[Event "Manchester op"]
[Site "Bolton"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 0-0 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 g6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qc7 18. Qg3 Rce8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg6 Bh4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qxh4 Qxh7 23. Qg5 d4 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. exf4 Qxc2 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg4+ Qg6 28. Qe2 d3 29. Qf2 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Ayr op"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Liu, Zizheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nxg3 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. hxg3 c5 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Rb8 16. b3 Ba3 17. Kg1 Bb2 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. Rb1 Ba3 20. Ne5 Ke7 21. Qe3 Qc3 22. Nxd7 Rb7 23. Ne5 f6 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Rxh8 Rc7 26. Re1 1-0

[Event "Ayr op"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "2023.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leah, Tom"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Ng3 h5 13. 0-0-0 Nc8 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. Nce2 Nd6 16. Nf4 f5 17. Rhf1 Ne4 18. Nge2 Bd6 19. Bc2 Kd7 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Nef4 b6 22. Rde1 Rhg8 23. Bd1 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Re2 Ne4 27. Rc2 Nf6 28. Be2 Ng4 29. Kb1 Rc8 30. Rfc1 f6 31. b4 b5 32. Nxg6 Rxg6 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34. exf4 Nxf2 35. Bxb5 Ne4 36. Bxc6+ Kd6 37. Bb7 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Rg4 39. a4 Rxf4 40. b5 Rf1+ 41. Kb2 Rd1 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Bc8+ Kd8 44. a5 Rxd4 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 Rb4+ 47. Kc2 Rc4+ 48. Rxc4 dxc4 49. Bxf5 Ng3 50. Be6 f5 51. Kc3 Ne4+ 52. Kxc4 Nd6+ 53. Kd5 Nc8 54. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Perth op-B"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wardlaw, Tom"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1234"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. h3 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nh2 e5 13. Kh1 0-0-0 14. b3 Bb4 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Ng4 Bc3 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Rd4 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bf3 Rhd8 24. Qe3 b6 25. Nc4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qxe3 28. Nxe3 Bxe4+ 29. f3 Bg6 30. Ng4 f5 31. Nf2 Be1 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Kxf2 Kd7 34. c3 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. f4 e4 37. a3 f6 38. Bc2 a5 39. Bd1 h5 40. Kd2 b5 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kc4 43. Be2+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marks, Ian Alexander"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 0-0 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. 0-0 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Bg4 Rd6 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qc2 Bxg4 21. Rxg4 Rad8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. h3 Qd7 24. Qc3 f5 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qd5 27. b3 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. a3 g5 30. Qe3+ Kd6 31. f4 gxf4 32. Qxf4+ Ke7 33. Qe3+ Qe6 34. Ke2 h5 35. g3 Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 a6 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. b4 Kg6 39. Ke5 Kg5 40. Kd6 h4 41. gxh4+ Kxh4 42. Ke5 Kxh3 43. Kxf5 Kg3 44. Ke4 Kf2 45. d5 cxd5+ 46. Kxd5 Ke3 47. Kc5 Ke4 48. Kb6 Kd5 49. Kxa6 Kc6 50. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Will, Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. cxd6 Nxe4 7. Qd4 Nxc3 8. Bd2 e5 9. Qxc3 Qxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxd6 11. fxe5 Be7 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Re4 a5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rf7 22. c3 Rc7 23. Nd4 Bf8 24. Kb1 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Rc6 Rd7 27. b3 Rbd8 28. Rc4 Bg7 29. Rxb4 Bxd4 30. Rc4 Be5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. h3 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Newton, Andrew"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. 0-0 Bc6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1 0-0 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Rac8 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. b3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. f3 Nf5 24. Ne2 Ne3 25. Kf2 Nc2 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. Ne1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Nc3 Nb8 31. Na4 Nc6 32. Kc3 b6 33. Nb2 Kd6 34. b4 Ne7 35. b5 h5 36. Nd3 Nf5 37. g4 Nh4 38. Ne1 g6 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. a4 Nc4 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Nd3 Ne3 46. Ne5 f6 47. Ng6 Nf5 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Nf8+ Ke7 50. Nh7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nh2 Na6 11. c3 c5 12. a3 Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. 0-0 Nd5 15. Bg3 Qe8 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. c4 Nb6 18. Bd6 Nc8 19. Bg3 Qg6 20. b4 Ba4 21. Rb1 h5 22. b5 d6 23. Rfc1 Qf7 24. f3 Qg6 25. Bf2 Nb6 26. fxe4 Rad8 27. Bf3 Qg5 28. h4 Qe5 29. Nf1 g6 30. Qe2 Rf7 31. Be1 Qf6 32. Rb2 Bf8 33. Rd2 Bg7 34. Rd3 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxb5 36. Rcc3 Bxd3 37. Qxd3 Qe7 38. Rc2 Bf6 39. Ba5 Rb8 40. Rd2 Be5 41. Bc3 Rb3 42. Rc2 Qxh4 43. Qc4 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Bxc3 45. Qxc3 g5 46. g3 Qh3 47. Bg2 Qg4 48. Qe1 h4 49. Nh2 Qxg3 50. Qxg3 hxg3 51. Nf1 Rf2 52. Nxg3 Ra2 53. Bf1 Rxa3 54. Bc4 Rxe3 55. Bxe6+ Kf8 56. Kf2 Rd3 57. Nf5 Rd4 58. Ke3 Rd1 59. Bd5 g4 60. Nxd6 Ke7 61. Nc8+ Kd7 62. Nxa7 g3 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Kg2 Kd6 65. Nc6 Ra3 66. Nd8 Ke5 67. Ne6 Rc3 68. Nxc5 Rxc5 69. Kxg3 Rc3+ 70. Kg4 Ra3 71. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Dabos Doukas, Ioannis"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nd2 b6 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 a5 10. Ngf3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0 Ra7 14. a4 Nfd7 15. Nb1 Na6 16. Na3 Nc7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qc6 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. f4 g6 22. h3 Ne4 23. g4 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Qc4 25. Qf3 Qc7 26. h4 Qe7 27. Qf4 Qc7 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Qe3 e5 30. dxe5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rf4 Rac7 33. Rd1 b5 34. Rfd4 bxa4 35. Rxd5 a3 36. bxa3 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxc3 38. Rxa5 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rxg4 40. Kh3 Re4 41. a4 Kg7 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. a5 Rxe5 45. a6 Ra5 46. a7 Ra4 47. Rh8 Rxa7 48. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Marks, Ian Alexander"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. g3 0-0-0 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Qc6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxd5 Qa4 22. Rhd1 Kc7 23. b3 Rhe8 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Rxd6 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Re2+ 27. Nd2 Qa2+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ 29. Kb2 Rxd6 30. Qxe2 Ra6 31. Qe7+ Kb8 32. Ne4 Qa2+ 33. Kc3 Qa5+ 34. Kd3 Re6 35. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. Nd2 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qg4 Kh8 13. Nf3 c5 14. d4 c4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe8 17. f4 f5 18. Qe2 b5 19. g4 Nb6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Rc1 b4 23. Qe1 a5 24. a3 Na4 25. Rf2 c3 26. bxc3 b3 27. Qd2 Nb6 28. Rb1 a4 29. Rg2 Nc4 30. Qc1 Rb8 31. Kh2 Rb7 32. Rf2 Qe6 33. Re2 Rfb8 34. Re1 b2 35. Qc2 Rb3 36. Be7 Qxe7 37. Qxf5 Nxa3 38. e6 Nxb1 39. Rxb1 a3 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Pasha, Tariq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. h4 Re8 13. g4 Be7 14. g5 h5 15. g6 fxg6 16. Rhg1 Bxh4 17. Rxg6 Ne7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rh6+ gxh6 21. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2016.04.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sanchez Botella, Luis Javier"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. f4 Nf5 7. Bf2 Nc6 8. c3 d4 9. g4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 dxe3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. b4 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Nf3 h6 15. Nd4 Kc7 16. Na3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Nc2 g5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. h4 Bf4 21. 0-0 Bg3 22. Nxe3 Rhf8 23. h5 Bh4 24. d5 Bb5 25. d6+ Kd7 26. Rfc1 Bg5 27. Rc3 Bf4 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxe5 30. Re1 f6 31. Bxb7 Bxd6 32. Rd4 Rxb7 33. Rxd6+ Kc7 34. a3 e5 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Rfxf6 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rh4 38. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Dabos Doukas, Ioannis"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e6 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Be5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Qf3 0-0-0 17. c4 Rd7 18. c5 e5 19. Nd6+ Kd8 20. d5 e4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rab1 Be5 25. Rb6 Kc7 26. Rxa6 Kb7 27. Rb6+ Kc7 28. f4 Bf6 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Rfb1 Ra8 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Rb4 Ke6 34. Rd4 f5 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rxc6 Rxa4 37. Rh6 Rc4 38. Rxh7 Rxc5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Rh8 f6 42. g4 Rc3 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Ra8 Kg6 45. Ra5 fxg4+ 46. hxg4 Rc1 47. g5 fxg5 48. Rxg5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 Rc3 50. Ke4 Rc4+ 51. Rd4 Rc6 52. f5 Rc5 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. Rd5 Rc4+ 55. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Roberts, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0-0 a6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qe3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rd8 17. c4 c5 18. f4 cxd4 19. Rhe1 e6 20. Re4 Ke7 21. Rexd4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Kc2 Rc5 25. Re4 f6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. Kd3 e5 28. b4 Rc7 29. c5 Rd7+ 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Rc4 Kd5 32. b3 Rf7 33. g3 Rf1 34. h4 Re1+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Kd3 Rd4+ 37. Kc3 h5 38. c6 Rxc4+ 39. bxc4+ Kxc6 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Ke3 b6 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Ke4 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Kxe5 Kc5 46. Kf6 a4 47. Kxg6 a3 48. Kxh5 a2 49. g4 a1Q 50. g5 Qh8+ 51. Kg4 Kxc4 52. h5 Kd5 53. h6 Qh7 54. Kh5 Qf5 55. Kh4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Brookens, Lewis"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. 0-0 c5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. Rd1 c5 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nf3 Qd5 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. b4 0-0 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxd4 Nb6 19. Qc6 Bxd4 20. Qxd5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nxd5 22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rdc1 a6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Ke7 28. Bd2 Kd6 29. e4 Nf6 30. Kf3 Kc5 31. a3 Kd4 32. Be3+ Kd3 33. e5 Nd7 34. Bf4 Kd4 35. h3 Nxe5+ 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. a4 e5 38. Bc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lauridsen, Jesper Morch"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Qe2 f6 16. 0-0 Kf7 17. Re1 Qd5 18. Bf4 Rb6 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Rd8 Rg8 21. Red1 Be7 22. R8d7 Rb7 23. R7d3 Qc4 24. Qd2 g5 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Qc2 f5 28. Bxe7 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kxe7 30. Qd3 Rd7 31. Qe3 Kf6 32. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Smith, Callum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Qb3 b6 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ngf3 0-0 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Rc3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 c5 14. Qc2 Rc7 15. b4 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd4 Ne8 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb2 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc5 22. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic CSC op U2000 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rohrer, Finlo N"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. c3 c4 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nd2 Bb5 16. Qf3 Ne8 17. Qh3 f5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. 0-0-0 Nd6 20. Rde1 Nd5 21. g3 Be8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rhg1 Qf6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qg3 Rc6 27. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "London Classic CSC op U2000 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "O'Mahoney, Mike J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 8. Na2 Nb8 9. e3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. b4 0-0 13. b5 Nh5 14. Bc7 Rfc8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba5 Rcb8 17. b4 h6 18. Kd2 Nhf6 19. Ba6 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Ra4 Nb6 22. Ra2 f6 23. Kc3 Bd8 24. Rha1 Be7 25. b5 Nc4 26. bxc6 Nxa5 27. Rxa5 Bd8 28. R5a3 Bc7 29. Bb7 a5 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Rb3 Ra6 32. Rb7 Rxc6 33. Ne1 e5 34. f3 Bf5 35. Nd3 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Kf8 37. Kc3 g5 38. Kb3 h5 39. Ka4 Bd8 40. Rd7 Ke8 41. Rxd5 exd4 42. exd4 Bc7 43. Re1+ Kf7 44. Kb5 1-0

[Event "London Classic CSC op U2000 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Munshi, Aditya"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. 0-0 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Re1 Ne8 12. c4 Qf6 13. Bxe8 Kxe8 14. d5 e5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Be7 18. Rxe5 Kf7 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Bd2 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Bb4 a5 24. Bd6 Ra7 25. Qh5+ Rf7 26. Rd1 Qg4 27. Bc7 Qxh5 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Rd2 Rhf8 30. Bd6+ Ke6 31. Bxf8 Qxe5 32. Rd6+ Qxd6 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 34. c5+ Ke5 35. g4 Bxg4 36. h3 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "London Classic CSC op U2000 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Jennings, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 Nh5 9. Nd2 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nf6 11. Bf3 c6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 0-0 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bf6 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rab1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Nf5 Rxf4 23. Nxd6 Rd8 24. g3 Rf3 25. Rbd1 Ra3 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ra1 Be7 29. b5 f5 30. Nd2 Bf6 31. Rd1 Rxa2 32. Nc4 Rc2 33. Ne3 Rc5 34. Rd7 Rxb5 35. Rxa7 Bd4 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Kg2 h6 38. Rb7 Rb4 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Ne3 Rb2 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. h4 Kf6 43. g4 f4 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45. Nxf4 Rb3+ 46. Nd3+ Rxd3+ 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Rg8 Rb2+ 49. Kd1 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "London Classic CSC op U2000 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mandnikar, Atreya"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Bg5 Bxf3 9. Bxd8 Bxd1 10. Bg5 Bh5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. a4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. a5 b5 25. a6 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Re5 h6 29. Raxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Rxa6 31. Kf2 Rb6 32. Rc5 Rxb2+ 33. Kg3 Bd3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc7 Kg6 36. Rxa7 Rb3 37. h4 Rxc3 38. Kf4 h5 39. Ra5 Bf5 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Bxg4 42. Kxg4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Oban op"]
