[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. b3 0-0 14. Bb2 Qa5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qh5 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Kg2 Bb8 22. b4 b5 23. Nd2 Ba7 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c5 Bb8 26. Ne1 Rd7 27. Kf3 Nf6 28. Ke2 Rcd8 29. Nf3 Rd5 30. Ra1 R5d7 31. Re1 Nd5 32. Nd2 Ra7 33. Nb3 Bc7 34. Rec1 f6 35. f4 Re8 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Rf1 Bd8 38. h3 h5 39. Bc3 Bc7 40. Rae1 h4 41. Bd2 hxg3 42. Rf3 Rh8 43. Rg1 Rxh3 44. Rgxg3 Rxg3 45. Rxg3 Bxf4 46. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 47. Ke4 Nd5 48. Na5 Ne7 49. Rh3 Ra8 50. Nb7 Kg8 51. Rh2 Rb8 52. Na5 g5 53. Rh5 Kg7 54. Rh2 Kg6 55. Rh1 Rc8 56. Nb7 Nd5 57. Na5 Nf4 58. Rh2 Nh5 59. Rh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Doran, Chris"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Rb8 15. b4 Qxb5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Qa4 Rb6 19. b5 Nb8 20. 0-0 Be7 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qa7 Rb7 23. Qa5+ Rb6 24. Rfd1 Kc7 25. a4 Nc5 26. Qb4 Be6 27. a5 Rbb8 28. b6+ Kc8 29. a6 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 31st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc7 10. b3 Bc5 11. Kg1 a6 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nd2 h4 14. N2f3 Nc6 15. Qd3 0-0-0 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nxc6 e4 18. Qc2 dxc6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. e3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qd7 24. Kf1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qf5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Ke1 Rh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc1 Qxe3+ 30. Kb2 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 f5 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kf4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Han, Qixuan"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5+ f6 7. 0-0-0+ Kc7 8. Bh4 Be6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Rd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Kb2 a5 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nc1 Ne7 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Nc5 19. R3d2 Bf7 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. f3 b6 22. Bf2 Nd4 23. g3 Nf8 24. Ne1 Nfe6 25. f4 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 exf4 27. gxf4 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Bxb6+ Kxb6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Ne6 32. Rd7 Bg6 33. Re7 Ng5 34. Rxg7 Nxe4 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 f5 37. Nd3 Nd2 38. Ne5 f4 39. Nxg6 hxg6 40. Rxg6 Nxc4+ 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. Rf6 Nd5 43. Rf7 c5 44. h4 cxb4 45. h5 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Dobson, Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. c4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nf6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Rfc1 e6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Qa3 a6 23. Qb4 Rc7 24. Qb6 f6 25. b4 Re7 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne1 Nd6 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bolt, Graham"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 c6 9. e4 Nc5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Ne6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Kh2 Kg8 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Qb2 Ne8 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Rcd1 Qc7 26. f4 f5 27. c5 dxc5 28. Nxc5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qf7 30. e5 Nc7 31. Nxb7 Nd5 32. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Scarborough op"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Gostelow, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Nb3 c4 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3 Bd6 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Re1 0-0 11. e4 Bc7 12. e5 Nh7 13. Nf1 b5 14. h4 b4 15. N3h2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba5 17. Bd2 Rb2 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bd7 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Nf3 b5 24. a3 Bc7 25. Ne3 Na5 26. Nc2 Nb3 27. Be1 Be8 28. Bh3 Nf8 29. Na1 Na5 30. Nc2 Ra8 31. Nd2 Ng6 32. Bg4 Ne7 33. Kf1 Nc8 34. Bd1 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bg4 f5 37. Bd1 Nd6 38. f3 f4 39. g4 Bg6 40. Rb2 h5 41. g5 Nc6 42. Nb4 Nxb4 43. axb4 Ra3 44. Bc2 Nf5 45. Nb1 Ra1 46. Bxf5 Bxf5 47. Nd2 e5 48. Ke2 Bd3+ 49. Kf2 exd4 50. cxd4 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL op-A"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Ackley, Peter JE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. Bh2 Nh6 7. Be2 f5 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. c4 Nf7 10. Nc3 c6 11. b4 0-0 12. Rb1 Nf6 13. Rb3 e4 14. Ne1 Be6 15. b5 c5 16. Nc2 Rfc8 17. d5 Bd7 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxh3 24. Re1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL op-A"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Brencher, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxd4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Be3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Rfd8 25. a5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nf2 Bc5 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Ra2 Kf7 31. Kf1 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 h5 33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Rb7 Rc6 35. Rxg7 b5 36. cxb5 Rb6 37. Rh7 Rxb5 38. Rxh5 Rxb3 39. h4 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Rb3 43. Kf2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op-A"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qb3 Nfe7 