc2 Qd4 17.Rac1 Nb5 18.a4 Nc7 19.Rfd1 Qf6 20.e5 Qg6 21.Be4
Qh5 22.f4 Bg4 23.Re1 Ne6 24.Qf2 Re7 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Bg2 Red7 27.f5 Ng5 28.h4
Nf3+ 29.Bxf3 Bxf3 30.Rc3 Bd5 31.f6 Qg4 32.fxg7 Rxd6 33.exd6 Rxd6 34.Kh2
Be6 35.Rce3 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Bd5 37.Qh2 Qg4 38.Qb2 f6 39.Qe2 Qh3 40.Qf1 Qg4
(40...Qh1+ 41.Kf2 Qh2+ 42.Qg2 Qxg2#) 41.Qe2 Qh3 42.Qh2 Qg4 43.h5 Kxg7 44.Rf1
f5 45.Qb2+ Kh6 46.Qh8 Qh3 47.Qf8+ Kg5 48.Kf2 Re6 49.Qg7+ Kxh5 50.Rxe6 Qh2+
51.Ke3 f4+ 52.Rxf4 Qg1+ 53.Kd2 Qh2+ 54.Re2   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Christie, Joshua"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Qe7 8.Bg5
O-O 9.d5 Nb8 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.e3 a5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O Na6 15.Nd4
e5 16.Nb5 a4 17.f3 f5 18.Kf2 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nc5 20.Rac1 Kg7 21.Rg1 Kf6 22.Rc4
e4 23.f4 h5 24.g3 b6 25.Rg2 Rh8 26.Rc1 Rag8 27.Rcg1 Ke7 28.Ke1 Nd7 29.Bd1
Ra8 30.Rc2 Ra7 31.Rc4 Nf6 32.Rd4 Ra5 33.Bxa4 Rha8 34.Bd1 Rxb5 35.Rg2 Rxd5
36.Rxd5 Nxd5 37.Bxh5 Nxe3 38.Re2 Nd5 39.Rd2 Nf6 40.Be2 d5 41.h3 Rg8 42.g4
fxg4 43.hxg4 c6 44.g5 Nd7 45.b4 b5 46.Rc2 Kd6 47.Bh5 Rg7 48.Bd1 f6 49.Rh2
fxg5 50.Rh6+ Kc7 51.fxg5 Rxg5 52.a4 bxa4 53.Bxa4 Ne5 54.Kf2 Ng4+   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.c4 Nc7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.exd6 Bxg5 12.dxc7 Qe7 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Ba4
a6 16.Rd1 Rxc7 17.Nd5 Rc8 18.O-O Nb8 19.f4 Qd8 20.Bc2 f5 21.Qe3 O-O 22.Nb6
Qe7 23.Nxc8 Bxc8 24.Rfe1 Qf6 25.Qb6 Qh4 26.g3 Qf6 27.Ba4 Nc6 28.Re2 Qf7
29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Red2   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "Davy, Damion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.c3 e6 7.Nf3 Bxc5 8.Nbd2
a6 9.g3 Ba7 10.Bg2 e5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.a4 h5 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.c4 dxc4
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Rad1 Bb8 18.f4 Bg4 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Nb4 22.Qe2
h4 23.Qg4 Rc6 24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.Bxc6+ Nxc6 26.Rxf6 Qxf6 27.Qc8+ Nd8 28.Qd7+
Kf8 29.Qxd8+ Kg7 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Rd7 hxg3 32.hxg3 Rb8 33.a5   1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.g3 b6 10.Bg2 Ncb4 11.Na3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3+ 13.Qd2 Qxa1 14.O-O Qxa2 15.Qg5
Ba6 16.Rd1 Nd3 17.Nh4 Qxf2+ 18.Kh1 Qe2 19.Rf1 Nf2+ 20.Kg1 Nh3+ 21.Bxh3
Bc5+   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. Bg5 Nd5 9. h4 h6 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 c5 12. c3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bg3+ 14. Kf1
O-O 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. d5 Qb6 18. Rh3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qf6 20. Qg2 Qf4
21. Ke2 f5 22. Nd2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxh4 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26. Rxg4 Rf4
