WORLDBASE

WORLDBASE Players GM McDonald, N

Stockfish
GameID: 0
FIDE Country B-Year Gender Standard Rapid Blitz
400629 ENG 1967 M 2399 2406 2374
167 games
2026.08.09 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504852 GM McDonald, N (2399) WGM Toma, K (2208) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Nb3 Qb4 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.a3 Qb6 14.O-O Nge5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Bd3 Nxd3 19.cxd3 e6 20.Ne3 Rc8 21.Nd2 b5 22.Rab1 O-O 23.f4 f5 24.fxg5 hxg5 25.Kh1 f4 26.Ng4 Rc2 27.e5 dxe5 28.Qd1 Rc7 29.Ne4 Bc6 30.Qe2 Qe7 31.b4 Bd5 32.Ngf2 Qf7 33.Nxg5 Qg6 34.Nge4 Rfc8 35.Rbd1 Bf8 36.Rd2 Rc1 37.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 38.Rd1 Rc7 39.h3 a5 40.Ng4 Bxe4 41.dxe4 axb4 42.axb4 Qg5 43.Qxb5 f3 44.Qd3 fxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Bxb4 46.Qb3 Qe7 47.Rf1 Rc3 48.Qa4 Kg7 49.Nf6 Rd3 50.Qb5 Rd2+ 51.Kh1 Bc5 52.Qb3 Bf2 53.Rxf2 Rxf2 54.Qg3+ Kxf6 55.Qxf2+ Kg6 56.Qg3+ Kf7 57.Qxe5 Qh4 58.Kg2 Qh6 59.Qg3 Ke7 60.h4 Qd2+ 61.Kh3 Qe2 62.Qc7+ Ke8 63.Qf4 Qd3+ 64.Kg4 Qd1+ 65.Kg5 Qg1+ 66.Kh6 Qb6 67.e5 Qb1 68.h5 1-0
2026.08.08 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504795 FM Hobson, Kenneth (2244) GM McDonald, N (2399) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 c5 9.Nde2 Be7 10.b3 Bg4 11.Qd3 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.O-O-O Bf6 15.f4 Bd4 16.Kb1 Re8 17.Rhe1 a5 18.Qf3 Qb8 19.a4 Qb7 20.Nb5 Bxb2 21.Kxb2 Nb6 22.Ka2 c4 23.e5 cxb3+ 24.cxb3 d5 25.f5 Qc6 26.Rc1 Qh6 27.Rc2 c5 28.Nc7 Qc6 29.Nxa8 Rxa8 30.e6 c4 31.exf7+ Kxf7 32.Re6 Qc5 33.Rce2 cxb3+ 34.Qxb3 Rb8 35.Re7+ Kf8 36.f6 gxf6 37.Rxh7 Kg8 38.Rh4 Kf7 39.Qg3 Rg8 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Re8+ Kxe8 42.Qxg8+ 1-0
2026.08.07 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504735 GM McDonald, N (2399) GM Ghasi, A (2494) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 O-O 10.O-O Qc8 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 h6 14.c4 Nd7 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Qd3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Qxb5 Rb8 19.Qd3 Rxb2 20.Nc4 Rb4 21.Rfc1 Qe6 22.a4 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bd2 e4 25.Qg3 Rb7 26.a5 Bf6 27.Rab1 Rc7 28.Qb3 Rd8 29.h3 Bd4 30.Ne3 Rcd7 31.Nxd5 Rxd5 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.Qxe3 Rxa5 34.Rd1 Re8 35.Rd2 Rg5 36.Rbd1 Kh7 37.Rd6 Qf5 38.Rd7 Re6 39.h4 Rgg6 40.g3 Qg4 41.Re1 Rgf6 42.Rd4 Rf3 43.Qe2 Rxg3+ 0-1
2026.08.06 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504692 GM McDonald, N (2399) IM Pigott, J (2255) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 O-O 10.O-O Qc8 11.Rc1 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Nd7 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Qd3 Qe6 17.c4 bxc4 18.Rxc4 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Nf3 f6 26.g3 Qc6 27.Qb3+ Kf8 28.h4 g6 29.h5 Kg7 30.Qe3 Bc5 31.h6+ Kf7 32.Qxe5 Bf8 33.Qe3 Qd5 34.b3 g5 35.Nd2 Bxh6 36.Nc4 Kg6 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Ne3 Qc5 39.g4 Qf8 40.Nf5+ Kh8 41.Qd7 a5 42.a3 1-0
2026.08.05 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504637 IM Cummings, D (2244) GM McDonald, N (2399) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 e6 5.e4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Bc2 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.O-O g6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qd2 c5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Be4 Be6 18.Bxc6 Rac8 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Rc5 21.Rad1 Rb8 22.b3 Rxd5 23.Qc2 Qf5 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qxa7 d3 26.Qe3 Rc2 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Rc5 29.Qb4 Rc2 30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.Qa7+ Kh6 32.Qe3+ g5 33.Rd1 Re2 34.Qh3+ Kg6 35.Qxf5+ Kxf5 36.f3 Rxa2 37.Rxd3 Ke5 38.Re3+ Kf6 39.Rd3 Ke5 40.Re3+ Kf6 41.Rd3 1/2-1/2
2026.08.04 112th ch-GBR 2026
3504583 GM McDonald, N (2399) FM Vaidyanathan, Adithya (2261) 1/2-1/2
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 Be7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.h4 h6 12.Be3 h5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Ne2 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.f4 g6 18.Nd4 Nb6 19.b3 Bc5 20.Bd3 Qe7 21.Rhf1 Bb4 22.Qf2 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.f5 exf5 25.e6 Be4 26.Qg3 cxb3 27.axb3 Bc3 28.Bc1 O-O 29.Rf2 Qf6 30.Bg5 Qg7 31.e7 Rfe8 32.Qd6 f6 33.Qxf6 Qxf6 34.Bxf6 Kf7 35.Bg5 Bb4 36.Nf3 Bxf3 37.Rxf3 Bxe7 38.Rd7 Rc6 39.Ra7 Re6 40.Rd3 Kf8 41.Rdd7 f4 42.Kb2 b4 1/2-1/2
2026.08.03 112th ch-GBR 2026
3494431 CM Turner, Max N (2273) GM McDonald, N (2399) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Rb1 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Bd7 12.a3 Nc7 13.Bb2 a5 14.c5 axb4 15.axb4 dxc5 16.bxc5 Be6 17.Ne5 Ncd5 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Nf4 e6 21.Be5 Rfd8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxg7 Nxf4 24.Be5 Qxd1 25.Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Nd5 27.Rb1 Ra5 28.Rb8+ Kf7 29.Rb7+ Ke8 30.Bd6 Ra1+ 31.Kg2 Ra2 32.Rxh7 Rxe2 33.Rg7 Rc2 34.Kf1 g5 35.Rxg5 Kf7 36.Rh5 Nf6 37.Rh8 Ne4 38.Rc8 Rxf2+ 39.Kg1 Rc2 40.Rxc6 Nxd6 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.cxd6 Rd2 43.d7 Ke7 44.h4 1/2-1/2
2026.08.02 112th ch-GBR 2026
3494388 GM McDonald, N (2399) Crawford, Owen (2205) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.h3 Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 b5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Ng3 d5 14.a4 c5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Be3 d4 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Nf5 Bb6 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Qb1 Qd7 21.Bg5 Bd8 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.g3 h5 24.Qd1 Nf8 25.Kh2 g6 26.N5h4 Ne6 27.cxd4 exd4 28.Ng2 Rc8 29.b3 Bb7 30.h4 Ra8 31.Nd2 Bd8 32.f4 Ba5 33.Rf1 f5 34.Nf3 Bc3 35.Ne5 Qe8 36.Rf2 Ra1 37.Qe2 Ng7 38.b4 Qe6 39.bxc5 fxe4 40.Rf1 Rxf1 41.Qxf1 e3 42.Bd1 b4 43.Bf3 Bxf3 44.Qxf3 b3 45.Qb7 Ne8 46.c6 Ba5 47.Nc4 Bc7 48.Qxb3 Nd6 49.Ne1 Kf8 50.Qa3 Qd5 51.Ne5 Kg7 52.N1f3 e2 53.Qb2 Nf5 54.Qxe2 Qb3 55.Nc4 Qb1 56.Ng5 Kh6 57.Ne6 Ba5 58.Qe5 Kh7 59.Ng5+ 1-0
2026.08.01 112th ch-GBR 2026
3494327 IM Baker, CW (2153) GM McDonald, N (2399) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 d6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.O-O-O Bd7 7.e4 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bg3 b5 11.Bd3 b4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qe4 g6 14.Nf3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rb8 16.Kc2 Qe7 17.Qe3 d5 18.Ra1 Qa3 19.Qc1 Qa4+ 20.Kd2 Qa5 21.Ke2 Be7 22.Qc2 Ba3 23.Rhb1 Ne7 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Rb1 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Qb6 27.Qb3 Bc1 28.Ne5 Bc8 29.Bh4 Nf5 30.Bf6 Qxb3 31.axb3 Bb7 32.Bb5 Nd6 33.Bd7 Ne4 34.Bxe6+ Kf8 35.Nd7+ Ke8 36.Be5 Nxc3+ 37.Kf3 Ne4 38.Nf6+ Nxf6 1/2-1/2
2023.11.12 4ncl 2023-24
754610 GM McDonald, N (2411) Quinn, Joh (2096) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 a6 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.g3 Qc7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Bb2 d6 13.c4 Bg4 14.Bf3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 b5 16.Na3 Qb7 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Qe2 Rab8 20.Nc2 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Ne3 Rf3 23.Rad1 Rbf8 24.Nd5 Bd8 25.Rf1 Nc5 26.Ba3 Qa7 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Kg2 Qc8 29.Rd3 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Qa8 31.Qxb5 Qxa2 32.Qd3 Qa7 33.Qc4 Qf7 34.b4 Kh8 35.b5 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 h5 37.Qc6 h4 38.Nc3 e4 39.Nxe4 d5 40.Nd2 Qd3 41.Qd6 Re8 42.b6 Bxb6 43.Qxb6 Qxd2 44.Qg6 Qe2 45.g4 d4 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qd5+ Kh7 48.Qf5+ Kg8 49.Ra1 d3 50.Ra7 Rf8 51.Qd5+ Kh7 52.Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
2023.11.11 4ncl 2023-24
754560 IM Royal, Shreyas (2404) GM McDonald, N (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6 9.Rb1 Ba6 10.e4 Ne8 11.f4 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Nd6 15.Ng3 Na5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.Qd5+ Kh8 18.Rd1 Naxc4 19.Nxf5 Nxf5 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qc6 22.Qd5 Qg6 23.Qxc5 d6 24.Qf2 Rfe8 25.Bd2 h5 26.Re1 a6 27.Qf3 Rab8 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qd3 h4 30.c4 Qh5 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 Qg4 33.g3 h3 34.Bb4 Qg6 35.Kf2 Kh7 36.Qe4 Kh6 37.Bc3 Kh5 38.Qe2+ Qg4 39.Qe8+ Kh6 40.Qf7 Kh7 41.Qe6 Nh6 42.Qxd6 Qf5 43.Qd5 Qc2+ 44.Bd2 Qd1 45.g4 Nxg4+ 46.Kg3 Qg1+ 47.Kh4 Nf6 48.Qf5+ Kg8 49.Qe6+ Kh7 50.Qxh3 Kg8 51.Qe6+ Kh7 52.Qe2 Qg6 53.Kh3 Ne4 54.Be3 Nf6 55.Bd4 Qf5+ 56.Kg2 Nh5 57.Be5 Nxf4+ 58.Bxf4 Qxf4 59.Qd3+ g6 60.h3 Qg5+ 61.Kf3 Qf6+ 62.Ke4 Qe6+ 63.Kf4 Qf6+ 64.Kg3 Qg5+ 65.Kf2 Qf6+ 66.Ke2 Qb2+ 67.Kf1 Qf6+ 68.Kg2 Qg5+ 69.Qg3 Qd2+ 70.Qf2 Qg5+ 71.Kh2 Qe5+ 72.Kg1 Qg5+ 73.Kh2 Qe5+ 74.Kg1 Qg5+ 75.Kh2 Qe5+ 76.Kg1 Qg5+ 77.Kh2 Qe5+ 78.Kg1 1/2-1/2
2023.05.01 4ncl 2022-23
975941 GM McDonald, N (2414) GM Alsina Leal, D (2520) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.O-O Qb6 17.Bh3 a5 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Qc2 Rfb8 20.Rfd1 Qa7 21.Qc6 Rb6 22.Qa4 Bg5 23.Bg4 g6 24.h4 Bh6 25.h5 Rf8 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Rf1 Rb7 28.Rae1 Rc7 29.Re2 Qc5 30.Kg2 Bg5 31.Qb3 h5 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Qd3 Kg7 34.Kh3 a4 35.f4 exf4 36.Ref2 a3 37.bxa3 Ra8 38.axb4 Qxb4 39.Qe2 Rc3 40.Rf3 Raa3 41.Qg2 Re3 42.Rxe3 Rxe3 43.Rf3 Qxe4 44.Rxe3 Qxe3 45.Qb2+ Bf6 46.Qb3 Bc3 47.Kg2 Qxg3+ 48.Kh1 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1
2023.04.30 4ncl 2022-23
975894 GM McDonald, N (2414) GM Parligras, M (2552) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7 8.Bf1 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Qe3 d5 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.c3 Nd6 16.Re1 c6 17.h3 h6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bg2 a5 20.Be5 Be7 21.Bxg7 Bg5 22.f4 Kxg7 23.fxg5 Qxg5 24.Qf2 Re8 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.Nf3 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qf4+ 28.Qg3 Qf6 29.h4 Nd6 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qe7 32.Ne5 Be4 33.Bh3 Bf5 34.Bxf5 Nxf5 35.Qf4 Nd6 36.Kg3 Ne4+ 37.Kh4 f6 38.gxf6+ Qxf6+ 39.Kg4 Qe6+ 40.Kf3 Qh3+ 41.Ke2 Qh5+ 42.Qg4+ Qxg4+ 43.Nxg4 Kf7 1/2-1/2
2023.04.29 4ncl 2022-23
975856 FM Pein, Jonathan (2301) GM McDonald, N (2414) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.c4 dxc4 7.d5 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.dxc6 bxa4 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Qxa4 Bd5 13.Nxc4 Bxc6 14.Qd1 O-O 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Bg3 f5 20.Bxd6 Rf6 21.Bc7 Rc8 22.Rac1 Rf7 23.Ba5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Nf4 25.f3 Rd7 26.Rc7 Rxd4 27.Rxb7 Rd5 28.Bb6 Rb5 29.b3 Ne2+ 30.Kf2 Nc3 31.Rc7 Nxa2 32.Bd4 g6 33.Rg7+ Kf8 34.Rxh7 Nc1 35.Rh8+ Kf7 36.Rh7+ Kf8 37.Rh8+ Kf7 38.Rh7+ 1/2-1/2
2023.03.19 4ncl 2022-23
1012402 GM McDonald, N (2406) GM Pert, N (2544) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Rb8 9.Ne3 Nf6 10.g3 h5 11.Bg2 h4 12.O-O Nd4 13.Ncd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd7 15.g4 h3 16.Be4 g6 17.c3 Nb5 18.a4 Na7 19.f4 exf4 20.Qd4 Rh7 21.Nc4 b5 22.axb5 Nxb5 23.Qd3 f5 24.Bf3 g5 25.Rxa6 Qf6 26.Nb6 Nc7 27.Nxd7 Rxd7 28.Ra7 Re7 29.gxf5 Nxd5 30.Ra6 Nb6 31.Qb5+ Nd7 32.Bh5+ Rf7 33.Qd5 Ne5 34.Re1 Kd8 35.Bxf7 Qxf5 36.Rxd6+ 1-0
2023.03.18 4ncl 2022-23
1012354 IM Grieve, Harry (2455) GM McDonald, N (2406) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.a4 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.d5 Ne8 12.Ne5 Nd6 13.Bb3 Nd7 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qg4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qc8 17.Qd4 Nf5 18.Qf4 Bh6 19.Qf3 Qd7 20.a5 Bg7 21.axb6 cxb6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Ne4 Rac8 24.c4 f6 25.Red1 Nd6 26.Rac1 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd6 28.Ba4 b5 29.cxb5 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Bxd5 31.Qd4 axb5 32.Bxb5 1/2-1/2
2023.02.12 4ncl 2022-23
1046894 GM McDonald, N (2408) Robertson, J Stuart (2155) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.O-O Qd7 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Rc6 Rxc6 20.dxc6 Qe6 21.Qa4 a5 22.Qb5 d3 23.Rd1 Bxb2 24.Rxd3 g6 25.Qb7 Re8 26.e5 Bxe5 27.Bd5 Qe7 28.Rf3 Qxb7 29.cxb7 Kh8 30.Rxf7 Bd4 31.Rc7 1-0
2023.02.11 4ncl 2022-23
1046848 Murray, D (2120) GM McDonald, N (2408) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Ne2 f5 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Nxg3 13.Qxg3 Nxd4 14.O-O-O c5 15.Kb1 Qf4 16.Qh3 Bd7 17.Ne2 Nxe2 18.Bxe2 O-O-O 19.Bg4 Kb8 20.Rhe1 Qxf2 21.Re2 Qf4 22.Bxe6 Bb5 23.Red2 d4 24.Qb3 Bc6 25.g3 Qe5 26.Bc4 Rhe8 27.Qd3 Be4 28.Qf1 Qd6 29.Rf2 Rf8 30.Rdd2 g4 31.Rde2 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Bf3 33.Qe1 a6 34.a4 Ka7 35.Rf1 Qc6 36.a5 Re8 37.Qd2 Re5 38.Re1 Qc7 39.b3 Qe7 40.Rxe5 Qxe5 41.Bd3 h5 42.Kb2 Bc6 43.Qh6 c4 44.bxc4 Qxa5 45.Qd6 Qc3+ 46.Ka2 a5 47.Qc5+ Ka6 48.Qxh5 Qb4 49.Qxg4 Qa4+ 50.Kb2 Qb4+ 51.Ka2 Qa4+ 52.Kb2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2
2023.01.15 4ncl 2022-23
1071143 GM McDonald, N (2410) FM Ledger, D (2148) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Nc3 d5 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 g5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ng3 11.Nxd5 Bg7 12.Re1 h5 13.b3 Kf8 14.c4 Qd7 15.h4 g4 16.Bxf4 gxf3 17.Bxg3 Qg4 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Nxd4 20.Re4 Nf5 21.Bf2 c6 22.Bc5+ Kg8 23.Ne7+ Nxe7 24.Bxe7 Re8 25.Bd6 Rh6 26.Rae1 Bf8 27.c5 b6 28.b4 Be7 29.Kf2 Re6 30.Bxe7 R8xe7 31.f4 Rd7 32.f5 Re8 33.cxb6 axb6 34.Kf3 Rd2 35.R1e2 Rd1 36.Kf4 Rg1 37.e6 fxe6 38.fxe6 Kg7 39.Ke5 Rd1 40.Rg2+ Kf8 41.Rf4+ Ke7 42.Rg7+ Kd8 43.Kf6 Re1 44.Rd4+ Kc8 45.Rd6 Rf1+ 46.Kg6 Rg1+ 47.Kf7 1-0
2023.01.14 4ncl 2022-23
1071095 Townsend, M (2145) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.c4 e6 9.Nc3 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Ndb5 Rfc8 16.b4 Nb7 17.Qd3 a6 18.Nd4 Nd6 19.c5 bxc5 20.Nxe6 cxb4 21.Nd5 Qxe6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 b3 26.Rd3 Rab8 27.Rb1 Rc2 28.Rbxb3 Rxb3 29.Rxb3 Rxe2 30.Rd3 Ra2 31.Rxd7 Rxa3 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Rd7+ Kh6 34.h4 Ra2 35.Ra7 a5 36.Kf3 a4 37.Kg2 a3 38.Kf3 g5 39.hxg5+ Kxg5 40.Rxh7 Rb2 41.Ra7 a2 42.Ra6 Rc2 43.Kg2 f4 44.Ra5+ Kg4 45.Ra4 Kh5 46.Ra5+ Kg4 47.Ra4 1/2-1/2
2022.10.23 4ncl 2022-23
