[Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.04"] [Round "1"] [White "PICKLES, STEPHEN"] [Black "Gregg, Alan M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2280"] [BlackElo "1930"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "33"] [GameId "2209041026822155"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,33,25,16,16,25,17,26,74,37,53,1,19,-16,-1,-5,17,2,10,37,63,46,52,39,39,22,7,-2,13,17,4,14,4,-1,18,-2]} {My Ist round of the 25 british championships over 65 i was top of the bottom half so was on top board I found out later that my opponant rating was old and out of date because of lack of playing but with a 350 rating differance I was expecting a difficult game so my plan was to play solid and hope} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 a6 (8... Nxd4 {much better wins a pawn}) 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Qb3 {better}) 12... Qxd1 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Kf1 Rfe8 17. Ke2 {the position is equal and a draw was agreed} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Gregg, Alan M"] [Black "Clark, Robert G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1991"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2209041030189069"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,55,25,17,41,21,15,9,0,-6,-3,6,22,22,22,6,3,3,2,8,42,42,39,39,39,39,39,39,79,61,54,56,53,3,29,11,11,5,29,12,17,25,61,43,53,1,1,-13,17,9,-33,-97,-97,-98,-98,-98,-98,-96]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bb5 Ke7 15. Rhe1 Kd6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Nge7 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Nc3 Nd8 21. Rac1 a6 22. a4 {mistake black is better} (22. g3) 22... Ndc6 23. b3 Rae8 24. Na2 Ng6 25. g3 e5 26. dxe5+ fxe5 27. fxe5+ Ngxe5 28. Nxe5 {I offered a draw with this move i am slightly worse so was happy he accepted} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Prince, Alan R"] [Black "Gregg, Alan M"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1791"] [BlackElo "1930"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2209041030189070"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,79,17,15,58,8,25,-14,-4,-1,-10,-14,-14,-31,-3,-15,-20,-45,-14,-5,-5,-25,-5,-58,-49,-22,-10,-9,40,17,17,-10,12,26,-7,-17,35,-6,13,-21,16,22,22,29,43,-16,-21,-17,60,41,267,62,89,89,82,64,104,99,158,201,232,235,236,250,291,253,294,297,312,257,259,282,282,279,360,346,374,395,395,396,444,427]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Re1 a6 14. Nh4 b5 15. Nf5 c4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qa2 Nd7 18. b3 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Rfc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ba3 Qe6 22. Nc5 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Nf8 {this is the first of many mistakes a simple nxn was best but i did not want another draw but we live and learn} (23... Nxc5 24. Bxc5 b4 25. Bd6 b3 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Bc5 Rb5 29. Be3 b2 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Ne7 33. Rxb2 Rxc3 34. Be3 Nc6 35. Rb7 f6 {equal}) 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Bb4 Nc4 26. Rba1 f6 27. Ra7 Bf7 28. R1a6 Nb6 {losing move} (28... Rb6 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Bf1 Nc4) 29. Nb7 Nc4 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 b4 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. cxb4 Rxb4 34. Rc7 Rc4 35. Re7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Raa7 Bc4 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rgc7 Bd3 40. Rxc2 1-0 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Gregg, Alan M"] [Black "Hall, Alan A"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1824"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2209041030189071"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,87,17,-16,5,4,-9,-13,13,6,9,-38,-1,-19,-11,-1,-1,21,7,6,31,4,12,-11,-9,-5,-2,2,-13,8,49,51,53,14,104,23,87,48,83,84,60,89,88,28,131,125,125,149,186,183,183,94,90,78,128,129,125,90,132,130,141,141,147,132,146,139,129,110,131,112,112,112,114,88,105,13,136,123,158,85,71,103,102,105,108,115,116,124,114,124]} {round 4 with only 1/3 I was not happy so decided i had a play a differant game 1 b3 has been one of my oppenings that I have used with mixed results} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Be2 Ne8 10. d4 f6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd6 14. Bd3 Bc6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rf7 (17... f5 {equal}) 18. c4 {after this move I am slightly better} dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qa7 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Bc4 Re7 22. f5 b5 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. fxe6 Qb7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bb4 27. Re2 Rd8 28. Rd3 Rd5 29. g3 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 {I now realized my plan of moving the king up did not work} 31. Rd1 f5 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. Rc6 a5 34. Ra6 Bd6 35. Rxa5 (35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. d5+ Kg5 37. Re5 Re8 38. Bd4 Kf6 39. g4 fxg4 40. Rh5+ Ke7 