[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. f3 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. g4 e6 10. Bb5 cxd4 11. exd4 Na5 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. h4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. h5 Bb7 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O-O Rfe8 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. g5 Nh5 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. f4
Bc8 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Bf5 30. Qf3 Rd2 31. Ka1 Bxc2 32. f5 Qxg5 33. f6 Rd7
34. Qc6 Qd2 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Na2 Qd5 37. Qxa6 Kf7 38. Nec1 Bd1 39. Nc3 Qd2 40.
N3a2 Ba4 41. Qc6 Qd6 42. Qc8 Kxf6 43. Nc3 Bc2 44. Nxb5 Qd2 45. Qf8+ Rf7 46.
Qh8+ Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qg1 Re7 49. Qh1+ Kg7 50. Qg1+ Bg6 51. Ka2 Re1 52. Qc5
Bf7 53. Nc3 Qxc1 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qd6+ Re6 56. Qc7 Qg5 57. a4 Qe5 58. Qb7 h5
59. Qg2+ Qg5 60. Qc2+ Kg7 61. Nb5 h4 62. Nd4 Rf6 63. Qc3 Kh6 64. Nf3 Qf4 65.
Ne5 Be6 66. Nc6 h3 67. Nd4 h2 68. Nxe6 Rxe6 69. Qh3+ Kg7 70. Qxe6 h1=Q 71. a5
Qhh6 72. Qc8 Qf7 73. Qg4+ Qhg6 74. Qd4+ Kh6 75. Qh8+ Qgh7 76. Qc3 Qff5 77. Qe3+
Kg7 78. Qe7+ Kg6 79. Qd6+ Qf6 80. Qg3+ Kh6 81. Qh2+ Kg7 82. Qc7+ Qf7 83. Qe5+
Kf8 84. a6 c3+ 85. b3 Qc2+ 86. Ka3 Qcxb3# 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jamieson, Ian M"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. d3 e6 7. Qc2 Nge7 8. Be3 b6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. e5 d4 13. Bf2 Nd5 14. cxd4 Nxf4 15.
dxc5 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Kd2 Qg5+ 20. Kd1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan Lb"]
[Black "Gostelow, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Be5 Bg6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Qxb3 16. axb3 Kd7 17. Be5 Ke6 18. g4 h6 19. f4 Bc2 20. Ra3 Nbd7 21.
Kd2 Bh7 22. f5+ Ke7 23. Bh2 g6 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Re1 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rf1
Rhe8 28. Bf4 Rh8 29. Bg3 a6 30. Rf4 e3+ 31. Kxe3 Nb6 32. Ra5 Kd7 33. h4 Rae8+
34. Kd2 h5 35. g5 Re7 36. Rf6 Kd8 37. Be5 Nd7 38. Rd6 Kc7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.
Bh3+ f5 41. Bxh8 Re4 42. Bxf5+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Jones, Steven A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Rb8 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Nf4
Nge7 9. a3 d6 10. Nce2 O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Be3 e5 13. Nh3 d5 14. b4 d4 15. bxc5
Qxc5 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. f3 a5 19. Qd2 f6 20. Nf2 b4 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22.
Qb2 N7c6 23. Bd2 b3 24. a4 Ba6 25. Nf4 Ne7 26. Ra3 g5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5
Bxd3 29. Bxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxb3 Qa7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qa2 Bf5 33. d6+ Qf7 34. Qd2
d3 35. f4 gxf4 36. Qxf4 Bd7 37. Qd4 Bh6 38. Rd1 Qh5 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Qa7 Re8
41. Rb1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Ireland, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bxf3
15. Qxd7 Qxd7 16. exd7 Bc6 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Bxe7 Rxd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rad8
21. Rac1 Kf7 22. Rfe1 g5 23. h3 Bf6 24. b4 Rd3 25. Ne2 Ba4 26. Rc7+ R8d7 27.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rc1 Be5 29. Kf1 Bb5 30. Ke1 Ba4 31. Bd2 Ra3 32. Bc3 Bd6 33. Nd4
Rxa2 34. Nf5 Bf4 35. Ra1 Bd2+ 36. Ke2 Rxa1 37. Bxa1 Bxb4 38. Nxh6+ Kg6 39. Ng4
Bb5+ 40. Kd1 Kf5 41. g3 Be7 42. Kd2 Ke4 43. Nf6+ Kf5 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. f4 gxf4
46. Nxf4 Bg5 47. h4 Bxf4+ 48. gxf4 Kxf4 49. Bf6 Be8 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. Be7 Kd5 52.
Kb3 a5 53. Bd8 Kc5 54. Bxb6+ Kxb6 55. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Black "Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Qg4 g6 9. h4 h5 10. Qg5 Qb4 11. Nge2 c5 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. e6 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Qd8 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Rh3 Ne5 20. dxe5 Bxh3
21. gxh3 b5 22. Nf4 Qxh4 23. Bf5 Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25. Ne6+ Ke8 26. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Black "Lewis, Christopher D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 c5 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
g4 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Qb5 23. Ka1 Rac8 24. f4 Nd5 25. a3 Rc3 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Rg3 29. Rhg1 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 Qc5 31. Rg2 Rd7 32. g5 Nb6 33. Qe2 hxg5 34.
Bxg5 Nc4 35. Bf6 Ne3 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rh7 Nxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Qxc2 39. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sanchez, Eduardo J"]
[Black "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 Rb8 10. d4 Bb6 11. h3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Na3 Bd7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Ne7 16. Na3 Ng6 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. d5 Nh5 20. Bd3 Nhf4 21. Bf1
Qf6 22. b4 Bb5 23. c4 Bd7 24. Bd2 Rbb8 25. Re3 Ne7 26. Rea3 Qg6 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Qb1 Nc8 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Qd3 f5 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Qf3 Nd7 33. Qc3 Nf6 34.
Ra7 Re7 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Re1 38. Nf3 Rd1 39. Nh4 Qh5 40. Qf3
Qxf3 41. Nxf3 Bd3 42. Nh2 Bxc4 43. Rxc7 Bb5 44. g3 f3 45. Rc3 Ne4 46. Rxf3 Nd2
47. Rc3 Nxf1 48. Nxf1 Bxf1 49. Kh2 Rxd5 50. g4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Akeya-Price, Robert A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Bc7 Rc8 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Be2 Rg8 15.
