[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O c5 11. c4 Ne7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1+ Ne5 20. f4 O-O 21.
fxe5 Qe6 22. Rad1 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qg3 Rc3 25. Qf2 d3 26. Qxa7 Qc6 27. Qe3
Ra8 28. Rd2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc4 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxa2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Kg6 36. Rxb7 Ra5 37. Re7 f6 38. Bf4 Ra4 39. g3 Kf5
40. Rxg7 fxe5 41. Rg5+ Ke4 42. Rxe5+ Kf3 43. Re1 Kg4 44. Re2 Kf3 45. Rb2 Kg4
46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Bd6 Rd3 48. Rb4+ Kf5 49. Rb5+ Kg6 50. Bf4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bb1 Qf4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg5 21. g3
Rac8 22. c4 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Rxd4 24. f4 Nxg3 25. fxg5 Nxe2+ 26. Kf2 Nxc1 27. Bxd4
Rxc4 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. gxh6 Rb4 30. Be3 Rb2+ 31. Bd2 Nb3 32. axb3 Bxb3 33. Rc1
Rxd2+ 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Kf4 a5 37. Kg5 a4 38. h4 b5 39. Kf6 b4 40.
h7+ Kxh7 41. Kxf7 b3 42. Bxg6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Na3 a6 8. Nc4
Qd8 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nce5 Bd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bd3 Bf6
15. Re1 Kh8 16. Rc1 Be8 17. Bb1 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd8
21. Be4 Rb8 22. Nd4 g6 23. Rc3 Ba5 24. b4 Ba4 25. Rd2 Bb6 26. Nf3 Rfd8 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. g3 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Bd1 31. Ng5 a5 32. Kg2 h6 33. bxa5
Bxa5 34. Nh3 Bc3 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Bxe5 37. Bc6 g5 38. a4 Bc7 39. f3 f5
40. Nf2 Bc2 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. Ke2 Bb6 43. Nd3 Bxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Bg1 45. h3 h5 46. a5
Ke5 47. Ke2 h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Bd7 Kf6 50. f4 Ke7 51. Bc8 Kd6 52. a6 Kd5 53.
Kf3 Ba7 54. Bd7 Kd6 55. Bc8 Ke7 56. Ke2 Kf7 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. Ke2 Ke7 59. Kf3 Kd6
60. Ke2 Bb6 61. Kf3 Kd5 62. Bb7+ Kd6 63. Bc8 Ke7 64. Ke2 Kf7 65. Kf3 Kf6 66.
Ke2 e5 67. fxe5+ Kxe5 68. Kf3 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. b4 Bb2 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Bd3 Bc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Rd1 f5 24. Kg1 f4 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. Kd2
Ra3 28. Bb1 e6 29. Kc2 Ke5 30. Kb2 Re3 31. dxe6 Re2+ 32. Kc3 Bxe6 33. Rd2 Rxd2
34. Kxd2 Kd4 35. a3 Bg8 36. Bc2 g5 37. g4 fxg3 38. hxg3 h5 39. Bd3 Bc4 40. Bxc4
bxc4 41. a4 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b5 axb5 44. a5 Kc5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. h3 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. b3 a6 14. Ncd5 b5 15.
Nf4 bxc4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxc4 d5 18. Ra4 a5 19. g4 Qd8 20. g5 Nd7 21. h4 Nb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxd5 Rxa2 26. O-O Ra1 27. Qd2 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 exd5 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Bc6 Bc3 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Bxd7 Qg8 33. Be6 Qf8
34. e3 Qe8 35. Kg2 Qf8 36. Qe4 Kh8 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Qe6 Qa8+ 39. Bd5 Qf8 40. h5
Qe8 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. f4 Qf8 43. f5 Kh8 44. f6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. d5 N8d7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Rfe1 Rb4 16. Re2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. a3 Rb3 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21.
Na4 Rb3 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Rbe1 Kf8 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Nc3 Be5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Qh4
Be6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. b3 b6 17. Rf3 f6 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. a4 Rh8 20. a5 Bh6 21. Bxh6
Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qxc3 23. Raf1 Rcg8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qf2 Ke8 26. b4 Qxb4 27. Ra1
Kf7 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rf1 Ke8 30. Rxf6 exf6 31. Qxf6 Kd7 32. Qxe5 Rae8 33. c3 Qa4
34. Qg7+ Kc6 35. Rf6 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd3 37. Rxe6+ Rxe6 38. Qxh8 Qxe4 39. Qc8+
Kb5 40. Qd7+ Kc4 41. Bd2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 b5 43. Qa7 Kd3 44. Bh6 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+
46. Kh1 Rd6 47. Qa1 Qe2 48. Bg7 Kc4 49. Qa7 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 Nf5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Na3 Rd8 14. Bxf5 exf5 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf4 g6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qe3 Rd5 20. h3 Bc5 21. Rab1
axb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. b6 Qd8 25. Qc1 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ba3 27. Rxa2
Bxc1 28. Rxc1 g5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. g3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. f4 Re7 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. d4 Nc7 18. f5 Qe8 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rae1 Kh8
22. Kh1 g6 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. Bh3 Qd8 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxg6 Rxg6 27. Rf7 Rg7 28.
Qf6 Rxf7 29. Qxd8+ Rg8 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O h6
9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Be3 Ng4 15. h3
exd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Bb3 Bc6 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nbd2 c5 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ba2 c4 24. Bb1 g6 25. Re2 Nh5 26. Nf1 Nf4 27. Red2 Nd3
28. Re2 Rfe8 29. Ne1 Bxe4 30. Nxd3 Bxd3 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qd2 Re2 33. Qxh6
Rxf2 34. Ne3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[ECO "D32"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. e3 d4 8.
exd4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. Nge2 Nxe2 14.
Bxe2 Nf6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Bf3 Bc4 19. Rb1 b5 20. a4
Kc7 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Ra1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
O-O 15. Rae1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bf2 d4 18. c4 Bf5 19. h3 Rab8 20. g4 Bc8 21.
f5 f6 22. Bh4 Qf7 23. b3 Bb7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Re6 Qg7 26. Rfe1 Rbd8 27. Kh2
Bc8 28. R6e2 Bb7 29. g5 Qd7 30. gxf6 Qxf5 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Re7 Bc8 33. Qg2 Rg8
34. Rg7 Qf4 35. Kh1 Be6 36. f7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Bd6 11. h5 Bf5 12. f3 h6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Kd2 f5
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Nge2 Nd7 18. Rag1 Nf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bc7
21. Rf1 Ke7 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rhg1 Bxa2 25. Rf6 Bd8 26. b3 Bxb3 27.
Rb1 Be6 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Be4 Bg5+ 31. Kd3 Rhc8 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33.
Rxf4 a5 34. Rf6 Rcb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxc6 Bg4 37. Bd5 Bxh5 38. Ra6 Bg6+ 39.
Kc4 Rb4+ 40. Kc5 Ra4 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Bc6 Ra1 43. d5 Be4 44. d6 Bf5 45. Bb5 h5
46. Bc4 Be6 47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[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.
Bb5 Nf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
c3 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Nf3 Qb5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 a6 20. Rad1
Rfd8 21. Rd2 g5 22. h3 Be7 23. Nd4 Bf6 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Ne5 Be7 26. Nc4 f6 27.
Ra1 Rac8 28. Rad1 Bc5 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Ree1 e5 31. Nd2 Be7 32. b4 Nb6 33. f3 Na4
34. Bf2 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[ECO "E71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Bd3 c6 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 b6 15. Nb5
Ba6 16. a4 Nd7 17. b4 axb4 18. Qb3 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qxb4 Qd7 21. Nd2 Rfb8
22. Nc4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb7 24. Ra6 Qd8 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qa4 Kh7 27. Ra7 Rxa7
28. Qxa7 Qg5 29. Ne3 Qf6 30. Qc7 Bf8 31. Ng4 Qe7 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34.
Ne3 Qd3 35. Nd5 h5 36. Nf6+ Kh6 37. Ne8 Bh8 38. Qg8 Qd4 39. Qxh8+ Kg5 40. Qf6+
Kh6 41. Nd6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Nxe7 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Kxe7 14. Bf4 Rhe8
15. h3 Nh6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Rac1 Na5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 b6 20. g4 Bd3 21. Bxb8
Rxb8 22. Re1 Kf6 23. Nxe6 Nf7 24. f4 Nb7 25. Nc7 Nc5 26. Nd5+ Kg6 27. Re7 Nd6
28. Rce1 Nb5 29. h4 Nd4 30. f5+ Kh6 31. f6 gxf6 32. Nxf6 Rf8 33. g5+ Kg6 34.
R1e5 h5 35. Nd7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Rf4 38. Re6+ Kf5 39. Bh3+ Rg4 40.
Rf6+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd4 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Rxe2 Bxe2 44. g6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. c4 Ne6
15. Bc3 b6 16. Rad1 Ng5 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. d5 Bc5 20. h4 Nh3+ 21. gxh3
Qf4 22. b4 Bd6 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxh3 25. Qd3 Qxh4 26. dxc6 Rd8 27. Qf3 f5
28. Bd5 Qg5+ 29. Ng3 f4 30. Bd2 Qg6 31. Be4 Qf6 32. Nf1 Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Bg4 34.
Qh1 f3+ 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Ne3 Qf4 37. Qh4 Re8 38. Qxg4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Qg1
Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Rxe4 42. Bc3 g6 43. Rd1 Qe6 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Bxd4 Bxb4+ 46. Kf1
Qe4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[ECO "C47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qe7
8. O-O O-O 9. Qf3 Qe6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rfe1 d6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. e5 d5 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. f5 Nc5 21.
Qxc7 Rb7 22. Qf4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxf5 24. Qd2 c5 25. b3 Rbf7 26. Rbc1 Qb6 27. Kh1
d4 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Re2 Qg3 31. Kg1 h6 32. Rd1 Qd6 33. Rde1 Qg3
34. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. Qe1 d6 11. Nb3 Na5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3
Nxb3+ 15. cxb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. c4 Nf6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Bd4 Bc6
21. Be2 Rac8 22. Rhg1 Nd7 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Rge1 f5 26. Kb2 g5 27. g3
a5 28. fxg5 e5 29. Bb6 a4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. c5 axb3 32. Kxb3 Bc6 33. a4 Kg7 34.
Rd6 f4 35. Rf6 f3 36. Kc3 e4 37. Kd4 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Rf1 Bxa4 40. Kxe4
Bb5 41. Rf2 Kg6 42. h4 Kh5 43. Bc7 Be2 44. Bd6 Ra8 45. Kf5 Ra4 46. Kf6 Ra1 47.
Kf5 Ra4 48. Bf4 Bd3+ 49. Kf6 Kg4 50. h5 Rxf4+ 51. gxf4 Kxf4 52. g6 hxg6 53.
hxg6 Ke3 54. g7 Bc4 55. Rb2 f2 56. Rb1 Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kf3 58. Rb1 Kg2 59. Ke7
f1=Q 60. Rxf1 Kxf1 61. Kd6 Ke2 62. Kc7 Bd5 63. Kd6 Bc4 64. Kc7 Bd5 65. c6 bxc6
66. Kd6 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "E47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Nc6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Qf3 Na5 21. b3
Bd5 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc7 Kg8 26. Rfc1 Rfd8 27. f4
R8d7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Kf2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. R1c7 Kg6 32. h4 Rf5+ 33. Ke3
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 gxh4 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Rxa6 Nb4 37. Ra8 Nd5+ 38. Kd3 b4 39. Rg8+
Kf6 40. Rh8 Rg5 41. Rxh4 Rxg2 42. Rh8 Kg7 43. Re8 Rh2 44. Ra8 f5 45. a4 Rh3+
46. Kc2 f4 47. Ng1 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rxb3 49. a5 Rg3 50. Ne2 Rg2 51. Ke1 f3 52. Nc1
Ne3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Kh1 Nb4 9. Bc4 a6 10. Ne5 c5 11. Be3 Nbd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Qd4
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Na4 O-O 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. c3 f5 20. Rae1 Bf6
21. Qb4 d4 22. Bxd4 Bd5 23. Rg1 Bh4 24. Re2 f4 25. Be5 f3 26. Qg4 Bf6 27. Bxf6
Qxf6 28. Rf2 fxg2+ 29. Rfxg2 Re8 30. h3 h5 31. Qxh5 Re5 32. Qg4 Rg5 33. Qe2 Qf4
34. b4 Kh7 35. c4 Bc6 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Bd5 38. Qd1 Bf3 39. Qc2+ Kh6 40. Qf2
Rg3 41. Rf1 Rxg2 42. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qxc5 45. Kg2 Qxb5 46. Rf2
Qd5+ 47. Kh2 g5 48. Kg1 Kh5 49. Rg2 Kh4 50. Rh2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Ne2 exd4 11. Nexd4 Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 c5
15. Nf3 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 b5 19. Bxc5 Rfc8 20. Rb1 Bg7
21. Bd4 Bf8 22. Rb6 Rxc2 23. h4 Rxa2 24. h5 Rc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh4 Rc4 27.
Nf3 Rcc2 28. Rb8 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rgc2 30. f5 Bc8 31. Rg1 Ra3 32. Rg3 Rc1+ 33. Rg1
Rc4 34. Ne5 Bd6 35. Nxc4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kf1 Bxb8 38. Nb6 Bb7 39. fxg6
Bxe4 40. Nd7 Bd3+ 41. Ke1 fxg6 42. Nxb8 b4 43. Nxa6 b3 44. Nc5 b2 45. Bxb2 Rxb2
46. Nxd3 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rxg1 48. Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[ECO "B28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bg5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Be6 15.
O-O g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Ne1 h5 18. f3 Be6 19. Nc2 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nc5
22. Bf2 Ke7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. cxd5 Na7 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 dxc5 27. Rb2 b5
28. Rdb1 Rb6 29. a4 c4 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. Bf1 Rxc3 32. axb5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Rxb5
34. Rxb5 axb5 35. Rxb5 Rc7 36. Kf2 h4 37. Rb2 f6 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Ra7 40.
Kg4 Ra3 41. Rb7+ Ke8 42. Kf5 Ra6 43. Rc7 Rd6 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. Rxf6 Rg7 46. Kxe5
g4 47. fxg4 Rxg4 48. Kd6 Rg7 49. e5 Rd7+ 50. Kc6 Ke7 51. Rf7+ Kxf7 52. Kxd7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 c5 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qf2 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf2 Nc5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. e5 Ne4 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Qd3 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 exd5 28. h3 Rc2 29. Rd1 g5 30. Bh2 Rxb2 31. g4 Nf2 32. Rxd5 Nxh3+ 33. Kh1
Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxg4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bg3 Nxe3 37. Bh2 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Ng4+ 39. Kg3
Nxh2 40. Kxh2 Rb3 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Rd6 Rxa3 43. Rxh6 b4 44. Rb6 b3 45. Kg3 Ra5
46. Rxb3 Rxe5 47. Ra3 a5 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Rf3 Kg6 50. Rb3 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Rb4 52.
Rc3 a4 53. Rc6+ f6 54. Ra6 g4+ 55. Kg3 Kg5 56. Ra5+ f5 57. Kf2 Kf4 58. Kg2 Rb2+
59. Kg1 Ra2 60. Kf1 a3 61. Ra4+ Kf3 62. Ke1 g3 63. Kd1 g2 64. Kc1 g1=Q# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Qa5 14. Rg1
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh8 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Bd3 f6 19. Bh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6
Re7 21. Rg3 Qd8 22. Rcg1 Rff7 23. c4 N5b6 24. Bf5 Qf8 25. Qh3 c5 26. Rg8+ Qxg8
27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Be6 cxd4 29. Qf5 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Nc6 32. c5 Nd7
33. Qd5 Nf6 34. Qf5 Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qf5 Rd7 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qd2 d3 39. a3
Ne5 40. Kg2 Nc4 41. Qa2 d2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bf5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nh4 Na6 15.
a3 Re5 16. Bf4 Re4 17. Nxf5 Rxf4 18. Nxg7 Rd4 19. Qe3 Kh8 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Qf5
Qe7 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Rxe4 Qxg7 24. Rae1 Rg8 25. Rg4 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Nc7 27. Re7
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Anderssen Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
Re8 15. f4 Qh4 16. g3 Qe7 17. Nf3 h6 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. a3 a5 20. Qb3 Rad8 21.
Qc3 Ra8 22. Kf2 Qe6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Nh4 Qf7 25. g4 fxg4 26. Kg3 Ne7 27. Qxc7 g5
28. Ng2 Nf5+ 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Rc3 Rf8 31. Rf1 Rac8 32. Qd6 Rxc3+ 33. bxc3 Be6
34. Qe7 Rc8 35. Kf2 Rxc3 36. Kg1 g3 37. hxg3 Qf7 38. Qxf7 Bxf7 39. fxg5 Bg8 40.
gxh6 Rxg3 41. Rf6 Rg4 42. e6 Re4 43. Nf4 Kh7 44. Kf2 b5 45. Nh3 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e5 f6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. Qd2 g5 8. exf6
exf6 9. Qe3+ Ne7 10. Bd6 Nb6 11. Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bd3 Be6 14.
O-O-O Nc8 15. Rde1 Nd6 16. Ne2 Kf7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Re2 h5 19. Nf1 g4 20. Nh4
f5 21. c3 Bh6+ 22. Kc2 Bg5 23. g3 Bxh4 24. gxh4 f4 25. Nd2 Nf5 26. Re5 Nxh4 27.
