[Event "Hastings Weekend op-A"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Alcindor, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bf5 5. f3 c6 6. 0-0-0 Nbd7 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bh3 Bxh3 11. Nxh3 Qa5 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 0-0-0 14. Kb1 f6 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Qh2+ Ka8 17. Rhg1 Bh6 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rdg8 20. Rg2 e5 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Qc5 23. Qg1 Rh6 24. Qe1 Nb6 25. Nf2 Nf4 26. Nxf4 exf4 27. Ng4 Rhh8 28. Nxf6 Rc8 29. Nd5 f3 30. Nxb6+ axb6 31. Rf2 Rxh4 32. Rxf3 Qxc2+ 33. Ka1 Rxe4 34. Ra3+ Ra4 35. Rxa4+ Qxa4 36. b3 Qc6 37. Qd2 Qc3+ 38. Qxc3 Rxc3 39. Rd8+ Ka7 40. Rg8 Rg3 41. Kb2 b5 42. b4 Kb6 43. Rg7 Kc6 44. a3 g5 45. Rg8 g4 46. Rc8+ Kb6 47. Rc1 Rf3 48. Rc5 g3 49. Rg5 Kc6 50. Rc5+ Kb6 51. Rg5 Rd3 52. Rg6+ Kc7 53. Rg5 Kc6 54. Rc5+ Kd6 55. Rxb5 Rd5 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. Rxb7 Kf4 58. Rc7 Kf3 59. Rc3+ Kf2 60. Rxg3 Kxg3 61. Kc3 Kf4 62. Kc4 Ke5 63. a4 Kd6 64. b5 Rg5 65. Kb4 Kc7 66. a5 Kb7 67. Kc4 Rg4+ 68. Kc5 Rh4 69. a6+ Ka7 70. Kc6 Rh7 71. Kc5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Weekend op-A"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bai, Xue"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 f6 5. f4 Qd7 6. Bd3 0-0-0 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. Bxf5 Qxf5 9. Na3 h5 10. Qd2 e6 11. c3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxf4+ 13. Bxf4 g5 14. Be3 h4 15. Qd3 Qg4 16. h3 Qh5 17. Kd2 g4 18. hxg4 Qxg4 19. Qe2 Qe4 20. Qf2 Bh6 21. Rae1 Bf8 22. Rxh4 Rxh4 23. Qxh4 Qg6 24. Qh3 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Qe8 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Ng5 Ne4+ 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 32. Kd3 Kb8 33. Qxe6 Qxg2 34. Qe7 Qg6+ 35. Re4 Rc8 36. Bxc7+ Rxc7 37. Qe8+ Qxe8 38. Rxe8+ Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Kxc8 40. Ke4 Kc7 41. Ke5 b5 42. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Weekend op-A"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e5 Qd8 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nfd2 Bb7 14. f4 0-0-0 15. c3 c5 16. b4 f5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Rab1 Rd7 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Rb3 Bd8 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Rc1 g5 26. Bd3 Qxd4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qb2 gxf4 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Re1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Weekend op-A"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. f4 b5 11. Qc2 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Rb1 Rxb1+ 19. Qxb1 dxc4 20. Qe4 Qb8 21. Qd4 Be8 22. Ne4 Qb1+ 23. Kf2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 cxd3 25. Nc5 Bg6 26. e4 h5 27. g3 Kf7 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Kxd3 Bf7 30. Kc4 Kd8 31. Na6 Be8 32. Kc5 Kd7 33. Kb4 Kc8 34. Nc5 Bf7 35. Ka5 Kc7 36. Ka6 Kb8 37. Nb7 Bg6 38. d3 Be8 39. Nc5 Bf7 40. a4 g5 41. Nd7+ Kc7 42. Nf6 Bg6 43. Kxa7 Bf7 44. Ka6 Bg6 45. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Alcindor, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 0-0 6. Bd3 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Nc3 Nxf3 12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 e6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. b4 Qh5 16. Qg3 Ng4 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be2 Kh8 20. h3 Rg8 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rac8 24. Ne4 Rc2 25. Nxd6 Bf8 26. Ne4 Bc6 27. Bc3+ Bg7 28. Bxg7+ Rxg7 29. Nf2 Rd7 30. b5 Bd5 31. Kg1 Rxa2 32. f5 exf5 33. gxf5 Rg7 34. g4 Bf3 35. Rfc1 h6 36. Rc4 Kh7 37. Rf4 Ra3 38. Re1 a5 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Re6 a5 41. Ne4 Bxe4 42. Rexe4 h5 43. f6 Rxg4+ 44. Rxg4 hxg4 45. Rxg4 Rf3 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Ra7 Rxf6 48. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Binks, Michael"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 Bd7 9. Bb2 b5 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 b4 14. Nb1 Nbd7 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Kovalskyi, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. 