[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Stoltz Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. d4
g6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Ng5 e6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Be3 Be5 15.
Bc5 Kg7 16. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nazeer, Afique M"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1107"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a3 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Be3 c5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bc1 Bd4+ 18. Kf1 Nxh2+ 19. Ke2 Qg6 20. Rh1 Qxg3 21.
Rxh2 Qxh2 22. Kf3 f5 23. Be3 fxe4+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]

 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[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. Be3 Ng4 8. Qd2
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Rxb2 13. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 14. Rd2
Qa5 15. Bc2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxa2 17. Qc3 O-O 18. O-O Be6 19. Bb3 Qa3 20. Ra1 Qc5
21. h4 f5 22. Qd3 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rf6 25. Qxc6 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Qd4+
27. Kh2 Qxa1 28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Qxe7 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Rb8 31. Ba2 Rb2 32. Qe8+ Kg7
33. Qe7+ Bf7 34. Qxa7 Qe4 35. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Tao, Junqing Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Réti Opening: Réti Accepted"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nc6 4. Nxc4 Nf6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bb2 e6 7. g3 Bc5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 h6 11. h3 Rb8 12. b4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. d3 Nb5 15.
Rc1 c6 16. Kh2 Nc7 17. Qb3 Bg6 18. Be5 Rc8 19. Nd6 Nd7 20. Nxb7 Qe7 21. Bd6 Qf6
22. Bxc6 Nd5 23. Kg2 Bh5 24. Rfe1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. e4 Nf4+ 27. gxf4 Qxf4
28. d4 Rf8 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. e5 Qe7 31. Nd6 Rcd8 32. Ne4 Bg6 33. Rcd1 Qc7 34. b5
a6 35. a4 axb5 36. axb5 Qa7 37. Qc3 Rc8 38. Nd6 Rcd8 39. Ra1 Qe7 40. Qg3 Qc7
41. Kh2 Qb6 42. Qc3 Qc7 43. Rg1 Qe7 44. Qg3 Qc7 45. Qe3 Qe7 46. b6 Rb8 47. Ra7
Qh4 48. b7 Rfd8 49. Ra8 Qe7 50. Rxb8 Rxb8 51. Ra1 Kh7 52. Ra8 Qc7 53. Be4 f5
54. Bg2 Qd8 55. Rxb8 Qxb8 56. Qb3 f4 57. Qxe6 Qf8 58. Qc8 Qe7 59. b8=Q Bh5 60.
Be4+ g6 61. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Bd3 d6 12. h3 Ra5 13. Qf3 Rg5 14. Rfe1
Nh5 15. a4 Ree5 16. Kh1 Rg6 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Qe3 Reg5 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Raf1 Rh6
21. f4 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Noble, Mark F"]
[Black "Broad, Cory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]

0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Pei, Yanshuo"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Mexican Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Bc5 8. a3 a5
9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. O-O Ng4 13. b4 f6 14. Bg6+ Nxg6 15. Qxg6+
Kf8 16. Ne4 Qe8 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Kf7 21. Ra8
Rf8 22. Ra7 fxg5 23. Nfxg5+ Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Ne4 dxc5 26. bxc5 Nf6 27.
Nc3 Nd7 28. c6 Nc5 29. Nb5 Rf6 30. Nxc7 Rf7 31. cxb7 Bxb7 32. d6 Rd7 33. Ra5
Nd3 34. Ra7 Bc6 35. Ra6 Rxd6 36. Ne8 Re6 37. Nc7 Rf6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Winsley, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: von Hennig Gambit"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nxe4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Bh6 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Rad1 Qh4 14.
Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. Kh1 Qa5
15. a3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Qh5 17. b4 Be8 18. a4 Nd7 19. Qf2 Bf6 20. a5 Rac8 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Qb6 Rb8 24. Rxd6 Nd7 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Rcd1 Ne5 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Kg1 Nc6 30. Na2 h6 31. Kf2 e5 32. Qd3 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4
34. Bd3 Ba4 35. Nc3 Bb3 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Nd5 Kf8 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. b5 axb5 40.
cxb5 Bxd5 41. exd5 Nb3+ 42. Kc3 Nxa5 43. b6 Ke7 44. Kb4 Kd6 45. Kxa5 g6 46. Kb5
f5 47. g4 e4 48. fxe4 fxg4 49. Be2 h5 50. Kc4 g5 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carpinter, Bernard A"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. c4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a4 Ne7 8. Be3
b6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bh6 Be6 12. h4 f6 13. h5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 g5 15.
Nxg5 fxg5 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nc4 Rae8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Qxe5+ Kg8 20. Qxg5+ Kh8
21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Nf5 23. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1492"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qc7 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Qb6 Qxb6 12. Bxb6 Be7 13. e5 f5 14. h4
O-O 15. Rd3 Nd8 16. Rhd1 Nf7 17. Kb1 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Nxe5 19. Rd6 Nc4 20. f4 Nxd6
21. Rxd6 Rf6 22. Nf3 Rh6 23. a4 a5 24. Nb5 Ra6 25. Nc7 Rh1+ 26. Ka2 Rxb6 27.
Rxb6 d5 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. Rd8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Paulsen, Jens"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Maróczy Variation"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ne2 Ne8 16. c3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc7 20. e5 Nb5 21. Qd3
cxd4 22. c4 Nc3 23. Re1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qb6 25. Bd2 e6 26. Kh2 Qc5 27. Bxc3 dxc3
28. Qxc3 Rb4 29. Rac1 Rfb8 30. Rc2 Rb3 31. Qa1 h5 32. Re4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Qe8 9. Nf3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Qxc5 Bg4 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Rac1 g6 18. b4 h5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rfe8
21. h3 Be6 22. Rfc1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. a4 Kg7 25. b5 Kf6 26. a5 Reb8 27.
R1c5 g5 28. a6 Rh8 29. Nc6 Rag8 30. Nxa7 h4 31. b6 g4 32. Kh2 gxh3 33. gxh3 Rg6
34. Rc8 Rh7 35. b7 Rhg7 36. Rc1 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 38. b8=Q Rf3 39. Qb2+ Kg6 40.
Rg1+ Kh5 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Membrere, Briene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 f6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nxe5 Nxc4 9. Nexc4 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. Ncd2 Bb4 14. a4
Ba5 15. axb5 Bb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. bxc6 Ne7 18. c7 Rd7 19. Ra6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "VanMeter, Lester"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 e6
9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bh4 b6 15. Bg3 e5
16. Ra3 Nf8 17. Bh2 Qd8 18. a5 h6 19. Qc2 g5 20. g4 Ng6 21. Rfa1 Nf4 22. Bxf4
exf4 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rb3 Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Na4 Rxb3 28. Nxb3
Be3 29. Nc3 Qf6 30. Nd1 h5 31. Qc3 Bd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Qd2 Rh8 34. Nf2 Ne5
35. Rh1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxh1 37. Nxh1 Bxg4 38. Qxd4 Bd7 39. Nf2 g4 40. Nd3 gxf3+
41. Bxf3 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qg3+ 43. Ke2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Hamalala, Ronald"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na5 8. Bb3
a6 9. Bd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Nh2 Qe8 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 f5 15.
