[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Halmkin, Peter E"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. a4 0-0 8. Qe1 d5 9. c3 a6 10. Qh4 Bd7 11. f5 gxf5 12. Bh6 Ng6 13. Qh3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qf6 15. exf5 exf5 16. Nbd2 Rae8 17. Ng5 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bf3 h6 20. Nh3 Be6 21. Nb3 b6 22. a5 Rb8 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Nxc5 a5 25. Rf2 Rfb8 26. b3 Nge5 27. d4 Ng6 28. Re2 Kf6 29. Rae1 Nd8 30. g3 Nb7 31. c4 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Rxb3 33. cxd5 Rxf3 34. dxe6 a4 35. exf7 Kxf7 36. Rd2 a3 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. c6 Nf8 39. c7 Rc8 40. Rde7 Rc3 41. Ra1 Ng6 42. Rd7 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bass, John W"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. b3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Rad1 h6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nd5 Kh7 17. a3 Ne8 18. h4 h5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. e4 Nd4 21. Rfe1 Qf7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bh3 Bh6 24. Kf1 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Re5 26. f4 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Bg2 Qxb3 30. Qxb3+ Nxb3 31. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Nyman, John CH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Na3 0-0-0 13. Qe2 h6 14. c4 Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. a3 Na6 17. Be3 Nc7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Na6 20. b4 Nd4 21. Qf2 Qxd6 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Be5 Qd2 25. Bxg7 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rh7 27. Bf6 Rd3 28. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ingham, H William"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Be7 9. c3 d5 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Be8 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ne5 c5 20. Bb5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rf8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. c4 Rac8 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Qe2 Rfd8 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Ne4 Rdd8 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nd6 Rxd6 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 b6 34. Re3 e5 35. Rxe5 Bxa2 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. Rxa7 Bd5 38. Ra6 b5 39. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nfxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. d4 e4 11. 0-0 Be7 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 0-0 14. Nf4 Kh8 15. Bg2 c6 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Nc7 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf6 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bh3 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clegg, Robert"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Qf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Ne2 Nh5 8. Nd2 Qf6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Bh2 Kh7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. f3 f4 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nf2 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Na1 e5 19. d5 Na5 20. Bd3 c5 21. Bb1 b5 22. Nc2 Qxh4 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Ne1 Nc4 25. Bg1 Bf5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. exf4 Kh8 28. Bd3 a3 29. fxe5 axb2+ 30. Kb1 Qxe5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34. Nc2 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rae8 36. Rd3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Torquay Rowena Challengers"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Torrance, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Qe7 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 Ngf6 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 g6 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. f4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Rad1 0-0-0 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Rfe1 f5 21. b5 Ne6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. a5 b5 25. e5 Na6 26. exd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxd6 28. Re8+ Rd8 29. Qe3 Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Ne7 10. Rg1 Bd6 11. h4 Ng6 12. h5 Bf4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nh4 15. Kf2 Rg8 16. Rh1 g5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Rxh7 Ne5 19. Be2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rh5 f5 26. c4 c6 27. Kg3 Rb7 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. f4 Kf6 30. Rg8 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Be6 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Rb2 34. Rxa7+ Kf6 35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. Bf3 Rxd2 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Ra6 Rc5 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke1 Ke6 41. Kd1 Rc5 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Ra5+ c5 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Kc2 Re1 47. Ra3 Re2+ 48. Kd3 Rb2 49. Ra8 c4+ 50. Kc3 Re2 51. Ra5+ Ke4 52. Re5+ Kf3 53. a4 1-0

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Doherty, Paul D"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 Bg7 5. 0-0 d5 6. h3 e6 7. Re1 Nge7 8. Bc2 0-0 9. e5 Nf5 10. g4 Nh4 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Bxc5 d4 19. cxd4 b6 20. Bb4 Bxd4 21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Kh2 Bb5 23. Re4 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxd3 25. Re3 Qc4 26. h4 Bc6 27. h5 Rd8 28. Qe5 Qd4 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 e5 35. a4 Rd3+ 36. f3 Rc8 37. a5 b5 38. a6 Rc2 39. Rb4 Rdd2 40. f4 Rd3# 0-1

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Davies, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Na4 Qc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rfc1 b5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. c3 Nb6 21. Be3 0-0 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Rca1 f6 24. Ra7 Rf7 25. Ra8 Rf8 26. R8a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bush, Ian"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nbc6 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. 0-0-0 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 0-0 16. Bc3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Qc7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. g4 Bc8 23. Bf6 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Re7 Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxa7 Bf4 29. Ra4 Bb8 30. Re4 Be6 31. Nd4 Bd5 32. Re1 Ba7 33. Rc1 Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Ra8 35. a3 Ra4 36. Be3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Rajagopal, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Re1 Ngf6 10. Qe2 0-0 11. c3 Re8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. f4 Qh4 15. Qf2 f6 16. exf6 N7xf6 17. Ne4 Qxf2+ 18. Nxf2 Bf5 19. h3 b5 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. g4 Bg6 22. a4 b4 23. c4 Nb6 24. Be3 Bc2 25. a5 Nc8 26. Bg2 Nd6 27. Bxa7 Nxc4 28. Bxc6 Nd2 29. Re2 Re7 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Rxd2 Rxc6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 Nd7 34. Rb7 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. axb6 Kf6 37. Ra7 Re8 38. Rc7 b3 39. Kg2 h6 40. Kf3 g5 41. fxg5+ hxg5 42. b7 Rb8 43. Ne4+ Ke5 44. Nc5 Bd1+ 45. