[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.Fraser-Mitchell"]
[Black "K.Arkell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. Qb1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. h4 g4 14. Bf5 Ndf6 15.
Bxc8 Rxc8 16. a3 Rc7 17. Ra2 Kd8 18. Rb2 Kc8 19. Kd2 Qe8 20. Qc2 Qg8 21. Rhb1
Qh7 22. Qxh7 Rxh7 23. Kd3 Ng8 24. e4 f5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. f3 gxf3 27. gxf3 Nxf5
28. Bf2 Rhg7 29. Rh1 Rg2 30. Be3 Rf7 31. Rbb1 Nfg3 32. Nxg3 Nxg3 33. Rhg1 Rxg1
34. Rxg1 Rxf3 35. Rg2 e4+ 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.Plaskett"]
[Black "SG.Peters"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 a5 12. O-O-O a4 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. a3 Be6 15.
Bg3 N6d7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. exd4 b5 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Kb1
b4 22. Be1 Qb6 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Bf2 Qb7 25. Rc1 Rec8 26. Qe2 Rcb8 27. f5 a3
28. Rc2 Bc3 29. Rxc3 Qxb2+ (29... axb2 $1 30. Rd1 {(what else?)} 30... Ra1+ 31.
Kc2 31... Qb4 $1 32. Bc5 (32. Qe1 b1=Q+ 33. Rxb1 Rxb1) (32. e6 Rxd1 33. Qxd1
b1=Q+) 32... Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 34. Kxc1 Qxc3+ 35. Qc2 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Rb2) 30.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 Rxf2 32. Rhc1 Rd2 33. Bb5 Rb8 34. Bd3 Ra8 35. Bb5 Rb8 36.
Bc6 a2 37. R1c2 Rd1+ 38. Kxa2 d4 39. Rc1 dxc3 40. Rxd1 Rb2+ 41. Ka3 Rd2 42.
Rxd2 cxd2 43. Ba4 Nd7 44. e6 fxe6 45. fxe6 d1=Q 46. Bxd1 Nc5 47. Bb3 Kf8 48.
Bc2 g6 49. Kb4 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J. Freeman"]
[Black "S. Swanson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Qc4 h6 13. O-O Nh5 14. Rfd1 Nf4 15.
Bf1 Qf6 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Kh2 N8e6 18. g3 Nh5 19. Bg2 Nd4 20. b4 Be6 21. Qf1 Qe7
22. Rab1 f5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Qf2 Bc8 25. Nd3 exf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Ne6 28.
exf5 gxf5 29. Bc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "R.James"]
[Black "J.Bourne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxc3 6. exf6 exf6 7. dxc3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14.
Kb1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Rad8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Rd4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxe5 fxe5 21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. Kc1 Ke7 24. Kd2 Kf6 25. Ke3 Kf5 26. f3
h5 27. g3 g5 28. h3 e4 29. fxe4+ Ke5 30. c4 c5 31. c3 Kf6 32. Kf3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "S. Law"]
[Black "M. Taylor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d4 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Nb6 13. Bf3 Nbxd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Re4 c6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Re5 Qb6 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe5 20. Rxe5
Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe2 Kf8 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Qa7 26. Kf2 Nd6
27. Qe5 Nb5 28. Qe3 Qa2+ 29. Kg3 Qc4 30. Qe5 Nxc3 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ {
What happened next ?} 32... Kf6 $4 33. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "P.Bonafont"]
[Black "L.Trent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 b4 5. Qc2 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 a5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxb2 15.
Rab1 Bg7 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. f4 Qd7 18. g4 h6 19. Ngf3 19... e6 {(=)} 20. dxe6 Qxe6
21. Rbe1 Nd7 22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Bh4 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qc3 26. Qxd6 Bd4+
27. Kg2 Nf6 28. Qxc7 Rad8 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rf2 30... Qd3 {
scoresheet no longer makes sense. White duly won in another 10 moves or so} 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "P.Stimpson"]
[Black "J.Denton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg5 Re8
15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxg5 20. Nxd5
Qc6 21. Kg3 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "K.Arkell"]
[Black "P.Bonafont"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Nh4 Bxg2 9. Nxg2 d5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf4 Nf6 14.
