[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 { E20 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation } c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Ba6 10. Nh3 Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. e5 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Bg3 Qh5 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ Qxh7 19. Rxd4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 d5 21. Kf2 Bxc4 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Ng5 Qc2+ 24. Kg3 Qf5 25. h4 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 Qxe5+ 27. f4 Rxf4 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Rxf4 Kf7 31. h5 e5 32. Rg4 Be2 33. Rgh4 Rh8 34. Kf2 Bc4 35. Rg4 d4 36. Rgh4 b5 37. Rc1 f5 38. a4 a6 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ra1 Kf6 41. Rh3 e4 42. h6 e3+ 43. Kf3 Bd5+ 44. Kf4 e2 45. h7 Bxg2 46. Rh6+ Kg7 47. Kg5 Re8 48. h8=Q+ Rxh8 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Rb6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Watson, Bruce R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 { E59 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense } Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 e4 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Bb2 Nxd5 16. Qb5 b6 17. c4 Nc3 18. Rfc1 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Qxh2 20. Kxe2 Bg4+ 21. Ke1 Rad8 22. Bc3 Qxg2 23. Nf1 Rd6 24. Qb2 Rh6 25. f4 exf3 26. Rc2 Qg1 27. Rh2 Rxh2 28. Qxh2 Qg2 29. Bb1 f2+ 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Qxf1 32. Kb2 Qe2+ 33. Bc2 Bf5 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "King's Indian Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 { A08 King's Indian Attack } 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Be7 6. e3 Nc6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. d4 Ba6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Rad8 14. a3 Bf6 15. Qc2 Na5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 bxc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Rc3 Rb8 22. Rb1 Qb5 23. Qc2 a5 24. Be4 dxe4 25. Rxc4 Rbc8 26. Rxe4 Rfd8 27. Rc4 Rd5 28. b4 Rb8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. bxc5 Qc6 31. Rd4 h6 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. c6 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rxc6 35. Rxd5 Rxc2 36. Rxa5 Kf8 37. Ra7 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 { D86 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation } c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 a6 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qb3 e6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Ne5 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 Nd7 18. Rb2 Rb8 19. Rfb1 b5 20. a4 b4 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. cxb4 Bd7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nd3 25. Bxb8 Nxb2 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. b6 Bb5 28. b7 Re8 29. Nf4 g5 30. e5 gxf4 31. Rxb2 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. b8=Q+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Milne, Virginia"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 { B43 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation } Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nde2 Rg8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qh6 Ng6 13. Qxh7 Rh8 14. Qg7 Qd8 15. Nf4 Bf8 16. Qxh8 Nxh8 17. h4 Bh6 18. g3 e5 19. Nd5 exf4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. Rdg1 Kf8 22. Kb1 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rg4 Bh6 25. Rhg1 Ke7 26. Rg8 Qb6 27. R1g2 Qa5 28. a3 d6 29. Bc4 Bh3 30. Rxa8 Bxg2 31. Bd5 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qe1+ 33. Ka2 Qxe4 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System, Chigorin Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "Macdonald, Paul"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 ({My opening
repertoire continues} 6... Bg4 {however during the game I simply couldn't
decide whether Bg4, e5!? or Nc6 was best. The reason is because each of these
moves is credible and has it's merits.} {An important game to understand
Black's typical ideas in the clasical was between Anatoli Karpov and a great
advocate of the Pirc, Zurab Azmaiparashvili.} 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7
10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ra3 14. Bg5 (14. Ra1 {can be met by}
Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 $44) 14... Rxc3 15. Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ra3 17. Bxg7 (17. Ra1
) 17... Kxg7 18. Ra1 Qa8 19. Rxa3 Qxa3 20. Be2 Qb2 21. Rd1 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23.
c3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ra8 25. Bxb5 Ra3 26. Rc2 Ne7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bc6 Nf5 29. Kf2
Ne3 30. Rc1 Kf6 31. g3 Ke5 32. Kf3 g5 33. gxf4+ gxf4 34. h4 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 Kxd5
36. Kxf4 Kc4 37. Re1 Rxc3 38. Re7 Kxb4 39. Rxh7 d5 40. Ke5 c6 41. Kd4 Rc4+ {
0-1 (41) Karpov,A (2710)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2455) Moscow 1983}) (6... e5 {
is possible} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 (8. Nxe5 Nxe4 9. Nxf7 $5 {Black must play
accurately after this intermezzo, and can be rewarded with a slight edge.} Qxd1
10. Bxd1 Nxc3 11. Nh6+ Bxh6 $1 12. Bxh6 Nxd1 13. Bxf8 Nxb2 14. Bh6 Nc4 $15)
8... Rxd8 9. Bg5 (9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxf7 {favours Black} Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxe2+ 12.
