Mark Stokes - Michael Cashman
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A40]

1.d4 e6 2.e3 f5 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nd2 d5 5.Ngf3 Bd6 6.c4 O-O 7.c5 Be7 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Ndf3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.b4 a5 13.Qb3 axb4 14.Bd2 b6 15.cxb6 Ra3 16.bxc7 Qxc7 17.Qc2 Qa7 18.O-O b3 19.Qb2 bxa2 20.Be2 Rb8 21.Qc1 Rab3 22.f4 Rb1 23.Qc2 R8b2 24.Qc3 Bb4 25.Qd3 Bxd2 26.Raxb1 axb1=Q 27.Rxb1 Bxe3+ 28.Kf1 Rxb1+ 29.Qxb1 Bxd4 30.Bd3 Qa1 31.Ke2 Qxb1 32.Bxb1 Bb5+ 33.Kd2 Bg1 34.h3 Bf1 0-1

Nathan Davidson - Casey Barnard
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A21]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Ne7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 c6 8.O-O Be6 9.Rb1 a5 10.b3 Qd7 11.Ne4 h6 12.Ba3 Nc8 13.f4 f5 14.Nf2 Rd8 15.d4 Na6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Rxd7 Nxd7 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Nd3 e4 22.Nf2 Nf8 23.Nd4 Bf7 24.g4 c5 25.Nb5 Be6 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Nd6 Re7 28.Bh3 Rf7 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Bg2 Nd7 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Bxe4 b6 34.f5 Bf7 35.Bc6 Ne5 36.Bb7 Nb8 37.Bb2 Nbd7 38.e4 Bf6 39.Bc8 Nb8 40.Bc1 Bg7 41.Bf4 Nbc6 42.Bxe5 Nxe5 43.Bb7 Bf6 44.Bd5 Be8 45.a3 Ng4 46.Kg1 Bd4+ 47.Rxd4 cxd4 48.h3 Ne3 49.Bb7 Kf6 50.Kf2 Nc2 51.Ke2 Nxa3 52.Kd3 Ke5 53.Bd5 Nb1 54.f6 Nc3 55.f7 Bxf7 56.Bxf7 Nxe4 57.h4 Nc5+ 58.Kc2 Ke4 59.Bg6+ Ke3 0-1

Tony Truscott - Daniel Anderson
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A41]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.Be2 f5 7.b4 Ngf6 8.a4 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Ba3 Re8 11.b5 Nh7 12.Rc1 Ng5 13.c5 Bf8 14.Qb3+ Kg7 15.Nxg5 Qxg5 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.c6 bxc6 18.Rxc6 Bb7 19.Nxc7 Bxc6 20.Nxe8+ Qxe8 21.bxc6 Nb6 22.a5 Nc8 23.Rc1 Ne7 24.Qe6 exd4 25.Bxd6 dxe3 26.fxe3 Qc8 27.Be5+ 1-0

Brian Thomas - Wayne Davison
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [E12]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 Be7 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.Qc2 d5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Ba2 Nfe4 14.Bd2 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Ne4 16.Qxc8 Raxc8 17.Be1 Bf6 18.Nd4 Rfd8 19.f3 Nd6 20.Bc3 a6 21.Kf2 Nc4 22.Rac1 b5 23.Ke2 h6 24.Bb3 Kh8 25.a4 e5 26.Nf5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 b4 28.Bxb4 Nxb2 29.Rb1 Nc4 30.e4 Kh7 31.Rc1 Nb6 32.Rxc8 Nxc8 33.Bxf7 g6 34.Ne3 Kg7 35.Bb3 Na7 36.Nd5 Nc6 37.Bc3 Bd8 38.Kd3 a5 39.Kc4 g5 40.Kc5 Kg6 41.Kd6 Nd4 42.Bd1 Bxd5 43.Kxd5 Kf6 44.Bxd4 exd4 45.Kxd4 Bc7 46.g3 Bb6+ 47.Kd5 Bg1 48.e5+ Ke7 49.h4 Bf2 50.hxg5 hxg5 51.f4 Bxg3 52.f5 Be1 53.f6+ 1-0

Tony Weller - Peter Paterson
TAl Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [E11]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 d5 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Rac1 Bg4 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Rfe1 c5 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.Be2 Bc6 23.Nd4 Be4 24.Bxh5 Bxc2 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Nxc2 b5 27.b4 c4 28.Nd4 a6 29.Red1 Rfd8 30.Nf5 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rc6 32.Kf1 Ne4 33.f3 Nc3 34.Rc1 Na4 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Nd4 Rc7 37.g4 c3 38.Kd3 g5 39.f4 gxf4 40.exf4 Nb2+ 41.Kc2 Na4 42.Re1 Rc4 43.Re4 Kf7 44.Nf5 Rc6 45.Rd4 Re6 46.Rd7+ Kf6 47.Rh7 Re4 48.Rxh6+ Kf7 49.Nd6+ Kg7 50.Nxe4 Kxh6 51.Nd6 Nb6 52.Kxc3 Nd5+ 53.Kd4 Nxf4 54.h4 Ng2 55.Nf5+ Kg6 56.Kc5 Ne1 57.Kb6 Nc2 58.Kxa6 Nxa3 59.Nd6 Nc2 60.Kxb5 Ne3 61.g5 Ng2 62.Kc6 Nxh4 63.Ne4 Nf5 64.b5 Nd4+ 65.Kc5 Ne6+ 66.Kd6 Nd4 67.b6 Nf5+ 68.Kd7 Kf7 69.Nd6+ Kg6 70.Nxf5 1-0

