[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Qu, Lucas"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteFideId "4314620"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bxc5 dxc4 12. dxc4 Bxc3 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. h3 Be6 17. c5 Rac8 18. Rab1 Na5 19. Re5 Rd5 20. Rbe1
Rcxc5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Re3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Li, Olivia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteFideId "4300793"]
[BlackFideId "4317009"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
a5 9. Nd2 b6 10. g4 Nc5 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 c6 13. f3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ba6 15. Nf1
Qd7 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Raa8 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. Rd1 Na4 20. g5 Ne8 21. Qh2 Bh8
22. Nxa4 Rb8 23. Nxb6 Qe7 24. Qh3 Rb7 25. Rc1 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Qb7 27. hxg6 fxg6
28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qc8 Re7 31. Bd8 Rf7 32. Qe6 Kf8 33. Nf5 gxf5 34.
g6 Rg7 35. Rxh7 Rxh7 36. gxh7 Kg7 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. Bg5+ Kh5 39. Be7 Kh6 40.
Bf8+ Kh5 41. exf5 Nf6 42. Qg6+ Kh4 43. Be7 Kh3 44. Kf2 Kh4 45. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "39909204"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. O-O
Bh7 9. b4 a5 10. Nb3 b6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Bb2 a4 13. Nc1 b5 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bxh7
Rxh7 16. h3 Nb6 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Ra2 O-O-O 20. g3 Rg8 21. Qe2 Qd8
22. Kg2 h5 23. Nh2 Qf8 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Nh4+ 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. Rg1 h4 28. g4
Ng3 29. Qd3 Ne4+ 30. Ke1 Kd7 31. Nf3 Nc4 32. Nd2 Ncxd2 33. Bxd2 f5 34. Be3 fxg4
35. Rxg4 Rxg4 36. hxg4 h3 37. Rh2 Bh4+ 38. Ke2 Qg8 39. Rxh3 Qxg4+ 40. Rf3 Ng5
41. Bf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Barry, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteFideId "4302940"]
[BlackFideId "4304462"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 d4 13. Bf4 Ng5 14. Nd2
Ne6 15. Bg3 O-O 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. f5 Ng5 19. h4 Nf7 20. Ne4 Qb6 21.
f6 g6 22. b3 Bf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Kh8 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Kg8 27. g6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nazeer, Afique M"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteFideId "9970703"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Re1 Na5 13. f3 Qe8 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. d5 d6 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qd1
Qxd1 22. Rexd1 Bxc4 23. Bc2 Rf7 24. Rd2 Raf8 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Rf7 27. Re1
Bb3 28. Bd3 Kg8 29. Be3 Bc4 30. Bc2 Kf8 31. g4 Bb5 32. Kg2 Ke8 33. g5 Kd8 34.
Bc1 Kc8 35. Be3 c6 36. h3 Rc7 37. a4 Bc4 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Bd2 Kd7 40. Re3 Ke7
41. h4 Bb3 42. Bb1 Bxa4 43. Rf3 Bb3 44. h5 Bf7 45. g6 hxg6 46. hxg6 Bxg6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Mayer, Uri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteFideId "4317262"]
[BlackFideId "2862298"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bxd6 Na5 14. Nxa5
Qxa5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qd4 Nb8 17. Rfb1 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb6 Qa4 20. Qc5 Bd7
21. Rb7 Red8 22. Be7 Bc8 23. Rb4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Qxb4 25. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Tan, Jin"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteFideId "4320972"]
[BlackFideId "4303733"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. c3 Nf8 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Qb3 Bb8 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Rfe1
Re7 15. Bf1 Nh4 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 f5 19. g3 f4 20. gxf4 Bxh3+
21. Ke2 Bxf4 22. Kd2 Qxf2+ 23. Be2 Qxe3+ 24. Kd1 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Barnes, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteFideId "4303776"]
[BlackFideId "4321502"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. b3 Nf5
9. Bb2 c4 10. Qc2 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. a4 Na7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4
b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. d5 exd5 19. Ne3 a4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Nc3
22. Qc2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Be7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxg7 Rg8 27. Qh6 Bc8
28. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Joseph, Joji Chacko"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxb2 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Rb1 Qc3 10. Rb3 Qa5 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxc5 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14.
Rxb5 Nfd7 15. Nb3 a6 16. Nxd7 axb5 17. Nxf8 Nxb3 18. axb3 Kxf8 19. b4 Ke7 20.
Be5 f6 21. Bd4 Rhc8 22. c3 Ra2 23. Rc1 Rca8 24. g3 Rd2 25. Kg2 Raa2 26. Rf1 g5
27. Kf3 h5 28. Kg2 g4 29. Kg1 Ke6 30. e4 dxe4 31. Re1 Kd5 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Bd4
f5 34. Kg2 Kc4 35. h3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Yang, Edison J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteFideId "4307470"]
[BlackFideId "4317432"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 c6 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nge2
Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Bxg6 Nxg6 12. Nh5 Kf8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. f4 Ne7
15. O-O-O c5 16. Rhf1 a6 17. e4 c4 18. f5 Kg8 19. g5 b5 20. Qg2 b4 21. gxh6 g6
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qg5 Rh7 24. Ne2 c3 25. Nef4 Qa5 26. Nxg6 Qxa2 27. Nxe7+ Kh8
28. Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Xu, Jeremy Xi"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "A01"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Qg5 8. f3
Ne7 9. Qe1 Ng6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. Nxg3 Be7 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Ng3 h5 14. Ne2 O-O-O
15. f4 h4 16. h3 Rhe8 17. Na3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rde7 19. c4 Be4 20. d3 Bc6 21. f5
Nf8 22. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Grant, Elliot James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bf5 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Bh6 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Ng4 f6 13. Bg7 Kf7 14. Bxh8
Qxh8 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Qe6+ Kf8 17. Qxd7 h5 18. Ne3 f5 19. Rab1 Qf6 20. Rxb7 f4
21. Nf1 g5 22. Re5 {1:0} 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Meng, Harrison Xiang Zhi"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Rac8
15. Ne5 Qc5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. c4 Qc7 18. b3 h6 19. Qb2 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 b5 24. Nd2 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. a3 Nc3 27. Ra1
Rxd2 28. Kf3 Kf8 29. h4 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Nxd1 31. Ke2 Nc3+ 32. Kd3 Nd5 33. f4 Ke7
34. e4 Nb6 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. g4 Nd7 37. e5+ Kc6 38. f5 a5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Nb6 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 g6 44. Ke4 Nd5 45. Kd4 Nxb4 46. Kc3 Kd5
47. Kxb4 Kxe5 48. Kxb5 Kf4 49. Kc5 e5 50. Kc4 e4 51. Kc3 Kf3 52. Kd2 Kf2 53.
Kd1 e3 54. Kc2 e2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Wen, Sandy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[ECO "B54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. Nc7
Rb8 15. Rd1 Nd4 16. c3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Rd8 18. Rd2 Kf8 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Nb5 Be6
21. Nxd6 g6 22. c4 a6 23. b4 Rd7 24. c5 Bg4+ 25. f3 Be6 26. a4 Bb3 27. Ra1 Rbd8
28. Ra3 Be6 29. Rad3 Rb8 30. g4 f6 31. Ke3 Rh8 32. Rc2 Rhd8 33. Rdc3 Rc7 34.
Nc4 Rd4 35. h3 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Kd7 38. Rc3 Kc6 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. Rxd7
Kxd7 41. Kd3 Kc7 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. b5+ Kd7 44. Kd5 a5 45. b6 Kc8 46. Ke6 Kd8 47.
Kxf6 Kd7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Gu, Marcus Zhenbo"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8.
Nc4 Qb4+ 9. Ncd2 cxd4 10. a3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxa3 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Ngf6 14.
Rxb7 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qc3+ 17. Qd2 Nxe4 18. Qxc3 Nxc3 19. O-O a5 20.
Nd4 e6 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Re1 Nc5 23. Rb6 d5 24. Nb5 O-O 25. Nc7 Rac8 26. Rc6 Na6
27. Rxa6 Rxc7 28. Rxa5 Rxc2 29. g3 Rfc8 30. Kg2 Rd2 31. Ra7 Rcc2 32. Rf1 e5 33.
Kf3 e4+ 34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 f6 36. g4 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Chang, Luke"]
[Black "Gu, Claire Yuqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteFideId "4325605"]
[BlackFideId "4314964"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nb6 14. Bxf7+
Kh8 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16. d4 Bd6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. dxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1
Rd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxe5 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb7 h6 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qe4+
Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg6 28. Kf1 Kf5 29. Nc5 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Ke5 32. a4 Kd6
33. a5 Kc6 34. a6 Kb6 35. g4 g5 36. h4 c6 37. f4 gxf4 38. g5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Lieser, Joshua"]
[Black "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nfd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nf3 a6
21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. c5 Qd5 24. b4 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Nd5 26. a3 f6 27. Re1
Kf7 28. Rde2 Re7 29. Nd2 Nf4 30. Re4 g5 31. Nf3 a5 32. h4 h6 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. g3
Nd5 35. Ree1 axb4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. axb4 Rea7 38. Rab1 Ra4 39. Nd2 Nxb4 40. Ne4
Nd3 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Re3 Nb4 43. Rbe1 Nd5 44. Rxe6+ Kd7 45. Nxb5 cxb5 46. Rd6+
Kc7 47. Rxd5 Ra1 48. Kf1 b4 49. Rd6 b3 50. Rb6 Rxe1+ 51. Kxe1 Rb8 52. Rxb8 Kxb8
53. Kd2 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Fisher, Calexico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1385"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bd2 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. f3
Rd6 15. Qe3 b6 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Rxd3 18. Bxd3 Rd7 19. Rd1 Nh5 20. Qc1 f6
21. Be3 f5 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 f4 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Bc4+ Kf8 27.
a3 Ke7 28. Kg1 Kd6 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Ke2 g5 31. Na2 Be6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Nb4 Kd6
34. Nd3 Nd7 35. Be1 a5 36. Bc3 Bf6 37. h3 h5 38. a4 Nc5 39. Nxc5 Kxc5 40. b3
Bg7 41. Kd3 Bf6 42. Be1 Bd8 43. Bf2+ Kb4 44. Be1+ Ka3 45. Kc4 Be7 46. Bf2 Bd8
47. Kc3 Bc7 48. h4 gxh4 49. Bxh4 b5 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Be7+ Ka2 52. Bc5 Kb1 53.
Kd2 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Bb4 Bb6 56. c4 Bd4 57. c5 Ka2 58. c6 Bb6 59. Bd6 a3
60. c7 Ba5+ 61. Kd3 Bxc7 62. Bxc7 Kb3 63. Bxe5 a2 64. Bd4 h4 65. e5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Bohme, Alex"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Re8+ 8.
Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Qxb7
Nd7 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be4 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Bg5 Bxf3
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "He, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1276"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteFideId "4319176"]
[BlackFideId "4320905"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nfd7 8.
Qg4 g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxg6 Rg8 12. Qxe6+ Qe7 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bxg8
Qxe6 15. Bxe6 Ke7 16. Bxd5 Nb6 17. Be4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Zhang, Daniel"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1170"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 Nb6 14.
Nfd2 Bg6 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Qf4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Re4 18. Qf3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20.
b3 b5 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Nd2 Ree8 23. Rfe1 Qc2 24. Nb1 Rac8 25. Nc3 b4 26. Qc6
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rf8 28. Re8 Qxc3 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32.
Kg1 Qd6 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qg4 h6 35. Qe2+ Kf8 36. Qb5 Qb6 37. Qd7 Kg8 38. Qd2
Kh7 39. Qf4 Qc5 40. Qd2 a5 41. Qe2 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Qe5 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Black "Kierstead, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nh2 b5 11. Qc2 a5 12. c4 b4 13. f4 e6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ndf3 a4
16. Rb1 a3 17. b3 Na6 18. Be3 Nac7 19. exd6 Na6 20. Rbd1 Nxd6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22.
fxe5 Nf5 23. Bf2 Qg5 24. Ng4 Ra7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. g4
Ne7 29. Be3 Kg7 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Bg5 Nc8 33. Bf6+ Kg8 34. Ne4 Nb6
35. Be7 Rb8 36. Nxc5 Be8 37. Nxa6 Rxa6 38. Bd6 Rd8 39. c5 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 exd5
41. Bxa6 Bc6 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Rf4 Rd7 44. Rxb4 f6 45. Rb6 Ba8 46. e6 Rd8 47. e7
Rc8 48. Bb5 Kf7 49. e8=Q+ Rxe8 50. Bxe8+ Kxe8 51. Rb8+ Kd7 52. Rxa8 Ke6 53. Kf2
d4 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Kd3 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Rf8 h6 58. Rxf5+ Kc6 59. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Dey, Kyle"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1073"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Qxg5 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qe3
Qxe3 9. dxe3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f4 Nd7 12. f5 Ngf6 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. a3 Nc4 18. b3 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Ne2
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rd4 d5 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. exf4
Rxf4 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. g3 e5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. c4 bxc3 32. Kf1 c2 33. Ke2 c1=Q
34. b4 d4 35. Kd3 Nf2+ 36. Ke2 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Ng4 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Ne3 40. g4
Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Sun, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1072"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteFideId "4317408"]
[BlackFideId "4325184"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5
Ng8 9. d6 cxd6 10. exd6 Qb6 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Qh5 Qxd6 15.
Nd5 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. f5 Qh4+ 18. Qxh4+ Nxh4 19. Bf4 d6 20. g4 Nf3+ 21. Kf2
Nd4 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Bc4 f6 24. Rhe1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Kc7 27. Ree1 b5
28. Bb3 g6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Kg3 g5 31. Rd5 Bh6 32. Re7+ Kc6 33. Rd3 Rb7 34.
Bd5+ Kb6 35. Bxb7 Bxb7 36. Rxd6+ Kc5 37. Rxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxb7 Rg6 39. h4 gxh4+
40. Kxh4 Kc6 41. Ra7 Kb6 42. Rf7 Rc6 43. Rf2 Rh6+ 44. Kg5 Rc6 45. Rf6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Ravi, Vrajesh"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1054"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Qd1 Ne5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Kh8 14. Qf3 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Ba4 e5 18. Be3 Rxf3 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Nd5 Ne7 21.
Nxe7 Bxa4 22. Nd5 Bxc2 23. Rac1 Be4+ 24. f3 Bxf3+ 25. Kg1 Bxd5 26. Rcd1 Bc6 27.
Rf1 Qh4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxd6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Cao, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1048"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15.
Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Qd3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh7 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21.
Nc7 Rad8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. f5
a5 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Rxg7 Nf8 30. e6 b5 31. Bd6 c4 32. Rg8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "He, Jacob"]
[Black "Wilson, Dion A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1021"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteFideId "4320891"]
[BlackFideId "4321413"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Bb5 dxc3 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Qe2 cxb2
8. Bxb2 Rb8 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. O-O e6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 O-O
15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Qg4 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Bxc2 18. Bh6 Bg6 19. Rb3 gxh6 20. Nh4 Bxh4
21. Qxh4 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "Hao, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "986"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. Qc2 d6 6. Ngxe4 Bf5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6
8. e4 Bg6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. d4 c6 11. Nf4 c5 12. d5 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. g3 Nd7 15.
Bg2 Ne5 16. h4 h6 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. f4 Nxh4 19. gxh4 Bxh4+ 20. Kd1 Qd7 21. Rxh4
Qe7 22. Rh1 Qd7 23. Qd3 Qg4+ 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Kc2 b5 26. Bf1 b4 27. Bh3 Qb7 28.
b3 a5 29. a4 Rfe8 30. Rae1 Qe7 31. Bc1 Qf6 32. Bb2 Qe7 33. Bf5 g6 34. Rxh6 f6
35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Hara, Koki"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "983"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteFideId "4313305"]
[BlackFideId "4317360"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Na3 e5 8.
