[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "George, Naveen Daniel"]
[Black "Harper, Gareth JM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[GameId "2271753259214429"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Be7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rdg1 g6 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 b4 17. Nce2 Qa5 18. Kb1 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Rf1 Rd8 22. Nbc1 Qb7 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Rd1 Be4 26. Rhf1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Nd3 Bc4 29. Rf2 Bxd3 30. cxd3 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ng7 32. Ng3 Rh3 33. Rg2 Ne6 34. Bd2 Nxg5 35. Kc2 Nf3 36. Ne2 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 g5 38. Ng1 Rh5 39. Nf3 f6 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Rc2 Rh8 42. Ke4 Rd8 43. Rc6 Rd6 44. Rc7 Ke6 45. Ke3 f5 46. Rc5 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Bxc5 48. Nxg5+ Kd5 49. b3 e4+ 50. Ke2 Kd4 51. Ne6+ Kd5 52. Ng5 f4 53. Nh3 f3+ 54. Kf1 Kd4 55. Nf4 Kc3 56. Ne6 Bb6 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Smith, Andrew R"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[GameId "2271756027623017"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Murthy, Arush"]
[Black "Browse, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[GameId "2271756908385924"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 Na5 13. Na4 Nc4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxb2 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qxb7 Qxc5 19. e4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bd6 Rfc8 22. exd5 Nfxd5 23. Bc5 Rab8 24. Bxb6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxb6 26. Be2 a5 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Bf3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb3 31. a4 Rb4 32. Bc6 Ne4 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Ra8 Nc3 35. f3 Rb6 36. Ra7+ Kd8 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Be8 f6 39. Rxa5 Rb8 40. Bf7 Kd6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Bxe6 Nxa4 45. Rxa4 Kxe6 46. Kf2 h5 47. Ra7 g5 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Ra5+ Kg6 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. h3 h4+ 52. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Heatman, Jordan"]
[Black "Richards, Benjamin James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[GameId "2271758414501519"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sarwar, Adam"]
[Black "Hayes, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[GameId "2272046916259887"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Scarpignato, Samuele"]
[Black "Wiltshire, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[GameId "2272048995569720"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,58,13,43,27,5,33,17,38,20,22,-7,-12,-17,-21,-20,-3,-5,18,-33,-68,-165,-95,-82,-66,-81,-80,-88,-43,-114,-101,-100,50,-132,175,-4,-91,58,-86,67,-43,-108,34,-73,30,-28,55,171,-6,-115,79,-185,-177,-254,-120,-353,-227,-231,-244,-266,-181]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 Ne4 9. d5 O-O 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Be2 Qf6 13. Be5 Qe7 14. d6 Qf7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg6 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rd2 Bc6 22. Bd1 a6 23. Bc2 b5 24. Bxf6 bxc4 25. Qe2 Qxf6 26. e4 Qxc3 27. Qf2 Qxa3 28. exf5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Qe3 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Wallace, Robert"]
[Black "Phillips, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2272049916661825"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bull, Jack"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2272050936299594"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,77,9,27,16,26,21,16,25,36,27,5,13,3,5,6,99,24,34,-14,-42,-7,26,58,68,7,59,9,75,81,122,49,100,103,58,42,26,33,76,108,61,98,20,43,63,179,31,53,61,7,12,-1,8,0,54,10,49,22,21,49,60,-8,51,5,59,1,-67,-7,1,-29,1,-1,209,1,-1,1,9,67,447,196]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bxc6 Nxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Qf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Qe2 b5 13. a4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Bb7 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Rc4 Qh6 20. Rxc7 Qxf4 21. Rxd7 Rfe8 22. Re1 a5 23. Rf1 Qxe4 24. Rdxf7 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 Rec8 26. R7f2 a4 27. Rc1 Rc3 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Kf7 30. Kf2 a3 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Ke4 Kd6 33. c4 Re8+ 34. Kf4 Rf8+ 35. Kg3 Rf6 36. Rc3 Rg6+ 37. Kf2 a2 38. Ra3 Kd7 39. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Potier, Julien"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert Aj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2272052930646714"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ne3 g6 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Qc2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Nf5 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bf1 e4 19. Nh4 Nd4 20. Rab1 Qg4 21. h3 Qd7 22. Be3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Bf4 exd3 26. Bxd3 Nh5 27. Bh2 Be5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qc3 f6 30. f3 b6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Be4 Rad8 33. g4 Nf4 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rd1 Qd6 36. Qd3 Qe5 37. Qc2 Rd6 38. Rd2 Qg5 39. Kg1 Qh4 40. Qc1 Qxh3 41. Rh2 Qg3+ 42. Rg2 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Saparovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2272054319039172"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Rhe1 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Qd8 15. Rf1 Bf5 16. Re3 Nb4 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. f5 Bf7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qg5 Qe8 26. Kd2 h6 27. Qf4 Nc6 28. Nd5 Qf7 29. c4 Ne5 30. f6 gxf6 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Qxf6+ Qg7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qxc7 Nd7 35. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Edwards, Jonathan"]
[Black "Peters, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[GameId "2272055282234061"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ramzan, Timur"]
[Black "Hill, Glyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2272056583082738"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Qb6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Kh1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Ndf3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Qh6 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Ne4 21. Re2 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ Nxg5 23. Kg1 Ne4 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Rac8 26. Nd3 a5 27. Nf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Kg6 30. Kf4 Re8 31. Re3 f6 32. h4 e5+ 33. dxe5 Rc4+ 34. Kf3 fxe5 35. b3 Rg4 36. Rd1 e4+ 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Rd4 Kh5 39. c4 f4 40. gxf4 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Rg8 42. cxd5 Rxg2+ 43. Kd1 Rf1+ 44. Re1 Rxe1+ 45. Kxe1 Rg4 46. d6 Rg8 47. d7 Rd8 48. Ke2 Kxh4 49. Ke3 Kg5 50. Kxe4 h5 51. Ke5 h4 52. Ke6 h3 53. Rd3 Kg4 54. Rxh3 Kxh3 55. Ke7 Rxd7+ 56. Kxd7 Kg4 57. Kc7 Kf4 58. Kxb7 Ke4 59. Kb6 Kd4 60. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Edwards, Billy"]
