[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "pigeon"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00k"]
[WhiteCountry "GBR"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738802"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. f3 e6 3. g4 d5 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. Bf1 h5 8. g5 Nh7 9. exd4 Nxg5 10. c3 Bh3
11. Bxh3 Nxh3 12. Nxh3 Qh4+ 13. Ng3 Qxh3 14. Kf2 O-O-O 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qb3 Qh4+ 17. Ke2 Na5 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. Ng3 Qh3 20. Kd3 e4+
21. Nxe4 Qxf3+ 22. Kc4 Ne5+ 23. dxe5 Qxe4+ 24. Kb3 Qxh1 25. Qf4 Bg5 26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Qxg5 Qxh2 28. d4 Qe2 29. Bd2 Qb5+ 30. Ka3 Qa6+
31. Kb3 b5 32. a3 Qa4+ 33. Ka2 b4 34. Kb1 b3 35. Qh4 Qc6 36. Kc1 Qb5 37. Qe1 Rde8 38. a4 Qd3 39. Ra3 Qc2#
0-1

[Event "Challenge from Piano man"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Geoff Holder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02k"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1299"]
[BlackRD "56"]
[GameID "738768"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd2 Bg4 4. Bf4 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6
11. O-O O-O 12. f4 Rfe8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Re3 c5 16. a4 c4 17. a5 Qxb3 18. Qe2 Qb5 19. Rh3 Nf6 20. Qc2 h6
21. Re3 Ne4 22. f3 Nd6 23. Ree1 Nf5 24. g3 Nd6 25. g4 g6 26. Reb1 Qd7 27. b3 cxb3 28. Rxb3 Rab8 29. Qb1 Rec8 30. Ra2 Nb5
31. Rc2 f6 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Qc1 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. dxe5 Qxe5 36. Qa1 d4 37. c4 Nc3 38. Rb6 Qg7 39. Rd6 Rxc4 40. Qb2 Qe5
41. Rxg6+ Kh7 42. Rb6 d3 43. Rd2 Qd5 44. Kg3 Na4 45. Qf6 Nxb6 46. axb6 Qg5 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qxc4 Qxd2 49. Qe4 Qe2 50. Qf4 d2
51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qd6+ Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kf6 55. Qxb8 Qe5+
0-1

[Event "Challenge from pigeon"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "pigeon"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00k"]
[WhiteCountry "GBR"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738816"]

1. e3 d5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Qf4 e5 4. Qxe5+ Qe7 5. Qc3 c6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nc5 8. Qc3 Na4 9. Qd4 b5 10. b3 Nb6
11. a3 Bf5 12. d3 h6 13. h3 c5 14. Qf4 Qf6 15. c3 Bd6 16. Qh4 N8d7 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nbd2 O-O 19. Nh4 Be7 20. Nxf5 Rfe8
21. d4 a6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Bb2 cxd4 24. N5xd4 Rac8 25. g4 Nxc3 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Nf5 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Rc6 29. Bxg7 Rc3 30. Bxe4 Rxb3
31. Bc2 Kh7 32. Bxb3
1-0

[Event "Challenge from ray winteringham"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ray winteringham"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[WhiteRD "48"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738936"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Qg3 Qc8 7. h3 Bd7 8. Ne2 Nh5 9. Qh2 g6 10. Nbc3 Be6
11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nd5 Na6 13. Nec3 c6 14. g4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. a3 h5 17. gxh5 gxh5 18. O-O-O Bh6 19. Rhf1 O-O-O 20. Bxh6 Qxh6+
21. Kb1 Rhg8 22. f3 Nc5 23. Rg1 f6 24. Rg2 b5 25. Rdg1 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Qh7 27. Qg1 a6 28. Rg7 Qh8 29. Qg6 Nd7 30. Rh7 Qe8
31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxh5 Rg8 33. a4 Nc5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rh6 Rf8 36. Ne2 Nd7 37. Rh4 Nc5 38. Ng3 Na6 39. Nf5 Kc7 40. Rh7+ Kb6
41. Nxd6 Rb8 42. Nf5 Nb4 43. Rf7 Rg8 44. b3 Ra8 45. Ne3 Rg8 46. Ng4 Rg6 47. Rxf6 Rg8 48. Kb2 Re8 49. Rf5 Ka5 50. h4 c5
51. Nxe5 Rc8 52. h5
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Chesswitchery"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Chesswitchery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01a"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[BlackRD "79"]
[GameID "738997"]

