[Event "NZL-ch Rapid op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krstev, Mario"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. d5 0-0 7. 0-0 a5 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nf4 Kh7 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Be3 e5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. exd3 c6 19. h3 Qc7 20. a3 Rac8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bc5 Rf3 27. Re3 e4 28. Rd1 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 g5 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. b5 Re7 32. Rc1 Kg6 33. Rc4 Kf5 34. g4+ Kg6 35. Kf1 Bb2 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Rc8 Ke5 38. Rc2 Ba3 39. Rc3 Bb4 40. Rc4 Bd6 41. Bc5 Bxc5 42. Rxc5+ Kd4 43. Rf5 Re6 44. Rf7 b6 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nb5 0-0 9. Nc7 Nc6 10. Nxa8 cxd4 11. a3 Nc5 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. 0-0 b6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Ng5 Ke8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh8+ Kd7 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rd8 24. Bb5 Ne4 25. Rad1 Kc8 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxd4 Qc5 28. c3 Nd2 29. Rd1 Nb3 30. Qxf7 Bd7 31. Nf6 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Qb5 33. Rd2 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 Qe3 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. h3 Rc7 38. Qd8 Rc4 39. Qh4 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Re4 41. Qe7+ Ka6 42. Rf3 Qd2 43. Qxe6 Re2 44. Qxg6 Qxb2 45. h4 Qc1 46. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Guerra, Romie Lord"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Nc6 5. exf7+ Kxf7 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Be2 Re8 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Be4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nc5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qf4+ Kg8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxb2 26. f3 Kf7 27. Rd5 b6 28. Na8 Ne6 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rd6 Ke5 31. Rxb6 Rc2 32. Rb5+ Kd4 33. Nb6 Nf4 34. g3 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 g6 36. Rd5+ Ke3 37. c5 Kxf3 38. Rd3+ Ke4 39. Rd5 Kf3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Tionko, Efrain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nf4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. 0-0 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. Qa4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 a6 23. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smith, Vivian J"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. 0-0 d4 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. d3 Qb6 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bd2 e5 12. f5 f6 13. a3 g6 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. Ng3 0-0-0 16. Qe1 Qc6 17. a4 g5 18. Nf3 h5 19. Qd1 h4 20. Ne2 g4 21. Ne1 h3 22. g3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Knightbridge, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Bh2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rc1 c5 14. 0-0 Rd8 15. Ng5 e6 16. Be5 h6 17. Qf3 hxg5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rd6 21. Rc5 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxg5 Bd7 24. d5 Re8 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Rb1 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 b6 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 Kf6 30. Rd5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Red8 32. Rb2 Rac8 33. g3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rh4 Rc1 36. Ra4 Rd7 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Rb5 Ke7 39. Rbf5 Ke8 40. a4 Ra1 41. g4 Ra3 42. g5 Rad3 43. Kf3 R3d5 44. Kg4 Rxf5 45. Rxf5 Rd2 46. Re5+ Kf8 47. f4 Ra2 48. Re4 Rc2 49. Kf5 Rc5+ 50. Re5 Rc4 51. a5 bxa5 52. Rxa5 Rc7 53. Ra6 Kg7 54. Ke5 Re7+ 55. Kf5 Rxe3 56. Rxa7 Rb3 57. Ra6 Rb5+ 58. Kg4 Rb7 59. f5 Rb4+ 60. Kh5 Rb7 61. Ra8 Rb1 62. f6+ Kh7 63. Rf8 Rb7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Holdaway, Steven"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Qd4 d6 7. Nxe4 c5 8. Qc3 Nbd7 9. Bb5 0-0 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 a6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 Bxc3+ 16. Ke2 b5 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qb2+ 19. Kd1 bxc4 20. Qxe7 Qd4+ 21. Ke1 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Bg4+ 23. Nf3 Rae8 24. Rc2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Li, Leo Xiang Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Be6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bb5 Rb8 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. exd5 Bf5 15. 0-0-0 h6 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. fxe3 Nc5 18. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberts, Michael H"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. f3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Nd5 b5 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 Rb8 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 b3 17. axb3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20. Bc4 f5 21. Ra1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nf6 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Bc1 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 a4 27. Bb5 Rxb5 28. Qc8+ Qd8 29. Qxg4 Rxb3 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rf7 Bf6 32. Rd7 Qc8 33. Rc7 Qf8 34. Rc8 Bd8 35. Qf5 Qf6 36. Bg5 Rxb2 37. h3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Kay, Bruce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Qb4 11. a3 Qb7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxc4 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rd1 c4 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. a4 Bf5 23. N2g3 Bg4 24. Re1 Rc7 25. h3 Bd7 26. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Rodney Xiang Rei"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe4 0-0 17. Qxc6 bxa3 18. bxa3 c4 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Rxc6 21. Be4 Rac8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rb1 Qxa3 24. 0-0 g6 25. Rfe1 Qxa2 26. Rb8+ Rc8 27. Rb6 Qxc2 28. g3 Bh3 29. f3 Qd2 30. Rxe5 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Kong Lim, Yu Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. f4 f5 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf5 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rf3 Bxg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qh4 19. g3 Qe7 20. Ng5 exf4 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. gxf4 c6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Raf8 27. b4 Qe2+ 28. Kg3 Qd3+ 29. Kg2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kolev, Stefan"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Qe5 Nf6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Ne2 dxe5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 c4 9. Bc2 h6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bg5 13. Nf3 Bxf4 14. exf4 Nb8 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. b3 Qa6 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. f5 Rfd8 23. f6 g5 24. Re3 Ba4 25. Rh3 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Kg8 27. Rxh6 Qxa2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 Nf6 4. h3 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. e3 e6 7. f4 Nfd7 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Bg2 0-0-0 14. Nc3 f6 15. 0-0 f5 16. g5 Qg7 17. Qf2 Nf8 18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Ng6 20. Ne2 Rh8 21. c3 Bg8 22. Rfb1 Bf7 23. Kf1 Rh7 24. Ke1 Rdh8 25. Kd2 Nh4 26. Rh1 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Bxh1 Qh8 30. Bf3 Ne7 31. Qg2 c6 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Qh1 Qf8 34. Kf2 a5 35. Kg3 Bg6 36. Qh2 b6 37. Bh5 Bxh5 38. Qxh5 c5 39. Qh7 Qe8 40. dxc5 bxc5 41. Ng1 Kd6 42. Nf3 Ng6 43. Qg7 Nh8 44. Ne5 a4 45. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Perry, Roger L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bxc5 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 f5 13. 0-0 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qb4 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qxa2 17. Nd4 b6 18. Bxe7 Rf7 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe4 Re8 21. Ra1 Qf7 22. Rxa7 Re5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Browne, Jeremy"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f4 13. g4 b6 14. e4 fxe3 15. Qxe3 Bb7 16. Rae1 e5 17. Kh1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qf7 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Ng5 Qxc4 21. dxe5 h6 22. e6 Bf4 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Ba3 Bd6 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. f4 Ba6 29. Rfe1 Rxf4 30. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Stuart, Peter W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. 0-0 c5 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Bb5 Red8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Ne5 Rd6 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. f3 Re6 20. Qd2 g5 21. Bf2 cxd4 22. exd4 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Ba6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. f4 f6 26. Ng4 Kg7 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. h4 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Ne3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Dong, Olivia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Be5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qd5 15. c4 Qe6 16. Rab1 b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qxc5 Rfc8 20. a4 a6 21. Rfc1 Qd5 22. h3 f5 23. Rb6 Qa2 24. Rxc6 Rcb8 25. Qc4 Qa3 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Ng5 f4 28. Nxf7 fxe3 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qg8+ Rxg8 31. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shierlaw, Hamish"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Qd2 0-0 14. 