[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDonald, John A"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2497"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. O-O g6 8.
d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Kh7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf5 15.
b5 Ncd4 16. Ne1 Ra7 17. e3 Ne6 18. b6 cxb6 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. Nxb6 Bc6 21. Qb3 Nd6
22. Bc3 Nb5 23. Nc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Qc7 26. Qb3 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Rd8
28. Nb2 Rd5 29. h4 Rb5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. dxc4 Rb3 32. Ng2 e4 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2028"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Qh5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Nbd7 13. b5 Ne4 14. bxc6 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qc6 Ra6 19. Rb6 Rxb6 20. Qxb6 Ne4 21.
Rc1 Qf7 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Rc7 h6 27. Rd7
hxg5 28. Rxd6 Bc8 29. h3 Rf8 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Rb6 Ke7 32. e3 Rd8 33. g4 Rd6 34.
Rb8 Bd7 35. Ra8 Bc6 36. Ra7+ Rd7 37. Ra6 Kd6 38. Kg2 g6 39. Kg3 Rh7 40. Be2 Rb7
41. Bd1 Kc7 42. h4 Rb1 43. Bf3 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Rb2 45. Kg3 Kb7 46. Ra1 Kc7 47.
Ra7+ Bb7 48. g5 Kd6 49. Ra1 Bc6 50. Bd1 Rb8 51. Kf4 Rh8 52. Ra6 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kb7
54. Ra3 Rh1 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Qc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. h3 Nh6 21.
Rcd1 Red8 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. g4 f6 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Nf7 27. h4
Rxd1 28. Nxd1 g5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nf2 Kf6 31. e5+ Kg6 32. Ke4 gxf4 33. Kxf4
Nd8 34. Ne4 b6 35. Nd2 Nc6 36. Nf3 a5 37. Nh4+ Kh6 38. Nf3 Nb4 39. a4 Nd3+ 40.
Ke3 Nc1 41. Nd2 Kg5 42. Kf3 Nd3 43. Ne4+ Kg6 44. Nd6 Nxe5+ 45. Kf4 Nd7 46. g5
Kh5 47. Ne4 Kg6 48. Nd6 Kg7 49. Kg4 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 Nd3+ 51. Ke4 Nc1 52. Ke5 Kg6
53. Ne4 Nxb3 54. Kxe6 Nd4+ 55. Kd6 Kf5 56. Nd2 Kxg5 57. Kc7 Kf4 58. Kxb6 h5 59.
Kxa5 h4 60. Kb6 Nb3 61. Nxb3 h3 62. a5 h2 63. a6 h1=Q 64. a7 Ke5 65. Nxc5 Qa8
66. Na6 Kd6 67. c5+ Kd7 68. Nb8+ Kc8 69. c6 Kd8 70. Na6 Kc8 71. Nb8 Kd8 72. Na6
Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Mistry, Prashant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1971"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8.
Qc2 h6 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Bf8 14. e3 Rc8
15. Qb1 Bd6 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Be5 18. Ndf3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne4 20. Nb5 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Ndf6 22. Qb2 Qb8 23. Nf5 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nfd6 a6 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rd8 Be6 31. Kg2 b5 32. Ra8 Bg4 33. Rxa6
Rd5 34. h3 Bd7 35. Rb6 Kf8 36. N6xb5 Ke7 37. a4 Rc5 38. Rb7 Nd5 39. a5 Kd8 40.
Rb8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Bxc8 42. Nd6 f5 43. Nc4 Ba6 44. Ne5 Ne7 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4
Kc7 47. b4 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Kg3 Kd6 50. Nf7+ Kd5 51. b5 Bc8 52. Kh4 Kc5 53.
Kxh5 Bd7 54. b6 Bc8 55. Nd8 Nd5 56. b7 Bxb7 57. Nxb7+ Kc4 58. a6 Nb6 59. a7 Kd5
60. Kg4 Ke5 61. Nc5 Kd5 62. Nd7 Na8 63. Kf5 Kd6 64. Nf6 Kc7 65. Nxe4 Kb6 66.
Ke6 Kxa7 67. Kd6 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2293"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Bc4 Nf6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Ba6 Qd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rc2 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rac8 21.
Qb5 Nb8 22. Nc4 Rc7 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Na5 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27.
Nxb7 Nc6 28. Qxf7 Rxb2 29. Qxe6 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Nxd6 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33.
d5 Bxd6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1890"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 d5 10. Qf2 c4 11. dxc4 Ba6 12. Be3 Bxc4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bc5 dxe4
15. Bd6 Qb7 16. Nxe4 Rfe8 17. Be5 Red8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nf5
21. Rdd1 Qxb2 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. c4 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne3+ 26. Kg3 Nxd1
27. Rxd1 c5 28. Rd7 a6 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Rxc5 Rb2 32. Ra5 Kf8 33.
Rxa6 Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rd7+ Kc5 36. Nd3+ Kc6 37. Nxb2 Kxd7 38. Nd3 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weng, Xintong (Winston)"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2276"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Bf3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Nd2 d5 20. Nxe4 fxe4
21. cxd5 exd5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. b4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe5 26. Qd4 Qxd4
27. exd4 Rd7 28. g3 Kf7 29. Rc6 Ke7 30. Kf1 Rb7 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Rc3 Kd6 33. f3
Rf7 34. Re3 Rc7 35. fxe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 Rxh2 38. Re3 Ra2 39. Ke4 a5
40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rb3 g6 42. g4 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Rb6+ Kc7 46.
