[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. c3 c5 7. 0-0 c4 8. Bc2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Qd5 13. Nf2 Nf5 14. Re1 f6 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Nc5 Ncxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Kf2 b6 23. Ne4 Rfd8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. b3 c3 26. Ne4 c2 27. e6 Nd4 28. Nc3 Re8 29. Bh6+ Kxh6 30. Nxd1 cxd1Q 31. Rxd1 Nxe6 32. Rd7 Ra8 33. Re7 Nc5 34. h4 Nd3+ 35. Ke3 Nc1 36. g4 g5 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rxh7 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Kg5 41. Rh2 Rc8 42. Rh7 a5 43. b4 axb4 44. Rh5+ Kxg4 45. Rb5 Nxa2 46. Rxb6 Nc3 47. Rxb4+ Kf5 48. Rf4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harandi, Kamran"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1291"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 c6 10. 0-0 Ng6 11. Bg3 0-0 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bd8 15. c5 Qf8 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf3 b6 20. Qd4 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Re7 25. Bg4 Re5 26. Rbc1 f5 27. Bf3 Bc8 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. axb4 Ba6 31. Ra1 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "McKenzie, Archibald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. b3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nec3 b6 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Bf3 Be7 17. Be2 a6 18. Bd3 Ba3 19. Rb1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 b5 23. b4 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Nalej, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Rf3 Ne4 14. Rh3 Ndf6 15. Ndf3 Ng4 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. fxg5 g6 18. Qh4 f6 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 f5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Bd2 Rf7 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Qf2 Qa4 25. a3 Qb3 26. Rf3 Qxb2 27. Bc1 Qxc3 28. e4 Qa5 29. e5 Bc7 30. e6 Re7 31. g4 Rxe6 32. gxf5 Re4 33. fxg6 Rg4+ 34. Kh1 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Rf4 36. Bxf4 hxg6 37. Bxc7 Qxc7 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Nf3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nf5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Qc3 Bg7 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Ne5 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Qg5 19. Ng3 h5 20. Bc1 Qf6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 f6 24. Rg3 fxe5 25. Rxg6 exd4 26. Rd1 Be4 27. Rg5 Bc2 28. Rf1 Bd3 29. Rd1 Bxc4 30. g4 Be2 31. Rxd4 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bb2 Rd7 34. gxh5 Bxh5 35. h4 Kf8 36. Ba3+ c5 37. Rxh5 Bd4 38. Bc1 Rf7 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. fxe3 c4 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Rc8 b5 43. a4 a6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rc5 Kf6 46. Rxb5 Rc7 47. Kf2 c3 48. Rb1 Kf5 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Rb4+ Kd5 51. Kd1 Kc5 52. Re4 Kd5 53. Rd4+ Kc5 54. Kc2 Kb5 55. e4 Rh7 56. e5 Rc7 57. Re4 Kc5 58. Kxc3 Kd5+ 59. Kd3 Ke6 60. Ke3 Rc3+ 61. Kf4 Rc8 62. h5 Rh8 63. Kg5 Rg8+ 64. Kh6 Rh8+ 65. Kg6 Rg8+ 66. Kh7 Rg3 67. h6 Rg2 68. Re1 Ke7 69. Ra1 Ke6 70. Kh8 Kxe5 71. Ra6 Kf5 72. h7 Rg1 73. Ra8 Kf6 74. Rf8+ Ke7 75. Rg8 Ra1 76. Kg7 Rg1+ 77. Kh6 Rh1+ 78. Kg6 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Di Vetta, Andrew"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Nc3 c5 11. d6 Nc6 12. Nd5 0-0 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 Nb4 15. f6 Bxd5 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Re8 20. dxc5 Ne3 21. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Robinson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. c3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Nd2 Bxe5 10. Bxf5 Bxd4 11. Bxh7+ Nxh7 12. exd4 g6 13. Nf3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Qe1 Kg7 16. Rf3 Rh8 17. Rh3 Nhf6 18. Qe3 Rxh3 19. Qxh3 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rh8 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nf2 Qh4 23. h3 Ndf6 24. Be3 Nd6 25. b3 Nf5 26. Bd2 Nd6 27. Be1 Qh5 28. Qxh5 Nxh5 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. Rc1 Nhf6 31. Nf2 Ng3 32. Rc2 Nf5 33. Bd2 Rd8 34. g4 Nh4 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg3 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Nd4 0-0 13. Nf5 Qe6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd4 Qg6 16. f3 Qc2 17. Rf2 Nc6 18. Qxd6 Qxb2 19. Rd1 Qxa2 20. Bd3 Qa4 21. Rfd2 Na5 22. Qe5 Nxc4 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qf6 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc4 b5 27. Bd5 a5 28. Bd6 Rfe8 29. e4 a4 30. Ra2 Ra6 31. e5 Rb6 32. f4 Ra8 33. Bb4 Rb7 34. Kf2 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rc8 36. Ke3 Rc4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Kxd4 Rc7 39. Bc5 Kg7 40. Rb2 Rb7 41. Bd6 f6 42. Kc5 a3 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 45. Kxb5 a2 46. Be5+ Ke6 47. Kc4 d6 48. Ba1 d5+ 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. g4 Ke6 51. Kc5 h5 52. h3 hxg4 53. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Enoch, Kristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1111"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. f4 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Rf3 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. b3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bxh7 Ne7 18. Bd3 b6 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. c4 Bb7 21. Qh3 Rf8 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Nc3 Ke8 26. Bg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+ Rf7 28. Qe6+ Re7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5+ Kc8 32. Rf1 Re8 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Head, Elliot"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Ne5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Nge2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Bg5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. d4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Na6 17. Rf3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Raf1 Qg6 20. Nd5 Rae8 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 c6 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Re3 Rfe8 27. Rfe1 Nd7 28. Rd1 Nxe5 29. Na4 g6 30. Nc5 R6e7 31. Rde1 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Dasselaar, Hendrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Bd2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxd3 11. exf6 Bxf1 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Qxf1 Qh4 14. Qb5+ Kd8 15. Qxb7 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Qf6+ 17. Ke1 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxg7 19. c4 Bg3+ 20. Kd1 Qf1+ 21. Kc2 Qxc4+ 22. Kd1 Bc7 23. Ba5 Qf1+ 24. Kd2 Rxg2+ 25. Kc3 Qc4# 0-1

