[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 56th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clarke, Matthew"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Ne5 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Nd7 15. 0-0 0-0-0 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Ba4 18. Nd4 Kb8 19. Qb2 a6 20. Qa3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rc4 25. a3 Rhc8 26. Rfd1 b6 27. Rd4 Kb7 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb3 Ka6 30. Nd4 b5 31. g4 Nb6 32. Kg2 Na4 33. Nf3 Nc3 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. Kf3 Na2 36. Nb1 Rc2 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. Rd4 Nc1 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Nc3 Nd3 41. Bg3 f6 42. Bh4 Nxe5+ 43. Kg3 Bd6 44. f4 Nd3 45. Kf3 f5 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Nxd5 Kb5 48. Nc3+ Kc6 49. Ke2 Kd7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Bd8 Nf2 52. Bh4 Nd3 53. Ne2 Kd5 54. Ng3 Nf2 55. Nxf5 Ne4+ 56. Kc2 Bf8 57. Be7 Bxe7 58. Nxe7+ Ke6 59. Ng6 Ng3 60. a4 Nxh5 61. a5 Nf6 62. Kc3 Kd5 63. Ne7+ Ke6 64. Ng6 Kd5 65. b5 Kc5 66. b6 Ne4+ 67. Kc2 Nd6 68. b7 Nxb7 69. a6 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 56th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McGowan, Cameron"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ba4 Rad8 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng3 b5 16. Bb3 Qh6 17. Rf1 Ne7 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ng4 Qg6 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. f4 Ng3 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Nxf1 26. Qxf1 Be6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. exf6 Kg8 30. Rf1 Rxd3 31. Rf2 Kf7 32. Kh2 b4 33. c4 b3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. g4 Rb4 36. g5 Rxc4 37. Kg3 Rd4 38. h4 a5 39. h5 Rd5 40. g6+ hxg6 41. hxg6+ Kf8 42. Kg4 Rd1 43. f7 Rg1+ 44. Kh5 c4 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. Rd7+ Kxd7 47. f8Q Rh1+ 48. Kg5 Rg1+ 49. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chan, Jason"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Re1 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d4 Qe7 8. c3 c6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qc2 f6 14. a4 Be6 15. Bf1 Nf7 16. a5 Na6 17. b4 Nc7 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nfd2 Nb5 20. Nb3 Nfd6 21. Ncd2 Bf7 22. Red1 Ne8 23. Kh2 Nbd6 24. Nc5 Kh8 25. Na4 Ng7 26. c4 f5 27. c5 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Nc3 Nf5 30. Nxe4 Bd5 31. Bg5 Qf7 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Qd3 Nd4 34. Bg2 Bg7 35. Rac1 Rf8 36. Rf1 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Nd6 e4 40. Rce1 Rb3 41. Nxe4 Rxb4 42. Nd6 Bd4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Rxb7 Ra4 46. Rxa7 Bxc5 47. Rd7 Be6 48. Rd8 Rxa5 49. Nb7 Rb5 50. Nxc5 Rxc5 51. g4 Rc2 52. Kg3 Rc3+ 53. f3 Bd5 54. h4 Rc2 55. Rd7 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Rxh7 Rc3 58. Rh8 Rd3 59. Rf8 Be6 60. Rh1 Rc3 61. Re1 Bd5 62. Re5+ Kg6 63. Ref5 Rc1 64. R8f6+ Kg7 65. Rd6 Rd1 66. Kh4 Rd3 67. Kg5 Rxf3 68. Rdxd5 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Voon, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 0-0 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 b5 12. f3 Be6 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Bh4 Rac8 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Bd4 a5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qa7 22. Bd4 Qa8 23. h3 b4 24. Na4 Rcd8 25. Nb6 Qa6 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Nxa5 Qxa2 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. Qxb4 Nd5 30. Qd2 Qa8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Nf3 Red8 34. c4 Nxf4 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Rxd6 exd6 37. Kh2 Qb8 38. Kh1 Rc8 39. Ng5 Qb7 40. Ne4 f5 41. Qf3 fxe4 42. Qxf4 Rxc4 43. Qxd6 Qf7 44. Qe5 Qf5 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. b4 Kh6 47. b5 Rb4 48. b6 Qf2 49. Rc1 Rxb6 50. Qe5 e3 51. Rc5 Rf6 52. Qg5+ Kg7 53. Rc7+ Rf7 54. Qe5+ Qf6 55. Rxf7+ Kxf7 56. Qxe3 g5 57. Qd3 Kg7 58. Kg1 h5 59. Kh1 h4 60. Kg1 Kh6 61. Qd1 Qf4 62. Kh1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wijesuriya, G Vineetha"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 0-0 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Qc2 Rf8 15. 0-0-0 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Ng6 17. Rdg1 Qf6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Rg4 Nf4 22. Kd2 Kh8 23. Nh4 Rf6 24. Bf3 Bh6 25. Kc2 Nh3 26. Rg3 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Ne4 28. Rg4 Ng5 29. Be2 Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Rf8 31. Be2 Rf2 32. Rg2 Rxg2 33. Nxg2 Kg7 34. Ne3 Ne4 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Nxh6 Kxh6 37. Bf3 Nf6 38. h4 e4 39. Be2 Nxd5 40. c4 Nf6 41. Kc3 Kg6 42. Kd4 Kf5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Bd1 c6 45. Be2 d5 46. h5 d4+ 47. Kd2 d3 48. Bd1 Kd4 49. Ba4 e3+ 50. Ke1 e2 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderson Smith, William T"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Be2 axb5 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf2 Qb7 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nce4 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Re1 0-0 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc7 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ne4 d5 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. Qxd5 Ra6 22. Rad1 Nxg5 23. Qxc5 Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. f4 Ne6 26. f5 Nc5 27. Rd5 Ncd7 28. Ne4 Rxa2 29. b3 Rb2 30. Re3 Rc8 31. Nc5 Nf6 32. Rde5 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Xu, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rac8 13. Rd1 b5 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Ne2 d5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Ng3 Qb7 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 dxe4 22. dxe4 f6 23. Qe3 Bd6 24. Rd5 Be5 25. Bc5 Rf7 26. Qh3 f5 27. exf5 Bf6 28. Qe3 h6 29. Qe6 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Oliver, Tamzin Louise"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. a4 Nc5 16. Ra3 Rac8 17. a5 Bf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. f3 h6 20. Kg2 Qe7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bg5 24. Nd1 Qf6 25. Qe4 Bf4 26. Rc3 Qg5 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Nf2 Qe5 29. Rfc1 Rfe8 30. c5 Nf6 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. cxd6 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxd5 34. Rd3 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kxd6 38. Kc3 Rxd3+ 39. Nxd3 Nd5+ 40. Kd4 g5 41. Ke4 Ne3 42. Ne5 Ke6 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 48th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tenorio, Leonardo"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bh6 d5 12. Bxf8 dxc4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nbd2 b5 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Re8+ Kg7 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Rd1 c3 21. bxc3 dxc3 22. Qd7+ Ne7 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Re6 Bxf3 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. gxf3 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Chong, Chor Yuen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nb3 Ncd7 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rcc8 23. c4 Rab8 24. Kf1 f5 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Rc2 Rb7 27. Rac1 Kf7 28. b3 Bd8 29. Kd3 h6 30. b4 Bg5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nb3 Ke7 33. Rc3 Rh8 34. h3 Rh4 35. a5 e4+ 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Nd4 exf3+ 38. Kf2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Papp, Alexander"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Qe7 7. c3 a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. a4 0-0 11. h3 Rad8 12. Ba3 Bc8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Nb3 c6 16. bxa6 Nxa6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. d4 Be6 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Kh2 c5 26. h4 c4 27. Na1 Rdf7 28. Rf1 Nc5 29. Qa2 Nd3 30. f3 Kh8 31. Nc2 g5 32. Bh3 gxh4 33. gxh4 Nf4 34. Rd2 Qe7 35. Bg4 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Wang, Oscar Miao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Be3 Rdd8 20. f4 Bf6 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bf3 Nd4 23. Rb1 Rd7 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Rcd8 26. Rbd1 Qc7 27. c4 Bc6 28. b3 Rb8 29. Rd3 Be7 30. Bf2 Bf6 31. Qd2 Rbd8 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Qe2 g6 34. R1d2 Be7 35. h3 Kf8 36. f5 exf5 37. exf5 d5 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. cxd5 Bxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Qe4 Rd7 43. Qe5 f6 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Bg3 c4 47. bxc4 Qxa4 48. c5 Qc6 49. Qb6 Qxc5 50. Qxa6 Qd5 51. Qb6 Kf7 52. Qc7 Qe6 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. Qf4 Bc5 55. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ali, Mosaddeque"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 0-0 15. Rae1 Re8 16. c3 Qc8 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qf2 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. f5 Kh8 22. f6 Be6 23. Rf4 c5 24. Nf3 Bf5 25. Rh4 Bg6 26. Ng5 Qf5 27. Rf1 Rb1 28. Rhf4 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxe5 30. fxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qf2 f6 32. Qxf6 Rxe3 33. Qxf8+ Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rf3 Re5 36. Nh3 d4 37. Nf4 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Re4 39. cxd4 cxd4 40. Nxg6 Kxg6 41. Ra3 Re7 42. Ra5 Rd7 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Rh5 Kf6 46. Rh4 Ke5 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. Rxd4 Rg7 49. g3 Rc7 50. g4+ Kg5 51. h3 Kh4 52. Ke4 Kxh3 53. Kf3 Kh4 54. Rd6 Rf7+ 55. Kg2 Kxg4 56. Rd3 a5 57. Rg3+ Kh5 58. Rh3+ Kg6 59. Rg3+ Kh6 60. Kh3 Rf5 61. Rb3 Kg5 62. Kg3 h5 63. a4 Re5 64. Rb5 Kf5 65. Kh4 Ke4 66. Kg3 Rd5 67. Rb3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Stahnke, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. f3 Be7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. f4 Neg4 16. e5 Nxe3 17. exf6 Nxd1 18. fxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxd1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. Nce2 h6 23. Qe3 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qf6 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. g3 Qa8 28. Bh3 Be4 29. Nc3 Qa7 30. Nce2 Bg6 31. Bg2 Qc5 32. Kf2 Kh8 33. Bf3 Qa3 34. Qc3 Kh7 35. Qc6 Rd6 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Ke3 a5 38. Qc1 Rd7 39. Qc6 Rd6 40. Qxb5 Rxd4 41. Nxd4 Qc3+ 42. Kf2 Qxd4+ 43. Kg2 Bd3 44. Qe5 Qb4 45. Qe3 Qc3 46. Be2 Qc6+ 47. Bf3 Qc2+ 48. Qf2 Qb1 49. g4 Bc2 50. Kg3 f5 51. Qb6 Qxa2 52. Qxe6 Qxb3 53. gxf5 Qxe6 54. fxe6 Kg6 55. Bd5 Kf6 56. Kg4 a4 57. Kh5 Bb3 58. Be4 a3 59. e7 Kxe7 60. Bb1 Bf7+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Brian"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. f4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. 0-0 a6 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. Qe2 0-0 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rd1 d5 17. Kh1 Nc7 18. f5 Qc8 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 d4 21. Ne4 Bd7 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Bf5 24. fxe7 Re8 25. Bg5 Nd5 26. Nh4 Kh8 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 29. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Abbott, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. Qc2 e5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 exd4 18. Nexd4 Bf4 19. Rcd1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc6 21. Bg3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 a6 23. Qd7 Rf7 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Kg2 h6 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. Rfc1 Rfd7 29. Bh4 Re8 30. R1c2 Kf7 31. Rc4 Kg6 32. Re4 Rf8 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue Yuchan"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. b3 Qe8 14. Qe2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rae1 Be7 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Kf7 22. Nf1 Na6 23. Ng3 g6 24. c3 Nc5 25. Kf1 Nd3 26. Bd2 c5 27. Nde2 Bb5 28. Be3 h5 29. Kg1 a5 30. Nc1 Ke6 31. Nge2 Nxc1 32. Nxc1 Be5 33. Bd2 c4 34. g3 d4 35. cxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kg2 c3 37. Bf4 c5 38. h3 Kd5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Ba6 41. Kh3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Wijesuriya, G Vineetha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qe2 d4 7. Nb1 c5 8. d3 Ng6 9. 0-0 e5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Nd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Nge5 14. Na3 Be7 15. Bd2 0-0 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Nc4 Nfg4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 f6 22. h4 Bc8 23. hxg5 Bg4 24. Qh4 fxg5 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxg5 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Bh5 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qh6 32. g4 g5 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34. gxh5 Kh6 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Kg4 Re8 37. Rf7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wan, Kinto"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. c3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. a4 Kh8 10. h3 Bd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. a5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15. b5 Nb8 16. d4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 exd4 19. exd4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Rac1 f6 22. Qb3 Nf4 23. Nc4 Qe2 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Nxb2 Ne2 26. Rc2 Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 c6 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Rfe8 31. Nc4 Rd5 32. Ra2 Na6 33. Ne1 Rf5+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Kg8 36. Nd3 Kf8 37. Nd6 Re7 38. Nb2 Rd7 39. Nbc4 Ke7 40. Nf5+ Ke6 41. g4 c5 42. Nce3 g6 43. d5+ Ke5 44. Ng3 c4 45. Ne2 Nc5 46. Kf3 Na4 47. h4 Nxb6 48. Nf4 Rc7 49. Ne6 Rc8 50. Nf4 Rc5 51. h5 g5 52. Ne6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Cammeray"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "De Marothy, Maroth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Bd3 Bd5 12. 0-0 Bxf3 13. gxf3 0-0 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Rac1 e6 16. Bc2 Qa5 17. Bb3 e5 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf5 21. Rcd1 Nc5 22. Bd5 Rfd8 23. Re5 Ne6 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Re1 Nf4 26. c4 b5 27. Re7 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Ali, Mosaddeque"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 0-0-0 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 e4 9. Ng1 h5 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 g5 12. Qb3 Qf5 13. Qxf7 h4 14. g4 hxg3 15. Nxg3 Qb5 16. Qxf6 Qxb2 17. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norman, Brendan"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 0-0 7. Bg5 c6 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. b4 d5 12. b5 Rab8 13. Qa4 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 c5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nfxd5 20. Nxc5 Qg4 21. Nf3 h6 22. Bd2 Kh7 23. Na6 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Nc7 e4 26. dxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Rc4 Qe6 30. Ra4 a6 31. Qc4 a5 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Qc7 Qf5 34. Rf4 Qe6 35. Ra4 Qf5 36. Bd2 Rc5 37. Qa7 Bd8 38. Rd4 Rd5 39. e4 Bb6 40. exf5 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boyce, Jamie"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Rd1 Qd6 13. 0-0 Rfd8 14. e5 Qd7 15. Qb2 Be6 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. f4 Na5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Qb4 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rd3 Rdc8 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rxa2 25. Bc3 Ra3 26. Bb4 Ra1+ 27. Rf1 Ra2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nb3 30. Be3 Rc3 31. Bf2 a6 32. Be2 Bh6 33. Rd1 f6 34. exf6 exf6 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Bxf4 37. d5 Bd6 38. Bg3 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Nxc1 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd2 Na2 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Kc4 b5+ 46. Kb3 Nc1+ 47. Kb4 Kxd5 48. Ka5 Ne2 49. Kxa6 b4 50. Ka5 Kc5 51. Nd2 Nxg3 52. Ka4 f5 53. Nb3+ Kc4 54. Na5+ Kc3 55. Nb3 Ne2 56. Nc5 Nf4 57. g3 Nd3 58. Nb3 Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Guo Yuthok, Sherab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Bb3 b5 8. a3 a6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Ba2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd6 Ne8 17. Qxc7 N8xc7 18. Rd6 c5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Red1 Bf8 23. c3 Kf7 24. Nd2 c4 25. Nf1 Ke8 26. Bb6 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nf4 28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Ba5 Bc5 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rd8 32. g3 Nd3 33. Ne3 Rd7 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. b3 f5 36. f3 Ke6 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Ra2 Ra7 39. Ra5 Kd6 40. Ne3 f4 41. Nxc4+ Ke6 42. gxf4 Nxf4 43. Rxe5+ Kf6 44. Rc5 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nxc3 46. Ne3 Nb5 47. Nd5+ Ke6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Nb6 Rf7 50. Nc4+ Ke6 51. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lane, Clive"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nd1 f6 19. Ne3 b5 20. c4 b4 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Rf1 Nf7 24. Be2 h5 25. d6 Nxd6 26. Nd5 Qb7 27. Nxe7 g5 28. Qg3 h4 29. Qe3 Qxe4 30. Qd2 Qd4 31. Rad1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Nf5 33. Nxf5+ Bxf5 34. Rfd1 Rd4 35. Bf3 Rad8 36. Bd5 Bc2 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Re1 d3 39. Be4 d2 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup Major 47th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Yu, Sally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. Nbc3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. d3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qb4 22. Qg3 f5 23. c3 Qxb2 24. Nc5 f4 25. Qh4 Bc8 26. cxd4 Qxd4 27. Rac1 Rb8 28. Qe7 f3 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 fxg2 31. Kxg2 Bg4 32. h3 Bf5 33. Kg3 Rf6 34. Ne4 Re6 35. Rc5 Rb5 36. Rxb5 cxb5 37. Bg2 Nc6 38. Nc5 Rg6+ 39. Kh2 Nb4 40. d4 Rd6 41. Re5 Bg6 42. Nb3 a6 43. d5 Bf7 44. Nd4 Bxd5 45. Nf5 Rd7 46. Bxd5+ Kf8 47. Bb3 Rd2 48. Kg3 Nxa2 49. Nd6 Rxd6 50. Bxa2 Rd3+ 51. Re3 Rxe3+ 52. fxe3 a5 53. Bd5 a4 54. Bc6 a3 55. Bd5 Ke7 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Ba2 g6 58. Ke4 Kc5 59. Ke5 Kb4 60. Kd4 g5 61. e4 h5 62. e5 g4 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. e6 g3 65. Ke3 Kc3 66. e7 Kb2 67. Bd5 g2 68. Kf2 b4 69. e8Q b3 70. Qa4 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Bolens, Johnny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bc4 a6 7. Qd2 d5 8. Bb3 c6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bh6 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 a5 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. e5 Nfg8 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. c3 Rb8 19. c4 Rb7 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. h3 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd7 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qc1 Qb6 27. Ne4 Qd8 28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Rc5 Kh7 32. Qe5 Nd5 33. Rxc6 Nge7 34. Rc5 Qd7 35. b3 Nc6 36. Qe4 Rc8 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Qxe5 Ra8 39. Rec1 Kg8 40. Rc6 Nc3 41. Rc7 Qxd4 42. Qxd4 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Nxd4 44. Rc8+ Rxc8 45. Rxc8+ Kg7 46. Ra8 Nxb3 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kd3 Nc5+ 49. Kc4 Nxa4 50. Rxa5 Nb2+ 51. Kd4 Nd1 52. Ra2 Nc3 53. Rb2 Nd5 54. Rb3 Ke7 55. g3 h5 56. h4 Kd6 57. f4 Kc6 58. Kc4 Kd7 59. Rb2 Ke7 60. Kc5 Kf6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Rb3 f6 63. Rd3 Kg4 64. Ke4 Nc3+ 65. Ke3 Kxg3 66. Rd6 Nd5+ 67. Ke4 b3 68. Ra6 b2 69. Ra3+ Kxh4 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fry, Peter"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nb4 6. a3 Na6 7. Nd4 f5 8. e3 Qg5 9. Bb5+ Kf7 10. g3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nb8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Be2 Be7 14. 0-0-0 Re8 15. h3 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rad8 20. Rdg1 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Na2 h6 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Bc4+ d5 25. Be2 Bd6 26. Qb6 Nd7 27. Qd4 Nf6 28. Qd1 Be5 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qe5 31. Rd1 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Red8 33. Rg1 g5 34. Rgd1 a5 35. Na2 Bd7 36. Rg1 Ke6 37. Kb2 Ke5 38. Nc3 Rc5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Rc7 41. Nb1 Rdc8 42. c3 b6 43. Rd2 Ra7 44. Bd1 Rca8 45. Bb3 Be6 46. Rgd1 Rd7 47. Na3 Bxg4 48. Rh1 h5 49. c4 Bf3 50. Rg1 g4 51. cxd5 Rb8 52. Nc4+ Kf5 53. d6 h4 54. Bd1 b5 55. Na5 Rb6 56. Bxf3 exf3 57. Re1 Ke5 58. Rc2 Rbxd6 59. Rc5+ Rd5 60. Nc6+ Ke4 61. Nd4 g3 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Guo Yuthok, Sherab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Bg1 e5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bh2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ra7 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Bc4 Nf5 18. Qf2 Nh6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Qh4 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Harris, Rebecca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 a6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd4 g6 16. Ne4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19. Ng5 Nb4 20. Bb6 Nxd3 21. cxd3 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jens, Henk W"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. b3 a6 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. c3 Bd6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. c4 Qa5 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. exd4 0-0 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Ndf3 Bc6 16. Re1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. c5 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. g4 Qb2 21. Ndf3 Ne4 22. Re2 Qa3 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Qa5 25. Qc2 Ng6 26. f3 Ng5 27. Kf2 Qb4 28. Rd1 Nh3+ 29. Kg3 Nhf4 30. Ree1 f5 31. Nxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxe6 Qb8+ 33. Rd6 Rcd8 34. gxf5 Rxd6 35. cxd6 Qxd6+ 36. Kg2 Rxf5 37. Rf1 Rh5 38. Kh1 Nf4 39. Qf2 Qh6 40. Re1 Kf8 41. Re5 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Qg5 43. Qc5+ Kf7 44. e6+ Nxe6 45. Qxc6 Qf4 46. Kg2 Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Nd4+ 48. Kf4 Nxc6 49. Bd3 Nb4 50. Bxh7 Nxa2 51. Ke5 g6 52. Kxd5 Kg7 53. Bxg6 Kxg6 54. Kc5 Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Oliver, Shannon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 0-0 11. Qe3 Kh7 12. 0-0 Be6 13. f4 Qc8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ng8 16. Rae1 Bc4 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bg3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Re8 21. Qd3 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Qd8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nf4 Re8 25. h4 f5 26. Rd1 Qb5 27. Nxg6 Qe2 28. Nf8+ Bxf8 29. Qxf5+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Ne7 31. Be5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2008.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korenevski, Oleg"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. a4 0-0 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. c3 Nb6 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rc6 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Rac8 24. Be7 Nxb3 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qg5 c5 27. Rd1 c4 28. Bd8 Qg6 29. Qg4 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kumar, Manoj"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 a6 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qc2 g6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc2 a5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Qg4 Nc5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Rae8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rf6 Re6 23. Raf1 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rf4 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Nxd3 30. Kg1 Rxf4 31. exf4 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Nakauchi, Gene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Ne7 9. f4 Nbc6 10. c3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bf2 h5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Qd2 0-0 16. g3 Qb6 17. Qe2 Rc6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Kg2 Qa5 21. Bb1 b4 22. h3 Qc7 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. Ne1 a5 26. Qd3 g6 27. Rh1 Bf8 28. Bh4 Bg7 29. Bg5 Rc1 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Rxe1 32. Qh3 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Re3+ 34. Kxe3 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fancy, Stuart"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qe7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 Qc5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Be2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. c3 Be6 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. Qc2 a5 17. f4 f5 18. Rad1 a4 19. c4 Qf6 20. Rd2 Bf7 21. Be2 Qe7 22. Rf3 Rfe8 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxf4+ 26. Rf3 Qxh2 27. g3 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 c5 29. Bd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Re1 Nd4 12. b3 0-0 13. Be3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxd4 bxc4 17. Be3 cxb3 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 bxc2 20. Rac1 Qc4 21. Qxc2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bh4 Rd8 28. g4 Rd4 29. h3 Rc7 30. Rb1 h5 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. gxh5 Rdc4 33. Rb6 Kh7 34. Bg3 R7c6 35. Rb8 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Bc4 Qb6 11. Bd5 Nb4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Rf2 Rab8 16. Ra3 Qc5 17. Bb3 Rfc8 18. Na2 Bxb3 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb3 Qxa4 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Rd3 Ne8 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Rfd2 b5 25. f4 h6 26. Rh3 Qe6 27. Qg4 Qg6 28. Qh4 Rc4 29. Bxh6 f6 30. Rg3 Qh7 31. fxe5 Qxf5 32. Re2 Qxe5 33. Qg4 Qc5+ 34. Be3 Qc8 35. Qg6 Nc7 36. Rf2 Qe8 37. Qxf6 Qe6 38. Qg5 Rxe4 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qxg7+ Ke8 41. Qxc7 Rd8 42. Rh3 Qxh3 43. gxh3 Rxe3 44. h4 Re5 45. Qg7 Re7 46. Qg6+ Kd7 47. h5 Rh8 48. Qg4+ Kc7 49. Qd4 Reh7 50. Qa7+ Kc6 51. Qxa6+ Kc5 52. Qa3+ Kc6 53. Qc3+ Kb6 54. Qd4+ Kc6 55. Qe4+ Kc7 56. c4 bxc4 57. Qxc4+ Kd7 58. Qb5+ Kc7 59. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Ong, Sterling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxc5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. 0-0 d6 12. f4 Re8 13. Re1 c5 14. Qe3 Ng4 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Nxd6+ Kg7 20. Bd2 b6 21. Bc3+ Kh7 22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Rd7 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. f6 Rf8 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prasad, Calvin"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Bg4 9. b4 a6 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Nxg4 f6 21. Ne3 Kg8 22. Nf5 Rb8 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rd7 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Rc1 b5 30. Nd2 Bb6 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 0-0-0 7. c3 e5 8. Qa4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qc4 12. 0-0-0 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Rxd5 14. Kb1 Ra5 15. Qc2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Rdd5 18. Ka1 Ra3 19. Rc1 Na5 20. Qxh7 Nb3+ 21. Kb2 Rxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Nxd2+ 23. Kb2 Qb3+ 24. Ka1 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Fiji"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharma, Roneel Vikash"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIJ"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. 0-0 e6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ne1 0-0-0 12. Nc2 Kb8 13. f4 Rc8 14. Nf3 f5 15. Be3 c4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 c3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. a3 Nb6 21. Rfc1 Qb3 22. Rcb1 Qa4 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc4 25. Rdc1 Rhc8 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1 Kc7 28. Ne1 Kc6 29. Nd3 Kb5 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Nc4 33. Kf2 Ka4 34. Ke2 Nxa3 35. Bxa3 Kxa3 36. b5 1-0

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d3 e5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 0-0 10. Qe2 a6 11. 0-0 b5 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. e4 d4 14. Ngf3 Qc8 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Rg1 Na5 17. c3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nc6 19. Qf1 Nh5 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. f3 Be6 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Qd1 g6 24. Qe1 Be7 25. Qf2 Bxh4 26. gxh4 Nf4 27. Bf1 a5 28. Bb2 Qd6 29. h5 Nxh5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rfb8 32. Ba3 Rc8 33. Qh4 Nf4 34. Qf6 Rc6 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rxb8+ Qxb8 37. Rg5 Bg4 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Bxf3+ 40. Nxf3 Nxf3 41. Rxc5 Rb6 42. Rb5 Rc6 43. Bc5 Nd2 44. Be3 Rc1 45. h4 Rxf1+ 46. Kh2 Rf3 47. Bxd2 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 Rxd2 49. Kxf4 Rxd3 50. Rxa5 h5 51. e5 Kg7 52. Ra7 Rd4+ 53. Ke3 Rd1 54. Kf2 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Ke4 Rd1 57. a5 Rh1 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Kc6 Re1 60. Kd6 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Tredinnick, Malcolm Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 a6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Nce2 Nfg4 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Nxg3 Qd8 15. f4 Nc6 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Rf3 Qb6 20. Rd3 0-0-0 21. Kf1 Rh4 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Qf3 Rdh8 24. Rad1 g6 25. R3d2 f5 26. gxf5 Be3 27. Ke2 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 gxf5 29. Kc1 Qc7 30. Rf1 b4 31. Bc2 bxc3 32. Qxc3 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cvetkoski, Tode"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be2 0-0-0 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Bg6 10. Nbd2 Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13. 0-0-0 Nd5 14. Nc4 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Bc5 17. b4 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 f6 19. e4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Kd2 Ke7 22. g4 Nd8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ke3 Kd6 25. Nd2 Nf4 26. h5 Ne6 27. Nc4+ Kc6 28. Nb2 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Kb5 31. Kd3 Nd8 32. Nc4 Nf7 33. Ne3 Nh6 34. Ke2 c6 35. Kd3 g6 36. Kd2 Nf7 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Ng2 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. exf5 Nxf5 42. Ke4 Ng3+ 43. Kf3 Nf1 44. Ke2 Kc4 45. Kxf1 Kxc3 46. Ne1 e4 47. Ke2 Kxb4 48. Ke3 Kc3 49. Kxe4 b5 50. Nd3 b4 51. Nxb4 Kxb4 52. Kd3 c5 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Kb2 Kd3 55. Kc1 Kc3 56. Kb1 Kd2 57. Kb2 c4 0-1

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Cunanan, Homer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qd3 Na5 14. Bc2 g6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Re5 Nc6 22. Re3 Na5 23. Ba2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rh3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Kg7 28. f3 Qf5 29. Qe3 b4 30. Ne4 Rc2 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Nxa6 Bc4 33. Nxb4 Bxd3 34. Nxd3 Qf6 35. Ne5 Rxb2 36. Ng4 Qf5 37. d5 Rxd5 38. Qc3+ e5 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Qe3 Qf4 41. Qb3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harris, Benjamin"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 a5 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Bc4 Nd7 18. Rab1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. b3 Qd7 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rb4 27. Rbd1 Qe8 28. e5 Nh5 29. Qe3 Qf8 30. g4 Ng7 31. Ne4 f5 32. exf6 exf6 33. a3 Rb7 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Re8 36. Rde1 Kh8 37. Qh6 Rf7 38. Kh2 Re5 39. Ng3 Qe8 40. Rxe5 Qxe5 41. Qf4 Re7 42. Rf2 Kg8 43. Qf3 Qe3 44. Qg2 Re5 45. Re2 Qf4 46. Rf2 Qg5 47. Qf3 Re3 48. Qg2 Kf8 49. Ne4 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Pyke, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bh4 Nf6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. Nxg3 a6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Re2 g6 19. Qb3 Bc8 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Bxa6 Nb4 22. Bb5 Nxa2 23. Qc2 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Qe1 Qd6 27. h4 Rf4 28. h5 Nf8 29. Re5 Qe7 30. Qd2 Qf6 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. Re1 Qg7 33. Ne5 Rc2 34. Nf3 Qc7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nf1 Rf7 37. Ne3 Rc1 38. Ng4 Rf4 39. Nge5 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Qb6 41. Qd2 Re4 42. Qh6 Qd8 43. Ng5 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qf6 45. Ngf7 Re4 46. Kg1 Rxd4 47. g3 Re4 48. g4 Nd7 49. Ng5 Nxe5 50. Nxe4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Ayvazyan, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rae1 Be6 13. f4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. f5 Bd7 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Nd4 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qb6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Be3 Qb7 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Bg5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Nh7 25. Be3 e5 26. Nf3 d5 27. Nf2 Nf6 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Ng4 Nh5 31. Bc5 Rd7 32. Qe3 dxe4 33. dxe4 Nf4 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, George Wendi"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. g4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 0-0 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. d4 Bd6 16. Qd3 Na5 17. c4 c5 18. d5 b6 19. Bb2 Qg5 20. Rbe1 Bh5 21. gxh5 Rbe8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Qg3 24. Qxg3+ Bxg3 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Re8 27. Bd3 Be5 28. h6 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Re7 30. Rf4 Nb7 31. Rg4+ Kh8 32. Rg7 Nd6 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rg4 f5 36. Rg6 Ne4 37. d6 Rd7 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Sydney op"]