27. Rg6 Bf6 28. Ng3 Rf8 29. d6 Kf7 30. Nh5 Rd4 31. Nxf6 Rxd3 32. Nd7 Re8 33.
Rg2 Rxd6 34. Rf2+ Ke7 35. Nc5 Rc6 36. b4 b6 37. Ne4 Rc2+ 38. Nd2 Rd8 39. Ke3
Rcxd2 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "2018.02.2"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.Be2
O-O 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nxf5 Qxb2 13.Nxh6+ Bxh6 14.Ne4 Bg7
15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.Bd3 a6 17.Ng5 Rf6 18.Bxh7+ Kf8 19.Qd5 Ke8 20.Qg8+ Bf8 21.Ne4
Rh6 22.f5 Rxh7 23.Qxh7 Qxc4 24.f6 Qf7 25.Qh4 Qg6 26.Qh8 Qxe4 27.Bh6 b5
28.Qxf8+ Kd7 29.fxe7 Nxe7 30.Rbe1 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Bb7 32.Qxe7+   1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "Brown, Akeem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "2018.02.2"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Ngf3 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Be2
O-O 9.O-O Ne4 10.Nbd4 Nd7 11.Nf5 Ndf6 12.N3d4 Nd6 13.Qd3 Nxf5 14.Nxf5 Ne4
15.Qxd5 Nxf2 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Ne7+ Kf8 18.Nxc8 Raxc8 19.c3 Nd3+ 20.Kh1 Nxc1
21.Rfxc1 Rd2 22.Bf3 Rxb2 23.Bxb7 Rc5 24.c4 h5 25.Bd5 Ra5 26.Rab1 Rf2 27.h3
g5 28.Rf1 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4 30.Rxf2 Bxf2 31.g3 Bxg3 32.Rb7 Kg7 33.Bxf7 Kf6
34.Bd5 Rxa2 35.Rf7+ Kg6 36.Rf8 Be5 37.Rg8+ Kf5 38.Rf8+ Kg5 39.Be6 Kh4 40.Rf7
Kg3 41.Kg1 Ra1+   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "James, Stuart"]
[Black "Rowe, Duane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.2"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 a6
9.a4 O-O 10.e3 Ne8 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4
g5 16.Bh2 f5 17.a5 Kh8 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.Ra3 f4 20.Qe4 Be5 21.exf4 gxf4 22.Re1
Qg5 23.Qf3 b5 24.axb6 Rxb6 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.Bxb3 Nf6 27.Bc2 Rg8 28.Ne4 Nxe4
29.Bxe4 Rg7 30.b3 h5 31.Bd3 Bg4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Qe4 g3 34.Bxg3 fxg3 35.f4
Qh6 36.fxe5 Rf7 37.Qf5 Rxf5 38.Bxf5 Qh2+   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.2"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 c5 6.Nb5 Na6 7.a4 c4 8.c3 Bd7 9.Nf3
Qa5 10.b4 cxb3 11.Qxb3 O-O 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Be2 Nb8 14.O-O Bg4 15.c4 Ne4
16.Qd1 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Nc6 18.Be2 a6 19.Na3 Nc3 20.Nc4 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Qh5 22.Nb6
Rcd8 23.Rc5 e5 24.Bg3 Bf5 25.Qb2 exd4 26.e4 d3 27.Qd2 Nd4 28.Nxd4 Bxd4
29.Rd5 Bxb6 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.exf5 Qxf5 32.Re1 Ba5   0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Curriah, Malik"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Ne3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. b4 Nb6 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Rec1
Qd7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Nd2 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 g6 26. Nb3 Bh6 27. Na5 Ba8
28. Qd2 f5 29. f3 Qa7 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. c5 b6 8. b4
bxc5 9. bxc5 Ba6 10. Ng3 Bxf1 11. Nxf1 Nc6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. O-O e4
15. Bb2 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Nb3 Qe6 18. Nc1 f5 19. N1e2 g5 20. Bc1 Bd8 21. Qb3
Ne7 22. Qb7 Rc8 23. Qxa7 c6 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. Na4 Bb8 26. Qb7 f4 27. exf4 gxf4
28. Rfb1 e3 29. fxe3 f3 30. gxf3 Rxf3 31. Qxb8 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 Rxh3+ 33. Qh2 Rxh2+
34. Kxh2 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Christie, Joshua"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 a5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 e5 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
Ne4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 exd4 17. Nxd6 Re6 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc8 Nxa4 21.
