[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 { Interestingly, this is the top move in the Lichess Masters database but
is tagged as a slight inaccuracy by our silicon overlords, who prefer:}  ( 8...
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 { etc. This is the first of six slight
inaccuracies, with White only erring once, as the game slowly slips away from
Black.}  )9. a4 dxe5 10. fxe5 a5 $6 ( 10... Na5 11. Ba2 )11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3
Nb4 13. h3 Bf5 $5 { The small inaccuracies are adding up and White now has a
clear edge.}  ( 13... Be6 { , which looks very ugly, is preferred.} )14. Ng5 $6
{ White returns a favour. The immediate}  ( 14. d5 { establishes an
intimidating centre.} )14... N4d5 15. Bd2 h6 $6 ( 15... c6)16. g4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2
hxg5 18. Bxg5 c6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rf3 Rad8 21. Raf1 Qd7 $6 { The preceeding few
moves have seen White incrementally improve his position to a strong edge. This
inaccuracy gives him a decisive advantage, although the other options weren't
much better. The Engine suggests:}  ( 21... Nd7 22. Bxd5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd5 24.
Qf2 { which still seems hopeless.}  )22. Qf2 $6 Kh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bh6 Nb4 $4
{ Inaccuracies turn into blunders and mate is now inevitable.}  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

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Balavignan,Ashvin"]
[Black "O'Mahoney,Keegan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[BlackFideId "2506190"]
[ECO "A96"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[WhiteFideId "3261425"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 a5 10. a3 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rxf4 17. Qe5 Qf8 18. Nd4 Ra6 19. Nf5 Rg4 20. h3 Re6 21. Qxc7
Na6 22. Qxa5 Rg5 23. Qd2 Reg6 24. Ng3 Nc5 25. Qe3 Ne6 26. h4 Rg4 27. h5 R6g5
28. Bh3 Rf4 29. Rad1 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Bxh3 31. Rfd1 Rxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rg4 33. Rd8
Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Bg4 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rb1  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roebuck,Derek J"]
[Black "Gibson,Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[BlackFideId "3246426"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[WhiteFideId "3226999"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qc3 Na6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nxa7 f5 13. Bxa6 f4 14. Bd2
Rxa7 15. Bd3 Qe8 16. Qc7 e4 17. Bb5 Qxb5 18. Qxe7 Bg4 19. f3 exf3 20. O-O-O
Rxa2 21. Bc3 Ra1+ 22. Kd2 Qxd5+ 23. Ke1 Qxd1+ 24. Kf2 Qxc2+ 25. Bd2 Qxd2+ 26.
Qe2 Qxe2#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy,Dave"]
[Black "Simonds,Marcus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[BlackFideId "3237575"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[WhiteFideId "3235467"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. Bc4 d5 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Re1 e6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Bg5 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Qe2 Re8 $2 20. Qg4 ( 20.
Nd2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bb5 22. Qd1 { and White holds a clear advantage.}  )20... Nf7
21. Ng3 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kh8 23. h4 Rg8 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. Qg5 Raf8 { White's
advantage has been fading but it is still there, but with both players now very
short of time a draw was agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wu,Kobe"]
[Black "Janceski,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[BlackFideId "3228185"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[WhiteFideId "3257355"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Re1
Ngf6 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nf1 Qc7 15.
c4 N5b6 16. cxb5 $2 axb5 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. h3 c4 20. Bc2 Nd5 21. Bd2
Bb4 22. a3 Bc5 23. Rec1 Qb6 24. N1h2 Ba6 25. Qe1 Bb7 26. Kf1 Rdc8 27. Qe2 b4
28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Bb1 $2 { Black is winning.} 
31... Kh8 $2 { Not now.}  ( 31... Ba6)32. Kg1 Ba6 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Qf4 Kg8 35.
Ng4 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Qg3 $4 ( 37. Nf6+ gxf6 38. exf6 { and White is
winning.}  )37... Ng6 38. Rd1 Qxb2 39. Nh4 Qe2 40. Ne3 Nf8 41. Nf3 Rb8 42. Rd2
Rb2 $4 { Overlooking the hanging queen!}  43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. Qf4 d2 45. Qd4 Ng6
46. Nxd2 Re1+ 47. Kh2 Bb5 48. Nf3 Rc1 49. Qb2 Rc5 50. Qd4 Rc8 51. Qb6 Be2 52.
Qb7 Rd8 53. Qc7 Re8 54. Nc4 Rf8 55. Nb6 Re8 56. Nd4 Bd3 57. Qd7 Rb8 58. Qc7 Re8
59. Nc6 Bf5 60. Qd7 Kf8 61. Nc4 Ra8 62. Nd6 Nh8 63. Nxf5 exf5 64. Qxf5 Re8 65.
f4 Re6 66. Nd4 Re8 67. e6 f6 68. Qh7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Black "Shen,Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[BlackFideId "4302079"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[WhiteFideId "5749476"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 { Bold.}  7. Re1 Bg7
8. d4 O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. h3 Bc8 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Ne3
Ne7 ( 14... Nf4 { seems more annoying.} )15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nf4 17. g3 Ne6
18. Kg2 Nc8 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Nd2 Nd4 $4 ( 21... Rfd8 { and life goes
on.} )22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bd3 dxe3 24. e5 exf2 25. Bxg6 fxe1=Q 26. Rxe1 fxg6 27.
exd6 cxd6 28. Qxg6 Rf7 29. Qxd6  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hare,Tim"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Zhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[BlackFideId "5749468"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[WhiteFideId "4300629"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
dxe5 Bxe5 9. c3 O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bxh6 Bxg3 14. hxg3
gxh6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Qf4 Qg5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bg6
21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rh1 f6 23. Nxg6 Kxg6 24. Rh4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27.
Rgh1 Re6 28. R1h2 Rff6 29. Rh5 Kg7 30. Ke1 Rd6 31. e3 c5 32. Rg2+ Kf7 33. Rd2
Kg6 34. Rh4 Rfe6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Rh5 Rf6 37. Rh1 Ke6 38. Rhd1 b5 39. b3 c4 40.
b4 Rf7 41. Rg1 Ke7 42. Rg8 { The rook infiltrates behind enemy lines!}  42...
Rh7 43. Rb8 a6 44. Rb7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Black "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[BlackFideId "311105223"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[WhiteFideId "5749450"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. O-O d6 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. e5 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Bd5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 c6 17. Be4 Qf6 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Bxh7 Qg7 20. Bd3 Bh3
21. Nh4 Rg8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Re4 Rad8 24. Bf1 Bg4 25. Bg2 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Bf3 27.
Re3 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe3 29. Qf5 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 Rdd2 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7
33. Qe5+ f6 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35. h5+ Kf5 36. Qh7+ Kg4 37. Qg8+ Bg5 38. Qe6+ f5 39.
h3+ Kh4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "King,David"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[WhiteFideId "3246680"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 d5 14. c5
Nd7 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Re8 17. Rab1 a6 18. h3 Bf6 19. Rfe1 Bg5 20. Nc3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 h6 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Re8 27. Rb1
Ke7 28. Rb2 f6 29. b5 axb5 30. Re2+ Kf7 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. axb5 Nf8 33. Ke3 Ne6
34. g3 Ke7 35. b6 g6 36. Ne2 Ng7 37. g4 Ne6 38. f4 Kf7 39. fxg5 Nxg5 40. h4 Ne6
41. Nf4 Ng7 42. Nxd5 f5 43. Nb4 Ne6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nxc6 f4+ 46. Kf2 Ke8 47.
Na5 Kd7 48. Nxb7 Nxd4 49. Na5 Ne6 50. c6+ Kc8 51. Kf3 Kb8 52. h5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "O'Gorman,Alice"]
[Black "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. g4
{ Why not!}  8... Qa5 9. h4 e5 10. h5 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. g5
Nfd7 $4 ( 13... Nh5 { holds.} )14. Qh2 Kf7 15. f4 Rh8 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Bg4
18. Qf4+ Ke7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxg4 Raf8 22. Bh3 Rf7 23. Rdf1 Rd8
24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Qf3 Qxg5+ 27. Qf4 Qxf4+ 28. Rxf4 Rf8 29. Rxf8
Kxf8 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Bc8 b6 33. Bd7 c5 34. Nb5 a6 35. Nc7 b5 36.
Nxa6 b4 37. c3 Ke7 38. Bb5 bxc3 39. bxc3 h5 40. Nc7 g5 41. Nd5+ Kd8 42. Nf6 g4
43. Nxh5 Kc7 44. Be2  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Jones,Luke"]
[Black "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "3228991"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 $2 { Black holds the advantage but it's early days.
Unfortunately at this point White was forfieted under the mobile phone rule.}  
0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Gwezere, Cecil"]
[Black "Ford,Trevor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[WhiteFideId "11003839"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nge2 Na6 6. a3 Bd6 7. e5 Bxg2 8. Rg1
Bh3 9. exd6 O-O 10. Bxa6 cxd6 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Qd2 Qh4 13. Be3 Nxh2 14. Bb7 Rae8
15. O-O-O d5 16. Bh6 Nf3 17. Bxg7 Bg4 18. Qh6 Qxh6+ 19. Bxh6 Nxg1 20. Rxg1 f5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ba6 h5 23. Rh1 Kf7 24. Nf4 Rh8 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Ncxe2 h4 27.
