[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 
Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.
c5 Bf8 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Ng4 Qd8 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.h4 Nxf4 
22.Qxf4 Qxf4 23.gxf4 Rd8 24.Rad1 Bd7 25.h5 Be8 26.Bf3 Kh7 27.a3 f6 28.Be4+
Kg8 29.Ng6 Bxg6 30.Bxg6 Rd5 31.b4 Rad8 32.Rxe6 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Re8 a5
35.bxa5 Ra4 36.Rb8 Rxa5 37.Bf5 Kf7 38.Rxb7+ Ke8 39.Bg6+ Kd8 40.Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 exd4 
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nde2 a5 11.Be3 Nde5 12.b3 a4 13.h3 axb3 14.axb3 Rxa1 15.Qxa1
f5 16.f4 Nd3 17.Rd1 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Ndb4 19.Kh2 Re8 20.Qc1 Qe7 21.Bf2 Bf5 22.
Bxf5 gxf5 23.Qb1 Qf7 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qg7 27.Qd1 c5 28.
Rxd6 Qxc3 29.Rd8 Qe3 30.Qd7 Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kf6 33.Qd8+ Qe7 34.
Qh8+ Kg6 35.Qg8+ Kh6 36.g4 Nd3 37.g5+ Kh5 38.Qd5 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Qf2+ 40.Kh1 
Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Qxf4+ 42.Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 
a5 9.O-O d6 10.Ndb5 Bd7 11.a4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Bc6 13.f3 Nd7 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Bg5 
Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qc5+ 17.Be3 Qc8 18.c3 Na6 19.f4 Nc7 20.f5 Nxb5 21.Qxb5 Ne5 
22.Bd5 Qd7 23.Bd4 Qxb5 24.axb5 Rab8 25.Ba7 Ra8 26.b6 Nc6 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Ra1 d5 29.exd5 cxd5 30.Rxa5 d4 31.b7 dxc3 32.bxa8=Q Rxa8 33.f6 Bxf6 34.
Rxf6 exf6 35.bxc3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Li Shenyue"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 
Bg6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Bd2 e6 14.Qe2 Rc8 
15.f4 Bb4 16.h4 Nb6 17.f5 Nc4 18.Rh3 gxf5 19.g6 Nxb2 20.Rb1 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 
Rxc3 22.Rxb2 Rxh4 23.gxf7+ Kf8 24.Kf1 Qa3 25.Qb5 Rf3+ 26.Ke2 Rf2+ 27.Ke1 
Rh1+ 28.Kxf2 Rh2+ 29.Ke1 Qg3+ 30.Kd1 Qf3+ 31.Ke1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Perry, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 d5 6.exd5 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O
Nxd5 9.Ne4 e6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Neg5 Ke8 14.Ne5 Be7 
15.Nexf7 Rf8 16.Ne5 h6 17.Ngf3 Nd7 18.Ng6 Rf6 19.Nxe7 Kxe7 20.b3 g5 21.Bb2
Rg6 22.Rad1 g4 23.Nd4 Nf6 24.Rfe1 Kf7 25.Ne2 Rg8 26.Rd4 b5 27.Rf4 Rg6 28.
Ng3 Ke7 29.Nf5+ Kd7 30.Nh4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.O-O-O Be7 14.f5 Qa5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16.Kb1 Qe5 17.g4 Rb8 18.h4 c5 19.g5 Rf8 20.g6 hxg6 21.h5 g5 22.
h6 Bb5 23.h7 Kd7 24.Rh6 Rh8 25.Qh3 c4 26.Ba4 Bxa4 27.Nxa4 Qb5 28.Qa3 d5 
29.Qg3 Qxa4 30.exd5 Qb5 31.dxe6+ Kxe6 32.Qh3+ Kf7 33.Qh5+ Kf8 34.Rxf6+ 
Bxf6 35.Qh6+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Koop, Thorben"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.a4 b4 9.
d5 exd5 10.exd5+ Kf8 11.a5 c5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bxf7 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxg8 Rxg8 16.Bh6+ Bg7 17.Bxg7+ Rxg7 18.Qg4 Rb8 19.Qxb4 Bxg2 20.Qf4+ Rf7 
21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Kxg2 Rb5 23.Ra3 Rh5 24.Qd2 Qh4 25.h3 Qe4+ 26.f3 Qf5 27.f4 
g5 28.Rg3 Rg7 29.fxg5 Qe4+ 30.Kh2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Bd3 
Bg5 9.O-O Bxc1 10.Qxc1 Nf6 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Rad1 b5 13.Nd5 Be6 14.f4 exf4 15.
Qxf4 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.Kh1 Nfd7 18.c4 Nc5 19.Bb1 Qb6 20.b4 Ncd7 21.cxb5 
axb5 22.Nc2 Ng6 23.Qd4 Rac8 24.Qxb6 Nxb6 25.Na3 Nc4 26.Nxb5 Ne3 27.Nxd6 
Rcd8 28.Nxf7 Nxd1 29.Bf5 Kxf7 30.Rxd1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Wastney, Scott"]
[Black "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O
Nf6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rad1 Qb6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.c3 Re8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf8 17.Rd2 g6 18.Rfd1 Qa5 19.Bb1 Bg7 20.f4 b5 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.Qe5+ f6 23.Rd7+ Bxd7 24.Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc7 9.
O-O a6 10.Re1 Rb8 11.a4 e5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.g4 Ng8 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.
Kg2 Qc8 17.Rg1 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Qxg4+ 19.Kh2 Qxf3 20.Rg3 Qf6 21.Rag1 Qe7 22.
Qc1 Ne8 23.Rh3 Nef6 24.Rg2 Qd7 25.Qg1 h5 26.Be2 Bh6 27.Bg5 Bxg5 28.Rxg5 
Kg7 29.Bxh5 Nxh5 30.Rgxh5 Nf6 31.R5h4 Rh8 32.Qg5 Rxh4 33.Qxh4 Qxh3+ 34.
Kxh3 Rh8 35.Qxh8+ Kxh8 36.a5 Kg7 37.f3 Nh5 38.Ne2 f5 39.b3 Kf6 40.Kh4 fxe4
41.fxe4 Nf4 42.Nc1 Ng2+ 43.Kg3 Ne3 44.Nd3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Ne5 6.d4 Nxc4 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O 
e6 9.e4 Nf6 10.Qc2 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Ncb6 13.a3 Rc8 14.h4 h6 15.Re1 Qc7
16.Bd2 O-O 17.Rac1 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Bf4 d6 20.Nc3 e5 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.
Qg6+ Kh8 23.Qxh6+ Nh7 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qg7 27.Qxd6 Qxg5 
28.Ne4 Qf5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxc5 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Qf5 32.Nd6 Qf6 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 
34.Rxe5 Nc8 35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Re7 Ra8 37.b4 a6 38.Kg2 Nf6 39.f4 Nd5 40.Re5 
Nb6 41.Rc5 Na4 42.Rc6 Kg7 43.Kf3 Nb2 44.Kg4 a5 45.b5 Rb8 46.b6 Na4 47.Rc7+
Kf6 48.b7 Nb2 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.g4 Kd6 51.Rh7 Nc4 52.g5 Ke6 53.Rc7 Nd6 54.Kg4 
Nxb7 55.f5+ Kd6 56.Rc3 Nc5 57.Re3 Nd7 58.Re6+ Kd5 59.g6 Ne5+ 60.Kg5 Nf3+ 
61.Kf4 Nd4 62.Re5+ Kd6 63.Rxa5 Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kf8 65.Rd7 Nb5 66.Kg5 Nxa3 67.
f6 Nc4 68.Rh7 Rb5+ 69.Kh6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d3 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Qe2 d6 8.Bg2 Nge7 9.
O-O Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Nd1 Nc6 12.f5 e5 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Qh5 Rc8 15.Nf2 Nb8 
16.Rac1 Nd7 17.g4 h6 18.Qh3 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.a3 Nc5 21.Qg3 Nb3 22.Nh3 
Nxc1 23.Qf2 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Qe3 25.Qxe3 dxe3 26.Re1 Rc2 27.Rxe3 Rxb2 28.Nf2 
Rb3 29.a4 bxa4 30.Re1 a3 31.Ra1 Ke7 32.Bf1 Rc8 33.Nd1 Rc2 34.Ne3 Rcb2 35.
Nc4 a2 36.Na5 Ra3 37.Nc4 Rb1 38.Nxa3 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb3 d6 6.c3 Na5 7.Bc2 c5 8.O-O O-O 
9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe5 12.Qg3 Nc6 13.Na3 Re8 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Ne3
Bf8 16.Nf5 g6 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Qh4 c4 19.Nh6+ Bxh6 20.Bxh6 Qe7 21.Bg5 f6 22.
Be3 Red8 23.Bd1 Ng7 24.Be2 b5 25.Qg3 Ne6 26.b3 Na5 27.b4 Nb7 28.a4 a6 29.
h4 Nd6 30.Bf3 bxa4 31.h5 g5 32.Rfc1 Qe8 33.Qg4 Rab8 34.Bd1 Nf4 35.Bxf4 
exf4 36.Bxa4 Nb5 37.Bd1 Qe5 38.Be2 Nxc3 39.Bxc4+ Kh8 40.Bxa6 Rxb4 41.Bd3 
Qd4 42.Qf5 Rb2 43.Kh1 Rb7 44.e5 Qxd3 45.Qxf6+ Kg8 46.Rxc3 Qd4 47.Rac1 Rbd7
48.Qxg5+ Kh8 49.Rc8 Qd1+ 50.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 51.Kh2 Rxc8 52.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd3 Qxc5 8.Be3 
Qa5 9.Qb5+ Qxb5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12.O-O-O Ng4 13.Bd4 e5 14.fxe5
dxe5 15.Bg1 a6 16.h3 Ngf6 17.g4 h6 18.Bh2 O-O 19.Rhe1 Rfe8 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Re7 22.b3 Rae8 23.a4 Nb8 24.Nd2 Nc6 25.c3 Rc7 26.Kb2 Ne7 27.Rd3 b5 
28.axb5 axb5 29.Ra1 f6 30.Bg1 Kf7 31.b4 Bf8 32.Bc5 Nc6 33.Bxf8 Rxf8 34.Nb3
Nd8 35.Ra5 Ne6 36.Rxb5 Rfc8 37.Ra5 Nf4 38.Rf3 Rd7 39.Nc5 Rd2+ 40.Kb3 Rh2 
41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.Nd7 f5 43.gxf5 Ne2 44.Nc5 gxf5 45.exf5 e4 46.Re3 Nc1+ 47.
Kc4 Nd3 48.Rxe4 Nxc5 49.bxc5 Rxh3 50.Rg4+ Kh8 51.f6 Rh5 52.Rgg7 Rhxc5+ 53.
Kd4 Rc4+ 54.Kd5 R4c5+ 55.Ke6 R5c6+ 56.Kf5 Rc5+ 57.Kg6 Rg5+ 58.Kxh6 Rxg7 
59.Rxg7 Rxc3 60.Rg5 Rf3 61.Kg6 Kg8 62.Ra5 Rg3+ 63.Kf5 Kf7 64.Ra7+ Kf8 65.
Rb7 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.e4 c6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.h3 Qe8 9.
exf5 Bxf5 10.d4 Nbd7 11.g4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Bg6 13.O-O Nb6 14.b3 Nfd7 15.Be3 
Nc5 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Rad1 Bf6 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.g5 Bxg5 
22.Nfd5 cxd5 23.Bxg5 dxc4 24.Bxd8 Qxd8 25.bxc4 Bxc4 26.Qd2 Nd3 27.Re2 d5 
28.Rb1 Nf4 29.Re5 Qf6 30.Rbe1 Qg6 31.f3 Nxh3+ 32.Kh2 Nf4 33.Kg1 Qg3 34.Re7
h5 35.Re8 Bd3 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Nd1 Nc4 38.Qb4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Hair, Philip"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 d5 7.Qe2 Be7 8.e5 Nc6 9.
Nf3 Nh6 10.Nd1 Qb6 11.c3 b4 12.Nf2 Nf5 13.O-O h5 14.Bd2 a5 15.Qd1 a4 16.
Re1 a3 17.Rb1 axb2 18.Rxb2 Ra3 19.Qb1 Qa7 20.Rc1 O-O 21.Rbc2 d4 22.cxb4 
Nxb4 23.Bxb4 cxb4 24.Rc7 Qa8 25.Ne1 Bxg2 26.Nxg2 Rc3 27.Rc4 Rc8 28.R4xc3 
dxc3 29.Rc2 Nd4 30.Ne4 Nxc2 31.Qxc2 Qa3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 O-O 8.e3 e6 9.
Nge2 d5 10.O-O b6 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.dxc4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb7 14.Rd1 Ne8 15.Bd2 e5 
16.Bc3 Be6 17.Qa4 Bg4 18.Rd2 Rc8 19.Rbd1 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 f5 21.Red2 e4 22.Rd7
Qb8 23.Nd6 Rc7 24.Nxe8 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Noble, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 d5 7.Bb3 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9.Qf3 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Nd7 13.Qd3 g6 14.f4 Nc5 15.
Qf3 Ne6 16.Ne2 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Rac1 Ng7 19.g4 Bd7 20.Ng3 h6 21.h3 Rae8
22.Qd3 Qxa2 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.gxh5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nf3 
Ne7 9.c3 Nf5 10.Bd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Qd7 13.Nbd2 f6 14.Re1 Nh6 15.Qb3 
Nf7 16.Qb2 fxe5 17.Bxe5 Bf6 18.Nb3 Rae8 19.Nbd4 a6 20.Rad1 Ba4 21.Rd2 Nxe5
22.Nxe5 Qc7 23.Rde2 Bd1 24.Rxd1 Bxe5 25.g3 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Rf3 27.a4 Ref8 28.
b5 Qa5 29.bxa6 Qxa6 30.Qb5 Ra8 31.Rb1 Rf7 32.Qxa6 Rxa6 33.Rb4 Kf8 34.f4 
Re7 35.Kf2 Ra7 36.Ra2 Kf7 37.a5 Re8 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Rb6 Rea8 40.Rb5 Kf5 41.
Kf3 h5 42.h3 g6 43.Ra1 Kf6 44.Ra3 g5 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.hxg4 Rh8 47.Kg3 Rh1 
48.fxg5+ Kxg5 49.Re3 Rg1+ 50.Kf3 Rf1+ 51.Ke2 Rf4 52.Kd3 Rf6 53.Rg3 Rf4 54.
Kc3 Rxg4 55.Rxg4+ Kxg4 56.Kb4 Kf4 57.Rb6 Ke4 58.Rxe6+ Kxd4 59.c6 bxc6 60.
Rxc6 Ke3 61.Re6+ Kd3 62.a6 d4 63.Kb5 Kc3 64.Rc6+ Kb3 65.Kb6 Rxa6+ 66.Kxa6 
d3 67.Rd6 Kc2 68.Rc6+ Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Bg7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.O-O a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Rfd1 O-O 
15.Bf6 b5 16.g4 Rfc8 17.Rd2 Bf8 18.Nd1 Rc7 19.Ne3 Rac8 20.g5 Ne7 21.Bxe7 
Qxe7 22.h4 h5 23.Kg2 Rc1 24.Rxc1 Rxc1 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Qc7 27.Qc3 Qc4 
28.a3 a5 29.Kf3 Qf1 30.Ne3 Qh3+ 31.Ke2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Qd2 Qxh4 34.Nc2 
Qe4+ 35.Kf1 h4 36.Kg1 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 Be7 38.f4 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 h3 40.Ne1 Kg7 41.
Nd3 Bd8 42.Ne1 b3 43.Nd3 Qf3+ 44.Kh2 Ba5 45.Ne1 Bxd2 46.Nxf3 Bxf4+ 47.Kxh3
Bc1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 c5 12.Bg5 b6 13.Qd3 g6 14.dxc5 Be7 15.Ne5 
Qxd3 16.Bxd3 Kg7 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Rfd1 Nd5 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Be4 Ra7 21.Rd6 
f6 22.Nc6 Nxc6 23.Rxc6 Rd8 24.h3 Rd4 25.Bf3 Bd7 26.Rxb6 Rxc4 27.b3 Rc2 28.
a4 Rb2 29.a5 Bc8 30.b4 Kf7 31.Rb8 Bd7 32.Rb7 Rxb7 33.Bxb7 Rxb4 34.a6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.d5 Bb7 8.a3 c6 9.
Bc4 cxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Ba2 Nc5 12.Bd4 Qd7 13.O-O Rac8 14.b4 Na6 15.Qd2 
Nc7 16.Rad1 Qf5 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.h3 Ncxd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qe2 
Qf5 22.c3 Qxf4 23.Qa6 Rc7 24.Qa4 Rec8 25.Rd3 Qf5 26.Qd1 e5 27.Bf2 Ne4 28.
Rde3 Nxc3 29.Qxd6 e4 30.Nh4 Qe5 31.Qd2 Qd4 32.Qb2 Qd5 33.Kh1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 a6 8.Na3 
Be6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.c3 Ne7 14.Bc4 Kh8 15.
Qd3 f5 16.Nxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rd1 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb3 20.Qc2 Qe6 21.O-O
Rf4 22.g3 Rf6 23.Qe4 Raf8 24.Nc4 Qe7 25.f4 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 
28.Qd5 Qh4 29.Nxd6 Qf2+ 30.Kh1 h5 31.Qg2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5 
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nb3 h5 13.Be2 Rg8 14.f4 gxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ba6 16.Be2 Bc4 17.Kh1 Ng4 18.h3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Bxc5 20.Qe1 Rh8 21.b4 
Bd6 22.g3 Qc7 23.Kg2 Ne5 24.b5 h4 25.Ra6 Rg8 26.g4 Rb8 27.Qf2 Rb6 28.Rxb6 
axb6 29.Qxh4 Ng6 30.Qf2 Rh8 31.Bg5 Bc5 32.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Qe7
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 h5 12.Nh4 Qf7 13.Bxg4 hxg4 14.Qxg4 g5 15.Nf5 Nc5
16.Be3 Nd3 17.Qe2 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nbd4 Re8 21.Qf3 Re5 22.g3 
fxg3 23.fxg3 Bd7 24.h4 gxh4 25.gxh4 Kh7 26.Kh1 b5 27.Rg1 Bh6 28.Nxh6 Kxh6 
29.Nf5+ Bxf5 30.exf5 Kh7 31.b3 Rae8 32.Raf1 bxc4 33.bxc4 Re3 34.Qg4 R8e4 
35.Rf4 Rh3+ 36.Qxh3 Rxf4 37.h5 Rxc4 38.Qf3 Rh4+ 39.Kg2 Rxh5 40.Kf1 Qe8 41.
Rh1 Qb5+ 42.Kf2 Qb2+ 43.Kg3 Qe5+ 44.Kf2 Qd4+ 45.Kg3 Rxh1 46.Qxh1+ Kg7 47.
Qh5 Qe3+ 48.Kh4 Qf2+ 49.Kg4 Qg1+ 50.Kh4 a5 51.Qg4+ Qxg4+ 52.Kxg4 a4 53.a3 
Kf7 54.Kh5 Ke7 55.Kg6 c5 56.dxc6 d5 57.c7 Kd7 58.Kxf6 d4 59.c8=Q+ Kxc8 60.
Ke7 d3 61.f6 d2 62.f7 d1=Q 63.f8=Q+ Kb7 64.Qg7 Qb3 65.Kd6+ Ka6 66.Qa1 Qc4 
67.Qb2 Qd3+ 68.Kc5 Qe3+ 69.Kc4 Qe6+ 70.Kc3 Qe5+ 71.Kc2 Qe4+ 72.Kc1 Qe1+ 
73.Kc2 Qe2+ 74.Kb1 Qd1+ 75.Ka2 Qd5+ 76.Ka1 Qc4 77.Qf6+ Kb5 78.Qe5+ Kc6 79.
Qf6+ Kc5 80.Qe7+ Kc6 81.Qe8+ Kd6 82.Qd8+ Ke5 83.Qe7+ Kf5 84.Qf8+ Kg5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Black "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 d5 8.e5 
Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.O-O-O Qd5 11.Kb1 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qd5 Qxd5 14.Rxd5 
Be6 15.Rd2 Rad8 16.Be2 Rxd2 17.Bxd2 Bc5 18.f3 Bd5 19.fxe4 Bxe4 20.Bf3 Bxf3
21.gxf3 Re8 22.f4 g6 23.Re1 Kf8 24.Kc1 Ke7 25.b4 Bb6 26.a4 Ke6 27.c4 Bd4 
28.Kc2 Kf5 29.h3 Rd8 30.Re2 a6 31.a5 Ba7 32.c5 Rd7 33.Kc3 c6 34.Kc4 Bb8 
35.Kc3 Bc7 36.Kc4 Bd8 37.Kc3 Bh4 38.Kc2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qd7 13.Ncb5 a6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 
15.Nd4 Bb7 16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Qf5 Bc5 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Bh3 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Nf8 21.
e3 Bc8 22.Bg2 Bb7 23.Rd2 Rac8 24.Rdc2 Ne6 25.Bh3 Re8 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.b4 
Bxb4 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxe6+ Kf8 31.Bxc8 a5 32.Bb7 Bc5 33.a4 h6
34.Bxd5 g6 35.Kg2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Ne2 Qa5 11.f4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Rd8 14.e5 b6 15.
Ke1 Bf5 16.Rb2 Rac8 17.Kf2 e6 18.Rd2 Bf8 19.h3 Bb4 20.Rb2 Bd3 21.g3 Bxe2 
22.Bxe2 Bc3 23.Rbb1 Bxd4 24.Ba6 Rc7 25.Rbc1 Bxe3+ 26.Kxe3 Nb4 27.Rxc7 Nd5+
28.Ke2 Nxc7 29.Bc4 Kf8 30.Rc1 Ke7 31.Ke3 Rd7 32.Bb3 Kd8 33.Ke2 Nb5 34.Ke3 
Rc7 35.Rd1+ Ke7 36.Re1 Rc3+ 37.Kf2 Nd4 38.Rb1 h5 39.h4 Nf5 40.Rg1 b5 41.
Bd1 Ra3 42.Bb3 a5 43.Ra1 a4 44.Bc2 Nxg3 45.Rb1 Nf5 46.Bxf5 exf5 47.Rxb5 
Rxa2+ 48.Kg3 Ra3+ 49.Kg2 Rb3 50.Ra5 a3 51.Ra4 Re3 52.Ra7+ Ke6 53.Ra5 Rd3 
54.Ra7 Rd2+ 55.Kg3 a2 56.Ra5 Kd7 57.Kf3 Kc6 58.Kg3 Kb6 59.Ra3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.O-O c6 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 Re8
9.d4 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.h4 Rc8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ng5 e3 14.f4 Qc7 15.Qd3 a6 16.
Rcd1 c5 17.d5 e2 18.Nxe2 exd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 c4 21.bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4
Rxc4 23.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 a5 9.
b3 Ba6 10.Nbd2 a4 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Bxa6 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Rxa6 14.Qd3 a3 15.Bc1 
Qc7 16.c4 cxd4 17.exd4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Nc6 19.Ne5 Rd8 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.d5 Bxa1
22.Bxa3 Rxa3 23.Qxa3 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qxc4 25.Qf3 Qxd5 26.Qe2 Bc5 27.h3 Qd3 28.
Qf3 Qxf3 29.Rxf3 Rd2 30.a3 Ra2 31.Kh2 Rxa3 32.Kg3 Rxf3+ 33.Kxf3 b5 34.Ke2 
b4 35.Kd2 Kg7 36.Kc2 Kf6 37.Kb3 Kf5 38.g3 f6 39.Kc2 e5 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.Kb2
e4 42.Kc2 e3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "B37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nc2 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Rb8 11.f4 e6 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.e5 Rb7 15.Bf3 Bd7 
16.exd6 Qb8 17.b4 Ra7 18.a4 Nf6 19.Kh1 e5 20.a5 exf4 21.Bxb6 Rb7 22.Qxf4 
Re8 23.Nd5 Re6 24.Nc7 Nh5 25.Bxh5 Rf6 26.Qe3 gxh5 27.Rxf6 Bxf6 28.Nxa6 Qf8
29.Nc5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Ne4 6.a3 Nxd2 7.Nxd2 Be7 8.Nf3
O-O 9.e3 d6 10.Be2 Bf6 11.Rb1 Qe7 12.O-O Kh8 13.Nd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bg3
Rd8 16.f3 a5 17.Qc2 Nc6 18.Rbd1 Bg5 19.Bf2 Be6 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qc3 Bf6 22.Qc2
Rd7 23.Be2 Rad8 24.Nb3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Qd6 27.Be2 f4 28.e4 a4 
29.Nc5 Nd4 30.Qxa4 Qxc5 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.b4 Qd6 33.c5 Qd8 34.Bd1 Bc4+ 35.Ke1 
Bh4 36.g3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Bg5 38.b5 Nxf3+ 39.Bxf3 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O a6 8.Bg5 O-O 
9.a4 Be6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bxh6 Ng4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Ng5 Rh8 14.Nxe6+ fxe6 15.h3
Nf6 16.f4 Qd7 17.Rae1 Rh6 18.g4 Rh4 19.f5 Ne5 20.g5 Nh5 21.f6+ exf6 22.
gxf6+ Nxf6 23.Qg5 Rah8 24.Qxf6+ Kh6 25.Qxh8+ Kg5 26.Qf6+ Kh5 27.Bf3+ Nxf3+
28.Rxf3 e5 29.Rg3 Qxh3 30.Qg5# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Noble, Mark"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Be2 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.c3 e5 7.Nf1 Nge7 8.Ng3 d5 
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.h3 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Nf1 Qd7 14.Ne3 O-O 15.Qc1 
Rae8 16.Nh2 Kh7 17.Nhg4 d4 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Nxh6 Rf6 20.g4 Rxh6 21.Bxh6 
Bxh6 22.g5 Bg7 23.g6+ Kg8 24.h4 Bd5 25.Rg1 e4 26.dxe4 Rxe4 27.Kf1 f4 28.
Rh1 Rxe2 29.Kxe2 Bc4+ 30.Kf3 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.g3 
Ne5 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Bd2 b5 11.f4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.O-O-O Ne7 14.Qg4 O-O 15.
Bd3 f6 16.Kb1 Bc5 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 b4 19.Ne2 f5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Qh3 Bb7 
22.g4 Nd6 23.Ng3 Qg2 24.Qh4 Ne4 25.Bc1 Nf2 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Rxd7 Rf7 28.
Rxf7 Kxf7 29.Qh7+ Ke8 30.Qxg6+ Kd7 31.Qf7+ Kc6 32.Qxe6+ Kb5 33.Re1 Qd5 34.
g5 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Bd5 36.Re5 Rd8 37.g6 Ng4 38.Rg5 Nxh2 39.g7 Kc6 40.Nf5 Nf3 
41.Rg6+ Kb7 42.Rg3 Nd4 43.Rd3 Bc4 44.Nh6 Re8 45.Re3 Rc8 46.f5 Nxf5 47.Nxf5
Bxe3 48.Bxe3 Kc7 49.Bf4+ Kd7 50.Nd6 Rg8 51.Nxc4 Rxg7 52.b3 Kc6 53.Bd2 Kb5 
54.a4+ bxa3 55.Nxa3+ Kc6 56.Kb2 Rg2 57.Nc4 Rh2 58.Kc3 Kb5 59.Kd4 Rh4+ 60.
Kd5 Rh5+ 61.Ne5 Rh2 62.c4+ Kb6 63.Be3+ Kb7 64.c5 Rh3 65.Nc4 Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.h3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 
9.e3 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Be2 Nc7 12.Nc4 Bf8 13.a4 Bf5 14.O-O Ne4 15.Nxe4 
Bxe4 16.Bf3 Qf6 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Qd3 Ree8 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Bg3 Na6 21.e4 Nb4
22.Qb1 Qe7 23.Rfe1 Bg7 24.Qc1 Qf8 25.Qd2 Bh6 26.Qc3 Bg7 27.Qd2 Bd4 28.Qf4 
f5 29.Qf3 fxe4 30.Qxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rxe4 Nxd5 32.Nxd6 Nf6 33.Rexd4 cxd4 34.
Rxd4 Ne8 35.Nf5 Rxd4 36.Nxd4 Ng7 37.Be5 Rc8 38.g4 a6 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.Kf3 Ne6
41.Nxe6 Kxe6 42.Bc3 b6 43.Bd4 Rc4 44.Bxb6 Rxa4 45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Bd8 Re4+ 47.
Kf3 Re8 48.Ba5 Rb8 49.Bc3 Rb5 50.Ke3 a5 51.f4 Ke6 52.Kd4 a4 53.Kc4 Rb7 54.
Kc5 Rf7 55.Bd2 Rd7 56.Bc3 Rd3 57.Kb4 Rxh3 58.g5 Rh4 59.Bd2 h5 60.gxh6 g5 
61.h7 gxf4 62.h8=Q Rxh8 63.Kxa4 f3 64.Be3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ma Qun"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Be6 8.d3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Nd4 11.Rb1 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Bd2 Qc8 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.
Bh1 Rd8 16.Rfe1 h5 17.Ne4 h4 18.Qb2 hxg3 19.hxg3 f6 20.Nc5 Rb8 21.Qb3+ Kh8
22.Rbc1 Bxc5 23.Rxc5 Be6 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.a4 Nd5 26.b5 cxb5 27.axb5 Rbc8 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qa4 b6 30.Ra1 Rc7 31.Bf3 Ne7 32.Kg2 Nf5 33.Qe4 Kg8 34.Qa8+ 
Kf7 35.Bc6 Rxc6 36.bxc6 Bd5+ 37.f3 Nh4+ 38.Kf2 Qh3 39.Rxa7+ Kg6 40.Qe8+ 
Kh7 41.Qh5+ Kg8 42.Ra8+ Qc8 43.Rxc8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Reilly, Tim"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 h5 7.h4 Bb7 8.Bd2 Bd6 
9.Rh3 Be7 10.f3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Qb3 Bc6 13.O-O-O d6 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Bf4 
Rb8 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Be2 a6 18.Nf1 Ne5 19.Ne3 Nfd7 20.Bh2 Ba8 21.Qd2 Qa5 22.
f4 Nc6 23.e5 Nd4 24.exd6 Bxd6 25.f5 Bxh2 26.fxe6 Ne5 27.exf7+ Kf8 28.Rxh2 
Be4 29.Nxe4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Gao, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.Qc1 Bh6 6.e3 Na6 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 f5
9.Nge2 Nc7 10.Nf4 Qa5 11.a4 a6 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qc2 b5 14.Bxf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 
bxc4 16.O-O Qb4 17.Rab1 Bg7 18.Nh5 Be5 19.Ne4 Nxd5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.f4 Bxb2 
22.Nxf6+ exf6 23.Qe4+ Kd7 24.Nxf7 c3 25.Qd5 c4 26.Rfd1 Rhf8 27.Nxd6 Kc7 
28.Rd4 Rfd8 29.Rxc4+ Qxc4 30.Qxc4+ Kxd6 31.f5 Rac8 32.Rd1+ Ke7 33.Qe6+ Kf8
34.Qxf6+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.f6+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Black "Koop, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 a6 
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rac1 O-O 13.b3 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.f3 
Rfe8 16.Qf2 Bf8 17.Nde2 Ba8 18.Nd4 h6 19.Bf1 Nc5 20.Nc2 Ncd7 21.Nd4 Qb7 
22.Bg2 Rcd8 23.h3 d5 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Nf6 27.f4 Ne4 28.