[Site "Oban"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Birkett, Richard"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nh6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. b4 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 f6 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. c3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rf4 17. Qd3 Re4+ 18. Kd1 Qe8 19. Nd2 Qa4+ 20. Qb3 Qxb3+ 21. Nxb3 Rf8 22. Re1 Ref4 23. Rc1 Rf2 24. Re2 Rf1+ 25. Kc2 R1f2 26. Kd3 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 b6 28. b5 bxc5 29. dxc5 Rc8 30. a4 Bd8 31. Nd4 Bg5 32. Rc2 Bf4 33. Nc6 Rxc6 34. bxc6 Bxe5 35. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Oban op"]
[Site "Oban"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Rutherford, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c6 8. 0-0-0 Nd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5 11. Kb1 0-0-0 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Ne2 f5 14. Nd2 h5 15. Rhe1 Qd5 16. Nf4 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Bf6 18. Nd3 Rdg8 19. g3 h4 20. Re2 hxg3 21. fxg3 b5 22. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oban op"]
[Site "Oban"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neave, George"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nge2 b6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Nf5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. h3 0-0 13. 0-0 Nbd7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb5 Rbc8 24. Rb7 a6 25. Rb6 Rb8 26. Rxa6 Rb4 27. Rc1 Reb8 28. Ra5 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kh2 Rb4 31. Rxc5 Rxa4 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. Kf4 Ra2 34. Kxe4 Rxf2 35. Rg5 h6 36. Rg3 Rd2 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Rg4 Ke6 39. Re4+ Kf6 40. Rd4 Rc2 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. g3 Rc3 43. h4 f5+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. e4 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 g5+ 47. hxg5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 49. Kf4 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rxe4 51. Rxe4+ fxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Kd6 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. c5 Kc7 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. c6+ Kc7 57. Kc5 Kc8 58. Kb6 Kb8 59. c7+ Kc8 60. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oban op"]
[Site "Oban"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Toothill, John A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Nge2 c6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. e4 Qb6 11. exd5 0-0 12. 0-0 Rad8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 f5 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 f4 20. Nf1 f3 21. Nc5 fxg2 22. Kxg2 Nh5 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qb8 26. Qf3 Re8 27. Nd3 Nd5 28. c4 Nf6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Qe8 31. Nd3 Bb8 32. Ne3 Qe6 33. c5 Qb3 34. Qxc6 Qxd3 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxb8 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Nh5 38. Qe5 Qh4 39. c6 Nf4 40. Kf1 Qxh2 41. Qe4 Qh3+ 42. Ke1 f5 43. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kefalas, Loukas"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. 0-0-0 a6 13. Nh3 b5 14. c3 c4 15. Bc2 b4 16. Ba4+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc3 20. Nf4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Kc2 Rc8 24. Kb3 g5 25. Ne2 Bg7 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. Nxf7+ Ke7 28. Nxh8 Bxh8 29. Rc1 Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Pannwitz, Kai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Qa5+ 9. c3 g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. Qf3 f4 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qe3 gxf4 16. Qxf4 h5 17. h3 Be6 18. Qe3 Bf5 19. Nf3 Bh6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Rg8 22. Qf4 Be6 23. Qe3 Kd7 24. Kd2 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. g3 Rf8 27. Bd3 h4 28. g4 Nd5 29. c4 Nb6 30. c5 Nc4+ 31. Ke2 Nxb2 32. Rab1 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 Kc7 34. Rh2 Rf3+ 35. Kc2 Bxa2 36. Re1 e6 37. Re3 Bd5 38. Kd2 a5 39. Ke2 Rf4 40. Kd3 a4 41. Kc3 a3 42. f3 a2 43. Kb2 Rxd4 44. Rf2 Rd1 45. Ra3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosznik, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. c3 b6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Ned4 0-0-0 14. Qe2 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ne5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Nfe4 18. Nc4 Kb7 19. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 b6 10. Qf4 Be7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Neg5 Nf6 13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 Nd5 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf4 d4 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rhe1 Qf7 23. b3 Bb7 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. f4 a5 26. a4 Be4 27. Qe2 Rad8 28. Ng6 Rf6 29. h5 Qb6 30. Qc4+ Kh7 31. g4 Qb4 32. Qxb4 cxb4 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Nc4 Be6 36. Re5 Rxe5 37. fxe5 Rf5 38. Nxa5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dawson, Alastair G"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bh2 Nf6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc4 a6 17. Na5 Ra7 18. b4 Nd5 19. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Newton, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 exd5 4. Nxd5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxe7 Kxe7 8. Qd2 d5 9. 0-0-0 Be6 10. Qc3 Qa5 11. Qxg7 Qxa2 12. Qxh8 d4 13. Nd2 Qa1+ 14. Nb1 Ba2 15. Bg5+ Kf8 16. Bf6 Qxb1+ 17. Kd2 Qxb2 18. Qg7+ Ke8 19. Qxg8+ Kd7 20. Qg4+ Kc7 21. Qf4+ Kb6 22. Ke1 Nb4 23. f3 Qxc2 24. Qd2 Qf5 25. Qg5 Qe6 26. Bd8+ Kc6 27. Qf6 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Nc2+ 29. Kf2 Qe3+ 30. Kg3 Qe5+ 31. Kh3 Be6+ 32. g4 f6 33. Qe8+ Kb6 34. Rb1+ Nb4 35. Qd8+ Kc6 36. Bg2 Nd5 37. Qe8+ Kc7 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 39. Rb1+ Kc7 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qb5+ Kd6 42. Qb8+ Kd7 43. Qb5+ Kd8 44. Qa5+ Ke8 45. Qa4+ Bd7 46. Qc2 Nf4+ 47. Kg3 Nd3+ 48. Kh4 Qxh2+ 49. Bh3 Qf2+ 50. Kh5 Nf4+ 51. Kh6 Qh4+ 52. Kg7 Qg5+ 53. Kh8 Ng6+ 54. Kg7 Ne5+ 55. Kxh7 Kf7 56. Qa2+ c4 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Wynarczyk, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 b6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Nce2 Nd7 14. Qc3 dxc4 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd3 17. f4 0-0-0 18. fxe5 Rxd4 19. Nf3 Rd5 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Rd1 Rhd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rd1 c5 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Kc7 28. Kd2 Kc6 29. Kc3 b5 30. b4 Kb6 31. h4 cxb4+ 32. Kxb4 a5+ 33. Kb3 Kc5 34. Ka3 Kd5 35. Kb3 f6 36. exf6 gxf6 37. g4 Ke4 38. g5 fxg5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5+ Kd5 41. Nf3 e5 42. Ng1 Kd4 43. Ne2+ Kd3 44. Nc1+ Kd2 45. Kb2 a4 46. Na2 Kd3 47. Nc3 Kc4 48. Nd1 e4 49. Nc3 e3 50. Ne2 Kd3 51. Nf4+ Kd2 52. Ng2 b4 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Underwood, James Robert"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d4 8. Ne4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxe4 11. dxe4 0-0 12. e3 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Be6 16. Ne2 Rfd8+ 17. Ke1 Nb4 18. Kf1 Bxa2 19. Bf3 Bc4 20. b3 Ba6 21. Kg2 Rd2 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rcc2 25. Rhd1 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 Rxf3 27. d6 Rc8 28. Rdc1 Rd8 29. d7 Kf8 30. Re1 f6 31. Red1 Rxb3 32. Rd6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romilly, Peter J"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Qc5+ Ke8 16. Qxa7 Bd6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qd4 f6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Kc6 22. 0-0 Ra8 23. f4 Bc7 24. Rd2 Rhd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Ra4 27. Rb2 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rb4 g5 30. Kg2 Kc5 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Kf3 e5 33. Ke4 h6 34. a4 h5 35. h4 Kc4 36. f3 Kc5 37. Kf5 Kc4 38. Ke4 Kc5 39. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Tomba, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Edinburgh"]
