[Event "Jam Ch, Shirley Retreat Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.12"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxg4
15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Rg1 Nf6 17. Bg5 h5 18. Be3 b5 19. a4 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bf6 22. Rb1 Bh4+ 23. Bf2 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qc7 25. Nc6 a5 26. Qh4 Rce8 27. Kd2 f6
28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Rh1 1-0

[Event "JamCh, SRHotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "NM Mark Holness"]
[Black "Damion Davy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 c4 7. Bc2 e6 8. d3
cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Qe4 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 b6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nd8 25. Bc2 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Kf8
27. Qd3 Ke7 28. Kf1 Nb7 29. Qd4 Qc5 30. Qxc5+ bxc5 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Kd3 Na5 33.
Ba4 a6 34. b4 c4+ 35. Kd4 e5+ 36. Ke4 Nb7 37. Be8 Ke6 38. Bc6 Nd6+ 39. Ke3 f5
40. a4 g5 41. f4 g4 42. Ba8 Ne8 43. Bb7 Nc7 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. a5 h5 46. Bc6 Kd6
47. Bb7 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Kd1 Kd7 50. Kc1 Ke7 51. Kb2 Kd6 52. Kc2 Ke6 53. Kd2
Kd6 54. Bc8 Ke5 55. Ke2 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Bb7 Nb5 58. Bxa6 Nxc3 59. Bxc4 Ne4
60. a6 Nd6 61. Bd3 Nc8 62. Bb5 h4 63. gxh4 f4+ 64. Kf2 g3+ 65. Kf3 Nd6 66. Bd3
1-0

[Event "National Champs, SRHotel"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3 Nxe2 7. Qxe2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bb3 d4 13. Bd2 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc7
15. Kh1 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. Rde1 Qc6 20. Re2 b5 21. a3
c4 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Ba2 c3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rfe1 Bc5 27. a4
Rad8 28. Bb3 Rd2 29. Qg4 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qd4 33. Qf1
Qf2 34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35. f5 exf5 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Bxf5 Bc6 39. a5 a6
40. c4 Bb7 41. Bd7 Bc5 42. h4 Bb4 43. Kg1 Bxa5 44. c5 Bc7 45. Kf2 Bd5 46. g4
Kg8 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Ba4 Bxg4 50. Kd5 Bf3+ 51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Bc2 g6
53. Ke3 Bh1 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Kc4 Bf3 56. Ba4+ Ke7 57. Kd4 Bg3 58. Ke3 Bg4 59.
Kd4 Bxh4 60. c6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "JamCH, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8. a3
d5 9. Ba2 c4 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 b5 12. Kh1 a6 13. Qe1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 15.
Qxf1 Bxd4 16. Bg5 Ra7 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Qe2 Qf2 19. exd5 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxc3 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. bxc3 Rf7 23. Kg1 exd5 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27.
Ke3 Bf5 28. a4 Kd6 29. Kd4 Be6 30. a5 Bf5 31. Bb1 g5 32. Ba2 h5 33. Bb1 h4 34.
Ba2 Bg4 35. Bb1 Bd1 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Kd2 Bh5 38. Ke3 Bg4 39. Ba2 Bd7 40. Bb1 Bc6
41. Ba2 g4 42. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "JamCh, SRHotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alain Morais"]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Ne4 7. Bb2 d5 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. c4 e6 10. Qc2 c6 11. a4 g5 12. Nb3 g4 13. Nfd2 Ng5 14. f4 gxf3 15. exf3
f4 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Bd7 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Nc1 Qh6 21. g4 e5
22. dxe5 d4 23. Bxd4 Bxg4 24. Nb3 Bc8 25. Qc3 Rf5 26. e6 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "JamCh, SRHotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daren Wisdom "]
[Black "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Bg6 6. b3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nd7 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. f4 Qb6 14. d4 a5 15.
g4 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Rc5 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. a3 h5 21. h3
hxg4 22. hxg4 Rd8 23. Bd4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Kg3 Rh8 26. Rc1 f6 27. exf6+ gxf6
28. g5 Nxd4 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. exd4 Bf5 31. c6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rh3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3
34. Nf3 Rxb3 35. Rb6 Rxa3 36. Rxb5 Ra1 37. Ne5 a4 38. Rb7 Bg6 39. Ke3 Ra3+ 40.
Kd2 Rb3 41. Ra7 a3 42. Ra8 Rg3 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 a2 45. Ke2 Rg2+ 46. Ke3 Be8
47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Ra7 Rd2 50. Ra8 Bg6 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. Ra8 Rg2+ 53.
Kf3 Be4+ 54. Ke3 Bb1 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Nd7+ Ke8 57. Nc5 Bf5 58. Nd7 Kd8 59. Ne5
Rc2 60. Ra3 Rc3+ 61. Rxc3 a1=Q 62. Nf7+ Ke8 63. Nd6+ Ke7 64. Nxf5+ exf5 65. Rd3
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onaje Lamont"]
[Black "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Qg6 7. Qf3 e5 8. Ne2
Be7 9. Nd2 Bg5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Qg3 Qh5 12. f3 Be6 13. Kb1 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Bxh4
15. d5 Bd7 16. Nc4 a5 17. Na3 Na6 18. Bb5 Bf2 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nb5 g5 21.
Rhf1 Bb6 22. g4 h5 23. Ng3 h4 24. Nf5 a4 25. Kc2 Nc5 26. Na3 Ra6 27. Ne3 Rf8
28. Nec4 Ba7 29. b4 axb3+ 30. axb3 Rb8 31. Ra1 b5 32. b4 Na4 33. Na5 Be3 34.
Nxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxa4 Bb6 36. c4 Rbxa5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Bxa5 39. Ra1 Bb6 40.
Ra8 Bd4 41. Rg8 Be3 42. Kb3 Bf4 43. h3 Be3 44. Ka4 Bf4 45. Kb5 Be3 46. Rg7 Ke7
47. Rh7 Kf8 48. Rh8+ Ke7 49. Kc6 Bb6 50. Rc8 Bc5 51. Rxc7+ Ke8 52. Rd7 Ba3 53.
Rxd6 Ke7 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Ra7 Bb4 56. d6 f6 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. d7 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, Norman Manley Law School"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "NM A. Mellace"]
[Black "NM M. Holness"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qa4 O-O 17. Bxh6 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 Nb6 20. a3 Be7 21.
Bb5 Rb8 22. Rfd1 Ra8 23. h4 Rb8 24. h5 Ra8 25. Rd4 a6 26. Bd3 Nd7 27. Rg4 Re8
28. Bh6 Bf8 29. Bxg7 Bxg7 30. h6 f5 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Ng5 Nxe5 33. Nh7# 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Black "Daren Wisdom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, i"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. Bg5 bxc4 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nc3
Ba6 9. Qc2 Qb7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Be2 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 O-O 14. Rd1 d6
15. O-O Re8 16. Rd2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb4 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Bxc4 Rac8
21. Rdc2 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nb6 24. Rxb4 Rc8 25. g3 Rc5 26. Rd4 Kf8
27. Ng5 Rc2 28. b4 h6 29. Ne4 Ke7 30. a3 f5 31. Nd2 Rc3 32. Kg2 Rxa3 33. Nb1
Rb3 34. Nd2 Rc3 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Rf4 Nxd5 38. Nf3+ Kf6 39. Rd4 Ke6
40. Kg2 Rb3 41. b5 Rxb5 42. Ra4 Rb7 43. Nd4+ Kf6 44. Nc6 Rc7 45. Nxa7 Nc3 46.
Ra6 Ke6 47. Nc6 Kd5 48. Nb4+ Kc4 49. Nc2 Kd5 50. Ne3+ Ke5 51. Ra8 d5 52. Re8+
Kf6 53. Rf8+ Rf7 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 55. Nxf5 Kf6 56. Ne3 Ke5 57. Kf3 d4 58. Nc4+
Kd5 59. Nd2 g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. g4 Kc5 62. Kg2 d3 63. Kf3 Kd4 64. Nb3+ Kc4 65.
Nd2+ Kd4 66. Nb3+ Kc4 67. Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damion Davy"]
[Black "Alain Morais"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8. a3 a6
9. h4 h5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 c5 15. Rg1 Bg7
16. g6 fxg6 17. Nf4 Nf8 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. O-O-O b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Bxb6 bxc3
22. Bxc7 cxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Ba5 Bh6 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Bxf4 27. fxg6 Rg8
28. g7 Ne6 29. Be2 Bxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Rxg7 31. Bxh5+ Kd7 32. Bg4 Kd6 33. Ke3 Bd5 {
Time.} 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "NM E. Brown"]
[Black "NM B. Wilson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. g4 Nh6 7. gxf5 O-O 8. Qh5
Nxf5 9. Nge2 g6 10. Qh3 Nh4 11. f4 e5 12. Qg3 e4 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Bd2 Nf3+ 15.
Kd1 Be7 16. Ng1 Nh4 17. Nh3 Na6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Ke2 Qd7 20. Nf2 Rae8 21. Raf1
Kh8 22. Kd1 Rg8 23. h3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Phillip Pryce"]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Qa3 15.
Rfd1 Rfb8 16. e4 c4 17. Bc1 Qb4 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Na4 cxb3 20. axb3 Qxe4 21. Qxe4
Nxe4 22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc3 26. Rb2 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2
Bxe2 28. Nd2 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Nxf1 Rxb3 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Ne3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daren Wisdom"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Qc7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. g4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 a5 14. Qe1 a4 15.
Qg3 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc5 18. h4 Na6 19. Nf1 Nb4 20. Qf2 c5 21. Ng3
c4 22. Ba3 Qb6 23. Qd2 Rxf4 24. Bxb4 Rxg4 25. Kg2 Rxh4 26. Rf1 h5 27. Rf8+ Kh7
28. Rxc8 Rg4 29. Bc5 Qa6 30. Kh3 b6 31. Rc6 Qb5 32. Rxb6 Qxc5 33. Rxe6 cxb3 34.
cxb3 Qc8 35. Rd6 h4 36. e6 Rxg3+ 37. Kxh4 Rg6 38. Rxd5 Qxe6 39. Rh5+ Rh6 40.
Rxh6+ Qxh6+ 41. Kg3 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qf5+ 43. Ke1 g5 44. Qd6 g4 45. Qf4 Qa5+ 46.
Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kxg4 Qd1+ 49. Kg5 Qxb3 50. Qxe4+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52.
Qe7+ Kh8 53. Kf6 Qc3+ 54. Qe5 Qc6+ 55. Kf7+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stuart James"]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. O-O Qh4 14. c4
Rxc4 15. Nbc7+ Kd7 16. Qb3 Rxe4 17. Rac1 Rb4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Qxf7+ Be7 20.
