[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. h4 a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rh3 e5 12. Rd3 Be6 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. f4 Kh8 15. f5 Bc4 16. Rf3 Bxf1 17. Rfxf1 Rg8 18. Qe2 Rg3 19. Rf3 Rg4
20. g3 Qb6 21. Rdd3 Rag8 22. a3 Qg1+ 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. Rff3 Qg1+ 25. Rd1 Qb6 26.
Rdd3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3
Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h5 Nc8 15.
Nh4 Be7 16. Ng2 Nb6 17. Nf1 Rdg8 18. Nh2 a6 19. Be3 Ka7 20. Qe2 Qd8 21. Ng4 Qf8
22. Kh2 Nb3 23. f4 g6 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Nc8 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bf4 Nd6 28.
Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Nf4 Rg5 30. Qe3 Rhg8 31. Rg1 b5 32. Bf1 Kb7 33. Be2 Rh8 34. Bd1
Na5 35. Rg2 Kc7 36. Be2 Bc6 37. Nh3 Rgg8 38. Ng1 Be8 39. Qf2 Kc8 40. Bd1 Qd8
41. a4 bxa4 42. Ra1 Qxf6 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 44. Rxa4 Nc6 45. b3 Qg5 46. bxc4 Qxh5+
47. Nh3 Rg5 48. Qf4 e5 49. dxe5 Re8 50. e6 Ne5 51. Qxe5 Qxh3+ 52. Kg1 Rxe6 53.
Qh8+ Kc7 54. cxd5 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Re2+ 56. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 57. Kd1 Qxd5+ 58. Rd4 Qb3+
59. Ke2 Qc2+ 60. Rd2 Qe4+ 61. Kf2 Qe7 62. Qd4 Qe6 63. Qa7+ Kc6 64. Qxa6+ Kc7
65. Qa7+ Kc6 66. Qa8+ Kc5 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68. Rb2 Qc8 69. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Large, Peter G"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Qxd4 Be6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rfe1 f6 11. e5 fxg5
12. exd6 O-O-O 13. Rxe6 Qxe6 14. Qxg7 Qxd6 15. Qxh8 g4 16. Ne1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Qxe4
18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Nd3 Nd5 20. Qd2 b6 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Qe2 Kb7 23. Qe4 Nb4 24. Qxd4
Rxd4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. b3 Rd4 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. Rc1 c5 29. Ke1 Rd5 30. Ke2 c4 31.
bxc4 Rd4 32. c5 b5 33. c4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Kd4 c3 37. Kxc3
Kxc5 38. f4 gxf3 39. gxf3 Kd5 40. Kb4 Kd4 41. f4 c5+ 42. Kb3 Kd3 43. f5 c4+ 44.
Ka4 c3 45. f6 c2 46. f7 c1=Q 47. f8=Q Qc2+ 48. Ka3 Qc3+ 49. Ka4 Qc4+ 50. Ka3
Qc3+ 51. Ka4 Qc4+ 52. Ka3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Black "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5.
Nf3 e5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. Be2 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. c3 Re8 14. f3 Qg2 15. Rf1 Nxh2 16. Rf2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxg3 18.
Qe2 Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg6 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxe8+ Bf8 22. Bxc6 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bh3+
24. Kf2 Rxe8 25. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Li, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5
4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5
11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Qxc6 Nxc6 16. Kd2 Rfe8 17.
Ke3 g5 18. h4 Nxe5 19. Rd5 f6 20. hxg5 Be6 21. Rb5 Rab8 22. gxf6 Ng6 23. Rbh5
Nf8 24. Rg5+ Ng6 25. Bb5 Red8 26. Rh4 Bd5 27. Rxd5 Nxh4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bc4+
Kf8 30. Bb4+ Ke8 31. f7+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. h3 O-O-O 14. g4
Nf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. a4 Qb4 17. b3 Kb8 18. Na2 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 h5 20. f3 Rc8 21. Qb2
Qd6 22. Qf2 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rhc8 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Nd4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Qe5 28. Re1 Nc8 29. Nc3 hxg4 30. hxg4 g5 31. Re2 a6 32. Kc2 Qc7 33. Kb2 Ne7 34.