0-0 Rc8 7. c3 e6 8. Ne5 h5 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Ndf3 Ng4 11. h3 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nh6 13. dxc5 Be4 14. Bb5 Nf5 15. Rf2 Qc7 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Rd2 Rd3 21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Qe1 Qe7 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Bd4 Rh6 25. b3 Rg6 26. bxc4 Be4 27. Qf2 Rg3 28. Kh2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qh4 30. Qf1 Nxd4 31. exd4 Qf4 32. Kh1 Rxf3 33. Qg2 Rf2 34. Qxc6 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patel, Zain"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 c6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Qd4 Rh6 13. f4 g4 14. f5 Qd7 15. e5 d5 16. Bf4 Rh7 17. e6 Qd8 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe5 Bc5+ 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Ne2 Kf6 24. Nd4 Re7 25. a3 Re4 26. Ne6 Nh6 27. Nf4 h4 28. Nh5+ Kf7 29. f6 Rae8 30. a4 Re2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Re5 33. Nf4 Kxf6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Re4 36. Nd3 Re7 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Rb8 Nf5 39. Nc5 Nd6 40. Rd8 Nc4 41. Nd3 Ne3 42. c3 Nf5 43. Nf4 Re4 44. g3 hxg3+ 45. hxg3 Re3 46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rxd5 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Moracchini, Margaux"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qa5 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. dxc5 e6 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Nge2 Nf6 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. b4 Qc6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rac1 0-0 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. c4 a6 19. Nbd4 Qc7 20. c5 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 Ng4 23. Nde2 Nh2+ 24. Ke1 Qxg2 25. Kd2 Qxf2 26. Kc3 Ng4 27. Kb3 Qxe3 28. a4 Qxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Ne5 30. Rdd1 g5 31. Nd4 Nc4 32. Ngf3 Bf4 33. Rxc4 dxc4+ 34. Kc2 e5 35. Nf5 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Rd8+ 37. Kc2 e4 38. N3d4 e3 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nhf5+ Kf6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 e2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fryer, David W"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 e5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. c3 Rab8 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Bxa7 Rbd8 17. Be3 d5 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Bd2 e4 21. d4 h5 22. b4 h4 23. Be3 Qe6 24. g4 Qd6 25. g5 Nd7 26. f4 exf3 27. Qxf3 c6 28. a5 Re7 29. Bd2 Ndf8 30. Rf2 Rde8 31. Raf1 Ne6 32. Qh5 Nef8 33. Qg4 Ne6 34. Qf5 Nef8 35. Bf4 Nxf4 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 Re3 38. Rf7 R3e7 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. b5 Ne6 41. g6 Nc7 42. Rf7 Rxf7 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. a6 Nxa6 45. bxa6 bxa6 46. Bf3 Ke6 47. Kf2 a5 48. Bd1 Kd6 49. Ke3 c5 50. Kf4 cxd4 51. cxd4 Ke6 52. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 Qb6 6. 0-0-0 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bd6 11. e4 0-0-0 12. Qf3 Be7 13. g3 Kb8 14. Bh3 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Rhe1 f5 17. Qe3 h5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. f4 h4 20. Ne2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rdg8 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. Bg2 Rh7 24. Bf3 Rhg7 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. Rd3 Qc7 27. c4 c5 28. Red1 f6 29. b4 cxb4 30. c5 Bf8 31. axb4 Bd7 32. Ra3 Bc6 33. d5 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Qc6 36. Qd4 Be7 37. Rd3 Rc8 38. Qc4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Qe4 40. Qd2 Rh7 41. R5d4 Rh1+ 42. Kb2 Qc6 43. Nc3 Rg1 44. Qe3 Rg2+ 45. Kb3 Bf8 46. Rd8 Rh2 47. R3d7 Rh8 48. Qe8 Bxc5 49. Rxc8+ Qxc8 50. Qxc8+ Kxc8 51. Rd5 Be7 52. Rxf5 Rh3 53. Ne4 Kd7 54. Kc4 Ke6 55. Rb5 b6 56. f5+ Kd7 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58. Rd3 a5 59. bxa5 bxa5 60. Kb5 Rh5 61. Rd5 Rh1 62. Kxa5 Kc6 63. Rd4 Ra1+ 64. Ra4 Rxa4+ 65. Kxa4 Kd5 66. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Weekend op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Petersons, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 c4 7. Ne5 g6 8. b3 b5 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 0-0 12. Bf3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Qg4 Kg7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. h4 Rf5 19. Qh3 Nc6 20. g4 Rff8 21. h5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rab8 23. Ne2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 25. h6+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Ng3 c3 28. Nh5 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Qe7 30. Qxa6 Qf8 31. Nf6 Bc8 32. Qc6 Qd8 33. Qxc3 Bb7 34. Qc5 Bc6 35. Qxc6 Qb8 36. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Weekend op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simms, Jake"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e5 d6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. 0-0 d5 7. d4 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 11. Nb3 0-0 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. Qa5 g5 14. Ne1 f4 15. f3 Nh6 16. g4 fxg3 17. hxg3 Nf5 18. Kf2 Qf7 19. Rh1 Rb8 20. Qd2 Qg7 21. c3 Qg6 22. Rh2 Rf7 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Rg1 Rg7 25. Ndc5 Rf8 26. Qe2 Bc8 27. a4 Nh6 28. g4 Rgf7 29. Rh3 Rf4 30. Rhg3 Qg7 31. Nc1 Kh8 32. N1d3 R4f7 33. Nb4 Bd7 34. Nbxa6 Rf4 35. Nd3 Re4 36. Qd2 Be8 37. Kg2 Ref4 38. Nxf4 gxf4 39. Rh3 Nf5 40. Kf2 Ne3 41. Nc5 Nc4 42. Qe2 Qg8 43. Rh6 Bg6 44. Nd7 Ra8 45. Nf6 Qf8 46. Rgh1 Be8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Weekend op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Broom, Mark"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. e4 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. 