[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bello, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bg5 Qg6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nb3 Bb4
9.a3 Bd6 10.e5 Qe6 11.Nbxd4 Qd5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Bxe7 Re8 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Nxd6 Rxe7
16.Bxh7+ Kf8 17.Qxd5 a6 18.Nh4 g6 19.Rae1 b5 20.Rxe7 Kg7 21.Qxf7+ Kh6 22.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedmann, Daniel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nge7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Ng6
9.Re1+ Nce7 10.Qc2 c6 11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Nxh7 Rxh7 14.Bxg6 Rh8 15.Bf5 Qc7
16.Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.Re3 O-O-O 18.a4 g5 19.Qd1 Rdg8 20.b4 g4 21.hxg4 Rxg4 22.b5 Rgh4  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bxc5 Nc6
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Ba3 Nde5 12.Nf4 e6 13.Rd1 Rxd1+ 14.Kxd1 b6 15.Nb5 Ba6
16.Kc2 Rc8 17.Kb1 Bh6 18.Nh3 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nd4 20.b3 Be3 21.f4 Ng4 22.Bc4 Nf6
23.Bb4 a5 24.bxa6 Nc6 25.Re1 Bxf4 26.Nxf4 Nxb4 27.Nxe6 b5 28.a7 Ra8 29.Nc7 Rxa7
30.Nxb5 Rxa2 31.e5 Nh5 32.Nd6 Rxg2 33.Bxf7+ Kf8 34.e6 Nd5 35.Re5 Nhf6 36.b4 Nc3+
37.Kc1 Nfd5 38.b5 Nb4 39.e7+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Aronov, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.dxe5 c6 7.Be2 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Qxe5
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Qd2 d5 11.Bd4 Qf5 12.Nd1 Bd6 13.Ne3 Qe6 14.c4 O-O 15.O-O Be5
16.Bc5 Rd8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rfd1 b6 19.Bd4 Qd6 20.h3 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qc5 22.Bc4 Be6
23.Bb3 Rac8 24.Qe5 Qd6 25.Qd4 Rd7 26.Qd2 Kh8 27.Nc2 Rdc7 28.Nd4 Rc5 29.a4 Bd7
30.Qe1 Qc7 31.Ne2 Re8 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.Nd4 Bd7 34.Ne2 Qe5 35.Nc3 Bc6 36.Qe3 Rd8
37.Rd4 Rd7 38.Rad1 Nh5 39.Nxe4 dxe4 40.Rxd7 Bxd7 41.Rxd7 Qe8 42.Qd4 Rc8 43.Bf7 Nf4
44.Qd2 Ne2+ 45.Kf1 e3 46.Bxe8 Ng3+ 47.fxg3 exd2 48.Bh5 Rc1+ 49.Ke2 g6 50.Kxd2 Rb1
51.Kc2 Ra1 52.Bf3 Rxa4 53.Kc3 a5 54.Bc6 Rb4 55.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Nbd7
9.h3 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 h6 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Rd2 Nh5
16.Rfd1 Qc5 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Nc3 Qb4 19.Bf1 a5 20.a3 Qe7 21.Qe3 Qc7 22.Rd6 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.c3 Bg4 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nfd4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Rfe8
16.Qh5 Bf4 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Qd3 Ne5 21.Qb5 N7g6 22.Ne2 Nf3+
23.Kh1 Nfh4 24.Rg1 Qf5 25.Nbd4 Qxf2 26.Rdf1 Qe3 27.Qxb7 Ne5 28.Qb3 Nd3 29.Qxd5 Nf2+
30.Kh2 Rad8 31.Qh5 Re4 32.Ng3 Qf4 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Nxe4  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Das, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Bb7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nfd7 12.Qf2 Be7 13.h4 Ne5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bxb6 Qd7
16.Kb1 O-O 17.Rh3 Nxg4 18.Qg3 Ne5 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.Qxe5 Bc6 21.Qg3 Qb7 22.Bd4 e5
23.Be3 Qa6 24.a3 b4 25.Na2 bxa3 26.b3 Rac8 27.Qg4 Rc7 28.Rg3 Rf7 29.Bg5 Bd7
30.Qh5 Qe2 31.Rc1 Bf8 32.Bd8 Rb7 33.b4 Be6 34.Nc3 Rxb4+ 35.Ka1 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.Bc3 Bd7 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.b4 Qd8
16.Rc1 f6 17.Qd2 fxe5 18.dxe5 Be8 19.Bb5 d4 20.Ne2 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxb5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rd1 Rd8 24.g4 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Nh6 26.Qb2 Rd5 27.Nf3 Nxg4 28.Rxd4 Nf6 29.Qd2 Qe8
30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Kf1 Qb5+ 32.Kg1 Qc4 33.Qe3 Qe4 34.Kf1 b6 35.Ke2 Qc4+ 36.Ke1 Kf8
37.Ne5 Qc7 38.Ke2 Ne4 39.Qf4+ Ke8 40.Qf5 Qc2+ 41.Kf1 Nd2+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ortega Ruiz, Jose Migues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nb3 Ne7
9.Nbxd4 O-O 10.Bg5 Bd7 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 a6 13.Re1 Re8 14.c3 Qc7 15.Bg3 Bxg3
16.hxg3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Bc2 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Rxe5
22.Bd3 Kf8 23.f3 Ke7 24.Kf2 Bc6 25.Rd1 b5 26.Be2 g6 27.Rd3 Bb7 28.Re3 Rxe3
29.Kxe3 Kd6 30.Kd4 Bc8 31.f4 f5 32.Bd3 g5 33.Be2 g4 34.Bd1 Bb7 35.Bc2 Bc8
36.a4 Bd7 37.axb5 axb5 38.Bd3 h5 39.b3 Kc6 40.Ke5 Kc5 41.b4+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2c3 O-O 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 a6 10.Be2 Nd5 11.O-O Nxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.Rad1 h6 15.Rfe1 Nb6
16.Be2 Qe8 17.Qf4 f5 18.Nc5 Bd6 19.Qh4 e5 20.Bf1 e4 21.g4 Qg6 22.Bg2 e3 23.fxe3 fxg4
24.Nd3 g3 25.h3 Bd7 26.e4 Rf7 27.Ne2 Bc6 28.e5 Bxg2 29.exd6 Bf3 30.Ne5 Qf6
31.Qxf6 Rxf6 32.dxc7 Rc8 33.Rd3 Be4 34.Rxg3 Bxc2 35.Rc3 Bg6 36.Ng3 Nd5 37.Rc5 Nf4
38.Nc6 Rxc7 39.Ne7+ Rxe7 40.Rxe7 Rd6 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Rcc7 Ne6 43.Rcd7 Rxd4
44.Rxg7+ Nxg7 45.Rxd4 Nf5 46.Rd7+ Kg8 47.Nxf5 Bxf5 48.Ra7 Bxh3 49.Rxa6 h5
50.Kh2 Bf1 51.Rh6 Be2 52.Re6 Bc4 53.Re5 Kf7 54.Rxh5 Ke6 55.Kg2 Bd5+ 56.Kf2 Kd6
57.Ke3 Bc4 58.Kd4 Kc6 59.Rc5+ Kb6 60.Rxc4 bxc4 61.Kxc4 Kc6 62.b4  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuliev, S."]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bxc5 Nc6
9.Be2 Qa5 10.Be3 Nb4 11.a3 Rd8 12.Qb1 Nc6 13.Kf2 Qe5 14.f4 Qb8 15.h3 e5 16.fxe5 Nxe5
17.Nf3 Neg4+ 18.hxg4 Nxg4+ 19.Kg1 Nxe3 20.Qc1 Ng4 21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Qg5 Qd6 23.Qh4 h5
24.Rd1 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Rxd5 26.b4 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Qxc4+ 28.Be2 Qxe4 29.Ne1 Be6
30.Bf3 Qe3 31.Bxb7 Bc4+  0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "McEwan, Ken B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 e6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.g4 b5 11.h4 b4 12.Nce2 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.h5 h6 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Rxh5 18.Rxh5 Nxh5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg5+ Nf6 21.Qxg7 Ne5
22.Nbd4 Nc4 23.Nf4 Rg8 24.Ng6+ Ke8 25.Qxf6 Rxg6 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Ke8 28.Nf5 Ba4
29.Qh8+ Kd7 30.Bxc4 Bxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Qxc4+ 32.Kb1 exf5 33.exf5 Rg2 34.Re1 Qc2+
35.Ka1 Re2 36.Rb1 b3 37.Qd4 bxa2 38.Kxa2 Re5 39.Qb4 Rb5 40.Qa3 Qd2 41.Qa4 d5
42.Ka1 Qa5 43.Qa2 Kd6 44.b4 Qxa2+ 45.Kxa2 d4 46.Kb3 a5 47.Kc4 Rxb4+ 48.Rxb4 axb4
49.Kxb4 Kd5 50.f6 Ke5 51.Kc4 Kf4 52.Kxd4 Kxf3 53.Ke5 Kg4 54.Ke4 Kg5 55.Ke5 Kg6
56.Ke4 Kxf6 57.Kf4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manion, Josh"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.Ba3 h5 15.b5 Ne8 16.Rb1 Rf6
17.b6 axb6 18.cxd6 Nxd6 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Nxb6 Rb8 21.Qa4 Rf8 22.Rfc1 g4 23.Nxc8 Rxc8
24.fxg4 f3 25.Bxf3 Bh6 26.Rc2 Ng6 27.gxh5 Nh4 28.Bg4 Rc7 29.h3 Qg5 30.Kh1 Qe3
31.Nb5 Rg7 32.Qb3 Qxe4 33.Nxd6 Qd4 34.Nb5 Qf4 35.d6+ Kh7 36.d7 Nf5 37.Bxf5+ Qxf5
38.Rd1 Be3 39.Qc4 Bb6 40.Re2 Qf1+ 41.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 42.Kh2 Bg1+ 43.Kh1 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Morris, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Be7 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Rd2 Be8 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8
15.Ne4 h6 16.Rd1 Bd7 17.Kf1 Be7 18.Ke2 Re8 19.c4 c5 20.Kf1 Bc6 21.Nc3 f5
22.Nd5 g5 23.h3 Bd8 24.b3 a5 25.Bc1 b6 26.Bb2 Rf8 27.Ne1 f4 28.Nf3 Rf5 29.Re1 Kd7
30.Nd2 Ke8 31.Ne4 Rf8 32.Nef6+ Kf7 33.f3 Bxf6 34.exf6 Bxd5 35.cxd5 Nd4 36.Bxd4 cxd4
37.Re7+ Kxf6 38.Rxc7 Ke5 39.Rc6 Kxd5 40.Rxb6 Re8 41.Rb5+ Kc6 42.Rxa5 d3 43.Ra4 d2  0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nc6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 f6 5.Nh4 Be6 6.f4 Qd6 7.Bd3 Bf7 8.O-O O-O-O
9.Bb5 Be8 10.d3 Qc5 11.Bxc6 Qxe3+ 12.Kh1 Bxc6 13.Nf5 Qe6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.b4 h5
16.a4 b6 17.a5 h4 18.axb6 axb6 19.f5 h3 20.Nd2 hxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qd6 22.N2f3 Bb7
23.b5 Nh6 24.Bc1 g5 25.Be3 g4 26.Nh4 Kb8 27.Ra4 Bg7 28.Bf4 Qd7 29.Qa1 Nxf5
30.Nhxf5 e5 31.Ra7 exd4 32.Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.Qa6+ Kb8 34.Qxb6+ Kc8 35.Qa6+ Kb8
36.b6  1-0

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Van Parreren, Hanneke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nf2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O g6
9.b3 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.a4 a6 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.Nd3 Bc8 15.g3 Bb7 16.Bg2 Rad8
17.Qe2 e6 18.Nde5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.Ne5 Rc8 25.c4 dxc3 26.dxc3 Rfd8 27.Re2 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Rxd7 29.Rc1 Rd3 30.Rec2 h5
31.Kf2 Rcd8 32.c4 Rxb3 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.c5 b4 35.c6 Rc8 36.Rc4 Rb2+ 37.Ke3 Rc7
38.Kd4 b3 39.Kc5 Ra2 40.Kd6 Rc8 41.Kd7 Rca8 42.c7 Rd2+ 43.Kc6 b2 44.Rb1 Rxh2
45.Kc5 Rd2 46.Kb6 Ra1 47.c8=Q Rxb1 48.Rc2 Rbd1 49.Qc3+ Kh7 50.Rxb2 Rxb2+
51.Qxb2 Rd5 52.Qf6 Kg8 53.Kc6 Rd1 54.Kc5 Rd5+ 55.Kc4 Rd1 56.Qh4 Rd5 57.g4 hxg4
58.Qxg4 Kg7 59.Qh4 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Qd4 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Qh4 e5 17.Nd2 e4 18.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 19.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 20.Kxh2 exd3 21.Bg5 dxc2
22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Rfe1 Rc6 24.f3 f6 25.Be3 Bc8 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Bc5 Rfc8 28.b4 a5
29.Nd6 axb4 30.Nxf5 Rxc5 31.Ne7+ Kf7 32.Nxc8  1-0

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Qxc5 6.Qd3 a6 7.Be3 Qa5 8.O-O-O e6
9.Nge2 Nc6 10.Qd2 b5 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.g4 b4 15.Ne2 d5
16.g5 Nd7 17.exd5 Bc5 18.Qe4 Bb7 19.g6 hxg6 20.Nc1 Bxd5 21.Qf4 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Qc5
23.Qf4 Rac8 24.Bd3 Ne5 25.h4 Bxf3 26.h5 Nxd3 27.Nxd3 Qxc2+ 28.Ka1 Bxh1 29.Rxh1 Qxd3
30.h6 Rc4 31.Qh2 Rfc8  0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tazaroute, L."]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.e3 c6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d4 Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-O Be6 11.b3 Kc7 12.Na4 Na6 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.Rd2 Nb6
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Nac3 Nb4 18.a4 a5 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Nd7 21.Bc3 Nc5 22.Nb2 Nxb3
23.f4 Kd6 24.Kf2 Na2 25.c5+ Nxc5 26.fxe5+ Bxe5 27.Bxe5+ Kxe5 28.Nd4 Nc3 29.Nxe6 Kxe6
30.Nc4 N3xa4 31.Nxa5 Kd6 32.Nc4+ Kc7 33.Ne5 Nc3 34.Ke1 N5e4 35.Bf1 b5 36.Nf3 Kd6
37.Nd4 Kc5 38.Bd3 Kb6 39.Ne6 c5 40.Bc2 c4 41.Kf1 b4 42.Nd4 Nb5 43.Ke2 Nxd4+
44.exd4 b3 45.Bxb3 cxb3 46.Kd3 Kb5  0-1

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Fenn, Paul David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qxe2+
9.Bxe2 O-O 10.O-O-O Rd8 11.Nb5 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 a6 13.Nxc7 Ra7 14.Kc1 b6 15.d5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rxd5 18.cxd5 Nb4 19.a3 Rc7+ 20.Kb1 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Nxd5
22.Rd1 Be6 23.Bxa6 f6 24.Nd4 Bf7 25.Bd3 g6 26.Nb5 Rd7 27.Bc4 f5 28.Nc3 Nf6
29.Bxf7+ Kxf7 30.Ka2 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 Ke6 32.Kb3 Kd5 33.Kb4 Kc6 34.Kc4 g5 35.Kd4 Kd6
36.Ne3 Ke6 37.a4 Ne4 38.f3 Nc5 39.a5 Nb3+ 40.Kc4 Nxa5+ 41.Kb5 f4 42.Nc2 Kd5
43.Nb4+ Kd4 44.Nc6+ Nxc6 45.Kxc6 Ke3 46.Kxb6 Kf2 47.b4 Kxg2 48.Kc5 Kxf3 49.b5 Kg4
50.b6 f3 51.b7 f2 52.b8=Q f1=Q 53.Qg3+ Kh5 54.Kd5 Qf5+ 55.Kc6 g4 56.Qg1 Qf3+
57.Kc5 Kg5 58.Kd4 h5 59.Kc4 Kh4 60.Kd4 Kh3 61.Kc5 h4 62.Kd4 Qf4+ 63.Kc5 Qxh2
64.Qe3+ g3 65.Qe6+ Kg2 66.Qe4+ Kf1 67.Qb1+ Ke2 68.Qc2+ Kf3 69.Qd3+ Kg2 70.Qe4+ Kf1
71.Qb1+ Kg2 72.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Okike, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Qg4 f5 6.Qg3 b6 7.Nf3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.a4 O-O-O 11.h4 Nb8 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Nb3 a5 14.Qd3 Nge7 15.Qa6+ Kb8
16.Nc5 bxc5 17.Rb1+ Nb4 18.Bg5 Qc6 19.Qxa5 Kc8 20.cxb4 cxd4 21.b5 Qxc2 22.O-O Kd7
23.Rbc1 Ra8 24.Qb4 Qxc1 25.Qxe7+ Kc8 26.Rxc1  1-0

[Event "Hastings op9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Parr, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Bb7
9.g4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.h4 Rc8 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Ne2 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Ne5
16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Bf4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Ne2 d5 20.e5 Bc5 21.Nd4 Bc6 22.c3 Kd7
23.Rf1 Rb8 24.Be3 Rb7 25.f4 Rhb8 26.f5 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Re8 28.h5 Rg8 29.Rg2 a5
30.Kc1 a4 31.a3 Bb5 32.Kd2 Bc6 33.Ke3 Bb5 34.Bc5 Bc6 35.Kd4 Bb5 36.f6 g6
37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Rh1  1-0

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Panagiotopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nd2 Qc7
9.Kh1 Bc5 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Rc1 Qb7 13.f3 Nbd7 14.Qe1 O-O 15.Qg3 Kh8
16.a3 Rac8 17.b4 Ba7 18.c4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Bxc4 20.Bxc4 Nb6 21.Bb3 Nbd5 22.Bg1 Rc3
23.Rxc3 Nxc3 24.Qe5 Bb8 25.Qa5 Rc8 26.Rc1 Bc7 27.Qg5 Bb6 28.Qe5 Bc7 29.Qg5 Nfd5
30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Qd2 Bf4 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.Qd3 h5 34.Nb3 Qc6 35.Nc5 Qb5 36.g3 Bc1
37.Kg2 Qxd3 38.Nxd3 Bxa3 39.Bc5 Kg8 40.Kf2 e5 41.Ke2 f5 42.Nxe5 Bxb4 43.Bxb4 Nxb4
44.Nc4 Kf7 45.Ke3 Nc6 46.Kf4 Kf6 47.h4 a5 48.Nb6 Nb4 49.g4 hxg4 50.fxg4 fxg4
51.Kxg4 Nd3 52.Na4 Kg6 53.Nc3 Nc5 54.Kf4 Kh5 55.Kf5 a4 56.Nb1 Kxh4 57.Kg6 Ne6
58.Kf7 g5 59.Kxe6 g4 60.Kd5 g3 61.Kc4 g2 62.Nd2 Kg3 63.Ne4+ Kf3 64.Ng5+ Kg4
65.Ne4 g1=Q 66.Nc3 Qc1 67.Kb4 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Leech, Aiden M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Kb1 Nbd7 12.g4 b4 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.Qxb4 Nfxd5
16.Rxd5 Nxd5 17.Qe4 Nxe3 18.Qxa8+ Kd7 19.Qe4 Nxf1 20.Rxf1 g6 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.c3 Qc6
23.Qd3 Qc4 24.Qe3 f6 25.Nd2 Qa4 26.Qe2 Ke6 27.c4 Qb4 28.Qd3 Qc5 29.b3 f5
30.Nf1 Bg5 31.Ng3 Rf8 32.h3 Bh4 33.Ne2 Be7 34.Nc3 Rf7 35.Nd5 Bf8 36.b4 Qf2
37.g5 Qa7 38.c5 dxc5 39.Nf4+  1-0

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casiot, David J"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5
9.f3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc7 12.Rae1 O-O 13.Nd1 Rac8 14.c3 Rfd8 15.Nf2 Nc5
16.Bb1 Bf8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.f4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Rf3 d5 22.e5 Ne4
23.Qd1 b4 24.Rh3 Bf8 25.f5 exf5 26.Nxf5 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 bxc3 28.Ngxh6+ gxh6 29.Qg4+ Qg6
30.Qxg6+ fxg6 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Nxh6+ Bxh6 33.Rxh6 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Nxb6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nc4 Qd4
16.Na5 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Nc6 Bf6 20.Bxa6 Nc5 21.Bc4 e4 22.c3 Na4
23.Ra2 Nb6 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Bb3 d5 26.Nb4 d4 27.cxd4 Rd8 28.Nc2 g6 29.Kf1 Rb8
30.Ra1 Nc8 31.Bd5 Rxb2 32.Bxe4 Nd6 33.Bd3 Kf8 34.g3 Ke7 35.Ra7+ Kf8 36.Rd7 Rb6
37.Ke2 Ke8 38.Ra7 Rb7 39.Rxb7 Nxb7 40.Be4 Nd6 41.Kd3 Kd7 42.Bg2 Bg7 43.Nb4 f5
44.Bd5 f4 45.g4 h6 46.Nc6 g5 47.Nb4 Ke7 48.Bc6 Bf8 49.f3 Bg7 50.Ba4 Ke6 51.Bb3+ Ke7
52.Nd5+ Kd7 53.h4 Nb5 54.hxg5 hxg5 55.Nxf4 Nxd4 56.Ba4+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.N2f3 O-O 12.Bf4 Rfe8 13.Ne5 Qc8 14.c3 Nce4
15.h3 a6 16.Nd3 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Nxd6 18.Qf3 Re4 19.Rae1 Nc4 20.Re2 Qc7 21.b3 Nd6
22.Nb4 Qc5 23.Rd1 Rae8 24.a4 h6 25.Qd3 a5 26.Nbc2 Rc8 27.Ne3 Qxc3 28.Nf3 Qxd3
29.Rxd3 Nf5 30.Kf1 Nxe3+ 31.Rexe3 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Rc1+ 33.Ke2 Rc2+ 34.Ke1 Kf8
35.Nd4 Rc8 36.f3 Re8 37.Kd2 Rxe3 38.Kxe3 g6 39.Nb5 Ke7 40.Kd4 Ke6 41.Nc7+ Kd6
42.Nb5+ Kc6 43.Na7+ Kb6 44.Nb5 Kc6 45.Na7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.Kb1 Na7 13.Be2 Nd7 14.f4 a4 15.Nxa4 b5
16.Nc3 Nb6 17.Na5 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qxa5 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.fxe5 d5 22.Bg4 Qa6
23.Qd3 Nb5 24.Bxe6+ Qxe6 25.Qxb5 d4 26.c4 Qf5+ 27.Ka1 dxe3 28.Rhe1 Qc2 29.Qd5+ Kh8
30.Rc1 Rxa2+ 31.Kxa2 Qa4+ 32.Kb1 b3  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nc3 e5 10.e4 Re8 11.Re1 exd4 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Nd4 Rad8 15.f4 Bc8
16.Qc2 Ned7 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.h3 a5 19.Kh2 h5 20.Nf3 Qb8 21.a3 d5 22.cxd5 cxd5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qxc5 Nf6 26.e5 Ng8 27.Qxa5 b6 28.Qc3 Bb7 29.Rd4 Ne7
30.Red1 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Nf5 32.Rd7 Rc8 33.Qb2 Kg8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Qf6  1-0

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Henc, Renata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 Ba6 11.a3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Na5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Ng3 g6
16.Kf2 O-O 17.h4 f5 18.h5 g5 19.fxg5 f4 20.Ne2 Bxg5 21.h6 Kh8 22.Rh5 Bxe2
23.Kxe2 Rg8 24.g3 Be7 25.Bxf4 Rc3 26.Bd2 Rxb3 27.Bxa5 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 bxa5 29.Kf2 Qe8
30.Rh3 Nb6 31.Qd3 Qf8 32.Kg2 Bxa3 33.Rf1 Qe7 34.Rh4 Rg6 35.g4 Nc4 36.Kh3 Bb4
37.g5 a4 38.Rf4 Rg8 39.Rf6 Qe8 40.Nh4 Rxg5 41.Rf7 Qg8 42.Qf3 Qd8 43.Rxa7 Qe8
44.Qf8+ Rg8  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hon, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Be2 Nge5 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.h4 O-O-O 14.O-O-O gxh4 15.Bxh4 f5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.a3 Kb8 18.f3 h5 19.Bg5 Qe8 20.Kb1 Rc8 21.Be3 Qf7 22.Nd4 Bg6
23.Nxc6+ Nxc6 24.Bd3 Qf6 25.Bxg6 Qxg6 26.Nd5 Qf7 27.Rh4 e6 28.Nb4 d5 29.Nxc6+ Rxc6
30.Bd4 e5 31.Bf2 Qg6 32.Rc1 Rhc8 33.Ra4 b6 34.Rb4 d4 35.f4 Bh6 36.g3 exf4
37.gxf4 d3 38.c3 Rc4 39.Rxc4 Rxc4 40.Rd1 Bxf4 41.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 42.Rxd3 Rc8 43.Rf3 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salman, Joel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.f3 f5 11.g4 Kh8 12.Be3 Ng8 13.Qd2 fxg4 14.fxg4 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Qh4
16.Nf3 Qh3+ 17.Ke1 Ngf6 18.g5 Nh5 19.Nd1 b6 20.Nf2 Qd7 21.Nd3 Qe7 22.Kf2 Bg4
23.Kg2 Bxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Nf4+ 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Be5 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Qe3 Nd6
29.b3 Rf8 30.Rg1 Rf4 31.Kh1 Nf7 32.Rg4 Rxg4 33.Bxg4 Nxg5 34.Kg2 h5 35.Bc8 Kg7
36.h4 Nf7 37.Kg3 Qa3 38.Be6 Nd6 39.Qe2 Qc1 40.Qf3 Qe1+ 41.Kh3 Qxe4 42.Qxe4 Nxe4
43.Kg2 Nc3 44.a4 a5 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Ke3 Na2 47.c5 bxc5 48.Kd3 Nb4+ 49.Kc4 e4  0-1

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Holland, Christopher"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.Rd1 Re8 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Bc1 h6
16.h3 Qc8 17.Kh2 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Ncb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 a6 21.Ba3 axb5 22.Qxc5 Qa8
23.Bb2 Qxa2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Bxd5 Rxe2 26.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "London op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quinn, John M"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.e4 e5
9.h3 a5 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Nxe6 Nxe6 15.f4 Rfc8
16.Qf2 Qe7 17.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Zyl Smit, Konrad"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Re2 Bf8 15.Rae1 Rxe2
16.Rxe2 Qb5 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Nxc4 b5 20.Ne3 a5 21.Rc2 a4 22.Kf1 Ne4
23.Rc7 a3 24.b3 b4 25.Rc2 g6 26.Nd2 Nc3 27.Nec4 Bg7 28.Nf3 Rd8 29.Nfd2 h6
30.Na5 Rd6 31.Nac4 Rd5 32.Nb6 Rd8 33.Nbc4 f5 34.Na5 Rd6 35.Nac4 Rd5 36.Nb6 Rd8
37.Nbc4 Bf6 38.Na5 Rd5 39.Nac4 Kf7 40.Nb6 Rd8 41.Na4 Nxa4 42.bxa4 Ra8 43.Rc7+ Be7
44.Nb3 Rxa4 45.Nd4 Kf6 46.Ke2 Ra8 47.Kd3 Bd6 48.Rc6 Ke7 49.Kc4 Kd7 50.f4 b3
51.Kxb3 Rb8+ 52.Kc3 Rb2 53.Ra6 Rxa2 54.Ra7+ Ke8 55.g3 Rxh2 56.Nb5 Be7 57.Nxa3 Rg2
58.Kd4 Rxg3 59.Nc4 Rg1 60.Kd5 Re1 61.Ra8+ Bd8 62.Ne5 g5 63.fxg5 hxg5 64.Nc6 Rd1+
65.Ke6 g4 66.Nxd8 Rxd8 67.Ra5 Rb8 68.Kxf5 g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bye, OK."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Qh4 b5 14.a3 Rfe8 15.g4 Nf8
16.Bd2 Qb7 17.g5 N6d7 18.Qf2 e6 19.h4 d5 20.Re1 f5 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hassabis, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be2 Bg5 10.O-O Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nh6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Nd4 14.Nc2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Rc8
16.Ne3 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Qd2 Bg4 20.f3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Be6 22.b3 Rcd8
23.Qe1 Qa5 24.Qe2 Rd7 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Rd2 Re8 27.Rcd1 Bf5 28.Ne3 Be6 29.a4 a5
30.Nd5 Bf5 31.Qf2 e4 32.f4 Be6 33.Ne3 Qb6 34.f5 Bf7 35.Rb1 Red8 36.Qf4 Qb4
37.Rbd1 Qxb3 38.f6 gxf6 39.Ng4 Qxc4 40.Nxf6+ Kf8 41.Qh6+ Ke7 42.Nxd7  1-0

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 Bg7 9.Ng5 Qa5
10.Be2 Nb6 11.Nd1 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.c3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ne3 Nfd7 16.c4 a6
17.Bb4 Re8 18.b3 f6 19.Nh3 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Nxf8 21.g4 hxg4 22.fxg4 Ne6 23.h5 g5
24.O-O-O Nd4 25.Ng1 Be6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.gxf5 bxc4 28.bxc4 Na4 29.h6 Nc3 30.h7+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parker, Robert"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Rd7 14.Rc1 h6 15.Be3 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Na6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Ke2 Nc7 19.Rhd1 Ne6 20.g3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Rd5 e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Britton, Richard"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3 c4 6.Nbd2 cxd3 7.Bxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 b5 12.a4 b4 13.c4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Bc2 Qc7 16.Nd4 Nxd4
17.Bxd4 e5 18.Be3 Qc6 19.f3 Bd8 20.Rfe1 Bb6 21.Nf1 g6 22.Qd2 Bc7 23.Qxb4 Nc5
24.a5 f5 25.Bh6 Rf7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Ne3 Rf6 28.Nd5 Rf7 29.Bxf5 Qe8 30.Nxc7 Rxc7
31.Rxd6 Rd8 32.Qd2  1-0

[Event "London SCCU op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Costello, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.c3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nfd4 Bg6 15.h4 h6
16.h5 Be4 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qxe4 Rg8 21.Qf3 f5 22.Rad1 Qb6
23.Nxf5 Nxf5 24.Qxf5 Rg7 25.Rd4 Rag8 26.g3 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Kf2 Qa6
29.c4 Qxa2 30.Qf6+ Kh7 31.Qxf7+ R3g7 32.Qf5+ Kh8 33.Nd2 Qxb2 34.Qf6 Kh7 35.Rg1 Qxd4+
36.Qxd4 Rxg1 37.Ne4 R8g2+ 38.Kf3 Kg8 39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Kf8 41.Qc8+ Ke7
42.Qxb7+  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "B79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.h4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rfc8 13.Kb1 b5 14.Ncxb5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Rab8
16.Nc3 Rxc3 17.bxc3 a5 18.a4 Nc4 19.Rd3 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Bxa4 21.Ka1 Be8 22.e5 dxe5
23.Rxe5 a4 24.Ba2 Rc8 25.Rxe7 Rxc3 26.Kb2 Rc8 27.c3 Rb8+ 28.Kc2 Bf8 29.Ra7 Bc5
30.Ra6 Kg7 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Kd3 Nh5 33.g4 Nf4+ 34.Ke4 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Ne2 36.Ke5 Nc3
37.Ra1 Bc6 38.d5 f6+ 39.Kd6 Nb5+ 40.Kc5 Be8+ 41.Rc6 Bxc6 42.dxc6 Nc3 43.Be6 Rc7
44.Ra3 Re7 45.Rxc3 Rxe6 46.c7 Re8 47.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 c6 12.b3 a5 13.Rb1 Nfd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Re2 a4
16.f4 axb3 17.axb3 Ned3 18.Rd2 Nb4 19.Nde2 Qa5 20.Rxd6 Bf5 21.Qd2 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.Bf2 Ree8 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Rd7 Qh5 27.Nc3 Qf3 28.Rxb7 Bg7 29.Qd7 Qxc3
30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Rdd7 Rg8 32.Kg2 Nd3 33.Bd4 Ra2+ 34.Kf3 Ne5+  0-1

[Event "Hastings op9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qa5
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.fxg5 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nh7 15.Bg3 hxg5
16.Nf3 Nf8 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qf2 Ng6 19.Rxd7 Kxd7 20.Qxf7 Rh6 21.Qxe6+ Ke8
22.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.h3 Bg7 8.a4 O-O
9.Bc4 Nxe4 10.Bxf7+ Rxf7 11.Nxe4 Nf6 12.Nfg5 Rf8 13.O-O h6 14.Nxf6+ exf6
15.Ne4 f5 16.Nc3 Kh7 17.d5 c5 18.Nb5 Qd8 19.Bf4 Rf6 20.h4 a6 21.Na3 Rb8 22.a5 Bd7
23.Rfe1 Bf8 24.Nc4 Be8 25.Ra3 Rf7 26.Rae3 Bb5 27.Nb6 Bd7 28.c4 Qf6 29.b4 cxb4
30.Rh3 Re8 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 32.Qxb4 Re7 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.Rxc3 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Re3 Bf7
37.Nd7 Bg7 38.Bxd6 Rxa5 39.Re7 Kg8 40.Be5 b5 41.d6 bxc4 42.Bxg7 Kxg7 43.Ne5 Kf6
44.Nxf7 c3 45.Nxh6 f4 46.Ng4+ Kf5 47.d7 Rd5 48.Re5+  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Bc4 e5 8.O-O c6
9.Bb3 Qc7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bh4 b5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.a4 a6 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.b3 Nfd7
16.Bg3 Qd8 17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ne3 Nbd7 19.Nc2 Qb6 20.Ra2 Ne6 21.Bf1 c5 22.d5 Nc7
23.Ne3 Nf6 24.Qd3 Reb8 25.Nd2 Bc8 26.Rea1 Bd7 27.f3 Qb7 28.Bf2 Nfe8 29.g3 Rc8
30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 b4 32.cxb4 Bxa1 33.Rxa1 Qxb4 34.Nec4 a5 35.Bg2 Qb8 36.e5 Bf5
37.Be4 Bxe4 38.Nxe4 dxe5 39.d6 exf4 40.Qf3 Rd8 41.dxc7 Qxc7 42.Rc1 Rd5 43.Ncd6 Qe7
44.Nxe8 Rxe8 45.Nf6+ Qxf6 46.Qxd5 f3 47.Re1 Rd8 48.Qe5 Qa6 49.Qxc5 Qd3 50.Qb5 Qc3
51.Re8+ Rxe8 52.Qxe8+ Kg7 53.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.b3 Bxf3 4.exf3 e6 5.Bb2 Ne7 6.g3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.d4 Bd6
9.c3 O-O 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Qf2 f6 12.Bb5 e5 13.fxe5 fxe5 14.O-O g5 15.Rfe1 a6
16.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4
10.O-O Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 a6 13.a4 c4 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.Qf2 Rfe8
17.Rae1 Re7 18.Bd4 Nc5 19.Qh4 Qb6 20.Kh1 Nh5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Bxh5 Ree8 23.Bg4 Qxb2
24.Nd1  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.Be2 e6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.c5 Nd5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qa4 O-O 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Rfe1 h6 17.Bc4 Qd7 18.Be2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5 20.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Rxd7
22.Rd3 c6 23.Bf4 Rbd8 24.Bd6 Be7 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.f4 g6 27.Kg2 Red7 28.Red1 Rd5
29.Kf3 R8d7 30.Ke4 Kf8 31.Ra3 a6 32.Rad3 Ke7 33.a4 Rh5 34.Rh1 Rh4 35.Rb3 Rd5
36.Rg1 Kd7 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.a5 Rhh5 39.Ke4 Kc8 40.Ke3 Rd7 41.Ke4 Rhd5 42.Rd3 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings op9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.a4 Nf6 12.a5 f4 13.c5 g5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nc4 Nc8 16.Kh2 h5
17.g4 Kf7 18.Kg2 a6 19.f3 Rh8 20.Ba3 Bf8 21.Rh1 Bb5 22.Qb3 Kg7 23.Rac1 Bxc4
24.Qxc4 Be7 25.Na4 Ne8 26.Rhd1 Kf6 27.Rc2 Na7 28.c6 bxc6 29.dxc6 Nb5 30.Bb2 Qc8
31.Qb3 Na7 32.Nb6 Qd8 33.Nxa8 Qxa8 34.Bxa6 hxg4 35.fxg4 Ng7 36.Qd5 f3+ 37.Kxf3 Ne6
38.Rh1 Nf4 39.Qc4 Qf8 40.Rch2 Kg6 41.Ke3 d5 42.exd5 Bxb4 43.Qe4+ Kh6 44.h4 Qc5+
45.Kf3 Nh3 46.hxg5+  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mikhail S"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.e5 c5
9.Qf4 dxe5 10.Nxe5 e6 11.Qg3 g6 12.Qf3 Bg7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Bg5 h6 15.Nxd7 hxg5
16.Nxf8 Qxf8 17.O-O Nd7 18.Ne4 g4 19.Qxg4 f5 20.Qxg6 fxe4 21.Qxe6+ Qf7 22.Qxe4 Re8
23.Qc2 Bd4 24.Rae1 Ne5 25.h3 Rf8 26.Re4 Qf5 27.b3 Rf7 28.Kh1 Kf8 29.Qe2 Rh7
30.Kh2 Re7 31.f3 Ke8 32.b4 Qh7 33.Kh1 Kf8 34.bxc5 Nc6 35.Rxe7 Nxe7 36.Re1 Bxc5
37.Qe5 Bf2 38.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.f3 Qb4
9.Bb3 Nxe4 10.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Ke2 dxc6 13.Re1 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nc3+
15.Kf2 Nxd1+ 16.Rexd1 a6 17.Bb6 Be6 18.c4 O-O 19.Ke3 Bf5 20.Rd2 e5 21.g4 Be6
22.Rd6 Rfe8 23.h4 f5 24.gxf5 Bxf5 25.b4 Kf7 26.Rd2 Be6 27.Rc1 Re7 28.Kf2 Rae8
29.Kg3 Bf5 30.Bc5 Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Bxd7 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Rd1 Kf6 34.Bxe5+ Rxe5 35.Rxd7 Re7
36.Rd8 Rf7 37.Re8 Re7 38.Rd8 Ke5 39.Rd1 Rf7 40.Rd8 h5 41.c5 Kf5 42.Rd4 g5
43.hxg5 Kxg5 44.Re4 Rd7 45.Re5+ Kg6 46.Re4 Kf5 47.Rf4+ Ke5 48.Re4+ Kd5 49.Kh4 a5
50.bxa5 Kxc5 51.Kxh5 Kb5 52.f4 Kxa5 53.f5 b5 54.f6 b4 55.Re7 Rd1 56.f7 Rf1
57.Kg6 b3 58.Re1 Rf2 59.Rc1 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet sim1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Bd7
9.h3 a6 10.b3 Rb8 11.Bb2 b5 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Rad1 bxc4 14.dxc4 Ne5 15.Ba1 Bxh3
16.f4 Bxg2 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.exd6 Bxa1 20.dxe7 Rfe8 21.Rxa1 Rxe7
22.Rad1 Qe6 23.Qd6 Qh3 24.Qxb8+ Kg7 25.Kf2 Qg2+ 26.Ke1 Bf3 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Qf4  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Ne5 cxd4
9.O-O d3 10.Bxd3 Nc6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qd1 Qf6 13.Qh5 Nde5 14.Bc2 g6 15.Qh3 Qe6
16.Qg3 O-O-O 17.f4 Nc4 18.f5 Qd7 19.b3 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Nd6 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Nxa3 gxf5
23.Nb5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Rf6 Rhg8 26.Qf2 d4 27.Rxf7 Qd5 28.Qf4 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Qxd7
30.cxd4 a6 31.Nd6+ Kd8 32.d5 Ne7 33.Rc1 Nxd5 34.Qh4+ Qe7 35.Nxb7+  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e5 4.Nd5 Nge7 5.Nec3 d6 6.Bc4 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 g6 8.d3 Bg7
9.h4 h5 10.c3 Bd7 11.a4 f6 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxe6 Qe7 15.Bd5 O-O-O
16.Be3 Kb8 17.Qg3 Qg7 18.Ke2 Ne7 19.Ba2 Ka8 20.a5 d5 21.Bxc5 dxe4 22.dxe4 g5
23.hxg5 Ng6 24.gxf6 Qd7 25.Be3 Qb5+ 26.Kf3 Nf4 27.Rhe1 h4 28.Qg5 Rh5 29.Rad1 Rdh8
30.Qg7  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Re8 12.d5 g6 13.Nbd2 c4 14.b4 cxb3 15.axb3 Qc7 16.Bb2 Bd7
17.Bd3 Nh5 18.Bf1 Bf8 19.b4 Nc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Bc1 Bg7 22.Be3 Rf8 23.Nd2 Bb5
24.g3 Nf6 25.Qc2 Rae8 26.Qa2 Rc8 27.Qa5 Qe7 28.Qa2 h5 29.Bg5 Qc7 30.Qa5 Qd7
31.Qa2 Nh7 32.h4 f6 33.Be3 f5 34.Bb6 f4 35.Bxc4 fxg3 36.fxg3 Bxc4 37.Nxc4 Qb5
38.Qxa6 Qxc4 39.Qxc4 Rxc4 40.Ra3 Nf6 41.Ba7 Nxe4 42.b5 Rxc3 43.Rxc3 Nxc3
44.b6 Rf7 45.Bb8 Nxd5 46.Bxd6 Nxb6 47.Bxe5 Re7 48.Bc3 Rxe1+ 49.Bxe1 Kf7 50.Kf2 Ke6
51.Kf3 Kf5  0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8
10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 a6 12.a4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O Rb8 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Rxb6
17.Rxa6 Rxa6 18.Bxa6 c4 19.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pareshishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 b5
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Kb1 Nc6 11.g4 Nd7 12.h4 Qc7 13.h5 h6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.g5 hxg5
16.Bxg5 Bf8 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.f4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 f6 20.Bh4 Rxh5 21.f5 e5 22.Nd5 Qb7
23.Qf3 Rh8 24.Bf2 Rxh1 25.Qxh1 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 O-O-O 27.Qf1 Qc6 28.Qe2 Be7 29.Qe3 Qc7
30.b3 Kb8 31.Rd3 Rc8 32.c4 bxc4 33.bxc4 d5 34.exd5 Bc5 35.Rb3+ Ka8 36.Qxc5 Qxc5
37.Bxc5 Rxc5 38.Rc3 Kb7 39.Kc2 Kc7 40.Kb3 Kd6 41.Rg3 Rc7 42.Kc3 Rb7 43.Rh3 Rb1
44.Rh8 Rf1 45.Ra8 Rxf5 46.Rxa6+ Kd7 47.c5 e4 48.Kd4 e3 49.Rd6+ Kc8 50.Kxe3 g5
51.c6 g4 52.Rd7 g3 53.d6 Rc5 54.Rc7+ Kd8 55.Kf3 Rc3+ 56.Kg2 f5 57.Rd7+ Kc8
58.Rc7+ Kd8 59.a4 f4 60.a5 Rc2+ 61.Kf3 g2 62.Rg7 Rxc6 63.Rxg2 Rxd6 64.Ra2 Kc7
65.Kxf4 Kb7 66.Ke5 Rd1 67.Rc2 Ka6 68.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopera, M."]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Nh2 Be6 12.Ng4 Nbd7 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd7
16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 Bg5 18.Rc4 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Rc3 Rae8 21.Rb3 Qd4 22.Qf1 b5
23.Rd1 Qe4 24.Bd3 Qe5 25.Qf3 f5 26.Rf1 f4 27.Bg6 Rc8 28.Ra3 Rf6 29.Bd3 h5
30.Rxa6 Re8 31.c3 Bg4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kokov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.c3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Ba6 Qd5 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Ne5 c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.b4 Be7 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.b5 Bc5 20.Nc6 Rd7 21.c4 Kf8 22.h4 Ng8
23.Qc2 h6 24.Rd1 Ne7 25.Nb8 Rd4 26.Rxd4 Bxd4 27.Qd3 Nf5 28.g4 Nxh4 29.Nc6 Bf6
30.Qh7 Ng6 31.Bd6+ Ke8 32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szymanski, Marcin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bg5 Rd7 14.h3 Nf6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.c5 Kg7 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rfe1 f4 20.Red1 Rb8 21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rb1 g5
23.Ne1 h5 24.f3 Be7 25.Nd3 Kf6 26.b4 Be6 27.a3 Bc4 28.Nb2 Bb3 29.Nba4 Be6
30.Kf1 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Bxg4 33.Ne2 Rh8 34.Ng1 Ke6 35.Nc3 Rd8 36.Nge2 Rd3
37.a4 Bh4 38.b5 cxb5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Nxb5 Kd7 41.Rc1 Kc6 42.Na7+ Kb7 43.Nb5 f3
44.gxf3 Rxf3+ 45.Kg1 Rh3 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Nbc3 Rb2 48.Kf1 Kc6 49.Ra1 Rc2 50.Rd1 Rxc3
51.Nxc3 Bxd1 52.Nxd1 Kxc5 53.Ne3 Bg5 54.Nf5 Kc4 55.Ke2 c5 56.Ng7 Kb3 57.Ne6 Be7
58.Nc7 c4 59.Nd5 c3 60.Ne3 c2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Vamos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Kb1 O-O 11.g4 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.h4 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Nd4 Qb7
16.h5 d5 17.g5 Nd7 18.g6 Ne5 19.h6 Bf6 20.gxh7+ Kh8 21.f4 Ng6 22.e5 Be7 23.hxg7+ Kxg7
24.Bd3 Rh8 25.Qh2 Kf8 26.Qh6+ Ke8 27.Bxg6 Bf8 28.Qh4 fxg6 29.f5 gxf5 30.Bg5 Ra7
31.Qh5+ Qf7 32.Qe2 Rxh7 33.Qb5+ Qd7 34.Rxh7 Qxb5 35.Rxa7 Qb8 36.Rxa5 Qxe5
37.Ra8 Kd7 38.Ra7+ Ke8 39.Nb5 Qb8 40.Nc7+ Kf7 41.Be3 Bb7 42.Nb5 Kf6 43.Rh1 d4
44.Bxd4+ e5 45.Rh7 Bc6 46.Raf7+ Kg6 47.Nc7 exd4 48.Ne6 Bh6 49.Rxh6+ Kxh6
50.Rf6+ Kh5 51.Ng7+ Kg4 52.Rg6+ Kf3 53.Rxc6 Qh8  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qb3 N8d7 13.Qb5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qc7 15.b3 d5
16.c5 Nc8 17.a3 Na7 18.Qd3 b6 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nc6 21.Nb5 Qb7 22.Rab1 Ra4
23.Qc3 bxc5 24.bxc5 Qa6 25.Bd1 Ra5 26.Nd6 Bf6 27.Nb7 Ra3 28.Qb2 Ra2 29.Qc3 Rb8
30.Bb3 Ra3 31.Nd6 Na5 32.c6 Raxb3 33.cxd7 Rxb1 34.Qc8+ Rxc8 35.dxc8=R+ Qxc8
36.Nxc8 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Nc6 38.Nd6 Bxd4 39.Bc1 Na7 40.Ba3 Be5 41.Ke2 Bxd6 42.Bxd6 f6
43.g4 Kf7 44.h4 g6 45.g5 e5 46.Bc5 Nc6 47.Be3 f5 48.f3 Ke6 49.Bd2 d4 50.Kd3 Kd5
51.Be1 e4+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8
9.d5 a5 10.Ne1 Nb6 11.b3 c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ba3 c5 14.Qd3 Bf8 15.Nc2 Bb7
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Bb2 Rd8 18.f4 Bg7 19.Rd2 Rd7 20.Bh3 exf4 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qxd6 Bc6
23.Qxd7 Nfxd7 24.gxf4 Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Bxe4 26.Re1 f5 27.Na3 Nf8 28.Rd6 Nc8 29.Rd8 Kf7
30.Nb5 Ke7 31.Rd2 Ne6 32.Be5 g5 33.Nd6 Nxd6 34.Bxd6+ Kf7 35.Rf2 Rg8 36.h3 gxf4+
37.Kh2 f3 38.Be5 Rg6 39.Rg1 Rh6 40.Rd2 Rh5 41.Kg3 Rg5+ 42.Kf2 Rxg1 43.Kxg1 Ng5
44.Kf1 Nxh3 45.Bd6 h5 46.Bxc5 Nf4 47.Be3 Ng2 48.Bf2 h4 49.Rd6 Bb1 50.c5 Ke7
51.Rd4 Be4 52.Ra4 h3 53.Kg1 Nf4 54.Rxa5 Nd3 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Rh7 Kd5 57.Rxh3 Nxc5
58.Bxc5 Kxc5 59.Kf2 Kb4 60.Rxf3 Bb1 61.Rf4+ Kc3 62.a4 Kxb3 63.a5 Bd3 64.Rf3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.c3 Nge7
9.Nd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 Nxe3 12.Nxd8 Nxd1 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Rfxd1 O-O-O
15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Kc7 17.Ne3 Kc6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Kc5
21.Kf1 b5 22.Ke2 a5 23.Kd3 a4 24.b4+ axb3 25.axb3 f5 26.b4+ Kc6 27.Ne3 Be5
28.h3 Bd6 29.Nc2 Be7 30.c4 bxc4+ 31.Kxc4 h6 32.b5+ Kb6 33.Ne3 Bh4 34.Nd5+ Kb7
35.g3 Bd8 36.f3 g5 37.Ne3 f4 38.gxf4 gxf4 39.Nd5 Bg5 40.Kd4 Ka7 41.Ke5 Kb7
42.Nxf4 Kb6 43.Ne6 Be3 44.f4 Kxb5 45.Kd5 Bf2 46.f5 Bh4 47.Nc7+ Kb6 48.Ne8 Kb7
49.f6 Kc8 50.f7 Be7 51.Ke6 Kd8 52.Nf6 Bf8 53.Nh7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aliev, Chingiz"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.e4 a5 11.Rb1 Re8 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.Nxb5 Nc5 15.Ne1 Nfxe4
16.Ra1 Nf6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qc4 Rec8 19.Qe2 Rab8 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd4 Bg4 22.f3 Bd7
23.f4 Bg4 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.Nexf3 Nxd5 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Nb3 Rcb5 28.Qe4 Nf6 29.Qa4 Qa7+
30.Kg2 Rb4 31.Qc6 Ng4 32.Rd2 e4 33.Ng5 Qe3 34.Qd5 Ne5 35.Nh3 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 e3  0-1

[Event "Benasque op"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.Re1 Bd7 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Bxb5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd7 12.Qb3 Ba6 13.Nec4 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd3
16.Rd1 Rad8 17.b3 Bc5 18.Kf1 b5  0-1

[Event "Benasque op"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Nce2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nf4 Bc5 15.Bc4 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 O-O 17.Qe2 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qf6 19.Qe3 Qe5 20.Re1 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Nb6 22.Be2 a5
23.Rd6 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.b3 a4 26.Rb6 axb3 27.axb3 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Bd3 g5
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Be4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Kg7 33.Kd2 Rb6 34.Kd3 f5 35.Rc4 Kf6 36.Kd4 Rb8
37.gxf5 Kxf5 38.Ke3 e5 39.Ke2 Rb7 40.Ke3 Rb8 41.Kd3 Rd8+ 42.Ke3 Rd4 43.Rc8 g4
44.fxg4+ Rxg4 45.Kf3 Rh4 46.Rf8+ Ke6 47.Re8+ Kd6 48.Rd8+ Ke7 49.Rc8 Kd7 50.Rc5 Kd6
51.Rc8 Kd7 52.Rc5 Ke6 53.Rc8 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nf2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.g3 g6 8.b3 Bg7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Bg2 Ng4 11.Nd3 Bf5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.h3 Bxd3 14.hxg4 Ba6 15.d3 Nd4
16.Qd2 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qd4 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.f5 Kg8 20.Be4 Rd6 21.Qh6 Qg7 22.Qf4 Rfd8
23.Rd2 g5 24.Qe3 c4 25.bxc4 h6 26.Re2 b6 27.Kf2 Bc8 28.Kg2 Qf6 29.Bf3 R8d7
30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Bb7 32.a4 Bxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Kf8 34.Ra1 Rb7 35.Rd5 Kg7 36.Rxd6 exd6
37.Re1 Kf6 38.Re8 Rc7 39.Rh8 Ke7 40.Rxh6 d5 41.a5 dxc4 42.axb6 axb6 43.Rxb6 cxd3
44.cxd3 Rc1 45.f6+ Kd7 46.Ke4 Rg1 47.Kf5 Rxg3 48.Rb7+ Ke8 49.Rb8+ Kd7 50.Rf8 Rxd3
51.Rxf7+ Ke8 52.Re7+ Kf8 53.Kxg5 Rg3 54.Kf5 Rg1 55.g5 Ra1 56.Kg6 Ra6 57.Rb7 Ra8
58.Rh7  1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.a4 Nh5 10.a5 h6 11.Re1 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Bf1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne4 Nf4
16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.g3 Rf8 18.a6 bxa6 19.Qc2 Rb8 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.c5 g5 22.Re2 Be5
23.Nd2 Qf7 24.Nc4 Bf5 25.Rae1 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Rb5 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.b4 Rxb4 29.Qxa6 Qf6
30.Qa2 Re8 31.d6+ Qf7 32.d7 Rd8 33.Qa5 Rc4 34.Qxc7 Rxd7 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qb1+ d3
37.Rxe5 Rc2 38.Rf1 Qc4 39.Qe1 Re2 40.Qa1 Qd4 41.Qxd4 Rxd4 42.Re3 Rc2 43.Rd1 d2
44.Kf1 Kg6 45.Re6+ Kf5 46.Rxh6 Rxc5 47.Ra6 Rd7 48.h3 Rcd5 49.Ra4 Re5 50.f4 Re3
51.Kf2 Rc3 52.Ra5+ Ke4 53.Rxg5 Kd3 54.Ra5 Rc1 55.Rxd2+ Kxd2 56.g4 Rc3 57.h4 Rd4
58.Rf5 Re4 59.Rd5+ Rd3 60.Rxd3+ Kxd3 61.Kf3 Re3+ 62.Kf2 Ke4 63.f5 Kf4 64.g5 Rf3+
65.Kg2 Kg4 66.g6 Rg3+ 67.Kf2 Kxh4  0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas M"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qf2 O-O 11.a3 e6 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Nd1 d5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Qe2 b5 16.Nf2 Qb6
17.Kh2 a5 18.g4 c4 19.e5 cxd3 20.Qxd3 Nd7 21.Be3 Qb8 22.Kg2 Qb7 23.Kh2 b4
24.Qe2 b3 25.Bb1 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Bd3 Rce8 28.Nh1 e5 29.f5 e4 30.Bb5 Qc7+
31.Kg2 Be5 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Rad1 Ne7 34.c4 Rxf1 35.Qxf1 Rf8 36.Qe2 Nf6 37.cxd5 Nfxd5
38.Bc4 Qc6 39.Bxb3 Kh7 40.Bxd5 Nxd5 41.Qd2 Qf6 42.Qe2 Qe6 43.Qd2 Qf7 44.Qe2 Bf4
45.Bd4 e3 46.Qf3 Qe6 47.Bc5 e2 48.Re1 Bd6 49.Qxf8 Bxf8 50.Bxf8 Qe4+ 51.Kg3 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 f5 8.Nge2 Nd7
9.h3 Nf6 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rae1 Rae8 14.Nc1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.f4 Kh8 17.Ne2 f5 18.g3 g5 19.Kh2 Qg7 20.fxg5 Qxg5 21.Nf4 Rf6 22.Qf2 Rh6
23.Rg1 Rf8 24.Ref1 Rff6 25.Be2 Be8 26.Rg2 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Rxh3+ 28.Kg1 Qxf4
29.Rxf4 Kg7 30.Kf2 Rh1 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Kxg1 Bd7 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Bc4 Kg6 35.Rf2 Kg5
36.Rc2 Be8 37.Be2 Bf7 38.Rc5 Rd5 39.Rc1 Rd6 40.b4 a6 41.Rh1 Rh6 42.Rf1 Bb3
43.Rc1 Rg6 44.Rh1 Rh6 45.Rc1 Kf6 46.Rc5 Rg6 47.Kf2 Rg7 48.Rc1 Rg5 49.Rh1 Kg7
50.Rh4 Rg6 51.Rh5 Be6 52.a4 Rh6 53.Rh4 Kg6 54.a5 Kg5 55.Rxh6 Kxh6 56.Kg2 Kg5
57.Kg1 Bb3 58.Kf2 h5 59.Bf1 Bf7 60.Kg2 Kf6 61.Kf2 Ke7 62.Ke1 Kd7 63.Kd2 Kd6
64.Be2 Kd5 65.Kc3 Ke6 66.Kd2 Kf6 67.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew PH"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 a5
9.f3 Nc5 10.g4 c6 11.Nh3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Nf2 Qb8 14.Bb5 Rc8 15.h4 Ne8
16.Be3 Nc7 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.h5 b5 19.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 b6
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ne2 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Bd3 Qc7
16.Ng3 g6 17.Qa1 Bd6 18.Qc1 Re8 19.Qg5 Kh8 20.Qh4 Kg8 21.Bc1 Bf8 22.Ng5 Bg7
23.f4 Nf8 24.Nf3 N6d7 25.f5 Qd8 26.Qh3 Bb7 27.Bg5 Qb6+ 28.Be3 Qd8 29.Rf1 Bc8
30.Be2 Qe7 31.Ng5 Nf6 32.Bg4 h6 33.Nxf7 Nxg4 34.Qxg4 Qxf7 35.Qf3 g5 36.f6 Bh8
37.Bc5 g4 38.Qf2 Ng6 39.Nf5 Bxf5 40.Qxf5 Re6 41.Qxg4 Rxf6 42.Qc8+ Kh7 43.Ra1 Nf4
44.g3 Ne2+ 45.Kg2 Qg6 46.Ra8 Qxe4+ 47.Kh3 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 e6 8.Bf4 Nf6
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Bg3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Bh4 Kh8 17.Bxh7 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Qxd8 19.Rd1 Bd5 20.Bd3 Bd6 21.c4 Ba8 22.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pigott, John C"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Nxd5 Be6
10.Ne2 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Be2 Qa5 15.b3 b5 16.O-O Rac8
17.Kh1 c4 18.bxc4 b4 19.Nd1 Nc5 20.Nf2 Qb6 21.Be3 a5 22.Bd1 Qc7 23.Bd4 Nfd7
24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qd4+ f6 26.f4 Qb6 27.Bg4 Re7 28.Rfe1 Na4 29.Qd2 Nc3 30.e5 f5
31.exd6 Qxd6 32.Qd4+ Nf6 33.Bf3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qc5 35.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 c6 11.b3 Nc5 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1 Nfd7 14.Re2 Ne5 15.Be3 a4
16.f4 axb3 17.axb3 Ned3 18.b4 Ra3 19.bxc5 Rxc3 20.cxd6 Qxd6 21.e5 Qa3 22.Ra1 Qb4
23.Bd2 Rd8 24.Bxc3 Qxc3 25.Nf3 Bf8 26.Ra8 Qxc4 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.e6 fxe6 29.Qa1+ Kg8
30.Qf6 Re8 31.Ng5 e5 32.Rc2 Qb3 33.Rc3 Bg7 34.Qe7  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nd2 f5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nb5 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.Bg4 Be5 18.Nc7 Rb8 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Qe7 21.Qd5 h5 22.Bd1 Nd4
23.Re1 Rf5 24.Nd2 f3 25.g3 Bxg3 26.Qxd4 Be5 27.Rxe5 Qg5+ 28.Kf1 Qg2+ 29.Ke1 Rxe5+
30.Ne4 Qg4 31.Qxe5 Qg1+ 32.Kd2 dxe5 33.Rc7 Kh8 34.Bxf3 Re8 35.e7 Qxh2 36.Rxb7 Qh4
37.Rxa7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Nc5 Qf7  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Knott, Simon JB"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 f5
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Ne2 Bd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Rg1 Be8 14.h3 Bg6 15.a3 a5
16.b3 Qd7 17.Bd2 a4 18.b4 Nc4 19.Qe1 b5 20.Ra2 Bd8 21.Bc3 Bb6 22.Bb1 Rae8
23.Nh4 Ne7 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Rf1 Nc6 26.Qg3 Kf7 27.Rd1 Rh8 28.Ng1 Bd8 29.Nf3 Na7
30.Qf2 Nc8 31.Rg1 N8b6 32.Kh2 Rh6 33.Bd3 Reh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Poulton, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 Bd7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rfd1 Qb6
16.Rab1 Rfc8 17.a3 Qd8 18.Bf1 Be5 19.Qe1 Qf8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qg7 22.Qf2 Rc6
23.g3 Bf6 24.Bg2 e6 25.Rdd1 Qf8 26.f4 e5 27.f5 Qe7 28.h4 Rb8 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.Qd2 a4
31.Bh6+ Kg8 32.Qf2 Nd7 33.Bh3 Bg7 34.f6 Nxf6 35.Bg5 d5 36.exd5 Ra6 37.c5 Qf8
38.d6 Ne4 39.Qe3 Nxg5 40.hxg5 Qd8 41.b4 b6 42.Qd3 b5 43.Rxf7 Qxg5 44.Be6 Kh8
45.Kg2 e4 46.Qxe4 Re8 47.Rbf1 Be5 48.Rf8+ Rxf8 49.Rxf8+ Kg7 50.Rf7+ Kh6 51.Qh4+ Qxh4
52.gxh4 Ra8 53.Bd5 Rd8 54.Bc6 Bb2 55.Rf3  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Ne2 Qg5 7.Bc4 Qxg2 8.Ng3 Qh3
9.Qf3 Ne7 10.c3 Nc6 11.Qf4 Be7 12.Bb5 dxc3 13.bxc3 e5 14.Qe3 d6 15.f4 Bh4
16.Ba3 exf4 17.Qxf4 Bxg3+ 18.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 19.hxg3 Kd7 20.d4 Kc7 21.e5 dxe5
22.d5 Nb8 23.Be7 Bd7 24.Bd3 h6 25.Rh4 b6 26.Be4 Kb7 27.Rh5 f6 28.c4 Na6 29.c5 bxc5
30.d6+ Bc6 31.Rb1+ Nb4 32.Bf5 Bf3 33.Rh4 Kc6 34.Kf2 Bd5 35.a3 Na2 36.Ra4 a5
37.Rg4 g5 38.d7 h5 39.d8=Q Rhxd8 40.Bxd8 Rxd8 41.Ra4 Nc3  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.O-O b6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Qf3 Nd5 11.c4 e6 12.cxd5 Bd6 13.g3 Bb7 14.Nc3 O-O-O 15.Bf4 Qf6
16.Ne4 Bxd5 17.Ba6+ Kb8 18.Bxd6+ Rxd6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kennaugh, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bd7 15.d3 c6
16.Bb3 Qc7 17.Qh5 Bf6 18.Bf4 Rbe8 19.Qc5 Be5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Qxd4 c5 22.Qc3 c4
23.dxc4 Rc5 24.Qd4 bxc4 25.Ba4 Be6 26.b4 cxb3 27.Bxb3 h6 28.Red1 Bxb3 29.cxb3 Rb8
30.Qxd6 Rxb3 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Qf8 Rd3 33.Qg8+ Kg6 34.Ra6+ f6 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Raa1 Rxd1+
37.Rxd1 Qf4 38.g3 Qf3 39.Qa4 Rh5 40.h4 Re5 41.Re1 f5 42.Re3 Qg4 43.Qc2 Rxe4
44.Rc3 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Qe4+ 46.Qxe4 Rxe4 47.h5 g5 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Rc6 Kh7 50.Rc5 f4
51.Kf3 Ra4 52.Rc7+ Kg8 53.g4 Rb4 54.Ke2 Rb2+ 55.Kf3 Rb4 56.Ke2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kilkenny op"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peart, Alan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Be2 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Be7 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.f4 Rc8 14.Rhf1 O-O 15.Nf3 b5
16.Bd3 Qa5 17.Ne2 e5 18.Qd2 b4 19.Nc1 exf4 20.Qxf4 Be6 21.g4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Qg3 Bg5 24.Nb3 Qc7 25.h4 Bf4 26.Qg2 a5 27.g5 h5 28.g6 a4 29.gxf7+ Rxf7
30.Nc1 a3 31.Nb3 axb2 32.Kxb2 Qc3+ 33.Kb1 Ra8 34.Rxf4 exf4 35.e5 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "Kilkenny op"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.d5 Nb4
16.Bb1 a5 17.a3 Na6 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Ne3 a4 20.Bc2 Nc4 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Be3 Nb3
23.Bxb3 cxb3 24.g4 h5 25.Nd2 Bd7 26.gxh5 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Kh2 Bg5 29.Qe2 Bxe3
30.Qxe3 Qh4 31.Qg3 Qxh5 32.Rg1 Rf7 33.Nc4 Raf8 34.Raf1 Bxh3 35.Qxh3 Rxf2+
36.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37.Rg2 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qe2+ 39.Kg3 Qd3+ 40.Kg2 Qxd5+  0-1

[Event "Kilkenny op"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.h3 Nh7 13.O-O h4 14.Nh1 f5 15.Qd2 f4 16.Bxf4 g5
17.Be3 Ng6 18.Nf2 Be5 19.Bc4 Nf4 20.Nd3 Qf6 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rf2 Bd7 23.a4 Rf7
24.Ne2 Nf8 25.Nc1 N8g6 26.Bf1 Re8 27.Ra3 b6 28.b4 Qf6 29.Nd3 Bc8 30.b5 Ne5
31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.a5 Bb7 33.Qb2 Kh7 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.Bd2 Re8 36.Kh2 Kg6 37.Bc1 Rfe7
38.axb6 axb6 39.Ra7 Rf7 40.Rfa2 Ree7 41.Bb2 Re8 42.Bc4 Rd8 43.Ra1 Re8 44.Bc3 Rd8
45.R1a2 Re8 46.Ra1 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kilkenny op"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hurley, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Qe2 Bg6 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Ne1 Qh5 14.Qxh5 Bxh5 15.f3 c5
16.Nd3 Nb6 17.Bb3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 cxd4 19.cxd4 g5 20.Nc5 Rab8 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.Be1 Nbd5
23.e4 Nf4 24.Bc4 b6 25.Na6 Ra8 26.Bb5 Rd8 27.Bb4 Kg7 28.Be7 Rdc8 29.Kh1 Nxh3
30.gxh3 Bxf3+ 31.Kg1 Bxd1 32.Bxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rxd1 Rc2 34.Nb4 Rc3 35.d5 Re3
36.d6 Rd8 37.Nc6 Rxd6 38.Rxd6 Rxe4 39.Nxa7 Ke5 40.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "Kilkenny op"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Thomas"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c6 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qc2 d5 6.e3 f6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Qb3 e5 9.Qxb6 axb6
10.dxe5 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nd7 12.Bf4 Ndc5 13.Na3 Nxc3 14.Be5 N5a4 15.Nf3 Nxb2
16.Bxc3 Bxa3 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Be5 Bb4+ 19.Nd2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Ke2 Bd3+
22.Kd1 Rxg2 23.Bg3 c3 24.Nb3 c2+ 25.Kc1 Bc3  0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5
16.Kb2 Rc8 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Ka1 a5 19.a3 Qc5 20.Qc1 a4 21.Ba2 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4
23.Qd2 e5 24.Rb1 exd4 25.cxd4 b5 26.Rhc1 d5 27.e5 Ne8 28.c3 Bf5 29.Rb4 Qd3
30.Qe1 Ng7 31.Kb2 Ne6 32.Qd1 Rxc3 33.Qxd3 Rxd3 34.Rxb5 Rd2+ 35.Kc3 Rxd4 36.Rb4 Rd3+
37.Kb2 Rd2+ 38.Kc3 Rd3+ 39.Kb2 Rd2+ 40.Kc3 Rxg2 41.Rxa4 d4+ 42.Kb3 d3 43.Kc3 Nc5
44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.Rb8 Na4+ 46.Kd4 d2  0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Bc1 e6 6.f3 Nf6 7.c4 Bd6 8.e4 Be5
9.Nd2 Bd4 10.Ne2 e5 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb3 d6 13.Bd2 a5 14.c5 dxc5 15.Nxc5 O-O
16.Na4 Qd6 17.Qb3 Nfd7 18.Rc1 f5 19.exf5 b6 20.Bb5 Nc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Qa3 Na6
23.Bc6 Ra7 24.Qxa5 Bxf5 25.O-O Bd7 26.b4 cxb4 27.Rfe1 Re8 28.Rc4 Re7 29.Bxb4 Nxb4
30.Qxa7 Bxc6 31.Qa3 Bxd5 32.Qxb4 Qe6 33.Rxd4 Bxa2 34.Rde4  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Polak, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e5 Bg4 6.d4 h5 7.Bd3 Nh6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6
10.g3 Nf5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Be3 Na6 13.O-O Nc7 14.Na4 Bf8 15.b3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Qa5
17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Be3 Ba3 19.Qf1 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 b5 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Ke7 23.h4 a5
24.a3 f6 25.exf6+ Kxf6 26.Kf2 Rhd8 27.Bd4+ Kf7 28.Rd2 Re8 29.Re1 Nf8 30.Rxe8 Rxe8
31.Bc3 a4 32.b4 Re4 33.Bd4 Ne6 34.c3 Nd8 35.Re2 Ke6 36.Ke1 Nf7 37.Kd2 Nh6
38.Kd3 Ng4 39.Kd2 Nf6 40.Bxf6 Kxf6 41.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rizouk, Ryad"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd3 a6 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Rfe1 Nc5 14.Qe3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe4
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.h4 Qc8 19.h5 f6 20.Qg3 Kf7 21.Re3 e5 22.Nxc6 Qxc6
23.Rf3 Re6 24.Qh4 Qe4 25.Qh3 g5 26.Bxg5 Rg8 27.Be3 Na4 28.c5 d5 29.Bh6 Nxc5
30.Re3 Qg4 31.Qxg4 Rxg4 32.Rxd5 Rc6 33.f4 e4 34.f5 Ke7 35.g3 Na4 36.Bf4 Nxc3
37.Rdd3 Nb5 38.Rxe4+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Kf8 40.Bh6+ Rg7 41.Bxg7+  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rotman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 b6 11.f4 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Rae1 O-O 14.Qh3 Rfe8 15.Kh1 g6
16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Bf8 18.Nd4 Bg7 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Bh6 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Ne5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Rf1 Rh8 24.Qg3 Nfg4 25.h3 Qc5 26.Nce2 Nxd3 27.Qxg4 Ne5 28.Qg3 Qxc4 29.Rd1 Qc8
30.Nf4 Be4 31.Kg1 Qb7 32.Qg5 Kh7 33.Qh4+ Kg8 34.Qf6 Kh7 35.Qxd6 Nc4 36.Qf6 Ne3
37.Re1 Nd5 38.Nxd5 Bxd5 39.Re7 Qc8 40.Nf3 Qc5+ 41.Kh2 Rc8 42.Ng5+ Kh6 43.Nxf7+ Bxf7
44.Rxf7 Rc6 45.Qh4+ Qh5 46.Qe7  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.e4 Re8 10.O-O Nc5 11.d3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Nd1 Ne6 15.Ne3 Nd4
16.Qf2 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 b5 19.h4 Qb6 20.Rd2 Nh5 21.Bf3 Nf4 22.Kh2 Nxc2
23.gxf4 Nxe1 24.Qxe1 exf4 25.Ng4 Bxb2 26.Rxb2 Qd4 27.Qf2 Kg7 28.Qxd4+ Rxd4
29.Nf2 c5 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Be2 a5 32.Kh3 h5 33.Kg2 a4 34.Kf3 Rb4 35.Rc3 Kf6
36.Kxf4 Ke7 37.Ke3 Kd6 38.Bd1 a3 39.Be2 Rd4 40.Rc1 Ke7 41.Nh3 Rd6 42.Nf4 Rdc6
43.Nd5+ Kf8 44.Nc3 Rb8 45.Nb1 b4 46.Nd2 f6 47.Rg1 Kf7 48.Nc4 Re6 49.Bf3 Rd8
50.Kd2 Rd4 51.Rc1 Kg7 52.Ne3 Re5 53.Rg1 Kh6 54.Kc2 Re6 55.Nd5 f5 56.Nf4 Rf6
57.Ne2 fxe4 58.Bxe4 Rdd6 59.Kd2 Rf2 60.Rc1 Rh2 61.Rxc5 Rxh4 62.Re5 Rh2 63.Ke3 Rh3+
64.Kd2 Rf6 65.d4 g5 66.d5 Rh2 67.Re7 g4 68.Rh7+ Kg5 69.Rg7+ Kh4 70.Ke3 Rh3+
71.Kd4 Rf2 72.Bd3 Rhf3 73.d6 Rf8 74.d7 Rd8 75.Ke5 Rf3 76.Nf4 g3 77.Bf5 Rf2
78.Rh7 Rxf4 79.Kxf4 g2 80.Rg7 Rxd7 81.Rxg2 Rd4+ 82.Be4 Kh3 83.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Nc1 Qa5
16.g5 Ne8 17.Rg1 Nc7 18.Rg4 Nd7 19.Qxb4 Nxd5 20.Qxa5 Rxa5 21.Bd2 Ra7 22.Bb5 Nc5
23.Bc6 Nc7 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.cxd3 a3 26.Be3 Ra6 27.Bb7 Ra5 28.b4 Rb5 29.Bc6 Rbb8
30.Ba7 d5 31.Bxb8 Rxb8 32.Kc2 Na6 33.b5 Nb4+ 34.Rxb4 Bxb4 35.Kb3 Bd6 36.Ka4 d4
37.Ka5 Kf8 38.b6 Ke7 39.b7 Rh8 40.Rc1 h6 41.g6 fxg6 42.Be4 Kd7 43.Kb6 Rf8
44.Bd5 e4 45.fxe4 Bxh2 46.Rc8 Rd8 47.Rc6 Bd6 48.Rc4 Be5 49.Bc6+ Ke6 50.Rc5 Bb8
51.Bd5+ Kd7 52.e5 Bxe5 53.Bc6+ Ke6 54.Bd7+ Kd6 55.Rxe5 Rb8 56.Re8 Rxb7+ 57.Kxb7 Kxd7
58.Re4  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.Qd2 e6 9.Nge2 Qa5
10.Ng3 exd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Re8 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qb7 16.Nd1 c4
17.Bh6 Nc5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nf2 Qe7 20.Rfe1 h5 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.Ne2 h4 23.Nd4 Nh5
24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Qf6 26.b4 Na4 27.Rc7 Nb6 28.Rec1 Rac8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8 Bxc8
31.Nc2 h3 32.Qd4 hxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Nf4+ 34.Kg1 Nd7 35.Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.Nh3 Ke5 37.Kf2 Nb6
38.Nxf4 Kxf4 39.Ne1 Ke5 40.Ke3 f5 41.Nd3+ Kf6 42.Kd4 Nc4 43.Be2 g5 44.f4 fxe4
45.fxg5+ Kxg5 46.Kxe4 Bf5+ 47.Kd4 Bxd3 48.Bxd3 Ne5 49.Be2 Nd7 50.Bf1 Kg4
51.Bd3 Ne5 52.h3+ Kf4 53.Be4 Nc4 54.Bg6 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Stisis, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B78"]

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.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Nde2 Qa5 17.Bh6 Rfc8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kh8 20.e5 Qxe5 21.Rd5 Qe6 22.Nd4 Rxd4
23.Rxd4 Bc6 24.Rd3 Qc4 25.Re1 b5 26.b3 Qc5 27.Qd2 b4 28.Nd1 Nd5 29.g5 Bb7
30.Kb2 e6 31.c4 bxc3+ 32.Nxc3 Nxc3 33.Rxc3 Qxc3+ 34.Qxc3+ Rxc3 35.Kxc3 Kg7
36.f4 h5 37.gxh6+ Kxh6 38.Rd1 Bd5 39.a4 g5 40.fxg5+ Kxg5 41.Rg1+ Kf6 42.b4 Ke7
43.b5 Kd7 44.a5 e5 45.Kb4 Be4 46.Rc1 f5 47.Rg1 Kc7 48.Rg7+ Kb8 49.Rd7 f4
50.Rxd6 f3 51.Rf6 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd2 Kc7 54.Ke3 Bd5 55.Kd3 Bb7 56.Rf7+ Kb8
57.Kc4 e4 58.a6 Bc8 59.Kd5 e3 60.Rxf3 Kc7 61.Rxe3 Kb6 62.Re8 Bg4 63.Rb8+ Ka5
64.Kc5 Be2 65.b6 Kxa6 66.Ra8 Kb7 67.Rxa7+ Kb8 68.Rf7 Bd3 69.Rg7 Be4 70.Rg3 Kb7
71.Re3 Bg2 72.Re7+ Kb8 73.b7 Ka7 74.Rc7 Bf3 75.b8=Q+ Kxb8 76.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe1 Nd4
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 d5 12.Bb3 a5 13.a4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b6 15.f5 Nxf5
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2 Kh8 18.Rf3 e5 19.Kh1 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Nxh6 21.Nd2 Nf5 22.Nf1 Ra7
23.Kg1 Re7 24.h3 Bb7 25.Rf2 Nd6 26.Re2 Kg7 27.Nd2 Qc7 28.Qf2 h6 29.Rae1 Rfe8
30.Kh1 Bc6 31.Kg1 f5 32.Nf3 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 e4 34.Qf2 e3 35.Qf4 Qc5 36.h4 Qe5
37.Rf1 Qf6 38.g3 Rf8 39.Qf3 Nb7 40.Bd5 Nc5 41.b3 Na6 42.Bc4 Nb4 43.Kg2 Na2  0-1

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Nc3 h6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Rg8 11.O-O Rc8 12.c4 Bg7 13.Rac1 e6 14.Nb6 Rc6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Qe3 Ke7 17.Nd4 Rc5 18.Nb3 Rc6 19.Rfd1 b6 20.Nd4 Rc7 21.Qa3 Qc8 22.Rc3 Bf8
23.Qb4 Rb7 24.Ra3 Qc5 25.Rxa6 Qxb4 26.Nc6+ Kd7 27.Nxb4 Be7 28.Nc2 Rc8 29.Ne3 Ke8
30.g3 Bf8 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Ra3 Bg7 33.Rad3 Rc6 34.b3 Ra7 35.a4 h5 36.h4 Rd7
37.f4 Rc5 38.Kf3 Ra5 39.Nc2 Rc5 40.Nd4 Rd8 41.Nb5 Rc6 42.g4 hxg4+ 43.Kxg4 Bh6
44.Kf3 Bg7 45.h5 Bh6 46.e5 fxe5 47.fxe5 d5 48.cxd5 Rc5 49.Nd4 Rf8 50.Nc6+ Ke8
51.b4 Rc4 52.Rd4 Rc2 53.b5 Bg5 54.Rg4 f6 55.dxe6 fxe5+ 56.Kg3 Bf4+ 57.Rxf4 exf4+
58.Kf3 Rc3+ 59.Kf2 Rc2+ 60.Kf1 Rxc6 61.bxc6 Ke7 62.c7 Rc8 63.Rc1 Kxe6 64.Kf2 Kf6
65.Kf3 Kg5 66.h6  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sylvan, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B79"]

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.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.h5 Nxh5
16.g4 Nf6 17.Nb3 Qe5 18.Bf4 Qe6 19.Nd4 Rxd4 20.Qxd4 Nxg4 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.Bh6 Bh8
23.Rhe1 Rc8 24.e5 dxe5 25.f4 Bc6 26.Rxe5 Qh3 27.f5 Ne8 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Nd6
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bg5 Nf5 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.Bxe7 Qf3 35.Re1 Bg7
36.Bf6 Qc6 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.a3 Qf6 39.Qb8 Qb6 40.Rh1 Nh6 41.Qe5+ f6 42.Qh2 Qe3
43.Qc7+ Nf7 44.Qxb7 g5 45.Qc8 Qf3 46.Rg1 f5 47.Qc4 g4 48.Rf1  1-0

[Event "Witley"]
[Site "Witley"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nh3 a6
9.Nf2 b5 10.h4 Re8 11.Bh6 bxc4 12.h5 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Nxh5 14.g4 Nhf6 15.O-O-O Nf8
16.e5 Nd5 17.Nfe4 f6 18.Bxc4 Be6 19.f4 Bxg4 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Bxd5+ Kh8 22.Rdg1 Rc8+
23.Nc3 dxe5 24.Rxg4 Qxd5 25.dxe5 Qf7 26.Rg3 f5 27.Kb1 Rc4 28.Rd3 Qg7 29.Qh4 Kg8
30.Nd5 Ne6 31.Rg1 Qf7 32.Qf2 Nc5 33.Rdd1 Rb8 34.Qg2 Re4 35.Qc2 Ne6 36.Rgf1 Rd8
37.Qb3 Kg7 38.Qb6 Rd7 39.Qc6 Nf8 40.Rf2 Qe6 41.Qc5 Kf7 42.Rfd2 g5 43.fxg5 Rxe5
44.Qc4 Ng6 45.Qb3 Re1 46.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47.Qd1 Qxd1+ 48.Rxd1 e6 49.Nc3 Rxd1+
50.Nxd1 e5 51.Kc2 Ke6 52.Kd3 Kd5 53.Nc3+ Kc5 54.Na4+ Kc6 55.Kc4 e4 56.Kd4 Nh4
57.Ke5 Kb5 58.b3 Kb4 59.Kf4 a5 60.Nb6 Kc3 61.Ke3 Ng2+ 62.Kf2 Nf4 63.Ke3 Ne6
64.Nd5+ Kb2 65.b4 a4 66.b5 Kxa2 67.b6 Nc5 68.Nf6 a3 69.Nxh7 Kb1 70.g6 a2
71.g7 a1=Q 72.g8=Q Qc3+ 73.Kf4 Qf3+ 74.Ke5 e3 75.Qg1+ Kb2 76.Ng5 Qf2 77.Nh3 Qd2
78.Nf4 Nd7+ 79.Kxf5 Nxb6 80.Qg7+ Kb3 81.Qb7 Qd4 82.Ne2 Qc5+ 83.Kf4 Kc2 84.Qe4+ Kd1
85.Kf3 Qh5+ 86.Kxe3 Qxe2+ 87.Kf4 Qd2+ 88.Kg3 Nd5 89.Qb1+ Ke2 90.Qb5+ Ke3
91.Qb3+ Ke4 92.Qc4+ Ke5 93.Qg4 Qe1+ 94.Kh2 Qd2+ 95.Qg2 Qh6+ 96.Qh3 Qf6 97.Qg3+ Ke4
98.Qg2+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graham, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 e6 6.Bg5 d5 7.b4 h6 8.exd5 hxg5
9.dxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 bxc6 11.Bc4 a5 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.g3 g6 15.a4 axb4
16.cxb4 Rb8 17.Rb1 g4 18.Rb3 Be6 19.Ne2 d4 20.Rb1 Bh6 21.f4 Bg7 22.Nc1 Kd7
23.Nd3 Bf5 24.Kc2 Rhe8 25.b5 cxb5 26.axb5 Re3 27.c6+ Kc7 28.Rb3 Rxb5 29.Rhb1 Kxc6  0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Lee, Graham D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Bb2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Qc6 15.Qe5 Rfd8
16.Qg3 h6 17.Rfe1 a5 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Bc1 Nh5 20.Qh3 Nf6 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Qg3+ Ng4
23.Qxg4+ Kf8 24.Qf4  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Be6 10.Bc2 d5 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nbd2 d4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.a3 a5 15.a4 bxa4
16.Bxa4 Nb4 17.Bb3 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 c5 19.Nbd2 Nd7 20.Nc4 a4 21.Bf4 Nb6 22.Nxb6 Qxb6
23.Ne5 Qe6 24.Nc4 Nd5 25.Bg3 Nb6 26.Rdc1 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 f5 28.f3 f4 29.Bf2 Rfb8
30.Qc2 Qb6 31.Rcxa4 Rxa4 32.Qxa4 Qxb2 33.Re1 Qb5 34.Qa7 Qb7 35.Qa2+ Qb3 36.Qa6 Rb6
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.e5 Qc2 40.e6 Rb2 41.Rf1 Rb1 42.g3 fxg3 43.hxg3 Rxf1+
44.Kxf1 Qc1+ 45.Kg2 Qg5 46.Qe4 g6 47.Qa8+ Kg7 48.Qe8 Qf6 49.Qd7 h5 50.Be1 g5
51.Ba5 Kg6 52.Bc7 Kf5 53.Bd6 Qxe6 54.Qxe7 Qa2+ 55.Kf1 Qb1+ 56.Kf2 Qb2+ 57.Qe2 Qxe2+
58.Kxe2 h4 59.gxh4 gxh4 60.Bxc5 h3 61.Bd6  1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.O-O-O O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Bf3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 a6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Bg5 Rfd8
16.h4 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxc2 20.Qxb7 Rb8 21.Qxa6 Rxb2 22.Qf1 Rxa2
23.Rac1 Qa4 24.Rc4 Qa7 25.Rdc1 Rb8 26.Rc7 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Qh3 Qa7 29.Rc8+ Kh7
30.Be2 g6 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.Qd3 Be7 34.Qc4 Qa4 35.Rc7 Kf6 36.Qd3 Qa3
37.Rc3 Qb2 38.Qf3+ Kg7 39.Bc4 Bf6 40.Bxa2 Qxa2 41.Rd3 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qb4 43.Rd5 Be7
44.Qd3 Qb6 45.Rb5 Qc6 46.Rb3 f5 47.Qd5 Qxd5 48.exd5 e4 49.f3 Kf6 50.Rb7 Bf8
51.Kf2 exf3 52.Kxf3 Ke5 53.Rf7 Bh6 54.Re7+ Kxd5 55.Rh7 Bd2 56.Rg7 g5 57.hxg5 Ke6
58.Kg2 d5 59.Kh3 d4 60.Rg6+ Ke5 61.Kh4 d3 62.Rg8 Bc3 63.Re8+ Kd5 64.g6 Bf6+
65.Kxh5 Kd4 66.Re1 d2 67.Rh1 Ke3 68.Kh6 Kf3 69.g7 Bxg7+ 70.Kxg7 Kxg3 71.Rd1 f4
72.Kf6 f3 73.Ke5 f2 74.Ke4 Kg2 75.Rxd2 Kg1 76.Rxf2 Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7
9.dxe5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe6 13.O-O-O Qd7 14.Qd2 Bf7 15.h3 Rab8
16.Bc5 Qc8 17.Rhe1 Qa6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Kb1 Bg6 20.Nd4 Qc4 21.Qb4 Qxb4 22.Bxb4 Bf8
23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.b4 a5 25.bxa5 c5 26.Nb3 c4 27.Nc5 c3 28.a6 c6 29.a4 Kf7 30.Ka2 Bxc2
31.Rc1 Bf5 32.g4 Be6 33.Re1 d4+ 34.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 a5
16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Nf4 a4 19.Nxh5 gxh5 20.Bd5 Rxd5 21.exd5 Nc4 22.Qe2 Qa5
23.Rhg1 Kh8 24.Bc1 a3 25.Nb3 axb2 26.Bxb2 Na3+ 27.Kc1 Bxb2+ 28.Kxb2 Qb4 29.Qe1 Nc4+
30.Ka1 Qa3 31.Qc3+ f6 32.Rd3 Ra8 33.Nc1 Qc5 34.Re1 b4 35.Qd4 Qc7 36.Rxe7 Ne5
37.Qf4  1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bf1 g5 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nc4 a6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.a4 Neg6
17.Ba3 Rf7 18.b5 Bf8 19.g3 g4 20.gxf4 Nh4 21.Bg2 exf4 22.e5 Nxg2 23.Kxg2 Qh4
24.Qd3 f3+ 25.Kh1 Rg7 26.Rg1 Rg5 27.Nd2 dxe5 28.Nf1 Bxa3 29.Rxa3 Qxf2 30.d6 Be6
31.d7 Qd4 32.Nd1 Qxd7  0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Qg2 b4
16.Ne2 Qc7 17.Nc1 Ne5 18.f4 Ng6 19.Be3 d5 20.Qf2 dxe4 21.h5 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 e3
23.Qh2 e2 24.Bxe2 Qxc2+ 25.Ka1 Bxh1 26.Qxh1 Qf5 27.Nd3 Rfd8 28.Qb7 Bxg5 29.Bc7 Qd5
30.Qb6 Rd7 31.Bg3 Qg2 32.Bf2 Qe4 33.Re1 Rxd3 34.Bxd3 Qxd3 35.Qxb4 Qd2  0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bf1 g5 13.Nd2 f5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nc4 g4 16.b5 h5
17.Ba3 Rf6 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.b6 a6 20.Qb4 Bf8 21.Ne3 h4 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Ne4 Rg6
24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Qb3 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Nh3+ 28.gxh3 gxh3+ 29.Kh1 Qg5
30.Rxh4+ Qxh4 31.Qxh3 Qxh3 32.Bxh3 Rxc1+ 33.Bxc1 Bh6 34.Ba3 Bf4 35.Bc8 e4
36.Bb2+ Be5 37.Bxe5+ dxe5 38.Bxb7 Rxb6 39.Bc6 Rb2 40.Kg1 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Re1 b5
9.e5 Ne8 10.h4 a5 11.Nf1 b4 12.N1h2 a4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3 Nc7 15.Bg5 Ba6
16.Qd2 Rb8 17.Ng4 Kh8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.h5 h6 20.Qf4 Rb2 21.Rab1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 c4
23.Rb6 Qc5 24.Rxa6 Nxa6 25.Nxh6 f5 26.dxc4 Nc7 27.Nh4 Kh7 28.cxd5 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Qxd5
30.Ng6 Rb8 31.Kh2 gxh6  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.c3 b6 11.Nf1 dxe4 12.dxe4 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Rd1 Rxd1
16.Qxd1 Rd8 17.N1d2 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bf1 Bxf1 20.Qxf1 Qh5 21.f3 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Nc4 Nd5 24.Bd2 f4 25.g4 Qg6 26.Qb1 Kf7 27.Qe4 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.Qxg6+ Kxg6
30.hxg4 e5 31.Kg2 Ne7 32.Re1 Nc8 33.Bc1 Rd5 34.Rh1 Bf6 35.Rh5 Rd1 36.Rh1 Rd5
37.Kf2 Rd7 38.Ke2 Rd8 39.Rh5 Re8 40.Kd3 Rd8+ 41.Kc2 Re8 42.Rh2 Rd8 43.Re2 Rd5
44.Bd2 Kf7 45.Rh2 Kg6 46.Rh5 Ne7 47.Nxb6 Rd8 48.Nc4 Nc6 49.Rh2 Rd7 50.Be1 e4
51.fxe4 f3 52.Rh3 Re7 53.Kd3 Rd7+ 54.Ke3 Rd1 55.Bh4 Ne5 56.Nxe5+ Bxe5 57.Rxf3 c4
58.Rf5  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Re1 a6 8.Bf1 b5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Bf4 Ndc5 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.f3 Rd8
16.Be3 Bxe5 17.fxe4 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Bf2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qc6 21.Rc1 O-O 22.Rxc5 Qxe4
23.Nc3 Qc2 24.Nd1 Qf5 25.Ne3 Qe6 26.a4 bxa4 27.Nc4 Rc8 28.Rxe5 Qf6 29.Rd1 h5
30.Rd6 Qf4 31.Rd4 Qc1 32.Nd6 Rc2 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re1 Qxb2 35.Rf4 f6 36.Re7+ Kh6
37.Rxb7 Qc1 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Ng5+ Kh6 40.Nf7+ Kg7 41.Ne5+ Rc7 42.Rxc7+ Qxc7
43.Nd3 Qc6 44.Bd4 a3 45.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.exd6 c4 8.Bc2 e5
9.O-O Bxd6 10.d3 cxd3 11.Qxd3 Be6 12.Re1 f6 13.Nd4 Bc4 14.Qh3 Kf7 15.Nd2 Nxd4
16.cxd4 Be6 17.Bb3 Re8 18.Ne4 Bb4 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Rd1 Bf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7
23.Rxd5 Kg6 24.Rxd8 Raxd8 25.f4 fxe5 26.Bc2 Rf8 27.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "McHugh, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne4 Qd8
9.c3 dxc3 10.Qc2 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Bd7
16.b4 Qc7 17.Qxc3 Rc8 18.Rfd1 Bc6 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Bxg2 21.Kxg2  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderson, John"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nfd7 8.O-O Bxf3
9.gxf3 e5 10.fxe5 Nc6 11.d5 Ne7 12.f4 dxe5 13.f5 c6 14.Kh1 cxd5 15.cxd5 Nc8
16.Be3 Nd6 17.Qa4 a6 18.Qb4 Re8 19.Rac1 Bf8 20.Qb3 Qh4 21.Bf2 Qd8 22.Rg1 b5
23.Be3 b4 24.Na4 Nxe4 25.Bd3 Ndf6 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.d6 Kg7 28.Rc7 Nxd6 29.Rxg6+ Kh8
30.Bb6 fxg6 31.Bc2 Re7 32.Qh3+ Kg7 33.Nc5 Qe8 34.Ne6+ Kg8 35.Bb3 Nf7 36.Rxe7 Qc6+
37.Qg2 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Bxe7 39.Ng5 Rf8 40.Bc7 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Qe2 O-O 8.c3 Re8
9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d3 h6 12.Be3 Bf8 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxe4 15.d5 Nb4
16.Nc3 Nc5 17.Bd1 Bb7 18.Qd2 Ra8 19.Rb1 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Bb3 c5 22.dxc6 dxc6
23.Qc3 c5 24.Bxc5 Rc8 25.Rbd1 Qe8 26.Bxb4 Rxc3 27.Bxc3 b4 28.Bd4 Ba6 29.Rfe1 Be2
30.Bd5 Re7 31.Ra1 Qd8 32.Be3 Qxd5 33.Rxe2 Re8 34.Rd2 Qc6 35.h3 Be7 36.Ra7 Bf6
37.Kh2 Qb5 38.Rdd7 Bxb2 39.Rxf7 Qc6 40.Rfd7 Bf6 41.Nd4 Qc4 42.Rab7 Ra8 43.Nf3 Kh8
44.Rb6 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 a6 9.a4 a5
10.h3 Na6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.f4 Ndc5 13.Rb1 Re8 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bf8 16.f5 Nd7
17.Nf4 Nac5 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qf2 b6 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.b3 Ra7 22.Qc2 Rf7 23.Rbd1 Bg7
24.Nce2 Ref8 25.Qc3 Qe8 26.h4 Bg4 27.Rde1 h6 28.Nc1 g5 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Nfd3 Nf3+
31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Rxf3 33.Bxg7 Rxg3+ 34.Kh2 Rh3+ 35.Kg1 Qh5 36.Nf2 Rxc3
37.Bxc3 Bf3  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Nb3 f5 11.Be2 h5 12.h3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nf6 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.h4 g4
16.Bd3 Ne4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.O-O e5 19.Nd2 Bf5 20.Nc4 Rh6 21.f4 e4 22.Rb1 Qd7
23.Ne3 O-O-O 24.Rb5 Ne7 25.c4 a6 26.Rb6 Qc7 27.Qd4 Re6 28.Rfb1 Rd7 29.Be1 g3
30.Ba5 Nc6 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Orr, Mark J L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Bc1 e6 8.c4 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.e4 a6 12.Bd3 exd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.Nge2 Re8 15.a4 Bxh2
16.Qc2 g6 17.O-O-O Bd6 18.g4 b5 19.g5 b4 20.gxf6 bxc3 21.Bxc3 Be5 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Qd2 Bxc3 24.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.b4 Nb7 15.dxc6 Qxc6
16.Bb2 Nd8 17.Bd3 Ne6 18.c4 Qb7 19.a3 Rac8 20.Rc1 Nf4 21.Bb1 Rfe8 22.c5 dxc5
23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Bxe5 N6h5 25.Ba2 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rxc1 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qb3+ Be6
29.Ng5+ Kg6 30.Nxe6 Qb6+ 31.Bd4 Qxe6 32.Rxc1 Qxb3 33.Nxb3 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nxc1
35.Nxc1 Ng3  0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 d5 10.exd5 Bxd5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bc4 Rc8 13.Qg4 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Nd4 15.Ncd6+ Bxd6
16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxc8+ Qxc8 18.Qxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 21.Kd2 Nd4
22.Rc1 Nc6 23.Rc3  1-0

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bates, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rfe8 15.h3 Bf8
16.Rdc1 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.Qe3 Rb8 20.Qe2 Ra8 21.Rcb1 Rec8 22.Nd2 Qb7
23.Nf1 Rc6 24.Ne3 Rac8 25.Qd3 Rb6 26.b3 Rb4 27.Ned1 Rc6 28.Ra5 Rd4 29.Qe3 Be7
30.Rba1 Bd8 31.R5a4 Bb6 32.Qe2 Qc7 33.Qe1 Rxa4 34.Rxa4 Bd4 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 Rxc2
37.Rxa6 g6 38.b4 e4 39.Bg4 Nxg4 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.hxg4 Rc1 42.Qd2 Qc3 43.Ra2 Qxd2
44.Rxd2 Bc3  0-1

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Ne2 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Bd3 Bb4 14.Kf1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 e5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.dxe5 Bh3+ 19.Ke1 Bg2 20.Qa4+ Kd8 21.e6 Qxe6
22.Rg1 Bf3 23.Be3 Ke7 24.Qb4+ Kf7 25.Qxb7+ Qe7 26.Qxe7+ Kxe7 27.Rb1 Rab8
28.Kd2 Rhd8+ 29.Bd4 g6 30.Ke3 Ke6 31.Rb3 Rxb3 32.axb3 Rb8 33.b4 a5 34.Rb1 axb4
35.Rxb4 Rxb4 36.cxb4 Kd5 37.b5 h5 38.b6 Kc6 39.Kd2 Bg4 40.Kc3 Bc8 41.Be3 Kd5
42.Bd4 Bb7 43.h3 Bc8 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Kc6 46.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saunders, John C"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Re8 10.Nf1 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.Qe2 e5 14.d5 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5 16.Be3 Ba6
17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.h3 Nf6 21.g4 Nd7 22.Kg2 Rb8 23.b3 Rb4
24.Rab1 Nb6 25.Bd3 c4 26.bxc4 Nxc4 27.Qa2 Qb6 28.Rxb4 Qxb4 29.Rb1 Qc3 30.Rb3 Qc1
31.Rb1 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Cobb, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.a4 Bb7 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Ne3 Bf8
16.h3 Nb8 17.Bb3 h6 18.Nh4 Nbd7 19.f3 Nb6 20.a5 Nc8 21.Ng6 c4 22.dxc4 fxg6
23.cxb5+ Kh7 24.b6 Qd7 25.Qc4 Ne7 26.Qf7 Nc6 27.Qxd7 Nxd7 28.Nc4 Nc5 29.Bc2 Red8
30.Be3 Ne6 31.b4 Rac8 32.Bb3 Nb8 33.Rac1 Nf4 34.Rd2 g5 35.Bxf4 gxf4 36.Rcd1 Be7
37.Rd3 h5 38.R1d2 g5 39.Nxd6 Bxd6 40.Rxd6 Rxd6 41.Rxd6 Rxc3 42.Be6 Bc8 43.Bd5 g4
44.hxg4 hxg4 45.fxg4 Bxg4 46.b7 Bd7 47.Rf6 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 Bc8 49.Rf8 Bxb7 50.Bxb7 Rb1
51.Rxb8 Rxb4 52.Kh3 Rb2 53.Re8 Rxb7 54.Rxe5 Rb3+ 55.Kg4 Rg3+ 56.Kxf4 Rxg2
57.Re6 Rb2 58.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionescu, Cristian"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 Kh8 12.Ng2 a5 13.Be3 b6 14.Rb1 Ng8 15.h4 Bh6 16.g5 f4
17.Bd2 Bg7 18.Kf2 h6 19.Rh1 Rf7 20.Qc2 Bf8 21.Rbg1 Rh7 22.h5 hxg5 23.hxg6 Rxh1
24.Rxh1+ Kg7 25.Qc1 Ndf6 26.Qg1 Bd7 27.Bd3 Qe8 28.Qh2 Qxg6 29.Nh4 gxh4 30.Rg1 Ng4+
31.fxg4 Nf6 32.Qxh4 Be7 33.g5 Nh5 34.Be2 Ng3 35.Qh6+ Qxh6 36.gxh6+ Kxh6 37.Ke1 Bh4
38.Kd1 Rg8 39.Kc2 Rg5 40.Bd1 Bg4 41.Kd3 Kh5 42.Be1 Bxd1 43.Nxd1 Nxe4 44.Rh1 Ng3
45.Nf2  0-1

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 h5
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Ne2 Bd7 11.O-O g6 12.a3 a5 13.b3 Be7 14.g3 a4 15.b4 Na7 16.Nc3 Rc8
17.Bd2 Kf8 18.Qe2 Nc4 19.Rfc1 Kg7 20.Rc2 Nb5 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Re1 Qb6 23.Bc1 Rc7
24.Bxc4 Bxc4 25.Qe3 Bb3 26.Rc5 Rc6 27.Bd2 Bc4 28.Qc3 Qc7 29.Be3 b6 30.Rxc6 Qxc6
31.Qd2 Ba6 32.f5 exf5 33.Bg5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Rc8 35.Nh4 Qe6 36.Ng2 Qc6 37.e6 f6
38.Qe3 Re8 39.Nf4 Re7 40.Qf3 Bc4 41.Qe3 Qe8 42.h3 g5 43.Ng2 h4 44.Nxh4 gxh4
45.Kh1 Kh7 46.Qf3 hxg3 47.Qxg3 Qg6 48.Qh4+ Qh6 49.Qg3 f4 50.Qg4 Qg5 51.Qf3 Qf5
52.Rg1 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Qe8 13.Bf1 Nh5 14.Rad1 Nf4 15.Nc4 f6
16.Bg3 Ne6 17.Ne3 Kh7 18.Nd5 a6 19.b4 Rf7 20.a4 Bf8 21.Qb3 c6 22.Ne3 b5 23.Rd2 Nb6
24.a5 Nc8 25.Red1 Na7 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.Rd6 Bc8 28.Ne3 Rb8 29.h4 h5 30.Bxe5 fxe5
31.Rxe6 Bxe6 32.Ng5+ Kh8 33.Nxe6 Rd7 34.Nc5 Rxd1 35.Nxd1 Rd8 36.Nb2 Qe7 37.Nbd3 Nc8
38.Nxa6 Qxh4 39.Nac5 Nd6 40.Qe6 Qf6 41.Qh3 Nf7 42.a6 Ng5 43.Qe3 Ra8 44.Nd7 Qe7
45.N3c5 Ne6 46.Nb6 Rd8 47.Nxe6 Qxe6 48.a7 Qa2 49.a8=Q Rxa8 50.Nxa8 Qxa8 51.Qc5 Qe8
52.g3 Bf8 53.Qa7 Qe7 54.Qb8 Qd6 55.Qe8 Kg7 56.Bh3 c5 57.Qxb5 cxb4 58.cxb4 Qd4
59.Qd7+ Qxd7 60.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 d6
9.c3 b5 10.Nf1 b4 11.d4 Qa5 12.e5 bxc3 13.exd6 Nd5 14.Ne5 Nxd4 15.bxc3 Nxc3
16.Bd2 Ba6 17.Rc1 Nde2+ 18.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Qxa2 20.Nc4 Rad8 21.Qd3 Bd4
22.Nfe3 Rxd6 23.Qe4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Bxf2+ 25.Kf1 Bd4 26.Nxd6 Qxd2 27.Qe1 Qb2
28.Nc4 Qb3 29.Be4 Rd8 30.Qe2 Rd7 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Rb1 Qc3 33.Bc6 Re7 34.Ba4 e5
35.Nd6 f5 36.Ne8+ Kf8 37.Rb8 Qe3 38.Qxe3 Bxe3 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Nd5 Rf7 41.Nxe3 f4
42.Ng4 Re7 43.Bb3 h5 44.Rg8+ Kh7 45.Nf6+ Kh6 46.Bc2 Rg7 47.Rh8+ Kg5 48.Nh7+ Kh6
49.Nf8+ Kg5 50.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Bf3 e5 12.Nde2 b6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Ng3 Rfe8
16.f5 Rad8 17.Bh6 d5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Qg5 Ne6 21.Nf5+ Kf7 22.Nh6+ Kg7
23.Nf5+ Kf7 24.Nh6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardiff"]
[Site "Cardiff"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be6 12.f3 Nge5 13.Bf2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Ne5 17.c3 Qd7 18.Nd4 Ng6 19.O-O Be5 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.Rae1 O-O 22.f4 Bf6
23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Nf5 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Ng3 Rfd8 27.Ne4 Kg7 28.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Kb1 b4
16.h4 a5 17.Bh3 a4 18.Nc1 Ra5 19.g5 Nxd5 20.Ne2 Ne3 21.Rdg1 d5 22.f4 Nc4
23.Qd3 Bc5 24.gxh6 g6 25.Rg5 e4 26.Qxd5 Na3+ 27.Ka1 Nxc2+ 28.Kb1 Na3+ 29.bxa3 O-O
30.Kc2 Rd8 31.Rxg6+ Qxg6 32.Qxd8+ Kh7 33.Qxa5 e3+ 34.Kc1 Qc6 35.Bf5+ Kxh6
36.Be4 Qxe4 37.Qa6+ Kh7 38.Rd1 b3 39.Qd3 Bxa3+ 40.Kb1  1-0

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehtivaara, Petri"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.a5 Nbd7 11.Nge2 Nh5 12.O-O f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 Qe7 15.Qc1 exf4 16.Nxf4 Ne5
17.Be2 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Be6 19.Qe3 Ng6 20.Bg5 Qf7 21.c5 f4 22.Qf2 Qf5 23.Bh4 Nxh4
24.Qxh4 Qxc5+ 25.Kh1 Qb4 26.Bd3 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Ne2 Raf8 29.Qg4 Kh8 30.h3 Rxa5
31.Rxa5 Qxa5 32.Nxf4 Qb5 33.Rd1 Be5 34.Nd3 Bxb2  0-1

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.a5 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.f3 h6 15.Bf1 Qc6
16.Rac1 Bc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Rc6 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5
22.b4 Rc7 23.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.Bh6 b5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7
10.a3 e5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Qe3 Nbd7 16.O-O Rfd8
17.b4 Rac8 18.Rd3 Ng4 19.Qa7 Ndf6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.h3 Nh6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Qc7
24.Qe3 Nhg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Be7 8.O-O h6
9.Ne4 c5 10.Nxc5 Nxc5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qe1 O-O 13.b4 Bd6 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.a3 Rd8
16.Rd1 a5 17.bxa5 Bd7 18.Ne5 Bxa3 19.Bc3 Nd5 20.Nxd7 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Rxd7 22.Rb1 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kelly, Bryan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.a5 h5 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Nb5 g4 18.Nxa7 Bd7 19.Kh1 g3 20.Bb6 Qe8 21.Qb3 gxh2 22.Bb5 h4 23.Kxh2 Nh5
24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Qb5 Qe7 26.Rc1 Rf7 27.Rc7 Qe8 28.Rxf7 Qxf7 29.Rf2 Qe7 30.Rc2 Qg5
31.Qf1 Ne7 32.Nb5 Qg6 33.Rc7 Bf8 34.Rxb7 Ng3 35.Qf2 Kf7 36.Nc7 Rc8 37.a6 h3
38.gxh3 Bg7 39.a7 Rh8 40.Qg2 Bf6 41.Rb8 Nf1+ 42.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 h5
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.a3 a5 12.b3 g6 13.Kf2 a4 14.b4 Bd7 15.Rb1 Kf8 16.g3 Rc8
17.h3 Na7 18.g4 Bb5 19.Bxb5 Nxb5 20.f5 gxf5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Qd3 Rc4 23.Rg1 Qc8
24.Bd2 Nc7 25.Rg2 Ke8 26.Rbg1 Ne6 27.Qxf5 Nf8 28.Qd3 Qxh3 29.Ng3 Bh4 30.Ke2 Bxg3
31.Rxg3 Qc8 32.Nh4 Rc6 33.b5 Rc2 34.Nf5 Qc7 35.Nd6+ Ke7 36.Rf3 Rh7 37.Qxh7 Rxd2+
38.Kxd2 Nc4+ 39.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Caledonian Masters"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang Pin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be6
9.a5 Nbd7 10.Ng5 Bc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Ra4 Qc6 13.O-O Be7 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 O-O 17.Qe2 Nf6 18.Rc4 Qe8 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nd2 Qc5 22.Nc4 Rc8
23.b3 Bd8 24.Nd5 Ne8 25.Qg4 Rb8 26.Ra1 g6 27.Qe2 f5 28.Rd1 fxe4 29.Nc3 Bc7
30.Nxe4 Qc6 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Ne3 Rd8 33.b4 Rd7 34.c4 Rf7 35.Nd5 Bd8 36.Ne3 Be7
37.Nd5 Bd8 38.f3 Qc8 39.Kh1 Qe6 40.Ne3 Be7 41.Qd5 Qc8 42.Qd3 h6 43.Nd5 Bf8
44.Qc3 Kh7 45.Qb3 Qf5 46.c5 Qe6 47.cxd6 Nxd6 48.Nxd6 Bxd6 49.Qe3 Rd7 50.Qe4 Be7
51.h3 Kg7 52.Rd3 Kf7 53.f4 Bd6 54.Re3 Bb8 55.Nc3 Ba7 56.Rf3 Kg7 57.fxe5 Bd4
58.Rf6 Qe8 59.Rd6 Bxc3 60.Rxd7+ Qxd7 61.e6 Qd1+ 62.Kh2 Qd6+ 63.Kh1 Qxb4 64.Qd5 Bf6
65.g4 Qe1+ 66.Kg2 Qe2+ 67.Kg1 Qe3+ 68.Kg2 Be7 69.h4 Qe2+ 70.Kg3 Qe1+ 71.Kf4 Qf2+
72.Ke5 Qg3+ 73.Kd4 Qxg4+ 74.Ke3 Qxh4 75.Qxb7 Qh3+ 76.Kd4 Qxe6 77.Qc7 Qd6+  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig William"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 h6 12.Nd2 f5 13.g3 Nh5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Nd4
16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Rc1 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Ra3 22.c5 Qd7
23.c6 bxc6 24.dxc6 Qf7 25.Nc3 Be6 26.b5 Bb3 27.Qg4 Be6 28.Qd1 Rb3 29.Bxd4 exd4
30.Rxe6 Qxf2+ 31.Kh1 Rxc3 32.Rxg6 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Re8 34.Qc4+ Kh8 35.Re6 Ra8
36.Qf1 Qb2 37.Rxh6+ Bxh6 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Be4+ Kg8 40.Bd5+ Kh7 41.Be4+ Kg8
42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qxh6+ Ke7 44.Qg5+ Kf8 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Bd5+ Kh7 47.Qf7+ Kh6
48.Qf4+ Kg6 49.Qg4+ Kh6 50.Qh4+ Kg6 51.Be4+ Kf7 52.Qh7+ Kf6 53.Qg6+ Ke7 54.Qg7+ Ke6
55.Qg4+ Ke7 56.Qd7+ Kf6 57.Qf5+ Ke7 58.Qg5+ Kf8 59.Qf6+ Kg8 60.Bd5+ Kh7 61.Qf7+ Kh6
62.Qf4+ Kg6 63.Qe4+ Kf6 64.Qe6+ Kg7 65.Qf7+ Kh6 66.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Qa4 a6
9.O-O-O d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bb5 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.g4 Bd7 14.Qb3 Nh6 15.Bc4 O-O
16.Bb6 Qc8 17.f3 e4 18.Nxe4 Ne5 19.Be2 Be6 20.Qb4 f5 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Kb1 Nh4
23.Qxe7 Nhxf3 24.Nd6 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc7 b5 27.Nc2 Nc5 28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Rf1 Rxf1
30.Bxf1 Rf8 31.Nc2 Bg4 32.Re1 Nf3 33.Be2 Nxe1 34.Bxg4 Nxc2 35.Kxc2 Rf2+ 36.Kb1 Nd3
37.Be6+ Kf8 38.Ne4 Re2  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ansell, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 b6 12.Qh4 Bb7 13.f5 e6 14.Bh6 Rae8 15.Kh1 Qc5
16.Ng5 Qb4 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rab1 Qc5 19.Rf3 Qc7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qh3 Bc8 22.Rbf1 h6
23.Nxe6+ Rxe6 24.Qxe6 Ne5 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Qe7+ Qxe7 27.Nxe7 Nxf3 28.gxf3 Bd7
29.f4 Rf7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Bxa4 32.b3 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Kg2 Rc7 35.Rf2 Rc3
36.Re2 Kf7 37.Re6 Rxc2+ 38.Kg3 Rc3+ 39.Kg4 Rxb3 40.Rxd6 Rd3 41.h4 b4 42.h5 gxh5+
43.Kxh5 b3 44.Rxb6 Rxd5+ 45.Kxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Duncan, Christopher R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.h4 Ne5 12.h5 Qa5 13.Be2 b5 14.Nb3 Qa6 15.Kb1 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nd4 Rb8 18.Ka1 Rb4 19.Rb1 Bxg4 20.fxg4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxa2+  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 a6
9.Qd2 b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb8 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 f5 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O f4
16.Bf2 Qe8 17.Rfa1 Qh5 18.Nc5 Rf6 19.Ne6 Rh6 20.h3 Bh4 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.Bxa6 Bxf2+
23.Qxf2 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Bxh3 25.Bd3 Rxa4 26.Nxa4 Bg4 27.Kf1 Bxf3 28.Ke1 Bxd5
29.Nc3 e4 30.Bf1 e3 31.Qe2 Qh4+ 32.Kd1 Be6 33.Qb5 Bg4+ 34.Ne2 Rf6 35.Ra8+ Rf8
36.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 96/97"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dineley, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.c3 Ne5 15.g4 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Bd7 17.Bf4 a6 18.h4 Qc8 19.h5 Qc4 20.h6 Qxd3+ 21.Rxd3 g6 22.Nc2 Bb5
23.Rd2 Rad8 24.g5 Be7 25.Ne3 Bc6 26.Rf1 f6 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.Ng4 Bh8 29.Be3 Re6
30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.cxd4 Rde8 32.Kc2 Rf8 33.Ne5 Rf4 34.Rh1 Ref6 35.Kd3 Kf8 36.Ke3 Ke7
37.Rg2 Be8 38.Rg3 Kd6 39.Rc1 R4f5 40.Rc8 Rf8 41.Rd8+ Ke6 42.f4 Bc6 43.Rxf8 Rxf8
44.Nf3 Kf6 45.Rg5 Rc8 46.Re5 Rc7 47.Ng5 a5 48.Kf3 Ba4 49.b3 Bb5 50.Kg4 Bd7+
51.Kh4 Bc6 52.f5 a4 53.bxa4 Bxa4 54.Rxd5 gxf5 55.Rd6+ Ke7 56.Re6+ Kd8 57.Rf6 Rc4
58.Ne6+ Ke7 59.Kg5 Bd7 60.d5 Rc1 61.d6+ Kxd6 62.Nf8+ Ke7 63.Nxd7 Kxd7 64.Rf7+ Ke6
65.Rxh7 Rg1+ 66.Kf4 Rg4+ 67.Kf3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.a4 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nf5 15.Ra3 a6
16.g3 Nh5 17.Bg2 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qf7 20.Bb2 g5 21.Kh1 Qg6 22.Bf3 g4
23.Bxg4 Ne3 24.Raxe3 Bxg4 25.f3 Bf5 26.c5 Rf7 27.Qb3 Raf8 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 h5
30.cxd6 Bh6 31.Rc3 cxd6 32.Ba3 Bg4 33.fxg4 Qxg4 34.Qd1 Qh3 35.Kg1 Bd2 36.Rc1 Bxe1
37.Qxe1 Qg4 38.Bxd6 Rf1+ 39.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 Qxe4 41.Re1 Qd3+ 42.Kf2 e4
43.Bf4 Qxd5 44.b6 Kf7 45.Be3 Ke6 46.Kg2 Qf5 47.Bf2 Qf3+ 48.Kg1 Kf5 49.Re3 Qd1+
50.Kg2 Qb1 51.h3 Qxb6 52.g4+ Kg5 53.Rxe4 Qc6 54.Kf3 h4 55.Be3+ Kg6 56.Bf2 b5
57.Be1 Qd5 58.Bxh4 b4 59.Bf2 b3 60.Bd4 b2 61.Bxb2 Qb3+ 62.Kf4 Qxb2 63.Re6+ Kf7
64.Re5 Qh2+ 65.Ke4 Qxh3 66.Rf5+ Kg6 67.Kf4 Qh2+ 68.Kf3 Qg1 69.Rh5 Qf1+ 70.Kg3 Qe2
71.Rf5 Qe4 72.Kh3 Qe1 73.Kg2 Qe3 74.Kh2 Qe4 75.Kg3 Qxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Qe2 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 e4 10.d4 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qd3 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Qg3 Be2 15.Re1 Bc4
16.Bg5 Bxb3 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxb3 Qxd4 19.Rd1 Qc4 20.Qxc4 bxc4 21.Na3 Rfd8
22.Nxc4 Nxd5 23.Na5 Kf8 24.Rd4 Nf6 25.Rc4 Rd2 26.b4 Re8 27.h3 Ree2 28.Rf1 Nd5
29.Nb3 Rxa2 30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Nc1 Rac2 32.Rxc7 Rxf2 33.Rd8+ Ne8 34.Rxc2 Rxc2
35.Nb3 Rb2 36.Nc5 Rxb4 37.Nxa6 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Rd2 Nf6 40.Nc7 Rc1 41.Nd5+ Nxd5
42.Rxd5 g6 43.Rd2 h5 44.Kg3 Re1 45.Kf2 Re5 46.Rd4 Kf6 47.Ra4 Rb5 48.Kg3 Rb3+
49.Kf2 Rb5 50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Kf3 h4 52.Rg4+ Kh5 53.Rf4 f5 54.Ra4 Kg5 55.Rc4 Rb1
56.Kf2 Rb2+ 57.Kf3 Rb3+ 58.Kf2 Rb6 59.Ra4 Re6 60.Kf3 Re1 61.Rb4 Kh5 62.Kf2 Re5
63.Kf3 Ra5 64.Rc4 g5 65.Rc8 Ra3+ 66.Kf2 Ra2+ 67.Kg1 g4 68.hxg4+ fxg4 69.Rc5+ Kg6
70.Rc1 Rd2 71.Ra1 Kf5 72.Rf1+ Ke4 73.Re1+ Kf4 74.Ra1 Ke3 75.Rb1 Ke2 76.Ra1 Rd1+
77.Rxd1 Kxd1 78.Kf1 Kd2 79.Kf2 Kd3 80.Kf1 Ke3 81.Ke1 Kd3 82.Kf2 g3+ 83.Kg1 Ke2
84.Kh1 h3 85.Kg1 h2+ 86.Kh1 Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.e5 Nd7 8.Be2 c5 9.exd6 exd6
10.O-O Re8 11.f5 cxd4 12.Nd5 Nc7 13.fxg6 hxg6 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6
17.Nxd4 Qg5 18.Bf3 Ne6 19.Bd5 Re7 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Re1 Qf6 23.Rxe7 Qxe7
24.Qd4 Be6 25.b3 a6 26.a4 Rc8 27.Rd1 Bf5 28.Re1 Qc7 29.Qf6 Rf8 30.Nd4 Bc8
31.h3 Qd8 32.Re7 Qb6 33.Kh2 Qc5 34.Re4 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.Nxb5 Bb7 37.Rd4 Qc2
38.Rg4 Re8 39.Nxd6 Qc7 40.Rh4 Qxd6+ 41.Qxd6  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Bc4 Nf4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Ng5 Be6 15.Nxe6 Nxe6
16.Rac1 Ncd4 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Kf1 Rd7 20.Ne2 Rcd8 21.Bg5 Rf8
22.Rd3 h6 23.Be3 g5 24.Rdc3 Rfd8 25.Rc8 Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Kf7 27.Nc1 Nb5 28.f3 b6
29.Ke2 Nd6 30.Rc6 Ke7 31.a4 Rb7 32.Nd3 Kd7 33.Rc2 Rc7 34.Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.b3 Nf7
36.Kd2 Bf8 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.Nb2 Bd6 39.Nc4 Bc7 40.Kd3 Bd8 41.Bd2 Be7 42.Bc3 Bd6
43.Nxd6 Kxd6 44.Bb4+ Kc6 45.Kc4 Nd6+ 46.Bxd6 Kxd6 47.Kb5 Kc7 48.Ka6 Kb8 49.g4 Ka8
50.b4 Kb8 51.a5 bxa5 52.Kxa5 Kc7 53.Ka6  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Ndxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qc1 d5 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.c4 dxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qb4 Qb6 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Qf6 Qa5 21.h4 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 Qxa2 23.h5 Qxb3 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxd8+ Kg7 26.h6+ Kxh6 27.Qf8+ Kg5
28.Qd8+ Kh6 29.Qf8+ Kg5 30.Qd8+ Kf5 31.Qd4 Qc4 32.e4+ Kg5 33.Qd8+ Kh6 34.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Bc4 Nd4 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.Qb3 a6 15.Nb6 Rb8
16.Nxc8 Qxc8 17.Rac1 Nhf4 18.Rfd1 b5 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxe6 Nxe6 21.Rc6 a5
22.g3 Rfd8 23.Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.Rc7 Ne6 25.Ra7 a4 26.Ng5 Nxg5 27.Bxg5 Bf8 28.Bf6 Bc5
29.Rd7 Bd4 30.b3 axb3 31.axb3 h6 32.Rd5 Re8 33.Rxb5 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Bxh4 Kg7
36.Kg2 Rc8 37.g4 Rc2 38.b4 Rb2 39.Rb8 Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kh7 41.Rb8 Kg6 42.b5 h5
43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Bg3 Kg6 45.Rg8+ Kh7 46.Rb8 Kg6 47.Kf3 f5 48.exf5+ Kxf5 49.Rf8+ Ke6
50.Re8+ Kf5 51.Rf8+ Ke6 52.Ke4 Rxb5 53.Rh8 Rb4 54.Rh6+ Kd7 55.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.g3 Rc8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 Rxc4 18.Na5 Rc7 19.c4 O-O 20.b4 Rb8 21.a3 Rcc8 22.Rc1 Bd8
23.Nb3 b6 24.Rc2 f5 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Ka2 Kf7 27.h3 Rh8 28.Nd2 a5 29.Kb3 Ra8
30.Nb1 axb4 31.axb4 Ra1 32.Ra2 Rxa2 33.Kxa2 e4 34.fxe4 Re8 35.Nd2 Bc3 36.Kb3 Bxd2
37.Bxd2 Rxe4 38.Re1 Nf6 39.Re3 g5 40.Rf3 Kg6 41.Rc3 f4 42.gxf4 gxf4 43.Ka4 Nd7
44.Rf3 Kf5 45.Bc3 Rxc4 46.Kb5 Re4 47.Rf1 Nf6 48.Bxf6 Kxf6 49.Kc6 Ke5 50.b5 Re3
51.Kxb6 f3 52.Kc6 Rc3+ 53.Kd7 Kxd5 54.Rd1+ Ke4 55.b6 f2 56.Rf1 Kf3 57.Rb1 Ra3
58.Kxd6 Ra8 59.b7 Rb8 60.h4 Kg2 61.Kc7 Rf8 62.b8=Q Rxb8 63.Kxb8 f1=Q 64.Rxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 Nge7 5.Ngf3 Ng6 6.h4 Be7 7.h5 Nf8 8.Qb3 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Qd5 10.Bd3 Qxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Bf4 Bd8 13.Bb5 Nd7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b4 f6
16.Ra5 O-O 17.O-O Nb6 18.Rfa1 a6 19.Nfd2 Nd5 20.Bh2 Be7 21.Nb3 e5 22.dxe5 fxe5
23.Bxe5 Rf5 24.Bg3 Rxh5 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Rxa6 Nf6 28.Nxf6+ Bxf6
29.Nxc6 Rd5 30.Bxc7 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.Kg3 h5 33.Ne5 Bb5 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Nf3 h4+
36.Nxh4 Rxb2 37.Nf3 Bxc3 38.Rb8 Bf1 39.Bd6 Re2 40.Nh2 Re6 41.Nxf1 Rxd6 42.Kf3 Kg6
43.Ne3 Kf7 44.b5 Bd4 45.Rb7+ Ke6 46.Ke4 Bf6 47.Nf5 Rd2 48.Nxg7+ Bxg7 49.Rxg7 Rxf2
50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Rg6+ Kc7 52.b6+ Kb7 53.Ke3 Rb2 54.g4 Rg2 55.Kf4 Rg1 56.Rd6  1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Bg4 6.Qd3 c6 7.Ne5 Bf5 8.Qd2 Nfd7
9.Bd3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Nc5 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.O-O Ne4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.c3 O-O-O 17.a4 g5 18.a5 Qc7 19.b4 gxf4 20.exf4 Kb8 21.Ng3 f5 22.exf6 exf6
23.f5 Rhg8 24.Qf4 h5 25.Qxc7+ Kxc7 26.Rf4 Rg4 27.Rxg4 hxg4 28.Rf1 Bd3 29.Rd1 Bc4
30.Nh5 Rf8 31.Re1 Rf7 32.Kf2 Bd3 33.Ng3 Rh7 34.Re6 Rh6 35.Re7+ Kc8 36.Kg1 Ba6
37.Rg7 Kd8 38.Rxg4 Ke7 39.h4 Rh7 40.h5 Kd6 41.Rg6 Ke5 42.Kf2 Bd3 43.Ke3 Bxf5
44.Nxf5 Kxf5 45.g4+ Ke5 46.Rg8 Re7 47.Kf3 b6 48.g5 bxa5 49.bxa5 fxg5 50.Rxg5+ Kd6
51.h6 a6 52.Rg7 Re1 53.Kf4 Kc5 54.Rb7 Rh1 55.Kg5 Kc4 56.Rb6 Rg1+ 57.Kf5 Rf1+
58.Ke5 Re1+ 59.Kf6 Rf1+ 60.Kg7 Rg1+ 61.Kh7 c5 62.Rxa6 Kxc3 63.Rg6 Rb1 64.Rb6 Rg1
65.Rg6 Rb1 66.a6 d4 67.Kg8 Rb8+ 68.Kg7 d3 69.h7 d2 70.Rg1 Kc2 71.h8=Q Rxh8
72.Kxh8 d1=Q 73.Rxd1 Kxd1 74.a7 c4 75.a8=Q c3 76.Qf3+ Kd2 77.Qf2+ Kc1 78.Qe3+ Kb2
79.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Comp Zugzwang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Nh2 exd4
16.cxd4 c5 17.d5 Ne5 18.f4 Ned7 19.b3 Bg7 20.Rb1 Qa5 21.a3 Nxd5 22.b4 cxb4
23.exd5 bxa3 24.Bd2 Qb6+ 25.Kf1 a2 26.Ra1 Bxd5 27.Be3 Rxe3 28.Qxd5 Rae8 29.Ne4 Nf6
30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Rxe3 Qxe3 32.Qxa2 Bd4  0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Liang Jinrong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O e5 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.a4 O-O
9.c3 Rb8 10.Nc4 h6 11.Nfd2 Be6 12.Ne3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nec4 Qc7 15.Re1 Rbd8
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Qb5 Na7 20.Qa6 Nc6 21.Ne4 Rfd8 22.Qb5 Na7
23.Qa4 Nc6 24.Qb5 Na7 25.Qa4 Nc6 26.Qb5 Na7 27.Qa4 Nc6 28.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 c6 11.Re1 a5 12.b3 Qb6 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Rb1 h5 15.Qc2 Nfd7
16.Red1 Ne5 17.f4 Ned7 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.Kh1 Qc7 20.a3 Ne6 21.Nde2 Bh6 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 h4 24.f5 gxf5 25.exf5 hxg3 26.Bxg3 Ng7 27.Bxd6 Qd7 28.Be5 Qe7 29.Bxf6 Qxf6
30.Ne4 Qh4 31.Nd6 Re3 32.Rb3 Bxf5 33.Nxf5 Nxf5 34.Rf1 Rae8 35.Qxf5 Rxe2 36.Qxf7+ Kh8
37.Qf6+ Qxf6 38.Rxf6 Bg7 39.Rf1 Re1 40.Rb1 Bc3 41.b5 Rxb1 42.Rxb1 cxb5 43.cxb5 b6
44.h4 Re1+ 45.Rxe1 Bxe1 46.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nf4 11.Qe4 Qh4 12.d3 Nh3+ 13.gxh3 Qxe4 14.dxe4 Nxe5 15.Kg2 Bb7
16.f3 Nd3 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.Na3 Rd6 19.Kf1 Nxc1 20.Raxc1 Rh6 21.Nc2 Bd6 22.Ne3 Bf4
23.Kf2 Rxh3 24.Rh1 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Bxe3+ 26.Kg2 Bxc1 27.Kxh3 Bxb2 28.c4 c5 29.Rb1 Bd4
30.cxb5 axb5 31.Bd5 b4 32.Rf1 g6 33.Kg4 Kg7 34.Rf3 Be5 35.h4 h5+ 36.Kh3 f6
37.a3 Rc8 38.Bc4 Ra8 39.axb4 cxb4 40.Rd3 Kh6 41.Be6 Re8 42.Bf7 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 b4 13.a5 Nd7 14.c4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rc8
16.c4 e4 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.Nd4 Rc7 19.Bf4 Bf6 20.Rb6 Qd7 21.Qb3 Rfc8 22.Qg3 Rxc4
23.Nc6 Rc2 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Qb3 Bxc6 26.Qxc2 Bxd5 27.Bxa6 Ra8 28.Qd2 Qe6 29.Rfb1 h5
30.Rb8+ Rxb8 31.Rxb8+ Kh7 32.Bc8 Qf6 33.Qxd5 Qf4 34.g3 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 h4 36.Rb3 Qe2
37.Re3  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Ne5 c5 11.f4 g6 12.Qf2 cxd4 13.Qh4 h5 14.Bd2 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bxe5
16.Nf3 Bc7 17.Bg5 Bd8 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Qxe5 20.Bxd8 f5 21.Rae1 Qg7 22.Be7 Rf7
23.Bd6 Bd7 24.Be5 Qh6 25.Qxd4 Bc6 26.Bc4 Re8 27.Bd6 g5 28.Qe5 Bd7 29.Rf2 Kh7
30.Qd4 b5 31.Bb3 a5 32.c4 a4 33.Bc2 bxc4 34.Qxc4 Rc8 35.Qd4 Bb5 36.Qe5 Bd7
37.Bd3 g4 38.Bb4 h4 39.Bc3 Rg8 40.Rf4 h3 41.g3 Qf8 42.Qe2 Qa8 43.Rd1 Kh6
44.Bd2 Kh5 45.Re1 Qd5 46.Be4 Qxa2 47.Qe3 Rh7 48.Rxg4 Rxg4 49.Bf3 Kg6 50.Bxg4 Qd5
51.Qg5+ Kf7 52.Bh5+ Rxh5 53.Qxh5+ Ke7 54.Bb4+ Kd8 55.Qh8+ Be8 56.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Re1 Qa5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Rfe8 14.Bf1 a6 15.Re3 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Nf6 18.Rae1 b5 19.g4 h6 20.h4 Kf8 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Ng8
23.cxb5 axb5 24.b4 Qxa2 25.Bxb5 Rec8 26.Bc6 Rab8 27.b5 Qc2 28.Rf3 Rc7 29.Kg2 Rcb7
30.Rh1 Qc5 31.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Homann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.Ndf3 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Be6 12.Qe2 Qc8 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bxb3 15.axb3 Nd7
16.Nd3 Re8 17.Bf4 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Be3 Qd5 21.Qd1 Qb5 22.Bxa7 Red8
23.Be3 Rac8 24.Qc2 h5 25.Red1 Bf6 26.b4 Kg7 27.g3 e6 28.Qe4 Rd5 29.Rxd5 exd5
30.Qf3 d4 31.Bh6+ Kxh6 32.Qxf6 dxc3 33.bxc3 Qc4 34.Ra5 Qe2 35.h4 b6 36.Re5 Qd1+
37.Kh2 Rf8 38.Qxb6 Ra8 39.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.d3 Rb8
9.h3 a6 10.a4 a5 11.f4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 e5 13.f5 Nc5 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.Rb1 Re8 16.b3 Qc7
17.g4 Na6 18.Rb2 Nb4 19.Ng3 Nc5 20.Rd2 b6 21.h4 Bb7 22.h5 d5 23.Bxc5 bxc5
24.g5 Red8 25.Qf3 dxc4 26.bxc4 Rd6 27.Nd1 Ba6 28.Bh3 Rbd8 29.Nf2 Bf8 30.Ng4 Nxd3
31.fxg6 Nf4 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Nxe5 Nxh3 35.Nxf7 Bxc4 36.Nxd6 Bxd6
37.Qf5+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Rf6 Nf4 42.Rxd6 Qb8 43.Rd2 Bd3
44.g6 Qc7 45.Rf2 Ne6 46.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 e6 8.Nf4 Bh7
9.Bc4 Nf6 10.c3 Bd6 11.Nfh5 O-O 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qf3 Bxg3 14.Nxg3 hxg5 15.hxg5 Bg6
16.gxf6 Qxf6 17.Qg4 Rfd8 18.f4 c5 19.Qh3 Kf8 20.O-O Bf5 21.Nxf5 Qxf5 22.g4 Qf6
23.f5 Qg5 24.fxe6 Nf6 25.Rae1 fxe6 26.Re5 Qg6 27.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.O-O e5 8.a4 a5 9.h3 exd4
10.Nxd4 Nbd7 11.Nb3 Ne5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Rb1 d5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.exd5 Bf5
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Qd6 Qa7 20.Qc5 Qb8 21.Nd4 Nd7 22.Qc4 Nb6 23.Qd3 Nxa4
24.Nxc6 Qb6 25.Qd6 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Bxe4 Kh7 28.c3 Re8 29.Bd5 Re2 30.Rf1 Rd2
31.c4 Qxb2 32.Qe7 Qf6 33.Qe8 h5 34.Ne7 Re2 35.Qxa4 Qxe7 36.Qxa5 Bd4 37.Bf3 Rxf2
38.Rxf2 Qe3 39.Qa2 Qxf3 40.Kf1 Qh1+ 41.Ke2 Bxf2 42.c5 Qe1+ 43.Kf3 Qe3+ 44.Kg2 Qxg3+
45.Kf1 Qxh3+ 46.Ke2 Qe3+ 47.Kf1 Kg7  0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richardson, John R"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Be3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Nb3 Ne6 15.Rad1 a5
16.a4 h5 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.c5 d5 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Bg5 Bc6 21.Bxd5 Nxg5 22.Rxe7 Nxd5
23.Qxg5 Bxe7 24.Qc1 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Bd8 26.Nc1 Bxa4 27.b3 Bc6 28.Nd3 a4 29.bxa4 Ba5
30.Qb2 Rad8 31.f4 Bf3 32.Rf1 Be2 33.Ne5 Bxf1 34.Qxb7 Rxe5 35.fxe5 Bxh3 36.c6 Be6
37.Kf2 Bc3 38.c7 Rc8 39.Qa7 Bxe5 40.Kf3 Rxc7 41.Qa8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nf1 Rae8 14.Ng3 Bd8 15.b3 Nc6
16.a3 a5 17.Bd2 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.d4 g6 22.Ra4 exd4
23.Rxb4 Nd5 24.Rc4 Ba6 25.exd5 Rxe2 26.Rxc7 Bxc7 27.Nxe2 Bxe2 28.Rxd4 Ra8
29.h3 Bb6 30.Rd2 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Bc5 33.Bd3 Kg7 34.Kg2 Kf6 35.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxg4 Nxg4
9.Bb5+ Qd7 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Nxe4 13.Nxe5+ Ke8 14.Be3 Rc8 15.O-O-O g5
16.Rhe1 Nd6 17.Nd3 c4 18.Nb4 a5 19.Nc2 Kd7 20.a4 h6 21.Bb6 Bg7 22.Na3 Rhe8
23.Kc2 Bf8 24.b3 cxb3+ 25.Kxb3 Ra8 26.c4 Ra6 27.c5 e5 28.Nb5 Nxb5 29.axb5 Rxb6
30.cxb6 Bc5 31.Rd3 Bxf2 32.Re2 e4 33.Rh3 e3 34.Rxh6 Re4 35.Rf6 Ke7 36.Rf5 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nbd7
9.h4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Nxe5 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Nf3 Qa5+ 13.c3 h5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qa4 17.Qd3 Qg4 18.g3 Qf3 19.Rg1 O-O-O 20.Qd4 a6 21.Qf4 Qe4 22.O-O-O Qxf4
23.gxf4 e6 24.Rd2 b5 25.f3 Kd7 26.e4 Ke7 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Rd4 Rb8 29.Kc2 Rhc8
30.Kd2 a5 31.Ra1 Rc7 32.a3 Rbc8 33.Ke3 Rc4 34.Rad1 R4c7 35.Ra1 Rb8 36.Rad1 b4
37.axb4 axb4 38.Rxb4 Rxb4 39.cxb4 Rb7 40.Rd4 Kd7 41.f5 gxf5 42.Kf4 Ke7 43.Kg5 Rb8
44.b5 f6+ 45.exf6+ Kf7 46.Rb4 Rg8+ 47.Kf4 Kxf6 48.b6 e5+ 49.Ke3 f4+ 50.Kd3 Ke6
51.b7 Rb8 52.Rb6+ Kd7 53.b4 Kc7 54.Re6 Rxb7 55.Kc3 Ra7 56.Rxe5 Ra3+ 57.Kd4 Rxf3
58.Rxh5 Rh3 59.Kc5 f3 60.Rh7+ Kd8 61.Rf7 Rxh4 62.Rxf3 Rc4+ 63.Kd6 Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c3 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 Nd7 12.h5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 h6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Nd2 O-O-O
16.Nc4 Qd5 17.Nxd6+ Qxd6 18.O-O-O Qd5 19.c4 Qf3 20.Qa3 Nb6 21.b3 Kb8 22.Rhg1 f5
23.gxf5 Qxf5 24.Qc5 Qf3 25.Qe5+ Ka8 26.Qa5 Nc8 27.Rg3 Qf6 28.Qe5 Qe7 29.c5 f6
30.Qe4 e5 31.dxe5 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 Rd8+ 33.Ke2 fxe5 34.Kf1 Qe6 35.Qc4 Qf5 36.Qg4 Qd3+
37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Qf3 Ne7 39.Qxd5 cxd5 40.Bxh6 Nf5 41.Bg5 Nxg3 42.Bxd8 Nxh5
43.Bc7 Nf4+ 44.Kf3 Nd3 45.Bd6 d4 46.Ke2 e4 47.f4 Nb4 48.f5 d3+ 49.Kd2 a6
50.Be5 Nc6 51.Bf4 b5 52.f6 Nd8 53.c6 Nf7 54.Ke3 d2 55.Kxd2 Ka7 56.Ke3 Kb6
57.c7  1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.h3 cxd4 6.cxd4 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bc4 b6 12.b3 h6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Nb5 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8
16.Qc1 Kh7 17.Bd5 Nxd5 18.Qxc6 Ba6 19.Rfd1 Nb4 20.Rxd8 Nxc6 21.Rxa8 Rxa8
22.Nc7  1-0

