[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grant, Elliot"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Qe2 e5
15. Bxa7 Rxb5 16. Bxb5 Qxa7 17. a4 Ne4 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. c4 Bf5 20. Rbd1 Nxf2 21.
Rxf2 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 e4 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Bohme, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackFideId "2660270"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 Bf5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e6 10. e4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bc6
Rc8 15. Rd1 Rxc6 16. Qxc6 Be7 17. Nc3 Rf8 18. Nb5 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kvindt, Maxim"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackFideId "4303733"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. h3
Ne4 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Qd7 Rc7 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rfe1
Rac8 21. Nd3 Rb5 22. b4 Nb7 23. a4 Rb6 24. Rc2 f6 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. h4 Rc4 27. g3
d4 28. Rec1 Rbc6 29. Kf1 Nd6 30. f3 Nf5 31. Kf2 e5 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rc8 34.
Nd5 R8c5 35. Nb4 Rxb5 36. cxd4 Rcxb4 37. dxe5 Rb2 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. h5 R5b3 40.
g4 Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 Rxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd4+ 43. Kf4 Nxc2 44. g5+ Ke6 45. Ke4 Nb4 46.
Kf4 Nd5+ 47. Ke4 g6 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Kg3 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Riar, Amanjeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteFideId "4317440"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qd2
h5 9. Bc4 a6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. O-O-O Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Bd7
15. Rde1 O-O 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rxe7 fxg5 18. Ne6 Qc8 19. Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Qxg5 Qxc2+
21. Kxc2 Rac8+ 22. Kb1 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rose, Jim"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteFideId "4326776"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bc7 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rg1 Rxg5 20. Rxg5 Bf4 21.
Rg2 Nh5 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rg2 Qh4 24. Re1 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. c5
Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Tan, Jin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackFideId "4320972"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Bxd5 Bd7 10. Re1 Qe7 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. d4 O-O 14. dxe5 Bc5
15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Bb6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Nd5 22. Ree1 Rf4 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. e6 Qf6 26. e7 Qf7 27. e8=Q+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxf4 Qd8 30. Re1 h6 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[BlackFideId "4301340"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Apocalypse Attack"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nd7 5. d4 Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. c3 b6 13. Rf3 Bb7 14. Rh3 g6 15.
Nf3 d4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Bxb6 Rd7 20. Bb5 Bc5+ 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Rdd8 23. Rd3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. Rd1 Rb8
27. c4 Qc5 28. Kf3 Qe7 29. Qd6 Qb7+ 30. Kg3 Qa7 31. Qd4 Qe7 32. a4 Qb4 33. Qd6
1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[WhiteFideId "4305981"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nfd7 12. Qe2 Na6 13. Bd2 Qb8 14. Rab1 Rc8
15. Nb5 Nc7 16. Na3 Qa7 17. Qd3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qd3 Rcb8 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxe4 22. Rhe1 Qf5 23. Qd2 Nxd5 24. b3 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[WhiteFideId "4303733"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[BlackFideId "4320964"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 Bd7 7. Qc2 b5 8. g3
Rb8 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. e4 h6 13. Ne5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 c6 15.
Qe2 Bc8 16. a4 a5 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Qa2 Qc7 21. Qa3 Rcd8
22. Ra1 Nd7 23. Bxe7 Nxe5 24. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Winsley, Daniel"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[WhiteFideId "4315138"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[BlackFideId "4317440"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. Re1 g6 12. Kc1 h5 13. g3 Bh6 14.
exf6 exf6 15. Nc3 N7b6 16. a4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rhe8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20.
Nh4 Re2 21. Ra3 Rxh2 22. c4 Nxf4 23. Nxg6 Ne2+ 24. Kd1 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 Nd4+ 26.