Kd2 g5 16. Na2 Bg7 17. Nc1 f6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Nh2 Bg6 20. g4 Ke7 21. Nf1 f5 22.
gxf5 Bxf5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bg4 Rcf8 25. f3 Rf7 26. Kc3 Rb8 27. Rae1 Nf8 28. Bh5
Bxh5 29. Nxh5 Bh8 30. Ng3 Bg7 31. Kd3 Ng6 32. Nh5 Bh8 33. e4 Ke6 34. Ng3 Nf4+
35. Kc2 Rh7 36. Nf5 h5 37. g3 Ng6 38. Ne3 dxe4 39. fxe4 exd4 40. Nf5 Rd8 41.
Rd1 d3+ 42. Rxd3 Rxd3 43. Kxd3 Bxb2 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Ng7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Be7 5. c3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. Qc2 a5 10. a4 d6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qb3 d5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rf7 17. Rh2 Qe8 18. Rdh1 g6 19. g4 Bc6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nf3
Bxa4 22. Qb1 Bd7 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Nd4 Bd8 26. f4 c5 27. Nf3 b5 28.
Nh4 Bxh4 29. Rxh4 Be6 30. g4 Qd7 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34.
Rg1+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kd2 b4 37. cxb4 cxb4 38. Kd3 b3 39. Kd4 a4 40. Rh1
Rc2 41. Rb1 Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Re2 43. Kd3 Rg2 44. Kd4 h5 45. Kxd5 Kf7 46. Kc4 Re2
47. Kd3 Rc2 48. Ra1 Rxb2 49. Rxa4 h4 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Kc3 Ra2 52. Rb7 b2 53.
Kc2 h3 54. Rb8 h2 55. Rh8 b1=Q+ 56. Kxb1 Rg2 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Rxg2 h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Walker, Nicholas A"]
[Black "Chadwick, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne2 f6 15. g4
O-O 16. c3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf3 18. Rxf3 Nxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Qd4
Nc6 22. Qe3 e5 23. Rg1 Ne4 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. Rgxg3 e4 26. Rh5 Qf7 27. Qe2 Ne7
28. Qd1 Bc6 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Rg5 e3 31. Re5 e2 32. h4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. c3 Bg4 7. Bc4 Qf6 8. d3
Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. h4 h6 12. Kf1 Rh7 13. f4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bc5 15.
Nh5 Qe7 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Bd5 g6 18. Ng3 Qd6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe2 Rhh8 21. Bb2
Nb6 22. Rd1 Na4 23. Ba1 Bb6 24. Rc1 Rd6 25. Kg2 Rhd8 26. d4 Qd7 27. d5 gxf5 28.
Nxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rf6 30. c4 Rxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qc2 Qg4 33. Ke1 Ba5+ 34.
Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qg2+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Blackburn, Jonathan Lb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nge2 Bf6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. O-O h5 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. Rae1 Kf8 12. Nf4 Nce7 13. Be2 g6 14. Bf3 c6
15. g3 Nd6 16. b3 b6 17. Nce2 Bg4 18. Bg2 Ne4 19. Qc1 Bf5 20. Nd3 h4 21. f3 Nd6
22. g4 h3 23. Bh1 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Bh4 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qd2 Ng6 28. f4
Qd7 29. f5 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nh4 31. Qxg5 Ndxf5 32. Rxf5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5 Qxf5 34.
gxf5 Re8 35. Kf2 Rh4 36. Rc1 Rh6 37. Bf3 Ke7 38. Nf4 Kd6 39. Rg1 Rh4 40. Rg4
Rh5 41. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jones, Steven A"]
[Black "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Ne7
9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. gxh5 Nxh4 11. Qg4 Nf5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O-O g6 14. Qf4 c5 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bb5 Rxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 20. Bxd7 a6 21.
Nxd5 b5 22. Qxa6 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Nd4 24. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Akeya-Price, Robert A"]
[Black "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Be3 Bxc4 15.
Bxc4 a6 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Bb3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ra5 Qd7 23. Rca1 f5 24. h3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf7 26. Bc2 Re7 27. Bf2 b4
28. Ba4 Qd8 29. Nb5 Nxd5 30. Bb3 Nf6 31. Ra7 d5 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Ra7 Qe5 34.
Bxc5 Rc8 35. Be3 Nxe4 36. Qd3 Nf6 37. Qd4 Qg3 38. Qf4 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. Qf2
Qxf2 41. Bxf2 Ne4 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Nxd4 Nf6 44. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Black "Chadwick, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Ndf3 Be4 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb6 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Bh3 Rcd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxa3 24. Nxc6 Kf8 25. Qa1 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd7 27.
Rcc1 Rc7 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7 Ke7 30. Nc8+ Ke6 31. Rc6+ Ke5 32. Nd6 Bg6 33.
e3 d4 34. exd4+ Kxd4 35. Nb5+ Kd5 36. Rd6+ Kc4 37. Rxd7 Kxb5 38. Rb7+ Kc4 39.
Rb8 Be4 40. b5 Bd5 41. f4 g6 42. Kf2 h5 43. Ke3 Kc5 44. b6 Kc6 45. Kd4 Be6 46.
Ke5 Kd7 47. Kf6 Kc6 48. b7 Kc7 49. Re8 Kxb7 50. Rxe6 fxe6 51. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "James, Russell A"]
[Black "Ali, Golam S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
c5 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nc3 cxb4 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. axb4 O-O 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. d5 e5 15.
Nd2 a5 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Nd1 a4 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Ra3 g6 21. f4 Ng4 22.
Nxg4 Qxg4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. h3 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qh6 26. Nxe5 Nb3 27. Ng4 Qg5 28. d6
Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Bd8 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. d7 Be7 32. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 33. Rxb3 axb3 34. Qe6
1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Somton, Anita"]
[Black "Ferrington, Nigel M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 d5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nf3 Nf6
9. e5 Nfd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. f5 Qb6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nd1 O-O-O 16. Rf7 Bf8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. a4 h6 19. Bd2 b4 20. Nf2 Bc6 21. b3 a5
22. Re1 Nb8 23. Bc1 Bd7 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. Qg4 g5 26. Bg2 Re7 27. Rxe7 {White
offers draw} Bxe7 28. Qh5 Qd8 29. Bh3 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nf6
Bxf6 33. exf6 g4 34. Bg2 Rf8 35. Rf1 Kd8 36. Bc1 Ke8 37. Bh6 Rf7 38. h3 Kd8 39.
hxg4 hxg4 40. Rf4 Ke8 41. Rxg4 Rxf6 42. Bg7 Rf7 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 Ke7 45.
Rh4 Kd6 46. Rh8 Bc6 47. d4 Rc7 48. Bf1 Rg7 49. Kg2 Rg5 50. Rh6 Rg4 51. Rh4 Rg5
52. Bd3 e5 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. dxe5 Rxe5 55. g4 {Black acceots the draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Berger, Lucas"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Qc1 c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf3 Nd3+
15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qa4 Qd5 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Qd1 Bf6
21. b3 Rc2 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Bb4 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 d2 25. Bxd2 Bxb1 26. Qxb1 Qc6 27.