1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. Nc3 exd3 4. Bxd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb5 Qxd1 8. Bxc6+ Qd7 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Re1 Bxc3
11. bxc3 e6 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. c4 Rg8 14. Ba3 Nc6 15. c3 f5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bd4 O-O-O 19. c5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 bxc5
21. dxc5 g5 22. Ne5 Be8 23. c6 Rd6 24. Nc4 Rxc6 25. Nxa5 Rd6 26. Rab1 Bc6 27. h3 h5 28. Rec1 Be4 29. Rb7 Bxb7 30. Nc4 Rc6
31. a4 Rd8 32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Kg1 Rcxc4
0-1

[Event "Challenge from Right Behind You"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Steven DuCharme"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46a"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[BlackRD "69"]
[GameID "738432"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. Ne5 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bd3 Be6 10. f3 Nd7
11. f4 Nxe5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 f5 14. Rae1 a5 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Rf3 a4 18. a3 Rfb8 19. Na2 Qd6 20. Nb4 c5
21. Na2 b4 22. Qd2 bxa3 23. Nc3 Rxb2 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. Rff1 c4 26. Qc1 c3 27. Qa1 Rxc2 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qa6 30. h3 Rc4
31. Kh2 c2 32. Qa2 h6 33. Rxc2 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "Challenge from ray winteringham"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ray winteringham"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00u"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[WhiteRD "48"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738606"]

1. g3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nce2 Be6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Bf3 Be7 9. c3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 dxc3
11. Nxc3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Be3 Bc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 h5 20. Rad1 Qe7
21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Qc2 Rd7 23. Rf5 Qh6 24. Re1 c6 25. b5 Qd6 26. b6 a6 27. h3 g6 28. Rff1 Nh6 29. Rf6 Qf8 30. Nc7 Qd8
31. Rd1 Qxf6 32. Nd5 Qd6 33. a4 Kd8 34. Rc1 Kc8 35. a5 Kd8 36. Nc3 f6 37. Rd1 Qe6 38. Qh2 Qb3 39. Qd2 Qe6 40. Qc2 Qxh3
41. Qf2 Ng4 42. Qg2 Qh2+ 43. Qxh2 Nxh2 44. Kxh2 g5 45. Na4 g4 46. Nc5 Rdh7 47. Kg2 Rg8 48. Nxb7+ Ke7 49. Nc5 h4 50. Rh1 h3+
51. Kh2 Ra8 52. Rd1 Rh5 53. d4 Kd6 54. Rf1 Rh6 55. Rf2 Rg6 56. Kg1 Rh6 57. Kh2 Rg6 58. Rc2 Rg5 59. Rb2 Rgg8 60. Kg1 Rgb8
61. Rf2 Ke7 62. d5 Kd6 63. Ne6 Rb7 64. Rxf6 Rab8 65. Rg6 cxd5 66. Nd8+ Kc5 67. Nxb7+ Rxb7 68. exd5 Kxd5 69. Rxg4 Kc6 70. Rb4 Kc5
71. Re4 Kd5 72. Rh4 e4 73. Rxh3 Kc5 74. g4 Rb8 75. Rh5+ Kd6 76. g5 Ke6 77. Rh2 Kf7 78. Rh7+ Kg6 79. Ra7 Kxg5 80. Rxa6 Rd8
81. Ra7 Rd1+ 82. Kf2 Rd2+ 83. Ke1
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Chesswitchery"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06g"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[WhiteRD "79"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738904"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7
11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Qd8 13. Nb5 Bd6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Qxd6 a6 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Ra6 19. Qe7#
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "roscoe"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06e"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1149"]
[WhiteRD "114"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "737413"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. h3 Bd7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nf3 b4 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 a6
11. Ne5 c6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Kg8 16. Qxe4 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5+ Kf8 19. Qf3+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ gxf6
21. c4 Rb8 22. Bxf6 Nb4 23. Bxh8 Ke7 24. Be5 Rb6 25. Bc7 Rg6 26. Ra5 Bxh3 27. Rxc5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxg2 29. Re1 Bxd5+ 30. Kh2 Rg2+
31. Kh3 Rxf2 32. Bg3 Bg2+ 33. Kh4 Rc2 34. Rg1 Be4 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Kg5 Rxc4 37. Rg3 Rc5+ 38. Kh4 a5 39. Rg5 Rc1 40. Rxa5 Rh1+
41. Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Bg3 Rh1 43. Re5+ Kf7 44. Rxe4 h5+ 45. Kg5 Rg1 46. Rf4+ Ke8 47. Rf3 h4 48. Kf4 hxg3 49. Rxg3 Ra1 50. e4 Re1
51. e5= Rd1 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Rg6 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 Rxg6 56. Kxg6 Ke6 57. Kg5 Kxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Challenge from Clem to Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Clem"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06e"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[WhiteRD "68"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738744"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 Bd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bc6 10. O-O dxc4
11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Qc2 a4 13. bxa4 Bxa4 14. Qxe4 Bd7 15. d5 O-O 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qe5 c6 18. dxe6 Re8 19. exd7+
1-0

