[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
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Woodard, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ne1 Bc6 15.
f4 g6 16. Nf3 Ba4 17. h3 b5 18. Nh2 a5 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nh2 O-O-O 21. g3 Kc7 22.
Rf2 Rdg8 23. Nf3 Kc6 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Bf3 Nb6 26. Qe3 Kc7 27. Qd2 Kc6 28. Qe1
Kc7 29. Re2 Rfg8 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. Ree1 Kd7 32. Qe2 Kc7 33. h4 Kd7 34. f5 gxf5
35. Bxh5 Kc6 36. Rab1 Na8 37. Ra1 Nc7 38. Nh3 Rfg8 39. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fabri, Henrik"]
[Black "Gumireddy, Sanjay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. e5 Ng8 11. Qf3+ 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Davies, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 h6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bxc5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c4 Qe7 14. Nc3 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 O-O 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Bd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21.
Qc2 Nc6 22. a3 Rd7 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. h4 Qd6 25. g3 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smith, Paul"]
[Black "McClelland, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1702"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. h3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nd2 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 f6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O b6 12. e4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Bb7 14. e5 c5 15.
c3 Qc7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Qg3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Rad8 19. Rae1 d4 20. Qg6 Rfe8 21. Qh7+
Kf7 22. Bg6+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7# 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watkinson, Colin"]
[Black "Sipos, Silvester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Ngf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. g3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Bh3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. f3 Bxh3 13. g4 Nxe4 14.
fxe4 Rxe4+ 15. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Dobson, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. d3 Bg4 8.
Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 f5
15. f3 Rad8 16. Qe2 f4 17. Bf2 Nc8 18. a5 Nd6 19. Nd2 Nb5 20. c3 Qd7 21. Nc4
Qxd3 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nxb6 c4 24. Nxc4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Ra8 26. Ree1 Kf7 27. Kf1
Ke6 28. Red1 Rfd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ra6 Kd7 31. Ke2 Rc8 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Smith, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nd2 c6 7. Qe2 Be6 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. f4 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qxd4 14. Nf3
Qc5 15. a3 a5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Kf8 18. Bg6 Rg8 19. Qe6 Rg7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7
21. Ne6+ Kg8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rhf1 Re8 25. Rf3 Re2 26. Rdf1 Re3
27. Kd2 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 a4 29. Bf4 Ke6 30. h4 b5 31. h3 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Kxe5 33. c3
Be7 34. Kd3 Ne4 35. h5 Bg5 36. h4 Bxh4 37. h6 Bf6 38. h7 Ng5 39. Rxf6 Nxh7 40.
Rxc6 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jackson, Antony"]
[Black "Towers, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. c3 a5 14. Ne5
b5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Nf3 b4 19. Rac1 g6 20. Re2 bxc3
21. bxc3 Qa7 22. Rec2 Bg7 23. g3 Bf8 24. Ne5 R6c7 25. Kg2 Bg7 26. Nf3 a4 27.
Rb1 a3 28. h4 h5 29. Kh3 Rb7 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Nd2 Qc6 32. Nb3 Bf8 33. c4 dxc4
34. Rxc4 Qh1# 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davies, Neil"]
[Black "Cross, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
{[%evp 0,13,16,28,26,-14,28,26,30,5,21,13,65,26,37,31]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Ndxe4 Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Bg5 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Rad8 16.
Qd2 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. f4 Nc6 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. Qe1 Nb8 22. fxe5 Nd7
23. Nd6 Ba8 24. Nxf7 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dunkley, David"]
[Black "Hamilton, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. b4 e6 13. Bb2 d5 14. a3 Na6 15. Qd2
dxc4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kf7 21. Qxc4
Nc7 22. Rec1 Rfc8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Rbc1 Qe7 26. Qd4 Rc7 27. Rxc6 Rac8
28. R6c4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. dxc4 Nf6 31. c5 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Nxd7 33. c6 Nb6
34. b5 Ke7 35. a4 Nxa4 36. c7 Kd7 37. b6 axb6 38. c8=Q+ Kxc8 39. Kf1 Kd7 40.
Ke1 g5 41. e3 Kd6 42. Ke2 e5 43. Kf3 Nc3 44. Kg2 Kd5 45. Kf3 b5 46. Kg2 b4 47.
Kf3 b3 48. Kg2 b2 49. Kf3 b1=Q 50. Kg2 g4 51. h3 Ne2 52. h4 Qg1# 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McClelland, Conor"]
[Black "Watkinson, Colin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. c4 e6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ba6 Rc7 14. e4 cxd4
15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qxd4 Bxe4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf4 Nxa6 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 20. Ne5 Bf6
21. Rac1 Bxe5 22. Rfe1 f5 23. f3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bd5 25. Rxc7 Bxa2 26. Rxa7 Bd5
27. b4 Rc8 28. h3 h5 29. Rd1 Be5 30. Re1 Bd6 31. b5 Rc7 32. Ra6 Bc5 33. Rc1 Kh7
34. f4 Bb7 35. Ra4 Bd5 36. Ra6 h4 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. Rd1 Bf2 39. Kh1 Be3 40. Ra4
0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 Bg4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxd4 11. Be3 c5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Be2 Qh3 14. f4
Rfe8 15. Kh1 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxf4 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cross, Kyle"]
[Black "Fabri, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
{[%evp 0,15,42,21,29,4,44,47,47,47,60,54,103,5,5,5,5,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3.
Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 Nh5 6. c3 Nxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. O-O c5 10.
Re1 e6 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. Nd6 Nc5 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Rb1
Nd7 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 a6 19. Qe3 d4 20. Qe2 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Be4 Nc5
23. g3 Rd7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Bg2 Rcd8 27. Rec1 b6 28. Qb2 R8d6 29.
Bf1 a5 30. Qb5 Qd8 31. Rb2 h5 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rcb1 Qc7 34. Rc2 Qd8 35. Qe2 Kh7
36. Qb5 Rd1 37. Rcb2 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Rd2 39. Rb2 Rd6 40. Kg2 Qf6 41. Qe2 Qd4 42.
Qe5 Qd5+ 43. f3 Nd3 44. Bxd3 Qxd3 45. Qe4 Qd5 46. Qe3 Qc6 47. Kf2 b5 48. Qa7
Qb6+ 49. Qxb6 Rxb6 50. a3 Kg7 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Kd4 Rd6+ 53. Ke4 Rd5 54. g4 Ke7
55. Rb3 Kd6 56. Rc3 f5+ 57. gxf5 exf5+ 58. Ke3 Rc5 59. Rd3+ Ke6 60. Rb3 Rd5 61.
Rb1 Rc5 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Rg1 Rc6 64. Rb1 Rb6 65. Rb2 b4 66. axb4 axb4 67. Rb3
Kc5 68. Rb2 Rd6+ 69. Ke3 Kc4 70. Rc2+ Kb3 71. Rc8 Kb2 72. Rb8 b3 73. Rb7 Kc2
74. Rc7+ Kb1 75. Rb7 Ka2 76. Ra7+ Kb2 77. Rb7 Ka3 78. Ra7+ Kb4 79. Rb7+ Kc4 80.
Rc7+ Kb5 81. Rc3 Ka4 82. Rc7 Ra6 83. Kd3 b2 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamilton, Alex"]
[Black "Davies, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Bd3
Nf8 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Qc2 Be5 14. Be2 Qh4
15. Bf3 f5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Ne2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f3 19. g3 Qh5 20. Ng1 Bg4 21. Qf2
Bd4 22. Qc2 f2 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "Dobson, Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c3 Rfe8
15. Ng3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qg5 cxd4 19. exd4 Qe7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21.
Qd1 f4 22. Ne2 Qg5 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Rg1 Rh6 25. Qf1 Rxh2+ 0-1
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sipos, Silvester"]
[Black "Jackson, Antony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
{[%evp 0,33,16,28,26,26,9,7,48,20,52,38,30,-13,26,18,27,24,37,38,47,29,22,18,
17,15,11,14,25,-8,44,44,202,207,228,138]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3
g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. h4 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nb4 10. f3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3
Bf5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. e4 Be6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxg6 Rh7 17. Rhe1 Nb6
18. Qd3 Bh6 19. Kb1 Rg7 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh6 Rxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Re1 Qg8
24. Qxh5 Qxg2 25. Qe5 Qg8 26. Bf4 Rc8 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Qxe7+ Kc6
30. Qc5+ Kd7 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Bc7+ Rxc7 33. Qxc7# 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gumireddy, Sanjay"]
[Black "Watkinson, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
{[%evp 0,8,9,23,42,36,61,61,72,50,97]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Qa5 4. Be2
c6 5. O-O Bf5 6. d4 h6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. Rfd1 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13. Nexd2 g5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Bd3 g4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rac1 Nh5
18. Nf1 f4 19. Bd2 g3 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Nxg3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 f6 23. Ng6 Rg8 24.
Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxh6 Rxg3 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Re3 Rg6 28. Bf4 Rag8 29. g3 Rh8 30.
Rce1 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Woodard, Brian"]
[Black "Robinson, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Ne5
Be7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf3 Qc7
15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rde1 Bd7 18. f4 Qd6 19. Qf2 b5 20. e4 c5 21.
e5 Qb6 22. Qd2 c4 23. Bc2 a5 24. Re3 b4 25. Rg3 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qf2 27. Rf3 Qc5
28. Rhf1 Bc6 29. Rh3 d4 30. Qg3 Kf8 31. f5 c3 32. f6 cxb2+ 33. Kb1 g6 34. Rxh6
Qxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Be4+ 36. Kxb2 Rab8+ 37. Ka3 1-0
[Event "2025 Manx Candidates Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cross, Glenn"]
[Black "Smith, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.21"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. a3
a5 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Ne5 g6 12. Ndf3 Bg7 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nh3 c6 15.
Bg5 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc7 17. e4 Ne8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Rd2 Bd7
22. Qc5 Qd8 23. Nc4 Nc8 24. a4 Re8 25. Ne5 Bf8 26. Qc2 Bb4 27. Rd3 Kg7 28. Rf3
Ng4 29. Bg5 f6 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Nf4 Nf7 33. h4 Rad8 34. Bf1 f5 35.
Ne2 Bd6 36. e5 Bb4 37. Bf4 Qc7 38. Rd1 Qb6 39. Rfd3 Re7 40. Bg2 Red7 41. Be3
Nxe3 42. fxe3 Nh6 43. Nf4 Kf7 44. Qc4 c5 45. d5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Rxd5 47. Rxd5
exd5 48. Qxd5+ Ke7 49. e6 Qc7 50. Nxg6+ Ke8 51. Qxb7 Qxb7 52. Bxb7 c4 53. Bc6+
Kd8 54. e7+ 1-0
