JONATHAN GRANT WINS SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP

A quick draw in the final round was enough to ensure 1st place for Jonathan Grant

Championship Round 1

Gunnar Jacob - Jim Stevenson [A41]
Scottish Championship

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng3 Nxd5 9.Bh6 Nf4 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Nh5 Nf6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxf4 exf4 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Bd3 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bc3+ 17.Kf1 Qg5 18.Qf3 Bg4 19.Qxb7 Re8 20.g3 Rg7 21.Kg2 Rf7 22.Be4 fxg3 23.hxg3 Qd2 24.Nf3 Bxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bd4 26.Rbf1 Bc5 27.Qb1 Ree7 28.Rh4 Bd4 29.Bd5 Rxf2+ 30.Rxf2+ Qxf2+ 31.Kh3 Qe1 32.Qf5+ 1-0

Jim Doyle - Andy Muir [B89]
Championship

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.0-0-0 Qc7 10.f3 Na5 11.Bd3 b5 12.g4 b4 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Qf2 Rb8 15.Kb1 0-0 16.g5 Ne5 17.b3 Bb7 18.Rhf1 d5 19.exd5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Bxd5 21.h4 Bb7 22.h5 Nc6 23.f4 Rbd8 24.g6 Bf6 25.Nf3 Rxd3 26.cxd3 hxg6 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Bc5 Ne7 29.Qe3 Bd5 30.d4 Nf5 31.Qd2 Ng3 32.Rg1 Ne4 33.Qe3 Nxc5 34.dxc5 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Be5 36.Qg4 Bxf4 37.Qxe6+ Qf7 38.Rxg6 Qxe6 39.Rxe6 g5 40.Nb6 Kf7 41.Re4 Kg6 42.Kc2 Kf5 43.Rc4 g4 44.Nd5 Bg5 45.Kd3 Rd8 46.Rd4 Rh8 47.Ne3+ Bxe3 48.Kxe3 Rh3+ 49.Kf2 a5 50.c6 Rc3 51.Rd5+ Kf4 52.Rd4+ Kf5 53.Rd5+ Ke4 54.Rxa5 g3+ 55.Kg2 Kf4 56.Ra8 Rc2+ 57.Kg1 Rxc6 58.Rf8+ Ke3 59.Kg2 Rg6 60.Rb8 Rg4 61.Rb5 Kd3 62.a3 bxa3 63.Ra5 Kc2 64.Rxa3 Kb2 65.Ra4 Rg5 ½-½
Corrected ending now given

Steven Brown - Ed Spenser [E66]
Championship

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 a6 10.e4 Rb8 11.Rb1 b5 12.Qe2 bxc4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Rb4 15.Qe2 e6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Qc2 Bd7 20.a3 Rb3 21.Bf1 Rb8 22.dxe6 Bxe6 23.Na4 Qc6 24.Nc3 Qb6 25.Na4 Qa5 26.Nc3 Bd4 27.Be2 R8b6 28.Kg2 Bxc3 29.bxc3 Rxa3 30.Rxb6 Qxb6 31.Qd3 Ra2 32.Bf1 c4 33.Qd4 Qb2 34.Qe3 Ra1 35.Rxd6 Qb1 36.Qe2 Qc1 37.Rxe6 fxe6 38.Qxc4 Kf7 39.Qc7+ Ke8 ½-½

Ian Nisbet - Ian Marks [A48]
Scottish Championship

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Bc4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Nxd4 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Qg4 Rfe8 16.c3 Ne6 17.b4 Qb5 18.Nxg6+ hxg6 19.Bg3 Bxc3 20.Rac1 Be5 21.f4 Bd4+ 22.Bf2 Bxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Qxb4 24.h4 Rad8 25.h5 g5 26.Qf5 Qe7 27.fxg5 Qxg5 28.Qxg5 Nxg5 29.Rxc7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Ree1 31.Rf5 Ne4 32.Kh3 Nd6 33.Rf6 Rh1+ 34.Kg4 Rd4+ 35.Rf4 Rxf4+ 36.Kxf4 Rxh5 37.g4 Rd5 0-1

