[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Nijman, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+
Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Na4 Nh6 14. Ke2 Be7
15. Rhc1 O-O 16. b4 Nb8 17. Nc5 Nf5 18. g4 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rc6 21.
Bg5 Rxc5 22. bxc5 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bf4 Nec6 25. Bd6 Rf7 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Rb7
Nf8 28. Rb1 Ng6 29. h4 e5 30. h5 e4 31. hxg6 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 hxg6 33. Ke3 Kg7
34. Kd3 Rd7 35. Kc3 Kf7 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. f4 Rb7 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Re1
Kf7 41. g5 f5 42. Rh1 Kg8 43. Rh6 Kg7 44. Be5+ Nxe5 45. dxe5 Rb1 46. Rh2 Kf7
47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Rxa7 d4+ 49. Kxd4 Rd1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Kg3 Kd5
53. Rxa6 Rc1 54. Rxg6 Rxc5 55. Rf6 Ke4 56. g6 Rc3+ 57. Kh4 Kxf4 58. g7 Rc1 59.
Kh5 Rg1 60. Kh6 Kxe5 61. Rf8 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barlow, Matthew"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qe1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Bf5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nd2 Nc5
15. f3 Rad8 16. e4 Be6 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Rc1 Qe3+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nd3+ 21.
Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Red8 24. Nf1 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 Nc2+ {Draw agreed}
1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Garbett, Paul"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxe4 Nd4 14. Bg5 Re8
15. c3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Re5 17. Bf4 Re7 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Ba3 Kg7 21.
Ng5 Re8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Ne4 Rad8 24. Nc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc8 26. Re1 f6 27. Nd3
Rd8 28. Bxc6 Rxd3 29. Bb5 Rd2 30. f4 Bb8 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Bc5 Bxh3 33. Rxb7 Bd6
34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Re7 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Bg4 38. Rf2 Bf5 39. Bc6 Kg7 40.
Kg2 h5 41. Re2 Rd6 42. Bf3 Kf7 43. Kf2 Bd7 44. b3 Rd3 45. Re3 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 Rb2
47. Bd5+ Kf8 48. Rd3 Bg4 49. Rd2 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. b4 Rxc3 52. bxa5 Rc5 53.
a6 Ra5 54. Bc4 Rxa4 55. Bd3 Kf7 56. Rc2 h4 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. gxh4 Rxf4+ 59. Ke3
Ra4 60. Rc4 Ra3 61. Rxg4 g5 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Rxg5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Marner, Gavin"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 f6 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O f5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nd8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Ba2 Ne6 19. Ned4 g6 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6
Qxe6 22. Rfe1 O-O 23. Qa2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Rad8 25. Kf1 h6 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2
Kf7 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Ke2 b5 31. Na5 Bxa5 32. bxa5 Kxe5 33. Rd7 a6
34. Ra7 Kd5 35. Rxa6 Re8+ 36. Kd2 Re4 37. Ra7 Ra4 38. Rd7+ Kc5 39. Rd3 Rxa5 40.
Rc3+ Kb6 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Kc2 Kc5 43. Kb3 Rd4 44. Rg3 Rg4 45. Rc3+ Kd5 46. g3
Rd4 47. Rc2 c5 48. Re2 g5 49. Re8 Rd3+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. O-O-O Be5 16. Qc5 b6 17. Qa3 h6 18. Bh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxh4 21.
Qd6 Nd7 22. Qxd7+ Kf8 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. g3 Qe7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Kc1 Qe8 27.
Qd6+ Qe7 28. Qb8+ Qe8 29. Qd6+ Qe7 30. Qb8+ Qe8 31. Qxa7 Kg8 32. Rd1 Kh7 33.
Qd7 Qe5 34. Qd4 Qe7 35. Qd6 Qa7 36. Bb3 Qa5 37. Qb4 Qh5 38. g4 Qxh2 39. Qd4
Qf4+ 40. Rd2 Qxf3 41. e5 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gunn, Neil"]
[Black "Watson, Bruce"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Qc8
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Bf5 Be7
21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Rd8 25. f3 Rd5 26. a4 Kf8 27.
Rb4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Rb3 a5 30. Rd3 a4 31. b3 a3 32. b4 a2 33. Ra3 Rxd4 34.
Rxa2 Rxb4 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rb7 Rb2 38. h5 b4 39. Rb6+ Ke5 40. Rb7
b3 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. h4 Kc5 43. Rb7 Kc4 44. Rc7+ Kd3 {White resigns} *

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Stuart, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Qd2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Qd8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f4 f5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Rg8 21.