0-0 dxc4 11. dxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nxc4 14. Bxc7 Nxb2 15. Rf1 a5 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nh5 Be7 20. Be5 Rf5 21. Ba1 Nd5 22. Be4 Rf8 23. Rb5 a4 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bxd5+ Rf7 26. Rc1 Bg4 27. Rc7 Bxh5 28. Rxe7 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Kxe7 30. Bxh5 Rc8 31. Bd4 Rc4 32. Be3 Rc2 33. a3 Rc3 34. Bf3 b5 35. Be2 Kd6 36. Bxb5 Rxa3 37. Bxg5 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 a3 39. Bc4 Rb1 40. Bf6 Rc1 41. Bg8 Rc7 42. g4 Ra7 43. Ba2 Rc7 44. h4 Rc2 45. Bg8 Rc7 46. g5 Ra7 47. Ba2 Ra8 48. h5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Weekend op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Cove, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. 0-0 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bd6 9. c3 0-0 10. g4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qe1 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Kh2 Rc6 21. Rac1 b5 22. b3 Nb6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rg3 Rfc8 25. h4 R8c7 26. h5 Qf8 27. Rh3 Nd5 28. hxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxb5 Qd8 30. Qe2 Rcg7 31. Be1 Rg4 32. c4 Nf6 33. c5 Rg2+ 34. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qd3 36. Rg3+ Ng4 37. Rxg4+ fxg4 38. Kf2 g3+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 g2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flynn, David"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 c4 8. a4 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. 0-0 e6 13. Rfe1 Ne7 14. d5 e5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. a5 0-0 17. Nd2 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. c3 f5 20. f3 f4 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Rec1 g5 23. Rab1 Ng6 24. b3 h5 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 g4 27. Bf2 gxf3 28. gxf3 Bf6 29. Nb6 Qg7 30. Nxc8 Nh4+ 31. Kf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Nxf3+ 33. Kd1 Rxc8 34. Rxb7 Qh1+ 35. Kc2 Rxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Qxc1+ 37. Qc2 Qa1+ 38. Kb4 Bg7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kh6 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf7 Qb1+ 43. Ka4 Qxe4+ 44. Kb5 Qg6 45. Qxg7+ Qxg7 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. a6 e4 48. a7 e3 49. a8Q exf2 50. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Bryant, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5 g5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bd6 12. c4 Be4 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. f3 Bg6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. g3 Qxe3+ 18. Kg2 0-0 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Re1 Qd3 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rxc5 Bb5 24. Rec1 Rb8 25. b3 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Re5 27. R5c3 Rbe8 28. a4 Ba6 29. Rxc6 Bd3 30. Rc8 Kg7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rc7 a6 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Ke3 Bf1 35. Nc6 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bh3 37. Kd4 Kf6 38. b4 h5 39. Kxd5 Bg2 40. Kd6 Bxf3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Be2 43. b6 Ba6 44. Rc2 Bb7 45. Rf2+ Kg7 46. Ne7 Rc3 47. Ra2 Bf3 48. Ra7 Rd3+ 49. Kc7 Kf6 50. Nc8 Kf5 51. Nd6+ Kg4 52. Nxf7 Re3 53. Ra4+ Kf5 54. Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Coward, Neil"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bb3 Bxf5 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. h3 Qd7 9. Nh2 0-0-0 10. Nc3 e4 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Bxh3 13. Ba4 Qf5 14. Qe2 Qg6 15. f3 Qg3 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Kb8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rae1 Qd4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23. Ra4 Bc5 24. Rc4 Rd5 25. b4 Bb6 26. a4 Rd6 27. a5 Be3 28. a6 Rhd8 29. b5 Rd2 30. Qg3 Bb6 31. Rxc6 Qb2 32. c4 R2d3 33. Qh4 Qe2 34. f5 Rd1 35. Qf4 Rxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Rd1 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Kg1 Rd6 39. Ng3 Qd1+ 40. Nf1 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 Rxd4 42. Ne3 h5 43. Nd5 Rxc4 44. f6 gxf6 45. Nxf6 Rb4 46. Nxh5 Rxb5 47. Nf6 Ka7 48. Ne8 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Byrn, Carsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Qe2 d5 8. c3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Qg4 e6 12. h4 f5 13. Qh3 Nf6 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. g4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Rae1 Qd3 