Qf3 Rxd5 29.Kh2 Qd7 30.Qxe4 Rxe4 31.Bxe4 Rh5 32.Nf5 Qe8 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 Nh6 8.Ne2
O-O 9.d3 Ng4 10.Bb3 Ne5 11.Qg3 Nc6 12.h4 e6 13.h5 Qe7 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qh2 g5
16.h6 Bf6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Bd6 Qd8 19.Bc7 Qe7 20.e5 Qb4+ 21.c3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Ba5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 c4 10.Qc2 b5 11.O-O a6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Rd1 Nbd7 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Nf6 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.Qb2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Ne8 21.Rc2 f6 22.Nc6
Qd7 23.Nb4 Bf7 24.a4 Nd6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na6 Bc4 27.Nc5 Qf7 28.Ra6 Rxa6 
29.Nxa6 Ra8 30.Bxc4 Nxc4 31.Qxb5 Nxe3 32.Re2 Qc4 33.Qxc4+ Nxc4 34.Nc5 f5 
35.Rc2 Ne3 36.Rc1 Ra2 37.g3 Rg2+ 38.Kh1 Rd2 39.Ne6 h6 40.h3 Kf7 41.Nd8+ 
Ke7 42.Nc6+ Kd6 43.Ne5 Rd1+ 44.Rxd1 Nxd1 45.g4 fxg4 46.hxg4 Kd5 47.Kg2 
Kxd4 48.Kg3 Nc3 49.Kf2 e3+ 50.Kg3 e2 51.Kf2 Ke4 52.Ng6 Kd3 53.Ne5+ Ke4 54.
Ng6 Nd5 55.f5 Nf6 56.g5 hxg5 57.Kxe2 Kxf5 58.Ne7+ Kg4 59.Kf2 Kh3 60.Nf5 
Nh5 61.Ne3 g4 62.Kg1 Nf4 63.Nf5 g3 64.Nd4 g6 65.Kh1 Kg4 66.Kg1 Kh4 67.Kh1 
Kh3 68.Kg1 g2 69.Kf2 Kh2 70.Nf3+ Kh1 71.Kg3 Ne6 72.Kf2 Ng5 73.Ng1 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7 
9.h4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.f4 Nc6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rh3 Nc5 14.Bg2 Rc8 15.h5 Nxd4 
16.Qxd4 e5 17.Qd2 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne6 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Rg3 h6 21.Bh3 hxg5 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23.O-O-O Rxh5 24.e5 d5 25.Qd3 Rh6 26.Rdg1 d4 27.Bxd4 Kf8 28.Rd1 
Kg8 29.Rh3 Qe8 30.Rd2 Qg6 31.Qxg6 Rxg6 32.Rdh2 Kf7 33.Rf2+ Ke8 34.Be3 g4 
35.Rh8+ Kd7 36.Rxc8 Kxc8 37.Ne2 g3 38.Rf7 Kd8 39.Nf4 Rh6 40.Rxg7 g2 41.Kd2
Be4 42.Kc3 Ke8 43.Kd4 Bxc2 44.Rxg2 Bb3 45.Ng6 Rh7 46.Nxe7 Rxe7 47.Rg8+ Kd7
48.Kc5 Kc7 49.Kb4 Bd5 50.Ka5 Kb7 51.Bb6 Rd7 52.Re8 Bc4 53.Bc5 Kc6 54.Bd6 
Ra7 55.Rc8+ Kd7 56.Rb8 Kc6 57.Rc8+ Kd7 58.Rc5 Kd8 59.Kb6 Ra8 60.Kb7 Bd5+ 
61.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 g6 5.e4 d6 6.cxb5 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nf3 a6 9.
bxa6 Qa5 10.Be2 Nxe4 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Nxa6 13.Nc4 Qb4 14.a3 Qb7 15.O-O 
Nc7 16.Bf3 Nb5 17.Nxb5 Qxb5 18.Rfe1 Ba6 19.Be2 Rfb8 20.Rab1 Qb3 21.Qe4 Bf6
22.Na5 Qa2 23.Nc6 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Qxb2 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.a4 Kg7 27.h4 h5 28.a5 
Ra8 29.Rb1 Qa2 30.Rb7 c4 31.Nxe7 c3 32.Nxg6 c2 33.Qe6 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.gxf3
e6 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Rad8 13.Na4 e5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f4 Qh5 16.f3 Rd6 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nb7 Ne4 19.fxe4 Rg6+ 20.Kh1 Qg4 21.Rf2 Bh4 
22.Be2 Qh3 23.Bf1 Qd7 24.Rg2 dxe4 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Qc2 Rc8 27.Bb5 Qh3 28.
Qd1 Ne7 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8 30.Bc1 Bg3 31.Qe2 Bxh2 32.Qxh2 Qf3+ 33.Qg2 Qh5+ 34.
Kg1 Qxb5 35.Qd2 Qc6 36.Nd8 Qc7 37.b3 Nd6 38.Ba3 Qxd8 39.Bxd6 Qh4 40.Be5 
Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qf3+ 42.Qf2 Qh1+ 43.Qg1 Qh5 44.Ke1 f6 45.Bc3 Qc5 46.Kd2 Qd5+ 
47.Kc1 Qd3 48.Qe1 g5 49.fxg5 fxg5 50.Qd2 Qf1+ 51.Kb2 Qf5 52.Qd4 Qg6 53.
Qd8+ Kh7 54.Be5 b5 55.Qd6 Qf7 56.Qc7 Qf2+ 57.Ka3 Qf8+ 58.Bd6 Qf1 59.Kb4 
Qe1+ 60.Kxb5 Qxe3 61.Be5 Qe2+ 62.Kb4 Kg6 63.Qxa7 Kf5 64.Bc3 e3 65.Qxg7 
Qg4+ 66.Kc5 e2 67.Qd7+ Kf4 68.Qxg4+ Kxg4 69.Be1 Kf3 70.Kd4 Kg2 71.Ke3 Kf1 
72.Kd2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "James, Jack"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nf1 d4 
9.Bd2 e5 10.Ng3 Qd6 11.h3 b5 12.a4 dxc3 13.Bxc3 b4 14.Bd2 Be6 15.b3 Rac8 
16.O-O Nd7 17.Bd1 Rfd8 18.Qb1 Nf8 19.Bc2 f6 20.Kh2 Bf7 21.Ne1 Ne6 22.Qd1 
Nf4 23.Ne2 f5 24.f3 Nxe2 25.Qxe2 Nd4 26.Qd1 f4 27.g4 Bf6 28.Bc1 Bh4 29.Bb2
Kg7 30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Qd2 Rc3 32.Rb1 Rdc8 33.Rb2 a5 34.Kg1 Be6 35.Ng2 Bg3 
36.Rfb1 h5 37.Ne1 Rh8 38.Qg2 Qd8 39.Kf1 hxg4 40.fxg4 Bxe1 41.Qf3 Bg3 42.
Kg2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.Nf3 Na6 12.O-O Nc7 13.a4 Rb8 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.Rab1 b5
16.axb5 a6 17.b4 c4 18.Bxc4 Nxb5 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.f3 Nh5 22.g4 
Ng3 23.Rfd1 f5 24.Bf4 Be5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Qb6+ 28.Qf2 
Qxc6 29.Nd5 f4 30.Rbc1 Qe6 31.Rc7+ Kg8 32.Rdc1 Kf8 33.R1c6 Ra8 34.Rxe6 
Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Rxe6 36.Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.h3 
Bh5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 
15.Rfc1 Bd6 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 O-O 20.f4 d4 21.Bxc6 
dxe3 22.Bxb7 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Bd3 24.Re1 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.d4 Nd7 10.e4 N5f6 11.d5 e5 12.Nh4 Ne8 13.Nf5 Bf6 14.b4 g6 15.Nh6+ 
Kh8 16.Ne2 Nd6 17.g4 Bg5 18.Ng3 Kg7 19.h4 Bxh4 20.g5 Bxg5 21.Ng4 h5 22.Nh2
Rh8 23.Bh3 Bc8 24.Qc2 Bxc1 25.Raxc1 Nf6 26.Bf1 h4 27.Nh1 Nfxe4 28.Nf3 Qf6 
29.Rxe4 Qxf3 30.Bg2 Qf6 31.Re3 h3 32.Be4 h2+ 33.Kf1 Nxe4 34.Qxe4 Rh4 35.
Qg2 Ba6+ 36.Ke1 Rah8 37.Rxc7 Qd6 38.Rec3 Qxb4 39.Qf3 Rf4 40.Qg3 Qe4+ 41.
Kd2 Qxd5+ 42.Kc2 Qxa2+ 43.Kc1 Rd8 44.Qe3 Qa1+ 45.Kc2 Qd1+ 46.Kb2 Rd2+ 47.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 48.Rxc2 Qd4+ 49.Rc3 Qxe3 50.Rxe3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.g4 Nb6 8.g5 Nfd7 
9.h4 Bb7 10.h5 Rg8 11.a4 b4 12.Nd1 a5 13.c3 bxc3 14.Nxc3 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6 
16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Rc8 18.Rh4 Bg7 19.Bb5 Ke7 20.Nge2 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.
Ng3 Rh8 23.Rxh8 Qxh8 24.Nce4 Qh4 25.Qf2 Qf4 26.Ne2 Rc2 27.Qxb6 Qh4+ 28.Kd1
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Re1 Ne8 10.Nd2 c5 11.Rb1 f5 12.f3 f4 13.b4 b6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Nf1 h5 16.
Bd2 g5 17.Qa4 g4 18.Nb5 Ng6 19.Ba5 Qg5 20.Nc7 Nxc7 21.Bxc7 gxf3 22.Bxf3 
Nh4 23.Kf2 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Bh3 25.Ke2 Qg2+ 26.Kd1 Qxf3+ 27.Kc2 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 
Qxe4+ 29.Kb2 Rab8+ 30.Bxb8 Rxb8+ 31.Ka3 Rxb1 32.Qe8+ Bf8 33.Rxb1 Qxb1 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35.Qf6+ Bg7 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Qa5 Qb4+ 38.Qxb4 cxb4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Ba6
9.O-O Ngf6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bxa8 Qxa8 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf4 Rd8 14.Qg4 Bb7 15.
d5 Ne5 16.Rxe5 Bxe5 17.Nd3 Bf6 18.dxe6 Bf3 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Qf5 Be4 21.Qf4
c5 22.Bd2 Kg8 23.Re1 Rd4 24.Bc3 Bh1 25.Re8+ Qxe8 26.Bxd4 Bxd4 27.Kxh1 Qe2 
28.Qb8+ Kf7 29.Qxa7+ Kg8 30.Qa8+ Kf7 31.Qd5+ Kf8 32.Qd8+ Kf7 33.Qc7+ Ke8 
34.Qc8+ Ke7 35.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Hair, Philip"]
[Black "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.c3 d6 8.d3 O-O 9.
Be3 b6 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Rb1 d5 12.c4 dxc4 13.dxc4 Nb4 14.O-O Nxa2 15.Nh4 Nc6
16.e5 Nab4 17.Kh1 Qe7 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.Nd6 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Ne4 Bxh4 22.
gxh4 Nd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.b3 Bb7 25.h5 gxh5 26.Ng5 Rdxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.
Qxh5 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Rf5 30.h4 Nd3 31.Kh2 Qc7+ 32.Kh1 Qc6+ 33.Kg1 Qg2+ 34.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 35.Kh2 Nxh5 36.Nxe6 Nf6 {(time)} 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qd2 Bg7 5.f3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bb5 O-O 8.Nge2 h6 
9.Bxf6 Rxf6 10.Nf4 e6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.e4 dxe4 13.fxe4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxf4 
15.Qxf4 Qxd4 16.Rd1 Qxb2 17.O-O Ba6 18.Qf7+ Kh8 19.Rf2 Qe5 20.Rfd2 g5 21.
Qg6 Rf8 22.Rf2 Bc4 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Nf6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Black "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 
Nc6 9.Re1 e5 10.Nb3 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Be2 Re8 13.h3 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nce5 16.Be2 Nf6 17.f3 d5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.e5 Nd5 21.Qe2 Nxf4
22.Qxc4 Qd5 23.Qf1 Ne6 24.Nf3 Qa5 25.Qf2 b6 26.Bd2 Qc5 27.Be3 Qb5 28.a4 
Qb4 29.Qd2 Qxd2 30.Bxd2 Nc5 31.Bc3 Rad8 32.a5 b5 33.Rad1 Nd3 34.Re3 Nf4 
35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Bd4 a6 37.Kh2 Rc8 38.Rc3 Rxc3 39.Bxc3 Nd3 40.Kg1 Kf8 41.
Kf1 Ke7 42.Ke2 Nf4+ 43.Kf2 h6 44.h4 Ke6 45.g3 Nd3+ 46.Ke2 Nxe5 47.h5 Bf6 
48.hxg6 fxg6 49.Nd4+ Kd5 50.Nc2 Be7 51.Bb4 Bg5 52.Bc3 Nc6 53.Kd3 h5 54.
Nb4+ Nxb4+ 55.Bxb4 Bf6 56.b3 Be5 57.Be1 Bd6 58.b4 Ke5 59.Ke3 Kd5 60.Kd3 g5
61.Ke3 Kc4 62.Ke4 Bxb4 63.Bxb4 Kxb4 64.Kf5 h4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Watharow, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d3
Qc7 9.O-O Be7 10.Ne5 Rb8 11.Ne4 O-O 12.c4 f6 13.Nf3 Nxf4 14.g3 Ng6 15.b3 
f5 16.Nf2 e5 17.Bb2 Be6 18.Qe2 e4 19.dxe4 f4 20.g4 Rbd8 21.Rad1 Qc8 22.h3 
Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Bh4 24.Rd6 Be7 25.Rd3 Bh4 26.Ba1 Qc7 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.e5 Bg3 29.
Ne4 h5 30.Nfg5 hxg4 31.Nxe6 Qxe6 32.Nxc5 Qf5 33.Nd7 gxh3 34.Rd4 Nh4 35.Qd1
f3 36.Rxh4 f2+ 37.Kf1 Bxh4 38.Nf6+ gxf6 39.exf6 Bxf6 40.Bxf6 h2 41.Kg2 
f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Li Shenyue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Qe1 d4 9.
Na3 Nd5 10.Bd2 Nb6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.Rc1 Be6 13.b3 a5 14.Ng5 Bd5 15.Ne4 a4 
16.Nc4 Nd7 17.b4 b5 18.Na3 Na7 19.Nc5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nf6 21.Rc2 Qd5+ 22.Kg1 
Rfc8 23.Qf2 Rc6 24.Qg2 Rac8 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Rfc1 e6 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nc5 Bf8 
29.Nxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Rxc8 Rxe2 32.Rc2 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Bxb4 34.Rb2 
Bxa3 35.Rxb5 Nc3 36.Ra5 Bb2 37.Ra7 a3 38.Kf1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Perry, Roger"]
[Black "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Re1 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.
Rd1 Qh4 16.Be3 Bc6 17.Rd4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O 
b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Be7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.g4 b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.g5 Ne8 15.Kh1 
Ne5 16.Bf4 d6 17.Ncb5 Bxd2 18.Nxc7 Bxf4 19.Nxa8 Bxa8 20.Rxa6 Nc7 21.Ra7 
Rc8 22.Rfa1 g6 23.Nb5 Bc6 24.Nxc7 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.R1a3 Bxg5 27.c3 Be7 
28.R3a6 Bc5 29.Kg2 Bxa7 30.Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.d5 f5 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.e4 fxe4 
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.h3 Bf5 14.g4 Be4 15.O-O 
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qd7 17.Ng3 Rae8 18.c4 Qe7 19.Qd2 Qf7 20.Rae1 e4 21.Bd4 b6 22.
Qc3 Re7 23.Kg1 Qe8 24.Re2 Qf7 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.g5 Nh5 27.Nxh5 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 
gxh5 29.Rxe4 Qg6 30.Rxe7 Qxg5+ 31.Kh1 Rxe7 32.Rg1 Re1 33.Rxe1 Qf5 34.Rg1+ 
Kf8 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Black "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Qe2 d5 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Rac1 
Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Na5 17.Qe2 Nc4 18.Rc2 b5 19.g3 Nxb2 20.Nxb5 Nxd3 21.Rxc8 Qxc8
22.Qxd3 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 Qc3 24.Re3 Qa1+ 25.Kg2 g5 26.g4 h5 27.h3 hxg4 28.hxg4
Kg7 29.Qa4 Rh8 30.Nh2 Qb2 31.Rf3 Qe2 32.Qd7 Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qxf3 34.Qxe7 
Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Qf3+ 38.Kh2 Qf2+ 39.Kh1 Qh4+ 40.Kg2 
Qxg4+ 41.Kh2 Qf4+ 42.Kg2 g4 43.Qh4 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Qe3+ 45.Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Black "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 e6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Be7 8.Na3 Qc7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rc1 Rb8 12.Bf1 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.h3 Bb7 15.g4 Bc6 
16.Bg2 Nf8 17.Bg3 Ng6 18.b4 Qd7 19.a5 cxb4 20.cxb4 bxa5 21.bxa5 e5 22.Nc4 
Bd8 23.Qd2 Bb5 24.Qa2 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 Qb5 26.d4 Bxa5 27.Ra1 Nxe4 28.Bf1 Bb6 
29.Rc7 Bxc7 30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Qc2 Nxg3 32.fxg3 Bb6 33.Ra6 exd4 34.Kf1 Bc5 
35.Qd1 Re4 36.Qb1 Re3 37.Qd1 Rbe8 38.Ra1 b4 39.Rb1 R8e6 40.Rb3 Rf6 41.Kg2 
Rxb3 42.Qxb3 Nf8 43.g5 hxg5 44.Nxg5 Ne6 45.Ne4 Rf5 46.Qa4 g6 47.Qd7 Kg7 
48.Qb5 Re5 49.Nf2 Re3 50.Nd3 Rxd3 51.Qxd3 Nc7 52.Qc4 Na8 53.Kf3 Nb6 54.Qb3
Nd7 55.Ke2 Ne5 56.Qd5 Kf6 57.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Na5 7.Bb3 h6 8.Na4 Bb6 
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Be3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Be6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Kh2 Nh7 15.d4
f6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.d5 Bf7 18.c4 f5 19.Qc2 f4 20.Bd2 g5 21.Rh1 Nf6 22.Kg1 
Bg6 23.Re1 Qh7 24.h4 Bxe4 25.Qd1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Rd7 27.Kf1 Rg7 28.Ke2 g4 29.
Reg1 gxf3+ 30.Ke1 Qe4+ 31.Kf1 Qd3+ 32.Ke1 Ra1 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rg1+ Kf7 
0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Yee, Stanley"]
[Black "Wei, Louie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.Bf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bf5 8.Bb5 
Qd7 9.Qe2 Kd8 10.O-O-O a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.Qe4 Kd7 15.
Nd4 d5 16.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 e5
9.d5 a5 10.e4 Nc5 11.Bf1 Rf8 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd2 Bg7 
16.Rab1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Rbc1 Qf6 19.g3 b6 20.Rb1 e4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Nh4
Rae8 23.Re3 h5 24.f4 exf3 25.Rxf3 Qd4+ 26.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27.Kg2 Bg4 28.Rxf8+ 
Rxf8 29.a3 Rf2+ 30.Kh1 Nxb3 31.h3 Nd2 32.Re1 Nxf1 33.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34.Kg2 
Rf2+ 35.Kh1 Be2 36.Kg1 Bd3 37.Ng2 Rd2+ 38.Kh2 Be4 39.h4 Bxg2 40.g4 Be4+ 
41.Kg3 Be5+ 42.Kh3 Bg2# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Be7 
9.Bb5 Bb7 10.O-O Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.Ne2 f6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.c3 Ba6 15.Rf2 
Bxe2 16.Qxe2 c4 17.g4 f5 18.h3 Rf7 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.fxg5 g6 21.gxf5 exf5 22.
Bf4 Nf8 23.Qc2 Ne6 24.Qb1 a5 25.Qa2 Rb7 26.h4 Rab8 27.Qa3 Kf7 28.Be3 b5 
29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Qa4 Ra8 31.Raf1 Rb6 32.Ra1 Qxa4 33.Rxa4 Ng7 34.Kf1 Ke6 35.
Bc1 Rb3 36.Kg2 Nh5 37.Kh3 Ra7 38.Kg2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 d4 6.exf6 dxc3 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Qe2+
Be6 9.Bc4 Qxf6 10.dxc3 Bc5 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Qxe6 fxe6 14.O-O Nd7
15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Be7 18.Rad1 Nf8 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Ne5 Kh7 21.
Rd6 Rae8 22.f4 Ng6 23.g3 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Kg8 25.h4 Kf7 26.h5 Rc8 27.Kf2 Rce8 
28.Kf3 Rc8 29.b4 Rce8 30.a4 Rc8 31.g4 Rh8 32.a5 a6 33.Ke4 Rh7 34.Kd4 Rh8 
35.Kc5 Rhe8 36.g5 hxg5 37.fxg5 Rh8 38.g6+ Kf6 39.Kd4 Rc8 40.Ke4 c5 41.Rf5#
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wastney, Scott"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.Nd5 Be6 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Be3 g5 12.c3 Qd7 13.O-O Ne7 14.d4 Ng6 15.dxe5
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bd4 O-O-O 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qxd7+ Rxd7 20.Rad1 Rhd8 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22.f3 c5 23.Rf2 Kc7 24.Kf1 Rd1+ 25.Ke2 Rc1 26.Kd2 Rh1 27.h3 c4 
28.Kc2 Kc6 29.Kd2 Kd6 30.Kc2 Rg1 31.Kd2 Kc5 32.Kc2 Kb5 33.Kd2 Ka4 34.Kc2 
a6 35.Rd2 h5 36.Rf2 Re1 37.Kd2 Rh1 38.Kc2 Rg1 39.Rd2 a5 40.Rf2 b6 41.Rd2 
b5 42.Rf2 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Re1 45.g5 Rxe4 46.g3 Rg4 47.Rg2 b4 48.
axb4 axb4 49.cxb4 Kxb4 50.Kd2 Kc5 51.Ke3 e4 52.Rd2 e5 53.g6 Rxg6 54.Kxe4 
Rxg3 55.Kxe5 Re3+ 56.Kf4 Re8 57.Kf3 Kb4 58.Rc2 Rh8 59.Ke3 Rh4 60.Rg2 Rh3+ 
61.Kd4 Rd3+ 62.Ke4 Kb3 63.Rh2 Rd1 64.Rg2 Ra1 65.Kd4 Ra4 66.Kd5 Ra8 67.Kd4 
Kb4 68.Rh2 Rd8+ 69.Ke3 Kb3 70.Rg2 Ra8 71.Kd4 Ra2 72.Rg3+ Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 
d5 9.exd5 Na5 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qg3 Bh5 12.d6 exd6 13.O-O Nxb3 14.Nxb3 Re8 15.
Bd4 Qd7 16.f3 h6 17.Rad1 g5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Rxe4 20.fxe4 Bxd1 21.Rxf6 
Qe7 22.Rxh6 Qe5 23.Qd3 Bg4 24.Rxd6 Qxb2 25.Rd5 f6 26.e5 Kg7 27.c3 Rf8 28.
h3 fxe5 29.Qe3 Bf5 30.Qxg5+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Rxe5 Bh7 33.Qg4+ Kf7 34.
Qe6+ Kg7 35.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne3 
Bg6 9.a5 Nbd5 10.g3 e6 11.Bg2 Bb4 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.a6 b5 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.O-O 
O-O 16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.e3 Rab8 20.Na2 Qe7 21.Nc1 h5 22.
h4 Bf5 23.Nd3 g5 24.hxg5 Qxg5 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Be4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rac1
Rxe5 29.Rxc6 h4 30.Rc7 Rf5 31.Qc2 hxg3 32.fxg3 Rf3 33.Re2 Rd8 34.Rg2 Qxe3+
35.Kh2 Rf6 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.c4 b4 8.Be3 Nc6 
9.Nd2 Nge7 10.c5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.Nc4 Be7 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Bh6 Bxc5 15.
Be3 Be7 16.Qd2 d5 17.Bb6 Qd7 18.Rad1 d4 19.Qh6 Bf8 20.Qxh7 Rg7 21.Qh8 Qe7 
22.Rd3 a5 23.Rg3 Rxg3 24.fxg3 Ba6 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.Nd6+ Kd7 27.Nxf7 Bxe2 
28.Ne5+ Nxe5 29.Qxe5 d3 30.Qd4+ Ke8 31.Kf2 Bh5 32.Ke3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh3 Bg7 15.Ne2 
c5 16.c3 O-O 17.b4 Qe7 18.Rab1 a5 19.a3 Ba6 20.b5 Bb7 21.c4 Nb6 22.Rbc1 
Rfc8 23.Bf2 Rab8 24.Nc3 dxc4 25.Be4 Nd5 26.Qf3 Nxc3 27.Rxc3 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 
Rxb5 29.Rxc4 Qd7 30.Qc2 Bf8 31.h4 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.Qe2 Rb3 34.Qxg4 Qd3 35.
Rfc1 Rxa3 36.h5 Qf5 37.Qxf5 gxf5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.Rxc5 Bxc5+ 40.Rxc5 Ra4 
41.Kg2 Rxf4 42.Rxa5 Rh4 43.Kg3 Rxh5 44.Kf4 Kg7 45.Rb5 Kg6 46.Ra5 Rh4+ 47.
Kg3 Re4 48.Kf3 f6 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Koop, Thorben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 
9.Nbd2 d5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Ndf3 a5 12.a4 Ra6 13.h4 Rb6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Nd2 Rd6 
16.Nb3 b6 17.Nc1 c5 18.Ncd3 Be8 19.f4 Na6 20.e3 Qd8 21.b3 Qc7 22.Qd2 Rd8 
23.Qb2 Rc8 24.O-O g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.fxg5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Qg7 28.Qe2 Nb8 29.
c4 cxd4 30.exd4 dxc4 31.bxc4 Qxg5 32.d5 Qxg3 33.dxe6 Rf6 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Qf2
f4 36.Nd3 Rxc4 37.Re1 Nc6 38.e7 Rxa4 39.Kh2 Nxe7 40.Bh3 Kf8 41.Re5 Qh6 42.
Qe2 Qh7 43.Re6 Qf7 44.Qe5 Rxe6 45.Bxe6 Qh5+ 46.Qxh5 Bxh5 47.Rxf4+ Rxf4 48.
Nxf4 Bf7 49.Bd7 Nd5 50.Ne2 Ke7 51.Bb5 Kd6 52.Kg3 Kc5 53.Bd7 b5 54.Kf2 Nb6 
55.Bxb5 Kxb5 56.Ke3 Kb4 57.Kd2 Nc4+ 58.Kc1 Bg6 59.Nf4 Be4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Be7 6.Nc3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Bg5 8.Bxg5 
Qxg5 9.h4 Qf6 10.Be2 Qxf3 11.Bxf3 Ngf6 12.Kd2 a5 13.g4 Nc5 14.b3 Ke7 15.g5
Nfd7 16.Rab1 Nf8 17.h5 h6 18.Rbg1 Nh7 19.gxh6 gxh6 20.Ne2 Ng5 21.Ke3 Na6 
22.a3 Nc5 23.Rb1 Kf6 24.Ng3 Rhg8 25.Bd1 Kg7 26.Bc2 Rgb8 27.Nf5+ Kh7 28.a4 
Rg8 29.Ne7 Rge8 30.Nf5 Rg8 31.Ne7 Rge8 32.Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 
c6 9.O-O Na6 10.b3 Bf6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qd2 Nc7 13.Rae1 d5 14.c5 Nd7 15.Ng3 
g6 16.b4 Ne6 17.Nce2 Bg7 18.Bc2 f5 19.Kh1 Qf6 20.f4 b6 21.b5 cxb5 22.c6 
Ndf8 23.Bb3 Nc7 24.Rc1 a5 25.Nc3 Qd6 26.a3 Be6 27.Qa2 b4 28.Na4 b5 29.Nc5 
a4 30.Bd1 Bf7 31.Nb7 Qe7 32.Bd2 bxa3 33.Rb1 Bxd4 34.Bb4 Qf6 35.Nd6 Re3 36.
Bxa3 Rxg3 37.hxg3 Qg7 38.Nxf7 Kxf7 39.Rf2 Bxf2 40.Qxf2 Nfe6 41.Bf3 Qc3 42.
Bb2 Qc5 43.Qe1 d4 44.g4 b4 45.Rc1 Qb5 46.Qh4 Kg8 47.Qf6 Rf8 48.Qe7 a3 49.
Bxd4 Nxd4 50.Qxc7 Nxf3 51.gxf3 Qe2 52.Qd6 Qxf3+ 53.Kh2 Qe2+ 54.Kh1 fxg4 
55.c7 Qf3+ 56.Kh2 Qh3+ 57.Kg1 Qe3+ 58.Kg2 Qxc1 59.Qe6+ Kg7 60.Qe7+ Rf7 61.
Qe5+ Rf6 62.Qe7+ Kh6 63.Qxf6 Qxc7 64.Qf8+ Kh5 65.Qf6 Qc2+ 66.Kg1 Qc1+ 67.
Kg2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bb7 6.d5 Na6 7.Bg2 Nc5 8.Nh3 Bd6 9.
O-O Be5 10.dxe6 dxe6 11.Bxb7 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nxb7 13.Na4 Ke7 14.Bg5 Na5 15.
Bf4 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 Nb3 17.Rab1 Ne4 18.Rd3 Ned2 19.Re1 g5 20.Nh3 h6 21.f4 g4 
22.Nf2 Rhd8 23.Kg2 c5 24.Rh1 Na5 25.h3 h5 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Rh7+ Kf6 28.Rxd8
Rxd8 29.Rxa7 Naxc4 30.Nd3 Ne4 31.Nc3 Nxc3 32.bxc3 e5 33.fxe5+ Nxe5 34.Nf4 
Rd2 35.Rb7 Nc4 36.Rc7 Ra2 37.Rc6+ Kf7 38.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O O-O 7.Rb1 a5 8.d3 h6 
9.a3 d6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Ne7 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Bd2 c6 14.b5 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Na4 Qd8 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Bb6 Qe8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.e3 Nd7 22.Qc2 
Ra6 23.e4 Ne7 24.Be3 d5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 Rd8 27.Rb7 Nc8 28.h3 Nd6 29.
Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Nd2 d4 31.Rcb1 Rd8 32.f4 Raa8 33.Nf3 f6 34.Qb2 Rd7 35.Qb6 Qc8
36.Rxd7 Bxd7 37.Kh2 Ra2 38.Qb8 Ra8 39.Qd6 Qe8 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.Nh4 Kh7 42.