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.f5 exf5 8.d3 h6 9.Qe1 Nge7
10.Bf4 g5 11.Bd2 f4 12.g3 g4 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Be6 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Nd4
17.Qe4 Kf8 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxa7 Nec6 20.Qa3 Nxf5 21.Nb5 Be5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Rae1 Qf6
24.Qc3 Rxb5 25.Rxe5 dxe5 26.Bxb5 Qd6 27.Re1 Nd4 28.Qc4 h5 29.c3 Nxb5 30.Qxb5 h4
31.gxh4 Kg7 32.b4 Rxh4 33.Qxc5 Qf6 34.Rxe5 Qf4 35.Qf2 Qxe5 36.Qxh4 Qe3+ 37.Qf2 Qc1+
38.Qf1 Qxc3 39.h3 f5 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.Qf2 Qxd3 42.Qc5 Qe2 43.Qg5+ Kf7 44.Qf5+ Ke7
45.Qg5+ Kd6 46.Qd8+ Ke5 47.Qg5+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.Nd2 Re8
9.O-O Nf8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.a4 O-O 13.Rfc1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Qe1 c4
16.Rd1 Qa5 17.Bf1 Bc5 18.Kf2 Rfd8 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Qe3 Qb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 Qxa4 24.Qc3 Nd7 25.Ne3 b5 26.g3 Qa1 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4 Nf6
29.Bg2 Ng4+ 30.Nxg4 Bxg4 31.h3 Bd1 32.Qd2 Qb1 33.c3 Kh7 34.e5 Bc2 35.Ke3 Bf5
36.Kf2 Be4 37.Bf1 h4 38.Qe2 Kg8 39.Qd2 Kh7 40.Qe2 g6 41.Qg4 Qxb2+ 42.Ke3 Qxc3+
43.Kxe4 Qe1+ 44.Kd5 c3 45.f5 Qd2+ 46.Ke4 c2 47.fxg6+ fxg6 48.Qxh4+ Kg8 49.Qe7 Qe1+
50.Kd5 Qd1+ 51.Ke6 c1=Q 52.Qf7+ Kh8 53.Qf8+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tozer, Richard"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 cxd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 a6 12.Nh3 Qb6 13.Bf2 Qa5 14.g4 b5 15.Be3 h5 16.g5 Ne8
17.Nf2 Nc5 18.Ncd1 Qd8 19.O-O Bd7 20.Rc1 a5 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Bh3 23.Rf2 b4
24.Rc6 f6 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Bf1 Bd7 27.Rc1 Bh4 28.Rg2 Kh7 29.Nf2 Rxf3 30.Be2 Rf7
31.Kh1 Ng7 32.Rcg1 Rf6 33.Bg5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Qe7 35.Rg3 Qf7 36.Nh3 Rf8 37.Qe3 Bxh3
38.Rxh3 Qc7 39.Rc1 Qd8 40.Rg3 R8f7 41.Rcg1 Qc8 42.Rg5 Rc7 43.Qg3 Qe8 44.a3 bxa3
45.bxa3 Qf7 46.Qd3 Rc5 47.R5g3 Qc7 48.Qd1 Rc3 49.Rg5 Qf7 50.a4 Rh3 51.R1g2 Re3
52.Bd3 Ref3 53.Rg1 R3f4 54.Qe1 Qa7 55.R5g2 Qd4 56.Bb1 Qxa4 57.Ra2 Qb3 58.Qxa5 Rf1
59.Ra1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Costagliola, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Qh4 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nd2 Ne7 8.e5 Ng6
9.Ne4 Be7 10.Ng3 Nxe5 11.Nf5 Qf6 12.Nxe7 Kxe7 13.Re1 Kd8 14.Qh5 h6 15.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nxb5 a4 20.Bd1 Qc5 21.Nd4 Qxd5 22.Qg5 Qe5
23.f4 Qf6 24.g4 d5 25.a3 Rfb8 26.Re2 Qxg5 27.fxg5 fxg4 28.Ref2 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Nc6
30.Bxg4 Ra7 31.Bh5 Nxd4 32.Bxf7+ Rxf7 33.Rxf7 Nf3+ 34.R1xf3 exf3 35.Rxf3 Rxb2
36.Rf4 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nc5 Qc7 14.Nd3 O-O
15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Be3 Qd8 17.c3 Re8 18.Re1 a6 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.Bf4 Qc4 21.Ne5 Qxb3
22.axb3 Nh5 23.Nd3 Rad8 24.Re5 Nf6 25.Rae1 Bf8 26.Bg5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Nde8 28.b4 h6
29.Bh4 Rc8 30.Nf5 Rc7 31.Re1 g6 32.Nd4 Rc8 33.Nb3 Nd7 34.Bf2 Nd6 35.Nf4 Nc4
36.Nxd5 Nxb2 37.Re7 Rxc3 38.Rxd7 Rxb3 39.Bd4 Nd3 40.h4 Nxb4 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Nh5+ Kg8
43.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 O-O
9.h3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.Bb3 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Ra7 14.Bg5 Rd7 15.Rad1 h6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Qg3 e6 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.c3 Qc6 21.h4 Rd8 22.h5 g5
23.Nxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5 f6 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Re3 Qe8 27.h6 Bf8 28.Bc2 Qf7 29.Bg6 f5
30.Qh5 Qd7 31.Rf3 Bb7 32.Bf7 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Bd6+ 34.Rg3 Qxh5+  0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 b5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 bxc4 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rfc8 20.Kc2 Rc6 21.Kc3 Rac8 22.Be2 Bf6
23.Rhd1 Be7 24.Rd7 Bc5 25.R1d5 Bd4+ 26.Kc2 a5 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Rc5
30.Ra6 h5 31.a4 Bg1 32.Kc3 Bd4+ 33.Kc2 Bg1 34.Kc3 Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5
10.Bg3 Nh5 11.h4 g4 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.O-O Na6 15.Kh2 Nc5 16.Nb3 b6
17.Bd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bh6 19.Kg1 Qe7 20.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kinsman, Andrew PH"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Be3 Nd6 13.Nd2 f5 14.exf5 Nb4 15.f6 Bxf6
16.Nde4 Bf5 17.Bc5 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Be7 19.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.a3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.exd5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxd5 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bd6
16.f4 Na5 17.Bc2 Qh4 18.Qf3 Rae8 19.Be3 Nc4 20.a4 bxa4 21.Bxa4 Re6 22.Bb3 Rg6+
23.Kh1 Nxe3 24.fxe3 a5 25.Re2 Rb8 26.Bc2 Qg4 27.Qxg4 Rxg4 28.Rxa5 g6 29.c4 Bb4
30.Ra7 c5 31.d5 Rd8 32.Bd1 Rh4 33.Rea2 Kg7 34.Re7 Bc3 35.Raa7 Rf8 36.d6 Bf6
37.Ba4 g5 38.fxg5 Bxg5 39.Bb5 Rh6 40.Re5 Bd8 41.Ra6 Re6 42.Rxc5 Rxe3 43.Ra1 f5
44.Rc8 f4 45.c5 f3 46.c6 f2 47.Rf1 Re6 48.c7 Rxd6 49.cxd8=Q Rdxd8 50.Rxd8 Rxd8
51.Rxf2 Rd5 52.Be2 Rd7 53.Kg2 Ra7 54.Bf3 Rc7 55.Kg3 Ra7 56.Rb2 Rc7 57.Kf4 Rf7+
58.Kg4 Re7 59.Rb6 Rc7 60.Be4 Rf7 61.Kg5 Rc7 62.h4 Re7 63.Bf5 Rf7 64.Ra6 Rf8
65.Be4 Rf1 66.Rh6 Rg1+ 67.Kh5 Re1 68.Rxh7+ Kg8 69.Bg6 Re8 70.Kh6 Rf8 71.Ra7 Kh8
72.Bf7  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 e6 8.Nf4 Bh7
9.Bc4 Nf6 10.c3 Nd5 11.Qe2 Nxf4 12.Bxf4 Bd6 13.Be5 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Rg8 15.Qh5 Qf6
16.O-O Bg6 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.h5 Bh7 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Qe5 21.Bxb7 Qxe2 22.Nxe2 Rb8
23.Bc6 Rb6 24.Bxd7+ Kxd7 25.Rfd1+ Ke7 26.Rd2 Rd8 27.Rad1 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 e5
29.b3 Bf5 30.f3 Be6 31.Kf2 f5 32.f4 e4 33.Nd4 Bc8 34.c4 g6 35.c5 Rf6 36.hxg6 Rxg6
37.b4 Ra6 38.b5 Ra3 39.Nc6+ Kf7 40.Ne5+ Ke7 41.Rc2 h5 42.Nc4 Rd3 43.a4 Kd8
44.a5 Rd5 45.Rd2 Rxd2+ 46.Nxd2 Kc7 47.Ke3 Bd7 48.b6+ Kc6 49.a6 axb6 50.a7 Kb7
51.cxb6 Be6 52.Kd4 e3 53.Kxe3 Bd5 54.Nf3 Kxb6 55.Nh4 Kxa7 56.Kd4 Be4 57.Ke5 Kb7
58.g3 Kc7 59.Nxf5 Bf3 60.Nh4 Bg4 61.f5 Kd7 62.Kf6 Ke8 63.Kg7 Bd1 64.f6 Bb3
65.Ng6 Be6 66.Ne5 Ba2 67.f7+ Bxf7 68.Nxf7 Ke7 69.Ng5 Ke8 70.Kg6 Kf8 71.Kxh5 Kg7
72.g4 Kf6 73.Kh6  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.c5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.f3 f4 14.Nc4 Rf7 15.Ba3 g5 16.b5 Ne8
17.b6 axb6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Qb3 Bf8 20.Rab1 b5 21.Qxb5 Ng6 22.Qb3 b5 23.Qxb5 Rb7
24.Qxb7 Bxb7 25.Rxb7 Qc8 26.Rb3 Qd8 27.Reb1 h5 28.Rb6 Nh4 29.Nb5 g4 30.fxg4 Qg5
31.h3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Nf6 33.Bxd6 Rxa2 34.Re1 Nxg4 35.Rb8 Nf6 36.Rxf8+ Kg7 37.g4 Nxg4  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ndf6 6.Ng5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.c4 Ne7 11.Qb3 h6 12.Nf3 Qb8 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Bb4 Rd8 15.Rad1 Bxb4
16.Qxb4 Qc7 17.Ng3 Rd6 18.Rd3 c5 19.Qb3 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Rxd4 21.Nxd4 a6 22.Qb4 Rd8
23.Nf3 Rd3 24.b3 Ng6 25.Qe1 Qc6 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Rd2 28.Ra1 Ng4 29.Qb8+ Kh7
30.Qf4 Rxf2 31.Qe4+ Qxe4 32.Nxe4 Rc2 33.Re1 b6 34.Nd6 f6 35.a4 Ne5 36.h3 Nd3
37.Rxe6 Nf4 38.Re4 Rxg2+ 39.Kf1 Rd2 40.Nc8 Nxh3 41.Nxb6 f5 42.Re3 Ng5 43.c5 f4
44.Re2 Rd1+ 45.Re1 Rxe1+ 46.Kxe1 Ne6 47.b4 a5 48.c6 axb4 49.Nd5 b3 50.Kd2 f3
51.Kc3 f2 52.Ne3 g5 53.Kxb3 g4 54.Nf1 h5 55.Kc4 h4 56.Kd3 g3 57.Ke3 Kg6 58.a5 Kf5
59.a6 Kg4 60.a7 Nc7 61.Ke2 h3 62.Ne3+ Kf4 63.Nd5+ Ke4 64.Nf6+ Kf5 65.Nh5 Kg4
66.Nf6+ Kh4 67.Nd5 h2 68.Nxc7 f1=Q+  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O h6
9.h3 O-O 10.a4 Be6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.a5 Rc6 15.Ne1 Qc8
16.Bf3 Rc4 17.Ra4 Rxa4 18.Nxa4 Qc6 19.Nc3 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bg5
23.b4 Qc7 24.Qe2 Bd7 25.c4 Ba4 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Qa2 Bd7 28.Be2 e4 29.Nc2 Qd8
30.Qb3 Bf4 31.Ne3 Qg5 32.Kf1 h5 33.Rc1 Bh2 34.Qd1 Bxh3 35.Bxh5 Bd7 36.Be2 f5
37.c5 Bf4 38.Qd2 Qh4 39.Ke1 Qh1+ 40.Bf1 Bb5 41.cxd6 Qxf1+ 42.Nxf1 Rxc1+  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7
9.Qd4 Ng6 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Nh4 14.g3 Nf5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5
16.g4 Bd7 17.Rhe1 h5 18.g5 Ne8 19.Ne4 Nd6 20.Nxd6+ exd6 21.g6 f6 22.c4 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Bc2 Bd7 25.Re1 Kd8 26.Be3 a6 27.f4 Be7 28.f5 h4 29.h3 Rh5
30.Rf1 Ke8 31.Kd2 Bd8 32.a4 Kf8 33.b4 c6 34.Kc3 cxd5 35.cxd5 b5 36.a5 Be7
37.Kd4 Ke8 38.Ke4 Bc8 39.Bd1 Rh8 40.Rf4 Kd7 41.Bf2 Bb7 42.Bf3 Rc8 43.Rxh4 Rc2
44.Bd4 Rc4 45.Rh7 Bf8 46.h4 Rxb4 47.h5 Rb1 48.h6 Re1+ 49.Kf4 Re7 50.Bxf6 gxf6
51.g7  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.cxd4 d6
9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Re1 b6 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.Bb3 Rfe8 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Ne7 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Bc2 Rac8 19.Re3 Nd5 20.Rf3 f5 21.Bb3 b5 22.Re1 a5
23.Rd3 Nb6 24.Qe5 Bd5 25.Rg3 a4 26.Bd1 Nc4 27.Qf4 e5 28.dxe5 Nxe5 29.Be2 Bc4
30.Rd1 Qf7 31.Bxc4 Rxc4 32.Qd2 f4 33.Rh3 Qf5 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qxb5 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.a5 h5 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Nb5 g4 18.Kh1 h4 19.fxg4 Nxe4 20.Bd3 Ng3+ 21.Bxg3 fxg3 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Qf3 Nf4
24.Qe4 Qe7 25.h3 Bd7 26.Nc3 Bh6 27.Nf3 Rf8 28.g5 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 Bg7 30.Ne4 Rf4
31.Rc1 Bf5 32.Nfd2 Qxg5 33.Rc8+ Bf8 34.Rc4 Qg6 35.Qe2 Qf7 36.Nc3 Bg6 37.Nf3 Bh5
38.Rxf4 Qxf4 39.Qe4 Qc1+ 40.Ng1 Qg5  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be2 Bg5 10.O-O Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nge7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Nd4 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Rf1 Nec6
16.Nc2 Nxc2 17.Bxc2 Nd4 18.Bd1 Qh4 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.f3 Qe6 21.Ne2 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Rfc8
23.a4 Rc6 24.Rfd1 Qc8 25.Rd5 Qc7 26.Kh1 Rb8 27.Rc3 h6 28.h3 Qb6 29.b3 Qb4
30.Re3 Qb6 31.Red3 Qb4 32.Qd2 Qa3 33.Kh2 Re8 34.b4 Qxa4 35.Ra5  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Nxg7 Rd8
16.Qf3 Kxg7 17.Bh6+ Kg6 18.c3 Nh5 19.Bc1 Bf4 20.g4 Ng3+ 21.fxg3 Bxc1 22.Raxc1 b6
23.Bc2+ Kg7 24.Be4 Rb8 25.Rc2 Bb7 26.Rh2 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qb7 28.Rxh7+ Kg8 29.Qxb7 Rxb7
30.Rh2 Rd3 31.Kg2 Rbd7 32.Re2 b5 33.Rh1 Rd2 34.Kf2 R7d3 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Rxd2 Rxd2+
37.Re2 Rd3 38.Re3 Rd2+ 39.Re2 Rd3 40.Kg2 Kf6 41.Rf2+ Kg6 42.Kh3 f6 43.Rc2 e5
44.c4 bxc4 45.Rxc4 Rd2 46.Rb4 a5 47.Ra4 Rxb2 48.Rxa5 e4 49.Ra7 e3 50.Re7 Rxa2
51.Rxe3 Rb2 52.Rf3 Ra2 53.Re3 Rb2 54.Rf3 Ra2 55.Rb3 Rc2 56.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.c3 Bxd4 11.cxd4 Bd7 12.Bf4 Bc6 13.Be5 O-O 14.Rc1 Qd5 15.f3 Nd7
16.Bc4 Qa5 17.Bd6 Rfc8 18.Qe2 Bd5 19.Bb5 Qd8 20.b3 a6 21.Bd3 Qb6 22.Ba3 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 Nf8 24.Qd2 Ng6 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.Bb2 Qb6 28.Qc3 f6 29.Qc2 e5
30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Qxg6 Qf2 32.Ba3 e4 33.fxe4 Bc6 34.Qg4 Re8 35.e5 Rxe5 36.Qc4+ Kh8
37.Qf1 Qxa2 38.Ra1 Bxg2+ 39.Kg1 Qxa3  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 97/98 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lund, D Brett"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Nbc3 Nbd7 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 c6
9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.g4 Re8 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.c3 e4 17.f3 Nf6 18.g5 exf3 19.Bxf3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bg4 Rc7 22.b3 f5
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Rf2 Bh4 25.Rg2 Rf7 26.c4 Bc8 27.d5 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Qf6 29.Rd1 Qd6
30.b4 Rf3 31.c5 bxc5 32.bxc5 Qd7 33.d6 Re5 34.Qd4 Bg3 35.Qc4+ Kg7 36.Bd4 Kh6
37.Bxe5 Qxg4 38.Rf1 e3  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Preuss, Flemming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 Nd7 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bxf7+ Kf8
9.Bb3 Be6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.axb3 c6 13.O-O h6 14.f4 Kg8 15.fxe5 Qxe5
16.Bf4 Qe6 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Kh1 Kh7 19.e5  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Nd2 h6
10.Bh4 Qe8 11.a3 Bd7 12.b3 Nh7 13.Rb1 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.O-O Be3+ 16.Kh1 Bc5
17.Qc1 c6 18.Bf2 Bxf2 19.Rxf2 Qe7 20.Nf1 Kg7 21.Qd2 c5 22.Na4 Qd8 23.f4 Nf6
24.Qe3 exf4 25.Qxf4 Qe7 26.Ng3 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 28.Nb6 Rad8 29.Rbf1 Ne8 30.Bd3 f6
31.Ne2 Nd6 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.Ng1 Nc7 34.Nf3 Re7 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Na6 37.Ng5 Nxb4
38.Ne6+ Rxe6 39.dxe6 Re8 40.Rd2 Rxe6 41.Re1 b6 42.Bf1 f5 43.exf5 gxf5 44.Rxe5 Rxe5
45.Rxd6 b5 46.cxb5 c4 47.Rd7+ Kf6 48.b6 Nd3 49.Rc7 Re1 50.Kg1 Rb1 51.Rc6+ Ke5
52.Rxc4 Nf4 53.Rc5+ Nd5 54.Kf2 Kd6 55.Rb5 Rxb5 56.Bxb5 Nxb6 57.Kg3 Ke5 58.Be2 Nd5
59.Bxh5 Ne3 60.Kf3 f4 61.Be8 Nxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Qd2 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nge5 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.f4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nc6 14.Bf2 a6 15.O-O O-O
16.h3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Rfe1 Qh5 19.Nd5 Rae8 20.Qd3 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Qh4
23.Qe3 Bc6 24.Nc3 Rc8 25.Re2 Qf6 26.Red2 Kg7 27.b4 g5 28.Rf2 Qg6 29.Qd4+ Kg8
30.f5 Qg7 31.f6 exf6 32.Rxf6 Rcd8 33.Ne2 Rfe8 34.Ng3 Re5 35.Rdf1 Rd7 36.c4 Qh7
37.Nf5 Rxe4 38.Qf2 Re6  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.Qb3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nf5 15.Ne2 Nxe2+
16.Bxe2 Nd4 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Bd1 g5 19.a4 Kh8 20.a5 c6 21.Bb2 cxd5 22.cxd5 Rc8
23.h3 Qd7 24.Qe3 Rc4 25.Ba4 Qd8 26.Qd2 g4 27.hxg4 Bxg4 28.Ra3 Rf4 29.Ng3 h5
30.Bb3 Rxb4 31.Bd1 h4 32.Nf1 Bxd1 33.Rxd1 Rc4 34.Rh3 Rc2 35.Qb4 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Holm Petersen, Sejer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.h4 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.Bf2 d5 17.Ng3 Rd8 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Bc1 Bf8 21.Nf5 dxe4 22.fxe4 Qc6
23.Rde1 Nd7 24.Rh3 Nc5 25.Rg3 Re6 26.Bc4 Nxe4 27.Rg4 Rf6 28.Rxg7+ Bxg7 29.Ne7+ Kf8
30.Nxc6 Bxc6 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Qxe5 Ne6 33.Qa5 Re8 34.Qxb4+ Kg8 35.g4 Rf3 36.Bxa6 Bf8
37.Qb6 Ba8 38.Bb5 Bc5 39.Qxc5 Nxc5 40.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Kh8 12.c5 Ng8 13.a4 Be7 14.c6 bxc6 15.dxc6 f5
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.Bd5 f4 18.Qb3 Qe8 19.Nb5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qd8 21.Nc3 g5 22.b5 g4
23.Nd2 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nd2 b5 12.axb6 Nxb6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nc4 Qc5
16.Qd3 a5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Ne3 Bf8 19.Ra2 Bc6 20.b3 g6 21.Ncd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 a4
23.b4 Bxd5 24.bxc5 Bxa2 25.c6 Rdc8 26.Qc3 Be6 27.Bb5 a3 28.Qd3 a2 29.Ra1 Ra7
30.c4 Rca8 31.Qc2 Be7 32.c7 Rxc7 33.Rxa2 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.h3 O-O 10.a4 Bd7 11.Bg5 Qe7 12.d5 Na5 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Bh4 c6 15.b4 Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4
17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.Nd2 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.a5 Ba7 23.Rad1 g5
24.Bg3 Ba8 25.Ne4 Nd5 26.Qh5 Kg7 27.h4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qh7+ Kf8
31.Bf5 Bb8 32.Bxc8 Rxc8 33.Rd7 Bc6 34.Rd2 Ke7 35.Bxe5 Bxe5 36.Qh2 Kf8 37.Qxe5 Qxe5
38.Rxe5 Bb7 39.Rxg5 Re8 40.Kh2 Re1 41.Rc5  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 e5 7.Be3 b6 8.Nbd2 f6
9.a3 Nh6 10.h3 Qe7 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Qxb4 13.c3 Qxc3 14.Qb1 c5 15.Nc4 b5
16.Qxb5+ Bd7 17.Qxc5 Qb3 18.Rfb1 Qxd3 19.Rd1 Qb3 20.Rxd7 Kxd7 21.Qd6+ Ke8
22.Qc6+ Kf7 23.Qd5+ Ke7 24.Bc5+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.Be3 Rfe8 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qd3 Rad8 15.Qe3 b6
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd5 18.Qf2 Rf8 19.Ne4 h6 20.Rad1 Qa6 21.c3 Ba4 22.Rd2 Bxb3
23.axb3 Qb7 24.Qf3 Qc8 25.Rf2 Nc7 26.Be3 Ne6 27.Bc1 Qc7 28.Qg3 Rd5 29.Ref1 Qxe5
30.Qf3 f5 31.Ng3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Nc5 33.b4 Nd3 34.Rf3 Nxc1 35.Rxc1 e5 36.Nf1 e4
37.Rf2 Rd3 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Rcd1 h5 41.Qa4 Qe7 42.Rxd3 Rxd3 43.Re1 Qb7
44.Qb5 a6 45.Qc4 b5 46.Qe6 Qa7+ 47.Kh2 Qf2 48.Ra1 f4 49.Qe7 f3 50.Qg5 Rd5
51.Qg3 Be5  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sandstrom, Ludvig"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Rb1 f5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Nge2 Be6
9.Nd5 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.b3 Ne7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bb2 c6 14.f4 Qd7 15.Qc2 Bf7
16.Rbe1 Bg7 17.Bc3 b5 18.Rd1 Qc7 19.Qd2 a6 20.Kh1 c5 21.e4 Be6 22.exf5 gxf5
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Qe3 Qd6 25.Rfe1 Bf7 26.Ng1 Nc6 27.Qf3 Ne7 28.Qe3 Nc6 29.Qg5 Bg6
30.Nf3 Bf6 31.Qc1 Rbe8 32.Nh4 Bxh4 33.gxh4 b4 34.Bb2 f4 35.Bd5+ Bf7 36.Be4 Bh5
37.Rg1+ Kh8 38.Rdf1 Nd4 39.Rg5 Be2 40.Rf2 f3 41.Qg1 Qf6 42.Bc1 Rg8 43.Qg4 Rg7
44.Rxg7 Qxg7 45.Qh5 Re6 46.Bg5 h6 47.h3 a5 48.Kh2 Qf8 49.Be3 Qf6 50.Qg4 Re8
51.Qd7 Qe7 52.Qxe7 Rxe7 53.Bxh6 a4 54.Bf8 axb3 55.axb3 Rf7 56.Bxc5 Nxb3 57.Bxb4 Nc1
58.Bc3 Nxd3 59.Bxd3 Bxd3 60.Bxe5+ Kh7 61.c5 Be4 62.Kg3 Kg6 63.Bd4 Kf5 64.Rd2 Rf8
65.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 f5 7.Nce2 Nd7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Nf3 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.Rc1 Nf6
16.Qb3 Qe7 17.Rfe1 b4 18.Nb1 Ne4 19.Nbd2 c5 20.Nc4 Bd5 21.Qd1 Bc7 22.Nce5 Red8
23.Bc4 cxd4 24.exd4 Bb6 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Qb3 Rd6 27.Qxb4 Bxd4 28.Rxe4 fxe4
29.Nc6 Rxc6  0-1

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 Nc6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4 Re8 15.a3 Bc6
16.Bd3 Bf8 17.h5 Ne5 18.Be2 Rb8 19.f4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Ka1 Qa5 22.h6 e5
23.hxg7 Bxg7 24.Ba7 exf4 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Rh3 Be5 27.Rb1 Bd7 28.Rf3 Bc6 29.Rh3 Bd7
30.Rf3 Bc6 31.Ka2 Qb6 32.Rxf4 Bxf4 33.Qxf4 Qc5 34.Qf6 Qe5 35.Rd1 Qxf6 36.gxf6 Rd8
37.Rd4 h5 38.Rxc4 Bd7 39.Nd5 Be6 40.b3 Kh7 41.Rd4 Kg6 42.Nf4+ Kxf6 43.Nxh5+ Ke5
44.Ra4 Bc8 45.Kb2 Bb7 46.Ng3 Rh8 47.Nf5 Rh3 48.Ra5+ Ke6 49.Nd4+ Ke7 50.e5 dxe5
51.Rxe5+ Kd6 52.Rf5 Ke7 53.a4 Rh2 54.Kc3 Rg2 55.Kc4 f6 56.c3 Rg5 57.Rf4 Bd5+
58.Kb4 a5+ 59.Kxa5 Bxb3+ 60.Nb5 Bd1 61.Rd4 Bf3 62.c4 f5 63.c5 Rg7 64.Kb6 Rg6+
65.Nd6 Rf6 66.Rf4 Be4 67.a5 Ke6 68.a6 Ke5 69.Rf1 Ba8 70.Re1+ Kd4 71.Re8 Bd5
72.a7 f4 73.Rd8 f3 74.c6 f2 75.a8=Q f1=Q 76.Nb5+ Ke5 77.Qb8+ Ke4 78.Nc3+ Kd3
79.Rxd5+ Kxc3 80.Qe5+ Kc2 81.Qe4+ Kc3 82.Qd4+ Kc2 83.Qd2+ Kb3 84.Rd3+  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 f5 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.f3 f4 15.Bf2 b6 16.b4 Ng6
17.c5 Rf7 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.a4 h5 20.h3 Bf8 21.a5 bxa5 22.Nc4 g4 23.fxg4 hxg4
24.hxg4 axb4 25.g5 bxc3 26.gxf6 Rb8 27.Bg4 Qxf6 28.Na5 Qg5 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.Qf3 Rh7
31.Rfc1 Qh6 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ke2 Qg5 34.Kd3 Nh4 35.Qh3 Nxg2 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Rh1 f3
38.Kxc3 Bh6 39.Nc4 Nf4 40.Qxd6 Ne2+ 41.Kc2 Rc8 42.Kb3 Rb7+ 43.Ka3 Kh7 44.Be3 Nc3
45.Qxh6+ Qxh6 46.Rxh6+ Kg7 47.Rg1+  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Prusikin, Mikhajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.f4 Re8 12.Kh1 Nbd7 13.Nf3 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Bd4 Rad8
16.Bb1 Qb8 17.b3 Rc8 18.Qd2 Ba8 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Red8 21.Qe2 Nc5 22.Rcd1 Qb7
23.Nf3 Nh5 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.b4 Nd7 26.Ne4 Qb8 27.Qb2+ Kg8 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.fxe5 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Qc7 32.Qc3 Nf4 33.Qe3 Qxe5 34.Qxb6 Rd4 35.Bb7 Ne2 36.g3 Qh5
37.Bf3 Nxg3+ 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Rf2 Rxf2+ 40.Qxf2 Qh4 41.hxg3 Qxc4 42.Qb2 e5
43.a4 e4 44.Be2 Qd5 45.b5 axb5 46.axb5  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nbd2 c5
9.e4 b5 10.cxb5 a6 11.bxa6 Bxa6 12.Re1 Qb6 13.Qc2 c4 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nc5
16.Be3 Rfc8 17.Red1 Qb5 18.Nd4 Qa4 19.Rdc1 Rab8 20.Bh3 Rc7 21.Qxa4 Nxa4 22.b3 Bxd4
23.Bxd4 Rcb7 24.Nd2 cxb3 25.axb3 Nxb3 26.Nxb3 Rxb3 27.Rxb3 Rxb3 28.Bf1 Rb4
29.Ba1 Bb7 30.f3 Nc5 31.g4 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Bc3 Ra4 34.Bb5 Ra2 35.Bc4 Ra4
36.Bb5 Ra8 37.Bb4 Ba6 38.Bc6 Rf8 39.Bxc5 dxc5 40.Rxc5 fxe4 41.fxe4 Rf1+ 42.Kg2 Re1
43.d6 exd6 44.Rd5 Re2+ 45.Kg3 Re3+ 46.Kf4 Rd3 47.Ra5 Bc4 48.Kg5 Rh3 49.Kf6 Rh6+
50.Ke7 Bf7 51.Rf5 Bg6 52.Rf2 Bh5 53.Bd5+ Kg7 54.Be6 Bg6 55.Rg2 Rh4 56.Bf5 Rf4
57.Kxd6 Rf1 58.Bxg6 Rf6+ 59.Ke7 hxg6 60.e5 Ra6 61.Rd2 Ra7+ 62.Rd7 Ra2 63.Ke8+ Kh6
64.Rd6 Rxh2 65.Kf7 Rg2 66.Rf6 Kh5 67.e6 Ra2 68.Rxg6 Ra7+ 69.Kf6 Ra1 70.Rg5+ Kh6
71.e7 Ra6+ 72.Kf7 Kxg5 73.e8=Q Rf6+ 74.Kg7 Rf3 75.Qe5+ Kg4 76.Kg6 Rf4 77.Qe2+ Kg3
78.Kg5 Rf3 79.Qe1+ Kh3 80.Qh1+ Kg3 81.Qg1+ Kh3 82.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Comp Zugzwang"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Qe2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Qg5+ 11.Kb1 g6 12.e5 Bg4 13.Nf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qxe5 15.Qxb7 Rd8
16.Rhe1 Qa5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 f5 19.b4 Qa3 20.Qc6+ Rd7 21.c3 e5 22.Rxe5+ dxe5
23.Be6 Be7 24.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.d3 d5
9.h3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Bh5 11.e5 d4 12.exf6 dxc3 13.Qe2+ Kd7 14.Qe4 Qxf6 15.Qd5+ Bd6
16.Qxh5 cxb2 17.Bxb2 Rae8+ 18.Kf1 Qxb2 19.Qxf7+ Re7 20.Qf5+ Kc7 21.Kg2 Qd4
22.Qg4 Qf6 23.Rae1 h5 24.Rxe7+ Bxe7 25.Qe4 Rd8 26.Re1 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.Bb3 Rd4
29.Qe8 Rd8 30.Qf7+ Rd7 31.Qe8 Rd8 32.Qe3 Qh4 33.f4 Rd4 34.f5 Rf4 35.Kg2 Rxf5
36.Qg3+ Kb6 37.Re4 Qxg3+ 38.fxg3 Kc7 39.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 g5 13.Bf2 f5 14.O-O b6 15.b4 Ng6 16.g3 fxe4
17.Ncxe4 Nf5 18.Nb3 Qe7 19.a4 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Qxd4 Bf5
23.Rae1 Bxe4 24.Bd1 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxe4 Raf8 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Be2 Ne5 29.Re3 h6
30.Rc1 Rb8 31.a5 Rf7 32.Ra1 Rbf8 33.Raa3 Rb8 34.Rab3 Nd7 35.Ra3 Ne5 36.Ra2 Nd7
37.axb6 axb6 38.Re4 Nf6 39.Re6 b5 40.Rb2 bxc4 41.Bxc4 Nd7 42.Re4 Rbf8 43.Be2 Nf6
44.Rd4 Re8 45.Rbd2 Re5 46.Bd1 Rfe7 47.Kf2 Rf5 48.R2d3 h5 49.Kg2 Re1 50.f4 Ng4
51.Bf3 gxf4 52.Rxf4 Rxf4 53.gxf4 Kg6 54.h3 Nf6 55.Kf2 Rc1 56.Be2 Ne4+ 57.Ke3 Ng3
58.Bd1 Nf5+ 59.Kf3 Rb1 60.Ba4 Kf6 61.Be8 h4 62.Bd7 Rxb4 63.Kg4 Ne7 64.Kxh4 Ng6+
65.Kg3 Nxf4 66.Rf3 Ke5 67.h4 Nh5+ 68.Kh3 Nf4+ 69.Kg3 Nxd5 70.Rf5+ Kd4 71.h5 Rb1
72.h6 Rg1+ 73.Kf2 Rh1 74.Bc6 Rh2+ 75.Kg3 Rxh6 76.Rxd5+ Kc4 77.Ra5 Rf6 78.Kg4 Kb4
79.Rb5+ Kc4 80.Kg5 Rf8 81.Rb7 Kc5 82.Bd7 d5 83.Kg6 Kd6 84.Bf5 c5 85.Kg5 Ke5
86.Re7+ Kd4 87.Rd7 Ke5 88.Re7+ Kd4 89.Kf4 c4 90.Rc7 c3 91.Rc6 Rf7 92.Rc8 Rf6
93.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nb5 Qb8 6.c4 Nf6 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O a6
9.N5c3 d6 10.f4 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Kh1 Bf8 14.Qf3 Bd7 15.a3 e5
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nd4 18.Qf2 e4 19.Nxe4 Nf5 20.Bb6 a5 21.b3 Ra6 22.Rae1 Be7
23.Re2 Bh4 24.g3 Bd8 25.Bxd8 Qxd8 26.Rfe1 Ra8 27.h3 h5 28.Kh2 Rc8 29.Rg1 Kf8
30.Ree1 b5 31.cxb5 h4 32.gxh4 Qxh4 33.Qxh4 Nxh4 34.Rgf1 Nf5 35.a4 Re7 36.Ng5 Rc3
37.Rxe7 Nxe7 38.Bc4 Nc8 39.Rf3 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 Nb6 41.Ne4 Ke7 42.Re3 Bc8 43.Bd3 Rc7
44.Ng5+ Kd8 45.Be4 Bb7 46.Rd3 Ke7 47.Nf3 Rc5 48.b4 axb4 49.a5 Nxd5 50.a6 Ba8
51.Bxd5 Rxd5 52.Nd4 Kd7 53.b6 Rc5 54.Rb3 Rc4 55.Nb5 Rc6 56.b7 Bxb7 57.axb7 Rb6
58.Rxb4 Rxb7 59.Rb3 Ke7 60.Re3+ Kd7 61.Nd4 g6 62.Kg4 Rb4 63.Rd3 f6 64.Kf3 Rb1
65.Ke4 Re1+ 66.Re3 Rg1 67.Kd5 Rf1 68.Rf3 Rc1 69.Ra3 Rc5+ 70.Ke4 Rh5 71.f5 gxf5+
72.Nxf5 d5+ 73.Kf4 Kc6 74.h4 Rh8 75.Rh3 Kd7 76.h5 Ra8 77.h6 Ke6 78.Re3+ Kf7
79.Re7+ Kg6 80.Rg7+ Kh5 81.h7 Rh8 82.Ke3 d4+ 83.Kd3 Ra8 84.Rg8 Rxg8 85.hxg8=B Kg5
86.Be6 Kf4 87.Kxd4 Kf3 88.Kd5 Kf4 89.Kd6 Ke4 90.Ke7 Ke5 91.Kf7 Ke4 92.Kxf6 Kd3
93.Ke5 Kc3 94.Kd5 Kd3 95.Bd7 Kc3 96.Bb5 Kb4 97.Kc6 Kc3 98.Kc5 Kd2 99.Kd4 Kc2
100.Bc4 Kd2 101.Bd3 Kd1 102.Ng3 Kd2 103.Ne4+ Kd1 104.Kc3 Ke1 105.Bc4 Kd1
106.Nd2 Kc1 107.Nf1 Kd1 108.Ne3+ Ke1 109.Kd3 Kf2 110.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E89"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.g3 b5 12.Bg2 Ne8 13.Nc1 f5 14.Nd3 Nb6 15.b3 f4 16.Bf2 Bd7
17.Rc1 fxg3 18.hxg3 a5 19.Ne2 Nf6 20.Be3 b4 21.Nf2 Nc8 22.Nh3 Qe7 23.Rc7 Qd8
24.Rb7 Ne7 25.Ng5 Ra6 26.Bh3 Bxh3 27.Rxh3 Re8 28.Ne6 Qa8 29.Rc7 Qb8 30.Qd3 Ra8
31.Kf2 Bh8 32.Qc4 Rc8 33.Rh1 Ne8 34.Rxe7 Rxc4 35.Rexh7 Bf6 36.bxc4 b3 37.axb3 Qxb3
38.Bg5 Ra7 39.R7h2 Bg7 40.Be3 Rb7 41.c5 Qd3 42.Re1 Rb3 43.Nc1 Rb2+ 44.Re2 Rxe2+
45.Nxe2 dxc5 46.Nxc5 Qb5 47.Rh1 Bf8 48.Rc1 a4 49.Nxa4 Qxa4 50.Ng1 Nd6 51.Kg2 Qa3
52.Re1 Nc4 53.Bf2 Bb4 54.Re2 Qd3  0-1

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Bh3 O-O 11.Ne2 f6 12.Rf1 Ndb8 13.Rf2 Bd7 14.Kf1 a5 15.Kg2 Na6
16.Nc3 Nc7 17.Be3 Qa7 18.Na4 fxe5 19.fxe5 Be8 20.Rc1 Bg6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 Bf5
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Qb1 Qa6 25.g4 Rf7 26.Kg1 h6 27.g5 h5 28.g6 Rf5 29.Qd1 Raf8
30.Nh4 Rxf2 31.Bxf2 Rf4 32.h3 Ne8 33.Rc3 Qb5 34.Rf3 Re4 35.Rf7 Re2 36.Qc1 Qxb2
37.Qf4 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Qb4 39.Qf3 Rxa2 40.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Neil, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.O-O Nd7
9.Ndf3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Re1 Qd6 12.a4 Rd8 13.c3 O-O 14.Nd3 b6 15.Bg5 Rfe8
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Bh4 Bg4 18.Qg3 Be6 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.Rad1 b5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Bf1 Bf6
23.Nd3 Qb6 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Re5 Nd7 27.Nxd7 Bxd7 28.Rde1 e6 29.h4 Bc6
30.h5 Rd5 31.R1e3 Qd8 32.Qf4 a6 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Rh3 Qe7 35.Bd3 Qf8 36.Be4 Rd6
37.Reh5 gxh5 38.Rg3+  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bc2 Re8 11.h3 h6 12.Re1 Bb6 13.a4 Rb8 14.Nf1 d5 15.Bd2 Qd6
16.Nh4 Qe7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Qd6 20.g4 d4 21.Qf3 dxc3 22.bxc3 b4
23.Ba4 bxc3 24.Bxc3 Nd5 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Bxe5 Nb4 27.Qxc6 Nxc6 28.Bc3 Red8
29.Red1 Rd6 30.Kg2 Rbd8 31.Rac1 Nd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Rc3 h5 34.Kf3 g5 35.Ne3 Rf4+
36.Ke2 Re8 37.Rc4 Kg7 38.gxh5 Kh6 39.h4 Kxh5 40.hxg5 Rxc4 41.dxc4 Kxg5 42.Rd7 Kf4
43.Rxf7 Bxe3 44.fxe3+ Rxe3+ 45.Kd2 Rh3 46.f6 Kf5 47.Rxc7 Kxf6 48.Rd7 Ke6
49.Rd4 Rg3 50.Kc2 Rh3 51.Kb2 Rg3 52.Rd2 Rh3 53.c5 Rh5 54.Rc2 Kd7 55.Kb3 Kc6
56.Kb4 Rh4+ 57.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.a4 Nge7 7.Na3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d3 h6 10.h3 f5 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 Kh7 13.Bd2 g5 14.Rc1 g4 15.hxg4 fxg4
16.Nh2 h5 17.f3 gxf3 18.gxf3 Bf6 19.Kh1 Rg8 20.Rg1 Rxg1+ 21.Qxg1 Nd4 22.Qg2 Ng6
23.Bc4 Nh4 24.Qf2 Qf8 25.Nb5 Nxb5 26.axb5 Ng6 27.Rg1 Bd7 28.Nf1 Bh4 29.Qg2 Qf6
30.Ng3 Bxg3 31.Qxg3 h4 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.Rxg5 Kg7 34.f4 exf4 35.Rh5 Bg4 36.Bc3+ Kf8
37.Rh6 d5 38.Bxd5 Rc8 39.Rxg6 Bf3+ 40.Kg1 Rxc3 41.Rf6+ Ke7 42.Rxf4 Rxd3 43.Kf2 Bd1
44.Rxh4 Kd6 45.Rh6+ Ke5 46.b6 axb6 47.Rxb6 Rf3+ 48.Kg2 Rc3 49.Rxb7 Bf3+ 50.Kf2 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1998.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Qd3 Nd7
9.Be3 a6 10.a3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 f5 13.Ng5 e4 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Bd4 h6
17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 N7c6 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Rad1 Nd4 21.Qa2 c6 22.f3 Nxe6 23.c5 Qf6
24.fxe4 Bxc3 25.Rxd6 Rae8 26.exf5 gxf5 27.e4 Qe5 28.Qc4 b5 29.Qa2 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 fxe4
31.Re1 Rf2 32.Qb3 e3 33.Bxc6 Qf5 34.Rxd4 Rf1+ 35.Kg2 Rxe1 36.Rf4 Qb1 37.Qd5 Qd1
38.Qf5 Nxf4+ 39.gxf4 Re2+ 40.Kh3 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.O-O Ng4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 f5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6
17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Kh1 fxe4 19.Ng5 Nf2+ 20.Rxf2 Rxf2 21.Ncxe4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Rf4
23.d6 Be6 24.Ng5 Rd4 25.Qc3 Qxd6 26.c5 Qe7 27.Nf3 Re4 28.Bd3 Re3 29.c6 e4
30.cxb7 Rb8 31.Ne5 Rxb7 32.Qxa5 exd3 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qxb7 Rxe5 35.Qf3 Bd5
36.Qf2 Bxg2+  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hon, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qe2 c6 6.O-O-O Qa5 7.f4 Be6 8.e5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Kb1 Nc6 12.g4 Rc8 13.c3 a6 14.h4 h6 15.Bc1 b5
16.a3 Qc7 17.Nh3 Qd7 18.Nf2 Rb8 19.h5 g5 20.Rg1 a5 21.Nd3 b4 22.Nc5 Qc8 23.axb4 axb4
24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.c4 Na5 26.c5 O-O 27.Qa6 Nc6 28.Qd3 Qd7 29.b3 Ra8 30.Bb2 Ra7
31.Qd2 f6 32.Bb5 Rb7 33.Qe2 fxe5 34.dxe5 e6 35.Rgf1 Rfb8 36.Bd3 Qe7 37.Rc1 Rf8
38.Rxf8+ Qxf8 39.Bb5 Na7 40.Ba6 Rc7 41.Qe3 Nc6 42.Rf1 Qd8 43.Bd3 Na5 44.Bc2 Qc8
45.Qd3 Rf7 46.Qh7+ Kf8 47.Rxf7+ Kxf7 48.Qg6+ Kg8 49.Bf5 exf5 50.e6 Qf8 51.Bxg7 Qxg7
52.e7  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Ng5 c5 8.d5 Bxe5
9.Nxe4 O-O 10.c3 Nd7 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Bb5 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.Qxd5 a6 15.Bc4 Qe7
16.Ng5 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Ne5 18.Rae1 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Be6 20.Nxe6 Qh4 21.Bf4 b5 22.Bg3  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.Ne2 Bxc5
9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.O-O-O+ Ke7 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Nxe4 Nxe5 14.f4 Ng6
15.g3 Bd7 16.Bd3 Rhd8 17.Rhe1 Kf8 18.b4 Ne7 19.c4 b6 20.Kb2 Ba4 21.Rd2 Bc6
22.Kc3 Rac8 23.a3 Nf5 24.Bf1 Rxd2 25.Nxd2 h5 26.Bd3 Nd6 27.Kb3 Rd8 28.Be2 h4
29.Kc3 hxg3 30.hxg3 Ke7 31.b5 Ba8 32.Bd3 Rh8 33.Nb3 Rc8 34.Kb4 Nb7 35.Re5 f6
36.Rh5 f5 37.a4 Kf6 38.Rh2 Rd8 39.Kc3 Nd6 40.Nd2 Nf7 41.Rf2 Rh8 42.Nf1 g5
43.a5 Nd6 44.axb6 axb6 45.Ra2 gxf4 46.gxf4 Be4 47.Be2 Rh3+ 48.Kb4 Bd3 49.Bxd3 Rxd3
50.Ra6 Rd4 51.Ne3 Re4 52.Rxb6 Ke7 53.Kc5 Ne8 54.Nc2 Rxf4 55.Nd4 Re4 56.Nc6+ Kf6
57.Rb8 Ng7 58.Rf8+ Kg6 59.b6  1-0

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5
16.O-O Rb8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Rad1 f5 19.Nde3 Rbd8 20.Bd5 Ne7 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.Nd5 f4
23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Qd5+ Kh8 25.Rfe1 Qf6 26.Re2 Bh6 27.Qxb5 f3 28.Re4 Rb8 29.Qxa5 Rxb2
30.Ne3 Re2 31.Ng4 Qg6 32.Rb4 Bf4 33.h3 Bxg3 34.Qd5 Bxf2+ 35.Kf1 Bc5 36.Rb7 Rg2  0-1

[Event "Iona Tech Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.c4 Nc7 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.exd6 exd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Qb3 b6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.h4 h5 14.gxh5 Bxh5 15.Ng5 Re8
16.Ne2 Bxe2 17.Kxe2 d5 18.Rag1 Bf6 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Nxe6+ fxe6 22.Bf3 Nd7
23.Bh5 dxc4 24.Bxe8 Kxe8 25.Qe4 Nf8 26.Qxc6+ Kf7 27.Qxc4 Rc8 28.Qd3 Bxh4
29.d5 Bf6 30.dxe6+ Nxe6 31.b3 Nd4+ 32.Bxd4 Qxd4 33.Qxd4 Bxd4 34.Rd1 Re8+
35.Kf3 Bc5 36.Rd7+ Kg8 37.Rg1 Rf8+ 38.Ke4 Rf7 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.Rd1 Ke6 41.f4 g6
42.Rd5 a5 43.Re5+ Kf6 44.f5 gxf5+ 45.Rxf5+ Ke6 46.Rh5 Kd6 47.Rh6+ Kc7 48.Kd5 Kb7
49.Rh7+ Ka6 50.Kc6 Bd4 51.Rd7 Bc5 52.Rd8 Ka7 53.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.h3 Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nge2 a6
9.b3 Bd7 10.d5 Na5 11.a4 c6 12.O-O cxd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nd4 b4
16.Na2 e5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Rb1 e5 19.Nc2 Bf5 20.e4 Be6 21.Ncxb4 Qd7 22.Bg5 Rb5
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 e4 26.b4 Nc4 27.Qe2 Nb6 28.Qxe4 Rxd5 29.Qe3 Rd4
30.Rbd1 Nc4 31.Qb3 d5 32.Rxd4 Bxd4 33.Qd3 Bxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Rxf2 35.Bxd5+ Kg7
36.Kxf2 Qa7+ 37.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 Nc6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.a3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nc6 17.Be3 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.h5 Qa5 20.h6 g6 21.Qd4 e5 22.Qb6 Qxb6
23.Bxb6 Bxg5 24.Rxd6 Rfe8 25.Rd7 Re7 26.Rd8+ Re8 27.Rd7 Re7 28.Rxe7 Bxe7
29.Rd1 Bg5 30.Nd5 Nc6 31.Bc4 Kf8 32.Nc7 Nd4 33.Bd5 Nc6 34.Be6 Rd8 35.Bd5 Rd7
36.Rd3 Bd8 37.Bc5+ Be7 38.Bb6 Bd8 39.Bc5+ Be7 40.Bxc6 Rxd3 41.Bxe7+ Kxe7
42.Bxb7 Rxf3 43.Nd5+ Kd6 44.Bxa6 f5 45.Nf6 Rh3 46.b4 f4 47.b5 Kc7 48.Nd5+ Kb8
49.c4 f3 50.c5 f2 51.b6 Rh1+ 52.Kb2 f1=Q 53.Bxf1 Rxf1 54.c6 g5 55.Nb4 Rf8
56.Na6+ Ka8 57.Nc5 Rb8 58.b7+ Ka7 59.Kc3 Kb6 60.Nd7+ Kxc6 61.Nxb8+ Kc7 62.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 9899"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bd6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Ng5 Re7 11.f4 h6 12.Ngf3 exf4 13.Nh4 Ne5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.d4 Nc4
16.Nxc4 Rxe4 17.Nxd6 Rxe2 18.Bxf7+ Kh7 19.Bg6+ Kg8 20.Nxb7 Qe7 21.Bd3 Re1
22.Bxf4 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 d6 24.Na5 Re8 25.Nf5 Qd7 26.Rf1 Nd5 27.Bg3 Ne3 28.Nxe3 Rxe3
29.Bf5 Qe8 30.d5 Re2 31.Nc6 Qe3+ 32.Bf2 Qg5 33.Bd3 Rxb2 34.h4 Qg4 35.Ne7+ Kf7
36.Ng6 Ke8 37.Bg3  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 9899"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Nd5 11.Be5 Na6 12.O-O Nb6 13.Qb3 c5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rfd1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Qc7 17.Ncb5 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Nxc4 19.b3 Nb6 20.Rac1 Kf6 21.a3 Rfd8 22.b4 e5
23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Kf1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Ke7 26.Ke2 f6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Ke6 29.Nc5+ Nxc5
30.Nc7+ Ke7 31.Nxa8 Ne6 32.a4 Nd6 33.b5 b6 34.a5 bxa5 35.b6 axb6 36.Nxb6 f5
37.gxf5 Nxf5 38.Rd5 Nfd4+ 39.Kf1 Nf3 40.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.a5 Qc6 13.Bf3 h6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc4
16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ne4 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Ng5 20.Bg4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nf6
22.Bc8 Nxd5 23.Bxb7 Nb4 24.d4 Rb8 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Bxc8 Ne4 27.f3 exd4 28.Nxd4 Nc5
29.Nf5 Bd8 30.Nxd6 Ncd3 31.Nc4 Bf6 32.Bd2 Kf8 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 g6 35.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 a5 9.Ne2 a4
10.a3 Ndb8 11.Bh3 Bd7 12.O-O Na5 13.f5 exf5 14.Nf4 Nb3 15.Nxd5 Qc6 16.Nf4 Nxa1
17.d5 Qb6 18.e6 fxe6 19.Ne5 c4+ 20.Kh1 g6 21.Re1 Qb3 22.Qe2 Nc2 23.Nxd7 Nxe1
24.Qxe6+ Kd8 25.Ne5 Qd1 26.Nf7+ Kc7 27.d6+ Kb6 28.d7+ Nc6 29.Be3+ Ka5 30.Nxh8 Nf3+
31.Kg2 Ng5 32.Qe8 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Nxh3+ 34.Nxh3 Rd8 35.Nf2 Qd5 36.Bg5 Rxd7 37.Qa8+ Na7
38.Qxa7+ Kb5 39.Be3 Rd6 40.Nf7 Re6 41.Ng5 Ra6 42.Qb8 Bc5 43.Bxc5 Kxc5 44.Qc7+ Kb5
45.Qxh7 Rb6 46.Qh8 Ka5 47.Qa8+ Ra6 48.Qe8 Rb6 49.Qe2 Qb5 50.Nd1 Qc5+ 51.Kf1 Rd6
52.Nf3 b5 53.Nd4 Qd5 54.Nf2 g5 55.Qe7 f4 56.Qa7+ Ra6 57.Qc7+ Rb6 58.gxf4 gxf4
59.Qxf4 Rg6 60.h4 Rg7 61.Qf6 Qg2+ 62.Ke2 Rh7 63.Qd8+ Ka6 64.Qd6+ Kb7 65.Qc5 Ka8
66.Nxb5 Kb8 67.Qb6+ Ka8 68.Qd8+ Kb7 69.Nd6+ Ka7 70.Nxc4 Rf7 71.Qd4+ Kb8 72.Ne5 Rb7
73.Nd3 Re7+ 74.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Nc3 c6
9.Be2 Be7 10.b4 Nd7 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Na4 b5 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.bxc5 f6 15.f4 Bf5
16.c3 Qd7 17.Be3 Qe6 18.Bf3 Rae8 19.a4 a6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra6 Kh8 22.Bf2 Ra8
23.Rfa1 Rxa6 24.Rxa6 g5 25.Bg3 g4 26.Be2 fxe5 27.fxe5 Be4 28.Qe3 Qf5 29.Ra7 Bg5
30.Qd4 Qe6 31.Kh1 Kg8 32.Qd1 h5 33.Ra6 h4 34.Bxh4 Bxh4 35.Bxb5 Qf5 36.Rxc6 Bxg2+
37.Kxg2 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Bf2+ 39.Kf1 Be3+ 40.Rf6 Rxf6+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb1 Re8 19.f3 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 e3 21.Re2 Nxd5 22.Qxf5 Kf8
23.g3 Rad8 24.Kg2 Nb6 25.Rd1 h6 26.Qf4 Nd5 27.Qf5 Nb6 28.Bc2 Re5 29.Qd3 d5
30.Bb3 Ree8 31.Nc2 a5 32.a3 Nc4 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Qf5 Re5 35.Qf4 Rde8 36.Rde1 Qb6
37.Nd4 h5 38.Nf5 Qf6 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Rxe3 Rxe3 41.Nxe3 Qxf4 42.gxf4 d4 43.cxd4 Bxd4
44.Nxc4 a4 45.Kf1 h4 46.h3 Ke7 47.Ke2 Ke6 48.Kd3 Bg7 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd3 Kd5
51.Ne3+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qe3 Qc8 14.Qxe4 Be7 15.Bd3 f5
16.Qe3 O-O 17.Rhe1 Bf7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bf6 20.Be5 Bxa2 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Re5 Bf7
23.Qf4 Qc6 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Bxf5 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qh6+ 27.Kb1 b5 28.h3 Re8 29.Qd4 Qg5
30.g4 g6 31.Bd7 Re7 32.Bc8 a5 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qxa5 Qc5 35.Qc3+ Qxc3 36.bxc3 Rc7
37.Bd7 Rxc3 38.h4 Rh3 39.Bxb5 Rxh4 40.Bd7 Kf6 41.Kb2 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Kc3 Ke5
44.Re1+ Kd6 45.Bf5 Rf4 46.Bd3 h4 47.Re4 Rxe4 48.Bxe4 Bd5 49.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.d5 Ne7 12.h3 Nh6 13.b4 f5 14.Nd2 a5 15.bxa5 c5 16.dxc6 bxc6
17.Nb3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nhf5 19.Bb2 c5 20.Bg4 Bb7 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Qd3 Qh4 23.Nxd6 Rad8
24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Qe3 Rdf8 26.Nd2 Kg8 27.f3 Bh6 28.Qe2 Bf4 29.Rfd1 Rg5 30.Nf1 Qxh3
31.Rd3 Qh4 32.Rd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Rh5 34.d6 Qh1+ 35.Kf2 Rg5 36.g4 Rxg4 37.Qc4+ Kh8
38.fxg4 Bg5+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Kd3 Rf3+ 41.Ke4 Rf4+ 42.Kxe5 Rxc4 43.Ke6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.h3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Bf2 Rc8 12.O-O-O Nb4 13.Kb1 b5 14.Rhe1 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nh5
16.Ne2 Qc7 17.g4 Nf6 18.Ned4 b4 19.Bg3 Qb6 20.f5 Rfd8 21.Ng5 Qc5 22.Nxf7 Kxf7
23.Ne6 Qc6 24.Qb3 d5 25.e5 Ne8 26.Nxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qxb4 Rc8 28.Rc1 Ba6 29.Bh4 Qc5
30.Qf4 gxf5 31.gxf5 d4 32.Bf2 Rd8 33.Red1 Qxe5 34.Qg5 Be2 35.Rd2 d3 36.cxd3 Bxd3+
37.Ka1 Rb8 38.Qh5+  0-1

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karlsen, Arne"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 f6 8.Be3 b6
9.Nbd2 Nh6 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Ng3 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Qc1 Nf7 14.Nd2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.Nh5 f4 17.Ne4 Nh6 18.Nxg7 Qxg7 19.Bd2 Bh3 20.g3 Nf5 21.Qd1 Nd4 22.Qh5 Bg4
23.Qh4 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hansen, Gunnar West"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bf5
9.Bxf5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxf5 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.Qxb7 Qe4+ 13.Be3 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Bh6 15.O-O Bxe3
16.Rae1 Rxb2 17.Rxe3 Qc2 18.Qc7 Rb8 19.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd3 dxe5
9.dxe5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Rb1 a6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Qg4 h5
16.Qf3 Bd6 17.h3 Be5 18.c4 O-O 19.Bh7+ Kxh7 20.Qxh5+ Kg8 21.Rxe5 f6 22.Re3 Qxc4
23.Rg3 Rf7 24.Bh6 Qe4 25.Rd1 Bd7 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxg7+ Ke8 28.Rdxd7 Qe1+
29.Kh2 Qb4 30.Rxb7 Qf8 31.Rh7 Qg8 32.Rbd7  1-0

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Larsen, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.b3 Ne5 13.Ne2 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Be3 Re8
16.Bd4 a6 17.a4 b5 18.a5 Nc4 19.Rf2 Ne5 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Nf4 Nxd3 22.Nxd3 Bf5
23.Nb4 Qd6 24.Rd1 Nd7 25.Bc3 Qc5 26.Nxd5 Be6 27.Bb4 Qxd5 28.Qxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Nf6
30.Rd1 Re6 31.Rfd2 Kh7 32.c3 Rcc6 33.Kf2 Ne8 34.Rd7 Kg6 35.R1d4 Re5 36.Rg4+ Rg5
37.Rxg5+ hxg5 38.Ke3 Re6+ 39.Kd4 f5 40.Re7 Kf6 41.Rxe6+ Kxe6 42.Kc5 Nf6 43.Kb6 Kd5
44.Be7 Nd7+ 45.Kxa6 Kc6 46.b4 g4 47.fxg4 fxg4 48.c4 bxc4 49.b5+ Kc7 50.b6+ Kc6
51.b7 c3 52.Ka7 c2 53.Bg5 Kb5 54.Bd2 Kc6 55.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grabliauskas, Virginijus"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Rf6 15.cxd6 Nxd6 16.Nb5 a6
17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.a5 Rg6 19.h3 Kh8 20.Ra3 Ng8 21.Bb6 Qf8 22.Nd3 Bf6 23.Nf2 Nh6
24.Rc3 Qg8 25.Qc2 g4 26.fxg4 Bh4 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Rc7 Rg7 29.Bf3 hxg4 30.Nxg4 Nxg4
31.Bxg4 Bxg4 32.hxg4 Rxg4 33.Qe2 Rf8 34.Qf3 Bg3 35.Kf1 Rh4 36.Ke2 Qg6 37.Re7 Rh2
38.Re6 Qg5 39.Kd3 Bh4 40.Rc2 Rg8 41.Rxd6 Be1 42.Re6 Rh6 43.Rxe5 Qg7 44.Rh5  1-0

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Andreasen, Per"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Bd3 e5
9.Bh6 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Re8
16.O-O-O  1-0

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.g3 Bg5 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.h4 Bh6
16.g4 g6 17.g5 Bg7 18.Qd2 h6 19.O-O-O Nc5 20.Kb1 hxg5 21.hxg5 Ne6 22.Nf6+ Ke7
23.Rxh8 Bxh8 24.Nh7 Nf4 25.Bf3 Qb6 26.Ne3 Bg7 27.Ng4 Nh5 28.Nhf6 Nxf6 29.gxf6+ Bxf6
30.Nxf6 Kxf6 31.Qxd6+ Qxd6 32.Rxd6+ Ke7 33.Rb6 Bc8 34.Bd1 Bd7 35.Bb3 Rh8
36.Rxa6 Rh1+ 37.Kc2 Rf1 38.Ra7 Rxf2+ 39.Kd3 g5 40.Ke3 Rf6 41.a4 g4 42.Bd1 g3
43.Bf3 bxa4 44.Ra5 Kd6 45.Rd5+ Kc6 46.Rxe5 Bg4 47.Bg2 Rf2 48.Rg5 Bd1 49.Rxg3 Rxb2
50.Rg7 Kb6 51.Bf1 Bb3 52.Bd3 a3 53.Rg1 a2 54.Ra1 Kc5 55.Rf1 Be6 56.Rg1 Bc4
57.Rf1 Bxd3 58.Kxd3 Rb1 59.Rf5+ Kd6  0-1

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jorgensen, Brian"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O-O Bg7 14.h4 f5 15.h5 fxe4
16.Ng5 e3 17.Qe1 Rf2 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rh7 Qd8 20.Nce4 Nxe4 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nxe4 Qh4
23.Bf3 Qf4 24.Rd3 Rf1  0-1

[Event "Roskilde op"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 9899"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 a5 12.O-O Be6 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qc2 f6 15.Rfd1 Qf7
16.Qe4 Bc5 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 O-O 19.Ne4 Nc4 20.Qc3 Qe7 21.Rd4 Nb6 22.Qc5 Qc7
23.Rad1 Nd7 24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Bb3 26.R1d3 Bc4 27.Rxd7 Bxd3 28.exd3 Rab8
29.Nd6 b5 30.Bxc6 bxa4 31.Nc4 Rb4 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.Ra7 Rd8 34.Rxa5 g6 35.g4 Kg7
36.Be4 Rd4 37.f3 h5 38.h3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rd8 40.Kf2 Rh8 41.Ke3 Rh1 42.Bc6 Ra1
43.Kd4 Kh6 44.Kc3 Rb3+ 45.Kc2 Rb4 46.Rb5 Rxb5 47.Bxb5 Kg5 48.d4 Kf4 49.d5 Rh1
50.d6 Rh2+ 51.Kc3 Kxf3 52.d7 Rh8 53.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 9899"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd2 a6
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nc4 Nd4 12.Ne3 O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bd3 Qa5
16.Qd2 Bd8 17.Rb1 Qc5 18.Ncd5 f5 19.c3 f4 20.Nc2 Nxc2+ 21.Qxc2 b5 22.Rd1 Kh8
23.Qe2 Bb6 24.O-O f3 25.gxf3 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rf4 27.Kg2 Rcf8 28.Be4 Qc8 29.Rh1 Qd8
30.Rh3 g6 31.Rdh1 Qf6 32.h5 g5 33.Rg3 h6 34.Rf1 Qf7 35.Rg4 Qd7 36.Kg3 Qf7
37.Kg2 Qd7 38.b3 Qc7 39.Qd3 Qc8 40.Rxf4 Rxf4 41.Rg1 Kg7 42.Bg6 Qc5 43.Rf1 Qc8
44.Re1 g4 45.Be4 Qd8 46.Rg1 Qh4 47.Rf1 Qh3+ 48.Kg1 g3  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Nf3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Ndxe5 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.O-O-O+ Bd7 14.Nd5 hxg5
15.Bxg5 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Bd4 17.Bd3 f6 18.Bf4 e6 19.Nc3 Ke7 20.Nb5 e5 21.Bg3 Rag8
22.Rhe1 Rh5 23.Be4 Be6 24.b3 Rd8 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.f4 Bg4 27.Rd2 Ke6 28.Rf2 Rd7
29.fxe5 fxe5 30.Ref1 Rh6 31.Rf8 Re7 32.Rg8 Bh3 33.Rff8 Kd6 34.Rh8 Rxh8 35.Rxh8 Bd7
36.h4 Rg7 37.Rh6+ Ke7 38.Bxc6 Rxg3 39.Rh7+ Kd6 40.Bxd7 e4 41.Bc8 Rg1+ 42.Kc2 Rg2+
43.Kd1 e3 44.Rd7+ Ke5 45.Bxb7 Rd2+ 46.Ke1 d3 47.Bf3 Rf2 48.Bh5 d2+ 49.Kd1 Rf1+
50.Kc2 Rc1+ 51.Kb2 Kf4 52.Rf7+ Kg3 53.Rxa7 d1=Q 54.Bxd1 Rxd1 55.Re7 Kf3 56.Kc3 e2
57.a4 e1=Q+ 58.Rxe1 Rxe1 59.c5 Ke4 60.Kc4 Ke5 61.Kb5 Rb1 62.b4 Ke6 63.h5 Kd7
64.Kc4 Rh1 65.b5 Rh4+ 66.Kb3 Rxh5 67.c6+ Kd6 68.Kb4 Rh4+ 69.Kb3 Kc5 70.Ka3 Kb6
71.Kb3 Kc5 72.Ka3 Rh3+ 73.Kb2 Kb6 74.Ka2 Ka5 75.Kb2 Rg3 76.Kc2 Rg4 77.Kb3 Rb4+
78.Kc3 Rb1 79.Kc2 Rf1 80.Kb3 Ra1 81.Kc4 Rxa4+ 82.Kc5 Ra1 83.c7 Rc1+ 84.Kd6 Kb6  0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a4 h6
9.a5 Be6 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Bb6 Qd7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd8 15.Nd5 Nxe4
16.c3 Nxa5 17.Rxa5 Bxa5 18.Qd3 Qg4 19.f3 Qh4+ 20.g3 Nxg3 21.Rg1 Nh5+ 22.Bf2 Qh3
23.Rg4 e4 24.Rxe4 Rae8 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Bxf7 Nf4 27.Ng6+ Nxg6 28.Rxe8 Rxe8+
29.Bxe8 Qe6+ 30.Qe2 Ne5 31.Bh5 Qf5 32.f4 Nd3+ 33.Kf1 Nxf4 34.Bg4 Qb1+ 35.Qe1 Qd3+
36.Kg1 Qd5 37.Qf1 Qg5 38.h3 h5 39.Be3 Nxh3+ 40.Qxh3 Qxg4+ 41.Qxg4 hxg4 42.Kg2 d5
43.Kg3 Kh7 44.Kxg4 Kg6 45.Bd4 Bd8 46.Be3 Bf6 47.Bf4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Qe2 Qe7
9.O-O c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Be5 Nd5 14.Qc2 h6 15.Qe2 Bxe5
16.Qxe5 Bd7 17.Qe4 Nf6 18.Qxb7 Rfb8 19.Qc7 Rxb2 20.Ne5 Qd8 21.Qc5 Be8 22.Rfb1 Rb6
23.Nc4 Rc6 24.Qe5 Rac8 25.Ne3 Rd6 26.Rd1 Kf8 27.Bc4 Ng4 28.Nxg4 Rxc4 29.Ne3 Rcxd4
30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Qc5+ Qd6 32.Qxa7 Ra4 33.Qb7 Qe5 34.Qb1 f5 35.h3 Kg8 36.Qe1 Kh7
37.a3 Bh5 38.Nf1 Re4 39.Qb1 Bg6 40.Nd2 Re2 41.Nf3 Qf6 42.Qd1 Bh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ba3 a5 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Rb1 Qc7
16.h3 Rfb8 17.f4 Qd7 18.Qd3 f5 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.Rb1 Rxb1+ 22.Qxb1 Bc8
23.Bc5 Ba6 24.a4 Bh6 25.g3 e6 26.Kf2 Bf8 27.Qb6 Qxb6 28.Bxb6 Bc4 29.Bxa5 Bb3
30.Bb4 Bxb4 31.cxb4 Bxa4 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nxe6 Kf7 34.Nc7 Ke7 35.b5 Kd7 36.b6  1-0

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 O-O 18.Na2 Nd7 19.Rxb4 Qa7 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.b4 e4 22.fxe4 Ne5
23.Be2 f5 24.exf5 Bh4+ 25.g3 Re8 26.Kd1 Bf6 27.Rf1 Rc8 28.c3 h6 29.h4 Nc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Qd3 Rg4 32.Nc1 Qd7 33.Ne2 Qa4+ 34.Ke1 Qa2 35.Rf3 Rc4 36.Re3 Kh7
37.Qd2 Qb1+ 38.Qd1 Qb2 39.Qd3 Rc7 40.Kf1 Kg8 41.Qxa6 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qxf5 43.Qd3 Qc8
44.a6 Be5 45.b5 Rc4 46.Re4 Rxe4 47.Qxe4 Qc5 48.c4 Kf7 49.Nf4 Qa3 50.Nd3 Bf6
51.Qe6+ Kg6 52.Nf4+ Kh7 53.Qe4+ Kg8 54.h5 Be5 55.Nd3 Bf6 56.Qe3 Qa2+ 57.Nf2  1-0

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 b4 12.N1h2 a4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3 Rb8 15.Bf4 Ba6
16.h5 Na7 17.h6 g6 18.Ng4 Nb5 19.c4 Nc3 20.Qd2 d4 21.Bg5 Bb7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Ng5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rb3 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rfb8 27.Rf4 Rc3 28.Rf3 Rbb3 29.Re1 Nb6
30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Ne4 Nxc4 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.Nxg5 Rxd3 34.Rxf7 Rb8 35.Rxh7+ Kg8
36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Nxe6+ Ke8 38.h7  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Rc8 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Qd2 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Rhd1 Nf4 19.Bf1 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 21.Bc3 Rxc3
22.Nxc3 Nd5 23.Rdc1 Nxc3 24.Rxc3 Rd8+ 25.Kc2 Bf5+ 26.Rd3 Bxd3+ 27.Bxd3 e4
28.Bxe4 Rd2+ 29.Kc1 Rxf2 30.a4 Kf8 31.Bf3 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nc3 e5 7.h3 Qe7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.Ne2 f6 12.Ng3 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 c4 14.O-O cxd3 15.cxd3 c5
16.Nh2 Nd6 17.Qe3 Nb5 18.f4 Nd4 19.Rf2 exf4 20.Qxf4 Qe5 21.Qe3 Be6 22.Raf1 Rad8
23.a3 Kg7 24.Ne2 Nxe2+ 25.Rxe2 Qd4 26.Rc1 b6 27.Rc3 Rd7 28.Qxd4 cxd4 29.Rc6 Re8
30.Kf2 Bb3 31.Rd2 f5 32.exf5 Bd5 33.Rc1 Rf7 34.Nf3 Rxf5 35.Rc7+ Kh6 36.Kg3 Re3
37.Rf2 Rxd3 38.Rxa7 Rb3 39.Rd7 d3 40.Rd2 Bxf3 41.gxf3 Rfb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Masters op"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bjerring, Kai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.f4 e5 11.Qd3 Rxc3 12.bxc3 Ng4 13.Qf3 h6 14.f5 hxg5 15.Qxg4 Qxc3
16.Qf3 Qa1+ 17.Kd2 Qxa2 18.Qc3 Qa4 19.Bc4 Qc6 20.Bd5 Qb6 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.cxb3 b6
23.Rc1 Kd8 24.Bxf7 g4 25.Ke2 Be7 26.Bd5 Bg5 27.Rc3 Bf4 28.h3 Bb5+ 29.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Masters op"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gross, David2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Rb8 13.g4 Qc7 14.h4 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.Bf2 Be6
17.Ng3 Qa5 18.b3 d5 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rxh1 21.Nxh1 Nh5 22.exd5 Rd8 23.Bc4 Nf4
24.dxe6 Rxd2 25.exf7+ Kf8 26.Rxd2 Qc7 27.Ng3 Nh3 28.g6 Nxf2 29.Rxf2 Qd6 30.Rf1 Bg5
31.Ne4 Qe7 32.Nxg5 Qxg5 33.Rh1 Ke7 34.a4  1-0

[Event "Gelsenkirchen op"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boidman, Yuri"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.h3 d6
9.Nh2 Kh8 10.f4 f5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.a3 b6 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Nb5 Qg6
16.Nh4 Qf6 17.Qh5 f4 18.Nc7 Rb8 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.Ne4 Qd4+ 22.Kh2 Nxh4
23.Qxh4 Bf5 24.c3 Qd7 25.b4 cxb4 26.axb4 b5 27.Nc5 Qd6 28.Bb3 a5 29.Ba3 f3
30.Qg3 fxg2 31.Kxg2 Bh6 32.Kh1 axb4 33.Bxb4 Nxb4 34.cxb4 Qc6+ 35.Qg2 Qxg2+
36.Kxg2 Rb6 37.Rf3 Bf4 38.d4 Rg6+ 39.Kh1 Rh6 40.dxe5 Bg4 41.Rxf4 Rxh3+ 42.Kg2 Rxf4
43.Ra8+ Kg7 44.Rg8+ Kh6 45.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 46.Kxh3 Rxb4 47.e6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 h6 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc6 14.Qf4 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.h4 Rc8 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb6 20.Rd2 Qc6 21.Qxc6+ Rxc6 22.Rhd1 Rc8
23.Rd7 Be7 24.h5 Bg5+ 25.f4 Bf6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Ra7 Rg8 28.Rd2 Rg4 29.f5 exf5
30.Rxa6 Rg5 31.Re2+ Kf8 32.Rb6 Rc5 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Ree8 Rxh5 35.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Be3 f5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qxd7 Bxd7
16.Rad1 Be6 17.Be3 Nf7 18.Nb5 Rfc8 19.Rfe1 b6 20.g4 fxg4 21.hxg4 Nb4 22.Rd2 Nxa2
23.Ra1 a6 24.Nbd4 exd4 25.Nxd4 Bd7 26.Rxa2 Ne5 27.Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.Bxf3 Bc6 29.Bg2 Re8
30.f3 a5 31.b3 h6 32.g5 h5 33.Bh3 Re7 34.Rd1 Rf8 35.Bg2 Be5 36.c5 b5 37.Rxa5 Kg7
38.Ra6 Bd7 39.c6 Be6 40.Bc5 Bxb3 41.Rb1 Bc2 42.Rc1 Bd3 43.Bxe7 b4 44.Bxf8+ Kxf8
45.Ra8+ Ke7 46.Rd1  1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 98/99 (4NCL)"]
[Site "GBR"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dishman, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qe4 Ndb4 8.Bb5 Qa5
9.Nc3 d5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.a3 d4 12.Qc4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.axb4 Qxa1 15.Ne2 Bh6
16.O-O Bxc1 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qxc6+ Kb8 19.Nxc1 Rc8 20.Qb5+ Ka8 21.Qd5+ Kb8
22.Qb5+ Ka8 23.Nb3 Qxb2 24.Qd5+ Kb8 25.Qb5+ Ka8 26.Qd5+ Kb8 27.Nc5 Rxc5 28.bxc5 Rc8
29.Qc4 e6 30.Rd1 Ka8 31.Kg2 Qc3 32.Qa6 Qxc5 33.Rxd4 Qc6 34.Qa5 Qc5 35.Qa6 Qc6
36.Qa3 Qc5 37.Qa6 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hoff, Terje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qd2 h6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.e5 b4 10.exf6 bxc3 11.Qxc3 Nxf6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qa6 Qb8 14.Rb1 Nd5 15.Bd2 Nc7
16.Qc4 Qb7 17.Qb3 Qc8 18.O-O Rb8 19.Qc3 Qb7 20.Qa5 Bc6 21.Be2 Ne6 22.Be3 Ng5
23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5 Be4 25.Rfe1 Bxc2 26.Ba6 Qd7 27.Rbc1 Rh5 28.Qg3 Bf5 29.a4 Kf8
30.Bb5 Qd8 31.Re2 Bf6 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Rec2 Bd5 34.Bc4 Rf5 35.Qh6+ Bg7 36.Qe3 Bb7
37.Bd3 Rh5 38.Ng5 e5 39.Nf3 Bh6 40.Qe2 Bxc1 41.Rxc1 exd4 42.Rc4 Bxf3 43.Qxf3 Kg7
44.b4 Qe7 45.Qf4 Rh4 46.Qc1 Re8 47.Kf1 Qe5 48.Kg1 Qe1+ 49.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 50.Kh2 Rd1
51.Kg3 d5 52.Rc7 Rh8 53.Be2 Rb1 54.b5 Rb3+ 55.Kh2 d3 56.Bg4 d2 57.Rxa7 Rh4
58.Be2 Re4 59.Bf3 Rxf3  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Madhy, Nezar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Bf3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Rc8 13.b3 d5 14.Rad1 dxc4 15.Ne5 cxb3
16.Qxb3 Nc5 17.Rxd8 Nxb3 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.Nb5 Nfe4 21.Nf3 f6 22.Bf4 e5
23.Bg3 a6 24.Na7 Rc7 25.Rd8+ Kf7 26.Ra8 Nd3 27.Kf1 Nb4 28.Ne1 Bf8 29.f3 Nxg3+
30.hxg3 Bc5 31.Ke2 b5 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.Nxc8 Ke6 34.a3 Nd5 35.e4 Nc3+ 36.Kd3 Na4
37.Nc2 Kd7  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bering, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 O-O
9.h3 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.Bg5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qa5 13.Qd2 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Bxc3
16.Qf4 Bxa1 17.Bxe7 Be5 18.Qf3 Qd2 19.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nolsoe, Eydun"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 O-O 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7
16.b4 Bg5 17.Bd3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 a5 19.Nc4 axb4 20.cxb4 Nf6 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.O-O Qb8
23.Qb1 Rc8 24.Ne3 g6 25.b5 Qb6 26.Qb4 Kg7 27.h3 Nh5 28.Rd1 Nf4 29.Bf1 Rc5
30.g3 Ne6 31.Nc4 Qxb5 32.Qxb5 Rxb5 33.Nxd6 Rc5 34.Ra1 Nc7 35.Ne8+ Nxe8 36.Rxa8 Nc7
37.Rc8 Kf6 38.Kg2 Ke7 39.Be2 h5 40.Bd1 Kd7 41.Rf8 Ke7 42.Rc8 Rc3 43.g4 h4
44.g5 Nd5 45.Rxc3 Nxc3 46.Bf3 Kd6 47.Bg4 Nxe4 48.f4 exf4 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Bd7 Nxg5+
51.Kg4 Ne4 52.Kxh4 g5+  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.g3 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 g5 11.fxg5 Ndxe5 12.Kg2 Nxf3 13.Nxf3 Bf8 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.b4 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 Nxd4 18.Bb2 e5 19.Re1 O-O 20.Rxe5 Nc2 21.a3 Bf5 22.Kf2 Be4
23.Rg1 Rac8 24.Bh3 Nxb4 25.Bxc8 Nd3+ 26.Ke3 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxc8 28.h4 Kf8 29.Bd4 b6
30.Ra1 Ke7 31.a4 Rc6 32.a5 bxa5 33.Rxa5 a6 34.Ra3 Ke6 35.Rb3 Kf5 36.Rb7 Kg4
37.Rxf7 Kxg3 38.h5 Kg4 39.Rf6 Rc8 40.g6 hxg6 41.hxg6 Rg8 42.g7 a5 43.Ra6 Kg5
44.Ra7 Kg6 45.Kf4 a4 46.Be5 Kh7 47.Kg5 a3 48.Kf6 a2 49.Bd4 Bb1 50.Ke6 Be4
51.Rxa2 Rxg7 52.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jensen, Kasper Smith"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.Nf5 O-O 15.Nxd6 Bxd5
16.exd5 Be7 17.Nf5 Bc5 18.Bd3 e4 19.Qg4 g6 20.Nh6+ Kg7 21.Nf5+ Kh8 22.Bc2 Nf6
23.Qg5 gxf5 24.Qxf5 Qd6 25.O-O-O Rae8 26.f4 Be3+ 27.Kb1 Qxf4 28.Qxf4 Bxf4
29.Rhf1 Be5 30.Rf5 e3 31.Re1 Nxd5 32.Bb3 Nf6 33.Rxe3 Bxh2 34.Rxe8 Nxe8 35.Rxf7 Rxf7
36.Bxf7 Nd6 37.Bd5 Kg7 38.a4 bxa4 39.Bc6 a3 40.bxa3 Bg1 41.Kc2 Bc5 42.a4 a5
43.Kd3 Kf6 44.Ke2 Nc4 45.Be4 h6 46.Bb7 Ne5 47.Bc8 Kg5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Ba6 Ke6
50.Bc8+ Kd5 51.Kd2 Bf2 52.g4 Ke4 53.Ke2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Peelen, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.a4 h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.d5 Ne7 12.Qd3 O-O 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.h3 Qa7
16.Qe2 Ng6 17.Na3 c6 18.Rd1 Bc5 19.Nc2 Qa8 20.Nce1 Rb8 21.Nd3 cxd5 22.Nxc5 dxc5
23.exd5 e4 24.Nh2 c4 25.Bc2 Bxd5 26.Be3 Qc6 27.Bd4 Nf4 28.Qe3 Nd3 29.Qg3 Re8
30.Ra1 Qe6 31.Ra7 Nxb2 32.Ng4 Nxg4 33.hxg4 Re7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qxb5 Qb7
37.Qc5 Nd3 38.Qd6 f6 39.Ba4 Bf7 40.Bd7 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qc1 42.Qf8 Qf4+ 43.g3 Qf3
44.Qxf7 Ne5 45.Qe7 Nxg4+ 46.Bxg4 Qxg4 47.Qf7 Qe2 48.Qd5 Kg6 49.Be3 Qh5+ 50.Qxh5+ Kxh5
51.Bd4 Kg4 52.Kg2 h5 53.Kf1 Kf5 54.Ke2 g5 55.Ke3 h4 56.gxh4 gxh4 57.f3 exf3
58.Kxf3 Kg5 59.Be3+ Kf5 60.Bf4 h3 61.Bh2 Kg5 62.Kg3 Kf5 63.Kf3 Kg5 64.Ke4 Kg4
65.Bf4 f5+ 66.Ke5 Kf3 67.Kxf5 Ke2 68.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.d5 Ne5 10.Ng3 a6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 b5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.h3 bxc4 15.Qd2 Nd3+
16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.Qxd3 Rab8 18.Qd2 Rb4 19.O-O Rfb8 20.Rab1 Bb5 21.Rf2 Nd7 22.Nxb5 R4xb5
23.Qg5 Qxa2 24.Rbf1 f6 25.Qg4 Nf8 26.Nf5 h5 27.Qg3 Kf7 28.b4 Qc4 29.Nh6+ Kg7
30.Nf5+ Kf7 31.Nh6+ Ke8 32.bxc5 Qxc5 33.f4 Rb1 34.Kh2 R8b3 35.Qh4 Qc4 36.Rxb1 Rxb1
37.Qg3 Qc1 38.Qd3 h4  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Bg5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 h6 12.Bd2 Ng4 13.Qd3 Ne5 14.Qe2 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qc8
16.Bb3 Qxh3 17.f4 Qg3+ 18.Kf1 Ng4 19.Qg2 Nh2+ 20.Kg1 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Qxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Nxd2
23.Bd5 e6 24.Rad1 exd5 25.Rxd2 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rac8 27.Rxd5 Rxc3 28.Rxd6 Rxc2+
29.Kg3 Rfc8 30.f5 R8c6 31.Rd7 Rxa2 32.Rxb7 Kg7 33.Rd1 g5 34.Rd3 Rc1 35.Kf3 Rf1+
36.Ke3 g4 37.Kd4 Ra4+ 38.Kd5 h5 39.Rc3 Ra5+ 40.Kd4 Rf4 41.Rc8 Ra4+ 42.Kd5 Raxe4
43.Rcc7 Rd4+  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 O-O 14.O-O f5 15.Nc2 Rb8
16.exf5 e4 17.Re1 Bxf5 18.Ne3 Bg6 19.Nd5 Qe5 20.Bc2 Kh8 21.a4 bxa4 22.f4 Qe6
23.Rxa4 Rxb2 24.Bxe4 Qc8 25.Kh1 f5 26.Bf3 Bf7 27.Qd3 Bxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxc3 29.Rd1 Rb4
30.Rxb4 Qxb4 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Rf6 33.Rd5 Bf8 34.g3 Kg7 35.Kg2 Bb4 36.Be2 a5
37.Bb5 h6 38.Ba4 h5 39.Bc2 Rd6 40.Rxd6 Bxd6 41.Bxf5 h4 42.Bd7 hxg3 43.hxg3 Kf6
44.Kf3 Bb4 45.g4 Kg6 46.Be8+ Kf6 47.Ke4 Bd6 48.g5+ Kg7 49.Kf5 Bc7 50.Ba4 Bd6
51.Bb3 Bc7 52.Kg4 Bd6 53.f5 Be7 54.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bekker Jensen, Simon"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e4 e6 8.Nf3 Bb4
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bd2 b5 11.Ne4 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.Be2 Be8 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nfg5 h6
16.Nh3 Qe7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nd6 N7b6 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Ra5 a6 21.Rfa1 Bc6 22.Rxa6 Rxa6
23.Rxa6 Ra8 24.Qa5 Rxa6 25.Qxa6 Qd7 26.Bh5 Qe7 27.Nf4 Nxf4 28.Bf7+ Kh7 29.Qxb6 Qg5
30.Qxc6 Nh3+ 31.Kf1 Qc1+ 32.Ke2 Ng1+  0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5
16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Bd2 Na6 18.a3 a4 19.Bd3 g6 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.Rac1 Qb7 22.Bb4 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 Rfe8 24.N3h2 Rac8 25.Qf3 Kg7 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8
29.Rb1 Qb6 30.Bd2 Qd8 31.g3 Bg5 32.Bxg5 Qxg5 33.Ne3 Qd8 34.Kg2 h6 35.Rh1 Qg5
36.Qe2 Rc5 37.Qd1 Qd8 38.Qd2 Qg5 39.Rh4 Rc8 40.Qd1 Rh8 41.Qe1 Qd8 42.Qb4 Qc7
43.Rh1 Rc8 44.Qd2 g5 45.Qe2 Qc5 46.Nf5+ Bxf5 47.gxf5 Qc2 48.Qf3 Rc4 49.f6+ Kg8
50.Re1 Qd2 51.Re2 Qd1 52.Qh5 Kf8 53.Qxh6+ Ke8 54.Qh8+ Kd7 55.Qh3+ Kc7 56.Re3 Rc1
57.Rc3+ Rxc3 58.bxc3 g4 59.Qh5 Qf3+ 60.Kg1 Qxe4 61.Qxf7+ Kb6 62.Qd7 Qe1+
63.Kg2 Qe4+ 64.Kh2 Qf3 65.Qxd6+ Kb7 66.Qc6+ Ka7 67.Qc5+ Ka6 68.d6 Qxf6 69.d7 Kb7
70.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Nd5 Ne4 10.Bb2 f5 11.Rc1 e6 12.Nc3 d5 13.e3 g5 14.Ne2 Ne7 15.Ne5 Ng6 16.Qc2 c6
17.f3 Nd6 18.Rcd1 Bd7 19.c5 Nf7 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.e4 g4 22.exd5 gxf3 23.dxe6 fxg2
24.exf7+ Rxf7 25.Rf2 Be6 26.d5 Bxd5 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.Nf4 Rd7 29.Rfd2 Kh7 30.Qc3 Qe7
31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Re8 34.Qd2 Qe4 35.Rd4 Qf3 36.Rd7+ Kg8 37.Qd5+ Qxd5
38.Rxd5 Re2 39.a4 Rb2 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Ke6 42.Rxb7 Kd5 43.b4 Ke4 44.Re7+ Kd5
45.Rd7+ Ke4 46.Rd1 Rxb4 47.Rc1 Rb7 48.c6 Rc7 49.Kxg2 Ke3 50.h4 Ke2 51.a5 Ke3
52.g4 Kf4 53.Rc4+ Ke5 54.Kf3 Kd5 55.Rc1 Ke5 56.Rc2 fxg4+ 57.Kxg4 Kf6 58.Rc1 Kf7
59.Kg5 Kg7 60.Rc2 Rc8 61.c7 Kf7 62.Rc6 Ke8 63.Kxg6  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.f3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O b5 11.g4 h6 12.h4 Nb6 13.Qf2 Nfd7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nc4
16.Bd2 Ndb6 17.Na5 Nxd2 18.Nc6 Qc7 19.Qxd2 O-O 20.g5 h5 21.Bh3 g6 22.Rhe1 Nc4
23.Qc3 Rfe8 24.Re4 Bf8 25.Rde1 Nb6 26.Qd2 Nc4 27.Qe2 Na5 28.Nxa5 Qxa5 29.Kb1 Red8
30.f4 exf4 31.Rxf4 Ra7 32.Ref1 Re7 33.Qf2 Bg7 34.c3 Kh7 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.Qxf7 Rf8
37.Qe6 Qa4 38.Qe1 Rf4 39.Rxf4 Qxf4 40.Bg2 Qe5 41.Be4 b4 42.Kc2 a5 43.Kb3 bxc3
44.bxc3 Qf4 45.Qb1 Qf7 46.Qd1 a4+ 47.Ka3 Qf2 48.Qd3 Qc5+ 49.Kxa4 Qa7+ 50.Kb3 Qb6+
51.Ka3 Qa7+ 52.Kb3 Qb6+ 53.Ka3 Qa7+ 54.Kb2 Qf2+ 55.Kb1 Qg1+ 56.Kc2 Qf2+ 57.Kd1 Qg1+
58.Kc2 Qf2+ 59.Kd1 Qg1+ 60.Ke2 Qh2+ 61.Kf1 Qf4+ 62.Kg2 Qg4+ 63.Kf1 Qf4+ 64.Ke2 Qh2+
65.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf5 d5 7.exd5 Bxf5 8.dxc6 bxc6
9.Qf3 Qd7 10.Bg5 e4 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxe4 O-O 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Qd2 Rfe8+
16.Kd1 Qb7 17.b3 c5 18.Kc1 a5 19.a4 Rad8 20.Qxa5 Qe4 21.Qc3 Qf4+ 22.Kb2 Bxc2
23.Qg3+ Qxg3 24.hxg3 Rd2 25.Rc1 Bf5+ 26.Ka3 Rxf2 27.Rh4 Re3 28.Rf4 Rxf4 29.gxf4 Be6
30.Bc4 Rg3 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rxc5 Rxg2 33.a5 Rg1 34.Kb2 Kf7 35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.a6 Rd1
37.a7 Rd8 38.b4 h5 39.b5 h4 40.b6 h3 41.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Nb3 d6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.a4 Be6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Bg5 Nb4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bg5 18.Nf3 f5 19.c3 Bf6 20.Qb3 Rf7 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.a5 Qc4
23.Qc2 g6 24.Ra4 Qb5 25.Nd2 e4 26.Qb3 Rc5 27.c4 Qe8 28.Rb4 Qc8 29.Rb6 Rd7
30.Qa2 Qe8 31.Qa4 Rc8 32.c5 Rdc7 33.Qxe8+ Rxe8 34.Nc4 Rxc5 35.Nxd6 Rd8 36.Nxb7 Rcxd5
37.Rf1 Bd4 38.Nxd8 Bxb6 39.axb6 Rxd8 40.Ra1 Rd6 41.b7 Rb6 42.Rxa6 Rxb7 43.Ra2 Kg7
44.g3 Kh6 45.Kg2 Kg5 46.h3 Kh5 47.Kg1 h6 48.Kg2 Rb3 49.Kg1 Rb5 50.Kg2 Kg5
51.Kf1 h5 52.h4+ Kf6 53.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Qc7 6.O-O e6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qa5
9.c3 Nxe4 10.b4 Qb6 11.Qf3 f5 12.Nxd4 Be7 13.Bc2 Ng5 14.Qe2 Nf7 15.a4 Nd6
16.a5 Qc7 17.b5 O-O 18.Ba3 Qd8 19.c4 Rf7 20.Nf3 Ne8 21.d4 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 d6
23.Qd2 Bd7 24.Qb4 Rc8 25.Re3 Qf6 26.Bb3 g5 27.Nxg5 Rg7 28.Nf3 f4 29.Rc3 Kh8
30.c5 dxc5 31.Rxc5 Rd8 32.Re5 Nc7 33.Bc4 Rdg8 34.g3 Nd5 35.Qd2 Ne7 36.Kh1 Ng6
37.Rg5 a6 38.Bd3 axb5 39.Bxb5 Bxb5 40.Rxb5 Qd8 41.Ne5 Nxe5 42.Rxe5 fxg3 43.fxg3 b6
44.axb6 Qxb6 45.Qf4 Rd8 46.Re4 Rg6 47.Kg2 Qb7 48.Rf3 Qb2+ 49.Rf2 Qb7 50.h4 Kg8
51.Kh2 Qg7 52.Qe5 Qd7 53.h5 Rg7 54.Rff4 Re8 55.Rg4 Qf7 56.Ref4 Qe7 57.Kh3 Qb7
58.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Ne7 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.Be3 b5 10.Bxa7 Rxa7 11.e5 d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Ne4 Qe5 14.O-O O-O 15.c4 bxc4
16.Bxc4 a5 17.Rad1 a4 18.f4 Qc7 19.Nbc5 Na5 20.Rc1 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 Qb8 22.Qd2 Nd5
23.Rd4 Qb6 24.Rc1 Rc7 25.Rcc4 Bd7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Nc5 Rd6 28.Nxa4 Qa7 29.Kh1 Qa6
30.b3 h6 31.h3 Rfd8 32.Qf2 Nf6 33.Rxd6 Qxd6 34.Rc1 Ne4 35.Qe3 Qa3 36.Rc2 f5
37.Nc3 Rc8 38.Nb5 Qa6 39.Rxc8+ Qxc8 40.a4 Qc2 41.Kh2 Qd1 42.Nd4 Kh7 43.Nf3 Qd6
44.Ne5 Qd1 45.Nc4 Qf1 46.a5 Qa1 47.Qg1 Qc3 48.Qe3 Qa1 49.b4 Qf1 50.a6 Qxc4
51.a7 Qd5 52.b5 Nd2 53.Kh1 Nc4 54.Qc1 Nb6 55.Qc7 Qxb5 56.Qxb6 Qxb6 57.a8=Q Qe3
58.Qb8 g5 59.fxg5 hxg5 60.Qf8 Qe1+ 61.Kh2 Qe5+ 62.Kg1 Qg7 63.Qe8 Qf6 64.Kf1 g4
65.hxg4 fxg4+ 66.Ke2 Kh6 67.Qg8 Qg6 68.Qh8+ Kg5 69.Ke3 Qf7 70.Qd8+ Kg6 71.Qa8 e5
72.g3 Qb3+ 73.Ke2 Qxg3 74.Qg8+ Kf6 75.Qf8+ Ke6 76.Qe8+ Kd5 77.Qa8+ Kc5 78.Qa5+ Kc6
79.Qa6+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brenke, Andreas"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Bg4 6.Be2 c6 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 O-O 11.h4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 b5 13.Ka1 b4 14.Nb1 c5 15.c3 Rac8
16.g4 Rc6 17.f3 Ra6 18.a3 bxa3 19.bxa3 Rc8 20.Rd2 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rac6 22.Rb2 Rc4
23.h5 g5 24.h6 Bh8 25.Qd3 e6 26.Rhh2 Nd7 27.Bxh8 Kxh8 28.Rb7 R4c7 29.Rhb2 Nb6
30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rb5 Qa6 32.Rxd5 Qc8 33.Rxg5 f6 34.Rc5 Kg8 35.Qc2 Rxc5 36.Qxc5 Qd7
37.Nc3 Kf7 38.Ka2 Qb7 39.e4 Qb8 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.a4 e5 42.Qf5 Qd6 43.dxe5 fxe5
44.Qg5+ Kf7 45.Qg7+ Ke8 46.Qh8+ Kd7 47.Qxh7+ Kc6 48.Qf7 Qxh6 49.Qxa7 Qe3
50.Kb3 Qxf3 51.a5 Nd7 52.Qa6+ Kc7 53.Qc4+ Kd6 54.Qd5+ Kc7 55.a6 Qe3 56.a7 Nb6
57.a8=Q Nxa8 58.Qxa8 Qb6+ 59.Ka2 Qf2+ 60.Ka1 Qg1+ 61.Nb1 Qd4+ 62.Ka2 Qc4+
63.Kb2 Qd4+ 64.Kc2 Qc5+ 65.Kd3 Qb5+ 66.Ke3 Qxb1 67.Qa5+ Kd7 68.Qd5+ Ke7 69.Qxe5+ Kf7
70.Kf4 Kg6 71.Qe6+ Kg7 72.Qe7+ Kg6 73.Qd6+ Kg7 74.Qc7+ Kg6 75.Qc6+ Kg7 76.Kg5 Qb4
77.Qd7+ Kg8 78.e5 Qb6 79.Qe8+ Kg7 80.Qe7+ Kg8 81.Qe8+ Kg7 82.Qd7+ Kg8 83.Qf5 Qd8+
84.Kg6 Qc7 85.Qe6+ Kf8 86.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ng3 f5 15.f3 exf3
16.Rxf3 Ng6 17.Re1 f4 18.Nge4 Qh4 19.Rf2 fxe3 20.Rxe3 Be6 21.Nd6 Qxd4 22.Rd3 Bc4
23.Rd1 Qxd6 24.Ne4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.dxc5 e5 5.Bg5 Bxc5 6.Nc3 Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Ng4+ 8.Ke1 Qxg5
9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Nf3 Qd8 11.h3 Nf6 12.Nxe5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qd3 Qxb2
16.Kf2 Be6 17.Rhb1 Qe5 18.Qe3 Qf5+ 19.Qf3 Qc5+ 20.Qe3 Qxc2 21.Rc1 Qb2 22.Qc3 Qb6+
23.Qc5 Rfc8 24.a4 Qd8 25.Rab1 Bd5 26.e4 Ba2 27.Rb7 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Kg1 Qc7
30.Qxc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Kf8 32.a5 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Rb7 34.a6 Rd7 35.h4 Ke7 36.Bh3 Be6
37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Kh3 Rd6 39.Rc7+ Rd7 40.Rb7 Kd6 41.Rb8 Rc7 42.Kg4 Ke5 43.Rb5+ Kd6
44.Rh5 g6 45.Rb5 Rc6 46.e5+ Kd7 47.Rb7+ Rc7 48.Rxc7+ Kxc7 49.Kg5 Kc6 50.Kf6 Kd5
51.g4 h6 52.g5  1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Comp P ConNers"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.h3 Nbd7
9.Nh4 Nc5 10.Re1 Be6 11.a3 a5 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Bg5 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Nhf5 Kh8 18.Kg2 Rg8 19.Rh1 Rg5 20.Rh4 Nd7 21.Qh1 Nf8 22.Qh2 dxe4
23.Rh1 Kg8 24.dxe4 Ra7 25.Ng4 Ra8 26.Ngh6+ Kh8 27.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Bf4 Nd7
9.Rc1 e5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 a6 12.Nd5 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nde5 14.h3 Re8 15.Nb3 Ne7
16.Kh2 Nf5 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.f4 Nf7 19.e4 Ne7 20.Ba5 Rc8 21.Re1 Kh8 22.Qd2 b6
23.Bc3 Ng8 24.Nd4 c6 25.Ne3 Qc7 26.b3 Rcd8 27.Rcd1 Bc8 28.h4 Ngh6 29.Bf3 Ne5
30.Bg2 Nhg4+ 31.Kg1 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 Ng4 33.Qd2 Rd7 34.h5 Rde7 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Bf3 Kg8
37.Nc2 Rd8 38.Bb4 c5 39.Bc3 Qc6 40.Qe2 f5 41.e5 Qe8 42.Qd2 Qf8 43.Ne3 Ree8
44.Nxg4 fxg4 45.Bc6 Bd7 46.Bxd7 Rxd7 47.Qd5+ Kh7 48.Kg2 Rf7 49.Qxd6 Qxd6
50.Rxd6 g5 51.e6 Rfe7 52.Bxg7 Kxg7 53.Re5 Kf6 54.Rxb6 gxf4 55.gxf4 Ra8 56.Kg3 a5
57.Rxc5 Rxe6 58.Rxe6+ Kxe6 59.a4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rogozenko, Dorin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C82"]