[BlackTeam "Bologna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nd5 4. Bxb8 Rxb8 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Qd2 cxd4 8. exd4 e5 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Rb1 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 0-0 13. Bd3 Bg5+ 14. Kc3 d6 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rb5 a6 18. Rb6 Bd8 19. Rb2 b5 20. Rhb1 Ba5+ 21. Kc2 Rbc8 22. Nb3 Bb4 23. Nc1 Ba3 24. Rb3 Bxc1 25. Bf1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Mirza, Gabriel"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Adare"]
[BlackTeam "Edinburgh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Qd5 4. Qa4+ Qc6 5. Qxc4 Qxc4 6. Nxc4 Nc6 7. a3 Be6 8. e3 h6 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. d4 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Ncd2 Nb8 14. Rc1 c6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. h3 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Kh2 g5 19. g3 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. e4 N5b6 22. Nh4 Nf6 23. f3 Bd7 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Ba1 Rad8 26. Na5 Bc8 27. Nc4 Nh5 28. e5 Be6 29. Nf5 Rd7 30. Nfe3 b5 31. Bc2 f6 32. g4 Nf4 33. Rcd1 fxe5 34. dxe5 Nd5 35. Bxa4 bxa4 36. Kg3 Rfd8 37. f4 Nxe3 38. Nxe3 Rd3 39. Kf3 Bd5+ 40. Kg3 Rxa3 41. Kh4 Rb3 42. Nf5 Kf8 43. Nd4 Rxb4 44. Nxc6 Bxc6 45. Rxd8+ Be8 46. f5 a3 47. Kg3 a5 48. Re3 a4 49. Rxa3 Rb1 50. Bd4 Rd1 51. Kf4 Rc1 52. Rxa4 Rd1 53. Raa8 Rxd4+ 54. Rxd4 Kf7 55. Ra7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Edinburgh"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Be7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Rb1 Qd8 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Re1 b6 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Bxf6 g6 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. fxg5 Qe8 23. Qg3 Re4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Rf1 Re8 26. h3 Bf5 27. Qxd6 Bxh3 28. Qg3 Bf5 29. Qh2 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Gass, Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Edinburgh"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. exd6 cxd4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Be3 exd6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Re8 12. Ndb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nc7 Bg4 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Rde1 Rc8 18. Qd5 Bxc3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Kb1 Bf5 22. Bb3 Nb4 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kg7 25. Qe2 Nd3 26. Qe7+ Kh6 27. Qg5+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qg5+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vanstreels, Luc"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Edinburgh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Re1 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Qb6 13. Qe2 0-0-0 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Nbd2 Rhe8 17. Kh1 e5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. h3 Ngxe5 20. Qf1 Qb8 21. Nd4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne5 23. Qf1 Qd6 24. N2f3 Nc4 25. b3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxa5 27. Ne5 Re8 28. Nxf7 Qxg3 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qf5+ Bd7 31. Qh7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Qg8+ Be8 34. Nd6+ Qxd6+ 35. g3 Qd7 36. Ne6 Qf7 37. Qxf7 Bxf7 38. Nd4 Kd7 39. Nf5 Nxb3 40. Nxh6 Be6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 a5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voerendaal"]
[BlackTeam "Edinburgh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. f5 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Ra4 21. Rhe1 Rxb4 22. Bxb4 Rd8 23. Kb1 Ba6 24. Re3 Rb8 25. Ba3 Na4 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Bg4 Nc3+ 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Scherer, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Edinburgh"]
[BlackTeam "Reichenstein"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Nf3 g5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. h3 c5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qe2 0-0-0 16. Ba6 g4 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. hxg4 Rxg4 19. Qf2 Rdg8 20. Rg1 f6 21. Rd1 cxd4 22. exf6 Qxa3 23. Rd3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robinson, Stephen"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 Ne4 8. Bh5+ g6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. h4 Rg8 11. Rh3 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 Qxb2 15. h5 g5 16. h6 g4 17. Rh5 Qa3 18. Bg7 b6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qd4 Qd6 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qe5+ Qe7 23. Qf4 Be6 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qd7 26. Qe5+ Qe7 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qxd5 Rxg7 29. Bb5+ Nd7 30. hxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxa8+ Ke7 32. Qxe4+ Kd8 33. Qa8+ Ke7 34. Qxa7 Kd8 35. Bxd7 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qb1 37. Ba4 b5 38. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Smith, John Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2013.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 9. fxe7 Kxe7 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Bb7 14. Bf3 f6 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Durno, Joy"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. e3 Be6 16. Ne2 Bf7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Rac1 g5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfe8 21. f3 g4 22. Kf2 Kg7 23. Nd4 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Nd2 b5 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Bf5 10. Ngf3 e6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Kd1 Nd7 13. Ne5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 Kd7 17. Kc1 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Kb2 h4 20. Bh2 Rhd8 21. Rhd1 Ke7 22. f3 d4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Bf1 Nc2 25. Rac1 Bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 27. Kb2 c3+ 28. Kb1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "McPheator, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Rg8 6. Nge2 c5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Ne4 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 cxd4 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. f4 f6 13. Qf3 Ne3 14. c3 Nxf1+ 15. Rhxf1 dxc3+ 16. Qxc3 f5 17. g4 Qd8 18. g5 Ne7 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Qa3 Rf8 22. Rf3 a5 23. Rfc3 a4 24. Rc4 Qa5+ 25. Nc3 Nd5 26. Rxa4 Qb6 27. Rxa8 Qf2+ 28. Ne2 Qg2 29. Rcxc8 Nxf4 30. Qe3 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Qd5+ 32. Qd4 Qxa2 33. Rc2 Qa5+ 34. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op Challengers"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deary, David"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bg3 0-0 12. 0-0 Nh5 13. Rae1 Nf4 14. Qc2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Qg4 b4 21. Rh5 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Rxh6 Rxc3 24. Rh4 f5 25. Qh5 Qc7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kd6 29. Rh7 Rf7 30. Re1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op Challengers"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Ridge, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. c4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op Challengers"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mitchell, Jeremy J"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. f4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Qxf4 17. Qb6 Rd6 18. Rc1 f5 19. c4 Qe3 20. Rc3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxa6 Kb8 24. Rhc1 Nb4 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Rg3 Nf4 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rg7 Rd7 29. Bc4 h4 30. g3 Nh5 31. Rg5 f6 32. Rg6 Rg7 33. Rxg7 Nxg7 34. Rg1 h3 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. b3 Kc7 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. Bb5 Nh5 39. Rd3 f4 40. gxf4 Nxf4 41. Rg3 Rh5 42. Bf1 Rg5 43. Rf3 e5 44. Bxh3 Rg1+ 45. Kb2 Rh1 46. Rc3+ Kd6 47. Bf5 Rxh2+ 48. Rc2 Rh5 49. Be4 b6 50. Bb7 Nd3+ 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Ba8 Rh3+ 53. Kc4 f5 54. Rd2+ Kc7 55. Rd5 Nd7 56. a4 f4 57. a5 bxa5 58. Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op Challengers"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Aitchison, A Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Nxc3 6. Qxg7 Rf8 7. a3 Be7 8. bxc3 c5 9. Qxh7 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nf3 d5 14. Be2 Rg8 15. 0-0 Rg4 16. c3 a6 17. Qh7 Nd8 18. h3 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dawson, Alastair G"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nbd7 8. b4 b5 9. cxb6 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 axb6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rc1 Ra6 13. Bxb5 Ra2 14. Rxc6 Ra1+ 15. Ke2 Ra8 16. Ra1 Rb8 17. Rac1 Kd8 18. Ba6 e6 19. b5 g6 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Ke7 22. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Carter, Richard G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Na3 Bf5 8. Nb5 Rc8 9. Nf3 h6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nb5 g5 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rh7 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. 0-0-0 e6 18. Kb1 f5 19. h4 g4 20. a4 c4 21. Kc2 Bc5 22. b3 cxb3+ 23. Kxb3 Ke7 24. a5 Rhh8 25. Ra1 g3 26. fxg3 Rhg8 27. g4 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rxg4 29. Ra2 Rg3 30. Rha1 Bxe3 31. Kb4 Bc5+ 32. Kb3 Bd4 33. Rc1 Rgxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 35. Kb4 Kf6 36. Rd2 e5 37. a6 bxa6 38. Bxa6 f4 39. Bb7 Rc7 40. Rxd4 Rxb7+ 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2010.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "McIntee, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. dxe6 dxe6 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 Kh8 8. Bc4 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 f4 14. exf4 exf4 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Bd5 Rh6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Re8 22. Ke2 Rhe6 23. Kd3 Qh6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6+ 25. Kc4 Red8 26. c3 Qf6 27. Rad1 Qf7+ 28. Kb4 Rb8+ 29. Kc5 Qb3 30. Rxd6 Qb6+ 31. Kc4 cxd6 32. Qh5 Qd8 33. Qf7 Qg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. b4 Kf7 36. Kd3 Rb7 37. Rh1 Kg8 38. Rh4 g5 39. Rh6 Rd7 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Re6 h6 42. Re8 a5 43. Rc8 axb4 44. cxb4 c5 45. bxc5 dxc5 46. Rxc5 Rd2 47. Kf3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2010.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grassie, Duncan"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 f6 4. Bh4 e5 5. e3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. c4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Nxe3 12. fxe3 0-0-0 13. Qe2 Bxe3+ 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nb4 16. Bb5 Nxa2 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rd6 19. Nd2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 Qb1+ 22. Rf1 Qb6+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rd8 25. Ke3 Bc4 26. Ra8+ Kc7 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Rb1 Kc7 29. Ke4 Kc6 30. Rd1 Be6 31. Rd8 Kc5 32. Rh8 Bf7 33. Ke3 h6 34. Rc8+ Kd6 35. Rb8 Kc6 36. Rh8 Bd5 37. g3 Kc5 38. Rh7 g5 39. Rxh6 f5 40. Rh5 f4+ 41. Kd2 fxg3 42. hxg3 g4 43. Rxe5 Kc4 44. Re8 Bc6 45. Rg8 Bf3 46. Rc8+ Kd5 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Rf8 Bc6 49. Rf4 Bd7 50. Rd4+ Ke6 51. Kf4 Bc6 52. Kxg4 Ke5 53. Kg5 b5 54. g4 Ke6 55. Kg6 Be8+ 56. Kg7 Bc6 57. g5 Kf5 58. g6 Be8 59. Rd6 Ke5 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Kh7 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Thomson, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Be6 8. c4 Qb6 9. Qc1 Nh5 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 gxh5 16. b3 f6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qf4 Qd4 19. Qf3 Bh4 20. Rd1 Qe5 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Qxb7 Rc8 23. Qf3 Bg5 24. Rd4 Bf5 25. h4 e5 26. Rd5 Qa6 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Qg3 Bg4 29. Rxh5 Rxf4+ 30. Kg1 Bxh5 31. Qxg5+ Bg6 32. Qe7 Qb6+ 33. c5 Qd8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Rxd6 Qf8 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. Nd5 Rxc5 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Ng4 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rh5+ 42. Kg3 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rocks, Daniel"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 e6 8. Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. Qg3 g6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qa5 15. Kb1 0-0-0 16. c4 d4 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. Re1 Qc5 19. a3 e5 20. Qf3 f5 21. b4 Qxd6 22. b5 Ne7 23. Bb4 Nc5 24. bxa6 e4 25. axb7+ Kxb7 26. Qd1 Nc6 27. f3 e3 28. Qc1 Nxb4 29. axb4 Qb6 30. Qb2 Na6 31. c5 Qe6 32. c6+ Kb6 33. Bxa6 Kxa6 34. Qa3+ Kb6 35. Qa5+ Kxc6 36. Rc1+ Kd7 37. Qa4+ Ke7 38. Rc6 Rd6 39. Rhc1 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Qd7 41. Qb5 Re8 42. Qc5+ Kd8 43. Rd6 e2 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Qxd4+ Ke7 46. Qc5+ Kf6 47. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Flockhart, Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qb3 c5 11. a4 c4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b3 d5 14. Qb2 e5 15. dxe5 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Bc6 23. b4 Qc7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Qd2 Qa7 27. g3 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Bc6 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Qe3 Ba8 31. g4 Bc6 32. g5 Qa8 33. h4 Qd8 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Kg3 Qd7 36. h5 Qe6 37. Kf4 Qh3 38. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emery, Keith"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. 0-0 e6 11. f4 g6 12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe2 Kf7 14. c3 f5 15. Nd2 b5 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. fxe5 h6 19. Bd2 g5 20. a4 g4 21. Ne1 Rb8 22. Nd3 h5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7+ Ke8 25. Rfa1 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27. Rg7 Ne7 28. Ra7 Ng6 29. Nf4 Nf8 30. Rgb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nd7 32. Rxb5 Kd8 33. Nd3 Rh7 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Nf4 Rh6 36. b3 h4 37. c4 dxc4 38. bxc4 Kc6 39. Nxe6 Nb6 40. Rc5+ Kd7 41. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Warren, John"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bb5 Nf5 8. c6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. 0-0 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bc5 12. Nd4 0-0 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Nc3 Qg5 15. Qd3 Rxb2 16. Rf3 Rb4 17. Nce2 Qxe5 18. c3 Rb7 19. Rh3 Qe4 20. Qd2 e5 21. Ng3 Rb1+ 22. Kf2 Qg6 23. Rxb1 Qxb1 24. Rh5 exd4 25. exd4 Rb8 26. Qe3 Bg4 27. Re5 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Berry, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bg3 d6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. 0-0-0 a6 14. Be2 b5 15. e5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. f4 Bd6 19. Bf3 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Nf3 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Re1 Qc5 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. Qe4 f6 28. Rd1 Qxe5 29. Rd7+ Nf7 30. Qb7 Rf8 31. Qxa6 h5 32. Rb7 Qe4+ 33. Kc1 Rd8 34. Qxb5 Qe1+ 35. Kc2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murdochy, Shivan"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. h3 Bb5 13. Ng1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qb3 17. 