Qh2 Qxh2 35. Rxh2 Nc6 36. Nc2 Be6 37. Rh6 Nd7 38. Rh5 Nde5 39. Be2 f6 40. Rh6
Rf8 41. Kc1 Kc7 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Nd1 Ke7 44. Nf2 Rd8 45. Rh7+ Nf7 46. Nd3 a5 47.
Nc5 Bc8 48. Bb5 Rh8 49. Rxh8 Nxh8 50. Bxc6 bxc6 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. b4 Ng6 53. Nd3
axb4+ 54. Kxb4 Ne5 55. Nce1 Ba6 56. Nc5 Be2 57. a5 Kc7 58. Ne6+ Kd6 59. Nc5 Kc7
60. Ne6+ Kd6 61. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Black "Li, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ndb4 9. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5
9. Nf5 O-O 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Nc3 Bf5 15.
Bg5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bxc7 Ne6 18. Bd6 Qg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Rac1 Rad8 21.
Bf4 Ne6 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Bg5 Rd6 24. Rfe1 Rde6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. h3 f6 27. Bh6
g5 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. h4 Bxc2 30. Re1 Re6 31. Rc1 b5 32. a3 a5 33. b4 c5 34. Kh2
cxb4 35. axb4 Rc6 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. bxa5 Be4 38. Rd1 Ne6 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. f3
Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Kg6 42. Bxg5 Nxg5 43. Rxb5 Rc2 44. Kg3 Ra2 45. Re5 Kf6 46. Rb5
Ne6 47. Rd5 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Nf4+ 49. Kg3 Nxd5 50. a6 Kg5 51. f4+ Kh5 52. a7 Nc7
53. Kf3 Na8 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Kd5 h5 56. f5+ Kxf5 57. Kc6 h4 58. Kb7 h3 59. Kxa8
h2 60. Kb8 h1=B 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d4 b5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 cxb3 21.
Qxb3 Bc5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Bb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Kg2 h6 26. Bc1 Bd4 27. h3
b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1
O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. h3 Rac8 13. Nc3
Nb4 14. g4 Be6 15. Rec1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne5 Rcf8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bd7 Nf7
20. a3 Nc6 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nxc6 Bxd7 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nc7 Qd6 25. Nexd5 Qg3+
26. Qg2 Qxf3 27. Rf1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bc6 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Kg3 Nd8 31. Nxf6 Rxf6
32. d5 Rf7 33. dxc6 Rxc7 34. Bb6 Rc8 35. c7 Nc6 36. Rd1 Kg7 37. Rd8 Ne7 38. Kf4
Kf6 39. Ke4 g5 40. b4 Ke6 41. a4 Kf6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Ke6 44. Ba5 Kf6 45.
b6 Ke6 46. Bb4 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. a3 a5
10. a4 O-O 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Qc1 Ba6 14. b3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Rfe8 16. Rb1
Nf8 17. Rb3 Ne6 18. Qb2 Ra6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. g3 Rb7 21. Qc1 Ra8 22. Qf1 Ra6 23.
h4 h5 24. Qh3 Qe7 25. Kh2 Qf6 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Bf8
30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Rb7 32. Qc8 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Large, Peter G"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6
6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rad1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4
Qe7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. c3 Rhe8 15. Bc1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 Qh5 18. Kg2 Rd7
19. Qd4 Kb8 20. Be3 b6 21. Qa4 Kb7 22. f3 Red8 23. Qc2 g5 24. a4 g4 25. f4 Re8
26. Bd4 Qg6 27. f5 Qf7 28. a5 Be5 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Qa4 Red8 31. Ra1 a5 32.
Bxb6 Rd2+ 33. Bf2 Bc7 34. Kg1 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qh5 36. Rh1 Qg5 37. Rhd1 Bb6+ 38.
