[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Gelder, Stephanie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bf4 a6 4. e4 e6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. f3 Be7 7. Qd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0-0 Nh5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 12. e5 g6 13. Ne4 0-0 14. g4 f5 15. gxh5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qg5+ 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. hxg6 Rf4 20. Nh3 Rxe4 21. Nxg5 Rxe5 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd7 Re2 25. Ne5+ Kh6 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27. Nd4 Rf2 28. Rd6 Re8 29. Rxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxf3 31. Nc7 Rf6 32. Re1 Kh5 33. b3 Kh4 34. Re6 Rf7 35. Nxa6 Ra7 36. Kb2 Kh3 37. Rh6+ Kg4 38. Nb4 Kg5 39. Rh8 Kg6 40. Rb8 Ra5 41. Rb6+ Kh5 42. Nc6 Ra8 43. Rxb5+ Kh4 44. a4 Kh3 45. a5 Kxh2 46. Rb6 Kg3 47. a6 Kf4 48. a7 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Homer, Neil S"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. 0-0 Nec6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. Re1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Bd2 c4 14. h3 b5 15. Reb1 a5 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Rxb3 a4 19. Rbb1 Na5 20. Ne3 Qc6 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Ne1 0-0 23. N1c2 Nc4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Qd1 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf5 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. Rb1 Na6 30. Rb2 a3 31. Rb1 Qa8 32. Qe2 Qf8 33. Rb6 Bh4 34. Be3 Nc7 35. Ne1 Qe8 36. Nf3 Be7 37. Qc2 Rf8 38. Qb1 Qa4 39. Bg5 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Bxg5 41. Rb8+ Ne8 42. Rb4 Qd7 43. Qd1 Qf7 44. Qe2 Qf5 45. Kg2 Bh4 46. Qf1 Qc2+ 47. Kh1 Qxa2 48. Rb7 Qc2 49. Qg2 Qxc3 50. Qg4 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Qg2 c3 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Matthews, Adrian MS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Rb1 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ne2 c4 14. c3 b5 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Nd2 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rf3 a5 19. b3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rg3 Nd5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qa4 Qc7 24. Kf2 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. h4 Kf7 27. Qa3 Rb1 28. h5 Qb6 29. Rg5 Nf6 30. d5 Nxd5 31. Nd4 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alldritt, Nigel RE"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Ne1 Bd6 12. Nd3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 f4 14. Nxf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. e3 Rh4 17. f3 e5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Be1 Rh6 20. Bg3 exd4 21. exd4 Nf6 22. Rae1 Qf7 23. Re5 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Rc6 25. Qd1 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Gardiner, Eric D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qe3 Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 0-0 13. Be2 Rd8 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bd4 Bd5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. b3 Kf6 23. Ne1 e5 24. Nc2 Be4 25. Ne3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. h4 Nec6 8. a3 Qc7 9. b4 Nd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Re1 h6 12. h5 Rc8 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. b5 axb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nf6 21. Bb1 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc8 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qf3 Qd8 28. Qxd5 Kf8 29. Qf3 Rg8 30. Qf4 Rg5 31. Rc1 Qa8 32. Be4 Qa4 33. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alamri, Abdulaziz Hassan Z"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a5 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 Bc5 8. Bg5 d6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qe5 12. Bd2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bxb4 16. Bxb4 Bxd5 17. f3 0-0 18. Nc3 Re8+ 19. Kd1 Bc6 20. Bc4 Na6 21. Ba3 b5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Reb8 24. Bd3 Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 c5 26. Kc1 Nc7 27. Bb2 Nb5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Be4 Nc7 30. Be5 Nb5 31. Bc6 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Kf8 34. Bd5 Ke7 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rb4 Rc8+ 37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Doherty, Paul D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. f4 Ne7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 b6 8. d3 Nbc6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. Bd1 f5 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Nfxd4 0-0 16. c3 Nd5 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. Qe3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Ng3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. f5 g5 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Bf6 28. Qf3 Re4 29. Qg3 Qb6 30. Kh1 Ra2 31. Nf3 h6 32. Rxd5 Rf4 33. h4 Qe3 34. Kh2 h5 35. hxg5 Rg4 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Rxd7+ Be7 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bamford, Paul"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 d6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxa6 Qg4 19. Rae1 Rf5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. f4 Rd6 22. Ba3 Rh5 23. g3 Rg6 24. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Banerjee, Sanjoy K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. h4 0-0 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Ne5 Be8 11. g4 c5 12. Qf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. 0-0 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfe1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Bb5 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. g5 f6 22. Rxe6 fxg5 23. Qe5+ Rf6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf7 26. Rxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. a4 Bc4 29. Rb1 Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Rg7 31. Rg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Kf5 33. a5 Kf4 34. Kg2 Be2 35. f3 Bxf3+ 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Bxc2 38. Kd2 Bb3 39. Kc1 Ke3 40. Kb2 Bc4 41. Kc2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "French, Barry"]
[Black "Richards, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Be3 Bb7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4 8. f3 0-0 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4 14. Qxh6 gxh6 15. Bxd8 Rfxd8 16. fxe4 Nb4 17. 0-0 Rac8 18. a3 Nd3 19. b4 Rc2 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cheadle op 1st"]
[Site "Cheadle"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards, Simon"]
[Black "Newton, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Ba2 d6 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Bb1 Rb8 11. Ne2 0-0 12. d3 b5 13. Nexd4 cxd4 14. Qh4 f5 15. Ba2 h6 16. g4 d5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. exd5 Kh7 20. axb5 axb5 21. d6 Qxd6 22. Nf7 Qc6 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nf3 Rbe8 25. Bb3 Nd5 26. Ne5 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Ne3 28. Qg3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qxf1# 0-1

