[Event "WLS-chT 1718"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "The Vale"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 0-0 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ba4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 Bh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Rad8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. f3 Nf6 23. g3 d5 24. Rad1 d4 25. Bf2 Nh7 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. f4 Ne6 28. f5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-chT 1718"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Vale"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Re1 Nge7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 10. Nxh2 Bxe2 11. Nxe7 Nxd4 12. Qd2 Kxe7 13. c3 Kf8 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Bc4 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Nf3 c6 18. b3 Bd5 19. Nh4 f6 20. Nf5 g5 21. Bd6+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. g4 Bf7 24. Rae1 Rde8 25. Bb4 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 h5 27. f3 h4 28. Rxb7 Re8 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8+ Kxe8 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Ba5 Kc8 34. f4 Kd7 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bd2 Ke6 37. Bxg5 Kd5 38. Bxh4 Kxd4 39. Bf6+ Kd5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. g5 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kieffer, Anatole"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 Qe8 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Na5 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bf6 16. Nh5 Nc6 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Bg5 Ng8 21. Qg3 h6 22. Bc1 Re6 23. f4 exd4 24. cxd4 d5 25. e5 f5 26. Qc3 Nge7 27. b4 Na7 28. a4 b5 29. a5 Rc6 30. Qb2 Qe6 31. Be3 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Gallagher, Daniel GH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Bxe5 Be6 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Kb8 13. Ne4 Nf4 14. Qd2 Bh3 15. Ne1 Rhe8 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bxg7 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Qg4 19. Bh6 Ne2+ 20. Kf2 Rxe4 21. dxe4 Bc5+ 22. Qe3 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Nc3 24. Kg1 Qxe4 25. Bg5 Rg8 26. Rxf7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nf1 Qb6 11. Bc2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Ne3 Nce5 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe3 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. Kg1 Bd7 26. Re5 Rf8 27. f3 b5 28. Rae1 b4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Rg5 Kg7 31. b3 Rc8 32. Bb1 Qf4 33. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland II"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Bb3 Qd7 9. Re1 Rae8 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Bc2 Ng8 15. Nhf5 Qd8 16. d4 Bh4 17. Qg4 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 exd4 19. cxd4 f5 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 f4 22. Nf1 h6 23. Bh4 Nc6 24. Rad1 Bf7 25. f3 Bxa2 26. Ba4 Rb8 27. Ra1 Nb4 28. Rec1 Rf7 29. d5 b5 30. Bd1 Nd3 31. Rc2 Bb3 32. Rc3 Bxd1 33. Rxd3 Be2 34. Rda3 Ne7 35. Rxa7 Ng6 36. Be1 Ne5 37. b3 Rc8 38. Bc3 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 c5 40. Bxe5 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 dxe5 42. Re7 c4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rxe5 b4 45. d6 Rc1+ 46. Ke2 b3 47. d7 b2 48. d8Q+ Kh7 49. Rb5 b1Q 50. Rxb1 Rxb1 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Shafi, Declan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Qh5 h6 13. Bxg5 Nf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 15. Bf1 hxg5 16. Qf6 Rh6 17. Nc3 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. a3 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Ehsandar, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 exf6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. 0-0 a5 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rfd1 Kg7 18. h3 Rh8 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Kh2 Bd6+ 21. g3 Bc5 22. f3 h5 23. Nb5 b6 24. Bd5 Rb8 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Re1 Rbd8 27. Nc6 Rde8 28. Re4 f5 29. Re5 h4 30. f4 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Be3 32. Rd1 f6 33. Re7+ Rxe7 34. Nxe7 Re8 35. Nc6 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Nd4 f4+ 38. Kg4 Bc8+ 39. Kf3 Bxh3 40. Re1 g4+ 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. Be3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qc8 8. Nd2 Be7 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. a3 0-0 12. g4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qd3 14. Bf2 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. Nc1 Qa6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. d6 Bd8 20. Nd3 Qe6 21. Bg3 Ne8 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nd3 Nxd6 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Qxd6 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qb3 28. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heaven, Peter"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Qb6+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Ne7 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 h6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nf5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15. Ree1 Nc5 16. Ne2 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Bc2 d4 19. g4 Nh4 20. Qg3 Ne6 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 g5 23. Re4 Ra5 24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. b3 a3 27. b4 Rb5 28. Qd2 Nf4 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Kh1 Rxb4 31. Qe3 Rb2 32. Bb3 Nd5 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Re5 Qf6 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. R1e2 Rc8 38. Kg2 Rcc2 39. Rf5+ Kg7 40. Re7 Rc8 41. Rfxf7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rgf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 0-0 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nh4 Bd6 13. f4 Nh5 14. Nxg6 Nxg3 15. hxg3 hxg6 16. Rae1 Rc8 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. g4 Qb6 19. b3 c5 20. g5 Nd7 21. d5 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Rf3 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c4 c5 8. Nf3 Bc6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. b3 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. Nd5 Bd7 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Qh4 Rf7 21. b4 Ba4 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd2 f4 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. Rc1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 h6 27. Rcd3 Bd7 28. Qh5 Qe6 29. c5 Kg8 30. h4 hxg5 31. hxg5 Qg4 32. Qg6 f3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. c6 Be8 0-1

[Event "WLS-chT 1617"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Vale"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. c3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 0-0-0 10. b4 Rde8 11. Nb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 b6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 h6 15. Qd3 g5 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. Rfb1 g4 18. Be2 f4 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. axb6 Qxa6 21. bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Nxa6+ Kb6 23. b5 Nd8 24. Bd2 h5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb7 27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Nf5 29. Ra6+ Kc7 30. Rxa7 Nxd4 31. Bd5 Rb8 32. Ba5+ Kc8 33. Rc1+ Kd7 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Bxb7 Rhe8 36. Rh7 1-0