Kh1 Nxc1 $17) 9... Bg4 10. Rfd1 (10. Nd5 Nbd7 $1 {close to equal}) 10... Nbd7 (
10... Nc6 $2 {allows} 11. Nd5 $16) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rd6 h6 14. Bh4 (
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rad1 Rxd6 16. Rxd6 Kf8 $11) 14... Kf8 $1 15. Rad1 Ke7 {
and White's advantage is minimal}) 7. d5 Ne5 {I knew this wasn't recommended
but I thought the position that arises was interesting and wanted to try it
just to see. I felt Black's central pawns should count for something despite
them being doubled.} (7... Nb8 $142) 8. Nxe5 ({Over the board I saw} 8. Nd4 c6
{was a nice continuation - the point is} 9. f4 {can simply be answered by} Ned7
10. dxc6 bxc6 {because} 11. Nxc6 $4 {is not possible} Qb6+ 12. Nd4 e5 $19) 8...
dxe5 {24 Games have been played from this position in tournament practise} 9.
f4 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne8 (10... c6 $1 {was worth trying} 11. dxc6 Qb6 $132)
11. Na4 g5 12. Bg3 Nd6 13. f3 e6 14. c4 exd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Qc2 f4 17. Bf2 b6
18. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 (42) Jakovenko,D (2714)-Bocharov,D (2611) Novosibirsk 2016})
9... Nd7 $6 $146 {In hindsight not a particularly good novelty.} ({Predecessor:
} 9... exf4 {I knew this made sense but I didn't want to develop my opponents
pieces if I could help it. However, allowing f4-f5 was the worser evil.} 10.
Bxf4 c6 $1 {Qb6+ is now a threat} 11. Be5 cxd5 (11... Qb6+ $6 12. Bd4 Qxb2 13.
d6 $1 $36) 12. exd5 b6 (12... Bf5 {seems more natural here} 13. Qd4 Qb6 $1 (
13... Bxc2 14. g4 $1 $40) 14. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 13. Qd4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. Bxg7
Nxg7 16. Ne4 ({White should prevent Nf5} 16. Bd3 $1 {with possibilities of
retaining an edge}) 16... Nf5 {0-1 (35) Van Mil,J (2372)-Lanneau,B (2121)
Belgium 2004}) 10. f5 $1 $14 Nf6 {The knight has done it's job, so returns to
it's best square} 11. fxg6 {I was surprised that Alex played this - it seemed
better to keep the tension} hxg6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 {This was the key moment
to decide how I would seek counterplay. There are two options: ...c6 playing
in the centre or ...b5 playing on the queenside - the standard method in the
classical variation of the Pirc. I chose the latter but I soon discovered it
created weaknesses and White was also strong on the queenside. Playing in the
centre was the correct path to eventual equality.} b5 $5 (13... c6 14. Rad1
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. exd5 {gives black some play on the c-file and
with Black's g7-bishop (...f5 + ...e4). White also has trumps of course with
the d5-d6 break, so I would say Black still has to fight to equalise.}) 16...
Bc6 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Bg5 e6 {Black should be ok here due to his extra central
pawn}) 14. a3 ({Alex could have played more aggressively} 14. Bc5 Re8 15. a4 $1
$14) 14... a5 15. b4 {A good move - holding up Black's plans of expansion on
the queenside} Qb8 $6 {A standard move in the classical pirc typical to
provide protection to d6 - but here the structure is different and d6 doesn't
need support.} (15... Qc8 $142 16. Bc5 Re8 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rab1 c6 $11) 16.
