[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Ncb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Bd7 15. Nd5 0-0 16. g3 Bc8 17. h4 Bh6 18. Be2 a5 19. 0-0 Be6 20. Bg4 Qd7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rbf8 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "McKerracher, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Ne4 Qc7 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nf3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Rc1 c5 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. b3 Rg8 21. h3 Nd3 22. Re2 Bd6 23. Be3 f5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Kf1 Rg6 26. Bd2 h5 27. Nh4 Rg8 28. Nxf5 Bc7 29. Bc3 Nc5 30. Ng7+ Kd8 31. Nxh5 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Kc8 34. Re2 a5 35. Nf6 Rg6 36. Ne4 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Ne5 38. h4 Nc6 39. Ng5 Nd8 40. Nf3 Rg8 41. Be5 Bxe5 42. Nxe5 Kc7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Nf3 Nc6 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. Ng5 Rg7 47. Ke4 f6 48. Nf3 Rg4+ 49. Ke3 e5 50. Nh2 Rg8 51. Rd5 Nb4 52. Rd2 Nc6 53. g4 Ke6 54. Ke4 Nd4 55. f3 Rg7 56. f4 Rh7 57. f5+ Ke7 58. h5 Rg7 59. Rg2 Nc6 60. Nf3 Rh7 61. Nh4 Nd4 62. Ng6+ Kf7 63. Rd2 Ke8 64. Rd3 Kd8 65. Nxe5 fxe5 66. Kxe5 Re7+ 67. Kxd4 Rc7 68. Ke4+ Ke7 69. Kf4 Ra7 70. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Waters, Andrew"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Qg3 Qe7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kd1 b6 12. Ba3 Qf7 13. Ng5 Qg6 14. h4 h5 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. d4 Be7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qf7 21. Qc6 Rb8 22. Qd6 Ra8 23. Rc1 Qe7 24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. Rxh8 Qa3 28. Rh3 g6 29. Rc8 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rhc3 b4 32. R3c7 Qxb3+ 33. Ke1 Qa4 34. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashcroft, Graham J"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB06_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 a6 11. d3 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ng6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nxc6 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Qa7 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. Rc7 Qf3 25. Qc3 Qg4 26. Qc6 Nh4 27. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "Williamson, Graham A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qh5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. Nbxd4 Nf6 10. Nb5 0-0-0 11. Nd6+ Kb8 12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Ngxf7 Rxd6 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 exf4 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. c3 Bg6 20. f3 Bf5 21. Be6 Bc2 22. R1d2 Re8 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dean, Robert A"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 a6 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 0-0 14. c3 b6 15. Bg5 Kh8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Bc2 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chester, Ian B"]
[Black "Cooper, Malcolm H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 0-0 14. Bg2 Ne7 15. Ncb4 Bb7 16. 0-0 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Kh8 18. h4 Bh6 19. Bh3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Qb3 Qc4 24. Rd5 Bf8 25. Bf1 Qc6 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Qd1 h5 28. Bh3 b4 29. g4 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qb7 31. b3 Qe7 32. g5 Qa7 33. Bf1 Rdc8 34. Bc4 Rc5 35. Rf3 Rb7 36. Rf6 a5 37. Qf3 Rcc7 38. a4 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Rb4 40. Rxa5 Qc7 41. Qe3 Rxc4 42. Ra7 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Qc8 44. Raxf7+ Kg8 45. Qxc1 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. f3 Qg2+ 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nge7 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. h4 Bb4 10. h5 Nge7 11. Kf1 h6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Rh3 Nf5 15. Nd2 b5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 a6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rg3 Rh7 22. Ke1 Ke7 23. a4 Bc4 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Ba3+ Ke6 26. Bd6 f6 27. Kd2 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Rd7 29. Ra5 Rb7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Ke3 Kg8 32. Kf4 Be8 33. Raxa6 Rh8 34. Ra8 Kh7 35. Rga6 Bxh5 36. R8a7 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Bxf7 38. Kxf5 Bc4 39. Ra7 Rf8+ 40. Ke4 Rf7 41. Rxf7 Bxf7 42. d5 Kg8 43. c4 Kf8 44. c5 g6 45. Bf6 Ke8 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-B 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ward, William2222"]
[Black "Chester, Ian B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[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. f4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe1 Bd6 9. e4 c4 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. d4 Bxd4+ 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. c3 1/2-1/2

