[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Temperton, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. d3 c6 7. 0-0 Qd7 8. Bg5 Bh3 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne4 Qe6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. a3 0-0-0 16. b4 Rhg8 17. b5 e4 18. dxe4 Qxe4 19. Rfe1 Kb7 20. bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Kg1 Ne5 22. Nxe5+ fxe5 23. f3 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. e4 d3 26. Red1 b5 27. cxb5+ Kxb5 28. a4+ Kb4 29. Kf2 c4 30. Ke3 Rd7 31. Rdb1+ Kc5 32. Rb5+ Kc6 33. Rc1 Kd6 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Rxc4 Ke6 37. Kxd3 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 Rd7 39. h4 f5 40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. Ke3 h5 42. g4+ hxg4 43. fxg4+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Rf7+ 45. Rf4 Rh7 46. h5+ Kg5 47. Kg3 Rb7 48. Rf5+ Kh6 49. Kh4 Rb6 50. g5+ Kg7 51. h6+ Kg6 52. Rf4 Ra6 53. Rd4 Rb6 54. a5 Ra6 55. Rd5 Rc6 56. Rd4 Ra6 57. Rd7 Rxa5 58. Rg7+ Kf5 59. Kh5 Ra1 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Kg6 a5 62. h7 Rh1 63. Rf6+ Ke7 64. Kg7 a4 65. h8Q Rxh8 66. Kxh8 a3 67. Ra6 Kf7 68. Rxa3 Kg6 69. Rg3 Kh5 70. g6 Kh4 71. Rg1 Kh5 72. g7 Kh6 73. g8Q 1-0

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blythe, Douglas"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 0-0 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Re5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 a6 21. Qf3 b5 22. a3 a5 23. h4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. h5 h6 26. Rc1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rc4 28. Qd1 Rac8 29. Re3 Qf4 30. Qe1 Qh4 31. Qe2 Ng4 32. Rd3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Nf6 34. f4 Qh4 35. Qf3 Ng4 36. Ke2 Nf6 37. Kd2 Qg4 38. Qxg4 Nxg4 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. Nh1 Ke7 41. Nf2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Kf6 43. g4 g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Kg3 Rh8 46. Re3 Rhc8 47. Rd3 Rh8 48. Re3 Rhc8 49. Rd3 Rh8 50. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Ruffle, Alan P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. 0-0 h6 8. Rb1 0-0 9. b4 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Reb8 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Rfc1 Bh3 18. Bh1 Ng4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 f5 23. Qb6 f4 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 fxg3 26. hxg3 Nf6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bd8 29. Bc6 Kf7 30. f3 Bc8 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Bg5+ 33. f4 exf4+ 34. gxf4 Bf6 35. Kf3 Bd8 36. e4 Kd6 37. Bb5 Bd7 38. Bxd7 Kxd7 39. Kg4 Ke6 40. Bc3 Kf7 41. f5 Bc7 42. e5 Bd8 43. e6+ Kf8 44. Kh5 Kg8 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Walker, Adrian"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 5. c3 Ne7 6. d3 cxd3 7. Bxd3 Nbc6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. Re1 Be7 11. a3 0-0 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Re8 18. Bb1 f6 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. Re4 e5 21. Ba2+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rd1 Qd7 24. h4 Rd8 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Re2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rd2 Qe6 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Qe3 h6 31. Nd2 Qg4 32. Nf3 Qc4 33. h5 Nfe6 34. g3 Qg4 35. Qb6 Qxf3 36. Bc1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Gosling, Brian GE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 cxd4 5. cxd4 Be7 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 d6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Rc1 0-0 13. b4 b5 14. Qb3 d5 15. h3 Be7 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Qb1 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Ne2 Qc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc5 Be8 23. Nd4 Bh5 24. Rdc1 Ne7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Qc2 Ne7 28. Qc5 Kf7 29. g3 g5 30. Qc2 f4 31. g4 Bg6 32. Bxg6+ Nxg6 33. Qc5 fxe3 34. fxe3 Qxe3 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Ke5 37. Nc6+ Kf4 38. Qf6+ Kg3 39. Qf1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Nf4 41. Nd4 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Kxh3 43. Nc6 Kxg4 44. Nb8 Kf3 45. Nxa6 g4 46. Nc7 g3 47. Nxb5 g2+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Billingsley, Adrian"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Be1 Re8 12. c3 a6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Ne4 18. Bf4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. c4 Red8 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Bh2 c6 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Qc3 Qf5 27. Bg3 h5 28. Rf3 Qe6 29. Re3 Qf5 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. Re3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vadlamudi, Sai Dheeraj"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1440"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Qd2 c5 14. c3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ng3 Qe6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. e4 Qb6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qe3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qf4 Qxb2 24. Nf5 Qe2 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Qf3 Qd5 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Qxf6 Qxa2 29. Qxh6 Qc2 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qf6 Re6 32. Qd8+ Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Qxc5 Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Qxe8 Qxc3 39. Rd1+ Kc7 40. Qxf7+ Kb6 41. Rb1+ Ka5 42. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Aydin, Boran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bc6 Rb8 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Nxb8 Nxb8 14. d4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Qg3 Qc2 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. a4 Bg4 23. Rac1 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qc2 25. Rac1 Qd3 26. Nf3 Qxb3 27. Rc6 Ne4 28. Rb1 Qxb1+ 29. Ng1 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kadalarasan, Ganesh Balaji"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1291"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. 0-0 c4 11. Bxh7+ Nxh7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. h3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. N2f3 Re8 19. Ne1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 g6 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. b3 b5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Re2 Qf6 25. a3 Rad8 26. Qc1 Kg7 27. Ra2 Qg5 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. Kg1 Nd6 30. Rad2 Ne4 31. Ra2 Qg5 32. Kh2 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rh7 34. g4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Bentley Davies, Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nb5 Ne4 8. Nxd6+ Nxd6 9. b3 h5 10. h3 Bf5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qxg3 15. Rf3 Qg6 16. Rc1 h4 17. Nf1 Rh5 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qd3 Rg5 21. Rf2 0-0-0 22. Rcf1 Rg3 23. e3 Rxh3 24. Rf3 Rg3 25. Rxg3 Qxg3 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Kh2 Rh8 28. Bh3 Nh6 29. Qf1 f5 30. Bc1 Qe7 31. Rf2 g5 32. Re2 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 g4 34. Bg2 Qg3 35. Qf2 Qd6 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. exf4 Kd7 38. c4 c6 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Rc2 h3 41. Bf1 g3 42. Bxh3 Nf7 43. Kg2 Nd6 44. Be3 Ne4 45. Rc1 Rh4 46. Rh1 a6 47. Kf3 b5 48. Bg2 Rh2 49. Rg1 Kd6 50. Rc1 Kd7 51. a4 b4 52. Rc5 Nxc5 53. dxc5 Rh8 54. Kxg3 Kc6 55. Bf1 Ra8 56. Kf2 Ra7 57. Bd4 Ra8 58. Kf3 Kb7 59. Bf2 Kc6 60. Ke3 Kxc5 61. Kd3+ Kc6 62. Kd4 Kd6 63. Be1 a5 64. Bb5 Rc8 65. Kd3 Rc1 66. Bd2 Rf1 67. Be3 Rd1+ 68. Bd2 Rf1 69. Be3 Rd1+ 70. Bd2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peach, Clifford B"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. a3 a5 7. c4 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 g6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qb2 Rad8 24. Ree1 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Red1 Ne4 27. g3 Nc3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxd1 32. Nd4 Nc3 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. f3 Kf6 35. e4 Ke5 36. Nc2 Nb5 37. Kf2 b6 38. Ne3 Kd4 39. Ng4 h5 40. Nh6 Nd6 41. Ng8 c5 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Ne7 c4 44. Ke2 Nb5 45. Nc6+ Kc3 46. Ne5 Nd6 47. Kd1 Kb2 48. Nxc4+ Nxc4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. h3 Kd4 51. h4 Ne5 52. Kf2 Kd3 53. f4 Ng4+ 54. Kf3 f6 55. f5 gxf5 56. exf5 Kd4 57. Kf4 Nh6 58. g4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online op U1700 3rd"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Saha, Soumil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1392"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qf4 Be6 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Qh4 Bf5 16. Nf4 h6 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qh3 0-0 20. g3 Bb4 21. a3 Ba5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Na4 Ba7 24. Bb2 Rfe8 25. Bd4 a5 26. Bxa7 Rxa7 27. Nc5 d4 28. exd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Qd7 Qb6 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qe1 Qb5 35. Qc3 Bf5 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. Kf3 Bxh3 39. Ne4 Qf5+ 40. Ke3 Bg2 41. Qxc6+ f6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Nd2 Qg5+ 44. Kd3 Qf5+ 45. Kc3 Qxf2 46. b5 Qxg3+ 47. Kc4 Qc7+ 48. Kb4 Qd6+ 49. Ka5 Qc7+ 50. Kb4 Qd6+ 51. Ka5 g6 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qc4 h4 54. Qd3 h3 55. Nf3 Qd8+ 56. b6 Qa8+ 57. Kb5 Qxf3 58. Qd2+ g5 59. Qb4 Qc6+ 60. Ka6 Qa8+ 61. Kb5 h2 62. Qe7 Qc6+ 63. Ka5 h1Q 64. Qf8+ Kg6 65. Qg8+ Kf5 66. Qh7+ Qxh7 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online op 15th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Humphreys, Paul"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Qb6 12. 