[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Alba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 b5 13. b4 Qb6 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Rfc8 19. Na5 Qd6 20. Nc6 Bg5 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Nb3 Qxd1 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 Nb6 26. h4 Be7 27. Bd4 Nc4 28. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Dael, Siem"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 e5 13. Nc2 d5 14. Nb4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bh4 Re6 18. a5 Rae8 19. f3 Bf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Bf2 Nb3 24. c4 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd7 Nxa5 28. R1d5 Bb4 29. h3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 b5 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Rdd7 Rf6 33. Be3 g5 34. h4 Nc4 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Rf5 37. Bc1 Nb6 38. Rd3 Na4 39. Bd2 Rf6 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Rdd7 Rf6 42. Bg5 Rg6 43. Bd2 Nxc3 44. Rxf7 Nd5 45. Rfd7 Nf4 46. Bxf4 exf4 47. Rdb7 Rh6 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rgb7 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc8 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Ke2 Rh2 54. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 b6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Be4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Bh3 f5 19. Ng5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21. Qd2 h6 22. e3 Nb5 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qb2 Rfd6 28. Bf1 Kh7 29. f3 Nf6 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Bb5 Qf8 32. Nc6 R8d7 33. Rxc5 Ne6 34. Rcc1 Nxd5 35. Qb3 Qf6 36. Nb4 Nxe3 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxe3 f4 39. Qf2 fxg3 40. hxg3 Qg5 41. Rc6 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. g5 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. Nge2 Ra6 15. Kb1 Bh8 16. h5 f4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bh3 gxh5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxh5 Rg6 21. Rdh1 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Ng1 Rfg7 24. Nh3 Nf7 25. Nf2 Nxg5 26. Ng4 Nxf3 27. Nh6+ Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nd4 29. a3 Rg3 30. Qd1 Bg7 31. Rxh7 f3 32. R7h2 Qg4 33. Ka2 Rg2 34. Rxg2 fxg2 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Nb1 a5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Nb5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Qc2 19. Rab1 Na7 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. h4 Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Bb7 25. Be3 Rc2 26. d5 Nc8 27. Bxe4 Rc4 28. dxe6 Bxe4 29. exd7 Bxb1 30. d8Q 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qe7 7. b4 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc3 a5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. 0-0 Na4 15. Qb3 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. h3 Ne4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 f6 21. c5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bg6 23. Bc2 f5 24. Ra7 c6 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 38th"]
[Site "Durres"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ALB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. a3 bxa3 13. Qxa3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 a5 15. Nb1 Rac8 16. Nc3 Qxc4 17. Ne5 dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Na2 Qxe2 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Bc6 Qa6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qe3 Nfg4 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qa4 b5 27. Qf4 h6 28. Rc7 Qb6 29. Rc3 b4 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Nc1 a4 32. h3 axb3 33. hxg4 Nxg4 34. Qxb4 Qc2 35. Qd4 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Villiers, Thomas"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Ne4 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Nc3 a5 17. Na4 Qa6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Be2 Ra7 22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Ba3 Rb8 25. Rd2 Nb6 26. Nc5 Rd8 27. Rcd1 Raa8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nxa5 Na2 30. Bc5 Rxa5 31. Bxb6 Ra8 32. e5 Be7 33. Bf3 Nb4 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. b4 Rb8 39. Rd4 g6 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kd3 Ra8 45. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yao, Lan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 Rb8 14. Ng3 Be7 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 h5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Nxh5 a4 21. g4 a3 22. Bc4 axb2 23. Rd5 Qa7 24. Rhd1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qc3 28. Rb7 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rg8 30. Rg3 Bd8 31. Kxb2 Rc4 32. Rb8 Ke7 33. g5 fxg5 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Nf6 Rh2 36. Nd5+ Kd7 37. Ne3 Rc3 38. Rxb4 Rhxc2+ 39. Nxc2 Rxg3 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rxf7 Bxg5 42. Rf8 Bd2 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rc4 d5 45. exd5 Rf3 46. Na3 Rxf5 47. Rc2 Be3 48. Kc3 Bc5 49. Nb5 Rf4 50. Rh2 Ra4 51. Rh7+ Kd8 52. Nc7 Bd6 53. Ne6+ Kc8 54. Rh2 Kd7 55. Rg2 Kc8 56. Rb2 Kd7 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Rb6 Kd7 59. Kb3 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Rxa2 61. Rb7+ Kc8 62. Rh7 Rb2 63. Rh8+ Kd7 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Rh8+ Kd7 66. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Qxd4 cxd4 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Ne4 12. f4 Nd6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nb6 15. Rac1 Na4 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nxb2 18. g4 Be6 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Rxb2 Rxc7 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. Rbc2 Bxa2 25. Nc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Bb3 27. Re2 Bc4 28. Rec2 Be6 29. Bc5 Bxg4 30. Bxd6 exd6 31. Bxb5 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Be3 33. Rf1 d5 34. Bd3 Kg7 35. Kg3 Bh5 36. Re1 d4 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Rcb2 Rc8 39. Rc2 Rc3 40. Rxc3 dxc3 41. Rb7 Bd1 42. Rc7 Bd2 43. Rc6 h5 44. f5 g5 45. f6+ Kh6 46. h3 Be1+ 47. Kg2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Rc5 Bf3+ 50. Kf1 Bh4 51. Rxc3 Bxf6 52. Rc4 Be5 53. Be2 Bxe2+ 54. Kxe2 Kg5 55. Rc5 Kf4 56. Kf1 f5 57. Kg2 Bd4 58. Rc8 Ke4 59. Re8+ Be5 60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Rf8 Kg5 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Kf2 Kf7 64. Rg5 Kf6 65. Rg8 Bf4 66. Rf8+ Ke6 67. Kg2 Bh6 68. Rg8 Bf4 69. Rf8 Bd6 70. Rg8 Kf7 71. Rg5 Kf6 72. Rg8 Be5 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Re8 Bf6 75. Rg8+ Bg7 76. Kg3 Kf7 77. Ra8 Kg6 78. Rg8 Kf7 79. Ra8 Be5+ 80. Kh4 Bf6+ 81. Kg3 Be5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mihalik, Agoston"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Ne5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 0-0 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qc5 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Nd2 a6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Qc5 20. a4 Qg5 21. g3 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Re1 Nd7 25. a5 Nc5 26. Rb1 Bf8 27. e5 d5 28. Nd2 dxc4 29. Nxc4 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Reb1 Rd3 32. Be1 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Rc7 34. Kg2 h5 35. h3 Kh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Kg3 Bg7 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Kg6 41. Bc3 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Ra3 Bh6 46. Rb3 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Bb2 Bd2 49. Rxb7 Bxa5 50. Ra7 Rb4 51. Bc1 Rb6 52. Kf3 Bc3 53. Bf4 a5 54. Ra8 Rb5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Rc8 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Kf3 Bxe5 61. Bd2 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Bd6 63. Bxa5 Rf4+ 64. Kd3 Rxg4 65. Bc3 Kg6 66. Rd8 Be7 67. Re8 Bg5 68. Rg8+ Kf5 69. Rf8 f6 70. Ke2 Rg2+ 71. Kf3 Ra2 72. Bb4 