20. Bc1 fxg4 21. Qxg4 Rf5 22. Rd1 Qa6 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Rxf5 Nh3+ 25. Qxh3 gxf5 26. Qg2 Kh8 27. Qf1 c4 28. Qf3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Qxa2 30. Rg1 Qa4 31. Qe2 Qe8 32. e4 fxe4 33. Qg4 Qf7+ 34. Ke2 Rf8 35. Bf4 Qg6 36. Ke3 Qxg4 37. Rxg4 Rf5 38. Rg1 Rh5 39. Bg5 Bh6 40. Kf4 Rxh4+ 41. Ke3 Bxg5+ 42. Rxg5 Rh6 43. Rg2 Rg6 44. Rf2 Kg7 45. Rh2 Rg3+ 46. Kf4 Rf3+ 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Kh4 Kf5 49. Rg2 e3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Kelly, Paul J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd7 5. a3 e6 6. f4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Bd3 g6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. c3 a5 16. 0-0 c4 17. Kg2 a4 18. h4 Be7 19. Kh3 Nf8 20. Nc1 Ng6 21. Na2 Bd7 22. Nb4 0-0-0 23. Nc2 Kb8 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Ng5 Be8 26. Rae1 Bxg5 27. fxg5 f4 28. Ng2 fxg3 29. Bxg3 Qc7 30. Rf6 Qd7 31. Ref1 Rc6 32. R1f2 Rb6 33. Qe2 Ne7 34. Nf4 Ng8 35. Nxh5 Nxf6 36. Nxf6 Rc6 37. h5 Rc7 38. Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2023.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Faulks, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6 12. Qc1 Bg7 13. Bh6 0-0 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 h5 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rg1 b5 18. Nd1 Kh7 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. Rg5 c4 21. c3 Nc5 22. Rg2 Nfd7 23. Kf1 Qc8 24. Qd4 Qf8 25. Qd2 Qh6 26. Ke1 Qf4 27. Kd1 Ne5 28. Nf1 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Ned3 30. Ke3 Rgb8 31. Nd2 Rc8 32. f4 Na4 33. Rbg1 Nxc3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Kxd3 Nxa2 36. e5 dxe5 37. fxe5 Nc1+ 38. Ke4 Ne2 39. Re1 Nc3+ 40. Kd4 b4 41. Nc4 Nb5+ 42. Kd3 Rd8 43. Ke4 Nc3+ 44. Ke3 Nxd5+ 45. Kf3 Rac8 46. Re4 Kg7 47. Rg1 Nc3 48. Rf4 Rd3+ 49. Kg2 Ne2 50. Re4 Nxg1 51. Kxg1 Rb8 52. e6 f6 53. Re2 Rc3 54. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2022.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sugden, John N"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 f6 7. h5 Bf7 8. f4 Qd7 9. c3 0-0-0 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qc2 g6 15. 0-0-0 fxe5 16. fxe5 Be6 17. Nf3 Rdf8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rh2 Nd8 20. Bg5 Nf7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rdh1 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8+ Nxh8 27. Nd4 Qe7 28. Qa4 Bd7 29. Qxa7 Qxe5 30. Qc5+ Kb8 31. Bb5 Qe3+ 32. Kc2 Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Dhanuka, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1194"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Qd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. f3 Bg6 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Nf4 0-0-0 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Nb6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Qd3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kumar, Sanjit S"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Ne5 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. b3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nxe5 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 f4 15. Ne4 fxg3 16. Qxg3 Rf5 17. Bh3 Bh4 18. Qxh4 Ng6 19. Qd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxd8+ Rf8 21. Rad1 Nf4 22. Bf1 b6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Walker, Martin Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. Rb1 Qd8 8. Nf3 g6 9. Qc1 Bg7 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Re8 14. h5 Qa5 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ng5 a6 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Kd2 b5 22. f4 b4 23. e5 bxc3+ 24. Ke1 Qxa2 25. exf6 exf6 26. Nxh7 Qxb1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh1 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Qxh1 Kxf6 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Bf3 a5 32. g4 a4 33. f5 Re7 34. f6 Rb7 35. Be4 a3 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8 a2 38. Bxg6+ Kd8 39. Qxf8+ Kc7 40. Qe7+ Bd7 41. Bf5 Rd8 42. f7 a1Q 43. f8Q Rxf8 44. Qxd7+ Kb6 45. Qxd6+ Kb5 46. Qxf8 Qc1 47. Qe8+ Kb4 48. Qe4+ Ka3 49. Qc4 Qd2+ 50. Kf3 Qd1+ 51. Kf4 Rb4 52. Qxb4+ cxb4 53. Ke5 b3 54. cxb3 c2 55. Bxc2 Qxc2 56. d6 Qc6 57. g5 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Fryer, David William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e3 Nd7 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 exf4 5. exf4 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. a5 c5 15. d5 Rb8 16. Na4 h6 17. Nb6 Bg4 18. f5 N6d7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. h3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bf6 22. Kh2 Be5+ 23. f4 Bd4 24. Rae1 Qh4 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Re8 27. Be1 Qe7 28. Bf3 Nf6 29. Bd2 Be3 30. Bc3 Bxf4+ 31. Kh1 Be5 32. Re1 Nd7 33. Qg2 Qf6 34. Bd1 Kf8 35. Qe2 Re7 36. Qc2 Bxc3 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. bxc3 Nf6 39. Bf3 Nd7 40. Kg2 Ne5 41. Be2 Qg5+ 42. Kh1 Qg3 43. Qb2 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Ke1 Qh4+ 47. Kd1 Qe7 48. Qb1 Qc7 49. Kd2 Nd7 50. Bh5 b6 51. f6 Nxf6 52. axb6 Qb7 53. Bd1 Nd7 54. Ba4 Nxb6 55. Kd1 Qc7 56. Bc6 Kg8 57. Qa2 Qc8 58. Ke1 Qg4 59. Qxa6 Nxc4 60. Bb5 Qg1+ 61. Ke2 Qe3+ 62. Kf1 Nd2+ 63. Kg2 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 Qf4+ 65. Kh3 g6 66. Qc8+ Kg7 67. Qe8 Ne4 68. Kg2 Qf2+ 69. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, Oliver W"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Qc1 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Ndf3 g4 13. Qg5+ Qg7 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. Ne1 Nbd7 16. N1d3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nf4 Ng5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 a5 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. a3 Kf7 23. h4 gxh3 24. Nxh3 h6 25. Nxg5+ hxg5 26. e3 Ke7 27. Bf1 a4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxb5 axb3 30. Rb1 Bc6 31. Rxb3 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. Kf1 Kd7 35. Ke2 Kc6 36. a4 g4 37. Kd3 Kb7 38. Kc2 Ka6 39. Kb3 Nc6 40. Bc3 Kb6 41. Bd4+ Ka6 42. Ka3 Ka5 43. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rice, Christopher"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 Bd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4 fxe4 9. dxe4 dxc4 10. Qe2 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. h4 0-0 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a4 a6 16. Nd4 Ra7 17. axb5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 cxb5 19. Be4 Qc5 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Bb1 Nd7 24. Qe4 g6 25. f4 Re8 26. Kg2 Nf8 27. Qf3 b4 28. Nc6 Ra6 29. Rd6 bxc3 30. Be4 Qb5 31. Qxc3 a4 32. Rb1 Qc5 33. Rb4 a3 34. Rxc4 Qb5 35. Nd4 Qb2+ 36. Qxb2 axb2 37. Rxa6 Rb8 38. Bb1 Be8 39. Ra2 Nd7 40. Rc2 Rb4 41. Ne2 g5 42. Rcxb2 Rc4 43. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Ratnesan, Radha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e5 Qd8 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. c3 Bd7 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. a4 a5 18. Nbd4 Bc7 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. N5h4 Qg8 22. Qd3 g5 23. Qe2 gxh4 24. Nxh4 Qg5 25. g3 Rg8 26. Kh1 Ne7 27. c4 Qg4 28. Qd2 Qxc4 29. f4 Bxa4 30. Bd3 Qc6 31. Qe2 d4+ 32. Nf3 Nf5 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. Rfe1 Bc6 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxg3 37. Nxd4 Rg4 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Rxc7+ Ne7 40. Rxe7+ Qxe7 41. Qxe7+ Kg6 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Rxf4 44. Qxb7 Rf5 45. Qc6+ Kg5 46. Kg2 h5 47. Qc7 Kg6 48. h4 Kf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. Qe6 Rf6 52. Qe5 Kf7 53. Qxh5+ Rg6+ 54. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2020.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. e4 fxe4 10. dxe4 Na6 11. Ne5 Be8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ndf3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Nexc6 bxc6 20. Ne6 Bxe3 21. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Kxf8 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Ke7 26. b4 Rb8 27. a3 Kd6 28. Rdc1 h6 29. R1c2 Be8 30. Bf3 Rb7 31. Kf2 g5 32. Ke1 Rb6 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. Ra6 g4 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Rc5 Re7 37. Rca5 Kd4 38. Rxa7 Re3 39. Rc5 h5 40. Rc2 Rb3 41. Rd2+ Ke5 42. Bd3 Kd6 43. Bc2 Rc3 44. Rf2 Ne4 45. Bxe4 dxe4 46. Rf8 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. c4 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 Rc8 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bc4 17. Be3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 f6 21. f4 Kf7 22. Rad1 Rc2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Ke6+ 26. Ke2 Rh8 27. Rc1 Rh2+ 28. Bf2 Bh6 29. Rc6+ Kf5 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Rc2 Rc1 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Bh4 Rxd4 35. Bxe7 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Bxd2 37. Kf3 Kxe5 38. Ke2 Bc1 39. b3 Ke4 40. a4 Be3 41. Bd6 g5 42. Bg3 g4 43. b4 Bf4 44. Bf2 g3 45. Bg1 Be5 46. a5 Bd4 47. axb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sugden, John N"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Ne5 g5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. f3 Qg7 15. e4 Nf6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rg1 Qh6 21. Bf3 Ng7 22. Rg5 Be8 23. Qe2 Bg6 24. Qg2 Ne8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Rh3 Qg7 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Bg2 a5 30. Nc3 b5 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. Bf1 Be8 33. Be2 b4 34. Na4 Bb5 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Rc1 Rac8 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 d4 39. Rg3 Rd8 40. Rd3 Qb7+ 