[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Campbell, Darren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Nc3 d5 6. Kh1 d4 7. Na4 e5 8. Nc5 e4 9. Ng1 Qe7 10. Nb3 c5 11. d3 e3 12. fxe3 dxe3 13. Rf3 Ng4 14. Nh3 a5 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Na1 Rd8 17. c3 Nce5 18. Rf4 Bh6 19. Rf1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. exd3 Qd6 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 e2 24. Bd2 Qxd3 25. Rg1 Qxd2 26. Re4 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campbell, Darren"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb6 6. c5 Nd5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Bxf6 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Rf8 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Kf1 b6 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Re7+ Kg8 19. Bh6 Ba6+ 20. Kg1 Rf7 21. Rae1 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Rd8 23. Ne5 bxc5 24. Rg7+ Kf8 25. Ng4 Re8 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2023/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacDonald, Murdo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 d5 4. Nc3 d4 5. Ne4 Be7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. e4 0-0 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Bc5 Rb7 14. a4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nh4 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Qc5 18. 0-0 Rbb8 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. b4 Rxb4 21. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qe7 24. Qa5 Qg5 25. Qxc7 Qxf5 26. Rb8 Qe6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa7 h6 29. Qc5 f5 30. a5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2023/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Major, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "1214"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Qd7 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxd5 Rd8 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Nf3 0-0 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nc6 Ra8 17. Na5 f5 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. 0-0 a6 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. b3 Kh8 23. Na5 Rb6 24. Rd7 Bd6 25. Nc4 Rbb8 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. R7xd6 a5 28. R6d5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2023/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonald, Murdo"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Re1 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qd7 10. Bg5 Qg4 11. Bxf6 Qxf3 12. gxf3 gxf6 13. Nd5 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 Kd8 15. Nxf6 Rg7 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Nd5 Bh4 18. Rd2 c6 19. Nb4 Kc7 20. Red1 Rg6 21. Nd3 Rag8 22. Nb4 a5 23. Nd3 Bg5 24. Re2 c5 25. c3 c4 26. Nc1 Bf4 27. Ree1 Rg2 28. Rg1 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2023/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Major, Benjamin"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1214"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. e4 Kh8 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. b3 Qd7 15. Kg2 h5 16. Nf4 Nh7 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nd5 f5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Nxf6 Rxf6 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bd5 Re5 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Qd1 b6 25. Be4 Rf6 26. f4 Re8 27. Qf3 Ref8 28. Bxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxh5 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Kh3 Rf8 32. f5 Rgf6 33. g4 R6f7 34. Rae1 Be3 35. Rf3 Rh7 36. Ref1 Rf6 37. Rg3 Rhf7 38. Rgf3 Rh7 39. Kg3 Re7 40. Kh3 Bd2 41. R1f2 Re3 42. h5 Rxf3+ 43. Rxf3 Kh7 44. g5 Bxg5 45. Kg4 Kh6 46. Rf1 Be3 47. Re1 Rf7 48. Rf1 Re7 49. f6 Rf7 50. Rf5 a6 51. Rf1 Bg5 52. Rf3 Bxf6 53. Rf5 Rg7+ 54. Kf3 Be5 55. Ke4 Rg3 56. a4 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. Kh1 0-0 6. Ng1 d5 7. d3 h6 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Ndf3 Qd7 10. c3 Rad8 11. Ne1 a5 12. a3 b5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ra8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Nc2 Ra2 17. Ba3 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc1 Bd6 21. Nf3 Qa7 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Ne1 Bxb4 24. Nc2 Bd6 25. e3 b4 26. d4 b3 27. Na1 Qb6 28. Be4 f5 29. Bb1 Qb7+ 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. dxe5 Bd5 32. e4 fxe4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rxb2 35. exd6 cxd6 36. Rd1 Nf6 37. Re1 Kf7 38. Rf1 Ke6 39. h3 g5 40. Re1 g4 41. h4 Nh5 42. Nxb3 Rxb3 43. Bc2 Rb2 44. Bd1 Nf6 45. Be2 h5 46. Ba6 Ke5 47. Bc8 Rc2 48. Ba6 Nd7 49. Bb5 Nc5 50. Be8 Nd3 51. Rf1 Re2 52. Bxh5 Be6 53. Bg6 Rxe3 54. Kg2 Ne1+ 55. Kf2 Rf3+ 56. Kxe1 Rxg3 57. h5 Rh3 58. Rg1 d5 59. Kf2 d4 60. Kg2 e3 61. Kf1 Kf4 62. Ke2 Bc4+ 63. Ke1 e2 64. Be8 Rf3 65. Bg6 Rf1+ 66. Rxf1+ exf1Q+ 67. Kd2 Qf2+ 68. Kc1 d3 69. Bxd3 Bxd3 70. Kd1 Qc2+ 71. Ke1 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "827"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Ne5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nf3 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Kh1 Ng4 10. Ng1 Ndf6 11. f3 Nxh2 12. Kxh2 Nh5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Bf3 Qg6 15. Bxh5 Qxh5+ 16. Kg2 e5 17. e3 Bg4 18. Qe1 exf4 19. exf4+ Be7 20. Be3 0-0 21. Nd2 Bd8 22. Qf2 Bb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Rfe8 25. Ndf3 Re7 26. Nh2 Re2+ 27. Nxe2 Qh3+ 28. Kh1 Bxe2 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. Rxe2 Qxg3 31. Qf2 Qg6 32. Rg1 Qh5 33. Re5 f5 34. Qg3 Qf7 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2023 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. Kh1 Qc8 6. Ng1 e5 7. f3 Bf5 8. d3 Bc5 9. e4 Be6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 Bd6 12. b3 Na6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bd7 15. f5 Qc7 16. Nb2 h6 17. Nc4 h5 18. Qa5 h4 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Nf3 Rh7 22. Ncxe5 Nb4 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Rf2 c5 25. Ba3 Ng4 26. Rd2 Nxh2 27. Nxh2 Bxh2 28. Re2 Bf4+ 29. Kg1 a5 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Kf2 Be3+ 32. Kf3 Rh2 33. Kg3 Rh6 34. Kg4 Rha6 35. Bh3 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Bg4 Kf6 39. Bh5 Ra1 40. Bg4 Rg1 41. Bh3 Rh1 42. Bg2 Rh8 43. Kg3 Ke5 44. Kf3 g6 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Kg3 g5 47. Bf3 Bf4+ 48. Kf2 Rh4 49. Bg2 g4 50. Kf1 Bg3 51. Kg1 Rh6 52. Bf1 Rh5 53. Rg2 Kf4 54. Be2 Rh8 55. Bd1 Ra8 56. Kf1 Ra6 57. Ke2 Rh6 58. Kf1 Rf6 59. Ke2 Bh4 60. Kd2 Bg3 61. Ke2 Rh6 62. Kd2 Rg6 63. Ke2 Bh4 64. Kd2 g3 65. Ke1 Rh6 66. Kd2 Bf6 67. Ke2 Be5 68. Kf1 Rh2 69. Kg1 Ke3 70. Kf1 Rh1+ 71. Rg1 Rxg1+ 72. Kxg1 Kd2 73. Bg4 Kxc2 74. Bc8 b6 75. Bb7 Kxb3 76. Bd5+ Kc3 77. Bc4 b3 78. Kg2 b2 79. Kf3 b1Q 80. Kg4 b5 81. Bd5 Kxd3 82. Kf5 Bb8 83. Kf6 g2 84. Ke7 g1Q 85. Kd7 Qg7+ 86. Kc6 Qc7# 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "827"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxe5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3 Qf6 9. Qg3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. e5 Qxe5+ 12. Qxe5+ dxe5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Ne4 0-0 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Bd3 Nhf5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nf3 Nxc2+ 21. Ke2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 e4 23. Nd4 Kg6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Kd2 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 a6 27. Kd2 Kf6 28. Ke3 Ke5 29. f3 Rd8 30. Nb3 exf3 31. gxf3 f4+ 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxb2 35. Nc5 Rxa2 36. Nxb7 Rxh2 37. Nc5 a5 38. Nb3 a4 39. Nc1 Rf2 40. Kc4 Rxf3 41. Kb4 a3 42. Nb3 a2 43. Na1 Rf1 44. Nb3 Rb1 45. Ka3 Rxb3+ 46. Kxa2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Qf6 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. a4 Nf6 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Re1 Be7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Rd8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. Ne4 f6 18. Rh5 Kd8 19. Rh3 h6 20. c3 Bc8 21. Be6 Rd5 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Bxc6 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bd7 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Nf5 g6 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. f3 Re8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Re1 Rb8 32. b4 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Ke3 f5 35. Kd3 d5 36. Re1 a5 37. Re5 Rf4 38. Rxd5+ Kc6 39. Rxa5 h5 40. c4 h4 41. Ra6+ Kb7 42. Rd6 g4 43. fxg4 Rxg4 44. Rf6 Rxg2 45. Rxf5 Rxh2 46. c5 Rh3+ 47. Kc4 Rg3 48. Kb5 Rg6 49. Rh5 Rg4 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. a5 Kd8 52. a6 Re4 53. a7 Re7 54. a8Q+ Kd7 55. Qb7+ Ke6 56. Rxe7+ Kf5 57. Qe4+ Kf6 58. Qe5+ Kg6 59. Rg7+ Kh6 60. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr23 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2023.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonald, Murdo"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nc3 c6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 15. c4 Nc5 16. Rfb1 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qd7 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. d4 Bg7 20. Qf3 exd4 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 c5 23. Rb3 Be5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qh5 Rg6 26. Rf3 Qe6 27. a5 Qxc4 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Qg3 h5 30. h4 g4 31. Rfa3 Qd6 32. a6 Ra7 33. Qb3 Qc7 34. Qd5 Qd6 35. Qc4 Qc6 36. Ra5 Qxe4 37. Qxc5 Ra8 38. a7 Rc6 39. Qb5 Kf8 40. Qb7 Rc1+ 41. Rxc1 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr22 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson, Thomas R"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Kh8 7. Qd2 Ng8 8. h4 f6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 g5 13. 