[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shen,Daniel"]
[Black "Barry,David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[BlackFideId "3234487"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[WhiteFideId "4302079"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 { The engine prefers}  (
6. d5 O-O 7. Be2 { but there's not much in it.}  )6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18. Rac1 ( 18. Bd7 { maintains an
edge for White.} )18... Bxa2 19. Bxa7 Bb3 20. Rd3 Ba4 21. Rdc3 Bf6 22. Bb7 Bxc3
23. Bxc8 Bxb2 24. Rc7 Be5 25. Rc1 Bb2 26. Rc7 { Draw agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Roebuck,Derek J"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[WhiteFideId "3226999"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Ng5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nh6 10. O-O e6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. e5 d5 14. a3 Nb6 15.
a4 a6 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Be7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a5 { White 13 minutes,
Black 47 minutes.}  20... Nd7 21. Ng5 Nxh4 22. Nxf7 Rhf8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. fxg5
Qxa5 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Na4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nf5 28. Bb4 a5 29. Bc3 b5 30. Nc5 {
White 2 minutes, Black 32 minutes.}  30... Nxc5 31. dxc5 d4 32. Bxd4 Rd8 33.
Rxf5 gxf5 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. c3 Rg8 36. Qd2 Kb7 37. Kh2 Ka6  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Wu,Kobe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1503"]
[BlackFideId "3257355"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Rxe1+ 12. Nxe1 Nb6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. c3 Be6
15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Nd3 Nbd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Nf1 Ne4 19. Qh5 Ndf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Qe2 Ne4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. f3 Qg5 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 g6 27. Qe5
Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8 29. Bb3 Kf8 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3
Kf6 34. Ke4 b6 35. Ne3 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Nc4 c5 39. a4 Ke7 40. Ke5
Kf7 41. b4 Ke7 42. b5 Kf7 43. Kd6 Kf6 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Kxe6 Kg8 46. Nd7 Kg7 47.
Nxc5 bxc5 48. a5 c4 49. b6 a6 50. b7 Kh7 51. b8=Q Kh6 52. Kf7 Kh7 53. Qg8+ Kh6
54. Qg6#  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Moseley,Paul"]
[Black "King,David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[BlackFideId "3246680"]
[ECO "D04"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1496"]
[WhiteFideId "3250911"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 h6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. c4 Be7 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qe4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd3 26. Rb5 Re7 27. a4
Red7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Rb1 Ke7 30. Rxa5 Rc3 31. Rb5 Kd8 32. a5 Rc2 33. g4 Rdd2
34. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rcg2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Black "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[BlackFideId "3278824"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[WhiteFideId "5749476"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Qb6 7. c3 e5 8. Na3 Nge7
9. Be3 O-O 10. fxe5 dxe5 { Weakening.}  ( 10... Nxe5 { is better. The text move
gives White a nice edge.} )11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bxc5 Be6 13. Ncd2 b6 14. Be3 h6 15.
Qe1 f5 16. Bd1 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rf6 $2 20. d4 Bxb3 21. Nxb3
exd4 22. cxd4 Rff8 23. d5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd4 Ng6 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Qd2
Bd6 28. Bc3 Qg4 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Nf5 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf5 32. exf5 Be3 33. Qe1 (
33. h3 { maintains White's edge. Now things get complicated.} )33... Nd3 34.
Qd1 Qxf5 35. Rb1 Qxd5 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 b5 38. a3 a5 39. Rbd1 Nf2+ 40. Rxf2
Bxf2 41. Bxa5 { Black has fought back to be slightly better.}  41... Kf7 42.
Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rd6+ Kh5 44. Bc3 Rc7 45. Kg2 Be3 46. Rd5 b4 47. axb4 Kh4 48. Rd6
Kh5 49. Kh3 Re7 50. Rd5 Re6 51. b5 Kg6 52. Rd7 h5 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rc7 Rg6 55.
