[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Westfield, Francis"]
[Black "Boswell, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. O-O g6 7. Rb1 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a3 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d3 Qd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Ne2 d5 15. c3 e5 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rf1 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nf1 Bg7 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Bf2 d4 25. c4 Qf6 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Bg3 Qf5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qf2 Qxd3 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf6 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Nd2 b6 35. b3 Re5 36. Kf2 Re3 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Black "Ilett, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nd4 c5 9. Nf5 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. f4 Ng6 13. e4 Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. e5 Ne8 16. h4 Qd7 17. e6 Qd8 18. f5 Ne7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Rf2 Rb8 22. a3 g6 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Be4 Ne5 25. Bf4 Ng7 26. Qc2 f5 27. Bxe5 fxe4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxe4 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qe7 31. Qf4 Rd8 32. Rd1 b5 33. Rf1 b4 34. Qf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lambton, David"]
[Black "Latt, Maung Maung"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Rg8 20. Qxg8+ Kxg8 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 22. Nxc8 Bh3 23. Ne7 Qa8 24. Ne3 Qf3 25. Rec1 Ne4 26. Rc2 Ng5 27. N7d5 Qe4 28. Rc4 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Nd4+ 30. Kg1 Ne2# 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gardiner, Harry"]
[Black "Lees, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Nb5 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. Ne5 f4 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf2 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf4 24. Ne4 dxe4 25. Bxc4+ Kh8 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Qf3 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Re7 29. Qxh5+ Nxh5 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. Bg8+ Kh6 32. Bb3 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Black "Flavell, Archie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Be6 22. Re2 Rfd8 23. Bd2 f6 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. Rbe1 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Bd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. c3 Rd6 29. Ng3 Rdb6 30. Rb1 a5 31. a4 Rb3 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. Ne4 Rxa4 34. Nc5 Ra2 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Rd2 a4 37. Rbd1 Rbxb2 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39. Rg1 Rc2 40. h4 a3 41. Kh2 Rxc3 42. Kg3 Rb2 43. Rd7 a2 44. Ra1 Rcc2 45. Rg1 Rb1 46. Rxb1 axb1=Q 47. Rd5 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxh4+ 49. Kg1 Rc1+ 50. Rd1 Rxd1# 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Barwick, Carmel"]
[Black "Ofeni, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. c3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qd1 Bd7 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Qc1 a5 21. a4 Qc4 22. Nf4 Ng4 23. Bd2 Rcb8 24. Qd1 Nf6 25. b3 Qc5 26. c4 Ne4 27. Be3 Qb4 28. Nd3 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qg4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rfe1 Re8 33. f3 Nf6 34. Bf2 e5 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. c5 d5 37. Bd4 Nd7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Nf4 Kf7 40. c6 bxc6 41. Rxc6 Nf8 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Nh5 Reb8 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Rxe6 Rb4 46. Ree7 Rxh4 47. Nxd5 Rb8 48. Rb7 Rxb7 49. Rxb7 Rd4 50. Ne7 f4 51. Rb8 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Nc6 Rd2+ 54. Kg1 Rd5 55. Ra8 Rd1+ 56. Kh2 Rb1 57. Rxa5 Rxb3 58. Ra8 Rb6 59. Nd4 Rb4 60. Nf5+ Kf7 61. Nd6+ Kg7 62. Ne4 Kf7 63. a5 Nd7 64. a6 Ra4 65. Ra7 Ke6 66. Rxd7 Rxe4 67. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ranasinghe, Chaniru"]
[Black "Layhe, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Qe2 d5 8. Ne5 a6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Bd6 11. g4 Ne4 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Rg1 g6 16. h4 Nf6 17. O-O-O c5 18. c3 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. Rg5 O-O-O 21. Rh1 Rhg8 22. h5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Ng4 24. Bg3 Rdf8 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qf4 Nf6 28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. Bxf5+ Nd7 30. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Boswell, Jacob"]
