[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1878"]
[BlackICU "1710"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505762"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. a3 a5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 b6 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Be3 Nc6 16. f4 e5 17. Kh2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd4 19. Be3 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Nh5
21. Nf3 Be6 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Bd4 Raf8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8
27. Nd2 Qd8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Rxf7 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Bxf7 32. Nf1
Qg5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Be6 35. Qe3 Qe5 36. Nd2 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Qb2 38. Qg5
Qxb4 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qxc7+ Kh6 41. Qc2 Nf4 42. Kh2 Ne2 43. Nf3 Nc3 44.
Qd2+ Kg7 45. Ng5 h6 46. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackICU "1612"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 Qc7 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
O-O Bd7 15. b4 Be7 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. g3 Bf6 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. c5
O-O 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfd8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Bf1 e5 27. a4 e4 28. Bg2 Qe5 29. Re1 Rd4 30. b5 Qd5 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Qc4
Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Ne8 35. Qc4 Qe5 36. Bg2 e3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38.
Kf1 Nc7 39. Bxb7 Qe7 40. Bf3 Qf6 41. c6 Qxf3+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Kf8 44.
a5 Qe5 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "2139"]
[BlackICU "1806"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Annotator: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000520/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2003_number_one.htm">Ulster
Chess News 2003 number 1</a> (via the Wayback Machine). } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. h3 Ngxe5 13. fxg5 h5
14. Be2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nce5 16. Nf3 c6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 h4
20. O-O Kc7 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Raf8 23. Bc4 Rhg8 24. Bxf7 Rxg5 25. Rxd7+
Kxd7 26. Be6+ Ke8 27. Bd7+ Kxd7 28. Rxf8 Rh5 29. Rf4 a5 30. Kf2 Ke6 31.
Re4+ Kd6 32. Ra4 b6 33. Rd4+ Ke5 34. Rg4 b5 35. Ke3 e6 36. a4 b4 37. Rg8
Kd5 38. Rd8+ Ke5 39. Rg8 Kd5 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Kc4 Kf4 42. c3 bxc3 43. Kxc3
Rg5 44. Rxg5 Kxg5 45. b4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holmes, Michael"]
[Black "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[WhiteICU "2112"]
[BlackICU "1786"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "408751"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4
8. Nxd4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Ba3 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd4 Be7 18. Ne1 Qc5 19. Qh4 Qb4 20.
Qh6 Rd8 21. Nd3 Qg4 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Bf3 Qg5 24. Qb2 Kg7 25. Rd1 h5 26. e3
Bg4 27. Qe2 Qf5 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. exf4 d4 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32.
Rxd3 Kg6 33. f3 Kf5 34. Kf2 Rh8 35. fxg4+ Ke4 36. Rd1 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rxa2
38. g5 d3 39. gxf6 Kf3 40. Rxd3+ Kg4 41. Kf1 Kf5 42. Rd5+ Kxf6 43. b4 Ke6
44. Rh5 f5 45. Rh8 Rb2 46. Ra8 Rxb4 47. Rxa7 Rb2 48. Ra8 Kd5 49. Re8 b5 50.
Re5+ Kd4 51. Rxf5 Ke4 52. Rg5 b4 53. Ke1 b3 54. Kd1 Rg2 55. Kc1 Kd4 56. Rg8
Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kd3 58. Rd8+ Kc3 59. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lavery, Damien"]
[Black "Parker, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1525"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505789"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6
8. Ne5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. O-O Nd5
14. Bb3 Be2 15. Rfc1 Rb6 16. Qc5 c6 17. c4 Nf6 18. f3 e5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20.
Qd4 Nxe5 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc5 Rb7 23. Bd4 Ng6 24. Kf2 Bd3 25. Rd1 Bf5 26.
e4 Bc8 27. g3 Rbd7 28. Be3 Ba6 29. Ke2 Ne5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc1 h6 32. h3
g5 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. Rg1 Kh7 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Kf3 h5 38. Rd6 Bb7
39. Bc5 a6 40. Rxg6 Rxe4 41. Kxe4 Kxg6 42. f5+ Kg5 43. Be3+ Kh4 44. Ke5
Kxh3 45. c5 h4 46. Bxf7 Kg2 47. Be6 h3 48. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Black "White, Arlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1690"]
[BlackICU "1838"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14.
Qe2 Qc7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Na4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 b5 19. Nc3 O-O 20.
Qe3 Rc8 21. a3 Rc5 22. Na2 Qc7 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Nc3 Qc6 25. e5 Nd5 26.
Nxd5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxd5 28. Qe7 g6 29. Qc7 c4 30. Kh2 Qd4 31. Kg3 Kg7 32.
f4 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 36. Qc5 Qd2 37. Kg3 Qd5 38.
Qe3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[WhiteICU "1782"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[BlackFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Nge7 14. Be3 Qc7
15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 g5 18. Qh5 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg7 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. Qh7 Bf8 23. Be3 Bb4+ 24. Ke2 O-O-O 25. Bb5 Kb8 26.
Bxc6 Qxc6 27. a3 Ba5 28. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501473"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Annotator: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000520/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2003_number_one.htm">Ulster
Chess News 2003 number 1</a> (via the Wayback Machine). } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Bh6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Ng7 20.
Re2 Rf8 21. Rae1 Rf7 22. g4 Rcf8 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf3 25. Qd4 Bg7 26.
Qc5 Rxh3 27. Qxe7 Qa4 28. Qxb7 Qxg4+ 29. Bg3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Black "McFarland, Norman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1614"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 7...O-O"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Re8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 Rb8 13. h4 h5 14.