Rb7 Rd8 43.Qc7 Qf8 44.Ra7 Qf6 45.Nf3 h5 46.Nxe5 Be8 47.Nf3 Rd7 48.Qb8 Rxa7
49.Qxa7 g5 50.e5 Qd8 51.Nxd4 Bd7 52.e6 Be8 53.Nf5 Qf6 54.Be4 Qb2+ 55.Bg2 
h4 56.d4 hxg3+ 57.Kxg3 Qc3+ 58.Kh2 Kg6 59.Qxg7+ Kxf5 60.Qe5+ Kg6 61.Be4+ 
Kh5 62.Qh8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Black "Noble, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "206"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bg4 14.Rfe1 Bh5 15.
f3 b5 16.Bf1 Qb6 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Kh1 Rxe3 19.Rxe3 Qxe3 20.Qxc6 Rd8 21.Ne4 
Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxe4 23.fxe4 b4 24.Bc4 Kf8 25.Kg1 Rd4 26.a3 Rxe4 27.axb4 Re7 
28.Ra5 Bg6 29.Kf2 Ke8 30.Ra6 Bf5 31.b5 Bc8 32.Rc6 Kd7 33.Be2 g6 34.Rf6 Kc7
35.Rc6+ Kb8 36.Bf3 Be6 37.b6 Bxb3 38.Rd6 Re8 39.bxa7+ Kxa7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.
Rxd5 Kb6 42.Rd7 Rf8 43.Kf3 Kc6 44.Ra7 Kd6 45.Kf4 h6 46.h4 Ke6 47.Ra6+ Ke7 
48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.g3 Rb8 51.Ra4 Rb5 52.Kg4 Rf5 53.Ra6 Rf1 54.Ra8 
h5+ 55.Kh3 Rf2 56.Rc8 Rd2 57.Ra8 Kf6 58.Ra4 Ke5 59.Rf4 Rd7 60.Kg2 Rd2+ 61.
Kf3 Rd3+ 62.Kg2 f6 63.Ra4 Rd4 64.Ra6 Kf5 65.Kf3 Rd3+ 66.Kg2 Re3 67.Kf2 Re6
68.Ra5+ Re5 69.Ra6 Re6 70.Ra4 Re4 71.Ra6 Rb4 72.Kf3 Rb3+ 73.Kf2 g5 74.hxg5
fxg5 75.Ra4 Rb2+ 76.Kf3 g4+ 77.Ke3 Rb3+ 78.Kf2 Rf3+ 79.Kg2 Rd3 80.Ra5+ Ke4
81.Rxh5 Rd2+ 82.Kg1 Kf3 83.Ra5 Rg2+ 84.Kh1 Re2 85.Ra1 Kxg3 86.Kg1 Re3 87.
Rb1 Kh3 88.Ra1 Rg3+ 89.Kh1 Rf3 90.Kg1 Kg3 91.Rb1 Re3 92.Ra1 Kf3 93.Rf1+ 
Kg3 94.Ra1 Re2 95.Ra3+ Kh4 96.Ra1 Kh3 97.Ra3+ g3 98.Ra1 Re3 99.Rb1 g2 100.
Ra1 Rf3 101.Rb1 Re3 102.Ra1 Kg3 103.Ra3 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Li Shenyue"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.f4 Nf6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d3 e6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qe1 Nd7 12.Qg3 Bf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.Rae1
b5 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 f5 18.exf6 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rfe1 
Re8 22.d4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 a6 24.Rxe6 Rfxe6 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Nxe6 Kf7 27.Nc7 
Nb8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke3 Kd7 30.Nd5 Kd6 31.Nf4 Nc6 32.a3 a5 33.Ke4 a4 34.bxa4
bxa4 35.Nd3 Na7 36.c4 Nc8 37.Kd4 Ne7 38.c5+ Kc6 39.Kc4 Nf5 40.Nb4+ Kd7 41.
Kb5 Nxg3 42.Nd5 h5 43.Nb6+ Kc7 44.Nxa4 Nf5 45.Nc3 Ne3 46.a4 h4 47.c6 g5 
48.a5 g4 49.a6 Kb8 50.Kc5 Nf5 51.Nd5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Black "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.d3 d4 8.Nb5 a6 9.
Na3 Nc6 10.Nc2 e5 11.Rb1 a5 12.Na3 Re8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nb5 Qd8 
16.Nd2 f5 17.Nb3 Bf8 18.e3 Na7 19.Na3 Rb8 20.exd4 exd4 21.Re1 b6 22.Bd5+ 
Kh7 23.Qf3 Bd7 24.Nc2 Qf6 25.Nd2 Bg7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Re1 Nc6 28.Rxe8 Bxe8 
29.Qe2 Qe5 30.Kf1 g5 31.Qxe5 Nxe5 32.Ne1 g4 33.Ke2 Bf6 34.a3 a4 35.Be6 Kg6
36.Ng2 Bg5 37.Bd5 Kf6 38.Ne1 Bd7 39.Bb7 b5 40.Ba6 bxc4 41.dxc4 Be6 42.Nd3 
Bxd2 43.Nxe5 Kxe5 44.Kxd2 Bd7 45.Bb7 f4 46.Kd3 f3 47.Kd2 h5 48.Kd3 Bf5+ 
49.Kd2 Kd6 50.Ba8 Ke5 51.Bc6 Be6 52.Bxa4 Bxc4 53.Be8 Be6 54.Bxh5 c4 55.Bg6
Kd6 56.Be8 Kc5 57.Ba4 Kb6 58.Kc1 Ka5 59.Be8 Kb6 60.Bg6 Ka5 61.Bc2 Kb5 62.
Bd1 Kc5 63.Ba4 Kb6 64.Be8 Kc5 65.Kd2 Kb6 66.Ba4 Ka5 67.Bd1 Bd5 68.Kc1 Kb5 
69.Bc2 Be6 70.Be4 Kc5 71.Kd2 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.a3 Nd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Bb7 9.
O-O Ngf6 10.e5 Ng4 11.Qe2 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qf4 O-O 16.Rad1 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 e5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Perry, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 
Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.g4 Rc8 11.f5 Bxb3 12.axb3 Ne5 13.g5 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4 15.
Bd4 a6 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.h4 Ng3 18.Rh3 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Qd7 20.Qg2 Qf5 21.O-O-O 
b5 22.Rhh1 Qf3 23.Qd2 Qc6 24.h5 Nf3 25.Qd3 e5 26.Be3 e4 27.Qd5+ Qxd5 28.
Rxd5 Be5 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bd4 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Bf4+ 32.Kd1 Kf7 33.c4 Rc8 34.Rf1
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nd2 f5 12.f4 Nf7 13.e5 Qxd5 14.O-O Qxa2 15.Bc4 
Qa5 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Qd5 e6 18.Qxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Nxc5 Nd8 20.Ba3 b6 21.Na6 Rf7 
22.Rfd1 Bxa6 23.Bxa6 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Rd6 Re7 26.Rbd1 Nf7 27.Rd7 Rae8 
28.R7d3 Rc7 29.c4 Ke7 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Bb5 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Nd8 33.Rh3 Kf8 34.Rd3
Nb7 35.Ke3 Nc5 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Ra8 Kh6 38.g3 Kh5 39.h3 Kh6 40.Kf3 Kg7 41.
Ke3 Rf7 42.Kf3 Rc7 43.Ke3 Kh6 44.Kf3 a5 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Kf3 h6 47.Kg2 g5 48.
Kf3 gxf4 49.gxf4 Kh7 50.h4 Re7 51.h5 Rc7 52.Kf2 Ne4+ 53.Ke3 Nc5 54.Kf2 Re7
55.Ke3 Rb7 56.Bc6 Rc7 57.Bb5 Rg7 58.Be8 Rc7 59.Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 Nc6 
9.b4 h6 10.b5 Ne7 11.a4 Be6 12.Ba3 g5 13.c5 g4 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.
Rc1 Qd7 17.Nc4 Ne8 18.Qd2 Rf7 19.Na5 Rb8 20.Qe3 Nc8 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Nc4 b6 
23.Nb4 Ne7 24.Nc6 Nxc6 25.Bxc6 Bxc4 26.dxc4 Rf6 27.Rfd1 Qc7 28.Qd3 Bf8 29.
Qd5+ Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.Bb4 Ke6 32.Ra1 Rg6 33.a5 Nc7 34.axb6 axb6 35.Ra7
Rg7 36.Kg2 Rf7 37.h3 Rg7 38.hxg4 fxg4 39.Bd2 Ne8 40.Rxg7 Bxg7 41.Ra1 Nf6 
42.Ra7 Bf8 43.e4 h5 44.Be3 Be7 45.Kf1 Bd8 46.Ke2 Be7 47.Kd3 Bd8 48.Bg5 
Nxe4 49.Bd7+ Kf7 50.Kxe4 Bxg5 51.Bxg4+ Kf6 52.Bxh5 Bd2 53.f4 exf4 54.gxf4 
Rf8 55.Rb7 Ba5 56.f5 Kg5 57.Bg6 Rc8 58.Bf7 Rc5 59.Be6 Re5+ 60.Kd4 Kf6 61.
Rf7+ Kg5 62.Rg7+ Kf6 63.Rb7 Kg5 64.Rb8 Kf6 65.Kd3 Kg5 66.Kc2 Kf6 67.Kb3 
Re3+ 68.Ka4 Ke5 69.Rd8 Re1 70.Kb3 Rb1+ 71.Kc2 Rf1 72.Rf8 Bb4 73.Re8 Kf6 
74.Bd7 Rf4 75.Kd3 Bc5 76.Re2 Rd4+ 77.Kc3 Rh4 78.Rg2 Rh3+ 79.Kc2 Rh4 80.Be6
Rf4 81.Kd3 Rd4+ 82.Ke2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nh3 f6 
9.Qh5 f5 10.Nb5 cxd4 11.Bf4 Rf7 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.hxg5 g6 14.Qh2 Nc6 15.O-O-O
Nc5 16.Nd6 Re7 17.g4 Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 fxg4 19.Rg3 a6 20.Rxg4 b5 21.Rh4 Raa7 
22.Qh3 Rg7 23.Qa3 Bd7 24.Qh3 Qe7 25.Qg3 Rc7 26.Bd2 b4 27.f4 a5 28.Nb5 Rb7 
29.Nd6 Rb8 30.Qd3 Bc8 31.Kb1 a4 32.Qh3 Ba6 33.Qf3 Bc4 34.Nxc4 dxc4 35.Qxc6
c3 36.Bc1 d3 37.cxd3 b3 38.Qxc3 bxa2+ 39.Kxa2 Qd7 40.d4 Rc8 41.Qd3 Qd5+ 
42.Kb1 Rc4 43.Rxh7 a3 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.Qxa3 Qe4+ 46.Ka1 Qc6 47.Rf8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.f4 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 d5 6.O-O g6 7.Qe1 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.
Nh4 e6 10.c3 Nc6 11.Na3 Qd7 12.g4 d4 13.c4 Ne7 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.Qh4 Ne7 16.
Bd2 a6 17.Rab1 Nc6 18.Nc2 a5 19.a3 Qc7 20.Rbd1 Nd7 21.f5 exf5 22.gxf5 gxf5
23.Bh6 Qd6 24.Bf4 Qg6 25.Kh1 Nce5 26.Rf2 Nxf3 27.Bxf3 Bxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Kh8 
29.Rg1 Qf6 30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Rg5 Raf8 32.Rfg3 Ne5 33.e4 dxe3 34.Rxf5 Qc6+ 35.
Kh2 Ng6 36.Nxe3 Nxf4 37.Rxf4 Qe6 38.Re4 Qd6 39.Nf5 Qd7 40.Qxh7+ Kxh7 41.
Rh4+ Bh6 42.Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.b3 b6 14.Rfe1 Bb7 
15.Bf1 f5 16.Rad1 g5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd4 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.b4 d6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.g3 e5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Qb3 Re8 
9.O-O e4 10.Ng5 Nd4 11.Qd1 Bf5 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Nc2 14.Rc1 Nxb4 15.Qb3 
Na6 16.Qxb7 Nc5 17.Qb4 Rb8 18.Qa3 Nfe4 19.d4 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Ne4 21.Ba1 Bh6 
22.d5 Bxc1 23.Qxc1 c5 24.Qh6 f6 25.Nh4 Qe7 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.
Qxf6 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Qe4+ 30.Kg1 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Ne5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Rd8 10.Qe1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nd5 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 Qa4 14.c4 Nb4 
15.Qg4 Kf8 16.Bc3 h5 17.Qh3 Qc6 18.Nd2 Rd3 19.f3 Nc2 20.Rac1 Ne3 21.Rfe1 
Nxc4 22.Nxc4 Qxc4 23.Kh1 Qd5 24.Rf1 Rh6 25.Rce1 b5 26.Re4 c5 27.Be1 Qxa2 
28.Bh4 g5 29.Bf2 g4 30.Rxg4 Qxb2 31.Re4 Qb3 32.Rfe1 a5 33.Be3 Rg6 34.Qxh5 
Ke8 35.Qh8+ Bf8 36.Bxc5 Rxf3 37.Qxf8+ Kd7 38.Rc1 Rc3 39.Rd4+ Kc6 40.Qd6+ 
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Black "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Be3 
Be6 9.c5 dxc5 10.dxc5 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Qf4 Qe6 14.b3 Ba6 15.
Nd5 Rc8 16.Nxc7+ Rxc7 17.Qxc7 Bxc5 18.Ne2 Qg4 19.O-O Bxe2 20.Bxc5 Bxd1 21.
Re1+ Be2 22.f3 Qe6 23.Kf2 Nd4 24.Bxd4 O-O 25.Rxe2 Qa6 26.Qe5 f6 27.Qe6+ 
Qxe6 28.Rxe6 Rd8 29.Bxa7 Ra8 30.Bc5 Rxa2+ 31.Kg3 Rc2 32.b4 h5 33.Rb6 Kf7 
34.Rxb7+ Kg6 35.Bf8 Rb2 36.Rxg7+ Kf5 37.Kh4 Rxb4+ 38.Bxb4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nge2 f5 9.
Be3 f4 10.Bf2 Nd7 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Bc2 a5 14.Kb1 b6 15.Nc1 Qc8 
16.Qe2 Rf7 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Ba4 Bxa4 19.Nxa4 Nf6 20.Rd3 Nd7 21.Qc2 Nb6 22.
Nxb6 cxb6 23.a4 Bf6 24.Rb3 Bd8 25.Ne2 Qd7 26.Rd3 Bc7 27.Nc3 Raf8 28.Nd1 
Bd8 29.Ka2 Kg7 30.Ka3 Kg8 31.Rb3 Kg7 32.Nf2 h5 33.Qe2 Qe7 34.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.g3 e6 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 a6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 b5 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 10.e4 bxc4 11.bxc4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Nc5 13.Nfe5 Qc7 14.Bc3 a5 15.Qd2 
Bd8 16.Rab1 Bc8 17.Bd4 Be7 18.Rb6 Bd7 19.Rfb1 O-O 20.Qe3 Na6 21.Rb7 Qc8 
22.a3 c5 23.Bc3 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Nxb8 25.Nxa5 Nc6 26.Naxc6 Bxc6 27.Nxc6 Qxc6 
28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.e5 Qc7 30.exf6 Bxf6 31.Be4 Bg7 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Rc4 Qa5 34.a4
Qb6 35.Qg5 Qd6 36.d4 h6 37.Qh5 f5 38.Bb7 Rb8 39.dxc5 Qc7 40.c6 Kh7 41.Qe2 
e5 42.Qc2 e4 43.Qb3 Be5 44.Qb4 Bd6 45.Qb5 Kg6 46.a5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd2 
Nc6 9.Rb1 Re8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 Ne4 12.Ne5 Qf6 13.O-O Nxe5 14.dxe5 Rxe5 
15.f3 Nd6 16.e4 Nxb5 17.Rxb5 b6 18.Rbb1 Qg6 19.Bf4 Re7 20.Qd2 Bb7 21.exd5 
Ba6 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Bg3 Re2 24.Rbd1 f6 25.Rxe2 Rxe2 26.Qc1 Bb5 27.d6 Bd7 
28.a3 h5 29.Re1 Rc2 30.Qe3 h4 31.Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 e5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 Qe7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nfd7 15.Rad1 
Ne6 16.h4 Nf4 17.Rd2 Nc5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Nh2 Nce6 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Qd1 Kg7 
22.Bf1 Rh8 23.Ne2 g4 24.Nfd4 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Bxf4 Be5 27.Bxe5+ Qxe5 
28.g3 c5 29.Bg2 Be6 30.b3 Rh6 31.Kf1 Rah8 32.Kg1 Qh5 33.Kf1 Qh2 34.Rd3 Rg6
35.Qd2 Rh5 36.Qf4 Rf6 37.Qd2 b6 38.a3 Re5 39.a4 a6 40.Qc1 Bd7 41.Qd2 Bc6 
42.a5 bxa5 43.Qe2 Rg6 44.Qd2 Rf6 45.Qe2 Qh5 46.Rd2 Rfe6 47.Qd3 f5 48.Kg1 
fxe4 49.Qb1 Rh6 50.Rxe4 Rxe4 51.Qxe4 Bxe4 52.Bxe4 Re6 53.Re2 Qe8 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Black "Hair, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be3 a6 6.Qd2 b5 7.cxb5 axb5 8.Bd3 b4 
9.Nd1 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ne2 Nf6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Ne3 
Nc7 16.Qg7 Ke7 17.Nc4 Ne6 18.Qh6 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qf4 Nc5 21.O-O Ne6 
22.Qg3 f6 23.f4 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nd2 f5 26.Qb3 Qd6 27.Rae1 Kf6 28.g3 
Rhd8 29.Nf3 Qc5 30.Kg2 Qc4 31.Qd1 d3 32.Kh3 Rxa2 33.Rf2 b3 34.Ne5 Qc5 35.
Nxd3 Qb6 36.Rfe2 Rd6 37.Ne5 Ra6 38.Nd7+ Rxd7 39.Rxe6+ Qxe6 40.Rxe6+ Rxe6 
41.Qxb3 d4 42.Qb4 Kf7 43.Qb5 Ree7 44.Qc4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Black "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d6 
9.Re1 Bb6 10.h3 Re8 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Bg5 Ng6 13.Be3 Rb8 14.Nbd2 d5 15.exd5 
Nxd5 16.Bxb6 Rxb6 17.d4 Ngf4 18.Qd1 Rg6 19.g3 Nd3 20.Re2 Nxb2 21.Qc2 Nc4 
22.Nxc4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nf4 24.Re3 exd4 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Re1 Qc6 27.Bxf7+ 
Kxf7 28.Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "C52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O 
Nf6 9.Ba3 d6 10.e5 Ne4 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Nbd2 Bc2 16.Rxe7 Bxb3 17.Rxb7 Bd5 18.Rb5 dxc3 19.Rxd5 cxd2 20.Nxd2 Bc7 21.
Nc4 Ne7 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Nc8 24.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qc2 g6 9.
Nbd2 Rc8 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Qd1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ne5 Qh4 14.Bd2 h5 15.Be1 
Qf6 16.Qb3 Rc7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qd1 Kd7 19.Rc1 c4 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.Bh4 f6 22.
Qe1 Rg8 23.Rc2 Kc8 24.Qf2 Rcg7 25.Bg3 Qg4 26.Kh1 Qf5 27.Qe1 Rf8 28.Kg1 Qh7
29.Rcf2 h4 30.Bxh4 Qxh4 31.g3 Qh5 32.Qe2 Rh8 33.Qxh5 Rxh5 34.Rg2 Kd7 35.
Rgf2 Ke7 36.Kg2 Rhh7 37.Re2 e5 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.dxe5 Bxe5 40.Ref2 Rf7 41.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.Kf2 a5 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Kf2 a4 46.a3 c5 47.Ke2 
Kf5 48.Kf2 d4 49.exd4 cxd4 50.cxd4 Bxd4+ 51.Ke2 Bxb2 52.Ke3 c3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 
9.cxd5 a6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.a3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.f3 Rc8 15.Qd1 Na4 
16.Nxa4 bxa4 17.Qd2 Bb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Ne2 Rc4 20.h4 h5 21.gxh5 Nxh5 22.
Bg5 Bf6 23.Nc3 Bxg5 24.hxg5 Qd7 25.Qh2 Kg7 26.Qf2 Rh8 27.O-O-O b4 28.axb4 
Rxb4 29.Rd2 Rb3 30.Nb1 Qb5 31.Kd1 Qb4 32.Rh2 Rc8 33.Qa7 Qc4 34.Nc3 Qf1+ 
35.Kc2 Qc4 36.Qe3 Rcb8 37.Kd1 a3 38.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Kf1 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bf4 Na6 
9.d5 O-O 10.Bd6 Re8 11.h4 Nc8 12.Bg3 exd5 13.exd5 Qf6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Nbd2 
Nd6 16.h5 Bxd2 17.Nxd2 b5 18.cxb5 Nc7 19.Qc3 Qg5 20.Bxd6 Qxd5 21.Ne4 Nxb5 
22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Bxc4 Nxa3 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Nxc5 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Nc4 27.Bg3 
Nxb2 28.Nxd7 a5 29.Ne5+ Kg8 30.Rhb1 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7 
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Qe7 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Ne8 13.Bg3 f5 14.Qc2 g5 15.Rfe1 g4 
16.hxg4 fxg4 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Nc4 h5 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Bd3 Qf7 22.
Rad1 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Rc7 24.Ne2 Qf6 25.Rb3 h4 26.Bf4 Re7 27.Rd1 Qf7 28.Rb6 
Be5 29.b4 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Nf6 31.Bh6 Rfe8 32.Qf5 Qh7 33.Qxh7+ Rxh7 34.Bg5 a5 
35.Rc4 Nd7 36.Rxg4 Rg7 37.f4 Bf6 38.Nd4 Bxd4 39.Rxd4 Rxe3 40.Rxh4 Nc5 41.
Rh6 b5 42.axb5 a4 43.Rxd6 a3 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Ra8 Ne4 46.d6 Kg6 47.Rxe4 Rxe4
48.Rxa3 Rd4 49.Be7 Kf5 50.Ra2 Rg8 51.b6 Kxf4 52.Kf2 Kf5 53.Rb2 Ke6 54.b7 
Rb8 55.Ke3 Ra4 56.Kf3 Ra7 57.Kf4 Rbxb7 58.Rxb7 Rxb7 59.g4 Kf7 60.Kg5 Rb1 
61.Kf5 Rb5+ 62.Kf4 Rb4+ 63.Kg3 Rd4 64.Kf3 Ke6 65.Kg3 Kf7 66.Kf3 Ke6 67.Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ma Qun"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 
Re8 9.O-O d6 10.h3 Na5 11.Qd3 Nxb3 12.axb3 b6 13.Nd5 Bb7 14.c4 e6 15.Nxf6+
Bxf6 16.Nb5 Re7 17.Bd4 Rd7 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Nc3 g5 20.b4 Qe5 21.Rfe1 Kg7 
22.Re3 h6 23.Ra2 Bc6 24.b3 Rad8 25.b5 Ba8 26.Ne2 Qf6 27.Nd4 d5 28.cxd5 
Bxd5 29.exd5 Rxd5 30.Nxe6+ Qxe6 31.Qc3+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rxa7 Kg6 34.
Rf3 Rf8 35.Rc7 Rxb5 36.Rc6+ f6 37.g4 h5 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rb4 40.Kg3 Kg7
41.Rd3 Rf7 42.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qd2 
Be6 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.O-O c6 12.Ne2 Bb6 13.a4 a5 14.b4 O-O 15.c4 
Bg4 16.b5 Bc5 17.Nc3 Bd4 18.Rab1 g5 19.Nd1 h5 20.Ne3 Be6 21.Qe2 g4 22.Nf5 
Bxf5 23.exf5 Qxf5 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Bxc6 Rab8 26.Rb5 Rxb5 27.cxb5 Kg7 28.Kg2
Qe6 29.Qd2 Bb6 30.Qg5+ Qg6 31.Qxg6+ Kxg6 32.h3 f5 33.f3 gxh3+ 34.Kxh3 f4 
35.Be4+ Kg5 36.Rc1 Bc5 37.Rc2 fxg3 38.Kxg3 Rg8 39.Bd5 Rg7 40.Rc4 Kf5+ 41.
Kh4 Bf2+ 42.Kh3 Bc5 43.Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Koop, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 a5 7.h3 Nf5 8.g4 Ng3 9.
Rg1 Nxf1 10.Kxf1 f6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Kg2 fxe5 13.fxe5 c5 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.Qxd5+
Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Be6 17.Nc7 Bc4 18.Nxa8 Bd5 19.Raf1 Nxe5 20.Nc7 Bxf3+ 21.Kg3 
Nc4 22.Rxf3 Be5+ 23.Kf2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Gao, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.b3 g5 8.Bb2 Bg7 
9.Qc1 d6 10.Ne2 e5 11.Nc3 g4 12.Ne1 Nge7 13.Qd1 Be6 14.Bc4 Qd7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nb4 17.Be2 Nbxd5 18.Bxg4 f5 19.Bf3 O-O-O 20.c4 Nf4 21.b4 Neg6 22.
d3 Rhg8 23.Rb1 Nh4 24.Bc1 Bh6 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Bd5 Rg7 27.bxc5 Qe8 28.c6 e4
29.dxe4 fxe4 30.Rxb7 Bxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Rxg2+ 32.Nxg2 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 exf3 34.Nf4 
Qe5 35.Be6+ Rd7 36.Bxd7+ Kd8 37.Kg3 Qg7+ 38.Bg4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Black "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Qd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 e5 11.b5 Nb8 12.dxe5 Qxb5 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nfd7 
15.Rxa7 c6 16.Bf4 Bc5 17.Ra8 Bb6 18.Nd2 Bc7 19.Nc4 b5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.exd6
Kb7 22.Rfa1 Nc5 23.R1a7+ Kb6 24.b4 Nbd7 25.bxc5+ Nxc5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rc7 
Ne6 28.Rxc6+ Ka5 29.Bg3 b4 30.cxb4+ Kxb4 31.Bg4 Kb5 32.Rc1 Nd4 33.Rc8 Rxc8
34.Bxc8 Kc6 35.Be5 Ne6 36.Bxe6 fxe6 37.Kf1 g5 38.Ke2 h5 39.Ke3 g4 40.hxg4 
h4 41.g5 h3 42.gxh3 Kd5 43.d7 Kxe5 44.d8=Q Kf5 45.Qf6# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Reilly, Tim"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 h5 7.h4 Bb7 8.Bd2 Bd6 
9.Rh3 Be7 10.e4 d6 11.Be2 g6 12.Bg5 Nfd7 13.Qd2 e5 14.d5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Nf8 
16.O-O-O Rg8 17.Nf1 Nh7 18.g3 Nxg5 19.Rh2 Nd7 20.f4 Nh7 21.f5 Nhf6 22.fxg6
fxg6 23.Ne3 Qe7 24.Qc2 O-O-O 25.b4 Kb8 26.Qa4 Nh7 27.Rd3 Rdf8 28.Ncd1 Ng5 
29.Ra3 a5 30.c5 dxc5 31.bxa5 c4 32.axb6 Nxb6 33.Qa7+ Kc8 34.Nxc4 Qc5 35.
Rc3 Nd7 36.Qa4 Nxe4 37.Rc2 Qd4 38.Rb2 Nec5 39.Qa5 Qxd5 40.Nde3 Qc6 41.Rc2 
Qe4 42.Bf1 Qd4 43.Rc3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Nbd7
9.h3 a5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nfd5 13.Bh2 Nb4 14.Bb1 a4 15.a3 N4d5
16.Qc2 Bf6 17.Ne5 g6 18.Nc1 Nd7 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Ncd3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Bd7 22.Ba2
Rfc8 23.Nc5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 b6 25.Nxa4 c5 26.Nc3 Nb4 27.axb4 cxb4 28.Rd6 bxc3
29.bxc3 Ra5 30.Rad1 Rc7 31.Qd2 Bc8 32.Bxe6+ Bxe6 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Qd8+ Kg7 
35.Qxc7+ Kh6 36.Rd7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Li Shenyue"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e5 6.Nc3 c6 7.b3 Ngf6 8.g4 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxe4 Qh4+ 11.Ke2 O-O-O 12.b4 exf4 13.Qxf4 h5 14.b5 Rh6 15.
g5 Qxf4 16.exf4 Re6+ 17.Kf3 cxb5 18.Bxb5 Rb6 19.Bc4 f6 20.h4 Bc5 21.c3 
fxg5 22.hxg5 Rf8 23.Kg3 Bf2+ 24.Kf3 Ne5+ 25.Kxf2 Rxf4+ 26.Kg3 Rxc4 27.Rxh5
Rd6 28.Rb1 Rd3+ 29.Kf2 Re4 30.Rh8+ Kc7 31.Rf8 Ng4+ 32.Kf1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 
Nc6 9.Be2 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.O-O h6 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Ne4 Nh4 15.Rac1 
Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 f5 17.Ng3 e4 18.Be2 Qf6 19.Be3 Kh7 20.Rfd1 Na4 21.Qa5 f4 22.
Bd4 Qf7 23.Bxg7 fxg3 24.fxg3 Qxg7 25.Qxa4 Bd7 26.Qb3 Qe5 27.Qc3 Qg5 28.Rf1
Rf8 29.h4 Qe7 30.c5 Rad8 31.Rcd1 Bc8 32.Rxf8 Rxf8 33.d6 cxd6 34.cxd6 Qd7 
35.Qd4 a6 36.Rc1 Qf5 37.Rf1 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 c4 6.Bc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 d6 8.exd6 
Qxd6 9.O-O Bg4 10.Na3 Qd5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bb3 Bxf3 13.Bxd5 Bxd1 14.Bxc6+ 
bxc6 15.Rxd1 O-O-O 16.Be3 f6 17.Rd2 e5 18.f3 Bxa3 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.bxa3 Rd5
21.Rb1 Kc7 22.Rb4 Rhd8 23.Kf2 Ra8 24.Rb3 Rda5 25.Ke3 Rxa3 26.Rxa3 Rxa3 27.
Kxd3 b5 28.Rb2 Kd6 29.h4 h5 30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Kd5 32.Rd2 e4+ 33.Kc2+ Ke6 
34.Kb2 Ra7 35.Rd4 Ke5 36.Rd8 Kf4 37.Rd4 Kf3 38.g5 fxg5 39.hxg5 e3 40.Rd3 
Kf2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Black "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 O-O 8.Nf3 a6 
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Bg4 b5 14.Bxc8 Qxc8 15.
axb5 axb5 16.b3 Ng6 17.Ra5 Qd7 18.Qa1 Bg5 19.Nf3 Bd8 20.Ra7 Rb7 21.Ra6 Bb6
22.Nd2 c4 23.bxc4 Nf4 24.h3 Bd4 25.Qa5 Bxc3 26.Qa3 b4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Noble, Mark"]
[Black "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.f3 Nbd7 8.e4 Be6 
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Qd3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 d4 13.Ne2 Qa5+ 14.c3 dxc3 15.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.Nxc3 O-O-O 17.b3 Rd3 18.Rc1 Rhd8 19.Rc2 g5 20.Bf1 R3d4 21.
