[Event "Blackpool op 47th"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Kee, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. d3 e5 8. c3 g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Na3 Nge7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Bf6 Qd7 14. Nc4 Rab8 15. a4 Qe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. f4 h5 20. Qg5 Nh6 21. fxe5 Rf5 22. Qe3 d5 23. Nd2 Rxe5 24. Qf2 Rf8 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxc5 Qg5 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Nd2 Qf6 29. Nf3 Qf5 30. c4 Rd8 31. Nd4 Qf6 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Re1 Nf7 34. Qf2 Qd6 35. c5 Qd7 36. d4 a5 37. Bd3 Re8 38. Qg3 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qc7 40. Qe3 Qd7 41. Kh1 Qc7 42. Bc2 Qd7 43. Qe1 Qd8 44. Qe3 Qf6 45. Qd3 Ng5 46. Qe3 Nf7 47. Kh2 Ng5 48. Qe5 Qxe5+ 49. dxe5 Ne6 50. Kg3 Nxc5 51. Kf4 d4 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Kf7 54. Kg5 d3 55. Bd1 Ne4+ 56. Kf4 Nf2 57. Bb3+ Ke7 58. Kf3 Nh3 59. Ke3 g5 60. Bc4 Nf4 61. Bxd3 Ke6 62. Be4 c5 63. Bf5+ Kxe5 64. Bc8 Nd5+ 65. Kd3 Nb6 66. Bf5 Nxa4 67. Kc4 Nxb2+ 68. Kxc5 Nd1 69. Kb5 Ne3 70. Bd7 Kf4 71. Kxa5 Nxg4 72. Kb4 Ne3 73. Bh3 Nd1 74. Kc4 Nf2 75. Bc8 Ne4 76. Kd3 Nd6 77. Bh3 Kg3 78. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool op 47th"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "2024.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Sooraj, Menothuparam Raju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. h3 0-0 8. Qe2 dxe5 9. dxe5 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Rd1 e6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qh4 Rb4 19. g4 Qd8 20. Qg3 Ba6 21. a3 Rc4 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. f4 Rd3 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Re3 Nb3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Nd4 Nxa1 28. Qxd3 Qb6 29. Nce2 Rc8 30. Kg2 Qc5 31. Nc3 Qc4 32. Qd1 Rb8 33. Ncb5 Rxb5 34. Nxb5 Qxb5 35. f5 Qb3 36. Qe1 Nc2 37. Qd2 Bxe5 38. fxg6 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Glasgow op"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ignatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. b4 g6 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Nc3 0-0 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Nh5 18. Qd2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 f5 20. Rac1 a6 21. a4 Nf6 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Rd3 Qh4 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. h4 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Nd4 Ke7 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rb3 Kd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rec8 33. Rcb1 Ra5 34. Kh2 Ng8 35. h5 Ne7 36. h6 Ng8 37. bxc6+ bxc6 38. Rb7+ Rc7 39. R1b6 Nxh6 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41. Rxc6+ Kb7 42. Rb6+ Kc8 43. Rc6+ Kb7 44. Rd6 Kc8 45. Rxd5 Nf7 46. Ne6 Ra6 47. Nd4 Nd8 48. e4 fxe4 49. fxe4 Ne6 50. Nb5 Ra5 51. c6 Ra4 52. Rd7 Rb4 53. Na7+ Kb8 54. c7+ Nxc7 55. Nc6+ Kc8 56. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Glasgow op"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sanger, Jake M"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. Kb1 Qxb3 13. axb3 0-0-0 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be2 Bc7 20. Rhf1 Rhe8 21. Bg5 Ned7 22. h3 Be5 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. b4 Nd3 25. Rcd1 Nxb4 26. Na4 Na6 27. Kc2 b6 28. Be3 c5 29. g4 Nb4+ 30. Kb3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Kc7 32. g5 Nh5 33. Nc3 Nf4 34. Nb5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow op"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Watson, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nf8 11. 0-0-0 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Rhe1 Bg6 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Kd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Nh7 20. Rde3 Nf6 21. Qh4 Rf8 22. Nd2 Kc8 23. Re7 Qb5 24. c4 Qc5 25. Qg3 g5 26. Qc3 Ng8 27. Qg7 Rd8 28. Re8 1-0

[Event "Glasgow op"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Srivastava, Aditya"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bb5 f6 9. h4 h5 10. a4 Nh6 11. a5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qb7 0-0 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. cxb4 Rfb8 18. Rc1 Rxb4 19. Rxc6 Rxb2 20. Nc3 Ng4 21. Nd1 Rb3 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. Nh2 Nxh2 24. Kxh2 R8b4 25. Ne2 Rb2 26. Re1 e5 27. Rxa6 exd4 28. Ng3 Rxf2 29. Rb6 Ra4 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. a6 Re5 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. a7 Rxh4+ 35. Kg3 Ra4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. a8Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Re4 39. Rh8 h4+ 40. Kh3 g5 41. Ra8 Rf4 42. Ra6 Kg6 43. Rd6 d4 44. Rd5 Kf7 45. Rb5 Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. Rb8 d3 48. Rd8+ Kc4 49. Rc8+ Kb3 50. Rb8+ Kc2 51. Ra8 Kd1 52. Rd8 d2 53. g4 hxg3 54. Kg2 Kc2 55. Rxd2+ Kxd2 56. Kg1 Rf2 57. Kh1 Ke2 58. Kg1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Glasgow op"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Ruxton, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. c3 Nge7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Ng6 14. Nfd4 Ncxe5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qxd5 Rfe8 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Bf1 g6 21. g3 Nfd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Qd5 Re5 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Kg2 Re4 28. Rd2 h5 29. b4 Nd7 30. Re2 Nf6 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. h4 b5 33. Qe3 Qd6 34. Ne2 Qd5 35. f3 Nf6 36. a3 Qa2 37. Qe5 Nd7 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Kf1 Qd5 40. Kf2 Ne5 41. Nd4 Nc4 42. a4 bxa4 43. Qxa4 Qe5 44. Qxa6 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qxc3 46. Qa7 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Ne3 48. Ne6+ Kh6 49. Nf4 Qe1 50. Qa2 Qh1+ 51. Qh2 Qf1+ 52. Ng2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Qe8 10. e3 g5 11. Nh3 Qg6 12. f3 h5 13. e4 Rf7 14. Qc1 Rg7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 g4 18. Ng5 Na6 19. Ne2 Nec7 20. a3 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. b4 Nc7 23. a4 a6 24. Qe3 Rh7 25. h4 Qe8 26. Rfc1 Rd7 27. Nc3 b5 28. a5 Rdd8 29. Nb1 Bd7 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. Nb3 Kf7 32. Bf1 Rdc8 33. Bd3 Nd8 34. Nc5 Be6 35. Qe2 Ra7 36. Qc2 Kg6 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qc5 Rb7 39. Bf1 Qf7 40. Bg2 Qd7 41. Bxd5 Ne6 42. Bxe6 Qxe6 43. d5 cxd5 44. