BCF-ch 2000

Games from the 2000 British Championship

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Snape, Ian"]
[Black "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Bxb7 Rd8 11. Bg2 c6 12. h4 d5 13. c5 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Bg4 16. b3 Nf5 17. Bb2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8+ 20. Kf1 Qe7 21.
Rd1 Qf6 22. Kg1 Re7 23. Bf1 Rde8 24. Qg5 Qe6 25. g4 Nh6 26. f3 f6 27. Qf4 Nf7
28. g5 fxg5 29. hxg5 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. f4 R3e4 32. Rh4 Nxg5 33. Bg2 Re2
34. Ba1 Ne4 35. a4 Nd2 36. Rh3 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rxa1 39. Ke3 Nxb3
40. Bxd5+ cxd5 41. c6 Bxd4+ 42. Ke2 Rc1 43. Rxb3 Rxc6 44. Rb5 Bc5 45. Kf3 Kg7
46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Rb5 Rc7 48. a5 Kg7 49. Rb8 Rd7 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Rc8 Bb4 52. a6
d4 53. Kd3 Bd6 54. Kxd4 Bxf4+ 55. Ke4 Bc7 56. Ra8 Bb6 57. Rb8 Rd4+ 58. Kf3 Ra4
59. Rb7 h5 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "Aarthie, Ramsawamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Bd2 f5 13. Kh1 Nxf3 14. Rxf3 Rb8 15.
Bc3 fxe4 16. dxe4 d5 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Qe7 20. b3 Rb4 21. Qe3 g6
22. a3 Rb8 23. Qc3 Qa7 24. Nf1 a5 25. a4 Rb4 26. Qe3 Re4 27. Qf2 Ba6 28. Re1
Qf7 29. g3 Qf5 30. Ne3 Rxe3 31. Rexe3 c4 32. Qd2 c5 33. Qxa5 Bb7 34. Qb6 d4 35.
Qxb7 dxe3 36. Rxe3 Qxc2 37. Rf3 Rd8 38. Rf1 Rd2 39. a5 Qxb3 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. a6
Qd3 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Rg1 Ra2 44. g4 Qd5+ 45. Qxd5 exd5 46. f5 Rxa6 47. f6 g5
48. Rf1 Ra8 49. e6 Rf8 50. e7 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McDonnell, James J"]
[Black "Hebbes, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Bd7 14. Be3 Kh8
15. h3 Be8 16. Qd2 Bh5 17. Ne5 Nxd4 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Bxd4 Bxe5 20. Rac1 Qb8 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc5 Rae8 23. Rce1 Qd6 24. Nxb7 Qb6 25. Na5 e5 26. b4 e4 27. Bb1
Bf7 28. Rc1 Re6 29. Nb3 Nd7 30. Qxd5 Re7 31. Qd1 e3 32. Qd3 Bg6 33. Qd4 e2 34.
Rfe1 Qa6 35. Bxg6 Qxg6 36. Qh4 Re5 37. Rc3 Rh5 38. Qe7 Rg5 39. g3 Qf5 40. Qxe2
Qxh3 41. Qe6 Qf5 42. Qxf5 Rgxf5 43. Re2 h5 44. Rc7 Nf6 45. Nd4 Rd5 46. Ne6 Re8
47. Rxa7 g5 48. Rf7 Ng4 49. Rf8+ Rxf8 50. Nxf8 Rd3 51. Ra2 Rd6 52. Re2 Rd3 53.
Ng6+ Kg7 54. Ne5 Rxa3 55. Nxg4 hxg4 56. Re4 Rb3 57. Rxg4 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4 59.
Rxf4+ Kg5 60. Kg2 Kh5 61. Kh3 Kg5 62. Rc4 Kf5 63. Rc5+ Ke4 64. Rb5 Kf3 65. Kh4
Rb1 66. g4 Kf4 67. Rf5+ Ke4 68. Kg5 Rd1 69. Kg6 Rd8 70. Kg7 Rb8 71. Ra5 Rb7+
72. Kh6 Rb6+ 73. Kh5 Rxb4 74. g5 Rb2 75. Kh6 Kf4 76. g6 Rg2 77. Rh5 Ra2 78. g7
Ra6+ 79. Kh7 Kg4 80. Rb5 Ra7 81. Kh8 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stephenson, Norman"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 {Kelly has a
great deal of experience with this variation with both White and Black pieces.}
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 a6 11. a3 {The Yugoslav GM Ljubojevic
tried 11.a4 against Kelly at the 1998 Elista Olympiad and the game was drawn
in 36 moves.} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 {Khalifman - Savchenko, Tal
Memorial, Moscow 1992 went 13.Be2 h6 14.b3 Bb7 15.e4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 and after
4 more moves the game was agreed drawn.} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba7 16.
Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxf6+ {Improving on 17.Nd6 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Red8 when Black had the
advantage in Timoschchenko - Ricardi, Yerevan Olympiad 1996.} 17... Nxf6 18.
Bb2 Rac8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Rac1 Red8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Qc2
{After 24.Qe2 it is hard to see a way through for Black but this allows a
winning combination.} 24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kf1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qg5 {
White must give up material to avoid checkmate.} 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "Vigus, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

