[Event "2013 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.1"]
[White "Clough, Fred"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani: 3...d5 4.Qa4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Qd6 8.O-O
Be7 9.d3 exd3 10.Rd1 Bf5 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Bxd3 Bxd3 13.Rxd3 Bd6 {(=)} 14.Nd2 Ne7
15.Nf3 O-O 16.Rad1 Nc8 17.Ne5 Qf5 18.g4 Nb6 19.gxf5 Nxa4 20.R3d2 Rab8 21.Rxd6
cxd6 22.Nd7 Rxb2 23.Nxf8 Kxf8 24.Bxd6+ Ke8 25.Be5 f6 26.Bd4 c5 27.Re1+ Kd7
28.c4 cxd4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2013 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.2"]
[White "Harley-Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Cook, Ralph J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD: Exchange"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.Rc1 c4 11.Bb1 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.f3 Re8 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Bg3 Qc8 16.Nb5
Bf8 17.Nc7 Rxe3 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Bf2 Re8 20.Ng3 Bb4 21.a3 Ba5 22.Nf5 Re6 23.Be1
Bxe1 24.Rfxe1 Qe8 25.Qd2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2013 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.3"]
[White "Wilmott, Daniel"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 d5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qb6 14.Qd2 Bc6 15.b3
e5 16.Qg5 Kg7 17.h4 Qb4 18.Rd3 h6 19.Qd2 Rfe8 20.Be2 a5 21.O-O Qxh4 22.f4 exf4
23.Qxf4 Qxf4 24.Rxf4 Ne4 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Nc3 27.Bc4 Nxd5 28.Bxd5 Ra7
29.Kf2 {(=)} Re5 30.c4 Rae7 31.a3 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Rb2 33.c5 f5 34.Ra4 Re5 35.Rd4
g5 36.c6 Rc2 37.Bc4 Rc5 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.c7 g4 40.Rd5 Rxc7 41.Rxa5 g3 42.Kf1 Re7
43.Rxf5+ Kg6 44.Kg1 Kxf5 45.Bd3+ Kf4 46.Bxc2 Re1# 0-1


[Event "2013 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.4"]
[White "Moore, Robert"]
[Black "Los, Sietse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 e6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.a3 cxd4 8.exd4 a6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.f4 Rac8 13.Rf3 Nh5 14.g4 f6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.gxh5 f5 17.Qe2 Rf6 18.Nf1 Qc7 19.Qe3 Qb6 20.Kh1 Qc7 21.Ng3 Qf7 22.Re1 Rh6
23.Rf2 Qc7 24.Ref1 Be7 25.Re2 Bd6 26.Kg2 Kf7 27.Kf3 Ne7 28.Rfe1 Ng8 29.Rg1 Re8
30.Nxf5 g6 31.hxg6+ hxg6 32.Nxh6+ Nxh6 33.Bxg6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2013 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.1"]
[White "Trickey, Andrew"]
[Black "Llywelyn, Guto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.Bxe5 Qxe5
9.Nc3 d4 10.Nf3 Qd6 11.Nxd4 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Qf3
Qg6 16.d3 c6 17.Qe4 Qd6 18.Rf2 Bh3 19.Qh4 Be6 20.Ne4 Qe5 21.d4 Qc7 22.Raf1
Rae8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Qf4 {(=)} Qe7 26.Re2 Re4 27.Qf3 Re8 28.Rfe1 Qa3
29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.c4 Qe7 31.d5 cxd5 32.cxd5 Qc5 33.Rf1+ Kg8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2013 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.2"]
[White "Richards, Mike"]
[Black "Wardle, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 h6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd2 a6 9.h3
Qb6 10.Na4 Qc7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Nc5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bc3 O-O 16.Bd3
Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qe7 18.O-O Rac8 19.Rc2 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.e4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Rd8
23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rcd7 25.Qg4 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Rc7 R4d7 28.Rc8 Rd5
29.R1c7 Rd7 30.Qc4 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Rd7 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ g6 34.Rc3 Qd8 35.Kh2
Qb6 36.Qc2 Kg7 37.h4 Qd4 38.Re3 Qxh4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4 40.Qb3 b5 41.Qc2 Qb6 42.Qe2
Rd5 43.Qf3 Qc5 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Rf3 Qc7 46.Rh3 h5 47.g4 Qxe5 48.Qe7 Rd1+ 49.Kg2
Qe4+ 50.Rf3 Qxg4+ 51.Rg3 Qf5 {time loss} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2013 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.3"]
[White "Davies, Lauren"]