Ng2 h3 28. f4 Kg7 29. Ne1 h2 30. Nf3  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Zhang,Olivia"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5
Be5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. f4 Nxe3 19. Na3 Bd6 20. b4 c5 21.
Rac1 cxb4 22. Nb1 Bf5 23. Nd2 bxc3 24. Nb3 c2 25. g3 Ba3 26. Ned4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1
Rac8 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Nd2 Nd1+ 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. Kh3 Nf2+ 32. Kh4 g5+ 33. Kh5 Kh7
34. fxg5 Bg6+ 35. Kh4 hxg5+ 36. Kxg5 Re5+ 37. Kf4 Nd3+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Black "Enright,Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[WhiteFideId "12808202"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qb6 13. b3 Nfxd4 14. Bxd5 $2 {
Desparation. Black has won the opening, but ...}  14... Bc5 $4 ( 14... exd5 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Bxd4 Qxd5 )15. Na4 Qd8 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Nxc5 Nf5 18. Qf3 O-O 19.
Rad1 Qc7 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. Ne4 Nd4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 h5 25. Qg5
Nf5 26. g4 Kg7 27. gxf5 Rh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Ne8+ Qxe8 30. f6+ Kf8 31. Be3 Qd7
32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Bd6 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qa6 35. Be7 Kd7 36. Rd1+ Kc8 37. Qc5 Kb7 38.
Rd7+ Ka8 39. Bf8 Qb6 40. Qe7 Qb8 41. Rd8  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Dell,Glen M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8.
O-O a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Qb6 13. exd5 Qxb2 14. Qe1
Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rb1 Qc2 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rfd8 20. Rxb7
Rxd3 21. Ndb1 a5 22. a3 a4 23. Rb4 Bb3 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Re3 Rb3
27. Rc3 Kf8 28. f3 Rb8 29. Rcxb3  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Gough,Dylan"]
[Black "Tyler,Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[WhiteFideId "3243176"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 e6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 c5 7. h3 Be7 8. Nge2 a6 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Be8 12. g4 Nfd7 13. Qd2 f6 14. f4 Nb6 15. h4 N8d7
16. h5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bc2 b4 20. Na4 a5 21. g5 Rb8 22. fxe5
Nxe5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 fxg5 26. h6 g6 27. Bd4 Nf3 28. Qe3 g4
29. Kb1 Bg5 30. Qe2 c3 31. Bb3 Rc8 32. e7+ Rf7 33. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7
35. Qc4+ Ke7 36. Nb6 Nd2+ 37. Rxd2 Ke8 38. Qe6+ Be7 39. Bf6 c2+ 40. Rxc2 Rd7
41. Rc8+ Rd8 42. Qxe7#  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Dowling,Shane"]
[Black "Howard,Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[BlackFideId "3237923"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. b3 e5 2. Ba3 $2 Bxa3 3. Nxa3 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. d4 e4 8. f3
O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. f4 Bd7 11. g4 h6 12. h4 Nh7 13. g5 Re6 14. f5 Rd6 15. gxh6
Rxh6 16. Bh5 Bxf5 17. Bg4 Rxh4 18. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 19. Kd2 Bxg4 20. Qf1 Qh2+ 21. Ne2
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Re8 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 b6 26. c5 bxc5 27. dxc5
Re5 28. Rb1 Rxc5 29. Nd4 Nxd4+ 30. exd4 Rc2+ 31. Ke3 f5 32. Rb7 Rc3+ 33. Kd2
Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Rxd4 35. Rxc7 Ra4 36. Rc2 g5 37. Kf2 f4 38. Kg2 g4 39. Rf2 f3+ 40.
Kg3 e3 41. Rc2 e2 42. Kf2 Nf6 43. Rb2 Nd5 44. Ke1 g3 45. Rc2 g2  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Teh,Rui Zhe"]
[Black "O'Mahoney,Keegan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[BlackFideId "2506190"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[WhiteFideId "5749468"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Qc2 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f4 8. dxc5
fxe3 9. Bxe3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Bxc5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Kb1 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 d5
15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Qa4 Bf5+ 17. Kc1 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Rac8+ 19. Nc3 Nfxd5 20. Kd2
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rfd8+ ( 21... Nxa2 { is more precise, although Black still has
the intiative.} )22. Ke1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rxc3 $4 ( { A horrible blunder. } 23...
Nxa2 { and Black has a won endgame.} )24. Be1 Nxa2 ( 24... Bc2+ 25. Kc1 Nxa2+
26. Kb2 { and one piece is falling.}  )25. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 26. Kd2 Na4 27. Bc4+ Kf8
28. Ra1 Nb6 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 a6 31. Ke4 Nc4 32. Kd5 Ne3+ 33. Kxe5 Nxg2 34.
Rb1 Nh4 35. Ke4 b5 36. Ra1 Kf7 37. Rxa6 g6 38. Rb6 Nf5 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. Ke5 Nh4
41. Kf6 h6 42. Rxb5 Nxf3 43. Kxg6 Nh4+ 44. Kxh6 Kf7 45. Rh5 Ng2 46. Kg5 Kg7 47.
Rh3 Ne1 48. Rc3 Ng2 49. h4 Kg8 50. h5 Kh8 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Re7+ 
1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Barry,David"]
[Black "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[BlackFideId "5749450"]
[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. Kb1 Nbd7 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Nbd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bd3 Na4 18. c3 O-O 19. Bd4 Nb6 20. Qe3 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rc4 25. b3 Rc3 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27.
Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd1 h4 29. h3 Kf6 30. Kb2 b4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. e5+ Kf5
34. Re1 d5 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Ra7 Rxd4 37. Rxe7 Rd2+ 38. Kc1 Rxg2 39. Rxf7+ Kxe5
40. Rb7 Kd4 41. Rxb4+ Kc3 42. Rg4 Rxg4 43. fxg4 Kxb3 44. Kd2 Kc4 45. Kc2 g5 
0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Simonds,Marcus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[BlackFideId "3237575"]
[ECO "A44"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qd3 Nd7 8. Nd2 Be7
9. Qg3 h5 10. h3 Bh4 11. Qe3 Bg5 12. Qd3 c4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qxb5 Rb8
16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qxd6 Rh6 19. Qxe5+ Kf8 20. b3 Be7 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22.
Bxc4 Bd6 23. Ba3 Rb4 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Ne2 Be5 27. Qd1 Bxa1 28.
Qxa1 Qxe4 29. O-O Rg6 30. f3 Qe3+ 31. Kh2 Qg5 32. g3 Qf5 33. g4 hxg4 34. fxg4
Qxc2 35. Qd1 Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Rh6 37. Kg3 Nf6 38. Rd4 Ne8 39. a5 Nd6 40. Bd3 Bb5
41. Bxb5 Nxb5 42. Rxb4 Nc7 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Rc4 Kd8 45. b4 Ra6 46. h4 Kd7 47. g5
Ra8 48. Kg4 g6 49. Kf4 Rh8 50. Kg4 Ra8 51. Rc5 Ra6 52. h5 gxh5+ 53. Kxh5 Ne8
54. Kg4 Ra8 55. Ne4 Ra6 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. d6+ Kd7 58. Nf6+ Nxf6 59. gxf6 Kxd6 60.
Kf4 Kd7 61. Ke5 Re6+ 62. Kf5 Ra6 63. Rb5 Kc7 64. Rb6 Ra7 65. Ke5 Ra8 66. Kf5
Ra7 67. Kg5 Ra8 68. Kh6 Ra7 69. Kg7 Kc8 70. a6 Kc7 71. Rb7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wu,Kobe"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[WhiteFideId "3257355"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d5 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Qe3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rfe1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Qxd2 15. Rad1 Qg5 16. Re3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. Ba3 f6 20.
Rg3 Kh7 21. Rf3 e4 22. Re3 Ne5 23. Rd4 f5 24. Kf1 c5 25. Rd5 Nc4 26. Bxc5 Nxe3+
27. fxe3 Red8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd4 g5 30. g3 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Ke1 b6 33.
Kd2 Kg6 34. Ke2 Rh8 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Ra1 37. Kd2 Rxa2 38. c4 Ra5 39. Ke2
Rh5 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. c5 bxc5 42. Bxc5 a6 43. Bd6 Rh6 44. Bf4 Rb6 45. Kc3 a5 46.
Kd4 a4 47. c4 a3 48. Kd5 a2 49. Be5 Rb1 50. Bd4 a1=Q 51. Bxa1 Rxa1 52. c5 Rd1+
53. Kc6 Ke5 54. Kb7 Rc1 55. c6 Kd6 56. Kb8 Rxc6 57. Ka8 Rb6 58. Ka7 Kc7 59. Ka8
Ra6#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. c3 Be7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nd2
Ng4 9. Ng3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Rad1 Ng4 13. Rf3 Qg5 14. Ndf1 h5
15. h3 Nh6 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxh6+ ( 17. dxe5 gxf5 18. Rg3 )17... Bxh6 18. Bc4 Re7
$2 19. Qb3 $2 { and the queen is in Siberia,}  ( 19. Qf2 { maintains the White
advantage.}  19... Bg7 ( 19... Be6 20. d5 Bd7 21. Rg3 Qh4 22. Rxg6+ )20. Bxf7+
)19... Kg7 20. Bxf7 Bxh3 21. Rg3 $4 ( 21. Rxh3 Rxf7 )21... Bg4 22. Be6 Rxe6 23.
