[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Miller, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. b3 Bd5 8. Qe3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Qe3 e6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qh5 13. h3 Bc5 14. Qc3 e5 15. Qg3 0-0 16. 0-0 Qg6 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qc3 b5 20. Bd3 Qh6 21. g3 f5 22. Kg2 f4 23. Be4 Rac8 24. Bf3 fxg3 25. fxg3 Qg5 26. Bg4 Qd5+ 27. Kh2 Be5 28. Qe3 Rcd8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Bf6 31. d3 c5 32. Rf5 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Qf2 Rd4 35. Qg2 Rd8 36. Rf2 Re8 37. Bd7 Re3 38. Bxb5 Qe1 39. Bc4 Ke7 40. Qb7+ Kd8 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Qxa7+ Kd8 43. Qb6+ Ke7 44. Qxc5+ Ke8 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Ke8 47. Qc8+ Ke7 48. Kg2 Rxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bh4+ 50. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kxh5 g6+ 53. Kg4 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qf6+ 55. Ke4 Qh4+ 56. Qg4 Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ 58. Ke3 Qc1+ 59. Kd4 Qb2+ 60. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hariharan, Shambavi"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 b5 7. 0-0 bxc4 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. e4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qc1 Rfc8 15. Bg5 Rb4 16. Bf1 Rcb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Bd2 cxb3 19. axb3 Bxf1 20. Na4 Bd3 21. Ra1 Nxe4 22. Nb2 Qb5 23. Bxb4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxb4 25. Re3 c4 26. Ne1 Ndc5 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. f3 Nxg3 29. Rxe7 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Qh4 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Qxd5 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qf2 Rxb3 36. Ra2 Rxf3 37. Qg2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Rg3 39. Qf1 Qd5+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2 41. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Nxh3 44. Ke4 f5+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. Kg2 Nf4+ 47. Kf3 d5 48. Kf2 d4 49. Ke1 h5 50. Kf2 h4 51. Kg1 d3 52. Kh1 d2 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. Kh1 d1Q+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Wang, Luoke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Be4 13. Qd1 c5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nc4 Nbd7 17. a5 Bd5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Nce5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Nd3 Rfd8 24. Qb3 Bd6 25. Bg5 Qb7+ 26. f3 Be7 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Bf2 Qb5 29. Rfd1 Rac8 30. e4 Nc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qb2 Rdxd3 33. Bd4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rd3 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Bxg7 b3 37. Qe5 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 b2 39. Qxb2 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Aksh"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nc5 14. Ra3 Qd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bb5 Rc7 21. Rc3 Rcc8 22. Kh1 Qa7 23. g3 b6 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 Qd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. 0-0 c6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bd8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18. Bd3 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. b5 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Qb3 Ne4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ra2 c5 26. Bxe4 c4 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Rxe4 29. Rxa7 Ree8 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Ra5 Rec8 32. Rca1 Kf8 33. Rb5 Rd8 34. Ra6 Rd6 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Rbxb6 Rb5 38. Rxb8+ Rxb8 39. Ra4 Kd7 40. b5 Rc8 41. Ke2 f5 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Kc3 Kd5 44. b6 f4 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. b7 Rb8 47. Rb5 fxe3 48. fxe3 Kd6 49. Kxc4 Kc6 50. e4 1-0

[Event "Peterborough 4NCL Easter op-A"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Qa5 9. 0-0 d6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qf2 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. a4 Ba6 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Qb4 Bc6 20. Bc4 Qb7 21. Qb3 Rf8 22. Nd4 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qa3 Rfe8 26. Nb5 Qb7 27. Qb3 Red8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxa7 Nd5 30. Rd1 Qxa7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Bxb2 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nd7 6. d5 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Ng3 Ndf6 9. Bd3 e4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Bxh5+ Kf8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Be2 a6 15. 0-0 Qe7 16. Bd4 f4 17. Re1 Rg8 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Bh6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxe4 Qg6 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Nc3 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Re1 Bg7 26. c5 Bf6 27. d6 c6 28. d7 Kg7 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Nd6 Rxd7 31. Qe2 Bd3 32. Qd1 Bc2 33. Qd2 Bf5 34. Qb4 Be6 35. Be4 Qh5 36. Nxb7 Bh4 37. Bxc6 Bxf2 38. Bxd7 Bg3 39. h3 Bxd7 40. Qd2 Bc6 41. Kg1 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Jones, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Qa3 b6 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxe7 Rfe8 21. Qb4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Ng4 23. Qc3+ Qe5 24. Qxe5+ Rxe5 25. Bf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nf6 27. g3 Ra5 28. Rd2 Ra4 29. Rc2 Ra3 30. Kg2 Nd7 31. Rd2 Ne5 32. Bd5 Rc3 33. Rd4 Rc2 34. a4 f5 35. h3 Ra2 36. Ba8 Rxa4 37. f4 Rxc4 38. Rd6 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Nc4 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 h5 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Rc7 b5 44. Rc5 Nd6 45. h4 b4 46. Bd5 Rd3 47. Bc4 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "McCarthy, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. h4 c6 3. h5 gxh5 4. Rxh5 Nf6 5. Rh1 d5 6. d4 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. g4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bf4 Bxg4 14. Rg1 e5 15. Be3 Qd7 16. f3 Be6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf2 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hanache, Kai"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd3 a5 11. 0-0 a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. a3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Rd2 Ra5 22. Bd7 b5 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Rc2 b4 26. g3 b3 27. Rc4 Bd4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxb2 30. Bxb3 Bxa3 31. h3 Kf8 32. Kg2 Bb2 33. Kf3 f6 34. g4 Ke8 35. Ke3 Kd7 36. Ba2 Kd6 37. Bb3 Bc1+ 38. Kf3 g5 39. e5+ fxe5 40. f5 Bf4 41. Ke4 Kc7 42. Bc4 Kb6 43. d6 exd6 44. f6 d5+ 45. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Patel, Keatan"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 0-0 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. c3 Bf5 13. 0-0-0 Qa4 14. b3 Qa3+ 15. Qb2 Qa5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bd4 Bh6+ 18. Rd2 e5 19. Bc5 Rfd8 20. Bb5 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rd8+ 23. Ke3 b6 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Fava, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Be2 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qd6 e4 19. Nd2 Nde5 20. Be2 Qxd6 21. cxd6 Nb4 22. 0-0 Nbd3 23. Rc2 Be6 24. Nb5 Rac8 25. Nc7 Bf7 26. f3 e3 27. f4 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 exd2 29. Rxd2 Rfd8 30. Rb4 b6 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. b3 Nd7 33. Bc4 Nc5 34. Na6 Rbc8 35. Nxc5 Rxc5 36. Bxf7 Kxf7 37. Ra4 Rd7 38. Rh4 Ke6 39. Rhd4 Rc6 40. Re2+ Kf6 41. Red2 Ke5 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. R5d3 Rcxd6 44. Re3+ Kf6 45. Rde2 Rd2 46. Rxd2 Rxd2 47. a4 Rb2 48. Rc3 h5 49. Rc7 Rxb3 50. Rxa7 Kg5 51. Rb7 Rb4 52. Ra7 Kh4 53. Kh2 f4 54. a5 bxa5 55. Rxa5 g5 56. Ra8 Rb2 57. Ra4 Rf2 58. Rb4 g4 59. Rxf4 Rxf4 60. g3+ Kg5 61. gxf4+ Kxf4 62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Kg2 Kf5 64. Kf1 Kg5 65. Kg1 Kf4 66. Kf2 g3+ 67. Kg2 Kg4 68. Kg1 Kf4 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Kg1 Kf3 71. Kf1 g2+ 72. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Markan, Sanket"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. b4 h6 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Bg3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Ng5 18. Bf5 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. f4 g6 21. Bd3 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bf8 24. Bf2 d4 25. Ne4 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxd3 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Qxf7 Qd8 31. Re1 Re7 32. Qf4 g5 33. Qe4 Bg7 34. e6 Qe8 35. Bc5 Bg6 36. Qe3 Rxe6 37. Qxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxe6 Bxb1 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re7 Kg6 41. Rxb7 Bc2 42. a5 Bd3 43. Rd7 Bb5 44. Kf2 Bc3 45. Ke3 Kf5 46. Rd6 h5 47. Bd4 Bxd4+ 48. Kxd4 g4 49. h4 Kf4 50. Rf6+ Kg3 51. Ke3 Kxg2 52. Kf4 Kh3 53. Rh6 g3 54. Rg6 g2 55. Kf3 Bc4 56. Kf2 Bd5 57. Rg5 Kxh4 58. Rxd5 cxd5 59. Kxg2 d4 60. b5 d3 61. Kf2 Kg4 62. bxa6 d2 63. Ke2 h4 64. a7 d1Q+ 65. Kxd1 h3 66. a8Q 1-0