Nxd4 Rf6 22. b3 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Nb6 8.
g4 g6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd3 h6 14. c4 Bf5 15.
Qe2 f6 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Nc8 18. c5 a6 19. Nb4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. O-O hxg5
22. Nxg5 Nxc5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. dxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 e4 27. Nh3
Rdg8 28. Rf1 Qg7 29. Nf4 Rh4 30. h3 Ka8 31. Rf2 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa5 33. Nc2 Qe5
34. Nd4 Ne7 35. Kg1 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Nd5 37. Nxc6 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 d6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nec3
f5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Nf6 12. Ra3 Ne4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Nc3 Qg5 16. Re1 h5 17. Qb1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 h4 19. b4 h3 20. g3 b6 21. Rb3 Bg4 22.
Bf1 cxb4 23. axb6 a5 24. Qc2 Reb8 25. Qxe4 Rxb6 26. Qd4 Rbb8 27. Reb1 Bd7 28.
f4 Qd8 29. e4 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. e5 Bf5 32. exd6 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Rxd6 34. Kf2
a4 35. Ke3 a3 36. Kd4 b3 37. Kc3 b2 38. Rxb2 axb2 39. Kxb2 Kf8 40. Bxh3 Ke7 41.
Kc3 Rh8 42. Bg4 Rxh2 43. Kd4 f5 44. Bf3 Rf2 45. Bh1 Rf1 46. Bg2 Rg1 47. Bf3
Rxg3 48. Be2 Ra6 49. Kc5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bd5 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. Re1 f6 13. Bf4 Kf7 14. Nd4 Nc4 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6+ Kg8 17. b3 Ne5 18. Ne4 N7g6 19. Bg3 d5 20. Nc3 d4 21. Ne4
Bb4 22. Rf1 Qd5 23. Nd2 Qxe6 24. f4 Nd3 25. Rf3 Ngxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4
Qe3+ 28. Rf2 d3 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bc5 31. Rc1 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 h6 33. Rc7 Kh7
34. Ne4 f5 35. Ng3 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nxf5 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 d2 39. Ke2 Rxa2 40.
Ne3 d1=Q+ 41. Kxd1 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "Davy, Damion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2
Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Qd3+ g6 17. Qxd8 Qxf2 18. Qf6 Kg8 19. Rd1 Qe3+ 20.
Kb1 Qe4+ 21. Ka1 Bd7 22. Rxd7 Rf8 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26.
Nxe4+ Ke5 27. Ng5 Kf5 28. Nh3 e5 29. Kb1 Ke4 30. Kc1 Ke3 31. Kd1 a5 32. a4 Kd3
33. Nf2+ Ke3 34. Ng4+ Kf4 35. h3 e4 36. Ke2 Kg3 37. Ne3 g5 38. b4 b6 39. b5 Kf4
40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Nc4+ Kf4 42. g3+ 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. dxe5 Nf8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nd4 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Qg4 Red7 20. Re3 Bxg2
21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Rce1 f5 24. Qc4 Qa5 25. Rh3 a6 26. Bxf5 Rxd6 27.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 28. Qh4 Qxe5 29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Qb1 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rd1 32. Kf1 Bb5+
0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "James, Stuart"]
[Black "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. c3 h6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. b4 b5 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 dxe4 15. Ne1
Qd5 16. Qc2 cxb4 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. dxe4 Qc4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. f4
Ng6 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bb2 Ra7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nc2 Bd8 26. Kg2 Bb6 27. Rfd1 Ne7
