[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. 0-0-0 d5 8. h4 Qe7 9. h5 h6 10. Qg3 0-0-0 11. f3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. e4 Kb8 14. exd5 exd5 15. Kb1 Ka8 16. Nf4 Na5 17. Bd3 Rhg8 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Rde1 b5 21. Re7 Qb6 22. Rxf7 Qxd4 23. Ne6 Nxh5 24. Nxd4 Nxg3 25. Ree7 Rde8 26. Ncxb5 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 g5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Nxd6 Nc8 30. Rxb7 Nxd6 31. Rd7 Nc8 32. Ba6 Nb6 33. Bb7+ Kb8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Bd3 b6 11. 0-0 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Rac1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb8 16. c4 Nc6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Rf3 h5 19. a4 Nf5 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Rd1 h4 22. Bf2 Rd6 23. Rfd3 Nh5 24. d5 Nxf4 25. Be1 Qc5+ 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nfg3+ 28. Ke1 Qa5+ 29. R3d2 exd5 30. cxd5 Re8 31. Qe3 f6 32. Nc4 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 Qc3 34. Nxd6 Qxe3 35. Rd3 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qc5 37. Nb5 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. c4 a6 8. d3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Rfd8 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxc4 17. bxc4 b4 18. c5 Qc7 19. N2b3 Ra8 20. Qc4 Nd5 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qg4 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 f5 27. Qe2 a5 28. Rcc1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 e5 30. Qd3 a4 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Nb1 Rd5 34. Qb4 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Bxc5 37. a3 f4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. exf4 Ke7 40. Nc3 Ke6 41. Nxa4 Bd4 42. Kf1 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kxf4 44. h3 g5 45. Kd3 Bxf2 46. Nc3 Ba7 47. Nd5+ Kg3 48. Nf6 h6 49. Ng4 h5 50. Nf6 Kxh3 51. Nxh5 g4 52. Ke2 Bb8 53. Kf2 Be5 54. Ke3 Kh4 55. a4 Kxh5 56. a5 Kh4 57. a6 Bb8 58. Kf2 Kh3 59. Kg1 g3 60. Kh1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. c3 Qe7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rfe8 16. Re1 d5 17. e5 Ncd7 18. Ba4 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 21. Nf1 Re2 22. Bb3 Rae8 23. Be3 Qxa1 24. Qxe2 d4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+ Re6 27. Bxd4 Qe1 28. Bxa7 Qe4 29. Qb3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steele, Hayden"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. g4 Be6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Ncd5 Rb8 15. Rg1 Nd4 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. c3 Nc6 18. Bc2 b4 19. Ngf6 gxf6 20. gxf6 Rg8 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Kd2 bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. Qf3 Qa5 25. Be3 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. b4 a6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Bd2 dxe5 13. dxe5 Na7 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Qe4 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. a4 Qd7 19. Ra3 Rc8 20. Rg3 g6 21. a5 Qc6 22. Na3 Nxb4 23. Qb1 Nd5 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Nc4 Rc7 26. h3 Kf8 27. Rd3 Kg7 28. Nb6 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qc6 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. e6 Rc8 32. Bb2+ f6 33. Rb3 Rc7 34. Rc3 Qd6 35. Ba3 Qe5 36. Rg3 g5 37. Re3 Qf4 38. Bxe7 Rxe7 39. Qb6 Qb8 40. Re1 Qe8 41. Qd6 d4 42. f4 gxf4 43. Qxf4 d3 44. Re3 Kh7 45. Rxd3 Rxe6 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Rg3 Qe7 48. Kh2 Qf7 49. Rc3 Re5 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Qg4+ Rg5 52. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Nc6 9. Qd2 d4 10. Nb5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Bc4 0-0 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nf3 d3 17. Qxd3 Qxa2 18. Qa3 Bxb2+ 19. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Rxf3 21. Rxe6 Rxf2 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Rd7 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Nd4+ 25. Kb2 Nxe6 26. Rxb7 Rf8 27. Kc3 Rf2 28. Rxa7 Rxh2 29. Re7 Ng5 30. Nd6 Rf2 31. Kd3 Rf6 32. Nc4 Rf3+ 33. Re3 Kh7 34. Rxf3 Nxf3 35. Ke3 Ng5 36. Ne5 g6 37. Kf4 Kg7 38. Nd7 Nf7 39. g4 Nd6 40. Ke5 Nf7+ 41. Kf4 Nd8 42. Ke5 Kf7 43. Nc5 Ke7 44. Ne4 Nf7+ 45. Kd5 g5 46. Ng3 Kf6 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Qb6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Bh3 f5 12. g4 g6 13. 0-0 Nf8 14. Rf2 Bd7 15. Nc3 0-0-0 16. Rc2 Kb8 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qb6 20. b4 Be8 21. a3 Nd7 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. Rc3 h6 24. Nf3 Bf7 25. a4 Rc8 26. a5 Qd8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Ba3 b5 29. axb6 Ndxb6 30. g5 Nc4 31. Qb3 N8b6 32. b5 Qd7 33. Bc5 Be8 34. Bxb6 Nxb6 35. Bf1 Qb7 36. Qb4 Qd7 37. Rc1 h5 38. Nd2 Bf7 39. Nb3 Rc8 40. Nc5 Qd8 41. Ra1 Nc4 42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Qxc4 h4 44. Qa4 Qe7 45. b6 Be8 46. Qxa7+ Qxa7 47. Rxa7 h3 48. Na6# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 132nd"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2025.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 a5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Ba6 15. a3 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 Nc6 17. Bd3 h6 18. Qf1 Rc8 19. Qh3 Qe8 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qxh6 Qf7 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Kh1 Qg7 25. Qh5 Rc6 26. Rg1 Nf7 27. Rg3 Qh6 28. Nh4 Bd6 29. Rg1 Rfc8 30. Ndf3 Kf8 31. Bb5 R6c7 32. Qxh6+ Nxh6 33. g5 Ng8 34. gxf6 Ngxf6 35. Ng5 Rc2 36. Ng6+ Ke8 37. Ba1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. g3 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Nb8 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Bh3 Rf6 18. Re1 Rh6 19. Bg4 Rg6 20. Bf3 Rf6 21. Bg4 Rg6 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nxd5 Rxg4 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Rxd7 Rxg3 26. Nxe6 Nb4 27. Kb1 Re8 28. f5 g6 29. a3 gxf5 30. axb4 f4 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Nxd8 f3 33. Rf1 Rxh3 34. Ne6 h5 35. Ng5 Rh4 36. c3 Rf4 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Nxf3 Kf7 39. Kc2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kf5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Ke4 a6 43. c4 Kg3 44. Nd4 Kg4 45. Nf5 Kg5 46. Ne3 h4 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf4 h3 49. Ng4+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kf6 51. Nf3 Kg6 52. Ke5 Kh5 53. Kf5 Kh6 54. c5 Kh5 55. Kf4 Kg6 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. Kxh3 Ke6 58. Kg4 Kd5 59. Nd2 Kc6 60. Kf4 Kb5 61. Ke4 Kxb4 62. Kd4 a5 63. Nc4 a4 64. Nd6 Kb3 65. Nxb7 Kxb2 66. Na5 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. h4 Rab8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. e4 Rbc8 16. Red1 Qb8 17. b4 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Qxb6 Nd7 20. Qe3 Nxb4 21. Ba3 a5 22. Nb3 Qa8 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. a3 bxa3 27. Nxa3 Qa4 28. Bf3 h6 29. Nb5 Ba6 30. Be2 Qb4 31. e5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxb5 33. cxb5 c4 34. Qe4 Qxb5 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxe5 38. Bd3 g6 39. Qe4 Qf6 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Qf3 Qe7 42. h5 g5 43. g4 Qd6 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qe4 Qd5 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Qxd5 exd5 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Bf5 Kf4 50. Kd3 Bxf2 51. Bc8 Bc5 52. Bf5 Ke5 53. Bc8 Kf4 54. Bf5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 0-0 10. Be3 Be6 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd3 Na5 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bg5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Nc2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Na3 b5 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qc7 Nf6 23. f3 Rc8 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Nb1 Nd7 26. a4 a5 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. bxa5 bxa4 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. Nxa4 Nb3 32. Ra3 Nxa5 33. Nb6 Nb7 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Nd7 Nc8 36. Ra1 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Guzman, Jessie"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 d4 8. Bc4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. d4 Qxc3 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 0-0 16. Rfe1 Qh4 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Bb5 Bd6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxc4 23. h3 Re6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Kh2 Qe4 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Nf4 29. Bd2 g5 30. Kg3 Rd8 31. Bxf4 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rd2 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. a4 Ree2 35. f3 Rxc2 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rb7 a6 38. Rb6 Re6 39. Rb7 a4 40. f4 a3 41. g5 a2 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. 