[Event "WLS-chT 1617"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Vale"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. c3 0-0 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Re1 f5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. fxe4 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. exf5 Qf4 23. Qf7 h6 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. f6+ g6 27. Bxg6# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Ramaiya, Anshu"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England II"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 Ng4 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nxe3 10. Qd2 Nxg2+ 11. Kf2 Nh4 12. Raf1 f5 13. Ke1 Nc6 14. Nb5 0-0 15. Nd6 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bc6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Nxc6 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 dxc6 20. e5 Ng6 21. Qc3 Rad8 22. Rhg1 f4 23. Rf3 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 Qh5 25. Nc4 b5 26. Rh3 Qf5 27. Na5 Qxe5 28. Nxc6 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 a6 32. Nb4 a5 33. Nc6 a4 34. Nd4 e5 35. Nxb5 Ne7 36. Nd6 h6 37. Ne4 Nf5 38. Rd3 Ne3 39. Rd6 Kh7 40. Re6 Rf5 41. Ra6 f3 42. Rxa4 Nd1 43. Nf2 Nxc3 44. Rc4 Rg5+ 45. Kf1 Nb1 46. Ne4 Rh5 47. Kg1 Nxa3 48. Rc3 Rh3 49. Nf2 Nb1 50. Rb3 Nd2 51. Nxh3 Nxb3 52. cxb3 e4 53. Kf2 Kg6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Nf2 g5 56. Nxe4 g4 57. Ng3+ Ke5 58. b4 Kd5 59. Kf4 h5 60. Kg5 Kc4 61. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bc4 0-0 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Nd4 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Bb3 Rc6 15. Kb1 Qc8 16. g4 Kh8 17. h4 h5 18. f3 Bd8 19. c3 Nxb3 20. axb3 hxg4 21. fxg4 Qd7 22. g5 Qe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. f6 e4 25. Qf4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. h5 Kh7 28. h6 Bb6 29. Rhe1 e3 30. Nxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxe3 Rb5 32. Re4 Kg8 33. Kc2 a5 34. Rd7 Kh7 35. Re7 Rd8 36. R4xe5 Rbd5 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Ree7 Rxg5 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rh7 Rg2+ 41. Kb1 Rg1+ 42. Ka2 Kg8 43. Reg7+ 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Albaric, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. c4 Rac8 15. Rab1 Nb8 16. Qb5 Nbd7 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. a4 a6 20. Qb3 Rc6 21. a5 Rdc8 22. Qd3 Nef6 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Be3 Qc7 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. d5 Qd6 28. Rd1 Nef6 29. Qe2 exd5 30. Qa2 Ne4 31. Rxd5 Qc6 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Nf5 Ndf6 34. Re5 Rd8 35. h3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 h5 37. c5 Kh7 38. Bf4 Rd7 39. f3 g5 40. Bxg5 Nxg5 41. Nd6 Nxf3+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kf2 Rxd6 44. Qc2+ Kg8 45. gxf3 Re6 46. Rg5+ Kf8 47. Qa2 Qb4 48. Qc2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Koehn, Lennart"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 h5 7. Bg5 e6 8. a4 Be7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nde2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bc4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. b3 Rb8 17. Ne3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd5 Qa5 20. 0-0 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Rf8 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. Kh1 e4 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Qe2 Kd8 27. Qxh5 Nd3 28. Nexf5 Bxf5 29. Nxf5 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Qg5+ Ke8 33. Qg6+ Kd7 34. Be6+ Kc7 35. Bxc8 Qxf4 36. Bg4 e3 37. Qe6 Rf6 38. Qe7+ Kb6 39. Re1 e2 40. Qxe2 Ka6 41. Qe3 Qb4 42. Bc8+ 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5 0-0 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Rc1 f5 11. 0-0 Kh8 12. a3 g5 13. h3 Bf6 14. Rc2 Qe7 15. Qd3 Qg7 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. Bf1 h5 18. Ne2 f4 19. Bc1 g4 20. Nxf4 gxf3 21. Nxh5 Qg6 22. Nf4 Qh7 23. Be3 Bd7 24. Kh2 e5 25. Nxd5 fxg2 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Qd4 h5 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Ng5 e6 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. Nce4 c5 13. Nd6+ Qxd6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Rxd6 Nxe5 18. Rhd1 Rf6 19. Ne4 Rf5 20. Nxc5 Nc4 21. Nxb7 Rxf2 22. R6d3 Rb8 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Rxc4 Rxb7 26. g3 Ke7 27. b3 Rf3 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Rd7 30. Kd2 g5 31. a4 f5 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. h4 g4 34. d4 Rd6 35. b4 a6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Rb6 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Re5 Rd6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kd3 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Kf4 Kc7 46. Kxf5 Kb6 47. Ke5 Kxb5 48. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bd3 Ne6 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 bxc5 16. Qxb7 0-0 17. 0-0 Rb8 18. Qxa6 Rxb2 19. Rd1 c4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxd8 Rb1+ 22. Ne1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Thomas, James M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bg5 Re8 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. c4 Ba4 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. d5 c6 18. Qa5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qb2 20. Rfe1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 b6 22. Qxa4 Rxe2 23. Qg4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf5 Rb8 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 g6 16. Bh3 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qxd4 f5 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qxa7 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Qe8 23. b4 Nb3 24. Qxb7 Nxc1 25. Nd5 Bh4 26. Qa6 Rc6 27. Qb5 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Nb3 29. Bg5 Nd4 30. Qd3 Re6 31. Kxf2 Re2+ 32. Kf1 h6 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. Bxf6 Nf3 35. Qxf3 Re3 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. c5 a5 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. g3 Bf6 15. Nc4 Ne7 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bc4 Bxd5 21. Rd1 Kh8 22. Rxd5 Qe7 23. 0-0 Ne5 24. c6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 bxc6 26. Bc5 cxd5 27. Bxe7 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxe7 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Rd5 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Camp, Syringa Lyn"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. dxe6 fxe6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Bf4 Bc5 8. Ng3 0-0 9. e5 Ne8 10. Qg4 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Kg1 Nxf4 14. Qg4 Qf6 15. Rd1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Be2 e5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 Re8 8. Bb2 c6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. a4 Bf8 11. d5 Nc5 12. Qe3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. b4 Na6 16. c3 f5 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfd1 f4 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. c4 g4 22. Ne1 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rec8 24. Ba3 Qe8 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. a5 Ba4 27. Rd2 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rac8 31. c5 Bb5 32. Rdc3 Bg7 33. R3c2 Ba4 34. Rd2 Bb5 35. Nd3 e4 36. Nxf4 Bh6 37. g3 Bxf4 38. gxf4 exf3 39. Re1 Be2 40. Rd4 Kf7 41. Re4 h4 42. Re6 g3 43. hxg3 hxg3 44. Rc1 Rh8 45. Bb2 f2+ 46. Kg2 f1Q+ 47. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Rh1+ 49. Kg2 Rh2+ 50. Kxg3 Rxb2 51. Rxd6 Rxb4 52. c6 Re7 53. Rh6 Re3+ 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. c7 Rc4 56. d6 Rd3 57. Re6 Kf7 58. Re7+ Kf6 59. d7 Rxc7 60. d8Q Rxd8 61. Rxc7 Rg8+ 62. Kf3 Rb8 63. Rxa7 Kf5 64. Rf7+ Kg6 65. Ra7 Kf5 66. Ke3 Rb3+ 67. Kd4 Kxf4 68. Rxa6 Ra3 69. Ra8 Kf5 70. a6 Kf6 71. Kc5 Rb3 72. a7 1-0

