[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "418811"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. b4
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qb1 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nb6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. a5 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Be4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxb4 21. Qb1 Nd5
22. Qc1 h5 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Ng1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. f3 Ra7 27. Qf2 Nd5 28. Ra3 f5
29. h4 Re7 30. Re2 Bc1 31. Ra1 Be3 32. Qe1 Bf4 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Nh3 Bh6 35.
Nxa6 f4 36. Nb4 Ba8 37. a6 Nf5 38. a7 Nxh4 39. Qe5 Nxf3 40. Qb8 Qh4 41. Qxa8 Ng5
42. Qc8 f3 43. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "400173"]
[BlackFideId "2400561"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Bb3 c4 14. Bc2 Nb6 15.
e4 Be7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qg3 g6 18. h4 Qxd4 19. h5 Qg7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22.
Bc3 Rd8 23. Bd4 b6 24. e6 f6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh6 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "412686"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. f4 g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bc2 h5 14. Nd2 g5
15. b4 Bh6 16. a4 Nd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nc4 dxe3 19. fxe3 Nc6 20. Rab1 Bf8 21.
d4 Nxb4 22. Bb3 f6 23. Rxf6 g4 24. Na5 Be7 25. Rf7 Rhe8 26. Be6+ Kb8 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Bf5 c5 29. dxc5 Re5 30. Rxb4 Rxc5 31. Nxb7 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3
Rg1+ 34. Kf4 Rxh2 35. Na5+ Kc7 36. Rb7+ Kd6 37. e5+ Kd5 38. Rd7+ Kc5 39. e6 Rf1+
40. Ke4 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani"]
[Variation "Jaenisch counter-attack"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd3 Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 d6 12. a4 c6 13. b4 Nd7 14. a5 c5 15. Bf4
g5 16. Qe2 gxf4 17. Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Rd8 19. Nd2 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nf6 21. Bc4 Bd7
22. h3 Rac8 23. Ra3 g5 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nf3 Ne4 28.
Rd4 f6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Bd3 Nc3 31. Rc4 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Bc4 Bf5 34. Nd4 Be4
35. f3 Bxd5 36. Nf5+ Kf7 37. Bxd5+ Nxd5 38. Nxd6+ Ke6 39. Nxb7 Nxb4 40. Nc5+ Kd5
41. Ne4 Ke5 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. a6 Nb4 44. Nc3 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "418811"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. Re1 Rad8 12. d4 b6 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. h3 Na5
15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Qa3 Kh8 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. dxe5 Nxg3 20. exd6 Rxd6 21.
fxg3 c5 22. Rbe1 Re6 23. e5 Qc7 24. Qa4 g6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Nh2 c4 27. Be4 Qxe5
28. Qf3 Qc5 29. Kh1 f5 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2400561"]
[BlackFideId "400173"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3
Na6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Be4 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. d4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 exd4 14. cxd4 c6 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Qg6 19. Qc3 f6 20. Nd2 Qf7 21. g3 Bh3
22. Ba3 Bc7 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qg6 25. e4 h5 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kf2 h4 28. Re3
b6 29. Qd3 Kh8 30. d5 Be5 31. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "412686"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qa3 Be6 13. e3 Nd7 14. f3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Qf6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Nxc5 18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 20. Bd3 Qe6 21.
Bc2 Rc6 22. g4 a5 23. Bf5 Qe5 24. f4 gxf4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Rd7 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nc5 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Rc1 Re3 32. f4 b6 33. Rc4 Rf6 34. Rd5
Re2 35. a3 Rf2 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ne6 38. Rd6 Nxf4 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Rxb6+ Kg5
41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kg5 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Rb6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Kf2 Qa5 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ke1 Nd7 19. Rc2 b5 20. Bd2 Ra7 21.
Bxb5 Rb8 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. b4 axb3 24. Bxb3 Nc5 25. Be3 Ra5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5
dxc5 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Ke2 Bc3 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 c4 32. Bxc4 g5 33. g3 Be5 34.
Ke2 Bc7 35. a4 Ke7 36. Kf2 e5 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kh3 h5 39. Be2 Kg6 40. Bb5 Kf7 41.
Bd7 Ke7 42. Bf5 Kf6 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3 Bb6+ 47. Kd3
Kd6 48. h3 Ba5 49. Kc4 Bb6 50. Kb5 Be3 51. Bg4 Bg1 52. Bh5 Be3 53. Bg6 Kc7 54.