Rdg1 d5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Rxb2
20. Rg5 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc5 Bf6 23. Bg5 Rxa2 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Kb1
Ra4 26. h5 Nxh5 27. Rg1 Ng7 28. Rcg5 Rd5 29. R5g2 Nf5 30. Rh2 Ba6 31. Bxa6
Rxa6 32. Rgh1 Rb5+ 33. Kc1 Ra1+ 34. Kd2 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 a5 36. Ra1 Nd6 37.
Kd3 Nb7 38. c4 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. f4 Ke7 41. Rd1 a4 42. Kd2 Nc5 43. Kc2
Rf3 44. Rd4 Kf6 45. Kb1 Kf5 46. Rd2 Rxf4 47. Rc2 e5 48. Kb2 Rf3 49. Re2 Rd3
50. Rf2+ Ke6 51. Ka1 Rc3 52. Kb1 Rxc4 53. Rb2 e4 54. Rh2 Ke5 55. Kb2 Rb4+
0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Black "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2032"]
[BlackICU "1743"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. d4 h6 7. Bd3
Bd6 8. O-O c5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd7
14. Ne5 a6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Qh5 Ke7
20. Rd3 b6 21. Rde3 Qc5 22. Qh3 Be5 23. Bd3 a5 24. c3 Rd7 25. Bc2 Rd2 26.
Bb3 a4 27. Rd3 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Nixon, Rod"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1729"]
[BlackICU "2004"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[BlackFideId "404500"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Nd2 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Bd2 Be8 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bf7 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Rac1 c4 20.
Bd3 Be6 21. Bb1 b5 22. Rf3 a5 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qe2 b4 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Qh5
Re7 27. Qh6 Bg7 28. Qg5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rg7 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qf2 Ra8 32. Rf3
a4 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. Rff1 Rff8 35. Bc2 Rfc8 36. Bd1 Ra7 37. Bf3 Rac7 38. Qc2
Qg5 39. Qe2 c3 40. Rc2 Kg7 41. Rfc1 f4 42. e4 dxe4 43. Qxe4 Bf5 44. Qd5
Bxc2 45. Rxc2 cxb2 46. Rxb2 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. g3 Qxh2+ 49. Bg2 Qxg3+
0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1786"]
[BlackICU "1782"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8
8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bd3 Bc7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Bg3 Ba5 14.
Re4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Re2 h6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Be3 e5 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nb4 22. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bf5 24. Rd4 Rac8+ 25. Kd1 Rc5 26.
Nc6 Rd7 27. b4 Rb5 28. bxa5 Rb1+ 29. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Black "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1612"]
[BlackICU "1878"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505762"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Variation "four knights variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Nd4 8.
Be3 c6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 d5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. exd5 Re8+ 14.
Kf1 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Nxd4 Nf4 17. Qc3 Qg6 18. g4 h5 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. c3
hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. f3 Ne2 23. Rh2 Bxf3 24. Rf2 Qh4 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26.
Nxe2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qg2+ 29. Ke3 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2
g5 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Bh5 Rxa3 34. c4 Rb3 35. b5 cxb5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Bf3
Re5+ 38. Be4 b5 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 g4 41. Kf2 Rg5 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Bc6
1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "Holmes, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[BlackICU "2112"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501295"]
[BlackFideId "408751"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Other information: Note: Black won shortly after the time
control at move 40. }

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Re1 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Nf3 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. gxh5 Bxg5 19. hxg6 Bh4
20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Rf1 Rf4 22. Rad1 Rdf8 23. f3 Qe5 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Kh1 Qh5
26. Qxd4 Rh4 27. Qg1 Bc5 28. Qh2 Be3 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Rxf4 Rd1+
32. Rf1 e5 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Black "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Other information: Note: Black lost on time. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qh5 7. dxc5 Nf6
8. Nb3 e5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Qe3 Rd8 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Ng5 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. fxe4 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bxe4 17. c3 Qf6+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bxc5+
20. Nxc5 Rxd2+ 21. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1710"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd4 cxd4 8.
Qa4 Nc6 9. Nexd4 Ndxe5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. d4 O-O 14.
Be3 a6 15. Be2 Bf6 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. d5 exd5 19. Bb6 Qe8 20. Bc5
b5 21. Rac1 Be6 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg4 Ng6 26. Bh5
a5 27. Bb6 b4 28. Qe3 Bd8 29. Bg4 Qd6 30. Bxd8 Raxd8 31. Qa7 Ra8 32. Qc7
Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Ne5 34. Bh3 Ra6 35. f4 Nc4 36. b3 Nd6 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Rd7 Nc5
39. Rc7 Ne4 40. f5 Ng5 41. Bg4 e5 42. Bh5 g6 43. Be2 Rb6 44. fxg6 hxg6 45.
Rd7 d4 46. Bc4+ Kh8 47. Rxd4 exd4 48. Rxe8+ Kg7 49. Re5 Kf6 50. Rxa5 Ne4
51. Bd3 Nc3 52. Kf2 Re6 53. a4 bxa3 54. Rxa3 Nd1+ 55. Kf1 Nb2 56. b4 Nxd3
57. Rxd3 Ke5 58. Ke2 Kd5+ 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Black "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "2032"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence, Berger variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+
g6 8. Nxg6 Nf6 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Nxh8+ Kg7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Kxh8 13. Bb2
Bg7 14. O-O-O Qd5 15. f3 Bf5 16. fxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rhf1 Bxb2+ 19.
Kxb2 Bg4 20. Rde1 Nxd2 21. Rf4 Bh5 22. Rd4 Nxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Re7 Rc8 25.
Rdd7 Bg6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Be4 28. g4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nixon, Rod"]
[Black "Lavery, Damien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2004"]
[BlackICU "1525"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404500"]
[BlackFideId "2505789"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg6
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 e6 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Nc3 Qxd4
14. Bxg6 Qxd1 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Raxd1 Nf6 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Re1 Bb4 19. a3
Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rad8 21. Rce3 Rhe8 22. Be5 Rd2 23. c4 Ng4 24. Rf3+ Nf6 25.