0-0-0 Na6 13. a3 0-0-0 14. g5 Nd7 15. g6 f5 16. Nxe6 Rhg8 17. Qxf5 Rde8 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. h5 Nf6 20. Nxg7 Nxh5 21. Nxe8 Ng3 22. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online op 15th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Bamford, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfc1 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Rc2 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. Na4 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qc3 Qd8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online op 15th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horwood, Alexander"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Rfc1 Nf4 15. Kf1 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Rac8 17. Ke3 Nb4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ra5 Bb5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ngf3 b6 22. Ra3 Nc2+ 23. Kf4 Nxa3 24. bxa3 g5+ 25. Kg4 Be2 26. b4 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 h5 28. g3 Rc2 29. Ke2 Ra2 30. h4 g4 31. Ke3 Rxa3+ 32. Kf4 Ra2 33. Ke3 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Kd3 a5 36. b5 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Kf5 38. Kd3 a4 39. Kc3 Ke4 40. Kb4 a3 41. Kxa3 Kxd4 42. Kb4 Ke4 43. Kc3 Kf3 44. Kd4 Kxf2 45. Ke5 Kxg3 46. Kd6 d4 47. Kc6 d3 48. Kxb6 d2 49. Ka7 d1Q 50. b6 Qa4+ 51. Kb8 Qb5 52. b7 e5 53. Kc8 Qxb7+ 54. Kxb7 e4 55. Kc6 e3 56. Kd5 e2 57. Kd4 e1Q 58. Kc5 Kf4 59. Kb6 Ke5 60. Ka7 Kd6 61. Ka8 Kc7 62. Ka7 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online op 15th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Upton, We Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rfc1 c5 12. Ba6 Bc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Ba6 Bc6 15. a4 Nb8 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. a5 c4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 b5 22. b3 cxb3 23. Nxb3 a6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Bd5 26. Rc3 Qb4 27. Qc2 g6 28. h3 Rab8 29. Nd4 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Rac1 Ra2 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rc5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. Kg3 h5 38. Rc2 Rxa5 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Rxe5 41. Rxa6 Rg5+ 42. Kh2 h4 43. Ra4 Re5 44. g4 hxg3+ 45. fxg3 f5 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. h4 Rd5 48. Ra3 Rd3 49. Ra4 Rxe3 50. Kg2 Rd3 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Kf1 e5 53. g4 Rd4 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 Rd7 58. Rxd7 Kxd7 59. h6 Ke7 60. h7 Kf7 61. h8Q 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online op 15th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Tang, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qe2 e6 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Ba6 Qd7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. b3 a6 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. a3 Rc7 19. g3 Rac8 20. b4 Ne7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qe2 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Nc5 Nf5 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Nd6 28. Nd2 e5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Qxc5 31. Nxe5 Qxa3 32. Qd1 Qc5 33. Nd7 Qb5 34. Qa1+ Kh6 35. Nf6 Ne4 36. Ng8+ Kh5 37. Qe5+ f5 38. g4+ Kh4 39. gxf5 Kh3 40. Qa1 Qe2 41. Qf1+ Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 a4 43. f6 a3 44. f7 a2 45. f8Q a1Q+ 46. Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Ke1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.19"]
[Round "7.164"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Potter, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bude Reef Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "Manchester Manticores"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Qe2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. Be3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nbd7 16. b4 Nb6 17. Kh2 Nc4 18. Bg5 b5 19. a4 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bg4 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nd2 24. Qxd2 Rxb5 25. Rc6 Rfb8 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Qf3 28. Qe1 Rb8 29. Bg4 Qb3 30. Rb1 Qa4 31. Bd1 Qa2 32. Be2 Bf8 33. b5 Qc2 34. Bf1 Be7 35. Rc1 Qa4 36. Ra1 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qa4 38. Ra1 Qb3 39. Rb1 Qf3 40. Bg2 Qa3 41. Qb4 Qxb4 42. Rxb4 Bd8 43. Bf1 Bb6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. f4 Kf6 46. Kf3 Ra8 47. Rb3 Ra1 48. Bg2 Ra2 49. fxe5+ Kxe5 50. Bh1 h5 51. g4 Rf2+ 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kxh4 Kf4 54. g5 Rf1 55. Bg2 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.04.05"]
[Round "6.144"]
[White "Lockett, Karl J"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe"]
[BlackTeam "Bude Reef Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. Qc2 d6 9. b3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e4 e6 13. Nd2 e5 14. f4 Nh5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Rae1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bh3 Nf6 20. Qd1 Nxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. Re7 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT2 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.144"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Williams, Philip J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bude Reef Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "Cornish Choughs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. a3 0-0 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qb3+ Be6 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 fxg5 17. Nxc5 Bd5 18. e4 Bf7 19. Na6 Nxa6 20. Qxc6 Rb6 21. Qc3 Bf6 22. Bh3 Qd6 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Rfc1 b4 25. Qd2 h5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qf6 28. Qe3 bxa3 29. bxa3 Kh7 30. Bf5+ g6 31. Bh3 Qd6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Rdb8 34. Bc8 Qf6 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. Qf3 Rb7 38. Qe3 Rxa3 39. Rxa3 Qxa3 40. Qc5 Qxc5 41. Rxc5 Re7 42. Ra5 Be8 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra5 Bc6 46. Rc5 Bb7 47. Ra5 a6 48. Ra3 Rd7 49. Kf3 g5 50. Ke3 g4 51. Ra5 Ke6 52. Ra3 Rf7 53. Ke2 Kd6 54. Ra5 Re7 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Ra4 Re6 57. Ra5 Kb6 58. Ra3 Bc6 59. Rb3+ Bb5 60. d4 exd4+ 61. Kxd4 a5 62. e5 a4 63. Ra3 Ka5 64. Kd5 Re8 65. Re3 Rd8+ 66. Kc5 Rc8+ 67. Kd4 Kb4 68. e6 a3 69. Re2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 14th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kapur, Gul"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 c6 5. c5 Nf6 6. a3 0-0 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. f4 Be8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Ng4 Kg7 16. Kd2 Nf6 17. Nf2 Rh8 18. g4 Bd7 19. b4 a6 20. Rh2 Ng8 21. Kc2 f5 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. g5 Ne4 24. Ncxe4 dxe4 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. a4 b5 27. a5 Bc8 28. Rah1 Qd5 29. Qb2 Bd7 30. Kd2 Be8 31. Bd1 Bf7 32. Bb3 Qd7 33. Nd1 Kg8 34. Ke2 Bf8 35. Ke1 Bg7 36. g3 Rd8 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Qa2 Rd7 39. Nc3 Kf8 40. Rdh2 Kg8 41. Qc2 Qf8 42. Qf2 h5 43. gxh6 Rxh6 44. Qg2 Rd8 45. g4 Re8 46. Rxh6 Bxh6 47. gxf5 exf5 48. Qxg6+ Qg7 49. Bxf7+ Kf8 50. Bxe8 Qg8 51. Rxh6 Qb3 52. Rh8+ Ke7 53. Rh7+ Kd8 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 14th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lynn, Angelo"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. a3 c4 6. Nf3 b5 7. Be2 Nge7 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Re1 a5 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. h3 h5 13. Qc2 g5 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Rf1 g3 19. Nhf3 Bg5 20. e4 Be3+ 21. Rf2 gxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rh1+ 23. Ng1 Rxg1# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 14th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mokhber Garcia, Sebastian"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1494"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 0-0 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Na4 b5 14. Nb6 Qb7 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. 