Qe2 Qg6 16. Rf3 Bd7 17. Raf1 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. dxe4 Bc6
21. g4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. c3 a5 24. c4 b6 25. Nf1 Bc2 26. b4 axb4 27. Bxb4
Bb3 28. Nd2 Bc2 29. Kf2 Be7 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Nf1 Be4 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ne3 Bd3 34.
b3 c6 35. g3 Bg5 36. Bd2 d5 37. h4 Bxe3+ 38. Kxe3 dxc4 39. b4 Bh7 40. Bc3 Kd5
41. Bd2 c5 42. Bc3 cxb4 43. Bxb4 g6 44. Bf8 h5 45. Bb4 Bg8 46. gxh5 gxh5 47.
Bc3 Be6 48. Bb4 Bf5 49. Bc3 b5 50. Bb4 Kc6 51. Bc3 Kc5 52. Bxe5 b4 53. Kd2 c3+
54. Kc1 Kc4 55. Bd6 b3 56. Ba3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Rapport-Jobava System"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. h3 c5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 Bc6 14. Ng3 Re8 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qg4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Nh5
Bf8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qh4 h5 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 Qxb2 27. Be4
Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Rd7 Qa5 31. Red1 Be7 32. Qb7 Kf8 33. Rc7 Qa3
34. Rdd7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qa3 36. Qe4 Qb4 37. Qxb4 Bxb4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Ra2 Rc8 14. Re2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Kh1 g6 17. Bb1 Ba6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qxd4 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Rf1 Nc4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Ba2 Nd6 26. Rf1 Rc8 27. Qd1
Ndxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 29. Qa1 Rc6 30. Qb2 Qd3 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qc3 33. Qf2
Qc2 34. Qf3 Rd6 35. Bxf7 Qc6 36. Qb3 Rd2 37. Rg1 Qc2 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. Be6 Re2
40. Bc4 Rc2 41. Bb5 Ne4 42. Re1 Nc3 43. Bc4 Rd2 44. Kg1 Rd1 45. Kf1 Kf6 46.
Rxd1 Nxd1 47. Ke2 Nc3+ 48. Kd3 Na4 49. Kd4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 h6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxe5 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bb6 21. Rd5
Qf6 22. c5 Bd8 23. Be5 Qa6 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Ra4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 e4 14. O-O-O
Qe7 15. Rhe1 Rae8 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxc6 Be5 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Qa4 e3 20. d4 Bd6
21. Re2 g5 22. h3 Nh5 23. Nb5 Ng3 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. d5+ Kg8 26. Qd4 Qg6 27.
Rde1 Rcd8 28. a4 Rd7 29. Ka2 Nxe2 30. Rxe2 Rf5 31. c4 h5 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Ba3
Re7 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Qb8 Qb6 36. Qh8 Qg6 37. Qc8 Re5 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. d6 Qd3
40. d7 Qxe2+ 41. Ka3 Qd2 42. d8=Q+ Qxd8 43. Qxd8+ Kf5 44. Qd3+ Re4 45. Qe2 g4
46. hxg4+ hxg4 47. c5 Ke5 48. c6 f3 49. gxf3 gxf3 50. Qxf3 e2 51. Qg3+ Kd5 52.
c7 Re8 53. Qd3+ Kc6 54. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[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. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rab1 Be6 14. b4 axb3
15. axb3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Na4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bd4+ 19. Kf1 Nc5 20. Nb6 Nxe4
21. Bb4 Bxb6 22. fxe4 Ra2 23. Bc3 Be3 24. Rd1 Rca8 25. Bb2 Bh6 26. Ra1 Bg7 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rb1 Kf6 30. Bf3 Ke5 31. Rd1 Rb2 32. Rd3 g5 33. h3
b6 34. Kg1 f6 35. Kh2 Bf7 36. Kg3 h5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Kg1 Kf4 39. e5 fxe5 40. Bc6
e4 41. Rd1 Bg6 42. Kh2 Rxb3 43. Bd5 Rb2 44. Rf1+ Ke5 45. Rf8 e3 46. Rg8 e2 47.
Rxg6 b5 48. Re6+ Kd4 49. Bf3 bxc4 50. Bxe2 c3 51. Bd1 Rb7 52. Bc2 d5 53. Kg1
Rb2 54. Re2 Rxc2 55. Rxc2 Kd3 56. Ra2 c2 57. Ra1 Kd2 58. Ra2 d4 59. Kf2 Kd1 60.
Ra4 d3 61. Ra3 d2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. e3
Ne4 9. Na3 Ndf6 10. Nc4 Qe8 11. a4 Nd5 12. Ne1 Qg6 13. Nd3 Bg5 14. Qe2 Ndc3 15.
Qe1 Nd5 16. f3 Nef6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Na5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bd7 20. Qe2 Qh6 21. e5
Nfd5 22. c4 Ne3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bxb7 d5 25. c5 Be8 26. h4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Qg6+
28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. Kh3 Qxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Nf2+ 31. Kg3 Nxd3 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Ba3 Rf4
34. Nc6 Bh5 35. Rg1 Rg4+ 36. Kh2 Rxh4+ 37. Kg2 Be2 38. Rh1 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 Nf2+
40. Kh2 Nxh1 41. Kxh1 Bf3+ 42. Kh2 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 g5 44. Bc8 Kf7 45. Nd8+ Kg6 46.
Bxe6 h5 47. Bf7+ Kh6 48. Bf8+ Kh7 49. Bxh5 g4+ 50. Kh4 Rg1 51. Kg5 Rf1 52. Bg6+
Kg8 53. e6 g3 54. Bf7+ Kh8 55. Bd6 g2 56. Bh2 g1=Q+ 57. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 58. Kf6 Rf1
59. Ke5 Kg7 60. Kd6 Re1 61. e7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with d6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Bb6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3
Rad8 16. Qc1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bc8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qe7 20. e5 Nh7 21. e6
Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Nh5 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qh8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. a3 Bc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb5 Ne5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bf5
15. e4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Nh3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qf3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 fxe6 6. Ng5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. f4 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd7 14. Qc4
Qa7 15. d3 d5 16. Qa4 c4+ 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Bd2 cxd3 19. cxd3 O-O 20. Rae1 Ng4
21. Nd1 Nh6 22. Bc3 Nf5 23. Re6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rf6 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Re1 Qd7 27.
Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 a6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Bg5 b5 14. h4 b4
15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rh3 Kf8 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Rf3 Bb7 20. Qxf6+ Kd7
21. Qxf7+ Ne7 22. Rf6 e5 23. Qe6+ Ke8 24. Rf7 Rd7 25. Rxh7 Kd8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7
27. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qb1 Ng4
15. Qe1 e5 16. Be2 exd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Qh4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf3 g6 23. Rc2 c5 24. d5 Kf7 25. h3 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Re7 27. Re2
Rae8 28. Rfe3 Nh5 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. g4 fxg4+ 33.
hxg4 Ng7 34. Kg3 h6 35. Bc2 h5 36. gxh5 Nxh5+ 37. Kg4 Ng7 38. Bd3 Ne8 39. Bc2
Nc7 40. Bd3 b5 41. b3 b4 42. Bc2 a5 43. Bd3 Na6 44. Bc2 Nb8 45. Bd3 Nd7 46. Bc2
Nf8 47. Bd3 Nd7 48. Bc2 Nb6 49. Bd3 a4 50. Bc2 a3 51. Bd3 Nd7 52. Bc2 Nb6 53.
Bd3 Na4 54. bxa4 b3 55. Bb1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 d6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. a5 Nd7 15.
Na4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 b5 21. axb6
Qxb6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Reb1 Ra7 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. b5 Bd7 26. bxa6 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1
Bc8 28. Qb5 Kf8 29. Ra5 Ke7 30. e5 Qd7 31. Bc6 Qd8 32. exd6+ Qxd6 33. c5 Qc7
34. Qb6 Kd8 35. Bb7 Rxb7 36. axb7 Bxb7 37. Ra7 Kc8 38. Qd6 Kb8 39. f4 f6 40.
Ra3 Kc8 41. Qf8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Rc3 Kc7 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Ke3 e5 46. fxe5
fxe5 47. Kd2 Kc6 48. Kc2 Be6 49. Kb2 Bxh3 50. Kb3 Bg2 51. Kb4 h5 52. Re3 e4 53.
Kc4 g5 54. Ra3 Bf1+ 55. Kd4 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rh8 Bg2 59. Rh6+
Kc7 60. Rh7+ Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kc7 62. Rh7+ Kc6 63. Rh6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Ba6 7. c3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd6 13. g3 Nbc6 14. a3
Rac8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Rc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Qd3
Rc8 21. Rc1 a4 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nd2 Qc1+ 24. Nf1 Qxb2 25. Qa6 g6 26. Qxa4 Nf5
27. Ne3 Qc1+ 28. Nf1 Qc3 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qd8 Qxa3 31. Qxb6 h5 32. Kg2 Qd3 33.
Ne3 Qe4+ 34. Kh3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Be6 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. f4
Rb6 15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Qf3 Rxb2 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Rf2 Rxc2 19. g4 Rxf2 20. Kxf2
Be6 21. Kg3 h5 22. h3 h4+ 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Rd2 Qd7 25. f5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qa4 27.
Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 Ne4 29. Nxb8 Nxd2 30. Qd5 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Nc6 a6 33.
Kf3 Nc3 34. a3 Ke8 35. g5 Nb5 36. a4 Nc3 37. a5 Na4 38. Kg4 Nc5 39. Kxh4 Kd7
40. Nb4 Nb7 41. Nxa6 Nxa5 42. e6+ fxe6 43. Nc5+ Ke7 44. Nxe6 g6 45. Nxc7 gxf5
46. Nd5+ Kf7 47. Kh5 Kg7 48. g6 Nc6 49. Kg5 Ne5 50. Nf4 Nf3+ 51. Kxf5 Nh4+ 52.
Kg5 Nf3+ 53. Kg4 Ne5+ 54. Kf5 Nf3 55. Ne6+ Kg8 56. Kf6 Nh4 57. Nd4 Kh8 58. Nf5
Nf3 59. Ne7 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Rc1 Bh7 13. Kh1 f6 14. c5 Nd5 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Bb5 Nb4 17. a3 a6 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. dxe5 Qd7
22. Qd3+ Kh8 23. Rcd1 Rad8 24. b4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rdf8
28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. c6 bxc6 30. Kg1 Rf4 31. g3 Re4 32. Kf2 Kg8 33. Bb2 Kf7 34.
Rc1 c5 35. bxc5 Ke6 36. Kf3 c6 37. h3 a5 38. Rc2 a4 39. Rc1 g6 40. Rc2 h5 41.
g4 Rc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Ke4 Bxc5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Bc1 Bf2 46. Bh6 Be1 47. Bg7
Bc3 48. Bh8 Bb2 49. Bg7 Bxa3 50. Kd4 Bb2+ 51. Kxc4 Bxe5 52. Bh6 Bd6 53. Bc1 Kf5
54. Bd2 Ke4 55. Bg5 Kf3 56. Bf6 Kg3 57. h4 Kg4 58. Bd8 Bg3 59. Kb4 Bxh4 60. Bc7
Bg3 61. Bd8 h4 62. Bxh4 Bxh4 63. Kxa4 Bf2 64. Kb4 Kf4 65. Kc4 Ke4 66. Kc3 Kd5
67. Kd3 c5 68. Ke2 Bd4 69. Kd3 c4+ 70. Kc2 Kc5 71. Kd2 Kb4 72. Kc2 Be5 73. Kc1
Kc3 74. Kb1 Kd2 75. Ka2 c3 76. Kb3 c2 77. Ka2 c1=Q 78. Kb3 Qc5 79. Ka4 Bc3 80.
Kb3 Qb4+ 81. Ka2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[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. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Be3
Ne8 16. c5 Ra8 17. c6 Bc8 18. b5 Nc5 19. Rxa8 Nxb3 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxd8 Nxd2
22. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Nb8 11. c4 c5 12. Nb5 c6 13. N5c3 Be6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15.
Nd2 Na6 16. Nf3 d4 17. Ne4 Bxc4 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. h4 f6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. Ng3 Qxf4 23. Rxe7 Rfe8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Qd3 Qh6 26. Nf5 Nb4 27. Qd1 Qf4 28.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. g4 fxg5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "McConnell, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Ba3 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nb6 Qb4 19. c3 Qb5 20. Ka1 Be7 21. g5
Ne8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rd5 Qb8 26. Rxd7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7
28. h4 Ne6 29. Qh2 Rd8 30. h5 Nf8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qf2 Rd3 33. f4 exf4 34.
Bxf4 Qd8 35. Ne2 Bxg5 36. Nd4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Ne6 38. Qh2 Qd7 39. Qb8+ Qd8 40.
Qb7 Qc7 41. Qa8+ Qd8 42. Qxa6 Nxd4 43. Qxc4+ Ne6 44. Qxe6+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46.
Qe6+ Kg7 47. a3 Rd6 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Rf1 Rd1+ 50. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 51. Ka2 Qf1 52.