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Rovaretti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. e3 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 0-0 11. Qe5 Qxe5+ 12. Nxe5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nf3 Rfe8 15. 0-0 Bg4 16. Nd2 Be2 17. Bxe2 Rxe2 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. h3 g5 21. b3 g4 22. b4 h5 23. Nb3 Rc2 24. hxg4 Ree2 25. gxh5 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Nxh5 28. Rd3 Ng3+ 29. Rxg3+ Rxg3 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nd7 Rg6 32. Ne5 Rh6+ 33. Kg1 Rxc3 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rhc2 0-1

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bridges, Paul"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h4 d6 6. d3 Ne5 7. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bg5 10. 0-0-0 Nh6 11. Re1 a5 12. e5 Bxf4+ 13. gxf4 dxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kf8 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 b6 17. Qh1 f6 18. Re2 Kf7 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Rg2 a4 21. a3 Rg8 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Rh1 Qd5 24. Kb1 b5 25. Rh5 f5 26. Ng5+ Kg6 27. Qh1 Qxg2 28. Qxg2 Kxh5 29. Qh1+ Kg6 30. Qc6+ Kh5 31. Qh1+ Kg6 32. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Westcott, Dale"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. c4 b6 7. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Cardiff Welsh op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Blackmore, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Qe1 Ng6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Be7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Bh4 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. g3 Qg5 18. Qc6 Rd8 19. Qxe6 g6 20. b3 Bxg3 21. Ba3+ Kg7 22. Qf6+ Kh6 23. Qxg5+ Kxg5 24. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales Autumn op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Kadalarasan, Adhvik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 0-0 6. Bf4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Rad1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ Rxd8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Be6 h6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne6 Rf6 18. Nxg7 Rxf4 19. Ne6 Rf6 20. Rd1 Rxe6 21. Rxd7 b6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 Rd6 24. Rxd6 exd6 25. Nxa6 Nd4 26. c3 Ne6 27. Nb8 Nf8 28. Nc6 Kg7 29. Ne7 Kf6 30. Nd5+ Ke5 31. Nxb6 g5 32. a4 Ne6 33. Nc4+ Kf4 34. Nxd6 Nc7 35. Nc4 g4 36. fxg4 Kxe4 37. Na3 Kd3 38. Nb5 Na6 39. Kf2 Kc2 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Nxb4 42. h4 Kb1 43. g5 h5 44. g6 Ka1 45. g7 Na2 46. g8Q Kb1 47. Nc3+ Nxc3 48. Qb3+ Ka1 49. Qxc3+ Kb1 50. Qd2 Ka1 51. Ke3 Kb1 52. Kd3 Ka1 53. Kc3 Kb1 54. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "South Wales Autumn op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d5 5. Bxd5 Be6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qf6+ 9. Nf3 g5 10. Qc2 g4 11. e5 Qe7 12. Nd4 f6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 fxe5 15. Re1 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 g3 17. Rxe5+ Ne7 18. Bg5 gxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qd6 20. Bxe7 Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qg7 22. Bf6+ Kf7 23. Qb3+ Kg6 24. Bxg7 Rhg8 25. Qe6+ Kxg7 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "South Wales Autumn op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Bennett, Tom1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Qd2 Rd8 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxg6 exf4 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. exf4+ Re7 18. Qd3 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. Qd4 g5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5+ Bxe5 24. Qxa7 0-0 25. Qe3 Bf4 26. Qd3 b5 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Ng3 c5 29. Nf5 c4 30. Qf1 Rc8 31. Re1 Qc5 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Qh1 Qc5 35. f3 c3 36. b3 Qa3 0-1

