Dr.Dave's Adventures at East Devon, 2000

This tournament somehow escaped record until 2016... I was going through a 1.e4 phase in a vain attempt to sharpen my game.

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[Event "Exeter Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Regis, D."]
[Black "Evans, DK."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "83"]

{It's always nice to start a tournament with a win.  White plays the
theoretically-pointless Exchange French and gets a standard IQP attacking
position out of it.  Surprisingly, everything worked out well for me, Black
never getting any counterplay going despite a cheeky Rook manoeuvre.} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 (2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 (3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 b6 (4... e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 c6
7. b3 Qc7 8. Bb2 a5 9. g3 Nh6 10. Bh3 f6 11. a4 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc4 Nf7 14.
Ne1 Re8 15. Nd3 Bf8 16. Bc3 b6 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Be3 Nf8 20. Bxc8
Raxc8 21. c3 Ne6 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23. b4 axb4 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 c5 26. Rac1
Qc6 27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Rd5 Ra8 29. a5 Nc7 30. Rdd1 Qxe4 31. Qf7 Ne6 32. axb6 Qxb4
33. Rb1 Qa4 34. b7 Rab8 35. Rd7 Qc6 36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Rbd1 Rbf8 38. Bxg7+ Nxg7
39. Qxf8 Rxf8 40. Rd8 Ne6 41. Rxf8+ Nxf8 42. b8=Q Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kh6 44. Qf7 {
1-0 Morozevich,A-Nikolic,P/Corus 2000/The Week in Chess 273}) 5. Nd2 Ba6 6. Nc4
Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 b5 13. Ne3
Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Qe4 Qc7 17. Be2 f5 18. Qa4 Nf7 19. Bf4 e5
20. Bg3 f4 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. O-O-O fxg3 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qd6 25. Nf4 Qb8 26.
Ne6 Ng5 27. Bc4 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2 29. Rxh2 Bd6 30. f4 e4 31. g3 Qc7 32. Qd4
Rf8 33. Qxe4 Qe7 34. Rxh7 Qxh7 35. Rxd6 Qc7 36. Bf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxg6+ {1-0
Morozevich,A-Lputian,S/Corus 2000/The Week in Chess 273}) 3... Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6
(4... b6 5. g3 Ba6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4
h6 12. h5 Qb6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. a4 b4 16. c3 a5 17. c4 d4 18. Nd5
exd5 19. cxd5 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxg7 Re8 24.
Qf3 Rdd8 25. Qxf7 Qc6 26. Rxe7 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Bareev,E/Intel Qualifier,
Moscow RUS 1995}) 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Bg4 (9...
dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nc4 a4 13. Rd1 f6 14. Ne3 Qe8 15. Nd5 Bd6 16.
Be3 Ra5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Kh8 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. c4 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Bg4 23. Be2 f5 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 f4 26. Bd2 h5 27. Rf1 g5 28. g4 fxg3 29.
fxg3 Qg6 30. g4 Nf6 31. Qc4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kg7 33. b4 Qh6 34. Qe2 Rh8 35. Qg2
Ng8 36. Qg3 Ne7 37. Bg2 Ng6 38. Rf5 Nf4 39. Bf3 Ra8 40. Bxf4 gxf4 41. Qe1 Bxb4
42. Qc1 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Qg3+ {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Morozewich,A/Yalta
Rapid 1995}) 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15.
Nf5 Qf8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ne6 21. b5
Ncd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. Rbc1 Nc5 26. Qg5 Bxf5 27. exf5
h6 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc5 d3 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Rxc7 Qd5 33. Qg4 Qd4
34. Re8+ {1-0 Morozevich,A-Pushkov,N/ch-RUS, Elista 1995}) 2... d5 3. exd5 exd5
4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 h6
11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 (13... Qxd4 14. Rxe7) 14. Bf4 a5 15. a3 a4
16. Bc2 Ra5 {Cheeky, but Black has no follow-up, and is soon facing direct
threats.} 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Be5 Be7 19. Qd3 {Now White has real attacking
chances.} (19. Qf5) 19... g6 20. Re3 {Also cheeky!} Kh7 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 Kg7
23. Rg4 Rf8 24. Qg3 {[#] Black suddenly risks everything on a flawed Queen
sacrifice.  At the time I was relieved and bewildered, but on reflection, this
is much worse for Black than I realised at the time.} (24. Qf5 $1 $18 Nbd5 25.
Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) 24... Rxe5 (24... Rg8 25. Bc7) (24... Qd7
25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) (24... Qe8 25. Bxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qc7 Qd8 (
26... Ra6 27. Rxg6+ Kh7) 27. Rxg6+) (24... Rh8 25. Bxg6 (25. Bc7)) (24... Nbd5
25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) 25. dxe5 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nxg4 27. Qxg4
Rd8 {White now gives a fine demonstration of poor finishing-off technique.} 28.
Ne4 (28. Nxa4 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Rd2 30. Qc4 Rd5 31. f4) 28... Rd4 29. Qf3 Nc4 {oops
} 30. Bxa4 (30. Bc2) 30... Nxe5 31. Qe3 Rd5 32. Bb3 (32. f4) 32... Rd3 33. Qf4
f6 34. Bc2 Rd4 35. Qe3 c5 36. f4 Nc4 37. Qb3 f5 38. Qxb7 Kf8 39. Nxc5 Rd2 40.
Qc8+ Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Exeter Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wheatley, GW."]
[Black "Regis, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "Regis,Dave"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 {It's always hard facing your own opening.} g6 (1... e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2
g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 (9. h3 f4) 9...
Ne7 (9... f4 10. Nxf6+ (10. gxf4 Nh5 (10... exf4 11. Nexf4 Ne5 12. Ne3 Nxe4 13.
dxe4 Rxf4 14. Nf5 Rg4 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Nc6 17. b3 Qf6 18. Be3 Kg8 19. f5
Ne5 20. h3 Rh4 21. Qd2 Rh5 22. Qa5 Qf7 23. Rf2 b6 24. Qd2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Qg7 26.
Bd4 Re8 27. Qb2 gxf5 28. exf5 Qg3 29. Qc3 Rxh3 30. Qxg3+ Rxg3 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ 32.
Rxg2+ Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Kf7 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Kf4 h5 37. Bxe5+ dxe5+ 38.
Kxe5 h4 39. Rh3 Kf7 40. b4 c6 41. a4 Rh6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Kg4 Rh8 44. Re3 h3 45.
Re6+ Kf7 46. Re1 h2 47. Rh1 Kf6 48. b5 c5 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50. Kg3 Rxc4 51. Rxh2
Kxf5 52. Rh5+ Ke4 53. Kf2 Kd3 54. a5 Rc2+ 55. Ke1 Kc4 56. Rh7 Kxb5 57. Rxa7
bxa5 58. Kd1 Rh2 59. Kc1 c4 60. Rg7 Kb4 61. Kb1 a4 62. Ka1 Kc3 63. Ra7 Kd2 64.
Rd7+ Kc2 65. Rb7 c3 66. Rc7 Kd2 67. Rd7+ Kc1 68. Rc7 c2 69. Rd7 Rd2 70. Rh7 Rd3
71. Ka2 Kd2 72. Rh2+ Kc3 73. Rh1 Rd1 74. Rh3+ Kb4 75. Rh4+ Ka5 76. Rh5+ {0-1 
(76) Noguchi,K (1832)-Tun,S (2129) Kuala Lumpur 2005}) 11. Be3 (11. fxe5 dxe5
12. f4 (12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 Nf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rxf3 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Kh1 Rf7 17. Qe3
c6 18. Ndc3 Qd6 19. f4 Qf8 20. f5 h6 21. Bh4 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rf2 Nf4 24.