Nd5 Qh4 21. Rxc6 Kxc6 22. Nxe7+ Kb6 23. Nd5+ Kb5 24. a4+ Kxa4 25. Qa7+ Kb5 26.
Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, MLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alain Morais"]
[Black "NM A. Mellace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Ne2 Na6 9. Ba3 c5 10. Qd6 Qc6 11. Qg3 g6 12. Qc3 f6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qa5
Qa4 15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Ne4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Kc7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5
b6 21. Bd6+ Kb7 22. Ba3 Kc7 23. Be2 Bc6 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. Rd6 Bd7
27. c5 bxc5 28. Ra6 Ne7 29. Rxa7 Nc8 30. Ra8 Kf7 31. Bxc5 Re8 32. Bf3 f5 33. b4
e5 34. Bd5+ Kf6 35. a4 Ne7 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Ra7 Bxa4 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Bxe7
Bb5 40. Kd2 h6 41. Kc3 g5 42. Bc4 Bc6 43. g3 Bb7 44. b5 Kg6 45. Kb4 f4 46. Be6
e4 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Kc3 h5 49. Kd4 f3 50. Bh4 Ba8 51. b6 Bb7 52. Bd5 Bxd5 53.
Kxd5 Kf5 54. b7 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Kg1 Rae8 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Nbd4 Bg4 18. Bd2 c5 19. h3 cxd4 20. hxg4 d3
21. Bb3 Nxg4 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Qxd3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NM B. Wilson"]
[Black "D. Davy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1
e6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bf4 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Bxe5
15. Nb5 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 Bxf4 17. Qf2 Be5 18. c3 a6 19. Na3 b6 20. Bb3 Bb7 21. Nc4
Bc7 22. Ne3 h5 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Qe2 Nf5 26. Kg1 b5 27. Ne5 c4 28.
dxc4 Bb6+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. Rg1 h4 31. Nf3 bxc4 32. Ba4 h3 33. Bd1 hxg2+ 34. Qxg2
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NM M. Holness"]
[Black "Z. Ramsay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6 7. exd6 e6 8. d3
cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qxd6 10. Nf3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Be2 Be8 17. O-O Nc6 18. Bf4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 Bc5
21. Rad1 e5 22. Bc1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfe1 Rd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5
27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Be3 Rc8 31. Rc1 f5 32. Ra1 f4 33. Bc1
g5 34. f3 h5 35. Bd2 g4 36. Rf1 Rg8 37. g3 fxg3 38. hxg3 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 e4+ 40.
Kg2 h4 41. Bf4 hxg3 42. Rh1 Bf2 43. Rh3 Rg7 44. Bxg3 Bxg3 45. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 46.
Kxg3 Ke5 47. Kf2 d4 48. cxd4+ Kxd4 49. Ke2 a5 50. Kd2 e3+ 51. Ke2 Ke4 52. b3
Kd4 53. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "NM E. Brown"]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 bxc4 8. Nc3
a6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bxc4 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Qc3 d6 15.
Qb3 Na5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qc6 Ra7 19. Qb6 Qxe4 20. Qxa7 Qc6 21.
Rac1 f6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Qa8+ Bd8 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxa6 Rd7 27.
Rfd1 Qe5 28. b3 Nd8 29. Qc8 Ne6 30. Rc4 d5 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Qb7+ Rd7 33. Qb4
Qd6 34. Rb5 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rc7 36. g3 Kd6 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. f4+ Kf5 39. g4+ Kxg4
40. Rxe6 Rc2 41. Rd6 Kh3 42. R6xd5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxh2 44. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "National Champs, SRHotel"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damion Davy"]
[Black "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{Finally some luck after I joked out the opening and early middlegame.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 a6 $6 {FM Elliott was
correct in his assessment after the game- I should not allow Nd6. What to do ?
This is what happens after a tough Wednesday at the office.} (6... d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Nd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 $132) 7. Nd6+ {
A quasi-Kalashnikov position has arisen on the battlefield.} Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7
9. Qd3 b5 (9... d5) 10. Bf4 {Damion said that he played this because he wanted
to transpose to the Sveshnikov.} d5 $1 11. exd5 exd5+ $1 (11... Nb4 $5) 12. Be2
Be6 $6 (12... Nb4 13. Qd1 Bf5 $1 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 Bxc2 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. a3
Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 exf3 21. gxf3 Rd4 $132) 13. O-O (13.
Qg3 $1 $14) (13. O-O-O $5 O-O 14. Bf3 Rac8 $132 (14... b4 $5 $132)) 13... Rd8
$6 {after the game I told Davy that this move was bad and that I should have
castled immediately.} 14. a4 {Diagram #} b4 $4 {I played this move and offered
Davy a draw right after NMs Andrew Mellace and Brandon wilson had agreed to a
draw in less than ten moves, Brandon spending almost an hour without moving.} (
{The correct continuation was} 14... Nb4 $1 15. Qd1 d4 $1 16. Nb1 bxa4 17. Rxa4
O-O {and anything can happen.}) 15. Qxa6 $1 $18 {
Just like that White is winning. I saw this move right after playing.} Nd4 $5 {
Trying to mix it up.} (15... Bd7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Nc7 Qh4 19. Nxd5
$18) 16. Bb5+ $1 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 ({Of course not} 17. Qxb5+ $4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Bxb5
19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Nxb5 Rc8 {
and although White has the a-passer Black has pocketed the exchange.}) 17...
Ne4 $8 {This was really  the "only" move.} 18. Qc6+ {
After the game I told Davy that I preferred the check by the steed from c7.} (
18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Rad1 $1 h6 20. Qb6 Kg8 21. a5 $1 $18 {
passed pawns must be pushed! White is firmly on top with amassive advantage.})
18... Kf8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Qxc8+ $2 {Spectacular but unnecessary. This reduces
White's advantage significantly but his position was so strong that although
parting with his most powerful piece he still had the advantage.} (20. Qb6 {
was what I thought Davy would have played and after} Qc5+ {Forced.} 21. Qxc5+
Nxc5 22. Bd6+ Kg8 23. Na7 $1 {The win should be a formaility.} (23. a5 $18))
20... Bxc8 21. fxe4 Kg8 {otherwise 22.Bd6 wins back the regal lady.} 22. Bd6 $1
Qb7 23. exd5 h5 $1 ({I did not like} 23... Qxd5 {because of} 24. Rad1 $1 Qc6
25. Bxb4 h5 26. Rf2 Kh7 27. Rd4 f6 28. c4 $36 {and White preserves the
advantage with three connected passers although he still has to work hard to
win!}) 24. Rad1 Qa6 ({After} 24... Bd7 $5 25. Bxb4 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. c3 f6
28. Rfe1 $16 {I think that it is White who has the chances.}) 25. b3 {Diagram #
} h4 $5 {I did not want to be passive and thought that this was the only way
to unsettle Davy - by starting an attack against his king's position.
Ironically, Davy had beaten NM Brandon Wilson, also essaying the Sicilian, in
the previous round by pushing his h-pawn to attack the enemy king in similar
fashion!} 26. h3 $6 {It worked. With 9 minutes left to make the first time
control, Davy looked worried. Nonetheless, after} (26. Bxb4 h3 27. g3 Qb6+ 28.
Rf2 Rh5 $1 29. Rd3 (29. d6 $2 Rf5 $1 30. Rdf1 Bd7 31. c3 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Bxb5 33.
axb5 Qxb5 34. Rd2 Qf5 $11 {
looks drawish although each player has to be careful.})) 26... Rh6 $1 {
I know had 14 minutes, of the initial 90, left to make the 40 moves. I felt
that Black had some possibilities.} 27. Bxb4 {
I was happy to see this move and immediately played} Qg6 ({
According to Super-GM Fritz, Black has an instant draw after} 27... Bxh3 $1 28.
c4 (28. gxh3 $4 {loses to} Qg6+ 29. Kf2 Qe4 30. Bc3 Rg6 31. Rg1 Qf4+ 32. Ke2
Qh2+ 33. Ke3 Rxg1 $19 {wins fo Black.}) 28... Bd7 29. Bd2 Rg6 30. Rde1 h3 $1
$36 {with a deadly initiative developing for Black.}) 28. Rd3 Qe4 $6 {Diagram #
} (28... Rh5 $1 29. Rf2 $16) (28... Bf5 $5 29. Re3 $16) 29. Re1 $4 {Played with
three minutes left and losing on the spot. It is White who is calling the
shots after} (29. Bd2 $1 Rg6 30. Rf2 Bd7 31. Nc3 $1 $18) 29... Qxb4 $8 {
I instinctively knew that I was winning after this although I had not yet seen
the finish.} 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Rxc8 $4 {
Davy had no time to take the piece. More stubborn was} (31. Rd4 Qc5 32. c3 Bd7
33. Ree4 Bxb5 34. axb5 g5 $19 (34... Qxc3 $5 $19 35. d6 Qc5 36. b4 Qb6 37. Kh2
g5 $1 $19 (37... Rxd6 $5 $19))) 31... Qe1+ $1 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ {
I repeated moves to get some breathing space to consider whether Rg6 or Rf6
was stronger.} 34. Kh2 Rf6 $1 {This definitely was. Black's position was no
crushing. Also winning, though not as powerful as the text-move, was} (34...
Rg6 35. Rc4 f5 36. d6 Qf2 37. Rxh4+ Kg8 38. Rg4 fxg4 39. Rg3 Kf7 $19) 35. Rf3 (
35. Re8 {was the better way to stave off immediate disaster but it was still
hopeless after the simple} Qxe8 $19) 35... Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qf2+ (36... Qg3+ 37.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ {Black can even spurn the rook!} 39. Kf1 h3 40. Nd4 Qg2+
{leads to a quicker mate.}) 37. Kh1 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ {
and Jamaica's 2008 junior champion gently laid his king to rest.} 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Z. Ramsay"]
[Black "A. Morais"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bb4 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. e4 Nb6 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qe2 N6d7 18. Ng4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Phillip Pryce "]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nc1 Bb7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Bb5 Rfd8 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. Bg5 Nd5 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rac1 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "NM A. Mellace"]
[Black "NM B. Wilson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8.
Nxf7 Kxf7 9. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Daren Wisdom"]
[Black "NM M. Holness"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nc4 exf4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Rad8 15. c3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nf7 17. Kf2 Kf6 18. Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alain Morais"]
[Black "Daren Wisdom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14.
