[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mulholland, Glenn"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. h3 Qe8 11. 0-0 h6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxf4 15. Ne5 Rxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 17. Qxb7 Nxc4 18. Rfc1 d5 19. Qxa7 Bd6 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Qa6 b5 22. Qa5 c5 23. Qd2 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. Qb6 Bc5 27. Qa5 Rf8 28. Rf1 e5 29. Qe1 Bd4 30. Qe2 Qc5 31. g3 Qd5 32. Kh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc2 0-0 10. Be2 Be6 11. Ne3 Nd4 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Ned5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Bd8 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nb6 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Kg1 Ke8 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. b3 Nc8 28. Ke2 Bb6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 b5 31. a4 b4 32. Nb1 a5 33. Nd2 Nb6 34. Kd3 Kc7 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Kxc4 Kb6 37. g3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merrifield, Peter"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1097"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. c3 Qb6 7. a4 Nge7 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bxc5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 Be7 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qb3 0-0 16. Na3 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Bxb4 20. Rxa7 Rxf3 21. Rea1 Rc3 22. h3 b6 23. Kh2 Rc5 24. f4 Rxb5 25. h4 Bc5 26. h5 Ne7 27. Ra8 Nf5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Bf2 d4 30. g4 Ne3 31. g5 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Halpin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1198"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. Bb3 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Qe7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. e5 Nh5 16. g3 Nb4 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nxg6 Qg5 19. Re4 Nf6 20. Nh4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qg7 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nxd7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxc7 Rf8 27. e6 Rd8 28. exf7 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Harrogate 4NCL op-C 29th"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lee, Jordan"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nb3 cxd4 9. Nbxd4 0-0 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. c3 Be8 18. Nd6 h6 19. Qe4 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Qf4 e5 22. Qh6 Bxh4 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxh5 Bf6 26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Qh6 Bh8 28. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Berks & Bucks Challengers op"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Nxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Ng5 c6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Rf7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. e5 Be7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qg4 e5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Re4 Rad8 21. Kf1 d3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23. Be3 b6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. b4 Rc3 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rd4 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Bb2 Rxe4+ 30. Kxe4 g6 31. a4 a6 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 a5 34. f4 exf4 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36. Kd5 g5 37. Kc6 a4 38. Kxb6 a3 39. Kc7 a2 40. b6 a1Q 41. b7 Qc3+ 42. Kd8 Qa5+ 43. Kc8 Qc5+ 44. Kd8 Qb6+ 45. Kc8 Qc6+ 46. Kb8 Ke7 47. Ka7 Qc7 48. Ka8 Qa5+ 49. Kb8 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Berks & Bucks Challengers op"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2022.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Veselow, Zoe"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Be6 6. Qf3 c5 7. Ne2 c4 8. Bf5 Bxf5 9. Qxf5 Qd7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Nbc3 Nc6 12. Bg5 0-0 13. 0-0 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd4 16. Rad1 Be5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd7 Ne5 19. Qxb7 Nxd7 20. Qxd7 Rfd8 21. Qb5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Berks & Bucks Challengers op"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neenan, Henry"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bd7 7. Be2 Nge7 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. Na3 Ng6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Bd3 Rac8 13. a3 Na5 14. b4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc3 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Ra1 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Rxc2 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qf1 a6 22. Ba4 R2c3 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Ng1 Nd3 25. Reb1 Bg5 26. Ne2 b5 27. Nxc3 Qxc3 28. Bd1 Qxd4 29. g3 Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Qe2 Nd2 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Rcb1 Nxe5 34. Ra2 Nc4 35. Bb3 Ne3+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qxb1+ 38. Kf2 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Berks & Bucks Challengers op"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2022.