Rhe1 Kf6 28. c4 Ng2 29. Rg1 f3 30. Kc3 Bd7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Nb1
Bf5 34. Bxf5 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 d4 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Rc8 16. b5 Na5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Bd5 e4 21. dxe4 Bxe4
22. Re1 Bh7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd2 g5 25. Ng2 b6 26. Nge1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Nxc4 28.
Qxd4 Be5 29. Qg4 Bf5 30. Qe2 Nd6 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Rc5 34. Nf3
Nxb5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Qh5 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40.
Kh3 Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Qxd7 42. Qxh6+ Kf5 43. g4+ Ke4 44. Qxg5 Qd1 45. Qg6+ Kd5 46.
Qf5+ Kc4 47. f3 Qc2+ 48. Qxc2+ Rxc2+ 49. Kg3 Nd4 50. h4 Rc3 51. h5 Rxf3+ 52.
Kh4 b5 53. h6 Nf5+ 54. gxf5 Rxf5 55. h7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3
Na6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd5
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. c3 a6 17. Bc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Nc6 21.
Nxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bh6 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27.
Qe4 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33.
Qxd5 exd5 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Kg1 Kd6 36. b4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb5 38. Ke3 Kc4 39. Kd2
d4 40. cxd4 Kxd4 41. g4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 c4 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Na4 Be7
15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Rfb8 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 a5 20. Rc3 Bd7 21.
h3 Be8 22. Rc2 Rxb3 23. Rca2 g6 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Qe7 26. Bf3 Kg7 27. Qa7
Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. g3 Rb3 30. Qa4 Rb5 31. Qa3 Qf6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qa7 Qd6 34.
Qa3 Qe6 35. Qd3 Bd7 36. g4 Qf6 37. gxh5 Bxh3+ 38. Kg3 Bf5 39. h6+ Kh7 40. Qe2
Qg5+ 41. Bg4 Rb2 42. Qf3 Qxg4+ 43. Qxg4 Bxg4 44. Kxg4 Rxf2 45. Ra6 Rf6 46. Kg5
Rf5+ 47. Kg4 Kxh6 48. Rxc6 Kg7 49. Rd6 Kf8 50. Ra6 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. Ra6+
Kd7 53. Rb6 Rf1 54. Ra6 Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Rd6 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rf1+
59. Kg4 Rf5 60. Rd8 Kf6 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Ra6 Rf6 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Rd7 Rf5 65.
Rd6 Kg7 66. Rd8 Rh5 67. Rd7 Kf8 68. Ra7 Rf5 69. Rd7 Kg7 70. Rd8 Kh7 71. Rc8 Rf1
72. Rd8 Rf5 73. Rc8 f6 74. Rd8 Rh5 75. Rd6 Kg7 76. Rd8 Kf7 77. Rd6 Rg5+ 78. Kf4
Rf5+ 79. Kg4 Rh5 80. Ra6 Rf5 81. Ra7+ Ke6 82. Ra6+ Kd7 83. Rb6 Rf1 84. Ra6 Rg1+
85. Kf4 g5+ 86. Kf5 Rf1+ 87. Kg4 Ke7 88. Ra7+ Ke6 89. Ra6+ Kf7 90. Rd6 Re1 91.
Kf3 Rf1+ 92. Kg4 Kg6 93. Rxd5 f5+ 94. Kg3 f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8
15. c4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Na5 O-O 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Be2 e4 21.
Rhe1 e3 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Bd3 Nc5 24. Re2 Rc7 25. a3 a5 26. Ka2 Rb7 27. Rb1 Nb3
28. Rd1 Reb8 29. Nxb8 Nd4 30. c5 dxc5 31. Nd7 Rxd7 32. Qc1 Nxe2 33. Bxe2 Rb7
34. b4 axb4 35. d6 bxa3 36. Bc4 Qb2+ 37. Qxb2 axb2 38. d7 Ra7+ 39. Kb3 Rxd7 40.
Re1 Rd2 41. Ka2 Rxg2 42. Bd3 Rxh2 43. Rxe3 Rh1 44. Bb1 h4 45. f4 h3 46. Re8+
Kh7 47. f5 h2 48. Re3 gxf5 49. Bxf5+ Kh6 50. Bb1 Kg5 51. Rg3+ Kf4 52. Rxg7 Rxb1
53. Rxf7+ Ke5 54. Kxb1 h1=Q+ 55. Kxb2 Qd5 56. Rg7 Qd4+ 57. Kc2 c4 58. Rg5+ Kf4
59. Rg8 Qd3+ 60. Kc1 Ke4 61. Rg4+ Ke3 62. Rg8 Qd2+ 63. Kb1 c3 64. Re8+ Kf2 65.
Rf8+ Ke1 66. Re8+ Kd1 67. Rb8 c2+ 68. Ka2 c1=Q+ 69. Kb3 Qdb2+ 70. Ka4 Qca1# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Bb5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4
Ne6 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. f4 Qxb2 17. Nc3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. Qe1 Rab8 20. Rf3 Rb2
21. Qh4 Rxc2 22. Qe1 Rb8 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. h3 d4 25. Nb1 Qxa2 26. Ra3 Qd5 27. Qg1
Nxf4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qf1 Qe4 30. Rf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Cui, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. h3
a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Be7 13. O-O b5 14. Ba2 Qb6 15.
e4 Bb7 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. Nd4 b4 21. Nb3 Qh5
22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Na4 a5 25. Nbc5 Bc6 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Na6 Bb5
28. Nxb8 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rxb8 30. g3 h6 31. Rd1 Be7 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. f4 Nc6 34. e5
g5 35. Rc1 gxf4 36. gxf4 Nb4 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Nxc8 Bf8 39. Be4 f6 40. Bf3 Ng7
41. exf6 Nf5 42. Bd2 Bc5 43. Bc3 Nh4+ 44. Kg3 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Nc6 46. Ke4 Kf7 47.
f5 a4 48. fxe6+ Kxe6 49. f7 Kxf7 50. Kd5 Ne7+ 51. Kxc5 Nxc8 52. Kb5 Ke6 53.
Kxa4 Kd5 54. Kb5 Nd6+ 55. Kb6 Kc4 56. Kc6 Ne4 57. Bg7 h5 58. Bf8 Kb3 59. Bg7 h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Qd8 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd5 10. Qf3 b5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Rc1 Nxe2 16. Rxc7 Bd5 17. Bxe2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Be7 19. O-O Bd8 20. Rc3 Bf6 21.
Rc7 Nb6 22. Bd6 Nc4 23. Bc5 Kd8 24. Rf7 Nxb2 25. Nb4 Na4 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bd6
h5 28. Bf3 Nc3 29. Re1 Rc8 30. g4 Rc4 31. gxh5 Ne4 32. Bf4 Nxf2 33. Be3 Nd3 34.
Bb6+ Kc8 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Bxd5 Nxf7 37. Bxf7 Rc6 38. Ba5 Bd8 39. Bd5 Rd6 40. Bb4
Bb6+ 41. Kg2 Rf6 42. Bc3 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Rxh5 44. Be6+ Kb8 45. h4 Re2 46. Bg4 Re3+
47. Kf4 Rxh4 48. Bxg7 Re4+ 49. Kxe4 Rxg4+ 50. Kd5 Rxg7 51. Kc6 Rg6+ 52. Kd7 Kb7
53. Rc1 Rg2 54. a3 Rd2+ 55. Ke6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 O-O-O
8. O-O e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14.
h3 Rhe8 15. Qc4 a6 16. Rab1 Ne4 17. Bb6 Qg6 18. b4 Qe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6 20. Be3
Nc3 21. Re1 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 h6 23. Nd4 Re4 24. c3 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Re1 Rd5
27. g3 Rf6 28. Kg2 Kd7 29. a4 b6 30. Re3 c5 31. Nb3 Re6 32. Rf3 f6 33. c4 Rde5
34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rc3 Kc6 36. f4 Re3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Nc1 Rc3 39. Ne2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "B04"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Bf4 e6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bxh6 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Qg3 Rd7 24. c3 Ne7 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Qh4 Nd5 27.
c4 Nb4 28. Bd1 f6 29. Bxf6 Rh7 30. Qg5 Kf7 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Bd4 Rh4 33. Bxa7
b6 34. Re3 Rxc4 35. Bb3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. a4 Rc2 39. f3 Rxb2
40. Rc3 c6 41. Ra3 Kg6 42. Bb8 Kg5 43. Be5 Ra2 44. f4+ Kh5 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 46.
Bc7 Bb3 47. Bxb6 Bxa4 48. Kg3 Bc2 49. Kf2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "E44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ba2 Rac8 14. f3 cxd4
15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd1 e4 17. f4 Nc5 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. Rf1 Qf6 21. Qb3
Nxe3 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Bxe3 Qxe4 24. Rf3 Nxf4 25. Bb1 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3
Qh4+ 28. Rg3 Qf6+ 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rxa1 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Bd4 Ra2+ 33. Kg3
Qg5+ 34. Kh3 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qxh2+ 36. Kg4 Rg2+ 37. Kf5 Qh5+ 38. Kf4 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1407"]
[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. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Nc7 22. f6 gxf6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd6 Ne5 25. Bb6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ne6 27. Rg1+
Kh8 28. Bc4 Rxa3 29. Bxe6 Ra2 30. Bxb3 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc2 Nxd6 33. Bd5
Rc8+ 34. Kd2 Nc4+ 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Ke3 Rb4 37. Bc5 Rc4 38. Ba7 Ra4 39. Bb6 Rb4
40. Bc5 Rc4 41. Ba7 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. a3 a5
9. Rb1 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 14. Nxb7 Nh3+
15. Bxh3 Bxh3 16. Be3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rfb8 18. Nc5 Rb5 19. d4 Rab8 20. Bf4 Bxc5
21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Be3 Rc2 23. Bd4 c5 24. Be3 Rbxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxc5 a4
27. Kf2 f5 28. h4 g6 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. e3 Ke6 31. g4 Rh2 32. Kg3 Rh1 33. gxf5+
Kxf5 34. Bd4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Bc5 Kg4 38. Bd4 Rb3 39. Bc5 Rb2+
0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Na4 Be7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. a3
a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nfxd4 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Qf6 18. Qh5 Bd6 19. Nd5 Qxb2 20. c3 Qd2 21. f4
Bc5+ 22. Kh2 Qc2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rf3 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a5 8. d4 Ba7
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ke7 14. Nd2 Be6
15. Bxe6 Kxe6 16. g3 Rhd8 17. Nf1 Ng4 18. Ree1 Nf6 19. f3 Rd3 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Kf2 a4 23. Ke2 Rd6 24. Ne3 Rb6 25. Nc4 Rc6 26. Na5 Rb6 27. Nc4
Rc6 28. Na5 Rb6 29. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Re1 b6 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Be4 Bb7
15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Qxa7 Bxe4 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxe4 Rxc4 23. Ree1 Nd5 24. Rec1 Rfc8 25. g3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Nc3 28. Bd2 Nxa2 29. Ne5 Bb4 30. Be3 Nc3 31. Nc6 Nd5 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33.
Kf1 Nd5 34. Bc1 Kf8 35. Ke2 h5 36. h3 Ke7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kc6
40. f4 g6 41. Ke4 Nf6+ 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 e5 45. Bg5 Nd7 46. dxe5
Kxe5 47. Kg4 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "C57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8.
cxd4 Qxg5 9. Qf3 exd4 10. Bxb5+ Kd8 11. Bc6 Nf4 12. Bxa8 Bg4 13. Qe4 f5 14.
Qxd4+ Bd6 15. Bc6 Re8+ 16. Bxe8 Qe7+ 17. Qe3 Nxg2+ 18. Kf1 Nxe3+ 19. dxe3 Qxe8
20. Nc3 Bf3 21. Rg1 Bxh2 22. Rxg7 Be5 23. Rxh7 Qg8 24. Rh6 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. d4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. Ne5 Nd6 10. e4 Bf6 11. b3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Na6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rd6 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Bc1 Nb8 21.
Bg5 Rc8 22. h4 Rf8 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. h5 h6 25. Bh4 Rf7 26. Qg6 Rcf8 27. R1d2 Nc6
28. Bf6 gxf6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. exf6 Nd4 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8
34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[ECO "A97"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Qd3 e5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bh3
15. Ne4 Nf5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bxf4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nh4+ 20. Kh1 Nf3
21. Re2 g5 22. Rf2 Ne5 23. Qc3 Ng4 24. Rg2 gxf4 25. gxf4 Kf7 26. Qf3 Rg8 27. h3
Rh6 28. Rg3 Nf6 29. Qxh5+ Nxh5 30. Re3 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nf5 32. Rf3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4
Bc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Bd4
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Qd3 Nef6 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f6
21. f4 Rae8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qf1 Qa5 24. Qc4 exf4 25. Bd2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+
27. Bxe1 Qc5+ 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. a5 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bf2 Kg8 32. Kf1 Kf7 33.
Ke2 Ke6 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Bd4 Nd7 36. Bf2 b5 37. c4 Ne5+ 38. Ke2 Nxc4 39. c3 Ke4
40. Bc5 g6 41. Bb4 Ne5 42. Bc5 f3+ 43. gxf3+ Nxf3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. O-O c6 14. a4 Nd7 15.
Nd2 Nf8 16. a5 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nf3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Rac8 21.
Bf3 Qd7 22. Na4 Bc6 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Qd3 Nd7 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Rfe1
Bb5 28. Qf3 Re8 29. g3 a6 30. Qc3 Rbc8 31. Qd2 Qf6 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Rxc5
34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Re2 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Kh1 Ke7 39. g4 Ke6 40.
h3 f5 41. Kg1 fxg4 42. hxg4 Kf6 43. Rc3 Bc4 44. Kh1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Lputian Variation"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. O-O
Nf5 9. b4 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bd3 g4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Ng5 b5 16. Nd6+ Nxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc6 21.
f3 Qd5 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Qb1 f5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 O-O-O 26. Bf4 d3 27. Bd6
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 e5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rxa7 Rd7 33. Rxd7
Kxd7 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Kg1 Kd5 37. Kf2 Kc4 38. Bd2 Kd4 39. Be3+ Kc3
40. Bd2+ Kc2 41. Ke1 e3 42. Bxe3 Re8 43. Rd2+ Kc3 44. Kf2 Bxg2 45. Rd1 Bd5 46.
Rc1+ Kxb4 47. c6 Bc4 48. c7 Kb3 49. Bg5 Rc8 50. Bf4 Kb2 51. Rg1 b4 52. Ke3 Ba6
53. Be5+ Kc2 54. Rg2+ Kb3 55. Kd4 Re8 56. Rd2 Rxe5 57. Kxe5 Kc3 58. Ra2 Bc8 59.
Ra8 d2 60. Rxc8 d1=Q 61. Rd8 Qe2+ 62. Kd5 Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
dxc4 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nd2 Qe8 14. Nxc4 Bxa4 15.
Qa2 N8d7 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. c4 Be4 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Be2 Nb8 20. d5 Na6 21. dxe6
Qxe6 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bc4 c6 24. O-O Kh8 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Rd2 Nac7 27. Qb3 Qg6
28. g3 Rad8 29. Rad1 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rg1 Nxf4 33. Rxd7 Nh3+ 34.
Ke3 Qg5+ 35. Ke2 Nxg1+ 36. Kf1 Rxd7 37. Kxg1 hxg3 38. Qxg3 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+
40. Be2 Qe1+ 41. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Na4 Be6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Nd7 14. Qb4 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Be2 Re5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rc1 d5 20. Bd4 dxc4 21.
Bxe5 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bxe5 23. Rc2 b5 24. Ke3 b4 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rd1 c3 27. bxc3
b3 28. axb3 Bxb3 29. Rdc1 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc3+ 31. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. Bf4 Rxe2 12. Qxe2 Bxf4 13. Qe4 g5 14. Qh7+
Kf8 15. Rae1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. h3
Be6 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2 c4 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 Bb4 15.
Qf3 O-O-O 16. Kf1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f5 18. h4 Qe7 19. h5 Qa3 20. Ne2 Qb2 21. Rc1
Rdg8 22. a4 Na5 23. Rd1 Nb3 24. Ke1 Rg5 25. Rh4 Rg4 26. Rh2 Qc2 27. h6 Rh7 28.
Rh5 Rg6 29. Rh2 Rgxh6 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Qf4 Rh8 32. Qe5 Rd8 33. Nf4 Qxc3+ 34.
Kf1 Qc2 35. Re1 Nd2+ 36. Kg1 Rg8 37. Kh1 Nf3 38. Bxf3 Qxf2 39. Rb1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Cui, Harry"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird Opening: Dutch Variation"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qe1 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. c3 Re8 10. Na3 e5 11. Nh4 exf4 12. gxf4 Ng4 13. Nc2 Nc5 14. d4 Nb3 15.
Rb1 g5 16. h3 gxh4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxh4 Bxe2 19. Rf2 f5 20. Bf1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1
Bg4 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Qxh3 Re6 24. Re1 Qe7 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Rh2 h6 27. Qe3 Qe4
28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Ne3 Rf8 30. Rh4 Kh7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rh1 Bd8 33. Rf1 Bc7 34.