Bc4 Qe4+ 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nh6 13. Re1 Bxa3 14.
bxa3 dxc3 15. Kf1 Nd4 16. Rb1 f6 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Kg1 Kb8 19. f4 c2 20. Rb4 Ne2+
21. Kf1 Nxc1 22. Rc4 Nd3 23. Ra1 Ne3+ 24. Ke2 Nxc4 25. fxe5 Nxa3 26. exf6 Nb1
27. Kf3 c1=Q 28. fxg7 Nd2+ 29. Kg4 Qc4+ 30. Kg3 Qc7+ 31. Kg4 Qxg7+ 32. Kf5
Rhf8+ 33. Ke6 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Black "Le, Long Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "946"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteFideId "4315073"]
[BlackFideId "4320930"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8.
c3 Nc6 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bd5+ Ke8 14. Qf3
Qe7 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Na5 Qe5
21. Nc6+ Kd7 22. Rf7+ Ke8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxc7 g5 25. b3 Rf8 26. Bd5 a5 27.
Ra7 Rc8 28. c4 Rc5 29. Rh7 Rf6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 a4 32. Rxh6 axb3 33. axb3
g4 34. Rxd6 Ra5 35. Re6+ Kd8 36. Rxe5 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kg3 Kd7 39. b4 Rb2
40. b5 Kc7 41. Re7+ Kb6 42. Rb7+ Kc5 43. e5 Re2 44. e6 Kd6 45. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 46.
Bxg2 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Addagada, Geetham"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "920"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 e5 7. Nxe5 Qa5+ 8. c3
c4 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxb8 cxb5 12. Be5 Ne4 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qa4 Qxa4
15. Rxa4 a6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Kd2 f6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. e4 Bf4+ 20. Ke1 Bc1 21.
exd5 Bxb2 22. Kd2 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rb4 Bxc3+ 25. Kxc3 O-O 26. Bxc4 Rc8 27.
d6+ Bf7 28. d7 Rd8 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb7 Ke7 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. d5 Rxd7 33.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Kc4 a5 35. Ra1 Kd6 36. Rxa5 Ke5 37. Ra6 Kf4 38. d6 Kxf3 39. d7
Kxg4 40. d8=Q Kg5 41. Qd5+ Kg6 42. Ra3 h5 43. Rg3+ Kh6 44. Qf5 g5 45. Qxf6+ Kh7
46. Rxg5 h4 47. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Gunawan, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Addagada, Janvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "866"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. h4 Re8 7. Nbd2 e5 8. d5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c4 Nd7 11. b4 c5 12. a3 a6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. b5 a5 15. b6 Qd8
16. Rb1 Ra8 17. Qa4 Nxb6 18. Rxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxe8+ Bf8 20. O-O Qb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3
22. Bf1 f5 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. exf5 Ra6 25. Qe8 Kg8 26. Qxc8 Ra7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28.
Qf7 Bg7 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Qxd6 Qa4 32. Bd3+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34.
Qf8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Xia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gong, Jie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "799"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f3
Bb4 9. Qd2 Na5 10. Bd3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qd3
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Ne4 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Ne2 Rxd3 20. Nxf4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be7 22. Nd6 b5 23. c3 Kf8 24. Kc2 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rc6 Kd7
27. Rc5 Bb7 28. b4 g6 29. Nd3 f6 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Re8 32. h4 e5 33. g4 e4
34. fxe4 Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rxg4 36. Ke2 Rxh4 37. Kf2 Rc4 38. Rxc4 bxc4 39. Nb2 Bd5
40. Kg3 Ke5 41. Kg4 f5+ 42. Kg5 f4 43. Nd1 Be6 44. Kh6 Ke4 45. a4 Kd3 46. b5
Ke2 47. Nf2 Kxf2 48. bxa6 Ke2 49. a7 Bd5 50. a5 f3 51. a6 f2 52. Kxh7 f1=Q 53.
Kxg6 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Miriyala, Sreenikesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "745"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. O-O Rc8
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rac1 Re6 17. d5 Rd6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qe2 Re6
21. Qb5 b6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rg5 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27.
Rxc7 h4 28. h3 Rc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. Nxc5 Ke7 32. Nb7 a4 33. Nc5
Kd6 34. Nxa4 Kc6 35. b4 Kb5 36. Nc3+ Kb6 37. a4 Kb7 38. b5 Kb6 39. g4 hxg3 40.
fxg3 f5 41. Nd5+ Kb7 42. a5 Ka8 43. Ne7 f4 44. exf4 Kb8 45. b6 Ka8 46. a6 Kb8
47. Nc6+ Kc8 48. b7+ Kc7 49. b8=Q+ Kxc6 50. Qd8 Kb5 51. a7 g5 52. a8=R gxf4 53.
Qc7 fxg3 54. Rb8+ Ka6 55. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Wang, Tingyu"]
[Black "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "683"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteFideId "4325214"]
[BlackFideId "4320808"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 a6 6. Qd3 Nc6 7. a3 e6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Na2 Bd7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Be3
Rhb8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qc3 a5 18. Qc5 Qb7 19. Rd3 Nc4 20. Qxc6+ Qxc6
21. Rb3 Rc8 22. Bf4 Nxa3 23. c3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Liu, Richard Jingjie"]
[Black "Zhang, Cynthia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "623"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteFideId "4316967"]
[BlackFideId "4320360"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 Bd6 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Bxf7+ Kf8 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. Bxg8 Kxg8 9. Qd5+ Nf7 10. O-O c6 11. Qb3 a6 12. Qg3 Ng5 13. Nd2 h5 14. h4
Nf7 15. b3 d6 16. Bb2 Rh7 17. e5 Bg4 18. Ne4 dxe5 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rad1 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 Rd8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxh7 Bxh7 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf8 26. Rd7 Rg8 27.
Rfd1 Bxc2 28. Rf7 Bxd1 29. Qxh5# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Liang, Nancy"]
[Black "Winsley, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "265"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "4325087"]
[BlackFideId "4315138"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. b3 Bxf3
9. Bxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. O-O Bc3 13. Rc1 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4
15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Be2 N7c6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Re2 O-O 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Qe1 Nb4 21.
Nf3 Rxc1 22. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nfd3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rd1 Nb4
27. Ra1 Rc8 28. a3 Nd3 29. b4 a6 30. h3 Rc4 31. Nf3 Nf4 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1
Nxg2 34. Nh2 d4 35. Ng4 h5 36. Nf2 Nf4 37. Rd1 e5 38. Ra1 Rc3 39. h4 f6 40. Ke1
Rg3 41. Kd2 Rg2 42. Rf1 Nh3 43. Ke2 e4 44. Ke1 Rxf2 45. Rxf2 Nxf2 46. Kxf2 f5
47. Ke2 f4 48. Kf2 d3 49. Ke1 e3 50. Kf1 d2 51. Ke2 f3+ 52. Kd1 f2 53. Ke2
f1=Q+ 54. Kxf1 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Black "Aadhav, Dhamodharan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4301340"]
[BlackFideId "33474575"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Qb6 9. Kh1 O-O-O 10. Qe1 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qd4
15. Nc3 a6 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qe4 Qh5 18. Bd2 Nh6 19. Qf3 Ng4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bc3
Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rg8 23. Re1 e6 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rf2 Nb4 27. a3 Nd5
28. f5 Nc7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Ref1 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Abbott, Isaac"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4310462"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bg5 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 fxg6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Qd3 g5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qg6 Rae8 20. Rd3 Nh7
21. Rde3 Rf6 22. Qd3 Rxf2 23. Re5 Nf6 24. Qe3 Rf4 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6
27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb5 Ra4 29. Re7 a6 30. Nd6 b5 31. b3 Rf4 32. Nf5 Kf8 33. Rxg7
Rxf5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Black "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[ECO "D86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qb5 Qxe5 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 18. Qc6 Rc8 19. Qa4 c4 20. Qc2 f5
21. f3 Bf7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nd4 f4 24. Rfe1 Qa5 25. Re7 Bg6 26. Qd2 Re8 27.
Rae1 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qa3 29. Rb7 Re8 30. Nb5 Qc5+ 31. Qd4 Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Re3 33.
Nb5 a6 34. Nd6 Rxc3 35. Rb4 Bd3 36. h4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 c3 38. Rb3 Bb1 39. Ne4 c2
40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Ng5+ Ke7 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Rb6+ Kc7 44. Rxa6 Re1 45. Ra7+ Kb6
46. Rxh7 c1=Q 47. Rh6+ Kc5 48. Kh3 Bf5+ 49. g4 Rh1+ 50. Kg2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Rathnadiwakara, Meth Bivon"]
[Black "Bolster, Caolan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4319435"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. e6 Bxe6 8. d3 Nf6
9. h3 Bf5 10. a3 e6 11. g3 h6 12. Bg2 Bd6 13. O-O Nd7 14. g4 Bh7 15. Nbd2 Nde5
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Bxd3 18. Qd1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 O-O-O 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bd6
22. b4 f5 23. Qf3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Rdf8 25. bxc5 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qb3 Rxg4
28. Rb1 Rf8 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Rf5 31. Qg3 Rg5 32. Rb3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Hampshire, Thomas"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Niranjana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteFideId "4320883"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Na5 7. Bd3 c6 8. b4
cxd5 9. bxa5 Bxa5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qxc3 13. Bb2 Qc6 14. Nxe5
Qe6 15. exd5 Qe7 16. d6 Qe6 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Nc6+ Ne4 19. Ne7 Qf4 20. Rae1 f5
21. f3 h5 22. fxe4 Qg5 23. exf5 h4 24. Nc6+ Kf8 25. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Keith, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackFideId "4320913"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. e5 a6 8. Bf1
Ne7 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qc7 12. d4 Nf5 13. c3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qh3 Qd8 17. Bd3 d6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. f4 Bh4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
Re7 22. g4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteFideId "4310608"]
[BlackFideId "4300793"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. e3 c5 10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Kd1
Bd7 15. Qd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Ba4+ 17. Kc1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackFideId "4301188"]
[Opening "Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. c4 Nbc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Kh2 Kh7 12. b3 Nf5 13. Nde2 a6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qc1
Nb4 16. Rd1 a5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 Nd6 21. Qc3+ f6 22.
Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Rad1 Bf5 25. e4 Bc8 26. a3 Na6 27. Nf4 Nc7 28. e5
Qxe5 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rg6+ Kh8 33. Nh5 Be6 34. Rd6
Rxf2 35. Rgxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxe6 Ra2 37. Rxe5 Rxa3 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Nf4 Rxf4 40.
gxf4 Rxb3 41. f5 a4 42. f6 Rb2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. f7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wilson, Dion A"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4321413"]
[BlackFideId "4302940"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2+ Be7
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 a6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Ng4
Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf3 Red8 17. Bc1 Nd4 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. Ne2 Re8 20. c3 d4
21. Ng3 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. f5 Bf6 26. Qf3 b5
27. g4 h6 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Qc6 Qe2 30. Rg1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackFideId "4315073"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Qb3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Nge4 Nh6 14. g3 Nf5
15. Rd1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qc4 f5 20. Nf2 Qxe3
21. Qf4+ Qxf4 22. gxf4 Rd5 23. Bf3 Rc5 24. Nd3 Rb5 25. Kf2 Bf6 26. b3 Kc7 27.
Kg3 g6 28. Rhe1 Re8 29. Kh3 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. b4 a5 32. a4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteFideId "4317360"]
[BlackFideId "4317262"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. c3 Nd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Bc4 Bc7 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7
21. Bxa7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b5 23. Bd4 f4 24. f3 c5 25. Bf2 Qxe5 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27.
Qd3 Rxb2 28. Re1 Qc7 29. Qc4 Qd6 30. Qa4 g6 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Qc4 Rc2 33. Be1
Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Re2 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Rxa2 37. Rd2 Ra1 38. Re2 Nd4 39. cxd4
cxd4 40. Kg1 d3 41. Rd2 Rxe1+ 42. Kf2 Re3 43. g3 g5 44. h4 Rxg3 45. hxg5 Kg7
46. Rd1 Re3 47. e5 Kg6 48. Rg1 Rxe5 49. Rd1 Re3 50. Ra1 Kxg5 51. Ra7 Kg4 52.
Rxf7 Re2+ 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. Rd7 d2 55. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Gunawan, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteFideId "4303733"]
[BlackFideId "4311450"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. f4 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. h3 f6 14. hxg4 fxg5
15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. gxh5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Na6 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. h6 gxh6 20. Rf6 Kg7
21. Qh5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Gong, Jie"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteFideId "4307275"]
[BlackFideId "4303776"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nd2
c5 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. c3 Nc6 11. h3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Ndxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bh2 Kh7 17. b3 f6 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 Qf7 20. fxg6+ Qxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Bd6 Rfc8 23. Bxc5 Ne5 24. Bd4 Nd7 25. c4 e5 26. Bb2 dxc4 27.
bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rfd1 Nb6 29. Rd6 Rc2 30. Ba3 Nc4 31. Rd3 Nxa3 32. Rxa3 Rd8 33.
Rxa7 Rdd2 34. Rb1 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Rcg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rxa2
39. Rxb7 Rh2 40. Rb5 Rxh3 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Rb7 g5 43. Rf7 e4 44. Rf8 Rf3+ 45.
Ke2 Kg4 46. Re8 f5 47. Rg8 Kh4 48. Rh8+ Kg3 49. Rh5 g4 50. Rh7 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Kf3
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. f3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qd8 13. e5 Bf8 14. f4 c5 15.
dxc5 d4 16. Ne4 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxc5 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rc4
Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd4 Bg4 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxb2 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. Qd4
Bxe2 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Kxe2 Rxa2+ 30. Kd3 Kf8 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h3 Bf6 10. d4 Re8+ 11. Be3 c6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Ne4 Bg7 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. g4 Ncd5 19. Kh2 Nf4 20. g5 Nfd5 21. Ng1 Bf5
22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nbd5 24. Re1 Qb6 25. b4 Rad8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Bxf5 gxf5
28. Ne2 Re3 29. Rg1 Qc7+ 30. Bg3 Qe7 31. Ra2 Kh8 32. Qf1 Re8 33. Be5 Nh5 34. f4
Qh4 35. Qg2 Rg8 36. a4 Rb3 37. Rd2 Rxb4 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Qe7 40. Bd6 Qe4
41. Bxb4 Qxb4 42. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Liu, Richard Jingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteFideId "4314565"]
[BlackFideId "4316967"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 Be6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 O-O 14. Re1 Ne7
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rad1 g5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ng6 19. g3 Qf7 20. c4 Ne5 21. c5
Nfg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. f3 Ne5 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qb3 Rae8 26. Kg2 Kh7 27. Rc1
Re7 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Qe3 Rff7 30. Rf2 d5 31. Rcf1 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4
Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Nd3 35. Rf6 Nxb4 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 {(=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteFideId "4313186"]
[BlackFideId "4301340"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. a3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. c4 c6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. a4 Ne6 15.
Ba3 Ng5 16. Qe2 Nge4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 b6 21.
Rfc1 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc6 Rc8 24. Rbc1 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qa8 26. Kh2 Qxc6 27.