Kc1 Rc2+ 27. Kb1 Rxc4 28. Nf4 Kd7 29. Nxh5 Ke6 30. Nf4+ Kf7 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32.
bxc3 Nf5 33. Ne2 Ke6 34. Kc2 Ke5 35. Kd3 b6 36. g4 Nh6 37. c4 Nxg4 38. Nc3 f5
39. Nb5 a5 40. Nc3 Nf2+ 41. Ke3 Ne4 42. Nd5 f4+ 43. Nxf4 Nc3 44. Nd3+ Kf5 45.
Nb2 Ne4 46. Kf3 Nf6 47. Ke3 Ng4+ 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Kc2
Ne5 52. Kb3 Nd3 53. Nd1 Ne1 54. Nb2 Nf3 55. Kc2 Ke3 56. Kc3 Nd4 57. Nd1+ Ke2
58. Nb2 Ke1 59. Kd3 Nc6 60. Kc2 Nb4+ 61. Kc3 Ke2 62. Kb3 Kd2 63. Ka3 Kc3 64.
Nd1+ Kxc4 65. Ne3+ Kd4 66. Nf5+ Kd3 67. Nd6 c4 68. Kb2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[WhiteFideId "4315146"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[BlackFideId "4315073"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Elephant Gambit"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5
8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Qd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. f3 Be6 12. O-O-O c6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Rhe1 Rfe8 15. Kb1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Re2 Bh4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. c4 Be6 20.
Bxa7 Bf6 21. Bb6 Ra8 22. a3 g6 23. f4 Ra4 24. Rc1 Ra6 25. Bc7 Ra8 26. h3 h5 27.
Re1 Re8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bd7 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. b4 Bd7 32. g5 Be7 33. c5 f6
34. gxf6 Bxf6 35. Bxg6 Kg7 36. Bh5 Bf5+ 37. Kc1 Bc3 38. Be5+ Bxe5 39. fxe5 Kf8
40. Kd2 Ke7 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Kd4 Kd7 43. Bd1 Ke7 44. a4 Kd7 45. b5 cxb5 46. axb5
Kc7 47. Bf3 b6 48. c6 Bf7 49. Bd5 Bh5 50. Bc4 Bg6 51. Ke3 Bh7 52. Kf4 Bc2 53.
Kg5 Be4 54. Kf6 Kd8 55. e6 Ke8 56. e7 Bf3 57. Bf7# 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Qu, Lucas"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[WhiteFideId "4314620"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 g6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bxf5 gxf5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
c3 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rg8 13. Rg1 Ne4 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. g3 Kb8 17. O-O-O f5 18. Kb1 f4 19. Nf1 Qf8 20. Qe2 Qh6
21. Rh1 Nb6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Rg7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Rh2 fxg3 27.
Nxg3 Rf3 28. Re3 Qf4 29. Qe2 Rf8 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Nf1 Nd7 33.
Nd2 Rf5 34. Rg2 Nf8 35. Nf1 Ng6 36. Ng3 Rf3 37. Rh2 e3 38. Nh1 e2 39. Ng3 e1=Q
40. Ka3 Qxc3 41. Ne2 Qa5+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Ka3 Qxe2 44. Rg2 Rc3 45. Rg3 Rc6 46.
b4 Qc2 47. b5 Rc4 48. Rb3 Qc1+ 49. Rb2 Rc3+ 50. Ka4 Qxb2 51. a3 Rxa3# 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[WhiteFideId "4314565"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[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. Qd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qd4
f5 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. Bd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Re6 Raf8 24. Rde1 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Rf7 26. h4 h5
27. b3 Qa5 28. Re2 Qc3 29. Qd5 b6 30. Rd2 Qf6 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rf8 33. Rd5
Kf6 34. f4 Rc8 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. Rd2 b5 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Ke3 Rb4 39. Rc2 a5 40.
g3 a4 41. Rb2 e5 42. fxe5+ dxe5 43. Kd3 axb3 44. axb3 Rg4 45. b4 Rxg3+ 46. Kc4
Ke6 47. b5 Kd7 48. Kd5 e4 49. b6 Kc8 50. b7+ Kb8 51. Ke5 Rg4 52. Kf6 e3 53. Re2
f4 54. Ke5 Kxb7 55. Ke4 Rxh4 56. Rg2 Rg4 57. Kd4 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Keith, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "4320913"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack: French Variation"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. a3 h6 8. b4 Nf6
9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 b6 15.
Rfc1 Nd7 16. Qb5 Na5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Bf5 Nab3 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21.