Bc5 Re8 17. Rad1 $6 ({Alex could have taken advantage of Black's inaccurate
Qb8 with} 17. bxa5 $1 Rxa5 18. Rab1 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 {and now} 20. Nxb5 $1 $16
{is possible due to the a5-rook hanging}) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 $6 {An idea
successfully used by Azmaiparashvili against Karpov (see the notes to Black's
6th move). I was familiar with this game and thought it was similar but here
White can and should challenge the a-file when Ra3 is found out to be less
than sufficient.} (18... c6 {gives White an opportunity for some highly
enterprising play} 19. g4 $1 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. dxc6 Nf6 (21... Qc7 {
21...Qc8 is the same} 22. Qd7 $18) 22. Qf2 Qc8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 (23... Qxc6 24.
Nxe7+ $18) 24. exd5 (24. Qxf7+ {puts White's queen in harms way} Kh7 25. exd5
Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Rf8 $11) 24... Qg4+ $8 25. Kh1 f5 (25... Bf6 26. d6 $1 $16) 26.
Qg3 $16) (18... Qb7 {was probably Black's best, preparing ...c6 and providing
more support on the a-file}) 19. Bf3 $6 {Alex believes me but he shouldn't.} (
19. Ra1 $1 {The point is the intended} Rxc3 ({In the game I thought I would
have to continue} 19... Qa8 20. Rxa3 Qxa3 {when I felt my queen was if
anything out of play somewhat}) 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Qe3 Nxc5 {can be answered
with} 22. bxc5 {Black can try and seek play in the centre with} c6 {but after}
23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Rab1 e4 25. Bxb5 $1 Bxb5 26. c4 {White is in the driving seat
}) 19... Qb7 $6 (19... Qa8 {securing the a-file was preferable. I don't know
why/how I missed this}) 20. Ra1 $1 {Alex doesn't need a 3rd invitation} Qa6 21.
Qc1 ({Probably better was} 21. Rxa3 Qxa3 {leaving the queen out of play}) 21...
Rxa1 ({During the game I calculated (or should say miscalculated) the line} 
21... Ra8 22. Rxa3 Qxa3 23. Qxa3 $6 (23. Qe1 $142 Qb2 24. Qd2 $14 (24. Bxe7 Ra3
$132)) 23... Rxa3 24. Nb1 Ra2 25. Bxe7 Rxc2 {and thought Black was in trouble
after the surprising} 26. Bd1 {attacking the rook on c2 and the knight on f6.
I needed to look one move deeper as Black can hold with} Rc1 27. Nd2 Ne8 $11)
22. Qxa1 Qb7 $1 (22... Qxa1 $2 23. Rxa1 $16 {as Black has nothing to counter
White's active rook}) (22... Ra8 $6 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxe7 Ra3 25. Ne2 Ra2 26.
Nc1 $1 Rxc2 27. Nb3 $16 {The knight will be extremely well placed on c5}) 23.
Qa7 $6 {After this Black obtains equality finally} (23. Qe1 {and Qf2 was
probably more promising}) 23... Qxa7 $11 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Ra1 ({White is best
to retreat the bishop} 25. Bc5 $11) 25... Bh6 $1 $15 {[#] Threatening Rxa7!
and Bd2 picking up the b4-pawn} 26. Nd1 $8 Bd2 {A difficult decision to make -
the bishop will get hit here eventually with Kf2 and e2 - but I thought it
would be worthwhile to force the c2-pawn to c3 and therefore tie down the
knight on d1 for a while.} 27. c3 Ne8 $6 ({I missed the opportunity to put
more pressure on White's centre with} 27... c6 $1 {The threat is ...cxd5 exd5
and ...e5-e4} 28. Ra5 (28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Ra5 Nxe4 30. Bb6 f5 $15) 28... cxd5
29. Be3 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Rc8 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Bf5 (32... Rxc3 $6 33. Ra7
$11) 33. Ra3 $15) 28. Ra5 $1 $11 Nd6 29. Bc5 Rc8 $1 {An extremely difficult
move to make as it concedes the only open file to White but fortunately for
Black there are other factors in the position other than just the a-file.} (
29... Rxa5 $6 {is good for White} 30. bxa5 Bc8 31. Kf2 Nc4 $2 32. Bxe7 Nxa5 33.