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Han, Qixiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[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 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. d4 Bb7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. h4 h6 17. b3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Qb8 19. a4 Bc6 20. Rdc1 Bf8 21. Ne1 g6 22. Nc2 Bg7 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra5 Ne8 26. Be3 Nc7 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. h5 Nf6 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. f3 Ng8 31. Ne2 Ne7 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh1 Ng8 34. Raa1 Ne8 35. Nf4 e5 36. Ne6 Nef6 37. Nxf8+ Rxf8 38. d5 Ng4+ 39. Ke2 Nxe3 40. Qxe3 Nf6 41. Qb6 Nh5 42. Rhd1 Qc8 43. Rdc1 Ng3+ 44. Kd2 Qe8 45. Qxb7 Qd8 46. Qa7 Qh4 47. Rc7 Nh5 48. Qe3 Qg3 49. Raa7 Qxg2+ 50. Be2 Rg8 51. Nd3 Ng3 52. Kd1 h5 53. Ne1 Qh2 54. Rc2 h4 55. Bxb5 Qh1 56. Qf2 Rb8 57. Bc4 Kh8 58. Qh2 Qxh2 59. Rxh2 Bf6 60. Rha2 Nh5 61. Bf1 Rxb3 62. Ra8+ Kh7 63. Nd3 Rb1+ 64. Nc1 Bg5 65. R2a7+ Ng7 66. Rc8 Be3 67. Rcc7 Rxc1+ 68. Rxc1 Bxa7 69. Bh3 Kh6 70. Bg4 Nh5 71. Rc6 Bb8 72. Rb6 Bc7 73. Rc6 Bb8 74. Ke2 Nf4+ 75. Kf1 Ba7 76. Rxd6 h3 77. Rd8 Bc5 78. Bxh3 Nxh3 79. Rh8+ Kg5 80. Rxh3 Bd6 81. Ke2 Kf4 82. Rh7 Kg5 83. Rd7 Bc5 84. Rc7 Bb6 85. Rc6 Bd8 86. Re6 Kh6 87. d6 Kg7 88. d7 Kf7 89. Re8 Be7 90. d8Q Bxd8 91. Rxd8 Ke7 92. Ra8 Kf6 93. Ke3 Ke6 94. Ra6+ Kf7 95. Kd3 Kg7 96. Kc4 Kh6 97. Kd5 Kg5 98. Kxe5 Kh5 99. f4 Kh4 100. Rxg6 Kh5 101. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. 0-0 e5 15. Nb3 Nf5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Nc1 e4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne2 g5 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Re3 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Ke5 28. Rb4 Bc6 29. Rc3 Ra5 30. Rb6 d4 31. Rcxc6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rb5 33. Ra6 Rxb2 34. Rxa4 e3 35. fxe3 dxe3 36. Ra8 f4 37. h3 Ke4 38. a4 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Kd3 40. a5 Ra2 41. a6 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 e2 43. Rd8+ Kc4 44. Rc8+ Kd5 45. a7 e1Q 46. a8Q+ Rxa8 47. Rxa8 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 f3 49. gxf3 Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mkpadi, Michael"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 c6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Bxd8 Nxc4 15. Bg5 Bxc2 16. Rc1 Bg6 17. Na4 b5 18. b3 bxa4 19. bxc4 f6 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Ba1 Rb8 24. c5 Rb4 25. Bc3 Rb5 26. Ba1 Rdb7 27. Kf2 a3 28. Re3 Rb2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. Bc3 Rb2 33. Ra1 Rb3 34. Rc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Sooraj, Menothuparam Raju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Rc1 e6 14. Qd2 N8e7 15. Ne1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf5 17. b4 Re8 18. Nc2 e5 19. Rfd1 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 exd4 21. Nc2 Qh4 22. g3 Qh6 23. Nexd4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxb4 26. Rb1 Na6 27. c6 bxc6 28. Nxc6 Re6 29. Nd4 Rb6 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Re5 Rd8 32. Ne2 Re6 33. Nd4 Red6 34. Rb2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "2023.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Moull, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. Nfg5 Ngf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nxf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qh4 18. Ra2 Bg4 19. Qd2 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 h6 22. Ng5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Rf8 24. Bd5 Rf4 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Be4+ g6 27. Qg5 Bh5 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qxe5 Rg4+ 30. Kh1 Rxe4 31. Qh8+ Kg5 32. Qd8+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Ali, Shahvez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. c4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. Qxg7 Ng6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Qc3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qa3+ c5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxa7+ Kf6 21. Rfd1 Qh5 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Ne4+ Kg7 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qb7 h5 26. Qe4 Qg5 27. Rd7 Rhg8 28. Qxf4 Qg6 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. h4 Rb8 32. b3 Rb4 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qg5+ Qxg5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rxf7 h4 37. Nf1 Ra8 38. Rc7 Rxb3 39. Rxc5+ Kf4 40. Rac1 Rb4 41. R1c4+ Rxc4 42. Rxc4+ Kg5 43. a4 e5 44. Ne3 Ra5 45. Rg4+ Kh5 46. Rb4 Kg5 47. Nc4 Ra6 48. Nxe5 Kf5 49. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sapsford, Oliver"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1215"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Na4 e6 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Ne4 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Nd3 0-0 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nac5 Bc8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qc2 Re8 19. 