[Event "Challenge from ray winteringham"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "ray winteringham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00n"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[BlackRD "48"]
[GameID "738607"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 c4 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Kd2 e6 6. a3 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4 Be4 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Ne1 Bxg2
11. Nxg2 O-O 12. Ke1 Nc6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Ng2 e4 15. Ne2 b5 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 b4 18. Nef4 g6 19. Nxd5 f5 20. Bd2 bxa3
21. bxa3 Nb6 22. Ngf4 Rf7 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. h5 Qxg5 25. Ne6 Qg2 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Ne2 Rxe6 28. Rb1 Bh2 29. Nf4 Bxf4 30. c3 Na5
31. exf4 Nb3 32. Be3 Na4 33. Bd2 Rfe7 34. Qe2 e3 35. fxe3 Qe4 36. Rd1 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Nxc3 38. Qf3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qb5 40. Kg2 Rxe3
41. Qa8+ Re8 42. Kf2 Rxa8 43. Kxe3 Qb3 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 45. Ke1 Qc3
0-1

[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Andersonjsw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02h"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1012"]
[BlackRD "130"]
[GameID "738684"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 f6 4. Bh4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Nc6 7. bxa5 Nxa5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxa5 Nh6 10. e3 e5
11. Qxd5 Ng4 12. Bc4 c6 13. Qf7#
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Chesswitchery"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Chesswitchery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02h"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[BlackRD "79"]
[GameID "738548"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 f6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Nc6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. h4 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qxb2 10. Nbd2 Qxc3
11. e3 g4 12. Rc1 Qb4 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. Nh2 f5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Nf6 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qd3 h5
21. f3 g3 22. Nhf1 Rhg8 23. Rec1 f4 24. Rc3 e5 25. Qa6+ Bb7 26. Qb5 fxe3 27. Nb3 exd4 28. Nxd4 Rde8 29. Nf5 Qf4 30. Re1 Qxf5
31. Nxe3 Qe5 32. Rcc1 d4 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Nc4 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Bd5 36. Nd2 c5 37. Nf1 Bxa2 38. Ra1 Bc4 39. Nxg3 Rxg3
0-1

[Event "Challenge from Chessibelle"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Chessibelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02h"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1126"]
[BlackRD "55"]
[GameID "738456"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 f6 4. Bd2 h6 5. Nc3 b6 6. g3 g5 7. h3 Nd7 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 h5 10. Bg2 c5
11. e4 Ne7 12. exd5 Bb7 13. Qe2 exd5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. f4 a6 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Nf1 Nf5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bf2 Nb6
21. O-O-O Qd7 22. Rh2 d4 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Qa7+ Bb7 26. Nxf6 Qd6 27. Qxb7#
1-0