Bd2 O-O 15. b4 Bd6 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. f3 Re7 18. Kf2 Rae8 19. Rhe1 h6 20. h4 g6
21. g4 Rd7 22. g5 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Rh1 f6 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Nh5 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Rg5 Rc8 31. Bg3 Nf6 32. Be5 Rc2 33. Bxf6
Kxf6 34. Rxd5 Rxa2 35. b5 Ke6 36. Re5+ Kf6 37. f4 a5 38. bxa6 Rxa6 39. Rb5 Kf7
40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "S.Swanson"]
[Black "S.Law"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Bxb6 axb6 7. Nge2 Na5 8.
O-O Nxc4 9. dxc4 Nf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 Nh5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
exf4 15. Rxf4 Ra5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Raf1 c6 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. Qd4 Rg5 20. Qxb6 Bh3
21. R1f2 c5 22. R4f3 Bg4 23. Rd3 Rg6 24. Nd5 Qe5 25. Qxb7 Rh6 26. h3 Be6 27.
Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nf5 Rg6 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Nxd6 Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qb2 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33.
Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "R.Maullin"]
[Black "J.Plaskett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nge2 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Qd2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. f3 Qb6 11. h4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qe3 Rac8
15. Rb1 Qb4 16. h5 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nxa4 18. Nxa4 Qxa4 19. c3 Rcd8 20. b3 Qc6 21.
hxg6 Nf4 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Bxf4 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 e4 25. Nf4 e5 26. Nh5 exf3 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "SG.Peters"]
[Black "R.James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. f3 d6 8. Bd3
c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. e4 Qd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Qa2 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qc6 17. a4 e5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Rb1 h6 20. Nc1 Nf6 21. Qe2 Qd7
22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Qxa4 24. Rbb1 Qd7 25. Qa2 Bb7 26. Qxa7 Qc7 27. Rxb6 Nd7
28. Rb2 Qb8 29. Qa4 Nf6 30. Rdb1 Rd7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Kxb7 33. Qc6+ Kb8
34. Bc2 Rhd8 35. Ba4 Rb7 36. Bb5 Ne8 37. Ba6 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. Bb5 Na8 40.
Qa6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "J. Bourne"]
[Black "C. Majer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. c3 d6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e4 Rg8 8.
Nbd2 Ba6 9. Nh4 b4 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Na6 13. g3 Kd7 14. a3
bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Kc7 18. Nc4 Bg7 19. Nf5 {
Black's pawns are looking very sickly now} 19... Bh8 20. Na5 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8
22. Nxe7 f5 23. Nxf5 Bxc3 24. Nc4 {and there goes another} 24... a6 25. Nfxd6
f6 26. Nf5 Nd7 27. f4 Kd8 28. h4 Ke8 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. Kg4 Kg6 31. Ncd6 h5+ 32.
Kf3 Nb6 33. Ne3 Bd4 34. Ndc4 Nd7 35. Nf5 Bc3 36. g4 Ba1 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5
Bc3 39. Nh4+ Kg7 40. e5 40... Nb8 {most would have resigned long ago, but
Chris plays on to give his opponent a pretty mate} 41. e6 Kf8 42. f5 Be1 43.
Ng6+ Ke8 44. f6 h4 45. Nce5 h3 46. e7 h2 47. f7# 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "M.Taylor"]
[Black "P.Stimpson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qb5 14. b3 Be6
15. Nd2 a5 16. a4 Qb4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Bh3 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Qc2 Ra6 21.
Rc1 Rd8 22. Qc4 Rb6 23. Qe4 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Qb4 25. Qc3 Qb7 26. f3 Rd5 27. Kf2
Qb6+ 28. e3 Bf5 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Bxd3 31. e4 Rd8 32. Rc5 f6 33. Rxa5 Rb8
34. Rc5 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ba6 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Ra7 Bc8 38. Kd3 Be6 39. Kc3 Rc8+ 40.
