Quality Chess Edinburgh International tournament

Quality Chess is sponsoring an international all-play-all tournament, which is underway now. The event is being hosted by Edinburgh Chess Club.

Update:
Scores after 8 Rounds

C.McNab 7½
N,Mikkelsen 6
A.Greet 5
N.Berry 5
M.Mitchell 4
D.Eggleston 4
A.Tate 3½
M.Andersen 2
C.Thomson 1½
J.Grant 1½

I will post some of the games as they become available. I will put up a link to the games and place them in the comments section. It is not a high-tech event, so no live internet coverage. Thanks to Geoff Chandler of Chandler Cornered for sending me some of the games from the first couple of rounds (posted below) with a few of his comments. Geoff’s site has stories and photos from the event.

Games

10 player all-play-all, 12-20 September 2009, play is from 1pm – 7pm each day.
Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.edinburghchessclub.co.uk/
Prize money:

1st £500
2nd £300
3rd £150

Participants:

GM Colin McNab 2466 Scotland

IM Andrew Greet 2433 England

IM Nikolaj Mikkelsen 2361 Denmark

FM Mads Andersen 2338 Denmark

FM David Eggleston 2368 England

FM Craig Thomson 2324 Scotland

FM Neil Berry 2301 Scotland

Jonathan Grant 2249 Scotland

Alan Tate 2175 Scotland

Martin Mitchell 2175 Scotland

10 thoughts on “Quality Chess Edinburgh International tournament”

  1. Some games from first two rounds:

    1) Mikkelsen,N – Thomson,C [B12]
    Edinburgh FIDE, 12.09.2009
    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0–0 Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Nf5 9.g4 Nh6 10.h3 f5 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.c4 Nf7 13.Nf3 fxg4 14.hxg4 dxc4 15.Na5 Nb6 16.Nxc4 Qd7 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Na5 Nd8 19.Nh4 Bf7 20.Nc4 Be7 21.Qh3 b5 22.Na5 Bxh4 23.Qxh4 Bg6 24.Bd2 0–0 25.Qg3 Nb7 26.Nb3 Rf7 27.a4 b4 28.a5 Raf8 29.a6 Nd8 30.Bg5 Nf4 31.Bc4 Be4 32.Nc5 Qxd4 33.Rac1 Bd5 34.Bxf4 Bxc4 35.Be3 Qxb2 36.Rxc4 Rf3 37.Qg2 b3 38.Nd7 R8f7 39.Nf6+ R3xf6 40.exf6 Qxf6 1–0

    (2) Grant,J – Andersen,M [A24]
    Edinburgh FIDE, 12.09.2009
    1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 d6 7.0–0 Be6 8.d3 c6 9.h3 Qd7 10.Kh2 Na6 11.f4 h5 12.Be3 h4 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.g4 Nxf4 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Be5 17.d4 Bxf4+ 18.Rxf4 Qe7 19.b3 Bd7 20.Kh1 Nc7 21.Raf1 Kg7 22.e5 dxe5 23.dxe5 Rad8 24.Qf2 Ne6 25.Rf6 Ng5 ½–½

    (3) Greet,A – Berry,N [C17]
    Edinburgh FIDE, 12.09.2009
    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.a6 b6 14.Bg3 0–0–0 15.Bd3 Rh8 16.Qg7 d4 17.0–0 Rdg8 18.Qxf7 Rf8 19.Qg7 Rfg8 ½–½

