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(2014-09-01)
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[Event "8, GLC Masters London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Burns_Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. b4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. f4 Nf6 (5... Bxb4 $4 6. Bxg7 dxc4 7.
Bxh8 $18) 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Ba2 $17) 9.
O-O Nbd7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 $15) 10. Ne5 (10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Nxf5
exf5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. d4 Bg5 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nb6 15. Be2 (15. Nd2 $5 $15) 15... Qd5 $17 16. Nd2 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1
Rfd8 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Rff1 Rab8 21. a4 Nd5 22. b5 Ne3 23. Rf2 Nc2 24. Rd1 Ne3
25. Ra1 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Raf1 Bh5 28. Ba3 Be3 29. Ra2 Rd5 (29... Bxd4 $6
30. Bd6 Bb6 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rc2 $15) 30. Bc5 (30. bxc6 $5 bxc6
31. Rb2 $17) 30... cxb5 $19 31. Re1 Bg5 32. a5 a6 33. g3 Bf3+ 34. Kg1 Rd7 35.
Bd6 Re8 36. Nc5 Rdd8 37. Rc2 Be7 38. Bxe7 Rxe7 39. Kf2 Bd5 40. Rec1 f6 41. exf6
Rf8 42. Ke3 Rxf6 43. Ne4 Rf8 44. Rc7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7 Rf1 46. Nc5 b4 47. Rc8+ Kh7
48. Nd3 (48. Nd7 b3 49. Nf8+ Rxf8 50. Rxf8 b2 $19) 48... b3 49. Kd2 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Morris, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8.
c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Na5 12. Be2 c5 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Nc3 a6
15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd4 Qe5
21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Rac1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bxe4 25. f4 Bf6 26. Ba3 Rd8
27. Rc1 (27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kf2 Bd5 $11) 27... h6 28. Bb4 Rd7 29. Bg4 Rd8 30.
Rc7 g6 31. Be2 Bd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Bb3 (33... g5 $5 $11) 34. a5 Bd5 35. Bf3
Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Rb8 37. e4 b6 38. Bd6 {White plans e5} Bd8 (38... bxa5 39. e5 Bd8
40. Rd7 Rb3+ 41. Ke4 $16) 39. Rd7 (39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Be5+ Kf8 41. axb6 Bxb6 42.
Rxa6 Bc5 $18) 39... Rc8 40. e5 Kg8 41. Rxd8+ Rxd8 42. axb6 Rd7 43. Ke4 (43. Ke4
Rb7 44. Bc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. a3 Ba5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qb3 Rad8 13. Nc3 (13. Qxb7 $4
Rb8 14. Be5 Rxe5 $19 (14... Nxe5 $143 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qd4 $19)) 13... Bxc3 14.
Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. Rfc1 Qg6 17. d4 Rd7 18. Ne1 Bd5 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Rab1
b6 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rc7 25. Rbc1 (25. Nd2 $5 $16
) 25... Rec8 $14 26. Kf1 f6 (26... bxc5 $143 27. Nd4 $16) 27. Ke2 Kf7 (27...
Rxc5 $5 28. Nd4 a6 $11) 28. Nd4 Rxc5 (28... bxc5 $143 29. Nb5 Rd7 30. Rxc5 Rxc5
31. Rxc5 $16) 29. Rxc5 bxc5 (29... Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 $16) 30. Nb5 $16 Ke6 31.
Nxa7 Ra8 32. Nb5 Ra5 $2 (32... Rc8 $142 $16) 33. Rxc5 $18 Ra4 34. Rc7 g6 35.
Ra7 Rh4 (35... Rxa7 36. Nxa7 Kd5 37. Nb5 $18) 36. Nd4+ Kd6 37. h3 Nd5 38. Kd3
f5 39. f4 Kc5 (39... Rh5 40. a4 Kc5 41. Ra5+ Kd6 42. Rb5 $18) 40. Ra6 h5 (40...
Ne7 $18) 41. Nf3 (41. Nf3 Nxf4+ 42. exf4 Rxf4 43. Rxg6 $18) (41. Rc6#) 1-0

[Event "Swansea"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. O-O Na4 12. Bd4 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 (13. Bxf3
$143 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nc3 $17) 13... Nc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 cxb4 17.
Nxc3 bxc3 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Bc4 Qe5 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxc2 23.
Rc1 (23. Rxb7 $143 Rac8 24. Rd4 Bf5 $17) 23... Ba4 (23... Rac8 $5 24. Bd5 Ba4
25. Bxb7 Rc7 $15) 24. Rxc3 $14 Rac8 25. Rdd3 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb5 27. Rdc3 Bxc4
28. Rxc4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. b5 Bb7 8. c4 a6
9. a4 c6 10. bxc6 Nxc6 11. Be2 Na5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be2 b4 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rfc1 e6 20. f4 Nd5 21. Bf3 Nc3
(21... Qd7 $142 $5 $11) 22. Bxc3 $16 bxc3 23. Qxc3 g5 24. fxg5 e5 25. dxe5
Qxg5+ 26. Bg2 Bxe5 27. Ra5 Rfe8 28. f4 Bxc3 29. Rxg5+ Bg7 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Kf3
Rb3 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Rd5 Bf6 34. Bf1 Bh4 35. Re2 Bd8 36. Rd4 (36. Kg4 $5 $16)
36... Bb6 $14 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. Kxe4 f5+ 39. Kxf5 Bxe3 40. Bg2 Rb5+ 41. Kg4 h5+
42. Kg3 Bd4 43. Rd2 Rb4 44. Rd3 h4+ 45. Kxh4 Be5 46. Kh5 Bxf4 47. h4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ledger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Rb1 Nbd7 7. e3 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nb6 9. Na5 Ne4 10. Bd3 d5 11. c4 c6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Nh4 e6 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rbe1 (17. c5 $5 Nbd7 18. Nb3 $16) 17... dxc4 $11 18.