0-0 Na5 10. Ne2 Nac6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nf4 g6 13. Be3 Bc8 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb1 Nce7 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nd3 h5 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bg5 hxg4 21. hxg4 a5 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Qd2 g5 24. Qxg5 Ngf5 25. Qxg8+ Nxg8 26. Bxd8 Nxd4 27. Bxb6 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Rh1 Bc6 30. Rh8 Kf8 31. bxa5 Kg7 32. Rh6 Nxh6 33. Nf4 d4+ 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Bd3 Ng8 36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Nf6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1632"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. dxc5 Nd5 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. Nc2 0-0 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Bxd5 exd5+ 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 15. Kd2 Bf5 16. Rhe1 Be4 17. Rad1 f6 18. Re2 g5 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. a4 a6 21. b4 Ba7 22. Ncd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Po E Tofaeono, Grayson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Na5 10. f3 Nxb3+ 11. axb3 Qe7 12. g4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rad8 14. Bg2 c6 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 f5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. f4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ra8 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qd4 d5 23. b4 Nd7 24. f5 Nf8 25. fxe6 Nxe6 26. Qg4 Qd6 27. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Kh8 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 cxb4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxb4 f4 19. Rfb1 Qf7 20. Qb2 f3 21. Bf1 g5 22. Rb6 Rd8 23. Nd5 Ra7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Qe3 Ra5 26. R6b2 Rc5 27. Qd2 Bf8 28. Qb4 Kg7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Qb6 Qd7 31. Ra7 h4 32. Qb2 Qe6 33. Nb6 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rc7 35. Nxc8 Qxc8 36. d4 Kf6 37. c5 Rh7 38. dxe5+ Kg6 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Qxb7 Qxb7 41. Rxb7 dxc5 42. Bh3 Bg7 43. Bf5+ Kh6 44. Kh2 Rd2 45. Kh3 g4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxf2 47. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tew, Yao Zen Markis"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. a4 0-0 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. f4 Rb8 12. h3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. g4 b4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd1 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bd7 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nb2 Bb5 20. Ra2 Bh6 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Nc4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 d5 24. exd5 Qxf4 25. Qxe7 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe1 Re8 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Re1 31. Kf4 Ke7 32. Be4 f6 33. g5 Rf1+ 34. Bf3 fxg5+ 35. Ke4 Bd7 36. d6+ Kd8 37. Bg4 Bxg4 38. hxg4 h5 39. Kd5 h4 40. Ne5 h3 41. Ke6 Re1 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. 0-0 Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rc1 Qe6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Bd4 0-0 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Qc4 Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6 21. Bc3 Kf7 22. Rc2 c5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rd8 26. Re1 Rd5 27. Rc4 Rad8 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Ra4 Ra8 30. Bc3 Rd6 31. Be5 Rd5 32. Ra5 Rd2 33. Bc3 Rd7 34. Rc1 g6 35. f3 Rd6 36. Be5 Rd5 37. Bg3 Rd2 38. Be5 Ra7 39. Bc3 Rd6 40. Be5 Rc6 41. Rd1 Rb7 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Ke1 Rb4 44. Bc3 Rb7 45. Kd1 Rd7 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47. Be5 Rb6 48. Kc2 Kc6 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Bh8 Nf4 51. g3 Ne6 52. Bf6 Rb7 53. f4 Rb6 54. Be5 g5 55. a3 gxf4 56. gxf4 Rc6 57. Kd3 Nd8 58. Ra4 Rh6 59. Ke3 Rh3+ 60. Kf2 Rxh2+ 61. Kg3 Rh6 62. b3 Rg6+ 63. Kh4 Nc6 64. Rc4 Nxe5 65. fxe5 Rg4+ 66. Rxg4 fxg4 67. Kxg4 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 d5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Bd6 16. Nbd2 Bxf4 17. exf4 Qd6 18. g3 Nd7 19. Bb1 f6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rfe1 Nb6 22. b3 Nc8 23. h4 N8e7 24. h5 a5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Ba6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Rcg1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rh4 Rxh4 32. Nxh4 Qd8 33. Nhf3 Rc8 34. Rc1 Ne7 35. Nf1 Rc7 36. Rc5 Nc8 37. Qc1 Rxc5 38. Qxc5 Bd3 39. Ne1 Ba6 40. Nf3 Qb6 41. N1d2 Qxc5 42. dxc5 Ne7 43. Nd4 e5 44. Nb5 Nc6 45. f3 Nd4 46. Nxd4 exd4 47. g4 Bd3 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Kf2 Kd7 50. Kg3 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kc6 52. f5 Kxc5 53. Kf4 Bc2 54. g5 fxg5+ 55. Kxg5 Kd6 56. f6 Kd7 57. Kh6 Bd1 58. f7 Ke7 59. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Ne1 h5 12. f4 g6 13. Nd2 a4 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Nef3 Nb6 16. h3 Qd7 17. g4 0-0-0 18. Kg2 Rdg8 19. Rh1 Nd8 20. Rag1 Nc6 21. Kf1 Kc7 22. Ke1 Bc8 23. Nf1 Qe8 24. Qg2 Bd7 25. Bf2 Qf8 26. Bh4 Bxh4+ 27. Nxh4 Qe7 28. Nf3 Nd8 29. Ne3 Bc8 30. Qf2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qf8 32. Qg2 Qg7 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Rh1 Nd7 35. Rh3 Nf8 36. Qh2 Rxh3 37. Qxh3 Qh7 38. Qxh7 Nxh7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Nf8 41. f6 Bd7 42. Ng5 Be8 43. Kf2 Nd7 44. Ng4 Nc6 45. Ke3 Nd8 46. Nh6 Nf8 47. Kf4 Kd7 48. Nh7 Nxh7 49. Bxh7 Nc6 50. Bc2 Nb8 51. Bd1 Nc6 52. Ng8 Kc7 53. Bc2 Kd7 54. Kg5 Nd8 55. Kh6 Nc6 56. Kg7 Nd8 57. Nh6 Kc7 58. Kf8 Kd7 59. Bb1 Nc6 60. Nxf7 Bxf7 61. Kxf7 Kd8 62. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe8 14. Qf3 c6 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. 0-0 Bc7 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Nbd2 f6 13. c4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Nc6 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. b5 Ne7 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rae2 Rd8 24. Ng4 Qd4 25. Rxe6 Qxg4 26. Rxe7 Bf7 27. c5 Qf4 28. Qc2 Rfe8 29. Qe2 Rf8 30. g3 Qf6 31. Rxb7 Bh5 32. Qd2 Qd4 33. Qe3 Qb2 34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Bf1 Qf6 36. c6 d4 37. Qd2 d3 38. c7 Be2 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 Rd6 41. Rb8 Rg6+ 42. Bg2 h6 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. c8Q 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 Re8 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nf3 c6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 dxc4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nd5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qc2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rd8 19. a3 Bd7 20. Rf3 Be8 21. Be1 Qc7 22. Bf2 b6 23. Nd2 Qb8 24. Bh3 c5 25. g4 Bc6 26. e4 Nc7 27. Re1 Nb5 28. Bg2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rfe3 b5 31. Nf3 Rd7 32. f5 Qb7 33. g5 Re8 34. f6 Bf8 35. fxg7 Bxg7 36. Qxc5 Rc8 37. Rc3 Bf8 38. Qe3 b4 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 bxa3 41. bxa3 Qb3 42. Qa6 Bb7 43. Qf1 Qxa3 44. g6 hxg6 45. Ng5 Qe7 46. h4 Bh6 47. Nf3 Bf4 48. Qf2 Kg7 49. Bf1 Rh8 50. Kg1 a3 51. Bd3 Qc7 52. Rf1 Rd8 53. Bb1 Qc3 54. Kg2 Qe3 55. Qc2 Rc8 56. Qa4 Ra8 57. Re1 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. g4 Nh6 12. h3 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 0-0-0 15. Rc1 Rdg8 16. Kh1 Nf7 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nc5 h5 19. g5 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 Rxg5 21. b4 Qf4 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Bc1 Qh4 25. Bxg5 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Rg8 27. f4 fxg5 28. f5 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Bd6 30. fxe6+ Kd8 31. e7+ Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg6 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Nb3 0-0-0 16. Bg5 Rdg8 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Nxc5+ Kc8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Bxa6 Qa7 21. Nxb7+ Kb8 22. Be3 Qa8 23. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Summers, Paul G"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g4 d5 5. h3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 d4 10. Nxc6 Qd5 11. 0-0 Qxc6 12. exd4 Nd5 13. c4 Nf4 14. d5 Nxh3+ 15. Kh1 Bxb2 16. dxc6 Bxa1 17. Qf3 h5 18. cxb7 Rd8 19. Qxh3 hxg4 20. Qxh8+ Bxh8 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. dxc3 Rb8 23. b4 Rxb7 24. b5 Rd7 25. Kg2 Rd2 26. Ra1 Kd7 27. a4 Kc7 28. a5 e5 29. Kg3 Rd3+ 30. Kxg4 Rxc3 31. Kg5 Rxc4 32. Kf6 Rf4+ 33. Kxe5 Rxf2 34. Kd5 Rf5+ 35. Kc4 g5 36. Re1 g4 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rxa7 Rf4+ 39. Kc3 g3 40. b6 g2 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xia, Yuehan"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1352"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nd4 7. 0-0 e6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Be3 0-0 10. g4 f5 11. e5 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 b6 13. g5 Bb7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Rd2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf2 Qb7 21. Ne1 Rc6 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. c3 R8c7 24. Ra1 b5 25. Nc2 a5 26. Bd4 b4 27. Ne3 Be4 28. c4 b3 29. a3 a4 30. Rad1 Qc8 31. Rc1 Ra6 32. Kf1 Bb7 33. h4 Rac6 34. h5 Ba6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qh4 Bxc4+ 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Bc3 Qb7 39. Rd3 Qe4 40. Rcd1 Qxf4+ 41. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 42. Ke2 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rxd7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Bxg5 46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Ra6 Be7 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Ra8+ Bd8 50. Ba5 Rd4 51. Bxd8 Rxd8 52. Rxa4 g5 53. Rb4 Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Rh3 55. Kd2 g4 56. Rf4 Kd7 57. Rd4+ Kc7 58. Rd6 Rh6 59. Ke3 Rg6 60. Kf2 f4 61. Rd3 Rg5 62. Rxb3 Rxe5 63. Rc3+ Kb7 64. Rc4 Rf5 65. Re4 e5 66. Rc4 Rh5 67. Kg2 g3 68. Rc1 Rh2+ 69. Kf3 Rxb2 70. Re1 Rf2+ 71. Ke4 g2 72. Rb1+ Ka7 73. Rd1 Rf1 74. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Morgan, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Ke8 8. 0-0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. f3 h6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 b6 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Kb2 a5 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3 Ke7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxc5+ Kf6 21. Bxb6 Rhb8 22. c5 a4 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Rhd1 Be8 25. Rd6+ Ke7 26. Rad1 a3+ 27. Ka2 f6 28. g4 g6 29. h4 Rc8 30. g5 h5 31. gxf6+ Kf7 32. R1d5 Rcb8 33. Rxe5 Rb7 34. Red5 Bb5 35. e5 Be8 36. Bd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Bb5 38. Kxa3 Ra7+ 39. Kb2 Rb7 40. R5d6 Be8 41. e6+ Kxf6 42. Rxe8 Rxb3+ 43. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. c4 Ba6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14. 0-0-0 Ne4 15. Be3 Nd6 16. b3 Nf5 17. Bf4 d6 18. g4 Nh6 19. Nd4 0-0 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Rhe1 c5 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. a4 Bc8 24. h3 a6 25. Na3 Bb7 26. Nb1 Rfe7 27. Kd2 Nf7 28. Nc3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Rbe8 31. Rbd1 h6 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Bd2 Bf3 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rg1 Ne5 36. Rg3 Rf7 37. Bf1 g5 38. Be3 Be4 39. Bg2 Bxg2 40. Rxg2 Nf3 41. b4 cxb4+ 42. Kxb4 Ne5 43. Rg1 Kf6 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Rh1 Rf6 46. c5 d5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rxh4 Rg6 49. Bxh6 d4+ 50. Kb3 Nxg4 51. Bf4 c6 52. Bg3 d3 53. Kc3 Kd5 54. Kxd3 Kxc5 55. Kc3 Nf6 56. Rc4+ Kb6 57. Rb4+ Kc5 58. Rc4+ Kb6 59. Kb3 Nd5 60. Bh4 Rg8 61. f4 Rg4 62. Bd8+ Kb7 63. Bg5 Rg3+ 64. Kb2 Rg2+ 65. Kc1 Kc7 66. Bh6 Rf2 67. Bg7 Kd7 68. Be5 Ne3 69. Rb4 Rc2+ 70. Kb1 Rc4 71. Rxc4 Nxc4 72. Bd4 Ke6 73. Kc2 Kd5 74. Kd3 c5 75. Bc3 Nb6 76. a5 c4+ 77. Ke3 Nd7 78. f5 Ne5 79. Kf4 Nd7 80. Bb2 Kd6 81. Ke4 Nc5+ 82. Ke3 Nb3 83. Bc3 Ke7 84. Ke4 Kf7 85. Kd5 Ke7 86. Ke5 Nc5 87. Bb4 Kf7 88. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yue, Annie"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. g3 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f3 a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Bg2 a5 17. a3 Bd8 18. Bf1 0-0 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rd2 a4 21. Nc1 Rc5 22. Qf2 e4 23. Re2 exf3 24. Qxf3 Rxd5 25. Nd3 Rd4 26. Bh3 d5 27. Nf2 Bc7 28. Bf5 Rc4 29. Bd3 Rc6 30. 0-0 Re6 31. Rfe1 Rfe8 32. Kg2 b4 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34. Qxg4 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Qe6 37. axb4 Qxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Be5 39. Bb5 Bd6 40. Bxa4 Bxb4 41. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gilmore, Blake"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 0-0 10. e4 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Rac1 e5 15. Re3 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rad8 17. b4 Ne6 18. h4 Rfe8 19. Re1 g5 20. h5 Ng7 21. g4 Ne6 22. Nf1 c5 23. Ng3 cxb4 24. cxb4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf5 d3 27. Rc7 d2 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Rc8 31. Nd6+ Kh6 32. Rxc8 Bc2 33. Nxe8 Bxd1 34. Nxf6 Be2 35. Rd8 d1Q+ 36. Rxd1 Bxd1 37. f3 1-0

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hettiarachchi, Buthsara"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. Rb1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. 0-0 Be6 14. h3 e4 15. Be2 Rb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. b4 Bd6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. f4 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb5 22. f5 Bc8 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Rbc1 Qc6 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Kg1 Rg8 27. Qe2 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Rxg2+ 29. Ke3 Qf4+ 30. Kd4 Qe5+ 31. Kc5 Qc3+ 32. Kb5 Bd7+ 33. Ka6 Qc6+ 34. Ka5 Qb6# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Bhatt, Daksh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Ne7 7. Nxe4 b6 8. Bb5+ Nbc6 9. c3 a6 10. Ba4 Bb7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Qh5 f5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Qd5 17. Nf4 Qc6 18. f3 g5 19. Nd3 Kg7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. b3 Nd5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ Kxg6 26. Raf1 Nc6 27. Be4 Rf6 28. g4 Rd6 29. gxf5+ Kf7 30. Bf3 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ra2 33. Re1 Ne7 34. Bh5+ Kf6 35. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hettiarachchi, Buthsara"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Ba2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 b5 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Kf1 g5 14. Ng1 Nd4 15. Bb1 Bg7 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ba2 Ke7 19. f3 Be5 20. Ne2 d3 21. cxd3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bxa3 23. Rb3 b4 24. d4 a5 25. Rbb1 Ba6 26. d5 a4 27. Rbd1 b3 28. Bb1 Bb4 29. dxe6 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 fxe6 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Ke3 Rxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 a3 35. Kd2 a2 36. Bxa2 bxa2 37. Ke2 a1Q 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. f3 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 fxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 13. fxe4 0-0 14. 0-0-0 Bg4 15. Re1 Rae8 16. g3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. h3 Bh5 20. Rh2 Nd7 21. b4 Re7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rhe2 Ne5 24. Kd2 c6 25. Re3 Rf2+ 26. R1e2 Rf1 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Kc3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 d5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Kd4 Bxe4 33. Re3 Rc7 34. a3 Ke7 35. Ke5 Rc6 36. Ne2 Re6+ 37. Kd4 Kf6 38. h4 g5 39. h5 Bg6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Nd4 Be4 43. Nb5 a6 44. Nd4 h6 45. Nb3 Bc2 46. Nc5 Bd1 47. Nxb7 d4+ 48. Kd3 Bxg4 49. Nc5 Bf5+ 50. Kd2 g4 51. Nb3 g3 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd4 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Qd3 0-0 15. 