[Event "WCU Online League op 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Waterfield, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qe3 Rb8 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Rb7 14. Ne2 Ng4 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Qh4 Qc7 17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 Bxb2 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Bh6 Rd8 22. Qg4 d5 23. h4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Kg7 28. Ng1 Qg3 29. Qxg3 Bxg3 30. Bxb7 Bxb7 31. Rxd8 Bxe1 32. Rd7 Bc6 33. Rxe7 Bxh4 34. Rxa7 Bf2 35. Nh3 Bxa7 36. Nf4 Kf6 37. Nd3 Be4 38. Kh2 Bxd3 39. cxd3 Ke5 40. Kg3 f5 41. Kh4 Be3 42. a4 Kd4 43. a5 Kxd3 44. a6 g5+ 45. Kg3 Kc4 46. Kf3 f4 47. g3 Kb5 48. a7 Bxa7 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online League op 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Marin Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Rac1 0-0 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Bg3 Bb6 21. b4 Nd4 22. Bg4 Nc2 23. Red1 Rc7 24. Bf4 Nxa3 25. Be2 Rfc8 26. Bd3 Nc4 27. h3 Nb2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd2 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 h6 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Bd2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. f4 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Be3 a6 39. Bc5+ Kd7 40. g4 Be7 41. Bd4 g6 42. Bg7 h5 43. Bc3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League op 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "May, Adam John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. d4 Bd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. h3 Bb7 14. c3 Kh8 15. Bc2 a6 16. Bg5 c5 17. f4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. b3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Ba3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxf5 Be6 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rf3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rfc8 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. f5 Rf1 31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. fxe6 Rcc1 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Bd6+ 35. Ne5 Bxe5+ 36. Qxe5 f6 37. Qf5 Rd1 38. d5 b4 39. Qxh7+ Kd6 40. Qd7+ Ke5 41. e7 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League op 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Marin Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. h3 Re8 10. Rb1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne2 d4 13. g4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 e5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qe1 c4 20. Kh1 Nb4 21. Qh4 Nxc2 22. Ng5 h6 23. f6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Re7 25. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League op 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Qe2 0-0 7. e5 Nd5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bb3 Nac7 10. c4 Nb6 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bh2 a5 13. a4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nbd2 Ndc5 16. Bc2 Qb6 17. b3 Bh6 18. Rab1 Qb4 19. Rfd1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Be6 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 h5 28. Qe4 Bh6 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. e6 f5 31. Qd3 Bg7 32. Nf3 Qd6 33. Qxd6 exd6 34. Ng5 Bf6 35. Nf7 Be7 36. g4 Bxe6 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nxf5+ Bxf5 40. Bxh5 Bc2 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League op 2nd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.06.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "May, Adam John"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 h6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qc5 13. Bxb7 Rd8 14. Rac1 Qb5 15. Bc7 Qxb3 16. axb3 Be7 17. Bxd8 Bxd8 18. Rfd1 0-0 19. Rxd4 Be7 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rc8 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League op 2nd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.05.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rakos, Adam"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Newport and Friends"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. c3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Nd2 h6 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Naxc4 dxc4 17. f4 Be6 18. h3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Ba7 20. Rg1 b5 21. g4 fxg4 22. hxg4 f5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 Kf7 25. Qh5+ Ke7 26. Rxg7+ Rf7 27. Rcg1 Raf8 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rg8 b4 30. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League op 2nd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg5 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bc2 Bd5 21. f4 Qf5 22. a3 a5 23. Qc3 b5 24. Bb3 Rec8 25. Rac1 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qc5 Qe6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxb4 Rcb8 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb2 32. Rfc1 Raa2 33. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxh2 35. Kg1 Rhg2+ 36. Kf1 Rh2 37. Kg1 Rag2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rfg2+ 40. Kf1 Re2 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kf1 Rgf2+ 43. Kg1 Rf3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. d5 Rfxe3 46. Rd1 Re1+ 47. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 48. Kf2 Rd1 49. Rc5 Rd3 50. f5 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxf5 52. Ke3 Re5 53. Kd4 Re8 54. d6 e3 55. Rc1 f5 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League op 2nd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Hurley, Jake"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 Ba7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. 0-0 h5 8. h4 g5 9. hxg5 Qxg5 10. d4 h4 11. e4 Qg7 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nd5 dxe3 14. Nxc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 exf2+ 16. Rxf2 hxg3 17. Nxg3 Qxg3 18. Qf3 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League op 2nd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fowler, Hugo"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Three and a Half Men"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Be3 Nf5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Rac1 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qb6 16. b4 Rff8 17. Rc5 a6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. h3 Nce7 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Qe2 Nd6 22. Qg4 Ndf5 23. Bg5 Rfe8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Rf8 27. Qg5 Re6 28. Qg3 Ref6 29. R1c2 Rf4 30. Nf3 Qd8 31. Rd2 Bb5 32. Qg5 R4f5 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. Rc7 Bc6 35. Ne5 Rf6 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Ra7 Rff8 38. Rxa6 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Ra2 Kf7 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kd3 g5 44. a4 h5 45. a5 g4 46. hxg4+ hxg4 47. a6 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. a7 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Davies, Owain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 b6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Nc4 f5 13. b3 f4 14. Bc1 f3 15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Qg5 fxg2 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Qxg2 Bxh3 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Kh2 Bg4 21. Rg1 Bh5 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. Bb2 Bh6 24. Nc4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Davies, Adrian"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Buccaneers"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 0-0 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Be6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nf6 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Qb1 Ne4 23. a3 f6 24. Qc2 Kf7 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qb5 27. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Smith, Callum A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "North Cardiff Panthers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 b6 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nge2 Nb4 14. Kd2 Be6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Nfd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Nc7 Rxa3 22. Nxb5 Ra2 23. Nc3 Bxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Rb2 Rca8 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Be3 f6 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Be3 e5 33. Bf2 Ke6 34. Be3 f5 35. Bf2 g5 36. h3 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Ra7 40. Be3 Kf6 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Rf5 Ra2 43. Rxg5+ Kf7 44. Rf5+ Kg6 45. Rf2 Ra7 46. g5 Ra2 47. Rh2 Kg7 48. Rg2 Kg6 49. Rh2 Kg7 50. Bc1 Kg6 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Bb2 Ra6 53. Kd2 Ra2 54. Kc1 Ra6 55. Kb1 Rb6 56. Bxe5+ Kf7 57. Rxd6 Rb7 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pinch, David"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Steynton"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. e5 Qf7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 0-0-0 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Rhe1 Bf6 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. b4 Ka8 17. b5 Nb8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Nb6+ Ka7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Kb2 Bf6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Nd2 d5 24. Nf3 Rc8 25. c4 Nd7 26. Kb1 e5 27. Bxf5 dxc4 28. Qa3 c3 29. Kc2 exd4 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd3 Qc4 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd5 34. Re7 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fisher, Alan"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "De La Beche Rooks"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Nd7 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. a3 Qa5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bd7 19. Rce3 Be8 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qc2 g6 22. Nd3 b6 23. Bf1 a5 24. Qb2 Rf7 25. Ne5 Rfa7 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Rg7 29. Nc6 Qd6 30. Re6 Qf8 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Rd8 34. Qb3 Rgd7 35. Qxb6 Qxa3 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kg7 38. Qe6 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd4 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Qg7 42. Qa3 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Qb2 44. Qf8+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Ra8 Ra2 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. g4 fxg4+ 49. fxg4 g5 50. f5 a4 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Rxh2 54. Rxa4 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Rf3 56. Ke5 Kg7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf6 h5 59. Kxg5 hxg4 60. Kxg4 Rf1 61. Kg5 Rg1+ 62. Kf6 Rf1 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rc7 Ke8 65. Rc5 Rf2 66. Ke6 Kf8 67. Rc4 Re2+ 68. Kf6 Ke8 69. Rc8+ Kd7 70. Rf8 Rf2 71. Kg7 Rg2+ 72. Kf7 Rf2 73. f6 Rg2 74. Ra8 Rg3 75. Kf8 Ke6 76. Ra6+ Kd7 77. f7 Rg4 78. Ra3 Rf4 79. Rd3+ Ke6 80. Ke8 Rxf7 81. Re3+ Kf6 82. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "WCU Online League U1800 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "North Cardiff Titans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4 Qf5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 h5 11. d5 Bc5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Bh4 e5 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 c5 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. b4 Bc3 22. Rf1 cxb4 23. Rd5 Qg6 24. Rfd1 Rfe7 25. R1d3 Rg7 26. f3 Bd4 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. R5xd4 Rc8 29. Re4 Rg5 30. Rd5 Qc6 31. Rdxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qxc4 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Qxc4+ Rxc4 35. Rxh5 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Ra5 a6 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Ra4 Rb2 40. f4 b3 41. axb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kg4 Rb2 43. g3 Rb5 44. h4 Kh6 45. f5 Rb3 46. f6 Kg6 47. Rf4 Kf7 48. h5 b5 49. h6 a5 50. h7 a4 51. h8Q 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 49th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Williams, R Gareth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 0-0-0 6. c4 Qf5 7. Be3 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. c5 Bxc5 11. Qa4 Bd6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6+ Rxd6 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rac1 Qb5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. a3 Rhd8 20. Rfe1 Rd2 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Ra2 23. Rc3 Rdd2 24. Rec1 c6 25. Rf1 Nd5 26. Rb3 Kc7 27. Be4 h6 28. Bb1 Rab2 29. Rf3 f6 30. Rg3 g5 31. Rh3 f5 32. Rxh6 Nc3 33. Rxe6 Nxb1 34. Re3 f4 35. Re7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 49th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ley, Cyril J"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Rc1 Nbd5 11. Bd2 h6 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. d4 c5 14. Ba5 b6 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qd1 Bd7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Qe2 Be8 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qb8 23. Rfd1 Bd7 24. b3 Rfd8 25. f3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 49th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bg5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd2 a6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ba4 Bxc4 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Bd1 Bd5 21. Be2 Kg7 22. b3 h5 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Qe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf6 28. Rce1 Rd6 29. f4 Re6 30. Kf2 Rde8 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. g3 f5 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd2 Kc5 36. Kc1 b5 37. Kb2 Be4 38. Be2 d3 39. Bd1 Kd4 40. Kc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 49th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morgans, Justin"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Be2 e5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Re1 c6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Bd3 h6 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. h3 c5 17. Nde2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxe1+ 20. Rxe1 g5 21. Ng3 Qd8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Qe7 25. Bc3 f6 26. Bf5 Bg7 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Nh5 Re8 29. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 49th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Ke7 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. Rhe1 a6 12. Nd2 Kf7 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. f3 b5 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Kc2 Nd7 20. Rf1 Rhf8 21. g3 Kg8 22. f4 c4 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. g4 Be7 27. Ne4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Ng1 Nc6 31. Nf3 h6 32. b3 cxb3+ 33. axb3 Kf7 34. b4 Bf8 35. Kd3 Be7 36. Nf2 Bd6 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Nd3 Bc7 39. Ndxe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Kf6 41. Nf3 a5 42. bxa5 Bxa5 43. Kd3 h5 44. gxh5 Kxf5 45. Nd4+ Kg5 46. Nxb5 Kxh5 47. Ke2 Kh4 48. Kf1 Kh3 49. Kg1 Bb6+ 50. Kh1 g5 51. Nd4 g4 52. Ne2 Ba7 53. Nf4+ Kh4 54. Kg2 Kg5 55. Nd3 Kh4 56. c4 Bb8 57. c5 Kg5 58. c6 Kf5 59. Nc5 Bf4 60. Nd3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rab1 b5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxc3 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 f6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. d6 Qb6 19. c4 a5 20. Bd2 b4 21. a3 Qxd6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Qc7 24. Nd4 Ba6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Qb7 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bd6 Rec8 29. Qb3 Nb6 30. Rfc1 h6 31. h3 Qd7 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. bxc6 Qxd6 34. Qxb6 Rc8 35. Rc1 Qd2 36. Qe3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberts, Malcolm A"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. a4 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. g3 Qc7 15. Bg2 Be6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rae8 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd2 e5 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Kg1 Rf6 24. Nh2 Ref8 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. c3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Szwajkun, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. 