    (4) Tate, A – Mitchell,M [B01]
    Edinburgh FIDE (1), 12.09.2009
    [Geoff Chandler]
    1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0–0–0 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Qf5 8.0–0 e5 9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Nf3 Qe4 13.Rfe1 Nd5 14.Bd4 Qxe2 15.Rxe2 f6 16.c4 Nb4 17.b3 Nc6 18.Be3 Ba3 19.Kf1 Rd7 20.Rd2 Rhd8 21.Rad1 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Rxd2 23.Bxd2 Nb4 24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.Ke2 Bc5 26.Nd2 Kd7 27.Ne4 Be7 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.f3 Ke5 30.Ke3 Ba3 31.f4+ Ke6 32.Nc3 c6 33.g4 Bb4 34.Ne2 Kd6 35.Ke4 Be1 36.Nc1 Bf2 37.Nd3 Bg1 38.h4 b5 39.cxb5 cxb5 40.h5 a5 41.g5 fxg5 42.fxg5 Bb6 43.a3 Bd8 44.g6 hxg6 45.hxg6 Bf6 46.Nf4 Bb2 47.b4 a4 48.Nd3 Bxa3 49.Kd4 Bb2+ And Black went onto win. White did not take the Bishop which loses to 50.Nxb2 a3 51.Kc3 axb2 52.Kxb2 Ke5 53.Kc3 Ke4 54.Kc2 Kd4 55.Kb2 Kc4 56.Ka3 Kc3 0–1

    (5) Eggleston,D – McNab,C [B07]
    Edinburgh FIDE (1), 12.09.2009
    1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 h5 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.a4 Qe7 10.a5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.h3 exd4 13.Bxd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Bd7 16.Ng3 h4 17.Nge2 d5 18.e5 Nh5 19.Bf2 Bh6 20.d4 Ng7 21.Nd1 Nf5 22.Ne3 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 b6 24.Qd2 Bf5 25.Qe1 bxa5 26.Bxh4 Qb4 27.Qxb4 axb4 28.Ng3 Bc2 29.Bf6 a5 30.Rf2 b3 31.Ra4 Reb8 32.Be7 Rb5 33.Nf1 Bf8 34.Bxf8 Kxf8 35.Rd2 Rb4 36.Ra3 a4 37.Ne3 Be4 38.Nd1 c5 39.dxc5 d4 40.Nf2 Bc2 41.Ng4 Ke7 42.Nf6 Ke6 43.Kf2 Rc8 44.h4 Rxc5 45.h5 gxh5 46.Nxh5 Rc8 47.g4 Rbc4 48.Nf6 Rh8 49.Nh5 Ke7 50.Kg3 Be4 51.Nf6 Bc6 52.Ra1 Rc2 53.Rad1 a3 54.bxa3 Rh1 55.Rxh1 Rxd2 56.Rb1 Rg2+ 57.Kh4 b2 58.a4 d3 59.Kg5 d2 60.f5 Re2 61.e6 fxe6 62.fxe6 Kxe6 63.Nh5 Re1 64.Nf4+ Kd6 65.Rxb2 d1Q 66.a5 Re5+ 67.Kf6 Qd4 1–0

    (6) McNab,C – Tate,A [A26]
    Edinburgh FIDE (2), 13.09.2009
    1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nd5 Be6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Qd2 Rf7 12.Rac1 Raf8 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.d4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qxd4 b6 19.Rfe1 h6 20.Re3 c6 21.Rce1 R6f7 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Re7 Qc8 24.Qd4+ 1–0

    (7) Berry,N – Eggleston,D [E32]
    Edinburgh FIDE (2), 13.09.2009
    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 0–0 7.Bg2 c5 8.0–0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Bd2 e5 11.Nf5 Be6 12.Ne3 a5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Ncd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 Kh8 18.Qf5 f6 19.e3 g6 20.Qc2 f5 21.Rad1 Rf6 22.Bg2 g5 23.Rd5 Re8 24.Qd2 Ree6 25.b3 Qc7 26.Qc3 g4 27.a3 Qf7 28.Qxa5 Ne4 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.R1d2 Qh5 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Rxd6 Rh6 33.Rd7+ Kg6 34.Qg8+ Kf5 35.Qf7+ Ref6 36.Qxh5+ Rxh5 37.R2d6 1–0

