[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hampshire, Thomas"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 Nh7 19. Rc1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Qg4 Re5 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Re7 24. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Na7 13. Re1 Rxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxe4 15. Rc1 d5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bc7 Qe8 18. Bb6 Nb5 19. Qb3 g5 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. f3 Ned6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxe6 Rf6 24. Re5 Nf7 25. Re2 Qb8 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Qf4 28. Qb2 Nxd4 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Bxa6 Ne5 31. Be2 Qxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Nxe2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 Bd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Ba2 0-0 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Qh5 Re8 20. f4 Nf8 21. f5 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qh6 Re7 24. Rf4 f6 25. exf6 Rh7 26. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Shepherd, Blake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 Bb8 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Qb3 Kf8 16. Bxf7 Re7 17. Be6 Nb6 18. Nxf6 Bxg3 19. Nh7+ Ke8 20. fxg3 Qxd4+ 21. Kg2 g6 22. Rfe1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qxb7+ Kd6 26. Qa6+ Kd7 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Katkodia, Ali"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. a4 a5 7. Nbd2 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Nf5 d5 15. N1g3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Rd7 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Ne7 20. g4 Rd3 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Ng6 23. Ng2 Qf6 24. Re2 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Rae1 Rfd8 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd2 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Rxg3 Rxb2 32. Rd3 Rb3 33. Rd5 Rxc3 34. Rxe5 b6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. f3 Rc4 37. Re7 Kf6 38. Rd7 Rxa4 39. Rxc7 b5 40. Rc6+ Kg7 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Ra6 a4 43. Ra5 Rc6 44. Rxb5 Ra6 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. h4 a3 47. Ra2 Ke5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf2 Kd4 50. Rd2+ Kc3 51. Rd5 f6 52. e5 fxe5 53. Rxe5 a2 54. Kg3 a1Q 55. Rxg5 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Wellington CC Autumn Cup op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Maling, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 a6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxf5 fxg5 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Qxh7+ Kf6 19. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keith, Matthew"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1253"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. f3 Re8 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nd3 Be6 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 Kg7 22. Rhg1 Re7 23. a4 Bf5 24. f4 Be4 25. a5 a6 26. Rc3 Rc7 27. Rgc1 Rac8 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. R1c3 Ke7 30. Rb3 Ke6 31. Rb6 Kd6 32. Kc3 Ra8 33. b3 Rac8 34. b4 Ra8 35. Kb3 Ra7 36. b5 axb5 37. Rcxb5 Bg2 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rc5 Rab7 40. Rcxc6+ Rxc6 41. Rxb7 Rc7 42. Rxc7 Kxc7 43. Nxf7 Be4 44. Ne5 Kb6 45. Kb4 a5+ 46. Ka4 Bc2+ 47. Ka3 Kb5 48. Kb2 Bf5 49. Nf7 Kb4 50. Nd6 Bd3 51. f5 gxf5 52. Nf7 f4 53. exf4 Kc4 54. Ne5+ Kxd4 55. Nxd3 Kxd3 56. g6 Ke4 57. g7 Kxf4 58. g8Q d4 59. Qg5+ Kf3 60. Qxh5+ Ke3 61. Qg5+ Ke2 62. h5 d3 63. h6 d2 64. Qxd2+ Kxd2 65. h7 Kd3 66. h8Q Kc4 67. Qe5 Kb4 68. Qd5 a4 69. Qc6 Ka5 70. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Howe, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1377"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ne4+ 11. Ke1 Nxg5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ne2 0-0 15. Kd2 Kh8 16. Rhd1 Kg8 17. Ke1 Kh8 18. Kf1 Kg8 19. Kg1 Kh8 20. Re1 Kg8 21. Rf1 Ne6 22. Rfd1 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Bxc7 24. d5 Rac8 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. g3 Bb6 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Nd4 Red8 30. Nf5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Kf8 32. Ne3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Nc4 Bf6 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Ke4 g6 38. f4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Na6 5. a3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. b4 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ng3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. c5 dxc5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 Rad8 19. h3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Bd6 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1253"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Nge2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bc2 Qb4+ 13. Kf1 Nf6 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Qb1 0-0 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bf3 Be6 19. h4 Bc4+ 20. Be2 Bxe2+ 21. Kxe2 f4 22. e4 Qb4 23. Qd3 Qxb2+ 24. Kf3 Qb6 25. Qb3+ Qxb3+ 26. axb3 a6 27. h5 Rf6 28. Rh4 Raf8 29. e5 Rf5 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Re4 Kf7 32. Rhxf4 Rxf4+ 33. Rxf4+ Ke6 34. Ke4 Rd7 35. Rg4 Re7 36. f4 a5 37. f5+ Kd7 38. Rg6 b5 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Re6 41. Rf1 Re8 42. d5 cxd5+ 43. Kxd5 Re7 44. Rf6 Rh7 45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1253"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nd2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ngf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. 0-0 Qb6 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. g4 Bg6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Qa4+ Kd8 13. g5 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. Ndf3 Nd7 16. exd4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxc4 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. Bxc7+ Kxc7 21. Rac1 Kd7 22. Ne5+ Kd6 23. Rc5 f6 24. Nc4+ Kd7 25. Ne3 Rac8 26. Rfc1 b6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Ng4 f5 31. Ne5 Kc7 32. f4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Kd5 34. Ke3 Be8 35. Kd3 b5 36. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. 0-0 Nd5 12. Ne4 0-0 13. a3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bb1 Be7 20. Ng3 Bd6 21. Nh5 g6 22. e4 gxh5 23. exd5 Bf8 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qe4 Bg7 27. Rxc6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Bg7 31. Qc1 Bb2 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Qxb2+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Marney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Ne7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 0-0-0 14. b4 Rdg8 15. a4 c6 16. a5 Bc7 17. Nh2 f5 18. f3 h5 19. h4 Ng6 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Qd2 f4 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf2 Rhg8 25. Ra2 Kb8 26. g3 fxg3 27. Qxg3 exd4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29. Rb1 Ne5 30. Qe1 Ng6 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Rg2 Nxh4 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Qd2 d5 35. exd5 Nxf3 36. Qf2 Rf8 37. Rf1 Qg6 38. Nxf3 Qe4 39. Qh2+ Kc8 40. Qxh5 exd5 41. Qh3+ Kc7 42. Qg3+ Kc8 43. Kg2 d4 44. Qh3+ Kc7 45. Qg3+ Kc8 46. Re1 Qc2+ 47. Qf2 Qg6+ 48. Qg3 Qc2+ 49. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, Liam"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 Nf6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. b3 g6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. e4 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 a6 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. e5 Nf5 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Qd6 Rb8 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. h4 h5 31. Nh2 f5 32. Nf3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb2 34. Rd2 Rb7 35. Ne5 Kf6 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Carlyle, Mathieson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. Ne4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bc3 0-0 13. 