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Na5 14. Qd1 Nac6 15. a4 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Nd8 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nc5 a5 20. f3 b6 21. Nd3 Ne6 22. f4 Ne7 23. Ng3 Rfe8 24. f5 Nf8 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Rae1 Kf7 27. Qa3 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Nf4 Rdd8 30. Kf2 c6 31. Ne6 Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Rc8 33. Rd6 Red8 34. Ree6 Rb8 35. Kf3 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Rd7 Rxb2 39. Ra7 Ra2 40. Ne2 a4 41. g4 Ra1 42. h3 a3 43. Ke3 a2 44. Kd2 Rh1 45. Rxa2 Rxh3 46. Ra1 Rh4 47. Rg1 g6 48. fxg6+ hxg6 49. Ke3 f5 50. g5 Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kf7 52. Kf3 Nc8 53. Rb1 Nd6 54. Ra1 Nb5 55. Ra6 Nxc3 56. Rxc6 Ne4 57. Rc7+ Ke8 58. Nxg6 Nxg5+ 59. Ke3 Re4+ 60. Kd3 Ne6 61. Re7+ Kd8 62. Rf7 Rxd4+ 63. Ke3 Re4+ 64. Kd3 Nf4+ 65. Nxf4 Rxf4 66. Ke3 Re4+ 67. Kd3 f4 68. Rf5 Re3+ 69. Kd4 Rf3 70. Kxd5 Rf1 71. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Stokes, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Bd7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Be2 Bc6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Re1 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Ne4 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 e5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Rc2 b6 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. Rcd2 Rcd7 23. Nc1 Nc5 24. f3 h5 25. Bg3 d5 26. Nd3 f6 27. Nb4 Bb7 28. Bb5 Rd6 29. Kf2 Bh6 30. Nc2 Kf7 31. b4 Ne6 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. a3 g5 34. Bh2 Bg7 35. g4 Rh8 36. Rh1 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nc7 38. Ba4 Ke6 39. Rdd1 f5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41. Nd4+ Kf6 42. Nb5 Nxb5 43. Bxb5 a6 44. Be2 Ke7 45. Bg3 Rxh1 46. Rxh1 Rc6 47. Rh7 Kf8 48. Bxe5 Bxe5 49. Rxb7 b5 50. Rd7 Bd6 51. f4 gxf4 52. exf4 Ke8 53. Bg4 Bxf4 54. Rxd5 Rxc3 55. Bd7+ Ke7 56. Bxb5 axb5 57. Rxb5 Rxa3 58. Rf5 Bd6 59. b5 Ke6 60. Rh5 Rb3 61. Ke2 Kd7 62. Rd5 Kc7 63. Rh5 Rg3 64. Rd5 Rg6 65. Rf5 Kb6 66. Rd5 Bc5 67. Kd3 Rg4 68. Rd7 Kxb5 69. Rb7+ Kc6 70. Rf7 Bd6 71. Rf5 Bc5 72. Rf3 Kb5 73. Rf7 Rg3+ 74. Ke4 Kc4 75. Rf3 Rg1 76. Kf5 Kd5 77. Rd3+ Bd4 78. Rb3 Rf1+ 79. Kg4 Ke4 80. Rh3 Be5 81. Rb3 Rg1+ 82. Kh5 Kf5 83. Rf3+ Bf4 84. Rh3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nec6 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. a3 c4 12. Nbd2 b5 13. b3 Rb8 14. a4 Nc7 15. axb5 Nxb5 16. bxc4 Nxc3 17. Qc2 Qb4 18. cxd5 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nexd4 20. Qd3 Nxf3 21. Nxf3 exd5 22. Qxd5 Ne7 23. Qd3 0-0 24. Rxa7 Rfd8 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qb7 27. Rd1 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Kf8 29. g3 Ke8 30. Ra7 Rb2 31. Kg2 Re2 32. h4 Nc6 33. Rc7 Nxe5 34. Kf1 Re4 35. Ng5 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Nxc4 37. Ke2 h6 38. Ne4 Ke7 39. Kd3 Nd6 40. Nc5 h5 41. Kd4 g6 42. Ke5 Nc4+ 43. Kf4 f6 44. f3 Nd6 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 f5 47. g5 Nf7 48. Nd3 Ke6 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Nf4+ Kf7 51. Nd5 Nd7 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Nc7+ Kf7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Kxf5 Nf8 56. Nd5 h4 57. Nf4 Kg7 58. Kg4 Nh7 59. Kxh4 Nxg5 60. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. c3 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nd2 e6 7. h3 h6 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. c4 Qxb3 10. Nxb3 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Bh2 Ne4 15. Ke2 0-0 16. Rhd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bc2 Ndf6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. a3 Be7 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nb3 g5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd7 26. Rc2 f5 27. g4 Nf6 28. Be5 Kf7 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Rc5 Rd5 31. Rdc1 Rcd8 32. R1c3 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 h5 34. f3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh8 36. gxf5 Rh2+ 37. Kd3 exf5 38. b4 Rf2 39. d5 cxd5 40. Rxd5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Rxf3 42. Rg8 f4 43. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 44. Kd2 Rxa3 45. Rg4 Kf5 46. Rg7 b6 47. Ke2 a5 48. bxa5 Rxa5 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. Re7+ Re5 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lampard, Alice"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Be3 b6 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rfb1 Ne8 17. Nf1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Brencher, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. Bh2 Qe7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 e4 10. Ne1 b6 11. Nc2 Nf5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Nba3 a6 14. Nc4 Nh4 15. b4 g5 16. Kh1 f5 17. Qd2 f4 18. g3 Ng6 19. Bh5 Qe6 20. Bg4 Qxc4 21. Bxd7 h5 22. Na3 Qf7 23. Qa2 d5 24. Qe2 f3 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ne5 10. f4 Nd7 11. Bg2 Ngf6 12. Be3 g6 13. 0-0 Bg7 14. d6 0-0 15. f5 exd6 16. Qxd6 Ng4 17. Qg3 gxf5 18. Bf4 Nge5 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Nd5 Qa6 21. Nc7 Qf6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Qe3 Re8 26. b3 Bf6 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 27th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. b3 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Rdd1 Be7 21. h3 h6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. Be3 Bc7 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 f5 31. b4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 24th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quader, Ziaul"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bh6 b6 8. Qd2 Rg8 9. 