Preston Congress 2003

(1) J P Wareing 167 - J Merriman 207 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.h4 b5 9.h5 h6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Rh3 Qc7 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.g4 Be7 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd4 Rf8 16.Qd2 b4 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.0-0-0 Ne4 19.Qe3 Ba4 20.b3 Rc8 21.c3 Bb5 22.Kb2 Bxe2 23.Bxe2 bxc3+ 24.Bxc3 Ba3+ 25.Kxa3 Nxc3 26.Ra1 d4 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.Kb2 Rfd8 29.Qd2 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 Rd5 31.Qd2 Qb6 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 d3 34.Qd2 Qd4+ 35.Kb1 a5 36.a3 f6 37.exf6+ gxf6 38.g5 fxg5 39.fxg5 Qg1+ 40.Qc1 Qxc1+ 41.Kxc1 Rxg5 42.Kd2 Rb5 43.Rxd3 Rxh5 44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Rd5 46.Kc3 Kd6 47.Rh3 h5 48.Rh4 Rg5 49.Rd4+ Kc6 50.Rc4+ Kb5 51.Re4 e5 52.Rh4 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Ke3 Rg3+ 55.Ke2 Rg5 56.Ke3 Kc6 57.Rc4+ Kb5 58.Rh4 Kc6 59.Rc4+ Kd5 60.Rh4 Rg3+ 61.Ke2 Rg5 62.Ke3 Ke6 63.Ke2 Kf5 64.b5 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

(2) D Knox 163 - IM S Mannion 216 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.d4 Qa5 5.Bg2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nge2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Be3 Nd7 11.d5 cxd5 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxd5 Nf6 14.Bg2 Ng4 15.Bd2 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bf5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Be3 Be4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nd5 23.Re4 f5 24.Re6 Kf7 25.Nd4 0-1

(3) GM N R Davies 239 - D G Ellison 172 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qc2 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Bd2 Ne5 14.Rac1 Qxc4 15.Qxc4 Nxc4 16.Rxc4 e5 17.Rfc1 Be6 18.Rc7 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rfd8 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Ba5 Bd4 22.Rc8 Rdxc8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Bxc8 Bxb2 25.Bxa6 Ne4 26.Bc4 Kf8 27.Kg2 f6 28.Bd3 Bc3 29.Bb6 Nd2 30.Bc5+ Ke8 31.Bxh7 Nxb3 32.Bg6+ Kd7 33.Bf8 Nd4 34.Bxg7 Nxe2 35.h4 1-0

(4) G Morrison 210 - D Wolstencroft 171 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 d5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Ne8 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nc3 c6 12.Rfe1 Nd6 13.b4 Ne4 14.b5 Rf6 15.Rac1 Qa3 16.Qd3 Qa5 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.Nb3 Qb4 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.f3 Ba6 21.Qxa6 Nxc3 22.Qa5 Qxa5 23.Nxa5 Nxa2 24.Rxc6 Raf8 25.Ra1 Nb4 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Nb3 Rf7 28.f4 Rc7 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Ra5 Ke6 31.Nc5+ Kd6 32.Na6 Nxa6 33.Rxa6 Kc6 34.Ra5 Kd6 35.h3 h5 36.Bf3 g6 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Ke6 39.Kg3 Rh7 40.Rb5 Kd6 41.Rc5 Rh8 42.Bg2 fxg4 43.Kxg4 Rh5 44.Ra5 Rh7 45.Kg5 Re7 46.Bf3 Rf7 47.e4 dxe4 48.Bxe4 Re7 49.Bxg6 Nc4 50.Ra6+ Kd5 51.f5 Kxd4 52.f6 Re1 53.f7 Rg1+ 54.Kf6 Ne5 55.Ra4+ 1-0

(5) M Surtees 183 - GM N R Davies 239 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.c4 g6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3 d6 7.h3 Nc6 8.g3 a6 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.a4 0-0 11.0-0 Ne8 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nd5 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Nf6 17.Kh2 Be6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Qh6 Bg7 23.Qh5 Qxa4 24.g4 Bf7 25.Qh4 f4 26.Be4 Bg8 27.Ng1 Qb4 28.Re2 b5 29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Rc1 Rb6 31.g5 Qd6 32.Nf3 Rfb8 33.Rcc2 Qd8 34.Rg2 a5 35.Qh5 Qe8 36.g6 h6 37.Ng5 Qe7 38.Nf7+ Bxf7 39.gxf7 Rf6 40.Rxg7 Kxg7 41.Rg2+ Kh8 42.Bd5 Kh7 43.Rg8 Rxb2+ 44.Kg1 e4 45.Bxe4+ Qxe4 46.dxe4 f3 47.Qf5+ Rxf5 48.exf5 1-0