    (8) Mitchell,M – Grant,J [E42]
    Edinburgh FIDE (2), 13.09.2009
    [Geoff Chandler]
    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ng3 Bd7 10.Qxc4 b5 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Be2 b5 13.Qb3 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.0–0 0–0 16.e4 Nc6 17.Rd1 h6 18.Bf4 e5 19.Be3 Rb8 20.Qa2 Bb6 21.Nd5 Bd4 22.Rab1 Be6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.b3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Qg5 26.Nf1 Rb4 27.Bc4 Bg4 28.Rd6 Ne7 29.Qd2 Rbb8 30.Ng3 Ng6 31.Rf1 Nh4 32.Qf2 Kh8 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.exf5 e4 35.Qg3 Rbe8 36.Rf4 Qe7 37.Rxh4 [37.f6!] 37…Qa7 38.Rdxh6+ 1–0

  2. Results:

    Round 1
    1 Mikkelsen, N 1-0 Thomson, C
    2 Grant, J 0.5 Andersen, M
    3 Tate, A 0-1 Mitchell, M
    4 Eggleston, D 0-1 McNab, C
    5 Greet, A 0.5 Berry, N

    Round 2
    1 Andersen, M 0.5 Mikkelsen, N
    2 Mitchell, M 1-0 Grant, J
    3 McNab, C 1-0 Tate, A
    4 Berry, N 1-0 Eggleston, D
    5 Thomson, C 0.5 Greet, A

  3. It is very good that there are norm tournaments here in Scotland. Will Quality Chess extend this to the sponsorship of Fide rated events and also events for disabled players ?

    This is a good event to sponsor

    Stephen Hilton
    Secretary General
    IBCA

  4. We have organised this event because there are some Scottish players trying to get the IM-title, but no events for them. There are no Scots seriously trying for the GM-title after Keti got it, and there are plenty of chances for all other players to go for their goals, so we sponsored what was missing.

  5. More games from Round 2 and Round 3:

    [Round “2”]
    [White “Thomson, C.”]
    [Black “Greet, A.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “E12”]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd5 exd5 8.
    Bf4 c6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. h3 Be7 11. e3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 a5 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Rhc1 Rfc8
    15. Rc2 b5 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Ra1 a3 19. bxa3 Nc4 20. a4 Nd7 21. Nb1
    Nb8 22. Bxb8 Raxb8 23. Nbd2 Nb6 24. Ne5 c5 25. dxc5 Bf6 26. Rac1 Nxa4 27. Nd7
    Rb4 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Nf3 Nb2 30. Nd4 Nc4 31. c6 Kf8 32. Ra1 a4 33. Rca2 a3
    34. Rxa3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxd4 36. exd4 Rxc6 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 Rc2+ 39. Ke3
    Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Ra3 41. Rxh7 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4
    Rd3 46. h4 Rxd4+ 47. Ke3 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Ra4 49. h5 Ra2 50. Ke3 d4+ 51. Kxd4 Rxf2
    52. g3 Rg2 53. Rg7 Rh2 54. Rg8 Rxh5 55. Ke3 Rg5 56. Ra8 Rxg3+ 57. Kf4 Rg1 58.
    Ra7+ Kf8 59. Kf3 Kg7 60. Ra8 Rf1+ 61. Ke2 Rb1 62. Kf3 Rb4 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra3
    Kg5 65. Ra5+ f5 66. Ra3 Rh4 67. Ra7 Kg6 68. Ra6+ f6 69. Ra8 Rb4 70. Rg8+ Kf7
    71. Ra8 f4 72. Ra7+ Kg6 73. Ra8 Kg5 74. Rg8+ Kf5 75. Ra8 Rb3+ 76. Kf2 Rc3 77.
    Re8 Re3 78. Ra8 Rb3 79. Re8 f3 80. Ra8 Kg5 81. Ra5+ f5 82. Ra4 Rc3 83. Rb4 Rd3
    84. Ra4 Kf6 85. Ra5 Rb3 86. Rc5 Rb4 87. Kxf3 Kg5 88. Rc3 Rh4 89. Rc8 Rh3+ 90.
    Kg2 Re3 91. Kf2 Kf4 92. Rc4+ Re4 93. Rc3 Ra4 94. Rf3+ Ke5 95. Re3+ Re4 96. Ra3
    Rf4+ 97. Ke2 Rb4 98. Kf3 Rb5 99. Rc3 f4 100. Ra3 Kf5 101. Rc3 Ra5 1/2-1/2