Bc3 Rd7 26. g4 h6 27. h3 b6 28. Rfe3 Ree7 29. Kg2 Ne8 30. R1e2 Nd6 31. b3
Nb7 32. f4 g6 33. Bb4 c5 34. Be1 Rd6 35. Bg3 Rd1 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Nd8
38. Bh4 Re8 39. Bxd8 Rdxd8 40. fxe6+ Ke7 41. b4 Rg8+ 42. Kf2 Rdf8+ 43. Ke1
Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rff1 45. bxc5 Rc1 46. Rb3 Rcd1+ 47. Kc3 Rg3+ 48. Kc2 Rxb3 49.
Kxb3 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 bxc5+ 51. Kxc5 Rxa3 52. h4 Ra5+ 53. Kb4 Ra6 54. Rg2 Rxe6
55. Rg7+ Kf6 56. Rxa7 Kg6 57. Ra5 Re4 58. h5+ Kf6 59. Rd5 Re6 60. c5 Re1
61. c6 Ke6 62. Rc5 Rb1+ 63. Ka5 Kd6 64. c7 Ra1+ 65. Kb4 Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parker, Tony"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackICU "1729"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Ne5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. f4 Bd6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Be2 Nh5 14.
O-O-O Ng3 15. Rhe1 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 f6 17. g4 a5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ng3 O-O 20.
Nxe4 Qc7 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Re3 Bd7 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Qb4 Qxb4
26. axb4 Rd5 27. Re7 c5 28. b5 Re8 29. Rde1 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Kg8 31. g5 Rd6
32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Bxf6 Bxb5 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Be5 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Bd6+
Kf7 38. Bxc5 Bxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "1743"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7
8. Ne2 d6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nd4 Bf6 12. O-O g6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Nf3
Nd7 15. e4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. Qd3 b5 22. Re6 c4 23. Qe4 Qc7 24. g4 Rff8 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bf6
27. Bh6 Bxc3 28. Re7 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "White, Arlo"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "1838"]
[BlackICU "2139"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. h4 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. h5
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bg5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O 19. Bxa8 $2 {
19. Qa4! and 19. Qf5! both win quickly. } 19... Qxa8 20. Kh2 Bb7 21. Qg4
Qc8 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Rg1 Re8 24. f4 Nf8 25. f5 Nh7 26. Qe2 Ng5 27. Rf1 Qd5
28. c4 Qd8 29. Rf4 Nh7 30. Kg1 Qg5 31. Kf1 Bc8 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34.
cxd5 Nf6 35. Ra4 Nxd5 36. Rf3 Rxe5 37. Rxa7 Bxf5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Be6
40. a4 Ne3+ 41. Kg1 Ng4 42. Rb8 Rxh5 43. Rf4 f5 44. Rxb6 Bd5 45. Kf1 g5 46.
Rxg4 fxg4 47. Rb5 Rh1+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Bf3 50. Rxc5 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rxb2
52. d4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1690"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McFarland, Norman"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1614"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Black "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1878"]
[BlackICU "1786"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall, main line, 14...Qh3"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 b5 8.
Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Bxg5 Qf5 17. Nd2 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Bc2 Bg4 20. h3
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 f5 22. Rh4 Rae8 23. b3 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 25. fxg3 Re2 26.
Bd1 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rfe8 28. Rc1 Rh1 29. Bh5 Rxc1 30. Bxe8 Rxc3 31. Rh6 Nb4
32. a4 Rxb3 33. d5 cxd5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Nd3+ 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. Rf6
Kg7 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rf8 Kg7 40. Rd8 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Black "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "Zaitsev system"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 axb5 7. e4 b4 8.
e5 bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Rxa4 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Rg8 13. Bf3 d6 14.
b3 Ra7 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Be4 h6 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfd1 e6 19. Ng3 f5 20. Bf3
Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Kf1 e4 23. Be2 exd5 24. Nxf5 Rg5 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Ng3
Kc7 27. a4 Re5 28. Rac1 Kb6 29. Ne2 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Kxa6 31. f4 exf3 32. gxf3
Rb7 33. Rd3 Rb4 34. Rcd1 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Rd8 Rb2 37. Rxf8 Rexe2 38.
Rxf7 Rxh2 39. Kg1 Rbg2+ 40. Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 c3 42. Rc7 Rc2 43. Rd6+ Ka5
44. Kd1 Ra2 45. Ra7+ Kb4 46. Rb7+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Nixon, Rod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2139"]
[BlackICU "2004"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "404500"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qd2 Nc6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 a6 7. O-O-O Nf6
8. Ne5 g5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be5 Bf5 11. f3 e6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Rxh4 h5 14.
Qe1 Bg6 15. e3 Rg8 16. Bd3 Bh6 17. Rh2 Nd7 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qe2 c5 20. Kb1
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bg7 22. f4 Qe7 23. g4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Bf8 25. Rxd5 exd5 26.
Nxd5 Qd8 27. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "1612"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6
8. a3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 a6 14. Qe3
Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rb1 Kd7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Ne2 Na5 19. Rc1 f5 20. gxf5
gxf5 21. b4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. f4 Rh4 24. Rg1 Rch8 25. Rg3 b5 26. Kf2
R8h7 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. Rf3 Qc4 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. cxd3 Rh8 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Kg3
Be7 33. Nc3 Re8 34. Rff2 Bf6 35. Rfd2 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Bxd4 37. Na2 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holmes, Michael"]
[Black "White, Arlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[WhiteICU "2112"]
[BlackICU "1838"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "408751"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Panno main line"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8.
Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. cxb5
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 axb5 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qxd5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Be6 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rd2 Ra8 25. Rb2 b3
26. a4 Ra5 27. Bd1 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke5 29. Ke3 Rb4 30. f4+ Kd6 31. Kd3 Kc5 32.
Rc1+ Bc4+ 33. Rxc4+ Rxc4 34. Bxb3 Rd4+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Bc2 Kc4 37. Rb6 Rc5
38. Bb3+ Kc3 39. Bd5 f5 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 fxe4 42. Bxe4 Rd6 43. g4 Kc4
44. Bc6 Re6+ 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 Rh6 48. Kf4 Rxh2 49. f6 Rf2+
50. Bf3 Rc2 51. b6 Rc8 52. b7 Rf8 53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lavery, Damien"]
[Black "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1525"]
[BlackICU "1806"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505789"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Be2 f5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Ne2
cxd5 15. Bb4 a5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nc3 Qc5 20. Qxe4
Bh6+ 21. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Parker, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1782"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 a6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 d6 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Rd1 b5 14. f5 Bb7
15. Qg3 exf5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bh6 g6 18. exf5 Re8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bg4 Nf8
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rde1 Qc7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Qd5+ Ne6 26.
Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Black "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1743"]
[BlackICU "1690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd4
8. exd4 Nbd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. c3 Be7 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nd2 h6 14.
Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. g3 Na4 19. Rab1 Rb6
20. Nb3 Rbc6 21. Kf1 Nb6 22. Nd2 Nh7 23. h4 Nf6 24. Re2 Nfd7 25. Ke1 Nc4
26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd2 Nb6 28. Be2 R4c7 29. g4 g6 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Re2 a6 32.
f4 Kf8 33. Kd2 Nd7 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 Kg7 36. Rg1 Nf8 37. fxg6 fxg6 38.
Bxg6 Nxg6 39. h5 Rc6 40. Reg2 Rf8 41. Rxg6+ Rxg6 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rb6 Rf5
44. Rxb7+ Kg8 45. Rb6 Rxh5 46. Rxa6 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Kg7 48. b4 Rf2 49. a4 h5
50. Re6 h4 51. Re3 Kg6 52. b5 Rg2 53. Rh3 Kg5 54. b6 Kg4 55. Rxh4+ Kxh4 56.
b7 Rg8 57. a5 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2032"]
[BlackICU "1710"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. c3 e5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Na3 Nh6 9. Nc4 Qh4 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. g3 Qh5 12. Kg2 Nf6 13. Ng1 Bg4 14. f3
Bc8 15. Qe1 g5 16. Rd1 g4 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 g3 19. hxg3 Rg8 20. e5 Nxd5
21. exd6+ Kf8 22. Be2 Qf5 23. dxc7 Bd7 24. Nd6 Ne3+ 25. Kh2 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qe7
27. Bf3 Nxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Bc6 29. Qc4 Rg6 30. Qc5 Ke8 31. Nd6+ Rxd6 32. Qxd6
Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxf3 34. Rxh6 Be4 35. Rh5 Kd7 36. Re5 Bc6 37. Ne2 Rc8 38. Nd4
Rxc7 39. Nxc6 Rxc6 40. Kh3 Rd6 41. Re2 a6 42. Kg4 b5 43. Kf5 Kc6 44. g4 Kd7
45. g5 h6 46. Kg4 hxg5 47. Kxg5 Kd8 48. f5 Kd7 49. Re4 Kc7 50. Re7+ Kc6 51.
Re2 Kd7 52. f6 Re6 53. Rd2+ Ke8 54. Rh2 Re5+ 55. Kf4 Re1 56. Rf2 Re6 57.
Kg5 Kd7 58. Kh6 Re5 59. Kg7 Ke6 60. Kh6 Kd7 61. b3 Ke6 62. c4 bxc4 63. bxc4
Rc5 64. Rf4 Ke5 65. Kg5 Ke6+ 66. Kg4 a5 67. a4 Ke5 68. Rf5+ Kd4 69. Rxc5
Kxc5 70. Kg5 Kxc4 71. Kh6 Kd5 72. Kh7 Ke5 73. Kg7 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[WhiteICU "1729"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[BlackFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. f3 Ne6 14. Qd1
Rd8 15. Nc2 Nh5 16. g3 Qg5 17. Qe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. f4 Qe7 20. Bd3 Nf6
21. e5 Ng4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. h3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. g4 Rxd3 26. gxf5 gxf5
27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Qe2 Qd4 30. Qg2+ Qg7 31. Rfe1 Re8 32. Qxg7+
Kxg7 33. Re2 Re4 34. Rbe1 Rxf4 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rxc4 37. Re2 Kf6 38.
Kg2 Re4 39. Rc2 c5 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Rd2 f4 42. Rd7 Re3+ 43. Kg4 f5+ 44. Kh4
f3 45. Kg3 f4+ 46. Kf2 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Rxb2 48. Re7+ Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kg5 50. h4+
Kxh4 51. Rxf4+ Kg3 52. Re4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McFarland, Norman"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1614"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Black "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1786"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. c3 a6 13. Bg5
Nd7 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bh6 Rc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rh3
Rh5 20. Rxh5 Nxh5 21. Qg5 Nf6 22. f3 Qa7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rd8 25. Kf1
Rd5 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. Rxd5 e6 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Rd6 a5 30. g3 Kg6 31. b3 Nd5
32. Qxd5 Qxc3 33. Qd1 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Qe2 f6 37. Rd1 Qc6
38. Kg2 e5 39. Re1 h5 40. h4 Qc3 41. Rd1 Qb4 42. Rd8 a3 43. Qd2 Qb5 44. Rd5
Qc4 45. Rd3 e4 46. Rxa3 Qb5 47. Rb3 Qc4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Re3 Qb5 50. Qe2
Qb7 51. Qc2 f5 52. Qf2 Qd5 53. a3 Qd1 54. Qe2 Qd6 55. a4 Qc6 56. a5 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackICU "1690"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Rb1 a5 9. a3 d5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qb3 Nd4 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Rd1 c6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Be4 Nd6 20.
