[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 c6 10. 0-0 b5 11. a3 cxd5 12. cxd5 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. Ba2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bb3 Qe7 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Rac1 Qf5 27. Re5 Qd3 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Qe1 Nc6 30. Re3 Qf5 31. Rd1 Qh5 32. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. h3 h4 9. g4 Bc5 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Nce2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne7 15. f4 Ng6 16. 0-0 d6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. c3 0-0-0 19. c4 Kc7 20. b4 e5 21. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. g4 Bd6 11. g5 Bxf4+ 12. Qxf4 Nh5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Ne2 0-0-0 16. f4 Nb4 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rhf1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Ng7 20. Ng1 h5 21. Qe2 Nf5 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Re1 Rc7 24. Nf3 Rhc8 25. c3 Re7 26. Ne5 Qb6 27. Qc2 Rec7 28. Qb3 Qd6 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Re1 Ka7 31. Nf3 Rc6 32. Qd1 Rb6 33. Nd2 Qc7 34. Qf3 Nd6 35. Rc1 Qc6 36. Re3 Qb5 37. Rc2 Qa4 38. Rd3 Qb5 39. Re3 Nf5 40. Rd3 Nh4 41. Qf1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kett, Timothy"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 exf4 18. Bxf4 a5 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. b3 Bf6 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bg3 Be5 25. Qf3 f5 26. Bd3 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Re5 28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Rb1 0-0 11. h3 Nd7 12. f4 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rbxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nf4 0-0-0 15. 0-0-0 Kb8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bc8 18. Kb1 g5 19. Ne2 h5 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Rdg1 Rdh8 22. Qc2 Bxh3 23. Ng3 R5h6 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 27. Nxh1 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Kc2 g4 30. Kb3 b6 31. Ka4 Kb7 32. b4 Ka6 33. Kb3 Kb5 34. a4+ Ka6 35. Kc2 Kb7 36. Kb3 Kc7 37. b5 cxb5 38. axb5 Kd7 39. Kc2 Kc7 40. Kb3 Kb7 41. Ka4 a6 42. bxa6+ Kxa6 43. Kb4 Kb7 44. Ka4 Ka6 45. Kb4 b5 46. Ng3 Nxg3 47. fxg3 Kb6 48. Kc3 Ka5 49. Kd3 f5 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Qd1 a4 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Qc2 Re8 22. h3 Rad8 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Nd3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Rde2 Re7 28. Rd1 Red7 29. Red2 Re7 30. Rd3 Nd5 31. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gay, Conor"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. c4 Qh5 10. Ne5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Ne8 17. Rad1 Bg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Nb5 g6 20. Be2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 a6 22. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[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. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bxb5 Qb6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. 0-0 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Rab1 Ne5 16. Ng3 Qa6 17. Rfd1 Rb7 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nc4 20. f3 Nd7 21. b3 Na3 22. Rbc1 Nb5 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Kh1 h6 25. Ne2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 0-0 14. Be3 d5 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. exd5 b4 17. Na4 exd5 18. Bf5 d4 19. Bxd4 Bxf3 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Qe3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Nf4 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Qe5 Bd6 26. Qe3 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Bc5 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qd3 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Qc7 9. 0-0 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rac1 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Bf5 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. e4 Qf4 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Nc4 Rcd8 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Qe2 Bc5 26. g3 Qh3 27. Qf1 Qh5 28. b4 Ng4 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd5 31. g4 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd2 e6 10. 0-0 g5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 b6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. f3 f5 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bf2 Bd7 19. Bd3 Qf8 20. Ne2 f4 21. Nc3 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Be4 Rac8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. Nb5 Rb7 27. b4 Nc7 28. Nxc7 Rxc7 29. c5 Rdc8 30. c6 Qd6 31. b5 h5 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Red1 Qe7 34. Qd3 Rg8 35. Qg6 h4 36. h3 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qc2 Qd5 39. a4 Bf8 40. Rd1 Qe6 41. Rd8 Kg7 42. Qd3 Be7 43. Qd5 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 Kf6 45. Kf1 Ke6 46. Rd1 Bb4 47. Ke2 Ba3 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Kc4+ Ke6 50. Be1 Bc5 51. Rd8 Be7 52. Rd3 Bc5 53. Bc3 Be3 54. Rd5 Kf5 55. Rxe5+ Kg6 56. Kd5 Bc5 57. Ke4 Rc8 58. Rd5 Re8+ 59. Be5 Rc8 60. Rd7 a6 61. c7 axb5 62. axb5 Ra8 63. Kd5 Ra2 64. c8Q 1-0

[Event "Harrow Poobalasingam op 1st"]
[Site "Harrow"]
[Date "2018.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. 0-0 Ne7 13. Nc1 0-0 14. Nd3 c5 15. a4 b6 16. b3 Rab8 17. g3 g5 18. Bg2 Ng6 19. f3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qc2 Kh8 22. Bh3 Rb7 23. Kg2 Rfb8 24. Ra2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb3 26. Rb2 Rxb2 27. Nxb2 Qd8 28. Nd3 Qb6 29. Rf2 Qb3 30. Kg1 Qc3 31. Bf1 Ne7 32. Qa2 Ng6 33. Rc2 Qb3 34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rb2 Ra3 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rb7 Ra4 39. Nb2 Ra2 40. Kf2 Ne5 41. Ke1 Be7 42. Rb3 Bf6 43. Kd1 Ra1+ 44. Kc2 Rh1 45. Rb6 Rxh2 46. Kd1 d3 47. Nxd3 Nxc4 48. Ra6 Bc3 49. Ra4 Ne3+ 50. Kc1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rayner, Francis"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. a4 Rfd8 15. h3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Be8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Ba1 b6 22. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Staniforth, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Qa3 Qb8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nc3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Qf1 a5 21. Rb1 Qb4 22. Qc1 Qd6 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Nf1 Rae8 25. f4 Re7 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rf2 Ref7 28. Rbb2 Bc8 29. Qc5 Qc7 30. Rbc2 Rd8 31. b4 axb4 32. Qxb4 b6 33. Rb2 b5 34. Rbc2 Bb7 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Ra3 Rff8 37. Rc2 Qf7 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Ng3 Rf8 40. Qd6 Rc8 41. Nf1 Rf8 42. h3 Qf6 43. Qxf6 gxf6 44. Rc3 Ra8 45. a3 Ra4 46. Nd2 Kg7 47. Kf2 b4 48. axb4 Ra2 49. Ke1 Ra1+ 50. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. h4 g4 14. h5 Qg5 15. a4 Qa5 16. Qb2 Nf6 17. Qb5+ Qxb5 18. cxb5 Ne4 19. Ra3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 f5 21. Kf2 Be4 22. c4 Ke7 23. Be2 a6 24. bxa6 c5 25. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jameson, David"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxg5 12. Bxg5+ f6 13. Bh4 a6 14. 0-0-0+ Ke7 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. d5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Re1 Kf7 21. Bg3 g6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Kd2 Nd4 24. Bd6 Rc6 25. Bb4 Rc7 26. Bd6 Rd7 27. Bf4 Nc6 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. f3 d4 30. a3 Nd5 31. Bh2 h5 32. Bg1 Nf4 33. Bf1 Bd5 34. Bh2 Ne6 35. Bd3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Bennett, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 c6 9. Nge2 Qb6 10. b3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Nc5 14. f6 Nxf6 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Be3 a5 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Rac1 b6 20. Nce4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Rc4 Rb8 27. Rfc1 Rf7 28. Qd3 Rd7 29. R1c2 Rb4 30. a3 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qb6 32. Rc3 Rf7 33. Rd3 Rc7 34. Rf3 Rb7 35. Qa4 Qd8 36. g3 Rd7 37. Qc6 Kh8 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qxd7 Qb8 41. Nf6 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
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1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. Rd3 Qf5 22. Qe3 e5 23. Be2 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Re8 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Bf3 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Qd2 Re7 30. Rd8 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. 0-0-0 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g4 Bd7 15. Kb1 b6 16. Ng3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Nf5 Ng5 20. Qd1 Nge4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Rad8 24. Qa4 Qe5 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Nxe4 Qe5 28. Nc3 a6 29. Qf5 Qe7 30. Rc1 Rc5 31. Qf3 Rec8 32. Nb3 Rc4 33. Nd5 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Qc5 35. Nc3 b5 36. a3 b4 37. Nd3 Qc4 38. Nxb4 Qb3 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40. Ncxd5 Rd8 41. e4 a5 42. Nc6 Re8 43. f3 a4 44. Kc2 Re6 45. Nd4 Ra6 46. Kd3 f6 47. Nc3 Kf7 48. Nf5 Kg6 49. f4 Kf7 50. h4 Ra8 51. Nd6+ Ke6 52. Nb7 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. Nc5+ Ke5 56. N5xa4 Kf4 57. Nb6 Rb8 58. Nc4 Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kh3 60. Nd5 g4 61. e5 g3 62. Ke4 Kg4 63. Nde3+ Kh4 64. e6 Kg5 65. Ke5 Rc8 66. e7 Kg6 67. Ke6 Kg7 68. Nd6 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. 0-0-0 g6 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Kb1 0-0-0 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc1 Ng7 17. Rc3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ra3 a6 20. Rb3 Ka7 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. Qb4 Rc8 23. Rc5 Qc7 24. Rc2 f6 25. Rd3 Ng7 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Rdc1 Qd8 28. Nd2 Rd7 29. Nb3 Rdc7 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b4 Nxe5 12. Nd4 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. b5 Nc4 15. a4 Bb7 16. f4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Rf3 Rfe8 19. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morcom, Huw"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. 0-0 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qc2 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nf1 h6 12. N1h2 Rfd8 13. Bf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bd6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bf4 17. g3 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Ehsandar, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. 0-0 Na6 11. f3 Re8 12. Kh1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Re5 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. e4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qe2 Bd4 20. Bc4 Ree8 21. Rb1 Nc7 22. Bd2 Ne6 23. b3 Qd6 24. Bc1 Nf4 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Bb2 Rad8 27. Rfd1 Bc5 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. g3 b6 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. e5 Kf8 32. Bb5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rc8 34. f4 g6 35. Kf3 Ng7 36. Rd7 Ne6 37. Bc4 Re8 38. Rb7 Nd8 39. Rd7 Ne6 40. Rd3 Ke7 41. Bb5 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Bc4 Ke7 44. a4 Nd4+ 45. Ke4 Nc2 46. g4 Ne3 47. Be2 Ke6 48. Bc1 Nc2 49. f5+ Ke7 50. Bg5+ Kf8 51. Bh6+ Ke7 52. f6+ Ke8 53. Bb5+ Kd8 54. Bc4 Ke8 55. e6 fxe6 56. Bxe6 Bf8 57. Bxf8 Kxf8 58. g5 Nb4 59. Bc4 Ke8 60. Ke5 Kf8 61. Kd6 Nc2 62. Kc7 Nd4 63. Kxb6 Nf3 64. Kxa5 Nxg5 65. Kb6 Ne4 66. a5 Nxf6 67. a6 Nd7+ 68. Kc7 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Heaven, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. b4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qb3 c6 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Rfd1 Ng5 16. b5 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Nge4 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rdc1 Qd7 22. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. b3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. h3 0-0-0 16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Bh5 18. Be2 Bg6 19. Bd3 Bh5 20. Be2 Bg6 21. Bd3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 h6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op-A"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c6 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. 0-0 Be6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Qh4 Rac8 15. Nb5 Ne7 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 a6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Bxh5 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Rc4 22. b3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rc3 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bg5 Kf8 26. b5 axb5 27. Ra7 Rc7 28. Ra5 h6 29. Bxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op-A"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 0-0 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. b3 d5 16. h4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 c5 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Rad1 Rbd8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. h5 f5 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. c4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Nb8 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. h6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op-A"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nb8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nbd2 c5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 b5 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. Rd6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Kg7 30. Ra8 Kf6 31. Rb6 Nd7 32. Rxf8 Nxb6 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Rb8 Nd7 35. Rb7 Kd6 36. Ke3 Ne5 37. h3 Kc6 38. Ra7 Kb6 39. Re7 Kc5 40. f4 Nc6 41. Rxf7 Na5 42. Rg7 Nxb3 43. Rxg6 Nd4 44. Rg5+ Nf5+ 45. Ke4 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op-A"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 h6 13. f4 Nf6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 0-0 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. c4 b6 19. Kh1 a5 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Be3 Rd6 23. h3 Nd7 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op-A"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "May, Adam John"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. e3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Rf7 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Pitirotjirathon, Jirapak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Thailand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "THA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. c5 b6 10. b4 bxc5 11. dxc5 d4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Nd6 Bd5 15. 