{The quick win in this game took Timothy Douglas to 3.5 out of 6.
Unfortunately he only added a further half-point in the second week.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 Nh7 9. c3
Bf6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 Qc8 14. Ra2 Nf4 15. d4 Ne6 16.
Nh5 Bg5 17. dxe5 g6 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. exf6 Kh7 21. h4 gxh4 22.
Qd2 {The threat of Bxe6, Qh6+ and Qg7 checkmate is decisive.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. h3 Bf5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxg5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nge2 Nc6
15. Bg2 Nd6 16. O-O e6 17. b3 Nf5 18. Nf4 Nh4 19. Bh1 Ra8 20. Bb2 Rd8 21. Rac1
Bf5 22. Nce2 Bd6 23. e4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Bxg6 26. d5 Nb4 27. Rfd1
Nxa2 28. Rc7 exd5 29. Ba3 b5 30. exd5 b4 31. Re1+ Kf8 32. Bb2 Nc3 33. Bxc3 bxc3
34. Rxc3 h5 35. Rc6 a5 36. Ra1 Kg8 37. Rxa5 Kh7 38. f4 Rhe8 39. Kf2 Bd3 40. Bf3
Be4 41. Rc3 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Re1 43. Rd3 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 Rxf4 45. d6 Kg6 46. d7
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[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. h3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8
15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nf6 18. a3 Nd7 19. Qd1 Re6 20. Qf3 Nb6 21.
Re1 Qf6 22. Bc7 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nc4 24. Kg2 Rc8 25. Bg3 Rce8 26. a4 Bb4 27. Re2
Bxc3 28. bxc3 b6 29. h4 f5 30. Bf4 Kf7 31. Ra2 R6e7 32. Kf1 Rb7 33. Ke2 b5 34.
Kd3 Ree7 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 cxb5 37. Ra1 Re6 38. Rb1 Rb6 39. e4 Ke6 40. Bc1
fxe4+ 41. fxe4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Ba3 b4 45. cxb4 Nc4 46. Bc1
Rxb4 47. Rxb4 axb4 48. Bg5 Na5 49. Bd2 Nc6 50. f4 h5 51. f5 gxf5 52. Ke3 b3 53.
Bc3 Ne7 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kg5 f4 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nbxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 Nf6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxb7 O-O 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Qf3
Qc8 15. Be3 e4 16. Qd1 exd3 17. Qb3+ Be6 18. Qxd3 Qb7 19. f3 Qxb2 20. Bd4 Qg2
21. Qe2 Qxh1 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Kf1 Ng8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Bxa7 Ne7 26. Qg2 Qxg2+
27. Kxg2 Ra8 28. Bd4 Rxa3 29. Ne2 Nf5 30. Rxa3 Bxa3 31. Ba1 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Nc2
33. Be5 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McDonnell, J."]
[Black "Freeman, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Bd6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf2 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Ng3+
15. Bxg3 Bxg3 16. Bd3 Be5 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Nd1 Bf4 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Rb1 Rac8 21.
Nc3 Bd6 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. f4 d5 26. e5 f6 27. Ng1 Bxg1
28. Kxg1 d4 29. Rbe1 f5 30. Rf2 Bd5 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Kh2 Ke7 33. Kg1 Rc5 34.
Red1 a5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Rc3 37. Bxb5 Rb8 38. Ba4 Ra3 39. Bb3 Bxb3 40. cxb3
Rxb4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxb3 43. Ra4 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Millfield School Somerset"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.07.31"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]

{This last round draw gave Brian Kelly a final score of 7 out of 11 and that
score made him British under 21 Champion jointly with Nicholas Pert.} 1. c4 e5
2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. b3 Ba7 9. Bb2
Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. h3 Rab8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 h6 14. O-O b5 15. Rb1 bxc4 16.
bxc4 Ne7 17. Ba1 c6 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 f6 21. Nf5 Bf7 22. Qc2
Bc5 23. Rb1 Nc8 24. Bc3 Kh7 25. Bb4 g6 26. Ng3 Qa7 27. Qa4 Bxc4 28. Qxc6 Bb5
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