Qd5+ Kg7 53. a4 h5 54. Qe5+ Kh6 55. a5 Qc4+ 56. Ka3 Qf1 57. b4 Qa1+ 58. Kb3
Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kc5 Qg1+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 Be7 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. Rac1 c5 14. Rfd1 c4
15. Qf5 Nb8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Rc7 18. Nf4 Rd7 19. f3 Nc6 20. Be1 Bd6 21. Nh5
Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Bb8 23. Bh4 f6 24. Qg4 Qe8 25. Kh1 f5 26. Qh3 Qxe3 27. Re1 Qxd4
28. Rcd1 Qc5 29. f4 d4 30. Qf3 Bd6 31. Bf2 Be7 32. Re6 Rf6 33. Ree1 Rfd6 34.
Ne2 Bf6 35. Ng3 Qd5 36. Qh5 Ne7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Nh5 Ng8 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Qe5
d3 41. h3 Ne4 42. Bh4 Qxe5 43. fxe5 Re6 44. g4 Rxe5 45. gxf5 d2 46. Rf1 c3 47.
bxc3 Nxc3 48. f6 gxf6 49. Bxf6 Nxd1 50. Bxe5 Ne3 51. Rg1 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O
b5 15. Nc2 Bg5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nb4 Qd7 19. Ra6 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Rc5
21. Rfa1 g6 22. Ra7 Rb7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Ra5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5
27. Rxb5 Rd2 28. Bf3 e4 29. Rxg5 exf3 30. gxf3 Rxb2 31. Rd5 Rc2 32. Rxd6 Rxc3
33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rc4 35. f4 h5 36. Rb6 Rc3+ 37. f3 Rc1 38. Rd6 Rg1+ 39. Kf2
Rh1 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. h4 Rb5 43. Rc6 Rb8 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kf4 Rb5 46.
Kg5 f4+ 47. Kxf4 f6 48. Rc4 Kg6 49. Re4 Rf5+ 50. Kg3 Rb5 51. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 Qd6 14.
h5 Kg7 15. g4 e6 16. Rh3 c5 17. Rdh1 Rh8 18. Qf1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4
Rac8+ 21. Kb1 e5 22. hxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Ka1 exd4 24. exd4 Qe4 25. Qd1 Rc2 26. f3
Qe2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Rh5 Rf2 29. Rxd5 Rxf3 30. Rd7 Rf4 31. Rg1 a5 32. a3 b5
33. d5 Rd4 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. d6 Kg6 36. Ka2 a4 37. Rf5 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Rd5
Rfb8 40. Rd2 R4b6 41. Ra7 Rd8 42. d7 Rb4 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. g5+ Ke7 45. Ka3 Re4
46. Ra7 Re5 47. Kxa4 Rxg5 48. b4 Rg1 49. Rb7 Rg6 50. b5 h5 51. b6 h4 52. Kb5
Rg5+ 53. Ka6 Rg3 54. Ra7 h3 55. b7 Rgg8 56. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Paulsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O e6 5. Re1 Nge7 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qe7
15. a3 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa6 Qh4
21. g3 Qh5 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Bg2 Ba8 24. Rc1 f6 25. Nc3 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Nd1
g5 28. h3 Qg6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nbd2 e6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nb3 h5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Bg5 Rc8
15. Nh4 Qb5 16. Nc5 Qxb2 17. Re2 Qa3 18. Re3 Qa5 19. Rb3 Rc7 20. Bd2 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qb4
Nd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. d5 exd5
21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. a4 Ba6 24. h3 Rc7 25. Qa2 Nd7 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nf5
Qc5 28. d6 Rb7 29. Qd5 Qc3 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Rxd7 Rab8 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qd3 Bxg2
34. Kxg2 g6 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Qd5 a6 38. Ne5 Rd8 39. d7 b5 40. Nc6
Rxd7 41. Qxd7 bxa4 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with d6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Bb6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. Nc4 h6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. d4 Nd7 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Rf1 Nc5 20. Qc2 d5 21.
exd5 exd5 22. Bd2 Ne4 23. Be3 c5 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Qb3 Qe6 26. Bc1 Kh8 27. Re2
Rf7 28. Rfe1 Rfe7 29. Qc2 b5 30. b3 Qf6 31. c4 b4 32. cxd5 Nc3 33. Rxe7 Rxe7
34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qd2 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nxc1 37. Qxc1 Qd6 38. Qd2 b5 39. g3 c4 40.
bxc4 bxc4 41. Kg2 c3 42. Qd3 Kg8 43. Kf3 Qc5 44. Ke2 c2 45. Kf3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qe7 13. c4 Qe6 14. Qd2 Nh7
15. b4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. b5 Na7 18. bxa6 b6 19. Rfe1 Qc8 20. d4 Nc6 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Rxe5 g5 25. Bg3 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Qxa6 27. Re8+
Nf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Qg8+ Kf5 32. Qxf7+ Kxe5 33.
Qxc7+ Kd4 34. Qd6+ Kc3 35. Qd3+ Kb4 36. Qb3+ Kc5 37. Qe3+ Kb4 38. g3 Qa1+ 39.
Kg2 Qa8+ 40. Qf3 Qe8 41. Qb3+ Kc5 42. Qb5+ Qxb5 43. cxb5 Kxb5 44. f4 g4 45. Kf2
Kc4 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Kd2 b5 48. c3+ Kc4 49. Kc2 h5 50. Kd2 Kc5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52.
Ke3 Kc4 53. f5 Kd5 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kg6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[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.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Rad1 Qh4 14.
Rfe1 Bg4 15. Rxe4 Bxf3 16. Rxh4 Bxd1 17. Rb4 Bxc2 18. Rb7 Bb1 19. Rxc7 Bxa2 20.
Rxc6 h6 21. Rd6 a5 22. f3 a4 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Bc3 Bc4 25. Rd7 Re2 26. Ra7 Bb3
27. h3 Re6 28. Rb7 Rc6 29. Rb4 Bc2 30. Bd4 Bb3 31. Bc3 Kh7 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rb7
Kg6 34. Bd4 Bc4 35. Rb6 Bb3 36. Rxe6+ fxe6 37. f4 Kf7 38. h4 Bc2 39. Be5 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. fxg5 Kg6 42. Ke3 Kxg5 43. g3 Kg4 44. Bd6 Bf5 45. Be5 Kh3 46. Kf2
Kg4 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Kd4 Bg4 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Kd4 Bd1 51. Bf4 Kg4 52. Be5 Kf3 53.
Bf4 Bc2 54. Be5 Bf5 55. Bf4 Ke2 56. Be5 Kd2 57. Kc5 Kd3 58. Bd4 Ke4 59. Bf2 e5
60. Kb4 Bd7 61. Kc3 d4+ 62. Kd2 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
a5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qc2 a4 13. Ndb5 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Rxa1 Bg4 16. Ra7 Qb8 17. Ra1 Re8 18. h3 Bf3 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Re3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 c6 22. Na3 Nf8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nb1 Qa7 25. Nf4 Nd4 26. Qd1 Qb6 27. Ne2 Nd7
28. Bc3 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Nc5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nd2 Qb4 32. Qc2 f5 33. Kf1 fxe4 34.