Nc4 f5 41. a5 fxe4 42. fxe4 Kf6 43. Rb7 Rc5 44. Kb4 Rc8 45. a6 Ra8 46. a7 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L.Trent"]
[Black "J.Fraser-Mitchell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
g3 g6 16. Rc1 Qg7 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Na4 18... Rxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Qd1 Bxa4
21. Qxa4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxb2 24. Rf1 Qe2 25. Kg1 b5 26. Qa5 Qc4 27.
Qb6 Qc7 28. Qe3 {"=": rather cheeky when 2 pawns down!} 28... Ng7 29. Rc1 Qd7
30. Qb6 Ne8 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Re1 Nc7 33. Bf6 {"="} 33... Re8 34. Qg5 Qf7 35. f4
Rf8 36. Bd4 Be7 37. Qg4 Bf6 38. Bb6 Na8 39. Bc5 Re8 40. h4 Kh8 41. Bd6 Nb6 42.
Be5 Nc4 43. Bxf6+ Qxf6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qxh5 Re7 46. Bxh7 $1 46... Nd6 47. Bg6+
47... Kg8 {and Black eventually won in the time scramble} 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "J.Denton"]
[Black "R.Freeman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Nd2 c6 13. a4 Nc5 14. a5 Ne6 15. Re1
Nf4 16. Bf1 N6h5 17. Nb3 Qh4 18. Bc5 Rg8 19. Qe3 g5 20. Ne2 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4
22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Qxg3 Rxg3 26. Kh2 Rg5 27. Nf3 Rh5+
28. Kg1 Bg4 29. Ra3 Rg8 30. Bxa7 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Ng5+ 33. Rh3 Nxh3
34. gxh3 Bh4 35. Rd1 Bg3+ 36. Kh1 Rg7 37. Rd6 Rhg5 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rxc6 a5 40.
Ra6 R5g6 41. Rxa5 Rf6 42. Be2 Bf2 43. Bb8 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Re1 45. Bg4 Bg1+ 46. Kg3
Bf2+ 47. Kg2 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Bb6 49. Bf5+ Rxf5 50. exf5 Rc1 51. Rb5 Rxc2+ 52. Kg3
Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "S.Swanson"]
[Black "K.Arkell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. b3 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne4 h6 16. h4 Rce8 17. Ned2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Ne5 Nd4 21. Nc6
Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Bg2 Bb7 24. Bxb7 {"="} 24... Qxb7 25. Qf3 Qc7 26. Nc4 Nd5
27. Qh5 Rfd8 28. Re2 Ne7 29. Qe5 Qd7 30. Qe4 Nf5 31. Ne5 Qc7 32. Nf3 Rd5 33.
Rce1 Rcd8 34. Qg4 h5 35. Qh3 R8d6 36. Qg2 Qc8 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. Nxe5 f6 39. Nc4
Rd8 40. Re4 e5 41. f4 exf4 42. Rxf4 Nd4 43. Kh2 f5 44. Rf2 Qe6 45. Qf1 Re8 46.
Qd1 g6 47. Qd2 Kg7 48. Qf4 Re7 49. Qd6 Qxd6 50. Nxd6 a6 51. Kg2 Re6 52. Nc4 Re1
53. Na5 Rc1 54. Nb7 Nxc2 55. Kf3 Nd4+ 56. Kf4 Nxb3 57. Re2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J.Plaskett"]
[Black "J.Bourne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Qb6 6. g4 Bg6 7. f4 e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bh3 O-O 11. Nb3 Na6 12. O-O 12... c5 $2 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5
Bh5 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. Nfd4 Rxe7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Bf4
20... Nxc5 $2 21. Bd6 Re3 22. Bg2 Nb7 23. Bf4 Ree8 24. Nxc6 Nc5 25. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "S.Law"]
[Black "S.Peters"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bb4 Rf7 15.
O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nec6 17. c4 $1 17... Nxb4 (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6
Nxb4 20. Rad1) 18. axb4 Nc6 19. b5 Ne7 20. c5 Nc8 21. c6 Qe8 22. Ra6 Rc7 23.