Bxe5 Bxc4 15. Bg3 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Rad1 f5 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc4 c6 20. Rd1
Qe6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxc5 Rd8 23. Qxa7 h5 24. Qxb7 d4 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. Qc4 h4
27. Rxd4 hxg3 28. Qxd5 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Kf7 30. Qxe6+ Kxe6 31. b4 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onaje Lamont"]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. O-O-O e4 14. Be2 Ne5 15.
f4 c6 16. Nb4 a5 17. Na2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Nc3 Bxc4 21. Qd7
Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rf7 23. Rd6 Kh7 24. Nf3 Re8 25. Re1 Rfe7 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. Na4 Rxe3
28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nc5 Re1+ 30. Kc2 Be2 31. Nxb7 Bd1+ 32. Kd3 Bxb2 33. Nc4 Bc1
34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Re6 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Nbxa5
Bxf4 40. g3 Bc7 41. Nxc6 f4 42. gxf4 Bxf4 43. Nd4+ Kf7 44. h3 Ba4 45. Nb6 Be8
46. a4 Bb8 47. a5 Ke7 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. a6 h5 50. Nc8+ Kc7 51. a7 Bxa7 52. Nxa7
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stuart James"]
[Black "Damion Davy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O f5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Qa4 O-O
15. Nxc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Qa3 e4 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. Nxd6 Nf4 20. Bc4 Bxb2
21. Qg3+ Ng6 22. Nxf7 Qd4 23. Nd6+ Kg7 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Qb3 Rab8 26. Qa4 Be5
27. Qd7+ Kh6 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qh4 30. g3 Qh3 31. Rd7 Rh8 32. Qe6 Kg5 33.
Rd2 Nf4 34. Qe7+ Bf6 35. gxf4+ Kxf4 36. Qxf6 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39.
Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "NM Mark Holness"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rae1 Qh5 20. Bc1 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Rbd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nd5 26. Kf1 Bd6
27. g3 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Bxe3 a5 31. Kd3 Be5 32. b3 Kd6 33. c4
Kc6 34. Bd2 Bc7 35. Bc3 g5 36. h3 f5 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kc5 39. cxb5 Kxb5 40.
Bf6 Bf4 41. Be7 Bc1 42. Kd4 Bf4 43. a4+ Kb6 44. Kc4 Bc1 45. Kd4 Bf4 46. Bd8+
Ka6 47. Ke4 Bd2 48. Ke5 Kb7 49. Kxe6 Kc6 50. Be7 Bc1 51. b4 axb4 52. Bxb4 Kb6
53. Kf5 Ka6 54. f3 Be3 55. Kf6 Kb6 56. Kg7 Kc6 57. Kxh7 Kd7 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. Bc3
Kd5 60. Bf6 Kc4 61. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Black "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. d3 Nec6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15. Nd1
Na5 16. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 cxd4 18. Bf4 d6 19. Nf2 Qb6 20. Rc1 Rb7 21. Ng4 Rf7
22. Kg1 Nb7 23. Bh6 Nc5 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxh6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qg5 Qc7
28. Ng4 Qf7+ 29. Ke2 Qf8 30. e5 d5 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qxh7+ Qg7 33. Qh4 g5 34.
Qf2+ Ke7 35. Qxd4 {Time.} 1-0

[Event "National Champs, SRHotel"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{Finally, victory over Mellace after a number of attempts.} 1. d4 d5 {
Mellace was obviously surprised after my first move as I am an inveterate 1.e4
player. After running into NM Brown's prep in round 3 I decided that I had to
start using my grey matter.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 ({
In post-game analysis I told Mellace that if he had played} 4... dxc4 {
and tried to hold onto the pawn I would have continued} 5. e3 b5 $5 6. a4 $1
$14) 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 (7... b5 $6 8. Bd3 $16) 8. O-O
$14) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bg4 {Diagram #} 15. Ne5 $1 {
Played after thinking for 9 minutes. I now had 72 minutes left on the clock.}
Bh5 {Mellace now had 60 minutes left on his clock having spent 19 minutes on
this move.} (15... Be6 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qf5 $14) 16. Rae1 Qc7 17.
g3 ({An interesting variation is} 17. f4 f6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. g4 $1 fxe5 20.
fxe5 Bxg4 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd8
26. Bxb7 Ne6 {and although White has the two bishops a draw is likely.}) 17...
Re7 18. Bf3 $5 ({I thought of keeping the tension with} 18. Re3 $5 {
but did not like} Rae8 $1 19. Rfe1 f6 $1 {although after} 20. Nc4 Bb4 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bg6 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 {
the position seems roughly equal.}) 18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21.
Qc3 {After this move I had 48 minutes on the clock. The not-so-subtle latent
threat is, of course, the mate at g7.} Ne6 {Black can now breathe easily but
Mellace had only 30 minutes left to make 19 moves and was obviously 
unfamiliar with the position.} 22. Re1 a5 {
threatening 23...b4 winning the exchange.} 23. a3 {Easily parried.} f6 24. Qc4
$1 ({I also thought of} 24. Nh4 $5 {but after} Ng5 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Nf5 (26.
Qxa5 $2 Qe2 $36 {with advantage to Black.}) 26... Qe2 27. Qc4+ Qxc4 28. bxc4
Bc7 $11) 24... b5 $1 25. Qd3 Qd8 26. Qf5 Qd7 {Diagram #} 27. Kg2 $4 {Distracted
by the pyrotechnics to my right in the Sveshnikov battle between Stuart James
and Damion Davy I lost my concentration and blundered, moving after a couple
of minutes. In some lines Black was threatening Nxe5 (indeed Mellace admitted
after the game that he was hoping to play this move!) and also to exchange
rooks with check and hence a tempo. I decided to prevent both possibilities
but noticed to my horror that I had dropped the queen.} (27. Rc1 $11 {
or even 27.Nh4 maintained the tension.}) 27... Nc7 $4 {Incredible! After
thinking for just one minute Andrew returned the blunder having apparently
already made up his mind to play the text-move and ofer the exchange of queens.
This understandably can happen when one has been on the defensivefor some time.
After the game I immediately showed him the poisonous} (27... Nf4+ $1 28. Qxf4
Bxf4 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. gxf4 Qe4 $19 {
and the fat lady can start clearing her throat to sing to the stars!}) 28. Qxd7
$1 Rxd7 29. Rc1 $1 {
winning a pawn. Black is now condemned to a cheerless defence.} Nd5 30. Rxc6
Bc7 31. Nd2 $1 Nb6 32. Rc5 $1 {
White is going to munch on the enemy queenside pawns.} b4 33. Rxa5 Nd5 34. Ra8+
$18 ({I also thought of} 34. Ra7 $5 $18) 34... Kf7 35. a4 $1 Nc3 36. Ra7 (36.
Nc4) 36... Ke6 37. Nc4 $1 {
With one minute left on his clock the National Master crumbles.} Kd5 $4 (37...
Bb8 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. Rb6 Ba7 40. Ne3+ $18) 38. Nb6+ {Ouch.} Bxb6 39. Rxd7+ Kc6
40. Rxg7 Bxd4 41. Rxh7 Ne2 42. Bxd4 Nxd4 43. Rh4 Kc5 44. Rxd4 Kxd4 45. h4 Kc3
46. a5 Kxb3 47. a6 Kc2 48. a7 {I was disappointed at the error on my 27th move
that "spoilt" the game but, in the final analysis, a win is a win.} 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daren Wisdom"]
[Black "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8.
cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O exd4 12. d3 Qe5 13. Na3 Bd6 14. g3
Bxa3 15. bxa3 Rb8 16. Qxf7 c6 17. Bc4 Nc3 18. Be6 Ne2+ 19. Kg2 c5+ 20. f3 Qc7
21. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Black "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{A tough draw against a talented and determined player. I had resolved to win
to prove Tournament Director Michael Ramsay wrong. Michael had said that I
could not beat his son who had improved tremendously (600 points in three
years!).} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
d6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a5 11. a3 Qe7 (11... Nc5 12. Bh3 Bc8 13. Bxc8
Qxc8 14. Qc2 Qg4 15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Nb5 a4 17. Be3 (17. Nxc7 Nb3 18. Be3 $1 Rac8
19. Nb5 Qd7 $1 (19... Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qd7 21. Qxa4 $14) 20. Qe2 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 f5
$132) 17... Rfc8 18. Rad1 $132) 12. Bd2 Ba6 (12... Nc5 $1 13. Qc2 (13. b4 $2
axb4 14. axb4 Nd3 15. Rf1 Nxb4 $17)) 13. Bf1 Rfc8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Bb7 16.
Qb3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Qb2 Nh5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ra1 Rxa1+ 22.
Qxa1 {Diagram #} f5 $2 ({
Black should have just sat on the position and see what White had in store.} 
22... Nhf6) 23. Nh4 $1 {I underestimated this move.} Qf6 (23... Nf4 $1 24. Qa6
$1 Nxd3 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. exf5 g5 27. Qxc6 gxh4 28. Qe4 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 hxg3+ 30.
hxg3 Nf6 31. Qf3 e4 $132) 24. Qa6 $1 {
White's control of the open file is deadly.} Bxe4 25. Bxe4 {
After the game I told Zachary that he should have kept the bishop. For example,
} (25. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qc8+ Nf8 29. Nxg6 f3 30. h4
$18 {and White looks unstoppable.}) 25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 Qe6 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28.
Qc6 (28. Nf3 Bf6 29. b5 Qg4 30. Kg2 Qxe4 31. Qxd7+ Bg7 32. Qxd6 Qxc4 33. Nxe5
Qe4+ 34. Nf3 $18) 28... Bf8 {Diagram #} (28... Nhf6 29. Be3 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 b5
31. cxb5 d5 32. Qc2 d4 $16) 29. c5 (29. Be3 Be7 30. Nf3 Kg7 31. Nfd2 Nhf6 32.
Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne4+ Kg7 34. Kg2 g5 35. Nc3 $18) ({
At the board I briefly considered for White the following shot -} 29. Bg5 $5
Kg7 (29... hxg5 $4 30. Nxg5+ $18 {and the queen is toast.}) 30. Bd8 Nhf6 31.
