The 2020 Championship Tournament has been completed.

 

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Games in PGN
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Demmery,Steve (2228) – Zoccano,John (1896) [D17]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5
8.e3 Bb4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Bd3 g6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Na2 Bd6
14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nc3 b5 16.Bd2 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Nd5 18.f3 Nb4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4
20.e4 fxe4 21.fxe4 Rad8 22.Bc2 Kg7 23.Rfd1 c5 24.d5 Ne5 25.Kf2 c4
26.h3 b5 27.Nc3 Bc5+ 28.Ke2 b4 29.Na4 Bd6 30.b3 c3 31.Nb6 Rfe8 32.g4 f5
33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Ra7+ Kh6 35.Rf1 Bc5 36.Rb7 Rd6 37.Na4 Rc8 38.Nxc5 Rxc5
39.Rxf5 Ng6 40.Rxb4 1-0

Gajiwala,Priyand – Phares,Adam (1895) [C02]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (1)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.dxc5 Qc7
8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Nxc6 10.b4 a5 11.Qb3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13.Be3 axb4
14.Qxb4 Qc7 15.0-0 Be7 16.Na3 0-0 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Qxb5 Ra5 19.Qb6 Qxb6
20.cxb6 Rc8 21.a4 Rc4 22.g3 Rcxa4 23.Rxa4 Rxa4 24.Bd4 Bd6 25.f4 f6
26.Re1 Kf7 27.Kf2 Ra5 28.Rc1 e5 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.Be3 Bc5 31.Rd1 Ra2+
32.Kf3 e4+ 33.Kf4 g5+ 34.Kxg5 Bxe3+ 0-1

Phares,Adam (1895) – Demmery,Steve (2228) [A14]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (2)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7
8.d3 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Qd7 12.Bb2 d4 13.Bxb7 Qxb7
14.e4 dxe3 15.fxe3 Qd7 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6
20.Ng5 Qe5 21.Nf3 Qd6 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.dxe4 Qe5
26.Qf3 f6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Qxe4+ 30.Kf2 Qf5+ 31.Kg2 e5
32.Qd5+ Kh7 33.e4 Qg4 34.Qd3 h5 35.h3 Qg5 36.a4 h4 37.g4 Qf4 38.Qf3 Kh6
39.Qd3 Kg5 40.Qf3 g6 41.Qd3 Qc1 42.Qf3 Qd2+ 43.Kh1 Qf4 44.Qe2 Qc1+
45.Kg2 Qc3 46.Qf2 Qc1 47.Qe2 Qf4 48.Kh1 Kh6 49.Qd3 Qf2 50.Qd1 Qe3
51.Qd8 Qxh3+ 52.Kg1 Qxg4+ 53.Kf1 Qf3+ 54.Kg1 h3 55.Qd2+ g5 56.Kh2 Kh5 0-1

Zoccano,John (1896) – Gajiwala,Priyand [D00]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (2)

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 h6 5.h3 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6
8.0-0 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.c3 0-0 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.Nf3 Qe6
14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Bxf5 Qxb2 16.Qc2 Qa3 17.Qb3 Qa6 18.Rfb1 b6 19.Qb5 Qxb5
20.Nxb5 c6 21.Nd4 g6 22.Bd3 Rfc8 23.a4 Nd7 24.Be2 Nc5 25.c4 dxc4
26.Bxc4 Rab8 27.Be2 h5 28.Bf3 1-0

Demmery,Steve (2228) – Gajiwala,Priyand [D21]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (3)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Qxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.a3 Bxc3+
8.Qxc3 h6 9.e3 0-0 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Qd6 12.Be2 Re8 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Nd5
15.Qd2 Nf6 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.e4 Qb6 19.Ne5 Bb5 20.Bb1 Nc6
21.Nf3 a5 22.d5 exd5 23.Bxf6 dxe4 24.Bd4 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 axb4 26.Qxb4 Bc6
27.Qxb6 cxb6 28.Nf5 Rcd8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Nxc6 bxc6 32.Bxe4 c5
33.Kf1 g6 34.Bc6 Rd6 35.Bb5 f5 36.a4 Kf7 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Rc3 g5 39.Rd3 Rd4
40.Rxd4 cxd4 41.f4 gxf4 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Bd3 h5 44.h4 1-0

Phares,Adam (1895) – Zoccano,John (1896) [A11]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (3)

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Qb3 Qb6 5.Qxb6 axb6 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.cxd5 cxd5
8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Nxd7 Nbxd7 11.d4 e6 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.0-0 0-0
14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.a3 Be7 16.f3 Rc7 17.Na4 Rac8 18.Rxc7 Rxc7 19.Rc1 Rxc1+
20.Bxc1 Bd8 21.Bd2 Nb8 22.Kf2 Nc6 23.Ke2 Kf8 24.Kd3 Na7 25.Bb4+ Be7
26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.Nc3 Ne8 28.Bxe8 Kxe8 29.Na4 b5 30.Nc3 b4 31.axb4 Nc6
32.Na2 f5 33.Kc3 b5 34.Nc1 Kd7 35.Nd3 Kd6 36.Nc5 Ne7 37.Nd3 Ng6 38.g3 Ne7
39.Kd2 Nc6 40.Ke2 g6 41.h3 Ke7 42.g4 Kf6 43.Kf2 fxg4 44.hxg4 g5 45.Ke2 h6
46.Kd2 Ke7 47.Kc3 Kf6 48.Ne1 Na7 49.Nc2 Ke7 50.Na3 Kd6 51.Kd3 Ke7
52.e4 Kd6 53.e5+ Ke7 54.Kc3 Kd7 55.Nc2 Ke7 56.Ne3 Kf7 57.Nf1 Nc6
58.Ng3 Nb8 59.Kb3 Nc6 60.Kc3 Nb8 61.Nh5 Nd7 62.Kd3 Ke7 63.Ng3 Nb8
64.Ne2 ½-½

