[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2276"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 Ne4 7. Bf4 g5 8. Be5
O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bd7 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14. e3 Rxf1+
15. Bxf1 Qe8 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Bh5 Qf5 18. Bg4 Qf7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Bxd7 Rf8 22. Qe2 h5 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf7 26. Bc8 b6
27. Bb7 Ke6 28. Bc6 h4 29. g4 a5 30. h3 Bb4 31. Ke2 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2497"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Nxf5 Bf6 17. Nd4 b5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Na5 20. Rc2 Kb6
21. b4 Nc6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nc5 Nxd4 24. Nxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 a5
27. bxa5+ Kxa5 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Rd3 b4 30. axb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Smith, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2290"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 e6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. g3
Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Kf1 h6 18. Ke1 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bc3 Bc6 24. Bf3 b4 25. Bb2 Bb5 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Be2
Bc6 28. Bd3 Qb7 29. Qg4 Bf8 30. f5 exf5 31. exf5 Qe7+ 32. Kd2 Qd7 33. Kc1 Qd5
34. Kb1 Qf3 35. Qxf3 Bxf3 36. f6 gxf6 37. Bxf6 Bg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Kc1 Kf6
40. Kd2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sashikumar"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "2293"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Qe2+
Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Bg2 b4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. b3 Nf6 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Qf2
Rad8 16. f5 d4 17. g5 Nd5 18. f6 Bd6 19. g6 hxg6 20. fxg7 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bh2+ 22.
Kh1 Bg3 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Ne3 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Nh6+ Kxg7 27. Rf3 Be5 28.
Re1 Kxh6 29. Rfxe3 Rf8 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxb7 Nf3 32. Re2 Nd4 33. Rg2 Rf1+ 34.
Kh2 Ne6 35. Be4 Nf4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Rg2 g5 38. h4 Rf4 39. hxg5+ Kg7 40. Kg3
Rdf8 41. g6 R4f6 42. Rh2 Ng5 43. Rh5 Nxe4+ 44. dxe4 Rf3+ 45. Kg4 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Piwari, Dylan Tama"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 Qb6 10. e3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Qc5 13. Bg2 Qf5 14. h3
Rc8 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 b6 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Nd2 c5 19. g4 Qg5 20. b5 Nd5 21. Rc4
Bd8 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. g5 Bc7 24. h4 f6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Kf7 27. gxf6 N7xf6
28. Qh1 Nxh5 29. Qxh5+ g6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Qxg6+ Kd7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qc6+ Kd8
34. Ne6+ Qxe6 35. Qxe6 dxc4 36. Bf6+ Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kd8 39. dxc4
Bd6 40. e4 Rc7 41. f4 Rd7 42. e5 Be7 43. Qe4 Ke8 44. Qc6 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1950"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. g4 Be6 8.
Bc4 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Qf3 e6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Ne4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4
Qd5 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nxe6 Kf7 17. Rhe1 Na6 18. Nxf8 Rhxf8 19. Nd6+ Kg8 20. c4 Qa5
21. Kb1 Nb4 22. a3 Nd3 23. Nxb7 Qxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2028"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Rad8 20. Bf3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Qb6 22. Rad1 d4 23. Rfe1 Rf7 24. g4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Rc7 27. Be2
Kf8 28. Bc4 Rc5 29. Qg6 Qc7 30. Re6 Rc6 31. Rde1 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qf7 33. Qd3 Qh5
34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McDonald, John A"]
[Black "Lee, Edward S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2122"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Qg3 a6 12. Rd1 Qb4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bd3 Nge7
15. h4 Ng6 16. f4 Qd8 17. h5 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Kh2 g6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Kg3
Bc5 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Rh1 Nb3 24. Rad1 Be7 25. Nb1 Nc5 26. Bc2 d4 27. Kf2 d3 28.
Ba4+ Nxa4 29. g3 Nxb2 30. Rc1 b5 31. gxh4 Rxh4 32. Be3 Nc4 33. a4 Rd8 34. axb5
axb5 35. Nd2 Rc8 36. Ne4 Ra8 37. Rxh4 Bxh4+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Bc5 Rb3
41. Kg4 Be7 42. Kf3 d2+ 43. Ke2 Bxc5 44. Nxc5 Rh3 45. Ne4 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cunningham, Patrick D"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "2122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
c6 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Be6 14. b3 Rad8
15. Qe2 a5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Qb2 f6 18. a3 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. a4 Rd8 21. Qc1
Bb4 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Qh6 Rd3 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Qxe7+
Bxe7 28. f4 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. f5 Bf7 31. f6+ Kf8 32. Bh3 Rxb3 33. Bc8 Bxc4
34. Rc1 Bd3 35. Bxb7 Bxe4# 0-1

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1778"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. h5 c5 7. hxg6 hxg6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. O-O-O
Qb6 15. Qg5 Bf5 16. Qh4 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 Bg7 19. g4 Be6 20. g5 Nh7
21. Rh4 Nf8 22. Rdh1 f6 23. gxf6 exf6 24. Qh2 Kf7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Rac8
27. Qg2 Rd7 28. Nxd5 Rcd8 29. Nf4 g5 30. Nh5 Bh8 31. Ng3 Bg7 32. Nf5 Ne6 33.
Nxg7 Nxg7 34. Rh7 Rg8 35. f4 Re8 36. fxg5 f5 37. Rf4 Kg8 38. Qh3 Re1+ 39. Kd2
Re5 40. g6 Kf8 41. Qa3+ Kg8 42. Rfh4 Ne6 43. Rxd7 Rc5 44. dxc5 f4 45. Rh8+ Kxh8
46. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Weng, Xintong (Winston)"]
[Black "Mistry, Prashant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1971"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Rc1
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bb4 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Ne5 Nf6 16. f3 O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. d5 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 g4 22. Bh4 Kf7 23. dxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rd6 Rfc8 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. Bd8 Rcc8 27.
Bh4 h5 28. Ra5 b6 29. Ra6 Rcb8 30. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2021 New Zealand Championship"]
[Site "Palmerston North NZL"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1738"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 Bg6 6. c4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. h4
h5 9. g5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. f4 Nd3+ 13. Kd1 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 O-O
15. Rh3 Re8+ 16. Re3 Nxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Bc5+ 19. Ke2 Bxg1 20. Bg2
Bb6 21. c5 Bxc5 22. Nb5 Nd7 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. b4 Bd6 25. Bh3 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7
27. Bxd7 Bxf4 28. Kf3 Bd6 29. a3 Kf8 30. Bc8 b6 31. Bb7 Ke7 32. Ba6 Be5 33. Bc4
Kd6 34. a4 Bc3 35. b5 Bc2 36. Kf4 g6 37. Ke3 Bxa4 38. Kd3 Be1 39. Ke4 Bxh4 0-1

