[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nca5 Ba6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Nd7 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qc6 Nxe5 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rc1 h5 25. Nc5 Be2 26. Ne4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Bxb2 28. Rc2 Bd3 29. Rxb2 Bxe4 30. Rxb4 f5 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Rb8 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. b3 cxd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e4 18. Be2 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Bg4 f5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc3 b6 25. Bb2 Kf7 26. b4 a6 27. bxa5 b5 28. a4 Rd5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qb7 Qd7 32. a6 f4 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 34. a7 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bott, Simeon"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Be2 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 b6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rd6 Kf8 19. Na4 Ke7 20. e5 Nb8 21. h4 f6 22. f4 Rh8 23. g3 fxe5 24. fxe5 g5 25. hxg5 Rh5 26. Re1 Rxg5 27. Re3 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Kxd6 29. Rg5 Bb7 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Na6 32. Nc3 Rg8 33. Ne4+ Kc6 34. g4 d6 35. Rg6 Nc7 36. g5 Kd7 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nxg8+ Kf7 39. Ne7 Ne8 40. Rh6 gxh6 41. gxh6 Nf6 42. Nc8 d5 43. Nxa7 Kg6 44. a4 Kxh6 45. a5 Nd7 46. Nc8 Nb8 47. cxd5 exd5 48. Nb6 d4 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kd5 d3 52. Nc4 Nd7 53. Kd6 Ne5 54. Nxe5 d2 55. Ng4+ Kf5 56. Nf2 Kf4 57. a6 Ke3 58. Nd1+ 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Foster, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. b3 h6 14. Be3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 c4 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bd4 cxb3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxe5 bxa2 20. Qa4 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Nb6 22. Qxa2 Kxg7 23. Qxa7 Nc4 24. Nd3 Nd2 25. Rc1 Qg4 26. Qe3 Nb3 27. Rb1 Nd4 28. h3 Qd7 29. Rxb7 Qa4 30. Kh2 Nf5 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32. e4 Ng7 33. Rxe7 Qb3 34. Qd5 Qa3 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Ne5 Ne6 37. Nxf7 Qa6 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Rf6 40. Qxf6+ Ng7 41. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Ndb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nd7 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Be2 a3 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nb5 Bb2 21. f4 Nc5 22. e5 Qe7 23. Bf3 dxe5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxc5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. f5 Bc3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qg5 Qe5 30. h4 b6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Kf2 f5 34. g3 Kg7 35. Be2 Kf6 36. Bf3 Re3 37. Be2 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rh1 Bb4 40. Rd1 Bc5 41. Rd3 Re8 42. Bf3 Bb4 43. Be2 Bc5 44. Bf3 Bb4 45. Be2 Bc3 46. Rd1 f4 47. gxf4+ Kxf4 48. Rh1 Bd2 49. Rh4+ Kg5 50. Rh5+ Kg6 51. Rb5 Be3+ 52. Kf3 Re6 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rxc5 Bd2 55. Bd3+ Kh6 56. Be4 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Myall, Ivan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg2 Rh4 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Be7 17. e4 Nd7 18. Be3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Ke2 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Easter op 67th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Lam Vy Le"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. h4 Rc8 12. g4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb6 Qc6 16. Na5 Qa4 17. c3 Be6 18. b3 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Qe3 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Bd8 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 Bxf1 25. Rhxf1 Bxh4 26. Rd7 b5 27. Rd5 Be7 28. Rxe5 Bxb4 29. Re4 Ba3 30. g5 Rc7 31. Rfe1 g6 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Re1 Re7 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.02.16"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nh4 g5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Rfe8 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Nxc5 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Bf8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Be2 Ne5 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ke8 26. Be2 Kd7 27. Kf2 Kc6 28. Bf3 Kc7 29. Bh5 Kd7 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Nc5+ Kc6 32. Nd3 Bc7 33. h3 Kd6 34. Nxe5 Kxe5 35. g4 Ke4 36. Bxf7 Bb6 37. c4 Bxe3 38. Bd5+ Kd4 39. Bxb7 Bc1 40. Kd1 Ba3 41. Kc2 a5 42. Bc6 Bb4 43. Kb2 Bc3+ 44. Ka3 Bb4+ 45. Ka4 Kc5 46. Bd5 Bd2 47. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. d5 e5 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. e4 Qe7 12. Ne1 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc2 Nc5 15. Rfe1 a5 16. b3 Rad8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Qa7 21. cxd5 Nc5 22. Qe3 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Rec1 Ng8 26. Nxg8 Kxg8 27. a3 a4 28. b4 Nb3 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. Bf1 Qd7 31. Bc4 Nd4 32. Rbc1 f5 33. Be2 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Qf2 Qh3 37. Re3 Qc8 38. Kg2 Qc1 39. Rd3 Rf7 40. Qe3 Qxe3 41. Rxe3 Rc7 42. Bd1 b5 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Ke1 Kg7 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. Rc3 Kf6 47. Rc7 Ra2+ 48. Kc1 Rxa3 49. Rxh7 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Rb1 51. Rd7 Rxb4 52. Rxd6+ Ke7 53. Rxg6 Rb2+ 54. Kc1 a3 55. Ra6 b4 56. f4 Ne2+ 57. Bxe2 Rxe2 58. fxe5 a2 59. Ra7+ Kf8 60. Ra8+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kh6 62. Ra6+ Kh5 63. Kd1 Rxh2 64. e6 Kg6 65. d6 b3 66. e7 Kf7 67. Ra8 a1Q+ 68. Rxa1 Rh1+ 69. Kd2 Rxa1 70. Kc3 Re1 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.01.26"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Prior, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 c6 12. Qf4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. e3 Nf8 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Qb4 18. b3 Re7 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Kg2 Bc8 21. g4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 Bd7 24. g5 Qa5 25. Rc2 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Kg3 g6 28. b4 c5 29. b5 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Be6 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. a3 Kf8 33. Kf4 Kg7 34. Rcc6 Rh8 35. Kg3 Rhe8 36. a4 Bb3 37. Rd4 Be6 38. Bc4 Bxc4 39. Rcxc4 Rb7 40. Rc6 Rh8 41. Rdc4 Rd7 42. Rc7 Rhd8 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc8 Re7 45. Kf4 Rd7 46. Rc2 a6 47. Rc6 axb5 48. axb5 Rd2 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 51. Kxe4 Rh2 52. Rxb6 Rxh4+ 53. Kf3 Rh5 54. Kg4 Rh1 55. Rd6 Rb1 56. b6 Rb4+ 57. Kf3 Rb5 58. Kf4 Rf5+ 59. Kg4 Rb5 60. e4 Rb4 61. Kf4 Rb5 62. e5 Rb4+ 63. Ke3 Kf8 64. Kd3 Ke7 65. Kc3 Rb5 66. Kd4 Ra5 67. Rc6 Rb5 68. Kc4 Rb1 69. Rd6 Re1 70. Kd5 Rd1+ 71. Kc6 Rc1+ 72. Kb5 Rb1+ 73. Ka6 Ra1+ 74. Kb7 Rc1 75. Rc6 Rd1 76. Ka7 Ra1+ 77. Kb8 Ra5 78. Kc7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nd2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. Ra3 Bxb5 14. axb5 Qb6 15. Nc4 Qb7 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nc6 Nb6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. 0-0 e6 20. Rfa1 exd5 21. exd5 Kh8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8+ Nxa8 24. b6 Qb7 25. Na4 Nd7 26. Na5 Qb8 27. b7 Nc7 28. Nc6 Qe8 29. Nb6 1-0