0-0 Nxd5 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Rac1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc6 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Bc7 Nxd4 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Nd4 26. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nd5 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. a3 h5 31. Rc1 Kh6 32. h4 b4 33. Rc6 bxa3 34. bxa3 a5 35. Bg5+ Kg7 36. Bd8 Kh6 37. Bxa5 g5 38. Bd8 g4+ 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Bg5 Kf5 41. a4 f6 42. Be3 e5 43. a5 Ke4 44. a6 Nb4 45. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 14th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Shaughnessy, Phillip J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "1408"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 c6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Ne5 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bd6 17. Re2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Bc1 a5 21. a3 Re6 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Rde1 Ne7 24. Bd2 a4 25. f4 b5 26. Bc3 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nc7 28. f5 R6e7 29. Bc5 Rd7 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Rd5 32. Bb4 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 Rf6 34. e7 Nd5 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. Bd4 Rd6 37. Bc5 Rd7 38. Rf2+ Nf6 39. Re6 Kxe6 40. Re2+ Kd5 41. Bb4 c5 42. Rd2+ Kc6 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Bc3 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 14th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1408"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Raf1 0-0-0 19. e4 Ne5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. R4xf3 Rhe8 23. R3f2 Re3 24. Rf3 Re2 25. R3f2 Rde8 26. Bf3 Re1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 g5 30. Ke2 Kc7 31. c4 dxc4 32. dxc4 b6 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Kd4 g6 35. b4 h5 36. a4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Ne8 38. c5+ bxc5+ 39. bxc5+ Kc6 40. Bf3+ Kc7 41. Ke5 Kd7 42. c6+ Ke7 43. Bg4 Kd8 44. Ke6 Kc7 45. Bf3 Kd8 46. Kf7 Nd6+ 47. Kxg6 Nc4 48. Kxg5 a5 49. h4 Ne5 50. Be4 Nf7+ 51. Kf6 Nd6 52. Bd3 Kc7 53. h5 Ne8+ 54. Kf7 Nd6+ 55. Kf8 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "2.164"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Bude Reef Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Nge7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bh4 11. Nxh4 Nxh4 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. 0-0 Nf5 19. Bf2 h5 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. b3 b5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qb2 g6 24. Qb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Bc6 26. Rc7 Ba4 27. h3 h4 28. Bd1 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf8 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Rbb7 Rhf8 32. a4 a5 33. Kf1 Rab8 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxb8 Ra7 36. Ke2 Kh6 37. Kf3 Kh5 38. Rh8+ Nh6 39. Bxh4 g5 40. Bxg5 Kg6 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT2 S5 (4NCL) online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "1.134"]
[White "Rasalingam, Haran Tobias"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barnet Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Bude Reef Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 b6 14. f4 Re8 15. g4 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f5 Bf8 19. Qe1 Bc5 20. Qf2 Nxg5 21. h4 Nh7 22. fxg6 Bxe3 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Qxe3 Nf8 25. Qg5 Bg4 26. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 13th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Andrew T"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1458"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Ng3 f4 16. Nf1 a5 17. N1d2 Bf5 18. Ng5 Nxd5 19. Nxh7 Nb4 20. Nxf8 Nc2 21. Bg4 Qxf8 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Nxe1 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxe1 Ke6 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rd5 b6 30. f3 a4 31. Kf1 axb3 32. a3 Ra4 33. Rd3 Rxc4 34. Rxb3 Bd8 35. g3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Bc7 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd3 Rg2 39. g4 Rg3 40. Ke4 Rg1 41. Rd3 Re1+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kd5 44. Kd3 b5 45. Kc3 Ba5+ 46. Kd3 c4+ 47. Kc2 b4 48. axb4 Bxb4 49. Ba1 Bc5 50. Bb2 Ke6 51. Bc3 Kd5 52. Bb2 Be3 53. Bc3 g5 54. Bb2 e4 55. fxe4+ Kxe4 56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Bxg5 Bxg5 58. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 13th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Bamford, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. b3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c6 8. Nc3 b6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Qe3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxc3 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 g5 19. Rxc3 gxf4 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. gxf4 Kg7 23. e3 f6 24. Bh3 Kf7 25. Rc6 Nb8 26. Rc2 Qg8+ 27. Kh1 Ba6 28. Nh4 Qd8 29. f3 Bd3 30. Rc1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxh3 32. Kxh3 Nd7 33. Rc3 Ba6 34. f5 e5 35. Rc6 Qg8 36. dxe5 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 13th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baguley, John"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. Ngf3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne4 Nbd7 8. h4 h5 9. c3 Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nfg5 Rc8 12. f3 c4 13. Be2 Nd5 14. g4 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bxe4 16. fxe4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Qxh5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 13th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Norris, David"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1507"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Qd2 c6 7. 0-0-0 b5 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh4 b4 12. Nb1 Be6 13. Ne2 Qg5+ 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. g3 Bxa2 16. Bg2 Bc4 17. Rd2 Nbd7 18. f4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 gxf4 20. gxf4 e5 21. Bh3 Rh8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Rd7 Nc5 27. Rc7 Rhc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nd2 f6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Re1 Rc7 32. Nc4 Ne6 33. h4 Rh7 34. Ne5 Rxh4 35. Nxg6 Rh5 36. Rg1 Rg5 37. Rxg5 Kxg5 38. Ne7 c5 39. Nc6 a6 40. c3 bxc3 41. bxc3 Kf4 42. Kd2 Ke4 43. Na5 Kd5 44. Ke3 c4 45. Kd2 Kc5 46. Kc2 Nd8 47. Kb2 Kb5 48. Nxc4 Kxc4 49. Kc2 Nc6 50. Kb2 a5 51. Kc2 Na7 52. Kb2 Nb5 53. Kc2 Nxc3 54. Kb2 Kb4 55. Ka1 Nd1 56. Ka2 a4 57. Ka1 Kb3 58. Kb1 Ne3 59. Ka1 a3 60. Kb1 a2+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 13th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Dray Pearce, Tristan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Ng3 Nh5 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. Qc2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qg6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Kf2 Qg5 18. e4 Rg6 19. Rh1 Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Re2 Rf8 24. Rf2 Qf4 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Re2 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rxd4 31. Ke2 c5 32. b3 h6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. g4 a5 35. Rh5 a4 36. bxa4 Ke6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 Kf6 39. Rg2 Rxa4 40. Rb2 Rb4 41. Rd2 d4+ 42. Ke4 g5 43. Rc2 Ra4 44. Rb2 Ra6 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Rb2 Re3+ 47. Kd5 Re5+ 48. Kc4 Re6 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Kc4 Kf4 51. Rb3 Re3 52. Rxb6 Rc3+ 53. Kd5 d3 54. Rb2 Kxf3 55. a4 Rc2 56. Rb3 Ke2 57. a5 d2 58. Rb1 d1Q+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Spring Online U1700 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Turvey, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. a3 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nb6 Qc7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxb6 16. Kh2 Nd7 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bc3 Nce5 19. Bg2 b5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b3 