0-0 e6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Bd6 11. f4 0-0 12. Bc3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Ndf3 h6 15. g4 Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 g6 21. Rf6 b5 22. b4 Be7 23. c5 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Rec8 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. Be1 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Bf2 Ke8 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Qh6 Kd7 31. Re2 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Kc7 34. a3 Rh8 35. Qg7 Raf8 36. Be3 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 Qxh2+ 38. Kf1 Rhg8 39. Qh6 Rh8 40. Qg7 Qh5 41. Bc1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Barrie"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1281"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Nbc3 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Rb1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Bd2 Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. a3 a5 16. b4 b6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ncxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Major op 4th"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Fisher, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 e6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Qd3 a6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nxe4 Bb5 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bc3 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 0-0 22. Rg4 g6 23. h4 Kh7 24. Re4 Rfc8 25. a4 Bc6 26. Rf4 Be8 27. Ne1 Rc4 28. Rdd4 R4c6 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rfe4 Bc5 31. Rd2 e5 32. Re1 b5 33. Rd5 bxa4 34. Red1 Be7 35. g3 Kg7 36. Nd2 a3 37. Ra5 axb2 38. Bxb2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 47th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Qd7 9. c4 0-0 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Nxc2 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Ra2 Ncxe3 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Rc1 Nxg2 20. Ndf3 Nf4 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Bxf3 23. Rxc7 Bc5+ 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Bc1 Nc3 28. Rc2 Ne4+ 29. Kf3 g6 30. Be3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 47th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Rc8 12. f3 Re8 13. Nf2 Qc7 14. c4 Bd6 15. Nf1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf5 Rcd8 18. Qc2 dxc4 19. e4 cxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. e5 Qc6 24. Nd3 c4 25. Qxc4+ Qxc4 26. bxc4 Be7 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rad1 Ba6 29. Nc1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxc4 31. Kh1 b5 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Nd2 a4 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Na2 Rd8 36. Bc3 f5 37. g3 g5 38. Kg2 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf7 40. Re2 Bd6 41. Rd2 Rg8+ 42. Kf3 Be7 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rc7 Rg1 45. Rxc4 a3 46. Be5 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Rc2 h5 49. Bc3 Bd6 50. Re2+ Kd5 51. Rd2+ Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Kc4 53. Nc1 a2 54. Nxa2 Kb3 55. Kh3 Be7 56. Be1 Kxa2 57. Bh4 Bc5 58. Bg5 Bf2 59. Bh4 Bc5 60. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 47th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Orton, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d4 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bg5 c4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Ra2 h6 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Raa1 Qd7 19. h3 Ne7 20. g4 Ng6 21. Qg3 Rf8 22. Kh2 Rae8 23. Nh4 Nxh4 24. Qxh4 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. a5 b5 27. a6 Rb8 28. Bf3 Rb6 29. Ra5 Re8 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 47th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bh4 Nd7 19. Nd1 f6 20. Be1 Qd8 21. Bc3 f5 22. Be1 Qe8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Nc3 Qf7 25. Rb1 Rfb8 26. Bd2 a5 27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Bc1 Bb4 29. Bd2 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 Ne4 31. Qc2 a4 32. Rfc1 Rb7 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 cxb3 35. Rxb3 Rc7 36. Qb2 Rac8 37. Qa3 Qd8 38. Bb2 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 Qh4 40. Rb1 Qf2+ 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Rb2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 47th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 0-0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Be6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nxd4 Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Ba3 18. Qc3 f6 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Qxc6 Rae8 21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bridgend South Wales op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cooke, Suzie G"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6 7. h3 Be7 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rac8 12. Qb2 a5 13. 0-0 a4 14. Rac1 Ra8 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Ne5 a3 17. Qb1 h6 18. Nb3 Nd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Ra7 23. Rb3 Bf6 24. Bd6 Nc6 25. Bb5 Nd8 26. Rfb1 Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rb8 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rb6 Ra4 31. Rxc6 Rc4 32. Ra6 Rxc3 33. c6 1-0