0-0 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Nd6 Nbd7 18. Re1 a5 19. Rb1 Rfb8 20. Bd2 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 22. Rc1 e4 23. Rc2 Rba8 24. Nc4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. h3 Qd5 28. Rb1 Ra2 29. Rb2 Ra1+ 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Rb2 Ra1+ 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Battulga, Namkhai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 a5 6. a3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bb2 0-0 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Qb1 Be8 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Qa1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 f6 20. Rfc1 Bd6 21. h3 Bg6 22. Rc4 Rd7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Bb5 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Bc4 Kf7 28. Qd1 Ke7 29. a4 e5 30. Rd2 Bb4 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kxd8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. f3 Kc5 36. Bg8 Bb1 37. e4 b5 38. axb5 Bc2 39. Bc1 Kxb5 40. Bc4+ Kc6 41. Bd2 Kc5 42. Be3+ Kd6 43. Bd2 Kc5 44. Be3+ Kd6 45. Bd2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Diermair, Andreas"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. 0-0 Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Qb3 Nc5 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Be7 12. b4 Na6 13. a3 0-0 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Nb5 Bg5 19. Rc2 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nac7 21. Nd4 Nd6 22. Rfc1 Ncb5 23. Nxb5 Nxb5 24. a4 Nd4 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Kg2 g6 28. e3 Nc6 29. b5 Na5 30. Bd1 b6 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. Bc2 Nb7 33. Ra8 Na5 34. Rc8 Nb7 35. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Chimthere, Alfred Charles"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malawi"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MWI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. c4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 b5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Nf3 a5 18. Rac1 a4 19. b4 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Kg2 Re7 22. h4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. f4 Kf8 25. g5 Ke8 26. Rh1 Nf8 27. h5 gxh5 28. Qxh5 g6 29. Qh6 Kd7 30. Qg7 Kc8 31. Rh8 Ree8 32. Bd4 Qe7 33. Rch1 Kc7 34. Rg8 Kc8 35. Rhh8 Kc7 36. Qf6 Qd7 37. Rg7 Re7 38. Rgg8 Ree8 39. Kf2 Kc8 40. Qg7 Qe7 41. Qf6 Qd7 42. Kf3 Kc7 43. Rg7 Re7 44. Rgg8 Ree8 45. Rg7 Re7 46. Rgg8 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 g6 9. 0-0 h5 10. Re1 h4 11. Nf1 h3 12. g3 Nbd7 13. b3 c6 14. Bb2 a6 15. Bf3 dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nb6 20. Rc1 f5 21. Nc5 e4 22. Be2 g5 23. Bc3 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Qd2 Be6 27. Red1 Bf7 28. a4 Qc7 29. Ba5 Qe7 30. Bb6 f4 31. Qb4 Qd7 32. Qa5 Bh6 33. d5 cxd5 34. cxd5 Rbc8 35. d6 Rc6 36. Bc7 fxe3 37. fxe3 g4 38. Qd2 Rxc7 39. dxc7 Qxd2 40. Rxd2 Bxe3+ 41. Kf1 Bxd2 42. Bxg4 Bc4+ 43. Kg1 Bd3 44. Ra1 Be3+ 45. Kh1 Bd4 46. Rc1 e3 47. c8Q Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Abdulwahhab, Ahmed Abdulsattar"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iraq"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Nf5 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Qd6+ Qxd6 21. Nbxd6 Ke7 22. Nxb7 Rxa4 23. Nxe5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 25. c4 Rc7 26. Na5 Be8 27. b4 Ne4 28. b5 f6 29. b6 fxe5 30. bxc7 Kd7 31. Re1 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Rb1 Kxc7 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rxg7 e4 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Rxh7 Ba4 38. Ke2 Kd4 39. Rh4 Nc5 40. Rg4 Kc3 41. Ke3 Kb4 42. Rg5 Bc2 43. h4 Nd3 44. h5 e5 45. h6 Kxa5 46. h7 Kb4 47. h8Q Kxc4 48. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Tomboline, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. h3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 h6 8. Bf4 Re8 9. c4 Nc6 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Be5 c6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bf8 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Re1 g6 18. Nd2 Nbd7 19. Bh2 Bg7 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Re3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qb6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Bf3 Nd5 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Rc1 Qc7 30. b4 a6 31. a4 Qb6 32. Rc4 Bf8 33. Qb2 Rd7 34. g3 Qd8 35. Kg2 Nb6 36. Rc2 Nxa4 37. Qa2 Nb6 38. Bg4 Rc7 39. Bf4 Bd6 40. Qa5 Nd5 41. Bxd6 Qxd6 42. Qc5 Qd8 43. Re2 Nf6 44. Bf3 Rd7 45. Qa7 Kg7 46. h4 Qf8 47. d5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Ne5 13. f3 b6 14. b3 Rb8 15. Qf2 Re8 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Ba8 18. b4 Red8 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Kh1 Be7 21. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qd4 Nc5 11. e4 d6 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Kh2 Bf8 16. g4 Bg6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qe3 Ncd7 21. Re1 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23. f4 f6 24. Qd4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rad8 26. Qf2 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Kh1 Bc5 29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kf7 31. b3 Bb4 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. a4 Rb2 34. Ne4 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 36. Kf2 Bc5+ 37. Kg3 Bd6+ 38. Kf2 Bc5+ 39. Kg3 g6 40. Kf4 f5 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. h4 Bd6+ 43. Kf3 Ba3 44. Ra1 Be7 45. Kg3 a5 46. Kf4 h5 47. Rc1 Bxh4 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. c5 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 h5 14. Ba3 h4 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nxh4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxh4 18. Nd2 Re6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 Bd6 22. g3 Qh3 23. Rfa1 Rh6 24. Nf1 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Nf6 26. Ra7 Qc8 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Qd1 Rf6 29. f3 Nd6 30. Ra3 Qe8 31. Qb1 Nf5 32. Kf2 g6 33. Rc3 Re6 34. Qd3 Re7 35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Qd3 Nd6 37. Rb3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Bc8 39. g4 Qe8 40. h3 Bd7 41. Nd2 f5 42. Kf2 Be6 43. Rc3 Rf7 44. Kg2 Qf8 45. Bf1 fxg4 46. hxg4 Qc8 47. Qe2 Bd7 48. Rb3 Qa8 49. Qd1 Qa2 50. Kg1 Be6 51. Rc3 Qa5 52. Qc2 Nxb5 53. Bxb5 Qxb5 54. Rxc7 Bd7 55. Qd1 Qd3 56. Qe1 Qb5 57. Qg3 Qa4 58. Qe5+ Kg8 59. Qxd5 Qd1+ 60. Nf1 Be8 61. Rxf7 Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. g3 0-0 12. Bg2 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. 