Rfa1 Qf7 24. Qg3 h6 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Qe8 27. Qg6+ Qxg6 28. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J.Fraser-Mitchell"]
[Black "M.Taylor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rf2 O-O 12. Raf1 Qa5 13. g4 Rac8 14. g5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 e5 18. b3 $2 18... exd4 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Be2 b5
21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Bd1 Rfe8 24. Ref1 Bf8 25. Qh4 Rd7 26. Qg3 Bg7 27.
h4 a6 28. h5 c5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh3 Qe6 31. Qg3 d3 32. c3 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4
34. Ba4 Nc6 35. Qf3 Rc8 36. Re1 $4 {insanity in time trouble} 36... Qxe1+ 37.
Kg2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "R.James"]
[Black "P.Stimpson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. g4 Bg6 11. a3 a6 12. Ne4 b5 13. Ba2 b4 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bc4
a5 16. O-O Bd6 17. Bg5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. d4 Bf4 23. Nc5 Qh4 24. Qf3 24... e5 $2 25. Nd7 Rb2 26. Nxf8 Be4 27. Qxe4
Qxh3 28. Qxh7+ Qxh7 29. Nxh7 Kxh7 30. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "R.Freeman"]
[Black "R.Maullin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g5 14. Bg3 Qe7
15. O-O-O a5 16. Bf5 a4 17. a3 h5 18. f4 Bd6 19. fxg5 Nd7 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.
Qf5+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Bxd6 Kxd6 24. f4 Kc5 25. Rhg1 Rag8 26. Rdf1 Kc4 27.
Kc2 Rh7 28. f5 exf5 29. Rf4+ Kc5 30. Rxa4 Re7 31. Kd3 Rg6 32. Rf4 Rf7 33. h4 b5
34. Rgf1 Re6 35. Rxf5 Rfe7 36. R1f3 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "C.Majer"]
[Black "J.Denton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Nce4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nd5 12. Ne2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
c5 15. Ng5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Bxg6 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Bxg5
21. Bxf7 Nc5 22. Qc4 Kb8 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Qb5 Qd6 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
fxe4 Bf6 28. Bd5 Qc7 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. Qb3 Re8 31. a3 Re7 32. g3 h5 33. Rf5 h4
34. Bxb7 hxg3 35. Bd5+ Kc8 36. hxg3 Kd8 37. Rh5 g6 38. Rh1 Qe5 39. Ka2 d3 40.
cxd3 Qxg3 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Bf7 Rxf7 43. d4 Qxd4 44. Rd1 Qxd1 45. Qxd1+ Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "K.Arkell"]
[Black "J.Plaskett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 Qe8 8. d5 h6
9. Bg2 g5 10. h4 g4 11. Nd4 c5 12. Ndb5 Qd8 13. e3 Qa5 14. O-O a6 15. Na3 Ne4
16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nxe4 Ne5 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. e4 Bh7 21. Rad1 b5 22.
cxb5 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd4 24. Nc4 Nxc2 25. Nxa5 axb5 26. Nc6 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Rxa2 28.
Kg1 Bxe4 29. Bd2 Kh7 30. Bc1 e6 31. dxe6 Bxc6 32. Rxd6 Nd4 33. e7 Re8 34. Be3
Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Ne5+ 36. Kg1 Rxe7 37. Bxc5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Bb7 39. Rfd1 Rd2 40. R6xd2
Nxd2+ 41. Kg1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "M.Taylor"]
[Black "S.Swanson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nexd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Rac1
Be6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 Rad8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Qc3 c5 23. Rfd1 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Bf6 25. Re1 Bd4 26. Bf1 Qb4 27. Red1
Qb7 28. Re1 Qb4 29. Red1 a4 30. Bc4 axb3 31. Bxb3 Re7 32. Rc4 Qb7 33. Re1 Rde8
34. Rc2 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Bd5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Kf3 Kf8
40. Ke4 h5 41. Re2 Bf6 42. Kf3 g6 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Bf3 Rd4 45. f5 c4 46. fxg6
fxg6 47. Be4 Kg7 48. Bc2 Rd5 49. Kf3 Rc5 50. Re4 d5 51. Re6 d4 52. Rd6 Ra5 53.
a4 d3 54. Bd1 Ra7 55. g4 h4 56. Rd5 g5 57. h3 Rc7 58. Ke4 Re7+ 59. Kf5 Re1 60.
