[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Rb1 Bg7 5. a3 O-O 6. b4 cxb4 7. axb4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bb2 e5 11. d3 Nc6 12. e4 Qb5 13. Bc3 Bg4 14. d4 Qb6 15. d5
Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 f5 18. O-O Rae8 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. b5 Qd6 21. b6 a6 22.
Rc1 Qxb6 23. Ng5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bh6 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Ne6 Rf5 27. Qb3 b5 28. Nxd4 Rxd5
29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Qf3+ Rf5 33. Qc3+ Re5 34. f4 Bxf4 35.
Nxf4 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Ra1 Rc4 38. Rxa6+ Ke5 39. Ne2 Kd5 40. Kf2 b4 41. Ke3
Rh4 42. h3 Kc4 43. Rc6+ Kb3 44. Nc1+ Kb2 45. Nd3+ Kb3 46. Rb6 Rc4 47. Rxb4+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3 Bf5 9.
Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. e4 Bg6 12. Rb1 Nh5 13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. O-O Nd7 16.
a3 Nf6 17. Bd3 f4 18. gxf4 gxf4 19. Be2 Kh8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qc5
23. Bf3 a5 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxc4 26. N3d4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Nc5 28. Rc1 Qa2 29. Nb5
Qb2 30. Nc7 Rac8 31. Ne6 Nxe6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. dxe6 Qe5 34. Qb3 b5 35. Rb1 Rc5 36.
a4 b4 37. Qd3 Qxe6 38. Qa6 Kg7 39. Qb7 Be8 40. Re1 Qe5  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Molyneux, John"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. f3 Nd7 8. h4 h5
9. Nh3 c6 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Bf4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Nc1 e6 15. e5 d5 16.
Nb3 Na4 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. g4 Ba6 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Rdg1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5 22. Rg4 Ra7
23. Bd2 Qc8 24. f4 Bf8 25. c4 Nb6 26. c5 Nc4 27. Na1 Qa6 28. Kc2 a4 29. Rh3 Qb5 30.
Kc1 Be7 31. Rg1 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Nxd2 33. Qxb5 cxb5 34. Kxd2 Nxd4 35. Kd3 Nf5 36. Nc2
Rc7 37. Rxh5 gxh5 38. Nd4 Rxc5 39. Nxf5 exf5 40. Kd2 Rc4 41. Rf3 Ke7 42. Kd1 Ke6
43. Kd2 Rd4+ 44. Kc2 Re4 45. Kd2 Rc4 46. b3 Rd4+ 47. Kc2 Re4 48. Kd2 f6 49. exf6
Kxf6 50. Rf2 Rd4+ 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Rf1 Kd6 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kf3 d4 55. Rb1 Re3+ 56.
Kf2 a3 57. Rg1 Kd5 58. Rg5 Ke4 59. Rxh5 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 d3+ 61. Ke1 Ke3  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "James, Russell A"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Na3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. h4 Nxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4
16. g3 Be7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Kg2 Bg7 21. Qe3 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5
23. Nb4 d4 24. Qg5 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Bc6+ 26. f3 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Rf5 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bd6
g4  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Pitcher, John"]
[Black "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
c6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Ng3 c5 15. c3
Rad8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Bg5 N8d7 18. Ba4 Be7 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne4 Nc6
22. Nd6 Rf8 23. b4 Nde5 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. h4 h6 26. Bc2 Nce7 27. h5 Nh8 28. Qd3 g6
29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Ne8+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Hughes, Roy"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4
Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qe3 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Black "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Rd1 f6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. O-O Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Qd5 16. b3 Kf7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Be3 Bd8 20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Rc4 Rdd8 22.
Rec1 Rde8 23. R1c2 Rd8 24. g3 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rdd8 26. Kh2 Rde8 27. b4 a6 28. a4 Re7
29. Bf4 Ree8 30. Be3 Re7 31. Ne1 Bc7 32. Rc5 Qe4 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Nxf3 Bb6 35. Rc4
Rd8 36. Kg2 Red7 37. Kf1 Rd5 38. a5 Bc7 39. Ke2 R8d7 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Rc5 Kg6 42.
Rdc2 Bd8 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Kd3 Be7 45. Bd2 e5 46. Rc4 Nd6 47. Kc3 Nxc4 48. Kxc4 Kf5
49. Bc3 Kg4 50. Ne1 exd4 51. Bxd4 Bxb4 52. Nc2 Bxa5 53. Ne3+ Kf3 54. Nxd5 b5+ 55.
Kd3 cxd5 56. Bxf6 Be1 57. Bd4 a5  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5
Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. a3 d6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Bd3
Be6 16. Qh5 Ba2 17. Ra1 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Bxa5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qb8 21. Bxb6 Qxb6
22. Rb1 c4 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Qe2 Qd4 25. Kf1 a5 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Rc1 Qb5 28. Nd4 Qc5
29. Nf5 Bf6 30. f4 c3 31. Ne7+ Bxe7 32. Rxc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Qb2 Rc5 35. Ke2
g6 36. g4 g5 37. fxg5 Rxg5 38. Kf3 h5 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40. Qc2 Rc5 41. Qb2 Rh5 42. a4
Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Qb7 Re5 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Kg4 Rg5+ 47. Kf4 Re5 48. Qd7 Bg5+ 49.
Kf3 Be7 50. Qc6 Kg6 51. Qc8 Kg7 52. Qd7 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Graham, David B"]
[Black "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 a6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Bb7
9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bd2 d6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. h4 a5 15. h5 b4 16.
h6 g6 17. Nh2 Bc6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 20. Qh3 Bf6 21. Ra2 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23.
Rxa4 Bxa4 24. c3 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Bb5 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. Ra1 Rf8 29. exf5
exf5 30. Ne2 Re8 31. Nf4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Nd5 Rb7 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nxh7 Bxd3
36. Ra8 Rb4 37. Ng5+ Kf6 38. h7 Rh4 39. h8=Q+ Rxh8 40. Rxh8 Kxg5 41. Rd8 f4 42. Rxd6
c4 43. f3 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46. Ke1 Kd4 47. Kd2 Kc4 48. b3+ Kxb3 49.
Kxd3 g5 50. Ke4 Kc3 51. Kf5 Kd3 52. Kxg5 Ke3 53. Kg4  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Eames, Robert S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rxb6 13. Bc3 d6 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd3
Qc8 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe6 18. Qd5 Nb4 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rd2 a5 22.
Ne1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Nd3 e5 25. Rc2 Kf7 26. b4 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ke6 28. f4 axb4 29.
axb4 Ra3 30. g3 Rb3 31. Kf2 Ra6 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rdd2 gxf4 34. gxf4 exf4 35. Rc4 f3+
36. Kxf3 Bg5 37. Rd1 Be3 38. Rc8 Ra2 39. Re8+ Kd7 40. Rh8 Rxh2 41. e5 Bd2 42. Ke4
Rh4+ 43. Kd5 Rxd3 44. Ra1 Kc7 45. exd6+ Kb7 46. Raa8 Rh5+ 47. Ke6 Kc6 48. b5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "Handley, Michael R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 Rc8
9. h4 Nge7 10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Rc1
Nxa3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. Qa5  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Nge2 b5 7. d3 Rb8 8. O-O d6 9.
Rb1 e6 10. Be3 b4 11. Na4 Nd4 12. b3 Ne7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Nb2 O-O 16.
Ra1 f5 17. Qe1 Qb6 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Rae1 Nb7 21. Bh6 e5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. f4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Bh3 26. Rf2 Qc7 27. Rfe2 a5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Bg2
Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rbe8 31. Nd1 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qf3 33. Nb2 Qh5 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Qf5
36. Qd2 e4 37. dxe4 Rxe4 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Qf2 Qe7 40. Qf3 Re2 41. Rf2 d3 42. Na4 Re1+
43. Kg2 Ne4 44. Rf1 d2 45. Nb2 Ng5 46. Qd5 Rxf1 47. Kxf1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kh1
Qf1#  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Walker, Martin G"]
[Black "Mueller, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qd4 Qa5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 10. Kd1 Qxa1 11. Nf3 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bc4 d5 15.
Bxd5 O-O-O 16. Ke2 Rxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 Ba6+ 19. Ke3 Rd8 20. Kf4 Nxf3 21. Kxf3
Qe5 22. Bf4 Qd5+ 23. Kg3 e5 24. Qc3+ Bc4 25. Bxe5 Re8 26. Re1 b5 27. a3 Qc6 28. Bf4
Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Kd7 30. Qe5 h5 31. f3 Qb6 32. Qe4 Qa7 33. a4 Qb6 34. a5 Qxa5 35. Qb7+
Ke6 36. Qc6+ Ke7 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Bg5 f6 39. Qc6+ Kf8 40. Qxf6+ Bf7 41. Qh8+ Bg8
42. Bh6+ Ke7 43. Qxg8 Qe1+ 44. Kf4 Qd2+ 45. Ke4 Qxh6 46. Qd5 Qc1 47. Qg5+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. c3 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nf1 Qg6 18. Bf4 Be4 19. Ng3 Bd5 20. b3 Qf6 21. c4
Qxf4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Qf6 24. Rd1 Qc3 25. h3 h6 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Qd5 Qc3 28.
Qd2 Qe5 29. Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Smith, Peter"]
[Black "Watson, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6
9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+
Kg8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5
22. Re4 a6 23. a5 Kf8 24. Kf2 Rb8 25. Ke2 Rc7 26. Kd3 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Kc3 Rcb7
29. Ra3 Rb4 30. Re2 Rb8 31. Rb2 R4b6 32. b4 e6 33. Ra5 Ke7 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. b5 axb5
36. Raxb5 Rxb5 37. cxb5 Kd7 38. Kb4 Kc7 39. Re2 Re8 40. f4 Kb6 41. Ra2 Rd8 42. Ra6+
Kb7 43. Rc6 h6 44. g3 g5 45. Kc3 gxf4 46. gxf4 Rc8 47. Rxc8 Kxc8 48. Kb4 Kb7 49.
Ka5 d5 50. Kb4 h5 51. Kc5 h4 52. h3 Kc7 53. f5 exf5 54. Kxd5 Kb6 55. Ke5 Kxb5 56.