Qd3 h6 28. g4 Rd8 29. Qb1 Bh4+ 30. Ke2 Qb5+ 31. Kd1 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qxf3 33. Be1
Qe4+ 34. Kb2 Qxb1+ 35. Kxb1 Bxe1 36. Kc2 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Rxh2+ 38. Kc4 a6 39. b4
g6 40. b5 axb5+ 41. Kxb5 h5 42. f5 exf5 43. a4 hxg4 44. a5 Ra2 45. axb6 Rb2+
46. Kc6 g3 47. b7 g2 48. Kc7 Bg3+ 49. Kc8 Rxb7 50. Kxb7 g1=Q 51. e4 Qc5 52.
exf5 Qc7+ 53. Ka6 Qb8 54. fxg6 fxg6 55. Ka5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Rahulan, Thivyaa"]
[Black "Martin, Lewis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rb1
a5 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. a3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Bxd4 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Re2 Be6 20. Rbe1 Rad8 21.
Nb1 Rd4 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bd3 e4 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Nd2 Bh6 27. Rd1 Qd7
28. Be2 Bxd2 29. Kf1 Qd4 30. b3 f4 31. f3 exf3 32. Bxf3 Bf5 33. Qa2 Qe3 34. Be2
f3 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Black "James, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d6 8. h3
b5 9. Bc2 Nb8 10. Rd1 c6 11. d3 Re8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. b4 d5 15. a4
Bb7 16. Rab1 c5 17. bxc5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21.
Bxc5 Qc6 22. Be3 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Qxa4 24. Rxb7 Qxe4 25. Rb4 Qf5 26. Qb2 h6 27.
Nd2 Red8 28. Qb1 Qc8 29. Ne4 a5 30. Rb6 Ra6 31. Qa2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxb6 33. Bxb6
Qf5 34. Ng3 Qf6 35. Qxa5 g6 36. Be3 h5 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qf3 Qd8 39. Bg5 Qd3 40.
Qf6+ Kh7 41. Nxh5 Qd6 42. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Modi, Shyam Jagdish"]
[Black "Simpson, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Na6 15. f4 Nd7
16. f5 Nf6 17. g4 Nh7 18. Nf3 Ng5 19. Nh2 Qd8 20. Qd2 c5 21. Qf2 Nh7 22. Nf3
Ng5 23. Nh2 Nh7 24. Rf1 Bd7 25. Kh1 Nb4 26. Rad1 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. h4 Qe7
29. Nf3 g5 30. Rg1 f6 31. Bf1 Kf7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rg3 Rh8 34. Rh3 Rag8 35.
Qh2 Kg7 36. Kg2 Nf8 37. Be2 Rxh3 38. Qxh3 Rh8 39. Qg3 Kg8 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Kxh1
Qh7+ 42. Kg2 Be8 43. Qe1 Qc7 44. Qd2 Qg7 45. Bd1 Bd7 46. Ne2 Nh7 47. Nc1 b6 48.
Ne2 Qf8 49. Ng3 Be8 50. Kf2 Qh6 51. Kg2 Nf8 52. Ne2 Nh7 53. Bc2 Nf8 54. Nc1 Qh7
55. Bd1 Qg7 56. Ne2 Nh7 57. Neg1 Kf8 58. Nh3 Bf7 59. Nf2 Be8 60. Nd3 Na6 61.
Qc3 Qc7 62. Nd2 Nb8 63. Nb1 Bd7 64. Na3 Qa7 65. Nb5 Bxb5 66. cxb5 Qg7 67. b3
Qh6 68. Nb2 Nd7 69. Nc4 Ke7 70. Nxb6 Nxb6 71. Qxa5 Nd7 72. b6 Qf8 73. Qb5 Qb8
74. a5 Nhf8 75. Be2 Nxb6 76. axb6 Nd7 77. b7 Qc7 78. Qc6 Kd8 79. Bb5 Qxc6 80.
dxc6 Nb8 81. Kf3 Kc7 82. Ke3 Kb6 83. Kd3 Kc7 84. Kc4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Modi, Kishan J"]
[Black "Quraishi, Shahab U A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Be3
h6 9. Be2 Ne5 10. b3 b6 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Bc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. e5 Ng8 15. Ne4
Nge7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Bg4 g6 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Ne3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qg3 Kf8
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. Qe3 a5 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rg8 27. Nb6 Rb8 28.
Ndxc8 Rxc8 29. Qd6+ Kg7 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qxf7+ Rg7 33. Qd5 Qa6
34. Rd1 Qb6+ 35. Qd4 Qb7 36. Qd5 Qa6 37. Qb5 Qa7+ 38. c5 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40.
Qb6 Qa8 41. Rd6 Qe8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Qf6 f4 44. c6 dxc6 45. Qxc6 Qxe5 46. Qc8+
Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Qxe6 49. Rxe6 g4 50. Re5 g3 51. hxg3 fxg3 52. Rxa5
Kh7 53. Rd5 Rc7 54. Kf1 Rc2 55. Rd3 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rxa2 57. Rxg3 Kh6 58. Kh2 Rb2
59. Kh3 Kh5 60. Rc3 Kg5 61. g3 Rb1 62. Rc5+ Kg6 63. Rb5 Rd1 64. b4 Rd4 65. Rb8
{Handwriting on both scoresheets isof variable clarity and some moves have
been missed.} Kf5 66. b5 Ke6 67. b6 Kd7 68. b7 Kc7 69. Rc8+ Kxb7 70. Rc1 Rd6
71. g4 Rc6 72. Rxc6 Kxc6 73. Kh4 Kd7 74. Kg5 Ke7 75. Kh6 Kf7 76. g5 Kg8 77. Kg6
Kh8 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Ireland, David J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. d5 c4 14. Re1 Nb7 15. Nf1 Nc5
16. Ng3 a5 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf3 b4 20. Qxc4 Qb8 21. Qe2 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Na4 23. Bxa4 Bxa4 24. c4 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rac1 Bb5 28.
Rxc4 Bxc4 29. a3 Bd8 30. Rc1 Bd3 31. Rc6 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. a4 Kf8 34. h4
Ke8 35. Bg5 f6 36. Be3 Kd7 37. Nd2 Nxd2 38. Bxd2 f5 39. g3 h5 40. Kg2 Bc7 41.