Bg2 Bf6 21. b4 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Kg8 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Bd2 Ra7 25. Bb4 Kf7 26.
d4 Nb5 27. Bc5 Raa8 28. Be4 Be7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. f3 Kd6 31. Ra1 exd4 { and
Black won after 62 moves. } 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Black "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[BlackICU "1612"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit)"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d3 Qb4 8.
Nb3 Nxd5 9. Qxe4+ Be6 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxe4+ 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3
Nd7 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bd3 f6 16. O-O Bd6 17. Rfd1 Bc7 18. b4 Ne5 19. Rd2 Rd8
20. Rad1 Ke7 21. Be2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. f4 Ng6 25. g3 Ne7
26. Kf2 b5 27. Bd4 Kc8 28. Bc5 Kd8 29. Ke3 g6 30. Kd4 Nc8 31. Bg4 Nb6 32.
b3 Nd7 33. Be6 Nxc5 34. Kxc5 Ke7 35. Bg8 Bd6+ 36. Kxc6 Bxb4 37. Bxh7 Kf7
38. f5 g5 39. Kb6 Bc3 40. Kxa6 b4 41. Kb5 Be1 42. Kc4 Ke7 43. Kd5 Bc3 44.
Bg6 Kf8 45. Ke6 Kg7 46. Ke7 Be5 47. Bh5 Bb8 48. Bd1 Ba7 49. Ke6 Bd4 50. h4
gxh4 51. gxh4 Bc3 52. Kd5 Kf7 53. h5 Ke7 54. Be2 Kf7 55. Kd6 Be5+ 56. Kd7
Bc3 57. Bc4+ Kg7 58. Ke6 Kh6 59. Be2 Kg7 60. Ke7 Kh6 61. e5 Bxe5 62. c4
bxc3 63. Bd1 Kg5 64. Ke6 Bc7 65. b4 Bb6 66. b5 Ba5 67. h6 Kxh6 68. Kxf6
Bd8+ 69. Ke6 Kg7 70. Kd7 Ba5 71. Kc6 Kf6 72. Bc2 Ke7 73. b6 Kd8 74. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1710"]
[BlackICU "1782"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Italian variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. c3 a5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Rad8 13. Nh4 Bg6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qe3 Nh5 16. g3 b6 17. Kh2 Rd6 18. Nf3 Nb8 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20.
Nxg5 Nc6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Rf6 23. e5 Rf5 24. e6 Nxf4 25. exf7+ Kh8 26.
Rae1 Ne5 27. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Black "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1743"]
[BlackICU "1878"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505762"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Bh6 13. Rc2 Nh5 14. g3
Ng7 15. f4 Ne6 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Bg7 20. Qd2 Qb7
21. Nd5 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. b4 Qd7 24. b5 Bb7 25. Bg2 Kh8 26. Rd1 Nc5 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nxb6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Bxg2+ 30. Qxg2 axb6 31. Rcd2 Rf6 32. Rd3
Re6 33. a4 Re4 34. Qf3 Qe6 35. R3d2 Qxc4+ 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bb2 38.
Rb3 Bf6 39. a5 bxa5 40. Rd5 Bd4 41. Rxf5 Kg7 42. Rd5 Re6 43. Rd7 Kf6 44. g4
Rb6 45. Rh3 Rxb5 46. Rxh7 Re8 47. Rh6+ Kg7 48. Rh5 Rb6 49. Rdd5 Rg6 50. g5
Rd6 51. Rxd6 exd6 52. f5 Rh8 53. Rxh8 Kxh8 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nixon, Rod"]
[Black "Holmes, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[WhiteICU "2004"]
[BlackICU "2112"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "404500"]
[BlackFideId "408751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Annotator: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000520/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2003_number_one.htm">Ulster
Chess News 2003 number 1</a> (via the Wayback Machine). } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Bxe5 Qc6 15. Qd4 Rfd8 16. Qb4 Rd2 17. Rf3 Rxc2 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Nxb5 Nd5 20.
Qe4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rc5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Rb3 Qd8 24. e6 f5 25. Nxf5 Qc7 26.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxd5 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Rd7 Qc5 30. Rbb7 Qg1+ 31. Kg3 Qf2+
32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kg5 Rc5+ 34. Kh6 Qf6 35. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parker, Tony"]
[Black "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e3 c6 8.
Nge2 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. O-O Bh3 11. Qc2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nh5 13. f4 Na6 14. a3
f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20.