1154622 GM McDonald, N (2410) FM Kett, T (2191) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Bf6 15.c3 Re8 16.Qd3 Qe7 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Rab1 Qe4 20.c4 a5 21.a4 Qh4 22.b3 Re7 23.Qf5 g6 24.Qf3 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.g3 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Kf1 Rb8 29.Rd3 Kg7 30.Rbd1 f5 31.Re1 Kf6 32.f3 Rxe1+ 33.Kxe1 Ke5 34.Kd2 g5 35.Kc2 g4 36.fxg4 fxg4 37.Rd1 d3+ 38.Rxd3 Rf8 39.Rd2 h5 40.b4 axb4 41.Kb3 Rf1 42.Kxb4 Rb1+ 43.Kc3 Rc1+ 44.Kb3 Rb1+ 45.Rb2 Ra1 46.Ra2 Rb1+ 47.Kc2 Rh1 48.Kc3 Rc1+ 49.Rc2 Ra1 50.Re2+ Kf5 51.Kb3 Rb1+ 52.Rb2 Ra1 53.Kb4 Ke4 54.a5 Kd4 55.Kb5 Kc3 56.Rb4 Ra2 57.Ra4 Rb2+ 58.Kc6 Kb3 59.Ra1 Kxc4 60.a6 1-0
2022.10.22 4ncl 2022-23
1154574 Horton, Jamie A (2186) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Be2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc2 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ndf3 c5 13.Rad1 Rac8 14.Qb1 Rfd8 15.Qa1 Ne4 16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.Rfe1 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Bb4 19.Rf1 Ba6 20.Rc1 Rdc7 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Rfd1 dxc4 23.bxc4 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.h4 Bb4 27.h5 h6 28.Qb1 Rc8 29.Qb3 Kh7 30.Nd4 Bc3 31.f3 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Ng3 33.Be5 Nxh5 34.Qb2 Rd8 35.Rc1 Rd7 36.a4 Qg5 37.Qc3 Rd5 38.Re1 Qh4 39.Ra1 Rc5 40.Qb2 Qg5 41.Re1 Nf6 42.Bb8 Nd5 43.Qd2 Qh4 44.e4 Rc2 45.g3 Rxd2 46.gxh4 Nc3 47.exf5 exf5 48.Re7 Kg6 49.Be5 Nxa4 50.Rxa7 Nc5 51.Rxg7+ Kh5 52.Rf7 Nd7 53.Bf4 Rd1+ 54.Kg2 Kg6 55.Re7 Nc5 56.h5+ Kf6 57.Rc7 Ne6 58.Rc6 b5 59.Bxh6 b4 60.Rb6 Rd4 61.Be3 Rh4 62.h6 Ke5 63.h7 Rxh7 64.Rxb4 Rc7 65.Rb5+ Kf6 66.Rb6 Kf7 67.Rb4 Kf6 68.Rb6 Kf7 69.Rb4 Kf6 1/2-1/2
2022.06.26 4ncl 2021-22
1290352 GM McDonald, N (2407) Quinn, Joh (2128) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.g3 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.O-O f6 10.c4 Ndb4 11.d4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 e5 15.f4 Be7 16.fxe5 fxe5 17.Nd2 Be6 18.c5 Qc7 19.b5 Nd8 20.Qa4 Bf6 21.Ne4 O-O 22.Rac1 Qe7 23.Nd6 Bg5 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Kg8 26.Qc2 Rb8 27.a4 Nf7 28.Ba3 Nxd6 29.cxd6 Qd7 30.Qe4 Bc4 31.Rf5 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Bxb5 33.axb5 Qxb5 34.Qd5+ 1-0
2022.06.25 4ncl 2021-22
1290232 Heritage, Jamie GM McDonald, N (2407) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.O-O b5 10.f4 g6 11.Nf3 h5 12.Ng5 Be7 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.Be3 c4 15.b3 Bxg5 16.fxg5 Nxe5 17.Nf4 Nc7 18.Rae1 Nd7 19.Nxg6 cxb3 20.axb3 fxg6 21.Qxg6+ Kd8 22.Qg7 Re8 23.Rf7 Qc6 24.g6 e5 25.dxe5 Ne6 26.Qh7 Kc7 27.Qxh5 Rad8 28.Qf5 Kb8 29.Bd4 b4 30.Ra1 bxc3 31.Bxa7+ Kb7 32.Qg4 Ra8 33.Qb4+ Kc8 34.g7 c2 35.Rff1 d4 36.Qe7 Rxe7 37.g8=Q+ Kb7 38.Qxa8+ Kxa8 39.Bc5+ Kb7 40.Bxe7 Nf4 41.Bg5 Qxg2# 0-1
2022.05.02 4ncl 2021-22
1335760 GM McDonald, N (2411) Robertson, J Stuart (2162) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.O-O d3 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Qb3 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 d2 22.Rd1 Rc8 23.Rxd2 Rc1+ 24.Bf1 Ra1 25.Kg2 Rxa2 26.f4 Ra1 27.e5 Bd8 28.e6 Qc7 29.Qe3 Qc1 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.Bd3 Qe1 32.Be2 Kf8 33.Rc2 Qh1+ 34.Kh3 Qxd5 35.Rc8 Qf5+ 36.Bg4 Qf6 37.Qb6 Ke8 38.Qc6+ Kf7 39.Qd7+ Kg6 40.Qe8+ 1-0
2022.05.01 4ncl 2021-22
1335640 WGM Toma, K (2304) GM McDonald, N (2411) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a3 c4 9.Nf4 Na5 10.Be3 Nb6 11.h4 Bd7 12.Nh5 Ba4 13.Qe2 g6 14.Nf6+ Bxf6 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.g4 Qe7 17.Bh3 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nc6 19.g5 a5 20.Kf1 b5 21.Kg2 Ra6 22.Rhe1 Kd8 23.Ne5 Re8 24.Rac1 Kc8 25.Ng4 Kb7 26.Qf3 Rb6 27.Qg3 Qd8 28.Nh6 Rf8 29.Bd6 Ne7 30.Re2 Nf5 31.Bxf5 gxf5 32.Bxf8 Qxf8 33.Rce1 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.cxb4 Rxb4 36.Qa3 Nb6 37.Nxf7 f4 38.Rxe6 Ka6 39.Rf6 Qc8 1-0
2022.04.30 4ncl 2021-22
1335537 WIM Steil Antoni, F (2189) GM McDonald, N (2411) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Kb1 Qa5 13.g4 Nd5 14.Bd2 Qa4 15.c4 Nb4 16.Nc3 Qa6 17.Be2 c5 18.a3 Nc6 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Bf4 O-O 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Bc7 Qa6 23.Bd6 Rad8 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Qe4 Bxf2 26.Bd3 g6 27.h4 Qb6 28.Rh3 a6 29.Nc3 Bd4 30.Bc2 Bg7 31.h5 Rxd1+ 32.Nxd1 Rd8 33.Rb3 Qg1 34.Rxb7 Na5 35.Rb4 Bf8 36.c5 Bxc5 37.Ra4 Rxd1+ 38.Bxd1 Qxd1+ 39.Ka2 Qb3+ 40.Kb1 Qb5 41.Qc2 Nb3 42.Rf4 e5 43.Rf6 e4 44.Ka2 e3 45.Qe4 Bd4 0-1
2022.03.27 4ncl 2021-22
1403146 GM McDonald, N (2408) FM Golding, Alex (2313) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.a4 Na5 9.axb5 Nxb3 10.cxb3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.bxa6 Rxa6 13.Rxa6 Bxa6 14.Re1 c6 15.d4 Nd7 16.Be3 Qa8 17.Qc2 exd4 18.Bxd4 Bb7 19.Be3 Re8 20.Rd1 Bf8 21.Bf4 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Qf5 Nf6 24.Be5 Be7 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Nxd5 Bxb2 27.h3 g6 28.Qd7 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Qa7 30.Rd2 Bc3 31.Rc2 Bf6 32.Qc4 Rb8 33.Re2 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Qd1 35.Re3 Qd6+ 36.g3 h5 37.h4 Kg7 38.Ng5 Bxg5 39.hxg5 Rb4 40.Qc3+ Qd4 41.Kg2 Qxc3 42.Rxc3 Rb5 43.f4 Rb7 44.Kf3 f6 45.gxf6+ Kxf6 46.Ke4 Re7+ 47.Kd3 Rd7+ 48.Kc2 Kf5 49.Rc5+ Ke4 50.Rg5 Rc7+ 51.Kb2 Rc6 52.b4 Kd4 53.b5 Rf6 54.Kb3 h4 55.gxh4 Rxf4 56.Kb4 Rxh4 57.b6 Rh1 58.Kb5 Rb1+ 59.Kc6 Rc1+ 60.Kd7 Rb1 61.Kc7 Rc1+ 62.Kb8 Ke4 63.b7 Kf4 64.Rxg6 1-0
2022.03.26 4ncl 2021-22
1403050 FM Chow, S (2324) GM McDonald, N (2408) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Ba3 Rd8 13.exf5 e4 14.Ng5 gxf5 15.Rc1 h6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Ne6 Kf7 19.Nf4 Rd2 20.Nd5 Rxa2 21.Nxf6 Rxa3 22.Nd5 Rxb3 23.Nxc7 Rb8 24.Rb1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Be6 26.Nxe6 Kxe6 27.f3 exf3 28.Bxf3 Nd4 29.Bxb7 Kd6 30.Rd1 Kc5 31.Bd5 a5 32.Ra1 Nb3 33.Ra4 Rb4 34.Ra2 Kb6 35.Be6 Nc5 36.Bxf5 a4 37.g4 Rxc4 38.h4 Ne4 39.Kg2 Nc3 40.Ra1 Rf4 41.Kg3 Ne2+ 42.Kg2 Ka5 43.Bd7 Nc3 44.g5 Rxh4 45.gxh6 Rxh6 46.Bxa4 Nxa4 47.Kf3 Kb4 48.Ke4 Nc5+ 49.Kd5 Rh5+ 50.Kd6 Ne4+ 51.Ke6 Kb5 52.Rc1 Nc5+ 53.Kd6 Ne4+ 54.Ke6 Kb4 55.Rc2 Nc3 56.Rg2 Kc5 57.Rf2 Kd4 58.Rf5 Rh4 59.Rf1 Nd5 60.Rd1+ Ke4 61.Re1+ Ne3 62.Kd6 Kd4 63.Ke6 Rh6+ 64.Kd7 Nf5 65.Ra1 Kd5 66.Ra5+ Ke4 67.Ra1 Nd4 68.Ra4 Rg6 69.Ke7 Rb6 70.Ra1 Nc6+ 71.Kd6 Ne5+ 72.Ke7 Nd3 73.Rd1 Nb4 74.Re1+ Kd5 75.Rd1+ Kc5 76.Rc1+ Kb5 77.Kd7 Rb7+ 78.Kd6 Rh7 79.Ke6 Na6 80.Kd6 Rh6+ 81.Kd5 Nb4+ 82.Ke4 Rh4+ 83.Kf5 Nd5 84.Kg5 Rh3 85.Kg4 Rd3 86.Kf5 Nc3 87.Ke5 Kc4 88.Ke6 Kd4 89.Kf5 1/2-1/2
2021.11.28 4ncl 2021-22
1431287 Gamal, Alaa (1701) GM McDonald, N (2408) 0-1
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qc1 Nc6 8.Nf3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 e4 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Rad8 15.Re1 Qd4 16.Nb3 Qxc4 17.Nc5 b6 18.Qxc4 Bxc4 19.Rac1 Bxa2 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Rxc6 Rd6 22.Rxc7 Rf7 23.Rec1 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 a5 25.e3 Rd1+ 26.Bf1 f4 27.h4 f3 28.Rc2 Bh3 29.Kh2 Bxf1 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Rc7+ Ke6 32.Rxh7 Bd3 33.g4 Rd2 34.Kg3 Rxb2 35.Rh6 a4 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 37.h5 a3 38.Rg5 a2 39.h6 a1=Q 0-1
2021.11.27 4ncl 2021-22
1431180 GM McDonald, N (2408) Mullaparthi, Ganesh 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5 16.Ne4 Qxe5 17.f4 Qd4 18.c3 Qd5 19.c4 Qd4 20.Ba5 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 22.Kc2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nf6 24.Nd6+ Kb8 25.Nxf7 Rf8 26.Ne5 Bxf4 27.Ng6 b6 28.Nxf8 bxa5 29.Nxe6 Nxh5 30.g4 1-0
2020.03.12 World Senior Teams +50
1999326 GM McDonald, N (2410) FM Burnett, A (2138) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.f5 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Be3 exf5 12.O-O-O+ Nd7 13.exf5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Nxh6 15.Ne5 Rf8 16.Rxd7+ Bxd7 17.Rd1 Re8 18.Nxd7 Kc7 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Nxc5 Rad8 21.Rf1 Re5 22.Nd3 Rg5 23.g3 Rh5 24.h4 Rf5 25.Nf4 Kb8 26.Re1 g5 27.hxg5 Rxg5 28.Ne4 Re5 29.Nd3 Re7 30.Rh1 Nf5 31.g4 Nd4 32.Ng3 Rc7 33.Kd1 Rg8 34.Nf5 Nxb3 35.axb3 Rxg4 36.Rh2 Rg1+ 37.Kd2 Rf1 38.Ne3 Rf3 39.Ne5 Rf4 40.N3c4 f6 41.Nd3 Rg4 42.Rf2 Rg6 43.Nb6 Rcg7 44.Nd5 Rg2 45.Nxf6 Rxf2+ 46.Nxf2 Rg1 47.c4 Rg2 48.Ne4 Rh2 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Kd4 Rh8 51.Nd3 Rd8+ 52.Kc3 Rh8 53.b4 Rh3 54.Nf6 Rh4 55.Nd5 Rg4 56.c5 Rh4 57.N5f4 Kc7 58.Ne6+ Kb8 59.Nd4 Kc7 60.Nf5 Re4 61.Nd6 Rh4 62.Ne5 Rh3+ 63.Kc4 Rh4+ 64.Kb3 Rh3+ 65.Ka4 Rh2 66.Nec4 Rh3 67.Ka5 Rb3 68.b5 axb5 69.Nxb5+ Kb8 70.Kb6 Rb4 71.b3 Rxb3 72.Nd6 Rb1 73.Ne4 Rb4 74.Nc3 Rb2 75.Ka5 Rb3 76.Ka4 Rb2 77.Ka3 Rh2 78.Nd5 Rh5 79.Nbc3 Rh4 80.Kb3 Rd4 81.Nb6 Rh4 82.Nc4 Kc7 83.Na5 Rh3 84.Nc4 Kc6 85.Kb4 Rxc3 86.Kxc3 Kxc5 1/2-1/2
2020.03.11 World Senior Teams +50
1999231 GM McDonald, N (2410) FM Findlay, I (2159) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Rb8 13.e5 Nd7 14.Rd4 Re8 15.e6 fxe6 16.Bd3 Nf8 17.h4 Qd6 18.h5 Qe5 19.Rg4 Qg7 20.hxg6 Qxh6+ 21.Rxh6 hxg6 22.Bxg6 Nxg6 23.Rhxg6+ Kf7 24.Rh6 Rf8 25.Rf4+ Ke8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rh8+ Kg7 28.Rd8 e5 29.a3 a5 30.Na4 Kf7 31.Nc5 Rb5 32.Nd3 Bb7 33.a4 Rb6 34.Rb8 1-0
2020.03.10 World Senior Teams +50
1999121 FM Motuz, K (2368) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Bc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.O-O Qd7 9.e3 O-O-O 10.Nd2 e5 11.Nxc4 exd4 12.Qb3 Nd5 13.Rd1 h5 14.exd4 f6 15.Ne3 Nce7 16.Bd2 h4 17.Ba5 hxg3 18.hxg3 b6 19.Be1 g5 20.a4 c6 21.a5 b5 22.a6 Kb8 23.Rac1 f5 24.Nc4 Bg7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qe6 27.Bb4 Qxe5 28.Re1 Qc7 29.Bxe7 Nxe7 30.Bxc6 Nxc6 31.Qxb5+ Qb6 32.Qxc6 Rh6 33.Qc3 Rhd6 34.Re7 Qxa6 35.Qe5 Ka8 36.Qxf5 Rd1+ 37.Re1 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Qb7 39.Qf6 Re8 40.Rd1 Rb8 41.Rd8 Qe4 42.Qxg5 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.f3 Qe2+ 45.Kh3 Qxb2 46.g4 Rxd8 47.Qxd8+ Kb7 48.Qe7+ Kb6 49.g5 Qf2 50.Qf6+ Kb5 51.g6 Qf1+ 52.Kh4 Qf2+ 53.Kg5 Qg3+ 54.Kh6 Qh3+ 55.Kg7 a5 56.Qe5+ Kb4 57.Qd4+ Kb3 58.Qd5+ Kb2 59.Kf7 a4 60.g7 Qh7 61.Qe5+ Kb3 62.Qe6+ Ka3 63.Qg6 Qh3 64.Qd3+ 1-0
2020.03.08 World Senior Teams +50
1998910 Koganov, Mikhail (2085) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 Nd4 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Ne2 c5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Be2 Ng6 13.O-O Bd7 14.f4 Qh4 15.f5 Ne7 16.Bf3 Rab8 17.Be4 b6 18.Rae1 Kh8 19.Re2 Rf6 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.Rxf4 Rbf8 22.Nh5 R6f7 23.g4 g6 24.Ng3 gxf5 25.gxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Rd8 Rg5+ 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.Rxd6+ Ke5 33.Rd7 Rf5+ 34.Kg2 Kf4 35.Re7 Re5 36.Rxe5 Kxe5 37.Kf3 Kf5 38.a4 a6 39.b3 h6 40.h3 b5 41.axb5 axb5 42.Kg3 Kg5 43.h4+ Kf5 44.Kf3 h5 45.Kg3 Ke5 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Kg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2
2020.03.07 World Senior Teams +50
2000749 Berndt, Ma (2098) GM McDonald, N (2410) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Qe2 c5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.c4 bxc4 10.dxc4 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.b3 a5 13.Rd1 a4 14.Ba3 Nc6 15.Ne4 Ra5 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bb2 Ba6 18.Qd2 axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ncb4 21.Nc3 Bb7 22.Rc1 Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Nd3 26.Rc3 Nxe5 27.Be2 Nc6 28.Be3 Nd4 29.Bc4 g6 30.Kg2 Rb8 31.f4 h5 32.Bxd4 cxd4 33.Rd3 Bc5 34.Kf3 Kf8 35.Rd2 Ra8 36.Ke4 Ra1 37.Re2 Ke7 38.b4 Bb6 39.Ra2 Rb1 40.b5 Re1+ 41.Be2 Kd6 42.Rc2 Bc5 43.Rd2 Kc7 44.Kf3 Ra1 45.Ke4 Ra3 46.Bd3 Kd6 47.Rd1 Ra2 48.h3 Rf2 0-1
2020.03.06 World Senior Teams +50
2000645 GM McDonald, N (2410) Jeske, K (1953) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.O-O-O a6 10.Be2 Rb8 11.h4 b5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxg4 Nc6 14.f4 Na5 15.b3 O-O 16.h5 h6 17.Bf3 c6 18.Qd3 d5 19.Bd4 Qd6 20.Rhe1 Qxf4+ 21.Kb1 Bf6 22.Be3 Qc7 23.Rf1 Nc4 24.Bc1 Qa5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Bxh6 Na3+ 28.Kb2 Nc4+ 29.Ka1 Qa3 30.Qg3+ 1-0
2020.03.01 4NCL Div 1a 2019-20
2003372 FM Griffiths, R (2354) GM McDonald, N (2408) 0-1
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Qa5+ 9.c3 Qxc5 10.h4 Bg4 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qxd4 15.O-O O-O 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.h5 e6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rd3 Qa6 20.Rc1 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qe3 Kg7 24.Ra3 Qc6 25.Rxa7 Rc7 26.b4 Qc4 27.Ra8 Qg4 28.Ne2 d4 29.Qd3 Qf5 30.Ra3 Qxd3 31.Rxd3 e5 32.f3 Rc2 33.Ng3 Rxa2 34.Rb3 Bg5 35.Ne4 Be3+ 36.Kh2 b6 37.b5 Ra1 38.Nd6 Rc1 39.g3 Rc2+ 40.Kh3 Kf6 41.Kg4 Ke6 42.Ne4 Kd5 43.Rd3 Kc4 44.Rd1 Kxb5 45.f4 exf4 46.gxf4 Kc4 47.f5 gxf5+ 48.Kxf5 Rb2 49.Nf6 Rf2+ 50.Ke5 d3 51.Ne4 Bd4+ 52.Ke6 Re2 53.Kf5 Bc5 54.Ke5 Bb4 55.Rc1+ Rc2 56.Rh1 Bc3+ 57.Kf4 d2 58.Nf2 Rc1 59.Nd1 Bd4 60.Ke4 b5 0-1
2020.02.29 4NCL Div 1a 2019-20
2003316 GM McDonald, N (2408) WGM Jackson, S (2064) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O h6 8.d4 Nd7 9.Ne4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.c4 Be7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 g5 14.c5 Bf5 15.cxb6 Bxe4 16.Qd4 Bg6 17.bxc7 Qxc7 18.d6 O-O-O 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.Rac1 Qxc1 21.Rxc1+ Kb8 22.Rc7 1-0
2020.01.12 4NCL Div 1a 2019-20
2025354 GM McDonald, N (2408) WFM Sucikova, Svetlana (2160) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Qc2 h6 10.Be3 Be6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.Nf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Nb6 15.Rhe1 a5 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Bf5 Qd5 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.Qd3 Re8 21.h3 a4 22.g4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Qe2 24.Qxe2 Rxe2 25.Kc1 Kg8 26.Rf1 Kf8 27.Kd1 Re6 28.Rg1 f5 29.Rg3 fxg4 30.hxg4 Rg6 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.b3 axb3 33.axb3 Re6+ 34.Kd3 g5 35.c4 bxc4+ 36.bxc4 Nf6 37.Bb4+ Kd7 38.f3 h5 39.gxh5 Nxh5 40.Rxg5 Nf4+ 41.Kd2 Re2+ 42.Kd1 Rb2 43.Bc3 Nh3 44.Bxb2 Nxg5 45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Ke3 f5 47.Ba3 Nh7 48.Kf4 Nf6 49.Bb4 Nd7 50.Ba5 Nf6 51.Bc7 Nd7 52.Kg5 Nf8 53.Kh6 Kf7 54.Bb6 Ne6 55.Kh5 Kf6 56.Kh4 Nf4 57.Kg3 Nd3 58.Ba5 Nb2 59.d5 Nxc4 60.dxc6 Ke5 61.Bb4 Nb6 62.Kh4 Kd5 63.c7 Kc6 64.Ba5 Nc8 65.Kg5 Nd6 66.Bd2 Kd7 67.Bf4 Kxc7 68.Bxd6+ Kxd6 69.Kxf5 Ke7 70.Kg6 1-0
2020.01.11 4NCL Div 1a 2019-20