0-0-0 h6 14. Nd5 Na6 15. Bc3 c6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Nc5 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Ne3 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Bd6 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. Nd6 b5 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Nxb5 a6 32. Nc7 a5 33. Nd5 Nd7 34. Ng3 Nc5 35. Nf5 Nd3+ 36. Kc2 Ne1+ 37. Kd2 Nxg2 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. b3 Kh7 41. a3 Kh8 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Kh7 44. b5 g4 45. fxg4 Kh8 46. b6 Kh7 47. b7 Kh8 48. b8Q f3+ 49. Kxf3 Kh7 50. Qb7+ Ne7 51. Qxe7+ Kg8 52. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "SCO Challengers Gr22 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Anderson, Thomas R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. Kh1 e5 6. Ng1 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. d3 Be7 9. e4 0-0 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bf6 13. c3 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 Ne5 15. Bxb7 Bd5+ 16. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 17. Nf3 Nxd3 18. Kg1 Nxf4 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nbd2 Rab8 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22. Nfd2 Nxc3 23. a3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rc1 Bxb2 26. Rc2 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Rbe8 28. Kh3 Re2 29. Rc1 Re1 30. Rc2 R8e2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Nd6 Re3 33. Nc4 Rc3 34. Nd2 Rxa3 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Nd6 a5 37. Nc4 a4 38. g4 Rc2 39. Na3 Rc3+ 40. Kh4 Rxa3 41. h3 Bf2+ 42. Kg5 Rxh3 43. Kf4 a3 44. g5 a2 45. Kg4 Rh1 46. Kf3 a1Q 47. Kxf2 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Qe4+ 50. Kg3 Qf3+ 51. Kh4 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Dunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Kh1 d6 6. Ng1 Nc6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd2 b6 9. Ndf3 Bb7 10. c3 e6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d4 Bg7 14. Bh3 Ne7 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Ne1 Bxg2+ 17. Nxg2 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. Rb1 Nd5 24. Nf1 Rc2 25. Kg2 b5 26. Kf3 b4 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Nc4 Rc2 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Kd2 Ra3 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Rxa2+ 35. Ke3 Bd4+ 36. Kf3 Ra5 37. Rc7 Kg7 38. e3 Be5 39. Rc6 Kf6 40. Ne2 Ke7 41. Rc8 Kd7 42. Rf8 f5 43. Rf7+ Kd6 44. Rh7 h5 45. Rh6 c4 46. Rxg6 c3 47. Rg8 c2 48. Rc8 Rc5 49. Ra8 Rc7 50. Rd8+ Ke7 51. Rd2 c1Q 52. Nxc1 Rxc1 53. Ra2 Rc7 54. Ra5 Bd6 55. h3 Bc5 56. g4 hxg4+ 57. hxg4 fxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Bb6 59. Ra4 Kd6 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Ra2 a5 62. Rc2+ Kd5 63. Rd2+ Kc4 64. Rd6 Bc5 65. Rxe6 Ra7 66. Re4+ Kb3 67. Rh4 a4 68. Rh1 a3 69. Rb1+ Kc2 70. Ra1 Kb2 71. Re1 a2 72. Re2+ Kc3 73. Re1 a1Q 74. Rxa1 Rxa1 75. Ke4 Rf1 76. Kf3 Kd3 77. Kg3 Bxe3 78. fxe3 Kxe3 79. Kg4 Rf8 80. Kg5 Ke4 81. Kg6 Ke5 82. Kg7 Rf1 83. Kg6 Rf2 84. Kg7 Ke6 85. Kg8 Ke7 86. Kg7 Rg2+ 87. Kh6 Kf7 88. Kh5 Kf6 89. Kh4 Kf5 90. Kh3 Rg8 91. Kh2 Kf4 92. Kh1 Kf3 93. Kh2 Rg7 94. Kh1 Kf2 95. Kh2 Rh7# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/6 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Kh1 Be6 7. Ng1 h6 8. Nd2 Qd7 9. Ndf3 0-0-0 10. c3 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 h5 14. f3 Nf6 15. b3 h4 16. g4 Qd6 17. h3 Qg3 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Ng8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf6 22. Bb2 Ne7 23. Ne2 Bd5 24. Re3 Rhe8 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nf4 Ne7 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Nc5+ Kd8 31. Nxb7+ Kd7 32. Nc5+ Kd8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Na6 Kd8 35. Kg1 Bxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Nxd4 37. Nb4 Bxf3 38. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Nd3 Ne6 41. Ne1 g5 42. Ke3 Nf4 43. Nf3 Nxh3 44. Ke4 f6 45. Kf5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Nf4 47. Kf5 h3 48. Nh2 a5 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd4 f5 51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Kc5 g4 53. Kb5 g3 54. Nf3 h2 55. Nxh2 gxh2 56. Kxa5 h1Q 57. a4 Qd5+ 58. Kb4 Qd4+ 59. Kb5 Ke6 60. b4 Nd5 61. a5 Qxb4+ 62. Ka6 c5 63. Ka7 Qxa5+ 64. Kb7 c4 65. Kb8 Qc7+ 66. Ka8 Nb6# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/9 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1050"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. 0-0 e6 6. Kh1 Bd6 7. Ng1 0-0 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Bh5 10. e4 c6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qe1 Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. h3 Nf2+ 15. Qxf2 Bg6 16. Ndf3 Re8 17. a3 Nh5 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Ng1 Rec8 23. Rf2 Bc5 24. Re2 b5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxc2 27. Re2 Bxd3 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Ne2 Rc6 31. Nd4 Rc4 32. Nxc2 Nd7 33. Bd1 e5 34. Rb1 d4 35. fxe5 d3 36. Ne3 Re4 37. Ng4 d2 38. Nf3 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Nc5 40. Nxd2 Ne4 41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Bf3 Rc4 43. Bxb7 Rc2+ 44. Nf2 Rd2 45. Bc6 b4 46. axb4 Rc2 47. b5 Kf8 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ne4 Kd8 50. Nd6 Ke7 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. Nd6 Ke7 53. Nf5+ Kf8 54. Ne3 Rc5 55. Nd5 g6 56. Nb6 Ke7 57. Re1 Kd8 58. Rd1+ Kc7 59. Na8+ Kb8 60. Rd8+ Ka7 61. Rd7+ Kb8 62. Re7 Rc2 63. Nb6 Rxb2 64. Nd7+ Kc8 65. Nc5 Kd8 66. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Wicht, Dietmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Kh1 Nbd7 7. Ng1 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nd2 c6 11. Ndf3 e4 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne1 Rd2 15. Rb1 Be6 16. b3 Nd5 17. f3 Nc3 18. Rc1 Nxa2 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Rc1 e3 21. f4 Nxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxe2 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Nd3 Bxb3 25. Nc5 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nxb7 Bc3 28. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 e2 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Nxd8 e1Q+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Qxd8 34. Kg4 Qd1+ 35. Kh3 Qf3 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 Kh8 7. Bc4 Ng8 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Qe1 Ndf6 10. Ng5 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 h6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf3 Bxd4+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 a6 17. a4 c6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qe5+ Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Kg7 21. Ne4 f6 22. Nf3 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Rd6 e5 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Ne7 29. Nd6 Ra8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Nd2 Nb6 33. b3 Nd5 34. c4 Nc3 35. Kf2 bxc4 36. Nxc4 Kf7 37. Na5 Nd5 38. Bxa6 Nb4 39. Bb5 h4 40. Nc6 Na2 41. b4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Kd6 43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. Bxa2 Kc6 45. Bc4 Kd6 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. b5 Kc5 49. Kxe5 Kxc4 50. b6 Kd3 51. b7 Ke3 52. b8Q Kf2 53. Qb7 Kg3 54. Kf6 g5 55. Kxg5 Kh2 56. Kxh4 Kg1 57. g4 Kf2 58. Qb3 Kg2 59. g5 Kh2 60. g6 Kg2 61. g7 Kh2 62. Qc2+ Kh1 63. Kg3 Kg1 64. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/6 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Qd3 Kh8 7. h4 Nbd7 8. Bxf7 Rxf7 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. Ne6 Qe8 11. Nxc7 Qd8 12. Nxa8 Rg8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nac7 a6 16. Nxd6 exd6 17. Bxd6 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. e5 Nd5 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qf3 Bh6 22. Qxb7 Bc8 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qf3 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. 0-0 Bd3 27. Rfd1 Bc4 28. b3 Bd5 29. f3 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxc3 31. Rh1 Nb5 32. Bc5 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Ke3 Na3 35. Rac1 Nb5 36. Rc5 Be6 37. d5 Bf7 38. d6 Be6 39. a4 Na7 40. Rc7 Nc8 41. b4 Nb6 42. Kd4 Rf4+ 43. Kd3 h5 44. a5 Nd5 45. d7 Nxb4+ 46. Ke3 Nd5+ 47. Kf2 Rf8 48. Rc6 Nf4 49. Rd6 Rd8 50. Rhd1 Kg7 51. Rxa6 Kh6 52. g3 Nh3+ 53. Kg2 Bf5 54. e6 Kg7 55. e7 Rxd7 56. Rxd7 Bxd7 57. Ra7 Nf4+ 58. gxf4 Be8 59. a6 Kh6 60. Rc7 Kg7 61. a7 Kf7 62. a8Q Bb5 63. e8Q+ Kf6 64. Qxb5 g5 65. Rc6+ Ke7 66. Qbb7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/9 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1050"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d5 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. e4 Kh8 7. Bd3 Ng8 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Ne5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Re1 e5 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Bh6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. a3 a6 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rae8 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Bh6 22. g5 Bg7 23. Rd3 f6 24. Bd2 fxg5 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bh6 27. Rf1 Nf6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Be3 g4 30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. Rh1+ Kg7 32. Re1 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 c6 34. Re2 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. exd5 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. c4 b5 40. b3 bxc4 41. bxc4 Kd4 42. a4 Kxc4 43. Ke4 h5 44. a5 h4 45. Kf3 g5 46. Kg4 Kxd5 47. Kxg5 h3 48. Kg4 h2 49. Kg3 h1Q 50. Kf2 Qh3 51. Ke2 Kd4 52. Kd2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall22/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wicht, Dietmar"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Qd2 Kh8 7. 