[Event "Challenge from pigeon"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "pigeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00b"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "GBR"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1237"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738352"]

1. e4 g5 2. Nf3 f6 3. d4 Nh6 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. h3 g4 7. hxg4 Bxg4 8. Be2 Qd7 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Nh2 Be6
11. Bh5+ Kd8 12. Bg4 Rg8 13. f3 Bxg4 14. fxg4 Nc6 15. Nc3 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. Qd2 Rg6 18. Qe1 Be5 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nd5 Nd4
21. Rf2 Ne6 22. Nf3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Rxb7 Qa4 25. c4 Qxc4 26. Nd2 Qxa2 27. Qh3 Bd4 28. Re2 Qa4 29. Nb3 Qc4 30. Qf3 Ng5
31. Qf5 Qxe2 32. Qxg6 Be5 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Rxc7#
1-0

[Event "Challenge from pigeon"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.09.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "pigeon"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00k"]
[WhiteCountry "GBR"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "737574"]

1. e3 e5 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne4 Qxf3 6. gxf3 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. c3 Ba5 10. Ng3 Nf6
11. b4 Bb6 12. Nf5 Rg8 13. h4 e4 14. f4 Bd7 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. a4 a6 17. Nxe4 Bc6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Ne2 Bxf3
21. Rh2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 O-O-O 23. Bb2 Rg4 24. d4 Rxh4 25. Kd2 a5 26. b5 Re8 27. Rg1 Re7 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Rb8 Rh1 30. Rxb7 Rb1
31. Bc1 Kc8 32. Rxb6 cxb6 33. Re1 Ra1 34. Rh1 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Rxa4 36. Rxh7 Ra1 37. Bd2 a4 38. Kc2 Ra2+ 39. Kc1 a3 40. c4 Rb2
41. Bc3 Re2 42. Kb1 R2xe3 43. Bb4 Kb7 44. Bxd6 Re1+ 45. Ka2 R7e2+ 46. Kxa3 Ra1+ 47. Kb3 Rf1 48. Rxf7+ Kc8 49. Bb4 Re3+ 50. Bc3 Rff3
51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Kd1 Rh2 53. Be1 Ra3 54. Bd2 Rd3 55. Re7 Rhxd2+ 56. Ke1 Rd1+ 57. Ke2 R3d2+ 58. Ke3 Rxd4 59. Rf7 Rxc4 60. Rf8+ Rd8
61. Rxf6 Rb4 62. Rxb6 Rh8 63. Rc6+ Kb7 64. Kf3 Rxb5 65. Rc4 Kb6 66. Re4 Rb3+ 67. Kg4 Kc5 68. f5 Kd5 69. Re2 Rg8+ 70. Kf4 Rb4+
71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kf4 Rb4+ 73. Ke3 Re4+ 74. Kf3 Ra4 75. Re3 Rf8 76. Rd3+ Ke5 77. Re3+ Kxf5 78. Rc3 Ke5+ 79. Ke3 Re4+ 80. Kd2 Rf2+
81. Kd1 Rf1+ 82. Kd2 Rh4 83. Re3+ Kd4 84. Rd3+=
1/2-1/2