0-0 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bd7 22. Qd2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Ehsandar, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. h4 c5 10. d5 e6 11. h5 g5 12. f3 Nc7 13. Nh3 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxh3 15. Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2c 1516 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8.211"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Walker, David John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[BlackTeam "North East England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c6 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Be2 Be6 11. b3 Ng4 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nce2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qg6 18. 0-0 Rc2 19. Qb1 Rc7 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1b 1516 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7.187"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. f4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. a3 0-0 11. Ngf3 Rfc8 12. Ne5 Be8 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. g4 Nf8 15. Qf3 Rc7 16. Qh3 f6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qf1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Nb1 b6 26. Nc3 h6 27. Kd2 Nd7 28. Ne2 Nf8 29. Ng3 Be8 30. f5 Bf7 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. gxf5 Kd6 34. Bb5 Nh7 35. h4 Nf8 36. Ke2 g5 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Kg4 Nh7 39. Bf1 gxh4 40. Kxh4 Ng5 41. Bg2 Kd6 42. Kh5 Nf7 43. Kg6 Ke7 44. Bxd5 Nd6 45. a4 h5 46. e4 h4 47. e5 Ne8 48. Bg2 Kf8 49. Kh5 Ng7+ 50. Kg6 Ne8 51. Bh3 Ke7 52. Kh5 Nc7 53. Bg2 b5 54. b3 bxa4 55. bxa4 a5 56. Kxh4 Na6 57. Kh5 Nb4 58. Be4 Na2 59. Kg6 Nc3 60. Bf3 Nxa4 61. Kg7 fxe5 62. f6+ Ke6 63. d5+ Kf5 64. f7 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Re1 0-0 14. h3 Rfe8 15. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bd3 Ng3 15. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 0-0 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rh3 Nb4 19. Rd1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. c3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. b4 Bxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 g6 6. Nf4 Bg7 7. Be2 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 a5 10. e4 Na6 11. Be3 b6 12. Re1 Re8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Qd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Nfd5 Nf7 20. Bd4 Ne6 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ne4 g5 23. Nef6 Rf8 24. Qc3 Ne5 25. Ng4 c6 26. Nxe5 cxd5 27. Nxd7+ d4 28. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bridges, Paul"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 Na5 9. Qe1 Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. g4 f5 12. g5 Nc6 13. Ne2 e5 14. h4 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bh3 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. Nh2 Rae8 18. Ng3 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Qd1 Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. c3 Bxc3 25. Qc2 Qd3 26. Rc1 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Bd4 28. Re2 e3 29. Ngf1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT1d 1415 (4NCL) Demotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.05.04"]
[Round "11.165"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Wales Dragons"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 0-0 10. h3 Na6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Ne4 Nbd5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rf5 18. a3 Raf8 19. b4 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Rf5 22. f4 Qf6 23. Rb1 e5 24. Rb3 Nxf4+ 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe4 h6 27. Rbf3 Ne6 28. Re1 Ng5 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Rf2 Qc3 31. Re3 fxe3 32. Rxf5 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2c 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[Round "10.222"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Grant, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Sussex Martlets"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Ngxe4 dxe4 13. f4 exf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4 15. h3 Nc6 16. Nb5 Rad8 17. Qc2 a6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Bd2 Nd8 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2c 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[Round "9.232"]
[White "Somerfield, Adrian P"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Bb5 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 a5 13. Nc5 Ra7 14. f3 Bc8 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. Ned3 Rd8 18. b3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Re2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 e6 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rae1 Rda8 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Bg5 Qc8 28. h4 Bg7 29. Bf4 Ne8 30. h5 Re7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh2 Nf6 33. Be5 Re8 34. Qf4 Qd8 35. Kg2 Qe7 36. Reh1 Ra7 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Rh3 Kf8 39. Qh2 Ng8 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rh8 Qg5 42. Qh7+ Kf6 43. Rxg8 Rxg8 44. Qxg8 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qxc3 46. Qd8+ Re7 47. Nd7+ Kg7 48. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Rfd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe6 16. e3 Nd5 17. a3 a5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nb6 20. Qc2 Kh8 21. e4 Nc8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 Na6 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. a3 e5 12. c5 exd4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qc4+ Be6 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. Ne3 R5d7 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nc7 25. Ne3 Nb5 26. Bb2 Ng7 27. Nc4 Ne6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. Kd1 Nd6 31. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Shakespeare, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. g4 Nf8 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. Kb1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 dxe4 20. Bb3 Re5 21. Rc1 b5 22. Rc7 a5 23. Nc6 Rg5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Rg1 Rxf2 29. Bd5 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Jameson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ba8 19. Qc2 h6 20. g3 Red8 21. Rd2 Qb5 22. Qd1 Bb7 23. Qe2 Ba8 24. Rdc2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 c5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. dxc5 Rdc8 28. c6 Nf6 29. Bd4 Ne8 30. Rec2 f6 31. Nb2 Kf7 32. Nd3 Nc7 33. Bc5 a5 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Nb2 Nb5 36. Na4 Ra6 37. Rc5 Nd6 38. Kf1 Rc7 39. Ke2 Nc8 40. Nb2 Na7 41. Nd3 Rcxc6 42. Kd2 Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Kd6 44. Rc1 Rc6 45. Rxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Na3 e6 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nc2 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Re1 b6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Ne5 f5 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Re3 Bf6 21. Qh5 Bg7 22. Rh3 h6 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Bb3 b5 25. Rg3 f6 26. Ng6 Rff7 27. Nh4 Qf4 28. d5 e5 29. d6 Rc4 30. Ng6 Qe4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 f4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. d7 Qe2 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. d8Q 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guy, David T"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. Ne5 Be6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Be3 0-0 13. f4 Nfd7 14. f5 e5 15. d5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ba2 Nbd7 19. Rad1 cxd5 20. exd5 b6 21. Bc4 Rad8 22. b3 Qf6 23. Nb5 e4 24. Qe3 Ne5 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Kh1 Nxa4 27. Qe3 Nb2 28. Rc1 Nbxc4 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Qe2 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Nxb2 32. d6 Nd3 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. g4 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke8 36. Nc7+ Kd7 37. Nd5 Kxd6 38. Nxb6 Rc6 39. Rb1 Ke5 40. Kg3 Kd4 41. Na4 e3 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Kf4 Nd3+ 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Ra1 Rc1 46. Ra2 Rc2 47. Rxc2 Ne1+ 48. Ke2 Nxc2 49. Kd1 Nb4 50. Ke2 Nd5 51. Nb2 Nc3+ 52. Ke1 a4 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Stuart, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Na6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a3 Nc7 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. Bg3 a6 13. 0-0 b5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Bc6 19. h3 Ne8 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Kh1 Nc7 23. f4 f5 24. Qa2 Rdd8 25. Be2 e6 26. Rfd1 Re8 27. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2c 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "8.244"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bb4 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nbd2 Rab8 14. Qc3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Bg6 17. h3 f6 18. Nfd2 e5 19. Nf1 Rc7 20. Nfd2 Rbc8 21. Nc5 exd4 22. Qxd4 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. Rac1 Be8 25. b4 Rb8 26. a3 Rcb7 27. Nb3 Rb5 28. R5c3 R8b6 29. Qd2 Ra6 30. Nd4 Rbb6 31. Qe2 Bd7 32. Qd3 Qe8 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Rac1 Bd7 35. Ra1 Bc8 36. Rac1 Bd7 37. Ra1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Lewyk, Ihor"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Nf3 0-0 14. 0-0 Rfc8 15. Qc2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1b 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "4.176"]
[White "Walker, Nicholas P"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hackney"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 0-0 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. b4 Nc6 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. f5 Ne7 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. Bg4 Ne5 26. Bh3 g6 27. c4 f5 28. c5 Kh8 29. g3 Nd7 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Nxb6 32. axb6 Bg7 33. Be6 a5 34. bxa5 dxc5 35. d6 Rxa5 36. Rf7 c4 37. Qxc4 Rh5 38. Rc7 Be5 39. h3 Qa8 40. d7 Rd8 41. Rc8 Qa3 42. Rxd8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qd3 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1b 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "3.156"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Suarez Real, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c5 8. d5 Qa5 9. Qd2 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. 0-0 Rfe8 13. e5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2015.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heaven, Peter"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.01.02"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 Be5 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Bc7 16. Bd3 d6 17. 0-0 0-0 18. g4 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qh3 g6 21. Qh6 Re8 22. f5 Ncxe5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bb5 Bd6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Rf1 Bd7 28. Bxd7 Nfxd7 29. h3 Rxa2 30. Qg5 Ra8 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qd8 Kf7 34. b4 Bg7 35. b5 b6 36. g5 h6 37. h4 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Bf6 39. Qh6 Ke7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Qxh5 Nc4 42. Qh3 Kd6 43. Kf2 Nc5 44. Qg3+ Be5 45. Qg8 Nd7 46. Qa8 Bxc3 47. Qc6+ Ke7 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Qc7 Nd6 50. Qc6 Bc5 51. Kd2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2015.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.01.02"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. Nd1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. c4 Bd4 17. Nc3 0-0 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Rfd1 b6 21. h3 Rdc8 22. Bf1 a5 23. Qb2 axb4 24. axb4 Qd8 25. Kg2 Qg5 26. b5 Be8 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. Ne2 e5 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Rd8 31. h4 Qe5 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Nd5 Rab8 34. Qb4 Qe6 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nf5 Qe5 37. c5 Bxf5 38. exf5 Qe3 39. Rd1 bxc5 40. Qxc5 Rd7 41. Qc6 Qe7 42. f6 gxf6 43. Qf3 Qe5 44. Rd2 Rg8 45. Re2 Qd5 46. Be4 Qd6 47. b6 Re7 48. g4 Qxb6 49. Qf5 Rg6 50. Rc2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2015.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.01.02"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Qh5 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rfc8 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. e5 Ne8 20. Ne4 Nc7 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Na6 23. Nd6 Rcb8 24. f4 g6 25. Rd3 Nb4 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. h4 h5 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rg5 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nf4 31. Kf1 Nb6 32. Rcg3 Ke7 33. Nxf7 Nc8 34. Rg7 Nd5 35. Ng5+ Ke8 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Ne6 Ra7 38. Rh7 Ne7 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. Rxb8 Kxe6 41. Rh8 Ra6 42. Rg7 f4 43. Re8 Kf5 44. Rexe7 Ke4 45. Rxb7 Kxd4 46. Ra7 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2015.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Lewis, David Rhys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2015.01.02"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Nge2 c5 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Be2 Qd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f3 Na6 12. Be3 Rf7 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. a3 Nfe8 15. b4 b6 16. Ra2 Bf8 17. Re1 Ng7 18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Rb2 Bd7 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Reb1 Nf5 22. Bg5 Nd4 23. Kh1 Ne8 24. Nce4 Bf5 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf5 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Qd1 h6 31. Rd8 Qc7 32. Rxe8 hxg5 33. Nxg5 Rg7 34. Qb1 Qb7 35. Rb8 Qe7 36. Ne4 Rh7 37. Nf2 Qg5 38. Ng4 Nf5 39. Qe1 Rf7 40. Kg1 Nd4 41. Qe3 Qxe3+ 42. Nxe3 Kg7 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Ng4 Be7 45. Be4 Bg5 46. Ke2 Nd4+ 47. Kd1 Rd7 48. Bc2 Rf7 49. Be4 Rd7 50. Bc2 Rf7 51. Rb1 Rd7 52. Nf2 Bd8 53. Ne4 Be7 54. Nc3 Bd8 55. Rb8 Be7 56. Ke1 Rc7 57. Nb5 Rd7 58. Nxd4 exd4 59. Kd1 Bg5 60. Re8 Re7 61. Rxe7+ Bxe7 62. g3 Bg5 63. f4 Bd8 64. Ke2 Ba5 65. Kf3 Kf6 66. Be4 Bd2 67. Ke2 Be3 68. Kf3 a5 69. a4 Bd2 70. Bd3 Be3 71. h4 Bd2 72. g4 Be1 73. g5+ Kg7 74. Kg4 Bf2 75. h5 gxh5+ 76. Kxh5 Bg3 77. Kg4 Bh2 78. f5 Be5 79. f6+ Kf7 80. Kf5 Kg8 81. Ke6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "South Wales New Year op"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2015.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Williams, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.01.02"]