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhou, Yang Fan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Be5 Bb7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. f4 0-0 16. Rhg1 Rfc8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. g5 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Rg3 hxg5 22. Rxg5 g6 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rh1 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Bd4 26. h5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Rd2 28. hxg6 Rxe2 29. g7 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. b3 Rg8 32. Rh8 Rf2 33. Rc5 e3 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Rxg8 e2 36. Rd8 e1Q+ 37. Kb2 Qe5+ 38. Rc3 Be4 39. g8Q+ Kf5 40. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Barnaure, Vlad Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Nf5 10. e3 Nd6 11. b3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 c6 17. e4 Qa5 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nd6 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Nb5 Nf7 22. Bc3 Qa6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe2 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Nfg4 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. h3 Nh6 28. Ndf3 Re8 29. Rxd7 Bf6 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd2 Nf7 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Banerjee, Supratit"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bc4 d6 9. Bd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Rhg1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 Nc5 15. g6 fxg6 16. Ng5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Rf6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Qh3 h6 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Nf4 Qxh3 22. Nxh3 Ne5 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 g5 27. Bg3 Rf3 28. Ka2 g4 29. Nf4 Bxf2 30. Bxf2 Rxf2 31. Nd3 Rxh2 32. e5 dxe5 33. a4 e4 34. Nc5 Rxb2+ 35. Ka1 Rxb4 36. Re1 Nb6 37. Re5 Nxa4 38. Nxe4 Rbc4 39. Re3 Rc1+ 40. Ka2 R8c2+ 41. Ka3 Nb6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Nd6 Rc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Ka2 g3 46. Re2 Nc4 47. Ne4 Re3 48. Rxe3 Nxe3 49. Nxg3 Kg6 50. Kb3 h5 51. Kc3 h4 52. Nh1 Ng4 53. Kd3 a5 54. Ke4 Kg5 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Manmay, Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Rd7 12. Rad1 c6 13. b4 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Be6 15. c5 h6 16. Bc1 Bf8 17. Bb2 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Be7 20. h4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sowray, Peter John"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qf7 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. c4 Rd8 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Qh5 Be5 21. Rac1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qc7 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. c5 Bc6 25. Nc4 Bxg2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Kxg2 Qxc5 28. Rfc1 Re8 29. Ne3 Qg5 30. Qd7 h5 31. Rc8 Qe5 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qxb7 h4 36. Qd5 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kg8 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke4 Ke8 41. b4 Kd7 42. a4 Ne5 43. f4 Nc4 44. Kd4 Nd2 45. Ne3 g6 46. b5 f5 47. Nc4 Nf1 48. Ne5+ Kd6 49. g4 fxg4 50. Nxg4 Ng3 51. Nf6 Nf5+ 52. Kc4 Ne3+ 53. Kd3 Ng2 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Nd5 Nxf4 56. Nxf4 Kb4 57. Kd5 Kxa4 58. Kc6 g5 59. Ne6 g4 60. Nc5+ Ka5 61. Ne4 Kb4 62. Ng3 Kc4 63. Nh5 Kb4 64. Ng3 Kc4 65. Nh5 Kb4 66. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Qc2 c6 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 0-0 13. 0-0 a5 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Ngf6 17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 a4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Qf4 Nf6 21. Re5 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. Qc2 Bb3 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Re4 Nf8 26. Re1 Ne6 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Rh4 Nf8 30. Ne4 Ng6 31. Rxh6 Bd5 32. Ne5 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bg3 Qb8 12. b4 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Rab8 17. Rab1 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Re7 20. Bc2 Rbe8 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Bd1 h5 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Nh2 Bxd1 27. Rcxd1 h4 28. g4 Qd6 29. Nf1 Rh8 30. f3 h3 31. gxh3 Qf6 32. Kg2 Qh4 33. b5 Qxh3+ 34. Kf2 axb5 35. a6 bxa6 36. Qxc6 Nf6 37. Qd6 Re6 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rc8 40. Re2 Rc3 41. Rb1 Ne8 42. Ra2 Rec6 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bin Suhayl, Ieysaa"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. h4 Nf6 14. g4 fxg4 15. Bxg4 Kh8 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bxh5 Qd7 18. Kh2 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Ng6 20. f3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Bd4 24. Nb5 Be3 25. Rg1 Bxg1 26. Rxg1 Rf7 27. Nd4 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Ne6 Rf6 30. Nxc7 Rg6 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nd4 Rg3+ 33. Kh4 Kf7 34. Nf5 Rg6 35. b4 b6 36. a3 Ke8 37. a4 Kd7 38. e5 dxe5 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Rg1 41. c6+ Kc7 42. Ne7 a5 43. Kh5 Rg3 44. Kh6 Rxf3 45. Kg5 Rc3 46. Kf5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 14th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2024.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rushbrooke, Remy"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 Be6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nxe5 Nh5 17. Ng4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ne3 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne2 Nxh3+ 22. Bxh3 Bxh3 23. Rfe1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rf8+ 25. Nf4 Rxf4+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Rh4 28. Qh2 Be5 29. Rb2 Bxh2 30. Rxh2 Qe5 31. Ng2 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.11.24"]
[Round "2.52"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Jogstad, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "CSC/Kingston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. e4 Be7 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 c5 17. dxc5 Na4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Red1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qc7 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Bg2 g5 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bd4 Nxc5 25. Rac1 b6 26. Qe2 Ne5 27. Qh5 Ng6 28. Qh6 e5 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Be3 Rcd8 31. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Bxd8 Qxd8 35. Qc1 Qd4 36. Bf1 Ne7 37. Qc2 Nc6 38. Kg2 Na5 39. Bb5 c4 40. Qe2 c3 41. Bd3 Kf8 42. Qf3 Nc4 43. a4 Nd2 44. Qe3 Qxe3 45. fxe3 Ke7 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc6 48. Kf2 Kb6 49. Ke2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2425 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.11.23"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Navrotescu, Andreea Cristiana"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. h3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. g4 Rad8 18. d4 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ne4 20. Nf5 h5 21. f3 Ned6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. e3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Re6 25. e4 dxe4 26. d5 Rg6 27. Rxe4 b5 28. Qe2 Bxd5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. Rh1+ Rh6 33. Bxh6 Bxe8 34. Bf4+ Kg8 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. Rd1 Nc4 37. f4 Kf8 38. Rd8 Ke7 39. Ra8 a5 40. Be4 a4 41. Bd3 Nxa3 42. Rc8 c4 43. Be4 Bd7 44. Rg8 g6 45. g5 b4 46. cxb4 Nb5 47. Ra8 a3 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Ra6+ Kc7 50. Bd5 c3 51. Bxf7 Kb7 52. Ra5 Nd6 53. Bd5+ Kb6 54. Rxa3 Nb5 55. Ra1 Bf5 56. Be4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 39th"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2024.10.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Birkisson, Bardur Orn"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CB44_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breidablik"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Nxd6 Ne8 11. Nxe8 Rxe8 12. Qe2 a6 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. h4 Qc5 15. f4 Bb7 16. e5 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Rh3 b4 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Qd4 Nb7 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rg5 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 26. Rg3 a5 27. h5 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rh6 Kg7 32. Rh5 f5 33. Rh3 Rd4 34. Rf3 Nc5 35. g3 Kf6 36. c3 Rd8 37. Re3 b3 38. Bc4 a4 39. axb3 axb3 40. Re5 Rc8 41. Kd1 Rc6 42. Re3 Rc7 43. Ke2 Rc6 44. Re5 Ne4 45. Bd3 Nxg3+ 46. Kf3 Rd6 47. Re3 Ne4 48. Bxe4 fxe4+ 49. Rxe4 Rd2 50. Re2 Rc2 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Rxc2 bxc2 53. Kd2 Kxf4 54. Kxc2 Kf3 55. c4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 39th"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2024.10.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Lopez Mulet, Inigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CB44_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne"]