Be2 Ba6 34. Bd8 $1 $16) 30. Ra7 f5 $1 {It is important for Black to be active
to compensate for White's active rook} 31. Bxd6 {A surprising concession - the
bishop seemed better than the knight. I was confident that I could obtain at
least a draw now that I have the two bishops.} ({After} 31. exf5 {Black can
respond with} gxf5 $1 {It is true that White gains an outside passed pawn but
Black also gains a passed pawn and central domination.}) 31... exd6 32. Kf2 Kg7
33. Ke2 Bg5 34. Ne3 {A strange position has arisen. It is clear that the pawn
on c7 is a significant weakness and it isn't apparent how Black can develop
any active plan whilst this weakness exists. So it is logical to find a way to
somehow relinquish Black from this weakness but it isn't easy. For this reason,
it must be true that White has the initiative but it is extremely difficult to
find a plan for White to make any headway. It should be noted that I was in
signficant time pressure at this point.} Bd8 35. g4 $6 {Giving Black a gift -
a protected passed pawn which I graciously accepted} f4 36. Nf1 {It seems
White's only active way to progress is to create a passed h-pawn so Black
should seek to prevent this possibility as long as possible} Kf6 $2 (36... Kf7
{not allowing h4 was of course far more sensible. I think Black can then
continue with Ke8 and finally ...c7-c6 removing the burden of the c7-pawn.})
37. h4 $1 {Now White has gained active play. g4-g5 cannot be prevented
followed by an infiltration of White's pieces into g4} Kg7 38. g5 Kf7 39. Nh2
Ke8 {Better late than never!} 40. Bg4 {Rb7 is a threat now} Bxg4+ 41. Nxg4 $14
Rb8 {I didn't have time to calculate that I could ignore the threat to the
b7-pawn so I decided to defend it directly} (41... Be7 $1 42. Rb7 Ra8 $132) 42.
Nf2 Kd7 {Freeing up the bishop} 43. Kf3 Kc8 {A poor move dreaming of Rb7 but
of course my king needs to stay close to the kingside. Fortunately my opponent
didn't capitalise on my error.} 44. Kg4 Kd7 45. h5 $2 {The natural
continuation but a mistake nevertheless.} ({White's path to a winning
advantage is almost like a study. The first step is to re-position the knight
to it's optimal place.} 45. Nh3 $1 Be7 46. Ng1 Rc8 {Black has nothing but
waiting moves} 47. Nf3 (47. Rb7 $2 Ra8 $15) 47... Rb8 48. Ra5 {At each moment
White doesn't play the obvious move, but waits and each time Black has to move
in a way he wishes he didn't.} Ke8 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 Kf7 51. Ra7 Rh8+ 52.
Kg4 Bd8 53. Rb7 Rg8 54. Kf5 (54. Rxb5 $2 Bxg5 $3 55. Nxg5+ Kf6 $17) 54... Rh8
55. Rb8 $1 (55. Rxb5 Rh3 $132) 55... Ke8 56. Kg4 $1 (56. g6 Rf8+ 57. Kg4 (57.
Ke6 Rf6# {is pretty}) 57... Rg8 $11) 56... Rh1 (56... Rg8 57. Rxb5) 57. g6 Rh8
58. Ng5 Rg8 59. Kf5 Kd7 60. Ne6 $18 f3 61. Ra8 f2 62. Ra1) 45... gxh5+ $11 46.
Kxh5 {Despite appearances, White has no advantage here as Black's bishop and
rook coordinate quite well.} Be7 {Threatening ...Rh8+} 47. Ng4 (47. g6 $4 Rh8+
48. Kg4 Rh6 $17) 47... Rg8 $1 (47... Rh8+ $6 48. Nh6 $16 {and White is in the
drivers seat}) 48. Nf6+ Bxf6 49. gxf6 f3 $1 {Black's little f4-pawn has been
waiting patiently for the right time to strike and now is the moment. A moment
later it will sacrifice itself for the greater good - to save the kingdom!} 50.