e5 23. f5 Ne7 24. e4 Nc6 25. Qf2 f6 26. g4 Nd4 27. Rfc1 Qa5 28. Qa2 Rh8 29. b4 Qd8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. h4 h6 33. Rf1 Ra8 34. Qa2 Qa6 35. Qd5 Qc6 36. Qa2 Ra4 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Rfc1 Rha8 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rxa3 41. gxf6+ Nxf6 42. Qd2 Ra2 43. Qg5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 7th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peach, Clifford B"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. c4 Qc7 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Nh5 13. Bf1 Nf4 14. g3 Ne6 15. Rc1 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Ra1 Bb7 18. a4 Ndc5 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd4 22. Qb1 Qxe5 23. f4 Qg7 24. e5 Red8 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Nc2 27. Qxb6 Qf8 28. Nf3 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qe7 30. a5 Na6 31. Qb2 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Nb4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qf6 Qf5 35. Qe7 Nc2 36. Ng5 Nxe1+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Ke3 Qd2+ 39. Ke4 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 7th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Smith, Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 d6 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Bg5 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Qd2 Rh6 14. h4 g5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5+ Qxg5 17. hxg5 Rg6 18. f4 Rb8 19. e3 h6 20. gxh6 Rxg3 21. Kf2 Rg6 22. Rh1 Kh7 23. Rbg1 a6 24. Bf3 Rbg8 25. Rxg6 Rxg6 26. d4 Nd8 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Ne2 Rxh6 29. Rxh6+ Kxh6 30. Kf3 Kg6 31. Kg3 Kh5 32. Kh3 a5 33. b5 a4 34. Nc3 Na5 35. c5 dxc5 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Nxa4 Nc4 38. Nxc5 Nxa3 39. Nxe6 Nxb5 40. Ng7+ Kg6 41. Ne6 c6 42. Nd4 Nxd4 43. exd4 Kf6 44. Kh4 Kg6 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Kh4 Kg6 47. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 7th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comish, Gary"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. h3 c6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. h4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Rh2 Rad8 20. Nf1 Qa5 21. Kb1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe1 Rd7 24. Ng3 Qd8 25. Rh1 Rd2 26. Nce2 Nxe2 27. Nxe2 a5 28. f3 Bb4 29. Nc3 Qd4 30. Ne2 Qe3 31. Nc1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Bxe1 34. Nd3 Bb4 35. Nxe5 c5 36. Kd1 Kf8 37. Nc6 Ke8 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Nxb4 axb4 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. f4 Kd6 42. e5+ Kd5 43. Kd3 c4+ 44. bxc4+ bxc4+ 45. Ke3 c3 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 7th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Upton, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. c4 0-0 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5 Bxa5 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Qd1 Bc3 15. Bd2 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne4 17. Bf4 Nc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa2 19. Qe3 b5 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Nxa1 Qa5 22. Qc1 Ra8 23. Nb3 Qa2 24. Nfd2 Bc2 25. e4 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27. exd5 exd5 28. Qe1 Qc2 29. Qe7 Qf5 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Qh4 b4 32. Bf3 b3 33. Bc1 Qe1 34. Qg5 Qxf2+ 35. Bg2 b2 36. Bxb2 Qxb2 37. Qe7 Nf6 38. Qc7 Qb5 39. g4 h6 40. Qf4 Ra2 41. Kg3 Qe2 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Bf3 Qf2+ 44. Kf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 7th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stewart, Geoff"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Ng7 8. Bg3 Nf5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be2 c6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qd3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 e5 14. 0-0-0 d5 15. Bh5 0-0 16. Rdf1 Nf6 17. Be2 e4 18. Qd1 Bf5 19. Rxf5 Ne8 20. h4 Nd6 21. Rf2 f6 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Rhf1 Nf7 24. Bg4 b6 25. Be6 Qxg3 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. Bxf7 a5 28. Bh5 a4 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nd2 b5 31. Qf2 Qd6 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 b4 34. Ncb1 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Rxg5 Bxe3 39. Rxd5 Rg8 40. g4 b3 41. cxb3 axb3 42. axb3 Rb8 43. Kd1 Bf2 44. Nxe4 Be3 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kh8 48. Re6 Rxb3 49. Kc2 Rb8 50. Re8+ Rxe8 51. Bxe8 Kg7 52. b4 Bb6 53. Kd3 Kf8 54. Bh5 Kg7 55. Kc4 Be3 56. b5 Kf8 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. Kc6 Ke6 59. Na3 Ke5 60. Nc5 Kf6 61. Nc4 Bf4 62. Nd6 Ke7 63. Ndb7 Bb8 64. b6 Bf4 65. Na5 Be5 66. b7 Bb8 67. Nd7 Bf4 68. Nc4 Ke6 69. Nde5 1-0

[Event "4NCL Spring Online U1700 op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fontanella, Davide"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Bf4 Qxd4 8. c3 Qxf4 9. g3 Qe5 10. Qxe5 fxe5 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Re2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Bxa2 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. c4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Nf3 Rae8 22. Rd1 e4 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 a5 25. b3 Nxb3 26. Rdxe4 Rxe4 27. Rb2 a4 28. Ra2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "4NCL Spring Online Intermed op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qe2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. h5 Ng4 13. Nh2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg5 15. Ng4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Rxe3 18. d4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Qf5 Qd7 21. g4 Rae8 22. d5 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 cxd5 24. a3 a6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Ka2 Bf4 29. Bc8 Re7 30. Rd4 Be5 31. Rb4 Rc7 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Rb5 Rxc2 34. Be4 Kf8 35. Bxc2 Ke7 36. Rxa5 Kf6 37. Ra7 Kg5 38. Bd1 f6 39. Rxg7+ Kh4 40. Rg6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 6th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bazan, Mateusz"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nge2 Re8 12. 0-0 b6 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Na2 Bb7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ra8 17. Nec3 Ba6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Red8 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Ba4 24. Qc3 Bd6 25. Rac1 Bb5 26. Nb4 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re8 28. f4 f6 29. f5 Rec8 30. Qe1 Qb7 31. Qd1 Nxe4 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Bxe4 Bxb4 34. Qb3 Bd6 35. Ba3 Qa6+ 36. Kf2 Qxa3 37. Qxa3 Bxa3 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. h4 Ke7 40. g4 h6 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. h5 b5 43. Kd2 b4 44. Bc2 Rc4 45. Bd1 e4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 6th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Sagar, Aneesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 g6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 0-0 11. a5 Ne8 12. Qd3 Nd6 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rfc1 Nf6 15. e4 Nfe8 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qd3 Ncd6 19. b4 Qe7 20. Rab1 c6 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfd8 24. f3 Rd7 25. Qc5 Qe8 26. Na4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Nb6 Rcd8 30. Bc7 Rxe4 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Qe4 35. Rd1 Qxb4 36. h3 Qxa5 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Rb1 b5 39. Ne5 Qc3 40. Nf3 a5 41. Rd1 a4 42. Rd7 h6 43. Nd4 a3 44. Nxe6+ Kf6 45. Nf4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 6th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kumar, Satyam"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1314"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Ng5 0-0 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. h3 Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Bb6 Qxb6 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Re7 Be6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. f4 Kf7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ke3 h5 29. g4 g6 30. Ke4 b6 31. g5+ Ke7 32. Ke5 b5 33. b3 b4 34. h4 c5 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Ke3 c4 38. bxc4+ Kxc4 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Ke2 Kc3 41. Kd1 b3 42. cxb3 Kxb3 43. Kc1 Kxa4 44. Kb2 Kb4 45. Kc2 Kc4 46. Kd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online U1700 op 6th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Orman, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne7 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qd5 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. a3 b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rdc3 a6 20. b4 Nh4 21. Ne1 Ng6 22. Rc7 h6 23. g3 Bf8 24. Ng2 Ne7 25. Ne3 Kh7 26. Kg2 g5 27. g4 Kg6 28. Kf3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Ke4 Rd2 31. R1c2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Bg7 33. Rc7 a5 34. Bc3 axb4 35. Bxb4 Rb8 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Bd6 f6 38. exf6 Bxf6 39. Be5 Bxe5 40. Kxe5 b4 41. axb4 Rxb4 42. Rxe6+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. Re7+ Kg6 46. Re6+ Kg7 47. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Spring Online Intermed op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Vdovycia, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1257"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Bxb4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Rfc1 0-0 15. Nb3 Ra4 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17. Bb4 Ne4 18. Nh4 Bxb4 19. Nxf5 Bxa3 20. Rc2 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Rb1 Ra2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. e3 b5 25. Bh3 Nb6 26. Bf1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Nc1 Rc2 29. Kf1 b4 30. e4 b3 31. Nxb3 cxb3 32. Rxb3 b5 33. d5 b4 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. e5 Be7 36. f4 Rc2 37. Kg1 Rc3 38. Rb1 b3 39. Kh1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "4NCL Spring Online Intermed op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watson, Andrew"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 b6 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. Nf4 0-0 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qh6 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. Qh3 Bc8 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 Kg7 18. h4 h5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Be2 f6 21. Nd2 f5 22. Bxh5 Qf6 23. Be2 Kf7 24. h5 Rg8 25. hxg6+ Rxg6 26. Bh5 Kg7 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qh3 Bd7 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. 0-0-0 Kf7 31. Qh4 Rg7 32. Ng5+ Kf8 33. Nh7+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Kf8 35. Qf2 Ne7 36. Rdg1 Ng8 37. g4 Nf6 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. gxf5 Qxf5 40. Nf3 Rxg1+ 41. Qxg1 Kd6 42. Rf8 Qh5 43. Ne5 Qh6 44. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 5th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mcloughlin, Kevin"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1382"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bb2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 a6 14. c4 b6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Qb1 Bg6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bf6 22. Qe4 Qb6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd4 Qc7 28. b4 g6 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. f4 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Bh4 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Be3 Bf2 38. Kd4 Bxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Rc2 40. Rc3 Rxc3 41. Kxc3 g5 42. f5 exf5 43. gxf5 Kf8 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Ke4 g4 46. Kf4 g3 47. Kxg3 Kd7 48. Kf4 Kc6 49. Ke4 Kd7 50. Kd5 Kc7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Kb6 a5 53. Kxa5 Kc6 54. e6 fxe6 55. fxe6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 5th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Brightley Davies, Ciaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bd2 Ng4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. e3 Qb6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Bxb4 Rf7 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. R8d2 Rfc7 26. Bc3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 e4 28. Rd5 Kg6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Rd6 b6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rd2 b5 33. a3 Rc4 34. Kg2 a5 35. Rd5 b4 36. Rxa5 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rc1 38. Ra8 Ra1 39. a4 Kf7 40. a5 Kg6 41. a6 Kf7 42. a7 Ra6 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Kh7 46. Kf4 Ra4 47. Kf5 Kg7 48. Kf4 Kh7 49. f3 exf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kg7 51. e4 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Ra4 53. Kf5 Ra5+ 54. Ke6 Ra6+ 55. Kd7 Ra4 56. Kc7 Ra1 57. Kb7 Rb1+ 58. Kc7 Ra1 59. Kb7 Rb1+ 60. Kc7 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 5th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holden, Ian"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 h5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nh4 g6 10. Nf3 Nh7 11. Bd2 Ng5 12. Bd3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 hxg4 17. 0-0-0 Nf6 18. Rdf1 Ke7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Rhg1 Nh5 21. b3 Ng7 22. f4 gxf3 23. Rxf3 Bg4 24. Rf2 Nh5 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Raf8 27. Rh1 Nf6 28. Nc3 Ng4 29. Rff1 Rh7 30. Nd1 Rfh8 31. Nf2 Nxf2 32. Rxf2 g5 33. Rfh2 gxh4 34. Rxh4 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Rxh4 36. gxh4 Kf6 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kh5 39. Kf3 Kxh4 40. c4 Kh3 41. Ke3 Kg3 42. Ke2 Kf4 43. Kd3 Kf3 44. a5 Kg4 45. b4 cxb4 46. c5 Kg5 47. c6 b3 48. cxb7 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 5th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Duffell, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2021.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 Rc8 9. dxc5 Na5 10. Qd3 Rxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Nb5 0-0 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxa7 Rc2 20. Nb5 Rxe2 21. b3 Bc5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 g5 24. Nxb7 Ra8 25. a4 Nd5 26. Nc5 Rc2 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Nd3 Rb8 30. a5 Rxb3 31. Nc5 Ra3 32. a6 Nc7 33. Rb1 Nxa6 34. Nxa6 Rxa6 35. Rb4 Kg7 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Kg6 39. Kg2 Rd6 40. Re4 Rd5 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. f4 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 gxf4 44. Rxf4+ Kg6 45. Re4 Rd6 46. Kf3 f6 47. Kg3 f5 48. gxf5+ exf5 49. Rf4 Re6 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. Ra4 Rb6 52. Ra8 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb6 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb7 56. Kf3 Rf7 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Kf4 Rf6 59. Rh8+ Kg7 60. Ra8 Rf7 61. Ra5 Kg6 62. Ra6+ Kh5 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra6+ Rf6 65. Ra8 Rf7 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rg5 Ke6 68. Rg6+ Rf6 69. Rg8 Kd5 70. Rd8+ Kc6 71. Ra8 Kb5 72. Rc8 Kb6 73. Rc3 Kb5 74. Rc8 Rf7 75. Rc2 Kb4 76. Rc8 Kb5 77. Rc2 Kb4 78. Rc8 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 5th Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Middleton, Jacob"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2021.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. Be3 Be7 12. 0-0 h5 13. h3 g6 14. Nc3 Kf8 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bd1 Bb5 18. Re1 Kg7 19. Re2 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "4NCL Spring Online Intermed op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Bentham, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Re8 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 b5 13. c4 a6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. a3 b4 17. a4 Bc8 18. Rcd1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qd3 c5 21. f4 Qc7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Kh2 Bb7 24. e5 Nd7 25. Rde1 Rde8 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nf8 28. h4 Qd7 29. Qf3 f6 30. Bc6 Qf5 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Rd2 fxe5 33. g4 Qf7 34. Kg2 Nd7 35. f5 Nf6 36. fxg6 Qxg6 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. gxf5 e4 39. Rde2 e3 40. Kf3 h5 41. Rg1 Ng4 42. Rxg4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 d3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 46. Kf4 Re2 47. Kg5 d2 48. f6+ Kf7 49. h5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holden, Ian"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 g6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qb4+ 13. Ned2 Bxb2 14. 