Rc6 g4+ 56. Kg2 Kg5 57. Rxg6+ Kxg6 58. Be5 Bb6 $4 ( 58... Kf5 { was needed.}
)59. Bxf4 Kf5 60. Bd6 h4 61. fxg4+ Kxg4 62. h3+ Kg5 63. b4 Kf5 64. Kf3 Ke6 65.
Bc5 Bd8 66. Ke4 { Carelessly missing Mate in 58.}  66... Bc7 67. Bf2 Bd8 68.
Kf4 Kd5 69. Kg4 Kc4 70. b6 Kb5 71. b7 Bc7 72. Ba7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gibson,Jacob"]
[Black "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[BlackFideId "5749450"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[WhiteFideId "3246426"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd5 Bb7 10. a5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nf6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bc4 O-O 14. d3 Qc7 15. f5
Qc5 16. Qf3 d6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qe4 Ne5 19. Bb3 Rab8 20. Ra4 Rb5 21. h4 Rfb8 22.
Rfa1 Qc8 23. Rf1 Qd8 24. Rfa1 Qf8 25. Qe1 Bh6 26. Bxb4 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Qh6 28. f6
Rxb4 29. fxe7 Rxa4 30. Bxa4 Ng4 31. g3 Nf6 32. Qf1 Ne8 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Qf6
Qh5 35. Rf1 Qxd5+ 36. Kh2 Qe6 37. Qf3 d5 38. h5 Rxe7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Kg2 Bh6
41. Rf2 Qd6 42. b3 f5 43. Re2 Re3 44. Rxe3 dxe3 45. Kf1 Qe5 46. Ke2 Qc3 47.
Qxd5+ Kh7 48. Qb7+ Qg7 49. Qxa6 Qc7 50. c4 Qxg3 51. Qb7+ Kh8 52. Qa8+ Kg7 53.
Qb7+ Kf8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qc6+ ( 56. Qb6+ { forces the draw} 
56... Ke7 ( 56... Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kg8 58. Qd5+ Kh7 59. Qb7+ Bg7 60. Qh1+ { etc.} 
)57. Qb7+ Kf6 58. Qb6+ { etc.}  )56... Kg5 57. Qf3 Kh4 58. Qxg3+ Kxg3 59. a6 f4
60. a7 f3+ 61. Kf1 e2+ 62. Ke1 Be3 63. a8=Q Bf2+ 64. Kd2 e1=Q+ 65. Kc2 Bd4 66.
Qb8+ Kg2 67. Qb5 Qc3+ 68. Kd1 Qxd3+ 69. Kc1 Qc3+ 70. Kd1 Be3 71. Qd7 Qxb3+ 72.
Ke1 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Elkington,Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[BlackFideId "3212564"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Rb1 f6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. Bd3 c4
9. Be2 Nf5 10. e4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bb4 12. e5 Nc6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. Rb2 h5 18. Nh4 Rdg8 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Bf3 Rg5 21. Qf4
Qd8 22. Qd6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. a4 Bxa4 25. Ra1 b5 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Kf1 Nc6
28. Ra2 Re8 29. Bd1 e5 30. Nf3 Rg7 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Nh4 Rf8 33. Kg1 Rg5 34.
Nf3 Rgf5 35. Re2 d4 36. Nh4 R5f6 37. Rd2 Rh8 38. Bf3 Rd8 39. Bxh5 Kc7 40. Bf3
dxc3 41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. Be4 Ne6 43. g4 Ng5 44. Bf5 Ra6 45. Ng6 b4 46. Nxe5 b3
47. Ra1 Bb5 48. Rc1 b2 49. Rf1 Ra1 50. f4 Rxf1+ 51. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 52. Kf2 Qd1 53.
fxg5 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qxe5 55. g6 a5  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Janceski,Alex"]
[Black "Gong,Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1287"]
[BlackFideId "3258726"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[WhiteFideId "3228185"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Qc7 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15.