Na4 Rxg1 22. Rxg1 Na5 23. Nbc5 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nc3 Qb6 27.
Rg8+ Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Kc1 Bb4 30. Qg1 Bxc3 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. bxc3 Qa6 33.
Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Kd2 Qxa2+ 36. Ke3 Qa6 37. Qf7+ Kd8 38. Kf2 Qc6 39.
Qf8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Black "Depasquale, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. a3 d6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Rb1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. b4 e4 17. Nd2 cxb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qa4 Nd3 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. Qc2
Rf7 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Bd6 Be6 24. c5 Nb4 25. Rd4 Bxd4 26. Qd2 Bxb3 27. Qxd4 Nd3
28. Qc3 Be6 29. f3 Qa2 30. Rf1 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Nxb2 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Rxf7 Kxf7
34. Bxe4 Rd8 35. Bxb7 Rxd6 36. cxd6 a5 37. Be4 a4 38. Bb1 Nd1 39. Bc2 a3 {
White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Davis, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Be2 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg6 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Ne5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ndf3 Qd8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Re5 Qb6 19. Rxd5 Ne4 20. Rd4
Rfe8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rad1 Re7 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. Rd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxd8+ Kh7 28. h4 f6 29. Qf8 Rf7 30. Qa8 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxa7 Nxc3 33.
a3 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Qd4 Nf4 36. Ng5+ fxg5 37. Qe4 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ {
White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Black "Shen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 O-O
9. O-O Be6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Qb3 f5 14. Neg5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 Bf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bxd5+ Kg6 18. a5 Ba7 19. b5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Qd7 21.
Ba3 Rfd8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxe5 Qxd3 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25. Qxc6 Qe2 26. Qa4 g5 27.
Qb3 Kg6 28. Qb7 g4 29. Qc6+ Kh5 30. Qf6 Qe4 31. Qf7+ {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Thornton, Gino"]
[Black "Fraemohs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. cxd6 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 e6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nd4 O-O 14.
Rb3 Rfc8 15. Bb2 a6 16. Re1 Qd5 17. c4 Qxc4 18. Qd2 e5 19. Nf3 f6 20. h4 Rc6
21. Rc3 Qb5 22. a4 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Black "Han, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O c6 11. c4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 Qa5
15. Bf4 Qa6 16. Qb3 c5 17. Qb5 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Qxb5 19. cxb5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21.
Bg3 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 Nc3 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Steffenello, Leonard"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nxc4 Rb8 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nfe5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Bd2 Nb8 14. N4e5
Bd6 15. Rac1 Nfd7 16. Qe4 Qc8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bf4 Qa8 19. Rc2 Rbb8 20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Qf4 Rbe8 22. Qxd6 Nf6 23. Rfc1 h6 24. Qc7 Nd5 25. Qe5 a5 26. e4 Nf6
27. f3 Qa6 28. Rd1 Kh8 29. a4 Nh7 30. Qb5 Qb7 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Ne5 Rfc8 33. Rdc1
Ng5 34. h4 Rxc2+ 35. Rxc2 Nxe4 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf6 38. Nxf7+ Kg8 39. Nd6
Rb8 40. Kf2 Nd5 41. Nb5 Kf7 42. f4 Kf6 43. Nc3 Nb4 44. Ne4+ Kf5 45. Nd6+ Kf6
46. Rc7 h5 47. Nc4 Rd8 48. Ne5 Kf5 49. Kf3 Nd5 50. Rf7+ Nf6 51. Rxg7 Ne4 52.
Rf7+ Nf6 53. Nc6 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Han, Daniel"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 d5 13. Ne4 N8d7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bf4 a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. a4 Nf8 18. a5 Ne6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. b4 Bf6 21. Rab1 c4 22.
