[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.10"] [Round "9.38"] [White "Kendall, Arthur"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [WhiteFideId "343410960"] 1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. a3 Qxc5 8. b4 Qc7 9. Bb2 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Nd4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Qb7 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. N2f3 Rfd8 20. h3 a6 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 N7f6 23. Be5 e6 24. Qc4 b5 25. Qc6 Qa8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Nfd4 Ne4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.09"] [Round "8.30"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "Wilkinson, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1889"] [ECO "C80"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Variation "open, 7.Bb3"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [BlackFideId "343427057"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. Be3 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Nd2 c5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 Qc8 15. Qg3 Qf5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. e6 Bd5 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc7 Rd3 21. Qb7 Qe6 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Rd1 c4 24. a3 h6 25. g3 Bg5 26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Qa8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [Round "7.18"] [White "Rughani, Mahin"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1906"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni"] [Variation "Mujannah formation"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [WhiteFideId "343417060"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nge2 g6 6. Ng3 Bg7 7. h4 h5 8. Ngxe4 Qa5 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bd2 Qb4 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. a3 Qg4 13. Be2 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. Be2 Qf5 16. Be3 d6 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. f3 Ne5 19. O-O-O b5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Rdg1 Rxb5 22. Nxb5 Nc4 23. Qe2 Qe5 24. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 25. Kd1 Ba6 26. Re1 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Qd4+ 28. Kc1 Bxh4 29. Re4 Bg5+ 30. Kb1 Qd2 31. Qe2 Qa5 32. Re1 Re8 33. Re6 Bf6 34. Qe4 Rb8 35. Rxf6+ exf6 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Re6 Qc3 38. b3 Rxb3+ 39. cxb3 Qd3+ 40. Kc1 Qc3+ 41. Kd1 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [Round "6.29"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "Collins, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1868"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "KP"] [Variation "Nimzovich defence"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [BlackFideId "438456"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d6 cxd6 8. Nc3 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. Bc4 Nf4 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ne6 14. Qd2 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. O-O Qc5 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nd5 Nc5 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. Rfd1 Qc6 24. b4 Rh8 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Nd2 b5 29. a5 Rc8 30. Nf3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qc6 32. Qe3 Be7 33. Rd3 Rc8 34. Qa7 Ra8 35. Qe3 Rc8 36. Rc3 Qb7 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Qa7 Ke8 39. Nb6 Qc6 40. Qxa6 Qxc2 41. Qb7 Qc6 42. a6 Nd8 43. Qb8 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. a7 Nc6 46. Qb7 Nxa7 47. Qxa7 Qc6 48. Qxd7 Qxd7 49. Nxd7 d5 50. exd5 Bxb4 51. Kf1 Ke7 52. Nb8 Kd6 53. Nc6 Bc5 54. Ke2 Kxd5 55. Na5 Bb6 56. Nb3 Kc4 57. Nfd2+ Kc3 58. f3 f5 59. Nc1 Bc7 60. Ke3 f4+ 61. gxf4 exf4+ 62. Ke2 Kc2 63. Nd3 Bd8 64. Nxf4 g5 65. Ne6 Ba5 66. Nd4+ Kb2 67. hxg5 Bd8 68. g6 Bf6 69. Nxb5 h4 70. Ne4 Bh8 71. f4 Kb3 72. f5 Kc4 73. f6 1-0

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.06"] [Round "5.41"] [White "Blinkhorn, Joshua"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1838"] [ECO "B05"] [Opening "Alekhine's defence"] [Variation "modern variation, 4...Bg4"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [WhiteFideId "343410545"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc4 12. Bc1 b6 13. b3 Na5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Be3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Be2 d4 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Re1 Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bg3 N7b6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Bc4 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. a4 Qb4 28. Re4 Rab8 29. Bf4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Bg5 31. Qe4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.05"] [Round "4.43"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "Nguyen, Lam Vy Le"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "1807"] [ECO "C69"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [BlackFideId "343410855"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qd7 8. Qg3 f6 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 h5 11. f4 exf4 12. Qxf4 Bc5+ 13. Be3 g5 14. Qf2 Bb4 15. Qf5 g4 16. Ne2 Kb8 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. h4 Be7 19. Rf5 Bd8 20. Ng3 Rdh7 21. Bd4 Kc8 22. Raf1 Kd7 23. e5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne7 25. Bxh8 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxh8 27. g3 Bf6 28. c3 Re8 29. Rf2 Re6 30. Kf1 Re8 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Ke6 33. Ne3 c5 34. Ng2 Be5 35. Kf2 b6 36. Ne3 Bf6 37. Nf1 Kf5 38. Nd2 Bg7 39. Ne4 Bh6 40. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.03"] [Round "2.43"] [White "Parikh, Naavya"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine's defence"] [Variation "Scandinavian variation"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [WhiteFideId "483982"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Nd2 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Rxe7 Qd6 18. Re3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rbe1 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Be6 22. Re1 Kh7 23. Rb1 b6 24. c3 c5 25. Rd1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe6 27. c4 Re8 28. g3 Rd8 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Re3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Qxb4 a5 34. Qb5 Qd6 35. Kf1 Qd4 36. Ke2 Rd6 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. Rxe5 Re6 39. f4 Kf6 40. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "111th ch-GBR Major Open"] [Site "Liverpool ENG"] [Date "2025.08.02"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "De Silva, Sithun"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1817"] [ECO "B11"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"] [EventDate "2025.07.02"] [BlackFideId "343419925"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Kh1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe5 15. f4 Qc7 16. e5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. c4 Ne7 20. g4 Ng6 21. Bc3 Rcd8 22. Rad1 h6 23. Be4 Ngf8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. Bd4 Qb3 26. Bg2 Nb6 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Nd2 30. Rf4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2022.04.19"] [Round "7.62"] [White "Crockart, S"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2111"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2022.01.25"] [WhiteFideId "470147"] [WhiteTeam "Plymouth 1"] [BlackTeam "Atticus"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 b4 4. a3 a5 5. axb4 cxb4 6. c3 Bb7 7. cxb4 e6 8. b5 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2022.04.05"] [Round "6.72"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "Smallbone, K"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2179"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"] [EventDate "2022.01.25"] [BlackFideId "406589"] [WhiteTeam "Atticus"] [BlackTeam "Oxford 1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Qc5+ Ke8 16. Qxa7 Bd6 17. a4 Qf6 18. Qe3 Ke7 19. Qa7+ Ke8 20. Qe3 h5 21. h4 Rc8 22. Bd2 Kd7 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Ke2 Ra8 25. Qe4 Ra5 26. f4 Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Rb5 Rc5 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Ra1 Be7 31. c4 Ra6 32. Kd3 g6 33. a5 Bxh4 34. Ke3 Kc6 35. Rb1 Be7 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. Rb6+ Kc7 38. Kf3 Kd7 39. Bc3 Bd8 40. Rb5 Kc6 41. Bd2 Rb7 42. Rd5 Bf6 43. a6 Ra7 44. Ra5 Kb6 45. c5+ Kc6 46. Be3 Bd8 47. Ra2 Bc7 48. Ra1 Kb5 49. Rb1+ Kc6 50. Ra1 h4 51. Ra2 h3 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2022.03.22"] [Round "5.72"] [White "Coates, D"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2022.01.25"] [WhiteFideId "468606"] [WhiteTeam "Ashfield Anonymous A"] [BlackTeam "Atticus"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 b4 4. a4 d6 5. Nd2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc4 a5 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rab1 Rae8 16. Bf4 Kg8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ncxe5 Qc8 20. b3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Nc6 Nxd5 24. Nxd8 Nxf4 25. Qe4 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Rxd8 27. Qxe7 Rd5 28. Re3 Rg5+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxh3 31. Qxf7 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 h5 33. Re1 Kh6 34. Re7 Bd4 35. Ke2 h4 36. Qf3 Qh2+ 37. Kd3 Qd6 38. Re4 Qa6+ 39. c4 bxc3+ 40. Kc2 Bf6 41. Qe3+ Kg7 42. Qxc5 Qf1 43. Qa7+ Kh6 44. Qe3+ Kh5 45. Qc5+ g5 46. Qc4 Qxc4 47. bxc4 h3 48. c5 h2 49. Re1 g4 50. c6 Bd8 51. Kxc3 g3 52. Rh1 Kh4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2022.03.08"] [Round "4.62"] [White "Williams, John P"] [Black "Taylor, Adam A"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2188"] [ECO "B32"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"] [EventDate "2022.01.25"] [BlackFideId "415790"] [WhiteTeam "Atticus"] [BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. a4 O-O 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 f5 20. Rc6 f4 21. Bd2 e4 22. Rac1 e3 23. fxe3 f3 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. R6xc3 f2+ 26. Kf1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2022.02.22"] [Round "3.82"] [White "Wilson, Jaimie"] [Black "Williams, John P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2096"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine's defence"] [Variation "Scandinavian variation"] [EventDate "2022.01.25"] [WhiteFideId "464112"] [WhiteTeam "Wessex Some Stars A"] [BlackTeam "Atticus"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. c3 e6 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Bb3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Re4 c5 19. Ne2 Bc6 1/2-1/2