0-0-0 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bf8 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. b4 Qa3+ 23. Qb2 Qa4 24. Rhe1 a5 25. Qb3 axb4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxb4 Bxc5 28. Nxc6 Rxa2 29. Rxd5 Ba3+ 30. Kb1 Rb2+ 31. Ka1 Bb7 32. Ra5 Bxc6 33. Rxa3 Rxg2 34. Re3 Bd5 35. Rd3 h6 36. Ra4 Rc8 37. Kb1 Bb3 38. Rad4 Bc2+ 39. Kc1 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Ra8 41. Rd2 Ra1+ 42. Kb2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxa1 Rc2 44. Be5 f6 45. Kb1 Rf2 46. Bd4 Rxh2 47. c4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "2023.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Sapsford, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1215"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. Bh7+ Kf7 15. Qg6+ Ke7 16. Nxd5+ Kd8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Be3 Bxb2 21. Rad1 Kc7 22. Qc2+ Nc5 23. Qxb2 Bd7 24. Qe5+ Kc6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "2023.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moull, Arthur"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. f4 h5 11. f5 Ne7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3 hxg4 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qg6 19. b3 Nf5 20. Qf2 g3 21. Qe2 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Nxc2+ 23. Ke2 Nxe5 24. Qxg3 Bd6 25. Bf4 Nxa1 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kd7 28. Qxa1 Qc2+ 29. Kf3 Raf8+ 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Dunfermline"]
[Date "2023.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cox, Toby"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rfe8+ 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15. 0-0-0 Bg7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd7 19. Rhe1 Red8 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. Bf1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Qxa2 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Bd3 a6 27. Ke2 Qc7 28. g3 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Bxd7 30. Ke3 Bc6 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kd4 Ke7 33. b4 Bf3 34. Kc5 Be4 35. Be2 Kd7 36. Kb6 f6 37. Bd1 Kc8 38. Bb3 g5 39. c5 h6 40. Be6+ Kb8 41. Bd7 Ka8 42. c6 bxc6 43. Kxa6 Kb8 44. Kb6 h5 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Bf3 47. Bxc6 Be2 48. Bd7 Bd3 49. Be8 Be2 50. Bg6 Bg4 51. b5 Be2 52. Bxf5 Bf3 53. Bg6 Kc8 54. Ka7 Be2 55. b6 Bf3 56. Bxh5 Bc6 57. Bg4+ Kd8 58. b7 Bxb7 59. Kxb7 Ke7 60. Kc6 Kf7 61. Kd6 Kg6 62. Ke6 Kg7 63. Bf5 Kf8 64. Kxf6 Kg8 65. Kg6 Kh8 66. Bh3 Kg8 67. f5 Kf8 68. f6 Kg8 69. f7+ Kf8 70. h5 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Dunfermline"]
[Date "2023.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malkin, Jamie"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Re2 Rad8 14. Rae1 a6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Kg2 f5 17. Nf1 f4 18. Bc1 fxg3 19. Nxg3 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Bf6 23. Ne2 b5 24. Nf4 a5 25. Re6 Nb8 26. Rb6 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Nd3 b3 29. Rxb3 Nc6 30. Nb4 Na5 31. Rc3 e6 32. Na6 Nc4 33. b3 Nd6 34. Nc7 Re7 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Nxe6 Ra8 37. a4 Ne4 38. Rd3 Be7 39. Nc7 Rd8 40. Nb5 Bb4 41. Ne5 Rc8 42. Rf3 Rc2 43. Nd3 Be7 44. a5 Nd2 45. Re3 Bh4 46. a6 Ne4 47. a7 Ra2 48. Kf3 h5 49. Re2 Ng5+ 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. f4 Ne4 52. Kf3 Ra1 53. Rxe4 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. a8Q 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Dunfermline"]
[Date "2023.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Roul, Tushar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 b6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 Nh6 12. c4 Nc5 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 f5 15. Qe2 0-0 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Rc2 Nf7 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Ba2 Qb7 22. Nd5 Bg5 23. Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Nf4 Rad8 25. Rdc1 Rc8 26. f3 Nf7 27. Bd4 Nd8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. a4 Qb6 30. Bc4 Nb7 31. Rd1 Rcd8 32. Rcd2 Bc8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Qd3 Kf7 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 37. Qd3 Nf7 38. Qe3 Nh6 39. Nd3 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Dunfermline"]
[Date "2023.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kumar, Ishan"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 e6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Ngf3 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. Re1 h6 12. a3 b5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. a4 Ba8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Rfc8 18. b4 Qb7 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Nb3 e5 21. dxe5 Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf1 d4 24. Nxd4 Nd3 25. Qd2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qd5 27. f3 Qe5 28. f4 Qd5 29. Nxb5 Bf8 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Bd4 Bc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Na3 Rcc8 34. Nc2 g6 35. Re3 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nd4 Ra8 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Ne2 Ra2 40. Kf3 f5 41. g4 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Nd4 Kf6 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Re3 h4 47. Nf5 Rh8 48. Kg4 h3 49. Rxh3 Rg2+ 50. Ng3 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Ne4 Rd8 53. Rh5 Rd3+ 54. Kg4 Rg2+ 55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kg5 Rg2+ 57. Kh6 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Dunfermline"]