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Towers, Nigel S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Nb4 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. fxe4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. a3 Na6 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. g3 g6 17. Ncb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Andrew"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nc3 Qb6 4. Rb1 d6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nge2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. b4 Ngf6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. c4 0-0 12. Nac3 Bf7 13. a4 e5 14. f3 Rfe8 15. c5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 f4 21. Nf5 d5 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Nf5 Rf8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. b5 exd4 26. Qxd4+ Qe5 27. Qxe5+ Rxe5 28. bxc6 Nxc5 29. cxb7 Rxg5 30. b8Q Rxb8 31. Rxb8 Nxa4 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 Nc3 34. Kf2 d4 35. Rd7 Nb5 36. Rd1 Rc5 37. Rd2 h5 38. g3 fxg3+ 39. hxg3 Kh6 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. Rag6 Rc2+ 44. Ke1 d3 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46. Rxb5 Kxg7 47. Rxh5 Rg2 48. Rd5 Rxg3 49. Rxd3 Rg2 50. Rd2 Rxd2 51. Kxd2 Kf6 52. Kd3 Kf5 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. f4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Potter, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Bc5 5. Nc3 Bxg1 6. Rxg1 a6 7. g3 d6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nd1 b5 11. a4 0-0 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Nb8 15. g4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Kf2 c5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nc3 d5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Bc5 Re8 25. Rd6 Qc8 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qb5 Nxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 29. bxc5 Rc8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rc7 33. Kc4 Ke7 34. Kb5 Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. c6+ Kc7 37. Kc5 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kc8 40. Kd5 Kc7 41. c3 Kc8 42. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. exd4 Ng4 11. Be3 f4 12. Bd2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. 0-0 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 f3 17. Bxf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxf3+ 20. Kg1 Bh3 21. Qe4 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf2 23. Ne2 Bg2+ 24. Qxg2 Qh4+ 25. Qh2 Qe4+ 26. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Walley, A Clive"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Na4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 15. fxe4 Nxd4 16. Nb6 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Bc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Kd3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rhf1 Be4+ 22. Ke2 e5 23. g3 Kf7 24. g4 f4 25. Bxf4 Bg2 26. Rf2 exf4 27. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Di Vetta, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. g4 Be7 13. h4 Nb6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Bh3 Nf4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 b4 20. f4 f6 21. f5 Kd7 22. g6 h6 23. c4 Rxc4 24. Qd3 Rhc8 25. Nd2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gorgun, Aliriza Atif"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd6 0-0 11. dxe7 Nxe7 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Nc6 14. Qg3 Bf5 15. Be2 Bxc2 16. 0-0 Qb8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. g4 Be6 20. g5 f5 21. Rfe1 Bf7 22. Bd3 Re8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4+ Kg8 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Qh4 Qd6 27. Re3 Qf8 28. Rce1 a6 29. Bf1 Re8 30. Bg2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Nc4 32. Rh3 Qg7 33. Nd5 Nxb2 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qb4# 1-0

[Event "Telford 4NCL U2050 op"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2018.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Neatherway, A Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. 0-0 e5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 Be6 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be6 17. a3 0-0 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Staples, Maurice J"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Qd2 Na5 12. 0-0-0 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qxd6 exd6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd6 Kf8 19. Rhd1 Ke8 20. g3 Bf8 21. Ne4 Rxe4 22. fxe4 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc8 24. Rd4 Bg4 25. Nc3 Rc5 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. Kd2 f5 28. Ne3 h5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. c4 a6 31. b4 Rh6 32. Kd3 h4 33. Nxg4 fxg4 34. Rxg4 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh2 36. a4 a5 37. bxa5 Ra2 38. Kd4 Rxa4 39. Kc5 Rxa5+ 40. Kb6 Ra1 41. Kxb7 Rc1 42. Kc6 Rc3 43. c5 Ke7 44. Re4+ Kd8 45. g4 Rc1 46. g5 Rg1 47. Re5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Kc8 49. Ke7 Rf1 50. g6 1-0

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. g4 Be7 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. Kb1 Bb7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Bh3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. f4 c5 14. Qd2 Nc4 15. Qd3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Bg4 Ng7 18. h4 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. h5 0-0 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. f5 Rae8 25. fxg6 Bxe4 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Waddington, Mike P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 Nc6 4. exf5 d5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 Bxf5 7. Bb5 Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 Qd7 11. Bd2 0-0-0 12. Qe2 Qxh3 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. 0-0-0 Kb7 15. Rdg1 g5 16. Rg3 Qc8 17. Na4 Ka8 18. Rb3 Bd6 19. Kb1 Qd7 20. Qa6 Rb8 21. Rc3 Rhf8 22. Rxc6 Ng4 23. Ba5 Rb7 24. Rc1 e3 25. fxe3 Nxe3 26. Bxc7 Bxc7 27. Nc5 Qc8 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rxh6 Rf2 31. b3 Rxh2 32. Rg6 g4 33. c4 dxc4 34. bxc4 g3 35. d5 Be5 36. Re1 Nxc4 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Rxg3 Rd2 39. Rb3+ Ka6 40. Ra3+ Kb6 41. Rb3+ Kc7 42. Ra3 Kb8 43. Rb3+ Ka8 44. Rb5 Nd7 45. a4 a6 0-1

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bolt, Graham"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bb4 6. 0-0 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. exf5 0-0 9. d4 Bxf5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Ba3 c5 17. Rab1 b6 18. Bb5 Rab8 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxc2 22. Rb2 Bg6 23. c4 Bf7 24. Re1 Rfd8 25. Rbe2 Rd4 26. Bb2 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Re7 b5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. axb5 Bxb5 31. Ra7 a4 32. Rb1 c4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxb8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Bb3 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Ke3 h5 38. g3 Kf5 39. Rc5+ Kg6 40. h4 Kh6 41. Kd4 Kg7 42. Rxc4 Bxc4 43. Kxc4 Kf7 44. Kd4 Kg6 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Kf5 Kg7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf7 49. h5 1-0