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.Bf4 g5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 g4 13.Nd4 Nxe5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Qg5
16.Qf2 O-O 17.Qg3 c5 18.Nf5 Ng6 19.Bc2 Rad8 20.a4 Rfe8 21.Nd6 Re7 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.h4 Qh6 25.Ra6 b4 26.cxb4 cxb4 27.Rf4 b3 28.Rb6 Qg7 29.Rd4 Ra7
30.Ne4 Re8 31.Ng5 Bf5 32.Rb8 Re7 33.Qd6 Rxe3 34.Re4 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Qd4+ 36.Nf2 Bc8
37.Qg3 Qxb2 38.Nxg4 Qd4+ 39.Kh2 b2 40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.Rxc8 b1=Q 42.Rxe8 Qbg1+  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "1999.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Esch,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 Rb8
16.O-O a5 17.Qd2 Ne7 18.Rfd1 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb6 20.Ne3 Qd7 21.c4 b4 22.Rac1 Rc8
23.b3 Rc5 24.Qd3 Bh6 25.Rc2 Ra6 26.Be4 f6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Qf7 29.Re2 Kh8
30.Re4 Bg5 31.Rg4 a4 32.h4 Bh6 33.Be4 axb3 34.axb3 Rc8 35.c5 Ra7 36.cxd6 Rc3
37.Qb5 Qd7 38.Bd5 Bg7 39.Qxb4 Rc2 40.Rc4 Rxc4 41.bxc4  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rochev,Yuri"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Re1 b6 12.Na3 Bb7 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Qf4 Rfe8
16.Qc7 Rad8 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Nfd4 f6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd4 Rc8 21.Be3 Kf7 22.Rad1 Bc5
23.Rd2 Bb7 24.Nc2 Bd6 25.Bd4 Bf4 26.Ne3 Bc6 27.g3 Bd6 28.Rde2 Bf8 29.f4 Re8
30.Nc2 Re4 31.Kf2 Bd6 32.Be3 Bb7 33.Nd4 Bc5 34.Rd2 Rde7 35.Nf5 R7e6 36.Rdd1 Bf8
37.Nd4 Re8 38.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Collins,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.g4 h6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nf4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.Bc4 O-O-O 17.Nd3 Bc5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Be2 Nb6 20.Qf4 e5 21.Qf5+ Kb8 22.Nb3 Qe7
23.Qh5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nd5 25.Qh3 Nf4 26.Qf1 Nxe2 27.Qxe2 Qc7 28.Nc1 Rc8 29.Rd2 f6
30.Qd3 Qc6 31.Rf2 Qb6 32.Rd2 Qc6 33.Rf2 Qb6 34.Qe2 a5 35.Qe1 Bd5 36.Nd3 Rc4
37.Qd2 Qb7 38.Qe3 Qa7 39.Qe2 Rc7 40.Rf1 Qa6 41.b3 Qc6 42.h4 g5 43.Ne1 Kb7
44.Ng2 e4 45.f4 a4 46.Qd2 axb3 47.axb3 Qb5 48.Ne3 Be6 49.f5 Bf7 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Qd4 Rc3 52.Rh1 Qc5 53.Qxf6 Qxe3 54.Qxf7+ Rc7 55.Qd5+ Ka7 56.Qa5+  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.a4 a6 10.Qc1 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bh6 b4 13.Nd5 e6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ne3 d5
16.exd5 exd5 17.Re1 Bb7 18.Nf4 Nd4 19.Ra4 Re8 20.h4 Ne6 21.Nxe6+ Rxe6 22.Ra7 Qb6
23.Ra1 Rbe8 24.Qd2 h6 25.Rad1 Qd6 26.d4 c4 27.c3 bxc3 28.bxc3 Bc6 29.Ra1 Ne4
30.Bxe4 Rxe4 31.h5 Bd7 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Ra7 R8e7 34.Ng2 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Qb8
36.Ra1 Bg4 37.Ng2 Bf3 38.Re1 Re4 39.Nh4 Qb2 40.Qc1 Rxe1+ 41.Qxe1 Qe2 42.Qxe2 Bxe2
43.f4 Bd3 44.Ng2 Be4 45.Ne3 Kf6 46.Ng4+ Kg7 47.Kh2 h5 48.Ne3 g5 49.fxg5 Kg6
50.Kg1 Kxg5 51.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "1999.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hodgson,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.g4 Bg6
9.h4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Bb4 11.h5 Be4 12.Rh3 Bd5 13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxc4
16.Qxc4 Nd5 17.Bd2 O-O 18.O-O-O f5 19.gxf5 Rxf5 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Qg4 Qf8 22.c4 Nf4
23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Qxe6 Re8 25.Qd7 Rxe5 26.Qc7 Re7 27.Qd8 h6 28.Qa5 Rxc4+ 29.Kb1 b6
30.Qa3 Qf5+ 31.Ka1 Rd7 32.Rdg1 Rcd4 33.Qb3 Qxh5 34.Rc1 Rd1 35.Rg1 Rxg1 36.Rxg1 Qf5
37.Qe3 Kh7 38.a3 c5 39.Re1 c4 40.Rc1 b5 41.Rg1 a5 42.Qb6 b4 43.axb4 axb4
44.Qxb4 Ra7+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "1999.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nfd7 13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.f5 b4
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Na4 e5 18.Ne6 Qe7 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Nb6 Nxe4 21.Qe2 Rc7 22.Nxe4 Bxe4
23.Bg5 Qxg5 24.Qxe4 h5 25.h4 Qd8 26.Qg6+ Rf7 27.Rhf1 Qe7 28.Nd5 Qd7 29.Rxf7 Qxf7
30.Nc7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "1999.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.Ne5 cxd4 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.cxd4 c5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Qa4 Nd5 15.Nd7 Nxc3
16.Nxc5 Nxa4 17.Nxa4 e6 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Nc3 a6 22.f3 Rb8
23.b3 Rbc8 24.Bb6 Bd4+ 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Red1 Rcd8 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Ne2 Rd6
29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Ke3 Kf6 31.Rc5 Bb5 32.Nd4 Bf1 33.g3 g5 34.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.h4 h5 5.c3 Nh6 6.Nd2 b6 7.Ndf3 e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.c4 Bb4+
10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Ba6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 Qb7 14.Ng5 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Nc6
16.Ne2 Rc8 17.f3 Kf8 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.g4 Kg7 20.gxh5 Nf5 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.a3 Rhf8
23.Qd2 Na5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qb4 Qe8 26.h5 Rc4 27.Qe1 Nb3 28.hxg6 Rc2 29.Qb4 Rxb2
30.Qc3 Nd2+ 31.Kg1 Nc4 32.Nf4 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Qh8+ 34.Nh7 Rb2+ 35.Kh3 Qc8 36.Rg1 Rf2
37.Nf6 Qh8+ 38.N4h5+ Kf8 39.Qb4+ Ncd6 40.g7+ Nxg7 41.Qxd6+ Kf7 42.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Qf3 Nd7 12.b4 h6 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.c4 Nf6 15.Bd3 bxc4
16.Nxc4 d5 17.exd5 e4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 O-O 20.Qd3 Bxd5 21.Ne3 Re8 22.O-O Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Qxg4 f6
16.Rab1 Bxf5 17.exf5 O-O-O 18.Qe4 Rd7 19.a4 Qxc3 20.Rb6 Rc7 21.Rfb1 Qd4 22.Qe6+ Kb8
23.Rxa6 Nb4 24.Ra5 Nxc2 25.Qb3 Qb4 26.Qxb4 Nxb4 27.f4 gxf4 28.Bxf4 Nd3 29.Be3 Nc5
30.Bf2 Rh5 31.g4 Rh3 32.Bg3 Ne4 33.Kg2 Rh8 34.Bf4 Rc2+ 35.Kg1 Nc3 36.Rb4 Ne2+
37.Kf1 Nxf4 38.Rxf4 Rhxh2 39.Kg1 Rhd2 40.Rb5 Rd1+ 41.Rf1 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Rc4
43.a5 Kc7 44.Ke2 Rxg4 45.Kf3 Rc4  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Bb2 Qd7 11.Ne3 Bh3 12.d5 Nd8 13.Qc2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 c5 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Rad1 Rfc8 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.Nd5 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qb2+ Kg8 21.h4 h5 22.Nh2 Qf8
23.e4 b5 24.cxb5 Rxb5 25.Rc1 Nb6 26.Nxb6 Rxb6 27.Nf3 a5 28.Rc4 Nb4 29.Rfc1 Rbc6
30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Rxc6 Nxc6 32.Qd2 Qd8 33.a3 e6 34.Qc3 Qb6 35.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f5
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.O-O Bd7 12.a3 O-O 13.h3 Be8 14.g4 Bg6 15.Kh2 a5 16.gxf5 Bxf5
17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Rg1 Qd7 19.Qd3 Nd8 20.Rg2 Ra6 21.Be3 Nc4 22.Rag1 Ne6 23.Bc1 g6
24.h4 Ng7 25.Ng3 a4 26.h5 Qe6 27.Rh1 Kf7 28.Kg1 Ke8 29.h6 Nh5 30.Nxh5 gxh5
31.Rxh5 Qf7 32.Rhh2 Rg8 33.b3 axb3 34.Qxb3 Rxg2+ 35.Rxg2 Bf8 36.Ng5 Qh5 37.Nxh7 Qh4
38.Qg3 Qxg3 39.Rxg3 Rxh6 40.Nf6+ Kf7 41.Nxd5 Ra6 42.Rb3  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 h5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qd2 Nh7 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.f4 Re8 14.Bc4 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nhxf6
16.e5 dxe5 17.f5 e4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.d6+ Kg7 20.O-O e3 21.Qc2 Qxd6 22.Nb5 Qe5
23.Nf5+ gxf5 24.Rxf5 Qe4 25.Rg5+ Kf8 26.Bd3 Qh4 27.Rf5 c4 28.Bxc4 Re5 29.Rf3 Rc5
30.b3 e2 31.Qxe2 Rxb5 32.Raf1 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Re5 34.Qc2 Ke7 35.Qg6 Re3 36.Rf4 Qd6
37.h3 b5 38.Bxb5 Ba6 39.Qg7+ Kd8 40.Qh8+ Re8 41.Rxf6 Rxh8 42.Rxd6 Bxb5 43.Rfd1 Kc7
44.Re6 Rae8 45.Rc1+ Kb7 46.Rd6 Ne5 47.Rd4 a6 48.Rc2 Rd8 49.Re4 Rd5 50.a4 Bc6
51.Kh2 Nd3 52.Rec4 Rh6 53.Re2 a5 54.Kg3 Rg5+ 55.Kh4 Rhg6 56.g4 hxg4 57.Rxg4 Rxg4+
58.hxg4 Bf3 59.Re7+ Kb6 60.g5 Nc5 61.Re3 Bd1 62.Re8 Rg7 63.Rb8+ Rb7 64.Rd8 Bxb3
65.g6 Nxa4 66.Kg5 Bc2  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Emms,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Nbc3 Rc8 14.O-O Bg5 15.a4 Kh8
16.b3 Bh6 17.Re1 g6 18.Kh1 f5 19.f3 Nd4 20.exf5 gxf5 21.a5 Qh4 22.Ra4 Qf2
23.Ne7 Rce8 24.Rf1 Qxc2 25.Qxc2 Nxc2 26.Bxe6 Rxe7 27.Bc4 e4 28.Nd5 Re5 29.f4 Rxd5
30.Bxd5 Ne3 31.Bxb7 Nxf1 32.Bxa6 Nd2 33.Bb5 Nxb3 34.a6 Nc5 35.Ra5 Nxa6 36.Bxa6 Bxf4
37.g3 Be5 38.Bb7 Rb8 39.Ra8 Rxa8 40.Bxa8 h5 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Bc6 Kf6 43.h3 h4
44.g4 Bf4 45.Kf2 Ke5 46.gxf5 Kxf5 47.Ke2 Ke5 48.Ba4 d5 49.Bc2 d4 50.Bb1 Bg5
51.Kf2 d3  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf5 Bxf5 7.exf5 Qd7 8.Bd3 Nge7
9.O-O d5 10.Qh5 g6 11.fxg6 fxg6 12.Qh4 O-O-O 13.Bg5 Qe6 14.Na4 e4 15.Nc5 Qf7
16.Qh3+ Nf5 17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.Bxd8 Kxd8 19.Be2 Qxb2 20.Rab1 Qe5 21.Rb7 Bc5
22.Kh1 Na5 23.Rb5 Bb6 24.c4 Ne7 25.cxd5 Nf5 26.Qa3 Nd4 27.Qb2 Re8 28.Rb4 Nxe2
29.Qxe2 Nb7 30.a4 Nd6 31.Qd2 Ke7 32.Rb3 Kf7 33.a5 Bd4 34.Rd1 e3 35.fxe3 Bxe3
36.Qc3 Bd4 37.Rf1+ Kg7 38.Qc7+ Re7 39.Qb8 Qf6 40.Rbf3 Nf5 41.g4 Qd6 42.Qxd6 Nxd6
43.Rf8 Re2 44.g5 Re7 45.a6 Nf5 46.Rb8 Kf7 47.Rb7 Ke8 48.Rd1 Bc5 49.Rc1 Bd4
50.Rc8+ Kf7 51.Rc6 Ke8 52.d6 Rd7 53.Rc8+ Rd8 54.Rxd8+ Kxd8 55.Kg2 Nxd6 56.Rxh7 Nf5
57.Rb7 Nd6 58.Rh7 Nf5 59.Rb7 Nd6 60.Rb4 Be5 61.Rb8+ Ke7 62.Ra8 Bd4 63.Kf3 Ne8
64.h4 Nc7 65.Rg8 Kf7 66.Rd8 Bb6 67.Rd7+ Kf8 68.Rd6 Kf7 69.Rd7+ Kf8 70.Rd6 Kf7
71.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.h3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Na3 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.O-O-O c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bc4+ d5 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Rxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5+ Be6
16.Nc7 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 Qa6 18.Kb1 e5 19.Bg5 Rf7 20.Be7 Qc6 21.Ng5 Qxd5 22.Rd1 Qc4
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Qb3+ Kf6 26.Rd7 Rf8 27.Qxb7 Bh6 28.h4 Qb6 29.Qd5 Qb8
30.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tiller,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.N2f3 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.c3 Ne4 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.Be3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5
16.Be2 Na5 17.Bb5 Rf8 18.Qb1 a6 19.Bf1 Rc8 20.Qa2 Nc4 21.Rad1 Re8 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.a5 Qd5 24.Nc2 Qf5 25.Nfd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qd5 27.f3 Nc5 28.Bf2 Bg6 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mestel,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Qd2 a6 11.a4 h6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Nc1 Nh5 14.Be2 f5 15.f4 Ng4
16.Bxg4 Qh4+ 17.Qf2 Qxg4 18.h3 Qg3 19.N1e2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxb2
22.Rab1 Be5 23.Rb6 Bd7 24.Nxd6 Nf6 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Rxb7 Nxd5 27.Bxc5 Rf7 28.Bd6 Bxa4
29.Bxc7 Nxc7 30.Ne5 Rg7 31.Ra1 Bb5 32.Nc3 Rf8 33.Nxb5 Nxb5 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7
35.Ke3 Ra8 36.Rc1 a5 37.Rc6 a4 38.Rxg6+ Kh7 39.Rc6 a3 40.Rc1 a2 41.Ra1 Ra3+
42.Nd3 Nc3 43.Nc1 Nd5+ 44.Kd4 Nxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Delmenhorst GER"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "King,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 Nd4
9.Qd2 d6 10.O-O e5 11.f4 Bg4 12.Nc1 Qd7 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Nd1 exf4 15.Bxf4 d5
16.Nc3 Be6 17.Re1 Kf8 18.N1e2 dxe4 19.dxe4 Rd8 20.Rbd1 Bg4 21.e5 Nec6 22.Nxd4 Bxd1
23.Nd5 cxd4 24.Qxd1 Kg8 25.e6 fxe6 26.Bh3 Kh7 27.Bxe6 Qe8 28.h5 Rf8 29.Nc7 Qe7
30.Bg8+ Rxg8 31.hxg6+ Kh8 32.Rxe7 Nxe7 33.Qh5 Rgf8 34.Bxh6 Rf5 35.Bg5+ Kg8
36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Ne6+ Ke8 38.Nxg7+ Kd7 39.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Delmenhorst GER"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kengis,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.f4 d6
9.N1d2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Qe1 Bb7 12.Bd2 Be7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Ba5 Qb8 17.Nbd4 O-O 18.b4 Rc8 19.c4 Rxc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Kh1 Bd5 22.Qe3 g6
23.Rc1 Qb7 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 f6 26.Qe2 fxe5 27.fxe5 Rf8 28.Raa1 Rf4 29.Nc2 Re4
30.Qf1 Nxe5 31.Re1 Nd3 32.Rxe4 Bxe4 33.Ne3 Qb5 34.Bc7 Qc6 35.Bg3 c3 36.Qe2 h5
37.h4 Nxb4 38.Be5 c2 39.Qd2 Nd3 40.Nxc2 Nxe5 41.Nd4 Qd5 42.Ra5 Bxg2+ 43.Kh2 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2000.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.c4 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.O-O bxc4 15.Nxc4 Bg7
16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qg4 Qc7 18.b3 Ne7 19.Qxg7 Rg8 20.Qxh7 Rd8 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.f4 Qg4
23.Ne3 Qg6 24.Qxg6 Nxg6 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Nc4 Rg6 27.Rc2 Rd7 28.a4 Rb7 29.Na5 Rb4
30.Rc8+ Ke7 31.Nc6+ Nxc6 32.Rxc6 Kd8 33.Rxa6 Rxb3 34.Ra8+ Ke7 35.Ra7+ Kf8
36.Raxf7+ Kg8 37.R7f3 Rb2 38.R3f2 Rb4 39.Ra2 Rg7 40.Rf6 Rb1+ 41.Kf2 Rc7 42.a5 Rcc1
43.Rf3 Ra1 44.Rxa1 Rxa1 45.Rf6  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "O'Brien,Ri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Qe2 Be7 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qa4+ c6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nb4 10.a3 Bd7 11.Qb3 Be6 12.c4 Nc6 13.d3 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Rd1 g5
16.Qc3 Ng4 17.Nf1 Bf6 18.d4 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 g4 20.Be3 gxf3 21.Bxf3 Ne7 22.Ng3 Qxc4
23.Ne4 Bg7 24.Qxc4 Bxc4 25.Rac1 b5 26.Ng3 f5 27.Nh5 Bh8 28.Nf4 Bb3 29.Rd2 Ng6
30.d5 Nxf4 31.Bxf4 Bf6 32.d6 Rf7 33.Rc5 a6 34.Bd5 Bxd5 35.Rcxd5 Kg7 36.d7 Bh4+
37.g3 Bf6 38.Bc7 Kf8 39.Bxd8 Bxd8 40.Re2 Bb6+ 41.Kf3 f4 42.Re8+ Kg7 43.gxf4 Bc7
44.Rg5+ Kf6  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stoklasa,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 Qa5 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Nd4 Rac8 13.Kb1 Qa6 14.f4 Rfe8 15.g4 b5
16.Qd3 Qb7 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.e5 b4 19.Nb5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nd5 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Ka1 Rc5
23.c4 bxc3 24.Nxc3 h6 25.g5 Nxc3 26.Qd8+ Kh7 27.bxc3 h5 28.g6+ fxg6 29.Rf1 Qc7
30.h4 Qxe5 31.Rd4 Rb7 32.Qd6 Qe2 33.Rb1 Rxb1+ 34.Kxb1 Rxc3 35.Rd2 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Miles,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.Rfd1 Be6 13.Ne2 a4 14.Bc3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 axb3
16.axb3 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 Kd7 18.Rd1+ Kc8 19.h3 h5 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Nce4 b6 22.f4 c5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Kf2 h4 25.c3 Kb7 26.Ng5 b5 27.Nf7 b4 28.cxb4 cxb4 29.Rd8 Re7
30.Ng5 c5 31.Ne4 Rc7 32.Ke2 c4 33.Nd6+ Nxd6 34.exd6 Rc6 35.bxc4 Rxc4 36.Ke3 Rc8
37.Rd7+ Ka6 38.Kd2 Rc6 39.Rd8 Kb7 40.d7 Kc7 41.Rg8 Rd6+ 42.Kc2 Rxd7 43.Kb3 Rf7
44.Kxb4 Rxf4+ 45.Kc5 Rf7 46.Rh8 g5 47.Rg8 Rf5+ 48.Kd4 Kd6 49.Ke3 Ke5 50.Rg7 Kf6
51.Rg8 Ra5 52.Rf8+ Ke5 53.Rg8 Ra3+ 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Rf8+ Ke4 56.Rg8 Ra5 57.Rg6 Ra2+
58.Kg1 Kf5 59.Rg8 Ra5 60.Kf2 Kf4 61.Rf8+ Rf5 62.Re8 Rf6 63.Ke2 Kg3 64.Rg8 Rf5
65.Rg6 Kxg2 66.Rxe6 Kxh3 67.Re3+ Kg2 68.Re4 Rf4 69.Re5 g4  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "McMahon,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 O-O 7.Qe2 Re8 8.Be3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.O-O Nf8 11.a4 Ng6 12.a5 f6 13.d4 Bd6 14.a6 b5 15.c4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bd7
17.cxb5 cxb5 18.Nxb5 Be5 19.Rac1 Bxb2 20.Bc5 Qe5 21.Nf3 Nf4 22.Qc4+ Qe6 23.Nxc7 Qxc4
24.Rxc4 Rec8 25.Nxa8 Bb5 26.Rb4 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Ba3 28.Rb7 Bxc5 29.Rc7 Rd8 30.Rxc5 Rd1+
31.Ne1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Nd3+ 33.Kd2 Nxc5 34.Nc7 Nxe4+ 35.Ke3 Nd6 36.Kd4 Kf8
37.Kd5 Ke7 38.Kc6 h5 39.Nd5+ Ke6 40.Nf4+ Ke5 41.Nxh5 g5 42.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gdanski,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Nxd4 Qxe2+
9.Kxe2 Bd7 10.N2b3 Bd6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Nge7 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Nc1 Kf7 15.c3 Nxd3
16.Nxd3 Rhe8 17.Kd2 Ng6 18.b3 Rac8 19.h3 a6 20.Rhe1 Nh4 21.Rg1 Bh2 22.Rh1 Be5
23.Rhg1 Re7 24.Rac1 a5 25.Ne2 Bh2 26.Rh1 Bd6 27.Bf4 Ba3 28.Rcg1 Rce8 29.Nd4 g5
30.Be3 Re4 31.Ne1 Rc8 32.Nd3 Rce8 33.Ne1 b5 34.Nec2 Bd6 35.g3 Ng6 36.Nf3 b4
37.Nfd4 h5 38.Re1 Rc8 39.cxb4 axb4 40.f3 Re7 41.g4 h4 42.Bf2 Re5 43.Ne2 Ra8
44.Ra1 Ree8 45.Be3 Ra5 46.Rhb1 Rea8 47.Rb2 R5a6 48.Ncd4 Be5 49.Rc2 Ra5 50.Nc1 Nf4
51.Nd3 Nxd3 52.Kxd3 Kg6 53.Kd2 Bb5 54.Rb2 R5a7 55.Rc2 Ra6 56.Rb2 Rc8 57.Re1 Bd7
58.Re2 Rcc6 59.Nxc6 Bxc6 60.Rc2 Bb5 61.Bf2 Bc3+ 62.Kd1 Ra8 63.Re7 d4 64.Be1 Bd3
65.Rf2 Bb1 66.Ree2 d3 67.Rb2 Bxb2 68.Rxb2 Bc2+ 69.Kc1 Rb8 70.Bd2 f5 71.gxf5+ Kxf5
72.Be3 Rb5 73.Kd2 Kg6 74.a4 bxa3 75.Ra2 Rxb3 76.Bc5 Rb1 77.Rxa3 Rh1 78.Be3 Rh2+
79.Kc3 Rxh3 80.Ra8 Rxf3 81.Kd2 Rf5 82.Rg8+ Kh5 83.Ba7 Kg4 84.Ke3 Re5+ 85.Kf2 d2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borriss,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Ra6 Qc8 17.Ncb4 Nxb4 18.Nxb4 d5 19.Ra5 O-O 20.Rxb5 d4 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Be2 e4
23.O-O d3 24.Bg4 f5 25.Bh3 Qa7 26.Qh5 Qf7 27.Qg5 Qf6 28.Qe3 Bh6 29.f4 Bc4
30.g4 Qd6 31.b3 d2 32.bxc4 d1=Q 33.Nd5 Qd3  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghannoum,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.a4 e6 7.d3 Ne7 8.e5 a6 9.Bc4 d5
10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Nxc5 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 e5
17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.O-O Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.d4 Bg7 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7
23.a5 Bf5 24.Re1 Raf8 25.d5 Rd8 26.c4 Bxb2 27.Qb3 Bd4 28.Ne6 Bxe6 29.dxe6 Re7
30.Qf3 Rf8 31.Qd5 Bc3 32.Rb1 Rfe8 33.Rxb7 Rxe6 34.Rb6 Kf7 35.Rxa6 Be5 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.a6 Kf6 38.Qxe6+ Kxe6 39.a7  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bjornsson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.g4 Rc8 12.Kb1 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.h4 Nbd7
16.h5 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.g5 Nd7 19.Bh3 Rc7 20.g6 f5 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Rdg1 f4
23.Qg2 Bf6 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Nd2 Qd4 26.Ne4 Qxd5 27.h6 Qf7 28.Rh5 d5 29.Nxf6 Qxf6
30.Rf5 Qe7 31.hxg7+ Qxg7 32.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wheeler,Je"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Bf1 f5 12.c5 Nf6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 f4 15.Nc4 g5 16.Nb5 Ne8
17.Be2 a6 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.a4 Ng6 20.a5 g4 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Bb2 h5 23.Rc1 f3 24.gxf3 Bh6
25.Rc2 Nf4 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.fxg4 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 Nxg4+ 30.Kg1 Be3+
31.Kg2 Rf2+ 32.Kg3 Bf4+  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Del Mundo,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rc1 f5 12.Nb3 Bf6 13.Qd2 g5 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxb6 axb6
16.cxd5 Ne7 17.Nxg5 Bxe2 18.Ne6 Qxd5 19.Qxe2 Rxa2 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.Qe3 Rxb2
22.Rb1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Kf7 24.Nd2 Nc6 25.Nf3 Kg6 26.Qe8+ Qf7 27.Qc8 Na5 28.Re1 b5
29.Re5 Bg7 30.Rxf5 Qe7 31.Rxb5 Qe4 32.Qxc7 Nc6 33.Qxb7 h6 34.Rb6  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.Bxf4 fxe4 14.Bxe5 exf3 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.g3 Kh7 17.Re3 Bg4 18.h3 Nf5 19.hxg4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 f2+ 21.Kg2 Qe7 22.Qd4 Qf7
23.Be2 a5 24.b5 Qe7 25.c6 b6 26.Rf1 Rf7 27.Rxf2 Raf8 28.Rf4 Re8 29.Bd3 Rxf4
30.Qxf4 Rf8 31.Qd4 Qf7 32.Qf4 Qe7 33.Qd4 Qf7 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.Qd4 Qf7 36.Qf4 Qe7
37.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O g5 7.Ne1 Qd7 8.c3 O-O-O
9.b4 f6 10.Qa4 a6 11.b5 Na7 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ba3 Nxb5 14.Bxb5 c6 15.Be2 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nf3 g4 18.Ne5 h5 19.Qa5 Rdf8 20.Na3 Qc7 21.Qxc7+ Kxc7 22.Rac1 b5
23.Bd3 Kd6 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Nc2 a5 26.Ne3 a4 27.a3 Rhg8 28.Rcd1 Rg5 29.Rd2 Rxe5
30.dxe5+ Kxe5 31.Re1 Kd6 32.Nxg4 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 hxg4 34.Rde2 Rf6 35.Kg3 Rf3+
36.Kxg4 Rxc3 37.Rxe6+ Kc5 38.h4 Rxa3 39.h5 Ra2 40.R6e2 Rxe2 41.Rxe2 b4 42.h6 b3
43.h7  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 c5 13.Nc6 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd6 15.Nxe7+ Kh8
16.Ba3 Be6 17.Bxc5 Qc7 18.Qf3 Rfd8 19.Nc6 Rd5 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.Nd3 Rf5 22.Qg3 Qa5
23.Nf4 Bc4 24.h4 Bh6 25.Re4 Qa4 26.Rae1 Qc6 27.Nh3 Rg8 28.Re5 Rf6 29.Ng5 Bg7
30.Re7 Rf5 31.Qc7 Qd5 32.Rd7 Qa8 33.Nxf7+ Bxf7 34.Rxf7 Rh5 35.Bd6 h6 36.Rxg7 Rxg7
37.Be5 Rxe5 38.Qxe5 Qb7 39.c4 Kh7 40.c5 Rd7 41.h5 gxh5 42.Qf5+ Kg7 43.Re6 Rf7
44.Qg6+ Kf8 45.Qxh6+ Rg7 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Re8+ Kh7 48.Qf5+ Rg6 49.Qxh5+ Kg7
50.Qh8+ Kf7 51.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nfd7 13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.f5 e5
16.Nf3 Qa8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rxg4 19.h3 Rc4 20.Rhg1 Nf6 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qe3 Qc8 24.Qb6 O-O 25.Nd2 Rxc2 26.Ne4 Qxf5 27.Kxc2 Qxe4+ 28.Rd3 Qe2+ 29.Kc3 Rc8+
30.Qc6 Rxc6+ 31.dxc6 e4+ 32.Kb4 exd3 33.c7 Qxb2+ 34.Ka5 Qc3+ 35.Kb6 Bd4+
36.Kb7 Bxg1 37.c8=Q+ Qxc8+ 38.Kxc8 d2 39.a4 bxa4  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taleb,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 a6 7.O-O b6 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 d6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.e4 Re8 12.h3 Nf8 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bh2 Bb7 15.Re1 Nd7
16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Rad1 Bf6 18.Nd2 Be5 19.Bxe5 Ndxe5 20.Bf1 c4 21.b3 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Rac8
23.Rc1 Nf4 24.Ne2 Nxe2+ 25.Bxe2 Qxc1 26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kh2 Re1 28.Bg4 Bc8
29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.Qxb6 h6 31.Qxd6 Ng6 32.Qxa6 Rc2 33.Qd3 Rcc1 34.d6 Nf4 35.d7 Kh7
36.d8=Q Nxd3 37.Qxd3 Ra1 38.e5+ g6 39.Qc4 Kg8 40.Ne4 Kg7 41.Nd6  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mah,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.c3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.b4 a5 8.Ngf3 b6
9.Bc4 Qd8 10.O-O bxc5 11.b5 a4 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.c4 Qc7 15.Ne4 O-O
16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Bh4 Nh5 20.Bxe7 Nf4 21.Qe5 Rxe7 22.Qxc7 Rxc7
23.Ne1 e5 24.Bf1 Ne6 25.Rd6 Kf8 26.g3 Ke7 27.Rb6 Rd8 28.Bg2 e4 29.Nc2 Nd4
30.Ne3 Rd6 31.Rxd6 Kxd6 32.Kf1 f5 33.Nd1 Bc8 34.Rc1 Be6 35.Ke1 Ke5 36.Rc3 Ra7
37.a3 Nb3 38.Nb2 Kd4 39.Rc2 Na1 40.Rd2+ Kc3 41.b6 Re7 42.Nxa4+ Kb3 43.b7  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sheldon,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Nd2 h6
10.Be3 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.f3 Rb8 13.Rb1 c5 14.O-O f4 15.Bf2 Qe7 16.Na2 Bf6 17.Qe1 h5
18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 g5 20.Nb3 Kh8 21.bxc5 Ndxc5 22.Nb4 Bd7 23.Nxa6 Nxa6 24.Qa5 g4
25.Bb6 Bh4 26.Rfc1 Bg3 27.hxg3 fxg3 28.Nd2 Qh4 29.Nf1 gxf3 30.Bxf3 Bg4 31.Rb3 Bxf3
32.gxf3 Rf4 33.Qd2 g2 34.Nh2 Rg8 35.Bf2 Qe7 36.Qb2 Nc5 37.Bxc5 dxc5 38.Rb6 Qg5
39.Re6 Rxe4 40.Rd1 Rd4 41.Re1 Qf4 42.Ng4 hxg4 43.R1xe5 Rd1+ 44.Re1+ Qd4+
45.Qxd4+ Rxd4 46.Kxg2 Rxc4 47.Re7 Rg7 48.d6 Rd4 49.R1e6 Kg8 50.Rc7 gxf3+
51.Kxf3 Rf7+ 52.Ke3 Kg7 53.Ree7 Rxe7+ 54.dxe7 Kf7 55.Rxb7 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Einarsson,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.f3 g5 5.fxe4 gxh4 6.e3 Bh6 7.Kf2 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 d6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qd3 h3 14.gxh3 Bh5 15.Ne2 Qa5
16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Bg6 18.Ng3 Rb8 19.Rab1 Kd7 20.Rb3 f6 21.Rhb1 Kc7 22.c4 Bf4
23.Ne2 Bh6 24.Ng3 e6 25.Ne1 Bf4 26.Nd3 Rxb3 27.Rxb3 Bg5 28.c5 d5 29.Rb6 a5
30.Kf3 Rd8 31.h4 dxe4+ 32.Nxe4 Bxh4 33.Nf4 Bf5 34.c3 e5 35.Ng2 Bg5 36.Ne3 Bxe3
37.Kxe3 exd4+ 38.Kf4 Bxe4 39.Kxe4 dxc3 40.Rb3 c2  0-1

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 e6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Qd2 b6 8.O-O-O Ne7
9.h3 Bb7 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Bd3 b5 12.e5 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 a5 15.g4 d5 16.Bd3 Ba6
17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Ne1 c5 19.dxc5 Nc6 20.Qe2 Qa8 21.Kb1 a4 22.Nd3 b3 23.a3 bxc2+
24.Qxc2 O-O 25.h4 Rb8 26.h5 g5 27.h6 Bh8 28.Rh5 gxf4 29.Bc1 f6 30.exf6 Bxf6
31.g5 Bh8 32.g6 Bf6 33.Nxf4 Ne7 34.gxh7+ Kh8 35.Ng6+ Nxg6 36.Qxg6 Rf8 37.Rf1 Bd4
38.Rg5  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Bd7 11.Kb1 Na5 12.g4 b5 13.Bd3 Rb8 14.h4 e5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Qb7
17.Qe2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Bc1 Qb4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Be7 22.Qe3 Kd7 23.Rhd1 Rb7
24.a3 Qa4 25.Qc3 f6 26.Rg1 Bf8 27.f4 Kc8 28.Be3 Qc6 29.Kc1 Rb5 30.Rgd1 Rb7
31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Bc5 dxc5 33.Rd8+ Kc7 34.Qxe5+ Kb6 35.R1d6 Bxd6 36.Rxd6 Rc8
37.Qd5 c3 38.bxc3 Qxd6 39.Qxd6+ Rc6 40.Qd8+ Kb5 41.e5 Rcc7 42.e6 Ka4 43.c4 h5
44.Kd2 Kxa3 45.Kc3 Ka2 46.Qd6 a5 47.Qa6 Ra7 48.Qb5 Rcb7 49.Qxc5 a4 50.Qd5 Rc7
51.c5+ Ka1 52.Qd4 Kb1 53.Qb4+ Kc1 54.Qb5  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.a3 Bd7 11.f4 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Rb1 Na7 15.c4 bxc3 16.Nxa7 cxb2
17.e5 Qb6 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Nc3 Qd7 21.Qa4 Qd8 22.Qa3 dxe5 23.Bxc5 Nc7
24.Bxe7 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Rfe8 26.Bd6 Nb5 27.Nxb5 Rxb5 28.fxe5 Bxe5 29.Qa2 Re6
30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Kh2 h5 32.Rf4 Rf6 33.d4 Qd6 34.Rxf6 Qxf6 35.Rxb2 Rg5 36.Rf2 Qe7
37.h4 Rg4 38.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oral,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 c5 13.Nb3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6
15.b3 Ba6 16.Bf4 Rfc8 17.Qd2 e6 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Bh6 Qb4 20.Qf4 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Rc3
22.h4 Rac8 23.Qf4 Qe7 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1 Bd3 28.Nc6 Qh4
29.Nxa7 d4 30.Qd2 Bg6 31.Nc6 d3 32.f3 Kg7 33.a4 f6 34.Qe3 fxe5 35.a5 e4 36.f4 Qf6
37.Ne5 Qd8 38.Nc6 Qd6 39.Qa7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 a6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Bc4 Qg5 13.g3 Bg7 14.h4 Qh6 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.g4 Be6 17.Nd5 O-O-O 18.Ne4 Qg6 19.f3 Bxg4 20.Rg1 h5 21.Qd3 f5 22.Bxa6 Rd7
23.Qb5 Kb8 24.Nec3 Qh6 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Qxc6 Rc8 28.Qa6 e4 29.Ke2 Bd4
30.Rgf1 g3 31.Nf4 Be5 32.Ke3 g2 33.Rf2 Rg8 34.Ne2 Qxh4 35.Rg1 Rg3+ 36.Nxg3 Qxg3+
37.Ke2 Bxf4 38.Ke1 Rxb2 39.Rxg2 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 g5 13.Bf2 f5 14.h3 g4 15.hxg4 fxg4 16.Be3 Nf7
17.fxg4 Ng6 18.g3 Bf6 19.Nf1 a6 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Rh5 b5 22.g5 Be7 23.Nh2 Qc8
24.Nd1 bxc4 25.Nc3 Rb8 26.O-O-O a5 27.Rh1 a4 28.a3 Nd8 29.Bxc4 Nb7 30.Na2 Rf7
31.Kb1 Ra8 32.Qd1 Na5 33.Be2 Rb8 34.Bc1 Kh8 35.Nb4 c5 36.dxc6 Nxc6 37.Ba6 Qf8
38.Nd5 Nd4 39.Ng4 Bxg4 40.Qxg4 Kg8 41.Bc4 Kh8 42.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Olafsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 b4 13.Nce2 d5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.g6 hxg6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxg6+ Ke7 19.Nd4 N7f6 20.Rhe1 Qd6 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.Rxe6+ Qxe6
23.Nxe6 Kxe6 24.Qe2+ Kd7 25.Bf5+ Kd8 26.Bxc8 Kxc8 27.Qe6+ Kd8 28.Be5 Rh6
29.Bxf6+ Rxf6 30.Rxd5+ Bxd5 31.Qxd5+ Kc7 32.c3 bxc3 33.Qe5+ Bd6 34.Qxc3+ Kb7
35.Qb3+ Ka7 36.Qe3+ Kb7 37.Qg5 Bf8 38.h4 Rc6 39.Qd8 Rc7  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gretarsson,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Nd6 14.Kh1 Qe8 15.Nd2 Nc5
16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.d6 Kh8 20.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Nxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxe4 11.Re1 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 O-O
16.Rd1 Rfe8 17.Nf3 Nd6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Kf1 Kf7 20.Re1 Ne4 21.Re2 Rd8 22.Ke1 Kf6
23.g3 a5 24.Nd2 Nc5 25.Kd1 Ne4 26.Kc2 Rxd2+ 27.Rxd2 Nxd2 28.Kxd2 Kg5 29.h3 f4
30.Kd3 Kf5 31.a4 Ke5 32.b4 f3 33.g4 Kd5 34.h4 axb4 35.cxb4 c5 36.bxc5 Kxc5
37.Kc3 b6 38.h5 h6 39.Kb3 Kd4 40.Kb4 Kd3 41.Kb5 Ke2 42.Kxb6 Kxf2 43.a5 Kg3
44.a6 f2 45.a7 f1=Q 46.a8=Q Qf6+ 47.Kc5 Kxg4 48.Qe8 Kf5 49.Kd5 Kg4 50.Kc5 Qf5+
51.Kd4 Kh4 52.Ke3 Qxh5 53.Qf8 Qe5+ 54.Kd3 Kg4 55.Qb4+ Kg3 56.Qb6 Kg4 57.Qg6+ Kf4
58.Qg1 Kf5 59.Qg2 g5 60.Qf3+ Kg6 61.Qc6+ Qf6 62.Qe8+ Qf7 63.Qc6+ Kh7 64.Ke2 h5
65.Qc2+ Kh6 66.Qc6+ Qg6 67.Qc8 Qf6 68.Qd7 Kg6 69.Qe8+ Kh6 70.Qd7 h4 71.Ke1 Kg6
72.Qd3+ Qf5 73.Qa6+ Kf7 74.Qb7+ Kf6 75.Qa8 Kg6 76.Qe8+ Qf7 77.Qe4+ Kh6 78.Qg4 Qf4
79.Qe6+ Kh5 80.Qe2+ Kg6 81.Qe6+ Qf6 82.Qd7 Qe5+ 83.Kd2 Kh5 84.Kd3 Qg3+ 85.Kd2 Qf4+
86.Ke1 Qe3+ 87.Kf1 h3 88.Qh7+ Kg4 89.Qf5+ Kh4 90.Qh7+ Kg3 91.Qxh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 d6 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O a6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.Qxd4 e5 10.Qd3 h6 11.a4 Be6 12.a5 Rc8 13.Ra4 Qd7 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bb2 Be7 16.Nd2 Nd7
17.Rc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Nf6 19.Nb6 Rd8 20.Ra1 O-O 21.Ra4 Rfe8 22.Rc4 Qb8 23.Qg3 Nd7
24.Ncd5 Nxb6 25.axb6 Rc8 26.Rc7 Bd8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.c4 Qc5 29.h4 Re6 30.Bc1 Qd4
31.Kh2 Qxe4 32.f4 Rg6 33.Qf2 Bxh4 34.Nc3 Bxf2 35.Nxe4 Bxb6 36.f5 Rg4 37.Nxd6 Rd4  0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nf2 h5 16.h3 Rf7
17.Qc2 Ng6 18.Rfc1 a6 19.a4 Nh4 20.Qd1 g4 21.fxg4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Nh7 23.a5 Ng5
24.Bf1 b5 25.axb6 Qxb6 26.Na4 Qa7 27.Ba5 Rb7 28.Rc6 Rab8 29.Bb6 Rxb6 30.Nxb6 Bb7
31.Qb3 Ne6 32.Nd7 Ra8 33.Rcxa6 Bxa6 34.Rxa6 Qxd7 35.dxe6 Qc8 36.e7+ Kh7 37.Rxa8 Qxa8
38.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lalic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Nc3 O-O 11.f4 exf3 12.Qxf3 Qh4 13.Bf4 Rae8 14.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Phillips,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Rfd1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Re8 17.a3 e5 18.Bc3 Qd8 19.b4 Rc8 20.Rac1 b6 21.c5 dxc5 22.Bxa6 Ra8
23.Qe2 Bf8 24.d6 Re6 25.Bc4 Rxd6 26.Qf3 Rf6 27.Rxd7 Rxf3 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.gxf3 cxb4
30.axb4 Rc8 31.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ansell,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be2 Bg5 10.O-O Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nf6 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Rac8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.Ne3 g6 19.b4 Ne4 20.Qe1 f5 21.Bd3 Nf6 22.c5 dxc5
23.d6 Nc6 24.Bc4+ Kg7 25.Be6 Qxb4 26.Bxc8 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rxc8 28.Rxc5 Rd8
29.Rb1 Rd7 30.f3 Ne8 31.Nc4 Kf6 32.Nb6 Rxd6 33.Nd5+ Kg5 34.Rxb7 h5 35.Rb6 Nd4
36.Rxd6 Nxd6 37.Ra5  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2000.05.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Norwood,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.Nbd2 b6
9.a4 a5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.d5 Nh5 12.Nc4 h6 13.g3 Ndf6 14.b4 axb4 15.cxb4 Bc8
16.a5 Nh7 17.Ra3 bxa5 18.bxa5 Qe8 19.Ba4 Bd7 20.a6 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Nd4 Rf7
23.a7 N5f6 24.Bc6 Bxc6 25.Nxc6 Rf8 26.Re2 Qf7 27.Rb2 Nd7 28.Be3 Ng5 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.Qd2 Kh7 31.Rb7 Nc5 32.Rb8 Ne4 33.Qe2 Qxd5 34.Nb4 Qd4 35.Nc2 Qd5 36.Nb4 Qd4
37.Nc2 Qd5 38.N2e3 Qe6 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.Qd3 Nf6 41.Qb3 Qc8 42.Qb5 e4 43.Qc6 Qd8
44.Ra5 g4 45.Nd5 Nxd5 46.Qxd5 Bc3 47.Qf7+ Kh8 48.Rb5 Rxa7 49.Nxd6 e3 50.Rh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 e5 7.d3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nxb5
9.Nxb5 Qc6 10.a4 d6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Bh4 Rae8 15.f3 Nh7
16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Qd2 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Nb5 Rd7 20.Nxa7 Qc7 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.a5 Ng5
23.Re3 h5 24.a6 bxa6 25.Rxa6 Nf7 26.b3 h4 27.h3 Rg5 28.f4 Bxc4 29.bxc4 exf4
30.Rf3 Ne5 31.Rxf4 Rg3 32.Qf2 Kh7 33.Rf8 Qe7 34.Raa8 Nf7 35.Rae8 Qg5 36.Nc3 Ra7
37.Re1 Qg6 38.Ne4 Rxh3 39.Rxf7 Rg3 40.Rxa7 h3 41.Qxg3  1-0

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Dautov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Qe2 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Kb1 Qc7 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Be3 Rfd8 19.Bd4 Qc7 20.c3 Ncd7 21.f4 Bc5 22.f5 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Re8 24.Rhe1 Rad8 25.fxe6 Rxe6 26.Rc1 Qa5 27.Rc3 Rde8 28.Re3 Nd5 29.Ra3 Qxa3  0-1

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mueller,Ka"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.a4 Qc7 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Nh5 12.Qe3 Bb7 13.Rfe1 e5 14.Bd5 Kh8 15.Nc4 Rae8
16.Rad1 f6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Nf4 19.Nh4 Ne7 20.Bxb7 Ng8 21.Nxg6+ Nxg6 22.Qh3 f5
23.exf5 Nf4 24.Qf3 Nf6 25.Rd6 Rg8 26.Rxf6 e4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.Ne3 Nxg2 29.Nxg2 Qxb7
30.Rfe6  1-0

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Slobodjan,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Be6
16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Ne3 h6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qc8 20.Nf3 Bf5 21.b3 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Qb7
23.Ba3 Qd7 24.c4 Nb7 25.Rac1 Rfc8 26.Qe2 Bd8 27.Rc2 Na5 28.c5 dxc5 29.Qd1 f6
30.Bxc5 Nb7 31.b4 Be7 32.d6 Bxd6 33.Rd2 Rd8 34.Nh4 Qc7 35.Qb3+ Qf7 36.Bb6 Qxb3
37.axb3 Bxb4 38.Rxd8+ Rxd8 39.Ra1 Rd6 40.Rxa6 Kf7 41.Nf5 Rc6 42.Ne3 Ke6 43.Nc2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlosser,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 e5 8.dxe5 Nd7
9.Nc3 dxe5 10.e4 Nd4 11.Nd5 c6 12.Ne3 Nc5 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Nc4 b6
16.e5 Ba6 17.Qxd4 Rad8 18.Qc3 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qxe5 20.Rad1 Qh5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Bxc6 Rd4 23.Qb5 Rd2 24.b4 a6 25.Qxb6 Ne6 26.Bc1 Rxc2 27.Ba4 Rc8 28.Be3 Be5
29.Bb3 Rb8 30.Qxa6 Nc7 31.Qc4 Qf3 32.Bf4  1-0

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 e5
9.Na3 h6 10.Nc2 Nh7 11.Bd5 Bg4 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bg5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bxc1
16.Rfxc1 Qd7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne3 Ng5 19.Qg4 Ne6 20.b5 cxb5 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Rc6 Kh8
23.Rac1 a5 24.h4 b4 25.Nc7 Nxc7 26.Rxc7 a4 27.Rb7 Rb8 28.Ra7 Qe8 29.Qd1 b3
30.axb3 axb3 31.Rb1 Qb5 32.Ra3 b2 33.Ra2 Rb7 34.Raxb2 Qxb2 35.Rxb2 Rxb2 36.d4 Rfb8
37.Qd3 Ra2 38.dxe5 dxe5 39.Qc3 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rxf2 41.Qxe5 Rbb2 42.Kh1 Rxg2
43.Qe8+ Kh7 44.Qxf7 Rgf2  0-1

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brenke,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 e5 7.Nbd2 Qe7 8.a3 a5
9.Nc4 Ra6 10.Bd2 a4 11.Ncxe5 b5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qc1 h5 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Bf4 Nh7
16.d4 g5 17.Bg3 g4 18.hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wehmeier,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.Nf5 a6 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nc3 Qc6
9.Ne3 Be6 10.Qd3 Ne7 11.O-O g6 12.Ned5 Bxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qc7 15.f4 f5
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Kh1 Bd6 18.Bh6 Rc8 19.Qh3 Qe7 20.Rac1 Rc4 21.g3 Qc7 22.Qg2 Kd7
23.c3 Rc8 24.Bd2 Ra4 25.Ra1 h5 26.b3 Rg4 27.h3 Re4 28.a4 Qc5 29.c4 Qd4 30.a5 Qb2
31.Rab1 Qc2 32.Rfc1 Qd3 33.Rb2 Ba3 34.Rc3 Qd4 35.Ra2 Bc5 36.Rc1 Qd3 37.Rc3 Qb1+
38.Bc1 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Bg1+  0-1

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.b4 Qh4 14.O-O Rg8 15.c3 f4
16.Qxa4 Rxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "PCONNERS"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 f6 7.Be2 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Be6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Na4 Ng6 12.c5 Ba5 13.b4 Bc7 14.Nc3 Ke7 15.Rad1 Bf7
16.Nd2 Nf4 17.Bc4 Bh5 18.f3 Rhd8 19.b5 Be8 20.Rf2 Ba5 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Na4 Nf8
23.Rb1 Rab8 24.Nb3 Bc7 25.Bf1 Bf7 26.Rfb2 Ke8 27.Nd2 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8
30.g3 N4e6 31.Nb3 g6 32.Kf2 Bc7 33.Nb2 Nd8 34.h4 Be6 35.Bc4 Bc8 36.a4 Nde6
37.Nd3 h5 38.Nb4 Kd7 39.Na6 Bd8 40.Kf1 Be7 41.Nb4 Nd8 42.Ke1 Nfe6 43.Kd1 Kc7
44.Kc1 Bd7 45.Kc2 Be8 46.Na6+ Kc8 47.Bf2 Bf7 48.Nb4 Kd7 49.Kc3 Bf8 50.Be3 Be7
51.g4 Be8 52.Nd3 Nf7 53.gxh5 gxh5 54.a5 Bd8 55.a6 Bc7 56.Nb4 Ned8 57.Nd2 Nh8
58.Bb3 Ng6 59.Nc4 Bb8 60.Bf2 Bf7 61.Nb6+ Ke7 62.Ba4 Be8 63.Nc8+ Kd7 64.Nd6 Ne7
65.Nd5 Ng8 66.Nb6+ Ke7 67.Bb3 Nh6 68.Be3 Nhf7 69.Nf5+ Kf8 70.Ng3 Nb7 71.axb7 axb6
72.cxb6 Nd6 73.Bc5 Bg6 74.Ba4 Ke7 75.Bxc6 Ke6 76.Kb4 f5 77.exf5+ Nxf5 78.Nxf5 Bxf5
79.Be8 e4 80.Bxh5 Kd5 81.Bg4 Bh7 82.Kb5 Bf4 83.h5 Bb8 84.h6 Bf4 85.fxe4+ Bxe4
86.Bf3  1-0

[Event "10th It"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O a6
9.c3 Be7 10.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Boehlke,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 f6 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Qc3 Nb3 14.Rd1 Qa5 15.Rd3 Nb6
16.Qb4 Qxb4+ 17.axb4 Na1 18.Kd1 Nc4 19.Kc1 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Kb1 Bd7 22.b3 b5
23.bxc4 dxc4 24.Rd2 O-O 25.Nc1 Rfa8 26.Ra2 Rxa2 27.Nxa2 Nb3 28.Be2 Bc6 29.Rd1 Rd8
30.Kb2 Bxf3 31.Bxf3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxd4 33.Be4 Ne2 34.g3 fxe5 35.fxe5 g5 36.Nc1 Ng1
37.Kc3 h5 38.Kd4 Kg7 39.Ke3 g4 40.Ne2 Nh3 41.Nd4  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen,Carsten Juul"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 Re8 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Ne5 12.Bf1 h5 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.f4 Nxg5
16.fxg5 Bd7 17.Nge4 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bd7 19.Nce4 Ng4 20.h3 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 h4 22.hxg4 hxg3
23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Rxe8 Bxe8 25.Qf4 Bd7 26.Nh5+ gxh5 27.gxh5 Qxb2 28.h6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Simonsen,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.f4 Qxf4 10.Ne5+ c6 11.d4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Kb1 Rhf8 17.Rhf1 g5 18.Bxg5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Bg4 21.Qf1 Qh5
22.Be6+ Bxe6 23.Bxf6 Qxh2 24.Rd6 Bg4 25.b3 Qxg3 26.Qc4 Qg1+ 27.Kb2 Bf3 28.Qe6+ Kb8
29.Rd7 Rc8 30.Qd6+ Ka8 31.Qe7  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Ne5 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.h3 b4 15.Nce4 e6
16.dxe6 f5 17.f4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 d5 19.Nc5 Nec6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rad1 d4 22.f5 gxf5
23.Rxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxf5 Qf6 25.Qe4 d3 26.Rxd3 Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brinck Claussen,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 O-O 15.Nce3 Nd7
16.b4 Bg5 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bd3 d5 20.exd5 e4 21.Be2 Qxc3+ 22.Kf1 Rfd8
23.d6 Bc6  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Golod,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 fxe6 13.Ng5 O-O 14.Nxe4 Bb6
15.Kf1 Nxe5 16.Ke2 Nc4 17.f3 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bg5 Rd5 20.b3 Nd6 21.Bf4 Nf5
22.c3 h6 23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Rb5 25.g4 Ne7 26.c4 Rxb3 27.c5 Nd5 28.Bg3 a5
29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Be5 Kf7 31.Rc4 b5 32.Rc5 Ke7 33.Nc3 a4 34.Kd2 Nb6 35.Bxg7 b4
36.Ne4 Rxf3 37.Rc7+ Kd8 38.Rc6 Nd7 39.Rc4 Rh3 40.Rxb4 Rxh2+ 41.Ke3 a3 42.Ra4 a2
43.Nf2 h5 44.g5 Rg2 45.Bf6+ Kc7 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Rxa2 h4 48.Rc2+ Kb7 49.Ne4 h3
50.Nd6+ Ka8 51.Rc8+ Nb8 52.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 c6 9.Nge2 Nc5
10.Bc2 cxd5 11.cxd5 a5 12.O-O Bd7 13.a3 a4 14.Kh1 Ra5 15.Rb1 Qc8 16.Kh2 Qb8
17.f3 Rc8 18.Be3 Be8 19.g4 Qa8 20.h4 Nfd7 21.h5 Nb6 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Qe1 Bf6
24.g5 Bd8 25.f4 Nc4 26.Bc1 exf4 27.Bxf4 Rc7 28.Nd4 Rf7 29.Nf5 gxf5 30.exf5 Ne5
31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.f6 Qc8 33.Qh4 e4 34.Kg2 Bd7 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Bxe4 Qc5 37.Rh1 Bf5
38.Rbd1 Bxe4+ 39.Qxe4 Qb5 40.Rd2 Qd7 41.g6 Rxf6 42.Rxh7 Qd6 43.Rh8+ Kg7 44.Rh7+ Kg8
45.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hansen,LB"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.b4 Nb7 15.dxc6 Qxc6
16.Bb2 Nd8 17.Rc1 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b5 cxb5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Ng5 Nxg5 14.Bxg5 h6 15.Bf3 e4
16.Bxe4 hxg5 17.Bxa8 Bxa1 18.Qxa1 Be6 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Rd1 Nf4
22.Nxd6 Qe7 23.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Nh4 Bc8 15.Nf1 Ng6
16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Qd2 Ra7 18.Rac1 Raf7 19.c4 b4 20.Qxb4 Nh5 21.Rc2 Nf4 22.Qc3 h5
23.Kh1 h4 24.Ne3 Qg5 25.Rg1 Nh5 26.Qe1 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rxf2 28.g4 Qf4 29.Rg2 Rf3
30.gxh5 Rxe3 31.Qd2 h3 32.Rf2 Qxe4+ 33.Kg1 Re1+ 34.Rf1 Re2  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wise,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.Qf3 a6 10.Qa3 b6 11.c4 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O f5 14.f4 Bb7 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.Be3 a5
17.Qb3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Bc8 19.Nb5 Nc5 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.Nd4 Bg5 22.Rad1 Qf6 23.Bxg5 Qxg5
24.Bf3 Rac8 25.Rfe1 Rf6 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Kf8 28.b3 g5 29.Bd1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Kxe8
31.Re2+ Kd8 32.Bc2 h5 33.a3 f4 34.b4 Na6 35.b5 Nc5 36.Kf2 Rf7 37.Nc6+ Kc8
38.Bg6 Rg7 39.Bxh5 Rh7 40.Be8 Bg4 41.Ra2 Rxh2 42.Kg1 Rh6 43.Bg6 Kc7 44.Bb1 Rh8
45.Nd4 Re8 46.Bf5 Bxf5 47.Nxf5 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Nd3+ 49.Kf3 Ne5+ 50.Kf2 Re4 51.Rd2 g4
52.Rd4 Rxd4 53.Nxd4 Nxc4 54.Ne6+ Kd7 55.a4 Ke7 56.Nxf4 Kf6 57.Nd3 Kf5 58.Kg3 Ne3
59.Nb2 Ke4 60.Kf2 Kd4  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rayner,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Qf6
9.Qg3 Qd4 10.Bb3 Nf6 11.Be3 Qb4 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bd4 Be6 14.Qh4 Nh5 15.Bxg7 Nxg7
16.f4 Rab8 17.g4 a5 18.Rhe1 a4 19.Nxa4 c5 20.f5 c4 21.fxe6 Nxe6 22.c3 Qb5
23.Bc2 Nc5 24.Rd5 c6 25.Rh5 gxh5 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kg8
30.gxh5 Rfe8 31.Rg1+ Kf8 32.Qxd6+ Re7 33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Rg8+ Kd7 35.Nxc5+ Qxc5
36.Rxb8 Qg1+ 37.Bd1 Rxe4 38.Qd2+ Ke7 39.Rb7+ Kf6 40.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crouch,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 c6 10.a4 a5 11.bxa5 c5 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Nb5 Ra6 14.Nb3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.Rb1 Ng6 17.Re1 Rf7 18.Bh5 Nf6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.f4 Ne4 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.g3 Qf6
23.Qe2 Bd7 24.Bb2 Ra8 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 f4 28.Rb2 Bh3 29.Nc3 fxg3
30.hxg3 Raf8 31.Ne4 Qh8 32.Rbb1 Bg4 33.Qg5 Bf5 34.g4 Rh7 35.Ng3 Bxb1 36.Rxb1 Qf6
37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Rb5 Rh4 39.Rxb7 Rxg4 40.Kg2 Rxc4 41.Re7 Rxa4 42.Rxe5 Kf8
43.Ne4 Rf5 44.Nxc5 Rxe5 45.Nd7+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.h3 b5 9.d4 e5
10.a4 Na5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.axb5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nxe4 14.Qc4 Bb7 15.Re1 Nd6 16.Qxc5 Rc8
17.Qb4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rc4 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Kg2 Rh4 21.Rh1 e4 22.Nd2 exf3+ 23.Nxf3 Rg4+
24.Kf1 Qb7 25.hxg4 Qxf3 26.Rg1 Re8 27.Qc2 f5 28.Ra4 Ne4 29.gxf5 Qh3+ 30.Rg2 Qh1+
31.Rg1 Qh3+ 32.Rg2 Qh1+ 33.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.g3 O-O 15.h4 g6
16.Bh3 Bg7 17.h5 Nf6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qd3 Bh6 20.Bg2 Bg5 21.Rd1 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Rc8
23.a3 Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Rc5 25.Qb3 Qb6 26.O-O Kg7 27.Rd3 Rd8 28.Rfd1 Qc6 29.Bf3 Be7
30.Rd5 Rb8 31.Kg2 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Bd8 33.Qd1 Bc7 34.Qd2 Rh8 35.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Summerscale,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.N2f3 O-O 12.Ne5 Qc8 13.Qf3 Re8 14.Nf5 Nce4
15.c3 Bf8 16.Nd3 b5 17.Be3 a5 18.Rfe1 b4 19.Bd4 Ra6 20.Qf4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxc3
22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Re1 Re6 24.Ne5 f6 25.Qg4 g6 26.Bxc3 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Rc6 28.Be1 Nd6
29.Qd4 Nxf5 30.Qxd5+ Kh8 31.Qxa5 Bg7 32.Re4 h6 33.g3 Kh7 34.Qd2 Rc2 35.Qd5 Qc6
36.Qxc6 Rxc6 37.a4 Rc2 38.a5 Ra2 39.h4 Nd4 40.Kg2 Nc6 41.Re6 Ra1 42.Rxc6 Rxe1
43.a6 Ra1 44.Kf3 Ra4 45.Kg2 h5 46.Re6 Ba1 47.Re7+ Kh6 48.a7 Ra2 49.Rd7 Bc3
50.Kh3 Bb4 51.Rc7 Bd6 52.Rc6 Be7 53.Rc7 Bf6 54.Rd7 Bc3 55.f3 Be5 56.f4 Ba1
57.Rd5 Rxa7 58.f5 gxf5 59.Rxf5 Ra2 60.g4 Ra3+ 61.Kg2 hxg4 62.Rg5 Bf6 63.Rxg4 Kh5
64.Rg3 Ra4 65.Kf3 Bxh4 66.Rg8 Bg5 67.Rh8+ Kg6 68.Rf8 Bf6 69.Rg8+ Kf5 70.Re8 Rf4+
71.Ke3 Rh4 72.Kd3 Be5 73.Rf8+ Ke6 74.Re8+ Kd5 75.Rd8+ Bd6 76.Re8 Rg4 77.Rd8 Rg3+
78.Kd2 Ke5 79.Rd7 Bb4+ 80.Kc2 Ke4 81.Rd8 Bc5 82.Re8+ Kd4 83.Rd8+ Kc4 84.Rd2 Bd4
85.Re2 Ra3 86.Rd2 Re3 87.Kd1 Re5 88.Rc2+ Kb3 89.Kd2 Bc5 90.Rc3+ Kb4 91.Rd3 Rf5
92.Kc2 Rf4 93.Rb3+ Kc4 94.Rc3+ Kd5 95.Rd3+ Bd4 96.Rd2 Kc4 97.Re2 Rf3 98.Rd2 Re3
99.Rg2 Ra3 100.Re2 Be3 101.Kd1 Kd4 102.Rc2 Ra8 103.Ke2 Rf8 104.Kd1 Ke4 105.Ke2 Bd4
106.Rd2 Rh8 107.Rc2 Rh3 108.Rd2 Be5 109.Rc2 Bc3 110.Kd1 Kd3 111.Rd2+ Bxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Qd2 Nc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.f5 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.h4 Qd7 15.O-O Rae8
16.Rad1 Na4 17.Nxa4 Qxa4 18.b3 Qa3 19.f6 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Ne6
23.b4 Rd8 24.Rfd1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.c5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Qc7 11.c3 Rd8 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.f4 Bc5 15.Ra4 Bxd4+
16.Rxd4 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rxd4 18.Ne4 Rxe4 19.Bxe4 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qxa5 21.Be3 h6
22.Bd4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qb5 24.Rf2 Bd7 25.Qe5 f6 26.Qxb5 Bxb5 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.Be3 a5
29.Rd2 Bc6 30.c4 a4 31.Bb6 a3 32.bxa3 Rxa3 33.Bd4 Ra4 34.c5 Kg6 35.g4 Ra3
36.Re2 Bd5 37.Bb2 Rb3 38.Rf2 Bf3 39.h3 h5 40.g5 h4 41.gxf6 gxf6 42.Bd4 Rd3
43.Bb2 Kf5 44.Bc1 Bd5 45.Bd2 Rxh3 46.Rh2 Rd3 47.Kf1 h3 48.Ke2 Rxd2+  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knott,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.a4 f5 11.a5 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nc2 h6 15.Bd2 Qe7
16.a6 bxa6 17.Nb4 Nf6 18.Nc6 Qf7 19.Bd3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "McFarland,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.h3 h6 9.Na3 Re8
10.Nc2 Kh7 11.a4 b6 12.d5 Na5 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.b4 Nb7 15.Bb5 Rf8 16.Nb3 Nf4
17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Ncd4 a6 19.Bc6 Qf6 20.a5 b5 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Rxc4 Nd8
24.Ba4 Qg5 25.Nf3 Qh5 26.Rxc7 Rxb4 27.Nbd2 Nb7 28.Rxc8 Rxa4 29.Rxf8 Ra1 30.Qxa1 Bxa1
31.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Millfield ENG"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ward,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.g4 f5 8.f3 h5 9.gxf5 gxf5
10.Qd2 Bf6 11.O-O-O f4 12.Bf2 Ng6 13.Bh3 Bh4 14.Bf5 Rg8 15.Nh3 Nb6 16.Rhg1 Kf8
17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Bxg6 Bxh3 19.Bxh5 Rg5 20.Rxg5 Qxg5 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Rg1 Kf7
23.Rxg4 Qh5 24.Qg2 Bf6 25.h4 Ke7 26.Nb5 c6 27.Nc3 Kd7 28.Rg7+ Bxg7 29.Qxg7+ Kc8
30.Qf8+ Kc7 31.Qxa8 Qxf3 32.dxc6 Qe3+ 33.Kc2 bxc6 34.b4 f3 35.b5 f2 36.bxc6  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Koster,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 Rb8
9.c4 Ne8 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.Na4 Ne6 12.Be3 d6 13.Rc1 Nd4 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.c5 d5
16.e5 Qc7 17.Rc2 Qa5 18.b3 Ba6 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rb7 21.Rb1 Rfb8 22.Nb2 e6
23.g4 Bf8 24.Rc1 Rb5 25.Rdc2 Ra5 26.a4 Bc8 27.g5 Rxb3 28.Nxd4 Rb4 29.Nf3 d4
30.Nd2 h6 31.h4 hxg5 32.hxg5 Ba6 33.Ne4 Rb3 34.Nc4 Rxa4 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nd6 Be7
37.Kg2 Bxd3 38.Rh1 Bxf6 39.Ne8+ Kf8 40.Nxf6 Be4+ 41.Nxe4 Ke7 42.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Claesen,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 b5 8.a3 e6 9.O-O Nge7
10.Be3 Nd4 11.Qd2 O-O 12.b4 Bb7 13.Rab1 a6 14.Ne2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Rc8 16.c3 Qc7
17.Rbc1 c4 18.d4 f5 19.Qc2 Bc6 20.g4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6
24.h3 Ne4 25.Rce1 e5 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Nd4 Bxd4+ 29.cxd4 Ng3  0-1

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Delemarre,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.h3 a6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.d5 Bb7 11.Nbd2 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Re1 Nd5
16.Be4 c4 17.h4 Nc5 18.h5 gxh5 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Bf6
23.Bg6 Kg7 24.Bxh5 Nd3 25.Rxd3 cxd3 26.Qxd3 Rad8 27.Qe2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 e4 29.Ne1 Rd8
30.Qe2 Qe5 31.Bg4 Qg5 32.Bxe6 Rd2 33.Qg4 Rxb2 34.Rd1 Qxg4 35.Bxg4 Bxc3 36.Kf1 Bc6
37.Rd8 Kf7 38.g3 Bxa4 39.Ng2 Rb1+ 40.Ke2 Rg1 41.Nf4 Re1+  0-1

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gregoire,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Qc2 d5 13.exd5 e4 14.Nd4 cxd5 15.c5 Rc8
16.Ncb5 Ne8 17.Bb2 a5 18.Qb3 axb4 19.Qxb4 Rb8 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Bxg7 Nxg7
23.Qd2 Ne6 24.Na7 Qd7 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Bb5 Qa8 27.Bd7 Nc7 28.c6 Rb3 29.Qf4 Qa7
30.a5 Rfb8 31.Qd6 Rb2 32.Qc5 Qa6 33.Qd6 Qa7 34.Qc5 Qxc5 35.Rxc5 Rb1+ 36.Rc1 Rxc1+
37.Rxc1 Kf8 38.Kf1 Ke7 39.Ke2 Rb2+ 40.Ke3 Ra2 41.f3 f5 42.fxe4 fxe4 43.Kf4 Kf6
44.Rb1 g5+ 45.Ke3 Ke5 46.Rb4 Rxa5 47.Kf2 d4 48.Rb3 d3 49.Rb7 Ra2+ 50.Ke1 e3
51.Bg4 Ra1+ 52.Bd1 e2 53.Rxc7 Rxd1+ 54.Kf2 e1=Q+ 55.Kf3  0-1

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Pedersen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 d6 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Bf4 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bb7
16.Qh5 Bf6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Rd3 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Nf6 20.Qg5 Qg4 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Re7 c5
23.Rdd7 c4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Rxb7 g6 26.h3 Nh6 27.g4 Kg7 28.Ne4 Rfe8 29.Nd6 Rxe7
30.Rxb8 f6 31.Nxc4 Nf7 32.Rb6 Re4 33.Nd2 Re2 34.Nf3 a5 35.Kf1 Rc2 36.Nd4 Rc1+
37.Kg2 Ne5 38.Ne6+ Kh6 39.Rb5 Nd3 40.Rxa5 Rc2 41.Kg3 Rxf2 42.h4 Rxb2 43.g5+ fxg5
44.hxg5+ Kh5 45.Ng7+  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O e5 6.Bc4 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Ng5 h6
9.f4 d6 10.Nf3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.Rae1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 18.Qg6+ Kh8 19.Qh5+ Kg7 20.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Michiels,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Ba4 Qc7 6.O-O a6 7.d3 b5 8.Bb3 d6
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 e5 11.a4 Bb7 12.f4 Be7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Ng3 O-O
16.Nf5 Bd8 17.Qf3 Ne8 18.Qg4 Bf6 19.Rf3 Bb7 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Kh8
23.Rh3 f6 24.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van den Doel,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.e5 Bc5 7.exf6 Bxd4 8.fxg7 Bxg7
9.Qg4 Bd4 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Be5 12.Bf4 Qc5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O-O f6 15.Qg7 Nf7
16.Nd6+ Nxd6 17.Qxh8+ Ke7 18.Qxh7+ Nf7 19.Be2 Qg5+ 20.Kb1 Kf8 21.Bh5 Nh6
22.Qh8+ Ke7  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bekker Jensen,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 Ne5 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Ng3 Rc8 12.Qe2 b5 13.Bc2 b4 14.Nd2 Ng6 15.cxb4 cxb4
16.Ndf1 d5 17.Bb3 Bd6 18.Be3 Ba6 19.Qd2 dxe4 20.dxe4 Be5 21.Qxb4 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Qc7
23.Qa4 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Bxa7 Bc3 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.Red1 Ne5 28.Be3 Nd3 29.Rb1 Nb2
30.Rdc1 Nd3 31.Rd1 Nb2 32.Rdc1 Nd3 33.Rc2 Nb4 34.Rxc3 Rxc3 35.Bd2 Bd3 36.Bxc3 Rxc3
37.Rd1 h6 38.f3 Nd7 39.Kf2 Nc5 40.Nd2 Nxb3 41.axb3 Bc2 42.Ra1 Bxb3 43.Ra3 Rc2
44.Rxb3 Rxd2+ 45.Ke3 Rxg2 46.Rxb4 Rxh2  1-0

[Event "Abihome Open"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fontaine,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Nce3 Ne7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7
16.g3 O-O 17.Bg2 Rac8 18.Nd5 Qa7 19.O-O f5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 e4 22.Nf4 Bd7
23.Ra3 Be5 24.Qd2 Bb5 25.Rfa1 Qb7 26.Qd5+ Qxd5 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Nb4 Bc4 29.Bf1 Bxf1
30.Rxf1 Rb6 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Nxa6 Ra8 33.Nb4 Kf7 34.f4 Bf6 35.Rd1 Ke6 36.Kf2 Bd8
37.Ke2 Bb6 38.Nd5 Ra2 39.Rd2 Bg1 40.h3 h5 41.Ne3 Bxe3 42.Kxe3 Ra1 43.g4 hxg4
44.hxg4 fxg4 45.Kxe4 Re1+ 46.Kd4 Kf5 47.b4 g3 48.b5 Rb1 49.c4 Kxf4 50.Kd5 Rb4
51.Rc2 Kf3 52.Kxd6 g2 53.Rxg2 Kxg2 54.c5 Rxb5 55.c6 Rb1 56.c7 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotter,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6
9.h3 Ne8 10.Qd2 e5 11.a3 Nc7 12.Bh6 Qd6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Qxb4
16.Rfb1 Qd6 17.Nd1 Be6 18.Ne3 Rfd8 19.Ng4 Bxg4 20.hxg4 Ne6 21.g3 Rh8 22.Kg2 h5
23.gxh5 Rxh5 24.Rxb6 Qd7 25.Ng1 Rah8 26.Rba6 Nd4 27.Rxa7 Qe6 28.c3 Nb3 29.Qa2 Rh1
30.Rb1 R8h2+ 31.Kf3 Qf6+ 32.Ke3 Qg5+ 33.Kf3 Nd2+ 34.Ke2 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Rh2+
36.Ke1 Qxg3+ 37.Kd1 Qxg1+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Rb1 b6 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qh6 Re8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.h4 Bxg5 15.hxg5 c5
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bb5 Rb8 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Rbd1 c4 20.Rd4 Re4 21.Rfd1 Rbe8 22.Qh3 Re1+
23.Kh2 Qxh3+ 24.gxh3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Re2 26.Kg2 Rxc2 27.Rxd5 Rxc3 28.Ra5 Rd3
29.Rxa7 Rd5 30.Rc7 Rxg5+ 31.Kf3 Ra5 32.Rxc4 Rxa2 33.Kg3 Ra3+ 34.Kg2 Ra7 35.Rb4 Kg7
36.Rc4 f5 37.h4 Kh6 38.Kg3 Kh5 39.f3 Ra3 40.Rb4 h6 41.Rf4 Rb3 42.Kh3 Rb5
43.Ra4 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Ra8 Rb3 46.Rh8+ Kg6 47.Kg2 Kf6 48.Rg8 Rb2+ 49.Kg3 f4+
50.Kh3 Rb1 51.Kg2 Kf5 52.Rf8+ Ke5 53.Re8+ Kf5 54.Rf8+ Kg6 55.Rg8+ Kf6 56.Kh2 Rb3
57.Kg2 Ra3 58.Rf8+ Ke5 59.Rg8 Ra2+ 60.Kh3 Kd4 61.Rxg5 Ke3 62.Rb5 Kxf3 63.Rb3+ Ke4
64.Rb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Obran,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 h5
9.Bxf5 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxf5 11.O-O-O Qd5 12.Kb1 a5 13.Qd3 b5 14.Nd2 Na6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.a3 Rg8 17.g3 a4 18.Nc3 Qd7 19.Qh7 Rf8 20.Ne4 b4 21.Nc5 Qd5 22.Nxa6 Rxa6
23.axb4 Bxb4 24.Qd3 Rb6 25.c4 Qd7 26.Bh6 Qb7 27.c5 Rb5 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Ka2 Ba5
30.Qc2 f5 31.Rd3 Rb4 32.Rhd1 Bd8 33.Rc3 Qb5 34.Rd2 Bf6 35.Qd3 Qa5 36.Qe3 Qd8
37.Qf3 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 Qxd4 39.Rc2 Qb4 40.Qxc6 Qb3+ 41.Kb1 Bd4 42.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trauth,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d3 Ne7 8.e4 Nd7 9.Be3 h6
10.Qd2 g5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Nxh4 Ne5 13.Qe2 h5 14.d4 Ng4 15.Bf3 Nc6 16.Bxg4 hxg4
17.Qxg4 Bf6 18.Nf3 e5 19.Nd5 Bc8 20.Qg5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Bg4 22.Bxd8 Bxf3 23.Bh4 Kd7
24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Rfe1 c6 26.Nf4 Rag8 27.Kf1 Rg4 28.Ng2 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Rhxh4
30.f4 Nxc4 31.b3 Rg7 32.bxc4 Rxf4 33.Rad1 Rfg4 34.Rd3 Ke6 35.Red1 Ke5 36.Rxd6 Rxg3+
37.Kf1 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 R7g2+ 39.Kf3 Rxd1  0-1

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rigo,Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 d6 7.e5 d5 8.h3 h6
9.b3 g5 10.Ba3 Qa5 11.Qc1 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Nh2 Bf5 14.Nc3 e6 15.Na4 Bf8
16.d3 h5 17.Qe3 d4 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.c3 Qb5 20.Rad1 h4 21.c4 Qa5 22.Qe2 Rb8 23.Qd2 Rb4
24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.c5 Ne7 26.Re4 Nd5 27.Rxd4 Bh6 28.Qe2 Bf4 29.Re1 Qc7 30.Kh1 Kf8
31.Rc4 Qd8 32.Nb2 Rg8 33.Qf3 Bd2 34.Ree4 h3 35.g3 Bxe4 36.dxe4 Nc3 37.Rxb4 Nb5
38.Rc4 Bc3 39.Nd3 Qa5 40.Ra4 Qc7 41.Ng4 Rg6 42.Nf4  1-0

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagaturov,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nd7 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Rc1 c5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Qb8 12.Bb1 Rd8 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 Ne5
16.Bxe5 Rxd2 17.Bxb8 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rxb8 19.Rd7 Bf8 20.Bc2 a6 21.Ba4 Kf7 22.Kf1 Bh6
23.Rd1 g5 24.h3 Bf8 25.Rd7 h6 26.Ke2 Ba8 27.g3 Bg7 28.g4 Bb7 29.h4 Bf8 30.Ke3 h5
31.hxg5 hxg4 32.gxf6 Bh6+ 33.Kd3 Kxf6 34.e5+ Kf7 35.Nh2 Bf4 36.Nxg4 Bf3 37.Nf6 Bxe5
38.Nfe4 Bxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Bxc3 40.bxc3 b5 41.cxb5 axb5 42.Bb3 Kf6 43.Rd6 c4 44.Bd1 Nd5
45.Kd4 Ke7 46.Ke5 Nxc3 47.Rxe6+ Kf8 48.Bc2 Nxa2 49.Rf6+ Ke7 50.Ra6 Nb4 51.Ra7+ Kf8
52.Be4 Rd8 53.Kf6 Rd6+ 54.Ke5 Rh6 55.Rb7 c3 56.Rc7 c2 57.Bxc2 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tomescu,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nh4 Ng6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.e5 c4
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Nd2 cxd3 11.O-O Qxb2 12.c4 g5 13.Rb1 Qc2 14.Bxg5 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Ba6
16.Rb3 d5 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.h3 f6 19.Be3 Ke7 20.Rxd3 Rhd8 21.Nb3 Be5 22.Na5 Rxd3
23.Rxd3 Ke8 24.Nxc6 Bxc4 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rd2 a6 27.a4 Rd8 28.Rc2 Rc8 29.Rb2 Bd5
30.Rb6 Rc6 31.Rxc6 Bxc6 32.a5 Kf7 33.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gofshtein,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.h4 d6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.c3 Nf6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Bh6 Bf8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc4 h6 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.h5 g5 15.Bg3 Qe7
16.Ne3 Bg7 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Nd2 Qf8 19.Ndc4 Kb8 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.f3 Rc8 22.Bh2 Rhd8
23.g4 a6 24.Be2 b5 25.d5 Nce5 26.Na5 c5 27.a4 c4 28.axb5 axb5 29.Kd2 Nc5
30.Ke1 Qc7 31.Ra1 Qb6 32.Bg1 Kc7 33.b4 cxb3 34.Nxb3 Kd7 35.Rb1 Ke8 36.Nd4 Ba6
37.Kf1 Qa5 38.Kg2 Ncd3 39.dxe6 Rxc3 40.exf7+ Kxf7 41.Qd2 Nf4+ 42.Kg3 b4 43.Bxa6 Qxa6
44.Nef5 Nc4 45.Qd1 Be5 46.Ra1 Ra3 47.Bf2 Ra8 48.Rxa3 bxa3 49.Qb3 d5 50.exd5 Rb8
51.Qd1 Rb2 52.Nc6 Nxh5+ 53.Kg2 Nf4+ 54.Kg1 a2 55.Nxe5+ Nxe5 56.Nxh6+ Ke8
57.Nf5 a1=Q  0-1

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg5 Qc8 6.Nbd2 d6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 Nd7
9.Re1 h6 10.Bh4 Ne7 11.d5 e5 12.b4 g5 13.Bg3 f5 14.exf5 Bxd5 15.Nc4 Nf6 16.Ne3 Bf7
17.h4 e4 18.Bb5+ c6 19.Bf1 d5 20.Nd4 O-O 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.c4 c5 23.bxc5 bxc5
24.Nb5 d4 25.Nd6 Qd7 26.Ng4 Nxf5 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Nxe4 Bg6 29.Qg4 Qc6 30.Nxg5 Ng7
31.Ne4 Bf5 32.Qf4 d3 33.Rad1 Bd4 34.Bxd3 Rae8 35.Qh4 Re6 36.Re2 Rh6 37.Qf4 Qg6
38.Bh4 Bg4 39.Nf6+ Rxf6 40.Bxf6 Qh5 41.Qb8+ Kf7 42.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Slobodjan,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.a4 Qc7 18.Nh2 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rb1 Be6 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 g6
23.g5 Qd8 24.Bd3 Bd7 25.Be2 Bc6 26.Be3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Qd2 Qd7 29.f3 Reb8
30.Nf1 Ra2 31.Re2 Qd8 32.Nh2 Bd7 33.f4 exf4 34.Bxf4 Ra5 35.Rf2 Bxg5 36.Qxd6 Bxf4
37.Qxf4 Be6 38.Nf3 Rba8 39.Nd4 Qe8 40.Rbf1 Ra1 41.Qd6 Rxf1+ 42.Rxf1 Rd8 43.Qc7 Rc8
44.Qe5 Bd7 45.Qd6 Rd8 46.Qf4 Qe7 47.Ra1 Be8 48.Kh1 Rc8 49.Kh2 Rc5 50.Ra8 Kg7
51.Qg4 Bd7 52.Qf4 Rh5+ 53.Kg1 Rh4 54.Qb8 Rxe4 55.Qh8+ Kh6 56.Nf3 Bg4 57.Qf8+ Qxf8
58.Rxf8 Bxf3 59.gxf3 Rf4 60.Kg2 Kg7 61.Rb8 h5 62.Rb5 f6 63.Rc5 g5 64.Rc7+ Kg6
65.Rc8 g4 66.fxg4 hxg4 67.Kg3 Re4 68.Rc5 f5 69.Kh4 Kf6 70.Rc8 Ke5 71.Kg5 g3
72.Re8+ Kd5 73.Rd8+ Ke6 74.Rd2 Rg4+ 75.Kh6 g2  0-1

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Arco ITA"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cocchi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d6 7.c4 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Ne5 11.Rac1 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Qc7 13.f4 Bd7 14.b3 Rac8 15.Kh1 Qa5
16.a4 Rfd8 17.f5 Ng4 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.Nce2 Bf6 20.h3 Ne5 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Be3 Qb4
23.Nf4 Nc6 24.Nh5 Nxd4 25.Nxf6 gxf6 26.Qh4 Nxf5 27.Rxf5 Rg8 28.Qxf6+ Rg7
29.Bh6  1-0

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "O'Donovan,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.d4 Qd8 10.d5 Na7 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Ng5 Be7 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Rxe6 Rd1
16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Re1 Rxe1 18.Bxe1 O-O 19.Nd2 Rd8 20.g3 Nge5 21.f4 Rxd2 22.Bxd2 Nf3+
23.Kf2 Nxd2 24.Bd3 Na5 25.Rd1 Ndc4 26.Bxc4+ Nxc4 27.Rd7 Kf7 28.Rxb7 Ke6 29.Ke2 Bf6
30.Kd3 Kd5 31.b3 Kc6 32.Ra7 Kb6 33.Ra8 Nd6 34.a4 Kb7 35.Rh8 h6 36.Rg8 Kb6
37.g4 Ka5 38.g5 hxg5 39.fxg5 Be5 40.h4 c4+ 41.bxc4 Kxa4 42.h5 Nf7 43.Rf8 Nxg5
44.Rf5 Bf6 45.h6 Kb3 46.hxg7 Bxg7 47.Rxg5 Bxc3 48.c5 Ba5 49.c6 Bd8 50.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delaney,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.g3 O-O 15.h4 g6
16.Bh3 Bg7 17.h5 Nf6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Nd5 Kg7 21.Bg2 Rc8 22.Nxf6 Qxf6
23.Qd2 Rh8 24.Ke2 a5 25.Rad1 Rxh1 26.Bxh1 Rc6 27.Kf1 Qe6 28.a3 Qh3+ 29.Kg1 Qd7
30.Bg2 Qc7 31.Qe3 Bc8 32.Bf1 Rb6 33.f3 Be6 34.Kf2 Rb8 35.Rd2 Qc6 36.Kg1 b4
37.cxb4 axb4 38.a4 Qxa4 39.Rxd6 Rc8 40.f4 exf4 41.gxf4 Qa1 42.Qd4+ Kh6 43.f5 Bc4
44.Qe3+ Kg7 45.Qd4+ Kg8 46.Rd8+ Rxd8 47.Qxd8+ Kh7 48.fxg6+ Kxg6 49.Qd6+ Be6
50.Qxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Short,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nbd2 Ne8 15.Nf1 Be6
16.Ne3 g6 17.Nd5 Ng7 18.Bh6 f6 19.a4 Na5 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 Nc6 22.Rxa8 Qxa8
23.Nc7 Qc8 24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Qd5 Nf4 27.Qxb5 Na7 28.Qb6 Qxc3 29.Ba4  1-0

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 Re8 10.d5 Na7 11.a4 Bd7 12.Re1 c6 13.e4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd7
16.Kg2 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qb6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Bc1 Na6 21.Be3 Nc8 22.Qd2 Nb6
23.h4 Nd7 24.h5 Ndc5 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 e5 27.dxe6 Nxe6 28.Qd2 Qe7 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Raa1 Nac5 31.Rab1 Qf6 32.Bg4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Belkhodja,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Ne7 6.Ne2 g6 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nbc3 O-O
9.f3 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.Qd2 fxe4 12.fxe4 Kh8 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Bc2 a5 15.Kb1 Bg4
16.Rdg1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Ng8 18.g4 Qh4 19.Rg3 Rf4 20.Qg2 Raf8 21.g5 Ne7 22.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Norkom European Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pein,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 e6 4.Ngf3 d6 5.Bd3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Ne7 8.O-O Nd7
9.Re1 h6 10.Rb1 g5 11.Bf1 Ng6 12.Nc4 g4 13.Nfd2 Qg5 14.a4 h5 15.Ne3 O-O-O
16.a5 f5 17.axb6 axb6 18.d5 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 exd5 20.Nxd5 Nc5 21.c4 Ne5 22.Ra2 Rde8
23.Qa1 Rhg8 24.b4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Nxe4 Qd8 27.Nef6 Kb8 28.b5 h4 29.Nxe8 Rxe8
30.Ra3 Qg5 31.Re3 Rf8 32.Qe1 Qf5 33.Re4 h3 34.Rf4 Qc8 35.Re4 Qe6 36.Qe3 Rg8
37.Rf4 Qg6 38.Ne7 Qb1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Magdeburg GER"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7
9.Nbd2 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Nc7 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Nc4 Nd5 15.f4 g6
16.Ncd6 Bc6 17.f5 exf5 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 N7f6 20.Bh6 Kh8 21.Bxf8 Qxf8
22.Raf1 Qg7 23.Rg5 Qh6 24.Nxf6 Qxg5 25.Bxd5 Bxf6 26.Bxc6 Rd8 27.Be4 h6 28.g3 Kg7
29.Kg2 Rd6 30.Bf5 Bd8 31.Rf4 Kf8 32.h4 Qe7 33.Re4 Qb7 34.Kh2 Qc6 35.Qg4 Bc7
36.Re3 Rf6 37.Kg1 Qd5 38.Bh7 Re6 39.Qg8+ Ke7 40.Be4 Qd8 41.Qg4 Kf8 42.Kg2 Qd6
43.Qf5 Qe5 44.Qh7 Qg7 45.Qf5 Qe5 46.Qf2 Rf6 47.Qe2 Re6 48.Qg4 Qd6 49.Kf2 Rf6+
50.Ke2 Qe6 51.Qxe6 Rxe6 52.Rf3 Be5 53.Bf5 Re8 54.Kd2 Ke7 55.Kc2 h5 56.g4 hxg4
57.Bxg4 Rg8 58.Re3 Kd6 59.Re4 Rg6 60.Kb3 Bg7 61.Kc4 Rf6 62.Kb5 Rf2 63.Re2 Rxe2
64.Bxe2 Kc7 65.Bf3 Bh6 66.Bd5 f6 67.Be4 Bc1 68.b4 axb4 69.cxb4 cxb4 70.Kxb4 Kd6
71.d4 f5 72.Bf3 Be3 73.Kc4 Bf2 74.h5 Be3 75.Bb7 Ke6 76.Ba6 Kf6 77.Kd5 Kg5
78.Be2 Kf6 79.Bd1 Bg1 80.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Magdeburg GER"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Brynell,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.g3 Be7
10.Bh3 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Ne2 f5 13.g4 Qd8 14.Ng3 Nb6 15.gxf5 exf5 16.Qc2 g6
17.Bf1 Be6 18.Qg2 a4 19.h4 Nc4 20.h5 Qa5+ 21.Kf2 Qb6 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Be3 Qxb2+ 25.Ne2 Kf7 26.Rab1 Qxa3 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Qxg6+ Bf7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7
30.e6 Nd8 31.Ne5 Bh4+ 32.Kf3 Qe7 33.Rb6 Ra6 34.Rxa6 bxa6 35.exf7+ Nxf7 36.Qg8+ Qf8
37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Ng6+ Ke8 39.Nxh4 a3 40.Nc3 Nd6 41.Bc1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Magdeburg GER"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lipinsky,F"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.d5 Na6 8.Nd4 e5 9.Nf3 O-O
10.O-O f5 11.Nb5 e4 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 g5 14.f3 Nc5 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Nf2 a6
17.Nxe4 axb5 18.Nc3 bxc4 19.d6 Nc6 20.Nb5 Be5 21.Qd5+ Kg7 22.dxc7 Bxc7 23.Nxc7 Qxc7
24.Qxc4 Qe5 25.Bd2 Ba6 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.Bxd5 Bxe2 28.Rfe1 Rfe8 29.Kf2 Bd3 30.Rad1 Rxe1
31.Bxe1 Bb5 32.Bc3+ Kg6 33.Bg2 Ra7 34.a3 Kf7 35.Rd5 Bc4 36.Rxf5+ Ke7 37.Rf6 Be6
38.Rxh6 g4 39.h4 gxh3 40.Bxh3 Ra4 41.Bxe6 dxe6 42.Rh4 Ra8 43.g4 Kd6 44.Rh1 e5
45.Kg3 Rg8 46.Rh6+ Kd5 47.Kh4 e4 48.Kg3 e3 49.Kf3 e2 50.Kxe2 Rxg4 51.Kf3 Rg1
52.Rh5+ Kc4 53.Rh4+ Kd5 54.a4 Kc5 55.Rh5+ Kd6 56.Rh6+ Kc5 57.Ke3 Rg4 58.Rh5+ Kd6
59.b3 Kc7 60.Kd3 Nb4+ 61.Bxb4 Rxb4 62.Kc3 Rg4 63.Rd5 Kc6 64.Rd4 Rg3+ 65.Kc4 Rg5
66.b4 Rg1 67.b5+ Kc7 68.Rh4 Rc1+ 69.Kd5 Rd1+ 70.Rd4 Rh1 71.Rc4+ Kb7 72.Re4 Rd1+
73.Ke6 Kc7 74.Re5 Rd4 75.Rf5 Rxa4 76.Rf7+ Kb8 77.Kd5 Rh4 78.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Algars,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.N1d2 d6 8.O-O Nc6
9.Kh1 Nf6 10.f4 h5 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.h3 Bd7 14.a4 a5 15.Bd2 e5 16.f5 Nb4
17.Bb5 Bc6 18.c4 Nf6 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nxe5 Bxb5 21.axb5 Bb8 22.Nc4  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loegdahl,Harald"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.Nf3 Rb8 9.a4 a6
10.Be3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.O-O Nd7 13.d4 b4 14.Na4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bb7 16.b3 Qc7
17.Ra2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Ba1 Nf6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Qe1 Bc6 22.c4 Nd7 23.Nb2 Nc5
24.Qe3 Bd7 25.Nd1 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Bb2 Ra2 28.Rf2 Ne6 29.Qf3 Bc6 30.Ne3 Qa7
31.Kh2 Ng5 32.Qe2 Rxb2 33.Qxb2 Qxe3 34.Qd2 Qxd2 35.Rxd2 Bf8 36.h4 Ne6 37.Ra2 Bc5
38.Ra6 Nd4 39.Bh3 Bxe4  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Molander,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 e6 7.Qxb7 Qc8 8.Ba6 Ne7
9.e5 dxe5 10.Qb5+ Qd7 11.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Ne7 5.e4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 d6 9.O-O c5
10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Nd7 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Nf5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Bb2 Nf6 16.Bh3 Bc8
17.Kg2 Ra7 18.Rae1 Rae7 19.Nc1 Nh4+ 20.gxh4 Bxh3+ 21.Kxh3 Qd7+ 22.Kg2 Qg4+
23.Kh1 Ne4 24.Nxe4 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.h3 Qxh3 28.f3 Bh6 29.Qg2 Be3+
30.Rf2 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qxh4+ 32.Qg3 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Re1 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Ne2 Rb1
36.Bf6 Kf8 37.Nc3 Rxb3 38.Ne4 Rb4 39.Nxd6 Rxa4 40.Nc8 Rb4 41.Ke2 a5 42.Ne7 Ke8
43.Nc6 Rxc4 44.Ke3 a4 45.d6 a3 46.d7+ Kxd7 47.Ne5+ Ke6 48.Nxc4 Kxf6 49.Nxa3 Ke6
50.Nb5 h5 51.Nc3 Kd6 52.Ne4+ Kd5 53.Ng5 f5 54.Nh3 Kc4 55.Nf4 h4 56.Nxg6 h3
57.Kf2 b5 58.Ne7 f4  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.e6 Qd6 12.Qe2 a5 13.b3 Nf5 14.Ba3 Qf4 15.Nc3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qxd4
17.Na4 Qa7 18.Bc5 Qc7 19.Bd4 Ba6 20.Qc2 Bb5 21.Nc5 a4 22.bxa4 Bc4 23.Nd7 Rfe8
24.Bb6 Qf4 25.a5 Bh6 26.Rad1 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.Bd4 f4 29.a4 Bg5 30.Ra1 h5
31.Ra3 Kh7 32.g3 fxg3 33.Rxg3 Rg8 34.Rg2 Bh6 35.f4 Rxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Kg6 37.Nc5 Kf5
38.Kf3 h4 39.h3 Rb8 40.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.c4 Ne7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 Nd7
9.O-O O-O 10.d5 h6 11.b4 c5 12.Nb5 Nc8 13.a3 g5 14.h3 a6 15.Nc3 Ne7 16.Bb1 exd5
17.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ulibin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Na5 10.Ne2 Qb3 11.Nd2 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 b5 13.b3 Nb8 14.g4 Nbc6 15.h4 f6
16.Bb2 Be7 17.Ng3 fxe5 18.dxe5 O-O 19.Bxb5 Rxf4 20.b4 Rb8 21.Be2 Nc4 22.Nxc4 dxc4
23.Nh5 Rf2 24.Ke1 Rf7 25.Rc1 a5 26.Bxc4 axb4 27.a4 Na5 28.Bb5 Bb7 29.Rh2 Bf3
30.Be2 Nb3 31.Rb1 Be4 32.Rd1 Bc2 33.Bc4 Bxd1 34.Bxe6 Bxg4 35.Bxg4 Re8 36.e6 Bd6
37.Re2 Rc7 38.Bf3 Bc5 39.Bd5 Nd4 40.Re4 Nxe6 41.Bxe6+ Kh8 42.Kd2 Rce7 43.Nxg7 Rxg7
44.Rg4 Bf8 45.Bc4 Ra8 46.Bb3 Rc8 47.Be5 h6 48.Kd3 Rc3+ 49.Bxc3 bxc3 50.Rc4 Rg3+
51.Kc2 Bg7 52.a5 Rg2+ 53.Kc1 Rg1+ 54.Bd1 Be5 55.a6 Bb8 56.Rxc3 Ba7 57.Rc6 Be3+
58.Kc2 Rg7 59.Be2 Re7 60.Bd3 Kg7 61.Kc3 Kf7 62.Bc4+ Kg7 63.Be6 h5 64.Bf5 Bf2
65.Rg6+ Kf7 66.Rh6 Re5 67.Bd3 Ra5 68.Be4 Bxh4 69.Rh7+ Kg8 70.a7 Bf2 71.Rxh5 Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ernst,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qd3 Be6
16.Rad1 g6 17.Nde3 Qb6 18.Bg4 Rad8 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Qg3 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Nb8 22.Ne3 Bf4
23.Qh4 Qa7 24.Nc4 f5 25.Be2 Kg7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Rd3 Rf6 28.Rh3 h6 29.Ne3 Rdf8
30.Bd3 Qd4 31.Nxf5+ Rxf5 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 33.Qe7+ Rf7 34.Qxd6 Nd7 35.Rh4 Qb6
36.Rg4+ Bg5 37.Qxb6 Nxb6 38.h4 Rf4 39.Rxf4 Bxf4 40.g3 Bd2 41.Rd1 b3 42.Rxd2 bxa2
43.Rd1 Nxd5 44.Ra1 Nb4 45.f3 h5 46.Kg2 Kg6 47.Kh3 Kf5 48.b3 Kf6 49.g4 hxg4+
50.Kxg4 Kg6 51.h5+ Kf6 52.h6 Kg6 53.h7 Kxh7 54.Kf5 Kg7 55.Kxe5 Kf7 56.f4 Ke7
57.Kf5 Kf7 58.Kg5 Kg7 59.f5 Kf7 60.f6  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6
9.Nd2 d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Nc4 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.Nb6 Rd8 15.Bc4 Rxd1+
16.Kxd1 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Be7 18.Ke2 Kd7 19.c3 Ke6 20.a4 f5 21.b4 Bf6 22.Rb1 Ne7
23.Na5 b6 24.Nb3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Be7 26.c4 Nxb4 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Nd4+ exd4 29.Rxb4 Rb8
30.a5 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Kd3 Kd5 33.Rxd4+ Kc6 34.Kc3 Re8 35.Rd2 Re4 36.Ra2 Kb7
37.a6+ Ka7 38.Kb3 g6 39.g3 f4 40.gxf4 Rxf4 41.f3 g5 42.Kc3 h5 43.Kb3 Rxf3+
44.Kb4 Rf5 45.Ka5 g4 46.Re2 b4+ 47.Kxb4 Kxa6 48.Re6+ Kb7 49.Rh6 Kc7 50.Kc4 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mannion,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rad1 O-O 18.Bb1 Qc5 19.Kh1 Rae8 20.Nc2 Nxd5 21.Qxf5 Re5 22.Qd7 Re7
23.Qf5 Re5 24.Qd7 Re7 25.Qf5 Nb6 26.Ne3 Re5 27.Qf4 f5 28.g4 fxg4 29.Qxg4 h5
30.Qh4 d5 31.Rg1 Qe7 32.Qxe7 Rxe7 33.Rg6 Rf6 34.Rxf6 Bxf6 35.Bc2 Kf8 36.Bb3 b4
37.Nxd5 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 bxc3 39.bxc3 Bxc3 40.Rxh5 e3 41.fxe3 Rxe3 42.Kg2 a5
43.Rh4 Rd3 44.Rf4+ Kg7 45.h4 Rd4 46.Rf3 a4 47.Be6 Be1 48.h5 Re4 49.Bf5 Re5
50.Bg6 Bd2 51.Ra3 Ra5 52.Kf3 Kf6 53.Rd3 Bc1 54.Rc3 Bb2 55.Rc4 a3 56.Kf4 Rd5
57.Rc6+ Ke7 58.Bf5 Rd6 59.Rxd6 Kxd6 60.Kg5 Ke7 61.Kg6 Kf8 62.Be6 Ba1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hunt,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.a3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Rb8
10.Ba2 b5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Bh6 Nde5 13.Nh2 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 Nec6
17.f5 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 f6 19.Ng4 g5 20.Nd5 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Rxb4 22.h4 h6 23.Ne3 Bb7
24.c3 Rb5 25.Rf2 Qe8 26.g3 Qf7 27.Ra1 gxh4 28.gxh4 Rg8 29.Rg2+ Kf8 30.Kh2 c4
31.Rxg8+ Qxg8 32.Rg1 Qf7 33.Nxc4 Qh5 34.Qf2 Ke8 35.Ne3 d5 36.Rg8+ Kd7 37.exd5 Qf7
38.Rg4 Rb3 39.Qc2 Rb6 40.c4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kindermann,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Nc4 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Bc5 10.f3 O-O 11.c3 Bd7 12.a4 Nd5 13.Bd3 Rfd8 14.Ke2 Be7 15.Bd2 Nc5
16.Bc2 a6 17.Nd4 Be8 18.Ne5 f6 19.Ng4 e5 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.b4 Ne6 22.Bb3 h5 23.Nf2 Bf7
24.g3 g6 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Nh6+ Bxh6 27.Bxh6 f5 28.Be3 Rc8 29.Rhc1 Rc4 30.Nd1 Rc8
31.Bb6 Rd6 32.a5 Nf8 33.Nb2 Nd7 34.Be3 Nf6 35.Na4 Bc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hertneck,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 Nb4 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Nf3 Nbxd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c6 12.Bd2 Re8 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.Bb4 hxg5 19.Bxe7 Bd7 20.Bxg5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8
22.Rxe8+ Bxe8 23.h4 a5 24.Kf1 a4 25.Ke2 Bb5+ 26.Kd2 Bc4 27.a3 f6 28.Bf4 Kf7
29.Kc3 Ke6 30.Kb4 b5 31.Kc5 Be2 32.f3 Bxf3 33.Kxb5 Bd1 34.Kb4 Kf5 35.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dutch Open Blitzchess"]
[Site "Dordrecht NED"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nd7 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.h4 h6 8.Re1 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7
10.Nf1 O-O 11.N1h2 c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Rc8 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Rad1 h5
17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Bb1 Na5 19.Nhf3 Ng4 20.Bf4 Nc4 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 b5 23.Ne4 Bxe4
24.Bxe4 Ncxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Bg5 Bf6 27.Bd2 Qc7 28.g3 Bd4 29.Bf4 Bxf2+ 30.Kg2 e5
31.Bg5 Bxe1 32.Rxe1 Qc5 33.Rf1 Rfd8 34.Qf3 Rd7 35.Bb1 Rcd8 36.Ba2 Rf8 37.Kh1 Qd6
38.Kg2 e4 39.Qe2 Qc6 40.Kh3 e3 41.Bf4 Nf2+ 42.Rxf2 exf2 43.Kh2 Qc5 44.Qf3 f1=B
45.Qxf1 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "Dutch Open Blitzchess"]
[Site "Dordrecht NED"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Bb3 e5
9.Nbd2 h6 10.Nf1 d5 11.h3 Re8 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Nh2 Qd7 14.Qf3 Kh7 15.Be3 b6
16.Rad1 d4 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Bc1 dxc3 19.bxc3 Qxa2 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qe6
22.Nf1 c4 23.dxc4 Na5 24.Ne3 Rac8 25.Nd5 Rxc4 26.g3 Rf8 27.Ba3 Rfc8 28.Kg2 Nb7
29.Rh1 Nc5 30.g5 Nxe4 31.gxh6 Bh8 32.Rh4 Ng5 33.Qe3 Rxh4 34.gxh4 Qg4+ 35.Qg3 Qxd1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.c4 Nd7 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Nc6 9.Be2 Be7
10.d5 Nce5 11.Nd4 Nf8 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qb3 c5 14.Nc2 Qd8 15.Be3 Ned7 16.a4 exd5
17.cxd5 Nh7 18.O-O O-O 19.f4 Re8 20.Na3 Bf6 21.Bf3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Ndf6 23.Qd3 Qe7
24.Rae1 Nxe4 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.Rxe7 Nxd3 27.Rxb7 Nxb2 28.Nb5 Nxa4 29.Ra1 Nc5
30.Rbxa7 Rxa7 31.Rxa7 Rd8 32.Rc7 Nf6 33.Rc6 Nd3 34.g3 Ra8 35.Nxd6 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Ra2+
37.Kg1 Ne1 38.Be4 Nxe4 39.Nxe4 Nf3+ 40.Kf1 f5 41.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ellers,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 g5 6.Qh5 Nc6 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.Bxg5 Nxe5 10.Bxe7 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Qe5+ 12.Be2 Nxe7 13.O-O-O Qg5+ 14.Kb1 e5
15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Rde1 a6 17.Bf1 Bf5 18.h4 Qg6 19.Rxe5 Bxc2+ 20.Ka1 Be4 21.Qf4 Nc6
22.h5  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pert,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Bg4 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.Ra3 Re8 12.Rb3 Ra7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nb6
16.Be3 Ra8 17.c3 Qc7 18.d5 Nc4 19.Qe2 Nd6 20.Bf3 e5 21.dxe6 Rxe6 22.Qd3 h5
23.Bf4 Be5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rd1 Nf5 26.g3 h4 27.g4 Ng7 28.Qd7 Re7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7
30.c4 Re8 31.Rbd3 Rce7 32.Kh2 Ne6 33.Rb1 Nc5 34.Rd4 Nxa4 35.Ra1 Nc5 36.Bd1 b6
37.Rd6 Re6 38.Rxe6 Rxe6 39.Bf3 Kf8 40.Kg2 Ke7 41.Rd1 Rd6 42.Re1+ Kd7 43.g5 Rd2
44.Bg4+ Kd8 45.Re3 Nd3 46.Rf3  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Webb,Ri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.a3 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bg5 b5
10.Ba2 Rb8 11.Qd2 a5 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Ng3 b4 14.a4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.f4 h6
17.Bh4 Be6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Ne4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Kg7 23.Raf1 Rbc8
24.R4f2 Qc6 25.b3 Qd5 26.h4 g5 27.Rf3 gxh4 28.Qf2 Kh7 29.Rf4 Qe5 30.Re1 Qd5
31.Nxf6+ Rxf6 32.Ree4 Rcf8 33.Rxf6 exf6 34.Rxd4 Qc6 35.Rc4 Qd6 36.Qa7+ Kg6
37.Rxh4 f5 38.Qxa5 Qg3 39.Qxb4 f4 40.Rh3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vogler,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.N4f3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O Bc5 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 Ba7 12.Bb2 e5 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Re2 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Nf3 Rd8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Qd2 b5 19.Qf4 Bb7 20.Rae1 Rac8 21.Re5 Bb8 22.Rxd5 Bxf4
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxd4 Nd5 25.Nb3 Bd6 26.Na5 Ba8 27.g3 h5 28.h4 Kf8 29.Kf1 Be7
30.Be2 Nf6 31.Nb3 Rc8 32.Rc1 Bd5 33.Nd2 Bc4 34.Nxc4 bxc4 35.Bd4 c3 36.Bxa6 Ra8
37.b5 Bxa3 38.Ra1 Bb2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f3 Nd7 6.Qd2 e6 7.Nge2 b6 8.h4 h6 9.g4 Bb7
10.Bg2 Ne7 11.f4 b5 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.b3 b4 14.Nce2 f5 15.Qxb4 fxg4 16.h5 Nf5
17.Bf2 Nh4 18.Rxh4 Qxh4 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Nh4 Qf7 21.Nxg6 Rg8 22.Bh4 Rb8 23.O-O-O Nd7
24.Qa4 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.e5 Qf7 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Qxa6 Rb8 29.Qc6 Kd8 30.d5 exd5
31.exd6 cxd6 32.Nd4 Rb6 33.Qa8+ Nb8 34.f5 Qb7 35.Qa5 Kd7 36.Re1 Re8 37.Rxe8 Kxe8
38.Qe1+ Kd8 39.Qe6 Qd7 40.Qxd5 Nc6 41.Ne6+ Kc8 42.f6 g3 43.Nef4 Nd8 44.Qa8+ Rb8
45.Ne7+ Qxe7 46.Qxb8+  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hebden,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Bg5 d5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.Qd3 c6 7.f4 Ne4 8.f5 Nxg5
9.fxe6 Nxe6 10.O-O-O g6 11.e4 Bg7 12.exd5 Nf4 13.Qg3 Nxd5 14.Nf5 Bf6 15.Nh6 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Qa5 17.h4 Nd7 18.Bc4 Rf8 19.Rhe1 Qa3+ 20.Kb1 Nb6 21.Bb3 O-O-O 22.Ng4 a5
23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 e6 25.Rf1 Qd6 26.a4 Nd7 27.Re3 Qxg3 28.Rxg3 Rde8 29.h5 Kc7
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Rh3 Re7 32.Rh7 Kd6 33.Rg7 b5 34.c4 bxa4 35.c5+ Kc7 36.Bxa4 e5
37.dxe5 Nxe5 38.Bb3 Rd7 39.Kc1 f5 40.Rg8 Rxg8 41.Bxg8 Rg7 42.Be6 Re7 43.Bg8 Nd7
44.Rh1 Rg7 45.Rh8 Nxc5 46.Bc4 Kd6 47.Ra8 a4 48.Kb2 g5 49.Kc3 f4 50.Rd8+ Kc7
51.Rf8 Re7 52.Rg8 Re5 53.Kb4 Kb6 54.Rb8+ Kc7 55.Rg8 Kb6 56.Rb8+ Nb7 57.Bd3 Re3
58.Ra8 Nc5 59.Bf5 Rg3 60.Rb8+ Nb7 61.Be4 a3 62.Bd3 Ka7 63.Re8 c5+ 64.Ka4 a2
65.Re1 Nd6 66.Ra1 Rxg2 67.Rxa2 Rg1 68.Kb3+ Kb7 69.Ra5 Kc6 70.Ra6+ Kd5 71.c4+ Ke5
72.Rc6 Ne4 73.Rc8 Kd4 74.Rd8+ Ke3 75.Bc2 f3 76.Rf8 f2  0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hebden,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.a4 Rfe8 17.Ng3 g6 18.Qe2 Bf8 19.b3 Na5 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nh2 Bg7
23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.hxg4 b4 25.c4 Nc6 26.g5 Ra3 27.Qd3 Rea8 28.Rad1 Bg4 29.f3 Be6
30.Be3 Nd4 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Ne2 Qc5 33.f4 Ra2 34.Kh1 Bg4 35.Rd2 h6 36.Nc1 R2a5
37.Qg3 Qc8 38.gxh6 Rh5+ 39.Kg1 Rxh6 40.Bd1 Bd7 41.Nd3 Ra3 42.Qf3 Qd8 43.Rf1 Ra5
44.Qf2 Qb8 45.Bf3 Ra3 46.Rb2 f5 47.Re1 Ra5 48.Rbe2 fxe4 49.Rxe4 Qb6 50.Re7 Bf5
51.Qe2 Ra7 52.Rxa7 Qxa7 53.Bg4 Bxg4 54.Qxg4 Qa2 55.Qd1 Qa5 56.Qf3 Qa2 57.Qd1 Rh5
58.Re8+ Kh7 59.Re2 Qa5 60.Re7 Kh6 61.Qf3 Qa1+ 62.Re1 Qc3 63.g4 Rh4 64.Qg3 Bf6
65.g5+ Kh5 66.Qf3+ Rg4+ 67.Kh2 Bxg5 68.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Levitt,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Ne7 5.e4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e5 Nf5 10.f4 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bb5 c4 13.g4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qd7 15.Rg1 O-O-O
16.O-O-O h5 17.h3 hxg4 18.hxg4 a6 19.Ba4 Rh3 20.Bc2 Kb8 21.f5 gxf5 22.Bxf5 Qc7
23.g5 Rhh8 24.Rh1 Ne7 25.Bc2 Bc8 26.Nh4 Be6 27.Qf4 f6 28.Nf3 fxe5 29.Nxe5 Rhf8
30.Qg3 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.dxe5 d4 33.Rh6 Bg4 34.Rg1 dxc3 35.bxc3 Bf5 36.Rxb6+ Kc7
37.Rf6 Bxc2 38.Kxc2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Levitt,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.c4 Nf6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.e5 Ng8 12.O-O Bc5 13.Rd1 f5 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Be3 Rb8
16.Bc5 Ne7 17.Bd6 Rc8 18.c5 Bd8 19.Qa6 O-O 20.Nd4 f4 21.b4 Rf7 22.a4 Nf5
23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.b5 Rf7 25.b6 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Rxb7 27.a5 a6 28.Ra4 Bg5 29.h4 Bh6
30.Rd3 Kf7 31.g3 Rg8 32.gxf4 g6 33.Rg3 Bf8 34.h5 Rg7 35.hxg6+ hxg6 36.Kg2 Rg8
37.Ra1 Bg7 38.Kf3 Rh8 39.Rag1 Rh6 40.f5 exf5 41.e6+ Kxe6 42.Bf4 g5 43.Rxg5 Bf6
44.Re1+ Kf7 45.Rxf5 Rg6 46.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hodgson,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 c6 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.h4 h5 12.g5 Ng4 13.a3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O e6 15.Ba2 Bc5
16.d4 Bb6 17.Be3 Rhe8 18.Nd2 a6 19.Kb1 Ba5 20.b4 Bb6 21.Nc4 Ba7 22.Qf3 Nb6
23.Bf4 Qe7 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.e4 Qd7 28.Rhe1 Bb8 29.Kb2 dxe4
30.Nxe4 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 Qc7 32.Qxc7+ Kxc7 33.c4 b6 34.a4 Re7 35.Kc3 Kb7 36.a5 bxa5
37.bxa5 Ka7 38.Nc5 Rc7 39.Na4 Rd5 40.Kb4 Rf5 41.Rf1 Rb7+ 42.Nb6 Rxa5 43.Kxa5 Rxb6
44.Rd2 Rb3 45.d5 exd5 46.cxd5 Rb5+ 47.Ka4 Kb6 48.d6 Ra5+ 49.Kb4 Rb5+ 50.Ka4 Ra5+
51.Kb3 Rb5+ 52.Kc4 Rc5+ 53.Kb4 Rb5+ 54.Ka3 Ra5+ 55.Kb2 Rb5+ 56.Kc3 Rc5+ 57.Kd4 Kc6
58.d7 Rd5+ 59.Ke3 Rxd2 60.Kxd2 Kxd7 61.Ra1 f6 62.Rxa6 Ke7 63.Ke3 Kf7 64.Ra7+ Kg8
65.gxf6 gxf6 66.Kd4 Bf5 67.Kd5 Bg4 68.Kd6 Kf8 69.Rc7 Ke8 70.Rc4 Kf7 71.Rf4 Bd1
72.Kd5 Bb3+ 73.Kd4 Be6 74.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hodgson,Ju"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.f4 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nd1 f5 9.exf5 Nxf5
10.g4 Nfh6 11.h3 Nf7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.c3 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Bg2 d5
17.O-O Qd6 18.Nf2 O-O-O 19.Rad1 Kb8 20.Rfe1 Bc8 21.Re2 h6 22.Rde1 g5 23.Ne5 Rh7
24.Nxf7 Rxf7 25.f5 Rfd7 26.Re6 Qf8 27.Qe3 Rd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Qf3 Qb6 30.Re2 c4
31.Kf1 d4 32.cxd4 Rxd4 33.Qe3 Qc7 34.Rd2 Rf4 35.Kg1 c3 36.bxc3 Bxc3 37.Rd3 Bb4
38.Ne4 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wahls,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Nxc3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Re8 10.b4 Bf5 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Rc1 Na4 14.Qb3 Nxb2 15.Qxb2 Qg5
16.g3 Re7 17.Rc5 Be4 18.O-O Rae8 19.f4 Qg6 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.fxe5 Qg5 22.Qb3 Re7
23.d4 Qg6 24.Rf4 h6 25.Qc4 b6 26.Qc3 c6 27.Bc4 Rb7 28.Qb3 Re7 29.Qd1 Bf5
30.Qf1 Be4 31.Qd1 Bf5 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.Bd3 Qe6 34.Bc2 g6 35.Qd3 Kg7 36.Bb3 Qh3
37.Qc4 Be8 38.Qc3 Qd7 39.d5 Qd8 40.d6 Rb7 41.e6+ f6 42.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Agdestein,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 f5
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Ne2 Nb6 11.a3 Bd7 12.h3 O-O 13.g4 Be8 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.gxf5 Bxf5
16.Nxf5 exf5 17.b3 Qe8 18.Ra2 Rc8 19.Rg2 Nd8 20.O-O Ne6 21.Kh2 Rf7 22.Rfg1 Qd8
23.Be3 Kh8 24.Qb1 g6 25.Qe1 Nd7 26.h4 Qf8 27.Rh1 Bxa3 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rhg1 Be7
30.Qa5 Nb6 31.Qxa7 Bd8 32.Qa1 Rg7 33.Qb1 Rxg2+ 34.Rxg2 Ng7 35.Bd2 Rc6 36.Qg1 Qf7
37.e6 Rxe6 38.Ne5 Qf8 39.Bb4 Be7 40.Ba5 Nc8 41.Bb5 Na7 42.Bd7 Rh6 43.Bc7 Ra6
44.Qb1 Bd6 45.Qc2 Qe7 46.Bd8 Qf8 47.Bg5 Bb8 48.b4 h4 49.b5 Rd6 50.Qb3 Nh5
51.Qh3 Nxf4 52.Bxf4 Rxd7 53.Qxh4 Rd6 54.Kg1 h6 55.Ng6+ Rxg6 56.Rxg6 Bxf4
57.Qxf4 Kh7 58.Rg2 Nxb5 59.Qe5 Nc3 60.Qc7+ Kh8 61.Qxc3 Kh7  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nxe4 8.d5 Nd6
9.Na3 a6 10.Qa4 Na7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Re1 b5 13.Qh4 Bb7 14.Bh6 f6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Rad1 Nac8 17.Nc2 Nf7 18.Ne3 Ncd6 19.Nd4 Re8 20.Qh3 Rc8 21.Bb1 Rc7 22.f4 Qb8
23.Rf1 Qa7 24.Kh1 e6 25.f5 e5 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Qf3 f5 28.Nexf5+ gxf5 29.Nxf5+ Nxf5
30.Qxf5 d6 31.Qg6+ Kf8 32.Qxd6+ Ree7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.Rf1+ Kg8 35.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Thiruchelvam,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Qd2 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.e6 fxe6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nh4 O-O 12.Nxg6 Rf6 13.Ne5 c5 14.O-O-O Nf5 15.g4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nxd4
17.Qxd4 Qd6 18.gxh5 Qb4 19.Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Rhg1 Kh7 21.Rg4 Rf5 22.Ne2 Rc8 23.Nd4 Bxe5
24.fxe5 Rf2 25.Kb1 Nxc2 26.Nxe6 Ne3 27.Rg7+ Kh8 28.Rdg1 Rxh2 29.Rxe7 Rg8
30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rg1 Rxh5 33.Nf4 Rh7 34.e6 Nf5 35.Nxd5 Rg7 36.Rh1+ Kg8
37.Rf1  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Emms,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.g3 g6 15.h4 Bg7
16.h5 O-O 17.Qg4 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.O-O Rc5
23.Bf3 Qe6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nh4 Ng6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.O-O e5
9.f4 d6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Qe1 c4 12.dxc4 Qh4 13.h3 Be6 14.Qxh4 Rxh4 15.Nd2 f6
16.Kh2 O-O-O 17.Re1 g5 18.Nf3 Rh5 19.Kg3 Bxc4 20.Be3 a6 21.Bb6 Rd7 22.Rad1 Bb4
23.c3 Bd6 24.b3 Bf7 25.Re2 Be7 26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.c4 c5 28.Nh2 Kc6 29.Ba5 Rh8
30.Kg4 Bg6 31.Kf3 Bd6 32.Be1 Ra8 33.Ba5 Rh8 34.Be1 Ra8 35.Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen,Cu"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7
16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Bf5 20.Bf1 Be4 21.b4 Qe7 22.Rd2 a6
23.a4 h5 24.Re1 Qf8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Nd8 27.Rc1 Ne6 28.Bg2 h4 29.Qf6 Qh6
30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Rd7 Rf8 32.c6 bxc6 33.bxc6 hxg3 34.hxg3 Ra2 35.Qh4 Qg7 36.g4 Qb2
37.Re1 e3 38.Rxe3 Qc1+ 39.Re1 Qxc6 40.Rd3 Nxf4 41.Rg3 Rb8 42.Qe7 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Na5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qf5 14.Re1 b6 15.Nb5 Nd5
16.Ng4 Kh7 17.Bxa5 bxa5 18.Ne3 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Rab8 20.a4 a6 21.Nc3 Rxb2 22.Qd2 Qf4
23.Ne2 Qb4 24.Qd1 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Bxa1 26.Qd1 Bf6 27.Re4 Qb7 28.Rc4 Qd5 29.Qc2 Rd8
30.Nc1 Qe5 31.Re4 Qc3 32.Qxc3 Bxc3 33.Rxe7 Kg7 34.Re4 Rb8 35.Rc4 Bd4 36.Kf1 Rb1
37.Ke1 Kf6 38.Rc2 Bb2 39.Kd2 Rxc1 40.Rxc1 Bxc1+  0-1

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.dxc3 Bf6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.h3 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Nh2 Qd7 15.Ng4 Qf5
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Kh2 Qf5 18.b3 Re6 19.Rg1 Rae8 20.Rde1 h5 21.Qd1 g6 22.Qd2 Qf6
23.Rgf1 c5 24.Bd1 Qf5 25.Bc2 Qf6 26.Bd1 Qf5 27.Bc2 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Doel,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bb3 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qd3 Ne8 12.Be3 a6 13.a3 Na5 14.Nd5 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Bxd5
16.exd5 Qd7 17.c4 b5 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nxe5 Qf5 20.f4 Nf6 21.Rad1 Bd6 22.Qd3 Qxd3
23.Rxd3 Rfe8 24.Bc1 c4 25.Rdd1 Rcd8 26.Kh1 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.d6 Re6 29.Bf4 Nh5
30.Bg5 Rdxd6 31.Be7 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 f6 33.Bd6 g5 34.Kg1 Re2  0-1

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxg2
10.Kxg2 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Qg4 Qc6+ 13.Qe4 Qxe4+ 14.dxe4 Nf6 15.Re1 Kd7
16.e5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.f4 f5 19.Kf3 Ke6 20.Be3 h6 21.h3 g5 22.c3 a5 23.a3 Rhb8
24.Rec1 c4 25.Ra2 Rg8 26.Rh1 gxf4 27.gxf4 Bh4 28.Rg1 Rxg1 29.Bxg1 Rg8 30.Bh2 d4
31.cxd4 Kd5 32.Ra1 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.Ke3 Rg2 35.Bg1 Rg3+ 36.Kd2 b3 37.Ke2 Ke4
38.Kf1 c3 39.bxc3 Rxc3 40.Rb1 Kf3 41.d5 b2 42.Be3 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rustemov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.e3 a6
9.Qe2 e6 10.b3 Nd7 11.Bb2 Ne7 12.Rfd1 h6 13.e4 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.d5 e5 16.b4 f5
17.Ba3 Nf6 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nh4 Bc8 20.Bb2 Qe8 21.a4 Ng6 22.Nxg6 Qxg6 23.c5 bxc5
24.bxc5 f4 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Ba3 Rd8 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Bf5 29.Rb4 Bd3 30.Qb2 Qf5
31.h3 e4 32.gxf4 Nh5 33.Rb7 Bd4 34.Rb8 Qf6 35.Nxe4 Bxb2 36.Nxf6+ Bxf6 37.Bxd6 Rxb8
38.Bxb8 Kf7 39.Bf3 Ng7 40.Be5 Nf5 41.Bh5+ Ke7 42.Bg6 Bh4 43.a5 Kd7 44.Bg7 Bd8
45.Bxh6 Bxa5 46.Bf8 Bd8 47.Ba3 a5 48.d6 Bf6 49.Kh2 Bc2 50.Bf7 Nxd6 51.Ba2 a4
52.Kg3 Bb3 53.Bb1 Nc4 54.Bf5+ Kd8 55.Bb4 a3 56.Bxa3 Nxa3 57.h4 Ke7 58.h5 Bg7
59.Kg4 Kf6 60.Bd3 Bh6 61.Kf3 Nc4 62.Kg4 Bd1+ 63.Kg3 Nd6 64.f3 Nf5+ 65.Kg4 Nd4
66.Be4 Ne6 67.f5 Nf4 68.Bb1 Bb3 69.Be4 Bf7 70.Kg3 Bxh5 71.Kf2 Be8 72.Kg3 Bd7
73.Kg4 Ne2 74.Kh5 Be3 75.Kg4 Nd4 76.Kg3 Nxf5+ 77.Kg2 Ke5 78.Bb7 Kf4 79.Kf1 Bb5+
80.Kg2 Nh4+ 81.Kh3 Bf2 82.Kh2 Bf1 83.Bc6 Nf5 84.Bb7 Nd4 85.Ba8 Ne2 86.Bc6 Bg1+
87.Kh1 Kg3 88.f4 Kf2  0-1