Kh3 Kc8 42. f3 Kd7 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. fxg4 Rb8 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Rc3 Rb4 47. Rg3
Rxa4 48. Rg7+ Kc8 49. Rh7 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Ne5 Nb4 8. a3
Na6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Bb2 c6 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc7 14. O-O b6 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Qg4 Nb5 17. Bb2 Nxd4 18. Rad1 c5 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Rxd4
fxg4 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Rd1 Bb3 25. Rc1 cxb4 26. Bg2 Rb8 27. axb4
Bf6 28. Ba3 Bd4 29. Rb1 Ba2 30. Rd1 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Be3 32. Re1 Bd4 33. Re7 Rf2
34. h3 gxh3 35. Bxh3 Bd5+ 36. Ne4 Ra2 37. Bg2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+
40. Kh1 Bf2+ 41. Bf1 Rxa3 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. g4 g6 44. g5 b5 45. Bd5 Rd8 46. Bf7
Re3 47. Rf4 Bg3 48. Rf6 Rd2 49. Rf1 Re1 50. Rxe1 Bxe1 51. Kg1 Rb2 52. Kf1 Bxb4
53. Kg1 Bc5+ 54. Kh1 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 b4 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Ke2 Rxf7 58. Kd1 b3 59.
Kc1 Ba3+ 60. Kd2 b2 61. Kc2 Rf2+ 62. Kd3 b1=Q+ 63. Ke3 Bc5# 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Gostelow, David W"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Be2 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. Nf3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Bd7 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
O-O Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Na6 18. Nc3 Reb8 19. Rab1 Nb4 20. a3 Nd3 21.
Bc1 Ng4 22. Bg5 Kf8 23. e5 Ngxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. f4
Bf6 28. Bg5 Rxa3 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. f5 Kg7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf4 f5 33. h3 Rab3
34. Ra1 Nd3 35. Rfa4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Rb2 38. Nc3 Nf4 39. Kg3 Nh5+
40. Kf3 Nf6 41. Rc1 Rd2 42. g4 Nxd5 43. gxf5 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rxc3 45. Rd1 Nf6+ 46.
Kf4 Nh5+ 47. Ke4 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Sanchez, Eduardo J"]
[Black "Jamieson, Ian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O fxe5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Re1 Qd6 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Na3 a6 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qc6
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qe2 Kc7 18. Bf5 Bd6 19. Bxe6 Rae8 20. Bxd7 Rxe2
21. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kxc6 23. Nc2 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. f3 Nc7 26. Be3 Ne6
27. Kf2 Be5 28. g3 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bc1 Nc5 31. Ne1 Kd5 32. b3 g6 33. Ke2
b5 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Kxd3 h5 36. Bb2 Bf6 {Black offers the draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Black "Jones, Steven A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. c3 Rc8
15. Nc2 Be6 16. Nce3 f5 17. Qh5 Ne7 18. Qg5 Nxd5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nxd5 Rc5
21. Rd1 e4 22. Ne3 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bc4 24. Bh3 b4 25. Nxc4 bxc3 26. b3 d5 27. Bxf5
dxc4 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. bxc4 Bh6 30. Ra2 Rc6 31. Bg4 Rxc4 32. Bd1 a5 33. Bc2 Rb4
34. Rxa5 Rb2 35. Bxe4 c2 36. O-O c1=Q 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Ne2 Ne8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Qg4 Qd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nh5 Rd8 18. Nxf4 e5 19. Ne6 Nc7 20. Bxe7 Nxe6 21. Bxf8
Bxf8 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Ng5 Nf4 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. g3 Ng6 26. h4 h6 27. Nf3 Nf8 28.
Rf2 Nh7 29. Raf1 Nf6 30. Nh2 c5 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Bf8 34. Ng4
c4 35. dxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxe5 Rxc2+ 37. Rf2 Rc7 38. Nf3 Bg7 39. Rd2 Rd7 40. e5 Kf7
41. Nxd4 Bxe5 42. Rf2+ Kg6 43. Nf3 Bg7 44. Re2 Rd3 45. Ne5+ Bxe5 46. Rxe5 Rd2+
47. Kf3 Rxb2 48. Kg4 Rb6 49. Re7 h5+ 50. Kf4 Ra6 51. Rxb7 Rxa3 52. Rb5 Ra4+ 53.
Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Ra6 55. Kh3 Rb6 56. Ra5 a6 57. Kg2 Rb2+ 58. Kh3 Rb6 59. Ra3
Kh6 60. Kg2 Kg6 61. Kf3 Rc6 62. Kf4 Rc4+ 63. Ke5 Rc5+ 64. Kd4 Rc6 65. Kd5 Rb6
66. Ke5 Rb5+ 67. Kf4 Rb4+ 68. Kf3 Rb6 69. Ra4 Rc6 70. Kf4 Rb6 71. Ke5 Rb5+ 72.
Ke4 a5 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg2 Rb5 75. Kf3 Rb3+ 76. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Akeya-Price, Robert A"]
[Black "James, Russell A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bc6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bxc5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nd1 Bb5 14. Qd2
Ne4 15. Qe1 Ndf6 16. b4 Be7 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nb2 e5 20. Nf3 Nc3 21.
a3 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Rc2 23. Qb1 Rfc8 24. Bc5 Bf5 25. Bxe7 Nc3 26. Qe1 Rxb2 27.
Qxe5 Qd3 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Rc6 30. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Modi, Shyam Jagdish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nf4 12. Rd1 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Qe7 14. b3 Re8
15. Ba3 Qh4 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Qf2 Qf6 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nb2 g5 21. c4 h5
22. Na4 b6 23. Nc3 g4 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Rf1 Bh6 27. Bb2 Bg7 28. Qe1
Rad8 29. Nb4 Bf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nc6 Re8 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 Qg7 34. Qa1
g3 35. hxg3 fxg3 36. f4 Qf6 37. f5 Bc8 38. Nf3 Qxa1 39. Rxa1 Kg7 40. Re1 Kf6
41. Nd4 Bb7 42. Nb5 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 44. Nxc7 Bxf5 45. b4 Ke5 46. Nb5 Bd3 47.
Nxa7 Bxc4 48. a4 Kd6 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ba6 51. Kh1 Kc7 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Martin, Lewis"]
[Black "Modi, Kishan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 e5 14. f5 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Rbd8 16. Qf2 Rd7 17. g4 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. g5 gxf5 20. exf5 f6 21. Nb6
Re7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. g6 Rg8 24. Qh4 Bf8 25. Bxg8 Kxg8 26. Nd5 Rd7 27. Nxf6+
Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Nd8 29. Nc5 Ba8 30. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Taylor, Robert K"]
[Black "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bxc5 Nd7 11. Ba3 Nde5 12. Nf4 Nd4 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. g3
Nexf3 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Ncd5 Bg4 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Nxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bb4 Ne6 20.