Alan Grant - Jonathan Grant [A08]
Championship

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 d5 6.e4 Be7 7.Nc3 Be6 8.h3 h6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Re1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf6 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Ba3 b6 14.d4 Rd8 15.dxc5 Qxd1 16.Rbxd1 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Be7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 exd4 20.Rxd4 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Ra4 Ke7 23.Rxa7+ Kd6 24.a4 Rb8 25.a5 Rb1+ 26.Kh2 Ra1 27.g4 Ra2 28.Be4 Ke5 29.f3 g6 30.Ra6 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bd3 Bd5 33.Kg3 Ra3 34.Rxh6 c4 35.Be2 Rxa5 36.c3 f4+ 37.Kg4 Ra2 38.Rh5+ Kd6 39.Bd1 Rd2 40.Ba4 Rd3 41.Rh6+ Kc5 42.Kxf4 Rxf3+ 43.Ke5 Rxc3 44.Rh8 Re3+ 45.Kf4 Ra3 46.Bd1 Ra1 47.Bc2 Rf1+ 48.Ke3 Rf3+ 49.Ke2 Rg3 50.Bf5 c3 51.Bd3 Rg2+ 52.Ke3 c2 53.Bxc2 Rxc2 54.Kf4 Kd4 55.h4 Rf2+ 56.Kg5 Ke5 57.Rb8 Rg2+ 58.Kh6 Kf6 59.h5 Rh2 60.Rb6+ Be6 61.Ra6 Rb2 62.Kh7 Rb7+ 63.Kh6 Re7 64.Rb6 Re8 65.Kh7 Kg5 66.Rb5+ Bf5+ 67.Kg7 Re7+ 68.Kg8 Kf6 69.Rb6+ Be6+ 70.Kf8 Rh7 0-1

Round 2

Ed Spencer - Gunnar Jacob [B26]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nge2 Nd4 9.0-0 Ne7 10.Nc1 Rb8 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Rac1 b5 13.Rfe1 h6 14.f3 a5 15.Nd1 a4 16.Na1 b4 17.c3 Ndc6 18.cxb4 Nxb4 19.a3 Nbc6 20.Rc4 Ba6 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Rb1 Nd4 23.Nc3 Nec6 24.Nxa4 Qa7 25.b3 Bb5 26.Nb2 Qxa3 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Nb4 30.Kh1 h5 31.Bxd4 Bxd4 32.Nb3 Bf6 33.d4 Be7 34.dxc5 dxc5 35.Ra1 Qxa1+ 36.Nxa1 0-0 37.e5 Ra8 38.Nb3 Ra2 39.Qd7 Bf8 40.h4 Ra3 41.Qd1 Ra2 42.Qd8 Kg7 43.Nd2 Nc6 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Ne4 Bg7 46.Qg5 Nxe5 47.Nf6+ Bxf6 48.Qxf6 Nxc4 49.Qc3 Ra4 50.Qb3 Rb4 51.Qc3 Nd6 52.Qxc5 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Nf5 54.Kh3 Rb3 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qc4 Re3 57.Qc1 Rb3 58.Qd1 Re3 59.Bf1 e5 60.Bc4 e4 61.Qd5 Kf6 62.Qxf7+ Ke5 63.Qd5+ Kf6 64.Qe6+ Kg7 65.Qf7+ Kh6 66.Qf8+ Kh7 67.Bg8+ 1-0

Andy Muir - Stephen Brown [E59]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.h3 e4 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Ba2 c4 15.f3 Bxh3 16.Nxe4 Nd5 17.Qd2 Bf5 18.Nf2 Bg6 19.e4 Nb6 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Nh3 h6 22.Qc2 Rd7 23.Bc1 Qc6 24.Be3 Qe6 25.Bc1 Qc6 26.Nf4 Bh7 27.Qb2 Rc8 28.d5 Qa4 29.Qb4 Qxb4 30.axb4 Nb3 31.Be3 Na4 32.Ne2 f5 33.Rb1 fxe4 34.Bxb3 cxb3 35.Rxb3 exf3 36.Rxf3 ½-½