[BlackTeam "Silla Valencia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. Qc2 h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. b4 Na6 14. e4 Bg4 15. Nd2 c6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb2 cxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. c5 axb4 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. axb4 f6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. d6 Qd7 25. g4 Bf7 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Be4 Rac8 28. Rac1 Nc4 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. Rfd1 Nb8 31. Qf3 Nc6 32. Nxh6 Be6 33. Nf5 Nd8 34. Ne7 Nf7 35. Nxc8 Ng5 36. Qg2 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Rxc8 38. Be1 b5 39. f4 f5 40. gxf5 Bxf5 41. Qf3 e4 42. Qg3 e3 43. Bc3 Be4 44. Kh2 Ra8 45. Ra1 e2 46. Rg1 Rg8 47. Qh4+ Bh7 48. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 39th"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2024.10.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2024.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CB44_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jugovic"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bc2 g6 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. a4 e6 13. h3 exd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. f5 Rae8 17. Bg5 Bc8 18. Qd2 Nbd7 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Qb6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Rf2 Qd8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Ne4 h6 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Bxh6 Nh5 28. Qd2 Bf5 29. Re2 Qf8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qg5 Kh7 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Qg6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qg5 Kh7 39. Kg3 Nh5+ 40. Kh4 Nf6 41. Qxg6+ Kxg6 42. Kg3 Nh5+ 43. Kf2 f4 44. Ng1 Nf6 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Nf3 Nh5 48. Kd2 Ng3 49. Ng5+ Kd4 50. b3 Nf5 51. a5 Ke5 52. Kd3 Kf6 53. Nf3 Ng3 54. h4 Kf5 55. Ng5 Kg4 56. Ne4 Nf5 57. b4 cxb4 58. c5 dxc5 59. d6 Nd4 60. Nxc5 Nc6 61. d7 b3 62. Kc3 Nd8 63. Kxb3 Kxh4 64. Kc4 Kg3 65. Kd5 Kxg2 66. Ne6 f3 67. Nxd8 f2 68. Ne6 f1Q 69. d8Q Qf3+ 70. Ke5 Qe3+ 71. Kd6 Qd2+ 72. Ke7 Qb4+ 73. Kf7 Kf3 74. Qd5+ Ke3 75. Kf6 Qh4+ 76. Kf7 Qh7+ 77. Ke8 Qg8+ 78. Ke7 Qb8 79. Qc5+ Ke4 80. Kd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 39th"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2024.10.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Roos, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CB44_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne"]
[BlackTeam "Ostend"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Bg5 Nb4 11. Qxc4 Bxa4 12. Rxa4 b5 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Rxb4 c5 15. Rb3 c4 16. Rc3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rcc1 Qa5 19. d5 Qb4 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Rxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Rd4 Qxb2 28. Rh4 Qxe2 29. Rxd5 h5 30. Ne3 Kg6 31. Rdxh5 Qxh5 32. Rxh5 Kxh5 33. Kf1 f5 34. f4 c3 35. Ke2 b4 36. Kd3 a5 37. Nd5 Kg4 38. h4 Kh5 39. Nxc3 bxc3 40. Kxc3 Kg4 41. Kb3 Kxg3 42. h5 Kxf4 43. h6 Kg3 44. h7 f4 45. h8Q Kg2 46. Qg7+ Kf2 47. Qd4+ Kg3 48. Qg1+ Kf3 49. Qf1+ Kg3 50. Ka4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 39th"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2024.10.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CB44_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne"]
[BlackTeam "Ljubljana Tajfun"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. h4 h6 10. b3 b6 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. e4 dxc4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Rd6 Nxe5 20. Rd2 f6 21. Rad1 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Nxf7 23. Rd7 Ra8 24. Bf1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Ne5 27. Rc7 Rec8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. f4 Nd3 30. Be3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Bb4 32. bxc4 Nb2 33. Rc1 Bxc4 34. Na4 Bxf1 35. Nxb2 Ba6 36. Kf2 Ba3 37. Bd4 Rd8 38. Bxf6 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Bxb2 41. Rg1+ Kf8 42. e5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 g6 10. Kg2 Bg7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. h3 Rab8 18. g4 h6 19. Be3 Nhf6 20. Qd3 Qb7 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg3 g5 26. f4 Ng6 27. fxg5 Be5 28. Qe3 Nf4+ 29. Kh1 hxg5 30. Ne2 Bxb2 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. Qxf4 Bxa1 33. Rxa1 Qe7 34. Re1 Re8 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Re1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Nc4 12. b3 Nd6 13. Ba3 f5 14. Ng5 Rf6 15. Rc1 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Qe2 Kh7 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nb5 e4 22. Bh3 Rf6 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Bxf5+ Kh8 25. Bxe4 Qb6 26. Rxd6 Raf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Na3 Qd4 30. Rc4 Qd6 31. Qg4 Rf6 32. Nb1 Qf8 33. Rc2 Qb4 34. h3 Ne5 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Qe2 Qd4 37. Nc3 Qd7 38. Ra8 Qd4 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Nd5 Rf7 41. Nf4 Kg7 42. Re8 Re7 43. Rxe7+ Bxe7 44. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 0-0 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b6 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Rb2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rfb1 Ra8 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qd1 f5 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nb4 Qe6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qb3+ Qe6 31. Nd5 Bf8 32. Qb7+ Kg8 33. Nc7 Qd7 34. Qb3+ Qf7 35. Ne6 h6 36. h3 Bg7 37. Kg2 Kh8 38. Nxd4 Qxb3 39. Nxb3 Kg8 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. g4 Bf8 42. Nd2 Ke6 43. Nf1 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Bc5 45. Kf3 h5 46. Ng3 Be7 47. Ke4 Bh4 48. e3 Kd6 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. Ne4 Ke6 51. Ke2 Be7 52. Nd2 Kf5 53. Nf1 Bc5 54. Ng3+ Ke6 55. Kf3 Be7 56. Ne2 Kf5 57. Kg3 Bd6 58. Kg2 Bc5 59. e4+ Kg5 60. Kg3 Bd6 61. Ng1 Kf6 62. Nf3 Bc7 63. Kg2 Bb6 64. Kg3 Bc7 65. h4 Bb6 66. Ng5 Bc7 67. Nh3 Bb8 68. f4 Bc7 69. Kf3 Bd8 70. Ng5 Ba5 71. Nh3 Be1 72. fxe5+ Kxe5 73. Nf4 Kf6 74. Ng2 Bc3 75. Kf4 Bb2 76. Ne3 Be5+ 77. Kf3 Ke6 78. Nd5 Bb2 79. Kf4 Bc1+ 80. Ne3 Bb2 81. Ng2 Bc1+ 82. Kf3 Ke5 83. Nf4 Kf6 84. d4 Bb2 85. e5+ Kf5 86. e6 Ba3 87. d5 Be7 88. Ng2 Ke5 89. Nf4 Bxh4 90. Nxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Williams, Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Rac8 17. Rab1 Bc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nb7 Bb6 20. Rd7 Rc7 21. Rbd1 Rb8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Rc8 f5 26. Rxc6 Rd7 27. Nc4 Bd8 28. Rd6 Rc7 29. Rxd8 Rxc4 30. Rd3 e5 31. Rd5 Rxc3 32. Rxe5 Ra3 33. Rxf5 Rxa2 34. Kf1 a5 35. h4 a4 36. Ra5 a3 37. g4 h6 38. Ra6 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2 40. Kf3 Ra1 41. e3 a2 42. h5 Kf8 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Kf5 Ke8 45. Kf6 Rg1 46. Ra8+ Kd7 47. Rxa2 Rxg4 48. Kxf7 Rg5 49. Rd2+ Kc6 50. Kf6 Rxh5 51. e4 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 e5 6. Qd3 Be7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be2 Be6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. b4 Bg5 14. Rfc1 Bf4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 a5 19. Qa7 axb4 20. Qxb7 Nc5 21. Qxb4 Qa8 22. a4 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. Rc6 Nc5 25. Bb5 g6 26. f3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nc4 e4 29. Rc8 Nf6 30. Nxd6 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 exf3 32. gxf3 f4 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. d6 Kf7 35. Bc4+ Ke8 36. Nb6 Nb7 37. Bb5+ Kf7 38. d7 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Nc4+ Kc5 41. Na5 Kxb5 42. Nxb7 Nxd7 43. Nd8 Nc5 44. h4 h5 45. Nf7 Kc4 46. Ne5+ Kd5 47. Ng6 Ne6 48. Kd3 Nc5+ 49. Kd2 Ne6 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. Ne5 Kd6 52. Nd3 Kd5 53. Nb4+ Kc5 54. Nc2 Nf8 55. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Honey, Luke Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Re1 h6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. e4 Bh7 13. h3 Bb4 14. Nh2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nf3 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Nb6 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Nce2 Nec4 23. Kh2 Na4 24. e5 Naxb2 25. Nxc6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 Ne3 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Nxg2 30. d7 Be4 31. d8Q+ Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Kf8 33. Nd4 Ne3 34. Nxb5 Ke7 35. Nxf7 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Nxg3 37. Kf2 Nf5 38. Ne5 a5 39. Nc3 Bc2 40. Nc4 a4 41. Na3 Bd3 42. Nxa4 Kd6 43. Nb2 Ba6 44. Nac4+ Kc5 45. Ne3 Nd4 46. a3 g6 47. Na4+ Kc6 48. Nc3 Bc8 49. Ng4 Kd6 50. Ne2 Nc6 51. Ke3 g5 52. Nxh6 gxf4+ 53. Nxf4 Bxh3 54. Nxh3 Kc5 55. Nf5 Kc4 56. Nd6+ Kb3 57. Nb5 Ka4 58. Nd4 Nxd4 59. Kxd4 Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2024.