0-0-0 c6 10. Kb1 Nd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qe3 0-0-0 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bh6 Nf8 16. Rhe1 Ng6 17. Nd2 Be7 18. h4 c5 19. c3 Bd6 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. h5 Ne7 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. cxb6 Bc5 26. Qc1 Qe4+ 27. Ka1 axb6 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Qa4 30. Nc4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 24th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Ackley, Peter JE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd3 0-0 15. g3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 24th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dias, Savin"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 a6 12. 0-0 g6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Ng5 d5 15. Rae1 0-0 16. Rf3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxg6 Ne7 19. Qh5 Qf8 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5 Nf5 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. Kh1 Rh7 24. Rh3 Be8 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Bc6 27. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 24th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Stokes, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. 0-0 Bh6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Kh2 Bg7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Nxd4 20. exd4 Qh5 21. Re1 e5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Bc6 25. Qd2 Rcd8 26. Qc3 f6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qe3 Bh6 29. Rc2 Qf5 30. Rf2 Rd3 31. Qxa7 Bxf4 32. Rg2 Rxg3 33. Rxg3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Bettley, Andrew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1492"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 Bf5 9. b4 a6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd6 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. a4 Bd8 15. Rfc1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varley, Joe"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb5 a6 7. N5c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Nde4 Be7 17. Bf4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nandi, Robin J"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. f4 Nxc3 10. Qf3 Nd5 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. f5 exf5 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. 0-0 Nc6 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 19. Bc3 Qxd6 20. Bxe5 Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Hull 4NCL op"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Milson, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 e6 10. e3 h6 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. h3 g5 15. Bh2 Bg6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Ra5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfc1 c5 20. b4 Raa8 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne5 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxa3 26. Rc7 Bf8 27. Nd4 f6 28. Bg3 e5 29. Ne6 Bf7 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Kf1 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Be6 34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 Bd3+ 36. Kg1 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Bg1 Bf5 39. Rc5 Be6 40. Rc7 h5 41. g4 Rxf3 42. Kg2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. Rc5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "South Normanton 4NCL op 23rd"]
[Site "South Normanton"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merriman, James"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. f4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5+ 17. e3 dxc4 18. Qc3 b5 19. b3 Bb7 20. bxc4 b4 21. Qb3 a5 22. a3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 a4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. axb4 Ba6 27. Bxc6 Bxc4 28. Bxa4 Ra8 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. b5 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke2 Bxc6 34. bxc6 Kd8 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. e4 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 g6 38. exf5 gxf5 39. h3 h5 40. Ra1 Kxc6 41. Ra6+ Kd5 42. Ra7 Rg8 43. Kf3 Rg6 44. Rh7 Rg8 45. Rxh5 Ra8 46. h4 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Kh3 Ke4 49. Rh8 Kf3 50. Rc8 Ra1 51. Rc3+ Kf2 52. Rc2+ Kf3 53. h5 Rh1+ 54. Rh2 Rg1 55. Kh4 Ra1 56. h6 Ra8 57. h7 Rh8 58. Kg5 Kxg3 59. Rh6 Kf3 60. Kf6 Kxf4 61. Kxe6 Kg5 62. Rh1 f4 63. Kf7 f3 64. Kg7 Ra8 65. h8Q Ra7+ 66. Kf8 Ra8+ 67. Ke7 Rxh8 68. Rxh8 Kg4 1-0

[Event "South Normanton 4NCL op 23rd"]
[Site "South Normanton"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Chen, Daniel Xingyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bh2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. c3 e5 11. a4 e4 12. Ne1 Nd5 13. Nc2 f5 14. c4 N5f6 15. Ra2 Qe7 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Nb3 Red8 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bh2 Rd8 21. Bc7 Rdc8 22. Bh2 Rd8 23. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Normanton 4NCL op 23rd"]
[Site "South Normanton"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qh4 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Nb5 Bc6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. Rfc1 Nh6 21. Be3 Nf5 22. Rc7 Qb8 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Ba7 Qd8 25. Rd7 Qe8 26. Rb7 Nd4 27. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "South Normanton 4NCL op 23rd"]