[Event "Bridgend South Wales op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Jaberansari, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1451"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 f5 11. Ng3 0-0 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nh5 Nd7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Qe3 b4 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qh6 b3 19. axb3 a5 20. g4 f4 21. Bd3 Ba6 22. g5 Bxd3 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Bridgend South Wales op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Lewis, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 Qb6 9. d3 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a3 a5 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bridgend South Wales op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rfd1 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Ba4 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. c4 Bc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nd5 26. a4 Nc3 27. Rb3 Nxb5 28. axb5 Rb8 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Bf4 Rb7 33. Kc4 g5 34. Be5 f6 35. Bg3 f5 36. Be5 Bd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. b6 Kc6 39. d5+ exd5+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Rb5 Kc6 42. Rxd5 Rxb6 43. Rxf5 Rb4+ 44. Ke5 Rh4 45. Rxg5 Rxh2 46. f4 Rxf2 47. Rh5 Re2+ 48. Kf6 Kd6 49. Rxh7 Rf2 50. f5 Rf1 51. Rh2 Kd7 52. Re2 Rf3 53. Kg6 Rg3+ 54. Kf7 Rf3 55. Rd2+ Kc6 56. f6 Rg3 57. Kf8 Rf3 58. f7 Rg3 59. Rd8 Rg4 60. Ke7 Re4+ 61. Kf6 Rf4+ 62. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bridgend South Wales op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehsandar, Peter"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Re1 Nd4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd5 Qh4 15. c3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bg4 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. a4 Be6 19. Rec1 Qd8 20. Rab1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rc4 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qd3 g6 25. h4 Rc8 26. Rb3 Bd4 27. Ne2 Qe7 28. h5 Qh4 29. Rf1 Ba7 30. hxg6 Qxe4 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd1 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Bb8 34. Rb1 Rg8 35. Rbd1 Rg6 36. Rf3+ Rf6 37. Rdd3 Rxf3 38. Rxf3+ Kg7 39. Kf1 Bc7 40. Ke1 Bd8 41. Kd2 Bf6 42. Ng3 e4 43. Nh5+ Kg6 44. Rxf6+ Kxh5 45. Rxd6 Rc6 46. Rxc6 bxc6 47. c4 1-0

[Event "WLS-chT 1718"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Moore, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Bg3 Qe7 9. Ngf3 0-0 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. c5 Ba5 16. a3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nf3 f4 20. Ke2 Rf5 21. Raf1 Raf8 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 fxe3+ 24. Qxe3 e5 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. f3 exd4 27. Re1 Qxc5 28. Rc1 Qb6 29. Kc2 c5 30. Rhe1 c4 31. Re7 R5f7 32. Rce1 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 c3 34. Qf2 Qa2 35. Rxf7 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. b5 Bd7 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 dxc4 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxg7 Rf7 20. Bd4 b6 21. Qe3 Qd6 22. Qg5+ Qg6 23. Qe5 Kf8 24. Bc3 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Re8 28. Rb8 Rb7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bb4+ Rxb4 31. Qxd5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bf4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5 Bg5 12. h4 Bxf4 13. exf4 f5 14. g4 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxe5 18. Bxc8 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Raxc8 20. h5 Rf8 21. Rh4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxf4 23. Nf3 Nxh5 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Nh4 Re8 26. Rd2 Re5 27. Ng2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Kf7 29. f4 Rf5 30. Kg3 Ke6 31. Re2+ Kd6 32. Rd2 g5 33. fxg5 Rxg5+ 34. Kf4 Re5 35. Rg2 d4 36. c4 Rg5 37. Re2 Rg8 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Rh5 a6 40. a4 Rf8+ 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd3 Re6 43. a5 Kc6 44. Kd2 b6 45. axb6 Kxb6 46. Kd3 Rc6 47. Ke4 Rg6 48. Kd3 Re6 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. Kd3 Ka5 51. Rd5 Kb4 52. Rd8 Rb6 53. Rd5 Rg6 54. Rh5 Rg3+ 55. Kd2 Kxc4 56. Rxh6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dixon, Chris"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d3 e5 3. e4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Ne2 Bh3 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 h5 15. Nc2 h4 16. Rfd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 hxg3 18. fxg3 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 0-0-0 20. b4 f5 21. bxc5 f4 22. cxd6 Nc6 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bxc3 25. Rab1 Be5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Ne1 Ng4 28. Rdc1+ Kb8 29. Rb2 Nxh2 30. Rc7 Qg3+ 31. Ng2 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rbxb7+ Ka8 34. Rxa7+ Kb8 35. Rab7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Waterfield, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 0-0 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nge2 Qa5 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Bb5 Rb8 15. 