[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Gruar, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bd2 Rad8 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nfd4 Rfd8 14. Nxf5 a6 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Nc3 Rde8 17. Bf3 Nd4 18. Rae1 Nxc2 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bg5 Re5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxb7 Re1 23. Rxe1 Nxe1 24. Nd5 Nxd3 25. Nxc7 Nxb2 26. Nxa6 Na4 27. Bd5 Nc3 28. Nc7 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Kg7 30. a4 Kg6 31. a5 Kf5 32. a6 Ke5 33. Nc7 d5 34. a7 d4 35. a8Q d3 36. Qd5+ Kf4 37. Qxd3 f5 38. Qc4+ Kg5 39. Qxf7 Kh6 40. Qxf5 Kg7 41. g4 Kh8 42. h4 Kg8 43. h5 h6 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qxh6+ Ke7 46. Qf4 Kd7 47. h6 Kc6 48. h7 Kc5 49. h8R Kc6 50. Ne6 Kd5 51. Nd4 Kc5 52. Rh5+ Kc4 53. Nf3+ Kd3 54. Re5 Kc3 55. Re3+ Kc2 56. Qa4+ Kb2 57. Qa3+ Kc2 58. Re2+ Kd1 59. Qa2 Kc1 60. Qa1# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Kaarthikan, Mayouran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bc5 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Be2 Nd4 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Qb6 9. b3 Bxf2+ 10. Kd2 Qe3+ 11. Kc2 0-0 12. Rf1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. a3 Qa4+ 19. Kd2 Re6 20. Qd1 Qa5 21. bxa5 Rh6 22. h3 Rg6 23. g4 Rh6 24. Rh1 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. a4 Rf6 27. Ke3 Bb7 28. c4 Re6 29. Qb1 d5 30. cxd5 Rg6 31. a5 Bc8 32. axb6 Rb8 33. h4 Rbxb6 34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Ra8 g6 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 37. Rhc1 Rb2 38. R1c2 Rb3 39. R8c7 Rb4 40. Rxd7 Rb5 41. d6 Rb1 42. Re7 Re1+ 43. Re2 Ra1 44. Rb7 Rh1 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rh3 47. d7 Kf6 48. d8N Kg7 49. Nc6 Kh6 50. Nxe5 Kg7 51. Nxf7 Kf6 52. Ng5 Kxg5 53. Rxh7 Rxh5 54. Rxh5+ Kf6 55. Ra2 Ke6 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Patel, Diah Dipal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d6 5. Be2 Be6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Be3 Qd7 8. Qd2 0-0-0 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qf5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Qxa7 Rdd8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. Qa8+ Kd7 19. Qxh8 Bd6 20. Qxg7 c6 21. Bg4 Qxg4 22. Qxg4+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qg7+ Ke6 25. Qxb7 f5 26. Qxh7 f4 27. Ba7 Nf6 28. Qh6 Ke7 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Qxf6+ Kd7 31. Qxf4 Kc8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. h4 Ke6 34. h5 Kf6 35. h6 Kg6 36. Be3 Kh7 37. a4 Kg6 38. a5 Kf6 39. h7 Kg7 40. h8Q+ Kf7 41. Qbe5 Kg6 42. Qhf6+ Kh7 43. Qee7+ Kg8 44. Qff8# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Reeves, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Be3 Bxe3 5. fxe3 Nh6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Qb6 8. b3 Ng4 9. h3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 d6 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. c4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Kd1 0-0-0 16. Rh4 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rde8 18. a3 Na6 19. Bh3+ Kd8 20. Rg4 h5 21. Rxg7 Rhg8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Kc2 Rg3 24. Bf1 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. c5 Nxc5 27. Bc4 Ke7 28. Rh1 Rg2 29. Rxh5 Ne6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Kd3 e5 35. Ra5 e4+ 36. fxe4 dxe4+ 37. Nxe4+ Ke6 38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. Rd6+ Ke5 40. Rd4 Rb2 41. b4 Rb3+ 42. Nc3 Rxa3 43. b5 Rb3 44. Kc4 Rb2 45. Kc5 Rc2 46. Rc4 Rf2 47. b6 Rf5 48. Rb4 Ke6+ 49. Kc6 Rf3 50. Na4 Rf1 51. b7 Rc1+ 52. Nc5+ Ke5 53. b8Q+ Kf5 54. Qf4+ Kg6 55. Qxc1 Kf5 56. Qe1 Kg5 57. Rb2 Kf4 58. Rf2+ Kg3 59. Qg1+ Kh3 60. Rh2# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Shrivastava, Anshita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Qe4+ 4. Be3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Nxe4 e6 7. Qxd4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Francois, John"]