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5 0-0 9. Nd2 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. Nb3 Nc5 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nf3 Ne6 14. a4 Re8 15. Qe1 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Nbxd4 Nxd3 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nce4 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Nf5 Qd8 23. N3h4 Nec3 24. Rb3 Be6 25. Bd4 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Nxe2+ 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mokhber Garcia, Sebastian"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6 11. h3 Nge5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Qb6+ 14. Kh2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rf3 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 a4 19. Nd2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc2 21. Rxb7 e6 22. Qd3 Qxa2 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. f5 d5 25. Nb6 Be5+ 26. Kg1 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd1+ 28. Rf1 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Rxf1 30. Qxd4 Rf2 31. Qe4 exf5 32. Qc6 Qd2 33. Kg1 a3 34. Nc4 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. g4 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kh4 Re2+ 39. Kg5 h6+ 40. Kxf4 g5+ 41. Kf5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikumar, Srivathsan"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 a6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ba2 b5 12. Qd2 c4 13. d4 Nf5 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. Ng3 f6 16. Bh6 Bg4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 Ra7 19. Rae1 Rff7 20. h3 Bc8 21. c3 a5 22. Bb1 b4 23. h4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rab7 25. h5 Rb3 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nh2 f5 28. f4 Ne4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Rg3 Rxa3 31. Rf1 Bf5 32. Rg5 Rb3 33. g4 e3 34. Qa2 Bxb1 35. Rxb1 Rxf4 36. Re5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Qb6 38. Re1 Rb2 39. Qa4 e2+ 40. Kh1 Qf2 41. Qd7+ Rf7 42. Qxd5 Qxe1+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 e1Q+ 47. Kf3 Qhf2# 0-1

[Event "British Rapidplay"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2024.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 e6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Nf5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rd1 f6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nb3 b6 19. g4 Nh4 20. Kf1 Qd7 21. Bg3 Nf3 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. a3 Ne4 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. f3 Nd6 26. h4 Raf8 27. Rdf1 Nc4 28. Qc3 Be7 29. Nd2 N6a5 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. f4 Nd6 32. Qd3 Ne4 33. Nc3 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Bd6 35. Ne2 e5 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. b4 Bb8 38. Rf3 Re8 39. g5 Qe6 40. Rh2 Qe4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rhf2 Rf5 43. Nc3 Rc4 44. Nb1 Rc1 45. Rf1 Rc2 46. R1f2 Rc4 47. Nd2 Rd4 48. Nb3 Rd1 49. Rf1 Rxf1 50. Rxf1 Be5 51. Rf3 Bb2 52. a4 Kf7 53. b5 Ke6 54. Re3+ Kd6 55. Re2 Bc3 56. Kf3 Rf7 57. Re8 Bb2 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59. Re8+ Kd7 60. Ra8 Ke6 61. Re8+ Re7 62. Rxe7+ Kxe7 63. Nd2 Ke6 64. Nb3 Kf5 65. Nd2 Bc3 66. Nf1 Be1 67. Ne3+ Ke6 68. h5 gxh5 69. f5+ Ke5 70. f6 Bb4 71. Nc2 Bc5 72. Ne1 Kf5 73. Nd3 Bd6 74. f7 Kxg5 75. Ne5 Kf6 76. Nc6 Kxf7 77. Nxa7 Ke6 78. Nc6 Bc5 79. Nd8+ Ke5 80. Nf7+ Kd4 81. Nd8 Kc4 82. Nc6 Kb3 83. a5 bxa5 84. Nxa5+ Kb4 85. Nc6+ Kxb5 86. Ne5 Kb4 87. Nd3+ Kc4 88. Ke2 d4 89. Nf4 h4 90. Nh3 Kc3 91. Nf2 Kc2 92. Kf3 Bb4 93. Ke2 h5 94. Nd3 Bd6 95. Ne1+ Kc3 96. Nd3 Bg3 97. Nc5 h3 98. Ne4+ Kc2 99. Nxg3 d3+ 100. Kf2 d2 101. Nf1 h2 102. Ne3+ Kd3 103. Kg2 Kxe3 104. Kxh2 d1Q 105. Kg2 Qf3+ 106. Kg1 Qe2 107. Kh1 Kf3 108. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rd8 13. Qb3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. h3 b5 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Rbc1 Bb7 20. Rc7 Bd5 21. Qb1 Bf6 22. e4 Bc4 23. Qc2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc4 26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Qb3 Qe5 28. Rc6 Na5 29. Bd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.10"]
[Round "5.66"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Farrand, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "CSC/Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. h4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bd3 Qd6 12. c3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Qa4+ c6 15. 0-0-0 h6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qa6 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Nd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rde1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Ke7 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qd4 b4 25. Qxf6+ gxf6 26. cxb4 Rxb4 27. Bf5 Nc5 28. a3 Rb3 29. Bc2 Rf3 30. Rhf1 Rb8 31. Ka2 Nd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Re2 Kd6 34. Rc1 c5 35. g4 e5 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Re3 Rd2 38. Rf3 Ke6 39. Rg2 c4 40. Rg1 d4 41. Ka1 Rb8 42. Rb1 Rc2 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rg3 Rxf2 46. Rxg5 Re2 47. Rg7 d3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Webster, Peter AN"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University II"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. f4 h5 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bb5 Nge7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. 0-0 Bf8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ng5 h4 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Nc5 Rc7 21. Nf3 Kg7 22. a4 Qc8 23. Bf2 b6 24. Nd3 Be4 25. Rc3 Bxd3 26. Rdxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Gallagher, Daniel GH"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. N2f3 a6 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Nd5 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 e6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Rae1 Nf4 19. g3 Rd8 20. Ndf3 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Nc6 23. Nxf7 Nd4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bd1 h5 26. Qh4 Qxh4 27. gxh4 Bd5 28. f4 Rb8 29. b5 axb5 30. a5 b4 31. Rd3 Nf5 32. Bb3 Ra8 33. Rxd5 Ne3 34. Re5 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Wafa, Shrook"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd3 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Bg5 a4 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Qe3 Re8 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Rb1 Qb4 19. Qg3 Be5 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Qxf6 Ra8 24. h4 h5 25. Qd4 Red8 26. Rd3 Ra2 27. Bf3 Rd7 28. Rbd1 Ra3 29. Qe3 Ra2 30. e5 Ra6 31. exd6 Raxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxb7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qg4 36. g3 Qf5 37. Bg2 Qb1 38. Bd5 Bd7 39. c5 Qf5 40. Bg2 Qf6 41. c6 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Large, Peter G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. h3 Rac8 14. e4 Qb8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Qf4 Nc5 18. Rcd1 Qa8 19. Nh4 Ncd7 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Ba3 Qb8 22. Nf3 Ba8 23. Rd2 Nc5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxb3 27. Rb2 Bxa3 28. Rxb3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Bd6 30. Na4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxc4 32. Nxb6 Rc6 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Reb2 g5 35. Rb4 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Ra4 Kg7 38. h4 h6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Re2 Kf6 41. Kh3 Rdc5 42. Kg2 Rc4 43. Ra5 Kg6 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Re2 Rbc4 46. Rd2 R4c5 47. Ra4 a5 48. Re2 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fellowes, Billy"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Ne5 Qb6 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. exd4 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Na4 b5 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. c3 Rb7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Be3 a5 17. f4 g6 18. Kd2 h5 19. g3 Na7 20. h3 Nc8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Rhc1 Be7 23. Ke2 Bf6 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Rhb8 26. Rxb7+ Rxb7 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 Kc6 29. Bd3 Be7 30. Bc1 Nc4 31. Kd1 f5 32. h4 Bd6 33. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Ilett, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nf5 Na6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 Nb5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Be7 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bg5 f6 25. Be3 Kf7 26. a4 Nc7 27. Rc1 Re6 28. Bf4 Nd5 29. Bh3 Bxa4 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Bb8 a5 32. Rc4 Bb5 33. Rxe4+ Kf5 34. Rd4 Nb4 35. Bc7 Bc6 36. Bxb6 Nc2 37. Rc4 Nb4 38. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ridge, Michael"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. f3 a4 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxa4 Bxa2 17. Nxc5 Rc8 18. Be3 Ne8 19. 0-0 Nd6 20. b4 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bf2 b5 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Nf4 e6 25. Bc5 Be5 26. Ne2 Rd2 27. Re1 h5 28. f4 Bb2 29. Kf2 e5 30. g3 Kg7 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rb1 f6 33. Ke1 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Ne5 35. Ke1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Wagg, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Qe2 Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. 0-0 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Qxb2 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. Qe3 0-0 18. Qg5 Rfd8 19. Bc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qc3 21. h4 h6 22. Qf4 Bd5 23. Bd2 Qd3 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rd4 Rc8 28. h5 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qf5 31. g4 Qb1 32. Qd2 Rc1 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc2 36. Rf3 Kg8 37. a3 Re2 38. Rc3 Rxe5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rc7 Ra5 41. Rxf7 Rxa3 42. Re7 b5 43. Rxe6 b4 44. f4 b3 45. Re7 Ra6 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 b2 48. Re1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "11.63"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Spirit of Atticus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bd2 e6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bg2 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qd6 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "10.54"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schach Attack"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. d3 Rb8 12. b4 b6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. e3 Bf7 18. b5 Nd8 19. Na3 Ne6 20. Qb3 f4 21. exf4 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Rbe1 Ra8 25. Nb1 Be8 26. Nc3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qf7 29. Re4 Bd7 30. Rfe1 Bf5 31. Re6 Bg4 32. Ne4 Qxf4 33. Nxd6 Be5 34. R6xe5 Qxe5 35. Ne4 Ra1 36. d6+ Kg7 37. f3 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Henderson, David"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "North East England"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qb6 13. b3 c5 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Bc5 Qa6 17. Re1 d3 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Rxd3 Kg7 23. Rd1 Qa5 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Rc3 g5 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. Rdc1 Ne7 28. Qd7 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Ng6 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Kg8 32. g3 Qb4 33. Qc7 Qe4 34. Qc3 d4 35. Nxd4 Nxe5 36. Ra4 Rd8 37. Qe3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Ne2 Qb2 40. Nc3 Rd7 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Qxd4 f6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qc5 Nd3 46. Qd4 Nxf2 47. Qxf2 Qxc3 48. Qe2 e5 49. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Arora, Tashika"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. Re1 e6 11. Nbd2 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Nxe1 Qe8 15. Bd2 Ra7 16. h3 Re7 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Kh2 Na6 20. Nf3 Nc7 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Qe8 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Nfe8 25. b3 f5 26. Bd3 Nf6 27. Kg1 Bc8 28. Bc2 Bd7 29. Bd3 Na8 30. Kf2 Nb6 31. Bd2 Bc8 32. Ke2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "7.66"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "The Rookies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Qe4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Ba4 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. dxe5 Qd5 21. Qf4 Red8 22. h4 Qd3 23. h5 Rd5 24. Rab1 Rd7 25. Rb3 Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Be3 Rd5 29. Rfb1 Bc5 30. Bf4 Bb6 31. g3 Re8 32. Kg2 Re6 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rb4 f6 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Rc2 g5 37. c4 Ra5 38. Bd2 Kg6 39. Rb3 Rae5 40. Bc3 Re4 41. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.54"]
[White "Blake, J Morgan"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Nb3 0-0 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. Qf4 Nbc6 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bf6 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qg5 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. h5 Nxh5 24. g4 f6 25. Qe3 Nf4 26. Qxf4 fxe5 27. Qe3 e4 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. Be2 a3 30. b3 Rac8 31. g5 Rf5 32. f4 Qb4 33. Bg4 Rc3 34. Qf2 e3 35. Qe2 Rf8 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Qh2 h5 38. gxh6+ Kh7 39. f5 Qxd4 40. fxg6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "McKay, Roderick M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Alba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nf1 0-0-0 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Kg2 Ng6 18. Qe3 Qh4 19. Ng3 Nf4+ 20. Kg1 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 g5 24. Ne2 Rg8 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Franklin, Samuel Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 Qc8 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bd2 Qh3 13. Bc1 Ne5 14. cxd4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3+ Qxf3 16. dxc5 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qxe4+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Re8 21. Nd2 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 dxc5 23. a4 Rg6 24. Ra3 Kg8 25. Rg3 Qe2 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Re3 Rxd2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. b3 b6 30. Kg2 h6 31. Kf3 Rge6 32. Rd1 Re1 33. Rd8+ Re8 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Mirzoeva, Elmira"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Nc6 9. Bg2 0-0 10. c4 Re8 11. e3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. b4 Ne5 15. b5 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Na5 Rb8 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxc5 Na4 25. Rc7 Bxb5 26. Rxe7 Rd8 27. Bf3 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Nxb7 Be6 30. a3 Nc3 31. Bc6 Bh3 32. f3 Nd1 33. e4 h5 34. Nd6 Be6 35. Kf1 Nb2 36. Bb5 Kf6 37. f4 Ke7 38. e5 Nd1 39. Ke1 Ne3 40. Kd2 Ng4 41. h4 f6 42. Nc4 Bxc4 43. Bxc4 fxe5 44. fxe5 Nxe5 45. Bb3 Kf6 46. Ke3 g5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Kd4 Nf3+ 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Ke4 Nd7 51. Kd5 Nf6+ 52. Kc6 Ne4 53. Bd5 Nxg3 54. a4 Kf4 55. a5 Ke5 56. a6 h4 57. Bg2 Nf5 58. Kb7 Kd6 59. Kxa7 Kc7 60. Bf1 Ne3 61. Bh3 Nd5 62. Bg2 Nf4 63. Bf1 h3 64. Bxh3 Nxh3 65. Ka8 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Gamal, Alaa"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 0-0 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Kg2 Rfb8 14. Rhb1 Qa6 15. Be1 Ng4 16. Nd1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc3 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Kf1 Nb4 22. a4 Nc2 23. Ra2 Rb3 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Raa1 f5 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Na6 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ne3 Kf6 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. Nc4 Nc7 32. Nb6 Na8 33. Nc8 Rxa4 34. Rb7 Ra6 35. Rxe7 Nb6 36. Re6+ Kg7 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Ke2 Rb3 39. Rxd6 Rxc3 40. Re6 c4 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rc7 Rd3 43. Rxc4 Rxd5 44. h4 Rd6 45. Kf3 h6 46. Kf4 Re6 47. h5+ Kxh5 48. Kxf5 Rf6+ 49. Ke5 Rxf2 50. g4+ Kg5 51. Rc8 Re2+ 52. Kd4 Kxg4 53. Rg8+ Kh4 54. Rg1 h5 55. Kd3 Re7 56. Kd2 Re5 57. Kd1 Kh3 58. Kd2 h4 59. Kd1 Kh2 60. Rg4 h3 61. Kd2 Kh1 62. Kd1 h2 63. Kd2 Re6 64. Rg7 Ra6 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 Ra1+ 67. Kf2 Rg1 68. Rh7 Rg5 69. Rf7 Ra5 70. Rf8 Ra2+ 71. Kf1 Rb2 72. Rf7 Rb1+ 73. Kf2 Rg1 74. Rf6 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.22"]