(6) M Peacock 174 - S Gordon 206 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.d4 0-0 9.Nbd2 Ne4 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bg4 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Be7 14.Bf3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nf6 16.Rad1 a5 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Qe2 a4 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 a3 21.Bd4 Qa6 22.Qxa6 Rxa6 23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.f4 Rd8 25.Bf2 Nd5 26.Rfe1 f6 27.Nc4 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Kf7 29.Bf2 b5 30.Na5 Nb4 31.Re1 Bf8 32.Re2 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Ra1 34.Be1 Rxa2 35.Rxa2 Nxa2 36.Kf3 Bb4 37.Bxb4 Nxb4 38.Nb7 a2 0-1

(7) M Hamer 174 - G Morrison 210 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0-0 Bb6 10.Nb3 Ne4 11.Nbd4 0-0 12.Be3 Re8 13.Rc1 Na5 14.b3 Bg4 15.Qc2 Qf6 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Qb1 h5 18.Rd3 h4 19.Nxh4 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 Qxe2 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxe4 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

(8) IM S R Mannion 216 - R James 181 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd6 5.d4 a6 6.g3 Bf5 7.Bg2 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Bf4 Qd8 10.Ne5 c6 11.g4 Bg6 12.h4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.h5 f6 15.hxg6 fxe5 16.Bxe5 hxg6 17.Bxg7 Rh7 18.Be5 Nc6 19.Qd3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Kf7 21.c4 Bc5 22.Qg3 Qh4 23.Qxh4 Rxh4 24.cxd5 Rxg4 25.Rac1 b6 26.b4 Bd4 27.Rc7+ Kf8 28.dxe6 Bxe5 29.Rf7+ Kg8 30.f4 Bd4+ 31.Kh2 Re8 32.Bd5 Rh4+ 33.Kg3 Rh7 34.f5 gxf5 35.R1xf5 Rg7+ 36.Kf4 Re7 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Be4 Kg6 39.Rh8 1-0

(9) G Morrison 210 (1.5) - J Merriman 207 (1.5) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Bg3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc8 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.e4 c4 17.Bc2 b5 18.Rab1 a6 19.Ne5 Nd7 20.a4 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 f6 22.Bg3 Qd7 23.Qh5 f5 24.Be5 Rf7 25.Qg6 Raf8 26.d5 Bf6 27.f4 exd5 28.exd5 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Qc7 30.Qg3 Rd7 31.d6 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 f4 33.Qg6 Qxe5 34.Qh7+ Kf7 35.Qg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

(10) S Gordon 206 (2) - IM SR Mannion 216 (2) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.a3 0-0 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 1/2-1/2

(11) D Hulmes191 (1.5) - M Surtees 183 (2) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 f6 4.Bd3 g6 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 Na6 7.c3 b6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.h3 f5 10.Nbd2 Nc7 11.b3 a5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rc1 Nf7 14.Nb1 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Qd3 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Nd8 18.c4 dxc4 19.bxc4 e6 20.Nc3 Ra8 21.d5 Rb8 22.d6 Na6 23.Rb1 c5 24.a3 Nf7 25.Rb5 Rb7 26.Na4 Rfb8 27.Qb3 Qc6 28.Rb1 g5 29.Nxb6 gxf4 30.Bxf4 Qe4 31.Bh2 Nxe5 32.Bxe5 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 Qxe5 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rxa5 Nc7 36.Qf3 Rbb8 37.Qd3 Kf7 38.Ra7 Rg8 39.a4 Rbd8 40.Nc8 Rg3 41.Nd6+ Ke7 42.Nc8+ Kf6 43.Qd2 Qe4 44.Qb2+ e5 45.Rxc7 Rxg2+ 46.Qxg2 Qxb1+ 47.Kh2 Qc1 48.Rc6+ Kf7 49.Qd5+ Kf8 50.Qd6+ 1-0