28. Kf3 g6 29. Ra3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Bxa5 32. Ne3 Rc5 33. Ba3 Rxc3 34.
Bxe7 Bb6 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Brown, Akeem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. f3 a5 11. e4 Rd8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. h5 Nc7
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 e6 17. Qg5 Ba6 18. Rd2 Qb8 19. Nd1 Qd8 20. Nf2 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qf8 22. Ng4 Ne8 23. Qh3 Re7 24. Bd3 Qg7 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. g4 b4 27. Bxa6
Rxa6 28. g5 c5 29. Ng4 Rc7 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rdh2 Ra7 32. Qg3 Qf8 33. Nf6 Nxf6
34. gxf6 Qf7 35. Rxh7+ Qxh7 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. f7
Ra8 40. f8=Q Rxf8 41. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Curriah, Malik"]
[Black "Rowe, Duane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bg3 d6 8. Qe2
a6 9. c3 Nd7 10. a4 c5 11. Be4 d5 12. Bc2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 h6 14. g4 Qc7 15. g5 e5
16. g6 e4 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. O-O-O cxd4 20. exd4 b5 21. f3 b4 22.
c4 dxc4 23. Qxc4+ Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Rhc8 25. Ne5+ Kg8 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Kb1 Bd5 28.
fxe4 b3 29. Bd3 Nxe4 30. Ng6 Ra7 31. Rhf1 Bb4 32. Ne3 Ba8 33. Ne5 Nd2+ 34. Rxd2
Bxd2 35. N3c4 Bb4 36. Nb6 Rf8 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Bd3+ g6 39. Bxg6+ Kg7 40. Rc1
Bd2 41. Rd1 Bxg2 42. Bd3 Be3 43. Bc4 Be4+ 44. Nd3 Bxd4 45. a5 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5+ 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bb2 Nd6 13. Bb3 c5 14. Qc1 c4 15.
a4 b5 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. Bd1 b4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qb3 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
Nc6 22. Be2 Na5 23. Qd1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Nc4 25. Qb3 Nd6 26. Bd3 Ra8 27. e4 Rfd8
28. e5 Ne8 29. Bc4 e6 30. d5 Nc7 31. d6 Ne8 32. Bd4 Qb7 33. Bb5 Nxd6 34. exd6
Bxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd6 36. Qxb4 Rad8 37. Nf3 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Ne1 Rd8 40.
Qc3 Rc8 41. Qe3 Qd5 42. Qd3 Qe5 43. h3 Rc1 44. Qd2 Rb1 45. Qe2 Qa1 46. Qe4 Rd1
47. g4 Qc3 48. Qe3 Qb4 49. f3 Qd6 50. f4 Qd5 51. Ke2 Ra1 52. Qd3 Ra2+ 53. Nc2
Qg2+ 54. Kd1 Qg1+ 55. Kd2 Qc5 56. Kc1 Ra1+ 57. Kb2 Rh1 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qd4+
Qxd4+ 60. Nxd4 Rd1 61. Kc3 Kf6 62. a5 g5 63. f5 Ra1 64. a6 Ke5 65. fxe6 fxe6
66. Bc4 Kd6 67. a7 e5 68. Nb5+ Kc5 69. Kb3 Ra5 70. Bd3 h6 71. Kc3 Ra4 72. Be4
Kxb5 73. a8=Q Rxa8 74. Bxa8 Kc5 75. Kd3 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Black "Christie, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5
Ndxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qh5+ Nf7 11. Bxh7 Qg5 12. Qxg5 Nxg5 13. Bg6+ Ke7 14. Nb3
Kf6 15. Bc2 Nf7 16. Be3 b6 17. O-O-O c5 18. h4 Ke7 19. Bf4 Ba6 20. Rhe1 Kd7 21.
