Notable Games and Tournament PGNs 2023

Games of the Day

(photograph by Dennis Dicen)

Games of the day were selected by commentators Adam Hunt and Danny Gormally, with the Round 8 Grieve v Fernandez game winning the Alexander Best Game Prize.

Round 1 – Roman Mitra vs Nick Pert – 0-1 – English Opening

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.22"]  [Round "1"]  [Board "2"]  [White "Mitra, Roman C"]  [Black "Pert, Nicholas"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2171"]  [BlackElo "2536"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3  e5 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qd1 e4 11. Ne1 h5 12. d3 h4 13. Nc3 hxg3 14. hxg3 e3 15. Bxe3 d4  16. Bf4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. e4 Qa5 19. d4 Qxc3 20. d5 Nd4 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Rxc8+  Bxc8 23. Bd2 Ba6 0-1

Round 2 – Bao Nghia Dong vs Michael Adams – 0-1 – Italian Game

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.23"]  [Round "2"]  [Board "1"]  [White "Dong, Bao Nghia"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2327"]  [BlackElo "2666"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6  9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 f4 14. Bc1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3  16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Qxe4 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Rf5 21. Qxf5 Qxf5  22. Rd1 g5 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Bd3 Qh3+ 25. Ke2 g4 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kd2 Nxe5 28. Kc2  Nxd3 29. Rxd3 c5 30. Ba3 Qe2+ 31. Rd2 Qe4+ 32. Kb3 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qd5+ 0-1

Round 3 – James Jackson vs John Merriman – 1-0 – French Defence

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.24"]  [Round "3"]  [Board "7"]  [White "Jackson, James P"]  [Black "Merriman, John"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2390"]  [BlackElo "2274"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5  9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 b4 15. Qh3 g6  16. Qh6 Re8 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a5 19. Nf3 Rf8 20. h4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Kb1  a4 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxd5 Ne4 25. Ng5 f6 26. Rhd1 Rc8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ 1-0

Round 4 – Michael Adams vs Daniel Fernandez – 1-0 – Scandinavian

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.25"]  [Round "4"]  [Board "1"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Fernandez, Daniel H"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2666"]  [BlackElo "2518"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3  e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O a5 11. g4 Nb6 12. Kb1 a4 13. a3 Be7 14. h4 Nbd5 15. Nxd5  Nxd5 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. c5 Qc7 19. f4 b6 20. f5 exf5 21. d5 f4 22. Qe4  cxd5 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Rhd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 g6 27. c6 Bf6 28. g5 Qe7 29.  Qxe7+ Bxe7 30. c7 Kg7 31. Rd7 1-0

Round 5 – Jonah Willow vs Eldar Gasanov – 1-0 – Sicilian Defence

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.26"]  [Round "5"]  [Board "3"]  [White "Willow, Jonah B"]  [Black "Gasanov, Eldar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2421"]  [BlackElo "2481"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 d6 8. h4 Nf6 9.  Ne3 Be6 10. Ned5 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Rc8 15. a6 b6 16.  Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. c4 Kh7 19. Qg4 Ng8 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. h5 g5  23. g3 Rcf8 24. O-O Qe7 25. Kg2 R8f7 26. b3 Qf8 27. Ra2 Kh8 28. f3 Kh7 29. Raf2 Kh8  30. Nc3 Qg8 31. Ne2 Bf8 32. f4 gxf4 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. gxf4 Rg7+ 35. Kh3 exf4 36.  Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 Be7 38. Nc3 Bg5 39. Rf3 Rd7 40. Nb5 Kg7 41. Kg2 Bf6 42. Kf1 Be5  43. Rf2 Kg8 44. Rg2+ Kf7 45. Ke2 Bf6 46. Rg6 Bg5 47. Kd1 Bf4 48. Kc2 Bg5 49. Kb1  Bf4 50. Ka2 Bc1 51. Kb1 Bf4 52. Kb2 Bd2 53. Ka3 Bc1+ 54. Ka4 Bg5 55. Nc3 Bd2 56.  Nb1 Bf4 57. Kb5 d5 58. cxd5 exd5 59. e5 Bxe5 60. Rxh6 Bg7 61. Rc6 Re7 62. Rd6 Be5  63. Rxd5 Ke6 64. Rd8 Rh7 65. Ra8 Rxh5 66. Rxa7 Rh4 67. Nd2 Rb4+ 68. Kc6 Bf4 69. Rb7  Rd4 70. a7 Rd6+ 71. Kb5 Rd8 72. Nc4 1-0