(12) P Evans 163 (1.5) - M Hamer 174 (1.5) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Qd3 Bg7 14.Qh3 Nd4 15.c3 Nxe2 16.Kxe2 Ba6+ 17.Kd1 Ne4 18.Qe3 Kc7 19.f3 Nc5 20.Bc2 f4 21.Qf2 Nd3 22.Bxd3 Bxd3 23.Re1 Ra8 24.Re4 Qe6 25.c4 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Qxc4 27.Qe2 Qd4 28.b3 Qxa1 29.Qc4+ Kb8 30.Qg8+ Ka7 31.Qxg7 Qd4 32.Bb2 Qg1+ 33.Kc2 Rc8+ 34.Bc3 Qc5 35.Qxd7+ Rc7 36.Qa4+ Kb7 37.b4 Qc4 38.Qe8 Qxe4+ 39.Kb2 Qd5 40.Qxe5 Qxe5 41.Bxe5 Rf7 42.a4 g5 43.Kc2 g4 44.Kd1 Kc6 45.a5 f3 46.gxf3 gxf3 47.Ke1 bxa5 48.bxa5 Kd5 49.Bc3 Ke4 50.Kf2 Rc7 51.Bb4 Rc6 52.d3+ Kf4 53.Bd2+ Kg4 54.h3+ Kxh3 55.Kxf3 h5 56.Ke4 Kg4 57.Ke5 h4 58.Kd5 Rc2 59.Bb4 h3 60.Bd6 h2 61.Bxh2 Rxh2 62.Kc6 Ra2 63.Kb6 Kf5 64.a6 Ke6 65.Kb7 Kd7 66.d4 Rb2+ 67.Ka7 Kc7 68.d5 Rd2 69.Ka8 Rxd5 70.Ka7 Rd6 0-1

(13) M Hamer 174 (2.5) - S Gordon 206 (2.5) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.Qxc4 0-0 9.Nc3 e5 10.0-0 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 c6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Bxe4 Be6 18.b3 f5 19.Bf3 Be5 20.Rab1 Kf7 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Kxf6 23.Kf1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 a5 25.Rd4 Ke5 26.e3 h6 27.Ke2 c5 28.Rd2 Ra7 29.Kd3 b5 30.Kc3 b4+ 31.Kb2 a4 32.Be2 Bd5 33.Bd3 a3+ 34.Kc2 Rd7 35.Kc1 Bf3 36.Bc4 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 g5 38.Bd3 Ke6 39.Bc4+ Ke5 40.Bd3 Kd6 41.Bxf5 Bd5 42.Kc2 Ke5 43.Bh3 Be4+ 44.Kc1 Bf3 45.Bf1 g4 46.Bc4 Be4 47.Be2 h5 48.Bc4 Bg6 49.Ba6 Ke4 50.Bb7+ Kd3 51.Ba6+ Kc3 52.Bc4 Bd3 53.Bf7 c4 54.bxc4 b3 0-1

(14) IM SR Mannion 216 (2.5) - R Wiltshire 163 (2) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.dxe5 Bb4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.a3 Nd4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.0-0 Bxf3 11.axb4 Bxd1 12.bxa5 Bxc2 13.Ba4 Ne7 14.Bxc2 Nxc2 15.Ra4 Rd8 16.Ne4 Nf5 17.g4 Rd4 18.b3 Nh4 19.Bc3 Rd3 20.Rc1 0-0 21.Kf1 Ne3+ 22.Ke2 Rxc3 23.Nxc3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Rc7 Re8 26.Rxb7 Rxe5+ 27.Kd3 g5 28.f4 Re1 29.fxg5 Nf3 30.Rf4 Nxg5 31.Rxa7 Rh1 32.a6 Rxh2 33.Re7 Rh3+ 34.Re3 Rxe3+ 35.Kxe3 Ne6 36.a7 Nc7 37.Ra4 Na8 38.Rb4 Kg7 39.Rb8 Nc7 1-0

(15) C Gorka 189 (2) - GM NR Davies 239 (2) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 0-0 10.h3 Nd7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.g4 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Ne2 b5 15.cxb5 d5 16.0-0 Nc5 17.Bb3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.Qf4 Bb7 20.Rac1 d3 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 axb5 23.Rfd1 c5 24.c4 f5 25.g5 b4 26.h4 Re8 27.gxh6 Bxh6 28.Ng5+ Bxg5 29.hxg5 Re4 30.Qh2+ Kg8 31.f3 Qxg5+ 0-1