41. Qg2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Willson, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qc7 9. c3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. Qe1 0-0 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. g3 Nc4 16. Kg2 a5 17. Ne3 Rab8 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Bd3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bd2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rb6 24. Kh2 g6 25. Qd2 Rfb8 26. Rac1 Qb7 27. Rc2 Ra8 28. Kg1 Ra2 29. g4 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. f5 Bf8 32. Qg5 exf5 33. gxf5 Qd5 34. h4 Ra8 35. h5 Bg7 36. Rd2 h6 37. Qg3 g5 38. Qe3 Rf6 39. Rdf2 Bf8 40. Kg2 Bd6 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. Re2 Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 f5 46. d5 Ra1+ 47. Re1 Rxe1+ 48. Bxe1 Qxh5 49. Qa7+ Kg6 50. Qb6 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Qh2+ 52. Kf1 Kh5 53. Qd4 Qh1+ 54. Qg1 Qf3+ 55. Qf2 Kg4 56. Qxf3+ Kxf3 57. b4 e3 58. b5 Bh2 59. Bf2 exf2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 95th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNally, Richard JE"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g3 Bg4 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 f5 13. c4 fxe4 14. c5 Bb5 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bg2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 0-0 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. 0-0 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rb8 21. Rfb1 Rb3 22. c6 Qf5 23. g4 Qc8 24. Qxa7 h5 25. Qa6 Qb8 26. g5 Ne8 27. Qd3 Rf5 28. Qd2 Rf4 29. Qc2 Rf5 30. h4 Rb4 31. Bh3 Rbf4 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Ra4 e4 34. f3 Rxf3 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 Re3 38. Qf5 Qb3 39. Ra3 Qb6 40. Rxe3 Qxe3 41. Qe6+ Qxe6 42. dxe6 Kf8 43. b4 Ke7 44. b5 Kxe6 45. Kg2 d5 46. Re1+ Be5 47. Kf3 d4 48. Rb1 Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Ng3 Nh5 12. Nce2 Bd6 13. c3 Na5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 h6 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Be5 Nc6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Qb3 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. fxe5 c6 24. Qc2 f4 25. Bg6 Bg4 26. h3 Be6 27. Bh5 Bf5 28. Qe2 Qe6 29. Bf3 b6 30. b4 Rf7 31. a4 Rc7 32. Rd1 Rg7 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 Rc7 35. Qa2 Rd7 36. Re1 Kg7 37. c4 dxc4 38. d5 Qe7 39. Qxc4 Rc7 40. Qd4 Qd8 41. d6 Be6 42. Bd5 Rc2 43. Bxe6 f3 44. gxf3 Qa8 45. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Witt, Holger"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Nh3 Ne4 7. Bxe4 fxe4 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qd1 Bh6 13. Qd2 0-0 14. 0-0-0 Bxf4 15. exf4 Qxf4 16. h3 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 b5 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Rf4 20. g3 Rf3 21. g4 Raf8 22. Nd1 Kg7 23. b3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Faulks, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. f4 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Be1 a5 11. Nbd2 Nd6 12. Qb3 a4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Bf2 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 e6 20. Bg3 f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qf3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rfd1 Ra5 27. Rac1 b5 28. Kg2 Ra6 29. Kf2 Rb6 30. h4 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Ne3+ 33. Kh3 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Qc7 35. Qd2 Rbb8 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Qe6 Rd8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rd6 Rxd6 40. exd6 Qd7 41. Bf2 Rf8 42. Qe5 Re8 43. Qd5+ Re6 44. Bc5 e3 45. Bxe3 Qxd6 46. Qa8+ Kf7 47. Bd4 Qc6 48. Qh8 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spanton, Timothy"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 a6 6. Qg4 Nf5 7. Bd3 h5 8. Qf4 g5 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Rg8 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. f4 c5 13. 0-0-0 Be6 14. Nge2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Nxd4 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Ke7 19. Nxg8+ Rxg8 20. Nxd4 Rxg2 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. c3 Be7 23. h4 Rg4 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rxf4 26. Rxh5 Kxe5 27. Rh7 Rg4 28. Rxf7 Rxg5 29. Rxb7 Ke4 30. Re7+ Kf3 31. Kc2 f4 32. c4 Kg2 33. Re2+ Kf1 34. Kd2 f3 35. Re8 Rg2+ 36. Kc3 Re2 37. Rf8 f2 38. a4 Ke1 39. b4 f1Q 40. Rxf1+ Kxf1 41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 Re3+ 43. Kb4 Re4+ 44. Ka5 Ke2 45. b6 Kd3 46. b7 Re8 47. Kb6 Kc4 48. a5 Re6+ 49. Ka7 Re7 50. Kb6 Re5 51. a6 Re6+ 52. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 d5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd2 c4 9. Be1 b5 10. Bh4 a5 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Ra7 14. a4 b4 15. e4 Rae7 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Kh1 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Nbd2 Bf5 22. h3 Qb8 23. g4 Bd7 24. Bg2 Qd6 25. Qg1 Be6 26. Qh2 Qd7 27. Re1 Qe8 28. Qd6 b3 29. g5 Bg7 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rd7 32. Qa6 Qe7 33. Nf3 Ra7 34. Qb6 Qd7 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Nd4 Re8 37. Qxa5 Bxe5+ 38. Kg1 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 Bf7 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Kf2 Qe6 42. h4 Kg7 43. Qc7 h6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. a5 Qf6+ 46. Ke3 Qe6+ 47. Kf3 Qe4+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kf3 Qd1+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nh4 d6 6. d4 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 Nc6 9. a3 Ng4 10. Ng2 Nf6 11. h4 Kh8 12. Nf4 Qe8 13. b4 Bd8 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. d5 Ng6 16. h5 Ne5 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd4 Nfg4 19. Nde6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Rf6 21. Kf1 Nh6 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Rad1 Rdf8 26. c5 Qg5 27. Rh4 Ng8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qb6 Qh6 30. Rhh1 Qg5 31. Rh4 Qh6 32. Rc1 Qf6 33. Rhh1 Qe7 34. Rc2 Nf6 35. Qd4 Rg8 36. a4 h6 37. Rhc1 Nh7 38. Qb6 Nd3 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Rc4 Qg5 41. Qd4 Qxh5 42. Qxd3 Ng5 43. Rh4 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Kh7 45. Rc2 Re8 46. Rcc4 Re4 47. Qc2 Rxh4 48. Rxh4 Qxd5 49. Kf1 Ne4 50. Ke2 g5 51. Rh3 g4 52. Rh2 Kg6 53. Bd4 Qc6 54. Qb3 d5 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 Qe6 57. Rh1 Rc7 58. Ra1 Ng5 59. Qd3 Qe4 60. Qxe4 fxe4 61. Ra2 Nf3 62. Bb6 Rd7 63. Rc2 Ne5 64. Rc8 Rf7 65. Ba5 Nd3 66. Be1 Kf5 67. Rh8 Rf6 68. Rd8 Ke6 69. Rg8 Kd6 70. Rc8 h5 71. b6 Nxe1 72. Kxe1 Ke5 73. Rh8 Kd6 74. Rxh5 Kc5 75. Rg5 Rxb6 76. Rxg4 Kc4 77. Rg7 Kd3 78. Kf1 Rb1+ 79. Kg2 b5 80. g4 Ke2 81. Rc7 b4 82. Rc2+ Kd3 83. Rc5 b3 84. Rxd5+ Kc2 85. Rd4 b2 86. Rxe4 Rg1+ 87. Kxg1 b1Q+ 88. Kg2 Kd2 89. Rf4 Ke2 90. Rf5 Qf1+ 91. Kh2 Qa1 92. Rf4 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Song, Jinwoo James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 Bg4 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qb6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qb3 0-0 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bg4 b4 15. Nd2 b5 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 Be7 18. Nf3 cxd4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rfe8 22. Bf4 g6 23. Bg4 Ra7 24. Rac1 Nc4 25. a3 Ba5 26. b3 N4xe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rc5 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Bc3 30. Rxd5 Rxa3 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Rxb5 Rae7 33. Nd3 Re3 34. Nf4 Rg3+ 35. Kh2 Rxg4 36. Kh3 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 d3 38. Rf3 Rd8 39. Rf1 Rd7 40. Rd1 Kg7 41. Rc5 Bb2 42. Rd2 h6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Rc4 Bf6 45. b4 Bg5 46. Rd1 d2 47. b5 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Rc5 Be3 50. Rd5 f5 51. Kf1 Kg5 52. Ke2 Kg4 53. Rd3 Rxd3 54. Kxd3 f4 55. Rxd2 Kf3 56. Rc2 g5 57. Rc6 g4 58. b6 Bxb6 59. Rxb6 g3 60. Rg6 g2 61. Rg5 Kf2 62. Ke4 f3 63. Kf4 Ke2 64. Rg4 f2 65. Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fowler, David W"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Kf8 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ke7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bxc6 Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. 0-0 h6 16. Bc1 g5 17. Qh3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Re1 Rac8 20. a4 Qc6 21. Ba3+ Nc5 22. Red1 Rcd8 23. Rd4 Qc7 24. f4 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qf5 Qc6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Ke8 29. Re1 Qe6 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rb1 Qc8 32. Qf6 Rg8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Re1 Kd7 35. Qxe6+ Kc7 36. Qf7+ Kd6 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Kb8 39. Qd6+ Ka8 40. Qxd5+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salmons, Calum"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. 0-0 d4 9. Ne4 Nc6 10. Ned2 0-0 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Be4 Nxe5 14. c3 Nf5 15. d4 Ng6 16. d5 Qd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Rbd8 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. g5 Rf5 24. h4 Kg8 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. h5 Ngh4 27. h6 Qf7 28. Kh1 e5 29. Qg4 Qd5+ 30. f3 Qd3 31. h7+ Kh8 32. Bf4 exf4 33. Rf2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 94th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Fryer, David William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Re8 8. 