Rg1 Qd6 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qxd3 27. Qe5 Raf8 {0-1 (27) Thinius,M (2361)
-Berzinsh,R (2405) Magdeburg 2012}) (12. Bd2 Rf7 13. Qc1 Qf8 14. f3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb4 Be5 17. Nc2 Qd6 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Qe1 Bg4 20. Qh4 h5 21. Kh1
Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Raf8 23. Bh6 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf1 25. Kxf1 Kh7 26. Bd2 Bxh2 27. Qf2
Be5 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bg5 Qc6 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Qd8 Qd7 32. Kg1 Bh2+ {0-1 (32)
Wuttke,H (2203)-Thinius,M (2361) Germany 2013}) 12... Bg4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
Nxf4 15. Nexf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd4 17. Rf1 c6 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Be3 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1
Bd4 21. Qh3 Nf4 22. Qg3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qg5+ 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. hxg3 Nxd3 26. b3
Ne5 27. Rf1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Kf7 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Ne3 Kf6
33. Nf5 c5 34. Ke3 Ng4+ 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Ng7 Nf6 37. Ke3 Ng4+ 38. Kf3 Nf6 39.
Ke3 b6 40. Kf3 a6 41. a3 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Nf5 h3 44. Ne7 Nxe4 45. Nd5 Nd2+
46. Kg3 Nxb3 47. Nxb6 Kd4 48. Kxh3 Nd2 49. a4 Nxc4 50. Nd7 Ne5 51. Nb8 a5 52.
Kg2 c4 53. Kf2 c3 54. Ke2 Kc5 55. Kd1 Kb6 56. Kc2 Kb7 57. Kxc3 Kxb8 58. Kd4
Nc6+ 59. Kc5 Kc7 60. Kb5 Kb7 61. Kc5 Na7 {0-1 (61) Rosner,J (2292)-Filipovic,B
(2357) Baden 2013}) 11... Nd4 12. f5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 c6 14. Nc3 Qh4 15. fxg6 Nf4
16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. f3 hxg6 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Ne2 Rh4 20. Rd1 Bh6 21. Ng3 Bf4 22.
Bh1 Qg5 23. Rf2 Be3 24. Kf1 Bh3+ 25. Bg2 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rf8 27. Bxh3 Rxh3 28.
Kg2 Qh6 29. Rh1 c5 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qh6 32. Kf1 Rf4 33. Kg2 Rfh4 34. Kg1
Qf4 35. Kg2 Rh7 36. a3 g5 37. Qe1 Qh4 38. Qg1 Qf4 39. Qe1 b6 40. b3 Kf7 41. b4
Ke6 42. b5 Rh8 43. a4 R8h7 44. a5 Rh8 45. a6 R8h7 46. Qd1 Qe3 47. Nf5 Qf4 48.
Ng3 Kd7 49. Qe1 Qh4 50. Qg1 Kc7 51. Kf2 Qf4 52. Ke2 Qxg3 53. hxg3 Rxh1 54. Qxh1
Rxh1 55. g4 Rh2+ {0-1 (55) Bakre,T (2513)-Thomassen,J (2400) San Sebastian 2012
}) 10... Qxf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Qh4 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. f3 Be5 15. Ng3 Bh5 16.
Qd2 Rf4 17. Qf2 Raf8 18. Ne2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 R4f7 20. Be3 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bg7 22.
f4 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd4 24. Rf2 c6 25. Bh3 b6 26. Kg2 Re7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rff1
Kg7 29. Rbe1 Bc3 30. Re2 d5 31. Rc2 Bd4 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. exd5 Bc5 34. Be6 Bd6
35. Rc4 b5 36. Rc6 Bxf4 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Rf1 Rbb8 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 
(40) Fossum,O (2217)-Astrup,K (2159) Oslo 2006}) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be3 (11.