[Site "South Normanton"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Ther, Mate T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 d6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Na6 11. Qc2 Nc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Rad1 Ncd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 Be7 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. b3 d5 21. Ne5 Bb4 22. Re3 Rfd8 23. Ndf3 Ne4 24. Rdd3 f6 25. Ng6 dxc4 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rb3 Bd2 28. Nxd2 Nxd2 29. Qe1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rcxd4 31. Rxe6 Rd1 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Coverly, Roger D"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Ng3 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c3 Re8 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qc7 20. Bc2 Ra8 21. Qd3 Qd8 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb3 Re7 27. c4 Kh7 28. Qb2 b6 29. Re3 Nd7 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 e5 32. Bc4 f6 33. Bb5 Qf7 34. Bc6 Ra7 35. b5 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. R3e2 Bd6 38. Qb1 Ra5 39. Ra2 Rea7 40. Ree2 Bb8 41. h4 h5 42. g3 Kg7 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Ra2 Qa7 45. Rxa5 Qxa5 46. Be8 f5 47. Qc1 Bd6 48. Bxg6 Kxg6 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qxf5+ Ke7 51. Qe6+ Kd8 52. Qxd6+ Kc8 53. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Winter, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. e3 f4 7. Nf3 fxe3 8. Bxe3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doran, Chris"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 0-0-0 12. 0-0 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 Bh6 15. Bd6 Rde8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Rhg8 19. Rfc1 Rg4 20. Bg3 Reg8 21. Nb5 Rxg3 22. fxg3 Kb8 23. Nc3 Qc7 24. Ne2 f5 25. b5 Qd6 26. bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxf5 Qe7 28. Qf4+ Ka8 29. Nc3 Rf8 30. Nxd5 Rxf4 31. Nxe7 Rxd4 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 21st"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Garnett, John S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. d3 0-0 10. e3 c6 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Nge2 Qc7 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Ba3 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Rb1 Nc8 17. Rb3 Rxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Bb4 c5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Nf4 Bf6 27. Ne2 Qc7 28. Qb2 Nb6 29. Bg2 Na4 30. Qb3 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Be6 32. Nd5 Qa5 33. Qb7+ Bf7 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qb6 37. Kg2 g5 38. Qa8 Qc7 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Qg7 41. Qe6+ Qf6 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qa8 Qe7 44. Qd5 f4 45. h3 fxe3 46. fxe3 Kg7 47. g4 Qd7 48. Kg3 h6 49. Qf3 Qf7 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7 51. e4 Ke7 52. Kf3 Kd7 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Kd2 Kb6 55. Kc3 Ka5 56. Kb3 Kb6 57. Kc3 a6 58. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Somton, Anita"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. Kb1 0-0-0 13. Rhe1 Nf8 14. c4 f5 15. Ned2 c5 16. d5 Bf6 17. Nb3 Kb8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. g3 Rg8 20. Bc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Kirupakaran, Vishnu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bb5 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 Rfc8 17. Na3 Bc6 18. Qc4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qe7 20. Qc5 Qd7 21. Qa5 Bd5 22. Rab1 Bxa2 23. Rb2 Bd5 24. Rfb1 Qc7 25. Qd2 h6 26. g3 a5 27. Rc2 Qe7 28. Nb5 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Rb8 30. Nc3 Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1 Qb4 32. Qa1 Bc6 33. Kg2 a4 34. Nb1 Bd5 35. Na3 Qb3 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. h4 Qd3 38. Qa1 Bb3 39. Qc1 Bd5 40. Qa1 Qb3 41. Qc1 Qa2 42. Kg1 Bb3 43. Kg2 Qe2 44. Kg1 h5 45. Qa1 Qg4 46. Kh2 g5 47. hxg5 h4 48. g6+ Kxg6 49. Qg1 Kh5 50. Qg2 Bd1 51. Qh3 Qxh3+ 52. Kxh3 Bg4+ 53. Kh2 h3 54. Nc4 Kg5 55. Na3 Kf6 56. Nc4 Ke7 57. Kg1 Bf3 58. Kh2 Bg2 59. Kg1 Kd8 60. Kh2 Kc7 61. Kg1 Kb7 62. g4 Ka6 63. g5 Kb5 64. Nd6+ Kb4 65. Nxf7 a3 66. g6 a2 67. g7 a1Q+ 68. Kh2 Bf3 69. Ng5 Qh1+ 70. Kg3 Qg2+ 71. Kf4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Verma, Shlok"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. c3 Bf5 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. Rfe1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf7 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Qe6 19. Nef3 Nd8 20. Kf1 c6 21. b4 b5 22. Nb3 Nb7 23. a3 g6 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Kf7 26. Ne1 Ke6 27. Nd3 Kf5 28. Kf3 h5 29. Nb2 g5 30. Nd1 g4+ 31. Ke2 Kg5 32. Nb2 Kf5 33. Ke3 Bf8 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Nb2 Bf8 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Ndc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Akeya Price, Robert A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rxd8 14. Rac1 c4 15. b3 b5 16. Kf1 0-0 17. Ne1 a5 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. d5 Nb4 20. e4 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nc3 22. Rdc1 Na4 23. f3 Ra8 24. f4 Nc5 25. Rab1 b4 26. e5 Nb3 27. Rd1 a4 28. Nc2 a3 29. Na1 Nxa1 30. Rxa1 b3 31. d6 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 b2 33. Ra2 c3 34. d7 c2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milewska, Agnieszka"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc2 a5 15. Ne2 Rfe8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rae8 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Qc3 Qa3 24. Qc2 Qb4 25. Qc4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. g3 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Ne4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Bf3 Nd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Qc4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Rushbrooke, Remy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb7 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be2 d6 10. 