    [Round “2”]
    [White “Andersen, M.”]
    [Black “Mikkelsen, N.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “B66”]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
    O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. g4 Ne5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15.
    exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bc5 18. Qe4 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Nxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxd4 21.
    Qxd4 O-O 22. Qxb4 Bc6 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Rf1 Bb5 25. Rf2 Rd7 26. Rfd2 Rfd8 27. b3
    Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. f4 Bf3 30. Rg1 Be4 31. Rg3 Rd4 32. Kc1 R8d5 33. h3 Ra5
    34. c3 Rxd3 35. Rgxd3 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxa2 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. c4 Ra5 39. Kb2 g5 40.
    fxg5 Rxg5 41. b4 h5 42. Rd4 e5 43. Re4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kg6 45. Kb3 f5 46. gxf5+
    Kxf5 47. Re1 e4 1/2-1/2

    [Round “3”]
    [White “Mikkelsen, N.”]
    [Black “Mitchell, M.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “A43”]

    1. d4 c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
    d5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nf6 13. Bc4 e6 14. Rd1 b6
    15. O-O Na5 16. Ng5 Nxc4 17. Nce4 Re8 18. Rd3 Nd6 19. Rh3 Nh5 20. Nxd6 Qd7 21.
    Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nde4 1-0

    [Round “3”]
    [White “Thomson, C.”]
    [Black “Andersen, M.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “D91”]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
    Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Bb7 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
    e5 Kh7 16. f4 cxd4 17. f5 dxc3 18. Bxf7 Qd4+ 19. Bf2 Qxe5 20. fxg6+ Kh8 21. Re1
    Qc7 22. Qf5 Nc6 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Qh3 Qc6 25. Rxe7 Qf6 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. Ne6 Rxf7
    28. gxf7 Qxf7 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Nxg7 Qxg7 31. Qd3 Nf7 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Be1 Ng5 34.
    Qe3 Kh7 35. Bxc3 Qd7 36. h4 Re8 37. Qg3 Ne4 38. Qf3 Nxc3 39. Qxc3 Qf7 40. Qd3+
    Kg8 41. Qg3+ Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rxa7 Kh5 45. g3 Re2 46. Kf1
    Rb2 47. Ra3 1/2-1/2

    [Round “3”]
    [White “Tate, A.”]
    [Black “Berry, N.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “C41”]

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2
    b6 9. Re1 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. d5 c5 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. Ra3 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Qe2
    Ra8 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Be3 Nfe8 18. Bh6 Nf6 19. Rb3 Kh8 20. Qc1 Ng8 21. Bd2 Bd7
    22. Ra3 Qc8 23. Rb3 Rb8 24. Qd1 f5 25. Qe2 fxe4 26. Bxa6 Qd8 27. Nxe4 Bxa4 28.
    Rc3 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Bd3 Bd7 31. Be4 Ra8 32. Bh6 Rf7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
    Re3 Bg5 35. Rb3 b5 36. Rd3 b4 37. Rdd1 Bf5 38. Ra1 Rfa7 39. Rxa7+ Rxa7 40. Qd3
    Bd7 41. Qf1 Bf5 42. Bd3 1/2-1/2

    [Round “3”]
    [White “Grant, J.”]
    [Black “McNab, C.”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [ECO “E72”]

    1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. d4 b5
    9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. e5 d5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nc3 e6 15.
    Re1 b4 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Nc5 Bc4 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Rec1 Bb5 21. h4 Qd6
    22. Rc2 h5 23. b3 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 d4 26. Bf4 Qf5 27. Nd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3
    Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Qd2 d3 33. Bh3 Qf3 34. Rc8+
    Kh7 35. Bg2 Qe2 36. Qxb4 Qxf2 37. Qf8 Qxg3+ 38. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

    [Round “3”]
    [White “Greet, A.”]
    [Black “Eggleston, D.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “E09”]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
    b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4
    15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. b3 a6 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe5 h6 20. Bxh6+ Kxh6 21.
    Qxf6+ Kh7 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Re5 Rg7 24. Rh5+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Kf8 26. Bxb7 1-0

  6. Yes Jacob, I agree with what you say. However, there is more to the chess community in Scotland than just aiming for titles. I would hope that this event you have sponsored would encourage players to try and aim higher. Sponsors can help by promoting events as you have done.