[Black "Barwick, Carmel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qb3 c5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Rc1 b5 11. Bxe6 c4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Qe4 Qd8 16. Bd6 Be6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. O-O Qd5 19. Qh4+ Kf8 20. e4 Qd8 21. Qh5 a6 22. Ne5 Qf6 23. f4 Bc8 24. f5 Ra7 25. Ng4 Qc6 26. Rce1 f6 27. e5 Re7 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. Rf2 Kf7 31. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Flavell, Archie"]
[Black "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. O-O Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qa6 9. Qd1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nge7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. h3 O-O 16. Re1 Na5 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 a6 20. Nc3 Nc4 21. Nd1 Rc6 22. Re2 Rfc8 23. b4 b5 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Raa2 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 R8c3 27. Red2 Rb3 28. g3 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Kg2 Rcc3 31. Ne1 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Rb2 Rb3 34. Ra2 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Latt, Maung Maung"]
[Black "Ranasinghe, Chaniru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. h3 h5 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Ba2 Nb8 16. Ne5 e6 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Qd2 Nh7 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Bh6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxd4 24. Rcd1 Qxb2 25. Rd2 Qg7 26. Qf4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc3 28. Rd3 Qc6 29. Qe5 Rfd8 30. Rg3 Qc5 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bxc8+ Kd6 35. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lees, Nicholas"]
[Black "Westfield, Francis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd2 Qg6 13. Qxg6 fxg6 14. Bd3 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. a4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ofeni, Joel"]
[Black "Gardiner, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 e6 8. a3 Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qb6 Rd8 16. Na4 e5 17. Bb1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 f5 20. Qc5 Be6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Ke2 b5 23. Nc3 d4 24. Rhd1 Rad8 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Rcd1 Bb3 28. Bc2 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Kf6 30. Kf3 h5 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Rxd6+ Rxd6 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. b3 g5 35. f4 Bf6 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Kd5 38. Kd3 g4 39. a4 Kc5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nc1 Bd4 42. Ne2 Bf2 43. Kc3 b4+ 44. Kc2 Kd5 45. Kd3 Bb6 46. Nc1 Ba7 47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. Nd3 Bc5 50. Nxc5 Kxc5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Layhe, Simon"]
[Black "Lambton, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. e4 Re8 10. Rb1 Nxe4 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 12. Nxd8 Nxd1 13. Nxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Rxd1 Rxb7 16. b3 d6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Ke2 Ke8 20. Rbc1 Rbc7 21. Rd5 Kd7 22. Rcd1 Bf8 23. Ra5 Rc6 24. c5 Ke6 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Rd4 Bg7 27. Rda4 Ra8 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. Re4+ Kd7 30. Kd3 Bd8 31. Rd5 Rac8 32. Rc4 Ke6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rd4 d5 35. Ra4 Be7 36. Be3 Bd6 37. Bd4 f6 38. f4 h6 39. Kd2 g5 40. Be3 Kf5 41. Rd4 Ke6 42. Ra4 Bc7 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 Bxg3 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Bxg5 Be5 47. Be3 Bc3+ 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Bd4+ Bxd4 50. Rxd4 Rh6 51. Ra4 Rh3+ 52. Kd2 Rh6 53. Kd3 Rg6 54. Kd2 d4 55. Ra5+ Ke4 56. b4 Rg2+ 57. Kd1 Kd3 58. Ra3+ Kc4 59. Rxa6 Kxb4 60. Ra8 Kc4 61. Ra3 Kd5 62. Rh3 Rxa2 63. Kc1 Kc4 64. Kb1 Rg2 65. Kc1 Re2 66. Kd1 Ra2 67. Kc1 Rf2 68. Kd1 Rg2 69. Kc1 Ra2 70. Kd1 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ilett, Raymond"]
[Black "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Re1 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b3 Na5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. g3 Na5 21. Bxb7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxb7 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Qa6 Nc5 25. Qe2 Be7 26. Nf3 Qg4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 e4 29. Qd4 Ne6 30. Ne5 Nxd4 31. Nxg4 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 f5 33. Ne5 Nxh2+ 34. Kg2 Nf3 35. Nxf3 exf3+ 36. Kxf3 Kf7 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 g6 39. f3 Ke6 40. g4 Bf6 41. Bc1 h5 42. g5 Be5 43. f4 Bd6 44. Be3 Bc5 45. Bd2 Bf2 46. Bc3 a6 47. Be5 Be1 48. a4 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. Bf6 h4 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Be5 