2025298 Benhamida, Aisha GM McDonald, N (2408) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 a6 9.Re1 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Ne5 Nxb3 15.axb3 Re8 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Qf4 Qd6 18.g4 b4 19.Ne4 Qd5 20.Nc4 Rac8 21.Ra5 Qe6 22.Re5 Nd5 23.Qg3 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Nf6 25.Ng5 Qd5 26.Qh2 Rf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.f4 Kg7 29.Ngf3 Ne8 30.Nd2 Nd6 31.Nef3 Qc5+ 32.d4 Qxc2 33.Qe2 Qxb2 34.Rb1 Qc2 35.Rf1 Ne4 36.Re1 Nxd2 37.Nxd2 Kg8 38.Qe3 Rd8 39.Qxe7 Qxd2 40.Re2 Qxd4+ 41.Rf2 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qh1+ 43.Kg3 Rd3+ 44.Kh4 Rxh3+ 45.Kg5 Rh5+ 46.Kf6 Qc6+ 0-1
2019.12.06 London Classic Open 2019
2043185 GM McDonald, N (2412) Papadiamandis, Elliot (2220) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 O-O 14.a3 Bb7 15.h5 Nc5 16.b4 Nd7 17.Rh3 Nb6 18.Rg3 Rac8 19.Rd3 Rfe8 20.Bh3 Nc4 21.Qf2 Qd8 22.h6 g6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Bxc8 Qxc8 26.Qd4 Rd8 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.Qxh7+ Ke8 29.Qxg6+ Kd7 30.Qf5+ Ke8 31.h7 Qxf5 32.exf5 Kf7 33.f6 Kg6 34.fxe7 Rh8 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.Rxd5 Kf7 37.g6+ 1-0
2019.12.05 London Classic Open 2019
2043107 GM Moussard, J (2600) GM McDonald, N (2412) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.Rb1 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.g3 cxd4 12.Nexd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Bb5+ Kf7 16.f4 e5 17.fxe5 Qxe5+ 18.Qe2 Qxe2+ 19.Bxe2 Bh3 20.Bf3 g5 21.Rg1 h5 22.Kd2 Rae8 23.Rbe1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 h4 25.Re5 Kg6 26.Ke1 hxg3 27.hxg3 Bg4 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Rxd5 Rh1+ 30.Kd2 Rh2+ 31.Ne2 Nf6 32.Re5 Kf7 33.b4 g4 34.Ke3 Rh1 35.a4 Re1 36.Rb5 b6 37.a5 Rd1 38.Nd4 Rc1 39.Ne2 Rd1 40.c4 Rd6 41.Nf4 bxa5 42.Rxa5 Rd7 43.Rf5 Kg7 44.Nh5+ Nxh5 45.Rxh5 Kg6 46.Rd5 Rf7 47.c5 Rf3+ 48.Kd4 Rb3 49.c6 Rxb4+ 50.Kc5 Rb3 51.c7 1-0
2019.12.04 London Classic Open 2019
2043045 GM McDonald, N (2412) FM Czerw, D (2255) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Be2 Ne5 14.Nf5 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Ng3 g6 19.Nxh5 gxh5 20.f5 Bb7 21.g6 hxg6 22.Qh6 exf5 23.exf5 1-0
2019.12.03 London Classic Open 2019
2042965 IM Song, R (2468) GM McDonald, N (2412) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Rac1 Bb4 15.Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 c6 17.Nd3 Qe7 18.e3 Rfd8 19.Qb3 b6 20.Na2 c5 21.Naxb4 cxb4 22.Qc4 Qb7+ 23.Qc6 Qa6 24.Ne5 Nd5 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.Kg1 Rac8 27.Nc6 Rd7 28.Qb5 Rdc7 29.Nxa5 Rxc1 30.Nxb7 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd2 32.Nd6 Rd8 33.Nc4 Rc2 34.b3 f5 35.h4 Kh7 36.h5 Rf8 37.Qd7 Nf6 38.Qe7 Re8 39.Qf7 Kh8 40.Nd6 Rd8 41.Qxe6 Rxd6 42.Qxd6 Rxf2+ 43.Kg1 Ne4 44.Qxb4 Rf3 45.Qxb6 Rxg3+ 46.Kf1 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Rf2+ 48.Kd3 Rd2+ 49.Kc4 Rc2+ 50.Kb4 Nf6 51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.a5 Rc6 53.Kb5 Rc3 54.b4 Rxe3 55.a6 Ra3 56.Qc8 1-0
2019.12.02 London Classic Open 2019
2042899 GM McDonald, N (2412) CM Goh, Zi Han (2134) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 b6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Ba2 Nc6 13.f4 Nd4 14.Qd1 Bb7 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.Ng3 b5 17.c3 Nc6 18.f5 e5 19.Nh5 Rad8 20.Nf2 Nb8 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qh5 Qe7 23.Ng4 Nd7 24.Rf3 Bg5 25.Nxh6+ gxh6 26.Rg3 Nf6 27.Qxh6 1-0
2019.12.01 London Classic Open 2019
2047082 Ethelontis, A (2139) GM McDonald, N (2412) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 c6 9.b3 Be6 10.Ba3 Bf7 11.Qd2 a5 12.Rae1 Na6 13.d4 e4 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Re8 16.Nf4 Nc7 17.d5 b5 18.Bb2 b4 19.Na4 c5 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Ra7 22.Rd1 Nxe6 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.h4 Rc7 28.g4 Nf8 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.Rf4 Re5 31.g5 Re7 32.Rd5 h6 33.Rd6 hxg5 34.hxg5 Ne5 35.Rxe4 Nf7 36.Rxe7 Rxe7 37.Rd5 Rxe3 38.Nxc5 Re2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Nd4 a4 42.bxa4 Rxa4 43.Rb5 b3 44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Rb7 Kg8 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Rb7 1/2-1/2
2019.11.30 London Classic Open 2019
2046981 Marzano, C (2128) GM McDonald, N (2412) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.f4 Qe4 17.Qe2 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qe6 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Qc2 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Rfe8 22.Kf2 Rad8 23.Ke2 Rd4 24.g3 Rde4 25.Rc3 Rb4 26.b3 Rbe4 27.Rd1 R8e7 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Ra8 b6 30.Rc8 c5 31.Rd3 g5 32.Kf3 f5 33.Rf8 Kg6 34.Rg8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
2019.11.30 London Classic Open 2019
2047034 GM McDonald, N (2412) Sedykh, Mikhail (2134) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 Bg5 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O Be6 16.Qd3 Rc8 17.b3 Kh8 18.Rad1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Be4 Bh3 21.Bxh7 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Ne7 23.Be4 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Qf6 25.Be4 Qe6 26.Ne1 Bd8 27.Ng2 Bg5 28.Qe2 g6 29.h4 Bd8 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.f4 Rc7 32.Qd3 exf4 33.Nxf4 Qe5 34.Bxg6 Rh8 35.Bh5 Rh6 36.Qf3 Kh7 37.Rf2 Rg7 38.Qd3+ Kh8 39.Re2 Qc3 40.Re8+ Rg8 41.Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Qd5+ Kh8 43.Qf7 Qf6 44.Ng6+ Rxg6 45.Bxg6 Qxf7 46.Bxf7 Kg7 47.Be8 Bf6 48.Kh3 Bc3 49.Kg4 Be1 50.h5 Bf2 51.Kf4 Be1 52.g4 Bd2+ 53.Kf5 Kh6 54.Ke6 Bf4 55.Kd5 Kg5 56.Kc6 Be5 57.Bd7 Bf4 58.Kb5 Be3 59.Kxa5 Bc5 60.Bf5 Kh6 61.Ka4 Kg5 62.Bb1 Kh6 63.a3 bxa3 64.b4 Be3 65.Kxa3 Kg5 66.Bf5 Kf6 67.Ka4 Ke5 68.Kb5 Bd2 69.c5 d5 70.Kc6 Bxb4 71.h6 Be1 1-0
2019.11.29 London Classic Open 2019
2046931 GM McDonald, N (2412) Karamazondo, Ernest (1972) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Bh6 16.Qd3 g6 17.Rad1 Ra6 18.b3 Kh8 19.Nde3 Bg7 20.Qxd6 Nd4 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Nd5 f5 24.Rfe1 Re6 25.Nf4 Ree8 26.Nd3 fxe4 27.Bxe4 Re7 28.Bc6 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Bf5 30.Be4 Re8 31.Bxf5 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 gxf5 33.Kf1 Kg8 34.Ke2 f4 35.Kd3 fxg3 36.hxg3 Kf7 37.Nf3 Ke6 38.Nxd4+ Kd7 39.c5 h5 40.c6+ Kc8 41.Ke4 Bf6 42.Kd5 Kc7 43.Nb5+ Kd8 44.c7+ Kd7 45.Nd6 1-0
2019.05.06 4NCL Div 1c 2018-19
2397960 IM Kirk, Ez (2425) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nb5 Qb6 7.Bd3 c6 8.Na3 Bg7 9.O-O Bg4 10.Nc4 Qd8 11.Re1 O-O 12.c3 Nbd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd5 15.Bg5 N7f6 16.Rad1 b5 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Re2 Qd6 19.g4 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rde1 e6 22.h4 c5 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Bc1 Rfc8 25.Rd2 Qc7 26.Rdd1 Be5 27.Be4 Nf6 28.Bb7 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Be3 Rc4 31.Bg5 h6 32.Rxe5 hxg5 33.Rxg5 Nh7 34.Rxb5 Qxh4 35.Qd3 Rf4 36.f3 Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Nf6 38.Rb4 Nxg4 39.Qd2 Nh2+ 40.Ke2 Rf5 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Rh4 Rh5 43.Rxh5 gxh5 44.Qd4+ e5 45.Qf2 Qf4 46.Qg1+ Kf6 47.Bd5 Qa4 48.Bb3 Qf4 49.Bd5 Qa4 50.Kf2 Qf4 1/2-1/2
2019.05.05 4NCL Div 1c 2018-19
2397896 GM McDonald, N (2410) IM Saduakassova, D (2458) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 e5 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 d5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nc3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Bf4 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Ba3 20.Bxc6 Rac8 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rc2 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Rc8 25.Rb3 Bc5+ 26.Kf1 Bd4 27.Bh6 a6 28.a4 Re8 29.g4 Rc8 30.h4 Bg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Rb6 Rc4 33.Rxa6 h5 34.gxh5 gxh5 1/2-1/2
2019.05.04 4NCL Div 1c 2018-19
2397833 IM Suarez Real, A (2461) GM McDonald, N (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Qg4 g6 15.Bh6 Qa5 16.Bc4 O-O-O 17.Rd3 Rd7 18.Rhd1 Rhd8 19.Kb1 b5 20.Bb3 Kb7 21.Bg5 Rc8 22.Qf3 Ka8 23.Rc1 Nb6 24.Be3 Nc4 25.c3 Bf8 26.Rcd1 Qa6 27.Bc1 Qb7 28.h4 h5 29.Qe2 Be7 30.g3 Rcd8 31.Rf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2
2019.03.17 4ncl 2018-19
2420063 GM McDonald, N (2411) FM Ledger, D (2159) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c3 Ne7 9.d4 Ng6 10.h3 h6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bf1 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd3 Nf8 16.Nc4 Bc7 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Na5 Bb6 19.b4 d5 20.e5 Ne4 21.Nb3 f5 22.a4 a6 23.a5 Ba7 24.Nc5 Rac8 25.Nh2 Qh4 26.Be3 Rc7 27.f3 Ng3 28.Nf1 f4 29.Bf2 Qg5 30.Nxg3 fxg3 31.Be3 Qh4 32.f4 Rf7 33.Rf1 Bc8 34.f5 Nh7 35.f6 Nf8 36.Rf4 Qh5 37.Raf1 g5 38.R4f3 Qh4 39.Qd2 Bg4 40.Rxg3 Qxg3 41.hxg4 Bxc5 42.bxc5 Qxg4 43.Bf5 Qh5 44.Rf3 g4 45.Rf1 g3 46.Bh3 Qg6 47.Qe2 Qe4 48.Qe1 Ne6 49.Qxg3+ Kh8 50.Bxe6 Rxe6 51.Qh3 Re8 52.Bxh6 Kg8 53.Rf4 Qb1+ 54.Kh2 Rh7 55.f7+ Rxf7 56.Rg4+ Kh8 57.Bg7+ Kg8 58.Qh8# 1-0
2019.03.16 4ncl 2018-19
2420006 FM Blackburn, J (2199) GM McDonald, N (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 a6 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O b5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.b4 Nd7 17.a4 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rfd8 19.Qb3 bxa4 20.Qxa4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Ne4 Rd5 23.Rc5 Rb8 24.Rc6 Qxb4 25.Rxa6 Qb2 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Qxa8+ Kh7 28.Qa6 Qc2 29.Ng3 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Rf5 31.Qb7 Qe2 32.Qe4 h5 33.Qh4 Kh6 34.Qe4 Rf6 35.Qe5 Qd3 36.e4 Qe2 37.f3 Rf5 38.Qc3 Rb5 39.Qe1 Qa2 40.Qa1 Qxa1 41.Rxa1 Kg5 42.Ra7 Kf6 43.Rc7 g5 44.Ra7 g4 45.Kh2 Rb2 46.f4 Rb4 47.e5+ Kg6 48.Ra8 Kg7 49.Ra7 Re4 50.Ra2 Re3 51.Ra4 Re1 52.Rb4 Kg6 53.Rb8 Rd1 54.Rg8+ Kh7 55.Rg5 Kh6 56.Rg8 Rd2 57.Rh8+ Kg6 58.Rg8+ Kh7 59.Rg5 Kh6 60.Rg8 Rd7 61.Rh8+ Kg6 62.Rg8+ Kh7 63.Rg5 Kh6 64.Rg8 Re7 65.Rh8+ Kg6 66.Rg8+ Kh7 67.Rg5 Kh6 68.Rg8 f6 69.Rf8 fxe5 70.Rf6+ 1/2-1/2
2019.02.10 4NCL Div 1a 2018-19
2432663 GM McDonald, N (2403) WFM Bhatia, K (2047) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nf1 Nc6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.O-O Bf8 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.h3 d5 17.Bg5 Be7 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qh5 Qb6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.Ra7 Bb7 27.Be4 Qb6 28.Rfa1 g6 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxe5+ Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qh4+ g5 33.Qxg5+ Kf8 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7 36.Qh6+ Ke7 37.Qh4+ Kd7 38.Qd4+ 1-0
2019.02.09 4NCL Div 1a 2018-19
2432606 GM McDonald, N (2403) CM Dargan, P (2126) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 e5 8.Nc3 h6 9.a5 Be6 10.b3 Rd8 11.Be3 c4 12.bxc4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxa5 14.O-O Bb6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Nh4 g5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 O-O 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kh7 23.f6 Nxf6 24.Qxf6 Qd6 25.Qf5+ Kg7 26.Rfe1 Rde8 27.Rab1 Qc5 28.Qg5+ 1-0
2019.01.13 4NCL Div 1a 2018-19
2446030 GM Hebden, M (2435) GM McDonald, N (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.Na4 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Bg4 17.Qc5 Qf6 18.Ndc4 Rbd8 19.Ne5 Qh4 20.Qb4 Bf3 21.Nbc4 Qg5 22.g3 Qf5 23.Qxb7 Rd7 24.Qxc6 Re6 25.Qa8 Rd8 26.Qb7 Rd7 27.Qa8 Rd8 28.Qb7 Rd7 1/2-1/2
2019.01.12 4NCL Div 1a 2018-19
2445974 GM McDonald, N (2411) Shafi, Declan (2125) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.d4 Re8 12.d5 Ne7 13.c4 c6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Bb2 Qb6 16.Bd3 cxd5 17.cxd5 Ng4 18.Qe2 f5 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Qf3 fxe4 21.Qh3 Nexd5 22.Ndxe4 h6 23.Ne6 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Ne7 25.Bd3 Bd5 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qg3 Kh7 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5 Nf5 30.Qxd5 Qe6 31.Qf3 Rcd8 32.Bf1 Qe4 33.Qc3 Rc8 34.Qf6 Qe6 35.Qxe6 Rxe6 36.g3 Rc2 37.Rb1 Nd6 38.a4 1/2-1/2
2018.12.16 London Classic Open 2018
2461281 GM Flear, G (2451) GM McDonald, N (2403) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7 9.h5 Nh6 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Nh3 Qb6 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Qf3 Bb4 14.Bd3 c5 15.O-O Rg8 16.Bf5 cxd4 17.exd4 Qxd4 18.Rbd1 Qc4 19.Nxd5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qxg4+ 21.Qxg4 Rxg4+ 22.Kh1 O-O-O 23.f4 Bd6 24.Rf3 Nb8 25.Rfd3 Nc6 26.Nf6 Rh4 27.Rxd6 Rxh3+ 28.Kg2 Re3 29.Kf2 Re6 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8 31.Nd5 Nc6 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Ne3 Re6 34.Nf5 Kc7 35.Rg1 Rf6 36.Ke4 Re6+ 37.Kf3 Rf6 38.Ke4 Re6+ 39.Kf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2
2018.12.15 London Classic Open 2018
2461184 GM McDonald, N (2403) GM Hector, J (2501) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Nf6 11.d4 O-O 12.Bg5 e4 13.Bxf6 exf3 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.g3 Nd5 16.Nd2 Qg5 17.Kh1 Rf5 18.Qe4 Raf8 19.Rad1 Nf6 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Ne4 Qh5 22.Nxf6 Qh3 23.Rg1 R8xf6 24.Qe8+ Rf8 25.Qe6 g6 26.Rde1 Qh6 27.g4 R5f7 28.Re3 Qg5 29.d5 Rf6 30.Qe4 Rf4 31.Qe6 h6 32.b3 b5 33.a3 a5 34.Rg3 Kg7 35.h3 R8f7 36.Kh2 h5 37.gxh5 Qxh5 38.Re1 R4f6 39.Qe4 Qf5 40.Qd4 Kf8 41.Rg4 Re7 42.Rxe7 Kxe7 43.Re4+ Kd7 44.a4 Qg5 45.Rg4 Qe5+ 46.Qxe5 dxe5 47.axb5 Kd6 48.Rc4 Rf7 49.Ra4 Kxd5 50.Rxa5 Ke4 51.Ra7 Kd3 52.b6 e4 53.b7 1-0
2018.12.15 London Classic Open 2018
2461080 GM Gormally, D (2478) GM McDonald, N (2403) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Bc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.O-O Qd7 9.e3 O-O-O 10.Qa4 Nd5 11.Qxc4 f5 12.Nc3 h5 13.Qe2 g5 14.Rd1 g4 15.e4 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Bd6 17.Bg5 Rdf8 18.Rac1 Kb8 19.Bh4 Rf5 20.Ng5 Rh6 21.Ne4 a6 22.a3 Nce7 23.Re1 Nc6 24.Qd3 Bf8 25.Re2 Nb6 26.Rd2 Nd5 27.Rdc2 Na7 28.b4 Rh7 29.Re2 Rh8 30.Ng5 Bh6 31.Rxe6 Bxg5 32.Qxf5 Bxc1 33.Bxd5 Nb5 34.Qe5 Rf8 35.Be7 Re8 36.Bc5 Rd8 37.a4 Nc3 38.Re7 Qxd5 39.Qxc7+ Ka8 40.Qb6 1-0
2018.12.14 London Classic Open 2018