Norm Braybrooke - Sam Long
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [B06]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Rb1 Ngf6 8.O-O Ng4 9.dxc5 Nxe3 10.cxb6 Nxd1 11.Nxd1 Nxb6 12.b3 O-O 13.Ne3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nxf5 Rxf5 16.h4 Rc8 17.c4 Nd7 18.Nh2 Ne5 19.f4 Nc6 20.Bg4 Nd4 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Nf3 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rfe1 Re8 25.g4 Nh6 26.Re4 Nf7 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Ng5 Rd6 29.Rf1 Nxg5 30.hxg5 Rd3 31.Kg2 b6 32.Rf3 Rd2+ 33.Rf2 Rd3 34.Kf1 a6 35.Ke1 Rd6 36.Rd2 Rc6 37.Rd5 Re6 38.Ke2 Kf8 39.Rd7 h6 40.Re3 hxg5 41.Red3 Bf6 42.Rb7 e4 43.Rdd7 Be7 44.Rxe7 Rxe7 45.Rxb6 a5 46.c5 Re5 47.Rb5 Ke7 48.Rxa5 Kd7 49.b4 Kc7 50.Ra7+ Kc6 51.Ke3 Kb5 52.a3 scoresheets unreadable . After swapping to a R+p v R ending White queened the pawn and Black resigned. 1-0

Ernie Dobson - Michael Szabo
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A30]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qf6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Be2 e5 9.Nf5 g6 10.Ng3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nge7 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qb3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nh5 Rg8 16.Bf3 Qg6 17.c5 e4 18.Nf4 Qg7 19.Bh5+ Kf8 20.g3 Ng6 21.Qd5 Nce7 22.Qd2 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 a5 1-0

Ernie Dobson - Michael Szabo
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A30]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qf6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Be2 e5 9.Nf5 g6 10.Ng3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nge7 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qb3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nh5 Rg8 16.Bf3 Qg6 17.c5 e4 18.Nf4 Qg7 19.Bh5+ Kf8 20.g3 Ng6 21.Qd5 Nce7 22.Qd2 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 a5 1-0

Rob Newton - Jordan Geltch-Robb
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [A30]

1.c4 c5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Nf3 h6 9.Qc2 Be6 10.a3 Re8 11.O-O-O a6 12.Ne1 Qc7 13.e4 Nd4 14.Qb1 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.f4 Ba4 19.Bc3 Ne2+ 20.Kd2 Nxc3 21.Qc1 Nxd1 22.Nc2 Nf2 23.Rg1 Ng4 24.h3 Nf6 25.Ne3 Qa5+ 26.Ke2 exf4 27.gxf4 Nh5 28.f5 Bg5 29.Be4 Bf4 30.Kf3 Be5 31.h4 b5 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kh3 Nxe4 34.dxe4 Bd4 35.Rg2 Rxe4 36.Ng4 Re1 37.Nxh6+ Kf8 38.b4 Rxc1 39.bxa5 gxh6 0-1

Andrew Davison - Kate Harry
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
Round 3 [C44]

1.Nf3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Re1 Re8 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Nxe5 Qd4 11.Nd3 Ne5 12.Nxc5 Bg4 13.c3 Qxc5 14.d4 Nf3+ 15.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Bxf3 17.dxc5 h6 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.c4 Rd8 20.Bd2 Kh7 21.b4 a6 22.a4 g5 23.b5 axb5 24.cxb5 Bd5 25.Qe7 Rg8 26.Qxc7 h5 27.c6 bxc6 28.bxc6 Rg6 29.Rc1 h4 30.Rc5 Be6 31.Bxg5 h3 32.a5 Rg8 33.Qb6 Re8 34.Qb1+ f5 35.g4 Bc8 1-0

Adam Ezzy - Nick Akers
Tal Memorial (Redcliffe), 03/17/2004
[C20]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 f6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Qd3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxd4 9.c3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qxb2 11.Nd2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Qxc3 13.Rfc1 Qb2 14.a4 Bb4 15.Rab1 Qa3 16.Rc4 Ba5 17.Bc5 Qa2 18.Qg4+ Kb8 19.Rf1 Bxd2 20.Qxg7 Qxc4 21.Ba3 Nh6 22.Qxf6 Ng4 23.Qf5 Rhg8 24.Bb2 Be3 25.Bxe5 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Qc1+ 27.Rf1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 Rgf8 30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Qa1 Qf2 32.h3 Again young Nick is not watching the board!( see Rd1. Game and Blacks move 30) and here Qf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1+ and Black wins. In fact the game went on for another 32 moves and a draw was agreed. 1/2-1/2