  7. Round 4 games:

    [White “Andersen, M.”]
    [Black “Greet, A.”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [ECO “C67”]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
    8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 a5 10. h3 Ke8 11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Nd5 14. Nxe6
    fxe6 15. Ne2 Bc5 16. Kg2 Rf8 17. Bd2 a4 18. Kg3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. f4 Nc4 21.
    Bc1 Be3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. b3 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Nb6 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. c4 axb3 27.
    axb3 Nd7 28. Ke3 Ra8 29. Kd2 Nc5 30. Kc3 Ra2 31. Re1 Ne4+ 32. Kd3 Nc5+ 33. Kc3
    Ne4+ 34. Kd3 Nf2+ 35. Ke3 Nxh3 36. Rh1 Rb2 37. Nc1 Nf2 38. Rxh7 Nxg4+ 39. Kf3
    Nh2+ 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Rh8 c5 42. Kd3 Nf3 43. Rc8 Ne1+ 44. Ke3 b6 45. Rxc7+ Kg6
    46. Rb7 Nc2+ 47. Kf3 Nd4+ 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh4 Rc2 50. Rxb6 Rxc1 51. Kg4 Rg1+
    52. Kh3 Kf5 53. b4 Kxf4 54. bxc5 Nf3 0-1

    [White “Eggleston, D.”]
    [Black “Tate, A.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “B74”]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 d6 8.
    Be2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe6 14. Rad1
    Rac8 15. a3 b5 16. g4 b4 17. f5 Qc4 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Ra1 Qc6 21.
    Rxa7 Nxc2 22. Rxe7 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. g5 Nxe4 26. Ncxe4 d5
    27. f6 Bf8 28. Qc3 Qb6+ 29. Nf2 Re3 30. Qc8 Qxb2 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Nf1 Re2 33.
    Ng4 Qxg5 34. Rxd5 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 1-0

    [White “McNab, C.”]
    [Black “Mikkelsen, N.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “D76”]

    1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
    Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2
    Bg4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. f3 Rxb7 17. fxg4 Nc4 18. bxc4 Rxb2 19. Rac1 Reb8 20. Rf1
    Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxa2 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Rb2+ 24. Kf3 Rxh2 25. Ke4 h5 26. Ra3
    Rc2 27. Kd3 Rg2 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Rxa7 Rxg3 30. Rxc7 h4 31. Rc5 Kf8 32. Rh5 Rh3
    33. Ke4 Ke7 34. Kf4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

    [White “Mitchell, M.”]
    [Black “Thomson, C.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “E91”]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
    c6 9. d5 c5 10. Bf1 Ne8 11. a3 Nac7 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 f5 15. Bd3
    f4 16. Bc2 g5 17. Ba4 g4 18. Bc6 gxf3 19. Qxf3 Nf6 20. Bxa8 Bg4 21. Qd3 f3 22.
    gxf3 Bh5 23. Bc6 Nfe8 24. f4 exf4 25. f3 Qh4 26. Rf1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Nf6 28. Rb2
    Be5 29. Rg2+ Kh8 30. Nd1 Qh3 31. Qe2 Rf7 32. Bb2 Re7 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qf2 Ng8
    35. Rgg1 Bf7 36. Qg2 Qh6 37. Nf2 Qf8 38. Ng4 Rg5 39. Qb2+ 1-0