Ra1 $1 Ke8 {Not taking any chances} (50... Rf8 {was also drawing} 51. Kg6 Rg8+
52. Kf7 Rg2 53. Rh1 f2 54. Rf1 Rh2 55. Kg7 Rg2+ 56. Kf8 Rh2 57. Kg7 (57. f7 $4
Rg2 {and White is in zugzwang}) 57... Rg2+ $11) 51. Rf1 Rg3 (51... Kf7 {
was also fine} 52. Rxf3 Rh8+ 53. Kg4 Rg8+ 54. Kf5 Rg6 $11) 52. Kh4 Rg6 53. Rxf3
Kf7 54. Kh5 (54. Rf5 {was worth a try from a practical perspective. Black has
two paths to maintain equality.} Rxf6 (54... Rg1 $11) 55. Kg5 Rxf5+ 56. Kxf5
Ke7 $11 {as the White king cannot penetrate into Black's position.}) 54... Rxf6
55. Rxf6+ Kxf6 56. Kh6 Kf7 57. Kh7 Kf6 {White must now prevent ...Kg5.} 58. Kh6
Kf7 59. Kh5 Kf6 {With no way to make progress, Alex finally conceded to a draw.
This game was special in my mind because it was played generally at to a very
high standard. What was significant was that the endgame was played well by
both sides with no major errors despite there being significant time trouble.
I felt both players could be proud of this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Eade, Don"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 { B50 Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin } Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bd1 Qc4 17. a3 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nc5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Nb3 21. Bf4 f5 22. Bg5 Be5+ 23. Kg1 f4 24. Rfd1 Kf7 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. Bh4 Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Rfc8 28. Be1 Be3 29. Bc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Ke1 Nc5 32. Ke2 Rxa3 33. Rb2 Na4 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Liu, Xinyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1458"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation #4"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation #4 } d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. c5 Bxc5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O Ba6 12. d3 Rfe8 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qf5 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Nc1 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rb6 19. Bd4 Rb5 20. a4 Rb4 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rg4 23. h3 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Re6 25. Ne2 Rg6+ 26. Ng3 Bc8 27. Rh1 Qf6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Steadman, Michael V R"]
[Black "Peak, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish Opening: Czech Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 { A00 Polish Opening: Czech Defense } 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. cxd5 Bxb4 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Be2 a6 12. h3 b5 13. g4 h6 14. a3 Nbd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. g6 Nf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. O-O-O Bf5 21. Rdg1 Rh8 22. Nf1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nxe4 Nc4 26. Nxd6+ cxd6 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 29. Kd2 Qf6 30. f4 Qf5 31. Rg1 Nh2 32. Qd1 g6 33. Rg2 Nf1+ 34. Qxf1 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Qxb2 38. Rxc2 Qxc2 39. Qh3 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 Qd3 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qxd6 Qf1+ 44. Ke4 Qb1+ 45. Kf3 Qf1+ 46. Ke4 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Yan, Sarah"]
[Black "Ward, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d6 { A41 Queen's Pawn } 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. b4 e4 13. Nd4 a6 14. c5 Kh7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Qb3 f4 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rd3 19. Bb2 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nbd7 21. Bc4 Rd2 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rf8 26. Nf4 Re8 27. Bf7 g5 28. Bxe8 gxf4 29. Bf7 f3 30. Qe6 Qg3 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Qxf6+ Kh7 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Jacobs, Hilton J"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 { D04 Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle } 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bb4 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f4 Nf6 14. Kh2 Rc8 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. Rg1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd5 19. Qe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne7 21. g4 b5 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Bb3 Rcd8 24. Bd4 Ng6 25. Qf2 a6 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kh3 Rfd8 28. h5 Ne7 29. f5 exf5 30. e6 fxg4+ 31. Rxg4 Bf5 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. Bxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Qin, Nicole Shu Yu"]