h3 53. Bf6 Bh4 54. Be5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Black "Boswell, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. g4 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. d6 Qe8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. Ng1 Nf4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. h4 h5 21. Qxc5 Ne6 22. Qe3 Nd4 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Be5 26. f4 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxe7 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Kb1 Rbc8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Rd4 b5 33. b3 b4 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. f5 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Bc8 38. Kb2 Re8 39. g6 Qf6 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Kb1 Re7 42. Qd3 Ba6 43. Qd1 Qxh4 44. e5 Qg5 45. e6+ Kf6 46. Rd5 Qg4 47. Qd2 Qe4+ 48. Ka1 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lees, Nicholas"]
[Black "Latt, Maung Maung"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Re1 Ngf6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng5 Rac8 15. h4 Rfe8 16. Ndf3 Re7 17. Rd2 a6 18. g3 b5 19. Qb1 Rce8 20. e4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Ndf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qe2 e4 26. Ng5 e3 27. Rdd1 Qc5 28. f4 Nh5 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Rg1 Nf6 31. Rd4 Ng4+ 32. Kg2 Nf2 33. g4 Nxg4 34. Re1 f6 35. Nh3 Nf2 36. Qf3 Nxh3 37. Qxh3 Qc2+ 38. Kh1 Qxb2 39. Qg3 Qxc3 40. Rd6 Qb4 41. Rxa6 e2 42. Kg2 Re3 43. Qf2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Rf3 45. Qg2 Qxf4+ 46. Kg1 Rg3 47. Rxe2 Rxe2 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ranasinghe, Chaniru"]
[Black "Flavell, Archie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
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[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. h4 Qb6 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. h5 e5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bg4 Rae8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Kd2 d4 20. Kc1 Rd8 21. Ne4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Barwick, Carmel"]
[Black "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Ng6 14. a4 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 16. Ng3 h6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qf7 19. Ne2 N6h5 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. e5 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 g5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Re4 Rfe8 27. exd6 cxd6 28. b5 Kf7 29. Ree1 Rac8 30. Nd2 Rc2 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Ra3 Nf4 33. Ng3 Rd7 34. Rf3 Kg6 35. Nh5 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nxd4 37. Rf6+ Kh7 38. Rfxe6 Nxe6 39. Nf6+ Kg6 40. Nxd7 Nf4 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. Rd1 Ke7 43. Nb8 Rc8 44. b6 axb6 45. Rb1 Rxb8 46. Rxb6 Kd7 47. Rb5 d5 48. g3 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nc3 50. Rc5 Rc8 51. Ra5 Kc6 52. Ke1 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gardiner, Harry"]
[Black "Layhe, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Rxb8 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxa7 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qa3 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Ra8 14. Qb2 Ra5 15. O-O Rca8 16. Rfb1 Bc6 17. Nc1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Nb3 Ra3 20. Nc5 R8a7 21. c4 Qe7 22. e4 Qf6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e5 Qe7 25. Qe2 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Nxe5 28. Qe2 Qf6 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qb2 d4 31. Bb5 Ne3 32. Qe2 Bd5 33. Qxh5 Nc2 34. Qxd5 d3 35. Bxd3 Nxa1 36. Re1 Ra8 37. Qe4 g6 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxa2 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Re7 Ra5 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Bc4 f5 44. Bd5 Nc2 45. Bxb7 Nd4 46. c6 Rc5 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. c7 Ne6 49. Rg8 Rxc7 50. Bd5 Nf8 51. Rg7+ Kd8 52. Rxc7 Kxc7 53. Kf2 Kd6 54. Bb3 Ke7 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Kd4 g5 57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ke5 Ng6+ 59. Ke6 f4 60. h4+ Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Westfield, Francis"]
[Black "Ofeni, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bf5 9. Qf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nd7 11. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Latt, Maung Maung"]
[Black "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nb3 a6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Qc6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. d5 Qb7 20. Nd2 b5 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Nc4 Nb6 23. b3 a4 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. bxa4 Bb2 26. Rb1 Bxa3 27. Rxb6 c4 28. e4 c3 29. Rd3 Rxa4 30. Bh6 Bb2 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 exd6 33. Rbxd6 Rd4 34. R3xd4 exd4 35. Rxd4 c2 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Boswell, Jacob"]