Ng5 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Qc3 h6 18. Ngf3 Bd6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nf1 Rc8 21. Qb3
Nf4 22. Nd4 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Neg3 Bg6 26. Nd2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Re6 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Nd2 Bxg2 $4 31. Kxg2 Rg6+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. f4
Qh5 34. Qxd5 Qh4 35. Qf3 Rc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Nb3 Qe1 38. Nd4 Qd2+ 39. Qe2 Qc3
40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Kh2 Qc3 42. Kg2 Qc1 43. Nc2 Qb2 44. Qd1 Qb3 45. Kf2 Kh8 46. Ke2
Kg8 47. Nd4 Qc4+ 48. Kf3 Kh8 49. Kf2 Kg8 50. Qc2 Qa6 51. Qc3 Qc8 52. Qxc6 Qxh3
53. Qd5 Qh4+ 54. Ke2 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Qb2 56. Nc2 Qb1 57. Qc4 Kh8 58. Kd4 Qd1+ 59.
Kc5 Qd7 60. Nd4 Qe7+ 61. Kb5 Qxe3 62. Nf5 Qxa3 63. Qd4 f6 64. Qd7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "O'Gorman,Alice"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Ng3
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nf5 O-O 11. d5 g6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nh5
15. Be2 Ng7 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bh3 Rf7 18. Qe2 Raf8 19. Rad1 Qb4 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. b4
Qa6 22. Nb5 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. c4 Bxe4 25. Rb3 Ne6 26. Bh6 Rd8 27. Ra3 Qc8
28. Nd6 Nd4 29. Nxc8 Nxe2 30. Nd6 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rxa7 Ke6
34. Re1 Kf6 35. Rd1 Ke6 36. Kg1 h5 37. Rd4 Ba8 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Bd5 40.
Rxf4 Nxc5 41. Ra5 Ne4 42. Ra6+ Ke5 43. Rf1 Bf7 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. Re1 Rd2 46.
Rxe4+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Gough,Dylan"]
[Black "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "3228991"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[WhiteFideId "3243176"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c5 9. Bc2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Qb8
15. Bf5 c4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. b4 b5 18. Nc3 a6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne5
Rc7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxd5 Ree6 25. Nf4 Rh6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Qf3
Rd6 28. Ra1 Rd8 29. Ra5 g5 30. Rea1 Qd6 31. Qg3 Ne4 32. Qf3 $2 Nf6 ( { Black's
best try was } 32... gxf4 33. Qxe4 fxe3 34. fxe3 { when White is still better
but no longer clearly winning.}  )( 32... Nd2 { was another try that seemed
attractive but doesn't work.}  33. Qg4 Ne4 ( 33... Rg6 34. Nxg6 hxg6 35. Rxb5
)34. Rxb5 )33. Ne2 ( 33. Ra8 gxf4 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Ra8 )33... Qxb4 34. Ra8
Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Kg7 36. Ng3 Qb1+ 37. Nf1 $4 ( { The evaluation drops from +10 to
-1. Needed was } 37. Kh2)37... c3 38. Ra7 c2 39. Qb7 Qb3 ( { Black gives back
most of the advantage. Correct was } 39... Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 41. Ke2 Qc4+ {
when Black is a piece up and completely won.}  )40. Qc7 g4 41. d5 Qxd5 42. Qxc2
gxh3 43. f3 hxg2 44. Ng3 Ne4 { What?}  ( 44... Qxf3 { is crushing.} )45. fxe4
Rh1+ 46. Nxh1 gxh1=Q+ 47. Kxh1 Qh5+ 48. Qh2  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Gwezere, Cecil"]
[Black "Massey,Reg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[WhiteFideId "11003839"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Bd3 d6 12. d5 Nb8 13. O-O e5 14. e4 Bg4
15. Nd2 Nd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 { At
this point Black holds a pleasant advantage.}  21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bf1 Ra2 23.