Rab1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg4 23. f3 Qg5 24. Rc2 f5 25. Qc6 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 e4 27. Qd5+
Kh7 28. Nb5 exd3 29. exd3 Nxd3 30. Ra2 Ne1+ 31. Kh3 Qg5 32. Qxd4 Nxf3 33. Qf4
Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Qxh2+ 35. Kxf3 Qxa2 36. Nd6 Qxa4 37. Qe5 Qc6+ 38. Ke2 Qd7 39. Kf2
a5 40. c5 bxc5 41. Qxc5 f4 42. gxf4 Rxf4+ 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Ne4 Re6 45. Qxa5 Qe7
46. Qf5+ g6 47. Qd5 Rxe4+ 48. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Kg7 50. Ke5 h5 51. Kd4 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Farrington, Lawrence B"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[WhiteFideId "4301749"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[BlackFideId "4303733"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav Defense"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. a3 Bf5
15. Bd3 Nh4 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. b4 g5 21.
Qf1 g4 22. Ne2 gxh3 23. g3 Qg4 24. Nf4 Qf3 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Kh7 27. Rec2
Re7 28. Rc5 Bg4 29. Nxh3 Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Rd6 31. Rf5 Kg6 32. Rcc5 f6 33. g4 b6
34. Rc2 Rh7 35. Kh4 Rd5 36. Rh5 Rd6 37. Rf5 Rhd7 38. Kg3 Rd5 39. Rxd5 cxd5 40.
Kf4 Kf7 41. Kf5 a5 42. Rc6 axb4 43. axb4 Kg7 44. Rxf6 Rc7 45. Rxb6 Rc2 46. Rb7+
Kf8 47. Ke5 Rxf2 48. Kxd5 Rg2 49. Kxe4 Rxg4+ 50. Ke5 h5 51. Kf5 Rg3 52. e4 h4
53. Kf6 Ke8 54. Rh7 h3 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. Rh7 Rb3 57. d5 Rxb4 58. e5 Rf4+ 59. Kg5
Rd4 60. d6 h2 61. Rxh2 Kd7 62. Kf5 Rd1 63. Rh7+ Ke8 64. Ke6 Kf8 65. d7 Kg8 66.
Re7 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[WhiteFideId "4317440"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nfd7 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. h3 e6 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Nh5 15. g4
Bd4+ 16. Kg2 Ng7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Qd3 f5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Nc5
22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. b4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bc3 Bf5 26. Bb3 Re7 27. Re3 Rae8 28.
h4 Bg4 29. Kh2 Bf3 30. Bb2 Qd7 31. Rg1 Rf8 32. Rxf3 exf3 33. c4 Re2+ 34. Kg3
Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Hurndell, Robert"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[WhiteFideId "4310233"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. O-O Nf4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
h3 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 Bxf3 17. Qb3 Qf7 18. Re3 Bd1 19. Rxd1 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe3 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bg2 Qxg3 23. Ra1 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Chang, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[BlackFideId "4325605"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Bc2 13. Qxb7 Qc7 14. Bb5+
Kd8 15. Qxa7 Qxa7 16. Bxa7 Bxa4 17. Bb6+ Ke7 18. Bxa4 Nh6 19. O-O f6 20. Bd4
Nf7 21. f4 f5 22. Rfc1 g5 23. fxg5 Nxg5 24. Bc2 Bh6 25. Re1 Rhg8 26. Kh1 Nf7
27. a4 Rg4 28. Re2 Bf4 29. a5 Rcg8 30. a6 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. a7 Rf4 33. g3
1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[WhiteFideId "4320913"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 d5 13. Ng5 Rf5 14. c3
Rxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Qxb7 Rf8 19. Rd3 Be2 20. Rg3
Qd2 21. Ra1 Bd1 22. h3 Qxf2+ 23. Kh2 Be2 24. Qe4 Rf5 25. Qe3 e4 26. Qxf2 Rxf2
27. Kg1 Rf8 28. Re3 Bd3 29. Rd1 Bc2 30. Rde1 Bh6 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd8 33.
Re2 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. c4 Bf8 39. g4
Bc5 40. h4 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. a3 Be7 43. b4 Bxh4 44. c5 Be7 45. a4 Kd7 46. a5
Kc6 47. Ke5 h4 48. Kf4 a6 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteFideId "4315146"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 b6