41. Rxh7+ Kd8 42. Ra7 Rxd5 (42... Rexe6 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Bc5 Re5 45. Ra7+ Kf6 46. Bxd6) 43. Bf6+) 35... Rxe6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 37. a4 {after this move I give up all my advantage} Bb4 (37... bxa4 38. Rxd5 Kxd5 39. bxa4 {equal}) 38. Ra6+ Bd6 39. axb5 Rxb5 {losing move} (39... Kd7 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Rxh7 Rxb5 42. Bc1 Rxb3 43. Rg7 Rd3 44. Rxg6 Rxd4 45. Rf6 Rd5 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. Bf4 Be7 {unclear}) 40. Ba3 Rd5 41. Bxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6+ Kxd6 43. b4 Kc6 44. Kf3 {Black resigned I was now on 50% but was a little lucky} 1-0 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Newton, Robert A"] [Black "Gregg, Alan M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "1930"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2209041030193168"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,54,17,15,26,-23,-20,-17,-3,-46,31,51,40,25,12,39,50,19,18,18,21,0,24,-2,9,6,9,13,7,11,30,31,28,32,36,39,62,23,26,-8,9,-19,-1,-1,15,-19,23,16,50,15,83,54,94,39,57,21,72]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. a4 a5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rbd1 c5 15. h3 Qc7 16. d5 Nf8 17. Bc1 Bc8 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. g3 Rf8 20. Ng1 Bd7 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Rf1 f6 23. Be3 Ne7 24. f4 g6 25. Rf2 Ng7 26. Be2 Rae8 27. Rb1 Nc8 {I believe white is slightly better but another draw agreed} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships: Over 6"] [Site "St George’s Hall in Liverpoo"] [Date "2025.08.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Gregg, Alan M"] [Black "Kane, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1834"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "137"] [GameId "2209041030193169"] [EventDate "2025.08.04"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] {[%evp 0,137,17,16,28,17,4,-25,32,1,18,18,22,22,22,7,53,16,33,18,24,-23,-16,-28,21,21,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,7,10,16,35,-13,-16,-20,51,51,51,51,126,97,97,98,140,135,150,150,157,103,125,95,127,81,77,77,78,69,75,60,67,63,79,79,78,89,101,63,77,31,73,92,119,113,114,117,117,121,126,99,124,129,133,117,128,128,134,117,109,104,159,121,116,116,212,254,271,247,261,265,285,244,282,221,221,208,208,158,206,239,507,201,227,249,259,259,259,215,259,192,259,547,547,485,485,485,495,259,507,507,507,507,527,527,567,507,507,547]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. a3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. c5 {not the best move but ws trying to get out of book moves} Nfd7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 {Now white has a slight edge because lack of black sq bishop} b6 17. O-O bxc5 18. bxc5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Qb6 Ne6 22. Qxc6 {I was now a pawn up and heading into rook and pawn endings so was not going to be easy to win} d4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qf3 Re8 26. h3 Qd2 27. Qd1 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kd5 33. Rd1+ Ke6 34. Rc1 Kd5 35. Kf4 f6 36. Rd1+ Ke6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rd5 Rc6 39. Ke4 {I now have a big advantage} Re6+ 40. Kd3 h5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Ra6 43. Rd4 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Rc3 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. f4 Re3 47. Ra4 Rg3 48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Ke6 f5 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Ra8+ Kc7 53. Kxf5 {I now give up the c pawn and the f pawn queens} Rd5+ 54. Ke6 Rxc5 55. f5 Rc1 56. Kf7 Kd7 57. f6 Rf1 58. Ra7+ Kd8 59. Re7 Rf2 60. Re5 Ra2 61. Rd5+ Kc7 62. Ke7 Re2+ 63. Kf8 Kc6 64. Rd4 Re1 65. f7 Rg1 66. Ke7 Re1+ 67. Kf6 Rf1+ 68. Kg6 Rf2 69. Rd8 {A techinal end game win I am now plus 1 3/5 / 6} 1-0 [Event "2025 British Chess Championships"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2025.08.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Gregg, Alan M"] [Black "Hardman, Michael J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "alan1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "2057"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "41"] [GameId "2209409204613131"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.04"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 0,41,19,27,18,2,2,-22,9,17,16,26,19,19,23,1,13,5,34,-5,-5,-17,-10,-31,-22,-38,-34,-44,-42,-46,-32,-59,-47,-48,-42,-42,-41,-39,-39,-36,-24,-19,-25,-19]} {This was the last round with 3.5/6 I had reached my par result for the tounament there was nothing to play for we were both out of the money so I was not going to take any real chances my opponent was rated 130 above me but I was white so knf3 was called for will Black play aggressive will depend on what his aims are so let battle commence.} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 11. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. e3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 18. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 1/2-1/2