0-0 Rc2 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Roy, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nf3 b6 11. h4 h5 12. Qg3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. 0-0 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. e6 Nf8 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Be5 Rg8 19. Ng5+ Ke8 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Bd6 Qc6 22. Qe5+ Kd7 23. Qe7+ Kc8 24. Rxd5 Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Nxd7 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Rfd1 Kb7 28. Bf4 Nf6 29. Nf7 Nd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 a5 32. Kf1 Ka6 33. a4 Rgf8 34. Ne5 Rfd8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Ke2 Rd6 37. Nc4 Re6 38. Kd3 Kb7 39. f3 Kc6 40. Ne5+ Kb7 41. Nf7 Kc8 42. Kc4 Re7 43. Ne5 Rg7 44. g3 Rg8 45. Bg5 Kc7 46. Kd5 Rb8 47. Nxg6 Kd7 48. c4 Re8 49. Ne7 Rf8 50. Ke5 Re8 51. Kxf5 Rxe7 52. Bxe7 Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roy, Ali"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. 0-0 Nge7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Ne2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rac1 Kd7 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Kf1 Rc6 19. Rxc6 Nxc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. a3 Na5 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. Nd2 Nc4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. g4 Ne7 26. Nc3 a6 27. a4 Nc6 28. Ne4 Nxd4 29. Nd6+ Kc7 30. Nxc4 Nf3 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kg3 Nd3 33. f4 Nc5 34. a5 f6 35. f5 fxe5 36. Nxe5 exf5 37. gxf5 Kd6 38. Nc4+ Kd5 39. Nd2 Ne4+ 40. Nxe4 Kxe4 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. h4 Ke4 43. b3 Ke5 44. b4 Ke4 45. f6 gxf6 46. Kh5 f5 47. Kxh6 f4 48. h5 f3 49. Kg7 f2 50. h6 f1Q 51. h7 Qg2+ 52. Kh8 Ke5 53. b5 Kf6 54. bxa6 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Dearie, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Nc3 b6 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Rxd6+ Kc7 11. Rd2 Ne7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Rhd1 Bc6 14. Nd5+ Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Kd2 Ne6 19. Ke3 Nf4 20. g3 Ne6 21. Ng1 a5 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Nd5+ Kc6 25. c3 Nc2+ 26. Kd3 Nd4 27. cxd4 exd4 28. Kxd4 b4 29. Rc1+ Kd6 30. f4 b3 31. axb3 a4 32. e5+ fxe5+ 33. fxe5+ Ke6 34. Nc7+ Kf5 35. Nxa8 axb3 36. Kd5 Kg4 37. Ke4 g5 38. Nc7 Kh3 39. Kf3 h5 40. Ne6 g4+ 41. Kf2 h4 42. Rh1 hxg3+ 43. hxg3# 1-0

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kafka, Graeme"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. c3 Nf5 7. Bd4 Nxd4 8. cxd4 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nf3 Ra7 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. b5 Rb7 16. 0-0 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxb5 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Na4 Rb4 21. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Burnett, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Ra5 9. Bc7 Nd7 10. e4 e6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nc2 Ra6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Nd2 Kd7 16. Bg3 h5 17. b3 Bf5 18. Ne3 Bd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. f3 Ba3 21. Rab1 h4 22. Be5 Ne7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 b5 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 f5 28. Nf2 f4 29. Nxd3 fxg3 30. Nc5+ Kd8 31. Nxa6 Nf4 32. Rfe1 Rh2 33. Re5 Nh3+ 34. Kf1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plchot, Miroslav"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Bxf3 5. exf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. Rc1 Nh6 11. h4 Nf5 12. h5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Qg3+ 15. Kf1 gxh5 16. Rd1 d6 17. Rh3 Qg6 18. Nd5 e5 19. f4 0-0 20. Rxh5 exf4 21. exf4 f5 22. Rg5 Qh6 23. Rh5 Qg6 24. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Ne5 Ndxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13. f3 Bf5 14. Kf2 f6 15. Bg3 Kd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 e5 19. c5 Bc7 20. e4 Be6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rab1 Rhb8 23. Ke2 Kc6 24. a3 a5 25. Rb3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2 27. Rhb1 d4 28. R3b2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Ba5 30. Nb3 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb4 32. Ra3 Rb5 33. f4 e4 34. Ra2 Rxc5 35. Be1 d3+ 36. Kd1 Bxe1 37. Kxe1 e3 38. Kd1 e2+ 39. Kd2 Rc2+ 40. Rxc2+ dxc2 0-1

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Hulme, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 d6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bb5+ Bc6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 0-0 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburg CC op 1st"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McHarg, Andrew"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 f6 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. e3 Bg4 9. Bd3 Qh5 10. Be4 dxe3 11. Qa4 exf2+ 12. Kxf2 Bc5+ 13. Ke2 Bd7 14. Qd1 Nd4+ 15. Kf1 Nxf3 16. Bf4 Nxh2+ 17. Ke1 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 0-0-0 19. Kc2 Ng4 20. Nc3 N8f6 21. Bf3 Ne3+ 22. Kb3 Be6 23. Be2 Nf5 24. Ka2 Rd4 25. Be5 Rd2 26. Rhe1 Bd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. b3 Rd2+ 29. Kb1 Rhd8 30. Bf3 Nd4 31. Ra2 Bf5+ 32. Be4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Nxb3 34. Re3 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rxa2 36. Kxa2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brechin, Hugh R"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nd2 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Qe4 Qf6 13. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schwartz, Julius"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rfe1 b5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. a3 0-0 17. Qg5 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Qh4 24. Rd4 Qxg4 25. Rxg4 Ne7 26. Ra1 Nc6 27. f4 Nb4 28. h6 g6 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rc5 31. d4 Rc4 32. Ra4 Rxa4 33. Nxa4 Bc6 34. Nc5 a5 35. Rg3 Ra8 36. Ra3 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Nd3 a4 41. Ne5 Be8 42. b3 g5 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Bxa4 45. Nf3 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Bc2 47. Ne5 Bb1 48. g4 Ke7 49. g5 Kf8 50. Nf3 Kf7 51. Nh4 Bc2 52. Nf3 Bb1 53. Ne5+ Kf8 54. Nd7+ Kf7 55. Nc5 Bc2 56. Na6 Bd1 57. Nc7 Bc2 58. Ke5 Bf5 59. Nxd5 Kg6 60. Ne7+ Kxg5 61. Nxf5 exf5 62. d5 f4 63. d6 f3 64. d7 f2 65. d8Q+ Kg4 66. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hulme, William"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 f6 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. 0-0 h6 9. Qa4 0-0-0 10. Bd2 g5 11. Na3 Kb8 12. Nb5 Bg7 13. Nfxd4 Rxd4 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxa7+ Kc8 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bh3 18. f3 Rh7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. cxd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rd7 22. e4 c6 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bf4+ Ka7 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 h3 28. Rc7+ Rxc7 29. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Ferry, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Nd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. dxc5 e5 12. Bg3 e4 13. b4 exf3 14. gxf3 Ne7 15. Kd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Nf5 17. b5 0-0 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. b4 Nxg3 20. fxg3 a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Rxb5 Rfb8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rhb1 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 a4 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. Kc1 a3 28. Kb1 a2+ 29. Ka1 Ra3 30. c6 Rxe3 31. Bxd5+ Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. c7 Rc2 36. g4 h5 37. gxh5+ Kxh5 38. Rxg7 Kh6 39. Rd7 Kg6 40. h4 Kh5 41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rd7 Kh5 43. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Perth op"]