Qxb7 Rf8 24. Nh2 Qh4 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Qxc7+ Rf7 27. Qc4 Bxe3+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Gibson,Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[BlackFideId "3246426"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. e5 Nh5 12. Bg5 dxe5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qxe5 Nf6 { Black has the extra pawn but the position is perilous, however
White now let's it slip with}  16. Rd6 ( 16. Na4 Bd7 ( 16... b5 17. Nb6 Ra7 18.
Nxc8 )17. Nb6 )16... O-O 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Na4 Nd7 ( 18... b5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20.
Nxc8 Rexc8 21. Be2 )19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Bb3 b5 21. Nc3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Nxb3 23. Nd5 Qb7
24. axb3 Rf8 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qh6 Qe7 $4 { Now none of Black's pieces can get
back to defend the king.}  ( 26... e5 27. Qxf6 Qe4 28. Qg5+ Kh8 )27. R1d3 Qxd6
{ Desperate, but this is the top engine move.}  28. Rxd6 Bb7 29. Rd3 Be4 30.
Rg3+ Bg6 31. h4 Rfd8 32. h5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy,Dave"]
[Black "King,David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[BlackFideId "3246680"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[WhiteFideId "3235467"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. c3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. a4 Nf6 18. f3 Qd6 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. h3 Rfb8 24. Rf1 Kh8 25. Rfb1 Qc6 26. Qe1 Rb6 27. Rxa8+
Qxa8 28. Ra1 Ra6 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Qb1 Qa8 31. Kf2 Qf8 32. Kg1 Nd5 33. Bxe4
Nxe3 34. Qe1 Qf4 35. Bf3 Qg5 36. Qd2 h5 37. Bxh5 Qg3 38. Bf3 Nf5 39. Qf2 Qf4
40. Bg4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 g6 42. Bxf5 exf5 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qe5 b4 46.
d5 Qxb2 47. d6 Qxc3 48. Qe8 Qd4 49. d7 Qd6+ 50. Kg1 Qd4+ 51. Kh1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2
Qd6+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Black "Hapugala,Amila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[BlackFideId "9915397"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[WhiteFideId "3204081"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Ngf6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 c6 12. d5 c5 13. h3 a6 14. Rab1 a5 15. Qc2
b6 16. Nb5 Nf8 17. Nh2 Ba6 18. Ng4 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qe7 20. a3 h5 21. Ne3 Kh7 22.
Nc4 N8d7 23. Bd2 Rec8 24. Qd3 Ne8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nc7 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28.
Qf3 Rcb8 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Red1 Na4 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. g4 h4 33. Bg5 Nc5 34. Rb4
Nxb5 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Bxb5 Qd6 37. Rdb1 Bh6 38. Bxh4 Bd2 39. R4b2 Ba5 40. Bf6
Nd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. g5 Rh8 43. Qg3 Kg8 44. Rc2 Rh5 45. Rc8+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[BlackFideId "3252078"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 Nxg5 4. hxg5 e5 5. dxe5 Qxg5 6. Nf3 Qd8 ( 6... Qe7 {
was a little more accurate but White now proceeds to play a few weak moves.}
)7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 d6 9. Nc3 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $2 { The king capture preserves
the pawn but allows White fast development and leaves the king stuck in the
middle of the board. Although White doesn't immediately capitalize, the king's
position proves problematic for Black later.}  ( 10... Nxd8 11. Nxe5 Bd6 { was
preferred.}  )11. O-O-O+ ( 11. Bc4 { was preferred.} )11... Bd6 12. Nb5 Ke7 13.
Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 { White was eyeing d4 at this point but, as it stands, Black has
the edge.}  14... Rd8 15. Be2 f5 16. Nec3 a6 17. Nd5+ Kd7 $4 { Catastrophic.
White was looking to simply win the c7 pawn but now there are many tactics.}  (
17... Kf8 18. Ndxc7 Bxc7 19. Nxc7 Rb8 { White has clawed his way out of a poor
positoin but not much more.}  )18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Nb6+ Ke7 20. Nxa8 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 f4 22. Nxc7 fxe3 23. fxe3 { Maintaining the restrictions on the knight.} 
( 23. Nd5+)23... Be6 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. g4 Kf6 26. b4 Kg5 27. Rd7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Faithfull,Ian"]
[Black "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "3228991"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. c3 Rc8 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 b5 $2 { White's pleasant edge is now a clear advantage.}  16. Rfd1 ( { The
immediate } 16. a4 { is more precise but White still holds an advantage.}
)16... Re8 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Qe3 $2 Ne7 19. a3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. Nd2 Qb7 22.
Nb3 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rec8 24. Qe1 Qc7 25. Nd2 Rb6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Nb1 { White's play
seems aimless. His advantage has gone and Black continues to improve.}  27...
Qa5 28. f3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rc5 30. Qe3 Qc7 31. h3 a5 32. b4 $2 { White cracks.} 
32... Rxd5 33. exd5 h6 34. Nd2 axb4 35. axb4 Be7 36. Qd3 Bg5 37. Rc2 Bxd2 38.
Qxd2 Qc4 39. Kg1 Ra8 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. Qe2 Qxd5 42. Rd2 Qc6 43. Rd3 $2 Kf8 44.
Qd2 Ke7 45. Qe3 Ra6 46. Qe4 Qb6+ 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Qe3 Qxe3 49. Rxe3 Rc2 50. f4
f6 51. fxe5 fxe5 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. g4 d5 54. Kg3 g5 55. h4 e4 56. hxg5 hxg5 57.
Kh3 Ke5 58. Kg3 Rc1 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Rg3 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Black "Tyler,Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[WhiteFideId "35816694"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O h6 7. d3 Be6 8. a3 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nb5 Be7 15.
Nxe5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxc6 Rac8 18. Nxa7 Rce8 19. Bf4 Bd8 20. Rc2 c5 21.
Nb5 Re7 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. d4 Nd7 25. Bc6 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Rf8 27.
Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Nc6 Bc7 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Rd1 h5 31. Qd7 Qg6 32. Ne7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Enright,Chris"]
[Black "De Heer,Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[BlackFideId "3243770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O Qd7 $2 6. c4 ( 6. Ne5 Nxe5 ( {
Or } 6... Qd8 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. e4 )( 6... Qc8 { is given as best by the engine,
but}  7. c4 )7. dxe5 Ng8 )6... Bh3 7. Nc3 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 O-O-O 9. Qc2 dxc4 10.
Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Rfd1 e6 13. a3 Na5 14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Rab1 Nxd4 16. e4
Nxc2 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Rc1 b4 21. Rxc2 bxc3 22. Rxc3
Bc5 23. Ne5 $2 Bd4 24. Nxf7 Bxc3 25. Nxh8 Bxb2 26. a4 c3  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Dell,Glen M"]
[Black "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8. c3
Nbd7 9. h4 h5 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bg5 e5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Qd3 O-O (
14... a4 { pushes on Black's advantage.} )15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 $2 17.
Rxd6 a4 18. Na1 Kh7 $2 19. Kb1 $2 Rfe8 $2 20. Rhd1 Rad8 21. Nc2 Re6 22. Bxf6
Rxd6 23. Bxd8 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc5 25. f3 Nd3 26. Nb4 Nf4 27. g3 Ne6 28. Bg5 f6
29. Be3 Bf8 30. Bxa4 Bxb4 31. cxb4 g5 32. Bb3 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Kc2 b6 35.
Kd3 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 gxh4 39. gxh4 f5 40. a6  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Curtis,Calan"]
[Black "Gough,Dylan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[BlackFideId "3243176"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[WhiteFideId "3261476"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 h6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Bb4 Rd8 13. a4 a5 $2 14. Bc5 Ra6
15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Bb6 $2 ( 16. Nd6 Nfd7 ( 16... Rd8 { trying to save the rook is
the engine's fourth best line}  17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxb7 Rd7 19. Nd6 { is clearly
winning for White.}  )17. Nxc8 Qxc8 )16... Qe7 17. Bxa5 Be4 18. Bb4 Qd8 19. Bc5
Qc7 20. Nd6 $2 { playing this now is a mistake, better is}  ( 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qe3 )20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b6 22. Nxc8 bxc5 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ fxg6 25. dxc5
Nbd7 26. Qxe6 Nxc5 27. Qc4 Qb6 { White is still much better but, after all the
complications and with his team already lost, a draw was agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Massey,Reg"]
[Black "Brophy,Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 h5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bf5 8. a3 g5
{ Cave man coming!}  9. e3 g4 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bh4 13. e4 (
13. gxh4 Qxh4 { This is still equal but looks horrendous.}  )13... dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Be7 15. Qe2 c6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. c4 O-O-O 18. Rad1 f6 19. b4 a6 20. c5 Qb5
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd2+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Kf7 25. Rd1 Qe2 26. Qd7+ Ne7
27. exf6 Kxf6 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Bg5 e5 30. Qd6 Re8 31. Bf1 Qf3 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33.
Bh6 Qh1+ 34. Kxh1 Be4+ 35. Kg1 Nf5 36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Rd7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Black "Flendt,Mikaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1238"]
[WhiteFideId "3256669"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Re8 9. b4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. h3 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 c6 15.