Round 6 – William Claridge Hansen v Harry Grieve – 1/2-1/2 – Reti Opening

  [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: Champ"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort Univer"]  [Date "2023.07.27"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "Claridge-Hansen, William"]  [Black "Grieve, Harry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A17"]  [WhiteElo "2332"]  [BlackElo "2459"]  [PlyCount "120"]  [EventDate "2023.07.27"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. g3 c5 8. Bg2 d4  9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nb5 d3 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Re3 Nc5 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.  Kxg2 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Ndc6 Ncd7 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. b5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5  Bxe5 22. Rxe5 axb5 23. cxb5 Nd7 24. Rh5 Nc5 25. a4 f5 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Qd6  28. Ra7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Rh4 Qb7 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. h4 Ne4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34.  Qxe4 Qd7 35. h5 Rc7 36. f3 Qd6 37. Qa4 Qc5 38. h6 gxh6 39. Qg4+ Qg5 40. Qxe6+  Kg7 41. f4 Qxb5 42. Nd4 Qb7+ 43. Kh2 Rc5 44. Qe8 Qc8 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Nd8 Kf5  47. Kh3 h5 48. Qe7 Rc1 49. Qxh7+ Kf6+ 50. Kg2 Qxd8 51. Qh6+ Kf7 52. Qxh5+ Kg7  53. Qg4+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qh5+ Kd7 56. Qd5+ Ke8 57. Qg8+ Kd7 58. Qd5+ Ke8  59. Qg8+ Ke7 60. Qg5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

Round 7 – Mark Hebden v Daniel Fernandez – 0-1 – King’s Indian Defence

  [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: Champi"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort Univers"]  [Date "2023.07.29"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Fernandez, Daniel H"]  [Black "Hebden, Mark L"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E64"]  [WhiteElo "2518"]  [BlackElo "2436"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2023.??.??"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.  Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bxc5 Be6 11. Nd2 Rd7 12. h3 Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 Ne5  15. Na4 Rdc7 16. Nb6 Rd8 17. O-O Ne8 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Bf4 Bxb2 20. Bxc7 Nxc7  21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Ne4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Na5 24. Rd3 Bb2 25. Nc5 Bxc4 26. Rd7 Nb5 27.  Nxb7 1-0

