[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mepham, James"]
[Black "Gong, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 d6 10. d3 Bg4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Bd4 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. Re4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfe8 18. Bb5 Red8 19. c4 a6 20. Ba4 Rab8 21. c5 b5 22. Bc2 dxc5 23. bxc5 Rxd5 24. c6 Qxc6 25. Bb3 Rc5 26. a4 Rb7 27. axb5 axb5 28. f4 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Qd6 30. Qh5 c6 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rb4 Bc3 34. Rb3 exf4 35. Ra3 Qxd3+ 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxe2 38. Ra7+ Qe7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. f3 Rg5+ 41. Kf2 b4 42. h4 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. h5 Rxf3+ 45. Ke1 Rf2 46. Kd1 c5 47. Kc1 c4 48. Kb1 b3 49. Kc1 c3 50. Kb1 c2+ 51. Kc1 b2# 0-1

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wright, Tristan"]
[Black "Mepham, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Bg5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qd4 12. Rb1 0-0-0 13. a3 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bg5 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qb6 18. Qf5+ Rd7 19. b4 Be3 20. Qxe5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Rhd8 23. Qf5 a6 24. Nc3 Qd4 25. Bxf7 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Be6 Qb5+ 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Ke2 b6 30. Rhf1 c5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rf7 cxb4 33. Rxd7 bxa3 34. Ra7+ Kb8 35. Rxa3 h5 36. Rd3 g5 37. Rd7 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 b4 40. Kd3 b5 41. Kd4 b3 42. cxb3 b4 43. Kc5 Ka8 44. Kb6 Kb8 45. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mepham, James"]
[Black "Gong, Noah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. d3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. 0-0 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. d4 Bxe4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd7 Rac8 15. Qh3 Rfe8 16. Bb5 c6 17. Rae1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 cxb5 20. Rxe5 Rc5 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 a5 24. Rb7 Rc6 25. Rb8+ Kf7 26. Rb7+ Kg6 27. Kg2 f5 28. f4 Kf6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg3 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Rb8 Kg6 33. Ra8 b5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mepham, Jesse"]
[Black "Mepham, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qf6 7. Bc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. e5 Qf4 10. Qe2 Qc1+ 11. Qd1 Qb2 12. d5 Qxa1 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. e6 0-0-0 16. Nd2 Qxc3 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Qb3 fxe6 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Qxg7 Nf6 21. Qg3 Rd3 22. Qh4 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Nd4 Qa5+ 25. Ke3 Qc3+ 26. Bd3 Nd5+ 27. Ke4 Qb4 28. Ke5 Qd6+ 29. Ke4 c5 30. Ne2 Nb4+ 31. Ke3 Qxd3+ 32. Kf4 Rf8+ 33. Kg5 Qf5+ 34. Kh6 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mepham, James"]
[Black "Guo, Jamie Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. 0-0 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Nh7 11. Bh5 Qf6 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Be3 0-0 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nb5 Qg5 17. Nxd6 Bxh3 18. Qf3 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Qxh5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qg3 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. f4 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nxf4+ 26. Kh1 Rfe8 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 b5 29. d6 Rbd8 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. Raf1 Rd7 32. c4 bxc4 33. dxc4 b6 34. b4 e4 35. c5 Rc8 36. cxb6 axb6 37. a4 e3 38. R6f3 e2 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Rd3 Kf6 41. Kg2 Kf5 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Rd3 Rxd6 45. Rxd6+ Kxd6 46. Rb1 Rd2 47. Re1 Kd5 48. a5 bxa5 49. bxa5 Kc6 50. Rc1+ Kb5 51. Rb1+ Ka6 52. Rb6+ Kxa5 53. Rb1 Rd1 54. Kxe2 Rxb1 55. Kf3 Re1 56. Kg2 Re3 57. Kf2 Ra3 58. Kg2 Kb4 59. Kf2 Kc4 60. Ke2 Kd4 61. Kd2 Ra2+ 62. Kd1 Ke3 63. Ke1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mepham, James"]
[Black "Lin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bb5 a6 3. Bd3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 g6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bg7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. d3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qc6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. Ne3 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17. Nc3 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nxc3 19. Ng4 Rxa2 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Rxa2 Nxa2 22. Ng4 c4 23. Ne5 Qd5 24. Nxc4 Nb4 25. Ne3 Qd4 26. c3 Qxc3 27. h3 Qxd3 28. Nf5+ gxf5 29. g4 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Nd3 33. Kd2 Nxf2 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Ke1 Ng4 36. Ke2 Rd3 37. Ke1 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Accola, Tom"]
[Black "Mepham, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. Qe2 b6 9. e4 Bf4 10. e5 Ng4 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Qxg4 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Bxe5 16. N4f3 Bd6 17. Re1 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Nf1 Rh6+ 21. Nh3 Rh4 22. Kg1 f4 23. Ng5 Rg4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. N1h2 Rg6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. b4 d4 29. Bb2 Rf5 30. Nhf3 Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Rh5 32. Bxd4 c5 33. Bc3 g5 34. Rad1 Bc7 35. Re7 g4 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxg4+ Kh7 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Rxc7 Rd5 40. Bg7+ Kh5 41. Rh4+ Kg6 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rf6+ Kg4 44. Rg6+ Kf5 45. Rg5+ Ke6 46. Rg6+ Kf5 47. Nh4+ Ke4 48. Re7+ Re5 49. Bxe5 Kd5 50. Rd6+ Kc4 51. Rxa7 f3 52. Nxf3 cxb4 53. axb4 b5 54. Nd2+ Kxb4 55. c3+ Kc5 56. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Winston, Brent"]
[Black "Mepham, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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 Nf6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. Re1 0-0 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Nd3 Re8 9. e5 Bg4 10. f3 Bc5+ 11. Nxc5 Qd4+ 12. Kf1 Rxe5 13. Nb3 Qf4 14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. fxg4 Qxh2 16. Qf3 Qh1+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Re8+ 19. Kd3 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 c5 21. c3 b6 22. Kc2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mepham, James"]
[Black "Roach, Owen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. d3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Qf4 b5 12. e5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxe5 14. Qe4 Ra7 15. b4 Bxc3 16. Ra2 d5 17. Qf4 c4 18. Be2 e5 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Rd1 cxd3 21. Rxd3 d4 22. Qxe5 Re7 23. Rg3 f6 24. Qh5 Bxa2 25. Kf1 Bc4 26. Bxc4+ bxc4 27. f3 Re5 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Rh3 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Qe3+ 31. Kg3 Qg5+ 32. Qg4 Qxg4+ 33. fxg4 Re3+ 34. Kh4 Be1+ 35. g3 h5 36. a4 g5+ 37. Kxh5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Sydney Centenary U1600"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radovan, John L"]
[Black "Mepham, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "1322"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qb3 e6 8. Nc3 c6 9. a4 Ng4 10. h3 b5 11. axb5 Bd7 12. b6 Bc8 13. b7 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. bxa8Q b5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 e5 18. Qxb8 Ba6 19. Qxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rxa6 exd4 21. hxg4 dxe3 22. Bxe3 Kg7 23. Rc1 h5 24. Bc5 hxg4 25. Bxf8+ Kxf8 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. Nxg4 f5 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29. Ra8# 1-0