Be3 Qc7 23. Ne2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 d4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ng5 28. f4
Be4 29. Qc3 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 c3 33. Rc1 c2 34. Bg2 Rad8
35. Qc5 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Qxc5 37. bxc5 Rd1+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Davis, Justin"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Qc5 Qb8
15. f4 Bc7 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Qa3 Bb5 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Qd6 Rad8 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21.
a4 f5 22. axb5 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Bxb6
axb6 28. Rxe6 h5 29. Rxb6 Re8 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. Kh3 Rdd2 32. Rh1 Re7 33. Kh4
Rxb2 34. Kxh5 Rc2 35. Kg6 Rxc4 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. f5 Kf8 39. g4 Ke8
40. h4 Kd8 41. g5 Kc7 42. Re6 Rbe8 43. b6+ Kb8 44. Rxe7 Rxe7 45. Ra4 {Black
resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Thornton, Gino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 c5
9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qf4 h6 11. Bxh6 d4 12. Ne4 Qa5+ 13. Kd1 Nxc5 14. Bd3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Qb5 16. Ke2 Nb4 17. Rhd1 Bd7 18. Nxd4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxb2+ 20. Rd2 Qxa1 21.
Bg5 O-O-O 22. Bxe7 Bb5+ 23. Nxb5 Rxd2+ 24. Qxd2 axb5 25. Bd6 b6 26. g3 Kb7 27.
Nc3 Rc8 28. Nxb5 Qb1 {(=)} 29. Nc3 Qf5 30. Qd3 Qg4+ 31. Ke3 Rc6 32. Qe4 Qh3 33.
Ne2 Qf1 34. Qf3 Qd1 35. Qxf7+ Ka6 36. Qxg6 b5 37. Qd3 Qa1 38. a3 Rc4 39. f4 Qb2
40. h5 Qa1 41. h6 Qh1 42. h7 Kb7 43. a4 Kb6 44. axb5 Rc8 45. Qd4+ Kxb5 46. Qd3+
Ka5 47. Qa3+ Kb6 48. Qb3+ Ka5 49. Qxe6 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Watson, Bruce"]
[Black "Steffenello, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. f3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nh3 O-O
9. O-O Qe8 10. Nf4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Ne7 14. Rae1 c6 15.
Nh5 Qf7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. d5 c5 18. e4 Qd4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bd7 21. Bh3
Rad8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng6 24. Re1 f4 25. Be6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6 fxg3 27. hxg3
Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rf8+ 29. Kg2 Re8 30. Nb5 Re7 31. Nd6 $2 (31. Nxa7 $1 Nf8 32. Nc8
Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. Nd6 Nd8 35. a4 Kf8 36. a5 Ke7 37. Nxb7 $18) 31... Nf8
32. Nxb7 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. Kf5 g5 38.
a3 Kd7 39. b4 cxb4 40. axb4 Ke7 41. Na5 Kd7 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Despasquale, Chris"]
[Black "Jackson, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 Nh6 4. f3 Nf5 5. Bf2 e5 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe4 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Kd7 13. c3 Ne6 14. Nf3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Bf1 Raf8 17. Ke2 Ke8 18. Rg1 g5 19. h4 h6 20. Rd1 Rf7 21.
Bh3 Nf4+ 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Bc8 b6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Rh2 26. Rdg1 Ke7 27.
R1g2 Rh1 28. Bb7 Ne5 29. Bd4 Kf6 30. Bd5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. a3 a6 12. Qf4 Be7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1 h6
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bg7 18. Ng5 Bg4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. f3 Qe3+
21. Kf1 Be6 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qc7 Nd8 25. Qe7 Nf6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
Bg6 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Qc6 29. Qb4 Rc8 30. Qh4 Qc4 31. Qh3 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1
Qc6 34. g4 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Nf7 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. g5 Rh8 38. Qg3 Nh5 39. g6+ Kg8
40. Qb8+ Bf8 41. Qe8 Qc7 42. Qxe6+ Kg7 43. Nxd5 Ng3+ 44. Kg1 Bc5+ 45. Kg2 Rxh2+
46. Kxh2 Nf1+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Krstev, Mario"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Nxd5 8. Bxd5
exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Kf2 Rb8 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Rab1 O-O 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Nxc3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Rbc8 17. Rhd1 Qb6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qg4 Re6 20. Rxd7 Nd4 21.
b3 Qa5 22. Nd5 Qxa3 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nd5 Qb5 26. Rxf7 Rg8 27. Nf4
Qf1+ 28. Kg3 Ne2+ 29. Kh4 Qf2+ 30. g3 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Rg6 32. Qh3 Bc8 33. Rf1 Qb2
34. g4 Qxb3 35. Rxa7 Rf8 36. Be5 Qe3 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Qg3 Qg5+
40. Kh3 Qf4 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. Kg3 Rf7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. f4 c4 45. Kf3 c3 46. Ke3
Bxg4 47. Rg1 c2 48. Kd2 h5 49. Kc1 Kf6 50. h4 Bd1 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lim, Benjamin"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 c5 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qg5
O-O 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Nb4 17. Qh5 Rac8 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Ng5
h6 21. Ne4 Rc2 22. Nd6 Qd5 23. Rxa7 Nc6 24. Ra3 Nxd4 25. Rad3 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3
{White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Stuart, Peter"]
[Black "Barlow, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Na4 b5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21.
