[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xu, Hannah"]
[Black "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1077"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 e5 6. d5 Ngf6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rfd8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. h3 c5 14. b3 Bc6 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. c4 Qa8 19. Nc3 a5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a4 22. Nh2 axb3 23. axb3 Qb7 24. Ng4 Nbd7 25. Bf5 Rb8 26. Bc2 Ra8 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Qg3 g5 30. h4 g4 31. f3 Qd7 32. Bd3 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rb8 34. Rb1 Bg7 35. Be2 Qf5 36. Rb2 h5 37. Bg5 gxf3 38. Bxf3 Ne4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 40. Be7 Qd4+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rb6 43. Bd8 Rb7 44. Kf3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qb1 h6 13. dxc5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. Bc2 Nxc5 16. e4 Ba6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rad8 20. 0-0-0 Nd6 21. exd5 e4 22. Qa6 exf3 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 fxg2 25. Rhg1 Ne4 26. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nxc3+ 28. Kc2 Nd5 29. Kb3 Rb8 30. b5 Nc7 31. Kc4 Rxb5 32. f4 Rb6 33. Kc5 Ne6+ 34. Kd6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Black "Chen, Penghao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 Nb4 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. c3 f5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. Bxc7 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc7 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bf7+ Kd8 18. Bxg6 e6 19. Nf7+ Kd7 20. Nxh8 b4 21. 0-0-0+ Nd5 22. c4 Bc5 23. cxd5 Rxh8 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. f4 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Bxf4 27. Rhf1 Kxe5 28. Bxf5 Kxf5 29. Rd4 g5 30. g3 Ke5 31. Rxb4 Bd2 32. Rb5+ Ke4 33. Rf2 Ke3 34. Rxd2 Kxd2 35. Rxg5 Rxh2 36. Ka2 Kc1 37. Rc5+ Kd2 38. g4 Rg2 39. g5 Ke3 40. Ka3 Rg4 41. b4 Rg1 42. Kb3 Kf4 43. Ra5 Rxg5 44. Rxg5 Kxg5 45. Kc4 Kf4 46. Kc5 Ke4 47. b5 Kd3 48. Kc6 Kc4 49. b3+ Kxb3 50. Kb7 Kb4 51. Ka6 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Jay Zi Xuan"]
[Black "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1127"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5 4. d5 Ngf6 5. Bd3 c6 6. c4 Qc7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. b3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. 0-0 Rac8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. a4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. h3 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 cxd5 21. exd5 Rfc8 22. Nf3 Nxd5 23. Ng3 Nb6 24. Nd2 d5 25. a5 Nxc4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxe5 Bf6 28. Ree1 Bb2 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 Bf6 31. Nd6 Bc3 32. Re7 Bxa5 33. Nxc8 Bc6 34. Nd6 Bb4 35. Rc7 Ba4 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Black "Garland, Mana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1384"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. c3 Re8 9. 0-0 Bxg3 10. hxg3 a6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. c4 Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfd1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rxe2 17. Qf3 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Be6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qc3 c6 21. f4 Bf5 22. Re1 Be4 23. b4 h6 24. Rb2 Kh7 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rc1 Qa7 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. g4 Qc7 30. Rf1 f6 31. Qh3 Qe7 32. g5 Ra8 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. g4 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smith, Scott R"]
[Black "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d6 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 Qc7 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Qd3 Nb6 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 0-0-0 13. e5 d5 14. 0-0 h5 15. Nxg5 hxg4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. hxg4 Bh6 18. a4 Qd7 19. a5 Na8 20. a6 b6 21. b4 Nc7 22. Rf7 Bg5 23. Na4 b5 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. Rff1 Bh4 26. Bf4 Qg8 27. Bh3 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rf3 Rh4 30. Raf1 Qg7 31. Rf6 Rdh8 32. R1f3 Rxh3 33. Rxh3 Qxg4+ 34. Rg3 Qxg3+ 35. Qxg3 Rg8 36. Kh2 Rxg3 37. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Black "He, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. b3 b5 15. b4 Ra3 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Nf3 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Rxa2 19. Bd1 Nb6 20. Nh4 Bxh4 21. Bxh4 Na4 22. g4 Bd3 23. f4 Ra3 24. Be1 Ra2 25. Bf3 Nb2 26. f5 Kf8 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Bg3 Bg6 29. h4 Nd3 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. h5 Bf7 32. Bh4+ Ke8 33. e4 Rc2 34. exd5 exd5 35. Be1 Ke7 36. Bd1 Ra2 37. Bh4+ Kf8 38. g5 Kg8 39. Bf2 Ra3 40. Bg4 Rxc3 41. Bd7 Nxb4 42. Ra1 Na6 43. Bxb5 Bxh5 44. Bxa6 bxa6 45. Rxa6 Bf3 46. Kh2 Be4 47. Bg3 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Bf5+ 49. Kh4 Rc3 50. Ra5 Re3 51. Be5 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nd7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 Qc7 5. d4 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8. Bxg5 Ngf6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Kh1 b5 12. Bb3 a6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. Be7 Nd6 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. c4 Rc8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. f4 Qb6 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qe2 Re8 22. f5 Qd4 23. Rfd1 Ndxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rxb7 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd3 29. Rxc6 Nxb2 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rc8# 1-0

