[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ashton, A"] [Black "Banerjee, Supratit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [WhiteElo "2277"] [BlackElo "2241"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian defence"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "410110"] [BlackFideId "2410079"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. N4f3 Ng6 14. Bd4 Qc8 15. Kh2 h5 16. Rc1 b5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 h4 19. gxh4 Qc5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Nb3 Qb4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Bc5 25. Nb3 Bb6 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. c3 Re2 28. Rd2 Re1 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re2 31. Rb4 a6 32. a4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ra7 Rc2 37. Rc7 f6 38. h5 Bf3 39. Bf4 Bxh5 40. Be3 Kh7 41. Rc5 Bf7 42. Bd4 Kg6 43. Rc7 Be6 44. Re7 Bf5 45. Re1 Rd2 46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Re3 Rd2 48. Re1 Kf7 49. h4 Rd3+ 50. Re3 Rd1 51. f3 Rd3 52. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Buckley, G"] [Black "Jackson, Edward"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2262"] [BlackElo "2182"] [ECO "B28"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "O'Kelly variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "402265"] [BlackFideId "464635"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rd2 e5 15. Nd6 f5 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Rd7 e4 18. Ne5 Bc5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Rad1 b5 21. R1d5 f4 22. Rg5+ Kh8 23. Rf5 e3 24. f3 Rd6 25. Rd5 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 b4 27. cxb4 Bxb4 28. a3 Bd2 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. b4 a5 31. b5 Rc8 32. Bd1 Rc1 33. Ke2 Rb1 34. a4 Rb2 35. Kd3 Bb4 36. Kc4 Be1 37. Kc5 Bf2 38. Kc6 Kg7 39. Kb7 e2 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41. Ka6 Re6+ 42. Kb7 Rb6+ 43. Kc7 Rg6 44. Rd2 Be3 45. Rc2 Bb6+ 46. Kb7 Bg1 47. h3 Rd6 48. Rc4 Be3 49. Kc7 0-1

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Longson, A"] [Black "Lalic, P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2226"] [BlackElo "2181"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Variation "closed, 7...O-O"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "408093"] [BlackFideId "416711"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nc3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. axb5 Nxb3 12. cxb3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5 Rb8 15. Na3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Price, Gwilym"] [Black "Rawlinson, A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2189"] [BlackElo "2068"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "advance variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "443980"] [BlackFideId "413496"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3 Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. O-O Nf5 11. b3 Be7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ba3 c5 14. Qb1 dxc4 15. d5 c3 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Nxc3 Bxh4 18. Qe4 Be7 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxb7 Nxe5 23. Nc7 Nd6 24. Nxe6 Nxb7 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Nxg6 fxe6 27. Rac1 Na5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Nxb3 30. Be3 e5 31. Rd7 Nd4 32. Nxe5 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nc3 34. Nd3 Nxa4 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Nc3 37. Nf4 h4 38. f3 Kf7 39. Bf2 Bg5 40. Nh3 Kg6 41. Nxg5 Kxg5 42. Kg1 Nd5 43. Kh2 Kh5 44. Be1 Ne3 45. Kh3 Nd5 46. Bd2 Nf6 47. Be1 Nd5 48. Bxh4 Nf4+ 49. Kg3 Nxg2 50. Be7 Ne1 51. f4 Kg6 52. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Jaunooby, A"] [Black "Dishman, S"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [WhiteElo "2084"] [BlackElo "2274"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "QGD Slav"] [Variation "3.Nf3"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "413291"] [BlackFideId "403024"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. e4 Na6 10. Nbd2 Qa5 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Rc4 Nd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd5 18. Be4 Qb5 19. O-O Rxc4 20. Bd3 Qxb2 21. Nxc4 Qb3 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nce5 f6 24. Bd2 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Lalic, S"] [Black "Sanada, Tetsuaki"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2001"] [ECO "B51"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "401510"] [BlackFideId "7005903"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxa2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Nc3 Ra8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Bg4 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nc2 Rc8 22. Ne3 Be6 23. h3 Nh5 24. Ncd5 Nf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Nd5 g5 27. Qb2+ Kg6 28. Rb5 f6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Rf7 31. Qb2 Qd7 32. Kh2 h5 33. Qb4 f3 34. gxf3 Bxh3 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Rb6 d5 37. Qd6 d4 38. Nc2 Qa4 39. Nxd4 Qa2 40. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Bentley, J"] [Black "Baker, CW"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "2189"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti opening"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "409901"] [BlackFideId "401676"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 Re8 9. b4 e4 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be5 12. Rb1 e3 13. fxe3 h6 14. Nge4 Ng4 15. Nf3 Bc7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Rbd1 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. c5 Be6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rf4 Rae8 25. Rfd4 g6 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Ady, J"] [Black "Walton, A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2040"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "6000240"] [BlackFideId "409898"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. O-O Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bb2 b6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. f4 a5 20. b5 Ne7 21. Na4 Qb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nc8 25. Nf1 Na7 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Nc3 Nc8 28. a4 g6 29. Ne2 Bb4 30. Qb3 Kg7 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Qxa3 Qc7 33. Kf2 Qe7 34. Qc3 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. g3 Qd8 37. Qc6 Ne7 38. Qd6 Qxd6 39. exd6 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Zhu, Yaoyao"] [Black "Luk, Danbe"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1967"] [BlackElo "2119"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Anderssen variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "8601330"] [BlackFideId "66203287"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. c3 a5 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. c4 h4 17. Bh2 Rf8 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Nb3 Ra8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Qf3 0-1