Qa7 Qc7 16. Qa3 Ra8 17. Qb2 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Na4
Nxd5 22. Bd2 N5f6 23. Nc3 d5 24. Qc2 Qa8 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Qb1 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 dxe4
28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 exd3 30. Qxd3 Bxg2 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Qd6 Bxh3 33. Qh2
Qc8  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hare,Tim"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[BlackFideId "5749476"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[WhiteFideId "4300629"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 c5 12. e3 e6 13. Qa1 Qe7 14. Rfc1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Rfd8 16. a4 Nb8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Qxa5 Nc6 19. Qa3 Nb4 20. Rc3 Ne4 21. Rb3
Qc7 22. Nf1 a5 23. Ne5 a4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Ra8 26. c5 Bd5 27. Nc4 Nf6 28.
Nfd2 Rdb8 29. Qa3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ra6 31. f3 Nd7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Ba3 Rd8 34. Nb6
Ra7 35. Qb1 Nf6 36. Ndc4 Nd5 37. e4 Nc7 38. Nd6 Bxd4 39. Nbc8 Nb5 40. Nxb5 Qxc8
41. Nxa7 Qa6 42. Nb5 Rb8 43. Qd3 e5 44. Rb1 Qe6 45. Nxd4 Qa2+ 46. Rb2 Rxb2+ 47.
Bxb2 Qxb2+ 48. Nc2 a3 49. c6 a2 50. Kh3 Qb1 51. c7 a1=Q 52. c8=Q+ Kg7 53. Qdd8
Qf1+ 54. Kh4 Qa4 55. Qh8+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[WhiteFideId "5749450"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Ndf6 13. c4 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Qa4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxd8 Bxf4
21. Nc6 e3 22. Ne5 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rd8 24. Qb3 Ne4+ 25. Ke1 g5 26. Qf3 Nd2 27.
Qc6 Qb8 28. Nd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Nxc4 30. Rd3 Bg3+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33.
Kh1 Ne3 34. Qd8+ Kg7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "King,David"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[WhiteFideId "3246680"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Qb3 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Kxh7 14.
Qc2+ Kg8 15. Qe4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bf6 17. Be3 d5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3
Qd7 21. Rf3 Rfe8 22. b4 c6 23. Raf2 a5 24. b5 a4 25. Ra2 Ra5 26. b6 Rea8 27.
Ra3 Rb5 28. Nxb5 cxb5 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Qb4 Be7 31. Qb1 Ra6 32. Ra2 Bg5 33. Kf2
Ra8 34. g3 Qd7 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Qxd5 Re8 37. Re2 Bf6 38. Qa2 Rd8 39. Qa3 Qd7 40.
Qb4 Qh3 41. Kg1 Qd7 42. Rb2 Ra8 43. Qxb5 Qd5 44. Qe2 a3 45. Ra2 Qb3 46. Rf2 Bg5
47. Rf3 Bf6 48. h4 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Qe4 50. Rf4 Qd5 51. Qc2 Qd7 52. Qe4 Re8 53. Qd3
Be7 54. Qb3 Rd8 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Rf5 g6 57. Qxg6 Bd6 58. Rh5+ Qh7 59. Rxh7# 
1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Black "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[BlackFideId "3204081"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[WhiteFideId "3268250"]

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. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
h3 Rae8 { White is fine here.}  16. g4 $6 ( 16. Rc1 { is the natural choice and
has been played many times in this position. After 16. g4, the points f3, f4,
h3 and h4 become harder to defend.} )16... Re7 $6 ( 16... e5 $1 17. g5 exd4 18.
Nxd4 ( 18. gxf6 dxe3 19. fxe3 Bb4 20. Kg2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxf6 22. Rb1 Ne5 23.
Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc2 Bxh3+ 25. Kxh3 Qh5+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ )( 18. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Nce2 Nh5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qc2+
Kg8 26. Qxc5 Qe5 )18... Ne4 19. Nxd5 Bh2+ 20. Kg2 Rxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3
( 22. Kf3 Nxg5# )22... Nxf2+ 23. Kh4 Qg3+ 24. Kh5 Qh3# )17. g5 { inviting Black
to play ...Nh5-f4.}  17... Nh5 $19 18. Ne5 Be8 $1 ( 18... g6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
Nxg6 Be8 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Qg4 Bg6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Rac1 Qf7 25. Bd2 Bf5 26. Qf3
e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Qe3 Be4 29. Nd4 Nf4 30. Qxf4 ( 30. Rc3 Nc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4
)30... Nf3+ 31. Qxf3 Bxf3 )19. Bxh7+ $5 { ...Nf4 must be stopped. Bxh7+
succeeds in doing so, but it requires a trade of the light-squared bishops,
solving one of Black's main problems in these French middlegames.}  19... Kxh7
20. g6+ Bxg6 21. Nxg6 Kxg6 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Bg5 Nxd4 ( 24... Ref7
25. Rxe6 ( 25. Qg4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Bc5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Be3 Qd6
30. Bf2 Rf3 31. Kg2 Qf4 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Rae1 d4 34. Ne4 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxh3
)25... Nxd4 26. Nxd5 Qc4 27. Rxd6 ( 27. Be7 Rf5 28. Qg4 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 ( 29. Kh1
Qxd5+ 30. Qe4 Qxe6 31. Qxe6+ Nxe6 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Kxh2 Rxf2+ ) 29... Rxf2+
30. Kg1 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 )27... Ne2+ $3 28. Kh1
Ng3+ $1 29. fxg3 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2# )25. Bxe7 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 $4 (
26. Kf1 Bxe7 27. Rxe6 Ng5 28. Rxe7 ( 28. Re2 Qh2 29. Qg4 Nxh3 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Nxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Bc5 34. f3 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Re5 )28... Qxe7 29.
Re1 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf5 31. Qg4 Nxh3 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd2 Nf4 )26... Bxe7 27. Kg2
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Nxe1 29. Nd1 Nd3 30. f3 Qd2 ( 30... Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Nf4+ { Much
quicker, as was pointed out immediately by Ian McAteer once the game had
ended.}  )31. Qg4 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Bd6+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Roebuck,Derek J"]
[Black "Balavignan,Ashvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[BlackFideId "3261425"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[WhiteFideId "3226999"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 { Another on of those dodgy gambits}  4... d4
{ which should have been accepted.}  ( 4... cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. d4 { is fine for
Black.}  )5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Bb5+ ( 6. Ba3 { is the continuation.} )6... Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 { White has helped Black to develop.}  8. Qe2 Nc6 9. d3 Nge7 10. O-O
O-O ( 10... Nd5 { played immediately is needed to keep the edge.} )11. Nbd2 Qd5
12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Ba3 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Bd6 Rac8 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 f5 18.
Ree1 h6 19. Nbd2 { The game evaluation had drifted all the way back to 0.00,
but now White has started to go wrong.}  ( 19. h4 { and White is a little
better.} )19... Ba5 20. Red1 Bb4 21. Nc4 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Rc7 23. Rab1 Ngxe5 24.
Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Nb5 Rxc2 26. Nxa7 Rxa2 27. Nb5 Kf7 28. Nc7 Rd7  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Wu,Kobe"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy,Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[BlackFideId "3235467"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[WhiteFideId "3257355"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. d4 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qa5
15. Bd2 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rad1 Nhf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf4 Rfd8
21. c3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Re3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Ra1 Rc6 26. Rf3 Rdc8 27. Bd2
a4 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 f6 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Rf3 g5 33. g4 Kf7 34.
Rfe3 Re8 35. R1e2 Rc7 36. f3 Rce7 37. Kf2 e5 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40.
Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd3 { A great example of the importance of understanding pawn
structures. White needed to get h4 in first. This is White's first error and it
should have proved immediately fatal.}  ( 41. h4 gxh4 ( 41... h5 42. gxh5 gxh4
43. Rh2 { is winning for White.}  )42. Rh2 { is holding for White.}  )41... Kd6
( 41... Rf8 { is crushing.} )42. Re1 Kc5 43. Re2 h6 { After letting the
advantage slip a few times, Black finally cements it.}  44. Rd2 Rf8 45. Ke3 Kc4
46. Rd1 Rf4 47. Rd2 d4+ 48. cxd4 exd4+ 49. Ke2 Rf6 50. Rc2+ Kb3 51. Rd2 d3+ 52.
Rxd3+ Kxb2 53. Kd2 b4 54. axb4 a3 55. Rc3 Rd6+ 56. Ke3 Kxc3 57. b5 a2 58. f4
gxf4+ 59. Kxf4 a1=Q 60. h4 Qa4+ 61. Kg3 Rd3+ 62. Kf2 Qa2+ 63. Ke1 Qc2 64. b6
Rd1#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Janceski,Alex"]
[Black "Williams,Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[BlackFideId "3266770"]
[ECO "D06"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[WhiteFideId "3228185"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. b4 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rfd1 e5 15. a4
e4 16. Ne1 Nbd7 17. a5 Ne5 18. a6 Bc8 19. cxd5 Neg4 20. Nf1 ( 20. h3 { and
there is no threat, White is clearly winning.} )20... Qc7 { Now g3 is needed,
and White is still winning.}  21. h3 { Too late for h3 now, Mate in 3 has been
announced.}  21... Bh2+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Black "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[BlackFideId "3252078"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 ( 4... e6 { is probably a little better.}
)5. Bb5 e6 6. b4 Ne7 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 a5 10. c3 axb4 11. cxb4 Qc7
12. O-O Ng6 13. Qd4 { Hanging on to that pawn!}  13... h6 14. Be3 Ra4 15. Nc3
Ra3 16. b5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa8 18. Qb4 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Ra7 20. Nxa7 Qxa7 21. Be3 Ba6
22. Qa4+ Kd8 23. Qa5+ Kc8 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. c6+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Faithfull,Ian"]
[Black "Curtis,Calan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[BlackFideId "3261476"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Ne5 $4 Nxe5 8.