[Event "WLS-chT 1516"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 h6 6. h4 a6 7. Nh3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nf4 Be6 10. e4 d4 11. Ncd5 Bd6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 e5 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Qb3 0-0-0 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. f4 Ka7 20. Bh3 b6 21. b4 exf4 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bxd7 Ne5 24. Qc2 c4 25. Bh3 Nxd3+ 26. Kf1 Qxe4 27. Bg2 f3 28. Rh2 fxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Nxc1 31. Qxc4 Nd3 32. Ba5 Rd7 33. Qe6 Rb7 0-1

[Event "WLS-chT 1516"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nce7 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bb3 a6 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rc7 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Na5 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Bc2 f5 23. Nf2 Nc4 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Nd1 f4 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. g3 Bd5 28. b3 Rxd4 29. bxc4 Rd2 30. Qe3 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Bxc4+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "WLS-chT 1516"]
[Site "Wales"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 c5 5. d5 g6 6. c4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. a4 0-0 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Qf2 h6 16. Qh4 Kh7 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. a5 Rh8 19. axb6 Kg8 20. Be3 Nxb6 21. Nb3 Nbd7 22. Ra5 Rc8 23. Na4 Bf8 24. Nbxc5 Qc7 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Qf2 Bb4 27. Rc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Ng4 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxc5+ 31. Nxc5 Kxf7 32. Nxa6 Ra8 33. c5 Rxa6 34. Bxa6 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bxc3 7. Nxc3 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. h4 Ba6 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 c5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Rfe1 c4 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. h5 Nf8 20. Re3 Ne7 21. Rf3 h6 22. hxg6 Nexg6 23. Bf6 h5 24. Qg5 Nh7 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Qh3 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Kc6 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qxe6+ Kb7 32. Qxd5+ Ka7 33. e6 Rd8 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kb7 36. Kh2 Kc6 37. Kg3 a5 38. e7 Re8 39. Kf4 Kd6 40. Kg5 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Kxe7 42. Kxg6 a4 43. a3 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Shafi, Declan"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. e4 exd5 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 Qe7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. d6 cxd6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. h4 fxe4 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. Rc1 exf3 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Bh6 Ne5 22. Be6 Qe8 23. Bf5 Rg8 24. Re1 Nxg4+ 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd3 Rxh4 28. Be3 Rh2+ 29. Kg3 Rg2+ 30. Kf4 Reg8 31. Qc3 R2g4+ 32. Kf5 Be4+ 33. Kxf6 R4g6+ 34. Ke7+ R6g7+ 35. Kxd6 h5 36. Bh6 Kh7 37. Bxg7 Rxg7 38. Rh1 Rg6+ 39. Kxd7 Bf5+ 40. Ke7 Bg4 41. Qe5 Rg7+ 42. Kf8 Rg8+ 43. Kf7 Rg6 44. Rxh5+ Bxh5 45. Qxh5+ Rh6 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Fraser, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. d4 c4 10. Ne1 0-0 11. f4 f5 12. Nc2 d6 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 15. Nd2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be6 17. Rb1 a5 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Bb2 f4 20. Qf3 Rcd8 21. Ne1 Bf5 22. Ra1 g5 23. h3 Rf7 24. Ra2 Nb8 25. c4 Bb4 26. Rf2 Qh6 27. Kg1 Rg7 28. cxd5 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Kf1 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rg3 33. Qxf4 Bg4+ 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kxg3 Qxe1+ 37. Kxg4 Kg7 38. Ba3 Kg6 39. Re2 Qc3 40. Rad2 Qxb3 41. e6 Qxa3 42. e7 h5+ 43. Kh4 Qd6 44. e8Q+ Kf5 45. Rf2+ Qf4+ 46. Rxf4+ Kxf4 47. Rf2# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Shafi, Declan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. 0-0 Nxe5 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Qe2 f6 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qxg5 e4 16. Be2 0-0 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. c3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Qg6 20. Kh1 Be5 21. f3 Rg8 22. Rf2 Bh3 23. Bf1 Rbf8 24. Na3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 exf3 26. g3 Bf5 27. Re1 Be4 28. Qf2 Qh5 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Nc4 Bf4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qd8+ Kf5 36. Bh3+ Qxh3 37. Qd7+ Re6 38. Qf7+ Kg5 39. gxf4+ Kh4 40. Qxh7+ Kg4 41. Ne3+ Kxf4 42. Qxh3 Rd6 43. Nf1 Rg6+ 44. Ng3 e3 45. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fraser, John"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Nd2 d5 11. e5 Qe7 12. f4 c5 13. f5 exf5 14. Rxf5 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. Qh5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ Kh7 22. Nf8+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kh7 24. Rf1 Na5 25. Qh5 Qg5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 Qe7+ 8. Be3 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 h6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Rfe1 N7f6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. f4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rd1 Bd5 21. a3 Ba5 22. Bf5 Bb6 23. b4 Rfe8 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Rde1 Be6 26. Nf3 a5 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qg6 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Bf6 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rxe6 Qxf4 34. Qd7 Rxa3 35. Re1 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ellis, Gareth"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. 0-0 c5 11. Qe3 0-0 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxd4 15. Qg4 Nf5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rd7 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Ba6 21. h3 Ne7 22. Rfe1 g5 23. Bc1 Rd5 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Nb2 Qc7 26. f4 Bb7 27. Qe2 Ng6 28. fxg5 Rxe5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qxg5 31. Qf2 Qh4 32. Qxh4 Nxh4 33. g3 Nf5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Bf4 Re2 36. Nc4 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Nxg3+ 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 39. Kf2 Rf1+ 40. Kxg3 Rf3+ 41. Kg4 f5+ 42. Kh5 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Emblem, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nb5 d6 8. Be2 Nge7 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd6 14. Ne6+ Qxe6 15. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jaunooby, Ali Reza"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. dxc5 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxc5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 Ne5 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Braun, Walter"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. c3 c5 9. a3 a5 10. Nf1 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. h4 Qc8 14. 