Nb3 Rb2 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. b5 g6 { Black's small advantage fades and White
immediately offers a draw, which is accepted.}  ( 25... Nxc4 { is the Engine
suggestion to press the advantage.}  26. Bxc4 { is a mistake due to}  26... Rb4
27. Bf1 Rxd4 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Howard,Mark"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1519"]
[WhiteFideId "3237923"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 h6 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Be7 14. Ne2 a5
15. c3 axb4 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. a4 Re8 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Rb1 c5 20. Nf4 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qg4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rfd1 Ra8 26. Rd5 f6 27.
Rbd1 Rxa4 28. g3 Re7 29. h4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kf7 31. h5 Ra2 32. Bc1 Re2 33. Be3
Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Bxe1 35. Bxc5 Rb7 36. Be3 Ke7 37. Kg2 Rd7 38. Rb5 Bd2 39. Bc5+
Kf7 40. Rb8 Bh6 41. Rf8+ Ke6 42. Kg3 Rd5 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Re7+ Kc6 45. Be3 Bxe3
46. fxe3 Rxh5 47. Rxe4 Re5 48. Kf3 Rxe4 49. Kxe4 g6 50. Kf4 Kc5 51. e4 Kd4 52.
Kf3 Ke5 53. Ke3 Ke6 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Kg4 Ke5 56. Kf3 g4+ 57. Kxg4 Kxe4 58. Kg3
f5 59. Kg2 Ke3 60. Kf1 Kf3 61. Ke1 Kg2 62. Ke2 f4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Dilallo,Alby"]
[Black "Curtis,Calan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[BlackFideId "3261476"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Ba3 a6 6. d4 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. Bxc5
Bxc5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. c4 Nge7 11. a3 O-O 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd4 14. Rc1
Qxe5+ 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. h4 e5 19. Qb2 d4 20. Qc2 Bf5 21.
Qb2 Rcd8 22. Rg1 h6 23. g4 d3 24. g5 Qe6 25. gxh6 dxe2 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ng5 Qxh6 29. Nxf7+ Kxg7 30. Nxh6 Kxh6 31. Qxe5 { And a fiendish
position ensues.}  31... Rd7 32. Qh8+ { This move, and the pushing of the pawn,
seem reasonable but that pawn on e7 should not be tolerated.}  32... Kg6 33.
h5+ Kg5 34. h6 { and the last chance to remove the pawn is gone and White is in
trouble.}  34... Bg4 { This is wrong move order. The knight should move first.}
 35. Qg7+ { White misses his chance, allowing the knight to go to where it
should have gone in the first place.}  ( 35. f3 { Continues the fight, Black is
still better.} )35... Ng6 36. Qxd7 Bxd7 37. Kxe2 Kxh6 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Kd4 Kf6
40. Kd5 Ke7 41. b4 Nf4+ 42. Kd4 Ne6+ 43. Ke5 Bc6 44. f4 Nxf4 { A good sacrifice
to move the king away.}  45. Kxf4 Kd6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Kd3 Bg2 48. c5 Kd5 49.
Kc3 Bf1 50. Kb3 Kd4 51. Ka4 Bb5+ 52. Kb3 Be2 53. Ka4 Kc3 54. Ka5 Bf3 55. b5
axb5 56. Kxb5 Kb3 57. a4 Bc6+ 58. Kb6 Kxa4 59. Kc7 Kb5 60. Kd6 Bf3 61. Ke5 Kxc5
62. Kf4 Bh1 63. Ke3 Kb4 64. Kd2 b5 65. Kc2 Ka4 66. Kb2 Kb4 67. Kb1 Kb3 68. Ka1
Kc2 69. Ka2 b4 70. Ka1 Bg2 71. Ka2 b3+ 72. Ka1 b2+ 73. Ka2 b1=Q+ 74. Ka3 Qb3# 
0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Black "Enright,Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Qc3 Qc7 10. Bf4 e6 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. e6 Qb6
15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. b3 Ng6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qxf5+ Ke8 19. Qxc8+ Ke7 20. Bg5+ Kd6
21. Qf5 Bd4 22. c3 Be5 23. Be3 d4 24. cxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Nd2 Rf8 27.
Nc4+ Kc7 28. Qa5+ Kb7 29. Rad1 Qh4 30. Rd7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Ford,Trevor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Be6 3. cxd5 Bxd5 4. Nc3 Bc6 5. e4 e6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d5 exd5 8.
exd5 Bd7 9. Qb3 b6 10. Nb5 c6 11. dxc6 Qe7+ 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 Bxc6 14.