[Black "Williams, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1397"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[GameId "2272058058736380"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bb5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Nxc4 Ne7 9. O-O Nd5 10. Qb3 b5 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 d4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Be3 Nc6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Bb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Kf8 22. Nc5 Ke8 23. Rc1 Nb4 24. Ba5 Nc6 25. Bc7 Nd4 26. Kf2 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Ne6 28. Rc3 Nxf4 29. Kf3 Ne6 30. Bb6 Ke7 31. Ke4 g6 32. g4 Kd7 33. h4 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Kd5 Kd7 36. Be3 Kc7 37. Bd2 Kd7 38. b3 Kc7 {(=)} 39. a4 Kd7 40. Ba5 Nf4+ 41. Kc5 bxa4 42. bxa4 Nd3+ 43. Kd4 Nb2 44. Kc3 Nxa4+ 45. Kb4 Nb2 46. Kc3 Nd1+ 47. Kd4 Nf2 48. g5 Kc6 49. Be1 Ng4 50. Bg3 h5 51. gxh6 Nxh6 52. Bf4 Nf5+ 53. Kc4 Nxh4 54. Kb4 Nf3 55. Ka5 g5 56. Bg3 Kd5 57. Kxa6 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Matheson, Micah"]
[Black "Wilkins, Zack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[GameId "2272059769615109"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qd3 e5 13. Bg5 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb6 Rxd5 18. Qxa5 e4 19. Qb4 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. c4 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Harper, Gareth JM"]
[Black "Ramzan, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[GameId "2274234247532608"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bf4 h6 9. Qd2 Ngf6 10. h3 Be7 11. O-O Nd5 12. Ne2 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. h4 Qf6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. c3 O-O 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. g3 Nf6 20. Kg2 Qh5 21. Rae1 Qd5+ 22. f3 Qxa2 23. g4 Nd7 24. Bb1 Qd5 25. Qd3 f5 26. c4 Qd6 27. Ba2 Rae8 28. c5 Nxc5 29. Qa3 Qxd4 30. Rd1 Qa4 31. Qxc5 Qxa2 32. Rf2 fxg4 33. Rd7 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 gxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rf8+ 36. Kg4 Qa4+ 37. Rd4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Williams, Stephen"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[GameId "2272109932015657"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bd2 Re8 9. f3 d5 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. Kh1 Ba5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxa5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bb7 16. Bc3 Nxe4 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qa5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qg5 20. Rf2 Re7 21. Rbf1 Rbe8 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. b3 Qh4 24. Rf4 Qg5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hayes, Ian"]
[Black "Wallace, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[GameId "2272110654316595"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Re8 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Re1 Rf8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Re7 Qd8 15. Rae1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe7 17. Nxg6 Qxe1+ 18. Qxe1 hxg6 19. Qe7 Nd7 20. Qxd6 Re8 21. Qg3 Ne5 22. Ne4 Nxd3 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Qxd3 Bf5 27. Qd2 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wilkins, Zack"]
[Black "Bull, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[GameId "2272111923003452"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wiltshire, Bob"]
[Black "Saparovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[GameId "2272114734604483"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e3 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Bxb5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. d3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxf6 Qe5 14. Qf1 Qxa1 15. Rxf7 O-O-O 16. Qe1 Rdf8 17. Re7 Qf6 18. Rxb7 Kxb7 19. a4 Bc6 20. Na3 Rhg8 21. d4 cxd4 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 dxe3 24. Qe2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Peters, Chris"]
[Black "Gardner, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1310"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[GameId "2272116943712938"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Rc2 Na6 14. a3 O-O 15. Nd1 c5 16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Ng4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nge5 Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Ng6 Nd7 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Qxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxd5 Nc7 31. Re5 g5 32. dxc5 Rd7 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Bc3 Ne6 37. Rd5+ Ke7 38. Bb4+ Kd8 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Ke3 Nf4 41. Kf3 Nxd3 42. Rd2 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[GameId "2272118638617267"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,35,12,35,18,-5,-49,-11,28,19,27,23,48,38,75,69,85,68,58,47,39,31,134,101,152,108,338,281,365,331,330,379,373,210,253,170,420,20]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Bd6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Rd1 f6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Rb8 15. Qd6 Re8 16. Bc6 Qe7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe7 (18. Qxd7 Rbd8 19. Qa4 {wins}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Browse, Joseph"]
[Black "Bartlett-Davis, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[GameId "2272119591437735"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. c3 e6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Nfh5 Bxg3 12. Nxg7+ Kd7 13. fxg3 Be4 14. Qe2 h5 15. Bg5 Rh7 16. Nxh5 Rxh5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Na6 22. O-O-O Kc7 23. Kb1 Rg8 24. Rdf1 f5 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Rf3 Kd7 27. h5 Nc7 28. h6 Qe7 29. h7 Rh8 30. Qe5 Rxh7 31. Rxh7 Qxh7 32. Re3 Qh1+ 33. Re1 Qxg2 34. Qg7+ Kd6 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. c4 Qf2 38. c5+ Kd5 39. Qe5+ Kc4 40. Rc1+ Kb5 41. Qxc7 Ka6 42. b4 Qxd4 43. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Stannard, Mike"]