e5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pollack, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. a3 Rc8 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e4 Bd6 15. exd5 Nexd5 16. g3 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Nec4 Qd4 19. c3 Qc5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bb8 23. a4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grieve, Harry"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 e5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 0-0 17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Qxf4 Re6 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc2 Qa6 21. a3 Re2 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Bd3 Re6 25. Bf1 Qb6 26. Rd2 a5 27. h4 Qd8 28. g3 Qe8 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Qg5 f5 31. h5 Qf8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bh3 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Bxf5 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 Qh8+ 38. Kg2 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qh8+ 40. Kg4 Qd4+ 41. f4 Qd1+ 42. Kh4 Qh1+ 43. Bh3 Kf7 44. Qd8 Qd1 45. Qh8 Qd4 46. Qh7+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kg5 d6 49. Be6 Bf3 50. f5 gxf5 51. Kxf5 Bg2 52. g4 Bh3 53. Bd5 Kf8 54. Ke6 Bxg4+ 55. Kxd6 Ke8 56. Be6 Bf3 57. Kxc5 Ke7 58. Bh3 Be2 59. Bf5 Kd8 60. Be6 Kc7 61. Bf7 Bf1 62. Kb5 Kd6 63. Kb6 Bg2 64. c5+ Kd7 65. Bg6 Bh3 66. c6+ Kc8 67. Bd3 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nc4 Ne8 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Bg3 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. Bb5 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne4 Ne8 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. Qb5 Rad8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. f3 Nh5 28. Bh2 f5 29. g4 Nf6 30. Ra3 Rb8 31. Rb3 Rdd8 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Be7 34. Rdd3 h5 35. g5 h4+ 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Bf4 Ng7 38. e4 Nh5 39. Bh2 f4 40. e5 Bxg5 41. Rb5 a6 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Nxb6 Rb8 45. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Dignam, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Qxd4 cxd4 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Ne8 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nd3 Nd6 14. Na3 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf5 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Na6 Ra8 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. c5 Bd7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Nd4 27. Bd6 Rb8 28. Bd5 Bc6 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxc6 Rc2 32. Na6 Rxa2 33. Bb7 Rb2 34. c6 Bb6 35. Bc5 Ba5 36. Bxa7 f5 37. c7 Bxc7 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Nxc7 h5 40. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "County-ch Final"]
[Site "Egham"]
[Date "2023.07.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Lee, Peter N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bf4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Nxd5 Qf8 19. Nc7 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rac8 21. Nxe8 Qxe8 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Qf3 Bh6 24. f5 Qh4 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Be8 27. e7 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Bxf4 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rd8 Rb8 31. axb3 Bc7 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Rxb8 Bxb8 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Rees, Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Bb1 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. f4 h6 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qf2 exf4 18. exf4 Qd7 19. Qh4 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nfe4 21. Rce1 f5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe7 25. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gallagher, Daniel GH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Bf5 7. h3 c5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. b3 e6 12. Nf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe4 Bxa1 16. Qxd6 Bc6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. Ba3 Bf6 21. Bxc5 b6 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bd2 a4 24. bxa4 Rd7 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Bb4 Ra7 27. Bc6 Rc8 28. Bb5 Rd8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Bd6 31. Rd1 Be7 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. c5 bxc5 34. Bxc5 Rc7 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. a5 Kf8 38. Bc6 Ke7 39. a6 Kd6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. a4 f5 42. h4 h6 43. a5 g5 44. h5 g4 45. Bg2 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Be3 Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bc1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. Qc2 e4 15. f3 Qe5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. g3 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Czopor, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Nd3 Qxc4 10. Na3 Qg4 11. Nxc5 Nc6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Be3 b6 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Ncb4 20. Rd2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rbd1 e5 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nab1 Nc6 25. Be2 Nd4 26. Bh5 b5 27. Ne2 Nc6 28. b3 b4 29. g4 Bc3 30. gxf5 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Nde5 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 exf3 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. Rg1 Nd4 36. Rg5 Rc3 37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. Nxf3 Bb7 40. Nd4+ Kf7 41. Rf5+ Ke8 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rf5+ Ke8 44. Rg5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Thorarinsson, Pall A"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonzaga"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. exf4 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 18. Kf2 Rae8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Bd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chess.com Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 0-0 13. h4 Nh7 14. g4 Bxh4 15. Kb1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. g5 d4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qb6 exf4 21. gxh6 Be6 22. hxg7 Rfb8 23. Qa5 c5 24. Rh5 Qb7 25. b3 Qb4 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Kxg7 28. Rf1 a5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kb2 Kf6 32. Rxf4+ Ke5 33. Rf1 Nf6 34. Ba6 Rh8 35. Bd3 Rh2 36. Rg1 Ng4 37. Be2 Nf2 38. Rg5+ Kd4 39. Rxa5 Rh3 40. Nd5 Kxe4 41. Bf1 Rh2 42. Nc3+ Kf4 43. Rc5 Ng4 44. a5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qc1 f6 16. Ne1 Qe8 17. f3 Qg6 18. Bf2 Rae8 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 f5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Qc2 Bg7 23. Rdd1 Kh8 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Rf1 Re6 26. e4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. e4 Bc6 11. Nc3 Ne8 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. e5 Rc8 15. Qg4 Ne6 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Be4 g6 21. Nb5 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Kg7 29. Qd4+ Qf6 30. Rd3 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Kf6 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Re4+ Kd5 34. Ke3 d6 35. Rd4+ Kc5 36. Re4 Rc7 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Rd4+ Ke6 39. Re4+ Kd7 40. Rc4 Rc5 41. b4 Rh5 42. Rc2 Rd5+ 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. a3 Re4+ 45. Kd2 d5 46. Rc3 Kd6 47. Rc8 Re7 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Rc1 Re4 50. Rf1 a5 51. bxa5 bxa5 52. f5 Ke7 53. fxg6 hxg6 54. Rb1 Ra4 55. Rb6 Kf7 56. Rb3 Ke6 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd3 g5 59. h3 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Rc4 61. Kd3 Rc1 62. h4 g4 63. Rb5 Rg1 64. Rxa5 Rxg3+ 65. Ke2 Rg2+ 66. Kf1 Rh2 67. Ra8 Rxh4 68. a4 Rh2 69. Rg8 Kf4 70. Rf8+ Kg3 71. Rd8 Ra2 72. Rxd5 Ra1+ 73. Ke2 Rxa4 74. Rd2 Rf4 75. Ke1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Celtic Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 0-0 7. h4 Na5 8. f4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 exf4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bxf4 d6 12. Qd3 g6 13. 