Be3 {Smejkal J-Timman J/1, Prague GMA 1990/0-1 (36)}) 11... c6 12. Rc1 Be6 13.
f4 Qd7 14. Qd2 a6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb6 Rde8 17. Bf2 fxe4 18. dxe4 exf4 19. gxf4
Bh3 20. Ng3 h5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Bc5 Bg7 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1
Bxe5 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Re1 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Kf7 29. b4 Be6 30. b5 Bxc4 31. bxc6 bxc6
32. a3 Bd5 33. Bf1 a5 34. Bh3 Ng8 35. Rb1 Re4 36. Rb7+ Kf6) 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6
(3... Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1 h6 (8... O-O 9. b4 a6
10. a4 h6 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Rc8 15. Ra7 b6 16. Qc2
g5 17. Rfa1 f4 18. Nd2 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qe8 20. Nce4 Ng4 21. Nf1 Nf5 22. e3 Qg6
23. Rb7 Nh4 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. f3 Rxf3 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Nh2 Rcf8 28. Raa7 h3 29.
Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nf2 {0-1 Schneider,B-Short,N/Solingen 1986/TD 86\01}) 9. b4
O-O 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Be6 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Nd2 b6 14. e3 g5 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4
f4 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. c5 Rce8 20. Rc1 Nf5 21. Qd3 Kh8 22. cxd6 cxd6
23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Rf1 Qh5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bh3 27. Ne5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 g4
29. Bxd6 Rf6 30. Bb8 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 f3 32. Nxf3 gxf3 33. Qxf3 Nh4 {0-1 Psakhis,
L-Kasparov,G/Murcia 1990}) 4. Bg2 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be6 (6... f5) 7. d3 f5 (
7... Nge7) 8. exf5 gxf5 9. f4 {Quite the right response.  Black is now
struggling to justify his system.} Nge7 (9... Nf6) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Qd7 12.
Rb1 Nd8 13. b4 c6 14. Ne3 Nf7 15. Bb2 Ng6 16. d4 exd4 (16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4
18. gxf4) 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rbd1 {[#] Black pops up
to snatch a Pawn, but suffers from lack of activity and weak squares
everywhere.} Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxe2 22. Bf3 Re6 23. h4 Qe7 24. h5 Nf8 25. Kf2 d5 (
25... Re8) 26. Ne3 Nd6 {[#]} 27. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 28. Bxd5 Ne4+ 29. Kg2 Qg7 30.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rd7+ Kh6 33. Rxb7 Rg8 34. Rf3 Nd4 35. Re3 Nc2 36.
Rb3 Nd4 (36... Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nc2 38. Rd3) 37. Ra3 Ne2 38. Ra6+ Kxh5 39. Rxh7+
Kg4 40. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "Exeter Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Regis, D."]
[Black "Bolt, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 (6. Nxe5 Nxe5 (6...
cxd4 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. Qc4 O-O 12. Qxc6 bxc6
13. a3 Re8+ 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Kd2 Rb8 17. Kc2 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Rxe3
19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Be6 22. c4 Kf8 23. Kc3 Ke7 24. d5 cxd5 25.
cxd5 a4 26. Bc4 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Burnett,R/International 1999}) 7. dxe5 Qxe5+
8. Be2 {(Hodge)} (8. Be3 {+= Chandler} Bd7 9. Qb3 (9. Na3 Nf6 10. Qf3 O-O-O 11.
O-O-O Bc6 12. Qh3+ Bd7 13. Qh4 Ng4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 f6 17.
Rxd7 Rxd7 18. Bg4 Kb8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nd5 Qc6 22. Qg3+ Qd6 23.
Re1 Kc8 24. Qg4+ Kd8 25. Rd1 Ke8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Qe6+ Be7 29.
Qc8+ Bd8 30. Qxb7 Rg8 31. g3 {1-0 Fatalibekova,E-Mashinskaya,I/ch-RUS (women),
Elista RUS (1.4) 1998}) (9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Qb3 (10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. Bb5
O-O 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. h3 Qc6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Bg5 c4 18. Qc2 Rfe8
19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Qf5 Bc5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Nf5 Rxd1+
25. Kxd1 Qd8+ 26. Ke1 Bf8 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Qf3 Qe7+ 29. Kf1 Qe5 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31.