[Black "Evans, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA: 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Na5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6
9.Bxc4 Bd7 10.Qb3 Ne5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Qb5+ Nc6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qxb7 Nb4 15.Qb5+
Kf7 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qf3+ Nf6 18.Rd1 Nc2+ 19.Kf1 Nxe3+ 20.fxe3 Qb6 21.Qxa8 Qxe3
22.Nf3 Ng4 23.Rd2 Bg7 24.Qb7+ Kf6 25.Ne4+ Kf5 26.Ng3+ Kf6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Nxe4+
Ke7 29.Ke2 Bh6 30.Rc2 Ne3 31.Rc7+ Kd8 32.Rxa7 Nxg2 33.Ra8+ Ke7 34.Rxh8 Nf4+
35.Kd1 Nd3 36.Rxh7+ Kf8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2013 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.1"]
[White "Cleverly, David"]
[Black "Merryweather, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ndf3 Nc6 7.c3 Qb6 8.Ne2 f6 9.Qc2
Be7 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Bc5 12.b4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Be7 14.Nf5 Qc7 15.Nxg7+ Kf7
16.Nh5 Bxb4 17.Bd4 Be7 18.Bd3 f5 19.g4 Bh4+ 20.Kd1 Nc5 21.gxf5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3
Rf8 23.f6 Kg8 24.Rg1+ Kh8 25.Rg7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2013 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.2"]
[White "George, Peter"]
[Black "Smith, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nc3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Be3 c6
9.Qd2 cxd5 10.exd5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Be3 a6 15.f4 Nd7
16.a4 Qa5 17.Bd4 Nf6 18.Bf3 Bd7 19.Qf2 Qb4 20.Rad1 Qc4 21.Be2 Qc8 22.Bb6 Bf5
23.Bd3 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Nd7 25.Bd4 Nc5 26.Rd2 b6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Re1 Re8 29.Rde2
Qd7 30.b4 Nxa4 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Nxa4 Qxa4 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8
36.Qxb6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qd2 38.Qxd6 Qxc2 39.Qe5 h5 40.d6 h4 41.d7 Qd2 42.Qe8+ {#r}
1-0


[Event "2013 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "0.3"]
[White "Harber, Gary"]
[Black "Wood, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.b4
a6 10.Bh2 Re8 11.O-O b6 12.Nb3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Ndf6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 b5 16.Ne5 Nd6
17.Nc5 Ra7 18.Nexd7 Rxd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.e4 e5 22.exd5 e4 23.Be2
Nxd5 24.Rad1 e3 25.Rd3 Bh6 26.Qc1 exf2+ 27.Kxf2 Bxc1 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2014 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Merryweather, David"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.Be3 a6 9.Rg1
h5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qf3 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qxc2 15.Qxf6 Rg8
16.Rd1 Bg7 17.gxh5 Qxc3+ 18.Qxc3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2014 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "George, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: English Variation"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 d5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 N7b6 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rb1 c5 14.c4 Ba4 15.Qe2 Nc7
16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.dxc5 Nd7 19.Rxb7 Nxc5 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Rxc7 Na6
22.Rxh7 Rg8 23.Ne5 O-O-O 24.Qe4 Nc7 25.Rb1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2014 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Wood, Robert"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 d5
9.O-O-O dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.fxe4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bg4 13.Bxg7 Qxd2+ 14.Rxd2 Kxg7
15.h3 Be6 16.b3 Rfd8 17.c4 Rxd2 18.Kxd2 Rd8+ 19.Kc2 Bd7 20.Be2 Bc6 21.Bf3 Kf6
22.Kc3 Ke5 23.a4 Rd4 24.a5 a6 25.b4 Bd7 26.Rc1 Be6 27.Kb3 Rd3+ 28.Kb2 Kd4
29.Bd1 Bxc4 30.Bc2 Rd2 31.Ka3 Rxg2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2014 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Chambers, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.c3"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Ba4 a6 9.d4
b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Bc2 h6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Ndf3 Bd6