Bg6 Bd6 22. Bxf7 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Rh6 24. g4 Rf6 25. Bh5 Bd6 26. g5 Rf4 27. f3
Rxh4 28. Bf7 e5 29. Bxd5 Rah8 30. Be4 Rh2 31. Nd2 Be2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Nc4 Kc7
34. Nxd6 a6 35. Nc4 Rhh2 36. Kc1 b5 37. Rd2 bxc4 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Bd5 a5 40.
g6 Rg2 41. Kb1 Rxg6 42. Bxc4 Rg2 43. a3 g5 44. b4 cxb4 45. cxb4 axb4 46. axb4
Kb6 47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Bd5 Kb5 49. Kd1 Kxb4 50. Ke1 Rh2 51. Be4 Kc3 52. Kf1 Kd4
0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Rowe, Duane"]
[Black "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nb8 12. Bb3 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Ba4 Rf8 19. c4 Bb6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. d4 e4
22. Nh4 g5 23. g4 gxh4 24. Bxh6 Ng6 25. g5 Nh7 26. Rxe4 Ba7 27. Bb5 Nxg5 28.
Rg4 Nh7 29. Qd3 Qf6 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Brown, Akeem"]
[Black "Curriah, Malik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Qe7 7. c3 c5 8. a3 c4
9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Bd7 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Be8 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 f6 15. Nhf3
fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. f4 g5 19. hxg6 Bxg6 20. Nf3 Qf7 21. Qa4 Bc5
22. Rh4 Qe7 23. Be2 Be4 24. Rg4 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. O-O-O Rxg2 27. Re1 Rxe2
28. Rxe2 Bxf3 29. Rh2 Bxa3+ 30. Kd2 h5 31. Qxa7 Qc5 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qg8 d4 34.
Qf7+ Kb6 35. Qxe6+ Ka7 36. Qb3 dxc3+ 37. Kd3 Bb2 38. Rh3 Qc6 39. Qa2+ Kb6 40.
Qb3+ Ka5 41. Ke3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Black "Brooks, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbc3 Qh5
8. Ng3 Qg6 9. Nce2 O-O-O 10. c4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nf4 Qh7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rxd5 16. Qb3 e6 17. Nc3 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rb4 19. Qd1 g4 20. hxg4 f5
21. Qf3 Rxg4 22. Kh1 Rg3 23. Qe2 h3 24. fxg3 hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qh2+ 26. Kf3 Ne5+
27. Kf4 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Black "James, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Bd5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qd7 15.
a4 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxg4 Rxd3 20. Nf3 f6 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qc8+ Bf8 24. Ra8 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Qd6 26. Ra6 Qe7 27.
Qf5 Rd6 28. Ra8 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qc6 b4 32. c4 Qd6 33. Qd5
Qxd5 34. cxd5 h5 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. Kf1 Bd6 37. Ke2 f5 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Nd2 f4 40.
Kc4 g4 41. Kd3 Kg5 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. gxf4+ exf4 44. Nc4 h4 45. e5 h3 46. gxh3
gxh3 47. Kf3 h2 48. Kg2 Bxf2 49. Kxh2 f3 50. b3 Kf5 51. e6 Bh4 52. Kh3 Bg5 53.
Kg3 Ke4 54. d6 cxd6 55. Nxd6+ Kd5 56. Nf7 Bf6 57. Kxf3 Kxe6 58. Nh6 Kd5 59. Nf5
Ke5 60. Ne3 Kd4 61. Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Davy, Damion"]
[Black "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4
Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Na7 15.
O-O Nc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qd3 O-O 20. Rfa1 Nd7 21. c3
Bh4 22. Qe3 Rfb8 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Kf8 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. c4 Ke7
28. Rxa6 Rxb4 29. Rc6 Rcb8 30. Ra7 R8b7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Be2 Rb6
34. Rc7 Rb2 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. g5 f5 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Ke1 f5 39. Bd1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Merritt, Kevin"]
[Black "Glaves, Raheem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ng5 g6 14. e4 Be7
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. N5e4 f5 17. Qd4 Nf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. c4
Rd8 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Kh7 24. Re2 f4 25. Nf1 Nh5 26. Nd2 Bf6 27. Ndf3 Ng7
28. a4 Rg8 29. Qc1 g5 30. Qc2+ Nf5 31. Rae1 g4 32. Nd4 Bg6 33. Nxg6 Rxg6 34.