[Black "Heatman, Jordan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[GameId "2272121177367984"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Qd3 g5 11. Nxg5 Nxg5 12. Qxf5 Rg8 13. Bxg5 Rxg5 14. Qxh7 Qf6 15. f4 Rg6 16. Qh3 Nd7 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Kf2 Rh8 19. Qg2 Qf5 20. Ke1 Nf6 21. Rh1 Re8 22. Qe2 Ng4 23. Qd2 Nxe3 24. Kf2 Qe4 25. Rhe1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Richards, Benjamin James"]
[Black "Jones, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[GameId "2272122047817145"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 a6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Be3 Na5 14. b3 O-O 15. Rac1 b5 16. Rc2 {(=)} Qd6 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Black "Potier, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2272123482822269"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 Na5 6. Nxe5 Nxc4 7. Nxc4 d6 8. Be3 c6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Ng4 12. Qe1 b6 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bb7 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg3 g6 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. Ne3 Bg7 21. c3 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. d4 Qd6 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Rf2 Bd3 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nxd3 Re6 28. Qf3 Re4 29. f5 g5 30. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Re8 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. Ne3 Rd7 34. Qh5 Re7 35. Qf3 a6 36. Re2 a5 37. Ng4 b5 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Qe3 Qc7 40. Nc5 Bh8 41. Qe6 Bg7 42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. Nxd7 h5 44. Ngxf6+ Kh6 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Hurn, Robert Aj"]
[Black "Murthy, Arush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[GameId "2272124609189510"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Na3 c6 14. dxc6 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxc6 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rd1 a6 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bf1 Nc8 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. Rd2 {(=)} Nec6 25. h3 b5 26. Ne2 Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Nb4 28. Rd2 Bxa2+ 29. Ka1 Rc8 30. Nc3 Bb3 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Bb1 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Nc6 34. Ba2 Bxa2 35. Kxa2 Bf8 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Nc7 Nb8 38. Bc3 f6 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nxf8 Kxf8 41. b4 Ke7 42. Kb3 Nc6 43. Bd2 f5 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Be3 Kf6 46. Bb6 fxe4 47. fxe4 Kg5 48. Be3+ Kh4 49. Bf2+ Kg5 50. Be3+ Kf6 51. g4 g5 52. Bb6 Kg6 53. Bc5 h5 54. Be3 hxg4 55. hxg4 Ne7 56. Bc5 Ng8 57. Bd6 Kf6 58. Bf8 Ke6 59. Bg7 Nf6 60. Bxf6 Kxf6 61. Kb3 Ke6 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Kb3 Kc6 64. Kc3 Kb6 65. Kb3 a5 66. bxa5+ Kxa5 67. Ka3 b4+ 68. Kb3 Kb5 69. Kc2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Belochkin, David"]
[Black "Scarpignato, Samuele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2272126241687183"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 d6 12. Bb1 Nd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rxc7 Ba6 17. Re1 Qh4 18. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Rf5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxe4 Rad8 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. Nf3 Qxb2 24. Qb1 Qxb1 25. Rxb1 Rb5 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. d5 Kf8 28. d6 Bd7 29. Ne5 Be6 30. Kg1 b5 31. Kf2 b4 32. axb4 a4 33. Nc6 a3 34. Nd4 a2 35. Nc2 (35. Nxe6+ {wins} Ke8 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Nc5+ Kc6 38. Nb3 Kb5 39. e4 Kxb4 40. Na1 Ka3 41. Ke2 Kb2 42. Kd2 Kxa1 43. Kc2) 35... Ke8 36. e4 Kd7 37. e5 Kc6 38. Ke3 Bf5 39. Na1 Kb5 40. Kd4 Be6 41. Nc2 Bf5 42. Na1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Phillips, Thomas"]
[Black "Edwards, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2272128320753942"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Re1 f6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Bxc5 Nf5 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6 Qf7 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Nxh8 O-O-O 19. Nf7 Rd7 20. Bxf8 Nd4 21. Qd1 Rxf7 22. Bc5 Qd5 23. Bxd4 Rg7 24. f3 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rg5 26. c3 Qf2 27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Qe4 Qf2 29. Rg1 Rh5 30. Qg4+ Kb7 31. Qxh5 a5 32. Qxh7+ Ka6 33. Qe7 Qh4 34. Qc7 Qa4 35. b3 Qb5 36. a4 Qxd3 37. Qxc6+ Ka7 38. Rad1 Qa6 39. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Black "George, Naveen Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[GameId "2272130675388703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Nxa5 13. Ba2 b5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Rc7 23. Bf4 Nh5 24. Be3 Bf6 25. f4 g5 26. Ng4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 gxf4 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Be5 Rd7 30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. Bd4 Rg8 32. Ne5 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rc7 34. Ra2 Rxh2 35. Rb2 Ng3+ 36. Ke1 Re2# 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Cooke, Mark"]
[Black "Edwards, Billy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1397"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2272131971821864"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. c5 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. a3 e5 7. b4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 exd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Nge2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. f3 Qh4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxd4 21. Bxf5 Rxe1 22. g3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qh6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. h4 Qf6 26. Bb1 Qa1 27. Qc2 Kf8 28. Kg2 g6 29. Ba2 Rd1 30. Qf2 f5 31. g4 Qc3 32. gxf5 Rd2 33. Ne2 Qb2 34. fxg6+ Ke7 35. Qe3+ Kd8 36. Qg5+ Kc7 37. Qf4+ Kd8 38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qf7+ Rd7 40. Qf4+ Kc8 41. Bc4 hxg6 42. Kf2 Qxa3 43. Be6 Qb2 44. Bxd7+ Kxd7 45. Qd6+ Kc8 46. Qxg6 Qxb4 47. Qe6+ Kc7 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. Nf4 Qb2+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Ke4 Qb4+ 52. Kf5 Qb1+ 53. Kf6 a5 54. Ne6 Qb2+ 55. Ke7 Qg7+ 56. Nxg7 b5 57. Qxc6+ Kb8 58. Qxb5+ Ka7 59. c6 a4 60. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Hill, Glyn"]
[Black "Sarwar, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2272135580033762"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. c3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. c4 Qb6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Qxd4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxa1+ 18. Nc1 Qe5+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Nxe2 O-O 21. O-O Rfd8 22. Rd1 dxc4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. h3 cxb3 25. axb3 Rd3 26. b4 Rb3 27. Nd4 Rxb4 28. Nxc6 Rb6 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nc8 Rc6 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ramzan, Timur"]