[Date "2023.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Zamvar, Vipin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qxd5 cxd5 8. d4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 a6 11. c3 g6 12. a4 Bg7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. a5 0-0 16. Bf3 e6 17. h4 Rac8 18. h5 Rc4 19. Kd2 Rfc8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd1 Re8 22. Bb3 Rcc8 23. Rae1 Bb5 24. g4 Bc6 25. Rh2 f6 26. Reh1 g5 27. Bd6 Kf7 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Rh8 30. g5 Rxh2+ 31. Rxh2 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Bxh8 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Bc2 Bh4 35. Bc7 Ke7 36. Bd3 Ba4 37. Bf4 Bb3 38. Bg6 Kd7 39. Bc2 0-1

[Event "Ayr op"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Irving, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Re1 Rab8 16. Qg4 Rb4 17. Qg3 Rc8 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Rac1 Rc4 20. h4 Qb8 21. b3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Be3 Qc2 25. Qf4 Qxa2 26. Ng5 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxa7 Bd6 30. Kg1 h6 31. Nh3 Nc6 32. Bb6 f6 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 e5 35. Ng1 Ke6 36. Nf3 h5 37. g3 g6 38. Kd2 Bb4+ 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. Bc5 e4 41. Nd2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 d4 43. Bf8 Kd5 44. Bg7 f5 45. Bf8 Ne5 46. Ke2 Nf3 47. Bg7 Kc5 48. Bf8+ Kb5 49. Be7 Ne5 50. Bf8 Nd3 51. Bg7 Nc1+ 52. Kd1 Nxb3 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Bh6 d3+ 55. Kd1 Nd4 56. Bg7 Nf3 57. Bh6 Nh2 58. Be3 Ng4 59. Bb6 Nf6 60. Be3 Nd5 61. Bh6 Kd4 62. Bg7+ Kc5 63. Bf8+ Kc6 64. Kd2 Kd7 65. Bh6 Ke6 66. Kd1 f4 67. gxf4 Kf5 68. Kd2 Nxf4 69. Bg5 Nd5 70. f3 exf3 71. Kxd3 Kg4 72. Kd2 Kg3 73. Ke1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Ayr op"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "2023.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, Steven A"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bd3 0-0 12. f4 Ne8 13. f5 Nd6 14. Qf3 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 e6 18. Rh5 b5 19. Nf3 b4 20. Ng5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxd4 22. Nxh7 Rfc8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Kf7 27. Rf1 Kg6 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. Be5+ Ke7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Bd6 Nf4 32. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Blackpool op 46th"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. fxg7 cxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Bxg7 10. Bc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. 0-0-0 0-0 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. Rhe1 Ng6 16. Bd7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rad8 18. Bf5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Re8 20. Be4 c6 21. Rd7 Re7 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Kd2 Ne5 24. h3 h6 25. Ra8 a6 26. Rd8 Nd7 27. Bf5 Nc5 28. Rd6 a5 29. Rd4 Kf6 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. Rh4 Ng5 32. Rf4+ Kg7 33. Rg4 Kf8 34. f4 Nxh3 35. Bh7 f6 36. Bf5 Nxf2 37. Rg6 Ne4+ 38. Kc2 Nc5 39. Rxh6 Rf7 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rc8 Kd6 42. Ra8 a4 43. Rd8+ Kc7 44. Rh8 b5 45. Kb2 Nb7 46. Be6 Re7 47. Bf5 Nd6 48. Bd3 Re3 49. Kc2 Rf3 50. Rh7+ Kb6 51. Rh4 Rf2+ 52. Kb1 a3 53. f5 Rb2+ 54. Ka1 Rd2 55. Rd4 Rd1+ 56. Bb1 Rxd4 57. cxd4 Nc4 58. Be4 Kc7 59. Bd3 Nd2 60. Bc2 Kd6 61. Bb3 Nxb3+ 62. axb3 Kd5 63. Ka2 Kxd4 64. Kxa3 Kc3 65. Ka2 b4 66. Ka1 Kxb3 67. Kb1 Ka3 68. Ka1 b3 69. Kb1 b2 0-1

[Event "Blackpool op 46th"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kee, Steve"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 e4 6. Nh3 h6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 0-0 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Bf2 Ba5 14. a3 Bc7 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qd2 b6 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bg6 21. g4 Nd8 22. Bg3 Ne6 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Bf2 Rec8 25. Rfd1 Nf4 26. Bf1 Nxg4 27. Bg3 Ne6 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. fxg4 Nxd4 30. Qf2 Qxg4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. h3 Be4+ 34. Kh2 Qc8 35. Be5 f6 36. Bd4 Qc7+ 37. Kg1 Qc8 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kg1 Rxd4 40. Qxd4 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Bd3+ 42. Ne2 Qf3+ 43. Qf2 Bxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qf6 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Ng6 18. Re2 c6 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. d4 Ba7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rd1 Nh4 23. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "MacDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. e3 0-0 12. Ne5 Na5 13. Qd1 Bh7 14. g4 g5 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rathbone Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 0-0 12. e4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Qd3 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Bc3 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Rd3 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. a3 Kf8 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. Rcc2 Ke8 22. h4 Bd4 23. Bd2 b6 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. h5 h6 26. Re4 Bc5 27. b4 Be7 28. Bc1 R7d4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc3 Kd7 31. Be3 Rd1 32. Kf3 Ke8 33. Ke2 Rd7 34. g4 Bd8 35. f4 Be7 36. g5 Bf8 37. Rc1 Rb7 38. Kf3 a5 39. Rb1 axb4 40. axb4 b5 41. Ra1 Rb8 42. c5 Rc8 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Ra7+ Rc7 45. Ra1 Rc8 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. f5 Rc7 48. Rf1 Ke8 49. fxe6 fxe6 50. Rf6 Rg7 51. Rxe6+ Kd7 52. Rg6 Rxg6 53. hxg6 Ke6 54. Bd2 Bg7 55. Bc3 Bf8 56. Kf4 Bg7 57. Kg4 Kd5 58. Kf5 h5 59. e6 Bxc3 60. e7 h4 61. e8Q Kc4 62. Qe4+ Kb3 63. Qxc6 Ka4 64. Qa6+ Kxb4 65. c6 h3 66. c7 h2 67. Qa8 h1N 68. Qxh1 Kb3 69. c8Q b4 70. Qd5+ Kb2 71. Qxc3+ bxc3 72. g7 c2 73. g8Q Kb1 74. Qb3+ Ka1 75. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Srivastava, Arnav"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Rfe1 0-0 12. h3 Nd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. b4 Ncb8 15. Nb3 b6 16. a5 b5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Nc6 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 23. Qg3 Rfd8 24. Rd4 g6 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. g4 Kh8 27. g5 Qg7 28. Rf4 h5 29. gxh6 Qxh6 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. h4 Rc6 32. Rg5 Kf8 33. Qe5 Ke8 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Qf8 36. Rxg6 Rc8 37. Qh7 Kd8 38. Rg8 Kc7 39. Rxf8 Rxf8 40. Qg7 Rg8 41. Qxg8 e5 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Qxf7+ Kc6 44. Qe6+ Kc7 45. Qxe5+ Kc6 46. Qd6+ Kb7 47. Qxd5+ Ka7 48. Qc6 Kb8 49. h5 Ka7 50. h6 Kb8 51. h7 Ka7 52. Qb6+ Ka8 53. h8R# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2022.07.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bd6 21. Re2 Kf7 22. g3 Rhe8 23. Rhe1 a5 24. Kc2 b5 25. a3 a4 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Bd2 Rad8 28. Bc3 Bc7 29. f4 Rd5 30. Kd3 Bb8 31. Rb1 Red8 32. Rbe1 Re8 33. Kc2 Bc7 34. Rb1 Red8 35. b3 axb3+ 36. Rxb3 Bb6 37. a4 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. axb5 Rb8 40. Rd2 Rc4+ 41. Kd1 Ke7 42. Rc2 Rd4+ 43. Ke2 Kd8 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Rb6 46. Ke3 Kc7 47. Kd4 Rd6+ 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Rd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.19"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Carey, Alexander"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[BlackElo "1450"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stroud Youngies"]
[BlackTeam "Alba Bon Accord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. Be2 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. a4 a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Re1 0-0 14. Bc4 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Nc7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rae1 b6 20. Qh6 Ng7 21. Qd2 e6 22. Bh4 Rd5 23. Bf6 Ne8 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Bh6 Rc8 26. Qf4 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Qd5 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qh4 Qd8 30. Bg5 Qd5 31. Re3 Qf5 32. g4 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Bf6 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Rd7 36. h4 Qa2 37. h5 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 Qf8 40. Rh3 Qg7 41. Qf4 Qf8 42. h6 Qd6 43. Qf6 Qf8 44. g5 Rd5 45. Rf3 Rd7 46. Kf1 Rd5 47. Ke2 Rd7 48. Re3 Rd5 49. Re5 Rd7 50. f4 Rd8 51. Kd3 c5 52. Ke4 cxd4 53. cxd4 Rd7 54. Rb5 Rd6 55. b3 Rc6 56. b4 axb4 57. Rxb4 Rd6 58. Rc4 Rd8 59. Rc6 Rb8 60. Rd6 Re8 61. Rxb6 Rd8 62. a5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.03.22"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon GI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alba Bon Accord"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford Young Guns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 Qc7 11. Be3 0-0 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. a4 c4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf1 Nd7 18. b3 Na5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Reb1 Rfb8 21. Bd1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Be2 Bd8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Bb6 26. Rb4 Rc8 27. Nh2 g6 28. Ng4 Rd8 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Rd1 32. Rxb6 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qxb6 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. c4 Qxf2 36. Bd3 Kf6 37. c5 Kg5 38. c6 Kf4 39. c7 Qc5 40. c8Q Qxc8 41. g3+ Kf3 42. Be2+ Kf2 43. g5 Qb8 44. gxh6 Qh8 45. Bh5 Qxh6 46. g4 Qf4+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Hassall, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alba Bon Accord"]
[BlackTeam "Trelawny's Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Rc1 0-0 10. f3 d6 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. g5 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Kf2 Rac8 16. h4 Rfe8 17. h5 d5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Qd2 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Re5 22. Qd2 Rxg5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kg2 Qc2 26. Qxd7 Qxe2+ 27. Kg3 Qc4 28. Rd1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aguado Doncel, Pablo Luis"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Be8 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. b5 cxb5 17. Rxb5 Ne5 18. Qxe5 Bxb5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe2 22. Rb1 Bd3 23. Rxb7 Rf7 24. Bxd5 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. c6 Be4 27. c7 Rxb7 28. c8Q+ Kf7 29. Nd8+ Ke7 30. Nxb7 a5 31. Qc7+ Ke6 32. Nd8+ Kf6 33. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Briem, Benedikt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Island"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Nd3 Qg6 10. c3 e6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Bf6 14. f4 Nb6 15. b3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 Qg7 21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. Qe1 a6 25. Rf2 Nd7 26. Re2 Nf8 27. Re3 Re8 28. Bd6 Ng6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. h4 Rd8 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bh2 b5 33. Rxe6 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Bxe6 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. Qxa6 Bd7 37. Bg3 Kf7 38. Qd6 Qxd6 39. Bxd6 Ke6 40. Bc5 Kf5 41. Kf2 Ke4 42. g3 Kd3 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. g4 b4 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bf5 47. h6 Be4+ 48. Kf4 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Gagic, Milan A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Bc7 Nb5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Bd6 f6 14. 