Bh7 Kd6 55. Bg8 Kc7 56. Bf7 Kd6 57. Ba2 Kc7 58. Bb1 Kd6 59. Bc2 Kc7 60. Bd1 Kd6
61. Be2 Kc7 62. Bf1 Kd6 63. Bd3 Kc7 64. Bc4 Kd6 65. Bb3 Kc7 66. Be6 Kd6 67. Bc8
Kc7 68. Bf5 Kd6 69. Bg4 Kc7 70. Bh5 Kd6 71. Bg6 Kc7 72. Be8 Kd6 73. Bf7 Kc7 74.
Ba2 Kd6 75. Bb1 Kc7 76. Bd3 Kd6 77. a5 Kc7 78. Be2 Bd2 79. Bd1 Be3 80. Bc2 Bd2
81. Bb1 Be3 82. Ba2 Bd2 83. Bb3 Be3 84. Bc4 Bd2 85. Bd5 Be3 86. Be6 Bd2 87. Bf7
Be3 88. Bg8 Bd2 89. Bh7 Be3 90. Bg6 Bd2 91. Bh5 Be3 92. Bg4 Bd2 93. Be6 Be3 94.
Bd5 Kd6 95. Bc6 Kc7 96. Ba8 Kd6 97. Bb7 Kc7 98. a6 Kd6 99. Kc4 Ba7 100. Kd3 Ke6
101. Bd5+ Kd6 102. Ke2 Bb8 103. Ba2 Ba7 104. Bb1 Bb8 105. Bd3 Ke6 106. f4 exf4
107. Kf3 Ke5 108. Bf1 Ba7 109. Bg2 Be3 110. Kg4 Bf2 111. Bf3 Ke6 112. Kxf4 Bg3+
113. Kg5 Bf2 114. Be2 Ke5 115. Bd3 Ke6 116. Bc4+ Ke5 117. Bd5 Kd6 118. Kf5 Ba7
119. Bc4 Bf2 120. e5+ Ke7 121. Ke4 Kd8 122. Kd5 Kc7 123. e6 Be3 124. Ke5 Bg5
125. Kf5 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Qh4 15. f4 Bd6 16. Kg2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1
Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "400173"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. a3 Rfe8
15. Na4 Ng6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Rfe1 c6 18. b4 Re7 19. Qd2 h5 20. a4 Bg4 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Rae8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd3 Bb8 25. Nb4 Re6 26. Na6 Bd6 27. Nc5 R6e7 28.
Nd3 Bb8 29. Nb4 Re6 30. Na6 Bd6 31. Nc5 R6e7 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 b6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. a4 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Qb3+ Kh7 19. Red1 Qe8 20. a5 b5 21. Qa2 Ng8
22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Bc5 Bd6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Bf2 Nf6 28. h3
Kg8 29. Rd3 g5 30. Kf1 Qe6 31. Ke1 h5 32. R1d2 Kf7 33. Kd1 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35.
Kc1 g3 36. Bg1 Ke8 37. Kb2 Qc4 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. Qg1 Bf8 41. Rxd7+
Rxd7 42. Bxf8 Rxd2+ 43. Nxd2 Kxf8 44. Qc5+ Qd6 45. c4 Qxc5 46. bxc5 c6 47. Kc3
Ke7 48. Kb4 Kd7 49. Kc3 Nh7 50. Nb3 Ng5 51. Nc1 Ke7 52. Kb4 Ke6 53. Kc3 Kf6 54.
Kb4 Ne6 55. Nd3 Nd4 56. Ne1 Ke6 57. Kc3 Ke7 58. Kb4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400173"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 d6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bf1 f5 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. d5 Nd4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Nc3 Red8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. b3 a6 25. Rd2 b5 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27. Bxe2 bxc4
28. bxc4 Bc3 29. Rd3 Ba5 30. Rdb3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. c3 c5 10. Qa4 e6 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 b5 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rfc8 15. Qa5
c4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. b4 Ba8 19. a4 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Ra1 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxa4 g5 24. Be3 Bd5 25. f3 exf3 26. Nxf3 h6 27. Rda1 Rca8 28.