0-0-0 Ng8 8. h4 Nf6 9. g4 Ng8 10. h5 Re8 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qh2 exd4 14. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Burridge, Raymond John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Kh1 0-0 9. Ng1 d4 10. Nb1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Rae8 13. Ndf3 g5 14. a3 g4 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. b3 c6 17. f3 Qg7 18. fxg4 fxg4 19. Be4 Nd5 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qd2 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Ng2 Rf2 24. Ne1 Nc3 25. Ng2 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 Rxe2 27. Rc1 Bxa3 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. b4 Bxb4 30. Rxa7 Rxc2 31. Kg1 b5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra6 Bd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rb7 Rc5 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Rb7 e4 39. dxe4+ dxe4 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Rg7 Rf5 42. Rg6+ Kd5 43. Rg8 Bc5 44. Rd8+ Kc4 45. Rh8 d3+ 46. Ne3+ Bxe3+ 47. Kg2 d2 48. h3 Rf2+ 49. Kh1 d1Q# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Dunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Kh1 Nc6 6. Ng1 b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Nd2 Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. Ndf3 d5 11. Bg5 c6 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Nd4 c5 15. Ndf3 Nf5 16. Ne5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. d4 e5 20. Kg2 exd4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. exd4 Rfe8 23. Nf3 Qb5 24. Rf2 Qxb2 25. e3 Qc3 26. Qc1 Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rc2 Rd3 29. Rac1 Bxd4 30. Ne1 Re3 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Nd2 Re2+ 33. Kh3 Be3 34. Rd1 Rxd2 35. Rcxd2 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 Rd8 37. Rd4 f5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Kf4 Rc8 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Rd2 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 d4 44. Kg2 d3 45. Kh3 Ke4 46. a4 Ke3 47. Rd1 d2 48. Rb1 Rc1 49. Rb3+ Ke2 50. Rb5 d1Q 51. Re5+ Kf3 52. Re6 g5 53. Re3+ Kxe3 54. Kg2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Be6 6. Kh1 h6 7. c3 Qd7 8. Ng1 Bc5 9. e3 d4 10. c4 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Rf2 f5 19. Nxh3 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. dxe4 Qxh3+ 22. Qh2 Rf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 24. Qg1 Qxc4 25. Qg2 Qxa2 26. Kh2 Qe6 27. Qd2 Qg4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qc4 Qd7 30. Qb3 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Qb4 32. Qc2 Qd6 33. Qf2 Qf6 34. Qd2 Nd8 35. Qc3 Ne6 36. Qd2 Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Nxe4 38. Qe2 Qg6 39. Qe1 Qc6 40. Kh3 Ng5+ 41. Kg4 Qd7+ 42. Kh5 Kh7 43. Qb1+ e4 44. g4 Qf7+ 45. Kh4 Qf2+ 46. Kh5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1050"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Ne5 Nbd7 5. Nxd7 Qxd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe5 Qe6 12. Nf3 Qg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Ng1 Qxe2 16. Qxe2 Rxe2 17. Nxe2 Bc6 18. c3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Rad1 c6 21. Nf4 Rd8 22. Bf1 d4 23. c4 Ba6 24. Rd2 b5 25. Rde2 Kf8 26. b3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bc8 28. Bg2 Bd7 29. h4 h6 30. Nh5 Be7 31. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Kh1 d5 6. Ng1 c6 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Re8 9. Ndf3 Qc7 10. Re1 Na6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. b3 Rd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 g5 21. Nhg1 Nc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rd8 26. Ndf3 Ng4 27. Kg2 h5 28. h3 Nh6 29. Re2 a5 30. Rd2 Rb8 31. Ne2 Nf5 32. Ned4 Ne7 33. Ne2 Nd5 34. Nfd4 c5 35. Nf5 Nb4 36. a3 Nc6 37. Rd7 Ne5 38. Rd2 c4 39. bxc4 Nxc4 40. Rd3 b5 41. Nh6+ Kf8 42. Nf5 Bb2 43. g4 h4 44. f4 Bxa3 45. fxg5 Be7 46. Nxe7 Kxe7 47. Ng1 Rd8 48. Rc3 a4 49. Nf3 a3 50. Ne5 Nxe5 51. Rxa3 Rd2+ 52. Kf1 Rxc2 53. Rb3 Rc5 54. Re3 b4 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Rb3 Kc4 58. Re3 b3 59. Re1 Nf3+ 60. Ke2 Nxe1 61. Kxe1 b2 62. g6 b1Q+ 63. Ke2 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 Ra5 65. gxf7 Ra2+ 66. Ke1 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Kh1 c5 6. Ng1 Nc6 7. d3 d5 8. Nd2 e5 9. Ndf3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Be6 13. e3 Qb6 14. Ne1 Rad8 15. b3 Bg7 16. e4 d4 17. c4 Kh7 18. a3 a6 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Ng2 Ne7 22. b4 f5 23. f3 Ng8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nh4 Bh6 26. Qc2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nf6 28. h3 Qc8 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Ngf3 Ree8 31. Qh2 Re6 32. Ng1 Qc6 33. Ngf3 Be3 34. Ng2 Bh6 35. g4 Bf4 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Qxf4 Kg7 38. Ng5 Ree8 39. Qd2 hxg4 40. Kg2 gxh3+ 41. Nxh3 Nxe4 42. dxe4 Qxe4+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kg1 Rh8 45. Nf4 Rh4 46. Rae1 Qg5+ 47. Qg2 Qxg2+ 48. Nxg2 Rxe1 49. Nxh4 Re4 50. Nf3 cxb4 51. axb4 d3 52. Nd2 Re2 53. Rf2 Re3 54. Rf3 Re1+ 55. Kg2 Re2+ 56. Rf2 Re7 57. Nf3 Re4 58. Nd2 Rd4 59. Kg3 g5 60. Rf3 Kg6 61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rf3+ Ke5 63. Re3+ Kf5 64. Rf3+ Ke6 65. Re3+ Kf6 66. Rf3+ Kg6 67. Re3 Rd7 68. Re4 Kf5 69. Kf3 Rh7 70. Kg2 Rd7 71. Re3 b6 72. Rf3+ Ke5 73. Kf2 Kd4 74. Ke1 Kc3 75. b5 a5 76. Rg3 a4 77. Rxg5 a3 78. Nb1+ Kb2 79. Nxa3 Kxa3 80. Kd2 Rd4 81. Rg3 Rxc4 82. Rxd3+ Kb4 83. Rd5 Rc5 84. Rxc5 Kxc5 85. Kc3 Kxb5 86. Kb3 Kc5 87. Kc3 Kb5 88. Kb3 Kc5 89. Kc3 b5 90. Kb3 b4 91. Kb2 Kc4 92. Kc2 b3+ 93. Kb2 Kb4 94. Kc1 Ka3 95. Kb1 b2 96. Kc2 Ka2 97. Kc3 b1Q 98. Kd4 Kb3 99. Ke5 Qd3 100. Kf4 Kc4 101. Ke5 Qd4+ 102. Kf5 Kd5 103. Kg5 Ke6 104. Kg6 Qf4 105. Kg7 Qf6+ 106. Kh7 Qg5 107. Kh8 Kf7 108. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. 0-0 g6 5. Kh1 Bg7 6. d3 0-0 7. Ng1 e5 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. Ndf3 Re8 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e3 Bg4 13. Qd2 a5 14. Ne1 Rad8 15. Bh3 e4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nh6 19. c3 Rd7 20. Nc2 c5 21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 b5 23. Rfd1 Rde7 24. Qf4 Qc6+ 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Nf5 27. Re1 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Ng1 b4 31. Rd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Bxc3 33. Kg2 Bb4 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. Ne2 Rc2 36. Ra1 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. a3 Bd2 39. h3 h5 40. Nf4 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Bxf4 42. gxf4 Rxh3 43. a4 Rc3 44. Kd2 Rc4 45. Ke3 Kf5 46. Ra2 Re4+ 47. Kd3 Rxf4 48. Kc3 h4 49. Kb3 Kg4 50. Rc2 h3 51. Rxc5 h2 52. Rc1 Kg3 53. Rd1 Kg2 54. Rd2+ Rf2 55. Rd1 Rf1 56. Rd2+ Kg1 57. Rd4 Rf3+ 58. Kc4 h1Q 59. Rd1+ Rf1 60. Rxf1+ Kxf1 61. Kb5 Qa8 62. Kc5 f5 63. Kc4 f4 64. Kd4 f3 65. Ke5 f2 66. Kf6 Ke1 67. Kxg6 f1Q 68. Kg5 Qg8+ 69. Kh4 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Major, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1204"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Bc5 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Kh1 0-0 7. Ng1 Ng4 8. e3 Qf6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. h3 Qh6 11. e4 Qh5 12. exd5 Rb8 13. h4 Nf5 14. Bh3 Ne7 15. c4 Nxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bxg1 18. Bxc8 Rbxc8 19. Kxg1 f6 20. b3 Nf5 21. Kh2 Nd4 22. Rf2 c6 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Nc3 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Ba3 Nxd3 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Rxd3 b6 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Ne3 g6 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Ra8 33. Rdd7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 f5 35. Bd6 Re6 36. Bb4 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Nd5 Re2+ 39. Kg1 f3 40. Nxb6 Re4 41. Be7 Kf7 42. Bg5+ Kg8 43. Nd5 Rg4+ 44. Kf2 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Ross, Derek I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. Nb3 c4 6. Nd4 Bc5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. Ng1 Be6 12. b3 b5 13. Ba3 b4 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Rad8 17. Ng1 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Ne2 Rd6 21. Ng1 Qc6 22. h3 Qd7 23. Kg2 c3 24. Re1 cxd2 25. Re2 Nf3 26. Nxf3 exf3+ 27. Kxf3 Qc6+ 28. Kf4 Rd4+ 29. Kf5 Qf3+ 30. Ke5 Qd5# 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Wicht, Dietmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. Kh1 e6 6. Ng1 Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Ndf3 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. Ne1 Bg6 12. a3 e5 13. e4 Bc7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Ne3 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rf3 Nb3 20. Qf2 Ng4 21. Qf1 Nxa1 22. Bh3 Ne3 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Nd4 Qxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Bg4 29. Rf2 Re3 30. Rf1 c5 31. Rxa1 cxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd3 33. Rf1 Bh3+ 34. Kf2 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Rxd4 36. Kg2 Rxf4 37. Kg3 g5 38. h4 Rd8 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. b4 Rd3+ 41. Kg2 Rc4 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 Rxa3 44. Kd1 Rh2 45. b5 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Qe7 3. f4 Qb4+ 4. Qd2 Qxd2+ 5. Bxd2 g6 6. Bc3 Bg7 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 a6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Ke2 0-0 12. e5 b6 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 Kg7 15. Bg2 a5 16. Nd4 Ba6+ 17. Kf2 c5 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. c3 Ng8 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. c4 Nc6 25. Rd7 h6 26. Rhd1 g5 27. Nd6 Ra7 28. Rxa7 Nxa7 29. f5 Nc6 30. f6+ Kg6 31. Nc8 Nxe5 32. Nxb6 Kxf6 33. Nd7+ Nxd7 34. Rxd7 Nb4 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Ke4 Na1 37. Kd3 Nb3 38. Kc3 Nd4 39. Rc7 Ne2+ 40. Kd2 Nd4 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Kd3 Nb3 43. Kc3 Nd4 44. Rxa5 Ne2+ 45. Kd2 Nd4 46. Kd3 e5 47. Rxc5 f6 48. a5 Nb3 49. Rb5 Nd4 50. a6 Nc6 51. Rb6 Na7 52. Rb7 Nc6 53. b4 Nd8 54. b5 Ne6 55. Ke3 Nc5 56. Rc7 Ne6 57. b6 Nf4 58. a7 Nxh3 59. a8Q f5 60. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. h3 Kh8 7. 0-0 Ng8 8. Be3 Nd7 9. c3 Ndf6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Rae1 a6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nhf3 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Nc4 Nd6 20. Nce5 Ndf7 21. Nxf7+ Nxf7 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Qe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Nd6 26. Ng5 Kg8 27. Rxh7 Rde8 28. Ree7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Bc8 30. c4 Re8 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. c5 Ne8 33. Bc4+ Rd5 34. Bxd5+ Be6 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Nh7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1050"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 0-0 5. e4 Kh8 6. Qd2 Ng8 7. Bd3 d6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Nd5 f6 10. Be3 e6 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6+ Ndxf6 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qe7 18. a3 c6 19. Qg5 Nh5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Re3 Rf4 24. Rh3 h4 25. Rdd3 Rdf8 26. f3 R8f6 27. Ne2 Ng6 28. Kf2 Rf7 29. g3 hxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rxe4 31. Nc3 Rd4 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Ne4 d5 34. Nd6 Rd7 35. Nf5 c5 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. f4 Ng6 38. Kf3 Rf7 39. Rg5 Ne7 40. Nd6 Rg7 41. Ne8 Rxg5 42. fxg5 c4 43. h4 d3 44. cxd3 cxd3 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Kxd3 Nxh4 47. Kd4 Nf3+ 48. Kxd5 Nxg5 49. Kd6 Ne4+ 50. Kc7 Nc5 51. b4 Ne6+ 52. Kxb7 h5 53. Nf6 h4 54. Ng4 h3 55. Kxa7 Kg7 56. b5 Kg6 57. b6 Kg5 58. Nh2 Nc5 59. b7 Nxb7 60. Kxb7 Kf4 61. Nf1 Kf3 62. a4 Kf2 63. Nh2 Kg2 64. Ng4 Kg3 65. Ne3 Kf2 66. Ng4+ Kf3 67. Nh2+ Kg3 68. Nf1+ Kf2 69. Nh2 Kg3 70. Nf1+ Kf2 71. Nh2 Kg3 72. Nf1+ Kf2 73. Nh2 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacGregor, Colin A"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Ne5 f6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. Ba3+ c5 11. Bxc5# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. d4 0-0 8. 0-0 Kh8 9. e4 Ng8 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rac1 Ndf6 13. h3 c6 14. Kh2 Be6 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Rfd1 Bh6 17. b3 Be6 18. Nxf7+ Bxf7 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qxh6 Ng8 21. Qe3 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Bd7 24. d6 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qe5+ Rf6 27. Ne4 Qf8 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Nxf6 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Rd8 Kg7 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. Rxc6 a5 34. Ra6 Kf7 35. Ra7 Nf6 36. a4 Ke8 37. f4 Nd5 38. Rxa5 Nxe7 39. b4 Nc6 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. b5 Nb4 42. b6 Kg7 43. b7 Nc6 44. Rc8 Ne7 45. Rc7 Kf6 46. b8Q Nd5 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Nf6 49. Qxf6+ Kh6 50. Rc7 Kh5 51. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Be2 Kh8 6. h3 Ng8 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. 0-0-0 Ndf6 10. g4 Ne8 11. Ng5 e6 12. h4 Nef6 13. f4 Nh6 14. Rdg1 Nfg8 15. Nf3 f6 16. h5 g5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. Be3 Bd7 20. g5 Nf7 21. h6 Bf6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Rxg5 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Qxg8 26. Rg1 Qf7 27. Rg7 Qe8 28. e5 Ng8 29. Qd3 Qg6 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6 Nxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. Bg6+ Kd8 36. Bg5+ Kc8 37. Qg8+ Be8 38. Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2022/B email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Major, Benjamin"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1204"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 Kh8 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Ng8 9. Qd3 Ndf6 10. Qd2 b6 11. d5 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bg4 e6 17. Bf3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3+ f6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qa3 Nd6 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 Qb5 24. Bc1 Qa4 25. b3 Qh4 26. Kh2 f5 27. Bb2 Re8 28. g3 Qe7 29. Rfe1 Nf7 30. c4 h5 31. Bg2 Kh7 32. f4 e4 33. a4 Qb4 34. Re3 Nd6 35. Bc3 Qxb3 36. Ra1 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Price, Derek"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d5 2. Nf3 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Qd7 4. Qxc4 Qc6 5. e3 Qxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. 0-0 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. d4 e6 12. Nf4 Bf6 13. Ne4 e5 14. Nxf6 exf4 15. e4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxf4 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bxf7 Ke7 20. Bc4 c6 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Bg5+ Ke8 23. Rad1 b5 24. Bb3 Bc8 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Ra7 28. Bf7 Rc7 29. Red1# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2022 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, Andrew"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Qxg4 Bxd4 11. Bh6+ Ke8 12. 0-0-0 c5 13. Rhe1 Qd7 14. Qh4 Nc6 15. Ne4 b6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Bf4+ Kb7 21. Qd7+ Ka6 22. Qxc6 Rgc8 23. Qa4+ Kb7 24. Rxe7+ Rc7 25. Rxc7+ Kb8 26. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nbd7 5. Kh1 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Ng1 d4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bf3 0-0 14. e3 dxe3 15. fxe3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. e4 Be6 18. c4 Qe7 19. Qe2 Qh4 20. b3 g5 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Bc5 23. Rg2 Rad8 24. Rd1 Be3 25. Rc2 g4 26. Bg2 Rd4 27. Bf1 Rfd8 28. Kg2 f3+ 29. Kh1 f2 30. Ne2 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Ng3 c5 34. Be2 Kg7 35. Nf1 Bd4 36. Kg3 h5 37. a3 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Ng3 h4 40. Nh1 Kf4 41. Nxf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 Rd4 43. Ke1 Rxe4 44. Kf1 Bf5 45. Bd3 Re5 46. Rf2+ Kg5 47. Be2 Re4 48. Kg1 Rf4 49. Rxf4 Kxf4 50. Kg2 a5 51. Bd1 Ke3 52. Kf1 Kd2 53. Be2 Bd3 54. Bxd3 Kxd3 55. b4 axb4 56. axb4 cxb4 57. Kf2 Kxc4 58. Ke3 Kc3 59. Kf4 b3 60. Kxg4 b2 61. Kxh4 b1Q 62. Kg4 Qg1+ 63. Kh3 Kd3 64. Kh4 Ke4 65. Kh5 Kf5 66. h4 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/4 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Kh1 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Ng1 Qb6 10. b3 d4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bh3 Bd5+ 13. f3 g5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 h5 16. Bf5 h4 17. Kg2 hxg3 18. Kxg3 Nh5+ 19. Kg4 Nf4 20. Kg3 Ke7 21. Rf2 Qb4 22. a3 Qc3 23. Qc1 Rag8 24. Ra2 Rg7 25. h3 a5 26. Rh2 d3 27. exd3 Nxd3 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Nf4 30. c3 Rd8 31. b4 a4 32. c4 Rgg8 33. Ra1 Bc7 34. Rad1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ng2+ 39. Kg3 Ne3 40. c5 Nxf5+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Ne2 Nc2 43. Nc3 Nxa3 44. Nxa4 Nc2 45. Ke2 Nxb4 46. Nb2 b6 47. cxb6 Bxb6 48. Nc4 Bc7 49. Ke3 c5 50. Nd2 Kd7 51. Nb3 Bb6 52. Ke2 c4 53. Nd2 c3 54. Nc4 Bd4 55. Kd1 c2+ 56. Kd2 Ke6 57. Na3 f5 58. Nxc2 Nxc2 59. Kxc2 fxe4 60. fxe4 Kf6 61. Kd2 Kg5 62. Ke2 Kf4 63. Kd3 Kf3 64. Kd2 Kxe4 65. Ke2 Kf4 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Kd2 e4 68. Ke1 e3 69. Kf1 e2+ 70. Ke1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Kh1 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Ng1 Qb6 11. e3 Rd8 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Re8 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Bxe4 Ng4 18. f3 Nxe3 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Rab1 b5 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Re1 Rd3 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rbc1 c4 27. Nf2 Rd2 28. Rxe3 Be6 29. Ne4 Ra2 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd1 f5 32. Nd2 Bc5 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Bxe8 Bxg1 35. Kxg1 Be2 36. Rb1 Rxd2 37. f4 Rd5 38. Rc1 Kf8 39. Bc6 Rc5 40. Bg2 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1112"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. Kh1 Nc6 6. c3 0-0 7. Ng1 e5 8. d3 Bf5 9. Nd2 e4 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Re1 Bc5 12. e3 Re8 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bb6 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bd5 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bb4 a5 25. Be7 Ne8 26. Bxe4 Bd7 27. Bg5 Nd6 28. Bg2 h6 29. Bf4 f6 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Bxd6+ cxd6 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Bd7 36. Kf3 Bf5 37. Kf4 Bd3 38. h4 g5+ 39. hxg5 fxg5+ 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Kh5 Bg6+ 42. Kxh6 Bd3 43. f3 Be2 44. g4 Bd1 45. Kh5 Be2 46. f4 gxf4 47. exf4 Bd1 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. Be4+ Kh6 50. g5+ Kg7 51. f5 Bb3 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Kh5 Be6 54. Kh6 Kf8 55. g6 Bg8 56. f7 Bxf7 57. gxf7 Kxf7 58. Kg5 Ke6 59. Kf4 d5 60. Bf3 Kd6 61. Kf5 Kc6 62. Be2 Kd6 63. Bb5 Kc7 64. Ke5 Kd8 65. Kxd5 Kc7 66. Ke6 Kb7 67. Kd7 Kb8 68. Ba6 Ka7 69. b5 Kb8 70. Kc6 Ka7 71. d5 Kb8 72. Kxb6 Ka8 73. Kc7 Ka7 74. Bc8 Ka8 75. Bb7+ Ka7 76. b6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Major, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1242"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. 