2460975 GM McDonald, N (2403) GM Hillarp Persson, T (2546) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Nf1 Nb6 15.g4 Qd5 16.Kb1 Qb5 17.Qxb5 cxb5 18.Ne5 Rfd8 19.Ba5 Ne4 20.Rh2 Bg5 21.f3 Nf6 22.Re2 Nfd5 23.Nd3 Rdc8 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Re4 Ra4 26.f4 Be7 27.Nc1 Bd6 28.f5 Nf6 29.Re2 exf5 30.gxf5 Nxh5 31.c3 b4 32.c4 Ra5 33.d5 Raa8 34.b3 Re8 35.Rde1 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Kf8 37.Nd3 Re8 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Nf2 Ke7 40.Kc2 1-0
2018.12.13 London Classic Open 2018
2460882 Stoyanov, Viktor (2205) GM McDonald, N (2403) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.O-O Bc6 7.a4 a6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Qc2 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Bd5 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qd5+ 13.f3 Nc6 14.e4 Qxd4 15.Nxc6 Qxc3 16.bxc3 bxc6 17.Rb1 O-O-O 18.Rb4 Nd7 19.a5 c5 20.Rxc4 Kb7 21.Bf4 Kc6 22.Ra4 Rb8 23.Ra2 Rb3 24.Rc1 Rhb8 25.Rcc2 R8b7 26.c4 Rd3 27.Rd2 Rbb3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Rc2 Ra3 30.Bd2 Ne5 31.Bf4 Nd3 32.Bd2 Nb4 33.Rb2 Rxa5 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Rxb4 Ra1 36.Rb8 a5 37.Rf8 a4 38.Rb8 a3 39.Rb5 Ra2+ 40.Kh3 Rf2 41.f4 a2 42.Ra5 Kb6 43.Ra8 Kc5 44.Ra7 c6 45.Ra6 Kd4 46.e5 c5 47.Ra4 Kc3 0-1
2018.12.12 London Classic Open 2018
2460790 GM McDonald, N (2403) FM Stigar, P (2171) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 h6 6.Ne6 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Bd3 Ngf6 9.Ne2 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Nf4 Nb8 12.c4 Bd7 13.O-O Kc8 14.Qe2 Na6 15.Rfe1 Nc7 16.b4 Qxd4 17.Be3 Qc3 18.a3 Nfd5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Nh5 a5 21.Bb6 axb4 22.Rec1 Qb3 23.Rab1 Qa4 24.Qe5 Nb5 25.axb4 Ra6 26.Ra1 Qxb4 27.Rxa6 bxa6 28.Nf4 Qd6 29.Qa1 Qa3 30.Qb1 e5 31.Nxd5 Kb7 32.Ne3 Qb4 33.Qd3 Bd6 34.Nc4 Be6 35.Nxd6+ Qxd6 36.Qe3 Bd5 37.Bd3 Rb8 38.Bc5 Qe6 39.Qd2 Qd7 40.Bf1 Ra8 41.Be3 Rd8 42.Ra1 Ra8 43.Qb2 Qc7 44.Bc5 Re8 45.Qb4 Ra8 46.Re1 Re8 47.f4 e4 48.Be3 Qe7 49.Qa4 Ra8 50.Rb1 Qd7 51.Qb4 Kc7 52.Qa5+ Kd6 53.Bxb5 cxb5 54.Rd1 Ke7 55.Qd2 Rd8 56.Bb6 Rc8 57.Qxd5 Qxd5 58.Rxd5 Rc1+ 59.Kf2 Rc2+ 60.Kg3 b4 61.Bc5+ 1-0
2018.12.11 London Classic Open 2018
2460696 Finn, Peter (1820) GM McDonald, N (2403) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.Nf4 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.exf6+ Nxf6 12.Ng6+ hxg6 13.Qxh8 Kf7 14.O-O e5 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 e4 17.Be2 Be6 18.Bf4 d4 19.Rfc1 Nd5 20.Bg3 d3 21.Bd1 Qf6 22.Qh4 Bf5 23.b4 d2 24.Rcb1 Qxh4 25.Bxh4 e3 26.Bf3 Bxb1 27.Rxb1 Rc8 28.Rd1 e2 29.Bxe2 Nf4 30.Bg4 Re8 31.h3 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Bxb4 33.Bg5 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 Nd3 35.b3 Nxf2 36.Bxd2 Bd6+ 37.Kg1 Nxd1 38.Kf1 Be5 39.Ke2 Nc3+ 40.Kd3 Nd5 41.Ke4 Bc3 42.Bg5 Nf6+ 43.Kd3 Be5 44.b4 b5 45.Be3 a6 46.Bc5 Ke6 47.g4 Bd6 48.Kd4 Nd7 0-1
2018.12.10 London Classic Open 2018
2464178 GM McDonald, N (2403) Sumit, Ku2 (2179) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 b4 11.Nc4 Rb8 12.Re1 bxc3 13.bxc3 Be6 14.Ng5 Bg4 15.f3 Bd7 16.a5 h6 17.Nh3 Bxh3 18.gxh3 Qc8 19.Ne3 Qxh3 20.Ba4 Nxa5 21.Nf5 Bd8 22.Kh1 Kh8 23.Rg1 Rg8 24.Rg3 Qh5 25.Qf1 Nh7 26.Bd7 Nb3 27.Rb1 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Nxg5 29.Rb2 Nc5 30.Rbg2 Nxd7 31.Rxg5 hxg5 32.Rg3 Nf6 33.Rh3 g6 34.Rxh5+ Nxh5 35.Ne7 Rge8 36.Nd5 Rb7 37.Qa1 Reb8 38.Nb4 c5 39.Qxa6 cxb4 40.Qxd6 b3 0-1
2018.12.09 London Classic Open 2018
2464077 Burke, J (1980) GM McDonald, N (2403) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.Ngf3 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.c3 Qc7 8.Ne5 Nc6 9.f4 Ne7 10.Bd3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qf3 b4 14.Bh4 Ne8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qh3 g6 17.Rf3 f5 18.Rg3 Bxe5 19.fxe5 bxc3 20.bxc3 Qa3 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxc4 Qa6 23.Nd6 Nxd6 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Qh6 Rf7 26.Rf1 Rc8 27.Rf4 Rxc3 0-1
2018.05.07 4ncl 2017-18
2583141 IM Adair, J (2486) GM McDonald, N (2397) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O a5 11.g4 a4 12.g5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.a3 Bd6 15.h4 Qe7 16.Kb1 b5 17.c3 Rb8 18.Ka2 O-O 19.Qe2 e5 20.Bxb5 e4 21.Bxa4 Nb6 22.Bb3 Rb7 23.Bc1 Rfb8 24.f3 e3 25.Qd3 Bf4 26.Rde1 Qd7 27.Re2 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Qe4 Bd6 30.Qd5 Rb5 31.Qxc4 Qb7 32.Rf1 Bxa3 33.b4 Bxb4 34.Rb2 Qa6+ 35.Kb1 Bxc3 36.Rxb5 Qxb5+ 37.Qxb5 Rxb5+ 38.Kc2 e2 0-1
2018.05.06 4ncl 2017-18
2583070 GM McDonald, N (2397) GM Sadler, M (2693) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5 9.dxc5 Ndxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Nb3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 f6 13.c4 a5 14.Be3 a4 15.Nc1 O-O 16.b4 axb3 17.Nxb3 Ra4 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.Rd4 Ra3 22.Rb4 Rd7 23.h4 Rc7 24.hxg5 fxg5 25.Bd4 Kf7 26.Rb6 Ra4 27.Bb2 Rc6 28.Rb5 Re6 29.Nd4 Re4 30.c6 bxc6 31.Nxc6 Bd7 32.Rb6 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Re2 34.Rb6 Bc5 35.Rb7+ Ke6 36.Rc1 Rc4 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.Rb5 Kd6 39.Bg7 Kc6 40.Rb2 Bxf2+ 41.Kf1 Rxb2 42.Bxb2 Bg3 43.a4 g4 44.Ke2 h5 45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Bc3 Be5 47.Be1 c3 48.Kd3 g3 49.Bxg3 Bxg3 50.Kxc3 Ke4 51.Kd2 Bf2 52.Ke2 Bc5 0-1
2018.05.05 4ncl 2017-18
2583034 Willis, Rupert (2128) GM McDonald, N (2397) 0-1
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Rb1 a5 7.a3 d6 8.b4 axb4 9.axb4 c6 10.Nf3 e5 11.O-O h6 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Ra1 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Nbd7 15.b5 d5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.e3 Re8 19.Ne2 Bf7 20.d4 e4 21.Ne5 Qa8 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Qxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rb8 25.Ba3 g5 26.h3 Rb3 27.Bf1 Be6 28.Bd6 Kf7 29.Nc1 Rc3 30.Na2 Rc6 31.Bb4 f4 32.Nc3 fxe3 33.fxe3 Bf8 34.Bxf8 Rxc3 35.Bxh6 Rxe3 36.h4 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 gxh4 38.Bb5 Nf6 39.Be2 Bg4 40.Ba6 Rb3 41.Ra2 Bf5 42.Be2 Kg6 43.Bf4 Bg4 44.Ba6 Bf3 45.Bc8 Kh5 46.Ra6 Ng4+ 47.Bxg4+ Kxg4 48.Be5 Rb2+ 49.Kg1 e3 50.Rg6+ Kh3 0-1
2018.03.18 4ncl 2017-18
2601390 GM McDonald, N (2407) Varney, Zoe (2042) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ng3 Ne8 9.h4 h6 10.h5 g5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nh2 f5 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Ng4 Rf7 16.O-O Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qg4 d5 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Rac1 Qe6 23.Qxe6 Rxe6 24.Rfe1 Rfe7 25.Kf1 Bf8 26.Rc4 c5 27.f3 Ra6 28.a3 Rxe1+ 29.Kxe1 Bd6 30.Kd1 Kf7 31.Bc1 Ke6 32.b3 Kd5 33.a4 Rb6 34.Kc2 Rb8 35.Kb2 Bf4 36.Rc2 Re8 37.Bxf4 gxf4 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rxc7 Re2+ 40.Kb3 Rxg2 41.Rxa7 Rd2 42.Ra5+ Kc6 43.Kc4 b3 44.Rc5+ Kd6 45.Rb5 Ra2 46.Kxb3 Rf2 47.Kc4 Rxf3 48.Kxd4 Rh3 49.Rb6+ Ke7 50.Rxh6 f3 51.Ke3 f2+ 52.Kxf2 Rxd3 53.Ra6 Kf7 54.Ke2 Rh3 55.h6 Kg8 56.a5 Kh7 57.Kd2 Ra3 58.Kc2 Kh8 59.Kb2 Ra4 60.Kb3 Ra1 61.Kb4 Kh7 62.Rd6 Rb1+ 63.Kc5 Rb2 64.a6 Rb1 65.a7 Ra1 66.Kb6 Rb1+ 67.Kc7 Rc1+ 68.Kb7 Rb1+ 69.Rb6 Rc1 70.a8=Q Rc7+ 71.Ka6 1-0
2018.03.17 4ncl 2017-18
2601364 FM Eames, R (2167) GM McDonald, N (2407) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Na6 12.Nge2 Bd6 13.a3 Ne7 14.b4 Nc7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.f4 Ne6 17.Kf2 a5 18.Na4 axb4 19.axb4 O-O 20.Nc5 b6 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.f5 Qd6 23.b5 c5 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Nf4 d4 26.Kf3 Rfd8 27.Ra6 Rxa6 28.bxa6 Nc6 29.Qe4 dxe3 30.Ra1 Qd2 31.Kg3 Qc3 32.Rb1 e2+ 33.Kf2 Ne5 34.Nxe2 Nd3+ 35.Kg2 Qc2 36.Qe7 Nf4+ 37.Kf3 Rd3+ 38.Kf2 Nxe2 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Qxe2 Rd2 0-1
2018.02.11 4ncl 2017-18
2618211 GM McDonald, N (2407) MacQueen, C (2239) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 Nf6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Bg5 13.h4 Bh6 14.Ncb6 Rb8 15.g3 Ne7 16.Bg2 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qa5 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.O-O Rfe8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 e4 22.Qe2 Rbd8 23.Rad1 d5 24.a3 Qc5 25.Rd4 g6 26.Rfd1 Bg7 27.Rb4 b5 28.Bh3 d4 29.cxd4 Bxd4 30.Kg2 e3 31.f6 Bxf6 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Bg4 Bc7 34.Bf3 f5 35.Rb3 f4 36.Rc3 Qe7 37.h5 Be5 38.Rc6 Qg5 39.Kf1 exf2 40.hxg6 hxg6 41.g4 Re7 42.Qxf2 Rc7 43.Rxc7 Bxc7 44.Qa7 Be5 45.Qxa6 Bxb2 46.a4 bxa4 47.Qxa4 Qe5 48.Qe4 Qxe4 1/2-1/2
2018.02.10 4ncl 2017-18
2618131 FM Jackson, J (2304) GM McDonald, N (2407) 1-0
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.Bxf5 gxf5 14.Qe2 Qd5 15.Rd1 Qc4 16.Kf2 Rfd8 17.Na3 Qxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Rxd1 19.Kxd1 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Kc2 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rb8 23.Re1 b5 24.Ne5 Rb7 25.b3 a6 26.c4 Nb4+ 27.Kb1 bxc4 28.Naxc4 Nxc4 29.Nxc4 Kf7 30.Bxb4 cxb4 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Rd5 Ke6 33.Ra5 h5 34.Ne3 Rb6 35.Kc2 Rc6+ 36.Kd3 h4 37.Nxf5 Rc1 38.Ne3 Rh1 39.Rxa6+ Kf7 40.h3 Rg1 41.Ke4 Bb2 42.Kf3 Bd4 43.Nf5 Bf6 44.Rc6 Rf1+ 45.Ke3 Re1+ 46.Kf2 Ra1 47.Rc2 Kg6 48.Ne3 Bd4 49.Kf3 e6 50.Nc4 Kf5 51.Nd6+ Kf6 52.Kg4 Rf1 53.Ne4+ Ke7 54.Ng5 Bf2 55.Re2 Bg3 56.Rxe6+ Kd7 57.Re4 Rf2 58.Rxb4 Rxg2 59.Ra4 Be1+ 60.Kf5 Bg3 61.Nf3 Rc2 62.Kg4 Rc8 63.Ra7+ Kc6 64.Rg7 Rh8 65.f5 Ra8 66.f6 Rxa2 67.f7 Bd6 68.Rg8 1-0
2017.12.09 London Classic Open 2017
2649495 GM Vakhidov, J (2500) GM McDonald, N (2397) 1-0
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.h5 Nxh5 6.e4 e6 7.exf5 exf5 8.Rxh5 gxh5 9.Qxh5+ Kf8 10.Nd5 h6 11.Qxf5+ Kg8 12.c5 d6 13.Qe4 Nc6 14.Bc4 Kf8 15.Ne2 Na5 16.Qf4+ Ke8 17.Bb5+ c6 18.Bd3 cxd5 19.Bg6+ Kd7 20.Qxd6# 1-0
2017.12.08 London Classic Open 2017
2649469 GM McDonald, N (2397) GM Cherniaev, A1 (2436) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 d5 5.f3 Qb6 6.exd5 Qxb2 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Qd2 Ba6 11.Nf4 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 O-O 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.Rb3 Qd6 15.Rd1 Nbd7 16.g3 Qc7 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Kg2 Nfd5 19.Nfxd5 cxd5 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.h4 Rac8 22.h5 Rc4 23.h6 Bf8 24.g4 Rdc8 25.Rd3 R8c6 26.Kg3 Qc8 27.Qe3 Qd7 28.Kh3 f6 29.Bg3 g5 30.a4 Bxh6 31.a5 Nc8 32.Rb8 Bf8 33.Nb5 Rxc2 34.Na3 Rc1 35.Rdb3 Rh1+ 36.Kg2 Rcc1 37.R3b7 Qa4 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Kxh1 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Rc1 41.Qe1 Qxe1 42.Bxe1 Rxe1 43.Rxa7 Re2+ 44.Kf1 Ra2 45.Nb5 e5 46.Nc3 Ra1+ 47.Ke2 exd4 48.Nxd5 Bd6 49.Nxf6+ Kf8 50.Nxh7+ Ke8 51.Nf6+ Kf8 52.Ne4 Bf4 53.Nc5 Be3 54.a6 Bg1 55.Kd3 Ra3+ 56.Ke4 Re3+ 57.Kf5 Rxf3+ 58.Kg6 d3 59.Ra8+ Ke7 60.Ne4 Rf1 61.Rb8 Ra1 62.Rb7+ Ke6 63.Nxg5+ Kd5 64.Rd7+ Kc4 65.Nf3 Kc3 66.Rc7+ Kb2 67.Rb7+ Kc3 68.Rc7+ Kb2 69.Kh5 Be3 70.Rb7+ Kc3 71.Rc7+ Kb2 72.g5 Rxa6 73.Ne5 Kb1 74.Nxd3 Ra5 75.Rb7+ Ka1 76.Nb4 Bxg5 77.Nc2+ Ka2 78.Nb4+ Ka1 79.Nc2+ 1/2-1/2
2017.12.07 London Classic Open 2017
2649350 GM Fodor, T jr (2496) GM McDonald, N (2397) 0-1
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rfd1 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.f3 e6 14.Nc2 Bf8 15.Qf4 Rc8 16.Qg3 h6 17.Be3 Kh7 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.Na3 Rc6 21.Rc2 Bg7 22.Rcd2 Nh5 23.Qf2 f5 24.Bxb6 Rf8 25.Bd4 Bf6 26.c5 Rxc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Nc4 Bc6 29.Rd6 Nxc4 30.Bxc4 Bd4 31.R1xd4 cxd4 32.Qxd4 e5 33.Qc5 Bb5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Nd5 Qg7 36.Qxb5 fxe4 37.fxe4 Rf7 38.Ne3 Nf6 39.Qxe5 Ng4 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.h3 Nxe3 42.Rd3 Nc4 43.b3 Ne5 44.Rd5 Rf1+ 45.Kh2 Kf6 46.a4 Rb1 47.Rb5 h5 48.h4 Rb2 49.Kg3 Nd3 50.a5 Ne1 51.b4 Ra2 52.Rb6+ Ke5 53.a6 Rxg2+ 54.Kh3 Ra2 55.Rxg6 Nd3 56.Kg3 Nf4 57.Rc6 Ne2+ 58.Kh3 Kxe4 59.Rc4+ Kf3 60.Kh2 Nf4+ 61.Kh1 Rxa6 62.Rc3+ Kg4 63.Rb3 Kxh4 64.b5 Rb6 65.Kh2 Kg4 66.Rb4 Kf3 67.Rb3+ Kf2 68.Rb2+ Ke3 69.Rb3+ Ke4 70.Kg3 Rg6+ 71.Kh2 Nd5 72.Kh3 Nf4+ 73.Kh2 Nd5 74.Kh3 Kf5 75.Rb2 Kg5 76.Rc2 Kf5 77.Rc5 Ke4 78.Rc2 Nf4+ 79.Kh2 Kd5 80.Rf2 Ke4 81.Rb2 Rb6 82.Kg3 Ng6 83.Kh2 Kd4 84.Rg2 Ne5 85.Rb2 Kc3 86.Rb1 Kc2 87.Rb4 Nd3 88.Re4 Rxb5 89.Kg3 Ne5 90.Rd4 Ng6 91.Rd6 Rg5+ 92.Kh2 Kc3 93.Kh1 Kc4 94.Kh2 Kc5 95.Rd8 Rd5 96.Rg8 Rd6 97.Rg7 Kd5 98.Rh7 Nf4 99.Kg3 Ke4 100.Re7+ Re6 101.Ra7 Rg6+ 102.Kh2 Rg2+ 103.Kh1 Re2 104.Ra3 Re3 105.Ra1 Kf3 106.Kh2 Re2+ 107.Kh1 h4 108.Rb1 Kg3 109.Rb3+ Kg4 110.Ra3 Nd5 111.Ra1 Nc3 112.Rc1 Ne4 113.Ra1 Ng3+ 114.Kg1 Kh3 0-1
2017.12.06 London Classic Open 2017
2649242 GM McDonald, N (2397) CM Bremner, Adam (2231) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 Nc6 12.Rc1 e6 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qd2 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc6 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Kh1 Ne8 18.Be3 Rac8 19.a4 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 b5 21.a5 bxc4 22.Bb6 Rd7 23.Rxc4 Qb7 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Qc3 f6 27.h3 d5 28.e5 f5 29.b4 d4 30.Qc4 Qd5 31.Qc8 Kf7 32.Rc5 Qb7 33.Qxb7 Rxb7 34.Kg1 d3 35.Kf2 Rd7 36.Ke1 Rd4 37.b5 axb5 38.a6 Ra4 39.a7 b4 40.Ra5 1-0
2017.12.05 London Classic Open 2017
2649084 GM Nabaty, T (2657) GM McDonald, N (2397) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Ba6 Qb6 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nc3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Rac1 c4 19.Ne5 Na5 20.h4 Bb4 21.g4 Rac8 22.Na4 Bd6 23.Nb6 Rc5 24.Ned7 Rb5 25.Bxd6 Nxd7 26.Bc7 Re8 27.Nxd7 Nc6 28.Nb6 d4 29.Nxc4 1-0
2017.12.04 London Classic Open 2017
2648956 GM McDonald, N (2397) GM Le Roux, JP (2560) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.f3 Nh5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Qe3 Qf6 16.Rd7+ Rf7 17.Rhd1 Rf8 18.Ne4 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Nxf4 20.Ng5 Rxd7 21.Rxd7+ Kg8 22.Nxh7 Rc8 23.Nf6+ Kf8 24.Kd2 Nxg2 25.Kd3 Ne1+ 26.Ke4 Nxc2 27.Kxe5 c5 28.Rxb7 Nd4 29.f4 Rc6 30.h3 a5 31.b3 Nf3+ 32.Ke4 Nd2+ 33.Ke3 Nf1+ 34.Ke2 Ng3+ 35.Kf3 Nf5 36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.Ne5 Rd6 38.Rb8+ Ke7 39.Nxg6+ Kf6 40.Ne5 Rd1 41.Rf8+ Ke7 42.Ra8 Nd4+ 43.Kg4 Rg1+ 44.Kh5 Ne2 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Ng6 a4 47.Rxa4 Kf7 48.Ne5+ Kf6 49.Ng4+ Kf5 50.Ne3+ Kf6 51.Rc4 Rg7 52.Ng4+ Kf7 53.Ne5+ Kf6 54.Kh6 Ng3 55.Ng4+ Kf7 56.Ne5+ Kf6 57.Ng4+ Kf7 58.Ne5+ Kf6 59.Ng4+ 1/2-1/2
2017.12.03 London Classic Open 2017