Kxf5 Kc6 57. Kg5 Kd7 58. Kxh4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. Nb3 c4 6. Nd4 Bc5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. O-O Nf6 10. b3 h5 11. d3 cxd3 12. exd3 h4 13. d4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. c4 hxg3 17. fxg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. Qe1 Qh2+ 20. Kf2 Rg8 21. Rg1 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Sanger, Mark"]
[Black "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 a6
9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd2 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd4 13. h4 Kd7 14. Ne3 c6 15. Na2 Ne6
16. Nf5 Nf4 17. d4 exd4 18. b4 Bb6 19. a5 Ba7 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. f3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Qf6
23. Rd1 Ng3 24. Nxg3 fxg3 25. Nc1 Rae8 26. Nd3 Re6 27. Qf4 Qg7 28. Qf5 Qg6 29. Qh3
Qf6 30. Qxg3 Ree8 31. O-O Rhg8 32. Qh3+ Kc7 33. Qh2 Kc8 34. Rde1 Bb8 35. Kh1 Bc7
36. Qf4 Qg6 37. g4 Kb8 38. Qf5 Qxf5 39. exf5 d5 40. Kg2 Bd6 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Rg1 Bh2
43. Rxe8 Bxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rxe8 45. Kf2 b6 46. axb6+ Kxb6 47. f4 f6 48. g5 fxg5 49.
fxg5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Rf8 51. f6 Kc7 52. Kf3 Kd6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Nc5+ Kf7 55. Kf5 Rg8
56. Nd3 Rh8 57. Ne5+ Kg8 58. Kg6 Rh1 59. f7+ Kf8 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. f8=Q+ Kxd7 62.
Qg7+ Kd6 63. Qxd4 Re1 64. Qf4+ Kd7 65. Kh6 Rh1+ 66. Kg7 Re1 67. g6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Black "Rich, Mark C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4
16. Bb1 a5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Bf4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Nbd5 20. Be5 Bb4 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Qg5
h6 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Bg3 a4 25. Bc2 a3 26. Qd3 N5f6 27. Na4 axb2 28. Nxb2 Qa5 29. Nc4
Qa6 30. Nfe5 Be4 31. Qb3 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Bxc2 33. Rxc2 Nd5 34. Kh2 Be7 35. Rd4 Rb8
36. Qf3 Qa4 37. Rcd2 Rb4 38. Nb2 Rxd4 39. Nxa4 Rxd2 40. Nc3 Nxc3 41. Qxc3 Rfd8 42.
Bf4 R2d5 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Qc3 R8d7 45. Be3 g6 46. g4 Rxe5 47. Qxe5 Bd6 48. Bd4 Bxe5+
49. Bxe5 g5 50. Kg3 Rd3+ 51. f3 Kg6 52. Kf2 f6 53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Bd6 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 e5
56. Ke4 Rh2 57. Kd5 Rxh3 58. Ke6 Rxf3 59. Be7 e4 60. Kd5 e3 61. Ke4 e2 62. Bb4 Rf4+
63. Ke3 Rxb4 64. Kxe2 Rxg4 65. Kf3 f5 66. Kf2 h5 67. Kf3 h4 68. Kf2 h3 69. Kf3 h2
70. Ke3 h1=Q 71. Kd3 Qf3+ 72. Kd2 Rg2+ 73. Kc1 Qf1#  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "19"]
[White "Mason, Donald J"]
[Black "Cole, Graham L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. a5 Nc6
9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Rab8 12. b3 Nd4 13. Ra4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 e6 15. f5 exf5
16. exf5 Rbe8 17. Bg5 Re5 18. Bxf6 Rxf5 19. Rf4 Bxf6 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5
22. Nd5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Re8 24. c3 Bg7 25. Kg1 Re5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxf5
Bxc3 29. Nxd6 Bxa5 30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. d4 cxd4 34. b4 Kc6  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Qc7 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Nb6
9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Rad1 Nxh4 14. Qxh4 Be7 15. Rfe1
Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qe7 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfd8 20. Rg4 g6 21. h4 Qf8 22.
h5 Nd5 23. Rd3 Qh6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh4 Qg7 26. Qg4 Rf8 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+
Rxf7 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rhh3 Rc8 31. Rc3 Rc6 32. Rhd3 g5 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. f3 a5 35.
Kf2 a4 36. Rc3 Rb7 37. b3 axb3 38. axb3 Rb6 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. f4 Kg6 41. Kf3 h5 42.
g4 gxf4 43. Kxf4 hxg4 44. Kxg4 Rb4 45. Rxc6+ Kf7 46. Kf5 Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. Rc5
Rxd4 49. Ke6 Rb4 50. Rxd5+ Ke8 51. Rd3 Rb8 52. Kf6 Rb6+ 53. e6 Rb4 54. Rc3 Rf4+ 55.
Ke5 Rb4 56. Re3 Ke7 57. Kd5 Rb8 58. Kc6 Rb4 59. Kc5 Rb8 60. b4 Rc8+ 61. Kd5 Rb8 62.
Re4  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Black "Walker, Martin G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 b6 9.
Nbd2 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. e4 e6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. exd5 exd5 16.
Nf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4
Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd3 Nc8 25. Rc1 Ba8 26. Qc7 Qe6 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qf4 Qd6 29.
Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc7 Rdd8 31. Rdc3 Nc8 32. Kf1 Nd6 33. Ra7 Ne4 34. Rcc7 Nxg3+ 35. fxg3
Rxe3 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rxg6 Rde8 41. Rh8+
 1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Sanger, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3
9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Qe3 d5 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Rd1 c6 14. b3 Bd6 15. Bb2 f6
16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Qd3 a5 18. e4 Na6 19. Re1 Nc7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 Bb4 22. Re2 Rfc8
23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. a3 Bd6 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Rae1 Rg8 29. Qh4
Rg6 30. Bc1 Re8 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. a4 Nc3 33. Rc2 Ne4 34. Rec1 e5 35. dxe5 fxe5 36.
Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5+ Bxe5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rd8 Qf7 40. f3 Bf6 41. Qh3 Bxd8 42. fxe4
dxe4  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Rich, Mark C"]
[Black "Pitcher, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rae1 b6 12. Nd1 Qd7 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ba6 15. Be2
d5 16. d4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 dxe4 19. Bxg7 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kxg7 21. Rd7 Nc6
22. Nf2 e3 23. Ng4 e2 24. Re1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe2 h5 27. Ne3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Graham, David B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9.
fxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 b6 11. Na3 h6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. a4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rad8
16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Bxc5 Nec6 19. Bf2 Nxc4 20. b3 Nd6 21. Ra4 Rc8 22. Nd2
Nb5 23. c4 Nbd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2 Nb4 27. Kd1 d3 28. Bf1 Bc3 29. Nb1
Bd4 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bxd3 Ra8 32. h3 Kg7 33. Bc2 Rd8 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36.
Bd3 Kf6 37. b4 Ke5 38. Ke3 Rc8 39. Be2 c2  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. e4 Ne7 12. Nd5 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5
15. h3 h5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. Qd2 a6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1
Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qf5 23. Qe8+ Ka7 24. Qe3+ Kb8 25. Qe8+ Ka7 26. Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Black "Cole, Graham L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7
9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qe4 Rd8 14. Re1 b6 15. Ng5
g6 16. Qf3 Bc5 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Qh3 h5 20. Nxe6 Qc6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22.
Be2 Qa4 23. Bg5 Bc8 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Bxh4 Rd2 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Be6 28. c4 Nc6
29. Bf6 Nd4 30. Bf1 a5 31. Bg5 Nc6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Nxe5 34. Rd4 Kf8 35. Be2
Ke7 36. Kf2 Nc6 37. Rd2 Ne5 38. Rd4 Nc6 39. Rd2 Ne5 40. Rb2 Nd7 41. Rb5 Kd6 42. c5+
Nxc5 43. Rxb6+ Kc7 44. Rb2 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Bd5 46. Kf4 Nc5 47. Rc2 Kd6 48. Bf3 Be6 49.
h4 f6 50. a3 Bb3 51. Rd2+ Ke7 52. Bd5 a4 53. Bc6 Bc4 54. Bd5 Bb5 55. Kf3 Nd3 56.
e4 g5 57. hxg5 fxg5 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Rb2 Bd7 60. Kd4 Ng4 61. e5 h4 62. Rb7 Kd8 63.
e6 Be8 64. Rg7 Nh6 65. Rxg5 Ke7 66. Ke5 Bb5 67. Bf3 Be8 68. Rg7+ Kf8 69. Rh7 Ng8
70. Rxh4 Ne7 71. Rh8+ Ng8 72. Bh5  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Black "Smith, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4
Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Qb2 f5 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 f4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Qa3 f3 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22.
gxf3 Qd8 23. Qb4 Qf6 24. Qc3 b5 25. Qe3 bxc4 26. bxc4 g5 27. Rc3 Bh6 28. Kh1 Kh8
29. Rg1 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Rb1 Bxa2 32. Rb8+ Bg8 33. Qb3 Bf8 34. Qe3 Bh6 35.
Kg2 g4 36. Qxh6 Qxf3+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qf3+ 41. Kf1
Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Ra3 Rfb8 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. h4
h5 16. Nb5 Nc7 17. Nc4 Qb7 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. b3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qc2 Qb7 22.
Bd2 Ra6 23. a5 Qb5 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. Be1 Rab7 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4
29. a6 Rxe4 30. a7 Ra8 31. Kf3 Rb4 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Rda1 Kf6 34. f4 Kf5 35. Kf3 Rd4
36. Re1 Kf6 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. Kxe4 e6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. dxe6 fxe6 41. Kd3 d5 42. Kc3
Kf6 43. b4 cxb4+ 44. Kxb4 Kf5 45. Kc5 e5 46. fxe5 Kxe5 47. Kb6 d4 48. Kb7 Rxa7+ 49.
Rxa7 d3 50. Kc6 Ke4 51. Rd7 Ke3 52. Kd5 Kf3 53. Ke5 Kxg3 54. Kf6 Kxh4 55. Kxg6 Kg4
56. Rd4+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Eames, Robert S"]
[Black "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Nb3 O-O-O 11. cxd4 g5 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Rc1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Kb8 15.