Nxf6 Nxf6 32. Bxb6 g5 33. Nf3 g4 34. Nd2 $18 {with White on top.}) 29... bxc5
30. bxc5 Nhf6 31. Nxf6+ Nxf6 32. Bb4 {Diagram #} ({
Very strong for White, as TD Ramsay opined after the game, was} 32. Qb7+ $1 Qe7
33. c6 Qxb7 34. cxb7 Nd7 35. Ng2 Kg7 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Nh4 Kf7 39.
fxe5 dxe5 40. Be3 g5 41. Nf5 Ke6 42. g4 Kd5 43. Ba7 Bc5+ 44. Bxc5 Kxc5 45. Nxh6
Kc6 46. Kf3 Kxb7 47. Ke4 Kc6 48. Nf7 Nf6+ 49. Kf5 $18) 32... g5 $2 (32... Qb3
$1 33. Qb7+ Bg7 34. cxd6 e4 35. Ng2 Nd5 36. h4 Nxb4 37. d7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6 $11
) 33. Nf3 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 {
After the queens leave the battlefield a draw was always the likely result.}
35. Ba3 dxc5 $1 (35... g4 $5 36. cxd6 $1 Bxd6 37. Bxd6 gxf3 38. Bxe5 h5 $14)
36. Nxe5 Bg7 37. Nc4 Bd4 (37... Nb4 38. Bc1 Bd4 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. Nxe3 Kg6 41.
Kf1 Kf6 42. Ng4+ Kg6 43. Ne3 h5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Ke6 47. Kf3
Nd3 $11) 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. f3 Ne3+ 40. Nxe3 Bxe3 41. Ke2 Bd4 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. h3
Bf2 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. Kd3 Ke5 46. Kc4 Kd6 47. Bc1 Be5 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Bd4
50. Bd2 h5 51. Bc1 Ke6 52. Bd2 Kf5 53. Kd5 Bf2 54. Bc1 Bg3 55. Kxc5 Bxf4 56.
Bxf4 Kxf4 57. Kd4 Kg3 58. Ke3 Kxh3 59. Kf3 Kh2 60. Kf2 h4 61. Kf3 Kh3 62. Kf2
Kh2 63. Kf3 h3 64. Kf2 Kh1 65. Kf1 h2 66. Kf2 {
A rare stalemate in the national championships!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "NM Mark Holness"]
[Black "Alain Morais"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. Qe4 Nf5 12. Kf2 dxe5 13. fxe5 O-O 14. g4 Nh6
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Kh8 17. Kg2 Nc6 18. Bf4 Ng8 19. Rd2 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21.
Nxf6 exf6 22. c3 Re8 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Be3 Qc6+ 26. Kg3 Rf8 27. Rf2
Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rf8 29. Qg2 Qa6 30. b3 Qd3 31. Qd2 Qe4 32. Qe2 Bh6 33. Re1 Bf4+
34. Bxf4 exf4+ 35. Kf2 Qxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Kg7 37. Re7+ Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. g5
Ke6 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. h4 b5 42. c4 b4 43. c5 Ke5 44. c6 Kd6 45. Kxf4 Kxc6 46. Ke5
1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 h5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ncd2 Rb8 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bd2 b4 14. Ng5 Bxb3 15.
axb3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Qg3 h4 18. Qf2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qb6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21.
Rc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bc7 Nxc7 24. Qxf7+ Kd7 25. Qf5+ Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27.
Rc7+ Kd6 28. Rc6+ (28. Qc5# {mates.}) 28... Kxc6 29. Qxe6+ Bd6 30. Rc1+ Kb6 31.
Qc4 Kb7 32. Qb5+ (32. Ra1 $1) 32... Ka8 33. Rf1 Rhe8 34. Qg5 Bg3 35. Qxg7 Re2
36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Qg5 Rd6 38. Qxh4 Rg6 39. g4 Rge6 40. Qd8 R2e5 41. Qxd4 a5 42.
Qc4 Rd6 43. d4 Rxd4 44. Qc6+ Ka7 45. Rf1 Bd6 46. Rf7+ Re7 47. Rxe7+ Bxe7 48.
Qc7+ Ka8 49. Qxe7 a4 50. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Phillip Pryce"]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxb7 Ke7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxa8 Nc6
15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 e4 17. Nd2 d3 18. Qa3+ Nb4 19. Nb3 Ke8 20. Qxa7 Nc2+ 21.
Kd1 Rxb3 22. axb3 Qxb2 23. Qa2 Qc3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 25. Kc1 Nxa1 26. Qxa1 Qxb3
27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh7+ Kd8 29. Qh8+ Kc7 30. Qb2 Qxc4+ 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2
Kd6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Kd2 Bc6 35. Ke3 g5 36. g3 g4 37. h4 gxh3 38. Rh1 Kf6 39.
Rxh3 Kg5 40. Rh8 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damion Davy"]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 a5 19. Nf1 Qb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
c3 22. b3 a4 23. b4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Qb5+ Qxb5 26. Rxb5 h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28.
Ng3 Rh3 29. Ra5 Bf8 30. Rxa4 Bh6 31. b5 Rb8 32. Rb4 Bf4 33. Nf1 Ke7 34. Rg1 Rh7
35. Ka2 d5 36. exd5 Kd6 37. Kb3 Kxd5 38. Ng3 Rxh2 39. Rd1+ Bd2 40. Nf1 Re2 41.
a4 e4 42. b6 Kc6 43. a5 Kb7 44. Ng3 Rf2 45. a6+ Kxa6 46. b7 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alain Morais"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 h6 12. Bh4 N6h7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. e5 Qh4 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Nd7 25. b4 Ne5 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Rd4 g5 28. Nc3 Kg6 29. Rad1 Re7 30. Rd8 b6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rb8 Nc4 33. a4 Ra7
34. Rdd8 Kf5 35. Ra8 Rb7 36. Rh8 Kg6 37. Rag8+ Kh5 38. Ne4 f5 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stuart James"]
[Black "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. Qh3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. f4 g5 14. fxg5 Nd7
15. g6 Bxh4 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Rhf1+ Kxe6 19. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Black "Damion Davy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb2 Bd5
15. Rfd1 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nfd7 17. Nce5 Qe8 18. Nc6 Nf6 19. Ng5 g6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onaje Lamont"]
[Black "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Be2 a6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. Rac1 Na5
15. Qc2 b5 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. a4 c6 18. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 bxc4 20. Ne5 Bd7 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. Qxc4 Be6 23. Qc1 Nxe4 24. Bxe7 Qxd4 25. Bh4 Qxb2 26. Qf4 Bd5 27.
Nxf7 Rf8 28. Qe5 Qd2 29. Rb1 Qc2 30. Nh6+ gxh6 31. Re1 Rxf2 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33.
Qh5 Nf6 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Ne4 36. a5 Rb8 37. h3 Kf7 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Rb2 Bc4
40. Rb4 Bd5 41. Rb6 Nc5 42. Bf2 Nd3 43. Be3 Re8 44. Bd4 Re2 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46.
Rg7 Ne1 47. Rg8 Rxg2+ 48. Rxg2 Nxg2 49. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Black "NM Mark Holness"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Rd1 Qg4 14. Nxd5 Qxe2
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxe2 O-O-O 17. Bf3 Be7 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Rdc1+ Kb8 20. a4 Bd7
21. b4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. b5 Rd6 25. Rdb1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc4 27. Rb3
Kc8 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rab1 Rc7 31. Bb6 Rc6 32. a5 f5 33. Rd1 Bd6
34. Rd4 Bc7 35. Rbd3 Bxb6 36. axb6 Kb8 37. Rd8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Rd6 e5
40. Rf6 f4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Kf3 Kd8 43. Kxf4 Ke7 44. Rh6 Kf7 45. Ke5 Kg8 46.
Rd6 Kf8 47. Kf6 Ke8 48. Kg7 h5 49. Kg6 h4 50. Kg5 Ra4 51. f4 h3 52. Rh6 Rb4 53.
f5 Kf8 54. Kg6 Rxb6+ 55. f6 Kg8 56. Rxh3 Rc6 57. Rd3 Rc8 58. Rd7 Rb8 59. Rg7+
Kh8 60. f7 1-0

[Event "National Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "Daren Wisdom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{DOING THE "HYPERMODERNISTS" PROUD! Daren Wisdom and I have developed a
healthy rivalry over the years. In our last encounter in the John Powell open
in January this year I emerged victorious in a topsy-turvy Ruy Lopez where I
had the white pieces. One of Jamaica's most exciting players, Wisdom has been
a candidate master for a couple of years, knocking on the door for his NM
title. I hated to be the one to halt his advance.} 1. Nf3 $1 {The exclamation
mark is given for the surprise element. After my victory with the white pieces
against NM Andrew Mellace in round five when I opened with 1.d4!? causing my
opponent to sigh (!), I had decided to vary my openings so as not to run into
similar "home cooking" that had caused me indigestion at the hands of chef NM
Equitable Brown in round 3 where I suffered a terrible defeat upon engaging in
an Open Ruy Lopez debate. Interestingly, I could not decide between 1.g3
(never played by me before) and 1.Nf3 but I selected Reti's opening after,
coincidentally, receiving an email earlier in the day from John Tobisch (my
long-time coach and a man with an encyclopaedic knowledge of chess) suggesting
this very move.} d6 2. d4 {I briefly thought of transposing into a variation
of the Pirc with 2.e4 but decided to stick to my guns and avoid the King's
pawn opening.} c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 ({White could have tried the interesting} 
4. Bg2 $5 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 {
with an advantage in development for the pawn.}) 4... e5 5. Nf3 ({Jamaica's Nei
l Fairclough, one of the Caribbean's legendary chess masters, and I considered
the "Sicilian retreat"} 5. Nb3 $5 {during post-game analysis.}) 5... f5 $5 {
Typical Wisdom who has also deployed the Dutch.} 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. c4 $1 {
To prevent any further pawn expansion in the centre of the battlefield with eg
7...d5!?} Nc6 8. Nc3 Be6 $5 {NM Fairclough did not like this move and told
Wisdom that it was probably better to have tended to the kingside first by
playing} (8... Be7 {I also agreed with Neil and suggested that Wisdom could
have given serious consideration to playing the bishop eventually to b7, a la
Hungarian SuperGM Peter Leko, to face its counterpart on g2.}) 9. b3 {
Simple. During the game when considering how to emerge from the opening with
any advantage, I was wondering whether to place my QBishop on b2 or keep it
along the c1-h6 diagonal with, for example, Bg5. Wisdom's Be6 and my last move
helped to determine the fate of the holy man who was to have an important role
in the proceedings.} Be7 ({If} 9... e4 $1 {
I had intended 10.Ng5 with interesting play.}) 10. Bb2 {As I told Fairclough
during our post-mortem, I smiled at the thought that Richard Reti and other
exponents of hypermodernism would have appreciated the position of the two
white religious men.} ({Nevertheless, the immediate} 10. O-O {
was, arguendo, more accurate.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O ({
More in the spirit of the position was} 11. Ng5 $1 {and if} Bf7 (11... Bd7 12.
Bd5+ $1 Nxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Qxf7 $16 {picks up the exchange.})
12. O-O e4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rad1 {with the advantage to White.}) 11... Qb6 {
Diagram #} 12. Nd5 (12. Ng5 $5 {came in for consideration.}) ({
also worthy of thought was} 12. Na4 {and if} Qa6 {then} 13. Ng5 $36 {
with the initiative safely nested within White's grasp.}) 12... Bxd5 13. cxd5
Nb4 14. Ng5 $1 {Diagram #} Qb5 15. a4 $1 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 (17. Ne6 Rxc1
18. Bxc1 Rc8 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd2 e4 21. Bh3 g6 22. Nf4 Qc5 $132 {
would have left the position very tense and pregnant with possibilities.})
17... e4 $2 {As Wisdom himself admitted after the game, this move was very bad.