Jonathan Grant - Jim Doyle [A29]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.e4 Be6 11.h3 Qc7 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Kh2 Qa5 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.f4 Rb8 18.Ne2 Ne8 19.f5 Bd7 20.Rf4 b5 21.cxb5 Rxb5 22.Nd4 Rbb8 23.Nf3 Qb6 24.Bf1 d5 25.Bd4 Bc5 26.e5 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 c5 28.Nf3 c4 29.Nd4 Rbc8 30.Qe3 Nc7 31.bxc4 Ba4 32.Rd2 dxc4 33.Bxc4 Qc5 34.Qe2 Nd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.e6 Re5 37.Qf2 Qc1 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Nf3 Rec5 40.Rxa4 Rxf5 41.Rf4 Rxf4 42.Ng5+ Kg8 43.Qxf4 Rf8 44.Qe3 h6 45.Nf3 Kh7 46.Kg2 Qc6 47.Re2 Kh8 48.Qe4 Qc3 49.Ne5 Rb8 50.Ng6+ Kg8 51.Nf4 a5 52.Qe5 Qb4 53.Kh2 a4 54.Ne6 Rb7 55.Rc2 Rf7 56.Qd5 Qb7 57.Qxb7 Rxb7 58.Nc5 Rb4 59.a3 Rd4 60.Kg2 Kf7 61.Kf2 h5 62.Ke3 Rd5 63.Nxa4 Rb5 64.Nc3 Ra5 65.a4 g5 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.Rb2 Re5+ 68.Kd4 g4 69.Rb6+ Kf5 70.hxg4+ hxg4 71.Rb5 1-0

Ian Marks - Alan Grant [B48]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.f4 d6 11.Qe2 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 b5 14.Rad1 0-0 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 Rae8 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Ng3 d5 20.Nh5 Re5 21.Nxf6+ Kg7 22.Ng4 dxe4 23.Qh6+ Kh8 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Be2 Qg3 26.Nc5 Bc6 27.Rf1 e3 28.Bf3 e2 29.Bxc6 e1Q 30.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31.Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

Round 3

Gunnar Jacob - Andy Muir [D52]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Be2 e5 10.0-0 exd4 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.exd4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.Bc1 Ndf6 15.f3 Nd6 16.c5 Nc4 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Nd2 h6 20.Be3 Be6 21.Ne4 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Rab1 Rfb8 24.g3 Qe3+ 25.Kg2 Bd5 26.Rfe1 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Qg5 28.Rb4 b5 29.cxb6 Rxb6 30.h4 Qg4 31.Qe2 Qxe2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxb4 33.cxb4 Rd8 34.Rd2 c3 35.Rd3 c2 36.Rc3 Rxd4 37.Rxc2 Rxb4 38.Rxc6 Rxe4 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Rc7 Re2+ 41.Kf3 Rxa2 42.Rxf7 Ra6 43.Rc7 Rf6+ 44.Ke4 a6 45.h5 Kg8 46.Ra7 g6 47.Ke5 Rb6 48.hxg6 Rxg6 49.g4 Kf8 50.Kf5 Rb6 51.g5 Rb5+ 52.Kg6 Rb6+ 53.Kf5 hxg5 54.Kxg5 Ke8 55.Kf4 Kd8 56.Ke4 Kc8 57.Kd4 Kb8 58.Rh7 Rc6 59.Rg7 a5 60.Rg5 Ra6 61.Rg8+ Kb7 62.Rg7+ Kc6 ½-½

Jim Stephenson - Ed Spencer [B21]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d6 7.h3 e6 8.0-0 dxc3 9.Nxc3 Be7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Bb3 a6 13.Rac1 Nfd7 14.Nd4 b5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.b3 Rfe8 19.Bb1 Bf8 20.Be3 Qd8 21.f4 Ng6 22.b4 Nd7 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.Na5 Ba8 25.Qd2 Qh4 26.Ne2 Nf6 27.Bf2 Qh6 28.Be3 Qh5 29.Nc3 Nh4 30.Bd3 Qg6 31.Qf2 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Bxe4 33.Bf1 Nf5 34.Bc1 h5 35.Bd3 Ba8 36.Be2 Ne4 0-1