[Black "Steiner, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Refused: Albin Countergambit"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 { D08 Queen's Gambit Refused: Albin Countergambit } 3. e3 e4 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Ba3 Ne7 8. Bxe7 Kxe7 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Nf4 g5 11. Ne2 Kf8 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Be2 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Nh5 fxe3 16. fxe3 Qg6 17. Rf1+ Ke7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qe5+ Be6 21. Rf6 Nc6 22. Qxe6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy)"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation } c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Nh4 Be6 10. c5 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qc1 Rfd8 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Rd1 f6 16. e4 g5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Qa3 Nec7 20. b4 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rab1 b6 23. Bf1 Qc6 24. Qxa6 Bf5 25. Rbc1 b5 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Bxb5 Rcc8 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. b5 Be4 30. Ne1 Bf5 31. c6 Rf8 32. Nd3 Bc8 33. Bxc8 Rfxc8 34. Rb1 e6 35. f4 h6 36. Nc5 Kf7 37. Rdc1 Bf8 38. Nd7 Ra8 39. b6 axb6 40. Nxb6 Ba3 41. Rc3 Rcb8 42. Nxa8 Rxb1+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Bf2 Bb4 45. Rb3 Rxb3 46. axb3 Ba5 47. c7 Bxc7 48. Nxc7 gxf4 49. gxf4 Ke7 50. Na6 Kd6 51. Be1 Kc6 52. Bh4 f5 53. Nc5 Kd6 54. Bf6 h5 55. b4 Kc6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Michael, Andrew"]
[Black "Wu, Kwok Leung Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense, Kingside Move Order"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 { A43 Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense, Kingside Move Order } d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Be2 a6 16. h4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nc3 Rfb8 20. Rb1 Qb4 21. h5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. hxg6 Nxg4 24. gxf7+ Kf8 25. Bh6 Nxh6 26. Rxh6 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxb1+ 28. Kf2 Rxa2 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "Burrows, Grant L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 { D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted } 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 a6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 Bd7 11. Nge2 a5 12. Nc1 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. N3e2 b3 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Rc2 Rfb8 20. O-O Nd7 21. Qe2 Nac5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bc4 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qc5 25. Kf2 Ra2 26. Qxc5 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "London System"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 { A48 London System } d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. c3 f5 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Be6 Nb6 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qe3 Kh7 15. O-O Qf5 16. Bxc7 Nc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 e6 21. Rac1 Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rcd1 Rad8 24. Rd4 Rd5 25. Rxc4 Rf7 26. f3 Rxe5 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rf2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rd2 Rxe4 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Re2 35. Kg3 a5 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. c4 Rc2 38. Rb5 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40. bxa3 Rxa2 41. a4 Ke7 42. c5 Rc2 43. Rb5 Kd7 44. a5 Kc6 45. Rb6+ Kd5 46. c6 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Kd6 48. Kd2 Ra3 49. c7+ Kxc7 50. Rxe6 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Rxg2 52. Kf4 Rg5 53. a6 Rf5+ 54. Ke4 Rh5 55. Re7+ Kb8 56. Rb7+ Ka8 57. Rb3 Ka7 58. Ra3 Rb5 59. Kf4 Rh5 60. Kg4 Rg5+ 61. Kf3 Rh5 62. Kg2 Rh4 63. Rg3 g5 64. Rg4 Rxg4+ 65. hxg4 Kxa6 66. Kf3 Kb6 67. Ke4 Kc5 68. Kf5 Kd5 69. Kg6 Ke4 70. Kxh6 Kf4 71. Kh5 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Autumn Cup A 2017"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Yu, Bing Kui (Paul)"]
[Black "McDougall, Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch Game"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C45 Scotch Game } Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Qe5+ Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 d6 12. Bc4 d5 13. O-O-O Qd6 14. Nb5 Qf4+ 15. Rd2 dxc4 16. g3 Qg5 17. Nxc7+ Kf8 18. Qxg5 fxg5 19. Nxa8 Bxe4 20. Re1 Bxa8 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Rxa7 Bd5 23. Ra6 Be6 24. Rxb6 Bd4 25. Rexe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 c3 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Rc6 Bb4 29. Rc4 Ba3+ 30. Kd1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Rc3 Bd6 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Rd3 Be7 35. Rf3 Rxa2 36. Kd3 Ra3+ 37. Ke4 Ra2 38. Kd3 h5 39. c4 g4 40. Rf5 Kg6 41. Re5 Bf6 42. Re2 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Rc3 44. Kd5 Rd3+ 45. Kc6 Bd4 46. c5 Rc3 47. Kd5 Bxc5 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Re5 Bxf2 50. Rf5 Bg1 51. Ke6 Re3+ 52. Kd5 Kg6 53. Rf1 Bxh2 54. Kd4 Rxg3 55. Ke4 h4 56. Rh1 Rg2 57. Ke3 h3 58. Ke4 g3 59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60. Kg4 g2 61. Rxh2 g1=Q+ 62. Kxh3 Rxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
