[Event "British Championship 1999"]
[Site "Scarborough ENG"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercs, Peter J."]
[Black "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "407615"]
[BlackFideId "2500833"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, English variation"]
[EventDate "1999.08.02"]
[Source "TWIC 249, BritBase"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2013-10/mercs-smith-86th-1999.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Jul 12 04:16:00 2023"]

{ Source: TWIC 249, BritBase. } { Event information: Gary Lane, <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514134516/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bcc.pdf">The
British Championship 1999 Part 1</a> and <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140709012553/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bcc2.pdf">&mdash;
Part 2</a>, ChessCafe.com tournament reports, August 1999 (via the Wayback
Machine); <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/199908bcf-viewer.html">86th British
Championship</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). } { Reference: Richard
O'Brien, <em>Smith &amp; Williamson 86th British Chess Championships:
Scarborough, August 2nd-August 13th 1999</em> (Tournament Chess, 1999). }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
f3 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rg1 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. h4
Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qxa4 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd7 18. Bc4 g6 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20.
Rxh1 d5 21. Bb3 Qa5 22. Rh7 Rd8 23. Qh2 e5 24. Ne6 Rc8 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26.
Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qxg6 Rf8 28. Qf5 Qc7 29. g6 Qc3 30. Bg5+ Kd6 31. Kb1 dxe4 32.
Rxf7 Rxf7 33. gxf7 Nf8 34. Qf6+ Kc5 35. Qe7+ Kb6 36. Qxf8 e3 37. Bxe3+ Qxe3
38. Qxb4+ Ka7 39. f8=Q 1-0