Rxc6 f5 28. Kg3 Rf7 29. Kf4 Re7 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 Re6 32. Rc7+ Re7 33. hxg6+
hxg6 34. Rc8 Kf6 35. Rc6+ Re6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 37. Kg5 a6 38. Kxg6 b5 39. d5+
Kxd5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Kxf5 b4 42. g4 b3 43. g5 b2 44. g6 b1=Q 45. Kf6 Qg1 46.
g7 Qxf2+ 47. Ke7 Qg3 48. Kf8 Kc4 49. g8=Q+ Qxg8+ 50. Kxg8 Kd3 51. Kf7 Kxe3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Chang, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteFideId "4310462"]
[BlackFideId "4325605"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Nf6
15. Rab1 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Nge2 Bd7 18. b4 g5 19. a4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. b5 g4
22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Nf4 Qg5 24. Nce2 h3 25. g3 h2+ 26. Kxh2 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Qh6+
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Lieser, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 e6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nf4
Nf8 15. Kb1 e5 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Qg5 exd4 18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. Nxh5 Qd5 20. Qg4+
Rd7 21. Nxg7 Ne5 22. Qh3 Rg8 23. Nf5 Ng4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg2 26. exd4
Qxh3 27. Rxh3 Rxd4 28. Kc1 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Kd7 30. Rb3 Kc7 31. Rf3 Rg7 32. Kd2
Rg2+ 33. Kd3 Rg7 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. Kf5 Rg2 36. h5 Rxc2 37. Rh3 Ke7 38. h6 Rf2+
39. Ke4 Rd2 40. h7 Rd8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Addagada, Geetham"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "920"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteFideId "4320662"]
[BlackFideId "12417246"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h4 d6 7. h5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5
gxh5 9. Qxh5 Qe8 10. Qh2 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Nd5 dxe3 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. fxe3 Nc6
15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Kd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rg8 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Qxf6
21. Rc1 c6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rh1 Qg7 24. g3 c5 25. Nfe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxb2+ 27.
Ke1 Qxh2 28. Rxh2 Rxg3 29. Kf2 Rg6 30. Nf4 Rf6 31. Nd5 Rf7 32. Rh6 Rd8 33. Nc3
a6 34. Nd5 b5 35. a3 a5 36. Rh4 Rb8 37. Ke2 b4 38. axb4 cxb4 39. Kd2 Rb5 40.
Nf4 a4 41. Kc2 Rc7+ 42. Kb2 Rbc5 43. Rh2 Rb7 44. d4 a3+ 45. Ka2 Rc3 46. Nd5 Rd3
47. Rg2 b3+ 48. Kxa3 b2+ 49. Ka4 b1=Q 50. Nf6 Ra7# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteFideId "8634831"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bc4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Nh4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qf7 14. Qxf7+
Kxf7 15. f3 g6 16. O-O Ne7 17. g3 Nh5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nf6 20. e5 Ne4 21.
c4 dxe5 22. fxe5+ Ke6 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Ba3 b6 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Rad1 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Black "Zhang, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1170"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Rfe1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bb5
Nxg3 15. hxg3 a6 16. Ba4 Re7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Nh4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Qb4
Ree8 21. Nhf3 Rad8 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Be6 25. Na5 b6 26. Nb3
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bf8 28. Nc1 Bg4 29. Rd5 Bh6 30. Ne2 e4 31. Nfd4 e3 32. f3 Be6 33.
Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Nd4 Re7 36. Ke2 Re5 37. Rd7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.
f4 g5 40. Nf5+ Kf7 41. Nxh6+ Kg6 42. Ng4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. Nxe3+ Kxf4 45.
Nd5+ Kg3 46. Nxf6 Kxg2 47. Nxh7 Kg3 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. Ke4 Kh5 50. Kd5 Kg6 51.
Nf8+ Kf7 52. Nd7 b5 53. b4 Ke7 54. Nc5 Kd8 55. Nxa6 Kc8 56. Kc6 Kd8 57. Kxb5
Kc8 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. b5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Sun, Oliver"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1072"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "4325184"]
[BlackFideId "4320964"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 dxe4 6. fxe4 Qh4+ 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qf3 f6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Rf1 Nd7 14. Ba3 Rf7
15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 fxe5 17. Rxf7 Nxf7 18. Kd2 exd4 19. cxd4 e5 20. dxe5
Ndxe5 21. Be4 Nc4+ 22. Kc3 Nxa3 23. Re1 Nb5+ 24. Kb2 Bd7 25. Rd1 Nbd6 26. Bf3
Be6 27. Re1 Re8 28. c3 Ng5 29. Bd1 Bd5 30. Rg1 Nge4 31. Ne2 Nc4+ 32. Kc1 Ne3
33. Bc2 Nxc2 34. Kxc2 Bxa2 35. Ra1 Bc4 36. Nd4 c5 37. Nf3 a6 38. Ra4 Be2 39.
Ng1 Bf1 40. g4 Ng5 41. h4 Nh3 42. Nf3 Re2+ 43. Kd1 Nf2+ 44. Kc1 Nd3+ 45. Kb1
Bg2 46. Ng5 h6 47. Ra3 hxg5 48. c4 Be4 49. hxg5 Nb4+ 50. Kc1 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Bf3+
52. Ke1 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Mayer, Uri"]
[Black "Hara, Koki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "983"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteFideId "2862298"]
[BlackFideId "4313305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bg5 d6 11. O-O-O Kd7 12. f4 Ng4 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nd5+ Kd8 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rxd6+ Kc7 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Rd5 Nc6 20.
Bc4 Kb8 21. Bb3 Rhe8 22. Rf1 Rxe4 23. Rxf7 Rg4 24. Rdd7 Nd8 25. Rxg7 Rxg7 26.
Rxg7 h5 27. Rh7 Rc5 28. Rd7 Nc6 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Ne5 31. Bf3 h4 32. b3 Kc7
33. Kd2 b6 34. Ke3 a5 35. Kf4 Kd6 36. Kg5 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 h3 38. f4 Ke7 39. f5
b5 40. f6+ Kf7 41. c4 b4 42. c5 Ke8 43. c6 a4 44. bxa4 b3 45. axb3 Kf8 46. c7
Kg8 47. c8=Q+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. a5 Kg8 50. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Chang, Luke"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteFideId "4325605"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxa1 13. O-O Bg7 14. h4
Bd7 15. h5 Bc6 16. Ng3 d5 17. Rd1 dxc4 18. Qc1 Qa5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bxc4 Rad8
21. Rf1 Bd5 22. Bh6 Bxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxc4 Rh8 25. b4 Qe5 26. a4 Qd4 27.
Qb3 e5 28. Re1 Rh4 29. Qf3 Qxb4 30. Rc1 Qxa4 31. Rc7 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Nf1 Rb4 34. Rc6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteFideId "4300793"]
[BlackFideId "4313003"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
Ne4 9. b3 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Nd6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nd3 Nf5 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Nf3 b6 15.
Nfe5 Bb7 16. e4 Bxe5 17. exf5 Bf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Qc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Be4 c5 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rxd2 27.
Rxd2 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Qd3 Qe7 31. f5 Kg8 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33.
Kg2 Bc7 34. h4 Qe8 35. g4 Qb5 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. e6+ Ke7 38. Qe4 Qa5 39. Qe2 Qb4
40. Bxg7 Qf4 41. f6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteFideId "4319176"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[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. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
b4 a6 16. a4 Nd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne6 19. Qb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 f6 21. h3 Bh5
22. Qb3 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. g4 Bg6 25. Ra7 Be4 26. Nd2 fxe5 27. Nxe4 exd4 28.
Bf2 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Ra2 d3 31. Bf3 Rxf3 32. Bxc5 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteFideId "4302940"]
[BlackFideId "4312830"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Qc7 9. b4 Bf8 10. Re1 Nge7 11. h4 h6 12. a4 g6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Ba3 Nc8 15. Nbd2
N6e7 16. Rec1 O-O 17. b5 Re8 18. c4 Qd8 19. c5 a6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Bxa6 Nc6
22. Bb5 Qc7 23. Bb2 N8e7 24. Nb3 Reb8 25. Re1 Nd8 26. Nbd4 Nec6 27. Bxc6 Bxc6
28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Bc3 Rb7 30. Qc2 Nb4 31. Qd2 Na6 32. Bd4 Nb8 33. Qc3 Nc6 34.
Rec1 Rb4 35. a5 Rc4 36. Qd2 Nxd4 37. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 dxc4 39. f4 Qxc5 40.
a6 Qc8 41. a7 Qc7 42. Qc3 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 Qxa7 44. Qxc4 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qd1 46. f3
Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qh2 48. Qc8+ Bf8 49. Qc4 Qxh4 50. Qe4 Qh3+ 51. Ke2 Qf5 52. Qd4 h5
53. Ke3 Qc2 54. Qd8 h4 55. f5 Qxf5 56. Qxh4 Qxe5+ 57. Kd3 Qd5+ 58. Ke2 Qa2+ 59.
Kd3 Qb1+ 60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Kf2 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteFideId "12417246"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. h3 h6
21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Qe3 Rd5 23. Qf3 b5 24. Rd2 a6 25. Rdc2 Qc8 26. Qe2 Rd6 27. Qf3
b4 28. Qg3 Rdc6 29. Rb1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 bxc3 31. Rc1 c2 32. Qd3 Rc3 33. Qd2 Qc6
34. f3 Qc4 35. Kh2 Qc6 36. Kg1 Rc4 37. Kh2 Qa4 38. a3 Qxa3 39. Rxc2 Qd6+ 40. g3
Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Qxd4 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qc2+ g6 44. g4 Kg7 45. h4 a5 46. Kg3 e5 47.
Qa2 a4 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteFideId "4317262"]
[BlackFideId "4307780"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. h3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. f4 f5 17. Nb5 c4 18. Bb1 Nc5 19. Nd6 Qd7 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Qb7 22. Qh5 Ne6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rfd1 Ree8 25. Rd4 Rad8 26. Rcd1 Re7 27.
e4 Red7 28. e6 Rd6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qe7 32. Qd7 Qc5+ 33.
Kh2 Qf2 34. Qf7+ Kh7 35. e7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteFideId "4301340"]
[BlackFideId "4303733"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bf4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6
15. h3 Bb5 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. a4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxf4 19. Nb3 g6 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rf1 Qd6 22. Bd3 Rhe8 23. Qf3 Nd7 24. Bb5 Ne5 25. Qf2 Re7 26. Rd1 a6 27. Bf1 Nc6
28. Nc5 d4 29. Nb3 Qe5 30. cxd4 Qe3 31. Rd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Re4 33. Re3 Rf4+ 34.
Ke1 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rfxd4 36. b3 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 R8d6 38. Bc4 Rf6+ 39. Kg3 Rd7 40.
Re2 Rf5 41. Re8+ Kc7 42. Rh8 h5 43. Re8 Kd6 44. b4 Rc7 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rd4 b5
47. axb5 axb5 48. Re4+ Kf6 49. Be2 Rc3+ 50. Bf3 Rc4 51. Rxc4 bxc4 52. Be2 c3
53. Bd3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteFideId "4303776"]
[BlackFideId "4306414"]
[Opening "Bird Opening: Dutch Variation"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. c3 Nxe5 13. Na3 b6 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Nc2 Be6 18. a3 Bb3 19. Rd2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Rad8 21.
Rff2 Rd6 22. Rcd2 Red8 23. Rfe2 h5 24. Rd5 Re6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd2 Rd6 27.
Rd5 Kg7 28. Qd1 h4 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Bxd6 31. Kf2 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Kf6 33.
Bf1 Ke5 34. Bc4 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Kf3 Bf8 37. b4 Bh6 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Bb5
Bd2 40. c4 Kd4 41. a4 Kc3 42. Ba6 Bg5 43. Bb5 Kb4 44. Kg2 Ka5 45. Bd7 a6 46.
Bc8 f4 47. gxf4 Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bd6 9. b4 a6 10. Na4 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. g3 g5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. d5+ Kh6 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. dxc6 Qg6 20. cxd7 Bxd7 21. exf4
Bh3 22. Re1 Rg8 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Qd2+ Kh5 25. Be2+ Bg4 26. Qd5+ Qg5 27. Bxg4+
1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Liu, Richard Jingjie"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3 Ne7
15. g3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rb8
21. Bd5 Bg4 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. O-O f6 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Rfd1 g5 26. b4 Rb6 27. Kf2
Rc8 28. Rc1 f5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rdc2 Kf6 32. Rh1 e4 33. Be2 Rbc6 34.
Rhc1 Ke5 35. Kg2 f4 36. exf4+ gxf4 37. gxf4+ Kxf4 38. Rf1+ Ke3 39. Re1 Rg8+ 40.
Kh2 Kf4 41. Rf1+ Ke5 42. Rg1 Rh8+ 43. Kg3 Rh3+ 44. Kf2 Rhxc3 45. Rxc3 Rxc3 46.
Rg5+ Kf4 47. Rg6 e3+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Bd1 Bxa2 50. Rxa6 Bb3 51. Rd6 Rxd1+ {0-1}
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteFideId "4311540"]
[BlackFideId "4314565"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. Nf3
Nxc5 9. e3 Nce4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc5 12. O-O b6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8
15. Nb5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Nxa7 Rxc4 18. Nb5 Rxh4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Yang, Edison J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteFideId "4317408"]
[BlackFideId "4317432"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. g4 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. b4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Bb5 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 a5 20. b5 Rad8 21.
Nd2 Rd3 22. Ke2 Rd5 23. a4 Re5 24. Nc4 Rd5 25. Nxa5 Rb8 26. Rc1 Rd3 27. Rc4 Ra3
28. Rxe4 Ra2+ 29. Kd3 e5 30. Rc4 Ra1 31. b6 Rh1 32. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. O-O-O O-O 7. h4 Qa5 8. Kb1
e5 9. Be3 b5 10. f3 b4 11. Nce2 Be6 12. Nc1 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
h5 Rd8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qf4 Nd7 18. Rxd6 Bg7 19. Ra6 Be5 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21.
Qh6+ Kg8 22. Rxa5 Nb6 23. a3 Rd1 24. Rxc5 Bd4 25. Rc6 Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Hampshire, Thomas"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Be3
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. c4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf4 17. Rac1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qh4
Qa5 22. Rc2 Rc6 23. Kh1 b6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rc1 e5 27. dxe5 Ng8
28. Qd4 bxc5 29. Qxd5 Ne7 30. Qd7 Qc7 31. Rg1+ Ng6 32. Qg4 Qd8 33. Ne4 Re8 34.
f4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Li, Olivia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Na3 b5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nge7 14. Nb1 d4 15.
cxd4 Nxb4 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Rc3 Bc6 18. Nbd2 Qd7 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Rc5 Nf4 21. Rac1
h6 22. Bb1 Bb7 23. Ne4 O-O 24. Nd6 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc8 26. Qc2 Ng6 27. Rc7 Qd8
28. Nxb7 Qd5 29. Nh4 Re8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Re7 32. Rxc8+ Re8 33. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b4 Bd6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nd7 14. d4 f5 15. exf5
e4 16. Nfd2 d5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. g4 c6 21. f3 Qc7 22.
fxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Ned5 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rff8 27. Nd2 Bg3
28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Ne4 Bh4 30. Bc1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qg3+ 32. Qg2 Qxc3 33. Bd2 Qxd4+
34. Kh1 Qd3 35. Rf3 Qb1+ 36. Qf1 Qe4 37. Qd3 Qe5 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Qc4 Kh8 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 Bd6 42. Kf1 Qh2 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Qd4 Be5 45. Qf2 Qh1+ 46. Qg1
Qxf3+ 47. Qf2 Qxh3+ {0-1} 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Barry, Jacob"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e5 Nh5 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. O-O Rab8 11. Be2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. g3 Qd6 14. d5 Nb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. axb4 Bxb2 17. Rxa7 Qxb4 18. Qb1 Qc3 19. Kg2 Qc5 20. Qa2 Qxc2
21. Nd4 Qe4+ 22. Bf3 Qxd4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxb2 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qxd5 26. Rc1 c5
27. Qb6 Rfc8 28. Ra5 Qd6 29. Qa7 b6 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Qa2 c4 32. Qe2 e6 33. Rb4
b5 34. Qb2 Qb7 35. Rb1 c3 36. Qc2 Qd5 37. R4b3 Qd2 38. Qxd2 cxd2 39. Rd3 Rc1+
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Mayer, Uri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteFideId "4320913"]
[BlackFideId "2862298"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. e4 h6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Rfe1 Na6 16. Qb1 Qb7 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bxc6 Qb8 22. Rd7 Nb4 23. Bg2 Re6 24. h4 Qe8 25. Rd1 Nh7 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nd5
Rd6 28. Re1 Re6 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nazeer, Afique M"]
[Black "Wilson, Dion A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. e5
Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Ne2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 c5 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. c3 Qc7 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. Rd2 d4 21.
cxd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 cxd4 23. Qe4 Qa5 24. Ree2 d3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf4 27.