2652506 Klingher, Dominic (2153) GM McDonald, N (2397) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 c6 9.Bf4 Qd8 10.Qd2 Bf5 11.Rfe1 Nbd7 12.h3 Re8 13.g4 Be6 14.Bh6 Bc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b3 Bxe2 17.Rxe2 e6 18.Rae1 h6 19.f4 Qa5 20.Ne4 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 h5 22.Bf3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Rh8 24.Rh2 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.f5 Rxh2 27.Kxh2 gxf5 28.gxf5 exf5 29.c4 Kf6 30.Kg3 Rd8 31.c5 Nf8 32.b4 Ne6 33.Nf3 Rg8+ 34.Kf2 Rg4 35.Rd1 Rf4 36.Ke3 Re4+ 37.Kf2 Nf4 38.Ne5 Nh3+ 39.Kg2 Ng5 40.b5 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Rc2 42.Nd3 Ne4 43.Nb4 Rb2 44.Nxd5+ Kg5 45.a4 f4 46.Kg1 f3 47.Ne3 Ng3 48.Rf1 Nxf1 49.Nxf1 Kf4 50.d5 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Rg8 52.c6 bxc6 53.dxc6 f2 54.Kh2 Kf3 0-1
2017.12.03 London Classic Open 2017
2652405 GM McDonald, N (2397) Rice, C (1969) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Be2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Bh6 Nb6 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.a3 a5 16.h3 Qc7 17.Qf4 Rac8 18.Qg3 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Red8 21.Red1 Nfd7 22.f4 Nf6 23.f5 Nbd5 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Ne2 b5 26.Rf1 c5 27.Rf5 Rd6 28.Rdf3 Rf8 29.Rg5 Ne4 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7 31.Rxg6+ Rxg6 32.Qxg6+ 1-0
2017.12.02 London Classic Open 2017
2652263 Midhun, P (1956) GM McDonald, N (2397) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bf4 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Nb3 c4 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a3 Nh5 13.Ne5 Nxf4 14.gxf4 f6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.e3 Bd6 17.Qg4 Qe7 18.Nf3 a5 19.Kh1 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Qf3 e5 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Ra1 e4 25.Bh3 f5 26.Qd1 Bc6 27.Ra5 Qe7 28.Qa1 bxc3 29.bxc3 Bb8 30.Qb1 g6 31.Ra6 Bb7 32.Rb6 Rf7 33.Bf1 Qc7 34.Qb5 Kg7 35.Qb2 g5 36.Bg2 gxf4 37.exf4 Qxf4 38.Nf1 Qc7 39.Ng3 Kh8 40.Qb5 Kg8 41.Bh3 Ba7 42.Re6 Bb8 43.Rb6 Ba7 44.Re6 Bb8 45.Rb6 1/2-1/2
2017.11.12 4ncl 2017-18
2661976 IM Cooper, J (2266) GM McDonald, N (2407) 1-0
1.d4 g6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 a5 9.d5 Bd7 10.Nd4 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Ne4 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nb3 a4 14.Nd2 Nec5 15.b4 axb3 16.Nxb3 Bc6 17.Qd2 Rf7 18.Rfd1 Ne4 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.c5 d5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Nb4 25.Rd7 Nxa2 26.Na5 Nc3 27.Rbxb7 Ra8 28.Nc6 Bf8 29.Kg2 Ra2 30.Nd4 Ra8 31.c6 Rc8 32.Ne6 Rxc6 33.Nd8 Rc8 34.Nxf7 Kxf7 35.Rd2 Ra8 36.Bc5 Ke6 37.e3 Nd5 38.Bd4 Rc8 39.Ra2 h5 40.Ra6+ Kf5 41.Rd7 Nb4 42.Ra5+ Ke6 43.Raa7 Kf7 44.Ra5 1-0
2017.11.11 4ncl 2017-18
2661904 GM McDonald, N (2407) GM Hawkins, Jo (2573) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d4 e4 8.d5 exf3 9.dxc6 b5 10.Bb3 fxg2 11.Rg1 Qe7+ 12.Be3 Be4 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nf6 15.Nd2 Bxc6 16.Nf3 g6 17.Ra5 Rb8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Rxg2 c5 20.Ne2 Rb6 21.Rg3 Ne4 22.Rf3 Ng5 23.Rf4 Bg7 24.h4 Ne6 25.Re4 Be5 26.Ng3 Rf8 27.Qc2 Nf4 28.Bxf4 Rxf4 29.Ba4 Rxe4+ 30.Nxe4 Qxh4 31.Bxd7+ Kxd7 32.Qe2 Qh1+ 0-1
2017.03.05 4ncl 2016-17
2782191 GM McDonald, N (2423) WGM Guichard, P (2311) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d3 Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nc3 Rfd8 11.Rab1 Qa6 12.b4 dxc4 13.dxc4 Qxc4 14.Nd2 Qa6 15.a4 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qxc8 Rxc8 19.Rxc8+ Nf8 20.Re8 g5 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rc1 Kg7 23.h4 h6 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Nf3 Qxa4 26.Rb8 Qb5 27.Rc7 Qxe2 28.Rbxb7 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Bxf3 30.Rxf7+ Kg6 31.Rxf8 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 d4 33.Rd7 Qc2 34.Rxf6+ Kxf6 35.Bxd4+ Kf5 36.Bc5 a5 37.Rf7+ Kg6 38.Re7 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 axb4 41.Rb7 Qc3 42.Be3 b3 43.Rb6 Kf5 44.Rb5+ e5 45.Rb6 b2 0-1
2017.03.04 4ncl 2016-17
2782159 CM Lindner, D (2218) GM McDonald, N (2423) 0-1
1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 c5 8.O-O fxe4 9.dxe4 Nc6 10.h3 e5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5+ Kh8 13.b3 Qe7 14.Qd3 Be6 15.Nc3 Rf7 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Kh2 Raf8 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qd2 h5 21.h4 Kh7 22.f3 Bh6 23.Qd3 g5 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Bxf4+ 27.Nxf4 Rxf4 28.Rxf4 Rxf4 29.Qxd4 Qe7 30.Rf1 Rxf1 31.Bxf1 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Bg2 Bh3 34.Qf2 Qxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Bxg2 36.Kxg2 Kg6 37.b4 Kf6 0-1
2017.02.12 4ncl 2016-17
2789660 GM McDonald, N (2423) Asenov, Pavel (2207) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.d3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 h6 12.g4 d5 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Qd6 16.Nf5 Qe6 17.Rg1 Ne7 18.N3h4 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 g6 20.O-O-O c5 21.Kb1 c4 22.f3 Kh7 23.Rg4 Nh5 24.d4 Nf4 25.Rxf4 exf4 26.Qf2 dxe4 27.Qh4+ 1-0
2017.02.11 4ncl 2016-17
2789590 IM Fernandez, Dan SIN (2450) GM McDonald, N (2423) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 Bd6 5.Bg3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Bxg3 11.hxg3 b5 12.Qe2 c4 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ne1 Nc7 15.a4 a6 16.Nc2 Ncd5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rb8 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 h6 22.Ra7 b4 23.Rfa1 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rb3 25.Qf3 Qd5 26.Rc1 Qg5 27.Qf4 Qg6 28.Qf3 Qd3 29.Rc7 Qd2 30.Qf4 Qd3 31.Qf3 Qd2 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.fxe3 Ra8 34.Rc2 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Ra4 36.g4 Rb3 37.e4 Rb1 38.e5 Rb3 39.Kg3 Kh7 40.Rxf7 Raa3 41.Rf3 Kg6 42.Kf4 Ra1 43.Re2 Rc1 44.d5 Rcxc3 45.dxe6 Rd3 46.Re4 Rb6 47.Rxc4 Rd8 48.e7 Re8 49.Rc7 Re6 50.Rd3 R8xe7 51.Rxe7 Rxe7 52.Rd6+ Kh7 53.e6 Kg6 54.Ke5 Ra7 55.Rd8 Ra5+ 56.Kd6 Ra6+ 57.Ke7 Ra7+ 58.Kf8 1-0
2017.01.15 4ncl 2016-17
2802343 WIM Foisor, M (2249) GM McDonald, N (2423) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e3 Nf8 9.h3 Ng6 10.Bh2 Bd6 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Bd3 Re8 13.f4 Nd7 14.O-O Ngf8 15.Rae1 f6 16.Nf3 Nb6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Bc7 19.Nc5 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Nd5 21.f5 Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 b6 23.Na4 Qd6+ 24.Kh1 Bd7 25.Nc3 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Nxd5 cxd5 28.Qc8 Bc6 29.Bc2 a5 30.a3 Kf7 31.Bb3 g5 32.Nd2 Ke7 33.Nb1 b5 34.Nc3 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.Na4 Nd7 37.Qg8 h5 38.Nc5 Nxc5 39.dxc5 Qe5 40.Qg7+ Kd8 41.Qf8+ Kc7 42.Qf7+ Kb8 43.Qg8+ Kb7 44.Qf7+ Ka6 45.Bc2 Kb5 46.Qa7 Kc4 47.Qb6 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe5+ 49.Kh1 Qxb2 50.Qxc6 Qxc2 51.Qa6+ Kb3 52.Qxf6 Qc1+ 53.Kh2 Qf4+ 54.Kg1 g4 55.hxg4 hxg4 56.Qe6 g3 57.Qe1 Qd4+ 58.Kf1 Qd3+ 59.Kg1 Qd4+ 60.Kf1 Qc4+ 61.Qe2 Qc1+ 62.Qe1 Qf4+ 63.Kg1 d4 64.c6 d3 65.c7 d2 66.Qb1+ Ka4 67.Qa2+ Kb5 68.Qd5+ Kb6 69.c8=N+ Kc7 70.Qc5+ Kb8 71.Qb6+ Kxc8 72.Qc6+ Qc7 73.Qe6+ Kb8 74.Qe8+ Ka7 0-1
2017.01.14 4ncl 2016-17
2802262 GM McDonald, N (2423) FM Rogers, Jo (2296) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c4 Ng6 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Ne2 d3 8.Ng3 c6 9.Ba4 Bc5 10.O-O d6 11.b4 Bd4 12.Rb1 Ne5 13.b5 c5 14.Bb2 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 Nxc4 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.b6+ Kf8 18.Rb5 Qxd2 19.Qa1 Nxb6 20.Bb3 Bd7 21.Rd1 Qh6 22.Rxb6 axb6 23.Rxd3 Bb5 24.Nf5 Qf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rxd6 c4 27.Bd1 Rxa2 28.Rd8+ Be8 29.g3 Rg8 30.h4 c3 31.Rc8 Ra1 32.Ne3 Rc1 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Rc7 Bc6 35.Bb3 Bxe4+ 36.f3 Bg6 37.g4 h5 38.Kg3 c2 39.Kf4 Rb1 40.Bxc2 Rc1 41.gxh5 Bxc2 42.Rxc2 Rxc2 43.Nxc2 Kh6 44.Ne3 Kxh5 45.Nd5 Kxh4 46.Nxb6 Rd8 47.Kf5 Rd4 48.Nc8 b5 49.Kxf6 b4 50.Ne7 Rf4+ 51.Ke5 Rxf3 0-1
2016.11.20 4ncl 2016-17
2825127 Moreby, James (2192) GM McDonald, N (2423) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 a6 8.Rc1 Nbd7 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.a3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O Rc8 16.Qe2 Qe7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Bb6 19.Nde4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Qd7 22.Bb1 Qd5 23.f3 Qe5 24.Re1 f5 25.Nf2 Bd5 26.Kh1 Bc4 27.Bd3 Qd5 28.Rd1 Bb3 29.Bc2 Qc4 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Qxc4 Bxc4 32.e4 fxe4 33.Nxe4 Bb6 34.g3 Kf8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.b3 Bd5 37.Kf1 Kd7 38.Ke2 Bd4 39.Kd3 Bg1 40.h3 Kc6 41.Bd1 Bh2 42.g4 e5 43.Nc3 Bf7 44.Ne2 a5 45.Bc2 b4 46.a4 Kc5 47.Ke3 Bf4+ 48.Kf2 Bd5 49.Kg2 Kd6 50.Kf2 Ke6 51.Ng3 Bxg3+ 52.Kxg3 g5 53.Kf2 Kd6 54.Ke3 Kc5 55.Bd1 Kd6 56.Bc2 Bf7 57.Bd1 h5 58.Bc2 h4 59.Bd1 Be6 60.Bc2 Bc8 61.Bd3 Be6 62.Bc2 Bg8 63.Bd1 Bh7 64.Be2 Bc2 65.Bc4 Bd1 66.Bf7 Bc2 67.Bc4 Kc5 68.Bf7 Bh7 69.Bc4 Kd6 70.Bd3 Bg8 71.Bc2 Bf7 72.Bd1 Bd5 73.Bc2 Ke6 74.Bd1 Kf6 75.Bc2 Bf7 76.Bd1 Be8 77.Bc2 Ke6 78.Bd1 Bc6 79.Bc2 Kd6 80.Bd1 e4 81.fxe4 Ke5 82.Bc2 Bb7 83.Bd3 Ba8 84.Bc2 Bc6 85.Bd3 Bb7 86.Bc2 Ba6 87.Bd3 Bb7 88.Bc2 Bc6 1/2-1/2
2016.11.19 4ncl 2016-17
2825049 GM McDonald, N (2423) IM Adair, J (2488) 0-1
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 Bd7 10.b3 Kc8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rad1 a5 13.a4 Rd8 14.Ne4 c5 15.c4 h5 16.Nc3 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Bxh4 18.Nd5 Re8 19.f4 Bf5 20.Ne3 Be4 21.f5 Bg5 22.Rde1 g6 23.e6 fxe6 24.f6 Rf8 25.f7 Bxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Bf5 27.h3 Kd7 28.Bf6 Rxf7 29.Bg5 Raf8 30.Rf2 b6 31.Kh2 Rh8 32.Kg3 Kc6 33.Kh4 Rhh7 34.Bf4 Rd7 35.Be5 Rd1 36.Kg5 h4 37.Bf6 Rh5+ 38.Kf4 g5+ 39.Kf3 Rd7 40.Ke2 Rf7 41.Bc3 Rh6 42.Kd2 Rg6 43.Be5 g4 44.Kc3 Rf8 45.Kb2 Rd8 46.Ka3 Rd1 47.hxg4 Rxg4 48.Bf6 Rg1 49.Rfe2 R1xg2 50.Rxg2 Rxg2 51.Bxh4 Bb1 0-1
2016.05.02 4ncl 2015-16
2921544 GM McDonald, N (2415) Dorrington, C (2329) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 a6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rae1 Rfe8 14.Bf2 Nf8 15.g4 e5 16.Nde2 exf4 17.Nxf4 Ne6 18.Nfd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nf8 20.Bd4 Ng6 21.g5 Nd7 22.Bh5 Nde5 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.b3 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Bd4 31.Qd3 Rd7 32.Rf6 Rb8 33.Rc6 Qa5 34.Rf1 Qa2 35.Qf3 Rf8 36.Rxg6 fxg6 37.Qxf8+ Kh7 38.Qf3 Qxc4 39.Qh3+ Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.Nf6+ gxf6 42.Qxd7+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ 1-0
2016.05.01 4ncl 2015-16
2921480 GM Short, N (2686) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Qb3 Nd7 11.Be2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 c5 14.Nd2 b6 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.O-O Rfc8 18.Qxa7 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Ra8 20.Qb7 Rcb8 21.Qc6 Rc8 22.Qb5 Rxa2 23.Ra1 Rca8 24.Rxa2 Rxa2 25.h3 Qd6 26.e4 Ra5 27.Qb1 Qc6 28.Rd1 Ra8 29.d5 exd5 30.exd5 Qa4 31.d6 b5 32.Re1 b4 33.cxb4 cxb4 34.Nd4 b3 35.Nxb3 Rb8 36.Qc2 Nf6 37.Re3 Rd8 38.Qc7 Qd7 39.Re7 Qxd6 40.Rxf7 Qxc7 41.Rxc7 Rd1+ 42.Kh2 Rf1 43.Rc2 Ne4 44.f3 Nf6 45.Nd4 Rd1 46.Nf5 Rd7 47.g4 Kh7 48.Rc6 Nd5 49.Ra6 Ne7 50.Nd6 Nd5 51.Ne4 Rb7 52.h4 Rb6 53.Ra7 Nf6 54.Nf2 Rb2 55.Kg3 Rb1 56.h5 Rb3 57.Re7 Nd5 58.Re5 Nf6 59.Nh3 Rb1 60.Nf4 Rg1+ 61.Kh3 Rf1 62.Kg2 Rd1 63.Ra5 Rd4 64.Ng6 Rd8 65.Kg3 Rb8 66.Ra7 Rd8 67.Rb7 Re8 68.Ne7 Rd8 69.Nf5 Rd7 70.Rb8 Ng8 71.Re8 Nf6 72.Ra8 Ng8 73.Re8 Nf6 74.Rf8 Rc7 75.Kh4 Nd5 76.Nd4 Rc4 77.Ne6 Rc6 78.Re8 g5+ 79.hxg6+ Kxg6 80.Nd4 Nf6 81.Re7 Rd6 82.Ne2 Nd5 83.Re5 Nf6 84.Ra5 Kf7 85.Nf4 Rd7 86.Rf5 Kg7 87.Ne6+ Kf7 88.Nf4 Kg7 89.Kg3 Ra7 90.Rb5 Re7 91.Ra5 Rb7 92.Ne6+ Kh7 93.Ra6 Ng8 94.Nd4 Rf7 95.Rd6 Ra7 96.Kf4 Rc7 97.Nc6 Rf7+ 98.Kg3 Rb7 99.Ne5 Re7 100.f4 Kg7 101.Rg6+ Kh7 102.Rd6 Kg7 103.Nc6 Rb7 104.Nd4 Ra7 105.Nf5+ Kh7 106.Kf3 Ra3+ 107.Ke4 Ra4+ 108.Ke5 Ra5+ 109.Ke6 Ra7 110.Rb6 Rc7 111.Ra6 Rb7 112.Nd6 Re7+ 113.Kf5 Rc7 114.Ra4 Rc5+ 115.Ke6 Rc7 116.Re4 Re7+ 117.Kf5 Ra7 118.Re8 Rg7 119.Ne4 Rf7+ 120.Ke5 Rg7 121.Nf2 Ra7 122.Rd8 Re7+ 123.Kf5 Rf7+ 124.Ke4 Re7+ 125.Kf3 Nf6 126.Nd3 Ra7 127.Rd4 Kg7 128.f5 Ra1 129.Nc5 Rf1+ 130.Kg2 Rc1 131.Ne6+ Kf7 132.Ra4 Ke7 133.Kg3 Rg1+ 134.Kh3 Rh1+ 135.Kg2 Rb1 136.Ng7 Nd5 137.Nh5 Rb3 138.Kf2 Kd6 139.Re4 Rb2+ 140.Kg3 Rb3+ 141.Kh4 Re3 142.Ra4 Ke5 143.Ra6 Nf4 144.Rxh6 Re1 145.Nxf4 Kxf4 146.Kh5 Rh1+ 147.Kg6 Rg1 148.Rh4 Kg3 149.Rh5 1-0
2016.04.30 4ncl 2015-16
2921418 GM McDonald, N (2415) FM Webb, L (2297) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Bc4 a6 7.Ne2 c5 8.c3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Qh4 12.a4 Rd8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Qc1 Be7 15.Nf4 g5 16.Ne2 O-O 17.f4 exf3 18.Rxf3 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 cxd4 21.Bf2 Qh5 22.Nxd4 g4 23.f4 Bh4 24.Qe3 Bxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Qh3 26.Bc2 Kh8 27.Ra3 Qh6 28.Rg3 Ra8 29.Kg2 Ra2 30.Bb1 Ra4 31.Rxg4 Rg8 32.h3 Qf8 33.Kh2 Rxg4 34.hxg4 Qd8 35.Nc6 Qd1 36.Bc2 Rxf4 37.Qxf4 Qxc2+ 38.Kg3 Qxc6 39.Qxf7 Qc8 40.Kh4 Qg8 41.Qf6+ Qg7 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.Kh5 Kg7 45.g5 b4 46.b3 Kh8 47.Kh6 Kg8 48.g6 Kh8 49.Kg5 h5 50.Kf6 Kg8 51.Kxe6 Kg7 52.Kf5 h4 53.e6 1-0
2016.03.20 4ncl 2015-16
2934288 GM McDonald, N (2415) IM Palliser, R (2426) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bf3 Qc5 14.Bf2 Qc7 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nh7 18.Nf5 exf5 19.Nd5 Qd7 20.Qc3 Na4 21.e6 Nxc3 22.exd7+ Bxd7 23.Rxe7+ Kf8 24.Rxb7 Nf6 25.Bc5 1-0
2016.03.19 4ncl 2015-16
2934242 Eckersley Waites, T (2312) GM McDonald, N (2415) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Ne5 Bg7 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.Qf3 c6 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.Ne4 Nbd5 13.Nxf6+ exf6 14.Nd3 a5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.g4 Qd7 17.h3 Qa4 18.Kb1 Qxd4 19.Rhe1 Be6 20.Bd6 Rfc8 21.Nc5 Qc4 22.b3 Qb4 23.Nxe6 Qxd6 24.Rxd5 Qe7 0-1
2016.02.14 4ncl 2015-16
2945491 WIM Congiu, M (2274) GM McDonald, N (2415) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 b5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.h4 Bb7 10.Bf4 h6 11.h5 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.Rfe1 Ba6 15.c4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Rb8 17.g4 Qd7 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Nd8 20.Reb1 Rb7 21.c4 Nxa4 22.Rxb7 Bxb7 23.Qg4 Bc6 24.Ra3 Nb2 25.Qe2 dxc4 26.dxc4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qd4 28.Nge4 Nc6 29.Qg4 Nxe5 30.Qxg7 Nexc4 31.h6 Qxg7+ 32.hxg7 Rg8 33.Rg3 a4 34.Nb1 f5 35.Nec3 Bf6 36.Bh6 Kf7 37.Nb5 Bxg7 38.Bg5 e5 39.Bc1 f4 40.Rh3 Rb8 41.N1a3 Nxa3 42.Nxa3 Ke6 43.Rh7 Nd3 44.Rxg7 Nxc1 45.Ra7 Nd3 46.Rxa4 Rb2 47.Nc4 Rxf2+ 0-1