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Josse, Mar"] [Black "James, Dal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2110"] [BlackElo "2206"] [ECO "A16"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "Anglo-Gruenfeld defense"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "414476"] [BlackFideId "403865"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. e3 Nd7 9. h5 g5 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 c5 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qb1 Bd7 14. Ba3 c4 15. Bc2 Nd5 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bc6 19. O-O O-O 20. d5 Ba4 21. Qb4 Bc2 22. Rfe1 Qf4 23. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Lewis, Andrew"] [Black "Hawksworth, J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [BlackElo "2351"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "421618"] [BlackFideId "400521"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Be7 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qf4 N6d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 Bc6 18. a3 Qd7 19. h4 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. exd6 Bf6 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. h5 Bg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rac1 Qb6 27. d7 Rf8 28. Nc4 Qa6 29. Ne5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Rosen, D"] [Black "Tan, Yik Chean"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "1980"] [BlackElo "1701"] [ECO "C12"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "MacCutcheon variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "405418"] [BlackFideId "5721857"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Ne2 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 d4 9. e5 h6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. exf6 hxg5 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. Ne4 Rxg7 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Qf6 Rg6 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. O-O-O Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Rxf6 22. f3 a5 23. Rxd4 axb4 24. Rhd1 Rf5 25. Nb3 Rd5 26. Kc1 Rb8 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 e5 29. f4 Be6 30. Re1 exf4 31. Rxf4 c5 32. Rfe4 Rg8 33. Rd1 Kd6 34. Rg1 Rdg5 35. Re2 Bd5 36. Rf2 Rxg2 37. Rgxg2 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Bxg2 39. c3 bxc3 40. bxc3 c4 41. Nd2 Kd5 42. Kd1 f5 43. Ke2 f4 44. Kf2 Be4 45. Ke2 Bh1 46. Kf2 Be4 47. Ke2 Bd3+ 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Kg2 Kf5 50. Kf2 Kg4 51. Nf3 Kf5 52. Nd2 Ke5 53. Kg2 Be4+ 54. Kf2 Bd5 55. Ke2 Kf5 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Nb1 f3 58. Nd2 Kf4 59. Nf1 Ke4 60. Ne3 Be6 61. Nd1 Bg8 62. Nb2 Bf7 63. Na4 Bh5 64. Nb2 Bf7 65. Na4 Bd5 66. Nb2 Kf4 67. Nd1 Be6 68. Nb2 Bd5 69. Nd1 Bc6 70. Ne3 Bb5 71. Nc2 Ba4 72. Ne3 Bb3 73. Nd5+ Ke4 74. Ne3 Ba2 75. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Pelling, Kyle"] [Black "Osborne, M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1977"] [BlackElo "2146"] [ECO "C77"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Variation "Anderssen variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "462942"] [BlackFideId "404608"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 f5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Na5 Rb6 17. Nc4 Rb5 18. Bd2 Qb8 19. b3 f4 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Frostick, C"] [Black "Ashton, Alannah"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackTitle "WCM"] [WhiteElo "2101"] [BlackElo "1846"] [ECO "B51"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "411302"] [BlackFideId "480681"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Nb3 Nb6 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Nxc4 Bxe4 19. Ba5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe8 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. g3 Nf6 25. d5 Nd7 26. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Toole, David"] [Black "Welling, Zac"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1884"] [BlackElo "1966"] [ECO "D19"] [Opening "QGD Slav"] [Variation "Dutch variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "429198"] [BlackFideId "343414729"] [WhiteTeam "Greater Manchester"] [BlackTeam "Surrey"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Bg5 e5 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. c4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Nbd7 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Nfd7 24. Rab1 b6 25. a5 Ra8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Qc3 Rec8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Ra7 b5 33. cxb5 Qxd5 34. Kg1 Rb8 35. Ra5 Qd6 36. g3 Ne6 37. Ra6 Qd5 38. b6 Qxf3 39. Qd2 Qc6 40. Ba4 Qc8 41. Bb5 Ndc5 42. Qa5 Nxa6 43. Bxa6 Qd8 44. Qxe5 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "County Championship Final"] [Site "Syston ENG"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Noyce, R"] [Black "Chalupa, Ondrej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2040"] [ECO "A34"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "symmetrical variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.05"] [WhiteFideId "403059"] [BlackFideId "349704"] [WhiteTeam "Surrey"] [BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d4 Bd6 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 O-O 12. c4 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bc3 1/2-1/2