0-0 Qa6 15. Qe3 0-0-0 16. b3 f6 17. Bd2 Rhg8 18. b4 c4 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. a4 Bd6 22. Nh5 e5 23. Rfb1 Rde8 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Qh6 Nf8 26. Ng7 Re7 27. Nf5 Re6 28. Qe3 Nd7 29. Nxd6+ Qxd6 30. Qa7 Qc5 31. Be3 Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Ra6 33. Be3 Rag6 34. g3 Ne6 35. Rb5 Rf8 36. Ng5 Nc7 37. Rxa5 h6 38. Nh3 Rd6 39. Rd1 Rff6 40. f4 Rg6 41. Bf2 e4 42. Kg2 Nf6 43. f5 Rg8 44. Nf4 e3 45. Bxe3 Ne4 46. Ne2 Rd7 47. Bf4 Nd6 48. Rb1 Rdd8 49. Nd4 Kd7 50. Bxd6 Kxd6 51. Rb6+ Kd7 52. Ra7 Ra8 53. Rbb7 Rxa7 54. Rxa7 Kd6 55. Kf3 h5 56. a5 Rg7 57. Rb7 Re7 58. a6 Nxa6 59. Rb6+ Kc5 60. Rc6# 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Nd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 b6 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Bb1 Ba6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Ba2 e6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 f5 20. Nf4 Nc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. exf5 d5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 c5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Kh8 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. h3 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bh2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ndc5 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Nce2 Nd2 20. Qh5 Bg7 21. Qxf7 Rf8 22. Qh5 Nce4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qg6 Bc8 25. Qd3 Nc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. Ne5 Bf5 29. Qd2 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Bxc2 31. Nd4 Bh7 32. Ne6 Rfc8 33. Rac1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nfe8 35. Bd3 Bf5 36. Bxf5 Nxf5 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Nc7 Ne3 39. Rd3 Rc8 40. Rxe3 Rxc7 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. Bxc7 Kxg6 43. Be5 Bf8 44. Bxf6 Bc5 45. Kf2 Kxf6 46. b4 Bxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Ke5 48. g3 h5 49. a4 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. f4+ Kf5 52. Kd4 Kxf4 53. Kxd5 Kg3 54. Kc6 Kxh3 55. Kb7 Kg4 56. Kxa7 h3 57. Kxb6 h2 58. a5 Kf5 59. a6 h1Q 60. Ka7 Qc6 61. b5 Qxb5 62. Ka8 Qxa6+ 63. Kb8 Qc6 64. Ka7 Qb5 65. Ka8 Ke6 66. Ka7 Kd7 67. Ka8 Kc7 68. Ka7 Qa5# 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 12th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qh4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qxc6 Rd8 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qe4 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Qc2 Bxa3 22. h4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Nc3 24. Rd2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Bb5 26. Qxa3 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shakespeare, John"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 c5 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng8 16. e4 c4 17. Bb1 d4 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Rxc4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qd3 f5 22. b4 Be7 23. Rxd4 Qe6 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Bc3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qb3 27. Bb2 Rd8 28. Qc3 Rd1 29. Kf1 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 f4 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Kf3 Ne7 34. Be4 g5 35. h4 Kg8 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg4 Kf7 38. Bb2 Nc8 39. Bb7 Na7 40. Bxa6 Nc6 41. Bc4+ Kg6 42. Bd5 Na7 43. Be4+ Kf7 44. Kf5 Nc8 45. Bd5+ Ke8 46. Be6 Na7 47. Bb3 Nc8 48. g3 fxg3 49. fxg3 Na7 50. Bc1 Kf8 51. Bxg5 Bxg5 52. Kxg5 Nc6 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qe2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. Bb2 c5 9. d3 Ng5 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bf5 17. Kd1 Rac8 18. c3 Qa4+ 19. Ke1 f6 20. Be2 fxe5 21. dxe5 Be4 22. Bg4 Rce8 23. Bd7 Nxe5 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Re2 Nd3+ 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Re3 Qc2 29. h4 Bc4 30. Rhh3 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qxb2+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. Rhf3+ Kg6 35. h5+ Kh6 36. g4 Qd6+ 37. Kh3 d4 38. cxd4 Qxd4 39. Kh4 Qd8+ 40. Kh3 a5 41. Re5 Qd4 42. Rfe3 a4 43. Kh4 g5+ 44. hxg6 Kxg6 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46. Rf5+ Kg7 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Rf5+ Bf7 49. Ref3 Qc4 50. Kg5 b4 51. Kh6 b3 52. R3f4 Qxf4+ 53. Rxf4 a3 54. g5 b2 55. Rb4 a2 56. g6 hxg6 57. Kh7 b1Q 58. Rh4 a1Q 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan LB"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Nf6 14. Bc6 Rab8 15. Qa4 Qe4 16. 0-0 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rb7 18. Qa6 Rfb8 19. Ne5 b5 20. Qa5 Rc8 21. Rc5 Qf5 22. Qa6 Rb6 23. Qxa7 Ne8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxb6 f6 26. Qxb5 Qe6 27. Nd3 Nd6 28. Qa5 Rc2 29. Nf4 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 0-0 8. Nge2 c6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6 19. Qc1 Qc7 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Bf4 23. g3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Qc3 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Bf6 27. Qc4 Qa5 28. e4 Qb5 29. Qxb5 cxb5 30. e5 Be7 31. Bd7 Red8 32. Bxb5 Rac8 33. d5 Rc2 34. d6 Bg5 35. b4 a6 36. Bd3 Rc3 37. h4 Bc1 38. Rxc1 Rxd3 39. Red1 Rxg3 40. Rc7 Rxa3 41. Rf1 Re3 42. Re7 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rxh4 44. d7 Kh7 45. Rfxf7 Rxb4 46. Re8 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 b5 48. e6 a5 49. e7 Re4 50. Ra8 a4 51. e8Q Rxe8 52. Rxe8 b4 53. Ra8 a3 54. Rb7 Kg6 55. Rxb4 a2 56. Rxa2 Kh5 57. Kg3 g5 58. Rh2+ 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sands, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Na3 e6 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nc2 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Re1 b6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Ne5 f5 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Re3 Bf6 21. Qh5 Bg7 22. Rh3 h6 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Bb3 b5 25. Rg3 f6 26. Ng6 Rff7 27. Nh4 Qf4 28. d5 e5 29. d6 Rc4 30. Ng6 Qe4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 f4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. d7 Qe2 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. d8Q 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 61st"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stuart, Neil"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Be1 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. h3 Qb8 18. Bf5 Rcd8 19. Ne2 Nf8 20. Qa4 d4 21. Ba5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Re5 23. Bxd8 Rxf5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. exd4 Qc8 26. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-chT 1415"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Guha, Chirag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Bf4 Re8 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Be3 c5 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 d4 17. cxd4 Qd5 18. f3 Qc4 19. Bd3 Qb4 20. Bb5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bd2 Qc5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qb3 Bd5 25. Qb5 d3+ 26. Kf1 Qxb5 27. axb5 Bh4 28. g3 Be7 29. Kg2 Bb4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rad1 Bc4 32. Re4 Bxb5 33. Rxb4 Rxe5 34. Rxd3 g6 35. Rd2 c6 36. Re4 Rc5 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Ke3 Kf8 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Ke5 f5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Kf6 1-0

