Pairing of round 1, at 7pm of 29/10/2018
| Bo. | Fed | White Player | Pts | IDW | Result | IDB | Pts | Black Player | Fed |
|---|
| 1 | NZL | CM Nagorski, Alex | (0) | 13 | ½ - ½ | 1 | (0) | FM Hague, Ben | NZL |
| 2 | NZL | FM Kulashko, Alexei | (0) | 2 | 0 - 1 | 14 | (0) | Giuliani, German | ARG |
| 3 | NZL | IM Garbett, Paul A | (0) | 5 | 1 - 0 | 16 | (0) | Wells, Clinton A | NZL |
| 4 | NZL | Weng, Xintong (Winston) | (0) | 26 | 0 - 1 | 3 | (0) | FM Watson, Bruce R | NZL |
| 5 | NZL | FM Gong, Daniel Hanwen | (0) | 7 | 1 - 0 | 18 | (0) | Seabrook, Roy | NZL |
| 6 | NZL | Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy) | (0) | 21 | 0 - 1 | 10 | (0) | Goodhue, Nathan | NZL |
| 7 | NZL | Macdonald, Paul | (0) | 11 | 0 - 1 | 22 | (0) | CM Eade, Don | NZL |
| 8 | NZL | CM Fan, Allen Chi Zhou | (0) | 8 | ½ - ½ | 9 | (0) | CM Duneas, John | NZL |
| 9 | NZL | Yan, Caroline | (0) | 17 | 0 - 1 | 6 | (0) | FM Steadman, Michael V R | NZL |
| 10 | NZL | Lewis, Jordan | (0) | 24 | 0 - 1 | 12 | (0) | CM Huang, Alex | NZL |
| 11 | NZL | CM Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern | (0) | 4 | ½ | 0 | (0) | ( half point bye ) | |
| 12 | NZL | Lyall, Simon | (0) | 23 | ½ | 0 | (0) | ( half point bye ) | |
| 13 | IND | Sharma, Akshay | (0) | 25 | ½ | 0 | (0) | ( half point bye ) | |
| 14 | NZL | WCM Qin, Joy Shu Yan | (0) | 20 | ½ | 0 | (0) | ( half point bye ) | |
| 15 | NZL | WCM Qin, Nicole Shu Yu | (0) | 19 | ½ | 0 | (0) | ( half point bye ) | |
| 16 | NZL | Rider, Brett | (0) | 15 | 0 | 0 | (0) | ( not paired ) | |