0-0 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. f4 Rb4 18. Qe3 Rfb8 19. Rb3 Qb6 20. h3 c4 21. Qxb6 R8xb6 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. Nd4 Rb2 24. Rf2 Nc5 25. Re2 e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. e5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Nfd7 29. Nxe6+ Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxc2 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Rxd7 Rxc3 33. Rxa7 Kg8 34. Kf2 Rc1 35. Ke3 Rc2 36. g4 Rc3+ 37. Kd4 Rxh3 38. Ke5 Rd3 39. Rc7 Ra3 40. Rxc4 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 f5 6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg2 0-0 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. 0-0 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 c6 13. d4 Qb6 14. Nce2 Qxb2 15. a4 Bf5 16. Rb1 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxc2 18. Rxb7 Re8 19. d5 Be5 20. dxc6 Bf5 21. Nd5 Nxc6 22. Nc7 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. h3 h5 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. Rf1 Re3 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Kh2 Re2+ 31. Kh1 Re3 32. Kh2 Re2+ 33. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-chT 1617"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Griffiths, Hywel"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Be7 8. Re1 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 f5 11. Rc4 Nb6 12. Rxg4 fxg4 13. Nxe5 0-0 14. Qxg4 Kh8 15. Be4 Nd5 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. Be3 a6 24. h3 Kg8 25. Re1 Bd6 26. b4 Bxb4 27. Rb1 a5 28. c3 Bxc3 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Rxd3 31. Ba4 Rd8 32. Bb3+ Kh8 33. Rc7 Bb4 34. Bb6 Ra8 35. a4 h5 36. Bd4 Ne8 37. Rc6 Kh7 38. Bc2+ Kg8 39. Bg6 Rd8 40. Bxh5 Rxd4 41. Bxe8 Kf8 42. Re6 Be7 43. Bb5 Kf7 44. Re2 Kf6 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kg2 Rd5 47. h4 Kf5 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. g4 Rd4 50. g5+ Kf7 51. Re4 Rd1 52. h5 Rh1 53. Kg4 Rg1+ 54. Kf5 Be7 55. Rc4 Rd1 56. Rc7 Kf8 57. Ra7 Bb4 58. h6 gxh6 59. Kf6 Rd6+ 60. Kf5 hxg5 61. fxg5 Rd5+ 62. Kg4 Rd4+ 63. Kh5 Rd5 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Bc4 Re5 66. Rg8+ Kh7 67. Bf7 Bd2 68. Kg4 Re4+ 69. Kf5 Re1 70. g6+ Kh6 71. Rh8+ Kg7 72. Rh7+ Kf8 73. g7+ Kxf7 74. Rh2 Bb4 75. Rg2 Kg8 76. Kg6 Re6+ 77. Kf5 Re7 78. Kf6 Rc7 79. Rg4 Bc3+ 80. Ke6 Rxg7 81. Rxg7+ Kxg7 82. Kd5 Kf6 83. Kc4 Bb4 84. Kb3 Ke5 85. Kc2 Kd4 86. Kb1 Kc4 87. Kc2 Bc3 88. Kb1 Kb3 89. Kc1 Kxa4 90. Kc2 Kb4 91. Kb1 a4 92. Ka2 a3 93. Kb1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 45th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, Alun"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 d5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Bf4 a6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Rac1 dxc4 11. dxc4 Qxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Nde4 Be6 15. b3 Rac8 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. Nxb7 f5 18. Na5 Rd8 19. Bg5 Rdd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. e3 e4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Ne2 d3 24. Nf4 Bb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. b4 Bd4 28. Rfe1 Bb6 29. Bf1 Bxa5 30. bxa5 Rec6 31. f3 Rxc4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Rbd1 Ra4 34. Bg2 Rcc4 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 45th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. Nge2 f5 9. d3 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. f4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qc2 g5 16. Rae1 gxf4 17. gxf4 Bd7 18. Qf2 Kh8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qxc5 f4 21. Qd6 Bf5 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Be4 Bh3 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. Rd1 b6 26. d4 e4 27. Rxf4 Bg6 28. Re1 e3 29. Rf3 e2 30. Kf2 Bh5 31. Rh3 Rf8+ 32. Bf3 Bg4 33. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 45th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nec6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 h5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 h4 11. f4 hxg3 12. Nxg3 d6 13. Qf3 e5 14. Bd2 Be6 15. f5 Bd7 16. f6 gxf6 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Kh1 Rg6 19. Bh3 Qc8 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Rg1 0-0-0 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Ng3 Rh8 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. Qg2 Qh7 26. Nf1 Rg8 27. Qg4+ Kc7 28. Rg3 Nd8 29. Rh3 Qf7 30. Rh6 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qh3 f4 33. Rh7 Qe8 34. Qe6 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "Dyfed op 45th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "May, Adam John"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rbc8 15. g4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb5 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. b3 a5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. g5 Nd7 23. Qe3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nb6 25. Qxe7 Nxd5 26. Qxd6 Nb4 27. a3 Na6 28. Bd5 Qxe2 29. Qf6 Qe8 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Qf3 Nc7 32. Bxb7 Ne6 33. Rd1 Qb5 34. h4 Ng7 35. Be4 Rb8 36. Rd5 Qxb3 37. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 45th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Waterfield, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nge2 c6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. h3 h5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Kh2 Na6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. b3 d5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 Bg7 20. c5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qc1 Qd7 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd6 b5 26. Rde1 Qd7 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qg5 Bxd4 29. Re7 Qc6 30. Rexf7 Bg7 31. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 44th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 d6 7. Nf3 c6 8. 0-0 Na6 9. c4 Nc7 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 b5 13. Qb1 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Ncd5 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. Nd3 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. b4 Qf7 20. a3 Qe8 21. Qa2+ Qf7 22. Qa1 Qe8 23. Rc2 Nbd5 24. Nc4 h5 25. Rec1 h4 26. Qa2 Be6 27. Qa1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ne4 29. Na5 Bd7 30. Qa2 e6 31. Nc4 Qe7 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Qg5 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Nf4 d5 36. Qb1 Ne4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qd1 e5 39. dxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Nxg6 Qf6 42. Nxf8 Rxf8 43. Kg2 Bf5 44. Rh1 Rf7 45. Qa1 Bh3+ 46. Kh2 Qh6 47. Kg1 Qh5 48. Qd1 Rf3 49. Qf1 Bxf1 50. Rxh5 Bd3 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 exd3 54. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Dyfed op 44th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leah, Howard"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. Nc3 Qxd4 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Bg5 f6 8. Rd1 Qe7 9. Nd5 Qf7 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. Qb5 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qg6 13. Rd3 Nge7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. 0-0 Kf8 16. Bg3 f5 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bf2 a6 20. Qb3 Ne5 21. Bd4 Qxh4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qb4+ Bd6 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Qxd6+ Qe7 26. Qxb8 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qxc4 28. Rxf4 Qe6 29. g4 g6 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Qc7+ Qd7 32. Qe5+ Qe6 33. Qxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 44th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Weston, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 0-0 6. Bh6 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. h4 a5 11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Qxb3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. Bb5 Qe6 17. Be2 Ned7 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bf3 Nd3 20. Qe3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 44th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Whale, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Kh1 Rb8 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 0-0 20. c4 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Qd7 22. Rf3 Qb5 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. Rf3 Bg7 26. Raf1 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Re8 28. h4 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qg3 Qb5 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. h5 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed op 44th"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 a6 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5 9. a3 Bd7 10. h3 c6 11. Bd3 h6 12. 0-0 b5 13. Ne5 Na6 14. a4 axb4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nc7 18. Nc6 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bd6 Qd8 22. Ba4 Ne4 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qb2 Qb8 25. Rc1 Na6 26. Bc2 Nf6 27. Bd3 Nc7 28. Rb1 e5 29. Qxb4 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 e4 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Be2 Kg6 33. Rb7 Nfe8 34. Bd1 Kf6 35. Ba4 Ke6 36. g4 g5 37. Bxe8 Nxe8 38. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch Atkins op"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Gosling, Brian GE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Be3 Qa5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Qd8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 d6 14. h3 Be6 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. h4 g4 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch Atkins op"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jackson, Paul G"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 0-0 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Qd4 Re8 18. e3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Ke2 Rae8 22. Rhd1 b6 23. Rd5 Bg6 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. f3 Nf6 26. e4 h6 27. Ke3 Bf7 28. Bf1 a5 29. Nd4 Bg6 30. Nb5 Re7 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. g4 Kf8 33. h4 Ke8 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nh7 36. f4 Kd7 37. Rh1 c6 38. Nd4 Kc7 39. f5 Nxg5 40. fxg6 Kd8 41. Nf5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch Atkins op"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "2014.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Foster, Chantelle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. a3 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. Bc4 b6 10. Qe1 Bb7 11. f5 exf5 12. Qh4 d5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Bb3 b5 20. Nd1 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. Nd1 Bf6 24. Qf2 Bd4 25. Qd2 Be5 26. Qh6 Bf4 27. Qh4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxh2 30. Qh4 Bg3 31. Qh6 f4 32. Nc3 Qe5 33. Ne4 Qxb2 34. Nxg3 fxg3 35. Qe3 Qa1+ 36. Qg1 Qe5 37. Qd1 Qe7 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch Atkins op"]