0-0 Kf7 15. c3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. a3 Ra6 18. Rad1 Ke6 19. Bb4 d5 20. Rfe1 g5 21. f3 Bd7 22. Kf2 Be8 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. Kg3 Rc6 25. Kf2 h5 26. Kg3 f5 27. Red1 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Bf8 Rc8 30. Bh6 g4 31. f4 Rc4 32. g3 h4 33. fxe5 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 Kxe5 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Bf4 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Rh2 Rh7 40. Rxh7 Bxh7 41. Kd4 Bg6 42. Kc5 Be8 43. Kd4 Bd7 44. Kc5 Bc6 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. Bd6 Ke6 47. Bf4 Kf5 48. Bd6 Kf6 49. Be5+ Ke6 50. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Johannessen, Heine N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Kc7 11. Bf4+ e5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Bh4 f6 14. h3 g5 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. g3 Be6 17. Be2 Rh7 18. Kf1 Rah8 19. Kg2 gxh4 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Rxh4 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Bh6 24. Kg2 a5 25. Kg3 Bf4+ 26. Kh4 Bd2 27. a3 Be1 28. Bxg4 Bxf2+ 29. Kh5 Bc4 30. Kg6 Bh4 31. Be2 Be6 32. Bd3 Kd6 33. b3 b5 34. Ne2 Bh3 35. Ng1 Bg2 36. Kf5 Kc5 37. Ne2 Bh3+ 38. Kg6 Bf1 39. Kf5 Bxe2 40. Bxe2 Kd4 41. Bd3 Kc3 42. Ke6 Kb2 43. Kd6 a4 44. Kxc6 b4 45. bxa4 bxa3 46. Bc4 Kxc2 47. a5 Bf2 48. Kd5 Kc3 49. a6 f5 50. exf5 e4 51. f6 e3 52. f7 a2 53. f8Q a1Q 54. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Kienboeck, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 h6 7. Nf4 Bh7 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Qf3 e6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 0-0-0 18. Qf3 Kb8 19. h3 Ka8 20. Ng3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Be3 f5 23. Ne2 g5 24. Bd4 Rhe8 25. Rad1 a6 26. Qh5 f4 27. f3 Qc6 28. Bxe5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxe5 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rh1 33. Qf7 Bg6 34. Qf8+ Ka7 35. Qxh6 g4 36. Qxf4 gxh3 37. gxh3 Be8 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. a3 Bb5 40. Nxb5+ Qxb5 41. Qe3+ Kb8 42. Rd8+ Kc7 43. Qe7+ Kb6 44. Qd6+ Ka5 45. Qb4+ Qxb4 46. axb4+ Ka4 47. h4 Re1 48. Rd2 Kb3 49. h5 Re5 50. f4 Rxh5 51. Kf3 Rh3+ 52. Kg4 Rh1 53. f5 b6 54. Kg5 a5 55. bxa5 bxa5 56. f6 a4 57. Kg6 Rg1+ 58. Kh7 Rh1+ 59. Kg8 Rg1+ 60. Kf8 Rb1 61. f7 Rxb2 62. Rxb2+ Kxb2 63. Kg8 a3 64. f8Q a2 65. c4 Kb3 66. Qa8 Kb2 67. c5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Kirillov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf2 0-0 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. g4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Kg1 Rfd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 g6 22. h4 Kg7 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Kg3 Ne5 25. Re2 Rc7 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Re2 Nb4 28. Ref2 d5 29. exd5 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rd2 Rcd7 33. Rf3 Rd4 34. b3 Rb4 35. Rb2 Rdd4 36. Rbf2 Rd7 37. Rb2 a5 38. Kh3 Kg8 39. Kg3 Rdd4 40. Rbf2 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Rxh4+ 42. Kg2 Rbg4+ 43. Kf1 Rh1+ 44. Ke2 Rh7 45. Rf1 Rxg5 46. Rc1 Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Rb2 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Rf5 50. Rxf5 gxf5 51. Rc3 Kf6 52. d4 Rh2 53. Rc6 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 Rxb3 55. d5 Ke7 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Rc7+ Kxd6 58. Rxf7 Kd5 59. Rd7+ Ke4 60. Rd6 e5 61. Kc2 Rb4 62. Kc3 f4 63. Rf6 Ke3 64. Re6 e4 65. Kc2 f3 66. Rd6 f2 67. Rd1 Ke2 68. Rd2+ Kf3 69. Rd1 e3 70. Kc3 e2 71. Rd3+ Kg2 72. Rg3+ Kxg3 73. Kc2 e1Q 74. Kd3 f1Q+ 75. Kc2 Qc4# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christodoulou, Panormitis"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Bd2 0-0 13. Rad1 Ncd5 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. c3 Kf8 21. Kg2 Ke7 22. Kf3 h6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 b5 26. Be2 a6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Bxa6 Nd5 29. Bc4 Kd6 30. Ke2 Kc6 31. f3 h5 32. Kd3 g6 33. Ba2 Bd6 34. f4 Nb6 35. Bb1 Nd5 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. Bd1 Bc5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kd6 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Kf3 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Bf4+ Kd5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Bc7 Kc4 46. Bc2 a3 47. bxa3 Kxc3 48. Bxf5 Kb3 49. Ke4 Kxa3 50. Kd3 Kb4 51. Bg3 Kb5 52. Bg6 Kc6 53. Be8+ Kb7 54. Ke4 Kc8 55. Bc6 Kd8 56. Ke5 Kc7 57. Ke4+ Kxc6 58. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Domalchuk Jonasson, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 0-0 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bd4 c5 11. Bxc5 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Bh6 15. Rc2 e6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Be7 Ne6 22. Bxd8 Rc1 23. 0-0 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bb5 25. Bf6 Bg7 26. e5 b6 27. Bg4 Bxf6 28. exf6 h5 29. a4 Bc6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rd6 Bd5 32. Rd7 a5 33. Rd6 Bxb3 34. Rxb6 Bxa4 35. Rxe6 Bb3 36. Ra6 a4 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. h4 Bc2 39. Kh2 Bb3 40. Kg3 Bc2 41. Kf4 Bb3 42. Kg5 a3 43. Kxg6 Ke8 44. f7+ Bxf7+ 45. Rxf7 a2 46. Ra7 a1R 47. Rxa1 Ke7 48. f4 Kd6 49. f5 Ke5 50. f6 Kf4 51. f7 Kg3 52. f8Q Kh2 53. Qf4+ Kxg2 54. Ra2+ Kh3 55. Rh2# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Hybrid U16"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radojicic, Aleksandar M"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qb6 11. 