Qd2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Qxa2 29. Qe4 Qxb2 30. Kg2 a5 31. Nh5 Qb1 32. Qf4 Qf5 33. Qh4
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Tan, Jin"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteFideId "4320972"]
[BlackFideId "4317360"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. h3 b5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rfc1 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qd3 d5 18. Qe2 dxe4 19. Nd2 a5 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Rd1 f5
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. Qe6 f4 28.
Rxa5 Rd8 29. Kh2 e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Bxe3 Qb8 32. Qb6 Qc8 33. Rc5 Qd7 34. Rb5
e4 35. Qc5 Be7 36. Qc4 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Bh4+ 39. g3 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rd1+
41. Qf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kh2 Bxg3# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Black "Wen, Sandy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteFideId "4315073"]
[BlackFideId "4317890"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O f6 8. Qc2 f5
9. Re1 g6 10. Bf1 c4 11. b3 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Ba3 Kd7 14. Nbd2 g5 15. Kh1 g4
16. Ng1 Bg5 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. d5 Na5 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Ndf3 Be7
22. Nd4+ Kf7 23. Qxf5+ Nf6 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Bxe7 Ne4 26. Nf5# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Gunawan, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Gu, Claire Yuqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "gordo"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,16,19,27,65,15,20,20,12,21,21,-2,18,25,32,-5,-1,-1,-11]} 1. Nf3 g6 2.
g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. d3 Nc6 9. a3 a6
10. Rb1 Nd7 11. b4 Nde5 12. bxc5 Nxc4 13. e4 N4e5 14. exf5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd4
16. Qd1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxb7
Qxa3 22. Qe4 Rfe8 23. Re1 e6 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qf6 Rf8 27. Rd7 a5
28. Rd4 Qc3 29. Ree4 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Kh3 Qc5 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. h4 a4 34. h5
gxh5 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Kh2 e5 39. Rh4+ Qh6 40. Rxh6#
1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Fisher, Calexico"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1385"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4310462"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Na4 e4 13. Ne1 exd3 14. exd3 Nxa4
15. Qxa4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rc1 c6 18. Rc4 Qd6 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Be4 Bg6 21.
Qa2 Rac8 22. Ng2 b5 23. Rc2 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd2 Qe6 26. Qc2 Rc4 27. Qd3
c5 28. Nf4 Qc6 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Ra1 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qc3 33. Qxc3
Rxc3 34. a4 Ra3 35. Rc1 Rxa4 36. Nd5 g6 37. Rc8 Kg7 38. Ra8 a5 39. Nc7 b4 40.
Ne8+ Kh6 41. Nf6 b3 42. Rb8 Bb4 43. Rh8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Black "He, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1276"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nc3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. e4 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Bxd5 Rc8
15. Qb3 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Bg5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Bohme, Alex"]
[Black "Cui, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4313704"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. e3 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Re8 12. Na4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bf3
Rb8 15. e4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxe4 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. f4 Qf5
21. Red1 Re4 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rd5 Qxf4 24. Rg5 Kh7 25. Bc1 Qxh4 26. Rg3 Rbe8 27.
Bb2 Re2 28. Rf3 Be4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Wang, Tingyu"]
[Black "Addagada, Geetham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "683"]
[BlackElo "920"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteFideId "4325214"]
[BlackFideId "4320662"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. Rd1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Qd3 Nc5
15. Qd2 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Qh4 17. Qe3 f5 18. Rf1 Qd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Bh6 Bxh6
21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Bf3 Bg7 23. b3 d3 24. Rac1 Bb2 25. cxd3 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd3
27. Rxc7 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Ne5 29. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Re2 31. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3
Rd2 33. a4 f4+ 34. Kh4 Rxd5 35. a5 Rb5 36. a6 Rfb8 37. Rd7 Rxb3 38. a7 Ra8 39.
Kg4 Rb6 40. Kxf4 Ra6 41. Ke4 R8xa7 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Kd5 Ke7 44. Rh8 Ra5+ 45.
Ke4 Rh5 46. Kf4 Rxh3 47. Kg4 Rh5 48. f4 Ra3 49. f5 Ra4+ 50. Kg3 gxf5 51. Rc8
Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rh3+ 53. Kf2 Ra4 54. Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Zhang, Daniel"]
[Black "Addagada, Janvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1170"]
[BlackElo "866"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a6 14. Rad1
b5 15. Qe2 b4 16. Nb1 a5 17. e5 Nh5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bxe7 Nf4 20. Qe4 Re8 21.
Bxd8 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxd8 23. Rxf4 Bxb2 24. Rd5 Re8 25. Nd2 Bc1 26. Rfd4 Bxd2 27.
Rxd2 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Ra1 29. Rxa5 h5 30. Rxd6 Rc1 31. Rc6 Kg7 32. Ra4 Rb1 33. Rc4
f5 34. Rcxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 Kh6 36. a4 g5 37. a5 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. a6 Kg5 40.
a7 Kh4 41. a8=Q Kg5 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qd5 Kg5 44. Qd8+ Kg6 45. Rb6+ Kh5 46. Qh8+
Kg5 47. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Liang, Nancy"]
[Black "Sun, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "265"]
[BlackElo "1072"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
Rxe3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nbd2 a5 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 c6 14. d4 a4
15. Bc2 Qc7 16. a3 Rd8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Rd1 O-O 20. h3 Bh5 21. Qe1
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Ng6 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qd2
Qd6 28. Kf1 Qxd3+ 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Kd2 Nc4+ 32. Kc2 Nxa3+ 33. Kb2
Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Ravi, Vrajesh"]
[Black "Zhang, Cynthia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1054"]
[BlackElo "623"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 d5 14. exd5
Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxa8+ Kh7 19. Bd3+ Bf5 20.
Bxf5+ Qxf5 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 g5 23. Re7 Kg6 24. Rxc7 f6 25. Rb7 h5 26. Rxb6
g4 27. h3 Kg5 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. f3 g3 30. a4 Kh4 31. a5 f5 32. a6 f4 33. a7 Kg5
34. a8=Q Kh5 35. Qg8 Kh4 36. Rb7 Kh5 37. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Abbott, Isaac"]
[Black "Cao, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1048"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd5 c6 14. Ba3
Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1+ Kd8 17. Bxf7 Nf6 18. Bd6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Liang, Xibing"]
[Black "He, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1021"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Bd7 6. c3 d4 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Nxe5 Qd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 h5 11. e5 Kd8 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bg5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Rathnadiwakara, Meth Bivon"]
[Black "Hao, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "986"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Qe7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bf4 e4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. dxe4
Nxe4 15. Nc3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Qxa8 Qb7 19. Qxb7 Bxb7 20. Nxe4
Re8 21. Nd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Re8+ Bxe8 25. Nxe8 Kf8 26. Nc7
g5 27. Nxa6 Kg7 28. Nc5 Kg6 29. a4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Hara, Koki"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Niranjana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "983"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Ng5 Qd8 11. Qh5 Re8 12. Qxf7+ Kh8 13. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackFideId "4317262"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O
15. Be3 b5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Re5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qc4 25. a3 a5 26. g3 b4 27. cxb4
Bxb2 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qxa5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Bxa3 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. b5 Qc7 33. Qd5 g6
34. Ne5 Kf8 35. b6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteFideId "4303733"]
[BlackFideId "4300793"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 Qf6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. h4 Nxc4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. g4
f6 15. Nd4 Qxc5 16. Be4 h6 17. Rfd1 d5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. g5 fxg5 20. hxg5 Qe7
21. Nf3 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d4 7. d3 Bd6 8. e3 Bc5
9. b4 Bxb4 10. Nxd4 Bg6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nc2 Be7 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. Qc3 Nc5 15.
Nba3 Rd8 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. d4 e5 18. Rf1 exd4 19. exd4 Ne6 20. Re1 O-O 21. Bb2
Nd7 22. Rbd1 Bf6 23. Qb3 Nb6 24. Bc3 Rd7 25. Bh3 Ng5 26. Bg2 Bh5 27. Rd3 Bg4
28. d5 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 cxd5 30. cxd5 Qd8 31. h4 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Nxd5 33. Rc4 Qf6 34.
f3 Be6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Re4 Qa6+ 37. Qc4 Qf6 38. Qb3 Nhf4 39. gxf4 Qxh4 40.
Qa4 Rdd8 41. f5 Qg5 42. Rg4 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Nc3 44. Qf4 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackFideId "4312830"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 h6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nc6 19. Ng6 Rfe8 20. Nge5
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rac8 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Nxd7 Re7 26. Ne5
Rb6 27. b3 Rd6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bg6 Rf8 30. g4 Rd8 31. Ke3 a6 32. f4 a5 33. Rc5
Ra8 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. g3 Kg8 36. a4 Kf8 37. f5 Rd8 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Rc7 Re7 40.
Rc5 b6 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Bd3 Kg8 43. Ke3 Rbb8 44. Be2 Rb7 45. Kd2 Kh7 46. Ba6
Rbb8 47. Rc7 Rd6 48. Bd3+ Kg8 49. Bf5 Rf8 50. Ng6 Rb8 51. Nf4 Kh8 52. Re7 Rbd8
53. Be6 Rb8 54. Nh5 b5 55. Nxg7 bxa4 56. bxa4 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb1 58. Kf4 Rd8 59.
Kf5 Rf1+ 60. Kg6 Rdf8 61. Nf5 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteFideId "4314565"]
[BlackFideId "4303776"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 e5 9. b4 Bd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bb2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Qf3 Bxd3 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxd3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2
Ke7 21. Kd2 Kd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rg8 24. g3 b5 25. Rc5 a6 26. Rh5 Rc8 27.
Rxh7 Rc3 28. Rxf7 Ke6 29. Ra7 Rxa3 30. h4 Ra2+ 31. Ke1 Ra4 32. h5 Rxb4 33. Kf1
Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. h6 Kf5 36. h7 Rc8 37. Rxa6 Rh8 38. Ra7 b4 39. Rd7 Ke5 40.
f4+ Ke6 41. Rxd4 Rxh7 42. Rxb4 Ra7 43. Kf3 f5 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rg6
Rb4 47. Kd2 Ra4 48. Kc3 Kf7 49. Rg5 Ke6 50. d4 Ra3+ 51. Kb4 Rd3 52. Kc4 Rd1 53.
d5+ Kf6 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Ra1 56. Kc6 Rc1+ 57. Kd7 Rd1 58. d6 Rd2 59. Kc7
Rc2+ 60. Kd8 Rd2 61. d7 Rd1 62. Rg8 Ke6 63. Ke8 Rh1 64. d8=Q Rh8 65. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteFideId "4317440"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 e5 13. Rxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe5
Qb4+ 15. Qd2 c5 16. d5 Rb8 17. b3 Rb6 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Nf3 Rd6 20. Rd1 Rxd5 21.
Qxb4 cxb4 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd5 Re6 24. Ra5 Ra6 25. Rxa6 Bxa6+ 26. Kd2 Bb5 27.
Nd4 Bd7 28. Kd3 c5 29. Nc2 Bb5+ 30. Ke4 Bc6+ 31. Ke5 Bxg2 32. Kd6 Be4 33. Ne1
Bb1 34. Kxc5 a5 35. Nf3 Bxa2 36. Nd2 a4 37. bxa4 b3 38. Nc4 Bb1 39. Kb4 Bc2 40.
a5 Bd1 41. a6 b2 42. Nxb2 Bf3 43. Nc4 f6 44. Nd6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteFideId "4306414"]
[BlackFideId "4302940"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qe5 7. Be2 Bc5 8. c3
Qxe4 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. c4 a6 13. Nd6 Rd8 14. Nc3 Bxd6 15.
Qxd6 Ne8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Be4 f5 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Nf7 20. Qa5 b6 21. Bxf7+
Qxf7 22. Qxb6 Qg6 23. Bd4 d6 24. f3 Be6 25. Rae1 Bf7 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 Re8 28.
Rd1 Ne4 29. Qb7 Qe6 30. Qc6 Bh5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteFideId "4315073"]
[BlackFideId "4314557"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Qd7
8. b4 Nxb4 9. Rb1 e6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Be3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Qa4 14. c4
Bb4 15. Qb2 Nc3 16. Bd1 Nxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a5 19. d4 Qc6 20. a3 Be7
21. Qc3 b6 22. c5 Rd5 23. Qb3 b5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Rhd8 26. Rd2 e5 27.
Rxa5 exd4 28. Ra8+ Kb7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 g6 32. Kf1 Kc6 33.
Ke2 Bxc5 34. Bxc5 Kxc5 35. Kd3 Kb5 36. Kd4 f5 37. h4 Ka4 38. Kc5 Kxa3 39. Kc6
Kb3 40. Kxc7 Kc3 41. Kd6 Kd3 42. Ke5 Ke2 43. Kf6 Kxf3 44. Kg7 Kg4 45. Kxh7 Kxh4
46. Kxg6 Kg4 47. f3+ Kf4 48. Kf6 Kxf3 49. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O
b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Ndf3 f6 14. Nd3 Rc8 15.
Re1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Nh2 f5 21. Nf3 h6
22. Nd3 g5 23. Nfe5 Qg7 24. Qh5 c4 25. Nb4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 a5 27. Nc2 Kh7 28. Nd4
Qxe5 29. f4 Qf6 30. Nf3 Qg6 31. Qh2 Kg7 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Kf2 Rh8 34. Qh5 Bc6 35.
Rh1 Be8 36. Qd1 Qe7 37. Qd4 Qc5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxh8 Qxd4 40. exd4 Kxh8 41.
Rh1+ Kg7 42. g4 fxg4 43. Kg3 Bg6 44. Kxg4 Rf8 45. Nf3 Be4 46. Nxg5 Bf5+ 47. Kf4
Kg6 48. Nf3 Be4+ 49. Ke3 Bxf3 50. gxf3 Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. f4 Rf5
54. Rg7 Rh5 55. Rg3 Rf5 56. Rg5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. c3 Bg4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Nf8 13. Re1 Bc7 14. Nh4 Qd6
15. g3 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Qd7 17. Kh2 Ne6 18. Nf3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Be3 Qf5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. a3 Qc4 24. Nd4 Be5 25. Re4 Qd5 26. f3 Bxd4 27. cxd4
f5 28. Qb4+ Kg8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 g6 32. Qe3 Qb5 33. b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteFideId "4310462"]
[BlackFideId "4319176"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nge2 a5 11. O-O Kh8 12. b3 f5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Rc1 Ba6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Rf2 a4 18. Nc3 axb3 19. axb3 Rfb8 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Nc5
Bc8 22. Rb2 e6 23. Ra1 Bf8 24. Rba2 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bd7 26. Kf2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Bc6
28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxc7 Ra2+ 30. Kg1 d4 31. Bd2 Qd3 32. Qe1 Rxd2 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34.
Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Ke8 36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Rh7+ Kc8 38. Rh8+ Kc7 39. Rh7+ Bd7 40.
Qh4 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Joseph, Joji Chacko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bh6 Re8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Nf8 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. Rh4 Bf7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rdh1 Be8 18. Qd2 h5 19. Bc4+ Bf7 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7
21. g4 Qg7 22. gxh5 g5 23. h6 Qh7 24. Rh5 Kf7 25. d5 Rac8 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27.
Qd5+ Ke7 28. Re1 Be5 29. Nd4 Rb6 30. f4 Rd8 31. Qc5+ Ke8 32. fxe5 Rxd4 33. Qxd4
Re6 34. Rd1 Rxe5 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Cui, Oscar"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "2024.03.30"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qg3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 O-O 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 Re8 15. Rf1 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh5 17. Rf2 Nc6 18. Qd2 Re4 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Nf4
Qg5 21. c3 Qd8 22. Rdf1 Na5 23. b3 Qd6 24. Kb2 Qb6 25. Kc2 Qd6 26. Nd3 Qg6 27.
Ne5 R4xe5+ 28. Kb2 R5e7 29. Ka1 Qa6 30. Kb2 Re2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Hampshire, Thomas"]
[Black "Keith, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteFideId "4320883"]
[BlackFideId "4320913"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qg3 Nxb3+ 13. cxb3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. f3 Bg6 16. h4 e5 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Qf2 d5 20. h5 Bf5 21. g4
Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Kd7 25. Rc1 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Rxc1 27.
Bxc1 Ke6 28. f4 e4+ 29. Kc3 Bc5 30. b4 Bb6 31. b3 g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. a4 h5
34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Kd2 Kf5 36. Ke2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Mayer, Uri"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Be6 12. h4 c5 13. h5 c4 14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. h6 g6 16. Nf4 Rc8 17. Bh4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Lau, Great Boyou"]
[Black "Xu, Jeremy Xi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteFideId "4317050"]
[BlackFideId "4319877"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 c5 10. O-O Rc8 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Rxc5 14. Rfe1
Ba6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rd2 O-O 19. Rxd6 Rxc2 20. Rd2
Rc8 21. Rxc2 Qxc2 22. Qa6 Qc7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nd6 Ne7 26. Nb5 Qc4
27. Qxa7 Qxb5 28. Qxe7 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. g3 Kf8 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Rxb6 Rxa2
33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 g6 37. Rh8 h5 38. Rb8 Ra5 39.
Rb7+ Ke8 40. f4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2+ 42. Kh3 Re2 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Ra7
Kf8 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Ra8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Gong, Jie"]
[Black "Fisher, Calexico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1385"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteFideId "4307275"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. Bg3
c6 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bh2 b5 13. Ncd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bb7
15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qb6 17. a4 c5 18. a5 Qc7 19. d5 Rab8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Qd3
Qxa5 22. e4 Nd7 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. Bb5 a6 25. Ba4 f6 26. b4 Red8 27. Bxd7 Qxd7
28. bxc5 Qb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. c6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Rdc8 32. Nd4 b4 33. c7 Rb7 34.
Ne6 Bh6 35. Rb1 b3 36. Re2 Ra7 37. Reb2 Kf7 38. Nd8+ Ke8 39. Rxb3 Raxc7 40. f4
Kxd8 41. Rd1 Rc1 42. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc4 44. Kf3 Bg7 45. Rb8+ Rc8 46. Rb7
Rc3+ 47. Ke2 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Bxd6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "He, Zachary"]
[Black "Qu, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1276"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qd7 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14.
Bf4 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Bc5 16. Ke2 Rhe8 17. Rad1 Bd4 18. c3 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ Kc8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 22. Kd3 Rh5 23. Rh1 Kd7 24. Ke4 Ke6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Rg3
Ra5 27. f4 Rxa2 28. Re3 Rxb2 29. Kd4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Li, Olivia"]
[Black "Zhang, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1170"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteFideId "4317009"]
[BlackFideId "4317912"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
d4 Bb6 9. e5 Re8 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf8 14. h3 Ne6 15.
Nc3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxc5 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Nc7 Rf8 21.
Nxa8 Nxa8 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. Rd8 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Nd4 g6 27. g4
Nd5 28. Nb5 Nf4 29. Nd6+ Kd8 30. Nxf7+ Ke7 31. Nxh6 Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kf3
Ne6 34. Rc1 Bd7 35. Ng8+ Kf7 36. Nf6 Bc6+ 37. Ke3 Nc7 38. f3 Ke6 39. f4 Nb5 40.
Rxc6+ bxc6 41. Ke4 Nc7 42. f5+ gxf5+ 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. Kd4 Na6 45. a3 Ke7 46.
Ne4 Kf7 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48. Nc8+ Kd7 49. Nxa7 Nc7 50. e6+ Kd6 51. Nc8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Xia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barry, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "799"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "gordo"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
e5 Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Qh5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Re8 14. Re3 Rb8
15. Rg3 g6 {Black won in 47 moves} 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Miriyala, Sreenikesh"]
[Black "Tan, Jin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "745"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteFideId "4325532"]
[BlackFideId "4320972"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Bd4 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Nfg1 a5 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 h6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Kc2 Qe7 21. Rge1
c6 22. e5 dxe5 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Rae1 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Bxg2 30. h4 Kf8 31. Bb6 a4 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33.
Bb5+ Bc6 34. Bxc6+ bxc6 35. c4 Nd7 36. Bd4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kc3 c5 39. Bg1
Ke7 40. d4 Kd6 41. Be3 g4 42. Bf4+ Ke6 43. dxc5 Nxc5 44. Kd4 Kf5 45. Be3 Ne6+
46. Kd5 g3 47. c5 Nxc5 48. Bxc5 Kg4 49. Kc4 f5 50. Kb4 f4 51. Kxa4 f3 52. Kb3
f2 53. a4 f1=Q 54. a5 Qb5+ 55. Bb4 g2 56. Ka3 g1=Q 57. a6 Qxa6+ 58. Kb3 Qb1+
59. Kc3 Qxb4+ 60. Kxb4 Qc6 61. Kb3 Qc5 62. Kb2 Qc4 63. Kb1 Qc3 64. Ka2 Qb4 65.
Ka1 Kf3 66. Ka2 Ke2 67. Ka1 Kd2 68. Ka2 Kc2 69. Ka1 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Cao, Sam"]
[Black "Addagada, Janvi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1048"]
[BlackElo "866"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteFideId "4325591"]
[BlackFideId "4320670"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qd1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Re1 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Rc1 Qh4
15. Rf1 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. Bd3 Rg5 18. Ne4 Rh5 19. c3 Nf5 20. Bb5 Rh4 21.
Bxd7 Rxe4 22. Qf3 Rf4 23. Qd3 e4 24. Qb5 Rb8 25. Bc6 Qg5 26. Bxb7 Nh4 27. g3
Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kg1 Rbf8 30. Rc2 Rf3 31. Re1 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1
Rxf2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "He, Jacob"]
[Black "Zhang, Cynthia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1021"]
[BlackElo "623"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. h3 O-O 7. Nd5 d6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Qh5 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Nf3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rae1 e5 18. d3 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Qg4 c4
21. Bc1 Kh8 22. f4 cxd3 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. cxd3 Bb8 25. Rxf8+ Kh7 26. Bf4 Qa5
27. Rf1 Qb5 28. Rf7 Be5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. R1f5 Qd6 31. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Hao, John"]
[Black "Liang, Nancy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "986"]
[BlackElo "265"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4325087"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5
Be6 15. Qxd8 Rexd8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Rdc8 18. Bf4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bf6 20.
Rxb7 e5 21. Bg5 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd4 exd4 26.
h3 Rb2 27. Rxd4 Rxa2 28. c4 Rc2 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rc8 a5 31. Ra8 Rxc4 32. Rxa5
Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. f4 Rf2 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Kg4 Rc2 38. g3 Kg6 39.
f5+ Kh6 40. Ra6 Rc4+ 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. g4 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rxh3 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. g5
Rh4+ 46. Kg3 fxg5 47. f6 Rf4 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. f7 $4 Kxg7 50. Kg2 Rxf7 51. Kg3
h5 52. Kh3 g4+ 53. Kg3 Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteFideId "4315146"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Kg7 22. g4 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. f4 e5 25. Kg2 Kf6 26. h4 exf4
27. Bxf4 Ke6 28. Kf3 Bc6 29. Bd3 Bf6 30. Bg3 h6 31. Be1 Bd8 32. Ke3 g5 33. hxg5
Bxg5+ 34. Kd4 Bd8 35. Bd2 Bf6+ 36. Ke3 Bg5+ 37. Ke2 Bxd2 38. Kxd2 Ke5 39. Ke3
b4 40. Bc2 a5 41. Bd3 a4 42. bxa4 Bxa4 43. Bc4 Bd1 44. g5 hxg5 45. Bf7 Bg4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteFideId "4300793"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Qa5 Bxc6 12. Qxc7 dxc4 13. e3 Rac8 14.
Qf4 Qxf4 15. exf4 b5 16. f3 Rfd8 17. a3 Re8 18. Kf2 Rc7 19. Be2 Rce7 20. h4 f6
21. Rhe1 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd1 Ke7
27. f4 Re4 28. g3 Re6 29. Be2 Be8 30. Re1 Kd6 31. g4 Kc5 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5
a5 34. h5 b4 35. axb4+ axb4 36. cxb4+ Kxb4 37. Rb1+ Kc5 38. Rb7 Bxh5 39. Bxh5
g6 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Rxc4 Re5 42. Bxg6 Rxg5 43. Ra4 Ke5 44. Be4 Kf4 45. Bf3+ Ke5
46. Ke3 Rg1 47. Ra5+ Ke6 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Rd5+ Ke6 50. Rc5 Rf1 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52.
Ra6 Rf2 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. Be4 Kc7 55. Kd4 Rb6 56. Ra8 Kd6 57. Bd5 Rb2 58. Ra6+
Kd7 59. Ke5 Re2+ 60. Be4 Ke7 61. Ra7+ Ke8 62. Rh7 Re1 63. Rb7 Re2 64. Kd5 Kf8
65. Bf5 Re7 66. Rb8+ Kf7 67. Rb6 Re1 68. Bg4 Ke7 69. Rh6 Kf7 70. Bf5 Ke7 71.
Be4 Re2 72. Re6+ Kd7 73. Re5 Rd2+ 74. Kc5 Rd1 75. Bc6+ Kc7 76. Re7+ Kd8 77. Ra7
Rd2 78. Bd5 Ke8 79. Kd6 Kf8 80. Rf7+ Ke8 81. Rg7 Rf2 82. Rg1 Rf4 83. Ke6 Kd8
84. Rc1 Ra4 85. Bb7 Ke8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteFideId "4314565"]
[BlackFideId "4317440"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 c4 19. Ne5 b5 20. g3 Rc7 21. a4
b4 22. Nxc4 Qe7 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteFideId "12417246"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nb5 e4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. a4 Na6
15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. b3 Be6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. f3 exf3 21.
gxf3 Bh3 22. Rf2 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Nfd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nc4 Qh6 26. f4 Nf6 27.
Qb2 Qh5 28. Rd2 Nc6 29. Bd3 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Nf3 Qh5 32. Ng1 Qd5+ 33. e4
Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 35. Rg2 Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rd8 38. Nf3 Rd3 39.
Nfd2 Nd4 40. h3 Nxb3 41. Nxb3 Rxb3 42. Nxa5 Rb4 43. Kg3 f5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteFideId "4302940"]
[BlackFideId "4307780"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O Be6 7. Nd5 h6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. f4 Ng6 15.
Ng3 Re8 16. Bc2 Bb5 17. Re1 c6 18. a4 cxd5 19. f5 Ne5 20. exd5 Bc4 21. b3 Bxd5
22. Ba3 Neg4 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Rad1 b5 25. Qd4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc8 27. Bd3 Nxd3 28.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxd3 Qxa4 30. Bxd6 Qc6 31. Be5 Bc4 32. Qd4 Ne8 33. Nh5 Be2 34.
Nxg7 Bxd1 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. h3 b6 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Qxd1 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteFideId "4317262"]
[BlackFideId "4310608"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. h3 e6
9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd4 Be4 15.
Be2 Nd7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Bf1 c5 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Ng3 Bf3 21. Bf4 Bh5
22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. Bh2 Rg8 27. Kh1 Rad8 28.
f4 Ng6 29. Qd1 Bxb2 30. Bd3 Qf6 31. Qxh5 Bd4 32. Re7 Bf2 33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Re8+
Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Qd1 b5 37. g4 Qc3 38. cxb5 axb5 39. f5 Rh6 40. g5 Rxh3
41. f6+ Kg6 42. Qg4 Qf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Kg2 Kg4 46. Bxd6 Bd4
47. Rg7 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteFideId "4319176"]
[BlackFideId "4313186"]
[Opening "Modern Defense: Standard Defense"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Na5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c5 9. Be3 Nc4 10. Qd3 Nxb2 11. Qb5+ Kf8 12. Nd5 e6 13. Qxb2 exd5 14. Qxb7
cxd4 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. exd5 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Re1 f6 20. Rb1 Nh6
21. Rb5 Qa3 22. Qc7 Qd6 23. Qxa7 Rd7 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qc6 Nf7 26. Rb7 Rxb7 27.
Qxb7 Rb8 28. Qxb8 Qxb8 29. Ke2 Qb5+ 30. Kd2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Wilson, Dion A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteFideId "4312830"]
[BlackFideId "4321413"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7
15. Be3 Rb8 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd2 Rxb2 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. f5 Kh7 21.
Qc3 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27.
Ne8+ Kg6 28. Qg7+ Kh5 29. Nf6+ Kxh4 30. Qxh6+ Kg3 31. Qh2# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 h6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qxd5 exf4 14. Qxb7 Qb6 15.
Qc8+ Qd8 16. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Ne4 6. h4 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. e3 d6 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. f3 e5 13. fxe4 exf4 14. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Chang, Luke"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteFideId "4325605"]
[BlackFideId "4315073"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bh6 Rc5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nd5 b5 16. Nxf6 Kxf6 17. g4 Rh8 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. f5
gxf5 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qf3 f4 24. Qxf4+ Kg7 25. Rdf1 f6 26. Rhg1+ Kf7 27. Qg3
1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Black "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Ne5
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 c3 10. Ndc4 Qc7 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. a5 Rb8
15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra6 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ra4 c5 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc5 24. Ra7 g6 25. Rdd7 Rbc8 26. Rac7 Rxc7
27. Rxc7 Na6 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxa8 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kf3 e5 33.
e4 f6 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bd5 g5 36. f4 h6 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg4 Kf6
40. Kf3 Ke7 41. h3 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc2 Kc7 45. Kc3 Kd6 46. Kb4
Nd3+ 47. Kb5 Nc5 48. Kb6 Nd3 49. Kb7 Nf2 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Nd3 52. Kc8 Nf4
53. Kd8 h5 54. Ke8 Ng6 55. Bf7 Nxh4 56. Bxh5 Ng2 57. Bf7 Nf4 58. Kf8 Nd3 59.
Kg7 Kc5 60. Kf6 Kd4 61. Bd5 Nc5 62. Kg5 Nd3 63. Kg4 Nc5 64. Kf3 Nd3 65. Kg4 Nb2
66. Kf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Huang, Ziyu"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bf6
15. Rc1 a5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Na4 Bg4 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Nc5
Reb8 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. Na4 Qb4 24. Qc2 Re8 25. a3 Qd6 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Qb3 Bd8
28. Ne5 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Bxb6 30. Qxb6 Qd8 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Qd3 Rc7 33. Rec2 Qd6
34. Qf5 Nf8 35. Rc5 Ra8 36. Nd3 Ne6 37. R5c3 Rac8 38. Nc5 Nxc5 39. dxc5 Qe7 40.
Qf4 Rd7 41. Qd4 Re8 42. Rd1 Qd8 43. Qa4 Re4 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Re7 46. Rd3
Qe8 47. Qc3 Qd8 48. Rd4 b5 49. cxb6 Qxb6 50. Ra4 Ra7 51. Rg4 g6 52. Rh4 Kh7 53.
f4 Re7 54. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2024.03.31"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd5
Ra7 9. d3 e6 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Qe1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2
Qc7 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Qc6
22. d5 Qd6 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qe3 Ra6 26. dxc6 Raxc6 27. Bd2 Rc2 28.