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quillaud, Maxime"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Re8 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. b5 h5 14. h3 Nh7 15. e3 Ne6 16. Bb2 f5 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Qc2 h4 19. Kh2 hxg3+ 20. fxg3 Nh5 21. Qd1 Ra2 22. Nc3 Ra7 23. Nd5 Bd7 24. Bc3 b6 25. Bf3 Qg5 26. Rg1 Nf6 27. Qe2 Nd4 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Rbf1 Nc5 32. Qe2 Ra2 33. Rb1 Rh8 34. Bg2 e4 35. Bxf6+ Qxf6 36. d4 Nd3 37. Rb3 Rha8 38. Qd1 Qg5 39. Rxd3 exd3 40. Bxa8 Qxe3 41. Rg2 Rxa8 42. Nf3 Ra3 43. Rd2 f4 44. g4 Rc3 45. Kg2 d5 46. cxd5 Bxb5 47. Qb1 Bc4 48. Qb2 Bxd5 49. Qxc3 Qxf3+ 50. Kg1 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.05.06"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. a4 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rac1 Qc8 14. Nxc4 Na5 15. Nfd2 c5 16. d5 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Qh5 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Rfc1 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. h4 Qxa4 24. g4 Rd7 25. g5 g6 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. gxh6 Bxh6 28. h5 Bg7 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qe4 Rdf7 31. Qxg6 Rf6 32. Qe4 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Ra2 Rc7 36. f4 Bc3 37. Kf2 b5 38. Nd6 b4 39. Rc2 Rb6 40. Ne4 Rh6 41. Rcc1 Bg7 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Nxc5 a5 44. Kf3 Rb6 45. Rb3 Bf8 46. Na4 Rd6 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.05.05"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Chow, Samuel"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 0-0 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 g6 17. a4 Qd6 18. Nd2 c5 19. Qa3 Rfd8 20. Rb1 Qf8 21. Qa2 Qd6 22. Qa3 Qf8 23. Qa2 Qd6 24. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.05.04"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Celtic Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 0-0 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Red8 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. g3 Rc7 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. Rd3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Red1 Rc5 24. h4 Rdc8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qf3 d5 30. Bxd5 Qc7 31. Bb3 Bc5 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Qh5 Qc6+ 34. f3 Qf6 35. Qg4 Kf8 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. Qa8+ Bf8 38. Qd5 b4 39. g4 h5 40. Qc4 e4 41. Qxe4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Qxh4 43. Bxf7+ Kh8 44. Bb3 Qf6 45. Qd5 Kh7 46. Kf3 Kh6 47. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Slaby, Jerzy"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. h3 e5 6. 0-0 g5 7. Bc4 h6 8. d4 Qe7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nbd2 a6 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nh5 13. Nd4 exd4 14. Qxh5 Bg7 15. f4 Nd7 16. e5 gxf4 17. exd6 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qh4 0-0 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Rb3 d3 22. Rxf4 Bg6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe1+ 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Rfc8 27. Ne3 b5 28. d7 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rxc4 Rxd7 32. Rd4 h5 33. d6 f6 34. a4 Kf7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Ke6 37. Ba3 Ke5 38. Bc5 Be4 39. b6 f5 40. h4 Ke6 41. Kh2 Rg7 42. g3 Kd7 43. b7 Rg8 44. Ba7 Bxb7 45. Rxd3 Ra8 46. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Chessable White Rose"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Bf4 Qxc4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qb4 11. 0-0 d6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. h3 Be6 15. Na1 Nd7 16. a3 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Nde5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Nd5 Nxb2 20. Rd2 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Nb3 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc3 25. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Qxe7 Nc4 28. Kg2 Qd2 29. Qxb7 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Rc3 31. Ne2 Nxf1+ 32. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Kg2 Nd2 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qxd6 Qd4 36. Qc6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Alba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 b5 13. b4 Qb6 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Rfc8 19. Na5 Qd6 20. Nc6 Bg5 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Nb3 Qxd1 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 Nb6 26. h4 Be7 27. Bd4 Nc4 28. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.02.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Dael, Siem"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 e5 13. Nc2 d5 14. Nb4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bh4 Re6 18. a5 Rae8 19. f3 Bf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Bf2 Nb3 24. c4 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd7 Nxa5 28. R1d5 Bb4 29. h3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 b5 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Rdd7 Rf6 33. Be3 g5 34. h4 Nc4 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Rf5 37. Bc1 Nb6 38. Rd3 Na4 39. Bd2 Rf6 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Rdd7 Rf6 42. Bg5 Rg6 43. Bd2 Nxc3 44. Rxf7 Nd5 45. Rfd7 Nf4 46. Bxf4 exf4 47. Rdb7 Rh6 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rgb7 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc8 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Ke2 Rh2 54. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 b6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Be4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Bh3 f5 19. Ng5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21. Qd2 h6 22. e3 Nb5 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qb2 Rfd6 28. Bf1 Kh7 29. f3 Nf6 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Bb5 Qf8 32. Nc6 R8d7 33. Rxc5 Ne6 34. Rcc1 Nxd5 35. Qb3 Qf6 36. Nb4 Nxe3 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxe3 f4 39. Qf2 fxg3 40. hxg3 Qg5 41. Rc6 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. g5 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. Nge2 Ra6 15. Kb1 Bh8 16. h5 f4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bh3 gxh5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxh5 Rg6 21. Rdh1 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Ng1 Rfg7 24. Nh3 Nf7 25. Nf2 Nxg5 26. Ng4 Nxf3 27. Nh6+ Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nd4 29. a3 Rg3 30. Qd1 Bg7 31. Rxh7 f3 32. R7h2 Qg4 33. Ka2 Rg2 34. Rxg2 fxg2 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 217 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Nb1 a5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Nb5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Qc2 19. Rab1 Na7 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. h4 Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Bb7 25. Be3 Rc2 26. d5 Nc8 27. Bxe4 Rc4 28. dxe6 Bxe4 29. exd7 Bxb1 30. d8Q 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2324 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 217 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qe7 7. b4 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc3 a5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. 0-0 Na4 15. Qb3 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. h3 Ne4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 f6 21. c5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bg6 23. Bc2 f5 24. Ra7 c6 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 38th"]