Nxc4 Nfd5 19. a3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qh4 (20... f4 $5 21. exf4 Nxf4 $11) 21. e4 $14
Nb6 22. Bb3 Rbd8 23. exf5 Bxd4+ 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nd5 26. fxe6 Rxe6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Re1 Kh8 29. g3 (29. Rxe6 $143 Qa1+ 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Nf4 $11
) 29... Rf8 30. f4 Rf6 31. b5 c5 32. Qe2 Kg7 33. Bc2 Nc3 34. Qg4+ {
The isolani on e6 becomes a target} Kf8 35. Qh4 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 Nd5
38. Kh3 $4 (38. Be4 $142 $5 $14) 38... Qf2 $4 (38... Qc3 $142 39. Re4 Qxc2 40.
Qxh7 $19) 39. Re5 $4 (39. Be4 $142 Qxe1 40. Bxd5 $15) 39... Nxf4+ $19 (39...
Qxc2 40. Rxd5 Ke7 41. Rh5 $14) 40. Kg4 Ng6 41. Bxg6 Qf3+ (41... Rxg6+ $143 42.
Kh5 Qf3+ 43. g4 $19) (41... hxg6 $6 42. Rxc5 Kg7 43. Qg5 $11) 42. Kh3 Qf1+ (
42... Rxg6 $6 43. Qd8+ (43. Qxh7 $4 Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Qf6+ 45. Kh3 Rh6+ (45... Qxe5
$6 46. Qxg6 c4 47. Kg4 $15) 46. Qxh6+ Qxh6+ 47. Kg4 Qg7+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 $19) 43...
Kg7 44. Qd7+ Qf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. Rxc5 $11) 43. Kg4 Rxg6+ (43... hxg6 $6 44.
Rxc5 Kg7 45. a4 $11) 44. Kh5 Qf3+ (44... Qxb5 $6 45. Qf4+ Kg8 46. Kh4 $19) 45.
g4 Qf7 (45... Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kh8 47. Qe8+ Rg8 48. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19) 46. Qd8+ $11
Kg7 47. Rxc5 Rh6+ 48. Kg5 Rg6+ (48... Rxh2 $4 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Rc8+ Qf8 51.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 52. Qd6+ Ke8 53. Qxh2 $18) 49. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rb1 Re8 8.
Nc4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. b5 Qc7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Qc1 e5
15. Rd1 e4 16. Nh2 Bd5 17. Ba1 h5 18. Qa3 Bf8 (18... Nf8 19. Bb2 $11) 19. Nf1
Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd6 21. Qb3 Re7 22. Rd2 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rbd1 Red7 25. Qc3
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Qd6 28. Bf1 h4 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 g5 31. Qa4 Qd7
32. Qa3 Kg7 33. Qc3 Kg6 34. Be2 Qd5 35. a3 Qd6 36. a4 Kg7 37. a5 Kf8 38. a6 Ke7
39. Kh1 Nd7 40. Qc4 Qe5 41. Kg1 Nf6 42. Qb3 Qa1+ 43. Bf1 Kf8 44. Qc4 Qe1 45.
Qb3 Kg7 46. Qb2 Kg6 47. Qe5 g4 48. g3 hxg3 49. Qxg3 Qd1 50. h4 Qf3 (50... Qxc2
51. Qe5 Nh7 52. Qe7 $16) 51. Qe5 g3 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Qxg3 (53. fxg3 $6 Ng4 54.
Qf4 Qxe3+ (54... Nxe3 $2 55. Qxf3 exf3 56. Kf2 Ng4+ 57. Kxf3 Nh2+ 58. Kg2 $18)
55. Qxe3 Nxe3 $11) 53... Qxg3+ 54. fxg3 Ng4 55. Bg2 f5 56. Bh3 Nh6 57. Kf2 Kg6
58. Ke2 Kf6 59. Kf2 Ke7 (59... Kg6 $142 $11) 60. Bf1 Nf7 61. Be2 Ne5 62. Ke1 (
62. g4 fxg4 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Bxg4 Nc4 $18) 62... Kf6 63. Kf2 Kg6 (63... Ke7 64.
g4 fxg4 $18) 64. Kg2 Kf6 65. Kh3 Kg6 66. c3 Kf6 67. g4 (67. c4 $142 $5 $16)
67... fxg4+ $11 68. Kg3 Kf5 69. h5 Kg5 70. h6 Kxh6 71. Kf4 g3 72. Bf1 (72. Kxg3
$142 $5 Kg5 73. c4 $11) 72... Nc4 $17 73. Bg2 Nd6 74. Kxg3 Kg5 75. Bf1 c4 76.
Kf2 Kf6 77. Ke1 Ke5 78. Kd2 Kd5 (78... Nxb5 $6 79. Bxc4 Nc7 80. Kc2 $15) 79.
Bh3 Nxb5 80. Bc8 (80. Bd7 Nd6 81. Kc1 Nf7 $19) 80... Nc7 (80... Nd6 $142 $5 81.
Bd7 b5 $19) 81. Bb7+ $17 Ke5 82. Kc2 Nd5 83. Kd2 Nf6 84. Bc6 Kd6 85. Bb7 Kc5
86. Ba8 b5 87. Bb7 Nd5 88. Bc8 Kd6 89. Bb7 Nc7 90. Kc2 Ke5 (90... Ne6 91. Bxe4
Nc5 92. Bg6 Nxa6 93. Kd2 $19) 91. Bc6 Kd6 (91... Nxa6 $143 92. Bxb5 Nc7 93.
Bxc4 $15) 92. Bb7 Kc5 93. Kb2 Kb6 94. Bxe4 Nxa6 95. Bd5 Kc5 (95... Kc5 96. Bf7
Nc7 $19) 0-1

[Event "England-China match, London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Rb1 e6 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. e4 Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
14... dxe5 15. Bc5 Qg5 16. h4 Qxh4 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 $14) 15.