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Bass, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Bb4 8. Bd2 c6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb3 0-0 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 b5 15. c4 Qb7 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. f4 Qb8 22. Qe4 Nb6 23. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torquay Paignton op"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosen, Daniel B"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Qe1 Nxb3 10. axb3 b6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qf2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 f5 15. e5 Rfd8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. Ndb5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Qe6 23. Red1 Bf8 24. c4 d6 25. R1d3 Rd7 26. Qd2 Rcd8 27. b4 1-0

[Event "IBCA World Cup 8th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Suslov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (blind)"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain (blind)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 g6 7. h4 e5 8. h5 e4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. hxg6 h6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxb7 Qe5+ 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. 0-0 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. Be3 Na6 21. Rab1 Nb4 22. Be4 a5 23. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "IBCA World Cup 8th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Stoykov, Stoyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain (blind)"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria (blind) II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. g3 Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Kf1 Bb7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. f3 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nd7 18. Be3 Re7 19. a3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nc5 21. Kf2 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. cxd3 f6 24. Na4 Bc8 25. h4 f5 26. Nc5 fxe4 27. dxe4 Bg4 28. Rf1 Rf7+ 29. Ke1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Bd1 33. Kd4 Bc2 34. Ke5 Bb1 35. Nb3 Kd7 36. Nd4 Bd3 37. Ne6 h5 38. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "IBCA World Cup 8th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2018.07.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Schellmann, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Great Britain (blind)"]
[BlackTeam "Germany (blind)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GBR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 Rb8 12. b3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Rfe1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Nd7 17. Na4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Re2 Rb4 22. c3 Rh4 23. f3 Ke7 24. c4 Kd6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Bb5 Rb8 27. Rc6+ Ke7 28. Ba6 Kd8 29. Kf2 Rh6 30. Bd3 Rf6 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Rec2 Rf4 34. Ra5 Ra8 35. Ke3 Rb4 36. Rb5 Rxb5 37. Bxb5 Rb8 38. Ba4 Bd7 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Rc5 Kd6 41. Ra5 Rb7 42. Ra4 Kc5 43. Kd3 f6 44. Kc3 Re7 45. Ra5+ Kc6 46. Kd4 Re2 47. Rxa7 Rxg2 48. a4 Rg3 49. b4 Rxf3 50. b5+ Kb6 51. Ra6+ Kb7 52. Kxd5 Rxh3 53. Re6 Ra3 54. Kc5 Rxa4 55. Re7+ Kb8 56. Rxg7 Ra1 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. Rg8+ Kd7 59. Kb7 Ke6 60. b6 Kf5 61. Ra8 Rb1 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Kc6 Rc1+ 65. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IBCA World Cup 8th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Selkovski, Zarko"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia (blind)"]
[BlackTeam "Great Britain (blind)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qb3 Nb6 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qe3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. e6 d6 15. Ng5 fxe6 16. Qe4 Rf5 17. Nxe6 Rf6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Qe3 Qc8 21. Bh4 Rf7 22. Rhe1 h6 23. Nd4 Nd5 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxf5 27. Bxe7 Rxf2 28. Bxd6 Rxg2 29. Bg3 Rf8 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. c3 Ne7 33. Re4 h5 34. Re5 h4 35. Bxh4 Ng6 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Bg3 Kh6 38. Rf7 Kg5 39. Rxb7 Nf4 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 Nd3+ 42. Kd1 Rxb2 43. a4 Kf5 44. a5 Ke4 45. Re7+ Kf3 46. a6 Ra2 47. a7 Nf2+ 48. Kc1 Ne4 49. c4 Nxg3 50. hxg3 Kxg3 51. c5 Kf2 52. Rf7+ Ke3 53. c6 g3 54. Rg7 g2 55. Rg3+ Kf4 56. Rxg2 Rxa7 57. Rc2 Rc7 58. Kb2 Ke5 59. Kb3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales op 3rd"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. Nh3 d6 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. Ng5 f6 15. Nf3 d5 16. e5 f5 17. Nb5 Nc8 18. c3 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. d4 c4 21. Nc2 Nb6 22. Ne3 Kh8 23. h3 a5 24. g4 Nd8 25. Ng5 Qg7 26. Re2 Qh6 27. Ref2 Nf7 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. gxf5 Ree8 30. Ng4 Qh4 31. Nf6 Re7 32. Qc2 g5 33. Qd2 h6 34. Qe2 Nd6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ne8 38. Nh5 Nc7 39. Bf3 Nd7 40. Rh2 Rh7 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Rfh1 Kf7 43. e6+ Nxe6 44. fxe6+ Kxe6 45. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "North Wales op 3rd"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Jones, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. c4 f5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nh2 a5 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. f3 Rf7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rfc1 Bg5 22. Nf1 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 f4 24. Nf1 g5 25. Nd2 h5 26. Ne4 b6 27. Kf2 Rg7 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Rh1 Rb8 30. Qe4 Qf6 31. Ke2 Rgb7 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Kd2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kc3 Re8 37. Rbe1 Rbe7 38. Re4 Rg8 39. Re2 Rh8 40. Kc2 Reh7 41. Kc3 g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. fxg4+ Kxg4 44. Rf1 Rh1 45. Rff2 Rc1+ 46. Kb2 Rhh1 47. Ka2 Rcf1 0-1

[Event "North Wales op 3rd"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makkar, Rajat"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc2 Rf7 12. 0-0-0 Rb8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Re3 Qd6 15. Nh4 e5 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Bxh7 e4 18. Ng6+ Kxh7 19. Qe2 Rg7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Ne5+ fxe5 23. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "North Wales op 3rd"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Krupenko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. bxc3 exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. d4 Qd7 11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Nf5 Nc6 14. Bh6 gxh6 15. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. f4 Kh8 20. fxg5 Rg8 21. Nxh6 Rxg5 22. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Akeya Price, Robert A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. h3 Rhe8 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bf3 Kc7 18. b3 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dunn, Alan M"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 0-0 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Qf2 Rc8 13. h4 Rc6 14. h5 Qc7 15. g5 Rxc3 16. gxf6 Bxb3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. fxe7 Rc8 19. f4 Re8 20. axb3 Rc8 21. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Kopernicky, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. f3 0-0-0 10. Bd2 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 Bc4+ 12. Kxf2 Bxf1 13. Bg5 Bc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 f5 17. e5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Ke3 Ke7 21. Kf4 f6 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 fxe5+ 24. Kxe5 c4 25. Nxf5+ Kd7 26. Ne3 cxb3 27. cxb3 a5 28. Kd4 b5 29. Kc5 c6 30. Nc2 a4 31. Nd4 axb3 32. axb3 Bd5 33. b4 Ke7 34. Nxc6+ Ke6 35. Nd4+ Ke5 36. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramaley, David"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. e3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Ba3 Ngxe5 11. Nd4 f4 12. gxf4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bc1 c5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Qf3 g5 23. Rc6 gxf4 24. Rfc1 Rf7 25. Ba5 d3 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Kh1 Rg7 28. Rxd3 Kh8 29. Rd1 Qg6 30. h3 Qf5 31. Rcc1 Rg6 32. Rg1 Rcg8 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 34. Kh2 Rh6 35. Bc3 Rf6 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rf7 39. f3 Rd7 40. Rc5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. h3 c5 11. b3 d4 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Re1 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Qc6 Re6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Qe4 e5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Re4 Bb8 24. Qc4 Qg8 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Kd6 32. Ke4 h5 33. h4 a6 34. a3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. c3 dxc3 37. Kxc3 Kd6 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. b4 cxb4 40. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. d5 e6 6. Nxe4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxd5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Bd3 Qf7 11. Bf5 Na6 12. Qe2 d5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. 0-0-0 Bg7 15. Nh4 0-0 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. g4 c5 20. Rhg1 c4 21. g5 f5 22. h4 c3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 e4 25. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Basingstoke 4NCL Spring Bank op-A 1st"]
[Site "Basingstoke"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Jones, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 0-0 9. Qd2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Ng3 Rfd8 13. Kb1 d5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxe4 16. Ne7+ Nxe7 17. Nxe4 Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxa2+ 19. Kc1 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Ra1 a6 23. e4 Nc6 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Ra4 Nd4 26. Kd2 Rd8 27. Ke3 g6 28. Ra5 f6 29. Rc5 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. c3 Nc6 33. b4 Be6 34. Nc7 Ke7 35. b5 axb5 36. Nxb5 Na5 37. Na3 Kd6 38. Be2 Kc5 39. Nb5 Bc4 40. Nc7 Kd6 41. Ne8+ Ke7 42. Nc7 Kd7 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. exd5 Kd6 45. g4 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Kilshaw, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Qd3 Bf5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a3 0-0 13. Nd1 Be4 14. c3 a5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nc4 h6 20. Rd2 a4 21. Red1 b5 22. Nce5 Nb6 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. Na3 a6 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Ngf6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke7 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Qf7+ Kd6 16. Bxc5+ Kc6 17. Be7 Nh5 18. Qd5+ Kb6 19. Bd8 Qxd8 20. Qxd8+ Ka7 21. Qa5 Nd7 22. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Seymour, Timothy P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nd2 c5 12. h3 h6 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bf5 Rc6 16. c4 Bxf5 17. cxd5 Rd6 18. Nc4 Be4 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qe3 Qd8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rac1 Bf5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd8 26. d6 Be6 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Kf1 Bb5+ 30. Kg1 Bd7 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Be5 33. Ke3 f6 34. Ke4 Bc6+ 35. Kf5 Ke8 36. Kg6 Kd7 37. Kxh6 Bxd6 38. Kg6 Ke7 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40. Kxf6 Kc5 41. Kxg5 Kb4 42. h4 a5 43. h5 Bd5 44. h6 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaw, Peter"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. b4 Nh5 8. Bb2 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. e3 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Qe2 f4 13. Nc3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Ng5 Nc6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Ne6 Rf6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. d5 Na5 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rac1 Rc7 27. c5 Kf7 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richardson, John R"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 Na6 7. Bb2 d6 8. c4 c5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. e3 h6 11. Qe2 g5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Nxa7 Ne4 15. dxc5 Naxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb2+ Kg8 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. f3 Nf6 20. b4 Ne6 21. Qc2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf7 23. a4 Ne8 24. f4 g4 25. e4 Ng7 26. e5 Ra8 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. axb5 dxe5 29. fxe5 e6 30. Qd2 Qg6 31. Bxb7 Ra3 32. Rd3 Ra7 33. Bg2 Nh5 34. b6 Raf7 35. Rd8 f4 36. b7 1-0

[Event "Frodsham op"]
[Site "Frodsham"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 0-0 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nb3 Rac8 14. g4 Rfe8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Red8 22. Qe4 Na5 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. Kf2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frodsham op"]
[Site "Frodsham"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. e5 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxe5 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd7 Qb6 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. b3 Rb7 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Rfd1 a5 28. R1d4 Re7 29. Rg4 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 Qxh2 31. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Frodsham op"]
[Site "Frodsham"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. g3 b4 20. Qe2 Kf8 21. Nd2 exf4 22. gxf4 Qd4 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nb3 Qxf4 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Qxa6 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Frodsham op"]