9. Nd2 Ne8 10. O-O f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. a3 g5 14. b4 Qf6 15. c5 bxc5 16.
Qa4 Nb8 17. bxc5 g4 18. Rfb1 Qg5 19. Nf1 g3 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Bxg3 h4 22. Bf2
Bh3 23. Ne3 Nd7 24. Kh1 Nxc5 25. Qc6 Bd7 26. Qxa8 Nf6 27. Qxa7 Nfxe4 28. Ned1
Ng3+ 29. Kg1 h3 30. Bxg3 Qxg3 31. Bf1 Rxf3 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Ne3 Rxe3 34. Rc1
Rxc3 35. Qb2 e4 36. Qe2 Bg4 37. Qd2 hxg2 38. Bxg2 Rd3 39. Qg5 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 Bd7
41. Qxg3 Rxg3 42. Rab1 Rg5 43. Rb4 Rh5+ 44. Bh3 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Be5 46. a4 Rh2+
47. Kg1 Nd3 48. Rxc7 Nxb4 49. Rxd7+ Kg6 50. Rb7 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sigbeku, Anjola"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. Rb1 Kh8 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. e3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b5 a5 15. Qb3 e4
16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Nbd7 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Bc1 Neg4
22. Nd1 Ne4 23. Ba3 Qe8 24. Rb2 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxd4 26. Re1 Be6 27. Qc2 Rac8 28.
Qb1 Nc3 29. Qa1 Nxa4 30. Bxb7 Rc3 31. Bc6 Qf7 32. Rd2 Qf6 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Be7
Rc8 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Bg5 Rd3 38. Qe1 Nc3 39. Nc2 Qd6 40. Bf4 Qe7 41.
Re5 Rxc6 42. bxc6 Ne4 43. Qxa5 Rc3 44. Ne3 Rxc6 45. Nd5 Qd7 46. Nb6 Qb7 47. Rb5
Nc3 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Farrington, Lawrence B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteFideId "4303776"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackFideId "4301749"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. b5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rad8
15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. a4 N8d7 17. Qf4 Nb8 18. c5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Ne8 20. Ba3 Bf8 21.
Ne4 d5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc1 Ne6 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Ng4
Nd7 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Nh6 f5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nd6 Nxd4 33. Bd1 Ne6
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Qu, Lucas"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteFideId "4314620"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6
15. O-O-O Qd7 16. Ne2 Qf5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Qd5 19. Nc3 Qh5 20. Qe2 Qf5 21.
Qd2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qe3 Rad8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rd1 Qxc5 26. Rxd4 Qxd4
27. Qf3 e6 28. a3 Kg7 29. Qg3 Na5 30. Kc2 Nc4 31. h4 h5 32. Qf3 b5 33. Qe2 a6
34. a4 Qxf4 35. axb5 axb5 36. b3 Nd6 37. Kb2 b4 38. Nd1 Qd4+ 39. Ka2 Ne4 40.
Kb1 Qxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Nc3+ 42. Kc2 Nxd1 43. Kxd1 Kf6 44. Kd2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46.
f4 f6 47. Ke3 e5 48. fxe5 Kxe5 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. Ke3 g5 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Kg3 Kc3
53. Kf3 Kxb3 54. Ke3 Kc2 55. Kf3 b3 56. hxg5 fxg5 57. Ke4 b2 58. Kf5 b1=Q 59.
Kxg5 Qb5+ 60. Kh4 Kd3 61. Kh3 Qg5 62. Kh2 Qg4 63. Kh1 Ke2 64. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteFideId "4303733"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackFideId "4310462"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Re8 8. Qb3
Be7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Nh7
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qxc4 Nf6 19. Nc5 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5
21. Nd3 Qe6 22. Qb4 Re8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rad1 Bg4 27.
Rxa8 Rxa8 28. h3 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rd7 b6 32. Nd3 Nf6 33. Rc7 c5