Bc3+ Kg8 21. h3 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kc2 Bh5 24. Rd5 Ne1+ 25. Bxe1 Bf3 26.
Rg1 Bh2 27. Bg2 Bxe4+ 28. Bxe4 Bxg1 29. Bc3 Bb6 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 f5 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Nd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nh3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Ra8 16. O-O Qc7 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Nf2 Bg7 20. h4 Nf6 21. Nh1 Nh5
22. g3 Bc8 23. Rf2 Ra7 24. Raf1 Qe7 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Qxh5 f4 27. gxf4 exf4 28.
Rxf4 Qe5 29. Qf3 h5 30. Ng3 Bg4 31. Rxg4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 f6 33. Nf5 Kh8 34. Kh1
a5 35. Rg1 Rff7 36. h5 Qe8 37. d6 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan Lb"]
[Black "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Ne5
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nd3 Be7 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 Na6 14. Bg5 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxd5
Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Rc1 Rxe2 23. Rxc5 Qe8 24. Qb7 g6 25. Rc8 Bd8 26. Bxf7+
1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel M"]
[Black "Fisher, Neal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. a3 a5 8. e3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 Rb8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 exd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. b4 c6 15. Qd2
Bc7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. d5 Qc8 18. Kh2 axb4 19. axb4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. Re2
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qc3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxc7 Qe8 28. Qxd6 f6 29. Bd4 Qc8 30. Qe7 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. d6 b5 33. Bd5+
Kf8 34. Be6 Bc6 35. d7 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Somton, Anita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7 7. e3 Ngf6 8. Ngf3
e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfc1 c5 12. c4 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 dxc4
15. Rxc4 Bd6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Rxd6 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Bxf6 Rd1+ 22. Bf1 gxf6 23. Nc5 Rd2 24. Nd3 b5 25. a3 a5 26. g3 b4 27.
axb4 axb4 28. b3 Rd1 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Nc5 Kf8 31. Bc4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Chadwick, Chris"]
[Black "Jamieson, Ian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. a3 N8e7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf5 17. Bxd5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. Qh5 Bxd4 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21.
Kh1 Rxc3 22. Rce1 Re3 23. Bg6 Qg8 24. Bf7 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 g6 26. Qd5 Qg7 27. b4
a6 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Qe6 Rf8 30. Be8 Nd8 31. Qc4 c6 32. Qe2 Qg8 33. a4 Nf7 34.
Bd7 Ng5 35. Rh4 Qd5 36. Bg4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "James, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Berger, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4 7. e5 Qb6 8. a3
Be7 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Bd3
Nh6 15. O-O Nf5 16. b4 f6 17. Bb2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Rhf8 19. Rfe1 Nd4 20. Rac1+ Kb8
21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Qe5+ Bd6 23. Qxd4 Qd8 24. Rxe6 Rdf7 25. Re2 Rf4 26. Qe3 R4f7
27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5+ Ka8 29. Rec2 Qd7 30. Qxd5 Kb8 31. Qe5+ Ka8 32. Rc7 Qxc7
33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Re8 35. Be4 Rb8 36. Qxg7 Rc8 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Simpson, Derek"]
[Black "Walker, Nicholas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rac1 c6 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Nd2
Qh4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 Re6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Be1 Qh6 19. Bg3 f5 20. Qf2 Nf6
21. h3 Nd5 22. Rfe1 Rg6 23. Bh4 Qh5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 Rge6 26. Bg3 Rf6 27. Qe2
Qf7 28. Rf1 Rfe6 29. Rf2 Qc7 30. Bh2 Qb6 31. Rff1 Qb3 32. Rfe1 Rd8 33. Kf2 Nb6
34. Rc3 Qa4 35. Qc2 Rd5 36. Qxa4 Nxa4 37. Rc2 Rb5 38. Rb1 Rd6 39. b3 Nb6 40.
Rbb2 a5 41. Ke2 Rdd5 42. Bg1 Nd7 43. Bf2 Rb6 44. Be1 Rdb5 45. b4 Nf6 46. Rc5
Nd5 47. a4 Rxc5 48. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Quraishi, Shahab U A"]
[Black "Ireland, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. h3 Bd7 12. f4 Rac8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf3 Rfd8
15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Rd3 Qb7 18. Bd4 b4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ e5 21.
Qxb4 Qa7+ 22. Kh2 Nc5 23. Rdd1 Ne6 24. Rxd6 Rb8 25. Qa5 Bb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27.
Qxa6 Qxa6 28. Rxa6 Rxb2 29. f5 Nd4 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. c4 Rd7 32. Ra5 f6 33. Bd1
Nc6 34. Rd5 Ra7 35. Rd6 Nd4 36. Rfxf6 Rxa3 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Bh5 Ke7 39. Rb6
Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Ra4 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Bf7 Kg5 43. Bd5 Ra2 44. Rf7 Ne2 45. Rf5+ Kh4
46. Rf2 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Lewis, Christopher D"]
[Black "Sanchez, Eduardo J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc8 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7
15. f6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 Qxf6 17. Bg5 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Ali, Golam S"]
[Black "Rahulan, Thivyaa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bb4 d6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 Qe8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qg6 18. d5 e5 19. Rf5 h6 20. Rcf1 Nh7 21.
R1f3 Rxf5 22. exf5 Qf7 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Bf5 Re8 25. Bg6 Qe7 26. Bxe8 Nxe8 27.
Qg6 e4 28. Rg3 Qf7 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. dxe6 Ne4 32. e7 Bc6 33. Rd3
Kf7 34. Be1 Kxe7 35. b4 a6 36. Re3 Kf7 37. a4 Nf6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Bd7 40.
Ra3 Be6 41. Ra7 Ne8 42. Ra4 Nf6 43. h3 Ke7 44. Bc3 Ne8 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ke3 Nf6
47. Ra7 Ne8 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Ra8 Ke7 50. g4 Kd7 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Ra1 Kf7 53. Rf1+
Ke7 54. Bh8 Bd7 55. Kd4 Be6 56. Rf2 Bf7 57. Re2+ Be6 58. Re1 Kd7 59. Ra1 Ke7
60. Ra8 Kf7 61. Rxe8 Kxe8 62. Bg7 Kf7 63. Bxh6 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Gostelow, David W"]
[Black "Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bd3 f6 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng6 Qe8 14. O-O-O Ne7