16.Nd3 Be7 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.e5 Nh7 19.Qd3 g6 20.Nxg6 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne7+ Bxe7
23.Qxh7# 1-0


[Event "2014 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Goold, Greg"]
[Black "Evans, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA: 3.e3 e6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nf6
9.a3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 Na5 12.Ba2 Qb6 13.b4 Nc6 14.d5 Nd8 15.Bb2 Re8 16.Ne5
a5 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Qxd7 Bh4 20.Ne4 Rad8 21.Qa4 f5 22.g3 fxe4
23.gxh4 Rf8 24.Qc2 Rf3 25.Rxe4 Kh8 26.Rxe6 Qc7 27.Qxc7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2014 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Williams, Richard"]
[Black "Bean, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 2.d4"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bg5+ Bf6
8.O-O-O+ Ke8 9.Nd5 Bd8 10.Bxd8 Kxd8 11.Nb6+ Ke7 12.Nxa8 c6 13.Nxe5 Nf6 14.f3
Ne8 15.Bc4 f6 16.Nf7 Rf8 17.Rd8 Be6 18.Bxe6 Kxe6 19.Rxe8+ Kxf7 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8
21.Rd1 Na6 22.Rd7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2014 U-1500 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Evans, June"]
[Black "Richards, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Ne5 c5 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.O-O Ne4 10.Bh5 g6 11.Be2 Bxd2 12.Bf3 Bb4 13.a3 Bd6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Qd3 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.exd4 f5 19.Bd1 Nc6 20.f3 Nd6 21.Re1 Nxd4 22.Nc3
Bd7 23.Nxd5 Kf7 24.Nb6 Rad8 25.Rc1 Bc6 26.h3 Rhe8 27.a4 e5 28.Rc3 e4 29.Rce3
Re7 30.f4 Ne6 $19 { A draw wins the match for White Knights.} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2014 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Smith, Steve"]
[Black "Stuart, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...e5"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3
d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Be3 Bxb5 14.Qxb5 Rb8
15.Qe2 Re8 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Nd2 Rec8 18.Qf5 Qa4 19.b3 Qa3 20.Nf3 Bc5 21.Rfc1 Ne4
22.Ne5 Nd6 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 (23...Qxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Nxf5) 24.Qf4 Rbc8 25.Nd3 Rxc1+
26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Qb2 28.f3 Qc3 29.Ne2 {Time trouble } Qe1# 0-1


[Event "2014 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Beck, Michael"]
[Black "Jones, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bd3 a6 8.Qc2 h6
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.h3 c5 11.c4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.Nf5 e4 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Be2 Bf5
16.O-O dxc4 17.Bxc4 Rac8 18.Qb3 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 b5 20.Be2 Rd6 21.Qa3 Qe6 22.Nb3
Rcd8 23.Nd4 Rxd4 24.exd4 Nd5 25.Qb3 Qg6 26.g4 Nf4 27.Qe3 Nd5 28.Qg3 Bd7
29.Rac1 Re8 30.Rc5 Nb4 31.a3 Nd3 32.Bxd3 exd3 33.Rxd3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Re2 35.Rc7
Qe6 36.d5 Qe8 37.Re3 {Good technique - white swaps off the black rook reducing
his opponents counterplay. The black bishop on d7 can hardly move.} Rxe3
38.Qxe3 Qd8 39.Qa7 (39.{White is clearly winning against his much higher rated
and more experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves.} Qe5) (39.{White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and
more experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. or} Qc5) 39...Bxg4?! { This is just a bluff, but black was in desperate
straits.} 40.Rxf7 (40.{White is clearly winning against his much higher rated
and more experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. or White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. or White is clearly winning against his much higher rated and more
experienced opponent. Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while
defending the d5 pawn and threatening Qd6 would have been better practical
moves. or After} hxg4 Qxd5+ 41.f3 Qd2+ 42.Qf2 {White would win easily.})
40...Qxd5+ 41.Kg3 Qxf7 42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.hxg4 (43.{White is clearly winning
against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or After White is
clearly winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent.
Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or White is clearly
winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent. Maybe
centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or After White is
clearly winning against his much higher rated and more experienced opponent.
Maybe centralising the queen on c5 or e5, while defending the d5 pawn and
threatening Qd6 would have been better practical moves. or After} Kxg4)
43...Ke6 44.Kf4 g6 45.Ke4 h5 46.Kf3 Ke5 47.gxh5 {Now black is winning.} gxh5
48.Kg3 Kf5 49.f4 a5 50.b3 b4 51.a4 h4+ 52.Kxh4 Kxf4 53.Kh5 Ke4 54.Kg5 Kd3
55.Kf5 Kc3 56.Ke4 Kc2 57.Ke3 Kxb3 58.Kd2 Kb2 59.Kd3 b3 60.Kd2 Ka2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2014 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Divetta, Andrew"]
[Black "Beck, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 f5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Be7 7.c5 O-O 8.Ne5 Ne4 9.Nxe4
fxe4 10.Be2 Bg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.g3 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Rf1 e5 15.h4 Qf6 16.Bg4
Bxg4 {Black is now winning a pawn.} 17.Qxg4 exd4 18.O-O-O d3 19.h5 h6 20.f4 b6
21.cxb6 axb6 22.a3 Ra5 23.Rd2 Rxa3! { This could also have been played the
previous move.} 24.Rdd1 Rc3+ (24...Ra1+ 25.Kd2 Qxb2+ 26.Ke1 Ra2) 25.Kd2 Rc2+
26.Ke1 Re2+ {Good enough to win, but} (26...Qxb2 {would have finished the game
very quickly.}) 27.Qxe2 dxe2 28.Kxe2 Qxb2+ 29.Rd2 Qb5+ 30.Kf2 Qc5 31.Rfd1 b5
32.Rb2 Ra8 33.g4 Ra3 34.Re2 Qc4 35.Rdd2 b4 36.Rc2 Rc3 37.Ra2 Ra3 38.Rac2 Qb5
39.g5 b3 40.Rb2 Qa4 41.Kg3 Ra2 42.Rbd2 Rxd2 43.Rxd2 Qb4 44.Rd1 b2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2014 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Cleaves, Mike"]
[Black "Prescott, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.g3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg2 Bb4 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.O-O Bf5 8.cxd5 Bxc3
9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.dxc3 Qc8 11.Qa4 h6 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Qe6 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Qb3
Qc8 16.Be3 Rb8 17.Bf4 Ra8 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Be3 Qh3 20.Bg2 Qg4 21.Qc2 Qh5 22.h3
Re7 23.Qa4 Rae8 24.Kh2 Qxe2 25.Qh4 Ne5 26.Bxh6 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 Qxf3 28.Be3 Re4
29.g4 R8e6 30.Rd8+ Re8 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Kg1 Nf6 33.Bd4 Nh7 34.Qd8+ Nf8 35.Kh2
Qf4+ 36.Kg2 b6 37.Qa8 Re2 38.Rb1 Qe4+ 39.Qxe4 Rxe4 40.Kf1 Ne6 41.Re1 Rf4
42.Be5 Rc4 43.Kg2 Nc5 44.b3 Nd3 45.Re3 Nf4+ 46.Kg3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2015 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...Bf5"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Bg6 7.Be2 Nh6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.Nc1 O-O 11.Nd3 c5 12.c3 Rc8 13.Nf4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rc2
16.Qe3 Rxb2 17.Bd1 Rb4 18.h4 h5 19.Bb3 a5 20.Rfd1 a4 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Qe6
23.Nxb4 Bxb4 24.a3 Be7 25.d5 Qb6 26.Qf4 Nc5 27.Nd4 Rd8 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Rab1 Qc7
30.Rb5 Qd7 31.Rxc5 Bxc5 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.g4 hxg4 34.h5 g3 35.hxg6 gxf2+ 36.Kg2
f1=Q+ 37.Qxf1 Kxh6 38.Qf4+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kf8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.d6+ Bxd6 42.exd6+
Qxd6 43.Qxd8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2015 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Cleveland, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "St. George Defence"]

1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 e6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5
