Pairing of round 3, at 11:45am of 11/03/2018
| Bo. | Fed | White Player | Pts | IDW | Result | IDB | Pts | Black Player | Fed |
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| 1 | NZL | FM Lukey, Stephen G | (2) | 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 | (2) | FM Hague, Ben | NZL |
| 2 | NZL | CM James, Jack | (1.5) | 5 | 0 - 1 | 3 | (2) | FM Gong, Daniel Hanwen | NZL |
| 3 | NZL | Polishchuk, Kirill | (1) | 6 | 1 - 0 | 12 | (1) | MacFarlane, Magnus | NZL |
| 4 | NZL | WCM Qin, Nicole Shu Yu | (1) | 13 | ½ - ½ | 8 | (1) | Speck, Stefan | GER |
| 5 | NZL | Cooper, Nigel | (1) | 14 | ½ - ½ | 10 | (1) | Smith, Christopher | NZL |
| 6 | NZL | WIM Timergazi, Layla | (0.5) | 7 | 1 - 0 | 9 | (0) | McKerras, Ross | NZL |
| 7 | NZL | Sadlier, Bailey | (0) | 11 | 1 | 0 | (0) | ( bye ) | |
| 8 | NZL | CM Dordevic, Ivan | (0) | 4 | 0 | 0 | (0) | ( not paired ) | |