[Black "Hayes, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2274234247569489"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Qb4 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 b5 19. O-O Qb3 20. Bd1 Qd3 21. Qxd3 cxd3 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Saparovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Peters, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[GameId "2272390226501867"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. g4 Bb7 13. h4 a5 14. h5 a4 15. Bh6 a3 16. hxg6 axb2+ 17. Kb1 fxg6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kf7 20. g5 Rh8 21. gxf6 exf6 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf5 Kg7 24. e5 Bc8 25. Qe4 Ra5 26. exf6+ Qxf6 27. d5 Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc5 29. Qd4 h5 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Ne4+ Bxe4 32. fxe4 Ke5 33. Rd4 g4 34. Rf1 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Smith, Andrew R"]
[Black "Wilkins, Zack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2272391429304565"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 Kh7 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 a6 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Re8 24. Rxb6 e5 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27. Nd5 Rc8 28. c3 Nc4 29. a4 h5 30. b4 Kh6 31. Ra7 a5 32. Ra6 axb4 33. cxb4 Be5 34. Ne7 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 Ne3+ 36. Ke2 Rc4 37. Nc6 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bull, Jack"]
[Black "Browse, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2272393215639820"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rb7 14. a3 O-O 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Rhf1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. b4 a5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd3 Qb2+ 24. Kd2 Rbc7 25. Rc1 e5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Kf8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rc1 Rb5 30. Rb1 f5 31. Nc3 Rc5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Rc4 34. b5 d4 35. Ne2 Rc7 36. b6 Rb7 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Kb5 Rb8 40. Rc1 d3 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Nc3 e4 43. Rc7+ Kd6 44. Rxg7 Re8 45. b7 f4 46. Nxe4+ Ke5 47. Nc5 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Heatman, Jordan"]
[Black "Williams, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[GameId "2272395498213653"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 dxe4 9. fxe4 Ng4 10. Bg1 Bg5 11. Nd2 Be3 12. h3 Bxg1 13. hxg4 Be3 14. d5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. g5 Ng6 17. O-O-O a5 18. Kb1 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Rh2 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxd1 22. Qh3 h6 23. gxh6 g6 24. Rh1 exf4 25. Rxd1 Kh7 26. Qg4 Qe5 27. Rf1 g5 28. g3 Rg8 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Qh4 Rg6 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Kxh6 33. Rxf7 Rg7 34. Rf5 Rd8 35. Kc2 b6 36. c4 Rg2+ 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. e5 Rf8 39. Rh5 Rh8 40. Rf5 Rg3 41. e6 Rf8 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. Kd4 {(=)} Ke7 44. b3 Kd6 45. a3 c5+ 46. Kc3 b5 47. cxb5 Kxd5 48. e7 Re3 49. e8=Q Rxe8 50. b4 cxb4+ 51. axb4 a4 52. Bc4+ Kd6 53. Kb2 Re3 54. Ka2 Kc7 55. Bf1 Rb3 56. Bg2 Rxb4 57. Ka3 Rxb5 58. Kxa4 Rb8 59. Bf1 {(=)} Kd6 60. Be2 Kc5 61. Bf1 Rb1 62. Bd3 Rb4+ 63. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Murthy, Arush"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[GameId "2272398356095265"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 Qb6 12. e5 Ne8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nc7 17. f5 d5 18. Be2 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxe6 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. Na4 Qc6 22. Qxc5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Qa5 Rfc8 25. Qa4 Qxa4 26. Nxa4 Ne4 27. Bh5 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 Be5+ 29. Kg1 Nf6 30. Bf3 Rc4 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. g4 Nd4 34. Bg2 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rbc8 37. Be3 d4 38. Rfe1 R8c3 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Rxe3+ 41. Kd2 Ra3 42. g5 Rg3 43. gxf6 Rxg2+ 44. Kd3 exf6 45. Kxd4 Kf7 46. a4 Ke6 47. Ra3 f5 48. Rc3 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Rc6+ Ke5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Ra5 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 Rxh3 54. Rxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Brain, Peter"]
[Black "Harper, Gareth JM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[GameId "2272401327440173"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. f5 Bc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Nxf6 Rg7 20. Nh5 Rgg8 21. Nf6 Rg7 22. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[GameId "2272684306788555"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,35,22,11,23,26,29,23,68,47,67,59,99,64,78,61,121,128,150,175,194,206,249,283,360,362,369,353,353,351,354,203,279,-1,-1,-1,1,1]} 1. d4 c6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 h6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nh7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 e6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bd3 Qh4 15. Bxg6+ Kd8 16. Bxh7 (16. Qd3) (16. Kg2) 16... Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Jones, Gavin"]
[Black "Wiltshire, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[GameId "2272684372639954"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bd2 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 c6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. c4 h6 13. b4 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qe4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qf5 Rad8 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. f3 Rd4 25. Be2 Rfd8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Kf2 c5 30. a3 b6 31. b5 Kg8 32. f4 Nf6 33. g4 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Nd6 35. f5 Kf7 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. h4 Nf7 38. Bd3 Nd8 39. Be4 Nf7 40. Bd5 Nd6 41. g5+ hxg5+ 42. hxg5+ Ke7 43. Ke5 Ne8 44. Be6 Nc7 45. f6+ gxf6+ 46. gxf6+ Kf8 47. Bd7 a6 48. Kd6 axb5 49. Kxc7 b4 50. axb4 cxb4 51. Ba4 Kf7 52. Kxb6 Kxf6 53. c5 Ke7 54. Kb7 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sarwar, Adam"]