Re2 Be7 16. Nc5 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rc8 19. a3 Na6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Ne1 Rh8
22. Rf2 Be8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qc3 25. b5 Nc7 26. a4 Qa5 27. Bc2 Na8 28. Nd3 Nb6
29. Nc5 Nc4 30. e4 Ne3 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Nxc2 33. Rxc2 dxe4 34. Nxe4 Bd7 35.
Nd6 Rf8 36. Rf2 a6 37. bxa6 b6 38. Rb2 Ka7 39. a5 b5 40. Rc2 Kxa6 41. Rc7 Be8 42.
Rc8 Kxa5 43. Kf2 f6 44. Ke3 fxe5 45. dxe5 b4 46. Rxe8 Rxe8 47. Nxe8 b3 48. Nd6 Kb4
49. Kd3 h5 50. Nc4 h4 51. h3 Kc5 52. Nd2 b2 53. Kc2 Kd5 54. Nf3 Ke4 55. Nxg5+ Kxe5
56. Nf3+ Kf4 57. Nxh4 Kg3 58. Ng6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Black "Brown, Alan M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. h3 Qe7 17. f4 c5 18. Bb1 Rfc8 19. Re1 g6 20. Qd1 c4 21. Ng4 h5 22. Ne5 Kg7
23. Qf3 Bb4 24. Rf1 Bd6 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Rce1 Rac8 27. Qf3 Kf8 28. a3 Bb8 29. Bc2
Bd6 30. e4 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rd8 35. Rf4 Rg7
36. Qe4 c3 37. bxc3 Qxa3 38. R1f3 Qe7 39. Rf6 Kg8 40. d5 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Qxd5 42. Qf4
Re8 43. Re3 g5 44. Qf5 Qd2 45. Re4 g4 46. Qf1 gxh3 47. gxh3 Qd5 48. Qf3 Rxe5 49.
Rxe5 Qxe5 50. Rf4 Qe1+ 51. Qf1 Qxc3 52. Rf3 Qc6 53. Kh2 Qc7+ 54. Kh1 Rg5 55. Qd1
Rc5 56. Qd3 Rc1+ 57. Rf1 Qc6+ 58. Kg1 Qc5+ 59. Kh1 Rxf1+ 60. Qxf1 Qd5+ 61. Kh2 Qe5+
62. Kh1 Kg7 63. Qg2+ Kf6 64. Qf3+ Ke6 65. Qc6+ Qd6 66. Qe4+ Kf6 67. Qf3+ Kg6 68.
h4 Qf6 69. Qg3+ Kh7 70. Qd3+ Qg6 71. Qf3 a5 72. Qb3 Kg8 73. Qd5 Kh7 74. Qd7 Qe4+
 0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Watson, Simon"]
[Black "Hughes, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Bh4
Nbd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. c3 a6 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Qxc7 Rexc7
22. Kf1 Rc6 23. Ke2 b5 24. Kd2 a5 25. Rec1 Rb8 26. Rc2 f6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. b3 Rbc8
29. Rec1 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. c4 bxc4+ 33. bxc4 d4 34. f4 exf4 35. Kxd4
Kf5 36. c5 g5 37. Kd5 g4 38. hxg4+ Kxg4 39. Rc4 Kg3 40. R1c3+ Kxg2 41. Rxf4 h5 42.
Rh4 Rh6 43. c6 Rc7 44. Rd4 Rf6 45. Rd2+ Kg1 46. Rc1+ Rf1 47. Rxf1+ Kxf1 48. Kd6 Rh7
49. c7 Rh6+ 50. Kd7 Rh7+ 51. Kc6 Rh6+ 52. Kb5 Rh8 53. Rd8  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Handley, Michael R"]
[Black "Molyneux, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Ne4 6. O-O f5 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 b5 11. c5 Bc7 12. a4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 bxa4 14. Ra1 a5 15. Rxa4 axb4
16. Qxb4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Bc8 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rb1 Na6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bxe5 Nxc5 22. Qc2
Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Ne4 24. Qxc6 Be6 25. Rb6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Re8 27. h4 Nf6 28. Bf3 g6 29.
Nd3 Ne4 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. Nh3 h6 33. Nf4 Rd6 34. Nd3 Kf8 35. Ne5 Be8 36.
Rh7 h5 37. Ra7 Nf6 38. Nd3 Bf7 39. Ra8+ Be8 40. Nf4 Kf7 41. Ra5 Bc6 42. Ra6 Ne4 43.
Nd3 Ke7 44. Ne5 Be8 45. Rxd6 Kxd6 46. Kf1 Nf6 47. Ke1 Nd7 48. Nd3 Nf8 49. Kd2 Ne6
50. Ke3 Bf7 51. Nf4 Nc7 52. Bg2 Ne8 53. Kd3 Nc7 54. e3 Be8 55. Kc3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Kd6
57. Ka5 Bf7 58. Kb6 Ne8 59. Nd3 Nf6 60. Ne5 Be8 61. f3 Nd7+ 62. Nxd7 Bxd7 63. Bf1
Be6 64. Bb5 Bf7 65. Ba4 Bg8 66. Be8 Bh7 67. Bf7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Mueller, Jens"]
[Black "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Qb3 c4
9. Qc2 h6 10. Nhf3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Be2 e6 13. b3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 cxb3
16. axb3 Rc8 17. Qb2 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. Qa2 a6 21. Qa4 Bf6 22. c4
Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc6 26. g4 Bh7 27. f4 d4 28. Kf2 Red8 29.
Nf3 dxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Nb4 31. Ne1 Kf8 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rxd8
Kxd8 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Bf3 Na6 38. Kc3 Nc5 39. b4 axb4+ 40. Kxb4 b6 41. Bd1 f6 42.
Be2 fxe5 43. fxe5 Bg6 44. Bf3 Nd7 45. Be2 Nxe5 46. c5 Be4 47. cxb6+ Kxb6 48. Kc3
Kc5 49. Bd1 Ng6 50. g3 Ne7 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Ke2 Nd5 53. Kf2 g5 54. Bb3 e5 55. Ba2
Nb4 56. Be6 Bc6 57. Bf5 e4 58. Ng2 Nc2 59. Ke2 Bb5+ 60. Kd2 Bd3 61. Ne1 Nxe1 62.
Kxe1 Ke3 63. Bd7 Kf3 64. Kd2 Kf2  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Kalerwa, Edwin M"]
[Black "Mason, Donald J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 d4 6. d3 Bd6 7. Ne2 h5 8. Nd2 h4 9.
h3 hxg3 10. Nxg3 g6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bc1 Nge7 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 Qb6 16.
Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. a4 a5 19. Ng1 O-O-O 20. h4 Kb8 21. Bh3 Bf7 22. Bg4 Rdg8
23. N1e2 Nc6 24. Nc1 Rh7 25. h5 Rgh8 26. Qe2 gxh5 27. Bxh5 Be6 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Kd2
Qf8 30. Na2 Qh6+ 31. Ke2 Qf4 32. Rag1 Nb4 33. Nxb4 cxb4 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Qxf4 exf4
36. exf5 Rxh5 37. Rg8+ Rxg8 38. Rxh5 Rg5 39. Rxg5 fxg5 40. Kf3 Kc7 41. Kg4 Be7 42.
Kh5 Kd6 43. f3 Ke5 44. Kg4 Bf6 45. Kh3 Kxf5 46. Kg2 g4 47. Kf2 gxf3 48. Kxf3 Bh4
49. Kg2 Kg4 50. Kg1 Kf3 51. Kf1 Bf2 52. c3 bxc3  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 c6 7. Bf4 Be6 8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Qg3 h6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Re8 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14. c4 Rg6 15. Qh3
d4 16. Bd3 Re6 17. Bf5  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6
9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Bc3 Rac8 15. Ng3
Qb6 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Ba5 Bf4 18. Bxb6 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 axb6 20. Rfe1 Nc6 21. Nf3 h6 22.
Ne2 g5 23. h3 Be8 24. Nc3 Bh5 25. Nb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nh5 27. Rxe6 Nf4 28. Re3 Nxh3+
29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kg3 Nb4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bf5 Rc1 33. Nd6 Nc6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Re3
Kf6 36. Bd7 Nxd4 37. Ne8+ Kg6 38. Nd6 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rxf2 41. Be8+ Kf6
42. Bd7 Nxf3 43. Ne8+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "19"]
[White "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Black "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. c3 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf4 f5 19. Qh5 Rf6 20. Rae1 Qg7 21. Re3 Rh6
22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qb3 Qd6 26. Qd1 Ba6 27. Rf2 e5 28. Nh3 f4
29. Rg5 e3 30. Rc2 e4 31. Qg4 Rf8 32. Rf5 Rhf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34. Rc1 f3 35. Qxe4
f2+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "20"]
[White "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Black "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Nge2
Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. O-O Be7 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 Be6 14. a3 Qd8 15. Be5
h6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Na4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. f5 Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qd6 24. Be2 b6 25. Nc3 c5 26. Nb5 Qe7 27. Qc3 Nc6 28. bxc5 bxc5
29. a4 a6 30. Na3 c4 31. Bg4 Rb8 32. Nxc4 Rb4 33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 34. Na5 Rb6 35. Nxc6
Rxc6 36. Qb3 Rb6 37. Qa3 Rb8 38. Qd3 Re8 39. Rd1 Qxe3+ 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxd5 Re7
42. Rd6 a5 43. Rd5 Ra7 44. Rf5 g6 45. Rb5 Kf7 46. Kf2 Ra6 47. g4 g5 48. Kg3 Kg6 49.
h4 Kf6 50. h5 Ke6 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Rf5+ Ke7 53. Re5+ Kf6 54. Rd5 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56.
Kd4 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kf5 Kc7 60. Re7+ Kd8 61. Re6 Rxe6 62. Kxe6 Kc7
63. Kf6 Kd6 64. Kg6 Ke6 65. Kxh6 Kf6 66. Kh7 Kf7 67. h6 Kf6 68. Kg8 Ke5 69. h7 Kf4
70. h8=Q Kxg4 71. Qh2 Kf3 72. Kf7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Sanger, Mark"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6
9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qe1 f5 12. h3 d4 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Kh2 b5 15. Qf2 Bb7 16.