Steven Brown - Jonathan Grant [E39]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e3 Be7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.0-0 Na5 13.Nd2 d6 14.b4 Nc6 15.Qb3 a6 16.h3 Ne5 17.Bh2 Qc7 18.f4 Ned7 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.e4 Rfd8 21.Bf3 b5 22.Kh1 Bc6 23.Rfe1 Nb6 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Ne2 Bd7 26.Nd4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Qc2 Qxc2 30.Nxc2 d5 31.e5 Ne8 32.Bg1 Nc4 33.Nb3 Nc7 34.Bd4 Na6 35.Kg1 Be8 36.Bg4 Kf8 37.Be2 f6 38.Bd3 Bg6 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke2 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4 fxe5 44.fxe5 Nb8 45.Nd2 Nc6 46.Nxc4 dxc4 47.Kf3 Bg5 48.Ke4 Bd2 49.Be3 Bxe3 50.Kxe3 Kg6 51.Nd4 Nxd4 52.Kxd4 Kf5 53.a4 bxa4 54.Kxc4 Kxe5 55.b5 Kd6 56.Kb4 e5 57.Kxa4 Kc5 58.Ka5 e4 59.Ka6 e3 60.b6 e2 61.b7 e1Q 62.b8Q Qa1+ 63.Kb7 Qb2+ 64.Kc8 Qxb8+ 65.Kxb8 Kd5 66.Kc7 Ke6 67.Kc6 g5 68.Kc5 Ke5 69.Kc4 Ke4 70.Kc3 Kf3 71.Kd3 Kg3 72.Ke3 Kxh3 73.Kf2 g4 74.Kg1 Kg3 75.Kh1 Kf2 76.Kh2 g3+ 77.Kh3 g2 78.Kh4 g1Q 79.Kh5 Qg7 80.Kh4 Kf3 81.Kh5 Kf4 82.Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

Jim Doyle - Ian Marks [B77]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Be3 g6 8.f3 Bg7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.g4 Ne5 11.Be2 Rc8 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.h6 Bh8 17.g5 Ne8 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Na5 Bxb2 20.Nxc4 Bxa1 21.0-0 e6 22.Rxa1 exd5 23.Qxd5 Be6 24.Qd4 Qc7 25.Na3 f6 26.gxf6 Rxf6 27.f4 Qa5 28.e5 dxe5 29.fxe5 Rf5 30.Nc4 Qd5 31.Qxd5 Bxd5 32.Nd6 Rxe5 33.Nxe8 Rxe8 34.Bxa7 Re5 35.Bd4 Rh5 36.Bg7 Rh1+ 37.Kf2 Rxa1 38.Bxa1 Bxa2 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.Bd4 Bb1 41.c3 g5 42.Bg7 Kg6 43.Kg4 Bf5+ 44.Kg3 b5 45.Bf8 Kh5 46.Bg7 g4 47.Bf8 Be6 ½-½

Round 4

Jonathan Grant - Gunnar Jacob [A96]
1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.0-0 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 b6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.Bd5+ Kh8 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 g6 18.e4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Bf6 20.h4 Qe7 21.Bd2 Rbe8 22.Rae1 Qg7 23.h5 gxh5 24.Kg2 Qg6 25.Qd5 Be5 26.Bd7 Re7 27.f4 Rg8 28.Rf3 Bf6 29.Rxe7 Bxe7 30.Be6 Rf8 31.f5 Qg7 32.f6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.Be3 c6 35.Qe4 Qf8 36.Bd4+ Bf6 37.Qf5 Kg7 38.Qg5+ 1-0

Andrew Muir - Jim Stevenson [E42]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Nd4 Bxc5 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.0-0 Qh4 12.Nf3 Bxf2+ 13.Kh1 Qd8 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Nc6 16.h3 h5 17.Bf4 Bf5 18.Nh2 g5 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Rxf2 gxf4 21.Rxf4 g3 22.Rxf5 Rxh2+ 23.Kg1 Nd4 24.Rg5 Nxb5 25.Rxg3 Rh4 26.e6 f5 27.Rg5 Nd6 28.Rc1 Rd4 29.Ne3 Ke7 30.Rg6 Re8 31.Rc5 Kd8 32.Nd5 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Ne4+ 34.Ke2 Nxc5 35.Kxd1 Rxe6 36.Rxe6 Nxe6 37.Ke2 Kd7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Nc3 a6 40.Ne2 Ke5 41.Ng1 b6 42.Nf3+ Kd5 43.Nh4 f4+ 44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Ng6+ Kf5 46.Ne7+ Ke5 47.Nc6+ Kf5 48.Ne7+ Ke5 49.Nc6+ Kf5 ½-½