Qc8 Kg8 32. Qc6 Kg7 {ZÜ 1-0 Eppinger,G-Baumstark,T/OLWuert 1992/GER 01}) 10...
Be7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb2 13. Rc1 Rxd2 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Be2 Qd5+ 16. Ke1
Qxg2 17. Rf1 Re8 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Qa6 h5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxh2 22. a4 Qe5
23. a5 Qxc3+ 24. Ke2 Ra8 25. a6 Ng4 26. Rd3 Qc2+ 27. Rd2 Qe4 28. a7 Nxe3 29.
fxe3 Kh7 30. Qd7 Bg5 31. Qf5+ {1-0 Vajda,L-Muzik,M/Komercni Banka Open 1999})
9... Bc6 (9... Nf6 10. Na3 Be7 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qa4 Rd8 14. Bxd7+
Rxd7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Rxd7 bxa4 18. Rexe7+ Kf8 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 20.
Rxg7+ Kf8 21. Bd6+ {1-0 Okhotnik,V-Hansen,S/Lyngby op 1990/EXT 90op}) 10. Bb5
Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. a4 b6
17. Rad1 Nf5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 Rfd8 20. Ra1 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Bf4 Rd7 {
1-0 Afek,Y-Van Linde,P/Donner op, Amsterdam NED 1996}) (8. Be2 Bd7 (8... Bg4 9.
Be3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Qc4 Kb8 15. h3
Qd5 16. Qa4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rfe1 Rhe8 19. Rad1 Kc7 20. Kf1 Kc6 21. Bc1
Re6 22. Bf4 Rde8 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxd6+ Kb5 25. Be3 R4e6 26. Rd5 b6 27. Nd4+ {
1-0 Tolnai,T-Rovid,K/Duna Kupa 1992}) (8... Nf6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bf3 O-O-O 11.
Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nb5 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Bxd5
Bxd5 18. Nc7 Be6 19. Na8 Kd8 20. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1+ Ke8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
Be7 24. Bc7 f6 25. Bb6 c4 26. Rd4 Kf7 27. Rxc4 Re8 28. Rc7 Kg6 29. Kf1 Bd6 30.
Rxb7 Bf4 31. Be3 {1-0 Chrz,P-Pospech,R/Czech League 1995}) 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nd2
Bc6 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. g3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. Qe3 h6 17.
Qe6+ Rd7 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne6 Bd6 20. Be3 b6 21. Rfd1 g5 22. b4 Be5 23. bxc5
Bxc3 24. Rac1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ng4 26. cxb6 Nxe3 27. bxa7 Kb7 28. Rd7+ Kb6 29.
Nd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Kxa7 31. fxe3 {1-0 Moser,E-Morkunaite,E/Eur Youth Ch g18 1999
}) (8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Na3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 a6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Be3 b6 13. b4 b5 14.
Bf3 Rb8 15. Bxc5 bxc4 16. Bc6+ Bd7 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rhe1+ Kd8 19. Re7 Bd6 20.
Rxf7 Bxc5 21. Bxd7 Bf8 22. Bb5+ {1-0 Godena,M-De Eccher,S/Chianciano 1987})) (
6. Nbd2 exd4 (6... cxd4 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. cxd4 exd4 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qb3
Qc7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nb3 Bf6 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Ne7 18. Ne6 Nd5 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Rhe8 21. Rad1+ Kc6 22. Rd6+ Kb5 23.
Red1 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Rd5+ Kc6 27. Rc5+ Kd6 28. Rc2 a6 29.
Kf1 Kd5 30. b3 Re7 31. Rc5+ Kd6 32. Rh5 Ke6 33. Rxh7 Rc7 34. Rh8 Kd5 35. Rh5+
Ke4 36. Ra5 Rc2 37. h4 Kd3 38. h5 Bd4 39. Rd5 {1-0 Filipovic,B-Bozinovic,B/
Open 1999}) (6... Bg4 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Nxf3 cxd4 10. O-O Na5 11. Bb5
Nxb3 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. axb3 f6 14. cxd4 e4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4 Ke6 17. d5+ Kf6
18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Rxa7 Bc5 20. Rxb7 Bxb6 21. Rxb6+ {1-0 Klaman-Chantadze/
Sevastopol 1976}) 7. Bc4 Qf5 8. O-O (8. cxd4 cxd4 9. O-O Be6 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11.