Rg1 Nd8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nh4 Nf7 19. g4 Qd8 20. Nf3 Qd5 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. b4 fxg4 23.
hxg4 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rh3 Rac8 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nxd4 Rd5 28. c3 Qd6 29. Re1
Bc8 30. Kg1 Bf6 31. Qh2 h6 32. g5 Bxd4+ 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxh6+ gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8
36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Re2 Rfxf4 38. Bxf4 Qxf4 39. Rh2+ Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Graham, David B"]
[Black "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. a4 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 e5 14. c3 a6 15. Na3 dxc3
16. Nxc3 Be6 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nc2 a5 19. Ra3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. b4 axb4 22. Ndxb4
Qa5 23. Rb1 Rad8 24. Qe1 e4 25. Nxc6 Qxe1+ 26. Nxe1 bxc6 27. dxe4 Bc8 28. Rd1 Ba6
29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 d5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. a5 d4 33. Nd3 Ra8 34. Rb1 Rf5 35. a6 Rf6
36. a7 Rf7 37. Rba1 Bf8 38. Ra4 Bg7 39. Ke2 Rd7 40. R1a2 Bf6 41. Ra6 Kg7 42. Nc5
Rd5 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Nc7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Pitcher, John"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Ba2 b5 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bd5 Qe7
16. a4 b4 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Rcd8 21. Qd3 h5 22. Red1
Bh6 23. Ne2 Kg7 24. c3 f5 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 fxe4 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. Ng3 e3 29.
f3 e2 30. Kf2 b3 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Nxd6 Rc6 33. Kxe2 Rd8 34. c5 e4 35. fxe4 Bf4 36.
e5 Rb8 37. g3 Bg5 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Rfd1 h4 40. R1d3 Rb8 41. Rd1 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rb4
43. Kd3 Rxa4 44. Rf1 Rg4 45. Ne4 Re6 46. Rd7+ Be7 47. Rf4 Rxf4 48. gxf4 Kf8 49. Kd4
a5 50. Ra7 Bd8 51. Ra8 Ke8 52. Kd5 Re7 53. Nf6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Rich, Mark C"]
[Black "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. Rd1
d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Be4 19. Qf2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nb4 21. Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Eames, Robert S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxa6 8. Nf3
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc7 10. Qe5+ Ne6 11. e4 Be7 12. Bc4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qa5+ 14. Qc3 Qxa6 15.
Qc2 O-O 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Ra4 18. Rd1 Rxe4+ 19. Kf1 d6 20. Be3 Ra8 21. a3 f5
22. Nd2 Rea4 23. f3 d5 24. Rac1 Rb8 25. Rc2 Kf7 26. Bf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Re1
c4 29. Nb1 Bf6 30. Nc3 Rd3 31. Nd1 f4 32. Kf2 h5 33. g3 g5 34. Kg2 Rbb3 35. gxf4
gxf4 36. Nf2 Rxf3 37. Rd2 Rfe3  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "Watson, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6
9. h3 a6 10. Nbc3 e6 11. Be3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. b3 Ne7 16.
g4 Bd7 17. Nd3 a5 18. Nc5 b4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Rc2 Nxc5 23.
Rxc5 Qb6 24. Rac1 Nc6 25. Bf1 Rc7 26. Be3 Rfc8 27. R5c2 Ne7 28. Nf4 Bxf1 29. Kxf1
Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Nd3 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Nc5 Bf8
36. Kd3 Kd8 37. Na4 Kc7 38. Nb2 Na7 39. Na4 Nc6 40. Bg5 Kd7 41. Nb6+ Kc7 42. Na4
Kd7 43. Nb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1
d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Re3
Qf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Be6 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. a3 c6 22.
Nd4 Bd7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na6 25. b5 Nc5 26. Ra3 cxb5 27. cxb5 Ra8 28. Rda1 Rxa3
29. Rxa3 Ke7 30. f4 Rb8 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. Kf2 h6 33. Bf3 g6 34. g4 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Bxe6
36. Bxb7 Bxg4 37. Bc6+ Kf8 38. Ke3 Be6 39. Kd4 Kg7 40. e4 Kf8 41. h4 Bb3 42. e5 dxe5+
43. fxe5 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kc5 Be6 46. b6 Bc8 47. b7 Bxb7 48. Bxb7 f6 49. e6 Re8
50. Bd5 Re7 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Kd6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8
9. Qc2 c6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. Rab1 Ndf6 15. Nd1
Bd7 16. Nec3 Rad8 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rf8 19. Re1 Ne8 20. Nf2 Be6 21. Bf1 Nd6 22.
a4 Rc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 f6 25. Nd3 Rfe8 26. Nc5 Bf7 27. e5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Nf5
29. e6 Bg6 30. Rbd1 Nd6 31. Qg3  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. h4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. h5 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 h6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Rh4 Rhe8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd5 15.
Nxf6 Nxf6 16. c4 Qa5 17. a3 Re7 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Re4 Nc5 20. dxc5 Rxd3 21. Nxd3 Rd7
22. Kb1 Qa4 23. Rd2 c6 24. Ka2 Qa5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Re3 e5 27. f3 f5  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 h5 7. h3 Nh6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9.
Bf2 b5 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qf3 h4 14. O-O Nb6 15. b3 Bf8 16.
Ne2 b4 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ba3 20. Rb1 a5 21. Kh1 Nc8 22. Rc2 Nce7
23. Rd1 Bb4 24. Ra1 a4 25. bxa4 O-O 26. Rb1 Rxa4 27. Rcb2 Ba5 28. Qg4 Ra3 29. Rb3
Rxa2 30. Bxh4 Nxh4 31. Qxh4 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Rxe2 33. Bd3 Rd2 34. Qh6 Bc7 35. f5 Rxd3
36. f6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Walker, Martin G"]
[Black "James, Russell A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 h6
9. Be3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf8 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Red1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bd7 20. c4 d4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. a5 a6 24. Ra3 Re4 25. f3 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Rd8 27. c3 f5 28. Kf2 Re8
29. Ra1 Kf7 30. Rg1 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Smith, Peter"]
[Black "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. b3 Nxd4
9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Bxb7
Rxb7 16. Nd5 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e6 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. f3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22.
Rxc3 Rd7 23. Rcd3 Rfd8 24. e4 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 f6 27. f4 Rf8 28. e5 fxe5 29.
fxe5 d5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rf1 33. a4 Ke6 34. Rb5 Ra1 35. Kf4 h6
36. a5 bxa5 37. Rb7 Rf1+ 38. Ke4 Re1+ 39. Kd4 Rxe5 40. Re7+ Kxe7 41. Kxe5 h5 42.
h3 a6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kf7 45. g5 Ke7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Mason, Donald J"]
[Black "Handley, Michael R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 Nge7
9. h4 h6 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nb3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qxd5
Be6 16. Qb5 O-O 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 a6 19. Qb1 Qd7 20. h5 Bd5 21. e6 Bxe6 22.
d5 Qxd5 23. Bd4 Rfe8 24. Qb2 Bf8 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. Nh4 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8
29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Nxf5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe4 32. Ne3 Bc6 33. Kg1 Qf4 34. Bc3 Qg5 35. Qe2
Bc5 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. Nxg4 b5 39. Ne3 Bd7 40. Bc1 b4 41. Bb2 Be6 42. a3
bxa3 43. Bd4 f6  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Cole, Graham L"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 b5
9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 Bb7 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. f4 c5 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. g5 Ng4
16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 c4 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. Bh1 b4 20. Ne2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Rad8 22. Kb1
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qe1 g6 25. e5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxh1 27. Qxh1 Qd8 28. Qe1 Be3
29. a3 b3 30. cxb3 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 cxb3 32. Qf1 Bd4 33. Ng3 Bxb2+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nd2 e5
9. Ne2 Be6 10. g3 h5 11. h4 Bd6 12. Bg2 exd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ne3 Rb8
16. b4 b5 17. O-O a5 18. a3 Kf8 19. Kh2 a4 20. Ng1 Qd7 21. Bh3 f5 22. f4 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Hughes, Roy"]
[Black "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7
9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rfd1 c4 15. Rac1
Rc8 16. Qf5 Nf6 17. Ne5 b5 18. h4 Ra8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxc4 Ra7 21. Ne5 Qb6 22. Rb1
Ba6 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Nd3 g6 26. Qh3 Rc2 27. Nc5 Bxe2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29.
Nxa4 Qd6 30. Nc3 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Re7 32. Re1 h5 33. Qg2 Bb6 34. Re2 Qe6 35. Rf1 Rd7
36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Nxd5 Qd6 38. Nf4 Rc7 39. Qd5 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Qf6 41. Rf2 Qg7 42. Nd3
Rc7 43. Ne5 Re7 44. Nd7 Re6 45. Nxb6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Molyneux, John"]
[Black "Kalerwa, Edwin M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O
Be7 9. Kb1 Be6 10. f3 Qa5 11. Nge2 O-O 12. g4 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qxd2 15.
Rxd2 Na7 16. Ng3 b5 17. h4 a5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bh3 b4 20. Re1 Bf8 21. h5 g6 22. Ne4
Be7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd7 Bxg5 27. Rg2 Bf4 28. Nb6 Rb8
29. Nc4 Nc8 30. Bc1 Bxc1 31. Kxc1 Rb5 32. Rd2 f5 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rdg2 Rxd5 35. Rxg6
Rd4 36. Rg7+ Ke6 37. R1g6+ Kd5 38. Rc7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3
e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qh4 Be7 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. g4 g6 18. Qg3 Re8 19. Be5 Nd7 20. f4 Bh4 21. Qg2 Bxe1 22.
Rxe1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxb2 25. f5 exf5 26. gxf5 Rxe5 27. Rf1 Qb6  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "19"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Bxd2 12. Nxc6 Qd5 13. Nxd2 bxc6 14. Ne4 O-O-O
15. b3 Bf5 16. f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "20"]
[White "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Black "Mueller, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2 Bxf3
9. Bxf3 e5 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Be2 f5 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. h4 Rf7 20. h5 Kh8 21. h6 Bf8 22. f4 Neg8 23.
fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf3 f4 25. Rh3 Qf5 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Bd3 Qg5 28. Kf2 Bc5+ 29. Ke1
e4 30. Bf1 Re8 31. Kd1 Ree7 32. Kc2 Ng4 33. Re1 Re5 34. Kb1 Nf2 35. g3 Nxh3 36. Bxh3
Qxg3 37. Be6 e3 38. Qc2 Qxe1+ 39. Ka2 Qf2 40. Qd3 e2 41. Nxe2 Rxe2 42. Qf5 Rxb2+
43. Ka1 Ra2+ 44. Kb1 Qb2#  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Sanger, Mark"]
[Black "Graham, David B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. c3 Bg4 13. Be2 Re8 14. Nfd4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2
a6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bf4 N7g6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. Qe1 Kf8 21. Rd1 Bf6 22.
g3 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Kg2 h5 26. c4 Qg4 27. c5 h4 28. h3 Qc4 29.