[Site "Perth"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Frew, Elliot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. g4 d5 4. g5 Ne4 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Nxg5 7. Bxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. c4 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qb3 0-0 13. 0-0-0 Kh8 14. h4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bc7 16. Qa3 b5 17. Nce5 a5 18. Nxc6 b4 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Bb5 Rfc8 21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rhd1 Nb6 24. Qb3 a4 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Nce5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh Challengers"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwartz, Julien"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[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 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Ngf6 13. Kb1 e6 14. c4 Bd6 15. Ne2 Rhe8 16. Qc2 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. c5 Bf8 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Bxb4 Nxf2 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nb5 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 Nxd1 24. Qxa7 Nb8 25. Qa8 Ne3 26. Na7+ Kd7 27. c6+ Qxc6 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Naxc6 Nxc6 30. Ba5+ Kd6 31. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. g4 Bd7 9. Nc3 h5 10. gxh5 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rxh5 13. a3 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. e4 b5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qg2 Qb6 20. Ke2 g6 21. Ng5 Qd4 22. Qg3 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Qxc3 24. d6 Qd3+ 25. Kf2 Qxe4 26. Rhf1 Qf5+ 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. Rad1 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donohue, Tom"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. 0-0 Rd8 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Nd2 0-0 17. f4 f5 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Rf2 a5 20. Qe3 axb4 21. cxb4 Ra8 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. a4 Kf7 24. Rb2 Qd7 25. a5 Qc7 26. Ra3 Rfe8 27. Qh3 Qe7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rh3 g6 30. Qh6 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ra3 Kf7 34. Ke3 Rc7 35. Nf3 h6 36. Kd4 Bb5 37. Nd2 Rcc8 38. Nb1 g5 39. g3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rg8 41. Rg3 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Rg8 43. Rb3 Ke7 44. Na3 Ba4 45. Re3 Kd7 46. Nb1 Kc6 47. Nc3 Bb5 48. Rf3 h5 49. Ke3 Rg4 50. Nb1 Bc4 51. Nc3 Bb5 52. Nb1 Bc4 53. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Vincenti, David Cilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 a5 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. g4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bb5 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Qh3 Qe2 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 a4 19. g5 Be7 20. Rfe1 Qd3 21. Qg4 a3 22. Ne5 Qd2 23. Nxf7 Rf8 24. Re2 Qd3 25. Ne5 Qxb1+ 26. Kg2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Webster, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. Be2 Rc8 9. 0-0 Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nd4 0-0 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nd3 15. Rfb1 e5 16. Bg3 Rc5 17. a4 Ne4 18. Nb3 Rcc8 19. Kf1 h6 20. Ke2 Ndc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. a5 c4 23. b4 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Rc5 25. f3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Tudvad, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Be7 9. Na3 0-0 10. Nb5 a6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Na3 f6 14. Bg3 e5 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. 0-0-0 Kh8 19. Be6 d4 20. exd4 exd4 21. Rhe1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 dxc3 23. Nc2 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd7 Kg8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Bxe8 Bc5 29. Kc2 Bd4 30. f3 Kf8 31. Bd7 b5 32. Bd6+ Kf7 33. Bb4 h6 34. Bc8 Kg6 35. Bxa6 Kg5 36. Bxc3 Bg1 37. Bd2+ Kh5 38. h3 Bf2 39. Kd1 Kh4 40. Ke2 Kg3 41. Kf1 Bd4 42. Bb4 f5 43. Bxb5 Be5 44. Bd7 g6 45. Bc5 Kh4 46. Be7+ Kg3 47. Be8 g5 48. Bh5 Kh4 49. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Boer, Albert"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f3 Ng5 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qh4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxc5 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Re6 18. Qd2 Rg6 19. Bf2 Qg4 20. Bc5 Be4 21. Rf2 h5 22. Rb7 Qc8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Qb7 25. Bd4 Qb1+ 26. Rf1 Qxa2 27. Rf2 Qb1+ 28. Rf1 Qb5 29. Rf2 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Marder, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bf4 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. h4 Bb7 10. b4 Ne7 11. Qe2 Ra7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. a5 b5 16. c4 c6 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Rc2 Raa8 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Nb3 Kh7 21. Nfd2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc6 23. Rb2 Nxb4 24. Bb1 Nc6 25. g4 e5 26. dxe5 Qxg4+ 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Rc2 dxe5 29. Bg3 Rc8 30. Nc5 Nxa5 31. Nxb7 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Nxb7 33. Bb3 Nd6 34. f3 Ne3 35. Kf2 Nec4 36. Ke2 f5 37. Bf2 Nxd2 38. Kxd2 fxe4 39. h5 exf3 40. Bc2 e4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d3 d5 9. Nbd2 d4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rae1 Qc7 12. e3 e5 13. e4 h6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qb1 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 g5 19. Nf5 gxf4 20. Rh1 fxg3+ 21. Kg1 Bc8 22. Qf1 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nxf5 24. exf5 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. f6 Qd7 27. Ne4 Rg8 28. fxg7 g2 29. Qxg2 Rxg7 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Rhee, Alexander H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. Bf4 d6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. e4 a6 9. Bc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbc6 13. Qg3 Ng6 14. Nd5 b5 15. Bb3 Nd4 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. g3 Qg5 18. Kh2 Qh6 19. Qe3 Ng5 20. h4 Nxh4 21. gxh4 Qxh4+ 22. Kg2 Nxe4 23. Rh1 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Kh8 25. Bd1 Ng3+ 26. fxg3 Qc4+ 27. Kg2 Rae8 28. Bb3 Qg4 29. Rh4 Qf5 30. Rah1 a5 31. Qg5 Qd3 32. Rxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Bc2+ e4 35. Bxe4+ f5 36. Bxf5+ Kg8 37. Qh5 Re2+ 38. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dalberg, Preben"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. 0-0 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. e4 d6 14. Rad1 Rc5 15. Nd5 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 e6 18. Nf4 Rc7 19. Rfe1 Rd7 20. Rd2 Ng7 21. Red1 g5 22. Ne2 f5 23. Qd4 f4 24. f3 g4 25. Nxf4 gxf3+ 26. Kf2 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qh4+ 28. Ke3 Nh5 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. f5 exf5 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qxf5 Kd8 33. Rg4 Qe1+ 34. Kd3 Qb1+ 35. Rc2 Qd1+ 36. Kc3 Qa1+ 37. Kb4 Ng7 38. Qxf3 Qe5 39. Ka3 Ne6 40. Qf5 Nd4 41. Qxe5 Nxc2+ 42. Kb2 dxe5 43. Kxc2 Rf7 44. Rh4 Ke7 45. Kd3 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf7 47. a4 Kd6 48. b4 a5 49. Rh6+ Kc7 50. bxa5 bxa5 51. Re6 Rg7 52. Rxe5 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rxh2 54. Rxa5 h5 55. Rd5 h4 56. Rh5 Rc2 57. Rxh4 Rxc4 58. a5 Ra4 59. Rh5 Kd7 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Rb5 Ra1 62. Ke5 Rh1 63. Rb7+ Ke8 64. a6 Rh5+ 65. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Olsen, Aage Dalstrup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ng4 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Ne3 Nde5 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. 