Nc7+ { Suddenly, Black is better.}  14... Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bxg2 16. Nxb6 axb6 17.
Bd2 Ke8 18. Bb5+ Nbd7 19. Rd1 Be7 { What? Take the rook and get the bishop out
of dodge!}  20. Bc3 Kf8 21. Bxd7 g6 22. Kf2 Bxh1 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Kxf3 { The
game is back to even.}  24... Rg8 25. a3 g5 26. h3 h5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. b3 g4+
29. hxg4 h4 30. a4 h3 31. g5 Bxg5 32. Bxh3 Bxe3 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.
Kxe3 Kf8 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Kd5 Kd8 38. Kc6 Ke7 39. Kxb6 Kd6 40. a5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.03.12"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Zhang,Olivia"]
[Black "Dowling,Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 f5 12. Qd2 c4 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Nh5 g6 15.
Ng3 Na4 16. Rab1 a5 17. c3 Qb6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qf4 Qd8 20. Ne2 Ba6 21. Qg3 Rb8
22. Nf4 Bf8 23. Qh3 Nxb2 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qg3 Na4 26. Rbc1 Rb2 27. Nh4 Rxa2 28.
Qh3 Qf7 29. Nf3 Ra3 30. Qh4 Nxc3 31. Bf6 Be7 32. Ng5 h5 33. Nxf7 Ne4 34. Bxe7
Kxf7 35. Bxa3 c3 36. f3 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Kg7 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qxg6+
Kh8 41. Qxe8+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Barry,David"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[BlackFideId "5749476"]
[ECO "B75"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[WhiteFideId "3234487"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Ne2 Rb8 15.
Bd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qa5 Qc8 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bf2 d5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Bxe5 Nd5 24. Qd4 $2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 c3 26. Ne4 Rxb2+ 27. Kc1
Rb1+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Teh,Rui Zhe"]
[Black "Wu,Kobe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1503"]
[BlackFideId "3257355"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[WhiteFideId "5749468"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 { Eschewing the dynamic
Botvinnic.}  6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Qd8 10. O-O Be7 11. Rb1
O-O 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b5 axb5 18.
axb5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxd5 Rd8 21. Be4 Ra4 22. Bf3 Qd6 23. Rfd1 Kh8 $4 24.
Qc2 Rh4 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc5 b6 28. Qe5 Bg4 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Qe7
Qc5 31. Qxh4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qxb5 33. Rd5 Qc6 34. Qe7 Qf6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qf8
Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Qb5+ 38. Kg2 Qg5+ 39. Kh1 h5 40. Qh8#  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Moseley,Paul"]
[Black "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[BlackFideId "5749450"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1496"]
[WhiteFideId "3250911"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2 b5
9. h3 Bb7 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. d5 Nb6 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rb3 Nc3 17. Qa1 Bxd5 18. Rxc3 bxc3 19. Qxc3+ Kg8 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Rb8 22. Be2 Rb4 23. Bxa6 Rxa4 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. Bc4 Ra4 26. Qe2 e6 27. Bd3 Qa5 
0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gong,Leo"]
[Black "Williams,Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[BlackFideId "3266770"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1287"]
[WhiteFideId "3258726"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Re1 b5
9. Bb3 Na5 10. dxe5 Nxb3 11. axb3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb7 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Rfe8 16. c4 b4 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 g5 20. Nd3 a5 21. Re1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kg7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Ne6+ Bxe6 27. Rxe6
Kf7 28. Rc6 Ra7 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Kf3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxc7+ Kf6 33. Rb7 b3
34. c5 Ke5 35. d6 Kd5 36. d7 Ra8 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. c6 Rf8+ 39. Kg3  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Balavignan,Ashvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[BlackFideId "3261425"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. a4 dxe5 10. fxe5 a5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 Nb4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Ng5 N4d5 15.
