[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Gumireddy, Sanjay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4
c6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7
15. e6 Nf6 16. exf7+ Kg7 17. Rb1 Ne4 18. Be3 h5 19. Bd4+ Kh7 20. h4 b6 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Rxb6 Ra3 23. Bb3 c5 24. Be5 Ra5 25. Bc4 Ra4 26. Bd5 Rd8 27. Bb3 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, Paul"]
[Black "Sipos, Silvester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
h5 9. h3 Qe7 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ne5 O-O-O 12. f4 g3 13. Rf3 Nh5 14. Kf1 Nxf4 15.
exf4 Rh1+ 16. Ke2 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qh4 18. Nf1 f5 19. Nxg3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 g5 21.
Rh1 Qg4 22. Bc1 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. Rg1 Ne4 26. Ne2 Qh4 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Rh3 Qe7 29. Rgh1 Qa3 30. Nc1 Qb2 31. Rh8 Rxh8 32. Rxh8+ Kc7 33. Rh7+
Kb6 34. c4 Qd4 35. Ke2 Qb2+ 36. Kf1 Qc2 37. Rh6 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Ka6 39. Rxe6 Qg4
40. g3 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qc3+ 42. Kd1 Qf3+ 43. Kc2 e3 44. Rf6 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Qd4+ 46.
Kb1 Qe4+ 47. Kb2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fabri, Henrik"]
[Black "Towers, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
O-O 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. g4 Bd4 21.
c3 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Rhe1 Nf8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nh7 27.
Bh4 Kh8 28. Qe4 Rf8 29. a3 a6 30. Qd4 Rb8 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Rf1 b5 33. Qf4 Rf8
34. h6 g6 35. Bf6+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Qb7 37. Bg7 Rc8 38. Qd4 Qc7 {(Time)} 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dobson, Howard"]
[Black "Davies, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. c3 Nfd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Qe3 e6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ne8 19. Re3 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qh8
21. Rg3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Re5 Qg7 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. h4 f5 27.
Rf3 f4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qf7 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h5 Kg7 32. f3 Qf6 33. f4 Kf7
34. g3 Ke7 35. h6 Kd6 36. Qe2 Qf8 37. Qb5 Kc7 38. a4 a6 39. Qa5+ Kb8 40. Qb6
Qxh6 41. Kg2 g5 42. Rxg5 Qf6 43. Qd6+ Ka8 44. Qd7 Qe7 45. Rg7 Qxd7 46. Rxd7 b5
47. axb5 Rb8 48. Rd6 Rxb5 49. Rxa6+ Kb7 50. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 51. Kf3 Rb3 52. Re3 Kc6
53. g4 Rb7 54. f5 Rf7 55. Kf4 h6 56. Re6+ 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cross, Glenn"]
[Black "Woodard, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Nbd2
Ng4 9. Nc4 Nge5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Be2 Qc6 14. O-O f6
15. Rad1 h5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Rf2 Nxd6 18. cxd6+ Kf7 19. Bf3 Qa4 20. b3 Qa5 21. f5
gxf5 22. exf5 e5 23. Bd5+ Kf8 24. b4 Qd8 25. Bb3 Rb8 26. Bb6 Qe8 27. Qd5 h4 28.
Bd8 Qh5 29. Be7+ Ke8 30. Qc5 Bf8 31. Qc7 Bxe7 32. dxe7 Kxe7 33. Qxb8 Qg5 34.
Qd6+ Ke8 35. Qd5 Qh5 36. h3 Rf8 37. Qc5 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cross, Kyle"]
[Black "Robinson, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 g6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bg7 8.
Be2 Qc7 9. c4 Nbd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. c5 Nd5 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Bh2
Nxb4 15. Qb3 Nd5 16. O-O b5 17. Rfc1 N7f6 18. Bxb5 Ne7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Ng5 Nc8
21. Rc2 Rb8 22. Qd3 h6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Bb5 Qb6 25. Bxc6 Qb1+ 26. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Qf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Re7 29. Bb5 Nb6 30. Bxd6 Re6 31. Bb8 a5 32. a4 Nbd5 33. Rc8+
Kh7 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Nc6 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dunkley, David"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d5 e4 7. Nd4 Qe7 8. Nc3 f5
9. e3 c6 10. dxc6 dxc6 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rb1 h5 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. b3
Rxd1 16. Rxd1 h4 17. Nf4 hxg3 18. hxg3 g5 19. Nh3 Nd3 20. Ba3 c5 21. f3 Nb4 22.
Nxb4 exf3 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qxe3+ 25. Nf2 fxg2 26. Kxg2 g4 27. Re1 Qf3+ 28.
Kf1 Rh1# 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McClelland, Conor"]
[Black "Hamilton, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. b3 h6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c6 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Bh1 Qg4 14. Qe3 Qe6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. Rg3 f5 21.
Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxg4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. f3 d5 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Rgd4 Rfd6 27. e4
Kf7 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 g5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. d6 Rxd6
34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. f4 g4 37. b4 h5 38. a4 h4 39. f5+ Kf6 40. Kf4 g3
41. hxg3 hxg3 42. Kxg3 Kxf5 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kd3 b6 46. Kc3 a6 47.
Kb3 Kd4 48. a5 b5 49. Kb2 Kc4 50. Ka3 Kc3 51. Ka2 Kxb4 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 Ne8 13. b4 Nd6 14. Na4 b6
15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Nac3 Qe7 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. b5 Rad8 19. f4 Kh8 20. Kh1 Rc8 21.
Nb1 f6 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. a4 Bb4 24. Nf3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Rc4 26. Qd1 Ba3 27. Rxc4
dxc4 28. Nc3 Bb2 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dobson, Howard"]
[Black "Cross, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 c6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. c4 N5b6 18. Bc3 Qh6 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5
21. Qe5 Be7 22. Qc7 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb7 Qxb2 25. Qxc6 Rfc8 26. Qe4 Rc5
27. Qxa8+ 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamilton, Alex"]
[Black "Cross, Kyle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ng5
Nb6 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nd5 Nfxd5 13. cxd5 Qa4 14. Rd2 h6
15. Nf3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Re8 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6
21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. Rd8 b5 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. Ne5 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Ba6 27.
Nd7 Rd6 28. g3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nxd7 30. Rc8 Kf7 31. Rc7 a6 32. Rb7 Ke6 33. b4 Rb6
34. Rxb6+ Nxb6 35. b5 a5 36. Kf1 a4 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gumireddy, Sanjay"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. d4 f6
9. h3 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Qh4+ 12. Ke3 O-O 13. Nf3 Qf4+ 14. Ke2 Nc6 15.
Na4 Qe4+ 16. Kd2 Bxd4 17. Kc1 Be3+ 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Qf4 20. Rf1 Qg3 21. Qe1
Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bf2 23. Re2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxa4 26. Nxe6 Rf1+ 27.
Kb2 Rxa1 28. Kxa1 Re8 29. Nc5 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Bxc2 31. Kb2 b6 32. Kxc2 bxc5 33.
bxc5 Kf7 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Kd4 c6 36. Ke5 a5 37. Bd3 h6 38. h4 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Woodard, Brian"]
[Black "Watkinson, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nge2 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Kf2 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15.
f4 Nb6 16. b3 N8d7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Rhc1 Nd6 20. Ng1 c5 21. Nf3 Qc6 22.
dxc5 Ne4+ 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd4 O-O 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Rfd8 27. Rd1 Rd5 28.
Rxd5 exd5 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. cxd6 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rxd6 32. c4 f6 33. gxf6 Kf7 34. Rd4
Kxf6 35. cxd5 Kf5 36. Kg3 b5 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. d6 Ke6 39. d7 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Vince"]
[Black "Jackson, Antony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. f3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf5
15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Re7 17. Bf2 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qxb2 23. Qe3 Qxa2 24. Bh4 Qa1+ 25. Bf1 Qxd4 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sipos, Silvester"]
[Black "Fabri, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6
9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rac8 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Rad1 d5 14. Re2 d4 15.
e4 e5 16. Bc1 Nf8 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Rf1 g6 19. Bh3 Ra8 20. f3 Bc8 21. Bg2 Nh5 22.
f4 Bxh4 23. f5 Nef4 24. Nf3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bf6 26. g4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. g5
Be5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Qf2 Ke7 31. Bh3 Re8 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Qh4 Kd8 34. Qxh7 Rf8
35. Qh4 Kc8 36. Qf2 Kb7 37. Bg4 a5 38. a4 Ka7 39. h3 Rg8 40. h4 Rae8 41. Kh3 f6
42. Rg1 Qc8 43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. f6 Rh8 45. Rg2 Rh7 46. Bxd7 Qxd7+ {Time} 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, Neil"]
[Black "Smith, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Bc5 13. Qe5+ Kf8 14. bxc6
Rc8 15. Nxd5 Rxc6 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Bg5 Bd4 18. Bxf6 Bxe5 19. Bxd8 Bxa1 20.
Rxa1 h5 21. Rd1 Kg8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Be4+ 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robinson, Tony"]
[Black "Dunkley, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nd4 6. e5 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bxd5 Qe7 10. Bxb7 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 Bxb7 12. Qxb7 Rd8 13. Re1 Qxe1+
14. Kxe1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Kf1 a5 18. Qc7 d6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Qb7
Rb8 21. Qd5 Ra8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Bf4 Rad8 24. d4 h6 25. Qe4 Kg8 26. Bd2 Bf6 27.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Bxa5 Bxd4 30. a4 c4 31. bxc4 Bc5 32. Rc8 Ba3 33.
Bb6 1-0