Kg2 Qe3 39. Rxd8 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. b4 Ne7 8. b5 a6
9. Rb1 Nf5 10. a4 Qd8 11. Bd3 axb5 12. axb5 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
O-O Be7 16. Ne2 h5 17. h3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nd7 19. Kg2 Nf8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Qxh1
Qd7 22. Qh8 g6 23. Nf4 Bb7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6+ Kd8 26. Bg5 Kc8 27. Rh1 Bxg5
28. Qxf8+ Qd8 29. Qg7 Qe7 30. Bf7 Kb8 31. Rh5 Bd2 32. Rh7 Ka7 33. Bg8 Qxg7 34.
Rxg7 Re8 35. Kg3 Bc3 36. f4 Bxd4 37. g5 Bc5 38. Bh7 Kb8 39. g6 d4 40. Rg8 Rxg8
41. Bxg8 Bf8 42. Bxe6 Be4 43. Bf7 Kc8 44. Kg4 Bxc2 45. f5 d3 46. Bc4 d2 47. Be2
Kd7 48. Kg5 d1=Q 49. Bxd1 Bxd1 50. Kf6 Bc2 51. Kg5 Ke7 52. Kf4 Bg7 53. e6 Kf6
0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Li, Vladimir"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. b3 Bb7 11. Qd3 a5 12. Rad1 Ra8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qd2 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Black "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6.
Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nd1 a5 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. a5 Ra8 19.
Nb2 Ke7 20. Kd2 Nc8 21. Nd3 Nd6 22. f3 g5 23. g4 Ra7 24. Ra4 b5 25. Ra2 Nc4+
26. bxc4 b3 27. Ra3 bxc4 28. Nc5 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Kc3 Kc6 31. h3 Rha8 32.
Rha1 g6 33. Bf1 f5 34. Ra4 Rb8 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4+ Kd6 37. Rb4 b2 38. Rb1
Rc8+ 39. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 a6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5
Be6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Na4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. d3 c6 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 Qc7
15. Rac1 Bg6 16. g3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Black "Li, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Be7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.
b3 c6 9. e4 Na6 10. Nf3 fxe4 11. Ng5 Ba5 12. Bd2 e3 13. fxe3 Bf5 14. a3 Nc5 15.
b4 h6 16. e4 Bg6 17. Nf3 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. a5 Nd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Ne4 Ba7
15. Be3 Re8 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ba4 Ra8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxc6 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 bxc6 22. Nxd4 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Nd2 Qd5 25. Qe2 c5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27.
N4xf3 Rb8 28. Nc4 Bd3 29. Nce5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Be2 31. b4 Re8 32. Nd7 cxb4 33.
cxb4 Rd8 34. Nc5 Rd4 35. Re1 Bb5 36. Re4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Kf8 38. h4 h5 39. Kg3 Rd2
40. Re5 g6 41. Re4 Rc2 42. Rf4 Ke7 43. Ne4 Rc4 44. Ng5 Rc3+ 45. Kh2 Be8 46.
Re4+ Kf8 47. Rf4 Kg7 48. f3 f6 49. Ne6+ Kf7 50. Nc5 Bb5 51. Ne4 Rc6 52. g4 hxg4
53. fxg4 Kg7 54. Nc5 Rd6 55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Ne4 Rc6 57. Rf2 Kg7 58. Nc5 Rd6 59.
Rc2 Kf7 60. Ne4 Rd3+ 61. Kh2 Rd4 62. Rxc7+ Ke6 63. Nc5+ Kd5 64. Kg3 Rxb4 65. h5
f5 66. gxf5 gxh5 67. f6 h4+ 68. Kf3 h3 69. Kg3 h2 70. Kxh2 Rf4 71. f7 Kd6 72.