[Round "1.66"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Young, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Qe4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qh4 Qb6 15. Nc3 Rac8 16. Re1 Nc6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 e5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. a3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nbxd5 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ba5 Qc6 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Bb4 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Nbd5 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Ba2 Kh8 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Qe4 Nxb4 32. Qxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Nd3 34. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Milson, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. 0-0 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nge7 9. a3 Ng6 10. Re1 Be7 11. g3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 Kf7 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nce5 16. Be2 Bf8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bc1 h5 20. Nd4 h4 21. Bf3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Nge5 23. Bg2 Na5 24. bxa5 Qxc3 25. Qxb7 Rc7 26. Qa6 Bc5 27. Re3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Rc3 Rhc8 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Rdc1 Bd6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. a6 Bb6 35. Nc2 d4 36. Nb4 Bb5 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 e4 40. f3 Kf6 41. Nc6 d3 42. fxe4 Be3 43. Ke1 Kg5 44. Kd1 Kg4 45. Ne5+ Kxg3 46. Nxd3 Kf3 47. a4 Kxe4 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. Nb4 e5 50. Nc6 Kd5 51. Ne7+ Kc4 52. a5 Bc5 53. Nc6 e4 54. Ne5+ Kb5 55. Nf7 Kxa6 56. Ng5 Kxa5 57. Nxe4 Be7 58. Kd3 Kb4 59. Nc3 Kb3 60. Ne2 Bf6 61. Nf4 a5 62. Ne6 Be7 63. Nd4+ Kb2 64. Nc6 a4 65. Ne5 Kb3 66. Nc4 Bf6 67. Nd2+ Kb4 68. Kc2 a3 69. Kb1 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. h3 Ba6 12. Ne3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa4 15. f3 Rab8 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. f4 Qb5 18. Ng3 h5 19. Re1 h4 20. Ngf1 Nh5 21. Qxb5 Rxb5 22. Nd1 Bh6 23. a4 Rb7 24. Nh2 Bxf4 25. Nf3 Bg3 26. Re2 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bg5 Bg3 29. Rb2 Rxb2 30. Nxb2 f6 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rb3 33. Kf1 Bf4 34. Be1 Ng3+ 35. Kf2 g5 36. Kf3 a6 37. Na5 Rb2 38. Nc4 Rb8 39. Na5 Rb2 40. Nc4 Rb8 41. Na5 Kf7 42. Nc6 Rb2 43. Nd8+ Kg6 44. Nc6 Kh5 45. Bf2 Rc2 46. Ra3 Nf1 47. Bg1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Zhu, Yao Yao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Qe7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. d3 Bb6 8. Na3 Bd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Bxd7+ Nexd7 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. Nc4 d5 16. Nxb6+ Nxb6 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Qf2 Qc5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Kb1 Ne6 23. d4 h6 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Nh4 g6 26. Nf3 Rc7 27. Qh4 b5 28. a3 Qb6 29. Qxh6 a5 30. Qd2 Kb8 31. Ne1 Rdd7 32. Nd3 Rc4 33. Rf6 Qc7 34. Rc1 Ka7 35. g4 b6 36. h4 Ng7 37. Rcf1 Ne6 38. Qf2 Nd8 39. h5 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 b4 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Bc1 Re8 13. Nbd2 e6 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. b3 Bh6 16. g3 Ng4 17. Re1 exd5 18. cxd5 Rac8 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. h3 Nh6 24. g4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. g5 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Nh4 Qd7 29. Nxd6 Nc3 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qe3 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2022.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Hilton, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. h4 a6 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. h5 Nh4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qg4 0-0-0 16. Be3 Qc7 17. g3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. a4 Rhg8 21. Be2 Bg5 22. b4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Qb6 Ba4 27. Reb1 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Toma, Katarzyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Qe4 Ndb4 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Be2 f5 15. Qb1 g5 16. Be5 g4 17. Nd2 Nac6 18. Nc4 Nxd4 19. Rd1 Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Nd5 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rd4 Rad8 26. Qd3 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Kf7 29. Re1 Bxa2 30. Nxf5 Kf6 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rd2 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 Ke5 36. Ke2 a5 37. Ke3 b5 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Nb3 a4 40. Nc5 Bc8 41. f4+ Kd5 42. Ne4 b4 43. Nf6+ Kc4 44. Kd2 Kb3 45. Nd5 a3 46. bxa3 bxa3 47. Nc3 Bf5 48. Ne2 Kc4 49. Nc3 Bd7 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. Kd2 h5 52. g3 Be8 53. Kc2 Ke3 54. Kb3 Kf2 55. f5 Kg2 56. Ne4 Bf7+ 57. Kxa3 Kxh2 58. Kb4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd3 a5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. Qe3 a4 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bf3 e6 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Ra6 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. b4 Ne4 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Be3 Ra6 24. Nd4 Ra3 25. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 Re8 8. Nge2 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne5 11. Qb5 a5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf4 c6 14. Qe2 a4 15. Nb1 a3 16. b3 f5 17. c3 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. f3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Qg5+ 23. f4 Bf5 24. Rxe5 Bxe4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. fxg5 Be3+ 27. Kd1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Claridge Hansen, William"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. 0-0 e3 13. fxe3 0-0 14. Rxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. a3 Ba5 17. Qxa4 Be6 18. Qb5 Nc6 19. Nc4 Qd7 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Bb2 Ba5 22. Rd1 Kh8 23. a4 Rfd8 24. Ba3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Ne2 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Rd8 15. Nc3 Rxd4 16. Nfd5+ Kd8 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Nb5+ Kb6 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Kxc6 21. 0-0-0 Be6 22. Rhf1 Rg8 23. g3 Rg6 24. Rf4 Kc7 25. Rdf1 Kc6 26. Kd2 f5 27. Re1 b5 28. a3 Kd6 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd4+ Bd5 32. Re8 Kc5 33. c3 Be4 34. Ke3 Rg7 35. Re6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ethelontis, Alexandros N"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. e4 Re8 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Re1 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Bg2 Nfd7 17. h3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. b3 Qc8 20. Kh2 Qb7 21. Rac1 Rec8 22. Qb1 b4 23. Nd1 a5 24. Be3 Na6 25. Nb2 Nc7 26. Nd2 Nb5 27. Nbc4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Ra6 29. Qb2 Bd8 30. Bf1 Raa8 31. Bg2 Bc7 32. Qd2 Kh7 33. f4 f6 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rf2 Rac8 36. Rcf1 Qb8 37. Qd3 Na3 38. Nxa3 bxa3 39. Qd1 Bb5 40. Re1 Bb6 41. Qg4 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Qa7 43. Ref3 Bd7 44. Qh4 Qd4 45. fxe5 Qxe5 46. Qf4 Rfe8 47. Qd2 Ra8 48. Qc1 Qd4 49. Qxa3 Qb4 50. Qb2 Re5 51. Rc3 Be8 52. Rc7 Bg6 53. Rxf6 Bxe4 54. Qc1 Bg6 55. Rf4 Qb5 56. Qc3 Rg8 57. Rf2 Qb6 58. Rd2 Re3 59. Rc6 Qa7 60. Rc7 Qb6 61. Rc6 Qa7 62. Qd4 Qxd4 63. Rxd4 Re2 64. Rxd6 Rf8 65. Rf4 Rxf4 66. gxf4 Be4 67. Kg3 Rxg2+ 68. Kh4 g5+ 69. fxg5 hxg5+ 70. Kh5 Bf3# 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Waddington, Mike P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 g6 12. 0-0 Bg7 13. Bc5 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Bd7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Rc7 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxd6 Rc6 19. Nb5 Nc8 20. Nfd4 Rxd6 21. Nxd6+ Nxd6 22. Qxd6 Bf8 23. Qd5 exd4 24. Rfe1+ Be7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Qxd4 Rf8 27. Re3 Bc6 28. Rde1 Rf7 29. b4 a6 30. a5 Qd7 31. Qf4 Qd8 32. h4 Qd5 33. f3 Kf8 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qxf6+ Qf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rathbone Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 Qb6 7. 0-0 d6 8. a4 Nc6 9. a5 Qd8 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bb5 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Nb4 13. Na4 a6 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nxc5 Nxa5 17. Rxa5 b6 18. Rxa6 bxc5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. h3 e6 21. Ne5 h6 22. f3 g5 23. Bh2 Bc2 24. Rd2 Bb1 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Rc8 27. b5 Nd5 28. Nc6 Kh7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Ba2 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Bf6 33. b6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 108th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2022.