0-0 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Qd2 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/4 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Major, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1242"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. Kh1 Nd7 10. Ng1 Nb6 11. e3 Rb8 12. Nb5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Whittaker, Ian P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Kh1 d5 8. Ng1 0-0 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 cxb4 15. axb4 a6 16. Nd2 d4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. b5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Nf4 Qa2 22. Nc5 g5 23. Nh5 Qd5+ 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qa2 28. Qe1 Rf8 29. Rg1 b4 30. h4 b3 31. Qb1 Rf2 32. Qxa2 bxa2 33. Re1 g4 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 a1Q+ 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Rd2 Nf3 38. Rd1 Qxd1 39. e5 Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Ngf3 d6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 c6 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. Qc2 Ng8 11. 0-0-0 Bh6 12. h4 Bxg5+ 13. hxg5 e6 14. e5 d5 15. Rh2 Ne7 16. Rdh1 h5 17. g4 Kg7 18. gxh5 Rh8 19. h6+ Kh7 20. Rh3 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. c4 Na6 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. c5 Nc7 26. a4 Ne6 27. Qd2 Rab8 28. b4 a6 29. a5 Rbd8 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. Ne1 Ra8 32. Nd3 Nxd4 33. Nf4 Ne6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. f4 Rab8 36. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/4 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Ngf3 Kh8 6. h3 d6 7. Bc4 Ng8 8. Qe2 c6 9. e5 d5 10. Bb3 b6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. 0-0 Bh6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nxf7+ Kg7 17. e6 Qc8 18. Qe5+ Nf6 19. Nxh6 Kxh6 20. Ne4+ Kg7 21. Nxf6 exf6 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. Re1 Ne7 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qh4 g5 26. Qg3 Rfd8 27. Be3 h6 28. Rac1 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc7 Rxe6 31. d5 Re5 32. d6 Kf7 33. dxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Bxb6+ Kf7 36. Bc5 Kg6 37. Re7 a5 38. Bd4 Ra6 39. g4 a4 40. a3 Rd6 41. Bc3 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rd6 43. Ra7 h5 44. Rxa4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Re6 46. Kg3 Rb6 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Rxf4 Kg5 49. a4 Re6 50. Kf3 Rd6 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52. Kf4 Rc6 53. a5 Ra6 54. b4 Rc6 55. Rc5 Ra6 56. b5 Rd6 57. Rc6 Rd5 58. Rxf6+ Kh7 59. b6 Rc5 60. b7 Rb5 61. a6 Rb3 62. Be5 Rb4+ 63. Kf5 Rb5 64. b8Q Rxb8 65. Bxb8 Kg7 66. a7 Kh7 67. a8Q Kg7 68. Qb7+ Kg8 69. Qf7+ Kh8 70. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Ngf3 Kh8 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nxe4 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bxf7 c6 12. Re1 d5 13. Be6 Rf6 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Rf8 16. Re2 h6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Na6 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. Re6 Qc7 21. Rxg6 Kh7 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Rh6+ Kg8 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. Rh8+ Rg8 28. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Qf3 d6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nh5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nfd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. Bc4 Qa5 23. Rhe1 Nxc4 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. b3 Na3+ 26. Kc1 Nb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. c4 Qa6 29. Bb4 c5 30. Bc3 Qxa2 31. Rd2 Qxb3 32. Bb2 Qxc4+ 33. Rc2 Qf7 34. Rce2 e5 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kd8 38. Qh4+ Kc7 39. Re7 Qc4+ 40. Kb1 Kb6 41. R7e6+ Ka5 42. Qg3 Nb6 43. Qa3+ Na4 44. R6e4 Qb5+ 45. Kc1 Qb2+ 46. Qxb2 Nxb2 47. Kxb2 Rd8 48. Ra1+ Kb5 49. Raa4 Rd2+ 50. Kb3 Rxf2 51. Rac4 Rf3+ 52. Kb2 Rxh3 53. Rc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 h5 55. g5 Bf5 56. Re5 h4 57. Re2 h3 58. Rd2 Rh8 59. Rh2 Re8 60. Kd2 Re4 61. Kc3 Re3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. Re2 Rg2 64. Ke1 Rxe2+ 65. Kxe2 h2 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Major, Benjamin"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 Kh8 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 c6 8. Qc2 Ng8 9. e3 Bf5 10. e4 Be6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/4 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Major, Benjamin"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 0-0 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Qd2 Ng8 11. Rab1 Nd7 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall21/5 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Whittaker, Ian P"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f6 4. Bc4 Ne7 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Bf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Na6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Nc3 g6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Qd2 h5 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. f4 exf4 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bb2 c5 19. bxc5 Rf8 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. Bxd4 Rf7 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2021 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Jamieson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. Kh1 c5 6. c3 0-0 7. d3 Nc6 8. Ng1 e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. e4 d4 14. c4 Re8 15. Ndf3 Ne7 16. Ne1 a6 17. Nef3 b5 18. b3 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Re1 Bg5 22. Ndf3 Bf6 23. Bg2 Ra8 24. Nh3 Ng6 25. Nfg1 Bc6 26. Qd2 Rab8 27. Ne2 Re7 28. f4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Reb7 30. f5 Ne7 31. Qc2 Rb2 32. Qc1 Ba4 33. Bf3 Nc6 34. Rg1 R8b3 35. Qf1 Rxd3 36. Nc1 Rc3 37. Rg2 Rxg2 38. Bxg2 Na5 39. Ne2 Rxc4 40. Neg1 d3 41. Bf3 d2 42. Nf2 Bg5 43. Ngh3 Be3 44. Nd3 Bb5 45. Qd1 Qxd3 46. Be2 Qxe2 47. Qxe2 Rc1+ 48. Qd1 Be2 49. Rxc1 dxc1Q 50. Qxc1 Bf3# 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2021 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacGregor, Colin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 Ng4 7. e3 Qg5 8. h4 Qg6 9. 0-0 Qh5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. f3 Bxg3 12. fxg4 Bxg4 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qxb7 Qxh4 15. Rxf7 Nd7 16. Qxa8+ Kxf7 17. Qxh8 Be2 18. Nf1 Bh2+ 19. Nxh2 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2021 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 Nd7 9. Re1 Nh6 10. Nf1 f6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. c3 Be7 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxh6 Bf8 18. Qe3 Qe8 19. d4 Bg7 20. Nhf5 Bf8 21. Rad1 b6 22. f4 Qg6 23. Rf1 h5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. Ngf5 Kf7 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Nd4+ Ke8 29. Ng6 Qg7 30. Nxh8 Qxh8 31. Nxc6 Bh6 32. Qf3 Ne5 33. Qxh5+ Kd7 34. Nxe5+ Kc7 35. Qf7+ Kb8 36. Nc6+ Kc8 37. Rxd6 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Ra7 39. Nxa7+ Kb8 40. Nc6+ Kc8 41. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2021 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maxwell, Alistair"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 c6 5. e5 Nh5 6. g4 Nf6 7. exf6 Bxf6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 d6 10. g5 Bg7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Bd4 Rg8 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ng3 d5 21. f4 b6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. c4 Rg6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rhe1+ Kd8 26. Bxd5 Rc8 27. Be6 Rc6 28. Bxf5 Rgd6 29. Ke3 Nf8 30. Be5 Kc7 31. Red1 Ng6 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rxd6 Kb7 36. a4 Ka6 37. Kd4 Kb7 38. Kc4 Ka6 39. Rd7 b5+ 40. axb5+ Kb6 41. Bd4# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. 0-0 Nbd7 5. Kh1 e5 6. Ng1 Bd6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. e3 Ba6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Qxg4 f5 12. Qd1 f4 13. exf4 exf4 14. Nf3 fxg3 15. fxg3 Nf6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Ng4 18. Kg1 Qd6 19. Nb1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ng5 Qe5 22. d4 Qe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kh3 h5 27. Nf3 Rxf3 28. Kh4 Rf1 29. Kxh5 Ne3 30. c3 Nc2 31. a4 Nxa1 32. Nd2 Rf2 33. Nb1 Rxh2+ 34. Kg4 Bd3 35. Na3 Nxb3 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. Nb5 Rxa4 38. Nd6 Ra3 39. Ke3 Bg6 40. Nc8 Na5 41. Kd2 Nc4+ 42. Ke2 Rxc3 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Nxc6 a5 45. Nd8+ Kf6 46. Kf2 a4 47. Nc6 a3 48. Nb4 a2 49. Nxd5+ Kf7 50. Nxc3 a1Q 51. Ne2 Qa2 52. Kf3 b5 53. Nf4 b4 54. Ne2 Qa8+ 55. Kf2 b3 56. Nf4 b2 57. d5 b1Q 58. Nh3 Qaa2+ 59. Kf3 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1129"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nc3 a6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Kh1 Bc5 9. d4 Bd6 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. a4 e5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Ng1 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. f3 e4 22. f4 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Bh3 e3+ 26. Nf3 Bxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Re1 Nd5 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. c4 Nc7 32. Bxb7 Rd2 33. Bf3 Rf2 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Bd7 Re7 36. Bg4 Ne8 37. Kg1 Nf6 38. Be2 Rd7 39. Rc3 Re7 40. c5 Nd5 41. Rd3 Nb4 42. Rd8+ Re8 43. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. 