Kg3 Rf1 73. Ne4+ Kxc7 74. Nf2 Rg1+ 75. Kh2 Ra1 76. f8=Q Rxa5 77. Qc5+ Kb7 78.
Ne4 Ra2+ 79. Kg3 Bc6 80. Nd6+ Kc7 81. Ne8+ Kb7 82. Qe7+ Kb6 83. Qe3+ Kb7 84.
Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. Bd2 Nxb3 10. Nxb3 Rb8 11. Na5 Ba8 12. c4 Nf6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 Be7
15. Qe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rfe1 Qd7 {(=)} 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Bxe7
Kxe7 21. Qe4 Rb5 22. Nc6+ Kf8 23. Rad1 h5 24. f4 Bf5 25. Qc4 Rc5 26. Qxc5 dxc5
27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Ne5 Be8 29. Nd3 Rh6 30. Nxc5 Rd6 31. Kf2 Rd4 32. g3 Bb5 33.
Ke3 Rd8 34. Rc1 Re8+ 35. Kf3 Re2 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Ne5 Rxh2 38. Rxc7 f6 39. Nf7
Bc6+ 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Nd6+ Kd8 42. Ra7 Rxb2 43. Nb7+ Ke8 44. Nc5 Bg4 45. Kd4 Kf8
46. Nd3 Rg2 47. Nxb4 Rxg3 48. a4 h4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 g5 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. Rb8
Ra3 53. Rb7+ Kg6 54. Rb6 Rxa4+ 55. Ke3 gxf4+ 56. Nxf4+ Kg5 57. Rb5+ f5 58. Ne6+
Kf6 59. Nd4 h3 60. Rb6+ Kg5 61. Nf3+ Kh5 62. Nh2 Ra2 63. Nf1 Re2+ 64. Kd3 Rf2
65. Nd2 Rxd2+ 66. Kxd2 h2 67. Rb8 Kh4 68. Rb1 Bf3 69. Ke3 h1=Q 70. Rxh1+ Bxh1
71. Kf4 Be4 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Large, Peter G"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. e5 d5 7. exd6 exd6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. d4 b5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Nh2 Nb6 15.
Bf3 b4 16. Ne4 Nfxd5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Nf1 f5 20. Ned2 Rae8 21. a3
Bf6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxd5 Bxb2 25. Ra2 bxa3 26. Bxc4 f4 27. Qd5
fxg3 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Nxg3 Re8 31. Bb3 Re1+ 32. Kh2 g6 33. f3
h5 34. h4 Rd1 35. Ne4 c4 36. Bxc4 d5 37. Nf2 Rd2 38. Nd3 dxc4 39. Nxb2 axb2 40.
Rxb2 Kg7 41. Ra2 a5 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. fxg4 a4 45. Kg3 a3 46. Rxa3
Rxc2 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. Rc6 Rd2 49. Rxc4 Rd7 50. Kf4 Ra7 51. g5 Rf7+ 52. Kg4 Ra7
53. h5 gxh5+ 54. Kxh5 Rb7 55. Rf4 Rb1 56. Kg4 Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Ra1 58. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
g5 h6 16. Qg4 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Qxh3 20. Rfc1 gxf6 21.
Qxf6 a6 22. c3 Rh6 23. Qf3 dxc3 24. Rxc3 Ke7 25. Rac1 Bh7 26. Bc4 Bg6 27. Qg2
Qg4 28. Be2 Qf4 29. Qf3 Nd4 30. Qe3 Rah8 31. Bf3 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Bxe4 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Nxe4 b6 37. b4 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rgg6 39. Ra7
b5 40. Nc5 Kd8 41. Ke2 Kc8 42. Ra8+ Kc7 43. Ra7+ Kb8 44. Re7 Rg5 45. Ke3 Kc8
46. f3 Rg1 47. Re8+ Kc7 48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Rd7+ Kc6 50. Ra7 Kd5 51. Nxa6 Ra1 52.