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. f4 h5 11. Qf3 c5 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nd4 14. Qd1 g5 15. Ne2 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bg7 17. c3 Nf5 18. d4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Qe2 Ng6 23. h4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Ngxe5 25. 0-0-0 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Rhe1 Nce5 28. Nf3 Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Kf8 30. Rd4 Nf6 31. Re5 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rcg8 33. Rg5 Rxg5 34. hxg5 Nh7 35. c4 Nxg5 36. Bg2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rg8 39. Re5 Rxg3 40. Rxh5 Kd6 41. Rh7 Rf3 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Kd3 a5 44. Rh8 Rf2 45. Kc3 f5 46. a3 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 f4 48. b4 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "11.116"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Peck, Silas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Anglian Avengers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Qxd1 12. Rexd1 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Be7 14. Rad1 f6 15. Bf4 Kf7 16. b3 Rhd8 17. c4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd8 19. Be3 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf5 21. Nc3 a6 22. Kf1 c6 23. Ke2 Bb4 24. Nd1 Bb1 25. Bc3 Bd6 26. Kd2 Bxh2 27. g3 h5 28. Bd4 g5 29. Nc3 Bf5 30. Ke3 Bg4 31. Ne4 h4 32. Nxf6 hxg3 33. fxg3 Bg1+ 34. Ke4 Bxd4 35. Nxg4 Bc3 36. Kf5 Be1 37. Ne5+ Ke7 38. g4 Kd6 39. Nf3 Bc3 40. Nxg5 Bb2 41. Ne4+ Kc7 42. Ke6 b5 43. c5 a5 44. g5 Bh8 45. g6 b4 46. Nd6 Kb8 47. Ne8 Ka7 48. g7 Bxg7 49. Nxg7 Ka6 50. Kd6 Kb5 51. Ne6 a4 52. Nd4+ Ka6 53. Nxc6 axb3 54. axb3 Kb5 55. Nxb4 Ka5 56. Kc6 Kxb4 57. Kb6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "10.126"]
[White "Golding, William"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford Castles"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qb3 cxd4 5. Qxb6 axb6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Na3 Rxa3 9. bxa3 Nc2+ 10. Kd2 Nxa1 11. Bd3 e6 12. Nf3 Bxa3 13. Rxa1 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nd5 15. Ne5 Ke7 16. Kf3 d6 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nb2 Bd7 19. Nd1 Ra8 20. Bg5+ f6 21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 h6 23. h4 Ra3 24. Bc2 f5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bb3 Bc6 27. Ke2 Nf6 28. f3 Bd5 29. Rb1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Nd5 31. Rb2 Kd7 32. Be1 Bxe1 33. Kxe1 f4 34. e4 Nb4 35. Kd2 Nc6 36. Kc3 Ra1 37. Nf2 Rc1+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 40. Kc3 e5 41. Kb4 Kc6 42. Nd3 Nc2+ 43. Kc3 Ne3 44. Ne1 Kc5 45. Nd3+ Kb6 46. Ne1 Kc5 47. Kb2 b4 48. Kc1 Kb5 49. Kd2 b6 50. Ke2 Kc5 51. Kd3 b5 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Kd2 Nf1+ 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. Kxf1 Kxb3 56. Ke2 Kc3 57. Kd1 b3 58. Kc1 b4 59. g4 fxg3 60. Ng2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.02"]
[Round "9.107"]
[White "Snape, Ian L"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Qe3 d5 11. 0-0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 d4 14. Qe1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qe4 Qxa2 17. b3 Rac8 18. Kd2 Qa5+ 19. Kc1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. h4 Rc5 23. f4 Qc3 24. Qe1 Qxb3 25. Kd2 Qc3+ 26. Ke2 Qxe1+ 27. Rdxe1 Rh5 28. Ra1 a5 29. f5 b6 30. Rhb1 Rb8 31. Rxa5 Rxh4 32. Rab5 Rh2 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rbh8 36. f3 e6 37. f4 R8h3+ 38. Kg4 Re3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "8.127"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Kay, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Manchester Manticores"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Re1 e6 15. c4 Nb6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 f6 20. a4 e5 21. a5 Nc8 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qb4 24. e6 Qxa5 25. Rd7 Bf8 26. Bh6 Bc5 27. Nd4 Ne7 28. Rxe7 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Bd6+ 30. f4 Rxe7 31. Nxf5 Bxf4+ 32. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "7.140"]
[White "Wilson, Edgar"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 0-0 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be2 Be6 12. 0-0 a5 13. Rac1 a4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rfc8 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Be2 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rd2 25. Qc4 Rxb2 26. Rf1 Qd2 27. Kf2 Ne5 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Kg3 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "6.93"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Qd5 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. f4 0-0 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. b3 Bc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Bb2 Bd4 17. Ba3 Bc5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Rbd1 Bd4 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Bc5 22. Ba5 Ra8 23. Bc3 Bd4 24. Nf3 Bxc3 25. dxc3 Qh5 26. c4 b4 27. Qe5 c5 28. Qxh5 Nxh5 29. Ne5 Rad8 30. Be2 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Nf6 32. Nd3 Rc8 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Ne4 35. Re3 f5 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Ra1 Kf6 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rxa3 Rc6 40. g3 g5 41. Kg2 g4 42. Ra5 h5 43. Ne5 Rd6 44. Nd3 Rc6 45. Ne5 Rd6 46. Nd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.13"]
[Round "4.133"]
[White "MacKenzie, Colin"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings Head"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Nge2 Nc5 10. 0-0 a5 11. Qc2 a4 12. Bd2 a3 13. bxa3 Bxa3 14. Rab1 Qa6 15. Ne4 Nfxe4 16. Bxe4 d6 17. Nf4 Qa4 18. Bxh7 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxc4 22. Ba5 b5 23. Bb6 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd3 0-0 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. a3 c4 29. Qc3 Rfe8 30. e4 Qd6 31. Ra1 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Red8 33. Rfc1 Ra4 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxa3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qc2 Qe3 38. e5+ g6 39. Rd7 Qxf3+ 40. Kh3 Re3 41. Rd4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.02.12"]
[Round "3.137"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Headlong, Fenella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Check Innmates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qd3 a5 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Qd1 b5 16. a3 b4 17. a4 Rc8 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. b3 Qc3 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. h4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. N3xc4 Qxd4 30. Be3 Qd8 31. Nc6 Qe8 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Nxa5 Ng4 34. Bc5 Qf6 35. Qxb4 Nxf2 36. Bxf8 Nd3 37. Qc3 Qf2+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "2.121"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qh4 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Bc4 Qe5 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Qxh7+ Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Kg5 26. h4+ Kg4 27. Be2+ Qxe2 28. Qxg6+ Kxh4 29. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "1.95"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Rb1 Qe8 9. b4 Qh5 10. b5 Nd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nf7 13. Qc2 Bd8 14. Nd2 Nh6 15. h3 Rf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Qxe2 18. Bb2 Qe3+ 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. Rxg4 fxg4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. h4 Bf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Be5 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Qxc7 Qf2+ 27. Rg2 Bxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2021.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Ciur, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 15. b4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 0-0 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qf4 Rd5 19. Be4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. h4 Bf8 24. h5 Ne7 25. Ng5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Rd3 Bg7 31. Qf4 Bh6 32. Rg3 Rf8 33. Qh4 Bxg5 34. Rxg5 Qf7 35. Bd2 Qc7 36. Be3 Qc2 37. Rg4 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Rg5 Qe4 40. Qg3 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42. f3 h6 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Bd6 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 46. Qf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2021.