0-0-0 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 0-0-0 13. e4 e6 14. Rd3 Ne8 15. exd5 exd5 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nb3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c5 20. e6 f6 21. Qd2 Qc6 22. Re1 Nc7 23. Qc3 Rhe8 24. Qxf6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ Nxe6 27. Re3 Kd7 28. Nd2 Kd6 29. Kd1 Re8 30. Ke1 Ng7 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. g3 a6 35. a3 Ne8 36. c4 d4+ 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. b3 Kf5 39. b4 Ke5 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. a4 a5 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Nb3 Nb7 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "McConnell, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Jersey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GCI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 Nc6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Rxf6 0-0 14. Rxd6 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Na3 a6 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ke3 b5 20. Bd5 Ne7 21. Bb3 Ng6 22. g4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nf4 24. Rd1 Ng2+ 25. Kf2 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Nf4 27. Bc2 f6 28. c4 b4 29. Nb1 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Wu, Yuxuan1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c4 0-0 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. 0-0 Bf8 16. Rc1 g6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Qf2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rfe1 Ne5 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Re4 Qa4 24. Nd2 Qxa5 25. h4 Qxd2 26. Qxd2 Nxf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxd2 28. Rxf4 Ne4+ 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. g5 Bxb2 31. Rc2 Be5 32. Rf3 a5 33. Rcf2 Re7 34. Be2 Ne4 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. h5 Nxg5 38. hxg6+ hxg6 39. c5 Rxc5 40. Bh5 gxh5 41. Kf2 Rc3 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd2 Kf5 44. Ke2 Kf4 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Kf3 47. Kf1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Coughlan, Cody"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. c3 c6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 Qxb3 16. axb3 h6 17. Kd2 a6 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Kc2 Ne4 20. Raf1 Rae8 21. Rh3 Nd6 22. Bd3 e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Re7 25. g4 f6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 f5 28. Rfh1 Kf7 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4+ Nxc4 31. Rh7+ Ke8 32. bxc4 Rff7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rh8+ Rf8 35. Rh6 Rg8 36. Rh7 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Ra7 Rh8 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Rxh8 Ke6 41. Rh6 Kd5 42. Rxg6 b4 43. Rxa6 b3+ 44. Kxb3 Ke4 45. Ra5 Kxe3 46. Re5+ Kd4 47. Kb4 Kd3 48. Kc5 Kc2 49. Re2+ Kd3 50. Re3+ Kd2 51. g6 Kc2 52. g7 Kd2 53. g8Q Kxe3 54. b4 Kf3 55. b5 Ke3 56. b6 Kd3 57. Qd5+ Ke3 58. Qe5+ Kd3 59. b7 Kd2 60. Qxf5 Ke3 61. b8Q Kf3 62. Qb3+ Ke2 63. Qfc2+ Ke1 64. Qbb1# 1-0

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Coughlan, Cody"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Qd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd3 0-0 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 a6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Ne7 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Raphael Hall, Christie"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jersey"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GCI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. f3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. Ne2 Ngf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. 0-0 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Bxe4 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Rae1 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Bf6 17. c3 Qb6 18. Rd1 e5 19. Qe3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rad8 21. Ne2 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Rd7 23. Rf4 Bg5 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. g3 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Bh5 27. Re1 Rfe7 28. Kf1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qb5 30. Kg1 Rxe2 31. Qd1 Qxb2 32. Qf1 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 Bf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qd1+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Celtic Nations U14"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wu, Yuxuan1111"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 0-0 13. Bb5 Na5 14. d5 a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Bd4 Bh6+ 17. Ke2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bc5 f6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Bxe7 Rf7 22. Bb4 Bd7 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxa5 Bg5 25. f3 Raf8 26. Bb4 Rc8 27. Bd2 Bf6 28. Rhc1 Rff8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Bf4 Bc3 33. e5 b4 34. Bc4 a5 35. d6+ Ke8 36. e6 a4 37. Bb5+ Kf8 38. e7+ Kg7 39. e8Q b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Burdot, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. a5 Ne5 12. Qd2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Naxc5 dxc5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Ba4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd3 Bxb3 24. Rxb3 Qd7 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Rd3 Qc7 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Qxa5 Bxa5 29. Rxb7 Bb4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. b3 h5 33. h3 g6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 a5 36. Bg5 Bc3 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rb7 f6 39. Be3 