0-0-0 Bf5 14. Qg3 Qa5 15. h5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 f6 18. Qh6 fxe5 19. Rd7 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bg6 21. Rxh7 Rf1+ 22. Kd2 Bxh7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ke6 26. Qg8+ Kf5 27. Qf7+ Kg5 28. Rh5+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f3 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Kh1 f6 20. e4 Nc5 21. Qc2 c6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rg1 cxd5 24. Rg3 d4 25. Bxd4 Be6 26. Rfg2 Rf7 27. f4 Rc8 28. Qd3 b5 29. cxb5 Rc1+ 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Qe3 Nb6 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Nc4 d5 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Be4 39. Nd1 d4 40. Nb2 Kf8 41. a4 Ke7 42. Kf2 Bc2 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd2 Bb3 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kd6 47. b6 Bd5 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Na4+ Kb5 50. Kxd4 Bc6 51. Nc5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Makkar, Rajat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 0-0 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. e4 Rfc8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Nce4 h6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ne1 a4 20. Nd3 a3 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Nd6 Rcb8 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Qe2 b4 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. e6 Nf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Rb7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. exf7 Rxf7 36. Qxb4+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "11.64"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Redmond, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rc7 16. Nf3 Qc8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Nb6 22. Qb5 Be7 23. Ne5 c4 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nf3 Rec7 26. Nd4 Rc5 27. Qb4 g6 28. Qa3 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qa6 31. Rb1 Na4 32. Rdc1 R5c7 33. Qa3 Nc5 34. Qxa6 Nxa6 35. Nb5 Rb7 36. Nc3 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rd8 38. Rd1 Nc7 39. Rd4 Ra8 40. a4 Ra5 41. g4 Rc5 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. g5 Ke6 45. Rh4 Rc6 46. Rf4 Ke7 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. Kd2 Rb6 49. Kc2 Rd6 50. Rh4 Na6 51. Nb5 Rb6 52. Rf4 Ke7 53. Nc3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "10.93"]
[White "Mason, Donald"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 d5 15. Nd4 Ba8 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. f3 g6 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Rc6 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bd5 Rc7 22. f4 Nb6 23. Bb3 Bxg4 24. Rd6 Nc8 25. Qg2 Bf5 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rd1 Nxd6 28. exd6 Rd7 29. dxe7 Rxd5 30. exf8Q+ Kxf8 31. Rxd5 Qc7 32. Bxc5+ Kg7 33. Re5 Qc6 34. Bxb4 Qh1+ 35. Re1 Qxh2 36. Bc3+ Kh6 37. Be5 Qg2 38. a4 Kh5 39. Bd4 Be4 40. Ka1 Bxc2 41. Bd5 Qxd5 42. Re5+ Qxe5 43. Bxe5 Bxa4 44. Kb1 Kg4 45. Kc1 Kf5 46. Bc7 Ke4 47. Kd2 Kf3 48. Ke1 Bb5 49. Be5 h5 50. Bf6 Kxf4 51. Kf2 g5 52. Kg2 Kg4 53. Be7 h4 54. Bd8 Bc6+ 55. Kg1 Kg3 56. Bc7+ Kh3 57. Kf2 g4 58. Ke3 g3 59. Kf4 g2 60. Bb6 Kh2 61. Kg4 h3 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Browning, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Rd1 a6 14. Na3 Rc8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qa4 19. Ne3 Nde5 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Nc2 e6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. a3 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rfc8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Ne7 29. Rdc1 R3c4 30. Qb2 Kg8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rcb1 e5 33. Nf3 f6 34. Qd2 f4 35. bxa5 Rc2 36. Qd7 Kf7 37. Rb4 Qxa5 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Re4 Re8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rxf4 Rc6 42. Rg4+ Kh8 43. Qf7 Rg8 44. Rxg8+ Nxg8 45. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Stembridge, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 a6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 h6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qb3 b5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nc8 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. Qf3 Qxb2 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. g4 Bc2 23. Qxf6 Nd6 24. Ned3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxe2 26. Nf4 Bg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxe2 a5 29. Rc6 Nb5 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Ivan Georgiev"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Rdf1 b4 12. Nd1 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bd3 g6 20. f5 Nd5 21. Qh6 Bb5 22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. Rf2 Be5 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. g5 Rc4 26. Ne4 exf5 27. Nxd6+ Bxd6 28. Qh3 Re4 29. Qd3 Nc7 30. Rg2 Bc5 31. Qf3 Ne6 32. Qd3 Qd7 33. Qh3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.02"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg5 d6 7. h4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "8.73"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. b4 Bf8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bb2 a6 20. Bxf6 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Bb2 Rc4 23. Ne2 Qc8 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Rf2 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Rd3 Rc2 28. Bd4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nxf4 30. exf4 Qxe2 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Kf2 g6 34. Ke3 Bh6 35. Rf1 Rd5 36. Bb2 g5 37. g3 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rf5 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Be5 f6 41. Bd6+ Ke8 42. Rd1 Rh5 43. Bc7 Rxh2 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Rd2 46. Rxb7 f5+ 47. Ke3 Rd7 48. Ra7 e5 49. a4 Bxf4+ 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. axb5 Rd3+ 52. Ke2 Re3+ 53. Kf1 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "7.103"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bh2 e6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Qa3 Qe8 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bc4 N5b6 14. e4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 f6 16. 0-0 Qf7 17. b3 Re8 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. b4 Nb6 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qb5 Nb2 23. Qxb7 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd6 25. Qc6 Red8 26. a3 Kg7 27. c4 a5 28. c5 Bd7 29. Qb7 Rdb8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Nb6 Qb3 33. Re1 Ra7 34. bxa5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Dougherty, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nd4 8. Bg2 c5 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. f4 c5 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. a4 a5 16. b4 Nef5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bc3 Ne2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qxc3 21. a5 Nd4 22. Qa2 h5 23. a6 Ke7 24. Qa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nb3 26. Ra3 Nd2 27. a7 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Spence, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qb8 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 N5f6 17. Bc6 h6 18. Bxd7 hxg5 19. Bc6 Qd8 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxc7 Qd5 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. e3 Rc8 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Qxd6 Qh3 28. Qxb6 Rh8 29. Qc6 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Qe4 Qh5+ 33. g4 Qh2 34. Rh1 Rc2+ 35. Qxc2 Qxh1 36. Qc5 Qg2 37. Qc4 Qg1 38. b4 axb4 39. Qxb4 Qc1 40. a4 Qc2+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf3 Qd5+ 45. Ke2 Qa2+ 46. Kf1 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd1 48. a5 Qd5+ 49. Kg3 Qh1 50. a6 Qg1+ 51. Kf3 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kg3 Qe5+ 54. Kf3 Qd5+ 55. Qe4 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd7 57. Qc4 Kg6 58. Qe4+ Kg7 59. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 Nf6 11. Be3 Bxd6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. Kb1 0-0-0 15. h3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. g4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bb4 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Qf2 Ka8 21. Bb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23. Qd4 Nd7 24. Ba5 Bc5 25. Qc4 Bd6 26. Nd4 Nb8 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Bb6 Bc7 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. a3 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Qd6 32. Nc3 Qxf4 33. Qe2 Nd4 34. Qe1 Nf3 35. Qe2 Nd4 36. Qe1 Ba5 37. Be3 Qe5 38. Qd2 Nc6 39. b4 Bc7 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Qxh7 Nxb4 42. Qxg7 Nc6 43. Qh8+ Bd8 44. Bb6 Qxa3 45. Bxd8 Qb4+ 46. Kc1 Qf4+ 47. Kd1 Qd6+ 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Kb1 Qb4+ 50. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Chan, Ngo Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 c5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd4 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne6 17. Rcc1 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rc3 Rd7 21. Rfc1 Re8 22. Rb3 Qe6 23. e3 Red8 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. Rbc3 Rb8 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. Rxa6 Rdb7 28. Bxd5 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Qc1 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Rfc8 14. Bd1 Qd8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. e4 Bd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 Qf6 21. Bxd6 Qxf5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Re8 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Bd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Re3 Re6 29. Bc7 a4 30. Ke2 Ne7 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Bb8 Kf5 33. Ke3 Kg5 34. Bc7 Nf5+ 35. Ke2 Nh4 36. Bb8 Ng2 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. h4+ Kf5 39. Bd6 Nd3 40. Bf8 g6 41. Ke2 Nxb2 42. Bd6 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barker, Edward"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bd6 7. Nd2 0-0 8. g3 Re8 9. h4 Bg4 10. c3 c5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Rac8 14. Nxc6 Bxg3 15. Ncd4 Rxe3+ 16. Kd2 Bxf2 17. Bd3 Re5 18. Kc1 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Rce8 20. a3 a5 21. a4 f5 22. Ka2 f4 23. Raf1 h5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rc8 26. Bb5 d4 27. c4 Qd6 28. Qd3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Kafetzopoulos, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 a5 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Ndc5 16. Rae1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qd4 Qh4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rg3 f6 21. Rff3 Rae8 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qg4+ 24. Rhg3 Qh5 25. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. c4 e6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. a4 f6 19. a5 Kf7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rb1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke7 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Ra6 Rd6 25. g4 g6 26. h4 h5 27. gxh5 gxh5 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rd2 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. Kd3 Rc1 33. Rb8 Rh1 34. Rxb6 Rxh4 35. e3 Rh2 36. Rb8 h4 37. Rg8 h3 38. Rg3 e5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40. Rg6 Rg2 41. Rc6 h2 42. Rh6 Rf2 43. e4 f4 44. Rh5+ Kf6 45. e5+ Kg6 46. Rh8 Kf5 47. Rh5+ Kg6 48. Rh8 Kf5 49. Rh5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Kg2 c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Bb3 b5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. b3 Rb8 22. Rxc4 Qa8 23. Qd3 Rb5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. e3 Be6 11. a4 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb4 Nb3 15. Rb1 c5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bd5 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxc5 21. Rxb7 Rf8 22. Rxf7 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qc6 a5 26. Qb5 Qd2 27. Qc4+ Kg7 28. Qc5 Rf5 29. Qb6 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. h4 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Ra7 a4 37. Kh3 Rb2 38. g4 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. f3 g5 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. hxg5 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf4 a3 45. Kf5 Rf2 46. Rxa3 Rxf3+ 47. Rxf3 h6 48. gxh6+ Kxh6 49. Rd3 Kh7 50. Rd7+ Kh6 51. g5+ Kh5 52. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. e3 e5 8. Bh2 f5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Bd5 e4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Re1 c5 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Nxc7 Rxb2 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nc4 Rb7 21. Nd6 Qe6 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. c4 Ne5 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Rad1 Nd3 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 h6 28. Rd6 Qe8 29. Qb6 Bxa4 30. Rxg6 Kh7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Qxa6 Qf6 35. Qxa4 Qa1 36. Qxa1 f4 37. Qf6 Kg8 38. Ra1 Kh7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nbd5 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e6 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. Nf4 0-0 14. g4 Re8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Nd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Qd3 f6 20. c3 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc2 g6 23. h5 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qd4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Bd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 h6 10. a4 a5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Ng6 Qe8 14. Nxf8 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxf8 16. Qe2 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 b4 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. f4 f6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bf4 Qg6 24. Bxe5 Bg4 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qg3 Bxe5 27. Qxg6 Bxg6 28. Rxe5 Bxc2 29. Rd2 b3 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Kf7 32. Rxa5 Ke6 33. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 d6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 Qe8 9. Bd2 a5 10. f3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 a4 12. h3 Na5 13. g4 Nb3+ 14. Kb1 c6 15. Be1 b5 16. gxf5 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Bd3 exf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Bd6 21. Qd3 c5 22. Bg3 c4 23. Qf5 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Rd8 25. Rhe1 Ne4 26. fxe4 Rxf5 27. exf5 Qd7 28. f6 Qxh3 29. Rg1 g6 30. e4 dxe4 31. Ncxe4 Rxd4 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Ng5 Qh2 35. Rf1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Nb3+ 37. Ka2 Nc1+ 38. Ka1 Nb3+ 39. Ka2 Nc1+ 40. Ka1 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Bf4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Bc7 Qb7 15. Na5 Qa6 16. Nd6 exd6 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Re1 Be5 19. Nc6 Rac8 20. Nxe5 Rxc7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qa4 Bc8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Re3 Bb7 26. Rh3 h5 27. Qg5 Re8 28. Re3 Rde7 29. h3 Re4 30. Rf3 Nh7 31. Qd2 R8e5 32. Qc3 Ng5 33. Rg3 Kg8 34. Qa5 Kg7 35. Qd8 Nh7 36. Qxd6 h4 37. Re3 Bc8 38. Qxe5+ Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40. f4 g5 41. d6 Bd7 42. Re7 Nf8 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. 