Ra5 Bf8 29. b5 Bd6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. bxa6 Kf8 33. h4 f6 34. Kf2
Ke8 35. Bc1 Kd7 36. Nd2 f5 37. Nf3 Kc6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Kb6 40. Bf4 Ba3
41. Ke1 Kxa6 42. Kd2 Kb5 43. Ne5 Ka4 44. g4 fxg4 45. Nxg4 Kb3 46. Nf2 Bb2 47.
Nd1 Be4 48. Bd6 Bc2 49. Nxb2 Kxb2 50. Bb4 Kb3 51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Kf2 Ka4 53. e4 Kb5
54. Ke3 Kc6 55. Kf4 Bc2 56. Ke5 Bb1 57. Ba3 Bc2 58. d5+ exd5 59. exd5+ Kd7 60.
Kd4 Bd3 61. Kc5 Be2 62. Bc1 Bd3 63. Bf4 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400173"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ne4 b5 15.
c5 Qc7 16. Rac1 f5 17. Nd6 Qxc5 18. Nb4 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Nd3
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nf7 23. Rd4 d5 24. f4 b4 25. Rc5 Ra8 26. a3 Ba6 27. axb4 Bxd3 28.
Rxd3 axb4 29. Rc6 Nd8 30. Rb6 Rf7 31. Rxb4 Rc7 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. g4 g6 34. gxf5
gxf5 35. Rh3 Nc6 36. Rb6 Rb8 37. Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. b4 Rb7 39. Rh6 Rxb4 40. Rxe6
Rxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. Ng1 Nf8 11. Nge2 Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 Qe7 19. e5 Rad8 20. Ne4 g4 21.
Rae1 c5 22. Qf4 Rd4 23. c3 Rxd3 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Qe4
Qd8 28. Qh7 Rd2 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Rh8 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Ng5 Qg8 33. Nxe6 Kxe6
34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qf5+ Ke7 36. Rd1 c6 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Qd6 Qh7 40.
Qb8+ Ke7 41. Qxb7+ Ke6 42. Qc6+ Kxe5 43. Re1+ Kf5 44. Qxd5+ Kg6 45. Qe4+ f5 46.
Qf4 Qd7 47. Qg3 Re8 48. Rf1 Re2 49. h3 Rxb2 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Qe5 Rb6 52. Qxc5
Rc6 53. Qe5 Qe6 54. Qxe6+ Rxe6 55. Kh2 Re2 56. Rf4 Rxa2 57. Rxg4+ Kf5 58. Rc4 a5
59. Kh3 a4 60. g4+ Kg6 61. Rc6+ Kg7 62. Kh4 a3 63. Rc7+ Kg6 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. Kg5
Rc2 66. Rc7+ Kf8 67. Kf6 Rf2+ 68. Kg6 a2 69. Ra7 Rc2 70. g5 Rg2 71. c4 Ke8 72.
Kf6 Rf2+ 73. Kg6 Rg2 74. c5 Kd8 75. Kf6 Kc8 76. g6 Kb8 77. Ra5 Kb7 78. g7 Rf2+
79. Kg6 Rg2+ 80. Kf7 Rf2+ 81. Kg8 Rg2 82. Kf7 Rf2+ 83. Ke6 Rg2 84. Rxa2 Rxg7 85.
Kd5 Rd7+ 86. Kc4 Rd1 87. Rh2 Rc1+ 88. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "400173"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nce2 Ne5 15.
Bb2 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. h3 Ba3 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qb1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Ne4 21. Nf4
Qc5 22. Be2 a5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Qc3 25. Qe2 g6 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28.
Qf4 Qc7 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Qe2 Qc5 31. Qb2 Qc3 32. Qe2 Qc5 33. Qb2 Qc3 34. Qe2 Qc5
35. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. c3 Qd7 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 Nec6
9. Bc2 h6 10. a3 g5 11. h3 Be7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 h5 14. Nf1 Rg8 15. Ng3 g4
16. hxg4 h4 17. Nh5 Rxg4 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Bh7 Nd7 20. Nh2 Rg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22.
Nf4 Nf8 23. Qg4 O-O-O 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 26. Rac1 Na5 27. Qxg6 Nc4 28.
Bg5 Nxb2 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Rf3 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Rc8 32. e6 Nd6 33. e7 Bb5 34. Rf8 Be8
35. Qxh4 Ne4 36. Ng4 Ka8 37. Nf6 Qxe7 38. Qh8 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "400173"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. c4 d4 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nb5
Bb8 16. f4 a6 17. Na3 Bc7 18. Qf2 Nb4 19. Qf1 Rae8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22.
Rad1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd3 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe1 Kf8 27. Be4 Qe3+ 28.
Qxe3 dxe3 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Bxb7 Nh5 31. Kg2 Nxa2 32. Bf3 Nf6 33. Nc2 Nb4 34. Nxe3
Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Bc3 Ne8 37. Kf2 g6 38. Ne3 Nd6 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. g4 a5 41. h4
Ke7 42. g5 Kd7 43. Bg4+ Kc7 44. f5 Ne4 45. Be5+ Kd8 46. h5 Bc7 47. Bb2 Ng3+ 48.