Indeed, it can be seen that the Bb2 immediately gains more strength becoming
very influential along the a1-h8 diagonal.} ({Correct was} 17... Rxc1 {
and after} 18. Rxc1 Na2 19. Rc2 Qxb3 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rc7 $36 {
things are heating up.}) 18. Bd4 $5 $16 {I played this zwischenzug as I was
unsure of the strength of the immediate Ne6. Nonetheless, I was in no doubt
that although Daren was laying siege to the d5-pawn I had the initiative.} Qa5
19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {Diagram #} 20. Bxf6 $6 {Diagram # This dubious capture spoilt
my good work to date and eased up the pressure on Black. Wisdom's fascination
with the white d5-pawn had become contagious as I removed one of its
attackers! Correct was the following move over which I had agonised for
several minutes -} (20. Rc1 $1 {and after} Rb8 $1 ({not} 20... Rxc1+ $2 {
that seems to be losing to} 21. Qxc1 Qd8 (21... Nbxd5 $4 {runs into mate after}
22. Qc8+) 22. Ne6 Qe8 23. Qc7 Nfxd5 24. Qxb7 g6 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Qxb4 $18 {
and White is winning due, inter alia, to his passed pawn on the queenside plus
other trumps such as the two bishops and Black's unhappy-looking kingside.})
21. Ne6 $1 Qxd5 22. Qxb4 Qxe6 23. Bxa7 $14 {with advantage to White.}) 20...
Rc2 $4 {This loses on the spot. Necessary was} (20... Bxf6 {and after} 21. Bh3
$1 Re8 {any result is still possible.}) 21. Qf4 $1 $18 {Boooyakka!!!! Like
Jaws I now smelt blood! Wisdom's mistake allowed me a crucial tempo to begin a
direct attack against his king.} gxf6 $6 ({The more circumspect} 21... Bxf6 {
also lost to} 22. Qxf5 Bxg5 23. Bxe4 g6 24. Qxg5 $18) 22. Qxf5 $1 {
Even Wisdom's dark glasses could not mask his shock at this move.} fxg5 (22...
Qxd5 {fails to} 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bxe4 Qxg5 25. Bxc2 Nxc2 26. Qxc2 $18 {
and the exchange and a couple of pawns should be enough to walk through the
gates of glory!}) 23. Bxe4 {The point of the steed sacrifice. White assails h7
and will soon discover how, as Jamaicans say, "water walk go ah pumpkin
belly"!} Rc5 $4 ({The only defence was} 23... Qc5 $1 {although after} 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 25. Bg6 Qxd5 {guarding f7, White cleans up with} 26. Bxc2 $18 {
emerging the exchange and a couple of pawns up.}) ({"Chess pathologists",
Fairclough, FM Warren Elliott and young Rayon Walters considered the possible} 
23... Rc7 {, to guard f7 via x-ray, but this cannot avert mate after} 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 25. Qh6+ $1 (25. Qh8+ {also mates a couple of moves longer. For example,}
Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+) 25... Ke8 26. Bg6+ Kd7 27. Bf5+ Ke8 (
27... Kd8 28. Qh8+ Bf8 29. Qxf8#) 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Be6 Bd8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31.
Qf7#) 24. Qxh7+ {Wisdom curiously, and amusingly, offered a draw here!} Kf8 25.
Bg6 {and the funeral rites were pronounced as I continued my surge up the
tables with 3.5 from my last four games.} 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alain Morais"]
[Black "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "36"]

{THE BURDEN OF "LEADERSHIP" WAS TOO GREAT.    Entering the round tied in first
place with NM Equitable Brown, Candidate Master Alain Morais seemed confident
as he pushed his queen's pawn two squares. Alas, Caissa was not to be too kind
to him.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {Wilson essays his pet Queen's Gambit Declined.} 3.
Nc3 c6 4. e4 {A variation favoured by Morais.} Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5
cxd4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxd4 exd5 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Bh6 $1 {Diagram #}
Qxh6 $2 {This was a mistake. The calm} (12... Nd7 $1 {
kept a dynamic balance after} 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. Qxf6 Ngxf6 15. Nf3 Rdg8 $132)
13. Qxh8 f6 $5 {Entombing her majesty, at least temporarily.} 14. Bd3 $4 {
This gives away any advantage White might have. Better was} (14. b4 $1 Bb6 15.
Nf3 Qg6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 {
when Any result is still possible but Black seems to have the better position.}
) 14... d4 $1 {The only move really.} 15. b4 $2 {
A poor move. White should have gone in for} (15. Nge2 $1 {and after} dxc3 16.
Nxc3 Nd7 17. Qxh7 Qxh7 18. Bxh7 {
he is very much in the hunt with a rook and two pawns against two pieces.})
15... dxc3 $1 {Diagram #} 16. bxa5 $4 {Crowning a series of mistakes. the end
comes quickly after this tragic error. White can fight on after} (16. Rd1 {
or even 16.Nf3.}) 16... Qd2+ {Pow!} 17. Kf1 Qxd3+ 18. Ne2 Nc6 {and a wounded
warrior licked his wounds. Perhaps the burden of being in the lead proved too
weighty.} 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Phillip Pryce"]
[Black "Damion Davy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. e4 Qd7 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nc4 f6 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. a3 h5 12. b4 h4 13. bxc5 hxg3 14. fxg3 Bxc5+
15. Kh1 Rxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Rh8+ 17. Bh3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "NM Mark Holness"]
[Black "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{Holness avoided the KID but the Pirc got a result.} 1. d4 Nf6 {The last three
or so times I have had the black pieces against Holness I have been undefeated
including a crushing win, using the King's Indian Defence, in the 2005 Masters
Knock-out event. I was, therefore, optimisitc of my chances.} 2. Nc3 {
Mark is reluctant to renew our "KID" debate. Wise, on the one hand, a pity on
the other.} g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 {In round 6 of the tournament
Holness defeated the strong Candidate Master Morais who chose 5...c5!?} 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Bc4 Nxc3 (10... e6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12.
O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 O-O-O $5) 11. Qxc3 e6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 ({The hasty} 16... Nd5 $2 {loses material after} 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 {and the pin is telling.}) 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 (18...
Qe7 $5 19. Bc5 Qh4 20. Rd4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bd6 a6 $132 (22... Qd8 $132))
19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Diagram #} 20. Qd4 {True to character, being afraid of a fight
with the queens on the board, Holness offers his usual queen exchange.} ({
I thought that Holness would have played} 20. Qa5 $5 {and after} Qh4 21. Kh2
Bh6 22. g3 (22. Bxb6 $4 {loses to} Bxf4+ $19) 22... Qh5 23. g4 Qh4 24. Kg2 Nd5
25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxa7 Qe1 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Kf3 Qf1+ {Black has a perpetual.})
20... Qxd4 {I sighed in making this capture but I thought that it was
objectively the best move.} 21. Bxd4 {Markland "dougnik" Douglas, who was en
route to 8/8 in the President's Invitational event that was being played at
the same time and venues as the National Championships, told me that I was in
for a long night.} Bf8 (21... g5 $5 22. fxg5 Nd7 $1) 22. c3 h5 ({The strong
bitzer" NM Neil Fairclough, in post-mortem considered the immediate} 22... c5 {
but I had looked at this and did not like} 23. Bf2 c4 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Bxa7 Nxf4
26. Be4 {when I thought that White's chances on the queenside were superior
due to his pawn majority.}) 23. g3 Be7 $5 (23... c5 $5) 24. Be3 c5 (24... h4 $5
) 25. Kf2 a5 26. Kf3 Na8 27. Ke4 Nc7 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Ba4 b5 30. Bb3 c4 31. Bd1
{Diagram #} a4 {After this move I felt that Black was alright.} 32. Be3 Ke8 (
32... Nd5 $5 33. Bd4 h4 34. g4 g5 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Bc5+ Ke8 {
looks very good for Black as the steed is a "monster".}) 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Nd5 35. Bd4 a3 $1 {Very strong. I actually thought that this move was winning
but underestimated the riposte} 36. b3 (36. bxa3 $6 Bxa3 37. f5 Kd7 38. fxg6
fxg6 39. g5 Ke7 $132) 36... Bh4 $2 {Handing the initiative to White. After a
hard nine-hour day on the job before heading to the playing venue, the fatigue
started to kick in. Correct was} (36... b4 $1 {
the reason for playing a3 but I got sidetracked by a different idea.} 37. cxb4
Nxb4 38. bxc4 Nxa2 39. Ba4+ Kd8 40. Kd3 Nb4+ 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 g5 43. fxg5
Bxg5 {and a draw is still the likely result.}) 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Ba4+ {
I failed to appreciate the effect of this move when playing my 36th move.
White is going to win a pawn with the clear advantage as the bishops also gain
more scope.} Kd8 (38... Ke7 $1 {was good as White cannot win the a-pawn due to}
39. Bc5+ Kd8 40. Bxa3 $4 Nxc3+ $19) 39. Bc6 $1 $18 Ne7 40. Bb5 Be1 {The best de
fence. I realised that i had to play out of my skin and hope for some luck to
hold this position.} 41. Bxc4 ({I liked the immediate} 41. Bb6+) 41... Nc6 42.
Bb6+ Kd7 43. Bc5 Bxc3 44. Bxa3 g5 $1 {Diagram #} 45. Bb5 $2 {A weak continuatio
n indicating that the Montego Bay NM did not appreciate the winning plan.} ({
At the board I did not like} 45. Bc1 $1 {as after} gxf4 46. Bxf4 $18 {
White's a-passer is a real concern.}) 45... gxf4 46. Bxc6+ $2 {
One bad move usually follows another. White still had some pull after} (46. Bd6
$1 $16) 46... Kxc6 {After this capture I knew that I could not lose.} 47. Kxf4
Kd5 $1 48. Bd6 Bd2+ 49. Kf3 f6 (49... f5 {also worked.}) 50. Bc7 f5 $1 (50...
fxe5 51. a4 e4+ 52. Ke2 Bg5 53. Bb6 Kc4 54. Ba5 Bf6 55. Bd2 Kc5 $11) 51. gxf5
exf5 52. a4 Kc6 53. Bd8 Kd7 54. Bh4 Ke6 55. Bg3 Bc3 56. Ke3 Bxe5 {As the a-pawn
is within Black's "square" Holness finally acknowledged the inevitable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Daren Wisdom"]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 h5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qf3 f6 15.
Bd2 Bc5 16. Nd1 g6 17. h3 f5 18. b4 Be7 19. a3 f4 20. Ne2 Bh4 21. Nec3 Bg3 22.
Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nh2 24. Qe4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 O-O 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Kh7 28.
Bd3 Rac8 29. Nc3 f3 30. Be3 Qf6 31. Na4 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34.