0-0 a6 9. e4 Bg4 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf8 13. Be3 d5 14. c5 e6 15. g4 f6 16. Nf3 Nbd7 17. g5 f5 18. b4 b6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Kf7 21. h4 Ke7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nh4 Ng6 24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. a5 b5 26. Rae1 Ndf8 27. Nxg6+ Nxg6 28. Kf2 Rag8 29. Rh1 h6 30. Qf3 hxg5 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. fxg5 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Ne4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Margate Thanet op"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCorry, Robert T"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bf2 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. exd4 Kg7 14. h4 g4 15. Be3 Rh8 16. Nf4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 b6 19. Bd4 d6 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Qc2 Bf5 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qe3 h5 24. 0-0 Rae8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Ne6+ Rxe6 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Bxf5 Rf8 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Rae1 Kd7 31. Rxf6 Re8 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Rf7+ Kb8 35. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Margate Thanet op"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atherton, John"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. c4 Ne4 7. 0-0 d6 8. Bb2 Bf6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. e3 Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 Ne7 14. Rfc1 c6 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bg4 19. b5 Qd7 20. Qc3 Qe6 21. Ba3 Rac8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc5 Ng8 24. Rab1 Qf5 25. Rc2 Rf7 26. Qd4 h5 27. h4 Nh6 28. Rcb2 Kh7 29. Bd6 Bf3 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Qd1 Qh3 32. Qf1 Qe6 33. Rb7 Rd8 34. Qa6 Rdd7 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Bb8 Rf7 38. Rd1 c5 39. Qf1 Rb7 40. Bd6 c4 41. Rb1 Rf7 42. Rb8 Nf5 43. Qh3 Qd7 44. Kf1 Qa4 45. Rb1 Qxa2 46. Re1 Rb7 47. g4 hxg4 48. Qxg4 Rb1 49. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 50. Kxe1 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 c3 53. h5 g5 54. Qd1 Qe4 55. Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "Margate Thanet op"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Sherwood, Chris C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Qc1 d6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nd2 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bh6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne2 0-0 12. 0-0 Rac8 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rbe8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qh4 Bg7 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Qxe7 Bf6 23. Qe3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qd2 b4 26. Ne2 c4 27. Rc1 Qc5 28. Nf4 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Qd3 Rb8 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Rb2 33. Qf3 Rxf2 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Kh1 Qe3 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Rg1 Qxe6 38. Bd5 Qe2 39. Bg2 c2 40. Qf7 Bg7 41. Qc7 Qe5 42. Qc4 Bf6 43. Qc8 d5 44. Qf8+ Bg7 45. Qc5 d4 46. Qc4 Bf6 47. Qb4 d3 48. Qf8+ Bg7 49. Qd8 d2 50. Qb6+ Bf6 51. Qxf2 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Margate Thanet op"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ackley, Peter JE"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Be7 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 0-0 9. e3 Nc6 10. h5 Nb4 11. a3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 exd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. b3 a5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Nxa4 Qd7 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. d5 Ng4 19. Nce2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Ng6 e4 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Qc3 Bf6 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. a4 Qd6 26. g3 Bc8 27. Kd2 Bd7 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Rha1 f4 32. gxf4 Qxh5 33. b4 Bg4 34. a5 b5 35. Nxb5 Be2 36. Kb3 Bd3 37. a6 Qf5 38. Nd4 Qd7 39. Ne6 Be7 40. Qc3 Bf6 41. Nc5 Qf5 42. Qd2 h5 43. Rd1 c6 44. Nxd3 exd3 45. Qxd3 Qg4 46. dxc6 Rd8 47. Qxd8 Bxd8 48. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davis, Eddie"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.11.29"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. e4 Bh5 11. Qe1 g5 12. Nhf3 g4 13. Nd4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 0-0-0 15. a4 Bg6 16. a5 a6 17. Ra4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 h5 19. e5 Nd5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Qc3 h4 22. Re1 Rh5 23. Raa1 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rdh8 25. Ne2 Rh2 26. Nf4 c5 27. Re2 Bg5 28. Qe3 R8h6 29. Qe4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nc6 31. Rd2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b4 f6 34. exf6 e5 35. f7 R2h5 36. fxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxg4 Rh8 38. Rxd4 Re7 39. Bh3 1-0