Bb4 Qc6 29. Bb1 Rb2 30. Bd3 Rb3 31. Rfc1 Rxd3 32. Rxc6 Rxe3 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.
Re1 Rb3 35. Kg1 Bb7 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 d5 38. exd5 Bxd5+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Re2
Rg1 41. Rf2 Rc1 42. Kd4 Kf7 43. Ke5 Rc4 44. Re2 Bc6 45. Re3 Bd5 46. Re2 Rc1 47.
Rf2 Rb1 48. Rd2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 h5 6. Qf4 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Na3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf3 g6 16. Qf4 a6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. g4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Qf8 20. c3 Nc6 21. Nc2
d4 22. cxd4 Ncxd4 23. Ncxd4 Nxd4 24. Ng5 Nc6 25. Qh4 Qg7 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nf6+
Bxf6 28. exf6 Qh8 29. Bh6 Rd5 30. Qf4 Rf5 31. Qe3 Qxf6 32. f4 Rh5 33. Bg5 Qxb2
34. h4 Qd4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Rfd1 Qxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Rhh8 38. Rd7 Rab8 39. Rad1 Rhe8
40. Rc7 Rec8 41. Rcd7 Nb4 42. Ke4 Nd5 43. Ke5 Rc2 44. a3 Rc3 45. h5 gxh5 46. f5
Rc7 47. fxe6 Rxd7 48. exd7 f6+ 49. Kxd5 fxg5 50. Ke6 Rd8 51. Rf1 g4 52. Ke7
Rxd7+ 53. Kxd7 Kg6 54. Ke6 h4 55. Ke5 b5 56. Kf4 Kh5 57. Rg1 g3 58. Kf3 Kg5 59.
a4 b4 60. a5 Kf5 61. Rb1 Ke5 62. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. d4 a6 8. O-O b5
9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bf3 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 Ne4 16. Nf1 Nd7 17. Qc7 Ndf6 18. Ng3 Bh6 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Be2 Nd5 22. g3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Nc3 26. Kf1 Nxa2 27.
Bd2 Bf8 28. Ke1 Bb4 29. Kd1 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Nb4 31. Bf1 Nd5 32. Bg2 b4 33. f3 Nf6
34. fxe4 fxe4 35. h3 h6 36. Bf1 a5 37. Bc4 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. g4 g5 40. Kd2 h5
41. gxh5 Nxh5 42. Ke2 f5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Bd5 Ng7 45. Ke2 Ne8 46. Kf2 Nd6 47.
Kg3 Nb5 48. Bc6 Nc3 49. Kf2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Joseph, Joji Chacko"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteFideId "4308816"]
[BlackFideId "4310462"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8.
hxg3 Qd6 9. Ngf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nxh7 Ng4 13. Rdf1 f5 14.
Nf3 g6 15. Nfg5 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxh7 17. Nxh7 Rxh7 18. fxg4 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Qg5 20.
gxf5 gxf5 21. Rh3 Rg8 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. c4 Rg4 24. c5 c6 25. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Gu, Claire Yuqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b4 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nf6 12. a4 a6 13. Bb2 Nh7 14. Nf1 f5 15. Ne3
fxe4 16. dxe4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. g4 Rf3 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Qd2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Rf4 22. Qg3 Bxg4 23. Re3 Raf8 24. Rf1 Rf3 25. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 R3f4 27. f3
g5 28. Be6 R4f6 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb1 Rff8 32. Bc1 a5 33. Bd2 axb4
34. cxb4 c5 35. b5 Rb7 36. Reb3 Ra8 37. a5 Rbb8 38. a6 Ra7 39. Ba5 Kg7 40. Bxc7
Rxc7 41. b6 Rcc8 42. b7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7+ Kf6 44. Rb8 Rc7 45. R1b7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Addagada, Geetham"]
[Black "Barry, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "920"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Ne2 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 a6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bg3 e5 13. O-O b5 14. Qd2 e4 15.
fxe4 dxe4 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nc3 Ba6 18. Rf5 g6 19. Rf4 O-O 20. Bh4 Qd6 21. Raf1
b4 22. Bxf6 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxf1 24. Bh4 Bb5 25. Rxe4 Qxa3 26. h3 Qxc3 27. Qf2
Qxc2 28. Qf4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Re5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Qc2 32. Bf6 Bc6 33. Qh6
Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Tan, Jin"]
[Black "Liang, Xibing"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "gordo"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 O-O 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bd3
f6 9. f4 a6 10. f5 fxe5 11. fxe6 Nf6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf5 Qd6 14. Qd4 Bxe6 15.
Bf4 Bxf5 16. Bxe5 Qe6 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qxb7 Qf4+
21. Kb1 Bc4 22. Nh3 {Draw agreed oon move 27} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Bohme, Alex"]
[Black "Hampshire, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bf4 d5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nxf4 13. exf4 cxd4 14. Rd1 Qf6
15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Rd6 17. O-O Rad8 18. d5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Ng5 Nd4
21. Bc4 Rd6 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Qf3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackFideId "4300793"]
[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 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bb6 11. f3 Nc5 12. f4 O-O 13. Nd2 Na4 14. Qf3 f6
15. Qg3 Qe8 16. Rae1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. e6 Be8
21. b3 Nc3 22. a4 Ne4 23. Ng3 Nd6 24. Nf3 c5 25. Ne5 c4 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rd1
cxb3 28. cxb3 c6 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. h4 Ne4 31. Nf4 Kh7 32. g4 g5 33. hxg5 Nxg5 34.
Kg2 g6 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. Nxd5 Rd8 37. Nxb6 Rd2+ 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Nbc4 Rh2 40. Kg1
Ra2 41. Rc3 Kxe6 42. Re3 Kd5 43. Nd3 Kd4 44. Nb4 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Rb1 46. Nc2+ Kd5
1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackFideId "4313186"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 e6 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bf4 c6 10. b4 Nb6 11. b5 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 h6 15.
Bc1 Qb4 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. e3 Rb8 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Qc1 Be6 20. Qxa3 Nxa3 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. g4 Nf6 25. Ne5+ Ke8 26. Nxc6 Rb2 27. Be1 Nc2
28. Ne5 Rcb8 29. Nd3 Nxa1 30. Nxb2 Rxb2 31. Rxa1 g5 32. a4 Bf8 33. Rc1 Bd6 34.
Bf1 Nxg4 35. Bb5+ Ke7 36. h3 Nf6 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rc8 g4 39. Ra8 Ne4 40. Rxa7+
Kf6 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bd3 Nxf2 43. Bc3 Rb3 44. Kxf2 Rxc3 45. Be2 {time forfeit}
0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c4 Ne7
9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qc8 11. Nbd4 Be4 12. Nd2 Nec6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bg3 Bg7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxe4 Nxe5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 f5 21. Ng3
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Ng6 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. c5 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Qb3 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteFideId "4317440"]
[BlackFideId "4312830"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Nc3 d5 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c6 12. h4 h5 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Qd3 Qe8 15. Be2
Bb4 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbd7 18. Rdf1 c5 19. g5 Ne4 20. Be1 Qe6 21. Kb2
Rac8 22. f3 Nd6 23. e4 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4+ 25. Ka1 b5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Qe4 Qd6
28. Bc3 Rfe8 29. Bxc4+ bxc4 30. Qc2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteFideId "4307780"]
[BlackFideId "4314565"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation, Main Line"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qc2
O-O 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Rad1 a5 18. a4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Qb3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rad8 23. e4 R5d6 24. Re2 g6 25. Red2 R6d7 26. Kg1 Qf4 27.
Qc2 h5 28. Rf2 Qe3 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Rfd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Weng, Winston"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteFideId "4306414"]
[BlackFideId "4317262"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ng6 10. a3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf5 h6 13. Bh4 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nxh4
15. Nxh4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 a4 18. Qb1 b5 19. Ne1 f5 20. g3 Qe7 21. Qc1
Rae8 22. Nc2 g5 23. Nb4 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. f3 fxg3
28. hxg3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteFideId "4310608"]
[BlackFideId "4303776"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Full Symmetry Line"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 d6 8. d4
Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. Qd3 Nc7 12. e4 a6 13. Nh4 b5 14. f4 bxc4 15. Qxc4
Nb5 16. e5 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. g4 Nd4 19. Nf3 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Qd3 Nxf3+
22. Bxf3 Qb6 23. Kh1 dxe5 24. fxe5 f5 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qd5+ Nf7 27. Be3 exd6 28.
e6 Bxb2 29. exf7+ Rfxf7 30. Ra2 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Bxa3 32. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteFideId "8634831"]
[BlackFideId "4314557"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Nf6 5. h3 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Re8 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 d4 13. Qe2 c5 14. a4 Nb8 15.
Nh4 Be6 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nb4 19. Rac1 Na2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rac1
Bd7 22. c3 Na2 23. Ra1 dxc3 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. bxc3 Nbd5 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Nb2 a5
28. Qc2 Rad8 29. Nd1 Nh5 30. Qf2 Nxa4 31. Rc1 Bb5 32. c4 Bc6 33. Nf5 Rxd3 34.
Qe2 Nxf4 35. Qg4 Ng6 36. h4 Bd7 37. Nf2 Bxf5 38. exf5 Rg3 39. fxg6 Rxg4 40.
gxf7+ Qxf7 41. Nxg4 Qg6 42. Rf4 h5 43. Nf2 Nb2 44. Kh1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteFideId "4301218"]
[BlackFideId "4317408"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. c4
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bc7 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 e5 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. a4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Nf5 Qf7 20. Bh6 g6 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Bc4+ bxc4 23. Rxd7 Kh8 24. Rcd1 gxf5 25. Qh5 Qg8 26. Rf7 Qg6 27. Qxg6
hxg6 28. Rdd7 c5 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rdg7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe4 33.
Rxc5 Bd3 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Rxa6 c3 36. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. a3
Bd6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 h6 13. Qc2 Nfd5 14. Bb1 f5 15.
e4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 g6 17. Rcd1 Qc7 18. e5 Bf8 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Kh7 21. g3 Bg7
22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Ba2 Rac8 25. b4 Qd8 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Rh1 Rg8 28.
Rh2 a5 29. Qb2 axb4 30. axb4 Qb6 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Rhh1 Rg7 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Ra1
Rgg8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Qxc1 Bf8 39. Qe1 Qd8 40. Qe3
Bg7 41. Ne1 Bb5 42. Kh2 Be8 43. Ng2 Qe7 44. Qc3 Qd7 45. Nf4 Kg8 46. Nd3 Bf8 47.
Qc1 Kh7 48. Nc5 Bxc5 49. bxc5 Qg7 50. Qb2 Bc6 51. Qb6 Qd7 52. Ba5 Qc8 53. Qa7
Kg7 54. Bb6 Qd7 55. Qa5 Kf7 56. Bd8 Kg7 57. Bf6+ Kh7 58. Qa8 Qe8 59. Qa7 Qd7
60. Qb8 Qe8 61. Qd6 Bd7 62. Qc7 Qc8 63. Qd6 Qe8 64. f4 h5 65. Qc7 Qc8 66. Qd6
Qe8 67. Kh3 Kg8 68. Qc7 Qc8 69. Qd6 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Wen, Sandy"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O e6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. c3 Ne4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nbd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bf6 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Re2 Qa5
21. a3 b5 22. Rfe1 Qb6 23. Qd1 a5 24. Be5 Kf7 25. f4 Rc6 26. Re3 b4 27. axb4
axb4 28. Rg3 g6 29. Qa1 Bxe5 30. fxe5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb7 32. Qc1 Kg7 33. Qf4 Qe7
34. Kh2 Rec8 35. Rc1 g5 36. Qd2 Rf8 37. Rf1 Rf7 38. Rgf3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 f4 41. Rh3 Rc8 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Rh1+ Rh7 45. Rxh7+ Qxh7 46.
Qe2 Qb7 47. Kf3 Qb1 48. c4 Qb3+ 49. Kf2 Qxc4 50. Qb2 Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. Qb1+
Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kf8 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qb7+ Kh6 56. Qb6 Qc2+ 57. Ke1 Qe4+ 58. Kd2
Qg2+ 59. Kc3 Qxg4 60. Kb4 Kh5 61. Qd8 Kh4 62. Kc5 f3 63. Qf6 Kg3 64. Kd6 f2 65.
Qxe6 Qxe6+ 66. Kxe6 f1=Q 67. Kxd5 Qb5+ 68. Ke6 Qe8+ 69. Kf5 g4 70. d5 Qf7+ 71.
Ke4 Kf2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Wilson, Dion A"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Re1 Bb8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Rh5
15. h4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Rf5 18. Bg5 e5 19. g3 Rf7 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nbd4
Kf8 22. Nxc6 e4 23. Qd4 Rxf3 24. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Mayer, Uri"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rxc3 14. bxc3
Qa5 15. Kb2 Rc8 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Qd2 Nc4+ 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Ra1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2
Qxc3+ 21. Kb1 Rc6 22. Qb5 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Black "Lau, Great Boyou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. f4 d5 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. Nf3 fxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Ng4 Qf8+ 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. Bg5 b6
21. Re1 e6 22. Rf1 Qd6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Nxg6 Bb7 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qh5 Nf6 27.
Bxf6 Qxh2+ 28. Qxh2 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Qh6+ Kh8 31. Nf5 exf5 32. Bxf5 Rg8
33. Rf7 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bc8 35. Bxc8 a6 36. Rg7 b5 37. Be6 b4 38. Kg3 bxc3 39.
Kg4 cxb2 40. Kg5 b1=Q 41. Rxh7+ Qxh7 42. Qf8+ Qg8+ 43. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Liang, Xibing"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2024.03.31"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O Qc8 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. Rd3 c5 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rd5 18. Rad1 Qd8 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Qe2 Rc7
21. b3 Qc8 22. Nc4 b5 $2 23. Ne5 Rc2 24. R1d2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 b4 26. Nc4 Qd8 27.
Be3 Ne4 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qe2 Bc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 31. Qb2 Nc3 32. a3 Bxd4 33. axb4
Bxe3 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Nxe3 Nxb4 36. Qa3 a5 37. g3 h6 38. Nc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+
40. Kg1 Nc6 41. Qa1 Nd4 42. Qd1 Nf3+ 43. Qxf3 Qxf3 44. Nxa5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Meng, Harrison Xiang Zhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteFideId "4310462"]
[BlackFideId "4317750"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 e6 10. Bxd7+ Ke7 11. Qb5 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
O-O Bd6 15. Bd2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Rhc8 17. Rxc7+ Rxc7 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 h6 20.
h3 g5 21. g4 Be4 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. b3 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. f3 Kc6 26. Kf2 Kb5 27.