Rac1 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxc4 Nd5 24. Kf3 Ke7 25. Ne3 Nc3 {Draw agreed}
1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Fraemohs, Peter"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 f5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nd3 Re8 12. Rc1 g5 13. c4 Be6 14. c5 d5 15. a3
Qc7 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. f4 g4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nc4 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. h3 h5 22.
hxg4 hxg4 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Rf2 Re6 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Bc4 Bxe5 27. Bxd5 Bxf4 28.
Rxf4 Rxd5 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. Qb3 Qd6 31. Rcf1 Rh3 32. Kf2 c5 33. Ke1 cxd4 34. exd4
Qe6 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Qb3 Rh2 37. Qxb6 Rxd4 38. Qb3 Rd3 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Shen, Daniel"]
[Black "Gunn, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qd2
Nf7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. h4 Be7 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rd8 13. h5 g5 14. Qc3 b6 15. Nd2
Nd6 16. a4 Nf7 17. f3 h6 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Kf2 Kh7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. g4 a5 22. b3
Nd6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Rhb1 Rb7 26. Rb3 Rfb8 27. Qb2 Kg7 {Draw
agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nijman, Brian"]
[Black "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nxc4 c5 10. a5 Nd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bf6 14. d6 Nc6 15.
Be3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Re8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Rd2 g6 19. Qa3 Re4 20. Rc1 Rxc4 21. Rxc4
Nxa5 22. Re4 b5 23. Qa2 Bb7 24. Rf4 Nc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxf3 27. Bxf3
Ne5 28. Qe2 c4 29. Be4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxb2 32. Qxa6 Bc1 33. Rc2
Bxe3 34. fxe3 Kg7 35. Rd2 f5 36. d7 Qc7 37. Qa1+ Kf7 38. Qd4 Rd8 39. e4 Qc1+
40. Kg2 Qc6 {(=)} 41. Kf3 h6 42. Ke3 Qe6 43. e5 g5 44. Qd6 h5 45. Qc7 Ke7 46.
Qc5+ Kf7 47. Qb5 f4+ 48. Kf2 fxg3+ 49. hxg3 Kg7 50. Kg2 h4 51. Rd6 Qa2+ 52. Kh3
Qf2 53. gxh4 Qxh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Qf4+ 56. Ke1 Qg3+ 57. Kd2 Qf4+ 58. Kc2
Qe4+ 59. Kb2 Qg2+ 60. Kc3 Qg3+ 61. Kd4 Qf2+ 62. Kd5 g4 63. Rf6 Qa2+ 64. Kd6
Qa3+ 65. Kc7 Qe7 66. Qd5 g3 67. Qd4 $4 Rxd7+ 68. Qxd7 Qxd7+ 69. Kxd7 g2 70. Rd6
g1=Q 71. e6 Qa7+ 72. Ke8 Qa4+ 73. Kd8 Qb4 74. Kd7 Qb7+ 75. Kd8 Kf8 76. Ra6 Qe7+
77. Kc8 Ke8 78. Rc6 Qa7 79. Rd6 Qc5+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton"]
[Black "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Nb5 d6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. d4 b5 15.
a3 a5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Rac1 Rb8 20. c4 b4 21. c5 bxa3
22. bxa3 Rb3 23. Nd2 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Bb5 25. Qb1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 dxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5
28. dxc5 Nc6 29. e5 Qd5 30. Qb3 a4 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Nf3 Bf8 33. Ke2 Na5 34.
Kd3 Be7 35. Kd4 Nc4 36. Bc1 Kf8 37. Kxd5 Na5 38. Bd2 Nb3 39. Bb4 Ke8 40. Kc6
Kd8 41. Kb5 Kc7 42. Kxa4 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "NZ Championship 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Marner, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. d3 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 d6 14. Kh1 h5 15.
f5 b4 16. Na4 Ng4 17. Bg1 Bg5 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Nb6 Qb7 20. fxe6 f6 21. Bd5
Qa7 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Bxa8 Be3 24. Nd5+ Kxe6 25. Nxe3 {Black resigns} 1-0