0-0 Rc8 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. Kh1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qa5 19. Nd1 Qc7 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bb2 e5 22. Bg4 Rcd8 23. f5 Nd7 24. Ne3 Nc5 25. Qe2 Nxe4 26. Bf3 Nf6 27. g4 Bh6 28. Qg2 e4 29. Bd1 Bg5 30. h4 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Nd5 32. Qd2 f6 33. g5 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 d5 35. Bd4 fxg5 36. Qxg5 Bd7 37. Bg4 e3 38. Rg1 Qxc2 39. Bf3 Qxf5 40. Bxd5+ Be6 41. Bxe6+ Qxe6 42. Bxe3 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ng4 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Ke2 Rab8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Rd3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rc5 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Rdd1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Nxc3+ 23. Kd3 Nxb1 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Nc6+ Rxc6 26. Rxb1 Rb6 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. a4 Kd6 29. Kc4 Kc6 30. Kd4 b5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Barry, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1254"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bb2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 d5 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Bxg7 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rg8 17. Be5 dxc4 18. Bf3 0-0-0+ 19. Kc2 cxb3+ 20. axb3 Rg5 21. Bf4 Rf5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Rehansi, DP Sayuni Vonara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1100"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Re1 Nh7 11. c3 Qe7 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Rab8 19. Bf4 Rf7 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Re7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Ng6 23. Rxc7 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. h4 Rd2 26. b4 Rxa2 27. Rxb7 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. b5 Rc4 32. b6 Rxf4 33. b7 Rxh4+ 34. Kg1 Be4 35. Bxe4+ Rxe4 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. b8Q+ Kh7 38. Qb1 g6 39. Qxe4 Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Kg2 g5 42. Kf3 Kg8 43. Kg4 Kh8 44. Kh5 g4 45. Kg6 h5 46. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 a5 12. 0-0 a4 13. c5 Bg4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f4 Na6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Ne8 21. Qxa4 f6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nd6 25. Rf3 Qc4 26. Rfe3 Rb6 27. Bb4 Nb5 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qxf5 Rf6 30. b3 Qc2 31. Qxe5 Qf2 32. h3 Nd4 33. Qg3 Rc2 34. Qxf2 Rfxf2 35. Rg3 Ne2 36. Rg4 h5 37. Rg5 h4 38. Bd6 Rd2 39. Be5 Rf7 40. Rg4 Re7 41. Bh2 Nc3 42. d6 Re6 43. Rxh4 Nb5 44. e5 Nxd6 45. Rc1 Nf5 46. Rb4 b6 47. Rbc4 Rg6 48. Rg4 Re6 49. Rg5 Nd4 50. Bf4 Ra2 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Rc7 Rg6 53. Rxg6 Kxg6 54. Rd7 Ne2 55. Be3 Rxa3 56. Rd6+ Kf5 57. Rxb6 Ng3+ 58. Kg1 Ke4 59. Bc5 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 Nh1+ 61. Ke2 Ra2+ 62. Kd1 Kxe5 63. Rg6 Ke4 64. Rxg7 Kd3 65. Kc1 Rc2+ 66. Kb1 Rxc5 67. Kb2 Nf2 68. h4 Nd1+ 69. Ka3 Nc3 70. b4 Nb5+ 71. Ka4 Rh5 72. Rg5 Nc3+ 73. Kb3 Rxg5 74. hxg5 Kd4 75. g6 Nd5 76. g7 Ne7 77. Ka4 Ke5 78. b5 Kf6 79. b6 Kxg7 80. b7 Nc6 81. Kb5 Nb8 82. Ka4 Nc6 83. Kb5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Langford, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. c4 Nc5 12. 0-0 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 0-0 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 f5 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Na4 Bd8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Nd4 Qg6 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Ne1 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Ra7 24. Rac1 Rc7 25. Rxd8 Rxc6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. bxc6 Qe8 28. c7 Qc8 29. Nf3 Ng8 30. a4 h6 31. Nd4 Ne7 32. Ba3 Ke8 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34. Nb5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 0-0 11. Qd2 Be6 12. 0-0-0 Nd4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Bc3 bxc4 17. Qxd6 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qc3 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Nb6 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Nc2 Na4 25. Qa3 Qxa3 26. Nxa3 Rb8 27. Ka1 Rxb2 28. Nxc4 Rc2 29. Bd3 Rxg2 30. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rd8 32. Ne5 Nc5 33. Bc4 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxh2 35. Bd5 Nd7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Nxd7 Bxd7 38. Rc7 Be8 39. Rc8 Bb5 40. Rc7 Be8 41. Rc8 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Qd2 b5 16. Kh1 Rc7 17. Bf4 Rfc8 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Rc1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rcd1 Rcd7 27. Qc3 Rd5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. a3 Qg6 30. Qe3 Qh5 31. Kh2 Qg6 32. Ne4 Qb6 33. Nc3 R5d6 34. Kh1 Bb7 35. Ne2 a5 36. Rc1 Re6 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. b3 Rg6 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Nf4 Rf6 41. Re5 Qxe5 42. dxe5 Rxd2 43. exf6 g5 44. Nh5 Bd5 45. Ng3 Ra2 46. Rc3 Kh7 47. Nf5 h5 48. Ne3 Be6 49. Nxc4 Bxc4 50. Rxc4 Rxa3 51. h4 gxh4 52. Kh2 Kg6 53. Rc6 Ra1 54. Rc4 Kxf6 55. Rxh4 Kg5 56. Rc4 a4 57. Rc5+ f5 58. Ra5 Kf4 59. g3+ Kxf3 60. Rxf5+ Kg4 61. Rf4+ Kg5 62. Rc4 a3 63. Ra4 a2 64. Kg2 Kf5 65. Ra8 Ke5 66. Ra7 Kd6 67. Ra8 Kc6 68. Ra7 Kb6 69. Ra8 Kb7 70. Ra3 Kb6 71. Ra8 Kb7 72. Ra3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. d5 Nbxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. Bf6 h6 26. Bc3 a5 27. Ne5 Rdd8 28. Qe3 g5 29. Qh3 f6 30. Ng4 Qd3 31. Qxh6 e5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Ng4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. a5 Nd7 16. b4 Bf6 17. a6 Be4 18. Nd2 Bxd4 19. Nxe4 Be5 20. f4 Bc7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. Rfd1 Ke7 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. c4 Nd7 32. Bd1 Nb8 33. c5+ bxc5+ 34. bxc5+ Kc7 35. Be2 Nc6+ 36. Kc4 Na5+ 37. Kc3 Nc6 38. Bd3 h6 39. g4 Ne7 40. Be4 Nc6 41. h4 f6 42. g5 hxg5 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Ne5 45. Kd4 Nf7 46. g6 Nd8 47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Bf3 Kc7 49. c6 Kb6 50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Bd3 d6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bh2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Re1 Qb8 15. Nfd2 Nf8 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. f4 Nd5 18. Qf1 Bh4 19. Re2 f5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Nf8 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Rae1 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Xing, Zerui Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bd6 6. Ne2 0-0 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nbc3 Rb8 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Nc3 b5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qc6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 h6 18. Bd2 g5 19. f3 Kg7 20. Rfe1 Rbe8 21. Re2 Nf6 22. Rae1 Qd5 23. Kh1 Qxa2 24. b3 Qb2 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Be4 27. Be3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Qb1+ 29. Bg1 Qxd3 30. Rxd6 a5 31. Ra6 Kg6 32. Qg3 f4 33. Qe1 Qxb3 34. Qxa5 g4 35. fxg4 f3 36. Qd2 fxg2+ 37. Qxg2 b4 38. d5 Qd3 39. Rb6 b3 40. h4 b2 41. h5+ Kg5 42. Rxb2 Qxd5 43. Be3+ Kh4 44. Qxd5 Nxd5 45. Bxh6 Rf6 46. Bg7 Rf1+ 47. Kh2 Ne3 48. Rb3 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. f5 exf5 10. exf5 Ndxf5 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Rxf5 gxf5 13. Nd5 f6 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. Bh6 d6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nhf4 Bd7 18. Qf3 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rb8 20. Nh5+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Be8 22. Qxf5 Bxh5 23. Qxh5 Qe7 24. Rf1 Rbe8 25. Be4 Qg7 26. Rf4 Re5 27. Qf3 b6 28. Rg4 Rg5 29. Rh4 f5 30. Rf4 Qxb2 31. Bxf5 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc2+ 33. Kh3 Qxa2 34. g4 Qf7 35. Kg3 Qf6 36. h4 Rg7 37. g5 Qe5 38. Kg4 Rgf7 39. h5 Rxf5 40. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 41. Qxf5 Rxf5 42. Kxf5 a5 43. Ke6 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cabe, Arlan"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. a4 e5 8. Na3 b4 9. Nc4 d6 10. c3 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 0-0 13. Bf4 Bxe4 14. Nxd6 Bd5 15. dxc5 Nbc6 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rae1 Nb3 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nbd4 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nf5 Qe8 23. Rd6 gxf5 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Rxc6 Bxb2 26. Be3 Rec8 27. Rb6 a5 28. Rd1 f4 29. gxf4 Ra7 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Kf3 Bf8 32. Rg1+ Bg7 33. Bd4 f5 34. c6 Kf8 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. Bd6 Bd4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rxa7 Bxa7 39. Rg7 Kxd6 40. Rxa7 Rxc6 41. Ke3 Rc3+ 42. Kd4 Rf3 43. Ra6+ Kd7 44. Ke5 Rxf2 45. Rxa5 Rxh2 46. Rb5 Rb2 47. Kxf5 b3 48. a5 Ra2 49. Rxb3 Rxa5+ 50. Kf6 Ra6+ 51. Kf7 h5 52. f5 h4 53. f6 Kd6 54. Kg7 Ke5 55. f7 Ra7 56. Rf3 Ke4 57. Rh3 Kf5 58. Rxh4 Ke6 59. Rf4 Ke5 60. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ebenezer, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bf6 14. Be5 Qb6 15. Nc4 Qc6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. fxe3 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. 0-0 a6 9. Be2 f6 10. Nc3 e6 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nf8 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Re1 Qxe6 17. Rxe6+ Kd7 18. Rb6 Kc7 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5+ Kd6 21. Nxf6 Ke6 22. Ng4 Rhd8 23. Be3 Rac8 24. Ne5 b6 25. Kf1 a5 26. Rd1 Rc2 27. Nd3 Kd5 28. Rb1 Rdc8 29. Ne1 R2c6 30. Ke2 Ke4 31. f3+ Kd5 32. Kd3 Re8 33. Bd2 Rec8 34. Bc3 Re8 35. Nc2 Rce6 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 a4 38. Ne3+ Kc6 39. d5+ Kc5 40. a3 b5 41. Bb4+ Kb6 42. f4 h5 43. h3 Rh8 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rh2 46. Bc3 Rf2 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 Rf4 49. Be5 Rf2 50. Ke4 Kb7 51. f6 Kc8 52. Nf5 Re2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 Na5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nh7 12. h4 f5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3 Qg7 15. Nf4 0-0-0 16. c5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qg5 18. g3 Nf8 19. Rb1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qb5 Ka8 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Ke2 Rb7 25. c4 Rhb8 26. cxb6 Rxb6 27. Rb4 Nc6 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rh1 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rh4 Qe8 32. f4 Qb8 33. Qf3 Rb3 34. Qxh5 Rxa3 35. Qh8 Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Kb7 37. d5 Nb4 38. dxe6 dxe6 39. Re8 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra6 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. Be1 a5 44. Bxb4 axb4 45. Kd3 Rb6 46. Kc2 b3+ 47. Kb2 c5 48. Rd8 Kc7 49. Rd3 Rb4 50. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 b5 8. Bd2 b4 9. Nce2 Ba6 10. Nc1 c5 11. Qe2 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qb5 14. Nh3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nf2 Be7 18. 0-0 0-0-0 19. a3 b3 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. Rc4 Na5 22. Rc3 Rc7 23. Rfc1 Kb8 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Nd1 Nc6 27. Rc4 Nb6 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Nd5 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Rcc8 31. Nxe7 Nxe7 32. Nxe5 g6 33. f6 Qc7 34. Rxc5 Qb7 35. fxe7 Rxc5 36. Bxc5 Rc8 37. d4 Qxe7 38. Qb5+ Ka8 39. Qxa4+ Kb8 40. Qxb3+ Ka8 41. Qd5+ Kb8 42. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. d3 Nbc6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Rb1 f5 11. f4 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc8 18. Qd2 Nd6 19. Qb4 b6 20. Qd2 f4 21. gxf4 h6 22. Bh4 exf4 23. Bf3 g5 24. Bg4 Qe7 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bf2 Be5 27. Rg1 Ne8 28. Bg4 Nf6 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Rbc1 h5 31. Rc6 Qh7 32. Re6 Rbe8 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxd4 Qe7 35. Qc3 Nd7 36. Bxh5 f3 37. Bg4 f2 38. Rf1 Kh7 39. Bxd7 Qxd7 40. Bxe5 Rc8 41. Qd4 g4 42. Qxf2 Kg8 43. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Lane, Gary William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 0-0 6. d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 g4 14. Nh2 Qf6 15. Nf1 Qg7 16. Na4 Bd4 17. c3 Bb6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Ne3 f5 20. 0-0-0 f4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Nc2 Bd7 23. d4 Rae8 24. Rde1 Rf7 25. Nb4 Qg6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nd3 e4 28. Nxf4 Qd6 29. g3 Kh7 30. Rhf1 Ree7 31. Qe3 a5 32. Rd1 b5 33. b4 Rf5 34. Rf2 Qf6 35. Rfd2 Qf7 36. Rb2 Be6 37. Re1 Bc4 38. Rd1 Qf8 39. Rf2 Qa8 40. Kd2 axb4 41. axb4 Qa3 42. Ke1 Rff7 43. Rfd2 Bd3 44. Ne2 Rf3 45. Rxd3 Rxe3 46. Rxe3 Qb3 47. Rd2 Ra7 48. Kf2 Qb1 49. c4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zajkowski, Richard"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. a3 Nd4 8. d3 Nec6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rab1 b5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Nexd4 cxd4 15. Bf2 0-0 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. a4 Qb6 18. Bb3 e5 19. c4 Bh6 20. Ng5 Qc5 21. Bg3 f6 22. Nf3 Nd8 23. Qe2 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qf2 Ne6 26. g3 Kh8 27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Qd2 g5 29. h4 Bh3 30. Rf2 Bg4 31. Kh1 Bxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rbe8 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Qh2 Rg6 35. Bd1 Qe5 36. Qg3 Reg8 37. Rff1 gxh4 38. Qxh4 Rxg1+ 39. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qg5+ 41. Qxg5 fxg5 42. Bc2 Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Kg3 h5 45. b3 Ke5 46. Kf3 Ne6 47. Kg3 g4 48. Kh4 Kf4 49. Kxh5 g3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. g4 c5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Rg1 Qc7 13. Qe2 g6 14. a4 a5 15. Be3 0-0-0 16. Nd2 Nf8 17. d5 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Qxe2 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Rhf1 Rhf8 15. Kb1 Rde8 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Bxh7 Bxf2 18. Bxg7 Ne3 19. Bxf8 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxf8 21. Rf1 d5 22. g4 Kd8 23. g5 Ke7 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. g6 Bh4 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. h4 Rh8 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Ng5 Rxh4 30. Nh7+ Kg7 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Rf1+ Ke5 33. Rf7 Be6 34. Rxc7 Kd6 35. Rxa7 c5 36. g7 Rg4 37. Bh7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. 0-0 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bf4 d5 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Nb3 g5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 a5 20. a4 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Bb7 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Bd2 Kd7 24. Re3 g4 25. Nxa5 Rhb8 26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxh6 Rc8 30. Be3 Qb4 31. b3 f5 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. Qg6 Be7 34. Qxg4 c5 35. Qd1 cxd4 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Bxd4 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 39. h4 d4 40. h5 e5 41. h6 Qc7 42. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Spiller, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bf3 Qe8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Qc2+ f5 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. d5 Rg8 26. Red1 Rg4 27. Qd3 Bf4 28. Rc2 Bg5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Qd7+ Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kg8 32. Nxg5 Rxg5 33. Rcc7 e5 34. Re7 f4 35. Re8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. e3 Re8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bf3 c6 15. 0-0 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qf5 Qh4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nf5 21. Rad1 Nd6 22. c5 Nb5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Qd3 f6 27. Qd7 Nd5 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. e4 Nc7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Re8 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd8 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qd1 d6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Ne1 Kh8 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qxe6 c6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ng2 Rae8 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qh3 Nd5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Bd4 24. Rab1 Qf7 25. b3 Qe7 26. Be3 c5 27. Rfd1 Rd8 28. Qf1 Rf6 29. Qc4 Rfd6 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Kg2 b5 32. Qe2 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Rd4 34. Re2 h6 35. Rbe1 Qd5 36. Rc1 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Rcc2 a5 39. Re1 Re8 40. Rce2 Rd3 41. Qc1 e3+ 42. f3 Qd4 43. Rc2 c3 44. Ree2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bg4 13. Be2 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. 