34. Ne5 Re8 35. Nxf7 Rxe2 36. Rxa7 Rxb2 37. Ng5 Ne8 38. Re7 Kf8 39. Ra7 c4 40.
Ne6+ Kg8 41. Nd4 c3 42. Re7 Kf8 43. Re2 Rxe2 44. Nxe2 c2 45. Kf1 Nd6 46. Nc1
Nc4 47. Ke2 Ke7 48. Kd3 b5 49. Kxc2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ne5+ 52. Ke3 Kc5
53. f4 Nc4+ 54. Kd3 Nd6 55. Nb3+ Kb4 56. Nc1 Nf7 57. Kd4 g5 58. f5 Nd6 59. Kd5
Nc4 60. Nd3+ Kc3 61. Ne5 Nxe5 62. Kxe5 Kb2 63. Ke6 Kxa2 64. Kf7 b4 65. Kxg7 b3
66. f6 b2 67. f7 b1=Q 68. f8=Q Qb2+ 69. Qf6 Qb7+ 70. Qf7+ Qxf7+ 71. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[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. Be2 Qc7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8
15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bg5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be5 19. Qh4 d4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd5 Bxh4 22. Nxc7 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rac8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Kg1 Bf5 26. Kf2 Bxc2 27.
Bd1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Bb1 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. Bc2 Bxc2 31. Kxc2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33.
Kxd4 f6 34. f4 b6 35. b4 Kc6 36. a4 Kd6 37. f5 Kc6 38. g4 Kd6 39. h4 b5 40. Ke4
{Time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteFideId "4317408"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "4303776"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack: Wahls Defense"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 e6 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nh4 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ndf3 Ne7 13. c3 b5 14. d4 a5 15. Be3
Qc7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qd4 Rfc8 19. a3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qxc5
Rc7 22. Qc6 Rxc6 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. Nb3 Ba6 25. Nxa5 Rc7 26. Nb3 Bf8 27. Rad1 Be7
28. Kf2 h5 29. Nd4 h4 30. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Farrington, Lawrence B"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[WhiteFideId "4301749"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Duchamp Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxg3
15. fxg3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Ba6 19. Ne5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4+
21. Kg1 Kg7 22. Rf3 Qd6 23. Raf1 f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nf2 Nxg3 26. Re1 f5 27. Nh1
Ne4 28. Ref1 Qe6 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. Rxg3 Kh6 31. Rgf3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Kf2
g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rf4 Kg6 36. g3 Rfe8 37. Re1 Rxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rh8 39. Rg1
Rh2+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kf6 42. a4 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb7
46. e4 dxe4+ 47. Ke3 c5 48. d5 c4 49. Kd2 Kc7 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Kd4 g3 52. Ke3
Kxd5 53. Ke2 a6 54. Kf1 e3 55. Kg2 e2 56. Kf3 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Chang, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[BlackFideId "4325605"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Ne1 Nge7 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. d3 f5 12. Ned5 h6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. Rb1 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. Rxb3 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. e3 Rfb8 20. Qf3 Ne7 21. Rfb1
Ra7 22. h4 e4 23. dxe4 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qa4 25. e4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 b5 27. h5 Rf8 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rxb5 Qxc4 30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Qd4 32. Be3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qa1 34.
Qxd6 Qf1 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Qd1 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[WhiteFideId "4320913"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[BlackFideId "4303733"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nfxe7 14. cxd4
Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Rac1 a6 19. Rc3 f6 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Bc2 Kf7 22. Rce3 Nc8 23. R1e2 Nd6 24. b3 Ke7 25. Bd3 Nb4 26. Bb1 Nb5
27. a4 Nd6 28. Ne5 Re8 29. Ng4 Kd7 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. f4 f5 32. g4 fxg4 33.
hxg4 Rf8 34. Rxe6 Rxf4 35. Re7+ Kc6 36. Kc3 a5 37. Bf5 Rf3+ 38. Kb2 Nd3+ 39.
Bxd3 Rxd3 40. Rc2+ Kb6 41. Re6 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[WhiteFideId "4317440"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[BlackFideId "4305981"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Nd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Qe5 15.
Nf5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. b4 d6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Ng3 Nd7 21. Rfd1
Bb7 22. Bc4 cxb4 23. Qb3 Rf8 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Rab8 26. Qc4 Bc8 27. Ne2 Bd7
28. Nd4 Kg7 29. g3 Rb2 30. f4 Qh5 31. h4 Qg4 32. Qc3 Rfb8 33. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[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. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Qf3 Rxb2 15. Nc3 Rxc2 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Rad1 Rf8 18. Rfe1 Na6 19. Ba4 Rxa2 20.