[Site "Parramatta"]
[Date "2007.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 c5 12. Qe3 Rfe8 13. Qh6 a6 14. Ng5 Qf8 15. Qh4 Qg7 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rd1 b5 22. Rd3 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Re2 25. Rd8 Qxb2 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Qd4+ 28. Qf2 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup 45th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsagarakis, Angelo"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Qe1 Rd8 10. d3 Nf8 11. Qg3 d4 12. e4 b5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ndf3 N6d7 15. h4 Bd6 16. Bc1 f6 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. e5 Be7 19. h5 f5 20. Nf2 Nb6 21. Qh3 c4 22. g4 cxb3 23. gxf5 b2 24. h6 bxa1Q 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. f6+ Bxf6 27. exf6+ Kh8 28. Ne5 Qxa2 29. Qh6 Qd5 30. Ne4 Rd7 31. Kf2 Nc4 32. Nxd7 Qcxd7 33. Rg1 Ng6 34. Rxg6 Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bh5 Nd6 37. Ba3 Nxe4+ 38. dxe4 Qxh5 39. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 45th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. 0-0 Bc6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 0-0 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nf1 Rfd8 15. N1d2 Qd5 16. Nc4 Qh5 17. Nfe5 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Bd5 19. Rac1 h6 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. b3 Ke8 22. f3 a6 23. Bd3 b5 24. Nd2 Ba3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng3 Nf6 29. Ke2 Bb7 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. Ne2 Nxe3 32. Kxe3 Ke7 33. Rd2 Bd6 34. h4 g5 35. g3 f4+ 36. gxf4 Bxf4+ 37. Nxf4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rf8+ 39. Kg4 Rxf3 40. Kh5 Rf4 41. Bg6 Kf6 42. Rh2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Oliver, Shannon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qd2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bb1 Nfd7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nce2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Ba8 22. Qh3 h6 23. Nxe6 Re8 24. Nxg7 Bxg7 25. Qg4 Ne5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rd7 Bc6 28. Rd2 Re6 29. Rcd1 Rce8 30. Qh4 Qc7 31. Rd8 R6e7 32. R8d6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Kg1 Bf6 37. Rd1 Be7 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ke2 Rg6 40. g3 f6 41. Bc3 a5 42. Bc2 Rg7 43. Ra1 Rd7 44. Rf1 Kg6 45. Rd1 Rc7 46. Kf3 h5 47. Bd3 Bd7 48. Rd2 Bg4+ 49. Kg2 Rd7 50. h3 Be3 51. Rc2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Canfell, Gregory"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. Qe2 d6 8. Qc4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Rf8 14. Bg3 Rb8 15. b3 Qf6 16. e5 Qf5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Qe4+ Kd7 19. Qxf5+ Rxf5 20. Ne4 Rbf8 21. Rad1 Rd5 22. c4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bb6 24. c5 Bc7 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Bxc7+ Kxc7 27. f3 Ne3 28. Rd2 Nd5 29. Kf2 h6 30. a3 Rb8 31. Rb2 Nf4 32. Ke3 g5 33. g3 Nd5+ 34. Kd4 Rf8 35. Rf2 Rb8 36. b4 Kd7 37. Nc3 Nc7 38. Re2 Rf8 39. Re3 Ne6+ 40. Kc4 a6 41. a4 Rf5 42. Ne2 Nc7 43. Nd4 Rf6 44. b5 axb5+ 45. axb5 cxb5+ 46. Nxb5 Ne6 47. Nd4 Nc7 48. Ra3 Kc8 49. Nb5 Ne8 50. Re3 Ng7 51. Nd6+ Kd7 52. Ra3 Ne6 53. Ra7+ Kc6 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Rf7 Rg6 57. Ne4 h5 58. Re7 Rh6 59. Ra7 Rg6 60. Ra6+ Kd7 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Nc3 Rg8 63. Nd5+ Kf7 64. Rd7+ Kf8 65. Ra7 Rg6 66. c6 1-0

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Hvistendahl, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 Bc5 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Qe6 11. c4 Nd7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qb3 d4 14. Kh1 c5 15. Ng1 Rab8 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. h3 Qh5 19. Ne4 exf4 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. gxf4 Kh8 24. Rf1 b6 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Bf3 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Re3 28. Qg2 Kh7 29. Rxe3 dxe3 30. d4 Bxa3 31. Qe4+ Qg6 32. Qxe3 Bd6 33. c5 bxc5 34. dxc5 Bc7 35. Nf3 a5 36. Ne5 Qf5 37. c6 a4 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 Qb3 40. Qxb3 axb3 41. Nc4 Kg6 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Nb2 Ke6 44. Nc4 Bd8 45. f5+ Kf6 46. h4 h5 47. Nb2 Bc7 48. Nc4 Ke7 49. Kf3 Bb8 50. Ke4 Bg3 51. Kd3 Bxh4 52. Kc3 Bg5 53. Kxb3 h4 54. Ne5 Kd6 55. Nf7+ Kxc6 56. Nxg5 Kd5 57. Kc3 Ke5 58. Nf3+ Kxf5 59. Nxh4+ Kg4 60. Ng2 g5 61. Ne3+ Kf3 62. Kd3 g4 63. Nxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. f4 Be6 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 0-0-0 13. Ne4 f6 14. N2g3 Nd5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Bd2 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Qg4 Rd7 20. Rae1 Qb6 21. Qg3 Nb4 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 b6 24. Nc3 a5 25. h3 Rf8 26. Ne4 Kb7 27. Ree2 Ra8 28. Nc3 c5 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Re4 Rd4 31. Re1 Rd7 32. Re4 Nd4 33. Re1 Kc6 34. Ra1 Rda7 35. Kg1 b5 36. Kf1 a4 37. bxa4 b4 38. Nd1 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Ke1 Ra2 41. Kd2 Kb5 42. Kc1 b3 43. cxb3 Nxb3+ 44. Kc2 Kb4 45. Nc3 Nd4+ 46. Kb1 Kb3 47. Nxa2 1-0

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Grcic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. Be3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 exd4 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Nxd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 10. Ncxe2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 Bc5 13. c3 Nf6 14. Kc2 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3+ 16. fxe3 Rhe8 17. Rde1 Re5 18. Rhf1 f6 19. Rf3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 Rxe1 22. Rg3 g6 23. Kc3 Re2 24. a3 Kd7 25. b4 b5 26. Kd3 Re1 27. Rf3 f5 28. g4 Ra1 29. Kc2 fxg4 30. hxg4 Ke6 31. Rh3 Rg1 32. Rxh7 Kd6 33. Rh8 Rxg4 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. d5+ Kb7 36. Rg8 Rg3 37. Kb2 g5 38. Ka2 g4 39. Kb2 Rg1 40. Ka2 g3 41. Kb2 g2 42. Ka2 Rd1 43. Rxg2 Rxd5 44. Rg3 Kb6 45. Kb3 a5 46. Rc3 a4+ 47. Kc2 c5 48. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 49. bxc5+ Kxc5 50. Kc3 Kb6 51. Kb2 Kc6 52. Kc2 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Kc2 Kd6 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fry, Peter"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. 0-0 Rc8 8. Qe1 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 12. Nd1 b5 13. d3 c4 14. Kh1 cxd3 15. cxd3 0-0 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rf2 Rc8 18. Be5 Qd8 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bd4 Bf6 21. Qb2 Qa5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Re2 Nh5 24. Kh2 Qd8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Kg2 R8c7 27. Nf2 Qc8 28. Rae1 Rc2 29. Qa1 b4 30. Kf3 Ne8 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Re2 Rc6 33. Qb2 Nd6 34. a4 Rc3 35. Rd2 Qc6 36. Ke2 d4 37. e4 Nb7 38. Nd1 Na5 39. Nxc3 dxc3 40. Qc2 cxd2 41. Qxd2 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Smirnov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. c3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Be3 Qxf3 8. gxf3 g6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ke2 Bg7 11. Nc2 b5 12. Bd3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nge7 14. f4 d5 15. f3 0-0 16. e5 Nd8 17. a4 Ne6 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bxb5 Rab8 21. Ba4 Nf5 22. Rhd1 c5 23. Kd3 Bh6 24. dxc5 d4 25. Bxd4 Nfxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 27. Kc3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxc5 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rd5 Nxf4 31. Rc5 Ne6 32. Rd5 Rc8+ 33. Kb4 Bf8+ 34. Ka5 Rb8 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Bb5 Nc7 37. Bc6 Rb6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2007.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Rd1 a6 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf8 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Nf6 Nxf6 21. exf6 Qd7 22. Qh4 Kh7 23. Bxh6 Kg8 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Qg5 Qxd4 26. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2006.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Stones, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd1 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Kc6 19. Nb6 Kxc5 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. 0-0-0 Nd4 22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rhd1 b5 24. b3 a5 25. Kb2 g5 26. Rc1+ Kb6 27. Re1 f5 28. Re5 Nc6 29. Rxd8 Nxe5 30. Rd5 Nxf3 31. Rxf5 g4 32. Rh5 Ne1 33. Kc3 b4+ 34. Kc4 Nf3 35. Rxh7 a4 36. bxa4 Ka5 37. Kc5 Ka6 38. Kxb4 Ne5 39. Rh6+ Ka7 40. Kb5 Ka8 41. Re6 Nd7 42. Re7 Nf6 43. Kc6 Kb8 44. a5 Ka8 45. Rf7 Ne4 46. Kb6 Nd6 47. Rf8+ Nc8+ 48. Rxc8# 1-0