Re1 Bd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Bb4 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Be3 b5 16. Nxd4 bxc4 17. Qa4
Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe6 19. Qxb4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd5 21. Qxc4+ Kb7 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qb5+
Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rd1 Re7 26. a4 Rc7 27. h3 Rc5 28. Qd3 h6 29. Qf3+ Ka7 30.
Rd8 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qxf7+ Ka6 34. b3 Qc3 35. Qf8 Qe5+ 36. g3
Ka5 37. Qa3 Qe1 {Cohen,A-Reynolds,R/Dublin Telecom 1991/TD 91\08/1-0 (54)})
8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. cxd4 O-O-O (10... cxd4 11. Nb3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Nxd4) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qd5 16. Rc1
Kb8 17. Qg3+ Ka8 18. Nc5 Rhg8 19. Ng5 Qd6 20. Qf3 Qd5 21. Ngxe6 Qxf3 22. gxf3
Rc8 23. Kf2 b6 24. Nd3 Kb7 25. Rc4 Nd5 26. Rfc1 g6 27. e4 Nf6 28. h4 Rge8 29.
Nef4 h6 30. a3 Nd7 31. b4 Nde5 32. R4c2 a6 33. Ke3 b5 34. Nc5+ Ka7 35. Rd1 g5
36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nfe6 Re7 38. Nxg5 Rg8 39. f4 Nf7 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Nxd7 {1-0
Benjamin,J-Miladinovic,I/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996}) (6. Be3 Bg4 7. c4 Qd7 8.
d5 O-O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd4 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qc2
Kb8 15. a3 g5 16. Bf5 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qf8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Rae1 Bg6
21. b4 Rhe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Ne4 Qa6 26. bxc5 f5
27. Nxg5 Qxa3 28. Qe2 Nc7 29. Qe5 a5 30. Ne6 {1-0 Tempone-Gonzalez Gastellu/
Buenos Aires 1981}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Be2 (8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Be2 Ng6 10.
Bg3 O-O-O+ 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nce5 15. Bg4+ Nxg4
16. hxg4 h5 17. Rxh5 Bh6 18. Rxc5+ {1-0 Shen-Patterson/corr North America 1987}
) 8... O-O-O+ 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxe5 11. Kc2 Nf6 12. Be2 Neg4 13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Bxg4+ Kc7 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. g3 {(=)} h6 19. f3 Nf6
20. Bh3 Re7 21. Bf2 Rde8 {+=?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Exeter Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Regis, D."]
[Black "Dilleigh, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 (3... Nc6 4. f4 (4. Nc3 Bb4 {Emms}) 4... d5 {Emms}
) 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nxe5 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "Exeter Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, IM."]
[Black "Regis, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 (1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 a5 7. O-O b6
8. Ne5 Ra7 9. Nd3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. a3 c5 14. e3 Nc6
15. Nfe5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. a4 Qc7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. f3 Nc5 21.
Nf4 Bg5 22. Ne2 Be3+ 23. Kh1 f4 24. Nd4 fxg3 25. Nxc6 dxc6 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Bh3
Rd8 28. Bc3 Rad7 29. Ra2 Rd3 30. b4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Qh5 32. Qh2 Qxe5 33. f4 Qe4+