[Site "Durres"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ALB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. a3 bxa3 13. Qxa3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 a5 15. Nb1 Rac8 16. Nc3 Qxc4 17. Ne5 dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Na2 Qxe2 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Bc6 Qa6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qe3 Nfg4 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qa4 b5 27. Qf4 h6 28. Rc7 Qb6 29. Rc3 b4 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Nc1 a4 32. h3 axb3 33. hxg4 Nxg4 34. Qxb4 Qc2 35. Qd4 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Villiers, Thomas"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. a5 Nd5 13. Ne4 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Nc3 a5 17. Na4 Qa6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Be2 Ra7 22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Ba3 Rb8 25. Rd2 Nb6 26. Nc5 Rd8 27. Rcd1 Raa8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nxa5 Na2 30. Bc5 Rxa5 31. Bxb6 Ra8 32. e5 Be7 33. Bf3 Nb4 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. b4 Rb8 39. Rd4 g6 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kd3 Ra8 45. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yao, Lan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 Rb8 14. Ng3 Be7 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 h5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Nxh5 a4 21. g4 a3 22. Bc4 axb2 23. Rd5 Qa7 24. Rhd1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qc3 28. Rb7 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rg8 30. Rg3 Bd8 31. Kxb2 Rc4 32. Rb8 Ke7 33. g5 fxg5 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Nf6 Rh2 36. Nd5+ Kd7 37. Ne3 Rc3 38. Rxb4 Rhxc2+ 39. Nxc2 Rxg3 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rxf7 Bxg5 42. Rf8 Bd2 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rc4 d5 45. exd5 Rf3 46. Na3 Rxf5 47. Rc2 Be3 48. Kc3 Bc5 49. Nb5 Rf4 50. Rh2 Ra4 51. Rh7+ Kd8 52. Nc7 Bd6 53. Ne6+ Kc8 54. Rh2 Kd7 55. Rg2 Kc8 56. Rb2 Kd7 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Rb6 Kd7 59. Kb3 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Rxa2 61. Rb7+ Kc8 62. Rh7 Rb2 63. Rh8+ Kd7 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Rh8+ Kd7 66. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Qxd4 cxd4 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Ne4 12. f4 Nd6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nb6 15. Rac1 Na4 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nxb2 18. g4 Be6 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Rxb2 Rxc7 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. Rbc2 Bxa2 25. Nc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Bb3 27. Re2 Bc4 28. Rec2 Be6 29. Bc5 Bxg4 30. Bxd6 exd6 31. Bxb5 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Be3 33. Rf1 d5 34. Bd3 Kg7 35. Kg3 Bh5 36. Re1 d4 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Rcb2 Rc8 39. Rc2 Rc3 40. Rxc3 dxc3 41. Rb7 Bd1 42. Rc7 Bd2 43. Rc6 h5 44. f5 g5 45. f6+ Kh6 46. h3 Be1+ 47. Kg2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Rc5 Bf3+ 50. Kf1 Bh4 51. Rxc3 Bxf6 52. Rc4 Be5 53. Be2 Bxe2+ 54. Kxe2 Kg5 55. Rc5 Kf4 56. Kf1 f5 57. Kg2 Bd4 58. Rc8 Ke4 59. Re8+ Be5 60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Rf8 Kg5 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Kf2 Kf7 64. Rg5 Kf6 65. Rg8 Bf4 66. Rf8+ Ke6 67. Kg2 Bh6 68. Rg8 Bf4 69. Rf8 Bd6 70. Rg8 Kf7 71. Rg5 Kf6 72. Rg8 Be5 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Re8 Bf6 75. Rg8+ Bg7 76. Kg3 Kf7 77. Ra8 Kg6 78. Rg8 Kf7 79. Ra8 Be5+ 80. Kh4 Bf6+ 81. Kg3 Be5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mihalik, Agoston"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Ne5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 0-0 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qc5 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Nd2 a6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Qc5 20. a4 Qg5 21. g3 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Re1 Nd7 25. a5 Nc5 26. Rb1 Bf8 27. e5 d5 28. Nd2 dxc4 29. Nxc4 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Reb1 Rd3 32. Be1 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Rc7 34. Kg2 h5 35. h3 Kh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Kg3 Bg7 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Kg6 41. Bc3 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Ra3 Bh6 46. Rb3 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Bb2 Bd2 49. Rxb7 Bxa5 50. Ra7 Rb4 51. Bc1 Rb6 52. Kf3 Bc3 53. Bf4 a5 54. Ra8 Rb5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Rc8 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Kf3 Bxe5 61. Bd2 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Bd6 63. Bxa5 Rf4+ 64. Kd3 Rxg4 65. Bc3 Kg6 66. Rd8 Be7 67. Re8 Bg5 68. Rg8+ Kf5 69. Rf8 f6 70. Ke2 Rg2+ 71. Kf3 Ra2 72. Bb4 e5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pollack, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. a3 Rc8 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e4 Bd6 15. exd5 Nexd5 16. g3 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Nec4 Qd4 19. c3 Qc5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bb8 23. a4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grieve, Harry"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 e5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 0-0 17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Qxf4 Re6 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc2 Qa6 21. a3 Re2 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Bd3 Re6 25. Bf1 Qb6 26. Rd2 a5 27. h4 Qd8 28. g3 Qe8 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Qg5 f5 31. h5 Qf8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bh3 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Bxf5 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 Qh8+ 38. Kg2 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qh8+ 40. Kg4 Qd4+ 41. f4 Qd1+ 42. Kh4 Qh1+ 43. Bh3 Kf7 44. Qd8 Qd1 45. Qh8 Qd4 46. Qh7+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kg5 d6 49. Be6 Bf3 50. f5 gxf5 51. Kxf5 Bg2 52. g4 Bh3 53. Bd5 Kf8 54. Ke6 Bxg4+ 55. Kxd6 Ke8 56. Be6 Bf3 57. Kxc5 Ke7 58. Bh3 Be2 59. Bf5 Kd8 60. Be6 Kc7 61. Bf7 Bf1 62. Kb5 Kd6 63. Kb6 Bg2 64. c5+ Kd7 65. Bg6 Bh3 66. c6+ Kc8 67. Bd3 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nc4 Ne8 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Bg3 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. Bb5 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne4 Ne8 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. Qb5 Rad8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. f3 Nh5 28. Bh2 f5 29. g4 Nf6 30. Ra3 Rb8 31. Rb3 Rdd8 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Be7 34. Rdd3 h5 35. g5 h4+ 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Bf4 Ng7 38. e4 Nh5 39. Bh2 f4 40. e5 Bxg5 41. Rb5 a6 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Nxb6 Rb8 45. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 109th"]
[Site "Leicester"]
[Date "2023.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Dignam, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Qxd4 cxd4 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Ne8 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nd3 Nd6 14. Na3 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf5 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Na6 Ra8 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. c5 Bd7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Nd4 27. Bd6 Rb8 28. Bd5 Bc6 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxc6 Rc2 32. Na6 Rxa2 33. Bb7 Rb2 34. c6 Bb6 35. Bc5 Ba5 36. Bxa7 f5 37. c7 Bxc7 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Nxc7 h5 40. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "County-ch Final"]
[Site "Egham"]
[Date "2023.07.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Lee, Peter N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Surrey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bf4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Nxd5 Qf8 19. Nc7 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rac8 21. Nxe8 Qxe8 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Qf3 Bh6 24. f5 Qh4 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Be8 27. e7 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Bxf4 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rd8 Rb8 31. axb3 Bc7 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Rxb8 Bxb8 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Rees, Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Bb1 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. f4 h6 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qf2 exf4 18. exf4 Qd7 19. Qh4 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nfe4 21. Rce1 f5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe7 25. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Gallagher, Daniel GH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Bf5 7. h3 c5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. b3 e6 12. Nf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe4 Bxa1 16. Qxd6 Bc6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. Ba3 Bf6 21. Bxc5 b6 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bd2 a4 24. bxa4 Rd7 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Bb4 Ra7 27. Bc6 Rc8 28. Bb5 Rd8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Bd6 31. Rd1 Be7 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. c5 bxc5 34. Bxc5 Rc7 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. a5 Kf8 38. Bc6 Ke7 39. a6 Kd6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. a4 f5 42. h4 h6 43. a5 g5 44. h5 g4 45. Bg2 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose II"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Be3 Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bc1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. Qc2 e4 15. f3 Qe5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. g3 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Czopor, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Nd3 Qxc4 10. Na3 Qg4 11. Nxc5 Nc6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Be3 b6 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Ncb4 20. Rd2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rbd1 e5 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nab1 Nc6 25. Be2 Nd4 26. Bh5 b5 27. Ne2 Nc6 28. b3 b4 29. g4 Bc3 30. gxf5 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Nde5 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 exf3 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. Rg1 Nd4 36. Rg5 Rc3 37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. Nxf3 Bb7 40. Nd4+ Kf7 41. Rf5+ Ke8 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rf5+ Ke8 44. Rg5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Thorarinsson, Pall A"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonzaga"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. exf4 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 18. Kf2 Rae8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Bd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chess.com Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 0-0 13. h4 Nh7 14. g4 Bxh4 15. Kb1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. g5 d4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qb6 exf4 21. gxh6 Be6 22. hxg7 Rfb8 23. Qa5 c5 24. Rh5 Qb7 25. b3 Qb4 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Kxg7 28. Rf1 a5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kb2 Kf6 32. Rxf4+ Ke5 33. Rf1 Nf6 34. Ba6 Rh8 35. Bd3 Rh2 36. Rg1 Ng4 37. Be2 Nf2 38. Rg5+ Kd4 39. Rxa5 Rh3 40. Nd5 Kxe4 41. Bf1 Rh2 42. Nc3+ Kf4 43. Rc5 Ng4 44. a5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.02.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qc1 f6 16. Ne1 Qe8 17. f3 Qg6 18. Bf2 Rae8 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 f5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Qc2 Bg7 23. Rdd1 Kh8 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Rf1 Re6 26. e4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. e4 Bc6 11. Nc3 Ne8 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. e5 Rc8 15. Qg4 Ne6 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Be4 g6 21. Nb5 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Kg7 29. Qd4+ Qf6 30. Rd3 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Kf6 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Re4+ Kd5 34. Ke3 d6 35. Rd4+ Kc5 36. Re4 Rc7 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Rd4+ Ke6 39. Re4+ Kd7 40. Rc4 Rc5 41. b4 Rh5 42. Rc2 Rd5+ 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. a3 Re4+ 45. Kd2 d5 46. Rc3 Kd6 47. Rc8 Re7 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Rc1 Re4 50. Rf1 a5 51. bxa5 bxa5 52. f5 Ke7 53. fxg6 hxg6 54. Rb1 Ra4 55. Rb6 Kf7 56. Rb3 Ke6 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd3 g5 59. h3 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Rc4 61. Kd3 Rc1 62. h4 g4 63. Rb5 Rg1 64. Rxa5 Rxg3+ 65. Ke2 Rg2+ 66. Kf1 Rh2 67. Ra8 Rxh4 68. a4 Rh2 69. Rg8 Kf4 70. Rf8+ Kg3 71. Rd8 Ra2 72. Rxd5 Ra1+ 73. Ke2 Rxa4 74. Rd2 Rf4 75. Ke1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Celtic Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 0-0 7. h4 Na5 8. f4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 exf4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bxf4 d6 12. Qd3 g6 13. 0-0-0 Bf5 14. Qg3 Qa5 15. h5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 f6 18. Qh6 fxe5 19. Rd7 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bg6 21. Rxh7 Rf1+ 22. Kd2 Bxh7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ke6 26. Qg8+ Kf5 27. Qf7+ Kg5 28. Rh5+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chessable White Rose"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f3 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Kh1 f6 20. e4 Nc5 21. Qc2 c6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rg1 cxd5 24. Rg3 d4 25. Bxd4 Be6 26. Rfg2 Rf7 27. f4 Rc8 28. Qd3 b5 29. cxb5 Rc1+ 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Qe3 Nb6 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Nc4 d5 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Be4 39. Nd1 d4 40. Nb2 Kf8 41. a4 Ke7 42. Kf2 Bc2 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd2 Bb3 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kd6 47. b6 Bd5 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Na4+ Kb5 50. Kxd4 Bc6 51. Nc5 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 2223 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.10.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Makkar, Rajat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 0-0 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. e4 Rfc8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Nce4 h6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ne1 a4 20. Nd3 a3 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Nd6 Rcb8 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Qe2 b4 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. e6 Nf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Rb7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. exf7 Rxf7 36. Qxb4+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "11.64"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Redmond, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "West is Best"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rc7 16. Nf3 Qc8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Nb6 22. Qb5 Be7 23. Ne5 c4 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nf3 Rec7 26. Nd4 Rc5 27. Qb4 g6 28. Qa3 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qa6 31. Rb1 Na4 32. Rdc1 R5c7 33. Qa3 Nc5 34. Qxa6 Nxa6 35. Nb5 Rb7 36. Nc3 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rd8 38. Rd1 Nc7 39. Rd4 Ra8 40. a4 Ra5 41. g4 Rc5 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. g5 Ke6 45. Rh4 Rc6 46. Rf4 Ke7 47. Rd4 Ke6 48. Kd2 Rb6 49. Kc2 Rd6 50. Rh4 Na6 51. Nb5 Rb6 52. Rf4 Ke7 53. Nc3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "10.93"]
[White "Mason, Donald"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warwicks Select"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 d5 15. Nd4 Ba8 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. f3 g6 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Rc6 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bd5 Rc7 22. f4 Nb6 23. Bb3 Bxg4 24. Rd6 Nc8 25. Qg2 Bf5 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rd1 Nxd6 28. exd6 Rd7 29. dxe7 Rxd5 30. exf8Q+ Kxf8 31. Rxd5 Qc7 32. Bxc5+ Kg7 33. Re5 Qc6 34. Bxb4 Qh1+ 35. Re1 Qxh2 36. Bc3+ Kh6 37. Be5 Qg2 38. a4 Kh5 39. Bd4 Be4 40. Ka1 Bxc2 41. Bd5 Qxd5 42. Re5+ Qxe5 43. Bxe5 Bxa4 44. Kb1 Kg4 45. Kc1 Kf5 46. Bc7 Ke4 47. Kd2 Kf3 48. Ke1 Bb5 49. Be5 h5 50. Bf6 Kxf4 51. Kf2 g5 52. Kg2 Kg4 53. Be7 h4 54. Bd8 Bc6+ 55. Kg1 Kg3 56. Bc7+ Kh3 57. Kf2 g4 58. Ke3 g3 59. Kf4 g2 60. Bb6 Kh2 61. Kg4 h3 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Browning, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Rd1 a6 14. Na3 Rc8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qa4 19. Ne3 Nde5 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Nc2 e6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. a3 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rfc8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Ne7 29. Rdc1 R3c4 30. Qb2 Kg8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rcb1 e5 33. Nf3 f6 34. Qd2 f4 35. bxa5 Rc2 36. Qd7 Kf7 37. Rb4 Qxa5 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Re4 Re8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rxf4 Rc6 42. Rg4+ Kh8 43. Qf7 Rg8 44. Rxg8+ Nxg8 45. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Stembridge, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