    [Event “Edinburgh FIDE”]
    [Site “?”]
    [Date “2009.09.15”]
    [Round “4”]
    [White “Berry, N.”]
    [Black “Grant, J.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “E39”]
    [PlyCount “79”]
    [EventDate “2009.??.??”]
    [SourceDate “2009.09.12”]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
    Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 Be7 11. e4 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Qe8 14. Bd3 e5 15. Nd5
    Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. O-O a5 19. Rfe1 Qd8 20. Qc4 Bd6 21. Qxd4
    axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. Rb1 Qf6 24. Qe4 Nf4 25. Bb5 Ra7 26. g3 Nh5 27. Bd3 Ra3
    28. Re3 Ra4 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Ng4 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Qc4 Ra3 33. Rbe1 Qb2 34.
    R1e2 Qxb4 35. Qxb4 Bxb4 36. Bb5 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bc5 38. Rf3 d6 39. Bd7 Ra8 40.
    Kg2 1-0

  8. Round 5 games:

    [Round “5”]
    [White “Mikkelsen, N.”]
    [Black “Berry, N.”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [ECO “C16”]

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. Ne2
    Bb7 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd3 Nge7 12. a4 Kb8 13. a5 Nc8 14. axb6 cxb6 15.
    O-O f5 16. Nd2 g5 17. f4 Qg7 18. Ra2 N6e7 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qf7 21. Nh4 Rg8
    22. Qd1 Rg4 23. g3 Qg8 24. Nhg2 Nc6 25. Be2 Rg5 26. Nh5 Be7 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28.
    g4 f4 29. b4 a5 30. b5 N6a7 31. Bd3 Rf8 32. Raf2 Bd8 33. Kh1 Rf7 34. h4 Rc7 35.
    hxg5 Bxg5 36. Ngxf4 Bxf4 37. Rxf4 Rxc3 38. Qd2 Nxb5 39. Rb1 Nca7 40. Kg1 Qc8
    41. Rxb5 Nxb5 42. Bxb5 Rc2 43. Qd3 Rc3 44. Qe2 Rb3 45. Rf3 Rb4 46. Qf2 Qc1+ 47.
    Bf1 a4 48. Rg3 Rb1 49. Nf4 Ba6 50. Nd3 Qc4 51. Ne1 Qb4 52. Bxa6 Rxe1+ 53. Bf1
    a3 54. g5 Rd1 55. g6 Rd2 56. Qe3 a2 57. g7 a1=Q 58. g8=Q+ Kb7 59. Rg7+ 1-0

    [Round “5”]
    [White “Thomson, C.”]
    [Black “McNab, C.”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [ECO “B07”]

    1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. c4 Nh5 6. Ne2 Bg5 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. g3
    Na6 9. Bg2 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Nc5 11. O-O a5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Qh4 14. Qe3 Bg4
    15. Nd4 Rae8 16. f5 Nf6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rf4 Qg5 19. h4 Qh6 20. Raf1 Re7 21. Nb3
    b6 22. Qg3 Ncd7 23. Qg5 Ne5 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. b3 Kh8
    28. Bh3 Rg8+ 29. Kh2 Bg4 30. Bg2 h5 31. Kh1 Re8 32. R4f2 Nxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Kg7 34.
    Rd2 Bxf5 35. exf5 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Ng4+ 37. Kg3 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rxc3 39. Bf3 Ne5 40.
    Rg2+ Kf6 41. Nxe5 dxe5+ 42. Ke4 a4 43. Rg5 axb3 44. axb3 c6 45. Rxh5 cxd5+ 46.
    cxd5 Rxb3 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Rxh7 Ra7 49. d6+ Kxd6 50. Rh6+ Ke7 0-1

    [Round “5”]
    [White “Grant, J.”]
    [Black “Eggleston, D.”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [ECO “A19”]