34. Qg2 Qxc4 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxc6 Re3 37. Raf2 Kh8 38. Qg2 h6 39. Bg4 Qxa4
40. Re2 e5 41. Ra2 Qc4 42. Rc2 Qb4 43. Bf5 exf4 44. gxf4 Re1 45. Re2 Rxf1+ 46.
Qxf1 Rf8 47. Be4 Qd4 48. Kg2 Qf6 49. f5 Qg5+ 50. Kh1 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Rd8 52. Bc2
Rd4 {0-1 Botvinnik M-Larsen Bent/Leiden (Netherlands) 1970}) 1... e6 (1... f5
2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. Qb3 Kh8 (9... e5 $1 $11 {Bellin} 10. c5+ Kh8 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
Nxe5) 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3
Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1
Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4
30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 {Bogoljubov Efim-Alekhine Alexander/Hastings 1922/0-1 
(53)}) 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nf6 13. Ne1 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Rd2 e4 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Nc2 Rad8 18. Ne3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 g6 20. Bf1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Flohr S-Botvinnik M/Match, Leningrad/
Moscow (Russia) 1933}) 3... Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 (6. Bc3 O-O 7. a3
$1 (7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Qd3 (8. O-O $6 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6) 8... Bxc3+ 9.
Nxc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. O-O Nd7) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d6 $11) 6... O-O 7. O-O
Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 (8. Qxd2 d6 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. b4
e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 f4 15. c5 Re8 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Rad1 a5 18. c6 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Rd8+ Kf7 22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rc1 {1/
2-1/2 Kamenetsky-Siberzev/USSR 1968}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nc3 e5 12. e4
Nf7 $11 {Pachman}) 8... d6 9. Qc2 (9. Qb3 e5 10. c5+ Kh8 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. dxe5
(12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Ngxe4 Nd4 {Peterson-Uussi 1960})
12... dxe5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Qc3 e4 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18.
b3 Rfe8 19. f4 Rac8 20. Rac1 Kg8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Nd7+ Ke7 24. Nc5
b6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. e3 Nb4 27. Bf1 Red8 28. Bc4+ Ke7 29. a3 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Nd3+
31. Ke2 Nxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rd3 33. c5 Rxa3 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rc8+ Kf7
{0-1 Whiteley,A-Bellin,R/England 1976}) 9... Nc6 10. a3 e5 11. d5 Nd8 12. e4 (
12. e3 Nf7 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. e4 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Nh4
Nxe4 $17 {Seitz-Samisch, 1929}) 12... fxe4 (12... f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Rfe1 Nf7
) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qe3 Nf7 16. Rfe1 (16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f4 Rae8 18.
Rfe1 Qd7 19. Ne6 $15) 16... Qf6 17. b4 Nh6 18. Qg5 Qf7 (18... Rae8) 19. Ra2 Ng4
(19... Bg4 20. Nh4 Rae8 21. Be4 Bf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5)
20. h3 h6 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Nh4 Bd7 (22... Bh7) 23. Qc2 Nh5 (23... e4 24. Bxe4
Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxh3 26. Rf4 Qd7 $15) 24. Qg6 (24. Ng6) 24... Qxg6 25. Nxg6 Rf6
26. Nh4 g5 27. Nf3 Raf8 (27... a5 28. Rea1 Ba4 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rb1 b6 $15)
28. Nh2 Ng7 29. Ng4 Rg6 (29... Bxg4 30. hxg4 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. c5 Ng7 33.
cxd6 cxd6 34. Rc1 Nf5 35. Rc7 R8f7 36. Rac2 Nd4 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rc8+ Rf8 $11
(38... Kg7 39. Rd8 $14 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Rxd6) 40... Nxg3+ 41. Ke1
$16)) 30. Ne3 h5 31. Rc1 h4 32. Be4 Rh6 (32... Rgf6 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34. hxg4) 33.
g4 Rf4 34. f3 Ne8 $16 {Fritz 5 =+!} 1/2-1/2

R1: It's always nice to start a tournament with a win. White plays the theoretically-pointless Exchange French and gets a standard IQP attacking position out of it. Surprisingly, everything worked out well for me, Black never getting any counterplay going despite a cheeky Rook manoeuvre.

R2: I remember feeling optimistic then remember losing...

R3: I hadn't met Graham before... He was visibly disappointed with my opening and with his 13th move.

R4: No comment.

R5: Ian had walked off with our club championship the previous year, so I tried to treat him with respect.

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