Ra6 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 Rxd4 48. Rxa5 Kb6 49. Re5 Rxg4 50. Re7 h5 51. Kf3 Rg5 52. Kf4
Rg1 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rf6 55. Rd7 Ka5 56. Rc7 Ra6 57. Rc3 Ka4 58. Rg3 Rb6
59. Kh2 Ra6 60. Kg2 Kb5 61. Rc3 Rc6 62. Rg3 Kc4 63. Rf3 Kd4 64. Rf8 Rc2+ 65.
Kg1 Ke4 66. Rg8 Kf5 67. a4 Ra2 68. Ra8 Kg4 69. a5 Kg3 70. Kf1 g5 71. Rb8 Rxa5
72. Rb3+ Kf4 73. Rb4+ Kf5 74. Rb2 Ra4 75. Rb5+ Kg4 76. Rb2 h4 77. Kg2 h3+ 78.
Kh2 Rf4 79. Ra2 Kh4 80. Kg1 Kg3 81. Ra1 Rf3 82. Rb1 g4 83. Ra1 Re3 84. Rb1 Kf4
85. Rb4+ Re4 86. Rb8 Re1+ 87. Kh2 Re2+ 88. Kh1 g3 89. Rb1 Kf3 90. Kg1 g2 91.
Ra1 Re3 92. Kh2 Kf2 93. Ra2+ Re2 94. Ra1 Re1 95. Ra2+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1811"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 Rb8 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe1 d6 10. h3 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Qh4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 Rfe8 18. Rf2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Rdf1 Be7 21. Nd2
f6 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Nb2 Nb6 24. g3 a5 25. a4 Ba6 26. Kg2 Rbd8 27. Nb1 Rb8 28.
Bd2 Nd7 29. Bxa5 Bd8 30. Bxd8 Rexd8 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Ndc4 Nb6 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34.
Nd1 Rb4 35. Ne3 h5 36. g4 Rb7 37. gxh5 Rbf7 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. Nf5
Bc8 41. Nd6 Rg7 42. Nxc8 Rxc8 43. Rxf6 Rcg8 44. Rf7 Rxf7 45. Rxf7+ Kg6 46. Rc7
Kg5 47. Kg3 Kh5+ 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Rxc6 Rf8+ 50. Ke2 Kg3 51. Rxc5 Rf2+ 52. Kd1
Kf3 53. Rc4 Ke3 54. Kc1 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 c5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Nf4
O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. f4 c4+ 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. c3 h6 20. Bh4 Rf5 21.
Bf2 Raf8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rf3 Qf7 24. Raf1 Qe7 25. Qf2 c5 26. g4 R5f7 27. Qg3
d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. f5 d3 30. b3 b5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. R3f2 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qb6
34. Kh1 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Qh4 Rd4 37. f6 g5 38. Qh5 Qe4 39. Qxh6 Qe3 40. Qh5
d2 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. Qg8 Rxg4+ 45. Kh1 Qe4+ 46. Rf3
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lee, Edward S"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1738"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O a6
9. Qe1 e6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Nd2 Nxf4 14. Nf5+ exf5 15.
Rxf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 d5 17. Rh4 dxe4 18. c3 Qe3 19. dxe4 Re8 20. Nc4 Qg5 21. Nd6
Rd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qg3 Be6 24. exf5 Bxb3 25. Rd2 Ne5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nf5+
Kf6 28. Nxe7 Rxd2 29. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sashikumar"]
[Black "Piwari, Dylan Tama"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "2118"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. d3 c6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Qb6+ 9. Kh1 a5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h3 Na6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Na4 c5 15. Ng5
h6 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. axb4 axb4 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qf2
dxe5 22. fxe5+ Kg8 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Bxc5 Qxe5 26. Re1 Qxb2 27.
Rxe7 Bd5 28. d4 b3 29. Re2 Qc1+ 30. Re1 b2 31. Ba3 Qa1 32. Bxb2 Qxb2 33. Re8+
Kh7 34. Re7 Qc1+ 35. Re1 Qg5 36. Kg1 Bxd4 37. Re7+ Qxe7 38. Qxd4 Qe1+ 39. Kh2
Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Cunningham, Patrick D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1630"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Re8 13. Qc2 d4 14. cxd4 Bxd4
15. O-O-O Bb6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Rhg1 Rad8 18. Rg2 g6 19. Rdg1 Kf8 20. Qc3 Nd5 21.
Qh8# 1-0