15. Qh8+ Kf7 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qa4 19. Kb1 Qxd4 20. e5 Bb4 21.
Nb3 Qe4+ 22. Ka1 a5 23. a3 Bd7 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bh4 Qg6 27. Rc1
Bd2 28. Rcf1 Rc8 29. f5 exf5 30. g4 Nh7 31. gxf5 Qh6 32. Bxf6 Rxh8 33. Bxh8 Nf6
34. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Several black moves missing on one scoresheet.} 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jones, Steven A"]
[Black "Martin, Lewis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bd3 b5 20. Be4 Bd6
21. Rg4 c4 22. Rh4 g6 23. Rg4 Rac8 24. h4 c3 25. Rh2 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Be5+ 27.
Kc1 Rc3 28. h5 a5 29. Re2 Bd6 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. Be4 b4 32. Rh4 a4 33. Kb1 Rdc8
34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh6 Bf8 36. Rh4 Bd6 37. Rh6 Bf8 38. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Modi, Shyam Jagdish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. g4 Qb8 17. Qg2 Qa8 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 Nc7 20. Rcd1 Rfd8 21. h5 b5
22. cxb5 Nxb5 23. Naxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Nc5 25. Nc3 Ba6 26. Rf2 Nd3 27. Rfd2 Nxb2
28. Rxb2 Rxc3 29. Bd4 Rc4 30. g6 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qa7 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qf2 Bh4
34. Qxh4 Qxd4+ 35. Rf2 Rb8 36. f5 exf5 37. Qg5 Qf6 38. Qe3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 f4 40.
Qa7+ Bb7 41. Qa5 Qh4 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qh3 Rg1+ 44. Kxg1 Qxh3 45. Bg2 Qe3 46.
Kf1 Ba6+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Bf1 Bxf1 49. Rxf1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel M"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 a6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 d6 10. h3 Ne8 11. Be3 e5 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. h4
Be6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Nxd3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. exf5 Qf7 21. Qg4 Nb4
22. Be4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qf7 25. Rxd6 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxc5 e4
28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rfd1 Rc7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd4 Rc1+
34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rxe4 Rxb2 36. Rc4 a5 37. Kf3 h6 38. g4 Kg6 39. Rd4 Rb3+ 40. Kf4
Rb4 41. Re4 Kf6 42. f3 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Kg3 Rb6 45. f4 Rb3+ 46. Kh4 Rb4 47.
Re5 a4 48. Ra5 Rxf4 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kh5 Re4 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rxh6 Re5+ 53. g5
Ra5 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Rf1 a3 56. Kg4 a2 57. Ra1 Kg6 58. Kf4 Ra3 59. Ke4 Kxg5 60.
Kd4 Kf4 61. Kc4 Ke3 62. Kb4 Ra8 63. Kb3 Kd3 64. Rd1+ Ke2 65. Ra1 Kd2 66. Rxa2+
Rxa2 67. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. O-O b6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2
Rac8 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rc3 23. Bf2 Rdc8 24. Rc1 d5 25. Ke2 R8c4 26. g4 Ra3
27. c3 Raxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd3 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Be7 32. Kc3 Bd6
33. Be3 g5 34. fxg5 Bxh2 35. a4 a6 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. Bd2
Be7 40. Bf4 Bxg5 41. Bc7 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bd6 Bd2 44. Ke2 Bc3 45. Kd3 Ba5
46. Bf4 Kf6 47. Kc2 Bb6 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Bd2 Bc7 50. Bg5+ Kf7 51. Kc3 Bd6 52.
Kd3 Kg6 53. Bd2 h5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Ba5 Kg4 56. Bb6 Kf5 57. Ba7 Be7 58. Bb8
b4 59. Bc7 b3 60. Be5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan Lb"]
[Black "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Nc1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Na5
15. Nc5 Nc4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Qe2 exf4 18. Qxc4 Rb8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rab1 Qd6 21.
Ne4 Qc7 22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Rb2 Be6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Re1 Rbc8 27.
Rb3 Kf7 28. gxf4 Rc7 29. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "James, Russell A"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
dxc3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Rxd7+ Be7 13. Rxb7 Rhd8 14.
e4 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. b3 a5 17. Bc4+ Kf6 18. Bd5 Na7 19. Bd2 Nc8 20. Kf1
Nb6 21. Ke2 a4 22. Bc6 axb3 23. axb3 Nc8 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Bxa8 Nb6 26. Bb7 Ke6
27. Be3 Kd6 28. f4 Kc7 29. Bd5 Nd7 30. Be6 Nf6 31. fxe5 Nxe4 32. Kd3 Ng5 33.
Bg8 Kd7 34. Kc4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "James, Ann-Marie"]
[Black "Akeya-Price, Robert A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. c4
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxh5 17. g3 g5 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Qb3 Nhf6 20. Bb4
Qc7 21. Qa3 b6 22. Be7 Rde8 23. Bd6 Qb7 24. Kb1 Rh7 25. Qd3 Rhh8 26. Ne5 Rh7
27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Nc5 29. Qc2 a5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Qxc5+ Qc7 32. Qb5 Qb7 33.
Rc1+ Kb8 34. Nc6+ Kc8 35. Nxa5+ Qc7 36. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qe4+ 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rhf1 Rfd8
21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Rh1 c5 23. Na5 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 26. Be3 Rd7 27.
f3 Bb4 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Bf2 Bd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. g3 Kf8 33. Rc4 Ke7
34. g4 Kd7 35. Kc2 {White offers a draw} Rf8 36. Kd2 f5 37. Bg3 fxg4 38. fxg4
g6 39. Rc1 gxh5 40. gxh5 Rf5 41. Rh1 Nf6 42. Be5 Rxh5 43. Rg1 Rg5 44. Rxg5 Ne4+
45. Ke3 Nxg5 46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Bg7 Nf7 48. Kg4 Kd5 49. Kh5 Nd6 50. Bxh6 Kxd4 51.
Kg4 e5 52. Kf3 Kd3 53. Be3 a6 54. Bc5 Nc4 55. b3 Nd2+ 56. Kg2 Ke2 57. Bb6 e4
58. Ba7 Nf1 59. Kg1 e3 60. Kg2 Kd1 61. Kf3 e2 62. Bf2 b5 63. Ke4 Nd2+ 64. Kd4
Kc2 65. Ke3 Nb1 66. a4 Nc3 67. axb5 axb5 68. Be1 Kxb3 69. Kd3 b4 70. Bd2 Kb2
71. Kc4 Kc2 72. Be1 b3 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Jamieson, Ian M"]
[Black "Quraishi, Shahab U A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 c6 6. a4 a5 7. b5 O-O 8. Nf3 h6
9. O-O Qc7 10. d3 Be6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 15. f4
Nh5 16. Rf3 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. e3 Rae8 19. Nf1 Ndf6 20. Nb1 d5 21. Nbd2 d4
22. exd4 Nxf4 23. d5 Bf7 24. Re3 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Nh5 26. Rae1 Bd6 27. Nb3 Nf4+
28. Kh1 Nxh3 29. Qc3 Bxd5+ 30. cxd5 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Nd1 33. Qxa5
Nxe3+ 34. Nxe3 Qf7 35. Qc3 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Bh2 37. Nxc5 f4 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7
Kxg7 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nxf8 fxe3 42. Ne6 Ke7 43. a5 Kd7 44. Ke2 Bg1 45. Nf4 Kd6
46. a6 bxa6 47. bxa6 Kc7 48. a7 Kb7 49. d6 Bh2 50. d7 Kxa7 51. Ne6 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Modi, Kishan J"]
[Black "Lewis, Christopher D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. b4 e6 7. Bb2 Ng6 8. c4 Nf6
9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bd7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Ne2 Nh4