Kf3 Nd3 49. Bf6+ Ke8 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. h6 Ne1+ 53. Kf2 Nd3+ 54. Ke3
Nf1+ 55. Kxd3 Nh2 56. Bh3 Nf3 57. Ke4 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nxb3 59. Bc3 a4 60. Bg4 a3
61. Bd1 Nd4 62. Ba4+ Kf8 63. Nf6 a2 64. Nxh7+ Kg8 65. Nf6+ Kh8 66. Nd7 Bg3 67.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h5 8. h4 g6 9.
g3 Kf8 10. Nh3 Kg7 11. f3 a6 12. Be3 Ne8 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16.
bxa5 Na6 17. Nf2 Nac5 18. Ke2 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. Qa1 Qd8 21. Nb5 b6 22. Qa8
Rf8 23. Bc2 Nb7 24. Qa1 Ndc5 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Rb1 Qc8 27. Qb4 Na6 28. Qc3 Nac5
29. Qb4 Na6 30. Qc3 Nac5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ne6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Qe3 f6 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ne3 Kd7 19. b3 Ke7 20. Kb2 a5
21. a4 b6 22. h4 Rhf8 23. Rde1 Kf7 24. g3 Rde8 25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. Kc3 Rf7 27. f3
Rff8 28. Rf2 Rf7 29. h5 g5 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Ref1 Rd7 32. Ne3 Rg7 33. Ng2 Kf7 34.
f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Reg8 36. Ne3 Nxf4 37. Nf5 Rg5 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nxg8 Kxg8 40.
Rh1 c5 41. Kc4 c6 42. c3 Kf7 43. d4 cxd4 44. cxd4 Ke6 45. dxe5 Kxe5 46. Rd1 Kxe4
47. Re1+ Kf5 48. h6 Rh5 49. Kd4 Rh4 50. Rff1 Rxh6 51. Rh1 Rxh1 52. Rxh1 h5 53.
Ke3 Ke5 54. Kf3 Nd3 55. Rxh5+ Kd4 56. Ke2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6
9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Qb6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Rae8 17. Kg2 Re7 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. a4 Qc8 21. Nc1 h5
22. Na2 h4 23. gxh4 Nh5 24. Nc3 Bf6 25. f4 Ng4 26. Ne4 Bxh4 27. Nxd6 Qd7 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Bd3 Nxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. hxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+
34. Kg1 f5 35. Qh2 Qxd3 36. Nxc5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qxc5 38. Rg1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. Be3 Qc7
16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Qc1 b4 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Ba4
Ne5 23. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxe8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. f4 Bd4 27. Kh2 Bc8 28. f3 Qd8
29. Bg5 Qc7 30. Bh6 Qd8 31. Bg5 Qc7 32. Re2 Bg7 33. Rg2 h6 34. Bh4 Kh7 35. Nf5
Bh8 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Ng4 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Nd7 39. Re2 Bd4 40. Kg2 f6 41. Bf2 Bxf2
42. Rxf2 Kg7 43. Kg3 Rh8 44. Rh2 g5 45. Rah1 Nf8 46. Rh5 Ng6 47. Qh2 Nh4 48.
Rxh4 gxh4+ 49. Qxh4 c4 50. Qh5 c3 51. bxc3 Qxc3 52. Qf5 Qc7 53. Rb1 Rb8 54. g5
fxg5 55. fxg5 Qe7 56. gxh6+ Kh8 57. Rc1 b3 58. Rc8+ Rxc8 59. Qxc8+ Kh7 60. Kf2
b2 61. Qb8 Qe5 62. Qb4 Qh2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 b1=Q 65. Qxd6 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. b3 Nf8 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nh4 Ne6 15.
Nf5 Nd4 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Ng3 d5 18. f3 b6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qf2 Rad8
22. Rg1 Qf7 23. h3 a5 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Bc1 a4 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Re2
dxe4 29. fxe4 Bc8 30. Qf3 Be6 31. Nh5 Qg6 32. g4 Qg5 33. Qf2 a3 34. Qe1 Rec8 35.
Qb4 Rc6 36. Qe7 Qg6 37. Rf2 Qf7 38. Qb4 Qf8 39. Qe1 Qe8 40. Qd1 Qe7 41. Rgg2
Rac8 42. Qc1 b5 43. Qd1 b4 44. Qf3 Bd7 45. h4 Rf8 46. g5 f5 47. exf5 Rxf5 48.