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Perez, Juan A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 Na5 9. Bf1 e6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Ng3 Nh6 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 c6 22. Rd2 Red8 23. Red1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. Bd6 Qc8 27. g4 Bf8 28. Qf4 Bg7 29. c5 Rd7 30. Bc4 Qd8 31. b4 Bf8 32. Kg2 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Kg7 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op-C 28th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sibborn, Dale"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nd4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nd2 0-0 16. 0-0 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qd2 e5 20. Nc1 Rad8 21. Nd3 Ng6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rf5 24. Qe3 e4 25. Nb4 exf3 26. Rxf3 Re8 27. Qxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxf5 Qe2 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Re1 h6 33. Rfe2 Ng4 34. g3 Nf6 35. Re7 Qc5 36. Kg2 Qa5 37. Nf5 Qxa2 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Ree7 Qxb2+ 40. Kh3 Qxc3 41. Rgf7+ Kg8 42. Nxh6+ Kh8 43. Rf8+ Ng8 44. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op-C 28th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Madden, Jason D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. 0-0 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nge7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Re2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 e5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Qd5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4 21. f4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Kg2 Rxa1 25. fxe5 Kd7 26. f4 Rxa2 27. Bc5 b6 28. Ba3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Nd4 30. Re4 Nf5 31. Rc4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op-C 28th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dos Santos Silva, Bruno Alexandre"]
[Black "Usher, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. h4 b6 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bxg5+ 10. hxg5 Qxg5+ 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qh3 0-0-0 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. a3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd5 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Re3 g5 21. a4 h5 22. Qg1 h4 23. Qf1 h3 24. Qc4 h2 25. Rh1 Nd5 26. Ra3 Rh4 27. Rd3 c5 28. c3 Nc7 29. a5 cxd4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qb3 e5 32. Bc4 d5 33. Bb5 e4 34. Rxd4 Qxf3 35. Rdd1 Nxb5 36. Qxb5 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1 h1Q 38. Qxb6+ Kc8 39. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 40. Kc2 Rh4 41. Qe6+ Rd7 42. Qg8+ Kc7 43. Qxg5 Rhh7 44. Qe5+ Kc6 45. Qd4 Rhf7 46. Kd2 Rf3 47. Qa4+ Kd6 48. Qb4+ Ke6 49. Qb6+ Rd6 50. Qd4 Rd3+ 51. Qxd3 exd3 52. Kxd3 Ke5 53. b4 Rc6 54. f4+ Kxf4 55. Kd4 Rc4+ 56. Kxd5 Rxc3 57. b5 Rb3 58. Kc6 Ke5 59. b6 Rc3+ 60. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op-C 28th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Salisbury, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. 0-0 Nf5 8. d5 Nd6 9. Bb3 0-0 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Nh5 15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Kh1 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. a3 c5 22. Ndb5 Nf5 23. Qf2 a6 24. Na7 Rc7 25. Re5 Rxa7 26. Rxc5 Rc7 27. Re5 Qb8 28. Qe2 e6 29. Ra5 Bc8 30. Qe5 Rb7 31. Qe2 Rb6 32. g4 Nh4 33. Nd5 exd5 34. Qf2 Nxf3 35. Qxf3 Bxg4 36. Qd3 Bxd1 37. Qxd1 Rbe6 38. Qd4 Re1+ 39. Kg2 R8e2+ 40. Kf3 Qxh2 41. Rxa6 Qh3+ 42. Kf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg5 Qh6# 0-1

[Event "Leamington Spa 4NCL op-C 28th"]
[Site "Leamington Spa"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Usher, Frank"]
[Black "Graham, Aiden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 e5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke7 11. Qxg4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Kd8 17. Red1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxc3 20. Bb6+ axb6 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Rxb6 Rc7 24. Rb2 Be7 25. Qa7 b6 26. Qa8+ Rc8 27. Qa6 Rc7 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 29. Qxb6 Kd7 30. f3 Rhc8 31. Kf1 Bd8 32. Qxd6+ Ke8 33. Qxe5+ Kf8 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxc7 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Ra1 37. Qc4 Ke7 38. a4 Kf6 39. Qd4+ Ke7 40. Qxa1 1-0