    1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
    Ndb5 f6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qc5
    Qe7 15. O-O-O d6 16. Qa3 O-O 17. g4 Nh6 18. Rg1 f5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 Qh4
    21. Nxd6 Qxh2 22. Rg2 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 e5 25. Rg1 Bf5+ 26. Bd3 Qxc4
    27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qg3 Rf7 29. Rc1 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 Re8 31. Qb3 Qf5 32. Rcd1 Kh8 33.
    a3 Rfe7 34. Be3 Qf7 35. Qb6 e4 36. Rg1 Re6 37. Rdd1 Ne5 38. Qb3 R6e7 39. Qc3
    Rc7 40. Qd4 Nf3 41. Qd6 Nxg1 42. Rxg1 Rd7 43. Qb4 Red8 44. Qa4 b5 45. Qc2 Qc4
    46. Qxc4 bxc4 47. Rg4 Re8 48. Kb1 Rd6 49. Kc2 h6 50. Kc3 Rc6 51. Kd4 g5 52. Kd5
    Ree6 53. Bc5 Kh7 54. Kxc4 Kg6 55. Kd5 Kf5 56. Rg1 Rc8 57. b4 Rd8+ 58. Kc4 h5
    59. a4 h4 60. b5 Rc8 61. Kd4 axb5 62. axb5 Re5 63. Rc1 e3 64. b6 Rd8+ 0-1

    [Round “5”]
    [White “Andersen, M.”]
    [Black “Mitchell, M.”]
    [Result “1/2-1/2”]
    [ECO “B09”]

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
    d5 O-O 9. Qe2 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nh5 12. g3 Qb6 13. Qc4 Rae8 14. Ng5 Qc6
    15. Qe2 c4 16. Nf3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Re1 e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nh4 Nhf6
    22. Nxf5 Nb6 23. Bg5 d5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Ne4 Rg6
    28. Kh1 Rb8 29. c3 Nf6 30. Qg2 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rxb2 33. Rxc4 a3
    34. Ra4 Rd6 35. R4xa3 Rdd2 36. Rxa5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rbg2+ 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Re1 Rc2
    40. Kg1 Rhg2+ 41. Kh1 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rcg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg3 44. Raxe5 Rxc3 45. R5e3
    Rc5 46. R3e2 Rf5+ 47. Kg1 Rxe2 48. Rxe2 Kg5 49. Rg2+ Kh6 50. Rh2+ Kg7 51. Rg2+
    Kh8 52. Ra2 1/2-1/2

    [Round “5”]
    [White “Greet, A.”]
    [Black “Tate, A.”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [ECO “B21”]

    1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Na3 a6
    9. e5 b5 10. Nc2 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Bd2
    Nd5 16. Bf3 Nce7 17. Qe2 b4 18. Qf2 h6 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Nxd4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxd4
    22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Be4 g5 24. Bxf5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 exf5 26. Be3 Rb5 27. d4 Bxf6
    28. exf6 Be6 29. g3 Kh7 30. Rfc1 Kg6 31. Rc5 Rfb8 32. Ra5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rd8 34.
    Rb5 b3 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. Ke3 f4+ 38. gxf4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rxd2 40. Ke4
    Rxh2 0-1

  9. Round 7 results and games:

    1 Mikkelsen, N 0-1 Tate, A
    2 Thomson, C 0-1 Eggleston, D
    3 Andersen, M 0-1 Berry, N
    4 Mitchell, M 0-1 McNab, C
    5 Greet, A 1-0 Grant, J

    N.Mikkelsen – A.Tate

    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d5 d6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.h3 Rb8 9.a4 Nc7 10.e4 a6 11.a5 Bd7 12.Nd2 Nb5 13.Bxb5 axb5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nde4 b4 16.Nxf6+ exf6 17.Ne4 Bb5 18.Nxc5 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qd6 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.Ra4 Rbc8 22.Nd3 Qxd5 23.Bb6 b3 24.Bxd8 bxc2 25.Qf3 c1Q+ 0-1

    C.Thomson – D.Eggleston

    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxh7+ Nxh7 12.Qxd4 Be6 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.Nd3 Rac8 15.Be5 Rc4 16.Qe3 Nf6 17.Qe1 Bf5 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.b3 Rcc8 20.b4 Qa6 21.b5 Qb6 22.Nf4 d4 23.Nce2 Bc5 24.Ng3 Bc2 25.Rc1 Ba3 26.Ra1 Bb2 27.Rd1 Bc3 28.Qe2 d3 29.Rxd3 Bxd3 30.Nxd3 Rxd3 31.Bxf6 Rxg3 0-1