Qc4+ Kg7 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc7 23. Nc5 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 b6 25. Nce6+ Nxe6
26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. Nxc6 Rxd3 29. Rf3 Rd7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Black "Lavery, Damien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1525"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505789"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bf5
8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Bb3 e6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. c4
Bd6 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qa5 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. b4 Rxd1 23. bxa5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Be4 25. a6 Rd8
26. Nc3 Bxb7 27. axb7 Rb8 28. Rb1 Ne8 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nc5 Nd6 31. Rd1 Ne4
32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Rd7 Kf8 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "2139"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Annotator: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000520/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2003_number_one.htm">Ulster
Chess News 2003 number 1</a> (via the Wayback Machine). } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Other information: Other information: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/games_ucuch2002/ss43.htm">Tom
Clark's scoresheet</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Qc1 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. e3
e6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 exd5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. cxd5
c4 15. Be4 Qf2+ 16. Kd1 d6 17. Nge2 Bg4 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Ke1 Bxe2 20. Be3
Qe5 21. Kxe2 Nb5 22. Qc2 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rae8 24. Bxa7 Qxd5 25. Qd2 Rxe4+
26. Kd1 Qh5+ 27. g4 Rxg4 28. Kc2 Qf5+ 29. Kc1 Rg3 30. Bd4 Rd3 31. Qc2 Bh6+
32. Kb1 Qb5+ 33. Qb2 Qf5 34. Qc2 Qd5 35. Rd1 Rff3 36. Ka2 Rg3 37. Rg1 Rxg1
0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "White, Arlo"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1838"]
[BlackICU "1729"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Ne7 4. g3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
e5 c5 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. h4 Rc8 12. c4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Nf1 Nf5
15. Rad1 Qd7 16. N1h2 h5 17. g4 hxg4 18. Nxg4 Nh7 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 d4
21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Kh7 24. Qh3+ Nh6 25. Re4 g5 26. Rg4
Kg6 27. Be4+ Nf5 28. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2032"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McFarland, Norman"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1614"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Black "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackICU "2032"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. f3
a6 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Qc2
Qe3 21. Nd4 Rac8 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Kg8 24. a3 Nd7 25. Nb3 Nb6 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Kg1 Rc8 28. Kf2 Rc7 29. Ke3 e5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Na5 Bc8 32. Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "2139"]
[BlackICU "1786"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/ucuch2002_allfiles/pairings_ucuch2002.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 f6 4. Bh4 e6 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Kf7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rfe1 Nf5 13. Qd3 Qa5 14.
Nb5 Rd8 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20.
Nb3 Qc4 21. Qxh7 e5 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rxe5+ fxe5 24. Qxe5+ Be6 25. Nd4 Rb6
26. a5 Rc6 27. Re1 Rdd6 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qf8+ Kc7 31. Qf7+
Kb8 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxe6 Qxc2 34. Qb6+ Kc8 35. Qxa6+ Kd7 36. Qa7+ Kd6 37.
Qb6+ Kd7 38. Qb5+ Kd6 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qh8 Qa4 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42. Qf6+ Kd7
43. Qf5+ Kc6 44. Qe6+ Kc7 45. Qxd5 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qxb2 47. Qc5+ Kd7 48. g4
Qh8+ 49. Qh5 Qb8+ 50. g3 Qb2 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Black "White, Arlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1612"]
[BlackICU "1838"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. O-O Nxd4
8. Qxd4 b5 9. Bb3 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14.
Rd3 Bb7 15. Rh3 Rfd8 16. Qg3 Qc6 17. f3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qf5 19. Ne2 Ne4 20.
Qc7 Rd1 21. g4 Qxg4 22. fxg4 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holmes, Michael"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[WhiteICU "2112"]
[BlackICU "1710"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "408751"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Nge2 b5 10. Nc1 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. Be2
Rad8 15. Qe3 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Na1 Qe5 18. f4 Qe6 19. Nc2 Ne8 20. e5 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Black "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[BlackICU "1878"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505762"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. a4 Nf8 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4
d5 15. e5 dxc4 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 Ng7 18. Ng5 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxg5 20.
Rf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Rf3 Rd8 24. g3 Ne6 25. Rd3 Qd7 26.
Qg4 Bf6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Rad1 Ng5 29. Qg2 Qxh3 30. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5
32. d5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Ne6 35. Rd7 Bxb2 36. Rxb7 Bd4 37. f4 Bb6
38. a5 Bxa5 39. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Black "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1690"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 c5
8. Nb5 Na6 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. c3 c4 12. Qd2 h6 13. b3 Nb6 14.
O-O Bd7 15. Qf4 Rg8 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Rfe1 Bd5 19. Re3 Rd8 20.
Rb1 f5 21. Rh3 g5 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qe2 Qh7 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. f3 Rd7 26. N2e4
Rxd6 27. exd6 g4 28. Rh4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rg5 30. Qxg5 Qxe4 31. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Lavery, Damien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1782"]
[BlackICU "1525"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[BlackFideId "2505789"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6
8. Bf4 Bb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Ng4 Be7 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe3 Qc5
20. Qb3 b6 21. c3 Rd2 22. Bf3 Bc2 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26.
Rfd1 Rad8 27. a4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bd3 30. f4 Be4 31. Kf2 Kf8
32. g3 Ke7 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. a5 f6 35. Kd4 f5 36. Kc3 g6 37. Be2 h5 38. h4
Be4 39. Bd3 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Black "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1743"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Re8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Rf8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. b4 Bd4 19. Be3 Bd7 20.
Qd2 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qd4 Kh8 24. Rec1 Rfe8 25. Qc5 Qxc5
26. Rxc5 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Nc2 h6 29. a3 Raa4 30. Rc1 Rac4 31. Nb4 Re1+
32. Rxe1 Rxc5 33. Nd3 Rc3 34. Ne5 Bf5 35. a4 d4 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Nd6 Bc2
38. Ne4 Rc4 39. a5 Ra4 40. f3 Rxa5 41. Kf2 Ra2 42. Re2 d3 43. Rd2 Ra5 44.
Ke3 Rd5 45. Nf2 Re5+ 46. Kd4 Re2 47. Kc3 Kg6 48. Nxd3 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 Re6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nixon, Rod"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2004"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404500"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "accelerated Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

{ Annotator: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000520/http://www.rct26.dial.pipex.com/ucn_2003_number_one.htm">Ulster
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8.
f4 Ned7 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Kh1 Re8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bh4
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bb1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qe2
Nh5 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. e5 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 dxe5 24. Nf5 exf4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26.