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Schandorff,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Ra2 Qd7
16.Ng5 Rae8 17.Rae2 Nd8 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Re8 21.f3 c6 22.a4 Ne6
23.Qe2 Nc7 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.g3 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nf6 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Qd3 h6 29.Kg2 Qe7
30.Be3 a6 31.Bf2 Qd7 32.c4 Be7 33.Qb1 Kg8 34.Bc2 Qc7 35.Bf5 b6 36.Bd3 a5
37.c5 bxc5 38.dxc5 Nd7 39.Qc2 Qa7 40.Be4 Bxc5 41.Bxc6 Bxf2 42.Qxf2 Qc7 43.Bd5 Nf6
44.Bb3 Kf8 45.Qe3 Nd7 46.Qd4 Nc5 47.Ba2 Ne6 48.Bxe6 fxe6 49.Kh3 e5 50.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bf5 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 c6
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Akesson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Bh6 f6 11.Bxg7 Qxg7 12.Ne2 Nf8 13.Nh2 Ne6 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 O-O
16.O-O-O f5 17.Rhf1 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Bf5 20.Qe3 Rae8 21.Qxc5 Re2
22.Rd2 Qh6 23.Qc4+ Be6 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qb4+ c5 26.Qxc5+ Kg8 27.Nf3 Rxg2
28.Kd1 Qxh3 29.Ne1 Qg4+ 30.Kc1 Qg5 31.Qxg5 Rxg5 32.Rh2 Bd5 33.c4 Bc6 34.Kd2 Ra5
35.a3 h5 36.d4 Rg5 37.d5 Bd7 38.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedersen,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 h6
9.Nbd2 d6 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 b5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.a4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Qd7 15.Ba3 g5
16.Nf1 d5 17.N3d2 Nd4 18.a5 f5 19.Bb2 dxe4 20.dxe4 f4 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.g4 Nc6
23.Qe2 Rfd8 24.Nf3 Qc4 25.Qb2 Bxg4 26.N1d2 Qe6 27.Nb3 Bf8 28.Rec1 Bxf3 29.Bxf3 g4
30.Bd1 Kh7 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxe5 f3 33.Nd4 Qd7 34.Rc1 Bg7 35.Qf5+ Qxf5 36.Nxf5 Rbc8
37.Rb1 Be5 38.h3 h5 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Bb3 Rc3 41.Bd5 Rdc8 42.Ng3 Rc1+ 43.Rxc1 Rxc1+
44.Kh2 Rf1  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nilssen,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 c5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Nf3 Qxc5
15.Be3 Qc4 16.b3 Qa6 17.Bc5 Qb7 18.Nd4 a5 19.Rc1 Ra6 20.Qd3 Be6 21.Bxe7 Rc8
22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Bd6 Ra8 24.Qd2 Qa6 25.Rc1 Bd7 26.Rc7 Ra7 27.Qg5 f6 28.exf6  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 Nc6 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.c3 dxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb7
16.Ne5 Na5 17.d5 Rc8 18.Nd4 Bb4 19.Nec6 Bxc6 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.dxc6 Bxe1 22.Qxe1 Re8
23.Qf1 Ne4 24.Qc4 Qf6 25.Rc1 Nc5 26.Be3 Rxc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Rd1 h6 29.Rd5 Re4
30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Qxf7 Qe6 32.Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jepson,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.e5 b5 9.a4 b4
10.Ne4 Nb6 11.Bf2 Bb7 12.a5 Nbd5 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bh4 Nf5 16.Bf6 Bxf6
17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.exf6 Qd8 19.Qxb4 Rb8 20.Qc3 Qxf6 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Rf2 Rfc8
23.b4 c5 24.dxc5 dxc5 25.bxc5 Rxc5 26.Qb2 Rb5 27.Qd4 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Qxc2 29.h3 Rd5
30.Qa7 Rb2 31.Rg3 Rd2 32.Kh1 Qe4 33.Rg1 Qxf4 34.Rg4 Qd6 35.Rf1 Qd7 36.Qxa6 h5
37.Rgf4 f5 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.Rg1 e5 40.Rc4 f4 41.Rgc1 Qf7 42.Rc7 Rd7 43.Rxd7 Qxd7
44.Rc8 Qf7 45.Rf8 Qe7 46.Rh8+ Kg7 47.a6 Rb1+ 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Qb7 Kxh8 50.Qxe7 Rxa6
51.Qxe5+ Kh7 52.Qc7+ Kh6 53.Qxf4+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6 55.Kg3 Ra3+ 56.Kf2 Ra6
57.g3 Ra8 58.Qf4+ Kg7 59.Qe5+ Kh6 60.Qe3+ Kg7 61.Qe7+ Kh6 62.Kf3 Ra6 63.Qf8+ Kh7
64.Qf7+ Kh6 65.Qg8 Rf6+ 66.Ke4 Rc6 67.Qh8+ Kg5 68.Kf3 Rf6+ 69.Kg2 Rf7 70.h4+ Kf5
71.Qh6 Kf6 72.Kf3 Ke5+ 73.Ke3 Rf6 74.Qg7 Kf5 75.Kf3 Ke5+ 76.Kg2 Kf5 77.Qd7+ Re6
78.Qf7+ Ke5 79.Qf4+ Kd5 80.Kf3 Kc5 81.Qf7 Rd6 82.Qe7 Kd5 83.Kf4 Re6 84.Qf7 Kd6
85.Kg5 Ke5 86.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aaberg,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c6 10.Rb1 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bf5 12.e4 Bd7 13.b4 Qc7 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.h3 Rfc8
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Nbd4 a5 18.b5 Be8 19.Kh2 Nd7 20.f4 a4 21.Rb4 a3 22.Qb3 Qc5
23.e5 Ndb6 24.Rd1 dxe5 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Bf4 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 Ne3 28.Qxe3 Qxb4
29.Nfe6 Qc3 30.Qh6 fxe6 31.Rf1 Bd7 32.Rf4 Nxd5  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Ne7 10.c4 Nbc6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bc3 Bd7 14.b4 Na7 15.Re1 Bb5
16.Nf1 Re8 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qd7 19.Ne3 Nb5 20.Bd2 Rad8 21.h3 Ng6 22.Nf5 Bf4
23.g3 Bxd2 24.Nxd2 Ne7 25.Nxe7+ Rxe7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qe3 Qd7 28.Re1 Na7 29.Nf3 f6
30.Kg2 Nc6 31.Qb3 Na7 32.Re3 g6 33.h4 Kf7 34.Qd3 Qb5 35.Qd1 Nc6 36.h5 Ne7
37.hxg6+ Nxg6 38.Qb1 Qd7 39.Qh1 Kg7 40.Qh5 Rf8 41.Nh4 Nxh4+ 42.Qxh4 Qf5 43.Qh3 Qxh3+
44.Kxh3 Kf7 45.Kg4 Rg8+ 46.Kf5 Rg5+ 47.Kf4 h5 48.f3 Rg8 49.Re2 Rh8 50.Kf5 h4
51.g4 Re8 52.Rxe8 Kxe8 53.Kf4 Kf7 54.Ke3 f5 55.g5 h3 56.Kf2 f4 57.Kg1 Kg6
58.Kh2 Kxg5 59.Kxh3 Kh5 60.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.d3 Nf8 10.Rb1 c6 11.b5 c5 12.Nd2 h5 13.a4 Be6 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Bf3 d5 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Nc4 Rcd8 20.Rfd1 Nh7 21.Rbc1 Ng5 22.b6 a6 23.Na5 Rc8
24.Qc4 Qd7 25.h4 Ne6 26.Qe4 Nd8 27.Ba3 Bf8 28.Rd2 f5 29.Qc4+ Ne6 30.Rdc2 Kh7
31.Nb3 Rc6 32.a5 Rd8 33.Bb2 Bg7 34.Nd2 Qxd3 35.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.c4 Nc7 6.Nc3 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Nd7 8.Nf3 g6
9.Bf4 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qb3 Ne6 13.Be5 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.d5 Nf4 17.Bf1 Nf6 18.Rd4 cxd5 19.cxd5 e5 20.Rc4 Qb8 21.Re1 Re8 22.Rb4 b6
23.Bb5 Bd7 24.g3 a5 25.Ra4 Bxb5 26.Qxb5 e4 27.Nxe4 N4xd5 28.Rd4 Qb7 29.Nxf6 Nxf6
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Qd3 Rc8 32.Kg2 Rc5 33.h4 h5 34.Rf4 Ng4 35.Qd4+ Ne5 36.Qe4 Qxe4
37.Rxe4 Nd3 38.b3 Rc2 39.Rd4 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jakobsen,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 dxe4 6.dxe4 e5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nf6
9.c3 a6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Nh4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 g6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Nf3 b5
16.Qe2 O-O 17.f5 c4 18.Kh1 Nc5 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Ng5 f6 21.Nf3 Bf8 22.Be3 g5
23.Ne1 Nd3 24.Rd1 Nxe1 25.Rdxe1 Rd3 26.a3 Na5 27.h4 h6 28.Rf2 Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderton,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.e4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Rfe1 Bd7
16.Kh2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.b3 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rdd1 Rb5 22.h4 Ra5
23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Qb8 25.Re2 Qb6 26.Rdd2 Rea8 27.Qc1 Bg4 28.f3 Be6 29.Rc2 R8a7
30.Bh3 Bxh3 31.Kxh3 Qb5 32.Qd2 Qb6 33.Kg2 Rc5 34.Rxc5 Qxc5 35.Qb2 h5 36.e5 dxe5
37.Rxe5 Qc6 38.Qe2 Ra8 39.Re4 Rb8 40.Qc4 Qd6 41.Rd4 Qf6 42.Qxc7 Ra8 43.Rd2 Re8
44.Qc5 Qa1 45.Qxb4 Re1 46.Qc5 Qb1 47.Qf2 Rc1 48.Rb2 Qd3 49.a4 Qd1 50.g4 Qh1+
51.Kg3 Rg1+ 52.Kf4 hxg4 53.Qe3 gxf3 54.Qe8+ Kg7 55.Qe5+ Kg8 56.Qe8+ Kg7 57.Qe5+ Kh7
58.Qe7 g5+ 59.Kf5 Qh3+ 60.Kf6 gxh4 61.Qxf7+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 e5
10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.c3 Be6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Rfd8 16.Qb3 Nf6
17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Rac1 Kh7 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 e5 21.Rf3 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Ne4 b6
24.Bd2 Rd7 25.Rcf1 Rf8 26.Qc4 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Nf4 28.Bxf4 Rd4 29.Bg5 hxg5 30.Qc1 Bh6
31.Qc8 Kg7 32.Nf6 Rd8 33.Qc3 Kh8 34.Ne4 Bg7 35.Qc6 Kh7 36.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hertneck,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f5
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Rg1 Bd7 12.g4 O-O 13.a3 Na5 14.b3 Rc8 15.Kf1 Na8
16.gxf5 exf5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Nc3 Qxb3 19.Qxb3 Nxb3 20.Nxd5 Bd8 21.Rb1 Be6 22.Ne3 Nxd2+
23.Nxd2 Bb6 24.Nf3 Nc7 25.Ke2 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Rgc1 g6 28.a4 Rfd8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.Rb5 Bc6 31.Rb4 Rd8 32.Bb5 Ba5 33.Bxc6 Bxb4 34.Bxb7 Rb8 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Bc4 Ba3
37.Ng5 Rb2+ 38.Kf3 Rxh2 39.Kg3 Rc2 40.Nxh7+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nc4 Nh5 11.Be2 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Na5 Rab8
16.Kf1 b6 17.Nb3 Kf8 18.Bc4 Ke7 19.a4 Be8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Ke2 a5 22.Bb5 Bxb5+
23.axb5 Be5 24.Nc1 Ke6 25.Nd3 f5 26.Ra4 Bd6 27.h3 g5 28.Rd4 fxe4 29.Rxe4+ Kf5
30.Rd4 h6 31.Rd5+ Ke6 32.c4 a4 33.h4 Be7 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Re5+ Kf7 36.Re4 Bf6
37.c5 Rd4 38.Ne5+ Bxe5 39.Rxe5 Kf6 40.Re8 Rb4 41.cxb6 cxb6 42.Ra8 Rxb5 43.Rxa4 Rxb2+
44.Kf3 b5 45.Ra8 Rc2 46.Rb8 Rc5 47.Ke4 Re5+ 48.Kd4 Re2 49.g4 fxg3 50.fxg3 Kf5
51.Rxb5+ Kg4 52.Kd3 Rg2 53.Ke3 Rxg3+ 54.Kf2 Kh3 55.Rb8 Rg2+ 56.Kf1 g4 57.Rg8 Ra2
58.Rg7 Kg3 59.Rg8 Ra1+ 60.Ke2 Rg1 61.Rg7 Kh2 62.Rg8 g3 63.Rg7 Kg2 64.Rh7 Ra1
65.Rh8 Ra2+ 66.Ke1 Kg1 67.Rh7 g2 68.Rh8 Ra5  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antoms,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 dxe6 8.O-O Nd4
9.d3 Nec6 10.Bg5 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Bd4+ 12.Be3 Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Qd4 14.Qxd4 cxd4
15.Nb5 Ke7 16.Rae1 Bd7 17.Nc7 Rac8 18.Nd5+ Kd6 19.Nf6 Ne5 20.c3 dxc3 21.bxc3 Ba4
22.Bb3 Bxb3 23.axb3 Nxd3 24.Rd1 Rxc3 25.Rf3 Ke7 26.Ng4 Rd8 27.Nf2 Nxf2 28.Rxd8 Rxf3  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zaja,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Re1 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Nbxd4 Bxd4
16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.Qxd4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nd7 19.f4 Nc5 20.Qc4 Nb3 21.Ra7 Qh4 22.Rxc7 Qg4+
23.Kh1 Qf3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 Qh3+ 26.Ke2 Qh5+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+ 28.Ke2 Qh5+ 29.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Bc4 Be6 10.Nd5 Rc8 11.c3 O-O 12.O-O Bg5 13.Qd3 Kh8 14.Rad1 f5 15.Ne3 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Be7 18.g3 Rf6 19.Ne3 Qe8 20.Rd2 Qh5 21.Qg4 Qe8 22.Rfd1 Rd8
23.Nd5 Rg6 24.Qe4 Qf7 25.Re2 Rh6 26.Nd2 Rf8 27.Nf1 Bd8 28.Red2 Qh5 29.Nde3 Bc7
30.b4 a6 31.a4 Qf7 32.Qc4 Qh5 33.Qe4 Qf7 34.Qd5 Qh5 35.Nc4 Nd8 36.h4 Rg6
37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 b6 39.Qg2 Nf7 40.Nfe3 Nh6 41.Nxd6 Bxd6 42.Rxd6 Qe2 43.c4 Rxd6
44.Rxd6 e4 45.Re6 Ra8 46.Rxe4 Ng8 47.Nd5 Qd3 48.Rf4 h5 49.Qf3 Ra1+ 50.Kh2 Qb1
51.Qxh5+ Nh6 52.Qe8+ Ng8 53.Qe4 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 Qf1+ 55.Qg2 Qe2 56.Re4 Qd1 57.Kh2 Qh5
58.Nf4 Qf7 59.Qf3 Nf6 60.Rd4 Re1 61.Rd8+ Kh7 62.Nh3 Kg6 63.Qd3+ Ne4 64.Rd6+  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 h6 9.O-O g5
10.Ne1 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nd3 b6 13.f4 Bb7 14.Bh5 Nf6 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.fxg5 hxg5
17.Bxg5 Rh5 18.e5 Qd4+ 19.Be3 Qh4 20.g3 Qg4 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Rf4 Qg6 23.Raf1 Nf5
24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Nf4 Rxf4 26.Qd7+ Kg8 27.Qxe6+ Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.Rxf4 Re8
30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Ne4 Be5 32.Ng5+ Kd6 33.Nf7+ Kd7 34.Nxe5+ Rxe5 35.h4 Be4 36.Rf7+ Ke6
37.Ra7 Kf5 38.Rxa6 Re6 39.Ra7  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pavasovic,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 Na5 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Ba3 Nc6 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.h3 a6 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Qd3 h6 19.Na4 Rc7 20.Re1 dxe5 21.Bxe7 Rcxe7 22.dxe5 Bc8
23.Qc2 f6 24.exf6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 Qxf6 27.Qd2 d4 28.Nc5 Qe7 29.Ncd3 Bf5
30.g4 Bg6 31.f4 Bf7 32.Nf3 Qe4 33.Kf2 Bd5 34.Qe2 Qg6 35.f5 Qf7 36.Nf4 Qd7
37.Nxd5 Qxd5 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qg6+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qg6+ Kg8 42.g5 Qf7 43.Qxf7+ Kxf7
44.h4 hxg5 45.hxg5 b5 46.a3 Ke7 47.Ke2 Kd6 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.f6 gxf6 50.gxf6 Nb8
51.f7 Nd7 52.b4 Ke6 53.Ng5+ Kd5 54.Kc2 Nf8 55.Kd3 Ng6 56.Nf3 Nf4+ 57.Kc2 Ng6
58.Nh4 Nf8 59.Kd3 Ke6 60.Kxd4 Kxf7 61.Kd5 Nd7 62.Nf5 Nb6+ 63.Kc5 Na4+ 64.Kc6 Nb2
65.Nd4 Nc4 66.Nc2 Ke7 67.Kb7 a5 68.Nd4 axb4 69.axb4 Nb2 70.Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kelly,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 Ne4
9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Bb4 11.e4 O-O 12.Nf3 dxe4 13.Qxe4 a5 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Rfe1 Re8
16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Qf4 Bf6 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Rd3 Rad8 20.Red1 c5 21.Qe4 g6 22.g3 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ledger,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.N4f3 Nc6 8.a3 Be7
9.b4 O-O 10.Bb2 Ng4 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qe2 a5 14.c4 Qd7 15.b5 Nd4
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.O-O b6 18.Nb3 Qf4 19.g3 Qc7 20.a4 Bb7 21.Rac1 Nd7 22.c5 bxc5
23.Qc2 g6 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxc5 Qd7 26.Qe3 Qd5 27.f3 Rac8 28.Be4 Qe5 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.Rc1 Rxc1+ 31.Qxc1 Qd4+ 32.Kf1 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Qxe4 34.Qc7 Qxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hjelm,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Ne4 8.Qe2 Bf5
9.Rd1 Qc8 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nd2 c5 13.Nxe4 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Be7 15.Bg5 Bxe4
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Qxe4 c5 18.Qh4+ Kf7 19.Rf4+ Kg8 20.Qe7  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hunt,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.g4 Be6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Rg1 Nc6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Nd2 b5
16.b4 Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Rg4 Qb6 19.Qe1 Rac8 20.Be3 Qb5 21.Rd1 f5 22.Rg1 Bd8
23.c3 Bb6 24.Bxb6 Nxb6 25.Qd2 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra8 28.g6 h6 29.f4 Nd7
30.Bf1 Ra3 31.Bh3 Qa4 32.Rb1 Qa8 33.fxe5 Nxe5 34.Rgf1 Nd3 35.Qg2 Ra2 36.Qf3 Qa7
37.Bxf5 Nf2+ 38.Kg2 Ne4+ 39.Kh1 Nf2+ 40.Kg2 Ne4+ 41.Kh1 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Handke,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.a4 h6 10.Re1 e5 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Bd2 f5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.b4 fxe4 15.dxe4 cxb4
16.Qd3 bxc3 17.Bxc3 Rad8 18.Ne3 Qe8 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.Rd2 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4
23.Nc2 Bc4 24.Qb4 Nc6 25.Qa3 Ba6 26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Qxb4 d3 28.e5 dxe5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
30.Rxe5 Rfe8 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Be4 Qe5 33.Bxg6 Kg7 34.Qg4 Qe1+ 35.Kg2 Qxd2
36.Qe6 Bb7+ 37.Kh3 Bc8  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Borbjerggaard,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 Nd7 6.Nxb7 Qb6 7.Nc5 Nxc5 8.dxc5 Qxc5
9.c3 Qb6 10.Nf3 g6 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Bc4 Qxb3 13.axb3 Bxc4 14.bxc4 Bg7 15.Ra6 Kd7
16.Bf4 f6 17.Ke2 e5 18.Rd1+ Kc7 19.Rda1 Bh6 20.Bg3 Kb7 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Re8
23.Rxa7+ Kb6 24.b4  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Couso,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.g3 g6 15.h4 O-O
16.Bg2 Rb8 17.h5 Bg7 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Qxb6 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Qc2 Rdc8 22.Qb3 Qd8
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rd2 Rc6 25.Qd1 Bf6 26.O-O a5 27.a3 Bc8 28.Qf3 Bg5 29.Rfd1 Be6
30.Bf1 Bb3 31.Ra1 Kg7 32.Rd3 Qd7 33.Nd5 Bc2 34.Rad1 Bxd1 35.Qxd1 Bd8 36.Be2 Bb6
37.Bg4 Qd8 38.Qf3 Bc5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Ba7 41.Rd2 Ra6 42.Kg2 Ra1 43.Bd7 Qg5
44.Rd1 Ra2 45.Rf1 Rd2 46.Bc6 f5 47.Nc7 Qe7 48.Nxb5 fxe4 49.Qxe4 Bb6 50.Qe1 Qg5
51.c4 Rf8 52.c5 dxc5 53.Nc3 Rc2 54.Ne4 Qf5 55.Qd1 cxb4 56.g4 Qf4 57.Bb7 Bxf2
58.Qd7+ Rf7 59.Qxf7+ Qxf7  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lalic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.bxc5 Bxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.d4 Be7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qe2 b4 14.Rfc1 bxa3 15.Bxa3 Nb4
16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.Bxa6 Bxa6 18.Rxa6 Rxa6 19.Qxa6 Bxd2 20.Nxd2 e5 21.Nf3 exd4
22.Nxd4 Qa8 23.Qc4 Qd5 24.Qc7 h6 25.h3 Ra8 26.Rb1 Ne4 27.Qf4 Ng5 28.Qg4 Qe4
29.Qxe4 Nxe4 30.f3 Nc3 31.Rb3 Nd5 32.Kf2 g6 33.g4 Ra2+ 34.Ne2 f5 35.Rd3 Nb4
36.Rb3 Nd5 37.Rd3 Nb4 38.Rd4 Rb2 39.Rd6 Kf7 40.f4 Ke7 41.Rd1 Ke6 42.Ra1 Nc2
43.Ra5 Kf6 44.Rc5 Nb4 45.Kf3 Nc2 46.Rc3 Ne1+ 47.Kf2 Ng2 48.Rc7 g5 49.Rc6+ Kf7
50.Kxg2 Rxe2+ 51.Kf3 Rh2 52.Rxh6 fxg4+ 53.Kxg4 gxf4 54.Kxf4 Rf2+ 55.Kg3 Rf1
56.Kg2 Rf5 57.Rh4 Ra5 58.Rf4+ Ke6 59.Kf3 Ra1 60.Rb4 Rf1+ 61.Ke2 Rh1 62.h4 Ke5
63.Kf3 Rh3+ 64.Kf2 Kf5 65.Ra4 Ke5 66.Rf4 Kd5 67.e4+ Ke5 68.Rg4 Ra3 69.Rg3 Ra1
70.Kf3 Rf1+ 71.Kg4 Kxe4 72.h5 Ke5 73.Kg5 Ke6 74.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ernst,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.h3 h5 15.Rad1 b6 16.Ng5 Ke7
17.Rd2 Be6 18.Rfd1 h4 19.Kf1 Rh5 20.Nxe6 Kxe6 21.Ke2 Ne7 22.Kf3 Nc6 23.Kg4 Rh6
24.a4 Rg6+ 25.Kf3 Rg5 26.Re1 Rh8 27.Re4 Rhh5 28.Bb2 Rg6 29.Rg4 Nxe5+ 30.Bxe5 Rxe5
31.Rxg6+ fxg6 32.Rd8 Rf5+ 33.Ke3 g5 34.f3 Re5+ 35.Kd3 Ke7 36.Rc8 Kd7 37.Rf8 Ke7
38.Rc8 Kd7 39.Rf8 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cobb,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.c3 c5 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.a4 cxd4 15.a5 Qd8
16.Nxd4 e5 17.Bxe5 Bb4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Qc4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxa5
22.Bc2 Qd5 23.Qxd5 Nxd5 24.Re5 Rd8 25.Bb3  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nge2 Ng4 8.Bd2 O-O
9.h3 Nf6 10.O-O Rb8 11.a3 b5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Rxa7 Nc6 15.Ra1 e6
16.Rb1 Ba6 17.Na2 Qc7 18.Kh1 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nf4 Nce7 21.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c3 Nd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c5 8.d5 Ngf6
9.a4 O-O 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 c4 12.Bc2 e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.O-O d5 15.e5 Nfd7
16.Qg4 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nc5 18.Nf3 Nbd7 19.Be3 Kh8 20.h4 Rf5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nd4 Qf7
23.Rf3 h5 24.Qg3 Bh6 25.Raf1 Rf8 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Qf2 b6 28.Rg3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Qe2 Qf5 31.Rg5 Bxg5 32.Qxh5+ Kg7 33.Qxg5+ Qxg5 34.hxg5 a6 35.Kh2 b5 36.axb5 axb5
37.g4 Kg6 38.Kg3 b4 39.Rh1 bxc3 40.bxc3 Kg7 41.Rh6 e3 42.Rh2 Rb8 43.f5 Rb1
44.f6+ Kg6 45.Kf4 e2 46.Rh6+ Kf7 47.g6+ Ke8 48.g7 Kf7 49.Rh8  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gayson,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Bg5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Qd6 15.Bd3 h6
16.Bh4 Ne5 17.Bg3 Qd5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Qf5 Rad8 22.g3 Qb6
23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Qb4 a5 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Qb5 Nf6 27.Re1 b6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Qe5 Qc5
30.Bb5 Qd6 31.Kf1 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 g6 33.Ke1 Ng4 34.Re2 Rd5 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Be2 Ne5
37.f4 d3 38.fxe5 dxe2 39.Kxe2 b5 40.Ke3 h5 41.b3 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.e6 Rc5
44.Kd2 Rd5+ 45.Kc1 Kf6 46.exf7 Kxf7 47.Re4 Rb5 48.Kd2 Kf6 49.c3 bxc3+ 50.Kxc3 Kf5
51.Re3 Rc5+ 52.Kd4 Rc1 53.b4 Rb1 54.Kc5 Rc1+ 55.Kb6 Rb1 56.b5 Kg4 57.Kc6 Rc1+
58.Kb7 Rb1 59.b6 Rb2 60.Ra3 Rb1 61.Ka7  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nc4 O-O 12.Qxd6 Qc8 13.c3 Be7 14.Qd1 Rd8 15.Qc1 Nb4
16.Nxe5 Bg5 17.f4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Nc2+ 19.Kf2 Qc5+ 20.Kg3 Nxa1 21.b4 Qc8 22.Nf3 Rd7
23.Qc1 a5 24.Qxa1 axb4 25.cxb4 Rxa2 26.Qe5 Rd1 27.Nc3 f6 28.Qc5 Qb8+ 29.e5 Rc2
30.Bc4 Rxh1 31.Bxe6+ Kh8 32.Bc8  1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bh5 13.Kh1 Bg6 14.Qf3 Qa5 15.Bb3 Rae8
16.Rae1 Nh5 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Re2 Nf6 19.Qg3 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rxd6 Qc5
23.h3 Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Summerscale,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nc5 Qc8 14.Nd3 O-O
15.Be3 Re8 16.Bf2 Nf5 17.Qd2 Bd6 18.Rae1 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qf5 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Re1 Nc7
22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Qd7 24.Qb4 Ne6 25.f4 f6 26.Re2 b6 27.f5 Ng5 28.Qe7 Rd8
29.Nf2 Qxe7 30.Rxe7 Rc8 31.c3 d4 32.Nd1 Kf8 33.Rd7 Rc5 34.h4 Nf7 35.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Summerscale,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Qe2 d6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.c4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 Ne7 9.Nc3 h6
10.Rd1 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Bb1 Qe8 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.h3 Kh8 15.Bc2 c5 16.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ward,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Be5 Qb6 12.Be2 c5 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Qb4
16.Bc4 a5 17.a3 Qxb3 18.Bxb3 a4 19.Bc4 Ne4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rd2 Rfd8
23.Rad1 Rd4 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Bxc2 26.Bb5 e5 27.Rd5 Kf6 28.Kf1 Bb3 29.Rd6+ Ke7
30.Ra6 Rxa6 31.Bxa6 Kd6 32.Ke2 e4 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.h4 f6 35.Bb5 f5 36.g3 h6
37.Bc6 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f4+ exf3 40.Bxf3 f4+ 41.gxf4+ gxf4+ 42.Kf2 Kd4
43.Bc6 Bd1 44.Bb5 Bb3 45.Bc6 Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ward,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.c4 Nd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be3 Bf6 8.Qd2 Ne7
9.h4 a6 10.g4 c5 11.d5 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 e5 13.h5 b5 14.Nd2 b4 15.Qc2 h6 16.Nf1 f6
17.Ng3 Qb6 18.f3 O-O-O 19.Rg1 Rhf8 20.Kf2 a5 21.a3 b3 22.Qc3 a4 23.Rg2 Rf7
24.Rag1 Re8 25.Bd2 Kb8 26.Qc1 Ba6 27.Nf5 Qc7 28.Ne3 Nc8 29.Qc3 Ka7 30.Nd1 Kb8
31.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 b6 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Nf1 Rc8 11.Ng3 Re8 12.Bd2 Bf8 13.Rc1 h6 14.h4 a6 15.h5 b5
16.Bc2 Ng4 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Qe2 Rc7 20.Bb1 Rec8 21.Rcd1 Be7 22.Qd3 Nf8
23.Nh2 Nxh2 24.Kxh2 b4 25.Be3 d5 26.e5 Bc6 27.Qe2 Ba4 28.b3 Be8 29.f4 f5
30.Nh1 Rc3 31.g4 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 fxg4 33.Ng3 Bh4 34.Rc1 Rc7 35.Rxc7 Qxc7 36.Rc1 Qf7
37.Kg2 Bxg3 38.Qxg3 Qxh5 39.Rh1 Qf7 40.Qxg4 Qc7 41.Rd1 Qc3 42.Qg3 Qc7 43.Rf1 Qa7
44.Qf2 Qe7 45.Qg3 Qa7 46.Rd1 Bh5 47.Rd2 Qf7 48.Rf2 Bg6 49.Bd3 Bxd3 50.Qxd3 Ng6
51.Kg3 Ne7 52.Kf3 Nf5 53.Kg2 Qg6+ 54.Kh2 Qg4 55.Rf1 Qh5+ 56.Kg1 a5 57.Rf2 Qh4
58.Kg2 Qg4+ 59.Kh2 Kh7 60.Rf1 Qh5+ 61.Kg1 Qh4 62.Kg2 Qg4+ 63.Kh2 Kg8 64.Rf2 Kf7
65.Rf1 h5 66.Qf3 Qxf3 67.Rxf3 Nxd4 68.Rh3 Kg6 69.Rg3+ Kf5 70.Rxg7 Kxf4 71.Ra7 Ke3
72.Ra6 Nf3+ 73.Kg2 Ng5 74.Rxa5 d4 75.a3 d3 76.axb4 d2 77.Ra1 Ke2 78.b5 Nf3
79.b6 Nxe5 80.Kg3 Nd7 81.Kh4 Nxb6 82.Kxh5 e5 83.Kg4 e4 84.Kf4 e3 85.Ke4 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Paehtz,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.h3 Re8
9.d5 Ne7 10.c4 Nd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.b4 f5 13.Ba3 Nf6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.Nd2 Rg8 16.c5 Ne8
17.Nc4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 dxc5 19.Nxc5 Qxd5 20.Bb2 Nc6 21.b5 e4 22.Bxg7+ Nxg7 23.Nxe4 Nb4
24.Qd2 Nf5 25.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duncan,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.a3 h6 9.Re1 Be6
10.Bc4 Qd7 11.Bd2 Rfb8 12.Nd5 Bd8 13.c3 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne7 16.c4 b5
17.b4 Bb6 18.Qe2 Ng6 19.Reb1 a5 20.cxb5 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Qxb5 23.Qe4 cxb4
24.Qxb4 Qxd5 25.Be3 Ba7 26.Qa5 Qxa5 27.Rxa5 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Kf8 29.Ra7 Rb3 30.Ne1 e4
31.Rd7 Ne5 32.Rxd6 exd3 33.Rd5 f6 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.Nf3 Nc4  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Simons,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 c6 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 b6 11.a3 a5 12.Qb3 Nf8 13.c4 Ng6 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.Rab1 axb4
16.axb4 c5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxb7 Bd6 21.Nxe5 Bxe5
22.Qxc7 Bxc7 23.f3 Ba5 24.Red1 Bc3 25.Nb3 Red8 26.Be2 g5 27.Kf1 Bb4 28.g3 g4
29.e5 Nd7 30.f4 h5 31.Rd6 Nf8 32.Rh6 Ne6 33.Rxh5 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Rxd4 35.Rd1 Rxd1+
36.Bxd1 Ra1 37.Ke2 Rc1 38.Rg5+ Kf8 39.Rxg4 Rxc4 40.h4 Rd4 41.Ba4 Ba5 42.Bb5 c4
43.Rg5 Bb4 44.Rf5 Rd2+ 45.Kf3 c3 46.e6 f6 47.Rxf6+ Ke7 48.Rf7+ Kxe6 49.Rc7 c2
50.Ba4 Rd3+ 51.Kf2 Bc3 52.Bxc2 Rd2+ 53.Kf3 Rxc2 54.h5 Rc1 55.Kg4 Bb2 56.Ra7 Bd4
57.Ra6+ Kf7 58.Ra5 Rg1 59.Ra2 Bc3 60.Ra3 Bb4 61.Rb3 Be1 62.Rf3 Kg7 63.Rd3 Kh6
64.f5 Rxg3+ 65.Rxg3 Bxg3 66.Kxg3 Kg5 67.h6 Kxh6 68.Kf4 Kg7 69.Ke5 Kf7 70.f6 Kf8
71.Ke6 Ke8 72.f7+ Kf8 73.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.c4 Qb6 10.Nb3 d6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Qc2 c4 13.Qxc4 Ng4 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.g3 Ne5
16.Kg2 Qd7 17.N1d2 Qh3+ 18.Kg1 Ba6 19.f4 Nd3 20.Re3 Rad8 21.Nf3 Nxf4 22.Re1 Nd3
23.Bg5 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 Rd3 25.Qxc6 Rxf3 26.Qxa6 Rxg3+ 27.hxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kf1 Qxg5
29.Qxa7 Bxb2 30.Re2 Rd8 31.Rxb2 Rd1+ 32.Ke2 Qg4+ 33.Ke3 Qg3+ 34.Ke2 Qd3+
35.Kf2 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "31st TCh-GRE"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mastrokoukos,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.g3 fxe4 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.Bxe4 Rb8 14.Nf6+ Qxf6 15.Bxc6+ Ke7
16.c3 Bh3 17.Nc2 Rhc8 18.Ne3 Qg6 19.Qf3 f5 20.Bd5 b4 21.c4 Bh6 22.Rd1 Rc5
23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Bg2 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Qe6 26.b3 f4 27.Qe4 Qf5 28.Qb7+ Qd7 29.Qe4 Rf7
30.O-O Qc6 31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Qc8 33.Qxb4 f3 34.Qh4+ Rf6 35.Ne1 Qf5 36.Qc4 Kf8
37.g4 Qg6 38.Nc2 Bf4 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.h4 Rf8 41.Qd7+ Rf7 42.Qc8 Rf8 43.Qd7+ Kh8
44.Re1 Qxc2 45.Qxd6 Qc8 46.Kf1 Kg8 47.Rd1 Qxg4 48.Qe6+ Qxe6 49.dxe6 Rc8  0-1

[Event "31st TCh-GRE"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dalaklis,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5
16.O-O Rb8 17.Nce3 f5 18.f4 Kh8 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Kh1 e4 21.Rad1 Ne7 22.a3 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Rfc8 24.Qd2 Rc5 25.Ne3 d5 26.g4 Rd8 27.Qf2 Qe7 28.gxf5 Bf7 29.Ng4 Rc6
30.Rde1 Rg8 31.h3 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.cxb4 Rc4 34.b5 Bd4 35.Qd2 Rxg4 36.hxg4 Qh4+
37.Bh3 Qxh3+ 38.Qh2 Qxg4 39.Rc1 Qf3+ 40.Qg2 Qxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rb4 42.Rc7 Kg7
43.Rd1 Kf6 44.Kg3 Rb3+  0-1

[Event "31st TCh-GRE"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sandalakis,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.Nce3 Nd7 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Nc5
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Nd5 Qg5 19.c4 Rab8 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Kh1 Ne6 22.Rf2 Bxd5
23.exd5 Nd4 24.Bf1 Rbc8 25.b4 Qe3 26.Qd2 Qa3 27.Qb2 Ra8 28.Qxa3 Rxa3 29.Kg1 f5
30.f4 Kf7 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Bxb5 Nxb5 33.Rxf5+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "31st TCh-GRE"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Skembris,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 O-O 14.Nxe4 Bb6
15.Kf1 Rf5 16.f3 Raf8 17.c3 Rxe5 18.Re1 h6 19.b3 Rd5 20.Bb2 Ne5 21.c4 bxc4
22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.bxc4 Ra5 24.Red1 Ra4 25.Rac1 e5 26.Rc2 Bd4 27.Rb1 a5 28.Rb7 Rb4
29.Rxc7 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Rg1 31.Kd3 Rd8 32.Rc6 Bc5+ 33.Kc3 Bd4+ 34.Kb3 Rb1+ 35.Ka4 Rdb8
36.a3 Ra1 37.c5 Bb2 38.Rb6 Rxa3+ 39.Kb5 Rb3+ 40.Ka6 a4 41.Rxb3 Rxb3 42.c6 a3
43.c7 a2 44.c8=Q+ Kh7 45.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "31st TCh-GRE"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vourtsas,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Nc5 8.Bf1 O-O
9.d4 Ne4 10.c4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf5 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qb3 Qxb3
16.axb3 Bf6 17.Bb5 Ne7 18.Rxa7 Nd5 19.Bd2 c6 20.Bf1 b6 21.c4 Nc7 22.Bb4 Rfd8
23.Be7 Bxe7 24.Rxe7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Rb7 b5 27.cxb5 cxb5 28.d5 Bf5 29.d6 Ne6
30.Rxb5 Be4 31.Nd2 Bc6 32.Rb6 f6 33.Ba6 Re8 34.Rxc6 Nd4  1-0

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petersen,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4 5.Ne5 Ne7 6.c5 d6 7.cxd6 cxd6 8.Nc4 d5
9.Ne3 g6 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.h3 Qd7 14.Kh2 h5 15.Rg1 b5 16.Nf1 Nh7
17.Be3 Nf5 18.Qd2 Rac8 19.b3 a6 20.f3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 f5 22.Qd2 h4 23.f4 Qc7
24.Nd1 g5 25.e3 Kh8 26.Bh1 Bh6 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Qe2 hxg3+ 29.Nxg3 Rg8  0-1

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Roeder,Peter Ulrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 b5 6.c3 a6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bc2 e5 11.Nf1 Ne8 12.Ng3 Bc8 13.a4 Nc7 14.d4 Nc6 15.d5 Na5 16.b3 bxa4
17.Rxa4 Nb7 18.Nf5 Bd7 19.Ra2 Bf6 20.Bd2 g6 21.Ne3 Qe7 22.g4 Rfb8 23.Kh1 Nd8
24.Rg1 Bg7 25.h4 f6 26.c4 Nf7 27.g5 fxg5 28.hxg5 Rf8 29.Rg3 Nh8 30.Nf1 Qd8
31.N1h2 Qc8 32.Bd3 Rb8 33.Ra3 Rf7 34.Be2 Bf8 35.Qg1 Be7 36.Ne1 Rf8 37.Bg4 Bxg4
38.Nxg4 Qd7 39.Nf3 Nf7 40.Rh3 Kg7 41.Qg3 Qd8 42.Ngh2 Qd7 43.Kg2 Rb7 44.Be3 Rfb8
45.Nd2 Qd8 46.Nhf3 Qd7 47.Ra1 Rh8 48.Rah1 Qc8 49.Qh2 Qg8 50.Rh4 a5 51.Qg3 Rb4
52.Ne1 Qc8 53.Nd3 Rb7 54.f4 exf4 55.Bxf4 h5 56.gxh6+ Kh7 57.Rg4 Rg8 58.e5 dxe5
59.Nxe5 Nxe5 60.Bxe5 Ne8 61.Rf1 Bd8 62.Rgf4 Qd7 63.Ne4 Qe7 64.d6 Qd7 65.Rf8 Qc6
66.R1f7+ Rxf7 67.Rxf7+ Ng7 68.Qf3 Kxh6 69.Bxg7+ Rxg7 70.Qh3+  1-0

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Collins,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Bb3 Ng6 20.f4 exf3 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Qxf3 f4
23.Bc2 Ra7 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Qxf4 Qe2 26.Qc1 Re7 27.Nc2 Qc4 28.Nd4 Qxd5 29.Qf4 Re4
30.Qf3 Bxd4 31.cxd4 Rxd4 32.Qf6 Rg4 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.Rxf3 Rd4 35.h3 Kf8 36.Re3 a5
37.Kh2 f5 38.Rb3 b4 39.a3 a4 40.Rxb4 Rxb4 41.axb4 Ke7 42.Kg3 d5 43.Kf4 Kd6
44.h4 d4 45.g4 fxg4  0-1

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Neg5 Qe7
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.O-O h6 12.Nf3 Qb4 13.Nd2 a5 14.Nb3 a4 15.c3 Qb6
16.Nd4 Bd5 17.Be3 c5 18.Nc2 Nxe5 19.Nb4 Nxd3 20.Nxd5 Qc6 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Rxd3 Rxd5
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Rd1 Qc6 25.Qg4 g6 26.Bd4 cxd4 27.Qxd4 Qd5 28.Qxa4+ b5 29.Qg4 h5
30.Qe2 Qc5 31.Qe4 Bg7 32.Qa8+ Ke7 33.Qb7+ Kf6 34.Rd3 Rf8 35.Rf3+ Kg5 36.Rxf7 Rxf7
37.Qxf7 Qd5 38.h4+ Kh6 39.a3 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qg4 41.g3 Qf5 42.Qa7 Bf8 43.Qe3+ Kh7
44.Kg2 Bc5 45.Qe2 Kg7 46.f3 Bb6 47.Qd1 Qc5 48.Qf1 Kf6 49.b3 Qxc3 50.Qxb5 Qc2+
51.Kh3 Qf5+ 52.Qxf5+ exf5 53.Kg2 Ke5 54.Kf1 Kd4 55.Ke2 Kc3 56.b4 Kc4 57.g4 hxg4
58.fxg4 fxg4 59.Kf1 Kb3 60.Kg2 Bc7  0-1

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adamski,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O h6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qc2 a6 10.Rad1 g5 11.c5 Ng6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.d5 e5 14.Nd2 b5 15.g3 Nf4 16.Bg4 Nf6
17.Bxc8 Qxc8 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Bd4 b4 20.f3 Nd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rc1 Qc5+ 23.Kg2 Rfc8
24.Qa4 Nb6 25.Qb3 bxc3 26.Qxc3+ Qxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rc8 29.Rb1 Na4
30.c4 Kf6 31.Rb7 Nc5 32.Ra7 h5 33.h3 Rb8 34.Nb3 Nxb3 35.axb3 Rxb3 36.Rxa6 Ke5
37.Ra7 Kd4 38.e5 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 dxe5 40.d6 Kc5 41.d7 Rd2 42.Ra5+ Kxc4 43.Rxe5 Rxd7
44.Rxg5 Kd4 45.Rxh5 Ke3 46.Ra5 Rd1+ 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kg1 Kxf3 49.Ra3+ Ke4 50.h4 f3
51.h5 Rg2+ 52.Kf1 Rh2 53.Ra7 f6 54.Rf7 Ke3 55.Re7+ Kf4 56.Rf7 Kf5 57.Rf8 Kg5
58.Rg8+ Kf4 59.Rh8 Rh1+ 60.Kf2 Rh2+ 61.Kf1 f5 62.h6 Kg5 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Rh8 Rh5
65.Kf2 Rh1 66.Rh7 Rh2+ 67.Kf1 f2 68.Ra7 Kg4 69.h7 f4 70.Rg7+ Kf3 71.h8=Q Rxh8
72.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Richards,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 a5 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qh5 12.Be3 e5 13.Rfd1 Kh8 14.Qc4 Nd8 15.Bd5 Ra6
16.Qe4 Bf6 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Qc4 g5 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Bg7 21.Bf5 Qh6 22.Rd7 Qf6
23.Be4 Nc6 24.Rxb7 Ne7 25.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pert,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Re1 a6
9.Rb1 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.b3 Bd7 13.a4 Qc7 14.e4 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Bf4 Rbd8
17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd7 19.b4 c4 20.Rec1 Rc8 21.Qa3 Nb3 22.Rxb3 cxb3 23.Rxc7 Rxc7
24.Qxb3 Rc3 25.Qd1 Ra3 26.e5 dxe5 27.Be3 e4 28.Nd4 Rd3 29.Qe2 Bxd4 30.Bxd4 Rxd4
31.h4 Rxd5 32.a5 Bc6 33.Qb2 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.fxe3 Red8 36.e4 Bxe4 37.Qe5 Bxg2
38.Kxg2 R1d7 39.Qe3 h5 40.Qe4 Rd5 41.Qe7 R8d7 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qc8 Re7 44.Kh3 Rd3
45.Qb8 Rd2 46.Qc8 Ree2 47.Qc3+ Kh7 48.g4 Rh2+ 49.Kg3 Rdg2+ 50.Kf4 Rxg4+ 51.Ke5 Rhxh4
52.Qc8 Re4+ 53.Kd6 Re6+ 54.Kd5 Rxb4 55.Qd8 Rb5+ 56.Kc4 Ree5 57.Qf8 Rf5  0-1

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qe2 d6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rae1 h5 14.Kh1 Ngf6 15.Bg5 h4
16.h3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Qxf3 g5 21.Nd1 f5 22.Ne3 Raf8
23.Qd1 f4 24.Ng4 e5 25.Be2 Ng7 26.Bf3 Bc8 27.Re2 Ne6 28.Rd2 Nc5 29.Nh2 Bb7
30.c4 a5 31.Re1 Rd8 32.b3 Bc6 33.Qb1 Qb7 34.Rde2 Rdg8 35.Bg4 Rf8 36.f3 Rd8
37.Bf5 Be8 38.Ng4 Bf7 39.Rd2 Qc7 40.Red1 Rhf8 41.Nf2 Be8 42.Qb2 Nb7 43.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "El Kher,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5 Rc8 11.Qf3 b6 12.Na3 O-O 13.h3 Bxb5 14.axb5 Ne8 15.Re2 Nd6
16.c3 Re8 17.Bf4 e5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Qd5+ Nf7 20.Qc4 f4 21.Bh2 Qd7 22.Nb1 Red8
23.Rd2 Bf6 24.f3 Kg7 25.Qb3 g5 26.c4 h5 27.Nc3 g4 28.Kh1 Rg8 29.Qd1 gxh3
30.gxh3 Kh8 31.Nd5 Bh4 32.b4 cxb4 33.Qf1 b3 34.d4 Rce8 35.dxe5 Rxe5 36.Bxf4 Rf5
37.Qd3 Qe6 38.Re2 Qg6 39.Be3 Bf6 40.Rg1 Qh7 41.Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Bd4 Qh6 43.Rg2+ Kf8
44.Qxf5 Bxd4 45.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hanley,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.h3 Nc6 11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.c3 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Rac8
16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Nbd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qd6 19.Rd1 Re5 20.Nf3 Re8 21.Qc1 a6 22.Re1 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 Qf4 24.Nd4 g6 25.g3 Qd6 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Qe3 Nh5 28.Be2 Nf6 29.Bf3 Bc8
30.Kh2 h5 31.Kg2 Qd7 32.h4 Qd6 33.Kg1 Be6 34.Bd1 Ne4 35.Bc2 Nf6 36.Ne2 Ng4
37.Qd4+ f6 38.Nf4 Ne5 39.Be4 Bf7 40.Nxd5 Nc6 41.Qd1 Qe5 42.Bg2 b5 43.Ne3 Ne7
44.a4 g5 45.axb5 axb5 46.Qd7 Kf8 47.Qd8+ Be8 48.Bh3 Kf7 49.hxg5 fxg5 50.Bg2 h4
51.gxh4 gxh4 52.Bf3 h3 53.Kh1 Ng6 54.Qc8 Nf4 55.Ng4 Qd6 56.Qf5+ Ke7 57.Qg5+ Kf8
58.Ne5 Ne6 59.Qf6+ Kg8 60.b3 b4 61.Nc4  1-0

[Event "24th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pert,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d6 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.e3 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 c6 12.c4 Qa5 13.a3 Rfc8 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Bg3 a5
16.Nd2 a4 17.Rfd1 Ra5 18.Rc3 Rca8 19.h3 h6 20.Rb1 R8a7 21.Qc2 d5 22.Rd1 Qc8
23.e4 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Nf6 25.Be5 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Qd8 27.Rf3 Bd6 28.Rdd3 Qc7 29.Rde3 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Ra8 31.Rg3 Rd8 32.Qf4 Kh8 33.Ref3 Rxe5 34.Qxf7 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Rdd1 36.Qe8+ Kh7
37.Qg6+ Kg8 38.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ramaswamy,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 f6 7.Nh4 g6 8.f4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.c4 d6 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Rf2 Rb7 14.Raf1 e5 15.f5 g5 16.Nf3 Nc8
17.g4 Be8 18.h4 h6 19.Qd2 Rff7 20.Rh2 Bf8 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 fxg5 23.Nxg5 Rh7
24.Nxh7 Rxh7 25.Rxh7 Kxh7 26.g5 Kg8 27.Rf3 Nb6 28.Qh2 Nd7 29.Rh3 Bg7 30.Qg3 Qe7
31.Qh4 Qd8 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.f6 Nxf6 34.Rf3 Qe7 35.gxf6 Bxf6 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.Nd1 Bd7
38.Ne3 Be6 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Qg6  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.O-O-O a6 14.Kb1 Qd7 15.g4 b5
16.g5 Nh5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.h4 bxc4 19.Bh3 Qb5 20.Rc1 Rab8 21.Qd4+ Kg8 22.Rxc4 Nf4
23.Bd7 Qxd7 24.Qxf4 Qb5 25.Qd4 e5 26.dxe6 Rxe6 27.Rhc1 Qf5+ 28.Ka1 Rbe8 29.Qf4 Re5
30.a3 a5 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.f4 Kg7 33.Rd1 d5 34.Ra4 Re4 35.Rxa5 Rfxf4 36.Raxd5 Rxh4
37.b4 h6 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.b5 f5 40.b6 Ra4 41.Kb2 Ra8 42.Rd8 Rh2+ 43.Kb3 Rh3+
44.R1d3 Rxd3+ 45.Rxd3 f4 46.Kc2 g5 47.b7 Rb8 48.Rb3 g4 49.Kd2 Kg5 50.Ke2 f3+
51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Rb4+ Ke5 53.a4 Kd6 54.a5 Kc7 55.a6 g3+ 56.Kxg3 Rg8+ 57.Kxf3 Kb8
58.Re4 Ka7 59.Re6 Rf8+ 60.Kg4 Rg8+ 61.Kf5 Rd8 62.Kf6 Rf8+ 63.Kg7 Rd8 64.Kf7 Rd7+
65.Re7 Rd1 66.Re8 Rf1+ 67.Kg6 Rg1+ 68.Kh5  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Addison,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Na5 10.Ne2 Qb3 11.Nd2 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 b5 13.b3 Be7 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Ng1 a6
16.Ngf3 O-O 17.Bd3 Nb6 18.g4 f5 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Ke2 Nc6 21.h4 Nd8 22.h5 Ne6
23.Ke3 Rf7 24.Rag1 Nd7 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.fxg5 g6 27.Nf3 Ndf8 28.Bc3 Rc7 29.Ba5 Rc6
30.Rb1 Bc8 31.a4 Rb8 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bb4 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 Bd7 36.h6 Kf7
37.Bd6 Rb7 38.Ra8 Be8 39.Kd2 Nd7 40.Kc3 Nf4 41.Bf1 Nb6 42.Ra6 Nc8 43.Kb4 Na7
44.e6+ Nxe6 45.Ne5+ Kg8 46.Bg2 Nf4 47.Bf3 Nc8 48.Bc5 Rc7 49.Ra8 Bc6 50.Nxc6 Rxc6
51.Kxb5  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Devereaux,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5
16.O-O Rb8 17.Qe2 f5 18.Rfd1 Qd7 19.Rd2 e4 20.Rad1 Ne5 21.Nf4 Bc4 22.Qe1 Bxa2
23.Rxd6 Qe7 24.Ne3 Bb3 25.R1d2 Nd3 26.Nxf5 Qxd6 27.Qxe4 Qe5 28.Ne7+ Kf7 29.Qxd3 Qe1+
30.Bf1 Qxe7 31.Qxh7 Rh8 32.Qf5+ Qf6 33.Qd7+ Kg8 34.Rd6 Qf7 35.Qg4 Rf8 36.Rd7 Qf6
37.Ra7 Rh6 38.Bxb5 Bc2 39.Bc4+ Kh8 40.Rxa5 Bf5 41.Qe2 Qc6 42.Bd5 Qe8 43.Qd2 Be5
44.Ra8 Qe7 45.Nd3 Bg7 46.Rxf8+ Qxf8 47.Nf4 Qe7 48.b4 Qe5 49.c4 Ra6 50.Bf3 Rd6
51.Qa2 Qa1+ 52.Qxa1 Bxa1 53.c5 Rd4 54.Nd5 Be6 55.Nc7 Bh3 56.Nd5 Be6 57.Nc7 Bh3
58.Nd5 Rc4 59.Ne3 Rc1+ 60.Nd1 Bd4 61.c6 Bb6 62.b5 Kg7 63.g4 Kg6  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kunte,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.e3 Ne6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nge2 Ng7 12.f3 O-O 13.O-O b6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Kh1 Rc8
16.h3 Nd7 17.Bg3 Bh4 18.Bh2 c5 19.Qd2 cxd4 20.Nxd4 a6 21.e4 Nc5 22.e5 f6
23.Bb1 fxe5 24.Bxe5 Bf6 25.Rfe1 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qd6 27.Rde1 Ne4 28.Bxe4 dxe4
29.f4 Nf5 30.Rd1 Rcd8 31.Nce2 e3 32.Qe1 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Qc6 34.Qg3 Rxd4 35.Nxd4 Qc1+
36.Kh2 Qxb2 37.Ne6 Re8 38.Rxe3 Qf6 39.Ng5 Rf8 40.Re6 Qxf4 41.Rxb6 Qxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Rf5
43.Nxh7 Bxg2 44.Nf6+ Kg7 45.Ne8+ Kf8 46.Kxg2 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Kxe8 48.Rxa6 Kf7
49.Rc6 Ra5 50.Rc3 Ra4 51.Re3 g5 52.Ke2 g4 53.hxg4 Rxg4 54.Kd3 Ra4 55.Kc2 Ra7
56.Kb3 Re7 57.Rd3 Ke8 58.Kb4 Rd7 59.Rxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Summerscale,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 e5 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.Qb3 b6
16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Rd2 Rd6 18.Rbd1 Rad8 19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.dxe5 Rxd2
22.exf6 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 Nd7 24.Qa4 Nxf6 25.Qd4 Nd7 26.Bg4 Nc5 27.Be2 Qf4 28.Qd8+ Kg7
29.Qd4+ f6 30.Bf3 Qc7 31.Be2 Ne6 32.Qd2 Qe7 33.Bc4 Nc5 34.f3 Qe5 35.Qd4 a5
36.Kf2 b5 37.Be2 b4 38.Qxe5 fxe5 39.cxb4 axb4 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.Ke3 g5 42.g3 Nd7
43.Kd3 Ke7 44.Bg8 Nf6 45.Bb3 c5 46.Ke3 Nh5 47.Kf2 Ng7 48.Bg8 h6 49.Ke3 Nh5
50.Kf2 Ng7 51.Ke3 Nh5 52.Kf2 Nf6 53.Bb3 Kd6 54.Bf7 Ke7 55.Bb3 Nd7 56.Ke3 Nb6
57.Kd3 Kd7 58.Bg8 Kc6 59.Bf7 Kd6 60.Bb3 Kd7 61.Bg8 Kc6 62.Bf7 Kb5 63.Be8+ Ka5
64.Bf7 Ka4 65.Bc4 Ka3 66.Bb3 Kb2 67.Bg8 Kb1 68.Bh7 Na4 69.f4 exf4 70.gxf4 gxf4
71.e5 Nb6 72.Ke4 c4 73.e6 c3 74.e7 Nc8  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Pert,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nc5 Qc8 14.Nd3 O-O
15.Be3 Re8 16.Bf2 Bd8 17.a4 Nf5 18.Qd2 Bb6 19.Nxf5 Bxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Qxf5 21.Rfe1 Qc8
22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.b3 Qc6 24.Re1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Qe3 Kf8 27.Qxa7 Qxc2
28.Qc5+ Qxc5+ 29.Nxc5 b6 30.Nd7+ Ke7 31.Nxb6 Kd6 32.Kf2 Kc5 33.a5 Nc7 34.Ke3 Na6
35.Na4+ Kb4 36.Kd4 Nc7 37.Nb6 Ne6+ 38.Ke5 d4 39.a6 d3 40.a7 d2 41.a8=Q d1=Q
42.Nd5+ Kxb3 43.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gormally,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.exf5 Bxf5 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Nce3 Ne7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7
16.a4 b4 17.Bc4 bxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.O-O Rac8 20.Bxa6 Rxc3 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rc5
23.Qb7 Qxb7 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Rfb1 e4 26.Bxe4 Rbc8 27.g3 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Rc1+ 29.Rxc1 Rxc1+
30.Kg2 Rc4 31.Kf3 Rxa4 32.Ke3 Kg7 33.Bd5 f5 34.h3 f4+ 35.Kf3 fxg3 36.fxg3 Kf6
37.h4 Kf5 38.Bg8 Ra3+ 39.Kg2 h6 40.Kh3 Re3 41.Bh7+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.e5 Ne8 10.h3 Nc7 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ne6 15.Be3 Na5
16.f4 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.f5 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 gxf5 20.Qxb5 Qd6 21.Rbc1 Rb8 22.Qe2 Rbf8
23.Nf3 Rg6 24.Kh1 Bf6 25.Bh6 Ng7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rc2 Rb8 28.Qe6 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Kf7
30.Ra6 Rb7 31.b3 Rg8 32.Ra4 Rd8 33.Kh2 Rd6 34.Kg3 Re6 35.Ra5 Rd7 36.Rcc5 Re2
37.Rxd5 Rxa2 38.Rxf5 Rxa5 39.Rxa5 Bxd4 40.Kf4 Bf6 41.Rb5 a6 42.Rb6 a5 43.g4 h6
44.h4 Ra7 45.g5 hxg5+ 46.hxg5 a4 47.gxf6 exf6 48.bxa4 Rxa4+ 49.Kg3 Ra3 50.Kf4 Ra4+
51.Kf5 Ra5+ 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.Nd2 Kg5 54.Rb4 f5+ 55.Ke3 Ra3+ 56.Kf2 f4 57.Nf3+ Kg4
58.Ng1 Ra5 59.Ne2 Rf5 60.Rb1 Ra5 61.Rb4 Rf5 62.Rb8 Ra5 63.Rg8+ Rg5 64.Ra8 Rb5
65.Ra4 Rf5 66.Ra1 Rh5 67.Rg1+ Kf5 68.Rg8 Rh2+ 69.Kf3 Rh3+ 70.Kg2 Rh6 71.Nd4+ Ke4
72.Nf3 Ra6 73.Re8+ Kf5 74.Kh3 Ra4 75.Re5+ Kf6 76.Kg4 Rb4 77.Ra5 Ke6 78.Ng5+ Kd6
79.Kf3 Kc6 80.Ne4 Rb5 81.Ra6+ Rb6 82.Ra3 Kd5 83.Ra5+ Kd4 84.Ra8 Rh6 85.Nf2 Rf6
86.Rd8+ Kc4 87.Ng4 Re6 88.Kxf4 Kc5 89.Ne5 Rh6 90.Nd3+ Kc6 91.Ke3 Re6+ 92.Kd2 Rd6
93.Rh8 Kd5 94.Rh4 Rf6 95.Nb4+ Kc5 96.Kc3 Rf5 97.Rd4 Rh5 98.Rc4+ Kb5 99.Nd3 Rh6
100.Rc5+ Kb6 101.Rf5 Rh4 102.Ne5 Rh1 103.Nf3 Rc1+ 104.Kd4 Rd1+ 105.Kc4 Rc1+
106.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Be2 Na6 14.Nc1 O-O 15.O-O Nd7
16.Bd3 Nac5 17.Bc2 f5 18.Ne2 f4 19.Bf2 Bh4 20.g3 Bg5 21.gxf4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Qg5+
23.Kh1 Qxf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.b3 Rxf3 26.Bh4 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Re8 28.Kg2 e4 29.Bg3 Ne5
30.Re1 Nf7 31.Re3 g5 32.a3 Kg7 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Nd3 35.Bxd3 exd3 36.Rxe8 d2
37.Re1 dxe1=Q 38.Bxe1 Kf6 39.Bf2 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-GBR"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ramesh,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 f6 7.Nh4 g6 8.f4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.c4 d6 11.Nc3 h6 12.Be3 g5 13.Nf3 gxf4 14.Bxf4 e5 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.Nh4 Rxb2 17.Nd1 Rb7 18.Ne3 d5 19.Rad1 Rb2 20.Qh5 Qe8 21.Qf3 d4 22.Nef5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Kh7 24.g4 Rxa2 25.Qh3 Rh8 26.Nf3 Qd7 27.Rf2 a5 28.Rdf1 a4 29.Nxe5 fxe5
30.f6 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Ng6 32.fxg7 Kxg7 33.Qh5 Qe7 34.Rdf2 Nf4 35.Rxf4 exf4 36.Kh1 a3
37.Rg1 Qg5 38.Qh3 a2 39.Qg2 Ra8 40.Ra1 Qf6 41.Qf3 Ra6 42.Kg2 Qe5 43.Qf2 Qe3
44.Rxa2 f3+ 45.Kg3 Rxa2 46.Qxa2 f2+ 47.Kg2 f1=Q+ 48.Kxf1 Qxd3+ 49.Kg2 Qe4+
50.Kg3 d3 51.Qa7+ Kf6 52.Qd7 Qe3+ 53.Kh4 d2 54.Qxc6+ Qe6 55.Qf3+ Kg7 56.Kh3 h5
57.Qb7+ Kh6 58.Kg3 Qxg4+ 59.Kf2 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorfinnsson,Br"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4
9.Be3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.O-O-O Nh5 13.Kb1 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Qh4
16.Nc5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.h4 h5 19.Rxd4 exd4 20.Nd3 Qf6 21.Bd1 Rae8 22.a3 Kh7
23.Qc5 Re7 24.Rh3 Rb8 25.Ba4 Rb6 26.Bc2 Qe6 27.Nf4 Rxb2+ 28.Kxb2 d3+ 29.Kc1 Bh6
30.Bxd3 Bxf4+  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 e5 8.c3 Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.d5 Na7 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.d6 Bc6 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Qc2 Nb5 15.Nd2 Nd6
16.b3 Nfe8 17.Ba3 b6 18.b4 Nc7 19.bxc5 Ndb5 20.Bc1 bxc5 21.Nb3 Ne6 22.Na5 Bd7
23.Nc4 Nf4 24.a4 Nc7 25.Nb6 Rab8 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.Be3 Qc6 28.g3 Nfe6 29.Bc4 Rfd8
30.Rad1 Kf8 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 Kg8 34.Kh2 Ne8 35.Rd1 Ne6 36.f5 Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kristjansson,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d3 d6 9.Nbd2 Bd7
10.a3 Ne8 11.Nf1 h6 12.g4 f5 13.Bc4+ Kh7 14.Ne3 f4 15.Nd5 h5 16.gxh5 g5 17.Kg2 g4
18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Rg1 Bh6 20.Kf1 Bxh5 21.Rh1 Ng7 22.Ke2 Qg5 23.Qf1 Ne6 24.Nf6+ Rxf6
25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qh3 Bg4 27.Bd2 Bxh3  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nde2 Be7 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bc1 Nf6 12.f3 O-O 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd2 d5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Rfd8 17.c4 b5 18.b3 bxc4 19.bxc4 e4 20.Be2 exf3 21.gxf3 Nb4 22.Kf2 Nfxd5
23.cxd5 Rxd5 24.Qc3 Re8 25.Rae1 Qh4+ 26.Kf1 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 a6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.h3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.b3 Be6 13.Qd2 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bb2 Ba7
16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Nf4 Bf5 18.Bd4 Bb6 19.g4 Ne4 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.Bxb6 cxb6 22.Qe3 Bg6
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.f4 g5 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Kg2 Rbd8 27.Rad1 gxf4 28.Qxf4 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Qe7 30.Qxe4 Qxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Kf3 a5 34.c4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olafsson,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rb1 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 O-O 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Nf3 e6 14.Rhc1 Nc6 15.Rc4 Bd7
16.h3 Be8 17.a4 Na5 18.Rc2 Bxa4 19.Ra2 b5 20.Bxb5 Nb3+ 21.Rxb3 Bxb3 22.Ra3 a6
23.Bd3 Rab8 24.Bf4 Bf8 25.Rxa6 Ra8 26.Ke3 Rxa6 27.Bxa6 Ra8 28.Bd3 Ra3 29.Ke2 Ra1
30.Ne5 Bd1+ 31.Ke3 Ba3 32.Kd2 Ba4 33.Bg3 Bb4+ 34.Ke3 Re1+ 35.Kf4 Bd2+ 36.Kg4 f5+
37.exf5 exf5+ 38.Kh4 g5+ 39.Kh5 Be8+  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5 14.exd5 Qc7 15.Nd2 g6
16.Nf1 Rfc8 17.Ne3 Ne8 18.Nf5 Bf6 19.Nh6+ Kf8 20.g3 Bg7 21.h4 Nf6 22.Bg5 Nc4
23.Rab1 Ng8 24.Nxg8 Kxg8 25.g4 b4 26.cxb4 h6 27.Bc1 Na3 28.bxa3 Qxc2 29.Rb2 Qxc1
30.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31.Kg2 e4 32.Qb3 Bxb2 33.Qxb2 Rac8 34.Qd2 R8c3 35.Qxh6 R1c2
36.h5 Rf3 37.hxg6 Rcxf2+ 38.Kg1 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.c5 Ne8 12.cxd6 Nxd6 13.Re1 Bd7 14.b3 h6 15.Bb2 g5 16.Na4 Ng6
17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rc1 Re8 19.a4 Re7 20.Nh2 a5 21.Ng4 b6 22.Nd3 Bd7 23.Ba3 f5
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Ne3 Bc8 26.Qh5 Nh8 27.Ng4 Nhf7 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.Be4 Rbb7 30.Nb2 Bd7
31.Nc4 b5 32.Nce3 bxa4 33.bxa4 Kf8 34.Qg6 Rc7 35.Bf5 Be8 36.Be6 Nh8 37.Qf5+ Nf7
38.Qh7 Rxc1 39.Rxc1 Rb7 40.Nf5 Bf6 41.Rc8 Rb1+ 42.Kg2  1-0

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Oral,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7
9.c4 Re8 10.Re1 Nf8 11.h4 Rb8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Bf4 Nd4 14.Qd2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 d4
16.Ne4 Ng6 17.h5 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 h6 19.b4 b6 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Rab1 Bd7 22.Kg2 Qc7
23.g4 Bc6 24.Qg3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8+ Qxb8 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.Bxc6 fxe5
29.Qf3 Bg5 30.Bb7 Qd6 31.Qc6 Qxc6+ 32.Bxc6 Kg7 33.a4 Kf6 34.Kf3 a5 35.Be8 Bh4
36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Bc6 f5 38.f3 Kf6 39.Bd7 Bg5 40.Bc8 Bf4 41.Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zagorskis,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 a6 9.Be3 b5
10.Ba2 Bb7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rac1 Qb6 13.Nh2 a5 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.hxg4 e6 16.f4 b4
17.Nd1 a4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Bb1 f5 20.c3 Na6 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Bf2 Nc7 23.Ne3 Qc6
24.Bh4 Rce8 25.Rce1 Kh8 26.Rf2 Qd7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Ba2 d5 29.Nc2 Rxe1+ 30.Nxe1 d4
31.Nf3 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Re8 33.cxd4 Qxd4+ 34.Bf2 Qxb2 35.Qxb2 Bxb2 36.Bxc5 Nb5
37.Kh2 Bd4 38.Bb4 Bc3 39.Bc5 Bd4 40.Bb4 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.a3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Nc3 h6 9.Be3 e5
10.Rb1 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.Ne2 Rab8 16.f4 Rxb1
17.Qxb1 Rb8 18.Qa2 Kh7 19.c3 exf4 20.Nxf4 d5 21.Bf2 Qd6 22.Bg3 Qd7 23.Nxg6 Rg8
24.Nf4 c4 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Qxc4 Nxc3 27.Kh1 Nd4 28.Nh5 Rc8 29.Qa6 Nf5 30.Bf2 Rc6
31.Qxa7 Qxa7 32.Bxa7 Nb5 33.Bb8 Bd4 34.a4 Nc3 35.a5 Ne3 36.Rc1 e5 37.Nf3 Ra6
38.Bxe5 Bxe5 39.Nxe5 Rxa5 40.Rxc3 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Nf1+ 42.Kg1 Ne3+ 43.Kh2 Nf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 dxc4
9.d5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Ne7 11.Qxc4 Qa6 12.Na3 Qxc4 13.Nxc4 Nd5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.O-O-O N7b6
16.Nxb6 Nxb6 17.Nd2 Be7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Ne4 Rhd8 20.Nd6 Rab8 21.f4 Na8 22.Kd2 Nc7
23.Ke3 Ne8 24.Ne4 b6 25.f5 Nc7 26.Nc3 g6 27.g4 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 gxf5
30.gxf5 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rh8 32.Ne4 Rh3+ 33.Kf2 Rh5 34.Nd6 f6 35.e6 Ne8 36.Nc8+ Kf8
37.Rd5 Kg7 38.Kg3 Kh6 39.Rd8 Ng7 40.Nd6 Rg5+ 41.Kf3 Nxf5 42.Nf7+ Kg6 43.Nxg5 fxg5
44.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Salas,Cr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.a3 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be3 b5
10.Ba2 Bb7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nh2 Nd4 13.f4 Nd7 14.Nd1 Nc6 15.Ng4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.f5 Ne5 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Ne3 c4 20.d4 Nd7 21.Rf4 gxf5 22.Nxf5 Kh8 23.Raf1 Rg8
24.c3 Rg6 25.Bb1 Qb6 26.R4f2 Rcg8 27.Be3 Qc7 28.h4 Rf8 29.h5 Rg4 30.Bf4 Rgg8
31.Nh6 Rg7 32.Be3 Qb8 33.Qe2 Qe8 34.Nf5 Rgg8 35.Bh6 Qa8 36.Bxf8 Qxf8 37.Qc2 Rg4
38.Qe2 Rg5 39.Ne3 Qh6 40.Rf5 Rxf5 41.Nxf5 Qg5 42.Qf3 Qd2 43.Qg4 Qg5 44.Qxg5 Bxg5
45.Nxe7  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eingorn,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc3 c6
9.e3 Na6 10.d3 Bd7 11.Rc1 Qc7 12.a3 Qc8 13.Ng5 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nge4 Qc7
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qb6 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.Bh3 Re7 21.Bxd7 Rxd7
22.Qb3 d5 23.Rc5 Rad8 24.Rfc1 h5 25.h3 Kg7 26.Qd1 Qe6 27.Kg2 d4 28.e4 h4
29.g4 Be7 30.Rc7 a6 31.R1c4 g5 32.Qc2 b5 33.R4c6 Rxc7 34.Rxc7 Rd7 35.Rc6 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qd3 h6 10.Bh4 Rb8 11.O-O-O g5 12.Bg3 Qb6 13.Bb3 Ba6 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.f3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Kf8 17.Rh5 Kg7 18.Rdh1 Qd4 19.Nd1 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Bd8 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Azarov,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.a4 O-O 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nce3 Qb7 18.g4 Ne7 19.Bg2 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Qe7 21.h4 Qf6 22.Qd3 Qf4
23.Qxb5 Bxg4 24.h5 Kh8 25.Qc6 e4 26.Bxe4 Rc8 27.Qb7 Re8 28.Rh4 f5 29.h6 Bxh6
30.Rxg4 Qe5 31.Nxf5 Qxf5 32.Kf1 Rxe4 33.Qxe4  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 g6 18.Qe2 Bb7 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Nd2 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bd6 27.Re1 Ra1 28.Ngf1 Bf4
29.g3 Bh6 30.f4 Bf8 31.Ne3 Bc5 32.Nf1 Be4 33.Bd2 Ra2 34.Bc1 Bd3 35.Kg2 Ra1
36.Bd2 Ra2 37.Bc1 Ra1 38.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Nc3 Qxb2 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.e4 d6 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ne4 11.Nxd5 Qd8 12.c4 Bg4 13.Qb1 Nxd2 14.Qxb7 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxf3
16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Nd5+ Ke8 18.Nc7+ Ke7 19.Nd5+ Ke8 20.Nc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Markowski,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 Nf5 8.Be4 Bd7
9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nb3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.g4 Nh6
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qd2 Kg7 18.g5 h5 19.Qf4 Bc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qc4 Rb6 22.a4 Rfb8
23.Ra1 Rb3 24.Rec1 Qd8 25.Qe4 Qd5 26.Nd2 R3b7 27.Qe3 Rd7 28.Rab1 Rbd8 29.h4 Qxd3
30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.Ne4 R8d7 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.Rb8 Rd8 34.Rb7 R3d7 35.Rb2 h6 36.f4 hxg5
37.hxg5 Kf5 38.Re1 h4 39.Rf2 Rd3 40.Kh2 c4 41.Rfe2 Rf3 42.Rb1 Rd7 43.a5 Rxf4
44.Nd2 Bc5 45.a6 Rd5 46.Rb7 Kg6 47.Rc7 Rf2+ 48.Rxf2 Bxf2 49.Nxc4 Rc5 50.Nd2 Rxe5
51.Nf3 Ra5 52.Rxc6 Be3 53.Nxh4+ Kxg5 54.Kg3 Kf6 55.Nf3 Bb6 56.c4 Ke7 57.Rc8 Kd7
58.Rf8 Bc7+ 59.Kg4 Ke7 60.Rc8 Kd7 61.Rf8 f5+ 62.Kg5 Rxa6 63.Rf7+ Kc8 64.Kf6 Rc6
65.Nd4 Rxc4 66.Nxe6 f4 67.Nxc7 Rxc7 68.Rf8+ Kb7 69.Ke5 a5 70.Rxf4 Kb6 71.Kd4 Kb5
72.Rf1 a4 73.Rb1+ Ka5 74.Rb8 a3 75.Kd3 Ka4 76.Ra8+ Kb3 77.Rb8+ Ka2 78.Kd2 Ka1
79.Rb6 Rh7 80.Kc2 Rh2+ 81.Kc1 Rb2 82.Ra6 Ka2 83.Ra8 Rb4 84.Kc2 Rc4+ 85.Kd2 Kb2
86.Rb8+ Ka1 87.Rb3 a2 88.Rb8 Rh4 89.Kc2 Rh1 90.Rb7 Rb1 91.Ra7 Rb2+ 92.Kc1 Rb8
93.Rc7 Rb6 94.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2002.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berelovich,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.Nce3 Qd7
16.a4 Bd8 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Ne7 19.Bg2 Bb6 20.Nxb6 Rxb6 21.O-O g6 22.Qd2 Rd8
23.Rfe1 Qb7 24.Ra3 Ra8 25.Rea1 Rxa3 26.Rxa3 h5 27.Qd1 Ra6 28.Rxa6 Qxa6 29.Bf1 Qc6
30.Qd3 Bd7 31.c4 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Qb7 33.b5 Kg7 34.Qa4 Nc8 35.Nd5 Be6 36.Bc4 Kf8
37.Qa6 Qb8 38.Kg2 Bxd5 39.Bxd5 Nb6 40.Bc6 Ke7 41.Kf3 Qc7 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Kd3 f5
44.f3 Kf6 45.Qa3 g5 46.exf5 gxh4 47.gxh4 Kxf5 48.Ke2 Qg7 49.Kf2 Qf6 50.Qb4 d5
51.Ke2 Qg7 52.Kf2 Qg6 53.Ke2 Qg7 54.Qb1+ Ke6 55.Kf2 Qf6 56.Kg2 Qg7+ 57.Kf2 Qh6
58.Qb4 Nc4 59.Qc3 Qf4 60.Bxd5+ Kxd5 61.Qd3+ Kc5 62.b6 Qxh4+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jenni,F"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Qe2 Ne7 6.a4 b6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.c3 h6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Bd3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bg3 h5 14.Bc4 Nc8 15.Ba2 Nd6
16.Nc4 Nxe4 17.Ncxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 O-O 19.Rd1 Nxg3 20.fxg3 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Qe8
22.Qxe8 Rfxe8+ 23.Kf2 Bc6 24.Rd4 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Phoobalan,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.f4 Qxf4 10.Ne5+ c6 11.d4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Kb1 Rhe8 17.a4 h6 18.a5 g5 19.Be3 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Nd5 21.a6 b6 22.Rhf1 Qe6
23.Rf2 Rf8 24.Rdf1 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Rxf2 26.Rxf2 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.c3 Kc7
29.Kc2 Be7 30.Nc4 Bd6 31.Kc1 b5 32.Nd2 e3 33.Nf1 Qa2 34.Nxe3 Qa1+ 35.Kc2 Qxa6
36.Qd3 Qa1 37.Qh7+ Kb6 38.Qxh6 Qe1 39.Qe6 Qf2+ 40.Kb3 Qf8 41.Nf5  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gozzoli,Y"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 Bc6 8.Bd3 Nfd7
9.Bc2 Nb6 10.Qe2 e5 11.b4 Bd7 12.b5 a6 13.O-O axb5 14.Nxb5 Ra5 15.Nc3 Nc6
16.Bb3 Bg4 17.Qe3 O-O 18.Ne2 Nd4 19.Nexd4 exd4 20.Qf4 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 d3 22.Rb1 c5
23.Bb2 Bxb2 24.Rxb2 c4 25.Bd1 Qd4 26.Rb1 Rxa2 27.Qf4 Re8 28.Bf3 Re6 29.Rfd1 Kg7
30.Qc7 Ra7 31.Rdc1 Rc6 32.Qb8 Nd7 33.Qd8 Rd6 34.Qc8 Ne5 35.Rxb7 Rd8 36.Qc7 Rd7
37.Rxa7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Qb2  0-1

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Bc1 e6 8.c4 exd5
9.cxd5 d6 10.e4 g6 11.Ne2 Bg7 12.Nec3 O-O 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.O-O a6 15.a4 Rb8
16.Kh1 Qd8 17.Be3 Re8 18.Na3 h6 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Rab1 Nh5 21.g4 Nhf6 22.h3 Ne5
23.Rf2 g5 24.f4 gxf4 25.Bxf4 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Naxb5 Ba6 28.Na3 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Nfd7
30.Nc2 c4 31.Bd2 Kg8 32.Rf5 Nc5 33.g5 hxg5 34.Rxg5 Ng6 35.Rg4 Nd3 36.Ne3 Nde5
37.Rg3 Bf6 38.Nf5 Rb7 39.Qh5 Ree7 40.h4 Nd3 41.Qf3 Bxc3 42.Bxc3 Rxe4 43.h5 Rh4+
44.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 45.Kg1 Nf4 46.Re1  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smerdon,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.Qe4 Qa4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Rab1 Rb8 17.Rb4 Qc6 18.Bd3 Qxe4 19.Bxe4 b6 20.Rd1 Bb7 21.Rd7 Rfd8 22.Rbd4 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Bxe4 24.Rxe7 Rc8 25.Nd4 a5 26.Nb5 Rc5 27.Nd6 Rxc3 28.h4 Bg6 29.f4 Bh5
30.Rb7 Ra3 31.Rxb6 Rxa2 32.Rb8+ Kh7 33.Rb7 a4 34.Nxf7 a3 35.Nd6 Rb2 36.Ra7 a2
37.Kh2 Bf3 38.f5 exf5 39.e6 Rxg2+ 40.Kh3 Re2 41.e7 Rxe7 42.Rxa2 Kg6 43.Kg3 Bg4
44.Ra5 Re3+ 45.Kf4 Rf3+ 46.Ke5 Kh5 47.Ra7 Kxh4 48.Rxg7 h5 49.Nb5 Re3+ 50.Kd4 Re1
51.Nd6 f4 52.Ne4 f3 53.Ra7 Bf5 54.Nd6 Rd1+ 55.Ke5 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.a3 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be3 b5
10.Ba2 e5 11.Rb1 Nd4 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxe6 hxg5
17.Bd5 Rc8 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.c4 dxc3 20.bxc3 g4 21.hxg4 Bg5 22.Qd1 Rxc3 23.a4 Qb6
24.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 c6 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Qc1 Bg4 13.Rd1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Rxd5 Qc7 17.Qb2+ f6 18.Rc1 b6 19.Rc3 Qd7 20.Re3 Kg8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Re8
23.b4 Qc8 24.h4 Bd7 25.h5 Bc6 26.Bf1 Qf5 27.Rh4 gxh5 28.Bh3 Qg6 29.b5 Ba8
30.Bd7 Kf8 31.Bxe8 Kxe8 32.Qb3 Rc8 33.Qd3 Rc7 34.Kh2 Kd7 35.g4 Rc5 36.Qxg6 hxg6
37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Ra3 a5 39.bxa6 Rg5 40.f3 Kc7 41.Rh3 Re5 42.e4 Kb8 43.a7+ Kc7
44.Rg3 Rg5 45.f4 h4 46.Rxg5 fxg5 47.fxg5  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bd3 Nf5
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.O-O Be6 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Rb1 Be7 13.Ne2 h6 14.h4 Qd8 15.h5 Rc7
16.Bd2 Qd7 17.b4 O-O 18.Ne1 Rfc8 19.Nd3 b6 20.a3 Nd8 21.Qb3 Rc4 22.Rfd1 Qe8
23.Nb2 R4c7 24.Rbc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Qc6 27.Bd2 Kh8 28.a4 Nb7 29.Qd3 Nd8
30.b5 Qc8 31.Nd1 Nb7 32.Ne3 Bg5 33.f4 Be7 34.g4 fxg4 35.f5 Bd7 36.f6 Bf8
37.Nxd5 Bf5 38.Qe3 Qc2 39.Ng3 Be6 40.fxg7+ Bxg7 41.Nf6 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Bc4 43.Qc3 Na5
44.Bf4 Bxf6 45.exf6 Kh7 46.Bd2 Qb3 47.Qxb3 Bxb3 48.Nf5 Nc4 49.Bf4 Nb2 50.Bb8 Bxa4
51.Nd6 Nd1+ 52.Kg3 Nc3 53.Bxa7 Ne2+ 54.Kxg4 Nxd4 55.Bxb6 Nxb5 56.Nxf7 Bd1+
57.Kh4 Bb3 58.Ne5 Nd6 59.Bc5 Nf7 60.Ng6 Bc2 61.Nf4 Kg8 62.Ng6 Ng5 63.Ne5 Bd1
64.Ng4 Bxg4 65.Kxg4 Ne4 66.Be7 Kf7 67.Kf5 Ng3+ 68.Kg4 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Nb5 Qb8
9.a3 Be7 10.g4 a6 11.Nd4 b5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Nce2 Rd8 14.g5 Ne8 15.h4 Bb7 16.O-O-O d5
17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.e5 d4 19.Bxd4 Bxf3 20.Rh3 Bg4 21.Rg3 Bf5 22.Bh3 Bxh3 23.Rxh3 b4
24.a4 Qb7 25.Qf4 Rac8 26.Rf3 Bf8 27.b3 Rd7 28.Ng3 Nc7 29.Ne4 Nd5 30.Qg4 Nc3
31.Nxc3 bxc3 32.Rxc3 Rcd8 33.Rcd3 g6 34.Kb1 Bg7 35.Qe2 Qb8 36.Bb2 Rxd3 37.Rxd3 Rxd3
38.Qxd3 Bxe5 39.Qxa6 Bxb2 40.Kxb2 e5 41.Qc6 Qd8 42.Qe4 Qa5 43.Qe3 Qd5 44.c4 Qg2+
45.Kc3 Qa2 46.Kb4 Qh2 47.a5 h5 48.a6 e4 49.Qxe4 Qd6+ 50.Kb5 Qd7+ 51.Qc6 Qf5+
52.Qd5  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bd3 Qg6 13.O-O Be7 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Qe1 Rb8
16.b4 f5 17.f3 f4 18.Qf2 Bd8 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4+ Kh8 21.Bd5 Bb6 22.Qh4 Bd7
23.Rac1 Rbc8 24.Nc4 Bd4 25.Be1 Rb8 26.a3 Rf6 27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Bf2 Bb5 29.Bxd4 exd4
30.Qf2 d3 31.Qd4 Qh5 32.Rfd1 Rh6 33.Qg1 d5 34.exd5 Qxd5 35.Nb2 Qb3 36.Qd4 Qxa3
37.Nxd3 Bxd3 38.Rc7 Rg8 39.Rxd3 Qa2 40.Rd2 Qe6 41.Rd1 Rf6 42.Rd7 h6 43.h3 Re8
44.Kh2 Qf5 45.Rd8 Rxd8 46.Qxd8+ Kh7 47.Re1 Rf8 48.Qd6 Rf6 49.Qd8 Rf8 50.Qd6 Rf6
51.Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 g5 14.Nf3 f6 15.exf6 exf6
16.Nd2 f5 17.Nb3 Bf7 18.Bd2 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 f4 20.f3 Qd6 21.Nac5 Rfe8 22.Nd3 Bg6
23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.Nxb4 c5 25.dxc5 Bxb2 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rd1 d4 28.c6 a5 29.Nxa5 Bc3
30.a3 Rc8 31.Nc4 d3 32.Nd6 Bxb4 33.Nxc8 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 Bf5 35.c7  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Na6 15.Rae1 Nc5
16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Bd1 a4 18.Bc2 Nd7 19.g4 g6 20.Re2 Nb6 21.Bd3 e4 22.fxe4 Nd7
23.Bh6 Re8 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.Bg3 Bf6 26.Rxf6 Nxf6 27.Qf4 Nd7 28.Qxd6 Qxd6 29.Bxd6 Ne5
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Kf2 f6 32.Ke3 Rb8 33.Rc2 h5 34.h3 Kg7 35.b3 hxg4 36.hxg4 axb3
37.Rb2 bxa2 38.Rxa2 Re7 39.Ra5 Rc8 40.Kf4 g5+ 41.Ke3 Kf7 42.Bc2 Rb7 43.e5 fxe5
44.Bf5 Re8 45.Rxc5 e4 46.Be6+ Kf6 47.Kxe4 Rb1 48.Rc6 Re1+ 49.Kd4 Rd1+ 50.Kc5 Ke5
51.Bd7 Rd8 52.Rc7 Rc1 53.Ra7 Rb8 54.Bf5 Rb3 55.Re7+ Kf6 56.Re6+ Kf7 57.d6 Rbc3
58.Re4 Rd1 59.Be6+ Ke8 60.Kc6 Ra3 61.Bd7+ Kf7 62.Bc8 Ra4 63.d7 Rb4 64.Kc7 Ra4
65.Kb6  1-0

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bd2 Ne4 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Rc1 Bf5 10.Be2 a6 11.Qb3 Be6 12.O-O Nd7 13.a4 Kh8 14.Rfd1 f5 15.Be1 Bg8
16.a5 g5 17.Nd2 Nd6 18.Nf3 e6 19.Na4 g4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Nb6 Rb8
23.Bc3 Bg7 24.Qb2 Rf7 25.Bxg7+ Rxg7 26.Rc2 Qg5 27.Qe5 Rd8 28.Rc7 h5 29.Nd7 Qe7
30.Nf6 Qxc7 31.Nxh5 Ne4 32.Qxg7+ Qxg7 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Rc1 Nd6  0-1

[Event "41st WJun"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Berkes,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Qa5 12.a3 Nb6 13.b4 Qa6 14.Be2 Nc4 15.Bg5 Rd8
16.Ra2 Rd6 17.Qb3 b5 18.a4 Qb7 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Bf3 a6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nge2 O-O
23.Nf4 Rfd8 24.Nxh5 Bxh5 25.Bxh5 Qe7 26.Ne2 Bxh4 27.Kf1 Bg5 28.Bf3 g6 29.Nc1 Kg7
30.Nd3 Re8 31.Re2 Qf6 32.Nc5 Rdd8 33.Rh3 Qf5 34.Kg1 Be7 35.Nxa6 Bd6 36.Ra2 g5
37.g4 Qf6 38.Qd3 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Rxh8 40.Qf5 Qh6 41.Bxd5 Bh2+ 42.Kf1 Nd6 43.Qf3 Qg6
44.e4 Bf4 45.Nc5 Nc4 46.Ke2 Qf6 47.Ra7 Rf8 48.e5 Qb6 49.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 exd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxd4 Nd7 19.Ra3 Nc5 20.Qc4 Qe8 21.f4 Qe6 22.Qxe6 Nxe6
23.f5 Nd4 24.Rd3 c5 25.Kf1 Re8 26.Bd2 Nc2 27.Rc1 Nd4 28.Re1 Nc2 29.Rc1 Nd4
30.f3 g6 31.fxg6 Rxf3+ 32.Rxf3 Nxf3 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Bf4 Rxe4 35.Bxd6 Rd4
36.Bxc5 Rd2 37.Rc3 Nxh2+ 38.Kg1 Rxb2 39.Rg3 Re2 40.Bf2 Re6 41.Kxh2 Rh6+ 42.Kg2 Rg6
43.Rxg6 Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arkell,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A48"]

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 31.dxc6 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 41.Rh6 Kg8 42.a4 Kf7 43.a5 Nd7
44.Bg4 Ke7 45.Bf5 Rxc4 46.Rb7 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 61.Rd7 Rg8 62.g7 Nc6 63.Be4 Kc8 64.Bxc6 Ne8
65.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 b6
9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.a3 Nd7 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nf1 Nde5 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Nh5 Be7
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 Nd7 18.f5 g6 19.Nf4 Ne5 20.fxe6 Qc8 21.Nd5 Qxe6 22.Bh6 Rfe8
23.Nc7 Qc8 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.Bf4 Bf6 26.Rf1 Bg7 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Bb3 c4 29.Bxc4 Bxc4
30.dxc4 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Rc8 32.Rad1 Qxc4 33.Qxc4 Rxc4 34.Rfe1 h5 35.g3 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ke7
37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Rd5 a6 39.Rd2 Kd7 40.Ke3 b5 41.Kd3 a5 42.Rc2 a4 43.Rb1 Kc6
44.b3 axb3 45.Rxb3 f5 46.exf5 gxf5 47.Rb4 d5 48.a4 bxa4 49.Rxc4+ dxc4+ 50.Kxc4 f4
51.gxf4 Bxf4 52.Kb4 Kd5 53.c4+ Kd4 54.Kxa4 Kd3 55.Kb3 h4 56.c5 Bc7 57.c6 h3
58.Rc3+ Ke4 59.Rxh3 Kd5 60.Rc3  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barsov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.b3 Qc8 13.Bd2 c5 14.Nde2 Qd8 15.Rc1 Bg4
16.Ne4 Nd7 17.f3 Bf5 18.Nf2 Ne5 19.e4 Bc8 20.Rxc5 b6 21.Rc2 Ba6 22.Bc3 Rc8
23.f4 Nd7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Bh3 Rc7 26.Qa1+ Nf6 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Rc1 Qb8 29.Nd4 Bc8
30.Bg2 Kg8 31.b4 Nb7 32.Nc6 Qa8 33.Nxe7+ Rxe7 34.Qxf6 Re8 35.Rc7 Rf8 36.e5 Qb8
37.d6 Nd8 38.Ne4 Ne6 39.Qe7 b5 40.Rc1 Qb6+ 41.Nc5 a5 42.Kh1 axb4 43.d7 Qc7
44.dxc8=Q Rxc8 45.Qxc7 Rxc7 46.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lehtinen,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Bg2 Qe7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Nf8 12.e4 a6 13.a4 a5 14.f4 Ne6 15.Rad1 h6 16.Kh2 exd4
17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Rfe1 Qc7 19.Qc2 Be6 20.b3 Rad8 21.Rd2 Bc8 22.Qd1 Nh7 23.Kh1 Bd7
24.Kh2 Nf8 25.Kh1 Qb6 26.Kh2 Bc8 27.Qc2 Nfe6 28.Nce2 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Re7 30.Qc3 Rde8
31.Rde2 f6 32.Bf3 Qc7 33.Re3 Be6 34.Bh5 Bf7 35.Bf3 Rd7 36.Nf5 Bg6 37.g4 Bxf5
38.gxf5 Rde7 39.Bh5 Rd8 40.Bf3 d5 41.exd5 Qxf4+ 42.Kh1 Rxe3 43.Qxe3 Qh4 44.Bg2 Nd3
45.Qe6+ Kh7 46.Re3 Ne5 47.Qe7 Qg5 48.Re1 Rb8 49.d6 Qg3 50.Rf1 Qxb3 51.Rg1 Rg8
52.c5 Qb4 53.Rc1 Nd3 54.Rf1 Qxc5 55.Qxb7 Nf2+ 56.Kh2 Qxd6+ 57.Kg1 Rb8 58.Qxc6 Nxh3+
59.Kh1 Nf2+ 60.Kg1 Nh3+ 61.Kh1 Qxc6 62.Bxc6 h5 63.Kg2 Ng5 64.Rd1 Rb2+ 65.Kg3 Rb3+
66.Kg2 Rc3 67.Be8 h4 68.Rd4 h3+ 69.Kf2 Nf3 70.Rd8 Ne5 71.Bh5 h2 72.Kg2 Rh3  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 Bf6 10.Re3 Re8 11.Nd5 Bg5 12.f4 Bh6 13.Rh3 c6 14.Ne3 Ne4 15.Bxe4 Rxe4
16.Nf5 Qb6+ 17.d4 Bxf4 18.Qh5 h6 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Re1  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flear,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 c6 7.e3 a6 8.c5 Nh5 9.Bg5 Bg4
10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nhf6 14.b4 e5 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.a4 Qf8
17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 h5 19.Rb1 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Qxh6 21.Rfd1 Re6 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Ra1 Rae8
24.Ra7 exd4 25.Qxd4 Qf8 26.Na4 Rb8 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.Qa1 Ne4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Rb1 Reb4
31.Rxb4 Rxb4 32.g3 Qe8 33.Nb2 Nxc5 34.Qa3 Rb3 35.Qxc5 Rxb2 36.Qc3 Rb8 37.Qf6 Rc8
38.Re7 Qf8 39.Rd7 Qg7 40.Qd6 Qa1+ 41.Kg2 Qg7 42.h4 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 e5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Be2 h5 10.c4 e4 11.Nfd2 f5 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Qc2 h4 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Kb1 Be7
16.Na4 Qd8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qb3 Qb6 20.Qa4+ Kf8 21.Rc1 Kg7 22.Rc3 a6
23.f4 Qd6 24.Qb3 b6 25.Na4 Bd7 26.Rhc1 Rhb8 27.a3 Bd8 28.R3c2 Qe6 29.Ka1 Be8
30.Nc3 b5 31.Qa2 a5 32.Nb3 b4 33.Nc5 Qd6 34.Nd1 Nd7 35.a4 Nxc5 36.dxc5 Qf6
37.Bb5 Bxb5 38.axb5 Rxb5 39.Qxd5 Rc8 40.Qd7 Rbb8 41.c6 Rc7 42.Qd5 a4 43.Kb1 Qe6
44.Rc5 Be7 45.Qxf5 Bxc5 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qxc5+ Qe7 48.Qd4 Kg8 49.Nf2 Rd8 50.Qc4 a3
51.Nxe4 axb2 52.Kxb2 Re8 53.Nf2 Qxe3 54.Nd3 Ra8 55.f5 Qg5 56.Nxb4 Rb8 57.Kb3 Kh7
58.Rc3 Rb6 59.Qd4 Rb5 60.Rh3 Rxc6 61.Rxh4+ Rh6 62.Rxh6+ Qxh6 63.Qd7 Re5 64.Qxf7+ Qg7
65.Qxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.c3 Be7
9.Bb3 d5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bc2 Rc8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 d4 15.c4 Nd7 16.Ng2 bxc4
17.Nxc4 e5 18.f4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Nce5 20.Bb3 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Nb6 22.b3 Nxc4 23.bxc4 Rb8
24.Nd5 Bd6 25.e5 Re8 26.Bf4 Bf8 27.Bg3 Rb7 28.h4 h6 29.Rf1 Kh8 30.Rae1 Qc8
31.Qf3 Bh7 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Rb2 34.Qh5 Qe6 35.Rxf7 Kg8 36.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c4 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.Qd2 bxc4 17.Nxc4 O-O 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.b4 Rb5 20.Ne3 f4 21.Nc2 Rxd5 22.Qxf4 Re5
23.Bxa6 d5 24.Rcd1 f5 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Rfe1 Qc8 27.Bb3 Ng6 28.Qc1 f4 29.Rxd5 Nh4
30.Qd1 f3 31.Rxe5 Bxe5 32.Rxe4 Rd8 33.Nd4 Bf6 34.g3 Nf5 35.Qxf3 Rxd4 36.Re6 Rd2
37.Rxf6 Nd4 38.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,And"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb1 Re8 19.f3 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 e3 21.f4 Nxd5 22.Qxf5 Nf6
23.Bd3 e2 24.Rxe2 Rxe2 25.Qxc5 dxc5 26.Bxe2 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Nd5
29.g3 Ne3 30.Be2 b4 31.Nb1 a5 32.Kg1 Nd5 33.cxb4 axb4 34.Bc4 Bd4+ 35.Kh1 Ne3
36.b3 Kg7 37.a4 bxa3 38.Nxa3 Bc3 39.Nb5 Be1 40.Nd6 f5 41.Nb7 Bb4 42.Nd8 Kf6
43.Kg1 h5 44.Nc6 Bc3 45.Kf2 Ng4+ 46.Kg2 Ne3+ 47.Kf3 Nc2 48.Kf2 h4 49.gxh4 Nd4
50.Nb8 Ke7 51.h5 Kd6 52.h6 Kc7 53.h7 Nxb3 54.Bxb3 Kxb8 55.Kg3 Kc7 56.Kh4 Kd6
57.Kg5 Ke7 58.Kxf5 Kf8 59.Kg6 Bh8 60.h4 Ke7 61.f5 c4 62.Bxc4 Kf8 63.h5 Ke7
64.Bb3 Kf8 65.f6 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jansa,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.f3 Nf6 6.c4 e6 7.Qb3 b6 8.Nc3 c6 9.g4 Bg6
10.h4 h5 11.g5 Ng8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e4 Bd6 14.Nh3 Ne7 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Bd3 a5
17.Rhe1 Na6 18.a3 b5 19.exd5 b4 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 a4 23.e5 axb3
24.exd6 Nxd5 25.a4 g6 26.Nf2 Nb8 27.Bc4 Rxa4 28.Bxb3 Ra5 29.Kd2 Nd7 30.Ra1 Rxa1
31.Rxa1 f6 32.Ne4 fxg5 33.Nxg5 Rf6 34.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Schmitz,Ma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.b4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Ne2 Kh8 13.h4 fxe5 14.dxe5 a5 15.b5 Nd8
16.Bb1 Nc5 17.Be3 Qxb5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qd3 g6 20.h5 Qc4 21.hxg6 Qxd3 22.Rxh7+ Kg8
23.Bxd3 Re8 24.Ng3  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.c4 Be7 10.Bd3 a6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.f3 Nd7 14.Kh1 Bg5 15.b4 b6 16.Qb3 Rb8
17.Na4 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Qh4 19.Qc2 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nc3 Qxb4 22.Nxb5 Rxb5
23.Rb1 Qc5 24.Rxb5 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 Ba6 26.Ba4 Bxb5 27.Bxb5 Nc5 28.a4 Ra8 29.Ra1 Kf7
30.Kg1 Ra5 31.Kf2 g5 32.Ke2 h5 33.Ra3 Kf6 34.Kd2 g4 35.Kc3 Kg5 36.Kb4 Ra7
37.a5 h4 38.fxg4 Kxg4 39.a6 e4 40.Bf1 f4 41.h3+ Kf5 42.Kb5 Rxa6 43.Rxa6 Nxa6
44.Kxa6 Ke5 45.Bc4 Kd4 46.Kb5 f3 47.gxf3 exf3 48.Kb4 f2 49.Kb3 f1=Q 50.Bxf1 Kxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 Nc6 7.Ba3 Bxa3 8.N1xa3 d5
9.c4 Nf6 10.exd5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Qe2+ Kf8 13.O-O-O a6 14.Nd4 Nbxd5 15.Qe5 b5
16.Nac2 Qb8 17.Qxb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baum,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Re8 11.a4 Qc7 12.Ba3 Bf8 13.Bb2 Bb4 14.Nd2 h5 15.Qe2 h4 16.Red1 Nh5
17.Nc4 Ndf6 18.Ne3 a5 19.Rd2 Be6 20.Rad1 Bc5 21.Bf3 Kh7 22.Rd3 Rh8 23.R1d2 Rae8
24.Kf1 Kg7 25.Qd1 Qc8 26.Ne2 Bh3+ 27.Ke1 hxg3 28.hxg3 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Ng4 30.Red3 Nh2
31.Ng1 Nf6 32.Rd6 Bg4 33.Bxg4 Nhxg4 34.Qf3 Rh2 35.c4 Qc7 36.c5 b6 37.cxb6 Qxb6
38.Rc2 Qb4+ 39.Kd1 Qxd6+  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lalic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nge2 Qc6 7.Bb3 Qxg2 8.Rg1 Qh3
9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.a3 e6 12.O-O-O Ne7 13.Be5 Ng6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.d5 e5
16.Ba4 b5 17.Nxb5 Bh6+ 18.Kb1 O-O 19.Nbc3 Qh3 20.Qc4 Bg7 21.Qxc7 Bg4 22.d6 f5
23.d7 Rad8 24.Rd3 Qh5 25.Re1 Qxh2 26.Qc5 e4 27.Rd5 Nf4 28.Nxf4 Qxf4 29.Ne2 Qb8
30.Nd4 h5 31.c3 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Qf4 33.Bd1 h4 34.Bxg4 Qxg4 35.f3  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johansen,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.e4 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nd7 13.e6 fxe6 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Be3 Nb6
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 c5 19.Rd2 Nc4 20.Rc2 Nd6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rd8
23.Ra5 c4 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Rd4 27.Bf3 Bb7 28.Bxb7 Rxb7 29.Ra4 Kf7
30.Rcxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxb2 32.Rf4+ Kg7 33.Re4 Kf6 34.Rf4+ Kg7 35.Re4 Rb6
36.g4 h6 37.Kg3 g5 38.f3 Kf6 39.h4 e5 40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Ra4 Rd6 42.Ra8 Kf7
43.Rh8 Re6 44.Rh2 Kg6 45.Re2 Kf6 46.Re1 Rd6 47.Re2 Rd4 48.Rh2 Kg6 49.Re2 Kf6
50.Rh2 e4 51.Rh6+ Kf7 52.Rh7+ Ke6 53.Rh6+ Kd5 54.Rg6 e3 55.Rxg5+ e5 56.Rg8 Kc4
57.Re8 e4 58.fxe4 Kd3 59.Ra8 Rd7 60.e5 e2 61.Ra3+ Kd2 62.Ra2+ Ke3 63.Rxe2+ Kxe2
64.Kf4 Rd4+ 65.Kf5 Kf3 66.e6 Rf4+ 67.Ke5 Kxg4 68.e7 Rf1 69.Kd6 Re1 70.Kd7 Kf5
71.e8=Q Rxe8 72.Kxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kotronias,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Bc1 g6 6.f3 Nd6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nc3 f5
9.exf5 Nxf5 10.g4 Nh6 11.d6 e6 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.c4 O-O
16.h4 Bf4 17.h5 Bg3+ 18.Ke2 Nb4 19.hxg6 h6 20.g7 Kxg7 21.Qd2 Bf4 22.Qc3+ Kg8
23.a3 Na6 24.Qd3 Kg7 25.Nh3 Be5 26.Bg2 b6 27.Rhg1 Bf4 28.Qc3+ Kg6 29.Nxf4+ Rxf4
30.Ke3 e5 31.Qxe5 Rxc4 32.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Bd2 h6 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.a3 Rd8 15.Be3 b6
16.b4 Be7 17.Bc1 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Bxh4 19.Ne2 Be7 20.Nf4 Bf5 21.c4 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 h5
23.Be3 h4 24.f3 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.c5 Kf7 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Kf1 Ra8 29.Ne2 a5
30.Rc4 axb4 31.axb4 f5 32.cxb6 cxb6 33.Bxb6 Ra4 34.Bc5 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxb4
36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Rc2 Ke5 38.Nc1 Kd6 39.Nd3 Rb3 40.Rd2 Rb7 41.Nf4+ Ke5 42.Ng6+ Kf6
43.Rd6+ Be6 44.Nxh4 c5 45.Rc6 c4 46.Ng6 Kxg6 47.Rxe6+ Kg5 48.Rc6 Rb2+ 49.Kg3 f4+
50.Kh2 Rc2 51.Rc5+ Kg6 52.h4 c3 53.h5+ Kf6 54.h6 Kg6 55.Rc6+ Kh7 56.Rf6 Rc1
57.Rxf4 Kxh6 58.Rc4 Kg5 59.Kg3 Kf5 60.Rc5+ Ke6 61.Kf4 c2 62.g4 Kf6 63.Rc6+ Kg7
64.Rc7+ Kg6 65.Rc6+ Kg7 66.Rc3 Kg6 67.Ke3 Kg5 68.Rc5+ Kg6 69.Rc6+ Kg5 70.Rc3 Re1+
71.Kd2 Re8 72.Rc5+ Kh4 73.Kxc2 Rf8 74.Rh5+ Kg3 75.Rf5 Rd8 76.g5 Kh4 77.f4 Kh5
78.Rf6 Rd7 79.Kc3 Rd8 80.Kc4 Kg4 81.g6 Kh5 82.f5 Kh6 83.Rf7 Ra8 84.Kb5 Rb8+
85.Kc6 Ra8 86.Kb7 Rg8 87.Ka7 Rc8 88.g7 Kh7 89.f6 Kg8 90.Rb7 Rd8 91.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6
16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.Nd2 g6 19.a3 Na6 20.b3 Nh5 21.Bb2 Ng7 22.b4 f5 23.exf5 gxf5
24.Qb3 a4 25.Qd3 Bg5 26.g3 Rce8 27.h4 Bd8 28.Bc2 Rf6 29.Kh2 Rg6 30.Rac1 Qa7
31.Qf1 Bb6 32.Nf3 Rf8 33.Ng5 Nc7 34.Rcd1 f4 35.Bxg6 hxg6 36.Qd3 fxe3 37.Qxg6 Bf5
38.Qxd6 Nce8 39.Qxe5 exf2 40.Rf1 Nf6 41.Kh1 Ng4 42.Qd6 Be3 43.Kg2 Bxg5 44.hxg5 Qe3
45.Qc7 Qe4+ 46.Kh3 Ne3+  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 b5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 a5 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Rd1 b4 14.Bc2 Qc7 15.Bf4 Ba6
16.Qe4 g6 17.Nbd2 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Nc5 19.Qe3 Nd3 20.Bxd3 Rxd3 21.Qe4 Rd5 22.Nc4 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 Rad8 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 Qd7 26.Kf1 Rd1+ 27.Ke2 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Bf8
29.b3 Bg7 30.Bf4 h6 31.h4 Ne7 32.Be3 Nd5 33.Bd4 Nf4+ 34.Kf1 Qb7 35.Bb2 g5
36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Bc1 Qd7 38.Bxf4 Qd1+ 39.Ne1 gxf4 40.Qc8+ Bf8 41.Qa8 Qd4 42.Qxa5 Bc5
43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.Qf3 Qxe5 45.Qg4+ Kf8 46.Qd1 Bd6 47.Nf3 Qb5+ 48.Kg1 Ke7 49.Qc2 Qd5
50.Kf1 e5 51.Ng5 f5 52.Nf3 e4 53.Nd2 Be5 54.Nc4 Bc3 55.Qc1 Qd4 56.Kg1 e3
57.Qf1 Kf6 58.Qe2 Qe4 59.Kh2 Bd4 60.fxe3 fxe3 61.Kg1 Kg5 62.a3 Qb1+ 63.Kh2 bxa3
64.Nxa3 Qxb3 65.Nc2 Qb2 66.Qd3 Bb6 67.Qe2 Qh8+ 68.Kg1 Qh4 69.Na3 Qf4 70.Nc4 Bc5
71.Kh1 Qg4 72.Qxg4+ Kxg4 73.Kh2 e2 74.Ne5+ Kf4 75.Nf3 Bf2 76.Kh1 Kg3 77.Ng1 Bxg1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mueller,Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.d5 Ne7 14.Bc2 Qe8 15.c4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 f5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Be2 exf3 19.Bxf3 Qh5 20.Ra3 Ng6 21.Bxg4 fxg4 22.Be3 Bxe3
23.Rxe3 Ne5 24.b3 Rf6 25.Nd4 Rbf8 26.Rg3 Rh6 27.h3 gxh3 28.Qxh5 Rxh5 29.gxh3 Rf7
30.f4 Nd7 31.f5 h6 32.Rf4 Kh7 33.Kf2 Rg5 34.Ne6 Rxg3 35.Kxg3 Ne5 36.Rf1 Kg8
37.Kf4 g5+ 38.Ke4 Nd7 39.Ra1 Nf6+ 40.Kd4 Nh5 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.Rc8 Nf4 43.Nxf4 gxf4
44.Ke4 f3 45.Kxf3 Rxf5+ 46.Ke4 Rf7 47.b4 Kg6 48.c5 Re7+ 49.Kd4 dxc5+ 50.Kxc5 Kf5
51.Kc6 Re4 52.Rf8+ Kg5 53.Kxc7 Rc4+ 54.Kd7 Rxb4 55.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Espig,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.d3 Qc8 11.Rb1 Rd8 12.Ba1 b6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qb3 Bh3 15.Qa4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 h6 17.Rfd1 Qe6 18.e4 Nd7 19.Nd5 Rac8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.Qc3+ Kh7
23.Re1 e6 24.e5 Qb8 25.Nf6+ Nxf6 26.exf6 Qc7 27.Re4 Nb4 28.Qc1 h5 29.Ng5+ Kg8
30.Nf3 Kh7 31.Ng5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Qb6
16.a4 Rad8 17.Re1 a6 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.Rfe3 Qc7 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Nc5 Na5 22.Qb4 b6
23.Nxa6 Qxc2 24.Rc3 Qd2 25.Rc7 Qxb4 26.Nxb4 d4 27.Nd3 Rc8 28.Ree7 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Nb3
30.Rc6 Rb8 31.Kf1 Nc5 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Rxc5 Rxb2 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Rd8 Rb4 36.a5 Ra4
37.Rd5 d3 38.Ke1 Ra2 39.Rxd3 Rxa5 40.g3 g5 41.Kf1 Kg6 42.Kg2 f6 43.Rd4 Ra3
44.h4 gxh4 45.Rg4+ Kf7 46.Rxh4 Ra2 47.Rb4 Kg6 48.Rg4+ Kf7 49.Rb4 Kg6 50.Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 Qe7
9.Qxa4 Qxc5 10.Bg5 Ng4 11.h3 h6 12.Bh4 Nf6 13.b4 Qb5 14.Qc2 g5 15.Bg3 d6
16.Nbd2 Be6 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.c4 Qb6 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qb5 22.Qc2 Nd4
23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Qxc7 f6 25.Rfc1 Ke7 26.Rc6 Qb8 27.Qa5 Rc8 28.Rbc1 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Qb5
30.Qc7 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nh4 e6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Nf1 Rb8 14.f3 Ng5 15.dxc5 Ne6
16.b4 Qc7 17.f4 d4 18.Qf3 a5 19.a3 dxc3 20.Qxc3 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Rb1 Rfd8
23.Be3 Nc7 24.Bd2 Nb5 25.Qb3 Rd5 26.Be3 Rbd8 27.Red1 h5 28.g3 h4 29.gxh4 Bh6
30.h5 Kh7 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.hxg6+ fxg6 33.Rb2 Nd4 34.Qc4 Qd7 35.Kf2 Qd8 36.Bxd4 Rxd4
37.Qf7+ Bg7 38.Rb3 Rxf4+ 39.Kg2 Rg4+ 40.Rg3 Qd4 41.Rxg4 Qxg4+ 42.Ng3 Qxb4
43.e6 Qd2+ 44.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 g6 12.Bh6 Ne6 13.Ne5 Ng7 14.g4 Nd7 15.f4 Bf8 16.Qf2 Nxe5
17.fxe5 Be6 18.Ne2 Be7 19.Nf4 Bh4 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Kh2 Qe7 22.Ng2 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5
24.Rf2 f5 25.exf6 Ne8 26.Raf1 Nxf6 27.Qg3 Rae8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.h4 Rxf1 30.hxg5 Rd1
31.Nf4 Rd2+ 32.Kh3 Bf7 33.Qf3 Rf8 34.b4 Rxa2 35.b5 a5 36.bxa6 bxa6 37.e4 dxe4
38.Bxe4 Ra4 39.d5 Re8 40.Nh5 gxh5 41.Bxh7+ Kf8 42.gxh5 Re7 43.g6 Rb7 44.h6 Rab4
45.g7+ Ke8 46.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 d5 22.exd5 Qxd5
23.Bb3 Qd7 24.Qh5 a5 25.bxa5 Qe7 26.Ne3 Rxa5 27.Ng4 Rd8 28.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Ba3 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.O-O Qa4 12.c4 Nd7 13.Bd1 Qa5 14.e5 c5 15.Rb1 cxd4
16.Rb5 Qc3 17.Qxc3 dxc3 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Bd6 Rac8 20.Re1 Bc6 21.Rb1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Re3 Nxc4 25.Rxc3 Re1+ 26.Kg2 Nd6 27.Rd3 Nf5 28.Rb5 Rc7 29.Rbd5 Kg7
30.Rd2 h6 31.Bb3 Nh4+ 32.Kg3 Nf5+ 33.Kg2 Nh4+ 34.Kg3 g5 35.Rd7 Rg1+ 36.Kh3 Nxf3
37.Be6 h5  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.c3 Be7
9.Bb3 d5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Ba4 Ne5 13.g4 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Bg6 15.e5 Nd7
16.Bf4 h5 17.Bg3 hxg4 18.hxg4 c4 19.d4 Rh6 20.Kg2 Rdh8 21.Bc2 Qd8 22.b3 Nb6
23.Rab1 Qg8 24.Bxg6 Rxg6 25.Rh1 Rgh6 26.Rxh6 gxh6 27.Nd2 Qg6 28.Rc1 h5 29.gxh5 Rxh5
30.bxc4 Qf5 31.Rh1 Rxh1 32.Kxh1 Qc2 33.cxd5 Nxd5 34.c4 Nb6 35.c5 Nd5 36.Qe1 Qxa2
37.Ne4 a5 38.Qd1 a4 39.Qf3 Qb3 40.Qxf7 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qxe4 42.Qxe6+ Kc7 43.Qf7 Qxd4
44.Qe8 Bh4 45.Qf7+ Ne7 46.Kh3 Bxg3 47.Qxe7+ Qd7+  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gretarsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 Nge7
9.Be3 O-O 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nfd2 a5 12.c4 c6 13.Nc3 Na6 14.a3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.f4 Ng6 17.g3 Nc5 18.Bc2 exf4 19.gxf4 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Bg7 22.Nf3 Bc6
23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Kh1 Rb8 25.Rb6 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Bc6 27.Rbb1 Qh4 28.Rg1 Rbe8 29.Rg2 Qh6
30.Rbg1 Ne4 31.Bc1 Qg7 32.Qb6 Qf7 33.Bb2 Bxd5 34.cxd5 Nf6 35.Qd4 Qd7 36.Rg5 Qb5
37.Bd3 Qc5 38.Bxf5 Qxd4 39.Bxd4 Ne4 40.Bxg6 hxg6 41.Rxg6+  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kristjansson,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.a3 O-O 10.Re1 Qb6 11.b4 Rd8 12.Bd3 dxe5 13.dxe5 g6 14.h4 a5 15.b5 Nd4 16.h5 Bd7
17.a4 Rac8 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Nbd2 Nf4 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.Bxf5 Qxc4 23.Re4 Bxb5
24.Qb1 gxf5 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.Bc1 Bd6 27.Ba3 Bxa3 28.Rxa3 Bd5 29.Kh2 Kh8 30.Ng5 Rd7
31.Rg3 Ng6 32.Nh3 Rg7 33.f4 h6 34.Qb6 Rcg8 35.Qxa5 Kh7 36.Qe1 Nh4 37.Ng5+ hxg5
38.Rh3 Kg6 39.fxg5 Nxg2 40.Rh6+ Kxg5 41.Qd2+ f4 42.Rh3 Ne3 43.Qe1 Kf5 44.Rh5+ Rg5  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorarensen,Adalsteinn"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne4 Qb4 12.a3 Qb6 13.Nc3 Rd8 14.Nxd5 Rxd5 15.h3 Bh5
16.g4 Bg6 17.Bc4 Rd8 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.Bxb3 Be4 20.Nd2 Nxd4 21.Ba4+ Bc6 22.Bxc6+ Nxc6
23.Ne4 O-O 24.Be3 Rd5 25.Rad1 Rfd8 26.Nc3 Rd3 27.Rxd3 Rxd3 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Nxd1 f6
30.f4 Kf7 31.Nc3 a6 32.Na4 e5 33.Nb6 exf4 34.Bxf4 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf5 Bxf5 7.exf5 Qd7 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 Rd8 13.Qf3 b5 14.Bb3 Nd4 15.Qh3 Qc6
16.Rfe1 Nxb3 17.cxb3 b4 18.Ne2 O-O 19.Ng3 Qd6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qg4 Qb6
23.Nh5 e4 24.Re3 Bxb2 25.Rg3 g6 26.Qg5 Kh8 27.Qh6 Rd6 28.Nf4 Bg7 29.Qh4 Qd8
30.Qg4 d4 31.h4 Be5 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rh3 Qc8 34.Qg5 Qf5 35.Ne2 d3 36.Ng3 Qxg5
37.hxg5 Bc3 38.Nf1 Rd5 39.Rg3 Ra5 40.Rg4 Rxa2 41.Ng3 e3 42.fxe3 Rxe3 43.Nf1 Re8
44.Rxd3 Rb2 45.Rd7 Rf8 46.Ne3 Rb1+ 47.Kh2 Be5+ 48.g3 Rf2+ 49.Ng2 Rbb2  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5
16.Ng4 a4 17.Ng3 Nxg4 18.hxg4 g6 19.Be3 c6 20.g5 h5 21.gxh6 cxd5 22.exd5 Qh4
23.Qf3 Bxh6 24.Bxh6 Qxh6 25.Qf6 Qf4  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.a3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nd4
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Nh2 b5 11.Ba2 Nb6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.f4 d5 14.f5 b4 15.axb4 cxb4
16.f6 bxc3 17.bxc3 exf6 18.Bxd4 h5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.c4 Bc6
23.Qc3 Rfe8 24.Rf2 Re6 25.Nd2 a5 26.c5 Rd8 27.Raf1 Qg3 28.Nc4 Rde8 29.Qd2 Kh7
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.Rxf4 Re2 32.R4f2 a4 33.Nd6 Rxf2 34.Kxf2 Ra8 35.Ra1 a3 36.c4 a2
37.Bb2 h4 38.Nxf7 Ra5 39.Nd8 Bd7 40.c6 Bf5 41.Nb7 Ra6 42.d4 Rxc6 43.c5 Ra6
44.d5 Be4 45.Rd1 Bf8 46.c6 Bxd5 47.Rxd5 Rxc6 48.Kf3 Rb6 49.Rd7+ Kg8 50.Bd4 Rb4
51.Bxf6 Rb1 52.Kg4 Rf1 53.Bc3 Rc1 54.Bf6 Rf1 55.Bc3 Bb4 56.Bb2 Rf2 57.Be5 Re2
58.Bf6 Rxg2+ 59.Kxh4 Be1+  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 e6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Qb2 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Rac8
16.a3 Qh5 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Nf4 Qg5 19.Qf2 Qe7 20.a4 Nb4 21.h4 Bc6 22.Bb3 Qe8
23.Ra1 e5 24.Ne2 exd4 25.Bxd4 Bb7 26.Qe3 Nc2 27.Bxc2 Rxc2 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.h5 Ba6
30.h6+ Kg8 31.Qg5 Rdc8 32.Nf4 Bc4 33.Rd6 Bb3 34.Rad1 Rc1 35.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36.Kh2 Rc8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Brynell,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Bd7 11.Bd3 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Nc3 Qh5 15.Bf4 Qg4
16.Be3 Kh8 17.a3 Rae8 18.h3 Qh5 19.Ng5 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Na5 21.Bb5 Nc6 22.Rac1 h6
23.Nf3 Rc8 24.Nh4 Be8 25.Bd3 d5 26.Ng6+ Bxg6 27.Bxg6 Bd6 28.b4 Ne7 29.Bd3 Nf5
30.Ne2 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 g5 33.Nc3 Rc8 34.Ne2 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Kg7 36.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lau,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 Ng6 8.g3 a6 9.h4 dxc3
10.dxc3 c4 11.Bc2 Qxd1 12.Bxd1 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nbd2 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bh5+ Kd8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Bh6 Rg8 19.Rad1+ Bd7 20.Re2 Kc8 21.b3 cxb3 22.axb3 Ng6
23.Be3 Bc6 24.Nd6+ Kc7 25.Nc4 b5 26.Na5 Be8 27.Bxg6 Bxg6 28.Bb6+ Kxb6 29.Rxe6+ Bd6
30.Rexd6+ Kc7 31.Rd7+ Kc8 32.Nc6 Re8 33.Ne7+ Kb8 34.R1d6  1-0

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Solak,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 c5 7.h3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5
10.Be3 b6 11.c4 Ne8 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nc3 e6 14.a3 exd5 15.Nxd5 Be6 16.Be2 f5
17.Qd3 Qd7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.b4 Nb7 20.Bg5 Rde8 21.Rd2 Qf7 22.Bd1 h6 23.Be3 Rc8
24.Ba4 h5 25.Bg5 Kh7 26.Qe2 Bh6 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Bxh6+ Kxh6 29.Nd7 Bxc4 30.Nxe5 Bxe2
31.Nxf7+ Rxf7 32.Rxe2 cxb4 33.axb4 Re7 34.Rfe1 f4 35.e5 Rc4 36.Re4 Rxe4 37.Rxe4 Kg5
38.Bb3 Nd8 39.h4+ Kxh4 40.Rxf4+ Kg3 41.Rf6 g5 42.Rf5 g4 43.Rxh5 Nc6 44.fxg4 Nxe5
45.Bd1 Nf3+ 46.Bxf3 Re1+  0-1

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Solak,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bf4 b6 11.O-O-O Nh5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 O-O 14.h3 g6 15.Rd2 Ng7
16.Rhd1 Ne6 17.Ne1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Nd3 Bb7 21.Nf4 Bf6 22.Nxe6 Rxe6
23.Bf4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxg2 25.Rd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Kf7 27.Rd7+ Kg6 28.h4 Re4
29.Bg5 Ra4 30.Kb2 h6 31.Bd8 c6 32.a3 Bd5 33.Be7 Rf4 34.Rxa7 Rxf2 35.Rb7 Be4
36.Rxb6 c4 37.a4 Rxc2+ 38.Ka1 f4 39.a5 f3 40.a6 f2 41.Rb1 Ra2+ 42.Kxa2 Bxb1+  0-1

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Solak,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 b6 13.h3 g6 14.O-O-O Ng7 15.Rd2 Ne6
16.Rhd1 Kf7 17.Ne1 Re8 18.Nd3 c6 19.Nf4 Bc7 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Ne2 Rad8 22.Bf4 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 Bd8 24.Rd6 f5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Rd2 Be6 27.a3 Bc4 28.Kd1 Bf6 29.c3 Bb3+
30.Ke1 Bc4 31.Be3 g5 32.Ng3 Rd8 33.Ne4 Rxd2 34.Nxd2 Bd5 35.f3 c4 36.Kf2 Kg6
37.Ne4 Be7 38.Bd4 Kf5 39.g4+ Ke6 40.Be3 Bxe4 41.fxe4 Bc5 42.Bd4 Bd6 43.Kf3 Bf4
44.Be3 Bxe3 45.Kxe3 Ke5 46.a4 a5 47.Kf3 b5 48.Ke3 bxa4 49.Kf3 h6 50.Ke3 c5
51.Kf3 Ke6 52.Ke2 Ke5 53.Ke3 Ke6 54.Kf2 Ke5 55.Kf3 Ke6 56.h4 Ke5 57.hxg5 hxg5
58.Ke3 Ke6 59.Kf3 Ke5 60.Ke3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 c5 12.Qc1 Re8 13.Rd1 Nc6 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.h3 Bb7
16.Qg5 Qa5 17.Rac1 Nb4 18.Rd2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Qf4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Be5 22.Qh4 Nxa2
23.Rcc2 Nb4 24.Rc1 Qa3 25.Rcd1 Qxb3 26.Bg5 f6 27.Bh6 a5 28.Bg4 Qxc4 29.f4 Bc3
30.Rd5 Nxd5 31.Be6+ Kh8 32.Bxd5 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 c6 10.Qf3 Bf6 11.Re3 Bd4 12.Re4 Bxc3 13.dxc3 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qd4 Qf6
16.Qf4 d5 17.Be3 Qh6 18.Qxh6 gxh6 19.Bxh6 Re8 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Bd4 Kf7 22.f4 Rg8
23.Kf2 a6 24.a4 Rae8 25.a5 Bc8 26.g3 Rg6 27.Be2 Rh6 28.Rh1 Kg8 29.Be5 Be6
30.Bd3 Kf7 31.b4 Rg8 32.Be2 Ke8 33.Bf3 Kd7 34.Ke3 Bf7 35.Bg2 Bh5 36.Kd4 Bg4
37.c4 dxc4 38.Kxc4 Kc8 39.Kc5 Rd8 40.h3 Be2 41.Bd4 Rg6 42.Re1 Bb5 43.Re3 h5
44.c4 Ba4 45.Bc3 Bc2 46.Bf1 Be4 47.Be2 Rdg8 48.Be1 Rh6 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Rh1
51.Bc3 Rh4 52.Be5 Rh7 53.g5 Rg6 54.Bd3 Bxd3 55.Rxd3 Re6 56.Bf6 Re8 57.Rd6 Rd7
58.g6 Kc7 59.Be5 Rxd6 60.Bxd6+ Kd7 61.g7 Ke6 62.Bf8 Kf7 63.Kb6 Re4 64.Kxb7 Rxf4
65.Kxa6 Rxc4 66.Kb7 f4 67.a6 f3 68.Bc5 f2 69.a7 f1=Q 70.a8=Q Kxg7 71.Qe8 Qf7+
72.Qxf7+ Kxf7 73.Kxc6 Rxb4 74.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zarnicki,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Be7
10.h4 O-O 11.Bd3 f5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bxa3 14.g4 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 fxg4 16.Ng5 Ndxe5
17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Kg2 Nd7 19.h5 Nf6 20.Qd3 Ne7 21.h6 Bd7 22.Bf2 gxh6 23.Rxh6 Bb5
24.Bg8+ Kg7 25.Rh7+ Kxg8 26.Qc2 Rac8 27.Qb1 Nf5 28.Rh1 Qc6 29.Ra2 Qc1  0-1

[Event "IV Dos Hermanas Internet Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zarnicki,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Nd7 8.f5 exf5
9.exf5 Nf6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 d5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bxd5 Rb8 15.fxg6 hxg6
16.c3 Ba6 17.Re1 Qd6 18.Qb3 c6 19.Bc4 b5 20.Bd3 Bc8 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Qc2 c5
23.dxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Qf2 Rfc8 25.Nxg6 b4 26.Rab1 bxc3 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.bxc3 Rxb1
29.Bxb1 Bxc3 30.Re4 Bf6 31.Bd3 Bxa2 32.Nf4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Nh3 Bxf4 7.Nxf4 Nf6 8.Qd2 dxe4
9.Nxe4 O-O 10.O-O-O Ba6 11.g4 Bxf1 12.Rhxf1 Nbd7 13.Nd3 Qc7 14.Nc3 Rfd8 15.g5 Ne8
16.h4 Nf8 17.Qf2 Nd6 18.f4 Nf5 19.Ne5 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Rh1 Rd7 22.h5 gxh5
23.Rxh5 Rad8 24.Ne2 c5 25.Rdh1 Kf8 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Qf3 Ke7 28.Ng3 Nxg3 29.Qxg3 g6
30.Rh7 Qd6 31.b3 c4 32.Kb2 Qd4+ 33.Kb1 cxb3 34.axb3 Rd5 35.Qg1 Rf5 36.R7h4 a5
37.Qc1 a4 38.Qa3+ Rd6 39.bxa4 Kd7 40.R4h3 Rxf4 41.Rb3 Qxa4 42.Qb2 Qa6 43.Qh8 Ke7
44.Qb8 Rf5 45.Kb2 Rd8 46.Rb7+ Rd7 47.Rxd7+ Kxd7 48.Rd1+ Rd5 49.Rxd5+ exd5
50.Qf4 Qe6 51.Kc3 Qf5 52.Qe3 Qe6 53.Qa7+ Ke8 54.Qb8+ Ke7 55.Qc7+ Kf8 56.Qf4 Qf5
57.Qh4 Qe5+ 58.Kd3 Ke7 59.c4 dxc4+ 60.Kxc4 Qe3 61.Kb5 Ke6 62.Qc4+ Kf5 63.Qxf7+ Kxg5
64.Qd5+ Kh4 65.Qc4+ Kh3 66.Qc8+ Kh2 67.Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.g3 fxe4 12.Bg2 Be6 13.Bxe4 Bg7 14.Qh5 Rc8 15.c3 Ne7
16.Rd1 Rc5 17.Qg5 Nxd5 18.Qxg7 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Nxf6 20.Bb7 Ke7 21.Bxa6 Rb8 22.O-O Bd7
23.Nc2 Nd5 24.Rd2 Rb6 25.f4 f6 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Rfd1 Be6 28.Bxb5 Rbxb5 29.c4 Rxc4
30.Na3 Rcc5 31.Nxb5 Rxb5 32.Rc1 f5 33.Rc4 e4 34.a4 Ra5 35.b3 Kd6 36.Rdc2 Ne3
37.Rc6+ Kd5 38.R2c3 Kd4 39.Rxe3 Kxe3 40.Rxe6 Kf3 41.Rc6 Rd5 42.Rc1 e3 43.b4 f4
44.b5 e2 45.Rc3+ Rd3 46.Rxd3+ Ke4 47.Rb3 e1=Q+ 48.Kg2 Qe2+ 49.Kh3 Qh5+ 50.Kg2 f3+  0-1

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikcevic,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Qa3 Qf5 15.Qb3 b5
16.Nd5 Ng4 17.Bb6 Rab8 18.Bc7 Rbc8 19.Bg3 e6 20.h3 Nh6 21.Ne3 Qg5 22.c3 Be5
23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.a4 Rb8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Nc2 Nc4 27.Qb4 Nf5 28.b3 Nb6 29.Qg4 Qf6
30.Qf3 Rfc8 31.g4 Rxc3 32.Qf4 e5 33.Qd2 Rxh3 34.Kg2 Rxb3 35.gxf5 Qxf5 36.Rh1 Qf6
37.Qh6 Qg7 38.Qh4 Nc4 39.Bxc4 bxc4 40.Qxc4 Qf6 41.Qe4 Rb2 42.Rhe1 Rc8 43.Re2 Qg5+
44.Kf1 Qh5 45.Ke1 Kg7 46.Nd4 Rxe2+ 47.Nxe2 Rc5 48.Rd7 Qh3 49.Rd5 Rxd5 50.Qxd5 Qf5
51.Ng3 Qf4 52.Ne2 Qf5 53.Ng3 Qf4 54.Ne2 Qf6 55.Nc1 Qe7 56.Nd3 f6 57.Qe4 Qc7
58.Kf1 h5 59.Kg2 Qd7 60.Nc5 Qe7 61.Nd3 Qd6 62.f3 Kh6 63.Nf2 Qd7 64.Qh4 Kg7
65.Ne4 Qe7 66.Nf2 Qc7 67.Ne4 Qc6 68.Nf2 Qc1 69.Ne4 Qc2+ 70.Kg3 Qc6 71.Kg2 Qe6
72.Nf2 Qe7 73.Ne4 Kf7 74.Nf2 f5 75.Qc4+ Kg7 76.Qd5 g5 77.Nd3 e4 78.fxe4 Qxe4+
79.Qxe4 fxe4 80.Nc5 e3 81.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.e5 Rc8 19.Ng3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Ne4 Qb6 22.Rd1 Rxe4
23.fxe4 fxe5 24.Qxe5 Qf6 25.Qg3 e6 26.d6 e5 27.h3 b5 28.Bg5 Qe6 29.Be7 Rc8
30.Rf1 Qc4 31.Qf2 b4 32.Bg5 Bb5 33.d7 Bxd7 34.Bh6 Bf5 35.exf5 Qf7 36.f6 a5
37.Qb6 Ra8  1-0

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 Kc8 11.Rd1 b6 12.b3 a5 13.a4 Be7 14.Bb2 h5 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nf4 Bc6
17.Nd5 Kb7 18.c4 Rae8 19.Rd3 Bd8 20.Nd2 Kc8 21.g3 Bd7 22.Re1 Ne7 23.Kg2 Nc6
24.Ne4 Be6 25.f4 Be7 26.Ne3 Nb4 27.Rdd1 Rd8 28.f5 Bd7 29.Bc3 Bc6 30.Kf3 Nd3
31.Re2 Rhe8 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.Rxd3 Bc6 34.Rxd8+ Rxd8 35.Kf4 Rd3 36.Re3 Rd1 37.Re1 Rd3
38.Re3 Rd1 39.Re1 Rd3 40.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Ng4 8.g3 Nxf3+
9.Qxf3 Ne5 10.Qd1 e6 11.f4 Nc6 12.e5 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bg2 O-O
16.Ne3 Qd7 17.Qf3 Rb8 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.d3 Nd4 20.Qf2 b6 21.Be3 Nf5 22.Bd2 Bb7
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.a4 Rc8 25.Bc3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 b4 29.Bd2 Nd4
30.Be3 b3 31.c4 f6 32.Re4 Nc2 33.Ra6 Ra7 34.Rxa7 Qxa7 35.Rxe6 Qd7 36.f5 Qxd3
37.Qf1 Qd7 38.Qe2 h6 39.Bf2 Nb4 40.Be1 Nc6 41.Bc3 Nd4 42.Bxd4 cxd4 43.Qd3 Qa4
44.Qxd4 Rxc4 45.Qd5 Kh7 46.Re2 Rc2 47.Kf2 Qa7+ 48.Kf3 Qa1 49.Qb5 Qf1+ 50.Ke3 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Ng5 e5
9.Qh5 d5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.f4 exf4 12.exd5 Bd6 13.Nce4 O-O-O 14.Nxd6+ Rxd6 15.Bxf4 Nxf4
16.Qg4+ Rd7 17.Rxf4 h5 18.Qf5 cxd5 19.Nxf7 Re8 20.Raf1 Kb8 21.Qxh5 Rde7 22.Qg6 Re6
23.Qxg7 d4 24.R4f2 Ka8 25.Qg3 Qb6 26.b3 a6 27.h4 Rg6 28.Ng5 Ka7 29.Rf8 Qd8
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Kh2 Rh6 32.Rf7 Qe2 33.Nf3  1-0

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lindberg,Be"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb3 a5 19.Qg5 Qd7 20.f3 Ng6 21.fxe4 f4 22.Nb1 b4
23.cxb4 axb4 24.Nd2 Bxb2 25.Nc4 Bc3 26.Re2 Rac8 27.h4 f6 28.Qf5 Qb5 29.h5 Ne5
30.h6 Rxc4 31.Bxc4 Qxc4 32.Qe6+ Nf7 33.Qg4+ Ng5 34.Rxf4 Bd4+ 35.Kh2 Qc1 36.Rf5 Bg1+
37.Kg3 Kh8 38.Qf4 Qc3+ 39.Kh4 Bc5 40.g3 Qa1 41.Qf1 Qc3 42.Kh5 Rg8 43.Rxf6 Nh3
44.Rf5 Qxg3 45.Qa1+ Qc3 46.Qxc3+ bxc3 47.Rc2 Be3 48.a4 Nf4+ 49.Kh4 Bd2 50.Rxf4 Bxf4
51.Rxc3 Bxh6 52.a5 Ra8 53.Kh5 Bf4 54.Kg4 Be5 55.Ra3 Kg7 56.a6 Kg6 57.Ra2 h5+
58.Kf3 Ra7 59.Ra3 Kg5 60.Ra2 h4  0-1

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hansen,SuB"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Bd7 6.Na3 Bc6 7.Nc2 Ne7 8.cxd4 cxd4
9.O-O Ng6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Ncxd4 g5 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Qa4 Bb4 14.d3 g4 15.Ng5 Qxd3
16.a3 Be7 17.Qxg4 Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.Qd4 f6 8.Qxc3 Nc6
9.a3 e5 10.d3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.e3 O-O-O 13.h3 Be6 14.b4 Qf7 15.Be2 Kb8 16.b5 Ne7
17.e4 g5 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.a4 h5 20.Be3 Bd6 21.a5 Qe7 22.O-O g4 23.Nd2 Nf4 24.Bxf4 exf4
25.d4 Bb4 26.Qd3 Rxd4 27.Qxd4 Rd8 28.Nb3 Rxd4 29.Nxd4 Bc8 30.a6 Qxe4 31.Rfd1 Bd6
32.Ra4 Qe5 33.axb7 Bxb7 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.Bxg4 Qg5 36.Bh3 f3 37.Nc6+ Bxc6 38.bxc6 a5
39.Re4 f5 40.Rc4 Qg6 41.Rd5 Ka7 42.Rb5 Qe6 43.Rc1 Ka6 44.Rxf5 Qh6 45.Ra1 Bb4
46.Rxf3 Qxc6 47.Rd3 Kb6 48.Bd7 Qc2 49.Rdd1 Qe2 50.Rdc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Be3 d6
9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.c3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qd6 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.Rfe1 Ng6 14.g3 h6 15.Bc2 Nd7
16.a4 Rae8 17.Rad1 Nb6 18.axb5 axb5 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Qxb5 c5 22.b4 Rc8
23.e5 Qc7 24.Bf5 Nd5 25.Qxc5 Qxc5 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Nb3 Rc3 28.Nbxd4 Nde7 29.Be4 Bxe4
30.Rxe4 Rd8 31.Rde1 Rd3 32.Kg2 Nf8 33.h4 g6 34.h5 g5 35.Nc2 Ne6 36.Ne3 Rb8
37.Nh2 Rb2 38.Nhg4 Kg7 39.Ra1 Rd7 40.Ra8 Rbd2 41.Re8 Ra7 42.Rxe7 Rxe7 43.Nf5+ Kf8
44.Nxe7 Kxe7 45.Nxh6 Ng7 46.Rg4  1-0

[Event "11th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen,Cu"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Kh1 Rc8 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.e5 Nc4 20.e6 Ba4 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Bxg6 Ne5
23.Be4 Bc2 24.Bxc2 Rxc2 25.Qd1 Kh7 26.f4 Kxh6 27.fxe5 Rc4 28.Qd3 b5 29.exf6 exf6
30.d6 Kg7 31.Qg3+ Kh7 32.Qh3+ Kg7 33.Qg3+ Kh7 34.Qf3 Kg6 35.Qd5 Rh8 36.h3 a6
37.Qd3+ Kg7 38.Qg3+ Kh7 39.Rf5 Qe8 40.Rxf6 Rg8 41.Qd3+ Kg7 42.Qf5 Rc5 43.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikolaidis,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Bc2 d5 6.d3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Kf1 Bd6 14.Kg2 Bf4 15.Nf1 g5
16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Nh2 dxe4 18.dxe4 Ne5 19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Qxf3 g5 21.Rad1 Nd7 22.Qe2 Ne5
23.f3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.b3 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Qd6 27.Kf1 Kc7 28.Qc2 Qd3+ 29.Qxd3 Nxd3
30.Ke2 Ne5 31.a4 a6 32.Kd2 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Be2 b4 35.c4 Kd6 36.Bd1 Nc6
37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Be2 Ne7 39.Bd1 Ng6 40.Be2 Nh4 41.Bd1 Ng2 42.Be2 Ne3 43.Kd2 Kd4
44.Bd3 Ng2 45.Bf1 Nh4 46.Be2 Ng6 47.Bd1 Ne7 48.Bc2 Nc8 49.Bb1 Nd6 50.Bd3 Nb7
51.Bb1 Na5 52.Bc2 Nc6 53.Bd1 Ne5 54.Be2 f6 55.Bd1 Nd3 56.Be2 Nf2 57.Bf1 Nh1
58.Bd3 Nf2 59.Bf1 Nxe4+ 60.fxe4 Kxe4 61.Bd3+ Kd4 62.Bg6 e5 63.Bf7 e4 64.Bd5 Ke5
65.Ke2 Kd4 66.Kd2 f3 67.Bc6 e3+ 68.Ke1 f2+ 69.Ke2 Kc3 70.Bg2 Kxb3 71.Kxe3 Kxc4
72.Kxf2 Kd3 73.Bd5 c4 74.Ke1 b3 75.Be6 Kc3 76.Kd1 Kd3 77.Kc1 Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Del Rio Angelis,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.d5 e6 18.Bb6 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 bxc4 21.Bd4 exd5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.exd5 Kf6 24.f4 Kf5 25.Kf2 Ke4 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Rd4+ Kf5 28.Nc3 h5 29.Ke3 Kf6
30.Rd2 h4 31.Ne4+ Ke7 32.Kd4 Bf5 33.Nc3 Rb8 34.Kxc4 Kd6 35.Nd1 Be4 36.Nc3 Bf5
37.Re2 Rc8+ 38.Kd4 Rb8 39.a3 Rb3 40.Re8 Rxa3 41.Ra8 Ke7 42.Ra7+ Ke8 43.d6 Ra1
44.Re7+ Kd8 45.Nd5 Rd1+ 46.Ke5 f6+ 47.Nxf6 Re1+ 48.Kd5 Rxe7 49.dxe7+ Kxe7
50.Nh7 a5 51.Ng5 Bg4 52.Ne4 h3  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Fontaine,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Ne4 h6 12.h3 Bd5 13.Rfe1 Kc8 14.g4 Nh4 15.Nxh4 Bxh4
16.Bg3 Bxe4 17.Bxh4 Bd5 18.f4 h5 19.Bg3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Bf3 21.f5 Rh1+ 22.Kf2 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Bxg4 24.e6 fxe6 25.Rh1 b6 26.Rh7 Bxf5 27.Rxg7 Bg4 28.Rxc7+ Kd8 29.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Comas Fabrego,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bg5 Rfb8 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxe7 b5 20.Rc1 Qxe4 21.Re1 Qf5 22.d6 Bf6
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qd5 Rd8 25.d7 Rab8 26.g4 b4 27.Re4 h5 28.Rce1 hxg4 29.Re8+ Kh7
30.Qc5 b3 31.Qc7 Ra8 32.Qb7 Qf3 33.Qb4 Rxd7 34.R8e3 Qf5 35.Re5 Qf6 36.Qxb3 Kg7
37.Qb4 Rad8 38.Qxg4 Rd4 39.R5e4 Re8 40.Rxd4 Rxe1+ 41.Kg2 Re5 42.h4 Rf5 43.Qg3 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gdanski,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 cxd4 11.cxd4 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Nc2 Bd7 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Rff8
16.Ra3 Be8 17.Re1 Ne7 18.a5 Qd6 19.Ne5 Ng6 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Bd3 Nf4 22.Rf3 Nxd3
23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Nxd3 Bg6 25.Rxe6 Qf5 26.Re3 Rc8 27.Nde1 Rc4 28.Re2 Qg5 29.Qd1 Bh5
30.f3 Kg8 31.Rd2 Bf7 32.Qe2 h5 33.Qf2 Bg6 34.h4 Qf4 35.g3 Qc7 36.Kh2 Rc3
37.Ne3 Qd6 38.N1g2 Bh6 39.Qe2 Rb3 40.Rb2 Rd3 41.Rd2 Rb3 42.Rb2 Rd3 43.b5 axb5
44.f4 Be4 45.Qxh5 b4 46.Nf5 Bxf5 47.Qxf5 Rc3 48.Re2 Rc6 49.Re5 Bg7 50.Rxd5 Qf8
51.Qd7 Rc8 52.Rb5 Rc2 53.Rxb7 Qf6 54.Qd5+ Kh8 55.Rxb4 Bf8 56.Rb8 Qg7 57.Rb7  1-0