Rg1 Ne5 35. Nc5 Nxd3 36. Qxd3 f3+ 37. Kh1 f2 38. Rf1 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. Kg2
Rxa3 41. Rxf2 a5 42. Ne6 axb4 43. Rf7+ Kh8 44. Nc7 b3 45. d6 b2 46. d7 Rd8 47.
Ne8 Rxd7 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Nxd7 b1=Q 51. Rf2 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Nxh7 Nc6 13. Nxf8 Qxd4 14. cxd4
Rxh5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 a6 17. Be2 Rh8 18. O-O Ne7 19. Rfc1 Kd7 20. Rab1
Rhb8 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Ba5 Rc6 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Rg3 Rg8
27. Bb4 Rcc8 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Ra5 Bb7 30. Kf1 Rac8 31. Bc5 Kc6 32. Rg6 Kd5 33.
Rg3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "NM Andrew Mellace "]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd5 Nc5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Bg3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Nb3 Nxe5 13. Nbxd4 Nxf3+ 14.
Nxf3 c6 15. Bb3 d5 16. c3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bg4 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne6 20. Qg4 g6
21. f4 Bf6 22. f5 Ng7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Kg2 Qc8 25. Qb4 Qd7 26. Re2 Rae8 27.
Rae1 Qf7 28. h4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. h5 gxh5 33.
Qf5 Kg8 34. Kh3 h6 35. f3 Bg5 {
Both players were down to less than a minute on the clock.} 36. Qc8 h4 37. Bf5
Kg7 38. Bxh4 Bxh4 39. Kxh4 Nd6 40. Qb8 Nxf5+ 41. Kh3 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh3
Qg3+ (43... Qh4+ 44. Kg2 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qg2+ 48. Kh4
Nf5+ 49. Kh5 Qg6#) 44. Qxg3+ Nxg3 45. Kxg3 c5 46. a4 Kf6 47. Kf4 a5 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "Kingston, Jamaica"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "Alain Morais"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson,Ian"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{I reached the board at about 6:08 pm, with six minutes off my clock having
been on my feet cross-examining a tough witness in a supreme court trial close
to 6 pm!! I had mixed feelings about my game against the diffident Morais who
was in search of another NM norm and I did not wish to be a fly in the
ointment. Alas, this was exactly what happened.} 1. e4 d6 {
Alain's beloved Pirc.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 {Damion Davy opted for 4.Be3
against Morais in the third round but lost in 33 moves after Alain responded
with 4...c6!? The 12th world champion played 4.g3!? and defeated the "Flying
Dutchman" after 4...Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nge2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.h3 Re8 10.Bg5
h6 1-0 (38), Karpov, A - Timman, J, Montreal (2), 1979.     At one of the most
famous tournaments of all time the 11th world champion played 4.f4 but went
down to the most enduring of grandmasters after 4...Bg7 5.Nf3 -00 6.Be2 c5 7.
dxc5 Qa5 8.0-0 Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Nd2 a5 0-1 (32), Fischer, R- Korchnoi, V,
Candidates Tournament (5), Curacao, 1962.} ({An interesting continuation was} 
4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4 $5 {a la the Chinese. In fact I played this variation against
Morais when we met in the 2007 President's Invitational tournament and a
hardfought draw resulted after about 50 moves allowing Morais to clinch the
title ahead of me.}) 4... Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 {Alain spent 18 minutes on
this move. I think that he was probably considering the merits of the
temporary sacrifice} (6... Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 {winning back the piece and after}
8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bd2
Qd7 {any result is still possible.}) 7. d5 {The principled continuation.} Nb8
8. Be3 c6 9. h3 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne2 {
Diagram # An interesting position has arisen. After seven minutes Morais played
} Bb7 (11... cxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 $1 (12... Nxd5 $2 {
is very bad in light of the strong riposte} 13. Be4 $1 {
when White looks to have a clear advantage. For example, after} Nc7 ({
the tempting} 13... Nxe3 {is simply met with} 14. fxe3 {
and White is winning material.}) 14. Bxa8 Nxa8 15. Bxa7 Nc6 16. Be3 Bxb2 17.
Rb1 Bf6 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc7 $16 {White is comfortably the exchange up.})
13. Bb5 Bb7 {would have led to approximate equality.}) 12. dxc6 $5 {I probably
should not have eased the tension in the centre so quickly. Nonetheless, after
the useful alternative} (12. c4 $5 bxc3 13. Nxc3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 {
Black seems alright.}) 12... Bxc6 13. Ng3 {
I was very comfortable with this position.} Nbd7 {Diagram #} 14. Qd2 $1 {
I liked this move that had the simultaneous threat of winning the b4-stray and
playing Bh6 to exchange the "latent scud missile" on g7 that is so often a
great defender for Black in the Pirc. Also worthy of considerationwas} (14. Nd4
$5) 14... Qb8 $6 {A dubious continuation to me. After the game I agreed with
NM Equitable Brown's suggestion that Morais should simply have played 14...a5
defending the pawn.} (14... Nc5 $1 {was also a strong option.}) 15. Bh6 Bxh6 {
This move cost Alain 16 minutes leaving him with only 26 minutes (of his
initial 90) to reach 40 moves and the first time control. Knowing his style I
doubted that he would make it and decided to complicate matters as much as
possible.} 16. Qxh6 {I had all of 67 minutes left after her majesty had lopped
off the holy man on h6.} Qb6 17. Qg5 Kh8 {A useful prophylactic I thought. I
had been calculating some possibilities of playing a timely Nf5 with the enemy
king on g8.} 18. Rfe1 {I had my longest think - 14 minutes - as I hatched a
number of plans, the chief of which involved drumming up an attack against the
enemy king.} Nc5 {Diagram # Refuting this anticipated move was the reason I
thought for so long before making my last move. Black's last move was not so
good though as it gave me the chance to develop a deadly initiative. Bearing
in mind what was to come, Black should arguably have gone in for a developing
move such as  18...Rac8 when a lot of chess is still to be played.} 19. e5 $1
Ne6 $6 (19... Bxf3 $2 {would have lost to} 20. exf6 Bc6 (20... exf6 {
worsens Black's plight after} 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Qxf3 $18 {
taking a piece to the bank.}) 21. fxe7 $18) ({Better than the move played was} 
19... Nfd7 $1 20. exd6 exd6 21. Qf4 $36) 20. Qh4 $1 $16 {
No retreat no surrender!} dxe5 $6 ({Strangely enough at the board I thought
that Alain's best move was the ugly-looking} 20... Ng8 $5 {
and Fritz seems to agree with me.}) 21. Nxe5 {In this position I was
considering sacrificing something on g6 due to the shaky position of the Ne6
and the h7-pawn being pinned.} Be8 {With only seven minutes left to make 19
moves, Alain was in dire straits especially as I felt my advantage growing
with each move.} 22. Ne4 {I settled on this as the best way forward after
ruminating for six minutes. I had thirty-four minutes left.} Qd4 $2 {On seeing 
this move I thought that Black was now in deeper, shark-infested waters after
I found} 23. Nf3 $1 Qd8 24. Nxf6 $18 {I had no doubt in my mind that this was
simply winning. For a couple of minutes before making my 24th move I debated
whether the move I played was better than} (24. Rad1 $1 $18 {which also looked
very strong as White invites the last piece to the dancehall vibes with a
multiplicity of threats.}) 24... exf6 25. Qxb4 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 $18)
25... Bc6 26. Qg4 $6 {
This dubious continuation eased up the pressure. I should have played} (26. Be4
$1 $18) 26... Qb6 (26... f5 $1 {with a lot of material still on the
battlefield Black has some chances to fight back after this suggested
alternative. If White responds} 27. Qg3 {then} f4 $1 {
making life much harder for White.}) 27. Rab1 Rad8 28. Bc4 f5 $1 29. Qg3 {
Diagram #} Bxf3 $2 (29... f4 {looked like the only real fighting chance.}) 30.
Qxf3 Nd4 31. Qc3 $1 {exploiting the pin.} Kg8 32. Rbd1 $1 (32. Re7 $5 $18 {
was also poisonous.}) 32... Nc6 33. Qf6 $1 {Taking aim at f7, so often the
Achilles heel for Black in many lines regardless of the opening. White was
fully smoking again.} Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qc5 35. b3 {
With twenty-two minutes left on my clock I essayed} Nb4 $4 {With only a minute
left the Meadowbrook past student makes the last error. More stubborn was} (
35... Na5 {but White should win going away after} 36. Bd5 $1 $18) 36. Rd7 {
Played almost immediately as the pressure against f7 became too great. My
opponent wistfully shook his head as his clock gave up the ghost. I was now
unbeaten in the last six rounds and had moved to 5/9 and fourth position.} 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Black "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 c5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. e5 Red8
15. Nd2 Nf8 16. f4 Rac8 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Rb8 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. d5 Qxd5 21. c4
Qc6 22. Nc3 Qh6 23. Rad1 Bg5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. g3 Bxg3
28. Rd3 Bh4 29. Bc1 g5 30. Qe4 b5 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nxe6 34.
Qd6 Rb6 35. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Ne7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Qb6 Qxb6 11. Bxb6 Bb4 12. e5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
Bc5 Re8 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Bd6 Ra8 17. g4 b6 18. Bc7 b5 19. Be4 Ra7 20. Bb6 Rb7
21. Bc5 Rc7 22. Bd6 Ra7 23. Bxc6 dxc6 24. Bc5 Ra8 25. g5 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bc8 27.
Rc7 Rd8 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Rd1 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Bb7 31. Bb6 c5 32. Rd7 Bd5 33. a3 c4
34. Kd2 h6 35. h4 Rb8 36. Rd6 Kh7 37. f5 Ra8 38. g6+ Kg8 39. gxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Rd7+ Kg8 41. Bd4 Rf8 42. fxe6 Bxe6 43. Re7 Bc8 44. e6 Rf4 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Rg6
(46. e7+ Ke8 47. Rg8+ Kxe7 48. Rxc8 $18) 46... Rf5 47. Bg7+ Ke7 48. Bxh6 Bxe6
49. Rg2 Bf7 50. Kc1 Bh5 51. Rd2 Re5 52. Bg5+ Ke6 53. Rd8 Kf5 54. Rh8 Bg6 55.
Rf8+ Kg4 56. Rf6 Bf5 57. a4 Re2 58. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 59. Kd1 bxa4 60. Rxa4 Rxc3 61.