Na5 Qxa2 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. c6 Ne7 32. Qf4 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qxb2 34. c7 Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7
36. Nd6 Nf5 37. Qxc8 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 hxg3 39. Rf1 gxf2+ 40. Kh1 Nxf1 41. Qf5+ g6 42.
Ng5+ Bxg5 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Eames, Robert S"]
[Black "Pitcher, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. f3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Rc7 14. Rhe1 Ne7 15. e5
O-O 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rd3 Qd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Rd6 Rdc8 21. f4 Kf8 22.
Red1 Ke7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 f6 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. h5 Rg8 27. Bg6 Na5 28. R6d3 Nc4 29.
Re1 Kf8 30. Rg3 Kg7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 d5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. Re2 d4 35. Ne4 d3 36.
cxd3 Ne3+ 37. Kb1 Nxg4 38. f5 exf5 39. Nd6+ Kg7 40. Ne8+ Rxe8 41. Rxe8 Kf7 42. Ra8
Rc6 43. Rf3 Ke6 44. d4 Rd6 45. Re8+ Kf7 46. Re2 Rd5 47. Kc2 a5 48. Kc3 Kf8 49. b3
Kf7 50. a4  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+
Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Be5 c5 15. c3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Qe3 b5 18. Qg5 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe5+ Nf6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22.
Rxe4 Qb8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Rd7+ Kh8 25. Rd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Nxe4 27. Qe5+ Nf6 28.
Qxe6 Kg7 29. Qc6 Ra7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qxa4 Rff7 32. Qc4 a5 33. g4 Rad7 34. Qf4 Rfe7
35. Qa4 Rd2 36. Qxa5 Rxb2 37. g5 Ne8 38. Qc5 Rbe2 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. c4 R2e5 41. Qd2
Rc7 42. f4 Rec5 43. Qd8 Kf7 44. Qd4 Rxc4 45. Qh8 Rxf4 46. Qxh7+ Ng7 47. h4 Rf5 48.
Kg2 Rc3 49. Kh2 Rc7  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne1 d6
9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. f4 Rae8 15. Qa4 g5
16. Ned5 gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bh6 24. Nd5 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qh4 26. Qa1+ Ne5 27. Rf1 Rf6 28. Be1
Qh6 29. Qd4 Ng4 30. Bg3 Re3 31. Kg2 Rxg3+ 32. hxg3 Qh2+ 33. Kf3 Ne5+ 34. Ke3 Qxg3+
35. Kd2 a6 36. c5 Qg8 37. cxd6 Qf8 38. Qxe5  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Black "Rich, Mark C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc5 10. f3 Ne6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. b3 a6 15. Rac1
Re8 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Bb6 Rc7 18. c5 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qd7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. cxd6 Qb6+
22. Qd4  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Watson, Simon"]
[Black "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 Rb8
9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 h6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5
16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Ra7 Ne6 20. Rea1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. h3
Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rb6 24. Ra8 Rb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Ra4 27. Qb2 Rc4 28. Qb8+ Kh7
29. Qb1+ g6 30. Qb2 Nf4 31. Qd2 Qf5 32. Qe3 Rc3 33. Qe1 Rxf3 34. gxf3 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. e4
Qb6 16. exd5 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nxd4 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. f4 O-O 21. Be3 Rac8
22. Be2 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. g3 Nc5 25. Rc3 a5 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rd7
b6 29. Bc4 f5 30. Rcd3 Rce8 31. h4 Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. h5 gxh5 35.
Rd5 Kg7 36. Rxf5 f6 37. Rxh5 Rh8 38. Rxh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qe4+ 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Rxd5 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Bd6 14. Nd4
Nf6 15. Rb5 O-O-O 16. Nf5 Ne8 17. Bd4 Rg8 18. Re1 a6 19. Ra5 f6 20. Bc5 Rf8 21. Bxd6
cxd6 22. Ra4 g6 23. Rc4+ Kb8 24. Nd4 Rf7 25. Ne6 Rc8 26. Rce4 Nc7 27. Nf4 Rd8 28.
c4 g5 29. Nh5 Rdd7 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf2 34. h3 Rf3 $138
 1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Black "Walker, Martin G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Nxc3 8. Bxc3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 c5 14. d5 c4 15. Bxc4
Rac8 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Rxc3 18. Qd4 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Qf4 Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Ng6
22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Rac1 Bxf3 24. Rd6 Qb2 25. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 26. Rd1 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Black "Smith, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 Qb6 11. e4 Nf6 12. d5 Rd8 13. Nbd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nc4
Qc5 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Nb2 Qa3 19. h3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Nxe4
22. Qxd4+ Nf6 23. Bg2 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Qb1+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. Rxe7 Rd6 27. Nc4 Kf8 28. Rxf7+
Kxf7 29. Nxd6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "11"]
[White "James, Russell A"]
[Black "Hughes, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Nd5
Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Qd8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. g4 Qf6 14. gxf5 Qxf5
15. Rg1 Bd6 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qxh7 Rf8 20. Rg6 Qf3 21.
Rxg7+ Rf7 22. Bg5+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Brown, Alan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. bxc5 Bf6
16. e4 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 Be7 22.
Rb1 Qa2 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qh5 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxb7 Rxd3 28. Rxc7
Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxa3 30. Bc6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Cole, Graham L"]
[Black "Molyneux, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Be4 Bxe4
15. fxe4 b6 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Kd2 Ne6 18. Ke2 Kc7 19. g3 Kc6 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Rd3
Rf8 22. Rd5 Bd6 23. Rd3 f6 24. a4 g6 25. a5 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bxb6
Bb8 29. Be3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Bd2 Rg8 32. Nd4+ Nxd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Black "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. f4 Rd8 17. Qf3 Bd4+ 18. Be3 Be6 19. e5 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. f5
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Rad1 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Kf8 27. Ke4 Ke7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8
29. Re3 Rd2 30. Rb3 Rd7 31. g4 g5 32. Rc3 Rd2 33. Rb3 Rd7 34. Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Black "Mason, Donald J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 c6 7. Nc3 Nb8 8. Nf3 O-O
9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Bb5 Qa5 14. Nc3 Ne4 15. Be2 Bd7
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Qd2 f6 22. Qe3
g5 23. Bh2 Bf5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Bb3 e5 26. Rfd1 exd4 27. cxd4 Nb4 28. f3 Nc2 29.
Bxc2 Rxc2 30. fxe4 Re8 31. e5 Qd5 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Rc8 34. exf6 h6 35. f7 Qxf7
36. Be5+ Kh7 37. Rf1 Qd7 38. Qf2 Bg6 39. Qf6 Be4 40. Rf2 b5 41. a3 Bd5 42. h4 gxh4
43. Qxh4 Rg8 44. Rc2 Bc6 45. Qf6 Rc8 46. Rc3 Bd5 47. Rxc8  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. c3 e5 8. a3 O-O 9.
b4 a6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Rb1 b5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16.
Rd1 Rac8 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rbc1 a4 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. cxb5 Qxc2 22. Nxc2 Bb3
23. Nb4 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc5 25. f4 Rxb5 26. fxe5 Ng4 27. Bh3 Nxe5 28. Rc1  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. O-O Ng6
9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Rce8 18. Qh5 Nh8 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. c4 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Black "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. d4 d5 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ndf3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. Nxd7 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. O-O Ne4 15.
Bh5 O-O 16. c3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Be6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. b4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Re7 21. h3 Kg7
22. Bg4 c6 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28.
Kf2 Kf7 29. h5 Kf6 30. g4 e5 31. dxe5+ Kxe5 32. Ke3 b6 33. a3 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35.
g3 c4 36. Kd2 Ke4 37. Ke2 a6  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Graham, David B"]
[Black "Eames, Robert S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4 Bd7
9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. b3 Rc5 15. c4 Nxd5
16. exd5 a6 17. Rae1 O-O 18. a4 Re8 19. f4 Rc8 20. f5 b5 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qd3 Kh7
23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ng5+ Kg7 25. Bd4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rf8 27. Re6 Kh6 28. Bxf6 exf6 29.
Rxd6 Qe7 30. Rxa6 Bf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Ne6 Rf7 33. c5 Rb8 34. Rc6 Qa7 35. Qxf5 Qxa4
36. Qf4+ Qxf4 37. Nxf4 Kg5 38. Ne6+ Kf5 39. Nc7 Rb2 40. Rb6 Rc2 41. Ne8 Ke5 42. h3
f5 43. c6 Ra7 44. c7 Raa2 45. Rg6 Kxd5 46. Nf6+ Ke5 47. Nxh5 Rxc7 48. Rg5 Rcc2 49.
Ng7 Kf6 50. h4 f4 51. Nh5+ Kf7 52. Nxf4 Ra4 53. Rf5+ Kg7 54. Kh2 Ra3 55. Rg5+ Kf6
56. Rg3 Rxg3 57. Kxg3 Kf5 58. Nd5 Ke5 59. Ne3 Rc3 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Nd1 Rc1 62. Ne3
Rc3 63. Nd1 Rc1 64. Ne3 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Black "Sanger, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2
Nd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bc3 Bf6 15.
Rad1 Qb6 16. h3 c5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Nf4 Bxa2 19. Nd5 Bb3 20. Nxb6 Bxc2 21. Nxa8 Bxd1
22. Rxd1 Rxa8 23. f4 Nc4 24. e5 Ne3 25. Rd3 Nxg2 26. exf6 Nxf4 27. gxf4 g6 28. Kf2
b5 29. Ke3 b4 30. Be5 c4 31. Rd7 a5 32. Rc7 c3 33. bxc3 b3 34. c4 a4 35. Rb7 h5 36.