[Site "Frodsham"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "French, Max"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Re1 c5 9. d5 Nc7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Bd2 b5 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Qc2 e5 15. Rf1 Ne8 16. e3 g5 17. Ne1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nf6 19. f3 Nh5 20. e4 g4 21. fxg4 fxg4 22. Nc2 Bd7 23. Nb2 Qe7 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Nd3 Qg6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rf1 Nf6 28. a3 bxa3 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Rxa3 Rb7 31. Ra6 Bf8 32. b4 cxb4 33. Ncxb4 Ne8 34. Nxe5 Qg5 35. Ned3 Bg7 36. Nc2 Bc8 37. Ra5 a6 38. c5 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 Qd8 40. Ra4 dxc5 41. Nxc5 Qb6 42. Qf2 Qb5 43. Ne1 Rxe1 44. Qxe1 Qxc5+ 45. Qf2 Qc1 46. Rc4 Qd1 47. Rxc8 Bd4 48. Rxe8+ Kg7 49. Re7+ Kg8 50. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frodsham op"]
[Site "Frodsham"]
[Date "2018.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vassiliou, Chris"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Re1 c5 9. d5 Nc7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. Ngxe4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Ng5 Ne8 16. Qe2 Rb7 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rb1 Nc7 20. Qe4 Nb5 21. Be3 Nd4 22. b4 Qc7 23. bxc5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nc3 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Qb4 Nxb1 28. Qxb1 a5 29. h4 Qb4 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Bf1 Bc3 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Kg2 Rf6 34. Kf1 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Bb3 Rf8 38. Bc4 Rc8 39. Bb3 Bf6 40. Bd2 Kc5 41. Be3+ Kb5 42. Bd2 Be5 43. Ke4 Bd6 44. Kd3 Bc5 45. Ke2 Rf8 46. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IECC T113635"]
[Site "IECC email"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mayer, Eduardo"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[SourceTitle "Telechess CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxe4 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nxd5 0-0 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Kf8 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ke7 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Nc2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Ne3 Ke7 26. Kh2 Kd6 27. Kg3 Ke5 28. Ng4+ Kd4 29. Bc2 b5 30. Nxh6 Kc4 31. h4 Nd4 32. Bd1 Kd3 33. h5 Kd2 34. Bg4 Kc2 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Nxf7 Kxb2 37. h6 Nf8 38. Nd6 Kxa3 39. Nxb5+ Kb4 40. Nc7 Kc4 41. Kg4 Kd3 42. Kf5 1-0

[Event "IECC T107053"]
[Site "IECC email"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Krueger, Hilmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[SourceTitle "Telechess CBM 145"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxa6 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Be2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Wheeler, John Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Rb1 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Qd8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 g6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. c4 Re8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Rbd1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 e5 22. Bxe8 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qxe8 24. Qxf6 Qf7 25. Qxe5 Ra6 26. Re3 Bd7 27. Rf3 Qe7 28. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almond, Richard"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Re1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Kh8 13. c6 e6 14. Be3 b6 15. d6 cxd6 16. c7 Rb7 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nd6 Qc6 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rac1 Ne8 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Qc6 Nxc7 23. Bg5 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rcc1 Rd7 26. Red1 Nb5 27. Bd2 Kg8 28. Bf1 Nd4 29. Bc3 Nb5 30. e3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 e4 32. Bb5 Re7 33. Rc2 Be5 34. b3 Kf7 35. a4 a5 36. Kf1 Bd6 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Kg1 Ke5 42. Kg2 Kd6 43. Kg1 Bc6 44. Bxc6 Kxc6 45. Rb1 Kd6 46. Rd1 Rc7 47. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nf6 12. Rh4 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf6 15. Rf4 Bg7 16. Rh4 Rad8 17. c3 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Re4 Qd6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Marsh, Roger DW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg7 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 Ndf6 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. N1f3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nd5 10. Re1 c6 11. a4 Nf5 12. Bd2 Nd6 13. Ba2 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. b4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. a5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 c5 10. d5 Bd7 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. e3 g5 19. Nd5 Rc6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxa6 g4 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxf5 Ng7 25. Qc2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Ne6 27. h4 gxh3 28. f3 Ng5 29. e4 Qe8 30. Kh2 Qh5 31. Qc3 Ne6 32. Qe3 Nd4 33. f4 Ra8 34. Rf2 Ra1 35. Nf3 Nxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qg6 37. g4 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lunn, Timothy"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Nh6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 Kh8 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. 0-0 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf7 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qb4 Qc8 23. Qe7 b5 24. Rd7 a5 25. Ne2 Kg8 26. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Barton, R Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. 0-0 d5 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Nbd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f4 g6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Rf2 Bb5 20. Qd2 Qc6 21. Bd4 Kd7 22. Qe3 Rh7 23. a4 Bxa4 24. Rfa2 b5 25. Bxa7 g5 26. Bc5 Rg8 27. Bd6 Qb7 28. Qd3 f5 29. Qe3 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Rg4 31. Qe3 f4 32. Qf3 Rhg7 33. h3 Rg3 34. Qxf4 d4 35. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Regis, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 fxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Nc3 Nge7 12. h3 0-0 13. Bh2 Nf5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qd3 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ Rf7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6 Qe8 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bd3 Bxb2 23. a4 Nfd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rb1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Bxb5 Rc8 29. Bxe2 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roberts, David Llewelyn"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. Ndf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Be2 Bf7 10. Qd3 c6 11. 0-0-0 Bd6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Ngf3 0-0-0 14. Kb1 Nf8 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. Rd3 Be8 18. Qb4 Qd6 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Qe3 Bb6 23. c4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Bd3 Bf7 27. Ra3 Bd5 28. Ne5 Rhf8 29. g4 b5 30. Bc2 Qd6 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Qd2 Rfe8 33. Rb3 Re7 34. Qa5 Rde8 35. Ra3 Nd7 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Alan M"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. c3 0-0 9. Ng3 f6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 g5 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 g4 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. Bxg4 f5 17. Nhxf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. Bxc8 Nc4 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Qf2 Nc6 22. 