[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 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bh5 Rg8 13. Ncxe4 Bf8 14. Qg4 Bf7 15. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wessex"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg5 d4 7. Ne2 e5 8. Bg2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. 0-0 g5 11. c3 Be6 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 0-0-0 15. f5 Bf7 16. c4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.71"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[BlackTeam "BCM Dragons"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qa5 18. Qa1 Ng6 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Rc8 22. Bd2 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL-chT rapid"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Flear, Christine"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. f4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Qb3 Qe8 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 e6 14. 0-0 Qe7 15. Be3 Ne8 16. Ne4 Ndf6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Rc7 Qe8 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Bf2 Bc6 26. Qb3 Bd5 27. Qc3 Qxa4 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Qc5 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. Nd2 Rd8 35. Nb3 Kg8 36. Nc5 Bf8 37. Rc1 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kf7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL-chT rapid"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jones, William EG"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RSJ"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rd2 Rc8 14. Rg1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. a3 Nf4 18. Bd3 Ke7 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 e5 21. Kd2 Rd8 22. Rg4 d6 23. h4 Bc8 24. Rg1 Be6 25. Rge1 Rf8 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. a4 Bxd3 28. Kxd3 b4 29. a5 Rb8 30. Ra4 Rbb5 31. c4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxa5 33. Rea2 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 a5 35. c4 Kd7 36. Kc3 Kc7 37. Ra2 Kb6 38. Rb2+ Kc7 39. Ra2 Kb6 40. Rb2+ Kc7 41. Ra2 Kc6 42. Ra1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL-chT rapid"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Batchelor, Guy J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Be6 8. bxc4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 bxc4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. Ba3 e6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. 0-0 g6 15. Nbd2 Kg7 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qc7 Rhd8 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rc7 Nfd5 21. Rcxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 f6 23. Nec4 Rc6 24. g3 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. Nd6+ Kg7 28. Kf3 h5 29. h3 g5 30. Ke2 Ncd5 31. Kd3 Kg6 32. Nb5 Nc6 33. f3 Ncb4+ 34. Ke2 Nc6 35. Nb1 Ncb4 36. N5c3 Nb6 37. Nd2 f5 38. e4 Nc2 39. Nb5 Na4 40. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL-chT rapid"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Deighton, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "Leeds University Old Boys"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Nc7 9. Nf3 Qe8 10. d5 a6 11. 0-0 b5 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd4 Qb7 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Ndxb5 Ne6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Qb1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Be6 20. b3 Qb4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ra3 24. Rc1 Rca8 25. Rc2 Kg7 26. Bc4 Be5 27. g3 Bd4 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rdd2 Bc3 30. Re2 Bf6 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Qd1 Qc5 33. Qd3 Qc8 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Astaneh Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bg6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Bd2 N5b6 11. Rc1 Nxc4 12. Rxc4 Be7 13. Qb3 Be4 14. Rcc1 Qb6 15. Bc3 Qxb3 16. axb3 0-0 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nc4 h5 19. Ra1 h4 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Be1 Nd5 22. Ne5 Bh7 23. Bf3 g5 24. Ra5 Rfc8 25. Bh5 Rf8 26. Be2 Bd8 27. Raa1 a6 28. h3 Be7 29. Nc4 Rad8 30. Ba5 Rde8 31. Ne5 Kg7 32. Be1 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bb8 34. Bf3 f6 35. Bd2 Kh6 36. Na5 Rf7 37. Nc4 Bg6 38. Be2 Rd7 39. Be1 Bh5 40. Kf1 Rg8 41. Bxh5 Kxh5 42. Ba5 g4 43. Nb6 Rdg7 44. Nxd5 exd5 45. Ke2 f5 46. Bd2 Ba7 47. Rh1 f4 48. Kd3 fxe3 49. Bxe3 Bb6 50. hxg4+ Rxg4 51. g3 Bd8 52. gxh4 Bf6 53. Rh3 Re8 54. Rf3 Bxh4 55. Rf7 Re7 56. Rxe7 Bxe7 57. Rh1+ Rh4 58. Rg1 Rg4 59. Rh1+ Rh4 60. Rg1 Bf6 61. Rg8 Rg4 62. Rf8 Bg5 63. Rb8 Bxe3 64. fxe3 Rg7 65. Rf8 Kg6 66. e4 dxe4+ 67. Kxe4 Re7+ 68. Kd3 Rf7 69. Rd8 Kf6 70. d5 c5 71. d6 Ke6 72. Kc4 b6 73. Rb8 Rf4+ 74. Kc3 Rb4 75. Rd8 Rd4 76. Rb8 Rb4 77. Rd8 a5 78. Rh8 Kxd6 79. Rh6+ Kc7 80. Rg6 Rd4 81. Rg7+ Kc6 82. Rg6+ Rd6 83. Rg5 Rh6 84. Rg2 Rh3+ 85. Kc2 Kb5 86. Rf2 Re3 87. Rh2 Kc6 88. Rh6+ Kc7 89. Rh7+ Kd6 90. Rh6+ Re6 91. Rh2 Rg6 92. Rf2 Kd5 93. Rh2 Rg5 94. Rf2 Kd4 95. Rh2 Rg4 96. Rf2 Rg3 97. Rh2 Re3 98. Rg2 Ke4 99. Rh2 Rf3 100. Re2+ Re3 101. Rh2 b5 102. Rh4+ Kf3 103. Rh5 Re2+ 104. Kb1 Re1+ 105. Kc2 Re2+ 106. Kb1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Ebosse, Kingue Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Cameroon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Be2 0-0 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. 0-0 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bc1 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Be3 f5 18. f3 c4 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21. b3 Qa5 22. bxc4 Rxb1 23. Nxb1 fxe4 24. fxe4 e6 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 exd5 27. exd5 Nf5 28. Bg4 Nxe3 29. Bxd7 Rc5 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Ne4 Rxc4 33. Nxf6 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Rd4 35. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bouzidi, Ahmed"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 f6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc4 Bd6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Qb6 16. Qa3 c5 17. 