Be2 Ng7 22.Kf2 a5 23.Ke3 f5 24.exf6 exf6 25.Rhc1 f5 26.Nb5 Rb4 27.Rc5 a4 
28.bxa4 Rxa4 29.Nc3 Ra3 30.Bd3 b6 31.Rxc6+ Kb7 32.Rc7+ Kxc7 33.Nb5+ Kb8 
34.Nxa3 f4+ 35.gxf4 gxf4+ 36.Ke2 Bxa2 37.Rc6 Kb7 38.Rf6 Ne6 39.Rf7+ Kc6 
40.Rxh7 Nd4+ 41.Kf2 Nxf3 42.Bb5+ Kc5 43.Kxf3 Ra8 44.Rh5+ Kb4 45.Nc2+ Kc3 
46.Ne1 Ra5 47.Kxf4 Bc4 48.Rh3+ Kb4 49.Bxc4 Kxc4 50.Nf3 b5 51.Nd2+ Kb4 52.
e5 Ra3 53.Rxa3 Kxa3 54.e6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6
9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O Bd6 11.f3 Re8 12.Bd2 Bxf4 13.exf4 Qb6 14.Ne2 Qxb2 15.f5 
Nbd7 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Rb1 Qa7 18.Kh1 b6 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Rfc1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qa6 
22.Qxa6 Rxa6 23.Rb2 c5 24.Nc3 cxd4 25.Nb5 Rd8 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.Nxd4 Ne5 28.
Rbc2 Nc4 29.Nb5 Raa8 30.g4 h6 31.Bg3 a4 32.Nc7 Nxa3 33.Rc3 Nc4 34.Nxa8 
Rxa8 35.R3c2 b5 36.Be1 d4 37.Bb4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 d6 6.Be3 g6 7.f3 exd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5 
9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bg7 11.Rb1 Be6 12.b3 O-O 13.c4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 
Nd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Ne2 Bg7 18.O-O Qb6 19.Kh1 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 d5 21.Qc2 dxe4 
22.fxe4 Be5 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rb8 26.g3 Qxb3 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 
28.Rd5 Bd4 29.Nxd4 cxd4 30.Rxd4 Ra3 31.Kg2 Ra2+ 32.Kh3 Kg7 33.e5 g5 34.Kg4
h6 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Re2 37.Kf5 Rf2+ 38.Ke4 Re2+ 39.Kd5 Kg6 40.Rf4 Re1 
41.h5+ Kg7 42.Rg4+ Kf8 43.Re4 Rc1 44.e6 fxe6+ 45.Kxe6 Kg7 46.Rg4+ Kh7 47.
Rb4 Kg8 48.Rb5 Ra1 49.a5 Kg7 50.Kd6 Rf1 51.Rc5 Kf7 52.Kc6 Ke7 53.a6 Ra1 
54.Kb6 Kd7 55.Rc7+ Kd8 56.Rh7 Rb1+ 57.Ka7 Kc8 58.Rxh6 Kc7 59.Rg6 Rh1 60.h6
Rh2 61.Rg7+ Kc6 62.h7 Rh3 63.Rb7 Rh4 64.Kb8 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Black "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8 
9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Bb2 b5 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Rc1 Na5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Qd2 c6 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 d5 17.Bc3 Ra8 18.Bb4 Qb6 19.e3 Rfc8 20.Rc2 e6 21.Rfc1 Ra6 22.
Kg2 Nb7 23.h4 h5 24.Be2 Raa8 25.Bd3 e5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Be2 Rc7 28.Bf3 Rd8 
29.Bc3 Bxc3 30.Rxc3 b4 31.R3c2 Rd6 32.Qd4 c5 33.Qe5 Rcd7 34.Kh2 Re6 35.Qg5
Rf6 36.Qe5 Kh7 37.Kg2 Rf5 38.Qb2 Rd6 39.Rd1 Qd8 40.Rcd2 Kg8 41.e4 Rxf3 42.
Kxf3 Qf6+ 43.Qxf6 Rxf6+ 44.Ke3 d4+ 45.Kd3 Nd6 46.e5 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 a6 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Ra7 16.b4 Be7 17.Bb2 Rd7 18.Rac1 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nd7 20.Rc1 Nb6 21.Bd3 
Bd7 22.Bd4 Rc8 23.Rd1 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Bc3 Ba4 26.Rc1 Bd6 27.Ne2 f6 28.
Nd4 Kf7 29.Kf1 g6 30.Ke2 e5 31.Nf3 Ke6 32.Nd2 f5 33.e4 Bb8 34.f3 f4 35.g3 
g5 36.gxf4 exf4 37.Rg1 h6 38.h4 Be5 39.Nb1 Bc2 40.Bxe5 Bxb1 41.Bg7 Bd3+ 
42.Kf2 c3 43.Bxh6 c2 44.Rc1 gxh4 45.Bxf4 Bb5 46.Bd2 Ba4 47.f4 Rd8 48.Ke3 
Rg8 49.f5+ Kd7 50.Rh1 Rg3+ 51.Kf2 Rd3 52.Bf4 Rd1 53.Rxh4 c1=Q 54.Bxc1 Rxc1
55.e5 Rc3 56.Rh7+ Ke8 57.f6 Bb3 58.e6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne8 
9.Qc2 g6 10.g4 Ng7 11.Rg1 a6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Rg2 Nf6 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.a4 Bd7 
16.Nd2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Qa8 20.f4 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Nge8 23.Kd2 Rd7 24.Ke1 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Bh4+ 26.Kf1 Qxa4 27.Nc3 Re7 28.
Qd3 Qb4 29.Bg3 Bg5 30.Re2 Rbb7 31.Rde1 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Nf6 33.h4 Bc1 34.g5 
Ng4 35.Nxd6 Ra7 36.Nc4 Ra1 37.Kg2 Qb7 38.Qf3 h5 39.gxh6 Nxh6 40.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "James, Jack"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Qe1 e6 
9.f5 d5 10.Bb3 c4 11.e5 cxb3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.fxg6 
hxg6 16.axb3 Bd7 17.Ra4 f6 18.Rh4 Rh8 19.Rg4 Qc7 20.d4 Raf8 21.Qe3 Ne7 22.
Rf4 Nf5 23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Rg4 Qd6 25.Re1 Re8 26.Qe2 Bd7 27.Qf2 e5 28.dxe5 fxe5
29.Qxa7 e4 30.Qxb7 exf3 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Qxd5 Qb6+ 33.Rd4 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be2 e5 9.
d5 Ne7 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.a5 Qb8 12.O-O c6 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Bg5 d5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 
16.exd5 Rd8 17.Ne4 Nxd5 18.c4 Nf4 19.Nxf6+ Kg7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Rxd5 
22.Qe3 Qc7 23.Rfc1 Qe7 24.Bc4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.g4 c5 8.d5 e6 9.
g5 Ne8 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.h4 Qa5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Bb1 b5 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.cxb5 Bxb5
16.Nge2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nc6 18.Qc4 Nd4 19.Kf1 Nc7 20.a3 Rab8 21.b4 Qa6 22.
Qxa6 Nxa6 23.Bd3 cxb4 24.Nd1 Nc5 25.Bc4 Nxe4 26.Kg2 d5 27.Bd3 Nc2 28.Bxc2 
Bxa1 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.axb4 Rfd8 31.Bxa7 Rxb4 32.Ne3 Bd4 33.Nc2 Bxa7 34.Nxb4
Rd2 35.Kh3 Rxf2 36.Nc6 Bc5 37.Nd8 e5 38.Nc6 Bd4 39.Rd1 Rf3+ 40.Kg2 Rd3 41.
Rf1 Rd2+ 42.Kg3 e3 43.Re1 Kf7 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Na5 Rh2 47.Nc4+ Ke6
48.Kf3 Rxh4 49.Re2 Rf4+ 50.Kg3 Kf5 51.Nxe3+ Bxe3 52.Rxe3 Rg4+ 53.Kf3 Rxg5 
54.Rb3 h5 55.Rb6 Rg4 56.Rc6 e4+ 57.Kf2 h4 58.Rc7 Rg3 59.Rh7 g5 60.Rh6 e3+ 
61.Ke2 h3 62.Rh7 Kf4 63.Rf7+ Kg4 64.Rh7 Rg2+ 65.Kxe3 Kg3 66.Rh5 g4 67.Ra5 
h2 68.Ra3 h1=Q 69.Ke4+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Nbd2 
Rfc8 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.Bd2 exd4 18.Nxd4 Rab8 19.Bc3 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Bxh7+
Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Qxd5 Bf6 24.Rad1 Rb6 25.Nf5 Be6 26.Qa5 Rb5 27.Qxc7 
Rxc7 28.Nd6 Rb8 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Rd2 c3 31.bxc3 Rxc3 32.Ne4 Ra3 33.Nxf6+ 
Kg7 34.Nh5+ Kh6 35.Ng3 Bxa2 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.Re3 Rxe3 38.Nxe3 Be6 39.f4 Rb4 
40.Rf2 f5 41.g4 Rd4 42.h4 a5 43.h5+ Kh6 44.g5+ Kxh5 45.Rh2+ Kg6 46.Rh6+ 
Kf7 47.Rf6+ Ke7 48.Nxf5+ Bxf5 49.Rxf5 a4 50.Kf2 a3 51.Kf3 Ra4 52.Re5+ Kf7 
53.Re1 a2 54.Ra1 Kg6 55.Kg4 Ra5 56.Kh4 Ra4 57.Kg4 Ra5 58.Kg3 Kf5 59.Kh4 
Ra4 60.Kh5 Ra6 61.g6 Rxg6 62.Rxa2 Rg1 63.Ra5+ Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be3 
Qf6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 O-O-O 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.Be2 d5 14.a3 Nc6 15.
c5 Nd7 16.b4 g5 17.b5 Ne7 18.Qa4 Kb8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qe6 21.b6 cxb6 
22.cxb6 axb6 23.Bxb6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Perry, Roger"]
[Black "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "B28"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.b4 Ba7 8.a4 f6 9.
Bd3 Nc6 10.Qe2 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nf6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.Qxe5 O-O 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Be3 
Bxe3 16.Qxe3 e5 17.Nd2 Ng4 18.Qg3 Rac8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4+ Kh8 21.h3 Nf6 
22.Qe3 Bc6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Bd7 25.Ra7 Rfe8 26.b6 Qc6 27.Rb1 Nd5 28.Qe4 
Nxb6 29.Qxc6 Rxc6 30.Bb5 Rd6 31.Bxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxb6 Rxd2 33.Rbxb7 Rg8 34.Re7
Rd5 35.Rf7 h6 36.Rae7 Kh7 37.Rf5 Kg6 38.Rfxe5 Rxe5 39.Rxe5 Rf8 40.g4 Rf4 
41.Kg2 Kf6 42.Ra5 Rc4 43.Kg3 Rc3+ 44.f3 g5 45.Rf5+ Kg6 46.h4 Rb3 47.h5+ 
Kg7 48.Rd5 Ra3 49.Rd7+ Kg8 50.Kf2 Rb3 51.Ke2 Ra3 52.Rd3 Ra4 53.Ke3 Rf4 54.
Rd7 Rf6 55.Rd4 Kg7 56.Rd7+ Kg8 57.Rd5 Rf4 58.Rf5 Rb4 59.Re5 Rf4 60.Re4 Rf6
61.f4 gxf4+ 62.Rxf4 Rxf4 63.Kxf4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 
Nf6 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Qc7 12.h3 b5 13.f4 d6 14.Kh1 Bb7 15.Rae1
Nb4 16.Rc1 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Qd8 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.Nce2 Nd7 20.Qg3 Rac8 21.f5 Rxc1 
22.Rxc1 e5 23.f6 Nxf6 24.Nf5 g6 25.Ne7+ Kg7 26.Nf5+ Kh8 27.Qh4 d5 28.Qh6 
Rg8 29.Ne7 Re8 30.Nxd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Bxd5 32.Nc3 Bb7 33.Rf1 Qe6 34.Qe3 Kg7 
35.Kg1 Qc6 36.Qf2 f5 37.a3 Rd8 38.Qe2 Qc5+ 39.Kh2 Qd6 40.Re1 e4+ 41.Kh1 
Qxd3 42.Qf2 Qd2 43.Re2 Qd4 44.Qh4 Qd6 45.Rd2 Qxd2 46.Qe7+ Kg8 47.Qe6+ Kf8 
48.Qf6+ Ke8 49.Qe6+ Kf8 50.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Yee, Stanley"]
[Black "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Nd5 Nxe4
9.Nb5 Bb7 10.Nbc7+ Kd7 11.Nxa8 Bxa8 12.Nb6+ Ke8 13.Nxa8 Nd7 14.Qd5 Ndc5 
15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qc6+ Qd7 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Nxa6 Nxa6 20.Bxa6 g6
21.Bc4 e6 22.f4 Bg7 23.O-O-O Ke7 24.g4 Bh6 25.g5 Bg7 26.Rhe1 Rc8 27.Ba6 
Ra8 28.Bb5 Rd8 29.Rd4 d5 30.Rxb4 Rb8 31.a5 Bf8 32.a6 Ra8 33.Ra4 Ra7 34.b4 
Kd6 35.c4 Be7 36.c5+ Kc7 37.Be8 Bd8 38.b5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Black "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.O-O g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 
Nxe5 9.Qxe5 Bxb5 10.axb5 Qd5 11.Qc7 Bg7 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Qxc5 a6 14.bxa6 bxa6
15.Re1 Ra7 16.Nb5 Rb7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Ra3 Ne8 20.Rb3 Qd7 21.
Rb8 Bd4 22.Qb4 Qa7 23.d3 Kg7 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 e6 26.Rb7 Qa8 27.Rxe6 Nf6
28.Qe7 Nh5 29.Qxf7+ Kh6 30.Qf3 Rf8 31.Qe3+ Nf4 32.Ree7 Kg5 33.h4+ Kf5 34.
Re5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Hair, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.Nd2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Rfe8 12.Qd3 Bf8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.a4 d5 15.Na2 
e4 16.Qc2 b5 17.c5 Qc7 18.axb5 axb5 19.h3 g6 20.Nb4 Bg7 21.Ra6 Rxa6 22.
Nxa6 Qb7 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Nb4 Ne8 25.Qb1 Nc7 26.Ra2 Nb8 27.Qa1 Nba6 28.Nxa6 
Rxa6 29.b4 Qa7 30.Rxa6 Qxa6 31.Nb3 Qxa1+ 32.Bxa1 Na6 33.Bc3 Kf8 34.Na5 Nb8
35.f3 f5 36.Be1 f4 37.fxe4 dxe4 38.Kf2 Ke8 39.Bc3 g5 40.Nb3 Nd7 41.Na5 Nb8
42.Nb7 Bf8 43.Bd2 Na6 44.exf4 gxf4 45.Bxf4 Nxb4 46.Ke3 Nc2+ 47.Kxe4 b4 48.
Na5 Kd7 49.Nb3 Bg7 50.g4 Ke6 51.Kd3 Kd5 52.Kxc2 Kc4 53.Bd6 Bf6 54.Be5 Bxe5
55.dxe5 Kd5 56.Kd3 Kxe5 57.Kc4 Kf4 58.Nd4 Kg3 59.Nxc6 Kxh3 60.Ne5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 Ne4 
9.Nbd2 Ndf6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Ne5 Kh7 12.f3 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 e6 14.Qe1 g5 15.Bh2 
Bd7 16.f4 Ne4 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Bd3 Nd6 19.Qe2 Be8 20.Qf2 Bb5 21.Qe2 Qe8 22.
Rf2 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Ne4 24.Rf3 Rf6 25.g4 Bh6 26.gxf5 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Rf1
Qe6 29.Kg2 c6 30.Qe2 Rg8 31.Qh5 Rg7 32.Kh1 Kg8 33.Qe2 g4 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.
Rg1 g3 36.Qf3 gxh2 37.Rxg7+ Bxg7 38.Qg2 Qh6 39.Ng4 Qh4 40.Nxh2 Qe1+ 41.Nf1
Nd2 42.Qxd2 Qxf1+ 43.Kh2 Qf3 44.Kg1 Bh6 45.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Bxe3 47.Kf1 
Bc1 48.b3 Bb2 49.c4 dxc4 50.bxc4 Bxd4 51.Ke2 c5 52.Kd3 Kf7 53.Kc2 Ke7 54.
Kb3 Kd7 55.Ka4 Kc6 56.Ka5 Bc3+ 57.Ka4 a6 58.Kb3 Be1 59.a4 b5 60.Kc2 bxa4 
61.Kb2 Kb6 62.Kc2 Ka5 63.Kb1 Kb4 64.Ka2 a3 65.Kb1 Kb3 66.Kc1 a2 67.Kd1 
a1=Q+ 68.Ke2 Kxc4 69.Kf1 Qb2 70.Kxe1 a5 71.Kd1 a4 72.Ke1 a3 73.Kd1 a2 74.
Ke1 a1=R# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Black "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.Ne3 Rac8 12.Qe2 e6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Rb1 Rfd8 
15.b3 Ne8 16.Bb2 a6 17.Na4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Qf6 19.Nb6 Qxb2 20.Rxb2 Rc7 21.
Rbd2 Rb8 22.f4 Nf6 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Ne4 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.Nxd7 Rd8 27.Nf6+ 
Nxf6 28.Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.exf6 Nc6 30.g4 Ne5 31.g5 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Nxg5 33.Ng4 Ne4
34.Kf3 Nc3 35.a3 Nb1 36.Nh6+ Kf8 37.Ke4 Nd2+ 38.Ke5 Nxb3 39.Kd6 Nd2 40.Kc7
Nxc4 41.Kxb7 Nxa3 42.Kxa6 Nc4 43.Ng4 Nd6 44.Kb6 h5 45.Ne5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.Rc1 Bd6 8.e3 O-O 
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Re8 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Rxc6 Bb7 14.Rxd6 a6 15.
Rxd7 Nxd7 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bc4 Rd8 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.
Qh5 h6 22.Ng6+ Kh7 23.Qf5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Black "Wei, Louie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg2 Bd6 4.O-O f5 5.c4 c6 6.b3 Nf6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.d4 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Ne5 Qe8 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.Nd3 Ndf6 13.Nfe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd7 15.
f3 Nef6 16.Ba3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxe5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.f4 Nc6 20.Bxd5+ Nxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Qe6 22.Rad1 Rd8 23.Qf3 Nd4 24.Qf2 Nxe2+ 25.Kg2 Qe4+ 26.Kh3 Re8 27.
Rd6 Nc3 28.Rd4 Qc6 29.Rd6 Qe4 30.Rd4 Qc6 31.Rd6 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qa4+ Bc6 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.Be3 Bf6 14.Qb4 Na6 
15.Qa3 Nc5 16.Rac1 a5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Qxc5 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Bxb2 20.Red1 Qc8 
21.Bxa8 Bxc1 22.Qxc8 Rxc8 23.Bb7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 
a5 9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 e5 13.h4 f6 14.Bc4 Qb6 15.Qd2 
exd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.O-O-O Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Rd8 20.h5 Bf7 21.Bxf7+
Kxf7 22.Rhd1 Ke7 23.Kd2 Nc5 24.Ke3 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.f4 Ke7
28.g3 Kd6 29.Kd4 b6 30.Kc4 Ke6 31.Kd4 Kd6 32.Kc4 Ke6 33.Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O e5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Ne7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Rfd1 
Qc8 16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Qxb6 Ra6 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.c5 Ra5 21.Qb6 e4 22.
Ne1 f5 23.Bb5 Ra8 24.Bc4 Ne5 25.Bf1 Bf7 26.Qb5 Be8 27.Qb4 Ra4 28.Qb6 Nc4 
29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Rac1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bf7 32.Nc3 Rd8 33.Nb5 Be5 34.Nc2 Rd2 35.
Ne3 Qd7 36.Nd6 Bxd6 37.cxd6 Rxd6 38.Qa5 Qe6 39.Rc7 Kg7 40.Rxb7 Rd3 41.Qc7 
h5 42.h4 Rd6 43.Nc4 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Qf6 45.Qf4 Rd5 46.Rc7 Qd8 47.Nb6 Rb5 48.
Nc8 Kg8 49.Na7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.c3 e5 9.
d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.Be3 Bg7 14.Qb3 Ne7 15.Rad1
Qc7 16.Bf4 Rd8 17.a4 O-O 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Qa3 Be8 20.a5 Qb8 21.e5 dxe5 22.
Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Bxe5 Nc6 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qxc5 Qxa5 26.Qd6 Qd8 27.Ne4 Bd7 28.
Qf4 Qe7 29.Qc1 Re8 30.Re3 Qb4 31.b3 f6 32.Qa1 Qf8 33.g4 Ne5 34.Bd5 Bc6 35.
Bxc6 bxc6 36.Qxa6 Qe7 37.Qa1 h6 38.Qc3 Rf8 39.f4 Nd7 40.Ng5 Qxe3+ 41.Qxe3 
hxg5 42.fxg5 fxg5 43.Qxg5 c5 44.Qd5 Rf7 45.Qd6 g5 46.Qe6 Kf8 47.Qh6+ Rg7 
48.Kg2 Kf7 49.Qd6 Kg8 50.Kg3 Rh7 51.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O c5 8.Qc2 Ba6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Na4 Qe7 13.a3 c4 14.axb4 cxd3 15.
Rxd3 Na6 16.Bd2 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Qa3 Bc6 19.Nc5 Nc7 20.Bc3 Ne4 21.Nd4 
Be8 22.Rc1 Qh4 23.Rc2 Bb5 24.Rd1 Qh5 25.Nf3 a6 26.Be5 Ng5 27.Bg3 Nxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Qxf3 29.Rcc1 Rb6 30.Nd3 Rc6 31.Ne5 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Qe2 33.h4 f6 34.Nc6 
Kf7 35.Na7 Bd3 36.Nxc8 Ne6 37.b5 Kg6 38.Qe7 Bf5 39.Qe8+ Kh6 40.Ne7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Wastney, Scott"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxd7+ 
Qxd7 9.h3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qe4 Nh6 12.g4 O-O-O 13.Bd2 d5 14.Qa4 d4 15.
Ne2 Nxe5 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7 17.Nexd4 Nb6 18.c3 Nc4 19.O-O-O Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Rd5 
21.Rhd1 Rhd8 22.Kc2 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Kd7 26.Kd3 f6 
27.c4 Nf7 28.Nf3 Kd6 29.Kd4 Nd8 30.c5+ Kc6 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.cxb6 axb6 33.a4 
Kc7 34.Nd4 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Nf3 Kd6 37.Ng5 h6 38.Ne4+ Kc6 39.Nf6 Nf7 40.
Ne4 Nd8 41.b4 Ne6 42.Nf2 Nf4 43.h4 Ng2 44.h5 gxh5 45.gxh5 Ne3+ 46.Kd3 Nd5 
47.Ng4 Nf4+ 48.Kc4 e4 49.Nxh6 Nxh5 50.Nf5 Nf4 51.Nd4+ Kb7 52.Nc2 Nd3 53.
Kd4 Nb2 54.a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.e3 Re8 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
d5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O Rad8 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.
Rfd1 h6 16.b4 a6 17.Qb2 Qd6 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.Be1 Nb6 20.Qc2 Rd7 21.Bc3 Kh8 
22.Ba1 Qe6 23.Nd2 Red8 24.Nb3 Na4 25.Na5 Nxa5 26.bxa5 b5 27.axb6 Nxb6 28.
e4 Bg6 29.h3 Re7 30.Qc6 Rd6 31.Qc2 f5 32.Qb1 Qf6 33.f4 Qh4 34.Bxe5 Rde6 
35.Rxc7 Rxe5 36.Rxe7 Rb5 37.Re6 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 Na4 39.Rxa6 Nc3 40.Rb8+ Kh7 
41.Bf3 Bh5 42.Bxh5 Qxh5 43.Rb2 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qxd3 45.Rc6 Nxe4 46.Rc7 Qg3+ 
47.Kg1 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qg3+ 49.Kg1 Qe3+ 50.Kh1 Ng3+ 51.Kh2 Nf1+ 52.Kh1 Qxf4 
0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Bxc3 9.Rb1 Bb4 10.Ng5 Be7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg4 Nxd4 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Qxd4 Bg5 
15.c4 c6 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rfc1 Rf8 19.h4 Qd8 20.h5 Qg5 21.Rc7+
Kg8 22.Qc5 b6 23.Qc6 Qd2 24.Rf1 Qxd3 25.Qxa8 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.h3 
Nc6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Rc1 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.
Qd2 e5 16.d5 Ne7 17.Rfd1 Nc8 18.c4 Nd6 19.Qc2 Rf8 20.Bd2 h6 21.Bc3 Qe7 22.
Re1 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Bd3 Ne4 26.Bxe4 Bxc3 27.d6 Qxd6 28.
Bxb7 Bxe1 29.Bxa8 Bxf2+ 30.Qxf2 Rxa8 31.Qxf5 Rf8 32.Qg4+ Kh7 33.Rd1 Qf6 
34.Rd7+ Rf7 35.Qe4+ Kg7 36.Rxf7+ Qxf7 37.Qg4+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kh7 
40.Qe4+ Kg7 41.Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Black "Noble, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 e5 
9.d3 Re8 10.e3 b5 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Rfe1 Bf8 15.Bh3 Bb7
16.e4 dxc4 17.dxc4 Rc7 18.Nf3 Qa5 19.a3 bxc4 20.b4 Qa6 21.Qe2 Bc8 22.Bf1 
Nb6 23.Nb1 Bg4 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 c5 26.bxc5 Na4 27.Bc1 Bxc5 28.Bg5 Bd4 
29.Rc1 Qe6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Qg4+ Qxg4 32.hxg4 Rec8 33.Nd2 Nb2 34.Rc2 c3 35.
Nb1 Rc5 36.Rec1 Na4 37.Kg2 Rb8 38.Kf3 Rb6 39.Be2 Rc7 40.Bd3 Rcb7 41.Ra2 
Rb2 42.Rxb2 Rxb2 43.Bc2 Nc5 44.Kg2 a5 45.Kf1 Kf8 46.Kg2 Bxf2 47.Nxc3 Be3 
0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Li Shenyue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 cxd4 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Qxd4 
Bc5 9.Qxd5 Nxd5 10.b4 Be7 11.a3 Bf6 12.Bd2 Ke7 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.g4 g6 15.g5 
Bg7 16.h4 Bc6 17.Nbd4 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Ndxb4 19.Rh3 e5 20.cxb4 exd4 21.Bxa6 
Bd7 22.Bf1 Bxh3 23.Bxh3 Rhe8 24.Bf4 Kf8+ 25.Kd2 Re4 26.Bg3 Rae8 27.Bf1 Rd8
28.Bg2 Re7 29.Kd3 Kg8 30.Be4 b6 31.f3 Re6 32.Bf4 Kf8 33.b5 Rd7 34.a4 Kg8 
35.Rc7 Rxc7 36.Bxc7 Re8 37.Bd6 Rd8 38.Be5 Rc8 39.Bc6 Kf8 40.Bf6 a6 41.Kxd4
axb5 42.axb5 Rc7 43.Bd8 Ra7 44.Bxb6 Ra4+ 45.Ke5 Rxh4 46.Bc5+ Kg7 47.b6 Rh1
48.b7 Rb1 49.Ba7 h5 50.b8=Q 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 c6 4.Bb2 Qc7 5.e3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nbd7 8.d4 
g6 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 a5 12.Ba3 Nb6 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rfc1 Nc8 15.c5 
Nd7 16.b4 f6 17.Bg4 e5 18.Be6+ Kh8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Ne7 21.Rf1 Rfe8 22.
Qd3 Nxf5 23.Rxf5 Nf8 24.Raf1 axb4 25.Bxb4 Qe7 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rf7 Qg5 28.
Rxb7 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.e4 dxe4 31.Qxe4 Rd4 32.Qb1 e4 33.Re1 e3 34.Nf3 
Re4 35.a3 Ng6 36.Qd3 Re6 37.Qf5 e2 38.Qd3 Nf4 39.Qf5 Rf6 40.Qe5 Qxe5 41.
Nxe5 Re6 42.g3 Nd5 43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Ng5 Re8 45.Kf2 Bd4+ 46.Kf3 Re3+ 47.Kg2 
Nxb4 48.axb4 Bc3 49.Kf2 Re5 50.Rxe2 Rxg5 51.Re4 Kf7 52.h4 Rd5 53.Rc4 Be5 
54.Kf3 Rd4 55.Rxd4 Bxd4 56.Ke4 Bc3 57.g4 Bxb4 58.Kd4 Be1 59.Ke5 Bg3+ 60.
Kd4 Bxh4 61.Ke5 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Nd2 Nh6 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.Ng3 Nh4 9.
Ng5 cxd4 10.Qh5 Ng6 11.f4 dxc3 12.Bd3 cxb2 13.Bxb2 Qa5+ 14.Kd1 Nb4 15.Bb1 
Qa4+ 16.Kd2 Na6 17.Ne2 Bb4+ 18.Ke3 Bc5+ 19.Kf3 Qb5 20.Bc1 d4 21.Rd1 Nb4 
22.Be4 d3 23.Nc3 Qc4 24.Bb2 Qd4 25.Rf1 Qe3+ 26.Kg4 f5+ 27.exf6 gxf6 28.
Bxg6+ Ke7 29.Bxh7 e5+ 30.Kh4 fxg5+ 31.fxg5 Be6 32.g6 Kd7 33.Rf3 Qd4+ 34.g4
Rhf8 35.Raf1 Rxf3 36.Rxf3 Rf8 37.Rxf8 Bxf8 38.Nd1 Be7+ 39.Kh3 Qe4 40.Bxe5 
Qf3+ 41.Bg3 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Koop, Thorben"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.h3 a6 8.Be3 e5 9.
Nc3 Rb8 10.Rc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.cxd5 Nd7 15.
Rc3 Nb6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.Rfc1 Na8 19.h4 Qd7 20.h5 Qf5 21.Bf3 
Rfe8 22.Kg2 Qe5 23.Qh4 g5 24.Qg4 h6 25.e4 Rf8 26.R1c2 Rbe8 27.Rb3 Rb8 28.
Rc4 Kh8 29.a4 Nb6 30.Rxc7 Nxa4 31.Rcxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxb7 Nxb2 33.Be2 Na4 34.
Qf5 Qxf5 35.exf5 Nc5 36.Rb6 Rd8 37.Bxa6 Nxa6 38.Rxa6 Kg7 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Ke4
Re8+ 41.Kd4 Rd8 42.g4 Rd7 43.f3 Kg7 44.Kc4 Kf6 45.Kb5 Ke5 46.Kc6 Re7 47.
Ra4 Kf6 48.Kxd6 Re3 49.f4 gxf4 50.Rxf4 Ra3 51.Re4 Ra2 52.Kc6 Rc2+ 53.Kd7 
Rd2 54.d6 Ra2 55.Kd8 Ra8+ 56.Kc7 Ra7+ 57.Kb6 Rd7 58.Kc6 Ra7 59.d7 Ra6+ 60.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 b5 6.g3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.