Bxd7+ Nexd7 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. d3 Ne5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14.
Nc3 Rc8 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bc3 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20.
Kf1 Rfd8 21. Kg1 Ba5 22. c4 Nf4 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Elamparithi,Arvind"]
[Black "Tyler,Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 ( 2... Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 Nc6 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Bb3 d6 7. d4
Ned7 8. dxc5 dxc5 ( 8... Nxc5 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Nxf3
O-O 13. O-O-O b6 14. Rhe1 Bb7 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. e5 d5 18. Ne2 ( 18.
Na4 Ne6 19. Nc3 b5 20. Ne2 a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Nc5 23. Bb3 Nxb3+ 24. cxb3
h6 25. Kb1 Bc8 26. h3 Be6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Ned4 Bd7 29. e6 fxe6 ( 29... Bxe6 30.
Nxe6 fxe6 31. Ne5 ( 31. Rxe6) ) 30. Ne5 ( 30. Nxe6 Rf6 31. Nfd4 ( 31. Ned4 Be6
( 31... Bf5+) ) ( 31. Nc5 Bf5+ 32. Ka1 Rd6 33. Nd4 Bg6 34. Re6 Rxe6 35. Ndxe6
Be8 36. Rf1 Bg6 ( 36... Bh5) 37. g4 Rb8 38. Nd7 Rxb3 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Rxb8
41. Nxb8 Be8 42. Nc7 c5 43. Nxe8 a4 ( 43... d4 44. Nd6 d3 45. Ne4 c4 46. Nd2
Kg6 47. Nxc4 Kg5 48. Kb1 a4 49. Nc6 Kh4 50. N6e5 Kxh3 51. Kc1 Kh4 52. Kd2 h5
53. Ne3 hxg4 54. N5xg4 Kg5 55. Kxd3 Kg6 56. Kc3 ( 56. Kc4 Kf7 57. Kb4 Ke7 58.
Kxa4 Kd6 59. Ka5 Kc5 60. b4+ Kc6 61. Ka6 Kc7 62. b5 Kb8 63. b6 g6 64. Nd5 g5
65. Ne5 g4 66. b7 ) ) ) ) ) 18... a5 ))3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 exf4 ( 4... Nf6)5. Nf3
g5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Enright,Chris"]
[Black "Mutsengi,Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Nb4 7. Na3 dxc4 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nxc4 Be4 10. Bc3 Be7 11. Ncd2 O-O 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. e3 Bf6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. Nxc6 Nxd1 16. Nxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rfxd1 c6 18. Rac1 Be7 19. a3 a5 20. Rc4 f5 21.
f4 Kf7 22. Bf3 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Kf2 Ra6 25. Rb1 Raa8 26. Ke2 Rdc8 27. Kd3 Ke8
28. e4 Rd8 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Kc3 Bf6 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rd2 Kg7 34.
Rd1 Rad8 35. b4 b5 36. Rxc6 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Kc2 axb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40.
Rc7+ Kh6 41. Rb7 $4 ( 41. Bd5 { covering b3 is equalizing.} )41... Rb2+ 42. Kd1
b4 { Score sheet not legible from this point.}   0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Gough,Dylan"]
[Black "Holland,Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[BlackFideId "3206491"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[WhiteFideId "3243176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Nf6 16. Bc4 cxb4 17. axb4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Rd3 Nf6 20. Nd2 d5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. b5 Rc5 23. Qa4 Rfc8 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Qa1 Nb4 26. Rd2 Qe4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Massey,Reg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nd7
9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Be7 11. Rac1 c4 12. Bb1 h6 13. Ne1 Qc7 14. b4 { This was
played in the hope that it would discourage Black from castling queenside, as
the pawn storm on the kingside looked scary. As it turns out, it is fine to
open the kingside with ...}  ( 14. Qg4 O-O-O 15. Qxg7 Rdg8 16. Qxf7 Bd8 17.
Qxe6 { The kingside may look open, but Black's light squared bishop is a tall
pawn and what about all those White pawns!}  )( 14. f4 O-O-O 15. f5 Rdf8 16. g3
exf5 17. Rxf5 )14... b5 15. f4 O-O-O { He castled queenside anyway!}  16. Bc2 {
too slow:}  ( 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 )16... Bc6 17. Qd1 { Stockfish is screaming
for f5.}  17... Kb7 18. Rb1 Qb6 19. Nf3 { keeping an eye on d4.}  19... g6 20.
a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Qe2 Ra6 24. Rfb1 Qa7 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Qd1
Ra8 27. Qc1 { White's passive play has allowed Black to completley equalize,
but now Black opens the door again.}  27... Qb6 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Qa6 30.
Qxa6+ Kxa6 { White's advantage is back.}  31. g4 Nf8 32. h4 { What? Still no
f4?}  32... Bd7 33. Kg2 Kb7 34. Kg3 Kc7 35. f5 { Finally! Although at this
point h5 was better.}  ( 35. h5 Bd8 36. f5 exf5 ( 36... g5 37. f6 { and the
knight sac on g5 will allow the h-pawn through.}  )37. gxf5 gxh5 38. Bxh6
)35... exf5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bxh6 Ng6 38. h5 Nf8 39. Kf4 Ne6+ 40. Ke3 Nf8 41.
Bxf8 Bxf8 42. Kf4 Bh6+ 43. Ng5 Be6 44. Bxf5 Kd7 45. Kg4 Bxf5+ 46. Kxf5 Ke7 47.
Nf3 ( 47. Nh3 { heading immediately to f4 is the fastest win.} )47... Bc1 48.
Ng1 { The knight returns home  (  now heading to f4  )  . Not the stongest line
but it looked good.}  48... Bd2 49. Ne2 Bh6 50. Nf4 Bxf4 51. Kxf4  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Dell,Glen M"]
[Black "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "3228991"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. Qc1
O-O 9. Bh6 a6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O Rb8 12. b3 b5 13. h3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Nd4 16. Qb2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Rbc8 18. Rc2 f6 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21.
Rxc2 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Qc2 Qc5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. f4 Kf7 26. e5 Ke8 27. Kf2
Bb7 28. Bf3 Kd7 29. h4 a5 30. Ke2 Ba6 31. Kd2 c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bxc4
34. a3 Kc7 35. g4 Kd7 36. Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Gwezere, Cecil"]
[Black "Mutsengi,Tadiwanashe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[WhiteFideId "11003839"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Ba4 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. Qg4 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qd6 16. Re5 g6 17. Rxf5 Qd8 18. Re5 f6 19. Re3 g5 20. Qg3 f5 21. Re5
c5 22. Rae1 h6 23. dxc5 d4 24. Bb3+ Kg7 25. Rd5 Qa5 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Nc4 Qb5
28. Qxd4 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Bc2 Bd7 32. Rxd7 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kh5
34. Kf1 Qg8 35. Ne5 Re6 36. Bxf5 Rxe5 37. Qxe5 Qc4+ 38. Qe2+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "O'Mahoney,Keegan"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[WhiteFideId "2506190"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Qd2 h6 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 a6 7. O-O-O b5 8. f3 b4
9. Nce2 a5 10. Kb1 Ba6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Bh3 $2 ( 12. Ng3)12... Nb6 13. Ng3 e6
14. N1e2 Nfd7 15. g5 h5 16. Qe1 Qe7 $2 17. Bc1 d5 $2 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. exd5 $2 (
19. Bxe6 $1)19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Qe2 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24.
Qb5 Rfc8 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Bxc8 dxe4 27. Qc6 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kh7 29. Re1 a4 30.
Qa8 a3 31. Rxe4 $4 ( 31. fxe4)31... Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc5 33. Qe3 Bd4 34. Qb3 axb2
35. Qxf7+ $4 Bg7 { Tempting but immediately fatal.}  36. Bxb2 Qg1+ 37. Bc1 Qd4
38. c3 Qd3+ 39. Kb2 Qxc3+ 40. Kb1 Qd3#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Roza,Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[BlackFideId "3203085"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Rxe4 9. d3 Rb4 $4 10. c4 a6 11. Ba4 Nd4 12. Ng5 $2 Be7 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14.
Bxg5 f6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. b3 b5 17. a3 Rxa4 18. bxa4 bxc4 19. Qd5 c6 20. Qxc4 a5
21. Rfe1 Ba6 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. h3 Qd6 24. d4 Nc7 25. Qb3+ Nd5 26. Rab1 f5 27. Bd2
Qc7 28. Re5 Rf8 29. Qc2 Qa7 30. Rxf5 Re8 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. dxc5 Bd3 33. Rxd5
cxd5 34. Rb7 Bf5 35. Ra7 Re4 36. Rxa5 Rc4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 d4 39. g4 Be4 40.
f3 Bc2 41. Bb4 Ke6 42. Ra6+ Ke5 43. a5 Bg6 44. Rd6 Rc2+ 45. Bd2 Rxc5 46. Rxd7
Rc6 47. f4+ Ke4 48. Re7+ Kd5 49. f5 h5 50. fxg6 Rxg6 51. g5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Roebuck,Derek J"]
[Black "King,David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[BlackFideId "3246680"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[WhiteFideId "3226999"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 $4 13. Qxe5 f6 14. Qa5
fxg5 15. Bxg5 Kb8 16. Bxd8 Qxd8 17. Rf7 ( 17. Qe5)17... Bd6 18. Qf5 Qh4 19. g3
Qh6 20. Re1 b6 21. Qe4 Qd2 22. Qe2 ( 22. Re2)22... Qg5 { Draw agreed with White
clearly winning.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Black "Simonds,Marcus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[BlackFideId "3237575"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[WhiteFideId "3204081"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6
9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. f3 Kh7 14. Qc2 Kh8 15.