Bd2 Bc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stuart James"]
[Black "NM Mark Holness"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nh3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf4 O-O 8. f3 Kh8
9. Qc2 Na6 10. c5 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nxd3+ 12. Nxd3 Bc7 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bd2
Bd7 16. O-O-O b6 17. h3 Qe7 18. Rdg1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nf2 bxc5 21. dxc5 e5
22. g3 Rab8 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Rb5 25. b4 a5 26. a4 Rbb8 27. bxa5 Ra8 28. a6
Rxa6 29. Bb4 Rfa8 30. Qh2 h6 31. Rg2 Rxa4 32. Bc3 Qxc5 33. Rc2 Qxe3+ 34. Kb1
Rb8+ 35. Bb2 Qa3 36. Kc1 Qe3+ (36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Qa1+ 38. Rb1 Qc3+ 39. Qc2
Qe3+ 40. Qd2 Rc4+ 41. Kd1 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qxh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Ba5 45. Qxa5
Qg1+ 46. Kd2 e3+ 47. Ke2 Qf2+ 48. Kd1 e2+ 49. Kd2 e1=Q+ 50. Kd3 e4#) 37. Kb1
Qa3 38. Kc1 Qe3+ 39. Kb1 Rab4 40. g5 Qd3 41. Kc1 Bb6 42. Re1 Be3+ 43. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 44. Kd1 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Qxb2 Qg1+ 47. Kc2 Qf2+ 48. Kb3 Qxb2+ 49.
Kxb2 exf4 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Damion Davy"]
[Black "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. g4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. f4 h6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. f5 Nc5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxg5 Nb7 17. Rdf1 e5 18. Bc4 Nd8 19. Qg2 $2 (19. h4 Ne6 20. Be3
Rb8 $132) 19... Bh3 $1 20. Qg3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bxg5+ 22. Qxg5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Rxh2
24. Bb3 (24. Qg6+ Kd7 25. Rg1 Kc7 $19) 24... g5 $4 (24... Rb8 $1 $19) (24...
Rh4 $5 $19) 25. Nd5 $1 $18 Rh4 26. Qf5 Qa7 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Nxf7 29. Qxf7+
Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, SR Hotel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onaje Lamont"]
[Black "Daren Wisdom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 c4 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Bd2 e5 6. e4 Bc5 7. Qe2 Qxb2 8. Rb1
Qxc2 9. Rc1 Qd3 10. Qxd3 cxd3 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bxd3 d6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O (
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxb5 $19) 15. Rb1 Rfc8 16. h3 Nc7 17. Nbc3 b6 18. Nd1 Nfe8
19. Ne3 g5 20. Ng3 Ng7 21. Nc2 h6 22. Nb4 f6 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Be3 h5 25. Bd2 h4
26. Ne2 Nh5 27. Ra1 Rg8 28. Kf1 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Ng1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32.
Nh3 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Phillip Pryce"]
[Black "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3
h6 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Bb2 b6 15.
Rfe1 Ba6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rd8 22. Qg4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bb7 24. Qg4 f5 25. Qg6 Qe7 26. h3 Be4 27. a3
Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. b4 Be7 30. f3 Ba8 31. Bd4 Bf6 32. c5 Bd8 33. a4 Bc7 34.
cxb6 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 a6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. fxg4 g6 40. g3
Ke7 41. Kd4 Kd7 42. Kc5 Kc8 43. b5 Bb7 44. a5 Kd7 45. Bf4 Bc8 46. bxa6 Bxa6 47.
Be5 Bb7 48. Kb5 Bc6+ 49. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alain Morais "]
[Black "Stuart James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 bxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bxc4 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Qc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. O-O c4 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 Be3
21. Rae1 Rd3 22. Re2 f5 23. Be5 Rhd8 24. Rfe1 f4 25. Bf6 R8d5 26. Bc3 h5 27. g3
h4 28. gxh4 gxh4 29. Kg2 Rg5+ 30. Kh3 Rg8 31. Rg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Kd7 33. Re2 Ke6
34. Kh3 Kf5 35. Kxh4 Rd6 36. Kh3 Rh6+ 37. Kg2 Rg6+ 38. Kh3 Rh6+ 39. Kg2 Rg6+
40. Kh3 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "NM Mark Holness"]
[Black "Onaje Lamont"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd6 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4
Qc6 15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe8 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne5
Rc8 21. Re3 Nd5 22. Rg3 c5 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Ng4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 (25. Nxh6 $1 f6 (
25... gxh6 $4 26. Qxh6#) 26. Rh3) 25... Rd8 26. Nxh6 Nf6 27. Qxd8 Qxd8 28. Rxd8
1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Daren Wisdom"]
[Black "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 (6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Nc3
Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Qe2 $16) ({Bad for White is} 6. Nxf7 $4 Kxf7 $19) 6... h6 7.
Nf3 (7. Nxf7 {, as I suggested after the game to Wisdom and Equi,} Kxf7 8. dxc6
{looks good for White.}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6 9. Bxb5 Bb7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. h3
Nd4 12. Be2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 e4 14. Ne1 Ba6 15. d3 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 exd3
18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Black "Damion Davy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nd7 14. Nf5 Ng6 15. Rg4
Nde5 16. Rg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nxh6+ Kh7 20. Nf5 Rh8 21. Rf1
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe7 23. e5 dxe5 24. d6 Qe6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rf6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Black "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{I joked out the middlegame after good work in the opening and gifted the
point to the rating favourite.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {NM Wilson heads for his pet
Closed Sicilian. In our last encounter two years ago I defeated Brandon with
the white pieces. The tournament's highest rated player was out for revenge.}
Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 {Diagram #} ({
Another day and with more energy I might have gone in for} 6... gxf5 $5) 7.
fxe6 fxe6 8. a3 d5 {A similar position arose in the first round game between
Brandon and 2007 national junior champion Onaje Lamont and a draw resulted
after 42 moves.} 9. Ba2 O-O {Onaje continued 9...c4!?} 10. O-O Ne5 {
Trying to improve the position of the pieces.} 11. d3 d4 12. Ne2 Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3
Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Qf1 Qe7 16. Qg2 Bd7 {Black has emerged with a
satisfactory position from the opening as, among other things, White's
kingside has been ruptured. Old demons returned to haunt me as, being aware of
other duties elsewhere, I started to rush the moves trying to leave the venue
quickly.} (16... b5 {deserved attention.}) 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. h4 Rf8 19. Rf1 Kg7
20. f4 h6 21. Bxf6+ Qxf6 {Diagram # Desperate to get cracking on some office
work I offered Brandon a draw here although I felt that I had the better
position with, inter alia, the more secure king.} 22. Qg3 {After thinking for
a while Brandon (on five points like yours truly) played on in pursuit of the
full point, hoping that Daren Wisdom would beat NM Equitable Brown (seven
points) to give him a sniff of a chance for the national title. That game was,
however, drawn meaning that Wilson could not catch Equitable.} (22. h5 Ne7 $11)
22... Kh7 23. Rf2 b5 $1 {With things in "suspended animation" for a bit on the
kingside I decided that I should play on the other flank. After this move I
felt that the initiative was in my grasp.} 24. Nc1 {White has nothing and is
in search of a plan including improving the steed's position.} a5 ({
I considered, and should have played,} 24... e5 $1 {and after} 25. fxe5 (25.
Ne2 a5 26. Bd5 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. fxe5 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31.
Kxf2 Kg7 32. Nf4 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ba4 34. b3 Bd7 $14) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27.
Kxf2 Nxe5 $11 {a draw looks likely.}) 25. Nb3 Qe7 26. Nd2 {
Diagram # Brandon had 36 minutes on his clock here.} ({
If my opponent had played} 26. e5 {I had intended} c4 $1) 26... a4 $6 {
Continuing to hurry, I played this dubious move after just one minute's
thought when I had all of sixty-three minutes left on my clock, almost 30
minutes more than Wilson. After the game I told Brandon that I should have
played} (26... e5 $1 {but, at the board, I did not like} 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5
Qg7 29. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 30. fxg6+ Kg7 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. h5 $1 {
although Black should still draw after} Ne7 $1 $11) 27. e5 $1 {This move is
highly unpleasant as I saw that the enemy knight was headed for f6. Life is
amazing. In yesterday's 9th round after I played 19.e5! against Morais I knew
that I was winning. I thought that after Brandon played this move my position
had become critical. As Jamaicans say "today for me tomorrow for you"!} Na5 $2
{A bad plan. Hoping to liquidate as many pawns as possible on the queenside in
anticipation of giving up the exchange on f6. Arguably, I should have
regrouped with} (27... Nd8 {but White looks firmly on top in the line -} 28.
Ne4 Bc6 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Re2 b4 32. Bc4 bxa3 33. bxa3 $16) 28.
Ne4 $1 {The steed eyes the juicy f6 real estate.} b4 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 $8 {
The only move. I did not hesitate for even a second.} (29... Kg7 $4 {
is met with the internecine} 30. f5 $1 $18 {
when the dolly house will soon tumble down.} ({I also looked at} 30. h5 $5 {
and White has a crushing position in the variation} Rxf6 (30... Be8 $5 {
also loses after} 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 33. f5 $1 $18 {
and the pawns form a battering ram assailing the beleaguered g6 territory.})
31. exf6+ Qxf6 32. Rg2 $1 $18 (32. axb4 $5 $18))) 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. f5 {
It comes anyway.} gxf5 32. Qc7 Qe7 33. Qxa5 {
I saw that my only hope was a sniff of a perpetual.} Qxh4 34. Qc7 $1 (34. Qxc5
$4 {gives me an immediate draw after} Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 34...
Qg4+ 35. Kf1 {Diagram #} Qh3+ $2 ({Black's hopes lay in} 35... Qd1+ $1 36. Kg2
Qg4+ 37. Qg3 $1 {I saw this move and this is why I checked on h3 instead of d1.
Fritz, however, shows that there was more in the position and that I might
have missed a draw! For example,} (37. Kh1 Qh3+ 38. Qh2 $4 {
is a terrible mistake in this line due to} Bc6+ $1 $19 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Rg2
Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qxc2+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Bxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Qc1+ 46.
Kf2 b3 $19 {wins for Black!}) 37... Bc6+ $1 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Qh3 Qd1 $1 {
The queen check at h1 is threatened.} 40. Qf1 ({
one way for White to play on for the win was} 40. Qh4 $5 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42.
Kf4 Qe1 43. Qg3 b3 44. cxb3 $5 $16 Bd5 45. bxa4 Bxa2 46. Rg2 $1 {whether Wilson
would have found these moves with dwindling time is another matter.}) 40...
Qh5+ 41. Qh3 Qd1 $11) 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 37. Re2 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Bxe6 bxa3 40.
bxa3 Bc6 41. Qf7+ {My six-game unbeaten streak was at an end as I fell to an
even score and the middle of the standings in the 12-man field. Wilson moved
to joint third with Stuart James (who drew with Alain Morais) on 6/10.} 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Damion Davy"]
[Black "Daren Wisdom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 Rf8 7. Nc3 Bxf2+
8. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 9. Ke1 Nxg5 10. d4 Rf5 11. Qg4 Kf6 12. Bxg5+ Rxg5 13. Ne4+ Kg6
14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onaje Lamont"]
[Black "Alain Morais"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. g3 Nxf4 8. gxf4
Qc7 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Qc2 e6 12. Rc1 b5 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15.