0-0 a6 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Qb1 b5 15. Rfd1 g6 16. Ne1 Nd7 17. Bf3 d5 18. Nd3 Kg7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nbc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qe7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Be2 a4 24. Qd3 Ra5 25. a3 Rd8 26. Qc2 Ra6 27. Qd3 Rb6 28. Qc2 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Qc5 Na5 31. Qc8 Nc4 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc2 Rc6 34. Bd3 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Rdc1 Ra6 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxb2 39. Ra1 a3 40. Kh2 a2 41. Rcc1 Rab6 42. Rc3 Rxf2 43. Ra3 Rbb2 44. Rg1 Rb1 45. e4 Rxg1 46. Kxg1 Rd2 47. Kh2 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch Major 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. 0-0 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qa6 10. Qe3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nbc6 12. Rd1 Nf5 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. Rxd3 Bb4 15. Be3 0-0 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nce7 19. Rc7 Rb8 20. g4 Nxe3 21. Rxe7 Nc4 22. b3 Nxa3 23. Rcc7 Nb5 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 a6 26. Kf1 h6 27. Rb6 Nc7 28. Rc6 Nb5 29. Rxa6 Rc8 30. Rb6 Nc3 31. Nd2 g6 32. f3 Kg7 33. Kf2 Nd1+ 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 g5 36. Rb7 Kg6 37. b4 Nd1 38. Rb5 Nc3 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Nb5 41. Nb3 f6 42. Ke3 f5 43. Na5 f4+ 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Nb7 Ke7 46. Nd6 Na7 47. Kc3 Nc6 48. Nb5 Kd7 49. Na3 Kc7 50. Nc2 Kb7 51. Na3 Kc7 52. Nb5+ Kd7 53. Kd3 Nb4+ 54. Kd2 Nc6 55. Kc3 Kd8 56. Kd2 Kd7 57. Kc2 Kd8 58. Kb3 Kd7 59. Kc3 Kd8 60. Kd3 Nb4+ 61. Kc3 Nc6 62. Na3 Kc7 63. Nc2 Kb7 64. Nb4 Na5 65. c6+ Kb6 66. Kd3 Kc7 67. Na6+ Kxc6 68. Nc5 Kc7 69. Nxe6+ Kd7 70. Ng7 Nc6 71. Nf5 Ke6 72. Nxh6 Ne7 73. h3 Ng6 74. Nf5 Nf8 75. h4 gxh4 76. Nxh4 Nh7 77. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCarthy, Damian"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Qe2 Re8 10. 0-0-0 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qxc5 13. h4 g6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 a6 18. Be2 Be7 19. Rd1 Kg7 20. Nc4 b5 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rc5 24. b4 Rc3 25. Be5 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bb7 27. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bc4 Qc6 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Red1 Rad8 18. Nd2 d5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Rd3 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. f3 c4 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Rd2 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 c6 6. 0-0 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. a4 Bc5 10. b3 0-0 11. Bb2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rad8 13. g3 b5 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Nd2 Bb6 16. Qc1 Nc5 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Nd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd3 Qb4 23. Qe1 Qxe4 24. Rad1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 17th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bowman, Richard L"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Rc1 Rc8 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 a6 9. Rxc8 Qxc8 10. Bxg7 axb5 11. Bxh8 f6 12. Bxb5 Kf7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 h6 16. g5 h5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 d4 19. Nf3 Qd5 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qf3 Be4 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 17th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ther, Mate T"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Nc6 12. Qd2 0-0 13. 0-0 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b3 a6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rfe8 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rdc2 e6 21. Nb6 Rcd8 22. Rxc6 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rc8 d4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 17th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Rushbrooke, Remy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. h3 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qb8 12. a4 Nd5 13. Bh2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Na3 Nf6 16. Nc2 Nbd5 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nb4 Bb7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 bxa4 23. Qc2 Ncd5 24. Rxa4 Qb7 25. Rxa7 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-A 17th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starley, Robert"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. f4 Nh6 10. Be2 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd3 d6 14. exd6 exd6 15. Rad1 d5 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 Re8 18. c3 Nd6 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Qa6 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 Re7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc5 Rae8 24. c4 Ne4 25. Na4 Be6 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd3 f5 28. Rc1 Kf6 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Re6 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Nb2 c5 33. Nc4 Rcc6 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Rd5 Nf6 36. Re5 Nd7 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Ke6 40. Ne3 Nb6 41. g3 Nd5 42. Nd1 Nb4 43. Nc3 Nd5 44. Na4 Kd6 45. a3 Nb6 46. Nb2 Kd5 47. Kd3 a6 48. h3 Nd7 49. Nc4 