0-0 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qd3 Nd5 16. Rad1 b5 17. Ng3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd5 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21. f3 Raf8 22. Ne4 Rg6 23. Kf2 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qc5 Rf7 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Re6 f5 29. Rde1 Kg7 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Re7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. f4 Kf6 34. h3 Kg7 35. g4 Kf6 36. g5+ Ke6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. b4 Ke6 39. h4 Kf7 40. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sellen, Ian"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd1 c6 13. Be3 a6 14. Bd4 f6 15. e4 Kf7 16. b3 c5 17. Be3 b5 18. Rdc1 c4 19. Bf1 Ba3 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4+ Rxc4 23. Rxc4 bxc4 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Schwalger, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 b5 6. Ba2 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. 0-0 d6 9. h3 0-0 10. Be3 Re8 11. b4 Bd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. f4 g6 17. Qf3 Qg7 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Rae1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qxc6 Bd7 22. Qxd6 Red8 23. Re7 1-0

[Event "Wellington CC Summer Cup"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ulm, Joy"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 Qe7 17. Re1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Nxb7 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qc7 22. Re7 Qxb7 23. Ne5 Re8 24. Rxf7 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Kxf7 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Qc4+ Nd5 28. Qxa6 Qxa6 29. Bxa6 Nb4 30. Bc4+ Kf6 31. b3 Nc2 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. Ke1 b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Bg8 Ke5 36. Kd2 Ke4 37. Kc3 Nxb3 38. Bh7+ Ke5 39. Kxb3 Kd4 40. Kb4 g5 41. Kxb5 Kc3 42. Kc5 Kd2 43. Be4 Ke2 44. Kd5 Kxf2 45. Ke5 g4 46. Kf4 h5 47. Kg5 g3 48. hxg3 Kxg3 49. Kxh5 Kf4 50. Bc6 Kg3 51. Kg5 Kh2 52. g4 Kg3 53. Kf5 Kh4 54. g5 Kh5 55. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Chen, Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nge7 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Bh6 Nxd4 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Rc7 Rd8+ 18. Ke3 Rd7 19. Rhc1 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 a6 21. a4 a5 22. h4 b6 23. Ra7 h5 24. Bc6 Kf6 25. g3 e5 26. Bd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Re8 28. Rd6+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. f3 Kd5 31. f4 exf4+ 32. Kxf4 f6 33. Ke3 Kc4 34. Ke4 Kb3 35. Kd5 Kxb2 36. Ke6 Ka3 37. Kxf6 Kxa4 38. Kxg6 b5 39. Kxh5 b4 40. g4 b3 41. g5 b2 42. Kh6 b1Q 43. h5 Qg1 44. g6 Kb3 45. Kh7 a4 46. g7 a3 47. g8Q+ Qxg8+ 48. Kxg8 a2 49. h6 a1Q 50. h7 Qa8+ 51. Kg7 Qb7+ 52. Kg8 Qc8+ 53. Kg7 Qd7+ 54. Kg8 Qg4+ 55. Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Franklyn"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1044"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. h3 0-0 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. 0-0 c6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qf3 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Rab1 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Bh2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfe8 19. c4 d5 20. Nc3 d4 21. Ne2 Bc7 22. Nxd4 Rad8 23. Nf5 Rxd3 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. b4 Rb3 26. b5 cxb5 27. cxb5 Kg6 28. Ng3 Rxb5 29. Re2 Ba5 30. Ra1 Bb6 31. Kf1 Bd4 32. Ra2 a6 33. f3 Rc8 34. Ke1 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rb1 36. Kc2 R1xb2+ 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kd3 Rxe2 39. Nxe2 Bb2 40. Nc3 Bxc3 41. Kxc3 Nd7 42. g4 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Bg1 b6 45. Be3 Kd6 46. Bd2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Yue, Annie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ N8xd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Nf3 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Nc3 g6 14. 