Nb1 Bb4 28. Bd2 a5 29. a4+ Kc6 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Nd2 b5 32. axb5+ Kxb5 33. Kg3
Kc6 34. f4 Kd6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Cui, Oscar"]
[Black "Ravi, Vrajesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1054"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qe7 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Bxf4 Qb4 10. Nc6+ Qe7 11. Nxe7 Bxe7 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bb4 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qf3 Re8 18. Bc4 Ng5 19. Qf4 h6 20. Rde1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. h4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Qe4 Re8 25. d5 Rc8 26. dxe6
fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Bohme, Alex"]
[Black "Grant, Elliot James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bf4 c5 8. e3
Qa5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Qxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nxc3 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. c5
Nxd4 15. exd4 Bd7 16. Bd6 Nb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rfe1 Kd7 19. Re3 b6 20. Rd1
bxc5 21. dxc5 Bc6 22. Rd4 f6 23. Rg4 Rhg8 24. Reg3 g5 25. Re3 e5 26. Rf3 Ke6
27. Re3 d4 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Rxd4 Kf7 30. Rd3 e4 31. Rd2 f5 32. Bc7 Re7 33. Ba5
Rge8 34. Rd6 Re6 35. Red1 Rxd6 36. cxd6 Ke6 37. h3 Rb8 38. f3 e3 39. Re1 f4 40.
Bb4 Rb5 41. Kh2 a5 42. Rc1 axb4 43. Rxc6 Re5 44. Rc1 bxa3 45. Kg1 e2 46. Kf2
Kxd6 47. Re1 a2 48. Ra1 e1=Q+ 49. Rxe1 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Cao, Sam"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Niranjana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1048"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Qf6 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 Qg6 8. Nh4
Qf6 9. Nf3 Qg6 10. Nh4 Qxe4 11. Nf3 exd4 12. Re1 Qxe1+ 13. Qxe1+ Nge7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bb5 O-O-O 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Le, Long Minh"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "946"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteFideId "4320930"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

{This was a training game only. White's scheduled opponent defaulted, so he
gets a free point but also a training game under tournament conditions against
the tournament organiser.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6.
Bd3 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ axb5 8. Be3 c4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 b4 11. a3 bxa3 12. bxa3
Bxa3 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h3 Bf8 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nge7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf4 Nc8
19. Rb1 Be7 20. Rb2 O-O 21. Qb1 b6 22. Qd1 Qa7 23. Ne1 Qa5 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Rc2
b5 26. Nb1 b4 27. cxb4 Qxb4 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Qh5 Nxd4 30. Rc1 Kg8 31. Nf3 Nxf3+
32. Qxf3 d4 33. Ne4 Nb6 34. Qd1 Nd5 35. Bd2 c3 36. Be1 Qc4 37. Ng3 d3 38. Qf3
Bg5 39. Ra1 d2 40. h4 dxe1=Q+ 41. Rxe1 c2 42. Ne2 c1=Q 43. Nxc1 Bxc1 44. Re4
Qc7 45. Qe2 Ba3 46. Qh5 Bf8 47. Re1 Rb8 48. Kh2 Rb2 49. f3 Qc2 50. Rg1 Qf5 51.
Qg4 Qxg4 52. fxg4 Re2 53. g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Nf4 55. Kg3 Rxg2+ 56. Rxg2 Nxg2 57.
Kxg2 Kh7 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Kg4 Be7 60. Kf3 Bxg5 61. Ke4 Bc1 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Ke2
Ke4 64. Kd1 Kf3 65. Kxc1 Ke2 66. Kc2 g5 67. Kc3 g4 68. Kd4 g3 69. Kc5 g2 70.
Kd6 g1=Q 71. Ke7 Qf2 72. Kd7 Kd3 73. Ke7 Kd4 74. Kd6 Qf4 75. Kc6 Qxe5 76. Kd7
Qc5 77. Ke8 Qc7 78. Kf8 Ke5 79. Kg7 Kf5 80. Kh6 f6 81. Kh5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteFideId "4306295"]
[BlackFideId "4300084"]
[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. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 Qa5 14. O-O a6
15. f4 Rc5 16. Kh1 b5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Qe3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 gxf5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rf8 23. Rf3 Qxa2 24. exf5 Kh8 25. Rcf1 Bb5 26. Re1 Qb2 27.
Rh3 Rg8 28. Qh6 Rg7 29. Rg3 Qf2 30. Qe3 Qxf5 31. Be4 Qe5 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf2
Qc3 34. Re3 Qc1+ 35. Re1 Qg5 36. g3 d5 37. h4 Qh5 38. Bc2 d4 39. Be4 Bd7 40.
Kh2 Qg4 41. Bd3 a5 42. Bc4 Bf5 43. Bf1 e5 44. Bg2 e4 45. Rf1 Kg6 46. Qc2 d3 47.
Qd2 Be5 48. Qf2 Qxh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg5 50. Bxe4 Bxe4 51. Qxf7+ Kh6 52. Qe6+ Bg6 53.
Qh3+ Qh5 54. Qe6 Bxg3 55. Qe3+ Qg5 56. Qf3 Bd6+ 57. Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteFideId "4313186"]
[BlackFideId "4300793"]
[Opening "Anderssen's Opening"]

1. a3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e5 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c4 Nf6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. b3 O-O
15. Bb2 Qf5 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qg6 19. Nxc5 Bf5 20. Qe2 Rd5
21. f3 Qf6 22. b4 Rad8 23. Rd1 Qc3 24. Rdc1 Qe5 25. Ra2 h5 26. e4 Qf4 27. Re1
Rd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Be6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rc3 Ra2 33. Rxc6
Rxa3 34. Rxe6 Rb3 35. Ra6 Rxb4 36. Rxa7 Rb2 37. h4 Kh7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Kf7
40. Kg3 Re2 41. Ra5 g6 42. Rg5 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. g3 Ra3 45. Rb5 Rc3 46. Rb6+
Kf7 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Rc5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. Rd6 Ra5 52. Rd5 Ra4
53. Ke5 Ra7 54. Kf4 Ra4 55. Rb5 Rc4 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Ke5 Rc5+ 58. Kf6 Rc6+ 59.
Kg5 Re6 60. e5 Rxe5+ 61. Kxg6 Re6+ 62. Kh5 Kg8 63. g5 Ra6 64. g6 Ra4 65. Kg5
Ra5+ 66. Kh6 Ra8 67. h5 Rc8 68. Rg7+ Kh8 69. Rf7 Kg8 70. Rg7+ Kh8 71. Re7 Kg8
72. Kg5 Rf8 73. h6 Ra8 74. Rd7 Ra5+ 75. Kf6 Ra6+ 76. Kf5 Ra5+ 77. Ke6 Ra6+ 78.
Rd6 Ra8 79. Ke7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteFideId "4312830"]
[BlackFideId "4317262"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ng4 Be7 17. f4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. f5 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bf8 21.
Qxd5 Rad8 22. Qf3 c4 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f6 g6 26. Qf4 Qe6 27. Nh6+
Kh8 28. Qc7 Qe2 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Rg1 Rd1 31. Nd8 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2
Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Chang, Luke"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteFideId "4325605"]
[BlackFideId "4317440"]
[Opening "Yusupov-Rubinstein System"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. a4 g5 13. Nf3 g4 14. Ng5 c4 15.
Bc2 Nc5 16. Qxg4 h6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Nd4 h5 19. Qe2 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. b4 cxb3
22. Bd3 Rdg8 23. Ba3 e5 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nd4 Qc7 27. h3 Kb8 28.
Rf5 Rg3 29. Raf1 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qg7 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Bc8 33. Nc6+ Kc7 34.
Qxd5 Bxh3 35. Rf7+ Qxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxc6 37. Qc4+ Kb7 38. Qd5+ Kc8 39. Qxe5 Rxg2+
40. Kh1 Ra2 41. Qe8+ Kb7 42. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Langford, Joshua"]
[Black "Thurner, Anya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteFideId "4314557"]
[BlackFideId "4307780"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ra2 Qf7 15.
N1h2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Kh1 Qf7 18. g3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. b5 Nb8 21. Qb3 a5
22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qe7 24. Rc2 Bb6 25. Nf1 Nd7 26. N1d2 Raf8 27. Rc3 Kh8 28.
Nc4 e5 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Re2 Qf6 31. Qd5 exd4 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Nc5 34.
Rc4 Nxe4 35. f4 d5 36. Rc1 Re8 37. Nf3 Rfe7 38. Ne5 Kh7 39. Rec2 Nc5 40. Rd1
Nxa4 41. Rxd5 Nc5 42. Kf3 Re6 43. Nc4 Kh8 44. Nxb6 Rxb6 45. Rdxc5 Rbe6 46. Rc7
b6 47. R7c6 Kg8 48. f5 Rxc6 49. Rxc6 Re5 50. Rxb6 Rxf5+ 51. Ke4 Rg5 52. g4 a4
53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. b6 Rb5 55. b7 a3 56. Ra8 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteFideId "4314565"]
[BlackFideId "4310608"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qd8 13. Be2 Qf6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Qb3 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. Rfc1 Bd5 20. b4 O-O
21. a3 Rfb8 22. Bc5 a5 23. Kf2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "4302940"]
[BlackFideId "4300106"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nd2
c5 9. c4 Qa6 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. Nxd4 Nge7 14. Nb5 O-O-O
15. c5 Kb8 16. a3 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nb3 f6 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Rec1 Rg8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rg4 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Nd6 a6 27. Qe3 d4
28. Qf3 Reg7 29. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rg1+ 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Rxa6 Qd7
34. Qa8+ Kc7 35. Ra7+ Kxd6 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Qb6+
Ke5 40. Qc5+ Ke4 41. Qc2+ Kf4 42. Qd2+ Ke5 43. Qe2+ Kd6 44. Qa6+ Ke7 45. Qa7+
Ke8 46. Qa8+ Kf7 47. Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ R7g6 50. Qxe6 R1g2+ 51. Kh3
Rxf2 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Rg7 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kf5 56. Qxh5+ Ke4 57. Qe8+
Kd3 58. Qb5+ Kd2 59. Qc4 Rf3+ 60. Kh2 d3 61. Qa2+ Ke3 62. Qe6+ Kf2 63. Qa2+ Ke1
64. Qe6+ Kf1 65. Qc8 Rg2+ 66. Kh1 d2 67. Qc4+ Re2 68. Qg4 Ree3 69. Qg2+ Ke1 70.
Kg1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteFideId "12417246"]
[BlackFideId "4301218"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Retreat Line"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne5 Bxe4 7. f3 Bg6 8. d4
Nd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bf4 e6 11. g5 Ne7 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Nb6
15. Ka1 Rh4 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Ncxd6 20. Rb3 Qc7 21.
Rd3 O-O-O 22. Qe1 Kb8 23. Qc1 Rc8 24. Rg1 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc3 Rc4 27. Bg2
d4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Nf4 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Kb1 Ne3 32. Bh1 Ndc4 33. Re1
Rxb2+ 34. Kc1 Rxa2 35. Kb1 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kb1 a5 38. Nd3 Na3+ 39. Ka1
Rd2 40. Rc1 Rxd3 41. f4 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 43. Bf3 Ne3 44. Be4 Nac4 45. Ka2 Kc7
46. h4 Nf5 47. Bd3 b5 48. Kb3 Kd6 49. Kc2 Nxh4 50. Be4 Nf5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2
a4 53. Kb1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "Barry, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteFideId "4319176"]
[BlackFideId "4304462"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4+
8. Qxe4 dxe4 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Rf1 Bg6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Nf4 Nxe5 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxe4 c6 16. h4 f5 17. Bg2 Bd6 18. d3 Rhe8 19. Kd1 Ng4 20. Bh3
Ne3+ 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. h5 Rxg3 23. Rh1 Kb8 24. hxg6 Rh8 25. Ke2 Rhxh3 26. Rxh3
Rxh3 27. Rf1 f4 28. Rf2 Rg3 29. c4 Rxg6 30. Kf3 Rg3+ 31. Ke4 g6 32. Rh2 Re3+
33. Kd4 Kc7 34. c5 Be5+ 35. Kc4 Bg7 36. Rh7 Re7 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Rh2 f3 39. Rf2
g5 40. d4 g4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Liu, Richard Jingjie"]
[Black "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. dxc6 bxc6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1 c5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nc3 Ng4 17. O-O Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Bxg4 Qh4
21. Bh3 Bc7 22. Qe4 Qf6 23. g3 Rab8 24. Nb5 Be5 25. b3 a6 26. Nd4 Rbd8 27. Nf3
Bc7 28. Bg2 Qb2 29. Qb1 Qf6 30. c5 a5 31. a3 g5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Kg7 34. b5
h5 35. b6 Bb8 36. Qc1 h4 37. Qxg5+ Qxg5 38. Nxg5 hxg3 39. fxg3 Rxd1 40. Rxd1
Bxg3 41. c6 Rh8+ 42. Nh3 Bf2 43. b7 Bb6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Malcolm, Leo"]
[Black "Nazeer, Afique M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteFideId "4317408"]
[BlackFideId "9970703"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Bb4 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. d3 h6 7. h3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a5 11. f4 Qe7 12. Qe1 b5 13. Qg3 Qc5+ 14. Be3 Qxc3
15. f5 Kh7 16. Qf2 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Rxe4 18. Bd3 Re8 19. f6+ g6 20. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4301340"]
[BlackFideId "4317360"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Be7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qe1
Qc7 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb4 18. c3 Qb5 19. c4 Qb8 20. Rf3 Qd8 21.
Qe4 Bb7 22. Rh3 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qd6 Nd7 26. Qg6 Nf6 27. Be5
Bc8 28. Rxh7+ Nxh7 29. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Black "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteFideId "4315073"]
[BlackFideId "8634831"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Ng5 Qc7 8. Be3 b5
9. a3 O-O 10. f3 e5 11. d5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Qd3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nbd7 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. Rd2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rf1 Bh6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Qd4 23. Bd3 hxg4 24. h5 Kg7 25. Qg5 Qxd3 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rf2
Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qh6 29. Rh2 g3 30. Rh4 g2 31. Qf2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Huang, Ziyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteFideId "4311540"]
[BlackFideId "8634947"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rad1 Ba6 14. Rfe1
Bc4 15. Nc1 e5 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 exd4 20. Bf4
Rd7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rd3 c5 23. Kf1 Rc6 24. Rc4 Rb7 25. e5 Rd7 26. b4 Bf8 27.
bxc5 Bxc5 28. Be3 Rdc7 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rcxd4 Rc2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc5
33. Ra2 a5 34. f4 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kd4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Meng, Harrison Xiang Zhi"]
[Black "Gunawan, Geoffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteFideId "4317750"]
[BlackFideId "4311450"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Bxg6 hxg6 8.
h3 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qd3 a5
15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. O-O Rc3 17. Qe2 Ra8 18. Rfb1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Qxa3 20. Rxb7 Qc1+
21. Nf1 Rc8 22. Ne5 Rc2 23. Qb5 Ne4 24. Rxd7 Rxf2 25. Ng4 Rb2 26. Qa6 Qc2 27.
Nd2 Qxd2 28. Qf1 Qc2 29. Rc7 Nc3 30. Kh2 Bb4 31. Bd6 Bxd6+ 32. Ne5 Bxc7 33.
Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Kg3 Qxg2+ 35. Kh4 Bd8+ 36. Qe7 Bxe7# 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Yang, Edison J"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteFideId "4317432"]
[BlackFideId "4310462"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 O-O 7. g3 e5 8. d5
d6 9. Bg2 a6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. O-O Bf3 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 14. f4 Qe7 15.