Bd4 40. Kd3 e5 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Rb5 Ke7 43. Rxa5 Ke6 44. f4 g5 45. f5+ Ke5 46. b4 Kf4 47. Rxc5 Rd8 48. Rd5 Rb8 49. b5 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gunnar Erik"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Island"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rb1 0-0 11. Rb5 Qc7 12. Rxc5 b6 13. Rb5 Ba6 14. Rb1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. g3 Na5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Nd2 Qa4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb2 Rdc8 23. Bd2 b5 24. Rb1 a6 25. Qb3 e6 26. e5 Bf8 27. h4 h5 28. g4 Be7 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Kh3 Bd8 31. Rhg1+ Kh8 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33. Rbxd1 Ra4 34. Rg3 Rxa2 35. Rdg1 Rxd2 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. R1g7+ Kh6 38. Rxf7 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Rdxc3 40. Rgg7 R3c7 41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rhg7+ Kh6 43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rousis, Chrysostomos"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zypern"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. c4 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Ne5 h6 16. Rd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nh7 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Ne4 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Nd6 Nd7 22. f4 Nb6 23. g4 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. c5 Nd5 27. Re1 Re8 28. h3 Qf7 29. a3 Qd7 30. b4 a6 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. h4 Qd7 33. g5 f5 34. Qe5 h5 35. g6 Qc8 36. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Curovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng8 7. Ng5 Nxe5 8. Re1 f6 9. Nf7 Qe7 10. Nxh8 Qf8 11. f4 d3+ 12. Kh1 dxc2 13. Qxc2 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. fxe5 Qxh8 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nc3 Kd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 c6 21. Qf7 d5 22. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Sredanovic, Matej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1098"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. h4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe4 Bd6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rd5 a6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 Rf6 21. c4 Re6 22. c5 Be7 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Rd7 h6 25. h5 a5 26. Re4 Ra6 27. Ra4 Kf8 28. Be1 Ke8 29. Rd5 c6 30. Rd6 Bd8 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Rxe5 Bc7 33. Ree4 Kg8 34. Bd2 Rf8 35. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 36. Rxf4 Re8 37. Rfe4 Rd8 38. Rad4 Rda8 39. Re6 R8a7 40. Rdd6 Rc7 41. a4 Kf7 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. Kd3 Kg8 44. f4 Kf7 45. f5 Kg8 46. f6 Kh8 47. fxg7+ Rxg7 48. Rxh6+ Kg8 49. Rhg6 Rxg6 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. g4 Ra7 52. Rxc6 Rf7 53. Rg6 Rf4 54. c6 Rf7 55. Kc4 Rc7 56. Kb5 Re7 57. Kb6 Re2 58. c7 Rxc2 59. Kb7 Rxb2+ 60. Kc8 Rb4 61. Kd7 Rd4+ 62. Rd6 Rxa4 63. c8Q Rxg4 64. Qc2+ Kh8 65. Rh6+ Kg8 66. Rg6+ Rxg6 67. Qxg6+ Kf8 68. h6 a4 69. h7 a3 70. h8R# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Freibergs, Andrejs"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bd2 0-0 6. Rc1 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. 0-0 e5 12. Be3 exd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aslanov, Umid Fuad"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 c5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qe5 Rg8 17. Bxh6 Qa5 18. Be3 Qxa2 19. Bxc5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+ 21. b4 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Qb5+ 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Qc7 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Qa4 26. Ne5 Qc2+ 27. Kf3 Bxe5 28. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackford, Ross"]
[Black "Jishkariani, Erekle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schottland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 a6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 e5 15. h4 Be6 16. h5 d5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Kg6 26. Nc7 Rf8 27. Nxa6 h4 28. Bf1 Rxf3 29. Bg2 Rf2 30. Bc6 h3 31. b4 h2 32. b5 Kf5 33. b6 e4 34. b7 h1Q+ 35. Kb2 Qd1 36. b8Q Qxc2+ 37. Ka3 Qxa2+ 38. Kb4 Rb2+ 39. Kc5 Rxb8 40. Nxb8 Qa7+ 41. Kd6 Qxb8+ 42. Kc5 e3 43. g6 hxg6 44. Bb5 Qxb5+ 45. Kd4 e2 46. Ke3 e1Q+ 47. Kd4 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Online U14"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rutten, Alexander"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Schottland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nd2 Be7 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. h3 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 b5 13. a3 Bd6 14. f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qg4 Re8 17. Rae1 Qe7 18. Rf3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qg6 Kh8 21. Rg3 Rf8 22. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Robinson Cup"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Paibir, Atharva"]
[Black "Blackford, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1428"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. a3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 0-0 14. b4 Rac8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd7 19. Rec1 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bb8 23. Ne4 b6 24. b5 Ne7 25. Qb4 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Ne7 29. Nd6 Nf5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 g6 34. a4 Ke6 35. g3 Kd5 36. Kd3 h5 37. Bf2 Bc7 38. Be3 Bd8 39. Bf2 Bc7 40. Be3 Bd8 41. Bf2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