0-0 Be6 18. f4 Ng6 19. g3 Rae8 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qd4 Bc8 23. Rfe1 Re4 24. Qc5 Qf6 25. Nd2 Re6 26. Nc2 Rfe8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Re1 Nf8 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. Qe3 Qf7 32. Nb4 c5 33. Nc6 Kf8 34. Ne5 Qe7 35. Nxd7+ Bxd7 36. Nb3 c4 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd4 h5 41. h4 a5 42. a3 Kc6 43. b3 Ba6 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Bc8 46. Ke5 g6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. b5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christensen, Casper"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf5 d5 6. Ng3 Bc5 7. cxd5 0-0 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qb3 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Nxd5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Nce4 Bb6 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Rg1 Rac8 18. Qb1 g6 19. Nh4 f5 20. Nc3 f4 21. Qa2 Qf7 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. e4 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 28th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Semcesen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. h3 0-0 10. b4 Ne8 11. Qb3 Nc7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rc2 Re8 14. Rfc1 h6 15. b5 Nxb5 16. a4 Nd6 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. Qxb7 Rc7 19. Qa6 Nb8 20. Qa5 Qe7 21. Qb4 Rec8 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Na5 c5 24. Qa3 Nb6 25. Qa2 Qd7 26. Nb3 Qxa4 27. Qxa4 Nxa4 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. e4 c4 30. exd5 Bb2 31. Rxc4 Bxc1 32. Rxa4 Bb2 33. Nbd4 Rd8 34. Nc6 Rxd5 35. Nxa7 Rxd3 36. Rb4 Rc2 37. Nc6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Nfe5 Rdd2 40. Rg4 Rde2 0-1

[Event "East of Scotland"]
[Site "Grangemouth"]
[Date "2006.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murray, Findlay"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d3 Be6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "East of Scotland"]
[Site "Grangemouth"]
[Date "2006.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Dawson, Alastair G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nf3 c5 7. b4 b6 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Na3 Ng6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Qa4 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxg5 14. Qc6 Bd7 15. Qxd6 e4 16. Nxg5 exd3 17. Nf3 Re8+ 18. Kd2 Re2+ 19. Kxd3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Bb5+ 21. c4 Bxc4+ 22. Kxc4 Qe4+ 23. Kb5 Qd3+ 24. Ka5 Qc3+ 25. Ka6 Rb2 26. Qc7 Qa3+ 27. Qa5 Rb6# 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2006.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Neave, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. c3 Re8 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nd6 14. Rad1 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. e4 f6 21. Rd3 Bf8 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. f4 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Bd6 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd4 Rae8 29. Nf3 R5e7 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. Nd2 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7+ Nxd7 34. Nb3 Re7 35. Nd4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Edinburgh Premier"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "2006.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Be2 Bb7 8. h3 d6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Qa4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Ned2 e4 18. Nh2 a6 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Qc2 h5 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Be2 Be5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 f5 26. Nf1 Kg7 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qd1 Qf6 29. g3 h4 30. g4 Bc7 31. f4 g5 32. gxf5 gxf4 33. Bg4 f3 34. Qd2 Kh6 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Qf2 Bd8 37. Qg1 Bg5 38. Qh2 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. Nh2 Be8 43. Nf1 Ke5 44. Nd2 Bf7 45. b3 Bd5 46. c4 Bg8 47. cxb5 axb5 48. Nb1 Bf7 49. Na3 Be8 0-1

[Event "Genrothes op"]
[Site "Glenrothes"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mason, Ian C"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nb3 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 Bg4 16. Qe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf3 18. Bd1 Rf6 19. Bc2 e4 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Kh1 Nf3 23. Nd4 Raf8 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Rg1 Qh3 26. Bd4 Rf1 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rf5 30. b4 g5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. a4 Kg6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bd1 h5 35. h3 c6 36. Be2 Rf8 37. Bb6 Ra8 38. Ba5 Rh8 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Bb6 Kg6 41. Bc7 Ra8 42. Ba5 h4+ 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Bg4 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Bb6 Ra1 47. Bc5+ Kc7 48. Be7 Ra3 49. Kd4 Ra2 50. Bxg5 Kd6 51. Bf4+ Ke7 52. Kc5 Rc2 53. Kxc6 Rxc3+ 54. Kxd5 e3 55. Bg5+ Kf7 56. Bxh4 Rc4 57. Bh5+ Kg7 58. Bg5 Rxb4 59. Bxe3 Rb3 60. Bd4+ Kh6 61. Bg4 Rd3 62. Ke4 Rxd4+ 63. Kxd4 Kg7 64. Kc5 Kh6 65. Kxb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jacob, Gunnar"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 Ng4 10. Be2 Nh6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. 0-0 Bf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Rae1 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 0-0 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Ne4 c4 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bg5 Rf7 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. f4 Nd3 27. Rxc4 Qxd5 28. b3 Nc5 29. b4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Qb5 32. Qe6 Raf8 33. h3 Kg7 34. Be3 Qh5 35. Qg4 Qb5 36. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Dundee op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harrold, Bruce T"]
[Black "Sykes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 g5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d4 Bh6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. h4 Bg4 9. hxg5 Bxg5 10. Bxf7+ Kd7 11. a3 Qf8 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. dxc6+ bxc6 16. Ne5+ Ke6 17. Qxg4+ Kxe5 18. Qxg5+ Ke6 19. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Dundee op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Mollison, Jamie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Qd8 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. f4 Kh8 15. Be2 g6 16. Rf3 Kg7 17. Rg3 Bh4 18. Rh3 Rh8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. g4 Kf8 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Bg5 24. fxg6 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rg8 26. Rg3 Rxg6 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Qf1+ Kg7 29. Bg4 c5 30. Nf6 Nxf6 31. Qxf6+ Qxf6 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rxc5 Rd8 34. Rc7 Rxd4 35. Rxb7 Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. a3 Kf5 38. Rb6 h5 39. Rc6 g5 40. Rc5+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee & Angus op"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sykes, Chris"]
[Black "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Qxb6 axb6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Kxd7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd2 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Ke2 Nf6 13. Rhc1 Rhc8 14. h3 h6 15. Ne5+ Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. a3 Rc4 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Bc3 f6 21. Rd1 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd4 Rc2+ 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Nc3 f5 27. Rd4 Nf6 28. Rb4 Rc6 29. Kd2 e5 30. f3 Ke6 31. Rb3 h5 32. Na4 Nd7 33. Rc3 d4 34. Rxc6+ bxc6 35. b4 b5 36. Nb2 Kd5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Nf6 40. exd4 Kxd4 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Nxg4 43. Nb6 Nf6 44. Nc8 Nd5 45. Nd6 Nxb4 46. Nf5+ Ke4 47. Nh4 Nd5 48. Ng2 Kd4 49. Ne1 e4 50. Nc2+ Ke5 51. Ke2 c5 52. Kd2 Kf4 53. Ne1 c4 54. Ng2+ Kf3 55. Nh4+ Kf2 56. Nf5 e3+ 57. Nxe3 Nxe3 58. Kc3 Ke2 0-1