Nd3 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. Rab1 f4 18. Bf2 Bf6 19. Ne4 Rg8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b6
22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ndxc5 bxc5 24. Rb7 Rb8 25. Rh7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balavignan,Ashvin"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[BlackFideId "5749476"]
[ECO "E00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[WhiteFideId "3261425"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qe3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 cxd4 11. Bxa5 dxe3 12. Bc3 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 f6 14.
Bg2 b6 15. Rhd1 Bb7 16. Rd6 Rc8 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Bh3 Ke7 19. b3 h5 20. Bg2 h4
21. a4 hxg3+ 22. hxg3 Nd8 23. Bb4 Ke8 24. e4 Nf7 25. R6d2 Rh2 26. Kg1 Rh5 27.
Kf2 Bc6 28. Bf3 Rh2+ 29. Ke3 Rh3 30. Rg1 Ng5 31. Bd6 Rc8 32. Bg2 Rh2 33. Rh1
Rxh1 34. Bxh1 Kf7 35. Rh2 e5 36. Bg2 Ne6 37. Bh3 Nd4 38. b4 Rh8 39. b5 Bb7 40.
c5 Rh6 41. cxb6 axb6 42. Bc7 d5 43. Bxb6 dxe4 44. Bxd4 exd4+ 45. Kxd4 Bc8 46.
g4 Bxg4 47. b6 Bc8 48. Bxc8 Rxh2 49. b7 Rb2 50. a5 Rb4+ 51. Ke3 f5 52. a6 Rb3+
53. Kd2 e3+ 54. Ke2 f4 55. Bg4 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Rb6 58. a7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Black "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[BlackFideId "3278824"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[WhiteFideId "5749450"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nc6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. a4 d4 13. exd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15.
a5 bxa5 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nh4 19. Ke2 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nb6 21. Rxa5
O-O 22. Raa1 Kh8 23. Rg4 Qd5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rgg1 f6 27. Rxa7 fxe5
28. fxe5 Qb5+ 29. Kd1 Nc4 30. b3 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxc7 Rxc3 33. Ke2 Ra8
34. Rc5 Ra2+ 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Ne3+ 37. Kf3 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Ng4 39. Bd4 Rd2
40. Be3 Nxe5+ 41. Kf4 Nd3+ 42. Kg5 Rc2 43. Ra1 Nxc5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kg8
46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Bxc5 Rxc5 49. Rxh7 Rc4 50. Kxg6 Rg4+ 51. Kh5 Rg2
52. h4 f4 53. Rh8 f3 54. Rf8 f2 55. Kh6 Ke7 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. h5 Ke5 58. Kh7 Ke4
59. Rf8 Ke3 60. h6 Rg1 61. Rxf2 Kxf2 62. Kh8  *

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Re8 12. O-O-O Bf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 d5 15.
c5 Nd7 16. Kb1 a5 17. h4 Nf8 18. h5 Ne7 19. hxg6 Nexg6 20. Rh5 b6 21. c6 Qd6
22. Bf5 b5 23. g3 Ra6 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Bxh7+ Nxh7 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28.
gxf4 Qg6+ 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Rxd5 Rb8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 b4 33. a4 Re8 34. f4
Re7 35. Rd7 Ke8 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. d5 Ra8 38. Kc2 Rf8 39. Rf1 Rd8 40. Rd1 Kf7
41. Kb3 Ke7 42. Kc4 Rb8 43. d6+ Ke8 44. dxc7 Rc8 45. Rd7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Black "Janceski,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[BlackFideId "3228185"]
[ECO "B28"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[WhiteFideId "3268250"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nd6 Bd5
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17. Ngxf7 Rxf7 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxf7+
Kh7 21. Ne8 Nf5 22. g4 $4 { White misses the continuation.}  ( 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23.
Rad1 Nd7 24. Nxd5 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nc7 { etc.}  )22... Nd7 23. Qh5+ Nh6
24. Nd6 Qf8 25. f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne5 Nb4 8. c3
Nxd3 9. Nxd3 b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Nf3 h6 12. c4 d6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nf2 Qe8 15. Qb3
Qg6 16. g3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Bxf3#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Brand,Drew"]
[Black "Tyler,Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "3271986"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 b6 5. e5 Ba6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Ne2 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. c4 Qd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nde4 Qc6 16. Qg4 Qc7 17. Nd6 g5 ( 17... Bxd6 18. exd6 f5 19. Qg6 Qd7 )18. h4 f6
19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxd5 Nb4 21. Qe4 Rg8 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Nf7+ Kg7 24. Qf5 Bd8
25. Nh5+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Enright,Chris"]
[Black "Massey,Reg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Qxd4 ( 10... h6 11. Nxe4 Qxd4 )11. Rd1 ( 11. O-O Bxc3
( 11... Ba6 12. Qh5 h6 13. Ngxe4 ))11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Rd2 Qa1+ 14.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 h6 16. Nh3 Bd5 17. Ng5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Na6 19. O-O f6 20. exf6
gxf6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Nc5 23. Re3 Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Be3
Ke7 27. Bxc5+ bxc5 28. a3 e3 29. f3 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.08.28"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Howard,Mark"]
[Black "Smith,Tahnee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1519"]
[WhiteFideId "3237923"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 a6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Qf6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8. Bxd5
Be7 9. O-O Qg6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Kh2 h4 14. Rg1 Bg5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 $2 hxg5 17. g3 hxg3+ 18. Rxg3 Rh6 19. Rxg5 O-O-O 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rag1 f6 22. Rg8 Rxg8 23. Rxg8+ Kb7 24. Kg3 Rh5 25. Kg4 Rh6 26. h4 d5
27. h5 Rh7 28. Rg6 dxe4 29. dxe4 c5 30. Rxf6 c4 31. Kg5 Rd7 32. h6 Rd1 33. h7
Rg1+ 34. Kf5 Rh1 35. Rf7 Rh2 36. Kxe5 Kb6 37. Kd5 c6+ 38. Kxc4 Rh5 39. f4 a5
40. e5 a4 41. e6 c5 42. e7 Rh4  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Balavignan,Ashvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[BlackFideId "3261425"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5
Rfd8 15. Qd3 Qc5 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bc2 h6 18. Re5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $4 { A
catastrophic blunder, but}  20. Qf4 { handing the initiative back.}  ( 20. Qh4
{ leaves Black with no good options.}  20... Bf8 ( 20... fxe5 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22.
Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8# )21. Rh5 Kg8 22. Rxh6 Bg7 23. Re1 )20... Bf8 { and White
resigned. It looks as though material is going to fall, but the engine
annoyingly gives the following calm continuation 21. Nf3 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Ba4 23.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7 Bxc2 and life goes on.}   0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Selby,Michael"]
[Black "King,David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[BlackFideId "3246680"]
[ECO "C28"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[WhiteFideId "3269566"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 Qd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qb6 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Qe1
O-O-O 15. Qxe5 Rhe8 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 a6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Re5 20. Rxe5
fxe5 21. Ne2 e4 22. Nf4 Bd1 23. b4 Bxc2 24. d4 b6 25. Ke2 Kb7 26. Ke3 f5 27. h3
Ra8 28. g4 a5 29. Rc1 Bb3 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Kxe4 Rf8 33. Rg1 Bc2+
34. Ke5 $4 ( 34. Ke3 { and White is better.} )34... Rf5+ 35. Ke6 Rxf4 36. Rg2
Rf3  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Black "Elkington,Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[BlackFideId "3212564"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[WhiteFideId "3204081"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. a4 b6 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
h4 Ne4 $2 ( 9... dxc4 { allowing Bd3 if h5 is played immediately.} )10. h5 f6
11. hxg6 fxe5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bg2 Ra7 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Rh5 exd4 16. exd4 Bb4+
17. Ke2 Rd7 18. Be3 Rf8 19. d5 { with time down to only a minute or so, this is
a critical move and, while not the engine move, pushed Black into a a deep
think and then both players were in time trouble.}  ( 19. a5 bxa5 20. c5 )19...
cxd5 20. cxd5 Nc6 21. Qb3 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Qc4 Bc5 25. Qc3 (
25. Re1)25... Rf6 26. Qd3 Nb4 { and it's 0.00, but both players are on the
increment now.}  27. Qc4 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Rd6 29. Qg8+ Kd7 $2 ( 29... Qf8 { holds
the draw, and Black's team only needs half a point.} )30. Rc1 Qe5 $2 31. Qf7+
Kd8 32. Rc3 a5 33. Qf8+ Kc7 34. Qf7+ Rd7 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Bxc5 bxc5
38. Re3 Qd8 39. Re6+ Rd6 40. Qe4+ Kc7 41. Re7+ Rd7 42. Qe5+ Kc6 43. Re6+ Rd6
44. Rxd6+ Qxd6 45. Qxd6+ Kxd6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. f4 Kf6 48. f5 Kg5 49. Ke5 h5 50.
gxh5 Kxh5 51. f6 Kxg6 52. fxg7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Barry,David"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[BlackFideId "5749476"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[WhiteFideId "3234487"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
Qb6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. f5 cxd4 12. fxe6 Ndxe5 13. Nxd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxe6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. c3 a6 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bc4
21. Rd2 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc4 24. Rfe1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rd8
27. Ke1 Rd5 28. Be3 a5 29. Bd4 $2 Rb5 30. b4 Nxa3 31. Bc5 b6 32. Bd6 Nc4 33.
Be7 a4 34. Bd8 Re5 35. Rxe5 fxe5  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Teh,Hui Lam"]
[Black "Roebuck,Derek J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[BlackFideId "3226999"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[WhiteFideId "5749450"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
Bxe4 dxe4 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Qd3 Bxe4 14.
Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Kd2 O-O-O 17. b4 a6 18. Kd3 Rd6 19. a4 Re6 20. b5 a5
21. Rac1 Rf6 22. f3 Kd7 23. c4 dxc4+ 24. Rxc4 Rg6 25. g4 f5 26. gxf5 Rxg2 27.
e4 Ra2 28. e5 h5 29. Rg1 h4 30. Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Simonds,Marcus"]
[Black "Gong,Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1378"]
[BlackFideId "3258726"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[WhiteFideId "3237575"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 a6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 c4 8. Bc2 Qc7
9. f4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nd7 11. Ne5 Ncxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. O-O g6 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Rb1 f6 16. Qe2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rg8 { Black is busted but White
needs to convert.}  19. Ba4+ ( 19. e4 { was critical - the centre needs to be
opened up.}  19... a5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rbe1 )19... Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rf7
h5 22. Rbf1 Raf8 23. Rxf8 $2 Rxf8 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qd8 26. Qc2 Qg8 27. b3
Bg5 28. Qf2 Ke7 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Bc7 Qc8 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Bd6+ Kf7 33. e4 Qd7
34. e5 Be7 35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. Bxe7 Qxe7 37. h3 Qf7 38. Kf2 Qf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40.
Ke3 Kf7 41. a4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. h4 Ke7 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. g3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd7
47. Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Black "Williams,Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[BlackFideId "3266770"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1289"]
[WhiteFideId "3288323"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nce7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. h3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. Kh2 Nh5 12. b4 Nhf4 13. Ng1 Bg5 14. Re1 a6 15.
c5 f6 16. Bf1 f5 17. g3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bh6 19. gxf4 Bxf4+ 20. Kh1 dxc5 21. bxc5
Qd8 22. Rc1 Qh4 23. Bg2 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Rc3 Rad8 26. Rce3 Nf4 27. Qb3 b6
28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Ne2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Qg6+ 31. N4g3 h5 32. Qc4 Bb5 33. Qe4 Qg5
34. Qxe5 Rf5 35. Qxf5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Faithfull,Ian"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 ( 5... Bxb5 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3
cxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 )6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 { Now of course the
pawn can be won in the centre but just how poisoned is it? After a long think,
and much agonizing, a pawn is a pawn.}  9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. Re1 { The
evaluation slightly favours Black, but at this point I was regretting the
capture.}  11... Bd6 $2 12. f4 Nc4 13. b3 ( 13. Nxd5 Bc5 )13... Nb6 14. Nf5 Kf8
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Re3 $2 { Allowing the queen exchange. Things
still felt loose but not as frightening as before.}  17... Qc5 18. Rd1 Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 Nd7 20. f5 Ngf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 { Suddenly, life feels a lot better.}  22.
Rdd3 ( 22. Rxe6 { doesn't work}  22... Rxc3 )22... Kf7 23. Rd2 Rhe8 24. Ne2 Nc5
25. Bxf6 gxf6 { and now there are three connected pawns in the centre.}  26.
Ng3 Red8 27. Kf2 e5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Nf5 Ng5 30. Ng3 Rc4 31. c3 Ke6 32. h4 { the
final blunder}  32... Rxh4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Black "Flendt,Mikaiah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[WhiteFideId "3228991"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 g6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bb4 8. Ne5
Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 10. Kf1 bxc6 11. Bxc6+ ( 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Rb1 )11... Bd7
12. Be3 Qd6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Kg2 Nb6 17. Bd4 Rfd8
18. e4 Rd6 19. a4 a5 20. Rhb1 Kf8 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. e5 Ke8 23. exd6  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nbd2 Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 Qb6 14. Qb3 c5 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Be7 18. Rec1 a5 19. Bc7 Bd8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxd7
Nbxd7 22. Bxd8 Rexd8 23. b5 Rac8 24. a4 Rc5 25. Nb3 Rc4 26. Nfd2 Rb4 27. Ra3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Jayasinghe,Attiligoda"]
[Black "McDonald,Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "232"]
[WhiteFideId "3287483"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nd7 7. Bf4 c5 8. Qb5
$2 Qc8 9. c4 a6 10. Qa5 $2 ( 10. Qa4)10... dxc4 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 {
Black was much better but is still undeveloped on the kingside.}  ( 12... Ne7 {
is better to start getting the pieces out.} )13. Nxc4 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nxf4 $4 (
14... Qxc4 { was crushing} )15. Nb6 Qc7 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Qxe5 18. Rc1 Qe4
19. Rc8+ Ke7 ( 19... Kxc8 20. Qe8# )20. Nc6+ Qxc6 ( 20... bxc6 21. Qxe4 )21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Kf6 23. Qxa6 Ne7 { finally!}  24. Qa5 g5 25. Qc3+ e5 26. h4
Rg8 27. g3 Nfd5 28. hxg5+ Ke6 29. Qc4 Kf5 30. Rxh7 Kg6 31. Qh4 Rg7 32. Qh6+ Kf5
33. Rxg7 Bxg7 34. Qxg7 Ke6 35. Nc7+ Nxc7 36. Qf6+ Kd7 37. Qxf7 Nd5 38. g6 Kd6
39. g7 Kc5 40. g8=Q Nxg8 41. Qxg8 Kc4 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Kd4 44. Qxd5+ Kxd5
45. a4  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Sheikh,Suhail"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c3 h6 10. Nh2 e5 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Kh7 13. f4 g6 14. f5 Nf6 15. Qh4
Nh5 16. Qf2 Bg5 17. Nf3 Nf4 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Kh2 Rae8 21. g3 Nh5
22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 f6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 Bc4 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. b3 Rxd2+ 28.
Nxd2 Ba6 29. a4 Rd8 30. b4 gxf5 31. Qe2 Bxe2 { An unfortunate blunder by White,
who was better for much of the game.}   0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.09.24"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Dell,Glen M"]
[Black "Neville,Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. f4 Bb4 5. Be2 d6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. h3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. O-O d5 12. fxe5 Rxe5 13. d4 Nxe4 14. dxe5 Nxg3
15. Rf3 Ne4 16. c4 Be6 17. Qd3 c6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 b6 21. Rc1
Rc8 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Qd4 Qd7 24. Ba3 Qa4 25. Bxc5 Qxa2 26. Bd6 Rc4 27. Qa1 Rxc2
28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. Rfc3 h6 30. Ra3 Rxa3 31. Bxa3 Kh7 32. Rc7 a6 33. Rc6 d4 34.
Rxb6 Bc4 35. Rb4 Bb5 36. Rxd4 Kg6 37. Rf4 Bd3 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Ke3 h5 40. h4 Bc6
41. g3 Bd7 42. Rd4 Bb5 43. Kf4 Be2 44. Rd6+ Kh7 45. Kg5 g6 46. Kf6 Bc4 47. Rd8
Be6 48. Rf8  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Teh,Rui Gen"]
[Black "Gibson,Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[BlackFideId "3246426"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[WhiteFideId "5749476"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 $2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a4 e6 $2 ( 5... b6)6. e5 d6 7. Bb5
Ne7 8. Ne4 dxe5 9. fxe5 O-O 10. Nf6+ Kh8 11. d4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf6 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. dxc5 Nd4 15. c3 Nxb5 16. axb5 Qe7 17. Be3 e5 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20.
Bf2 Bg7 ( 20... Kg7)21. b4 Bg4 22. Qe3 f5 $4 ( 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 )23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. Bh4 Bf6 25. Bxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxe5 Kg7 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxa7 Bxf3 29.
gxf3 Kg5 30. c6 Kf4 31. c7  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Teh,Rui Zhe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[BlackFideId "5749468"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf5 Bf8
$4 ( 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 )15. Rad1 Be6 16. e4 Bxf5 17. exf5
Rc8 18. Qd2 $2 ( 18. Bb5)18... Nc4 19. Qf4 $2 ( 19. Qc1)19... Nxb2 20. Rxd5 Qe7
21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Nd5 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Nc4 24. Rd7 Bd6 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd5 Be5 27.
Rxb7 Ra4 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc6 Rxa2 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Nxa7 Bd4 32. Nb5 Bc5 33.
g4 Re4 34. h3 Rb4 35. Nc3 Kg7 36. Kg2 h5 37. f3 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Bf2+
40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg3 Rf1 42. Ne2 Ra1 43. h4 Kh6 44. Nf4 Rg1+ 45. Kh2 Ra1 46.
Nh5 Ra6 47. Kg3 Kh7 48. g5 fxg5 49. hxg5 Ra4 50. Nf4 Rd4 51. g6+ fxg6 52. fxg6+
Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Plaganyi,Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[BlackFideId "3217515"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Qd2 e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. h3
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Be2 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 Rd8 15.