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 e6 13.Bb5 Rd8 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 a6
16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Bb3 a5 18.d5 a4 19.Bc4 b5 20.dxe6 bxc4 21.exd7 Nxd7 22.Ke2 f5
23.Rxc4 Ne5 24.Rc2 Nd3 25.Rb1 Rd7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.g3 Re8 28.Rc4 Bh6 29.Nf1 f4
30.gxf4 Nxf4+ 31.Kf3 Nd3 32.Rg4+ Bg7 33.Rxa4 Rf7+ 34.Kg2 Nxf2 35.Ra7 Ng4
36.Rxf7 Nxe3+ 37.Nxe3 Kxf7 38.Rf1+ Kg6 39.Nd5 Ra8 40.Ne7+ Kg5 41.Rf5+ Kh6
42.Rf2 Bf8 43.Nd5 Kg6 44.Nc7 Rc8 45.Ne6 Ba3 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Nd4+ Ke5 48.Nc2 Rc3+
49.Kg4 Rc4+ 50.Kf3 Rc3+ 51.Kg2 Ke4 52.Nxa3 Rxa3 53.Re2+ Kf4 54.Rf2+ Ke4 55.Kf1 h5
56.Ke1 h4 57.Kd1 h3 58.Kc1 Ke3 59.Rc2 Kf3 60.Kb2 Ra8 61.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen,Cu"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 b5 10.a4 c6 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.e4 h6 13.exd5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 cxd5 15.axb5 Nd7
16.Bf3 Bf6 17.Bf4 e6 18.O-O Bg5 19.Bg3 Bh4 20.Bd6 Be7 21.Bg3 Bh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Nd5 e6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qf5 12.Be3 e5 13.Qd2 Qh5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Ng5 h6
16.Ne4 f5 17.Bf3 Qh3 18.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 a6 7.Rf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qg3 Nxc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Qxg7 Rf8 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 c6 15.Rxf6 Qd7
16.Rf5 f6 17.Bxf6 Qxg7 18.Bxg7 Rxf5 19.exf5 b5 20.Be6 Rd8 21.f6 Rxd3+ 22.Ke2 e4
23.Bh6 Rd4 24.f7+ Kd8 25.Bf5 Rb4 26.b3 Nxb3 27.Nxe4 Rxe4+ 28.Bxe4 Nd4+ 29.Kd3 Ne6
30.Bxc6 Ke7 31.Be4 Nf8 32.Bd5 Kf6 33.Bd2 Ne6 34.Be4 Nf8 35.Bb7 Kxf7 36.Bxa6 b4
37.Kc4 Ba7 38.Kxb4 Nd7 39.Bc4+ Ke7 40.Bd3  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 d4 15.Qb4 d3
16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bh4 a5 19.Qb3 Bf5 20.Bg3 Rb8 21.Qa3 e6 22.Nh4 Bf8
23.Qa4 Rb4 24.Qc6 Bg4 25.f3 Bh5 26.Bf2 Rxb2 27.Re4 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.g4 g5
30.gxh5 gxh4 31.Rxd3 Rc1+ 32.Re1 Rcc2 33.Bd4 Rxa2 34.h3 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 Rh2 36.Rc1 Rxh3
37.Rc8 Kg7 38.Bg1 Be7 39.Rc7 Bg5 40.Rb7 Bf4 41.Rb5 Rh1 42.Rb7 Ra1+ 43.Kf2 Rhxg1
44.Rdd7 Bg3+ 45.Ke2 Rge1+  0-1

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 Bc6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O a5 11.e5 Nb6 12.exf6 Nxc4 13.fxg7 Kxg7 14.dxc4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.b3 Qc7 17.Bb2 Kg8 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Re2 Rd7 20.Rfe1 Rfd8 21.Ba3 Qf4 22.Bxe7 Re8
23.Ba3 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 f5 25.Re3 Qd4 26.g3 Qd2 27.Be2 Kf7 28.c5 Re7 29.Bc4+ Ke8
30.Rd3 Qc2 31.Kg2 g5 32.Nd1 Rd7 33.Nb2 Rxd3 34.Nxd3 Qxa2 35.Bc1 a4 36.Bxg5 Qe2
37.Bf6 axb3 38.Nb2 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 f4 40.Bxb3 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 fxg3  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.Rf2 Nd7 15.Ne2 O-O-O
16.Raf1 f6 17.Nf3 b6 18.Bf4 h5 19.Bh2 Bh6 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Nh4 Rdg8 22.Qc3 Kb7
23.Kh1 Rh7 24.a3 Qd8 25.Ne2 Bg5 26.g3 Be6 27.Kg2 f5 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Qd2 g5
30.Ne1 h4 31.exf5 Bd5+ 32.Nf3 g4 33.hxg4 Rxg4 34.c4 hxg3 35.Bxg3 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Qg8
37.Rg2 Ne5+ 38.Kf2 Rd7 39.d4 cxd4 40.Rfg1 Nxc4 41.Qd3 Ne3 42.Rh2 Rd5 43.Rh5 Bg5
44.Rgh1 Rxf5+ 45.Ke1 Ng2+ 46.Kd1 Ne3+ 47.Ke1 Qc4 48.Rh7+ Ka6 49.Qxc4+ Nxc4
50.Rd7 Ne3 51.Bb8 c5 52.a4 Ka5 53.Rxa7+ Kb4 54.Rhh7 Kb3 55.Ng3 Rf6 56.Rh2 Bh6
57.Rxh6 Rxh6 58.a5 Kc2 59.Be5 Ng2+  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Bb2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 c4
9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 c5 11.d3 Be7 12.Nbd2 f5 13.g3 Bb7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rg1 Qc6
16.a4 Ba8 17.Nh2 Rh6 18.f4 Nh8 19.Ndf3 Nf7 20.Kd2 Rh8 21.Ne1 g6 22.Nhf3 Kf8
23.Kc1 Qc7 24.Nd2 Nd8 25.Nb3 Nc6 26.Nf3 Nb4 27.Nfd2 Kf7 28.Kb2 a5 29.Nb1 Bc6
30.Be1 Rhe8 31.Nc3 d5 32.exd6 Bxd6 33.Nb5 Bxb5 34.axb5 e5 35.Qg2 e4 36.Rxa5 Bf8
37.Bc3 exd3 38.cxd3 Bg7 39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Rd1 Kh6 41.Ka3 Re3 42.Qb2 Nxd3 43.Qd2 Nb4
44.Ra4 Rbe8 45.Rxb4 Re2 46.Ra4 Rxd2 47.Rxd2 Re3 48.Ra8 Qg7 49.Ka2 Qc3 50.Rb2 Qxc4
51.b6 Qd5 52.Ra5 Rc3 53.Rb5 Qc4 54.Ra5 Qb4 55.Rxc5 Qa4+ 56.Kb1 Rxb3 57.Rc2 Rxg3
58.Rc1 Ra3  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Rc1 b4 12.Na4 Na7 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Nc4 Bb5 15.Re1 e6
16.e4 Nc8 17.Qd2 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Bd3 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxa4 21.bxa4 c5 22.Red1 Nb6
23.Bb5 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Nd5 26.a3 bxa3 27.Rd3 Qa5 28.Rb3 Nc7 29.Qb4 Qxb4
30.Rxb4 Rb7 31.Ra1 Ra8 32.h4 Ra5 33.Rb3 Nxb5 34.axb5 Rbxb5 35.Rxb5 Rxb5 36.Rxa3 Kg7
37.Ra7 h6 38.Kg2 Rb3 39.Ra5 Kf6 40.g4 Rd3 41.f3 Ke7 42.Kg3 Rd5 43.Ra7+ Rd7
44.Ra5 Kf6 45.g5+ Kg7 46.Ra8 Rd5 47.Kg4 Rd1 48.Kg3 Rg1+ 49.Kh2 Rb1 50.Kg3 Rb7
51.Re8 Rb5 52.Kg4 h5+ 53.Kg3 Rf5 54.Ra8 e5 55.Re8 Kh7 56.Kg2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Nc6
9.Rd1 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 c5 12.dxc6 Qb6 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Qxa5 b6 15.Bc1 Qxc1
16.Rxc1 bxa5 17.e3 Rab8 18.Nd4 Rb6 19.h3 Bc8 20.Bb5 a6 21.Ba4 Rd8 22.O-O Kf8
23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.Rb1 Rb4 25.a3 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Ne8 27.Rb8 Rd8 28.Ne4 Be5 29.Ra8 Nc7
30.Ra7 Nd5 31.Nc5 Nb6 32.Bb3 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Rc7 Ke8 35.Rb7 a4 36.Bxf7+ Kxf7
37.Rxb6 Rc4 38.Nb7 Rc3 39.Rxa6 Kf6 40.Rxa4 Rxc6 41.Rf4+ Kg5 42.Rb4 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Ra1
44.Nd8 Rxa3 45.Nc6 Kf6 46.Rf4+ Bf5 47.g4 e5 48.Rb4 Bd7 49.Rb6 Bxc6 50.Rxc6+ Kg5
51.Re6 Kh4 52.Kg2 Rxh3 53.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Minasian,Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Ne7 6.Qd3 Nd7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.Nge2 Nb6
9.a3 Bd6 10.e5 Bc7 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.f4 b5 13.Ng3 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Nce2 a5
16.Qf3 Qe8 17.h4 b4 18.a4 c5 19.dxc5 Qxa4 20.Kb1 e5 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Qe3 b3
23.cxb3 Qb4 24.fxe5 Re6 25.Nd4 Rxe5 26.Qf3 a4 27.bxa4 Re1 28.Bb5 Bxg3 29.Rdxe1 Bxe1
30.Rf1 Kh8 31.Qf8+ Ng8 32.Nc2 Qa5 33.Rf7 Bc3 34.b4 Qxb5 35.axb5 Be5 36.Re7  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Bb2 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Rc1 b4 12.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Dahl,Hans Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Bb3 Bd7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Bg5 a6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Nd5 e6 17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.Rad1 Bc6 19.Qd3 d5 20.e5 Qe7 21.f4 Qc5 22.Kh2 b5
23.Re3 Rc8 24.b3 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Qe7 26.Rc3 Qb7 27.f5 b4 28.f6+ Kf8 29.Rc5 Ke8
30.c3 a5 31.Rc1 Kd7 32.Qh4 h5 33.Qf4 Qb6 34.cxb4 axb4 35.Qh6 Qd8 36.R1c2 Rc7
37.Qf4 Qb8 38.Qc1 Qb7 39.a4 d4 40.R2c4 d3 41.Rd4+ Bd5 42.Rxc7+ Qxc7 43.Qxc7+ Kxc7
44.Rxd3 Kb6 45.Rxd5 exd5 46.e6  1-0

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hardarson,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.c4 Qd6
9.Bd2 Bf5 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.Be2 Qg6 12.Nf3 Bb1 13.Qb3 Be4 14.Bf4 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 e6
16.Ne5 Qf5 17.Qg3 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Be7 19.f4 Bc5 20.a3 Qg6 21.Bd3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Bxg2
23.b4 Be3+ 24.Kb2 f6 25.Bc3 Rd8 26.Kc2 Bf3 27.Rf1 Bg4 28.a4 h5 29.a5 a6 30.b5 axb5
31.cxb5 Kb8 32.a6  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Olafsson,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Re1 e6 8.h3 Bb7 9.c4 Nc6
10.Nc3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Be3 c5 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.a3 Neg8 15.Rab1 Ne8 16.b4 Qe7
17.Nh2 Bc8 18.g4 Bd7 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 h6 22.Ne2 Kh7 23.Ng3 f6
24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Kg2 Be5 26.Rb3 Ng7 27.Reb1 Bc8 28.Be3 Qd7 29.Nf3 f5 30.exf5 gxf5
31.Nh4 Kh8 32.Bxh6 Bxg3 33.Kxg3 f4+ 34.Kg2 Ne7  1-0

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Rc1 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.e3 Bd5 12.Be2 Qa5 13.O-O cxd4 14.exd4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nxd4
16.Bxb7 Rd8 17.Qb2 Nf5 18.Bc6+ Kf8 19.Bg3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qxa2 21.c4 a5 22.Qb5 Bd4
23.c5 Kg7 24.Bb7 Qc2 25.Qe2 Qb2 26.Qxb2 Bxb2 27.Rc2 Be5 28.Re1 Kf6 29.Rce2 Bc3
30.Rc1 Be5 31.Rce1 Bc3 32.Rb1 Be5 33.Rb3 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Bd4 35.Rf3+ Kg7 36.Rxe7 Bf6
37.Re4 Rf8 38.c6 Rc1 39.Rd3 h5 40.Rd7 Bd8 41.f4 Bb6 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kg3 Kh6
44.Rd3 f5 45.Re6 Rf1 46.Rd2 Rd8 47.Ba6 Rxd2 48.Bxf1 Bf2+ 49.Kh2 g3+ 50.Kh3 Rd1
51.Re2 Rxf1 52.Rxf2 gxf2 53.Kg3 a4 54.c7 Rc1 55.Kxf2 Rxc7 56.Kg3 a3 57.Kh2 a2
58.Kg3 a1=Q 59.Kh2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Naes,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re3 g6 11.b3 b6 12.Ba3 c5 13.Qg4 Ne8 14.Qf3 Nc7 15.b4 d6 16.Rae1 Be6
17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Be4 Rc8 19.Bb2 Bd4 20.R3e2 Qg5 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.Ne4 Qg4 23.Nf6+ Bxf6
24.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Rb8 8.Qd2 b5 9.Nge2 O-O
10.O-O b4 11.Nd1 e5 12.c3 a5 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Bd7 15.Nf2 Ne8 16.d4 cxd4
17.cxd4 d5 18.e5 Nc7 19.Nd3 Ne7 20.Ng3 h5 21.Nc5 Bb5 22.Rfe1 h4 23.Ne2 Nf5
24.Bf2 Ne6 25.Rac1 Bh6 26.Bf3 Bxe2 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Bxe2 g5 29.Rc6 Qe8 30.Ra6 gxf4
31.Bg4 Rb7 32.Qd3 Rg7 33.Kh1 Qg6 34.Qf3 Rc8 35.Bh5 Ng3+ 36.Bxg3 Qxg3 37.Qxg3 fxg3
38.Bf3 Rc2 39.Bg2 Rg6 40.Rxa5 Bd2 41.Rf1 Be3 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Raf8 Bxd4 44.R8f7+ Kh6
45.R7f4 Bxe5 46.Rxh4+ Kg7 47.Rxb4 Rf6 48.Rg1 Rff2 49.a4 Bd6 50.Rb6 Bc5 51.Rb7+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Re1 a6 9.Na3 Nd7
10.Nc2 h6 11.dxe5 Ncxe5 12.Bf1 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Nc5 14.Be3 Na4 15.Rab1 Be6 16.Nd4 Bd7
17.Bd2 b5 18.b3 Nb6 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Rbd1 Qe7 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.Nc2 Bc6 23.Nd4 Bb7
24.Bd3 Rad8 25.Bd2 b4 26.Ne2 Bxe4 27.Nf4 d5 28.cxb4 Qd6 29.Bxa6 Be5 30.h4 Qf6
31.Rc1 Rd6 32.Qe3 Bb2 33.Rcd1 Bd4 34.Qh3 Nd7 35.b5 Ra8 36.Bb4 Nc5 37.Rxd4 Nxa6
38.Bxd6 cxd6 39.bxa6 Qxd4 40.Qd7 Kg8 41.Rc1 Bf5 42.Qb7 Ra7 43.Qb8+ Kg7 44.Ne2 Qd2
45.Qxa7 Qxe2 46.Qd4+ Kh7 47.a7 Qa6 48.Rc7 Be6 49.Qf6 Qxa2 50.Qxe6  1-0

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Na3 a6 13.Rac1 Rc6 14.Nc2 Rc8 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Bf1 Ra8 18.Qb4 Rfc8 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Nd4 Nd7 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Be3 a5 24.Qd2 Qc7 25.g3 Rf8 26.Qe2 Nc5 27.Bh3 Kf7 28.Rf1 Qb6 29.Bg2 Qc6
30.Rf2 Rfc8 31.h4 Rab8 32.Bf1 a4 33.Kh2 Qa6 34.Rd1 Rc6 35.Rd2 Qa5 36.Qd1 Qb4
37.Qb1 Ra8 38.f4 Nd7 39.e5 Rac8 40.h5 Rxc4 41.Bxc4 Rxc4 42.hxg6+ hxg6 43.exd6 exd6
44.a3 Qb5 45.Rxd6 Nf6 46.Qd1 Bf8 47.Rb6 Qf5 48.Rxb7+ Kg8 49.Kg1 Qe4 50.Qf3 Qf5
51.Re2 Ng4 52.Bf2 Rc1+ 53.Kg2 Ra1 54.Bg1 Qb1 55.Qxg4 Qxg1+ 56.Kf3 Qh1+ 57.Ke3 Qg1+
58.Ke4 Qh1+ 59.Kd3 Rd1+ 60.Rd2 Qd5+ 61.Kc3 Qxd2+ 62.Kc4 Qd5+ 63.Kc3 Rd3+
64.Kc2 Rd2+ 65.Kc1 Qxb7 66.Qxg6+ Qg7 67.Qxg7+ Kxg7 68.Kxd2 Kf6 69.Kc2 Kf5
70.b3 axb3+ 71.Kxb3 Bxa3 72.Kxa3 Kg4 73.f5 exf5 74.Kb4 Kxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oral,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.Nh2 Qe7 11.O-O Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.Rff1 Nd7 15.Qf2 b6
16.a4 a5 17.Nf3 O-O 18.Qg3 g5 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Kh1 Qd8 21.d4 Bc4 22.Rf2 f5
23.exf5 cxd4 24.f6 Bxf6 25.Nxd4 Bxd4 26.Qd6 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Qf6
29.Qxd7 Qf1+ 30.Kh2 Bg1+  0-1

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Nf1 Rfe8 19.Ng3 h6 20.Qd2 Bf8 21.d5 Na5 22.Bd3 Reb8
23.Rc2 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qc1 Qa6 26.Nd2 Bb5 27.Nxc4 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rxb2 29.Qxb2 Qxc4
30.Rc1 Qd3 31.Qb7 Rd8 32.Qb4 Ra8 33.Rc7 Ne8 34.Rc3 Qa6 35.Rc6 Qd3 36.Qb7 Rd8
37.Rc8 Rxc8 38.Qxc8 Qb5 39.Qc6  1-0

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nbd2 exf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qf3 exd4 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Qd3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 g6
16.Qxd4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Schandorff,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.h4 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.g3 Qf6 13.Ng1 Nf8 14.f4 Ne6 15.fxe5 Qxe5
16.O-O-O Qxg3 17.Re1 Qd6 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Nf3 Bd7 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Rh7 22.Bc7 Kf7
23.Qf2 Kg8 24.Rhg1+ Rg7 25.Be5 Rg4 26.Ne4 Rf8 27.Bd6 Qf7 28.Bxf8 Nxf8 29.Nf6+ Qxf6
30.Rxg4+ Kh7 31.Reg1 Ne6 32.Rg6 Qxg6 33.Rxg6 Kxg6 34.Qg3+ Kf7 35.Qd6 Be8
36.Qe5 f4 37.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.f4 Rfd8 14.Nd4 Na5 15.Bb3 Bb5
16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Qc2 e6 18.Rbd1 Bf8 19.Qf2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qc6 21.e5 Rc8 22.h3 Bxc5
23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Qd4 Qa8 27.Kh2 Nxb3 28.axb3 Qa1
29.Qd8 Qxc3 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North Sea Cup"]
[Site "Esbjerg DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qd3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Qe3 O-O
9.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 c5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nordfjoerd,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7
9.dxe5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe6 13.O-O-O Qd6 14.Qa6 Reb8 15.Nd4 f5
16.Nb3 Rb5 17.Rhe1 Bc8 18.Qa4 a5 19.Bf4 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 21.Kb1 Rb4 22.Qa3 Bd7
23.Nc5 Qg7 24.Nd3 Re4 25.f3 Ree8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qxa5 Qxg2 28.Qxc7 Qg7 29.Nc5 Qd4
30.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Byklum,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4 d6 8.h3 e6
9.d3 b5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.Bg3 Be7 14.d4 O-O 15.d5 Nb6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nd2 Qc6 18.Qg4 Rf6 19.Rad1 Raf8 20.Nf1 b4 21.Nb1 Rg6 22.Qe2 d5
23.Nbd2 Bf6 24.e5 Be7 25.Nf3 d4 26.N1d2 Nd5 27.Kh2 Bg5 28.Ne4 Bf4 29.Nd6 Ba8
30.Ra1 Ne3 31.Rxa6 Qd5 32.Nh4 Rxg3 33.fxg3 Bxg3+ 34.Kg1  0-1

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Naes,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.b3 Ng6 12.Bb2 a5 13.a4 Bb4 14.Ne2 h5 15.Ng5 h4 16.Rad1 Rh5
17.Ne4 Nxe5 18.f4 Bf5 19.N4g3 hxg3 20.Nxg3 Bxc2 21.Nxh5 Nd3 22.Bxg7 f5 23.Ra1 Kf7
24.Rf3 Re8 25.Rg3 Be1 26.Rg5 Bh4 27.Rxf5+ Kg6 28.g4 Ne1 29.Rf8 Rxf8 30.Bxf8 Bxb3
31.f5+ Kf7 32.Bh6 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Bd5 34.Nf4 Be4 35.Kg2 Nd2+ 36.Kg1 Bf6 37.Rd1 Bd4+
38.Kh2 Be3 39.Kg3 Bc2 40.Re1 Nc4 41.Bg5 b5 42.Ne6 Bxg5 43.Nxg5+ Kf6 44.Re6+ Kg7
45.f6+  1-0

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solleveld,Maa"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 a6 7.d4 d6 8.O-O e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.h3 Nh5 11.Be3 f5 12.Qd2 Kh8 13.Rae1 Ng8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 e4
16.Kh2 Nhf6 17.Nd4 h5 18.b4 Nh6 19.Nc2 h4 20.gxh4 Nh5 21.Bf2 Kh7 22.Ne2 Bf6
23.Ng3 Nxg3 24.Bxg3 Rg8 25.Ne3 Bd7 26.Rg1 Bxh4 27.Bf2 Qe7 28.Bf1 Rxg1 29.Kxg1 Rg8+
30.Ng2 Be8 31.Kh2 Bf6 32.Re3 Bh5 33.Be2 Qf7 34.Qd1 Bxe2 35.Qxe2 c6 36.Qd1 cxd5
37.cxd5 Rc8 38.Rg3 Ng8 39.a3 Ne7 40.Bd4 Bxd4 41.Qxd4 Nxd5 42.Rg5 Rg8 43.h4 Rxg5
44.fxg5 Qe6 45.h5 Qe5+ 46.Qxe5 dxe5 47.Nh4 Ne7 48.Kg3 b5 49.Kh3 e3 50.Kg3 f4+
51.Kf3 Nc6 52.g6+ Kg8 53.h6 Nd4+ 54.Kg2 e4 55.g7 f3+  0-1

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nc2 e6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Be3 Qc7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Be2 a6 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.Qd4 Bd7
16.a4 Rac8 17.Na3 Qb8 18.Rfd1 Nc6 19.Qd2 Bd8 20.Kh1 Bc7 21.Bg1 Rfd8 22.Nc2 Ne7
23.b4 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.c5 Bf4 26.Qe1 Re8 27.Bd3 Nf5 28.Ne2 Be5 29.Bxf5 Bxf5
30.Ncd4 Bg6 31.Rac1 h6 32.Qd2 Nd7 33.Qa2 Nf6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Qc7 36.c6 Ra8
37.Qb3 bxc6 38.Nxc6 Bd6 39.Nc3 Bf4 40.Ra1 Rxa1 41.Rxa1 Qd6 42.Rd1 Qe6 43.Nd4 Qe5
44.b6 Qg5 45.b7 Kh7 46.Qb5 Qh4 47.Nde2 Bb8 48.Nxd5 Re5 49.Nxf6+ Qxf6 50.Rd5 Re6
51.h3 Qe7 52.Bh2 Rxe2 53.Bxb8 Re1+ 54.Kh2 Rb1 55.Rd7 Qe8 56.Qc6 Qxb8+ 57.Rc7 Rb2
58.f4 Rc2 59.Rc8 Qxf4+  0-1

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jakobsen,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.O-O Rb8 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rfe8 14.f4 Bf8 15.Kh1 e5
16.fxe5 Rxe5 17.Qf3 Nc5 18.Nf5 Re6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rg6 21.Rde1 Qd7 22.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bc3 O-O 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.f4 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rc1 Rd8 18.Rc4 e5 19.Qa1 f6 20.Qc3 exf4 21.Nxf4 Ne5 22.Rc7+ Kh8
23.Rf1 Bd7 24.Ne6 Rdc8 25.Rxf6 Rxc7 26.Rf8+ Rxf8 27.Qxe5+  1-0

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christensen,Bo"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nb1 Bg5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 O-O 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Bd3 a5
16.O-O Be6 17.Nf3 Bh6 18.Bb5 Rc8 19.c3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Re1 Rf8 22.Qd3 Na7
23.Bc4 Bd7 24.Raa1 Bg4 25.Qe4 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Bd3 g6 29.Ke2 Nc6
30.Rg1 Rb8 31.Rab1 Nd8 32.h4 Ne6 33.Rg4 Nc5 34.Qc4 e4 35.Bxe4 Nxe4 36.Qxe4 Rbe8
37.Ne7 Qb5+ 38.Kd1 Rxe7  0-1

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Skytte,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O e6 14.Kb1 Bd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 O-O-O 18.c4 Rhe8 19.Bc3 Nd7 20.Rhe1 Nf6 21.Ne5 c5 22.g4 Ng8
23.Nd3 Nf6 24.Ne5 Ng8 25.Qe3 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Kc2 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Ne7
30.Ke2 b6 31.f3 Qd7 32.b3 Nc6 33.g5 Nd4+ 34.Bxd4 cxd4 35.Qe4 Kb8 36.gxh6 gxh6
37.Kd3 Qd8 38.Qf4 Qf8 39.Qxd4 Qg7 40.Qd6+ Kb7 41.Kc3 Qh7 42.Qd3 Qg7 43.Qd7+ Kb8
44.Qd6+ Kb7 45.Kb4 Qg3 46.Qd7+ Kb8 47.Qd8+ Kb7 48.Qd7+ Kb8 49.Qe8+ Kb7 50.Qxf7+ Ka6
51.Qd7 Qe1+ 52.Ka3 Qe3 53.Ka4 Qc5 54.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ward,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.h4 h6 12.Nxd5 Bxg5 13.Qe5 Rh7 14.hxg5 Nc6 15.Qe4 Bf5
16.Qf3 Qxg5 17.Qa3+ Kg7 18.e3 Rd8 19.Nxc7 a5 20.Qc5 Rc8 21.d5 Rxc7 22.dxc6 Rxc6
23.Qd4+ Qf6 24.Qxf6+ Kxf6 25.Rd1 Rh8 26.Bd3 Be6 27.b3 h5 28.Ke2 Rhc8 29.Rh4 Rd6
30.Rf4+ Ke7 31.Bc4 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Rd8+ 33.Kc2 Bf5+ 34.Kc3 f6 35.Rd4 Rd6 36.Rd5 Be4
37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.f3 Bd5 39.Bd3 g5 40.Kd4 h4 41.e4 Be6 42.Be2 b6 43.Bb5 Bf7
44.Ba4 Bh5 45.Bb5 Bf7 46.Ba4 Bh5 47.Bb5 h3 48.gxh3 Bxf3 49.Ba6 Bh5 50.a3 Bf7
51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 Bb3 53.Be2 Be6 54.Bg4 Bxg4 55.hxg4 Ke6 56.Kc4 Ke5 57.Kb5 Kf4
58.Kxb6 Kxg4 59.b5 Kf3 60.Kc6 g4 61.e5 fxe5 62.b6 g3 63.b7 g2 64.b8=Q g1=Q
65.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kallio,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 c5 16.d5 Qc7
17.Qe2 Nb6 18.a5 Nc4 19.b4 Be7 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Qxc4 Bb5 23.Qb3 cxb4
24.cxb4 g6 25.Be3 Rac8 26.Rec1 Qd7 27.Qd1 Kh7 28.Ra3 Bg7 29.Rac3 Ng8 30.Bb6 Rxc3
31.Rxc3 Rc8 32.Qc1 Rxc3 33.Qxc3 f5 34.Qc7 Nf6 35.Qxd7 Bxd7 36.Bd8 Nxe4 37.Nxe4 fxe4
38.Nd2 Bc8 39.Nc4 Bb7 40.Ne3 Bf8 41.h4 h5 42.Kf1 Kg7 43.Ke2 Kf7 44.Kd2 Ke8
45.Bg5 Kd7 46.Kc3 Kc7 47.Kc4 Bc8 48.Nd1  1-0

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.Be3 Ba6 6.Bxa6 Nxa6 7.Qd3 Nc7 8.O-O-O Qc8
9.Nge2 Qa6 10.Nf4 Nf6 11.Qxa6 Nxa6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nce2 Nc7 14.c3 Be7 15.g4 O-O
16.Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brynell,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qb1 Nf8 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Qa2 b5 15.axb6 axb6
16.Qb3 b5 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Bg5 Nxg5 19.Nxg5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Bf8 21.Re1 Bc5 22.Nf3 Qa7
23.Nd1 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxd1+ 25.Kh2 Bxf2 26.Rxe5 Qa1 27.Re8+ Kg7 28.Qc3+ Kh6
29.Re1 Rxe1 30.Qd2+ Kg7 31.Qxf2 Rh1+ 32.Kg3 Qxb2 33.Nd4 Qc3+ 34.Kh4 Qe1  0-1

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hellsten,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc5 13.O-O-O e5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.g4 Bc6
16.h4 Qb6 17.Rh2 O-O 18.Bd3 Qa5 19.h5 Ne8 20.f4 exf4 21.h6 g6 22.Qxf4 Rb3
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Nxc7 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Kc2 Rb6
29.g5 a5 30.Kc3 f5 31.Rb1 Nd6 32.b4 Nb7 33.Bc2 Kf7 34.b5 Nd6 35.Bd3 Rb8 36.Kb3 Nc8
37.Ka4 Nb6+ 38.Kxa5 Ke7 39.Be2 Kd6 40.Ka6 Kc7 41.d6+ Kxd6 42.Bf3 Kc7 43.Ka7 Nc8+
44.Ka6 Nb6 45.Ka7 Nc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ahlander,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.d5 Nh5
9.a3 Nf4 10.b4 f5 11.Ne1 g5 12.Nd3 g4 13.f3 Qh4 14.Bd2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 f4 16.fxg4 Bxg4
17.Qf2 Qh5 18.Ne1 c5 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rc1 Qf7 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.Qe2 Nc7 23.Nd1 Kh8
24.Bc3 Qg7 25.Kh1 Rae8 26.Nf2 Bh5 27.Rfd1 Rg8 28.Nd3 d5 29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Nde1 d4
31.Bb2 Ne6 32.Nd3 Ng5 33.Rg1 Re6 34.Nc5 Re7 35.Qf2 Bg4 36.Rce1 Bxf3 37.gxf3 Nh3
38.Qg2 Nxg1 39.Rxg1 Qxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg2 41.Kxg2 Rc7  0-1

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tairi,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nc2 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Bd2 e6 11.Rb1 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Bg5 Qb6
16.Qb3 Qd6 17.O-O h6 18.Bh4 Nh5 19.Bf2 Be5 20.g3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Nxg3 22.Rfe1 Qf4
23.Ne4 Nf5 24.Qc3 f6 25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Qxf6 Bd7 27.Bd3 Rf8 28.Qxg6+ Kh8 29.Re7  1-0

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 O-O 8.Qe2 b5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 a5 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.a3 Qc7 15.Bf4 b4
16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Nbd2 Nc5 18.Qe3 Ba6 19.Bg5 Rac8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bb7 22.axb4 axb4
23.h4 Qd7 24.Rc4 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Ne7 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Ra7 Qd5 29.Rxe7 Rf8
30.Rc7 Qa2 31.Qc5  1-0

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bb7
9.d4 Bb6 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Qb1 Nb8 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Qa2 Rf8
16.Bc2 Re8 17.Bb3 Rf8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.Rad1 bxa4 21.Bxa4 Qc7
22.Bxd7 Nxd7 23.Nc4 Rad8 24.Nd6 Bc6 25.b4 Nf6 26.Nc4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Nxe4 28.Ncxe5 Nxc3
29.Qc4 Nxd1 30.Nxc6 Qd6 31.Ncd4 Rd8 32.Qb3 Nxf2 33.Kxf2 a5 34.b5 Qc5 35.Qa4 Rd5
36.Kg1 g6 37.Kh2 Qb4 38.Qxb4 axb4 39.Kg3 b3 40.Nxb3 Rxb5 41.Nfd4 Rd5 42.Kf4 f5
43.g4 fxg4 44.hxg4 Kf7 45.Ke4 Rg5 46.Kf4 Ke7 47.Nf3 Rd5 48.Ke4 Kd6 49.Nbd4 Rc5
50.Nh4 Rc4 51.Kd3 Kc5 52.Ne6+ Kd5 53.Nxg6 Rxg4 54.Nef4+ Kd6 55.Ke4 Rg5 56.Nh4 Re5+
57.Kd4 b5 58.Nf3 Rf5 59.Ke4 Rc5 60.Nd3 Rc4+ 61.Kf5 b4 62.Kg6 b3 63.Kxh6 Rc3
64.Nfe1 Kd5 65.Kg5 Ke4 66.Nb2 Re3 67.Nc4 Rxe1 68.Nd2+ Kd3 69.Nxb3 Kc3  0-1

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Johannessen,LE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 e6 10.Bf4 Ngf6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 O-O 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Ne5 Rad8 15.Rd3 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qb5 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Nh5 Rg8 20.c4 Qa6 21.Rc1 Ne3 22.Qe4 Rxd3
23.Qxd3 Nf5 24.Bc3 Rd8 25.Qe4 b5 26.g4 Nxh4 27.f4 bxc4 28.f5 Bg5 29.Nf4 Ng2
30.Nxg2 Bxc1 31.Kxc1 Qxa2 32.Qe2 Rd3 33.Nf4 Qa1+ 34.Kc2 Qa4+ 35.Kc1 Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Masters"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakobsen,O"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd2 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.a4 a5 13.Rac1 c6 14.Ne1 Bf8 15.Nd3 Ba6
16.Nf4 Bb7 17.Nd3 Rc8 18.f4 Ba6 19.Ne5 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Ne4 22.Be1 Bh6
23.Ng3 Ng5 24.Rc3 Ne6 25.Bf2 c5 26.Qc2 Qd7 27.Ne2 Bf8 28.Qb3 c4 29.Qa2 Ng5
30.Rc2 f6 31.Bg3 Ne4 32.Nf4 g5 33.Ne2 Nxg3 34.Nxg3 fxe5 35.dxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxc4 Rxc4
37.Qxc4 dxc4 38.Rxd7 Rxe3 39.Nh5 Re7 40.Rd5 h6 41.Rd2 Re6 42.Rc2 Rc6 43.Ng3 Kf7
44.Ne4 Ke6 45.Kf2 Kd5 46.Kf3 Bb4 47.Rc1 Ke5 48.g4 Rc8 49.h3 Rf8+ 50.Ke3 Rf4
51.Rxc4 Bc5+ 52.Kd3 Rf3+ 53.Kc2 Bd4 54.Nd2 Rxh3 55.b4 axb4 56.Rxb4 Rc3+ 57.Kd1 Kd5
58.Nb3 Bc5 59.Nxc5 bxc5 60.Rb6 Ra3 61.Ra6 Ke5 62.a5 Kf4 63.Ra8 Kxg4 64.a6 h5
65.a7 Ra2 66.Ke1 h4 67.Kf1 h3  0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.d3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Bf1 e5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.b4 d5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.g3 Qc7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qb3 h6
16.h4 Rad8 17.Re2 Ne7 18.Rae1 Bd5 19.Qc2 Be6 20.Bg2 cxb4 21.axb4 Nd5 22.Nc4 b5
23.Ne3 N7b6 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Re3 Re7 26.Ba1 Rde8 27.Qb1 Qb7 28.R1e2 h5 29.Qe1 f6
30.c4 bxc4 31.dxc4 Nxc4 32.Rc3 Nb6 33.Ra3 Rd8 34.Rd2 Red7 35.Rc3 Bxf3 36.Bxf3 Rxd2
37.Bxb7 Rd1 38.Kf1 Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Bf8 40.Rb3 Kf7 41.Bc3 Rd7 42.Ba6 Rc7 43.Bd2 Nd5
44.Be2 f5 45.Bd1 Rb7 46.b5 Ke6 47.Rb2 Bc5 48.Be2 Rc7 49.Ra2 Bb6 50.Bd1 Nc3
51.Bb3+ Ke7 52.Bxc3 Rxc3 53.Bd5 Rd3 54.Bc6 Bd4 55.Ke2 Rc3 56.Kf1 Rb3 57.Kg2 Kf6
58.Be8 Rc3 59.Ra6+ Bb6 60.Ra2 Rc4 61.Kf3 g5 62.hxg5+ Kxg5 63.Re2 Bd4 64.Bd7 Rc1
65.Kg2 Rc7 66.Bc6 Rh7 67.Re1 f4 68.Rh1 Rh6 69.Bf3 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.exd6 exd6 12.O-O f6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.a4 Kf7 15.Rfd1 d5
16.Bc7 Bc5 17.h3 Rhc8 18.Bxb6 Bxb6 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.Rd3 Ba5 21.Nb3 Bf5 22.Rd2 Bb4
23.Nc1 Rcb8 24.N1e2 Ba5 25.Ra2 c5 26.Rxd5 Be6 27.b3 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 c4 29.Nd4 cxb3
30.Nxb3 Re8 31.c4 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Nd4 Rd1 34.Nb5 Ra6 35.Re2 Re6 36.Rc2 Rd2
37.Rxd2 Bxd2 38.c5 Rc6 39.Nd4 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 h6 11.b3 Ng6 12.Bb2 Ke8 13.Ne4 Bd7 14.Rfe1 c5 15.Rad1 Rd8
16.c4 Nf4 17.Bc1 Ne6 18.Nc3 Be7 19.Nd5 Bc6 20.Rd3 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 c6 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8
23.Rd1+ Kc7 24.Bb2 b5 25.Kf1 Rb8 26.Bc3 Kc8 27.g3 Rb6 28.Ra1 f5 29.Ke2 b4
30.Bb2 a5 31.a4 Rb7 32.Ne1 Rd7 33.Ng2 Bf8 34.Nh4 f4 35.Ng6 fxg3 36.fxg3 Rf7
37.Rd1 Kc7 38.h4 Be7 39.Rd3 Kc8 40.Nh8 Rf8 41.Ng6 Re8 42.Rf3 Bd6 43.Rf7 Bc7
44.Ne7+ Kb7 45.Nf5 Kb6 46.Nxg7 Nxg7 47.Rxg7 Bxe5 48.Bxe5 Rxe5+ 49.Kf2 Rf5+
50.Kg2 Re5 51.Rf7 h5 52.Kf2 Re8 53.Rf4 Rd8 54.Ke2 Re8+ 55.Kd3 Rg8 56.Rf3 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6 4.c4 h6 5.Bf4 e5 6.dxe6 Bxe6 7.Nc3 Bxc4 8.Qa4+ b5
9.Nxb5 Bxb5 10.Qxb5+ Nbd7 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.b3 Ne5 14.Qc2 c4 15.Nf3 cxb3
16.axb3 Nc6 17.Kb2 Nb4 18.Qc4 Be7 19.Nd4 Nfd5 20.g3 O-O 21.Bh3 Bf6 22.e3 g5
23.e4 Nc6 24.exd5 Nxd4 25.Be3 Nxb3+ 26.Kc2 Qa5 27.Kd3 Qa2 28.Qc2 Nc5+ 29.Bxc5 Rb3+
30.Kd2 Rb2 31.Ke1  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Nd5 e6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qf5 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxg5 15.Qa7 Bd7
16.Bxb7 a5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bg2 Qc5 19.Qxc5 dxc5 20.Rd3 Kf8 21.Re3 f6 22.f4 h6
23.h4 h5 24.Rd1 Kf7 25.f5 gxf5 26.Bf3 Be8 27.Bxh5+ Ke7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Bxe8 Rxe8
30.Rd3 Ra8 31.Kf2 a4 32.a3 e5 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Rc3 Ke6 35.Kf3 Ra8 36.Rb3 Ra4
37.Rc3 Ra8 38.Kf2 e4 39.h5 Rh8 40.a4 Rxh5 41.a5 Ke5 42.Ke3 Rh3 43.Kd2 Rh8
44.a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Bd3 b6 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bd2 e6 15.e5 Nd5 16.c4 Ne7
17.Be4 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.dxc5 Rfc8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Bb4 Nf5 22.a3 Bf8 23.Rfd1 Bc5
24.Rd3 Kg7 25.Nd2 Bxb4 26.Rxb4 Qe7 27.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nb4
9.Be3 Nd5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Bc5 13.Qf4 Bd6 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bc4 Nd7
16.a3 Ba5 17.Rhe1 Nb6 18.Ba2 c5 19.Ndb5 Qf6 20.Nc7 Bg4 21.Nxa8 Na4 22.Nc7 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Bxc7 24.f3 Bc8 25.Qe3 Ba5 26.Qxc5 Bb6 27.Qe7 Qxf3 28.Bd5 Qh5 29.Re5 Qh6+
30.Kb1 g6 31.Rf1 Bf5 32.g4 Bd8 33.Qd6 Qh3 34.Rf3 Qxg4 35.Rexf5  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Boidman,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.h4 O-O 14.Kb1 d5 15.e5 Nd7
16.Qe3 Re8 17.g4 Qb6 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.g5 b4 20.g6 fxg6 21.h5 gxh5 22.Rxh5 Nf8
23.Bd3 Bb5 24.f4 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 g6 26.Rg5 Rg7 27.Rg2 Rc4 28.Qd2 a5 29.Nf3 Rf7
30.Nd4 a4 31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Qe3 a3 33.f5 exf5 34.e6 Rxd4 35.Qe5+ Rg7 36.Rxd4 Qxe6
37.Rxd5 f4 38.Rg1 Qxe5 39.Rxe5 Rf7 40.Re4 h6 41.Rxb4 g5 42.c4 Nd7 43.Rb7 Kg7
44.Rd1 Ne5 45.Rxf7+ Kxf7 46.b3 g4 47.Kc2 g3 48.Kd2 h5 49.Ke2 f3+ 50.Ke3 f2
51.Ke2 Ng4 52.Kf3 g2 53.Kxg2 Ne3+  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Bf6 15.Bd4 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nxb5 a4 20.Bd1 Qc5 21.Nd4 Qxd5 22.Re3 Qe5
23.Rh3 h6 24.f4 Qf6 25.Kh1 Kh7 26.g4 Qg6 27.Nxf5 Nxf5 28.Qxf5 Qxf5 29.gxf5 Bf6
30.b3 d5 31.bxa4 Rfc8 32.Bb3 Ra5 33.Rd1 Rxc3 34.Rxc3 Bxc3 35.Bxd5 e3 36.Bxf7 Rxf5
37.Rd7 Kh8 38.Bc4 Rxf4 39.Bd3 Rf2 40.Re7 Rxa2 41.Rxe3 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parker,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bc3 O-O 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.f4 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rc1 Rd8 18.Rc4 e5 19.Qa1 Re8 20.Qc3 Kg8 21.f5 gxf5 22.exf5 Nf6
23.Rb4 Qa6 24.Ra4 Qd6 25.O-O Bd7 26.Rh4 Bb5 27.Qe3 Kh8 28.Re1 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Rac8
30.h3 a6 31.Rh6 Rg8 32.Qxe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.Rh4 Rd8 36.Rd4 Kf8
37.Re3 b5 38.g4 h6 39.Re1 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Ke7 41.d6+ Rxd6 42.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 d6 8.e3 Nd7
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nf3 b5 11.cxb5 Nb6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Nb3 Qb4 14.a3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qa4
16.c4 a6 17.Qc3 Rg8 18.bxa6 Bxa6 19.Nd2 e6 20.Rb1 Nd7 21.Be2 Bc8 22.dxe6 fxe6
23.Rb3 Rxg2 24.Qh8+ Nf8 25.Bf3 Rg6 26.Bxa8 Qxa8 27.Rf1 e5 28.f4 Be6 29.fxe5 d5
30.Rb6 Ke7 31.Rxe6+ Kxe6 32.cxd5+ Kxd5 33.Rxf5 Rg1+ 34.Kf2 Rd1 35.Qg8+ Kc6
36.Qg2+  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.c4 Nh5 6.Be3 Bg5 7.Bf2 g6 8.g4 Nf4 9.h4 Be7
10.Ne2 h5 11.g5 f6 12.gxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Nbc3 g5 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.hxg5 Ne5
17.Be2 Bxg5 18.c5 Bd7 19.O-O-O Qf6 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Bb5 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Rb8
24.Qd5 a6 25.Nd4 Kd7 26.Qa5 Rb6 27.Qa4+ Kc8 28.Ne2 Rxb2 29.Kxb2 Nd3+ 30.Kc2 Nxf2
31.Qxa6+ Kd7 32.Qb5+ Kc8 33.Rd5 Nxh1 34.Rxg5 Ng3 35.Nc3 Nf1 36.Qa6+ Kd8 37.Rb5 Ne3+
38.Kd3 Kd7 39.Rb7 Rc8 40.Qb5+ Ke6 41.Qxh5 Rh8 42.Qb5 Rc8 43.Qc6 Qg5 44.Nb5 Qg1
45.Nxc7+ Rxc7 46.Rxc7 Qd1+ 47.Kc3 Qc2+ 48.Kb4 Qb2+ 49.Ka5 Qxa2+ 50.Kb6 Qb2+
51.Qb5 Qxb5+ 52.Kxb5 Ng2 53.Rc3 Ne1 54.Kc4 Ke5 55.Ra3 Nxf3 56.Rxf3 Kxe4 57.Rf1 f3
58.Kc3 Ke3 59.Re1+ Kf4 60.Rf1 Ke3 61.Re1+ Kf4 62.Kd2 f2 63.Re6 f1=N+ 64.Kd3 Ng3
65.Rxd6 Nf5 66.Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.d4 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Be6 10.exf6 Bxc4 11.fxg7 Kxg7 12.Bxc4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be2 Rfd8
15.O-O c6 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Rab1 Rd7 18.a3 Qb3 19.Ne4 b6 20.Nd2 Qe6 21.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Savchenko,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb3 b6
9.Re1 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Ne5 11.Bc2 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Rc8 13.h3 b5 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.d4 b4
16.Bb3 a5 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Ba4 Ba6 19.Qd1 Bb5 20.Nf3 Bxa4 21.Qxa4 Qc6 22.Qd1 bxc3
23.bxc3 Nb6 24.Bg5 Rfe8 25.Qe2 h6 26.Bf4 Qa4 27.Rb1 Nc4 28.Rb7 cxd4 29.cxd4 Na3
30.e5 Nc2 31.Rd1 Nb4 32.e6 Qxa2 33.exf7+ Qxf7 34.Bd2 Qc4 35.Qe4 Qf7 36.Bxb4 axb4
37.Rxb4 g5 38.Rb7 Rb8 39.Ra7 Bf6 40.Re1 Rbc8 41.h4 Qg7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Qd5+ Kf8
44.g4 Rc3 45.Ra5 Rec8 46.Kg2 Qg6 47.Rh1 Qd3 48.Qf5 Qxf5 49.Rxf5 Ke8 50.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Qe8
9.Re1 Ng4 10.Bg5 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qe5 12.Nf3 Qc5 13.Bh4 Be6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Rc1 Qb6
16.Rb1 Nc5 17.Qc2 a5 18.Be7 Rfe8 19.Bg5 c6 20.Be3 Qd8 21.Rbd1 Qh4 22.b3 f5
23.f4 Ned7 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.e5 dxe5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Nd4 Bf7 28.Bf2 Ncd7 29.h3 Qg5
30.Kf1 Qf6 31.Na4 Rf8 32.Kg1 Kh8 33.c5 Bg8 34.a3 g5 35.Bf1 g4 36.Nb6 Nxb6
37.cxb6 gxh3 38.Nf3 hxg2 39.Bxg2 Nxf3+ 40.Bxf3 Rad8 41.Qc5 Bxb3 42.Rxd8 Rxd8
43.Qe7 Qg6+ 44.Kf1 Bf6 45.Qc5 f4 46.Re4 Bd5 47.Rxf4 Qd3+ 48.Be2 Qh3+ 49.Ke1 Bc3+
50.Kd1 Bb3+ 51.Kc1 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Ne1 a6
9.Nc2 Bd7 10.b3 e6 11.a4 e5 12.Bb2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.Ne3 Bxc4 15.dxc4 Bf8
16.Qd3 Ne7 17.b3 c6 18.Bb2 Ng6 19.g3 Qh3 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.gxf4 Qxf3 22.Ng2 Qh5
23.f3 Nd7 24.Kh1 Nc5 25.Qe2 f6 26.Rg1 Ne6 27.f5 Ng5 28.Rgf1 Kh8 29.Bc1 Nh3
30.Ne3 Nf4 31.Qf2 d5 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.exd5 Qxf5
36.Qe2 Rb5 37.Rd1 Bd6 38.Be3 Rxa5 39.Kg2 e4 40.Bf2 Rxd5 41.fxe4 Qg5+ 42.Bg3 Rxd1
43.Qxd1 Bf8 44.Qd5 Qg6 45.Kf3 Qe8 46.Qc4 Qh5+ 47.Ke3 Bc5+ 48.Kd2 Qg5+ 49.Kd1 a5
50.e5 Qe3 51.Qd5 Qg1+ 52.Ke2 Qe3+ 53.Kd1 Qd4+ 54.Qxd4 Bxd4 55.exf6 Bxf6 56.Bc7 Bc3
57.Ke2 g5 58.Kf3 Kg7 59.h4 gxh4 60.Bxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Bc3 O-O 15.Qd2 Bd7
16.O-O Rc8 17.Rac1 a6 18.Bb3 e6 19.d5 exd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bxd5 f6 22.Nf4 Qe7
23.h3 Rfd8 24.Qe3 Kh8 25.Qb6 Be8 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Rfc1 Rd6 28.Qb2 Ne5 29.Rc3 Bc6
30.Bxc6 Nxc6 31.Nd5 Qxe4 32.Nxf6 Qe5 33.Ne4 Re6 34.Ng5 Re7 35.Nf3 Qf6 36.Rxc6 Qxb2
37.Rxb2 Rd8 38.Rcb6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Nc2 f5
16.Ncb4 Nxb4 17.Nxb4 a5 18.exf5 Bf7 19.Qh3 Qf6 20.Nc2 Rab8 21.g3 Bh6 22.a4 b4
23.cxb4 d5 24.Bb5 Rfc8 25.Ne1 e4 26.bxa5 f3 27.a6 Bg7 28.Rb1 h5 29.b4 Rc7
30.Kh1 Qg5 31.Bd3 exd3 32.b5 d2 33.Nxf3 Qh6 34.Qh4 Qb6 35.Nxd2 Rc2 36.Rbd1 Re8
37.f6 Bxf6 38.a5 Bxh4 39.axb6 Bd8 40.b7 Bb6 41.Rc1 Bg6 42.Rce1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Schmittdiel,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Ne8 11.Be3 b6 12.c3 e5 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Rac1 Nc7 15.b4 Ne6
16.Qb2 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Re1 Rg8 20.bxc5 f4 21.Bd4 Bf6 22.Bxe5 Raf8
23.g4 fxg3 24.Bxg3 Qxc5 25.d4 Qf5 26.Qxe6 Qxf3 27.Re3 Qh5 28.Rce1 Rg6 29.Qd7 Rg7
30.Qd6 Qf7 31.Qxf8+ Qxf8 32.Re8 Kg8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Re6 Bh4 35.Kg2 c5 36.d5 c4
37.Kf3 Bxg3 38.fxg3 Rg5 39.Rc6 Rxd5 40.Rxc4 Ra5 41.a4 h5 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Kd3 Rg5
44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Ra5 46.Re4 Kf6 47.Kc2 Kg5 48.Kb3 Ra6 49.Rd4 Ra5 50.c4 Ra6
51.Kb4 Kh4 52.Ka3 Kg5 53.Kb3 Kh4 54.Rd6 Ra5 55.Rg6 Re5 56.Kc3 Re3+ 57.Kb4 Re1
58.a5 Rb1+ 59.Kc3 Rc1+ 60.Kd4 Rd1+ 61.Ke5 Rc1 62.Kd5 Rd1+ 63.Kc6 bxa5 64.Kb5 Rc1
65.Ra6 Kxg4 66.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Qd3 h6
9.Nd5 Be6 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Qd7 12.b3 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Bd8 14.Ba3 Bc7 15.Nh4 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Ne7 17.Qxb7 Rfb8 18.Qa6 Qg4 19.Nf5 Nxf5 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Re1 O-O
9.d4 Ne8 10.Bg5 Nc7 11.d5 h6 12.Be3 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Nh4 Rxd5 15.Qc2 g5
16.Nf5 Qf8 17.Ng3 Qf7 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Rf1 Rf8 20.Nde4 Ng6 21.Qa4 Re5 22.c4 Qe6
23.Nc3 a6 24.Rae1 Nf4 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.Nge4 Qc6 27.f3 b5 28.b3 Nd3 29.Re2 Ref5
30.Ng3 R5f7 31.Nce4 Ne5 32.Nh5 Bh8 33.Qe1 bxc4 34.bxc4 Nxc4 35.Bxg5 hxg5
36.Nxg5 Qd5 37.Qg3 Bg7 38.Nxf7 Rxf7 39.Qh3 e6 40.Nxg7 Rxg7 41.Re4 Ne5 42.Rb1 Nd7
43.Qh4 Ne8 44.Qe1 e5 45.Qe2 Qc6 46.Rh4 Nef6 47.f4 Qa4 48.Kh1 Qd4 49.Qxa6 Qf2
50.g3 Qf3+ 51.Kg1 exf4 52.Qc4+ Nd5 53.Rb3 Qd1+ 54.Kf2 Qd2+ 55.Kg1 Qd1+ 56.Kf2 Re7
57.Rxf4 Ne5 58.Rb8+ Kg7 59.Qa4 Nd3+ 60.Kg2 N5xf4+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.exf5 O-O
16.O-O Re8 17.Qf3 e4 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Qxd6 Be5 20.Qh6 Bxf5 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Rad1 Rc8
23.Rd5 Qc7 24.g3 Rg8 25.Rfd1 Bg4 26.Be2 Bf5 27.Rc5 f6 28.Bb5 Qb6 29.b4 e3
30.fxe3 Be4 31.Nd5 Qb8 32.Nxf6 Bxg3 33.Nxe4 Bf4+ 34.Ng5 Bxg5 35.Qe6 Bxe3+
36.Kh1 Bxc5 37.Bxc6 Rg6 38.Qf7 Rcxc6 39.bxc5 Rcf6 40.Qd5 Qc7  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.a4 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 b6 13.Nfd2 Rb8 14.Qf3 Bh6 15.Qe2 f6 16.Rf1 Rf7
17.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.Qc2 Bc6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.O-O e6 8.c4 a6
9.Nc3 e5 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 b6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nd2 Ne8 14.Bg4 Nc7 15.Nd5 Ne6 16.Rab1 g6
17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.f4 Qh4 21.Bg5 Qh5 22.Rf3 exf4 23.Bxf4 e5
24.Be3 Rf8 25.Rbf1 Rxf3 26.Nxf3 h6 27.b5 Bb7 28.bxa6 Rxa6 29.Qd2 g5 30.h4 gxh4
31.Bxh6 Rxa3 32.Bg5 h3 33.Nh4 Nf8 34.Qf2 Ne6 35.Qf6 Bc8 36.Ng6 Ra7 37.g3 h2+
38.Kh1 Qh3 39.Bh4 Nf4 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Nb5 Bd7 12.Ned4 a6 13.Bc7 b6 14.Na3 Qb4 15.Nb3 Ne6
16.Be5 Rfd8 17.Qe2 b5 18.Bxe6 Bxe6 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Nac2 Qa5 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.a3 Qb6
23.Nb4 Bb7 24.Nd3 Bf8 25.Nb3 Bd5 26.Bd4 Qb8 27.Nbc5 Qa8 28.f3 Ne8 29.Qf2 f6
30.e4 Bc4 31.b3 Bxd3 32.Ne6 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rc8 34.Qd2 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1 b4 36.Qd2 Bb5
37.Qxb4 Qc8 38.Nxf8 Kxf8 39.Bc5 Qd7 40.a4 Bc6 41.Qc4 Bb7 42.h3 Ng7  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.b4 a5 10.c3 Ne4 11.f3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 axb4 13.Na4 Ba6 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Qd4 f6
16.Qxb4 e5 17.Bg3 Bb5 18.Kf2 Ra6 19.Qc3 d4 20.exd4 exd4 21.Re1+ Kf7 22.Qb3+ Kg6
23.a4 d3 24.axb5 Bxc5+ 25.Kf1 Ra3 26.Qc4 d2 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Qc2+ Kf7 29.Nc4 Rd3
30.Nd6+ Bxd6 31.Qxd3 Bxg3 32.Qc4+ Re6 33.hxg3 cxb5  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Pert,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 g6 7.c3 Ne5 8.Bxd7+ Nfxd7
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bg7 12.d5 O-O 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Be3 Qa5 15.f4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Qa4 Nf6 18.Bf2 b5 19.Qd1 Rfd8 20.Rc1 Qa3 21.Qd2 a5 22.f5 Qb4
23.Qe3 c4 24.Rb1 Qa4 25.Qh6 c3 26.e5 c2 27.exf6 exf6 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Ra1 Rxd5
30.Qc1 Qb4 31.Qe3 Re5 32.Qc1 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Qd4+ 34.Kh2 Qxa1  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shaw,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.exd6 exd6 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6
16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Nh3 Qa5 20.Nf4 h6 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.h3 a5
23.a4 Qc4 24.Qc2 Rab8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Rb1 Re2 27.Qb3 Qd3 28.d5 cxd5 29.Qb5 Qd2
30.Rf1 Re1 31.g3 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qxc3 33.Qxd5 Qa1+ 34.Kg2 Qxa4 35.Qxd6 Qe4+
36.Kh2 a4 37.h4 h5 38.f3 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Qb2  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Renet,O"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 c5 7.Rc1 Nxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.e3 a6 11.Be2 e5 12.Nb3 Qe7 13.O-O Nc6 14.Na5 Nxa5 15.Bxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.a3 Nd7 15.Qh3 Nb6
16.Rb1 c4 17.Qh4 cxd3 18.Bxd3 Rfe8 19.Ne3 Ne5 20.Bc2 Rc7 21.Red1 Qc5 22.Bb3 e6
23.Rd2 h5 24.Bf4 Rd7 25.Rbd1 Nc8 26.Rc2 Qc6 27.Bg5 Nb6 28.Rd4 Qc5 29.h3 Nc6
30.Rd1 Na5 31.Ba2 Nac4 32.g4 Ne5 33.Kg2 Qc6 34.gxh5 f6 35.Bxf6 Bxf6 36.Qxf6 Qxe4+
37.Kf1 Rf7 38.Bxe6 Rxe6 39.Qxe6 Nbc4 40.Nxc4 Qxc2 41.Rd2 Qb1+ 42.Ke2 Qe4+
43.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Guidarelli,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bb3 d5
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Qf1 Bd6 12.Bd1 g5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 g4 15.hxg4 Nxg4
16.Qe2 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Rhg8 18.Bg5 Bh2+ 19.Kf1 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Qg3+ 21.Kf1 Rxg5
22.Nxg5 Qxg5 23.Bf3 Bg3 24.Red1 f5 25.Qxe6+ Kc7 26.Re1 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 Rxd3
28.b4 Qf4 29.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Varsity Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2004.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conlon,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c4 Bg7 15.Rb1 bxc4
16.Nxc4 O-O 17.Qh5 e4 18.Be2 Nxd5 19.Bg4 Nf6 20.Qxf5 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 f5 22.Qf4 d5
23.Ne3 Qd7 24.Rfd1 d4 25.g4 fxg4 26.Qxe4 Qf7 27.Nxg4 h5 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qxf2+
30.Kh1 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Kh7 32.Qc7+ Rf7 33.Qc2+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quillan,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Ne2 Nf6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 e5 12.Qe1 b5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Bb7 15.Ng3 Nd7
16.Ra1 exf4 17.Rxf4 Be5 18.Rf3 f5 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.d3 Nf6 21.h3 Qe7 22.Kh1 fxe4
23.dxe4 Nd7 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rd1 Qg7 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Rc8 28.Rd2 Nc5 29.Ne4 Nxe4
30.Qxe4 Rf8 31.Bxd4 Rf1+ 32.Bg1 Qa7  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wall,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Qf3 O-O 7.Nf5 Bxf5 8.Qxf5 Nc6
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Be2 b5 11.Nxb5 g6 12.Qf4 Rb8 13.Bc1 Nh5 14.Qe3 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5
16.Nd4 Bg5 17.Qc3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Qg5 19.Rd1 Qxg2 20.Nxf5 Qxh1+ 21.Kd2 Qd5+
22.Kc1 Qxa2 23.Nh6+ Kf8 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.f4 Rb5 26.b4 Qc4 27.Qd2 Ng6 28.f5 Nf4
29.c3 Rd5 30.Qc2 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxc3+ 32.Kb1 Qxb4+ 33.Ka2 Qc4+ 34.Ka1 Kg7
35.Ng4 hxg4 36.Qxg4+ Kf7 37.Qh4 Qc1+ 38.Ka2 Qc2+ 39.Ka3 Qxf5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Brynell,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.h3 Nd7
9.Be3 a6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.b3 e5 12.Qd2 e4 13.Ne1 f5 14.Nc2 Nf6 15.Bg5 Ne7 16.f3 exf3
17.Bxf3 Kh8 18.e4 Neg8 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.g4 Bd7 21.d5 c5 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.cxd5 h6 25.Be3 Ne4 26.Qd3 Ngf6 27.Nd4 Nxd5 28.Bxe4 Nxe3 29.Rf7 Re7 30.Rxe7 Qxe7
31.Bxg6 Qg5 32.Re1 Nxg4 33.Ne6 Qh4 34.Rf1 Ne5 35.Qxd6 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Qxh3+ 37.Kg1 Qg3+
38.Kh1 Rg8 39.Nxg7 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 Nxg6 41.Qxg6 Qe3+ 42.Kh1 Qh3+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+
44.Kg2 Qd2+ 45.Rf2 Qd5+ 46.Kf1 Qd1+ 47.Kg2 Qd5+ 48.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.Kh1 Na5
16.Rg1 Kh8 17.Bc2 c5 18.Qf1 cxd4 19.Qg2 g6 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Karr,JP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.Ng1 Qe7 11.Nge2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxf4 Ne6 14.O-O Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Be6
16.e5 Bd5 17.Rae1 Rd8 18.b3 g5 19.Bg3 O-O 20.Nd1 c4 21.bxc4 Bxc4 22.Nf2 Bxa2
23.Ne4 Be6 24.h4 gxh4 25.Bf2 h3 26.Bc5 Qh4 27.Rf4 Qh5 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 29.d4 Bd5
30.Qf2 hxg2 31.Rh4 Qg6 32.Re3 Kh8 33.Rg3 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 Bxe4 35.Qe2 Bd5 36.c4 Be6
37.Qxg2 Rg8 38.d5 cxd5 39.cxd5 Bd7 40.Qe4 Re8 41.Qf4 Bb5 42.Kh1 Rxe5 43.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e4 b5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Nd1 Qb6 14.Ne3 b3 15.axb3 Bxb3
16.Qb1 c5 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 cxd4 19.e5 Nfd7 20.e6 fxe6 21.Ng5 Ne5 22.Bxe6+ Kh8
23.O-O Nbd7 24.Bd5 Rac8 25.Ne6 Rf6 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qe4 Rf5 28.Bf4 Qf6 29.Bg3 Rd8
30.b4 Nb6 31.Bb3 Rd7 32.h4 Nec4 33.Rfd1 e5 34.Rac1 Nd6 35.Qd3 Nf7 36.b5 Nd5
37.Rc5 Nf4 38.Qc4 Qe7 39.Rc6 Nd6 40.Qf1 Ne4 41.Qe1 Nxg3 42.fxg3 Nd5 43.Bxd5 Rxd5
44.Qe4 Rxb5 45.Rxd4 Rb1+ 46.Qxb1 exd4 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Qa1 Qe5 49.Rc4 Rd7 50.Ra4 Qc5
51.Ra5 Qc3 52.Qa4 Qc7 53.Qa1 h5 54.Ra6 Kh7 55.Qf1 Qe5 56.Ra3 Qe7 57.Qd3 Qc5
58.Rb3 Qf5 59.Qc4 d3 60.Rb8 Qf6 61.Qg8+ Kh6 62.Qe8 Qd4 63.Qf8+ Qg7 64.Qf4+ Kh7
65.Qd2 Qe5 66.Rc8 Qd4 67.Ra8 Rb7 68.Qa2 Rg7 69.Qd2 Rg8 70.Rxg8 Kxg8 71.Qh6 Qd6
72.Qd2 Kh7 73.Qf2 Qd7 74.Qd2 Qd4 75.Kh1 a5 76.g4 hxg4 77.h5 Qa1+ 78.Kh2 Qe5+
79.Kg1 Qc5+ 80.Kf1 g3 81.hxg6+ Kg7 82.Qe3 Qf5+ 83.Ke1 Qf2+ 84.Kd1 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mancini,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.e4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Qd7
16.a4 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Rc3 18.Bb1 Rac8 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.f3 h6 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.Be3 Ne8
23.Ra2 Nd6 24.Bd2 R3c7 25.a5 Bf6 26.a6 Ba8 27.Be3 Qe8 28.Ng4 Be7 29.Bf4 Rc3
30.Qf2 h5 31.Ne3 b5 32.Qg3 h4 33.Qg4 Qd8 34.Be5 Bf8 35.Re2 Rc1 36.Ree1 Rxd1
37.Rxd1 b4 38.Kf2 b3 39.d5 exd5 40.exd5 Rb8 41.Qh5 f5 42.Nxf5 Nxf5 43.Bxf5 Bc5+
44.Kf1  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Becker,Marc1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a6 9.e3 Ba7
10.Qc2 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.Rac1 Bg4 14.Nd2 Bh3 15.b4 Nh7 16.Rce1 Rfe8
17.Nd1 Bg4 18.Kh1 f5 19.Nb3 Nf6 20.f4 Bxd1 21.Qxd1 Ng4 22.fxe5 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Bxe3
24.Bd5+ Kh7 25.e6 Rxe6 26.Bxe6 Qxe6 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Qxf5+ Qxf5 29.Rxf5 Kg6
30.Rf2 Re8 31.Kg2 h5 32.b5 axb5 33.cxb5 Ne7 34.Re2 Ra8 35.b6 Nd5 36.bxc7 Nxc7
37.Re4 Ra6 38.Rb4 b6 39.Rc4 Nd5 40.Rc6 Be7 41.Nd2 Kf7 42.Ne4 Ke8 43.Rc8+ Bd8
44.Rc6 Ne3+ 45.Kf3 Nf5 46.Rc1 Kd7 47.g4 hxg4+ 48.Kxg4 g6 49.Ng3 Ra4+ 50.Kf3 Nh4+
51.Ke2 d5 52.Rf1 Be7 53.Rf7 Ke6 54.Rh7 Ng2 55.Rg7 Nf4+ 56.Kf3 g5 57.Rg8 Nxd3
58.Rg6+ Kd7 59.Rxb6 Bc5 60.Rb5 Kc6 61.Rxc5+ Kxc5 62.Bg7 Rf4+ 63.Ke3 Kc4 64.Ne2 Re4+
65.Kd2 Rh4  0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komarov,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 e5
9.d3 Be6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Ng5 c6
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb7 f5 19.Qb3 Rad8 20.Ra1 Bf6 21.Raa7 Kh8 22.e3 Ra8
23.h3 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 Qc8 25.Qa3 Qb8 26.Rd7 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qa7 Qc8 29.Na4 f4
30.Nc3 fxg3 31.fxg3 Nf5 32.Ne4 Qf8 33.g4 Nh4 34.Qd7 Be7 35.Qxc6 Qb8 36.Qd7 Qf8
37.Qe6 Kg7 38.c5 dxc5 39.Qxe5+ Kf7 40.Ng5+ Bxg5 41.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nc2 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Rb1 e6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O a6 13.Be2 b6 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Bf1 Bb7 17.Qf2 Ba8 18.Rbc1 Nd7 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bh6 21.Be3 Bg7 22.Rc2 Ne5
23.b3 Nd7 24.Bd4 Bh6 25.Na4 Nc5 26.Nc3 Qe7 27.Be3 Bg7 28.Qg3 Be5 29.Qf2 Bg7
30.Qe1 Bc6 31.Ne2 Be8 32.Nd4 Qb7 33.Qh4 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.b4 Na4 36.Rdc1 Rdc8
37.Rxc8 Rxc8 38.Rxc8 Qxc8 39.Nxb5 Bxb5 40.Bxb5 Nc3 41.Bf1 Nxa2 42.b5 Nc3
43.Qe7 Bf8 44.Qa7 Nd1 45.Bd4 e5 46.Bb6 Qc2 47.h4 h5 48.Qc7 Qd2 49.Qc6 Kg7
50.Qd5 Qc2 51.Ba7 Be7 52.Qd3 Qc1 53.b6 Qc5+ 54.Kh2 Nf2 55.Qe2 Bxh4 56.g3 Bg5
57.Kg2 Nd3 58.Qxd3 Be3 59.Qe2 Bg1 60.Kh3 Bd4 61.Kg2 Qc8 62.Qc4 Qb7 63.Qd5 Qc8
64.b7 Qc2+ 65.Kh3 Qf2 66.Bg2 Qg1 67.Bxd4 exd4 68.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Qe8
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 11.Rfe1 Nf4 12.Bf1 b6 13.a4 a5 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Bb5 c6
16.Bf1 Qe6 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nc4 g5 19.Bg3 Rad8 20.Nd6 Ba8 21.Nf5 Nf6 22.Nd2 Rfe8
23.f3 Qc8 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Bf2 c5 26.Ncd6 Rf8 27.Bc4 Ne6 28.Qb3 Kh7 29.Nxf7 Rxf7
30.Bxe6 Rff8 31.h3 Bc6 32.Bc4 Nh5 33.Bb5 Nf4 34.Bc4 Be8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8 36.Rd1 Qc7
37.Rd6 Rxf5 38.Qxb6 Qxb6 39.Rxb6 Rf6 40.Rb7 Rd6 41.Bxc5 Rd1+ 42.Kh2 Kg6 43.Rb6+ Kh7
44.Rb7 Bd7 45.Be3 Bxa4 46.Ra7 Bc2 47.Rxa5 Kg6 48.Ra6+ Bf6 49.b4 Bd3 50.Rd6 Be2
51.Rxd1 Bxd1 52.b5 Bd8 53.b6 Be2 54.Bxe2 Nxe2 55.b7 Bc7 56.Ba7 Nxc3 57.b8=Q Bxb8
58.Bxb8 Kf6 59.Kg3 Ne2+ 60.Kf2 Nf4 61.Bd6 h5 62.Ba3 h4 63.Kf1 Ke6 64.Bc1 Kd6
65.Be3 Ke6 66.Kg1 Kf6 67.Kh2 Kg6 68.g3 hxg3+ 69.Kxg3 Nh5+ 70.Kf2 Kf6 71.Ke2 Ng7
72.Kd3 Ne6 73.Kc4 Nf8 74.Kd5 Ng6 75.Kd6 Nh4 76.Bb6 Nxf3 77.Bd8+ Kg6 78.Kd5 Kh5
79.Ke6 g4 80.hxg4+ Kxg4 81.Bf6 Nd2 82.Kxe5 Nxe4 83.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c4 Ne5 8.d3 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.h3 Nge5 14.Be3 a6 15.Nh2 Nd4
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Qd2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Ng4 Qb6 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qb4 Ra4
23.Qd2 Rfa8 24.a3 Nd7 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qg3 b4 27.Nf4 Nf6 28.Rab1 bxa3 29.bxa3 Qa6
30.Rec1 Rxa3 31.Rc7 e5 32.Ne6 Nh5 33.Qf3 Nf6 34.Qg3 Nh5 35.Qg4 g6 36.Rbb7 Rf8
37.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fontaine,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Bd7
9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ba4 Kh8 12.d4 Qe7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.b4 Rad8 15.Qc2 a6
16.Be3 b6 17.Bb3 f5 18.a4 f4 19.Bc1 Qf6 20.Ba3 Ne7 21.N1h2 Nc8 22.Ng4 Qe7
23.b5 Nd6 24.bxa6 Ra8 25.Bc4 c5 26.Bf1 Nf6 27.Nxf6 Rxf6 28.a5 b5 29.Bxc5 Rxa6
30.Red1 g5 31.Rd5 Re6 32.Rad1 Bf8 33.Nxe5 Be8 34.Nf3 Qh7 35.Bd3 Bg6 36.e5 Ne4
37.Bxf8 Re8 38.Bb4 h5 39.Re1 g4 40.Bxe4 gxf3 41.gxf3 Rg8 42.Kf1 Qf7 43.c4 Qe6
44.Ke2 bxc4 45.Qxc4 Rc6 46.Qd3 Bf7 47.Rd6 Qa2+ 48.Bd2 Bc4 49.Rxc6 Bxd3+ 50.Bxd3 Qd5
51.Be4 Qd4 52.Bc3 Qa4 53.e6+ Rg7 54.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Agababean,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.Nd2 Nxd2 5.Qxd2 cxd4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nxd4 a6 8.O-O-O Qb6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e4 g6 11.Qc3 f6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 Bg7 14.h5 d6 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.Bb3 a5
17.Qc4 Rf8 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rh7 Bh8 20.Bh6 O-O-O 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rdh1  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Re8
16.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nge2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 Nd4
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nc1 Rb8 11.Nd1 b5 12.c3 Ndc6 13.d4 c4 14.Bh6 e5 15.d5 Na5 16.b4 cxb3
17.axb3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 b4 19.Qd2 bxc3 20.Qxc3 Rb5 21.b4 Nb7 22.Rxa7 Qb6 23.Ra4 Bg4
24.Ne3 Rc8 25.Qa3 Bd7 26.Ne2 Qd8 27.Nc3 Rb6 28.Ra7 Rb8 29.Nc4 Bb5 30.Nxb5 Rxb5
31.Rc1 f5 32.Qa4 Qe8 33.Na3 Nc8 34.Rxc8 Qxc8 35.Nxb5 Qc1+ 36.Bf1 fxe4 37.Rxb7 Rf8
38.Qa7  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dimitrijevic,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.Nf3 Rfe8 14.e5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Bf4 Nfd7 18.Be4 Rad8 19.Nd5 Qb8 20.Qb4 Bf8 21.Qc3 Rc8 22.Qd4 Rc4
23.Qf2 e6 24.Ne3 Rc7 25.h4 Qb6 26.Qh2 Bg7 27.h5 Rc5 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Rh1 Nf8
30.Bh6 Bxh6 31.Qxh6 Nf7 32.Qf4 Qc7 33.Qg4 Rg5 34.Qh4 Rh5 35.Qg4 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 Rd8
37.Qg2 Qf4 38.Ng4 Rd2 39.Qh3 h5 40.Bxg6 Nxg6 41.Qxh5 Qf5 42.Qh7+ Kf8 43.Rc1 Nf4
44.Qh4 Ne2 45.Qf2 Qd5 46.Nf6 Qxa2+ 47.Kxa2 Nxc1+ 48.Kb1 Rxf2 49.Kxc1 Rxf3
50.Nd7+ Ke7 51.Nc5 e5 52.Nxa6 Nd6 53.Nc5 e4 54.b3 e3 55.Kd1 Rf2 56.Ke1 Rxc2
57.b4 Nc4 58.Nd3 Nd2 59.Ke2 Nc4+ 60.Ke1 Rd2 61.Nf4 Ne5 62.Nh3 Nf3+ 63.Kf1 Kd8
64.Nf4 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Matveeva,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Re8 10.d5 c5 11.Ne1 Nh5 12.Nd3 Bf6 13.Kh2 a6 14.a4 a5 15.Be3 Nb8 16.Qd2 Na6
17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bh4 19.Bf2 Nb4 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.Nb5 Be7 22.b3 Bf8 23.Rae1 Qf6
24.Nc7 Bd7 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.Be3 Qh4 27.Qf2 Be7 28.Qxh4 Bxh4 29.Bf2 Be7 30.Bg3 Nxg3
31.Kxg3 f6 32.h4 Kf7 33.Bh3 f5 34.e5 Be8 35.h5 Kg7 36.Rg1 Bf7 37.Kf3 Kf8
38.Bf1 Rd8 39.Bd3 Be8 40.Rh1 Kg7 41.Reg1 Kf8 42.hxg6 Bxg6 43.Rg3 Kf7 44.Rgh3 Rh8
45.Rh5 Kg7 46.Bxf5 Bxh5+ 47.Rxh5 h6 48.Ke4 Rf8 49.Rh2 Rh8 50.Rg2+ Kf8 51.Rg6 dxe5
52.fxe5 Bg5 53.d6 Kf7 54.e6+ Kf8 55.Ke5 Ke8 56.Rg7 b5 57.axb5 Kd8 58.e7+ Ke8
59.d7+  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lobron,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 Rc8 7.O-O Nge7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Ng6 10.Nc2 Be7 11.Bd2 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.b4 O-O 14.b5 Na5 15.Ne3 Nf4
16.Bb4 Rf7 17.Ng4 Nc4 18.a4 h5 19.Ne3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Be8 21.Rac1 Rfc7 22.Nxc4 Rxc4
23.Bd2 Qd6 24.Rfe1 Bg6 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Bg5 Rc2 27.Qe3 Kf7 28.Bxf6 Kg8 29.Be5  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O Nf8 10.Qc2 c6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 a5 13.Rbe1 N6d7 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bh2 Bf6
16.Kh1 Rc8 17.Na4 Ngf8 18.Ne5 Bh4 19.Rd1 Nxe5 20.dxe5 f6 21.g3 Bxh3 22.gxh4 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 fxe5 24.Bf5 Rc7 25.Bg3 Rf7 26.e4 h6 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Nc3 Rd8 29.Ne2 Kh8
30.Qc3 Re8 31.Qxa5 Ng6 32.h5 Nh4 33.Bg4 Qg5 34.Bh3 Qxh5 35.Qd2 Nf3  0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Be2 Bxc5 12.N2b3 Bb6 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Qf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Be3 Qg6 17.Qf4 Rg8 18.g3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 O-O-O 20.Qb4 Qg4 21.Qa3 Bb7 22.Nc5 h5
23.Nxb7 Kxb7 24.Qe7+ Bc7 25.Bd4 Rde8 26.Qb4+ Kc8 27.Bxa7 Qxb4 28.cxb4 Kd7
29.a4 Ra8 30.Bc5 h4 31.Re3 hxg3 32.hxg3 Rg4 33.Rf3 f5 34.Kg2 Bd6 35.a5 Bxc5
36.bxc5 Rc4 37.Rc3 Rb4 38.a6 Rxb2 39.Rca3 e5 40.Rh1 e4 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Rh6+ Ke5
43.Rxc6 d4 44.Kg1 d3 45.Rb6 Rxb6 46.cxb6 d2 47.Ra1 Rxa6 48.Rd1 Rxb6 49.Rxd2 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kiriakov,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e3 O-O 10.b4 Be6 11.Be2 Qd6 12.Qb3 h6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rac1 c6 15.Na4 b6 16.Nb2 a5
17.a3 Rfc8 18.Nd3 b5 19.Rc3 Nb6 20.Nc5 axb4 21.axb4 Bf5 22.Rcc1 Nc4 23.Ra1 Bf8
24.Rfc1 Qf6 25.Ra2 Bd6 26.Rca1 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Re8 28.Ra6 Bb8 29.Qd1 Qd6 30.g3 Bc8
31.Ra8 Nb6 32.Ra2 Qe7 33.Bf1 h5 34.Bg2 Nc4 35.Ra8 Bd6 36.Qa1 Kg7 37.Qa7 Bc7
38.Qa1 Bb6 39.Rb8 Bc7 40.Ra8 Nb6 41.Ra7 Qd6 42.Ne5 Re7 43.Ned3 Bf5 44.Nf4 Nc4
45.Rb7 h4 46.Ra7 hxg3 47.hxg3 Qf6 48.Ra6 Bc8 49.Nxd5 Qg5 50.Nxe7 Bxa6 51.Qxa6 Qxe7
52.Qxc6 Nxe3 53.Qe4 Qxe4 54.Bxe4 Nd1 55.Bd3 Nc3 56.Kg2 Bd8 57.Kf3 Bf6 58.Nb3 Be7
59.Nc5 Bf6 60.Ke3 Nd5+ 61.Ke4 Nc3+ 62.Ke3 Nd5+ 63.Ke4 Nc3+ 64.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.Nb3 Nxc5
9.Nxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 b6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Be4 Ba6 15.Re1 Rad8
16.Qa4 Qc4 17.Qa3 Nd5 18.Ne5 Qc8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Nc6 Rd7 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.Qxe7 Bxc4
23.Bf3 Qa6 24.a3 Bd5 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Qh4 Qb5 27.Qd4 Nf6 28.Rac1 h6 29.h3 Re8
30.Re5 Nd5 31.Re4 Rd8 32.Rg4 f6 33.Qd2 Kh8 34.Rgc4 Qd7 35.Qc2 e5 36.Rc8 Ne7
37.Rxd8+ Qxd8 38.Rd1 Qe8 39.Qc7 Kh7 40.Rd8 Qc6 41.Qxc6  1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Berry,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Rb8
9.Qd2 b5 10.Bh6 b4 11.Nd1 Nd4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 Qc7 14.Ne3 a5 15.g4 Bxg4
16.Nxg4 Nxg4 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc6 19.Rae1 a4 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Ngxe5 22.Qf4 Rbc8
23.Ng5 h6 24.Bxc6 hxg5 25.Qxe5+ Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxc6 27.Rxe7 Rd6 28.Rf3 g4 29.Rf4 Rxd3
30.Rxg4 a3 31.Ra7 Rxc3 32.Rga4 Rd8 33.Rxa3 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 Rd2+ 35.Ke1 Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Rxh2
37.Rc3 Rxa2 38.Rxc5 f6 39.Kf1 g5 40.Kg1 Kg6 41.Rc6 g4 42.Rb6 Kg5 43.Rc6 f5
44.Rc5 g3 45.Rb5 Kg4 46.Rb4+ f4 47.Rc4 Kh3 48.Kf1 Ra1+  0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Na3 e5 8.Re1 a6
9.Nc2 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.Bf1 Kh8 15.a5 b5 16.f3 f5
17.d5 Ndf6 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 g5 21.Bf2 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Qg6 23.b4 g4
24.Ra3 Rf4 25.Rae3 Raf8 26.R1e2 Nf6 27.Bd3 h5 28.Bh4 Bh6 29.Re1 Nh7 30.R3e2 Bg5
31.Bg3 R4f7 32.Ne3 h4 33.Bf2 Bxe3 34.Bxe3 Ng5 35.Bxg5 Qxg5 36.Qd2 Qf6 37.Qc1 Bc8
38.Rc2 g3 39.Qe3 Qg7 40.Rd2 Rf2 41.Rc2 R8f7 42.Rd2 Kg8 43.h3 Qf6 44.Rc2 Rxc2
45.Rd1 Rf2 46.Be2 Rxe2 47.Qxe2 Qf2+ 48.Qxf2 Rxf2 49.Rc1 Rb2 50.Rd1 Rxb4 51.Rc1 Bd7
52.Kf1 Bb5+ 53.Ke1 Rxe4+ 54.Kd1 Rd4+ 55.Ke1 Rxd5 56.Rxc7 e4 57.Re7 Re5 58.Rc7 e3
59.Rc2 e2 60.Rd2 Rf5  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Parker,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 a5 10.h3 Ke8 11.b3 Bb4 12.Ne4 a4 13.c3 Be7 14.b4 b6 15.a3 Be6 16.Bf4 h6
17.g4 Nh4 18.Nfd2 Rd8 19.Bg3 h5 20.f3 hxg4 21.hxg4 c5 22.Kf2 cxb4 23.cxb4 Ng6
24.Rfc1 Rd7 25.Rc3 Kd8 26.Rac1 Kc8 27.Nf1 Bh4 28.Bxh4 Rxh4 29.Kg3 Rh1 30.Nf2 Rg1+
31.Kh2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Nxe5 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Nxd1 Bb3 35.Nb2 Kd7 36.Kg3 Kd6 37.f4 Nd7
38.Rd3+ Ke7 39.Re3+ Kd6 40.Rd3+ Ke7 41.b5 Nc5 42.Rd4 g6 43.Kf3 f6 44.Nd1 Nb7
45.Nc3 Nd6 46.Rb4 Ke6 47.Nxa4 Bxa4 48.Rxa4 Nxb5 49.Ra8 Nd4+ 50.Ke3 Nc6 51.a4 Ne7
52.Kd4 Kd6 53.Kc4 c6 54.Kd4 Nd5 55.Ke4 Ke6 56.Re8+ Ne7 57.Kf3 Kd7 58.Rf8 Ke6
59.Rb8 Nd5 60.Rb7 Kd6 61.Kg3 Ke6 62.Kh4 Kd6 63.Kg3 Ke6 64.Kf3 Kd6 65.Rg7 Ne7
66.Rh7 Ke6 67.Rh6 Kf7 68.Ke4 Ke6 69.Rh1 Nd5 70.Rc1 Ne7 71.g5 f5+ 72.Kf3 Kd6
73.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers,Jo"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf5 d5 7.exd5 Bxf5 8.dxc6 bxc6
9.Qf3 Qd7 10.Bc4 e4 11.Qg3 Bg6 12.Nb5 cxb5 13.Qe5+ Kd8 14.Bxb5 Bd6 15.Qd4 Qc7
16.Bh6 Ne8 17.O-O-O Ke7 18.Bxe8 gxh6 19.Qxh8 e3 20.Kb1 Bxc2+ 21.Ka1 Bxd1
22.Rxd1 Rxe8 23.Qd4 exf2 24.Qxf2 Kf8  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cherniaev,A1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Qe4 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Nf3 Rhc8
15.Ke2 b5 16.Rd1 a5 17.Bd2 b4 18.Rac1 bxc3 19.Bxc3 f6 20.Bd2 Rcb8 21.Rc2 a4
22.Be1 Ra6 23.Rd4 g5 24.g3 h5 25.h3 Rb5 26.Bd2 e5 27.Rdc4 Ke6 28.Ne1 Ne7
29.Nd3 Nf5 30.Be3 Kd5 31.Rc8 Nxe3 32.Kxe3 e4 33.Nc1 Bc5+ 34.Ke2 Bd6 35.Ke3 Bc5+
36.Ke2 Bd6 37.Ke3 Bc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Rb8
9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 b4 11.Nd1 Ba6 12.Bh6 c4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.dxc4 Bxc4 15.Re1 Qa5
16.Ne3 Be6 17.Ng5 Qe5 18.f4 Qc5 19.Qf2 Rb5 20.Rac1 Bd7 21.Nd1 Rc8 22.Nf3 e5
23.c4 Ra5 24.Qxc5 dxc5 25.fxe5 Nh5 26.Nf2 Nxg3 27.Nd3 Rd8 28.Kf2 Nh5 29.Ke3 Be6
30.Rc2 Rxa2 31.Nxc5 b3 32.Rf2 Nb4 33.Nxe6+ fxe6 34.Nd4 Ra6 35.Rc1 g5 36.Bf1 Nf4
37.c5 Ra4 38.Bb5 Ra5 39.c6 Rxd4 40.Kxd4 Nc2+ 41.Rfxc2 bxc2 42.c7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Re8 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe1 e5 14.Nde2 Bf8 15.Qf2 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.fxe5 Rxe5 20.Ba7 Rb7 21.Bd4 Re8 22.Nc3 Bf5
23.Bd1 Bg6 24.Qd2 Qc8 25.Rc1 Rbe7 26.Bg1 Re5 27.Nxb5 Nxd5 28.Bf3 Ne3 29.Bxe3 Rxe3
30.h3 Qb8  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Rfd8
16.Rxb7 e6 17.Rc7 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.d6 Bf8 20.Bc5 Qa5 21.Be2 Rac8 22.Qa1 Qxa1
23.Rxa1 Rxc7 24.dxc7 Rc8 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Rc1 Ke7 27.Ba6 Kd7 28.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.Bh4 Bb7
9.O-O c5 10.a4 a6 11.b4 c4 12.b5 Ne8 13.Bg3 e6 14.Qc2 f5 15.Qb2 a5 16.Ne5 Bxe5
17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qc7 19.f4 g5 20.Nf3 g4 21.Nd4 Ng7 22.h3 h5 23.Kf2 Kf7
24.Rh1 Rh8 25.Rh2 Rag8 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Rah1 Qd8 28.Rh6 Rxh6 29.Rxh6 Rh8 30.Rf6+ Kg8
31.Qa3 Rh1 32.g3 Qe8 33.Bf1 Bc8 34.Bg2 Rd1 35.Qd6 Bd7 36.Rh6 Qf7 37.Bf1 Ra1
38.Qxb6 Qe7 39.Qxa5 Be8 40.Be2 Qa3 41.Nc2 Qxa4 42.Qxa4 Rxa4 43.Nd4 Ra2 44.b6 Bd7
45.e4 dxe4 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Bxc4 Rxb6 48.Rf6 Rb2 49.Nxf5 Nxf5+ 50.Rxf5 Rc2 51.Rg5+ Kf7
52.Rxg4 Rxc3+ 53.Kd4 Ra3 54.Kxe4 Ba4 55.Kd4 Bc2 56.Rg5 Rf3 57.Be2 Ra3 58.Bh5+ Kf8
59.Bg6 Bd1 60.Bd3 Ra4+ 61.Ke3 Ra3 62.Kd2 Bf3 63.Bc4 Ke7 64.Rg7+ Kf8 65.Rg6 Bh5
66.Rg5 Bf7 67.g4 Ra5 68.Kc3 Ra3+ 69.Kd4 Ra4 70.Kc5 Ra5+ 71.Kb4 Ra1 72.f5 Rb1+
73.Kc5 Rc1 74.f6 Re1 75.Kd4 Rd1+ 76.Bd3 Ra1 77.Rg7 Ra4+ 78.Bc4 Ra1 79.g5 Rd1+
80.Bd3  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.Be3 Na7 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qd3 Nh5 13.g3 f5 14.Nd2 fxe4 15.fxe4 Bg5
16.O-O-O Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nf6 18.Rhf1 Qc7 19.b3 Nc6 20.Nf3 Bh3 21.Rfe1 Bg4 22.Rd2 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Bxf3 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Nxd6 e4 26.c5 Rab8 27.Kb2 Kh8 28.Qc3 Qe7 29.Rd4 Qe5
30.Nf7+ Rxf7 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxe5 h6 33.Qc3 Rd3 34.Qxa5 Bd1 35.Qb4 e3 36.a5 e2
37.a6 Rdd7 38.Qe4 Rde7 39.Qxc6 Rf1 40.a7 Rxe1 41.a8=Q+ Kh7 42.Qf8 Re5 43.Qfd6  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.d3 d5 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Nf3 Re8 8.O-O Nbd7
9.h3 h6 10.Nh2 Nf8 11.Ng4 N8h7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Kh2 Bd4 14.Nd1 Be6 15.Ne3 b5
16.Bd2 Bb6 17.c3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Be1 a5 20.b3 Bxe3 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Qxe3 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nh7 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Qd5+ 26.Kh2 Qxb3 27.Rda1 Qc2 28.Rxa5 Rxd3
29.Qb6 Rdd8 30.Qxc6 Qf5 31.h4 Nf6 32.Kg2 Rd3 33.R1a4 Re6 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Rd4 Ra6
36.Qxa6 Qf3+ 37.Kg1 exd4 38.cxd4 Ng4 39.Ra1 f5 40.Qd6 Qe2 41.Qf4 Rf3 42.Qd2 Qe4
43.Ra2 Rd3 44.Qc1 f4 45.Rd2 Rb3 46.Qc2 Qxc2 47.Rxc2 Rb1 48.Re2 f3 49.Re4 h5
50.Kf1 Rd1 51.Rf4 Kg6 52.d5 Ne5 53.Re4 Kf6 54.Re3 Kf5 55.d6 g6 56.d7 Rxd7
57.Bc3 Rd1+ 58.Re1 Rxe1+ 59.Kxe1 Ke4 60.Kf1 Nd3 61.Ba5 Kd4 62.Bb6+ Kc3 63.Ba7 Kd2
64.Bb6 Kd1 65.Ba7 Ne5 66.Bc5 Nc4 67.Bd4 Nd2+ 68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Ba7 Ne4 70.Bb6 Ke1
71.Ba5+ Ke2 72.Bb6 g5 73.hxg5 Nxg5 74.Kh2 Kf1 75.g4 hxg4 76.Kg3 Ne4+ 77.Kxg4 Ke2
78.Kf4 Nxf2 79.Ba7 Nd1 80.Bd4 Nc3 81.Ba7 Nb5 82.Bg1 Nc7 83.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.d3 d5 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Nf3 Re8 8.O-O Nbd7
9.h3 h6 10.Nh2 Nf8 11.Ng4 N8h7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Kh2 Bd4 14.Nd1 Be6 15.Ne3 b5
16.Bd2 Bb6 17.c3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Be1 a5 20.b3 Bxe3 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Qxe3 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nh7 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Qd5+ 26.Kh2 Qxb3 27.Rda1 Qc2 28.Rxa5 Rxd3
29.Qb6 Rdd8 30.Qxc6 Qf5 31.h4 Nf6 32.Kg2 Rd3 33.R1a4 Re6 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Rd4 Ra6
36.Qxa6 Qf3+ 37.Kg1 exd4 38.cxd4 Ng4 39.Ra1 f5 40.Qd6 Qe2 41.Qf4 Rf3 42.Qd2 Qe4
43.Ra2 Rd3 44.Qc1 f4 45.Rd2 Rb3 46.Qc2 Qxc2 47.Rxc2 Rb1 48.Re2 f3 49.Re4 h5
50.Kf1 Rd1 51.Rf4 Kg6 52.d5 Ne5 53.Re4 Kf6 54.Re3 Kf5 55.d6 g6 56.d7 Rxd7
57.Bc3 Rd1+ 58.Re1 Rxe1+ 59.Kxe1 Nd3+ 60.Kf1 Ke4 61.Ba5 Kd4 62.Bb6+ Kc3 63.Ba7 Kd2
64.Bb6 Kd1 65.Ba7 Ne5 66.Bc5 Nc4 67.Bd4 Nd2+ 68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Ba7 Ne4 70.Bb6 Ke1
71.Ba5+ Ke2 72.Bb6 g5 73.hxg5 Nxg5 74.Kh2 Kf1 75.g4 hxg4 76.Kg3 Ne4+ 77.Kxg4 Ke2
78.Kf4 Nxf2 79.Ba7 Nd1 80.Bd4 Nc3 81.Ba7 Nb5 82.Bg1 Nc7 83.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nxb5 a4 20.Bd1 Qc5 21.Be2 Nxd5 22.Qg5 Rab8
23.c4 Nc7 24.Nxc7 Qxc7 25.Qxf5 Rfe8 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Rxb3 28.Bd1 Rc3 29.Rxe4 Rxe4
30.Qxe4 Qxc4 31.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qd7 13.Qf3 Qd5 14.Qg4 Rad8 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.a4 Bf8 17.b3 b5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Ne3 Qd4 20.Ra2 Qxg4 21.Nxg4 e4 22.d4 Rxd4
23.Bb2 Rd6 24.Rea1 Ra8 25.Ne3 Nb7 26.c4 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Rd3 28.g4 Rxb3 29.Nd2 Rb6
30.Nxe4 Nc5 31.Ng3 Nb3 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Re1 Rd2 34.Nf1 Rd3 35.Kg2 a5 36.Re4 Nd2
37.Re3 Rxe3 38.Nxe3 Nb3 39.Ra4 Bb4 40.h4 Rd8 41.Nc4 h6 42.Ra2 Nd2 43.Ne3 c5
44.Bc1 Nb3 45.Bb2 Rd2 46.Nc4 Re2 47.Kf1 Re4 48.Ne3 c4 49.Nd5 Re1+ 50.Kg2 Re2
51.Kf3 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.d5 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.c4 Qxd2
16.Bxd2 Nf6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Rd6 20.g4 Bd7 21.Bf4 Ra6 22.Ne5 Ba4
23.Rb1 Rb6 24.Rxb6 axb6 25.Bd1 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 Ne4 27.d6 Rd8 28.d7 Kf8 29.f3 Nc3
30.Re1 h6 31.h4 Kg8 32.g5 h5 33.Re3 Nxa2 34.Ra3 Nb4 35.Ra7 Kf8 36.Rxb7 Ke7
37.Rxb6 Bxe5 38.Bxe5 Kxd7 39.Kf1 Nc6 40.Bg3 Ra8 41.Rb5 Ra5 42.Bf2 Rxb5 43.cxb5 Nd4
44.Bxd4 cxd4 45.Ke2 Kd6 46.Kd3 Kc5 47.f4 Kxb5 48.Kxd4 Kc6 49.Ke5 Kd7 50.Kf6 Ke8
51.Kg7 Ke7 52.Kg8 Ke8 53.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.b3 Nd6
16.Ne3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Nf6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nd2 Qc7 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Bb2 Nd7 22.Nf1 c4
23.Rad1 Nc5 24.Ng3 a5 25.Ba3 Re6 26.Qe3 cxb3 27.axb3 h6 28.Re2 a4 29.bxa4 Nxa4
30.Bb3 Nc4 31.Qc1 Kh7 32.Bb4 Nc5 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Bxc5 Qxc5 35.Rd7 Rc7 36.Red2 Bc8
37.R7d5 Qa7 38.Qd1 Ra6 39.Kh2 Re7 40.Rd8 Qc7 41.Nf1 Qc6 42.Rf8 Re8 43.Rxf7 Be6
44.Rf3 Qxe4 45.Re2 Qg6 46.Ng3 Ra5 47.Qe1 Qg5 48.Ne4 Qe7 49.Qb1 Kh8 50.Ng3 Bg8
51.Qb6 Rd5 52.Qg6 Qd7 53.Rfe3 Re6 54.Qg4 Qc7 55.Rf3 Re8 56.Rfe3 Rd3 57.Qh5 Rf8
58.Qg4 Re8 59.Qh5 Rf8 60.Ne4 Rf4 61.Qe8 Rd8 62.Qa4 Rd3 63.Qb5 Bd5 64.Ng3 e4
65.Ra2 Bf7 66.Qb2 Qd6 67.Qe2 Bg6 68.Kg1 Rf8 69.Qg4 Kh7 70.Nf1 Qe5 71.Ra3 Qf6
72.Qe2 Qc6 73.Ra1 Rfd8 74.Re1 Kh8 75.Ng3 Re8 76.Qb2 Qd5 77.Ne2 Rf8 78.Nd4 Kh7
79.R3e2 Rf6 80.Qc1 Qa5 81.Re3 Rb6 82.Kh2 Ra6 83.Ne2 Qe5+ 84.Kg1 Ra2 85.Ng3 Qf6
86.Rf1 Qb6 87.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Rhe1 Nc7 12.Bf1 Ne6 13.Bh4 h6 14.Ne4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Kxe7
16.d4 d5 17.Nc5 Kd6 18.Nd3 Nf6 19.c3 Rf8 20.Nfe5 b6 21.Re3 Bb7 22.g3 Rae8
23.Bg2 c5 24.dxc5+ bxc5 25.Ree1 Kc7 26.f4 g6 27.c4 dxc4 28.Bxb7 Kxb7 29.Nxc4 Kc7
30.Nde5 Nd4 31.b4 Nb5 32.bxc5 Nc3 33.Rd6 Re6 34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Nxg6 Rg8 36.Rxe6 Rxg6
37.Ne5 Ne2+ 38.Kd1 Nxf4 39.Re7+ Kd8 40.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 a5 10.h3 Ke8 11.Bf4 h6 12.Rad1 Be7 13.Ne4 a4 14.a3 Bd8 15.Rfe1 Be6
16.Bh2 h5 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bf4 h4 20.Rd3 Ra5 21.Re4 Be7 22.Ng5 Rh6
23.Bd2 Ra8 24.Re1 c5 25.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.h4 d5 6.Nbd2 b6 7.c3 g6 8.h5 Bg7 9.Be2 Qd7
10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Ba6 12.Kf1 O-O-O 13.h6 Be5 14.b4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bd3 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 18.Qe2 axb4 19.cxb4 N7c6 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.Nb3 Rc3
23.Bg5 Kc7 24.Kg2 Rb8 25.Nd2 Ra8 26.Rhc1 Raxa3 27.Bf6 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Ra2 29.Nc4 Nd3
30.Rf1 Ra4 31.Ne3 Rxe4 32.Ra1 Rb4 33.Ra3 Nde5 34.f4 Nd7 35.Bc3 Rb7 36.Ra2 Rb3
37.Bd2 Nf6 38.Nc4 Ng4 39.Ra8 Rb8 40.Ra1 Rb7 41.Bc3 Ra7 42.Be5+ Kd8 43.Rxa7 Nxa7
44.Bd6 Nc6 45.Bf8 f5 46.Nd6 Kd7 47.Kf1 Nxh6 48.Nb7 Ng4 49.Nxc5+ Ke8 50.Bd6 Kf7
51.Ke2 e5 52.fxe5 Ncxe5 53.Bc7 g5 54.Nb3 Nc6 55.Kf3 Nf6 56.Bd6 Nd5 57.Kg2 Kf6
58.Ba3 Ne3+ 59.Kh3 Nc4 60.Bc5 h5 61.Nc1 N6e5 62.Ne2 Ng6 63.Bd4+ Ke6 64.Bg7 Ne3
65.Kh2 Kd5 66.Nc3+ Kc4 67.Na4 h4 68.gxh4 Nxh4 69.Kh3 f4 70.Nb2+ Kd5 71.Nd3 Ke4
72.Nf2+ Kf3 73.Nd3 Nhf5 74.Ne5+ Ke2 75.Bf6 g4+  0-1

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.f4 a6 6.Nf3 b5 7.e5 Bb7 8.Bd3 e6 9.Qe2 Ne7
10.O-O-O Nb6 11.g4 Qd7 12.Ne4 O-O-O 13.Rhf1 Kb8 14.Ng3 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Ng5 Ned5
17.Bd2 Rhe8 18.Qf2 b4 19.N5e4 Qa4 20.Kb1 Bh8 21.f5 exf5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Rxe4
24.Bxe4 Nc3+ 25.Bxc3 bxc3 26.Rd3 Bxe4 27.Rxc3 Rf8 28.Qh4 Qb5 29.Rf4 Bxf5  0-1

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O O-O-O
9.Re1 Nf6 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rc1 Kb8 14.c4 dxc4 15.Rxc4 Rhe8
16.Qc1 Bf4 17.Rxc5 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 Ne4 19.Qc1 Nxc5 20.dxc5 f6 21.Bc3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qb4 Qc7 26.c6 a5 27.Qb5 b6 28.g3 Rd2 29.a3 Ka7
30.Qc4 Ra2 31.a4 Rd2 32.Kg2 g5 33.Qc3 Rd6 34.b4 axb4 35.Qxb4 h5 36.Bxh5 Qxc6+
37.Bf3 Qc7 38.Qe4 Rd8 39.Qf5 Rd6 40.Qg6 Ka6 41.Qe8 Qd8 42.Qb5+ Ka7 43.a5 Qc7
44.axb6+ Qxb6 45.Qa4+ Kb8 46.Qe8+ Rd8 47.Qe2 Kc7 48.Qc4+ Kd6 49.h4 gxh4 50.Qxh4 Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.f4 a6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.e5 e6 9.a4 b4
10.Ne4 Ne7 11.exd6 Nf5 12.dxc7 Qxc7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb6 16.O-O Nd5
17.Qc1 Rac8 18.Nc5 a5 19.Rb1 Ba8 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Qe1 h5 22.Qf2 Nf6 23.Nc4 Qd8
24.Nb7 Qe7 25.Nbxa5 Ng4 26.Qe1 Bf6 27.Nb6 Nxh2 28.Bxf5 Nxf1 29.Nxc8 Rxc8
30.Bxe6 Nxd2 31.Bxc8 Nxb1 32.Qxe7 Bxe7 33.Nc4 Nxc3 34.a5 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 Nxd4
36.a6 Bc5 37.Ne5 Bd5 38.Bb7 Bxb7 39.axb7 Bd6 40.Nd7 Nc6 41.g3 Kg7 42.Kf2 f6
43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Nb6 f5+ 46.Kd3 Na5  0-1

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Re1 a6
9.Rb1 Re8 10.b4 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Nh4 h5 13.e3 Nf5 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.e4 Bd7 16.Bg5 Qc8
17.c5 Nh7 18.Be3 Qd8 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 Bf8 21.Qc2 h4 22.Rec1 dxc5 23.Bxc5 c6
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Bxd6 Rc8 26.Rxb7 h3 27.Bh1 cxd5 28.Qb2 dxe4 29.Bxe4 Ng5 30.Bh1 Rxc1+
31.Qxc1 Bc8 32.Re7 Rxe7 33.Bxe7 Qxe7 34.Qxc8+ Kh7 35.Qc1 e4 36.a4 Qd7 37.Bg2 f6
38.Bf1 Qxa4 39.Qc7+ Kh6 40.Qc8 Qa1 41.Qh8+ Nh7 42.Qd8 Qc1 43.Qe8 f5 44.Qd8 Qg5
45.Qd1 Qg4 46.Be2 Qg5 47.Bf1 e3 48.Bxh3 f4 49.Qf3 exf2+ 50.Qxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d4 Nb4 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Rhe8 17.h3 Nb6 18.b3 Bd5 19.Be3 Be4 20.c4 Nd7 21.g3 c5 22.b4 Bf6
23.Ng1 cxb4 24.axb4 Nb6 25.Kb2 Bf5 26.Kb3 Kb8 27.Bf1 Rc8 28.Nf3 Be6 29.Nd2 g5
30.Rc1 Bg7 31.d5 Bf5 32.Bg2 Nd7 33.f4 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Be5 35.Bxe5 Nxe5 36.Bf1 Nd3
37.Bxd3 Bxd3 38.b5 h5 39.Kc3 Bf5 40.h4 Rg8 41.Re3 Rce8 42.Rf3 Bc8 43.Kd3 f5
44.Nf1 Kc7 45.Ne3 Kb6 46.Ng2 f4 47.Nxf4 Bg4 48.Rf2 Bf5+ 49.Kd2 Rxg3 50.Rc3 Rxc3
51.Kxc3 Re3+ 52.Kd2 Ra3 53.Nxh5 Ra2+ 54.Ke3 Rxf2 55.Kxf2 Kc5 56.Ng3 Bh7 57.Ke3 Kxc4
58.Ne4 Kxb5 59.Kd4 Kb6 60.Nxd6 Kc7 61.Ne8+ Kd8 62.Nf6 Bc2 63.h5 Ke7 64.Ke5 Kf7
65.d6 Ba4 66.Kf5 Kg7 67.Kg5 Kf7 68.d7 Ke7 69.Kf4 Bc2 70.Ne4 Bb3 71.h6 Bg8
72.Nf6  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erdogdu,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Ne4 Ng6 12.Re1 c5 13.Ng3 h5 14.Bg5 h4 15.Ne4 Be6 16.Rad1 Rc8
17.Rd2 b6 18.a4 a5 19.Nc3 Be7 20.Nb5 Rh5 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Red1 Nc6 23.b3 Bf5
24.Re2 Nb4 25.c3 Nc6 26.Rdd2 Ke7 27.c4 Ke8 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Kf1 g5 30.Nh2 Rh6
31.Nf3 Rg6 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Re3 Kh6 34.Ng1 Re6 35.Nf3 Ree8 36.Nc3 Nd8 37.Ne4 Ne6
38.Nf6 Red8 39.Nd5 Rb8 40.Re1 Bg6 41.Red1 Bh5 42.Rd3 Kg7 43.Nxc7 Nd4 44.Nxd4 Bxd1
45.Nde6+ fxe6 46.Nxe6+ Kg6 47.Nxd8 Bc2 48.Rc3 Be4 49.f3 Bf5 50.Nc6 Rb7 51.Re3 Rc7
52.e6 Rxc6 53.e7 Bd7 54.e8=Q+ Bxe8 55.Rxe8 Kf5 56.Ke2 Rd6 57.Rf8+ Ke5 58.Re8+ Kf4
59.Re4+ Kf5 60.Re3 Kf4 61.Re4+ Kf5 62.Re8 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cvitan,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nd4 e5 11.Nxc6 exf4 12.Nd4 d5 13.e3 fxe3 14.Ke2 g6 15.Kxe3 Bh6+
16.Kf2 O-O 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Nge2 Rfe8 19.Rhd1 Be3+ 20.Kf1 Re5 21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Nc2 Nf6
23.Nxe3 Rxe3 24.Nf4 Re5 25.Rd4 Kf8 26.Nd3 Re6 27.Nb4 Ra5 28.Rad1 Re5 29.a3 h5
30.Nd3 Re6 31.Nf4 Re5 32.Rb4 Rf5 33.Nd3 Nd7 34.Re1 Rf6 35.Nf4 Rf5 36.Nd3 Rf6
37.Rd4 Rf5 38.Nb4 Rc5 39.Re2 Nf6 40.Nc2 Ne8 41.Rd3 Nc7 42.b4 Rc6 43.Nd4 Rff6
44.Nxc6 bxc6 45.a4 Rd6 46.Ra2 Rd8 47.a5 Rb8 48.Kf2 Nb5 49.Kg3 Nd6 50.Kf4 Ke7
51.h4 Nc4 52.g4 f6 53.Rd1 Kf7 54.Re1 Rb7 55.axb6 Nxb6 56.Rea1 Nc8 57.Ra8 Rc7
58.R1a6 Ke7 59.g5 fxg5+ 60.Kxg5 Kf7 61.Kf4 Ke7 62.Ke5 Kf7 63.Kd4 Ke7 64.Kc5 Kd7
65.f4 Nd6 66.R8a7 Ne4+ 67.Kb6 Rxa7 68.Rxa7+  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palo,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.e4 Nfd7 16.Nxd7 Nxd7
17.Be3 Kh8 18.d5 Rfd8 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rac1 Bc5 21.Rc2 Ne5 22.Nd5 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 cxd5
24.Bxc5 Qe8 25.Rc3 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Ng6 28.Bd6 Rd8 29.Qc6 Qg8 30.h4 f6
31.Rc5 e5 32.h5 Nf8 33.Bxf8 Qxf8 34.Rxa5 Rc8 35.Qe4 Re8 36.g4 Rd8 37.b3 Qg8
38.Qc4 Qf8 39.Rd5 Rc8 40.Qd3 Qe8 41.a5 e4 42.Qb5 Qe6 43.Qd7 Qa6 44.Qb5 Qe6
45.Qd7 Qa6 46.Rb5 Rg8 47.b4 Qa8 48.Rb7 Qa6 49.Rb5 Qa8 50.Rb7 Qa6 51.Qb5 Qd6
52.Rd7 Qf4 53.Qf5 Qc1+ 54.Kg2 e3 55.fxe3 Rc8 56.Qf3 Qb2+ 57.Kh3 Qxb4 58.a6 Qa4
59.Qb7 Qc4 60.a7 Qf1+ 61.Qg2 Qa1 62.Re7 Rg8 63.Kh2 Qa3 64.Qe4 Qa6 65.Kg3 Qa1
66.Kh2 Qa2+ 67.Kh3 Qa1 68.Qf3 Qa3 69.Rb7 Qa6 70.Rc7 Qa5 71.Rd7 Qa3 72.Rc7 Re8
73.Kh4 Qa2 74.Re7 Rg8 75.Kh3 Qa3 76.Rb7 Qa6 77.Rc7 Qa5 78.Qc6 f5 79.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 Qc7
9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nf1 b5 14.Bd3 c4 15.Bb1 Rfe8
16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nh4 Nb6 18.Nhf5 Bf8 19.Ba3 Red8 20.Qd2 a5 21.Qg5 cxb3 22.axb3 Ne8
23.Bd3 a4 24.bxa4 f6 25.Qg4 Nc4 26.Bxc4+ Qxc4 27.a5 Rxa5 28.Bb4 Ra7 29.h4 Nc7
30.h5 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Ne6 32.Ne3 Qc8 33.Nf5 Ng5 34.Qh4 d5 35.Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Nd6 Qd8
37.Nxb5 Rb7 38.Rb1 dxe4 39.Qg3 Qd7 40.Na3 Rxb1 41.Nxb1 exd4 42.cxd4 Qxd4
43.Na3 h6 44.Rb1 f5 45.Nb5 Qf6 46.Qd6 Qf7 47.Nc3 Qxh5 48.Nd5 Qf7 49.Nf4 Kh7
50.Rc1 Qf6 51.Qd5 Nf3+ 52.Kf1 Qa6+ 53.Ne2 Nh2+ 54.Ke1 Ng4 55.Qd4 Rf7 56.Nf4 Qb5
57.Ne6 Ne5 58.Rc8 Nd3+ 59.Kd2 Qb1 60.Nf8+ Rxf8 61.Rxf8 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzalez Zamora,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Nb6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 h6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Rfc1 Be6 12.Rab1 Nc8 13.b4 a6 14.Ne4 Bd5 15.a4 e5
16.Nc5 N6e7 17.Qc2 Nd6 18.Bd2 b6 19.e4 bxc5 20.exd5 cxb4 21.Bxb4 Rc8 22.Qc5 Qd7
23.Ba5 e4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Qc4 Nd6 26.Qc5 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Bb3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Qd1 b5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Nc5 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Rb1 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 e6 19.Nb4 Bb7 20.f3 a5 21.Nd3 Nxb3 22.cxb3 f5
23.exf5 exf5 24.Bf2 Qf6 25.Qd2 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qf7 27.b4 a4 28.h4 f4 29.hxg5 hxg5
30.Nc1 g4 31.Qxd6 Bf8 32.Qe5 gxf3 33.Nd3 Ra6 34.Nxf4 Rh6 35.g4 Qg7 36.Qf5 Rf6
37.Nh5 Rxf5 38.Nxg7 Rg5 39.Nf5 Rxg4+ 40.Kf1 Be4 41.Ng3 Bd5 42.Re8 Kf7 43.Re5 Bc6
44.Rf5+ Ke8 45.Nh5 Rc4 46.Nf6+ Kd8 47.Bb6+ Kc8 48.Nd5 Bd6 49.Bc5 Bxc5 50.bxc5 Bxd5
51.Rxd5 Rc2 52.Rd3 Rxb2 53.Rxf3 Rb3 54.Rf7 Rxa3 55.Ke2 Rc3 56.Kd2 Rxc5 57.Kd3 a3
58.Ra7 b4 59.Kd4 Rc1 60.Kd3 b3  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Re1 O-O
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Nd5 Rfe8
16.Ne3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 e6 18.a3 Qb5 19.a4 Qb4 20.Qd3 Nb6 21.Qb5 a5 22.Qxb4 axb4
23.g4 Nc4 24.Re2 Na5 25.Rd1 Rc7 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Rc8 28.Ne3 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke7
30.Ke1 Nb3 31.Rd3 Nc1 32.Rd2 Kd7 33.e5 d5 34.Kd1 Nb3 35.Rc2 Ra8 36.Nf1 Rxa4
37.N1d2 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Na5 39.Ne1 Bf8 40.Nd3 b6 41.Nc1 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nguyen Anh Dung"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Nd4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Nce4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4
15.Bc7 Qh5 16.Qb4 Rac8 17.h3 b6 18.Qxe7 Rfe8 19.Qd7 Nc5 20.Qb5 Qd5 21.b4 Bxd4
22.exd4 a6 23.Qxb6 Nd3 24.Rcd1 Re6 25.Qa5 Qxd4 26.b5 axb5 27.Qxb5 Qc3 28.Bg3 Ne1
29.Kh2 Rce8 30.f4 Nc2 31.f5 Re3 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Rf3 R8e7 34.Rd3 Qa1 35.Rdxe3 Nxe3
36.Qc5 Ng4+ 37.hxg4 Re8 38.Qc4 Qh8+ 39.Kg1 Qa1+ 40.Rf1  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kovalev,An"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qa4 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxc6 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Qb8 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qa4 a5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qa3 e5
16.d5 Nh5 17.Nb1 Nf4 18.Be3 Qb4 19.Nbd2 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Nd3 21.Reb1 Ba4 22.Rb7 h6
23.Rab1 Bf8 24.Nb3 f5 25.Nh4 f4 26.Bb6 Rab8 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bxa5 Kf7 29.Nf3 Rc8
30.Rd1 Nb2 31.Rd2 Nc4 32.Rc2 Nb6 33.Rxc8 Nxc8 34.Kf1 Na7 35.Ke1 Be7 36.Nfd2 Bb5
37.Nc1 Bg5 38.Bb4 Ke7 39.Ne2 Nc8 40.Nc3 Bd3 41.Nf3 Bf6 42.a4 Nb6 43.a5 Na8
44.Ng1 Nc7 45.Nge2 Kd7 46.Kd2 Ba6 47.Na4 Bg5 48.Nb6+ Ke7 49.Ke1 Bd3 50.Nc3 Ba6
51.a4 Bf6 52.Ba3 h5 53.Nb1 Ne8 54.Nd2 Kd8 55.Nbc4 Kd7 56.Bb4 Be7 57.Nb6+ Kd8
58.Ndc4 g5 59.f3 Bb7 60.Kd2 Ba6 61.Kc3 Kc7 62.Kd2 Bd8 63.Ke1 Bf6 64.Na3 Be7
65.Nb5+ Kd8 66.Nc4 Kd7 67.Kd2 Bb7 68.Kc2 Ba6 69.Kb3 Bb7 70.Ba3 Ba6 71.Kb4 Kd8
72.Nb2 Kd7 73.Nd3 Bd8 74.Bc1 Nf6 75.Bd2 g4 76.hxg4 hxg4 77.Kb3 g3 78.Kc2 Ne8
79.Bc3 Nc7 80.Na7 Bf6 81.Kd2 Bc4 82.Nc6 Kc8 83.Bb4 Ne8 84.Kc3 Bxd5 85.exd5 e4+
86.Kd2 exf3 87.Ne1 f2 88.Ke2 Nc7 89.Nf3 Nxd5 90.Bd2 Bc3 91.Bc1 Kd7 92.Ncd4 Bxa5
93.Nb3 Bb6 94.Bd2 Be3 95.Ba5 Nf6 96.Nbd2 d5 97.Bc3 Ne4 98.Bb4 Kc6 99.Nb3 Nf6
100.Nbd4+ Kb6 101.Nf5 Ng4 102.Bd6 d4 103.a5+ Kxa5 104.N5xd4 Bxd4 105.Nxd4 Ne3
106.Nb3+ Ka4 107.Nd2 Nxg2 108.Nf1 Ne3 109.Nxe3 fxe3 110.Bxg3 Kb3 111.Bxf2 exf2
112.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zhao Zong Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Be7
10.h4 f5 11.h5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ndb8 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Na6 15.Kf2 Na7 16.Bb2 O-O
17.g4 fxg4 18.Nh2 g3+ 19.Kxg3 Bb5 20.Bc2 Rac8 21.Nf3 Rc7 22.Qd2 Bd8 23.Neg1 Nc8
24.Rc1 Rcf7 25.Nh3 Ne7 26.Nh4 Nf5+ 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Bd1 Nc7 29.Bf3 Bc6 30.Qe3 Ne6
31.Kh2 Rc7 32.Rhg1 Be7 33.Rg2 Rcc8 34.Ng1 Qd8 35.Ne2 Qd7 36.Rcg1 Kh8 37.Qd2 b6
38.Nc3 b5 39.Nd1 b4 40.a4 Rf7 41.Nf2 Qd8 42.Bd1 Bf8 43.Nh3 Qh4 44.Rh1 Rfc7
45.Kg1 Qe7 46.Rhh2 Bb7 47.Kh1 Ba6 48.Ng1 Qd7 49.Nf3 Be7 50.Ne1 Qe8 51.Bc2 Qf7
52.Bb1 Bd8 53.Rg1 Be7 54.Rh3 Bf8 55.Ng2 Be7 56.Qf2 Rc3 57.Bxc3 bxc3 58.Bc2 Bd8
59.Rd1 Bb6 60.Ne1 Rc6 61.Qe3 Bd8 62.Nf3 Be7 63.Rh2 Kg8 64.Rg1 Rc7 65.Rh3 Rc8
66.Kh2 Kf8 67.Nh4 Bxh4 68.Rxh4 Kg8 69.Rh3 Rc7 70.Qf2 Qf8 71.Rd1 Bc8 72.Kg1 Ba6
73.Re3 Qb4 74.Rg3 Qf8 75.Qe3 Qf7 76.Qf3 Bb7 77.Rh3 Kf8 78.Kf2 Ke8 79.Ke3 Kd8
80.Qf1 Kc8 81.Qd3 Kb8 82.Qxf5 Qe7 83.Qxh7 Ka7 84.Qg6 Ba6 85.Rh2 Rc8 86.Qg4 Rh8
87.f5 Nc5 88.Rg2 Rh7 89.dxc5 Qxe5+ 90.Kf2 Qe7 91.Qd4  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nedev,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nd7 8.Qg3 e5
9.Nd2 Qf6 10.Nc4 Be7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Qg6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.Na5 Bf6
16.Nxb7 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 c4 19.dxc4 Be5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Nd6 Rfb8
22.Rb3 Rb6 23.Rfb1 Ra6 24.a3 Ra5 25.Rb7 Rd8 26.Rb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Kh7 28.Rb3 Kg8
29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.Rb3 Kh6 31.h4 Kh5 32.g3 g5 33.hxg5 Kxg5 34.Kg2 g6 35.Kf2 Kf6
36.Rc3 Rc5 37.Ke3 Ke6 38.Nb7 Rxc4 39.Rxc4 Nxc4+ 40.Kd3 Nxa3 41.Nd8+ Kd7 42.Nxf7 Ke6
43.Nd8+ Kd7 44.Nf7 Ke6 45.Nd8+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 a6 6.h3 d6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5
9.exd5 Ne7 10.Bg5 Nd7 11.c3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Qb3 Bb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Kh2 Re8
16.Rae1 Qd7 17.c4 Nf5 18.Bc3 Re7 19.g4 Nh4 20.Ng3 Nh7 21.Be4 g6 22.f4 exf4
23.Rxf4 Rae8 24.Qd1 c6 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.gxf5 cxd5 27.cxd5 g5 28.Rff1 f6 29.Qh5 Rg7
30.Qxh6 Rf8 31.Bf3 Qb5 32.Be4 Ba5 33.Re2 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Qc5 35.c4 b5 36.cxb5 axb5
37.Rfe1 g4 38.h4 Ng5 39.Rg2 g3+ 40.Kh1 Rh7 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.Qxh7+ Kxh7 43.Rxg3 Kg7
44.Rxg5+ Kf7 45.Rh5 Qc3 46.Rf1 Rh8 47.Rxh8 Qxh8+ 48.Kg2 Kf6 49.Rf3 Qh6 50.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qd5 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Bh6 Bc2 17.Rd2 Qxe3 18.Bxe3 Bf5 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.a3 h6 21.h3 Rab8 22.g4 Be6
23.b4 a5 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 axb4 26.axb4 Bc4 27.Bf3 f6 28.Bc3 Ra8 29.Rd7 Kf8
30.Re1 Ra3 31.Re3 g5 32.Kh2 Rb3 33.Kg3 Bg8 34.Bxc6 Rxc6 35.Rdxe7 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nd2 e6 12.d5 Ne7 13.b3 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nfxd5 15.cxd5 Nf5
16.Bf4 g5 17.e4 gxf4 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.gxf4 Qf6 21.Rfe1 Rbe8 22.Nf1 Kh8
23.Ng3 Bh6 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxc7 Bb1 26.f5 Bxa2 27.Qd1 Rf8 28.Ne4 Qe5 29.Rc6 Rg8
30.Nxd6 Qg7 31.Qf3 Bf4 32.Nxf7+ Qxf7 33.Qxf4 Qg7 34.Qe4 Bxb3 35.Rxa6 Bc2
36.Qf3 Bxf5 37.d6 Qe5 38.Ra8 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41.fxg3 Rxa8 42.Bxa8 Bd7
43.g4 Kg7 44.Kg3 Kf6 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.Kg5 Kxd6 47.Be4 b4 48.Bxh7 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d6 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e5 6.dxe5 Nh5 7.Be3 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Bc4 Ke8 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Kf2 Bc5 12.g3 Ke7 13.Rd1 Nhf6 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.a4 a5
16.Nc3 Bxe3+ 17.Kxe3 Nb6 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.Nc4 Nxc4+ 20.Bxc4 c6 21.Rd2 Be8 22.Rad1 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 Nd7 24.f4 f6 25.b3 Nc5 26.h4 Rd8 27.Rf2 h6 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.g4 Rd6
30.Ne2 Rf6 31.Rg2 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Rh2 Bg6 34.Bd3 Rf7 35.Rh8 Rh7 36.Rxh7+ Bxh7
37.Ng3 Bg8 38.Nf5+ Kd8 39.Kd2 Nd7 40.Ke3 Be6 41.Nd6 Kc7 42.Ne8+ Kb6 43.Be2 Kc5
44.Ng7 Bf7 45.Nf5 Be6 46.Ng7 Bg8 47.Kd3 Kb4 48.Nf5 Nc5+ 49.Ke3 Kc3 50.Bd1 Kb2
51.Nd6 Kc1 52.Be2 Kxc2 53.Bc4 Bxc4 54.Nxc4 Kxb3 55.Nxe5 Kxa4 56.Nf3 Ne6 57.Nxg5 Nxg5
58.Kf4 Ne6+ 59.Kf5 Kb4 60.Kxe6 a4  0-1