Kg3 h5 35. Ng2 Kg6 36. Nh4+ Kh6 37. Ng2 Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kf6 39. Ng2 Rg8+ 40. Kf2
Rg4 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Rh4 Rxh4 43. Nxh4+ Kf6 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Ng2 a5 46. Kh4 Kf5
47. Kg3 Bxf4+ 48. Kf2 Kg4 49. b3 h4 50. c4 h3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxb3 8.
axb3 e5 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Ngf3 Nh5 12. Bh4 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4
Bd7 15. g3 g6 16. Be2 Ng7 17. f3 f5 18. Bf6 O-O 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne6 21.
Nb3 b6 22. f4 Rfb8 23. Ba6 Kf7 24. Kf2 h6 25. h4 Rg8 26. Bb7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 a5 8. a4 Ne7
9. O-O Nc8 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 g6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Kg2 Nf5
16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Be7 18. c3 Kf8 19. Nd2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22.
Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Kh2 Ne4 27. Qe1 Bc5 28. Nb3
b6 29. Rd1 Rg6 30. Bxc5+ bxc5 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Rb8 33. Rf2 Qd7 34. c4 d4
35. Qxa5 Qc6 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxd4 Kg7 38. c5 b3 39. Qc3 h4 40. gxh4 b2 41. Rxb2
Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. e6 fxe6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nf3 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nf6
15. Ng5 Rb6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. b3 h6 18. Nf3 d4 19. Ne4 Bb5 20. Qf2 Qc6 21. a4 Ba6
22. a5 Rbb8 23. Ne5 Qd5 24. Nxg6 Nxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Nxf2 27. Nc7 Bc8
28. Kxf2 Rb7 29. Na6 Rb5 30. Nc7 Rb7 31. Na6 Rb5 32. Nc7 Rb8 33. f5 e5 34. g4
Rb7 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. f6 Kg6 37. Rxe5 Bxf6 38. Nxf6 Rxf6+ 39. Kg1 Rdf7 40. Rxc5
Bxg4 41. h4 Rf2 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. h5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Rxd2 46. Rg5+
Kh6 47. Rg2 Rg7 48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. Ra4 Kf6 50. Kf1 Ke5 51. Rc4 Ke4 52. Ke1 Rh2
53. Rc7 Rh1+ 54. Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Kc1 Rh1+ 56. Kb2 Rh2 57. Re7+ Kf5 58. Kc1 a6 59.
Ra7 Rh6 60. Kd2 Ke4 61. Re7+ Kd5 62. Ra7 Rh2+ 63. Kc1 Rh6 64. Rc7 Rh1+ 65. Kb2
Rh2 66. Ka3 Rh6 67. b4 Rh3+ 68. Kb2 Rh6 69. Rc5+ Kd6 70. Kb3 Rh3+ 71. Kc4 d3
72. cxd3 Rh4+ 73. d4 Rh1 74. Rg5 Rc1+ 75. Kb3 Rd1 76. Rg6+ Kc7 77. Rxa6 Rxd4
78. Rh6 Kb7 79. Ka4 Rg4 80. a6+ Kc7 81. Ka5 Rg1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 exd3 11. Bxd3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. h3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb4 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. a3 Nd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bb1 Bd6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Qe3 Bxb1 21.
Rxb1 Kg7 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qd7 26. Rd1 d4 27.
Qf6+ Kg8 28. e6 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e3 Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bf4 Nb3 14. Ra2 exd5 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Re2 f6 19. Qg4 Bc8 20. Qh4 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Qd8 22. Bxd6 Qxh4 23. Bxf8 Qh5 24. Rfe1 Bh3 25. Re5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. a3 bxc5 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. axb4
cxb4 15. Nb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Qa2 17. Qd3 a5 18. Kd2 a4 19. Ke2 Qxb2 20. Nd2 Rc3
21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Qc3 24. Rhc1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Rb8 26. Rb1 b3 27.
N2xb3 axb3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Nxb3 Ba4 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 h6 32. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5
15. Nf3 d4 16. Bf2 O-O 17. Bh4 Qc8 18. b3 Bf5 19. a4 a5 20. Kh1 Re8 21. h3 Qb7
22. Kh2 h6 23. Rae1 Qc6 24. g4 Be4 25. Qe2 Bd5 26. Nd2 Qd7 27. f5 c6 28. g5
Rxe5 29. Qg4 Bc7 30. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 31. Bg3 Bxg3+ 32. Qxg3 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Re8 34.
Rf2 Re1 35. Nf1 Qd6+ 36. Kg1 f6 37. Qg6 Qe5 38. Qg4 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Qf3
Bd5 41. Qg4 c5 42. Rd2 Qe3+ 43. Rf2 Be4 44. Qg6 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "C12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. f3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Nf6 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. e5 Nd7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rae1 f6 19. Re4 Rhc8 20. Rb1
b6 21. Rb3 Rc4 22. Rd4 a6 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rb4 g6 26. a4 e5 27.
Ne2 f5 28. Kf2 g5 29. h3 Rc6 30. Kf3 Nd6 31. Ke3 f4+ 32. Kd3 e4+ 33. Kd4 Ke6
34. a5 b5 35. Nc1 Rc4+ 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Kc5 f3 38. gxf3 exf3 39. Kd4 f2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Ne5 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. a4 Re7 17. Nc3 a6 18. Ne4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Nxc5 Bf5 21. Qf3 Bg6
22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 Be5 26. Rd1 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. b3 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bc2 30. Rc1 Bf5 31. g4 Bc8 32. Rd1 Bd6 33. Ne4 Be5 34. d6
Bb7 35. f3 Rd8 36. c5 Bc6 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Rb1 Ke8 39. Rb6 Kd7 40. Rb4 Ra8 41.
Nf2 Ra3 42. Nd1 Rd3 43. Rb1 Bf4 44. Kf2 Bxe3+ 45. Nxe3 Rc3 46. Ra1 g6 47. Ra7+
Ke6 48. Re7# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. b4 O-O 5. Bb2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Qb3
Be6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg6 Qd8 14. c5 Ng4 15.
Nd1 Qc7 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Rxf2 18. Nxf2 Nxe3 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qg6 Nd7 21.
Rh3 Nf5 22. Qxe6 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxh6 Qe5+ 25. Qxe5+ Nxe5 26. Bf5+ Kg7
27. Rh7+ Kf6 28. Rd1 Bc3+ 29. Kf1 Kxf5 30. Rxe7 Bxb4 31. Rxe5+ Kxe5 32. Nd3+
Ke4 33. Nxb4 Rf8+ 34. Ke2 Rg8 35. Kf2 Rf8+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37. Nc2 b6 38. Rd4+ Ke5
39. Ra4 bxc5 40. Rxa7 c4 41. Re7+ Kd6 42. Re3 Rf4 43. Rf3 Re4 44. Kf2 d4 45.
Nxd4 Rxd4 46. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c4 Qe4 8.
Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 e6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Rhd1 Bb4 12. Rac1 Ng4 13. a3 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Be7 15. e4 Na5 16. b4 Nxc4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7+ Kb8 19. Rxc4 f6 20. Nc6+
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rdc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Bd6 24. Rxa6 Kb7 25. b5 e5 26. dxe5
fxe5 27. Nd2 Rf8 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Ne3 Rf4 30. Rc6 Bxa3 31. Kd3 Rf2 32. Rc2 Rf8
33. Nc4 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Bd6 35. Rd2 g6 36. Rd5 h6 37. Kd3 Kc8 38. Ke3 Kd7 39.
Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Nc6 Rf8 41. Nd4+ Ke7 42. e5 Ba3 43. Nf3 Ke6 44. Rd1 Bc5+ 45. Ke4
g5 46. Rc1 Rf4+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. e6 Bd6 49. Re1 g4 50. Ne5 Rd4+ 51. Kc2 Ra4 52.
Nc6 Ra2+ 53. Kb3 Rxg2 54. Re5+ Bxe5 55. e7 Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Re2 57. e8=Q Bb2+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. f4 Ne7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. g4 Nd6 14. Qh4 Re8 15.
g5 Nfe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng4 Nf5 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Qg2 Kh8 20. Qh3 cxd4 21. exd4
e3 22. Nxe3 Qc7 23. Ng4 Qc6 24. Rae1 Qb5 25. Ne5 Qxb2 26. Ndc4 Qxa2 27. Rf2 Qa4
28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nce5 Qa5 30. g6 h6 31. Ng4 Re7 32. Re5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 Qb2 34.
Rf2 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rc8 37. Ne3 Nh4 38. d5 Nxg6 39. Nd6 Nxe5 40.
Nxc8 Bxc8 41. d6 Rf7 42. fxe5 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf7 44. Nc2 g5 45. Nd4 Kg6 46. Ne2
a5 47. Nd4 Bd7 48. Ke3 a4 49. Nc2 Kf5 50. Kd4 h5 51. Ne3+ Kf4 52. Nc4 Be8 53.
Na3 g4 54. c4 h4 55. Nc2 a3 56. Nxa3 g3 57. hxg3+ hxg3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[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. O-O b6 10. a3 Nf8 11. b4 Ne6 12. bxc5 O-O 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Ne2 Nd4
15. Nexd4 exd4 16. Bd2 h6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Qb2 Ra6 21.
Nd2 b5 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Rfa8 24. Nb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Nxa1 Bc8 27.
Nb3 Be6 28. Na5 Bd7 29. Bd6 Kg8 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Nb3 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Bc8 33. Nb3
f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Nxd4 Bd7 36. f4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Ke3 h5 40.
f5 hxg4 41. hxg4 gxf5 42. Nxf5+ Ke5 43. d4+ Kd5 44. Kd3 Be8 45. Ne3+ Kd6 46.
Ke4 Bf7 47. Kf5 Ke7 48. g5 Be6+ 49. Ke5 Ba2 50. Nf5+ Kf7 51. g6+ Kxg6 52. Ne7+
Kf7 53. Kd6 Bb1 54. c3 Bc2 55. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1348"]
[ECO "A00"]

1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb6 14.
Rc1 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. h3
Nh6 21. Kh1 Re8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qd4 Nf5 24. Qd3 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. Be5 Bf8
27. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5
Ba6 9. b3 Nfd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 cxd5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Re1 Nxe5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bxe5 Bb4 16. Bxg7 Re8 17. Qd4 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 Qg5 19. Bf6 Qg6 20. Bxd5
Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qb1+ 22. Kg2 Bxe2 23. h3 Re8 24. Bc6 Rc8 25. Be4 Qc1 26. Kh2 Qc5
27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Qxe2 Qf5 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. Be3 Re8 32. Kg2 b5 33.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Re6 35. Bxa7 Ra6 36. Bc5 Rxa2 37. b4 f6 38. Ke4 Rd2 39. Bd4
Kf7 40. Kd5 Ke7 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Be3 Rd1 43. Kxb5 Kc7 44. Kc5 Rb1 45. h4 Kb7 46.
h5 Rh1 47. h6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "A35"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2
a6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 e6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. b3
e5 16. Be2 b6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rae8 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. b4 Nf6 22.
Nc3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Re7 25. Kh1 a5 26. a3 Ra8 27. Bg5 Ree8 28. Bf6
Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Re5 30. Rbf1 Rf8 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Qd4 Qc7 33. Ra1 Rb8 34. Raf1 Rf8
35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[ECO "C29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8. c4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ 11. Ke1 Qe7 12. Qd5 c5 13. Kf2 Be6 14. Qf3 Nc6
15. Re1 O-O 16. Nh3 h6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. g3 Rfe8 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5 Bc8 21. Ng6
Re6 22. Bh3 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Re2 b6 25. Rhe1 Rf8 26. e6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6
Bxe6 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qf3 Bc8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxf5 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 dxe3+ 33.
Kxe3 Bxf5 34. Kf4 g6 35. hxg6 Bxg6 36. Ke5 Kf7 37. Kd6 Kf6 38. Kc7 Kg5 39. Kb7
Kg4 40. Kxa7 Kxg3 41. Kxb6 Be8 42. Kxc5 h5 43. Kd6 h4 44. d4 h3 45. d5 h2 46.
c5 h1=Q 47. c6 Qh7 48. c4 Kf4 49. Kc5 Qc7 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. a4 Bxc6+ 52. dxc6 Kd6
53. Kb4 Qb6+ 54. Ka3 Kxc6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Keres Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Rd8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Nf4 Kf8 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Ka2 Rb6 21.
Bc2 Rdb8 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Rhd1 Ke7 25. Rd2 a5 26. Nc3 Ba6 27. Bd3
Nd4 28. Rdb2 Kd7 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. Ne2 Nc6 32. Nc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nc6 Qd6 12. Qxa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Rxa3 Rab8 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. Rd1 Rfb8 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Nc3
R8b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Qa5 10. Kb1 a6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nge2 Be6 14. Ng3 b4 15.
Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Ng7 17. h4 Na7 18. a4 Nb5 19. Ka1 Nc3 20. Re1 Rac8 21. h5
Nxa4 22. bxa4 Rc3 23. Re3 Qxg5 24. f4 Qc5 25. Bd3 b3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Kb1 Rfb8
28. Re2 Qa3 29. Rd1 Rc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. f5 Bb3 32. Rc1 Qb4 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. e5 d5 36. Rc6 Qa3 37. Nf1 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Qa4 Ng6 10. Rd1 d3 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Bf1 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7
15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Bxc5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ke7 19. Nc3 Rhd8 20. Rad1
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nde5 12. b3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rae8 15.
Nd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c6 17. Nb6 Qe7 18. Qb2 c5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Bh6 22. f4 Nd7 23. g4 Re3 24. g5 Rfe8 25. Rf2 Bf8 26. h4 Qc8 27. Bf3 b5 28. a3
bxc4 29. bxc4 Qb8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. Rff1 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rfd1 Rb6 34. a4
Ra3 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 a5 37. Rd1 Kf8 38. e4 Ke7 39. Bg4 Nb8 40. e5 dxe5 41.
Rd5 Rc6 42. Rxe5+ Kd8 43. f5 Rc7 44. f6 Na6 45. Rd5+ Ke8 46. Rd6 Ra7 47. Bf3
Nb8 48. Rb6 Nd7 49. Rb5 Kd8 50. Bd5 Ke8 51. Kg3 h5 52. Kf4 Rc7 53. Rxa5 Nb6 54.
Ke4 Kd8 55. Rb5 Nc8 56. a5 Nd6+ 57. Kd3 Nxb5 58. cxb5 c4+ 59. Bxc4 Rc5 60. Kd4
Rf5 61. Bd5 Rf4+ 62. Kc5 Rxh4 63. a6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qc2
g6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa2 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bg7 14. Rc1 Be6 15.
Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Rc8+ Rxc8 18. Qxc8+ Qd8 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 c4 5. d3 cxd3 6. Bxd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
Qc7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. h4 Qb6 13. b4 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
g3 Be7 16. b5 Nb8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Re8 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Rh1 Nf8 21. Qh3 Qc7
22. Bf4 b6 23. c4 dxc4 24. Be4 Bb7 25. Nd2 c3 26. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 27. Nf3 Red8 28.
Bh6 Rd3 29. g4 c2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Rh3 Rc8 33. Qxh7 c1=Q 34. Rxc1
Rxc1 35. Qg8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Rxe3
Be6 15. Nd1 Ke7 16. c4 Rhc8 17. b3 g6 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Nc3 Rc6 20. Rd1 Rac8 21.
g4 g5 22. h3 Nf8 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Rb6 25. Bd3 a5 26. Bf5 Rc5 27. a4 Ra6
28. h4 gxh4 29. Rh3 Ng6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rxh4 Rc8 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Rh7 e4 34.
Re1 Re8 35. g5+ Kxg5 36. Rxf7 Raa8 37. Rxb7 Rab8 38. Rb5 Kf4 39. Re3 Rh8 40.
Rh3 Rxh3 41. Kxh3 Re8 42. Kg2 e3 43. fxe3+ Rxe3 44. c5 dxc5 45. Rxc5 Rxb3 46.
Rxa5 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Ke5 48. d6+ Kxd6 49. Ra6+ Kc5 50. Rxg6 Ra2 51. a5 Rxa5 52.
Rg5+ Kb4 53. Rxa5 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 c6 5. e4 cxd5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 h5 10. Nf3 Bh6 11. b3 f6 12. Bd3 Kf7 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Ke2 Rc8 15. e6+
Bxe6 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxh6 Bg4 18. Kf2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8 20. Be3 e5 21. Ne2 Nd7
22. Rad1 f5 23. dxe5 Ndxe5 24. Bb1 d4 25. Nxd4 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Kf6 27. Bf2 Qg5+
28. Qxg5+ Kxg5 29. f4+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 c6 8. O-O e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Bf7 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15.
Qa3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxe2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxa6 Qf3 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21.
Rd3 Qh5 22. Qxc6 Raf8 23. h4 Ne4 24. Kg2 h6 25. f3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh1
Qxh1+ 28. Kxh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Nxd3 30. Bxg5 Ne5 31. Qe6 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Rb8 33. Bf4
Rb6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Be5 Rfb7 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. Kxf5 Ke7 39. Bf6+
Kd6 40. Qe8 c4 41. Qe6+ Kc7 42. Qxc4+ Rc6 43. Be5+ Kb6 44. Bd4+ Kc7 45. Qf7+
Kc8 46. Qe8+ Kc7 47. a4 a5 48. g4 Rb2 49. Be5+ Kb6 50. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[ECO "B46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Qd2 Qb8 10. O-O-O Bc7 11. Nb3 b5 12. f4 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. e5 Nfd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc5 f6 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. g3 Qc6 21.
Rhe1 a5 22. Qc3 Rf8 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Qxa5 Ba6 25. Rd6 Qg2 26. Rxa6 Kf7 27. Qd2
Qb7 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Qxd7 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qa5+ 32. b4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc5 Rd7 15.