Nxc8 Rxe2 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. d6 Ke8 29. b4 Nd7 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. Rc7 Rd2 32.
d7+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parker, Tony"]
[Black "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. b4 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. d3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Bc1 Bd7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd2
f5 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Qf7 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rab1 Nf6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nh4
Re7 21. Na5 Rae8 22. Nc4 e4 23. Ne3 Ng4 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. g3 d5 26. dxe4
Rxe4 27. Neg2 c6 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Nf4 Qe5 31. Nhg6 Qe8 32. Nh4
h5 33. Nd3 Qe7 34. Nc5 Bc8 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Ng6 Qg7 38. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1729"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McFarland, Norman"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1614"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Black "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1786"]
[BlackICU "1743"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ndf3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6
8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Ne2 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb8 14.
Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qb2 O-O 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Qc7 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Qc3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nc3
Bd3 26. Ne1 Bg6 27. Nf3 Bh5 28. Ne2 Na5 29. Nc1 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Kf1
Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Nd2 Bg6 35. Nd3 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 e5 37. dxe5+
fxe5 38. g4 Ke6 39. Kc3 b6 40. h4 Nc6 41. Nf3 Kf6 42. g5+ Kg6 43. h5+ Kxh5
44. Nxe5 Nxe5 45. Kd4 Nf3+ 46. Kxd5 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Black "Parker, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1612"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Qf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Qd4 13. O-O-O Qf6
14. Qe3 O-O 15. f4 e5 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc3 Qg5+ 23. Bd2 Qe5 24. Bc3 Qg5+ 25. Bd2
Qe5 26. Bc3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackICU "1825"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. e3 Bc7 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Re1 O-O 14. a3
a5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Ned2 Qf6 17. c5 e5 18. Nc4 g5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 e4 22. Nfd2 Nxb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3 24. Ra8 Nxc5 25. Qa3 Qc6 26. Qa2 Be6
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qb2 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Ne6 30. Qb4+ Qc5 31. Qb3 Qd5 32. Qc2
b5 33. Nd2 Ke7 34. g4 d3 35. Qc3 fxg4 36. Nxe4 Qc4 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Qh8+
Ke7 39. Qh7+ Kd8 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qg8+ Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44.
Ne4 Qc1+ 45. Bf1 Qf4 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ng7 49. Bg2 d2 50.
Nxd2 Qxd2 51. Qxh6 Qc1+ 52. Bf1 Qf4 53. Bxb5 Qxh2+ 54. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 55. Kxh2
Kg6 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Bd7+ Kf6 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Holmes, Michael"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "2112"]
[BlackICU "2139"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "408751"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Staunton gambit"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Bc4 e6 9. Nge2 a5 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qd6 13. Nce2 Nbd7 14.
Ng3 O-O-O 15. c3 g5 16. Nfe2 Ng4 17. Qc1 h5 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Qxg5 Rdg8 20.
Qf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Ne3 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Bxg8 Rxg8 24. Kf2 Nfd5 25. c4 Nxc4
26. Nxf5 Rf8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nce3 29. Ng3 Nxg4+ 30. Ke2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Black "Nixon, Rod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[BlackICU "2004"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[BlackFideId "404500"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. Bf3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. O-O Nc5
14. Qd2 Be6 15. Qf2 Ncd7 16. Bh5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. Rad1 Rf8 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rxd7+
Kf6 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Rc7 Rd6 27. Kf2 g5 28. a4 h5 29. a5 a6 30. c4 Ke5 31.
Ke3 Re6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. Ra7 Kc5 34. Rxa6 Re1 35. Ra8 Rg1 36. g3 Rd1+ 37.
Kc3 Rd4 38. Rb8 h4 39. Rg8 Rxc4+ 40. Kb3 Rb4+ 41. Ka3 Rg4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43.
Rxg5+ Kd6 44. Rg2 Kc5 45. Rg5+ Kd6 46. a6 Rxh2 47. a7 Rh8 48. Rg4 Ra8 49.
Rg7 Rh8 50. Rb7 Ra8 51. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1710"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[BlackFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bb3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 h6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qh4 d5 11. f5 dxe4 12. f6 Nf5 13. Qxe4 Qxf6 14. Ne2
Qe7 15. c3 Bd7 16. g4 Nd6 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qg3 e4 19. dxe4 c4 20. Bc2 Nxe4
21. Qg2 Nc5 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxd3
cxd3 27. Nxg6 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Nf4 e5 30. Nh5 Rf7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. g5
h5 33. g6 Rf5 34. Nh4 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Ne7 37. Bg5 Rf8 38. Bh6+
Kxh6 39. Qxf8+ Kg5 40. Qxe7+ Kf4 41. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1782"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14.
Bg3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Re8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Re6 18. h4 Nxg3 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 gxh4 21. Nc5 Rb6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Qxh6 Bf5 24. Qf4 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Ne4
26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Qg4+ Rg6 28. Qf5 Qf6 29. Qxd5 Qb6+ 30. Nf2 Ng3 31. Rfd1 Re8
32. Qf3 Rf6 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Rd2 Ne4 35. Qxh4 Rh6 36. Qf4 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Rf6
38. Rd1 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Re7 41. c4 c5 42. Rd5 b6 43. a3 Ke8
44. Kf3 Re1 45. b3 Ra1 46. a4 Rc1 47. Rd3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd5 Re6 50.
Rf3 Rd6+ 51. Ke4 Re6+ 52. Kd5 f6 53. Rh3 Rd6+ 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Rh8 Rd4+ 56.
Ke3 Rd7 57. Kf3 Rg7 58. g4 f5 59. gxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "1690"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Icelandic gambit"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8
8. Be3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qxe4 f6 12. Qxb7 fxe5 13. Qxa8 exd4
14. Qd5+ Qxd5 15. cxd5 dxc3 16. a3 cxb2+ 17. axb4 bxa1=Q+ 18. Kd2 Qb2+ 19.
Kd3 Bg6+ 20. Kc4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "White, Arlo"]
[Black "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1838"]
[BlackICU "1878"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505762"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bf1 e6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. exd6
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc6 18. Rd3 Nf6 19. Qd2 Bd5 20.