Nc4 Rd8 16. Be3 (16. Nxe5 $143 dxe5 17. Bc5 Nh3+ (17... Rxd1 $143 18. Bxe7 Rxe1
19. Rxe1 $14) 18. gxh3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Rxd1 20. Rbxd1 Qh4 $19) 16... Be6 17. Qd2
Qf6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qc3 Rd7 20. Rbd1 Rad8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. a4 a6 23. b5 axb5
24. Bxb5 c6 25. Bf1 h5 26. a5 Kh7 27. a6 bxa6 28. Qxc6 Qe7 29. Bxa6 Qb4 30. c3
Qa5 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Bf1 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Qxd1 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Qb5 f3 36. Qd3 Qc1
37. h3 (37. Qxf3 $143 Bc4 38. h4 Qxf1+ (38... Bxf1 $143 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+
Kh7 41. Kh2 $14) 39. Kh2 Kg7 $17) 37... h4 38. Kh2 (38. Qxf3 Bc4 39. Qf6 Qxf1+
(39... Bxf1 $143 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf6 $16) 40. Kh2 Qe1 $17) 38... Qe1 39. c4
Kh6 40. Qe3+ (40. gxf3 $143 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 g5 $11) 40... Qxe3 41. fxe3 fxg2 42.
Kxg2 Kg5 43. c5 Kf6 44. c6 Ke5 45. c7 Bc8 46. Bc4 f6 47. Bf7 g5 48. Bg6 Kd6 49.
Bf5 Bxf5 (49... Kxc7 $142 $5 50. Kf2 Bb7 $17) 50. exf5 $11 Kxc7 51. e4 Kd7 52.
Kf2 Kd6 53. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier Hastings ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Rf8 10. Ne1 Bh6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. Bc1 Be3+ 14. Kh1 f5 15.
Nb3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 f4 17. Na5 Qh4 18. Kg1 g5 19. Nf2 Nd7 20. Nh1 Ng7 21. Qe1 Qh6
22. Qc3 Ne8 23. Nf2 Ndf6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Kg2 fxg3 26. hxg3 g4 27. fxg4 Rg8 28.
Rh1 Qg5 29. Rh4 Rg7 30. Rd1 c6 (30... Kg8 $5 $14) 31. dxc6 $16 bxc6 32. Nxc6
Bb7 33. b5 Rc8 34. Qd2 Bxc6 35. bxc6 Rxc6 36. Qxg5 Rxg5 37. c4 Nc7 38. Nh3 Rg7
39. g5 Nd7 40. Rb1 Nb6 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c4} 41. Rh6 Kg8 42. a4
Kf7 43. a5 Nd7 44. Bg4 Ke7 45. Bf5 Rxc4 46. Rb7 (46. Bxh7 $6 Nc5 $11) 46... a6
47. Bxh7 Nb5 48. Bf5 Rc7 49. Re6+ Kd8 50. Rxc7 Kxc7 51. g6 Kc6 52. Re8 Nc7 53.
Rc8 Nc5 54. Ng5 d5 55. exd5+ Kxd5 56. Kf3 Nb3 57. Rd8+ Kc6 58. Nf7 Nxa5 59.
Nxe5+ Kb6 60. Rd6+ Kb7 $4 (60... Kc5 $142 61. Rd7 Ne8 $16) 61. Rd7 $18 Rg8 (
61... Rxd7 62. Bxd7 Nd5 $18) 62. g7 Nc6 63. Be4 Kc8 (63... Kb6 64. Nxc6 Ne6 65.
Bd5 Rxg7 66. Bxe6 Rxd7 67. Bxd7 $18) 64. Bxc6 Ne8 (64... Kb8 $18) 65. Ra7 (65.
Ra7 Nc7 66. Bb7+ Kd8 67. Bxa6 Rxg7 68. Bb5 $18) (65. Bb7+ Kb8 66. Nc6#) 1-0

[Event "Classics GM, Gausdal NOR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Kotronias, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Rb1
Nxe5 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. b5 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Qf6 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Nd4
Nd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. c4 Qe5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Bf1 g5 21.
Nb3 b6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. a4 Re6 25. a5 Rfe8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra1
Rh6 28. h3 Be6 29. Red1 Kg7 30. Kg1 Rg6 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Kf6
34. Rd2 Ke7 35. Kf2 f6 36. Ke3 Rgg8 37. g3 Rgf8 38. Rh2 f5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40. h4
gxh4 41. Rxh4 Kf6 42. g4 Bb1 43. f4 Rce8+ 44. Kf3 Re7 45. Rh2 Kg7 46. f5 h6 47.
Ra1 Be4+ 48. Kf4 Re5 49. Kg3 Rfe8 50. Re1 Bb7 51. Rxe5 Rxe5 52. Ra2 Rc5 53. Ra7
Be4 54. Kf4 Bc2 55. Ra3 d5 56. cxd5 Rxd5 57. Rc3 Rc5 58. Rxc5 bxc5 59. Ke5 Bd1
60. f6+ Kf8 61. Kf5 Bc2+ 62. Ke6 Bd1 63. Kd7 Bxg4+ (63... Ba4 64. Kxc7 Bxb5 65.