[Black "Flavell, Archie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 h5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nge2 Qe8 13. Kb1 a4 14. Nc1 b6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rdg1 Kh7 18. Qe1 Ng8 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Qd1 f6 21. Bh4 Qf7 22. f4 Be8 23. f5 Bh6 24. Rg6 Qe7 25. Rg2 Qf7 26. Rhg1 Be3 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Ne7 29. Rfg2 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Nxg8 31. Bf3 Nh6 32. N1e2 Ra7 33. Ng3 h4 34. Nh5 Kh8 35. Qe1 c6 36. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Black "Westfield, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 h6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. e5 d5 8. h4 h5 9. Ng5 Ne7 10. Qf3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Nh3 Qxh4 13. Bg5 Qg4 14. Qd3 Ba6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5+ c6 17. Qd3 Qe4 18. Qc3 Rg8 19. f3 Qe2 20. Rf2 Qc4 21. Qd2 c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. b3 Qxc3 24. Rc1 Qxd2 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Rd8+ Kc7 27. Rxd2 Kb7 28. Rc2 Bc5 29. Rxg8 d3+ 30. Rf2 Nc6 31. Rxa8 Kxa8 32. Kf1 Bxf2 33. Nxf2 Nxe5 34. Bf4 Ng6 35. Nxd3 h4 36. Bg5 Kb7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 f6 39. Bh6 Kc6 40. Bg7 Kd6 41. Bxf6 a6 42. Bxh4 e5 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Bd8 b5 46. Bb6 e4+ 47. fxe4+ fxe4+ 48. Kd2 d3 49. Ba5 Kd4 50. Bc3+ Kd5 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lambton, David"]
[Black "Lees, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 Ne4 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. e4 Nb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. c4 Ne7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. d5 Qd7 21. Rcd1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rad8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ng6 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qg4 27. e4 Ne5 28. Re1 h5 29. Qd1 Qg6 30. Bc3 Ng4 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 h4 33. Qf3 h3+ 34. Kg1 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Ng4+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxe4+ 39. Kf1 Qb5+ 40. Re2 Nxc3 41. Qxc3 Qxd5 42. Qc7 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ranasinghe, Chaniru"]
[Black "Gardiner, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Nb3 a6 13. Be2 Nh6 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Bf3 a5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Rad1 Ra6 22. c4 d4 23. Re4 e5 24. Rh4 g6 25. Bd5+ Be6 26. Bf3 f5 27. Be2 e4 28. Qb1 d3 29. Bf1 Bxc4 30. f3 Qxg3 31. Rh3 Qe5 32. Qc1 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Layhe, Simon"]
[Black "Barwick, Carmel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 h6 10. Na3 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 d5 13. e5 Nh7 14. h4 Bg4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxh4 18. Rxc6 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc2 Rad8 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Re3 Rde8 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Rxh6+ gxh6 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Re6 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Qf4 Kh7 31. Ne3 c6 32. Ng4 Bd8 33. Kf1 Bg5 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. f4 Be7 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. f5 Rg8 39. Qf3 Bg5 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Ng4 Kh8 42. Ke2 Rb8 43. b3 Kg7 44. Qc3 h5 45. Nf6 Bxf6 46. exf6+ Kxf6 47. Qxc6 Rg8 48. Kf2 Rg5 49. Qc8 Rf5+ 50. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ofeni, Joel"]
[Black "Ilett, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Kg1 Re8 15. a4 Rc8 16. h4 Nxg3 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf5 19. cxb6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxb6 21. Qd4 Rxe3 22. Rab1 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ba6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Nf6 26. Rb7 Rcxc3 27. Rxa7 Rc4 28. Ra1 Rg4 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. h5 Rf4+ 31. Ke1 Rg3 32. e3 Rxg2 33. exf4 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rxa1 35. Kc2 Nxh5 36. Kb2 Re1 37. a5 Nxf4 38. a6 Re6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. a7 Ra6 41. Kc3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Black "Kryshtafor, Maksym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 N8d7 8. Nf3 c5 9. a4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nd6 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Bxd6 19. exd6 Re8 20. Re3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. dxc7 Re7 25. Rc3 f6 26. Nc4 Rxc7 27. Nb6 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rb8 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nxc8+ Kd7 33. Nb6+ Kc6 34. Kf1 Kb5 35. Ke2 Kxa5 36. Nc4+ Ka4 37. Kd3 b5 38. Nd2 e5 39. g4 a5 40. Kc2 Ka3 41. h4 a4 42. h5 Ka2 43. Ne4 a3 44. Nd6 Ka1 45. Nxb5 a2 46. Nd6 e4 47. Nb7 e3 48. Nc5 exf2 49. Nb3# 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Latt, Maung Maung"]