0-0 Rad8 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Nd2 Qa4 18. Bd3 e4 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bb3 Qc6 21. Rd1 Bg6 22. h3 a6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rad1 b5 25. Nb1 Nc4 26. Qc1 e3 27. Rxd8 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd8 29. Kg1 Be4 30. Re2 Rd6 31. Qe1 Re6 32. Nd2 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rains, Timothy"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Qg3 Ng6 11. e5 Be7 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Qh3 d4 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. b3 f5 17. Nd2 Nh8 18. Nc4 Nf7 19. Nb6 Qd8 20. Nxa8 Bb7 21. Ng3 Qxa8 22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Rf2 Nh6 24. Nf1 Ng4 25. Re2 Rf7 26. Qf3 Nh6 27. Nd2 g5 28. g3 Rg7 29. Rg2 g4 30. Qd1 Nf7 31. Nc4 Nh8 32. Bc1 Ng6 33. Bd2 h5 34. Ba5 Qe8 35. Kf2 h4 36. Bc7 hxg3+ 37. hxg3 Rh7 38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Bxd6 c4 40. Qg1 cxd3 41. cxd3 c5 42. Rh2 Qc6 43. Rxh7 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Qxd3 45. Rxb7 Qc3+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Kf2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Pieri, Enzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 Nc6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Nxd5 Kh8 13. Nxe7 Qb8 14. h4 f5 15. Bg5 Bxe5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. f3 Nf4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Kh1 Rf6 18. g3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rh6 20. f4 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 e4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rf6 26. Rfc1 Rff8 27. Kg2 g6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. Kd2 Rfe8 31. Rb3 Rc7 32. Rb6 Ke7 33. b4 Rec8 34. c5 Ke8 35. Rxd6 a5 36. c6 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. f3 b6 10. Nh3 Nc5 11. Nf2 Ne8 12. g4 f6 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15. h6 Bh8 16. Rh5 Kf7 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. 0-0-0 Nb7 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. Nxg5+ fxg5 21. Bxg5 Bf6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5+ Kg6 24. Bf3 Rf8 25. Qg2 Nc5 26. Kc2 Rb8 27. Nd1 b5 28. Ne3 bxc4 29. Qg3 Nd3 30. Ng2 Rxb2+ 31. Kc3 Rxg2 32. Qxg2 Nf4 33. Qg3 Nxh5 34. gxh5+ Kf7 35. Bg4+ Kg8 36. Bf5 Bxf5 37. exf5 e4 38. Kd4 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 dxe5+ 40. Kxe5 Nd6 41. g6 Rxf5+ 42. Rxf5 Nxf5 43. Kxe4 a4 44. a3 Kh8 45. Kf3 Nd4+ 46. Ke3 Nc2+ 47. Kd2 Nxa3 48. Kc3 Nb5+ 49. Kxc4 a3 50. Kb3 a2 51. Kxa2 Nc3+ 52. Kb3 Nxd5 53. Kc4 Nb6+ 54. Kc5 Na8 55. Kc6 Kg8 56. Kc5 Kh8 57. Kc6 Kg8 58. Kc5 Nb6 59. Kc6 Na8 60. Kc5 Nb6 61. Kc6 Na8 62. Kc5 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 d6 9. Qe2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qe4 Nd7 15. Bc2 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 Bc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 g6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Rd2 Ba7 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg8 24. Ng5 Rb8 25. Ne4 Re7 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Bf4 e5 28. Qxh7+ Ke6 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Aldridge, Alan L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Nf3 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. 0-0 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Na5 14. Be2 c4 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Rad1 e5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Re4 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fairbairn, Stephen"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. 0-0 c6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Ng5 Qxg5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Nxd6 Qd7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxb7 Nc6 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Be3 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 f4 22. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Van Rooyen, Carlssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Be4 6. f3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Nd2 0-0-0 10. 0-0-0 e5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 Rhe8 15. Nc5 Na5 16. Nf5 Qc6 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. b3 Nxe3 19. Rd2 b6 20. Qa6+ Kb8 21. Kb1 bxc5 22. Qxc6 exd4 23. cxd4 Re6 24. Qxc5 Be7 25. Qc3 Ka8 26. Qxc7 Rb8 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Qxb8+ Kxb8 29. bxc4 Rc6 30. cxd5 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Bg5 32. d6 Kc8 33. Kc2 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 g6 35. Ne4 f5 36. Nf6 Kd8 37. d7 Ke7 38. f4 Kd8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. h3 h5 41. Kf3 a6 42. a4 a5 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kd8 46. Kg5 Ke7 47. Kxg6 Kd8 48. Kf7 Kc7 49. Ke7 Kb7 50. d8Q Ka7 51. Nd7 Kb7 52. Qb6+ Kc8 53. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nh3 Bd6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Re8 8. c5 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 c6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Qc7 18. e3 Qf7 19. b4 Qh5 20. b5 Bd7 21. Rab1 Rec8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. f3 Ng5 24. h4 Nf7 25. Nxf5 Re8 26. Rb4 Ne5 27. Rf4 Nc4 28. Qc3 Ne5 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Rf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Casilang, Arthur"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. g3 Bg7 13. h4 0-0 14. Bg2 Ne7 15. 