Bd6 Qd8 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. e5 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Be6 23. Rxf4+ Kg8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Bg7
27. e6 Qe3 28. e7 Rc8 29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1407"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 Rxa2 18. exd7 Nc7 19. Bh3 Qb8 20. Kb1 Qa8 21. Qxb4
Rb8 22. Qc4 Ra6 23. Rhf1 Rf8 24. Nc3 Rc6 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Nxc7 Rxc7
28. Rc1 Rcb7 29. Qd5 Bc7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Be6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Cui, Harry"]
[Black "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "A14"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bh3 a6 16. Bxc8 Bxc8 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 Ng6 20. f3 Bd6 21. Qf2 h5
22. Ng2 Nh7 23. f4 Nf6 24. Ne3 h4 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 hxg3 27. hxg3 Bb7 28.
Ne3 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Kf1 Rd6 31. Qxf4 Rf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. d5 Qf4+ 34.
Ke2 Qh2+ 35. Kd3 Bxd5 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Nxd5 Qxb2 38. Rc2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "E43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Bb4 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. f3 c5 14. Bc3 e5 15.
Qc2 g6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. d5 Rae8 18. e4 f4 19. Qf2 Nf6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. g3 Nh5
22. g4 Nf6 23. Qf2 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Qxh4 h6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kf7 28. Kf2
Rg8 29. Qh4 Rh8 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Kg6 33. Rg1+ Kh6 34. Ke2
Nh5 35. Be1 Qd7 36. Rg4 Qa4 37. a3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "B02"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Qd2 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. Nb5 Bxd2+
15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Nc6 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. Kc3 Nxc5 20. Rad1 Ne4+
21. Kb2 Nf2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kb1 h6 24. a3 a6 25. Nc3 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kc2
Nd3 28. Re3 Nf4 29. g3 Nxh3 30. b4 g4 31. Nh4 Ng5 32. Ne2 Nd4+ 33. Kc3 Ndf3 34.
Nf4 Nxh4 35. gxh4 Nf3 36. h5 Rd4 37. Nd3 Rd7 38. Re4 Kf8 39. Rf4 Ke7 40. Nc5
Rc7 41. Nd3 Rd7 42. Nc5 Nxe5 43. Nxd7 Kxd7 44. Kd4 Nf3+ 45. Kc5 f5 46. Kb6 Kc8
47. b5 axb5 48. cxb5 Ne5 49. Rf1 Nd3 50. Rd1 g3 51. Rxd3 f4 52. Rc3+ Kd8 53.
Kxb7 g2 54. Rc8+ Kd7 55. Rg8 f3 56. b6 f2 57. Rxg2 f1=Q 58. Rd2+ Ke7 59. Rc2
Qf3+ 60. Kb8 Qxa3 61. b7 Qa5 62. Rc7+ Kd6 63. Rd7+ Kc6 64. Rh7 Qd8+ 65. Ka7
Qa5+ 66. Kb8 {Time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[ECO "A70"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Bh2 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxe4 21. Rxe4
Nxe4 22. Qd3 f5 23. Nc3 Qg5 24. Rd1 Bd4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxd5 27. Qg4
Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rb8 29. Bf1 Rxb2 30. Bxd6 Bb3 31. Rc1 Rxf2 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rb1 c4
34. Re1 Bf6 35. Be2 Bc3 36. Bxc4+ Bxc4 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. g5+ Kxg5
40. Rxh7 Bd5 41. Rc7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[ECO "B32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3
Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Rc1 Nbd7
15. f3 h6 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f5 19. Nd2 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. Rb1
Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Qe1 Qb2 25. Bd3 Rf7 26. h3 Bf8 27. Qg3 Kh8
28. Be3 Ne5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Ne8 31. Qh4 Qc3 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 Nf7
34. Bg6 Kg8 35. Ne4 Nc7 36. Bb6 Na8 37. c5 dxc5 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Nxc5 Nb6 40.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. Nxa6 Nxd5 42. Nc5 Kf6 43. Kh2 Kf5 44. g4+ Kf6 45. Kg3 g5 46. h4
gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Ne3 48. Kh5 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 h5+ 50. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[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. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 Ra8 12. h3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nf1
Ne7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Bc2 c5 19. d5 c4 20. Nf5 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qc7 22.
g3 Nd7 23. h4 Nc5 24. h5 Ne7 25. g4 f6 26. N3h4 Rfd8 27. f4 Bc8 28. fxe5 fxe5
29. g5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Qf7 33. f6+ Kh8 34. Rf1 Nd7
35. Bg6 Qf8 36. fxg7+ Qxg7 37. Rf7 Qxf7 38. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "C47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 Rb8
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Qg3 Qb6 18. b3 Qa5 19. Rf1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Nd4 Kh7 22. f3 Ree8 23. Rfe1 g6 24. f4 c5 25. Nf3 Qxa2 26. Rd2 Qa5 27. Rde2
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Ne5 Qf5 31. Qf2 Re8 32. g4 Qe6 33. g5 d4 34.
b4 Qd5 35. Re1 Qe6 36. bxc5 Bc8 37. Qh4 Qf5 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qh4 Qxc2+ 40. Kg1
Qxc5 41. Ng4 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 d3+ 43. Kh1 Bxg4 44. hxg4 Qd4 45. f5 Qd5+ 46. Kg1
gxf5 47. gxf5 Qxf5 48. Qd2 Qg4+ 49. Kh1 Qe2 50. Qb4 Qh5+ 51. Kg1 Qxg5+ 52. Kh1
d2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "B02"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. e6 fxe6 6. Nf3 g6 7. dxc5 Bg7 8. Nd4
Qa5 9. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qe5+ 12. Be2 Qxe6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bh6
Rd8 15. Bg4 Qf7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. f5 Nc6 19. Rb1 Kh8 20. Rb3 gxf5
21. g4 Nxg4 22. Bc1 Rg8 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Qd2 e5 25. Rxb7 Qh3 26. Rxf5 Nxh2 27.
Qa5 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Re8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. e4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nd5 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Bxh3 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Qc2 Rf8
21. Bd2 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Rxb2 23. Qd3 Bxg4 24. Bc3 Rbxf2 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ke3 Ke5 32.
Bg8 Be6 33. Bxh7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 f6 6. Nf3 g5 7. Bg3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Na3 a6 13. Qe3 Kf7 14. c4 Nge7 15.
c5 Nf5 16. Qd3 g4 17. Nh4 Ncxd4 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qe2 h5 21. b4 e5
22. Nc2 Rad8 23. h4 Rhe8 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qb3 Kg6 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 f5 28.
Bd6 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. g3 Rd7 31. Rd4 Rfd8 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. a4 b5 34. a5 Ke5
35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1348"]
[ECO "A00"]

1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qf3 Nd5 14. Rac1
Qd8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5+
Ke7 21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Qf7+ Kd6 23. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Rb1 b6
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. c5 b5 17. O-O Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Qc3 a5 21.
Qxa5 Ra8 22. Qc3 Ra6 23. Rfe1 Rfa8 24. Rb3 Qe6 25. Qd3 f5 26. h3 Ra4 27. Nd2
Nf4 28. Qb1 Nh5 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Qxe5 33. Rc1 Rc4
34. Qb1 Raa4 35. g3 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Rc4 37. Qb2 Qxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxc5 39. Kf1 Rc4
40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. h4 h5 43. Rb3 Kd6 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Rb3 Kb6 46. Kd2
Ka5 47. Kd1 c5 48. Kd2 Ka4 49. Rd3 d4 50. f3 Rc3 51. e4 fxe4 52. fxe4 Rxd3+ 53.
Kxd3 Ka5 54. a4 bxa4 55. Kc4 Kb6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3
O-O 9. Nh4 g6 10. O-O Kg7 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. h3 Nd8 13. Rf2 c6 14. Raf1 Ng8 15.
Kh2 f6 16. g4 Nf7 17. Qg3 Ng5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Be6 20. h4 b5 21. a4 b4
22. Nd1 Qd7 23. Bh3 d5 24. Nf2 d4 25. g5 dxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxh3 27. Nxh3 Qd4 28. b3
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Qd6 30. Ref3 Rxf3 31. Nxf3 Rf8 32. Kg2 Rf4 33. Nxe5 Rxf1 34. Kxf1
Nf6 35. Qf4 Qc5 36. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Nd5 g5 8. Ne3
h5 9. c3 g4 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. N1c2 Nh6 13. Re1 Be7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Nxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Be5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. d4
Re8 22. Qd3 Ng7 23. Re2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Rae1 Rac8 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. a3 Ne6
28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. g3 Rec8 30. Qd2 R8c6 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Rc1
34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Qe3 R1c3 36. Qa7 Rxa3 37. Qxb7 Qe6 38. Qa7 Rb6 39. Re4 Rd3 40.
Rf4 Rd7 41. Qa8 Qg6 42. Qc8 Re7 43. Qc5 Rbe6 44. Kg2 Qg5 45. Qc2+ Qg6 46. Rf5
Kg8 47. Re3 Rc7 48. Qe4 Rc4 49. Qd3 Rd4 50. Qxd4 Qxf5 51. Qf4 Qxf4 52. gxf4 Rb6
53. Re4 Kg7 54. f5 Kh6 55. e6 Rb8 56. exf7 Rf8 57. Re6+ Kg5 58. Rxa6 Rxf7 59.
f6 Rb7 60. Ra5+ Kxf6 61. b5 Kg5 62. b6+ Kf4 63. Rb5 h4 64. Rb4+ Kf5 65. h3
gxh3+ 66. Kxh3 Kg5 67. f3 Kh5 68. Rb5+ Kg6 69. Kxh4 Kf6 70. Kg4 Kg6 71. Kf4 Kf6
72. Ke4 Ke6 73. f4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 exd5 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Nd3 a5 14. Rc3
Na6 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. e3 Rad8 17. a3 Qd6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 c6 20. Qb2 Nc7
21. Ne5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. R3c2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 f5 25. Ra1 Nb5 26. Bf1 Nd6
27. Ra7 b5 28. Bd3 g6 29. f3 Re8 30. Re2 Re7 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. h4 h5 33. g4 fxg4
34. fxg4 hxg4 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Ra1 Bc8 37. Rf1+ Bf5 38. Bb1 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Rxe4
40. Rf4 Ke5 41. Rxe4+ Kxe4 42. Rc2 Kxe3 43. Rxc6 d4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rc5 Be4 46.
Rxb5 d3 47. Ra5 d2 48. Ra1 Bf3 49. b5 d1=Q 50. Rxd1 Bxd1 51. b6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Mexican Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. e3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Nf3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Qc4
c5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. O-O Bf5 17. Qa2 Bd3 18. b3 Rd6 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. f3 Qe5 21.
Qb2 Qh5 22. e4 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rd3 24. e5 Ne8 25. e6 Rxb3 26. e7 Rdd3 27. Bf4 Qd5
28. a4 Qd4+ 29. Qf2 Qxf4 30. Qxc5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rac1 f6 33. Rc8 Kf7
34. Rec1 Rd7 35. Ra8 a6 36. Kf2 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Re1+ Ne7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2 c4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. b4 b5 14. Qxb5
O-O 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxc6 Qe2 17. Qa6 Qd1+ 18. Qf1 Qb3 19. Na3 a6 20. Rb1 Qa4
21. Bb2 Rfe8 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nc2 h6 24. Ra1 g5 25. Ne3 a5 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27.
bxa5 Qb5 28. Ba3 Qxa5 29. Bb4 Qb5 30. d4 Ra8 31. h4 Ra2 32. Ne5 Qa6 33. Qf3
Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Bxe5+ 35. dxe5 Qd3 36. e6 Qg6 37. e7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-Marshall"]

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
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Ngf3 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
c3 Ne7 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Ra6 19. Bb2 Rea8 20. Bb3 Ng6 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qb5 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. h3 Bb5
28. Nc4 Ne6 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Ba4 32. Ba2 Bb5 33. Bb3 Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Re1
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Be7 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bf1 b5 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Bg2 Bd5 20. Nc3 c6 21. h4 a5
22. Ne2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. h5 Qa5 27. Nf4 Qa2 28.
Rc1 Na4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3
Bf5 9. Qc1 Qc7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. f3 Bg6 15.
Bf2 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Ndxe4 Ned5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qc4 Bf7 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Re2 24. Bd4 Nb4 25. Bf3 Re7 26. Bd1 Rd8 27. Bc3
Nd5 28. Bb3 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Bd5 30. Rfe1 Red7 31. Re3 Bf7 32. Rae1 Bxb3 33. axb3
Kf8 34. Rf3+ Kg8 35. Rfe3 Kf8 36. Rf3+ Kg8 37. Kg2 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 g6 39. Re7 R2d7
40. Rff7 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 b6 42. Rxa7 bxc5 43. Rb7 Rd3 44. c4 Rf3 45. Kg4 Rf6 46.
Rc7 h6 47. h3 Kh8 48. Rb7 Kg8 49. Re7 Rf5 50. Re6 Kf7 51. Rxc6 Kg7 52. Rd6 h5+
53. Kh4 Rf3 54. Rb6 Kh6 55. g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Re3 57. g5+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59.
Kg4 Re1 60. Rd7 Re3 61. Rd5 Rxb3 62. Rxc5 Rc3 63. Kf4 Ke7 64. Ke5 Re3+ 65. Kd4
Rg3 66. Re5+ Kd7 67. Kc5 Rg1 68. Kb6 Kd6 69. Rd5+ Ke6 70. Kc6 Ra1 71. Rb5 Rc1
72. Kc5 Ke5 73. Kb6+ Kf4 74. c5 Kxg5 75. c6+ Kf4 76. c7 Rxc7 77. Kxc7 g5 78.
Kd6 g4 79. Rb1 g3 80. Ke6 g2 81. Kf6 Kf3 82. Kf5 Kf2 83. Rb2+ Kf1 84. Rb1+ Kf2
85. Kf4 g1=Q 86. Rb2+ Kf1 87. Rb1+ Kf2 88. Rb2+ Kf1 89. Rb1+ Kf2 90. Rxg1 Kxg1
91. Kg5 Kf2 92. Kg6 Kg3 93. Kg7 Kf3 94. Kg8 Kf2 95. Kf7 Ke1 96. Ke7 Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Santasiere Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. b4 d6 5. Bb2 a5 6. b5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. bxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O e5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
d5 Nf6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. c5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxc6 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Ba3 d5 21. Rad1
Kh8 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 Raf7 24. Rdf1 Kg8 25. R3f2 Ne4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Qd1 Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qd1 Ke6 31. Qg4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Cui, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "B04"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. exd6 exd6 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Bd3 N8d7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Re8
15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Nh4 Bf8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. f4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rf1 d5 21.
c5 Nc4 22. Rf3 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qc2 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Re3 g6 27. Bf2
Bh6 28. Rf3 Kh7 29. Be3 Bg7 30. b4 Bf6 31. h4 Qg7 32. Qb2 a6 33. Rh3 Kg8 34.
Kf1 Kf7 35. Be2 Rh8 36. a4 Bxh4 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Be7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. Bf3
Qh3+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Bxg2 cxb5 43. Ke1 Ke6 44. Bf1 b4 45. Kd1 Bd8 46. Kc2 Bc7
47. Bh3 Nf6 48. Kb3 Nh5 49. Kxb4 Nxf4 50. Bf1 Nh5 51. Kb5 Ng3 52. Bg2 f4 53.
Bf2 Ne4 54. Be1 Ng5 55. Bh4 f3 56. Bh1 Bf4 57. c6 bxc6+ 58. Kxc6 Be3 59. Bxg5
f2 60. Bg2 Bxg5 61. Bh3+ Kf6 62. Kxd5 Bd2 63. Ke4 Kg5 64. Kf3 Kh4 65. Bf1 Be1
66. d5 Kg5 67. d6 Kf6 68. d7 Ke7 69. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "C60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d5 7. d3 dxe4 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bg4 11. Rd3 Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 O-O-O 14.
Nd2 Bg5 15. Nb3 Rd1+ 16. Kh2 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Rxc1 18. Nxc1 f6 19. g3 Nf8 20. Nb3
Ne6 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Kg2 Kd7 24. h4 h5 25. Kf3 Kd6 26. Ke3 Nc5
27. Nxc5 Kxc5 28. Kd3 a5 29. a4 g6 30. b3 f5 31. f3 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Ke2
Kd6 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 c5 36. bxc5+ Kxc5 37. a5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 g6 8.
Bd2 Bf5 9. Qf4 Nc7 10. c4 Bg7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. h3 f6 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. g4 Be6 15.
Bd3 b5 16. b3 a5 17. O-O a4 18. Rfe1 Bf7 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Kg2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra3
22. Nd2 e5 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. Ree1 Nf4+ 25. Kh2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bd5 27. dxe5 fxe5
28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Bb4 Ra2 30. Nc3 Rb2 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. Qxf4 dxc4 33. Qe4 Rxf2+
34. Kg1 Qb6 35. Qxc4+ Rf7+ 36. Kh1 Qb7+ 37. Re4 Kh8 38. Kg1 Rc8 39. Qe6 Ra8 40.
Rc4 Rf6 41. Qd7 Qf3 42. Qd3 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[ECO "C15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. a3 Nxc3 7. Nxc3 Bf8 8. f4
b6 9. g3 h5 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. Bg2 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qxb2 14. Kd2 Bc4 15.