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1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 a6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 h6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qb3 b5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nc8 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. Qf3 Qxb2 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. g4 Bc2 23. Qxf6 Nd6 24. Ned3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxe2 26. Nf4 Bg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxe2 a5 29. Rc6 Nb5 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith CC op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Ivan Georgiev"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Rdf1 b4 12. Nd1 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bd3 g6 20. f5 Nd5 21. Qh6 Bb5 22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. Rf2 Be5 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. g5 Rc4 26. Ne4 exf5 27. Nxd6+ Bxd6 28. Qh3 Re4 29. Qd3 Nc7 30. Rg2 Bc5 31. Qf3 Ne6 32. Qd3 Qd7 33. Qh3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.02"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg5 d6 7. h4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "8.73"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KJCA Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. b4 Bf8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bb2 a6 20. Bxf6 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Bb2 Rc4 23. Ne2 Qc8 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Rf2 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Rd3 Rc2 28. Bd4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nxf4 30. exf4 Qxe2 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Kf2 g6 34. Ke3 Bh6 35. Rf1 Rd5 36. Bb2 g5 37. g3 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rf5 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Be5 f6 41. Bd6+ Ke8 42. Rd1 Rh5 43. Bc7 Rxh2 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Rd2 46. Rxb7 f5+ 47. Ke3 Rd7 48. Ra7 e5 49. a4 Bxf4+ 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. axb5 Rd3+ 52. Ke2 Re3+ 53. Kf1 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 2122 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "7.103"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADS"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bh2 e6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Qa3 Qe8 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bc4 N5b6 14. e4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 f6 16. 0-0 Qf7 17. b3 Re8 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. b4 Nb6 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qb5 Nb2 23. Qxb7 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd6 25. Qc6 Red8 26. a3 Kg7 27. c4 a5 28. c5 Bd7 29. Qb7 Rdb8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Nb6 Qb3 33. Re1 Ra7 34. bxa5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Dougherty, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nd4 8. Bg2 c5 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. f4 c5 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. a4 a5 16. b4 Nef5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bc3 Ne2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qxc3 21. a5 Nd4 22. Qa2 h5 23. a6 Ke7 24. Qa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nb3 26. Ra3 Nd2 27. a7 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Spence, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qb8 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 N5f6 17. Bc6 h6 18. Bxd7 hxg5 19. Bc6 Qd8 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxc7 Qd5 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. e3 Rc8 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Qxd6 Qh3 28. Qxb6 Rh8 29. Qc6 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Qe4 Qh5+ 33. g4 Qh2 34. Rh1 Rc2+ 35. Qxc2 Qxh1 36. Qc5 Qg2 37. Qc4 Qg1 38. b4 axb4 39. Qxb4 Qc1 40. a4 Qc2+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf3 Qd5+ 45. Ke2 Qa2+ 46. Kf1 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd1 48. a5 Qd5+ 49. Kg3 Qh1 50. a6 Qg1+ 51. Kf3 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kg3 Qe5+ 54. Kf3 Qd5+ 55. Qe4 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd7 57. Qc4 Kg6 58. Qe4+ Kg7 59. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 Nf6 11. Be3 Bxd6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. Kb1 0-0-0 15. h3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. g4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bb4 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Qf2 Ka8 21. Bb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23. Qd4 Nd7 24. Ba5 Bc5 25. Qc4 Bd6 26. Nd4 Nb8 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Bb6 Bc7 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. a3 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Qd6 32. Nc3 Qxf4 33. Qe2 Nd4 34. Qe1 Nf3 35. Qe2 Nd4 36. Qe1 Ba5 37. Be3 Qe5 38. Qd2 Nc6 39. b4 Bc7 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Qxh7 Nxb4 42. Qxg7 Nc6 43. Qh8+ Bd8 44. Bb6 Qxa3 45. Bxd8 Qb4+ 46. Kc1 Qf4+ 47. Kd1 Qd6+ 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Kb1 Qb4+ 50. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Chan, Ngo Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 c5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd4 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne6 17. Rcc1 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rc3 Rd7 21. Rfc1 Re8 22. Rb3 Qe6 23. e3 Red8 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. Rbc3 Rb8 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. Rxa6 Rdb7 28. Bxd5 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ledger, Stephen C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Qc1 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Rfc8 14. Bd1 Qd8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. e4 Bd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 Qf6 21. Bxd6 Qxf5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Re8 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Bd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Re3 Re6 29. Bc7 a4 30. Ke2 Ne7 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Bb8 Kf5 33. Ke3 Kg5 34. Bc7 Nf5+ 35. Ke2 Nh4 36. Bb8 Ng2 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. h4+ Kf5 39. Bd6 Nd3 40. Bf8 g6 41. Ke2 Nxb2 42. Bd6 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barker, Edward"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bd6 7. Nd2 0-0 8. g3 Re8 9. h4 Bg4 10. c3 c5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Rac8 14. Nxc6 Bxg3 15. Ncd4 Rxe3+ 16. Kd2 Bxf2 17. Bd3 Re5 18. Kc1 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Rce8 20. a3 a5 21. a4 f5 22. Ka2 f4 23. Raf1 h5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rc8 26. Bb5 d4 27. c4 Qd6 28. Qd3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Easter op 64th"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Kafetzopoulos, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 a5 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Ndc5 16. Rae1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qd4 Qh4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rg3 f6 21. Rff3 Rae8 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qg4+ 24. Rhg3 Qh5 25. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. c4 e6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. a4 f6 19. a5 Kf7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rb1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke7 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Ra6 Rd6 25. g4 g6 26. h4 h5 27. gxh5 gxh5 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rd2 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. Kd3 Rc1 33. Rb8 Rh1 34. Rxb6 Rxh4 35. e3 Rh2 36. Rb8 h4 37. Rg8 h3 38. Rg3 e5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40. Rg6 Rg2 41. Rc6 h2 42. Rh6 Rf2 43. e4 f4 44. Rh5+ Kf6 45. e5+ Kg6 46. Rh8 Kf5 47. Rh5+ Kg6 48. Rh8 Kf5 49. Rh5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Kg2 c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Bb3 b5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. b3 Rb8 22. Rxc4 Qa8 23. Qd3 Rb5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. e3 Be6 11. a4 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb4 Nb3 15. Rb1 c5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bd5 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxc5 21. Rxb7 Rf8 22. Rxf7 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qc6 a5 26. Qb5 Qd2 27. Qc4+ Kg7 28. Qc5 Rf5 29. Qb6 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. h4 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Ra7 a4 37. Kh3 Rb2 38. g4 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. f3 g5 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. hxg5 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf4 a3 45. Kf5 Rf2 46. Rxa3 Rxf3+ 47. Rxf3 h6 48. gxh6+ Kxh6 49. Rd3 Kh7 50. Rd7+ Kh6 51. g5+ Kh5 52. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baker, Chris W"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. e3 e5 8. Bh2 f5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Bd5 e4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Re1 c5 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Nxc7 Rxb2 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nc4 Rb7 21. Nd6 Qe6 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. c4 Ne5 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Rad1 Nd3 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 h6 28. Rd6 Qe8 29. Qb6 Bxa4 30. Rxg6 Kh7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Qxa6 Qf6 35. Qxa4 Qa1 36. Qxa1 f4 37. Qf6 Kg8 38. Ra1 Kh7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nbd5 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e6 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. Nf4 0-0 14. g4 Re8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Nd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Qd3 f6 20. c3 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc2 g6 23. h5 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qd4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Bd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 h6 10. a4 a5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Ng6 Qe8 14. Nxf8 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxf8 16. Qe2 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 b4 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. f4 f6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bf4 Qg6 24. Bxe5 Bg4 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qg3 Bxe5 27. Qxg6 Bxg6 28. Rxe5 Bxc2 29. Rd2 b3 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Kf7 32. Rxa5 Ke6 33. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 d6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 Qe8 9. Bd2 a5 10. f3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 a4 12. h3 Na5 13. g4 Nb3+ 14. Kb1 c6 15. Be1 b5 16. gxf5 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Bd3 exf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Bd6 21. Qd3 c5 22. Bg3 c4 23. Qf5 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Rd8 25. Rhe1 Ne4 26. fxe4 Rxf5 27. exf5 Qd7 28. f6 Qxh3 29. Rg1 g6 30. e4 dxe4 31. Ncxe4 Rxd4 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Ng5 Qh2 35. Rf1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Nb3+ 37. Ka2 Nc1+ 38. Ka1 Nb3+ 39. Ka2 Nc1+ 40. Ka1 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Bf4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Bc7 Qb7 15. Na5 Qa6 16. Nd6 exd6 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Re1 Be5 19. Nc6 Rac8 20. Nxe5 Rxc7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qa4 Bc8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Re3 Bb7 26. Rh3 h5 27. Qg5 Re8 28. Re3 Rde7 29. h3 Re4 30. Rf3 Nh7 31. Qd2 R8e5 32. Qc3 Ng5 33. Rg3 Kg8 34. Qa5 Kg7 35. Qd8 Nh7 36. Qxd6 h4 37. Re3 Bc8 38. Qxe5+ Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40. f4 g5 41. d6 Bd7 42. Re7 Nf8 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Punnett, Alan Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. 0-0 h6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Qf4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rec3 0-0 20. b3 a5 21. h4 a4 22. g4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. h5 Qb4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Qxd4 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Kh8 11. h4 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 f4 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rg1 c6 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. c5 Qxe6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bc4 Qd4 23. Qe2 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qh5 a4 28. Be6 Ng8 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brett, Andrew"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. Na3 0-0-0 12. Qe2 Qc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Qg4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Ng6 21. d4 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Nxf3 23. Rd1 h5 24. Be4 Ng5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bd2 g5 27. Kg2 g4 28. d5 f5 29. Bc2 f4 30. dxe6 f3+ 31. Kh1 Rde8 32. Be3 Bc7 33. Bb3 h4 34. Bd5 Rh5 35. Rd4 Bb6 36. Rc4+ Kb8 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. Rd4 g3 39. Bxf3 Rf5 40. Kg2 Rxe6 41. fxg3 Ref6 42. Rf1 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Rxf3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3 45. Rc4 b5 46. Rc5 b6 47. Rxb5 Kb7 48. a4 Rxc3 49. a5 Ka8 50. Rxb6 Ka7 51. Kh4 Rc1 52. g4 Rh1+ 53. Kg5 Rh8 54. Kf5 Ka8 55. Rf6 Rf8 56. Rxf8+ Ka7 57. Rf6 Ka8 58. g5 Ka7 59. g6 Ka8 60. g7 Ka7 61. Kg6 Ka8 62. g8Q+ Ka7 63. Qg7+ Ka8 64. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cox, Tristan"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. 0-0 c3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. e3 Ba5 11. Nc4 Bb6 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 Qd5 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 f5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bb4 d3 20. Qc7 Rf7 21. Qxb6 Ra6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rxa2 24. Rbd1 Bd7 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Nd5 28. Bd6 Bb5 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Be5 Nd5 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 b5 34. Rb3 b4 35. Ke2 g5 36. Kd3 Rd8 37. g4 Kf7 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. Kc5 Rc8+ 41. Kb5 Rc3 42. Ka4 Rxb3 43. Kxb3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Kc4 h5 46. Bg3 Kf5 47. Kxd5 b3 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, Isambard"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. 0-0-0 Nc6 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Bxe5 Bg5+ 18. Nfxg5 hxg5 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Qxe5 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qd3 f5 23. Qh3 Rfd8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. gxf5 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Nc4 27. f6 Qxg5 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rdg1+ 1-0

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 15. Rc1 Qe5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. g3 Rd8 18. Kg2 0-0 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. c5 e5 21. Rhd1 f5 22. Rd6 e4 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Bc8 25. Qd4 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Bc4 Rf6 28. Qxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Brett, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Ng5 Ra7 10. b3 h6 11. Nge4 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Be3 Bb7 17. d5 Bxa1 18. Bxa7 Bf6 19. dxe6 Nc6 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Bxe4 Nd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e7 Re8 25. Na5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Kf7 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. Qf3 Kg8 29. h4 Qxa2 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Qf8+ Rxf8 32. exf8Q+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qxe5 Qc4 35. h5 b4 36. Qxc7 b3 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Ba3 Qc3 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qxa6 b2 42. Qg6+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Bxb2 Qxb2 46. Kg2 Qb5 47. g4 Qa5 48. Kg3 Qc7+ 49. Qf4 Qc3+ 50. Qf3 Qe5+ 51. Kh3 Qg5 52. Qe4 Qc5 53. f3 Qc1 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qg6+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECF Charity Marathon UKR"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Buckley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "74"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Bf5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. b4 Nd7 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nc3 Re6 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rc4 21. Kf1 Nb6 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rb1 Ra6 25. Nc3 Na3 26. Rb3 Ra5 27. e4 Kf7 28. f4 Ke7 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Nc2 31. Kd3 b4 32. Kxc2 bxc3 33. Rxb7+ Ke6 34. Kxc3 Rxa2 35. Rxg7 a5 36. Kd3 1-0