0-0 Be7 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rfc1 Rc4 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bd4 Bg5 24. Rf1 Bf4 25. Re1 Bg5 26. g3 0-0 27. f4 Be7 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Raa2 a5 30. Kg2 g6 31. g4 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Kg3 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kh4 b4 38. Rb2 b3 39. g5 h5 40. f5 exf5 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxb3 d4 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Re8+ Kd6 46. Rxe6+ Kd5 47. Rd6+ Kc5 48. Rc6+ Kb4 49. Rb6+ Ka3 50. Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 0-0 5. Nbd2 Kh8 6. Qc2 Ng8 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Bd2 e6 10. 0-0-0 Nf6 11. h4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qd3 c5 15. h5 c4 16. Qc2 Kg8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e4 Nc6 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. e5 Ne7 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Rh2 a5 23. Rdh1 h5 24. Nh4 Nxh4 25. Rxh4 Qf7 26. Be3 Kh7 27. g4 Kg8 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Rfe8 30. Bh6 Kf8 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rg5 Ra7 34. Rhg1 Rf7 35. Qg3 Ree7 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qh2 Rxg1+ 38. Qxg1+ Kf7 39. f4 Ke8 40. Qg6+ Kd7 41. f5 Re8 42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. fxe6 Re7 44. Qf8+ Re8 45. e7+ Kd7 46. e6+ Kxe6 47. Qxe8 Kd6 48. Qd8+ Ke6 49. e8Q+ Kf5 50. Qh5+ Kf4 51. Qdg5+ Ke4 52. Qhh4+ Kf3 53. Qgg3+ Ke2 54. Qhh2+ Kf1 55. Qgg1# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1129"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 Qb6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bg7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Qc1 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qe3 Qxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. e4 e6 19. a3 Nc4 20. Rfe1 Rcd8 21. Red1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Nf2 Rd2 24. Rc1 Nxb2 25. c3 Nc4 26. a4 Ra2 27. Nd3 b6 28. Nb4 Rxa4 29. Nxc6 Ra2 30. Nb4 Re2 31. Nc6 a5 32. Nd4 Rxe4 33. Kf2 Rh4 34. Kg1 a4 35. g3 Rh5 36. h4 g5 37. g4 Rxh4 38. Rc2 Rxg4+ 39. Rg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 a3 41. Nb3 a2 42. Kg3 f5 43. Kf3 Nd2+ 44. Nxd2 a1Q 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2021/A email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. d3 Na6 8. Ng5 c6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 d5 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bh3 Nf8 15. Qe3 d4 16. Qe5+ Kg8 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Qxe6 Nac5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qe5 Qd6 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. b4 Na6 23. Be6 Nxb4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rab1 Nxa2 26. Rxb7+ Kg8 27. Ra1 Nc3 28. Kf1 d5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Rbxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Ke1 h5 33. Kd2 Kf8 34. e4 dxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Nd5+ 36. Kd4 Ne7 37. Ke5 Nd5 38. h4 Ke8 39. Ke6 Kf8 40. d4 Kg8 41. f4 Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Rc8 Nb4 44. Rc7+ Kh6 45. Ke5 Nd3+ 46. Kd6 Nb4 47. Rb7 Nc2 48. Kc5 Ne3 49. Kxc6 Nf5 50. d5 Nxg3 51. d6 Nf5 52. d7 Nd4+ 53. Kd5 Nf5 54. d8Q Ne3+ 55. Ke4 Nf5 56. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "SCO-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Towery, Bryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. Ne1 e5 6. f3 Bf5 7. d3 Bc5+ 8. Kh1 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Qxe5 Nbd7 14. Qf5 Re8 15. Nc3 Bd4 16. Bd2 Re5 17. Qf4 Nf8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc8 21. Nd1 Qe8 22. c3 c5 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. b3 Qa6 25. N5c4 Ng5 26. Nf5 Qc6+ 27. Rf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "SCO-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Towery, Bryan"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 0-0 5. Bg5 Ne8 6. Nf3 f6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Be2 c6 9. 0-0 Nc7 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bh6 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ndb5 Ne8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qd5 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qxa8 Nc6 19. Nb5 Qb7 20. Qxb7+ Bxb7 21. Nxd6 Ba6 22. f4 Nb4 23. f5 Nc2 24. Rab1 Nd4 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Nb5 Rd7 27. Nc3 Nc6 28. b3 Nb4 29. Nd5 Nc6 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. Re1 Nb4 32. Be2 Bb7 33. Bf3 Nc2 34. Rf1 Ne3 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Rf2 f5 37. e5 Rc7 38. e6+ Kf6 39. Re1 Ng4 40. Bxg4 fxg4 41. Nd5+ Kg7 42. Nxc7 Bc6 43. e7 g3 44. Ne6+ Kh6 45. Rf4 gxh2+ 46. Kxh2 g5 47. Rf6+ Kh5 48. Ng7+ Kh4 49. Rh6+ Kg4 50. Rxc6 Kf4 51. Rf6+ Kg4 52. Re4# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Buchan, Allan W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. Nb3 c4 6. Nd4 Bc5 7. c3 Nf6 8. e3 Bg4 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. 0-0 h5 13. d4 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Qd1 h4 17. Kf2 hxg3+ 18. hxg3 Rh2+ 19. Bg2 Qh3 20. Rg1 Ne4+ 21. Kf1 Qf5+ 22. Bf3 Rf2+ 23. Ke1 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. Nd2 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Burridge, Raymond John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. 0-0 e4 5. Ne1 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. dxe4 fxe4 8. c3 Bf5 9. Nd2 Qd7 10. Bh1 0-0-0 11. Ng2 Bc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. a4 Rhf8 14. Ba3 Bh3 15. b5 Ne5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Nfg4 18. a5 Qh6 19. Ra2 Bxg2 20. h4 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Rxf2 22. Bg2 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Bg2 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Dunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Kh1 0-0 6. Ng1 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c3 Rad8 13. b4 d5 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nb3 e4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Rc1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rd7 19. Nh3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh5 Be5 24. f4 exf3+ 25. exf3 Rd3 26. b5 Nb8 27. c4 Nd7 28. f4 Bd4 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rf5 f6 31. Rd5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Dunn, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Kh1 Nc6 6. Ng1 b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Na3 Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. f3 d6 11. c3 a6 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 c5 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. a3 Nd8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bf2 cxb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Qb3 e6 21. e4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Nh3 Qe7 27. Nf2 h5 28. h4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 d5 5. d3 exd3 6. cxd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf3 Bxb2 11. Nbd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 0-0 13. h4 Bg4 14. Kh2 Nd7 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 17. Kg2 Re8 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. e4 Rad8 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. N2f3 Red8 22. Nb3 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxd3 24. Nc5 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Nxb7 Ra1 27. Nh2 Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Rxa2 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nc5 a4 31. Nd3 a3 32. Nc1 Rc2 33. Nb3 Rb2 34. Nc1 a2 35. Nxa2 Rxa2 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Ke3 Rd8 38. f4 c5 39. g4 c4 40. g5 c3 41. gxh6 c2 42. h7+ Kxh7 43. f5 c1Q+ 44. Ke4 Qc4+ 45. Ke3 Qxh4 46. f6 Qxf6 47. Ke4 Qd4+ 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Ke2 Re6+ 50. Kf3 Qf6+ 51. Kg4 Re4+ 52. Kg3 Re3+ 53. Kg2 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Re2+ 55. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Na4 Qc7 9. d3 b5 10. Nc3 h6 11. e3 a6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Kh1 c5 14. a4 b4 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Neg1 Bd6 18. Ne1 dxc4 19. dxc4 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Ne5 21. Qe2 Qc6+ 22. Nef3 Ned7 23. Rfd1 Be5 24. Kf1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 g5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Ng4 28. Qb2 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2 Qg2 30. Qf6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ng4 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 h5 34. Rd6 Ne5+ 35. Ke2 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 37. Kd3 Na5 38. Kc2 g4 39. Ne2 e5 40. Nc1 f6 41. Nd3 Nb7 42. Nc1 Kg7 43. Kd3 f5 44. Kc2 f4 45. Nd3 fxe3 46. fxe3 Kf6 47. Nf2 Kf5 48. e4+ Kg5 49. Kd3 h4 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Ke3 Na5 52. Nd3 Nxb3 53. Nxe5 Nd4 54. Nd3 g3 55. Nxc5 g2 56. Kf2 Kh3 57. Nd3 b3 58. Nf4+ Kh2 59. Nxg2 b2 60. Ne1 b1Q 61. Nf3+ Nxf3 62. Kxf3 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qxc4 64. Kf5 Qxa4 65. e5 Qe8 66. e6 a5 67. Ke5 a4 68. Kd4 Qxe6 69. Kc3 a3 70. Kc2 Qe2+ 71. Kc1 Qb2+ 72. Kd1 a2 73. Ke1 a1R# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1214"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. Kh1 0-0 6. Ng1 e5 7. b3 Re8 8. Bb2 Bc5 9. e3 Bg4 10. Bf3 Qd7 11. d4 Bd6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Qd2 Rf5 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rd5 21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Ne3 Re5 23. Nc4 Re2 24. Nxe2 h6 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kh7 27. Nd4 Ne7 28. Nb5 Ne8 29. Nxa7 c6 30. Rd8 Nf6 31. Na5 Nfg8 32. Nxb7 Nf6 33. Na5 c5 34. Nb7 Kg6 35. Nxc5 Nh7 36. a4 f6 37. a5 Kf7 38. a6 Ng5 39. Kg2 Ne6 40. Nxe6 Kxe6 41. Nb5 Nc6 42. Nd4+ Nxd4 43. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Kearns, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Kh1 0-0 6. Ng1 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ndf3 e5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Ne1 d5 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. Nxh3 Qxh3 18. Bg2 Qf5 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. Bf3 h5 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. f3 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Qg4 24. Ng1 e4 25. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Robinson, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. d3 0-0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng1 d4 13. c4 Bd6 14. a3 h5 15. Nd2 f5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Ngf3 f6 20. a4 Rdg8 21. Ra3 Rg4 22. Rb3 Kc7 23. a5 e4 24. Nh4 Rhg8 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. Ra1 e3 27. fxe3 dxe3 28. Nf1 f4 29. Ng2 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Nfxe3 R4g7 32. b4 Bf2 33. Rf1 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 Rg3 35. Nd1 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Wicht, Dietmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. 0-0 c6 5. Kh1 e6 6. Ng1 e5 7. f3 Bh5 8. h4 Bd6 9. d3 0-0 10. g4 Nxg4 11. fxg4 Qxh4+ 12. Nh3 Bxg4 13. Qe1 Qh5 14. Qg3 f5 15. Kg1 Rf6 16. e4 f4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bc5+ 19. Rf2 Qg5 20. Kf1 Be2+ 21. Nxe2 Rxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 23. Kxf2 Qf6+ 24. Ke3 Qxb2 25. Nec3 Qxa1 26. exd5 Qb2 27. Kd2 Na6 28. dxc6 Nb4 29. cxb7 Qxc2+ 30. Ke3 Qxd3+ 31. Kf4 Rf8+ 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kxh5 Qf5+ 34. Kh4 g5+ 35. Kg3 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buchan, Allan W"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be2 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 Kh8 7. 0-0 Ng8 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. f4 b6 13. Nf3 c6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Re8 16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burridge, Raymond John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bf4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. 0-0-0 Qd7 13. Re1 Bxd4 14. Qa3 Kg7 15. Ne8+ Qxe8 16. Rxe8 Nf6 17. Rxh8 Kxh8 18. Qf8+ Ng8 19. Qc8 h5 20. Qxb7 Nd7 21. Qxa8 Bxf2 22. Qxc6 Ndf6 23. Be5 Kh7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Bh6 27. Qxf7+ Bg7 28. Bd3 d4 29. Qxg6+ Kg8 30. Re1 a5 31. Re8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Ncb5 Qd8 11. f4 a6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxe4 15. Qg4 Nxc3 16. Bh6 Qe5 17. Bxg7 Ne2+ 18. Bxe2 Qxf5 19. Rxf5 Nf6 20. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bc4 Nge7 11. 0-0 Nf5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/1 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 0-0 5. Nbd2 Kh8 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Ng8 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 c5 14. N4f3 b6 15. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Bf4 Qb8 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Ng5 Kg7 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rd7 Qb8 26. Bc4 Rf6 27. Qe2 Nh6 28. e5 Rf5 29. Re7 Ra7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. e6 Qe7 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Bb5 Qb8 34. Qd2 Ng8 35. e7 Nf6 36. Rd8 Qe5 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. fxe3 Re5 39. e8Q Nxe8 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Bxe8 f5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Kf3 g5 44. g3 Ke7 45. Bb5 Kf6 46. g4 h6 47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. Bd3+ Kf6 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Bc4+ Kf6 51. Kd5 h5 52. Kc6 g4 53. hxg4 h4 54. Kxb6 h3 55. Bd5 h2 56. Kxc5 Kg5 57. Kb5 Kxg4 58. Kxa5 Kf5 59. c4 Ke5 60. Bh1 Kd6 61. b4 Kc7 62. b5 Kb8 63. e4 Kc7 64. e5 Kc8 65. e6 Kb8 66. e7 Ka7 67. b6+ Kb8 68. e8Q# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 0-0 5. Nbd2 Kh8 6. e4 Ng8 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 b6 11. Be5 f6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qb3 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bb5 Qf7 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Rad1 Bf5 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rd7 Rac8 27. Rfd1 e4 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nh3 Be5 30. R7d5 c4 31. Rc5 Rcd8 32. Rcd5 Rb8 33. Rc5 Rxb2 34. Rxc4 Rxa2 35. Rc6 Bd6 36. g3 Ra5 37. Nf4 Rc5 38. Rxc5 Bxc5 39. Rd5 Bb6 40. Rxf5 e3 41. Nd3 e2 42. Ne1 Kg7 43. Rd5 Rf8 44. Nd3 e1Q+ 45. Nxe1 Bxf2+ 46. Kg2 Bxe1 47. Rd7+ Rf7 48. Rd3 a5 49. c4 Rf2+ 50. Kh3 Bb4 51. Rd7+ Rf7 52. Rd5 c5 53. Kg2 a4 54. Rd1 a3 55. Ra1 Ra7 56. Kf2 Bc3 57. Ra2 Bb2 58. Ke2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1214"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 0-0 5. 0-0 Kh8 6. Bc4 Ng8 7. Ng5 e6 8. Nf3 d5 9. Be2 b6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. Rb1 a5 22. Bd2 Rc2 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb6 Rxa3 26. Ra6 Rc8 27. Nd4 Rd3 28. Re1 Ra3 29. Rc6 Ne7 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31. Nc2 Ra2 32. Nd4 a4 33. Nb5 Nb6 34. Kf1 Nc4 35. Rc1 a3 36. Rc3 Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Nb1 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Ra1 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/2 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kearns, Alan"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1417"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qe3 Qd7 7. Nc3 Kh8 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Qxg5 Kg7 11. e5 Qf5 12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. Rc1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Rd4 18. g3 Nb4 19. c3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Kf2 Rd2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Nxf5+ gxf5 24. a4 Rb3 25. Rhd1 Ra3 26. Rd4 c5 27. Rd7 e6 28. Rxb7 Rxa4 29. Rd1 Ra3 30. Rd3 c4 31. Rdd7 Rxc3+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rxa7 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Rd4 c3 36. Rc7 c2 37. Rdc4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 c1N 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 Re8 41. Kf3 h5 42. h3 Kg6 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 f5+ 46. Kf3 Rd8 47. Rc6 Kf7 48. Rc7+ Ke8 49. Rc6 Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rc6 Ke7 52. Rc7+ Ke8 53. Rc6 Kd7 54. Ra6 Rg8 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Ra6+ Kd5 57. Rd6+ Kc4 58. Rxe6 Rh8 59. Rf6 Rh3+ 60. Kf2 Rh5 61. e6 Rh2+ 62. Kf3 Rh3+ 63. Kf2 Rh2+ 64. Kg3 Re2 65. Kh4 Kd5 66. Rxf5+ Kxe6 67. Ra5 Rg2 68. f5+ Kf6 69. Kh5 Rg1 70. Rc5 Rg2 71. Rc6+ Kxf5 72. Rc5+ Kf6 73. Rc6+ Kf5 74. Rc5+ Kf6 75. Rc6+ Kf5 76. Rc5+ Kf6 77. Rc6+ Kf5 78. Rc5+ Kf6 79. Rc6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robinson, Andrew"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Kh8 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Ng8 9. Nh2 e5 10. c3 exd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. f4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. g4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Bd7 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Qh5 Ng8 24. f6 Qd8 25. e5 h6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 dxe5 28. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch Chall20/3 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wicht, Dietmar"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qe7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Qd7 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. f4 0-0 11. f5 f6 12. Ne6 Re8 13. Bh6 g5 14. Bxg7 Kf7 15. Bxf6 Kxf6 16. Qxg5+ Ke5 17. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Buchan, Allan W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. Nb5 Be6 6. c3 Qd7 7. N5a3 Nc6 8. 0-0 h5 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 h4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 0-0-0 13. Nc2 g5 14. Ne1 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Nf3 hxg3 17. Kh1 Nxh2 18. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 19. Kg1 Bh3 20. fxg3 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rxg3 22. Rf3 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Rg2 26. Nd2 Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 Qh1+ 28. Bg1 Qxg1+ 29. Nf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. Kh1 Nbd7 7. d3 c5 8. Ng1 c4 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 Qd5 14. e3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. f3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qh5+ 19. Kg2 exf3+ 20. Nxf3 e5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. Rh1 Bxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxe5 24. Qxb7 Qd5+ 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Kf2 Re8 27. Ke2 h6 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 Re7 30. Rh4 Rdd7 31. Rha4 g5 32. Ba3 Re8 33. Bc5 Rc7 34. b4 Ra8 35. Rxa7 Rcxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Bxa7 Kf8 38. b5 Ke8 39. b6 Kd8 40. b7 1-0