O-O Nc6 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 Rb8 12.g4 b4 13.c4 Nc7 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2
dxc4 17.dxc4 Nd4 18.Qf2 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Na6 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Nd2 Bb7 22.Ne4 
Rbd8 23.Qg3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Qe1 Nb8 27.Qe2 g6 28.Qc2 
Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qa5 30.Kg2 a3 31.b3 Qc7 32.Qd3 Nd7 33.Bf3 Nf8 34.Kg3 g5 35.
Be4 Ng6 36.Bxg6 hxg6 37.Qe4 gxf4+ 38.Bxf4 Qd8 39.Qe3 g5 40.Bxg5 Bxg5 41.
Qxc5 Qd3+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kf2 Bh4+ 44.Kf1 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 Qxg4+ 46.Kf1 Qf3+ 47.
Kg1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.
Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Nc5 14.Bg5 Rad8 15.Qe2
h6 16.Bc1 Rd7 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.Bc4 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 
Nfxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Bxa6 Qf6 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Qe2 Qf4 26.Bc4 Kg7 27.Ne1 
Bd4 28.Nd3 Qf5 29.g4 Qf3 30.Qxf3 Bxf3 31.Nb4 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Nd5 c6 34.
Ne7 Kf6 35.Ng8+ Kg5 36.h4+ Kxh4 37.Nxh6 Kg5 38.Nf7+ Kf4 39.Nd8 Be4 40.Ne6+
Kf3 41.Ng5+ Kf4 42.Nxe4 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.Qd2 
e6 9.f3 Bb4 10.e4 Bg6 11.Qf4 Qxf4 12.Bxf4 O-O 13.g4 Ne8 14.h4 f6 15.O-O-O 
Nb6 16.Na2 Be7 17.a5 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bf7 19.e5 b5 20.Bd3 Bg6 21.h5 Bxd3 22.
Rxd3 fxe5 23.Bxe5 Nf6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Re1 Rad8 26.Rxe6 Bxd4 27.Kc2 c5 28.
Re4 Rfe8 29.Nc3 Bxc3 30.Kxc3 Rxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Rd8+ 32.Ke3 Kf7 33.Re5 Re8 34.
Rxe8 Kxe8 35.Ke4 Kd7 36.Kd5 c4 37.a6 Kc7 38.Kc5 b4 39.Kxb4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Black "Watharow, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Na3 O-O 8.c4 Qb6 
9.h3 Rd8 10.Qe1 Nb4 11.Qf2 Nd7 12.Ne1 d4 13.Nac2 Nf6 14.Nxb4 Qxb4 15.Nf3 
Rb8 16.b3 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.a3 a5 19.Rfb1 b5 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.cxb5 Bxg2 22.
Qxg2 Rxb5 23.a4 Rb7 24.Bxa5 Qc8 25.Bxd8 Bxd8 26.Qc6 Rc7 27.Qb5 Nd5 28.Qe8#
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.dxc5 Qa5 6.a3 Qxc5 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 
O-O 9.c4 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O d6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Qb3 Rfc8 14.Rfd1 Qd8 15.h3
Rc7 16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Nd4 a6 18.Ne2 e6 19.Nf4 Qe7 20.Bc3 e5 21.Ne2 d5 22.Bb2 
e4 23.Bb1 dxc4 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Nxc4 Bd5 27.Rxd5 Nxd5 28.Bxe4 
Qxe4 29.Nd6 Qc2 30.Qxd5 Rf8 31.Nd4 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Black defaulted,} 
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O e4 9.
dxe4 Nxe4 10.Ne1 Bf5 11.Nd3 Bd6 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Qd7 14.Rfe1 Rad8 15.a3
Rfe8 16.b4 Be4 17.Rac1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Ne5 19.c5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Be5 21.e4 g5 
22.b5 Re6 23.g4 Rf6 24.h3 h5 25.f3 Kg7 26.Rc4 hxg4 27.fxg4 Qxb5 28.Bxd4 
Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 Re8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Nd7 12.Bd2 f5 13.e4 f4 14.Nd5 g5 15.Nxg5 Nd4 
16.Qh5 h6 17.Nf7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nf6 19.Qg6 Ng4 20.Nxd8 Rxd8 21.h3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Black "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.g3 Bxa6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Re1 O-O 12.e4 Nfd7 13.Rb1 Nc4 14.Bf1 Qa5 15.Qc2 
Rfb8 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Ra1 Bd3 19.Qc1 Nb6 20.e5 Nc4 21.exd6 exd6 
22.b3 Na3 23.Bh6 Nc2 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Re7 Nxa1 26.Qxa1 Kf8 27.Rc7 Rc8 28.
Nb5 Kg8 29.Qf6 Rf8 30.Nxd6 Qxa2 31.Kg2 Qa1 32.Qxa1 Rxa1 33.Kh3 Ra6 34.Nc4 
Be4 35.Nfd2 Bxd5 36.Rxc5 Bxc4 37.Rxc4 Rd8 38.Rc2 Rb6 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.Rb2 Kg7
41.Kf1 Rd5 42.Kg2 Rdb5 43.Kf3 Kf6 44.h3 Ke6 45.Ke3 Re5+ 46.Kf3 Reb5 47.Ke3
Rd5 48.Kf3 Kd7 49.Ke4 Kc6 50.Rc2+ Rc5 51.Ra2 h6 52.Ra3 Kb5 53.Nc4 Re6+ 54.
Kd4 Kb4 55.Ra8 Rb5 56.Ra1 Rb7 57.Kd3 Rd7+ 58.Kc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Nxc4 Bd7 13.Rad1 Be7 14.Bf4 Be8 15.
Bd6 Bxd6 16.Nxd6 Rab8 17.b3 Kf8 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.Nb5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 a6 21.
Bxc6+ bxc6 22.Nc7+ Ke7 23.Nxa6 Rb6 24.Nc5 Nd5 25.e4 Nc3 26.Rd7+ Kf6 27.Rd3
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Perry, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bh5 4.g3 f6 5.Nd3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O e4 8.Nf2 f5 
9.d3 Nf6 10.c4 Bc5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.dxe4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Ng4 15.e3 
Nxf2 16.Rd5 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Ng4 18.Bc5 Bf7 19.Re1 Bxd5 20.exd5+ Kf7 21.dxc6 
Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.cxb7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Bb7 
9.g3 Rc8 10.Bg2 a6 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.f5 Bxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 Rc4 16.Qf2 Qe7 17.Rae1 Qc5 18.fxe6 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 fxe6 20.Bh3 Ke7 21.
Ne2 Re4 22.Ref1 Rf8 23.Nf4 Rxe5 24.Nxe6 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Rxe6 26.Bxe6 Kxe6 27.
Ke3 Nf6 28.Kd4 Kd6 29.h3 Bc8 30.h4 Be6 31.Re1 Ne4 32.Re3 b5 33.b4 h5 34.
Ra3 Bc8 35.Rf3 Be6 36.a4 Bg4 37.Ra3 Be2 38.axb5 Bxb5 39.Rf3 Be2 40.Rf5 Bc4
41.Rxh5 Nxg3 42.Rg5 Ne2+ 43.Ke3 d4+ 44.Ke4 Kc6 45.Rc5+ Kb6 46.Rxc4 Kb5 47.
Kd3 Nf4+ 48.Kxd4 Ne6+ 49.Kd5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Black "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Be3 
O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.c5 Nc8 11.Nge2 Bf6 12.Nf4 N8e7 13.Bd3 d5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 
15.Qh3 Nf5 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Qxf5 Ne7 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Rde1 b6 20.Rhg1 Rad8 21.
cxb6 axb6 22.g4 g6 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.f4 Rfe8 25.f5 Qg7 26.g5 Bxd4 27.f6 Bxc3 
28.Qxc3 Qd7 29.Rgf1 Kf7 30.Bf4 Ra8 31.a3 Ra4 32.Qb3 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxf4 34.
Qe3 Re4 35.Qg3 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Nd4 37.Qh4 Qc6+ 38.Kb1 Qc2+ 39.Ka2 Qc4+ 40.
Kb1 Nb3 41.Qxh7+ Ke6 42.Qe7+ Kf5 43.Qe1 Qc5 44.f7 Kxg5 45.Qg3+ Kf6 46.
f8=Q+ Qxf8 47.Qxb3 Qd6 48.Qf3+ Ke7 49.Qe3+ Qe6 50.Qg3 Kd7 51.Qc3 Qe4+ 52.
Ka1 d4 53.Qh3+ Kd6 54.Qg3+ Kc6 55.Qf2 d3 56.Qf6+ Kb7 57.Qc3 Qh1+ 58.Ka2 
Qd5+ 59.Qb3 Qd6 60.Qd1 d2 61.Qf3+ Ka7 62.Qd1 Qxh2 63.Qa4+ Kb7 64.Qe4+ c6 
65.Qe7+ Ka6 66.Qb4 d1=Q 67.Qb5+ cxb5 68.a4 Qxa4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Black "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.d3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.O-O h6 9.
h3 Rb8 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bb6 12.Nf1 Ne7 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bc2 Ng6 15.d4 c5 
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nh2 Rfd8 19.Qf3 Nh4 20.Qe2 Bc4 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.
Qd1 c4 23.Qc1 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Qb6 25.Rad1 Qxe3 26.Rxe3 Bc2 27.Rde1 Rd3 28.
R3e2 Bd1 29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Rd8 31.Nhf1 Bc2 32.Re2 Bb1 33.a3 Rd1 34.f3 
Bd3 35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Nxd2 Nd7 37.Ngf1 Bxf1 38.Nxf1 Ng6 39.g3 Nc5 40.Ne3 Ne7 
41.Kf1 Nd3 42.Nd1 Nc8 43.Ke2 Nd6 44.Ke3 Kf8 45.Ke2 Ke7 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Ke2 
g6 48.h4 f5 49.Ke3 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5 51.g4 fxg4 52.fxg4 Nc5 53.Nf2 Ne8 54.
Ke2 Nf6 55.Kf3 Nd3 56.Nd1 Kd6 57.Kg3 Nxe4+ 58.Kf3 Nf6 59.Kg3 e4 60.Kh3 Ke5
61.Kg3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 e5 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bc2 cxb3 13.Rxb3 b6 14.f4 Bd6 15.
f5 Ba6 16.Rf3 Qe7 17.Bb2 Be5 18.Ba3 c5 19.Rh3 Rad8 20.Qe1 Bb7 21.e4 Rfe8 
22.Rh4 Qd7 23.Bc1 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Qa4 25.a3 Qa5 26.Rhh3 Bf4 27.Rhc3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Hair, Philip"]
[Black "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O 
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Nge2 e5 11.O-O Be6 12.f4 Qd7 13.Rf2 f5 14.Raf1 Rab8 15.a3 
b6 16.Nd5 Rbe8 17.c3 Kg8 18.Ne3 d5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Bh3 Nxe3 
22.Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qxe3 Qf5 26.Nc1 d4 27.cxd4 
cxd4 28.Qe2 Kg7 29.Kg2 Qe6 30.Qe4 Qd6 31.Qb7+ Qd7 32.Qxd7+ Nxd7 33.Ne2 Nc5
34.Nxd4 Nxd3 35.Nc6 Nxb2 36.Nxa7 Nc4 37.Nb5 Kf7 38.Kf3 Ke6 39.Ke4 Nd2+ 40.
Kf4 h6 41.h4 Nc4 42.g4 Kf6 43.Nc3 Ke6 44.a4 Nb2 45.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Black "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.a3 b5 
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Be7 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bb2 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Ra7 20.Rfd1 Rad7 21.Qc2 
Qb7 22.Ne2 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Qd7 25.Qc2 Nd5 26.Qd2 Nb6 27.Qxd7 
Nxd7 28.Bd4 e5 29.Ba7 Kf8 30.e4 Bd8 31.Nc3 Bb6 32.Bxb6 Nxb6 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.
Ke2 Nc4 35.Nb1 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nh4 Bh7 
16.Nhf5 Qd7 17.a4 Rfb8 18.Be3 c4 19.d4 b4 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.
Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 d6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nbd2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 e6 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Bc4 Na5
16.Bd3 Nb3 17.Ra3 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 Qc7 19.Re1 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 f5 21.Rxe6 Kh8 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxa6 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Qe7 25.Be2 Rb1 26.Rb3 Bf8 27.Rxb6 Qh4+ 28.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Re1 30.Kf2 h5 31.Kxe1 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.g4 f5 9.f3
c5 10.a5 Nf6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bc4 Rb8 13.Nge2 Bd7 14.g5 Nh5 15.Na4 Nc8 16.
exf5 Rxf5 17.Rf1 Bxa4 18.Rxa4 b5 19.axb6 Nxb6 20.Bb3 Nxa4 21.Bxa4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ma Qun"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qe7+ 8.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Bd7 10.N2f3 Bd6 11.c3 Nge7 12.h3 a6 13.Bd3 f6 14.Rd1 h5 
15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.c4 g5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nd4 Kf7 19.Be3 Rhb8 20.b3 a5 21.a4 
Be5 22.Rab1 Nc6 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rdc1 Bb7 25.Bd2 Bd6 26.Bb5 Ba6 27.Bxa6 
Rxa6 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.Be3 Kd7 30.Kd4 Ke6 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.Kd4 Ke6 33.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Be6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Ng5 
O-O-O 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Bc4 Nc5 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Rb1 Ng6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.O-O Qxe5 
15.Bf2 Bd6 16.Bg3 Qg5 17.b4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Rd2 19.Qe1 Ne5 20.Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.
Rf5 Qd8 22.Rxe5 Qd4+ 23.Kh2 Rf8 24.Rf5 Qxc3 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.Rd1 Rxc2 27.
Qf1 Qf6 28.Qd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "A59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 d6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 
g6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.a4 Rb8 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.Re1 Qa8 15.Bd2 
Ne8 16.Bg5 Qb7 17.Bxe7 Qxb2 18.Qxb2 Rxb2 19.Nb5 Rb4 20.Ra2 Nb6 21.e5 dxe5 
22.Bxc5 Rxa4 23.Rxa4 Nxa4 24.Bxf8 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 dxc4 
9.bxc4 Qb6 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Na3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Bd7 14.d3 Ba4 15.Rd2
Ne8 16.Rb1 Nd6 17.Bc3 Nc8 18.Nb5 Bf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Kf1 Nd6 21.Nc3 Bc6 
22.Ke2 Rd7 23.Rdb2 Rad8 24.Ne1 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Nc8 26.Ne1 Nc6 27.f4 Nb4 28.
Rd1 Nd6 29.a3 Nc6 30.Rxb6 Ra8 31.Nc2 Na5 32.Rbb1 Kg7 33.Nb5 Nc8 34.Rb2 h5 
35.Rbb1 Nc6 36.Nc3 f5 37.Rb5 b6 38.Rbb1 Ra6 39.Nb5 Na5 40.Rb2 Nc6 41.Kd2 
N6a7 42.Nxa7 Raxa7 43.Kc3 Ra6 44.Rdb1 Rc7 45.Rb3 Rc6 46.Kd2 Rc7 47.Ke2 Rc6
48.Ne1 Rc7 49.Kf3 Rd7 50.Nc2 Ra4 51.Ke2 Rd8 52.Rg1 Kf6 53.Ne1 Ke7 54.Nf3 
f6 55.Nd2 Ra6 56.Nb1 Nd6 57.Nc3 Rda8 58.Ra1 Kd7 59.Kf3 Kc7 60.h3 Rg8 61.
Rg1 Rga8 62.a4 Rg8 63.Rb2 Raa8 64.Rbg2 Kb7 65.g4 hxg4+ 66.hxg4 fxg4+ 67.
Rxg4 Rxg4 68.Rxg4 Nf5 69.e4 Nd4+ 70.Kg2 Ka6 71.Nb5 Rd8 72.Nxd4 Rxd4 73.Rg6
e5 74.f5 Rd6 75.Kf2 Ka5 76.Ke2 Kxa4 77.Rg8 b5 78.Ra8+ Kb4 79.Rb8 Kc3 80.
cxb5 Rxd3 81.Rb6 Rd2+ 82.Kf3 Rb2 83.Rxf6 Rxb5 84.Re6 c4 85.f6 Rb1 86.Ke2 
Kd4 87.f7 Rb2+ 88.Kf1 Rb1+ 89.Kg2 Rb2+ 90.Kg3 Rb8 91.Re8 Rxe8 92.fxe8=Q 
Kxe4 93.Qd7 c3 94.Qd1 Ke3 95.Qc2 e4 96.Qxc3+ Ke2 97.Qd4 e3 98.Kf4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 e6 8.d5 Qb6
9.Be3 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bb4 11.Bd4 Ke7 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nge2 a6 
15.Nf4 Bd6 16.Nxe6 Ne5 17.Nc5 Nxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc5 19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Nxe4+ Kf7
21.Nxc5 Re8 22.Rhe1 Bg4 23.Nxb7 Bxd1 24.Nd6+ Kf8 25.Nxe8 Bb3 26.Nd6 Rd8 
27.c5 Rd7 28.Kd2 Rc7 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Re5 Rd7 31.Kc3 Kf6 32.f4 Ba4 33.b4 h6 
34.g4 Bd1 35.g5+ hxg5 36.Ne4+ Kg7 37.fxg5 Ba4 38.Nd6 Rd8 39.Re7+ Kg8 40.
Ra7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e4 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O h6 
9.a3 b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.b4 d6 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.f4 Qc7 15.Bxd4 cxd4 
16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nbxd4 Rac8 18.Qe3 e5 19.Nf3 Rc7 20.Rbc1 Rfc8 21.Nh4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Noble, Mark"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "E85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Nc1 a5 11.Nd3 f5 12.Be2 b6 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Rc1 Bd7 
16.Bd1 Kh8 17.b4 axb3 18.axb3 Qc8 19.b4 Qa6 20.Nb2 Nb7 21.b5 Qa1+ 22.Kc2 
Qa3 23.Nb1 Qa2 24.Qb4 Nc5 25.Nc3 Qa7 26.Be2 fxe4 27.fxe4 Qa3 28.Qxa3 Rxa3 
29.Bf3 Nb3 30.Nb1 Na1+ 31.Kd2 Rxe3 32.Kxe3 Bh6+ 33.Kd3 Bxc1 34.Rxc1 Nb3 
35.Rc3 Nd4 36.Nd2 Ra8 37.Nb3 Nxb3 38.Rxb3 g5 39.Ke3 Ng6 40.g3 Nf8 41.Nd3 
Bc8 42.Be2 Nd7 43.Bg4 Ra4 44.Bxd7 Bxd7 45.Rc3 Kg7 46.Nf2 h5 47.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Koop, Thorben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Nd2 e6 
9.Qb3 Nxa6 10.e4 Rb8 11.Bb5 exd5 12.O-O d4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nc7 15.a4 
Ba6 16.Ne4 Nxb5 17.axb5 Bxb5 18.Re1 d6 19.Bf4 Be5 20.Qg3 f6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 
22.Bxe5 fxe5 23.Rxe5 Rb7 24.Rae1 d3 25.Qg5 Qf6 26.Qe3 Qf4 27.d6 Qxe3 28.
R5xe3 Rd7 29.Re6 Bc4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O
Be5 9.g3 b5 10.Qe2 Nge7 11.f4 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 Bb7 14.Bg2 O-O 15.
Rhd1 Rfd8 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.e5 Ra7 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.g4 Rc7 20.Kb1 Qf3 21.f5 Qh3
22.Rg1 Nc6 23.Rd3 Qh4 24.Qf4 h6 25.a3 exf5 26.Nd5 Rcc8 27.Rdg3 g6 28.Qf1 
f4 29.Qxf4 Qg5 30.Qf6 Re8 31.Qxg5 hxg5 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Nxe8+ Rxe8 34.Rd3 
Nxe5 35.Rd6 Re6 36.Rxe6 dxe6 37.h3 Nf3 38.Rg3 Nd2+ 39.Kc1 Ne4 40.Re3 f5 
41.a4 Kf6 42.Kd1 Ke5 43.Ke2 f4 44.Ra3 b4 45.Ra1 a5 46.Rd1 Nd6 47.Kd3 Kd5 
48.c3 b3 49.c4+ Nxc4 50.Kc3+ Kc5 51.Kxb3 Ne3 52.Rd8 Nd5 53.Kc2 Kd4 54.Kd2 
f3 55.b4 axb4 56.a5 f2 57.Ke2 b3 58.a6 b2 59.Rb8 Kc3 60.a7 Nc7 61.Kxf2 Na8
62.Rxa8 b1=Q 63.Rc8+ Kd2 64.Rd8+ Kc3 65.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.f5 Bc8 11.O-O Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bc1 Nge5 14.Nd5 Ne7 15.fxg6 
hxg6 16.Be2 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 Be6 18.Bd2 Bxd5 19.exd5 f5 20.Qc2 Bd4+ 21.Be3 
Bxe3+ 22.Rxe3 Rf6 23.Qc3 Qf8 24.Re1 f4 25.Re4 Nf5 26.Rxf4 Nd4 27.Rxf6 Qxf6
28.Bg4 Rf8 29.Qe3 a6 30.h3 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.a3 Nc2 33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Qe7+ 
Rf7 35.Qxf6+ Rxf6 36.Re7+ Rf7 37.Rxf7+ Kxf7 38.Kf2 Kf6 39.h4 Ke5 40.Bf3 
Nd4 41.g4 Kf4 42.Bd1 Ke4 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Kf5 45.b3 Kg5 46.a4 b4 47.Ke3 
Nf5+ 48.Kd3 Kf6 49.a5 Ne7 50.Kc4 Ke5 51.h6 Kf6 52.h7 Kg7 53.Bc2 Kh8 54.a6 
Nc8 55.Kb5 Kg7 56.Kc6 Na7+ 57.Kxd6 c4 58.bxc4 b3 59.Bxb3 Kxh7 60.Kc7 Kg7 
61.Kb7 Kf7 62.Kxa7 Ke7 63.c5 Kd8 64.Kb7 Kd7 65.a7 Ke7 66.a8=Q Kd7 67.Qh8 
Ke7 68.d6+ Kd7 69.Qc8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 
Nxa6 9.O-O h6 10.Qh5 Ne7 11.a3 O-O-O 12.Rfd1 Kb7 13.b4 c6 14.Bxe7 g6 15.
Bxd8 gxh5 16.Bf6 Rg8 17.Ne2 Be7 18.Ng3 Bd8 19.Nxh5 Nc7 20.Rd3 Ne8 21.Bxd8 
Qxd8 22.Re1 Qe7 23.Rde3 Nc7 24.Nf6 Ra8 25.Nd2 a5 26.c3 Nb5 27.Nb1 axb4 28.
axb4 Ra1 29.Rf1 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.dxc5 Qxc5 32.h4 Qc4 33.h5 Ra2 34.Rg3 
Ra1 35.Nd2 Rxf1+ 36.Nxf1 Nxc3 37.Rg7 Ne2+ 38.Kh1 Qc1 39.Rxf7+ Ka6 40.Ng4 
Qxf1+ 41.Kh2 Qg1+ 42.Kh3 Qh1+ 43.Nh2 d4 44.Rf6 Kb5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Reilly, Tim"]
[Black "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "A89"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.c5 h6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Rd1 a6 13.Bd2 Qe8 14.Be1 Rb8 15.Rac1 g5
16.Qa3 e4 17.d6 exd6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Qxd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bf5 4.d3 Nd7 5.g3 Nxe5 6.fxe5 e6 7.Bg2 h5 8.c4 c6 
9.Nc3 d4 10.Ne4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxe5 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.
Bg2 O-O-O 16.Rdf1 Bd6 17.Bg5 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qe5 19.Qd1 Rd7 20.Kb1 h4 21.Bf4 
Qc5 22.gxh4 Rxh4 23.Bg3 Rh8 24.Bf3 Rdd8 25.Qe1 Rh7 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qg3 
Qxg3 28.hxg3 Rdh8 29.Rhg1 Nd7 30.Kc2 Ne5 31.Kd2 Rh2 32.Ke1 R8h6 33.g4 Rf6 
34.Rf2 Rfh6 35.Rg3 g5 36.Rg1 Kd7 37.a3 Ke7 38.Rg3 Kf8 39.Rg1 Kg7 40.Rg3 
Nxf3+ 41.exf3 Rxf2 42.Kxf2 Rh2+ 43.Rg2 Rxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Kf6 45.b4 Ke5 46.Kg3 
b6 47.a4 a6 48.f4+ gxf4+ 49.Kf3 f6 50.b5 cxb5 51.cxb5 a5 52.Ke2 Kd5 53.Kf3
e5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Li Shenyue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.Bg3 Ne4 
9.Nbd2 f5 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Be2 O-O 15.
O-O e5 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Qd2 Rf6 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Qc7 20.Qd4 Qa5 21.f5 Bf7 
22.a3 Qb6 23.Qxb6 Rxb6 24.Rd2 Rc8 25.Bd1 Rc5 26.Rff2 Rh6 27.g3 b5 28.Kg2 
a5 29.g4 Rb6 30.Kg3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.cxb4 Rxb4 33.Kf4 Ra5 34.g5 Kf8 35.
h4 Ke7 36.h5 Bg8 37.Rh2 Rb6 38.h6 g6 39.fxg6 Rxg6 40.Bh5 Rd6 41.Rdg2 Bf7 
42.g6 hxg6 43.h7 Rd8 44.Bxg6 Rh8 45.Bxf7 Kxf7 46.Ke5 Rb5 47.Rh3 Re8+ 48.
Kd4 Rh8 49.Rf2+ Ke7 50.Ke5 Ra5 51.Rh4 Rb5 52.Rh3 Ra5 53.Rg2 Kf7 54.Rh4 
Re8+ 55.Kd4 Rh8 56.Rf4+ Ke6 57.Rg6+ Kd7 58.Rg7+ Kc6 59.Rf6+ Kb5 60.Rff7 
Raa8 61.Kxd5 Rhe8 62.Rb7+ Ka4 63.Kxc4 Ra5 64.b3+ Ka3 65.Rg8 Ree5 66.Rc8 
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9.Nde2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rb1 Rfc8 
15.Qd2 Nd7 16.b3 Rab8 17.Rfd1 Qd8 18.Nd5 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.a5 Kf8 21.Nb6 
Nxb6 22.Bxb6 Rxb6 23.axb6 Qxb6+ 24.Kh1 Ke8 25.Rbc1 b4 26.Qd5 Qa6 27.Rc4 
Na7 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Nd4 e6 30.Qb5+ Qxb5 31.Nxb5 Be5 32.Rc1 Ne7 33.g3 d5 
34.f4 Bb8 35.e5 Kd7 36.Kg2 g5 37.Kf3 gxf4 38.gxf4 Ng6 39.Nd4 f6 40.Nc6 Bc7
41.exf6 Bxf4 42.Rc2 Bd6 43.Kg4 e5 44.Kf5 Nh4+ 45.Kg5 Nf3+ 46.Kh6 d4 47.Rf2
Kxc6 48.Rxf3 e4 49.Rf1 e3 50.f7 e2 51.Rf6 e1=Q 52.f8=Q Qh4+ 53.Kg7 Qxh2 
54.Qa8+ Kb6 55.Qb8+ Kc6 56.Qa8+ Kb6 57.Qd5 Qg3+ 58.Kh8 Kc7 59.Rf7+ Kd8 60.
Qa8+ Bb8 61.Rf8+ Kd7 62.Qxb8 Qxb3 63.Qb7+ Kd6 64.Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rab1 a5 14.a3 g6 15.b4 
axb4 16.axb4 Ng7 17.b5 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne5 Qg5 21.Nxc6 
Ne6 22.Nxd5 Nh4 23.Qe4 Nxd4 24.Nde7+ Kf8 25.exd4 Ra3 26.Qd5 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 
Qxd5 28.Nxd5 Nd2 29.Ne3 Nxf1 30.Rxf1 Rc3 31.d5 Kg7 32.Ra1 Rd3 33.Ra7 h5 
34.h4 Kf6 35.g3 Re4 36.Kg2 Rd2 37.Kf3 Re8 38.Ra4 Kg7 39.Rf4 Ra8 40.Ne5 Ra7
41.N5c4 Rd3 42.Ke4 Rb3 43.d6 Rb5 44.Kd4 Rd7 45.Re4 Ra7 46.Re7 Rbb7 47.Nd5 
Kf8 48.Kc5 Rxe7 49.dxe7+ Rxe7 50.Nxe7 Kxe7 51.Kd5 Kf6 52.Ne5 Kg7 53.Nd7 
Kh6 54.Ke5 g5 55.Kf6 g4 56.Kxf7 Kh7 57.Kf6 Kh6 58.Ne5 Kh7 59.Kg5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Qf3 g6 7.h4 Be6 8.h5 Kf7
9.Nc3 c6 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Nf4 Qe7 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Ne2 Rae8 14.O-O-O c5 15.c3
c4 16.Bc2 Rhg8 17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Rg7 19.Rh2 b5 20.Rdh1 b4 21.hxg6+ hxg6 
22.Rh7 Rg8 23.cxb4 Qc6 24.g4 fxg4 25.Qh6 Nf8 26.Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.Qf4 f5 28.
Rh8 Nd7 29.Rh6 Nf6 30.Qb8 Qd7 31.Rh8 Rg8 32.Rxg8 Nxg8 33.b5 Ne7 34.Ba4 Qe6
35.Qxa7 f4 36.Qa5 fxe3 37.fxe3 Qxe3+ 38.Qd2 Qe6 39.Bd1 g3 40.Bf3 Nf5 41.a4
Kg7 42.a5 Nh4 43.Bh1 g2 44.Bxg2 Nxg2 45.b6 Ne1 46.b7 Nd3+ 47.Kb1 Qd6 48.a6
Qb8 49.Qa5 Qf4 50.Qb6 Qc1+ 51.Ka2 Qc2 52.Qb5 Nxb2 53.Qxb2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Black "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne4 d6 
9.Rb1 b6 10.Bg5 f5 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.e3 Bb7 14.d4 g5 15.dxc5 dxc5 
16.Qc2 Ng6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Nb5 Be4 19.Qe2 Bxb1 20.Rxb1 a6 21.Nc3 Rad8 22.
Nd2 Rd6 23.Nb3 Rfd8 24.f4 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qd7 26.Rb2 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 g4 28.e4 Qd3
29.exf5 Qxe2+ 30.Kxe2 exf5 31.Bd5+ R8xd5 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Nd2 Rd6 34.Nc4 
Re6+ 35.Kd3 b5 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.a4 Rb6 38.c4 Rd6+ 39.Kc3 b4+ 40.Kc2 Kf7 41.
Rb1 Rd4 42.Rd1 Nc6 43.Nxf5 b3+ 44.Kxb3 Rxd1 45.Nxh6+ Kg6 46.Nxg4 Rd4 47.
Kc3 Rd8 48.Nf2 Rh8 49.h4 Nd4 50.Ne4 Kf5 51.Nxc5 Ne2+ 52.Kb4 Nxg3 53.Nxa6 
Kxf4 54.a5 Rxh4 55.Nc7 Rh7 56.Nb5 Nf5 57.a6 Ne7 58.Kc5 Nc8 59.Kc6 Ke5 60.