15. O-O g5 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 17. Rd7 Rb8 18. Ng3 Kg6 19. f4 g4 20. f5+ Nxf5 21.
Nxf5 exf5 22. Bd3 a5 23. Rxf5 axb4 24. Rfxf7+ Kh6 25. axb4 b6 26. Rf6+ Kg5 27.
Re6 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Black "Somton, Anita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Re1 Nc7 12. b3 c5 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Rac1 cxd4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd4 a5 17. Qb1 Nc5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21.
Nd6 Qg5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf3 Nf4+ 24. Kf1 Qg4 25. Ng1 Ng6 26. Rc4 Qh5 27. Qb2
Rd8 28. Rd4 Rd5 29. Qd2 Ne7 {Black offers a draw} 30. f4 h6 31. h3 Qg6 32. g4
h5 33. f5 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qg5 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Walker, Nicholas A"]
[Black "Rahulan, Thivyaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nge2 Nc6
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bc6 14. b4
Qh5 15. f3 e5 16. Ne2 Rhg8 17. c3 Rg6 18. a4 Rh6 19. b5 Bd5 20. h3 Be6 21. g4
Qh4 22. a5 f5 23. b6 a6 24. bxc7 Kxc7 25. Qb2 fxg4 26. fxg4 Rb8 27. Qb4 exd4
28. Nxd4 Qg5 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rf7 Kd7 31. Rd1+ Ke8 32. Rdf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+
34. Kh1 Qc7 35. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Simpson, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. f4 Re8 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Be3 Rbc8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
Rf2 b5 16. Rcf1 f5 17. g4 b4 18. Bd2 a5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bd5+
Kh8 22. Qg4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Ng5 Rf6 25. Ne4 Nxh4 26. Qxh4 Rf5 27. Ng5 h6
28. Rg2 Ne7 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Re1 Rh5 31. Qxh5 gxh5 32. Nxg7 Rg8 33. Rxe7 Qd8 34.
Rf7 Qc8 35. f5 Qc6 36. Rg6 Kh7 37. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Black "Fisher, Neal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. h3 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxh3
15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Qf5 Ne6 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. e5 g6 21.
Qxf6 Qd8 22. Bh6 c5 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Rg1 Red7 26. Ne4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Chadwick, Chris"]
[Black "Ali, Golam S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Qc7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nd7 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Nc5 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f6 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Qxc2+ 21. Qxc2
Bxc2+ 22. Ka1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bf8 24. Kb1 e5 25. Be3 Rc4 26. h5 Re4 27. Rd3 Rc8
28. Ng3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 gxf6 30. gxf6 Bh6 31. Re1 Bf4 32. Nf5 Rd8 33. Ne7+ Kh8
34. Rg1 d5 35. Kc2 d4 36. Kd3 Bh6 37. Nf5 Bf8 38. h6 a5 39. Rg7 Rd7 40. Ne7
Bxe7 41. Rxf7 Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 e4+ 44. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Ireland, David J"]
[Black "Sanchez, Eduardo J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 exf5 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Qe1 Bxc4 10. dxc4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nbc6 12. Qg3 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. Qh3 h5
15. g4 Nfd4 16. gxh5 Nf3+ 17. Rxf3 exf3 18. hxg6 Qxg5+ 19. Bxg5 fxg6 20. Be3
Rae8 21. Bf2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 {Only one scoresheet available, last
few moves difficult to decipher} Re5 24. Qg4 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Berger, Lucas"]
[Black "Gostelow, David W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Modi, Shyam Jagdish"]
[Black "Jones, Steven A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qa3
Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. e3 Bd7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rac1
Rhc8 15. Nd2 Na5 16. b4 {White offers the draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "James, Russell A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. e5 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. axb4 Bf6 14. c3 c6
15. Bd3 d6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Qf3 Qc6 21.
Qxc6 bxc6 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Bxa7 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Bg1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Re4 27.
g3 Kg7 28. Ra6 Rc4 29. Kg2 d5 30. Bc5 d4 31. Rxc6 dxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. b5 Rb3
34. b6 Rb5 35. Rc7 Bd8 36. Bd4+ Kf8 37. Ra7 Rd5 38. Be5 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Martin, Lewis"]
[Black "Blackburn, Jonathan Lb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f5 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Nf1 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qf7 14. Bg5
Ne5 15. Bh5 Ng6 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. O-O b5 20. Qd1 Qf5 21.
Qxd6 Qxg5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rf6 25. Qe7 Qd5 26. b3 Qd6 27.
Qe4 Raf8 28. b4 a6 29. f3 Qd5 30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rd3 Rd6 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. Kd2 Re8 36. Nc2 Re5 37. f4 Re4 38. g3 a5 39. a3 axb4 {
Black offers the draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "James, Ann-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5 d6 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Nf6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Rb8 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. b3
c5 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Qh6 Be6 17. e5 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Qf4 Rb4 20. g4 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Qxd4 Qa5 26. Ne4 Rd8 27.
Kb1 Bxg4 28. Qf6+ Kf8 29. Nxd6 Be6 30. Nb7 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Ferrington, Nigel M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Kf8 20. Ne4 b6 21.
Nf2 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Nd3 Ke7 25. Kf2 f6 26. Nd2 f5 27. c4
Ndb4 28. Nxb4 Nxb4 29. Ke2 g5 30. Nb3 a5 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. g3 Nc6 33. Nd2 Ne7 34.
Nf3 Ng6 35. h4 g4 36. h5 gxf3 37. hxg6 Ke6 38. g7 Kf7 39. Kxf3 Kxg7 40. Kf4 Kg6
41. Ke5 Kg5 42. d5 Kg4 43. Ke6 Kxg3 44. Kd7 f4 45. Kxc7 f3 46. d6 f2 47. d7
f1=Q 48. d8=Q Qxc4+ 49. Kxb6 Qxa4 50. Qd3+ Kh4 51. Qd8+ Kg4 52. Qg8+ Kf3 53.