Bf3 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "P.Bonafont"]
[Black "S.Law"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qa5 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O Bh6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Ne5 18. e4 b4 19. Na4 Bc6 20. b3 c3 21. a3 Bb5
22. axb4 cxb4 23. Qd4 $1 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rh5 25. h3 exd5 26. exd5 Nd7 27.
d6 Nb6 28. Qe4 Rxd6 29. Qb7+ Kd8 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Qxd6 Nxa4 32. Qc6+ Qc7 33.
Qe8+ Qd8 34. Qxa4 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. Qa2 Qc5 37. Qa6+ Kc7 38. Re1 Qb6 39.
Re7+ Kd8 40. Qa1 Qxf6 41. Rxa7 Rc5 42. Qd1+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "R.Freeman"]
[Black "R.James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Ne5 15. Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qd5 17. Qe2 c5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rd2 g6 20. h3
a6 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "S.Peters"]
[Black "C.Majer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3
Nxa6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. e4 Qb6 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd2 Rfb8 15.
Rb1 Nc7 16. a4 Qb7 17. h3 Bd7 18. O-O Na6 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Qd2 Kf8 21. Kh2 Kg8
22. f4 Ra7 23. g4 Qa6 24. e5 Ne8 25. Ng3 Bh6 26. g5 Bg7 27. f5 dxe5 28. Nxe5
Qd6 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. d6 $1 31... Nxd6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qc3+ Kg8
34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Rbd1 Qc7 36. Kh1 Ra6 37. Ne4 Bf5 38. Nxc5 Rd6 39. Qc4+ 39...
Kg7 $2 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "J.Bourne"]
[Black "J.Fraser-Mitchell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. c4 Na6
9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 (16. Rxe5 $5) 16... Rad8 17. Qe1 e4 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Ng5 Nc5
20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qb2 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Bc2 24. Ne2 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5
26. Re1 Rd2 27. f3 Bd1 28. Nf4 Rfd8 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re3 Rb2 32.
Nd5 Bxb3 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Re5 Bc4 35. Nc7 35... Rb3 {(time)} 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "J.Denton"]
[Black "L.Trent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Qa4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. O-O e6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. Rxc5 f6
21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Ra5 g5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. b3 Nb5 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Be4 Rc6 27. Bf3
Ke7 28. a4 Nc3 29. Rc1 Rhc8 30. b4 Ne4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rc7
34. Ra7 Nd6 35. b6 Rc2 36. Ke1 Kd7 37. Kd1 Rc4 38. Kd2 Kc8 39. Kd3 $2 39... e5
40. Bg2 e4+ 41. Kd2 d4 42. Bh3+ Kb8 43. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd5 45. f3 exf3 46.
exf3 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Bxf3 49. Rxh7 Re2+ 50. Kf1 g4 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "P.Stimpson"]
[Black "R.Maullin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bf4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14.
Rb3 Na4 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Rg3 g6 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Bf6 Qxc4 20. Qxc4
Rxc4 21. Bxh8 Nc3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Bf6 Nxa2 25. h4 Rxc2 26. Rb1 b5
27. Ra3 Nc3 28. Rba1 Na4 29. h5 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rc7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh8 Nc5 33.
Rd8+ Kc6 34. Rd6+ Kb7 35. Bd8 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Bxc6 37. f3 Nd3 38. Bf6 b4 39. Be7
b3 40. Rb1 Bd5 41. Bd6 Bc4 42. g3 Kc6 43. f4 Kd5 44. Bc7 b2 45. Rd1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Hitchen Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "J.Plaskett"]
[Black "S.Swanson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O e5
9. a4 Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $1 12... cxb5 13. Bxb5 Rxa1 14.
Rxa1 Ne7 15. Qd6 Nc8 16. Qb8 Bxe4 17. Nxe5 $1 17... Bf5 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bb6
Qxb6 20. Qxc8+ Ke7 21. Qxd7+ Kf6 22. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "S.Peters"]
[Black "K.Arkell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. e3 f5 7. Qc2 d6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15.