Qf3 Bb3 16. Rhc1 Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Qxa1 18. Ra2 Qxa2+ 19. Nxa2 Bxa3 20. f5 Nd7 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Nb4 Rh6 26. Qa3 h4 27.
Nxd5+ Kf7 28. Qf3+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "A10"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 Ne4 8. e3
Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. b4 Bf6 13. O-O-O Nxf2 14. Ne5 Nxd1
15. Rxd1 Ne7 16. Rg1 a5 17. g4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 axb4 19. axb4 fxg4 20. cxd5 exd5
21. Qc3 Be6 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. b5 Rac8 25. Kb1 c5 26. bxc6 Nxc6 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Qb3 Rfd8 29. Rd1 Qg6+ 30. Qd3 Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Ne7 32. Ba3 Kf7 33.
Rd4 h5 34. h3 g3 35. h4 Rc4 36. Bxd5+ Nxd5 37. Rxc4 g2 38. e6+ Kxe6 39. Rc6+
Kf7 40. Rc1 Nxe3 41. Rc7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "A25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Nd2
Be6 9. h3 a6 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. e4 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
Qe2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Qb6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21.
dxc4 Rc8 22. b3 Nd7 23. Kh2 Nf8 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. h4 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. b4 Rc8
28. Bf1 Ne7 29. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 30. Bg2 Nc6 31. Rf1 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. c5 Rd8 34.
Rd1 Kf8 35. Kh3 Ke7 36. Bf1 g6 37. Bc4 f5 38. Bd5 Rd7 39. Rd2 g5 40. a4 Kf6 41.
Rf2 f4 42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. Kg4 Nf5 44. exf5 Rxd5 45. gxf4 exf4 46. c6 bxc6 47.
Rc2 c5 48. bxc5 Rd3 49. c6 Rg3+ 50. Kh5 Rh3+ 51. Kg4 Rg3+ 52. Kh5 Rh3+ 53. Kg4
Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[ECO "B72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. Nc7 Qc8 14. Nxa8 Qxa8
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bh6 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 Be6 19. Kb1 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. h5
Rh8 22. Qe3 Qb8 23. f4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rdg1 Bg4 27. Rh4 h5
28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 e6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[ECO "D90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. a3
e6 9. Re1 dxc4 10. Ne5 Qxd4 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Rxd1 Bc2 14. Rd2 Bb3
15. Bxb7 Rad8 16. Nc6 Rd6 17. e4 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21.
Bc6 Rd8 22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Bg5 Rd6 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27.
gxf4 Rf6 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Rd4 Kg7 30. Kf1 Ra6 31. Nc3 Rb6 32. Nd1 Rb5 33. Ke2 h5
34. Rd2 Rb3 35. f3 Kf6 36. Rxd5 c3 37. bxc3 Rxa3 38. c4 Ke6 39. Rd3 Ra2+ 40.
Rd2 Ra4 41. Ne3 f6 42. c5 Ra6 43. Rc2 Rc6 44. Rc3 a5 45. Kd3 Rc7 46. Kc4 g5 47.
Kb5 gxf4 48. Nc2 a4 49. c6 Ke7 50. Kb6 Kd8 51. Nd4 Kc8 52. Nb5 Re7 53. Nd6+ Kd8
54. c7+ Rxc7 55. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1407"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a6
9. Nbd2 b5 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Bd1 d5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e5
Ne8 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Bg4 Re8 21. f5 exf5
22. Bxf5 Ne6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. a4 Bd6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nf6 8. a5
a6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ng5 Nxd2 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 f6 17. Qc2 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Re2 19. Qb1 Qf7 20. Bd3 Ree8 21. g4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qf3 23. Bh4 Qxg4+ 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. f3 Qg5 26. Bf5 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2
Re2+ 28. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Kb1 Rd8
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rhg1 f5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Rxg7 Qd6 22. Rxe7 Ng4 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxb7 Nxf2 25. Rf1 Ne4 26. Bb4 Re6
27. Rxa7 f4 28. Ra3 Rb8 29. Be1 Nd6 30. Bc3 Nb5 31. d5+ Nxc3+ 32. Rxc3 cxd5 33.
Rcf3 Rf8 34. a4 Re4 35. b3 Rf6 36. a5 d4 37. a6 Rxa6 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxf4 Rd6
40. Kc1 d3 41. c3 d2+ 42. Kd1 Rd3 43. Rc4 Kg7 44. b4 Kf6 45. b5 Rd7 46. b6 Rb7
47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. c4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nxb3 Bf6 14. Bb2 e5 15.
e3 Qe8 16. Qd2 Qh5 17. d5 Nd8 18. f4 b6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Ra7 21. d7 Ba6 22.
Rf2 Bxc4 23. Bd5+ Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxf5 Ke6 27. g4 Nf7 28.
Raf1 Nh6 29. Rxe5+ Kxd7 30. Re4 Raa8 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. a4 Rg8 34.
h3 f5 35. Rd4+ Kc8 36. Kf2 fxg4 37. hxg4 Nxg4+ 38. Kf3 Nxe3 39. Kxe3 Rg3+ 40.
Kd2 Rxb3 41. Rh4 Rg3 42. a5 bxa5 43. Rxh7 Kb7 44. Kc2 Kb6 45. Kb2 c5 46. Rh6+
Kb5 47. Rh4 Rd3 48. Rg4 Rd4 49. Rg5 Kc4 50. Rg2 Kb4 51. Rh2 c4 52. Rh8 Rd2+ 53.
Kc1 Kc3 54. Ra8 Rh2 55. Kb1 Rh5 56. Ra7 Rd5 57. Ra8 Rb5+ 58. Kc1 Kb3 59. Ra7 a4
60. Kb1 Rb4 61. Ra8 Rb5 62. Ra7 a3 63. Ka1 c3 64. Rxa3+ Kc2 65. Ra8 Rd5 66. Ka2
Rd7 67. Ra6 Kc1 68. Rh6 c2 69. Rh1+ Rd1 70. Rh2 Re1 71. Rh8 Kd2 72. Rd8+ Ke3
73. Re8+ Kf2 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Rg8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Kh1 Bg6 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qd6 14. Ne2 Nd5
15. Qd2 Nd7 16. f4 f6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. a3
Rf7 22. f5 Rfe7 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Re4 26. Be3 c5 27. Raf1 cxd4
28. Bg1 Qd5 29. Rh3 Rg4 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Qh3 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Kxh7
34. Bxd4 Kh6 35. Rf3 Re4 36. Bxb6 axb6 37. Rb3 Re7 38. Rxb6 Kg5 39. Rb5 Kf4 40.
Kf2 Rc7 41. Ke2 Ke4 42. Kd2 Kd4 43. Rb4+ Ke5 44. Rb5+ Kd6 45. b4 Rd7 46. Kc3
Kc6 47. Rc5+ Kb6 48. a4 Rd1 49. Rb5+ Kc6 50. Rc5+ Kb6 51. Kc4 Rf1 52. Rd5 Rf4+
53. Kc3 Rf3+ 54. Kb2 Rf2+ 55. Kb3 Rf3+ 56. Kc4 Rf4+ 57. Kb3 Rf3+ 58. Kc4 Rf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1348"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. h3 a6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Bc2 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc4 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Bb3 Qb5
21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Qe5 Rd7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Rd7 b5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33.
Ke3 e5 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. h4 h5 36. b3 a5 37. f3 g6 38. f4 exf4 39. Kxf4 Kf6 40.
c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Ke6 42. Kg5 Kd6 43. Kxg6 Kc5 44. Kxh5 Kxc4 45. g4 Kb4 46. g5
Ka3 47. g6 Kxa2 48. g7 a4 49. g8=Q+ Kb2 50. Kg4 a3 51. h5 a2 52. Qxa2+ Kxa2 53.
h6 Kb2 54. h7 Kc2 55. h8=Q Kb3 56. Qd4 Kc2 57. Kf3 Kb3 58. Ke2 Kc2 59. Qd3+ Kb2
60. Kd2 Ka2 61. Kc2 Ka1 62. Qa3# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ndb4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Na3 a6 11. Bd2 Nbc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rfe1 e6 14. Nc2
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bc5 16. Bc3 b5 17. Bb3 Nb7 18. a3 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Ba2 Rac8
21. b4 Bb6 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. f4 Kf8 25. Bb1 Ke7 26. Kg2 h6 27. Kf3
Rc3 28. Ke4 Bxe3 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Rxe3 Rc4+ 31. Kf3 Nc6 32. Re4 Rc1 33. Ba2
Ra1 34. Bb3 Rxa3 35. Re3 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Nxb3 38. Kd3 a5 39. Kc3 a4
40. f3 f6 41. h4 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 b4
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qe3 d4 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Qxg7 Be5 15.
Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 dxc3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Na3
O-O 22. Rab1 a5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Ra1 Rd8
28. e5 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 Rb8 30. Nb5 Be4 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Bc6 33. Nb5 Rd8 34.
Rc1 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rb8 36. Rb1 a4 37. Kf2 a3 38. Ra1 Rxb5 39. Rxa3 Rb2+ 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. Kf3 h5 42. h3 Rb1 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Rf3 Kg6 45. Rf2 Rb4 46. Kh4 Rb8 47.
Rf3 Rb4 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Ra4 50. f5+ exf5 51. Rxf5 Re4 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Rf5
Kg6 54. Rg5+ Kh6 55. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Catalan Defense Accepted"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Qc6 15. Qb3 b4 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. Nb1 c4 18. Ne3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. d3 Bc5 21.
dxc4 O-O 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Bg5 Rxe2 25. Qd3 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Ng4 27.
Qf3 Nxf2 28. Be3 Ng4 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kg2 Qc2+ 31. Kh3 h5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Advance Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. e3 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Nxe7 15.
Rxc3 b5 16. Rcc1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Rab8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nb1 Rb2 20. Nc3 Rfb8 21.
e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Qxc3
e5 9. d4 e4 10. Ng5 d5 11. O-O h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rd1
Na5 16. Qa4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qxb7 Qd7 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 f4 21. Nf2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Rad8 23. Rd3 g4 24. Bg2 Qf7 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Bxh6 Bxe4 27. Bxf8 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rxf8 29. Qxc6 Kg7 30. Kh1 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qf5 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. Qe8 Re6 34.
Qd7+ Ne7 35. Kg1 Qe4 36. Qb5 Rf6 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. dxe5 Re6 39. Rc1 Rxe5 40.
Rxc7 Rxe2 41. Rdd7 Kf6 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46.
b4 Kd5 47. Kd3 a6 48. a4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. Bc3 Bg4 15.
Qc1 Rad8 16. Qb2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bf1 f6 20. Rad1 Nf7 21. Bc4
Kh8 22. Kg2 Nd6 23. Bd3 c5 24. b5 Nb8 25. Bf1 Nd7 26. a5 b6 27. a6 Nf8 28. Nd2
Ne6 29. Nc4 Ng5 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. h4 Ne6 33. Bc4 Nd4 34. Bd2 Rd8
35. Bc1 Qd7 36. c3 Ne6 37. Qe2 f5 38. h5 Qe8 39. hxg6 Qxg6 40. exf5 Qxf5 41.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Rd1 43. Be3 Nc7 44. Be2 Rd8 45. Bg5 Rd7 46. Bg4 Rd3 47. f4
h6 48. Bh4 Nxb5 49. fxe5 Nxc3 50. Re1 Nd5 51. e6 Bf8 52. e7 Bxe7 53. Bxe7 Ne3+
54. Kh3 Nxg4 55. Kxg4 Kg7 56. Bh4 c4 57. Re7+ Kg6 58. Rxa7 h5+ 59. Kf4 Ra3 60.
Be7 Ra4 61. Ke3 b5 62. Kd4 Ra1 63. Bb4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Rb1 65. Rd7 Ra1 66. Kxb5
Kf5 67. a7 Kg4 68. Ba5 Rb1+ 69. Kc5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg3 O-O 10. d4 Kh8 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Rad1 Ncxe5 14. b4 a5 15.
Nxd5 Bh4 16. Qh2 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 axb4 19. Bb5 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O
a5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a4 17. Na1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rde1 Rfe8 20. c3 Qc5 21.
Nc2 Nf6 22. Nb4 a3 23. Re2 Rec8 24. Kb1 axb2 25. Rxe7 Ra3 26. Qxb2 Rxc3 27.
Rxb7 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Rb3 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 d5 31. Rc1 d4 32. Rbxc3 Rxc3 33.
Rxc3 dxc3 34. Qc1 f6 35. g3 h5 36. a4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. Ne2 h6 6. Ng3 Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 e6
9. Qg4 Qc7 10. f4 Qxc5 11. Nd2 Qe3+ 12. Kf1 Qb6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Rb1 Nge7 15. Rh3
g6 16. Nge4 dxe4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Bxe4 Rh7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qa5
22. Ra3 Qxb5+ 23. Rxb5 Rxa3 24. Bxa3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxa3 26. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Nb6 9. Bb5 f6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Ne4 Bd6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ned5 14. Bd3
Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qd6 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Bd2 c6 20. Qc2 Bxf3
21. gxf3 h6 22. Re4 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. a3 Qd6 26. Qe2 f5 27.
Re5 Qxd4 28. Bxf5 Nc4 29. Bb1 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Cui, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with d6"]
[BlackElo "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 d5 15. exd5
cxd5 16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Nef5 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Kg2 Na7 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. c4 Nxb5 23. axb5 dxc4 24. dxc4 e4 25. Rad1 Rde8 26. Rd7 Qa7 27. Red1
Qb8 28. R1d5 Bf8 29. Qe3 Re5 30. b3 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Re5 32. Rd7 b6 33. Qd2 Re8
34. Qe3 Bc5 35. Qh6 Bf8 36. Qe3 Bc5 37. Qh6 Bf8 38. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. Qe2 Bc6 7. Be4 Ne7 8. O-O
Bxe4 9. Qxe4 Nbc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Ng6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Ngxe5 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 15. d4 Be7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne5 Rfc8
21. Rd3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. Rad1 Rc7 24. h3 Rac8 25. Qa4 g6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27.
Rd4 Rf8 28. Qd2 Rfc8 29. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be2
b5 9. Ne3 Qc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. a4 c4 14. Nc2 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Bc5 16. O-O O-O 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Be4 Nb6 19. Qh5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 f5 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rh6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nxa4 26. Nxc4 Rc8 27. Ne3
Rc6 28. c4 Nxb2 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Nc4 31. Ng4 Rh4 32. f3 Nd6 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. Rba5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Nf6 38. R8a7+ Kg6 39. Ne5+ Rxe5
40. Rxe5 Rxh2 41. g4 Rb2 42. Rxe6 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Rb4+
46. Kg3 Rb3 47. Ree7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 f5 16. Bd3 bxc5 17. Kc2 Rb6 18. Rae1 Rd8 19. Re5 Rbd6 20. Bc4
Nd5 21. Rhe1 h6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nh4 Rf8 24. Re7 g5 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Re8+ Rf8
27. R8e7 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Kf6 30. f4 Bb7 31. Nd3 d4 32. Nxc5 Bxg2 33.
Re2 d3+ 34. Nxd3 Be4 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Re3 Kg4 37. c4 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Bxd3+ 39.
Kxd3 Kxg3 40. c5 f4 41. c6 f3 42. c7 f2 43. c8=Q f1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Re1
Rc8 9. Ng5 g6 10. Qf3 Nh6 11. Qf6 Rg8 12. Nxh7 Bg7 13. Qg5 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qg4 18. Qxg4 fxg4 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 g5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Be6 24. Rxg5 Rxg5 25. Bxg5 Rc2 26. b3 Kf8
27. Be3 a6 28. h4 gxh3 29. gxh3 Bxh3 30. Kh2 Be6 31. Rd1 Ke8 32. Bb6 Bd7 33. a4
Rc6 34. Bd4 Rd6 35. a5 Rd5 36. b4 Rd6 37. Rg1 Bc6 38. Be5 Rd2 39. Kg3 Kd7 40.
Rc1 Ke6 41. Re1 Kf5 42. Re3 Rd1 43. f3 Rg1+ 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Bc3 Kg6 46. Re5 Rh3
47. Re3 Rh1 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1 50. Rd3 Rc1 51. Re3 Rf1 52. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "D21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb5 cxb5 8.
Bxb5+ Nd7 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Nc6 Qb6 11. Nxb8 Qxb5 12. Nxd7 b2 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14.
Nd2 Bxd7 15. Rb1 Qc3 16. Rb8+ Bc8 17. O-O Kd8 18. Qc1 Qc7 19. Qb2 e6 20. Rc1
Bd6 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Rb3 Nf6 23. e4 Re8 24. Qa3 Re7 25. Rc3 Rd7 26. Qf8+ Ne8
27. Qb4 a5 28. Qa4 Bb7 29. Nb3 Bxe4 30. Nc5 Nf6 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. Qc4 Bd6 33.
Qa6 Bb4 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "B36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. f4 Nd7
15. f5 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3 18. fxe6 Bf6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. b4 Nd7
21. Bg4 e6 22. Bf4 Ke7 23. Rfd1 Be5 24. Bg5+ Bf6 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bg5+ Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "E24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Ra2 Rc8 14. Raf2 Rc7 15.