Kc6 50. Nd2 Kd5 51. Nf3 a5 52. Nh4 Nf8 53. a4 Kd6 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. Nf3 Nd7 56. h4 Nb6+ 57. Kc3 Nd7 58. Nd2 Nf6 59. Kc4 Ne4 60. Nf3 Nd6+ 61. Kd3 Nf7 62. Nd2 Nd6 63. Nc4 Ne4 64. Nxa5+ Kb6 65. Nc4+ Kc7 66. Ne5 Nxg3 67. Nxg6 Kb6 68. Ne7 Ka5 69. Kc4 Ne2 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 15th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Hymer, Barry J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. c3 e5 6. Bg5 Ngf6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b4 Ba4 14. Qb2 Ne6 15. Nb3 Nf4 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Nbd2 Rad8 19. Qc2 g5 20. g3 g4 21. gxf4 gxf3 22. Nxf3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qg5 26. Bd3 Qxe5 27. f3 Qf4 28. Qe2 Rd6 29. Rad1 Rfd8 30. Qf1 Ba4 31. e5 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Qxe5 33. Re1 Qxc3 34. Be4 Qxe1 35. Qxe1 Rd1 36. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Bd5 Rb2 40. Bxf7 Rxb4 41. f4 Kg7 42. Bh5 Kf6 43. Kg4 a5 44. Be8 a4 0-1

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 15th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stemp, Matthew J"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Kb1 Ngf6 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Ba5 Rhe8 18. f4 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nfd5 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Qf3 Qf8 23. Ne4 Bb4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Nc5 N4d5 26. Re3 Qe7 27. Rb3 Ka8 28. a4 Nc8 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Kxb7 31. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 15th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Middleton, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bh2 b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. a4 a5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rac1 e4 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nc2 h5 16. Na3 N8h7 17. Nb5 Ng5 18. c4 Ne6 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Qa2 Nd8 22. c5 Nc6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qb1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Nb4 26. Bf4 Bd5 27. Nd2 Ba2 28. Qa1 Be6 29. Qb1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 15th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Whitfield, Craig M"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Bb1 b6 11. a3 Nc6 12. 0-0 Bxg3 13. hxg3 0-0 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. Rac1 Na5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Rc8 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd8 31. Nxc6+ Rxc6 32. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 13th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 0-0 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Bd3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfe8 19. 0-0 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qh5 21. Qd1 Qh4 22. Qf3 Ne4 23. g3 Ng5 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. Rac1 Rd5 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Nxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 b6 29. Nd3 Qd5 30. Nb4 Qc4 31. Qxf3 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 13th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Slinger, Tony J"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. h3 h6 12. a3 0-0 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rcd1 Bc7 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd7 23. g4 Nh7 24. Nc2 Rad8 25. a4 c5 26. Ne1 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Nd3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Kd2 Nc5 34. Nxc5 bxc5 35. Kd3 f5 36. Bd2 fxg4 37. fxg4 Kf6 38. Ke4 Be5 39. Be3 Bd6 40. b3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 13th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholson, Jim WR"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. c3 e5 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb6 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 c6 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Bc4 h6 16. Bxd5 hxg5 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Nd3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Re4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. g4 Re8 32. Kf3 Rd8 33. b3 Bb6 34. Ke2 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke4 Bf6 38. f4 Kd6 39. Ne5 Ke6 40. Nf3 c5 41. h4 b5 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. Kd5 Bd4 44. Ne4 Be3 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 a6 47. h5 b4 48. Kc6 Bd4 49. h6 Be3 50. h7 Bd4 51. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 13th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Jaszkiwskyj, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qd6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qb1 g6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Rab1 Nf5 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Na4 b6 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Nb2 Qb8 25. Rbc1 Nd6 26. Bf1 Qb7 27. Qd1 b5 28. Ne1 Bf5 29. Bd3 Be6 30. Be2 Nc4 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. a4 Qxb4 33. Ned3 Qe7 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Ra5 Bc6 38. Rca2 Rc7 39. Bf3 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Rd8 41. Qb1 Rd5 42. Ne4 Rb7 43. Rxa7 Bg7 44. Ra8+ Rd8 45. Qa1 Rbb8 46. R8a7 Rb7 47. Ra8 Rbb8 48. R8a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 12th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Press, Shaun"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Rae1 a6 17. Qb1 Qa5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re5 Qb8 22. f4 g6 23. h3 Rd5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. R1xe4 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Re7 27. Qf1 Qf8 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 12th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Vickery, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Bh2 e5 9. c4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e4 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. b4 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 12th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laws, Darren C"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qb6 12. Qe3 Rfd8 13. 