0-0 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qe6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd4 c5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. a4 Rac8 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Nc3 Rcd8 23. Rbd1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 a6 25. h3 h6 26. Qb1 Re5 27. Qb4 Nd7 28. Nd5 Kh7 29. a5 Nc5 30. Nb6 Rg5 31. Rd5 Nd3 32. Qe7 Qe6 33. Qxb7 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qg6+ 35. Kf1 Qf6 36. Rxd3 Qf3 37. Rd4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Tang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Bc5+ Kg8 20. Rac1 h5 21. g5 Rc8 22. Bd4 a6 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bf3 Bd3 25. Rfe1 Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Nxg5 27. Bxb7 Rc7 28. Bg2 Bc4 29. a4 Nh7 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. a5 Nf8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bc6 Rc8 34. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1284"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. h3 Nc6 14. Be4 Be6 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. Bg5 f5 17. Bd5 Rae8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd5 Rg6 20. Rad1 e4 21. Bh4 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rd6 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qe3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf4 26. Bg3 Bxe3 27. Bxc7 Bxf2 28. Rd6 Rf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 b5 32. Kg2 Be3 33. Kf1 Ne7 34. Bd6 Nd5 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Kg7 37. Bd4 Kg6 38. Kf2 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Kg3 f5 41. Be5 Kg5 42. a4 f4+ 43. Kf2 bxa4 44. c4 Ne3 45. c5 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Nbd2 Rfd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. a4 Bc5 22. Rc1 Bb4 23. Ba3 Bxe1 24. Nf5 Qe8 25. Nd6 Bxa4 26. Qd3 Nf4 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Ng5 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ng6 30. h4 Bc6 31. Qb1 f5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Ngf7 Rf8 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Qc1 Qa5 37. Ng4 Qh5 38. Ne3 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg5 40. Bb2 Nf4 41. Rd2 Nh3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. g3 Qxe3 44. Nf5+ exf5 45. Rd7+ Bxd7 46. Qxe3 Rbe8 47. Qd2 Rf7 48. Kxh3 f4+ 49. Kh4 Re3 50. g4 h5 51. Qd5 Bxg4 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Qg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 e6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qc2 h6 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Nxd7 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Re3 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Nf6 21. Rh3 Qg4+ 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Qe2 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Rf3 Rac8 26. Bd2 f5 27. Re1 Rc6 28. Bb5 Rb6 29. Bc4 Rf6 30. Bb3 Kh7 31. Rf2 Rg6+ 32. Kh2 Nf6 33. Rg2 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Nf6 35. Rxe6 Ng4 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. c4 a5 38. Bxa5 Re6 39. d5 Ra6 40. Bc7 Kf7 41. c5 g5 42. d6+ Ke8 43. Rxg4 fxg4 44. Be6 Ra8 45. Bxg4 Kf7 46. Bf3 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Be2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a4 f5 13. Rad1 f4 14. h3 h6 15. Nd5 Rh8 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nxg5 Nxd5 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. cxd5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Nd4 22. Rb1 a5 23. Kh2 Rh6 24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. f3 Qd7 26. b3 b6 27. Rg2 Rg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh7 30. Bd1 Qf7 31. Qg2 Rg6 32. Qxg6+ Qxg6 33. Rxg6 Kxg6 34. h4 Kf6 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Ke1 b5 38. Kd2 Kc7 39. Kc3 Kb6 40. Kd2 Ka6 41. Kc3 Ka7 42. axb5 Kb7 43. Kb2 Kb6 44. Kc1 Kxb5 45. Kb1 Kb4 46. Kb2 Nb5 47. Be2 Nc3 48. Bf1 Nd1+ 49. Ka2 Kc3 50. Ka3 Nb2 51. Be2 Nxd3 52. Ka4 Kd2 53. Bf1 Ne1 54. Kxa5 Nxf3 55. Kb6 Ke3 56. Kc6 Nd2 57. Bh3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. Nd2 0-0 16. Nc4 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Rc6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. a4 Qd8 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. axb5 Rc5 23. b4 Rcxb5 24. Nd5 Rxb4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Qd5 Qb6 27. g3 Rb2 28. Rd2 Rb5 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. Ra7 Qxa7 31. Qxb5 g6 32. Qd5 h5 33. Ra2 Qe7 34. Rb2 Kg7 35. Rb7 Qf6 36. h4 Be7 37. Kg2 g5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Rb3 Qg6 40. Rf3 Bf8 41. Kf1 Be7 42. Rf5 h4 43. gxh4 Bxh4 44. Rf3 Qh5 45. Rf5 Bg5 46. Qd3 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Qh5+ 48. Qf3 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Bd8 50. Kg4 Bb6 51. Kg5 Bd8+ 52. Kh5 Kf8 53. Rf3 Ke7 54. Kh6 Ke6 55. Kg7 f6 56. Rd3 Bb6 57. f3 Bd4 58. Kg6 Bc5 59. Rd1 Be3 60. Ra1 Bg5 61. Ra7 Bh4 62. Rb7 Bg5 63. Rb8 Bh4 64. Re8+ Kd7 65. Kf7 Kc6 66. Ke6 Kc5 67. Ra8 Kd4 68. Kxd6 Ke3 69. Ra3+ Kf4 70. Ke6 Bg5 71. Rb3 Bh4 72. Kd5 Bf2 73. Ke6 Bh4 74. Rb1 Kxf3 75. Kf5 Ke3 76. Rb4 Bg5 77. Rb1 Kd3 78. Rd1+ Ke3 79. Rg1 Kf3 80. Ra1 Ke3 81. Ra3+ Kd4 82. Rh3 Kc4 83. Kg4 Kd4 84. Kf3 Kc5 85. Rh1 Kd6 86. Rd1+ Ke6 87. Kg4 Be3 88. Ra1 Bc5 89. Ra6+ Bd6 90. Rb6 Ke7 91. Kf5 Bc5 92. Re6+ Kd7 93. Rxf6 Bd4 94. Rh6 Ke7 95. Rg6 Bb2 96. Re6+ Kf7 97. Rb6 Ke7 98. Rxb2 Kf7 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "McLeod, Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. c4 Nc7 6. d5 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ng3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. 0-0 Ng4 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 f6 18. f3 fxg5 19. fxg4 g6 20. Ng3 h6 21. h3 Be8 22. Nge4 Bg7 23. Rf2 Kb8 24. Raf1 Rg8 25. Nf6 Rf8 26. Nxe8 Rdxe8 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qf2 Qd6 30. Ne4 Qd8 31. Nxc5 b6 32. Qxf8 Kc8 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Ne6+ Nxe6 35. dxe6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kxe6 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. b4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. f3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Bb4 13. Bf2 Be6 14. h4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 a6 19. Kb2 Ne5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rhe1 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Rde2 Ne4 27. Re3 b5 28. Rf1 Nd2 29. Rf2 Rxd4 30. Rd3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g4 Nc6 4. Nge2 d6 5. Ng3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg2 e5 8. h4 h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Be4 Bd7 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qb4+ 17. c3 Qh4 18. Kd2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Rc1 0-0 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. 0-0 a6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Qxb4 Ng4 16. Qd6 Qd8 17. Qg3 f5 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Qh4 Kh8 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Rfd1 Rg8 22. Be2 Nf8 23. Bg5 Ng6 24. Nxg6+ Qxg6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bf3 Rg7 27. Qh5 Qxh5 28. Bxh5 Bd7 29. Bf3 e5 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 f4 32. Kh2 Rxb2 33. Rb1 Rxf2 34. Rb8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ne4 Rb2 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qb5 Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Be4 Nc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bb2 Rad7 21. Rd3 f5 22. Bg2 e5 23. Rad1 Bc5 24. f3 Nd5 25. Bc1 Nb4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rd2 Nxc2 28. Red1 Ne3 29. Re1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Bb4 31. Red1 Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Rd5 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4 e4 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. a5 d3 37. a6 e3 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kf3 e2 40. Ra1 d2 41. Kxe2 Re8+ 42. Kf2 d1Q 43. a8Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. Be1 Kf7 47. Kg2 Ke6 48. Bf2 Kf5 49. h3 Ke4 50. Be1 Qd1 51. Bf2 Qe2 52. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Ngf3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 Nfe4 15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Rg1 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. a3 a5 19. Rg4 Nf5 20. Qg2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Rc7 22. h4 Bd6 23. h5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qe7 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rh1 Rd8 27. Rg4 Rdd7 28. Bg3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Rgh4 bxc3+ 32. bxc3 Qa3 33. Rc1 Rc6 34. Rc2 Rb6 35. Ke2 Rb2 36. Kf3 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Bc6 38. e6 fxe6 39. hxg6 Ba4 40. gxh7+ Rxh7 41. Qb1 Qb3 42. Qh1 Rxh4 43. Qxh4 Qd1+ 44. Kf4 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jellyman, Riley"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. 0-0 a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. h3 Nc5 11. Qe3 Nxa4 12. Nxa4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nb6 Ra6 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Re1 Qa8 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Ra4 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Nxb5 Qa6 21. b3 Ra5 22. a4 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxa7 Rxh3 23. Re1 Rh4 24. f3 Rh8 25. Bc5 Rc7 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Bc4 Kf8 28. Bxe7+ Rxe7 29. Red1 Rc7 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 Ne5 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. a4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rd5 Nc6 37. Rxf5+ Ke8 38. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qe2 Kf7 9. Qh5+ Ke6 10. Qe2 Kf7 11. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Re1 Nc6 8. a4 d6 9. c3 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa2 b4 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. dxc4 Nf6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Kf8 21. Be3 Qc8 22. Rc1 Nxe4 23. Bxc5+ Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxe5 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qa5 Bf6 27. Qxb4+ Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. b3 Be6 30. Bf1 Ra8 31. Bc4 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Qb7 Rd1 34. Bd5 Be8 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Be4 Rd1 37. b4 Rd7 38. Qb8 Rd8 39. Qb6 Rd2 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Bd5 Be7 42. Qc7 Bf6 43. Qc5 Ba4 44. Bc4 Rc2 45. Qd5 Be8 46. b5 Rb2 47. Qc5 Bd8 48. Qe5+ Bf6 49. Qxe8 Rb1 50. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Nc4 Kf8 16. Bf4 Rd8+ 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Kb2 g5 19. Bd6 Be6 20. Rad1 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 a6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. a4 g4 24. c4 Rb8 25. Kc3 g3 26. fxg3 Rg8 27. Rd3 Rxg3 28. Rf1 Rg5 29. Rdxf3 a5 30. b5 cxb5 31. axb5 Rxc5 32. Nxf7 Rxc4+ 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Ne5 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 Rd5 39. Nc6+ Kd6 40. Rf6 a4 41. Rh6 a3 42. Rxh7 Rxb5 43. Nd4 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 a2 45. Ra7 Bg8 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Nc2 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 Rb1 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Ra5+ Kb6 51. Ra8 Bd5 52. Ra3 Kc5 53. Ra5+ Rb5 54. Rxb5+ Kxb5 55. Kb2 Ka4 56. Ka1 Bb3 57. Nd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 f6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Nd2 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Kf7 17. 0-0 Re8 18. Nf3 Kg8 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. Re2 Rac8 22. Rae1 Qc3 23. a4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Kf7 25. h3 g6 26. Re3 Rc7 27. Nf3 Ke7 28. Ne5 Rc3 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Bxg6 Rec8 31. Bd3 Re8 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. Bf5 Rxg3 35. Bxe6+ Kc7 36. Bxf7 Ra3 37. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Langford, Josh"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Rc8 8. 0-0 g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bg7 12. Be2 0-0 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15. f4 e6 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Rc7 20. Bd4 e5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne6 23. Rf2 Ne5 24. Rdf1 Nxc4 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Qd4 Qd7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Qd5 Rc5 30. Qd2 Rfc8 31. c4 R8c7 32. g4 Qc6 33. Rf4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Kg1 Nxf4 36. Rxf4 Rc1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg1 hxg4 40. Qb2 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Qe5 42. Qe2 d5 43. Qd2 Qxe4+ 44. Kg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 0-0 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ba3 Nb4 15. Rc1 a5 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. c6 Ba6 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Nf5 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bc8 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Rc4 f5 30. Ra1 f4 31. Kf2 Rh5 32. Rxb4 Rxh2 33. Kg1 Rh6 34. exf4 Rd6 35. Ra5 Rf8 36. Kf2 Rxf4+ 37. Ke3 Rf8 38. Ra8 Bg4 39. Rbb8 Rxb8 40. Rxb8+ Kf7 41. c7 Rg6 42. Kxe4 Bd7 43. Nf3 Rg4+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kf2 g6 46. Rd8 Ke6 47. c8Q Bxc8 48. Rxc8 Rb4 49. Rc3 h5 50. Rd3 Kf6 51. Ke3 g5 52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rd3 Kf6 54. Nd4 Rb8 55. Rd2 h4 56. Rf2+ Kg6 57. Rb2 g4 58. b4 Kg5 59. b5 Rb6 60. Rc2 h3 61. Rc5+ Kh4 62. Nf5+ Kg5 63. gxh3 gxh3 64. Kf3 Rb8 65. Kg3 Rh8 66. Nh4+ Kf6 67. Kxh3 Ke6 68. Kg4 Kd6 69. Rc6+ Kd7 70. Nf5 Rb8 71. Rc5 Rb6 72. Kf4 Re6 73. Re5 Rg6 74. Re7+ Kd8 75. Rh7 Rb6 76. Nd4 Kc8 77. Ke5 Kb8 78. Kd5 Rg6 79. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McClymont, Brodie"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 11. Kd2 Nbd7 12. Kc2 0-0 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. g4 Qb8 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 Ne5 17. Qb3 Nc7 18. Ka1 Nd7 19. h5 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. g6 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxf3 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. h6 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Nf6 27. Bd4 Qb7 28. hxg7+ Bxg7 29. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Qe2 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nge7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nh2 Nb4 19. Ng4 Nxa2 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qb3 22. h4 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Nb4 25. h5 Rc2 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Qd8+ Kc6 32. Qe8+ Kb6 33. Qxf7 Qf5 34. Qe7 Nd3 35. Bh4 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. 0-0 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ Rxc6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Rxa6 14. Nb3 Rc6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rfc1 Rc4 17. Be3 e6 18. Ne1 h5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Rc1 Kd7 22. b3 c3 23. Nc4 Bf5 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. Rxc3 Nd5 26. Rc1 f6 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Nd3 fxe5 29. Nxe5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 f4 31. Bd4 f3 32. g3 Rf8 33. a4 a6 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. Rd3 Rf8 37. Bb2 b5 38. Bc1 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rf5 40. Bb2 Kc5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rf4 43. Kg3 Rxa4 44. Rxf3 Ra2 45. Ba3+ Kd4 46. g5 Kxe5 47. g6 Nf6 48. Be7 Nd5 49. Bg5 Ra1 50. Kh2 Ke4 51. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 a6 8. 0-0 Qd8 9. f4 Be7 10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. dxe5 bxa4 16. Qxa4+ Qd7 17. Qc2 0-0 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Nd4 Qxe5 21. Rde1 Qd5 22. Nf3 f5 23. c4 Qc6 24. Ne5 Qb6+ 25. Nf2 Rbd8 26. Qe2 Bb4 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. b4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxb4 30. Nd7 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Re8 32. Qh5 Qe7 33. Qg6 Bc6 34. Qg3 Bxd7 35. Qxc7 Ba4 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Ra1 Bc6 38. g3 e5 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. h4 c5 8. Nh3 h5 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. a5 Qc6 15. Nd3 0-0 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Be2 Rb8 18. Rb1 c4 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. 