0-0 h6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Qf4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rec3 0-0 20. b3 a5 21. h4 a4 22. g4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. h5 Qb4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Qxd4 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Kh8 11. h4 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 f4 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rg1 c6 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. c5 Qxe6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bc4 Qd4 23. Qe2 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qh5 a4 28. Be6 Ng8 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brett, Andrew"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. Na3 0-0-0 12. Qe2 Qc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Qg4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Ng6 21. d4 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Nxf3 23. Rd1 h5 24. Be4 Ng5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bd2 g5 27. Kg2 g4 28. d5 f5 29. Bc2 f4 30. dxe6 f3+ 31. Kh1 Rde8 32. Be3 Bc7 33. Bb3 h4 34. Bd5 Rh5 35. Rd4 Bb6 36. Rc4+ Kb8 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. Rd4 g3 39. Bxf3 Rf5 40. Kg2 Rxe6 41. fxg3 Ref6 42. Rf1 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Rxf3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3 45. Rc4 b5 46. Rc5 b6 47. Rxb5 Kb7 48. a4 Rxc3 49. a5 Ka8 50. Rxb6 Ka7 51. Kh4 Rc1 52. g4 Rh1+ 53. Kg5 Rh8 54. Kf5 Ka8 55. Rf6 Rf8 56. Rxf8+ Ka7 57. Rf6 Ka8 58. g5 Ka7 59. g6 Ka8 60. g7 Ka7 61. Kg6 Ka8 62. g8Q+ Ka7 63. Qg7+ Ka8 64. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cox, Tristan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. 0-0 c3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. e3 Ba5 11. Nc4 Bb6 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 Qd5 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 f5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bb4 d3 20. Qc7 Rf7 21. Qxb6 Ra6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rxa2 24. Rbd1 Bd7 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Nd5 28. Bd6 Bb5 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Be5 Nd5 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 b5 34. Rb3 b4 35. Ke2 g5 36. Kd3 Rd8 37. g4 Kf7 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. Kc5 Rc8+ 41. Kb5 Rc3 42. Ka4 Rxb3 43. Kxb3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Kc4 h5 46. Bg3 Kf5 47. Kxd5 b3 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, Isambard"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. 0-0-0 Nc6 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Bxe5 Bg5+ 18. Nfxg5 hxg5 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Qxe5 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qd3 f5 23. Qh3 Rfd8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. gxf5 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Nc4 27. f6 Qxg5 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rdg1+ 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 15. Rc1 Qe5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. g3 Rd8 18. Kg2 0-0 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. c5 e5 21. Rhd1 f5 22. Rd6 e4 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Bc8 25. Qd4 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Bc4 Rf6 28. Qxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Ng5 Ra7 10. b3 h6 11. Nge4 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Be3 Bb7 17. d5 Bxa1 18. Bxa7 Bf6 19. dxe6 Nc6 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Bxe4 Nd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e7 Re8 25. Na5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Kf7 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. Qf3 Kg8 29. h4 Qxa2 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Qf8+ Rxf8 32. exf8Q+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qxe5 Qc4 35. h5 b4 36. Qxc7 b3 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Ba3 Qc3 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qxa6 b2 42. Qg6+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Bxb2 Qxb2 46. Kg2 Qb5 47. g4 Qa5 48. Kg3 Qc7+ 49. Qf4 Qc3+ 50. Qf3 Qe5+ 51. Kh3 Qg5 52. Qe4 Qc5 53. f3 Qc1 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qg6+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Buckley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Bf5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. b4 Nd7 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nc3 Re6 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rc4 21. Kf1 Nb6 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rb1 Ra6 25. Nc3 Na3 26. Rb3 Ra5 27. e4 Kf7 28. f4 Ke7 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Nc2 31. Kd3 b4 32. Kxc2 bxc3 33. Rxb7+ Ke6 34. Kxc3 Rxa2 35. Rxg7 a5 36. Kd3 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Claridge Hansen, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 a6 6. Nf3 b6 7. h4 h5 8. Ng5 Bb7 9. c5 Nh6 10. Bc4 0-0 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Qb3 b5 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Re8 17. 0-0 c4 18. Qb4 Bf8 19. Qc3 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nb6 21. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 f6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Qc4+ Be6 15. Qh4 c6 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf7 Rd8 21. Qxb7 Qb5 22. Qe7 Qxb2 23. Re1 h6 24. g4 Bg6 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Thomas, Isambard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. g3 0-0 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. 0-0 b5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rfe8 20. e5 fxe5 21. dxe5 Nc4 22. Rd1 Na5 23. Qc2 Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Qb4 25. b3 Qa3 26. Bh3 Qxa2 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rd7 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe5 30. Rb7 Rbd8 31. Rb6 Rf8 32. Bg4 Qd4 33. Bf3 Rxf3 34. Kxf3 Rf8+ 35. Kg2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. Kh5 Qh3+ 39. Kxg5 Rg8+ 40. Kf4 Qf1+ 41. Ke5 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Walker, David John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Na6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Qc3 Rxc7 19. Qxc7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Rg1 Re8 22. Qg3 Qd5 23. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Wills, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 c5 15. Qc3 Nc7 16. Nd6 Ne6 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. Qe3 h5 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bowen, Philip B"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nd2 Nxc5 6. e3 e5 7. Bg3 d5 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Ngf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c3 e4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nd3 17. Nb3 Rc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc1 Nb4 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rb1 Rfc8 22. Nb3 b6 23. f3 a5 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 Qd5 26. Rf2 Rg6 27. Rbf1 f6 28. Rf5 Qe6 29. R1f4 Na1 30. g4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Qd1 Qc6 33. Rf2 Rc1 34. Qe2 a4 35. Rf1 Nb3 36. Nxb3 axb3 37. Rxc1 Qxc1 38. Rf1 Qc6 39. Qd2 h5 40. Rc1 Qd7 41. Qc3 hxg4 42. Qxb3+ Kh7 43. Qxb6 gxh3+ 44. Kf2 Qg4 45. Qc5 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Rg1+ 47. Kd2 Rg2+ 48. Kc3 Qxe3+ 49. Kb4 Rxb2+ 50. Ka5 Qd2+ 51. Qc3 Qxc3+ 52. Rxc3 h2 53. Rh3+ Kg8 54. d5 e3 55. Rxh2 Rxh2 56. d6 e2 57. Kb6 e1Q 58. d7 Rb2+ 59. Kc7 Qe8 60. d8Q Rb7+ 61. Kxb7 Qxd8 62. Ka6 Qd6+ 63. Kb5 Qxa3 64. Kc6 Qb2 65. Kd5 f5 66. Ke6 f4 67. Kf5 f3 68. Ke4 f2 69. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brett, Andrew"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. h5 b3 18. axb3 Nb4 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Kc1 Bxe4 21. Rd4 Na2+ 22. Kd2 Nxc3 23. b4 Qa2 24. h6 Nb1+ 25. Ke3 Rxc2 26. hxg7 Qb3+ 27. Kf4 Re8 28. Rxe4 Nd2 29. Ng5 Nxe4 30. Nxh7 Rxf2+ 31. Kxe4 f5+ 32. Ke5 Qxb2+ 33. Qd4 Re2+ 34. Kf6 Qxd4+ 35. Kg6 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Be2 Rg8 9. g3 Bh3 10. Qd2 e6 11. 0-0-0 Qb6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rhe1 a5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Ndb5 Rd8 19. Rd2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4 Rxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 d5 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. a3 Kf8 27. Ne2 Bd6 28. Nd4 Be4 29. f5 e5 30. Nb5 Be7 31. Nc3 Bxf5 32. Rxd5 f6 33. Rxa5 Be6 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. Rb5 Bc4 36. Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rxb7 f5 38. Re1 e4 39. b3 Be6 40. a4 Kf8 41. a5 Bf6 42. Na4 Bd5 43. Rb5 f4 44. c4 Bf7 45. Rf5 Kg7 46. Rxf4 Bg6 47. Rg1 e3+ 48. Rxg6+ hxg6 49. Re4 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 Rd2+ 51. Kc1 Bg5 52. a6 e2 53. a7 Rd7+ 54. Kc2 Rd2+ 55. Kc3 Rd8 56. Rxe2 Bf6+ 57. Kb4 Ra8 58. c5 Rxa7 59. Kc4 Rb7 60. b4 Rd7 61. Nb6 Rd4+ 62. Kb5 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, David John"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 c5 8. e3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. d3 Nc6 12. Rad1 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 Bc5 18. b4 a6 19. bxc5 axb5 20. Qe5 Rxa2 21. Bxd4 bxc5 22. Bxc5 h5 23. Be3 bxc4 24. dxc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qf3 26. Ra1 Rxa1+ 27. Qxa1 h4 28. Qf1 Ng4 29. Bg5 h3 30. c5 f6 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Bf4 Nd3 33. Be3 Ne5 34. Bf4 Ng4 35. c6 Qxc6 36. Qxh3 Qf3 37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Qf1 Qd5 39. h3 e5 40. hxg4 exf4 41. gxf4 Qf3 42. Qg2 Qxf4 43. f3 Kf7 44. Qf2 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Qg3 Qd2+ 47. Qf2 Qxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Kg5 49. Ke3 Kg6 50. Kf4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "6.64"]
[White "McKay, Roderick M"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alba"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. g4 0-0 17. g5 Bd8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. h5 Ra7 21. Qh4 Qe3 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rde1 Qc5 25. f4 Ba5 26. Ref1 e4 27. f5 Qd4 28. f6 Kf7 29. Qg4 Kg8 30. Qe6+ Raf7 31. Rh6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Qf4 Qb6 11. 0-0 Qxb2 12. Ne5 0-0 13. Na3 Nc3 14. Qe3 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Nc3 16. Naxc4 Qb4 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. h4 Nd7 24. h5 Rfe8 25. Qa3 Be4+ 26. f3 Bd3 27. Nxd3 Re3 28. Re1 Rxd3 29. Qd6 Nf8 30. Kg2 c3 31. Re7 Ne6 32. Rxe6 c2 33. Qd7 fxe6 34. h6 gxh6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Qe6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.71"]
[White "Pert, Richard G"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brentwood"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Nge4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd4+ 18. Qf2 Ng4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rf5 Ne3 21. Rc5 f5 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Nf3 Rad8 24. Rxc6 h6 25. g3 Re7 26. h3 g5 27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh5 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Nh4 Rf7 31. Ng2 Rf3 32. Nxe3 dxe3 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34. Rxg4 Kf5 35. Re4 Rg8 36. g4+ Rxg4+ 37. Rxg4 Kxg4 38. c4 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 Rg3+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.13"]
[Round "4.72"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Granat, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford Castles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 h6 8. b3 b6 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 c6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. e4 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Re1 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Red8 21. Qe3 f6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rcd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Rd6 26. Nb5 Rdc6 27. h4 h5 28. Rd3 a6 29. Nd4 Rd6 30. Red1 Kf7 31. Nf3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Nd7 33. Qb7 Nc5 34. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.12"]
[Round "3.62"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. axb4 Bg7 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. 0-0 Rg8 19. g3 Qb6 20. Na5 Bf3 21. Qf4 Bg4 22. Rfe1 d5 23. Nb3 Bc3 24. Nc5 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Qb8 26. Qh6 Qxb4 27. Qc6+ Kf8 28. Rxe7 Rb8 29. Qf6 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 a5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. b3 Qe7 15. a3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rac8 22. e3 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re7 24. Qd3 g6 25. Rdc4 Qb2 26. a4 Kg7 27. R4c3 Re5 28. R3c2 Qa3 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Ra1 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Rc4 Re5 34. Rd1 c5 35. dxc6 Rc5 36. Rxb4 R8xc6 37. Rbd4 Rc3 38. b4 b5 39. axb5 Rb6 40. Rxd6 Rxb5 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Rd4 Rc2 43. h4 h6 44. g4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Rc6 46. f4 Rc8 47. g5 Rcb8 48. Kf3 R5b7 49. Ke2 Kh7 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. Rb2 Kh7 52. e4 Kg7 53. Kc3 hxg5 54. hxg5 Kf8 55. Rd5 Re8 56. Kd4 Ra8 57. Rb3 Ra1 58. b5 Ra4+ 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Rc5 Kd7 61. Ke3 Ra1 62. Kd4 Ra4+ 63. Ke5 Rb6 64. f5 gxf5 65. exf5 Ke8 66. Rc6 Rb8 67. Kf6 Kf8 68. Rbc3 Raa8 69. Rc7 Kg8 70. Rxf7 Rxb5 71. g6 Rb6+ 72. Kg5 Rb1 73. Rfc7 Rbb8 74. f6 Rd8 75. Kh6 Ra6 76. Rc8 Rad6 77. Rxd8+ Rxd8 78. f7+ Kf8 79. Kh7 Ra8 80. g7+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "1.102"]
[White "Arnott, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Qe1 c4 8. Kh1 cxd3 9. cxd3 Bg4 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nc3 d5 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bxf3 d4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. f5 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rf3 Rfe8 20. Raf1 Re5 21. b3 Qb4 22. Qc2 Rc5 23. d4 Rxd4 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Qf2 Qb4 26. Qg3 Re5 27. h3 Qd6 28. Qf2 a5 29. Qg3 Rd2 30. Qh4 Qd4 31. Qg3 Qd7 32. Qh4 Rd4 33. Qg3 c5 34. Qf2 c4 35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Qd2 a4 38. Nd5 Qc6 39. Rd3 Rce4 40. Qa5 Re2 41. Rd4 Bf8 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Qd8 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Kg7 46. Nf4 Re4 47. g3 Be7 48. Qd3 Qc4 49. Qf3 a3 50. Qg2 Rd4 51. Ra1 Bd6 52. Ra2 Rd1 53. Rf2 a2 54. Rxa2 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.02"]
[Round "6.141"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Nge2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. f4 exf4 8. Nxf4 0-0 9. Bc4 Nd4 10. Ncd5 b5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. c3 Ne6 14. a3 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Rad1 Rbf8 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb6 24. h3 e5 25. Kh2 d5 26. Bg1 exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd4 Qb8+ 32. Kh1 h6 33. b4 Qb7 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. h4 a6 36. Qe5 Qc6 37. h5 Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qe5 Qc2 40. Qe6 Qc7+ 41. Kh3 Qc3+ 42. Kh2 Qxa3 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "5.161"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wessex Some Stars II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. Ned5 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 Nxc4 15. b3 Na5 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. f4 Bb2 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. e4 Nc6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qh5 f6 23. exf5 fxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Bd5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qe5 28. Rf5 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qa1 30. Rf7 Bf6 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Be4+ Kh8 33. Bg7+ Bxg7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bd5+ Kf8 36. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "4.131"]
[White "Kneebone, Robin FG"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trelawny's Army"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Be5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rf7 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. b4 Rfc7 22. Qb3 Qf7 23. Qe3 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Rdb1 Qe5 27. Rxa7 Bd5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc1 h6 30. Bh3 Be6 31. f3 Kh7 32. fxe4 Qe5 33. Kf2 fxe4 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.21"]