Bxb5 Kf7 $11) 64. Kxc7 Bf3 65. b6 h5 66. Be2 $3 Be4 (66... Bxe2 67. b7 {
Passed pawn}) 67. Bxh5 (67. Bb5 $142 $18) 67... c4 68. Bg6 $3 Bf3 (68... Bxg6
69. b7 {Passed pawn}) 69. Kd6 c3 70. Ke5 1-0

[Event "95th ch-GBR, Liverpool ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rb1 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nb6 9. Na5 Na4 10. Ba1 Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. O-O c6
15. a4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nd2 e6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Ndxc4 Ndxc4 20. Nxc4 Qd5
21. Rfc1 Red8 22. g3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4 24. Qc2 Rd5 25. Bc3 Rad8 26. Rb2 Bf8 27.
Qe2 Bh6 28. Re1 Qg4 29. Qxg4+ fxg4 30. h3 gxh3 31. Kh2 Bg7 32. Kxh3 h6 33. Rb3
a6 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. f4 f5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Reb1 Kg6 38. Bb2 R8d7 39. Ba3 Bf6 40.
b5 cxb5 41. axb5 a5 42. Rc3 Rd8 43. Rc7 R8d7 44. b6 Rg7 45. Bc5 Rd8 46. Ke2 Ra8
47. Kd3 a4 48. Ra1 Kh6 49. Rxg7 Kxg7 50. Kc4 Kh6 51. Ra3 Rg8 52. d5 (52. Rxa4
$142 $5 Rxg3 53. d5 exd5+ 54. Kxd5 $11) 52... exd5+ $11 (52... Rxg3 $143 53.
dxe6 (53. Rxa4 $6 exd5+ 54. Kxd5 h4 $11) 53... h4 54. Rxa4 $16) 53. Kxd5 Rxg3
54. Ke6 Kg6 55. Rxa4 h4 56. e4 h3 57. exf5+ Kg7 58. Ra2 Rg2 59. Ra3 Re2+ 60.
Kd7 h2 61. Rh3 Kf7 (61... Rc2 62. Bd6 $11) 62. Bd6 (62. Kc7 $142 $16) 62... Bd4
$11 63. Bc7 Re7+ 64. Kd6 Re2 65. Kd5 Bg1 66. Be5 Rd2+ 67. Ke4 Bxb6 68. f6 (68.
Rh7+ $142 Kf8 69. Rh8+ Ke7 70. f6+ Kf7 71. f5 $11) 68... Bg1 69. Kf5 Bc5 70.
Rh7+ Kg8 71. Rh3 (71. Rg7+ Kf8 72. Rh7 Kg8 73. Rg7+ Kf8 $11) 71... Kf7 72. Ke4
(72. Rh7+ $142 $5 Kg8 73. Rh3 Kf7 $11) 72... b5 $17 73. f5 Bg1 74. Rh7+ Kg8 75.
Rg7+ Kf8 76. Rh7 Kg8 77. Rg7+ Kf8 78. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL, Birmingham ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Qd6 9. a3 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Rapid, Halifax ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Howell, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. b5 c5 8. bxc6
Nxc6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd5 13. O-O Na5 14. Rfc1 Qd7
15. Nb3 Qa4 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Rc3 Rxc3 (18... Nxa2 $2 19. Ra3 Qd5
20. R1xa2 $18) 19. Bxc3 Qa6 20. Kf1 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Nd5 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Kd3 f5
24. a4 a6 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. h3 Kf7 27. g4 e6 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rd8 30. Ke2
Rc8 31. Kd3 Rd8 32. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be2 Qe7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b5 Nd8 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 (14. Ne1
$5 $11) 14... Qg5 $15 15. Re1 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Qb3 c6 18. a4 d5 19. Be2 Ne6
20. Rec1 Ng5 21. Ba3 h5 22. Bd6 Nh7 23. a5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Nf6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26.
Be5 Rac8 27. Rab1 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qb7 Qf5 (29... Re7 30. Qa8+ Ne8 31. Bf4
$14) 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qxa7 c5 (31... Bh4 32. Rf1 $16) 32. Qxc5 Rc8 33. Qb4 Qe6
34. Nb3 Be7 35. Nc5 Qf6 36. Qb7 Rc6 37. Rb6 Rxc5 $2 (37... Rxb6 $142 38. axb6
Kg7 $18) 38. dxc5 Qc3 39. Rb1 Bxc5 40. Qxd5 Qc2 (40... Bf8 41. a6 (41. Qxe4 $6
Qxa5 42. Rd1 Qc7 $18) 41... Qa3 42. Qb7 $18 (42. Qxe4 $143 Qxa6 43. h3 Qd6 $18)
) 41. Rb8+ Bf8 42. g3 Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Brown, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 a5 7. b5 a4 8. c4 c6
9. cxd5 a3 10. Bc1 Nxd5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Bc4 b5 (12... e5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. e4
$11) 13. Bxd5 (13. Bxb5 $142 $5 Nc3 14. Qb3 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 $14) 13... Qxd5 $15
14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 (15. axb3 $143 b4 $19) 15... e5 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Rb1 exd4
18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rfc8 20. Kd1 Ra4 (20... Bf5 $5 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1
Bxd4 $19) 21. Be3 $17 Rac4 22. Re1 Rc2 23. Nc5 Rb2 (23... Rxa2 $143 24. Nxe6
fxe6 25. Rxb5 $19) 24. Ra1 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. Kd2 b4 27. Nd3 Bf6 $4 (27...
Bf8 $142 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 b3 $19) 28. Nc5 $4 (28. Nxb4 $142 Bb3 29. Rc1
Rxc1 30. Kxc1 $17) 28... b3 (28... Rxc5 29. dxc5 Bc3+ 30. Kc1 Bxe1 31. Bd4 $19)
29. Bf4 (29. g4 $19) 29... b2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ghasi, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Bc4 Nh5 (8... Qe7 $5 9. Qe2 Qxb4 $11) 9. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 10. Nxe5 a5 11. b5 Qd4
12. Nef3 Qc3 13. Rb1 a4 14. Qc1 Nf4 15. g3 Ne6 16. Qb2 Qxb2 17. Rxb2 Nc5 18.
O-O Nbd7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ba2 Bh3 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Nb1 h6 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. Rb4
Kf8 25. Nd4 Rd7 26. f3 Red8 27. Nce2 Be6 28. Bb1 Bc4 29. c3 Nb3 30. Bc2 Bxe2
31. Nxe2 (31. Rxe2 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 $17) (31. Bxb3 $6 Bxf3 32. Bxa4 Bg4 $16)
31... Nd2 32. Kf2 Nbc4 (32... Ndc4 $142 $5 33. Nd4 g5 $16) 33. Rxa4 $18 Ne5 34.