Nc7 Na7+ 61.Kb6 Nc8+ 62.Kb7 Kd6 63.Kxc8 Rxc7+ 64.Kb8 Kc6 65.c5 Rh7 66.Ka8 
Kxc5 67.a7 Kb6 68.Kb8 Rh8# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 
9.O-O Bg4 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.Qb3 Na6 12.Re1 Rab8 13.Nb5 Nc7 14.a4 a6 15.Nxc7 
Qxc7 16.a5 Rfe8 17.e3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Bb5 19.Nc4 Nd7 20.f4 f5 21.Nd2 Nf6 22.h3 
Re7 23.Nb1 b6 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Kh2 Qb7 26.Nc3 Bc4 27.Qa4 Bb5 28.Qa3 Qb6 29.
Bd2 Reb7 30.Nxb5 axb5 31.e4 fxe4 32.Bxe4 Re8 33.Bf3 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 c4 35.Be3
Qc7 36.Bd4 b4 37.Qe3 Qf7 38.g4 Rb8 39.Qd2 Ne8 40.Re6 Bxd4 41.Qxd4 Rc8 42.
Bd1 Qg7 43.Qf2 b3 44.f5 gxf5 45.Qxf5 Qxb2+ 46.Re2 Qxe2+ 47.Bxe2 Rc5 48.
Qe6+ Kf8 49.g5 c3 50.Bh5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Yee, Stanley"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 h6
9.Bf4 g5 10.Be3 Ng4 11.O-O-O Bf6 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Bd2 d5 14.Na3 Nxf2 15.Qxf2 
dxe4 16.Be2 exf3 17.Bxf3 O-O-O 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nc3 Bg7 21.g4 
Ka7 22.Rhf1 Nf6 23.h3 Rhf8 24.Kb1 Rd7 25.Bc1 Rfd8 26.Rd3 Qd6 27.Rf3 Nd5 
28.Ne4 Qc6 29.c3 f5 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Ng3 f4 32.Ne2 Re8 33.Bd2 Qe6 34.Nc1 
Qg6+ 35.Ka1 Rde7 36.a3 h5 37.Qg1 Qf5 38.Ka2 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.R3f2 f3 41.
Qg3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Gao, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.
Qd2 Kh7 10.f3 Na6 11.g4 Nd7 12.h4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.g5 Rg8 15.Nh3 Bf8 16.
O-O-O Be7 17.Rdg1 f4 18.g6+ Kg7 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Nxf4 Nf6 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.
Nxf6 Bxf6 23.Nh5+ Kf8 24.Qf4 Qc8 25.Nxf6 Rxg6 26.Rxg6 Bxg6 27.Rg1 Bf7 28.
Qe3 Qf5 29.Qxh6+ Ke7 30.Qg5 Qxf6 31.f4 Rg8 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rg5 Nc5 34.Kd2
Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.f3 Bf5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3 
Nb6 9.Nge2 Nfxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Ng3 Bc8 12.f4 e6 13.f5 Bb4+ 14.c3 Nxc3 
15.bxc3 Bxc3+ 16.Bd2 Bxa1 17.Qxa1 O-O 18.Bb4 c5 19.dxc5 Qd3 20.Qe5 f6 21.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 22.Nxe4 a5 23.fxe6 Re8 24.e7+ Kh8 25.Bc3 Rxe7 26.O-O Rxe4 27.
Rxf6 Re1+ 28.Kf2 Re8 29.Rf7 Rg8 30.Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Black "Watharow, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O Ne5 8.d3 h5 
9.h3 e6 10.f4 Ned7 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Qd2 d5 13.c5 Nbd7 14.e5 Ng8 15.d4 Nh6 16.
Nd1 b6 17.b4 a5 18.b5 cxb5 19.c6 Nb8 20.Rc1 Qc7 21.Ndc3 Ba6 22.Nxd5 exd5 
23.Nc3 O-O 24.Nxd5 Qa7 25.c7 Nd7 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.f5 Rfe8 28.fxg6+ fxg6 29.
Nxg6 Nf8 30.Nxf8+ Rxf8 31.Be4+ Kh8 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Perry, Roger"]
[Black "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be3 Qc7 8.O-O a6 9.
a4 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.d5 Nbd7 12.c4 Nh5 13.Rb1 Ne5 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Nf6
16.Qc2 Bc8 17.Bf4 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Rbd1 Ne8 20.Rd2 f6 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.Bd3
Bf7 23.b3 Qe7 24.Be2 g5 25.Bg3 Bg6 26.Bd3 Qe6 27.Nh2 h5 28.Nf1 f5 29.exf5 
Bxf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Ne3 Rf6 32.Nd5 Rf7 33.Re2 Qh6 34.Rde1 Nf6 35.Ne7+ Kh8
36.Nf5 Qg6 37.Nxd6 Qxc2 38.Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Black "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "E88"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 h5 12.h3 b5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Bd3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.Qg2 Rb8 18.Nge2 Qa5 19.Ka1 Qb4 20.Rd2 Bd7 21.Rc2 Rb7 22.h4
Rfb8 23.Rb1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.h5 Ba4 26.Rcc1 Qa5 27.hxg6 f5 28.exf5 Bb3 
29.a3 Bd1 30.Nxf4 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Qxc3 33.Kb1 Bb3 34.Qe2 Qd4 35.
Ng2 c3 36.Rxb3 Rxb3+ 37.Kc1 Qd2+ 38.Qxd2 cxd2+ 39.Kxd2 Rb2+ 40.Ke3 Rxg2 
41.f4 Kg7 42.Kf3 Ra2 43.Kg4 Rxa3 44.Kg5 Rg3+ 45.Kh4 Rg1 46.Kh5 a5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d3 
Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.f4 Nd7 12.Qg4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bf6 14.Rf3 g6 15.
Raf1 Bxe5 16.fxe5 Qa5 17.R1f2 Qxa2 18.Nf1 Qa5 19.Qg5 Qd8 20.Rf6 Kg7 21.Ng3
Qe7 22.Rxg6+ hxg6 23.Qxe7 b6 24.Rf4 Rcd8 25.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.O-O Re8
9.Bd2 c6 10.b4 Qe7 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ng4 13.Nde2 Nge5 14.Bf4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3
Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.b5 Be6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Nd1 Red8 20.Qc2 Qc5 21.Nb2 Rd7 
22.Rfd1 Rb7 23.Rd3 Rab8 24.Rb3 Rxb3 25.axb3 f5 26.Na4 Qb4 27.Kf1 Qxb3 28.
Qxb3 Rxb3 29.Nc5 Bxc4 30.Nxb3 Bxb3 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Rxa7 Bc4 33.Ke1 Bd5 34.
f3 e4 35.fxe4 Bxe4 36.g3 Bf6 37.Kd2 h5 38.h4 Be5 39.Nf4 Bf3 40.Ra5 Bxf4+ 
41.gxf4 Be4 42.Ra7 Kh8 43.Rc7 Kg8 44.Kc3 Kf8 45.Kd4 Ke8 46.Ke5 Kd8 47.Rh7 
Bf3 48.Kxf5 c5 49.Ke5 c4 50.Kd4 Be2 51.f5 Bd3 52.Rh6 Ke7 53.Ke5 c3 54.Rh7+
Kd8 55.Kd6 Ke8 56.Re7+ Kf8 57.f6 c2 58.Rc7 Bf5 59.Ke5 Bg6 60.Ke6 Kg8 61.
Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "Wei, Louie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Be2 dxe5 8.Bxe5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Qxd4 11.Nc3 g6 12.Rd1 Qf4 13.g3 Qf5 14.Nb5 Qc8 
15.c5 Na4 16.Nxc7+ Qxc7 17.Qb5+ Qc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Hair, Philip"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Nge7 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Kh2 Rc8 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 Nxf3+ 15.
Rxf3 Nc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rf2 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Qe7 20.h4 h5 21.Bh3 
Bxh3 22.Kxh3 Qe6+ 23.Kh2 b6 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Rcd8 26.Qd2 Qg4 27.Raf1 Rd7 28.
Rf6 Rb8 29.Qc3 Re7 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7 31.Qxe5+ Kh6 32.Rxf7 Qe2+ 33.Kg1 Qe1+ 34.
Kg2 Rg8 35.Qg5# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Black "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.e4 
Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Ne5 Rd8 13.Nc4 Be7 14.Bf4 Qd7 
15.c3 Nd5 16.Bd2 Qe8 17.Qe2 b6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.a3 a5 20.c4 Nf6 21.Bc3 Rac8 
22.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 f6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qc3 Ne5 8.Nxe5 
fxe5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Qb3 hxg5 11.Bxg8 e6 12.Bxe6 dxe6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Rad1 Qb6 
15.Qc4 Qc6 16.Qb4 a5 17.Qe7 Qe8 18.Qxg5 Bd7 19.Rd6 a4 20.Rfd1 Rf7 21.Qxg6 
Rf6 22.Qg3 Rf7 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.Nxa4 Bf8 25.Rb6 Bxa4 26.Qxd8 Qxd8 27.Rxd8 
Bxc2 28.Rxe6 Bxe4 29.Rxe5 Rc7 30.h3 Bc6 31.Rg5+ Rg7 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rd4 
Kh6 34.Rf4 Bc5 35.a3 Kg5 36.Rg4+ Kh5 37.b4 Bd6 38.Rd4 Bf8 39.b5 Bxa3 40.
bxc6 bxc6 41.Rc4 c5 42.f4 Kg6 43.Kf2 Bb2 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.Ke4 Bf2 46.g4 Kf6 
47.Kd5 Kg6 48.Rxc5 Bg3 49.Ke4 Kf6 50.Rc6+ Ke7 51.g5 Kd7 52.Rh6 Ke7 53.h4 
Kf7 54.f5 Kg7 55.f6+ Kf7 56.Kf5 Kg8 57.Rg6+ Kh7 58.f7 Bxh4 59.f8=Q Bxg5 
60.Qg8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Qf3
Nb6 9.Bf4 Qd7 10.h3 Nxc4 11.Bxc4 Qxd4 12.Bb3 e6 13.Rd1 Qc5 14.O-O Be7 15.
Rfe1 O-O 16.Be5 Ne8 17.Bd4 Qg5 18.Re4 Nf6 19.Re5 Qg6 20.Ne2 Bd6 21.Ra5 Bc7
22.Rxa7 Rxa7 23.Bxa7 Qe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Be3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Nc1 g5 
28.Nd3 Kg7 29.c3 Nd6 30.g4 f5 31.Nc5 Kf7 32.Kg2 Bf6 33.Na4 f4 34.Bc5 Ne4 
35.Bb6 Nd6 36.f3 Bd7 37.Nc5 Bc8 38.a4 Be7 39.Nd3 Ne8 40.h4 h6 41.Ne5+ Kg7 
42.Nc4 Nd6 43.Bd4+ Kg8 44.Nb6 Kf7 45.c4 Bd8 46.c5 Bxb6 47.cxb6 Ke7 48.h5 
Nf7 49.Bg7 e5 50.Bxf7 Kxf7 51.Bxh6 Be6 52.a5 Bc4 53.Bxg5 c5 54.Bd8 Bd5 55.
Kf2 c4 56.g5 e4 57.fxe4 Bxe4 58.Bc7 f3 59.Be5 Ke6 60.a6 bxa6 61.h6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.f3 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nge2 
e6 9.exf5 exf5 10.O-O Bd6 11.Na4 cxd4 12.Bf4 c5 13.b4 cxb4 14.Qxd4 O-O 15.
Nb6 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 Rb8 17.Nbxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5+ Qxd5 19.Nxd5 Be6 20.Nf4 Bc4 
21.Rfb1 Kf7 22.a3 bxa3 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Rxa3 Ke7 25.Nd3 Rb5 26.Kf2 Bxd3 27.
cxd3 a5 28.Ke3 Kd6 29.Kd4 Rd5+ 30.Kc4 Rc5+ 31.Kd4 Rd5+ 32.Kc4 Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.f3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 
9.d5 Nd4 10.O-O c5 11.Rb1 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 
Qc7 16.Qb1 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Nxh6 18.Kh1 Nf5 19.a4 Ne3 20.Rc1 Qf7 21.Ng3 Bh3 22.
Rb2 Bxg2+ 23.Rxg2 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Nd7 25.Be2 Nc5 26.Nce4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rad8 
28.c5 dxc5 29.d6 Qf4 30.Rxc5 Qe3 31.Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 
dxe5 9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 f6 11.Be3 g6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qe2 Bg7 14.Rfd1 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nc8 16.Ne4 Nd6 17.Bxa7 O-O 18.Bc5 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Bf5 20.Ng3 Bg4 21.h3 
Bxf3 22.Qxf3 f5 23.Ra7 e4 24.Qe2 Qb8 25.Ra1 Qc7 26.Rc1 Bd4 27.b4 b6 28.Qd2
bxc5 29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.Rxc7 d3 31.Nf1 Ra8 32.f3 Ra1 33.Kf2 f4 34.Rxe7 e3+ 
35.Nxe3 fxe3+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.O-O f5 6.b3 Qe7 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.c4 O-O 9.
e3 b6 10.Qe2 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Na2 Ba6 14.Nxb4 axb4 15.Rfc1 Ne4 
16.Qd1 Bb7 17.Ne1 c5 18.Nd3 dxc4 19.bxc4 Ng5 20.Ne1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb7+ 22.
d5 exd5 23.cxd5 Rad8 24.Qb3 Ne4 25.Rd1 Qf7 26.Nf3 Rfe8 27.Qc4 Qe7 28.Rd3 
Qd7 29.Rdd1 Ra8 30.Qb3 Qf7 31.Qc4 Ra5 32.Qb3 g5 33.Nd2 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Rea8 
35.Rdd1 Qe8 36.f3 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 Qxa4 38.Qd3 Qd7 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4 Re8 41.
Re1 Be5 42.Bxe5 Rxe5 43.d6 b5 44.Rf1 g4 45.Rf4 h5 46.Rf1 b3 47.Qxb3+ c4 
48.Qd1 Re6 49.Qd5 Qxd6 50.Qg5+ Rg6 51.Qxb5 Qe6 52.Rf4 Rg7 53.Qxh5 c3 54.
Qc5 Rf7 55.Qg5+ Rg7 56.Qc5 Rf7 57.Qg5+ Rg7 58.Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Koop, Thorben"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.b3 c6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 b5 8.Nbd2 Bf5 
9.Re1 Qd7 10.e4 Bh3 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 a5 14.c4 Nc7 15.Qc2 Nba6
16.Rad1 Rab8 17.exd6 exd6 18.d5 Nb4 19.Qd2 cxd5 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Qf5 
22.Be7 Rfc8 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Bf6 dxc4 25.Re7 Qd8 26.Nf5 Ne6 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.
Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O d6 8.a3 a5 
9.Rb1 O-O 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.d3 Bd4 12.Nd5 a4 13.Kh1 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.Nf3 c5
16.Nxd4 exd4 17.f4 f5 18.g4 fxg4 19.f5 Kh8 20.Qxg4 Ng6 21.Qg3 Ne5 22.Bf4 
Rae8 23.Bf3 Ba6 24.Be2 Rf6 25.Rbd1 Qe7 26.Rg1 Nd7 27.Bh5 Ref8 28.Bg5 Ne5 
29.Rg2 Qd7 30.h3 Bb5 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Rdg1 Bxd3 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 
35.Rxg7 Bxe4 36.f6 Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rf1 Rxf6 39.Rxf6 Kxg7 40.Rf2 Nd3 
41.Rd2 Nf4 42.Kg3 Nxd5 43.Kg4 Kf6 44.h4 Ne3+ 45.Kf4 Nc4 46.Rf2 d5 47.Kg4+ 
Ke6 48.Kg5 Ne5 49.Rf6+ Ke7 50.Rf1 d3 51.Kf4 Nc4 52.Kg5 d2 53.Rd1 Kf7 54.
Kh6 d4 55.Kg5 Kg7 56.Kf4 Kf6 57.Ke4 Ke6 58.Kf4 Kf6 59.Ke4 g5 60.hxg5+ Kxg5
61.Rg1+ Kf6 62.Kd3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "A75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bg7 
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 a6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Be2 Re8 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd3 
Rac8 16.Re1 c4 17.Bf1 Nc5 18.Bxc4 Nfxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bg5 Qe5 21.Qd3 Qd4
0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Noble, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nh6 8.h3 O-O 
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 e6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Qd2 Nf5 15.g4 Nfxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxe5 17.Nf3 Bh8 18.Bf4 Qa5 19.a3 Rfe8 20.b4 Qd8 21.Rac1 b5 22.Bg2 
Qb6 23.Red1 Ra8 24.Be3 Qb8 25.Bc5 Bg7 26.Ng5 Ne5 27.f4 Nc4 28.Qf2 h6 29.
Nge4 Bc6 30.Ng3 Nxa3 31.f5 Be5 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Nge2 Nc4 34.Nd4 Qc7 35.Nxc6
Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Qxc6 37.Rf1 Qd7 38.Rf3 Nd6 39.Rf6 Rf8 40.Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Wastney, Scott"]
[Black "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1+ Be7 8.dxc5
O-O 9.a3 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Bc7 13.b5 Na5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Qf1
Qd6 16.Be5 Qb6 17.Bd4 Qd6 18.h3 Bh5 19.Be5 Qb6 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 
22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Qxe1 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Bxf3 25.Bd3 Bh5 26.Qe3 b6 27.f4 Bd1 28.c3 
g6 29.Qd4 Qe7 30.Kf2 h5 31.Nf1 h4 32.Ne3 Bh5 33.a4 Qd6 34.Kg1 Qe6 35.Kf2 
Qd6 36.Ke1 Qa3 37.Kd2 Qd6 38.Bc2 Qe6 39.Kc1 Be2 40.f5 Qd6 41.fxg6 fxg6 42.
Bxg6 Qg3 43.Bc2 Qg5 44.Kb2 Bh5 45.Nf5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6 
9.a3 c4 10.Bc2 b5 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Qg4 g6 13.h4 h5 14.Qf3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Qc7 
16.Qf4 a5 17.Nd2 b4 18.Rae1 b3 19.Bb1 Nf8 20.Bf6 Rg8 21.Qh6 Kd7 22.Nf3 Re8
23.Re3 Kc8 24.Ng5 Kb8 25.Rf3 Bc8 26.Re1 Ka8 27.Ree3 Qa7 28.Rf4 Nd7 29.Qh7 
Nxf6 30.Rxf6 Rgf8 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Qxf7 Qxf7 33.Nxf7 Ne7 34.Rg3 Rg8 35.Rf3 
Nf5 36.Bxf5 gxf5 37.Rg3 Rxg3 38.fxg3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 c6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.b3 Qe7 
16.Rad1 Nfd7 17.Re2 Nc5 18.Red2 Bf8 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Kh2 Na6 21.f4 Nb4 22.Qb1
Nd7 23.Bf2 Nc5 24.Nc2 Nxc2 25.Qxc2 Qb6 26.Rb1 Qb4 27.Na2 Qb6 28.Nc1 Qc7 
29.Ne2 Qe7 30.Nc3 Qc7 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Rbd1 Be7 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 
35.Bg4 Be7 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.e5 Rd8 38.Ne4 Rd4 39.Rxd4 cxd4 40.c5 b6 41.Nd6 
bxc5 42.Qxc5 Qb8 43.Qxd4 Qxb3 44.Ne4 Qc2+ 45.Kg1 Qe2 46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Nd7 
Qe1+ 48.Kg2 Qe2+ 49.Kg1 Qe1+ 50.Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 b5 
9.a4 a6 10.Nfd2 Nb4 11.axb5 axb5 12.b3 cxb3 13.Qxb3 Bb7 14.Rc1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 O-O 16.Ra7 c6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ne4 Re8 19.Nc5 Qd5+ 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd7
Rbc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Nd7 Rc8 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.h3 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Be3 a6 11.Rc1 Rb8 12.Kh2 Qc7 13.b4 Ncd7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qd2 e6
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Ba7 Ra8 20.Bd4 Rd8 21.Qh6 e5 22.
Be3 Bf8 23.Qh4 f6 24.Nd2 Be7 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.Ne4 g5 27.Qh5 Nb6 28.Bxb6 Qxb6
29.Qf7 Bf5 30.Qxe7 Rf8 31.Qxd6 Qa7 32.Qc5 b6 33.Qe3 Rac8 34.Nd6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.d5 h6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.f3 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 
Nc5 16.Rxf8+ Bxf8 17.Qc2 a5 18.Nf3 Bg7 19.Rf1 Bd7 20.Be3 b6 21.Nd2 Qe7 22.
Bxc5 bxc5 23.Qc3 a4 24.Qg3 Kh7 25.Bg4 Be8 26.Be6 Rb8 27.b3 axb3 28.axb3 
Ra8 29.Qc3 c6 30.Ra1 Rxa1+ 31.Qxa1 h5 32.Nf3 cxd5 33.Bxd5 g5 34.g3 Bf6 35.
Qa8 Qd8 36.Qxd8 Bxd8 37.Ne1 Bd7 38.Nc2 Kg6 39.Ne3 Ba5 40.Kf2 Bd2 41.h4 Ba5
42.hxg5 Kxg5 43.Ng2 Bd8 44.Nh4 Kg4 45.Nf3 h4 46.gxh4 Bxh4+ 47.Ke2 Bd8 48.
Ne1 Kg3 49.Nc2 Bg4+ 50.Ke3 Bg5+ 51.Kd3 Kf2 52.b4 cxb4 53.Nxb4 Be2+ 54.Kc3 
Ke3 55.Nc2+ Kf4 56.Kd2 Kf3+ 57.Kc3 Bd8 58.Kb4 Bb6 59.Kb5 Bc5 60.Nb4 Kf4 
61.Na6 Ba3 62.Kc6 Bd3 63.Nc7 Bxe4 64.Bxe4 Kxe4 65.Nb5 Bb4 66.Nxd6+ Kd4 67.
Kd7 Bxd6 68.Kxd6 e4 69.c5 e3 70.c6 e2 71.c7 e1=Q 72.c8=Q Qe5+ 73.Kd7 Qf5+ 
74.Kc7 Qxc8+ 75.Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.e5 Be6
9.Qc2 Bc4 10.Nh3 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Nc4 12.Qf2 Nxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxd4 
15.Re1 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Rdf8 17.Re4 h6 18.Rxd4 hxg5 19.Re4 Rh5 20.Ke2 Rd8 21.
h3 g4 22.f4 gxh3 23.Rxh3 Rxh3 24.gxh3 Rh8 25.Re3 Rh4 26.Rf3 Bh6 27.Ke3 Kd7
28.Ne2 g5 29.Ke4 gxf4 30.Rd3+ Ke8 31.Rf3 e6 32.Nd4 Rh5 33.Rb3 f3 34.Nxf3 
Rf5 35.Nd4 Rf4+ 36.Kd3 c5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 
9.f3 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Be3 Rae8 12.Qd2 Nh5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 Nd4 15.fxe5 
dxe5 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nef4 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Bh6 19.Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 Rc8 13.Qg3 O-O 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Bf3 
Bf8 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf4 Qc5 19.Nb3 Qa7 20.Bg5 Kh8 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 
22.Rxf6 h6 23.Be3 Qa8 24.Rxf7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Bxe7 26.Bd4 Bf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 c6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Rb1 Re8
9.Bg2 e5 10.O-O h6 11.e3 Qe7 12.Nh4 Nf8 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 g5 15.Nhf3 Be6 
16.Qa4 N8d7 17.Ba3 Nb6 18.Qa5 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Bxa2 20.Rb2 Bd5 21.Rbc2 Rec8 22.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Qxa7 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Qxb5 25.Qa3 Bf8 26.Bf1 Bc6 27.Qb3 Qxb3 
28.Nxb3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bd3 
Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.Bb5 a6 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Bf4 Qb4 16.Nxc6 Qxb2 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 18.Qd3 Qb5 19.Qa3+ Kd7 20.Ng3 Rhb8 21.
Rab1 Qc6 22.Rb3 Rb5 23.Rc3 Qb6 24.Rxc7+ Qxc7 25.Bxc7 Kxc7 26.Qe7+ Kc6 27.
f4 Ng8 28.Qa3 f5 29.Re1 Kd7 30.Qe3 Rb6 31.Qe5 Ne7 32.c4 dxc4 33.d5 Nxd5 
34.Rd1 Rd6 35.Nxf5 Bxf5 36.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Li Shenyue"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Ng5 f5 7.d5 Nf6 8.Nc3 h6 
9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.dxe6 c6 11.e4 Qc7 12.exf5 Bxh2 13.Be3 Bg3+ 14.Kd2 Na6 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16.Qe2 O-O-O+ 17.Kc1 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Qxa6+ Kb8 20.f6 Qe5 21.
Bxa7+ Kc7 22.Qb6+ Kd6 23.Bb8+ Rxb8 24.Qxb8+ Kxe6 25.Qxe5+ Kxe5 26.Rh5+ 
Kxf6 27.Rxd5 cxd5 28.a4 h5 29.a5 Bf2 30.a6 Ba7 31.Kd2 h4 32.Rh1 Kg5 33.Ke2
d4 34.Rf1 g3 35.Kf3 Bc5 36.b4 Bb6 37.Ra1 Ba7 38.b5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Perry, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 d6 
9.Rb1 a5 10.d3 Rb8 11.Nb5 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qc2 b6 14.Rd1 Nde7 15.b3 Bf5 
16.Bb2 Qd7 17.Rd2 Rbd8 18.Rbd1 Rc8 19.Nbc3 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Be6 21.Ng5 Bf5 22.
Qc4 Rf8 23.e4 Bg4 24.f3 h6 25.h3 hxg5 26.hxg4 Nd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Qa4 b5 
29.Qxa5 Ra8 30.Qb4 Nc6 31.Qc5 Rfc8 32.Qc1 Bf8 33.Rc2 Bxa3 34.Qxg5 Be7 35.
Qc1 Nb4 36.Rxc8+ Rxc8 37.Qb1 Rc2 38.Bf1 Qa7 39.Rc1 Ra2 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Nc1 
Ra1 42.Qb2 Qd7 43.Qxa1 Qxc8 44.Na2 Qa6 45.Be2 Qxa2 46.Qxa2 Nxa2 47.Bd1 Bg5
48.Kf2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nb5 Ne5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Nxc7 Nxc4 12.Nxa8 Qc6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.f4 f6 
15.b3 Nd6 16.e5 fxe5 17.Qxe5 Nf7 18.Qc7 Qe8 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Qxb7 Nd6 21.Qxa7
Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Bxf7 23.c4 Nb4 24.Re2 Rxa8 25.Nc3 Bg6 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.cxd5 c4 
28.bxc4 Nxc4 29.a4 Bf5 30.h3 h5 31.Kf2 Nb6 32.a5 Kf7 33.Re5 g6 34.Rc1 Rxa5
35.Rc3 Bd7 36.d6 Rxe5 37.fxe5 Ke6 38.Rc5 Nd5 39.Rc1 Kxe5 40.Re1+ Kxd6 41.
Kg3 g5 42.h4 g4 43.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 a6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Qc7 
9.O-O-O b5 10.g4 Bb7 11.Rg1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bg2
Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qc4 17.Qf2 b4 18.Rd4 Qc5 19.Nd1 a5 20.Re1 a4 21.Rd2 Qxf2 22.
Rxf2 Nc5 23.Kb1 Ba6 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rfxf1 Ne4 26.Rh1 b3 27.c3 Nd2+ 28.Ka1 
Rc4 29.Re2 Ne4 30.Rh3 Nc5 31.Rf3 Ke7 32.Nf2 d4 33.a3 Rd8 34.Kb1 d3 35.Rd2 
Ne4 36.Rd1 Nxf2 37.Rxf2 Re4 38.Kc1 Re3 39.Kd2 Rg3 40.g5 Rc8 41.Re1 Rc4 42.
Re3 Rg4 43.Kxd3 Rgxf4 44.Rxf4 Rxf4 45.Re4 Rxe4 46.Kxe4 f6 47.exf6+ gxf6 
48.gxf6+ Kxf6 49.c4 Ke7 50.Ke5 h6 51.c5 Kd7 52.c6+ Kxc6 53.Kxe6 Kc5 54.Ke5
Kc4 55.Ke4 h5 56.Ke3 Kd5 57.Kd3 Ke5 58.Ke3 Kf5 59.Kf3 Ke5 60.Ke3 Kf5 61.
Kf3 Ke5 62.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Black "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d5 7.Qe1 Nc6 8.Qh4 b5 
9.Nbd2 c4 10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Bd1 cxd3 12.cxd3 Nd7 13.d4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Bf5 15.Rf3
h5 16.Rxf5 gxf5 17.Nf3 Rc8 18.Qxh5 Rc6 19.a3 Nd3 20.Qxf5 Nxc1 21.Ng5 Rh6 
22.Rxc1 e6 23.Qg4 Rg6 24.h4 Bh6 25.Qh3 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Qxg5 27.Rc7 Rh6 28.Qf3
Kh8 29.Rxa7 Qh4 30.Kf1 Qh1+ 31.Kf2 Rg8 32.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Rh2 34.Rf8+ 
Kh7 35.Bc2+ Kh6 36.Rh8# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "C22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.
Bc4 Re8 9.Qg3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Rxe4 11.Bd3 Ra4 12.Bg5 Qf8 13.Ne2 Bxb2+ 14.Kd2 
Rxa2 15.Ke1 Be5 16.f4 Bg7 17.f5 d6 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.h4 Ra5 20.h5 Bf5 21.
hxg6 Bxd3 22.cxd3 fxg6 23.Qh4 Qf7 24.g4 Ne5 25.Nd4 Nf3+ 26.Nxf3 Qxf3 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28.Rf1 Bc3+ 29.Rd2 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 
d6 9.Bf4 Bf5 10.exd6 exd6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nb5 Nc8 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 O-O 
15.Rad1 Qd7 16.Nxd6 Nxd6 17.Bxd6 Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Black "Hair, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.
O-O-O+ Kc7 9.Bd2 Bc5 10.f3 b6 11.Nge2 Be6 12.b3 Na6 13.Na4 Ba3+ 14.Kb1 
Rhd8 15.Nec3 Nb4 16.f4 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Nxe4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4 20.fxe5 
Bd2 21.Rhf1 Rd7 22.Kc2 Rad8 23.Nac3 Nxc3 24.Nxc3 Bxc3 25.Rxd7+ Rxd7 26.
Kxc3 Kd8 27.Rf3 Ke7 28.Rg3 g6 29.Rf3 c5 30.g4 Rd4 31.h3 Re4 32.Kd3 Rxe5 
33.h4 f5 34.gxf5 Rxf5 35.Re3+ Kf7 36.Re4 h6 37.Ke3 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.a3 
Kf6 40.b4 Re5 41.bxc5 bxc5 42.Kf3 Rxe4 43.Kxe4 Ke6 44.a4 a5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Black "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[ECO "C74"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.O-O fxe4
9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Nfg5 Bg8 11.Re1 d5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qh5+ Kd7 14.Qg4+ Ke8 15.
Qh5+ Kd7 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Bh6 Qg8 18.Nxe5+ fxe5 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Qxe5 Bd6 21.