Kd3 a3 37. Rxb3 a2 38. Ba1 Rd8+ 39. Kc2  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 a6
9. Nd5 Nh5 10. Bb2 b5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. c5 Bc6 15. cxd6 cxd6
16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. N3xg2 Qb6 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20. h4 h6 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Qb1
Qb7 23. Rc2 Rbc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Ne4 26. Qc1 Rd7 27. Nd3 Nd5 28. Rc8+ Kh7
29. Qc6 f5 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Kf1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. e3 Kg6 34. Ke2 b4 35. Rc6 a5
36. Nd2 Ra7 37. g4 Ne7 38. gxf5+ exf5 39. Rc1 Nd5 40. Rc6 Ne7 41. Rc2 Nd5 42. Nc4
Ra6 43. f3 Nec3+ 44. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 45. Kd2 f4 46. exf4 gxf4 47. Nxf4+ Kf5 48. Ne2 Nxe2
49. Kxe2 Bxd4 50. Kd3 Bc5 51. Nb2 Kf4 52. Na4 Kxf3 53. Nxc5 dxc5 54. Rxc5 Kf4 55.
Kc4 a4 56. Kxb4 axb3 57. axb3 Ke4 58. Kc4 Ra1 59. b4 Rc1+ 60. Kb5 Rb1 61. Rh5 Kd4
62. Ka5 Kc4 63. b5  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bf6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Bg3 Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. Rfe1 a4 15. Bc4
Qe7 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qf8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Be6 20. Bf1 Bxb3 21. Ra7 Be6 22.
Rxc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Nb7 26. e5 Bg5 27. Bc7 Bf5 28. Bd3
Bxd3 29. cxd3 Nc5 30. Ne4 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Ne6 32. Bd6 g5 33. g3 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kg6 35.
Bb4 Bd4 36. Bc3 Bxc3 37. Nxc3 Kf5 38. Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Pitcher, John"]
[Black "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ndf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3
O-O 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. a3 g6 19. Qe2 Nh5 20. g3 Na5 21. Rad1 Nc4 22. Bc1
Rab8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bf8 25. h4 Ng7 26. g4 h5 27. f3 Kh7 28. Kg2 Be7 29. Qe3
Rh8 30. Qxa7 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 Ra8 33. Bc2 Rhd8 34. Bg5 Rdc8 35. Re2 Kg8 36.
Rd3 Kf8 37. a5 Be7 38. Bxe7+ Kxe7 39. b4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Rc4 41. Kg3 Rac8 42. Rf3 Rxc3
43. Bd3 Rb3 44. b5 Rcc3 45. Rd2 Ne8 46. Kg2 f6 47. a6 bxa6 48. bxa6 Ra3 49. Rb2 fxe5
50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rb6+ Kc5 52. Rxe6 Nc7 53. Rxg6 Rxd3 54. Rxd3 Rxd3 55. h5 e4 56.
h6 e3 57. a7 Rd2+ 58. Kf3 d4 59. h7 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 Rf8 61. Rf6 e2 62. Rxf8 e1=Q+ 63.
Rf2 Qe3+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Walker, Martin G"]
[Black "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. a4 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. c3 Ba7 9.
Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Qd6
16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 Qxb4 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Ng5 Qb6 22. Kh2
Rad8 23. Nde4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Kh8 25. d6 f6 26. Bc4 Bc6 27. Bxb5 Bxe4 28. dxe4 Rxd6
29. Be8 Qd8 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qg4 Kh7 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qg4
 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. d3 exd3 6. Qxd3 d5 7. e4 h6 8. Nf3 Bb4
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bd2 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 O-O 13. O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Bxf4 5. exf4 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. g3 e5 11. fxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O Nc6 14. N2f3 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 Bh5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe2 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Handley, Michael R"]
[Black "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7
9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qb3 b4 12. Nd1 Bd5 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Ne3 Be4
16. Qc4 c5 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rd2 Qb6 22. Ne5
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne4 24. Rd3 Bd4 25. Nd7 Qb7 26. f3 Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Black "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3
e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 g6 15.
Bh6 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. c4 a5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Qf3 h5 21. g3 a4 22.
Bg2 Nb6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Rd2 Qd8 25. Red1 Qf6 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Qc5 Ra6 28. Bf1 Nc8
29. Qe5 Ra5 30. Qf4 Ne7 31. Bh3 Nf5 32. b4 axb3 33. axb3 Qb6 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. d5 cxd5
36. cxd5 Raxd5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Rich, Mark C"]
[Black "Watson, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 b5 7. a3 a6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qe1 Re8 10. Qh4 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. f5 dxe5 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ng5 Nf8
16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nxh7+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Bd7 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Be3  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Molyneux, John"]
[Black "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O b4
9. Na4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Nxg7
Kxg7 16. Re4 f5 17. Rh4 Qf6 18. Bh6+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rd1 d5 21. Qh5 Rf7 22.
c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Kg8 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Rf4 Nc4 26. Rb1 e5 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rxc4 Bxf2+
29. Qxf2 Rxb8 30. Rc5 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Qd2 Rb5 33. Qg5+ Qg6 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35.
Rc7+ Kh6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Hughes, Roy"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4 Nd5
9. e4 Nb4 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nd3 12. Ne2 e5 13. Qc3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nexd4
c5 16. Nc2 Qe7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nxc4 Nb4 19. Rac1 Na2 20. Qe3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxc4 22.
Rxc4 Nd7 23. e5 Rae8 24. Qh6 Nxe5 25. Ng5 f6 26. Bd5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Smith, Peter"]
[Black "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Re8
9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 e4 11. Ng5 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 h6 14. Nc7 hxg5 15. Nxa8 Re6
16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Nxc7 Rc6 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Nb5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nc6 21. Ba3 Bg4 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. e3 Ke7 24. a3 a6 25. Nc3 Kd6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Na4 Be2 28. Nc5 b6 29.
Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Nd8 32. Ke2 Nb7 33. f3  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Cole, Graham L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9.
h3 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bc1 Re8 15. Bd3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qf6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. b3 Kf8 22. Be3
b6 23. Re2 a6 24. Rbe1 Rab8 25. Qd2 b5 26. Bxh6 Rxe2 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qxe2 bxc4
29. Qxc4 a5 30. Rc1 Rb4 31. Qc3 Rd4 32. Qxa5 Rxd5 33. Qe1 Kh7 34. Rd1 Re5 35. Qc3
Qe6 36. Kf1 Rf5 37. Re1 Qd7 38. Re4 Qd8 39. g3 Rh5 40. Kg2 Qa8 41. Qf3 Qf8 42. Qf6
d5 43. Rh4 Rxh4 44. Qxh4+ Kg7 45. Qf4 Qe7 46. Qe3 Qd6 47. Kf1 d4 48. Qd3 Qe6 49.
h4 Qd5 50. Kg1 Qe5 51. Kg2 Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. d3 c6 7. Nge2 f5 8. Be3 Nf6 9.
h3 O-O 10. O-O f4 11. gxf4 Qd7 12. Kh2 Nh5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd2 Na6 15. b3 Nf4 16.
Bxf4 exf4 17. f3 g5 18. d4 Rf6 19. Rad1 Rh6 20. Ng1 Rf8 21. d5 Bxh3 22. Bxh3 g4 23.
fxg4 Qxg4 24. Rf3 Rxh3+ 25. Rxh3 f3 26. Rg3 Be5 27. Qf2 Kh8 28. Rf1 Rg8  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Black "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3
Nd7 16. Re1 b6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qh4 21. Rcd1 f4 22.
Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bf3 24. Be2 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rf5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rd7+
Kh6 29. Rxc7 Rxe5 30. Kf1 Re4 31. Rc6 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. f3 Re3 34. Kf2 Ng7 35.
Nxf4 Re5 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Nd3 Rd5 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. Rxd5 exd5 41. a4 bxa4
42. bxa4 Ne8 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. f4 Ng7 46. Nb4 Nf5+ 47. Kc3 Kc5 48. Nd3+
Kb6 49. Kb4 Ka6 50. Nc5+ Kb6 51. a5+ Kc6 52. Nd3 h5 53. Ne5+ Kb7 54. Kc5 d4 55. Nc4
h4 56. Kd5 h3 57. Ke4 Ng3+ 58. Kf3 Nf1 59. f5 Nxh2+ 60. Kg3 Ng4 61. Kxh3 Nf6 62.
Kg3 Ka6 63. Kf4 Kb5 64. Ke5 Kxc4 65. a6 d3 66. a7 Nd7+ 67. Kd6 Nb6 68. Kc6 Na8 69.
f6 d2 70. f7 d1=Q 71. f8=Q Qd5#  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Kalerwa, Edwin M"]
[Black "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 b6
9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Rg1 a5 13. g4 a4 14. Bh6 Ne6 15. Nf5 Ne8
16. Nxg7 N8xg7 17. f4 Qf6 18. Bg2 g5 19. fxg5 Qf4 20. Rgf1 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Nc5 22.
Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Kc2 Re7 25. Rdf2 Rae8 26. Kc3 Re3+ 27. Kd2 R3e7 28. h4
Nd7 29. Kc3 Nc5 30. h5 Rd7 31. Rf6 Re3+ 32. Kd2 Rde7 33. R1f2 R3e5 34. g6 hxg6 35.
hxg6 fxg6 36. Rxg6 Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxh6 38. Rg8 Kh7 39. Rgf8 Kg7 40. R8f6 Nd7 41. R6f4
Nc5 42. Rf5 Ne4+ 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44. R5f4 Kg6 45. Kd3 Re3+ 46. Kd2 Rg3 47. Rf6+ Kg7
48. Re6 Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. g5 Rxg5 51. Kc3 Rg2 52. Re3 Kf8 53. a3 Kf7 54. b4
Ra2 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Kc3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Graham, David B"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
g6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Ng3 Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 e6 14. h5 Nc5 15. h6 Bh8
16. Be5 Ncd7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qc6 21. f3 Nb6 22. Nd6
Rad8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bxh8 Kxh8 26. Qd2 Qb8 27. Re2 Qd6 28. c3 Nf6 29.