Ian Marks - Steven Brown [B23]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 e5 6.f4 Bg7 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.Nf3 Bd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.0-0 Ne7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bf6 Rh7 14.Qd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qd6 16.Rae1 0-0-0 17.c3 dxc3 18.bxc3 Rd7 19.d4 Ng8 20.Be5 Qe6 21.Qc2 f6 22.Bg3 Rhe7 23.Qa4 b6 24.Qa6+ Kd8 25.Rb1 Ke8 26.Rbe1 Kf7 ½-½

Alan Grant - Jim Doyle [B16]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 Be7 10.0-0 Be4 11.Re1 f5 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Bf1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd5 15.Qd1 h5 16.h4 Qd7 17.Bg2 Nd5 18.Bd2 f4 19.c4 fxg3 20.cxd5 gxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Bxh4+ 22.Kf1 Bxe1 23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Qxe1 h4 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Qe5 Rg8 27.Bg5 Rxg5 28.Qxg5 Qxd4 29.Qc5 Qxc5 30.Rxc5 Kd7 31.Rh5 Rb8 32.b3 Rb4 33.Ra5 Rb7 34.Ra4 f5 35.Rxh4 Kd6 36.Rd4+ Ke5 37.Rc4 Rd7 38.Ke2 Rh7 39.Rxc6 Rg7 40.Kf2 Rd7 41.Ra6 Rd2+ 42.Kf3 Kf6 43.Bf1 Kg5 44.Rxa7 e5 45.b4 Rd4 46.b5 Rf4+ 47.Ke2 Rb4 48.Kd2 Kf4 49.Kc3 Rb1 50.Bd3 Rc1+ 51.Bc2 e4 52.b6 e3 53.b7 e2 54.b8Q+ 1-0

Round 5

Gunnar Jacob - Ian Marks [E92]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.0-0 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Na6 14.Kh1 Nf6 15.Rc1 Ng4 16.Bxg4 fxg4 17.fxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Bxe5 19.Nde4 Qg6 20.Bf6 Bxf6 21.Qxf6 Qg7 22.Qd8+ Qf8 23.Nf6+ Kf7 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rf1 Kg7 26.Nb5 Kg6 27.Nd4 Nc5 28.Ne8 Na6 29.Rf6+ Kg5 30.Rf7 Bd7 31.Nxc7 Nxc7 32.Rxd7 Re8 33.Kg1 Re4 34.h4+ Kf6 35.Rxc7 Rxd4 36.Kh2 a4 37.b3 axb3 38.axb3 b5 39.Rd7 bxc4 40.bxc4 Rxc4 41.Rxd6+ Kg7 42.h5 Rd4 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rg6+ Kh7 45.d6 Rd4 46.Kh4 Rd2 47.Kg3 Rd4 48.Rf6 Rd2 49.Re6 Kg7 50.Rg6+ Kh7 51.Kxg4 Rxg2+ 52.Kf5 Rd2 53.Ke6 Re2+ 54.Kf7 Rd2 55.Ke7 Rc2 56.d7 Rc8 57.Rxh6+ 1-0

Jim Stevenson - Jonathan Grant [A01]
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nc3 Ngxe5 10.0-0 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Qh4 13.Qd2 c6 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.h3 Ne5 17.f4 Nd7 18.Qxd6 Rad8 19.Qc7 Nc5 20.Na4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxb2 22.Nxb2 Ne4 23.Nd3 Qg3 24.Qe5 Qxe3+ 25.Kh1 Rd8 26.Re1 Ng3+ 27.Kh2 Qxd3 28.Qg5 Nf5 29.Re5 f6 0-1

Ed Spencer - Andrew Muir [B26]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.a3 a5 9.Nge2 Nd4 10.0-0 e6 11.Nc1 Ne7 12.Nd1 0-0 13.c3 Ndc6 14.Bh6 d5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ne3 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bb7 18.f4 a4 19.Qf2 f5 20.Bf3 Na5 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Ng2 Qd6 23.Ne1 Nec6 24.Nf3 Re8 25.d4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Rd8 27.Ne2 Nc4 28.Rab1 b4 29.Ne5 Nd2 30.Nxc6 Qxc6 31.Rbc1 Qe4 32.Rfd1 bxa3 33.bxa3 Rb2 34.Rc7+ Kh6 35.h3 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Nxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.g4 Rd1+ 0-1