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Johannessen,LE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ne7 8.g3 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nb1 b5 12.Nd2 a5 13.Nf3 b4 14.Rb1 a4 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bf4 c5
17.c3 a3 18.cxb4 axb2 19.Rxb2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Kh7 21.a3 Qb6 22.h4 Ra4 23.Qd2 Ng8
24.exd5 exd5 25.Bh3 Ndf6 26.Qc2 Rxa3 27.bxc5 Qa5 28.Be5 Ra2 29.Qc1 Ne8 30.c6 Nc7
31.Qf4 Nb5 32.c7  1-0

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 c6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Nc4 Qe6 17.Nd6 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 19.Kg1 Bg4 20.f3 Qg3+ 21.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 Bb6 10.c4 e4 11.Nf4 Re8 12.Rb5 Ne5 13.Rd5 Qe7 14.Re1 c6 15.Rxe5 Qxe5
16.Rxe4 Qxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.d3 Re8 19.Bb2 f6 20.h4 Bd7 21.h5 h6 22.Bc3 Bc7
23.Ng2 Re6 24.Bd2 Rae8 25.Be3 b6 26.Kh2 c5 27.c3 R8e7 28.Qf3 Bc6 29.Qg4 Bd7
30.Qf3 Bc6 31.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.c3 Nc6 13.d5 Nd8 14.Bf3 Nb7 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 a6 17.Nd2 b5 18.Bc2 c4 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bf4 Nc5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.e4 Qb7 24.Be3 Rc8 25.Bd4 Na4 26.Qa1 f5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Re1 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Rf8
30.b3 cxb3 31.Nxb3 Kg8 32.Re3 Rf7 33.Nd4 Qc7 34.Bf3 Qc5 35.Qe1 Kf8 36.Nb3 Qc4
37.Nd2 Qh4 38.Qa1 Kg8 39.Qa3 Nc5 40.Qa7 Qa4 41.Qc7 Qa8 42.Ne4 Nxe4 43.Rxe4 Qc8
44.Qxc8+ Bxc8 45.Be2 Bd7 46.Kf1 Kg7 47.Ke1 Kf6 48.Rb4 Ke5 49.Bxb5 Bxb5 50.Rxb5 Rf4
51.Ke2 Re4+ 52.Kd2 h5 53.Ra5 Rf4 54.f3 Rf8 55.Kd3 Kf4 56.Ra7 Re8 57.c4 g5
58.Ra2 Rb8 59.Re2 Rb7 60.Re6 h4 61.Re4+ Kf5 62.Ke3 Ra7 63.Kd3 Rb7 64.Kd4 Rc7
65.Rg4 Ra7 66.f4 gxf4 67.Rxh4 Ra2 68.Rg4 Rd2+ 69.Kc3 Re2 70.Rg7 Kf6 71.Rg8 Ke5
72.h4 Re3+ 73.Kb4 Re1 74.h5 Rh1 75.Rh8 Rh2 76.h6 Rxg2 77.Re8 Rh2 78.Rxe7+ Kd4
79.h7 f3 80.Rf7 Ke3 81.c5 dxc5+ 82.Kc3 f2 83.d6 f1=Q 84.Rxf1 Rxh7 85.Kc4 Ke4
86.Kxc5 Ke5 87.Kc6 Rh2 88.Re1+ Kf6 89.d7 Rc2+ 90.Kd6 Rd2+ 91.Kc7 Rc2+ 92.Kd8 Kf7
93.Rf1+ Kg7 94.Rf4 Rc1 95.Ke7 Re1+ 96.Kd6 Rd1+ 97.Ke6 Re1+ 98.Kd5 Rd1+ 99.Rd4 Rxd4+
100.Kxd4  1-0

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 Rb8
10.d4 b6 11.Bf2 a5 12.Re1 Ba6 13.a3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.Nf1 cxd4 16.cxd4 d5
17.e5 Bxf1 18.Bxf1 b5 19.b3 Na7 20.Re2 h5 21.Rea2 Nf5 22.Qe1 Qc7 23.Bd3 a4
24.b4 Rb6 25.Rc2 Qxc2 26.Bxc2 Rxc2 27.Rc1 Rbc6 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Qa1 Bf8 30.h3 Nc8
31.Qf1 Rc3 32.Ng5 Na7 33.Qa1 Rc2 34.Qb1 Rc3 35.Qb2 Rc4 36.Nf3 Nc8 37.Kg2 Na7
38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Nh6 40.Kg3 Be7 41.Be3 f5 42.exf6 Bxf6 43.f5 Nf7 44.fxg6 Nd6
45.Qh2 Rc7 46.Bf4 Nac8 47.Kh3 Rc6 48.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Nbd7
10.Be3 Nb6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd2 Qb4 13.c5 Nc4 14.Nxc4 Qxc4 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8
17.b3 Qb4 18.Na4 Qa5 19.Rd2 Rxd2 20.Bxd2 Qc7 21.Rd1 Nd7 22.Be3 Bf8 23.Kh2 h5
24.h4 Nf6 25.f3 Be7 26.Nb2 Nd7 27.Nd3 Rd8 28.Qc3 Bf6 29.Rd2 Nf8 30.Nb2 Rxd2
31.Qxd2 Be7 32.Qc3 Nd7 33.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lie,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e3 e6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Bc6 15.Nc3 Kd7
16.g4 h6 17.Kf2 Ne8 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nf6 20.Kf3 Bd6 21.Be3 Ke7 22.h3 Rhd8
23.Rhd1 b5 24.Nxb5 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxb5 26.Bxb7 Rab8 27.Be4 f5 28.gxf5 exf5
29.Bxf5 Rf8 30.Ke4 Bc6+ 31.d5 Rb4+ 32.Rd4 Bxd5+ 33.Kxd5 Rxf5+ 34.Ke4 Re5+
35.Kd3 Rxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Bc5 37.Rd1 Rxb2 38.Kf3 Bxd4 39.Rxd4 Rxa2 40.Rb4 Kf6
41.Rb5 Ra3+ 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Rb6+ Kh5 44.Rb5+ g5 45.Rb4 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Webb,Ri"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 d6 8.a3 a5 9.a4 O-O
10.Na3 h6 11.Nb5 Be6 12.Nd2 Na7 13.Nc4 Nxb5 14.axb5 b6 15.Re1 Qc7 16.f4 Rad8
17.h4 Kh8 18.Be3 exf4 19.Bxf4 f6 20.Qe2 g5 21.hxg5 fxg5 22.Bd2 Bd7 23.Qh5 Kg8
24.Na3 Qc8 25.Qe2 Bg4 26.Qe3 d5 27.e5 Nf5  0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Parker,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.Re1 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Ba4 h6
9.Nbd2 Nh7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Nf1 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 Re8 15.Ng3 Nf8
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Qa5 Ng6 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.b3 Be7 20.Rc2 Rb7 21.Rec1 Qb8 22.Qd2 Rb5
23.Ne1 a5 24.Nd3 Qa8 25.f3 Bf8 26.f4 f5 27.exf5 Ne7 28.f6 gxf6 29.f5 Kh7
30.Nh5 Ng8 31.Ndf4 Qa6 32.d5 c5 33.Ne6 Qb7 34.Qd1 Rb4 35.Rc4 Bb5 36.Rxb4 axb4
37.Qg4 Rxe6 38.dxe6 Be8 39.e7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Erfurt GER"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khenkin,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.d5 Rd8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O f5 15.exf5 Bxf3
16.dxc6 Be4 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Qb2 b5 19.Be6 Qc7 20.Bd7 Bxf5 21.Qa3 Be5 22.f4 Bd6
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxa6 Rb8 25.a4 Rb6 26.Qa8+ Rb8 27.Qa6 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Erfurt GER"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sedlak,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Bg4 7.Be3 O-O-O+
8.Nd2 e5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Be2 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Be6 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Ke2 Nd7 14.f4 g6
15.Rag1 Re8 16.Rg3 Bd6 17.b3 f6 18.h4 Bc7 19.Rhg1 a6 20.a4 Bf7 21.Ra1 Re7
22.Kf2 Rhe8 23.a5 Nb8 24.Rf3 Nd7 25.Ra4 Be6 26.Rg3 Kb8 27.Rg1 Bf7 28.Re1 Bg8
29.Nf3 Bf7 30.Rb1 Kc8 31.Nd2 Bd6 32.Re1 Bc7 33.Bf1 Bg8 34.Bg2 Kb8 35.Bh3 Be6
36.Bxe6 Rxe6 37.Rg1 Rc6 38.Kf3 Nf8 39.Nc4 Ne6 40.Rd1 Kc8 41.Raa1 Rd8 42.Rxd8+ Kxd8
43.Rd1+ Ke7 44.Rd5 Bb8 45.f5 gxf5 46.exf5 Nd4+ 47.Bxd4 cxd4 48.Rxd4 Rc5 49.Ke4 h5
50.b4 Rb5 51.c3 Bg3 52.Rd1 Kf8 53.Rh1 Bf2 54.Rf1 Bg3 55.Rg1 Bh2 56.Rg6 Kf7
57.Rh6 Kg7 58.Rg6+ Kf7 59.Rg2 Bb8 60.Rd2 Bg3 61.Rd7+ Kg8 62.Nb6 Re5+ 63.Kd3 Bxh4
64.Nd5 Kf8 65.c4 Rxf5 66.Rxb7 Bf2 67.Ke4 Re5+ 68.Kf3 Bd4 69.Nxf6 Re3+ 70.Kf4 Rc3
71.Nd7+ Ke8 72.c5 Kd8 73.Nb6 Be3+ 74.Ke4 Bg1 75.Rg7 Rc1 76.Kd5 h4 77.Rh7 Bf2
78.Kc6 Ke8 79.Kb7 Rb1 80.c6  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Rb1 b6
9.Nf3 c6 10.e4 b5 11.Be2 Bh6 12.O-O a6 13.Ng5 Bc8 14.f4 f6 15.Nh3 Nd7 16.g4 Nb6
17.Qc2 Be6 18.f5 gxf5 19.gxf5 Bf7 20.Qd1 Kd7 21.Kh1 Kc8 22.Bg3 Kb7 23.Nf4 Bxf4
24.Bxf4 Qd7 25.a4 Rhg8 26.Bf3 Rad8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Be3 Ra8 29.d5 Rgc8 30.Qd4 c5
31.Qd2 Ra5 32.Qf2 Qd6 33.Rg1 Nd7 34.Rg7 Be8 35.Qf1 Ne5 36.Be2 Ka6 37.Bf4 h5
38.Ra1 Rxa1 39.Qxa1+ Kb7 40.Qb1 Kc7 41.Qa1 Kb7 42.Rg8 Qb6 43.Rg7 Rc7 44.Rg8 Rc8
45.Rg7 Rc7 46.Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Becker,Marc1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+ 4.Be2 c6 5.d4 Qc7 6.Bg5 Bf5 7.Qd2 e6 8.Nf3 h6
9.Bh4 Nd7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Be7 12.Bg3 Rd8 13.Qe3 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Rc1 Bb4
16.O-O Ne7 17.Nb1 b5 18.c3 Bc5 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.a3 Nd5 21.Nd2 Ne3 22.fxe3 Bxe3+
23.Bf2 Bxd2 24.Ra1 Bc2 25.Rf1 Rd5 26.Bd4 Bb3 27.Bf3 Rd7 28.Kf2 Bg5 29.Kg3 Be7
30.Be4 Ra8 31.Kf2 Ra4 32.Bf3 Ra8 33.g3 Bd8 34.Rae1 Bc7 35.Rg1 Rad8 36.g4 Bd5
37.Be2 Bc4 38.Bf3 c5 39.Bxc5 Rd2+ 40.Kg3 R8d3 41.Re3 Rxe3 42.Bxe3 Bxe5+ 43.Bf4 Bxf4+
44.Kxf4 Rxb2 45.Rd1 g5+ 46.Ke5 Kg7 47.Bxb7 Rxh2 48.Ra1 Rh3 49.Be4 Be2 50.Kd4 Bxg4
51.c4 bxc4 52.a4 c3 53.a5 Bf3 54.Bd3 Bd5 55.Bc2 Rh4+ 56.Kxc3 Rc4+ 57.Kd3 Rxc2
58.Kxc2 h5 59.Rg1 Kg6 60.Rd1 h4 61.Rxd5 exd5 62.a6 h3 63.a7 h2 64.a8=Q h1=Q
65.Qg8+ Kf6 66.Qd8+ Kf5 67.Qc8+ Kf4 68.Qc7+ Kg4 69.Qxf7 Qe4+ 70.Kb2 Qe5+
71.Ka3 Qe3+ 72.Ka2 d4 73.Qd7+ Kg3 74.Qd6+ Qf4 75.Qg6 g4 76.Qc2 Qf2 77.Ka1 Qf1+
78.Ka2 d3 79.Qc3 Kg2 80.Ka3 Qe2 81.Qc4 Qf3 82.Ka4 d2 83.Qc2 Qe2 84.Qc6+ Kg1
85.Qb6+ Kf1 86.Qf6+ Qf3 87.Qa6+ Kg2  0-1

[Event "Varsity Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vigus,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7
16.d5 Qe7 17.Be3 c6 18.c4 Rec8 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.a3 Qc7 21.b4 Ncd7 22.Rc1 bxc4
23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Nxc4 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Bb3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bb5 28.Nd6 Qxc1
29.Qxc1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Kf8 31.Nxf7 Ke7 32.Ne4 Bd3 33.Ned6 e4 34.Nc8+ Ke8 35.Rc7 Rb8
36.Be6 Bb5 37.Nfd6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.c3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Bxd1 Nf6
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bb3 Nc7 11.Be3 b6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Bc2 Nd5 14.Kf2 Bh6 15.g3 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Kc7 17.Ne4 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Na5 19.b3 Bf5 20.Re2 Rhf8 21.Rae1 Nc6 22.a3 Bc8
23.b4 cxb4 24.cxb4 Ba6 25.Re3 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Bb3 Kb8 28.Kg1 Bb7 29.h4 a6
30.R1e2 Ka7 31.Kh2 f6 32.exf6 exf6 33.Nc3 Rc8 34.Be6 Rc7 35.Bh3 g5 36.Re7 Rdc4
37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.fxg5 fxg5 39.hxg5 Bxg5 40.Ne4 Bc1 41.a4 Re7 42.Bg2 Ba3 43.b5 Re5
44.Ra2 Be7 45.Nf2 axb5 46.axb5+ Kb8 47.Rb2 Bf6 48.Rb4 Be7 49.Rb2 Bd6 50.Nh3 Ba3
51.Rb3 Re2 52.Nf4 Ra2 53.Rd3 Bc1 54.Rd8+ Bc8 55.Nd5 Ba3 56.Nxb6 Rc2 57.Rh8 Bd6
58.Rxh7 Rc3 59.Rg7 Be5 60.Rg8 Bd6 61.Bc6 Rc2+ 62.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savchenko,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 h6 10.Bh4 Nb4 11.Qb1 O-O 12.e3 Bf5 13.e4 Bg4 14.d5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qd7
16.a3 Na6 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.Bg3 c6 19.d6 Nc5 20.dxe7 Qxe7 21.Bd6 Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Qf6
23.Bxc5 Qxf3 24.Rg1 Rxe4+ 25.Be2 Rxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Qxc3+ 27.Qd2 Qxc5 28.Rg3 Qh5
29.Qe2 Qh4 30.Rd6 Qf4 31.Qd3 Qc1+ 32.Ke2 Re8+ 33.Kf3 Qh1+ 34.Rg2 Kf8 35.Qd4 Kg8
36.Qd3 Kh8 37.Qd4+ Kh7 38.Rf6  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Re1 Bg7 15.c3 O-O
16.Qh5 e4 17.Bf1 Re8 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Qg5 Qa4 20.Rd2 Ng6 21.Qxf5 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Re5
23.Qf6 Qxa3 24.Re3 Rae8 25.Be2 h5 26.h4 Qc5 27.Rd4 Qc7 28.g3 Qd7 29.Bf1 Nf8
30.Bg2 Nh7 31.Qh6 f5 32.f4 exf3 33.Rxf3 Qg7 34.Qxd6 Nf6 35.Qc6 Re1+ 36.Bf1 Nd7
37.d6 Kh7 38.Kg2 R8e3 39.Qb7 Kh6 40.Rdf4 Re6 41.Qd5 R1e5 42.Qd2 Kg6 43.Rxf5 Rxf5
44.Rxf5 Re2+ 45.Qxe2 Kxf5 46.Kh2 Kg6 47.Qe6+ Qf6 48.Bd3+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.O-O-O Qe6 12.Kb1 a5 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Rfe8
16.f3 c5 17.Rdd1 c4 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Be3 h6 20.Bxb6 Qxb6 21.Qd4 Qg6 22.g4 b5
23.Qc5 Qf6 24.Qf5 Qb6 25.Rd7 Rf8 26.Rhd1 a4 27.Qd5 Qe3 28.Qxb5 Qxf3 29.Qxc4 Qxh3
30.e5 Qe3 31.a3 Qxe5 32.Rxc7 Rab8 33.Rd4 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Rxb2+ 35.Kxb2 Rb8+ 36.Qb4 Rxb4+
37.Rxb4 Qe5+ 38.Rc3 Qa5 39.Rcc4 h5 40.gxh5 Qxh5 41.Rxa4 Qe5+ 42.Kb3 g5 43.Rab4 Qe3+
44.c3 Qe1 45.Rb5 Qd1+ 46.Kb4 Qd6+ 47.Rbc5 f5 48.Rd4 Qb8+ 49.Rb5 Qf8+ 50.Kb3 Qf7+
51.Rdd5 g4 52.c4 Qe7 53.Rxf5 Qe3+ 54.Ka4 g3 55.Rg5+ Kf7 56.Rg4 Qa7+ 57.Kb4 Qe7+
58.Ka4 Qa7+ 59.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 e6 8.Be3 Nd7
9.Kc2 Bc5 10.Re1 Ke7 11.e5 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 b6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rotstein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 O-O 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Rad1 Nd4
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Nf5 Kh8 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.Qh5 Rac8 21.Rd2 Rc5
22.Qh4 Rd7 23.Re4 Qd8 24.Qh6 f5 25.Rh4 Qg8 26.Re2 Qg7 27.Qf4 Qf6 28.Rh6 Qg7
29.Rh5 Qf6 30.g4 Rdd5 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.g5 Qd8 33.Rh6 Rd7 34.Qh4 Qg8 35.f3 Kh8
36.Rg2 Rcc7 37.g6 fxg6 38.Rhxg6 Qf7 39.Qe4 Re7 40.Qxd4+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 b5 9.Be3 Rb8
10.Nc3 b4 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Qc1 e6 13.f5 exf5 14.exf5 Re8 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bg5 Qa5
17.Rf2 Bb7 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Qf4 Nce5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Qh4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rbd8 23.Raf1 Nh7
24.Nxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.e4 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Ng5 dxe5 13.Bxc6 exd4 14.Nxb5 Rb6 15.Na7 Ra6
16.Nxc8 Rxc6 17.Na7 Rb6 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Qc4 c6 20.Re1 Ra6 21.Nc8 e5 22.Bf4 Qc7
23.Re4 h6 24.Nf3 exf4 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.gxf4 Ra7 27.Nxd4 Qd7 28.Rae1 Qxh3 29.f5 Qh5
30.fxg6+ Kh8 31.Ndf5 Nd7 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Rh4 Ne5 34.Rxh5 Nxc4 35.b3 Nd2 36.Re2 fxg6
37.Rc5 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Nd4 39.Re4 Re8 40.Rxd4 Rexe7 41.Rxc6 Rxa2 42.Rdd6 g5 43.Rg6+ Kf8
44.Rxh6 Rf7 45.Rhf6 Rd2 46.b4 Rxf6 47.Rxf6+ Kg7 48.Rb6 Rd3 49.f3 Rc3 50.Re6 Rb3
51.Re4 Kg6 52.Kg3 Kf5 53.Rc4 Rb2 54.Rc5+ Kg6 55.Rb5 Kf6 56.Rb8 Kg6 57.b5 Rb4
58.Kf2 Rb3 59.b6 Kg7 60.Ke2 Kh7 61.b7 Kg7 62.Kd2 Rb1 63.Kd3 Rb4 64.Kc3 Rb1
65.Kc4 Rc1+ 66.Kd4 Rb1 67.Ke5 Rb5+ 68.Ke6 Rb1 69.Kf5 Rb5+ 70.Kg4 Kh7 71.Kh5 Kg7
72.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hebden,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.a4 a5
9.O-O b6 10.Bh2 Bb7 11.Ne5 e6 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Na2 Rfc8 14.c4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 dxc4
16.Bxc4 c5 17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Qb3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Nd7 20.Rbd1 Rac8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Be2 Qg5
23.e4 Qc5 24.Rfe1 Ne5 25.Qb5 g5 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.f3 Rd4 28.Nb5 Rxa4 29.Nd6 Rb8
30.Rc1 Rd4 31.Rxc5 Kf6 32.Nc4 Nxc4 33.Bxc4 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.Rc1 Bd7 36.b3 h5
37.Bf1 Rb4 38.Rc5 Rxb3 39.Rxa5 h4 40.Ra7 Bc6 41.Rc7 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Be2 Bg5 14.Qd3 Ne7 15.Ncb4 Bb7
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.O-O Qd7 18.Rad1 a5 19.Nd5 Bc6 20.Qg3 h6 21.b3 Kh8 22.c4 bxc4
23.Bxc4 f5 24.Rfe1 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Bd8 26.Re2 Qe8 27.Ne3 Rf6 28.Bd5 Bd7 29.Be4 Rf4
30.Qg6 Qxg6 31.Bxg6 Rf6 32.Be4 Bb6 33.Red2 Bd4 34.Nd5 Rf7 35.Kf1 a4 36.b4 a3
37.f3 Ba4 38.Bc2 Bc6 39.Bb3 Bxd5 40.Bxd5 Rc7 41.Rb1 Rc5 42.Be4 Rcb5 43.Rd3 d5
44.Bf5 g6 45.Bxg6 Kg7 46.Bf5 Kf6 47.Bh3 Bb2 48.Bd7 Rxb4 49.Rxd5 Bd4 50.Rxb4 Rxb4
51.Ra5 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Rxa2 54.Ra6+ Ke7 55.Bc6 Rxg2 56.Rxa3 Rxh2
57.Ra8 Rh4 58.Be4 Kf6 59.Rf8+ Kg7 60.Rc8 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.c4 Nb6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.Be2 d4 11.Bf2 Nd7 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.h3 Bd6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Be1 Qc7
17.Kg2 Bd7 18.Bg4 Ne7 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.dxe4 e5 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Bd2 Rf7 23.Qg4 Qc6
24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Bg5 Re8 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Nf5 Re8
30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Rf7+ Kh8 32.Rd7 Qa4 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kh8 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Nh6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 Be6 14.Nce3 Be7 15.a4 Qd7
16.Bd3 Bd8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra6 Ne7 19.Bc2 Kh8 20.h5 h6 21.O-O Qb7 22.Nb4 Bc7
23.Qd3 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Nbd5 Bd8 27.Nf5 Nc8 28.Nb4 Qb6 29.Nxd6 Nxd6
30.Qxd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Be7 32.Rc6 Bxb4 33.cxb4 Ra8 34.Rc5 Ra1+ 35.Kh2 Ra2 36.b3 Rb2
37.Rc3 Kg8 38.Kg3 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke7 40.Ke3 Kd6 41.Kd2 g6 42.hxg6 fxg6 43.Kc1 Ra2
44.Rc5 Bd7 45.Kb1 Ra8 46.Bd3 Rb8 47.Kc1 h5 48.Kd2 Bc6 49.Ke3 g5 50.Rc1 h4
51.Rh1 Rh8 52.Be2 Ke7 53.Bg4 Rh6 54.Ra1 Rd6 55.Ra7+ Kf6 56.Rh7 Bxe4 57.Rh6+ Bg6
58.Rh8 Rd3+ 59.Ke2 Rxb3 60.Rb8 Rb2+ 61.Ke3 Rb3+ 62.Ke2 Rxb4 63.Rb6+ Kg7 64.Bd7 Rb2+
65.Ke3 Rb3+ 66.Ke2 Bd3+ 67.Kd2 Bc4  0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Be7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Re1 Nc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nb3 Ncd7 13.Be3 c6 14.a4 cxd5 15.exd5 b6
16.f4 Qc8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.d6 Bd8 19.Qf3 Re8 20.Bf2 Rb8 21.Rad1 Re6 22.Qd3 Qb7
23.Nd2 Rc8 24.Nc4 Nc5 25.Qe2 Nfd7 26.b3 Qc6 27.Nb5 Qa8 28.Ne3 Ne4 29.Nd5 Nxd6
30.Nxb6 Bxb6 31.Nxd6 Rd8 32.Nc4 Bc7 33.Qe4 Qc8 34.Rd2 Nf6 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.Qe2 h6
37.h3 Qa8 38.Qe3 e4 39.Qc5 Qd8 40.Qd4 Qb8 41.Qa7 Qd8 42.Qd4 Qb8 43.Rd1 Nh5
44.Qa7 Qc8 45.Qd4 Nf4 46.Qd7 Qb8 47.Be3 Ne2+ 48.Kf1 Ng3+ 49.Ke1 Nf5 50.Qb5 Nxe3
51.Qxb8+ Bxb8 52.Nxe3 Be5 53.Rd5 g6 54.Ke2 Bc3 55.g4 Rf6 56.Nd1 Rf3 57.Nxc3 Rxc3
58.Kd2 Rxh3 59.Rxa5 Rh2+ 60.Kc3 h5 61.gxh5 Kg7 62.Rd5 Rxh5 63.Rd8 Re5 64.Kd2 f5
65.b4 f4 66.Ke2 e3 67.Rd1 g5 68.Rg1 Kf6 69.a5 Rd5 70.Kf3 Kf5 71.Rg2 Rd1 72.a6 Rf1+
73.Ke2 Ra1 74.b5 g4 75.Kd3 f3 76.Rh2 f2 77.Kxe3 f1=Q 78.Rf2+ Qxf2+ 79.Kxf2 Kf4
80.Kg2 g3  0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian,TL"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 c6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Qb3 Re8 12.Rfd1 Bf8 13.Nd2 Qe6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf6
16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Rd2 h6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Qa4 h5 20.b4 Bf5 21.b5 e4 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Na6 Qb7 24.Kh2 Rac8 25.Nc5 Qb8 26.Na6 Qb7 27.Nc5 Qe7 28.Rd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Bxd6
30.Nb7 Be5 31.Qa3 Re6 32.Nc5 Rd6 33.Qxa7 h4 34.Qa5 Re8 35.Bf4 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Rd1
37.Qc3 Nh5 38.e3 Red8 39.Nb3 Ra8 40.Qb2 Ng7 41.Qc2 Rd3 42.Nc1 Rda3 43.Bxe4 Be6
44.Bxc6 Rc8 45.Bb5 Nf5 46.Qb2 Ra7 47.Nd3 Nd6 48.a4 Nxc4 49.Qd4 Rac7 50.e4 Nd2
51.Ne5 Rc2 52.f5 gxf5 53.exf5 Bxf5 54.Qxh4 Ne4 55.Ng4 Bg6 56.Bd3 Nd2 57.Qh6 R2c6
58.Qxd2 Rd8 59.Qa5  1-0

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qxe2+
9.Bxe2 h6 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.d5 g6 14.h3 Bg7 15.Be3 Rde8
16.b3 Nh5 17.Bd4 Rhg8 18.Bxg7 Rxg7 19.Rd4 f5 20.a4 Nf6 21.Bd3 a5 22.Kd2 g5
23.Rb1 Rge7 24.Rf1 Re5 25.g4 fxg4 26.hxg4 R5e7 27.Nh2 Re5 28.Nf3 R5e7 29.Nh2 Re5
30.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 c6 14.c5 Nh5 15.Re1 Be6
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Qa4 f5 18.Rad1 f4 19.Bc1 g5 20.Rd6 Bd7 21.Qxa6 Rf7 22.b4 Bf8
23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Qxc6 a5 25.a3 Rd1 26.Qxe8 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Rxe8 28.Nd3 axb4
29.axb4 Nf6 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 Ke6 32.Bb2 Rb8 33.f3 Be7 34.Na4 Nh5 35.Nb6 Ng3+
36.Ke1 Rd8 37.Nxe5 Bf6 38.c6 Be7 39.Nd5 Bd6 40.Nc4 Rb8 41.c7 Rc8 42.Nxd6 Kxd6
43.b5  1-0

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.c3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qd6 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 a6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Qf3 b5 15.Bf4 Qb7
16.Qxb7 Bxb7 17.Nd6 Nd5 18.Nxb7 Nxf4 19.Be4 Nb6 20.Bc6 Rec8 21.Na5 Ra7 22.Rad1 Nc4
23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Be4 Bc5 25.g3 Ng6 26.Nf3 Rac7 27.Re2 Be7 28.Red2 Nf8 29.Ne5 f6
30.Nd7 g6 31.Bf3 Kf7 32.Nxf8 Kxf8 33.Rd7 Ke8 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Rd4 e5 36.Rh4 h5
37.Re4 Kd7 38.Kf1 Ke6 39.Be2 Kd5 40.Bf3 Kd6 41.Re2 Rc5 42.Rd2+ Ke6 43.h4 f5
44.Bd1 g5 45.Bxh5 gxh4 46.gxh4 Bxh4 47.f3 Bg5 48.Rg2 Kf6 49.Be8 Rd5 50.Ke1 Bh4+
51.Ke2 Bg5 52.Ke1 Rd6 53.Ba4 Bf4 54.Bd1 Bc1 55.Rc2 Be3 56.Rg2 Rb6 57.Ba4 Rb8
58.b3 Rc8 59.Kd1 Rd8+ 60.Kc2 Bc5 61.b4 Be3 62.Bc6 Rd3 63.Bb7 Bf4 64.Bxa6 Rxf3
65.Bxc4 e4 66.Kb3 Be5 67.Rc2 Rh3 68.a4 f4 69.a5 f3 70.b5 e3 71.a6 Bd4 72.Bf1 Bb6
73.Kc4 Rh1 74.Bd3 f2 75.Be2 Re1 76.Kd3 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.O-O-O a6 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.h3 g6 15.Bb3 Ba8
16.Nd2 g5 17.Bg3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf1 Bb4 20.f3 c5 21.Bd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 f6
23.Ne3 Kf7 24.Re2 Kg6 25.Be1 h5 26.h4 gxh4 27.Bxh4 c4 28.Be1 f5 29.d6 h4
30.Ned5 Bxd5 31.Nxd5 Bxe1 32.Rexe1 f4 33.Ne7+ Kf6 34.Nd5+ Kg5 35.b3 Rh6 36.Nc3 Kf5
37.Ne4 h3 38.gxh3 Rxh3 39.Rf1 cxb3 40.cxb3 Rd8 41.Nc3 b4 42.Nd5 Rdh8 43.Kc2 Rh2+
44.Rd2 Rxd2+ 45.Kxd2 Nc5 46.Nxb4 Nxb3+ 47.Kc3 Nd4 48.Kc4 Ke6 49.d7 Kxd7 50.Kd5 Rh5
51.Nd3 Ke7 52.Nxf4 exf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Nd4 13.Ne2 e5 14.f5 d5 15.g4 dxe4 16.dxe4 b4
17.Ng3 Nb6 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Rf2 Qh4 20.Kh2 bxa3 21.bxa3 Na4 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Nf3 Qd8
24.g5 Nb2 25.Qe1 Nc4 26.Bf1 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Nxc2 29.Qf2 Nd4 30.f6 Nxf3+
31.Qxf3 Bf8 32.Rf2 Qd4 33.Ne2 Qc4 34.Nc3 Rb3 35.Rc2 Qd4 36.Kg2 c4 37.Ne2 Qd1
38.Rc3 Rb2 39.Re3 c3 40.Kg3 c2 41.Rc3 Qxe2 42.Qxe2 c1=Q 43.Rxc1 Rxe2 44.Kf3 Ra2  0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.e4 b5 8.Qe2 Bc8
9.d4 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.e6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd6 14.Qxe6 Bh6 15.Qh3 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Qd5 17.Qe3 Nc6 18.Bd3 O-O-O 19.Be4 Qc4 20.Rc1 Na5 21.Bd3 Qxa2 22.O-O Rd7
23.Qe5 Re8 24.Rfe1 Qf7 25.Ra1 Nc4 26.Qg3 Qd5 27.h4 e6 28.Bf4 Qc6 29.Bxc4 Qxc4
30.Re5 Ree7 31.Qe3 Qb3 32.Kh2 Rd6 33.Rc5 Rdd7 34.f3 Kb8 35.Qe5 Bd5 36.Rf1 Ka7
37.Qe3 Qb2 38.Rf2 Qa3 39.Qe1 Rf7 40.Bc1 Qa5 41.Re2 Qb6 42.Re5 Rf5 43.Ba3 Rxe5
44.Qxe5 Kb7 45.Qh8 Bc4 46.Bc1 Qd6+ 47.Re5 Bd5 48.Bf4 Qe7 49.Bg5 Qf7 50.Re2 Rd6
51.Qe5 Rc6 52.Bd2 Rc4 53.Be1 Qd7 54.Kh3 Ra4 55.Kh2 Ra1 56.Bg3 Rb1 57.Rc2 Rb3
58.Qe1 Qc6 59.Qa1 Kb6 60.Ra2 Kb7 61.Ra3 Rxa3 62.Qxa3 Qd7 63.Bf4 Qd8 64.Kg3 Bc4
65.Qb4 Bd3 66.Qa3 Qd7 67.Kf2 Qc6 68.Bg5 h5 69.Ke3 Bf1 70.Kf2 Qc4 71.Qb2 a5
72.Be7 Qd3 73.Bc5 Qd1 74.Qa2 Bc4 75.Qxa5 Qd2+ 76.Kg1 Qe1+ 77.Kh2 Qxh4+ 78.Kg1 Qe1+
79.Kh2 h4 80.Qa7+ Kc8 81.Qa8+ Kd7 82.Qh8 Qg3+ 83.Kg1 Qe1+ 84.Kh2 Qxc3 85.Qxh4 Qc2
86.Bb4 Kc8 87.Qe1 Bd5 88.Qd2 Qf5 89.Kg3 Kb7 90.Kf2 Bc6 91.Be7 Qd5 92.Bf6 Qb3
93.Kg3 Bd5 94.Be7 Bc4 95.Qf4 Bd3 96.Qe3 Qc4 97.Qe5 Kc6 98.Kf4 Qc1+ 99.Qe3 Qc4
100.Qe5 Kd7 101.Bc5 b4 102.Qe1 b3 103.Qd2 Bc2 104.Ba3 Kc6 105.Ke3 Kd7 106.Kf2 Qb5
107.Bb2 Bd3 108.Qf4 Qc4 109.Qd2 Kc8 110.Qc3 Qb5 111.Qc5 Qa4 112.Qa3 Qc4 113.Qc5 Qa6
114.Qf8+ Kd7 115.Qf7+ Kd6 116.Qf8+ Kc6 117.Qc5+ Kd7 118.Qa3 Qb7 119.Qa4+ Kd8
120.Qa3 Ke8 121.Qc5 Kd7 122.Ba3 Qa6 123.Qe7+ Kc8 124.Qf8+ Kb7 125.Qb4+ Qb6
126.Qxb6+ Kxb6 127.Ke3 Bf1 128.g3 Kb5 129.Bb2 Kc4 130.f4 Bh3 131.Kd2 Bg4
132.Ke3 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.d3 Bg7 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qd1 b5 14.a3 e6 15.g3 Rc8 16.Nf3 Nce5
17.Nh2 Nc6 18.Qd2 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Bg5 Qc7 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.Ng4 h5 23.Ne3 Nf6
24.Nc2 d4 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Bg2 Na5 27.Nxd4 Nd7 28.b4 Qxd4 29.bxa5 Nc5 30.Rad1 Rfd8
31.Be3 Qa4 32.Qe2 Qxa5 33.d4 Na4 34.Rd3 Nb2 35.Rb3 Nc4 36.Rd1 Nxe3 37.fxe3 Qc7
38.Qf3 Rd6 39.Rbd3 Rcd8 40.Qf4 Qc4 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 a5 43.Qf2 b4 44.axb4 axb4
45.Qb2 Ra6 46.R1d2 Rb8 47.Rb3 Qe6 48.Bf3 Qd6 49.Kg2 Ra3 50.Rdd3 Rxb3 51.Rxb3 Bf6
52.Qf2 Qe6 53.Bd1 Kg7 54.Qf3 Qc4 55.Qe2 Qc7 56.Qf2 Rh8 57.Qg3 Qc1 58.Rd3 g5
59.Qf3 Qc7 60.Qg3 Qc4 61.Rd2 Qc3 62.Rf2 Rh6 63.Qf3 b3 64.Qe2 Bxd4 65.Qb5 Qxe3
66.Rxf7+ Kxf7 67.Bxb3+ Kf8 68.Qb8+ Qe8 69.Qb4+ Qe7 70.Qxd4 Qe2+ 71.Qf2+ Qxf2+
72.Kxf2 Ke7 73.Bc4 Kf6 74.Bd3 Ke5 75.Bf5 Kf4 76.Kg2 Rh4 77.Kf2 Rh2+ 78.Kg1 Kg3
79.Kf1 Rf2+ 80.Kg1 Rf4 81.Be6 Re4  0-1

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bakalarz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.c4 Nf6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Nf3 c5 13.Qc2 h5 14.O-O d4 15.Bd2 Qb7 16.Rfb1 a5
17.a3 Be7 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 cxb4 20.Rxa8+ Qxa8 21.h3 Nh6 22.Nxd4 g6 23.Bxh6 Rxh6
24.c5 Kf8 25.c6 Kg7 26.c7 Rh8 27.Nb5 Qa5 28.Nd6 Qxe5 29.c8=Q Bxd6 30.Q8c6 Qh2+
31.Kf1 Rb8 32.h4 Be5 33.g3 Qh3+ 34.Qg2 Qg4 35.Qge4 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Bxg3 37.fxg3 Qxg3+
38.Qcg2 Qc3 39.Qb2  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Qd2 b5
9.O-O-O h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.f4 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Qc8 14.Bf3 a5 15.Qxb5 Re8
16.Rhe1 Ba6 17.Qc6 Rb8 18.e5 Bb7 19.Qa4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nb6 21.Qc6 dxe5 22.Rxe5 Nh5
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Bxd8 a4 27.Nc5 a3 28.N3a4 axb2+
29.Nxb2 Nd5 30.Nbd3 Bc3 31.Ne4 Ba5 32.c4 Ndxf4 33.Nxf4 Nxf4 34.Kc2 Kf8 35.Bf6 Ke8
36.Bc3 Bxc3 37.Kxc3 f5 38.Nc5 Ke7 39.a4 Kd6 40.Nb7+ Kc6 41.Nd8+ Kc5 42.a5 h5
43.Nb7+ Kc6 44.Nd8+ Kc5 45.Nb7+ Kc6 46.Nd8+ Kc5 47.Nb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qe2 g6 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 O-O 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Qf3 b5 12.Bf1 Qa5 13.g4 Qxa2 14.gxf5 Qxb2+ 15.Kd2 Nd7
16.Ne2 Nb6 17.Qb3 Qf6 18.Ke1 Qxf5 19.Bh3 Qf6 20.Rg1 Nc4 21.Rg3 Nb2 22.Rb1 Nc4
23.Rd1 Nb2 24.Rb1 Nc4 25.Bg2 Rad8 26.h4 h6 27.h5 g5 28.Bc7 Rd6 29.Bxd6 exd6
30.Qf3 Qd8 31.Qf5 Re8 32.Be4 Kf8 33.Rf3 Qa5+ 34.c3 Ne5 35.Re3 Nc4 36.Rf3 Ne5
37.Rg3 Qa2 38.f4 gxf4 39.Qxf4 Qc4 40.Kf2 Nd7 41.Rxg7 Kxg7 42.Rg1+  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 d6 8.e3 Nd7
9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Nh3 h5 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O h4 13.a3 Rh6 14.Rab1 Kf8 15.Rbe1 Kg8
16.f4 Ng4 17.Bd3 e6 18.Re2 Rf8 19.Kh1 Qd8 20.e4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Nf6
23.Rfe1 exd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qf6 26.Qf3 Bxh3 27.gxh3 Rg6 28.f5 Rg7 29.Re4 b5
30.Rg4 Rd8 31.Qf4 c4 32.Rxh4 Qxb2 33.Rh8+ Kxh8 34.Qh4+  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.a3 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.b4 f5 14.Ng5 Ndf6 15.f3 Nh6 16.Rb1 f4
17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Ne6 Rf7 19.Ng5 Rf8 20.Qa4 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Bf8 22.Ne6 Bd7 23.Qc2 Bxe6
24.dxe6 Rab8 25.Qa4 a6 26.Rb6 Rd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Bxf4 Qxe6 29.Be3 Nf7 30.Qa5 Qc6
31.Rb1 Be7 32.Qb6 Qxb6 33.Rxb6 Nd7 34.Rb1 Bd6 35.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hall,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Qg6 8.g3 d6
9.Bh3 Nd7 10.Qc2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.Nh4 Qh5 13.Nb5 Kd8 14.f3 Ne3 15.Qc3 Be7
16.f4 Bxh4 17.Qxe3 Be7 18.fxe5 Bg5 19.Qf2 Qxh3 20.Nxd6 Qh5 21.Qxc5 Be7 22.Rd1 Qg6
23.Nxb7+ Bxb7 24.d6 Rc8 25.dxe7+ Ke8 26.Qd4 Kxe7 27.Qd7+ Kf8 28.Qxb7 Rxc4
29.O-O Re4 30.Rf2 Kg7 31.Rd6 Qg4 32.Rf6  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 Nxc5 12.Nxc7 Qxe4 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Bc4 Qf5 15.Be7 Bd7
16.h3 Nf6 17.Bxd6 Nce4 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Qxd4 Bc6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Nd5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5
23.Rxe4 Kh8 24.Bb3 Nd3 25.Rd1 Nxb2 26.Rd2 a5 27.a3 a4 28.Ba2 b5 29.Rb4 Rd8
30.Rc2 Nc4 31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.Nc3 Re8 33.Rxc4 Bd7 34.Nxa4 Be6 35.Rc6 Be5 36.Nb6 Rd8
37.Rc8 Bxc8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Nxc8 Kg7 40.a4 Bc7 41.Ne7 Kf8 42.Nd5 Bd8 43.Kf1 f5
44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Kc4 Kd6 47.f3 g5 48.g4 Ke5 49.gxf5 Kxf5 50.Kb5 Ke5
51.Nb6 Kd6 52.a5 Kc7 53.a6 Kb8 54.Nd7+ Kc7 55.Nf8 Bf6 56.Ne6+ Kb8 57.Kb6 Be5
58.Nxg5  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e4 Qe7
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.e5 f5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.O-O Ng7 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Qa5 Ra7
16.Rae1 Be7 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.Qa3 O-O 19.c4 g4 20.Ne5 Be8 21.f3 Qh7 22.fxg4 Rxf1+
23.Kxf1 Ra8 24.Kg1 h5 25.gxh5 Qxh5 26.Nf3 Bg6 27.c5 Nf5 28.Qb3 Rf8 29.cxd6 cxd6
30.Qxe6+ Kh7 31.Bxd6  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Nd2 Nbd7 5.Ngf3 h6 6.Bh4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.h3 c5 10.c3 Qb6 11.Rb1 Re8 12.Bg3 Nh7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nf8 15.O-O Bf5
16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.f4 Rad8 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Qc2 e6 20.Bf2 Qc6 21.Rbd1 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6
23.Kh2 h5 24.Qe2 Kf7 25.Qe1 Rh8 26.Bh4 Nxh4 27.Nxh4 Bxh4 28.Qxh4 Qc7 29.Rd2 Qe7
30.Qf2 h4 31.b3 Qf6 32.Rc1 b6 33.c4 dxc4 34.Rxc4 Rxd2 35.Qxd2 Rd8 36.Qe1 Rg8
37.Rc2 Rg3 38.Rd2 Kg6 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Rd2 Kg6 41.Qe2 Qc3 42.Rd3 Qc1 43.Rd6 Kf6
44.Qh5 Ke7 45.Rd1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qc2 c6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.c5 Nc7 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.Bc4 Re8 20.b4 Bf8 21.Rab1 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4
23.Rb3 b5 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Nh2 Be6 26.Rf3 Qg5 27.Ng4 Re7 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Rd7 h5
30.Ne3 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Qxf6 32.Rc7 Qd6 33.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nd4 e5 11.Nxc6 exf4 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.Nh3 Nd5 14.e4 fxe3 15.Bc4 Nb4
16.O-O-O Bxd4 17.Rxd4 d5 18.cxb4 dxc4 19.Re4+ Kf8 20.Re1 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Rxa2
22.Kb1 Ra8 23.R1xe3 g6 24.Rxc4 Kg7 25.Re7 Rhe8 26.Rxb7 Re1+ 27.Kc2 Re2+ 28.Kb3 Re3+
29.Rc3 Re2 30.h4 Rd8 31.h5 Rxh2 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rxb6 Rdd2 34.Ka4 Rxb2 35.Rbc6 Rb1
36.R3c4 g5 37.R4c5 f6 38.Rf5 Ra2+ 39.Kb5 Rab2 40.Rfxf6 Rxb4+ 41.Kc5 Rf4 42.Rxf4 gxf4
43.Kd5 Rb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 b6
9.g3 Ba6 10.h4 d5 11.e5 Nf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.Bh3 Qd7 14.a3 Rc8 15.Kf1 Nce7 16.b4 Qa4
17.Kg2 Qc2 18.c4 dxc4 19.dxc4 Rd8 20.Rhc1 Qd3 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.Kg1 Bb7 23.Bg2 Ne3
24.Bxe3 Rxe3 25.bxc5 Nf5 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Rab1 O-O 28.Rxb6 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Nxg3
30.Kf2 Nf5 31.Bh3 Re4 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.Kg3 Bh6 34.Ng5 Bxg5 35.hxg5 Re3+ 36.Kf2 Rxa3
37.c5 Rd8 38.Rd6 Rb8 39.Rc2 Rh3 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.c6 Rh1+ 42.Kd2 Rh2+ 43.Kc3 Rxc2+
44.Kxc2 h4 45.Kc3 h3 46.Kc4 h2 47.Rd1 Rb2 48.Kc5 Rg2 49.Rh1 Rc2+ 50.Kd6 Rd2+
51.Ke7 Rc2 52.Kd7 Rd2+ 53.Kc8 Rc2 54.c7 Rg2 55.Kd8 Rd2+ 56.Ke8 Rc2 57.Kd8 Rd2+
58.Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 Rb8 9.Ng5 Nb6
10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O f6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 e6 14.a4 b4 15.a5 bxc3 16.axb6 axb6
17.Qxc3 Ne7 18.Bf4 Kf7 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 f5 21.Qa3 Ra8 22.Bxd6 Rxa3 23.Bxc7 Rxa1
24.Rxa1 Bxb2 25.Ra7 Bd4+ 26.Kg2 cxd5 27.Bd6 Bf6 28.c4 Ke6 29.Bxe7 Bxe7 30.cxd5+ Kd6
31.Rb7 Bd8 32.Rg7 Kxd5 33.f4 Kd4 34.Ba6 Re8 35.Rxg6 Ke4 36.Bb5 Re7 37.Rg3 Rf7
38.Bc4 Rd7 39.Be2 Bxh4 40.Rb3 Rg7+ 41.Kf1 Rg6 42.Bxh5 Rd6 43.Ke2 Kxf4 44.Rb4+ Kg5
45.Bf7 Bg3 46.Kf3 Be1 47.Rb1 Bc3 48.Rg1+ Kh6 49.Kf4 Rf6 50.Bc4 Bd2+ 51.Ke5 Bc3+
52.Kf4 Bb4 53.Ke5 Be7 54.Rg8 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.Nf1 Bxc4 10.dxc4 Nc5 11.a5 Qd7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Bh6 Rfe8 14.c3 Bf6 15.Re2 Ne6
16.Be3 Rad8 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.h4 Nf4 19.Nf1 Bg7 20.N1h2 a6 21.g3 Nh5 22.Ne1 Rf8
23.Ng2 Kh8 24.Qe2 Qe6 25.b4 Qe8 26.c5 dxc5 27.Bxc5 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Rg8 29.Qa2 Nf6
30.Qc4 Qd7 31.Ne3 Rd8 32.Rd1 Qe8 33.Nf3 Rxd1+ 34.Nxd1 Kg8 35.Nb2 Nb8 36.Be3 c6
37.Nd3 Nbd7 38.Kg2 Ng4 39.Bc1 Ngf6 40.Be3 Ng4 41.Ba7 Ngf6 42.Nd2 Qd8 43.Nb3 Bf8
44.f3 Ne8 45.Nb2 Nd6 46.Qd3 Qe8 47.Bf2 Qe6 48.Nd2 h5 49.c4 Bh6 50.Nb3 Bf8
51.Be3 f5 52.Nd2 fxe4 53.fxe4 Nf6 54.Nd1 Nf7 55.c5 Ng4 56.Qb3 Qd7 57.Nc4 Nxe3+
58.Ndxe3 Qd4 59.Kf3 Bh6 60.Nd1 Kg7 61.Nf2 Bd2 62.Qd3 Qxd3+ 63.Nxd3 Kf6 64.Nxd2  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Igualada ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.d5 Nb8 10.Bd4 Bh6 11.Qf3 c6 12.h4 cxd5 13.exd5 e5 14.Bxe5 N8d7 15.Bd4 Nf6
16.O-O-O Qd6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.g3 Bg7 19.Rh2 h5 20.Bh3 Nc4 21.Kb1 Re8 22.Qd3 Qa6
23.Bxc8 Raxc8 24.Re2 Rxe2 25.Ngxe2 Qb6 26.b3 Na3+ 27.Kb2 Nb5 28.Rc1 Qc5 29.d6 Nxc3
30.Nxc3 Rd8 31.d7 Qc6 32.Kb1 Rxd7 33.Qe4 Rc7 34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.Nd5 Rxc1+ 36.Kxc1 Bd4
37.Kd2 Kf8 38.Ne3 Ke7 39.Kd3 Bc5 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Nc4 Ke6 42.Na5 f5+ 43.Kf3 b5
44.Nc6 Kd5 45.Ne5 Kd4 46.Nxg6 Kc3 47.Ne5 a5 48.Ke2 Bb6 49.Nc6 Kb2 50.b4 a4
51.Kd3 Kxa2 52.Kc2 Ka3 53.Ne7 Kxb4 54.Nxf5 a3 55.g4 hxg4 56.h5 g3  0-1

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen,Nic"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 e6 8.Nd2 Na6 9.Be2 exd5
10.cxd5 Nc7 11.e4 Re8 12.O-O b6 13.f4 h6 14.Bh4 Qd7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e5 dxe5
17.Nde4 Bg7 18.d6 exf4 19.dxc7 Qxc7 20.Bf3 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Ba6 22.Re1 Kg7 23.Qa4 Bb7
24.Nd2 Re3 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Rxe3 fxe3 27.Nf3 Rd8 28.Qc2 Qe7 29.Ne2 Bf6 30.Re1 b5
31.b3 c4 32.bxc4 Rc8 33.h3 bxc4 34.Nc3 Qb4 35.Rxe3 Rd8 36.Ne4 Bb2 37.h4 Re8
38.Re2 Ba1 39.Qc1 Bf6 40.Re1 Bb2 41.Qc2 f5 42.Rb1 fxe4 43.Rxb2 Qe7 44.Qc3+ Kh7
45.Re2 Rb8 46.Qe1  1-0

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 b6 9.Ba2 Bb7
10.Rb1 Rc8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 e6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.b4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Nb5 a6
17.Nxd4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Qxh4 19.Rbe1 Be5 20.Nf3 Qf4 21.Re3 Bxe4 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Qd6 Bc6 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Rfd8 26.Rc1 Ba4 27.c4 Rd3 28.Re3 Rcd8 29.Bb1 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Bc6 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Bc2 f5 33.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinter,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Kh8 13.Qd2 Rg8 14.a3 Qf8 15.Nh2 Ne8 16.Be3 f5
17.f4 Nf6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.b4 b6 20.Nf3 Re8 21.Be2 f4 22.Bf2 g5 23.b5 Nb8
24.Nxg5 Bh6 25.h4 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Bh4 Rg6 28.Bxf6+ Rxf6 29.Bf3 Qg7 30.Rf1 Rh6
31.Kf2 Bg4 32.Ke1 Rh2 33.Qd3 Nd7 34.Ne2 Rg8 35.Kd2 Qh6 36.Rg1 Nf6 37.Kc3 Qh5
38.Raf1 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Rxg1 40.Nxg1 Ra2 41.Kb3 Qh2 42.Qc3 Nd7 43.Rd1 Rg2 44.Qa1 Qg3
45.Rf1 Rh2 46.Re1 Rg2 47.Rf1 Rd2 48.Rd1 Rd4 49.Qc1 Qf2 50.d6 Kg7 51.Ka4 Qa2
52.Rxd4 cxd4  0-1

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Agopov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 d6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.e5 Qf4+ 10.Kb1 Bxc3 11.g3 Qf5 12.Qxf5 exf5 13.bxc3 b6 14.exd6 Bb7 15.Bg2 cxd4
16.Rxd4 Nc6 17.Rd2 Rad8 18.Rhd1 Rfe8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxb7 Nb5 21.Kb2 Re6 22.d7 Nc7
23.Rd4 Kf8 24.Rc4 Nb5 25.Ba6 Nd6 26.Rc7 Ke7 27.Rxa7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.Bd3 Kc6
30.Kb3 f4 31.Kb4 fxg3 32.fxg3 f5 33.Rf1 Re5 34.a4 g5 35.Rf2 Kc7 36.c4 Ne4
37.Bxe4 fxe4 38.Kc3 e3 39.Re2 Kd6 40.Kd4 Ra5 41.Rxe3 Rxa4 42.Rb3 Kc6 43.Rb5 Ra1
44.Rf5 Rd1+ 45.Kc3 Rd6 46.Kb4 Rd2 47.Rf6+ Kc7 48.Rxh6 Rxc2 49.g4 Rg2 50.h3 Rg3
51.Rh5 Kc6 52.Rh7 Rf3 53.Rh6+ Kc7 54.Rh5 Kc6 55.Rxg5 Rxh3 56.Rg6+ Kc7 57.Rg7+ Kc6
58.Rg6+ Kc7 59.g5 Rg3 60.Ka4 Kb7 61.Kb4 Kc7 62.Rg8 Kc6 63.g6 Kc7 64.g7 Kb7
65.Ka4 Rg1 66.Kb3 Rg3+ 67.Kc2 Rg1 68.Kd3 Rg2 69.Ke4 Rg1 70.Ke5 Re1+ 71.Kf6 Rf1+
72.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nd5 f6 12.Bf4 c6 13.Bxd6 cxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.c5 Qd8
16.Qb3 Rf7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Bc4 Bf6 19.Ne5 Rg7 20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Nc6 Qd7 22.Nb8 Qf7
23.Qa4 Kh8 24.Qc4 f4 25.Rad1 g5 26.Nc6 g4 27.Bxf4 gxh3 28.Bxh6 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Bg4
30.Rd3 Qh5 31.Bf4 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O-O d6
9.Kb1 Qg6 10.h4 f5 11.h5 Qf7 12.exf5 Qxf5 13.Qc4 Qa5 14.Ne2 Qd5 15.Qxd5 exd5
16.Rh4 Ne7 17.Nf4 c6 18.g3 Bf5 19.Bh3 Be4 20.Bg4 Ba5 21.Rh2 Nf5 22.Nd2 Rae8
23.Nf1 Bb6 24.Ne2 Ne7 25.Ne3 Nf5 26.Ng2 Nxd4 27.Ngf4 Bxc2+  0-1

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ruck,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 Re8
9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Nd5 c5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd2 b6 19.Rcd1 Ra7 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qg5 Kg7 22.Rd3 Ree7
23.Rfd1 f6 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qe2 Rad7 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rxd7+ Bxd7 28.Qd2 Be6 29.Bf1 Qc7
30.f3 Bf7 31.g4 Qe7 32.Kg2 h4 33.Qe1 g5 34.Qd2 Be8 35.a4 Qc7 36.Kf2 Kf8 37.Ke3 Ke7
38.Qd5 Bc6 39.Qd3 Bd7 40.Qd5 Be6 41.Qd3 Qb8 42.Kd2 Bd7 43.Qd5 Be6 44.Qd3 Qb7
45.Kc2 Qc6 46.Kb2 Bd7 47.Qd5 Qc8 48.Be2 Bc6 49.Qd3 Qc7 50.Bf1 Ke8 51.Be2 Qe7
52.Qd2 Qe6 53.Qd3 Ke7 54.Qd2 Be8 55.Qd5 Qc8 56.Bf1 Bd7 57.Be2 Be6 58.Qd3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ke8 11.Rad1 Bg4 12.Rd4 Bf5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bd2 b6 15.Re1 c5
16.Rd3 Nc6 17.Bc3 Be6 18.Nfd2 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Nf1 b5 21.b3 b4 22.Bb2 c4
23.bxc4 Bxc4 24.Ra1 g5 25.Ne3 Be6 26.a3 Kc8 27.h4 gxh4 28.f4 bxa3 29.Bxa3 Bxa3
30.Rxa3 Rd8 31.f5 Bd7 32.e6 fxe6 33.f6 Rf8 34.Nc4 e5 35.Ra6 Be8 36.c3 Kd8
37.Kh2 Bg6 38.Ncd2 Be8 39.Nc4 Bg6 40.Ncd2 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vogt,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Be6 15.Rad1 c5
16.a3 a5 17.Ng5 b6 18.Kh2 h6 19.Ne4 h5 20.Bd2 Bf5 21.Bg5 Nf8 22.c3 Ne6 23.h4 c4
24.f3 Kf8 25.Rd5 Re8 26.Ng3 Bd3 27.b3 Kg8 28.bxc4 Bxc4 29.Rd7 Bb5 30.Rd5 Bc6
31.Rd2 Kh7 32.f4 Nxg5 33.hxg5 Kg6 34.Kh3 h4 35.Ne2 Bb7 36.Nd4 Bc8+ 37.Kh2 Rd8
38.Ree2 Bg4 39.Rf2 Rhe8 40.Nb5 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 Re7 42.Rd8 Kf5 43.g3 h3 44.Nd4+ Ke4
45.Nc6 Rd7 46.Rxd7 Bxd7 47.Nd8 Kd5 48.Nxf7 b5 49.Nd8 c5 50.Nb7 b4 51.cxb4 cxb4
52.axb4 axb4 53.Na5 Bg4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Richter,Mic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Na3 e5 7.Nc4 Bd6 8.b4 cxb4
9.d4 exd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.e5 c5 12.Qf4 Be6 13.Rd1 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Qc6 15.Qg4 Nh6
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qg7 Rf8 18.e6 fxe6 19.Qxh7 Bf6 20.Rab1 Rh8 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.Qh5 Rhg8
23.g3 Rad8 24.Nh4 Bd4 25.Ng6+ Kf6 26.Nf4 e5 27.Qxh6+ Ke7 28.Qh7+ Kd6 29.c3 bxc3
30.Rxb7 exf4 31.Re1 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 fxg3+ 33.hxg3 Rdf8+ 34.Rf7 Rxf7+ 35.Qxf7 Qd5
36.Qf6+ Kd7 37.Qxc3 Qd4+ 38.Qxd4+ cxd4 39.Rd1 Rf8+ 40.Ke2 Re8+ 41.Kf3 Re3+
42.Kf4 Ra3 43.Rxd4+ Ke6 44.Rd2 Kf6 45.Rg2 Ra4+ 46.Ke3 Kg5 47.Kd3 Kf5 48.Kc3 Rg4
49.Rf2+ Ke4 50.Re2+ Kf3 51.Re6 Rxg3 52.Kb4 Rg5 53.Rxa6 Ke4 54.Kc4 Rg2 55.a4 Rc2+
56.Kb3 Rc8 57.Rd6 Ke5 58.Rd2 Rb8+ 59.Kc4 Rb1 60.a5 Ra1 61.Kb5 Rb1+ 62.Kc6 Rc1+
63.Kb7 Rb1+ 64.Ka7 Ke6 65.Rd8 Ke7 66.Rb8 Ra1 67.Rb5 Kd7 68.Kb7 Rc1 69.Rd5+ Ke6
70.Rb5 Kd7 71.a6 Rc7+ 72.Kb6 Rc6+ 73.Ka5 Rc1 74.a7 Kc7 75.a8=N+ Kc6 76.Rb6+ Kd5
77.Rb5+ Rc5 78.Nc7+ Kc6 79.Rxc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shaw,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 Qe7 10.Bh6 f6 11.Bxg7 Qxg7 12.Ng1 Nf8 13.Nge2 Ne6 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 exf4
16.Nxf4 Qc7 17.Nce2 Qe5 18.c3 Nxf4 19.Nxf4 Be6 20.Rf3 Rad8 21.Qf2 Bc8 22.Rf1 Kg7
23.a3 b6 24.Re1 Rd6 25.Ree3 Ba6 26.Qc2 Rf7 27.b4 cxb4 28.d4 Qe8 29.axb4 Re7
30.Qa2 Bc8 31.Nd3 Bf5 32.Nf2 Rde6 33.b5 Bxe4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.Qxa7+ Kh6
37.Qxb6 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Qe2 39.Qb8 f5 40.bxc6 Qd1 41.Qf8+ Kh5 42.Rxf5+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.c5 Nb4 17.Qa4 Nc6 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Muelheim Nord GER"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.f4 g6 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.Qc1 Bb7 15.g4 Ra8 16.Rb1 Ra2
17.Kh1 Ba6 18.Rd1 Qb6 19.f5 Nd4 20.Nf4 Nxf3 21.Bxf3 Ne5 22.Bg2 Bb7 23.Rf1 Rfa8
24.Qd2 Bc6 25.Qf2 Qb7 26.Qh4 b3 27.cxb3 Re8 28.Bd2 Qxb3 29.Bc3 e6 30.f6 Bf8
31.Qg3 Bb5 32.Rfd1 Qa4 33.h4 c4 34.d4 Nd3 35.Bf3 e5 36.Nd5 exd4 37.Bxd4 Qb3
38.Rd2 Bc6 39.Ne7+ Bxe7 40.fxe7 Ne5 41.Bc3 Qb7 42.Bg2 Bxe4 43.Rf1 Bxg2+ 44.Rxg2 Rxe7
45.Kh2 Ra8 46.h5 Rae8 47.Qf4 Qd5 48.Rg3 f6 49.Rf2 Rf7 50.hxg6 hxg6 51.Rh3 g5
52.Qg3 Qe4 53.Rg2 Rh7 54.Rxh7 Qxh7+ 55.Qh3 Nf3+ 56.Kg3 Nh4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Muelheim Nord GER"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.h3 Nb6
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.O-O Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Re1 a5 13.a4 Nd7 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.Nc3 Ne5 17.Nb5 Qh4 18.Nxc7 Ra6 19.Bxc8 Raf6 20.g3 Qb4 21.Bf4 Rxf4 22.gxf4 Rxc8
23.Nd5 Qc5 24.Rad1 e6 25.fxe5 exd5 26.Qb5 Qe7 27.Qxd5 h5 28.Qe4 Kh7 29.Rd6 Qg5+
30.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Bf5 11.Rd1+ Kc8 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Bf4 b6 14.e6 Kb7 15.Re1 f6
16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Rd2 h5 18.Bh2 h4 19.Nf3 Be8 20.Rd4 g5 21.Ne4 Rh6 22.Rdd1 Nf5
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Be7 25.f4 gxf4 26.Bxf4 Rg6 27.Rd2 Rg7 28.Kh1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8
30.Bd6 f5 31.e7 Bxe7 32.Bxe7 fxe4 33.Bxh4 Bg6 34.c3 Rf7 35.Kg1 c5 36.Bg5 Kc6
37.Be3 Kb5 38.Rd1 Kc4 39.Kh2 a5 40.Kg3 a4 41.a3 Bh5 42.Rd2 Rf1 43.Kh4 Re1
44.Bf4 Be8 45.Bg3 Rb1 46.Bf4 Kb3 47.g4 Rxb2 48.Rd8 Bb5 49.Kg5 Rg2 50.c4 Bxc4
51.Bxc7 b5 52.Bb6 Kxa3 53.Bxc5+ Kb3 54.Re8 a3 55.Rxe4 a2 56.Bd4 Rg1 57.h4 a1=Q
58.Bxa1 Rxa1 59.h5 Rh1 60.Kh6 Kc3 61.Re3+ Kd2 62.Re7 Be2 63.Re4 Kd3 64.Rf4 Kc3
65.Re4 Bd1 66.Kg7 b4 67.h6 b3 68.Re3+ Kd4 69.Rxb3 Bxb3 70.h7 Rxh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wippermann,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 Qa5 4.Nd2 d6 5.Ngf3 Bg7 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qd5 Nd7
9.Bb5 a6 10.Qxc5 Qxc5 11.Bxd7+ Bxd7 12.Nxc5 Bc6 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.f3 O-O 15.Nc4 Bb5
16.Nb6 Rad8 17.a4 Bc6 18.Bf4 Ne8 19.Ke2 Nd6 20.Rhd1 Rfe8 21.Rd2 e5 22.Be3 Nc8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nc4 b5 25.Na5 Rd6 26.Nxc6 Rxc6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ra8 Bf8 29.Nd7 b4
30.Nxe5 Rc7 31.cxb4 Bxb4 32.Bb6 Rc1 33.Nd3 Rc2+ 34.Kf1 Bf8 35.Bc5  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rogers,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.g3 Bd6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.c3 a5 14.Re1 c6 15.Bc5 Rd8
16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Qe8+ Kh7 19.Rad1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Bg4 21.Qxa8 Bxd1
22.Be4+ g6 23.Qxb7 Bf3 24.Bxf3 Qxf3 25.Qd7 c5 26.Qd2 g5 27.b3 Qe4 28.h3 Qf5
29.Kg2 h5 30.Qe2 Kh6 31.Qc4 Kg7 32.a3 g4 33.h4 Kg8 34.Qf4 Qd5+ 35.Kh2 Kf8
36.Qf6 Ke8 37.c4  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morrison,G SCO"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qd2 e6 14.h4 h5 15.Rfe1 Rac8
16.d5 e5 17.c4 Nb6 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Rb5 Rc7 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Ng5 f6 22.Nh3 Nc8
23.f4 Qg4 24.fxe5 Rxe5 25.Bf4 Bd6 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.d6 Nxd6 28.Qd5+ Kg7 29.Rxc5 Re7
30.Qd3 Qxh4 31.Re2 Nf7 32.Rd5 g5 33.Rd7 Rxd7 34.Qxd7 g4 35.Nf2 b6 36.Rd2 Qh2+
37.Kf1 Qf4 38.Ke2 g3 39.Nd3 Qxe4+ 40.Kd1 Bc3 41.Re2 Qxc4 42.Re7 Kg6 43.Nf4+ Qxf4
44.Rxf7 Qe4 45.Rg7+ Kh6 46.Re7 Qb1+ 47.Ke2 Qxa2+ 48.Kd3 Qd2+ 49.Kc4 Qxd7
50.Rxd7 Be5 51.Rxa7 h4 52.Rb7 h3 53.Rxb6 hxg2 54.Rb1 Kg5 55.Kd3 Kf4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.Be2 Qb6 10.Qd2 Ngf6 11.h4 h5 12.Bg5 Bd6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Bf3 Qa6 15.a3 Nb6
16.b3 Qd3 17.Bg5 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 a5 19.Nce2 a4 20.b4 Nc4+ 21.Kc3 Nd6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Nf4 Be7 24.Kd2 Nc4+ 25.Kc3 Nd6 26.Raf1 Nc4 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Ra1 O-O 29.Ne2 Bd6
30.Nc1 Rf7 31.Nd3 Raf8 32.Rh3 Be7 33.Ra2 b5 34.Bd1 Kh7 35.g3 Nd6 36.Nf4 Ne4+
37.Kd3 Rf6 38.Rc2 Rd6 39.Rh1 Nf6 40.Be2 Nd7 41.Kc3 Nb6 42.Bd3 Kh6 43.g4 hxg4
44.h5 Bh4 45.Nxg6 Rxg6 46.hxg6 Kg5 47.f4+ gxf3 48.Rg1+ Kf6 49.Rh2 Rh8 50.Rhh1 Nc4
51.Rg4 Bf2 52.Rxh8 Be1+ 53.Kc2 Nxe3+ 54.Kb1 Nxg4 55.Rf8+ Kg5 56.Rf5+ Kh4
57.Rxf3 Bf2 58.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nf5 Bxe3 8.Nxe3 Nf6
9.f3 O-O 10.c4 Nh5 11.Qd2 d6 12.Nc3 Nf4 13.O-O-O a6 14.Ned5 Ne6 15.Qe3 Bd7
16.f4 f6 17.h4 Ne7 18.g4 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Nc5 20.g5 Qe7 21.Bc4 b5 22.Qxc5 bxc4
23.Qxc7 fxg5 24.fxg5 Rf3 25.Qxc4 Bb5 26.Qd4 Rc8 27.Kb1 Rc4 28.Qd2 Qe5 29.Rhe1 Rh3
30.g6 Rxh4 31.Qf2 Rf4 32.gxh7+ Kh8 33.Qg3 Rb4 34.Ka1 Bd7 35.Qe3 Rfxe4 36.Qxe4 Rxe4
37.Rxe4 Qh2 38.Ree1 Bg4 39.Rh1 Qc2 40.Rc1 Qd3 41.Rce1 Bd7 42.Ne4 Bb5 43.Nxd6 Qxd5
44.Rd1 Bd3 45.Nf7+ Qxf7 46.Rxd3 Qc7 47.Rg1 Kxh7 48.Rdg3 Kh8 49.a3 Qe5 50.Rxg7 Qh2
51.Rg8+ Kh7 52.R1g7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Kh8 13.Qd2 Rg8 14.Bd3 Qf8 15.Rf1 h6 16.Be3 Nh7
17.Nh2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 e4 20.Be2 Nc7 21.Kh1 Qe8 22.a4 h5 23.g3 Nf6
24.Rg1 Bh6 25.Rg2 Qf7 26.Nb5 Nxb5 27.axb5 b6 28.b4 Rg7 29.bxc5 dxc5 30.Rag1 Rag8
31.Qb2 Kh7 32.Qe5 Bc8 33.Qb2 Qe7 34.Qa1 Rg6 35.Qd1 Bf8 36.Bc1 Rh6 37.Bb2 Bg7
38.Nf1 Qf7 39.Be5 Nd7 40.Bxg7 Qxg7 41.Ne3 Nf6 42.Qa1 Re8 43.Qd1 Qc7 44.Qf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ledger,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 c5 7.Ngf3 Ne7 8.c4 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Be7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Bxg7 Rg8 15.Be5 Bd6
16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qd6 18.Bb5 O-O-O 19.Rac1 Kb8 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qc3 Rc8
22.Nb3 Nd7 23.Nbd4 c5 24.Nxf5 exf5 25.Qd3 Rcf8 26.Rfd1 Nb6 27.a4 c4 28.Qe2 Nxa4
29.Rxc4 Nb6 30.Rh4 Rg7 31.Nd4 Rb7 32.b3 Ka8 33.Qf3 Rbf7 34.Rf4 Qd7 35.Re1 Nc8
36.Qh5 Rf6 37.Re5 Ne7 38.Rf3 Qc7 39.Rfe3 Ng6 40.Rxf5 Rxf5 41.Nxf5 Qc2 42.Nd6 Qc6
43.Re6 Rd8 44.Ne8 Qc1+ 45.Kh2 Qc8 46.Qe2 Qb7 47.Nd6 Qb4 48.Nb5 Qf8 49.Nc7+ Kb8
50.Qb5+ Kc8 51.Qa6+ Kb8 52.Qc6 a5 53.Na6+ Ka7 54.Qb6+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ciuksyte,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Rc1 d6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.b4 Rac8 14.Qd2 Qb8 15.Rfd1 Rfe8
16.Kh1 Rcd8 17.Na4 Ba8 18.Bf1 h6 19.Qf2 Ne5 20.Qg1 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.c5 b5
23.Nb6 Nc4 24.Bf2 Nh5 25.a4 Bg5 26.Rc3 Bf6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rc2 Bg5 29.Ra1 Nxb6
30.cxb6 Qxb6 31.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.f4 Ng4 6.e4 e5 7.f5 h5 8.Nf3 Bc5 9.Bxc4 Nf2
10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Qb5+ Nd7 12.Rf1 Ng4 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Bb3 Nc5 16.Qe2 Nxb3
17.axb3 c6 18.O-O-O Qc7 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Bg5 Nh7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.g4 hxg4
24.hxg4 g5 25.Rh1 f6 26.Rh6 Rf8 27.d6 Qd7 28.Qh2 Rf7 29.Rh1 b5 30.Rg6+ Kf8
31.Nxe5 fxe5 32.Qxe5 Rg7 33.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ciuksyte,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7
16.d5 Qe7 17.c4 c6 18.Bg5 Rec8 19.Qd2 a5 20.Nh2 Qf8 21.Red1 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ba6
23.dxc6 Rxc6 24.Rac1 Nc5 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Ng4 Bd8 27.Bd3 Rac8 28.Bf1 h5 29.Ne3 h4
30.Ne2 Nxe4 31.Qd5 Nf6 32.Qf3 d5 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Qxd5 Rc5 35.Qd2 e4 36.Qd4 Bg5
37.Rb1 Bxc4 38.Qxe4 Bxa2 39.Rb6 Re8 40.Qa4 Bd5 41.Nc3 Ba8 42.Bc4 Kg7 43.Bd5 Bxd5
44.Nxd5 Rd8 45.Qe4 Rd7 46.Rd3 Kh6 47.Nf4 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 Re1 49.Rxg6+ Kh7 50.Qf5 Bxf4+
51.Rgg3+ Kh8 52.Qf6+ Kh7 53.Qxh4+ Qh6 54.Qxh6+ Kxh6 55.Rxd7 f6 56.Ra7 Ra1
57.Ra6 Bxg3+ 58.Kxg3 Kg5 59.Ra8 Ra3+ 60.f3 Ra1 61.Rb8 Ra4 62.Rg8+ Kh6 63.f4 Kh7
64.Ra8 Kg6 65.Kg4 f5+ 66.Kg3 Kf6 67.Ra6+ Kf7 68.h4 Ra1 69.Kh2 a4 70.Ra5 Kf6
71.h5 a3 72.Ra7 Rf1 73.g3 Rf2+ 74.Kg1 Rf3 75.Kg2 Rb3 76.h6 Kg6 77.h7 Rb8
78.Rxa3 Kxh7 79.Ra6 Kg7 80.Ra3 Kg6 81.Kf3 Rb6 82.Ra5 Kf6 83.Kg2 Rb8 84.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Haslinger,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Bg2 Qd5 11.Nb3 Qb5 12.a4 Qb4+ 13.c3 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qe6 15.Bxe4 Nd7
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Qh3 18.b4 Ne6 19.Be3 c6 20.Ne4 Nc7 21.f3 Nd5 22.Bd2 a5
23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Bb3 Nc7 25.f4 Bg4 26.Nf2 Bxe2 27.Nxh3 Bf3 28.O-O Bc5+ 29.Nf2 Rd8
30.Ra2 b5 31.c4 b4 32.Re1 Ne6 33.Be3 Nd4 34.Rd2 Raa8 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 Bxd4
37.Kf1 c5 38.Ne4 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Kf8 40.Kg2 Re8 41.Kf3 Rd8 42.Re2 Ke7 43.g4 Bc3
44.a5 Ra8 45.Ra2 Ra6 46.Ke4 f6 47.Kd5 Bd4 48.g5 fxe5 49.fxe5 Be3 50.h4 g6
51.Ra4 Kf7 52.Bd1 Ke7 53.Ra1 Bd4 54.Ra2 Bc3 55.Bb3 Bd4 56.Ra4 Be3 57.Ra1 Bf2
58.Bc2 Bd4 59.Ra4 Bc3 60.Ra2 b3 61.Bxb3 Rxa5 62.Rf2 Ra3 63.Bc2 Be1 64.Rf1 Bxh4
65.Rh1 Bxg5 66.Rxh7+ Kd8 67.Bxg6 Re3 68.Kd6 Kc8 69.Rc7+ Kb8 70.Rxc5 Bf4 71.Rb5+ Ka7
72.Bf7 Re4 73.Rc5 Kb6 74.Rb5+ Ka7 75.Be6 Bg3 76.Rd5 Rxc4 77.Rd3 Bxe5+ 78.Kxe5 Rc1
79.Kd6 Kb6 80.Rb3+ Ka5 81.Bd7 Rh1 82.Rb5+ Ka6 83.Kc7 Rh7 84.Rb4 Rh5 85.Rg4 Rc5+
86.Bc6 Rh5 87.Ra4+ Ra5 88.Rb4 Rh5 89.Kd6 Ka5 90.Rb2 Rh3 91.Rb1 Rc3 92.Be4 Rc4
93.Bd3 Rb4 94.Rc1 Rb3 95.Bc4 Rb6+ 96.Kd5 Rb2 97.Ra1+ Kb6 98.Ra6+ Kb7 99.Kc5 Rc2
100.Rg6 Rc1 101.Rg7+ Kc8 102.Kd5 Kb8 103.Ba6 Rc7 104.Rg8+ Ka7 105.Kd6 Rc2
106.Bb5 Kb6 107.Rb8+ Ka7 108.Rh8 Kb6 109.Bd3 Rd2 110.Rb8+ Ka7 111.Rb3 Rd1
112.Kc5 Rc1+ 113.Bc4 Rc2 114.Rb4 Rc3 115.Kc6 Rc1 116.Kc7 Ra1 117.Bb5 Ra3
118.Rb2 Ra5 119.Bc6 Ka6 120.Rb8  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pert,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e3 Bd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.d5 Na7 11.e4 b5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Re1 c5 14.a4 bxc4 15.Qxc4 a5 16.h3 Nc8
17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Nd2 Nc7 19.Ra3 Qa6 20.Rb3 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Rb4 22.e6 fxe6 23.dxe6 Be8
24.Ra3 Nb6 25.Nf1 Nc4 26.Ra2 Rf6 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxd5 Bxa4 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Bg5 Rb4
31.Bxf6 Bxf6 32.b3 Bxb3 33.Rxa5 Bd5 34.Ra3 Rb1 35.Rae3 Bd4 36.Re1 Rb7 37.Rd3 Bc4
38.Rdd1 Kg7 39.g4 h6 40.Nd2 Bd5 41.Ne4 Rb2 42.Rd2 Rb6 43.Rde2 Bc4 44.Rd2 Bxe6
45.Ng5 hxg5 46.Rxe6 Kf7 47.Rde2 Rb7 48.Kf1 Bf6 49.Ke1 c4 50.Kd1 Rb1+ 51.Kc2 Ra1
52.Kd2 Ra3 53.R6e3 Ra2+ 54.Kd1 Ra1+ 55.Kd2 d5 56.Re6 Ra3 57.Rc6 Rxh3 58.Re3 Rh4
59.f3 Rh3 60.Ra3 Rh2+ 61.Kd1 Rh1+ 62.Kc2 Rh2+ 63.Kd1 c3 64.Raxc3 Bxc3 65.Rxc3 Kf6
66.Ke1 Ke5 67.Re3+ Kd6 68.Ra3 e6 69.Ra8 Ke5 70.Re8 Kf4 71.Rxe6 Kxf3 72.Re5 d4
73.Rxg5 Re2+ 74.Kd1 Re6 75.Kd2 Kf4 76.Ra5 Kxg4 77.Kd3 g5 78.Kxd4 Kf4 79.Kd3 g4
80.Ra8 Kf3 81.Rf8+ Kg2 82.Kd2 g3 83.Rh8 Kg1 84.Rh7 g2 85.Rh8 Re5  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Williams,Si"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Be7
10.h4 f5 11.h5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ndb8 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ne2 a4 15.b4 Na7 16.Nc3 Nb5
17.Nxa4 Qc7 18.Nc5 Nc3 19.Qc2 Ne4 20.h6 Rg8 21.hxg7 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Ba4 23.Qb2 Qxg7
24.Rh3 Nc6 25.Kf1 O-O-O 26.Ne1 Bd1 27.Be3 d4 28.Bf2 Bg4 29.Rh4 Ne7 30.Rh2 Nd5
31.Qc1 h5 32.c6 Qh6 33.g3 Ndc3 34.Ng2 Bf3 35.Qe1 Bxg2+ 36.Rxg2 h4 37.cxb7+ Kxb7
38.Rh2 Qh5 39.Be2 Nxe2 40.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 41.Kxe2 d3+ 42.Ke3 hxg3 43.Rh7+ Kb8
44.Bg1 d2 45.Rd1 Rd5 46.Rh1 g2 47.Rh3 Rc8 48.Ke2 Nc3+ 49.Rxc3 Rxc3 50.Rxd2 Rxd2+
51.Kxd2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karttunen,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qh4 e6 6.O-O-O Be7 7.e4 Qa5 8.f4 d6
9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Qe1 Rc8 11.Kb1 a6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxe1 15.Nxe1 Bxg5
16.Nb6 Rd8 17.Nf3 Bf4 18.Nc4 Ke7 19.g3 Bc8 20.Bd3 Bh6 21.Be4 Nb8 22.Nb6 Nc6
23.Nc4 Rd7 24.Rd6 Rc7 25.Rhd1 Nb8 26.Na5 Nd7 27.R6d3 g6 28.Rb3 Nc5 29.Rc3 Rd8
30.Rc1 Rcd7 31.Bd3 Nxd3 32.cxd3 Rxd3 33.Kc2 Rxc3+ 34.bxc3 Bd7 35.Nd4 Ba4+
36.Kd3 b6 37.Nb7 Rb8 38.Nd6 Bg7 39.Nc4 Bd7 40.Rb1 b5 41.Na5 Rc8 42.Re1 Rc5
43.Nf3 f6 44.exf6+ Bxf6 45.Nd4 Rd5 46.Nc6+ Kf7 47.Nb4 Rd6 48.Ke3 e5 49.Nf3 Bf5
50.h3 a5 51.g4 axb4 52.gxf5 gxf5 53.cxb4 e4  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Devereaux,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.Nc3 e5 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Qd2 h6 10.Ng1 Be6 11.Nge2 Qd7 12.a3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.dxe4 Qxd2+
16.Bxd2 fxe4 17.g4 Bd5 18.Rf1 Bd4 19.O-O-O e3 20.Be1 Bc4 21.Rf3 Rd8 22.Ng3 O-O
23.b3 Ba6 24.f5 Ng6 25.Nge4 Ne5 26.Rg3 Kh8 27.Kb1 Rd7 28.Rc1 Re7 29.h4 Nd3
30.f6 Bxf6 31.Nxf6 Nxc1 32.g5 Nd3 33.cxd3 Bxd3+ 34.Kc1 hxg5 35.hxg5 Kg7 36.Nd1 Kg6
37.Nxe3 Rh8 38.Bc3 Rh1+ 39.Kd2 Be4 40.Nfg4 Rb1 41.Ne5+ Rxe5 42.Bxe5 Rxb3
43.Rg4 Bf3 44.Rf4 Bd5 45.Bf6 Rxa3 46.Rh4 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 b5 48.Rh6+ Kf7 49.Rh7+ Kg6
50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Be5 Be4 52.Rf6+ Ke8 53.g6 Bxg6 54.Rxg6 b4 55.Re6+ Kd7 56.Rd6+ Ke8
57.Rxc6 a5 58.Rxc5 b3 59.Rc1 a4 60.Rb1 Kd7 61.Bb2 Kc6 62.Nd1 a3 63.Bc3 b2
64.Kd2 Kb5 65.Kc2 Ra1 66.Rxa1 bxa1=Q 67.Bxa1  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 O-O 10.f4 Nd4 11.Ne2 Nxe2 12.Qxe2 c6 13.Bb3 a5 14.Be3 a4 15.Bc2 Nd7
16.d4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Bf6 18.O-O-O Re8 19.a3 Qe7 20.Be3 Red8 21.h4 b5 22.c5 dxc5
23.e5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qxe5 25.Bb1 c4 26.Qc2 g6 27.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Re8 29.Qd2 Bxh4
30.Qd4 Bf6 31.Qxe5 Bxe5 32.Be4 Bxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Rxe4 34.Bh6 f6 35.Rd7 Re2+ 36.Kc3 Rxf2
37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxh7+ Ke8 39.Be3 Rf3 40.Kd2 g5 41.Rc7 g4 42.Rxc6 f5 43.Bc5 Kd7
44.Rd6+ Kc7 45.Rg6 Rd3+ 46.Kc2 Kd7 47.Rf6 Rd5 48.Bf2 Rd3 49.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 b6 10.Nbd2 f5 11.exf6 exf6 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Rxe6 Qd7
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Nf3 f5 19.c4 Nf6 20.Bg5 Qf7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qc2 Re4
23.Rc1 Qe6 24.Kf1 Kg7 25.b3 g5 26.Nd2 Re5 27.Nf3 Re4 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 h5
30.Qd3 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.f4 Bd4 33.Nc2 Qh6 34.Nxd4 Qxf4+ 35.Nf3 gxf3 36.gxf3 Kg6
37.Kg2 Qe5 38.Qd8 Qe2+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ 41.Kg3 Qe1+ 42.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gordon,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 c6 7.f4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.f5 Bb4 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Bc4 Qe7 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.Rhe1 Bd7 15.Ba2 b5
16.Re3 Bc7 17.Rd3 a5 18.g4 O-O-O 19.Qe2 Kb7 20.a4 b4 21.Nb1 c5 22.Bb3 c4
23.Bxc4 Bxa4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Bxf7 Bc6 27.Nbd2 Nxg4 28.Bc4 Nf6
29.Bb5 Qd7 30.Bxc6+ Qxc6 31.b3 Ka7 32.Kb1 Kb7 33.Qd3 Ka7 34.Kb2 Kb7 35.Kc1 Ka7
36.Qe2 Kb7 37.Ne1 Bb6 38.Nc4 Ka7 39.Qg2 Qb7 40.Nd3 Nxe4 41.Nxb6 Kxb6 42.Nxe5 Nd6
43.Qd2 Kc7 44.Qd4 Qb5 45.Qa7+ Nb7 46.Nc4 Qc5 47.Qxc5+ Nxc5 48.Nxa5 Ne4 49.Nc4 Kc6
50.Kd1 Kc5 51.Ke2 Kd4 52.Kf3 Nf6 53.Ne3 Ke5 54.h3 Ne8 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Kd2 Nd6
57.f6 gxf6 58.Ng4 f5 59.Nxh6 f4 60.Ng4 Kf3 61.Ne5+ Kg3 62.Ke2 Nf5 63.Kd3 f3
64.Nxf3 Kxf3 65.Kc4 Ne3+ 66.Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.Nbd2 Ba7 8.h3 h6
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Ng3 Be6 12.O-O dxe4 13.dxe4 Bxb3 14.axb3 Qd6 15.b4 Qe6
16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Nhf5 Ne7 18.Be3 Nxe4 19.Qg4 g6 20.Qxe4 Nxf5 21.Nxf5 Qxf5 22.Qxb7 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Qd3 24.Qxc7 Qxe3+ 25.Kh2 Kg8 26.Rf6 h5 27.Raf1 Ra7 28.Qd6 Qg5 29.R1f3 Kg7
30.Re6 f6 31.Qd3 Rff7 32.Rg3 Qh6 33.Rd6 Rae7 34.Qe4 h4 35.Rg4 f5 36.Rgxg6+ Qxg6
37.Rxg6+ Kxg6 38.Qxh4 e4 39.Qg3+ Kh7 40.Qh4+ Kg6 41.Qg3+ Kh7 42.Kg1 f4 43.Qh4+ Kg6
44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qh4+ Kg6 46.Qg4+ Kh6 47.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.h3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Be3 Nc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Nd5 e5 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Ne2 Bc6 15.Rad1 Be7
16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Re8 18.f5 Bb7 19.Ng3 Bh4 20.Bf4 Rc8 21.Qd3 Na6 22.Qxb5 Nc5
23.Rxd6 Qe7 24.b4 a6 25.Qb6 Nxe4 26.f6 Qf8 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Rfd1 Ree8
30.Rc6 Rxc6 31.Qxc6 Rc8 32.Qxa6 h5 33.c4 Kh7 34.c5 Ra8 35.Qd6 Qe8 36.Qd7 Qg8
37.c6 g5 38.Be5 Qg6 39.c7 Rxa2 40.Qd3 Bf2+ 41.Kh1 Rc2 42.Qxg6+ Kxg6 43.Rd8 Kf5
44.c8=Q+ Rxc8 45.Rxc8 Kxe5 46.b5 Kd6 47.Kg2 Ba7 48.Kf3 Kd7 49.Rg8 g4+ 50.hxg4 hxg4+
51.Kxg4 Ke6 52.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Ne7+ Kh8 13.cxd6 f6 14.Nxc8 fxg5 15.Nxg5 Qf4
16.Bxg4 Qxg5 17.d7 Nc5 18.b4 Ne4 19.Qe2 Nc3 20.Qe6 d3 21.Rae1 h5 22.Bf3 d2
23.Re3 Kh7 24.Rd3 a5 25.Qc4 Rd8 26.Qxc7 axb4 27.g3 Rxa2 28.h4 Qf6 29.Kg2 Rc2
30.Rd6 Qf8 31.Qc4 Rc1 32.Qd3 Qf5 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.Rxd2 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Ne4 36.Rd5 b3
37.Bd1 b2 38.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.d5 Nb4
9.Qb3 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Qb1 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 Qe8 15.Rc1 Bd8
16.b4 Na4 17.Nxa4 Rxc1+ 18.Bxc1 Bxa4 19.Nd2 b5 20.Nf1 Bb6 21.Be3 Qb8 22.Bd3 Rc8
23.Qb2 Ng4 24.Bxb6 Qxb6 25.h3 Bc2 26.hxg4 Bxd3 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 g6 29.Ng3 Qd4
30.Qg5 h6 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.g5 h5 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qxd6 h4 36.Nf5+ gxf5
37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.g6 fxg6 39.Qxg6+ Kh8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kh8
44.Qxh4+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kh8 46.Qh6+ Kg8 47.Qg6+ Kh8 48.d6 fxe4 49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Qg6+ Kf8
51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.Qg6+ Kf8 53.Qf5+ Kg7 54.Qg5+ Kf7 55.Qf5+ Kg7 56.Qg4+ Kf6 57.Qh4+ Kg6
58.Qg4+ Kf6 59.Qh4+ Kg6 60.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 e6 11.dxc5 Ne5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Nd4 Qh4 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Qd2 h6
16.Rfd1 Kh7 17.h3 a6 18.f4 Nc6 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.e5 Qe8 21.Qf2 Ne7 22.Nd2 Bc6
23.Nc4 Nf5 24.Nd6 Qe7 25.Bc2 f6 26.Bd4 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Rf8 29.Ne4 Bxe4
30.Bxe4 Rac8 31.Rab1 Rc7 32.Rf1 Qg7 33.g4 Qxe5 34.Rbe1 Qxc3 35.gxf5 gxf5
36.Bg2 Rf6 37.Qe3 Qa5 38.Rb1 Rg6 39.Rb2 Rcg7 40.Kh1 Qd8 41.Qd2 Qe7 42.Qd6 Qf6
43.Rfb1 Qc3 44.Qd2 Qxc5 45.Rxb7 Rxb7 46.Rxb7+ Rg7 47.Qb2 e5 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7
49.Qb7+ Kf6 50.Qxa6+ Kg5 51.Qc6 Qe3 52.Qf3 Qd4 53.Qd5 Qf4 54.Qg8+ Kf6 55.Qf8+ Kg6
56.Qd6+ Kg5 57.Qc7 Kf6 58.Qb6+ Kg5 59.Qg1 Kf6 60.Qa1 Qa4 61.a3 h5 62.Qc3 Qd1+
63.Kh2 h4 64.Qe3 Qa4 65.Qh6+ Ke7 66.Qg7+ Ke6 67.Qg6+ Ke7 68.Qxf5 Qxa3 69.Qh7+ Kf8
70.Qh6+ Ke8 71.Bc6+ Kf7 72.Bd5+ Ke8 73.Qxh4 Qb2+ 74.Bg2 Qd4 75.Qh8+ Kf7 76.Qh7+ Kf6
77.Qc2 Qf4+ 78.Kh1 Kg7 79.Qd1 Kh6 80.Qg4 Qc1+ 81.Kh2 Qf4+ 82.Kg1 Qe3+ 83.Kf1 Qd3+
84.Kf2 Qd2+ 85.Kg1 Qe3+ 86.Kh1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Brynell,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.exd5 exd5
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.Bh4 h6 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Re1 Re8 14.c3 Qd7 15.Be2 Rad8
16.Qd2 Nf5 17.Rad1 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Be7 19.Nfd4 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bf6
22.Qc2 Rxe2 23.Nxe2 Qc6 24.Rd3 Qc4 25.b3 Qc5 26.Qd1 Qa3 27.Nf4 Qxa2 28.Nxd5 Kh8
29.Qe1 Rg8 30.Nxf6 gxf6 31.Qd1 Re8 32.Rd7 Kg7 33.Qg4+ Kf8 34.Rxb7 Qe2 35.Qxe2 Rxe2
36.Rb6 Rc2 37.Rxf6 Kg7 38.Rxa6 Rxc3 39.Rb6 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.f3 h5 42.Rb4 f5
43.g4 fxg4 44.fxg4 Kg6 45.gxh5+ Kxh5 46.Kh3 Rb2 47.g3 Kg5 48.Rb5+ Kg6 49.Kg4 Rd2
50.Rb6+ Kf7 51.Kh4 Kg7 52.b4 Rd1 53.Kg5 Rd5+ 54.Kf4 Rd1 55.g4 Rf1+ 56.Kg5 Rd1
57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.b5 Rd2 59.Kf5  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Witek,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Rc8
9.O-O O-O 10.Rac1 d6 11.a3 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.c4 Nf6 15.Bb1 Rfd8
16.h3 Ba6  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Leks,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 a5 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Kh1 b6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Be3 Re8
16.Qd2 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Ng7 20.Ndb5 cxb5 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7
23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Rxd6 Qe7 25.cxb5 Be6 26.Rad1 Rc8 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Qd4 Nc5 29.Rxb6 Ne8
30.Rc6 Rxc6 31.bxc6 Bc8 32.Bc4+ Ne6 33.Qh8 Kg6 34.Re1  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagowski,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 Nbd7  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kuznetsov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Bc2 g6 15.b3 Bg7 16.d5 Ne7
17.c4 c6 18.Bb2 cxd5 19.cxd5 Rec8 20.Bd3 Qc7 21.Qd2 Qb6 22.a4 bxa4 23.bxa4 a5
24.Ba3 Ne8 25.Rab1 Qa7 26.Bb5 Ba6 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Bxd6 Nc8 29.Ba3 Qd7 30.Bc5 Qxa4
31.Ra1 Qd7 32.Rxa5 Nd6 33.Ra2 Bc4 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Qb4 Ra4 36.Qb8+ Ne8 37.Rb1 Kh7
38.Rb7 Ra1+ 39.Kh2 Qa4 40.Rxf7 Bxd5 41.Ra7 Qd1 42.Rxa1 Qxa1 43.Qxe8 Bg8 44.Bf8  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Limontas,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O Ne8 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Bd7 14.a3 c5 15.h3 Nd6 16.Rab1 b6
17.b4 Rac8 18.b5 Nc7 19.a4 Nb7 20.Nd2 Ra8 21.g4 Bh6 22.Bg3 Ne8 23.Nf3 Ned6
24.Kh2 a6 25.bxa6 Rxa6 26.Bc2 Nf7 27.Rb2 Nbd6 28.Rfb1 Qd8 29.Bf2 Bf4+ 30.Kg2 Qc7
31.Bh4 Kg7 32.Bf2 Rh8 33.Rh1 h5 34.gxh5 Rxh5 35.Bg3 Bxg3 36.Kxg3 Ra8 37.Qf1 Rah8
38.Ng1 Rh4 39.Bd3 Ng5 40.Re2  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zapolskis,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Qb6
9.Rb1 Qa5 10.O-O b5 11.a3 b4 12.axb4 cxb4 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Be3 c5 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Qg5 Qc7 18.Qh4 a5 19.g4 Nf6 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Ng5 h5
23.gxh5 Bf5 24.Ng3 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Rd4 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qxf5 Qh6 29.f4 Qxh5
30.Ra1 e6 31.Qg4 Qxg4+ 32.hxg4 Ra8 33.b3 Ra6 34.Ra4 f6 35.Ne4  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 Ne7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ba4 Ng6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bb3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 a5 13.h4 h5 14.Ng3 d5 15.Ng5 Bg4 16.Qf2 Ra7
17.Kd2 Nd7 18.exd5 Nc5 19.dxc6 Nxb3+ 20.cxb3 f6 21.N5e4 Qd5 22.Rhc1 Rc7 23.Rc5 Qxb3
24.Ke1 f5 25.Nd6 f4 26.Nge4 fxe3 27.Qxe3 Nf4 28.Kd2 Qxb2+ 29.Rc2 Qxa1 30.Rc1 Qa2+
31.Rc2 Qd5 32.Rc5 Qe6 33.Nc4 Nd5 34.Qe1 Nc3 35.Ng5 Qf6 36.Nxe5 Qf4+ 37.Kc2 Bd1+  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zezulkin,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Nd5 g6 8.d3 Nxd5
9.exd5 h6 10.Qf3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Qc5 12.Ba4 Kf8 13.Rfe1 d6 14.c4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Bf6
16.d4 Qc7 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Bc2 b5 19.h4 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qc8 21.h5 g5 22.Be5 dxe5
23.dxe5 Qc5 24.exf6+ exf6 25.d6 Rae8 26.Qd3 f5 27.Bb3 a5 28.a3 a4 29.Ba2 Re5
30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.c4 Rc8 32.Qd2 bxc4 33.Bxc4 Rc6 34.Re1 Qxd6 35.Qb2+ Qf6 36.Qb4 Rd6
37.Qb8 Rd4 38.Qc7 Qd6 39.Qxd6 Rxd6 40.Re7 Be6 41.Bxe6 Rxe6 42.Ra7 Re4 43.f3 Rc4
44.Ra6 g4 45.Kf2 Rd4 46.Kg3 Rc4 47.Kf2 Kh7 48.Rf6 Kg8 49.Ra6 Kg7 50.Kg3 gxf3
51.gxf3 Rd4 52.f4 Rd3+ 53.Kh4 Rxa3 54.Ra5 Ra1 55.Rxf5 a3  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.a3 Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.c3 Bf6
16.Be3 d5 17.b4 d4 18.Bd2 Qe7 19.Qb3 dxc3 20.Bxc3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Ng3 Nb6
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Ne2 Na4 25.g3 Qf7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rf8 28.Kh1 Qd7 29.Qc2 Ra8
30.h4 a5 31.bxa5 Rxa5 32.g4 Ra8 33.g5 Be7 34.Nxe5 Qd6 35.f4 Nb6 36.Qb3 Rc8
37.Rxc8+ Nxc8 38.Qxb5 Bf8 39.Qe8 Nb6 40.a4 Qe7 41.Qc6 Qd6 42.a5 Qxc6 43.Nxc6 Na8
44.Nexd4 Nc7 45.Kg2 Bc5 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.Ne5+ Ke7 48.Ndc6+ Kd6 49.d4 Ba3 50.Na7 Bb4
51.Nc8+  1-0

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Bf4 d6 8.Qd2 h6
9.h3 Nd7 10.Rfe1 a6 11.a4 g5 12.Bg3 Ng6 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Bc4 Kh8 15.Nh2 Nf6
16.Ng4 Nh5 17.Bh2 Nh4 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.Kh1 f5 20.d5 fxe4 21.dxe6 Nfxg2 22.e7 Qxe7
23.Nxg2 Nf3 24.Qe3 Qd7 25.Be2 Qxh3 26.Bxf3 exf3  0-1

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gritsak,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb5 Nxc3 8.Bxc3 Qc7
9.Qe2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6 O-O 13.Qc4 f6 14.Rae1 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.f4 Rf5 18.d4 Rc8 19.d5 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Qf4 Rf5 22.Qxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Amplico AIG Life"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.Nh2 Qe7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qf2 b6 15.Qg3 Bd7
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Be6 19.Bc7 g5 20.Raf1 g4 21.hxg4 h5 22.g5 h4
23.Qh2 h3 24.gxh3 Qxg5 25.Ne2 Bxb2 26.c3 Qe7 27.Bd6 Qd7 28.Rxf7 Qxf7 29.Rxf7 Rxh3
30.Rf8+ Kd7 31.Rxa8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.c3 Nd7 17.Bd2 Qe8 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Qg6 20.Ng3 Rab8 21.Qa4 Rfc8 22.cxb4 cxb4
23.Be3 Rb5 24.Rec1 Qe8 25.Qb3 Bf8 26.Rc2 Nc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rcc1 Rd8 29.Nf1 Qd7
30.Rd1 Bd6 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.Nd2 Nd4 33.Qc4 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Qf7 35.f3 Nf4 36.h4 Qg6
37.Kf2 Nh5 38.Rh1 Qh6 39.Ndf1 Be7 40.b3 Rd8 41.g3 Rd4 42.Qc2 Rb8 43.Nc4 Rf8
44.Re1 Qf6 45.Qe2 Bd8 46.Rh3 Bc7 47.Rd1 Qd8 48.Nfe3 Bxa5 49.Nc2 Rd7 50.Nxe5 Rb7
51.f4 Nf6 52.Ne3 Bc7 53.Nf3 a5 54.Ra1 Ra7 55.Qc2 Bb8 56.Rhh1 h6 57.Nc4 Ng4+
58.Ke2 Nf6 59.Rhg1 Nd7 60.Ne3 Bd6 61.Ra2 Qe8 62.Raa1 Nb6 63.Nc4 Nxc4 64.Qxc4 Qg6
65.Ra4 Qg4 66.Qc1 e5 67.f5 c4 68.bxc4 Bc5 69.Rg2 Rxf5 70.exf5 e4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.c3 Nd7 17.Bd2 Qe8 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Qg6 20.Ng3 Rab8 21.Qa4 Rfc8 22.cxb4 cxb4
23.Be3 Rb5 24.Rec1 Qe8 25.Qb3 Bf8 26.Rc2 Nc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rcc1 Rd8 29.Nf1 Qd7
30.Rd1 Bd6 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.Nd2 Nd4 33.Qc4 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Qf7 35.f3 Nf4 36.h4 Qg6
37.Kf2 Nh5 38.Rh1 Kh8 39.Ndf1 Be7 40.b3 Rd8 41.g3 Rd4 42.Qc2 Rb8 43.Nc4 Rf8
44.Re1 Qf6 45.Qe2 Bd8 46.Rh3 Bc7 47.Rd1 Qd8 48.Nfe3 Bxa5 49.Nc2 Rd7 50.Nxe5 Rb7
51.f4 Nf6 52.Ne3 Bc7 53.Nf3 a5 54.Ra1 Ra7 55.Qc2 Bb8 56.Rhh1 h6 57.Nc4 Ng4+
58.Ke2 Nf6 59.Rhg1 Nd7 60.Ne3 Bd6 61.Ra2 Qe8 62.Raa1 Nb6 63.Nc4 Nxc4 64.Qxc4 Qg6
65.Ra4 Qg4 66.Qc1 e5 67.f5 c4 68.bxc4 Bc5 69.Rg2 Rxf5 70.exf5 e4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Bd7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Qxd5 Bg4 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Ng5 Bh5
16.Nge4 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qxd5 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.Nxd5 Kg7 20.Nc7 Nxd4 21.Nxa8 Rxa8
22.Bd2 Be2 23.Rfc1 Ne6 24.Rc3 h5 25.Rg3+ Kh7 26.Re1 Bc4 27.Re4 Bxa2 28.Rh4 Ng7
29.Bc3 Kh6 30.Bd2+ Kh7 31.Bc3 Kh6 32.Rf4 Bb1 33.Rxf6+ Bg6 34.Re3 Nf5 35.Re5 Kg5
36.Rd6 Kf4 37.g3+ Kf3 38.Rd3+ Kg4 39.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.e4 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Re1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Be6 15.Ba7 Rb7
16.Bc5 Qxd1 17.Rexd1 Ra8 18.Nd5 Nd7 19.Be3 Bf8 20.a3 c5 21.f4 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Nb6
23.fxe5 Re8 24.Bf4 g5 25.Bxg5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rxe5 27.Bf4 Re2 28.d6 Rd7 29.Rd1 Re6
30.Bd5 Rg6 31.Be4 Rgxd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 Bxd6 34.Kf2 c4 35.Bc6 b4 36.a4 c3
37.bxc3 bxc3 38.Be4 Bc7 39.g4 f6 40.Ke3 h5 41.Kd3 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kf7 43.Kxc3 Ke7
44.Kb4 Kd7 45.a5 Kc8 46.a6 Kb8 47.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qxe2+
9.Bxe2 h6 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.d4 g6 13.Nd2 Bg7 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 O-O
16.Rhe1 Rfe8 17.Nb5 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.c3 a6 21.Na3 Kf8 22.Be2 d5
23.Nc2 Ke7 24.Nb4 c6 25.Nd3 Nd6 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.h4 Bf6 28.Bxh6 Bxh4 29.g3 Bf6
30.Bf4 g5 31.Be3 Kd8 32.g4 Be7 33.f4 Nc4 34.Bxc4 gxf4 35.Bxf4 dxc4 36.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Hodge,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Ne4 12.Bxe4 Bxh4 13.Bh7+ Kh8 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Rae1 Bd6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Be7 18.Bc4 Rf8 19.Bb3 Nf6 20.Ne5 Nd5 21.Nc3 Be6 22.Ng6+ fxg6
23.Rxe6 Nf4 24.Ree1 Bb4 25.g3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Qg5 27.Re5 Rf5 28.Qe4 Qg4 29.Kh1 Qh3
30.Re1 Nd5 31.f4 Nf6 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Nd5 34.c4 Nb6 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8
37.Re7 Rd8 38.c5 Nd5 39.Rxb7 Ne3+ 40.Kf2 Ng4+ 41.Ke2 a5 42.d5 a4 43.Bxa4 Rxd5
44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Bb3 Rxc5 46.Bg8+ Kh8 47.Be6+ Kh7 48.Bxg4 Rc2+ 49.Kf3 Rxa2
50.h3 Ra3+ 51.Kf2 c5 52.Rc8 Rc3 53.Rc6 h5 54.Bf3 Rc2+ 55.Be2 Rc3 56.h4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.exf5 exd4 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Nd5 gxf5 14.Re1 Kh8 15.Nxd4 Qg6
16.Be7 Rg8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bf3 Ne4 19.Bh5 Qh6 20.Bf7 Bd7 21.f4 Nac5 22.b4 Ba4
23.Nxf5 Bxd1 24.Nxh6 Bxa1 25.Rxd1 c6 26.Rxa1 Nd3 27.Bxg8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bc5 Bxc5 14.Nxc5 Qb6 15.Nb3 Rd8
16.Qd2 a5 17.a4 Nb4 18.Nbd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qf6 20.Rfd1 Nc6 21.Be2 Qg6 22.Bd3 Qf6
23.Bf1 Qg6 24.Ra3 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Qxc2 26.Rc3 Qh7 27.Re1 Bf5 28.Re7 g5 29.Rcc7 Bg6
30.Rxb7 Qg7 31.Re5 Rac8 32.Rb5 Rc1 33.Rbxd5 Rxd5 34.Qxd5 Qf6 35.Qxa5 Rb1
36.Qc3 Kg7 37.a5 Ra1 38.b4 Ra2 39.Re3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 Nge7 8.Ba2 O-O
9.Be3 Nd4 10.Nd2 b6 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Ne2 d5 13.Re1 Ndc6 14.f4 e5 15.b4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 cxb4 17.axb4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Kh1 exf4 20.Nxf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Nd4
22.Rc1 Nb5 23.Qg4 Bxe4 24.dxe4 Nc3 25.Bb3 Qd4 26.Qf3 Qxb4 27.e5 Kh8 28.Bg3 Qe7
29.Qf4 a5 30.Bh4 Qd7 31.Bf6 Rc6 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qe5+ Rf6 35.Rf1 Qe7
36.Rce1 Rc5 37.Qxf6+ Qxf6 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 39.Rxe6+ Kg7 40.Rxb6 a4 41.Rb7+ Kf8
42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Rb7+ Kf6 44.Rxh7 axb3 45.cxb3 Ne4 46.h3 Rb5 47.Rh4 Ng3+ 48.Kh2 Rxb3
49.Rf4+ Nf5 50.Rf2 Kg5 51.Ra2 Rb5 52.Kg1 Nd4 53.Kh2 Re5 54.Rd2 Ne6 55.Kg3 Re3+
56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Kg1 Nf4 58.Kf2 Kh4 59.Rd4 g5 60.Rd8 Nd3+ 61.Kf3 Nc5+ 62.Ke2 Kg3
63.Rd5 Ne6 64.Re5 Nf4+ 65.Kd2 Rd3+ 66.Kc2 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Nxe4 6.fxe4 Qh4+ 7.Kd2 Qxe4 8.Qe2 Qh4
9.Nc3 d6 10.Kc2 Bf5+ 11.Kb3 c6 12.Be3 b5 13.cxb5 cxd5 14.g3 Qd8 15.Bg2 d4
16.Bxa8 Nd7 17.Bc6 O-O 18.Na4 Be6+ 19.Ka3 dxe3 20.Nf3 d5 21.Qxe3 Qe7+ 22.b4 d4
23.Qg5 Qd6 24.Rac1 Nb6 25.Nd2 f5 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.Nc4 Qc7 28.Rhe1 d3 29.Qe3 Qa7+
30.Kb3 e4 31.g4 Rd8 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rc3 Rd4 34.Rg1 Rxc4 35.Rxg7+ Qxg7 36.Rxc4 Qf7
37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qxb6 Bxc4+ 42.Kc3 Bxa2
43.Qb7 Qxb7 44.Bxb7 e3 45.Bf3 Bb1 46.b6 d2 47.Kd4 Be4 48.Be2 Kf6 49.Kxe3 Ke5
50.Kxd2 h6 51.Ba6 Kd6 52.Bd3 Bg2 53.Ke3 Kc6 54.Kf4 Kxb6 55.Kxf5 Bf3 56.Kg6 h5
57.Kg5 Bd1 58.h4 Kc6 59.Bg6 Kb5 60.Bxh5 Bb3 61.Be8+ Kxb4 62.h5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 Kc8 14.Rd2 b6 15.Ne2 Ng6 16.Rfd1 Be6
17.Ng3 Kb7 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.Rd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8 c6 21.g4 Kc7 22.Rd1 Be7 23.Ne1 Nh4
24.Kh2 g5 25.f4 gxf4 26.Nxf4 Bg5 27.Bc1 c4 28.Nxe6+ fxe6 29.Bxg5 hxg5 30.bxc4 Rf8
31.Kg1 Rf4 32.Rd6 Re4 33.Nd3 Rxc4 34.Rxe6 Rxc2 35.Re7+ Kd8 36.Rxa7 Nf3+ 37.Kf1 Nh2+
38.Ke1 Nf3+ 39.Kf1 Nh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Nbd2 Be7 10.Re1 Nc5 11.c3 d4 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.cxd4 Ncxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Qc2 Qc5
16.Qe4 Rd8 17.Nf3 Qd5 18.Qc2 Bb4 19.Rf1 Bc5 20.Bg5 Qd3 21.Rac1 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 Rd3
23.Rfc1 Bb6 24.Bd2 O-O 25.Kf1 Rfd8 26.Ke2 h6 27.Rc3 R3d5 28.Be3 c5 29.Ra3 a5
30.Rac3 a4 31.b3 Ba5 32.R3c2 axb3 33.axb3 Bb4 34.Ra2 g5 35.h3 Rd3 36.Rb1 Bc3
37.Ra6 R3d5 38.Rb6 b4 39.Rc1 Bxe5 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.Kf3 Rd3 42.g4 Rxb3 43.Kg2 Kg7
44.Rb5 Rexe3 45.fxe3 Rxe3 46.Rh1 b3 47.h4 c4 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Kf2 Re2+ 50.Kxe2 Nd4+
51.Kd2 Nxb5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 h6
9.Bf1 c6 10.Rb1 Nh7 11.b4 Ng5 12.d5 c5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Be3 b6
16.a3 a6 17.Nc3 f5 18.f3 Bf6 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Qa4 g4 21.Qc6 Ra7 22.fxg4 Bh4
23.Re2 f4 24.Bf2 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Nf6 26.h3 Rc7 27.Qa4 Bxg4 28.Qxa6 Bc8 29.Qa4 g5
30.Rb8 g4 31.Nb5 Rd7 32.Qc2 Qh7 33.Be2 gxh3 34.Bf3 Kh8 35.Qc3 Qh4 36.Re2 Qg5
37.Rb6 Rh7 38.Nxd6 Bg4 39.Nf5 Rg8 40.Rb3 Bxf3 41.Qxf3 Ng4 42.Qxh3 f3 43.Rxf3 Qc1+
44.Rf1 Qxc4 45.Qf3 Nh2 46.Qe3 Nxf1 47.Kxf1 Rh1+ 48.Kf2 Rg4 49.g3 Rh2+ 50.Kf3 Qxe2+
51.Qxe2 Rxe2 52.Kxe2 Rxe4+ 53.Kd3 Ra4 54.d6 Kh7 55.Kc3 Ra7 56.Kc4 Kg6 57.g4 Kf6
58.Kxc5 Ke6 59.Kb4 Ra8 60.a4 Rg8 61.Kb5 Rxg4 62.Ne3 Rg3 63.Nc4 e4 64.a5 e3
65.Nxe3 Rxe3 66.Kc6 Ra3 67.d7 Rc3+ 68.Kb7 Kxd7 69.a6 Rb3+ 70.Ka8 Kc7 71.a7 Kb6
72.Kb8 Rh3 73.a8=N+ Kc6 74.Ka7 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 h6
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bd2 f5 11.g3 Ngf6 12.Nh4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nxg6 Rf7 15.Bg4 Nf6
16.Be6 Qe8 17.Bxf7+ Qxf7 18.Nh4 Bh3 19.f4 Ng4 20.fxe5 Qxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Bxf1
22.Rxf1 Bxe5 23.Nf5 e3 24.Bxe3 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Bd4 26.Rf3 Re8 27.Kf2 Bxb2 28.Nf5 h5
29.Rf4 Re5 30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Nf7 Re7 32.Ng5 c6 33.Ne6+ Kg6 34.Rf8 cxd5 35.cxd5 Be5
36.Kf3 a6 37.Ke4 Bc3 38.Rg8+ Kh6 39.Rc8 Be5 40.Rf8 Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kh6 42.h3 b5
43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 b4 45.g5+ Kh7 46.Ra8 Kg6 47.Rxa6 Re8 48.Ra4 Rb8 49.Nd4 Kxg5
50.Nc6 Rh8 51.Rxb4 Rh4+ 52.Kd3 Rh3+ 53.Kc4 Rc3+ 54.Kb5 Rc5+ 55.Kb6 Rxd5 56.a4 Bc3
57.Rb3 Bd2 58.Nb4 Re5 59.a5 Be3+ 60.Kc6 Rxa5 61.Rxe3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.h4 d5 6.c3 b6 7.Bg2 Ba6 8.e5 Qc7 9.O-O Nf5
10.Re1 Be7 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Na3 h6 13.Nc2 O-O-O 14.Rb1 Rdg8 15.b4 g5 16.hxg5 hxg5
17.Bc1 Bb7 18.d4 cxb4 19.cxb4 Kb8 20.a3 f6 21.b5 Na5 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Ne3 Nxe3
24.Bxe3 Nc4 25.Qd3 Qg7 26.a4 Bc8 27.Rbc1 Bd7 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Rxc4 Qh7 30.Qxh7 Rxh7
31.Rc2 Bf6 32.Rec1 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Bf3 Bd7 35.Be2 Be8 36.Kg2 Kb7 37.Bg4 Bd7
38.Kf3 a6 39.bxa6+ Kxa6 40.Kg2 Kb7 41.f4 Rg7 42.fxg5 Bxg5 43.Bxg5 Rxg5 44.Kf3 Rg8
45.Bh5 e5 46.dxe5 Rg5 47.e6 Bxe6 48.Be8 Rf5+ 49.Ke3 Re5+ 50.Kf4 Rf5+ 51.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maiwald,JU"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nge2 b5 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Qd2 e5 12.d5 bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nb6 14.Bb3 c5 15.Na4 Nfd7 16.Nxb6 Nxb6
17.Nc3 Bc8 18.Na4 Bd7 19.Nxb6 Qxb6 20.Bc4 f5 21.Rc3 Rf7 22.Rb1 a5 23.Rb3 Qd8
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Rc1 Kh8 26.Bd3 a4 27.Ra3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 e4 29.fxe4 Qh4 30.Bf2 Qxe4
31.Re1 Qg4 32.h3 Qd7 33.b3 axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nd5 Nb8 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f4 exf4 14.Qh5 f6 15.Nc4 Be6
16.Nxf4 Qe8 17.Qxe8 Rfxe8 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Rf5 b5 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.a4 b4 22.Re1 Rae8
23.g4 Ne7 24.Rff1 d5 25.e5 Kf7 26.exf6 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 gxf6 28.Kf2 h5 29.gxh5 Rh8
30.Bc1 Rxh5 31.Kg3 Nf5+ 32.Kg4 Kg6 33.Rg1 Rh4+ 34.Kf3+ Kf7 35.Rg2 Nd4+ 36.Kg3 Nf5+
37.Kf3 c4 38.dxc4 dxc4 39.Bf4 Nd4+ 40.Kg3 Nf5+ 41.Kf3 cxb3 42.cxb3 Nd4+ 43.Kg3 Rh8
44.Rd2 Rg8+ 45.Kh3 Nxb3 46.Rb2 Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Nbd2 Qxb2 7.Nc4 Qg7 8.Rb1 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Qe2+ Be7 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.Nxc8 Bxg5 13.Bh3 Qc3+ 14.Kf1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Rxb7 Qc6 17.Rxa7 Rxc8 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Kg2 Qb8 20.Rd7 Kg7 21.Qe6 Ne7 22.Rxe7 Bxe7
23.Qxe7 Rc8 24.Re1 Rxc2 25.a3 Rc6 26.Re2 Ra6 27.h4 h5 28.Qc5 Qb6 29.Qxb6 Rxb6
30.Ra2 Rb3 31.a4 Rxd3 32.a5 Rc3 33.a6 d3 34.Kf3 Rc2 35.Ra4 Rc1 36.Ke3 Rd1
37.a7 d4+ 38.Kxd4 d2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bezold,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 Qe7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.b4 O-O 8.O-O e4 9.Nd2 h5
10.a4 Bf5 11.b5 Nbd7 12.Ba3 Rfe8 13.Nb3 Rac8 14.Na5 Ng4 15.Nxb7 Qh4 16.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Qd2 Bd6
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.Bc4 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 O-O 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.d5 Qf6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxf2
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Qe4 Qf7 20.b3 b6 21.Kb2 Rae8 22.Qc6 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Rd8 24.Re3 h6 25.Rc3 Rd2 26.h3 a5 27.g4 Rd7 28.h4 Re7 29.g5 Qf4 30.g6 Qe5
31.h5 Re8 32.a4 Rf8 33.Qxc7 Qxh5 34.Qf7 Rd8 35.Re3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Nh4 Nb8 12.Nf5 Nc6 13.Nc4 Nd4 14.Nce3 Bd6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.f3 b6 19.Rf2 a5 20.Nc4 Qe7 21.a4 Qd7 22.Qc3 Nc6
23.Raf1 Qd4 24.Qe1 Qd7 25.Qc3 Qd4 26.Qe1 Qd7 27.Ne3 Nb4 28.Bc3 Nc6 29.f4 exf4
30.Rxf4 Ne7 31.Qg3 Ng6 32.R4f2 Qd6 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.Rf3 Rd7 35.g4 h6 36.h3 Kh7
37.Kh2 Re8 38.Kg3 Bg8 39.h4 Ne5 40.Bxe5 Rxe5 41.Nc4 Re8 42.g5 fxg5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Rf5 g6 45.Rxg5 Bxc4 46.bxc4 Kg7 47.Rg4 Re5 48.Rgf4 Rg5+ 49.Kf3 Rh5 50.Ke3 Rh2
51.R4f2 Rh3+ 52.Kd2 Rh4 53.Kc3 Re7 54.Rf8 Rh2 55.Rc8 Rh7 56.Rg1 Rh2 57.Rf1 Rh7
58.Rff8 Kh6 59.Kd2 Kg5 60.Rf2 Rh1 61.Rg2+ Kf6 62.Rg8 Rh6 63.Rf2+ Kg5 64.Rf5+ Kg4
65.Kc3 Kh4 66.Rf6 Kg5 67.Rf5+ Kh4 68.Rf6 Kg5 69.Rc6 Rf7 70.Re6 Rd7 71.Rf8 Rh2
72.Re5+ Kg4 73.Rg8 Rh6 74.Re6 Kg5 75.Rf8 Rh2 76.Ref6 Re7 77.Rf1 Rhh7 78.Rg1+ Kh6
79.Rf6 Rhg7 80.Rh1+ Kg5 81.Rf2 Rh7 82.Rg1+ Kh6 83.Rfg2 Re6 84.Rh2+ Kg7 85.Rxh7+ Kxh7
86.Kd2 Re5 87.Rh1+ Kg7 88.Ke3 Rh5 89.Rxh5 gxh5 90.Kf4 Kf6 91.c3 c6 92.d4 cxd4
93.cxd4 Ke7 94.e5 h4 95.d5 b5 96.axb5 cxb5 97.cxb5 a4 98.b6 a3 99.b7 a2 100.b8=Q a1=Q
101.Qb7+ Kf8 102.Qc8+ Kg7 103.Qd7+ Kf8 104.Qd8+ Kg7 105.Qg5+ Kf8 106.Qf6+ Kg8
107.d6 Qd4+ 108.Kf5 Qd3+ 109.Ke6 h3 110.d7 Qc4+ 111.Ke7 Qb4+ 112.Ke8 Qb5
113.Qg6+ Kh8 114.Qh5+ Kg7 115.Qg4+ Kh8 116.Qxh3+ Kg7 117.Qg4+ Kh8 118.Qh4+ Kg7
119.Qf6+ Kg8 120.Qe6+ Kg7 121.Ke7 Qb4+ 122.Qd6 Qc4 123.Qf6+ Kh7 124.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2008-9"]
[Site "Staverton ENG"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "D'Costa,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.Qe2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 a6
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.f4 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5+ Qe7 15.Qd3 O-O-O
16.Nc6 Qc7 17.Nxb4 Nxg4 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.Nc6 Nc5 20.Qe2 h5 21.Nxd8 Qxd8 22.Rhe1 Nd7
23.Ba7 Ndf6 24.Rd4 Qa5 25.Ra4 Qb5 26.Rc4+ Kd7 27.a4 Qa5 28.b4 Qd8 29.Qd3 Be7
30.a5 Ke8 31.Bb6 Qb8 32.Rc7 Nd7 33.Qe4 Nge5 34.fxe5 Bg5+ 35.Kb1 Nxe5 36.Qf5 Bf6
37.Bh3 Kf8 38.c4  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2008-9"]
[Site "Staverton ENG"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Palliser,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Ne8 10.O-O c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Nec7 13.a3 Ne6 14.b4 Nd4 15.Ne2 Nxf3+
16.Rxf3 Nc7 17.h3 Ne6 18.Ra2 f5 19.Bc2 Qxd1+ 20.Bxd1 f4  0-1