0-0-0 Qc7 18. g3 0-0 19. Bh3 Nb6 20. Rhe1 e5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Ne4 c4 24. Qd6 Qf7 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Rfe8 27. Qd4 Qg6 28. Re2 Qh6 29. Qd6 Qg6 30. Qd4 Qh6 31. Rf2 Qh4 32. Nd6 Red8 33. Qe3 Rd7 34. Rfd2 Rad8 35. Nf5 Qh5 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. Qc5 Qe8 39. Qc6 Qb8 40. Qe4 g6 41. Nd4 f5 42. Qf3 Qd6 43. Rd1 Qe7 44. Qf2 Qe8 45. Rg1 Nd5 46. Nxf5 Nxc3 47. Re1 Qf8 48. Nd4 Nd5 49. Ne6 Qf6 50. Qc5 Nb6 51. a4 Re7 52. Qc6 Qf5 53. Qd6 Rxe6 54. Rxe6 Kg7 55. Re7+ Kh6 56. Qc7 g5 57. Qc6+ Kh5 58. Qe8+ Kg4 59. Rf7 Qd3 60. Qe6+ Kh5 61. fxg5 c3 62. Rf2 cxb2+ 63. Rxb2 Qf1+ 64. Kc2 Nc4 65. Qe8+ Kg4 66. Qe4+ Kh5 67. Qxh7+ Kg4 68. Rb4 Qe2+ 69. Kc3 Qe5+ 70. Kxc4 a5 71. h3+ Kf4 72. Qh4+ Kf3 73. Qg4+ Kf2 74. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 75. Kxd4 axb4 76. g6 b3 77. Kc3 b2 78. Kxb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Korea"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. 0-0 Nc5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. e4 Bg6 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Qg4 0-0 17. h4 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Nc4 Bf6 20. b4 Nb3 21. Rad1 Rcd8 22. Nd6 Be7 23. Nxb7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxb4 25. Na2 Be7 26. Nc1 Nd4 27. Nd3 Bh5 28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Rb2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 c5 31. Na5 Rd8 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Ne1 Bxe4 34. Re2 Rd4 35. f3 Bd5 36. Rxe5 Bd6 37. Rg5 Be7 38. Rg4 Rxg4 39. fxg4 Bd8 40. Nd3 Bxa5 41. Nxc5 Bb4 42. Nd7 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Bueno, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Aruba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Be3 b5 16. Nc2 Ne6 17. a3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Nce4 20. Qd3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. e3 Ne4 25. Re2 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 g6 27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Qd1 Nf6 29. Nd4 Qc1 30. Qxc1 Rxc1 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Nxc2 Kf8 33. f3 h5 34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Nd4 Nc5 38. Kd2 Ne6 39. Kc3 Nxd4 40. Kxd4 a5 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Bc6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g5 45. Bf1 f6 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Bg6 Bc8 48. Be8 Ba6 49. Bf7 Bb7 50. Bg6 Bc8 51. Bc2 Bd7 52. Bb3 Bc6 53. Bd1 Bb7 54. Bc2 Bc6 55. Bh7 Bb7 56. Bg8 Ba8 57. Bf7 Bc6 58. Bg6 Bd7 59. Bb1 Bc6 60. Bd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Cueto Chajtur, Johny"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bolivia"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BOL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rf3 b5 12. a3 Nb8 13. Rh3 Nc6 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 g6 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Be1 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. g4 f6 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 g5 23. Nf2 Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Rfe8 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Bg3 Bf8 27. Rf1 Re4 28. Bf2 Rae8 29. Rf3 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bg3 Re2 32. R3f2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Bxd4 Bf6 15. Nf3 Nac5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Rc2 a5 20. Ne1 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Nd3 Rc4 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Rd2 d4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. e3 Qe4 27. exd4 Rcxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Qe1 g6 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Nd5 Be5 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Nb4 Bc3 34. a3 Rb2 35. Nd5 Be5 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Nc4 Bf6 39. Kg2 Be7 40. Rf3 Rc2 41. Ne3 Ra2 42. Nc4 Rc2 43. Ne3 Ra2 44. Nc4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mwanyika, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tanzania"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. b3 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rc1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Bb1 Rd4 19. Re3 Rad8 20. Qg4 Rd2 21. f4 Qd4 22. Qf3 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Qf1 Qd4 25. Qd3 f6 26. e5 f5 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 g6 30. h4 h6 31. g3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. c3 Bd7 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Kh2 Ne5 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rd1 Nd3 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Rde1 Ba4 20. Qb1 Bd7 21. Nf1 Nce4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ba4 24. Qb1 Bd7 25. Bf4 Nce4 26. Qd1 g6 27. Bc1 Bg7 28. Ne3 Ng5 29. Qd3 Nge4 30. Nxd5 Nxf2 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qe2 Nxh3 34. Bxh3 Rd8 35. Rf1 Qd6 36. Bf4 Qc5 37. Re1 Bf8 38. Be5 Bd7 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Bxd7 Rxd7 41. Re2 Qd8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1c 1314 (4NCL) Promotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[Round "11.145"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Nf3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. 0-0 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Qb3 e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Qa4 e4 21. Ng5 b5 22. Qd4 Bg7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bc3 Ne8 25. Qb4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nf6 27. Rd4 Qc8 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Bd1 h5 30. Bb3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. g3 Rc8 33. Kg2 Qe5 34. Rd6 Qf5 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Qe2 Qe5 37. Rd8 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Qc2 a5 40. a3 Qe5 41. Qc3 Qxc3 42. bxc3 Ne8 43. Kf1 Nd6 44. Ke2 f5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Bd5 Nc4 47. Bxc4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1c 1314 (4NCL) Promotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "10.147"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Gantner, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bb4 0-0 11. Bxc6 Bxb4 12. Qxb4 bxc6 13. Nbd2 Rab8 14. Qa3 Rb5 15. Rfc1 Rfb8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Rc3 f6 18. Rac1 R5b6 19. Rc5 Nd6 20. Qb2 h6 21. h3 Nb7 22. R5c3 a5 23. Qa3 Ra6 24. Qa4 Nd8 25. Rc5 Rb4 26. Qa3 Nb7 27. R5c3 Nd6 28. Rc5 Nb7 29. R5c3 Nd6 30. Rc5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT1c 1314 (4NCL) Promotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "9.147"]