Nxe4 Qxb3 35. Nxd6 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Kf6 37. Ne8+ Kf7 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Bg5 14. O-O
Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. f4 f6 17. Kh1 b5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8
21. c4 Bd7 22. Qf2 Ng6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qe2 b4 26. Nc2 a5 27. b3
Qe7 28. Qe3 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Kg1 Qf5 31. Qe2 Qf4 32. Qe3 g5 33. g3 Qf5
34. Ne1 Kf7 35. Nd3 Qg4 36. c5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Bb5 39. Nf2 Qb1+ 40.
Kg2 Bf1+ 41. Kf3 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bd6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. d5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc4 Bf5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 Kf8 27.
Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Ke7 29. Bd5 Be6 30. Bf3 Bxa2 31. b4 Kd6 32. Bg2 Bc4 33. f4 f6
34. fxe5+ fxe5 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Ke3 Bxc6 37. Bf1 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kd2 e4 40.
Ke3 Ke5 41. Bc4 Kf5 42. Be2 a4 43. Kd4 a3 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[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. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d4 8. Ne2
e5 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
c3 c5 16. d3 Bg7 17. Qd1 O-O 18. cxd4 exd4 19. f4 Qc6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Qf3 N7b6
22. Kh2 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bd1 Nb4 25. Ne4 Kh8 26. g3 Nd3 27. Be2 Nxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qd5 29. Nd6 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 d3 31. Nxc4 Rc8 32. b3 Bf8 33. h4 Bb4 34. Rd1
Nxc4 35. bxc4 d2 36. Bd5 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rc5 38. Kf3 Ra5 39. Rb1 Bc3 40. Ke2 Ra3
41. g4 Ba5 42. g5 Kf8 43. Kd1 Re3 44. Kc2 Ra3 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. Rb7+ Kd8 47. Rb1
Ke7 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. Rb1 Ke7 50. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nc6 6. d3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Qc3 Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 a4
15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra5 18. Rc1 Rb5 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rc4 Nd4 21.
e3 f5 22. exd4 fxe4 23. dxe4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Rxa4 Rxb2 26. Qc3+ Kh7 27.
O-O Rd8 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. e5 Rb3 30. Qe4+ Qg6 31. Qe2 Rbd3 32. h3 R8d4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Rc1 c6 35. Qb2 Rd5 36. Qxb7 Rxe5 37. Rxc6 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qb2 Qf3
40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ Qxc3 42. Rxc3 Ra1 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Ke3 Kg6 46.
h4 Rxf2 47. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[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 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 g5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qg7 17. Kf3 Ndf6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rh1 Rxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3
21. Kxe3 c5 22. dxc5 d4+ 23. Kxd4 Rd8 24. Bb1 Bb5+ 25. Ke3 Qxg2 26. Rh4 Nd5+
27. Kd4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Na4 9. Qc2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Bb2 d6 15.
Be2 e5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qd7 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qe2
Qg4 22. h3 Qe4 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 h6 25. Qd2 Qb1 26. Ne1 Ne4 27. Qb2 Qxb2
28. Bxb2 f6 29. f3 Nd2 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. Bc1 Ke6 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. e4
d5 35. Be3 d4 36. Bc1 Bc8 37. Kc2 Bd7 38. Nd3 Bxb5 39. Nc5+ Ke7 40. g3 g5 41.
h4 Be2 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 g4 45. Bb2 Nc4 46. Bxd4 Nxa3+ 47. Kd2
Bf3 48. Ke3 Nc4+ 49. Kf2 Nd6 50. Kg3 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 b5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Nc4 Ng6 18. d4 Qd7 19. Qb1 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Nce5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe4 24. Raxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Re8 26. Qc4 Qf5 27.
Qe2 Bd4 28. Qd2 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxa5 Bc3 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Be3 Qxb5 33.
Qe4+ f5 34. Qc2 Bf6 35. Qxc7 Qb1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc1+ 37. Bxc1 g5 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. Ke2
Kf7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Kc4 h5 42. f3 g4 43. f4 gxh3 44. gxh3 Bh4 45. Be3 Bg3 46.
Kd4 Bh2 47. Kc4 Bg3 48. Kd4 Bh2 49. Kc4 Bg3 50. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[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. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. f4 Rfc8 13. b3 b5 14. f5 Bd7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qxd7 Qxc3 18. Kh1 Qc2 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Qxb5 e4 21.
Rac1 Qd3 22. Rcd1 Qe3 23. Rde1 Qb6 24. Bxe4 Qxb5 25. cxb5 Rab8 26. Bc6 Rd2 27.
a4 Kf8 28. Rd1 Rbd8 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Re1 Bh6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. g3 Rd3 33. a5
Be3 34. b6 axb6 35. a6 b5 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. a7 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. a8=Q+ Rxa8
40. Bxa8 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Bd5 Kd6 44. Bg8 h6 45. Bf7 g5 46. Kf5
Ke7 47. Bd5 h5 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 b4 50. Bf3 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Hookings, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[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. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Qc7 8.
O-O-O Ngf6 9. g4 Ne5 10. Qg3 Bd6 11. f4 Ng6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Qf3
O-O-O 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bd3 h6 19. Kb1 Rde8 20. Bc3 Qc5
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 e5 23. Bf5+ Kb8 24. Qxf7 e4 25. Qg7 a6 26. Qd4 Qd6 27.
Bxe4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "McConnell, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. c3 O-O 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rad1 c4 15.
Qc2 cxd3 16. Rxd3 b6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. a5 c5 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qc4 h6 24. Nd2 Nb7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qb3 Qa7 27. Kf2 Qb7
28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd7 30. Qa6 Bb5 31. Qxb6 Qd3 32. Ng3 h5 33. h4 Qc2+ 34.
Kg1 Qxb2 35. Qxc5 Bd3 36. Qb4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Bf6 38. Qd6 Bxh4 39. Qxd3 Qe1 40.
Nh1 Bf6 41. Bf2 Qc1 42. c4 Bg5 43. Qd5 Bf4+ 44. g3 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompowsky Attack"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
Bxd7 Bxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
exd5 Qxd5 15. Qf3 Qb5 16. O-O-O a5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd6 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 a4 20. a3
Ra6 21. Nxb7 Rb6 22. Ka1 Qb5 23. Rd2 Rxb7 24. h4 Qb3 25. g4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Rb1 Bxh4 28. Qe2 Be7 29. f4 Bxa3 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Bf8 32. f6 g6 33. Rg1
a3 34. Rg2 axb2+ 35. Qxb2 Qa4+ 36. Qa2 Qd1+ 37. Qb1 Qxb1# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h3 h5 8. Bd3 Nb6
9. Be3 Nfd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Bg7 13. f4 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. Bxc5 Bd7 17. Qb4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ Nd7 19. f5 a6 20. Qb4 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
g5 22. Bc2 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Ba4+ Kd8 25. Rfe1 Kc7 26. c5 Rd8 27. Rad1 b5
28. Bb3 f6 29. Re2 Kb8 30. Red2 Rad7 31. d6 exd6 32. Be6 Rc7 33. Rxd6 Re8 34.
Rd7 Re7 35. c6 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rd8+ Ka7 38. R1d7 Kb6 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Bd7
Bh6 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Kf2 Bd2 44. Ke2 Ba5 45. Rb8 Bc7 46. Rf8 Kc5
47. Rxf6 e4 48. Re6 Rf7 49. Rxe4 Kb6 50. Rxg4 Re7+ 51. Kd2 Re5 52. f6 Rd5+ 53.
Ke2 Re5+ 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Rd4 Rh5 56. f7 Rh8 57. Be8 Kc5 58. b4+ Kb6 59. Rd7
Be5 60. Rd5 Bc7 61. Rd7 Be5 62. Rb7# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
g6 9. Nge2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. O-O Ne6 12. Bh4 Ng7 13. f3 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxe4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Ng3 Bg4 21.