0-0 e6 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. Qf4 Ne7 18. g4 Nc6 19. h4 Nb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Kg2 Qb6 22. h5 Qc7 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rh1 Bf6 26. Rh3 Re8 27. Rch1 Rc7 28. Rxh7 Qxh7 29. Rxh7 Rxh7 30. c4 dxc4 31. bxc4 Kf7 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. g5 Bd8 34. d5+ e5 35. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op 12th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Wells, Jonathan C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.01.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bh2 b6 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. 0-0 Ne4 14. Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Na5 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. exd4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 10th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bak, Andrew"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qc2 Ba8 17. Rd2 Qe8 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. h4 h6 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. Rd3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qf8 25. Bh3 Be7 26. Ne4 Rc7 27. Rf3 Qe8 28. Rfd3 c5 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Bd6 31. Bg2 Bb7 32. Re3 Re7 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Qh5 Re5 35. Nxd6 Rxh5 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Nxb7 Rhe5 38. d6 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 10th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jaunooby, Ali Reza"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bg3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Ne5 0-0 12. f4 b5 13. a3 Na5 14. Bh4 Be7 15. g4 Nc4 16. g5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 g6 20. 0-0 Bc6 21. Qg4 Qd8 22. Rf4 a5 23. Raf1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. R1xf3 Ra2 29. b3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rb2 31. Rc7 Bb4 32. Rf3 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Bf2 Rd2 35. h4 Rb2 36. Kg3 Bd2 37. Kg4 Rb1 38. Bg3 Rc1 39. Rb7 Bc3 40. Bf2 Bd2 41. Rd3 Rc2 42. Bg3 Rfc8 43. Rf3 R8c7 44. Rb8+ Rc8 45. Rb7 R8c7 46. Rb5 Rb2 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. d5 Rc4+ 49. Kh3 exd5 50. e6 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 10th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Doran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. h3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Qc7 12. Qb1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Nd3 g5 20. Bf3 f5 21. a5 Rac8 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Qa2 Kh8 24. Qa5 Qc6 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Nd3 Qe7 27. Qb6 Rc6 28. Qa5 Rfc8 29. Qa3 Rg6 30. Bh5 Rf6 31. Be5 Rff8 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bf3 Rfd8 34. Rac1 Rd7 35. b4 c4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Nc5 Rdd8 38. Nxb7 Qxb7 39. Ra1 Rc6 40. Qa5 Rdd6 41. Rxd5 Rg6 42. Rxg5 Qd7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Rxg6+ Rxg6 45. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op-A 8th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jayawarna, Nugith"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. f4 e6 11. g4 Qc8 12. Ng3 Nd4 13. f5 Ne8 14. f6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. e5 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op-A 8th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Keely, Leo A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 d6 10. e4 a6 11. b3 0-0 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Nde2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb8 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. Nde2 h6 21. Bb2 Qb7 22. Nd4 Ne8 23. Kg1 Nc7 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Qf1 Rb8 26. b4 Nd7 27. a3 b5 28. cxb5 Nxb5 29. Ncxb5 axb5 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxb5 34. Rf1 Qb7 35. Kg2 d5 36. exd5 exd5 37. Bd4 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Re4 39. Qf2 Qa6 40. Rc2 Qd3 41. Bc5 Rc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. b5 Qd5+ 45. Qf3 Qxb5 46. Qa8+ Ke7 47. Qa7+ Ke6 48. Qe3+ Qe5 49. Qb6+ Qd6 50. Qe3+ Kf5 51. Qf3+ Kg6 52. Qe4+ Kf6 53. Qxc4 Qxa3 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qe4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op-A 8th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fletcher, John T"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Rb8 8. N2g3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. c3 b6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bd3 Bc8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be4 0-0 15. Bf4 Re8 16. 0-0 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc6 Rf8 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. Re7 Rbd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kf1 g6 26. Ke1 Bc2 27. Rxc7 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Bd5 Rxb2 30. Ke3 a5 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bc4 Bb1 33. a3 h5 34. h4 Bf5 35. g3 Rc2 36. Bd5 Rc1 37. Kd4 Ra1 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Ke5 Rxa3 40. Kd6 Rxc3 41. Rg7 Be6 42. Bxe6 Rd3+ 43. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op-A 8th"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2016.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Vickery, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. h3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Kh2 Nb6 18. Qc2 a4 19. Be1 Bb3 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rf2 Rad8 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Nc1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wetherby 4NCL op-A 6th"]