0-0 Qc3 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Nc4 Bxc2 17. Bxc2 Nb4 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Nxb2 Nxa2 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc3 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Hylands, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. h3 a6 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. b3 b6 15. Bb2 f5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Ra7 20. Rbd1 Rc7 21. c5 d5 22. cxb6 Rb7 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Rfe1 Ng7 25. b7 Qc7 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. b4 Rfe8 28. Qxa6 Qxa6 29. Nxa6 Rxb7 30. Nc5 Rxb4 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32. Rc1 Rb6 33. a4 Kf7 34. a5 Ra6 35. Ra1 Rea8 36. Rac1 Nd8 37. g4 Rxa5 38. f5 Ra2 39. fxg6+ hxg6 40. h4 R8a4 41. Kg3 R2a3+ 42. Bf3 Rd3 43. Re5 Raa3 44. Rf1 Ne6 45. h5 gxh5 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. Rxh5 Nd4 48. g5 Nxf3 49. Rh6+ Kxg5 50. Rxc6 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joyce, Tim"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. a3 c6 7. b4 a6 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. e4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Be5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bg2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rad8 21. Qc2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. f4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 f6 29. Bh3 b6 30. Bf1 c5+ 31. Kd5 cxb4 32. axb4 a5 33. Kc4 axb4 34. Kxb4 Kd6 35. Kb5 Kc7 36. Bh3 Nc5 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 h6 39. e6 Ne4 40. e7 Nd6+ 41. Kb4 Ne8 42. Kb5 Nd6+ 43. Kb4 Ne8 44. Kb5 Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Oliver, Peter JR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. b4 e6 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf3 Qf6 18. e4 Rfe8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf3 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Qd6 25. a5 Nf6 26. Ne5 Re8 27. Qc1 Re6 28. Re3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qe1 Qe7 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Kf6 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Kf3 h6 36. g4+ Kf6 37. Kg3 g5 38. h4 Kg6 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. h5+ Kf6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online op U1700 4th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Srivastava, Aditya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Rb1 0-0 11. 0-0 e6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Qc6 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19. Qf3 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. e4 f5 22. e5 Re7 23. Ra1 Qb6 24. Qd1 a5 25. f4 Nh5 26. Qf3 Rf7 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Nxf4 29. Rf1 Rcf8 30. Qe3 g5 31. Kh2 b4 32. Rab1 b3 33. Bd1 Rg7 34. Be2 Qd8 35. Kg3 Nxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Qf3+ Kg6 40. Kh3 Qe7 41. Kg3 Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf3 a4 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Kf3 h5 46. gxh5+ Kxh5 47. Kg3 g4 48. Kg2 Kh4 49. Kh2 g3+ 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Kg1 Kf3 52. Kf1 g2+ 53. Kg1 Ke2 54. Kxg2 Kd2 55. Kf2 Kc2 56. Ke2 Kxb2 57. Kd2 Kxa3 58. Kc1 Ka2 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Cooper, John L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1225"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Be5 Ne8 19. Qc3 f6 20. Bd4 Nd6 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bc5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. Rd1 Qf7 26. Rd2 f5 27. h4 f4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Rc7 30. e3 h6 31. Rd4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Rg7 34. Ra4 Rxg5+ 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Rxa7+ Ke6 37. Rb7 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxc5 39. b4 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Kd5 41. Rd7+ Kc4 42. Rd4+ Kb5 43. Rxe4 c5 44. bxc5 Rxc5 45. f4 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Rd4 Rc1 48. f5 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 Rh1 50. Ke5 Rh6 51. Ra4 Kd7 52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. f6 Rh5+ 54. Ke6 Rh6 55. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bazan, Mateusz"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 0-0 10. Ne2 Bf5 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf4 Bg5 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Nc1 Nf6 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qe1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Nbd2 Be6 23. b3 Nf6 24. c4 Kf8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. f4 dxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 c5 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Nf8 32. h3 Ne6 33. g4 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Be4 a6 37. a4 a5 38. Kf4 Ne2+ 39. Kg4 Nc3 40. Bc2 Ne2 41. h4 Kd7 42. Kh5 Ng3+ 43. Kxh6 Ke7 44. Kg5 Kf8 45. h5 Kg7 46. e6 f6+ 47. Kg4 Nf1 48. Bd3 Ne3+ 49. Kf4 Ng2+ 50. Ke4 Nh4 51. Kd5 Nf3 52. Kd6 Ne5 53. Be2 Kf8 54. Kc7 Ke8 55. Kxb6 Kf8 56. Kxc5 Ke8 57. Kd6 Kf8 58. c5 Ke8 59. c6 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Congress U1750 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bamford, Paul"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1563"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 a5 6. e4 Nc5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Be2 c6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rfc8 15. Rac1 b5 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nxe5 Be8 19. d6 Bf6 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Nxd7 Bd4 22. Nxc5 Qf6 23. Qxd4 Qe7 24. Qe3 Qe5 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Nf4 Qxa2 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qd2 g6 29. Nd5 Re8 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Congress U1750 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Li, Reya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1503"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Ne7 7. Bg5 Ng6 8. e4 h6 9. Bd2 d6 10. h3 Be7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nb5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 a6 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Bc3 Qxd5 25. Bc2 Qxa2 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Rxd6 Qxc2 29. Rxa6 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rb6 b4 32. Rb5 Qc4 33. Rb6 b3 34. f3 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 b2 0-1

[Event "Witney Online Congress U1750 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grice, Alec"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 0-0 8. 0-0-0 c6 9. h3 h5 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nc5 14. Kb1 Bg4 15. Qf2 g6 16. e5 Kg7 17. Be2 d5 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd7 20. f5 Bd8 21. f6+ Kg8 22. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Congress U1750 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Wang, Yile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1083"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 f5 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nxe5 9. Rf1 Nxc4 10. Kg1 c6 11. d3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne3 13. Bxe3 Qxe3 14. Rf3 Qe6 15. e4 0-0 16. Qe2 d5 17. Na4 Re8 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nxc8 Nxc8 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. d4 dxe4 22. Rf1 Qd5 23. Re1 Nd6 24. Qg4 Qf5 25. Qe2 Raa8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qd5 28. Qg4 Ra2 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qc7 e3 31. d5 cxd5 32. Qc5 Rc8 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Bxd5+ Nf7 35. Bxa2 Rc3 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Rxe3 Rxh2 39. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Witney Online Congress U1750 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Wootton, Stephen G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. d4 c5 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. Qxd4+ Nf6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. e4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bc8 21. Nd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 e5 23. Bf1 b5 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Nd4 28. Kf1 b4 29. h4 h5 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Kd2 Ke7 32. Bc8 a5 33. Kd3 Kd8 34. Ba6 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. f4 Nf3 37. fxe5 Nxe5+ 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Bb5 Ng6+ 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Bd3 f4+ 43. gxf4 Nxh4 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Kg3 Nf5+ 46. Kf2 Nd6 47. Kg2 Nf5 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Be4 Nd1 50. Kh4 Nc3 51. Bc2 Nxa2 52. Kxh5 Nc3 53. Kg4 Ne2 54. Bd3 Nc1 55. Bc2 Ne2 56. Bd3 Nc1 57. Bc4 Na2 58. f5 Nc3 59. Kf4 Nd1 60. Be6 Nc3 61. Ke3 Nb5 62. Kd3 Nc7 63. Bd7 Nd5 64. Kd4 Nb6 65. Be6 a4 66. Kc5 a3 67. Kxb4 a2 68. Kc3 a1Q+ 69. Kb4 Qe5 70. Ka3 Nd5 71. Ka2 Ne3 72. Ka3 Nxf5 73. Bc4 Qc5+ 74. Kb2 Ne3 75. Kc3 Nxc4 76. bxc4 Ke5 77. Kd3 Kf4 78. Kc3 Ke3 79. Kb3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "4NCL Hull Online op U1700 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Redmond, Nigel"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f3 e5 5. Be3 c6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. a3 a6 9. Nge2 Be7 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 c5 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 c4 21. Rfd1 Rhe8 22. c3 Nf6 23. R5d2 Nd7 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qg4 Nf8 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qc5+ 29. Kf1 Qe3 30. Re1 Qa7 31. h4 Qf7 32. Red1 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qg5 e4 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Rdd6 exf3 38. gxf3 Ng6 39. h5 Ne5 40. h6+ Kg8 41. Rfe6 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Nd3 43. Rxa6 Nxb2 44. Ra5 Nd1 45. Rxb5 Nxc3 46. Rxf5 Nd1 47. Ke2 Nc3+ 48. Kd2 Nb1+ 49. Kc2 Nxa3+ 50. Kc3 Nb5+ 51. Rxb5 Kf7 52. Rb6 Kg8 53. Kxc4 Kf7 54. Kd5 Kg8 55. Ke6 Kf8 56. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "4NCL Hull Online op U1700 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Rb1 Qd7 10. Nb5 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nfd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bb6 15. Qc2 c6 16. Nc3 Bd4 17. e4 Ra3 18. Ne2 Bh3 19. Nexd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ng6 21. Ra1 Rfa8 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Qb2 Rxd3 24. Re1 c5 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. Re3 Rd1+ 27. Ne1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nh4+ 29. Kf1 Nf3 30. Kg2 Nxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. f3 Qd7 33. b5 Qe6 34. Qd2 Ra1 35. Qb2 Qf6 36. Qb3 Qd4 37. Kh3 Rg1 38. b6 Qf6 39. Qb5 Qe6+ 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Kh5 Qg6+ 42. Kg4 h5+ 43. Kh3 g4+ 44. fxg4 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Hull Online op U1700 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Reya"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2020.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 c6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Rad1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Qc1 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Nxb3 15. axb3 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. h3 Kh7 21. c4 a6 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rd6 Qe8 25. Rxc6 f6 26. Qe3 Nb8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd6 Qe7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nh4 Qc7 32. Nf5 Na6 33. Kh1 Qc5 34. Qd2 Qb4 35. Qe3 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Ra1 Rc6 38. Rd1 Rc7 39. Rd5 b4 40. Ra5 Nc5 41. Rb5 Nxe4 42. f3 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 Nd3 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Ne3 h5 46. Nd5 Rd7 47. Nxb4 Nxb2 48. Nc2 Nd1 49. b4 Nc3 50. Rb8 Rd2 51. Ne3 Nd5 52. Nxd5 Rxd5 53. b5 h4 54. b6 Kg5 55. Rg8 Rd7 56. Rb8 g6 57. Kg1 Kf4 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 Rb2 60. b7 f5 61. Rg8 Rxb7 62. Rxg6 Rb2 63. Rh6 Kg5 64. Re6 Kf4 65. Rc6 Rb4 66. Kf2 Rb2+ 67. Kf1 Rb4 68. Rh6 Kg3 69. Rg6+ Kh2 70. Rg5 Rb1+ 71. Kf2 Rb2+ 72. Kf1 Rb1+ 73. Ke2 Rb2+ 74. Kf1 e4 75. fxe4 fxe4 76. Rg4 e3 77. Re4 Rf2+ 78. Ke1 Kxg2 79. Rxe3 Rf3 80. Rxf3 Kxf3 81. Kf1 Kg3 82. Kg1 Kxh3 83. Kh1 Kg3 84. Kg1 h3 85. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Hull Online op U1700 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Anuj V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Re1 d6 9. e4 Rb8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bc5 17. Re2 Qg5 18. Kh2 Rbd8 19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nxc7 Qe5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. f4 Rd8 25. Qd3 Bc8 26. a3 Qg6 27. b4 Be7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Qf3 h4 30. g4 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Rd3 Qe6 33. Bf1 Bb7 34. Qf2 Qxe4 35. Rd2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Hull Online op U1700 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Upton, We Bill"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 e5 4. f5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. d3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nb6 8. h3 h5 9. Be3 d5 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nbd7 14. Qd3 Nc5 15. Qe3 Nfxe4 16. Bh4 Bxf5 17. 0-0 Be6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxc5 Ne4 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. c4 Nd2 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Kothari, Jai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1295"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Na4 Qd7 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. Rxc5 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Rc1 c5 17. e3 Qb5 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Bf1 c4 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Qc1 Rc7 22. Rd1 Rec8 23. b4 Bg4 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. Ne5 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 Qd6 27. Nf3 b5 28. Qc2 Re8 29. Nd2 f5 30. Nf3 Rce7 31. Qc1 Nc7 32. h4 h6 33. Qb1 Na8 34. Ne1 Nb6 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Nf3 Qe6 37. Qc1 Kg7 38. Re2 Na4 39. Bc3 Nxc3 40. Qxc3 g5 41. Ra2 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kh7 43. Qc2 Rg7 44. Kh1 Reg8 45. Ne1 Bxh4 46. Qe2 Rg5 47. f4 Rg3 48. Nf3 Rxg2 49. Qxg2 Rxg2 50. Rxg2 Bf6 51. Ne5 Bxe5 52. fxe5 Qa6 53. Ra2 Qa4 54. Ra1 Qb3 55. e6 Qxe3 56. a4 Qxd4 57. Re1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brennan, J Ross"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bf4 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Be2 c6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Re1 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qb1 Rec8 17. Bd3 e5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qb1 a6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Nbd2 Rac8 23. Nf1 Nc5 24. N3d2 Qc6 25. Nh2 d4 26. Bf3 e4 27. Be2 d3 28. Bf1 b5 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rcd8 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. Qd1 h5 33. f4 exf3 34. Nxf3 Bf5 35. Nd4 Qc8 36. Nxf5+ Qxf5 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Ne4 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Kf2 Re6 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Rd7 Re7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 45. e4 Kd6 46. Ke3 f6 47. g3 Kc5 48. Kd3 a5 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd4 g5 51. h4 g4 52. c4 bxc4 53. bxc4 Kc6 54. b3 Kd6 55. c5+ Kc6 56. Kc4 Kc7 57. Kd5 Kd7 58. c6+ Ke7 59. Kc5 Kd8 60. Kd6 Kc8 61. c7 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 3rd Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Bamford, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. b3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. d4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6 15. Kg2 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. h3 Nh6 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. e5 f6 23. f5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qe4 Nf7 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qe3 h5 28. Qg3 Qg5 29. Rad1 h4 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. Qd3 Qg5 32. Qc4 Re7 33. Rd6 Kh7 34. Rg6 Qd2+ 35. Re2 Qd1 36. Qe4 Rd7 37. f6 Kg8 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Qb4+ Rd6 40. Qc4 Rd7 41. g5 b5 42. Qc5+ Rd6 43. Kf2 Qd3 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qxe5 Qd4+ 46. Qxd4 Rxd4 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Rg7+ Kf5 49. f7 Rf4+ 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. g6 Ke7 52. Rg8 a5 53. Re8+ Kd7 54. Ra8 Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ke3 Rf6 57. Ra8+ Kg7 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. f8Q+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 3rd Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitvitska, Vasylyna"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. h3 h5 12. a3 Nh6 13. Nh4 0-0-0 14. Qa6+ Kb8 15. a4 g5 16. Nf3 g4 17. Nh2 gxh3 18. g3 Rdg8 19. b4 Qc8 20. Qb5 Qb7 21. a5 a6 22. Qe2 b5 23. Bd2 Nxd4 24. Qd3 Nhf5 25. c3 Nb3 26. Rad1 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 d4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 h4 30. Ne1 hxg3 31. Kh1 g2+ 32. Kh2 gxf1Q 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 3rd Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bazan, Mateusz"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 a6 7. b3 0-0 8. g3 Bb4 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 Nxc5 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd8 19. 