[Event "British Championship 1999"]
[Site "Scarborough ENG"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duncan, Christopher R."]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "403091"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "1999.08.02"]
[Source "TWIC 249, BritBase"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2013-10/duncan-scannell-86th-1999.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Jul 12 04:15:36 2023"]
{ Source: TWIC 249, BritBase. } { Event information: Gary Lane, The
British Championship 1999 Part 1 and —
Part 2, ChessCafe.com tournament reports, August 1999 (via the Wayback
Machine); 86th British
Championship, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). } { Reference: Richard
O'Brien, Smith & Williamson 86th British Chess Championships:
Scarborough, August 2nd-August 13th 1999 (Tournament Chess, 1999). }
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Re8 14. Qb1
a6 15. Rd3 Bf8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qf6 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3
Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Bd3 g6 24. h4 Ne6 25. Be2 d4 26. Qd2 Rd8
27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Rc7 Bd5 31. Rd7 Re4 32. Bxa6
Be6 33. Rd6 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Ra1 35. Rxb6 Rxa3 36. Bb7 Kf8 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rd4
h5 39. Bc6 Rb3 40. f3 Rb2 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. b5 Ke5 43. Rd8 Bc4 44. Rb8 Kd6
45. Rb7 Re2 46. f4 Be6 47. Bf3 Re3 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Bc6 Rb4 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51.
Kf2 Rb4 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kh2 Rb4 54. g3 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 Rb3 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57.
Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Rb3 60. Kg2 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rb3 62. Be8 Rxg3 63.
Bxf7 Bxf7 64. Rxf7 Ke6 65. Rf8 Rb3 66. f5+ gxf5 67. Rh8 Rxb5 68. Rxh5 Rb2
69. Rh8 Ke5 1/2-1/2