Bg5 Neg8 16. c5 h6 17. Bd2 dxc5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Rxf8 Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 c4 0-1

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "R.James"]
[Black "P.Bonafont"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Bxa4 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. c4 Bd7
15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxa4 17. Rab1 e6 18. d6 Bc6 19. Rfe1 Red8 20. Nd4 Bd5
21. f4 Rac8 22. g4 a6 23. g5 b5 24. Rbc1 Bc4 25. Bb4 h5 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kf2 Kf8
28. Re3 Ke8 29. Ra3 Ra8 30. Ra5 Bf8 31. a4 Rb7 32. Ke3 Kd8 33. axb5 Bxb5 34.
Nxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Rc7 Ra4 37. Rxf7 Rxb4 38. Rxf8+ Kd7 39. Rf7+ Kd8
40. Rf6 Rb3+ 41. Kd4 Rh3 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kd8 44. Kxb5 Rf3 45. Rf6 Kd7 46.
Kc5 Rh3 47. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "M.Taylor"]
[Black "R.Freeman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Na6 9. Be3 Nc7 10. Qd2 Ne6 11. d4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Rab1 Ned4
15. Nec3 Bh3 16. f3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "J.Fraser-Mitchell"]
[Black "S.Law"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Be4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qf3 Qh4+ 10. Kd1 Nd6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rf1 f6 14. Nd3 h5
15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qh3 17. Qxh3 Rxh3 18. Nf4 Rg3 19. Nxe6 Kf7 20. Bf4 Rxg4
21. Bb3 (21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Bxd6 Rxd4+) 21... Kg6 22. Ke2 Be7 23. Kf3 f5 24. Rh1
Nf6 25. Be5 Nde4 26. Nf4+ Kg5 27. Ne6+ (27. Bf7 Rg3+ 28. Ke2 28... Bd6 $1 29.
Ne6+ Kg4 30. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 31. Kd3 Nxh1 32. Rxh1 g5 33. Rg1+ Bg3 34. Nxg5 Rf8)
27... Kg6 28. Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L.Trent"]
[Black "J.Bourne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Nc6
9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Nf4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Rd4 Nc4 14. Rxc4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Nc6 16. Bg2 Be7 17. g5 O-O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Bf4+ Ka8
21. Qxc6 Qb4 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Nd5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc7+ Kb8 26. Na6+ Ka8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "R.Maullin"]
[Black "J.Denton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 e6 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nbd5
15. Be5 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rc8 21.
Rda1 Re8 22. Ra5 Rc4 23. Nxd5 Rxd4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qc1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa8+
27. Kg1 Qf3 28. R5a3 Qf5 29. Re3 Red8 30. Qc6 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hitchin Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "C.Majer"]
[Black "P.Stimpson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 O-O-O 9. Bxc6 Qe6+ 10. Be3 Qxc6 11. O-O e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qe4 14.
Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Nd5 16. Rac1 c6 17. a3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f6 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Nf5
g6 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Kf2 Re8 23. Rc3 f5 24. b4 Rd5 25. Re1 Red8 26. Rd1 a5 27.
d4 axb4 28. axb4 Rb5 29. Rb1 Kc7 30. Rc5 Rd5 31. Rcc1 Rb6 32. Rc3 Rdb5 33. Rcb3
Kd6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 Ra6 36. g4 Ra2 37. R1b2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ke6
40. Rh2 h5 41. gxh5 Rxh5 42. Rg2 Kf6 43. e4 Rh3+ 44. Kc4 b5+ 45. Kc5 Rc3+ 46.
Kd6 Rc4 47. e5+ Kf5 48. d5 cxd5 49. Kxd5 Rxb4 50. Rf2+ Kg4 51. e6 Rb1 52. e7
Re1 53. Kd6 b4 54. Rb2 Rd1+ 55. Ke6 Re1+ 56. Kf7 g5 57. Rxb4+ Kf3 58. e8=Q Rxe8
59. Kxe8 g4 60. Rb3+ Kf2 61. Rb2+ Kf3 62. Kf7 g3 63. Kf6 g2 64. Rxg2 1/2-1/2