Qf2 Ne6 22. h3 Qd8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"]

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. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. f5 b4 19. Rf2 b3 20. Bb1 O-O-O 21. Qg5 g6
22. f6 h6 23. Qe3 Kb7 24. Rd2 a4 25. Nf3 Qb5 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 Qb5 28. Rb4
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Rd1 a4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Rxa4 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4 Qa8 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Nb8 20. Bf1 Ra7 21. Qb2 Be7
22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Bb1 Na5 24. Qc2 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bxh6 Ne4 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28.
gxf4 Qf8 29. Nd2 Qxf4 30. Nxe4 Bxh4 31. Ng3 Bxg3 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Qh5+ Ke7 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Kd8 37. Rg1 Qc3 38. Qh8+ Kc7 39. Rxg7+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Schmid Variation"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. O-O g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
Bd2 Kh8 16. Na3 Bg8 17. Nc2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc4 19. Ne3 Bg8 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. Rad1
Rfd8 22. a3 a5 23. h4 h5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nc2 Qxb2
28. Nfxd4 f5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 b5 31. Ng5 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Qd8 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. g3 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qc4 38. Nxb4 Be5 39. Nf3 Qe2+
40. Kh3 Qxf3 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Nxd3 Bd6 43. Kg2 Bd5+ 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Nc1 Kf6 46.
Ne2 Bc5+ 47. Ke1 Be3 48. Nc3 Ke5 49. Ke2 Bd4 50. Nd1 Be4 51. Kf1 f4 52. gxf4+
Kxf4 53. Ke1 Kg4 54. Ke2 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 e5 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bh6 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qf4 Re8
15. Rae1 f6 16. Re2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. h3 Be6 19. Ref2 Rf8 20. Qxe5 fxe5 21.
Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxf8 Kxf8 23. h4 Kf7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. Kf3 g5 26. Kg3 c4 27. a3
cxd3 28. cxd3 Bb3 29. hxg5+ Kxg5 30. Kf3 Kh4 31. Ne2 Bd1 32. Ke3 Bxe2 33. Kxe2
Kg4 34. Kf2 c5 35. a4 h6 36. g3 h5 37. Kg2 a6 38. b3 a5 39. Kf2 h4 40. gxh4
Kxh4 41. Kg2 Kg4 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Ke2 Kg4 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Ke2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[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 Qe6 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bd6
15. g3 O-O 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Kb1 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rfe8
21. Nd4 Re4 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 26. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish Opening: Outflank Variation"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Qxa5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qa7 12. a4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
Ba3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Bd8 17. c5 e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Qc1
Ne4 22. Nd4 Bb6 23. e3 Bg6 24. f3 Ng5 25. Bc3 Qa7 26. Kh1 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28.
Qb2 Bxe3 29. Bxg7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Bxb6 31. Bxh6 Bc2 32. Rd2 Rxa4 33. Rc1 Bb3 34.
Bg5 f6 35. Bf4 Be3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bxe3 Rxe3 38. h4 Ra2 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Kg1
Bd5 41. Rf1 Ree2 42. Bh1 b5 43. Rb1 b4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nd7 5. Ngf3 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Re1 Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Nhf5 Bxf5
15. Nxf5 Ncxe4 16. f3 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxe5
Rad8 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Re7 Rd2 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Rxb7 Re8 25. Bc4 Rxc2 26. b3 Re3
27. Rd1 Rb2 28. h4 Rc3 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Bd3+ g6 31. h5 Rbxb3 32. hxg6+ fxg6 33.
Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Bc4 Rb4 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxa4 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Ra7 Ra2 39.
Kh2 a4 40. Kh3 h5 41. g3 g5 42. Ra5 g4+ 43. fxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 a3 45. Ra7 Ra1
46. Kg5 a2 47. g4 Kf8 48. Kg6 Ke8 49. g5 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rf2 Ke7 52. Kg7
Rg1 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. Rxa2 Rxg5+ 55. Kf6 Rc5 56. Rd2+ Rd5 57. Rxd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[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 g6 9. Ne2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ng3 f5 14. Rfe1 Qf6
15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Be6 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 f4 19. Nf5 f3+ 20. Kxh3 gxf5 21. g4
f4 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. Qf5 Rh8 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Chapman, Matt"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. a4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h3 a6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. Nf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. Ke2 g5 26. Kd2 Rfd8 27. Kc2
Bd6 28. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
O-O 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Qc3 Rfe8 18. Bc5 Bxc5+ 19. Nxc5 Rb8 20. f5
Rb5 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Reb8 24. f6 Qd8 25. Qg3 g6 26. Qh4 Bc8 27.
e6 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qxh7 Qc8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kf8 33.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Tao, Junqing Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxh7+ Kf8 13. Qh5 Ndxe5 14.
fxe5 Qc7 15. O-O Nd8 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nd6 Ke7 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. Rxf7+ Kd8 20.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. Bg6 Rf8 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. Bd3 Rf7 25. Rf1 Raf8 26.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. h4 Kc7 28. Bg6 Rd7 29. Be8 Rd8 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32.
Qxe6+ Kc7 33. Qe7+ Rd7 34. Qc5 Kb7 35. e6 Rd8 36. Qe7+ Kc8 37. Qxa7 c5 38.
Qxc5+ Kb8 39. e7 Re8 40. Qb5+ Kc7 41. Qxe8 g5 42. h5 g4 43. Qd8+ Kb7 44. e8=Q
g3 45. Qee7+ Kc6 46. Qc5+ Kb7 47. Qdb6+ Ka8 48. Qa3# 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Nc6 8.
e5 Bb4 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Be3 d5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Qh5
Ne7 15. Rae1 g6 16. Qf3 h5 17. c4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nf5 19. c5 Rhe8 20. Bf2 Nxd4
21. Qh3+ Nf5 22. Re5 Re7 23. Re6 Rxe6 24. Be3 Re5 25. Bd4 Re3 26. Bxe3 d4 27.
Bf2 Qc6 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Qf3 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qe4 Qc1+ 32. Be1 Qe3+ 33.