0-0 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bb5 19. Rfc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 f5 21. Rc6 Rb6 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. b3 Rd8 24. Bh3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 f4 26. gxf4 Bh6 27. Qe2 Bxf4 28. Qxa6 Kg7 29. Qc4 Kf6 30. Qe4 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Rg6 32. h5 Rg5 33. Qxh7 Qf8 34. a4 Bd2 35. f3 Be3 36. Bg4 Bc5 37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Qc1 f6 39. Rc7+ Kh6 40. Bf5 Qg8 41. a5 e4 42. fxe4 Be3 43. Qxe3 Qf7 44. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tsoi, Nicole"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Qe2 h6 7. h4 Nh5 8. Ne5 Nxf4 9. exf4 h5 10. f3 Rh6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Qf2 d6 13. Nec4 Nc6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Qe2 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Rg8 17. Rde1 Rf6 18. Ne3 g6 19. Bb5 d5 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Nd1 Qc8 23. Re3 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bc2 Bd6 26. g3 Re8 27. Rhe1 Na5 28. b3 c5 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Bd5 33. Qa4 Re7 34. Rc3 Qb7+ 35. Ka1 Bc6 36. Qa3 Bd5 37. dxc5 Bc7 38. Ne3 Qc6 39. Nxd5 Qxd5 40. Rb1+ Ka7 41. Bd3 a5 42. Qb2 e5 43. Rb3 Qd4 44. Rb7+ Ka8 45. fxe5 Qxe5 46. f4 Qxb2+ 47. R1xb2 Rc6 48. R7b5 Re3 49. Bf1 Rce6 50. Bg2+ Ka7 51. Rb7+ Ka6 52. Bf1+ Re2 53. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Mitchell, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f3 e5 5. d5 h6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nb6 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Nh3 g5 12. g4 c5 13. Nf2 a6 14. h4 Nh7 15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rh5 f6 18. Rdh1 Bc8 19. Nfd1 Qg7 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bf1 0-0-0 22. Qh2 Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Rd7 24. Ne2 Rf7 25. Nh6 Rc7 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. Neg3 Rf7 28. Bh3 Kb8 29. Nh6 Rc7 30. Be6 Qe8 31. Nf7 Qb5 32. Qe2 c4 33. c3 Na4 34. Ka1 Rc6 35. Qc2 Rb6 36. Rb1 Nc5 37. a3 Nb3+ 38. Ka2 Qc5 39. Nf5 Rc8 40. Bxc8 Qxc8 41. N7xd6 Qc5 42. Rxh7 Rxd6 43. Nxd6 Qxd6 44. Rf7 a5 45. Qh2 Ka7 46. Qh7 Qb6 47. d6 Nc5 48. d7 Qb3+ 49. Ka1 Na4 50. d8Q Nxc3 51. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wright, Caleb"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 c6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe8 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Nbd7 11. Nc2 Kh8 12. Nce1 Qh5 13. Qd3 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nh3 h6 16. Nf3 Rg8 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. e3 Bd7 19. Bf3 Be8 20. Bd1 Bh5 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 N8h7 23. Kh1 g5 24. Be2 g4 25. Nf2 h5 26. Kg2 h4 27. Rh1 h3+ 28. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Michael, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e3 Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qe2 b5 16. b3 Rd8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rc1 0-0 20. Rh5 f5 21. Rc3 g6 22. Rh2 Qd6 23. Qc2 Qb4 24. Ke2 c5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Rc8 28. b4 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. Rh1 h5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Kf7 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. f4 exf3 36. gxf3 g5 37. f4 g4 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. e4 Kf6 41. exf5 Kxf5 42. Ke3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fraemohs, Peter"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d5 7. Nd2 c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nf4 Nb8 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 g5 13. Nfd3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Nfd7 15. e3 Qe8 16. f4 g4 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rf2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Be7 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. h3 gxh3 22. Nxh3 Nc6 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Rh2 Rg8 25. Kf2 Ba6 26. a3 Na5 27. Nf4 Bg5 28. a4 Bxf4 29. exf4 Qe7 30. Bc3 Rac8 31. b4 Nc4 32. b5 Bb7 33. Qe1 Rg7 34. Bb4 Qd7 35. Bc3 Rcg8 36. Rh3 a6 37. Rb1 axb5 38. axb5 Ra8 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Ra1 Rxa1 41. Qxa1 Qxb5 42. Qa7 Qc6 43. Bb4 Rg8 44. Qa1 Ra8 45. Qh1 Qd7 46. Rh6 Rg8 47. Qh4 Rg7 48. Qf6 Qf7 49. Bh5 Qc7 50. Bf8 Bc8 51. Bxg7+ Qxg7 52. Qxg7+ Kxg7 53. Rf6 b5 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Rc7 Ba6 56. Bf7+ Kf8 57. Bxe6 Nb6 58. Rc6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Huang, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 Qe5 21. b3 Qc3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd3 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Qd1 Qc2 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qg5 Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stracy, Don M"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Be2 Qd7 16. 