[Event "South Wales Autumn op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nh3 h5 9. g5 Ng8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Bf5 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Nfxh5 g6 15. Ng7+ Kf8 16. N7xf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. 0-0-0 Qg3 20. Rh3 Qd6 21. Bc4 Nc6 22. f4 a6 23. h5 b5 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. c3 Na5 26. h6 Nxb3+ 27. axb3 a5 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 a4 30. d5 exd5 31. Qd4 Rh7 32. cxd5 c6 33. Qxa4 cxd5 34. Rhd3 f6 35. Rxd5 Qc7+ 36. Kb1 Rc8 37. Rxf5 Rf7 38. g6 Re7 39. Qb3 Qc6 40. g7+ Rxg7 41. hxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rfd5 Rc7 43. Qd3 Rc8 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Qh7 1-0

[Event "South Wales Autumn op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Stephen M"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 f6 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Bd2 Nge5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxe5+ Nxe5 12. e4 0-0 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ng4 15. Bd4 d6 16. f3 Ne5 17. c5 Nc6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. Be2 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Be6 24. Kc2 b6 25. Bd4 Ng6 26. Rd1 Nf4 27. Bf1 a5 28. h3 a4 29. Kc3 Ng6 30. g3 Kg8 31. f4 Bb3 32. Rd2 Ne7 33. Be3 Kf8 34. e5 Nd5+ 35. Kd4 c5+ 36. Ke4 Rd8 37. h4 g6 38. g4 Ke7 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. gxf5 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 Rxd2 42. Kxd2 h6 43. Kc3 Bd1 44. Bc4 Bh5 45. f6+ Kf8 46. e6 Bg6 47. Bb5 1-0

[Event "South Wales Late Summer op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Thomas, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bf4 Rb8 9. b3 0-0 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12. 0-0 Qc8 13. Re1 Qb7 14. Ng3 Qa7 15. Be3 e6 16. d5 c5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nce2 Qa8 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. c4 e5 21. Nc3 Rf7 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Qd3 h5 25. Nb5 h4 26. Ne2 Nh5 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Nbc3 Qd7 29. Na4 Kh7 30. Red1 Raf8 31. Rf1 h3 32. g3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Rd1 Qf7 35. Nac3 Rf2 36. Bxf2 Qf3 37. Kf1 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qxh2 39. Ng1 Bg4 40. Be3 Qh1 41. Rc1 h2 42. Qf2 Bf3 43. Kd2 Qg2 44. Nxf3 h1Q 45. Rxh1 Qxh1 46. g4 Nf4 47. Bxf4 exf4 48. Qh2+ Qxh2+ 49. Nxh2 g5 50. Nb5 Kg6 51. Nxc7 Bf6 52. Nd5 Bd8 53. Kd3 Kf7 54. Nf3 Ke6 55. Kc2 Kd7 56. e5 Ke6 57. exd6 Kxd6 58. Kb2 Ke6 59. Ka3 Kd6 60. Ka4 Ke6 1-0

[Event "South Wales Late Summer op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Mark A"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 h6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 Nf6 11. a4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qd5 1-0

[Event "South Wales Late Summer op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bickford, Ben"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 Ne7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 d5 11. e5 c5 12. Nb1 c4 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rb8 19. 0-0-0 0-0 20. h4 Bd7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Ra5 Rb6 24. Kd2 Rxb2 25. Rxa6 h6 26. Kc3 Rfb8 27. Ra1 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Rd6 Ra1 30. Kb4 Ra2 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. a4 Ke7 33. a5 g6 34. f3 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rb5 36. Rd4 Rxa5 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38. Kxc4 Kd6 39. c3 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales Late Summer op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Bickford, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Ne5 d5 8. Bxd5 Be6 9. Bxb7 f6 10. d5 fxe5 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. Qf3 Qc4+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 c6 15. Bxa8 a5 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nb8 21. Bd2 0-0 22. Bxa5 Ng6 23. Rd8 Ne7 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bb4 Kf7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Rd1 g5 28. Kf3 h5 29. h3 Na6 30. c3 Nb8 31. a4 Nd7 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. b4 Kc7 34. a5 Kd6 35. c4 Kc7 36. c5 Kd7 37. a6 1-0