Kf1 c5 34. Ba5 Qxe4 35. dxe4 Nd6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne5
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nc6 17. Nxc4 Rb8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ned6 Kf8 20. b4 Nd8
21. Ne5 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd2 f6 24. Ng6+ Ke8 25. Nf8 Nf7 26. Ng6 Bd7 27.
Rc2 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nf4 Nd6 30. Nd3 b6 31. Kf1 Ba6 32. Nb2 Kd7 33. Ke1
Bb5 34. Kd2 Nc4+ 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. e3 Kd6 37. Kc3 Bd5 38. Bf1 g5 39. Kd4 e5+
40. Kc3 f5 41. Ba6 Bg2 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf3 44. Kd2 exf4 45. exf4 Be4 46.
Ke3 Bc2 47. Kd4 Be4 48. Bc8 Bc2 49. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bd3 Bc4 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. c3 Rc5 26. Rfd1 Rcd5
27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. h3 Kf8 29. a4 Rd2 30. b4 Ke7 31. Kh2 f6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Kg3
h5 34. Ra5 Rd5 35. Ra8 Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rg8 h4 39. Rh8 Rd5 40.
Rxh4 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Rh7 Rxc3 43. Rxg7+ Kd6 44. h4 Rb3 45. h5 Rxb4 46. h6
Rb1 47. Rg4 Rc1 48. h7 Rc8 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Chapman, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Na4 Qe8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 b6 15.
Rc1 Rd8 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qc6 Rd6 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 c6 22. Rc2 Bd7 23. Bf3 g5 24. Rfc1 g4 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Bxh6 Ra8 27. Bf4
Ra4 28. Rb2 Rb5 29. Rcb1 c5 30. Bd2 Bc6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke1 Ra8 33. Kf1 Ra4 34.
bxc5 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra1+ 36. Be1 bxc5 37. Rc2 Bg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxe1 39. Rxc5 Rxe2
40. Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Rg5 Rd2 42. Rxg4 Rxd3 43. h4 Rd1 44. h5 d3 45. h6 d2 46. Rd4
Kf6 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Rd6+ Kh7 49. Kg4 Ra1 50. Rxd2 Kxh6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. f4 Ra7
53. Kg5 Ra5+ 54. f5 Rb5 55. g4 Ra5 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. Kg6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2
Bg7 9. Re1 d6 10. Na4 e5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Nge7 15.
c3 O-O 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Qc2 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Ba3 h6 21. Rab1 Qd7
22. exd5 exd5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rfe8 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nh5 Qe6 27. f4 Qg6 28.
Qd1 Rad8 29. Rb7 Nf5 30. g4 Qc6 31. Qb1 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. Nc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. a4 Nd7 13. c3 a5 14. Rfe1 b5 15.
Ne3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Qa7 20. h4 h5 21. g4
hxg4 22. Qxg4 e6 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. f4 Bg7 25. e5 Rfd8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. h5 Ke8 28.
Rg2 Kd7 29. Nd5 f5 30. exf6 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Hookings, Jonathon"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Rapport-Jobava System"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. g4 Nxe5 8.
gxf5 Ned7 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Ng6 14.
Bh3 Qf7 15. Bg3 Be7 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qa2 19. Nc3 Qa1+ 20. Nb1
Rad8 21. Qc3 Kh8 22. Be6 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bg5+ 24. Rd2 Rxd5 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. f4
Nxf4 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Nf1 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4
15. d5 Ne5 16. N1d2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd7 21.
Qb3 Nc5 22. Qb4 b6 23. f4 a5 24. Qd2 Qb5 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Bd4 Qc4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rbd8 30. Rbd1 c6 31. d6 Nd7 32. e6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34.
Re1 Qf6 35. Bb3 Nc5 36. Rf1 Nxb3 37. axb3 Qxd6 38. Qc2 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Rd6 40. Qe2
Re6 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 Rc8
9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 Ne7 15. c3
Nf5 16. Bf2 h4 17. Bd3 Bh5 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rae1 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Be3 Qd8 24. f6 Bg6 25. Qd2 h3 26. Bh6 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 gxf6 28.
Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qxh3 fxe5 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qxe5 Rc4 33. h3 Rxa4 34.
Re3 Ra2 35. b4 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qc6 37. h4 Qc4 38. Rf4 Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Kxc7 40. g4
Ra2+ 41. Kh3 e5 42. Rxe5 Kd6 43. Re3 Be4 44. Rxf7 Ke5 45. h5 Ra1 46. Kh4 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern Defense: Averbakh System"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5
Nxf5 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O Nh5 14. Ng5 Nf4
15. Nge4 Bh6 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Bg4 Kh8 18. Kh1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. f3 b4 21. Nd1
Nxd5 22. Qe1 Qb8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Ng5 Qe8 26. Qc4 c6 27. h4 Ra5
28. Re1 Rc5 29. Qa6 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qxg5 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Qf1 Rc2 34.
Rac1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Ne2+ 36. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Nh3 Qc5 39. Qe1 Rg6 40.
Qh4 d5 41. Qd8 Qd6 42. Qh4 e4+ 43. f4 d4 44. Qf2 c5 45. Qc2 d3 46. Qa4 d2 47.
Qa7+ Kh6 48. Ng5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Ne5 Qc7
9. f4 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 Nc6 12. d3 f5 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. a3 e5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Bd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Bxb7 Rfe8 23. Qf3 h6 24. Bd5 h5 25. Qf2 h4 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bxd3 30. b4 Bf5 31. bxc5 d3 32. Kf2 Qh5 33. Qh1
Bh3 34. Qf3 Qg6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qh8+ Qh7 38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39. Be4+
Kg8 40. Bxd3 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 Bg2 43. Be4 Bf1 44. Bd5+ Kd7 45. Ke5 Bh3
46. Kf4 Bf1 47. Kf5 Bd3+ 48. Be4 Bxc4 49. Kg6 Be2 50. Bd5 Bg4 51. Kxg7 Ke7 52.
Kg6 Be2 53. Kg5 Bd3 54. g4 Bb5 55. Kh6 Kf8 56. g5 Bd3 57. g6 Bxg6 58. Kxg6 Ke7
59. c6 Kd6 60. Kf6 Kc7 61. Ke7 Kc8 62. Kd6 Kd8 63. c7+ Kc8 64. Kc6 a5 65. Be6#
1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubov Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. Bg2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Rd7
21. Re2 Rfd8 22. Bh3 Rd2 23. Rxe6 Qb7 24. Bg2 Qd7 25. Rxf6 Rxb2 26. Bd5+ Kh7
27. Rf7 Qe8 28. b4 Rxd5 29. bxc5 Qxf7 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. cxb6 axb6 32. a4 Rd2
33. Qb4 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 Qe6 37. Qe4+ Qxe4 38. fxe4 Kg6
39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. h4 Kf6 42. h5 Ke6 43. e5 Ke7 44. Kf5 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
d6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. a4 a6 15.