Nf5 Ne7 16. g4 Nxf5 17. Bxf5 Ba6 18. Re1 Rce7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. g5 Nh5 21. f4
g6 22. Bg4 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Rd2 Nxf4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7
Qxd7 28. Bxd7 Re5 29. h4 Nd3 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Bc8 Bc4 32. Bd2 Bd5 33. Be1 Rxe3
34. Bf2 Rf3 35. Be1 Nxe1 36. Rxd5 Rxa3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Kf2 Nf3 39. Rd7 Nxh4
40. Bb7 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Ra5 42. Bd5 Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Ke8 44. Rxh7 Rxd5 45. Rxh4 Rxg5+
46. Kf2 Re5 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rg8 Kc6 49. Rxg6+ Kb5 50. Rg7 a5 51. Rb7+ Ka6 52.
Rb8 a4 53. Ra8+ Kb5 54. Rb8+ Ka5 55. Ra8+ Kb4 56. Rb8+ Rb5 57. Ra8 a3 58. Ke3
Kb3 59. Kd2 Kb2 60. Rc8 a2 61. Rc2+ Ka3 62. Rc3+ Rb3 63. Rc1 Rb1 64. Rc8 a1=Q
65. Ra8+ Kb4 66. Rb8+ Kc5 67. Rc8+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rc1 Nbd5 13. Be5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Nd5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 g6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h4 Bf8 19. g4 f6 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. g5
Bg7 22. Kg2 Bc6 23. Rh1 Rad8 24. h5 f5 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ne5 f4
28. Bxg6 Bxe5 29. Bh4 Rf8 30. Kg1 Bg7 31. Bh7+ Kh8 32. Qd3 Rd7 33. Bg3 Qxg5 34.
Bf5+ Bh6 35. Bg6 fxg3 36. Rh5 gxf2+ 37. Kf1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[ECO "E07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 Be6 14. Na4 Qd7
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Bh3 17. Re1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rac8 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. e3 Kg7 22. Qa4 Qc7 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Qf2 Rh8 25. g4 Qd6 26. Qg3 Qd7 27. h4 f5
28. Rh1 Rce8 29. Rc3 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 31. fxg4 Re4 32. Kf3 f5 33. gxf5 Rf8
34. Rb3 Rxf5+ 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Rh2 Rfe7 37. Kf3 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd5 12. Bxg7 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Kxg7
14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfd8 18. Red1 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8
20. c3 Rc7 21. Kf1 Kf6 22. f4 e6 23. Rd2 b5 24. g3 h5 25. Kf2 Kf5 26. Kf3 a5
27. h4 a4 28. a3 Rc5 29. Rd7 f6 30. Rd4 Rd5 31. Rb4 e5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. c4
bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb5 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Ra5+ Ke6 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. Ra5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Bc5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 exd4 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Nd2
Rae8 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 d3 21. e5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxd3 c6 24. Kg2 Bd6 25. Rh1 Qb2 26. Qe3 Bf4 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28.
Rhf1 Qxb3 29. Qe7 Kg8 30. Rab1 Qxc4 31. Rxb7 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Rd7 Qe4 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. g3 Bg4 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. b4 c6 14. h3 Bd7 15.
O-O h6 16. Nb3 a6 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. e4
dxe4 22. dxe4 c5 23. bxc5 Be6 24. Rf3 Bxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxc5 26. Rd1 Rec8 27. Kf2
Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Rbd3 R8c7 30. Rd5 Nf8 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd3 Ne6 33. Bf3 Rc2
34. Rd2 Rc3+ 35. Rd3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nc5 14. Rad1 g6
15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. Ra1 Nbxd3+ 19. cxd3 Nb3 20. Rdd1 Nxa1
21. Rxa1 Ke7 22. g4 Rhb8 23. Ra2 a5 24. f5 Rb4 25. d4 a4 26. f6+ Kd8 27. Ke3
Ke8 28. Ne1 Bb5 29. Nc2 Rb3 30. Na1 Rb4 31. Nc2 Rc4 32. Na3 Rxc3+ 33. bxc3 Bc4
34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. g5 Kd7 36. Kd2 Kc6 37. Kc2 Kd5 38. Kd2 Ke4 39. Ke2 Kf4 40. h4
Kg4 41. Ke3 Kg3 42. Ke4 Ra5 43. Ra3 Kf2 44. d5 exd5+ 45. Kd4 Kg3 46. e6 fxe6
47. f7 e5+ 48. Kxe5 d4+ 49. Ke6 Ra6+ 50. Kd5 Ra5+ 51. Ke6 Ra6+ 52. Ke5 Ra5+ 53.
Kf6 Rf5+ 54. Kg7 d3 55. Rxa4 d2 56. Ra1 Kf2 57. f8=Q Rxf8 58. Kxf8 Ke2 59. Kg7
Kd3 60. Kxh7 Kxc3 61. Kxg6 Kb2 62. Rf1 c3 63. h5 c2 64. h6 d1=Q 65. Rxd1 cxd1=Q
66. h7 Qd4 67. Kh5 Qg7 68. g6 Kc3 69. Kg5 Kd4 70. Kf5 Kd5 71. Kf4 Qf6+ 72. Ke3
Ke5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne2
Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Bd6 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. Ng4 O-O 14. Rfe1 f5
15. Qe3 Re8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. Rac1 b5 19. b3 Qa5 20. Nh5 Kh8 21. c4
g6 22. Nf4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nb6 24. Nxg6+ Kg7 25. Nh4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Qxe1+ 27. Qxe1
dxc4 28. Qa5 Red8 29. Nf3 c5 30. Qxc5 Rac8 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Ng5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Black "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[ECO "E38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Nf3 b6 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Bb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. h3 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc5 25. a5 f6 26. axb6 axb6
27. Bc4 Kf7 28. f4 Ke7 29. g4 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Kf2 e5 32. Be3 Kd6 33. Bxc5+
Kxc5 34. Be6 Bd5 35. Bxd5 Kxd5 36. Ke3 e4 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Ke3 b5 39. Ke2 Kf4
40. Kf2 e3+ 41. Ke2 Ke4 42. Ke1 Kd3 43. Kd1 e2+ 44. Ke1 Ke3 45. h4 gxh4 46. g5
h3 47. gxf6 h2 48. f7 h1=Q# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nc6 14. b3 Rc8
15. Ne2 Nb4 16. Nfd4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 f6 18. h4 Ke7 19. h5 h6 20. Rh3 Be8 21. Re3
fxe5 22. Rxe5 Bf7 23. g4 Kd6 24. Re3 Nd7 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. Kg3 Rhf8 27. Rae1 Rfe8
28. Ngf3 Nd7 29. Kh4 Bg8 30. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne2 c5
15. b3 Rb8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21.
Qf3 Kg7 22. g3 Re5 23. Qf4 Rbe8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Qf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch Game: Mieses Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. g3 d6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Bg2 dxe5 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Bc3 14. Rb1 O-O 15.
O-O Qg6 16. Qf3 Bd4 17. h5 Qg4 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Rbd1 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bh3 21. Rfe1
Bc3 22. Bxc6 Rab8 23. Re2 Bg4 24. f3 Bxh5 25. Kg2 Bg6 26. Bc1 Bd3 27. Re3 Bc2
28. Rxc3 Bxd1 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Be4 Nd7 31. Ke1 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Rg6 33. Kf2 Nc5 34.
Ba3 Ne6 35. Re3 Rd8 36. Nf1 Rh6 37. Rxe5 Nd4 38. Bc5 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 Rf6+ 40. Ke2
Rc6 41. b4 Ra6 42. Re7 Rxa2+ 43. Kf3 a5 44. bxa5 Rxa5 45. Rxc7 g5 46. Ne3 Kg7
47. Bb6 Ra6 48. Nf5+ Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kg7 50. Rxf7+ Kxh6 51. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. h5 cxd4 10. Nf3 f6 11. h6 g6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd4
15. O-O Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rab1 Kf7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rxb7+ Bxb7 20. Qxb7+ Ne7
21. Bb4 Rhb8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxd6 cxd3 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Kf1 g5 27.
Bd2 Nd5 28. a4 Kg6 29. a5 Kxh6 30. g3 Kg6 31. Rb3 Ne7 32. a6 Nc6 33. Rb7 Rd6
34. Ke1 h5 35. f4 Kf5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rg7 g4 38. Kf2 Ke4 39. Rh7 e5 40. Rxh5
Rf6+ 41. Kg2 Nd4 42. Rg5 Rxa6 43. Rxg4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Réti Opening: Advance Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qc2
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 h6 11. c5 Nd5 12. Nc4 Bf6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Nc3 16. Bxc3 dxc3 17. e3 Bf5 18. Ne1 e4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 Be6 21. Qe2
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ne5 23. Qd5 Qc8 24. Kg2 c6 25. Qb3 Qg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Nc2 Rd8 28.
Nd4 Ng4 29. Qxc3 Nxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Bxd4 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. Rfd1 Re8 33. b5 h5 34.
bxc6 bxc6 35. Rd6 h4 36. Rxc6 Qh5 37. Qd1 h3+ 38. Kh1 Ra8 39. f4 Qg6 40. f5 Qg5
41. Qe2 Kh7 42. Rd6 Ra3 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Be5 45. Rd1 Qe7 46. g4 Qh4 47.
Qf3 Kg8 48. c6 Bc7 49. Kg1 Be5 50. Kf1 Bxh2 51. Rd3 Be5 52. Qxh3 Qg5 53. Ke2
Qf6 54. Rd7 Bf4 55. Qb3 Kh7 56. Qxf7 Qb2+ 57. Kf3 Qc3+ 58. Kxf4 Qc1+ 59. Ke5
Qc5+ 60. Qd5 Qc3+ 61. Kd6 Qa3+ 62. Ke6 Qc3 63. e5 Qc1 64. f6 Kh8 65. fxg7+ Kh7
66. g8=Q+ Kxg8 67. Kf6+ Kh8 68. Rd8+ Kh7 69. Qf7+ Kh6 70. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 c6 7. d6 exd6 8.
Nf3 d5 9. b3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. O-O Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5
Bd6 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Bg5 Ndf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qd3
Nd5 21. Nbd2 Qb7 22. Nc4 Bb8 23. Rfe1 Nf4 24. Qe4 Qb5 25. Nfe5 Nd5 26. Ne3 Nc3
27. Qd3 Bxe5 28. Qxb5 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Nxb5 30. Red1 f5 31. Rd3 Nd6 32. Nd5 Rc2
33. f3 f4 34. a4 Kg7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Re5 g5 37. Nb4 Rb2 38. Rc5 Rf6 39. Rxg5+
Kf7 40. Kh3 Rh6+ 41. Kg4 Rxg2+ 42. Kxf4 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Cui, Harry"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nf1 Bb4 11. N1d2 e5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. g3 O-O-O 15.
c4 Nc5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Be7 18. Ndf3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne6 20. Qe2 Nxd4 21.
exd4 Bd6 22. Rec1 Rhe8 23. Qb2 Re7 24. b4 Be4 25. Nd2 Kb8 26. b5 c5 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. dxc5 Be5 29. Qb3 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Qxc5 31. Bxf7 Ng4 32. Qf3 Rd2 33. Rf1
Nxf2 34. Rxf2 Ree2 35. Qf4+ Ka8 36. Qf5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch Game: Mieses Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5
Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. c5 Bxf1 17. cxb6 Ba6 18. bxa7 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Bb4 21. a3 Bd6 22. Ne4 Bf4+ 23. Kc2 Ba8 24. g3 Bh6 25. g4 Bf4 26. h3 Rg8 27.
Rf1 Be3 28. Rf7 d5 29. Kd3 Bxa7 30. Ng5 Re8 31. Rxg7 Bb7 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 h6
34. Nf7 d4 35. Ba5 Ba6+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Re3 38. Nxh6 Bb6 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40.
b4 Rxh3 41. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. e3 g5 15.
g4 Bxg4 16. fxg4 gxh4 17. Nc3 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Ra4 Kh8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Rfd8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rxd6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rxh4 Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kf6 27. Be2
Rh8 28. Bd2 Rh7 29. b4 Ke7 30. Bc3 Ne5 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Bxh5 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+
34. Ke3 Nxh5 35. Bd4 b6 36. Ra1 Rd7 37. Rf1 f6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Ke3 Nf6 40.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 41. Ra1 e5 42. b5 Rd5 43. Rxa7 Rxb5 44. h4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 f4 46. h5
Kf5 47. h6 Rh3 48. h7 b5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Rb7 Rxh7 51. Rxb5 Kf5 52. Kg2 Re7 53.
Kf2 Kg4 54. Rb8 e4 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Rf8+ Ke5 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Rd8+
Kc4 60. Rf8 Kd3 61. Rd8+ Kc3 62. Rf8 f3 63. Ke3 Re7 64. Rc8+ Kb4 65. Rc1 Rg7
66. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. O-O b5 12. Rae1 Nbd7 13. f3 Ba6 14. Nc1 Nb6 15.
Bf2 Bf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. e5 b4 19. Ne4 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Qd5 21. Nf4
Qc4 22. Rc1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 f6 25. Nd3 Rad8 26. Rxc6 Rxd4 27. Ke3
Red8 28. Nd6 fxe5 29. Rxb6 R4xd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Ke4 Rc8 32. b3 Rc2 33. Rf2
Rxf2 34. Nxf2 Kf7 35. Kd5 Bc7 36. Ng4 e4 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. h3 Bb6 39. Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "E90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qe8 8. Bd3
e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. Bh6 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nh4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Rxf6 18. O-O Bh3 19. Rfc1 Qf7 20. Rc3 Rf8 21.
f3 h6 22. Qf2 g5 23. Ng2 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Rd1 b6 27. Re1
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd3 29. Re2 a5 30. Rf2 g4 31. Rc2 a4 32. Rf2 a3 33. b3 Rd1 34.
Re2 Rb1 35. Kf2 Rb2 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 e4 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Ke3 h5
0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[ECO "B27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nc7 8.
Bf4 b5 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nb5 Nxb5 11. Bxb5 Qb6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. h4 h6
15. e6 dxe6 16. Qxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6
21. Bd7+ Kd8 22. Bxe6+ Ke8 23. Bc7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. Re1 e5 12. e4 g6 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ba4 Nhf6 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. Ba1 Rfd8 21.
Qc3 Nb6 22. Bb3 Rd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qc1 Nfd7 25. f4 Nc5 26. Ba2 f6 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Rxd4 Kg7 29. e5 f5 30. Qc3 Nba4 31. Qe3 Rb2 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Bb7
34. Bb1 Qe6 35. Qd4 Qc6 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qd5 Qb6 38. Qd4 Qc6 39. Qd5 Qb6 40. Qd4
Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. Nf3 f6 8. h4
Ng6 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Qc2 Nge7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Kf7
15. O-O Nf5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rfe1 Qf4 18. g3 Qg4 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. Qb3 Rb6 21.
Qa3 Ra6 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. Ndf3 Ra4 24. Qb3 Nd6 25. Nf1 Nc4 26. a3 Ra6 27. Qa2 Qc2
28. Qb1 Qxb2 29. Qxh7 Qxc3 30. Ne3 Rxa3 31. h5 Rg8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. h6 Ra2 34.
hxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qxf6+ Rf7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd4 Bg6 5. h4 h5 6. e6 Qd6 7. Qe2 a6 8. c3 c5
9. exf7+ Bxf7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. g3 Qe6 15.
Be3 g6 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. O-O Bg7 18. a4 Bf6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxd5 Nxd4
22. Qd1 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Bxg5 Rb8 25. Kg2 e5 26. Rfd1 O-O 27. Be7 Bxd5+
28. Nxd5 Rf7 29. Bd6 Re8 30. Bxe5 Nb3 31. Ra3 Nxa5 32. Bf4 Nc4 33. Rc3 Nxb2 34.
Rb1 Na4 35. Rc7 Nac5 36. Bd6 Ne4 37. Bf4 Ndc5 38. Rb6 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Rd8 40.
Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rxg4 b5 42. h5 b4 43. h6 b3 44. Be5 Nd3 45. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1407"]
[ECO "E73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5
9. Qc2 h5 10. f3 c6 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nh3 a5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 d5 15. bxc6 d4
16. cxd7 Bxd7 17. Bf2 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc7 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. g4 hxg4
22. fxg4 Qc6 23. h5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb1 Rad8 26. Rb5 Qe7 27. Qe3 gxh5 28.
Rxh5 Rd4 29. Rxa5 Rc8 30. Rf5 Qc7 31. Rd5 Qa7 32. a3 Rc5 33. Kg2 Rcxd5 34. cxd5
Qc7 35. Rf2 Qb6 36. g5 Qg6 37. Rf5 Qh7 38. Qh3 Qxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Rxe4 40. Bh5 Rd4
41. Bxf7+ Kh7 42. Kg2 e4 43. a4 Bf8 44. Be8 Kg7 45. g6 e3 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Bb5
Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rxg6 49. Rc7 Bb4 50. Kxe3 Kf8 51. Kd4 Rh6 52. Rd7 Rh4+ 53. Ke5
Rh5+ 54. Ke6 Rh6+ 55. Kf5 Kg8 56. Rc7 Kf8 57. Rc6 Bd6 58. a5 Ke7 59. a6 Rf6+
60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O e6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Qd8
15. Bf4 a6 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. d5 Bd6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. dxc6 Qxd1 21.
Raxd1 bxc6 22. Rd6 Rb7 23. Bc4 Rxb2 24. Rxc6 Nd5 25. Ng5 Nf4 26. Rb6 Rc2 27.