Nc5 Kc4 53. Nd3 Rh5 54. Rb7 Rxa3 55. Rc7+ Kd5 56. Rc5+ Kd6 57. Rc8 Rh4 58. Rd8+
Kc6 59. Kf2 Kc7 60. Rd5 e4 61. Kg3 Rxd3 62. Rc5+ Kb6 63. Kxh4 exf3 64. Kg3 Rb3
65. Rc8 Rxb4 66. Kxf3 Rd4 67. Ke3 Rd7 68. Ke2 b4 69. Rb8+ Kc5 70. Rc8+ Kb5 71.
Rb8+ Kc4 72. Rc8+ Kb3 73. Rb8 Kc3 74. Rc8+ Kb2 75. Rb8 b3 76. Ra8 Kc2 77. Rc8+
Kb1 78. Rb8 b2 79. Ke3 Ra7 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Li, Vladimir"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
a6 15. Be1 Rc7 16. a3 Qc8 17. Qf4 Nd4 18. Rab1 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. e3 Nc6 21.
Qc2 b5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Qh5 d6 14. Rd1 Be6
15. Bd5 Qc8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nd4 18. b3 h6 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Re8 21.
Qd3 Re5 22. Be3 Rb4 23. Bd2 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Rd4 25. Qf3 Rdxd5 26. Bc3 Nxc3 27.
Qxc3 Qg4 28. Re1 Rg5 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qc2+ Rg6 31. f3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. h4 Bc5 6. h5 Nf8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bg5
Qd7 9. Bb5 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bxc6 Ne6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Be3
1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
Nxb5 Bb7 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Nxa6 Nd5 18. Bb2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rfa8 21.
Bd4 Bxa6 22. Bxa7 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxe5 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27.
Bxa3 f5 28. Rb1 Nc4 29. Bc5 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Kf1 f4 32. exf4 Nxf4 33. Bf8
g5 34. Rxh7 Nd2+ 35. Ke1 Ne4 36. f3 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Black "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. g3 Nd4 9. Bg2 Nxf3+ 10.
Bxf3 Bh3 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Qxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Bxb7 Rab8 17. Ba6 Bd4 18. Nd1 Bg2 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. Rb1 Ba2 21. Rc1 Rb6 22. Bc4
Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Rxb2 25. f3 Ra2 26. Rg4+ Kf7 27. Ra4 Rb8 28. Rxa7+
Kg6 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. h4 Rxd3 31. h5+ Kf5 32. Rxh7 e4 33. fxe4+ Kxe4 34. Re1 Rf3+
35. Kg2 Rfxa3 36. Re7 e5 37. Rb7 Ra7 38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Rh1 Kf5 40. Kf3 Kg5 41.
Ke4 Rh7 42. Rf1 Rh6 43. e3 Kg4 44. Rf5 Kxg3 45. Kd5 Kg4 46. Ke6 Rh8 47. e4 Ra8
48. Kxf6 Ra4 49. Rxe5 Ra6+ 50. Re6 Ra1 51. Kg6 Ra5 52. h6 Rg5+ 53. Kf7 Rh5 54.
Kg7 Kf4 55. h7 Rg5+ 56. Rg6 Rxg6+ 57. Kxg6 Kxe4 58. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14.