[Black "Phillips, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2272685664104668"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Wallace, Robert"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2272687598612759"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nxd4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qxg4 Nge7 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. Bf4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nbxd2 O-O 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. O-O Ne7 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. h4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 c5 24. Ng5 Nh6 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Rf3 Rc7 27. Nd2 c4 28. b3 c3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Ngf3 Rc1+ 31. Nf1 Qb5 32. N3d2 Qd3 33. Qg5 Ra1 34. a4 Qd4 35. a5 Ng4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg6 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Qh3 Nxe5 40. N3d2 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Gardner, Vincent"]
[Black "Richards, Benjamin James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1310"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2272688637702432"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nbd2 f5 8. Bd3 Bh6 9. Qe2 fxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Kb1 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne7 18. g4 Bf4 19. g5 Rhg8 20. Rdg1 Rdf8 21. Nf6 Rxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxg5 23. Nxh7 Rf5 24. Nxg5 Rxg5 25. a3 Rg2 26. f3 Rf2 27. h4 Rxf3 28. h5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "George, Naveen Daniel"]
[Black "Matheson, Micah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[GameId "2272689635512617"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. e5 Nh5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Qf2 Nd4 14. Rdg1 f6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Bb4 Qc6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. c4 dxc3 23. Ne3 cxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Bc5 25. Qd2 Nxf4 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Nc4 Bd4+ 28. Kc2 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Be3 30. Qc3 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Rd1 Nxg2 33. Rd3 Ne1+ 34. Qxe1 Rxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Scarpignato, Samuele"]
[Black "Stannard, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[GameId "2272701321830689"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Bartlett-Davis, Otto"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert Aj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2272701343039784"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. a3 Ne4 9. Qc1 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. a4 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Nb3 b6 17. Ba6 Re7 18. h3 Bf5 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 c5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd7 24. Bb5 Bc5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nb3 Be7 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Potier, Julien"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2272702199718194"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. c4 Qd6 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Bg4 Nd4 16. Bxf5+ Nxf5 17. O-O h5 18. Qf3 g6 19. Qe4 f6 20. Be3 h4 21. Rad1 Be7 22. f4 Bd6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc5 Rhe8 25. Qg4 Rg8 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf5+ Kb8 28. d4 Rge8 29. Rd3 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Edwards, Billy"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1397"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[GameId "2272703078494524"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Ng8 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. O-O d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Nfg5 O-O 16. f3 Nxd4 17. Qxc7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rac8 20. Qe5 Bd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Be3 h6 25. Rad1 Qe5 26. Rd2 Nc1 27. a3 Qxe4 28. Bb6 Nd3 29. Rfd1 Ne5 30. Rd4 Qf5 31. Ba2 Rf8 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Edwards, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hill, Glyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2272704974369094"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,65,22,18,25,30,38,23,86,30,64,56,195,233,526,428,592,313,331,354,342,364,363,354,359,374,407,307,331,370,412,286,350,220,232,199,285,285,306,318,305,146,114,125,438,482,600,453,682,571,633,581,586,490,641,560,554,548,978,921,1038,1111,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nb5 Nb6 7. Nc7+ Ke7 8. Nxa8 Nxa8 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bc5+ Ke8 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Qxa7 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. O-O Nxe4 21. Rab1 Nxc3 22. Rxb7 g6 23. a4 Kd8 24. Ne5 Kc8 25. Rxf7 Nh6 26. Rd7 Rd8 27. Rxh7 Nf5 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Rxc3+ Kb8 30. Rcc7 Rc8 31. Rb7+ Ka8 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Rhb7# 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Smith, Andrew R"]
[Black "Saparovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[GameId "2272706671706590"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bb3 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. c3 b5 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qe5 Re8 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Qd5 c4 26. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hayes, Ian"]
[Black "Bull, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[GameId "2272707537007089"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 bxc6 15. e3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Be2 f5 19. Rh5 Ke7 20. Kd2 Kf6 21. Rch1 Kg7 22. Bd3 Raf8 23. b4 Be6 24. R5h4 Rf6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc5 Kf7 27. Ra5 Ra8 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. Bd3 Ra8 30. Rh1 Ke7 31. Rc1 h5 32. b5 cxb5 33. Rxc7 Ke6 34. Raxa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Kd6 36. Kc3 Rf8 37. Kb2 Rh8 38. Kb3 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. Ra6+ Ke7 41. Ra7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Black "Ramzan, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2272710008222203"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nge2 a6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne4 Ba7 11. N2g3 O-O 12. Bd2 f6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. Rae1 Ndf8 {(=)} 15. Rf3 Ne7 16. Bc3 Neg6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nh4 19. Qd5+ Ne6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Qh5 Ng6 22. Nxf6 Nexf4 23. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Williams, Stephen"]
[Black "Jones, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2272710833119796"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. g3 Qc1+ 12. Qd1 Qxb2 13. Nbd2 Qxc3 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Bxa4 Ke7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rac8 22. Nb3 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Rc3 b5 26. a3 d4 27. Rcc1 d3 28. Red1 Kd7 29. Rc3 Rb8 30. f4 Rb6 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. Rdxd3+ Kc7 33. Rd4 Ra6 34. Nxc4 Rac6 35. Nd6 Rxc3 36. Nxb5+ Kb6 37. Nxc3 Rxc3 38. Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Peters, Chris"]