0-0 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bg4 Qg5 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. g3 e4 24. Rfe1 f5 25. Rd5 Be5 26. Bg2 Qa7 27. Qc2 Rf6 28. Qd2 Rg6 29. Qe3 Qg7 30. Red1 Qc7 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. Qe3 Qb7 33. R5d2 Qc7 34. Rd5 Qf7 35. R5d2 f4 36. Qxe4 fxg3 37. hxg3 Qa7 38. Rf1 Rxg3 39. Kh2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Ansell, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1320"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 h6 9. 0-0 Nh7 10. Be3 Ndf6 11. Qd2 g5 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. c5 Bd7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nce2 Rc8 16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rd1 Nhf6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 e4 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bd4 exf3 29. Rxf3 Rxc6 30. Rdf1 Re8 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Re7 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holdo, Karl"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 0-0 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nc2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bf5 e4 18. Ng4 Qb6 19. 0-0 Qc5 20. Rad1 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Re3 b4 23. Rh3 e3 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. fxe3 Nf4 26. Rf3 Rxe3 27. Nxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe2 30. Rg1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Nxg2 32. Be4 Ne3 33. Qxg7+ Ke7 34. Qg3 Nf1 35. Qg2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Qian, Bella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. Bd3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. 0-0 f5 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rg8 18. f3 Ke7 19. Ra6 Bc8 20. Rxc6 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Rc5 h5 23. Rxd5 g5 24. Rxf5 g4 25. Rxh5 gxh3 26. Rxh3 Rg6 27. Rh7+ Kd6 28. Nc4+ Kc7 29. Ne5 Rg5 30. Rxd7+ Kb6 31. Rd6+ Kb7 32. Rxe6 Rag8 33. Ng4 Rh8 34. R1e5 Rg7 35. Re7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kb6 37. d5 Rd8 38. Nf6 Rd6 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Kc6 41. e7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cater, James Use"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bc4 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Qe1 0-0 11. Bg5 Bc7 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Qh4 Bg6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. c3 h6 17. Bc1 Nd5 18. Qe1 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bh7 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 f6 22. Ng6 Qf7 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Re8 26. c4 Nb4 27. Re3 Nxa2 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Bd2 Bb4 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Qg6 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. Re8 Qd6 34. Bf4 Qb4 35. Qf7 Qxb2 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. Rg8 f5 38. Re8 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Nb4 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Booth, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Nbd2 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 0-0 11. f3 Ne8 12. b3 f6 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nf2 g6 15. e4 Ng7 16. exd5 exd5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nh3 Nf5 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Nf1 Kf7 21. f4 Rh8 22. Bf3 Na6 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. f5 Rag8 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Qc2+ Kf7 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Nc7 29. Bxh5+ Kf8 30. Rab1 Ne8 31. Re6 Bd7 32. Rb8 Qxe6 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Qxe6 Bxh5 35. Qxf6+ Bf7 36. Ng5 Rg7 37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mitchell, Robert"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nf3 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. h3 0-0 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nb5 Nc4 14. Nxd6 Nxd6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. 0-0 Ne4 18. Qa3 Re6 19. Bh2 Rg6 20. g4 h5 21. f3 Nd2 22. Rf2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxg4 25. Bg2 Bh3 26. Qe7 Qg4 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Bxg2 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. Bxg3 Be4 32. Rxc6 a6 33. Rc7 g6 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Re8 37. Ra7 Re6 38. b4 Rc6 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Bxc7 Ke8 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Bf4 Kc6 43. a4 Bc2 44. a5 Kb5 45. Bd6 Be4 46. Be7 Kc4 47. Ke2 Kb5 48. Kf2 Bd3 49. Kf3 Be4+ 50. Kf4 Bf5 51. Ke5 Be4 52. Ke6 Bf3 53. Kd7 Be4 54. Kc7 Bf5 55. Kb7 Be4 56. Bg5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Michael, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Nh5 13. Bh2 cxd4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. exd4 c5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. a4 e5 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. b5 Ne4 24. c4 Nc5 25. cxd5 e4 26. Nh2 Nxa6 27. bxa6 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxd5 29. Rc7 Bxa4 30. Rxa7 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32. Ng4 Kf8 33. Qc4 Be8 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. a7 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Bxc6 37. Ne5 Bd5 38. Nd7 f5 39. Nb6 Bc6 40. a8Q+ Bxa8 41. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rivas Villanueva, Andrea"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 e5 9. Nf1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Nh2 Qe7 13. Ng4 Rad8 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. a6 Ndb8 18. axb7 Qxb7 19. Nh6 Rff8 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Bb3 Nbc6 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Qe4 Nce7 27. Bg5 d5 28. Bxd5 Nd6 29. Bxe7 Nxe4 30. Bxf8 Bxf8 31. Rxe4 Bd6 32. Rea4 Qb6 33. Rxa7 Qxb2 34. c4 Qc3 35. Be4 Qb4 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Hair, Philip I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 b6 8. Qc2 c5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Rfe1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. Qd1 Rfd8 14. f4 e6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Qg4 f6 19. Nf3 Qf7 20. Rf1 Qe8 21. Qg3 Bc6 22. Rae1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Rf2 Re8 25. Rd2 Qc6 26. Rde2 Qd6 27. Kh1 Rc7 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Rb7 31. b3 Rbe7 32. c4 Qa6 33. R4e2 Qd6 34. Rd2 Qc7 35. Rde2 Qd6 36. Rd2 Qc7 37. Rde2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stracy, Don M"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 Be6 12. Nc2 0-0 13. Nce3 Ne7 14. Be2 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. 0-0 Be6 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. g3 f5 21. Bg2 e4 22. Rad1 Be5 23. Qe3 Rg7 24. f4 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rfg8 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Qf2 Qc7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 f4 30. gxf4 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bf6 33. Rf5 Qg7+ 34. Rg3 Qe7 35. Kf3 Qe6 36. Rh5 d5 37. Rgh3 Qe4+ 38. Kg4 Qg2+ 39. Kf5 Qg6+ 40. Ke6 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Seabrook, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. c3 d5 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rae8 19. f3 Bh3 20. Nf1 Bd7 21. Rad1 Re7 22. Re2 c5 23. Red2 Bc6 24. Bc4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. exd4 Rd8 27. d5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Be8 29. d6 Red7 30. Bxf7+ Bxf7 31. Qxc5 b6 32. Qa3 Be5 33. Ne3 Bxg3 34. Nf5 Bf4 35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36. Nxf7+ Rxf7 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Rd5 Re8 39. d7 Rh7+ 40. Kg1 Be3+ 41. Qxe3 Rxe3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Brian"]
[Black "Ansell, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 0-0 5. Nd2 d6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Re8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c3 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qc6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Nf3 a5 17. e5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Be4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Bxe4 22. Nf1 f5 23. f3 Bd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. a3 f4 26. Rd4 g5 27. Nd2 Bf7 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Ne4 h6 30. Nxd6 Be6 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ne4 g4 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Nxh5 gxf3 35. gxf3 Ke7 36. Nxf4 Bf7 37. Nd3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. f4 Be6 40. Ne5 Kc5 41. Ke4 Kb5 42. f5 Bg8 43. Nd3 Kc4 44. Nc1 b5 45. f6 b4 46. cxb4 axb4 47. axb4 Kxb4 48. Kf5 Bf7 49. Kg5 Kc4 50. Kh6 Kd5 51. Kg7 Bh5 52. f7 Bxf7 53. Kxf7 Kc4 54. Ke6 Kd4 55. Kd6 Kc4 56. Kc6 Kb4 57. Kb6 Ka4 58. Kc5 Ka5 59. b4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vital, Henry"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bf5 5. d4 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. c5 Be7 9. b4 Qc7 10. b5 0-0 11. a4 b6 12. bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bb5 Qb7 14. c6 Qc7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. cxd7 Bxd7 17. Ba3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qc4 20. Qb1 Qc8 21. h3 Qb7 22. Qf5 a6 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rc3 b5 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Qf4 b4 27. Rc7 Qa8 28. Nd2 Nh5 29. Qe5 Ra1 30. Qd6 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qa2 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Nf3 Qe2 34. Qd2 Qb5 35. Ne5 Qb3 36. Qc2 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rf1 39. g4 Nf6 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 Ra2 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Power, Wayne"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. h3 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Rc2 b5 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 Rxc2 21. Bxc2 Rc8 22. f4 Nf8 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qxc8 1-0