Round 8 – Harry Grieve v Daniel Fernandez – 1-0 – Petroff

  [Event "Round 8: Harry Grieve - Daniel H Fernandez"]  [Site "https://lichess.org/study/rwNUxCe5/PhafUeIe"]  [White "Harry Grieve"]  [Black "Daniel H Fernandez"]  [Result "1-0"]  [UTCDate "2023.07.29"]  [UTCTime "17:30:54"]  [Variant "Standard"]  [ECO "C42"]  [Opening "Russian Game: Classical Attack"]  [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/broadcaster"]   1. e4 { [%clk 1:30:44] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:30:24] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31:10] } 2... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:49] } 3. Nxe5 { [%clk 1:31:36] } 3... d6 { [%clk 1:31:14] } 4. Nf3 { [%clk 1:32:03] } 4... Nxe4 { [%clk 1:31:39] } 5. d4 { [%clk 1:32:30] } 5... d5 { [%clk 1:26:05] } 6. Bd3 { [%clk 1:32:56] } 6... Nd6 { [%clk 1:23:43] } 7. O-O { [%clk 1:31:28] } 7... Be7 { [%clk 1:23:57] } 8. Nc3 { [%clk 1:28:38] } 8... c6 { [%clk 1:23:51] } 9. Ne2 { [%clk 1:28:32] } 9... O-O { [%clk 1:21:50] } 10. Ng3 { [%clk 1:25:32] } 10... Re8 { [%clk 1:17:27] } 11. Bf4 { [%clk 1:21:07] } 11... Nd7 { [%clk 1:16:08] } 12. h4 { [%clk 1:11:07] } 12... Nf8 { [%clk 1:13:41] } 13. Qd2 { [%clk 1:08:08] } 13... Ng6 { [%clk 1:05:23] } 14. h5 { [%clk 1:02:45] } 14... Nxf4 { [%clk 0:53:58] } 15. Qxf4 { [%clk 1:03:13] } 15... h6 { [%clk 0:54:18] } 16. Rae1 { [%clk 0:57:10] } 16... Bf8 { [%clk 0:50:24] } 17. c3 { [%clk 0:46:49] } 17... a5 { [%clk 0:44:21] } 18. Bb1 { [%clk 0:43:31] } 18... Rxe1 { [%clk 0:36:25] } 19. Rxe1 { [%clk 0:43:56] } 19... Ne8 { [%clk 0:36:11] } 20. Nf5 { [%clk 0:39:52] } 20... Nf6 { [%clk 0:32:59] } 21. Ne5 { [%clk 0:36:41] } 21... Bxf5 { [%clk 0:32:01] } 22. Qxf5 { [%clk 0:35:43] } 22... Qc8 { [%clk 0:32:19] } 23. Qd3 { [%clk 0:33:10] } 23... Bd6 { [%clk 0:31:28] } 24. Re3 { [%clk 0:27:17] } 24... Kf8 { [%clk 0:29:19] } 25. Rf3 { [%clk 0:20:21] } 25... Qc7 { [%clk 0:28:32] } 26. Rf5 { [%clk 0:16:50] } 26... Re8 { [%clk 0:25:53] } 27. f4 { [%clk 0:17:19] } 27... c5 { [%clk 0:22:06] } 28. Kh1 { [%clk 0:14:12] } 28... b5 { [%clk 0:17:19] } 29. g4 { [%clk 0:12:06] } 29... cxd4 { [%clk 0:17:24] } 30. Qxd4 { [%clk 0:10:46] } 30... b4 { [%clk 0:16:02] } 31. g5 { [%clk 0:09:43] } 31... hxg5 { [%clk 0:15:52] } 32. h6 { [%clk 0:10:06] } 32... gxf4 { [%clk 0:13:50] } 33. hxg7+ { [%clk 0:07:32] } 33... Kg8 { [%clk 0:11:36] } 34. Qxf4 { [%clk 0:05:44] } 34... Re6 { [%clk 0:09:23] } 35. Qh6 { [%clk 0:05:00] } 35... Nh7 { [%clk 0:09:50] } 36. Rf6 { [%clk 0:05:27] } 1-0

Round 9 – Daniel Fernandez vs Steven Jones – 0-1 – Sicilian Defence

   [Event "British Chess Championships 2023: British Championship"]  [Site "The Venue, De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU"]  [Date "2023.07.30"]  [Round "9"]  [Board "2"]  [White "Fernandez, Daniel H"]  [Black "Jones, Steven A"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO ""]  [WhiteElo "2518"]  [BlackElo "2175"]  [PlyCount "0"]  [EventDate "2023.07.22"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]   1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Na3 Be6  9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. f4 Ndb4 13. O-O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. a3  d3 16. cxd3 Nc6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Nfxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 bxc4 20. dxc4 O-O 21. fxe5 Rxa8  22. d4 Rb8 23. d5 Bf5 24. b4 Bxe5 25. g4 Re8 26. Qf1 Bxg4 27. c5 Bf4+ 28. Kb2 Re2+  29. Kb3 Qe5 30. Ka4 a6 31. c6 Bf5 32. Ka5 Qc7+ 33. Kxa6 Be3 34. Kb5 Qb6+ 35. Kc4  Qa6+ 36. Kc3 Qxa3+ 37. Kc4 Qa6+ 38. Kc3 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 Qa2# 0-1

Tournament PGNs

BCC 2023 First Rapidplay Open | BCC 2023 First Rapidplay U1750 | BCC 2023 First Rapidplay U1450
BCC 2023 First Blitz Open | BCC 2023 First Blitz U1600 | BCC 2023 Junior Blitz Open