Qf6 Be7 22.Qe5 Qg6 23.Qe3 Rhg8 24.g3 Rae8 25.Bf4 Bd6 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.Qf4+ 
Kd7 28.Re3 Bf5 29.Rae1 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Rg7 31.Qe5 h5 32.c4 Be6 33.c5 Rh7 34.
h4 Qf5 35.Qd4 Rf7 36.Re5 Qf3 37.Qe3 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Bh3+ 39.Kh2 Qf1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Black "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Bb7
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nd7 12.Qxb3 Nf6 13.Bb4 Bd5 14.Qa4 Bb7 15.
O-O Nd5 16.Ne5 Nb6 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Ba5 Qe7 19.Rab1 Be4 20.Rbc1 a6 21.Bc6 
Bxc6 22.Rxc6 O-O 23.Bb4 Qe8 24.Bxf8 Nb8 25.Rc4 Qxa4 26.Rxa4 Kxf8 27.Rc1 
Nd7 28.Rb4 Nf6 29.Rcb1 Nd7 30.Rb7 Ke8 31.Rc1 a5 32.Rcc7 a4 33.Rxd7 a3 34.
Ra7 Rb8 35.Rab7 Rc8 36.g3 Kf8 37.Rxf7+ Ke8 38.Rxg7 Kf8 39.Rxh7 Kg8 40.
Rbg7+ Kf8 41.Rh8+ Kxg7 42.Rxc8 a2 43.Ra8 Kg6 44.Rxa2 Kf5 45.f3 Kg6 46.Ra6 
Kf7 47.e4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.O-O Bb7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 g6 14.h3 Bf8 15.Qe2 h6 
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.f4 c4 20.d4 exd4 21.Bxd4 Nc6 22.Be3 d5
23.e5 Ng8 24.Rad1 Nce7 25.Rf1 Kh8 26.f5 g5 27.Ng4 Nc6 28.Rfe1 Nge7 29.Nf6 
Nxe5 30.Nxe8 Qxe8 31.Bxg5 hxg5 32.Rxe5 Bg7 33.Re2 d4 34.cxd4 Rd8 35.Qxg5 
Bxd4+ 36.Kh1 f6 37.Rxd4 fxg5 38.Rxd8 Qxd8 39.f6 Nd5 40.f7 Nc7 41.Re8+ Qxe8
42.fxe8=Q+ Nxe8 43.Kg1 Kg7 44.Kf2 Nd6 45.Ne2 Kf6 46.g3 Bc8 47.g4 Bb7 48.a3
Ke5 49.Ke3 Ne8 50.Ng1 Nc7 51.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.f4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.c3 c5 8.O-O c4
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Ndf6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxc4 O-O 14.Nd2 f5 15.
Nf3 Rf6 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Be1 Rh6 18.Qe2 g5 19.Nd2 Qc7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 
gxf4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.exf4 Qb6 24.Qc2 Qxd4+ 25.Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Rd8 27.
Rff1 Rg6 28.Rad1 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rg7 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.Rd6 Ke7 32.Rd4 Rg8 33.Rb4 
b6 34.Ra4 a5 35.Rc4 Rd8 36.Rc6 Rd2+ 37.Ke3 Rxb2 38.Rc7+ Kd6 39.Rxh7 Rxa2 
40.Rb7 Kc6 41.Re7 Kd6 42.Rb7 Rxg2 43.Rxb6+ Ke7 44.Ra6 Rxh2 45.Rxa5 Rh3+ 
46.Kd2 Rd3+ 47.Kc2 Rd5 48.Ra1 Rd3 49.Rf1 Kd6 50.Kb3 Kc5 51.Rf2 Rf3 52.Ra2 
Rxf4 53.Ra5+ Kb6 54.Re5 Kc7 55.Rxe6 Kd7 56.Ra6 e3 57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.Kc2 Rf2+ 
59.Kd3 f4 60.Ra8 Kf5 61.c4 Rd2+ 62.Kc3 Ke4 63.Re8+ Kf3 64.Rh8 Rd1 65.Rh2 
e2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ma Qun"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 
O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.exd5 a5 16.a3 Kg8 17.Rhe1 Rc5 18.Re3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Qa8 21.Bc4
Bf5 22.Ra3 Qc8 23.b3 Qc7 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Qd4 e5 26.dxe6 d5 27.exf7+ Qxf7 28.
g4 Bxc2 29.Kxc2 Rxc4+ 30.bxc4 Rxc4+ 31.Qxc4 dxc4 32.h3 Kg7 33.Rd4 Qe7 34.
Rc3 Qe2+ 35.Rd2 Qe6 36.Ra3 Kh6 37.h4 Qe7 38.Rc3 Qxh4 39.Rxc4 Qg3 40.Rd3 
Qf2+ 41.Kc3 Qe1+ 42.Kd4 Kg5 43.Re3 Qa1+ 44.Ke4 Qb1+ 45.Rd3 Qe1+ 46.Re3 
Qb1+ 47.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E44"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.f3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Be7 9.e4 Nc6 10.Ng3 Ba6 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Qe2 d6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Nf1 O-O 15.Nd2 
f5 16.O-O f4 17.Bf2 e5 18.Nb3 c5 19.Nxa5 bxa5 20.Qb2 Qc7 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.
Rfd1 Rab8 23.Qa3 Rfd8 24.Bf1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bc8 26.g3 Be6 27.g4 g5 28.Kg2 
Kf7 29.Be2 h5 30.h3 Qb6 31.Rd2 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kf6 33.Bf1 a6 34.Qa4 Qc7 35.
Bd3 Bd6 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Koop, Thorben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5 
9.Bd2 Bxa6 10.Be2 Qb4 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qe2 d6 13.Rb1 Rfb8 14.O-O Nd7 15.
Rfc1 Nc7 16.b3 Qa3 17.Rc2 Qa6 18.Qe3 Nb5 19.Nxb5 Qxb5 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 
Nf6 22.Nd2 Ra7 23.f3 Nd7 24.Nc4 Nb6 25.Ne3 Nd7 26.Ng4 f6 27.h4 h5 28.Nf2 
Ne5 29.f4 Ng4 30.Nxg4 hxg4 31.f5 Qb4 32.Qe3 gxf5 33.exf5 Qd4 34.Qxd4 cxd4 
35.Rd1 Rb4 36.Rc4 Rb5 37.Rcxd4 Rxa2 38.Rxg4+ Kf7 39.h5 Ra8 40.Rd3 Rh8 41.
Rh4 Kg7 42.Kf2 Kh7 43.Re4 Re8 44.Kf3 Kh6 45.Kf4 Rb7 46.Rde3 Reb8 47.Rxe7 
Rxe7 48.Rxe7 Rb4+ 49.Re4 Rxb3 50.g4 Rb5 51.Re8 Kg7 52.Re6 Rxd5 53.h6+ Kxh6
54.Rxf6+ Kg7 55.Kg5 Rd4 56.Re6 d5 57.f6+ Kf7 58.Re7+ Kf8 59.Kf5 Rd1 60.Kg6
Rd4 61.g5 Re4 62.Rh7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Qg3 c5
9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nxc5 11.O-O a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Ne2 Qc7 15.f4
g6 16.c4 Bg7 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Rc2 O-O 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.h4 a5 21.h5 a4 22.hxg6
hxg6 23.c5 Qc7 24.Nd4 Rab8 25.Qg4 Re8 26.Bf2 Rb7 27.Nf3 Reb8 28.Bd4 Rb4 
29.a3 Rb3 30.Ng5 Rd3 31.Bf2 Nf8 32.Qe2 Rdb3 33.Bd4 Qb7 34.Nf3 Qb5 35.Qf2 
Qa6 36.Bc3 R3b5 37.Qe2 Qa7 38.Bb4 Rc8 39.Nd4 Rbb8 40.b3 axb3 41.Nxb3 f6 
42.Nd4 fxe5 43.fxe5 Qe7 44.Re1 Nd7 45.Qg4 Nxe5 46.Qg3 Nc4 47.Nxe6 Re8 48.
Rce2 Qf7 49.Nxg7 Kxg7 50.Bc3+ Kg8 51.Qh2 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 c5 
9.a4 Qc7 10.Re1 Nc6 11.e4 f4 12.Nc4 d5 13.Nce5 fxg3 14.hxg3 dxe4 15.dxe4 
Rad8 16.Qe2 Nd4 17.Qc4 Bd6 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qxc7 Bxc7 20.Nd3 e5 21.f3 Bd6 
22.Bh3 Bc8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Re2 Nd7 25.Kg2 Rc7 26.Rf1 g5 27.Bc1 h6 28.f4 
exf4 29.gxf4 gxf4 30.e5 Be7 31.Rxf4 Rfc8 32.Rg4+ Kh7 33.Rxd4 Nf8 34.c4 Ne6
35.Rd5 Bg5 36.Bxg5 hxg5 37.Rf2 Re7 38.Kg3 Nc5 39.Nxc5 bxc5 40.Kg4 Rce8 41.
Rf5 Rb8 42.Rd3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.d4 e5 
9.d5 Ne7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nh4 g6 12.f4 Bg7 13.Nf3 b5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Bf1 Nh5 
16.g4 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Qd2 O-O 19.Qxf4 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Nbd2 Rf6 22.
Bg2 fxe4 23.Qxe4 Ng6 24.Qe3 Qf8 25.Ne4 Rf5 26.Nxc5 Bh6 27.Qf2 Rd8 28.Ne6 
Bxe6 29.dxe6 Rd3 30.Qa7 Rfxf3 31.e7 Nxe7 32.Qxe7 Be3+ 33.Rxe3 Rdxe3 34.
Qg5+ Kh8 35.Bxf3 Rxf3 36.Qe5+ Kg8 37.Re1 Rf6 38.Qd5+ Kh8 39.Qd4 Kg8 40.Re2
Rf1+ 41.Kh2 Qb8+ 42.Kg2 Qf8 43.Rf2 Rxf2+ 44.Qxf2 Qh6 45.a3 Qe6 46.Kg3 Qg6+
47.Kh2 Qe6 48.Qf3 Qb3 49.Qg2+ Kf7 50.Kg3 Kf6 51.Qf3+ Kg6 52.Qe2 a5 53.Kg4 
Qd5 54.Qe8+ Kg7 55.Qe7+ Kg6 56.Qe8+ Kg7 57.Qe2 Kg6 58.Kg3 h5 59.Qe8+ Kg5 
60.Qe3+ Kg6 61.Qb6+ Kf5 62.Qe3 Qd6+ 63.Kg2 a4 64.Qf3+ Kg5 65.Qe3+ Kf5 66.
Qe2 Kf4 67.Qf1+ Ke4 68.Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bb6 10.a4 a5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Ne4 f5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Bd5 16.Bh3 b6 17.Be3 Ne7 18.c4 Bc6 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qd4+ 21.Rf2 Ng6
22.Bxc7 Ra7 23.c3 Qe3 24.Bxb6 Qxb6 25.d4 Be4 26.c5 Qe6 27.Qf1 Ne7 28.c4 
Qc6 29.Rb2 Rd8 30.Rb6 Qc7 31.Qf2 Nc6 32.d5 Ne5 33.d6 Qf7 34.Bg2 Qxc4 35.
Rb5 Rad7 36.Qd2 Nd3 37.Qa2 Qxa2 38.Rxa2 Rc8 39.Rc2 Bxg2 40.Rxg2 Rxc5 41.
Rd2 Rxb5 42.axb5 Ne5 43.Rd5 Nc4 44.Rc5 Nxd6 45.b6 Kf7 46.Rxa5 Ke6 47.Ra7 
Rb7 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 exd4 7.Qxd4 Ngf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Re8 11.Rfd1 Ne5 12.c5 Qd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Qa4 a6 15.
Rac1 Nd8 16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Nd5 Ne6 18.f5 Nexc5 19.Nxc7 a5 20.Bf4 Rac8 21.
Nxe8 Rxe8 22.Bxd6 Kf8 23.Kf1 Ra8 24.b3 Ra6 25.Bf4 Nf6 26.h3 Ra8 27.g4 h6 
28.Bd6 Nfd7 29.Rc3 Ra6 30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Re3+ Kd8 32.Bd5 Rd6 33.Ke2 f6 34.
f4 Nb6 35.Bf7 Nc8 36.Re8+ Kd7 37.Rxc8 Rxd1 38.Rxc5 Rh1 39.Rxa5 Rxh3 40.Bd5
b6 41.Ra7+ Kd6 42.Bf3 Kc5 43.Ke3 Rh2 44.a3 Ra2 45.Rc7+ Kd6 46.Rc6+ Kd7 47.
a4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nce2 Bg4 8.c3 
Qd7 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.Ng3 Bd6 11.N1e2 Ne7 12.f3 Be6 13.Nf4 Ng6 14.Nfh5 Nxh5 15.
Nxh5 Kf8 16.O-O Ne7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Bf5 19.Nf4 c6 20.g4 Bxd3 21.Nxd3 h5 
22.g5 Qf5 23.Rac1 Re8 24.f4 g6 25.Ne5 Kg7 26.Qxf5 Nxf5 27.Rce1 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 Kf8 29.b3 Ke7 30.Bc1 Ke6 31.a4 Rc8 32.Ba3 h4 33.Rf4 b6 34.c4 dxc4 35.
bxc4 Rcd8 36.Bd6 Rh5 37.Rd1 Rxg5+ 38.Kf2 Kd7 39.a5 h3 40.d5 cxd5 41.cxd5 
Rc8 42.Bb4 Rc2+ 43.Kf3 Rgg2 44.Be1 Rge2 45.Bg3 Rxe5 46.axb6 axb6 47.Rb1 
Re3+ 48.Kg4 Nxg3 49.hxg3 f5+ 50.Kg5 h2 51.Rh4 Rxg3+ 52.Kf6 Kd6 53.Rxb6+ 
Kxd5 54.Rb8 Rc6+ 55.Ke7 Rg2 56.Rd8+ Ke5 57.Rd3 Rc7+ 58.Kd8 Rc1 59.Rdh3 
Rd2+ 60.Ke8 Kf6 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "E38"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Bd3 
b6 9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.b3 Na6 12.a3 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Qe2
O-O 16.e4 d6 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.Bd4 Qh5 19.Nd2 Qh6 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Be3 Qg6 22.
Rac1 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qd2 Qc6 25.Red1 Nc5 26.Qc2 Qe4 27.b4 Qxc2 28.
Rxc2 Ne4 29.Nd4 d5 30.f3 Nd6 31.c5 Nc4 32.Bf2 bxc5 33.bxc5 Be7 34.Nb3 Rb8 
35.Rd3 Rfc8 36.a4 Bf6 37.Bg3 Rb4 38.a5 Nb2 39.Re3 d4 40.Be1 Rb5 41.Rxb2 
dxe3 42.Rb1 Be5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Noble, Mark"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nd2 c6 4.e4 e5 5.Ngf3 Bd6 6.Be2 O-O 7.h3 Re8 8.Qc2 a5 
9.Nf1 Nbd7 10.g4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nc5 12.Ng3 b5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nh4 Ne6 15.g5 
Nd7 16.Nhf5 Nf4 17.h4 Bf8 18.h5 Nc5 19.Nh4 Be6 20.Ngf5 Rad8 21.Bxf4 exf4 
22.Nd4 Nxe4 23.g6 fxg6 24.hxg6 h6 25.a4 Bc4 26.Bxc4+ bxc4 27.O-O-O Nc5 28.
Nhf5 Nd3+ 29.Rxd3 cxd3 30.Qxd3 Qd7 31.Qc4+ Qd5 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Nxc6 Rd7 
34.Nfd4 Bc5 35.Rh5 Bxd4 36.Nxd4 Rd6 37.Rxa5 Rxg6 38.Rf5 Rg1+ 39.Kd2 g5 40.
b4 Rg2 41.b5 Rxf2+ 42.Kd3 g4 43.Rf6 g3 44.Nf5 g2 45.Rg6+ Kf7 46.Rg4 Kf6 
47.Nxh6 Re3+ 48.Kc4 Rg3 49.b6 g1=Q 50.b7 Qf1+ 51.Kb4 Rb2+ 52.Ka5 Rxg4 53.
Nxg4+ Kg5 54.Ne5 Rxb7 55.Nc4 Ra7+ 56.Kb4 Rxa4+ 57.Kxa4 Qxc4+ 58.Ka5 Qxc3+ 
59.Kb5 f3 60.Kb6 f2 61.Kb7 f1=R 62.Ka6 Rb1 63.Ka7 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Gao, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "209"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Qc7 9.O-O Ne7 10.Rd1 Ng6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.c4 Rd8 13.b3 O-O 14.Ba3 Bg4 15.
h3 Be6 16.Qe3 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Ng3 Bc8 19.Ne4 d5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.cxd5 
cxd5 22.Ned2 d4 23.Qg5 Qe8 24.Re1 Rf5 25.Qg3 Nf4 26.Nh4 Rf7 27.Rac1 d3 28.
Qe3 Ne2+ 29.Rxe2 dxe2 30.Qxe2 Bb7 31.Nhf3 Re7 32.Nc4 Qh5 33.Re1 Qg6 34.Nh4
Qf6 35.Nf3 Rde8 36.Qe3 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 Qxf3 38.gxf3 e4 39.fxe4 Rxe4 40.Ne3 
R8e6 41.Rc1 Rg6+ 42.Kf1 Rg5 43.Rc7 Ra5 44.a4 Rb4 45.Nc4 Ra6 46.Ne5 h6 47.
Rc3 Rab6 48.Nd7 Rb7 49.Rc8+ Kf7 50.Nc5 Re7 51.Rc6 Rb6 52.Rc8 Kf6 53.Rf8+ 
Ke5 54.Rd8 Rd6 55.Nd3+ Kd5 56.Nf4+ Kc5 57.Nd3+ Kc6 58.Nb4+ Kc7 59.Rf8 Rd4 
60.Nc2 Rd3 61.Nb4 Rd1+ 62.Kg2 a5 63.Nc2 Rd3 64.Ne3 Re5 65.Rf7+ Rd7 66.Rf3 
Rg5+ 67.Kf1 Kc6 68.Nc4 Ra7 69.Rf8 Kc5 70.Rc8+ Kb4 71.Nd2 Rc5 72.Rb8+ Ka3 
73.Nc4+ Ka2 74.Ke2 Rh5 75.b4 axb4 76.Rxb4 Rxh3 77.Ne3 Rh5 78.Nc2 Rha5 79.
Rb6 Rxa4 80.Nb4+ Kb3 81.Nc6+ Kc4 82.Nxa7 Rxa7 83.Rd6 Ra5 84.Kf3 Rd5 85.Rg6
Rd7 86.Re6 Kd5 87.Re8 Rf7+ 88.Kg3 Rf6 89.Re7 Rg6+ 90.Kh3 Kd6 91.Re4 Re6 
92.Rg4 Re7 93.Rg3 Ke5 94.Re3+ Kf6 95.Ra3 Kf5 96.Kg3 Re5 97.Ra7 g6 98.Rf7+ 
Ke4 99.f3+ Ke3 100.f4 Re4 101.Rf6 g5 102.fxg5 hxg5 103.Rg6 g4 104.Rxg4 
Rxg4+ 105.Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Richards, Heather"]
[Black "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.c4 Qd8 8.Nc3 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Qf3 e5 11.Ndb5 Nc6 12.h3 Be6 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Rad8 15.
a3 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxa5 Bxf3 19.Bxd8 Bxd1 20.Bxe7 Re8 21.
Kxd1 Rxe7 22.Bd3 Kf8 23.Kd2 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 b6 26.Ra1 Rb7 27.Bc2 Ke7
28.Kd3 Rd7 29.Re1+ Kd8 30.Ba4 Rd6 31.Re5 h6 32.Bb5 g6 33.g3 Nd7 34.Bxd7 
Kxd7 35.Rd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Kd6 37.Kxd4 b5 38.g4 f6 39.Ke4 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 
41.h4 f5+ 42.Kxf5 Kxd5 43.f4 Kc4 44.Kg6 Kxb4 45.f5 Kc3 46.f6 b4 47.f7 b3 
48.f8=Q 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.b3 d6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.d5 Nb8 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Bg2 e5 15.dxe6 
Qxe6 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.a3 a4 18.b4 Nce4 19.Nd5 Rac8 20.Kh2 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Qf5 
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.e3 Kg8 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd2 b5 26.Rfd1 h5 27.Rd4 Rce8 28.
Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Rd4 Rf4 30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.f4 Kf8 32.Kg2 Ke7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 
Rf6 35.g5 Rf5 36.Kf3 c5 37.Rd1 cxb4 38.axb4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Be2 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.Nd2 b5 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Be3 d4 
9.Bd2 Nge7 10.a4 b4 11.O-O a5 12.Kh1 Ba6 13.e5 Bc7 14.Ng5 Nb8 15.Qe1 Nd7 
16.Qh4 h6 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Bf3 Rae8 20.Be4 Nf8 21.Rf3 Bb7 22.
Bxg6+ Nxg6 23.Rg3 Ke7 24.Rxg6 Ref8 25.Rxg7+ Kd8 26.Qh4+ Kc8 27.Qe7 Rfg8 
28.Nxc5 Rxg7 29.Qxg7 Qxc5 30.Qxh8+ Bd8 31.Qxh6 Kb8 32.Rc1 Qc6 33.Qh3 Bb6 
34.b3 Bd8 35.Qg4 Ka7 36.Qe2 Qe8 37.Be1 Qg6 38.Bg3 Qf5 39.Kg1 Bd5 40.Rf1 
Kb6 41.h3 Kc5 42.Qg4 Qf7 43.f5 Qb7 44.Bf2 exf5 45.Bxd4+ Kc6 46.Rxf5 Kc7 
47.Qg7+ Kb8 48.Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Reilly, Tim"]
[Black "Li Shenyue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6
9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Qg5 12.O-O-O a5 13.Rdg1 f5 14.h4 Qe7 15.Na4
Ra7 16.g3 Na6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nc5 Ra8 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.gxf4 b6 21.Nd3 Qe4 
22.Rh3 Ba6 23.Ne5 Qxc2+ 24.Kxc2 Ra7 25.Rhg3 Rf6 26.Rg6 Kf8 27.Rxf6+ gxf6 
28.Ng6+ Kf7 29.h5 Be2 30.Kd2 Bxh5 31.Nh4 Ke6 32.Rg8 Rh7 33.Rc8 Kd7 34.Rb8 
Kc7 35.Rf8 Bf7 36.Nxf5 h5 37.Nh4 Rg7 38.a3 b5 39.Nf5 Rh7 40.Nh4 Rg7 41.Ke2
Rh7 42.Kf3 Kd6 43.Ra8 a4 44.f5 Rg7 45.Ra7 Rh7 46.Kf4 Bg8 47.Ra8 Bf7 48.f3 
Kc7 49.Ra7+ Kb6 50.Rd7 Bg8 51.Rd8 Rg7 52.Rd6 Rf7 53.e4 dxe4 54.fxe4 Kc7 
55.e5 fxe5+ 56.dxe5 Rd7 57.Rxd7+ Kxd7 58.Kg5 c5 59.Kf6 b4 60.e6+ Ke8 61.
Ke5 c4 62.Kd4 c3 63.bxc3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Perry, Roger"]
[Black "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Bxc6
bxc6 9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qg6 11.c4 Rb8 12.Qd2 h5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 e6 15.
Bxc7 Rb7 16.Be5 Bb4 17.Rac1 O-O 18.a3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 h4 20.b4 Be4 21.f3 Rbf7
22.f4 Rf5 23.Rc7 R8f7 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Rc1 h3 26.g3 Qg4 27.Qe3 Bg2 28.Kf2 
Qf5 29.Qe2 Rb7 30.b5 Be4 31.Rc3 Bg2 32.a4 Qb1 33.Rc8+ Kf7 34.Qh5+ Qg6 35.
Rf8+ Kxf8 36.Qxg6 a6 37.Qxe6 Rf7 38.b6 Be4 39.Bd6+ Kg8 40.b7 a5 41.b8=Q+ 
Kh7 42.Qxf7 Bf3 43.Kxf3 Kh6 44.Qfa7 Kg6 45.Qxa5 Kh6 46.Qxd5 Kg6 47.Qe6+ 
Kh5 48.Qxh3+ Kg6 49.Qf1 Kf6 50.Qbb5 Kg6 51.Qg5+ Kh7 52.a5 Kh8 53.a6 Kh7 
54.a7 Kh8 55.Be5 Kh7 56.Bxg7 Kg8 57.Be5+ Kh7 58.Bb8 Kh8 59.a8=R Kh7 60.
Qf5+ Kh8 61.Q5b1 Kg7 62.g4 Kh6 63.Qbe1 Kh7 64.h4 Kh8 65.h5 Kg8 66.g5 Kh8 
67.f5 Kg8 68.h6 Kh8 69.g6 Kg8 70.f6 Kh8 71.Be5# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e5 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O c5 7.d3 Be7 8.Nh4 Nc6 
9.Nf5 g6 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bh6 Rg8 12.Bg5 Nh5 13.Bh3 f6 14.Bd2 Bc8 15.Bg2 
Qd7 16.f4 Bb7 17.a4 a6 18.a5 b5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Rf2 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Qf1+ Kg8 23.Bh3 Qd8 24.Be6+ Kh8 25.Bh6 Ng8 26.Be3 Ng7 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 
Qf8 29.Qxf8 Rxf8 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Ne6 32.b4 Kg7 33.c3 Kf7 34.c4 bxc4 
35.b5 Nd8 36.Bg5 Ke8 37.dxc4 h6 38.Nc7+ Kd7 39.Bxd8 Kxd8 40.b6 Ne7 41.Nxa6
Kc8 42.Nc7 Kb7 43.Nb5 Nc6 44.Nxd6+ Ka6 45.Nf7 Nxa5 46.Nxe5 Kxb6 47.Ke2 h5 
48.h4 Nc6 49.Nxc6 Kxc6 50.Ke3 Kd6 51.Kf4 Ke6 52.e5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Rb1
Qa5 9.Qd3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.d5 Bg4 14.Qe3 Bxf3 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16.Bxc6 Rac8 17.Bb7 Bg4 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.e5 Qc7 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.c4 
h5 22.Rfe1 Rd8 23.h3 Be6 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.Bh6 Rd4 26.Rb8+ Kh7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 
28.Qg5 Qc7 29.Re8 Rd7 30.Rb1 Bxc4 31.g4 f6 32.exf6+ exf6 33.Qe3 Bf7 34.Re4
Bd5 35.Rf4 Re7 36.Qg3 h4 37.Qh2 Qa5 38.f3 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40.Kg2 g5 41.
Ra4 Qe2+ 42.Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "E50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.a3 b6 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bb2 Ne7 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Be5 a6 15.Nc3 
Ng6 16.Bxb8 Qxb8 17.Qd4 Bc6 18.b5 e5 19.Qd1 axb5 20.cxb5 Bb7 21.Qb3 Rd8 
22.Rfd1 Qd6 23.a4 Rd7 24.Na2 Ne4 25.Nc3 Nc5 26.Qa2 Qe6 27.Rc2 Rad8 28.Rcd2
d4 29.Qxe6 Nxe6 30.exd4 exd4 31.Na2 Ngf4 32.Nb4 d3 33.Bxd3 Bxf3 34.gxf3 
Nc5 35.Nc6 Ncxd3 36.Nxd8 Rxd8 37.Rc2 g6 38.Kf1 Rd4 39.Rcd2 Kg7 40.a5 bxa5 
41.b6 Rb4 42.Rxd3 Nxd3 43.Rxd3 Rxb6 44.Ra3 Rb5 45.Kg2 Kf6 46.Kg3 Ke5 47.
Ra4 Kd6 48.f4 Ke6 49.f3 Rf5 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "A69"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.f4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.
cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.e6 fxe6 13.d6 Bd7 14.O-O Qb6 15.Ne4 Bc6
16.Nfg5 c4+ 17.Kh1 c3 18.Bxg4 cxb2 19.Bxb2 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qe5 21.Qf3 Nd7 22.
Qf7+ Kh8 23.Bxe6 Rxe6 24.Nxe6 Bxe4 25.Rbe1 Nc5 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.Rxe4 Be5 
28.Rfe1 Rc8 29.d7 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Black "Hair, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Rc1 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Rb1 Rfe8 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Rfc1 Rac8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Na4
c5 16.Nc3 b6 17.Bd3 Ng4 18.Bd2 Nb8 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.Bc3 Bd8 21.Rd1 Nc6 22.h3 
Nf6 23.Qd2 Nd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.b4 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Qg6 27.Kh1 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 
29.Bxf5 Qxf5 30.Qe2 Rc2 31.Nxd4 Rxe2 32.Nxf5 Rxf2 33.Nd6 Ref8 34.bxa5 bxa5
35.Nc4 e4 36.Rd4 Re2 37.d6 Bh4 38.d7 Bf6 39.Rdd1 Bd8 40.Re1 Rxe1+ 41.Rxe1 
Bc7 42.Kg1 Rd8 43.Rd1 Kf8 44.Rd5 Ke7 45.Nxa5 Rxd7 46.Rxd7+ Kxd7 47.Nb3 
Bb6+ 48.Kf1 Kc6 49.Ke2 Kd5 50.a4 Kc4 51.Nd2+ Kd5 52.Nb3 Kc4 53.a5 Ba7 54.
Nd2+ Kd5 55.a6 e3 56.Nf1 Kc6 57.Nxe3 Kb5 58.Nf5 g6 59.Ng7 Kxa6 60.Ne6 h6 
61.Nf8 g5 62.Nh7 Bc5 63.Kf3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.c5 a6 8.Bd3 g6 
9.O-O Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Re1 e5 12.Bf1 e4 13.Nh4 Bf6 14.g3 Bxh4 15.gxh4 Nf5
16.h5 Nh4 17.Be2 Qd7 18.Kh1 Qf5 19.Rg1 Nb4 20.Rg5 Qh3 21.Rg3 Qe6 22.a3 Nc6
23.Qb3 Nf5 24.Rg5 Rd8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qd1 Qf6 27.Bg4 Nxe3 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.
Rxd5 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.f4 f5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Qe1 Nc6 8.e4 fxe4 
9.dxe4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Rxf8+ Qxf8 
15.exd5 Bf5 16.Qf2 Qc5 17.Bf4 Rf8 18.Rc1 g5 19.Bxg5 Be4 20.Qd2 Bxg2 21.
Qxg2 d3+ 22.Kh1 Bxb2 23.Re1 dxc2 24.Bc1 Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe3 26.Qg1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Nb3 Rd8 13.Qf4 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.
Bf3 e5 16.Qe3 Rac8 17.Rd2 h6 18.g3 Nd7 19.Bg4 Rb8 20.Rfd1 Nb6 21.Be2 d5 
22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bg5 24.d6 Qc6 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Yee, Stanley"]
[Black "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qc2 c4 8.Be2 Ne4 
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.g4 Bd6 13.Bg3 Qc7 14.O-O-O b5 15.Ng5
h6 16.Nh3 Nf6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.f3 a5 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 b4 21.Rdg1 bxc3 22.