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomson, Neil"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Nb5 b6 8. Be3 Qc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Nfd4 Nxe3 11. Nxc6 Nxd1 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Nd4 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bxe5 15. Nxa8 Bb7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re1 Bf6 18. h4 h5 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. a4 Rc5 22. Re3 d6 23. g3 Rc7 24. Rhe1 Kf8 25. Ng5 Kg7 26. Ne4 Be5 27. Nd2 Bf6 28. Nc4 d5 29. Nxb6 d4 30. Rd3 dxc3 31. bxc3 Bxc3 32. Red1 e5 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Bd4+ 35. Kf3 Rc3+ 36. Rd3 Rc2 37. Rd8 Nc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. Ke4 Rc4 40. Ra8 Rc5 41. Rb3 Bf2 42. Kf3 Bd4 43. a5 Rc2 44. a6 f5 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf6 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rd7+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ Kd3 52. Rxc2 Kxc2 53. a7 e4+ 54. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2021.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Gillespie, David Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ba2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Be8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 Qa5 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. g3 Qh5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bb1 Ne7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Bxa7 Ba4 28. Re1 Qg4 29. Kh2 Bb5 30. Qxb5 Qxf3 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Bxb2 33. Rxe6 Bxa3 34. h5 Rc6 35. hxg6+ Kg8 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Bxf5 Bb2 38. Bb8 Rf6 39. g4 Rf8 40. Be5+ Bxe5+ 41. Rxe5 Nf4 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2021.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flynn, David"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Be3 Rfc8 13. Rad1 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. Be3 b6 22. Re2 Na5 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Be5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Rd8 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Rd2 Ke8 28. Bc3 Nc6 29. g3 Nh5 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. c3 Ne6 32. Kf1 Nb8 33. Be2 Nc7 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 e6 36. Bb5+ Ke7 37. Rd2 Rc5 38. Be2 Nd7 39. Rd4 h5 40. Ra4 Rc7 41. Ke1 Nf6 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Ra4 Rc7 44. Rd4 Ne8 45. Kd2 Nd6 46. Bd3 Rc5 47. Ra4 Rc7 48. Rd4 Ne8 49. Be2 Nf6 50. Bf3 Rc5 51. Ra4 Rc7 52. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Dong, Bao Nghia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Be7 8. Bf4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Qe2 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Be4 h4 13. Be5 g4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. 0-0-0 Rh5 18. Qxg4 Rhb5 19. b3 Qh6 20. Qe4 c5 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 cxd4 23. exd4 Rg5 24. Rhg1 Ke7 25. Rde1 Rbg8 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Kc2 Nd5 28. Re4 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Rxg2 30. Rxh4 f5 31. a3 Nf6 32. Kd3 Ng4 33. Nf3 Kd6 34. h3 Nf2+ 35. Kc4 Rg3 36. Ne5 Ne4 37. Rh7 Rxc3+ 38. Kb4 c5+ 39. Ka4 cxd4 40. Nc4+ Kc6 41. Na5+ Kd5 42. Rd7+ Ke5 43. Kb4 Nf6 44. Rg7 Nd5+ 45. Ka4 Ne3 46. Kb4 f4 47. Nc4+ Rxc4+ 48. bxc4 f3 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mosnegutu, Klaus"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 h6 7. a3 d6 8. b4 Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. e4 f5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. exf5 0-0 14. g4 Nf6 15. h3 a5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nh4 Rf7 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. h4 Nxg4 20. Nxe7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe7 22. Qg4 Qb6 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. 0-0 Qxb5 25. Ra2 Qxd5 26. Rg2 Bd7 27. f6 Rf7 28. e4 Qd4+ 29. Rff2 Qe3 30. Rg3 Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qd2 32. Rf2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 h5 34. Rg5 Qe1 35. Rgg2 Bg4 36. bxa5 Qe3 37. Rb2 Rc8 38. Rg3 Qh6 39. Qxh6 gxh6 40. Rd3 Rd8 41. Rb6 Rxf6 42. Rxb7 Ra8 43. Rb5 Bf3 44. Re3 Ra7 45. Rb2 Bg4 46. Rb5 Bd7 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rd8 Bg4 49. Rb3 Rxa5 50. Rbb8 Be6 51. Rxd6 Rxa3 52. Rb7+ Bf7 53. Rd2 Rf4 54. Rdd7 Rxh4+ 55. Kg2 Rf4 56. Re7 h4 57. Rb2 h3+ 58. Kh2 Rxe4 59. Rc2 Rae3 60. Rf2 Rf4 61. Rb2 Kf6 62. Rc7 Be6 63. Rh7 Kg6 64. Re7 Bd5 65. Rb6+ Rf6 66. Rb2 Kh5 67. Rd7 Bg2 68. Rd1 Rf1 69. Rxf1 Bxf1 70. Rb4 Re2+ 71. Kg3 Rg2+ 72. Kf3 h2 73. Rb5 h1Q 74. Rxe5+ Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Jones, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. f4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kett, Timothy"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 e6 9. f4 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Bg5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Qf3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. f6 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Re3 Nf5 22. Ref3 Nd4 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Bxf7 Rf8 27. Bd5 Rxb2 28. h3 Bb7 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. c3 Ne6 31. Re3 Rbf7 32. Rxe5 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Ra5 Rf7 35. g4 Rc7 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Kg3 Nc5 39. h4 Ke5 40. g5 Kd4 41. h5 Kxc4 42. a3 Kd5 43. Rb5 Kc4 44. Ra5 a6 45. Kg4 Kd5 46. g6 hxg6 47. hxg6 Kc6 48. Kf5 Kb6 49. Rxa6+ Kxa6 50. Kf6 Ne4+ 51. Ke5 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Bradbury, Neil H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Kc2 a6 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Kb2 Kf8 18. a3 h5 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Bf4 h4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 h3 24. Bh2 Rh4 25. Nd5 Bxc5 26. Bg3 Re4 27. Bc2 Re2 28. bxc5 Ne5 29. Ne3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Nc4+ 31. Kc1 Nxe3 32. Rd3 h2 33. Bd6+ Kg8 34. Bxh2 Nxc2 35. Rxf3 Nxa3 36. Bd6 Nc4 37. Kc2 f6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Kd4 g5 40. Rf1 Na5 41. Bc7 Nc6+ 42. Ke4 Bb3 43. Ke3 a5 44. Bxa5 Nxa5 45. Ra1 Nc6 46. Rb1 Bd5 47. Rxb7+ Ke6 48. Rc7 f5 49. Rc8 f4+ 50. Kf2 g4 51. Rg8 g3+ 52. Rxg3 fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Bc4 54. Kf4 Kd5 55. Ke3 Kxc5 56. Kf4 Bd5 57. Ke3 Kc4 58. Kf4 Kxc3 59. Kg5 Kd4 60. Kf4 Be4 61. Kg5 Ke5 62. Kh6 Kf6 63. Kh5 Nd4 64. Kh4 Ne2 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. Kh4 Bf3 67. Kh3 Kg5 68. Kh2 Kf4 69. Kh3 Nd4 70. Kh2 Nc2 71. Kh3 Ne3 72. Kh2 Be4 73. Kh3 Nf5 74. Kh2 Kf3 75. Kh3 Bd3 76. Kh2 Kf2 77. Kh3 Be2 78. Kh2 Bg4 79. Kh1 Be2 80. Kh2 Bf1 81. Kh1 Nh4 82. Kh2 Nf3+ 83. Kh1 Bg2# 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. h3 0-0 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rd1 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Na3 Rfd8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 a6 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Be5 b5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nf4 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rc7 Bxb3 30. axb3 e6 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. Kg3 Rxd4 33. Nc2 Rd6 34. Na3 Nxb2 35. Rb7 Rd3+ 36. Kf4 Rxb3 37. Nc2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Basman, Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. h3 h6 12. c4 g5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nd4 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be5 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nf3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 g4 20. h4 Qe5 21. Nxb5 Ke7 22. Qd2 Ra4 23. b3 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qb4+ Kf6 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Nxe4+ Bxe4 28. Qc3 d5 29. b4 d4 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rc5 Qf6 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Re1 Bd5 34. a4 e5 35. Qe2 d3 36. Qxg4+ Kf8 37. Rd1 Bb3 38. Rd2 Bxa4 39. Qe4 Bc2 40. Rcxc2 dxc2 41. Qxc2 Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Qxh4 43. Qd6+ Kg8 44. b5 Qf4 45. g3 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qb2 47. b6 Kg7 48. Qc6 e4 49. Qc5 Kg6 50. Qc6+ Kg7 51. Qc5 Kg6 52. Kh3 Qb1 53. Qd6+ f6 54. Kg2 e3 55. fxe3 Qc2+ 56. Kf3 Qb1 57. Qd4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lim, Mark"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 b4 6. a3 a5 7. axb4 cxb4 8. e4 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxb4 0-0 14. Nc6 Nb6 15. Qb3 e6 16. Be3 Nbxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bb5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bb7 20. 0-0 Bxc6 21. Rc1 Bd5 22. Rxc7 Bxb3 23. Nc3 Be5 24. Rd7 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxa5 Rd2 27. Ne4 Rxb2 28. g3 Bd5 29. Ng5 Bc7 30. Ra7 Bb6 31. Rxf7 Bxe3+ 32. Kf1 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "2.55"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Mihov, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bc2 Qa6 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Re3 Nf8 19. h4 Rd7 20. h5 h6 21. Rde1 N6h7 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Ne4 Ng5 24. Qg3 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf6 26. Rg4 Qd8 27. Qe3 Kh8 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. a4 b6 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Qg3 Rcd8 32. d5 exd5 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxg7 Rxh5 35. Rg4 Rc5 36. Qh4 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "1.71"]