h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.a4 Ng6 12.g3 Rg8 13.Kh1 c4 14.Bc2 Ne5 15.Rd1 Qb6 16.Nxe5
fxe5 17.Na3 Rc8 18.Kg1 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Rg5 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 Qc5 22.dxe6 fxe6
23.Raa1 cxb3 24.Bxb3 Qxc3 25.Rab1 Bc6 26.Rd3 Qc5 27.h4 Rg6 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Kh2
Kg7 30.Kh3 Rf8 31.f3 Rgf6 32.Re3 Qb4 33.f4 exf4 34.gxf4 Rxf4 35.Rg1+ Kf6
36.Qh5 Ke7 37.Rg7+ R8f7 38.Qxh6 Qc5 39.Qxf4 Rxg7 40.Rf3 Rg8 41.Qf7+ Kd6
42.Qxg8 {White had just over a minute to complete the game at this point.} Kc7
43.Qg3+ Kb7 44.Rc3 Qf8 45.Qe3 Qf1+ 46.Kg3 Qf6 47.h5 Qe5+ 48.Kf2 Qh2+ {drawn in
a few more moves with both players having under a minute on the clock.} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bg4 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Re8 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.d4 Qc7 15.Rac1
Rad8 16.Qf3 Qb8 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.Nxg3 Bd6 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Rc2 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4
22.Ng3 Ree8 23.a4 Bb4 24.Bc3 Bd6 25.Nf5 Bf8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Guy, David T"]
[Black "Jones, Ian R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Bogoljubow-Miles Defence"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Qd7 6.O-O f6 7.Bf4 Nge7 8.exf6 gxf6
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Na3 Nf5 11.Nxf5 Bxf5 12.Nb5 Bd6 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.c4 dxc4 15.d5
Ne5 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bh5+ Ng6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Bxd6 O-O-O 20.Rfd1 Rd7 21.Bc5 b6
22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Bd4 Nf4 24.Bf3 Rg8 25.Rc1 b5 26.g3 Nd3 27.Rd1 f5 28.b3 Re8
29.bxc4 bxc4 30.Bd5 Ba4 31.Rb1 Rd8 32.Bb7+ Kd7 33.Ba6 Kc6 34.Bxa7 c3 35.Rb6+
Kc7 36.Rb7+ Kc6 37.Rb6+ Kc7 38.Rb7+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Prescott, Wayne"]
[Black "Goodchild, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 c5 6.d5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 O-O
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.O-O a6 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.Rab1 Nxd3 15.Qxd3
Nd7 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Bc3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nc3 e6 20.g3 Qd7 21.Kg2 f5 22.f4 Bd4
23.Ne2 exd5 24.exd5 Re3 25.Qd2 Rfe8 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Rxe3 dxe3 28.Qe2 Qe7
29.Re1 Qe4+ 30.Qf3 Qc2+ 31.Qe2 Qe4+ 32.Qf3 Qd4 33.Qe2 Re4 34.b3 Re8 35.Qf3 b5
36.cxb5 axb5 37.Qd1 Qe4+ 38.Qf3 Qc2+ 39.Qe2 Qc5 40.Qf3 Re4 41.Re2 Qxd5 42.g4
Qd3 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.Kg3 Kf8 45.Kh4 Qd4 46.Kg5 Kg7 47.Kxf5 Rxf4+ 48.Qxf4 Qd3+
49.Qe4 Qxe2 50.Qe7+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Conway, Dave"]
[Black "Beck, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 e6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bd3 f5 5.O-O Nd7 6.b3 Ngf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Qf6 10.Rb1 Rf7 11.c4 c6 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bc2 g5 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.f3 Raf8 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.b4 Rg7
22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Rf1+ Rf7 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qh5+ Kg7 26.Qg4 h6 27.Qxe4 Qxe4
28.Bxe4 Kf6 29.g3 Ke5 30.Bg2 b6 31.cxb6 axb6 32.a3 b5 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.Ke2 c5
35.bxc5+ Kxc5 36.Kd3 e5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Davies, John"]