(16) P Roberts 205 (2) - D Hulmes 191 (2.5) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Bb4 6.Nge2 Nxb3 7.axb3 d5 8.0-0 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.exd5 cxd5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 0-0 14.Qd3 Be6 15.Rfe1 Re8 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.h3 g6 18.Na4 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Bf5 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rd2 Rc8 23.Nc3 d4 24.Rxd4 Bxc2 25.Rd7 b6 26.b4 Rc4 27.b5 Rb4 28.Rxa7 1/2-1/2

(17) M Peacock 174 (2.5) - M Surtees 183 (3) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.c4 c6 2.b3 e5 3.Bb2 f6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bc3 Qa5 6.Qd2 Na6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Nxc3 Ne7 9.Nf3 d6 10.Ne4 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 0-0 12.e3 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nd6 e4 15.Ng1 Rb8 16.Ne2 Bd7 17.Nc3 f5 18.Nxb7 Rxb7 19.Bxa6 Rb6 20.Be2 Rxb3 21.Rhb1 Rfb8 22.Kc2 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Rxb1 24.Kxb1 Kf7 25.Kb2 Ke6 26.Kb3 Kd6 27.f3 g5 28.Bb5 exf3 29.gxf3 g4 30.Be2 h5 31.Kc2 h4 32.fxg4 fxg4 33.e4 dxe4 34.Nxe4+ Kc7 35.Kd2 Nd5 36.Bc4 Bc6 37.Bxd5 Bxd5 38.Nf6 Bf3 39.Ke3 Bd1 40.Kf4 g3 41.hxg3 h3 42.Ne4 h2 43.Nf2 Bb3 44.g4 Bd5 45.Kg3 h1Q 46.Nxh1 Bxh1 47.Kf4 Kc6 48.Ke3 Kb5 49.Kd3 Bd5 50.Kc3 Bf7 51.Kb2 1/2-1/2

(18) GM NR Davies 239 (3) - IM SR Mannion 216 (3.5) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.f4 0-0 7.Nf3 b5 8.0-0 a5 9.Qe1 b4 10.Na4 Ne4 11.Qh4 Ra7 12.Bh6 f6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 f5 16.Rfc1 Na6 17.Nb3 Be6 18.Nbc5 Nc7 19.Qe1 Qd6 20.c4 Rb8 21.b3 Bf7 22.Rc2 Ne8 23.a3 Nf6 24.Nb2 Raa8 25.Nd1 bxa3 26.Nc3 h6 27.Rxa3 g5 28.g3 gxf4 29.gxf4 Kh7 30.Raa2 Bh5 31.h3 Bf3 32.Kh2 Rg8 33.Rf2 Nh5 34.Rxf3 exf3 35.Nd3 Rg3 36.Ne5 Rag8 0-1

(19) S Gordon 206 (3.5) - B. Lund 199 (3) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 h5 6.Nge2 h4 7.d4 d6 8.d5 Nce7 9.e4 f5 10.Bg5 Bh6 11.gxh4 f4 12.Qd3 Kf7 13.0-0-0 Nf6 14.Bf3 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.h3 Bd7 17.Qf3 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Rh4 19.Rh2 a6 20.Ng1 Bg4 21.Qxg4 Rxg4 22.hxg4 Qd7 23.f3 Kg7 24.Nge2 Rh8 25.Rxh8 Kxh8 26.b4 Nc8 27.Rh1+ Kg7 28.Kc2 Qd8 29.a4 Qxg5 30.a5 Qd8 31.b5 Ne7 32.Nc1 Qa8 33.b6 cxb6 34.axb6 Qc8 35.Nb3 Qxc4 36.Na5 Qc5 37.Nxb7 Qf2+ 0-1

(20) D Hulmes 191 (3) - J Merriman 207 (3) 16th Preston Chess Congress, 2003 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ne5 c5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Ng4 Nd5 13.c3 Bxc5 14.Qf3 f5 15.Ne3 Nf4 16.Bc2 Ng6 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Nc2 e5 19.Be3 Bd6 20.Rad1 e4 21.Qh5 Qe7 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Be6 Rae8 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Rfe1 f4 27.Nb5 Qxb5 28.Rxd6 Kg8 29.Qg4 Qxb2 30.h4 Qxc3 31.Red1 e3 32.fxe3 fxe3 33.R6d3 Qc5 34.Rd5 Qc2 35.Re1 0-1