Kb1 Nd7 15. f4 O-O 16. Bb5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5
Qd8 21. Qg3 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Rhg1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Rdf1 Qh6 26. Re1 Bd7
27. Bf5 g6 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Nc6 Ra8 30. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxh3 32. Qf4 Kg7
33. Qd4+ Nf6 34. d6 Qf3 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Nxd5 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. d7 Rd8 39. c4
bxc3 40. bxc3 Kf8 41. Kc1 g5 42. c4 Nxd7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Nxd7+ Ke7 45. Nc5 f5
46. Kd2 Kd6 47. Nb7+ Kc6 48. Nxa5+ Kc5 49. Kd3 g4 50. Nb3+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Li, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. O-O Bg7 10. N1d2 O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Nd6 Bf8 16. a3 Qb6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rxd8 Nxd8
21. Rd1 f5 22. Nd6 Nc6 23. Nc5 Rb8 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qd2 Be7 26. Qf4 f6 27. Nxc8
Rxc8 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nxe6 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kf7 31. Bd5 Rb8 32. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Large, Peter G"]
[Black "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nxe5 Bd6 9. d4 Qh4 10. Qf3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 h5 12. Nc3 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Qxh3 14. Qxh3
Rxh3 15. Kg2 Rh5 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. f5 Bf7 19. e5 Bc4 20. Rf4 Bd5+ 21.
Kg3 Rg5+ 22. Kh4 Rh5+ 23. Kg3 Nd7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. e6 Nf6 26. Rh4 Ke7 27. Rxh5
Nxh5+ 28. Kf3 Rh8 29. Be3 Kf6 30. Kg4 Ke5 31. Kg5 d4 32. Bd2 Nf6 33. Bf4+ Kd5
34. Kg6 Rh4 35. Bxc7 Ne8 36. Bb8 Rh6+ 37. Kf7 g6 38. fxg6 Rh8 39. Re1 Kc6 40.
Be5 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qf2 b5 14. h4 Qa7
15. Qe1 Qb6 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Na2 d5 21.
Ra3 Qc5 22. Rxa6 Be7 23. Nc1 Qc7 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Qe4 Kb7 26. Rd4 Rb8 27. Nb3
Ra8 28. Rxb4+ Bxb4 29. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Li, Vladimir"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rb8 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. b3 O-O 17. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6.
Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. a4 Qb6
13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Rhb1 Rb4 19.
Bd2 Rbxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. b4 Qb7 22. Qe1 Qa8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb7 25.
Qe3 Rxb4 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Nd2 Kg7 28. h3 Qa8 29. Qc3 Qa6 30. Re1 Rd4 31. Nf3 Qd3
32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Re2 Ra3 34. Nd2 Ra2 35. Kf1 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra4 37. Re3 Rd4 38.
Re2 c4 39. f3 Nd7 40. Kf2 Nb6 41. Nf1 Rd3 42. Rc2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Ne3 Kf6
45. Nxc4 Nxc4 46. Rxc4 Rxd5 47. g4 Ra5 48. Rb4 h5 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50. h4 Ke6 51.
Ke3 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Rf5+ 53. Ke3 d5 54. Ra4 Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra5 e6 57. Ra4
Rf8 58. Rb4 Rc8 59. Rb6 Rc4 60. Ra6 Rxh4 61. Ra8 Rh2 62. Rh8 Kf5 63. Rf8+ Kg6
64. Kf4 Re2 65. Rd8 Kf6 66. Rh8 e5+ 67. Kg3 Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf5 69. Rf8+ Ke6 70.
Rd8 d4 71. f4 h4+ 72. Kf3 Re3+ 73. Kf2 Kf5 74. fxe5 Kxe5 75. Re8+ Kf4 76. Rf8+
Ke4 77. Re8+ Kd3 78. Rd8 h3 79. Rh8 Kd2 80. Ra8 Rc3 81. Ra2+ Rc2 82. Ra1 d3 83.
Kf3 h2 84. Rh1 Kc3 85. Ke3 Re2+ 86. Kf3 Kd4 87. Ra1 Re8 88. Kg2 d2 89. Rd1 Kd3
0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. cxd4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Nf3 Nd5 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4
c6 14. Qc2 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qh6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxf7
Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. Rf8+ Kxf8 23. Qxh7 Be6 24. h4 Nxd4 25. h5
Bg8 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Qa3+ Ne7 28. h6 gxh6 29. Qd6 Ke8 30. Qxh6 Rd8 31. g4 d4 32.