0-0 R5xb6 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Rfd1 Rb7 26. Kh1 a5 27. Qf1 c3 28. b3 a4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Bc4 Qc6 31. Bb3 Qc5 32. Ra1 Bb5 33. Qg1 Qc7 34. Qf2 Bc4 35. Rab1 Bb5 36. g3 Bf8 37. Kh2 Bc5 38. Qe1 Qb6 39. Kg2 Rb8 40. Ra1 Qc6 41. Ra2 Bb6 42. Raa1 Qc7 43. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qa5 6. Nge2 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 Qxc4+ 11. Ke1 Qb4+ 12. Ke2 c4 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Ke1 d5 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxa7 0-0 18. Qb6 Ra8 19. Rb2 Bc6 20. Kd2 Ra6 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rfa8 23. Be2 Rxa2 24. Rhb1 R8a3 25. Kc1 Kf8 26. e4 Ke8 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bf3 Ra5 29. Bg4 Kd8 30. Kc2 d4 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Kc7 33. Kd1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 a5 11. g4 a4 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qe5 15. f3 Bh3 16. Qc1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qe3 a3 19. b4 Qh8 20. Kd2 e5 21. Bg3 f5 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Rae1 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Ne7 26. Bh4 Be6 27. Rhg1 Bf4 28. Bg5 Rac8 29. Nd5 Nfxd5 30. exd5 Bf5 31. Qb3 Rfe8 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Ref1 b5 35. c5 dxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. d6+ Be6 38. Rxf4 Bxb3 39. Rxf6 Bxc2+ 40. Bxc2 Nd5 41. Rfxg6+ Kh7 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Membrere, Briene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. 0-0 h6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 Bh7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. c5 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. b4 0-0 16. b5 f5 17. g3 Be7 18. f4 g5 19. Kh1 Bg6 20. a4 Qe8 21. a5 a6 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Bd3 Bh5 24. Qf2 Qd8 25. Bc1 g4 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Bd2 Be8 28. Reb1 Qc7 29. Rb6 Bd7 30. Na2 Qa7 31. Rab1 Bc8 32. Nb4 Bd8 33. Nxc6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Kf7 35. Bc3 Bb7 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. c6 Bc8 38. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Dharmasena, Gavith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 a5 11. Bf4 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bd6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bf3 0-0 15. 0-0-0 a4 16. a3 Be5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 c5 19. Rf4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 d5 21. Re1 d4 22. Nb5 Nd5 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Re2 Rf6 25. c4 c6 26. Nxd4 Nf4 27. gxf4 cxd4 28. Re4 c5 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. f3 h6 31. Kc2 Re6 32. b3 axb3+ 33. Kxb3 Rb6+ 34. Kc2 Ra6 35. Kb2 Rb6+ 36. Kc2 Ra6 37. Kb2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sashikumar"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Bg2 b4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. b3 Nf6 13. h3 0-0 14. 0-0 Rfe8 15. Qf2 Rad8 16. f5 d4 17. g5 Nd5 18. f6 Bd6 19. g6 hxg6 20. fxg7 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bg3 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Ne3 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Nh6+ Kxg7 27. Rf3 Be5 28. Re1 Kxh6 29. Rfxe3 Rf8 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxb7 Nf3 32. Re2 Nd4 33. Rg2 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Be4 Nf4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Rg2 g5 38. h4 Rf4 39. hxg5+ Kg7 40. Kg3 Rdf8 41. g6 R4f6 42. Rh2 Ng5 43. Rh5 Nxe4+ 44. dxe4 Rf3+ 45. Kg4 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b3 g6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Bg2 d5 17. Qe3 dxc4 18. Bxa5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rd8 21. f4 c5 22. Ba5 d4 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. bxc4 Qe6 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. 0-0 Rb8 27. Qd3 Rb2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bb7 30. Qa3 f6 31. Qxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qxd4 fxe5 34. Qd5 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. Qxe6+ Kxe6 37. Bc3 Rxh2 38. fxe5 Ra2 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. Re3 Ra4 43. Re4 Ra3 44. Re3 Ra4 45. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nbc3 Re8 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. b4 Qe7 13. b5 Bd7 14. a4 Rab8 15. a5 Rec8 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Ra2 a6 20. Nf4 Qc7 21. b6 Qe7 22. Re1 Bd7 23. f3 g5 24. Nh3 d5 25. c5 g4 26. Nf4 Bh6 27. Rae2 Re8 28. h3 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Ne4 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Rg2 Nxg3 32. Nce2 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Qd1 Rg8 35. Reg1 Qh4 36. Qf1 Rbf8 37. Rg3 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qg1+ Kf8 41. Qg3 Bg5 42. Ng2 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ke7 44. Nef4 Be8 45. Kg4 f6 46. Kg3 Bd7 47. Kh2 Be8 48. Kg3 Bd7 49. Kh2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 Bh7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Ne2 Nf8 13. Ng3 Ng7 14. Bxh7 Rxh7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nd3 h4 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. g4 hxg3 22. hxg3 Kf8 23. Qc7 Qe8 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 Qb5 27. Qc2 g4 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Qd1 a5 31. Nef4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Qb4 33. a3 Qb6 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg4 Rg8 36. Qd1 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. g4 Ne7 39. Bc1 Kg8 40. Qd3 Kf7 41. Bg5 Nc6 42. Qf3+ Ke8 43. Qf6 Kd7 44. Qf7+ Kc8 45. Qxe6+ Kb8 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47. Qxd5 Qxd4 48. Bd8+ Kc8 49. Qxd4 Nxd4 50. Bxa5 Nxb3 51. Bb4 Nd4 52. f4 Kd7 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. Bc3 Nc6 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Kd3 b5 57. Ba1 Ne7 58. Bb2 Nc6 59. Bc3 Ne7 60. Bb4 Nc6 61. Bd6 Nd4 62. Kc3 Ne2+ 63. Kb4 Nxf4 64. Kxb5 Ne2 65. a4 Nc3+ 66. Kb4 Ne4 67. a5 Kc6 68. Kc4 g5 69. a6 Nf2 70. e6 Nxg4 71. e7 Nf6 72. Be5 Ne8 73. a7 Kb7 74. Kd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. a3 Ba6 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rc1 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Rec1 Re7 25. Qc2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nh5 27. Ne2 Qf7 28. Nd4 Nf4 29. Qd2 Ng6 30. b3 Ba6 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. Bd4 Nf4 33. Re1 Rc7 34. Nb4 Rxc3 35. Bxc3 Qg6 36. f3 Bb7 37. Kh2 Nh5 38. Qf2 Rc8 39. Re3 a5 40. Nc2 Nf4 41. Nd4 Nd3 42. Qd2 Ba6 43. a4 Nf4 44. g3 Nh5 45. f4 Rf8 46. Qd1 Qf7 47. Qg4 g5 48. Rf3 Qg6 49. Qxe6+ Qxe6 50. Nxe6 Rf7 51. f5 Be2 52. Rf2 Bd1 53. g4 Ng7 54. Nxg7 Rxg7 55. e6 Rc7 56. f6 Rc8 57. f7+ Kf8 58. Bg7+ Kxg7 59. e7 Rf8 60. e8Q 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Nd5 12. Qd2 f5 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rc2 h5 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Bf8 21. Bf1 Bd5 22. Bg2 h4 23. Qc5 Qe8 24. Qc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qe4+ 26. f3 Qe7 27. Nc4 Bh6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rce2 Rcd8 30. Ne5 Rd6 31. Qc5 Qc7 32. a4 Kh7 33. Qc3 Rde6 34. a5 R6e7 35. Qd3 Bf8 36. e4 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Bxb4 38. Rd1 Qxe5 39. Qb3 Qe7 40. Rb1 c5 41. e5 Kg8 42. f4 Qc7 43. gxh4 Re7 44. h5 Qc6+ 45. Kf2 Bxa5 46. hxg6 c4 47. gxf7+ Kxf7 48. e6+ Ke8 49. Qg3 Bb6+ 50. Ke1 Ba5+ 51. Kf2 Bb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McDonald, John A"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rae1 b5 12. b3 Nd4 13. Nd5 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. f4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Rd1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Bb5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bh3 d3 24. Ng1 Rc2 25. Nf3 f5 26. a4 fxe4 27. axb5 exf3 28. Rd1 axb5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. d6 d2 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Bd5 Rc3 33. Kg1 Rd3 34. Be4 Rxd6 35. Kf2 Bh6 36. Kxf3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Bd3 b4 39. Ra1 Rd7 40. Bb5 Rc7 41. Bc4 Kd6 42. Ra5 Re7 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Rd8 Ra7 45. Bg8 Ra1 0-1

