[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard J"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2455"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b3 g6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qe7 15.
Nf6+ Kf8 16. Bg2 d5 17. Qe3 dxc4 18. Bxa5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rd8 21. f4
c5 22. Ba5 d4 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. bxc4 Qe6 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. O-O Rb8 27. Qd3 Rb2 28.
Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bb7 30. Qa3 f6 31. Qxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qxd4 fxe5 34.
Qd5 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. Qxe6+ Kxe6 37. Bc3 Rxh2 38. fxe5 Ra2 39. Rd1 Ra3 40.
Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. Re3 Ra4 43. Re4 Ra3 44. Re3 Ra4 45. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

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. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. f3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1 20. Kxc1 Kf8
21. Be3 Nd7 22. Kc2 Ke8 23. b4 Kd8 24. g4 Kc7 25. h4 h6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Kd3 Nd7
28. Bd1 Bf6 29. Bf2 Bb2 30. Be3 Bf6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Bb2 33. Bc2 Kd8 34. a4
Kc7 35. a5 Kd8 36. Ba4 Kc7 37. Bd2 Kd8 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Kd3 Bb2 40. Be1 Bc1 41.
Bg3 Bb2 42. Be1 Bc1 43. Bd2 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2110"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Kb1 Ba6 15.
Qe3 Na4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc4 19. Rhe1 Kd7 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
Re3 g6 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Ke7 25. Nf3 Rb6 26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Kc1 Rhb8
28. axb4 Rxb4 29. b3 Ba6 30. Rc3 Bb7 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. c3 Rb6 33. Rd2 Rc8 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Ra2 Ra6 36. g3 Ke8 37. Kd2 Bd7 38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Kd2 Kd8 40. h4 h5
41. Ra3 Kc7 42. Ra1 Kb6 43. Kc2 a4 44. Kb2 Kc5 45. Ra3 Rb8 46. b4+ Kb6 47. Kc1
Bb5 48. Kd2 Rc8 49. Ke3 Bf1 50. Kd2 Bb5 51. Ra1 Ra8 52. Kc2 Rc8 53. Kb2 Rc7 54.
Ra3 Ra7 55. Kc2 Rc7 56. Kd2 Rc8 57. Ke1 Rc7 58. Kf2 Rc8 59. Kf3 Rc4 60. g4
hxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Rxd4 62. cxd4 Be2+ 63. Kg5 Kb5 64. Rc3 Kxb4 65. Rc7 a3 66. Rxf7
Bb5 67. Ra7 Ba4 68. Rb7+ Kc3 69. Ra7 Kb4 70. Rb7+ Bb5 71. Ra7 Bd3 72. Rb7+ Kc3
73. Ra7 Kxd4 74. Rxa3 Bf5 75. h5 gxh5 76. Kxh5 Ke4 77. Ra4+ d4 78. Kh4 Ke3 79.
Kg3 d3 80. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Dive, Russell J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2407"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. f3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bd3 e6 9.
Nge2 exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. f4 h5 12. O-O Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. f5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5
gxf5 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Nxf5 Qe5 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qxh5 Rh8 21. Qg4+
Kf8 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Bg7 Rh5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf6+ Kd7
28. Qxf7+ Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rf8 Kc7 31. Raf1 Rb8 32. R1f6 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rc1
34. R6f7+ Kb6 35. Ne4 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rxa4 37. Nxc8+ Ka5 38. d6 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1986"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Bb1 Rc8 15.
Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qf5 e4 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxd7 Bg7 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Bf2 Bxb2 27. Rc2
Bxa3 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxa7 Rec8 31. Rd2 Rxc4 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Rdb7
Rc6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Ra6 Rd8 37. Rbxb6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6+ f6 39. h4 Rd4
40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1950"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bf1 h6 11. a3 O-O 12. g4 Bh7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb6 15.
