[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Williams, Raymond"]
[Black "Richards, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bg7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. g4 Re8 11. Qg3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. f3 e6 14. Rdg1 b5 15. Bg5 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Richards, Gareth"]
[Black "Harandi, Teymour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. a3 b5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. Re1 d6 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Rb1 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Rd7 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Re3 Bg5 21. Re2 Qc5 22. Nd1 Rd4 23. h4 Be7 24. Re3 b4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. c3 Rb6 27. b4 Qc7 28. Bc2 Bxb4 29. cxb4 Qxc2 30. Nc3 Rc8 31. Rbe1 Rxb4 32. Qxe5 Rb2 33. Nd1 Rb5 34. Qa1 Rb1 35. Qd4 a5 36. Rg3 g6 37. Ra3 Qc5 38. Qd7 Qxa3 39. Re3 Qf8 40. h5 Qd8 41. Qxd8+ Rxd8 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harandi, Kamran"]
[Black "Richards, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1291"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Nbd7 6. Bxc4 Bc5 7. Nf3 h6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bb4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Nxe5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ncxe4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Qd4 Bxh3 22. Be4 Qa7 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qh4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 g6 26. Rfe1 Rd8 27. Rcd1 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qd4 Qc6 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Nxe6 34. Qxa6 b4 35. a4 bxa3 36. Qxa3 Nf8 37. b4 Kf6 38. b5 Ke6 39. b6 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Gareth"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. 0-0 b6 7. Ng5 d5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nxe5 0-0 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Be3 c5 15. d4 c4 16. Ba4 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd2 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bxg5 Ne4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Bxh6 Kh7 26. Ng4 Qc6 27. d5 Qg6 28. Qd4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 f5 30. Nf6+ Kxh6 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Rb1 Qf7 33. Qb6+ Kg5 34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Ra8 36. Rb4 a5 37. Ra4 Kf6 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ke5 40. Kg2 Kxd5 41. f4 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Kc5 43. Kf4 Kb5 44. Ra3 Rf8+ 45. Ke5 a4 46. g5 Rf2 47. g6 Re2+ 48. Kf6 Rf2+ 49. Ke7 Re2+ 50. Kf7 Rf2+ 51. Kg8 Rxc2 52. g7 Ka5 53. Kf8 Rf2+ 54. Ke7 Re2+ 55. Kf6 Rf2+ 56. Ke5 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Gareth"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. h3 g6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. d3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Bh4 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Qb4 23. g4 Qd4 24. Bg3 Bxd3 25. Qd2 Bxf1 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxf1 b5 28. a5 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Bf4 Rxb2 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Kf3 Bh4 34. Bxh6 f6 35. Be3 Rb3 36. Ke4 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 18th"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2023.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maton, Emily"]
[Black "Richards, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. b4 a6 11. a3 0-0 12. Bb2 Rab8 13. e3 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d4 Ng6 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c6 20. Rfd1 Qc8 21. Ne2 Re8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qf3 c5 25. Rd5 cxb4 26. axb4 Rc7 27. Rd4 b5 28. Qg4 bxc4 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Rdxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 d5 32. Rc8 Re6 33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Nc6 Rb7 35. Ra8 g6 36. Rxa6 Bxb4 37. Nxb4 Rxb4 38. Ra5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. Kf3 Rd2 41. h4 h5 42. Ra4 Kg7 43. Ra6 f6 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Rd7 f5 46. Rb7 d4 47. exd4 Rxd4 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Re7 50. Rb4 Kf7 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Rb6+ Re6 53. Rxe6+ Kxe6 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Kh6 Kf6 56. f4 Kf7 57. Kh7 Kf6 58. Kg8 g5 59. hxg5+ Kg6 60. Kf8 h4 61. gxh4 Kh5 62. Kf7 Kxh4 63. g6 Kg4 64. g7 Kxf4 65. g8Q Kf3 66. Qa8+ Kg3 67. Qa3+ Kg4 68. Qc1 f4 69. Qf1 1-0