[White "Stoyanov, Viktor"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford III"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. a4 0-0 10. a5 Qb4 11. Ra4 Qb7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Ra3 Bb5 14. 0-0 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. Re1 Ne8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Nd1 Rab8 22. Bd2 Nd7 23. Bc3 Qb7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rh3 Rd4 26. Qe2 Nc7 27. Qe3 Nf8 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qh4 Qb4 30. Nc3 Qxa5 31. f4 Rxb2 32. e5 dxe5 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. fxe5 Nxd5 35. exf6 exf6 36. Qc1 Rb7 37. Nxd5 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Nc3 g5 40. Ne4 Re7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "6.82"]
[White "McKay, Roderick M"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alba"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d3 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 c6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 0-0 10. d4 Ng4 11. Bg1 f5 12. Ne5 Ndf6 13. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "5.84"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Hamer, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Manchester Manticores"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Bg4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Qb2 f6 16. b4 Bb6 17. b5 Na5 18. Bxa5 Bxa5 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Nd4 Bb6 21. Rfc1 Bxd4 22. exd4 Be2 23. a4 Bc4 24. Qb4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "4.65"]
[White "Metcalfe, Charlie P"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nc4 Qb7 12. a4 a5 13. 0-0 Na6 14. Nxa5 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rfb8 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Bg3 Bc8 19. a5 Qd8 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nb5 Rab7 22. Rfc1 Nc7 23. Na3 Ra7 24. Nac4 Ba6 25. Kh1 Nb5 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bd1 Bb5 28. f3 Rxb6 29. Nxb6 Bxf1 30. Ba4 Rxa5 31. Rxf1 Qxb6 32. Bd1 Qa6 33. Rg1 Ra1 34. Bh4 Qd3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "3.73"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Ward, Julian T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Kings Head"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Ba3 Rxe2 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Clark, Robert G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxd5 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 0-0 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Nd4 b4 17. cxb4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 axb4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. a4 Be6 21. Nc4 Ra6 22. Red1 h6 23. Qb2 Bd5 24. f3 Rg6 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qf2 Rd8 27. a5 Qd3 28. Qc2 f4 29. Bb6 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Bh4+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 33. Kd3 Rxb3+ 34. Ke4 Rc3 35. Rxc3 bxc3 36. Kd3 Rxg2 37. Kxc3 Be1+ 38. Kb3 Bxa5 39. Bxa5 Rxh2 40. Nd2 Re2 41. Bc3 h5 42. Kc2 g5 43. Bd4 g4 44. Kd3 Re1 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Bf2 Rxe5 47. Ne4 f5 48. Nf6+ Kf7 49. Nh5 g3 50. Bd4 Re4 51. Ng7 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mollison, Jamie"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. a3 Be6 8. d3 0-0 9. Nc3 f5 10. Nge2 Qd7 11. Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. bxc4 Rfd8 17. 0-0-0 Rd7 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. Kc2 a5 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rhd1 Kf7 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Bh6 24. f4 Bf8 25. d5 Nb8 26. a4 Na6 27. Nd4 Nc5 28. Nc6 Nxa4 29. Nxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bd4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Lam, Paul GM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be3 0-0 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bh6 c6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bc4 Na5 13. Bb3 b5 14. 0-0 b4 15. Nd5 Nxe4 16. Qxb4 f5 17. Rad1 Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qa3 Ra6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 f4 22. f3 Rf5 23. Nc3 Rh5 24. Ne4 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Rxh3 26. Rff2 d5 27. Kf1 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Qb6 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Rd3 Qb4 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qxe5+ Kh6 33. Qxf4+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. Rc3 Qb5+ 37. Kd2 Rc6 38. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "French, Max"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 g6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Bc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb4 17. Na5 Nf4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. Nc6 Ra4 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. g3 Nd3 22. Re3 N3e5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. b3 Rxa2 25. f4 Kf6 26. fxe5+ Kxe7 27. exd6+ Kxd6 28. Rd1 f6 29. Rf1 Ke5 30. Rc3 Kxe4 31. Rxc5 Rd2 32. Re1+ Kd4 33. Rc7 a5 34. d6 Rd3 35. d7 Rxb3 36. Rc8 Rb8 37. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Villiers, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2 0-0 13. Nf1 Na5 14. b3 b5 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Nb7 18. Bb1 Nd6 19. Nf4 a5 20. Nd3 b4 21. Nc5 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Nb7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd3 g6 25. Ne3 Nd6 26. a4 Rab8 27. Bc2 Qb4 28. Rb1 Rc3 29. Qa6 Rb6 30. Qa8+ Nb8 31. Rbc1 Ra6 32. Nxd5 Rxa8 33. Nxb4 axb4 34. Be4 Nxe4 35. fxe4 Nc6 36. d5 Nd4 37. d6 e5 0-1

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. a5 Ne8 11. Nc4 Nc7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Bh5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nc4 Rb4 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. e5 Bb5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Nxd6 Rxb2 25. Rad1 Kh7 26. Nb7 Qd7 27. Nxc5 Qf5 28. Bxc7 Rxc2 29. Qd3 Rxc5 30. Bd6 Rc3 31. Qxb5 Rd8 32. Bg3 h5 33. h3 h4 34. Bh2 g4 35. hxg4 Qxg4 36. d6 h3 37. Bg3 hxg2 38. Kxg2 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qg4 40. Kg2 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Rf8 42. Qd5 Qg4 43. d7 Rd8 44. Kg2 g5 45. Rh1+ Kg6 46. Rhe1 Ra3 47. Re6+ Bf6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qxa3 Qxd1 51. Qa2+ Ke7 52. Qa5 Qg4 53. Qe5+ Kxd7 54. Qd6+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Metcalfe, Charlie P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. exd5 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ Kd8 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. 0-0 Bb4 12. a3 Be7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Qe4 15. Rd1+ Kc7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rd4 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Rh4 Qd5 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bf4+ Kb6 24. Qxe6+ Rc6 25. Qb3+ Ka6 26. Qa4+ Kb6 27. Be3+ Kc7 28. Qxa7 Nd5 29. Qa5+ Nb6 30. Bxb6+ Rxb6 31. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Newcastle Northumbria Masters"]
[Site "Newcastle on Tyne"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Rc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Qb4 f5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Bf1 f4 22. Bxa7 Rf5 23. c5 Rh5 24. h3 Rg5+ 25. Kh2 Bf8 26. Bb6 Rf7 27. c6 bxc6 28. dxc6 e4 29. Rxe4 d5 30. Re8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 1819 (4NCL) Demotion"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.05.06"]
[Round "11.56"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Snape, Ian L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "The ADS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Nbd7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Kxg7 16. Bg2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. d4 Bxd5 22. dxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 bxc5 24. Rac1 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. b3 Qb4 27. Qxb4 cxb4 28. Rfd1 a5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd5 Ra8 31. Rb5 Ra6 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 h5 34. h4 Kf6 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. f3 Ra8 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 1819 (4NCL) Demotion"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "10.62"]