Ne5 Rad8 16. Be3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. f4 Be7 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Qf2 Bf6 23. Rd2 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qb3 25. Bf1 Rd7 26. Red1 Rfd8 27.
Qe2 Qg3+ 28. Bg2 a6 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. Qe3 h5 31. g5 Bf5 32. b3 Kh7 33. d5 Kg6 34.
dxc6 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 bxc6 37. Qe3 c5 38. Qxc5 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40.
Qg1 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxb3 42. Qc1 Bxh3 43. c5 Bxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qxe5 46.
c6 Qc7 47. Qb1+ Kxg5 48. Qb7 Qg3 49. c7 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lee, Edward S"]
[Black "Sashikumar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1642"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. d3 Bd7 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. c4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rac1 e4
15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. g3 Qg5 18. Rce1 Bh3 19. Rf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Qg6 21.
Qc3 Nh5 22. Ne2 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxg7+ Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Rf7 26. Bd4 Rd8 27.
Nxe4 Rxd4 28. Ng5 Rfd7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Nxh3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 R1d2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2
33. Nf4 Rxa2 34. Re6 Ra3 35. Re3 a5 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nc5 Re7 38. Rd3 Ra1 39.
Kg4 Rf1 40. Nb7 Re5 41. Rd7 h5+ 42. Kh3 Re2 43. g4 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piwari, Dylan Tama"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1890"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 e6 8. e4 Nc6
9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nce5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 f5 15. f4
Nf7 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 Re8 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. Kh2 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Re7 22. h4 Rae8 23. Bh3 Qa4 24. Be6 Kh8 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. Nxd6 Rxe1 27. Nxf7+
Kg8 28. Rxe1 Kxf7 29. d6 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. g4 Qc8 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Qxb7
Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Nc4 35. d7 Ke7 36. d8=Q+ Kxd8 37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Weng, Xintong (Winston)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1862"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. f4 Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe2 Bc5
15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Bxc5+ Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 Qc6 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qf2 h5
21. Qh4+ Kd7 22. Qf2 h4 23. h3 Kc7 24. Qd4 Kb8 25. Re2 Rhg8 26. Rc1 Qc5 27.
Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rf1 Ka7 29. Kg1 a5 30. Rff2 Ba6 31. Bxa6 Kxa6 32. Rd2 Rb8 33. c3
Rb3 34. Kf1 Rcb5 35. Ke1 Kb7 36. Kd1 Kc7 37. Kc1 Rb6 38. Rd4 Rc6 39. Rc2 Rc4
40. Rxc4+ dxc4 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. Rd4 Rc6 43. a4 Rc5 44. Kd2 Rd5 45. Ke3 Kc6 46.
Rxc4+ 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mistry, Prashant"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1811"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 O-O 7. Rb1 Rb8 8. a3
a6 9. f4 d6 10. h3 h5 11. d3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. d4 b4
16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. d5 Na5 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. b3 Bb5 22. Rf2
Nd7 23. Nb2 Ra8 24. e5 Nc5 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Qb8 27. e6 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Naxb3
29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. f5 Qa3 32. Qd4 Qc3 33. Qf4 Nd3 34. Nxd3 Bxd3
35. f6 Qxf6 36. Qxb4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. exf7 Rxf7 39. Rb2 Bf1 40. Qc3+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "McDonald, John A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "2086"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. Bf3 d5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nge2
Rc8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qe7 14. g3 h5
15. Bg2 h4 16. Nf4 hxg3 17. fxg3 O-O 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf6 20. e4 Be5 21.
Rb1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxd5 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Bg5 Qxe4 25. Bxf6 Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf6 27.
b3 Rfe8 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cunningham, Patrick D"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1778"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Rfd1
Ne5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rxd4 Rac8 17. Bb3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd5
Qc7 21. Rc5 Nc6 22. Qc4 e6 23. Ba4 Bf8 24. Rg5 Bh6 25. Rc5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qb6
27. Rb5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Ne7 29. Qb4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