Nd4 c5 35. bxc6 $1 bxc6 (35... bxc6 36. Re2 {Decoy}) (35... Nxc6 36. Rd1 {
Combination}) 36. Re2 Ndc4 37. Nxc6 $1 Rc8 (37... Nxc6 38. Rxc4 {Deflection} (
38. Rxc4 {Overloading})) 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. f4 Ng4+ (39... Nd3+ 40. Bxd3 Rxd3
41. Ra7 $18) 40. Kf3 h5 41. c4 Rd4 42. h3 Nf6 43. e5 Nd7 44. c5 $1 Rd5 (44...
Rxc5 45. Rxd4 {Discovered attack}) (44... Nxc5 45. Rxd4 {Discovered attack})
45. Bb3 Rdxc5 46. Bxf7 $1 Nxe5+ (46... Kxf7 47. e6+ {Double attack} (47. e6+ {
Passed pawn})) 47. Rxe5 Rc3+ 48. Re3 Kxf7 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra7+
Kf6 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53. Rd6 Rc1 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rb3 R8c7 57. g4 Rf1+
58. Kg3 hxg4 59. hxg4 Rg1+ 60. Kh4 Rh1+ 61. Kg5 {White prepares f5} Rc5+ 62. f5
gxf5 63. Rb7+ Ke8 64. gxf5 Rf1 65. Re6+ Kf8 (65... Kd8 66. Rf6 Ke8 67. Ra7 $18)
66. Kg6 Rc8 67. Reb6 Rg1+ 68. Kf6 Rh1 69. Rb8 Rh6+ 70. Ke5 Rxb8 71. Rxb8+ Ke7 (
71... Kf7 72. Rb7+ Kf8 73. Ra7 $18) 72. Rb7+ (72. f6+ $142 $5 Kf7 73. Rb7+ Ke8
$18) 72... Ke8 73. Ra7 Rb6 74. a4 Rc6 75. a5 Rc5+ 76. Kf6 Rc6+ 77. Kg7 Rc1 78.
Ra8+ Ke7 (78... Kd7 $18) 79. f6+ Ke6 80. Re8+ (80. Ra6+ $142 $5 Kd7 $18) 80...
Kd7 (80... Kf5 81. f7 Rg1+ 82. Kf8 $18) 81. f7 (81. f7 Rg1+ 82. Kh6 Rh1+ 83.
Kg5 Rg1+ 84. Kh4 Rh1+ 85. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bb2 e5 5. e3 e4 6. Nfd2 d5 7. b5 Bd6 8. c4 c6
9. a4 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Rb8 14. Qa2 cxd5 15.
Ba3 a6 16. Be2 Nf8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qa3 Qe6 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Nc5 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Qf5 21. Bxa6 Nh4 22. Rg1 Bxa6 23. Nxa6
Rbc8 24. h3 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nb6 26. Qd6 Nc4 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Nb4 Qb6 29. Nxd5 (29.
Qxh4 Qxb4+ 30. Nc3 Qxc3+ 31. Ke2 Qb2+ 32. Ke1 Qxa1+ 33. Ke2 Qb2+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+
35. Ke2 Qd2+ 36. Kf1 Qd1#) 29... Qa5+ 30. Ndc3 Nf5 31. Qf4 Nb2 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on a4} 32. Kf1 (32. Kd2 $142 Nd3 33. Qh2 $11) 32...
Nd3 $19 33. Qg4 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 (34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Rb1 Nd6 $19 (35... Rxa4 $6 36.
Qxe4 Qe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe4 38. Nc3 Nxe1 39. Nxa4 $15)) 34... Qxc3 35. Rd1 Nxf2 $1
(35... Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Qxg3 Qxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hastings ENG, Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c4 a5 7. b5 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxd2 (8... Qxd5 $2 9. Bc4 Qf5 10. Bd3 Nxf2 11. Bxf5 Nxd1 12. Bxc8 Nxe3 13. Bxb7
$18) 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bg4 (11... c6 12. Bc4 Qh5 13. Qb2 $14)
12. Be2 (12. Rxc7 $5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $16) 12... c6 $14 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qb5 16. Rc5 Qb1+ 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ (17... Qxa2 $2 18. Bd5 (18. Bxc6 bxc6
19. Rxc6 e5 $15) 18... Nb4 19. Bxb4 $18) 18. Rxc1 Nb4 19. Bxb7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2
Nxc1 21. Bxa8 (21. Bxc1 $143 Rab8 22. Bf3 e6 $15) (21. Kxc1 Rab8 22. Ba6 e5 23.
dxe5 Bxe5 $17) 21... Nxa2 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Rb1 Nb4 (23... Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxc6 25.
Bxe7 $14) 24. Be4 (24. Bxb4 $5 axb4 25. Bb7 $16) 24... Rb8 $14 25. Rc1 f5 26.
Bf3 e5 27. dxe5 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29. Rc5 Bf6 30. g4 f4 (30... Na2 31. Rxa5
Nc3+ 32. Kf1 fxg4 33. hxg4 $18) 31. Rxa5 Nc2 32. Bc5 (32. exf4 $6 Nd4+ 33. Ke3
Nc2+ 34. Ke2 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Ke2 $11) 32... Bc3 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8
fxe3 35. fxe3 Nb4 36. Bb7 Kf7 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 h5 39. g5 Ke6 40. Be4 Kf7
41. Ke3 Na6 42. Kf4 Nc7 43. Ke5 {White plans d5} h4 44. d5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Tegzes, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Bxd4 c5 10. bxc5 Nxc5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Qb3 d5
15. e5 Nd7 16. a5 Re8 17. Qb2 Qe7 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Bc3 Qg4 20. h3 Qf4 {
The pressure on e5 grows} 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e6 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 fxe6
25. Rxe6 Rc8 26. Qe1 d4 (26... Ba6 $5 $14) 27. Re8+ $16 Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Nf8 29.
Nfxd4 Bd5 30. Qe3 Qf7 31. Nd2 Qb7 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. dxe4 b5 (33... Qf7 34. e5
$18) 34. e5 {White prepares the advance e6} b4 35. e6 Qe7 36. f4 h6 37. Kh1 (
37. g4 $142 $18) 37... Nxe6 $14 38. Qb3 (38. Qxe6+ $4 Qxe6 39. Nxe6 b3 $19)
38... Kf7 39. Nxe6 Qxe6 40. Qxb4 Qd5 41. Qe1 Kf6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44.