[Black "Lockley, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.Bg5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qd2 dxc4 6.Bh6 Bxh6 7.Qxh6 Qxd4 8.Nf3
Ng4 9.Nxd4 Nxh6 10.e3 Ng4 11.Ndb5 Na6 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.Nd5 c6 14.Nxe7+ Kg7
15.Nd4 b5 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Nexc6 Nxc6 18.Nxc6 b4 19.O-O Bb7 20.Bxa6 Bxc6 21.Rac1
Bd5 22.b3 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.e4 Rxa6 25.exd5 Rxa2 26.d6 Rd8 27.h3 Re2 28.Rc6
Re6 29.Ra6 Rd7 30.Rd4 h5 31.Rxb4 Rexd6 32.Rba4 Rxa6 33.Rxa6 Rb7 34.h4 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Ward, John"]
[Black "Jenkins, Aled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian-Three Knights Game, 4.Nxe5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 Qe7 5.d4 d6 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.O-O Ba6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Nb6 15.Bxc6
Bc4 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Qe3 h6 18.Qf3 Bxd5 19.Qh5 Qxc2 20.Re2 Qd3 21.Qg4 Be6
22.Qh5 Qxd4 23.Qf3 Bg4 24.Re4 Qxb2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2015 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Griffiths, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: 4.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Bc3 7.Rb1 Bb7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Bxd2 12.Nxd2 c5 13.Ba3 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.Rbd1 Qc7
16.Qb1 Red8 17.Bb2 Ba8 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Rc1 Qb4 21.Rc2 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 Ne4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nxe4 f5 25.Ng5 Nc5 26.Rd1 h6 27.Nf3 g5 28.Rd4 Qb5
29.Qd1 Qc6 30.Kg1 g4 31.Rd8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2015 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Griffiths, Hywel"]
[Black "Daniel, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 4.Be3, 150 Attack"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.f3 a6 8.Nd5 e5
9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.d5 Ne7 11.h4 Bg7 12.Bh6 f5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.O-O-O f4 15.g4 fxg3
16.h5 Ng8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Nh3 Bxh3 19.Rxh3 Rxf3 20.Be2 Rf2 21.Rxg3 Qh4 22.Rdg1
Qh2 23.Rxg6+ Kh7 24.Qc3 Raf8 25.Qxc7+ R2f7 26.Qc4 Qf4+ 27.Kb1 Nf6 28.Qd3 Nxe4
29.Qh3+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2015 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Evans, James"]
[Black "Smith, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: 4.O-O Nf6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.fxe5
dxe5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Nc3 Rd2 14.Rac1 Nf4
15.Rf2 Rxf2 16.Kxf2 c6 17.b4 Ke7 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.g3 Rxd1 20.Nxd1 Ne6 21.c3 Kd6
22.Ne3 c5 23.a3 cxb4 24.axb4 Nc7 25.c4 b6 26.Nf5+ Ke6 27.Ke3 Na6 28.b5 Nc5
29.Kf3 a6 30.bxa6 Nxa6 31.Ng7+ Kd6 32.Ne8+ Ke7 33.Ng7 Nc7 34.Kg4 Ne6 35.Nf5+
Kd7 36.Ne3 Kc6 37.Nd5 Kc5 38.Kf5 Kxc4 39.Nxb6+ Kd4 40.Nd7 Ng7+ 41.Kxf6 Kxe4
42.Kxg7 f5 43.Kf6 f4 44.Nxe5 f3 45.Nxf3 Kxf3 46.Kg5 Kg2 47.Kh4 Kxh2 48.g4 Kg2
49.Kh5 Kg3 50.Kg5 h6+ 51.Kxh6 Kxg4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2015 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Beck, Michael"]
[Black "Richards, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Veresov Attack"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.e3 Bd7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Be7 10.Qd2 Bc6 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.b4 b5 13.Rfe1 Qc7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Qe2 Bd6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Rad8 20.g3 Rd7 21.Ng5 g6 22.Qh4