Qb3 h6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bg3 Nf6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. f3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Kh1 Nd5 27. Nf1 Nb6
28. Nd2 Nc4 29. Qc2 d5 30. b3 Nb6 31. Qd3 Rec8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc1 Ra3 34.
Qc2 Qa8 35. Rb1 Ra2 36. Rb2 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. Qd3 Bd6 39. f4 Qc7 40. Qf3 Rc1
41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Nxc4 43. Nxc4 Rxc4 44. Rd2 Rc3 45. Qf1 g5 46. Rf2 Qb8 47.
Rf3 Qb3 48. fxg5 Rxf3 49. Qxf3 Qxf3 50. gxf3 Bxg3+ 51. Kxg3 hxg5 52. f4 gxf4+
53. Kxf4 f6 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Kh5 e5 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. h4 f5+ 58. Kf3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bc3 Ne4 8.
Nbd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxc4 13. O-O Nb6 14. a4
a5 15. Nxc4 Bd7 16. Nfe5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bb4 19. Rac1 b5 20. Rxc8
Qxc8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. axb5 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qc4 Bc5 25. Rd2 e5 26. Bf1 g6
27. Qd5 Bd4 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Qa6 Qc7 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Ra2 Qd8 32. Bc4 Bb6 33. Qd5
Qc7 34. Qc6 Qa7 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Qb7 Qxb7 38. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be3 h5 7. f4 g6 8. dxc5 Nh6 9.
Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Bh6 11. g3 f6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O g5 15. fxg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qe2 e5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. dxc6 Nf3+
22. Kh1 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 bxc6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qg2 Rad8 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Rf1 Ne1
28. Bxe1 Rxg2 29. Rxf8+ Kh7 30. Kxg2 Qc2+ 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Bb3 Qg4 33. Bc2+ Kg7
34. Ne4 h4 35. Bc3 h3+ 36. Kf1 Qe6 37. b3 Qd5 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. Rxe5 Qf7+ 40.
Nf2+ 1-0

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Chapman, Matt"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Be7 13. Nb3 a5 14. bxa5 Qa7
15. Rfd1 Ba6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. h3 c4 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. f3 Bf8 21. Qa4
Bb7 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rdb1 Rxa5 27. Rb8
f6 28. e4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rca6 30. Rb2 Ra3 31. exd5 exd5 32. Rc2 Bc5+ 33. Be3 Bd6
34. Bd4 Be5 35. Ke3 Re6 36. f4 Bd6+ 37. Kf3 Re4 38. Be3 f5 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. g3
g6 41. Bf2 Bb4 42. Bd4 Kd6 43. Be5+ Kc6 44. Kf2 Bc5+ 45. Kg2 Re3 46. h4 h5 47.
Rdd2 Re1 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Ra1 51. Kg2 Be3 52. Re2 Bc5 53. Red2
Bd6 54. Bxd6 Kxd6 55. Kf3 Kc5 56. Ke2 Rb1 57. Kf3 d4 58. Rxd4 Rxc3+ 59. Rxc3
Kxd4 60. Re3 c3 61. Re2 Rb2 62. Re8 Rxa2 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Ke3 Rg2 65. Kf3 Ra2
66. Ke3 Kb3 67. Kd3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Hettiarachchi, Buthsara"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Be3
d6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bg5 a5 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. g3 Nf6 15.
Rfc1 Ne8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. a4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 b6 19. Ne1 Nd6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Ng2
Rae8 22. Re1 Qh3 23. Bf1 Qg4 24. Bd3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. g4 Rd8 27. Rad1 f6
28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Rh1 Rh3 31. Be2 Rdh8 32. Kg1 Ke7 33. Rf1 Nf7 34. Re1
Nd6 35. Rf1 R8h7 36. Rf2 Nf7 37. Rf1 Kd6 38. Bc4 Nf4 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. Be2 Ke5
41. Rd1 Nd6 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Rd2 g6 44. Rdd1 f5 45. exf5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Nxf5 47.
Rd2 Ne3+ 48. Kg1 R8h6 49. Rd3 Rh8 50. Rd2 Nf5 51. Kg2 Ng3 52. hxg3 Rxh1 53.
gxf4+ gxf4 54. Rd1 R8h2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bb5 Ne4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. g4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Be4
15. Rd1 Re8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rd3 Qe7
21. Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rb8 24. b3 Rb5 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Kf2 Kf6 27.
Ke2 Ke5 28. Kd3 a5 29. Rc2 a4 30. Rc3 axb3 31. axb3 Rb4 32. Ke2 Ke4 33. Kf2 f5
34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kg3 Kd7 38. Kf3 Kc7 39. Rc1 Rxb3 40.
Kf4 Kb7 41. Rg1 Rb4+ 42. Ke5 Ka6 43. Rg7 Rh4 44. Kd6 Rh6+ 45. Kc7 Kb5 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Dare, Richard J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nf3 a5 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 c5 10. Qg3 c4 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. c3 Nge7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qf2 h5 15. g3
O-O-O 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bg2 h4 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rg1 f6 20. exf6 Ne4 21. fxe7 Nxf2
22. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 23. Kxf2 Qb6 24. Re1 Nd8 25. Re2 Nf7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rf8
28. Bf3 Kd7 29. g5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Bxd5 Qb3 32. Bf3 Qc2+ 33. Be2 Kd6 34.
Ke1 Kd5 35. Bf3+ Kd6 36. Bd2 Qxb2 37. Rc1 b5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. Bd1 Qd5 40. Be2
Qh1+ 41. Bf1 Kc6 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Bg2+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Rb2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 a4
47. d5 Qd3 48. Kf2 Qg3+ 49. Kg1 Ka5 50. d6 Qd3 51. d7 Qxd7 52. Be3 a3 53. Ra2
Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qb3 55. Ra1 Qxc3 56. Bd2 Qxd2 57. Rxa3+ Kb4 58. Ra8 Qxf4+ 59. Kg1
Qxg5 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rc8 Qe3+ 62. Kh1 f4 63. Bf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Qg3+ 65. Kh1
Qf3+ 66. Kg1 Qd5 67. Kh2 f3 68. Kg1 Qd4+ 69. Kh1 Qe4 70. Ra8 Qxa8 71. Kh2 Qa2+
72. Kh1 Qf2 73. Bxc4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "New Zealand Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French Defense: Rubinstein Variation"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
c3 Bd7 9. Qe2 g5 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qg7 13. Bf4 h5 14. Be4 O-O-O
15. O-O-O f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Be5 Qh6+ 18. Kb1 Bg7 19. Bg3 e5 20. Rxd7 Kxd7
21. Bf5+ Ke7 22. Bxe5 Kf8 23. Bxc7 Qf6 24. Bxd8 Qxf5+ 25. Ka1 Kg8 26. Re1 Kh7
27. Bg5 Rf8 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Qc2+ Kh8 30. Qg6 Rd8 31. a3 Qb3 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33.
Qxg4 Kh8 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qxd8 Bxc3 38. Qd3+ 1-0