Qf3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qg4 Rff8 18. fxe5 Bc5 19. e6 Ne5 20. Qe4 c6 21. Nf4 g5
22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qe4 Qe7 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Wen, Sandy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteFideId "4320913"]
[BlackFideId "4317890"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. Bc4
Ngf6 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxb3+ 13. Nxb3 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Rac8 19. Rd2 Qc4 20. Qe3
Bxg4 21. c3 Qc7 22. Rd4 f5 23. Rg1 Qd7 24. h3 Bh5 25. Rh4 Kf7 26. Nd4 Ke8 27.
Ne6 Rf7 28. Rxh5 Qa4 29. Rh8+ Kd7 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Rxg6 Qxa2 32. Rg8+ Kd7 33.
Rd8# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Lieser, Joshua"]
[Black "Bolster, Caolan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]
[BlackFideId "4319435"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. cxd4 bxc4 8.
dxe5 Nxd5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 c6 11. d4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. O-O
Be6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxb4 Bxe4 17. Be3 f5 18. f3 Bd5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. b3 Qh4
21. Bf2 Qh5 22. Bg3 g5 23. f4 g4 24. Qa5 Rb7 25. Rac1 Qg6 26. Bh4 Qh5 27. g3
Qf7 28. Qa4 Bf3 29. Rxf3 gxf3 30. Qc4 Qd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5 32. Rc5 Rd7 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Kxf3 Rb8 35. h3 Rb4 36. Ke3 h5 37. Rc6 Rb6 38. e6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteFideId "4300084"]
[BlackFideId "4313186"]
[Opening "Modern Defense: Standard Defense"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 b6 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. h4 c6 8. h5
Qc7 9. g4 O-O-O 10. Nge2 e6 11. Bg2 Ne7 12. Ng3 a6 13. Kb1 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 b5 17. h6 Bf8 18. Bg5 Nc4 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. Nce4 Nxd5 21. Bxd8
Qxd8 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Ne4 Kb8 26. Qd3 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qf6 28. c3 Qxf2 29. Qc2 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Ne3+ 31. Kb1 Nxd5 32. Rd1 Kc7 33.
Rxd5 Bf8 34. Kc2 Kc6 35. Rd8 Bxh6 36. Rh8 f5 37. Rxh7 Be3 38. Rg7 fxg4 39.
Rxg6+ Kb7 40. Rxg4 Kb6 41. Rg6+ Ka5 42. b3 b4 43. c4 Bd4 44. Kd3 Ba1 45. Ke4
Bf6 46. Kd5 Be7 47. Kc6 Bd8 48. Kb7 Bb6 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicolas"]
[Black "Chang, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteFideId "4300793"]
[BlackFideId "4325605"]
[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 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. f3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. e5 Qd8 18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Nf4 c5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nd6
cxd4 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rde1 Ne3 24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Bd7 26. Nd5 Rd8 27. Bc4
Be6 28. Nc7 Qe7 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. h3 Rd7 31. Re1 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. e6 Nxe6
34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rd2 36. Rb6 Rd7 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. h4 Rc7 40.
g4 Rd7 41. Ke4 Kf7 42. a4 Ke7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf7 45. Ke5 g6 46. Rf6+ Kg7
47. Rd6 Re7+ 48. Kd5 Kf7 49. b4 Rc7 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Re7 52. Kc5 Re5+ 53.
Rd5 Rxd5+ 54. Kxd5 Ke7 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. Kb6 Kc8 57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Kd5 b6 59. Ke5
Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Kd5 Kd7 63. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteFideId "4300106"]
[BlackFideId "4314565"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3 c5
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. a3 Rfd8 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 Qb8 14. Qa1 d4 15.
Rce1 Rd7 16. h4 Rcd8 17. Bh3 h6 18. Bc1 Bd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. Nd2
Nc6 22. f4 Na5 23. Qb1 Be7 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. Kh2 Ba6 26. e5 b5 27. f5 bxc4 28.
bxc4 exf5 29. Qxf5 Bf8 30. e6 Nxc4 31. exf7+ Kh8 32. Ne4 Bc8 33. Qh5 Bxh3 34.
Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qg6 Bg7 36. Nf6 Bxf6 37. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteFideId "4307780"]
[BlackFideId "4306295"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd1 Qd8 14. Qc2
g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Rd7
21. Qb3 Rad8 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Kg1 b6 26. Qc2 c5 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 e5 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Bd1 Ne8 33. Bb3
Nd6 34. Qd5 e4 35. Kf1 h4 36. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteFideId "4317262"]
[BlackFideId "4315146"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Bb7 14. b4 a5 15.
Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 Ra7 17. Bf5 Nb8 18. Ne5 g6 19. Bd7 Qd6 20. Bxc6 Qxb4 21. Rb1
Qa5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rc7 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qb3 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteFideId "4301218"]
[BlackFideId "4312830"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. Ne5 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3
c6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. Rac1 Bc6
15. f3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Nb1 a6 18. Bc3 Bb5 19. Qd2 Be7 20. Bf1 a5 21. Kg2
h6 22. Qb2 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. e3 Bxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nh5
28. Kf2 Bxg3+ 29. Ke2 Bxh2 30. Kd3 Qg3 31. Be1 Qh3 32. Qe2 Rc8 33. Nc3 Nf4+ 34.
exf4 Qf5+ 35. Ke3 Qxf4+ 36. Kd3 Qf5+ 37. Ke3 Bf4+ 38. Kf2 Qh3 39. Rg1 Qh2+ 40.
Kf1 Qh5 41. Qg2 g6 42. Qg4 Qxg4 43. Rxg4 g5 44. Ke2 f5 45. Rg1 Kf7 46. Kd3 Kf6
47. Bg3 Bxg3 48. Rxg3 h5 49. f4 g4 50. Rg1 h4 51. Ne2 b5 52. Rc1 Rg8 53. Rh1 h3
54. Ke3 Rc8 55. Kd3 b4 56. Rh2 Kg6 57. Rh1 Kh5 58. Kd2 Kh4 59. Ng1 Rc3 60. Ne2
Rc8 61. Ng1 Rc7 62. Kd1 Rc3 63. Kd2 Rg3 64. Ne2 Rg2 65. Rc1 g3 66. Rc8 h2 67.
Ke3 Rxe2+ 68. Kxe2 g2 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Langford, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteFideId "4310608"]
[BlackFideId "4314557"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O f6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Na4 Nh4
15. Nf4 f5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Rc1 g5 19. Nd3 Qe4 20. Ne1 Rae8 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. Nc2 Nf5 24. Rfe1 Re4 25. f3 Ree8 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Ke6 30. Ke2 a5 31. b3 Kd7 32. a3 Kc7 33. Kf2 b6 34.
b4 axb4 35. axb4 bxc5 36. bxc5 Kb7 37. g4 Ng7 38. Ke2 Ka6 39. Kd3 Kb5 40. Kc3
Ne6 41. Na3+ Ka4 42. Nc2 Nc7 43. Ne1 Nb5+ 44. Kd3 Kb3 45. Ng2 Kb2 46. h4 h6 47.
hxg5 hxg5 48. Ne1 Na3 49. Kd2 Nc4+ 50. Kd3 Ne3 51. Kd2 Nc4+ 52. Kd3 Kb3 53. Ng2
Kb4 54. Kc2 Na3+ 55. Kd3 Nb5 56. Ne1 Ka3 57. Nc2+ Kb3 58. Ne1 Na3 59. Ke2 Kc3
60. Nd3 Kxd4 61. Nf2 Kxc5 62. Nh3 Kd4 63. Nxg5 Ke5 64. Kd3 Nc4 65. Nf7+ Kf6 66.
Nd8 c5 67. Nb7 Ne5+ 68. Ke2 Nd7 69. Kd3 Ke5 70. Kc3 Kf6 71. Kd3 Kg5 72. Nd8 Kh4
73. Ne6 Kg3 74. Ke2 c4 75. g5 Ne5 76. Nf8 d4 77. g6 d3+ 78. Kd2 Nxg6 79. Nxg6
Kxf3 80. Ne5+ Kg2 81. Nxc4 f3 82. Kxd3 f2 83. Nd2 f1=B+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Barry, Jacob"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteFideId "4304462"]
[BlackFideId "4317440"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Qd4 Bg7 14. Bh6
O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c4 Rfc8 17. b3 a5 18. Rac1 b5 19. h3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa7
21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Qe2 Nb6 26. Qe4 Qa6 27.
Red1 Kf8 28. Qd4 f6 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. Qe4 f5 33. Qe6+ Kg7
34. f4 Qa7 35. Kh1 Nxc4 36. Nf3 Qe3 37. Ng5 Ne5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Nf3 Qxf4 40.
Nd4 Rc1 41. Qxe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. g4+ Kh4 44. Qf6+ Kg3 45. Ne2+ Kf2 46.
Qh4+ Kxe2 47. Qe1+ Kf3 48. Qf1+ Kg3 49. Qxf4+ Kxf4 50. Rxc1 fxg4 51. hxg4 Nxg4
52. Rc4+ Kf3 53. Ra4 Ne3 54. Rxa5 g5 55. Ra3 g4 56. Kg1 h5 57. Rb3 h4 58. a4 h3
59. Rxe3+ Kxe3 60. a5 h2+ 61. Kxh2 Kf2 62. a6 g3+ 63. Kh3 g2 64. a7 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Huang, Ziyi"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteFideId "8634831"]
[BlackFideId "4301340"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Be6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Kh2 h5 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Bxe5 Ng4+ 16. hxg4 hxg4+ 17. Kg1 Qh6 18. f4 gxf3 (18... Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qb6+
20. Rf2 Bc5 21. Rf1 Be3)  (18... Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Rh3 20. Ke1 Rxg3) 19. Nxf3 Nxe5
20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Rae1 Ka8 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qg4 Bc3 25. Rd1 f5 26.
Qxg5 Bd4+ 27. Rf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 Rhe8 30. Bh3 d4 31. Bxf5 Rd5 32.
g4 Rf8 33. Ne4 Rdd8 34. Kg3 Rh8 35. Rd2 Rh6 36. g5 Rh5 37. Kg4 Rdh8 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteFideId "4320808"]
[BlackFideId "12417246"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Qe7+
8. Be2 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Re1 Qf6 13. d4 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 c6 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bc3 Qf4 18. Re5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Qc2
Rbd8 21. Re1 Nd3 22. Re4 Qc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nxc1 24. a3 Nb3 25. Rg4 g6 26. h4 Nd2
27. Be2 h5 28. Rf4 b5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Nb1 31. Bd4 Rfe8 32. b4 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 Rxe5 34. Bf3 Nxa3 35. Bxc6 Nc2 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 Nxb4 38. Bxb5 a5 39.
Rb7 Kf6 40. Kg2 Re7 41. Rxe7 Kxe7 42. Kg3 Nd5 43. Bc4 Nc3 44. Kg4 a4 45. f4 Kf6
46. f5 gxf5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. Rb1 Nd7 8. e3
Rb8 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O f5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15.
Qe2 N7g6 16. d4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Ng4 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 b5 20. Qg2 Rbb8 21. c6
Qd3 22. Ba3 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Re2 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Rxh2 26. a4 a6 27. Rd3 Rh6
28. Rd5 Rxc6 29. Rxf5 Nf6 30. Bd4 Ne4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rbxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5
Nxc3 34. Rc5 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Tan, Jin"]
[Black "Keith, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteFideId "4320972"]
[BlackFideId "4320913"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Qd2 Nxe3 8.
Qxe3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Na4 Rb8 19. b3 Bg4 20. f3 Be6
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. c3 Rb7 23. Rd3 Rfb8 24. c4 c5 25. Nc3 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Rb4 27.
Rbd1 Be5 28. g3 Kf7 29. f4 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 a5 31. Rdd3 a4 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Kf3 e5
34. h4 axb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 37. axb3 h6 38. Ke3 exf4+ 39. gxf4 g5
40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. Kxf4 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 e6 45. Kf3 Kd4 46.
Kf4 Kc3 47. e5 dxe5+ 48. Kxe5 Kxb3 49. Kxe6 Kxc4 50. Ke5 Kd3 51. Kd5 c4 52. Ke5
c3 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Nazeer, Afique M"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteFideId "9970703"]
[BlackFideId "4315073"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2
Qd7 9. O-O h5 10. Nh4 Bh3 11. e4 f6 12. Re1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Na6 14. exd5 O-O-O
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Be3 Kb8 17. b4 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qh3 21.
Qf3 g5 22. Rad1 Nac7 23. Rd4 h4 24. Qg4 hxg3 25. Qxg3 Qh5 26. Red1 Kc8 27. h4
gxh4 28. Qh3+ Kb8 29. Bf4 Rhg8 30. Bxc7+ Kxc7 31. Kh1 Qg5 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Rd7+
Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kb8 35. Qh2+ Ka8 36. fxe3 Qf5 37. Qg2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Rxg2+ 39.
Kxg2 Kb8 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan (Luna)"]
[Black "Yang, Edison J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteFideId "4317076"]
[BlackFideId "4317432"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. O-O b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxb5 Qb6
15. Nc3 c5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nxc5 Bb6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bd3 Bxc5 21. bxc5
Ng5 22. h4 f6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. f3 Nf7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Na5 Qa6 27. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Grant, Elliot James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteFideId "4310462"]
[BlackFideId "4313550"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bxf5
Nxf5 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Bd2 b6 17. a4 a5 18. Nc3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Rec1 Qd7 21.
Be1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Kf8 26. Be1 Nd7 27.
Bg3 Ne7 28. Bd6 Ke8 29. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Le, Long Minh"]
[Black "Qu, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "946"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteFideId "4320930"]
[BlackFideId "4314620"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Bd7 7. h3 Qe7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 c6 15.
d5 O-O 16. Re1 Ng6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Re1 Qg6 21. Qf3
Rad8 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Rad1 Be8 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxf5 Qf6
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qf4 g6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rd2 33. a3 Rxb2
34. Rh5 Rxf2 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rh4 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg3 38. Ne2 Rf3+ 39. Ke1 Bf2+
40. Kd2 Bxh4 41. Nd4 Rxh3 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nf4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Barnes, Joshua"]
[Black "Hara, Koki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "983"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteFideId "4321502"]
[BlackFideId "4313305"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Nf6 8.
Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Qxd6 Qxd6 11. Rxd6 O-O 12. Nc5 Rfb8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Bb5 Nd8 15. f3 a6 16. Bc4 Bf8 17. Rd2 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Na2 Nc6 22. Kb1 Kf7 23. Rhd1 Be7 24. Bg5 Nd4 25. Nc1 Rb7 26. Ba2 Ng8 27. Be3
Bc5 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Raa7 31. Ne2 g5 32. h4 h6 33. Rd6 Re7
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd6 Re7 36. Nd4 Ke8 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Bxe6 gxh4 39. Nf3 Nf6
40. e5 Ne4 41. Nxh4 Ng5 42. Bg4 Nf7 43. Ng6 f3 44. Bxf3 Kd7 45. Bg4+ Kc6 46.
Be6 Ng5 47. Bg8 Ne4 48. e6 Nd6 49. Nf8 Nf5 50. Ka2 Nd6 51. Kb3 Kb5 52. Bf7 Nxf7
53. exf7 1-0

[Event "2024 North Island Championships"]
[Site "Wellington NZL"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Miriyala, Sreenikesh"]
[Black "Kierstead, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "745"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteFideId "4325532"]
[BlackFideId "4315065"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.29"]
[SourceDate ""]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. a3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. b3 Na5
9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Qb6 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxa5 b4 14. axb4 Qc4 15.
Qd4 Qxc2 16. O-O Rc8 17. Nbd2 Nc3 18. Qa7 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Qc4 21.
Rfe1 O-O 22. Bf1 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Qd5 24. Bg2 Rc2 25. Qxa6 Ra8 26. Qd6 Qb7 27.
Rg1 Rac8 28. Nd4 Qxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rg1 1-0