0-0 Bg7 15. Rac1 Ndb6 16. Rfe1 0-0 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Kf2 Qe4 22. Rd1 a6 23. Qd3 Qe6 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Rd3 b5 26. Rc3 Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qc3 Qe4 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Qe6 31. Qd3 f5 32. d5 Qd6 33. e4 Qc5+ 34. Ke2 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Bf8 36. Ng5 Qe7 37. Qxe7 Bxe7 38. Ne6 Bd6 39. h3 Kf7 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Ke4 a5 42. Nd4 a4 43. g4 a3 44. Nc2 h6 45. b4 a2 46. h4 g5 47. h5 Be5 48. d6 Bxd6 49. Kd5 Be5 50. Ke4 a1Q 51. Nxa1 Bxa1 52. Kd5 Bc3 53. Kc5 Bxb4+ 54. Kxb4 Ke5 55. Kxb5 Kf4 56. Kc4 Kxg4 57. Kd4 Kxh5 58. Ke3 Kg4 59. Kf2 Kh3 60. Kg1 g4 61. Kf2 Kh2 62. Ke3 g3 63. Kf4 g2 64. Kg4 g1Q+ 65. Kh5 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Broad, Cory"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. a4 c5 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Be5 Qc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bb4 20. Re2 Rac8 21. Nf3 Qc3 22. Rd1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc6 24. Rd1 Rfc8 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. Ra1 Bb2 27. Rb1 Rxc2 28. Rxb2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rc3 30. Rb2 h6 31. Kf2 g5 32. h3 Kg7 33. Ke2 f6 34. Kd2 Rc7 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Ne5 Kf5 37. Rc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Kf4 39. Kc3 a5 40. b4 b6 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Nc6 Kg3 43. Nxa5 Kxg2 44. Nc6 Kxh3 45. a5 g4 46. a6 g3 47. a7 g2 48. a8Q g1Q 49. Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5 d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 0-0 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 a5 17. a3 Nd5 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc5 Qd5 22. Qd2 Bg5 23. Rcd1 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Bxe3+ 26. Rff2 Bxc5 27. Rc2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kf7 29. Kf3 g5 30. Rxc6 Rb3+ 31. Kf2 Rxb2+ 32. Kg1 Rb3 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rc6 Kf6 35. Rc7 h5 36. Rh7 Rxa3 37. Rxh5 a4 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Rg6 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 a3 41. Rxg5 a2 42. Rg3 Rb1 43. Re3+ Kf6 44. Ra3 a1Q 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46. Kg3 e5 47. Kf3 e4+ 48. Kf4 Ra2 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Rg2 51. Kxe4 Rxg4+ 52. Kd5 Rf4 53. Kc5 Ke6 54. Kc6 Rc4+ 55. Kb5 Kd5 56. Kb6 Rc5 57. Kb7 Rc6 58. Kb8 Kd6 59. Kb7 Kd7 60. Ka8 Kc7 61. Ka7 Rd6 62. Ka8 Ra6# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Tracy"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Bg3 N7b6 14. 0-0 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Bb1 f6 19. Nf3 e5 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nc5 e4 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Nbd5 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. f3 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sova, Leo"]
[Black "Mavaram, Eashan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. a3 0-0 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 a6 12. b5 Nd8 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nbd2 Ndc6 16. Rfb1 Rfb8 17. c4 Bc8 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rxa6 Ndb4 23. Qa4 Nxa6 24. Qxa6 Qb7 25. Qc4 Qb5 26. Qc3 Bf8 27. Qe3 Bb4 28. Nf1 Ne7 29. Qh6 Nf5 30. Qh3 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Be7 32. Qh6 Qd3 33. Ne3 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qc3 35. Ng4 Qc1 36. Kh3 Qxh6+ 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 f5 39. Ne3 Rb2 40. Nd1 Rb1 41. Ne3 Rh1+ 42. Nh2 g5 43. f3 h5 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. fxg4 hxg4+ 46. Kg3 Re1 47. Nexg4 Rd1 48. Nf3 Kg6 49. Kh3 Bb4 50. Nf2 Rf1 51. Ne4 Be7 52. Ng3 Rd1 53. Ne4 Kf5 54. Nf2 Rf1 55. Kg3 Bb4 56. Nd3 Bc3 57. Nc5 Be1+ 58. Kh2 g4 59. Ng1 g3+ 60. Kh1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hwang, Ryan"]
[Black "Sova, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb3 Nd7 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nb6 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. h3 h6 14. Bh4 Be6 15. Ne1 Nd7 16. f4 f6 17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Bf2 fxe5 19. dxe5 b6 20. g4 Ne7 21. f5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nxe5 23. Bg3 N5c6 24. Ng2 Qd7 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. f6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke6 31. Nf4+ Kd6 32. Nxd5+ Kxd5 33. Rd1+ Ke6 34. Bf5+ 1-0