Qh5+ Kd7 33. Qb5+ Kc8 34. Qd3 Be6 35. g5 Bf5 36. Qc4+ Kb8 37. Qf7 Rd7 38. Qf8+
Kc7 39. Qf6 d3 40. Qe5+ Kc8 41. Qh8+ Rd8 42. Qc3+ Nc6 43. Qd2 Rd6 44. Qf4 Kc7
45. Qxf5 d2 46. Qf7+ Kb8 47. Qf8+ Rd8 48. Qf4+ Ka8 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 a5 10. Ba2 Qc7 11. Nh4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Ng6 Rd8 14. Bf4 Ne6 15.
Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rad1 d5 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Qg5 20. Be5 Bxh3 21.
g3 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Re1 f6 26. Qc4+ Be6 27. Bf4
Bxc4 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Bxg5 Kxe8 30. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. e4 Qb6 12. Bc4 Bxa6 13. b3 Nb4 14. Qd2
Bxc4 15. bxc4 Qe6 16. O-O Qxc4 17. Qxd7 Bf6 18. e5 Qxf4 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qb5
Rfc8 21. a4 Qa6 22. Ne5 Nc2 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Ra2 Nb4 25. Ra3 c4 26. Rc3 Nd5
27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxa4 29. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3
Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Be3 Nhf4 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4
18. Qf3 g6 19. Nf1 h5 20. Nh2 Ne6 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Qe2 Nf4 24. Qd2
Qf6 25. Kh1 Rh8 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rf8 30. Nf3
Kf6 31. Ng5 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8. Ke1 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 12.
e3 Ngxe5 13. Bb5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rac8 16. Kd2 Bd5 17. Rhd1 Bxf3
18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 b6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Kc2 Nc5 22. Rd4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd4 24.
Rxd4 Kf8 25. Bg4 f5 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. Bd5 Rf8 28. c4 Rc8 29. Kc3 Na4+ 30. Kb4 Nc5
31. Rd1 Na6+ 32. Kc3 Nc5 33. Kd4 Ne6+ 34. Kc3 Nc5 35. h4 h5 36. Rg1 Kf6 37. f3
Re8 38. Kd4 Ne6+ 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Ke2 Ne6 41. Kf2 Nc5 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rc8
44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Rd3 Nc5 46. Ra3 Rc7 47. e4 Re7 48. Re3 Ne6 49. Rd3 Nc5 50. Rd4
Rc7 51. Rd2 Re7 52. e5+ Kg7 53. Kf2 Rc7 54. Ke3 Nd7 55. Kd4 Nf8 56. Kc3 Rd7 57.
Re2 Re7 58. Rd2 Rd7 59. Rd3 Rd8 60. Kc2 Rd7 61. Re3 Re7 62. Ra3 Rc7 63. Kb3 Nd7
64. Kb4 Nc5 65. Kb5 Kf8 66. Re3 Ke7 67. Kb4 Na6+ 68. Kc3 Nc5 69. Re1 Nd7 70.
Ra1 Rc5 71. Kb4 Ra5 72. a4 Nc5 73. Ra3 Na6+ 74. Kc3 Nc5 75. Kb4 Na6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Large, Peter G"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. c4 e6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Rc1 O-O 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf3 h6 16. O-O Ne8 17. Qd2
f5 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. f4 Qe7 20. Nf3 Nc7 21. Ne5 Ne6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 d4 24.
Rf3 Bg6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. e4 Qe7 27. Bf3 Qf7 28. Rxg6 Qxg6 29. exf5 Qf7 30. fxe6
Qxe6 31. Be4+ Kg8 32. Qf2 Rad8 33. Rc4 a6 34. Qg3 Qf7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Bxd4
Rd8 37. Be5 Rd7 38. Qg4 Rd8 39. Kh2 a5 40. d4 1-0

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Black "Li, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c4 bxc4 11. Ba4 Bd7
12. b3 Nc5 13. e6 Nxe6 14. bxc4 O-O 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Nc3 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18.