[Event "4NCL 2008-9"]
[Site "Staverton ENG"]
[Date "2009.05.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gordon,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nbd7 6.Nc4 e6 7.Be2 Nb6 8.b3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf3 Nfd5 11.Bb2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxc4 13.bxc4 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qc1 Qf4
16.d3 Qxc1 17.Rfxc1 Rb8 18.Rab1 b6 19.Rb3 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.a4 Rfb8 22.Kf1 Kf8
23.a5 Ke7 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra1 g5 26.Ke2 h5 27.h4 gxh4 28.Rh1 Rg8 29.Kf3 Rg4
30.Rhb1 Rg5 31.Rxb6 Rf5+ 32.Ke2 Rxb6 33.Rxb6 Rg5 34.Kf1 Rf5 35.Rb1 Kd6 36.Re1 Rf4
37.Re3 Rg4 38.Rh3 Ke5 39.f3 Rf4 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Rh1 Kg5 42.Kf2 Rf5 43.Re1 Kf4
44.Re4+ Kg5 45.Ke3 e5 46.Ke2 f6 47.Ke3 h3 48.gxh3 Kg6 49.Kf2 Kf7 50.Re1 Ke6
51.Ra1 Kd6 52.Ra6+ Kc7 53.Ra7+ Kd6 54.Rf7 Rf4 55.Rh7 Rf5 56.Rh8 Kd7 57.Rh7+ Kd6
58.Rh6 Kd7 59.Ke3 Kd6 60.Rh8 Kc6 61.Rc8+ Kd6 62.Kf2 Rf4 63.Kg3 Rf5 64.h4 Rf4
65.c3 Rf5 66.Rd8+ Kc6 67.d4 exd4 68.f4  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 c6
9.Nc4 Bc7 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.g3 d5 12.Ne3 h6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.c4 Ne7 15.g4 d4 16.Nf5 Bxf5
17.exf5 e4 18.dxe4 d3 19.Qc3 O-O 20.Bc2 dxc2 21.Qxc2 c5 22.e5 Nd7 23.O-O-O Nxe5
24.Bxh6 Qb8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Ng5 Ng8 27.Qc3 Nf6 28.Kb1 Nc6 29.Rd7 Nd4 30.Ne6+ Nxe6
31.g5 Nxg5 32.Rg1 Bf4 33.h4 Qe5 34.Rxg5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Ng4
17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.c6 bxc6 19.dxc6 Bh3 20.Rf2 Nh5 21.Nd5 a5 22.b4 Nf6 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6
24.b5 Rf8 25.Rc1 d5 26.exd5 Qxd5 27.Nc5 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 Be7 29.Rf2 Rfd8 30.Ne4 Ba3
31.Re1 Rdb8 32.g4 Be7 33.Bg5 Bxg5 34.Nxg5 Bxg4 35.Rxe5 Re8 36.Nf3 Bxf3 37.Rxe8+ Rxe8
38.Rxf3 a4 39.Rf4 Rb8 40.Rxa4 Rxb5 41.Ra7 Kf7 42.Rxc7+ Ke6 43.Rxh7 Rb1+ 44.Kf2 Rb2+
45.Ke3 Rxa2 46.Kf4 Rc2 47.c7 Kf6 48.h4 Rc4+ 49.Ke3 Ke6 50.Kd3 Rc1 51.Kd4 Rc2
52.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.c3 d4 9.Ng5 Nh6
10.Bf3 dxc3 11.bxc3 Nd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4+ 13.Rf2 Qxa1 14.Rb2 Nf5 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.Nge4 Nxf3+
17.gxf3 b6 18.Qc2 O-O 19.Rb1 Qxb1 20.Qxb1 Rd8 21.Kg2 h6 22.Be3 Be6 23.Nf2 f6
24.Ne2 Kh7 25.d4 Bc4 26.Qc2 cxd4 27.Nxd4 Rac8 28.Qa4 fxe5 29.fxe5 a5 30.Nc6 b5
31.Qxa5 Rd7 32.Qa6 Rf8 33.f4 g5 34.fxg5 Bd5+ 35.Kg1 hxg5 36.Nb4 Bf3 37.Qxb5 Rdd8
38.h3 Rf5 39.Nbd3 Be2 40.Qb1 Kh8 41.Nc1 Rxe5 42.Nxe2 Rxe3 43.Qb6  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Werle,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 a5 15.Rac1 b6 16.b4 axb4
17.Nxb4 Bb7 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Nc5 20.Rcd1 Nce6 21.Nd5 Rf8 22.Bd3 f4 23.gxf4 exf4
24.Nxf4 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Ne6 26.Be3 Bg5 27.f4 Bxf4 28.Rxf4 Qg5+ 29.Kh1 Rxf4 30.c5 Qh5
31.Bxf4 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Nxf4 33.Bf1 Qg4+ 34.Kh1 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 bxc5 36.Re1 Qg4+
37.Kh1 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Rf8 39.a4 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Qf3+ 41.Kg1 Nh3+ 42.Bxh3 Qxh3 43.a5 c4
44.Qe2 Qc3 45.Rd1 Qxa5 46.Qxc4+ Kg7 47.Qd4+ Rf6 48.Kh1 Qb5 49.Qc3 Qe2 50.Re1 Qg4
51.Re3 Qd1+ 52.Re1 Qg4 53.Qd3 Qh4 54.Re3 Re6 55.Re2 Re5 56.Qc3 Qf6 57.Qh3 Rh5
58.Qd7+ Kh6 59.Rg2 Qf1+ 60.Rg1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Rhe1 Nc7 12.h3 h6 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Nd4 Bh7 15.Ne4 O-O-O
16.Bg3 Ne6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.d4 Kd7 20.Bg4 Bf5 21.d5 Bxg4 22.dxe6+ Ke7
23.hxg4 h5 24.gxh5 Rxh5 25.Rd3 Ra5 26.a3 Rf5 27.b3 Be5 28.Kd2 Bxg3 29.Rxg3 Rxf2+
30.Ke3 Rf5 31.Rxg7+ Kxe6 32.Rxb7 Re5+ 33.Kd2 Rg8 34.Rxe5+ Kxe5 35.Re7+ Kd4
36.Re2 a5 37.a4 d5 38.Rf2 Rg3 39.Kc1 c5 40.Rd2+ Ke4 41.Re2+ Kd4 42.Rd2+ Ke4
43.Kb2 d4 44.Rf2 Kd5 45.Kc1 c4 46.bxc4+ Kxc4 47.Kb2 Rg4 48.Rd2 Rg3 49.Re2 Rg4
50.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be3 c5
9.O-O b6 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.b4 Rc8 13.Nf3 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 Nc5
16.Qb1 Nfd7 17.Nd5 Bc6 18.Nxb6 Nxb6 19.Rxb6 Nxa4 20.Rb4 Nc5 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Qc2 Ra8
23.Rfb1 Ra3 24.Be2 Qa8 25.Bf3 Be5 26.Nb5 Ra2 27.Qd1 Bc6 28.Nc7 Qa7 29.Nd5 Rc8
30.Bg4 e6 31.Rb6 Kg7 32.f4 Ba4 33.Qf3 Ba1 34.Kh2 Bd7 35.Rxd6 Kf8 36.Nb6 Qc7
37.Bxc5  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 Nbd7 8.g3 d4
9.Nb1 h5 10.h4 Be7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Bh3 Kb8 14.Nf3 e5 15.Bd2 Ka8
16.b4 g6 17.Ng5 Rdf8 18.f4 Bd6 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Nb6 21.O-O Qe7 22.Rf2 Ne8
23.Bh3 f6 24.Ne6 Rfg8 25.Kh2 Na4 26.Raf1 a6 27.Qd1 Bb8 28.Qb1 b5 29.Qb3 Ba7
30.Rf3 Bb6 31.c3 dxc3 32.Bxc3 Nxc3 33.Qxc3 Qd6 34.a4 Rh7 35.Nc5 Ra7 36.Rf5 a5
37.Qb3 Rh8 38.axb5 cxb5 39.d4 Qxd4 40.Qe6 Nd6 41.Rxf6 Rd8 42.Rf8 Rb7 43.Nxb7 Kxb7
44.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 a5 14.a3 Be7 15.Rc1 b6 16.b4 axb4
17.axb4 Ba6 18.Nb5 Nf6 19.Nf2 Bxb5 20.cxb5 f4 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Nfh5 23.Bd2 Bg5
24.Nh3 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Qh4 26.Kg2 Re7 27.Rc4 Qf6 28.Rfc1 Ra7 29.R1c2 Ne8 30.f4 Neg7
31.R2c3 h6 32.Rf3 Qa1 33.Bd3 Ra2 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Bxc2 Qf6 36.Qf2 Kh7 37.Bb1 Qa1
38.Qc2 Qd4 39.Qc3 Qxc3 40.Rxc3 Nf6 41.Kf3 Nge8 42.Rc1 Kg7 43.Rg1 Kf7 44.Bd3 Nd7
45.Ke3 Nef6 46.Kd4 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Nxg5+ Ke8 49.Rf1 Rg7 50.h4 Rg8 51.Rc1 Rh8
52.Nf3 Kd8 53.Rg1 Ke7 54.Be2 Rh5 55.Ke3 Rh8 56.Nd4 Kf7 57.h5 Ra8 58.Ne6 Ra3+
59.Kf4 Ne8 60.h6 Ndf6 61.h7 Nxh7 62.Bh5+ Ke7 63.Bxe8 Kxe8 64.Rg8+ Ke7 65.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Werle,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.h3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Ng3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne8 14.Nd2 Nd6 15.Nc4 Nxc4
16.bxc4 Ne7 17.O-O Qd6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Ba3 Qf6 20.Rfd1 g6 21.Nf1 Qe6 22.Nh2 h5
23.Nf3 Kg7 24.Ra2 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Ng8 26.Rd2 Nf6 27.Ng5 Qc6 28.Qf3 Re8 29.Kh2 b5
30.cxb5 axb5 31.g3 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Qxc5 33.Kg2 Qe7 34.Qe3 c6 35.h4 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Qxd8
37.Qa7 Qd7 38.Qxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Be3 Ng6 12.Rad1+ Ke8 13.a3 Be7 14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.Nd4 c5
16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Ne2 b6 18.Ng3 Ne6 19.Ne4 Kf8 20.f4 c6 21.Ndc3 g6 22.Nd6 Kg7
23.Nce4 h5 24.f5 gxf5 25.Nxf5+ Kg6 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Nd6 f6 29.exf6+ Bxf6
30.Nxc8 Raxc8 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Rd6 Rhf8 33.Bd2 Rcd8 34.Rfxf6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.h3 c6
9.Nf1 Ng6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.O-O d5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.exd5 cxd5
16.d4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 e4 18.Bxd5 exf3 19.Qxf3 Nf4 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Kf1 Re6 22.Bd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Bc7 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qg2 Rxb2 26.Ne4 Qf5 27.Nc5 Rb1+ 28.Rxb1 Qxb1+
29.Ke2 Qc2+ 30.Ke3 Qxc3+ 31.Nd3 Bf4+ 32.Kxf4 Qxd3 33.Qa8+ Kf7 34.Qxa7+ Kf6
35.f3 h5 36.h4 Qd2+ 37.Kg3 g5 38.hxg5+ Qxg5+ 39.Kh3 Qf5+ 40.Kg3 Qg5+ 41.Kh3 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Lauber,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.O-O dxe4 8.Nxe4 Ngf6
9.d4 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bg5 Be7
16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.Bf3 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bh4 Bd6 21.Bg3 Qc5 22.Rxd6 Rxd6
23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Qe3 a6 26.Qd4 h6 27.b4 Re8 28.a4 Rc8 29.g3 Qe7
30.Qb6 Rc7 31.Kg2 Ne8 32.b5 axb5 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.axb5 Kf8 35.Qa7 Qc5 36.b6 Re7
37.Rd5 Qb4 38.Rf5 Nd6 39.Rd5 Ne8 40.Rf5 Nd6 41.Qa5 Qxa5 42.Rxa5 Nc4 43.Rb5 Re5
44.Rxe5 Nxe5 45.Bxb7 Nc4 46.h4 Nxb6 47.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Efimov,Ig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 d5 4.Be2 Nf6 5.e5 Ng8 6.c3 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be3 e6 9.Nbd2 Nf5
10.Bf2 h5 11.O-O Be7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h4 14.a3 a5 15.d4 Qb6 16.Bd3 g6 17.c4 Ng3
18.Bxg3 hxg3 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Kh1 Qxb2 21.Rb1 Qxa3 22.Rxb7 c4 23.Bc2 Nb4 24.e6 O-O-O
25.Rxe7 Nxc2 26.Rxf7 Rxh3+ 27.gxh3 g2+ 28.Kxg2 Ne3+ 29.Kg3 Nxd1 30.Rxd1 c3
31.Rd3 Qb4 32.Ne1 Qc4 33.Re3 c2 34.e7 Re8 35.Rf8 Kd7 36.Nf3 Rxe7 37.Ne5+ Rxe5
38.fxe5 c1=Q 39.e6+ Ke7 40.Rf7+ Ke8  0-1

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.b3 g6 17.Bb2 Nh5 18.Bf1 Nf4 19.c4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 exd4 21.g3 Ne6 22.Nxd4 Nec5
23.Raa1 a5 24.Bc3 Qb6 25.Rad1 Na6 26.N4f3 Nb4 27.Qb2 Rad8 28.e5 dxe5 29.Ne4 c5
30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.Bxe5 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nd3 34.Qc2 Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe1 O-O 8.Qh4 c4
9.Kh1 cxd3 10.cxd3 Bg4 11.Nc3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qb6 13.Bd1 Qa6 14.Rf3 Rfc8 15.Rh3 h5
16.f5 Ne5 17.Bg5 Kf8 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Bb3 Nxd3 20.Rf3  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8
9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.Rad1 a6 12.f3 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 Nxe4 15.Nxd5 Nef6
16.Nc7 Rxe3 17.Nxa8 Nd5 18.Bc4 N7f6 19.f5 Bd7 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Qc5 Qxa8 22.Qxd5 Be8
23.f6 Bf8 24.Kh1 Qb8 25.Qg5 Re4 26.Rfe1 h6 27.Qg3 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qd8 29.Nf5 Kh7
30.Ne7 h5 31.Qe5 Bb5 32.b3 Qd2 33.a4 Bd3 34.Rg1 Bc2 35.h3 Qb4 36.Rc1 Qxb3
37.Kh2 Bh6 38.Rf1 Qd3 39.Qb8 Bd2 40.Qf8  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shengelia,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.h3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nb1 Qb6 7.Qe2 h6 8.d3 Ng5 9.Nh2 Ne6
10.c3 g5 11.g3 d4 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.O-O Bg7 14.Nf3 h5 15.Nxg5 Nxe5 16.Na3 dxc3
17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.bxc3 Rd8 19.Rb1 Qa5 20.d4 Nd7 21.Rxb7 Qxc3 22.Bb2 Qa5 23.d5 cxd5
24.Bxg7 Rg8 25.Qb2 Rxg7 26.Qxg7 Qxa3 27.f4 Qc5+ 28.Kh2 d4 29.Re1 Rc8 30.Re5 Qc2
31.Rxh5 Nf8 32.Rh8  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Kh8 11.Nd3 Ng8 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.b4 b6 14.a4 Ba6 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.axb5 f5
17.f3 Ngf6 18.exf5 gxf5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Ra3 f4 21.Bf2 Nb6 22.Qc2 Nfd7 23.Ne1 e4
24.fxe4 Ne5 25.Nf3 Ng4 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.Re1 Rf7 29.Bf3 Rg8 30.Qd3 Qg5
31.Ra2 Qg7 32.Kf1 Re7 33.h3 Qf6 34.Re4 Qg6 35.Qe2 Qg5 36.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Johannessen,LE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.Ng1 Qe7 11.Nge2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxf4 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rae1 Ne5
16.b3 b6 17.Nce2 a5 18.c3 Ba6 19.d4 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Nd7 21.e5 Nf8 22.c4 Rac8
23.dxc5 Qxe5 24.Rf3 bxc5 25.Nd3 Qe4 26.Bf2 Ne6 27.Re3 Qf5 28.Ng3 Qg5 29.Ne4 Qf5
30.Rf3 Nd4 31.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1 Qh5 33.Ndxc5 Qh4 34.Ref1 f5 35.Rf4 Qe7 36.Nxa6 fxe4
37.Rxe4 Qd6 38.Rxd4 Qxd4 39.Qxg6+ Qg7 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Nc5 Rf8 42.Rg1 Qf6 43.Qe1 Rfe8
44.Qxa5 Re2 45.Nd7 Qg7 46.Qf5 Rce8 47.a4 R2e7 48.Nc5 Re1 49.Nd3 R1e3 50.Nf4 Qg5
51.Qf7 Qg7 52.Qh5 Qg5 53.Qf7 Qg7 54.Qf5 Qg5 55.Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mitkov,N1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 Nxc4 8.dxc4 d6
9.b3 Be6 10.h3 c6 11.f4 exf4 12.Nxf4 Nd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rae8
16.Qf2 a6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Nce2 Bc8 19.Nd4 Rg8 20.Kh1 Bf8 21.Bc1 f6 22.Ba3 g6
23.Nf3 Rg7 24.Bb2 Kg8 25.Nd3 Rf7 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Qg3 Rd8 28.Nd4 Bg7 29.Ba3 Qe8
30.Nf4 b6 31.Nde2 Bf8 32.Qf2 Rb7 33.Rd2 Nf7 34.Ng3 Bg7 35.Bb2 Ne5 36.Rfd1 Qe7
37.a5 b5 38.c5 Rbd7 39.cxd6 Rxd6 40.Bd4 R6d7 41.Be3 Bf8 42.Rxd7 Rxd7 43.Rxd7 Bxd7
44.Bb6 Be8 45.Qd4 Bf7 46.Bd8 Qd7 47.Nge2 c5 48.Qxd7 Nxd7 49.Nc3 c4 50.Ncd5 cxb3
51.cxb3 Bxd5 52.exd5 Nc5 53.Ne6 Nxb3 54.Nc7 Nxa5 55.Nxa6 Nc4 56.Nc7 b4 57.Bxf6 b3
58.Nb5 b2 59.Bxb2 Nxb2 60.g3 Nc4 61.Nc3 Ne3 62.Kg1 Bb4 63.Kf2 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qg3 Qg6
9.Bd3 a5 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.f3 Ba6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.Nf4 Bd4
16.Nd3 c5 17.c3 Bf6 18.O-O-O a4 19.Kc2 g5 20.h3 Be7 21.Nf2 Nf8 22.Ng4 Ne6
23.Ne3 f6 24.Nc4 Kf7 25.Be1 Nf4 26.Rd2 g6 27.Bg3 Nh5 28.Bh2 Ng7 29.Bg3 Nh5
30.Bh2 Ng7 31.Re1 Rb8 32.Rdd1 Rba8 33.Rd2 Rb8 34.Ra1 Rba8 35.Rc1 Rb8 36.Bg3 Nh5
37.Bh2 Ng7 38.Rg1 Rh8 39.Rf1 Rh7 40.Rd3 Rh8 41.Rdd1 Ne6 42.Rh1 Ng7 43.Rhe1 Rha8
44.Bg1 Ne6 45.Rd2 Rh8 46.Be3 Bf8 47.Rh1 Bg7 48.Rd5 Ke7 49.Rh2 Raa8 50.Rh1 Ra6
51.Rd2 Raa8 52.Re1 Ra6 53.Bf2 Raa8 54.Bg3 Ra6 55.Ne3 Kf7 56.Rd5 Bf8 57.Rdd1 Bg7
58.Rh1 Raa8 59.Rh2 Ra6 60.Rdh1 Raa8 61.h4 gxh4 62.Rxh4 Rxh4 63.Rxh4 Ra7 64.Rh1 Ra8
65.Bf2 Nf8 66.Be1 Ra7 67.Bd2 Ne6 68.Bc1 Ra8 69.Bd2 Rd8 70.Bc1 Re8 71.Rh4 Ra8
72.Kd3 Ra6 73.g3 Nf8 74.f4 Nd7 75.Rh2 Ra7 76.Bd2 Rb7 77.Be1 Bf8 78.g4 Kg7
79.Bg3 c6 80.f5 g5 81.Rd2 Nb6 82.Ke2 Rd7 83.b3 d5 84.c4 axb3 85.axb3 dxe4
86.Rxd7+ Nxd7 87.Bc7 Kf7 88.Nd1 Ke8 89.Nc3 Be7 90.Nxe4 Bd8 91.Nd6+ Ke7 92.Nc8+ Ke8
93.Nd6+ Ke7 94.Nc8+ Ke8 95.Bg3 Nb6 96.Nd6+ Kf8 97.Nb7 Ke8 98.Nxc5 Be7 99.Ne4 Kd8
100.Be1 Nd7 101.Bc3 c5 102.Bb2 Ke8 103.Kf2 Kd8 104.Kg2 Ke8 105.Kh3 Kf7 106.Kg3 Ke8
107.Bc3 Kd8 108.Kh3 Kc7 109.Bb2 Kc6 110.Nc3 Nb6 111.Kg3 Bd8 112.Kf3 Be7 113.Ke3 Bd8
114.Kd3 Be7 115.Ke4 Bd8 116.Nd5 Nd7 117.Bc3 Kd6 118.Be1 Kc6 119.Bg3 Nf8 120.Kd3 Nd7
121.Kc2 Nf8 122.Be1 Nd7 123.Bg3 Nf8 124.Kb2 Nd7 125.Ka3 Ba5 126.Ne7+ Kb6
127.Bd6 Ka6 128.Nd5 Bd8 129.Bg3 Ba5 130.Ka4 Bd2 131.Bc7 Bc1 132.Bd8 Bb2 133.b4 Bd4
134.b5+ Kb7 135.Kb3 Be5 136.Kc2 Bd4 137.Kb3 Be5 138.Be7 Bd4 139.Bd6 Bf2 140.Kc2 Ka7
141.Kd3 Kb7 142.Ke4 Bd4 143.Be7 Be5 144.Ne3 Bf4 145.Ng2 Bg3 146.Kd5 Bf2 147.Ke6 Ne5
148.Bxf6 Nxc4 149.Bxg5 Na3 150.f6 Bd4 151.f7 Bg7 152.Bf6 Bf8 153.Be7 Bg7
154.Bxc5 Nxb5 155.f8=Q Nc7+ 156.Kf7 Bxf8 157.Bxf8 Kc6 158.Nf4 Kd7 159.g5 Nb5
160.g6 Nd4 161.g7 Nf5 162.g8=Q Nh6+ 163.Bxh6  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 c6 10.Rb1 Bg4 11.d5 c5 12.Be2 Kh8 13.a3 Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.Bg5 Ng8 16.Nb5 f6
17.Bh4 Qe7 18.Nd2 Nh6 19.Nf1 Rfc8 20.Ne3 Nc7 21.bxc5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 Rxc5 23.f3 Rac8
24.Bd3 Qf8 25.Bf2 f5 26.a4 R5c7 27.h3 Bf6 28.Qd2 Bg5 29.a5 fxe4 30.fxe4 Nf7
31.axb6 axb6 32.Qe2 Rb7 33.Nc4 Qd8 34.Rf1 Kg7 35.Kh1 Be8 36.Qb2 Nh6 37.Bxb6 Qe7
38.Qf2 Rcb8 39.Rb3 Ng8 40.Be2 Nf6 41.Bf3 Rxb6 42.Nxb6 Qc7 43.h4 Bh6 44.Na4 Rxb5
45.Be2 Rxb3 46.Qxf6+ Kg8 47.Nc5 Rg3 48.Ne6 Qf7 49.Qxf7+ Bxf7 50.Rb1 Be8 51.Bf3 Kf7
52.Rb7+ Kf6 53.Rxh7 Bf4 54.Nxf4 exf4 55.e5+ dxe5 56.d6 e4 57.Bxe4 Re3 58.Bd5 Kf5
59.Kh2 Re5 60.Bf3 Kf6 61.d7  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.c3 Be6 8.Bb3 Bxb3
9.axb3 Nbd7 10.b4 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 b5 12.Bd2 bxa4 13.Qxa4 c5 14.b5 d5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Qc2 c4 17.Nxe5 Qxd5 18.d4 Ne4+ 19.Kg1 Rfe8 20.Nf3 Qxb5 21.h4 Qb3 22.Qb1 Nd5
23.Rh3 h6 24.Qc1 Qb6 25.Ra4 Rab8 26.Ra2 Qb3 27.Qa1 Rb6 28.Kh2 Ndf6 29.Be1 Ng4+
30.Kg1 Nef6 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Rg3 Ndf6 33.Bd2 Rd6 34.Ra3 Qb6+ 35.Kh1 Nf2+ 36.Kh2 N6g4+  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Qd6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Qxc6+ bxc6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 Rb8 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxc3 14.dxc3 c5 15.O-O-O Rb6
16.c4 Rd6 17.Rd5 Bb7 18.Rxd6 Bxg2 19.Rdd1 Bxh1 20.Rxh1 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Kf8
23.Kd2 Ke8 24.Ke3 Kd7 25.g4 f6 26.Ke4 Ke6 27.h3 f5+ 28.Kf4 Kf6 29.g5+ Ke6
30.e4 fxe4 31.Kxe4 Kd6 32.f4 e6 33.h4 a6 34.a3 a5 35.Kf3 e5 36.Ke4 exf4 37.Kxf4 Ke6
38.Ke4 Kd6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 Be6 12.Be7 Bxd5 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.exd5 dxc5 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Rac1 Bf8 20.Ne5 Qb6 21.Qf3 Qd6 22.g4 Bh6
23.Rc2 Re8 24.Rce2 Rf8 25.Nc4 Qxd5 26.Qxf6 Bg7 27.Qh4 Qxc4 28.Re8 Qd5 29.Rxf8+ Bxf8
30.Re8 Kg7 31.g5 Qd6 32.Kf1 b5 33.Ke1 c4 34.Qe4 c5 35.h4 c3 36.bxc3 dxc3
37.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 38.Rxe5 a5 39.Kd1 a4 40.a3 b4 41.Kc2 h6 42.Rd5 hxg5 43.hxg5 Kh7
44.Rd7 Bg7 45.Rxf7 b3+ 46.Kb1 Kg8 47.Ra7 Bd4 48.Rxa4 Kf7 49.Ra6 Be5 50.Ra4 Ke6
51.Rh4 Kd5 52.a4 c4 53.Rh1 c2+ 54.Kc1 c3 55.Rh4 Bd6  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.c4 Qc6
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 O-O 11.Qf3 Nb8 12.Rb1 a5 13.bxa5 Qxf3 14.Nxf3 Rxa5 15.Be2 Nbd7
16.O-O b6 17.Bd2 Ra4 18.Bb4 Nc5 19.Rfd1 Bb7 20.Ne5 Ba8 21.f3 Rb8 22.Rd2 Ne8
23.Nd7 Rb7 24.Rbd1 g5 25.Nxc5 bxc5 26.Bc3 Rb8 27.Be5 Rc8 28.Rd7 Bf6 29.Nd6 Bc6
30.Nxc8 Bxd7 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.Nb6 Ra7 33.a4 Kf8 34.Nxd7+ Nxd7 35.Ra1 Ke7 36.Kf2 Ne5
37.Ke3 Nc6 38.Kd3 Rb7 39.Kc3 Na5 40.Bd3 Rb3+ 41.Kc2 h5 42.g3 g4 43.f4 f5
44.Re1 Kd6 45.Rd1 Kc7 46.Re1 Rb6 47.Kc3 Nb3 48.Bc2 Nd4 49.Ra1 Rb8 50.Bd1 Rh8
51.Kd2 h4 52.Ra3 Kb6 53.a5+ Ka6 54.Ke1 hxg3 55.hxg3 Rh1+ 56.Kd2 Rg1 57.Ba4 Rg2+
58.Ke1 Kxa5 59.Bc6+ Kb4 60.Ra4+ Kb3 61.Bxg2 Kxa4 62.Bb7 Kb4 63.Ba6 Ka5 64.Bc8 Kb6
65.Kd2 Kc7 66.Ba6 Nc6 67.Bb5 Na7 68.Ba4 Nc8 69.Ke3 Nd6 70.Kf2 Kd8 71.Bc2 Ke7
72.Bd3 Kd7 73.Kg2 Kc6 74.Bf1 Kb6 75.Kf2 Ne4+ 76.Kg2 Ka5 77.Bd3 Nd6 78.Kf2 Kb4
79.Bb1 Kc3 80.Kg2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c6 15.a4 Qc7
16.Be3 Rad8 17.Qc1 h6 18.b3 Qb8 19.Rb1 Qc8 20.Qb2 Qc7 21.Rbd1 Bc8 22.c4 bxc4
23.bxc4 exd4 24.Bxd4 c5 25.Bc3 Bb7 26.Nf5 Re6 27.Nd2 Rde8 28.f3 Nh5 29.Nf1 Ne5
30.N1e3 Rg6 31.Kh1 Nf4 32.Qc1 Qc8 33.Ng4 Nxg2 34.Kxg2 h5 35.Kf2 Nxf3 36.Nfh6+ Kh7
37.Kxf3 f5 38.Kg3 fxg4 39.e5 h4+ 40.Kxh4 Be7+ 41.Kg3 Rf8 42.Rf1 gxh6 43.Qb1 h5
44.Bxg6+ Kh6 45.Bxh5 Rg8 46.Bd2+  1-0

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Von Bahr,O"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 c6
16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bb1 c5 20.d5 Nb6 21.Nh2 c4 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.hxg4 Rc8 24.Rc1 a5 25.Nf1 Ba6 26.Qe3 Rb8 27.Nd2 Qd8 28.g5 Bf8 29.g3 cxb3
30.axb3 Bc8 31.Bd3 Bd7 32.Kg2 Ra8 33.Ra1 a4 34.Bb4 Be7 35.f4 exf4 36.gxf4 Bf8
37.Qg3 axb3 38.Nxb3 Qc7 39.Nd4 Nc4 40.Qh4 Rxa1 41.Rxa1 Ne3+ 42.Kf3 Ng4 43.Rg1 h5
44.gxh6 Be7 45.Qh1 Nf6 46.f5 Kh8 47.fxg6 fxg6 48.Rxg6 Rf8 49.Ke2 Ng4 50.Nf5 Bxf5
51.exf5 Ne5 52.Qe4 Bf6 53.Bxb5 Qb8 54.c4 Qa7 55.Bd2 Rf7 56.Qg2 Nxg6 57.fxg6 Re7+
58.Kf3 Qa3+ 59.Kg4 Qd3 60.g7+ Kg8 61.Bf4 Qg6+ 62.Kf3 Qd3+ 63.Kg4 Re2 64.Qf3 Qg6+
65.Kh3 Re1 66.Bd7 Kh7 67.Be6 Rxe6 68.dxe6 Qf5+ 69.Qg4 Qd3+ 70.Bg3 Kg8 71.Qh5 Qf1+
72.Kh2 Be7 73.Qf7+ Qxf7 74.exf7+ Kxf7 75.Bf2 Bf6 76.Be3 Bc3 77.Kg3 Kg8 78.Kg4 Kf7
79.Kf5 Bb4  0-1

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shimanov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.N2f3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.c4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.g3 Bd6
16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rac1 b6 18.a3 a5 19.Be4 g6 20.Qe3 O-O 21.Qh6 f5 22.Ng5 Bc8
23.Bg2 Qg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Bc6 Be7 26.Nf3 g5 27.Ne5 Kf6 28.Nd7+ Bxd7 29.Bxd7 Bc5
30.Kg2 e5 31.Rd5 Rf7 32.Bc6 Rxd5 33.Bxd5 Rd7 34.Rc2 g4 35.h3 h5 36.hxg4 hxg4
37.Re2 Rh7 38.Re1 Bd4 39.b4 Ra7 40.Re2 axb4 41.axb4 Ra4 42.c5 bxc5 43.bxc5 Bxc5
44.Rc2 Ra5 45.Ra2 Rb5 46.Bc4 Rb4 47.Be2 Kg5 48.Rc2 Bd4 49.Ra2 Rb3 50.Rd2 Bb6
51.Bd1 Rb1 52.Be2 f4 53.gxf4+ exf4 54.Rd5+ Kh4 55.Rd7 f3+ 56.Bxf3 gxf3+ 57.Kxf3 Rb2
58.Ke4 Re2+ 59.Kd3 Rxf2 60.Rg7 Bd8 61.Ke3 Rf8 62.Rg2 Bg5+ 63.Ke4 Kh5 64.Rc2 Kg6
65.Rc6+ Bf6 66.Rc5 Re8+ 67.Kf4 Rh8 68.Ke4 Rh4+ 69.Kd3 Rd4+ 70.Ke3 Rd6 71.Ke4 Kf7
72.Kf5 Be7 73.Re5 Rh6 74.Ke4 Bd6 75.Rg5 Ke6 76.Rg4 Be5 77.Rg8 Rh4+ 78.Kd3 Kd5
79.Rd8+ Bd6 80.Re8 Rh1 81.Re2 Bc5 82.Rc2 Rh3+ 83.Ke2 Bd4 84.Rd2 Ke4 85.Rc2 Bc3
86.Kd1 Rd3+ 87.Ke2 Re3+ 88.Kf2 Kf4 89.Kf1 Rh3 90.Ke2 Bd4 91.Rd2 Ke4 92.Rc2 Bc3
93.Kd1 Kd3 94.Rd2+ Kc4 95.Re2 Kb3 96.Re4 Rh2 97.Re3 Rf2 98.Rd3 Kc4 99.Re3 Kd4
100.Re2 Rf1+ 101.Kc2 Ra1 102.Re8 Ra2+ 103.Kd1 Kd3 104.Rd8+ Bd4 105.Rc8 Rb2
106.Rc7 Rb8 107.Rc2 Rb1+ 108.Rc1 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berczes,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Bg5 Kh8 11.a3 Rg8 12.Ne1 Qf8 13.Nd3 Ne8 14.Kh1 f6 15.Be3 Nb6 16.Nb5 f5
17.f3 Nd7 18.b4 b6 19.g4 Qe7 20.a4 a5 21.bxa5 bxa5 22.Rab1 f4 23.Bf2 Bf6
24.Rg1 Kg7 25.Qc3 Rh8 26.Rg2 h6 27.Qa3 Ba6 28.Qc3 Qd8 29.Be1 Bc8 30.Bf2 g5
31.Nxd6 Nxd6 32.Nxc5 Nf8 33.Nd3 h5 34.gxh5 Nf7 35.Rb6 Bh3 36.Rg1 Nd7 37.Rb7 Qc8
38.Rb3 Rxh5 39.Rgb1 Qh8 40.Bg1 Qh7 41.Nf2 Rh8 42.R3b2 Bf5 43.Kg2 Rxh2+ 44.Bxh2 Qxh2+
45.Kf1 Bh3+ 46.Nxh3 Rxh3 47.Ke1 Nc5  0-1

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bd6 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.Bb2 Qe7
16.e3 c5 17.Nd3 Rac8 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Rd2 Qe7 22.Nb2 Bc7
23.Rcd1 Ba5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Bc7 26.Nc4 Be5 27.Rd3 Bd4 28.Bf3 Bf6 29.Bd5 Bd4
30.e4 Rxd5 31.exd5 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.f3 Qxd5 34.Rd2 Re8 35.Re2 Rxe2+ 36.Qxe2 Kf8
37.Nd2 g6 38.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2009.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov,Sergey1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 c6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.b3 Nfd7 13.Qc2 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Bxd4 15.Rad1 Qf6
16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Rxd4 Nb6 18.Ne2 Be6 19.Nf4 Qc5 20.Rfd1 Bxc4 21.Rxd6 Qe5 22.a4 Ba6
23.h4 Qg7 24.R6d4 Qe5 25.Rd6 Kg7 26.h5 Nc4 27.R6d4 Nb6 28.Rd6 Nc4 29.R6d4 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Yuneev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g4 d5 7.Bb5 Ne7 8.exd5 exd5
9.Qe2 Qd6 10.Be3 h5 11.gxh5 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Ne4 Qe5 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Nc5 Qf5
16.Rhg1 Qxh5 17.Qd3 d4 18.Rg5 Qf3 19.Bd2 Qxd3 20.Nxd3 Rxh2 21.Bc4 g6 22.Bxf7 Bh6
23.Rg4 Bxd2+ 24.Rxd2 Rd6 25.b4 Rh5 26.Re2 a5 27.a3 axb4 28.axb4 Rf6 29.Bb3 Nd5
30.Re8+ Kd7 31.Re1 Nc3 32.Kb2 b6 33.Reg1 Rh6 34.Rg5 Ne4 35.R5g2 Kd6 36.Bc4 Nd2
37.Bb5 Nf3 38.Rd1 Nce5 39.Kb3 Nxd3 40.cxd3 Rh5 41.Ba6 Ne5 42.Bb7 Rh7 43.Be4 Rc7
44.Ka4 Rc2 45.Kb5 Rcxf2 46.Rg5 Rb2 47.Ra1 Nf7 48.Rxg6 Rxg6 49.Bxg6 Ne5 50.Be4 Rb3
51.Rh1 Nxd3 52.Kc4 Rxb4+ 53.Kxd3 Ke5 54.Rh5+ Kd6 55.Rg5 Ke6 56.Bd5+ Kd6 57.Bc4 Kc6
58.Rg6+ Kc5 59.Rg8 Kc6 60.Rg5 Kd6 61.Bg8 Kc6 62.Ke4 Kd6 63.Rg3 Kc5 64.Rg6 Ra4
65.Rg5+ Kc6 66.Bf7 Rb4 67.Bh5 Kd6 68.Be2 Kc6 69.Bd3 Kd6 70.Rg8 Kc6 71.Ke5 Ra4
72.Rc8+ Kb7 73.Rc1 Rb4 74.Kd6 Rb3 75.Rc7+ Kb8 76.Be4 Rh3 77.Rg7 Rh6+ 78.Kd7 Rh8
79.Kc6 Re8 80.Kxb6 d3 81.Bc6  1-0

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Nd5 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Bd2 O-O-O 15.O-O-O N7b6
16.Qb3 Kb8 17.Kb1 f6 18.Ne2 f5 19.f3 Qf7 20.Ba5 f4 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.exf4 b5 24.Rhe1 Re8 25.Re4 Bd6 26.Rde1 Bxf4 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Qxe6 Qxe6
29.Rxe6 Rd8 30.Re4 Bxg5 31.Rg4 Bf6 32.Rxg6 Rxd4 33.Kc2 Rc4+ 34.Kb1 Rc5 35.Rg4 Re5
36.Re4 Rd5 37.Kc2 Bxb2 38.f4 Bf6 39.Re8+ Rd8 40.Rxd8+ Bxd8 41.Be4 Bc7 42.Bf5 Bxf4
43.Bg4 Bg5 44.Bf5 Kc7 45.Bg4 Kb6 46.Bc8 Be7 47.Bg4 c5 48.Bf3 Ka6 49.Be4 Bf6
50.Bf3 b6 51.Bc6 Ka5 52.Kb3 Be7 53.Bd7 Bh4 54.Bc6 Be1 55.Bd7 Bb4 56.Bc6 c4+
57.Kc2 Ka4 58.Bd7 Be7 59.Bc6 Ka5 60.Bd7 b4 61.Bc6 b5 62.Bd7 Ka4 63.Bc6 Bf6
64.Bd7 g5 65.Bc6 b3+ 66.axb3+ cxb3+ 67.Kb1 Kb4 68.Bd7 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Grandelius,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.axb5 Bd5 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qd1 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bg5 Be7
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qd6 Be7 19.Qc7 Na6 20.Qa5 Bc6 21.Rc1 O-O 22.Nbd2 Qb7
23.Qc3 Nb4 24.Nb3 Bd5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Qxc5 Na2 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Qd4 h6 29.Ne1 Bxg2
30.Nxg2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Nxc1 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qd1 Qc6 34.Ne3 b4 35.f3 Qc5 36.Kf2 b3
37.Qd7 Qe5 38.Qd2 Qc5 39.Qd7 Qe5 40.Qd2 Qc5 41.f4 g6 42.h4 h5 43.Qd7 Kg7
44.Qa4 Qb6 45.Qc4 Na2 46.Qd3 Kg8 47.Kf1 Qb7 48.Kf2 Qb6 49.Qc4 Kg7 50.Kf3 Qb7+
51.Qe4 Qb6 52.Qe5+ Kg8 53.Nc4 Qc6+ 54.Qe4 Qc5 55.Ne5 Qg1 56.Qc6 Qf1+ 57.Ke3 Qg1+
58.Kd2 Qd4+ 59.Nd3 Kg7 60.Qb5 Qd5 61.Qxd5 exd5 62.Ke3 Kf6 63.Kd4 Kf5 64.Kxd5 Kg4
65.Kc4 Kxg3 66.Kxb3 Kxh4 67.Kxa2 Kg3 68.b4 h4 69.Ne1 h3 70.Nf3 Kxf4 71.b5 h2
72.Nxh2 Ke5 73.Kb3 Kd6 74.Kc4 g5 75.e4  1-0

[Event "39th Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Nh4 Be6
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Be3 Na6 12.Nf3 Qa5 13.Nd4 Rfc8 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.h3 Be8
16.Bd4 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4+ Kg8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Rc7 21.Na4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Rac8
23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Nb5 Rc2 25.Nd4 Rc8 26.Nc3 Nb6 27.e3 Na4 28.Nxa4 Bxa4 29.Ra1 Rc5
30.a3 Nc7 31.b3 Bd7 32.Kf1 Nb5 33.Ne2 Nc3 34.Nd4 Nb5 35.Ne2 Nc7 36.Rc1 Rxc1+
37.Nxc1 Nb5 38.a4 Nc3 39.Ne2 Na2 40.Ke1 a5 41.Kd2 Kf8 42.Nd4 Ke8 43.Nc2 Kd8
44.Na3 Kc7 45.Nc4 b6 46.h4 h6 47.e4 f6 48.f4 e5 49.Ne3 exf4 50.gxf4 g5 51.fxg5 fxg5
52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Nc4 Nb4 54.e5 dxe5 55.Nxe5 Kd6 56.Nf7+ Kc5 57.Nxg5 Nxd5 58.Bxd5 Kxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mah,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Bh4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qxd5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 b6 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Rac1 e6 15.Ba6 Na5
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Bf8 19.h3 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8
22.Ne5 Kg7 23.Kh2 f6 24.Nd3 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Nxc6 26.f3 Kf7 27.Kg1 Be7 28.Kf1 Ke8
29.Ke2 Kd7 30.g4 b5 31.Be1 a5 32.Kd1 Bd6 33.Bh4 f5 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Ke2 a4
36.Be1 Kc7 37.Nc1 Kb6 38.Kd3 b4 39.e4 Kb5 40.Bd2 Na5 41.Ne2 Nc4 42.Bc1 a3
43.Kc2 Na5 44.Kd3 fxe4+ 45.fxe4 e5 46.Bg5 Kc6 47.Nc1 exd4 48.Bf6 Bc5 49.Bxd4 Bxd4
50.Kxd4 Kd6 51.e5+ Ke6 52.Kc5 b3 53.axb3 a2 54.Nxa2 Nxb3+ 55.Kc4 Nd2+ 56.Kd3 Nf3
57.Ke3 Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Sunningdale ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rowson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nd5 O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2 Qd7 11.O-O Nh5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.b4 Rae8 14.b5 Nd8 15.Bxd8 Rxd8
16.Nb4 Rb8 17.Qe3 Bh3 18.Rab1 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 c6 20.Qxa7 cxb5 21.cxb5 Qxb5 22.Qe3 Rbc8
23.Rfc1 Nf6 24.Nc3 Qa5 25.Ne4 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 d5 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Qc2 Be7 29.a3 Bc5
30.f3 Rd8 31.Qb3 Qb6 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Rc2 Rd7 34.Qa4 Rf7 35.Qb3 Rd7 36.Re2 Kg7
37.Nc2 Re7 38.a4 b6 39.Qb2 Qf6 40.Qc3 Qd6 41.Qb3 Kf8 42.Qb2 Kg8 43.Qa2 Rf7
44.Ne3 Rd7 45.Ng4 Bd4 46.Qd2 h5 47.Nf2 Bxf2 48.Rxf2 Qf6 49.Qe3 Ra7 50.Qc1 h4
51.Qc8+ Kg7 52.Rc2 Rf7 53.Qg4 h3+ 54.Kxh3 Qxf3 55.Qxf3 Rxf3 56.Rd2 Kh6 57.Kg4 Re3
58.Rd1 Re2 59.Rb1 Rxh2 60.Rxb6 Rd2 61.Re6 Rxd3 62.Rxe5 Rd4+ 63.Kf3 Rxa4 64.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Muenchen GER"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh5 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Nd2 Be7 15.Bg2 O-O
16.Nc4 Bd8 17.Nb6 Bxb6 18.Qxb6 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Ne8 20.f4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 f6 22.h3 Rc8
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.f4 Bg6 26.Kh2 Qd7 27.Bd2 exf4 28.Bxf4 Nf6 29.Qd4 Nh5
30.Bd2 Qe7 31.e5 dxe5 32.d6 exd4 33.dxe7 b6 34.Bd5+ Kh8 35.Bg5 Be8 36.b4 h6
37.Bd2 Nf6 38.Bb7 Bb5 39.Kg3 Kg8 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.Ke5 d3 42.a4 Bxa4 43.Bxa6 Kxe7
44.Bxd3 Nd7+ 45.Kf4 g5+ 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.Be2 Bd7 48.h4 gxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Muenchen GER"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bezold,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 c6 8.f4 Na6 9.O-O Bd7
10.Qd2 Rb8 11.b3 Nc7 12.Bb2 Ng4 13.h3 Nh6 14.Kh2 Nf7 15.Rae1 b5 16.e4 fxe4
17.Bxe4 b4 18.Nd1 Bf6 19.d4 Ne6 20.Ne3 exf4 21.gxf4 Re8 22.Ng4 Bh4 23.Ng3 Nf8
24.d5 c5 25.Re3 Bxg4 26.hxg4 Nh6 27.Kh3 Bxg3 28.Kxg3 Ng6 29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Rfe1 Qd7
31.Re6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Re8 33.f5 gxf5 34.Qg5 f4+ 35.Kf2 Nxg4+  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Javakhishvili,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 e5
9.d5 a5 10.h3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Na6 12.e4 Bd7 13.a4 Nc5 14.Nd3 b6 15.Kh2 Ne8 16.f4 exf4
17.Bxf4 Bc8 18.Re1 Ba6 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Nd6
24.Qf2 Bd3 25.Qxc5 Rxb2 26.Re3 Bf5 27.Ra2 Rxa2 28.Nxa2 Qg5 29.Qc1 Bd7 30.Rc3 Qf6
31.Rf3 Qe5 32.Qc7 Bxa4 33.Qxa5 Bd7 34.Nb4 Rc8 35.Qa7 Bb5 36.Nc6 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Nf5
38.Qd7 Rc7 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Rxf5 gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ajrapetjan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 b6 11.Ne4 c5 12.c3 h6 13.Re1 Be6 14.g4 Ne7 15.Ng3 Rd8 16.Nh4 Rd3
17.Ng2 Ng6 18.Kh2 Rf3 19.Nh5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Bd6 21.Bf4 Rxf4 22.Rxe6+ fxe6 23.Ngxf4 g6
24.Kg2 gxh5 25.Nxh5 Kf7 26.Rd1 a5 27.a4 Ke7 28.Ng3 Rf8 29.Ne4 Be5 30.b3 Rb8
31.Kf3 Bd6 32.Ke3 Rf8 33.f3 Bf4+ 34.Ke2 Rg8 35.h4 Rb8 36.Kd3 Rf8 37.Ke2 Rb8
38.Kd3 Rf8 39.Rf1 Rd8+ 40.Kc2 Rf8 41.Re1 Rd8 42.Re2 Rf8 43.Rf2 Be3 44.Rf1 Bf4
45.Kd3 Rd8+ 46.Ke2 Rb8 47.Ra1 Rd8 48.Ra2 Rb8 49.h5 Rd8 50.Nf2 Rf8 51.Nd3 Rf7
52.Ra1 Rf8 53.Rd1 Rf7 54.Kf2 Rf8 55.Ke2 Rf7 56.Rh1 Rf8 57.Ra1 Rf7 58.Ra2 Rf8
59.Kf2 Bg5 60.Ne5 Kd6 61.Ng6 Rf7 62.Re2 Bf6 63.Rd2+ Kc6 64.c4 Bc3 65.Rd8 Bf6
66.Ke2 Rg7 67.Rf8 Bc3 68.Kd3 Ba1 69.Ke4 Kb7 70.Ne5 Rg5 71.Nf7 Rg7 72.Nd8+ Ka7
73.Nxe6 Rd7 74.f4 Rd1 75.Nxc7 Re1+ 76.Kd5 Kb7 77.Nb5 Rd1+ 78.Ke4  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Bg6 11.h3 Ne4 12.Bf4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be4 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Rec1 c5
16.a4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rc8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.e3 Bd5 21.Qb5 Rc7 22.Nh2 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Qd5+ 24.Nf3 Rfc8 25.Rcb1 h5 26.Qd3 cxd4 27.cxd4 a6 28.Rb3 Rc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1
30.Rb2 Qc6 31.Qb3 Ra1 32.Rc2 Qxa4 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Qd3+ g6 35.Rc7 Kg7 36.e4 Rd1
37.Qe3 Qb5 38.g4 Qf1+ 39.Kg3 Rd3 40.Rc1 Rxe3 41.Rxf1 Rxe4 42.Rd1 hxg4 43.hxg4 g5
44.Rb1 Bxd4 45.Rxb7 Be5+ 46.Kg2 Bf4 47.Rd7 Kf6 48.Ng1 a5 49.Kf3 Rb4 50.Ne2 Be5
51.Ra7 a4 52.Ra5 Bc7 53.Ra6 Bb6 54.Ng3 Ke5 55.Nh5 Rb3+ 56.Kg2 a3 57.Ra4 Bd4
58.Ng3 Kd5 59.Ne2 Bc5 60.f4 Re3 61.Kf1 Rf3+ 62.Ke1 gxf4 63.Kd2 e5 64.Nc3+ Rxc3
65.Kxc3 f3 66.Kd3 e4+ 67.Rxe4 f2 68.Rf4 a2  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 b6 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.a3 h6 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Rd2 g5 15.Bh2 Be7 16.g4 Ng7
17.Nd4 Rd8 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.Bg3 h5 20.Nde2 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Ne6 22.f3 Rh8 23.Kg2 Rh6
24.Nd1 Bc5 25.Nec3 hxg4 26.hxg4 b5 27.Ne4 Bb6 28.Nf6+ Kf8 29.c3 Rh8 30.b4 Kg7
31.Rd3 Kg6 32.Ne3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Rd8 34.Ne4 c5 35.Nxc5 Rd2+ 36.Kf1 Bd5 37.Nxe6 fxe6
38.f4 Bc4+ 39.Ke1 Ra2 40.Rf3 gxf4 41.Bxf4 Rxa3 42.Rh3 a5 43.bxa5 Rxa5 44.Rh6+ Kg7
45.Rf6 Ra2 46.Bh6+ Kh7 47.Bd2 c6 48.Rf7+ Kg6 49.Rf6+ Kh7 50.Rf7+ Kg6 51.Rf6+ Kg7
52.Bh6+ Kh7 53.Bd2 Bd5 54.Rf7+ Kg6 55.Rf6+ Kh7 56.Rf7+ Kg6 57.Rf6+ Kg7 58.Bh6+ Kh7
59.Bf8 Rg2 60.Rf7+ Kg8 61.Rf4 Bc4 62.Bd6 Rc2 63.Rf8+ Kh7 64.Rc8 Rxc3 65.Rxc6 Rg3
66.Rc7+ Kg6 67.Rc8 Kg5 68.Rg8+ Kf4 69.g5 Bd3 70.Kf2 Rf3+ 71.Ke1 Re3+ 72.Kd2 Rg3
73.Be7 Bf5 74.Rd8 Rg2+ 75.Kc3 Kxe5 76.Kb4 Rb2+ 77.Kc5 Rb1 78.Bf6+ Kf4 79.Rd4+ Kf3
80.Rb4 Rd1 81.Rxb5 Rd5+ 82.Kb4 Rxb5+ 83.Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bf5 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O h6 8.d3 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Rc1 a5 11.a3 Re8 12.Rc2 Bf8 13.Qa1 Qb6 14.h3 Rad8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Nd7 17.Bb2 Nb8 18.c5 Qb5 19.Rfc1 Nd7 20.e4 Bg6 21.Bf1 Qa6 22.b4 Ra8
23.Bc3 Qa7 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qb2 axb4 26.axb4 Qa6 27.b5 Qxb5 28.Qxb5 cxb5 29.Bd4 Ra3
30.Rb2 Ra4 31.Nf3 b4 32.Be3 Nb8 33.d4 Nc6 34.Bb5 Ra3 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Rxb4 f6
37.Rb6 Rc8 38.g4 Bd3 39.Ne1 Bb5 40.Nc2 Ra4 41.Rb1 Bd3 42.R1b2 Be4 43.Kf1 Bf3
44.Ne1 Be4 45.f3 Bg6 46.Nc2 Be7 47.Nb4 Be8 48.Ra2 Rxa2 49.Nxa2 Bd8 50.Ra6 Rb8
51.Bf4 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Rb5 53.Bd2 Bc7 54.Ra7 Bb8 55.Ra8 Kf7 56.Nb4 Rb7 57.Na6 Bg3
58.Nb4 Bb8 59.Ra6 Bf4 60.Rb6 Re7+ 61.Kd3 Bc7 62.Ra6 g5 63.Kc3 Re6 64.Kb3 Bg3
65.Kc2 Bf2 66.Bc3 Bg3 67.Bd2 Bf2 68.Kd3 Bg3 69.Nc2 Bf2 70.Be3 Bg3 71.Kd2 Re7
72.Nb4 Re6 73.Nd3 Re7 74.Bf2 Bc7 75.Kd1 Bh2 76.Nb4 Re6 77.Nc2 Bf4 78.Be1 Bh2
79.Bd2 Bg1 80.Ra3 Re7 81.Be3 Bh2 82.Ra2 Bg3 83.Ra3 Bh2 84.Ke2 Bg3 85.Kf1 Rb7
86.Ra2 Re7 87.Kg2 Bc7 88.Bf2 Bf4 89.Nb4 Re6 90.Nd3 Bc7 91.Bg3 Re3 92.Ra3 Bxg3
93.Kxg3 Re2 94.Nf2 Rd2 95.Rd3 Rxd3 96.Nxd3 Ke7 97.f4 Bg6 98.Nf2 Kd7 99.h4 gxh4+
100.Kxh4 Kc7 101.Nh1 Kd7 102.Ng3 Ke7 103.Nf1 Bd3 104.Ne3 Kf7 105.Kh5 Kg7
106.Ng2 Bg6+ 107.Kh4 Kf8 108.Ne3 Be4 109.Nd1 Kf7 110.Nc3 Bd3 111.Na4 Kg7
112.Nb6 Bg6 113.Nc8 Be8 114.Nd6 Bd7 115.Kh5 Kh7 116.Nb7 Be8+ 117.Kh4 Kg7
118.Na5 Bd7 119.Kh5 Be8+ 120.Kh4 Bd7 121.Nb3 Kh7 122.Nd2 Kg7 123.Nf1 Be8
124.Ng3 Bd7 125.Nf1 Be8 126.Nh2 Bg6 127.g5 hxg5+ 128.fxg5 Bc2 129.Ng4 fxg5+
130.Kxg5 Kf7 131.Ne5+ Ke6 132.Nxc6 Be4 133.Ne5 Bh1 134.Nd3 Kd7 135.Kf6 Kc6
136.Ke5 Kb5 137.Nf4 Kc6 138.Ng6 Kd7 139.Kf6 Bg2 140.Ne5+ Kc7 141.Ke6 Be4
142.Nf7 Kc6 143.Nd6 Bg2 144.Nf5 Kb5 145.Ke5 Bh3 146.Ne7 Bg2 147.c6 Bh3 148.c7  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.O-O Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Re8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Re1 Bc6 13.e5 Rxe5 14.Rxe5 dxe5 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Nc4 Qd5 17.Qe2 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rd1 Qe6 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Kf8 22.Rd7 Rc8
23.Na5 Ke8 24.Rd2 Bg5 25.Re2 f6 26.Nxc6 Kd7 27.Na5 Rb8 28.g3 Rb5 29.Nc4 Rd5
30.Kf1 Kc6 31.Ke1 Kc5 32.Na5 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Re4 Kb6 35.Nc4+ Kc6 36.Ke2 Kd7
37.Ne3 Rb5 38.b4 Bxe3 39.fxe3 Rb6 40.a4 Rb8 41.Kf3 c6 42.Rc4 Kd6 43.Rc5 Rh8
44.Ra5 h4 45.gxh4 Rxh4 46.Ke2 e4 47.Kf2 Rh2+ 48.Kg3 Rc2 49.Kf4 Rxc3 50.Rxa7 Rb3
51.Rb7 Ra3 52.a5 c5 53.bxc5+ Kxc5 54.Ra7 Ra4 55.Kf5 Kd6 56.a6 Ra5+ 57.Kxe4 Ke6
58.Ra8 Kf7 59.Kd4 Kg7 60.Kc4 Kf7 61.Kb4 Ra1 62.Kb5 Rb1+ 63.Kc5 Rc1+ 64.Kb6 Rb1+
65.Ka7 Rb3 66.Rb8 Rxe3 67.Rb5 Kg6 68.Kb6 Re6+ 69.Ka5 Re7 70.Kb4 Re4+ 71.Kc5 Re5+
72.Kb6 Re6+ 73.Ka5 Re7 74.Rb7 Re5+ 75.Kb4 Re4+ 76.Kc5 Re5+ 77.Kd6 Ra5 78.a7 f5
79.Kc7 Ra1 80.Kb6 f4 81.Rb8 Kf5 82.a8=Q Rxa8 83.Rxa8 Ke4 84.Ra4+ Ke3 85.Ra3+ Ke2
86.Kc5 f3 87.Kd4 f2 88.Ra2+ Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bd7
9.Rb1 a6 10.Ba4 Rb8 11.Qc1 h6 12.Bh4 Ne7 13.Bxf6 Bxa4 14.Nh4 Bd7 15.f4 gxf6
16.fxe5 Kh7 17.exf6 Ng6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Ne5 20.d4 Nd7 21.Qe3 Rg8 22.Rbf1 Rg6
23.Rh5 Rxf6 24.e5 dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Re8 8.Bg5 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.f3 a5 14.b3 Nd7 15.Be3 Nc5
16.Rab1 e6 17.Rfd1 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Bf1 Be5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Bd4 Qe7
23.Re1 Rad8 24.Rbd1 b6 25.f4 Bxd4+ 26.Qxd4+ Qg7 27.Qxd6 Rb8 28.Qxb6 Ne4 29.Qd4 a4
30.Re3 axb3 31.axb3 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Red8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Re1 Rb8 35.Rb1 Rb4
36.Bd3 Nc3 37.Rb2 Na4 38.Ra2 Nc5 39.Bc2 Nxb3 40.Bxb3 Rxb3 41.Rc2 Kg7 42.c5 Rb7
43.c6 Rc7 44.Kf2 Kf7 45.Ke3 Ke7 46.Kd4 Kd8 47.Ke5 Re7+ 48.Kf6 Re4 49.c7+ Kc8
50.g3 Re1 51.Kg7 Re7+ 52.Kh6 Rd7 53.Ra2 Rxc7 54.Ra8+ Kd7 55.Kxh7 Rc6 56.Rg8 Ke7
57.Rxg6 Rc2 58.Ra6 Kf7 59.Kh6  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa3 20.f4 Rxd6 21.Qc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Nd3
23.Rcc7 Rf8 24.e5 Rd5 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Bc5 Rc3 27.Bxf8 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Bxf8 29.Rxa7 Kg7
30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Rc7 Bb6 32.Rc6 Bd4 33.Kf3 Ba7 34.Rc7 Bb6 35.Rc6 Ba7 36.Rc2 Bb6
37.Ke4 Bd8 38.Kd4 Be7 39.f3 Ba3 40.Kc4 Kf8 41.Kb5 Ke8 42.Kc6 Bf8 43.Ra2 h5
44.Ra4 Bg7 45.Kc5 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Ke8 47.Ra8+ Ke7 48.Kd4 Bh6 49.Ke4 Bg7 50.Rg8 Bf8
51.h3 Bh6 52.Ke3 Bf8 53.Kd4 Bh6 54.Ke4 Bf8 55.f5 exf5+ 56.Kd5 Bh6 57.Rb8 Bg5
58.Rb7+ Kf8 59.e6 fxe6+ 60.Kxe6 Kg8 61.Rb4 Bd2 62.Rc4 Kg7 63.Rc7+ Kh6 64.Kf6 h4
65.Rc8 Bg5+ 66.Kf7 Be3 67.Re8 Bd2 68.Re2 Bc1 69.Rg2 Bg5 70.Rg1 Kh5 71.Kg7 Bh6+
72.Kf6  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Morrison,G SCO"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Qf2 Nc8 13.Bg2 Be7 14.f5 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.O-O Bd8 17.Kh1 Bb6 18.Ng3 f6 19.g5 h5 20.Bf3 h4 21.Nh5 fxg5 22.Rg1 Bxe3
23.Qxe3  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Singleton,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nd5 Rd6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxf6+ Rxf6 13.Nf3 Re6 14.Rd1 Re8 15.O-O Bg4
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Re7 18.Rd5 c6 19.Rd2 Nc5 20.Rfd1 a5 21.Rd8+ Re8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.g3 Ra6 24.Bg2 Rb6 25.Rd2 Rb4 26.Rc2 Ne6 27.b3 a4 28.bxa4 Rxa4 29.Rb2 Nc5
30.Rc2 Rb4 31.f3 Ne6 32.Bf1 Nd4 33.Rc3 Rb2 34.f4 Rxa2 35.c5 Kf8 36.fxe5 Ke7
37.h4 Rb2 38.Bc4 h6 39.Kf1 Ne6 40.Rf3 Rc2 41.Bxe6 Kxe6 42.Rb3 Rxc5 43.Rxb7 Rc2
44.Rc7 h5 45.Ke1 c5 46.Kd1 Rc3 47.Kd2 Rxg3 48.Rxc5 Rh3 49.Ra5 Rxh4 50.Kd3 Rh1
51.Kd4 Rd1+ 52.Ke3 g5 53.Kf3 Rd3+ 54.Kf2 h4 55.Ke2 Rg3 56.Kf2 g4 57.Rb5 Rf3+
58.Ke2 h3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rfd1 Kc8 14.a4 a5 15.Rd2 c5 16.Nb5 Be6
17.c4 Ng6 18.Kh2 Be7 19.g3 Kb7 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.Ne1 Bg5 22.Rd3 Bf5 23.Rf3 Be6
24.Rfd3 Bf5 25.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Chuchelov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.f3 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.Qf2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nc5 Qc7
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qg3 Rab8 18.Qh3 Kf7 19.f4 Qa5 20.Bc1 exf4 21.Ka1 g5 22.g3 g4
23.Qh6 f3 24.h3 Rg8 25.hxg4 Rxg4 26.Qe3 Qe5 27.Qxf3 Rxg3 28.Qf2 Rg7 29.Qa7 Rgg8
30.Rdf1 h5 31.Bf4 Ra8 32.Qxa8 Rxa8 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Rxh5 Bd6 35.Rh6 Be7 36.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Werle,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nc4 Ne7
9.h3 Ng6 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 c6 13.Bb3 d5 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Kh2 Rae8
16.g3 Kh8 17.Be3 h6 18.Nf3 Nh7 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Qe3 b5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qc5 Rd8
23.Rad1 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 f5 25.c4 bxc4 26.dxc4 d4 27.Nxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.Qxe5 Ng5
30.Rd3 Ne4 31.f3 Ng5 32.Kg2 Nf7 33.Qe1 Qc7 34.Qf2 Qc5 35.f4 b6 36.a3 Qc6+
37.Qf3 Qf6 38.Qf2 Qc6+ 39.Kh2 Qc5 40.Ba2 Qe7 41.Bb1 Rd6 42.Rd2 Re6 43.Bxf5 Re3
44.Bd3 Qf6 45.Qf1 Nd6 46.Qd1 Ne4 47.Bxe4 Rxe4 48.b3 Qe7 49.Kg2 Re1 50.Qf3 Re3
51.Qa8+ Kh7 52.Rf2 Rxb3 53.Qd5 Qxa3 54.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dgebuadze,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O h6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.b4 b6 12.Qa4 Nd8 13.Rfe1 Ng4 14.Nf1 Bb7 15.N3d2 a6
16.Qc2 Ne6 17.a4 Rad8 18.a5 b5 19.Bxe6 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qxe6 21.Nb3 Qc6 22.Nc5 Bc8
23.Rd3 Bf6 24.Rad1 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Be7 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 c6 28.Rd3 f5 29.Nd2 Kf7
30.Kf1 Ke8 31.Ke2 Rf6 32.Rh3 Bf8 33.Re3 f4 34.Rd3 Bd6 35.Nf3 Ke7 36.h3 g5
37.Rd1 Bc7 38.Nd3 Re6 39.Nc5 Rf6 40.Nd3 Re6 41.Nc5 Rg6 42.Nd3 Kf6 43.Ndxe5 Bxe5
44.Rd8 g4 45.Rf8+ Kg7 46.Nxe5 f3+ 47.gxf3 gxh3 48.Rxc8 h2 49.Rc7+ Kg8 50.Nxg6 h1=Q
51.Ne7+ Kf8 52.Nf5 Qc1 53.Rxc6 h5 54.e5 Qc2+ 55.Ke3 Qc1+ 56.Ke4 Qc2+ 57.Kf4 Qd2+
58.Ke4 Qc2+ 59.Kf4 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Sunningdale ENG"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rc1 e6 11.Bh6 Rd8 12.h4 cxd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.h5 Nc6 17.h6+ Kg8 18.Rc4 Bd7 19.Kd2 Be8 20.Ke3 f6 21.Be2 g5 22.Rd1 Kf8
23.g4 Bg6 24.Rc5 Ne7 25.Rc7 b6 26.Ba6 Rd6 27.Rdc1 Rad8 28.Bb5 Ra8 29.Rb7 a6
30.Bd3 Rdd8 31.Rxb6 Bf7 32.Rc7 Ng8 33.Nd2 Nxh6 34.f3 a5 35.Nb3 Rdb8 36.Rxb8+ Rxb8
37.Nxa5 Ra8 38.Rc5 Ng8 39.Bc4 Ne7 40.Nb7 Ng6 41.Nd6 Ra3+ 42.Bb3 Nf4 43.Kd2 Bg6
44.Nb5 Ra6 45.a4 h5 46.gxh5 Bxh5 47.Bd1 Ke7 48.Kc3 Kd8 49.d5 exd5 50.exd5 Bf7
51.Bb3 f5 52.d6 Bg6 53.Kd4 g4 54.Ke3 Ng2+ 55.Kf2 Nf4 56.Kg3 Nd3 57.Rc3 Ne5
58.f4 Nd7 59.Kh4 Be8 60.Kg5 Nb6 61.Nc7 Ra7 62.Nxe8 Kxe8 63.Kxf5 Kd7 64.Rd3 g3
65.Be6+ Kc6 66.d7 g2 67.Rd6+ Kxd6 68.d8=Q+ Nd7 69.Bxd7 g1=Q 70.Be6+ Kc6 71.Qd5+ Kb6
72.Qb5+ Kc7 73.Qe5+ Kb6 74.Qb8+ Kc6 75.Qb5+ Kc7 76.Qc4+ Kd6 77.Qd5+ Ke7 78.Qe5 Qb6
79.Qg7+ Kd6 80.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Sunningdale ENG"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wells,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.a3 Nd7 7.g3 g6 8.d3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 b5 14.Nd1 a5 15.Rb1 c5 16.Ne3 Kh7
17.h4 f5 18.c3 Rc8 19.Rfe1 d4 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Nf1 Nc5 22.Nh2 Nb3 23.Qd1 a4
24.Nf3 Nc6 25.Re2 Qf6 26.Qe1 Nc5 27.Qd1 fxe4 28.dxe4 Nb3 29.Ne1 Nxd2 30.Qxd2 Qd8
31.Nd3 Na5 32.e5 Nb3 33.Qb4 Qd7 34.Be4 Bf8 35.Qe1 Kg7 36.Nf4 Rc5 37.Rd1 Rec8
38.Bxg6 Rc1 39.Kh2 Rxd1 40.Qxd1 Rc1 41.Qd3 Nc5 42.Nh5+ Kh8 43.Qf3 Qe7 44.Nf4 Kg8
45.Nd3 Nxd3 46.Bxd3 Rc5 47.Qe4  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Sunningdale ENG"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Parker,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Qe2 c5 14.Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bc6
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Bf4 Rbd8 18.Qd3 Nh5 19.Bc1 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Bf4 Qe6 22.b3 Nd7
23.Nd5 Ne5 24.Qd2 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Kf8 27.Red1 Ke7 28.Bf1 h6 29.c3 g5
30.Be3 Nc6 31.Rc1 a5 32.f3 Rg8 33.Kf2 Bf6 34.Be2 b6 35.Ke1 h5 36.Kd2 h4 37.Rg1 hxg3
38.Rxg3 Ne5 39.Kc2 Rh8 40.Rd1 Rh7 41.Rdg1 Rdh8 42.Bf1 Rh5 43.Bd2 Kd8 44.Kd1 Kc7
45.Ke2 Ng6 46.Bxg5 Bxc3 47.Be3 d5 48.Rg5 dxe4 49.fxe4 Bd4 50.Rxh5 Rxh5 51.Rg5 Rh4
52.Bxd4 cxd4 53.Kd3 Nf4+ 54.Kc4 Ne6 55.Rf5 Kd6 56.e5+ Ke7 57.Rf3 d3+ 58.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Nf1 Ba7
9.Ng3 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.d4 Re8 14.Qd3 d5 15.Nxe5 dxe4
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.Rae1 a5 19.Re2 Rad8 20.Rfe1 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5
23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Qd5 26.Qxd5 Rxd5 27.g3 Rd2 28.Re5 Rxb2
29.Rxa5 Rc2 30.Rc5 Rxa2 31.Rxc7 h5 32.h4 g6 33.Re7 Rc2 34.Re3 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Kg7
36.f4 Kf6 37.Kf2 Rd1 38.Ke2 Rd5 39.Rd3 Rc5 40.Ke3 Rc4 41.Kd2 Ke6 42.Rd4 Rc8
43.c4 f6 44.Kc3 Kf5 45.Rd6 Kg4 46.Rd3  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nc3 a4 10.Nd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bd8 12.c5 dxc5 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Nbd6 Be6
16.Bxc5 Nfd7 17.Ba3 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qf6 19.Nxb7 Be7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qd6 Qf6 22.Rc3 Ra6
23.Qa3 Rc6 24.Nba5 Ra6 25.Be2 Ra7 26.Qb4 h5 27.Ne3 Bxa2 28.Qxa4 Qb6 29.b4 Be6
30.Kf2 Na6 31.Bxa6 Qxa6 32.Rc6 Nb6 33.Qc2 Qb5 34.Rb1 Nd7 35.Rc3 Raa8 36.Rb2 Rfb8
37.Nc6 Re8 38.Na5 Reb8 39.Nc6 Re8 40.Qe2 Qb6 41.Qd1 Bh3 42.Ke2 Qb7 43.b5 Nb6
44.Rbc2 Ra4 45.Rd3 Nd7 46.Rb2 Rea8 47.Qc2 Be6 48.Nd5 Kh7 49.Rd1 Ra3 50.Kf2 g6
51.Kg2 Nb6 52.Nxb6 Qxb6 53.Qf2 Qc7 54.Qd2 Ra2 55.Rdb1 Bc4 56.Qc2 Bxb5 57.Rxa2 Bd3
58.Qb3 Rxa2+ 59.Qxa2 Bxb1 60.Qd5 Qb7 61.Nxe5 Qb2+ 62.Kh3 Ba2 63.Nc4 Qf6 64.Kg2 Kg7
65.Qc5 Bxc4 66.Qxc4 Qb2+ 67.Kh3 g5 68.Qd5 g4+ 69.fxg4 hxg4+ 70.Kxg4 Qxh2
71.Qg5+ Kf8 72.Kf5 Qf2+ 73.Qf4 Qc5+ 74.Qe5 Qf2+ 75.Qf4 Qc5+ 76.Qe5 Qf2+ 77.Kg5 Qe3+
78.Qf4 Qb6 79.Kh4 Qd8+ 80.Qg5 Qd4 81.Qh6+ Kg8 82.Qg5+ Kf8 83.Qd5 Qf6+ 84.Kg4 Qg6+
85.Qg5 Qxe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rad1 Kc8 14.Rd2 c5 15.Rfd1 Be6
16.Ne2 Ng6 17.h4 Be7 18.h5 Nf8 19.Nh2 g6 20.Nf4 Bg5 21.Nxe6 Nxe6 22.Rd7 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Ng4 Bg5 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.g3 a5 27.f4 Be7 28.Nxh6 a4 29.Ng8 Bf8
30.Kg2 c4 31.bxc4 a3 32.Bc1 Ra4 33.Be3 Rxc4 34.Rd2 Rb4 35.Kf3 Rb2 36.c3 b5
37.g4 b4 38.cxb4 Bxb4 39.Re2 c5 40.f5 gxf5 41.gxf5 Nd4+ 42.Bxd4 cxd4 43.e6 d3
44.Re4 d2 45.Rd4 Rb3+ 46.Kf4 Rh3 47.e7 Rh4+ 48.Ke3 Rxd4 49.e8=Q+ Kc7 50.Qf7+ Kb6
51.Qf6+ Rd6 52.Qxd6+ Bxd6 53.Kxd2 Kc5 54.Nf6 Be7 55.Ng4 Kd4 56.Kc2 Ke4 57.f6 Bf8
58.Kb3 Kf5 59.Ne3+ Kxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Meszaros,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.c3 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.Ng3 d5 12.h3 Re8 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Rd1 d4 15.Bd2 Nh7 16.Bb3 Nf8
17.Nf5 Qf6 18.g4 Bxb3 19.axb3 Ne6 20.Kh1 dxc3 21.bxc3 Nf4 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Qd2 g6
24.Nxh6+ Kg7 25.g5 Qe6 26.Qxf4 Qxh3+ 27.Kg1 Re7 28.d4 Rae8 29.e5 Na5 30.b4 Nc4
31.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 a5 14.a3 b6 15.b4 Be7 16.Qd2 Rf8
17.c5 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 bxc5 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Na4 fxe4 22.fxe4 c4
23.Nf2 Ne8 24.Bxc4 Nd6 25.Bd3 Nf7 26.Be2 Bd6 27.Rc1 Nf6 28.Nc3 Bd7 29.Nb5 Bxb5
30.Bxb5 Qa8 31.Bf1 Qa4 32.Qc2 Qxc2 33.Rxc2 Ra8 34.Rc3 Ra2 35.Bc4 Rb2 36.Bd3 Kg7
37.h3 h6 38.Kg2 Ng5 39.Rc2 Rb4 40.Bd2 Ra4 41.Bb5 Ra3 42.Bc1 Ra5 43.Bd3 Ra4
44.Re2 Ra1 45.Bb2 Ra8 46.h4 Nf7 47.Rc2 g5 48.hxg5 Nxg5 49.Bc1 Kg6 50.Be2 Ra4
51.Bd3 h5 52.Be3 Nf7 53.Kf3 Nh6 54.Bxh6 Kxh6 55.Rc3 Ra1 56.Be2 Nh7 57.Nh3 Rh1
58.Kg2 Rb1 59.Kf2 Nf6 60.Kf3 Rh1 61.Nf2 Rh2 62.Rc6 Nh7 63.Ke3 Rg2 64.Kf3 Rg1
65.Nh3 Rh1 66.Kg2 Rb1 67.Rc3 Nf6 68.Nf2 Rb2 69.Kf3 Ra2 70.Bd3 Nh7 71.Nh3 Rh2
72.Bf1 Rb2 73.Be2 Kg6 74.Ke3 Nf6 75.Nf2 Nd7 76.Nd3 Ra2 77.Nc1 Ra1 78.Nd3 Nb6
79.Rc1 Ra4 80.Rh1 Nc4+ 81.Kf2 Nd2 82.Bxh5+ Kg5 83.Bf3 Nxe4+ 84.Bxe4 Rxe4
85.Rh4  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.Nc4 Nc6 8.b3 Nd4
9.a5 Bf5 10.d3 e6 11.Be2 Be7 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Qc1 Nd5 14.Bd1 Nb4 15.O-O f6 16.Kh1 O-O
17.Na4 e5 18.Nab2 Ndc6 19.f4 Kh8 20.Ne3 Bc8 21.f5 Nxa5 22.Bh5 Nac6 23.Qd1 Nd5
24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Qf3 e4 26.Qh3 Kg8 27.Bf4 Bd6 28.dxe4 Rd4 29.Bxd6 Qxd6 30.Nc4 Qc7
31.Rae1 Ne5 32.c3 Rd3 33.Re3 Rfd8 34.Be2 Rxe3 35.Nxe3 b5 36.Nd5 Qf7 37.Qe3 Qf8
38.c4 Bb7 39.Ra1 Bxd5 40.exd5 Qd6 41.h3 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 Kc8 14.Ne2 b6 15.Nf4 Nc6 16.e6 Bxe6
17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rfe1 Nd8 19.Nh4 Rg8 20.Ng6 Bd6 21.Rxd6 cxd6 22.Ne7+ Kd7 23.Nxg8 Nf7
24.Nxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Nf1 Rc8 11.Ng3 Ne5 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Ba4 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Qc7 20.Bb5 f5 21.Ne2 f4 22.Rf1 Qc8
23.Qa4 Qa8 24.Ne1 a6 25.Bd3 Bc6 26.Qd1 Qe8 27.f3 Ng5 28.Bc2 a5 29.Nd3 Bb5
30.Rf2 Qc6 31.Ndxf4 Nh4 32.Kh1 Bc4 33.a3 Ba6 34.Bb1 g6 35.Ng3 Qd7 36.Be3 Bc4
37.Nfe2 Nf7 38.Qd2 Qd8 39.Bc2 b5 40.Nf4 Ng5 41.b3  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Chung,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Nbc6 8.h5 h6
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bd2 c4 11.Nh4 Qa4 12.g4 Bd7 13.Bh3 O-O-O 14.f4 f6 15.exf6 gxf6
16.f5 exf5 17.gxf5 Rde8 18.O-O Nd8 19.Bf4 Nf7 20.Bh2 Rhg8+ 21.Bg2 Qa5 22.Qf3 Kd8
23.Rae1 Nc8 24.Ng6 Ncd6 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Re6 Nxf5
29.Rxf6 Ng5 30.Be5 b5 31.Kf2 Nh3+ 32.Ke1 Ne3 33.Bf7 Nxc2+ 34.Kd2 Nxa3 35.Bxe8 Bxe8
36.Bd6 b4 37.Bxb4 Nb5 38.Ba5+ Kc8 39.Rf8 Kd7 40.Ne5+  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bekefi,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 e4 8.Ne1 h5 9.c4 Re8
10.Nc2 h4 11.Nc3 c6 12.d5 c5 13.Qd2 h3 14.Bh1 Ng4 15.Nd1 Bxb2 16.Nxb2 Qf6
17.Rab1 Bf5 18.Nd1 Nd7 19.Nde3 Nxe3 20.Nxe3 Re7 21.Rbd1 Ne5 22.f3 exf3 23.Bxf3 Bd7
24.Bg4 Qg7 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Ng4 f5 27.Nf2 Qh7 28.Nd3 Rae8 29.Rde1 Re4 30.Qg5 Rg4
31.Qd2 Nf6 32.Nf4 Ne4 33.Qe3 Re5 34.Qc1 g5 35.Nd3 Qh4 36.Rf3 Re7 37.Nf2 Nxf2
38.Kxf2 Qh7 39.Rf1 Re5 40.Qd2 Qe7 41.Ke1 Rge4 42.R1f2 Qf6 43.Kd1 b6 44.Kc2 Qe7
45.Kd1 Kg7 46.Rd3 Kg6 47.Qc2 g4 48.Rd2 a6 49.a4 Qb7 50.Qa2 Re8 51.Rf1 b5
52.cxb5 axb5 53.a5 Qa6 54.Qa1 R8e5 55.Rf2 Kf7 56.Rf4 Re3 57.b4 Qa7 58.a6 cxb4
59.Qa5 Ra3 60.Qxb5 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Picana,Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nf3 cxb2
9.Bxb2 Nh6 10.Qh3 Ng8 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.b5 Nb4 13.O-O Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bd7 15.Nd4 h5
16.Ba3 Nh6 17.Rfc1 a6 18.Bd6 Rc8 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Qe3 f6 22.exf6 Kf7
23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Rc7 Ng4 25.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krnan,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 O-O 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.f3 Ne5 15.Nd4 Nfd7
16.b3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Qc7 18.Nde2 Qb8 19.Ng3 Rfe8 20.f4 Bc6 21.a4 g6 22.b4 Bb7
23.Nb1 Qa8 24.b5 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Nd2 Rec8 27.Nb3 R5c7 28.Kh1 axb5 29.axb5 Qa4
30.Nd2 d5 31.Ra1 dxc4 32.Rxa4 cxd3 33.Rd4 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Ngf1 e5 36.Rc4 Rxc4
37.Nxc4 exf4 38.Nxb6 Bc5 39.Nc4 Bxe4 40.Nfd2 Bd5 41.Nb2 Be3 42.Nf3 d2 43.b6 Kg7
44.h4 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.a3 Nd7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Qg3 Qf6
9.h4 Qg6 10.Qg5 Ne7 11.g3 Qf6 12.Rh2 h6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Ne2 Bd6
16.f4 dxe4 17.dxe4 e5 18.f5 Nf6 19.Bg2 Ng4 20.Rh1 Bc5 21.Bf3 Ne3 22.Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Ne8 10.O-O c5 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qe1 Qe7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nd6 15.Rb1 Rfc8
16.Qh4 b6 17.Kh1 Nf7 18.Nd2 Nc7 19.b4 Na6 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Nd5 Rf8 22.Rf3 Nc7
23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Rbf1 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Rac8 26.Qf2 Qe7 27.Rc1 Bh6 28.Bxc5 Rxc5
29.Qxc5 Qxc5 30.Rxc5 Bxd2 31.Rc7 Rd8 32.Rxf6 Kg7 33.Rf1 Nd6 34.Rxa7 h5 35.Ra6 Nb7
36.Ra7 Nd6 37.a4 Be3 38.Ra6 Nb7 39.Bb5 Nc5 40.Ra7 Kh6 41.Bxd7 Nxd7 42.Rc7 h4
43.Rc3 Bd4 44.Rh3 Kg7 45.Rb1 g5 46.g3 Nc5 47.gxh4 Nxe4 48.Rf3 gxh4 49.Kg2 Kh6
50.Rd3 Rg8+ 51.Kf3 Rf8+  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 Ng5 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Nxf3+
9.Nxf3 Bh5 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 Kf8 14.Be3 Nb6 15.O-O-O Qd7
16.d5 Re8 17.b3 Bf6 18.Qd3 Qe7 19.g5 Be5 20.h4 Qd7 21.c4 Qg4 22.Nxe5 Rxe5
23.Bd4 Re4 24.f3 Qf4+ 25.Kb2 Re7 26.Qc3 Rxh4 27.Bxg7+ Ke8 28.Rhe1 Nd7 29.Bf6 Nxf6
30.gxf6 Rxe1 31.Rxe1+ Kd8 32.Re7 Qd4 33.Qxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxf7 Rf4 35.Rf8+ Kd7
36.Rf7+ Kd8 37.Rf8+ Kd7 38.a4 a5 39.Rf7+ Kd8 40.Rf8+ Kd7 41.Rf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rfe1 Kh8 13.Bf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nd4 Ne7
16.Qd1 Nf4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.g3 Ng6 19.f4 Qc5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Bg2 f4 22.gxf4 Rxf4
23.Kh1 Bg4 24.Qc2 Raf8 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.b4 Qh4 27.Ng3 Bd7 28.Rf1 Ng4 29.Nf3 Rxf3
30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Bc6 32.Rf1 Ne3 33.Nf5 Qf4 34.Nxe3 Bxf3+ 35.Kg1 Qxe3+
36.Qf2 Qg5+ 37.Qg3 Qe3+ 38.Qf2 Qg5+ 39.Qg3 Qxg3+ 40.hxg3 Bd5 41.Rd1 c6  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Samsonkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Qd2 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bf5 11.f3 e6 12.Qc3 a5 13.a3 f6 14.Bc4 Qd7 15.Bg3 Bd6
16.Ba2 O-O 17.O-O-O Bg6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qc5 Rfd8 20.Rhe1 Bf7 21.Qxd6 Rxd6
22.f4 Kf8 23.c3 Rad8 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 b6 26.Bb3 h6 27.h4 Ra8 28.Kb2 Rd7
29.Ra1 Rb8 30.Bxe6 Bxe6 31.Rxe6 c5 32.Rd1 cxb4 33.cxb4 Rd5 34.g3 h5 35.Rc6 Kf7
36.Kc3 g5 37.fxg5 fxg5 38.Kc4 Rf5 39.d5 b5+ 40.Kc5 Rf3 41.Kd6 Rxg3 42.Kc7 Rg8
43.d6 gxh4 44.d7 h3 45.d8=Q Rxd8 46.Kxd8  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mok Tze Meng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Qb1 Nxd5 11.Nf3 f6 12.O-O c5 13.d4 exd4 14.exd4 Be6 15.Qe4 Qb6
16.Rae1 Bf7 17.Nh4 Rfe8 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Qg4 g6 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rc1 Qa5 22.Qh4 gxf5
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxf6 Re6 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Qxh7+ Ke8 27.Qxf5 Rd8 28.Qh5+ Ke7
29.Qh7+ Kd6 30.Ba3+ Ke5 31.f4+  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 Nf6
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.h3 Qh5 11.Be3 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 O-O 13.c4 Rfc8 14.b3 a6 15.a4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bc6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Ne4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.b4 Nd3
23.Rab1 Rd8 24.Nb3 Rd7 25.Kf1 Rad8 26.Na5 e5 27.c5 e4 28.c6 bxc6 29.Nxc6 Rc8
30.b5 axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Steel,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Bf1 h6 12.Bh4 Ne5 13.h3 Re8 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.Qf3 b5 17.Nd2 b4 18.Nd1 Ba6 19.Ne3 Bb7 20.a3 d5 21.e5 Nh5 22.Bf2 Qd7 23.Ng4 Rxc2
24.e6 Qc6 25.f5 Rxd2 26.Rac1 Qd6 27.fxg6 f6 28.Ne5 Ba8 29.Qf5 d4 30.Nf3 Rxf2
31.Kxf2 Qg3+ 32.Kf1 Nf4 33.Qg4 Qxg4 34.hxg4 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Nd3 36.axb4 Nxc1
37.Rxc1 f5 38.Ke2 fxg4 39.fxg4 Bf6 40.Ra1 Rb8 41.Ra4 Kg7 42.Kd3 Kxg6 43.Kc4 Rc8+
44.Kd3 Kg5 45.Rxa7 Kxg4 46.Ke4 h5 47.Ra1 Kg3 48.b5 h4 49.b6 h3 50.Kd5 h2
51.b4 d3 52.Rd1 d2 53.b7 Rb8 54.Kc6 Kf3  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Yilmaz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Kf2 O-O 14.e4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 b5
16.Be2 Rab8 17.Rac1 c5 18.f4 c4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.h4 Ba3 22.Rb1 Qd7
23.e5 Nd5 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rxh5 g6 26.Rh2 Kg7 27.g4 fxg4 28.Bxg4 Rh8 29.Rg2 Qf7
30.Rbg1 Ne7 31.f5 exf5 32.Bf3 Rb6 33.Bg5 b4 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.Qxf5 Rh6 36.Be4 bxc3
37.Rxg6+ Rhxg6 38.Rxg6+ Rxg6 39.Qxg6+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Ke8 41.Qc6+ Kf8 42.Qc8+ Kg7
43.Qg4+ Kf8 44.Bd5 Ke8 45.Qc8+ Qd8 46.Bc6+ Ke7 47.Qxd8+ Kxd8 48.Ba4 Kc7 49.Ke3 Kb6
50.Ke4 Ka5 51.Bd1 Bf8 52.Kd5 Kb4 53.a4 a6 54.Bc2 a5 55.e6 Ka3 56.Kxc4 Kb2
57.Bg6 c2 58.Bxc2 Kxc2 59.d5 Kb2 60.Kb5 Kb3 61.Kc6 Kxa4 62.d6 Kb3 63.e7 Bxe7
64.dxe7 a4 65.e8=Q a3 66.Qh8  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Qc8
9.e4 Bh3 10.Qe2 a6 11.Nd3 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 b5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Nxc5 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Be3 Qb7 17.f3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rfe8 19.Rfd1 e6 20.Nb1 Bf8 21.Qf2 e5 22.b3 h5
23.Nc3 exd4 24.Bxd4 Bh6 25.Be3 Bg7 26.Ne2 Rcd8 27.Nf4 Ne5 28.Qc2 Qe7 29.Bb6 Rxd1
30.Rxd1 Rc8 31.Bc5 Qe8 32.Qd2 Bf6 33.Qa5 Kg7 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Rc2 Rd1 36.Rd2 Rc1
37.Bd4 h4 38.Qa3 Rb1 39.Qd6 hxg3 40.hxg3 Qh8 41.Nh3 Rh1 42.Bxe5 Qxh3+ 43.Kf2 Bxe5
44.Qxe5+ Kh7 45.Qf6 Qf1+ 46.Ke3 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qf1+ 48.Ke3 Qe1+ 49.Kd3 Qb1+
50.Ke3 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Elsness,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Nf6 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Qf3 Qe7
16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Nde2 Nc5 18.Rb1 Nb4 19.Qg3 Be5 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Rd7 22.Qe3 Rcd8
23.Nf4 Qf8 24.Qd2 a5 25.Qe3 Qg7 26.Rd2 Qe5 27.Re2 Nbd3 28.Nxd3 Qxc3 29.Nf4 Qxe3
30.Rxe3 Na6 31.Rd1 Nb4 32.Re2 Kf8 33.f3 Ke7 34.Kf2 h5 35.h4 Na6 36.Re3 Nc5
37.Rc1 Kf6 38.Rcc3 Ke7 39.Re2 Kf6 40.Rd2 Ke7 41.Nd3 Na6 42.Rd1 Nc5 43.Ke3 Na6
44.Ke2 Nc5 45.Rd2 Na6 46.Nf4 Nc5 47.Re3 Rc7 48.Kd1 Rcd7 49.Kc2 Rc8 50.Ne2 Rcd8
51.Nc3 Na6 52.Nb5 Nc5 53.Rd1 Na6 54.Kc3 Nb4 55.Rh1 Rh8 56.Rh3 Na6 57.Rg3 Rc8
58.Kb2 Nc5 59.Nc3 Na6 60.Ne2 Kf6 61.Rg5 Rc5 62.f4 Nb4 63.Nc3 Kg7 64.Reg3 Rxg5
65.hxg5 Kf8 66.Re3 Ke7 67.Nb5 Rd8 68.Kc3 Rc8 69.Kd2 Na6 70.Ke2 Nc5 71.Kf3 Rd8
72.Kg3 Rg8 73.Kh4 Rc8 74.f5 Rf8 75.f6+ Kd7 76.Nd4 Ra8 77.Kg3 Rc8 78.Kf2 e5
79.Nf3 Rc6 80.Ke1 Rb6 81.Nd2 Ne6 82.Rg3 Nd4 83.Kd1 Rb4 84.Re3 Ne6 85.Nf3 Nc5
86.Kc2 Rb6 87.Nd2 Ne6 88.Rg3 Nd4+ 89.Kb2 Ne6 90.Ka3 Nc5 91.Re3 Ne6 92.Nf3 Nf4
93.g3 Ne6 94.Rd3 Nc5 95.Re3 Ne6 96.Kb2 Nc5 97.Kc2 Ra6 98.Re1 Rb6 99.Re3 Ra6
100.Ng1 Ne6 101.Nf3 Nc5 102.Kd1 Rb6 103.Kc2 Kc6 104.Nd2 Ne6 105.Nf3 Nc5 106.Nd2 Ra6
107.Re1 Ne6 108.Nf3 Rb6 109.Re2 Nc5 110.Nd2 Ne6 111.Nf3 Kc5 112.Re3 Kc6 113.Rd3 Nc5
114.Re3 Ra6 115.Re1 Rb6 116.Re3 Ne6 117.Rd3 Nc5 118.Re3 Ra6 119.Re1 Ne6 120.Kc3 Nc5
121.Kc2 Rb6 122.Re3 Ne6 123.Rd3 Nc5 124.Re3 Ne6 125.Rd3 Nc5 126.Re3 Ne6 127.Rd3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogner,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Re8 8.Be3 b6
9.d5 e6 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Bf4 Nc7 12.Bg3 exd5 13.cxd5 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qa4 Nb4
16.a3 Nd3 17.Qc2 Ne5 18.h3 Nh5 19.Bh2 g5 20.g3 g4 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.Nf3 Qd7
23.a4 Nxh2 24.Nxh2 a6 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.Rh1 Rg8 27.Ne2 f5 28.exf5 Raf8 29.Ng4 Qxf5
30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.Ne3 Re5 32.Nc3 Bf8 33.Nc4 Rf5 34.Rad1 Nf4+ 35.Kf1 Nh5 36.Kg2 Nf4+
37.Kf1 Nh5 38.Ke2 Nf6 39.Nxb6 Rg4 40.a5 Ne4 41.Rdf1 Bg7 42.Nd1 Rg6 43.Rh4 Re5
44.Ne3 Bf6 45.Rh3 Re7 46.Nbc4 Rb7 47.Kd3 Ng5 48.Rh5 Nf7 49.Kc2 Nh6 50.b3 Bd4
51.Nf5 Nxf5 52.Rxf5 Re7 53.Kd3 Kg7 54.Rb1 Kg8 55.Nd2 Rg4 56.b4 Bg7 57.bxc5 Rd4+
58.Kc2 Re2 59.Rb8+ Bf8 60.Rfxf8+ Kg7 61.Rg8+ Kh6 62.cxd6 Rexd2+ 63.Kc3 R2d3+
64.Kb2 Rd2+ 65.Ka3 Rxd5 66.Rb6 R2d3+ 67.Ka4 R3d4+ 68.Rb4 Rxd6 69.Rb8 Kg5
70.Rg8+ Kf5 71.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 72.Kb3 Rd5 73.Kb4 Rb5+ 74.Ka4 Rc5 75.Ra8 Rc6 76.Rb8 Rc2
77.Rb6 Ra2+ 78.Kb4 Rb2+ 79.Kc5 Rc2+ 80.Kb4 Rb2+ 81.Kc4 Rc2+ 82.Kd4 Rxf2 83.Ke3 Ra2
84.Rxa6 Ra3+ 85.Kf2 Ra2+ 86.Kf3 Ra3+ 87.Kf2 Ra2+ 88.Ke3 Ra3+ 89.Kd4 Rxg3
90.Rh6 Ra3 91.Rxh7 Ke6 92.a6 Kd6 93.Kc4 Kc6 94.Rh6+ Kc7 95.Kb5 Rb3+ 96.Kc5 Rc3+
97.Kb4 Rc1 98.a7 Rb1+ 99.Kc5 Rc1+ 100.Kb5 Rb1+ 101.Kc4 Rc1+ 102.Kb3 Ra1 103.Rh7+ Kb6
104.a8=N+ Rxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bxg5 10.Bxg5 Qd7 11.f3 O-O 12.b3 f6 13.Be3 a6 14.c4 Rfe8 15.O-O-O a5
16.a4 Nb4 17.Kb2 Rad8 18.h4 Qe7 19.c3 Nc6 20.Bd3 Ne5 21.Rhe1 Nxd3+ 22.Qxd3 Qf7
23.Bf4 b6 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.Qf2 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 a6 11.h3 h6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Rhe8
16.Re2 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Rde1 Bb4 19.Qxb4 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Qxf4 21.a3 Qd6 22.Qe1 Rf8
23.Re5 Kd7 24.Qa5 c6 25.Re3 Re8 26.Qb6 Qb8 27.Rb3 Kc8 28.Rg3 g6 29.Qb4 Qc7
30.Qd2 h5 31.Rf3 Kb8 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Ka7 34.g5 Re4 35.Rf6 Re6 36.Rf3 Qe7
37.Qc3 f6 38.gxf6 Rxf6 39.Re3 Qd6 40.f3 Re6 41.Re5 Rf6 42.a4 Rf8 43.a5 Ka8
44.Ka2 Qf6 45.Re3 Qd6 46.Qb3 Qf4 47.Qc3 g5 48.Re6 Rb8 49.Rg6 Rf8 50.Re6 Rb8
51.Qd3 Rf8 52.Qa3 Rb8 53.Qc3 g4 54.fxg4 Qxg4 55.Re1 Qg6 56.Qc5 Qf5 57.Ka3 Qf2
58.Qc3 Qf8+ 59.Ka2 Qf2 60.Re6 Qf8 61.Re5 Qf1 62.b3 Qf2 63.Kb2 Qf4 64.Re3 Qf6
65.Rf3 Qg7 66.Qc5 Rd8 67.Re3 Qh8 68.Re7 Qf8 69.Rd7 Qg8 70.Rc7 Rc8 71.Rxc8+ Qxc8
72.c4 Qe6 73.cxd5 Qxd5 74.Qxd5 cxd5 75.Ka3 b6 76.Kb4 Kb7 77.axb6 Kxb6 78.Ka4 a5
79.b4 axb4 80.Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2010.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jugelt,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.e3 Nbd7 4.h3 b6 5.Qf3 Rb8 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.Nd2 a6 9.g4 g6
10.Be2 Bg7 11.Qg2 Nb6 12.Rb1 Na4 13.Bd1 Nd7 14.c3 Ndb6 15.Ne2 b4 16.Qg3 Bd7
17.O-O Qc7 18.Bb3 a5 19.Rfc1 O-O 20.a3 bxa3 21.bxa3 c4 22.Bc2 Nc5 23.Nd4 Ba4
24.Bxa4 Nbxa4 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Nc6 Nd3 27.Rc2 Nxc3 28.Nxc4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Rb3
30.N6xa5 Rb1+ 31.Kg2 Qc5 32.Qf3 Nb5 33.Ne5 Bxe5 34.Rxc5 dxc5 35.Qd3 Nc3 36.Nc6 Rd1
37.Qe3 Bd4 38.Qh6 Bg7 39.Qf4 Bf8 40.Qf3 Rc1 41.e5 c4 42.Nd8  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Re8 8.b3 Nbd7
9.d4 e4 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.a4 h5 12.Ba3 c6 13.a5 Nf8 14.d5 c5 15.b4 b6 16.Bb2 Bf5
17.axb6 axb6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Ra1 Rxa1+ 21.Bxa1 N8d7 22.Nb1 g5
23.Nd2 h4 24.h3 Ne5 25.g4 Bg6 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Nc3 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Qxc3 29.Qxc3 Bxc3
30.Nxe4 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Kf8 32.Kg2 Bd2 33.Bd3 Ke7 34.Bc2 Kd8 35.Ba4 Kc7 36.Be8 f6
37.Kh3 Kb6 38.f4 Bxe3 39.f5 Ka5 40.Bb5 Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Polzin,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Nxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qxc3+
9.Bd2 Qc4 10.Nh3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Bf5 13.c3 Nbd7 14.Nf4 Ne5 15.e4 Bd7
16.Bf1 Qa4 17.Qxa4 Bxa4 18.Kg2 c4 19.f3 Rfb8 20.Bc1 g5 21.Nh3 g4 22.fxg4 Nfxg4
23.Nf2 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Rb5 25.h3 Bc2 26.Ke3 Bd3 27.Bg2 Rab8 28.g4 Rb1 29.Ba3 Rxa1
30.Rxa1 Rb1 31.Rxb1 Bxb1 32.Bb4 Bxa2 33.Ba5 f6 34.Bf3 Bb3 35.Be2 Bc2 36.h4 h6
37.Kd4 Bd3 38.Bd1 Ng6 39.h5 Ne5 40.Ke3 Nf7 41.Bc7 Ng5 42.Bf3 Kf7 43.Kf4 e5+
44.Ke3 Ke7 45.Ba5 Bc2 46.Bb4 Bd3 47.Ba5 Nf7 48.Bd1 Nd8 49.Bb4 Nb7 50.Ba3 a5
51.Bf3 Nd8 52.Bc1 Nf7 53.Ba3 Ng5 54.Bc1 Bc2 55.Ba3 Kd7 56.Bc1 Kc7 57.Ba3 Nf7
58.Be2 Bb3 59.Bf3 Kb6 60.Kd2 Ba4 61.Be2 Bd7 62.Bd1 Kc7 63.Bc1 Ng5 64.Ke3 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Koskinen,Hen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5
16.a3 Na6 17.b4 Bd7 18.Qb3 Rfc8 19.Bb2 Nh5 20.Nh2 g6 21.Nhf1 Bf8 22.Ne3 Bg7
23.Bd3 Qd8 24.Be2 Bh6 25.Bxh5 gxh5 26.Qd1 axb4 27.Qxh5 Qg5 28.Qe2 bxa3 29.Rxa3 Nc5
30.Kh1 Rxa3 31.Bxa3 Qh4 32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.Qf1 c4 34.Nf3 Qf4 35.d6 Qf6 36.Nd5 Qxd6
37.Rd1 Qe6 38.Qe1 Bc6 39.Qb4 Bf8 40.Qd2 f6 41.Nh4 Bxd5 42.exd5 Qd7 43.d6 Qxd6
44.Qc2 Qe6 45.Ra1 Bc5 46.Nf5 e4 47.Ng3 Qe5 48.Ra5 Bb4 49.Ra7 Re8 50.Qd1 Bf8
51.Qg4+ Kh8 52.Nf5 Rd8 53.Rf7  1-0

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 g5 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Nd4 8.Bxd4 cxd4
9.Nb5 Qb6 10.Qa4 a6 11.e5 Bf8 12.O-O-O Bc5 13.Be2 Ne7 14.h4 g4 15.Nd2 Ng6
16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Bxg4 b5 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Bh5 Bb7 22.Rhe1 Rc8
23.f4 Nc6 24.Kb1 Ke7 25.cxb5 axb5 26.f5 Nb4 27.f6+ Kd8 28.Qxc7+ Kxc7 29.Bxf7 Rhf8
30.Bh5 Bxe4 31.dxe4 Rxf6 32.Rxd4 Nc6 33.Rd2 Rg8 34.Bf3 Rf4 35.h5 Ne5 36.Rc1+ Kd8
37.Rc3 Rg5 38.Kc2 Nxf3 39.Rxf3 Rxe4 40.Rf7 Rc4+ 41.Kd1 d5 42.Rf6 Ke7 43.Rxh6 Re4
44.Rh8 Rh4 45.h6 b4 46.Rb8 Rxh6 47.Rxb4 Rhg6 48.a4 Rxg2 49.Rxg2 Rxg2 50.a5 Kd6
51.a6 Rg1+ 52.Kc2 Ra1 53.Rb6+ Kc5 54.Rxe6 Kb5 55.Rd6 Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lemmers,O"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.axb3 g6 14.Be3 Nc8 15.Ra4 Bg7
16.Bf4 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 O-O 20.fxe5 cxb2 21.Raf4 a6 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
23.Qc4 Nd6 24.Nxd6 Qa7+ 25.Kh1 b5 26.Qd5 Rf8 27.h3 Qd4 28.Qe6 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Rxf1+
30.Kh2 b1=Q 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qe5+ R1f6 33.Ne4 Qf1  0-1

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Relange,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5 cxd4 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.cxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 c5 10.Qxg4 Bxd4 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Be2 h5 14.Qf3 Qf6 15.Na4 e5
16.Rc1 Bg4 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Nxc5 Bxe3 19.fxe3 h4 20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Ke2 hxg3
22.hxg3 Rxh1 23.Rxh1 Ke7 24.Nd3 Ke6 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.Nc5+ Ke7 27.Nxb7 Nxe4 28.g4 Rg8
29.Rc7+ Ke6 30.Rc6+ Kd5 31.Rxa6 Rxg4 32.Ra5+ Ke6 33.Nd8+ Kf6 34.Ra6+ Kf5
35.b4 Rg2+ 36.Ke1 f6 37.Nf7 Kg4 38.Nd6 Nxd6 39.Rxd6 Kf3 40.a3 Kxe3 41.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 Nfd5
9.Nxc4 Nb4 10.Qb3 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Be6 12.Qc3 Nd5 13.Qe5 Nb4 14.Ra3 Qd6 15.Qc3 Nd5
16.Qd4 Nb4 17.Qb6 Bc8 18.d4 Ra6 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.dxc5 e5 21.Nxe5 Bxc5 22.Rd1 Be6
23.e4 Ra8 24.Rc3 b6 25.Bf1 Ke7 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Be3 Rhd8 28.Rc1 f6 29.Bxc5+ Ke8
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Rxc6 Bb3 32.Nd3 Bxa4 33.Rb6 Rab8 34.Rxb4 Rxb4 35.Nxb4 Rd2
36.Nd5 Rxb2 37.Ne3 Bc6 38.Bd3 Rb4 39.e5 fxe5 40.Bxh7 Bf3 41.Bc2 g5 42.h3 Rd4
43.Kh2 Rd2 44.g4 e4 45.Kg3 Kd7 46.h4 gxh4+ 47.Kxh4 Rxf2 48.Kg3 Rd2 49.Kf4 Bh1
50.Ke5 Rd6 51.Ba4+ Kc7 52.Bc2 Rd8 53.g5 Re8+ 54.Kd4 Re6 55.g6 Rxg6 56.Bxe4 Bxe4
57.Kxe4 Kd6 58.Kd4 Re6 59.Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kogan,Ar"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.f4 Neg4
9.Be2 Bb4 10.Bxg4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Bf3 d5 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.c4 b6 15.c3 f5
16.Be3 Rf6 17.Rf2 Qe8 18.Qb3 Qf7 19.Rd2 h6 20.a4 a5 21.d5 c5 22.d6 Ra6 23.Qb5 Qd7
24.Rad1 Rf7 25.Rd5 Qxb5 26.cxb5 Raa7 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Be6 29.c4 Rfb7
30.Rd4 Kf7 31.Re5 g6 32.c5 Rb8 33.c6 Kf6 34.c7 Rba8 35.b6 Rb7 36.d7 Bxd7
37.Rd6+  1-0

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogosavljevic,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd4 Bh7 10.e4 O-O 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Re1 Nc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.a3 Kh8
16.Bh3 Bg8 17.e5 Nd7 18.d4 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Bd2 Rxa3 21.Rxa3 Bxa3 22.Qb3 Be7
23.Qxb7 Nb6 24.Ra1 Nc4 25.Be1 c5 26.Ra7 cxd4 27.Nd1 Qb8 28.Qxb8 Rxb8 29.Rxe7 Rb1
30.Bg4 Nxe5 31.Be2 d3 32.Bh5 Bf7 33.Bc3 Bxh5 34.Bxe5 Bf3  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Griesheim GER"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tazbir,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d3 Nd7 7.a3 g6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 b5 13.h4 d4 14.Nd1 h5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.f4 Rc8
17.Nf2 c5 18.a4 b4 19.b3 Kh7 20.Bf3 Rh8 21.Kg2 Bh6 22.Rh1 Qc7 23.Nh3 Kg7
24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Nd7 26.Rh3 Rh7 27.Rah1 Rch8 28.R1h2 Qd8 29.Be1 Qb8 30.Bd2 Qc7
31.Qe1 Kg8 32.Qh1 Nf8 33.Kf2 Qc8 34.Ke2 Qc7 35.Kd1 Qc8 36.Re2 Kg7 37.Bg2 Kg8
38.Rh2 Qd7 39.Bh3 Qe8 40.Kc1 Nc6 41.Kb2 Nd8 42.Ref2 h4 43.gxh4 Rxh4 44.Rf3 R4h5
45.Qf1 R8h7 46.Re2 Nc6 47.Bg2 Nd7 48.Ref2 Nf8 49.Qc1 Rh2 50.Be1 Rh8 51.Re2 R2h5
52.Rf1 Qe7 53.Bf3 Rh3 54.Bg2 R3h5 55.Bf2 Nd7 56.Kb1 e5 57.Bf3 Rh2 58.Bg3 Rxe2
59.Bxe2 Rh3 60.Qe1 exf4 61.Bxf4 Qe6 62.Rh1 c4 63.Rxh3 Qxh3 64.dxc4 Qg2 65.Bd3 Nc5
66.Qe2 Qg1+ 67.Kb2 Ne6 68.Bd2 a5 69.Qf1 Qh2 70.Qe2 Qg1 71.Qf1 Qg3 72.c5 Nxc5
73.Bc4 Ne5 74.Bd5 Qh2 75.Kc1 d3 76.cxd3 Ncxd3+ 77.Kc2 Nf3 78.Kxd3 Qxd2+ 79.Kc4 Qf4
80.Kc5 Qc7+ 81.Kb5 Nd4+ 82.Ka6 Qd6+ 83.Kxa5 Qc5+ 84.Ka6 Qd6+ 85.Ka5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Griesheim GER"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erdos,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.h4 g6 8.Nh3 h5 9.g3 Kf8
10.Qd3 Kg7 11.Bd2 b6 12.b3 a6 13.a4 Rb8 14.f3 Ng8 15.Nd1 Nh6 16.Ne3 Nf6 17.Bc3 b5
18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf2 bxc4 20.bxc4 Ne8 21.Ra7 Rb7 22.Rxb7 Bxb7 23.Qb1 Bc8 24.Qb2 Kh7
25.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qa3 b6 14.a5 Bb7 15.a6 Bc8 16.Bb5 Nxc5
17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Bc4 Be8 20.Qa5 Qe5 21.O-O Nd7 22.Rad1 Nb6 23.Bb3 Rc8
24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Rf2 c4 26.Bc2 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Ra1 Bc6 29.Rd2 Rc8 30.Kf2 g6
31.Bd1 Kf8 32.Be2 Rb5 33.Rda2 Ke7 34.Nf1 f5 35.Nd2 Rc5 36.g3 e5 37.Ra5 Bd7
38.f4 exf4 39.gxf4 Be6 40.Bf3 R8c7 41.Nf1 fxe4 42.Bxe4 Nd7 43.Ne3 Rxa5 44.Rxa5 Rc5
45.Ra2 Rb5 46.Nc2 Nc5 47.Bf3 Rb6 48.Nd4 Rxa6 49.Re2 Kf6 50.Kg3 Bf7 51.Re5 Na4
52.Bb7 Rb6 53.Ra5 Nxc3 54.Bf3 a6 55.f5 Nb5 56.fxg6 hxg6 57.Nc2 Be6 58.Be2 Ke5
59.Kf2 Bf5 60.Ne3 c3 61.Nc4+ Kd4 62.Nxb6 c2 63.Ra1 Kc3 64.Na4+ Kd2 65.Nc5 Nd4
66.Bxa6 c1=Q 67.Rxc1 Kxc1 68.Ke3 Nc2+ 69.Kf4 Nb4 70.Kg5 Kd2 71.h4 Ke3 72.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.a3 Rfc8 13.b4 Qd8 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bb2 17.Rb1 Bf6 18.c5 a5 19.Bd4 axb4 20.axb4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Ra4 22.Qe3 dxc5
23.bxc5 Rc4 24.Rxb7 R4xc5 25.h4 R5c7 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.h5 Be8 28.Ra1 f6 29.Ra6 Bf7
30.h6 Qf8 31.Rc6 Rd7 32.Qc1 g5 33.Rc8 Rd8 34.Rc7 Qxh6 35.Rxe7 Qf8 36.Qe3 Rd6
37.Qa7 Rd8 38.Be4 Ra8 39.Bxh7+ Kh8 40.Rxf7 Rxa7 41.Rxf8+ Kg7 42.Rc8 Kxh7
43.d6 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Rd1 45.Rd8 g4 46.f4 gxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Kg6 48.Rd7 Kf5 49.Ke2 Ke6
50.Re7+ Kxd6 51.Rf7 Ke6 52.Rxf6+ Kxf6 53.Kxd1 Kf5 54.Ke2 Kg4 55.Kf2 Kg5 56.Kf3 Kf5
57.g4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng4
9.Nh3 f5 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O Bd6 12.d3 O-O 13.Bxg4 fxg4 14.Ng5 Nc6 15.Be3 Rb8
16.Nd2 Nd4 17.Nge4 Be7 18.b3 Qe8 19.f3 Qg6 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qe1 h5 22.Qg3 Be6
23.fxg4 Qxg4 24.Qc7 Bg5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Nf3 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Rbc8 28.Qg3 Bd5 29.Rae1 Qf4
30.Qxf4 Rxf4 31.Re5 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Rxf3 33.gxf3 g6 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.f4 Re8 36.Rxe8 Kxe8
37.Kf3 Ke7 38.Ke4  1-0

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 O-O-O 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be5 14.Be2 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Kb8
16.h5 h6 17.Bf3 f6 18.Qb4 c6 19.Rd2 Qc7 20.c4 Rhe8 21.Rhd1 Qb6 22.Qc3 Qc5
23.b3 Bf7 24.g4 Kc7 25.Rd4 Qa3 26.Bg2 Bg8 27.Bf1 Bh7 28.Bd3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Re5
30.Qd2 Ra5 31.c3 Re5 32.f4 Re6 33.Re1 Rde8 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Rd3 Qc5 36.Rd4 Qa3
37.Rd3 Qc5 38.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nc2 b6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Bf1 Rc8 14.h3 Qc7 15.Nd5 Qb8
16.Rab1 a6 17.b3 Ba8 18.a4 e6 19.Nc3 Nce5 20.Bh6 Bh8 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Bg5 Ned7
23.Bf4 Nh5 24.Bh2 Ne5 25.Nb4 Bb7 26.Rbd1 Red8 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Nc1 Ne5 29.Nd3 Nc6
30.Rc1 Bg7 31.Qa2 Qa8 32.Red1 Nd4 33.Re1 Nf6 34.e5 dxe5 35.Nxe5 Nd7 36.Rcd1 Nxe5
37.Bxe5 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Qxa8 Bxa8 41.Rb1 bxc4 42.bxc4 Kg7
43.Ra5 Bc6 44.Ra7 g5 45.Nb5 Nf5 46.Be2 Kg6 47.Ra3 Rd2 48.Bf1 Rcd8 49.Ra6 Ne7
50.g3 h5 51.Bg2 Bxg2 52.Kxg2 Rc2 53.Nd6 Nc8 54.Nxc8 Rxc8 55.Rb7 Rc5 56.Rb5 R5xc4
57.Raa5 f6 58.Rb6 Re4 59.Ra1 Ree2 60.Rf1 e5 61.Rbb1 e4 62.Rbe1 e3 63.Rxe2 Rxe2
64.g4 hxg4 65.hxg4 f5 66.Kf3 Rxf2+ 67.Rxf2 exf2 68.gxf5+ Kxf5 69.Kxf2 Kf4  0-1

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nh6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bxh6 Bxh6
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.Qa3 a5 13.b4 Ra6 14.b5 Ra8 15.e3 a4
16.Rab1 Bg7 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.Nc6 Re8 19.Nb4 f5 20.Nc3 Qc5 21.Nxa4 Qa7 22.Na6 bxa6
23.b6 Nxb6 24.Rxb6 Rb8 25.c5 Be6 26.Rdb1 dxc5 27.Rb7 Rxb7 28.Rxb7 Qa8 29.Nxc5 Qc8
30.Qxa6 Bf7 31.Bc6 Rd8 32.Nd7 Rxd7 33.Bxd7 Qc1+ 34.Qf1 Qxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bc4+
36.Kg1 Bxa2 37.Ba4 e5 38.f3 Bh6 39.Bb3+  1-0

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Bb3 Na5 14.h4 Nc4 15.Qd3 Qc6
16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Nd4 Qa6 18.f4 e5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Kh8 21.h5 gxh5 22.g5 Ng4
23.Bg1 Nce3 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Bxe3 Nxe3 26.Rd3 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Rc5 28.Rd3 Ng2
29.Rg3 Nf4 30.Kd2 Re5 31.Re1 Kg7 32.Ke3 Kg6 33.c3 Rxg5 34.Rxg5+ Kxg5 35.Rg1+ Kh6
36.e5 dxe5 37.Ke4 Ng6 38.Bc4 a5 39.Kd5 Rf2 40.b4 axb4 41.cxb4 h4 42.a4 h3
43.a5 h2 44.Rh1 Kg5 45.b5 Kg4 46.b6 axb6 47.a6 Kg3 48.a7 Rf8 49.Kc6 Nf4 50.Ra1 e4
51.Ba6 Nh3 52.Bb7 Ng1  0-1