h5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.Qxf6 Rd8 27.Qf4 Qd2 28.Qxd2 Rxd2
29.Rc1 f6 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke1 Rd4 32.c3 Rc4 33.Kd2 e5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Ra1 Rc6
36.Rxa4 Ke6 37.Kc2 Kd5 38.Kb3 g5 39.c4+ Rxc4 40.Rxa6 f5 41.Rd6+ Kxd6 42.Kxc4
Kc6 43.f3 g4 44.f4 e4 45.Kc3 Kb5 46.Kb3 e3 47.Kc3 e2 48.Kd2 Kxb4 49.Kxe2 Kc4
50.Kf2 Kd4 51.Kg2 Ke3 52.h3 Ke4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...e6"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O c5 6.b4 cxb4 7.d3 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.axb4
Bxb4 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 e5 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Rfb1 Nd7 14.Nb5 Nc5 15.Qa3 Qe7
16.Nd2 Ra6 17.Nc7 Qxc7 18.Qxc5 Bg4 19.Kf1 Qc8 20.Ne4 Bh3 21.Nd6 Qg4 22.f3 Qh5
23.Rxb7 Nd8 24.Rb8 Rc6 25.Qa3 f5 26.c5 h6 27.Qxa5 Ne6 28.Rxf8+ Nxf8 29.Qb5 Rc7
30.Ra8 Kh7 31.Rxf8 Ra7 32.Qe8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2016 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Default"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2016 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[EventType "team"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.Qg4 g6 10.Qe2 e5 11.Bg2 Be6 12.a3 Bd6 13.O-O Nf6 14.Kh1 Nh5 15.a4 f6 16.Bf3
Ng7 17.Bg2 Nh5 18.Be3 O-O 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.b3 Rd8 21.Qe3 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Ne4
Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Nf6 25.Bg5 Rdf8 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Bg2 { Draw agreed as White
Knights were 2-0 up from top 2 boards & would win on bottom board elimination
if match score was tied at 2-2.} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 Open Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Ian R"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (Centre Counter)"]

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nce2 e5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Ng3 Nf6 6.Bc4 h6 7.d3 Nc6 8.c3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 b5 12.Bb3 Bc5 13.a4 Bd7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Nh4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Nhf5 Bf8 19.Qb3 Qa4 20.Qxa4 bxa4 21.cxd4 Nxd4
22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Nf5 c5 24.Kf1 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Downey, Keith AB"]
[Black "Eustis, Ian P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.e3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bb2 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Bd6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.d4 Bb4+ 11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Bc7 15.Nf3 O-O
16.O-O Qf6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rc2 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Qh6 20.h3 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 e5 22.b5
Nb6 23.R4c2 e4 24.Nd2 Qd6 25.Nf1 Bb8 26.bxc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Qa6 Qd7
29.Bc3 Nd5 30.Bd2 Rc8 31.Rc2 Bd6 32.Rb2 c5 33.Rb7 Rc7 34.Rb8+ Bf8 35.Ba5 Rc6
36.Qb5 a6 37.Qa4 Qe6 38.dxc5 Rxc5 39.Bb4 Nxb4 40.Qxb4 Rc8 41.Rxc8 Qxc8 42.Qxe4
Bxa3 43.Qa4 Bf8 44.Ng3 Qb7 45.Ne4 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qb5 47.Qd4 a5 48.Nc3 Qb4 49.Qd3
a4 50.Nd5 Qb3 51.Qe4 Qa3 52.Nb6 Qd6+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "2016 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cleaves, Mike"]
[Black "Daniel, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.g3 g6"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qc2 c6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.b3 Re8 12.e4 Nf8 13.Ba3 N6d7 14.Bd6 Qd8 15.b4 a6 16.a4