Steven Brown - Alan Grant [E68]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6 9.h3 b5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 b4 12.Nd5 a5 13.Bg5 c6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Ba6 17.axb4 axb4 18.b3 Nc5 19.Qe3 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Bb7 21.Ne1 Ne6 22.Nd3 Nd4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Nxe5 c5 25.Nf3 Nc2 26.Qh6 f6 27.Qd2 Bxe4 28.Ne1 Nd4 29.Qe3 Re8 30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Rb1 Nxb3 33.Nd3 Nd2 34.Rd1 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Ne5 36.Nxc5 Rxc4 37.Nd7 Kf7 38.Nxe5+ fxe5 39.Rd7+ Ke6 40.Rxh7 Kd5 41.h4 Kd4 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rxh5 b3 44.Rh1 b2 45.Kf3 Rc1 0-1

Round 6

Alan Grant - Gunnar Jacob [B92]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.a4 Rc8 14.c3 a5 15.Be3 b6 16.Bb5 Nc5 17.Nc1 Bg5 18.Bc6 e4 19.b4 Nd3 20.Nxd3 exd3 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Re3 Rc7 23.bxa5 bxa5 24.Rb1 Re7 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.Qd2 Qe4 27.h3 h5 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.c4 Qe2 30.Bb5 Rc5 31.f3 Kh7 32.Qxe2 dxe2 33.Rc1 Bc2 34.Kf2 Bd1 35.Rc3 Kg6 36.Re3 Kf6 37.h4 Rc7 38.f4 Re7 39.Rxe7 Kxe7 40.g3 f6 41.Ke1 Kd8 42.Bc6 Kc7 43.Be8 Bb3 44.Bb5 Bd1 45.Be8 Kb6 46.Bxh5 Kc5 47.Bxe2 Bxa4 48.g4 Kd4 49.g5 Bc2 50.Kd2 Be4 51.h5 fxg5 52.fxg5 a4 53.Bd1 Kxc4 54.Bxa4 Kxd5 55.h6 gxh6 56.gxh6 Ke6 ½-½

Ian Marks - Jim Stevenson [B82]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.Rdf1 Bd7 12.Rhg1 b5 13.g4 b4 14.Nce2 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bb5 16.Kb1 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Rac8 18.g5 Nd7 19.f5 Ne5 20.Qg2 exf5 21.exf5 Rfe8 22.h4 Bf8 23.h5 Nxd3 24.Bc1 Qc5 25.Nb3 Qe5 26.g6 Qe4 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Rd1 Nxc1 30.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31.Rxc1 Rh4 32.Rc6 Rxh5 33.Rxa6 Rxf5 34.Rb6 Rf4 0-1

Jonathan Grant - Ed Spencer [A25]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.0-0 h5 8.h4 Nd4 9.d3 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Rb1 a5 14.b3 Qc8 15.Nf4 Bd7 16.Nd5 f6 17.a3 Rb8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 b5 20.cxb5 Rxb5 21.Bb2 g5 22.f4 gxh4 23.gxh4 f5 24.exf5 Rxd5 25.Bxd5 Nxb4 26.Qe1+ Kf8 27.Qxb4 c5 28.Qb6 Rh6 29.Ra1 Be8 30.Rfe1 Be5 31.Rxe5 Rg6+ 32.fxg6 Qg4+ 33.Bg2 dxe5 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Ra8 1-0

Jim Doyle - Steven Brown [B33]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nc2 f5 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ncb4 Nxd5 16.Nc6 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.Nxb8 Qxc3+ 19.Ke2 Be6 20.f3 Bh6 21.Kf2 Qe3+ 22.Kg3 Rg8+ 23.Kh3 fxe4+ 24.g4 Bxg4+ 25.Kh4 0-1