Qe2 b4 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Ra7 Rb7 23. Nxe5 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Bxe5 25. Be3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2 Bc3
28. Qc1 Qe7 29. Bg5 Qe5 30. Bf4 Qe7 31. Bg5 Qc7 32. Bd2 Bg4 33. Re1 Bf6 34. Bg5
Qe7 35. Qf4 Bxg5 36. Qxg5 Qxg5 37. hxg5 d5 38. f3 Bd7 39. Kf2 d4 40. Ra1 Be6
41. Ra6 Rc8 42. e5 Kf8 43. Rb6 c5 44. Bxg6 c4 45. Be4 cxb3 46. cxb3 Rc3 47.
Rxb4 d3 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. Bxd3 Rxg2 50. f4 Rg3+ 51. Kd2 Rg2+ 52. Ke3 Rg3+ 53. Kd2
Rg2+ 54. Ke1 Bg4 55. Re4 h4 56. Bf1 Rg3 57. Kf2 Rxb3 58. f5 Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Bxf5
60. Rxh4 Kg7 61. Rh2 Rb1 62. Kf2 Kg6 63. Bh3 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Rxh2 65. Kxh2 Bxh3
66. Kxh3 Kxg5 67. e6 fxe6 68. Kg2 $4 { A few spectators thought the position
was lost before this move, but actually it is a Tablebase draw. This move,
surrendering the opposition, is the losing move.}  ( 68. Kg3 { holds the draw.}
 68... Kf5 69. Kf3 e5 70. Ke3 { etc.}  )68... Kf4 69. Kf2 e5 70. Ke1 Ke3 71.
Kd1 Kf2 72. Kd2 e4  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be3 Bd6 6. Qh5 O-O 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qh4 c5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 14. c3
Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Kd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb4 20. Bb1
Nc6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rhe1 Rce8 23. g4 Bd7 24. b3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "O'Mahoney,Keegan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[BlackFideId "2506190"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. a4
h6 9. b3 Nf8 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Bf1
g6 16. Qd2 N4h5 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qf4
Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bg7 { White had arrived a few minutes after the clocks had been
started but somehow, in this horribly complicated position, Black now had less
than 3 minutes while White had more than 50 minutes. Black played the rest of
the game basically on the increment.}  23. Rad1 Re7 $2 { a small concession}  (
23... Kh7 { , to prevent the check that is coming, is preferred by the engine.}
)24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. a5 b5 28. f3 Rd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30.
Rxd1 Be6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. e5 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Bd3 g5 $2 35. Bf5 Bxf5 $2 36.
gxf5 { Black has a passed pawn but the engine is not impressed.}  36... Rd8 37.
Rxc6 h5 38. f4 gxf4 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Rxa7 { There are now four passed pawns on
the board, but only one looks good.}  40... h4 41. Rb7 h3 42. a6 h2 43. Kg2 f3+
44. Kxh2 Rd1 45. a7 f2 46. a8=Q+ Rd8 47. Qxd8+ Kxd8 48. Kg2  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Barry,David"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[WhiteFideId "3234487"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf4 b4 10. Nce2 c5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. c4 Nc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. h3 h6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Qc8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b3 Bd6 24. Be3 Be7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 f5 27. Bd5
Kf7 28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qe6 30. Kf1 g5 31. f4 g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Ke2 Kf6
34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. g3 Kf5 36. Kd3 h5 37. Bc1 $4 { this losses,}  ( 37. Bf2 {
holds.} )37... h4 38. gxh4 Bxh4 39. Be3 Be7 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Bc1 Bd6 42. Be3 g3
$4 { surrendering the win.}  ( 42... a5 { the spare move Black had up her
sleeve, losing a tempo and forcing White to surrender the opposition.} )43. f5
Kxf5 44. Kf3 g2 45. Bf2 Be7 46. Bg1 Ke5 47. Bf2 Kf5 48. Bg1 Kg5 49. Kxg2 Kg4
50. Be3 Bd6 51. Kf2 Be7 52. Ke2 Kg3 53. Bf2+ Kf4 54. Kd3 Kf3 55. Be3 { Marcus
had already pulled off the result of the round for Metro but this was a fine
result for David.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Simonds,Marcus"]
[Black "Hardegen,Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[BlackFideId "3204081"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[WhiteFideId "3237575"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bb5 e6 7. O-O Rc8 8. Ne5 {
not winning but annoying, causing Black to go into a long think.}  8... Qb6 $2
{ and not finding the best move.}  ( 8... cxd4)9. a4 cxd4 $4 ( 9... a6 { or} )(
9... a5 { or} )( 9... Qd8)( 9... Qa5)10. a5 Qc5 11. exd4 Qb4 12. a6 bxa6 13.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxb2 15. Qb1 Qxb1 ( 15... Qxc3 16. Qb8+ Kd7 17. Qc7+ Ke8
18. Qd8# )16. Rfxb1 Nd7 17. Rxa6 f6 18. Rxa7 e5 19. dxe5  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Verlinden,Stijn"]
[Black "Faithfull,Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
O-O-O Ke8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bh3 a5 12. Ne4 Nc5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 ( 13...
Nxe4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxc6+ )14. Nfd2 f5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. e4 f4 17. Rhf1 Rd8
18. Nb3 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bb6 20. a4 Ke7 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Ke2 Bc7 23. Rd1 Rd8 $2
24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kf3 b6 26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Nf5 f6 28. Kg4 Be5 29. b3 Ke6 30. f3
c5 31. Kh5 Bd4 32. Kh6 Bf2 33. h4 Ke5 34. h5 Bh4 35. Kxh7 Bg5 36. Kg6  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Gough,Sebastian"]
[Black "Brand,Drew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[BlackFideId "3271986"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[WhiteFideId "3252078"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be3
Bxh4+ 9. Bf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qg5 11. Qd2 Qg3+ 12. Kf1 Nf4 13. Qf2 Qg6 14. g3
Nxd3 15. cxd3 d5 16. Nc3 c6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Ke2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nf6 20. Nh3 Bd7
21. Nf4 Qg5 22. Nh3 Qa5 23. Ke3 O-O-O 24. Rhd1 Rhe8 25. e5 Nd5+ 26. Nxd5 exd5
27. b3 Bxh3 28. g4 h5 29. Qg3 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh8 31. Rh1 Qxa2 32. Rxh3 Rxh3 33.
Qxh3 Qxb3+  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Gough,Dylan"]
[Black "Neville,Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[WhiteFideId "3243176"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. a3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Nf3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Rd1 b5 15.
Ne5 Qb7 16. O-O Na5 17. Nb1 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Nd3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Rad8 21. Nd3
e5 22. b3 Na5 23. Nc5 Qb6 24. Qd2 exd4 25. exd4 Nc6 26. Qf4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4
28. Qxd4 Re4 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. b4 a5 31. Qd2 Rc4 32. Qxd5 axb4 33. axb4 Rxb4 34.
Nd7 Qd8 35. Qd6 $2 ( 35. Rd1)35... Rbc4 36. Na3 R4c6 37. Qd4 R8c7 38. Rd1 Qg5
$2 ( 38... b4)39. Qb4 Rxd7 $4 { no need to do this}  ( 39... Qd8)40. Rxd7 Rc1+
41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qe2 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qf8+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kg5 46. Rd5+ Kf6 47.
Qh8+ Ke7 ( 47... Ke6 48. Qe8+ )48. Re5+  1-0

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "McDonald,Phil"]
[Black "Massey,Reg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. Ne2 Bxe4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8.
f3 Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 d5 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O-O Bxe2 14. Qxe2 a6
15. g4 Nf6 16. h4 Nbd7 17. g5 Ne8 18. Rdg1 Nd6 19. h5 Nf5 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. Qe3
Nf5 22. Qe1 c5 23. Nd1 b5 24. Nf2 Qb6 25. Ng4 b4 26. a4 Qa5 27. b3 c4 28. Nf6+
gxf6 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Rg5 cxb3 31. cxb3 Rac8+ 32. Kb2 Qc5 33. Rh2 Qd4+ 34. Ka2
Qxf4 35. Rhg2 Nxf6 36. Qa1 Qd4 37. Qb1 Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Rxg8 39. Rc2 Ne3 40. Rc7
Rg2+ 41. Rc2 Rxc2+ 42. Qxc2 Nxc2 43. h6 Qa1#  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.11.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Brand,Drew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[BlackFideId "3271986"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. c3
e5 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Bc7 11. Qc2 Qh6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Nf3 Bf4 16. Bf5 Qh5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Qd3 ( 18. Rfe1)18... Rfd8 19. g3 Bb8
20. Nd4 ( 20. Rfe1)20... g6 21. Rfe1 Be5 22. Rad1 { A draw agreed in a game
where the evaluation only barely reached +/- 1.0 at any time.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.11.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dell,Glen M"]
[Black "Soutar,Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[BlackFideId "3228991"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

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[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.11.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gwezere, Cecil"]
[Black "Gough,Dylan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[BlackFideId "3243176"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[WhiteFideId "11003839"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Ngf3 Qd8 8.
Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Ne7 14. Bd3 f5
15. Re1 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Ng6 18. Bc4 h6 19. Nf7+ Kh7 20. Be3 b6 21. Rad1
( 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 )21... Be7 22. Be6 f4 23. Bc1 Bc5 24. Qd5 Bxe6  0-1

[Event "PCL 2025"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.11.04"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Massey,Reg"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

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