Qd1 Rb8 19. Ba3 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxc3 24.
Rd1 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Qf5 26. cxd5 Qxf3 27. Bc5 h6 28. Kg1 Be5 29. Re1 Qh3 30. Qe4
Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Li, Vladimir"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Ng4 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. a4 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ratnesan, Ranesh"]
[Black "Maycock Bates, David Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5
9. f3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rae1
g6 16. e4 h4 17. Nh1 Nh5 18. e5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qg5 20. f4 Qf5 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. g4
hxg3 23. hxg3 Qe6 24. Nf2 Rac8 25. Re2 Rc6 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nh3 Qc8 28. Qg2 Rc4
29. Rd2 Rf8 30. Ng5 Ne6 31. Qh3 Nxg5 32. fxg5 Rc2 33. Rff2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rd8
35. a4 Kg7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qh3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lalic, Peter D"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11.
Kf1 Na6 12. d4 Nb4 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bxh2
18. Bc2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Bxc6 Rab8 21. Re2 Rfc8 22. Bd5 a4 23. Rc1 f5 24.
b3 a3 25. Rcc2 g5 26. g3 g4 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rb4 30. Rcd2 f4
31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Rd3 Rb2 33. Re7 Rc7 34. Re4 Bg5 35. Rxg4 Kg6 36. Rxa3 h5 37.
Ra6+ f6 38. Rg3 h4 39. Rb3 Re2 40. Bf3 Re1 41. Bd5 Kh5 42. Bf3+ Kg6 43. Bd5 Kh5
44. Rb7 Rc8 45. Raa7 Kg4 46. Rh7 Rce8 47. Bf7 Rb8 48. Bg6 Rb2 49. Ra3 Be3 50.
Bh5+ Kg5 51. Rxe3 Rxe3 52. Bf3 Rc3 53. Rh5+ Kg6 54. Rxh4 Rxc4 55. Bd5 Kg5 56.
Bxc4 Kxh4 57. Bb3 Rd2 58. d5 Kg4 59. Bc4 f5 60. Kf1 Kf3 61. Ke1 Rxf2 62. d6 Ke3
63. Bd3 Rxa2 64. d7 Ra1+ 65. Bb1 Rxb1# 0-1

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Re1 Qa5 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. a3 Rad8 20. Qd3 Bg4 21.
e3 Re6 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Qd4 Rg6 24. Qa4 c5 25. b4 Bd7 26. bxc5 Bxa4 27. cxb6
axb6 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. axb4 Rgd6 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rc7 Kg7 33. Ra7 b5
34. Bf3 Rc8 35. Bh5 Rf6 36. e4 dxe4 37. Rxe4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Bb3 39. Re5 Rc2 40.
Bf3 Kh6 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Rh1+ Kg6 43. Bh5+ Kg7 44. Rxg5+ Kf8 45. Rxb5 Ba4 46.
Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rh4 Bc6+ 48. f3 Rc2+ 49. Kh3 Bxf3 50. Bxf3 Rxf3 51. Rf4 Rxf4 52.
gxf4 Kg6 53. Rb5 f5 54. Kh4 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Rb2 56. Rb8 Kh5 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+
Kh6 59. Rg5 Rxb4 60. Rxf5 Kg6 61. Ra5 Rb1 62. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Kingston Invitational 2023 - Masters (IM Norm)"]
[Site "Kingston University Penrhyn Campus, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2EE"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kg2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rf4 dxe3
18. Qxe3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 c6 21. b4 Rd8 22. Rc1 Be8 23. Kf2 h6 24.
a4 Kf7 25. Ke3 Kf6 26. Kd4 Bd7 27. h4 Be6 28. b5 c5+ 29. Ke3 b6 30. a5 d5
1/2-1/2