Nxe6 Bxb2 35. Qxf5 Rdg8 36. Nxf4 Ba3 37. Re6 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "James, Stuart"]
[Black "Davy, Damion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. c4
Bg7 16. d5 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bc3 Qb8 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Kg1 Qb8 21. Kh1 Qd8 22.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Smith, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bd3
Ng4 9. Bg3 a6 10. Nd1 b5 11. c3 Qb6 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Kh2 a4 18. e5 Bf5 19. Qf3 a3 20. b3 Qa5 21. Rc1 c4 22.
b4 Qc7 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Ne3 Bd3 25. Nc2 f5 26. Nd4 Be4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Qxe4
Qd7 29. Qxg6 Kh8 30. e6 Qa7 31. Nf5 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qe3 33. Qc2 Rf8 34. Rf1 Qxc3
35. Qxc3 Bxc3 36. f5 Bf6 37. Bf4 Kh7 38. g4 Rc8 39. Kg3 c3 40. h4 c2 41. g5 Be5
42. Bxe5 c1=Q 43. Rxc1 Rxc1 44. Bxd6 exd6 45. Kf2 hxg5 46. e7 Rc8 47. f6 Kg6
48. hxg5 Kf7 49. Kf3 Rc1 50. Kf2 Rc8 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 Rc1 53. g6+ Ke8 54.
Kf5 Rg1 55. g7 Kf7 56. e8=Q+ Kxe8 57. Ke6 Re1+ 58. Kxd6 Kf7 59. Kc7 Rg1 60. d6
Kxf6 61. Kc8 Rxg7 62. d7 Rg8+ 63. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 64. Kxd8 Ke5 65. Kc7 Kd4 66. Kb6
Kc3 67. Kxb5 Kb2 68. Kc5 Kxa2 69. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Curriah, Malik"]
[Black "Mellace, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bg3 N8h7 13. Rab1 Ng5 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Rbe1 Bd7 17. f4 Rxe3 18. fxg5 Rxg3 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. h3 0-1

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Lorne, Malaku"]
[Black "Brown, Akeem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. g4 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15.
Nc3 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. f4 Nb4 19. Qd1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nc6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7
22. e3 Na5 23. Qd3 Rc4 24. Ne2 Rdc8 25. b3 R4c6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nc6 30. d5 Nb4 31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. Bxf5 Nxd3 33. Bxe6 Nxc1
34. Bc8 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nxf4 36. Bxa6 b4 37. h4 Nd5 38. Bd4 h6 39. Bc4 Nc3 40. a3
Bd8 41. g6 Ne4 42. gxf7+ Kf8 43. Bd5 1-0

[Event "National Championship (Absolute) 2018"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Christie, Joshua"]
[Black "Rowe, Duane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. h3 O-O 15.
Rfe1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nfd7 17. Be3 g5 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. a5 Rfe8 20. Ra4 Be5 21. Qd2 h6
22. g3 Qf6 23. Nd1 Qg7 24. Bf3 b5 25. axb6 Nxb6 26. Rxa6 Nc4 27. Qc2 Nxb2 28.
Nxb2 Rxb2 29. Qa4 Reb8 30. Ra8 Qf6 31. Bg2 Rxa8 32. Qxa8+ Kg7 33. Qa4 Rb4 34.
Qc2 Bd4 35. Bc1 Ne5 36. Qe2 Rb3 37. Rd1 Rxg3 38. Rxd4 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nxd4 40. Qd1
Rb3 41. h4 Rb1 42. hxg5 Qxg5 43. f4 Qg3 44. e5 Nf5 45. exd6 Ne3+ 0-1