Kh2 h5 45. Kg3 Qd3+ 46. Kh4 Qf1 $4 (46... Qf5 $142 47. g3 Qa5 $18) 47. Kg5 h4 (
47... Qa6 48. Qf6 Qa7 49. Qxg6+ Kf8 50. Kxh5 (50. Qxh5 $143 Qe7+ 51. Kf5 Qd7+
52. Ke4 Qa4+ 53. Ke3 Qb3+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Qe2 Qc5+ 56. Qe3 Qc2+ 57. Kf3 Qd1+
58. Kg3 Qd6 $18) 50... Qc5+ 51. f5 $18) 48. Qe8+ (48. Kh6 Qxf4+ 49. Kxg6 Qg3+
50. Kh6 Qf4+ 51. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Kg7 $18) 48... Kg7 49. Qxg6+ Kf8 50. Qd6+
Kf7 51. Qd5+ Ke7 52. Qe4+ Kf7 53. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Moskovic, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 c6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Qb3
a5 9. b5 a4 10. Qa3 dxc4 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc4 Nb4 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. O-O Nc2 15.
Qc3 a3 16. Ba1 (16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Bxa3 Bf5 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 $16) 16... Nxa1 $11
17. Qxa1 Qb2 18. Rc3 b5 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. Rb3 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rc2
23. Rb3 Rb2 24. Kf1 Nd5 25. Ke2 b4 26. Kd3 Nc3 27. Re1 e5 (27... Rxa2 $143 28.
Rxb4 Na4 29. Rb7 $15) 28. dxe5 Rd8+ 29. Nd4 Rxb3 30. axb3 a2 (30... Bxe5 31.
Ra1 $17) 31. Ra1 (31. f4 $142 $5 $11) 31... Bxe5 $17 32. Kc4 Ne2 (32... Bd6
$142 $5 $17) 33. N2f3 $11 (33. Rxa2 $2 Rc8+ (33... Nxd4 $6 34. exd4 Rxd4+ 35.
Kc5 $11) 34. Nc6 Rxc6+ 35. Kxb4 Rc8 $19) 33... Bxd4 (33... Rc8+ 34. Kxb4 Bd6+
35. Kb5 Nc3+ 36. Kb6 Rb8+ 37. Kc6 Ba3 $15) 34. Nxd4 $14 Nxd4 (34... Rc8+ $5 35.
Kxb4 Nc1 $14) 35. exd4 $16 Rc8+ 36. Kxb4 Rc2 37. Ka3 Rxf2 38. Rxa2 Rf4 39. Rd2
Kf8 40. Kb4 Ke7 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. b4 Rf1 43. Ra2 Rc1+ 44. Kd5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Cernousek, Lukas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. b5 Bb7 8. Nbd2 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Be2 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qa8 17. Qb3 {Attacks the isolani on b5} Rb8 18. Bb2 Bd5 19.
Qb4 Bf8 20. Ra1 (20. Bxb5 $2 Qb7 $19) 20... Qb7 21. Qa5 e6 22. Qa7 Qc8 23. Rc1
Qd8 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Bb4 26. e4 Bc4 27. Bxc4 (27. Nxc4 $6 bxc4 28. Rxc4
Nxe4 $11) 27... Ba5 28. Ra7 bxc4 29. Nxc4 Bb6 30. Nxb6 Rxb6 31. e5 Rxb2 32. h3
Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th South Wales Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Rayner, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be2
a5 9. b5 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 a4 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Ne5
Nb4 (15... cxd4 $5 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Kg7 $11)
16. Rac1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bxf6 21. exf6 Qf8
22. Bf3 (22. f3 Qh6 $14) 22... h6 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe8 $14) 23. Be5 $16
Kh7 24. h4 (24. Bc7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qe8 $16) 24... h5 (24... Qe8 $142 $5 $11)
25. Bc7 $16 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nc2 27. Qd3 Nd4 28. Rc1 Qh6 (28... Ra5 $5 29. Rb1
Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Ba6 $11) 29. Rc4 $16 Rc8 (29... Nxf3+ $5 30. gxf3 g5 $16) 30.
Bxb6 $18 Qf4 31. Bxc5 (31. Rxa4 $143 Qd6 32. Ba7 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 c4 $16) (31.
Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Qc1+ 33. Bd1 Qxc5 34. Bxa4 Qb4 $19) 31... Nxf3+ 32. Qxf3
Qxh4 33. Qc3 Qg5 34. f3 (34. Qd4 $5 Qf4 35. b6 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxc5
38. Rxa4 Rb5 $18) 34... h4 (34... Rd8 35. Bd4 Qxb5 36. Rc7 $14) 35. Kf1 h3 $2 (
35... Rd8 $142 $5 $16) 36. gxh3 $18 (36. Rxa4 Qxg2+ 37. Ke1 h2 38. Kd1 Rxc5 39.
Rc4 h1=Q+ 40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Rh5 42. a4 Rh1#) 36... Qg3 37. Ke2 (37. Rxa4
$6 Qxh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd1 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43.
Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qg2+ 45. Ke1 Qh1+ $11) 37... Qxh3 38. Bf2 (38. Rxa4 Qg2+ 39.