0-0 b6 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Rc1 b5 27. c5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. Ke5 f6+ 32. Kd4 Rc8 33. Rc2 Kd7 34. e4 Kc6 35. Kc3 Rd8 36. f4 Kxc5 37. Kb3+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rc8+ 39. Kb3 Rxc2 40. Kxc2 Kc5 41. Kc3 a5 42. a3 b4+ 43. axb4+ axb4+ 44. Kb3 Kd4 45. Kxb4 Kxe4 46. Kc4 e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kc3 Ke3 49. Kc2 Ke2 50. Kc1 e4 51. Kc2 e3 52. Kc1 Kf2 53. Kd1 e2+ 54. Kd2 e1Q+ 55. Kd3 Kf3 56. Kd4 Qe2 57. Kd5 Qxh2 58. Kd4 Qxg3 59. Kd5 h5 60. Kd4 h4 61. Kd5 h3 62. Kd4 h2 63. Kd5 h1Q 64. Kc5 Qc1+ 65. Kd5 Qgc7 66. Ke6 Q1c6+ 67. Kf5 Qf6# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 3rd Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Mokhber Garcia, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1142"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bg2 Nce7 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qf6 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Bg2 a6 15. Na3 d3 16. Qd2 Qxb2 17. Qc1 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. 0-0 Bb2 20. Nb1 Ne7 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rxd3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Be5 24. f4 Bg7 25. a4 Nf5 26. Kg2 Re8 27. Nd2 Bb2 28. Kf3 Nd4+ 29. Kf2 Bc1 30. Ke3 Nc2+ 31. Kf3 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 3rd Sub 1700"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Ball, Katie C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bf5 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Qc3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 c6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. f3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26. a3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Bd5 29. Kd4 Kd7 30. b4 Be6 31. h4 Kc7 32. Bf2 Kb6 33. a4 a5 34. Kc3+ Ka6 35. g3 b5 36. axb5+ cxb5 37. bxa5 Kxa5 38. Bc5 h5 39. f4 g6 40. Bd6 Bc4 41. Bb4+ Kb6 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Ba5 Kd7 44. Kc5 Ke6 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. Ke3 Kg4 47. Kf2 Bb3 48. Bb4 Kf5 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Kc5 Bc4 52. Kd4 Kc6 53. Ba5 Bf1 54. Bb4 Bc4 55. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Clynes, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1457"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nc6 5. h3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Qd3 0-0 10. Bg5 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Qd7 12. Be2 Qc6 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Re2 Qc5 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Rc2 Qa5 22. b4 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qxb3+ 24. axb3 Rbc8 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rxe4 27. f3 Ree8 28. g5 h6 29. gxh6 Bh8 30. g4 c6 31. Nc3 Be5 32. Ne4 Rcd8 33. Rh1 Bf4 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Rg2 Re3 37. Kc2 Rxf3 38. g5 Re3 39. Rd1 Rh3 40. Rd3 Rh5 41. Rf3 Bxg5 42. Rxf7 Be3 43. Rxg6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6+ Bxh6 45. Rxb7 Be3 46. Rc7 c5 47. bxc5 Bxc5 48. Kc3 Kg8 49. b4 Bb6 50. Rc6 d5 51. cxd5 Kf7 52. Kc4 Ke7 53. Rxb6 axb6 54. Kb5 Kd6 55. Kxb6 Kxd5 56. b5 Kd6 57. Kb7 Kd7 58. b6 Kd8 59. Kb8 Kd7 60. b7 Kd8 61. Ka7 Kc7 62. b8Q+ Kc6 63. Qd8 Kc5 64. Kb7 Kb5 65. Qd6 Kc4 66. Kb6 Kc3 67. Kb5 Kb3 68. Qd4 Kc2 69. Kb4 Kc1 70. Kb3 Kb1 71. Qd1# 1-0

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaggan, Karam S"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1337"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. 0-0-0+ Kc8 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Nxe4 10. Be3 a6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Bf5 Kd7 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. g3 Ke7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Rhe1 Rad8 22. Nxf5+ Kf6 23. Nd4 d5 24. Nb3 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Rhe8 26. Re2 Kf5 27. Rde1 Kf6 28. Rd2 Kf7 29. Red1 Ke7 30. f5 Kf6 31. fxe6 Kxe6 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. c4 Re5 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5+ Kxd5 37. Kd2 Kd4 38. h3 a5 39. h4 h5 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. Kg2 b5 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Kg2 Kxh4 45. Kh2 Kg4 46. Kg2 Kf4 47. Kf2 Ke4 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Kd2 h4 50. Ke2 h3 51. Kf2 Kd3 52. b4 a4 53. Kg3 Kc2 54. Kxh3 Kxb2 55. Kg3 a3 56. Kf2 a2 57. Kf3 a1Q 58. Kf4 Qe1 59. Kf3 Kc3 60. Kf4 Kd3 61. Kf3 Qf1+ 62. Kg3 Ke3 63. Kg4 Ke4 64. Kg5 Ke5 65. Kg6 Ke6 66. Kg7 Ke7 67. Kg8 Qg1+ 68. Kh7 Kf6 69. Kh8 Kf7 0-1

[Event "4NCL Autumn Online Minor op 1st"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Seet, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15. Na4 b6 16. Rxc6 Ne4 17. Qe3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bb6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 f6 25. Nc6 Qf8 26. e3 g5 27. Bf1 Bg6 28. Bd3 f5 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Ne5 Qd6 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 1st Minor"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. a3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. d3 a6 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. e4 Bd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. h3 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. Nd5 bxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxc4 Qc8 20. Kh2 Be6 21. Qc3 Nxb4 22. Rfc1 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 a5 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Nd2 Rfc8 27. Nc4 Be7 28. Raa1 Ra8 29. Nb6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 1st Minor"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitvitska, Vasylyna"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rac1 Rhc8 18. g4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. h4 f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Kg2 Kd6 24. g5 fxg5 25. Nxg5 h6 26. Nf7+ Ke7 27. Nxh6 Nf6 28. Kg3 a5 29. Kf4 Bd7 30. Kg5 Be8 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Kxg4 Kf6 33. f4 a4 34. a3 Bg6 35. h5 Bf5+ 36. Kh4 Bh7 37. Kg4 Bd3 38. Kh4 Kf5 39. Kg3 Be2 40. Nf3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 b4 42. h6 Kg6 43. f5+ exf5 44. Kf4 b3 45. h7 Kxh7 46. Kxf5 b2 47. Ke5 b1Q 48. Kf6 Qe4 49. Kf7 Qxd4 50. Ke8 Qa7 51. Kf8 Kg6 52. Ke8 Kf6 53. Kd8 Ke6 54. Kc8 Kd6 55. Kd8 Qd7# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 1st Minor"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cunningham, David"]
[Black "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1004"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 c6 9. a3 Ne8 10. Be3 g6 11. Qd2 Ng7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne1 Kh8 14. f4 f6 15. Nd3 Nb6 16. Ba2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Qc1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg5 22. Qg3 Bf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. h3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Qg5 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qd6 29. Nf2 Kg7 30. Ng4 Kh8 31. Nxe5 Kg7 32. Qxf4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc2 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Nf3+ Kh5 37. Qc5+ Kh6 38. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 1st Minor"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Kumar, Satyam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1183"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. a3 Qd7 10. Nd2 0-0-0 11. c4 Be7 12. 0-0 g6 13. Rfc1 Rhe8 14. b4 Qg4 15. h3 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Bd6 18. Kh2 dxc4 19. Rxc4 a5 20. b5 Na7 21. Rb1 b6 22. a4 Kb8 23. Nd2 c5 24. Ne4 cxd4 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Rc8 28. Qxb6+ Ka8 29. Rd1 Rb8 30. Rd8 Nc8 31. Qa6+ Na7 32. Rxb8+ Kxb8 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. b6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Online Congress 1st Minor"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Maurice A"]
[Black "Cooney, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1207"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Qc5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. a3 Ngxe5 13. Nb5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. 0-0 e5 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. Bf1 a6 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Qc3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rfe8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Ba2 Qd7 24. d6+ Kh8 25. dxc7 Rac8 26. Rac1 Re7 27. Qa5 Qd6 28. Kf1 Rexc7 29. Qd2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Bb7 a5 35. Ke1 Kg8 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. f4 h6 39. Bc8+ Kf6 40. g4 g6 41. Bd7 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Nf5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Bf3 Nd6 45. b3 h5 46. Bc6 g5 47. h3 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Ke3 b4 50. axb4 axb4 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Ke2 Ne4 53. Kd3 Nd6 54. Kd4 g3 55. Bg2 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 Ne3 57. Bc6 Ng4 58. Bg2 Ke5 59. Bf3 Kd6 60. Kd4 Ne5 61. Bg2 Ng4 62. Bf3 Ne5 63. Bg2 Nc6+ 64. Kc4 Na5+ 65. Kxb4 Nxb3 66. Kxb3 Ke5 67. Kc3 Kf4 68. Kd3 1/2-1/2