[Black "Boswell, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 Ne4 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Bh2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e4 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. b4 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ra5 17. Ra3 Rfa8 18. Rfa1 Bf8 19. Qb3 Qd8 20. R3a2 R8a7 21. Bf4 Qa8 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Bd1 b5 24. Ne1 bxc4 25. Qb2 Nd5 26. Bg3 Bc6 27. Qc1 Nb6 28. f3 exf3 29. Nxf3 Bxa4 30. Be1 R5a6 31. Be2 Bc6 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Rb1 Be4 34. Rb5 d5 35. Ng5 c6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Qxc4 Rb1 39. Kf2 Qc8 40. g4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lees, Nicholas"]
[Black "Layhe, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qb3 c6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Qd6 14. c4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rb8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Qb4 18. Bc4 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Nf4 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. f4 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rb1 Bd7 26. Rbd1 Be6 27. a5 g6 28. Kf2 c5 29. h3 h5 30. Kf3 h4 31. Ke3 b5 32. Rc6 c4 33. Rc7+ Ke8 34. Rxa7 b4 35. a6 Bc8 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Ra8 Kd7 38. a7 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Flavell, Archie"]
[Black "Gardiner, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qb6 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 fxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxf8 d4 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Qd6 Na4 19. Qxe6 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qc3 21. Qxe5 Nc5 22. Be7 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ilett, Raymond"]
[Black "Lambton, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Re7 18. g4 Nf6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qd2 Ne8 21. Kg2 Nb6 22. b3 Nd7 23. Ra2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nef6 25. Bc1 Rae8 26. Bb2 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. b4 Qb6 29. Ba1 cxb4 30. Qb2 Qc5 31. g5 Qc3 32. Qxc3 bxc3 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. Bxc3 Nxd5 35. Bd2 Nf6 36. Bc3 Nd5 37. Bd2 Nf6 38. Bb4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxd6 f6 42. Kf3 Rd4 43. Bc5 Rc4 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Rb2 b4 46. Bd2 Ke6 47. Rxb4 Rc2 48. Ke3 Rc5 49. Rb7 Rh5 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Rb5+ Ke6 52. Rxh5 gxh5 53. Ke4 f5+ 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Be1 Ke6 56. Bh4 Kd6 57. Bf6 Ke6 58. Be5 Kf7 59. Kd5 Ke7 60. Bd4 Kf7 61. Ke5 Kg6 62. h4 Kh6 63. Ke6 Kg6 64. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Westfield, Francis"]
[Black "Barwick, Carmel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. a3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qd4 Be7 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Rc8 14. c3 Rc4 15. b3 Rc6 16. f3 O-O 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Bb2 Rb8 20. c4 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Nf6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd3 h6 24. Nb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Rxa7 Rxb3 27. Rdd7 Rc2 28. h3 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Rbb2 30. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg3 32. Rfd7 Rxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rg3+ 34. Kh1 Rb5 35. Kh2 Rg6 36. Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Open"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Ofeni, Joel"]
[Black "Ranasinghe, Chaniru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf3 e4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O-O Bxb3 18. cxb3 Bg5 19. b4 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nf6 22. Rd6 Ra8 23. Rxa6 Rb8 24. Ra5 Nd5 25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Bxb5+ Ke7 27. Bc6 Nxe3 28. Re1 Ng2 29. Rxe4+ Kf6 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Ne3 32. b5 Nd5 33. Bc6 Nb6 34. b3 Ke6 35. a4 Kd6 36. a5 Nc8 37. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Reed, Kyle"]
[Black "Gostelow, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. g4 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Qf3 Qb4 17. Rc2 b5 18. h4 Qd6 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Rb8 21. h5 Rxb4 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. g5 Nd7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nc7 Rd8 26. Nxe8 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe8 28. Rxa6 Qb7 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. Rxe6 Nc8 31. Qf5 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Rh2# 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "London, Nicholas"]
