FIDE 31st 4NCL Congress Under 1700 (ENG) PGN chess games notation

PGN Chess Game 31st 4NCL Congress Under 1700 (ENG)
[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "The Old Swan, Harrogate, North"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Berry, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nc4 Nxg3 21.
Nxb6 Nxb6 22. fxg3 Kg7 23. Ra7 Bd7 24. Qd3 Qb8 25. Ra1 Qe8 26. Bc2 Bf5 27. Qd2
Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Nxd5 29. Qe4 Nb6 30. Re1 Qa8 31. Qc2 Qd5 32. h4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 g4
34. Nd2 Rf2 35. Qd1 Qd5 36. Qxg4+ Kh7 37. Ne4 Rxb2 38. Nf6+ 1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Nc3 g6 2. h4 h5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Ng5 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4
e6 9. a3 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Ncxe4 Nce7 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qd3 b6 15.
g4 Nfxe3 16. fxe3 a5 17. gxh5 Ba6 18. c4 Qe7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg4 Kh8 21. h5
1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Dee, Neil"]
[Black "Edgar, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3
Rad8 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Rad1 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. b3 Kg7 22. Qf3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Waite, Nicholas"]
[Black "Smith, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Blower, Trevor R"]
[Black "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. f4 e5 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Be3
Nd5 9. Bf2 exf4 10. c4 fxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. Nc3 h5 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. a4 Kb8 15.
b4 f6 16. Nge4 Bh3 17. a5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc8 19. b5 Qg4 20. b6 cxb6 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qa4 h4 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Nd5+ Kd7 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27.
Ndxf6+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Bourke, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Raj Konwar, Daryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Qc8 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nfd5 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nd4
15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd2 Ne7 21.
Bh6 f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rb7 Rf7 24. Rxa7 fxe4 25. dxe4 Kf8 26. Qxd6 Re8 27.
Qxc5 Kg8 28. Qxe5 Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Re1 Kg5 33.
f4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Mackenzie, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Berry, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 c4 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qc2 f5 8. b3 cxb3
9. axb3 Nf6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. cxd5 Nxd5+ 14. Nd2 Nxf4
15. exf4 Nxd4 16. Qd3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Qa5+ 18. Ke3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qb5 Qxb5
21. Bxb5 a6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. g3 Bd5 26. b4 Rc8 27.
Rd4 Rc3+ 28. Rd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Kd6 30. Kc3 Kc6 31. h3 Kb5 32. h4 h5 33. Kd4
Kxb4 34. Ke5 a5 35. f3 a4 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. f5 exf5 39. Kxf5 a3 40.
Kg6 a2 41. Kxg7 a1=Q+ 42. Kh6 Qf6+ 43. Kh5 Bf7+ 44. Kxg4 Be6+ 45. Kh5 Bf7+ 46.
Kg4 Qg6+ 47. Kh3 Be6+ 48. Kh2 Qg4 49. h5 Bd5 50. h6 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Matthews, Graham W"]
[Black "Collins, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. c3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 O-O
15. O-O Re8 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Rad1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21.
Ng4 Rd6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. Rxe4 hxg4 24. Rxg4 Qd7 25. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Gibson, Stephen"]
[Black "Johnson, Stanley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O
O-O-O 8. d4 f6 9. c4 Qh5 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Bg3 Rhe8 14.
Qc3 Qf7 15. c5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxg3 17. Bxg4+ f5 18. Qxg3 fxg4 19. Qxg4+ Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Craig, Ian"]
[Black "Simmons, Michael W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. d3 e5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc6
15. Ng3 c4 16. d4 Qa4 17. Qb1 Qc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Nf3 Nbd7 21.
Qc1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Nf5 Nh5 25. Rd5 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Merry, John D"]
[Black "Pringle, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 e6 6. Bd2 Nd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Rb1 Rc8 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Qg4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc4 17. b3 h5 18. Qd1 Rc8 19. Na4 Qc7 20. c3 b5 21. Nb2 Ne7
22. Nd3 Nf5 23. Qe2 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. a4 Be7 27. Rbc1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Kd7 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rc8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Kc6
34. Rb4 f6 35. f4 h4 36. Rb8 Rd1 37. Rb4 Re1 38. Rb8 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Sayer, Ray M"]
[Black "Jones, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Ne4 Nb4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qe5 Qg6 14. Qc3 O-O
15. a3 Nc6 16. b3 Ne7 17. Bb2 Nf5 18. Qc2 Rd2 19. Qxd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nh4 21.
Qe2 1-0

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Dearden, Phil"]
[Black "Shortt, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. g5 Ne4 13. Qe3 d5 14. Bg2 Nb6
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 a4 18. h4 b3 19. a3 bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rb8 21.
h5 Bf5 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bh3 e6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rd2 Rfc8 27. Qc5
Qxc5+ 28. dxc5 Rb3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. exd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Saxena, Samidh"]
[Black "Brown, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1096"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 a6
9. Bb3 Ba7 10. d4 Re8 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Nf1 Ba7 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxf6 Qe6 21. Qxe6
Rxe6 22. Nf5 Rae8 23. Re2 Bb5 24. Ree1 Bb6 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. g4 Kf8 27. Kg2 Bc6
28. f3 Rg6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Re5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Re1 f6 33. d6 cxd6 34.
Nxd6 Bd4 35. Nxb7 f5 36. Rc1 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st 4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate, North Yorkshire ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Halpin, David"]
[Black "Coleman, Patrick N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1179"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a3
a6 9. Ne2 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6
Ng7 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Re3 Bxb2 21. Qd2
Bxa3 22. Rb3 Bb4 23. c3 Ba5 24. Ra3 Bb6 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. f4 Qe7 27. g4 c4 28. d4
d5 29. Qb2 dxe4 30. Nd2 Qh4 31. h3 Qf6 32. Nxe4 Qxf4 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2
Bxe4 35. Rxe4 e5 36. Bb1 exd4 37. Rxe8 d3+ 38. Kg3 Rxe8 39. Ra2 Re3+ 40. Kf4
Rxh3 41. Ke4 Rh1 0-1
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