Bb3 Ra3 21. Re3 Qe8 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. exf6 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tanoi, T Edward"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[WhiteFideId "4302087"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
d6 9. h3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. e4 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb5 15.
Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Re3 Rb4 18. Ra3 Qb5 19. Rb3 Rb8 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21. Rb1
Qb5 22. b3 Qe2 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qe1+ 25. Nf1 Rb4 26. Qe2 Rxe4 27. Qxe1
Rxe1 28. f4 Nf6 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Kf3 Rd4 31. Ne3 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Re2 e6
34. Re4 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Reedy, Brendan"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteFideId "4300998"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[BlackFideId "4317440"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8.
h3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14.
cxd5 Rc8 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Kd7 17. b3 e6 18. dxe6+ fxe6 19. a4 e5 20. Bb6 d5
21. f3 Bh6 22. Rcd1 Ke6 23. Rd3 d4 24. Rfd1 Rc2 25. b4 Rhc8 26. Bc5 a5 27. Re1
Kd5 28. g3 Rc1 29. Rdd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 axb4 32. Bxb4 Rc2 33. Be1 e4
34. fxe4+ Kxe4 35. Rb1 Rh2 36. Rxb7 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 d3+ 38. Kd1 d2 39. Re7+ Kf3
40. Rf7+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[WhiteFideId "4315146"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[BlackFideId "4314565"]
[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. h3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c4 Be6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nc3 Bc8 17. Be4 Qb4 18. b3 Ne6 19. d5 Ng5 20. dxc6 Nxe4 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. c7 Re8 23. Nxe4 Qe7 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Re3 Qxc7 26. Qd2 Be6 27. Qe2
Bf5 28. Nc3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qe5 30. Qxe5 fxe5 31. Nb5 Bb1 32. Nc3 Bd3 33. f3 Ke7
34. Kf2 a6 35. Ke3 Bf1 36. Kf2 Bd3 37. a3 Kd6 38. Ne4+ Kc6 39. Nd2 Bc2 40. b4
f5 41. Ke3 b6 42. Kf2 a5 43. Ke2 axb4 44. axb4 Kd6 45. c5+ bxc5 46. Nc4+ Ke6
47. bxc5 Ba4 48. Nd6 Bc6 49. Kd3 g5 50. Ke3 Bd7 51. Nc4 Bb5 52. Nb6 Bc6 53. Nc8
Bd7 54. Na7 Kd5 55. c6 Bxc6 56. Nc8 Ke6 57. Nb6 f4+ 58. Kf2 e4 59. fxe4 Bxe4
60. Nc4 Kd5 61. Nd2 Kd4 62. Nb3+ Ke5 63. Nc5 Bc6 64. Nd3+ Kf5 65. Nc5 g4 66.
hxg4+ Kxg4 67. Nd3 Be4 68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nd7 Ke6 70. Nc5+ Kd5 71. Nb3 Ke5 72.
Nd2 Bd5 73. Nf1 Kf5 74. Nd2 Kg4 75. Nf1 Bc4 76. Nh2+ Kf5 77. Nf3 Bd5 78. Nxh4+
Kg4 79. Ng6 Bxg2 80. Kxg2 f3+ 81. Kf2 Kg5 82. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Keith, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackFideId "4320913"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. a5 Nd7 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Bxb4 Rxc2 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Nc4 Nb3 20. Ra3 Nd4 21. Ne3
Bh4 22. g3 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qf6 24. Kg1 Be4 25. Bxd4 Qg6 26. Bb6 f5 27. Ng2 Be7
28. Bd3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 e4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qe2 Rc8 32. Rc3 1-0

[Event "North Island Rapid Championship incorporating the Estonian Open"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[WhiteFideId "4303776"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[BlackFideId "4320964"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish Opening"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. b5 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxb5 10. Bxb5 Qb6 11. Qb3 a6 12. Bc4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14. O-O b5
15. Be2 Bc2 16. Rfc1 Nb4 17. Nd4 Bd3 18. Bf3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nc6 Bd8 21.
Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc6 a5 24. Rc5 a4 25. Bxd5 axb3 26. Bxa8 b2 27.
Rcc1 bxc1=Q+ 28. Rxc1 Rxa8 29. f4 b4 30. Kf2 b3 0-1