Qxc3 Bd7 23.Bd1 Ne8 24.Qc2 f5 25.Qg2 Rf6 26.h4 e5 27.Qd2 Rb8 28.Bc2 Qb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Carpinter, Bernard"]
[Black "Watharow, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.c3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.b4 a5 8.a3 Nbd7 
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.h3 e5 12.O-O e4 13.Nh2 Nh7 14.Bg3 Qd8 15.c4 c6 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17.Qb3 Nhf6 18.a4 axb4 19.Qxb4 Re8 20.Rfc1 Bf8 21.Qc3 Ba6 22.Bb5
Qe7 23.Nhf1 Rec8 24.Qb3 Bxb5 25.axb5 Qb4 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rb1 Qa5 28.f3 Rc8
29.fxe4 Rc3 30.Qb2 Ba3 31.Qa1 dxe4 32.Be1 Bb4 33.Qb2 Ba3 34.Qa1 Bb4 35.Qb2
Ba3 36.Qa1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Nc3 d5 7.O-O c6 8.b3 O-O 9.
e3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Ba3 Re8 14.f3 Ng5 15.h4 Nf7 
16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Ng4 19.Rf3 Kg8 20.e5 Rc8 21.Rd1 Qa5 22.Bd6
Bh6 23.Nf4 c5 24.dxc5 Bc6 25.Rc3 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Bg7 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Nd3 Qd8 
29.b4 h5 30.Nf2 Nh6 31.Nh3 Ng4 32.Rd3 Qd7 33.b5 Red8 34.Ng5+ Kg8 35.Red1 
Qe8 36.Qe2 a6 37.a4 axb5 38.cxb5 Ra8 39.Qa2 Rd7 40.Qxe6+ Qxe6 41.Nxe6 Bxe5
42.Bxe5 Rxd3 43.Rxd3 Nxe5 44.Rd8+ Rxd8 45.Nxd8 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Nbd2 b5 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O c5 
9.b3 Qc7 10.c4 b4 11.Rc1 Ngf6 12.d5 O-O 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.Rfe1 Nxe3 15.Rxe3 a5
16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Rh3 h6 18.Ngf3 Bc8 19.Rg3 Bd7 20.Be2 a4 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Rd3 
axb3 23.axb3 Ra3 24.Nb1 Ra7 25.Qd2 Kh7 26.f4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Rfa8 28.h3 Ra2 
29.Qd1 Qc8 30.Nd2 Ra1 31.Nb1 R8a2 32.Bf1 Qh8 33.Qe1 Qf6 34.Qg3 Rb2 35.Rdd1
Raa2 36.Rd3 Ra1 37.Rdd1 Rf2 38.e5 Qxf4 39.Qxf4 Rxf4 40.exd6 exd6 41.Re1 
Be5 42.Nd2 Rxc1 43.Rxc1 Rf2 44.Nf3 Bc3 45.Bd3 Rb2 46.Bc2 Kg7 47.Kh2 Kf6 
48.Rf1 Bf5 49.Bd1 Kg7 50.Kg1 Be4 51.Ne1 f5 52.Kh2 Bxe1 53.Rxe1 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Black "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.a3 h6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.Qd2 Re7 14.Re2 Nb6 15.Rae1 
Rae8 16.Qd1 Qc8 17.Ne5 Nbd7 18.Bf4 Nb6 19.Qc1 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Nf3 Rd8 
22.Ne5 a6 23.Nb1 Nc4 24.b4 Bd6 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Nc3 b5 27.Nf3 Qc7 28.Rd1 
Kh7 29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qd2 Qc7 32.Ne4 Nd7 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Nxd6 
Kg8 35.Nf5 Re8 36.N3d4 Nf6 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Nd6 Re7 39.Nf5 Re8 40.Nd6 Re7 
41.Nf5 Re8 42.Nd6 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Black "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O
Be7 9.a3 a5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.g3 Nd7 15.Bg2 
d5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Qf6 21.c3 
Rfd8 22.Qh5 a4 23.h4 Bd3 24.Rbd1 Bg6 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qd2 Nb6 27.c4 Nxc4 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29.gxf4 Nxb2 30.Rd4 Kf8 31.f3 Nd3 32.Rd1 Nc5 33.Kf2 Rb2+ 34.Kg3 
Re2 35.R1d2 Re3 36.Kg4 f5+ 37.Kg3 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Ne4+ 39.Kg2 Nxd2 40.Rxd2 
Rxa3 41.Kf2 Bh5 42.Rd4 Rxf3+ 43.Ke1 a3 44.Ra4 Rh3 45.Kd2 Kg8 46.Kc1 Bf7 
47.Ra5 g6 48.h5 Rh1+ 49.Kd2 a2 50.hxg6 a1=Q 51.gxf7+ Kxf7 52.Rxa1 Rxa1 53.
Ke3 Rg1 54.Kf2 Rg4 55.Kf3 h5 56.Ke3 h4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Black "Wei, Louie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bg3 a6 8.e3 f5 
9.a3 Nf6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.Na4 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qc7 14.O-O Bd7 15.b4 
Rac8 16.Nc5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Ng5 Rf6 19.Nh3 Ne7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Rxc7 
Rxc7 22.Qb1 Bb5 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Bc6 25.Nf4 Nd5 26.Ne2 Kf7 27.Qc2 g6 
28.Nc1 Ke7 29.Nb3 Rf8 30.Nc5 Rc8 31.Qxe4 Nc7 32.Qh4+ Kd6 33.Qf4+ Ke7 34.
Nd3 Nd5 35.Qg5+ Nf6 36.Qc5+ Kd7 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Qd6 Bd5 39.b5 axb5 40.Qb4 
Bc6 41.g4 Nd7 42.Qd6 Nxe5 43.Qxe6+ Kd8 44.dxe5 Bd7 45.Qg8+ Be8 46.Qd5+ Ke7
47.Qxb7+ Bd7 48.Qd5 Rc6 49.Kh2 Re6 50.f4 Bc6 51.Qc5+ Kd7 52.Qa7+ Ke8 53.
Qxh7 Kd8 54.Qg8+ Ke7 55.Qg7+ Ke8 56.Qc7 Bd7 57.e4 Re7 58.Kg3 Rf7 59.Qb8+ 
Ke7 60.Qd6+ Ke8 61.e6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.
e4 Qxc3+ 9.Bd2 Qe5 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.f4 Qh5 12.Ne3 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 O-O 14.Nd5 
Ne8 15.Bc3 d6 16.c5 dxc5 17.Bb5 e6 18.Bxc6 exd5 19.Bxd5 Nc7 20.Bb3 Be6 21.
O-O Bxb3 22.axb3 f6 23.Rd7 Nb5 24.Bb2 Rf7 25.Rd5 b6 26.f5 g5 27.h4 gxh4 
28.Rf4 Nd4 29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Rxd4 Rc8 31.Rxh4 Rg7 32.Rd2 Rc3 33.Rh6 Rf7 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35.Rh4 Rfc7 36.b4 a5 37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Ra8 Rg3 39.Kf2 Rg5 40.g4 h5 
41.gxh5 Kh6 42.Ra6 Rc2+ 43.Ke3 Rgg2 44.Rh1 Kg5 45.Re1 Ra2 46.h6 Rg3+ 47.
Kd4 Rd2+ 48.Kc4 Rh2 49.Ra8 Rc2+ 50.Kd4 Rd2+ 51.Kc4 Kxh6 52.Rh1+ Kg5 53.
Rg8+ Kf4 54.Rh4+ Kf3 55.Rxg3+ Kxg3 56.Rh6 Kf4 57.Rxf6 Kxe4 58.Kb5 Rd5+ 59.
Ka4 Rxf5 60.Rxf5 Kxf5 61.Kxa5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c5 Qa7 14.Qd2 dxc5 
15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Bxc5 Rfd8 17.Qf2 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Qe2 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Bf8
21.Qd3 Nd7 22.Be3 Qb7 23.b3 e5 24.Na4 h5 25.Kf2 Be7 26.Ke2 Kf8 27.Qc4 Qb5 
28.Kd3 Ke8 29.Nc3 Qb7 30.Na4 Qb5 31.Nc3 Qb7 32.Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 
Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.f3 Be6 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.O-O Kh8 15.f4 
Nf6 16.h3 Rab8 17.Bf3 a6 18.Ba7 Ra8 19.Bd4 Ne8 20.f5 Bd7 21.Bg4 Nf6 22.Qe3
Nxg4 23.hxg4 gxf5 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qxe7 Qc5+ 27.Rf2 fxg4 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Nd5 Re8 32.b4 Qa7 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Nf6 
1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Wastney, Scott"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Rc8 11.Bg3 b5 12.a3 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Bf3 e5 15.Nde2 
Qa5 16.Kb1 Be7 17.b3 Rc5 18.Kb2 Qc7 19.Rc1 a5 20.Na2 Nxa2 21.Kxa2 Be6 22.
Kb2 O-O 23.Ra1 Rc8 24.Rhc1 Nd7 25.h4 Nb6 26.Kb1 Rb5 27.Ra2 a4 28.Rb2 Qb7 
0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 e6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7 
9.Bd3 Qa5 10.a3 dxc4 11.bxc4 Bd6 12.O-O Qh5 13.c5 Bc7 14.Ne2 g5 15.Ng3 Qh6
16.e4 Bf4 17.Ne2 g4 18.Nxf4 gxf3 19.Qc1 e5 20.dxe5 Ng4 21.h3 Ngxe5 22.Rd1 
Qg5 23.Bf1 fxg2 24.Be2 f6 25.Nxg2 Qxc1 26.Raxc1 Re8 27.Nf4 Kf7 28.Nh5 Kg6 
29.f4 Nf7 30.Kf2 Rxe4 31.Bd3 f5 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Ng7 Nf8 34.Rg1+ Kh6 35.Ne8
Ng6 36.Rce1 Bf5 37.Ng7 Bd7 38.f5 Nge5 39.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Koop, Thorben"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Kh1 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.Bd3 g6 13.Qe1 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe3 
Nxc3 16.bxc3 b6 17.g4 Re8 18.f5 Bg5 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.f6 Rec8 21.Qf2 Bh6 22.
Qh4 Bf8 23.Rf3 Qd8 24.Rh3 h6 25.Qf2 Rc7 26.Qe2 Bb7 27.Rf1 Rac8 28.Kg1 Rxc3
29.Bxc3 Bc5+ 30.Rf2 Qf8 31.Bb2 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qc5+ 33.Qe3 Kf8 34.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Schaefer, Reyk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 
O-O 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Nd4 a6 
15.Ba4 Be6 16.Rb1 Rfc8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bd7 Rxc5 19.Bxe6+ Kf8 20.Rd1 Rxc3 
21.Bxd5 Rac8 22.O-O R8c5 23.e4 Ke7 24.Rd2 Nc4 25.Bxc4 R3xc4 26.f3 b5 27.
Rfd1 Rc7 28.Kf2 a5 29.Ke3 b4 30.Rd4 Rc2 31.R1d2 R2c3+ 32.R4d3 R3c5 33.h4 
Rc1 34.h5 Re1+ 35.Kf4 Rec1 36.g4 R1c2 37.Rxc2 Rxc2 38.a3 Rc5 39.axb4 axb4 
40.Ke3 Rb5 41.Rb3 Kd6 42.Kd4 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Drummond, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nd2 d6 8.Nf1 Be6 
9.Ne3 O-O 10.Ned5 h6 11.O-O Rb8 12.a3 f5 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.b4 f4 15.b5 Nd4 16.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.e3 Kh8 20.Re1 Rbe8 21.b6 axb6 22.Bc1 
Rf7 23.Nc3 Qd8 24.Ne4 Ref8 25.Qb3 f3 26.Bf1 h5 27.Qxb6 Qe7 28.Bd2 Rg8 29.
Rb2 Bf6 30.Reb1 Bc8 31.Nc3 Rh7 32.Nd5 Qg7 33.e4 Bd8 34.Qa7 Nd4 35.Qb8 Qd7 
36.Nb6 Bxb6 37.Rxb6 Nc6 38.Qa8 h4 39.Be3 Qf7 40.Qa4 hxg3 41.fxg3 f2+ 42.
Bxf2 Rxh2 43.R6b2 Qh7 44.Bg2 Rf8 45.Be3 Rh5 46.Qd1 Qg8 47.Rf2 Rxf2 48.Bxf2
Rh7 49.Qd2 Rf7 50.Qh6+ Qh7 51.Qg5 Qh5 52.Qxh5+ gxh5 53.Be3 Kg7 54.Rf1 
Rxf1+ 55.Kxf1 Kg6 56.Bf3 Nd4 57.Bd1 Bd7 58.Bxd4 cxd4 59.Kf2 Kg5 60.Kg2 h4 
61.gxh4+ Kxh4 62.Kf2 Kh3 63.Bc2 Kg4 64.Bd1+ Kf4 65.Bb3 b6 66.Bc2 Bg4 67.
Ba4 Bh5 68.Bc2 Bf3 69.Bb1 Bd1 70.Ke1 Bb3 71.Kf2 Bd1 72.Ke1 Ba4 73.Kf2 Bb3 
74.Ke2 Kg3 75.Kd2 Kf2 76.Kc1 Ke3 77.Kb2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.h3 h5 6.Ng5 Bh6 7.f3 Bd7 8.h4 e5 9.
e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Ne7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 Nc6 13.Be3 Ng8 14.Qd5 Qe7 15.Bc5 Qf6 
16.Rd1 O-O-O 17.Qd3 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.Nd5 f5 20.b4 fxe4 21.fxe4 b6 22.
Bf2 h4 23.c5 Kb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.b5 Nd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Qxd4 Ne7 28.Qf6 
Qg3+ 29.Qf2 Nxd5 30.Qxg3 hxg3 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rxd5 Be6 33.Rg5 Rh1+ 34.Kd2 
Bf7 35.Rxg3 Ra1 36.Rf3 Rxa2+ 37.Ke1 Be6 38.Rf6 Bd7 39.Rxg6 Ra4 40.Rg7 Be6 
41.Bf3 Rb4 42.Re7 Bc8 43.Re8 Rxb5 44.Bg4 Rb4 45.Kf2 Rb2+ 46.Kg3 c5 47.
Rxc8+ Kb7 48.Rf8 c4 49.Rf3 Kc6 50.e5 b5 51.Re3 c3 52.Rxc3+ Kd5 53.e6 Kd6 
54.Rd3+ Ke7 55.Rd7+ Kf6 56.e7 Rb3+ 57.Kf2 Rb2+ 58.Ke3 Rb3+ 59.Kd2 Rb2+ 60.
Kc3 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Perry, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.exd5 a5 16.a3 Kg8 17.h4 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Qxb4 Rb8 20.Qd4 Qa5 21.h5 
Bf5 22.Qa4 Qc5 23.Qd4 Qa5 24.Qa4 Qc5 25.Qd4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.
Na4 Rd8 9.Bd3 Bd4 10.c3 b5 11.cxd4 Qxd4 12.Bc2 bxa4 13.Qxd4 Rxd4 14.Be3 
Rb4 15.O-O-O Nf6 16.a3 Rc4 17.Rd4 O-O 18.f3 Ra8 19.Rxc4 Bxc4 20.Bxa4 Bb5 
21.Bb3 Kf8 22.Rd1 Ke8 23.Kc2 Ng8 24.Kc3 Ne7 25.Rd2 a5 26.a4 Ba6 27.Bf4 Ra7
28.Be5 f6 29.Bd4 Ra8 30.Be3 Ng6 31.f4 Nf8 32.Bc5 Ng6 33.g3 Bc8 34.Bc4 Ba6 
35.Bg8 h6 36.Bb3 Rb8 37.Bd1 Nh8 38.f5 Bc8 39.Bh5+ Nf7 40.Bg6 Ra8 41.g4 Rb8
42.e5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5
a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.Rd1 Bg7 11.Nc3 Qc8 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qb4 a5 14.Qa3 Qc6 
15.Re1 e6 16.Bg5 b5 17.Rad1 b4 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 O-O 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nb6
Ra7 22.Nd7 Bxb2 23.Nxf8 Kxf8 24.f4 Rc7 25.Re2 h5 26.Kf2 a4 27.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Klyszcz, Michael"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O f5 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Rf6 13.f4 Rg6 14.d5 Nd7 15.Bf3 
Qe7 16.e4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rh6 18.Rae1 Re8 19.dxe6 Bxe4 20.exd7 Qxd7 21.Qd4 
Rhe6 22.Rd1 R6e7 23.Rf2 Qg4 24.b4 Bc6 25.f5 Re4 26.f6 gxf6 27.Qxf6 Qxd1+ 
28.Rf1 Qxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Re2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Li Shenyue"]
[Black "Dowden, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qf2 d6 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.e5 Bg7 8.Nc3 dxe5 
9.Nxe5 O-O 10.Qxc5 Nd4 11.Ne2 Nxb5 12.Qxb5 a6 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.d4 b5 15.O-O 
Qb6 16.a4 Rb8 17.Bd2 Qd6 18.a5 Bb7 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.c3 Ne7 21.Nc5 Rxc5 22.
dxc5 Qxd2 23.Rf2 Qe3 24.Rd1 Qxc5 25.Nd4 Bd5 26.Qc2 Nf5 27.Qd3 Bc4 28.Qe4 
Bd5 29.Qd3 Rc8 30.Rfd2 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Qc7 32.Qa3 Qxf4 33.Qe7 Qc7 34.Qb4 Bf8 
35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.bxc3 Rxc3 37.Ra1 Bh6 38.Re2 Be3+ 39.Kh1 Bxd4 40.Rd1 e5 41.
Rde1 Ra3 42.Rc1 Bc4 43.Ree1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Black "Noble, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Be3 b5 11.Bd3 a6 12.O-O exd4 13.Bxd4 c5 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd5 
Qh6 16.Rfe1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Qxf4 20.Qxc5 Be6 21.Qe3 
Qe5 22.Re2 a5 23.Rc1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.a3 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Rd2 g6 
28.Bf1 b3 29.g3 Rc2 30.Qh6 Qa5 31.Rxc2 bxc2 32.Qc1 Qc5+ 33.Kg2 Bb3 34.Be2 
Qd4 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Zhu Kai, Karl"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Nge2 e5 10.d5 f5 11.a4 f4 12.a5 N6d7 13.Nb5 Nc5 14.b4 Ne4 15.Nec3 Nf6 
16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 e4 18.d6 Na6 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Nd5 Nxc5 21.Ndc7 a6 22.Bd4 
Bg4 23.f3 exf3 24.gxf3 axb5 25.Bxc5 Ne4 26.Bd4 Qh4+ 27.Ke2 Bxf3+ 28.Kxf3 
Ng5+ 29.Ke2 f3+ 30.Kd2 Qxd4+ 31.Ke1 f2+ 32.Ke2 Qxc4+ 33.Qd3 Qg4+ 34.Kf1 
Bxa1 35.Nxa8 Rxa8 36.Qxb5 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qf3+ 38.Kf1 Qxh1+ 39.Kxf2 Qf3+ 40.
Ke1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 
Qa5 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 O-O 12.d5 b6 13.Nf3 Ba6 14.Rc7 Re8 
15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Rxc4 Nd7 17.O-O Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 Bd6 20.Be3 Rac8 21.
Rfc1 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 Rd8 23.Rc6 Kf8 24.Kf2 Ke8 25.Ke2 Kd7 26.Kd3 Rc8 27.Rxc8 
Kxc8 28.e5 Bb8 29.Kc4 Bc7 30.Bd4 a6 31.g4 Kb7 32.a4 Kc8 33.h4 e6 34.d6 Bd8
35.h5 gxh5 36.gxh5 Kd7 37.Kd3 Kc6 38.Ke4 b5 39.axb5+ axb5 40.f5 Ba5 41.
fxe6 fxe6 42.Bb2 Bd2 43.Kd3 Bf4 44.Kc2 Bg5 45.Bc1 Bd8 46.Kb3 Ba5 47.Bb2 
Bb6 48.Kb4 Bd8 49.Bd4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Chan Kim Yew"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.h3 Bd7 
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Rc1 h6 13.c5 f5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Qb3 b5 16.
exf5 gxf5 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.Nh2 f4 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.g4 Nf6 21.Qc2 Nh4 22.Qc7 Qxc7
23.Rxc7 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Rfc8 25.Rfc1 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Bb4 
Bf8 29.Nc3 Bb7 30.f3 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Bxd5 32.b3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke6 34.Nf1 Be7 35.
Nd2 Bd8 36.Ne4 Bxe4 37.fxe4 d5 38.Kf3 d4 39.Bf8 Bg5 40.Bg7 d3 41.h4 d2 42.
Ke2 f3+ 43.Kd1 f2 44.Ke2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Ang Wei Ern, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Li Xiang Wei, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 e6 6.Bxc4 exd5 7.exd5 d6 8.h3 Be7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 
16.b4 c4 17.Bf1 Bf5 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Re1 Rc8 21.g4 Bd7 22.Bg5 
Bxg5 23.Nxg5 Nf6 24.Qf4 h6 25.Nge4 Nbxd5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Qxh6 Be6 28.Ng5 
Qf6 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Qd7 Qxg5 32.Qxc8+ Ke7 33.Qxc4 Qf4 34.Qa6 
Qd4 35.Qb7+ Kf6 36.Qb8 Ke5 37.Qh8+ Ke4 38.Bg2+ Kd3 39.Qxd4+ Kxd4 40.Bxd5 
Kxd5 41.h4 Ke4 42.h5 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Gong Hanwen, Daniel"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 f5 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nd5 O-O 
9.h4 Be6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Qd2 h6 14.Nh3 Kg7 15.
O-O-O Rab8 16.f4 b5 17.c5 dxc5 18.h5 Nb4 19.a3 Na2+ 20.Kb1 b4 21.Kxa2 bxa3
22.b3 Rxb3 23.Kxb3 Rb8+ 24.Ka2 Qe6+ 25.Ka1 Rb2 26.Qxb2 axb2+ 27.Kxb2 Ba4 
28.Rd2 Qb3+ 29.Ka1 Qc3+ 30.Rb2 Bc2 31.Bd5 a5 32.Rc1 Qa3+ 33.Ba2 Bb3 34.Kb1
a4 35.Bxb3 axb3 36.fxe5 g5 37.Nf2 Qb4 38.g4 Qd4 39.e3 Qxe5 40.gxf5 Qxf5 
41.Ne4 c4 42.Rxc4 Qf1+ 43.Rc1 Qxd3+ 44.Ka1 Qa6+ 45.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "McNabb, Matthew"]
[Black "Fan Chi Zhou, Allen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Qe7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 c6 11.h3 Ne8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Nc7 14.Rfd1 Ne6 15.a3 Nf4
16.Bf1 g5 17.Bg3 h5 18.b4 f5 19.c5 h4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rd6 g4 22.Nd2 Ne5 
23.Rd1 f3 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Nce4 fxg2 27.Bxg2 gxh3 28.f4 hxg2 
29.fxe5 Bxe5 30.Rh6+ Kg7 31.Nf3 Bxe4 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Rd7+ Kxh6 34.Qe3+ Rf4
35.Rd6+ Kg5 36.Kh2 g1=Q+ 37.Kxg1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "A96"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Qc2 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.b3 a5 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Rec1 Nc5 
16.Qd1 Qe8 17.Ne1 f4 18.Ba3 e4 19.Bxc5 Bxa1 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rxa1 e3 22.f3 
fxg3 23.hxg3 Qg6 24.Qd4 Qxg3 25.Qxe3 Bh3 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.Rd1 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 
Rf6 29.e4 Rh6 30.Nd3 Rh2+ 31.Kg1 Rxf2 32.Nxe5 Rxa2 33.Nd3 a4 34.bxa4 R8xa4
35.c5 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37.Kf2 dxc5 38.Nxc5 b5 39.Nd3 Kf7 40.f4 Ra3 41.
Ne5+ Ke7 42.Nc6+ Kd6 43.Nd4 b4 44.Ke2 Kc5 45.Ne6+ Kc4 46.d6 Rd3 47.e5 b3 
48.Nc5 b2 49.Nxd3 b1=Q 50.Nf2 Qc2+ 51.Kf3 Qc3+ 52.Kg4 Qd4 53.Kf3 Kd5 54.
Nh3 Ke6 55.Kg4 Qd1+ 56.Kg3 Kf5 57.Nf2 Qb3+ 58.Kg2 Kxf4 59.d7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Zhu Lei, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.e5 Nd5 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Bc4 Nb4 8.d4 d5 9.
Be2 Bf5 10.Na3 O-O 11.g4 Be6 12.Qd2 N4c6 13.b4 b6 14.Bc3 bxc5 15.bxc5 f6 
16.f4 Qd7 17.h3 fxe5 18.fxe5 a5 19.Nf3 Qe8 20.O-O h5 21.Nh2 Rf7 22.Qg5 Nd7
23.Nb5 Rc8 24.Rxf7 Bxf7 25.gxh5 gxh5 26.Kh1 Bg6 27.Nf3 Qf7 28.Rf1 Qe6 29.
Kh2 Kh7 30.Qg3 Bh6 31.Ng5+ Bxg5 32.Qxg5 Nf6 33.Bd2 Ne4 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Rg1 
Kf7 36.Rxg6 Qf5 37.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Jackson, L. Ross"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Ne5 a6 8.Nd2 d6 9.
Nd3 Nc6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.d5 Na7 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rb1 Nd7 14.c4 b5 15.b3 b4 16.Bg4
Rad8 17.f4 Rfe8 18.Bb2 e5 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Nf3 f6 22.Nh4 Nc8 
23.Qe2 Nd6 24.Qe3 Rc8 25.a3 a5 26.Rbe1 a4 27.axb4 axb3 28.Nxc5 Nxc4 29.
Qxb3 Nd2 30.Qa4 Nxf1 31.Qxd7 Qxd7 32.Nxd7 Rc2 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Rxf1 Ba6 35.
Re1 Rc4 36.Nf3 Rxb4 37.Ndxe5 Bf8 38.Nd7 Bd3 39.e5 Rb5 40.e6 Be7 41.d6 Bxd6
42.e7 Bxe7 43.Rxe7 Rb1+ 44.Kf2 Rb2+ 45.Kg3 Bf1 46.Nfe5 Rxg2+ 47.Kf3 Rxh2 
48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Rf7# 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Hair, Philip"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.Qd2 Re8 
9.Nge2 Rb8 10.O-O b5 11.f4 e6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Nb4 15.Bg2 
Qe7 16.c3 Na6 17.d4 b4 18.Rae1 Bb7 19.Nc1 bxc3 20.bxc3 Bxg2 21.Qxg2 cxd4 
22.cxd4 dxe5 23.dxe5 Rec8 24.Qf2 Nc5 25.Bd4 a5 26.g4 Ne6 27.Ba1 g5 28.Nd3 
gxf4 29.Nxf4 Nxf4 30.Qxf4 Rc2 31.e6 Qa7+ 32.Qe3 Qxe3+ 33.Rxe3 Bxa1 34.
exf7+ Kf8 35.Re8+ Rxe8 36.fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 37.Rxa1 a4 38.a3 Rc3 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.
Rb1 Rb3 41.Rc1 Kd6 42.h4 Rxa3 43.g5 Rb3 44.Rc4 a3 45.Ra4 Ke6 46.h5 Rb5 47.
g6 hxg6 48.hxg6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "C22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.O-O-O d6 8.h4 
Be6 9.Nh3 Qd7 10.Nf4 h5 11.f3 O-O 12.g4 hxg4 13.h5 Ne5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.f4 
Nf3 16.hxg6 d5 17.Qd3 d4 18.Ne2 c5 19.Bg2 c4 20.Qxc4 Nxe4 21.Qd3 Nf2 22.
Qb3 Nxd1 23.Kxd1 Nxd2 24.Kxd2 Rf5 25.Qg3 Rd8 26.Be4 Rb5 27.b3 Qe7 28.Qh2 
Bf6 29.Ng3 Rd7 30.Bd3 Rc5 31.Ne4 Rcc7 32.Qh5 Kf8 33.Qxg4 e5 34.Kd1 a6 35.
Rh7 Bg7 36.f5 Rd6 37.Nxd6 Qxd6 38.Qh5 Re7 39.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 a6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.
Bb2 b5 10.Bd3 Nge7 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.g3 Be7 13.h4 Qb6 14.Nb3 Nf8 15.Nc5 a5 
16.Qd2 a4 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.O-O Bc8 19.Qe2 Na7 20.Nh2 Nd7 21.f4 Nxc5 22.dxc5 
Qc6 23.Nf3 Qd7 24.Nd4 Ba6 25.f5 Rg8 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Bxh7 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8
29.Qh5+ Kd8 30.Rf1 Be7 31.Bg8 1-0

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Zhang Haomo, Jasmine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "B98"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.Nb3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Rhe1 O-O-O 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e5 Be7 17.Qf2 Qa5 18.g3 c4 19.Be4 b4 20.Bxb7+ Kxb7 21.Qf3+ 
Kb8 22.Nb1 bxa3 23.bxa3 c3 24.Qxc3 Qxc3 25.Nxc3 Bxa3+ 26.Kb1 Bb4 27.Kb2 
Kc7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Re2 Bxc3+ 30.Kxc3 h5 31.h3 g6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kc6 
34.Kc4 Rd5 35.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Wolstencroft, Alan"]
[Black "Power, P. Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[ECO "B75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 g6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.f3 
Bd7 9.Bc4 Rc8 10.Bb3 a6 11.O-O-O Na5 12.g4 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Qa5 14.Kb1 b5 15.
h4 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 h5 18.gxh5 Rxh5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Qd3 Kf7 21.Ne6 Bh8 
22.Be3 Bb5 23.Qd2 Bd7 24.Qd3 Bb5 25.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Qin Shu Yan, Joy"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Bg4 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bg3 e6 15.Nbd2 
Nf4 16.Be4 Nd3 17.Bxd3 Qxd3 18.Re3 Qd5 19.Qb3 Qxb3 20.Rxb3 Rab8 21.h3 Bxf3
22.Nxf3 Rfd8 23.Rc1 h6 24.h4 Bf8 25.Ne1 Nd4 26.Re3 Nf5 27.Rec3 Rd2 28.b4 
a5 29.bxa5 Ra8 30.Rb1 Rxa5 31.Rxb7 Rd1 32.Kf1 Rxa3 33.Rxa3 Bxa3 34.Rb3 
Nxg3+ 35.Rxg3 Bb4 36.Re3 Bc5 37.Re4 Rd2 38.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nc6 4.a3 Be6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.b5 Na5 8.Be2 Nxc4 
9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Nc3 O-O 11.d3 Be6 12.O-O Re8 13.a4 b6 14.e4 Nd7 15.Re1 f5 
16.d4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bg4 18.Re3 d5 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "123rd NZL-ch op"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 c4 8.Qe2 e6 
9.O-O Bd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.e4 Bxf4 12.e5 Nd7 13.g3 Bh6 14.Nh4 Qb6 15.Kh1 g6 
16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Ndf3 Bg7 18.Bf4 Rfe8 19.Qf2 h6 20.Qc2 g5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 {
(White touched his queen now, so resigned.)} 0-1