Kd1 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 Qxb5 $15) 38... Rd8 $6 (38... e5 $18) 39. Qe3 (39. Rc7 $142
Bxe4 40. fxe4 (40. Rxf7+ $143 Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Qxh7 43. f7+ Qg7 $18)
40... Qh5+ 41. Ke3 $18) 39... Qh1 (39... Rd1 40. Kxd1 Qf1+ 41. Be1 Qxc4 $18)
40. Rc1 Qh5 41. Rc5 Qh2 42. Qc1 Rd7 43. Qg5 Qd6 44. Kf1 Qd3+ $4 (44... Qh2 $142
45. Qh4+ Qxh4 46. Bxh4 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rb1 $18) 45. Kg2 Qd1 (45... Qd2 46. Qxd2
Rxd2 $18) 46. Rc1 (46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Qh6 Qf1+ 48. Kxf1 Rd1+ 49. Ke2 Re1+ 50.
Kxe1 Bxe4 51. Rc8#) 46... Qd2 47. Rh1+ (47. Rh1+ Kg8 48. Qh4 Qh6 49. Qxh6 Bxe4
50. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. Nbd2 a5 6. b5 a4 7. Rb1 c6 8. e3 O-O
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 (15... Nxd3 $143 16. cxb7 (16. Qxd3 $143 bxc6 17. Qd2 Ba6 $15) 16...
Bxb7 17. cxd3 $16 (17. Qxd3 $143 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qc7 $17)) 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 a3 19. Rb1 Be6 20. c3 Qf6 21. Qc2 Reb8 22. h3 c5 {
Black prepares d4} 23. Qd2 d4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. c4 Qe5 26. Rb4 Rxb4 27. Qxb4
Bf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Berry, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Bb3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qb6
15. a3 a5 16. bxa5 Qxa5+ 17. Bc3 Qa6 18. Bb4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Nd3 Nfe4 21.
Bb4 Rac8 22. Rc1 b6 23. Bc4 Qb7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. a4 (25. O-O Qa7 $11) 25...
Qa7 (25... c5 $142 $5 26. d5 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Rfd8 $17) 26. O-O $11 Qa5 27. Rb1
Rfd8 28. Rfc1 c5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Nf4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Qd2 32. Rc2 Qd6 33. a5 Be5
34. g3 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. a6 Ra7 37. Ra2 Rda8 38. Rba1 Kg7 39. Ra5 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} h5 40. Qc3+ Kh7 41. Qc4 Kg7 42. R1a4 Qd1+
43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Qc3+ Kh7 45. Qc4 Kg7 46. Ra3 Qc6+ 47. e4 Qd6 48. f5 Qd4 49. Qe2
Rb8 50. Rd3 Qb4 51. Rda3 Qd4 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. Rd3 Qb4 54. Raa3 c4 55. Rg3 Rb6
56. Qxh5 {Attacking the backward pawn on g6} Raxa6 57. Qe5+ Kh7 $4 (57... Kg8
58. Qd5+ Kg7 59. Rac3 $14) 58. Rac3 (58. Rgf3 $142 Rf6 59. Rxa6 Rxf3 60. Kxf3
Qb3+ 61. Kf4 $18) 58... Rf6 $11 59. Qd4 {The isolani on c4 becomes a target}
Ra4 60. Rgf3 Ra1 (60... Qb5 $5 $11) 61. Qe5 (61. Rxf6 $142 exf6 62. Qxf6 $16)
61... Kh6 $2 (61... Ra5 $142 62. Rxc4 Rxf3 (62... Rxe5 $143 63. Rxb4 Kh6 64.
Rxf6 exf6 65. f4 $16) 63. Rxb4 Rxf2+ (63... Rxe5 $143 64. Kxf3 Kh6 65. Rb6 $16)
64. Kxf2 Rxe5 $11) 62. Rxf6 $18 exf6 63. Qxf6 Qb1 (63... Qb7 64. Rxc4 Ra6 65.
Qh8+ Qh7 $18) 64. Qh8+ Kg5 65. Rg3+ Kf4 66. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Balaguer"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 c5 7. bxc5 dxc5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nhf3 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bxc5 b6 15.
Bb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. Qb1 Nd5 19. Qb2 Rc7 20. Rac1 Nc3 21. Bc4
Na4 22. Qb1 Rfc8 $2 (22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nc3 24. Qd3 $11) 23. Nb3 (23. Bxe6
$142 $5 fxe6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qb3 $16) 23... Qf5 $11 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Ba6
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 (26. Nxc1 $143 Rc3 $17) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 e6 28. Na2 Bf8 29.
Nb4 Nc3 30. Ne5 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. Bb2 d6 6. e4 Nfd7 7. Rb1 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxb2 11. Rxb2 Qf6 12. Qa1 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14.
a3 Qc3 15. Nb3 f5 (15... Ne5 16. Be2 $15) 16. exf5 $11 Rxf5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 (
17... Qxc6 $143 18. Nd4 Qe4 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. c3 $18) 18. Rbb1 Qxa1 (18... Qxc2
$143 19. Nd4 Qa2 20. Nxf5 Qxa1 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Rxa1 Kxh6 23. Rfe1 $16) 19.