0-0 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. f5 Nd8 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Nf6 Rxe1 28. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Hodgson, John H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Qa5 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. 0-0 Nxg5 8. Nxg5 g6 9. f4 Nf6 10. f5 Bh6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qxf5 Qg3 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. exf4 Ng4 17. Rae1 Bg7 18. Nf3 Nh6 19. Kf2 Nf5 20. Rd1 h5 21. Rd3 Bf6 22. g3 e6 23. Nd1 Ke7 24. Ne3 Nd6 25. Nd2 Bg7 26. c3 b6 27. Kg2 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. f5 c4 30. f6+ Bxf6 31. Nxd5+ exd5 32. Re3+ Kd7 33. Rxf6 Rab8 34. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lewis, David"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nfe1 f6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paignton op"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Barton, R Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Ne2 e5 6. c3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 Nb6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. b3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Qd2 Nbc8 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3 Kg8 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nd6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e5 Ndf5 23. Nc2 Rf7 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Nf5 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Bh3 Raf8 28. f4 h5 29. Qc5 Kg7 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Isherwood, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qd2 b6 10. Qf4 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 g6 12. h4 h5 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Qg3 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Kg7 16. Be4 Nc3 17. Qxc3 Bxe4 18. f3 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20. d5 Qf6 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Qxc3 24. bxc3 exd5 25. Rxd5 Rae8 26. Rd7 Re4 27. Rh7+ Kxh7 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe4 Rc8 30. Kc1 a6 31. Kd2 Re8 32. Kd3 Re5 33. Rxc7 g5 34. Kd4 Ra5 35. Nd6 Rxa2 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf2 Kh5 38. Ne4 b5 39. Kd3 Ra1 40. Rh2+ Kg4 41. Rg2+ Kf4 42. Nxg5 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rb1 44. Kd2 a5 45. Rg1 Rb2 46. Nh3+ Ke4 47. Ra1 b4 48. Nf2+ Kf3 49. Nd1 bxc3+ 50. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nfd7 12. Ndf3 g5 13. Qd2 g4 14. Ne1 a5 15. N1d3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Na6 17. Qe3 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. exd3 Nc5 20. Rcd1 Nxb3 21. Qxb6 a4 22. Qe3 c5 23. f3 d4 24. Qf4 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 gxf3 26. Rxf3 Qg7 27. h3 Rab8 28. Kh2 Na5 29. Bc1 Nc6 30. Re1 h6 31. Rff1 h5 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Qf3 Nxe5 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qe2 Ng6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qe2 Rb3 38. g4 f4 39. Rgf1 Qc7 40. Qf3 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kg7 42. Rf3 Rxd3 43. Ref1 Rxf3 44. Qxf3 Qf7 45. Qd5 Qxd5 46. cxd5 Rd8 47. h4 Rxd5 48. h5 Ne5 49. Bxf4 Nxg4+ 50. Kg3 Ne3 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Rb1 Rd7 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Be5 Kxh6 55. Rb5 d3 56. Rb1 c4 57. Rd1 Kg6 58. Ke4 Nf6+ 59. Kf3 Kf5 60. Bc3 Ne4 61. Bb4 c3 62. Ke3 c2 63. Rh1 Ng3 64. Rg1 Kg4 65. Bd2 Kh3 66. Kf3 Rf7+ 67. Ke3 Kh2 68. Rxg3 Kxg3 69. Kxd3 Rc7 70. Bc1 Kf3 71. Kd2 Ke4 72. Bb2 Rc6 73. Bc1 Kd4 74. Bb2+ Kc4 75. Kxc2 Rg6 76. Be5 Rg2+ 77. Kc1 Rg5 78. Bd6 Kb3 79. Bb4 Rg2 80. Bf8 Rc2+ 81. Kd1 Rc4 82. Kd2 Kb2 83. Kd3 Rc3+ 84. Kd2 Rf3 85. Bb4 Rb3 86. Bf8 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Waugh, Jonathan C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. g4 d5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e6 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxf6 Qxf6 17. gxf6 e5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Rxf6 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. c3 Rf7 23. Rd6 Re7 24. Rhd1 Rcc7 25. R1d3 Kg7 26. b3 Kh6 27. c4 Kg7 28. Rc3 Kf7 29. c5 Re8 30. b4 Rec8 31. Rcd3 Ke7 32. Rb6 Kf7 33. Rdd6 Re8 34. Ke3 Ree7 35. Kd2 Re8 36. a3 Ree7 37. Kc3 Re8 38. Kc4 Ree7 39. a4 Re8 40. Rd2 Ree7 41. Rd8 Kg7 42. b5 axb5+ 43. axb5 Kf7 44. Rbd6 Kf6 45. b6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholson, John"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Rc8 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. b4 g6 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Nc3 f6 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rf7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Ne2 g5 20. g3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Ng3 Qh4 24. Bg5 Qd4+ 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Bg5 Qd4+ 27. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Maher, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Rf2 b5 13. a3 Na5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Rc5 18. Rfd2 Qc7 19. h3 Rc8 20. f4 h6 21. Nf3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. e5 Ne4 24. Rd4 d5 25. Nd2 Nc5 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dossett, Christopher S"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e5 Nd7 9. Bf4 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. d4 e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. c3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nce7 15. h3 Nf5 16. Bh2 c6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Nbd4 Bd6 19. Qc2 Nfe7 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Ng5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 c5 23. Ne2 h6 24. Nf3 Qd6+ 25. Ng3 Nf4 26. Ne5 c4 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bxc4+ Kh8 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. g3 Bf5 32. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Bg5 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qd3 Nd7 7. 0-0-0 b5 8. e3 Qa5 9. Kb1 Nb6 10. f3 Nc4 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Nc1 e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nc5 0-0 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ellison, Derek George"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 Bd7 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nge2 a6 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d4 Nh6 13. e4 0-0 14. 