[Event "Challenge from Piano man"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Geoff Holder"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20o"]
[WhiteCountry "WLS"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1299"]
[WhiteRD "56"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "738355"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Nge2 e5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. dxe5 Ng8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. g4 Bg6 12. Nd5 Qc5 13. b3 Qa5+ 14. Nec3 c6 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. a3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bf7
21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Nxg7+ Kd8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Rhd1 Rc7 25. Nd6 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Nh6 27. Qd4 Nf7 28. e5 Qh6 29. Nxf7+ Kc8 30. Nxh6 Rd8
31. Nf7 Rf8 32. Qa7 Rxf7 33. e6 Re7 34. Qa8+ Nb8 35. Rd8+ Kxd8 36. Qxb8+ Rc8 37. Rd1+
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*chessnut*"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00d"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1203"]
[WhiteRD "94"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "737280"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. Ne5 a6 6. Bd2 Bc6 7. Nc3 a5 8. a4 Bb4 9. Ne2 Na6 10. Nf4 Nb8
11. Nfd3 O-O 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. b3 Qe8 14. Nxb4 Qc8 15. Bd3 Qe8 16. h3 Qe7 17. c3 Bd7 18. c4 Qxb4+ 19. Kf1 Bc6 20. Rh2 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Ne4 22. Ra2 Nc3 23. Qc2 Nxa2 24. f4 Nc3 25. Nd3 Be4 26. Qb2 Bxd3+ 27. Bxd3 Nc6 28. Qc1 Qa3 29. Qxa3 Nd5 30. Qc1 Ncb4
31. Be4 Rfe8 32. Bf3 Nd3 33. Qd2 N3b4 34. Be2 c6 35. e4 Rad8 36. exd5 Nxd5 37. b4 Ra8 38. Bd1 e5 39. Rf2 exd4 40. Qxd4 Ne3+
41. Kg1 Rad8 42. Qb6 Rxd1+ 43. Kh2 Nf5 44. h4 h6 45. Qxb7 Ree1 46. Qxc6 Re3 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Qxf7 Nd6 49. Qa7 Ree1 50. g4 Rh1+
51. Kg3 Ne4+ 52. Kf3 Nxf2 53. Qc5 Rh3+ 54. Kxf2 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Rhd2 56. Kf3 Rd5 57. Qe7 R5d4 58. g5 Rd7 59. g6+ Kxg6 60. Qe6+ Kh7
61. h5 Kh8 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qg6+
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Clem to Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.10.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mick Holmes"]
[Black "Clem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40a"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[WhiteRD "59"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[BlackRD "68"]
[GameID "738222"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. d4 b5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
11. g3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 c6 14. c3 a5 15. c4 c5 16. Nc1 Qd8 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. h4 Qf6 19. Be2 Ra6 20. h5 Ne7
21. Nd3 Qh6 22. g4 Bc7 23. Nde1 d6 24. Nh2 Qf4 25. Nd3 Qxe4 26. Bf3 Qxc4 27. Rc1 Qd4 28. b3 e4 29. Rc4 Qxd5 30. Bxe4 Qe6
31. Re1 d5 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rc1 f5 35. Nxc5 Re5 36. Nf3 fxg4 37. Nxe5 Bxe5 38. Qc2+ Kh6 39. Kg2 Kxh5 40. Rh1+ Kg5
41. Nd3 Bd4 42. Qd2+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. Qxd4+
1-0

[Event "Challenge from Mick"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Phobos"]
[Black "Mick Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46a"]
[WhiteCountry "WLS"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[WhiteRD "137"]
[BlackElo "1172"]
[BlackRD "59"]
[GameID "736920"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bf6 9. O-O h6 10. Rad1 b5
11. Bd5 Qd7 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rfe1 Na5 14. b4 Nb7 15. Ra1 a5 16. a4 c6 17. Qh3 cxd5 18. Nxb5 Qxh3 19. gxh3 d4 20. Bd2 g5
21. Rab1 Ne7 22. c4 Nc6 23. c5 Be7 24. Nc7+ Kd7 25. Nd5 f6 26. b5 Ncd8 27. c6+ Ke8 28. cxb7 Nxb7 29. Rec1 Kf7 30. Rc7 Rhe8
31. b6 Ke6 32. Rcc1 Nc5 33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Nxe8 Kxe8 35. Bxa5 Bd8 36. h4 Nxd3 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. hxg5 Nxa4 39. gxh6 Rb7 40. Rd3 Nc5
41. Rh3 f5 42. exf5 Rh7 43. Bd2 Nb7 44. Rg3 Kf8 45. Ra1 Bf6 46. Rga3 Bd8 47. Ra8 Ke8 48. R1a7 e4 49. Rb8 Rxh6 50. Bxh6
1-0