Bb3 Rd2 28. Ne4 Re2 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Nxa6 Ke7 32. Rc6 Bb7 33. Bxd5
Bxc6 34. Bxc6 Ra2 35. Nb4 Rxa5 36. Bf3 Rg5 37. Kh1 Rc5 38. Nd3 Rc3 39. Nc1 Rfc8
40. Ne2 Rc2 41. g4 e5 42. Re1 Kf6 43. Kg2 g6 44. Ng3 Rb8 45. Ne4+ Ke6 46. Ng5+
Kd6 47. Nxh7 Rbb2 48. Rf1 Rc4 49. Ng5 Rbb4 50. Rd1+ Ke7 51. h4 Kf8 52. Re1 Rb2
53. Rxe5 Rcc2 54. Ne4 Kf7 55. Kg3 Rb4 56. g5 Ra2 57. Bg4 Rc2 58. f3 Rbb2 59.
Nd6+ Kf8 60. Re8+ Kg7 61. Bh3 Rc1 62. Ne4 Rb7 63. Nf6 Rg1+ 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Be6
Rb2+ 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67. Kf4 Rxf3+ 68. Kxf3 Rb3+ 69. Kf4 Rf3+ 70. Ke5 Re3+ 71. Ne4
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc4 a4 14. Qc2 b5
15. Ncd2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. e4 d4 18. Rfd1 Nh5 19. Nf1 Qg4 20. h3 Qg6 21. Nh4
Qg5 22. Nf5 Kh7 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. g3 Qf6 27. Qg2 a3 28.
cxd4 Qb6 29. Rd2 Qxd4+ 30. Kh2 Rf7 31. Qg1 Qb4 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Qe3 Nf6 34.
Kh3 Qd6 35. Nh2 Rd7 36. Rad1 Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Qe2 Rda4 39. g4 Rxa2 40. g5
Nd7 41. Kg3 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 b4 43. Qh5 b3 44. Nf3 Nf8 45. gxh6 Qg6+ 46. Ng5+ Kh8
47. Rf2 gxh6 48. Rxf8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3
Bb7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Qh3 Re8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. g4 g6 13. Qg2 cxd4 14. exd4 e5
15. Bxe5 Nxg4 16. O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5 18. Qg3 d4 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8
21. Rad1 Qe6 22. f4 dxc3+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. Bc2 Qc6+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 cxb2
27. e6 b1=Q 28. Bxb1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxe6 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Bc4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6
33. Kf3 g5 34. fxg5 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Ne2 Nc7 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. a3 Bg4 14. Rfe1 f5
15. h3 Qh4 16. c4 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Nf6 18. Bf1 Ne4 19. Bc3 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 a6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 Nxg4 11. fxg4 Bg5 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxg4 14. Rg2
Be6 15. Rxg7 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. Nh3 Qxg7 18. dxc6 Rc8 19. Rg1 Qh6+ 20. Kb1
Rxc6 21. Bc1 Qe6 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Bd3 h6 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Ng3 Qxh2
27. Nf5+ Kd7 28. Be4 d5 29. Rh1 Qf2 30. Bd3 e4 31. Rf1 Qg2 32. Ne3 Qg6 33. Be2
h5 34. Nxd5 f5 35. Be3 Rd6 36. Nf4 Qf7 37. Rg1 h4 38. Nh3 Rg8 39. Ng5 Qf6 40.
Bc1 h3 41. Nxh3 Rxg1 42. Nxg1 f4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[ECO "D32"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bh4 Qa7 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. b4 Nh5 17. Bb1 g6 18. Qe3 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Kg7 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Ne5
Nf6 22. h4 Bb7 23. Nxf7 Re8 24. Nd6 Ng4 25. Qxe6 Qb8 26. Nxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxg4
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. b4 a5 13. Bxc6 axb4 14. Qxb4 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Qa7 17. Qb6 Rfc8 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Nb1 Qa4 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Ne5
Ra6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Qb8+ Bf8 24. Bd4 Nd7 25. Qg3 Nxc5 26. f4 Qb4 27. Rad1 Na4
28. Nxa4 Rxa4 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 h6 31. Rxd5 Rxa2 32. Rd8 Rg6 33. Qf3 Rgxg2+
34. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Kh7 36. Bf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Bg3 Bc5+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+
40. Kh3 g5 41. Bd6 Qf3+ 42. Bg3 g4+ 43. Kh4 Be7+ 44. Kh5 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. d5 cxb4 12. Nb5 O-O 13. dxe6 Ne4 14. exf7+
Rxf7 15. Qxb4 Ndc5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a6 19. Qd5 Rd8 20. Nc3
Re8 21. Rab1 Qf6 22. Qd2 Rb8 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.f3 Nd7 25.Rfd1 Ne5 26.Ne3 Rf6 27.Rb2
Rg6 28.Qd5+ Nf7 29.a4 Kf8 30.Qd4 Qc7 31.Nd5 Qd8 32.Rdb1 Qg5 33.Rxb6 Re8 34.Rb8
Ne5 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.Rb8+ Kf7 37.Qa7+ Ke6 38.Re8+ Kf5 39.e4#  1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Bxf5
Qxf5 9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Be3 e6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Rd4 Qb5 17. Rhd1 Na6 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5
Nc5 21. Rf4 Rf8 22. Rfd4 g6 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nf3 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Rf5 26. Qh6 Rxf2
27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 a5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. c5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bd2 f5
15. Nc4 a4 16. b4 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rdc8 20. Qb2 Qd6 21.
Rc5 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. a3 Rb5 24. R5c2 Nb6 25. Nb7 Qe7 26. Nc5 Be8 27. Be1
Nd5 28. Bf2 Ra8 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kh2 g5 31. fxg5 Qxg5 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Qc1 Qh6 34.
Bg3 Bf7 35. Qd2 Bg6 36. Qf2 Be8 37. Bh4+ Nf6 38. Qg3 Ra7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Bxf6+
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 b6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. f5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exf5 13. Qxf5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd7 15.
O-O Qxf5 16. Rxf5 Ne6 17. Nd2 a5 18. Be3 g6 19. Rf2 Ng7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Re1 Kd7
22. Nf3 Re8 23. Bf6 Na6 24. Ng5 Nxh4 25. Nxf7 Nf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Nd6 Rg8 28.
Nxf5 Nc7 29. Ng7 Ne6 30. Nxh5 Rg6 31. Kf2 Rag8 32. g3 Rh6 33. Rh1 c5 34. Rh4
cxd4 35. cxd4 Rc8 36. g4 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rg2 38. g5 Rg6 39. Nf4 Nxf4 40. Kxf4 Rxb2
41. Rh8 Rf2+ 42. Kg4 b5 43. Rd8+ Kc7 44. Rxd5 Rxa2 45. Rxb5 Rg8 46. Kf5 a4 47.
Ke6 a3 48. Kf7 Ra8 49. e6 Rf2 50. Rb1 a2 51. Rc1+ Kd6 52. e7 Ra7 53. Kg8 Re2
54. Ra1 Kd7 55. g6 Ke8 56. g7 Ra6 57. Kh7 Rh2+ 58. Kg6 Rg2+ 59. Kf5 Kf7 60.
e8=Q+ Kxe8 61. Re1+ Kd7 62. Re7+ Kc8 63. Re8+ Kb7 64. Re7+ Kc8 65. Re8+ Kb7 66.
Re7+ Kb6 67. Re6+ Kb5 68. Rxa6 Kxa6 69. d5 Kb5 70. Ba1 Kc5 71. Ke6 Rg1 72. Bb2
Rg2 73. Ba1 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Na4
Rae8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Ne4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Bf5
21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qe3 c5 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. h3 a4 27. g4
Bh7 28. Be3 Nd7 29. h4 Kf8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ke7 32. Bh3 Rc6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34.
Rd2 Rb5 35. Bg4 Rcb6 36. f4 d4 37. Bf2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Be4+ 39. Bf3 Bxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French Defense: Burn Variation"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3
Na6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. a5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. c3 Na6 14. f5 c4 15.
Qe1 Nac5 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Ng5
h5 22. Ne2 Nh7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. g4 e5 25. f6 Qd7 26. Rf5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nxd4 Nc7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Qf3
Rd8 15. h4 Be8 16. h5 h6 17. Ng4 Ncd5 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf6
21. Qh3 Qc5 22. h6 g6 23. Bf4 Qh5 24. Qg3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. Be4 e5 27. Bxb7
Rab8 28. Bf3 Bf6 29. Bxg4 exf4 30. Nb3 a5 31. Rab1 a4 32. Nc5 a3 33. Ne4 Be7
34. bxa3 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 f5 36. Rb7 Bh4 37. g3 Bc6 38. Rb4 Bxe4 39. gxh4 Rd2 40.
Bh3 Rd1+ 41. Bf1 Bd3 42. Rxf4 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Rb4 Rxc3 45. Kg3 Kh7 46. h5
g5 47. a4 Be4+ 48. Kh2 Kxh6 49. Rb5 Ra3 50. a5 Rxa2 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kh2 Kxh5
53. f4 gxf4 54. Rb6 Rxa5 55. Rf6 Kg4 56. Rg6+ Kf3 57. Rg2 Rc5 58. Kg1 Rc1+ 59.
Kh2 Rc2 60. Kh1 Rc7 61. Kg1 Ke3 62. Rf2 Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Bxd4+
15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Bd1 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Kg7 20. Bc2 Ne6
21. Rcd1 Rc7 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. g3 g5 26. Ke3 Rg8 27. Bh3
Rg6 28. f4 Rh6 29. Bxe6 gxf4+ 30. gxf4 fxe6 31. Rg1 Rc8 32. Rg3 Rg6 33. Rdg2 b6
34. Ne2 b5 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Kd2 Bxe2 37. Rxe2 e5 38. f5 Rxg3 39. hxg3 e6 40.
fxe6 Kxe6 41. Rh2 Rh8 42. Rh6+ Kd7 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Kc4 Rg8 45. Rxh7 Rg4 46. Rh4
d5+ 47. Kc3 Rxg3+ 48. Kc2 Rg2+ 49. Kd3 Rxa2 50. Rh6+ Kc5 51. exd5 Kxd5 52. Rh8
e4+ 53. Ke3 a4 54. bxa4 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Rxa4 56. Rd8+ Ke5 57. Re8+ Kd5 58. Rd8+
Ke5 59. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qg3 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5
15. Be2 d5 16. O-O-O Rg5 17. Qh4 Rxg2 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 e5 20. Qf3 Be6 21.
Nxd5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxg2 Nf6 25. Rg1 Rb8 26. Qg5 Rd8 27.
Kc1 Nd5 28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Nc4 Ne4 31. f4 Nc5 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Ne5 g6
34. a5 Kg7 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Nc4 Re7 37. Nd6 Kf6 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Rg8 Ke5 40.
Rd8 Kf4 41. Bg2 Rg7 42. Rxd4+ Ke3 43. Rd2 Ne4 44. Rd3+ Ke2 45. Bf3+ Kf2 46. Bd1
Kg2 47. Rf3 Rf7 48. h4 f4 49. b4 Nf2 50. Be2 Nh3 51. Kd1 Ng1 52. Bc4 Rf6 53.
Bd5 Nxf3 54. Ke2 Kg3 55. Bxb7 Nd4+ 56. Kd3 f3 57. Bxf3 Nxf3 58. c4 Rd6+ 59. Kc3
Ne5 60. c5 Rd3+ 61. Kc2 Rd8 62. Kc3 Rb8 63. Kd4 Nc6+ 64. Kd5 Nxb4+ 65. Kd6 Rb5
66. c6 Nxc6 67. Kxc6 Rxa5 68. Kb6 Rb5+ 69. Kxa6 Rb1 70. h5 Kf4 71. h6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[ECO "A00"]

1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1640"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. a4 a5 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. d4 Re8 12. c3 h6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Kh1 Kh8 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. c4 Ndb4 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Ng3
Nc2 22. Bxc2 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. d5 Nb4 25. dxe6 Rxd2 26. exf7 Qxf7 27. Bxd2
Bd6 28. Qc3 Nd3 29. Rf1 b6 30. Nh4 Be5 31. Qb3 Nc5 32. Qe3 Re8 33. Nxg6 Qxg6
34. b3 Bxg3 35. Qxg3 Qxg3 36. fxg3 Nxb3 37. Bf4 Re4 38. Rb1 Nc5 39. Bxc7 Nxa4
40. c5 Nxc5 41. Bxb6 Nb7 42. Bc7 Rb4 43. Re1 a4 44. Re7 Kg8 45. Be5 g5 46. Rg7+
Kf8 47. Rh7 Rb5 48. Bc3 Rb3 49. Bh8 Nd6 50. Ra7 a3 51. Bg7+ Kg8 52. Bxh6 Nf7
53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Bf8 Rxg3 55. Bxa3 g4 56. Kh2 Rd3 57. hxg4 Ne5 58. Ra4 Nxg4+
59. Rxg4 Rxa3 60. Rg3 Ra4 61. Rf3 Kg6 62. Kg3 Kg5 63. Rb3 Rg4+ 64. Kf3 Rf4+ 65.
Ke2 Kg4 66. Rb8 Kg3 67. Rg8+ Rg4 68. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[BlackElo "1958"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d3 Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Qd2 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. e5 h5 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf8 20. Rd3 Bxc5
21. Qxc5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. a3 c5 24. Rfd1 b5 25. c3 Rdb8 26. Kf2 b4 27.
axb4 cxb4 28. R3d2 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc4 31. Ke3 Ra3 32. Rdc2 Re4+ 33.
Kf3 g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Raa4 36. c4 Raxc4 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39.
Rg5 Rc3+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf3 Ke7 45.
Rg1 Kd7 46. Rc1 Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Ra4 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rc4 50. Ra1 Rc7 51. Ra6
Ke7 52. f5 Rd7 53. f6+ Kd8 54. Ke3 Kc7 55. Kd4 Kb7 56. Ra1 Rc7 57. Rb1+ Kc8 58.
Rb4 Rc1 59. Ra4 Kb7 60. Rb4+ Kc7 61. Ra4 Rc4+ 62. Rxc4+ dxc4 63. Kc3 Kb6 64.
Kxc4 Kc6 65. Kd4 Kb5 66. Ke3 Kc5 67. Ke4 Kc4 68. Kf4 Kd4 69. Kg5 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2024"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. b3 Bb8 16. Qc1 g5 17. Kf1 Ne6 18. Bf5 Ng7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Ng1 Nh5 21. Qc2
Bf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. c4 b5 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. d5 cxd5
28. cxd5 Rc8 29. Qe1 Rc2 30. Qe3 Nxd5 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Nxf3 Nc3 33. Nd4 Rxa2
34. Rc1 b4 35. Nc6 a5 36. Nd4 Ne4 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Nc6 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1657"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Rac1
Rab8 15. f4 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bg7 18. cxd5 Rd8 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 e6
21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Ne4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 exd5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxd5 Rd7 26. Rc7 Rbd8
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kf2 Bb4 29. Rd3 Bc5+ 30. Kf3 a5 31. g4 h6 32. Ke4 f6 33. f5
gxf5+ 34. gxf5 a4 35. b4 Bf2 36. Rd2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Cui, Harry"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1861"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 13. f4 Be7 14. Be2 h5
15. h3 h4 16. Rhg1 Qc7 17. f5 Bc4 18. Bf3 a5 19. g4 hxg3 20. Rxg3 Bf8 21. Qf2
a4 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. a3 Rb8 25. Ka2 Rh7 26. Qg1 Qb7 27. Rb1 Qc6 28.
Rd1 Rb7 29. Qf2 Rb8 30. Qg1 Ra8 31. Bg5 Ra5 32. h4 Ra8 33. Rg2 Kd8 34. Rgd2 Kc7
35. Qe3 Kb7 36. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1787"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nf3 h5 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. b4 Rde8 16. Qa6+ Kd8 17. c4 Nh2 18. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 h4 20. b5 cxb5 21.
Bd2 Qb8 22. Rab1 Bc7 23. Rxb5 Qc8 24. Qxa7 Qd7 25. Rb7 Qd6 26. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1995"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Nbd2
c5 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qb1 Qa6 12. dxe6 Nd3+ 13. Kd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke1 Nd3+
15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. exf7 Nh6 17. Rf1 Ng4 18. Ne4 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Qxf1+ 20. Kc2 Qe2+
21. Ned2 Ne3+ 22. Kb3 Qd3+ 23. Qc3 Qb5+ 24. Ka3 Nc2+ 25. Qxc2 c4+ 26. b4 Qxb4#
0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1790"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bf4 c5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. d5 h6 12. e4 Kh7 13. Bh2 e5 14. Ne1 Qe7 15. Bd3
Rf8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 Nfd7 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Ba6 21. b3
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Bc8 24. Nd1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1407"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4
Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. h4 Be7 27. Nf5
Bf8 28. h5 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. Rg6 Nb5 32. Nxh6 Bxh6 33. Rxh6+ Kg7
34. Rg6+ Kh7 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Re6 Rb7 37. Rxe5 Rf7 38. Rxc5 Re7 39. Rc4 Rb7
40. Kc2 Rb5 41. Rd4 Rc5+ 42. Kd3 Rxh5 43. Rxb4 Rh3+ 44. Kc4 Kg7 45. Rb8 Kf6 46.
b4 Re3 47. b5 Rxe4+ 48. Kd3 Re6 49. b6 Ke5 50. Kc4 Ke4 51. b4 Ke3 52. b5 Re4+
53. Kc5 Re5+ 54. Kb4 Re7 55. b7 Kd2 56. Rd8+ Ke3 57. b8=R Ra7 58. Kb3 Kf4 59.
Rdc8 Ra1 60. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1669"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Bd5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bc3 Bf6 13. e3 Ne7 14. Re1
Be4 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bb2 c4 20. Qf3
Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 b5 22. e4 Nb4 23. Ba3 Nc2 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. d5 Ke7 26. e5 f6 27.
exf6+ Kd6 28. fxg7 Nxa1 29. Rxa1 Kxd5 30. Rd1+ Kc5 31. Rd7 a5 32. Rf7 Rg8 33.
a3 b4 34. axb4+ axb4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Kd2 Kb4 37. Rb7+ Ka3 38. Kc3 Ka2 39. Kxc4
b2 40. Ra7+ Kb1 41. Kd5 Kc1 42. Rc7+ Kd1 43. Rb7 Kc1 44. Ke6 Rxg7 45. Rxb2 Kxb2
46. f4 Rg6+ 47. Ke7 Rh6 48. f5 Rxh2 49. f6 Re2+ 50. Kd7 Rd2+ 51. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1614"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5
Nd3 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rd1 Bc5 17. Rf1 Bd4 18. Rb1 Ne1 19. Qd2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxg2
21. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 22. Kg1 Bb7 23. f3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Re2 25. b4 Qh5 26. h4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1926"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. Rxe4+ Be7 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Rf4 O-O 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd5+ Qxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bd6 15. Rd4 Be6 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxa2 20.