    M.Mitchell – C.McNab

    1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qd2 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf5 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bf4 g5 16.Bg3 Rb8 17.Nc3 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Qe5 20.Kh1 Be6 21.Nd1 Qd4 22.b3 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qe3 Ke7 25.Kg1 d5 26.Kf2 Kd6 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 29.Ke2 c5 30.Ne3 Bxe3 31.Kxe3 Ke5 32.h3 Bf5 33.Ba6 Bb1 34.a3 Ba2 35.b4 c4 36.a4 d4+ 37.Kd2 c3+ 38.Kd3 Bd5 39.h4 Bxg2 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Kc2 Be4+ 42.Bd3 Bxd3+ 43.Kxd3 Kd5 44.g4 a6 0-1

    M.Andersen – N.Berry

    1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.0-0-0+ Nbd7 8.f4 exf4 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bxf4 Bc5 11.Nd4 Ng4 12.Nxe6+ fxe6 13.Bc4 Ke7 14.Rde1 c6 15.h3 Rhf8 16.Bd2 Nge5 17.Bb3 Rf2 18.Re2 Raf8 19.Rhe1 b5 20.Nd1 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 Rf1 22.a4 a6 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bc3 Bd6 25.Rf2 Rg1 26.Bd4 Bc5 27.Bxc5+ Nxc5 28.Re2 Nxb3+ 29.cxb3 Nd3+ 30.Kd2 Nf4 31.Rf2 Rxg2 32.Ke3 Rxf2 33.Nxf2 e5 34.b4 h5 35.Kf3 g5 36.Ke3 Kd6 37.Kd2 c5 38.Kc3 Ne2+ 39.Kd2 Nf4 40.Kc3 c4 41.b3 Ne2+ 42.Kb2 Kc6 43.Kb1 cxb3 44.Kb2 Nd4 0-1

    A.Greet – J.Grant

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Ne5 0-0 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qxb3 17.axb3 Rac8 18.f3 c5 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.Bh2 Rfd8 21.Na5 b5 22.Nc3 Ne3 23.Rd2 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Nf6 25.Nxb5 a6 26.Nb7 Rd5 27.Rxd5 Nfxd5 28.Nd4 Bf6 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.Nc6 Rd7 31.g4 Rc7 32.Ne5 Rxc2 33.Ne4 Rxh2 34.Rxh2 Bxe5 35.Rd2 f5 36.gxf5 Nxf5 37.Nc5 Nd4 38.Nxe6 Nxe6 39.Rxd5 Bf4 40.Ra5 Nc7 41.Rf5 Bd6 42.Kc2 Ne6 43.Rd5 Be7 44.Rd7 Kf7 45.Ra7 Nc5 46.Kc3 Ke6 47.Kc4 Nd7 48.Rxa6+ Bd6 49.b4 Ne5+ 50.Kc3 Nxf3 51.b5 Kd5 52.Ra7 Ng5 53.b4 Ne6 54.Kb3 Nd4+ 55.Ka4 Be5 56.Ka5 Kc4 57.Re7 Kd5 58.Re8 Kd6 59.Rd8+ Kc7 60.Rd5 Bf6 61.b6+ Kb8 62.Rd7 Nc6+ 63.Kb5 Ne5 64.Rf7 Nd3 65.Ka5 Nf4 66.Rd7 Ne6 67.Ka6 Nd8 68.Rc7 Ne6 69.Rc4 Bd4 70.Rc6 Nd8 71.Rc2 Nf7 72.b7 Nd6 73.Rd2 Be5 74.Rd5 Bf4 75.Kb6 Nxb7 76.Rd7 Nd6 77.Rd8+ Nc8+ 78.Kc6 Be5 79.Rg8 …1-0

  10. Round 8 results:

    1 Grant, J 0-1 Mikkelsen, N
    2 Tate, A 1-0 Thomson, C
    3 Eggleston, D 1-0 Andersen, M
    4 Berry, N 0.5 Mitchell, M
    5 McNab, C 1-0 Greet, A

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