Qg5 Ng8 30. Rde1 f6 31. Qh4 g5 32. Qh3 e5 33. Bxg8 Rxg8 34. Re3 Rg6 35. b4 cxb4 36.
d4 bxc3 37. dxe5 Qc5 38. Kh1 c2  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Eames, Robert S"]
[Black "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bf5
9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. b4 Rc8 15. b5 Na5
16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bf4 f6 20. Nd3 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5
Bxd3 23. Bxd3 b6 24. Qh4 Qd6 25. Red1 Qe6 26. Be2 Qf7 27. Bg4 Rc5 28. Be3 Rxb5 29.
c4 Rb4 30. cxd5 h5 31. d6 Bf6 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. d7 Nb7
36. d8=Q+ Nxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Rf7 39. Rdd7 Rxd7 40. Bxd7 a5 41. a4  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Sanger, Mark"]
[Black "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. Qd3 Be6 8. b3
Be7 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bf2 Nc5 12. Qd1 f5 13. h4 Be7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng3
Be6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rd4 19. Nge4 c6 20. Na4 b6 21. c3 Rd7 22.
Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Nb2 Bf5 24. Ke2 Kc7 25. Nd3 Rf8 26. Ke3 Re8 27. g4 Bc8 28. Ng3 b5 29.
Ne4 Kb6 30. Nd2 h6 31. Ke4 Bf6 32. Nf1 Be6 33. Ne3 Bg8 34. h5 Rd8 35. Nxe5 Rd2 36.
Ra1 Bh7+ 37. Ng6 Bxc3 38. Rd1 Rxa2 39. cxb5 Bd4 40. bxc6 Re2 41. Rd3 Kxc6 42. f4
a5 43. Kf3 Rxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kb5 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Kc2 Bg8 48. Ne5 Bxb3+
49. Kc1 Kc3 50. g5 a4 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. Kb1 Be6 53. Ka1 a3 54. Nf3 Kd3 55. Ne1+ Ke4
56. Nc2 a2 57. Ne1 Bc4 58. Ng2 Kf3 59. Nh4+ Kxf4 60. Ng6+ Kg5 61. Ne5 Bb3 62. Nd3
c4 63. Nc1 Kxh5  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Black "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. h4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7
9. f4 Qb6 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nb3 d4 12. h5 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 dxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Nd4 Nc5
16. Bxc4 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. O-O Kb8 19. Be3 Nh6 20. Qg2 Ka8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22.
Bxe6 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Rf2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. g5 Ng8 27. Rfb2 Ne7 28. Rb7
Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxg7 Rd2 31. e6 Re2 32. f5 a5 33. e7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Black "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8. e4 dxe4
9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qf1 Qc7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Nb3 Bf8
16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. b3 h5 22. Rad1
g6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 b5 26. Qa1 bxa4 27. bxa4 c5 28. Qc3 Qc6 29.
Qc4 Qb7 30. Kg2 Qb4 31. Qxb4 cxb4 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc4 Kc6
36. h4 Bg7 37. Nd2 Bf6 38. Nf3 Bg7 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5
9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Qc8 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Kf8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 c5 15. O-O
c4 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. f4 g6 18. a4 Qc6 19. Bf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 Ke8 21. dxc4 Qxc4 22. f5
Kd7 23. fxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxg6 Raf8 25. Qg7+ Kc8 26. f7 Kd7 27. Rae1 Qxc3 28. Qe5 Qc6
29. Rf6 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Rxe6 Qxh4 32. Re7+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Black "Walker, Martin G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6
9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd7 14. Qc1 Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1
g6 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. f4 Bh6 18. Bh4 Rde8 19. O-O Ne7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. b4 f6 22.
d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Ree8 24. c6 bxc6 25. Ba6+ Kb8 26. Ne3 Nxe5 27. b5 c5 28. Rd5 Nf7
29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Rd7 Rhf8 31. Rfd1 Rd8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Ne3 Bh6 34. Nxf5 Bf4 35. Ne7
Ka8 36. Nc6 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Bd6 38. a4 h5 39. Na5 Ne5 40. Rh7 Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Nxh2 42.
Rxh5 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 f5 44. Bb7+ Kb8 45. Bd5 Ne5 46. Rh7 Re8 47. Kf1 f4 48. Kf2 Ng4+
49. Kf3 Nf6 50. Nc6+ Kb7 51. Na5+ Kc8 52. Bb7+ Kb8 53. Rf7 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Ne4 55. Bd5
Nc3 56. Bf3 Nxa4 57. Nc6+ Kb7 58. Ne7+ Kb6 59. Nd5+ Kxb5 60. Nxe3 fxe3 61. Be2+ Kb4
62. Kf3 Nc3 63. Kxe3 c4 64. Bg4 a5 65. Kd2 Kb3 66. Rf3 Kb2 67. Bf5 a4 68. Rh3 a3
69. Rh8 Bf4+ 70. Ke1 a2 71. Ra8 Bd6 72. Be6 Ba3  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Black "Molyneux, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Ng7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. g4 Bxd3+ 21. Nxd3 h5
22. Nb4 hxg4 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Na6+ Kb7 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 26. Rc1 gxh3 27. Qa4 Kd7 28.
Qxc6+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Rd7 30. Qe5+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Smith, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. b3 Nxd4
9. Qxd4 Bc6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nh5 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxd5 15. Bxd5
Qb6 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Bg2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. a3 Rc7 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rdc3 Ng4 22.
e3 Ne5 23. Qc2 Qc5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. a4 Qb6 27. Qd2 Qb4 28. Qd4 Rc5 29.
e4 R5c7 30. Rd1 b6 31. Bh3 Nxe4 32. Re3 f5 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Be6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Handley, Michael R"]
[Black "Pitcher, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6
9. h4 h5 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 g6 14. Ne5 e6 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Qa4 Qb6 17. O-O Be7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc3 Qb5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Rc1 Kd7
23. Rb3 Qa6 24. Rc3 Bb4 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Ra8 27. a3 Be7 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4
Bd6 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 31. Rdc3 Ra6 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Ra5 Rab6 34. Ra7 R8b7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7
36. Rb1 e5 37. Kg2 exd4 38. exd4 Re7 39. b5 Rb7 40. b6 c5 41. dxc5+ Kxc5 42. Kf3
Rxb6 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Rc8 Rb4 45. Rd8+ Ke6 46. Kg3 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rc4 48. Kg3 Ra4 49.
f3 Rb4 50. Kh3 Rb7 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Re8+ Re7 53. Rd8 Ke5 54. Kf2 Kd4 55. Ra8 Kc3 56.
Ra3+ Kb4 57. Ra8 d4 58. Rb8+ Kc3 59. Rc8+ Kd2 60. Rd8 d3 61. Rd6 Re2+ 62. Kf1 Ke3
 0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "James, Russell A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Kxe2 Nc6 8.
c3 O-O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 Nf6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Nb3 exd4 15.
Nbxd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Be4 17. Kf2 Be7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Nd4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Be8 23. Bf3 c5 24. Nb3 Bb5+ 25. Kg2 b6 26. Rd1 Re8 27. e4 Bc6 28.
Nd2 Rd8 29. Kf1 Bg5 30. Ke2 Bb5+ 31. c4 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Bxc4+ 33. Rd3 Kc7 34. b3 Bxd3+
35. Kxd3 Kd6 36. Kc4 a6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Bg2 b5 39. Bf1 Kf4 40. Be2 Be7 41. Bf1 Bd6
42. Be2 Kg3 43. a4 Kxh3 44. axb5 axb5 45. Ke3 Kg3 46. Bd1 Bf4+ 47. Kd3 Kf2  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Black "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qf3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. Rab1 O-O 15.
Ne2 Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. c3 Rc6 18. h4 Qd3 19. Rbd1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Qd2 d6 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 c6 9.
Ng5 Qc7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nf4 e5 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19. Be2 Be7 20. O-O Nbd7 21. f4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5
23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxe5 26. Bf4 Qxe4 27. Bxb8 Bxh4 28. Bg3 Bg5
29. Bf3  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Watson, Simon"]
[Black "Brown, Alan M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 Ba6 9.
O-O Bxe2 10. Nxe2 c5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bf2 h5 14. Qd3 c4 15. Qd2 Na5 16.
Nc1 Qd7 17. Ne1 O-O-O 18. Nc2 Rdg8 19. Ne3 g6 20. Qc2 Qb5 21. a4 Qc6 22. b3 Nxe3
23. Bxe3 cxb3 24. Nxb3 Nc4 25. Bc1 Kd7 26. Rf3 Rc8 27. Nd2 Qb7 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29.
Ba3 Rhc8 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Qb3 Qc6 32. Ra3 a6 33. h3 Rc7 34. Kh2 Rb7 35. Ra2 Rc7
36. Ra3 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Cole, Graham L"]
[Black "Hughes, Roy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3
Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Qd3 Bxd1 13. Qxd1 e6 14. Bc4 O-O-O
15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. g3 Kb8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Bg5 Rc8
22. Bf6 Rhe8 23. f4 b5 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Qd2 Kb7 26. h4 Be7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. h5 Rec7
29. Kb1 Qb6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. g4 a5 32. c3 b4 33. cxb4 Qxb4 34. Qxb4+ axb4 35. f5
gxf5 36. gxf5 Rg8 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Re1 Rg3 39. Bc2 Rcg7 40. Bb3 Rg1 41. Rxg1 Rxg1+
42. Kc2 Kc7 43. a3 bxa3 44. bxa3 Kd6 45. Kc3 e5 46. dxe5+ Kxe5 47. a4 d4+ 48. Kc2
Rg2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Rc3+ 51. Kb4 Rc1 52. a5 Kd6 53. a6 Kc7 54. Bc4 Kb6 55.
Bd3 Rc3 56. Be2 Re3 57. Bf1 Rf3 58. Be2 Rf4 59. Bd3 Rh4 60. Kc4 Kxa6 61. Kd5+ Kb6
62. Be4 Kc7 63. Kxd4 Kd6 64. Kd3 Ke5 65. Bc6 Rg4 66. Kc3 Rg6 67. Be8 Rf6 68. Kb2
Rf3 69. Bg6 Kd4 70. Bh7 Rg3 71. Bf5 Rc3 72. Bg6 Kc4 73. Bf7+ Kb4 74. Be6 Re3 75.