Rd7 Rc8 21. b3 Bb1 22. Rd2 c5 23. Nd5 Rd8 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd8+ Kf7 26. Rd2
b5 27. Rd5 Bxc2 28. Rxc5 Bxb3 29. Rxb5 Bc2 30. Ra5 Kg6 31. f3 Bd3 32. Rxa7 h5
33. Ra4 Kg5 34. h4+ Kg6 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rb4 Bd7 37. Rb7 Bc8 38. Rc7 Be6 39. Ke3
Ba2 40. f4 Bd5 41. g3 Be4 42. Kd4 Bb1 43. Kc5 Ba2 44. Kd6 Bf7 45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46.
Kd7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1738"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Bxb5 Ne5 10. Qg3 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qb8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rxd6 Nh5 14. Qg5
Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bxe5 Ra5 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Qxh5 exd5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20.
Qxh7 Rxg7 21. Qxg7 Rxa2 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1551"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Nge2
Ne5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Be4 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nbd3+ 14. Kf1
f5 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. b3 b6 17. cxb6 Ba6 18. Kg1 Qh4 19. h3 axb6 20. a4 Nxc1 21.
Qc2 Nd3 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. g3 Qg5 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Qh5 27. g4 Nh4+
28. Kg3 Qh6 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 e5 31. g5 Qh5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rf1 Ng6 34.
Qxf5 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 exf4 36. exf4 Rf8 37. Qxg6 Qxf4+ 38. Ke2 Qxf1+ 39. Ke3 Qf2+
40. Ke4 Qf3+ 41. Ke5 Qe3+ 42. Kd5 Rd8+ 43. Kc6 Qc5+ 44. Kb7 Qd5+ 45. Kc7 Rd7+
46. Kc8 Qb7# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 a5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ne1 Re8 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Be4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rc2 Rae8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 R8xe5 25. Rd2 Rb5 26. Rc1 Re6 27.
Kf1 Reb6 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Rxa5 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rb3 33.
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. c4 Be7 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Nc4 O-O 12. g4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 c5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 f6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. e5 Nd5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 Rc6 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. g5 Bd8 27.
Qxb7+ Rf7 28. gxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qb3 Rb6 31. Qd3 Qf4 32. Re4 Qc7 33.
Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 c5 11. Qxc5 Rc8 12. Qd6 Ng4 13. Bb5 Rc7 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Qe6+ Kf8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd2 b5 21. a4
Nc4 22. Bc5+ Kf7 23. axb5 Nxb2 24. Ke2 Rc7 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Bxd6
Rxc3 28. bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb4 Rcc8 30. Rhb1 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd2 Ng8 33. Rb7+
Ke6 34. a7 Ne7 35. Rb8 Rc8 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Rb7 Rc4 38. Bb4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. b4 a6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. a3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8
15. a4 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. Nc4 Nh5 18. Ba3 Qc8 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ncd2 Nf4 21. h3 Bf8
22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Kh2 f6 26. Qc2 Bc8 27. Bf1 Ne6 28.
Nc4 Nc5 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nc8 32. Ne3 Nd6 33. Nd5 Qf7 34. c4
Ndb7 35. Re3 g5 36. Nd2 Ne6 37. Nb3 Nec5 38. Nd2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony L"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 a5 7. b5 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5
9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Ngxe5 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Qh4 15.
f4 Ned7 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qd2 a4 18. Rad1 a3 19. Ba1 Na4 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21. Bxc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qg7 23. Qd4 Ra4 24. Rb1 Qxd4 25. exd4 Nb6 26. c5 Nd5 27. Bg4 Rxd4
28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rf3 Rd2 32. Rxa3 Rxf4 33. Ra7
Rff2 34. Rxb7+ Kh6 35. Ra7 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rdg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 39.
Rxa2 Rxa2 40. b6 Ra8 41. Ke2 Kg5 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Kb5 d5 45. Kc6 d4
46. b7 Rb8 47. Rb5 h6 48. Kc7 Rg8 49. b8=Q Rxb8 50. Kxb8 d3 51. Kc7 d2 52. Rb1
g5 53. Rd1 h5 54. Rxd2 Ke5 55. Rf2 g4 56. h4 Ke4 57. Rf6 g3 58. Rg6 Kf3 59. Rg5
g2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Qb4 Qxb4 11. cxb4 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 13. b5 c5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rac8 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. Rc1
Nd3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. e4 d4 23. e5 b6 24. Be4 Nxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 Rc3
27. a4 Bb3 28. f4 Nc4 29. Nf3 d3 30. Nd4 Nd2 31. Nxb3 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Rxb3 33.
Ke1 Ra3 34. Kd2 Rxa4 35. Bxd3 Rxf4 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. h3 g5 38. Be2 Kd6 39. Kb3
Kc5 40. g4 Rf2 41. Bd3 Rf3 42. Kc2 Rxh3 43. Be2 Rh2 44. Kd2 a4 45. Kd1 a3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. c4 Be6 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Kc7 17. Be2 Rd8 18. b3 Nd4 19. Bd1 b6 20. Ba3
Bf5 21. Re1 f6 22. Bb2 Rd7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation"]

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. Qe2 Bf5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Rad1
Re8 15. Ng5 Rxe5 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Qc5 Ne7 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. Qc6
Re8 21. Rd7 Qe5 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Re2 24. Rc5 R8e7 25. g3 Rd2 26. Rc6 g5
27. b4 Kg7 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Kg1 f6 32. Rc5 Kg6 33. a3
Ree2 34. c4 Rd3 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Rc5 Rb3 38. Rxc7 Rxb4 39. Rc5
f5 40. Rd1 Rbe4 41. Rdd5 f4 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Rh5+ Kg6 44. Rhg5+ Kh6 45. Rh5+
Kg6 46. Rhg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nge2 a4 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Bxh4 Nfxe4 15. Bxd8
Nxd2 16. Be7 Nxf3+ 17. Kf2 a3 18. Bxf8 axb2 19. Rb1 Kxf8 20. Nge4 Ra3 21. Rxb2
f5 22. Nxc5 Rxc3 23. Rb3 e4 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Nb3 c5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Be2 Nd4
28. Bg4 Kf7 29. Ke3 Nc2+ 30. Ke2 Nd4+ 31. Ke3 Nc2+ 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 a5 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Nfd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nde4 h5 14. Qf3 h4 15. Bg5
hxg3 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd8 gxh2+ 18. Kh1 Kxd8 19. exd6 f5 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Qg3
Ra7 22. Qg5+ Kc8 23. d5 Rh5 24. Qe7 Nfd7 25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxc6 Rh8 27. Rxe6
Rd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rfe1 Nf6 30. Re8+ Nxe8 31. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Praveen, Jeeva"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1968"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bg4 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qa5 15.
Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Rad8 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ned4 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nc5 Rd2 21.
Rab1 Nd4 22. Ne4 Rc2 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Re4 Ne6 25. Ra4 a6 26. Rb4 Nc5 27. Nd5 Kf8
28. h3 Rd8 29. Ne3 Rcd2 30. Kh2 Nd3 31. Rxb7 Nxf2 32. Rf1 Ne4 33. e6 f5 34. Bc7
Rc8 35. Nc4 Rc2 36. b3 Bf6 37. Ba5 Rxa2 38. Bb4 Nc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Re1 Rb5
41. Rxb5 axb5 42. Nb6 Bg5 43. Nd5 Rd2 44. Nc3 b4 45. Na4 Bf4+ 46. Kg1 Bg3 47.
Rc1 Kg7 48. Kf1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Nc5 Kf6 51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rb2 53. Kf1
Bd6 54. Nb7 Kxe6 55. Na5 Bg3 56. Nc6 Bd6 57. Rd1 Kf6 58. Rd3 h5 59. h4 Rc2 60.
Na5 Rc3 61. Rxc3 bxc3 62. Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2249"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qe1 b6 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. b5 a4 18. bxa6 axb3 19. Kg2 Qa4 20. Qc3 Nd7 21. Rfb1
Nc5 22. Bd1 Rxa6 23. Bxb3 Qd7 24. a4 Rfa8 25. Ra3 h5 26. Rba1 Nxa4 27. Bxa4
Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Qxa4 30. Qd3 g6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kf8 33. Kg3
Ke7 34. f4 Qa1 35. Kg2 Qb2+ 36. Kg3 Qc1 37. Kg2 Kd8 38. fxe5 Qb2+ 39. Kf3 Qxe5
40. Qa3 Ke7 41. Qa7 Qf6+ 42. Kg3 Qe5+ 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Qa4+ Kd8 45. Qa8+ Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Cui, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8.
Be5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 12. f4 Ng7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qa4+ Qd7
15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. dxe4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 b5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Rad1+ Kc6 20. a4 Rhd8
21. Rc1 Be3 22. Rc2 Kb6 23. a5+ Kb7 24. Ne2 Rd3 25. Nec1 Rdd8 26. Rc3 Ba7 27.
Nd3 Rac8 28. Rfc1 Be3 29. Ndc5+ Bxc5 30. Nxc5+ Ka7 31. Nd3 Kb7 32. g3 Rd4 33.
Kg2 Ne8 34. Kf3 Rcd8 35. Ke3 Kb8 36. Rb3 Kb7 37. Nb4 Ng7 38. Nc6 Rd1 39. Nxd8+
Rxd8 40. Rd3 Rxd3+ 41. Kxd3 h5 42. Kd4 Ne8 43. Kc5 f5 44. exf5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1595"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4
Re8 9. Be2 Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f4 Rac8 14. c5 f6
15. O-O-O e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. g4 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. e4 exd4 20. Rxd4 b5 21.
a3 Ne6 22. Rdd1 d4 23. Na2 c5 24. Qb3 c4 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. Nxb4 d3 27. Kb1 dxe2
28. Rxd7 Nc5 29. Rd5 Rxe4 30. Re1 Ne6 31. Rd2 Nd4 32. Nd5 Rce8 33. Nc3 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1882"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 {Phone foreit} 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1667"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 a6
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bh3 Rae8 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. Re2 Ng5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Bg4 h5 28. Be2 Kf7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. f4 Ne6 31. Bf3 Nxf4 32. g3 Ne6 33. Rxd5 Rxd5
34. Bxd5 b6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. b4 g5 39. h3 Kd5 40. Kd3
Ke5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. b3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Kb5 46. Kb2 Kb4 47.
Kc2 Kb5 48. Kb2 Kc6 49. Kc2 Kb5 50. Kb2 Kc6 51. Kc2 Kb6 52. Kb2 Kb5 53. Ka3 Kc6
54. Ka4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1648"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Nc5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. f3
Nb4 15. Kb1 Rfb8 16. b3 a4 17. Bc4 Qe8 18. g4 b5 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Rd2 Qa6 21. h4
c5 22. Rhd1 Ne8 23. e5 c4 24. e6 d5 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. bxa4 bxa4
28. Ka1 Qb6 29. Qe5 Nc7 30. Rb1 d4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb4 Qa5 34.
Qc5 Qxb4 35. Qxb4 Nc3 36. Qb2 Rxb2 37. Kxb2 Rb8+ 38. Bb3 axb3 39. cxb3 Rd8 40.
a4 Kg8 41. a5 Kf7 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. b4 Re8 45. Rf2 Re3+ 46. Kc2 Kc4
47. a6 Re6 48. b5 Nxb5 49. h5 Rxa6 50. Kc1 Nc3 51. Rb2 Kd3 52. Rd2+ Ke3 53. Rb2
d3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1869"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. e5 bxc3 17. exf6 cxb2 18. fxe7 Qxe7 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. b4 Qf6 21. bxc5
Rxd4 22. Qe2 Rcd8 23. Rxb2 Rd2 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd2 Qg5 26. f4 Qxc5+ 27. Qf2
Qe7 28. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1808"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4
15. Bb1 Rfd8 16. a3 Na6 17. Ra2 Rac8 18. h4 Rc3 19. Qd2 Rdc8 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Qd7 22. Bf5 Qxf5 23. Qxc3 h6 24. Qe5 Qd3 25. Rd2 Qxa3 26. d6 Bc6 27. d7
Rd8 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qxd8 Qxd8 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 32. Rd8 Kf8 33.
Ra8 Nc5 34. Rxa7 b5 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 Bb5+ 37. Kd2 b3 38. Kc3 Ne4+ 39. Kxb3
Nxf2 40. Ne5 f6 41. Ng6+ Kg8 42. h5 Ne4 43. Kb4 Bf1 44. Nf4 Ng3 45. Kc5 Nf5 46.
Ra1 Ng3 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ne6 Nxh5 50. g4 Bh3 51. Ra4 Kf7 52. Kd6
Ng3 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Rxg7+ Kh8 55. Rg6 Kh7 56. Nf8+ Kh8 57. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1688"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qa5 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 Bc5 8.
Qe5+ Kd8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Bxf6+ Nxf6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rc8
14. Qxf6+ gxf6 15. Rxd7+ Ke8 16. Rxa7+ Rxc6 17. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1721"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Rc1 c4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Re8 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. Bf3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. b4 Nb6 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nb1 Nd6 21. Qb2 Rad8 22.
Nc3 Qg5 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Rfd1 Nd6 25. Qf1 Re6 26. g3 Ne4 27. Qg2 f5 28. Ne2 Qe7
29. Rb1 Kh7 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rd2 g5 32. Kf1 Rf6 33. Ke1 Rdf8 34. Nc3 Qf7 35.
Rbb2 Qh5 36. Re2 Qf3 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Kf1 h5 39. Kg2 h4 40. Re1 Kg6 41. Rc2
Rd8 42. Ne2 Rdf8 43. Nc3 Kf5 44. Ne2 Ke6 45. Ng1 R3f7 46. g4 h3+ 47. Nxh3 Kf6
48. Ng1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1649"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bf5 14.
Ke2 Rd8 15. Be3 Rxd5 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. d4 e4 18. Rac1 Bg4+ 19. f3 exf3+ 20. gxf3
Be6 21. Rc5 Rfd8 22. b3 b6 23. Rc6 Rh5 24. Bf4 Rf5 25. Bg3 Bd5 26. Rc3 Re8+ 27.
Kf2 g5 28. Rdd3 g4 29. f4 Re4 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 Rf6 32. Rd8 Rf5 33. Rd6 Re6
34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Rc3 Rd5 36. Ke3 Ra5 37. Rc2 Kf6 38. Be1 Rh5 39. Bg3 Rh3 40.
Kf2 h5 41. Kg1 Kf5 42. Rc6 h4 43. Be1 g3 44. Bxg3 hxg3 45. hxg3 Rh1+ 46. Kf2
Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. Rxb6 Ra3 49. g4+ Kxg4 50. Ke4 Ra5 51. b4 Bf5+ 52. Ke3
Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Be6 54. Kd2 Kxf4 55. b5 axb5 56. Rxb5 Ke4 57. Rb4 Rd3+ 58. Ke2
Rxd4 59. Rb7 Bg4+ 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Rxf7+ Bf5 62. Ke2 Rc4 63. Kd2 Rc2+ 64. Kd1
Rg2 65. Ke1 Ke4 66. Re7+ Kd3 67. Rf7 Be4 68. Kf1 Ke3 69. Re7 Rh2 70. Rg7 Rh1+
71. Rg1 Rh5 72. Rg8 Ra5 73. Rg3+ Bf3 74. Kg1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Rowe, Abigail"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1551"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Na3 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. d3 a6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nc2 b5 14. Bb3 Rad8 15. a3
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. d4 c4 18. Ba2 Nf4 19. Re3 e4 20. Qe1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+
22. Kf1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Burns, Christopher J"]
[Black "Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.15"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1348"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. h3 Bc6 14. a5 Rad8 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Rad1 e5 18. Kh2 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. c3
Nd7 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Rd5 f6 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rxb5 Nd8 26. Rc1 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Rxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxb7 Rd8 30. a6 Rff8 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. b5 h6 33. b6 Bg5 34. a7
Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rb2 37. b7 Rb5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. bxa8=Q+ Kh7 40.
Be4+ g6 41. Rf1 h5 42. Qf8 d5 43. Rf7# 1-0