Qf4 Kg7 21. Qe5 Rad8 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nxd5+ Kg7 25. Nxb6
Rxd6 26. Nc4 Rd4 27. a4 Rc8 28. b3 f5 29. a5 Rc5 30. Re1 Rb5 31. Re3 Re4
32. Rc3 Re1 33. f4 Rb4 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Nd2 Ra1 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Bc4 Rxa5
38. Nf3 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 b5 40. Be6 Rb2 41. Ng5 R2xb3+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1729"]
[BlackICU "2032"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lavery, Damien"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1525"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505789"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McFarland, Norman"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1614"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Annesley, Gareth"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "1878"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505762"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Qd2 f5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Be6 14. Rab1 a6
15. Rb2 Qd7 16. Rfb1 Qf7 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5
fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Bc6 Kh8 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Ng3 Nf4 26.
Qxd6 Nxg2 27. Ra7 Qf3 28. Bc5 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brown, Jonathan"]
[Black "McFarland, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[BlackICU "1614"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Be6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 g5 11. Bg3 a6 12. a3 c5 13. O-O Rc8 14. f3 b5
15. Bf5 Rg8 16. Be5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Qd6 20. Qf5
Qe6 21. Qd3 f5 22. d5 Qf6 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. f4 g4 25. Rad1 c4 26. Qe2 Bc5 27.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Douglas, Timothy"]
[Black "Skelton, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackICU "2032"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501295"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Bb2 c6 12. a4 a5 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Rfd1
f6 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Qd2 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxa5 Ba6 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Qxd8
Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. Rad1 Na4 25. Nb3 Qb6 26.
R1d7+ Ke6 27. Bh3+ f5 28. Ng5+ Kf6 29. Nxh7+ Ke6 30. Nf8+ Kf6 31. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lavery, Damien"]
[Black "Murtagh, Dermot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1525"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505789"]
[BlackFideId "2501473"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. e4 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. f3
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Bf2 Ne6 17. Nb3 Nf4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Nxe2+ 20.
Qxe2 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "MacDonald, Fred"]
[Black "Holmes, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[BlackICU "2112"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[BlackFideId "408751"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qd8
8. Bf4 Na6 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qb3 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14.
Ne5 e6 15. Bb5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Bd6 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nac7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20.
Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McLoughlin, Paul"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[WhiteICU "1690"]
[BlackICU "2139"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nge7 6. O-O d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Cunningham, Damien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1782"]
[BlackICU "1612"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxe5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bc4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf5 Qe7 12. Nb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5
Rd8 14. Rxd7 Rxd7 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qxd7 Qc5 17. f3 Qb6 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Qg4
h6 20. h4 Qc5 21. Qh3 b5 22. g4 a5 23. Qg3 g5 24. h5 a4 25. Qg1 Rd4 26. Be2
b4 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. Qd1 a3 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. bxa3 bxa3 31. Kd1 Be5 32. Qb5
Qc7 33. Qc4 Qb8 34. Qb3 Qa7 35. Bd3 Bf4 36. Qb5 Qc7 37. Qc4 Qa5 38. c3 dxc3
39. Kc2 Bd2 40. Qb5 Qc7 41. Bc4 Be1 42. e5 Qd8 43. Qd5 Qb6 44. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moreland, Desmond"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1743"]
[BlackICU "1710"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Na6 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg1 b6 14. Ne1 h5 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ne8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qd2 Nf6
21. Qh6+ Kf7 22. Be3 Qh8 23. Qg5 Rg8 24. Bd2 Ke8 25. Bf3 Qh7 26. Nd1 Rf8
27. Nc3 Ng4 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Qh6 Qxh6 30. Bxh6 Rh8 31. Be3 Bxh2 32. Nd1 e6
33. Ra3 exd5 34. exd5 Bf5 35. Rb3 Bc2 36. Rxb6 Be5+ 37. Kg1 Bxd1 38. Bxc5
dxc5 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Rxe5 Re8 41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. Kf2 Bxa4 43. Ke3 Bb3 44.
Kd3 g3 45. Kc3 a4 46. Kd3 Kd7 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kd3 Bd1 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kd2
Bg4 51. Ke3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nixon, Rod"]
[Black "White, Arlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2004"]
[BlackICU "1838"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "404500"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "accelerated Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. f3
Nc7 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. a5 Qb8 12. Nge2 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. O-O Rab8
15. Bc2 Qa7 16. b3 Rb6 17. Rae1 Rfb8 18. Ng3 a5 19. h3 e6 20. f4 h6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. e5 Bg7 23. Nge4 Ne8 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. exf6 Bxf6
27. f5 Bg5 28. Qd3 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qxf5 f6 31. Nd5 R6b7 32. h4 Rg7
33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Parker, Tony"]
[Black "Saad, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1825"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 d4 3. Nf3 e5 4. Nxe5 Bxb4 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nf6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
O-O Bd3 15. Bxf6 Qd6 16. Ne5 c4 17. Qb7 O-O 18. Nxd3 gxf6 19. Nb4 c5 20.
Qd5 Qc7 21. Qxc4 Qa5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rg8 26.
Ne7 Rg7 27. g3 Rg5 28. Qc8 Rg8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. d4 h5 31. Rac1 Kg7 32.
Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nh4+ Kg7 34. Rc6 Rg8 35. Rb1 a5 36. Rbb6 1-0

[Event "Ulster Championship 2003"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Alcorn, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1729"]
[BlackICU "1786"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Colle system"]
[EventDate "2002.12.27"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nf8 14.
Qc2 Ne7 15. Ng5 Neg6 16. h4 Nxh4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 f6 19. Qa4 Bd7 20.
Qxh4+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Nf7+
1-0