[Event "SCO P/2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacGregor, Colin A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. 0-0 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Kh1 Be7 7. Ng1 e5 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ndf3 Be7 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rfd1 f5 16. e3 g5 17. Ne2 e4 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. d4 Ng4 20. Ng1 f4 21. Qd2 fxe3 22. fxe3 Nf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Rab1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bd6 26. Rdc1 Qf7 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qh5+ 30. Nh3 Bxh3 31. Kg1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qf3+ 33. Kh3 Rd6 34. Kh2 Rh6+ 35. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunn, John"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Kh8 8. Nh4 e6 9. f5 exf5 10. exf5 Ng8 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Qf2 Bf6 13. Nf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 c6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. c3 Bg7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qe2 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qh4 25. Rf4 Qe7 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. Ne2 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Ne5 29. Qd2 Ng4 30. Bg1 Be5 31. h3 Qh4 32. Bxg6 N4f6 33. g3 Qxg3 34. Bh2 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 hxg6 37. Be5 Qxh3 38. Qg5 Qf5 39. Qh4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "SCO P/2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bd3 d6 5. h3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 0-0 8. Nc3 Kh8 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 Ndf6 13. 0-0-0 e6 14. g4 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. h4 Ng7 17. h5 Ne7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Qxg7 Kd7 23. Nf7 Qe8 24. Nd6 Qd8 25. Rh2 b5 26. Rdh1 Kc7 27. Rh7 Kb6 28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Ra7 30. Nxc8+ Rxc8 31. Rxa7 Kxa7 32. Rh7+ Kb6 33. Bxg6 Rf8 34. Bf7 c5 35. dxc5+ Kxc5 36. b3 Kd4 37. Ne2+ Kxe5 38. g5 Kf5 39. g6 Kf6 40. Nf4 Ke7 41. Nxe6 Rb8 42. f4 a5 43. f5 Kf6 44. Nd4 b4 45. a4 Ra8 46. Be6 Ke5 47. Nc6+ Kf6 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Bxd5 Re8 50. Nxa5 Re5 51. g7 Rxd5 52. g8Q+ Kf4 53. Qb8+ Kg4 54. Nc4 Rd4 55. f6 Rf4 56. Rg7+ Kf3 57. Qb7+ Ke2 58. Qe7+ Kf1 59. Qe3 Rg4 60. Qf3+ Kg1 61. Rxg4+ Kh2 62. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. c3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Kh1 h6 9. Bd2 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Ndf6 12. f3 Nc5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Re8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Na3 Qd7 21. Nc2 Bh3 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Rg1 d4 25. Qf1 Qxf1 26. Nxf1 dxc3 27. Bxc3 Nfd5 28. Be1 Rxe2 29. Rg2 Rde8 30. Bd2 Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Re2+ 32. Kg1 Nc4 33. Rd1 Nxd2 34. Nxd2 Nxb4 35. a3 Nc2 36. Nc4 b5 37. Na5 c5 38. Nc6 a6 39. Nb8 a5 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Nd7 h5 42. Nxc5 Nxa3 43. Ne4 b4 44. Rd6 f6 45. Rd7 Kg6 46. Nc5 Rc2 47. Ne6 Re2 48. Nf4+ Kh6 49. Nxe2 Nc4 50. Kf2 a4 51. Rd4 a3 52. Nc1 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d3 h6 6. Kh1 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Qa4 0-0 9. Nbd2 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ng1 Bd5 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Ne1 Bxg2+ 17. Nxg2 Qe7 18. e3 Rad8 19. Bd2 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Rfd1 Re7 22. Be1 Red7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Kg2 Nd3 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. Kf3 g5 28. Ke2 Rd6 29. a3 h5 30. b4 h4 31. Rc1 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg7 33. a4 a6 34. a5 b6 35. axb6 Rxb6 36. c4 c6 37. Rc2 Rb7 38. Ra2 Ra7 39. b5 cxb5 40. cxb5 a5 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Bxa5 Be5 43. Bb6 f6 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Bb8 46. Bd4 Kf7 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. b6 f5 49. e4 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kd7 51. Be5 Kc8 52. Bxb8 Kxb8 53. f5 Kb7 54. f6 Kxb6 55. f7 Kc6 56. f8Q Kd7 57. Qc5 Ke6 58. Qd5+ Ke7 59. Kf5 Kf8 60. Qd7 Kg8 61. Kf6 Kf8 62. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Kearns, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1428"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Ng5 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 c6 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. Qc1 Qc7 12. Ng1 Rab8 13. Bh3 c5+ 14. e4 Ba6 15. c4 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Rd1 Qc6 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Bg2 Qb6 20. Na4 Qb5 21. b3 Qc6 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Nac3 Ba6 24. Rb1 Ng4 25. Kg1 Qb6 26. Nd5 Qb7 27. Bh3 Ngf6 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nc3 Ne8 30. Nd5 f6 31. Bh6 Nc7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Ne3 Nb5 34. Ng4 g5 35. Ne3 Nd4 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Bf5+ Kg7 39. Qd2 Rf7 40. Qe2 Kh6 41. Qg4 Kg7 42. h4 h6 43. Qh5 Kf8 44. Qxh6+ Ke7 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Qxg5+ Ke8 47. Bg6 Qe7 48. Qxe7+ Kxe7 49. Bxf7 Kxf7 50. Rbc1 Re8 51. Rc6 Bc8 52. Rxd6 Bg4 53. Rd2 Rc8 54. Kg2 Rf8 55. f3 Be6 56. Rc2 Rh8 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. g4 a5 59. g5+ Kxg5 60. Rxe6 Kf4 61. Rf7+ Ke3 62. Rxe5 Rg8+ 63. Kf1 Kxd3 64. Rxa5 Ke3 65. e5 d3 66. e6 d2 67. Rd7 Rh8 68. Rg5 Rh1+ 69. Rg1 Rh2 70. Rxd2 Rxd2 71. Rg8 Kxf3 72. Kg1 Rd1+ 73. Kh2 Rd2+ 74. Kh3 Re2 75. Rf8+ Ke4 76. e7 Re3+ 77. Kg4 Kd5 78. e8Q Rxe8 79. Rxe8 Kc5 80. Rc8+ Kb5 81. a3 Kb6 82. Rc4 Kb5 83. Kf5 Ka5 84. Rb4 Ka6 85. a4 Ka7 86. Rb5 Ka6 87. b4 Ka7 88. a5 Ka8 89. Rb6 Ka7 90. Ke6 Ka8 91. Kd7 Ka7 92. Kc8 Ka8 93. Ra6# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "MacMillen, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c3 d5 6. d3 c5 7. Kh1 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ng1 e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. c4 Bg7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 15. f3 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Nc4 b5 22. Ne3 c4 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Nd5 Nb3 25. Rfd1 Nc5 26. Nc7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rb8 28. Nd5 Nd3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Kg2 h5 31. Nec3 Bh6 32. Re2 Bc1 33. Nd1 Kg7 34. h4 f6 35. Nc7 Kf7 36. Nd5 Nc5 37. Rc2 Bh6 38. N1c3 Ne6 39. Re2 Nd4 40. Re1 Bd2 41. Rd1 Bh6 42. Kf2 Bf8 43. f4 Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kf7 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Rf1 Bc5 47. Ke1+ Kg7 48. Ne2 Rb6 49. Nd5 Rb7 50. Ndc3 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. Na4 Ba7 53. Nxd4 Bxd4 54. Kd2 Ra7 55. Nc3 bxc3+ 56. bxc3 Ra2+ 57. Kd1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Rxf1 59. Kxf1 Bxc3 60. Ke2 Kf6 61. Kd1 Ke6 62. Ke2 Bd4 63. Ke1 Kd6 64. Ke2 Kc5 65. Kf3 c3 66. Ke2 Kc4 67. Ke1 Kd3 68. Kd1 Kxe4 69. Ke2 Kf5 70. Kd1 Kg4 71. Kc2 e4 72. Kd1 Kxg3 73. Kc2 Kf2 74. Kd1 e3 75. Kc2 Ke2 76. Kc1 Ke1 77. Kc2 e2 78. Kc1 Kf2 79. Kc2 e1Q 80. Kd3 Qe3+ 81. Kc4 c2 82. Kd5 c1Q 83. Kd6 Qc5+ 84. Kd7 Qee7# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Major, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. 0-0 g6 5. Kh1 Bg7 6. Ng1 e5 7. c3 0-0 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. c4 d4 15. b4 b6 16. a4 c5 17. b5 Nf6 18. f4 e4 19. Nxe4 Ng4 20. Qd2 Ne3 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Nf2 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Bg2 Rf5 27. e4 Rf6 28. Ne2 Ra8 29. e5 Rf5 30. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 31. Kg1 Bf8 32. Rf1 a5 33. bxa6 Qa7 34. Qb2 Qxa6 35. Qxb6 Qxb6 36. Rxb6 Bf7 37. Ra1 Be8 38. a5 Rf7 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rb6 h5 41. a6 h4 42. Rb7 Re7 43. Rxe7+ Bxe7 44. a7 Bc6 45. Nc1 Ba8 46. Nb3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Na5 Bd8 50. Nc6 Bc7 51. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armstrong, John M"]
[Black "Van Stratum, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. 0-0 e5 5. Kh1 Nf6 6. c3 e4 7. Ng1 Be7 8. e3 Ne5 9. f4 exf3 10. Nxf3 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Nxe5 c4 14. Qc2 0-0 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qf5 Rbd8 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. b4 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bb2 Rb8 22. Ra5 Bd8 23. Ra2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rf4 Re7 26. Na3 Bc7 27. Rf5 Be5 28. Ra1 g6 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. Nc2 Kh6 31. Ra6 Kh5 32. Rf1 Kg4 33. Kg2 h5 34. Rfa1 h4 35. h3+ Kg5 36. g4 Rd7 37. Bc1 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ra7 Rbb7 40. Ra8 Rb8 41. Rxb8 Bxb8 42. Nd4 Rd5 43. Ra5 Bd6 44. Rxb5 Re5 45. Rxe5 Bxe5 46. Nc6 Bd6 47. Na5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Robert"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 0-0 5. Qc2 Kh8 6. e4 Ng8 7. Bd3 f6 8. Be3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Bh6 11. Rfe1 Bg7 12. h3 d6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. d5 Re8 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Nh2 e6 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Be3 exd5 21. exd5 Rf7 22. Ng4 a6 23. Bd3 Bxd5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rxd5 Kg7 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe2 a5 30. Bc1 Bf6 31. Qg4 Re8 32. f4 Nh6 33. Qg3 Nf5 34. Qg4 Nh6 35. Qd1 Rd8 36. Qc2 Re7 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39. Qc1+ Kh7 40. Rf1 Rde8 41. Qd2 Bd6 42. a3 Kg7 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Re3 45. Qd4+ R3e5 46. Qc4 R8e6 47. Qc3 Kg8 48. Qf3 Rf5 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Rxf5 gxf5 51. Qd5 Re5 52. Qf3 Kf6 53. h4 Re4 54. Qh3 f4 55. h5 Re3 56. Qh4+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kh8 58. h6 Re1+ 59. Kf2 Re7 60. Qg6 Be5 61. a4 Bd4+ 62. Kf3 Be5 63. a5 bxa5 64. bxa5 Bd6 65. a6 Re3+ 66. Kf2 Re7 67. a7 Bc5+ 68. Kf1 Bxa7 69. Qf6+ Kh7 70. Qxe7+ Kxh6 71. Qxc7 Be3 72. Qd6+ Kh5 73. Ke2 Kg4 74. Qg6+ Kh4 75. Kf3 Bf2 76. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 2020 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hardwick, Martin E"]
[Black "Armstrong, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. 0-0 c6 7. Re1 Kh8 8. Be3 Bg4 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxe5 14. Bxe5+ Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Re1 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 e6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rf4 f5 21. Bc4 e5 22. Rf3 e4 23. Re3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rd2 25. Kf1 Rxc2 26. Bd1 Rxb2 27. Bb3 Rd8 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Nd3 30. Nd1 Nc1+ 31. Ke1 Nxb3 32. axb3 Rd3 33. b4 Rb3 34. Kd2 Rxb4 0-1