[Site "Wetherby"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Round, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. Re1 e5 12. a3 Rfe8 13. b4 Nd4 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nde4 Ne6 16. Na4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Bg2 b6 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. Qa4 Ne7 22. Red1 Kh8 23. Be3 f4 24. Bd2 b5 25. Qb3 Nd4 26. Qa2 Rf8 27. Be1 f3 28. exf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Qe2 Rcf8 31. Kg2 R3f7 32. Ne4 Nf5 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Qa2 Nd4 35. Ne4 Qg4 36. Rc5 Qf3+ 37. Kh3 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Wetherby 4NCL op-A 6th"]
[Site "Wetherby"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Qe2 0-0 14. f4 a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Rf3 g6 18. Raf1 Ne7 19. Rh3 Kg7 20. g4 Rce8 21. Qf2 f5 22. g5 Rh8 23. Re1 h6 24. Nc5 Nc8 25. gxh6+ Rxh6 26. Rg3 Kf7 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Reh8 31. Re2 Rh4 32. Reg2 Ne7 33. Rf2 Nc8 34. Rfg2 Ne7 35. Rf3 Ng8 36. a4 Nf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bxb5 Ng4 39. h3 Rxh3 40. Rxh3 Rxh3 41. Be2 Nf6 42. Rh2 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Ne4 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kd6 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. c4 dxc4 48. Bxc4 Kd6 49. b4 g5 50. fxg5 Nxg5 51. b5 Ne4 52. b6 Kc6 53. Bxe6 Kxb6 54. Bxf5 Nd6 55. Kf4 Kc6 56. Be6 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wetherby 4NCL op-A 6th"]
[Site "Wetherby"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gregory, Stephen J"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 b5 13. N1h2 b4 14. h5 a5 15. Ng4 Qd8 16. Qd2 a4 17. c4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Ngh2 Rb8 21. g4 Qc7 22. g5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rc1 a3 25. Ng4 Rb2 26. Qe3 Rxa2 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Ne8 Qb8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Rb2 31. g6 a2 32. Ng5 Rb1 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Qxe6 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Nf6 36. Nd8+ Kh8 37. Qe7 Be8 38. h6 gxh6 39. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wetherby 4NCL op-A 6th"]
[Site "Wetherby"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "McGuinness, Simon P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. d3 0-0 10. c4 Nd7 11. Qc2 f6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd2 Rbd8 17. a5 Rf7 18. Nb3 a6 19. Qc3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Bc8 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Kf8 23. Rfb1 Rc7 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 Kd6 26. Kd2 Re7 27. Kc3 Kc5 28. Bf3 Kd6 29. h3 g6 30. h4 Rf8 31. Bg2 Rff7 32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Bd5 Rg7 34. Bf3 Rce7 35. Rh1 Kc5 36. Bg2 Kd6 37. Bh3 Bxh3 38. Rxh3 f5 39. Rh1 Rc7 40. Rhb1 Ke6 41. R1b2 Rcd7 42. f3 Kd6 43. R6b4 Rge7 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. R6b3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 2nd"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaw, Peter"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 b6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bb7 8. Ngf3 Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 0-0 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Qh3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. Ne5 g6 19. Rf3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Raf1 Qe7 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qh6+ Qg7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qxa7 c4 28. Be2 b5 29. Qb8 h6 30. Bg4 h5 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Bxe6 Qe8 33. h4 Bc6 34. Qf6 Bd7 35. Bf7 Bf5 36. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 2nd"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Slinger, Tony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 h6 12. e3 Be6 13. e4 Qd7 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Bf6 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh5 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 Kg6 23. Nxe5+ Nxe5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rbe1 Kf6 26. Re3 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Rf2 Bf5 29. Ref3 b5 30. Bh3 Rg8+ 31. Rg2 bxc4 32. dxc4 Be4 0-1

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 2nd"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Newton, Robert"]
[Black "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Bh2 Rc8 15. a4 Nd5 16. Qf1 Bc6 17. Ra1 a5 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. h4 Nf6 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Nc4 Rb7 23. f3 h6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qd8 26. d5 Bd7 27. Bxd6 Bxh4 28. Rf1 Qg5 29. Bf4 Qg4 30. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Wakefield 4NCL op 2nd"]
[Site "Wakefield"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. b3 f5 11. Bb2 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nc6 14. Bg2 f4 15. Nb5 fxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Bc1 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Be6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Bf3 1/2-1/2