Ne6 17.Ne2 Qf6 18.c5 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Qc4 Qg4 21.h3 Qe6 22.Qxe6 Rxe6 23.Ra3
Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.h4 Nf6 26.Rad3 Re8 27.f3 h5 28.Kf2 Be6 29.Nc3 Bb3 30.R1d2
Bc4 31.Rd6 Ke7 32.Bh3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, James"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.Qb3 e6
9.Bf4 Qe7 10.Rad1 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nd5 hxg5 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Nxg5 Nd4 15.Qa3 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Rfe1 Rh5 18.Nf3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bg7 20.Qa3 Ne8 21.Rd3 Nc7
22.Qxd6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2016 U-1800 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scott, Paul B"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Accelerated Pterodactyl"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nb5 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Qe2+ Nge7
9.Bxd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Nfxd4 cxd4
15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.Nd6 Qd7 17.Nxf5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Williams, Richie"]
[Black "Chambers, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nxe4
9.Qf3 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Qxa8 Nd7 12.Qc6 Be7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qe4 f5
16.Qxf5 Nf6 17.Qg5+ Kh8 18.Qg7# 1-0


[Event "2016 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, Jonathon"]
[Black "Richards, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna: 2...d6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.d3 Nc6 5.Be2 Be7 6.Nd5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nf6 8.Nxe7
Qxe7 9.Be3 O-O 10.c3 Rfd8 11.Qb3 Rab8 12.O-O h6 13.Rad1 Qd7 14.h3 d5 15.exd5
Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Qc2 Rd6 18.a3 Rbd8 19.Qe2 f5 20.f3 f4 21.Bf2 Rg6 22.Qe4
Qe6 23.Kh2 h5 24.Rg1 Qf6 25.g3 fxg3+ 26.Rxg3 Rxg3 27.Bxg3 Rf8 28.Kg2 g5 29.h4
Qf5 30.Rf1 Qxe4 31.dxe4 gxh4 32.Bxh4 Rf7 33.Kf2 Na5 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Bg3 Re7
36.Rh1 Rh7 37.Rh4 Kf7 38.f4 exf4 39.Bxf4 Ke6 40.Ke3 Ne5 41.Bxe5 Kxe5 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brown, Chandon"]
[Black "Todd, Lyndon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.h3 d6 6.d3 h6 7.a3 a6 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.Bxd5 O-O 10.c3 Be6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Qd7 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bb6 15.Be3 f5
16.e5 f4 17.Bc1 Rae8 18.Qd3 Bd5 19.Bd2 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Bxd4 21.exd6 cxd6 22.Rac1
d5 23.Rfd1 c5 24.Bc3 Qb7 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Qxb2 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Rdd1 Qxa3
29.Ra1 Qc3 30.Rdc1 Qf6 31.Ra2 Rd8 32.Qf3 Ra8 33.Rc6 Qf7 34.Raxa6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6
Kg8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2016 U-1400 Cup Final"]
[Site "Coopers Arms, Plasmarl"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Halpin, Carl"]
[Black "Evans, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Opening "KGD: Falkbeer, 3.exd5 exf4"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe6+ 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.O-O c6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ng5 Qg4 11.Qxg4 Bxg4 12.Bxf4 Be7 13.Rae1 Re8 14.Bc4 Bh5 15.Nce4
Nbd7 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Be7 h6 21.Ne4 Nef6
22.Nd6 b5 23.Bb3 a6 24.c4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Kf2 Nf8 28.b4 Ne6
29.Ke3 Nc7 30.a4 Bd1 31.b5 a5 32.b6 Na6 33.Nb7 Bxa4 34.Nxa5 Nb8 35.Bd6 Nc6
36.b7 Kh7 37.Nxc6 {#r} 1-0