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Escribano, Jose"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. d4 b5 11. Bb3 Nb8 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. d5 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Bc2 Nbd7 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Ng3 b4 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rb8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Ra1 Be7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. h3 Bd8 31. Ra8 Ke7 32. Ng5 Bb6 33. Nf3 Nd4 34. Kf1 Nc6 35. Ra4 h5 36. Ke2 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Ne4 f5 39. Nc3 Nxc3+ 40. Bxc3 Kd6 41. Nd2 Kd5 42. f3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Kxd4 44. Nb3+ Kc3 45. Nc5 Nxb4 46. Ra3+ Kc4 47. Ne6 Rb6 48. Ng5 Nc6 49. Ra4+ Kd5 50. Ra8 Nd4+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Ne2+ 53. Kf1 Ng3+ 54. Ke1 Rxg2 55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Ne6+ Kd3 57. Ra3+ Kc4 58. Ra5 e4 59. Nf4 Rg1+ 60. Kf2 Rf1+ 61. Kxg3 Rxf3+ 62. Kg2 Rxf4 63. Re5 Kd4 64. Re6 g5 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Tuggeranong"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Yuan, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Qh4 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. f3 e4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bxb5+ Kd8 13. 0-0 exf3 14. Rxf3 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Kg1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Mulambya, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nf4 Kh8 11. Bb1 Nd8 12. Re1 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nh5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 g6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. b3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. h4 Ng8 22. Bg5 Bd6 23. Re3 Rcf8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Qc2 Qxd4 27. Nxh5 Qxa1 28. Rxe6 Bc5 29. Rf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Bxa1 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Escribano, Jose"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 Nge7 8. d4 0-0 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Bc1 Bg4 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Be6 Qd8 20. Rb1 Nxd4 21. Bg4 b5 22. Be3 c5 23. Qd2 a5 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Re1 Qg8 28. Qf4 Qf7 29. Qxd6 c4 30. Bd7 Rd8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Bxe8 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. Be3 Nc2 35. Bxb5 Na3 36. Bd4+ Kg8 37. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Wu, Edwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. c4 Qh5 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rab1 d5 16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Qg4 18. Be5 Ne4 19. Qb2 dxc4 20. Rxb7 f6 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rb1 e5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Qb5 Nxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxc7 27. Qxa8+ Rc8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qxc6 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCart, Richard"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. b4 0-0 9. Bb3 Qe8 10. Bb2 Kh8 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. d4 Ne6 13. Nc4 f6 14. Bc1 g5 15. g3 Qg6 16. Qc2 Qh5 17. Ne1 exd4 18. Bb2 Nc6 19. Qd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne5 21. f3 Bd7 22. Ne3 Bh6 23. Nf5 Ng7 24. g4 Qh3 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Rf2 Rg8 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rg2 Raf8 30. Qe2 Rf7 31. Nh5 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Rgf8 33. Ng3 Rf4 34. Nf5 Qc3 35. Rd1 Qxb4 36. Nd3 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 R4xf5 38. gxf5 c6 39. Nf2 Qd8 40. Ng4 Bg7 41. Rg3 d5 42. Rh3 Qd6 43. Rh5 Bf6 44. Rd3 b5 45. Qf2 d4 46. Qd2 Rg8 47. Rh6 Rf8 48. Qa5 c5 49. Rdh3 d3 50. Rxh7+ Kg8 51. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Krawcheni, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Ba6 7. Nf3 c5 8. c3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nf4 g6 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qd3 0-0 17. Rac1 Ndb8 18. h5 Qd7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ng5 Rce8 21. Qh3 Bh8 22. Nxd5 h6 23. Qxh6 exd5 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Qxc6 Rd8 27. Qe6+ Rf7 28. Qxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. f4 Bg7 32. f5 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Be2 Bb4 9. f3 d5 10. 0-0-0 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Kb2 Rb8+ 15. Ka2 Be6 16. c4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 d4 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. c3 c5 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. f4 f6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bg3 0-0 24. Rb1 Rbc8 25. Rc2 Rfe8 26. Rcc1 Bf7 27. Bg4 Rxc4 28. Kb2 Nc5 29. Be2 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup 44th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szuveges, Narelle"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 0-0 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Re2 Qa6 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Ra7 18. Re2 Rd7 19. Qe1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. Kh2 Qxd5 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Qd1 24. Qxc5 Re8 25. Qc6 Re2 26. Be3 Qxa1 27. Qa8+ Bf8 28. Bc5 Rxf2+ 29. Bxf2 Qxb2 30. Qa7 h5 31. a4 Bd6 32. Kg2 Qc3 33. Qb7 h4 34. gxh4 Qe5 35. Qf3 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Bc7 37. Qg4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qc1 39. h5 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3 gxh5 44. Ke4 Kg7 45. Kf5 Bd8 46. Be1 Bb6 47. a5 Be3 48. Bb4 Ba7 49. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brown, Andrew"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. cxd5 Qxb2 9. Ndb5 Bb4 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 Na6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nc4 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 exd5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rb3 b6 18. e3 Rac8 19. Bxa6 Rc1+ 20. Ke2 Rxh1 21. Nf1 Rg8 22. Kf3 Bg4+ 23. Kf4 Bd1 24. Rc3 Rxg2 25. e4 Rxf2+ 26. Ke3 Rf3+ 27. Kd2 Rxc3 28. Kxc3 dxe4 29. Kd2 Bf3 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Bc4+ Ke5 32. Nd2 Rxh2 33. Bxf7 Re2# 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bleis, Christian"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 d6 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. 0-0-0 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 d4 16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. Nb5 Be7 18. Nf4 Rhd8 19. Bd3 g6 20. a3 Rd7 21. h4 Nc7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxh5 Rg8 26. Bxf6+ Kf7 27. Bc4+ d5 28. Bf1 Kg6 29. g4 Re8 30. Bd3+ Kf7 31. Bxh7 Kf8 32. Bg6 Re3 33. g5 Bc8 34. Nf4 Rxf3 35. Rh1 Rg7 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Nxd5 Rf6 39. Nxf6+ Kf8 40. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. e4 e6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 Be7 10. Nh3 d5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. b6 Bb7 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Bxa6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rc1 Be7 23. Nf2 Bc6 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Bc4 Bg5 26. Rc2 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. Rb1 Nb6 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Na4 31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Nc3+ 33. Rxc3 dxc3 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rxe5+ Kf6 36. f4 Bh6 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. Rxc3 Rxa2+ 39. Kf3 g6 40. Nb4 Ra8 41. g4 Bg7 42. Nd5+ Kf7 43. Rb3 Ra7 44. h4 Bf8 45. h5 Bg7 46. hxg6+ hxg6 47. g5 Kg8 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Kg4 Ra4 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Rb4 Ra5 55. Nc7 Kf7 56. Nd5 Kf8 57. Ne3 Ra3 58. Ng2 Kg8 59. Nh4 Kh7 60. Rb6 Ra1 61. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Green, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 f6 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Be3 b6 17. a3 f5 18. b4 f4 19. c5 Qh6 20. d6 cxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qh6 23. Qc7 fxe3 24. Qxe7 Nc6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nexg5 h6 27. Ne4 Bf5 28. Ng3 Bd3 29. Rfe1 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rae8 31. Re3 Bh7 32. Rae1 Re6 33. Kg1 Rfe8 34. Ne2 g5 35. Nc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d6 7. h3 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Qe8 10. Be3 f5 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bc5 Bd7 15. Nbd2 Rd8 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nh2 Ne5 18. Bf1 Bc6 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. Nc4 N7g6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Bf6 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Qc1 Ng6 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 f4 29. Bd4 Ne5 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Qxg4 32. Bxf6+ Qg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Siegmund, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. b3 Rc5 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Nc4 Bxd5 20. Nb6 Qc7 21. Nxd5 Qc8 22. c4 Bd8 23. Ne3 Qe6 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Red1 Bb6 26. Nf5 g6 27. Ng3 Bd4 28. Ra2 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Ne2 Bc5 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Kf7 33. Rad2 Ke6 34. R2d3 Rg8 35. Rh3 Rc7 36. Rh6+ Rg6 37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38. g3 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Rd2 bxc4 41. bxc4 Ra7 42. Rc2 g5 43. Nc3 g4 44. Nd5 Rf7 45. Re2 Kd7 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Rb8 Ba7 48. Rc8+ Kb7 49. Rd8 Kc6 50. Rc8+ Kb7 51. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berezina, Irina"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. e4 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. 0-0 d6 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. h3 Ned7 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. f4 Qb7 21. Qc4 Re7 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. Ra4 Nc7 24. Ne4 Nb5 25. Kh1 Rae8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Nc3 Qb7 28. Ne4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marner, Gavin"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. c4 Qc5 9. Qe4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 0-0-0 11. a3 Be7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Kd1 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb2 Nf3 17. d3 Rhg8 18. Kc2 g6 19. Bg2 Ng5 20. Rae1 Rge8 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bh3 Bd6 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. d4 Bg3 25. Re4 c6 26. Rd1 Kb8 27. Rd3 Bh2 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rc7+ 30. Kb1 Ng7 31. Bxg7 Rxe4 32. d6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 f5 34. Bf6 Re1+ 35. Kb2 Re2+ 36. Kb1 Rc6 37. Rd8+ Kc7 38. Rf8 Rd6 39. Kc1 Rh2 40. Rf7+ Kc6 41. Be5 Rxh3 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. Rxb7 Rxa3 44. Rxh7 Ke5 45. Rh6 Rg3 46. b5 Kf6 47. Rh7 Rb3 48. Rxa7 Rxb5 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kd2 Re5 51. Ra8 Re4 52. h5 gxh5 53. Ra6 h4 54. Kd3 h3 55. Ra2 Kg6 56. Rh2 Ra4 57. Rh1 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 h2 59. Kf2 Kg5 60. Rb1 Kg4 61. Kg2 Rh3 62. Kh1 f4 63. Rb4 Rh5 64. Rb8 Rh4 65. Rb3 Rh7 66. Rb4 Rd7 67. Rb2 f3 68. Kxh2 Rh7+ 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Rg2+ Kf4 71. Rg8 Rh4 72. Kf2 Rh2+ 73. Kf1 Rg2 74. Rxg2 fxg2+ 75. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Jones, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qg4 Nf5 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qf4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Rhd1 Rad8 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. f4 f6 26. Nf3 Rd7 27. Rc3 Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Ke3 g6 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Rc8 a6 32. Rb8 Bb7 33. Rh8 Kd6 34. Rf8 Bd5 35. Rb8 Rb7 36. Rd8+ Rd7 37. Rb8 Bb7 38. Rf8 f5 39. Re8 Re7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Nb3 h6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Nd2 Bd5 44. Nb1 g5 45. Nc3 Bc6 46. Ne2 Bf3 47. Nc1 gxf4 48. gxf4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Myers, John"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[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. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 0-0 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nf3 f6 15. Qe3 fxe5 16. fxe5 d6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qg5 Rae8 19. Rd1 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qf7 21. Qc3 Nh5 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Truscott, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Ne4 Qa5+ 13. Ned2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. 0-0 Nf4 16. Rc5 Nf5 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nce5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxd4 22. Rd1 Nxb3 23. Rxb5 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lovejoy, David W"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Ne3 Qa6 16. a4 Nd3 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qe2 N7c5 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Qd2 b5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Kg2 Nxe4 26. Qd3 Nc3 27. b4 Rc7 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Selnes, Hamish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 0-0 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qg4 Re8 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd2 Nxe5 20. Kh1 Nc4 21. Qc1 Be7 22. Ng3 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe5 24. Qc1 h6 25. f4 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Rf2 Reb8 28. a4 Rb7 29. Re2 Nc4 30. b3 g6 31. Nf1 Rab8 32. g4 Nd6 33. Ng3 c4 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2006.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guo Yuthok, Sherab"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ne1 0-0 9. f4 d5 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qg3 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nef3 Nd3 17. Bxc7 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nxb2 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Bb5 24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. h3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Rf1 h6 30. Re1 Bd5 31. Rc2 a5 32. Ree2 b5 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Nf3 Rb8 35. Re7 b4 36. Rd2 Bxf3 37. gxf3 a4 38. Re4 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rd1 b2 41. Rb1 Ra8 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Ree1 g5 44. Kf2 Kh7 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. h4 Be5+ 47. Kh3 f6 48. Kg4 Ra4+ 49. Kh3 Rxh4+ 50. Kg2 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernih, Nick"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 c5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. fxe4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. 0-0-0 Qe7 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 0-0 14. Nf3 a6 15. Bc4 Rac8 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Rxc2+ 18. Kb1 Nxd5 19. Qxc2 Ne3 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qe2 Ng4 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Nf5 Qb4 28. Rd4 Qc5 29. Qd1 Nc6 30. Rd5 Qb4 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. a3 Qc4 33. Ka1 b5 34. Qe1 Nd3 35. Qe2 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Nf4 37. Qg4 Nxd5 38. Nf5 Qc4+ 39. Kb1 0-1

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson, Thomas"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. f4 Nxb6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. a4 Qb7 14. Qc2 Rfb8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Ng5 Qc8 18. a5 h6 19. Nf3 Bxh3 20. axb6 Bd7 21. Bc4 Rxb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Bd3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qg4 26. Qe3 Rb4 27. Ne2 Kh7 28. Ra3 a5 29. Rf1 Qc8 30. Ne1 Qf5 31. Nd3 Re4 32. Qf3 dxe5 33. g4 Rxe2+ 34. Qxe2 Nxf4 35. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guo Yuthok, Sherab"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. Nge2 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nce2 c5 14. c3 Rc8 15. 0-0 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bf2 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. f4 Rb8 21. Nb3 a5 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxd5 Qc8 26. Nxa5 Nd6 27. Rc5 Qd7 28. Nc6 Rb7 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rd5 Ne4 33. Ne2 Rb7 34. b3 f6 35. Bd4 Bf7 36. Rxf5 Kh7 37. h3 Re7 38. Kh2 Nd2 39. Rf2 Ne4 40. Rf5 Nd2 41. Ng3 Re1 42. Rf2 Nb1 43. Re2 Rd1 44. Rf2 Bg6 45. Nf1 Rd3 46. Rf3 Rd1 47. Rf2 Rd3 48. Rf3 Rd1 49. Ne3 Rd2 50. Nc4 Rxa2 51. Re3 Bf7 52. Re1 Na3 53. Nxa3 Rxa3 54. b4 Rb3 55. Re2 Bc4 56. Rf2 Kg6 57. Kg3 Bd5 58. Kf4 f5 59. Ke5 Be4 60. g4 Bb1 61. gxf5+ Kf7 62. f6 g6 63. Kd6 Ra3 64. b5 Be4 65. Re2 Bf5 66. Kc7 Bxh3 67. Re7+ Kf8 68. Rh7 Rb3 69. Bc5+ Kg8 70. Rg7+ Kh8 71. f7 Rb4 72. f8Q# 1-0