Rxa1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a5 21. bxa5 Rfxa5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Ra3 Rb4 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Re3
c5 26. Kf1 (26. Rf3+ Kg7 $15) 26... c4 $17 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rhf3+
Ke6 30. Rg3 g5 31. Rac3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 c5 33. Ra3 c4 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Rh3 h4 (
35... Rxa4 36. Rxh5 Kd4 37. Rxg5 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 $17) 36. f4 gxf4 37. Rxh4 Rxa4
38. Rxf4 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 c3 40. Ke3 Rxg2 41. Kd3 (41. h4 c2 42. Rf1 Kc4 $19) 41...
c2 (41... Rxh2 $6 42. Kxc3 Rh3+ 43. Kd2 $17) 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Re4+ Kf5 44. Rc4
Rxh2 45. Rc8 Ke5 46. Re8+ Kd5 47. Rc8 (47. Re1 $19) 47... Rh4 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Conlon, Joseph P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. c4
e5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qf6
15. O-O Kh8 16. Qc2 c6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8
21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. h3 Nb6 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. d5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27.
c5 dxc5 28. bxc5 Nd5 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. g3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Kf6 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf3 Kf6
34. Rb3 Kg7 35. g4 Kf6 36. h4 Kg7 37. g5 Ne7 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. a4 f5+ 40. Ke3 (
40. gxf6+ $5 Kxf6 41. a5 Rd8 $18) 40... Nd5+ $16 41. Kf3 Ne7 42. Nc2 Kf7 43.
Ne3 Rd4 44. Rb7 (44. h5 $5 Rxa4 45. h6 Ra1 $18) 44... Rxa4 45. h5 $1 Ke6 (45...
gxh5 46. Nxf5 {Deflection}) 46. h6 Ra1 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Ra1+ 49. Nf1 $4 (
49. Kh2 Ra2+ 50. Ng2 $18) 49... Ra3 $16 50. Kh2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Rh3
$2 (52... Nd5 53. Rb8 Rh3 54. Re8+ Kf7 $11) 53. Rxa7 (53. Ne3 $5 a5 54. Ra7 Nd5
55. Nxd5 Kxd5 56. Rxa5 Kd4 $18) 53... Nd5 $16 54. Ra4 Nc3 55. Rc4 Ne4+ 56. Kg2
(56. Ke1 $142 $14) 56... Rb3 $4 (56... Rh4 $142 $11) 57. Rc2 $18 Kf7 58. Ra2
Rb7 (58... Kg8 $142 59. Nd2 Rb4 60. Nxe4 Rxe4 $18) 59. Ra8 Ke6 60. Rg8 Rb2+ (
60... Kd5 $18) 61. Kg1 Nf2 (61... Rb7 62. Rxg6+ Kd5 $18) 62. h7 Nh3+ 63. Kh1
Nf2+ 64. Kg2 Ng4+ (64... Nd3+ 65. Kg3 Nxf4 66. h8=Q Nh5+ 67. Kf3 Rb3+ 68. Ne3
Ra3 69. Rxg6+ Ke7 70. Qh7+ Ng7 71. Rxg7+ Ke6 72. Qxf5#) 65. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bernard, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. c4
a5 9. b5 a4 10. Rb1 cxb5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Ne4 Rac8 16. Ba3 {Attacks the backward pawn on b5} f5 17. Neg5 Nc3 18. Bb4 Qxb4
(18... Nxd1 $143 19. Bxa5 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 $16) 19.
Rxb4 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 (20. Bxd1 $143 Rf6 $15) 20... Rc2 21. Bxb5 Rb8 $2 (21...
Bxb5 $142 $5 22. Rxb5 Rxa2 $14) 22. Bxa4 $18 Rxb4 23. Bxc2 Bc4 24. Rb1 (24. Rb1
Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Purley ENG, Big Slick GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Franklin, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8.
O-O c5 9. bxc5 Nxc5 10. a4 d5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nf4 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bc1 Ne6
15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. e5 a5 18. Nc1 Bc6 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Bb2 Bh6 21. Ne2
Rc7 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. h4 (23. Qxb6 $2 Rb7 (23... Bxa4 $6 24. Qxa5 Ra7 25. Qb4
$11) 24. Qxa5 Rxb2 $19) 23... Ba8 24. g3 (24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Raxc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Bc6 $11) 24... Ng7 (24... Rc6 $5 $17) 25. Bc1 $11 (25. Qxb6 $2
Rb7 26. Qxa5 Rxb2 $19) 25... Bxc1 26. Raxc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Qc7
29. Ne2 Bc6 30. Nc3 Qb7 31. Qb2 Ne6 32. h5 Kg7 33. Qc1 h6 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Qb2
Qa6 36. Qc2 b5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Qb3 Nc7 39. Qa3 (39. Nxd5 $2 Qe6 40. Ne1 Bc6
$19 (40... Nxd5 $2 41. Qxb5 a4 42. Qxa4 $18)) (39. Nxb5 $143 Qxb5 40. Qc3 Ne6
$15) 39... Kf7 40. e6+ Kxe6 41. Ne5 g5 (41... Bxd3 $2 42. Na4 Kf6 43. Nc5 $18 (
43. Qxd3 $6 Qxd3 44. Nxd3 Nb5 $11)) 42. Qc5 Qb7 43. Nxb5 Nxb5 44. Nc6 Kd7 45.
Nxa5 (45. Qxd5+ $143 Kc7 46. Nxe7 Qxd5 47. Nxd5+ Kc6 48. Ne7+ Kd7 $17) 45...
Qa6 46. Qxd5+ Nd6 47. Nc4 Qb5 $2 (47... e6 $142 $5 48. Ne5+ Ke7 $16) 48. Ne5+
$18 Kc7 49. Qe6 Nc8 (49... Qe8 50. Qxh6 Qg8 51. Qh1 $18) 50. Qxh6 Qd5 51. Qxg5
Qxd4 (51... Kd8 52. g4 $18) 52. Qe3 (52. Qe3 Qxe3 53. fxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Four Nations Chess League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Rendle, Thomas E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Bg5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

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• 1.b4 (4 players, 1 day/move)
• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 (4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 ef4 4.Bg7 Qh4 5.g3 fg3 6.Bg2 gh2 7.Kf1 hg1Q 8.Kg1 (Kucharkowski-Meybohm gambit, 6 players, 10 days move)
• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 (Sokolski gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.c4 Nf6 2.b4 (English orangutan, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.e4 c5 2.b4 (Sicilian: Wing gambit, 4 players, 10 days/move)
• 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 (French: Wing gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)