[Round "3.161"]
[White "Mitchell, Martin"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spirit of Atticus"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 0-0 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 Rd8 14. Qf4 exd5 15. 0-0 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Rac1 d4 19. Bxc6 Bxb3 20. axb3 bxc6 21. Rc4 Qxb3 22. Rcxd4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Rdd8 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. b4 Rb6 27. e4 Rdb8 28. e5 Rxb4 29. Qxc6 R4b6 30. Qd5 Re6 31. f4 Ree8 32. Qa5 Re7 33. Qa6 g6 34. h4 Rb6 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3 h5 37. Kh3 Reb7 38. Qc5 Rb5 39. Qd6 R7b6 40. Qd7 a6 41. Qd4 Re6 42. Qd7 Rc5 43. Qa7 Rc1 44. Qa8 Rb6 45. Qd8 Rb2 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd5 Kg7 49. e6 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.07"]
[Round "2.141"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Godart, Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Broadland Kestrels"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. a4 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bd6 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qb4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Rxd4 28. Ke2 f6 29. Rb1 fxe5 30. Rxb6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.08.24"]
[Round "1.151"]
[White "Zakarian, David"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.08.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Bd2 a5 17. b3 Qb6 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. Re2 Nc5 20. f5 a4 21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rac8 23. f6 Bh8 24. g4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. g5 h6 27. h4 d5 28. Rf4 d3 29. exd5 Rc1+ 30. Bxc1 dxe2 31. Bd2 hxg5 32. hxg5 e1Q+ 33. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Re5 35. Rg4 Rxd5 36. Ke3 b5 37. a3 Re5+ 38. Kd4 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 Bxf6+ 40. Kc5 Bxg5 41. Kxb5 Bf4 42. Kxa4 g5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Alizada, Eldar"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schach Attack"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 e5 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Nxd2 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Bb1 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nbd5 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Bxb1 18. Qxb1 Nd7 19. Qf5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. Rfc1 c6 23. Rd1 g6 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. Re4 Qe6 26. b3 c5 27. Rd6 Qe7 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rdxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qc4 Rae8 32. Qxc5 Rxe3 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.06"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Reznak, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Downend"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 d6 8. d5 e5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Rc7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Qa4 Rcc8 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rxa2 24. Bf1 Kh7 25. Ra1 Rca8 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Qc6 Rb2 28. b5 Bf8 29. Ra1 Qe6 30. Ra8 Kg7 31. Qc8 d5 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc1 Rb1 34. Nd2 Rb4 35. Ba3 Ne7 36. Qc2 Rd4 37. Nf3 Rf4 38. Qc3 Nd5 39. Bxf8+ Nxf8 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5 41. Nxe5 Re4 42. Nc4 Re1 43. g3 Nc3 44. Nd6 Rd1 45. Ne8+ Kg8 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Nd6 Rd1 48. Rd8 Ne4 49. Nxf7 Rxd8 50. Nxd8 Nd7 51. Nc6 Kf7 52. Bd3 Nd6 53. f4 Kf6 54. h4 Nc5 55. Be2 Nce4 56. Nd4 Nc3 57. Bd3 Nd5 58. Kf3 Ne7 59. g4 Nd5 60. g5+ hxg5 61. fxg5+ Kg7 62. Ne6+ Kf7 63. Nf4 Nxf4 64. Kxf4 Ke6 65. Bxg6 Nxb5 66. h5 Ke7 67. h6 Kf8 68. Ke5 Nc7 69. Bf5 b5 70. g6 b4 71. Bc2 Ne8 72. g7+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.23"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Graham, David Bruce"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex Social Isolators"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 Be6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 12. Qd3 Bc4 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. 0-0-0 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd4 16. Be3 b4 17. Bxd4 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb6 21. Bc4 Bf6 22. Qd3 Ke7 23. f4 Rhd8 24. Qd5 Rf8 25. Rhe1 Qc7 26. Re2 Rad8 27. Rde1 g6 28. h5 Rd7 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Kb1 Bg7 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qxg6 Qc5 34. Qe4 Kc7 35. Bxa6 Rb8 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Bxc4 Ra8 38. Re4 Kb6 39. Bd5 Ra5 40. Rd1 Rda7 41. Rb4+ Kc7 42. c3 Kd7 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. Rb7+ Rxb7 45. Bxb7 Ke6 46. b4 Rb5 47. Bc6 Rb8 48. b5 Ke7 49. Rh1 Bg3 50. c4 Bf2 51. b4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Bb6 53. Rh6+ Ke5 54. Rh5+ Kf4 55. c5 dxc5 56. bxc5 Bc7 57. Rh7 Rd8+ 58. Kc4 Be5 59. b6 Rd1 60. Rh4+ Kg5 61. Re4 Kf5 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Rb4 Rxb4+ 64. Kxb4 Ke6 65. Kb5 Ke7 66. Bf3 Kd8 67. Bg4 Bd4 68. c6 Be5 69. Ka6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.09"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford Young Guns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Bg2 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qh5 8. Nh3 Ng4 9. Bd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 0-0 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Qe4 d6 13. 0-0 Bf5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Qxe7 Rae8 16. Qxd6 Rxe2 17. Rfe1 Rxb2 18. Qd4 Rc2 19. Re7 Be6 20. Re1 Rxc4 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. Rxb7 Rc2 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 h5 25. a4 Ra2 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Bd5 Rd2 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bb3 Bc2 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Bxa4 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Kd4 Bc6 37. f4 Ng4 38. h3 Nh6 39. Kc5 Bg2 40. Nd4 Bxh3 41. Nc6+ Kf6 42. Nxa7 Nf5 43. Nc6 Nxg3 44. Nd4 Bg2 45. Nc2 Nf5 46. Ne1 Be4 47. Bd5 Ng3 48. Bc4 h4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.23"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Tanmay, Chopra"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Harrow"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. a3 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Nc4 Bh3 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Na5 Rac8 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. b4 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Rd1 Qd7 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qxa6 Rc8 28. Nb7 Bb3 29. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. b4 Nge7 12. Qa4 Nf5 13. b5 Nce7 14. Ba5 Qf6 15. Bb4 0-0 16. g3 b6 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. 0-0 Nd5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qa3+ Kg8 21. Rc4 Nc3 22. Qb2 Bd5 23. Rc7 Qd6 24. Rxc3 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxa2 26. Nh4 Nxh4 27. Bxa8 Ng6 28. Qc2 Bd5 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "D'Costa, Lorin AR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Bxa2 21. f4 b5 22. e4 Ra4 23. Bh3 Nb6 24. Rad1 Bb3 25. Rd4 Ra2 26. Bc5 Nc4 27. Bd7 Rea8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Red1 Rg8 32. Rd7 Re2 33. Bd4 Rxe4 34. Be5 Bd5 35. h5 h6 36. Kf2 Ra8 37. Rd2 Rea4 38. Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Be5 Ra2 40. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 41. Ke3 Rxh2 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxb7 Rxh5 44. Kd4 Rh3 45. Kc5 h5 46. f5 Rf3 47. f6 h4 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Bd6+ Ke8 54. Be7 h3 55. Kd6 h2 56. Rh7 Rxf6+ 57. Bxf6 h1Q 58. Rxh1 Bxh1 59. Kc5 Bd5 60. Bd4 Kf7 61. Be3 Ke6 62. Bd4 Kf5 63. Kb4 Ke4 64. Bc5 Kd3 65. Bd6 Bf7 66. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Bb2 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxe5 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Qe2 0-0 17. 0-0 Re8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bf8 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. g3 Qe7 25. Kf2 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bd4 Bb4 28. Qc2 Be1+ 29. Kf1 c3 30. d6 Qxd6 31. Bf2 Bd2 32. Qxc3 Rd8 33. Qc4 Qa3 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Bg5 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. g4 Kd6 40. Bd4 g6 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. h3 Bc7 43. Be3 h5 44. Bd4 Bf4 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bf6 Bd6 47. Kd4 Kb5 48. Kd5 Bg3 49. Bc3 h4 50. Ke4 Bd6 51. Kf5 Bb4 52. Bf6 Be1 53. Be7 Bb4 54. Bxh4 Bc3 55. Be7 Bb4 56. Bxb4 Kxb4 57. h4 Kxb3 58. h5 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. Qb3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Bd4 Nde4 17. Ne3 Qc6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxd5 Bc5 20. Ne5 Qb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Ba2 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 g5 9. f4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Be5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nf3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 d6 14. 0-0-0 Rh7 15. Qe3 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Nh4 Qg5 19. Kd2 Qxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Ke7 21. Rdf1 Rg8 22. Rf2 Rg3+ 23. Kd2 Rhg7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ng6+ Kd7 26. Rhf1 Nd8 27. Rf8 Rxg2+ 28. Kc3 R2xg6 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Rh8 Ke7 31. Rff8 Nf7 32. Re8+ Kf6 33. Rh7 Rg7 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rxg7 Kf6 36. Rg2 h5 37. Kd2 h4 38. Ke3 Ng5 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. c3 Kh5 41. b4 h3 42. Rh2 Kg4 43. Rh1 Kf4 44. bxc5 dxc5 45. Rg1 c4 46. dxc4 Nxe4+ 47. Kf1 h2 48. Rh1 Ng3+ 49. Kg2 Nxh1 50. Kxh1 Kg3 51. c5 e4 52. c6 bxc6 53. c4 e3 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Bd3 c5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxd5 Rcd8 19. Rh5+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Rxg5 f6 22. Rg3 Qe5 23. Rf1 Rf7 24. Qc2 c4 25. h4 Rd3 26. Bd4 Qe4 27. h5 Rxd4 28. Qa4 Rdd7 29. h6 Qc6 30. Qc2 Rd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Qd7 33. Qg6 Nc6 34. Re1 Ne5 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. hxg7 Rxg7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qxf6 Qg4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Qxg2+ 42. Ke2 Ng1+ 43. Kd1 Qxd5+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.09"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Lenaerts, Lennert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Broadland Kestrels"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nh4 Be7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Rh4 15. c5 Qc7 16. Bg2 Bxg5 17. Bxe4 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe6 20. 0-0-0 Be7 21. Kb1 Nxc5 22. Bf3 0-0-0 23. e4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rhe1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd7 28. Ree1 Bf6 29. Ba5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S3 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.26"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Pye, David E"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wessex Some Stars"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Be3 Ng6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. g3 h5 9. h4 Be6 10. f3 Qd7 11. Nge2 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Kb8 13. Kb1 Ka8 14. Na4 b6 15. Qc3 Qb7 16. b3 f5 17. Rhg1 Rhf8 18. Rdf1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Qd2 Bd6 22. Re1 Bg4 23. Ng1 Rf7 24. Qg2 Nf8 25. Rf1 Ne6 26. Nf3 Nd4 27. Ng5 Rf6 28. Nh7 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 b5 30. Nb2 Ne2 31. Qe1 Qf7 32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Qf2 Nc3+ 34. Ka1 Qd8 35. Bd2 Qa5 36. a4 Qb4 37. Bxc3 Qxc3 38. axb5 c4 39. Kb1 cxb3 40. cxb3 cxb5 41. Qf7 Qc6 42. Qxg7 a5 43. Nf7 a4 44. Nxe5 Bxe5 45. Qxe5 a3 46. Nc4 bxc4 47. dxc4 Kb7 48. Ka2 Bf3 49. Qe7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. e5 Kd7 52. Kxa3 Ke6 53. Kb4 Kxe5 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Kd6 Kg4 56. c5 Kxg3 57. c6 Kxh4 58. b4 Kg5 59. b5 h4 60. b6 Bxc6 61. Kxc6 h3 62. b7 h2 63. b8Q h1Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 2021 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.17"]
[Round "7.62"]
[White "Savage, Ben D"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bb5 0-0-0 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Re2 Ke7 23. f3 Bc6 24. b3 Bd7 25. Rd2 e5 26. Ne2 f5 27. Ng3 f4 28. Ne2 f5 29. Kf2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Bc6 31. Kf3 Bb7 32. g3 fxg3 33. Nxg3 Rc3+ 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Rd6+ Kg5 36. Kd2 h5 37. Rd7 Bc6 38. Rg7+ Kh4 39. Rh7 Kg4 40. Rxh5 Rxg3 41. Rxe5 Rg2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. Rxa5 Bd7 44. Rc5 Kf4 45. Rc4 Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Re2 48. Rxb4 Rxe4 49. Rb7 Bxa4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 51. Re7 Ra5 52. Kb2 Rb5+ 53. Kc3 Rb8 54. Rc7 Ke5 55. Kc4 Kd6 56. Rc5 Rb2 57. c3 Rc2 58. Rh5 Kc7 59. Rh6 Rc1 60. Kd4 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 Rg1 62. Rh7+ Kc8 63. c4 Rg6 64. Kb5 Rf6 65. c5 Rg6 66. c6 Rg1 67. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1 2021 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.03"]
[Round "6.72"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 d6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. c4 Ne5 11. Nd4 Nxc4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Nd3 h6 15. b3 Na5 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. f4 0-0-0 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. b4 Rc8 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qa4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 a6 23. Qa5 axb5 24. Ne5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 2021 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.20"]
[Round "5.72"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "West is Best"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 0-0 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bb3 Rc6 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Be7 18. Rad1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. c3 Qc6 21. Rd5 b5 22. Nd2 Ra4 23. a3 f5 24. f3 Rf8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Kh1 Rf7 27. Rc1 Bf8 28. h3 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. b3 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxb3 32. Ra1 Rb5 33. c4 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Qb5 35. Qd2 Rc7 36. Qg5 Be7 37. Qg4 Qxd5 38. Rxa6 Kg7 39. Kh2 h5 40. Qg3 Qe6 41. Qf2 Qc8 42. Qa2 Rc2 43. Qa4 Rc4 44. Qb5 d5 45. Nd6 Bxd6 46. Rxd6 Rc5 47. Qb6 Kh7 48. Rxg6 Qf8 49. Rf6 Qg7 50. Qe6 Rc7 51. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 2021 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "4.62"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Atticus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 f6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 0-0 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nge5 12. h3 Qf6 13. 0-0-0 Be6 14. Rdf1 Rad8 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. g3 g5 17. h4 g4 18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Qh5 20. Ne1 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Ne5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Nxc4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nf3 c5 26. Ng5 Bg8 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Nxh7+ Kg7 29. Ng5 Kf6 30. Kd2 Bf1 31. g4 Bg2 32. Kd3 Bf1+ 33. Kd2 Bg2 34. e5+ Kxe5 35. h5 Kf6 36. h6 Kg6 37. h7 Kg7 38. Kd3 Bd5 39. Kd2 c4 40. Kc2 b5 41. Kd2 a5 42. Kc2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Kd2 b3 45. Nh3 Be4 46. Nf4 c3+ 47. Kc1 d3 48. Nxd3 Bxd3 49. g5 Kxh7 50. bxc3 Kg6 0-1