Bd2 h6 $2 16. g4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 hxg5 18. Bxg5 c6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rf3 Rad8 21.
Raf1 Qd7 22. Qf2 Kh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bh6 Nb4 25. Bxg7 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bf4 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rc1 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 O-O
15. Ne2 f5 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qh5 Nb8 19. Qh3 Rce8 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Kf2 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rc5 Bb7 26. Rfc1 Rc8 27. Qh4
Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rf7 29. Qg5 Qe6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 d4 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. exd4
Qxa2+ 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qc2 Kf7 39. Qc3
Qg2 40. Qc7+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "King,David"]
[Black "Gibson,Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[BlackFideId "3246426"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[WhiteFideId "3246680"]

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 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b4 14. Nc7+ Ke7
15. Nxa8 bxa3 16. bxa3 Bf5 17. exf5 Rxa8 18. Rb1 Bg5+ 19. Kd1 Rc8 20. h4 Bf4
21. g3 Bh6 22. Bg2 Na5 23. Bd5 Nxc4 24. Rb7+ Ke8 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxc4 Rxc4
27. Ke2 d5 28. Rhb1 d4 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. R1b7+ Kd6 31. Rd8+ Kc6 32. Rc8+ Kxb7
33. Rxc4 Kb6 34. a4 g6 35. f6  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[BlackFideId "3204081"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Bf4 Qb6
9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be5 Be8 14. b5 Na5 15. Ng5
Bh5 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Qxh5 Nxg5 18. Qg6 Rf7 19. h4 Ne4 20. h5 Nc4 21. h6 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Rcf8 23. Ra2 Bc5 24. Kh2 Bxf2 25. Raxf2 Nxf2 26. Nd2 Qd4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Frias,Joe"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1297"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nd2 d5 8. e5 Nfd7
9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. a4 Na5 14. Re1 Nc4 15. b3
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bb7 17. c4 a6 18. Na3 Rc8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Qd2 g5 22.
Rf2 g4 23. Ne1 Bg5 24. Nd3 cxd4 25. Nf4 Nc5 26. Qxd4 Nxb3 27. Qd1 Nxa1 28. Qxa1
Qc7 29. Rc2 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Qe7 31. Qc1 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bxg2 33. Nxg2 Qc5 34. Qf1
f5 35. Kh1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Nd6 Qxe5 38. Nxb5 Rb8 39. Nd4 Qe4 40. Ne2 Rb1
41. Nc1 Bxe3  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Dell,Glen M"]
[Black "Curtis,Calan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[BlackFideId "3261476"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd4 b5 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nb7 16. Be4 Nd6 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Qh4 Nf5 19. Qg5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Black "Gough,Dylan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[BlackFideId "3243176"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7
9. O-O e5 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. b4 f5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Qa4
Kb8 16. c4 fxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 Rhf8 19. Nfg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Bc8 21. d5
h6 22. Ne4 Qb7 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. c5 dxc5 25. Bb5 Nd4 26. f3 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 Bf5
28. bxc5 Bxe4 29. cxb6 Bd5 30. bxa7+ Ka8 31. Qc5 Qxa7 32. Qxa7+ Kxa7 33. Kh2
Rc8 34. Ra1 Rc2 35. Kg3 Rf4 36. Rfe1 Rf5 37. Re3 Rg5+ 38. Kh4 { At this point,
all other games had finished. The remaining few were debating whether it was
mate in 6 or where there some more checks? The Engine tells us it is mate in 8.