[Black "Murthy, Arush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[GameId "2274234247594087"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Ba3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke8 21. Ke1 Kd7 22. Kd2 Nc6 23. f4 Na5 24. Kc3 e6 25. Be4 Nc6 26. g4 Bd5 27. Bd3 Na7 28. e4 Bc6 29. Kb4 Kc7 30. h4 Kd7 31. Bb2 Kc7 32. f5 Bd7 33. h5 Be8 34. h6 Bd7 35. Bc2 Nc6+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kb3 Na5+ 38. Kb4 Nc4 39. Bd4 Bc6 40. Kc3 Na3 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. Bb3 Kd7 43. Kd3 Nb1 44. Bb2 Bxe4+ 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. Kc5 Nd2 49. Kxb5 Nc4 50. Bc3 Nxe5 51. Kb6 Nxg4 52. Bd2 Kf5 53. Kxb7 g5 54. Kc6 Nxh6 55. Kxd5 Nf7 56. Kd4 Ne5 57. Bc1 g4 58. Ke3 g3 59. Ke2 Kg4 60. Kf1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Black "Matheson, Micah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[GameId "2272811695317301"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 e6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c6 11. Qxb7 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Qa6 Nc4 15. b3 Bc8 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qc6 Bd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5 Bxc3 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. Qd3 Bb2 22. Rcd1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Ba3 24. Qa5 Bc5 25. Nd2 Rab8 26. Ne4 Bb4 27. Qxa6 Bc8 28. Qb5 Nd7 29. Qc4 Ne5 30. Qc2 Bf5 31. g4 Rbc8 32. Qb1 Bd7 33. Rd4 f5 34. Ng3 fxg4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. Bc4 Bc5 38. Re4 Qh4 39. Rxg4 Qxg4 40. Qb2+ Bd4 41. Qd2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Richards, Benjamin James"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[GameId "2272812799226174"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. c3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. f3 Nc5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O b5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Browse, Joseph"]
[Black "Brain, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[GameId "2272813251801415"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,41,15,30,34,-11,-20,-10,-48,-18,-19,-35,-32,-46,-25,-30,-38,-57,-30,-21,-39,-12,-5,-131,7,-35,-5,-28,-29,-20,28,-87,21,-145,1,1,241,239,259,243,521,519,297,547]} 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. f4 Bb4+ 6. c3 dxc3 7. bxc3 Ba5 8. g3 Bg4 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Nf6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16. Bd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 18. Qxe4 Re8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nxd7 Rxe4+ 21. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Wilkins, Zack"]
[Black "Scarpignato, Samuele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[GameId "2272814122123657"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 Be6 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qd1 Nd5 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bf8 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 Bc8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Rfc1 Bc6 23. Nf4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 g5 25. Ne2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Bd6 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Re4 32. d5 Re7 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kf7 35. Rc2 Rd7 36. Rd2 Kg6 37. Kg2 Kf5 38. Kf3 b5 39. Ke3 a6 40. Kd4 Kxf4 41. Kc5 Ke5 42. Re2+ Kf5 43. Re6 Ra7 44. Kb6 Ra8 45. Kb7 Rd8 46. Rxa6 Rxd5 47. Kc6 Re5 48. Rb6 Re6+ 49. Kxb5 Re5+ 50. Ka6 Re2 51. a4 Rxf2 52. a5 Re2 53. Rb5+ Kg4 54. Rc5 Re6+ 55. Kb7 Re7+ 56. Rc7 Re8 57. a6 f5 58. a7 f4 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Kxa8 f3 61. Rf7 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Phillips, Thomas"]
[Black "Potier, Julien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[GameId "2272815990989212"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,21,15,23,28,5,42,54,45,50,52,76,88,78,79,32,99,-11,15,27,144,-163,-132,-65]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qh5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 e5 8. Re1 O-O-O 9. h3 Bxh3 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Nce4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Rd7 14. a3 Nd4 15. Rd2 h6 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. Kf1 h5 19. Rb1 Rg4 20. f3 Rg3 21. b4 Nxf3 22. Rf2 Nh4 23. Rxf6 Rxg2 24. Bg5 Rh2 25. Bxh4 Rxh3 26. Bf2 e4 27. Re1 Bg7 28. Rf5 exd3 29. Re8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Rd5+ Ke7 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. cxd3 a6 34. a4 Ke6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Kd5 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Bg3 c6 39. bxc6 Kxc6 40. Kh3 Bf6 41. d4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Cooke, Mark"]
[Black "Bartlett-Davis, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[GameId "2272864166707418"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Ne2 e6 6. Ng3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 c4 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Nd2 g6 15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. Rfb1 Qc6 17. b3 h5 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. a4 h4 20. Nge4 h3 21. Nf3 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 f6 23. Qe2 fxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxa4 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Kg4 Be7 32. Qc2 a5 33. Qxg6 a4 34. Qc2 a3 35. Nd4 Qd5 36. h4 Ke8 37. h5 Bf8 38. Kg5 Qd7 39. Qg6+ Qf7 40. f5 exf5 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Kxf5 a2 43. Nc2 Bg7 44. Na1 Bh6 45. e6+ Ke7 46. Kg6 Bc1 47. h6 Bxh6 48. Kxh6 Kxe6 49. Kg5 Ke5 50. Nc2 b5 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. Kg3 Kd3 53. Nb4+ Kxc3 54. Nxa2+ Kb2 55. Nb4 c3 56. Kf3 c2 57. Nd3+ Kc3 58. Ke2 Kc4 59. Kd2 Kb3 60. Nc1+ Kb2 61. Nd3+ Kb1 62. Kc3 b4+ 63. Kxb4 c1=Q 64. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Hurn, Robert Aj"]