Round 7

Gunnar Jacob - Jim Doyle [A52]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.e3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.h4 g4 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 d6 14.Qd5 c6 15.Qd4 c5 16.Qc3 Bf5 17.Rd1 f6 18.Rd2 Be4 19.0-0 Rg8 20.Bd1 Qe6 21.Bc2 Bxc2 22.Rxc2 0-0-0 23.Rd1 Rg7 24.b3 Rgd7 25.Rd5 b6 26.Rcd2 Qf5 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Kc7 29.Rcd2 Kc6 30.Kf1 a6 31.f4 gxf3 32.gxf3 b5 33.f4 Ng4 34.Ke2 Re8 35.R2d3 bxc4 36.bxc4 Re4 37.Kf3 f5 38.Rxf5 Rde7 39.Bf2 Rxc4 40.Rxh5 Nf6 41.Rh6 Ne4 42.Rg6 Rc2 43.Be1 Rh2 44.f5 Rh1 45.Bg3 Rf1+ 46.Kg4 Nxg3 47.Rgxd6+ Kb5 48.f6 Re8 49.Kxg3 Rg1+ 50.Kh2 ½-½

Jim Stevenson - Alan Grant [B22]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Bc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.0-0 e5 12.h3 Bf5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qf3 Qf6 16.Ba3 Rfc8 17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qa6 Rb6 19.Qa4 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qf3 21.Rfe1 Rg6+ 22.Kf1 Qxh3+ 23.Ke2 Qg4+ 24.Kf1 Qh3+ 25.Ke2 Qg4+ ½-½

Ed Spencer - Ian Marks [B01]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.g4 Bd7 8.d4 e6 9.g5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd5 12.f4 Bc6 13.Nf3 Nxf4 14.Qf2 Nh3 15.Qe3 Nxg5 16.Nxg5 Bxh1 17.Nxf7 0-0 18.Qxe6 Qh5 19.Ne5+ Kh8 20.Be3 Nc6 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ ½-½

Muir,A (2347) - Grant,J (2251) [E54]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 Qc6 16.f3 Rac8 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Be4 Qc7 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.f4 Qd5 23.f5 Rg8 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rce1 Kf7 26.Rf2 Rg5 27.Ref1 Rg6 28.Qh3 Kg7 29.Re1 Re8 30.Qd3 b5 31.Rb1 Rb8 32.a4 a6 33.g3 Rc8 34.axb5 axb5 35.Rxb5 Rxc3 36.Rxd5 Rxd3 37.Rd7+ Kh8 38.Ra2 Rg8 39.Raa7 Rb8 40.Kg2 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 h5 42.Rf7 f5 43.Rh7+ Kg8 44.Rag7+ Kf8 45.Kh4 Rxd4+ 46.Kxh5 e5 47.Rf7+ Kg8 48.Rhg7+ Kh8 49.Rg6 Rb2 50.h4 Rg4 51.Rxf5 Rxg6 52.Kxg6 Rb7 53.Kf6 e4 54.g4 Rb3 55.Re5 Rb6+ 56.Kf5 Rh6 57.h5 Ra6 58.Rxe4 Kg7 59.Re7+ Kg8 60.g5 Ra8 61.Kf6 Ra6+ 62.Re6 Ra8 63.g6 Rf8+ 1-0

Round 8

Marks,I (1944) - Muir,A (2347) [B23]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.d3 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Kh1 0-0 9.Be3 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bd2 d5 14.a3 Nxb3 15.cxb3 d4 16.Ne4 Bc6 17.Nfg5 Ne3 18.Bxe3 dxe3 19.Qg4 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Qxd3 21.Nxe6 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Rae1 Qd2+ 25.Kh3 e2 26.Rg1 Rxf4 27.Qd6 Rf3+ 28.Kg2 Qe3 29.Kh1 Qe4 0-1

Brown,S - Jacob,G [A96]
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf6 9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Nc6 11.e3 e5 12.Bd5+ Kh8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.gxf4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Qg6+ 19.Kf2 c5 20.Nf3 Qh5 21.Ke1 Bb7 22.Ne5 Qh4+ 23.Qf2 Qf6 24.Qg3 Rd6 25.Rf2 Rad8 26.h4 Kg8 27.Rc1 Be4 28.Rh2 a5 29.a4 Qe7 30.Qg5 Qe8 31.Qg3 Qh5 32.Re2 Rb8 33.Rb2 h6 34.Kf2 Rbd8 35.Re2 Rd2 36.Rce1 R8d6 37.Qh2 g5 38.Qg3 g4 39.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 40.Re2 Rd1 41.Re1 Rd6 42.Re2 Qe8 43.Qg1 Qd8 44.Qh2 h5 45.Kg3 Qb8 46.Rb2 Qb4 47.Qe2 Qc3 48.Qf2 Qc1 49.Re2 Rd1 50.Ng6 Rg1+ 0-1


