[Event "4NCL Division 2 2023-24"]
[Site "England ENG"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Menzies, Colin"]
[Black "Taylor, Martin R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonzaga"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican 4NCL"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502755"]
[BlackFideId "407836"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[Source "TWIC 1523"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-02/menzies-taylor-4ncl-2024.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Feb  6 16:39:41 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240413022754/https://www.4nclresults.co.uk/2023-24/4ncl/4/2/export/">Match
scorecard</a> and <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240717102703/https://www.4nclresults.co.uk/2023-24/media/4ncl/xtab-div2.html">final
table</a>, 4NCL web site. } { Source: TWIC 1523. }

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 c6 8. b3
Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Nd4
Bf7 15. Rac1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Rxd5 19. b4 Red8 20.
e3 Qd6 21. a3 Nc7 22. Qc2 Nb5 23. Qb3 Kf8 24. Rc4 Qe7 25. a4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4
Bxd4 27. Rcxd4 Rxd4 28. exd4 a6 29. Qc4 1/2-1/2