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 b6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Ng5 Rh6 15.Ng3 Nh4
16.f3 Be7 17.Rfe1 Rg6 18.N5e4 Bc6 19.Kh2 Nxg2 20.Kxg2 h4 21.c4 hxg3 22.Nc3 Rd8
23.Nd5 Rd7 24.b3 Bd8 25.Re4 Bb7 26.Bxg3 b5 27.Kf2 Rh6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Ke2 Ra6
30.Rd2 bxc4 31.bxc4 c6 32.Nc3 Rxd2+ 33.Kxd2 Bc8 34.Bf2 Be7 35.Re1 Bf5 36.Kc1 Be6
37.Re4 Rb6 38.Na4 Rb4 39.Nb2 g6 40.a3 Rb3 41.Re3 Rb7 42.Rc3 Bf5 43.Na4 Kg7
44.Kd2 Bd8 45.Ke2 Rb1 46.Bxc5 Bxh4 47.Bxa7 Re1+ 48.Kd2 Rh1 49.Ke2 Re1+ 50.Kd2 Rh1
51.Ke2 Rh2+ 52.Kd1 Bg5 53.Nc5 Bf4 54.Nb3 g5 55.Nd4 Bh3 56.Rc2 Rh1+ 57.Ke2 Bd7
58.Bb8 c5 59.e6 Ba4 60.Bxf4 gxf4 61.Nf5+ Kf6 62.exf7 Rh8 63.Rd2 Kxf5 64.Rd5+ Kf6
65.Rxc5 Bc2 66.Rd5 Kxf7 67.Rd4 Rh2+ 68.Ke1 Ke6 69.Rxf4 Ke5 70.Rf7 Kd4 71.Re7 Bd3
72.a4 Ra2 73.a5 Bxc4 74.Re4+ Kd3 75.Re5 Kc3 76.Re7 Bd3 77.Re8 Kd4 78.Re7 Bb5
79.Re4+ Kd3 80.Re6 Bc4 81.Re5 Rb2 82.Re7 Bb5 83.Re6 Ra2 84.Kf1 Bc4 85.Re7 Bd5
86.Rd7 Kc4 87.Ke1 Bxf3 88.Rd2 Ra3 89.a6 Bd5 90.Rc2+ Kd3 91.Rd2+ Ke4 92.Re2+ Kf4
93.Kd2 Be4 94.a7 Ra2+ 95.Ke1 Rxa7 96.Kf2 Rd7 97.Rb2 Rd3 98.Ra2 Rf3+ 99.Ke1 Rh3
100.Rf2+ Bf3 101.Rb2 Rh8 102.Kd2 Rd8+ 103.Kc3 Ke3 104.Rb6 Rc8+ 105.Kb4 Kd4
106.Rd6+ Bd5 107.Rb6 Rc1 108.Rb5 Bc6 109.Rb6 Kd5 110.Ka5 Ra1+ 111.Kb4 Ra8
112.Kc3 Kc5 113.Rb2 Bd5 114.Rf2 Ra3+ 115.Kd2 Kd4 116.Rf4+ Be4 117.Rf2 Bf3
118.Ke1 Re3+ 119.Kd2 Rd3+ 120.Kc2 Kc4 121.Rh2 Be4 122.Re2 Bf5 123.Kc1 Rd8
124.Rd2 Bd3 125.Rf2 Kc3 126.Rc2+ Kd4 127.Rb2 Ke3 128.Rb6 Rd4 129.Kb2 Kd2
130.Ka3 Bc2 131.Rb8 Kc1 132.Ra8 Rc4 133.Ra7 Kd2 134.Rb7 Rh4 135.Rb6 Kc1 136.Ra6 Rc4
137.Ra7 Kd2 138.Rb7 Kc3 139.Rb3+ Bxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 e6 5.O-O Nd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d3 Ngf6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nh4 Bc5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Bf4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Be5 Nd5 20.Bxe4 Bxd4 21.Bxd5 Bxe5 22.Bg2 a5
23.a3 a4 24.Qc2 Qe6 25.Rad1 Ra5 26.Rd2 Rb5 27.Qxa4 Bxb2 28.e3 Qa2 29.Rd3 Bf6
30.Rfd1 Rb2 31.Bd5 b5 32.Bxa2 bxa4 33.R1d2 Reb8 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.Bc4 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Ke7
37.Rc2 Rb2 38.Rxb2 Bxb2 39.Bd3 Bxa3 40.Bc2 g5 41.Bxa4 c5 42.Bb3 Bb4 43.Bc4 Be1
44.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.d5 d6 12.Nd2 Nh4 13.g3 Ng6 14.a4 Ne5 15.Ra3 a5 16.Ne4 Be7
17.f4 Ng4 18.Bg2 h6 19.c4 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.Nb5 Nc5 22.Rae3 Bf6 23.Bf3 Bd7
24.b3 Rb8 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Ba3 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Bxb5 28.cxb5 b6 29.Bg4 g6 30.h4 Bg7
31.Be2 Qf6 32.Bc4 Kf8 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Qf3 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.d6 Qxd6 37.Qe4+ Kf8
38.Qa8+ Ke7 39.Qg8 Qf6 40.Qc8 Qd6 41.Qg8 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 c6 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.Nc4 Be6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Rb1 Qa6 18.Bc1 Rac8 19.Re1 b6 20.Bd2 Red8 21.a4 Nd4 22.Nb5 Bc5
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Be3 Rc5 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Rc1 Qc8 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qa1 Rc8 29.h4 Qc3
30.Bb7 Rc7 31.Be4 f5 32.Bf3 Bb3 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.e3 Qxd3+ 35.Kg2 Qc3 36.Qa3+ Ke8
37.Qd6 Rd7 38.Qe5+ Re7 39.Qb5+ Kf8 40.Qxf5+ Rf7 41.Qe5 Rxf3 42.Kxf3 Qxe1
43.Qb8+ Ke7 44.Qc7+ Kf6 45.Qd8+ Kf7 46.Qd7+ Kf8 47.Qd8+ Kf7 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Kf7
50.Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb6 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Qc7
16.h4 Bf5 17.g4 Be6 18.Nc5 Rad8 19.Bc4 Bc8 20.h5 e5 21.Qf2 Qe7 22.Ne4 g5
23.h6 Kh8 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 f5 26.gxf5 Rxf5 27.Rhe1 Rxf3 28.Rxe5 g4 29.Ne4 Rdf8
30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.Ng5 R3f6 32.Re7 Rg6 33.Rxd5 g3 34.Rf7 Re8 35.Re5 Rd8 36.Rd5 Re8
37.Re5 Rd8 38.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Spoelman,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 e5 8.c3 Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.d5 Na7 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.d6 Bc6 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd2 Nb5 15.Qc2 Nd6
16.b3 b6 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.Nf1 h6 19.Ng3 a5 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.Qf3 Nh7 22.Bc2 Ng5
23.Qh5 f6 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Qf7 26.e5 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Nc4 28.Qxf7+ Nxf7 29.Bf4 Ncd6
30.Re6 Bd5 31.Rg6 b5 32.Re1 a4 33.Nh5 Ne8 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Nf6+ Kh8 36.Nxd5 Re2
37.Bd3 Rxa2 38.bxa4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 bxa4 40.Nc7 Rd8 41.Bc4 a3 42.Ra6 g5 43.Bxf7 gxf4
44.Ne8 Kh7 45.Bg6+ Kg8 46.Ra7 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 Re1+ 49.Kf5 Rd5+ 50.Kf6 Rd8
51.Bf7+ Kh8 52.Nc7 f3 53.gxf3 Re3 54.f4 Rxc3 55.f5 Rb8 56.h4 c4 57.Nb5 Rb6+
58.Be6 Rg3 59.Ra8+ Kh7 60.Ra7+ Kh8 61.Nxa3 c3 62.Rc7 Ra6 63.Rc8+ Kh7 64.Rc7+ Kh8
65.Nc4 Ra8 66.Ne5 Rf8+ 67.Ke7 Ra8 68.Ng6+ Kg7 69.Kd6+  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li Chao2"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Bd3 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Nf3 exd5
10.cxd5 b5 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Qe7 14.a4 b4 15.Ne2 a5 16.Bb5 Nxe4
17.Bxe7 Nxd2 18.Bxd6 Ne4 19.Bc7 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Bg7 21.Nf4 Nef6 22.g4 Bb7 23.Bc6 Rxe1+
24.Rxe1 Rc8 25.Bxa5 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Rxc6 27.g5 Nh5 28.Nd5 Rd6 29.Re8+ Bf8 30.Ne3 Ng7
31.Rc8 Ne6 32.Bd8 Kg7 33.a5 Nxd8 34.Rxd8 Ne5 35.Rxd6 Nxf3+ 36.Kg2 Nh4+ 37.Kg3 Bxd6+
38.Kxh4 Kf8 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.a6 Bb8 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke4 Kc6 43.Nc4 Kb5 44.Kd5 b3
45.Na3+ Kb4 46.Nc4 Ba7 47.Nb2 Kc3 48.Na4+ Kc2 49.Kc6 c4 50.Kd5 b2 51.Nxb2 Kxb2
52.Kxc4 Kc2 53.f4 Kd2 54.Kd5 Ke3 55.Ke5 Bb8+  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.Re1 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.h3 Bb7 14.Nh2 d5 15.Qf3 Nh4 16.Qe2 Ng6
17.Ng4 Nf4 18.Qf3 dxe4 19.dxe4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Qf6 21.Nf5 Rad8 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.Qxf4 Bd6 24.Nxh6+ Qxh6 25.Bxf7+ Kh7 26.Qxh6+ Kxh6 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.f3 Kg5
29.Kf2 Bc5+ 30.Kg3 Kf6 31.Rad1 Bd6+ 32.Kf2 Bc5+ 33.Kg3 Bd6+ 34.Kf2 Bc5+ 35.Ke2 Bd6
36.Rh1 Bc8 37.a3 Be6 38.Kf2 Bb3 39.Rde1 Bc5+ 40.Kg3 Bc2 41.Rh5 Bd6+ 42.Kf2 g6
43.Rh7 Bc5+ 44.Kg3 Bd6+ 45.Kf2 Bc5+ 46.Kg3 Bd6+ 47.Kh3 g5 48.Rh6+ Kg7 49.Rh5 Kg6
50.g3 Rd8 51.f4 gxf4 52.e5 Bc5 53.gxf4 Rd3+ 54.Kg2 Rd2+ 55.Kf3 Rf2+ 56.Kg3  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 Qe7
9.O-O g6 10.a4 Bg7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Nh5 13.Qc4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Rad1 O-O
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qd6 18.Ng5 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qd6 20.Ng5 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.a3 a6 13.b4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Nd4 15.Qa2 Bf6
16.Rac1 Ne5 17.Kh1 h5 18.f4 Ng4 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 Be7 22.h3 Nf6
23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.g4 Qd7 25.Be3 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qa4
29.Qd2 Qb3 30.g5 Bd8 31.Bb2 Nf5 32.Bf3 Bb6 33.Qc3 Qa2 34.Be4 Qb1+ 35.Qc1 Ng3+
36.Kg2 Qxc1 37.Bxc1 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.d3 Na5 8.O-O Nh6
9.Qe1 Nxc4 10.dxc4 f5 11.e5 Be6 12.b3 Nf7 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Rf2 Rae8
16.Nb5 Qb6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a4 a5 19.Rd1 Bc8 20.Re2 e6 21.Ng5 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Nxe6+ Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Rd1 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxd1 Qe6 27.Kf2 g5 28.Qd5 Qh6
29.fxg5 Qh4+ 30.Ke2 Qxh2 31.Qxb7 Kg6 32.Qc6+ Kxg5 33.Qf3 f4 34.Qh3 Qg1 35.Nc3 Nd6
36.Qf3 Qc1 37.Kd3 Qg1 38.Qxf4+  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Qe8
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Bc1 Nxe5 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Ndb5 Ne6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qd2 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Rae1 Rf7 18.f4 a6 19.Nbc3 Ncd4 20.Bf3 c6 21.Nb4 c5 22.Nbd5 Nxf3+
23.Rxf3 Nd4 24.Rff1 b5 25.b3 Bf5 26.Bf2 bxc4 27.bxc4 Rb8 28.Kh1 h6 29.h3 Kh7
30.Ne4 Rfb7 31.Qd3 Kh8 32.g4 Be6 33.f5 gxf5 34.gxf5 Nxf5 35.Nxc5 Bxd5+ 36.cxd5 dxc5
37.Qxf5 Rd7 38.Bh4 Qc8 39.Bf6 Rf7 40.Bxg7+ Rxg7 41.Re6 Kg8 42.Qh5 Qc7 43.Rxh6 Rh7
44.Rxh7 Qxh7 45.Rg1+ Kh8 46.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.d3 Nc6
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rac1 Qd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bg6 14.e4 Ng4 15.Bf4 dxe4
16.dxe4 e5 17.Nd5 Rfc8 18.Bd2 Bc5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rcd1 Rc6 22.Bc3 Qc7
23.Rd2 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Bxd6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rd2 Bc5 27.Qd1 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Qc6 29.Qd1 Qe6
30.a3 f5 31.exf5 Qxf5 32.Qd2 b6 33.b4 Be7 34.Qd5 Bf6 35.Bd2 Qd3 36.Bh6 Qxd5
37.Bxd5 Be7 38.Bb3 Bf8 39.Bxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.e4 a6
9.d5 Na5 10.c5 dxc5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Qa4 b6 13.Qh4 f6 14.Rd1 Nb7 15.Be3 fxe5
16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Nce4 h5 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Nd6 20.Nxf6+ exf6 21.Bc6 Qe7 22.g4 hxg4
23.Qxg4 f5 24.Qxg6 Rf6 25.Qh5 f4 26.Bd2 Rh6 27.Qf3 Kh8 28.Kh1 Qxe6 29.Qd5 Ne4
30.Qxe4 Qxc6 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Bc3 Rd6 33.Rg1 Bf6 34.Rg6 Kh7 35.Rag1 Re8 36.R1g4 b5
37.a3 Re7 38.Kg2 Rg7 39.Rxg7+ Bxg7 40.Kf3 Rh6 41.Rg2 c6 42.Ke4 Rh5 43.f3 c4
44.Bb4 Bf6 45.Ba5 Kh6 46.Bb6 Rg5 47.Rd2 Kg6 48.h4 Rg3 49.Bd8 Bxd8 50.Rxd8 Rh3
51.Rc8 Rxh4 52.Kxe5 c5 53.Rc6+ Kf7 54.Rxa6 Rh2 55.Rc6 Rxb2 56.Rxc5 Ke7 57.a4 Re2+
58.Kxf4 Kd6 59.Rc8 bxa4 60.Rxc4 a3 61.Ra4 a2 62.Kg5 Ke6 63.Ra6+ Kd5 64.f4 Rg2+
65.Kf6 Ke4 66.f5 Rf2 67.Ke6 Kd4 68.f6 Kc3 69.f7 Kb2 70.Ke7 a1=Q 71.Rxa1 Kxa1
72.f8=Q Rxf8 73.Kxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.h3 Be6 8.d3 Nh6 9.Nd5 f5
10.h4 Nf7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 a6 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.O-O a5 15.b3 Kh7 16.a3 Nh6 17.Bg5 Ng4
18.Rce1 Nd8 19.f3 Nh6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.d4 Nc6 22.Rd1 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 exd4
25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Bf1 Nf7 27.f4 Re4 28.Bd3 Rfe8 29.Kf2 Nh6 30.Bxh6 Kxh6 31.Qxa5 Bf6
32.Rc1 Qg7 33.Qd2 Re3 34.Rg1 Rg8 35.Bxf5 Rxg3 36.Bg6 Bxh4 37.f5+ Re3+ 38.Kg2 Qe5
39.Kh1 Qf4 40.Qh2 Qe4+ 41.Rg2 d3 42.Rg1 d2 43.f6 Rxg6 44.Qf4+ Bg5 45.Qxe4 Rxe4
46.f7 Rh4+ 47.Rh2 Rxh2+ 48.Kxh2 Rf6  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.Nc3 b6 14.Be3 Kb7 15.f3 c5 16.Kg2 h6
17.Nge4 Bc6 18.Bf2 Re8 19.Bg3 Ng6 20.f4 f5 21.gxf5 Ne7 22.Kh2 Nxf5 23.Nd5 g5
24.Nef6 Re6 25.c4 Bg7 26.Rd3 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Nd4 28.Re1 Rf8 29.h4 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Re7
31.Nh5 Rf5 32.Nxg7 Rxf4 33.Kg3 Rf8 34.Ne6 Rg8+ 35.Kh3 Nxe6 36.dxe6 Rxe6 37.Rg3 Rf8
38.Kg4 Rg6+ 39.Kh3 Re6 40.Kg4 Kc6 41.h5 Kd7 42.Rf3 Rg8+ 43.Kh4 Rg5 44.Rf7+ Kc6
45.Rf6 Rxf6 46.exf6 Rf5 47.Re6+ Kd5 48.Re7 Rxf6 49.Rxc7 a5 50.Kg4 a4 51.Rd7+ Kc4
52.Rg7 Rf2 53.Rg6 Rxb2 54.Rxh6 b5 55.Rf6 Rxa2 56.h6 Rd2 57.Rf4+ Kb3  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Nge2 dxc4 8.Ng3 Nb6
9.Be2 Bg6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nge4 f6 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Qxb2
16.Bxc4 Qxc3 17.Rc1 Qb2 18.Bxe6 Rd8 19.d5 fxe5 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Re2 Qa3 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Rxe5 Kf8 24.Qe1 Qd6 25.Bxg8 Kxg8 26.Re6 Qxd5 27.Rxg6 Rh6 28.Rxh6 gxh6
29.Qe3 Rd7 30.Qxh6 Rg7 31.g3 Qd4 32.Qe6+ Rf7 33.Qe2 Kg7 34.Rf1 Kg6 35.Rd1 Qf6
36.Qe3 b6 37.Rd4 Re7 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Rf4 Qe6 40.Rf5 Rf7  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.e3 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.e4 Nd7 11.b4 h6 12.Be3 a6 13.Nd2 f5 14.f3 f4 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Bf2 h5
17.c5 g5 18.Nc4 Nf6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Bb6 Qd7 21.Qa4 Qxa4 22.Nxa4 Bd7 23.Nab2 Nc8
24.Rac1 Rf7 25.Bd8 Rf8 26.Bc7 Ne8 27.Nb6 Nxb6 28.Bxb6 Bf6 29.Nc4 h4 30.g4 Bb5
31.Rf2 Bxc4 32.Rxc4 Bd8 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 34.Bf1 Rf7 35.Rfc2 Kf8 36.a4 Rdd7 37.Rc8 Rc7
38.R2xc7 Rxc7 39.Rb8 Ke7 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Nf6 42.b6 Rc1 43.Rxb7+ Nd7 44.Rc7 Rb1
45.b7 Kd8 46.Rc8+ Ke7 47.Rg8 Kf7 48.b8=R Rxb8 49.Rxb8 Nxb8 50.Bb5 Ke7 51.Kf2 Kd8
52.Ke2 Kc7 53.Kd3 Kb6 54.Kc4 Ka5 55.h3 Na6 56.Bxa6 Kxa6 57.Kb4 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bogner,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bd7 7.Be3 Bg7 8.h3 Qc8
9.g4 h5 10.g5 Nh7 11.h4 Nf8 12.Ng3 Ne5 13.f3 Ne6 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.O-O Bh3 16.Nd5 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 e6 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.gxf6 Ndc6 20.Bg5 Qc7 21.c3 Qa5 22.Qc2 Qb6 23.Ne2 O-O-O
24.d4 Nd7 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 Nce5 27.c4 Qa6 28.b3 b5 29.cxb5 Qxb5 30.Rad1 Kb8
31.Nc3 Qa6 32.Rfe1 Rc8 33.Re3 Ka8 34.Qe2 Qb6 35.Re4 Rc7 36.Ra4 Nb8 37.Bf4 Re8
38.Qb5 Nbd7 39.Ra6 Qb7 40.Qxb7+ Rxb7 41.Rxd6 Rb4 42.Bg3 c4 43.Re1  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janssen,Ru"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Bxh6 Bxh6 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.e3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxc6 Qd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Qd3 Rac8 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.e4 a6 17.b3 e6 18.Rfe1 Qc7 19.Nde2 Qa5 20.h4 Rd7 21.Qe3 Rdd8 22.Kf1 Bf8
23.Rd3 Be7 24.Qd2 Qc7 25.Rd1 Bc6 26.Kg1 Be8 27.Nd4 Qb7 28.f3 Qc7 29.Kg2 Rb8
30.Qh6 Rdc8 31.Qd2 Rb6 32.Qe3 Bf8 33.Qd2 Qb7 34.Qe3 Rc5 35.Qf2 Qc8 36.Qe2 Qc7
37.Qf2 Rb8 38.Qe2 Bd7 39.Qd2 Be8 40.Qe3 Be7 41.Qf2 Rd8 42.Kh2 Bf8 43.f4 h5
44.f5 Qe7 45.Rf1 Re5 46.Nf3 Rc5 47.Nd4 Re5 48.Nf3 Rc5 49.fxe6 fxe6 50.e5 Rcc8
51.Ng5 Bg7 52.exd6 Rxd6 53.Rxd6 Qxd6 54.Nce4 Qd3 55.Nf6+ Kh8 56.Nxe6 Bc6
57.Nxg7 Kxg7 58.Qa7+ Kf8 59.Nd5+ Kg8 60.Qf7+ Kh8 61.Qf6+ Kh7 62.Qe7+ Kh6
63.Rf7 Qd2+ 64.Kh3 Rh8 65.Qf6 Rg8 66.Qxc6 Qd1 67.Ne3 Qe2 68.Nf5+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2010-11"]
[Site "Reading ENG"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Palliser,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 d6 7.Rb1 Nd4 8.O-O h5
9.h4 Ng4 10.d3 e6 11.Nf4 Bd7 12.Nh3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bc6 14.Ne2 b6 15.Nef4 Bb7
16.c3 Nc6 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Bh3 Nd8 19.f3 Nf6 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.e5 Nh7
23.Nxh7 Rxh7 24.Be3 Nc6 25.b4 Ne7 26.Qd3 a6 27.Ne2 Bh6 28.Bxh6 Rxh6 29.Rfc1 Bc6
30.Nc3 Nf5 31.Kf2 Qe7 32.Qd2 Rh8 33.Bxf5 gxf5 34.a4 Kf8 35.b5 axb5 36.axb5 Be8
37.Ne2 f6 38.exf6 Qxf6 39.Rc7 Kg8 40.Rb7 Rh7 41.Rxb6 Rha7 42.Rb2 Bd7 43.Nf4 Ra4
44.Nxh5 Qh8 45.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Golod,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Ng3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne8 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Nc4 Rd8
16.b4 Nd6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Qg4 Qg6 20.Nh4 Qf6 21.O-O h6 22.Nf5 Kh7
23.Qe2 Bb6 24.Be3 Ne7 25.Bxb6 cxb6 26.Ne3 Qc6 27.Qc2 b5 28.Rad1 Kg8 29.Rd3 Rxd3
30.Qxd3 Ng6 31.Rd1 Nf4 32.Qc2 Qc8 33.Rd6 Rd8 34.Qd1 Ne6 35.Nf5 Rxd6 36.Qxd6 Qc7
37.Qxc7 Nxc7 38.Nd6 b6 39.Nc8 Na8 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nf5 h5 42.h4 Nc7 43.f3 Ne6
44.g3 a5 45.Kf2 axb4 46.cxb4 g6 47.Nd6 Nc7 48.f4 Ke7 49.Nc8+ Kd7 50.Nxb6+ Kc6
51.Nc8 Kd7 52.Na7 f6 53.g4 hxg4 54.f5 gxf5 55.exf5 e4 56.h5 Ke8 57.Nc6 Nd5
58.Nd4 Nxb4 59.b3 Nd5 60.Nxb5 e3+ 61.Ke2 Nf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 d5 8.d4 Bb6
9.O-O Nxe4 10.f3 Nf6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf2 c5 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.dxc5 Ba6 15.Re1 Rxe1+
16.Qxe1 Qd7 17.cxb6 Re8 18.Qc1 axb6 19.a4 Re2 20.b4 Qf5 21.b5 Bc8 22.Qd1 Qc2
23.Qxc2 Rxc2 24.Na3 Rxc3 25.Be1 Rd3 26.Nc2 Nd7 27.Nb4 Rd4 28.Nc6 Rc4 29.Bg3 Kf6
30.Rd1 Bb7 31.a5 Bxc6 32.bxc6 Rxc6 33.Rxd5 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Rb5 Rc2+ 36.Ke3 c6
37.Rg5 g6 38.axb6 Nxb6 39.Re5+ Kd7 40.Kd3 Rxg2 41.Ra5 Nc8 42.Ra4 Ne7 43.Rd4+ Nd5
44.Re4 Ra2 45.Re1 Ra3+ 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.Kd4+ Kf5 48.Re5+ Kf6 49.Re8 h5 50.Bd6 Ra2
51.Re4 Rf2 52.Kc5 Rxf3 53.Kxc6 Rd3 54.h4 Ne3 55.Bf4 Ng2 56.Bg5+ Kf5 57.Re2 Nf4
58.Re1 Ne6 59.Be7 Nd4+ 60.Kc5 Nf3 61.Re2 Rd7 62.Kc6 Rd4 63.Kc5 Re4 64.Rxe4 Kxe4  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sahl,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d3 h6 8.Nc3 Bc5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bh7 12.Ne1 O-O 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Nd3 Bd4 15.f3 Ne5
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Ne2 Bb6 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qh5 20.Nc3 g5 21.g4 Qg6 22.Bg3 h5
23.h3 hxg4 24.fxg4 Qh6 25.Bh2 Re6 26.Re1 Rae8 27.Re2 Ba5 28.Rae1 Qf8 29.Qc1 Qh6
30.e5 Nd5 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Rd1 Be4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Rxe4 Rh8 36.Rd3 Rc6
37.Qd1 Rhc8 38.Re2 Rc1 39.Qa4 Qa6 40.Qe4 Bd8 41.e6 Qxe6 42.Qxe6 fxe6 43.Rd7+ Kf8
44.Bd6+ Ke8 45.Rxb7 R8c2 46.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 47.Kf3 Bf6 48.Ba3 Rh2 49.Rh7 a5 50.Ke4 Bxb2
51.Bxb2 Rxb2 52.Ke5 Re2+ 53.Kf6 e5 54.Re7+ Kf8 55.Rxe5 Rxa2 56.Rxg5 Rf2+
57.Kg6 Rh2 58.Rxa5 Rxh3 59.g5 Rg3 60.Ra8+ Ke7 61.Ra7+ Kf8 62.Ra8+ Ke7 63.Rg8 Rg1
64.Kh7 Rg2 65.g6 Rg1 66.Ra8 Rh1+ 67.Kg8 Rg1 68.Ra6 Rg2 69.g7 Rg1 70.Rh6 Rg2
71.Kh8 Kf7 72.Rh7  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiller,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nh6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d4 7.c3 Nc6 8.e4 dxe3
9.d4 Nf5 10.g4 Nd6 11.Ne5 Na5 12.b4 Nac4 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Bxe3 a5 15.b5 f6 16.Nd3 Nxb5
17.Nc5 c6 18.a4 Nd6 19.Nd2 Nd5 20.c4 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bxg4 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kh8
24.Rab1 f5 25.d5 Rc8 26.Kh1 cxd5 27.Bxd5 Rc7 28.Rfe1 Qe8 29.Nf3 Qxa4 30.Ng5 Bf6
31.Qe2 Rfc8 32.Rg1 Rxc4 33.Nxh7 Kxh7 34.Rxg6 Rc1+ 35.Rg1 Rxg1+ 36.Rxg1 Qxf4
37.Qg2 Qg5  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Williams,Si1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 Be7
9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Na5 11.Ne2 Nb3 12.Rb1 Nb8 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Na4 Qa5+
16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Be2 Nca5 18.O-O g6 19.h5 O-O-O 20.Bf2 Kb8 21.Bd3 Rc8 22.Bc2 Be8
23.Re1 Na1 24.Bd3 N1b3 25.Bc2 Na1 26.Bd3 N1b3 27.Re2 Bxa3 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.bxa3 Ba4
30.Bc2 Rc3 31.Be1 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Qxd4+ 33.Qxd4 Nxd4 34.Bxa4 Nxe2+ 35.Kf2  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 Nfd5
9.Nxc4 Nb4 10.Qc3 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Be6 12.Qc3 Nd5 13.Qd4 Nb4 14.Qc3 Nd5 15.Qd4 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gupta,Ab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.O-O Nf4 11.Re1 Nxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Nxe5 Re8 14.d4 f6 15.Nf3 Bg4
16.Rf1 Re4 17.h3 Bh5 18.Nc3 Rxd4 19.Re1 Qd7 20.Qe2 Nc4 21.b3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Ne5
23.Qe2 f5 24.Ba3 Bc7 25.Rad1 Re8 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Bc5 Rd3 28.Be3 Ng6 29.Bg5 Rc8
30.Qe6+ Qxe6 31.Rxe6 Bb6 32.Re2 f4 33.Re4 Rf8 34.f3 Bc5 35.Ne2 Bd6 36.h4 h6
37.h5 Rd5 38.hxg6 Rxg5 39.Re6 Rd8 40.Kg1 Ra5 41.Nc3 Bb4 42.Rde1 Rxd2 43.Rxc6 Rd8
44.Re2 Bc5+ 45.Kf1 Be3 46.g4 h5 47.Kg2 Kf8 48.Kh3 Ke7 49.Kh4 Kd7 50.Rc4 hxg4
51.Kxg4 Ra6 52.Nd5 Rf8 53.Rc7+ Kd6 54.Rf7 Kxd5 55.Rxf8 Rxg6+ 56.Kf5 Rg1 57.Rd8+ Kc5
58.Rc2+ Kb4 59.Rb8+ Ka3 60.Rbc8 g6+ 61.Ke4 Rg5 62.R8c4 Ra5 63.Rg2 Ra6 64.Kd3 Ra5
65.Kc3 Bc1 66.Rg5 Ra6 67.Rxg6 Ra5 68.Kc2 Be3 69.Rg5 Ra6 70.Rg6 Ra5 71.Re6 Kxa2
72.Ree4  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.Qxd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 Rfe8 12.Bb2 Bf8 13.Rad1 Qc6 14.Rfe1 Re6 15.Re2 Qb6
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Rde1 c6 18.Bc1 g6 19.Be3 Qa5 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.f4 d5 22.exd5 Rxe2
23.Rxe2 Rxe2 24.Nxe2 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 cxd5 26.h3 Qc6 27.Be1 Ne4 28.Nc3 Nxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bb5 Ncb8 7.O-O b6 8.Re1 a5
9.c3 Ba6 10.Ba4 Be7 11.Nf1 c6 12.h4 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 Bxh4 14.g4 Be7 15.Kg2 Nf8
16.Rh1 Kd7 17.c4 Kc7 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Be3 b5 20.Bc2 Ne6 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.Ng1 Nb6
23.b3 Bb4 24.Qd3 g6 25.f4 h5 26.f5 gxf5 27.Qxf5 Qg8 28.g5 a4 29.Nf3 axb3
30.axb3 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Kb7 32.Kf2 Ng7 33.Qh3 Bc3 34.Rg1 Qc8 35.Qxc8+ Nxc8 36.g6 fxg6
37.Rxg6 Ne8 38.Bg5 Rf8 39.Ke2 Nc7 40.Rh6 b4 41.Bd3 Kb6 42.Bf6 Ne6 43.Ke3 Bb2
44.Rh8 Rxh8 45.Bxh8 Ne7 46.Bf6 Ng8 47.Bf5 Nxf6 48.exf6 Nxd4 49.Nxd4 c5 50.Nf3 Bxf6
51.Kd3 Kc6 52.Bg6 h4 53.Bf5 Kd6 54.Bg4 c4+ 55.bxc4 b3 56.cxd5 b2 57.Kc2 Kxd5
58.Nxh4 Bxh4 59.Kxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nf1 Bf8 10.a4 h6 11.h3 Ne7 12.Bxd7 Qxd7 13.Ng3 Ng6 14.d4 c6 15.Be3 exd4
16.Bxd4 Nh7 17.c4 a5 18.Bc3 Qc7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.b3 g6 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.Re3 Nc5
23.Rae1 Qd8 24.Bb2 Nf6 25.Qc3 Ncd7 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Qc2 Ng8 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.Nf3 Qc7
30.Red3 Ndf6 31.Qc3 Rcd8 32.Re3 Bg7 33.Qc2 Nd7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Nd4 Kh7 36.Qd2 Nc5
37.f4 Nf6 38.Rde1 Rd7 39.Qc3 Qd8 40.Nf3 Ng8 41.e5 Ree7 42.exd6 Rxd6 43.Rxe7 Nxe7
44.Qe5 Ne6 45.Ne4 Rd3 46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Ng4+ Kh7 48.Qf6 Qf8 49.Nxh6 Rxf3 50.gxf3 Kxh6
51.Rxe6 Nc8 52.Re5 Kh7 53.f5 g5 54.Qxg5 Qd6 55.Qh4+ Kg7 56.f6+ Qxf6 57.Rg5+ Kf8
58.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Danielsen,Hen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bg5 f6
10.exf6 gxf6 11.Be3 Kf7 12.Be2 dxc4 13.Nxh5 Nb6 14.Nf4 Bh6 15.Nxg6 Nxg6 16.Bh5 Bxe3
17.fxe3 Nd5 18.Qf3 Rh6 19.g4 Qd6 20.g5 Rxh5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxh5 Qg3+ 23.Kd2 Rh8
24.Qe2 Nxh4 25.Raf1 Qxg5 26.Qf2 Rh5 27.Rhg1 Qf5 28.Qg3 Qd3+ 29.Kc1 Ng6 30.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Delmenhorst GER"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bok,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 d5
9.d4 O-O 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Nbd2 Qf6 13.Nf1 Be6 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bf5
16.Qc2 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rae8 18.Qb5 Qe6 19.Kh1 Nd8 20.b3 a6 21.Qa4 f6 22.Ba3 Nf7
23.Nd2 Qf5 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Qa5 Rf7 26.Nf1 Rfe7 27.Qb4 Qe6 28.Rac1 Ne4 29.Kg1 c6
30.Qa5 Qf5 31.c4 h5 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Re2 h4 34.Rc7 Kh7 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.h3 Ng3
37.Nxg3 hxg3 38.Qd2 Qe4 39.Qd1 f5 40.Kf1 f4 41.Rc2 g6 42.exf4 Qxf4+ 43.Qf3 Qxd4
44.Rc1 Qe5 45.Rd1 Kg7 46.Qd3 Qf6+ 47.Qf3 Qe6 48.Qd3 Kh7 49.Rc1 Rf7+ 50.Kg1 Qb6+
51.Kh1 Qf2 52.Rg1 Re7 53.Qc3 d4 54.Qb4 Rc7 55.Rd1 Kh6 56.a4 Rc2 57.Qxb7 Re2
58.Qb4  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Delmenhorst GER"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d4 4.b4 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 a5 9.b5 c5
10.bxc6 Nexc6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Ne1 Na6 13.Nc2 Nab4 14.Bxb4 Nxb4 15.Nxb4 axb4
16.c5 Bf8 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.Qd2 Ra4 19.Rac1 Be6 20.c6 b6 21.e3 Bh6 22.Rc2 dxe3
23.fxe3 Ra3 24.Kh1 Qd6 25.d4 e4 26.Bxe4 Ra7 27.d5 Bc8 28.Bf3 Bxe3 29.Qd1 Rae7
30.Re1 Re5 31.Kg2 h5 32.Nd2 b5 33.Nf1 Ba7 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Nd2 Rxd5 36.Bxd5 Qxd5+
37.Qf3 Qd4 38.Qf1 h4 39.h3 hxg3 40.Nf3 Qf4 41.Re2 Be6 42.Rxe6 fxe6 43.Qd3 Bb8
44.Qxg6+ Kf8 45.Qxe6 Kg7 46.Qe7+ Qf7 47.Qd7 Kg6 48.Qxf7+ Kxf7 49.Nd4 Be5
50.Nxb5 Ke7 51.h4 Ke6 52.h5 Ke7 53.h6 Ke6 54.h7 Ke7 55.Nc7 Kd6 56.Nd5 Kxc6
57.Nxb4+ Kb5 58.Nd3 Bh8 59.Kxg3 Ka4 60.Kg4 Ka3 61.Nc1  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battaglini,G"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Qd2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bh6 O-O
9.Nc3 Qe7 10.h3 Nc5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qg5 Re8 13.Qh4 c6 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bc4 b5
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Rad1 h5 18.Rd2 Nh7 19.Rfd1 Nxg5 20.Qxg5 Bf6 21.Qh6 Be7 22.h4 Qf6
23.Rd3 Bg4 24.Ne2 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Qg5 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxg5+ 28.hxg5 Bxg5
29.Rd6 Rc8 30.Rd7 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Nc1 Bc7 33.Nd3 Bd6 34.b3 Kf8 35.c4 bxc4
36.bxc4 Ke7 37.Kg2 f6 38.a4 Kd7 39.Nc1 Bb4 40.Nd3 Ba3 41.f4 exf4 42.Nxf4 Kd6
43.Nxg6 Kc5 44.e5 fxe5 45.Nxe5 Kb6 46.f4 Bd6 47.Nd3 c5 48.Kf3 Ka5 49.Ke4 h4
50.Kd5 Bf8 51.Nf2 Kxa4 52.f5 Ka5 53.f6 Kb6 54.Ke6 Kc7 55.Nh3 a5 56.Kf7 Bd6
57.Ng5 h3 58.Nxh3 a4 59.Ke6 a3 60.Nf2 a2 61.Ne4 a1=Q  0-1

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sedlak,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Rd1 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Qc6 13.b3 a6 14.Bb2 Rfc8 15.Rad1 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Rb4 Rab8 18.Kf1 Qa8 19.Rxb5 Rxb5 20.Nxb5 Nxe4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Nxd6 Rd8
23.Be5 Qa3 24.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le Roux,JP"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 Bg4 11.Rc1 e6 12.Ne1 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Nd3 Re8 15.Rfd1 Qg5 16.g3 Rad8
17.h4 Qf5 18.Kg2 h5 19.Qf3 Qxf3+ 20.Kxf3 Bf8 21.Ba5 Rc8 22.Ke2 Nf6 23.Rc2 Ne4
24.Rdc1 Kg7 25.Bb4 Bxb4 26.Nxb4 Rcd8 27.Nd3 Rh8 28.Rg1 Nd6 29.a4 Rhe8 30.c5 Nf5
31.b4 f6 32.f4 Ra8 33.Rb2 Nh6 34.Rgb1 Ng4 35.Nf2 e5 36.Nxg4 hxg4 37.Kd3 exf4
38.exf4 g5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.Rf1 Re4 41.Rbf2 Rae8 42.fxg5 R8e7 43.b5 axb5 44.axb5 cxb5
45.Rf5 Re3+ 46.Kd2 Rxg3 47.Rxd5 Rge3 48.Rg1 g3 49.Rd7 Re2+ 50.Kd3 Re3+ 51.Kd2 Re2+
52.Kd3 Rxd7 53.Kxe2 Rxd4 54.Rxg3 Rc4 55.Rd3 Rxc5 56.Rd7+ Kg6 57.Rxb7 Kxg5
58.Kd3 Kf6 59.Kd4 Rh5 60.Kc3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nevednichy,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 b6
9.Nd5 Bb7 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bd3 Rfe8 12.d5 c6 13.c4 a5 14.Nh4 g6 15.Bg5 Qf8
16.Qd2 Nh5 17.g3 Nc5 18.Bc2 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bc8 20.Ra3 f6 21.Be3 Bd7 22.b4 axb4
23.Qxb4 Reb8 24.Rea1 Ra5 25.Qe1 Ng7 26.Bd2 Raa8 27.Bb4 Na6 28.Ng2 f5 29.Ne3 Rc8
30.Bd3 fxe4 31.Bxe4 Nf5 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.f4 exf4 34.gxf4 Kf7 35.Ng2 Re8 36.Qd2 Re4
37.Bc3 Qh6 38.Bb2 Rg8 39.Rf1 Nc5 40.Rff3 Rg4 41.h3 Rg8 42.Bd4 Ree8 43.Bxc5 dxc5
44.Kh2 Qd6 45.Qd1 Rg7 46.Rg3 Reg8 47.Rxg7+ Rxg7 48.Re3 Kg8 49.Qe2 h6 50.Re5 Qg6
51.Qf2 c4 52.Re3 Qd6 53.Qd2 Kh7 54.Rg3 Rxg3 55.Kxg3 Qa3+ 56.Ne3 Qd3 57.Qxd3 cxd3
58.Kf2 Bxa4 59.Ke1 Kg6 60.Kd2 Bb5 61.d6 Kf6 62.Nd5+ Ke6 63.Nc7+ Kxd6 64.Nxb5+ Kc5
65.Nc7 Kd4 66.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esen,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Be3 d6 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Bh6 c5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.d5 a6 14.Bh3 Bxf3 15.exf3 b5
16.b3 Rb8 17.Rfe1 Rb7 18.Re3 Re8 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.g4 Kg8 21.f4 bxc4 22.bxc4 Qb8
23.R1e2 h6 24.Kg2 Nh7 25.g5 hxg5 26.fxg5 Qd8 27.f4 Qb6 28.Rb3 Qc7 29.f5 Rxb3
30.axb3 gxf5 31.Bxf5 Nf8 32.Re3 e6 33.Qc3 e5 34.Rh3 Ng6 35.Rh6 Qd8 36.h4 Kg7
37.Kg3 Rf8 38.Qe3 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Qxh8 40.Bxg6 Kxg6 41.b4 f5 42.gxf6 cxb4 43.c5 Qxf6
44.c6 Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 exf4+ 46.Kxf4 b3 47.c7 b2 48.c8=Q b1=Q 49.Qe6+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kg8
51.Qxd6 Qf1+ 52.Kg5 Qg2+ 53.Kf6 Qf2+ 54.Ke6 Qf7+ 55.Ke5 Qh5+ 56.Kd4 Qxh4+
57.Kc5 a5 58.Qb8+ Kf7 59.Qc7+ Ke8 60.Qc6+ Kd8 61.Qb6+ Kd7 62.Qb5+ Kc8 63.Qa6+ Kd7
64.Qc6+ Kd8 65.Qa8+ Kd7 66.Qa7+ Kc8 67.Qxa5 Qf2+ 68.Kc4 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jansa,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g4 Bg6 7.Nce2 Nc6 8.h4 h5
9.g5 Nd7 10.Nf4 Ne7 11.Qe2 c6 12.Nxg6 Nxg6 13.f4 Qa5 14.Nf3 Nc5 15.a3 Ne4
16.Rg1 O-O-O 17.Bh3 Kb8 18.b4 Qc7 19.c4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Nd6 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Kf2 Nf5
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Bd4 Rg8 25.Qa4 a6 26.Qa5 Bd6 27.Qb6 Kc8 28.b5 axb5 29.a4 Qc7
30.Qa7 Qb8 31.Qa5 Kd7 32.Bb6 Rc8 33.axb5 c5 34.Qa2 Ke8 35.Qc4 Kf8 36.Ra7 Ne7
37.g6  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan,H"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.f3 a6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a4 Be6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.b4 Nh5
16.Rc1 Rf8 17.Rc2 g5 18.Ne2 Qf6 19.Ng3 Nf4 20.Rd2 a5 21.bxa5 g4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4
23.Nh5 Qg5 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.fxg4 Nxg4 26.e5 Rxa5 27.exd6 Nxh2 28.Be2 Raf5
29.Kxh2 Rf2 30.Bg4 Rxd2 31.Qa1+ Rf6 32.Bh3 Qf4+ 33.Kh1 Qxd6 34.Bxe6 Qd4 35.Qxd4 Rxd4
36.a5 Rh4+ 37.Kg1 Rh5 38.Bc8 Rf7 39.Rb1 Rxa5 40.Bxb7 Rc7 41.Rb6 Rc5 42.Rb4 Kf6
43.Kf2 Ke5 44.Ke3 Ra5 45.Rb6 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Anisimov,P2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 Ne7 6.O-O a6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.d3 Be7 10.f4 d5 11.Bb3 f5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Ng1 Bf6 15.Bd2 Qd6
16.Nf3 Bd7 17.Qe1 Kh8 18.Qf2 Be8 19.Rae1 Bh5 20.c3 dxc3 21.bxc3 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.d4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Rd8 25.g4 fxg4 26.Qxg4 Qd7 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Re1 Kg8 29.Re8+ Kf7
30.Rh8 h6 31.Bd1 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Bf3 Ke6 34.f5+ Kxf5 35.Bxd5 Ba5 36.Kg2 g5
37.Be1 g4 38.Kf1 Bc7 39.Kg2 Ba5 40.Kf1 Bc7 41.Bg3 Ba5 42.c4 Bc3 43.Bf2 a5
44.Bg2 a4 45.Ke2 Bb2 46.d5 Nb4 47.d6 Ke6 48.c5 Nxa2 49.Bxb7 a3 50.Bc8+ Kd5
51.Bb7+ Kc4 52.c6 Nc3+ 53.Kf1 Nb5 54.c7 Nxd6 55.Bg3 a2 56.Bxd6 a1=Q+ 57.Ke2 Kb5
58.c8=Q  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bg4 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.e3 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qf3 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bg5 Kg7 15.Qh3 Nxe5
16.Bh6+ Kh8 17.dxe5 Ng8 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Rc2 Qa5 20.Rfc1 Ba4 21.Nxa4 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Qxa4
23.b3 Qd7 24.Qf3 Bf8 25.e4 Ne7 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.h4 d4 28.Bg5 Kg8 29.Bf6 Rc1+
30.Rd1 Qc7 31.Bc4 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Nc6 33.f4 Be7 34.Qd2 Qd8 35.Bxe7 Qxe7 36.g3 b5
37.Bf1 Qc5 38.Kf2 Nb4 39.a3 Nc2 40.Bd3 Ne3 41.b4 Qc7 42.Be2 Qa7 43.Qc1 Nc4
44.Kf3 Qc7 45.Qd1 Qd8 46.Kf2 h6 47.Qc2 Qc7 48.Bd3 Kg7 49.Ke1 Qc6 50.Ke2 Qa8
51.Kf3 Qc8 52.Ke2 Qc7 53.Kf3 Qc8 54.Ke2 Kh7 55.Kf3 Kg8 56.Ke2 Qc6 57.Kf3 Kf8
58.Ke2 Ke8 59.Qc1 Kd8 60.Qa1 Qb6 61.a4 Kc7 62.a5 Qa7 63.Qc1 Qa8 64.Qa1 Qd8
65.Qc1 Qa8 66.Qa1 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Zherebukh,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bxd7 Nxd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.a4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Rxc5 15.Nc4 Qa8
16.Ne3 Rfc8 17.Ncd5 Bg5 18.c3 Bxe3 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Nxc8 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Rxc8
22.Qxd6 Bxe4 23.Qxe5 Bxg2 24.Rd4 h6 25.Rad1 Qf3+ 26.Ke1 Rc6 27.Kd2 Re6 28.Qf4 Qe2+
29.Kc1 Be4 30.R1d2 Qe1+ 31.Rd1 Qe2 32.R4d2 Qc4 33.Qxf7 Qa2 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Qg8+ Kg6
36.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O d6 11.Bg5 Re8 12.f3 h6 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.f4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.a4 h5
17.h3 Qe7 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Bg5 Qd6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Bxg6 Rxe2
24.Bh7+ Kg7 25.Qxe2 Kxh7 26.Ra3 Re8 27.Qxh5+ Kg7 28.Raf3 Rh8 29.Rxf6 Rxh5
30.Rxd6 Bxa4 31.Rdf6 Be8 32.d6 Kf8 33.R1f5 Rh4 34.Rxc5 Bc6 35.Rcf5 Rh7 36.Rf4 Rg7
37.g4 d3 38.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg4
9.f3 Bh5 10.Nxc4 e5 11.d3 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Be7 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Nf2 f6 15.Kh1 Qb6
16.a3 Rd8 17.Qh4 Bg6 18.Nd1 f5 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 O-O 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxd5+ cxd5
23.Qxf4 Bh5 24.Rf2 Rde8 25.Qd2 d4 26.Rc1 Re5 27.Kg1 Rfe8 28.b4 h6 29.Qa2+ Kh7
30.Rc2 Qd6 31.Kf1 b5 32.Qb2 a6 33.Kg1 Bg4 34.Kg2 Qd5+ 35.Kg1 Qd6 36.Kg2 R8e7
37.Qa2 Qd7 38.Kf1 R5e6 39.Qb2 f4 40.gxf4 Qb7 41.Kg1 Rg6 42.Rg2 Bh3 43.Rxg6 Kxg6
44.f5+ Kh7 45.Kf2 Qh1 46.e4 Qf1+ 47.Kg3 Qxd3+  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Guliyev,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.c3 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 d6 10.Re1 O-O 11.d4 d5 12.Nd2 Bd6 13.Nf3 Ne7 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nd3 Ng6
16.Qf3 c6 17.g3 Qd7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Ne5 20.Qe3 Qe8 21.Bg2 Qh5 22.f3 Re8
23.Bd2 Bh3 24.Bh1 Qg6 25.Qd4 Nd3 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.c4 dxc4 28.Qxc4+ Be6 29.Qd4 Bd5
30.Bc3 Re2 31.Bg2 Ne5 32.Rf1 Qc2 33.Rf2 Qb1+ 34.Rf1 Qc2 35.Rf2 Qb1+ 36.Rf1 Qxa2
37.Bh1 Qc4 38.Qxc4 Nxc4 39.Rf2 Re3 40.Bg2 Kf7 41.Rc2 Rd3 42.Be1 Ne5 43.f4 Rd1
44.Bxd5+ cxd5 45.Kf2 Nd3+ 46.Ke2 Nxe1 47.Kxd1 Nxc2 48.Kxc2 Ke6 49.Kc3 Kd7
50.Kd4 Kc6 51.f5 h5 52.h3 a5 53.b3 Kb5 54.Kxd5 Kb4 55.Ke6 Kxb3 56.Kf7 a4
57.g4 hxg4 58.hxg4 a3 59.Kxg7 a2 60.Kxf6 a1=Q+ 61.Kg6 Qh8  0-1

[Event "RAC Centenary Simul"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Read,Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nge7 6.Qd2 O-O 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 Qe8
9.Be2 b6 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 exf5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bb7 14.e6 f4 15.Bf2 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rd8 18.Qe5 Rd6 19.Rd1 Rf5 20.Qxd6 cxd6 21.Nb5 Rxb5 22.cxb5 Nf5
23.O-O Ne3 24.Rxd6 Qe7 25.Rd7 Qxe6 26.Rxb7 Qg4+ 27.Kf2 Qg2+ 28.Ke1 Nxf1 29.Bc4+ Kf8
30.Rf7+ Ke8 31.Rxf4 Nxh2 32.Nxh2 Qxh2 33.Rf2 Qg1+ 34.Ke2 Qg4+ 35.Kd3 Qg3+
36.Ke2 Qg4+ 37.Kd3 Qg3+ 38.Ke2 Qe5+ 39.Kd3 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RAC Centenary Simul"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Povah,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.c4 h6 6.Bh4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bb4 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.h3 Rc8 13.b4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd5 15.Bg3 b6
16.Rfd1 N7f6 17.Nd2 Qd7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Bh2 Qb7 20.Qb3 Qa8 21.Nde4 a5 22.Nxf6+ Nxf6
23.b5 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Na4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Qd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Nxb6 Rxb5 29.Nc4 Rc5
30.Be5 Nd7 31.Bd4 Rc7 32.Bb2 a4 33.Kf1 Bf6 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Rd1 Rxc4 36.Rxd7 Rc3
37.Ra7 Rxa3 38.Ke2 f5 39.Kf3 Ra2 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.hxg4 Kg7 42.Kg3 Ra1 43.Kf4 Kf6
44.Ra5 a3 45.f3 Kg6 46.Ke4 a2 47.Kf4 h5 48.gxh5+ Kh6 49.Ke4 f6 50.Kf4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "London League 2010-11"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O
10.Qe1 Bg4 11.d3 Qd7 12.Nbd2 d5 13.Qf2 b6 14.Rfe1 d4 15.Nc4 f6 16.a4 Nd5
17.Qf1 g5 18.Bc1 h6 19.Bd2 Rae8 20.Kh1 Ncb4 21.Rac1 Kh8 22.Qe2 Na2 23.Ra1 Nac3
24.Qf1 Be6 25.exf6 exf6 26.Rac1 Qc7 27.Ng1 Bg8 28.Qf3 Qd7 29.Bh3 Qd8 30.Bg2 a6
31.Qh5 Bf7 32.Rxe8 Bxe8 33.Qh3 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Nb2 Bd7 36.Qh5 Qe8 37.Qf3 g4
38.Qf2 f5 39.Ra1 Bc6 40.Nd1 b4 41.h4 Rf7 42.Kh2 Re7 43.Nb2 Ne3 44.Bxc6 Qxc6
45.Bc1 Bf6 46.Ra5  0-1

[Event "4NCL 2010-11"]
[Site "Hinkley Island ENG"]
[Date "2011.04.30"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Parker,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.b3 Qe7 7.Bb2 Nd7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Ne2 Ba3 10.Bxa3 Qxa3 11.O-O Qe7 12.Ng3 Nc5 13.b4 Na6 14.c3 c5 15.a3 cxb4
16.axb4 c5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Re1 g6 19.d4 Nd7 20.Qb3 Kg7 21.Nf1 Qe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6
23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bd7 25.Ne3 Rfc8 26.Red1 Be8 27.Rd6 Kf7 28.Ra3 Rc5 29.f4 a5
30.Kf2 a4 31.Ke2 Rac8 32.Kd3 b5 33.g4 Ke7 34.h4 Bc6 35.g5 Ba8 36.Nc2 Bc6
37.Nd4 Bd7 38.Ne2 R5c7 39.Rb6 Rc5 40.Ra1 Bc6 41.Ra3 Rf8 42.Ra6 Bd7 43.Ra7 Rb8
44.Ke3 Rbc8 45.Ra1 R8c7 46.Rxc7 Rxc7 47.Rb1 Rc8 48.Kd3 Rf8 49.Kd2 Rf7 50.Ke3 Rf8
51.Nd4 Rc8 52.Kd3 Rf8 53.Rf1 Ra8 54.Rf2 Rf8 55.Rf1 Ra8 56.h5 gxh5 57.Rh1 a3
58.Rxh5 a2 59.Rxh7+ Kd8 60.Nxe6+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2010-11"]
[Site "Hinkley Island ENG"]
[Date "2011.05.01"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Hunt,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 b5 5.Qd2 d6 6.a4 b4 7.Nce2 a5 8.Ng3 h5 9.h4 Nf6
10.Nf3 Ng4 11.Bc4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.O-O c5 14.Rad1 O-O 15.b3 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qb6
17.d5 Nb8 18.Nd2 Nd7 19.Bg5 Rce8 20.Rfe1 Nde5 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Ne5 23.Qe2 c4
24.Be3 Qc7 25.Qd2 Rc8 26.Ne2 cxb3 27.cxb3 Qc2 28.Qxc2 Rxc2 29.Nd4 Rb2 30.Bc1 Ra2
31.Bg5 Re8 32.Re2 Rxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2010-11"]
[Site "Hinkley Island ENG"]
[Date "2011.05.02"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bf6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Ne2 c5 12.Nd2 b6 13.Kh1 Nf8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Nxf4 Ng6 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Nce3 c6 20.Nc3 Ra7 21.a4 Rd7 22.Qh5 Qe7
23.Ne2 h6 24.Ng3 Qg5 25.Qe2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Nef5 Nh4 28.Qf2 c4 29.Nxh4 Qxh4
30.bxc4 bxc4 31.d4 Qg5 32.c3 Rb7 33.Ra6 Qb5 34.Ra2 Qg5 35.Ra6 Qb5 36.Rfa1 Rb6
37.R6a2 Reb8 38.h4 R6b7 39.Qf4 Qb6 40.Nh5 Qc7 41.e5 Qc8 42.Rf1 Bg4 43.Ng3 Be6
44.Nh5 Bg4 45.Ng3 Be6 46.Ne4 Rb1 47.Rf2 Bd5 48.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 49.Kh2 Bxe4 50.Qxe4 Rb3
51.Qf3 Qc7 52.Re2 Qe7 53.g3 Qd7 54.Ra2 Qb7 55.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 h6 9.Bh4 dxc4
10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.a4 b4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Bb7
17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Nd4 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Bd5 20.f3 Qc7 21.Rg3 Rfd8 22.Qxa6 Ra8 23.Qb6 Qe5
24.Kf2 Nh5 25.c6 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Qh5 27.Kg2 e5 28.e4 exd4 29.exd5 Re8 30.Qb5 Ra5
31.c7 Rxb5 32.Bxb5 Qg5 33.c8=Q Rxc8 34.Rxc8+ Kh7 35.d6 Qd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd1 37.d7 f5
38.Kg2 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Qd2+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+ 42.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxb5 Na7 15.Qa4 Qg6
16.Re1 Bh3 17.g3 Qf6 18.Nbd2 Rbd8 19.Qc4 g5 20.Qd3 Bg4 21.Nc4 Nc6 22.Nxb6 cxb6
23.Re3 Kg7 24.Kg2 h5 25.h3 Bd7 26.Ba4 Ra8 27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Qc4 Rc8
30.Qa6 Rb8 31.d5 Bd7 32.h4 g4 33.Nd2 Qd8 34.Qa3 Qc7 35.Re1 b5 36.Ra1 b4 37.cxb4 Bb5
38.Qe3 f6 39.Qc3 Qb7 40.b3 Kg6 41.Rc1 Qb6 42.Kg1 Be2 43.Qc6 Qd8 44.Nc4 Rxb4
45.Nxd6 Rb6 46.Qc2 Qxd6 47.Qxe2 Rxb3 48.Rd1 Rb4 49.Qc2 Rb8 50.Qc3 Ra8 51.Qc6 Rd8
52.Rb1 Qd7 53.Kg2 Qd6 54.Rb3 Qd7 55.Rb1 Qd6 56.Rb3 Qd7 57.Qa6 Qc8 58.Qd3 Qc5
59.Rc3 Qb4 60.Rc4 Qe1 61.Qc3 Qxc3 62.Rxc3 Ra8 63.Rd3 Kf7 64.f3 Ra2+ 65.Kf1 Ra1+
66.Kf2 Ra2+ 67.Kf1 Ra1+ 68.Ke2 Ra2+ 69.Rd2 gxf3+ 70.Ke1 Ra4 71.d6 Rxe4+ 72.Kf2 Ke8
73.Kxf3 Ra4 74.d7+ Kd8 75.Rd6 f5 76.Re6 Ra3+ 77.Kf2 e4 78.Rd6 Rf3+ 79.Kg2 f4
80.gxf4 Rxf4 81.Kg3 Rf3+ 82.Kg2 Rf4 83.Kg3 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Bb6 8.Nc4 Ne7
9.Ba4 Ng6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bc2 h6 12.a4 c5 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.d4 Qc8 15.Re1 b5 16.Bd2 bxa4
17.Rxa4 Rxa4 18.Bxa4 Bxh3 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Bb3 Be6 21.d5 Bd7 22.Nf1 b5 23.Qf3 Nh7
24.Ng3 Ne7 25.Qh5 f5 26.f4 Nf6 27.Qe2 c4 28.Bc2 fxe4 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.d6 Qc5+
31.Be3 Qxd6 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Bf5 34.Rd1 Qg6 35.Bxf5 Rxf5 36.Rd7 Rf7 37.Bf2 Qb1+
38.Be1 Ng6 39.Rd6 Kh7 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Bg3 Nf4 42.Qf3 Qc2 43.Re6 Rf5 44.Bxf4 Rxf4
45.Qh5 Rf2 46.Qg4 Qd3 47.Rxe5 Rxb2 48.Qf4 Qg6 49.Qf3 Rd2 50.Rxb5 Qd6+ 51.Kg1 Rd1+
52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Kg3 Qe1+ 54.Kg4 Rd6 55.g3 Rf6 56.Rf5 Qe6 57.Qd5 h5+ 58.Kg5 Rxf5+
59.Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 60.Kxf5 Kh6 61.Kf4 Kg6  0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 a5 12.Nc4 axb4 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.cxb4 c5 15.Bb2 Be6
16.Re1 f6 17.Qd2 Nc6 18.Bc3 Qc7 19.b5 Na5 20.Bc2 Rfd8 21.Rab1 Kh8 22.Qf4 Ba2
23.Rb2 Bg8 24.Rbb1 Qf7 25.h3 h6 26.Re3 Bh7 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Bxa5 Rxa5 29.Red3 Qxe4
30.Rxd6 Qxf4 31.Rxd8+ Bg8 32.Bg6 Qc4 33.g3 Rxa4 34.Re1 f5 35.Re7 f4 36.gxf4 Qxf4
37.Bf7 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rb1 d4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.b4 Qb5
16.a4 Qxa4 17.b5 Ne7 18.Nxd4 Rfd8 19.c3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Bd5 21.Bf1 a5 22.bxa6 bxa6
23.Re1 Kf8 24.c4 Nc6 25.Nb3 Be6 26.Bg2 Rac8 27.Nc5 Bf5 28.Nb7 Bxb1 29.Nxd8 Nxd8
30.Rxb1 Rxc4 31.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.d4 g5 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 fxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Qd3 Ng4 10.O-O-O c6 11.Re1 Nd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bh3 Nxe3 14.Rxe3 O-O 15.Ne4 Nf6
16.Bxc8 exd4 17.Bxb7 dxe3 18.Bxa8 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb6 20.Ne5 Rxa8 21.Qxc6 Qxc6
22.Nxc6 Re8 23.c3 Re6 24.Nxa7 Be5 25.Nb5 e2 26.Kd2 Bxg3 27.Re1 Bxe1+ 28.Kxe1 h5
29.Nd4 Ra6 30.a3 h4 31.Kxe2 g4 32.c4 h3 33.Kf2 h2 34.Kg2 Rh6 35.Kh1 g3 36.Nf5 g2+  0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Bb2 f6
9.Nf1 Nf8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne6 12.Ne3 Qd7 13.h4 a5 14.a4 O-O 15.h5 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 c5 17.Qh3 Qc6 18.O-O Nf4 19.Qh2 Qe8 20.h6 g5 21.g3 Ne6 22.f4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 exf4 25.Kf2 Rf7 26.Qh5 Qe6 27.Qxc5 Kh8 28.Qc4 Re8 29.Rh1 Qd7
30.Qb5 Re6 31.Qxd7 Rxd7 32.Rg1 Rc6 33.Kf3 Rd8 34.Rg5 Rf8 35.Rg2 Rg8 36.Rh2 Rg1
37.d4 Rf1+ 38.Kg4 f3 39.d5 Rd6 40.c4 Kg8 41.c5 f5+ 42.Kxf5 Rg6 43.Bd4 Rd1
44.Be3 Rg2 45.Rh3 f2 46.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 47.Ke6 Rf7 48.d6 c6 49.Ke5 Kf8 50.Rh2 Rg1
51.b4 axb4 52.Rb2 Rg5+ 53.Ke6 Rg6+ 54.Ke5 Rxh6 55.a5 Rh5+ 56.Ke6 Rh6+ 57.Ke5 Rh5+
58.Ke6 Ke8 59.a6 Rh6+ 60.Ke5 bxa6 61.Rxb4 Ra7 62.Rb8+ Kf7 63.Rc8 Re6+ 64.Kf5 a5
65.Rh8 Rf6+ 66.Ke5 Kg7 67.Rc8 a4 68.Rxc6 a3 69.d7 a2  0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Qe2 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.d4 O-O 13.Rd1 a5 14.a4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nd5
16.h4 Re8 17.c3 Qb6 18.Bf3 h6 19.Kg2 Rad8 20.Qc4 Rd7 21.Rb1 Red8 22.Bd2 Qc7
23.Be1 Qb6 24.Bd2 Qc7 25.Be1 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.19.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tikkanen,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 c4 9.Ne2 Na5
10.g4 Qb3 11.Qd2 Qb5 12.Qe3 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.f5 Be7 16.Nh5 Rg8
17.f6 gxf6 18.exf6 Bd6 19.Ng7+ Kd8 20.Ng5 Rf8 21.Nxh7 Rh8 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.Nf3 Bc6
24.Be2 Nd7 25.g5 Qb6 26.Kf1 Nxc1 27.Qxc1 Qc7 28.Qe1 Rh8 29.Qf2 Nf8 30.h4 Qb6
31.h5 Ng6 32.Kg1 Nf4 33.Bf1 Nd3 34.Bxd3 cxd3 35.g6 Kd7 36.Ng5 fxg6  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.20.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogner,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Nd7 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Ke2 Nb6
16.Bb3 Bd7 17.Rhc1 Rec8 18.Be3 Bb5+ 19.Kf3 Bb4 20.a3 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 Bc4 22.Bc2 Rc6
23.b3 Be6 24.Bd1 Rac8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 a6 28.a4 f6 29.Ke3 Kf7
30.Ba3 Nc8 31.h4 Ne7 32.Bc5 Nc6 33.Kd3 h5 34.g3 Ke8 35.Kc3 Kd7 36.b4 Kc7
37.f4 exf4 38.gxf4 f5 39.e5 Bd5 40.a5 Kd7 41.Ba4 Ke6 42.b5 axb5 43.Bxb5 Nxa5
44.Be8 Nc6 45.Bxg6 Bf3 46.Bh7 Kd5 47.Bf8 Ke4 48.e6 Kxf4 49.e7 Nxe7 50.Bxe7 Kg4
51.Kd4 f4 52.Ke5 Kg3 53.Bb4 Kxh4 54.Kxf4 Bg4 55.Be4 Kh3 56.Bxb7 Kh2 57.Bc5 Bh3
58.Bf3 Bg2 59.Bxh5 Bc6 60.Be2 Kg2 61.Ba6 Bd5 62.Bb7 Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Re8 8.O-O Nd4
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Kh1 c6 12.Bc4 g5 13.Bg3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.d4 e4 17.Nc3 Bf5 18.Nb5 Re6 19.c4 dxc4 20.d5 Rg6 21.d6 Rc8 22.Nc3 Rc6
23.Qd5 Rc5 24.Qxb7 h5 25.Nd5 Re6 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 Rxd5 28.Qxd5 Qf6 29.d7 h4
30.Rad1 Bd8 31.Qb5 hxg3 32.fxg3 e3 33.Rxf5 e2 34.Rg1 Qxf5 35.Qxf5 e1=Q 36.Rf1 f6
37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Ke7 41.Qh7+ Kd6 42.Qd3+ Kc7 43.h4 Qe5
44.h5 Rd6 45.Qf3 Qd5 46.Qg4 Rxd7 47.Kh2 Qc6 48.Qf5 Kb7 49.h6 Rd2 50.Rf3 Qe8
51.h7 Bb6 52.Rf1 Rd8 53.Qh3 Qh8 54.Re1 Qg7 55.Rd1 Rxd1 56.h8=Q Bg1+ 57.Kh1 Bb6+
58.Kh2 Bg1+ 59.Kh1 Bf2+ 60.Kh2 Qc7  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O b5 8.exd5 exd5
9.d4 b4 10.dxc5 O-O 11.a3 a5 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Qd1 Bxc5 14.c3 Nc6 15.b4 Bb6
16.b5 Na7 17.c4 Bf5 18.Ba3 dxc4 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Na3 Rc8 21.Ne5 Qb4 22.Qf3 Be6
23.Qb7 Qc5 24.Naxc4 Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Qxc4 26.Qxb6 Nxb5 27.Qa6 Nd4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4
29.Rxa5 g6 30.Ra2 h5 31.Rfa1 Ne6 32.Ra4 Rc3 33.Rd1 Kg7 34.Bf1 Ng4 35.Be2 Ne5
36.Re4 Kf6 37.Rd5 Nf3+ 38.Bxf3 Rxf3 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.fxe3 Ng5 41.Kg2 Ne4 42.Kf3 Ng5+
43.Ke2 Ne4 44.Ra5 Ng5 45.Ra4 Ne6 46.Rb4 Ke5 47.Rb5+ Ke4 48.Rb7 f5 49.Rb5 Nf8
50.Rb8 Nd7 51.Re8+ Ne5 52.Re6 Kd5 53.Ra6 Kc5 54.e4 fxe4 55.Ke3 Kd5 56.Ra5+ Ke6
57.Kxe4 Ng4 58.Kf4 Kf6 59.Ra6+ Kg7 60.Kg5 Ne5 61.Ra7+ Nf7+ 62.Kf4 Kf6 63.Ra6+ Kg7
64.h3 Kh6 65.Ra5 Kg7 66.g4 hxg4 67.hxg4 Nd8 68.Ra7+ Nf7 69.g5 Kf8 70.Ra6 Kg7
71.Rf6 Nh6 72.Ke4 Nf7 73.Rxf7+ Kxf7 74.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Remagen GER"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.f4 Bg4 10.Qe1 Rad8 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.Ng3 Rfe8 13.Na4 b5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Nc3 c5
16.Qf2 h5 17.h3 Be6 18.Rad1 b4 19.Na4 h4 20.Nh1 Ne4 21.Qxh4 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Nxd2
23.Rd1 Ne4 24.Qf4 Bf5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Nf2 Nd6 27.Nd3 Bxd3 28.cxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Remagen GER"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 Kc8 14.Ne2 Ng6 15.Ne1 h5 16.f4 Ne7
17.Nf3 Nf5 18.Ng5 Be8 19.e6 f6 20.Ne4 b6 21.N2g3 Ne3 22.Rde1 Nxc2 23.Nf5 Nxe1
24.Rxe1 Kb7 25.e7 Bxe7 26.Nxe7 Bd7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Nxf6 Rad8 29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Bxg4
31.Nxg4 Rh4 32.Ne3 Rxf4 33.Re2 Rd3 34.N7f5 a5 35.Kg2 a4 36.bxa4 Rxa4 37.Kf3 Rda3
38.Rd2 Rxa2 39.Rd7 Kc6 40.Rh7 Rd2 41.Ne7+ Kb5 42.N7d5 Ra3 43.Nxc7+ Kc6 44.Ne8 Rdd3
45.Rh6+ Kd7 46.Nf6+ Kc7 47.Kf4 Ra4+ 48.Kf5 Rad4 49.Neg4 Kb7 50.Ne5 Rd1 51.Rh7+ Ka6
52.Ne8 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 d5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Ba2 Bg4 10.Qe1+ Be7 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne2 d3 13.cxd3 O-O 14.d4 Bb4 15.Qd1 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Re8 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Rad8 20.Qf3 Qxd4 21.Qxb7 Bc5
22.g3 h6 23.d3 Qxd3 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Ra3 Qe4 26.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxe4 28.Raf3 f6
29.Rf4 Re1+ 30.Kg2 Rb8 31.b4 Rb1 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 R1xb5 34.h4 Re5 35.Rf5 Re1
36.Rf1 Re3 37.R5f3 Re6 38.Rc3 Kh7 39.Rff3 Rb2+ 40.Rf2 Rb1 41.Rcc2 Ree1 42.Rb2 Rg1+
43.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jaracz,P"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.Bf4 a6
9.Rc1 Bd7 10.Nd5 Nh5 11.Be3 e6 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Qd3 h6 14.Bd2 g5 15.e4 Ng6 16.h3 Nf6
17.Rfe1 g4 18.hxg4 Nxg4 19.Nd1 h5 20.Bg5 Qe8 21.c5 Bb5 22.Qa3 Qd7 23.Bh3 f5
24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.Bg2 b5 27.Qb4 f4 28.b3 fxg3 29.fxg3 a5 30.Qa3 b4
31.Qxa5 Bd3 32.Ne2 Bxe4 33.Rc7 Qb5 34.Qxb5 Rxb5 35.Nf4 Bxf3 36.Nxe6 Bh8 37.Nxf8 Bxd4+
38.Kh1 Nf2+ 39.Kh2 Ng4+ 40.Kh1 Nf2+ 41.Kh2 Nxf8 42.Bf4 Ng4+ 43.Kh3 Nf2+ 44.Kh2 Ng4+
45.Kh3 Bxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Be5 47.Bxe5 dxe5 48.Rh1 Nf6 49.Rhc1 N8d7 50.R1c6 Rd5
51.Rb7 Rd2+ 52.Kf1 Kf7 53.Rxb4 Rxa2 54.Rb7 Rd2 55.b4 Kg6 56.Ke1 Rd3 57.b5 Kf5
58.b6 Rb3 59.Rd6 Ke4 60.Kd2 Kf3 61.Kc2 Rb5 62.Rd3+ Kf2 63.Ra7 e4 64.Rc3 Rxb6
65.Ra2 e3 66.Ra5 Rd6 67.Rf5+ Ke2  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stern,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 a6 8.O-O c6
9.e4 b5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.e5 Ne8 12.Bg5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nc7 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Qe3 Nd7
16.Rd2 Ne6 17.Bh6 bxc4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Ne4 Rb8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Nb6 22.e6+ Kg8
23.a3 fxe6 24.Ng5 Rf6 25.Qh4 h5 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Rde2 Qd7 28.h3 Qd4 29.Ne4 Kg7
30.Qg3 e5 31.Rd2 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxd2 33.Qxe5 Nd5 34.Re2 Rd3 35.Rc2 Kf7 36.Rxc4 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Rxf2 38.Rxc6 Nf4 39.Rc2 Rxc2 40.Qxf4+ Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kf7 42.Qf4+ Kg7
43.Qe4 Rdd2 44.Qxe7+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.c4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Be3 Rg8 14.g3 c5 15.Kc2 Kd7
16.a3 Be7 17.Rhd1+ Kc7 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Ra6 Be7 21.Rda1 Rgc8 22.Rxa7+ Rxa7
23.Rxa7+ Kd8 24.Kd3 Ke8 25.Ra5 f5 26.c5 h5 27.Kc4 Kd7 28.Rb5 Bd8 29.Rb7+ Rc7
30.Rb1 Bf6 31.Rb6 Ra7 32.Bf4 Kc8 33.Rb8+ Kd7 34.Rb6 Kc8 35.Rb8+ Kd7 36.Kb5 e5
37.Be3 Kc7 38.Rf8 Rb7+ 39.Kc4 Kc6 40.Ra8 Kc7 41.Rf8 Kc6 42.Ra8 Kc7 43.c6 Rb2
44.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2011-12"]
[Site "Hinkley ENG"]
[Date "2012.05.06"]
[Round "10.112"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 Bb6
9.b4 Re8 10.Bb3 Nf8 11.Na4 Bc7 12.c4 h6 13.Bh4 Ng6 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.Re1 Nh7
16.h3 Bh5 17.Qd2 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ng5 19.Kg2 Ne6 20.Rh1 Nd4 21.Bd1 a5 22.Rb1 axb4
23.axb4 Nh4+ 24.Kf1 Nhxf3 25.Qe3 Ng5 26.b5 Qd7 27.Kg2 Nge6 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.c5 dxc5
30.Nb6 Bxb6 31.Rxb6 Qc7 32.Rb1 Nf4+ 33.Kf1 Ra3 34.Bxf4 exf4 35.Qc1 Rxd3 36.Qxc5 Qe5
37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Be2 Rc3 39.Rd1 Nxe2 40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Kxe2 Rxe4+ 42.Kd2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.f4 d5 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Ng7 7.Nf3 h5 8.Qb3 e6 9.Be3 Be7
10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Kf8 12.Rac1 Nf5 13.Bf2 Kg7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 Be6 16.Nd1 Qd7
17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Nxf5+ Bxf5 19.Bh4 Bf8 20.Bf6+ Kg8 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Nh4 Qe4 23.f5 Nd7
24.fxg6 Nxf6 25.gxf7+ Kh8 26.Rf4  1-0

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.d3 Bb7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h3 O-O 10.g4 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Nf5 Bf6
16.Bd4 g6 17.g5 Bxg5 18.Bxe5 gxf5 19.Qd4 Rc8 20.b3 Rxc2 21.Qd3 Rc6 22.Rad1 Rg6
23.Kh1 Bf6 24.Bf4 Re8 25.Bxd5 Qd7 26.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 27.Qd5 Qxd5+ 28.Rxd5 Re2
29.a4 bxa4 30.bxa4 Re4 31.Rxf5 Rxa4 32.Rb1 Ra2 33.Bg3 Kg7 34.Rb7 a5 35.Ra7 Rg5
36.Rxf6 Kxf6 37.Bh4 Kg6 38.Bxg5 Kxg5 39.Rxf7 Kg6 40.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nf1 Nd7
9.Ng3 h6 10.c3 a6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.h3 O-O 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rad1 Qd7 15.Bb1 b5 16.Nh2 Nfg8
17.h4 f5 18.h5 g5 19.exf5 exf5 20.f4 g4 21.Nxg4 Kh8 22.Nh2 Nf6 23.Nf3 Ne4
24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Nh4 Bf6 26.Ng6+ Nxg6 27.hxg6 Qf5 28.d5 Rae8 29.Bd4 Qxg6 30.f5 Qg7
31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Re8 34.Bb1 Re5 35.Re1 Rxd5 36.Re8+ Kg7
37.Qe2 Re5 38.Rxe5 Qxe5 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.Qg6 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qxb1
44.Qxh6+ Ke8 45.Qe6+ Kd8 46.Qg8+ Kd7 47.Qg7+ Kd8 48.Qg8+ Kd7 49.f6 Qe4 50.Qg7+ Kd8
51.f7 Qh4+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 a4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nd4 a3 15.Bc3 Bg6
16.b4 Nb6 17.N2b3 Na4 18.Bd2 Qe7 19.f4 h6 20.f5 Bh7 21.g4 Bxb4 22.e4 dxe4
23.dxe4 Nd7 24.e5 Bxd2 25.Nxd2 Nxe5 26.Kh1 Qc5 27.Qe4 Nc3 28.Qe3 Nd5 29.Qg1 Nd3
30.Ne4 Qa7 31.Red1 N3f4 32.Bf3 Rad8 33.Nb3 Qb8 34.Qg3 h5 35.Kh2 h4 36.Qxh4 Ne2+
37.Kg2 Qf4 38.Ng5  0-1

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 g6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be3 d6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Qd2 a6
9.O-O-O b5 10.Kb1 Nb6 11.h4 Nf6 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Ne4 h5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.exd6 cxd6 17.Rhe1 Kf8 18.Nfg5 Re8 19.Ng3 Kg7 20.Be4 Qf6 21.Qc1 b4 22.Rd3 Qd8
23.Rf3 f5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Ne6+ Rxe6 26.Rxe6 Bc8 27.Nxf5+ gxf5 28.Rg3+  0-1

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Ne2 d5 7.c4 d4 8.exd4 Ng4
9.Na3 Nc6 10.Nc2 cxd4 11.d3 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Qf5 13.f4 Nb4 14.Nexd4 Qc5 15.Ba3 a5
16.h3 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Ne3+ 18.Ke2 Nxd1 19.Raxd1 Bxd4 20.Rhe1 Rd8 21.Kd2 e6 22.Re2 Nxa2  0-1

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e3 Nd7 6.Bd3 h6 7.c3 Ngf6 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.O-O g5 10.Bg3 Bg7 11.Rae1 Qe7 12.a4 a6 13.h3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 g4 15.hxg4 Nf6
16.Nh2 Rg8 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Qe2 Bh8 19.Rf2 Rf8 20.Ref1 Bg7 21.Nf3 Qd7 22.g5 Qxa4
23.Nh4 Qd7 24.c4 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Bh6 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Qa4 28.Qh5 O-O-O 29.Qxh6 Qd1+
30.Rf1 Qxd3 31.Qxe6+ Kb8 32.cxd5 Bc8 33.Qe4 Qd2 34.Nhf3 Qxb2 35.Ne6 Rd7 36.g4 a5
37.g5 Ba6 38.Re1 a4 39.g6 a3 40.g7 Rxg7 41.Nxg7 a2 42.Qe8+ Bc8 43.Nf5 a1=Q
44.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 45.Kh2 Kb7 46.Ne7 Bg4 47.Nc6 Qf1 48.Qb8+ Ka6 49.Qf8 Qe2 50.Qf4 Bh5
51.Kg3 Bg6 52.Qg5 Be4 53.Qf4 Bxd5 54.Nb4+ Kb7 55.Nxd5 Qc4 56.Qe4 Qc6 57.Nc3  1-0

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 c6 4.h3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nb8 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.a3 Qb6 14.b4 a5 15.Qb3 axb4
16.axb4 Rfd8 17.Bc3 Bd7 18.Qb2 Ne8 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Rc5 Be8 21.Nc3 Qxb4 22.Rb1  1-0

[Event "7th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Rd1 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e6 11.Qb3 Nh5 12.d5 Ne5 13.Be2 Qf6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Kd2 Nf4
16.Kc2 Nxe2 17.Nxe2 Nxf3 18.Rd7 Rad8 19.Rhd1 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Ne5 21.Bd4 c5 22.Bc3 Qf3
23.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.e3 a6 8.d4 Ba7
9.h3 Rb8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 b5 13.Qe2 bxc4 14.Qxc4 a5 15.Bb2 Bd7
16.Rac1 Bc5 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Na4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Bb6 20.Bc6 Re7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qg4+ Kh8
23.Rc4 Re5 24.Rd5 Qe7 25.Qf3 Rg8 26.Kg2 Rg6 27.b4 axb4 28.Rxb4 Kg7 29.a4 Qe6
30.h4 f5 31.Rf4 Rf6 32.Kh2 h6 33.h5 Kf8 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Kh2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.Qd1 Kf8 38.Kf1 Qc8 39.Qd3 Kg7 40.Kg2 Rxd5 41.Bxd5 Qe8 42.Rxf5 Rxf5 43.Qxf5 Qe7
44.Bb3 Qf6 45.Qd5 c5 46.Bc4 Ba5 47.f4 Qe7 48.Kf2 Bc3 49.Ke2 Bb4 50.g4 Qd7
51.Kd3 Qe7 52.g5 hxg5 53.fxg5 Be1 54.g6 fxg6 55.Qg8+ Kf6 56.Qxg6+ Ke5 57.h6 d5
58.Qg7+ Qf6 59.Bxd5 Bh4 60.Kc4 Kd6 61.Qxf6+ Bxf6 62.a5 Kc7 63.h7  1-0

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qd5 8.Nf3 Qe4+
9.Kf1 Qf5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.d3 Be7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb4 14.Be1 O-O 15.Ne4 f6
16.h3 e5 17.Kg1 Rb8 18.Kh2 Qg6 19.Ng3 Qf7 20.Bc3 Bd7 21.Rhe1 Rfe8 22.Qd2 Bf8
23.Ng1 Rbd8 24.Bb2 Nd5 25.Kh1 Be6 26.a3 Qc7 27.Qd1 Nf4 28.N3e2 g5 29.Nxf4 gxf4
30.Qh5 Qg7 31.Ne2 Be7 32.Nc3 Kh8 33.Rg1 Qg6 34.Qf3 Qh6 35.g4 Rg8 36.Ne4 Rg6
37.Rg2 Rdg8 38.Rag1 Qg7 39.a4 Rh6 40.Kh2 Rh4 41.Kh1 h5 42.Rh2 hxg4 43.Qd1 Qh7
44.Rgg2 Rg6 45.Qg1 Rgh6 46.hxg4 Bxg4 47.Nd2 f3 48.Rxh4 fxg2+  0-1

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 h6 7.Bh4 b5 8.axb5 cxb5
9.Nxb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bb7 11.Ra1 g5 12.Bg3 e6 13.e3 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Nc6 15.Ne1 Na5
16.Be5 O-O 17.h4 g4 18.Nc2 Be7 19.Ke1 Nb3 20.Ra2 h5 21.Be2 Bd6 22.f3 Nd5
23.fxg4 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qb6 25.Bf3 Nxe3 26.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Qe2 Qc1+ 28.Qd1 Qe3+
29.Qe2 Qc1+ 30.Qd1 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Qe3+ 32.Qe2 Qc1+ 33.Qd1 Qe3+ 34.Qe2 Qf4 35.Qh2 Qxf3
36.Rf1 Qe4+ 37.Kf2 Nd2 38.Rg1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.f4 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nb3 Na5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Ne4 Qc7
16.a5 Bc6 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Qd4 d5 19.Nc5 Qc8 20.Bf3 g6 21.c4 Ng7 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Rac1 Bd8 24.Rfd1 Ne6 25.Qd2 Bxb6 26.axb6 Qd8 27.Bxd5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Qxb6
29.b4 Rad8 30.Qe1 Bxd5 31.Rcxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Rc8 33.h3 Qe6 34.Rd4 h5 35.Kh2 Qf5
36.Qh4 Kg7 37.Rd6 Rc4 38.Qf6+ Qxf6 39.exf6+ Kh6 40.Rb6 Rxf4 41.Rxb7 Rxf6
42.b5 axb5 43.Rxb5 Rf4 44.Kg3 g5 45.Rb6+ Kg7 46.Kh2 Ra4 47.Kg1 Ra3 48.Kf2 f6
49.Rb7+ Kg6 50.Rb5 Ra2+ 51.Kf1 Rd2 52.Ra5 h4 53.Rb5 f5 54.Rb6+ Kf7 55.Ra6 Rd4
56.Kf2 Re4 57.Rb6 Re6 58.Rb5 Kf6 59.Ra5 Rd6 60.Ra2 Ke5 61.Re2+ Kf4 62.Ra2 Rd4
63.Rb2 Rd3 64.Ra2 g4 65.Ra4+ Kg5 66.hxg4 fxg4 67.Ra5+ Kf4 68.Ra4+ Kf5 69.Ra5+ Ke4
70.Ra4+ Rd4 71.Rxd4+ Kxd4 72.Ke2 Ke4 73.Ke1 Kd3 74.Kf1 Kd2 75.Kf2 g3+ 76.Kg1 Ke1
77.Kh1 h3 78.Kg1 h2+ 79.Kh1 Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd2 Qe7 6.Nb3 h6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.h3 O-O
10.Be3 c6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.g4 d5 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Qd6 15.c5 Qe6 16.f3 b5 17.e3 Nbd7
18.h4 b4 19.Ne2 Nh5 20.Bh3 f5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Nf6 24.Bf1 a5
25.Nc1 Nh5 26.Ne2 Ba6 27.Bd6 Bh6 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.Bxf4 Nxf4 30.Bxa6 Nh5 31.Be2 Ng3
32.Rg1 f4 33.exf4 e3 34.Qd3 Nxe2 35.Qxe2 Rxf4 36.h5 Rxd4 37.Rd1 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 g5
39.Rxg5 Qf6 40.Qd3+ Kh8 41.Qxe3 Qxb2 42.Rg6 Qa1+ 43.Kf2 Rf8+ 44.Kg3 Qc3 45.Rh6+ Kg7
46.Rg6+ Kh7 47.Rh6+ Kg7 48.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd2 Qe7 6.Nb3 Bf5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 a6 11.Na5 Rb8 12.b4 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.Rb1 Bg6 15.h4 g4 16.h5 Bxh5
17.b5 axb5 18.Rxb5 Bg6 19.Nxb7 Rfc8 20.Na5 Ra8 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.a4 Nf8 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.cxd5 f5 25.a5 Bf7 26.Qc2 Ng6 27.Bh4 Nxh4 28.Rxh4 h5 29.g3 Bf6 30.Rh1 h4
31.gxh4 Kh8 32.Kd2 Qg8 33.Bc4 g3 34.Rg1 g2 35.Kc3 Bxh4 36.Qe2 Qg5 37.Rb2 Bh5
38.Rxg2 Bxe2 39.Rxg5 Bxg5 40.Rxe2 Kg7 41.a6 Rh8 42.a7 Rh1 43.Kb2 Bh4 44.Rc2 Kf6
45.Ba6 Kg5 46.Bb7 Rxa7 47.Nxa7 Rf1 48.Nc6 Rxf2 49.Na5 f4 50.Nc4 Rxc2+ 51.Kxc2 fxe3
52.Nxe3 Bf2 53.Kd2 Kf4 54.Nc2 Kf3 55.Ba6 Bh4 56.Be2+ Kf2 57.Bh5 Bg5+ 58.Kc3 Bf6
59.Na3 Ke3 60.Nb5 Bh4 61.Nxc7 Be1+ 62.Kc4 Kd2 63.Nb5 e3 64.Nxd6 e2 65.Nf7 Bf2
66.Bxe2 Kxe2 67.d6  1-0

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qe3 Be6 20.Qg3+ Kf8 21.Qc3 Ke7 22.Re1 Kd7
23.Bc4 Qh8 24.Bxe6+ fxe6 25.Qb3 Re8 26.Qxb7 Rb8 27.Qxa7 Qxb2 28.Qa4+ Qb5
29.Qh4 Qa5 30.Qxh7+ Kc6 31.Rc1 Qxa2 32.Qh5 Qb2 33.Qd1 Kd7 34.g3 e5 35.c4 Ke7
36.Qe1 Rb3 37.c5 d5 38.Rd1 c6 39.Qa5 Kd7 40.Qa4 Rb5 41.Qh4 Rxc5 42.Qh7+ Kd6
43.Qg6+ Kc7 44.Qxf5 e4 45.h4 Rc3 46.Qe5+ Kb7 47.h5 Rb3 48.Qe7+ Kb6 49.Qd8+ Kb7
50.Qd7+ Kb6 51.Qd8+ Kb7 52.Qe7+ Kb6 53.Qe8 Kb7 54.h6 Rf3 55.Qe7+ Ka6 56.Qc5 Kb7
57.Qe7+ Ka6 58.Qc5 Kb7 59.Rc1 Rf6 60.h7 Rh6 61.Kg2 Qb3 62.Qe7+ Kb6 63.Qd8+ Kb7
64.Qd7+ Kb6 65.Rxc6+ Rxc6 66.Qd8+ Ka7 67.Qd7+ Kb6 68.Qd8+ Ka7 69.h8=Q Qf3+
70.Kh3 Rh6+ 71.Qxh6 Qh1+ 72.Kg4 Qxh6 73.Qxd5 Qf6 74.Qf5 Qd4 75.Qf4 Kb7 76.Kf5 Qd5+
77.Qe5 Qf7+ 78.Qf6 Qd5+ 79.Kf4 Qd2+ 80.Kxe4 Qe2+ 81.Kd5 Qa2+ 82.Kd6 Qa3+
83.Ke6 Qa2+ 84.Ke7 Qe2+ 85.Kf7 Qh5+ 86.Kg7 Qg4+ 87.Qg6 Qd4+ 88.Qf6 Qg4+ 89.Kh6 Qe2
90.Kg5 Kc7 91.f4 Qf3 92.Qe5+ Kd7 93.f5 Qf1 94.f6  1-0

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 e6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.O-O bxc4 13.bxc4 Nb6 14.c5 Nc4 15.Be1 Kh8
16.Ne2 Rg8 17.Ng3 g5 18.Qf3 g4 19.hxg4 Nxg4 20.Rc1 Qf8 21.Bh3 Nf6 22.Kh2 Rb8
23.e4 Rxg3 24.fxg3 dxe4 25.Qc3 Nb2 26.Rb1 Nd5 27.Qd2 Nc4 28.Rxb8 Qxb8 29.Qe2 Nce3
30.Rh1 Bf6 31.Bg2 Bxd4 32.Bxe4 Nxf4 33.gxf4 Qxf4+ 34.Bg3 Qxe4 35.Re1 Qf5
36.Bd6 Ng4+ 37.Kg2 Ne3+ 38.Kh2 e5 39.Rg1 Qf4+ 40.Kh3 Qh6+  0-1

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Kh1 Nf8 12.Ne2 c5 13.Nh4 Ne6 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Ne3 Nd4
16.f4 Be6 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Ng1 g6 19.c3 Nc6 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Qe1 a5 22.Rd1 a4
23.bxa4 Rxa4 24.a3 Rf8 25.Bc1 Ra8 26.Qg3 Bb3 27.Rde1 Qxd3 28.Ng4 Be6 29.Nh6+ Kh8
30.Qh4 Bf6 31.Bg5 Bxg5 32.Qxg5 Kg7 33.Qc1 Rf4 34.Rd1 Qc4 35.Rfe1 Raf8 36.Ng5 Bc8
37.g3 Rf2 38.Nf5+ gxf5 39.Nh3 Re2 40.Qg5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.Nd5 d6 12.c3 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.d4 c6 15.g3 g6 16.h4 Bg7
17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Qc2 Rae8 19.Bd3 Nh6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Bf5 23.Qe2 Qd8
24.Bd2 d5 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.h5 Bc8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Qe1 Bf5 29.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Erdos,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 a5
16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Rec3 a4 18.Bc2 g6 19.Bd3 b4 20.Rc6 Bd7 21.R6c2 b3 22.axb3 axb3
23.Re2 Bg4 24.Qxb3 Rb8 25.Qd1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Rb4 27.Bb1 Bg5 28.Rc6 Bf4 29.Rf6 Bg5
30.Rc6 Qd7 31.Rc3 Bf4 32.Kg2 Qe7 33.h3 Ra8 34.b3 Qg5+ 35.Kf1 Qh4 36.Kg2 Qg5+
37.Kf1 Ra1 38.Rd3 Qf5 39.Kg2 Qg5+ 40.Kf1 Qf5 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Re1 Rb6 43.Qc2 Rba6
44.Red1 Qg5+ 45.Kf1 Qf5 46.Kg2 Qg5+ 47.Kf1 Qf5 48.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 h5
9.h3 Nf6 10.Na3 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.Ncd4 Nxe4 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Be3 Nd6
16.Qg6 Rf6 17.Qxh5 Nc4 18.Bc1 Rf5 19.Qd1 Re5+ 20.Kf1 Qf8 21.Kg1 Bc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5
23.b3 Nd6 24.Bf4 Rf5 25.Qe1 e5 26.Be3 Qb5 27.Kh2 e4 28.c4 dxc4 29.bxc4 Qxc4
30.Qc1 Qf7 31.Rd1 Ne5 32.Qc2 Nec4 33.Bf4 Re8 34.Rac1 b5 35.Kg1 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Qxf4
37.Qe2 Re5 38.Rc3 Rg5 39.Kh1 Qe5 40.Rb3 c6 41.Rg1 a5 42.Bf1 Rf5 43.Rbg3 Rf7
44.Rg5 Nf5 45.Qc2 Qd5 46.Bg2 Ncd6 47.Rd1 Qc4 48.Qxc4 bxc4 49.Rg6 c3 50.Rc1 Rb7
51.Rxc3 Kf7 52.Rg4 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Rb2 54.Kg1 Rb1+ 55.Bf1 Ke6 56.Rxc6 e3 57.Rc2 Ke5
58.Kg2 Ne4 59.Bd3 exf2 60.Rxe4+  1-0

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sadler,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.Qc2 a6 12.Bf1 Bh5 13.a3 Bg6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.d5 Ng4
16.dxc6 Bxf2+ 17.Kh1 Bxe1 18.cxb7 Rb8 19.Nxe1 d5 20.e5 Nf2+ 21.Kg1 Nxd3 22.Nxd3 f6
23.e6 Re8 24.Nb3 Rxe6 25.Nbc5 Rc6 26.b4 Rxb7 27.Nxb7 Rxc2 28.Nxd8 Bxd3 29.Be3 Be4
30.Bf2 d4 31.Ne6 d3 32.Nd4 Rb2 33.Nf3 Kf7 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Nd2 f5 36.Bd4 Ra2
37.Bxg7 Kd5 38.Kf2 f4 39.Bh6 Ke5 40.g3 fxg3+ 41.hxg3 Bg6 42.Ra1 Rc2 43.Re1+ Kd5
44.Bf4 Kc6 45.Re5 Rc3 46.Ra5 Kb7 47.Ke3 Rc1 48.Rc5 Re1+ 49.Kd4 Re7 50.Nc4 Rd7+
51.Kc3 Be4 52.Ne5 Rd8 53.Kd2 c6 54.Rc4 Bd5 55.Rd4 a5 56.bxa5 Ra8 57.Rb4+ Kc8
58.Nc4 c5 59.Rb5 Bxc4 60.Rxc5+ Kd7 61.Rxc4 Rxa5 62.Rd4+  1-0

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ernst,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.Qb3 Qc7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 e6 8.d4 Nc6
9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.Na4 O-O 12.Bb5 Rfc8 13.Ke2 Rab8 14.Qd3 e5 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bc3 Qh5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.b3 Rc7 20.Qa6 Re8 21.Rxc6 Rce7 22.Rxf6 d4
23.Rf4 dxe3 24.Qd3 exf2+ 25.Kxf2 Re1 26.Re4 R8xe4 27.fxe4 Qh4+ 28.Kg2 Qg5+
29.Qg3 Qd2+ 30.Kh3 Qd7+ 31.Kg2 Re2+ 32.Kf3 Qd3+ 33.Kg4 Qxe4+ 34.Kh5 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bf8 14.Qf2 e5 15.Nde2 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.fxe5 Rxe5 20.Bf4 Rf5 21.Be4 Rf6 22.c3 Na6
23.b4 Qc4 24.Ng3 Nc7 25.Nh5 Qxe4 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Qg3+ Qg6 28.Bxd6 Qxg3 29.Bxg3 Rb7
30.d6 Nd5 31.Rfd1 Be6 32.Ra8 Kg7 33.Rd3 h5 34.h3 f5 35.Re8 f4 36.Bf2 Ne3
37.Bh4 Ra7 38.Kg1 Bd7 39.Rd8 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 Nxg2+ 42.Kd1 Bf5 43.d7 Bxd3
44.Rxf8 Ne3+ 45.Kc1 Rc2+ 46.Kb1 Re2+ 47.Ka1 Nc2+ 48.Kb2 Ne3+ 49.Ka1 Nc2+
50.Ka2 Ne3+ 51.Ka1 Nc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Qb8 11.f3 Rd8 12.Rfd1 e6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Qxd8+ Qxd8 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8
16.a4 Nd7 17.a5 Rb8 18.Rd1 Bc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Na4 Bf8 21.f4 Kg7 22.e5 b5
23.cxb5 cxb5 24.Nc3 b4 25.Ne4 Bb7 26.Nd6 Bd5 27.Rc1 g5 28.Rc7 gxf4 29.Bxf4 Bxd6
30.exd6 e5 31.Bg5 Be6 32.Be7 Kg6 33.Bf3 Nb6 34.g4 f6 35.h4 h6 36.Kf2 Bd7
37.Kg3 Kf7 38.Bd1 Kg6 39.h5+ Kg7 40.Bb3 e4 41.Kf4 e3 42.Kxe3 Bxg4 43.Kf4 Bh3
44.Bxf6+  1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2848"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.g3 Bf6 11.c3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Bd3 Nfe7 15.Na3 a6
16.Nc2 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.g4 Nfe7 19.Ne3 g6 20.Qf1 Qd7 21.Qh3 Bg7 22.Qg3 Rc8
23.g5 Nd8 24.Be5 Ne6 25.Bf6 Re8 26.Ne5 Qd6 27.Kh1 Nxg5 28.Bxg5 f6 29.Bxf6 Qxf6
30.Re1 c6 31.Kg2 Nc8 32.N3g4 Qd8 33.Nd3 Rxe1 34.Nxe1 Nd6 35.Nd3 Nf5 36.Qh3 Bf8
37.Ne3 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Nxe3+ 39.fxe3 Kg7 40.Nf4 Qf6 41.Ke2 Bd6 42.Qg4 Kf7 43.h3 h5
44.Qc8 Qe7 45.Nd3 Kf6 46.b3 Kg5 47.c4 Kh4 48.c5 Bg3 49.b4 Qf7 50.a4 g5 51.Kd2 Bh2
52.Ne1 Kg3 53.Nc2 Bg1 54.Qd8 Kh4 55.Qc8 Bf2 56.Ke2 Kg3 57.Qd8 Qf5 58.Kd2 Kxh3
59.b5 g4 60.bxc6 bxc6 61.Nb4 g3 62.Nd3 g2  0-1

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.h3 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.Qb3 Nc7 15.e4 Kh8
16.exd5 cxd5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bxf5 e6 19.Bd3 e5 20.Bf5 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Qd7 22.Rf2 exd4
23.Na4 Qc6 24.Bf4 Rad8 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nb6 Ne6 28.Qxd5 Qxc5
29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Rc4 Re4 33.Nd5 Kf7 34.Bd2 d3 35.Rb4 Re2
36.Bc3 Rc2 37.Rf4 Ke6 38.Ne3 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Be7 40.Kf3 b5 41.Rd4 Bd6 42.Bb4 Be5
43.Rd5 Nb7 44.b3 Ra1 45.a3 a5 46.Bf8 Bd6 47.Bxd6 Nxd6 48.Rxd3 Rxa3 49.Nc2 Ra2
50.Nd4+ Ke7 51.Nc6+ Ke6 52.Nd8+ Ke7 53.Nc6+ Kd7 54.Nd4 Ke8 55.Nc6 Kd7 56.Nd4 Kc8
57.Rc3+ Kb7 58.Rc5 Rf2+ 59.Ke3 Rxg2 60.Rd5 Kc7 61.Rc5+ Kd7 62.Rh5 Ke8 63.Nxb5 Nxb5
64.Rxb5 Rg3+ 65.Kf4 Rxh3 66.Kg4 Rc3 67.Rxa5 Kf7 68.Rb5 Kg6 69.Rb8 Rc1 70.b4 Rc4+
71.Kg3 Kf5 72.b5 Rc3+ 73.Kg2 Kf4 74.b6 Rc2+ 75.Kf1 Rb2 76.b7 f5 77.Kg1 Rb1+
78.Kg2 Rb2+ 79.Kg1 Rb3 80.Kg2 Rg3+ 81.Kf1 Rg7 82.Kf2 Kg4 83.Kg2 h5 84.Kf2 h4
85.Kg2 h3+ 86.Kh2 f4 87.Ra8 Rxb7 88.Rg8+ Kf3 89.Ra8 Re7 90.Ra1 Re5 91.Ra8 Kg4
92.Rg8+ Kf3 93.Ra8 Re1 94.Ra7 Rd1 95.Ra8 Ke3 96.Kxh3 f3 97.Ra3+ Kf2 98.Ra2+ Ke3
99.Ra3+ Ke2 100.Ra2+ Rd2 101.Ra1 Kf2 102.Kh2 Re2 103.Ra8 Ke3+ 104.Kg3 Rg2+
105.Kh3 Rd2 106.Kg3 Rg2+ 107.Kh3 Rd2 108.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nf1 Nc6 14.Ne3 b4 15.h3 Rb8
16.Nc4 Be6 17.Bb3 h6 18.Be3 bxc3 19.bxc3 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qc2 e4 22.dxe4 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Rxb3 24.Qxb3 Na5 25.Nxa5 Bxb3 26.Nxb3 Qb6 27.Nbd2 Qb2 28.Rae1 Rd8
29.Nf1 c4 30.Ne5 Bc5 31.Rf3 Qb3 32.a5 Rd6 33.Nxf7 Rf6 34.Rxf6 gxf6 35.Nxh6+ Kf8
36.Ng4 Qxc3 37.Rd1 Qb4 38.Nxf6 Kf7 39.Nd5 Qb2 40.Nde3 c3 41.Rd5 Be7 42.Rf5+ Ke8
43.g4 c2 44.Nxc2 Qxc2 45.Ng3 Qc7 46.Nh5 Bd8 47.Kg2 Qc6 48.Re5+ Kf7 49.g5 Qa4
50.h4 Bxa5 51.Rf5+ Ke6 52.Nf4+ Kd7 53.f3 Qc2+ 54.Kh3 Qf2 55.Kg4 Be1 56.Ng6 a5
57.Rf7+ Kd8 58.e5 a4 59.e6 Bb4 60.e7+ Bxe7 61.Nxe7 Qc5 62.Kh5 a3 63.Kh6 a2
64.g6 Qc4 65.Nf5 a1=Q 66.Rf8+ Kc7 67.g7 Qc6+ 68.Kh7 Qxf3 69.g8=N Qh5+ 70.Ngh6 Qe5
71.Ng7 Qxh4 72.Rf7+ Kb6 73.Nf5 Qee4 74.Kg6 Qe6+ 75.Kg7 Qg5+ 76.Kf8 Qc8+  0-1

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 e6 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nbd7 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nce3 Nb3 17.a5 Rc8 18.Ra4 Nd4 19.Nb6 Rc7 20.Rxc4 Bxc4 21.Nexc4 Nb5 22.Qb1 Qd4
23.Rd1 Qc5 24.e3 Be7 25.Qf5 Kf8 26.Bd5 Kg7 27.Qg4+ Kh6 28.e4 Nd4 29.Ne3 f5
30.Qh3+ Kg7 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Nxf5+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Bxf7+ Kd8 35.Qg7 Rf8
36.Nxd4 Rc6 37.Nxc6+ bxc6 38.Qg4 Kc7 39.Qd7+ Kb8 40.Qd2 Kc7 41.Qd7+ Kb8 42.Kg2 Bd6
43.b4 Qd4 44.Qxc6 Ka7 45.Kh3 Qd1 46.Nc8+ Rxc8 47.Qxc8 Qf1+ 48.Kg4 h5+ 49.Kxh5  1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.Rb1 a5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne3 Nde7 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 b6 17.f4 f5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf4 Nxc4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Bxb8 Qxb8 22.Qa4 Be6
23.Rbd1 Qe5 24.Kh1 c4 25.e4 Qc5 26.Rde1 Bd4 27.Qd1 Rd8 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Qe2 Nc8
30.g4 Bd3 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Nd6 33.Rd7 Rxd7 34.Qxd7 Bf6 35.Nd1 Qd4 36.g5 Bf5
37.Re8+ Nxe8 38.Qxe8+ Kg7 39.gxf6+ Qxf6 40.Qe3 Bd7 41.Kg1 b5 42.Qa7 Qd6 43.Nf2 Qd2
44.Bh3 Qg5+ 45.Bg4 h5 46.Qxd7+ Kh6 47.Qd4 Kh7 48.h4 Qxh4 49.Qa7+ Kh6 50.Qe3+ Kh7
51.Bd7 b4 52.axb4 axb4 53.Bb5 c3 54.bxc3 bxc3 55.Bd3 Qd8 56.Qc5 Qh4 57.Qxc3 Qg3+
58.Kf1 h4 59.Qc8  1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc4 Nd7
9.a4 Bd6 10.Be3 Nf8 11.d4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Bg4 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 Ne6 15.Qb4 Be2
16.Rfe1 Ba6 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Nf1 c5 19.Qb3 Rad8 20.c4 Nf8 21.Qc2 Qe6 22.Nd2 b6
23.f3 Bc8 24.Nf1 Ng6 25.b3 Ne7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Bh4 Ng6 28.Bg3 Ne5 29.Ne3 Qe7
30.Rd2 Be6 31.Qd1 Qc7 32.h3 Qc6 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Rd3 Rd7 35.Re2 Red8 36.Red2 h6
37.Qe1 Rf8 38.Kh2 Qc7 39.Kh1 Qc6 40.Qd1 Rfd8 41.Qe2 Rf7 42.Rd1 Rfd7 43.Nd5 Bxd5
44.Rxd5 Re8 45.Qd2 Re6 46.a5 Qc7 47.b4 cxb4 48.Qxb4 Rd8 49.axb6 axb6 50.Rb5 Rb8
51.Qb3 Qc6 52.Qd3 Kh7 53.Qd5 Qc8 54.Rdb1 Rf6 55.Rxb6 Rxb6 56.Rxb6 Rxf3 57.Rxd6 Rc3
58.Qf7 Rg3 59.Kh2 Rg5 60.Rd2 Qc6 61.Rd8 Qb6 62.Qg8+ Kg6 63.Qe8+ Kh7 64.Qg8+ Kg6
65.Rf8 Qb3 66.Qf7+ Kh7 67.Qg8+ Kg6 68.Qf7+ Kh7 69.Qf1 Qg3+ 70.Kh1 Qe3 71.Qf3 Qc1+
72.Qf1 Qe3 73.Qf3 Qc1+ 74.Kh2 Qxc4 75.Re8 Qc2 76.Re6 Qc8 77.Re7 Qd8 78.Rf7 Rg6
79.Rf8 Qg5 80.Rf5 Qe7 81.Rf7 Qg5 82.Rf5 Qe7 83.Rf7 Qg5 84.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bd2 d5 10.Qc1 Rc8 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.b3 d4 13.Nb5 h5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Bxb4 a6 16.Na3 Nxb4
17.Rxb4 Nd5 18.Rb3 Nc3 19.Qd2 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 h4 21.g4 b5 22.h3 O-O 23.cxb5 axb5
24.Nc2 Rc5 25.Ne1 Bf6 26.Ng2 Bg5 27.Qb2 Rfc8 28.Kh1 Qd6 29.Ra3 Na4 30.Rxa4 bxa4
31.Ne1 Rc1 32.Qb7 Rb8 33.Qa7 Bd2  0-1

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Rd1 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.e4 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bf4 Re8
16.Na4 a5 17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Qf2 Be6 19.Bf1 Rxb6 20.cxb6 Qe7 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Bd4 dxe4
23.fxe4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nxb6 25.b3 Nd7 26.Rad1 Ne5 27.h3 h5 28.Bg2 Kh7 29.Qf4 Bd7
30.Kh2 c5 31.Rd6 a4 32.R1d5 Kg7 33.Qxe5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 b5 4.cxb5 cxb5 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O e6 8.a4 bxa4
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nxa4 Nb4 11.Bb1 a5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.e4 O-O 14.Re1 d6 15.Bg5 Nd7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Na2 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 Rfc8 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.Bd3 Nf6 21.Ra3 h6 22.Qe2 Qb6
23.h3 d5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Rea1 Bc6 26.b3 Nc3 27.Qd2 Bd7 28.Kh2 Kf8 29.Qe1 Qb4
30.Qe3 Nd1 31.Qe2 Nc3 32.Qe3 Kg8 33.g4 Ne4 34.g5 h5 35.g6 fxg6 36.Bxe4 dxe4
37.Ng5 Rc3 38.Qxe4 Rf8 39.R1a2 Rf5 40.h4 Bc6 41.d5 Bxd5 42.Qxb4 axb4 43.Ra7 Rf4
44.f3 Rxh4+ 45.Kg1 Rxf3 46.Nxf3 Bxf3 47.R2a6 Bd5 48.Rd6 Bxb3 49.Rdd7 Kh7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.Nbd2 h6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bb6 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.h3 Ng6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.d4 c5 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.c4 Ba5 19.Rf1 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 bxc4 21.Bd2 Bxd2
22.Rxd2 Rfd8 23.Rc2 Rd4 24.f3 Nd7 25.Nf1 Nb6 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ne3 h5 28.Rac1 Rb8
29.Kg3 Kf7 30.Nxc4 Nxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxb2 32.Rxc5 h4+ 33.Kxh4 Rxg2 34.Rc8 Rd7
35.R8c2 g5+ 36.Kh5 Rg3 37.Rc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7+ Kf6 39.Rc8 Rxh3+ 40.Kg4 Rh2 41.a4 Rg2+
42.Kh3 Ra2 43.Rc4 Ra1 44.Kg3 Ke7 45.Rc7+ Kd6 46.Ra7 Rxa4 47.Kg4 Ra3 48.Ra6+ Ke7
49.Kxg5 Rxf3 50.Rxa5 Kd6 51.Ra6+ Kc5 52.Rxe6 Kd4 53.Ra6 Kxe4 54.Ra4+ Ke3
55.Ra3+ Kf2 56.Ra2+ Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 Bh5 11.Bg3 O-O 12.f3 Bg6 13.Nf4 Rc8 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.Nd3 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.a3 Be7 19.Qd2 Rc4 20.b4 Nb6 21.Nb2 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Nc4 24.Qc3 b5 25.Nd3 Qc6 26.Nc5 Ra8 27.Qd3 a5 28.Be1 Bg5 29.f4 Be7
30.Rc2 Ra7 31.Re2 Bxc5 32.dxc5 axb4 33.Bxb4 Qa8 34.e4 Rd7 35.Qd4 Qc6 36.h3 Qc7
37.Rf2 dxe4 38.Qxe4 Rd5 39.Kh2 Qa7 40.Rf3 Qd7 41.Rg3 Kh7 42.Rg5 f5 43.Qe1 Rd1
44.Qh4+ Kg8 45.Qf2 Kf7 46.Rg3 Qd5 47.Bc3 Nd2 48.Bxd2 Rxd2 49.Qe3 Rc2 50.c6 Qxc6
51.Qa7+ Qc7 52.Qxc7+ Rxc7 53.Rb3 Rc5 54.h4 Ke7 55.g3 Kd6 56.Kh3 Rd5 57.Rb1 Kc6
58.Re1 Rd6 59.Re3 Kb6 60.h5 gxh5 61.Kh4 Kc5 62.Kxh5 Kc4 63.Kg6 Rd3 64.Rxd3 Kxd3
65.Kxg7 Kc4 66.Kf6 Kb3 67.Kxe6 Kxa3 68.g4 fxg4 69.f5 g3 70.f6 g2 71.f7 g1=Q
72.f8=Q+ b4 73.Qa8+ Kb2 74.Qh8+ Kb3 75.Qe5 Qg6+ 76.Ke7 Qd3 77.Kf8 Ka2 78.Qa5+ Qa3
79.Qd5+ b3+ 80.Kg8 Qa4 81.Kh8 Qe8+ 82.Kg7 Qe3 83.Kg8 Kb2 84.Qg2+ Kc1 85.Qf1+ Kd2
86.Qg2+ Ke1 87.Qh1+ Kf2 88.Qb1 Qe6+ 89.Kf8 Qc8+ 90.Ke7 Qc2 91.Qh1 Qc7+ 92.Ke6 Qb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.Be2 h5 13.Bxg4 hxg4 14.Nd5 Nc6 15.Nf5 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Ba3 17.O-O Bc5 18.Rb3 e6 19.Qa1 f6 20.Nxf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd6+ Bxd6 22.Nxg4 e5
23.Qd1 Bc5 24.Qf3+ Kg6 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Rxb7 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxb7 28.Qe6+ Kh5 29.Qh3+ Kg6
30.Qf5+ Kh5 31.Qh3+ Kg6 32.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6
10.Ne5 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qh4 15.Rh2 Kxd7 16.Kf1 h5
17.Be1 Qf6 18.f4 hxg4 19.Bxg4 Bf5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Qf3 Qe6 22.Rhc2 Rac8 23.Bxf5 Qxf5
24.Qg4 Nd6 25.Kg2 Rh6 26.Qxf5+ Nxf5 27.Bf2 Rch8 28.Rh1 Nd6 29.Be1 Ne4 30.h4 f6
31.Kf3 g5 32.Rg1 Rf8 33.Bb4 Rf7 34.Rgc1 g4+ 35.Kxg4 Rg7+ 36.Kf3 Rxh4 37.Be1 Rh3+
38.Ke2 Rg2+ 39.Kd3 Rhh2 40.Rxg2 Rxg2 41.a4 Rb2 42.axb5 Rxb3+ 43.Kc2 Rxe3
44.bxc6+ Kxc6 45.Ra1 Kb6 46.Rb1+ Ka7 47.Ra1 Kb6 48.Rb1+ Ka7 49.Ra1 Re2+ 50.Kb3 Kb6
51.Ba5+ Kb5 52.Bd8 Re3+ 53.Kb2 Re2+ 54.Kb3 Re3+ 55.Kb2 Rf3 56.Ra5+ Kc4 57.Ra4+ Kb5
58.Ra5+ Kc4 59.Ra4+ Kd3 60.Ra3+ Ke2 61.Ra5 Nf2 62.Bxf6 Nd1+ 63.Kc1 Rc3+ 64.Kb1 Rc6
65.Be7 Kd3 66.Ra3+ Kxd4 67.f5 Ke5 68.f6 Ke6 69.Rf3 Kf7 70.Rd3 Nc3+ 71.Kb2 Na4+
72.Kb3 Nc5+ 73.Bxc5 Rxc5 74.Rf3 Rc7 75.Kb4 Ke6 76.Rf1 Rc4+ 77.Ka5 Rc8 78.Kxa6 Rf8
79.Kb5 Rxf6 80.Re1+ Kd6 81.Kb4 Rf3 82.Re2 Rh3 83.Re1 Rg3 84.Re2 Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Melkumyan,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Ne2 Bf6 10.h3 Re8 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.hxg4 Bg5 14.g3 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 h6
16.Nc3 Qg5 17.Qd1 Re6 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.f5 Qg3+ 21.Kh1 Qh3+ 22.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Prusikin,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.f4 Ng4 13.Na4 Nh6 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Bd2 f6 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 e6 20.Rh5 f5 21.Rf1 Qe8 22.Rh3 Rf6
23.Be1 Rg6 24.Bg3 Rd8 25.b4 Bf6 26.a4 Rd7 27.Bf4 Rg4 28.Rf2 Rdg7 29.Kh1 Bh4
30.Re2 Bg5 31.Rf2 h6 32.Be5 Rg6 33.Bf4 Kh7 34.Qd2 Rg8 35.a5 Qg6 36.Qb2 Rg7
37.Qd2 Kg8 38.Qb2 Kf7 39.Qd2 Rg8 40.Qb2 Bh4 41.Re2 Qh5 42.Qd2 Qg6 43.Qb2 Ke7
44.Qd2 Kd7 45.Qb2 Bg5 46.Rf2 h5 47.Qd2 Bd8 48.Qb2 Qh7 49.Kg1 Bc7 50.Kh1 Kc8
51.Kg1 Kb8 52.Kh1 h4 53.Kg1 Ka7 54.Kh1 Bd8 55.Kg1 Qh5 56.Qd2 Bf6 57.Kh1 R4g7
58.Qe1 Qg4 59.Qf1 Qg6 60.Rhf3 Qh5 61.Rh3 Rg4 62.Qe1 Qg6 63.Qf1 Qg7 64.Rhf3 Re8
65.h3 Rg6 66.Bd6 Bd8 67.Be5 Qe7 68.Rf4 Reg8 69.Re2 Rh6 70.Ref2 Bc7 71.Bxc7 Qxc7
72.Re2 Rg3 73.Qf2 Qg7 74.Qf1 Rh8 75.Qf2 Qe7 76.Qf1 Rgg8 77.Qf2 Re8 78.Rd2 Rh5
79.Rd1 Qh7 80.Rd2 Qh8 81.Rd1 Rg8 82.Rd2 Rh6 83.Re2 Rgg6 84.Rd2 Qd8 85.Re2 Rg8
86.Rd2 Rh5 87.Re2 Rg3 88.Rd2 Rh8 89.Re2 Rhg8 90.Qf1 Qe7 91.Kh2 Qh7 92.Kh1 Qh8
93.Qf2 Rxg2 94.Qxg2 Rxg2 95.Rxg2 e5 96.Rxf5 exd4 97.exd4 Qxd4 98.Rf8 Qe4
99.Kh2 Qe5+ 100.Kh1 Qe4 101.Kh2 Qe5+ 102.Kh1 Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2012-13"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "11.113"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6
9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.O-O Nh5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Qb3 Kh8
16.Ng5 Ndf6 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Qe3 e5 21.Bc3 exd4 22.Bxd4 Be6
23.f4 exf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.exf3 Bxd4 26.Qxd4+ Qf6 27.Qxf6+ Nxf6 28.Re1 Re8
29.Kf2 Kg7 30.g4 Kf7 31.Kg3 g5 32.f4 gxf4+ 33.Kxf4 h6 34.Bf3 Nh7 35.Bg2 Nf8
36.Bf1 Ng6+ 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.h4 Rg8 39.g5+ hxg5 40.hxg5+ Kf7 41.Nc4 dxc4 42.Rxe6 Kxe6
43.Bxc4+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.g3 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6 Nxc5 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Bg2 Bd6 14.e4 Nf6 15.Ng5+ Kg7
16.b4 Ncxe4 17.Ncxe4 dxe4 18.Bc3 Qe7 19.O-O Be5 20.Rfe1 Re8 21.f4 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 e3
23.Ne4 Bf5 24.Rxe3 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Qc7 26.Rae1 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.h3 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Qd6
30.Re2 Rd3 31.Qc4 Rd4 32.Re7+ Qxe7 33.Qxd4 Kf7 34.a4 Qd7 35.Qc5 Qe7 36.Qd4 Qd7
37.Qc3 Nd5 38.Qc4 Ke7 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Kd6 41.Qd4 Qe6 42.bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Erdos,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.N2f3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Be2 Qe7 10.c3 Bc5 11.O-O Bxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.Re1 f6 15.Be4 Qf7
16.Nf5 Nc6 17.Qg4 Kh8 18.Qh4 g6 19.Nh6 Qg7 20.c4 Nde7 21.Bc3 g5 22.Qh5 Be6
23.Ng4 Bf7 24.Qh3 Bg6 25.Bxg6 Qxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Tazbir,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d5 Na5 12.Bc2 Qd7 13.Re1 c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Nf1 Bg6
16.Nh4 Rfd8 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Ne3 Rac8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Nb4 21.Qd1 Nxc2
22.Qxc2 d5 23.exd5 Qxd5 24.Qe2 f6 25.Be3 Qc4 26.Qc2 Kf7 27.a3 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3
29.Kf1 Ke6 30.Ke2 Rd5 31.Red1 f5 32.f3 Rcd8 33.Rxd5 Kxd5 34.Kd3 Rd7 35.Kc2 Kc6
36.a4 b4 37.Re1 bxc3 38.bxc3 Bd6 39.Rb1 Rb7 40.Rxb7 Kxb7 41.Kd3 Kc6 42.Kc4 Be7
43.g4 Bd6 44.Bg5 Bc5 45.Bd8 Bf8 46.Ba5 Be7 47.Bb4 Bd8 48.Bf8 Bf6 49.Bc5 Bh4
50.Ba3 Bg5 51.Bb4 Bd8 52.Bf8 Bf6 53.a5 e4 54.fxe4 fxe4 55.Bb4 Be5 56.h4 Bf6
57.h5 gxh5 58.gxh5 Be5 59.Bf8 e3 60.Kd3 e2 61.Kxe2 Bxc3 62.Kd3 Bb2 63.Ke4 Kd7
64.Kd5 Bc3 65.Kc4 Bxa5 66.Bxg7 Ke6 67.h6 Kf7 68.Bc3 Bxc3 69.Kxc3 Kg6 70.Kb4 a5+
71.Kxa5 Kxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Bf3 Rac8 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Nf1 Bf8 17.h3 Ncd7 18.Qe1 Qb8 19.Bc1 Rc6 20.Ne3 Qd8 21.b3 g6 22.Kh2 h5
23.Na4 Nh7 24.Be2 Ng5 25.f3 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.c4 f4 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Nf6
30.Rd1 e4 31.fxe4 Ngxe4 32.Bxf4 d5 33.Qf1 Bd6 34.Bd3 Rf8 35.Kg1 Ng4 36.Bxe4 Bxf4
37.Bxd5+ Kh8 38.Kh1 Qh4 39.Ra2 Qg3 40.Qg1 Be3 41.hxg4 Bxg1 42.Kxg1 Rcf6 43.gxh5 Rf4
44.Re2 Rh4 45.Bf3 Qh2+ 46.Kf2 Rxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Ne2 Ne6 12.Nh4 g6 13.Qd2 Bd6 14.Nf3 c5 15.c3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Qh6 Rf6 18.Qe3 Bd7 19.d4 e4 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 f4 22.Qxe4 Bc6 23.Qc2 Rh6
24.f3 Qh4 25.h3 Ng5 26.Qf5 Rg6 27.Nxf4 Qxf4  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Drasko,M"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.c4 Ngf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.e4 Nc5 11.Ne5 Be6 12.f4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qd4+ 14.Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Rfd8
16.Rd2 Ncd7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.b3 Nc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Ba3 Kf8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Nxd1 a5 23.f5 Bc8 24.Ne3 b5 25.Bc1 Nd3 26.Bd2 Bb4 27.Bxb4+ axb4 28.Nc2 c5
29.Bf1 Ne5 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Ke1 Bb7 32.h3 Bxe4 33.Nxb4 Ne3 34.Na6 Nxf1 35.Kxf1 Bxf5
36.g4 Bb1 37.Nxc5 Bxa2 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Ke3 Bb1 40.h4 Kd6 41.Kd4 f5 42.gxf5 Bxf5
43.b4 h6 44.Nb7+ Ke6 45.Nd8+ Kf6 46.Ke3 Bd7 47.Kf4 Be8 48.Nb7 Ke6 49.Nc5+ Kd5
50.Kf5 Kc4 51.Na6 Bh5 52.Ke6 Bf3 53.Kf5 Bh5 54.Ke6 Be2 55.Kf5 Bd3+ 56.Ke5 Bc2
57.Ke6 g5 58.hxg5 hxg5 59.Ke5 Kc3 60.Nc7 Kxb4 61.Kd4 Bf5 62.Nd5+ Ka5 63.Ke5 Bd7
64.Nf6 Bc8 65.Ne4 g4 66.Kd4 Kb4 67.Nc3 g3 68.Nd5+ Ka5 69.Nf4 Bb7  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.Bg5 Bg7 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.O-O-O Nxg3 14.hxg3 e6 15.Na4 Rb8
16.Kb1 O-O 17.Bd3 f5 18.Rh2 g4 19.Ng1 e5 20.Qc3 exd4 21.exd4 Nf6 22.f3 Qe7
23.Re1 Qf7 24.Ne2 Bd7 25.Nf4 Rbe8 26.Rhh1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nh5 28.Nxh5 Qxh5
29.Nb6 Qf7 30.Nc4 Qh5 31.Nd6 gxf3 32.gxf3 Qxf3 33.Re7 Qd1+ 34.Qc1 Qxd3+ 35.Ka1 Bc8
36.Rc7 Be6 37.Qe1 Bf7 38.Rxb7 Qxd4 39.Nxf5 Qf6 40.Qf1 Bg6  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bb2 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.e6 f6 7.exd7+ Qxd7 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.Nc3 e5 10.Nge2 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Nc6 13.f4 f5 14.Bb5 Qd6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.Nb5 Nd7 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.d4 cxd4 19.Nexd4 Qb6 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.h3 Rfe8 22.Qd2 Bc6
23.Nd6 Bxg2+ 24.Qxg2 Qxd6 25.Qxb7 Qd7 26.Qxd7 Nxd7 27.Rae1 Nc5 28.Ba1 Ne4
29.Kg2 Red8 30.Rd1 Rac8 31.Kf3 Nc3 32.Nxf5 Rf8 33.Rd7 Rxf5+ 34.Kg2 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Bf6
36.Ra7 Rc5 37.Bb2 Ne4 38.Bxf6 Nxf6 39.Ke1 h5 40.Kd2 g5 41.c3 g4 42.hxg4 hxg4
43.b4 g3 44.Re7 Rf5 45.Re2 Kf7 46.Rg2 Ke6 47.Kd3 Nh5 48.Ke3 Kf6 49.bxa5 Rxa5
50.Ra2 Kg5 51.Kf3 Rf5+ 52.Ke3 Kg4 53.a5 Kh3 54.Ke4 Rf2 55.Ra1 g2 56.Rg1 Rf1
57.Rxg2 Kxg2 58.c4 Ra1  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Swiercz,D"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 a5
10.O-O Na6 11.Qb3 Nb4 12.Na2 Nxa2 13.Rxa2 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ne5 Rd8
17.Raa1 Bd7 18.Rfc1 Be8 19.Qc5 Kf8 20.Bf3 Qxc5 21.Rxc5 f6 22.Nd3 Bg6 23.Bxd5 exd5
24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Rc3 Ke7 26.f3 Kd6 27.Rac1 Rd7 28.Kf2 Re7 29.h4 g5 30.Ne2 Bg6
31.Rh1 Rae8 32.g4 f5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.gxf5 Bxf5 35.Rh5 Rg8 36.Rc1 Bc8 37.Ng3 Rf7
38.Kg2 Re7 39.Kf2 Rf7 40.Kg2 Re7 41.e4 dxe4 42.Nxe4+ Kc7 43.d5 Kb6 44.d6 Re5
45.Kf2 Bf5 46.Rxg5 Rxg5 47.Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bb4 8.e5 Nfd7
9.Qg4 Bf8 10.d4 c5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Be3 h5 14.Qg3 d4 15.Ne4 h4
16.Qf3 Qd5 17.c4 Qxe5 18.Bf4 Qf5 19.Bd3 Qh5 20.Nf6+ gxf6 21.Qxb7 Ne5 22.Qxa8 Bd6
23.c5 Nf3+ 24.Qxf3 Qxf3 25.gxf3 Bxf4 26.b4 Nc6 27.Bb5 Kd7 28.Rfd1 e5 29.a3 f5
30.Kf1 Kc7 31.Ke2 e4 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Bxc6 d3+ 34.Kf1 Kxc6 35.Kg2 Kd5 36.Rg1 Be5
37.Rad1 Rg8+ 38.Kf1 Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 f5 40.Kg2 Kd4 41.c6 f4 42.b5 Bc7 43.Rb1 d2
44.Kf1 Kd3 45.a4 e3 46.fxe3 fxe3  0-1

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Istratescu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.c4 O-O 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qc2 Ng6 14.Be3 Bg4 15.e5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.h3 Bd7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bd3 f5 20.Bc5 Rf6 21.Rae1 f4 22.Qe2 Bd6
23.Qh5+ Rh6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Qg5 f3 26.Re7 Rg8 27.Rfe1 fxg2 28.h4 c5 29.h5 Rf6
30.Bg6 Bc6 31.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Ng4 12.h3 Ne5 13.Be2 Ba5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Ne3 Bb6 17.Qe1 h5 18.Nc4 g4 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qc3 Qf6 21.h4 O-O 22.g3 Ra4
23.b4 c5 24.a3 Qe7 25.Rfb1 Bb7 26.Bd3 cxb4 27.axb4 Rfa8 28.Rxa4 Rxa4 29.Bb5 Ra8
30.Bc6 Bxc6 31.Qxc6 Rd8 32.Ra1 Kg7 33.c3 Rd6 34.Qb5 Rd2 35.Qc4 Qf6 36.Rf1 c6
37.Qa6 Qf3 38.Qxb6 Qxe4 39.b5 cxb5 40.Qxb5 Rc2 41.Qc5 Re2 42.Qe7 Qf5 43.Qc5 Qf6
44.Qc4 Rc2 45.Qd3 Qg6 46.Qe3 Qf5 47.Rc1 Rxc1+ 48.Qxc1 Kf6 49.c4 Ke7 50.c5 Kd7
51.Qd2+ Kc8 52.Qd5 Qf6 53.c6 Qe7 54.Qb5 Kc7 55.Qb7+ Kd6 56.Qb4+ Ke6 57.Qb7 Kd6
58.Qb4+ Ke6 59.Qb6 Qd6 60.Kh2 Kf6 61.Qb5 Qd4 62.Kg1 Qd1+ 63.Kh2 Qd4 64.Qe2 Qc5
65.Qd2 Kg7 66.Qg5+ Kf8 67.Qd8+ Kg7 68.Qg5+ Kf8 69.Qf6 Qc3 70.Qd8+ Kg7 71.c7 Qc5
72.Kg1 Qc1+ 73.Kg2 Qc6+ 74.Kf1 Qc4+ 75.Kg1 Qc1+ 76.Kh2 Qc5 77.Qg5+ Kf8 78.c8=Q+ Qxc8
79.Qxe5 Qc2 80.Kg1 Qc1+ 81.Kh2 Qc2 82.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Bg6 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nh2 Bg6 14.h4 h6 15.Bf1 c5 16.Bd3 Bxd3
17.Qxd3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qa5 19.Be3 Rfc8 20.Qe2 Qa6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Qh5 Kg8 23.Bxh6 gxh6
24.Ng4 Bf8 25.Re3 Rc4 26.Rd1 Qb6 27.Rf3 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qxd4 29.Rxf7 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Qxg4
31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Qxg4+ Kf7 33.Qa4 Rd8 34.h5 Nf8 35.Qf4+ Ke8 36.Qxh6 d4 37.Kf1 Rd5
38.Qf6  1-0

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.c3 Rb8
10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Nc4 Nc6 14.Bg5 Be6 15.h3 h6 16.Bd2 Re8
17.Rc1 Bf8 18.Bb3 Re7 19.Be3 Reb7 20.Bc2 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxe4 22.Ncxe5 Nxe5
23.dxe4 Nc4 24.Bf4 Rb2 25.Qd3 g6 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Bxd2 d5 28.Bf4 Rc8 29.exd5 Bf5
30.Qd1 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 Bxc2 32.Qxc2 Qxd5 33.Qe2 c4 34.Qg4 Qc6 35.Qd1 Re8 36.Be3 Bg7
37.Qc2 Rb8 38.a5 Rb3 39.Bd2 Rb5 40.Ra1 Qd5 41.Qa2 Rb3 42.Rc1 Rb5 43.Ra1  0-1

[Event "5th Classic GpA 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 d6 6.Qe2 a6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.h4 h6 9.e5 d5
10.c3 c5 11.a3 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Bh2 Ne7 14.h5 g5 15.Nf1 b5 16.Ne3 a5 17.O-O Nb6
18.Nd2 b4 19.f4 b3 20.Bb1 gxf4 21.Rxf4 Nc6 22.Qf2 Nd8 23.Ng4 Kd7 24.Bg6 Be7
25.Bxf7 Bg5 26.Bg6 Kc8 27.Rf6 Nd7 28.Rf1 Bc6 29.Qe2 Kb7 30.Nf3 Nxf6 31.exf6 Bf4
32.Bxf4 Qxf4 33.Nfe5 Qg5 34.f7 Rf8 35.Nf6 Nxf7 36.Nxf7 Qg3 37.Qxe6 Kb6 38.Nxd5+ Kb5
39.a4+ Kxa4 40.Qxc6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nc2 Qa6
9.Nba3 Nf6 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 O-O 12.Ne3 Rb8 13.Nac2 b5 14.Bd2 Ba6 15.b3 Nd7
16.Rac1 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 b4+ 18.Kd2 bxc3+ 19.Kxc3 Rfc8 20.Kd2 Nc5 21.f3 e6 22.Rhd1 f5
23.exf5 gxf5 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 a5 26.Rb1 d5 27.Rfc1 Kf7 28.Ne1 Nb4 29.Rb2 Ke7
30.N3c2 Nc6 31.Ne3 Kd6 32.Rcb1 h5 33.Ke2 h4 34.Kf2 hxg3+ 35.hxg3 Rh8 36.Rd2 a4
37.Rbd1 axb3 38.Nxd5 exd5 39.Rxd5+ Kc7 40.Rxc5 bxa2 41.Rdc1 Rh6 42.Ra1 Rh2+
43.Ke3 Rb1 44.Rc1 Rxa1 45.Rxa1 Na5 46.Rc1+ Kb6  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen,Eric"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Be3 Nhf4 12.Bf1 exd4 13.Bxd4 f5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Ng6 17.Bd4 c5 18.Be3 f4 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Bc1 Bf5 21.Nd2 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Nf3 h6 24.Bd2 Kf8 25.c4 Be4 26.Be2 Bc7 27.Bc3 b6 28.Nd2 Bf5 29.Kf1 Be5
30.Rc1 Rd8 31.Nf3 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Ke7 33.a3 Kf6 34.Ke1 Ne5 35.Nxe5 Kxe5 36.h4 g5
37.hxg5 hxg5 38.g3 Rh8 39.gxf4+ gxf4 40.Bf3 Kd4 41.Bd5 b5 42.Kd2 a5 43.Ke2 Rb8
44.Bf7 b4 45.Rc1 bxa3 46.Rd1+ Ke5 47.bxa3 Bg4+ 48.f3 Rb2+ 49.Kd3 Bxf3 50.Re1+ Kf6
51.Bd5 Bg4 52.Kc3 Re2 53.Rb1 Re3+ 54.Kd2 Ke5 55.Rb8 Kd4 56.Rf8 Re2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.c3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Qc7 8.Ngf3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bc2 b6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Qd3 a5 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.Re1 Rxe1+
16.Nxe1 Ba6 17.Qd1 Re8 18.Nd3 Qb6 19.h3 h6 20.Rb1 Bc4 21.a4 Ne4 22.Bd2 Bxd3
23.Bxd3 Nxf2 24.Qf3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 c4+ 26.Qd4 Re2 27.Rd1 Qxb2 28.Qxd5 Qc2 29.Bf4 Rxg2+
30.Kh1 Re2 31.Rg1 Qd3 32.Qxd3 cxd3 33.Bxh6 d2 34.Rxg7+ Kh8 35.Rg1 Ne5 36.Bf4 Nf3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Ne2 Ke8 11.Nf4 Rd8 12.Re1 Bc8 13.h3 Ne7 14.Nh5 Ng6 15.Bg5 Rd5
16.c4 Rd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Rxe6+ Kf7 19.Re4 h6 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Rae1 Rhd8 22.g4 Bf8
23.Bg3 c5 24.Kh2 Kg8 25.Re8 c6 26.Nh4 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Ne7 28.Nf5 Kf7 29.Nd6+ Rxd6
30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Bxd6 g5 32.f4 Kf7 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.Bxc5 b6 35.Be3 Kg6 36.Ng3 Ng8
37.Kg1 Nf6 38.Bd4 Nd7 39.Nf5 Ba6 40.Nd6 c5 41.Bc3 Nf8 42.Kf2 Ne6 43.Be5 Nd8
44.b3 Nc6 45.Bc3 Nd8 46.a4 Ne6 47.Be5 Nd8 48.Ke3 Nc6 49.Bc3 Nd8 50.Be1 Kf6
51.h4 Nf7 52.hxg5+ Kg6 53.Nxf7 Kxf7 54.Bc3 Bc8 55.Kf4 Bd7 56.Bf6 Ke6 57.Be5 Be8
58.Bb8 a5 59.Bc7 Bg6 60.Bxb6 Bc2 61.b4 cxb4 62.Bxa5 b3 63.Bc3 Bd3 64.a5 Kd6
65.Bd4 Bxc4 66.g6 Kc6 67.Ke5 Kb5 68.Bc3 b2 69.Bxb2 Kxa5 70.Kd6 Kb4 71.g7 Kb3
72.Bf6 Kc2 73.Ke7 Kd3 74.Kf8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 e6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Be2 Ke7 13.a4 bxa4 14.O-O Nd5 15.Nxa4 Ba7
16.Bg3 Rd8 17.e4 Nb6 18.Rxd8 Kxd8 19.Nxb6 Bxb6 20.Nxf7+ Ke7 21.Nd6 Ra7 22.Nc4 Nd7
23.Bd6+ Kd8 24.Nxb6 Nxb6 25.Bc5 Kc7 26.f3 Ra8 27.Bd4 g6 28.Be5+ Kd7 29.Rd1+ Ke7
30.Rc1 Rd8 31.Rc7+ Rd7 32.Kf2 Rxc7 33.Bxc7 Nd7 34.h4 Kf6 35.Ke3 h6 36.Bc4 Bc8
37.b4 Bb7 38.g3 Nf8 39.f4 h5 40.Bd8+ Kf7 41.Kd4 Nd7 42.f5 gxf5 43.exf5 Nf8
44.fxe6+ Nxe6+ 45.Ke5 Bc8 46.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Piorun,K"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Be2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rad1 Bd5 15.Bh6 Qa5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rb1 Rfd8 18.Qe3 Qc7 19.c4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 b6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Qxe7 Rd7
23.Qa3 Qe4 24.c5 Qxd4 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Rb4 Qf6 27.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Be3 Qd6 11.Rc1 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.b3 Be5
16.Ba5 Qa6 17.Bc7 Qxa4 18.bxa4 Bxc7 19.Rxc7 Rfc8 20.Rxe7 Rab8 21.Bxb7 Rc5
22.Bf3 Ra5 23.Rc1 Rxa4 24.Kg2 Rxa2 25.g4 a5 26.Ra7 a4 27.Rc6 Rd8 28.Kg3 Bb3
29.g5 Ra1 30.Rb6 Rc1 31.h4 Rc5 32.Rf6 Kg7 33.Bc6 h6 34.f4 hxg5 35.hxg5 Rc1
36.Bxa4 Bd5 37.Rd7 Re8 38.Rxd5 Re3+ 39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "TCh-HUN 2013-14"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Berkes,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.O-O-O Nb6
9.Be2 Ng4 10.Bg3 Bf6 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nbc4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4
16.Qd3 Nb6 17.Kb1 Bg4 18.Nf3 Be6 19.f5 Bc4 20.Qd2 Ba6 21.b3 Nd7 22.Nd5 b6
23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bh4 Qe7 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Qh6 Qf8 28.Qh5 Red8 29.Bxf6 Rxd1+
30.Rxd1 h6 31.Rd7  1-0

[Event "4NCL 2013-14"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[Round "11.112"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 Na6 8.O-O Be7 9.Nd2 O-O
10.e4 Nb4 11.e5 Ne8 12.b3 b6 13.Ba3 Nc7 14.Re1 Bb7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Bf1 Ba6
17.Bxa6 Ncxa6 18.Ndb1 Rc8 19.Bb2 Rc6 20.Na3 Qd7 21.Qd2 Rfc8 22.Rec1 Nc7 23.Qe2 Qe8
24.Kg2 f6 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Nd1 Nca6 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Ne3 Qg6 29.Rd1 Nc7 30.Kg1 h5
31.Ng2 Bg5 32.h4 Bh6 33.Ne1 Bf4 34.Ng2 Bd6 35.Ne1 Ne8 36.Rc1 Rxc1 37.Bxc1 Qe4
38.Be3 Nf6 39.Nb5 Bf8 40.Nc3 Qf5 41.Bf4 Nc6 42.Nb5 Qe4 43.Qd1 e5 44.f3 Qf5
45.dxe5 Nxe5 46.Nd4 Bc5 47.Kg2 Bxd4 48.Qxd4 Ned7 49.Nd3 Qe6 50.Qe3 Qc6 51.Qc1 Nc5
52.Be3 Nfd7 53.Nf4 Qd6 54.Qc3 g6 55.Qc2 Kf7 56.Bd4 Nb8 57.Bxc5 bxc5 58.Qd2 Nc6
59.Nxd5 Nd4 60.Nf4 Qb6 61.Qd3 Kg7 62.Qe4 Kf7 63.Qd5+ Kg7 64.Qd7+ Kg8 65.Qe8+ Kg7
66.Qe7+ Kh8 67.Qf8+ Kh7 68.Nd5  1-0
