[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 "The Old Swan, Harrogate, North 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 "The Old Swan, Harrogate, North"]
[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