[Site "Aberystwyth"]
[Date "2014.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burns, Martin J"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Rb1 d5 10. c3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Nc8 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qf3 f5 14. e5 Re8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Bf8 21. Qf2 Na4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Rfd8 25. Ba6 Rdb8 26. b3 Rb6 27. Be2 Qe8 28. Rd4 Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. h3 c5 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. Rfd1 Rab8 33. Bf3 c6 34. g4 Rf8 35. g5 h5 36. Kf2 Rfb8 37. Rc2 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra8 40. Rdd2 Rxa4 41. Rb2 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 d4+ 43. cxd4 cxd4+ 44. Kd2 c5 45. Rb7+ Kd8 46. Rg7 Rxa2+ 47. Kd3 Rf2 48. Bc6 Ba2 49. Rxg6 Rxf4 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Gozdz, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. d3 Ng6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 a6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h4 d5 10. h5 Nh8 11. e5 f6 12. Re1 Nf7 13. Qe2 Nh6 14. Bh3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd1 Kh8 17. Bd2 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nf5 19. Bf4 g5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Kg2 Bg5 22. Qg4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Bd7 24. Kf3 Qe7 25. Ke2 Rac8 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rg1 Nh4 28. Nf2 Rf5 29. Nh1 Rcf8 30. Rcf1 Rh8 31. Ng3 Qc5 32. Kd1 Ba4 33. Nxf5+ exf5 34. Qe2 Rc8 35. Rf2 Qb4 36. Kc1 Rxc2+ 37. Qxc2 Bxc2 38. Kxc2 a5 39. Bg2 a4 40. Kb1 a3 41. Bxd5 Qb5 42. Bc4 Qc6 43. e6 b5 44. Bb3 Kf8 45. Rc1 Qd6 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rfc2 Qxf4 48. R2c7+ Kf6 49. e7 Qf1+ 50. Rc1 Qf2 51. e8N+ Kg5 52. R8c2 Qe3 53. Nc7 Qxd3 54. Ka1 axb2+ 55. Kxb2 Nf3 56. Rg2+ Kf4 57. Nd5+ Ke5 58. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vickery, Steve"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Be7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Ne5 16. Bb1 Rd8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. 0-0 Ng6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd4 Ng4 24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Elworthy, William"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 b4 7. Nb1 d5 8. e5 Nc6 9. 0-0 Nh6 10. a3 Nf5 11. Kh1 Qb6 12. Qe1 Ncd4 13. Bd1 h5 14. Nh4 Be7 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Bf3 h4 17. Be3 h3 18. g3 Kd7 19. b3 f6 20. axb4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Bridges, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Kh1 b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 f6 14. d4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rf7 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Nh3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bc8 19. Nhg5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bd7 21. Qd2 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. b3 Nc6 24. Rac1 h6 25. Bd2 Ng6 26. Rc5 Raf8 27. Be3 Nge7 28. Kg1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 b5 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 f6 13. f5 Nd4 14. g4 b4 15. Nd1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 g5 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. h4 h6 19. Kf2 Be8 20. Rh1 Bf7 21. Kg3 Nc6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Qd2 Nb5 26. Rh5 Qe7 27. Be4 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. c3 a5 30. a4 Na7 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. d4 Qe7 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. Kf3 Qc7 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Bxc2 Nb6 39. Bb3 Kf8 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Ke4 Kc7 43. Kd3 Nd7 44. Bd1 Kb6 45. Ke4 exd4 46. Kxd4 Nc5 47. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Hunt, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nd4 9. Nce2 e5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bh6 b5 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ng4 14. Qd2 b4 15. h5 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Be6 17. Nf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. f3 Ne3 21. Nxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Qf6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. h6+ Kf6 26. Kd2 Rc5 27. Rac1 Rfc8 28. f4 Bxa2 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 g5 32. f5 Bb3 33. g4 Ke7 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Bf3 Kc6 36. Bd1 Bxd1 37. Kxd1 Kc5 38. Kc2 Kd4 39. Kd2 f6 40. b4 a6 41. Ke2 Kc3 42. Ke3 Kxb4 43. Kd2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Tom Weston Major op"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arribas Ayllon, Michael"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Be2 Ncxe5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Rf3 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Kh1 d6 16. f5 g6 17. f6 Qe5 18. Qe1 Bg4 19. Rg3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxf6 21. e4 Rxe4 22. Bg5 Rxe2 23. Bxf6 Rae8 24. h3 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Bg1+ 27. Kh1 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 Bxf6 0-1