[Event "WLS-chT 1415"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Davies, Damon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. f4 e5 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Nh5 11. Kh2 Nf6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Kg1 Re8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Kh2 c6 16. Qf2 h6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Nb3 Nc7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Qe6 23. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "WLS-chT 1415"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. c4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f5 d4 14. Nd1 Nc6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. a3 Re8 17. Qc2 b5 18. h4 Nb6 19. h5 Nd5 20. Nf2 Bc8 21. f6 gxf6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qxc5 Bb7 24. Rae1 Nce7 25. Ne4 Nf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bg5 Qg7 28. g4 Rec8 29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 30. gxf5 h6 31. f6 Qh7 32. Bh4 Ne3 33. Rf2 Kh8 34. Ng5 hxg5 35. Bxb7 gxh4 36. Bxc8 Qg8+ 37. Kh1 Qxc8 38. Rh2 Qf5 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Rovaretti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1483"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. Be2 h5 10. h3 Qg6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nd2 0-0-0 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. b5 Qf6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bg1 c5 19. b6 Bb8 20. N4b3 Bc6 21. Bxg4+ hxg4 22. Qxg4+ Bd7 23. Qf3 Rh6 24. Bh2 Rdh8 25. e5 Qg6 26. Ne4 Bc6 27. Rae1 Nf5 28. Qd3 Nh4 29. Rf2 Qe6 30. c4 dxe5 31. Nbxc5 Qe7 32. fxe5 Nxg2 33. Rxg2 Rxh3 34. Qe2 Qxe5 35. Qg4+ f5 36. Nd6+ Bxd6 37. Rxe5 fxg4 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Camp, Andrew R"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 Nfd7 7. Be2 a6 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 f5 15. h3 f4 16. exf4 exf4 17. Bh2 Qe7 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bd4 22. d6+ Kh8 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Bxf4 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Bc2 27. Qe6 Rxf4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Qxd7+ Rf7 31. Qe6 Bf5 32. Ne4 Qe3 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qe8 Bxe4 35. Qxf7 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Choo, Yin Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1457"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. Bb1 dxe5 14. dxe5 N6d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. 0-0 Bc6 18. Nd4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd5 20. Be4 Bc5 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Qg5 Bxe4 23. Nf5 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 exf5 25. Rd7 Bc6 26. Rd3 h5 27. Qf6 Rfe8 28. Rg3 Re7 29. Qxf5 Kh7 30. Qf6 Rd7 31. h3 Re8 32. Rg5 Re6 33. Qf4 Kg7 34. b4 Rd4 35. Qg3 Bxb4 36. Rxh5 Rd5 37. Rf5 Bc3 38. Qxc3 gxf5 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rg2 44. f3 Rf2 45. Kg5 Rxf3 46. Qd4 a6 47. a4 Rh3 48. a5 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bennett, Roger"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qg4 g6 10. Ne2 c5 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 a6 13. a4 h5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. 0-0 Nxe5 21. Nxd4 0-0-0 22. Rae1 Nxd3 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Rxf7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. cxd3 Re8 27. Re5 Re7 28. Rh5 e5 29. Nf5 Rf7 30. Nxh4 Kd6 31. Rh6+ Kc5 32. Nf3 e4 33. d4+ Kb4 34. Rxb6+ Ka5 35. Ne5 Rf5 36. Rxb7 e3 37. b3 e2 38. Nc6# 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nf7 Qf6 9. Bb5 Bxe6 10. Nxh8 d4 11. a3 dxc3 12. axb4 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. Qd2 Kf8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Ra5 Qd6 19. Qxd6+ cxd6 20. Rba1 d5 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Bd7 23. Kf1 d4 24. Ke2 Be6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rb7 Nf4+ 27. Kd2 Nxg2 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. Ra7 Bc4 31. Ra3 e3+ 32. fxe3 dxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 g5 35. Kd4 Be6 36. c4 Bxh3 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 Bg2 39. Kc5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 g5 9. Bb5 g4 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxg4 Qb6 14. a4 h5 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. b3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. Nc2 Qd3 19. Ne1 Qc3 20. Ra2 Nxc1 21. Rc2 Qa5 22. Qh6 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc2 Nd3 25. Qe3 Nb4 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. exd6 Qb4 31. Rc5 d4 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qxh5+ Kd8 34. Qh6 Rf7 35. Rc2 Qxd6 36. Ne4 Qe5 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pye, Jeremy C"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1047"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Bxe4 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. Qd3 d5 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 e5 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Qg3 Nxa4 16. Qxe5 h6 17. b3 Nc5 18. Rhe1 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Re8 20. Qg3 Nce4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qg4 Qxg5+ 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Hollan, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bc5 Ng6 9. Bxf8 Nxf8 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. f4 f6 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qe3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rf5 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Rxe5+ 18. Qe3 Rxe3+ 19. Kf2 Re5 20. g4 d4 21. Nf3 Rc5 22. Rac1 e5 23. Rhe1 Bxg4 24. Rxe5 Rc4 25. b3 Rc3 26. Nxd4 Rf8+ 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Ne2 Rxc2 29. Ra1 Rxa2 30. Rc1 Rf3 31. b4 Rb2 32. Re4 g5 33. Rd1 Kh7 34. Re1 Bf5 35. Rd4 Re3 36. Kf2 Re7 37. Kf1 Bh3+ 38. Kf2 Bc8 39. Rd3 Rxb4 40. Red1 Bg4 41. R1d2 Rxe2+ 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Kxe2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rxh2 45. Rd6 Rh6 46. Rd7 Rf6+ 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Rxa7 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 c5 50. Rc7 Rc4 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Rxg7 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Kg4 54. Rh7 Rc1 55. Rh2 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Kg3 57. Rh8 g4 58. Kxc5 Kg2 59. Kd4 g3 60. Rg8 Kf2 61. Rf8+ Kg1 62. Rg8 g2 63. Kd5 Kf2 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 11th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varley, Peter"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Bd1 Bd7 11. Nge2 Qe8 12. 0-0 Kh8 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. Bc2 h6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Bd4 Nf6 19. Rae1 Qg6 20. Nd1 Kh7 21. Ne3 Rg8 22. b3 h5 23. Nh1 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. Re3 h4 27. Bd1 Qg6 28. Rh3 Qh6 29. Ng3 Rag8 30. Nh5 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Nd3 34. Rxh4 Kg8 35. Rh3 Kf8 36. Be2 Qh6 37. Rg3 Be8 38. Rg5 Bg6 39. h4 e3 40. Bxd3 Bxh5 41. Rxf5+ Ke7 42. Rg5 e2 43. Bxe2 Bxe2 44. Rf2 Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 Bd3 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47. Rxc7 Be4 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke1 Qc3+ 50. Kf1 Bxd5 51. Rd7 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Qe7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. h4 a5 16. Rh2 f6 17. Rg1 Rb8 18. g5 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nh5 f4 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Nxg7 Nxg7 23. h5 Bf5 24. h6 Ne8 25. g6 hxg6 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Qg2 Nf6 29. Rg7 Qe8 30. h7 Rh5 31. Rg8+ Kxh7 32. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qd6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Ne5 Ng6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. f3 Rac8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bb1 b5 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng4 22. Qe2 e5 23. Kxh3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 exd4 25. Qxd4 Rcd8 26. Qh4 Qd7+ 27. g4 g6 28. Rfd1 h5 29. Ne4 hxg4+ 30. fxg4 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Ng5 Kg7 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34. Qh6 Re8 35. Nh7+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Nxe8+ Kxe8 39. Qxb5+ Rd7 40. c5 a6 41. Qa4 Bc8 42. Bd3 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chesters, Graham"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. Rb1 a6 10. a3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 c4 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. h3 e5 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Rxc4 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rc6 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Kh2 Bb3 24. Rdc1 Ng7 25. Nc3 Rd7 26. Rb1 Be6 27. b5 f5 28. a4 Nh5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bg5 Qf7 31. Bd5 Ng7 32. a5 Be7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. a6 Qf7 35. b6 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc2 Be7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qe2 b6 14. Nb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Re8 16. Bd6 Nf8 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. h4 Bb7 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. h5 Nf8 22. Bh4 Qd6 23. Ne5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Bb1 b5 26. a3 Nd5 27. Be4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. d4 0-0 9. Bf1 e6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. a4 Rad8 12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 Bc8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Qf1 Ba6 22. Ra3 Nxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ng5 Nb4 25. f5 Nc2 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bd5 Re1 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxe1 Nxe1 30. Kf1 Nc2 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Be6 Bxc4+ 33. Bxc4 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qxc1 35. Nf7+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehsandar, Peter"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 g6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Bc4 0-0 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h5 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Bh6 Qb6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. 0-0-0 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. g4 Rc5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 Nh5 21. f4 Kf7 22. Qe3 Ke8 23. Rde1 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Rxh5 f4 27. Qd2 Rg7 28. g6 hxg6 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Qxd7+ Kf6 31. Rf8+ Kg5 32. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch 60th"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bc4 e6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Rc1 0-0 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. a3 Be7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qd2 Bg6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. Nf4 Na5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Qc6 24. Qd2 Nb7 25. Ne5 Qa4 26. Qc3 Nd8 27. Qc7 Kf8 28. Bf3 Qc2 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxd4 32. Bd7 Kg8 33. Be5 Qc5 34. Bc6 a5 35. Bf4 h6 36. Kh1 Bf6 37. Be3 Qc2 38. Qxb6 Bxb2 39. a4 Bc3 40. Qb5 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. g3 Bb4 43. Bf4 Qd4 44. Be3 Qc3 45. Bf4 Bd3 46. Qb6 Bc5 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Be3 Bxe3 49. fxe3 Qd2+ 50. Bg2 Qc3 51. Qa8 Qc2 52. Qc6 Qa2 53. Kh1 Bc2 54. Be4+ Bxe4+ 55. Qxe4+ f5 56. Qd4 Qd5+ 57. Kg1 Qxd4 58. exd4 g5 59. Kf2 Kg6 60. g4 f4 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Kf3 Kd7 64. Ke4 Kd6 65. Kf3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Williams, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nd7 8. 0-0 c5 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c3 Rd8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Bc2 b6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Qc4 Be7 17. b4 Bb7 18. Ne1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Waterfield, John"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. c4 Qd8 10. dxc5 a5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Na4 e5 13. Nb6 Ra6 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Re1 Bxc5 16. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Nxe5 18. h3 Re8 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. Kg1 Rae6 21. Qd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Kh8 23. b4 Qd4 24. Bf5 Rd6 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxe5 Rde7 28. Bg3 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greet, Andrew"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be3 Ne5 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Ned7 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. Nde2 g5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qh4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f3 c5 20. Bf2 Qh6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nc6 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qd2 Re5 27. Qxd4 Qh4 28. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Nb3 h6 11. Qd2 g5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc5 Qf6 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Qe3 Nf4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bb5 b6 19. a4 Ne7 20. Kh1 Neg6 21. Rd2 Be6 22. c4 Bb4 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. c5 Kg7 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Bf1 g4 27. Rc6 Qg5 28. h4 Nxh4 29. g3 Nhg6 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Qxb6 Bxb3 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd2 34. Rg1 Rxb2 35. Qd4+ Qe5 36. Nf3 Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Rxf2 38. Rc6 Kh6 39. Nf5+ Kg5 40. Ng7 Ne5 41. Rb6 g3 42. Rg2 Rf1+ 43. Rg1 Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menadue, Jeremy FS"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Kh1 h5 11. Kg1 h4 12. Nh1 Nc5 13. Be3 f5 14. dxc6 Ne6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. f3 h3 18. g3 f4 19. Bf2 Ng5 20. Nd5 Nc7 21. Rc1 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qf6 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rc3 Qg6 25. Rc4 Raf8 26. g4 e4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Bxb2 29. Bf3 Ba6 30. Re1 Bc3 31. Qa4 Bc8 32. Qd1 Bxe1 33. Bxe1 Qf6 34. Nf2 Rh7 35. Qd3 Qa1 36. Kf1 Qxa2 37. Bc3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emblem, Mark"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 0-0 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 Nh5 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb6 16. Nfd2 Nf6 17. f3 Nfd5 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. N2c4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 f6 21. Rfd1 Bf5 22. Rd2 Bh6 23. Rad1 