2016.02.13 4ncl 2015-16
2945419 GM McDonald, N (2415) FM Kilpatrick, C (2352) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 Bd7 9.Ba4 Nh5 10.Nf1 h6 11.d4 Kh7 12.Ne3 Nf4 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.b4 Nb8 16.Bb3 a5 17.Be3 axb4 18.cxb4 Nc6 19.Rc1 Ncd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Bd2 c6 22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Qe7 24.e5 Qxb4 25.Rc4 Qe7 26.Rxd4 Be6 27.Rd6 Bxb3 28.axb3 Ra5 29.Qd2 Rb5 30.e6 fxe6 31.Rd7 Qf6 32.Bxh6 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Qxf7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.h4 Rd5 36.Qe3 e5 37.g3 Rb5 38.Rd1 Rd5 39.Ra1 Rb5 40.Ra3 Rd5 41.Kh2 Qf5 42.Ra8 Qd3 43.Ra7 Qxe3 44.Rxb7+ Kh6 45.fxe3 Rd2+ 46.Kh3 Re2 47.Kg4 Rxe3 48.Rb6 Rc3 49.Rb7 Rd3 50.b4 Rb3 51.Rb6 Rc3 52.b5 cxb5 53.Rxb5 Re3 54.Rb7 Ra3 55.Re7 Re3 56.Kh3 g5 1/2-1/2
2016.01.24 4ncl 2015-16
2950343 GM McDonald, N (2415) Mitchell, M (2202) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 g5 11.Rad1 g4 12.Nh2 gxh3 13.Bxh6 hxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne7 15.Rh1 Ng6 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Rdg1 Ng4 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Kf1 e5 22.Nh4 Nxh4 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Qxh4+ Nf6 25.Nd5+ Ke6 26.Bg4+ 1-0
2016.01.23 4ncl 2015-16
2950263 GM Arkell, K (2499) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 Ng6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Be7 15.Rab1 Bd6 16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Re6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb7 Rf6 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 g6 25.Rc1 Ra6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Rd7 Bb4 28.Ne2 g5 29.Rc7 Ra2 30.Kf1 c5 31.R7xc5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rfa6 33.c6 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Nd4 Ke7 37.Kf3 Ra2 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.Kf3 Rd2 40.Nf5+ Ke5 41.Kg2 Rc2 42.Nd4 Rc4 43.f4+ Ke4 44.Kf2 gxf4 45.gxf4 Rc3 46.g5 Rxe3 47.Nb5 Kd3 48.f5 Re2+ 49.Kf3 Rc2 50.Nd6 Rxc6 51.Nxf7 Kc2 52.Ne5 Rc3+ 53.Kg4 d4 54.f6 d3 55.Nxd3 Kxd3 56.f7 Rc8 57.g6 hxg6 58.Kg5 Ke4 59.Kxg6 Ke5 60.Kg7 Rc7 61.Kg8 Rxf7 62.Kxf7 1/2-1/2
2015.12.13 London Classic Superrapid
2964649 GM Kasimdzhanov, R (2702) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bf4 g6 6.Qd2 Bg7 7.O-O-O Nd5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 c6 10.Kb1 Be6 11.Nge2 Nd7 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.h4 O-O 15.Qe1 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb5 Qb6 18.Ba4 Nc4 19.Bb3 Rad8 20.Qe2 Qa6 21.Qd3 b5 22.Rhe1 f5 23.c3 d4 24.cxd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qf6 27.Red1 Re8 28.f3 a5 29.Bf2 a4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 a3 33.Bd4 Qc6 34.Bc3 Re2 35.bxa3 Qa4 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.R1d7+ Ke6 38.Rd6+ Kf7 39.R8d7+ Ke8 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.R8d7+ Ke8 42.Rd8+ Kf7 43.R8d7+ 1/2-1/2
2015.12.13 London Classic Superrapid
2964681 GM Hawkins, Jo (2563) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1-0
1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bd3 Qd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bc4+ d5 12.Ne5 Qd8 13.Be2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 c6 15.a4 Nbd7 16.Nf3 c5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Qxd5 Rf5 20.Qxb7 cxd4 21.Rxe7 Nc5 22.Qc7 Qf8 23.b4 Rc8 24.Qxa7 Ra8 25.Qc7 Rc8 26.Rxg7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Ne6 28.Rc6 Qe8 29.b5 Qd7 30.Ra3 Kg8 31.Rd3 Rd5 32.Rc4 Qd6 33.Ba3 Qd7 34.Bb2 Nf4 35.Rd2 Nxh3+ 36.gxh3 Qxh3 37.Rcxd4 Rh5 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.R2d7+ Ke6 40.Nd4+ Kf6 41.Rf8+ Kg5 42.Bc1+ Kg4 43.Rf4+ Kg5 44.Rf3+ 1-0
2015.12.11 London Classic Open 2015
2964440 GM McDonald, N (2417) IM Vuilleumier, A (2342) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 e4 9.Nh4 Be6 10.c3 Qd6 11.f3 a6 12.Ba4 O-O-O 13.O-O f5 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.Bg5 Re8 17.b4 Rg8 18.Bf6 Be7 19.b5 Na5 20.Rab1 Nc4 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Rf6 Bg4 23.Qc2 a5 24.b6 c6 25.Qf2 e3 26.Qg3 e2 27.Nf3 Re6 28.Rf4 Reg6 29.Bc2 R6g7 30.Kh1 Bxf3 31.Qxf3 Qe7 32.Bf5+ Kd8 33.Re1 Rxg2 34.Bg4 Ne3 35.Rxe2 Rxe2 0-1
2015.12.10 London Classic Open 2015
2964321 IM Sadzikowski, D (2506) GM McDonald, N (2417) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Kh8 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Be8 13.e3 Qf6 14.Ne1 Bh5 15.f3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxg3 17.f4 Qh6 18.Ndf3 Rf6 19.Nd3 Rg6 20.Bc3 a4 21.Be1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 axb3 23.Qb2 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 dxc4 25.Rxc4 Bxe1 26.Nxe1 Qh4 27.Qxb3 Na5 28.Ra4 Qd8 29.Qc3 c6 30.Rb4 b5 31.a4 Rb8 32.Rh3 h6 33.Nd3 Nc4 34.Bxc6 Qa5 35.Rxc4 1-0
2015.12.09 London Classic Open 2015
2964213 GM McDonald, N (2417) GM Hawkins, Jo (2569) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f4 b5 10.e5 b4 11.exf6 bxc3 12.Qxc3 Bxf6 13.g4 Qb7 14.Rg1 Nb4 15.Bc4 d5 16.Bb3 Bd7 17.a3 Nc6 18.g5 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 O-O 21.f5 a5 22.Rg3 a4 23.Qh4 axb3 24.Rh3 h6 25.gxh6 Qc7 26.c3 Ra4 27.Rd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 f6 29.hxg7 Kxg7 30.Qg4+ Kf7 31.fxe6+ Ke8 32.exd7+ Kd8 33.Kd2 Qc5 34.Re3 Qd6 35.Qe2 Kxd7 36.Qb5+ Kc7 37.Qa5+ Kb7 38.Qb5+ Kc7 39.Qe2 Qf4 40.Kd1 Rg8 41.Rg3 Rxg3 42.hxg3 Qf5 43.Kd2 Qc2+ 44.Ke1 Qb1+ 45.Kf2 Qf5+ 46.Kg2 Qc2 47.Kf1 Qb1+ 48.Kg2 Qc2 49.Qf2 Qe4+ 50.Kh3 Qh7+ 51.Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2
2015.12.08 London Classic Open 2015
2964123 CM Willmoth, R (2150) GM McDonald, N (2417) 0-1
1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2 Na6 9.a3 Nc7 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qd2 Nb5 15.Nxb5 Ne4 16.Nxd6 exd6 17.Qb4 b6 18.Nd4 Rc5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Re5 21.Bd4 Rxe6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qd4+ Rff6 24.e3 g5 25.Rac1 Qe7 26.b4 g4 27.h4 gxh3 28.Bxh3 Kh6 29.Qc4 Qf7 30.Bg2 Qh5 31.Rd4 Qg6 32.Qe2 Re7 33.Qf3 Kg7 34.Qf4 Ng5 35.Rd5 Re4 36.Rc7+ Kf8 37.Bxe4 Nh3+ 38.Kf1 Nxf4 39.exf4 fxe4 40.Rg5 Qh6 41.Rxa7 Qh1+ 42.Ke2 Qf3+ 43.Ke1 e3 0-1
2015.12.07 London Classic Open 2015
2964021 GM McDonald, N (2417) Kugler, F (2213) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O b5 9.Bf4 Ne5 10.Nf3 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Qc6 12.Rg1 Bb7 13.Kb1 Nh5 14.Be5 f6 15.Bd4 Rc8 16.f4 b4 17.Be2 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 bxc3 19.Bh5+ g6 20.Rxg6 hxg6 21.Bxg6+ Kd8 22.Bxf6+ Be7 23.Bxe7+ Kxe7 24.Qg5+ 1-0
2015.12.06 London Classic Open 2015
2966933 Guthrie, D (2198) GM McDonald, N (2417) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 a5 9.c4 Na6 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.a3 Kh8 12.Rfe1 d5 13.Ne5 Be6 14.e3 Bg8 15.c5 Nc7 16.f4 Ne4 17.Ndf3 Ne8 18.Bc3 N8f6 19.b4 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Ne4 21.Qb2 1/2-1/2
2015.12.05 London Classic Open 2015
2966833 GM McDonald, N (2417) Jamroz, K (2103) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Bd7 15.Bxa6 Nxb4 16.cxb4 O-O 17.O-O Bc6 18.Rxa4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Bd3 Rf8 22.b5 Qd7 23.Qe4 g6 24.Ra1 Rfc8 25.h4 Bd8 26.g3 Kg7 27.h5 Bb6 28.h6+ Kh8 29.Nxb6 Rxb6 30.Bc4 Rbb8 31.b3 Qf5 32.Qe3 Rd8 33.Ra7 d5 34.Bd3 d4 35.Qe2 Qg5 36.Qe4 Re8 37.Qc6 Rbc8 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Qxe8# 1-0
2015.12.05 London Classic Open 2015
2966752 Taylor, William J (1962) GM McDonald, N (2417) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Ng4 11.g3 Bxd4 12.Ne4 Qe5 13.Qf3 Qh5 14.h4 Nxf2 15.Qxh5 Nxe4+ 16.Kg2 gxh5 17.Rf4 Bb7 0-1
2015.12.04 London Classic Open 2015
2966620 GM McDonald, N (2417) Riedener, T (2005) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bg7 13.Rhe1 Bf6 14.h4 h6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Ne6 Qa5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.f5 Rc8 19.fxg6 Qxa2 20.Nd4 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Qxb2 22.Qf4 Bxd5 23.Rxe7+ Kxe7 24.Nf5+ Ke8 25.Re1+ Be4 26.Rxe4+ Nxe4+ 27.Qxe4+ Kd7 28.Qe7+ Kc6 29.Qxd6+ Kb7 30.Qd5+ Kb6 31.Qe6+ Ka5 32.Ne3 Rhd8+ 33.Ke2 Re8 0-1
2015.11.15 4ncl 2015-16
2974124 GM McDonald, N (2415) Burnett, J (2093) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qb4 13.Qc2 Qc5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.a3 O-O 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Rac1 Re8 18.Rc3 Nf8 19.Rfc1 Bd7 20.b4 Qd8 21.Bd4 f5 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Ne5 fxe5 24.Qxe5 Bf6 25.Qxf6 Qxf6 26.Bxf6 Rac8 27.f4 Rxc3 28.Rxc3 Rc8 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Be5 Ke7 32.Ke3 a6 33.Kd4 1-0
2015.11.14 4ncl 2015-16
2974055 GM Turner, Ma (2491) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1/2-1/2
1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Nc6 9.Qxc4 a5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Bg5 c6 12.Na2 b5 13.Qc1 bxa4 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Rd1 Nfd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.e4 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 Nb4 19.Rxa4 Rfd8 20.Nc4 c5 21.dxc5 Nd3 22.Qc2 Nxc5 23.Rxa5 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Rxa5 25.Nxa5 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Nc6 Qc7 28.Qd4 Nf6 29.Qc5 Nd5 30.b4 h6 31.b5 Kh7 32.Qa7 Qxa7 33.Nxa7 Nb6 34.f4 Kg8 35.Kf2 Kf8 36.Nc6 Nd5 37.Kf3 Ke8 38.g4 Kd7 39.Ne5+ Ke7 40.h4 f6 41.Nc4 Kd7 42.f5 e5 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 fxg5 45.Ke4 1/2-1/2
2015.03.29 4ncl 2014-15
3068263 GM McDonald, N (2415) Eden, T (2175) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Nf1 c5 15.g4 cxd4 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Qa5 18.Kb1 d3 19.cxd3 Rac8 20.Ne3 Rc6 21.Nc4 Qf5 22.Ka1 Ra6 23.Rhg1 Kh8 24.Nce5 Bd6 25.d4 Nd5 26.Nh4 Qh7 27.Nhg6+ 1-0
2015.03.28 4ncl 2014-15
3068168 GM McDonald, N (2415) Morris, Ch (2152) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 b6 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bb5 Qc8 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Nb1 Bxb5 13.axb5 Nb4 14.Bd2 a5 15.Nc3 Qc4 16.Ra3 Nd3 17.b3 Qc7 18.Ra1 Bb4 19.Na2 Ba3 20.Qb1 N3xe5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Re1 Qf6 24.Bc3 d4 25.Qe4 Rd8 26.Qc6+ Kf8 27.Bd2 Bc5 28.b4 axb4 29.Bxb4 Qe7 30.Rab1 g6 31.Bxc5 Qxc5 32.Rec1 Qd6 33.Nb4 Kg7 34.Qxd6 Rxd6 35.Rc6 Rhd8 36.Kf1 e5 37.Ke2 e4 38.Rbc1 d3+ 39.Kd2 Rd4 40.R1c4 f5 41.Na2 Rxc4 42.Rxc4 Ra8 43.Nc3 Ra3 44.f3 Rb3 45.fxe4 fxe4 46.Rxe4 Rb2+ 47.Kxd3 Rxg2 48.Re2 Rg5 49.Kd4 h5 50.Nd5 h4 51.Rb2 h3 52.Rb3 Rg4+ 53.Ke5 Rc4 54.Rxh3 1-0
2015.02.15 4ncl 2014-15
3082112 FM Gourlay, I (2378) GM McDonald, N (2415) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg4 5.Ne5 Be6 6.cxd5 Bxd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Nc3 Bc6 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.e4 e5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Qc7 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Be3 Kb8 17.Rc1 h5 18.h3 Qa5 19.Qb3 Rhf8 20.f5 g5 21.Bxg5 Rg8 22.Nf3 Rg7 23.Ne2 Rdg8 24.Bh6 Rh7 25.Bd2 Qa6 26.Kh2 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Qxe2 28.Rce1 Qa6 29.f6 c4 30.Qc3 Rhh8 31.Ng5 Rf8 32.Be3 Bc7 33.Rc1 Bb5 34.b3 Ba5 35.b4 Bb6 36.Bxb6 Qxb6 37.Rf5 Ka8 38.a4 Bxa4 39.Qxc4 Nxf6 40.Qc5 Qxc5 41.bxc5 Nd7 42.Nxf7 Rhg8 43.Nd6 Rh8 44.Rcf1 Bc6 45.Nf7 Rhg8 46.Rxh5 a5 47.Nxe5 Nxe5 48.Rxe5 Rxf1 49.Bxf1 a4 50.Bc4 Rd8 51.g4 Rd2+ 52.Kg3 a3 53.g5 Rd3+ 54.Kf4 Rd2 55.g6 Rf2+ 56.Kg3 Rf6 57.Rg5 Bxe4 58.g7 Bh7 59.g8=Q+ Bxg8 60.Bxg8 Rf1 61.h4 Ra1 62.h5 Ka7 63.Kg4 a2 64.Bxa2 Rxa2 65.h6 Rh2 66.Rh5 Rg2+ 1-0
2015.02.14 4ncl 2014-15
3082050 GM McDonald, N (2415) Wheeler, D (2268) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Rb1 Bd7 9.Be2 f6 10.O-O Nh6 11.Re1 Nf7 12.Bf1 fxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Bd6 15.Rg5 O-O 16.b3 Qd8 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Nf3 Nxb3 19.Be3 Be8 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Bg6 22.Rb2 Bf5 23.Qd1 Qg6 24.f3 Na5 25.Kh1 Nc6 26.Bf4 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 b6 28.g4 Bd3 29.Bg2 Qh6 30.Qe1 g5 31.Qe3 Qg6 32.Rf2 Rf7 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bh3 Raf8 35.Kh2 h6 36.g5 h5 37.f4 Bf5 38.Bg2 Bg4 39.Rd2 Kh7 40.Qe1 h3 41.Bh1 Rxf4 42.Bxf4 Rxf4 43.Qe5 Rf5 44.Qc7+ Qf7 45.Qg3 Rf1 46.a4 Qf4 47.Qxf4 Rxf4 48.a5 Kg6 49.axb6 axb6 50.Rb2 Kxg5 51.Kg1 Kh4 52.Rxb6 Kg3 53.Rb2 h2+ 0-1
2015.01.11 4ncl 2014-15
3095262 IM Milliet, S (2390) GM McDonald, N (2415) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Qd3 e6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.a3 Bd6 12.b4 O-O 13.Ne4 Bf4 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.g3 Bh6 16.f4 g6 17.Ng5 Bg7 18.Qb3 Nd5 19.Nf3 b5 20.a4 a6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra6 N7b6 23.Ne5 Qb7 24.Ra5 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Qa3 c3 28.Bxc3 c5 29.Rxc5 Ra8 30.Qc1 Rfd8 31.Bd2 Ra2 32.c3 Qd7 33.Qe1 Rc2 34.Qd1 Ra2 35.Bg5 0-1
2015.01.10 4ncl 2014-15
3095200 GM McDonald, N (2415) IM Ansell, S (2379) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 Re8 12.c4 h6 13.Bh4 Be6 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.a3 Bd6 16.b4 Be5 17.Rc1 Qd6 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rad8 20.Nc5 Qe5 21.Re1 Qg5 22.Qc2 h5 23.Nb7 Rb8 24.Nd6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 h4 26.Nf5 hxg3 27.Nxg3 Rd8 28.Qc5 g6 29.Re3 Kg7 30.Qd4 Rh8 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Rg3 Qh5 33.f3 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Nh5 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nxg6+ fxg6 37.Qxh8+ Ke7 38.Qe5+ Kd7 39.Rxg6 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 1-0
2014.12.14 London Classic Open 2014
3098140 GM McDonald, N (2431) FM Smith, An (2148) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qf6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.b4 Bxb4 8.Bb2 c5 9.Qd3 Ne7 10.c3 dxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Rab1 Qg6 13.f4 d5 14.f5 dxe4 15.fxg6 exd3 16.gxf7+ Kh8 17.Rbe1 c4 18.Bxc4 d2 19.Rd1 Bg4 20.Rxd2 Rac8 21.Rf4 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Be3 23.Rxg4 Bxd2 24.Ne4 Bh6 25.Bb3 Rcd8 26.h4 Rd3 27.Bc4 Rd1+ 28.Kh2 Nd5 29.Bb3 Rd3 30.Ng5 Bxg5 31.Rxg5 Nf6 32.Bxf6 Rxf7 33.Bxf7 1-0
2014.12.14 London Classic Open 2014