[White "Holt, Philip J"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. a3 b5 9. b4 a5 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. a4 Be6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Ng5 b3 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Na3 Nd8 18. Nc4 Qxd3 19. Rfd1 Qc2 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qxc2 bxc2 22. Rdc1 Bh6 23. Rxc2 Kg7 24. Ndxf7 Nxf7 25. Nxf7 Bxe3 26. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Be6 28. Raf1 Rhe8 29. Rf6 Nf5 30. Ng4 Nd6 31. Ne3 Nf5 32. exf5 Kxf6 33. fxe6+ Kxe6 34. Nd5 Rf8 35. Nf4+ Kf6 36. Bh3 Rfe8 37. Ne6+ Ke5 38. Nxc5 Kd6 39. Nd3 Rb3 40. Rf6+ Kd5 41. Be6+ Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Ra3 43. Nf4+ Kc5 44. Re5+ Kb6 45. Re4 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 1819 (4NCL) Demotion"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "9.73"]
[White "Hamer, Martyn"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manchester Manticores"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 d6 11. Kf2 Qb6 12. Kg1 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Qa6 14. Re1 Nb6 15. e5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Na6 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bb2 N4xd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. g3 Nb4 21. a3 Nd3 22. Bc3 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bh6 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. Bc3 Bh6 26. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2 1819 (4NCL) Demotion"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.03.17"]
[Round "8.83"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Jennings, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Bradford DCA Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Be2 cxd5 9. cxd5 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. 0-0 Na6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. b4 f6 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Nb5 f5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. a4 f4 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nec3 Rc8 24. a5 Qd8 25. Nxa7 Rc4 26. Qd3 Rd4 27. Qb5 Rf7 28. Nc6 Qxh4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. f3 dxc3 31. Qb6 Bc8 32. Qxd6 Qg5 33. e5 Rd7 34. Qe6 Rc7 35. Qb6 Qxe5 36. d6 Rc6 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Qxb7 Qc7 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Rfc1 Bb5 41. Rb3 c2 42. Rb2 Rc4 43. Rcxc2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 Kg7 45. Rd2 Nc7 46. Rd6 g5 47. Rb6 Kf8 48. Rb7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.03.16"]
[Round "7.82"]
[White "Payne, Matthew"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 e6 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Qd6 0-0 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bd4 f6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qf4 Bg7 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rf7 19. Nb3 d5 20. Be2 h6 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rab1 dxe4 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. Bd4 e5 25. Be3 Kh7 26. Bc4 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rf5 28. Nxe4 Rf8 29. b4 a5 30. a3 axb4 31. axb4 Bf5 32. Bd3 Rfd8 33. Bc2 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Ra8 35. Bd3 Rd8 36. Nf2 Ra8 37. g4 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 g5 39. Rd6 Rc8 40. Ne4 Bf8 41. Re6 c5 42. b5 c4 43. Rxe5 Bg7 44. Re6 Kg8 45. Ra6 Re8 46. Nd6 Rxe3 47. b6 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. b7 Kh7 50. Ra8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "6.82"]
[White "Jackson, Carl"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonzaga"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 0-0 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. c3 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Rad1 a5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Rd5 Rb8 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Qc6 26. Be2 h6 27. Qe3 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Kg2 g5 30. Bg3 Rd7 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Qd2 Rbb7 33. b4 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Qxc4 35. Bxd6 Qxe4+ 36. Kh2 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Be5+ 38. Kg1 Bxd6 39. Qxd6 Rxb4 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd3 Qe5 42. Rc1 Re4 43. Qc3 Rd4 44. Re1 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "5.64"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Granat, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Nc3 f5 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. f3 h6 11. Nh3 dxc4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nd5 16. Rd4 c3 17. b3 b5 18. Rc1 c5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Rxc3 c4 21. fxe4 d4 22. Rc1 Bg4 23. bxc4 Rc8 24. c5 Bxe2 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. Bh3 Rxc5 27. Ng6 Rf8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd1 d3 30. Bf1 Rxe5 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxe4 33. Rd5 a6 34. Kf2 Ra4 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Ke2 h5 37. h4 Ra3 38. Kf2 g6 39. Kg2 a5 40. Kh3 b4 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Kh3 Rc4 43. Rd5 a4 44. Ra5 a3 45. Rb5 Kd7 46. Rb6 Rg4 47. Kg2 Kc7 48. Rf6 Kb7 49. Re6 Rc4 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Re4 Rb6 52. Kf4 Ka6 53. Kg5 Kb5 54. g4 hxg4 55. Rxg4 b3 56. axb3 a2 57. Ra4 Ra6 58. Rxa2 Rxa2 59. Kxg6 Rg2+ 60. Kf6 Kc6 61. h5 Kd7 62. h6 Rf2+ 63. Kg6 Ke7 64. h7 Rg2+ 65. Kh6 Kf7 66. h8N+ Kf6 67. Kh7 Rg7+ 68. Kh6 Rg3 69. Kh7 Rxb3 70. Kg8 Rb7 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "4.74"]
[White "McDougall, William M"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wessex"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15. Ra2 c4 16. b3 c3 17. Be3 N8d7 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Nd4 Nb8 21. Be2 N6d7 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Raa1 Rc8 25. Rab1 Rc7 26. f4 Nbd7 27. Nc6 Nf6 28. Nxb4 Ng4 29. Qe2 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Nxa4 31. Qxb6 Nxb6 32. Bc6 Ra5 33. e5 Rca7 34. Rbc1 Rc5 35. Re3 g5 36. g3 Ra3 37. Rcxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 gxf4 39. gxf4 dxe5 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Nc2 Ra2 42. Re3 Bd6 43. Re2 Rb2 44. Nd4 Bc5 45. Rxb2 Bxd4+ 46. Rf2 Kg7 47. Kg2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 Kf6 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Be8 f5 51. Bf7 Nxd5 52. Bxd5 Kxd5 53. Kf4 e6 54. b4 Kc4 55. h4 Kxb4 56. h5 h6 57. Ke5 Kc5 58. Kxe6 f4 59. Kf6 f3 60. Kg6 f2 61. Kxh6 f1Q 62. Kh7 Qf7+ 63. Kh6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "3.64"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Lee, Richard WY"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. b3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qf5 Re8 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 a5 17. Re1 Rcd8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "2.61"]
[White "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 h6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d4 0-0 10. Nd2 Re8 11. h3 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. Qe2 Rcd8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Bd6 19. f4 a6 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. g4 Bh7 22. c5 Bc7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Kh1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. f5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Re2 Kf8 29. Bc1 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "1.53"]
[White "Moss, Guy"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qc1 c5 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Bf4 Bxf3 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. gxf3 e6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Qh6 Bf4 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. c4 g5 24. Qh5 Rb6 25. Kg2 Ra6 26. a3 e5 27. Qg4 Rh6 28. h3 Re6 29. Qf5 h5 30. Rd5 Qb6 31. Rd7 Rf6 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Rd8 g4 34. fxg4 hxg4 35. h4 g3 36. Qa8 gxf2 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Kxf2 Qxc4 41. Rd1 Qc2+ 42. Ke1 Qh2 43. Qf3 Qxh4+ 44. Ke2 c4 45. Rh1 e4 46. Qf1 Qxh1 47. Qxh1 Rh6 48. Qg1 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 e3 50. Qg4+ Ke4 51. Re8+ Kd3 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1c 1718 (4NCL) Promotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2018.05.07"]
[Round "11.47"]
[White "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Black "Birtwistle, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford II"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d6 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Rc8 14. Ra4 Bd7 15. Ra3 Be6 16. Ra4 Bd7 17. Ra3 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Ra2 f5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rce8 23. b4 Be5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 Rc8 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Rb8 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Rb1 Bd8 39. b7 Bc7 40. Bd5 Re8 41. Rc1 Bb8 42. Rc8 Ke7 43. Ke2 Rd8 44. Kd3 Ba7 45. g3 Bb8 46. Kxd4 Kd7 47. Bc6+ Ke7 48. Kd5 Rf8 49. Bb5 Rd8 50. Ba4 Rf8 51. Kc6 Rd8 52. Rxb8 Rxb8 53. Kc7 Rd8 54. b8Q Rxb8 55. Kxb8 1-0