Qf7+ Ke2 54. Qh5+ Kd3 55. Qxh6 Qb4+ 56. Ka6 Kc2 57. Qb6 Qxb6+ 58. Kxb6 a4 59.
Ka5 Kb3 60. Kb5 Kxb2 61. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Jamieson, Ian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bb4 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qa4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Nb6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20.
Qxb7 Nf4 21. Qf3 Qh6 22. Nb3 Rc6 23. Re4 Rf6 24. Rae1 Ne6 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Qd6
h5 27. Qg3 Qf5 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 g6 30. Rde4 Rc8 31. h3 Rc2 32. R4e2 Rxe2
33. Rxe2 Qb5 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Ra6 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Kf1 g5 38. Ke1 f5 39. f3
Kf6 40. Kd1 g4 41. fxg4 fxg4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kc1 Kf5 44. Rf2+ Kg5 45. Kb2 Kh4
46. Kb3 Kg3 47. Rc2 Kh2 48. a4 g3 49. Kb4 Rf6 50. Kb5 Rf2 51. Rc3 Ra2 52. a5
Kxg2 53. a6 Kh2 54. Rxg3 Kxg3 55. Kb6 Kf4 56. a7 Ke5 57. Kb7 Kd6 58. a8=Q Rxa8
1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Black "Modi, Kishan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qe8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. f3 d5
16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nb5 21. Bb2 Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Akeya-Price, Robert A"]
[Black "Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 d5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Rb1
Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Qxa7 Qc8 17. Qxb7 Rd1+ 18. Bf1 Qh3 19. Qb8+ Bf8 20.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Ba3+ Ke8 22. Rxd1 Qe6 23. Bg2 f5 24. Rd6 Qxa2 25. Bxc6+ Ke7 26.
Bb4 Qa6 27. Bb7 Qa7 28. Ra6+ Kf7 29. Rxa7 f4 30. Bd5+ Kf6 31. Be7+ Kf5 32. c4
f3 33. Bxf3 h5 34. c5 h4 35. c6 hxg3 36. c7 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 e4 38. c8=Q+ Ke5 39.
Qc5+ Ke6 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Bh4 e3+ 42. Kxe3 g5 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Okhai, Shabir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. a4 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rac1 Nfd7 21. Bb1 d5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. f4 Nc6 25. e5 Bh6 26. Qf2 Bc8 27. Rcd1 Bg7 28.
Nge2 f6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Nd4 Qc7 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. g4 Bg7 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Rf1
Bh6 35. f5 Rde8 36. Bc1 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Qe5 38. Rf2 Nd7 39. Re2 Qd6 40. Rce1 Rxe2
41. Rxe2 Nc5 {Black offers the draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Chadwick, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 f5 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
c6 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. b4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf4 Be6 15.
Qb5 Qd6 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 g5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bb3 Bf8 20. Qxf5 h6 21.
Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Black "Walker, Nicholas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Wiltshir,Rich"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Ke7 13. Kb1 Rhg8 14.
Nd5+ Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. f3 Nd7 17. g4 Rac8 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf5 Rc4 20. b3 Rf4
21. Rhf1 b5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Kb2 Rc5 24. Be4 f5 25. gxf5 Nf6 26. c4 bxc4 27. b4
Rb5 28. Rxc4 Nxe4 29. a4 Rxd5 30. fxe4 Rd2+ 31. Kc3 {White offers a draw} Rxh2
32. Rxf4 exf4 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 f3 35. Kd3 Rb2 36. Ke3 f2 37. Rc1 Kf6 38.
Kf4 Rxb5 39. Rf1 Rb4 40. Rh1 h5 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Kxf2 Rxe4 43. Rxh5 Rf4+ 44. Ke3
Rxf5 45. Rh8 Kd5 46. Ra8 Re5+ 47. Kd3 f5 48. Ra5+ Ke6 49. Ra6 f4 50. Ra4 Kf5
51. Ra1 f3 52. Kd2 Kg4 53. Rg1+ Kf4 54. Rg6 d5 55. Rg8 f2 56. Rf8+ Rf5 57.
Rxf5+ Kxf5 58. Ke2 Ke4 59. Kxf2 Kd3 60. Ke1 Kc2 61. Ke2 d4 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Somton, Anita"]
[Black "Ireland, David J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Kh8 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. d4 Nh5 11. dxe5 Nf4 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 f5 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f3 Qc6 18. c4 Ng5 19. Ba4 Qh6 20. fxg4 Qh3+ 21. Kg1
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Nf3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Rahulan, Thivyaa"]
[Black "Lewis, Christopher D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. d4 Be8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Rac1 Nb6
15. Nc7 Nbxd5 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Be3 a6 19. a4 h6 20. Bd3 Nef6 21.
h3 Nh5 22. Rfe1 e6 23. Bf1 Nhf4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bc6 26. Qc4 Nxe3 27. Qxf4
Nxf1 28. Kxf1 b5 29. f3 bxa4 30. Qxh6 Bxf3 31. Qg5 Be4 32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Rc4 Bd5
34. Rxa4 Rxb2 35. Rg4 a5 36. h4 Rb4 37. h5 Rxg4 38. Qxg4 Kh7 39. Rf1 Qa7+ 40.
Kh2 a4 41. hxg6+ fxg6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Rf4 Qg7 45. Rh4+ Qh6 46.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Fisher, Neal"]
[Black "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. h3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. g5 Ne4 12. gxh6 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 gxh6 14. Rg1 b5
15. b3 b4 16. bxc4 bxc3 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Bc7 f6 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. Nb3 Nc2+ 21.
Ke2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Be4 23. Bc4 b5 24. Nc5 bxc4 25. Nxe4 Ra7 26. Bf4 e5 27. dxe5
Ba3 28. e6+ Ke7 29. Nxc3 Bb2 30. Rg1 Rh7 31. Nb5 Ra6 32. a4 Be5 33. Bxe5 fxe5
34. Nc3 Kd6 35. Rd1 Ra5 36. Ne4+ Ke7 37. Nc3 Kd6 38. Rb1 Kc5 39. Ne4+ Kxd5 40.
Nf6+ Kxe6 41. Nxh7 Rxa4 42. Nf8+ Kf5 43. Nd7 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Nc5+ Kd5 46.
Ne4 Rc2 47. Rb5+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rxh6 Rc1 50. Rc6 1-0

[Event "2018 Midland Championship"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Sanchez, Eduardo J"]
[Black "Weersing, Abigail W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5
Ng6 9. b4 Ngxe5 10. a4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 bxa4 12. c4 Ne5 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Qxd5 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Be5 g6 20. f3 Rfd8
21. Ne4 a5 22. Qf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qc8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Bf6# 1-0