[Black "Yang, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nd5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bb5 Qe6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. b3 a6 13. Bc4 Qg6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bd5 Be7 19. Bxb7 Bf6 20. Qa4+ Bd7 21. Bxe4 Bxa4 22. Bxg6+ Kf8 23. bxa4 Bxa1 24. Be4 Bc3 25. Ba3 Bxe1 26. Bxd6+ Ke8 27. Bxa8 Kd7 28. Be5 Rxa8 29. Bxg7 Rc8 30. Kf1 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 33. h4 Rxa4 34. g4 Ra3+ 35. Kf4 Ra4+ 36. Kf5 Ra5+ 37. Kf4 Rb5 38. g5 a5 39. h5 a4 40. Kg4 a3 41. h6 Ra5 42. Kf4 a2 43. Kg4 a1Q 44. Bxa1 Rxa1 45. Kh5 Rh1+ 46. Kg4 Ke6 47. Kf4 Rf1+ 48. Kg4 f5+ 49. gxf6 Kxf6 50. Kh5 Rh1+ 51. Kg4 Kg6 52. Kf4 Kxh6 53. Kg4 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. Kh3 h5 56. Kh4 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 h4+ 58. Kg2 Ra1 59. Kh3 Kg5 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Kh2 Ra2+ 62. Kg1 h3 63. Kh1 Ra1+ 64. Kh2 Ra2+ 65. Kh1 Kg3 66. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gruar, Charles"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Qe2 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Bd7 18. Re7 c5 19. c4 Bxa4 20. cxd5 Rxb2 21. Bc4 Rb1+ 22. Bf1 Bb5 23. Rxa7 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaarthikan, Mayouran"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Ng5 Bd7 6. Nxf7 Qe7 7. Nxh8 g6 8. Bf7+ Kd8 9. Bd5 Bg7 10. Nf7+ Kc8 11. Ng5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14. Nh3 h5 15. c4 Nd4 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qb3 b6 18. 0-0 Bxh3 19. g3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Na5 21. Qa4 Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Rb3 a5 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rf6 Rg8 29. Bf4 Nxc4 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Bc1 d5 33. exd5+ Kxd5 34. f4 Bd6 35. Rf6 g5 36. Rf5+ Kc6 37. fxg5 Ne5 38. Bf4 Nd3 39. Be3 Ne1+ 40. Kf1 Nc2 41. Bd2 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nd4 44. Be3 Nf5 45. Ke2 b5 46. Bd2 b4 47. g6 a4 48. g7 Nxg7 49. Kd1 b3 50. axb3 axb3 51. Kc1 Be5 52. Bh6 b2+ 53. Kc2 Kc5 54. Bxg7 Bxg7 55. h3 Kc4 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Kb4 58. g5 Ka3 59. g6 Ka2 60. Kd2 b1Q 61. Ke3 Qb4 62. Ke2 c6 63. Ke3 c5 64. Kd3 c4+ 65. Kc2 c3 66. Kc1 Qb2+ 67. Kd1 c2+ 68. Kd2 c1Q+ 69. Kd3 Qc4+ 70. Ke3 Qbb3+ 71. Kf2 Qcc2+ 72. Kg1 Qbb1# 0-1

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Patel, Diah Dipal"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Bc4 f5 5. Bd5 c6 6. Bxg8 Rxg8 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qf6 12. Qh5+ Qg6 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Re1 0-0-0 15. b4 Na6 16. Qe3 Nxb4 17. Rb1 Nxc2 18. Qxa7 b5 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Rxb5 Rd7 21. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reeves, Thomas"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qf3 c6 4. Nh3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. c4 a6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bxh3 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Kd1 0-0 13. Rg1 Nd4 14. Rg3 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. b3 Bd5 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Nxf3 20. Ke2 Nd4+ 21. Bxd4 exd4+ 22. Kd1 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kxc1 a5 25. Rh3 h6 26. Bb5 Rd8 27. Rh5 a4 28. Bxa4 b6 29. Rf5 Be6 30. Rb5 Rb8 31. Kc2 Bd7 32. Rb4 Bxa4 33. Rxa4 g5 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Kc4 Be5 37. Kd5 Bxh2 38. Kc6 f6 39. Kd7 h5 40. Ke6 Be5 41. Rf7 Re8+ 42. Kd7 Kxf7 43. a4 h4 44. b4 h3 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 h2 47. a6 h1Q 48. f3 Qxf3 49. d3 Qd5# 0-1

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shrivastava, Anshita"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bb4 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. h3 Nge7 11. Be3 Ke8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. b4 b5 16. a4 Nxb4 17. axb5 Nxc2 18. Ra2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Kf7 20. bxa6 Nc6 21. Rfa1 Nb4 22. Ra4 Nc2 23. R1a2 Nxe3 24. a7 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb4 Ke6 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. axb8Q g5 30. Qg8+ Kf6 31. Qxh7 d5 32. Rf2 e4 33. g4 d4 34. Rxf5+ Ke6 35. Qf7+ Kd6 36. Qf6+ Kd7 37. Qxd4+ Ke6 38. Qxe4+ Kd6 39. Qe5+ Kd7 40. Rf7+ Kc6 41. Rf6+ Kd7 42. Qe6+ Kc7 43. Rf7+ Kd8 44. Qh6 Ke8 45. Rg7 Kf8 46. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Rapid U18-B 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yang, Lucas"]
[Black "Francois, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxe5 Rg8 11. Qxe6+ Ne7 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. 0-0 a6 14. Bc4 Rg7 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Qxf7# 1-0