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hvistendahl, Robert"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Ne1 h6 13. Nd3 Nh7 14. Be3 f5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b4 g5 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. c5 Nf4 19. h3 h5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Ng6 Rfe8 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Qxf5 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qxd5 28. Qxd5+ Nxd5 29. Rc5 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Kf7 32. Rd1 Nf6 33. Rb1 Kxg6 34. Rxb7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illingworth, Max"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 c4 11. Nh3 axb5 12. 0-0-0 Qb4 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Kb1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Ne7 16. Nf4 Qa5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nfxd5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Qd4 0-0 22. Qxc4 Qa5 23. Qb5 Qa7 24. Bd3 Bc6 25. Qc4 Rfb8 26. b3 Bd5 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Brown, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 f5 12. f4 e4 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc2 a6 15. Nd4 Bf6 16. a4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Bb7 21. b4 Rfc8 22. Qe3 Qf8 23. Rd1 Qd8 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qd4 Rc7 27. c5 dxc5 28. bxc5 Rd7 29. Ra3 Kh8 30. d6 Rg7 31. Bc4 e3 32. Bd5 Qd7 33. Rxe3 Rag8 34. Re2 Qb5 35. Rde1 Rf8 36. Qxf6 Bxd5 37. Qxf8+ Rg8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Re8+ Bg8 40. R8e7 1-0

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Hoving, Eliot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qf4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nbd5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne2 Ng4 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Ng3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Ngf6 23. h4 h5 24. Re5 Kg7 25. Rde1 Ne7 26. Qd3 Nf5 27. Nxf5+ exf5 28. g3 Rc4 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. b3 Rc3 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Rde1 Rc8 33. Bxf5 Ng4 34. Re7 Qd6 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. d5 Rc5 37. Qd4+ Nf6 38. R1e6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxd5 40. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Ne3 Be6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. Qg3 Bxa2 17. Be3 Qe6 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. 0-0 Nf6 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. h3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Re5 Bg8 26. Bf5 Qd6 27. Rce1 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8 29. Bc3 Be6 30. Bg6 Rf8 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. d5 Qd7 33. g4 Kg8 34. g5 hxg6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Bxf6 Qh7 37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Be7 Rf5 39. dxc6 bxc6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Bb4 Ke6 43. f4 Kd5 44. h4 Kc4 45. Bc3 a5 46. Kf3 a4 47. Bg7 Kd3 48. Be5 c5 49. Bg7 c4 50. Bh8 a3 51. bxa3 c3 52. Kg4 c2 53. Bb2 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Stratagem Masters-B U20"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Wang, Zhengbo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Bd5 Nh5 17. Bxc6 Nxg3 18. hxg3 bxc6 19. a4 a5 20. Qc4 Qf6 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Nh2 Rd6 23. Ng4 Qe6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. bxa5 Bxa5 26. Ne3 Bxc3 27. Rac1 Qb3 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nf5 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Nxd6 Bxc1 32. a5 Ba3 33. a6 Bc5 34. Nc8 Kf8 35. a7 Bxa7 36. Nxa7 c5 37. Nb5 c4 38. g4 c6 39. Nc3 Ke7 40. Kf1 Kd6 41. Ke2 Kc5 42. Kd2 Kb4 43. Kc2 Kc5 44. Ne2 Kb4 45. f3 f6 46. g3 Ka3 47. Kc3 Ka2 48. Kxc4 Kb2 49. f4 Kc2 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Nd4+ exd4 52. Kxd4 c5+ 53. Kxc5 Kd3 54. e5 Ke4 55. e6 Kf3 56. e7 Kxg3 57. e8Q Kxg4 58. Qe2+ Kf4 59. Qh5 g4 60. Qxh6+ Kf3 61. Qh1+ Kf2 62. Qh2+ Kf3 63. Qg1 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2005.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Tulevski, Vasil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bf4 d5 9. e5 Nbc6 10. Bg3 b5 11. Qg4 Ng6 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. 0-0-0 Qe7 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qf3 b4 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Qxf2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4 22. g3 a5 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Ka1 a4 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. Rb1 a3 28. Nd1 0-0 29. Rd2 Qa5 30. bxa3 Qxa3 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rb2 Rb5 33. Qe3 Qa6 34. Qd3 Qb7 35. Qa3 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qa7 37. Qf2 Qa4 38. Nc3 Qc4 39. Qb2 d4 40. Ne2 d3 41. Nd4 Bd5 42. Nb3 Qe4 43. Nd2 Qe1+ 44. Nb1 Be4 45. Qd2 Qh1 46. Kb2 Bf5 47. Nc3 Qb7+ 48. Ka1 Kh7 49. Nb1 Kh6 50. Nc3 Qb4 51. Nb1 Qd4+ 52. Qb2 Qg1 53. Qd2 Kh5 54. Kb2 Kg4 55. a4 Qb6+ 56. Ka2 Kh3 57. a5 Qb5 58. Na3 Qd5+ 59. Kb2 Be4 60. Nb1 Qb5+ 61. Kc1 Bg2 62. Nc3 Qc4 63. Kd1 Kxh2 64. Ke1 Qd4 65. Qc1 Kxg3 66. Qb2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holland, Dennis"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Na4 d6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Neg4 15. h3 Nh6 16. e4 Bc8 17. g4 Ne8 18. f5 Kh8 19. a4 Bd7 20. Kg2 gxf5 21. exf5 Rg8 22. Rf1 Qc8 23. Nce4 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne4 Nxf5 26. Nxf6 exf6 27. Kh1 Nd4 28. Qe3 f5 29. Bd3 Qf8 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Re8 32. Qc3 Qg7 33. Bg5 Qxg5 34. Rg1 Qf4 35. Rgf1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Chuang, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 b5 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. c3 Nc5 15. Nac1 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 d5 17. Nc5 bxc3 18. bxc3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rfd1 Qa8 24. Rac1 h6 25. Qc7 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Qf4 Re8 28. Rd8 Rae6 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf2 Re4 32. Ra1 Rb4 33. Bd2 Rb2 34. Ke2 g5 35. Kd3 Kh7 36. Rf1 Ra2 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Ra7 Rxa4 39. Ra6+ Kh7 40. Rxa5 Rg4 41. g3 Kg6 42. Be1 1-0

[Event "AUS-ch Major"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schon, Eugene"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Rhf1 Rhf8 17. Kb1 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd3 Rxd4 22. Nf4 Qe5 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Ne6 Qe5 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qh4 Bg7 28. Qf4 Kd6 29. Qxe5+ Kxe5 30. Kc1 f5 31. Kd2 Bh6+ 32. Ke2 Bg5 33. Rd1 Ke6 34. Rd4 Be7 35. c3 Bd6 36. Kf1 a6 37. Kg2 Bc7 38. g4 Bd6 39. gxf5+ Ke5 40. f6 c5 41. Rd1 Ke6 42. f7 Bf8 43. Rd8 Kxf7 44. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2005.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Capilitan, Romeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. c4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bb5 Qe7+ 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Rc1 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Kd7 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rc1 Rhc8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. b4 Kd6 22. Bxc6 Kxc6 23. a4 a6 1-0

[Event "New South Wales-ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cabilin, Jeff"]
[Black "Mendes da Costa, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. d3 Nc6 10. f4 Nh7 11. f5 f6 12. h4 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Be3 Nc8 16. Kh2 Be8 17. a4 Bf7 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Qd1 Ne7 21. b3 Rd7 22. g4 Qd8 23. Qf3 d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nb5 e4 26. dxe4 dxc4 27. Qf2 Nc6 28. Bxb6 Qb8+ 29. Qg3 Ne5 30. Kg1 Rd3 31. Qf4 Rxb3 32. Bc7 Qe8 33. Nd6 Qe7 34. Nxf7 Qxc7 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Qd2 Rxa4 37. g5 hxg5 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. hxg5 Rd3 40. Qxd3 Qb6+ 0-1