3098053 Hill, Alistair (2112) GM McDonald, N (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.a3 b6 11.c4 Bb7 12.Bf4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bc2 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Rfd8 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Nd6 Bxf3 19.gxf3 a5 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Nb5 Rdc8 22.Rc1 Nb6 23.Bd3 Na4 24.Rc2 Nc5 25.Bf1 Rd8 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Bxd2 Nb3 28.Bc3 a4 29.Rd1 Bc5 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.Bc2 Ke7 32.Bb4 Bxb4 33.axb4 Rc8 34.Na3 Rb8 35.Nb5 Nd7 36.Bxb3 axb3 37.Rb1 Ne5 38.Rxb3 Nxc4 39.Nd4 Kd6 40.Kg2 Nb6 41.Nc2 Nd5 42.Kg3 Kc6 43.Nd4+ Kb6 44.f4 Rc8 45.Nf3 Rc4 46.Ng5 Rxf4 47.Rf3 Rxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Nxb4 49.Nxf7 1/2-1/2
2014.12.13 London Classic Open 2014
3097976 GM McDonald, N (2431) Lane, PC (2043) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f5 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Rc1 Nf4 15.Bb5 Qb6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bg3 Ba6 18.Re1 Bc4 19.Re3 Qa6 20.Nc5 Qxa2 21.Nxe6 Qxb2 22.Rc2 Qb5 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Qa1 a5 25.Rb2 Qa6 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Re8+ Kf7 28.Qe1 Re4 29.Rxe4 dxe4 30.Qxe4 h6 31.Ne5+ Kg8 32.Qg6 Bc7 33.Rb1 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Qc8 35.Qd6 Kh7 36.Rc1 Qg4 37.Qxc6 1-0
2014.12.13 London Classic Open 2014
3104185 GM McDonald, N (2431) Mihajlov, Sv (2181) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 Bd6 9.a4 a5 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.b3 Be6 12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Qg5 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rad1 Qb8 16.Rfe1 h6 17.Qh4 b5 18.Ne3 Bd8 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qf3 Nf4 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Bf1 b4 23.Bb2 a4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.g3 Ng6 26.Nd5 Ra5 27.Qb3 Bb6 28.Bc4 Bc5 29.Ra1 Ra7 30.Kg2 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Qc8 32.Kg1 Nf8 33.Ra6 Nd7 34.Bb5 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qc5+ 36.Qe3 Qxb5 37.Nc7 Qc4 38.Nxe8 Qxa6 39.Qd2 Bh3 40.Qd3 Qc6 41.Nd6 Nc5 42.Qd5 Qxd6 0-1
2014.12.12 London Classic Open 2014
3104087 Farrand, T (2172) GM McDonald, N (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 gxf6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Ne2 Bd7 10.f3 Bb5 11.Ng3 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 Nd7 13.Kf2 O-O-O 14.Rfb1 Nb6 15.Qd3 f5 16.Rb5 Qa3 17.Rab1 Qxa2 18.R1b3 c6 19.R5b4 Rd7 20.c4 c5 21.Ra3 Rxd4 22.Rxa2 Rxd3 23.Rxb6 Rd2+ 24.Ne2 Kb8 25.Rb3 Rhd8 26.Rba3 a6 27.Ra4 Rc8 28.Ke3 Rd6 29.R2a3 Ka7 30.Rd3 Rxd3+ 31.cxd3 Kb6 32.Ra2 Kc6 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.g3 1/2-1/2
2014.12.11 London Classic Open 2014
3103983 GM McDonald, N (2431) GM Fier, A (2592) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f4 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.Nd2 Be8 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.b4 Bf6 15.Ra3 Nc6 16.Nc4 Nxb4 17.Qb1 d5 18.Qxb4 d4 19.e5 Be7 20.Nd6 dxe3 21.Rb3 b6 22.Nce4 f5 23.Qc4 fxe4 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Bc4 e2 26.Bxe2 Nc5 27.Qh3 Bxd6 28.Rd1 Nxb3 29.Rxd6 Qc8 30.Qxb3 Qc5+ 0-1
2014.12.10 London Classic Open 2014
3103895 Webb, M (2141) GM McDonald, N (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.Nf4 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.exf6+ Nxf6 12.Ng6+ hxg6 13.Qxh8 Kf7 14.O-O e5 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Qh3 Qd7 20.Rfc1 b6 21.b4 Rd8 22.Ra6 1/2-1/2
2014.12.09 London Classic Open 2014
3103810 GM McDonald, N (2431) Corsino, G (2140) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.h5 Qa5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.a3 Rab8 16.Bd3 Bc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qc1 Rbc8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Rxc2 22.Nxf6+ exf6 23.Kxc2 f5 24.Rhe1 Qc5+ 25.Kb1 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qg5 27.Rg4 Qf5+ 28.Ka1 d5 29.Rgd4 Qc2 30.R4d2 Qc4 31.Rxd5 Qc2 32.R5d2 Qf5 33.Rd7 Qc2 34.g4 Qc6 35.f4 Qf3 36.f5 gxf5 37.gxf5 Qxf5 38.Rxb7 Qf3 39.Rg1+ Kf8 40.Rxa7 Qe3 41.Ra8+ Ke7 42.Rag8 f5 43.R8g2 f4 44.Rf1 1-0
2014.12.08 London Classic Open 2014
3103714 McKerracher, D (1980) GM McDonald, N (2431) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Ngf3 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Re1 a5 11.Nf1 b4 12.h4 h6 13.h5 a4 14.N1h2 Ba6 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Ng4 Bb5 17.Qd2 c4 18.b3 axb3 19.axb3 cxb3 20.cxb3 Ra3 21.Qc2 Qa8 22.Rab1 Kd7 23.Be3 Qa6 24.Rec1 Rc8 25.Bxb6 Bxd3 26.Qd1 Bxb1 27.Be3 Bd3 28.Ne1 Be2 0-1
2014.03.23 4ncl 2013-14
3207148 FM Morrison, G SCO (2351) GM McDonald, N (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nc3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Ne5 Ba6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.e3 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Ne2 a5 17.Nf4 Ba6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Nd3 Qd6 20.f3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Ng5 22.Qb3 c5 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Red1 c4 25.Qc3 Rfd8 26.Qxa5 Ra8 27.Qd2 Rxa2 28.Rxc4 dxc4 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Rxb2 31.Rc6 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
2014.03.22 4ncl 2013-14
3209487 GM McDonald, N (2419) Varnam, L (2120) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.a3 Qd7 16.Ncb4 Nxb4 17.axb4 Ra8 18.Bg2 Bd8 19.O-O Ra7 20.Ra3 Qc6 21.Ne3 Bb6 22.Nf5 g6 23.Qd2 Qd7 24.Ne3 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Rd1 Rd8 29.Bh3 Qg7 30.Kg2 f4 31.c4 bxc4 32.Qxc4 fxg3 33.Rxg3 Qf6 34.Rd2 d5 35.Qg4 e4 36.Qf5 Qxf5 37.Bxf5 Rg7 38.Rc2 Rxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Kg7 40.Kf4 Rf8 41.Ke5 Rf7 42.Bc8 Bxf2 43.Bxa6 Bxh4 44.Kxd5 e3 45.Re2 Rd7+ 46.Kc6 Rd2 47.Rxe3 Rxb2 48.b5 Bf2 49.Rf3 Rc2+ 50.Kb7 Rb2 51.Ka8 h5 52.Bc8 Bd4 53.Bd7 h4 54.Kb7 Kg6 55.Rf4 Bf2 56.Rg4+ Kf6 57.Rg8 Ke7 58.Rg7+ Kd6 59.Rh7 Ra2 60.Bf5 Ra7+ 61.Kc8 Rxh7 62.Bxh7 Ke5 63.Bd3 h3 1/2-1/2
2014.01.12 4ncl 2013-14
3229094 FM Croad, N (2283) GM McDonald, N (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 Bd7 9.Rb1 Be8 10.Bf4 Bxf4 11.gxf4 Bh5 12.b4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne4 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.b5 Nb6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.c5 Nc4 18.Rb7 Rf6 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Qc3 Na5 21.Rb4 Rxf4 22.Qg3 Rf8 23.Rfb1 Qf6 24.Rb8 Raxb8 25.Rxb8 Nc4 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qb8+ Kf7 28.Qc7+ Kg6 29.Qxc6 e3 30.f4 Qf5 31.Bf3 Nd2 32.Kg2 Kh6 33.Qe8 g6 34.Qe7 Qxf4 35.c6 Nxf3 36.exf3 e2 37.Qxe6 Qd2 38.Qh3+ Kg5 39.Qg3+ Kf6 40.Qe5+ Kf7 41.Qc7+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
2014.01.11 4ncl 2013-14
3229032 GM McDonald, N (2419) Jaunooby, A (2142) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Qa5+ 6.c3 b5 7.Bd3 b4 8.O-O Ba6 9.c4 Nd7 10.Qe2 Rb8 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.a3 b3 16.Nd2 Nh5 17.Qd1 Nf4 18.Nxb3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Bc8 20.Nxc5 Rxb2 21.Rab1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 O-O 23.Qb3 f5 24.f3 Bh6 25.Bxh6 Qxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rf6 27.Be3 Qc7 28.c5 Kg7 29.Qb8 Qxb8 30.Rxb8 Rf8 31.Bg5 Kf7 32.Ra8 fxe4 33.fxe4 a6 34.c6 Re8 35.Kg1 Kg7 36.Bxe7 Kf7 37.d6 Be6 38.Rxe8 Kxe8 39.Bf6 1-0
2013.12.15 5th Classic Open 2013
3237580 GM McDonald, N (2418) GM Delchev, A (2648) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nd5 a5 8.c3 e6 9.Ne3 bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne7 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxd7 Bxd7 15.Nxe5 f6 16.Nd3 Re8 17.Nc5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qf3 Bf5 20.Bf4 Be4 21.Qg3 Ra7 22.f3 Bf5 23.Rfe1 g5 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Re1 Qf7 26.Bc1 Bf8 27.h4 Bd6 28.Qf2 h6 29.g4 Bd7 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Qc2 Qf7 32.Qf5 Ra8 33.Re6 Kg7 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7 36.Rxh6 Rb8 37.Bxg5 Rb3 38.Be3 Rxc3 39.Kf2 Rc2+ 40.Kf1 Ra2 41.f4 Rxa4 42.f5 Ra1+ 43.Ke2 a4 44.g5 a3 45.g6+ Kg8 46.f6 Bf8 47.Rh7 1-0
2013.12.14 5th Classic Open 2013
3237502 GM Shyam, SM (2534) GM McDonald, N (2418) 0-1
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 b6 11.Rac1 Ba6 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.e3 Bb7 14.Ne1 g5 15.Nd3 Rac8 16.b4 Ba6 17.c5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 bxc5 19.bxc5 Qc7 20.f3 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Kh8 22.e4 f4 23.e5 Rf7 24.Bh3 Nf8 25.Bg4 Rg7 26.Bh5 Ng6 27.Rb1 Rf8 28.g4 Nh4 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.Rb4 a5 31.Rb2 Qa7 32.Rdb1 Rgb7 33.Qc3 Rxb2+ 34.Rxb2 Kg7 35.Qc2 a4 36.Qb1 Rxb2+ 37.Qxb2 Qa6 38.Be8 Qd3 39.Bxc6 Qe3+ 40.Kf1 Nxf3 41.Bxd5 Qg1+ 0-1
2013.12.13 5th Classic Open 2013
3237429 GM McDonald, N (2418) CM Roberts, P (2215) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 O-O 10.a4 Bb7 11.Bg5 d5 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.Qb1 g5 15.Bg3 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Qe7 18.Nd2 Qc5 19.Nf1 b4 20.Ne3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rab8 22.Bb3 Na5 23.Ba2 Qxc3 24.Rc1 Qd4 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxc7+ Kf8 27.Qa2 Nb3 28.Qa3+ Kg8 29.Qxb3+ Kh8 30.Rd1 Qxe4 31.f3 Ba8 32.Qf7 1-0
2013.12.12 5th Classic Open 2013
3237347 Semprun Martinez, F (2213) GM McDonald, N (2418) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Bd3 Be6 8.O-O Rc8 9.b3 Nf6 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Nb4 12.Nd5 Nbxd5 13.cxd5 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Be3 b5 16.Qd2 Nh5 17.Rac1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 O-O 19.Nc2 h6 20.Nb4 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Nc6 Qf6 23.a4 bxa4 24.bxa4 a5 25.Bb5 Kh7 26.Nxa5 Bc8 27.Nc4 Rh8 28.a5 Nf4 29.a6 Qe7 30.Ra1 Qa7+ 31.Qe3 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Nd4 33.Nxd6 Rd8 34.Nxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc6 Rb8 36.Bb7 Qb6 37.a7 Ra8 38.Bxa8 Qb2+ 39.Kg3 Qxa1 40.Bc6 Qxa7 41.Qxg5 Qc7 42.h4 Ne2+ 43.Kg4 Nd4 44.h5 Qb8 45.Bd7 Qb6 46.Qd8 f5+ 47.exf5 Qb4 48.f4 Qd2 49.Qg5 Qxg2+ 0-1
2013.12.11 5th Classic Open 2013
3237258 GM McDonald, N (2418) Guthrie, D (2195) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.a4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Na5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Rac8 16.c3 Nc4 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Rfd1 Be7 19.Ne1 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Qc4 21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.f3 f5 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Rd3 e4 25.fxe4 Rxe4 26.Nf3 d5 27.b4 Bf6 28.Rad1 Rc4 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Bxc3 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Ke6 33.Rxb7 Rxb4 34.Rc7 Bf6 35.Rc6+ Kd5 36.Rxa6 Rb2 37.h3 Ra2 38.Kh2 Kc4 39.Kg3 Kb4 40.Ra8 Rxa4 41.Rxa4+ Kxa4 42.Kf4 Kb4 43.Kf5 Kc4 44.Nd2+ Kd5 45.Ne4 Be7 1/2-1/2
2013.12.10 5th Classic Open 2013
3237153 GM Iordachescu, V (2614) GM McDonald, N (2418) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Neg5 Bd6 9.Re1 h6 10.Nh3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.Nf4 Qa5 13.c3 O-O 14.Bc2 Rfe8 15.Be3 e5 16.Nh5 e4 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Qh3 Re7 19.Bb3 Kh7 20.g3 Qh5 21.Qg2 Rae8 22.Bd2 Kh8 23.h3 Nd5 24.Be3 f5 25.g4 Qh4 26.gxf5 Rf8 27.Qg4 Qf6 28.Bd2 Qxf5 29.Qxf5 Rxf5 30.Bc2 Nf4 31.Bxf4 Rxf4 32.Re2 c5 33.Rd1 cxd4 34.Rxd4 Bc5 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rd5 Bb6 37.c4 Kg8 38.c5 Bc7 39.Kg2 Kf8 40.b4 g5 41.b5 g4 42.h4 g3 43.fxg3 Rf3 44.Bxe4 Rxg3+ 45.Kf1 Rg4 46.Rf5+ Kg7 47.Bd5 Rxe2 48.Rf7+ Kg6 49.Kxe2 Rg2+ 50.Kf1 Rd2 51.Bb3 Bg3 52.Rxb7 Kh5 53.Rxa7 Kxh4 54.Rf7 Rd3 55.c6 Rc3 56.Be6 Rc1+ 57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kf3 Rf2+ 59.Ke3 Rxf7 60.Bxf7 Bc7 61.Kd4 1-0
2013.12.09 5th Classic Open 2013
3241041 GM McDonald, N (2418) GM Brunello, S (2603) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f3 b5 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bb7 12.g5 Nh5 13.Bh3 Rc8 14.Bg4 b4 15.Bxh5 bxc3 16.Qxg7 cxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Rf8 18.Qd4 d5 19.e5 Qa5 20.Rd3 Rc4 21.Qa7 Qc7 22.Ka1 Qxe5+ 23.Bd4 Qc7 24.Rb1 Bc8 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.f4 Rxc2 27.Bd1 Rc4 28.Bb3 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 f6 30.h4 fxg5 31.fxg5 Rf2 32.Ba4+ Kd8 33.Rbd1 Bf8 34.Kb1 Bg7 35.Rg4 Rb2+ 36.Kc1 Rxa2 37.h5 Ke7 38.h6 Bc3 39.Bb3 Rh2 40.Bc2 e5 41.Rg3 d4 42.Bxh7 a5 43.Rxc3 dxc3 44.Bc2 a4 45.h7 a3 46.Kb1 Be6 47.Be4 Bb3 48.Rc1 Rb2+ 49.Ka1 Ra2+ 50.Kb1 Rb2+ 51.Ka1 Rh2 52.Kb1 Kf7 53.Bc2 Be6 54.Be4 Kg7 55.Rxc3 a2+ 56.Ka1 Re2 1/2-1/2
2013.12.08 5th Classic Open 2013
3240977 Haria, R (2160) GM McDonald, N (2418) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.O-O Bc5 12.b4 Bd6 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.b5 e5 16.Bb2 Ne6 17.Bf5 O-O 18.Rfe1 e4 19.Qb3 Rae8 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.f3 Nc5 22.Qc2 Nd3 23.Re2 Qh5 24.g4 Qh3 25.Bxf6 Nf4 26.Nxe4 Qxf3 27.Rg2 dxe4 28.Qc4+ Kh8 0-1
2013.12.07 5th Classic Open 2013
3240890 GM McDonald, N (2418) Shepley, J (1986) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.f3 c6 9.Nh3 Bc5 10.Ke2 Nbd7 11.Be3 Ke7 12.Rad1 Rhd8 13.Nf2 Bxe3 14.Kxe3 Nb6 15.Nd3 Nfd7 16.Ke2 c5 17.Nf2 a6 18.a4 Nf6 19.Nd3 Nfd7 20.a5 Nc4 21.Ra1 Nd6 22.h4 Nb5 23.Nxb5 axb5 24.b4 c4 25.Nf2 Nb8 26.h5 Nc6 27.c3 Rd6 28.Rhd1 Rad8 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.h6 g6 31.Ng4 Rd8 32.Kf2 g5 33.Kg3 Ra8 34.Rd1 Rc8 35.Rd2 Rf8 36.Kf2 Rc8 37.Ke3 Rf8 38.Rd1 Re8 39.Rh1 Kf7 40.g3 Rd8 41.Ke2 Kg6 42.Ra1 Kh5 43.a6 Ra8 44.Rh1+ Kg6 45.axb7 Rb8 46.Rd1 Rxb7 47.Rd6 Ne7 48.Rxe6+ 1-0
2013.11.17 4ncl 2013-14
3250422 GM Hebden, M (2556) GM McDonald, N (2419) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h3 a5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bd3 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.a3 Rc8 18.f3 Rh5 19.Kb1 d4 20.axb4 dxc3 21.Qxc3 axb4 22.Qxb4 Kg8 23.Rc1 b6 24.e4 Qg3 25.Rhg1 Ra8 26.Be3 Qb8 27.Rc3 Ra7 28.Rd1 Kh7 29.Bc6 Qc7 30.Bd5 Ra5 31.Ba2 Qa7 32.Ra3 Rxa3 33.Qxa3 Qe7 34.Qb4 Nfd7 35.Qd4 Nf6 36.Qc4 Ne6 37.Bxb6 Qb7 38.Bd4 Rb5 39.Bc3 Rc5 40.Qd3 Nf4 41.Qe3 Qc7 42.g3 Ne6 43.e5 Ng8 44.f4 Ne7 45.Qd3 Nf5 46.g4 Ne7 47.Bb4 Rc6 48.Bd6 Qa7 49.f5 Nf4 50.Qg3 g5 51.h4 Qa4 52.Qb3 Qe4+ 53.Ka1 Ned5 54.hxg5 Ne3 55.Bb1 Qf3 56.Re1 Nfd5 57.f6+ g6 58.Qb7 1-0
2013.11.16 4ncl 2013-14