[Black "Flynn, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Bg5 bxc4 7. e4 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 N4d5 17. O-O Nxc3 18. bxc3 c4 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nd5 22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rxc5 25. Rd1 Rf5 26. Rde1 Ra5 27. f3 Ra3 28. Rc2 Kf7 29. Re4 Ra4 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. g4 Rf8 32. Rd2 Rc8 33. Red4 Rc7 34. f4 Ra3 35. Rc2 Ra5 36. Rcd2 Ra3 37. Rc2 Ra5 38. Ke3 Rb5 39. Rf2 Rb1 40. f5 Re1+ 41. Re2 Rc1 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. fxe6 dxe6 44. g5 Ra1 45. Ke3 Rc1 46. Kd2 Ra1 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Burns, Martin J"]
[Black "Hulme, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be3 c5 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 h6 9. Nh2 Nd4 10. Qd2 g5 11. Bd1 Ne6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Bxg4 h5 14. Bf5 Nf4 15. Kh2 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nd5 Qxf5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 h4 21. Qe2 Rg8 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. dxe4 Rxa8 24. Rad1 b5 25. g3 Bg5 26. g4 a5 27. Rd5 Kc6 28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Kf3 Rd8 31. R1d3 Rd7 32. a3 Be7 33. Rd1 a4 34. c3 c4 35. g5 Rd8 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Rdd1 Bxg5 38. Rg4 f6 39. Rdg1 d5 40. exd5+ Kxd5 41. Rd1+ Ke6 42. Rgg1 f5 43. Ke2 e4 44. f3 Ke5 45. Rd7 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Bxd8 47. Rg8 Be7 48. Rb8 Bc5 49. Rxb5 Kd6 50. Ra5 exf3+ 51. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vann, Richard"]
[Black "Reed, Kyle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Qxe5 Qxd2 20. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Saunders, Michael"]
[Black "Burns, Martin J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b5 11. f3 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Bh6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Re8 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Bf2 c4 19. Bc2 Bh6 20. Qd1 Rad8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Ng3 Qc7 24. Bc2 Bb7 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Ng3 Bg7 27. Ne2 Bh6 28. Ng3 Bg7 29. Ne2 Qc8 30. Qd2 Qc6 31. Be4 Qc7 32. Rad1 Nf6 33. Bc2 e5 34. Qg5 h6 35. Qc1 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gostelow, David"]
[Black "London, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 Nh5 9. Nbd2 Nxf4 10. exf4 e6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. g3 Be7 13. Bd1 Bf6 14. Bc2 Ne7 15. O-O Bh3 16. Re1 O-O 17. b3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qa3 g6 20. Rab1 Nf5 21. Rb2 Rab8 22. Reb1 h5 23. Qa4 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rb8 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Qxb5 h4 27. Qb1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. Kh2 Bg4 30. Kg2 Nd6 31. Ne5 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Ng4 Nd6 34. Ne5 Qa5 35. Qb2 Nb5 36. Nb1 a6 37. Nc6 Qa4 38. Ne5 Be7 39. Nf3 Ba3 40. Nxa3 Qxa3 41. Qxa3 Nxa3 42. Nd2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Nb5 44. Nb1 g5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. a4 Nd6 47. Nd2 a5 48. Ke3 Nc8 49. Nf3+ Kf5 50. Ne5 f6 51. Nd7 e5 52. dxe5 fxe5 53. f4 exf4+ 54. gxf4 Nd6 55. Kd4 Ne4 56. Nc5 Nxc5 57. Kxc5 Ke4 58. f5 d4 59. f6 dxc3 60. f7 c2 61. f8=Q c1=Q 62. Qe7+ Kd3 63. Qd6+ Kc3 64. Qg3+ Kb2 65. Kb5 c3 66. Kxa5 Qd2 67. Qb8+ Kc1 68. Qb3 c2+ 69. Kb5 Qd7+ 70. Kb4 Qb7+ 71. Kc3 Qxb3+ 72. Kxb3 Kd2 73. Kb2 c1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Flynn, David"]
[Black "Singh, Amrik J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. g4 a6 6. h4 b5 7. h5 Bb7 8. h6 Bf8 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. f4 Bxh6 11. g5 Bg7 12. Qg4 c5 13. d5 h5 14. gxh6 Rxh6 15. Rxh6 Nxh6 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. f5 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bh3 Nf7 21. Qg2 Nh8 22. O-O-O Rc7 23. Nge2 Bc8 24. Nf4 Bh6 25. Re1 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxh3 27. Qxh3 Kf7 28. Rh1 Nh5 29. Bh6 Qc8 30. Rf1+ Nf6 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. Bg5 Nh7 33. Bh6 Qe8 34. Qg4 Qc8 35. Qf3 b4 36. Ne2 e5 37. dxe6 Qxe6 38. Nf4 Qxa2 39. Nd5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bovtramovics, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Vann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nb5 dxc4 6. Nbxd4 a6 7. a4 e5 8. Nc2 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 Rd8+ 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Ke1 Nb3 15. Bc3 Nxa1 16. Nxa1 b5 17. Nc2 f6 18. Ba5 Rb8 19. Nb4 Bxb4+ 20. Bxb4 Ne7 21. Rg1 Nd5 22. Ba5 Kf7 23. h4 Rhc8 24. Bh3 Rc5 25. Bd2 b4 26. e4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Ke2 Rb7 29. Rd1 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rc1 Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Singh, Amrik J"]