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Kg7 25. g4 Be6 26. Bd1 b5 27. Na5 Nxc3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bc2 Rd2 30. Be4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Rxb2 32. Nc6 Rxb3 33. Nxa7 Bd7 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Adebajo, Olufemi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 Nb6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bc6 18. Ba4 0-0 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Re1 Rab8 22. Re2 Rb5 23. a4 Rh5 24. g3 Qd7 25. f3 e5 26. g4 Rh3 27. Kg2 Rh4 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Qd4 Rxh2+ 30. Kf1 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Nxg4+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ 33. Kf2 Qh3 34. Qd1 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Re6 36. Qd4 Rg6+ 37. Kh1 Nxf3+ 38. Qxh4 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 10th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. f4 0-0 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Kh1 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Ned4 a6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 d5 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Bxg6 Nc8 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kxh7 27. Nxd8 Na7 28. Qe7 Nd3 29. N8xe6 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Rg8 31. Re3 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Qb7 Nb5 34. Nxg7 Rab8 35. Qxd5 Rbd8 36. Qxe4+ Kxg7 37. Rg3+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 0-0 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Ke2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3+ 12. Kxf3 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. Re1 e6 15. Be3 b6 16. Bd4 Nfd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 e5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Ba4 Nef8 21. Rd6 Rac8 22. c4 e4+ 23. Kg3 Nf6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Bb5 Nh5+ 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Rd2 Nd3 29. Nc2 Ne5 30. Rd4 f5 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Na3 Nd3 34. Nb5 Re7 35. a3 Ne6 36. Rd6 f4+ 37. Kh2 Nxf2 38. Bc8 e3 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6 41. Kf1 Re8 42. Bg4 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Qe3 Ra5 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 axb3 15. Qxb3 Be7 16. a4 0-0 17. Bc3 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nc3 Qd4+ 20. Kc2 Qxf2+ 21. Be2 Ba6 22. Raf1 Qxg2 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 24. Rh1 Qe5 25. Rh5 Qe6 26. Rg1 Bxc4 27. Qb1 Bxe2 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robinson, David"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. c4 e5 9. Bh2 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f5 12. Rfd1 Kh8 13. Rac1 b6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rb7 17. b4 Qe7 18. c5 e4 19. Ba6 Nb8 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Summers, Charles B"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. a3 0-0 12. 0-0 Na5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc4 16. f5 a5 17. f6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nh4 axb4 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Bg7+ Bxg7 23. Rxf7 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Rg8 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Rf7+ Kd6 30. Nf5+ Kc7 31. Qxe6 Ra8 32. Qxd5 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 Qe7 11. f3 Nh5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Bxd3 f5 14. Be3 f4 15. Bf2 Kh8 16. a3 g5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. b4 h5 19. c5 h4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Qc7 Bf8 24. Qxb7 Qd8 25. Qc7 Bxb5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxb5 Rb8 28. a4 axb4 29. Rc4 b3 30. Rb1 Be7 31. Rxb3 g4 32. Rbc3 Kh7 33. Rc8 Rb7 34. R3c7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Kg6 36. a5 g3 37. hxg3 hxg3 38. Bb6 Rh7 39. Rc8 Nxe4 40. fxe4 f3 41. gxf3 Kg5 42. Be3+ Kh4 43. a6 Kh3 44. a7 g2 45. a8Q Kg3 46. Bf2+ Kxf3 47. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Qg4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Ne4 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 cxd4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. g3 b6 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Rhe1 h6 20. f5 e5 21. Nd2 Kf6 22. g4 Na5 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Nc4 Re8 25. Nxb6 Rad8 26. c4 Kg5 27. Nd5 Rc8 28. b3 Nc5 29. Kc2 d3+ 30. Kc3 a5 31. Kd2 e4 32. Ke3 Rc6 33. Rg1 h5 34. Rdf1 h4 35. Rf4 a4 36. b4 Nd7 37. c5 Ne5 38. Rxe4 d2 39. h3 Nc4+ 40. Kd4 Rxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Rc8 42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Kc2 Rd8 44. Nc3 Nc4 45. Nd1 Kf4 46. Rg2 Kf3 47. Rf2+ Kg3 48. Re2 Kxh3 49. c6 Na3+ 50. Kc3 Kxg4 51. Rxd2 Nb1+ 52. Kc2 Rxd2+ 53. Kxb1 Rxd1+ 54. Kc2 Rd8 55. b5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "WLS-ch"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Kirby, Peter J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxe5 11. Bb5 exd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rad1 0-0 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Rdd1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd5 21. Qe2 e5 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rad8 25. h3 Rd2 26. Qg4 g6 27. Qg5 Rxa2 28. g4 f6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Qh4 Qc4 31. Rb1 Re7 32. Rb8 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. f3 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Phillips, William"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 0-0 6. Qe2 c6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 c5 9. e5 Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. d5 Bf6 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Neg5 Nc7 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qf8 18. Be6 Nxe6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Bxe7 Qf7 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Qe3 Bb5 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Qe5+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. b3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. c4 Bc6 31. f3 Be7 32. Kf2 Bf6 33. g4 Bd4+ 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Re1 a5 36. a4 g5 37. h3 Bd7 38. Re2 Be5+ 39. Kf2 Be8 40. Kg2 Bg6 41. Rd2 Ke6 42. Re2 Kd6 43. Rd2+ Kc6 44. Re2 Bf4 45. Re6+ Kd7 46. Rb6 Bc7 47. Rxb7 Kc6 48. Rb5 Bb6 49. h4 h6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. b4 axb4 52. a5 Ba7 53. a6 Bd3 54. Rb7 Bb6 55. Re7 b3 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. g4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxg4 13. Bxg7 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Ne3 16. Qe2 Kxg7 17. Kf2 Ng2 18. h4 Nxh4 19. Rag1 Qe7 20. Rh2 f5 21. Rgh1 g5 22. exf5 Qxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nd4 Re5 26. Ne6+ Kg6 27. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Emblem, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Nge2 Nf5 11. Bxf5 Na5 12. Qb5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Rd8 16. Ndc3 f6 17. f4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Be6 19. b3 Nb6 20. 0-0 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rac1 Bc6 25. Rfd1 Kf7 26. Nf4 g5 27. Nh5 Bf8 28. Ng3 Ke6 29. Ne2 Ba3 30. Rc3 Bf8 31. h4 Bg7 32. Rg3 g4 33. Nf4+ Ke7 34. Re3 Bd5 35. Rc3 Bc6 36. Kf2 a6 37. a4 Rd7 38. Ke3 Bxe5 39. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hickman, John"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 b6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ncxe5 10. Bb5 Ng6 11. N2f3 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Nxe7 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. Rd1 0-0 16. Rd4 Nc5 17. h4 f6 18. Be3 a6 19. Ng5 fxg5 20. hxg5 e5 21. Rxd5 axb5 22. Qh5 Kf7 23. f4 Ke6 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. 0-0 Nxf4 26. Qxh7 Qg6 27. Qh4 Bb7 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Ne4 31. Qc7 Bd5 32. Qxb6+ Nd6 33. Qe3+ Ne4 34. Qd3 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Lutchman Singh, Karanvir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 e5 7. Nb5 Bd6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 Qe4 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd5 Nd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Nxc6+ Ke6 17. Qe5+ Kd7 18. Qxf5+ Kxc6 19. Qe4+ Kd6 20. 0-0-0+ Kc7 21. Bf4+ Kb6 22. Qb4+ Kc6 23. Rd6+ Kc7 24. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robinson, David"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. h3 c6 7. 0-0 Nh5 8. Bh2 f5 9. c4 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. Rad1 e5 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxe5 Nf6 16. dxc5 Ne6 17. Nd3 Ne8 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ng5 21. Nf4 Ne4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Ne2 Qg5 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Ng3 Ra3 28. Bb3 Qf6 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rc1 Nc7 31. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davis, Ashley J"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. c5 Nh5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rac1 f4 15. gxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Ne2 Rf7 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. f4 Bh6 20. fxe5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 dxe5 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. h4 Qf2 24. Qe1 Qb6 25. Qg3 Qxb2 26. Rc7 Bf8 27. Qf3 Nf5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. d6 e4 30. Nxe4 Qe5 31. Qb3+ Be6 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. N2xc3 Bg7 34. Rxb7 Rc8 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Nb5 a6 37. Na7 Be5 38. Nc6 Bxd6 39. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, James"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 c4 8. Be2 Bd6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Qd2 b5 13. b3 h6 14. Bh4 Kh8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rad1 Bf4 17. Nxd5 Bxd2 18. Nxf6 Bxe1 19. Nxe1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 gxf6 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rab8 24. Kf1 Rfe8 25. Rc3 Rb1 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ra1 28. Kf2 Rxa2 29. Kf3 Rb2 30. c4 Rb4 31. c5 Rc4 32. Nd3 a5 33. g4 Kg7 34. h4 Kf8 35. h5 Ke7 36. e4 a4 37. Nb2 Rc3+ 38. Kf4 a3 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 9th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Bb3 c6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. d4 Qb6 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Na4 Be4 15. Nxb6 Bxd3 16. Nxd7 Bxf1 17. Nxf8 g5 18. Kxf1 gxh4 19. Ng6 fxg6 20. c4 Bxh2 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. g3 hxg3 23. Kg2 Re8 24. fxg3 Re2+ 25. Kh3 Rxb2 26. Rh1 Bxg3 27. Kxg3 Kg7 28. Re1 Rd2 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 Rxa2 32. Kf3 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 Kf5 34. Rf7+ Ke4 35. Rf6 Ra2+ 36. Kf1 Kxd4 37. Rxg6 Kc3 38. Rxh6 d4 39. Rh3+ d3 40. Rh8 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 d2 42. Rc8+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Einarsson, Oskar Long"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rf3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. b3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nb1 f5 19. Rh3 Bc5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Kh1 g6 22. Nd2 Qxf4 23. exf5 Rf6 24. fxe6 Re8 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Nf3 Qg4 27. Qf2 Qxe6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qh4 Qf7 31. Kg1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qxf3 34. Qf2 Qc6 35. Qf4 Bc7 36. Be4 Qb6 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ Kf4 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lee, Gudmundur Kristinn"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c3 Ba6 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Rfe8 15. Qf5 f6 16. Rhe1 Re7 17. e4 c4 18. Na1 Rb8 19. Rd2 Ba3 20. Ree2 dxe4 21. Ne1 Bc8 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Kd1 Bd7 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qa5 27. b3 Bf5 28. Qxc6 Bxc2+ 29. Naxc2 Qxa2 30. bxc4 Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Rxe1 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qd8 Re2+ 34. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 35. Ke3 Qxc3+ 36. Kf2 Qxc4 37. Qxf8+ Qg8 38. Qc5 Qb8 39. d5 Kg8 40. d6 Kf7 41. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Freeland, Alex"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Kh1 Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Be3 0-0 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qe7 20. g4 fxg4 21. f5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Rc6 24. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Quinn, Joseph R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. 0-0 d6 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Qxa5 Nxc4 12. Qc3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 f6 15. Qg3 Ng6 16. Ba3 c6 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Bd6 Kf7 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. f5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Rad1 Ba4 25. Rd2 Rac8 26. Qg5 Rhd8 27. f6 g6 28. Qh6 Qf8 29. Qxh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qg5 Rc6 32. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d3 Be7 5. Bxg8 Rxg8 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nd5 fxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 9. Be3 Rf8 10. Qe2 a6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Rd3 Rdf8 17. Rhd1 Bd8 18. b4 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. b5 Qxb5 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. f3 Qxa2 25. Kd2 c6 26. Nc3 Qc4 27. Ra1 Bg5+ 28. Kd1 Rh8 29. Qf1 Rh2 30. Nde2 Qe6 31. f4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Kd2 Rxf4 34. Re3 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wilen, Eero"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 Rc8 10. h3 c5 11. d5 Ne8 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qh6 Nd6 17. Bd3 Rcd8 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. g4 Kh8 20. Rf1 Rg8 21. f4 f6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Qg5 Rdf8 24. Qxe5+ Rf6 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Rf1 Ne8 28. Qf8+ Rg8 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. e5 Qh4 31. Kg2 Ng7 32. Ne4 Nh5 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "South Wales op 8th"]
[Site "Penarth"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Eggleston, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. f3 Nc5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Rd2 f5 20. f4 e4 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Nf1 Bd5 23. Bd4 Bc4 24. Qf2 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Rd7 26. Qe2 Rad8 27. Be5 Kf7 28. Qe3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qc4 31. h3 Ke6 32. Kh2 h5 33. b3 Qc6 34. b4 Qc4 35. Qf2 Qc6 36. Qg3 Kf7 37. Qb3+ Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Bd4 Kd5 40. Bb2 h4 41. Kg1 Bd6 42. Bf6 Bxf4 43. Bb2 Be5 44. Bc1 Kc4 45. Bd2 Bb2 0-1