0-0 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd5 f5 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Nc7 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Ne6 Qc8 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Bd5+ Nf7 26. Bxc4 Rxb4 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Bd2 Rb1 29. Qxe5 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bg7 31. Qe8+ Bf8 32. Bh6 Qe7 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 Kg5 39. h3 h5 40. Ke5 Kh6 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. f3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Be2 d4 12. Nb5 Nxe5 13. Nxd4 a6 14. c3 Bd7 15. Qb3 h6 16. Bh4 b5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qa3 g5 19. Bg3 Qe8 20. Nf3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Ra4 24. Qc5 Rxa2 25. Qd4 f6 26. Bc7 Bc6 27. b4 Qa8 28. f3 Qb7 29. Qb6 Qxb6+ 30. Bxb6 Kf7 31. Ra1 Ra4 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Ba5 Bd5 34. Rfd1 e6 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Rxa4 bxa4 37. Kd2 Bb3 38. Rb1 Rc6 39. Kd3 e5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shepherd, Michael"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 0-0 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Re1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. f4 Bg7 18. Bd5+ Kf8 19. Qd4 cxd5 20. Qf6+ Qf7 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. 0-0-0 Bxf2 12. Bc4 e5 13. Bh6 e4 14. Rhf1 exf3 15. Rxf2 Ne5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ba4+ Ke7 18. Be3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gill, Neville BK"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qb2 Nd7 14. Rad1 h6 15. Rd2 g5 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. b4 g4 18. Ne1 Qf7 19. Nd3 e4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. f3 exf3 24. exf3 h5 25. b5 h4 26. gxh4 cxb5 27. cxb5 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Rc7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rd5 Bd7 35. Ke3 a6 36. a4 axb5 37. axb5 Ra5 38. Kxe4 Rxb5 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40. Rxb5 Bxb5 41. Ke5 Kf7 42. Nf4 Bd7 43. Kd6 Bf5 44. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Hughes, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. e4 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxd5 Nc6 7. Qe2 Nxf2 8. Qxf2 Nxe5 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nf3 f6 11. 0-0-0 a6 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Kf7 15. Nc7 Qc8 16. Nxa8 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxa8 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qf4+ Kg6 20. Qxc4 Be7 21. Qe6+ Bf6 22. g4 Re8 23. Qf5+ Kf7 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. g5 Re5 26. Qf3 Bxg5+ 27. Kb1 Qe8 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qxb7 Re1+ 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Qxc5 Qb8 33. b3 Re5 34. Rd5 Re8 35. Qd6 Qc8 36. Qd7 Qb8 37. Rhd1 Rg8 38. Qd6 Qc8 39. c4 Qg4 40. Qg3 Qe2 41. R5d2 Qe4+ 42. Rd3 Qe2 43. R3d2 Qe4+ 44. Rd3 Qe2 45. R1d2 Qf1+ 46. Kc2 Qa1 47. a4 Re8 48. Re3 Rf8 49. Qd6 Rg8 50. Rde2 Qb2+ 51. Kd1 Qb1+ 52. Kd2 Bg5 53. Re1 Qxb3 54. Qd3 Bxe3+ 55. Rxe3 Qxa4 56. Rh3 Qa5+ 57. Kc1 Qg5+ 58. Kc2 h6 59. Rg3 Qf4 60. Kc3 Rc8 61. Qd4 Qc7 62. Rg1 Rd8 63. Qe3 Qa5+ 64. Kc2 Qa2+ 65. Kc1 Qxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 Bxg1 9. Qxg7 Qb6 10. Qxh8+ Ke7 11. Nd1 Nd4 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Qxh7 Ne4 14. Kf1 Nf5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxg1 Bd7 17. a4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bb5+ 19. c4 Qd4 20. Ba3+ Kd8 21. Nb2 Qe3 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johnson, Paul A"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qc2 d6 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 g5 16. Rd2 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Ng5 e4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bf1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kg7 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxe6+ Kf6 24. bxc3 Kxe6 25. Be2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Kf1 Kd6 28. Ke1 Kc5 29. Kd2 Nc6 30. Kc2 Ne5 31. Kd2 a5 32. Kc2 c6 33. Kd2 Nxc4+ 34. Kc2 a4 35. Kc1 b5 36. Kc2 Nb6 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Kc2 b4 39. cxb4+ Kxb4 40. Kb2 Nb6 41. a3+ Kc5 42. Kc3 Nd5+ 43. Kc2 Nb6 44. Kc3 Nd7 45. Bc4 Ne5 46. Be6 Nd3 47. Bxf5 Nxf2 48. Bg6 Nh1 49. Bxh5 Nxg3 50. Bxg4 Nf1 51. Bf5 Nxe3 52. Bxe4 Ng4 53. h5 Nf6 54. Bf3 Kb5 55. h6 c5 56. Be2+ Kc6 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. e3 Nxg5 6. Nxg5 e6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5 Qe7 11. Qxh8 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nd6+ Qxd6 14. Qxh7 cxd4 15. Qxg6+ Kd7 16. exd4 Nc6 17. c3 Qf4 18. 0-0 Bd6 19. g3 Ne7 20. Qg7 Qf5 21. Kg2 Rf8 22. f4 Rf7 23. Qg5 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rh7 26. Rae1 Qd3 27. Rf2 Nf5 28. Kg1 Rg7 29. Qh5 Rxg3+ 30. Kh1 Re3 31. Rg1 Qe4+ 32. Rfg2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garces, Diego"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 f5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Na6 7. e3 Nf6 8. a3 Nc7 9. Be2 Ne6 10. Be5 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. b4 b5 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 Bd7 15. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 09th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Hickman, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nce2 Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. 0-0 b6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Nf5 Rae8 12. Nxe7+ Rxe7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bg5 Ree8 17. Qh5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 c5 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rf5 Qe6 23. e5 Qg6 24. Rd6 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Hank, Holger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Nf3 Qf6 10. Rxh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qxg7 12. Rh7 Qf6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qe3 Kd8 15. g3 Rh8 16. Qg5 Be7 17. Bb5 Nxd4 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf7+ Ke7 21. Nh6+ Kd6 22. 0-0-0 a6 23. Bf1 Kc6 24. Ng4 Nf3 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Rh8 b5 27. Bg2 Bb7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Ne2 Kb6 30. Nf4 Ne5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nxd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Nf3 34. Kd1 Kc6 35. Rd3 Ne5 36. Rd2 Nc4 37. Re2 Nxb2+ 38. Kc1 Nc4 39. f4 Nxa3 40. Rf2 Nc4 41. g4 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Woods, Phillip L"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nec6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 0-0 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qf3 a6 16. Be2 f6 17. Qe3 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qf2+ 20. Kd2 Rad8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 22. Kc2 Bf5+ 23. Kb3 Qb6+ 24. Ka3 a5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Ellison, Derek George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g4 fxg4 4. h3 g3 5. f4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qh4 7. Bg2 Qxf4 8. Nf3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Qe3 10. Rf1 Nf6 11. Qc2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 d6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Kb1 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ka1 Nb4 17. Qb1 Qxe2 18. Ng5 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Nde4 Nf4 21. Rd2 h6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Rf3 f5 25. Nxg3 Be6 26. b3 Nxg2 27. Rxg2 Rad8 28. Rgf2 f4 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Nc5 b6 31. Na6 Rd7 32. Kb2 c5 33. Kc3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spanton, Timothy"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. b4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. exf5 c6 15. f6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rb2 Re8 18. Re2 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. a4 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Kg2 Rxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26. g4 Bf6 27. Bb2 Bd7 28. Kg3 Ke7 29. h4 Bg7 30. Be4 Kf7 31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Be6 33. Bxh7 Be5+ 34. Kf3 d5 35. c5 Bf6 36. Kg3 Be5+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Kf6 40. Kg4 Kg7 41. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maki Uuro, Miika"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 Qd6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. Nfd2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Qb5 e6 11. Nc4 Qb4 12. Ne5 a6 13. Nxc6 axb5 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 e3 19. fxe3 Ra3 20. c4 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Kd2 Re5 23. Rhb1 0-0 24. Rxb7 Bxc2 25. Bf3 Be4 26. Re1 Rd8+ 27. Kc3 Rd3+ 28. Kb2 Rd4 29. c5 Rd2+ 30. Ka1 Rxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Bd5+ 32. Bxd5 Rxe1 33. Bxc6 e5 34. Bd5+ Kh7 35. c6 e4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 fxe4 5. f3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Qd2 Nxc5 8. 0-0-0 b6 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. Nf2 Rc8 11. fxe4 Qc7 12. e3 Bxe4 13. c3 Bg6 14. e4 e6 15. h4 h6 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Qd4 Rg8 18. Be2 Be7 19. Bf3 Qb5 20. Rd2 Bf6 21. Be2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Goodger, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 h6 5. g5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 d5 7. f3 Bf5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. fxe4 dxe4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Qe2 Qb4+ 15. c3 Qa5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 0-0-0 18. 0-0 Rxd5 19. Ng3 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rd2 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. h3 Qxb2 23. Qe4 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "White, Ernest Michael"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Be2 Ng6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Be3 0-0 12. g3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Nb3 Bh3 16. Re1 e4 17. Nfd2 Bg5 18. Bg4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qd6 21. Rac1 Nce7 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h5 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Nf1 Qa6 26. Nc5 Qxa3 27. Ne6 Rf6 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Qa1 32. Rh8+ Nxh8 33. Qf4 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Botham, Christopher Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c3 Qd5 15. Qb3 e6 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. c4 Qb7 18. Rad1 c6 19. h3 h6 20. a4 a5 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Red1 Red8 24. Qe3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc7 26. b3 Kh7 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. h4 Bg7 29. Rd6 Bf8 30. R6d2 Bg7 31. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Brameld, Arthur F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg1 f6 12. h3 fxe5 13. hxg4 e4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 exd3 16. Nf3 Bb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qxd3 Bxg4 19. 0-0-0 Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra5 21. b4 g6 22. Kb2 Bf5 23. Qd4 c5 24. Qxd5 cxb4 25. Qd6 bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Rc5+ 27. Kb4 Rc2 28. Nd4 Rxg2 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rh6 Rg6 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rh5 Rg4+ 33. Kb5 Ke6 34. Rd6+ Kxe5 35. Rxb6 Rg1 36. Rbh6 Rb1+ 37. Kc5 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldberg, Menashe"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2 Ne7 5. Nxe4 Nf5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. 0-0-0 b6 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. g5 Nd5 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qxe6 Qe8 21. Qg4 Nf4 22. Re3 Nxd3+ 23. Rdxd3 Qf8 24. h5 Rf4 25. Qe6 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. hxg6 Be4 28. Rd2 Bxg6 29. c3 b5 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Rde2 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Kd2 Bf7 35. Rh6 Kg7 36. b3 a5 37. Ke3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. a3 Bg6 40. d5 Re7+ 41. Kd2 Re5 42. c4 Rxg5 43. Rh3 Rf5 44. Ke3 Rf8 45. Kd4 Rxf2 46. Re3 Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rd3+ 48. Rxd3 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Dodgson, John A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 0-0 13. Qb5 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. Qb6 Rfc8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd5 18. Qb3 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rxc4 20. Rad1 b5 21. h3 Rd8 22. Qg3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qc7 h6 25. Qa5 Rd6 26. Qc7 e5 27. Rc1 Qb6 28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qf5 Qd6 30. Re1 f6 31. h4 Qd2 32. Re3 Qxa2 33. g4 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas E"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Rc8 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Qd2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Ne3 Nf5 16. Ng4 Rf8 17. Nge5 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qb6 Qf4 28. Qd4 e3 29. fxe3 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxa2 32. b3 b5 33. Ke2 a4 34. Kd3 Bxb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. Kxb3 Kf6 38. Kb4 e5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40. Kxb5 Ke4 41. Kc5 Ke3 42. Kd5 Kf2 43. g4 Kg2 44. Ke5 Kxh2 45. Kf4 Kh3 46. Kf3 g5 47. Kf2 Kxg4 48. Kg2 h5 49. Kh2 Kf3 50. Kg1 Kg3 51. Kh1 Kf2 52. Kh2 g4 53. Kh1 h4 54. Kh2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Jersey op"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunter, David WW"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "JCI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Nxd5 Na5 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. Bc3 Nc4 18. d5 Qf8 19. Bf1 Qh6 20. Qd4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rge8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. g3 e4 26. Bd4 Bb4 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. a3 Bd6 29. Rb3 b6 30. Bb5 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 07th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Benson, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qb3 b6 10. 0-0 Kh8 11. Rfc1 Ne4 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 Ba6 14. axb6 axb6 15. c5 Nexc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Bxd3 18. Qxa8 Nb3 19. Qb7 Nxc1 20. Ra7 Rg8 21. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 07th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Paul J"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. h4 h5 10. Qh3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. f4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Qxc5 14. g4 Bd7 15. gxh5 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 b5 18. Qg3 b4 19. Ne2 Rxh5 20. Nd4 Ke8 21. Qxg7 Bf8 22. Qg4 Rh6 23. f5 a5 24. Bd3 a4 25. Rhf1 a3 26. Qf4 exf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rh7 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. exd6 Kf8 31. Qf5 Rg7 32. Rxd5 Qa7 33. d7 Rd8 34. h5 1-0