3250367 GM McDonald, N (2419) CM Kwiatkowski, F (2215) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Be2 a5 14.O-O Bg5 15.Qd3 Be6 16.Rfd1 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nb8 18.Ne3 Nd7 19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Qc2 g6 21.Nxe5 Qe7 22.Nc4 Nxe4 23.Re1 Nc5 24.g3 Qc7 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bf1 Rfe8 27.h5 a4 28.Qd1 Rxe1 29.Qxe1 Rb8 30.Qe2 Kf8 31.Re1 Bg7 32.Qd2 gxh5 33.Qg5 Qd8 34.Qxh5 h6 35.Qf5 Qf6 36.Qb1 Qg6 37.Qc1 Qg5 38.Nxd6 Qxd5 39.Nxf7 Rc8 40.Nxh6 Qd4 41.Nf5 Qxb2 42.Qe3 Qf6 43.Bh3 Nd7 44.Nxg7 Qxg7 45.Qf4+ Kg8 46.Be6+ 1-0
2013.03.24 4ncl 2012-13
3343122 GM McDonald, N (2454) Holland, J (2245) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nc4 h6 9.a4 Ne7 10.a5 Bc5 11.b4 a6 12.bxc5 axb5 13.cxd6 bxc4 14.dxe7 Qxe7 15.Ba3 c5 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Qxe4 18.Bxc5 Re8 19.Re1 Qd5 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Ra4 c3 23.Qc1 Qe4 24.Ra3 c2 25.Re3 Qh7 26.Bb6 Nf6 27.h3 Nd5 28.Re1 Nc3 29.Qd2 Rc8 30.Kh2 Bd5 31.Bc5 Ne4 32.Qxc2 Nxc5 33.Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.Rc1 f6 35.Ng4 Be6 36.Rxc5 Rd8 37.Rc7 Bxg4 38.hxg4 Rxd4 39.Rxb7 Rxg4 40.a6 Ra4 41.Rb6 Ra3 42.f3 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.Rb7 Rxa6 45.Rxg7+ Kf5 46.Rg8 Ra1 1/2-1/2
2013.03.23 4ncl 2012-13
3343058 FM Morrison, G SCO (2352) GM McDonald, N (2454) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 Ne8 11.d5 h6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nh4 c5 14.a3 Kh7 15.Qd2 Qd8 16.b4 b6 17.Rab1 Ndf6 18.a4 Nh5 19.a5 cxb4 20.Rxb4 bxa5 21.Rb3 a4 22.Ra3 Bd7 23.c5 dxc5 24.Bxc5 Qa5 25.Be7 Nc7 26.Qe3 Rfc8 27.Rea1 Nb5 28.Nxb5 Bxb5 29.Bf1 Bd7 30.Nf3 Re8 31.Bc5 Rac8 32.Bxa7 Bf8 33.Bb6 Qb4 34.Ne1 Nf6 35.Bg2 Bb5 36.Ba7 Nd7 37.Qf3 Kg8 38.Be3 Rc3 39.Rxc3 Qxc3 40.Rc1 Qb2 41.Bf1 a3 42.Bxb5 Qxb5 43.Qd1 Ra8 44.Qc2 Nf6 45.Nf3 Qb4 46.Qc6 Rb8 47.Qxf6 Qxe4 48.Nxe5 Bg7 49.Qxf7+ Kh7 50.Nd7 1-0
2013.03.02 29th Open
3349325 IM Frois, A (2320) GM McDonald, N (2433) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Qe1 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bc5 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bc3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bd4 13.Qc1 Nc5 14.Rd1 Nfxe4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Qf4 Re8 17.Nc3 Ng5 18.Bg2 Nge6 19.Qg4 Qb6 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxb2 0-1
2013.02.27 29th Open
3349104 GM McDonald, N (2433) Migot, T (2284) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b5 9.Bc2 Re8 10.a4 Bb7 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Nf1 g6 13.Bg5 Nb8 14.Qd2 Nbd7 15.Ng3 Nc5 16.d4 Ne6 17.Bh4 Bg7 18.Rad1 c5 19.axb5 axb5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Nxe5 Nf4 23.Qd2 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxe5 25.Qd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Rd1 Ne8 29.Kh3 e5 30.Bg5 c4 31.Kg2 Bc6 32.Rd2 Kf7 33.Bd1 Bf6 34.Be3 Rd8 35.Rxd8 1/2-1/2
2013.02.25 29th Open
3348828 WIM Rodshtein, Tereza (2255) GM McDonald, N (2433) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bd7 4.a3 c5 5.b4 c4 6.d3 b5 7.c3 a5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.a4 bxa4 10.b5 Na7 11.dxc4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxb5 13.O-O Bc5 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Ng5 Ne7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.Rxa4 O-O 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.Rg4 Rfd8 20.Nd2 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 Qe3 22.Nde4 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 h5 25.c4 Nc7 0-1
2013.02.25 29th Open
3348887 GM McDonald, N (2433) GM Svetushkin, D (2612) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.d5 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.a4 f5 14.b3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Ncb6 16.a5 Nc8 17.c4 Nc5 18.Nc3 b4 19.Na2 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 c5 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Re3 Qxa5 23.Bd2 Qc7 24.Nxb4 Bb7 25.Bc3 Nb6 26.Nc2 Nd7 27.Ba5 Qc8 28.Nb4 Nc5 29.Ra2 Kh8 30.Nc2 Ne4 31.Nce1 Nc5 32.b4 Ne6 33.c5 dxc5 34.Nxe5 Bg5 35.Qh5 Qe8 36.Qxe8 Raxe8 37.Rc3 Bf6 38.N1d3 Bd5 39.Rd2 c4 40.Rxc4 Bxc4 41.Nxc4 Rc8 42.Nd6 Rc6 43.Ne4 Bd4 44.g3 Kg8 45.Kg2 Rfc8 46.Ne1 Bb6 47.Nf3 Bxa5 48.bxa5 Nc5 49.Nfg5 h6 50.Nxc5 Rxc5 51.Ne6 R5c6 52.Nf4 g5 53.Nd5 Kf7 54.Nb4 Rf6 55.Rd7+ Kg6 56.Nd5 Rf7 57.Rd6+ Kg7 58.Ne3 Rcf8 59.Rd2 Rb8 60.g4 Rf6 61.Nf5+ Kf7 62.h4 Ke6 63.hxg5 hxg5 64.f3 Ke5 65.Re2+ Kd5 66.Ne7+ Kc4 67.Re4+ Kd3 68.Nf5 Rb5 69.Ra4 Re6 70.Rd4+ Kc3 71.Ra4 Rb4 72.Ra1 Kb2 73.Rh1 Re5 74.Rh5 Rxa5 75.Rxg5 Rab5 76.Rh5 a5 77.Kg3 a4 78.Rh2+ Kb3 79.Ne3 Rc5 80.Rh1 a3 81.Rb1+ Ka4 82.Ra1 Rb3 83.Nf5 Rbc3 84.Nd4 R5c4 85.Ne2 Rc2 86.Nf4 Rc1 87.Ra2 R4c2 88.Ne2 Rxa2 89.Nxc1 Rc2 0-1
2013.02.24 29th Open
3348724 GM McDonald, N (2433) Grochal, J (2175) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Kb1 O-O 11.Bg5 Ne8 12.h4 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.Bc1 d6 16.Be2 b5 17.Ba3 Rf7 18.Rd2 Rc7 19.Kb2 Kf7 20.Rhd1 Bb7 21.Nb3 Rac8 22.Na5 Nc6 23.Nxb7 Rxb7 24.Bxd6 b4 25.Bxb4 Nc7 26.Rd7+ Kg6 27.Kc1 Nxb4 28.cxb4 Rxb4 29.R1d6 Nb5 30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Rxe6 Rbc4 32.Rd2 Ra4 33.Rb6 b4 34.Kb2 Kh5 35.Rb7 Rca8 36.Rxg7 Rxa2+ 37.Kb3 R2a3+ 38.Kc4 Rc8+ 39.Kxb4 Ra1 40.c4 Kxh4 41.Rg4+ Kh5 42.Rd5+ Kh6 43.e5 Rb1+ 44.Kc3 Rc1+ 45.Kd3 f5 46.Rd6+ Kh5 47.Rgd4 Rg1 48.Ke3 Kg5 49.Rd7 h5 50.Kf2 Rc1 51.Rg7+ Kh6 52.Rf7 Rg8 53.Rf6+ Kg5 54.Kg3 Rc3 55.Rf4 Rg6 56.R4xf5+ Kh6+ 57.Rxg6+ Kxg6 58.Rf6+ Kg5 59.Rc6 h4+ 60.Kh2 Rc1 61.Rc8 Kf5 62.c5 Kxe5 63.Rh8 h3 64.Rxh3 1-0
2013.02.23 29th Open
3348623 Kambrath, Y (2232) GM McDonald, N (2433) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.a4 e6 12.Bc3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nd3 Bc6 16.Qb3 d5 17.Nf4 Ra6 18.e4 c4 19.Qc2 Bxb5 20.axb5 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 g5 22.Ne2 Qxb5 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.Qe2 Nc6 26.Nxe6 Rb8 27.Rd1 Qb5 28.h4 gxh4 29.Nc7 Qa4 30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.Rd7 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Bd2 1-0
2013.01.13 4ncl 2012-13
3364630 GM McDonald, N (2454) IM Ghasi, A (2434) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.h4 h5 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.f3 Nc6 8.O-O-O b5 9.Kb1 Rb8 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.Rxh3 e6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Ne5 15.f4 Neg4 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.f5 b4 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qxf5 20.Bd3 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.Bf4 f5 23.Ree3 Qd4 24.Bg5 Ng4 25.c3 bxc3 26.Kc1 cxb2+ 27.Kb1 Be5 28.Bc2 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 Kg7 30.Rd3 Qg4 31.Qe1 Rhe8 32.Qa5 Rb6 33.Rc3 Rc8 34.Qxb6 Bxc3 35.Qc6 Qe2 36.Qd7+ Kg8 37.Qxc8+ Kh7 38.Qxc7+ Bg7 39.Bf6 Qe1+ 40.Kxb2 Qb4+ 1-0
2013.01.12 4ncl 2012-13
3364554 GM Stefanova, A (2491) GM McDonald, N (2454) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Rc1 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Qf3 Rc8 13.g4 g6 14.h4 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bb5 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Ra1 Rd8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Rd2 22.Kg2 Rxb2 23.Bxb7 Qc7 24.Ba8 Qxe5 25.Qf6 Qb8 26.Bf3 Rd2 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Be4 Bd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Qe7 Qd8 31.Qxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rc6 Rd5 33.Rxa6 Rxg5 34.Kf3 h5 35.gxh5 Rxh5 36.a4 Rh1 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.f4 Ra1 40.Ra7 Ra3 41.Kd4 g5 42.fxg5+ Kxg5 43.Rxf7 Rxa4+ 44.Ke5 Kg6 45.Rf6+ Kg7 46.Rxe6 Kf7 47.Rc6 Ke7 48.Rc7+ Ke8 49.e4 Ra6 50.Kf5 Rb6 51.e5 Ra6 52.e6 Ra1 53.Kf6 1/2-1/2
2012.12.09 4th London Classic Open
3371653 Seymour, T (2093) GM McDonald, N (2454) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nf3 c5 8.d5 O-O 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc4 Nbd7 14.g4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bg6 16.Bd3 c4 17.Bxc4 Rc8 18.Bb3 Rxc3 19.Be3 Rd3 20.Qc1 Nxd5 21.Bxa7 Nc3 22.Kg2 Be4 23.Be3 Qf6 0-1
2012.12.08 4th London Classic Open
3371575 Gregory, P (2071) GM McDonald, N (2454) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf3 Nbc6 12.Be3 c4 13.Be2 Bd7 14.g4 Qa5 15.Kd2 Raf8 16.g5 Rf5 17.Nh4 Be8 18.Qg4 h5 19.Qh3 g6 20.Nf3 Nc8 21.Qg3 Nb6 22.Rab1 Na4 23.Rxb7 Qxc3+ 24.Kd1 Qa1+ 25.Bc1 Nc3+ 0-1
2012.12.07 4th London Classic Open
3375108 GM McDonald, N (2454) Luncasu, R (2118) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Ne7 8.Bg5 Nbc6 9.N1d2 O-O 10.Qh5 f6 11.Bf4 d6 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.Be2 b5 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.c3 Bd7 16.Bg3 Rae8 17.f4 g6 18.Qh4 Nc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Nd2 Bb5 21.Bf2 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 f5 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Nf3 Bc6 25.Nd4 Be4 26.Rde1 d5 27.Kg1 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Rb8 29.Bg4 Qb6 30.Rf2 Rf7 31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.Qxe4 Re8 33.g3 e5 34.Kg2 Qb7 35.Qxb7 Rxb7 36.Be2 Rc7 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.Bf1 Kg7 39.Rd2 Ra5 40.a3 Rb5 41.b4 cxb3 42.Bxb5 axb5 43.Kf2 Rxc3 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Rd4 Rc2+ 46.Ke3 Rc4 47.Rd2 Ke5 48.Rb2 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 Kd4 50.Kd1 Rf3 51.Ke2 Kc3 0-1
2012.12.06 4th London Classic Open
3374987 FM Gunajew, R (2260) GM McDonald, N (2454) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nf3 a5 11.Nf4 Rc8 12.Nh5 h6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.b3 Rc3 15.Be2 Qc8 16.Bd2 Rc6 17.a3 Nc2 18.Ra2 Nxa3 19.Bxa5 Rg8 20.Bd3 Na8 21.Bd2 b5 22.Bxh6 b4 23.Qd2 Rc3 24.Bh7 Bb5 25.Bxg8 Bxf1 26.Qf4 f5 27.Bxg7 Rc1 28.h3 Be2+ 29.Kh2 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Rc2 31.Rxc2 Qxc2 32.Kg2 Bxg7 33.Nxg7+ Kf8 34.Nxe6+ Kxg8 35.Qg5+ Kf7 36.Qf6+ Ke8 37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Qd7+ 1-0
2012.12.05 4th London Classic Open
3374884 GM McDonald, N (2454) Villiers, Thomas 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Qc7 9.Bb3 b5 10.Nd5 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Bb7 13.Nc7+ Kf8 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Nxa8 Bxa8 16.a4 b4 17.Nc4 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.O-O-O N7f6 20.Bg5 e4 21.fxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe7+ Kxe7 23.Rhe1 f5 24.g4 g6 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Nd2 Nc7 27.Nf3 Kf6 28.Rd7 Ne6 29.Ra7 N4c5 30.Bxe6 Bxf3 31.Rf7+ Kg6 32.Rxf5 Nxe6 33.Rxf3 Ng5 34.Rg1 Kh5 35.Rf5 h6 36.h4 Kxh4 37.Rfxg5 hxg5 38.Rh1+ Kg3 39.Rxh8 1-0
2012.12.04 4th London Classic Open
3374758 FM Ledger, D (2266) GM McDonald, N (2454) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd4 Ne4 15.Qe3 Qd7 16.Nf2 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nxf2 18.Rxf2 Ba4 19.f5 exf5 20.Bd3 Qc6 21.Bxf5 Rce8 22.b3 Bb5 23.a4 Ba6 24.Qh3 Qh6 25.Qxh6 gxh6 26.Rf3 Bc8 27.Rg3+ Kh8 28.e6+ f6 29.Re1 Rg8 30.Rh3 Rg5 31.g4 Reg8 32.Kf2 h5 33.Be3 Rxg4 34.Rxh5 Rg2+ 35.Kf3 R2g7 36.Bd4 Re8 37.Rh6 Kg8 38.c3 Rg5 39.Rg1 Rxg1 40.Bxg1 Bf8 41.Rh4 Bxe6 42.Bxh7+ Kf7 43.Bd3 Bg7 44.Bd4 Bd7 45.Kf2 Be6 46.b4 Rb8 47.Ke3 Bd7 48.Bc2 Rb7 49.Rh5 Be6 50.Bd3 Rc7 51.Kd2 Bd7 52.Bc2 Be6 53.Rh7 Bg4 54.a5 bxa5 55.bxa5 Bf3 56.Rh4 Re7 57.Bd3 Kg8 58.Bh7+ Kf7 59.Bd3 Kg8 60.a6 Be4 61.Bxe4 dxe4 62.Rh5 Re6 63.Ra5 Bh6+ 64.Ke2 f5 65.Bxa7 f4 66.Be3 f3+ 67.Kf2 Bxe3+ 68.Kxe3 Re8 69.a7 Ra8 70.h4 Kf7 71.Ra6 Ke7 72.h5 Kd7 73.h6 Kc7 74.Rg6 Rf8 75.Rf6 Re8 76.Rf7+ Kb6 77.h7 Rc8 78.c4 Re8 79.Rg7 1-0
2012.12.03 4th London Classic Open
3374643 GM McDonald, N (2454) Moriuchi, T (2316) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.Bg5 Ng4 10.Qxd3 Nce5 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qd1 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Ne5 14.Qe3 g6 15.f4 Ng4 16.Qd4 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.h3 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Nf2+ 21.Kh2 Ke6 22.b4 Ba7 23.Nd2 Rhc8 24.c4 f6 25.Bh4 Nd3 26.Rf1 g5 27.Rf3 gxh4 28.Rxd3 Bf2 29.Rd1 a5 30.b5 Bd4 31.Nf3 Rxc4 32.Nxh4 Rc2 33.R1d2 Rac8 34.Nf5 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Rc4 36.g4 a4 37.Kg3 a3 38.Rd3 Bc5 39.Ng7+ Ke7 40.Nf5+ Ke6 41.Ng7+ Ke7 42.Nf5+ 1/2-1/2
2012.12.02 4th London Classic Open
3374531 Guerrero, An (2206) GM McDonald, N (2454) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.e5 f6 7.Nf4 fxe5 8.Qh5+ Kf8 9.dxe5 Qe8 10.Qe2 Nh6 11.Nd3 Nf5 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.b4 Bb6 14.Qd2 a5 15.b5 Ncd4 16.a4 Rc8 17.Ne2 c6 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.c3 Bb6 20.bxc6 Rxc6 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qg6 23.Nf4 Qe4 24.Bd3 Qxe5 25.Bxh7 Ke8 26.Ng6 Qe4 27.Rf1 Bxe3 28.Qe2 Rxc3 29.Rf7 Bc6 30.Re7+ Kd8 31.Nxh8 Qh4+ 32.Kf1 Qxe7 0-1
2012.12.01 4th London Classic Open
3374422 GM McDonald, N (2454) Siddharth, Gopakumar (2054) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.d3 b5 8.Bc2 O-O 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nf1 d5 13.Ng3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nd7 15.h4 f6 16.h5 Bf7 17.Nf5 Ne7 18.N3h4 Re8 19.Rg1 Nxf5 20.gxf5 Kh8 21.Qg4 Rg8 22.Ng6+ Bxg6 23.hxg6 h6 24.Bxh6 1-0
2012.11.04 4ncl 2012-13
3390596 GM McDonald, N (2454) IM Cooper, J (2343) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 h6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bc5 Bxc5 14.Nxc5 Qb6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nd4 Nd6 18.Nc5 Qb6 19.Ndb3 Bf5 20.Qf3 Rfe8 21.Qf4 Ne4 22.Na4 Qa6 23.Qxf5 Qxa4 24.Qd7 Qc4 25.c3 c5 26.Rad1 Nf6 27.Qc6 Rec8 28.Qd6 a5 29.Re3 a4 30.Nc1 Rd8 31.Qg3 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qd3 Qxd3 34.Nxd3 c4 35.Nf4 Rd8 36.Rd2 g5 37.Ne2 a3 38.bxa3 Ra8 39.f3 Rxa3 40.Kf2 Kf8 41.Ke3 Ke7 42.Kd4 Ke6 43.Kc5 Nd7+ 44.Kb4 Ra8 45.Nd4+ Kd6 46.Nf5+ Ke6 47.Nxh6 Rb8+ 48.Ka3 Nc5 49.Re2+ Kd7 50.Nxf7 Ra8+ 51.Kb2 Nd3+ 52.Kb1 Ra3 53.Ne5+ Kd6 54.Nxd3 cxd3 55.Rd2 Rxc3 56.Kb2 d4 57.g3 Kd5 58.Rh2 Rc8 59.a4 Kc4 60.a5 Ra8 61.h4 1/2-1/2
2012.11.03 4ncl 2012-13
3390556 GM Williams, Si1 (2511) GM McDonald, N (2454) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7 9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 Bxc5 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Nd7 Nxd7 14.Rxd7 Na5 15.Be2 Bc6 16.Rc7 Rfc8 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Rd1 Bb4 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Be7 21.g4 g5 22.Bg3 Rc2 23.b4 Bxb4 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Be5+ f6 26.Rd7+ Kf8 27.Bxf6 Nc4 28.Rd4 Kf7 29.Bxg5 Rc1+ 30.Kg2 Nd6 31.Rxb4 1-0
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