[Black "Edwards, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[GameId "2272865822298348"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 h6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bxh6 e6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O c5 12. f4 Neg4 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 Nhg8 15. Be2 Bd7 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 f5 18. h5 e5 19. hxg6 Kxg6 20. Bh5+ Kg7 21. Qh2 fxe4 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qxe4 Re7 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Nge2 Bf5 27. Qg2 Qe7 28. Re1 Qd7 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. Rxe5 Qg4 32. Nce4 Qf4+ 33. Qd2 Qxe5 34. Nxc5 Rc8 35. Ne6+ Ke7 36. Qb4+ Ke8 37. Qb5+ Ke7 38. Qxb7+ Kd6 39. Qb4+ {(=)} Kd7 40. Qb5+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Rc7 42. Qxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nxc7 Kd6 44. Ne6 Rf2 45. Nd4 Rf4 46. Nge2 Rf2 47. Kd2 Rg2 48. Rg1 Rf2 49. b4 Ne7 50. Nb5+ Kd7 51. Nxa7 Nf5 52. Nc6 Bh5 53. Re1 Ng3 54. Ncd4 Nf1+ 55. Kc3 Ne3 56. a4 Rf8 57. Ng3 Nd1+ 58. Kc2 Rf2+ 59. Kc1 Bg4 60. g6 Rf8 61. g7 Rg8 62. Ne6 Nc3 63. a5 Na2+ 64. Kb2 Nxb4 65. Kc3 Na6 66. Rf1 Bxe6 67. dxe6+ Kxe6 68. Nh5 Nc7 69. Rf8 Rxg7 70. Nxg7+ Ke7 71. Rc8 Kd7 72. Rh8 Kc6 73. Rh5 Kb7 74. Nf5 Ne6 75. Kb4 Nf4 76. Rh6 Nd3+ 77. Kb5 Ne5 78. a6+ Ka7 79. Rh7+ Ka8 80. c5 Kb8 81. c6 Nxc6 82. Kxc6 Ka8 83. Kb6 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Wiltshire, Bob"]
[Black "George, Naveen Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[GameId "2272868278042960"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 c5 5. Be2 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nd2 Nb4 11. g4 Bc2 12. Qe1 Ba4 13. Bd1 Bb5 14. Rf3 Rc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rh3 Nxe5 17. Qh4 f6 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. fxe5 Rc6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qh5+ Ke6 23. Nb3 Kd7 24. Qh7 Bh8 25. e6+ Kc8 26. Bd2 Nd3 27. Rf1 f4 28. exf4 Rxe6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Nxb2 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Rb1 Nc4 34. Rxb5 Nxe3 35. Rxb7+ Ka8 36. Qxe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Bxd4 38. Ne6 Nf5+ 39. Nxd4 Nxe7 40. Ne6 Rf5 41. h4 Ng6 42. h5 Nxf4 43. h6 Nxe6 44. h7 Rxg5+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Black "Wallace, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[GameId "2272869612380506"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Qe3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Re8 14. Qg5 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Rab1 a6 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qf4 h5 20. h3 Bh6 21. Qg3 Nf6 22. Nc3 b5 23. a3 Bg7 {scoresheets incomplete, black won, approx 54 moves} 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Belochkin, David"]
[Black "Stannard, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[GameId "2272871603093860"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxc6 exf4 9. Nd4 fxe3 10. fxe3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Rae1 O-O 16. N2f3 Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. h3 Re7 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Hill, Glyn"]
[Black "Edwards, Billy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1397"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2272872265707886"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. O-O cxd4 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba6 Ra8 13. Bb7 dxe3 14. Bxc6+ Ke7 15. Bxa8 exf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxa8 17. Qd4 Qb7 18. Be3 Ke8 19. Qxa7 Qxa7 20. Bxa7 f6 21. a4 e5 22. a5 d4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Re1 Kd7 25. Rxe4 Kc7 26. Re8 Kb7 27. Kh1 Ka6 28. Rf5 h5 29. h4 g6 30. Rxf6+ Kxa5 31. Rexf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bull, Jack"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[GameId "2272873390876035"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 h6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Be3 Rhe8 15. c4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 18. Kg2 Bxc4 19. Kg3 Bd5 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Bxf3 22. Kxf3 Rxe5 23. h4 Bc5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh6 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rde8 27. Re1 f5 28. gxf5 Rxf5+ 29. Kg4 Rf2 30. e4 Rf4+ 31. Kxg5 Rf2 32. Rh4 Rg8+ 33. Kh5 Rfg2 34. Rg4 R2xg4 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Saparovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hayes, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[GameId "2274234247602292"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. a3 Nb6 8. h4 h5 9. Nh3 a5 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. e5 b4 12. Nd1 Nfd5 13. Nf2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bh6 15. g3 Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. gxf4 d5 18. Bd3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qb6 20. c3 Rb8 21. Nd1 e6 22. Bc2 Ke7 23. Rg1 c5 24. Qe3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rhc8 26. Rg2 Rc4 27. Rd2 Rbc8 28. Rb3 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Qxb4 30. Kf2 Bb5 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 a4 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qb6 36. Qa3+ Kd8 37. Qf8+ Bxf8 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Matheson, Micah"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2273510233604148"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qd2 dxc3 14. bxc3 c6 15. d4 Qd7 16. g4 Bc4 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. f4 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bd5 21. Bf1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. g5 Bg7 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Qf5 27. Bd3 Qxh3 28. Ra7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Murthy, Arush"]
[Black "Heatman, Jordan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2273511088578622"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Nbd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nd2 a5 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Re2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxc3 21. Rb1 Qxd5 22. Rxb5 Bc6 23. Be4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxb5 26. Ng5 Re8 27. Qf3 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc1 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qb7+ Qd7 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Harper, Gareth JM"]
[Black "Williams, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2273511818567752"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. c3 a6 15. O-O h5 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. Qd2 h4 18. Rh3 Rh6 19. Bf2 Nf5 20. Nd4 Be7 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Rd1 Rc4 23. b3 Re4 24. c4 f6 25. Rd3 fxe5 26. Rxd5 Qc6 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7 Rxf4 29. Be3 Rd4 30. Rxd4 Rg6 31. Rd5 f4 32. Qf2 Ke8 33. Bc5 Bxc5 34. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Potier, Julien"]
[Black "Browse, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[GameId "2273512753356887"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qc2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Bc2 a5 18. Rfb1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bf8 23. Qd3 Bb4 24. Ne1 Nb6 25. Nc2 Be7 26. Rab1 Nc4 27. Bc1 Kf8 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Bb4 30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Kg7 32. Rb7 Qg5 33. f4 Qh4 34. R1b3 Rhc8 35. Rd7 Rab8 36. g3 Qg4 37. Rbb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Rc4 39. Ra7 Rxa4 40. Rxa5 Rxa5 41. Qxa5 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qxd4 45. Kf1 Qc4+ 46. Ke1 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qc8 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. h3 Qc5+ 50. Kf3 Qa3+ 51. Kf2 Qb3 52. Kg2 Qc4 53. g4 d4 54. Kf2 d3 55. Ke3 Qe4+ 56. Kf2 fxg4 57. hxg4 h5 58. gxh5+ Kxh5 59. Qe3 Qxe3+ 60. Kxe3 Kg4 61. Kxd3 Kxf4 62. Kd4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Jones, Gavin"]