[White "Koneski, Zoran"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "e2e4.org.uk"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 Bd7 10. Rb1 Nd4 11. Rf2 Nec6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 b6 15. Ne2 Bc6 16. c3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 d5 18. Bf2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bb5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Ree1 Rd7 22. Rbd1 Rcd8 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Be3 f5 26. Kf2 fxe4 27. Bg2 Kf8 28. Bc1 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 0-0 12. d5 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Qf3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 cxd5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qg4 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qc4 19. Bf4 Bf6 20. Rac1 Qe4 21. Qb3 b6 22. Rc6 Qf5 23. Qb5 Qd7 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Rfc1 d4 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Rxf6 Qxb5 28. axb5 Kg7 29. Rfc6 Rd5 30. Rd1 Rad8 31. Rd3 R8d7 32. b4 Rxb5 33. Rc4 Rbd5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. f4 R5d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Qxb6 8. e4 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Ne3 c4 15. Nc2 Bd7 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Na3 Qc5 18. Bd2 Ne8 19. a5 Bd4 20. axb6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxe1 22. Qxe1 Rxb6 23. Nxc4 Rb4 24. Ne3 Rxb2 25. Ncd1 Rbb8 26. Rxa6 Bb5 27. Ra5 Nc7 28. Nc3 Ra8 29. Rxb5 Nxb5 30. Nxb5 Ra2 31. Bc4 Rb2 32. Nc3 Qd4 33. Bc1 Rb4 34. Nc2 Qxc4 35. Nxb4 Qxc3 36. Bd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Downey, Keith"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Rc1 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qd7 15. Ba1 Nfd5 16. Qd2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne8 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. f3 Rc5 21. Kg2 Rfc8 22. a4 Qb7 23. Rd3 a6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8. Ne1 Qf5 9. e4 Qh5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Nxd3 e5 12. b4 Bh3 13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. Nc5 0-0 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Qg6 20. Rbd1 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Nxb7 Be7 24. Bc5 Qe6 25. Na5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bc8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. Be3 Re8 16. Nd2 h6 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Bf1 g5 19. Ne2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Bd4 Qa5 23. Bc3 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4 25. b3 Ra2 26. Ra1 Rc2 27. Rec1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ng6 29. Ra1 b4 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Ra7 Ne5 32. Be2 Rd8 33. Ngf1 g4 34. hxg4 Bxg4 35. f3 Bh5 36. Kf2 c4 37. Ra2 c3 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Bd4+ 40. Ke2 Bg6 41. Kd3 Bc5 42. Ng3 h5 43. Ne2 h4 44. Nf4 Bh7 45. Nh5 f5 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Nxh7 fxe4+ 48. fxe4 Kxh7 49. Re2 Ra8 50. e5 dxe5 51. Rxe5 Ra1 52. Re2 Rd1+ 53. Kc2 Rd4 54. Bd3+ Kh6 55. Re4 Rxd5 56. Rxh4+ Kg5 57. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guy, David T"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 d5 9. b3 0-0 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bb4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bh3 Ra8 17. Ba5 Ne4 18. Nbd2 f5 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. e3 Kh8 21. Nb1 Bb7 22. Bg2 Qd6 23. Nfd2 Qe6 24. f3 Ng5 25. Nc3 Rac8 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc3 Nd7 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Ne2 g6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Nb1 Kg8 32. h4 Ne6 33. Nd3 Qg7 34. Kg1 Rfe8 35. f4 Ne4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Ne5 Bf6 38. Ng4 Qf8 39. Nc3 Bd8 40. Bxd8 Rexd8 41. Na4 Qg7 42. Nc3 Nc7 43. a4 Ne8 44. Rd2 Rd6 45. Red1 Rcd8 46. Ne5 Nf6 47. g4 Qe7 48. g5 Ne8 49. Ne2 Rb6 50. Nc3 Rbd6 51. Ne2 Rb6 52. Nc3 Rbd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Staniforth, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 h6 13. Ba2 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bc7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. e4 Nb6 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. a5 Nc4 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT1c 1314 (4NCL) Promotion pool"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "8.147"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican II"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Hilsmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bb4 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rab8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. Nb3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Nfd2 Kf7 18. f3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. Rc3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Kd6 22. e4 Bg6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rec3 Rc8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rec1 Rc8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rec1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "7.81"]
[White "Richardson, John R"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qf6 8. Nc3 0-0-0 9. Qa4 Bb4 10. 0-0-0 Nge7 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ng6 13. e5 Qh4 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Ngxe5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxa7 c5 21. Rd6 Kc7 22. Rhd1 Rhe8 23. a4 Re6 24. Bxc5 Rxd6 25. Bxd6+ Kc6 26. Bb4 Rg8 27. Rd6+ Kc7 28. Rd2 f5 29. Kc2 Rg6 30. a5 Rh6 31. f3 Rg6 32. Kb3 Rh6 33. Rd5 Rxh2 34. a6 Kc6 35. Rd6+ Kc7 36. a7 Nb6 37. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.02.16"]
[Round "6.71"]
[White "Sands, David A"]
[Black "Suarez Garcia, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Hackney"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. d5 e5 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Bf1 f5 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 c5 17. Qd2 Nb8 18. f4 Nbc6 19. f3 Qh4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rcd1 Qe7 22. Qc1 Rfe8 23. Kh1 Rac8 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. Bg5 Kf7 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Be3 Ncd4 28. Red1 Red8 29. Nc3 Bf6 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. Nc3 Rd7 32. Qb1 Rcd8 33. Qc1 h5 34. Re1 Re8 35. Nd5 Nc7 36. Nc3 Rd6 37. Rdd1 Red8 38. Qb2 Nce6 39. Qc1 Re8 40. Nd5 Rdd8 41. Nc3 Rc8 42. Nd5 Nc7 43. Nc3 Bf6 44. Bf2 Qc6 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT2b 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "5.63"]
[White "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BCM Dragons"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bb2 Qa5 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Rc1 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Bd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 a6 16. Ra1 Rb8 17. Nd2 e5 18. f3 Re8 19. Kf2 exd4 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Nf1 Bd7 22. g3 Bd8 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Re2 Bg7 26. Rae1 Ne6 27. Nc2 Nc7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Na1 Bd7 31. Nb3 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Na5 Bc8 34. Be2 Kd7 35. Bd3 Bh6+ 36. Ke2 Ne6 37. Nb3 Kc7 38. Kf2 Bg7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Ke2 Bd7 42. Kf2 Kc8 43. Ke2 Bd8 44. Kf2 Bc7 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