Gajiwala,Priyand – Demmery,Steve (2228) [B13]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (4)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.a3 Nc6
9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Rc8 11.Nxc6 Rxc6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Ng3 0-0 14.c3 b5 15.Bg5 Qd7
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nh5 Be7 18.Nf4 Bd6 19.Nd3 Rb8 20.Re1 a5 21.Ne5 Bxe5
22.Rxe5 Rc4 23.Qd2 Qc7 24.Re3 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.g3 bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3
28.Qxc3 Qxc3 29.bxc3 g5 30.Ra2 Rc8 31.Rc2 Kg7 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.h3 h5 34.Kf3 Rc4
35.g4 f5 36.Kg3 fxg4 37.hxg4 h4+ 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Kg2 e5 40.dxe5+ Kxe5 41.f3 Kd6
42.Kf2 Ra4 43.Rd2 Ke5 44.Re2+ Kd6 45.Rd2 Kc5 46.Ke3 Ra3 47.Rd3 Ra4 48.Rd2 Rf4
49.Ke2 Kc4 50.Kf2 h3 51.Kg3 h2 52.Rxh2 Kxc3 53.Rh5 d4 54.Rxg5 Rf8 55.Rd5 d3
56.g5 Kc4 57.Rd6 Rf5 58.f4 Rd5 59.Rxd5 Kxd5 60.Kf3 Kc4 61.Kf2 Kc3 62.Ke1 Kc2
63.g6 d2+ 0-1

Zoccano,John (1896) – Phares,Adam (1895) [A40]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (4)

1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 a5
8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 Bg5 12.Bg3 d5 13.c4 Na6
14.Bg4 Qe7 15.a3 c5 16.Be5 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qb3 Rab8
19.Qc3 cxd4 20.Qxd4 e5 21.Qc3 d4 22.Qc2 d3 23.Qc3 Nc5 24.b4 Ne6
25.bxa5 bxa5 26.Qxa5 Ng5 27.Rab1 h5 28.Rb6 Bc6 29.Bd7 Rxb6
30.Qxb6 Bxd7 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.h4 Ne6 33.Nxe4 f5 34.Nd2 Rb8 0-1

Gajiwala,Priyand – Zoccano,John (1896) [B13]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (5)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Qb6 5.b3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c3 e6
8.Be2 Nf6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Be7 13.0-0 0-0
14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Rfc8 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.Rfd1 Rac8
20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qc7 22.Qd4 Qa5 23.Rdc1 Rc6 24.a4 Rdc8 25.c4 b6
26.Rd1 Rc5 27.Rab1 Qb4 28.cxd5 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 exd5 30.Rbd1 Kf8 31.b4 Rc4
32.Rxd5 Rxb4 33.R5d4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Ke7 35.Kh2 Rc5 36.f4 Ke6 37.Rd6+ Ke7
38.Rd4 Ke6 39.Rd6+ ½-½

Demmery,Steve (2228) – Phares,Adam (1895) [A40]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (5)

1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.h3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.Bf3 d5 7.Nd2 Bd6
8.Ne2 Qe7 9.0-0 0-0 10.c4 c6 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.cxd5 cxd5
14.Nf4 Ba6 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 g5 17.Nd3 Rac8 18.Nf3 h6 19.Nfe5 Kg7
20.Rc2 Qb8 21.Rfc1 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rfe8 23.b4 Qb7 24.b5 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Re7
26.f3 Ne8 27.Nc6 Rc7 28.e4 Nd6 29.exd5 exd5 30.Qe2 Nf7 31.Qe6 Qc8
32.Qxd5 Qd7 33.Qc4 a6 34.a4 axb5 35.axb5 Nd6 36.Qd3 Qf7 37.d5 f4
38.Re1 Qf5 39.Qd4+ Kh7 40.Qxb6 Rb7 41.Qc5 Nxb5 42.Na5 Rb8 43.Re6 Qf8
44.Re7+ Kg8 45.d6 Nxd6 46.Qxd6 Rd8 47.Qg6+ 1-0

Zoccano,John (1896) – Demmery,Steve (2228) [A41]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (6)

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6 4.h3 Nd7 5.e3 e6 6.c3 Ne7 7.Bc4 a6
8.Nbd2 0-0 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bh2 d5 13.Bd3 f5
14.b4 Nc8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ne7 18.f4 c5
19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.Qe2 Nc6 22.Red1 Qc7 23.Bc2 Rab8
24.Rab1 Bc8 25.Bb3 c4 26.Ba2 Bd7 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Qc2 Na5
29.Nd4 Nb7 30.Ra1 Nc5 31.Bb1 Qa5 0-1

Phares,Adam (1895) – Gajiwala,Priyand (1685) [A13]
2020 London Ch-A Candidates (6)

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.d4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6
8.0-0 h6 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.e4 Bb4 12.Re1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bxe4
14.Rxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c6 16.Rb1 Nf6 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Qb3 b6 19.Ne5 Nd5
20.c4 Nf6 21.Ba3 c5 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Qf3 Rc8 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Rb7 1-0

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