[Black "Wilkins, Zack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[GameId "2273514075660385"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Ramzan, Timur"]
[Black "Richards, Benjamin James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[GameId "2273515059908731"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Qe7+ 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Qe2 g5 18. Qe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 g4 20. Nh4 Bb4 21. Nf1 Be4 22. a3 Ba5 23. Re5 Bb6 24. Nxf5 Rxd4 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "Peters, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2273515873124485"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. Qd3 Bxc3+ 5. Qxc3 Nd5 6. Qg3 Nxf4 7. Qxf4 d6 8. O-O-O Qf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 c6 12. e3 Na6 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. e4 Nc7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Rhf1 Be8 18. Bh3 d5 19. e5 f5 20. g4 h5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Bxf5+ Bd7 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. f5 Rdg8 25. Rg1 b6 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Nxg1 c5 29. c3 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. h4 Kg7 32. Ne2 a6 33. Nf4 Kh6 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Kh7 37. Kd3 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Wallace, Robert"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert Aj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2273539054460981"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "George, Naveen Daniel"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[GameId "2273539059367996"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

{[%evp 0,49,12,26,18,18,49,54,23,32,38,33,124,152,107,95,184,133,170,132,165,223,169,201,296,408,301,260,358,297,342,272,392,384,511,405,439,216,450,453,383,472,563,486,591,506,314,460,452,453,657,635]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Bd6 6. dxe4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qd4 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. f3 Bh5 14. Be2 Bg6 15. O-O b6 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Nc4 Qh4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Bg3 Nd7 21. Bb5 Qe7 22. d6 cxd6 23. Bxd6 Qe6 24. Bg3 Re7 25. Rd6 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Scarpignato, Samuele"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[GameId "2273539799732310"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. a4 c6 7. Na3 Nc7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. c3 Ne6 12. Be5 c5 13. Nb1 Rc8 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 a6 16. Nbd2 Qd7 17. Ra2 Bc6 18. Rc1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd5 23. Ned2 Ra8 24. Rca1 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Brain, Peter"]
[Black "Phillips, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[GameId "2273540939104415"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 c5 6. Qe3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. f3 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Rfe8 13. Be1 h6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bh4 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd4 18. Qf4 Rab8 19. Qg3 Re6 20. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Bartlett-Davis, Otto"]
[Black "Gardner, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1310"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2273541563781299"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. Bf3 Rb8 9. Nge2 c5 10. d5 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Be2 Qb7 14. f4 Ned7 15. O-O Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. Rab1 b5 18. b4 Qc8 19. bxc5 bxc4 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Rb4 f5 24. Bxc4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 fxe4 26. Bd4 Nxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kf8 28. Bxa8 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rxa8 31. Nxe4 d5 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Rb5 Rxa2 34. Rxd5 Nf8 35. Rd8 Ra7 36. Bb4 Kg7 37. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Zhuravlev, Andrei"]
[Black "Wiltshire, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[GameId "2273543294578919"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Rde8 14. Be3 f5 15. Nh4 f4 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Qxe8+ Bxe8 18. Nxf5 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Re6 Bb4 21. Rde1 Bf7 22. R6e5 Bg6 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Qd8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. R1e6 a6 27. Na4 Ng3 28. Bxf4 Nf5 29. Rc7+ Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Kxc7 31. Rxg6 Rxh3 32. Nc3 Rf3 33. Nd1 Kb6 34. c3 Kc7 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. Ne3 Rxe3+ 38. fxe3 Ke7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. c4 Kxg5 45. Kc3 Kf5 46. Kb4 Ke4 47. Kc5 Nc8 48. d5 cxd5 49. cxd5 Ke5 50. a4 a5 51. b4 axb4 52. Kxb4 Kxd5 53. Kb5 Kd6 54. a5 Kc7 55. Kc5 Na7 56. Kd5 Nc6 57. a6 bxa6 58. Kc5 a5 59. Kb5 Kd6 60. Ka4 Kc5 61. Ka3 Kb5 62. Kb3 a4+ 63. Ka3 Na5 64. Kb2 Kb4 65. Ka1 Kb3 66. Kb1 Nc6 67. Ka1 Nd4 68. Kb1 a3 69. Ka1 Nc2+ 70. Kb1 a2+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Stannard, Mike"]
[Black "Hill, Glyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2273545919987954"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Bb4 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Be5 Rg8 10. Nge2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. O-O-O Nbc6 13. Bf6 Qd6 14. e4 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qf4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O-O 19. Rhd1 Rd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nf6 Rgd8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c3 Nf5 24. Rh1 b6 25. Re2 Kd7 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Kc6 28. Kc2 Kd5 29. Rd1+ Kxe5 30. Rd7 Nxh4 31. Rxf7 Ng2 32. Kd2 h4 33. Ke2 h3 34. Kf3 Nf4 35. Rxf4 h2 36. Rh4 Kf5 37. Rxh2 Kxg5 38. Ke4 1-0

[Event "WCU Winter Major"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Edwards, Jonathan"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Home"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2273546875826427"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

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