Grant,A (2193) - Spencer,E [B92]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.a4 Rc8 14.c3 Bg6 15.a5 f5 16.f4 Bf7 17.Ra4 Bf6 18.Rb4 Rc7 19.c4 Kh8 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Qf3 Qf6 22.Qf2 g5 23.Be3 f4 24.Bd4 Bg8 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.h3 Rg7 27.Be2 g4 28.hxg4 Nxg4 29.Bxg4 Rxg4 30.Re4 Qh6 31.Rxb7 Rh4 32.Qf3 Bf7 33.Ree7 Rh1+ 34.Kf2 Qh4+ 35.g3 Qh2+ 36.Qg2 fxg3+ 37.Kf3 Bg6+ 0-1

Doyle,J - Stevenson,J [B02]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Nd7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxd5+ Kg7 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.0-0-0 Ng4 15.Rde1 Nxe3 16.fxe3 c6 17.e4 Bf4+ 18.Kb1 Be6 19.Qc3 Bf7 20.g3 Bd6 21.a3 Bc7 22.Rhf1 Rhf8 23.Rg1 Rae8 24.h4 c5 25.h5 cxd4 26.Qxd4+ Be5 27.Qe3 Qe6 28.hxg6 Qa2+ 29.Kc1 Qxb2+ 30.Kd1 Bxg6 31.Rh1 Bc3 32.Qh6+ Kh8 33.Ref1 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Bg7 35.Qh3 Qxa3 36.Rh1 Qd6 37.Kc1 Qd4 38.Re1 Qa1+ 0-1

Round 9

Jim Stevenson - Stephen Brown [A07]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Ngf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.b3 0-0 7.c4 d4 ½-½

Jonathan Grant - Ian Marks [D45]
1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 ½-½

Andy Muir - Alan Grant [E43]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Bd6 10.exd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Be3 e5 13.d5 e4 14.Qf5 Ne7 15.Qh3 exd3 16.Nc3 Ng6 17.b4 Be5 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nc3 Rxc4 21.Bd2 Rh4 22.Qxd3 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Qb8 24.g3 Bxg3+ 25.Kg2 Bf4 26.Rh1 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Qf4 28.Qxf4 Nxf4+ 29.Kf3 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 N4xd5 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Rd1 Nf6 33.Rd6 Rb8 34.a4 Kf8 35.a5 Ke7 36.Rxb6 Rxb6 37.axb6 Kd6 38.b5 axb5 39.b7 Kc7 40.b8Q+ Kxb8 0-1

Spencer,E - Doyle,J [B12]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bd7 5.Be3 e6 6.c3 a5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qe2 c5 9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Nf3 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Nbd4 Ng6 15.0-0-0 Na6 16.Qe3 Rc8 17.Bc2 a4 18.Ng5 a3 19.b3 Qc7 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Kd2 Nc5 22.f3 Qd8 23.h4 Qe7 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Rxh5 26.gxh5 f6 27.Nh3 fxe5 28.Qxe5 Qf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6 30.Nf2 Kf7 31.Nc2 Rh8 32.Rh1 e5 33.Kc1 Bb5 34.Nxa3 Be2 35.Rh3 Ne6 36.Rh4 Bxf3 37.Nb5 Ke7 38.h6 Be2 39.Na3 Kf7 40.Nc2 Kg6 41.Kd2 Bh5 42.Rb4 Rh7 43.Rb6 Nf4 44.Ne3 Kg5 45.c4 Bf3 46.c5 d4 47.Nc2 Rxh6 48.Ne1 Bc6 49.b4 Rh2 50.b5 Rxf2+ 51.Kd1 Be4 52.a4 Ra2 53.Rd6 Rxa4 54.Nc2 Bxc2+ 55.Kxc2 Rc4+ 56.Kb3 Rxc5 57.Kb4 Rd5 58.Rb6 d3 0-1