[Black "Vann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Be2 h5 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nc2 d4 11. c4 Bg6 12. Nce1 Nf5 13. g3 Qd7 14. Ng2 Rd8 15. Nd2 h4 16. Ne4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Rh3 18. Bg4 Rh8 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc2 23. Rb1 Ne3 24. Nxe3 dxe3 25. Rd1 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bxe3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Rdg8 29. d4 f5 30. Qf3 Bh4 31. Bf2 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Reed, Kyle"]
[Black "Saunders, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 Rd8 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. e4 Ng4 12. Nd1 Qd6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Ne3 Qe5 18. Qb5 Kf8 19. Bh4 Qxb2 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Bg3 Rb6 23. Rfd1 Bd7 24. Rc2 Qxb3 25. axb3 e5 26. Rdc1 Ke7 27. Be2 f5 28. f3 f4 29. Bh4+ Kd6 30. Nd1 h6 31. Be1 g5 32. Nb2 Bf6 33. Ba5 Rb7 34. Rc6+ Bxc6 35. Rxc6+ Ke7 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Rxa6 Rc8 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Rb8 40. c7 Rc8 41. Bxb5 Ke7 42. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Blackburn, Jon EW"]
[Black "Gostelow, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ndf3 Nbd7 10. h3 Be4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. f4 Bxd3 15. cxd3 c5 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. a3 cxd4 18. exd4 Qb6 19. Bf2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rxb7 Rab8 22. Qb1 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc6 g6 25. Bh4 Kg7 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Singh, Amrik J"]
[Black "Reed, Kyle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. h3 O-O 11. Nh2 c6 12. dxc6 e3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne4 15. O-O Ng3 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Nxf1 Qg5 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 bxc6 20. c4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rb8 22. b3 Bb7 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. e4 f5 25. exf5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Kf2 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 a5 29. g4 a4 30. Nd2 axb3 31. axb3 Bd5 32. Ne3 Bxb3 33. Nxb3 Rxb3 34. h4 Kf7 35. g5 Ke7 36. Kf3 h5 37. Kf4 Rb4+ 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. f6 gxf6 40. Nf5+ Ke5 41. Ng7 fxg5 42. hxg5 Rg4+ 43. Kh3 Rxg5 44. Ne8 Rg8 45. Nc7 Rg7 46. Nb5 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "London, Nicholas"]
[Black "Burns, Martin J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nxc3 6. Bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Ne2 c6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Nc3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Rac1 Qf5 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Be1 h5 20. b4 Rac8 21. f3 Bh6 22. b5 Qe6 23. Bf2 Nd5 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Ba6 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Bb7 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Rdc1 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rc8 31. d5 Qd7 32. e4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Bf4 34. Bd4 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Bxc7 36. Kf2 e6 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. h3 Kf7 39. Ke3 e5 40. Bc3 b5 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Bb4 Bb6 43. Bf8 Kd7 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Bg7 Bc7 46. Bf8 a5 47. Be7 Bd6 48. Bd8 Bc7 49. Be7 Bb6 50. g4 Bc5 51. Bf6 Bd6 52. Bd8 Bc7 53. Be7 Bd6 54. Bd8 Bc7 55. Bf6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staffordshire Major"]
[Site "Stoke-on-Trent"]
[Date "2025.08.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gostelow, David"]
[Black "Wright, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.08.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. c3 O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Bc4 f5 13. b4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. h3 Rae8 18. O-O g5 19. Rad1 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qe4 Qf7 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rde3 Nxd5 26. Rd3 Nf4 27. Rd2 d5 28. Qc2 c6 29. Red1 Nxh3+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. c4 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 d4 33. Nh2 Qf7 34. f3 d3 35. Qb3 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxg3 37. Rxd3 Nf5 38. Ng4 b5 39. Rc3 Nd4 40. Qa3 e4 41. c5 h5 42. Nh2 Qc7 43. Nf1 exf3 44. gxf3 g4 0-1