Qd5 Rc8 49. Ng3 Rff8 50. Rxf8+ Rxf8 51. Re2 Re8 52. Ne4 Qe6 53. Qxe6 Bxe6 54.
Nd6 Rd8 55. Nc4 Bxc4 56. bxc4 Re8 57. Kg3 Kg8 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke4 Ke6 60. Rf2
Rc8 61. Rf5 Rc5 62. Rf8 Rc7 63. Rb8 Kd6 64. Rxb4 Rf7 65. Rb6+ Kc5 66. Rb5+ Kc6
67. Kxe5 Rf2 68. Ra5 Rxc2 69. Rxa3 Rh2 70. Ra7 Rxh4 71. Rxg7 Kc5 72. Rc7+ Kb4
73. Rb7+ Kc3 74. Rb3+ Kd2 75. c5 Rh5 76. Kxd4 Rxg5 77. Rb2+ Kc1 78. Rh2 h5 79.
a4 Rg4+ 80. Kd5 Rxa4 81. Rxh5 Kd2 82. d4 Ra8 83. Rh6 Kc3 84. c6 Ra5+ 85. Kd6 Kc4
86. Kd7 Ra6 87. Rd6 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Beverwijk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ba4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bb3 h6 15. d4
exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxd4 Qe5 18. Qd3 Qe1+ 19. Qf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Ngf4 21.
Nge2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Bxd4 23. Bxd5 Bxc3 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. bxc3 Be6 26. Be3 Bc4+
27. Ke1 b6 28. a4 Re8 29. a5 c5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra7+ Kf6 32. Rd7 Re6 33. Kd2
Bf1 34. g3 Bxh3 35. Rd8 Bg4 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Rb8 Bf3 38. Kc4 g5 39. Kb5 Be2+ 40.
c4 Kf6 41. Rxb6 Bxc4+ 42. Kxc5 Rxb6 43. Kxb6 Be2 44. Kc6 Kf5 45. f4 Bf3+ 46. Kd6
gxf4 47. Bxf4 h5 48. Ke7 h4 49. gxh4 Kxf4 50. h5 Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. Qe1 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. g3 c5 15.
f4 Nd4 16. Qf2 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Rg1 Bf8 19. Rg3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Qg2 b6 23. Bd2 g6 24. Rg5 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Qd4 26. Re1 Qxb2 27. f5 Bh6 28.
Rg4 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Rad8 30. Qg2 Qc3 31. Rg1 Rd2 32. Qf1 Rf8 33. Qf4 Qxc2 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Qxc7+ Ke8 37. Re6# 1-0

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Beverwijk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. Re1 Ng6 9. d4 Qxe4 10. Rxe4+ Be7 11. g3 c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nd2 Kf7
15. Nf1 Bd6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. h4 h5 18. Ng2 g6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf5 21. Rxe7+
Kxe7 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Ng6+ Kf7 24. Nxh8+ Rxh8 25. Re1 f4 26. Kg2 fxg3 27. fxg3
Rg8 28. Kf3 Rg4 29. c3 Rg8 30. Re2 Rg4 31. Re3 a5 32. a4 Kf8 33. Re6 Kf7 34. Re3
Kf8 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Rb1 Ke6 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rg7 39. Kf4 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rg7
41. a5 Kd6 42. Kf4 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rg7 44. Kf4 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. a4 Qh5 13. g4 Qa5 14. Nd5 Rac8 15. c4
Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. b3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 21. g5 Qb6 22.
Nd4 f4 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bd2 f3 25. Nxf3 Bxh3 26. Bxh3 Rxf3 27. Bg4 Rxb3 28. Re1
Rb8 29. Be3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxa5 31. Rxe7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qe2 Rf8 34. Re8 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2017"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Qxd5 e6 8. Qf3
Qxe5+ 9. Ne2 Be4 10. Qg3 Qxc5 11. Nbc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Be3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3
Bxg3 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Rh3 Nf5 18. Bc5 h5 19. O-O-O a6 20. Bxc6+
bxc6 21. Rb3 Rh6 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rxf7 Rf6 25. Ra7 e5 26. Rxa6
Nxh4 27. Ra7 Rg6 28. Be7+ Kc8 29. Bxh4 Rxg2 30. Re7 g5 31. Rxe5 gxh4 32. Rxh5
Rh2 33. Rh7 Kd8 34. a4 Ke8 35. a5 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 1-0

