[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Powlesland, Brogan"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nfd7 6. Nh3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Bh6 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nc5 11. Nf2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. g4 Bc2 14. b3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nxb3 16. Ra3 Nd4 17. Bd3 0-0 18. Be4 Rxf3 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Qxf8+ Rxf8 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Nd7 23. Ke2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. a3 a5 7. Be3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bd3 Na6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Bc2 Qe7 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. e5 Na5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Rb4 Rfb8 22. f5 Qc7 23. Bf4 Nab7 24. Qd5 Rd8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bxg6 Ne6 27. Be3 Nbc5 28. Bf5 Re8 29. Qf3 Ng7 30. Bc2 Rab8 31. Bf4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. b4 Qc8 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Rc1 0-0 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bh6 20. Rce1 Rac8 21. Re2 Qg4 22. Rff2 Nxc4 23. Nh2 Qxh4 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Nh2 Qh4 26. Nf3 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Hooton, Barry R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4 d5 4. g5 Nfd7 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 c6 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Qd1 Be7 12. Nf3 N4d5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. a3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Qc2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. e3 Bd6 20. h5 f6 21. h6 g6 22. 0-0-0 Bd7 23. Nd2 fxg5 24. Nc4 Be7 25. Be4 Qc7 26. Bxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Ne5 Be8 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ng, Lok Jim Lauren"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6 6. Nf3 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Bd3 a5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qb4 15. Qe2 0-0 16. 0-0 b6 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. b3 Rae8 19. Nb5 f5 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. h3 Bh5 22. Qe1 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qc2 Ref8 25. Nh2 g5 26. Qd3 Bg6 27. Qe2 h5 28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Nd2 Qe7 32. Ne4 Bh4 33. Qf3 Qd7 34. Rd1 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Kg7 36. d6 c6 37. Nc7 Rc8 38. Qxe5+ Bf6 39. Qe2 Rh8 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nxf4 Qf5 42. Rf1 Rh6 43. Nd5 Qd7 44. Nxf6 Rxf6 45. Qxh5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Rg6 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Rf6 Rg7 49. Qe4 a4 50. Rg6 Rxg6 51. Qxg6+ Kh8 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ Kh8 54. Qh4+ Kg8 55. Qg4+ Qxg4 56. hxg4 Kf7 57. g5 axb3 58. axb3 b5 59. cxb5 cxb5 60. g6+ Ke6 61. g7 Kxd6 62. g8Q Kc5 63. Qf8+ Kb6 64. Qb4 Ka6 65. g4 Kb6 66. g5 Ka6 67. g6 Kb6 68. g7 Ka6 69. g8R Ka7 70. Qd6 Kb7 71. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4 Nxg4 4. e4 Qh4 5. Qe2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qh5 9. h3 Qa5 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Rg1 Nh5 12. Rg5 Qa4+ 13. Ke1 g6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Qxh5 c5 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Bxd6 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Be2 Re8 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Qb3 e6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. a4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne7 14. a5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe6 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. axb6 axb6 19. b5 Re6 20. Rc6 Rxc6 21. bxc6 h6 22. e4 Ne7 23. d5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Rb8 25. Qf6 b5 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxe7 Rg8 29. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tang, Tracy"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bf4 Nd7 6. e3 Ne7 7. Be2 g6 8. Rc1 Bg7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 0-0 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. b4 f5 15. b5 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. f4 e4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Qd5+ Rf7 20. Qxb7 Nc5 21. Qc6 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rf6 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. cxd5 Rf5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Ra3 Rfxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxa7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Ke2 Rc1 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxc7 Rg1 33. a4 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Ra2 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Rxb6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. d5 e5 9. Nd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxf5+ Ndf6 13. Nde4 Ne7 14. Qf3 Nexd5 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bh6+ Ke7 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 19. f4 e4 20. Rae1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 e3 22. c3 Rag8 23. Bg5+ Kf7 24. cxd4 h6 25. Rxe3 Kf8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 hxg5 28. fxg5+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rxc7 Rc8 31. Rxa7 Rc2 32. h3 Rxb2 33. Rf6+ Kxg5 34. Rxd6 Re8 35. Rg7+ Kf4 36. Rgg6 b5 37. Rg4+ Ke3 38. Rd5 Kd3 39. h4 Rb8 40. a3 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Rg3+ Ke4 43. Rd7 Rh8 44. Rh3 Kf4 45. h5 Rb1 46. h6 Kf5 47. h7 Kg6 48. Rg3+ Kh6 49. Rd6+ Kh5 50. Rg7 Rb3 51. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1458"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 N5f6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qh4 Qe7 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rh5 0-0-0 18. Rxh7 Rhg8 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qc4 Rd5 21. Re1 Qf5 22. Rh8 Rxh8 23. e4 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Qg6 26. Kxd2 Qxg2+ 27. Qe2 Rd8+ 28. Kc1 Qg6 29. Rg1 Qh6+ 30. Kb1 Qf4 31. Re1 a5 32. a4 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5+ 34. Ka2 Kb8 35. Rd1 Rg8 36. Nd4 Qh3 37. Rd2 f5 38. Nb5 f4 39. Qe5 f3 40. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bd3 d6 6. 0-0 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. e4 a6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e5 d5 12. a4 c5 13. h4 Nc6 14. Nf1 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd2 h5 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Nf3 Qc8 21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Nf1 Na5 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qf4 Ke8 26. Qf6 Kf8 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Ng3 Qe7 29. Qf3 Kg8 30. Re3 Kf8 31. Qd1 Ke8 32. Rf3 Nc6 33. Rf6 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Nd7 35. Rf3 Kd8 36. Qe1 Kc7 37. b4 Nf8 38. Rf4 Nh7 39. Nxh7 Rxh7 40. Qb1 Rg7 41. Rf6 Kd7 42. Qd1 Rh7 43. Qd2 Rg7 44. Qh6 Rg8 45. Nf1 Qf8 46. Bxg6 Ke7 47. Bxh5 Nd8 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nd2 Nf8 8. Ne2 Ng6 9. h3 h5 10. 0-0 h4 11. g4 Bd7 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. f5 Ne7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4 0-0-0 17. Rc1 d4 18. Qe1 Be5 19. b4 Kb8 20. Ne4 Bc8 21. a4 Rdg8 22. Qd2 Rg7 23. Rf2 Ng8 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. Ne2 Ng8 26. Kh1 Nh6 27. Rcf1 Bg3 28. N2xg3 hxg3 29. Rf3 Nxg4 30. Rxg3 Rhh7 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Ne3 33. Kh2 Rxg3 34. Nxg3 Nc2 35. b5 c5 36. Ne4 b6 37. Nxf6 Rh8 38. Be4 Bb7 39. Bxb7 Kxb7 40. Re4 Nb4 41. Re7+ Ka8 42. Re8+ Rxe8 43. Nxe8 Nxd3 44. Nd6 Ne5 45. Ne4 Nxc4 46. h4 Ne3 47. f6 d3 48. Kg1 Ng4 49. Kf1 c4 50. h5 Kb8 51. Kg2 Nxf6 52. Nxf6 d2 53. h6 d1Q 54. h7 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. h5 g5 12. g4 Nf6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nxg4 15. Bd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Ne4 0-0-0 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qc3 f5 21. Ng3 e4 22. Bc2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 Qd6 25. Ne2 b4 26. Qb2 c5 27. Ng3 Kc7 28. 0-0 Rdf8 29. Qc1 Qe5 30. Ra5 Qd6 31. Qe3 Ra8 32. Qxc5+ Qxc5 33. Rxc5+ Kd7 34. Rb5 Rhb8 35. Rxb4 Ra2 36. Rc1 Kc7 37. Rb5 Rba8 38. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1469"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. f4 f6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. b3 Qa5+ 12. c3 0-0 13. f5 Bf7 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. h4 Rac8 18. Qc2 Bb8 19. Ba3 c5 20. c4 Qc7 21. Nc3 e4 22. Rf4 Qa5 23. Rf2 Qxa3 24. dxe4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qxe3 29. Rb1 b6 30. Re2 Qg3 31. Rb3 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charmova, Evgenia"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. f4 Nd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 e6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Qe7 15. Bd3 a5 16. a3 0-0-0 17. c4 Rdg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne3 Ba8 20. Bd2 Nh5 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Bg5 h5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kb8 26. b4 axb4 27. Ne5 Qf5 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Ne7 Rd8 31. Nxf5 Bf6 32. Re4 c5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Grange, Rauen"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Qd2 h5 11. b4 Nxb4 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nd1 Ra2 15. Nc1 Ra3 16. Nb3 0-0 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qa6 19. Ne3 b5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Qg5 Kf8 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Ng5 Qf6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Ng2 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. f4 Nd5 32. Re1 exf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. gxf4 Kf6 35. Re8 Rc3 36. Rbe1 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Xiahan Luna"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1277"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Be3 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 h5 14. c5 Nf6 15. h3 Rf7 16. Rc1 a6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Na4 Ng6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Be1 Rc7 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Nf2 h4 25. Qb3 Nd7 26. Ng4 Nf6 27. Nf2 Nd7 28. Ng4 Ne7 29. Kh1 b5 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Qd2 Qc8 32. Qd1 Nb6 33. Ba5 Qb7 34. Qd2 Rc8 35. Rc1 Na4 36. Bb4 Qb6 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Ba5 Qc5 39. Bb4 Qc7 40. Nf2 Bf6 41. Nd3 Bd8 42. b3 Nc5 43. Nxc5 dxc5 44. Bc3 Ke7 45. Bb2 Qd6 46. Qc3 Kf6 47. Ba3 b4 48. Bxb4 Be7 49. Ba5 Na7 50. Qc4 Nb5 51. a4 Nd4 52. Qxa6 Qxa6 53. Bxa6 Nxb3 54. Bc3 Bd6 55. Bc4 Nd4 56. a5 Bc7 57. a6 Bb6 58. d6 Ba7 59. Bd5 Nb5 60. Ba5 Nxd6 61. Kg1 Nb5 62. Kf1 Ke7 63. Ke2 Kd6 64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Bxc7+ Kxc7 66. Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Be2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bb7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Rfc1 Nc5 16. Bd1 Qb6 17. Ncb5 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nfd7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bd4 Ba6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kh1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Be2 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Bc4 Na4 27. b3 Nc3 28. h3 e6 29. Re1 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Bd3 Ra3 32. Bc2 Nb5 33. Bd3 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Na3 35. Rd1 Rc3 36. Be2 Rxb3 37. Rxd5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 b3 39. Rd2 Nc2 40. Bd3 Rc1 41. Bxc2 bxc2 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rc6 Kd4 45. Rc8 h6 46. Rc7 f6 47. Rc8 h5 48. Rd8+ Ke5 49. Re8+ Kf5 50. Rc8 g5 51. Kf2 h4 52. Rc7 Kg6 53. Rc8 f5 54. Rc7 g4 55. hxg4 f4 56. Rc6+ Kg5 57. Rc5+ Kf6 58. Rf5+ Ke6 59. Rxf4 Rf1+ 60. Kxf1 c1Q+ 61. Kf2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hwang, Ryan"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Nde2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 0-0 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qg3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 f5 17. Rae1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Nd1 Ra2 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qe3 Bxb2 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qxa2 Bf6 25. Ng3 Ra5 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. Re2 Ra3 28. Qxb4 Rxd3 29. Nb2 Rd4 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Ra2 Qc6 32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Ne3 Rd3 35. Nef5+ gxf5 36. Nxf5+ Kf7 37. Nh6+ Kg6 38. Qf8 Rf3 39. Rg1 Rf1 40. f5+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be2 Re8 12. Ne1 Bg6 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. b4 b6 16. Qa4 b5 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Qc3 Qg6 22. Bf1 Re5 23. g3 Qf5 24. Bg2 Rae8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Kg2 a3 28. Bc1 h5 29. h4 Rxh4 30. gxh4 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qxd1+ 32. Qe1 Qd3+ 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Qa2 d4 35. Kg2 dxe3 36. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Rf1 Rg3+ 39. Kh1 Rh3+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Qf2 Qg4+ 42. Qg2 Rg3 43. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 a2 45. b5 cxb5 46. c6 Qc3 47. c7 Qxc7 48. Rg1 Qc6+ 49. Kh2 Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qb2 51. Re1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Pan, Alexander Hanrui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Qd6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Red1 Qc6 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. R1d6 Qc8 25. Qb4 Kg8 26. Qd4 e5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Rg8 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qd7 Rc7 32. Qxc7 a6 33. Qb7 f4 34. Qxa6 e4 35. g4 exf3+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lau, Brillion Yan Jr"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1270"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c5 Qd8 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 a5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 Qd7 13. 0-0 Bb5 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Re1 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 22. h3 e4 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Ra5 f5 25. Rea1 Rxa5 26. bxa5 f4 27. Rb1 fxe3 28. fxe3 Rf7 29. Qb6 Qf5 30. Qd8+ Rf8 31. Qh4 Qd7 32. Qg3 Rd8 33. Qe5 h6 34. Qg3 Qe7 35. Rf1 Ra8 36. Qg6 Qg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. g4 Kf7 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. h4 Rf8 43. hxg5 Rf3+ 44. Kh4 Rxe3 45. Kh5 Rd3 46. Rb1 e3 47. Rxb7+ Ke6 48. Rb2 Rd2 49. Rb3 e2 50. Re3+ Kf7 51. a6 e1Q 52. g6+ Kf6 53. Rf3+ Ke6 54. a7 Qh1+ 55. Kg5 Qxf3 56. a8Q Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Po E Tofaeono, Hunter"]
[Black "Zhang, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. f4 Qd7 11. Nd5 Nh5 12. Nec3 Nd4 13. f5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bh3 Bg7 17. Be3 c5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rab1 a6 21. b4 b5 22. Qc2 Rfc8 23. Kg2 g5 24. Rfc1 Kh8 25. a3 h5 26. Kh1 g4 27. Bg2 Bh6 28. Rf1 Rab8 29. Qb3 Qf7 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Rf2 bxc4 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Kh7 34. e5 Be3 35. Rf1 Kh6 36. Rb6 Bg5 37. e6 Qe8 38. Bc6 Qd8 39. Rb7 Qc8 40. Bd5 c3 41. Rb6 c2 42. e7 Qd7 43. Bb3 c1Q 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh6 47. Rf6+ Kg5 48. Rg6+ Kxf5 49. Be6+ Kxg6 50. Bxd7 Kf7 51. e8Q+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "Po E Tofaeono, Grayson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. c3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Nh7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. b4 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Nb3 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bc6 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nc5 b6 22. Nb3 Be8 23. a5 Bb5 24. Qd1 Nc4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Rcb1 Rc7 28. Nd2 Qg5 29. Qe1 Bd3 30. Rxb6 Rxc3 31. Ne4 dxe4 32. Qxc3 exf3 33. Rb2 Be2 34. g3 Qh5 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Rd2 Qh3 37. Qf2 e5 38. d5 e4 39. Rxe2 fxe2 40. Qxe2 Qf5 41. Re1 Qxd5 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Rxe4 Rd2 44. h4 Kh7 45. h5 Rd5 46. g4 Rg5 47. Kf2 g6 48. Re7 Kg7 49. hxg6 Kxg6 50. Re4 h5 51. gxh5+ Rxh5 52. Ra4 Re5 53. Kf3 Rf5+ 54. Kg4 f6 55. Ra6 Rg5+ 56. Kf4 Rg1 57. Rb6 Rc1 58. Rb4 Rh1 59. Rb5 Rh4+ 60. Kg3 Rc4 61. Rb6 Kg5 62. Rb5+ f5 63. Rb3 Rc1 64. Kf3 Rh1 65. Kg2 Rh8 66. Rg3+ Kf4 67. Ra3 Rg8+ 68. Kf2 Rc8 69. Ra4+ Kg5 70. Ra3 Rc2+ 71. Kf3 Rh2 72. Kg3 Rh4 73. Ra5 Rd4 74. Ra3 Rg4+ 75. Kf3 f4 76. Ra5+ Kh4 77. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Charles"]
[Black "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1284"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. h3 0-0 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. Rc2 Ne4 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nb3 Qb6 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. Nc5 Nb7 29. Ra7 Nxc5 30. Qxc4 Qxa7 31. Qxb5 Qa6 32. c4 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Na6 34. Qd7 Qe5+ 35. f4 Qb8 36. b5 Nb4 37. Rb2 Rxc4 38. Qe7 Nd3 39. Ra2 Rc7 40. Qd6 Rb7 41. Qc6 Nb4 42. Qc3 Nxa2 43. Qa5 Ra7 0-1