Kf1 O-O 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. b3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Qc7 Qd2 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2
Nd6 22. Nc5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nf5 24. Bxa6 Bxa6+ 25. Nxa6 Ra8 26. Nc5 Rfd8 27. Ke2
1-0

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Black "Zachary Ramsay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Qh4 d5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. b4 e4 15.
O-O exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ng6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qd4 Ndxe7 21.
Nd6 Nf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Qd3 Nf4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Rfe1 Qg6 27. f3
Nh4 28. Rd6 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ian Wilkinson"]
[Black "Phillip Pryce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "100"]

{I just could not play chess today for physical reasons but could not bring
myself to offer an early draw. Nonetheless, congrats to young Phillip who
salvaged his tournament with some good results in the last few rounds.} 1. d4 {
This move surprised my opponent against whom I had played 1.e4. in the past.}
d5 2. e3 c6 3. Nf3 f5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. Ndf3 Nbd7 8. c4 Ne4
9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re1
$2 {Diagram #} (15. b4) 15... Nxf2 $1 {I saw this shot as soon as I had moved.}
16. Bf1 Qh5 17. Re2 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 $4 {
Absolutely forgetting that the rook would hang.} (18. Kh1) 18... Qxe2 19. Qb3
f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Nf1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Qxf3
Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rb3 27. Rc2 Rf8 28. Nd2 Rd3 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nf1 (30. Bg4) 30...
Rxh3 31. Kxh3 Rxf1 32. Rc7 Bc6 33. b4 a6 34. a4 Rb1 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rxb5
37. Re7 Rb4 38. Kg3 Rxd4 39. Rxe6 Re4 40. Rd6 d4 41. h4 Kg7 42. h5 Kf7 43. Rh6
d3 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Rh6 Rd4 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Re6 d2 48. Re7+ Kh8 49. Rf7 d1=Q
50. Rf8+ Kg7 {a poor display with the white pieces.} 0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stuart James"]
[Black "NM Brandon Wilson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
Bd3 Bc6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Bb5 Bxe4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5
exd5 15. Kd2 Kd7 16. Rae1 Rhe8 17. g4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Ke3
Kd7 21. Ne1 b6 22. Nd3 Kd6 23. f4 h6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5+ Ke6 26. c4 c5 27.
cxd5+ Kxd5 28. h4 b5 29. h5 c4 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 a5 32. Kd3 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4
34. Kc3 Ke4 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Kxe5 37. Kb4 Kf5 38. h6 gxh6 39. gxh6 Kg6 40.
Kxa4 Kxh6 41. Kb4 Kg5 42. Kc4 Kf4 43. Kd3 Kf3 44. Kd2 Kf2 45. Kd3 f5 46. Kd4 f4
0-1

[Event "Natl Ch, NMLS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "NM Equitable Brown"]
[Black "NM Mark Holness"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{A TITANIC STRUGGLE FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE! This was the stuff of which real
drama is made. NM Equitable Brown entered the final round unbeaten on 7.5
points (5 wins and 5 draws), a point ahead of his closest rival, NM Mark
Holness, who was having his best showing in a national championships with five
wins, three draws and two losses . Brown only needed a draw to claim his first
national title while Holness had to win to force a play-off for the title. The
pundits were having a field day while Brown cagily paced the playing hall
awaiting the presence of his adversary who arrived at the board with about
twenty minutes gone off his clock. Having the regard to the time trouble in
which each player found himself in the encounter, Holness was to rue this
precious loss of time which might have proved useful at crucial points when he
went wrong. En garde!!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {Holness, who customarily
deploys the Dutch Defence, sagaciously avoids it to sidestep Brown's
preparation and enters Queen's Indian territory.} 4. a3 {The Hungarian
challenger chose 4.g3 and a peace treaty was signed fairly quickly in the
rarified atmosphere of the world championship after 4...Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
Be7 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2 (16) Leko, P - Kramnik,
V, Wch (9), Brissago, 2004. In game eleven of the said match (that also ended
in a draw after sixteen moves!) Leko preferred 5.Qa4 to which Kramnik
responded 5...Bb7.} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5
10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Bf4 a6 16.
a4 Ra7 17. Rab1 Qa8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rdc1 Bd8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Qe3 Qb8 22. Nd6 $2
{Diagram # This looks bad as it loses material. Correct was} (22. e5 $1 {
with what looks like a slight plus for White due, inter alia, to his having
more breathing room and better placed troops.}) 22... Bxd6 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.
Bxd6 Qc6 $1 {Holness has played well so far in the middlgegame, having emerged
from the opening with a decent position, and goes in search of the initiative,
the Holy Grail of chess. Black attacks the bishop on e5 and the a4 pawn
simultaneously. Something has to give.} 25. e5 Qxa4 26. d5 Ra8 27. f4 Rc8 28.
f5 Qa2 ({Each player has to be careful in the variation -} 28... exd5 29. e6
fxe6 30. fxe6 Nf6 31. Qxb6 Qe4 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Re1 Qg6 34. Qb7 Ne4 35. Be5 Ng5
$17) 29. Rc1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. dxe6 $4 {Diagram # another mistake by the
tournament leader. This time a more costly one that hands a winning position
to Holness. Nerves were beginning to get the better of the Celestial one.
Correct was} (31. fxe6 fxe6 32. dxe6 {with a roughly equal position.}) 31...
Qb1+ $1 {The Montego Bay-based NM finds the right refutation!} 32. Kf2 Qxf5+
33. Kg1 Qxe6 $19 {
Just like that Mark has emerged two pawns up with an overwhelming position.}
34. Qd3 a5 35. Qa6 h6 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Qg6 38. Qc7 Qf5 39. h3 h5 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qf5 42. Qc8 Kg6 43. Qc6 Kh7 (43... f6 44. exf6 Kxf6 $1 45. Ba3+
Kf7 46. Qc4+ Qe6 47. Qf4+ Nf6 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qg3+ Kh7 $19) 44. Qc8 g6 45. Qc3
Qe6 46. Qc7 Kg7 47. Qc3 Kh6 48. Qc1+ Kh7 (48... g5 $1) 49. Qc7 a4 50. Qa7 f6 (
50... b5) (50... Nxe5 51. Bxe5 Qxe5 52. Qxa4 Qe1+ $19 {
looks headed for the pot of gold.} (52... b5 $5 $19)) 51. Qxa4 fxe5 52. Bb4 e4
53. Bc3 Qf5 54. Kh1 Kg8 55. Qc4+ Kf8 56. Qc8+ Ke7 57. Bb4+ Kf6 58. Qc6+ Kf7 59.
Qc4+ Qe6 60. Qd4 e3 61. Qf4+ Ke8 62. Qf3 e2 63. Qa8+ Kf7 64. Qf3+ Kg7 (64...
Kg8 65. Be1 Nc5 $19) 65. Bc3+ Kh7 66. Kh2 Qd6+ 67. g3 Qe6 68. Qa8 Ne5 69. Qb7+
Kh6 70. Kg2 {Diagram #} Qc6+ $4 (70... Qf6 $1 {
was crushing for Black. For example,} 71. Bd2+ g5 72. Qe4 Qf1+ 73. Kh2 Nf3+)
71. Qxc6 Nxc6 {After the queens leave the battlefield, Black's winning chances
have been reduced considerably, particularly as White's sole remaining piece
has "long-range powers".} 72. Kf2 b5 73. Kxe2 Kg5 74. Kf3 b4 75. Bb2 Na5 76.
Ke4 Nc4 77. Bc1+ $1 Kf6 78. Kd5 $1 {
This move clearly secured the draw as the demise of Black's passer is imminent.
} Na5 ({After the game I told Equi that I preferred} 78... Na3 $1 79. Kc5 Nc2
80. Kc4 Kf5 81. Kd3 Na3 $17) 79. Bd2 {The footsoldier ist kaput!} Nb3 80. Bxb4
$11 {Diagram # Brown heaved a huge sigh of relief appreciating that this
capture ensured that the national title was his for the first time!} Kf5 {
Although Holness tried for close to another hour he could not change fate.} 81.
Bd6 Nd2 82. Kd4 Nf3+ 83. Ke3 Ng1 84. h4 Kg4 85. Kf2 Nf3 86. Bf4 $2 {Diagram # T
ime pressure and tension extracted another mistake from Brown. The right
defence was} (86. Ke3 $1 Nxh4 87. gxh4 Kxh4 88. Kf4 $11) (86. Kg2 $5 {
also looks drawn.}) 86... Nxh4 $1 {
Holness wins a pawn as the game again seesaws!} 87. Bb8 Nf5 88. Bc7 Ng7 89. Be5
Ne6 90. Kg2 {Looking on I thought that Black's best chance to win was to try
and wrest control of g2 away from White.} Nc5 91. Bb8 Nb3 92. Bc7 Nd4 93. Bb8
Nc2 94. Ba7 Ne1+ 95. Kf2 Nf3 96. Bb8 Nd4 97. Kg2 Kf5 98. Kf2 Ke4 99. Ba7 Ne6
100. Bb8 g5 101. Ba7 Ng7 102. Bb8 Ne8 103. Ba7 Nf6 104. Bb8 g4 105. Ba7 Kd3
106. Bb8 Ne4+ 107. Kg2 Ke3 108. Ba7+ Ke2 109. Bb6 Nc3 110. Bc7 Nd1 {Diagram #}
111. Bb8 Ne3+ $1 {Brown was losing control of the treasured g2-square. White's
position was becoming critical.} 112. Kg1 Kf3 $1 113. Bc7 Nf5 114. Kh2 Kf2 115.
Bb6+ {Diagram #} Kf3 $2 {
Holness again missed his chance for victory. Black wins after} (115... Ne3 $1
116. Kh1 Kf3 $1 117. Bc7 Nf1 $1 {
and the g-pawn falls as the Nf1 prevents the white king from returning to h2.})
116. Bc7 Ne3 117. Kg1 Ke2 118. Bb8 Kf3 119. Bc7 Nf5 120. Kh2 Ne3 121. Kg1 Nf5 {
and in this position, after 121 moves at approximately 7:30 pm, 6 1/2 hours
after the combatants started this grandiose struggle, Equitable Celestial
Brown stopped the clock, summoned the arbiter, Michael Ramsay, andsuccessfully
claimed a draw by repetition after indicating that he intended to play 122.
Kh2. He was then applauded by the spectators for winning his maiden title
after an unbeaten campaign! Coincidentally, "Equi" scored 8 points to win the
title, the same number of points he scored in last year's championships when
he finished second to FM Warren Elliott who scored 8.5 points. Congratulations
too to NM Holness for making the most important game of the championships a
very competitive one.} 1/2-1/2