Bf5 Re2+ 76. Ka1 Kb3 77. Bg6 Rf2 78. Be4 Rd2 79. Bf5 Rd6 80. Be4 Rd1+ 81. Bb1 Kc3
82. Ka2 Rd2+ 83. Ka1 Rd5 84. Ba2 Ra5 85. Kb1 Rb5+ 86. Ka1 Kc2 87. Bf7 Ra5+ 88. Ba2
Rh5 89. Bb1+ Kc1 90. Ba2 Rb5 91. Be6 Kc2 92. Bf7 Rb6 93. Bd5 Rd6 94. Bf7 Rf6 95.
Bg8 Rh6 96. Bd5 Rh4 97. Bf7 Rg4 98. Be6 Rf4 99. Bd5 Rd4 100. Be6 Rd6 101. Bf7 Rd1+
102. Ka2 Rd7 103. Bg6+ Kc3 104. Bf5 Rd2+ 105. Ka1 Rb2 106. Bg6 Rg2 107. Bf5 Rg5 108.
Be6 Kc2 109. Bf7 Rg1+ 110. Ka2 Rg7 111. Bb3+ Kc3 112. Be6 Rg2+ 113. Ka1 Rb2 114.
Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Black "Kalerwa, Edwin M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3
d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. a3 Qc7 14. Ncb5 Qb8 15. Rac1
a6 16. Nc3 e6 17. Nc2 Bc8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. f4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Be3
Ne7 23. Bf3 b5 24. Nb4 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bb7 26. Re1 Qb8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Ne4 Ned6 29.
Nc6 Qa8 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. b3 Ne8 33. d6 Qc8 34. dxc7 Qxc7 35. Ne5 Qe7
36. Bc5 Qf6 37. Rd1  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Black "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. g4 Nfd7
9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. f4 f6 12. Qf3 e5 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. O-O-O
e4 16. Qg2 f5 17. g5 Be6 18. h4 c5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g6 h6 21. Rxh5 Kg7 22. Rxh6 Rh8
23. Rh7+ Rxh7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qg6 Qe7 26. dxc5 Qxh7 27. Qf6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Drugan, Mark A"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bb5 h6 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bd3 O-O-O
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rhe8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rhe1 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Qe3 Rf8 22. f3 Kb8 23. a4 g5 24. Rd2 e5 25. b4 h5 26. h3 Qf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28.
c4 Kc8 29. Kb2 a5 30. b5 b6 31. Kc3 Kd7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Ke2 h4 34. Rd5 Rg8 35. Kf2
Rc8 36. c3 c6 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rb5 Rxc4 39. Rxb6 Rxa4 40. Ra6 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Kd5 42.
c4+ Kc5 43. Kf1 a4 44. Kg1 a3 45. Ra4 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 a2 47. g4 hxg3+ 48. Kg2 e4  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Eames, Robert S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 d6 8. Nd5 Nge7 9.
Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qb6 13. h4 Qxb2 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qd8
16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Nxd6+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Ledger, Dave J"]
[Black "Graham, David B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

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 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rg1 Nb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Na5 Na4 18. b3 Nc5 19. Bh3 Nf4 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Bf5 Qh5 22. Bg4
Qf7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. b4 Qc7 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Rge1 b4 27. Qd3 a5 28. Bf5 g6 29.
Bxg6 hxg6 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Qg6#  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Walker, Martin G"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. h3 Rb8 15.
Be3 c5 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qc4 Bd6 19. Be2 f4 20. Bc1 Rf6 21. Bf3 Bf8 22.
a4 Rb6 23. a5 Ra6 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. Be2 c4 26. Bxc4 Rc6 27. Bb5 Rc5 28. Ba3 f3 29.
Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Bxc4 fxg2 33. Rd1 Rf8 34. Rd6 Kf7 35. Rc6
Kf6 36. Rc7 e5 37. Kxg2 a6 38. Ra7 Rd8 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 Rf8 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. f3
Rd8 43. h4 Rf8 44. h5 Bf5 45. Bxa6 Ra8 46. Bc4 Rxa5 47. Rf7+ Kg5 48. Rxg7+ Kxh5 49.
Bd3 Bg6 50. Rc7 Kg5 51. c4 Ra3 52. Rd7 Kf6 53. Kg4 Rc3 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rd5 Kf6 56.
c5 Bf7 57. Rd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 Nd7 10. c5 dxc5 11. bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ba3 b6 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c5
16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Ba3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Rac1 Nc8 22. Nb5
Bf8 23. d6 Qf6 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Rf3 Be6 26. Qc3 Qh4 27. Qc7 Nxd6 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29.
Bxd6 Qxe4 30. Re3 Qb7 31. Qc3 f6 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Qb2 Kf7 35. Rxb6 Qxb6
36. Qxb6 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 Bc4 38. Qc7+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "5"]
[White "James, Russell A"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. a4 Nf6 13. Nf4 Rb8 14. O-O Ne8 15.
a5 Nc8 16. Ne4 Ncd6 17. Ng5 Nc7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nf3 Qc8 20. g4 h5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22.
Qxh5 f6 23. Nh4 e6 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Ra3 Nxd5 26. Rh3 Qc2 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Ne5+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Duncan, Patrick CM"]
[Black "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6
9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. a4 a6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Rac8 17. Qd3 Bh5 18. Bh3 Bg6 19. Bf5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22.
Kg2 Qd8 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Be3 Be7 27. Nf3 Qc6 28. Nd4 Qc7
29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Nd2 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Nf3 Bf6 33. e3 Kf8 34. Nd4 Ke7 35. h4 Kd6
36. Kf3 Qc1 37. Kg2 Qb2 38. Ne2 Qe5 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Kc5 41. Qa5+ Kc6 42. Qd2
Be5 43. Qc1+ Kd7 44. Qd2 Qxh4+ 45. Kg2 Qf6 46. Qxd5+ Kc7 47. Kg1 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Pitcher, John"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Nf3 Rfe8 15.
Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ng4 Nd7 17. O-O-O Nec5 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Ne6 20. Qf5 Ndf8 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. d4 Rd6 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Qe5 Qd7 28.
f4 f6 29. Qf5 a5 30. a3 b5 31. Rhe1 Qd6 32. Re3 Kf7 33. Qd3 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35.
f5 Nc7 36. c4 Nd7 37. Rde1 Kf8 38. R1e2 Qc6 39. cxd5 Qd6 40. Re6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Black "Sanger, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 a5 13. c5 a4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Qxa4
Ra6 16. Qc4 Bc7 17. b4 Nd5 18. Bb2 f5 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Ne5 f4 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Bc1
h5 23. h4 Qh6 24. Kg2 b5 25. Qd3 Rf6 26. Rh1 Kf8 27. Re2 Kg8 28. Kf1 g6 29. Rg1 Qf8
30. Nxg6  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Giulian, Rosemary A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Qc7
9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bg3 Qh5 14. h3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1
Be6 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Black "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 e6 11. Rb1 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b5
16. axb5 Bd7 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. e3 Ne5 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Bf1
axb5 23. f4 Bg4 24. Be2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Nd7 26. Nb2 Qa2 27. Nd1 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Molyneux, John"]
[Black "Grillage, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. c4 Qf5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qe5+ 8.
Kf1 Qd6 9. Qa4 Nf6 10. Nc3 e5 11. d4 Qd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qd3+
15. Kg1 Qxe4 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Re1 Qg6 18. e6 O-O 19. Qxc6 Qf5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. exf7+
Qxf7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. g3 h5 25. h4 Rd6 26. Qa8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28.
Kg2 Re6 29. Qf3 Rf6 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Bd6 33. Bxa7 c5 34. Bxc5 Bxc5
35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. Rd5 Qe2 38. Re5 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Rd6 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Re5
Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Henderson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 c6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Be2 Bb4+
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Nd4
O-O 16. b3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 cxb3 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxh6 Qe4 21. Bf4 b2 22.
Rb1 Bc3 23. f3 Qd5 24. Qc2 b4 25. Rfd1 Qb5 26. Bg3 a5 27. f4 a4  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Kennedy, Craig"]
[Black "Dargan, Paul A G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5
Ne4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne2 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 15.
O-O Rd2 16. Rac1 e3 17. f3 g5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Rfe1 Rf7
22. Rxe3 Rff2 23. Rg3 h6 24. a4 Rfe2  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Smith, Peter"]
[Black "Handley, Michael R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 e4 8. dxe4 Bxb4
9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Nb3 Nxe4 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne6 15.
Qe3 Rb8 16. Qxa7  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Watson, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 Rb8
9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. d4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. b5
a5 17. Nc4 Kh8 18. h4 Ng8 19. h5 h6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nh4 Kh7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4
Qd8 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qc2+ e4 27. Qxe4+ Rf5 28. Bh3 Ne7 29. Nd6 Qf8 30.
Qe6+ Qf6 31. Qxd7 Rxd5 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Bg2 Qg6 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36.
Be4+ Kf7 37. Bxd5+ Nxd5 38. Bd2 Nxc3 39. Ra3 Nd5 40. Re4 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Rh3
Kf5 43. Kf3 Bg7 44. Rh5+  1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Hughes, Roy"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Ngf3
Nh5 9. Be3 g6 10. g4 Ng7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. h4 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Bxh4 16. O-O-O g5 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. Qd3 Qxh6 19. f4 Bxg4 20. fxg5 Qh5 21. Rdg1 Bf5
22. Qd4 Bxc2 23. Rxh4 Qg6 24. Rh3 Ne6 25. Qe3 Ba4 26. b3 Bc6 27. Rh6 Qg7 28. Nf3
d4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Rac8 31. Kb2 Rcd8 32. Rg3 Re6 33. Rf6 Kh8 34. Qf2 Rxf6
35. gxf6 Qh6 36. e6 fxe6 37. f7 Rf8 38. d5 Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Qa5+ 41. Kb2
Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Qc1+ 43. Kb4 a5+  0-1

[Event "British Chess Championships 2023: 50+ Championship"]
[Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Kalerwa, Edwin M"]
[Black "Strugar, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. e3 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 dxc4
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. f4
Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd7 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Qe2 e5 19. fxe5 Bg4 20. Rdf1 Qxe5 21. Qf2 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 f6 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Bf8 27. Nxf6+ Kd8 28.
Qxf8+ Kc7 29. Rc1+ Kb6 30. Nxd7+  1-0