However, Dylan decided that time was on his side and he would tourture his
opponent, and the audience, with another 30 moves of excrutiatingly poor
chess.}  38... Rgxg2 ( 38... Rcxg2 { with the unstoppable Rh5 mate coming}  39.
Ra3+ Kb8 40. Rb1+ Kc8 41. Ra8+ Bxa8 42. Rc1+ Kd8 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Rd7+ Kxd7 45.
a4 { and we get to 8 with}  45... Rh5# )39. Ra3+ Kb8 40. Rb1+ Bb7 41. Rb4 Rc7
42. Rab3 Rxa2 43. Kg3 Rac2 44. h4 R2c3 { Amazing, now the game is drawn.}  45.
Rxb7+ Rxb7 46. Rxc3 Rc7 47. Re3 Rc5 48. f4 exf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 h5+ 51.
Kg3 Rf6 52. Rd3 Rc6 53. Kf4 Rf6+ 54. Kg3 Rc6 55. Kf4 Kc7 56. Kg3 Rf6 57. Re3
Kd7 { At some point here Dylan offered the draw but Suhil didn't hear him. When
you have survived a near-death experience and someone offers you a draw - take
it!}  58. Rf3 Re6 59. Rd3+ Ke7 60. Kf4 Rd6 61. Rg3 Rd4+ 62. Kg5 Ke6 63. Kxg6 $4
{ Doubly amazing.}  63... Rg4+ 64. Kxh5 Rxg3 65. Kh6 Kf7 66. Kh7 Kf6 67. Kh6
Rg7 68. h5 Rg5 69. Kh7 Rxh5+ 70. Kg8 Rh4 71. Kf8 Rh8#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Massey,Reg"]
[Black "Ford,Trevor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Qc8 6. Re1 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3
h5 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Nh2 e5 11. e4 Nc6 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Nexd5 14. Nxd6+ Kd7
15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxg4+ Kc7 18. Rxe5 Nb6 19. Rxc5+ Kb8 20. Bf4+
Ka8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Re1  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "De Klerk,Gareth"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "3278816"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 d4 5. exd4 exd4 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Ne4 O-O {
Black has a nice advantage out of the opening.}  8. d3 Re8 9. g3 Nc6 ( { The
immediate } 9... Nxe4 { is stonger.}  10. dxe4 )10. Bg2 Na5 { What?}  11. Nf3
Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 c6 14. O-O Bg4 { Black has frittered away any
advantage.}  15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. b4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 ( 18. Ng5 { Seems
strong, but is flawed.}  18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxb4 )18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe4 20.
Rxe4 Bf6 { A few poor moves allow White the opportunity to gather on the e-file
which, inexplicably, he never does.}  21. Rce1 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7
24. Re4 Rd8 25. Qb2 ( { The Engine is screaming for } 25. Qe2)25... b6 26. Rxd4
{ Brain explosion.}  26... Qxd4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Black "Enright,Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[WhiteFideId "3228991"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Qd4 Kb8 14. Rfd1
d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qxe5+ Bd6 18. Nxd6 Ng4 19. Qf4 Rhf8 20. Nf5+
Ka8 21. Qxg4 g6 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. Ba3 Rdf6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Gwezere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[BlackFideId "11003839"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Re2 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qg4 17. Rae1 Bf5 18. h3 Qg3 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxf4 23. Re3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxe4 26. Rxg3 Nxg3 
0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Black "Tyler,Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[WhiteFideId "35816694"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. e4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Ngf6
9. h3 O-O 10. a3 Nh5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxh5 Nxc4 13. Be2 Ne5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Be3
Bh4 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 b5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qd2 cxb4 20. axb4 Rb8 21. Qd4 Re8
22. Bg4 Bb7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qa7 Ra8 25. Qb6 Rac8 26. Rf3 h6 27. Rd1 f6 28.
Rd4 { Draw agreed.}   1/2-1/2

